Xiao Ruxun and the others arrived in Beijing in the evening, and after eating the wind and dust washing banquet, the night had fallen, and the rest of the program was rest.

Have a good night's rest tonight, and tomorrow you can rest for the rest of the day.

The soldiers who need to participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony will be given a class by a special official sent by the Imperial Court Rites Department, and naturally, Xiao Ruxun will also attend a class, listen to the officials of the Ministry of Rites explain some necessary etiquette in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, and then do some rehearsals.

After all, this is a major event of the country, representing the face of the country and the emperor, no one wants to do this thing beautifully, of course, it must be rehearsed in advance, so this night is just a simple reception banquet to end, and everyone rests.

Xiao Daheng smiled and Xiao Ruxun said goodbye, and invited Xiao Ruxun to his house as a guest after the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, he still had a lot of things to discuss with Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun nodded with a smile and agreed.

After sending off Xiao Tycoon, Xiao Ruxun returned to his tent, and at this moment, Dong Yiyuan, Chai Guozhu, Li Rusong and other major generals were waiting for Xiao Ruxun in the tent.

Xiao Ruxun shook his head silently.

"The imperial court only wants to get by, and has no interest in taking this opportunity to regain the strategic initiative, they want to enjoy ten years of peace and stability, as for ten years later...... Many of them should have retired.

As for this prisoner sacrifice ceremony, it is just a formality, and after that, what should be done or what, there will be no change, nine sides are still nine sides, and the court is still the court. ”

The general's face became dark.

"Alas! Such a great opportunity! ”

Li Rusong punched himself in the leg fiercely: "Can't the imperial court see that if you take the opportunity to enter those traffic arteries this time, you can immediately turn passive into active, why should Jiubian be beaten so every year?" ”

"I see, the imperial court doesn't want to give us so much money, food, and so many soldiers!"

Li Rumei pursed her lips.

"That's it! Those civil officials just want to eat meat by themselves, and they don't even want to give us a sip of soup, for fear that we will get up and take their place! This has been the case for so many years! Wasn't my father placed like this back then? ”

Li Rubai said dissatisfiedly.

Dong Yiyuan looked at Xiao Ruxun with a little worry.

"Governor, Fang Futai said before, this risky attack is a risky attack, since ancient times, there is no general in the imperial court who is not afraid of leading troops outside, and the civil governor and governor will still be restrained, not to mention our warriors, I am afraid that after this prisoner sacrifice ceremony, we will be more severely suppressed."

Chai Guozhu is a little more direct.

"It's better to say that the governor is the first to bear the brunt, and then we wait, isn't that what those sour and rotten literati are? When you see a person with outstanding merits, you have to suppress it, Zeng Milling was even beheaded because of this, Wang Shouren was pressed in a place for the rest of his life and was not allowed to enter the Beijing Division, and the literati are still like this, not to mention our martial artists? ”

Wang Hui looked at Xiao Ruxun.

"Shiro, I don't know what Shi Butang and Song Butang think?"

Everyone looked at Xiao Ruxun together, and suddenly remembered that Xiao Ruxun had a backer in the court, Shi Xing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, appreciated Xiao Ruxun and had the grace of supporting him, and Song Yingchang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the commander of the Korean Campaign at the beginning, and he also had the grace of supporting Xiao Ruxun.

Xiao Ruxun's face was not good.

"I will go to the letter Shi Butang and Song Butang to ask, but how it is, I don't dare to say that it must be feasible, now Shen has always been in power, according to Fang Gong, Shen has always liked power, and he is very different from Zhao Shoufu, so the cabinet will inevitably encroach on the powers of the six ministries, and it is still a question whether Shi Butang and Song Butang can talk."

The generals were silent.

It was getting late, Xiao Ruxun asked the generals to go back to rest, what to continue to discuss tomorrow, after the generals left, Xiao Ruxun called Wang Hui back and took out his two handwritten letters.

"Early tomorrow morning, you will send someone to send these two letters to Song Butang and Shi Butang, and ask them to reply as soon as possible."

Wang Hui took the two letters and nodded, indicating that he understood.

After Li Rusong's three brothers left Xiao Ruxun's tent, they came to Li Rusong's tent together, and the three brothers made great contributions together this time, and they were expected to be knighted, which was originally a happy thing, but now that Xiao Ruxun said this, he suddenly felt that the future was bleak.

"Brother, the imperial court doesn't want us to let go of our hands and feet to fight at all, just want to get by, according to me, if it weren't for Governor Xiao's insistence this time, we wouldn't be able to fight in Naturalization City!"

Li Rumei complained to her brother very dissatisfied.

Li Rubai was equally dissatisfied.

"Governor Xiao is right, what's the use of a small-scale attack? Treating the symptoms but not the root cause, after fighting this and that, when it never stopped, my father fought more than ten times in his life, but they were all small victories, and in the end he was an earl.

Governor Xiao has only won a few times, but he has beheaded tens of thousands, and he has already been a marquis, and this time it is even possible to be promoted to the title of the prince of the country, can't this see the problem? I think it's that group of sour Confucians, and they're afraid of our generals! ”

"That's it!"

Li Rumei echoed Li Rubai, and then the two brothers looked at their brother Li Rusong together.

"Brother?"

Li Rusong sat on the main seat, his face was cloudy, his eyes were looking at the ground, and he didn't seem to be listening to them.

"Brother?"

Li Rumei shouted again.

Li Rusong raised his eyes and looked at his two brothers.

"Just now, I suddenly remembered that when I was in Bauhinia Pass, my father had said a word to me."

The two brothers looked at Li Rusong inexplicably.

"My father told me that he had a premonition that something big was going to happen, and he wanted me to return to Liaodong as soon as possible after the end of this battle, break away from the Beijing Division, and don't get entangled in the Beijing Division, otherwise, I will cause trouble."

Li Rumei and Li Rubai looked at each other in surprise.

"Brother, what do you mean ......?"

"I mean, don't you notice something wrong?"

Li Rusong said softly: "Is the treatment of the imperial court too generous to me when I return, so generous that I feel flattered, which makes me very uneasy, and then I think of my father's warning before returning to Liaodong, I feel that something big will happen in the capital." ”

Li Rubai hurriedly asked, "Brother, could it be that Governor Xiao will have an accident?" ”

Li Rusong shook his head.

"I don't know, I really don't know, but I believe in my father, my father has fought on the battlefield for half his life, he has been up and down in the sea for half his life, and he has served three generations of emperors, of course he sees problems more accurately than us, and my father's words can't be allowed for me not to believe it."

"And what does brother mean?"

Li Rumei asked.

"After the award ceremony of the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, we will immediately ask for it to return, we must not delay, we must leave this place as soon as possible, otherwise it will definitely not be a good thing for you, my brother and the Li family."

Li Rumei and Li Rubai looked at each other, and then asked, "Then, what does Governor Xiao plan to say?" ”

Li Rusong was silent for a while.

His feelings for Xiao Ruxun are quite complicated, from the initial anger and resentment to the current admiration and even a little awe, as well as the previous experience of talking all night with an open mind, which made all kinds of feelings surround him, making him feel indescribable.

"Say hello to Governor Xiao before leaving, it can be regarded as the friendship of our battle together, my Li family does not be a negative person, and does not do negative things."

Li Rusong made a decision that was not a decision, a decision that even he couldn't figure out himself.