Li Xin saw that Zhou Jin's face was different.

"Who's on board? Is there an abnormality? ”

After all, Zhou Jin has been an official for many years and is well-informed.

"This is an official ship, according to the flag on the bow of the ship, it should come out of the palace."

Hearing that the people on board the ship might have come from the palace, not only Lu Jiu but also Li Xin were shocked. At this time, what is the intention of the palace to send people south? Obviously, the boats in the Nawei River also noticed the crowd on the shore in front of them, and they were afraid of accidents, so the speed of the boat slowed down, and it seemed that they couldn't make up their minds for a while.

I saw that the door of the cabin was pushed open from the inside, and a middle-aged man wearing a cyan robe and a small hat walked out.

Li Xin felt strange, since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he saw adult men in their twenties who habitually wore beards, and this person looked at how his chin was so clean when he was forty years old.

Then Zhou Jin lost his voice and said: "Cao, Cao Huachun? ”

"Which Cao Huachun?"

Li Xin subconsciously asked.

"Which Cao Huachun can it be, of course it is the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, the governor of Dongchang, and the Cao Huachun of the commander of Jingying Rongzheng!"

It is said that with the level of Zhou Jin's small county teaching, it is impossible to know Cao Huachun and his people. But it was a coincidence, the year before last, Cao Huachun was ordered to go south through Gaoyang, and Zhou Jin had followed the county order Lei Juemin to receive this person, and because he was extremely impressed, he recognized it at a glance.

This person is in an important position, how can he leave Beijing and go south in this eventful autumn, and how can he only be accompanied by two ships, one large and one small?

Xu saw the battle flag of the Ming army waving in the wind on the bank of the Wei River, and the two boats slowly moved forward and docked after making a huff in the center of the river. The people could see the difference between these two ships and ordinary civilian ships without opening their eyes, and they all dodged the road, not daring to squeeze forward.

The gangplank was hitched off the boat to the shore, and the middle-aged man in the green robe and hat stepped off the boat steadily, and after landing on his feet, he took a deep breath of the cold air of the still sea.

Zhou Jin hurriedly greeted him out of professional habits, "Xiaguan Gaoyang County Sect Zhou Jin has seen Lord Admiral!" "Say a deep salute. Cao Huachun obviously didn't expect that someone in this small county town by the Wei River would recognize him, and he looked at this official who was full of wolves, and it was only a moment's work to point at him and smile:

"I've seen it in Sun Ge's old mansion." Then he breathed a long sigh of relief, "Don't call the admiral, now our family has taken leave and returned to ...... hometown."

Cao Huachun's voice was relaxed, but he couldn't hide the loneliness of his body, but a spark of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"Lord Zhou, I don't know how Elder Sun Ge is? Can you be in this still sea? ”

"Gaoyang City is scattered, and there is only Zhou Jin alone in this Jinghai!"

Hearing this, Cao Huachun was noncommittal. This Cao Huachun is good friends with literati, and his reputation in Shilin has always been good, seeing him in such a situation, Zhou Jin finally couldn't help but ask: "In an eventful season, why did the Admiral take a leave?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Jin felt that it was inappropriate, and such a straightforward question was tantamount to offense. Unexpectedly, Cao Huachun didn't care, waved his hand and smiled: "Are you really idle when you are our family?" It's nothing more than a sin to beg to go, but it is also a holy decree to run south for long live. ”

As Cao Huachun, there is no need to explain to Zhou Jin's small role one by one, but he has always been easy-going, and he has a good impression of this teaching, so he said it, and then he said solemnly and sternly: "The Tartars have surrounded the Beijing Division, and the emperor is the time to employ people, why doesn't Lord Zhou lead the teacher to the king?" ”

Li Xin learned from Cao Huachun that the Tartars had finally surrounded Jingshi, and it seemed that the situation was getting worse as he had feared. Is it the king of the division? These thousand people were not enough for Dolgon, but then an idea came to his head.

Zhou Jin saw that Cao Huachun intended to persuade himself to enter the King of Jingqin, and couldn't help but glance at Li Xin in embarrassment, he was the only one in this team who could decide whether to enter the King of Jingqin. Cao Huachun is such a person, how can Zhou Jin's little action escape his eyes. He narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the person who was afraid of the lonely Zhou Sect in his impression.

Just glanced at it a few times, Cao Huachun's eyelids couldn't help but roll, the Ming Dynasty has always been a civil official, Zhou Jin is a civil official even if his official position is low, look at the standard dress of Qiu Ba, and the ordinary soldier, if there is a difference, it is the pair of unusually calm eyes.

Cao Huachun's side dealers are either the leaders of Shilin, or the scholars of the dynasty, and subconsciously they are naturally contaminated with the habit of emphasizing literature and ignoring martial arts, seeing that Li Xin is just a Qiu Ba, and he actually rides on the head of the imperial court officials to make a fortune, he can't help but want to mention that Zhou Jin, originally just got off the boat to explore the atmosphere and planned to continue to go south, this time he was not in a hurry to leave.

As a close attendant of the emperor, he has been in the ceremonial supervisor for many years, and he has been an important minister of the imperial court, and he is in charge of Dongchang and the commander of Jingying. Cao Huachun began to walk towards the barracks, Zhou Jin followed closely behind, and Li followed suit.

