On the front line of Jizhen, the barracks of the army, a gloomy cloud and miserable fog, thousands of horses in all directions, the handsome flag of Qi Zi that hunted and flew seemed to have lost the brilliance of the old words, and was unwilling to hang at the top of the flagpole.

In the handsome tent, Qi Jiguang was covered with a thick quilt, his face was haggard and old, those wrinkles that penetrated deep into his skin, and those gray hairs, how could he appear on a handsome border town with superb internal skills?

"Dashuai, take the medicine," Qi Jin took the boiled medicine and gently handed it to Qi Jiguang's mouth, seeing him like this, the pain in his heart was like a knife.

Anyone knows that Qi Shuai's martial arts are the best in the whole army, the thirty-two style long fists are extremely powerful, and a gilded tiger head gun takes the head of a general in a million army, but such a strong marshal is now in such a field, doesn't it make people sigh?

"Ahem, cough, cough-" Qi Jiguang coughed heartbreakingly, spitting out bloodshot phlegm, Qi Jin was terrified, but he didn't dare to say it.

Qi Jiguang grabbed his nephew's hand: "Qi Jin, the court is going to manipulate me to death!" Tell me to go to Guangdong immediately to take office, there must be no mistake in the January period, haha, how long does it take to go non-stop from Jizhen to Guangdong? Ahem, a month, they give me a month! ”

Qi Jiguang's voice was filled with endless grief and indignation, he was seriously ill like this, and the imperial court had to strictly order him to go to Guangdong to take office immediately, I am afraid that a minor illness will be dragged into a major illness on the road, and he will simply die and cry, then it will be liked by some people.

"Uncle is loyal to the imperial court, and there have been hundreds of bloody battles, they can't treat you like this!" Qi Jin slammed the bowl on the table, and in anger, he tore open his clothes, revealing those large and small scars: "Uncle, look at it, these are all dozens of injuries suffered by the little nephew who has made great contributions to the imperial court!" The little nephew is still like this, and you don't need to say it! No, if you don't go to Guangdong, let's hang up our crown and go home, and don't be the officials of the bird court! ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem," Qi Jiguang coughed up and looked at the gilded tiger head gun, sword and order flag hanging in the tent, the new book of discipline and the military training record on the big case, looking at these familiar things, two tears rolled down in the tiger's eyes.

He couldn't bear it! Reluctant to be full of martial arts and strategy, he will end up in the mountains and forests, and he can no longer kill the enemy to serve the country and protect the people.

In the past, in order to realize his ideals, he did not hesitate to tarnish his reputation, befriended the powerful, bribed and gave gifts, and did everything he could, until he met Zhang Juzheng, who appreciated him, and finally showed his ambitions and achieved far more brilliant achievements than the honest and self-disciplined Yu Dayou.

But I never imagined that I would be compromised all my life, no matter how angry I was, I would welcome people with a smile, and I would end up like this in the end, would it really be as Qi Jin said, and return to the field?

"I'm only fifty-four years old this year, my marksmanship is like a god, I have a belly of the art of war, and I can also kill Hulu and Pingwaikou, why don't you let me die on the battlefield?" Qi Jiguang grabbed his chest in pain, and now even dying on the battlefield is a luxury for him.

Outside the big tent, all the generals in Jizhen stood silently, the older ones were silent, the younger ones beat their chests and feet, and everyone was full of grief and indignation.

Qi Jiguang joined the army as a young man, first conquered the Japanese invaders, and then the enemy was captured, and he was born and died for the imperial court for a lifetime, and the ending was so bleak, but whoever still has a little conscience, who is not angry about it?

The curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Qi Jiguang slowly walked out with Qi Jin's support, and bowed his hand with strong spirits: "Rank comrades, Qi is in Jizhen to govern the army, thanks to the help of the ranks, I finally have a little eyebrows, but unfortunately the court has another appointment, from now on I can't shout with you and kill the enemy side by side, it's a pity, a pity!" ”

"Is Dashuai going now?" A general with a face as pale as iron asked.

Qi Jiguang looked at his comrades reluctantly, and finally nodded weakly.

"Qi Shuai, Qi Shuai!" The generals all knelt down, everyone had tears in their eyes, and in an instant the whole battalion of soldiers came out of the camp tent, and the air was so solemn that it was suffocating.

How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Qi Jiguang loves soldiers like sons, and the soldiers are inseparable from him.

Alas, in a long sigh, Qi Jiguang walked heavily, waved his hand, and the soldiers pushed the luggage that had been packed a long time ago, preparing to leave the Jizhen camp that he had been fighting for many years.

"The Divine Decree has arrived, the Holy Decree has arrived!" In the distance, a line of knights surrounded the angels who were preaching the message, and they came at a gallop like a storm.

And what is the holy decree? The soldiers were shocked, and they looked at the angel's eyes with some dissatisfaction, even hostility.

