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The teahouse where Qin Mu was assassinated last time was still quiet, the Chengjiang River outside the window seemed to be practicing, and the eyes were Chu Tianshu, and the autumn colors were pleasant.

"You're ready to reign, aren't you?"

"I am an official of the Ming Dynasty, what is the king?"

"If you don't pretend to be a fool, if the officials of the Ming Dynasty are like you, they will die a long time ago."

"I think the people of the Ming Dynasty are like your red lady, so they died early."

The red lady glanced at Qin Mu who was pouring wine, and didn't talk back to him again, Qin Mu raised her head a little unexpectedly, and saw her turning her head to look out of the window, thoughtful;

Qin Mu handed over the wine glass and said, "This farewell, I don't know when we will have the opportunity to meet, come, dry this glass of wine first." ”

The red lady didn't speak, took the wine glass and drank it all, then grabbed the wine jug, and poured herself another glass, which was also drunk in one go, with some incomprehensible meaning.

Qin Mu also drank two cups of himself before saying: "Li Zicheng's fortune is shallow, and vulgar and short-sighted, he will definitely not become the co-master of the world, even if he lays down the Jingshi, he is just making wedding clothes for others, you shut up for me first, whether you believe my words now or not, keep them in your heart first, and it will be verified by facts." ”

"Okay, you say." The red lady held her head high, looking at Qin Mu's eyes like looking at a god stick walking the rivers and lakes.

Qin Mu smiled meaninglessly and said, "You ask yourself, what I do is better than Li Zicheng?" At least I haven't burned down the people's homes, I haven't raped and plundered, I haven't forced the people to become soldiers, but you have always had a heartfelt rejection of me, and if you think about it, it's just because of the tiger skin on my body, which you probably don't realize yourself. ”

The red lady was stunned, and her high head hung down unconsciously.

Qin Mu continued: "Whether it's an official or a righteous army as you say, it's not about what kind of skin each is wearing, you can figure it out for yourself." Let's get acquainted. I zuihou advise you once, when Li Zicheng enters Beijing, you must not follow into Beijing, remember, remember, just take your men and horses to fight in Henan;

It's just that Zhongzhong was originally a place of four wars, and now it has been destroyed by several wars, and it is thousands of miles of red land, full of devastation, and it is not enough to be ashamed; When the situation is critical. You must not be rash and retreat across the river with your men and horses, otherwise you will only let your men and horses accompany you to die in vain. ”

After listening to Qin Mu's words, the red lady asked noncommittally: "You look down on King Dashun so much?" It is not difficult to judge from this sentence that her confidence in Li Zicheng has been shaken.

"He is insignificant to me, you can't look down on me, you just need to remember my words, you are a woman, there is no need to follow into Beijing to fight for that fame. Isn't it? ”

The red lady was silent again, she turned her head to look out the window, and said something that surprised Qin Mu extremely much: "I heard that you have done a good job of poetry, can you make one for me?" ”

Qin Mu looked at her in a daze. With a slender and toned figure, a heroic temperament, and a wild beauty, Qin Mu just couldn't connect her with poetry.

The red lady didn't dare to look at him. I kept turning my head to look out the window, my face gradually turned red, and my breathing was a little short. The majestic twin peaks gently undulated, almost tearing out of the clothes, leading people to infinite reverie.

Seeing that Qin Mu didn't answer for a long time, the red lady's face gradually changed, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look at him. She hasn't read any books, but she can't change her worship of knowledge in her bones, but she has a strong sense of self-esteem and is afraid that others will look down on her, so she will unconsciously put on a cold and disdainful look in front of readers, forming an ambivalence of worship and rejection.

Qin Mu hurriedly retracted his gaze and said: "Why not, but to make a poem, you have to brew, hehe, brew" Do you need to stare at the towering twin peaks of others? This is a really difficult question to answer.