However, Li Xin seemed to have figured out a different taste from Cao Huachun's casual gaze, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

The military tents of these thousands of soldiers are extremely simple, and there is no so-called Chinese military tent, and the only spacious place that can sit down is the temporary construction of a shed for the distribution of beef and mutton. Cao Huachun didn't care, and sat on Mu Dunzi after walking around the barracks.

He is still quite satisfied with Anza in the military camp, after all, he is also a person who has been in charge of the military, and he is still a soldier, and the training of these Qiu Ba is not bad, and he can even compare with the Beijing camp.

Liu Qiang Zeqing's pro-army is the trump card of the Shandong army, and it is second to none in terms of equipment and training, of course, it cannot be bad. However, Cao Huachun didn't know, he always thought that these troops were recruited by Sun Chengzong of Gaoyang City, and he was still secretly admiring that it was really not easy to train a group of people to be so successful in such a short period of time. It's not in vain that the emperor reused it, I just hope that he is safe and sound.

"I don't know the number of people in the army?"

Zhou Jin hesitated, this really asked him, Li Xinping would not talk to him at all if he was in the military, how could he know the geometry of the people in the army. Cao Huachun's face sank, and Zhou Jin secretly said that it was not good.

Who knew that this Cao Huachun smiled: "Our family really feels that it is not safe to go south, and I want to ask Lord Zhou how many people to borrow, Lord Zhou is willing to cut his love?" ”

Zhou Jin said in his heart, he must have this ability if he wants to cut, but he doesn't know how to answer.

Cao Huachun wondered, when we met in Gaoyang the year before last week, I was very lonely, and I was shrewd and capable in conversation, how could I meet this time as if I was judging two people? At that time, I didn't want to take care of this idle business anymore, ants couldn't lift tofu, mud couldn't support the wall, I had this heart, and the other party had to have this ability. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, how can people change so much and so quickly!

Li Xin understood that Cao Huachun had misunderstood that Zhou Jin was responsible for controlling the overall situation as a civilian official and supervising the army, but he was a vegetarian meal, so he bluntly said: "Lord Admiral, don't embarrass Zhou's teachings anymore, this army led by His Majesty has nothing to do with Gao Yang, and it has nothing to do with Lord Zhou!" ”

This remark was greatly unexpected by Cao Huachun, he looked at Zhou Jin, and saw that this once lonely and incomparably high teacher nodded, which was regarded as acknowledging what Li Xin said. Only then did it suddenly happen, no wonder, on the way to the military camp, Zhou Jin frequently went to see Naqiu Ba, so it was logical, but I don't know who this team belongs to?

Li Xin clasped his fists and saluted.

"Lord Admiral, please come here and listen to the details!"

Oh? I still have to talk in secret, it seems that there is really a hidden secret.

If Cao Huachun was just a retired eunuch, Li Xinli would not have paid attention to him. Originally, Li Xin felt very bad for eunuchs, let alone a eunuch who deliberately came to help Zhou Jin. Li Xin is not stupid, so he can naturally see Cao Huachun's vigilance against himself, but in the plan he has just calculated, the retired eunuch in front of him can play a pivotal role, so he invited him to talk secretly.

Li Xin told his experience in the past two months one by one, how he helped Gaoyang to cultivate, and how he was framed, so he had to rebel out of Gaoyang City, deceive Dolgon and burn down the Qing army camp, and accidentally captured Prince Haoge of Su......

"How, how? Captured Hauge? Not a joke? ”

This twist and turn can be described as thrilling, Cao Huachun tried to distinguish the truth from what Li Xin said, but he couldn't find a flaw, but this life captured Haoge, whether it was too unbelievable.

Li Xin swore by it.

"Li used this head guarantee to make a statement, and what he said is true, and the person he captured is none other than Prince Su Haoge."

Li Xin then broke the news.

"Not only Prince Su Haoge was captured by Li Xin, but also the general Yue Tuo, who was ordered to be killed, as well as Ao Bai and Mazik were all beheaded by Li Xin himself!"

"Don't talk falsely, your words are unfounded. Everyone in the world knows that Yue Tuo is the work of Sun Ge's old strategy! ”

Li Xin sneered again and again.

"Where is Li Xin's greed, it is Liu Yuliang who has an ulterior purpose, so he just transferred Li's credit!"

Cao Huachun heard that he actually moved Liu Yuliang out, and his heart said that this Qiu Ba was not simple, and he even dared to involve Liu Yuliang. So Li Xin told him how Liu Yuliang and Xiong Kaiyuan deceived him, and how Wang Pu was in terror with his wolf.

Li Xin's ability to express himself was excellent, and the description was measured and grasped just right, and the more Cao Huachun listened, the more he felt that this could never be a big lie that Qiu Ba could fabricate, or that even the ministers of the court might not be able to make it up so perfectly. This involves all kinds of court secrets, which cannot be known to non-parties.

Cao Huachun was the center of the old calendar, and he could naturally see that Liu Yuliang pressed this credit on Sun Chengzong and his benefits, and couldn't help sneering, a good move to drive the tiger and the wolf. But Emperor Chrysostom has said that this matter is a foregone conclusion, and no matter whether this matter is true or not, no one can change it.

"Can you let us meet that Hauge?"