Qi Jiguang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately put an incense case to accept the order.

The angel read: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Jizhen is the key to the border defense of Jizhen, and it is the key to the Beijing division, and it must not be careless, although Qi Jiguang is gone, he must be handed over properly before he can rush to the new post. The clerk must be cautious, if there is a difference, severely punished! ”

What does that mean? Qi Jiguang was a little puzzled, and after receiving the order, he arched his hand, pulled the angel aside, and handed over a silver ingot.

"Qi Shuai doesn't know yet, Governor Geng has recommended Yang Siwei to take over the post of chief military officer of Jizhen, you have to properly handle the handover with him before you can leave office! Even if it's a year and a half of handover, it doesn't matter. The angel said with a grin.

Yang Siwei? Qi Jiguang was happy again, it was his old partner and old subordinate, and he was the chief soldier of Baoding, and he took over, which must have been specially arranged by Geng Dingli, the governor of Jiliao. He will be the successor, this handover can be done slowly, and it will not hurt to do it for a year and a half, and he will definitely follow the rules and govern the army according to his own methods, so even if he is not in the army, it is equivalent to continuing to train the army.

Qi Jin was anxious, and asked after him: "Gui Angel, how can there be such a holy decree?" Didn't you let us rush to Guangdong within a time limit? ”

The angel smiled: "We don't know the inside story, we only know that that day Qin Lin and Qin Taibao carried the coffin to death, and was heavily punished with three hundred court rods, and was beaten to almost death, and then there was this holy decree down." ”

As the head of the inner court, Zhang Hong was dissatisfied with Wanli's insistence on committing suicide, and it was not a glorious thing to spread it, so Wanli ordered to hide this matter from the outside world, and even the angel who passed the decree only knew that Qin Lin carried the coffin and died.

However, Wanli made a slight concession, although he was deeply affected by Zhang Hong's death, but this method under the pretext of handover was indeed negotiated by Qin Lin and Xu Wenchang, and then said it through Zhang Cheng's mouth, but it was indeed Qin Lin's credit.

"It turns out, it turns out that Qin Taibao did not hesitate to carry the coffin and died, and he took three hundred court rods to leave you!" Qi Jin was surprised and delighted, holding his uncle's arm and shaking it vigorously.

"Three hundred court staffs, a whole three hundred court staffs!" Qi Jiguang's nose was sour, he forcibly endured the tears in the tiger's eyes, stared at the direction of Jingshi from afar, and bowed deeply: Brother Qin, please accept the big brother's worship!

Tens of thousands of soldiers in the whole battalion have been spread when they boarded, and the story of Qin Taibao sacrificing himself to receive the court staff and leaving Qi Dashuai righteously, from now on, when Jiubian Erlang mentions Qin Taibao, anyone will give a thumbs up and say a good man!

On the bank of the Huai River, several river workers were listlessly beating the big wooden stakes that fixed the embankment in the cold wind, I don't know why, when Pan Shilang was there, the dozen catties of oil hammer were not effortless at all, and the whole body was full of energy, but after Pan Shilang left, the two arms were soft and lying on their stomachs, and they couldn't use their strength.

The river workers complained one after another: "God is not long-sighted, why was Pan Shilang dismissed?" But those corrupt officials and corrupt officials have to get up one by one, and yesterday's work and food money were deducted by 20%! ”

"That's not it, now the officials have seen it clearly, killing people and setting fire to the gold belt, building bridges and paving roads without corpses, not greedy or occupied, tired to death, and ending up like Lord Pan, who do you say is not greedy?"

"It's just that yesterday's meal was much worse, and it was mixed with chaff!" A river worker said indignantly.

The river worker who picked the hammer smiled bitterly: "Now it's just mixed with chaff shells, and after a while, I'm afraid it will be mixed with sand and stones!" ”

Not only these river workers, but the entire construction site is lifeless, and all the river workers, miscellaneous servants, and people are all listless and perfunctory to do the work at hand.

In a village not far from the embankment, a man was about to go out: "me, prepare dinner for me, and come back from work to eat!" ”

"What dinner?" Anyway, the river workers can't do it, come back to sleep after lunch, and save dinner! The daughter-in-law said angrily.

From top to bottom, everyone understands that as soon as Master Pan leaves, this project of controlling Huai will not be completed, and by the spring and summer flood season next year, the breach will be broken, the flood will be flooded, and the dead will have to die...... Suddenly, a group of rivermen on the north bank cheered, threw away their tools as if they were crazy, and rushed in one direction.

What happened? All the rivermen stopped working, even if they were more than a dozen miles away, and listened to the thunderous cheers.

"Master Pan is back, Lord Pan is back!"

The cheers were like bursts of rolling thunder rolling through the air, and thousands of people shouted in unison, as if the surging Huai River water was stagnant.

All those who heard the news would be overjoyed, and I don't know how many people on the north and south sides cried with joy: "Lord Pan is back, the river work situation is new, and my two Huai people have been saved!" ”

Or in the village below the embankment, the peasant woman who had just thrown her face at her husband listened for a while by the door, and suddenly shouted to her husband who had already walked away: "Daddy, I'll boil eggs for you at night, remember to work hard, don't make people laugh!" ”

"Got it!" The man tightened the burden on his shoulders, and felt full of energy.

Pan Jitao, who was dressed in cloth and shoes, had been surrounded by countless people, at least seven or eight pairs of calloused hands were tightly grasping the placket of his clothes, and the white-haired old people were happy and worried: "Hurry up, don't let Master Pan go again!" ”

"Don't worry, if Pan doesn't cure the Huai River, he will never leave!" Pan Jitao smiled and made a circle to the people.

There are still people who are worried, and ask worriedly: "Master Pan, I heard, I heard that you are that, and you will never use it?" ”

"Pan Mou did not continue to govern the Huai River as a squire of the Ministry of Works," Pan Jitao said this, seeing that the people were extremely disappointed with their eyes open, they almost cried again, and quickly jumped on top of a big stone, and pressed down with both hands: "But Pan Mou handled the river control project, and the handover of all kinds of things has not been completed, so the court issued an order to strictly order Pan Mou to leave office after completing the handover, otherwise he will be punished, so Pan Mou will not leave for the time being." ”

How long will it take, not two or three days, right? The hearts of the people still hang in their throats.

Pan Jitao smiled slightly, it was not easy to answer directly.

An old master he invited laughed, "The project of controlling Huai is huge, there are tens of thousands of money and grain, and what warehouses, material yards, people's workers' food, and river workers' money and grain, if there is no year and a half, where can it be handed over?" ”

A year and a half, that is, there will be no problem until next year's flood season? The people immediately smiled, because by that time, the project would be completed!

Everyone knows that this is actually a statement of dismissal and retention, but it is more stringent: after the dismissal and retention, the official can be reinstated after the matter is done, and Pan Ji can only leave his post and go home.

But what does it matter? At least Pan Jitao won't care, by then he has completed the Huai control project, and the people of Lianghuai can no longer suffer from floods, which is what he values most.

"Lord Pan, why did the imperial court change its course? Which loyal minister is the one who forgave you? A showman couldn't help but ask.

Pan Jitao's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand in the direction of the northern Jingshi: "Pan only knows that when the Qin Taibao carried the coffin into the palace to face the holy death, he was heavily punished with three hundred court staffs, his flesh and bones were rotten, and the blood of loyal ministers was flying, and he finally moved the court and lowered this will." ”

Na Xiucai was stunned when he heard the three hundred court staffs, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he bowed his hand to the north with grateful: "Qin Taibao risked his life to stay with Lord Pan, and he used his surname to save the lives of my two Huai people!" ”

"I, the two Huai people, will always remember the great kindness and virtue of the Qin Taibao, and the emperor blesses the Qin Taibao to live a long life...... "Countless people bowed to the north, and the ocean of people seemed to set off waves.

In the ten-mile long pavilion of the Jingshi, Qin Lin sent Wang Guoguang, Zeng Xingwu and others away before, and now it is his turn to be seen off here.

Wanli issued a decree to remove Qin Linge from all his positions, and as an ordinary lieutenant, he was sent to serve in the Jinyi Guard of Qiongzhou Mansion.

That Qiongzhou belongs to Guangdong, which is the Hainan Island of later generations, which is really the end of the world, thousands of miles away from Beijing.

But there are so many people who came to see Qin Lin today, the captain of Jinyi: Dingguo Gong Xu Wenbi and his son, Wu Qingbo Li Wei and his son, Chengguo Gong Zhu Yingzhen, Wu Yingdian University scholar Shen Shixing, Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar Yu Youding, the left capital of the Imperial Court Chen Wei, the right capital of the imperial history Wu Dui, the capital of the imperial history Zhang Gongyu, the governor of Jiliao Geng Dingli, the Dongchang Hundred Households Huo Chonglou, the imperial horse supervisor Zhang Xiaoyang, Wanping Zhixian Huang Jiashan, the border general Qi Jin...... There are countless people in Beijing who help the old and the young, braving the cold wind to see them off, and the white-haired old woman carries a basket, uncovers the layers of cotton cloth, and stuffs the hot eggs into Qin Lin's hands.

How can the people of the world be heartless? Whoever is dedicated to the people and who is the villain, the people have a rod and scale in their hearts.

Xun Qi, Wenchen, military generals, eunuchs, Kedao officials, and thousands of people, surrounding Qin Lin is like the arch of the stars, and it is like the Taiyue of the Ten Thousand Peaks!

(To be continued)