"Do you love to do it" The red lady snorted lightly, and turned her face out of the window again, Qin Mu admitted that he was evil, and he even associated the red lady's words with "Do you have sex or not?" ”

"Why don't you do it, you listen." Qin Mu smiled and recited in a magnetic baritone: "Sassy and heroic five-foot gun, wearing stars and moon to fight Henan." The Chinese daughter Duo Qizhi does not love red makeup and loves arms. Well, this poem is still to your heart."

"I'm leaving, farewell." The red lady said and jumped out of the window in a flash.

"Jumping out of the window? If you don't leave the door, you jump out of the window? You've paid for the drink and jumped again. ”

The Red Lady's amazing behavior made Qin Mu dumbfounded, Zuihou's farewell method turned out to be like this, Qin Mu just had three heads, and it was difficult to think of it beforehand, he stood in front of the window in a daze, watching the Red Lady take her dozens of people towards the north gate, and finally disappeared in the direction of the north gate.

That's goodbye, in these chaotic years, who dares to guarantee that this is not a farewell?

Qin Mu sighed and went down to the west building alone without saying a word.

Back at the governor's yamen, Huang Lianshan was already waiting in the lobby, and when he saw him, he hurriedly said: "My lord, there is news from Yuezhou, Zhang Xianzhong seems to be intent on giving up Yuezhou and going north. ”

"Oh?" Another thing was unexpected by Qin Mu, Zhang Xianzhong joined Zhang Kewang and retreated to Yuezhou, there were still 1230,000 horses under his command, plus Wuchang's Ai Nengqi's words, Zhang Xianzhong still had 150,000 troops, and his hatred for himself did not need to be said, Qin Mu thought that he would continue to attack Changsha after regrouping, but he really didn't expect him to give up even Yuezhou.

"Is the message accurate? Don't fall for Zhang Xianzhong's conspiracy. ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, our people are closely monitoring every move of Zhang Xianzhong's army, from the news we have inquired, as well as all kinds of signs of the Great Western Army, Zhang Xianzhong does intend to give up Yuezhou and go north."

"Okay, you have to continue to monitor Zhang Xianzhong's every move, pass on my orders, let Ling Zhan and Su Jin prepare, once Zhang Xianzhong really gives up Yuezhou and goes north, immediately send troops to recover Yuezhou City."

"Yes, sir."

Qin Mu thought about the next layout as he walked towards the second hall, Niu Wanshan and Li Shi followed closely behind him like two door gods;

When the subordinate officials in the yamen saw him, they all bowed down to the side and saluted, and they were extremely respectful. Qin Mu defeated Zhang Xianzhong, captured Huguang, and had more than 100,000 troops, and now almost the entire Huguang is under his control, and Qin Mu, an official in each state and county, appointed him alone without consulting the imperial court, which everyone knows what this means;

Now there are a lot of folk legends about Qin Mu, especially his miraculous deeds in front of the altar of Huichang Society, the folk have already spread the word that when he is on the altar, the wind and clouds will meet, and the golden dragon will soar to the top, and at the same time you can hear the will of God.

There are also legends that he dug up ancient divine weapons, some say that it is the Xuanyuan sword used by the Yellow Emperor, some say that it is the Qin Emperor sword, and some say that it is the supreme sword Juque Sword, but people are usually happy to adopt the first two. No matter which one it is, this shows that Qin Mu himself is deeply blessed.

There is also a legend that where Qin Mu retreats at night, there is often golden light emitted, and the room is translucent, which is a spectacle. In short, there are many legends about Qin Mu, and they are as mysterious as they are.

Now the people of the world can see that the number of Ming Qi is almost exhausted, and people confirm the various deeds that happened to Qin Mu and the process of his miraculous rise, and most of the people believe that he is a true dragon. These people in the governor's yamen were all officials recruited by Qin Mu, and their attitude towards Qin Mu naturally became more and more respectful.

As soon as Qin Mu arrived at the second hall, he reported in from the outside to say that Meng Ke had arrived.

Qin Mu thought about it and greeted him personally.

In the first battle of Liling, Wu Xueli's 30,000 horses could not be attacked for a long time, and the morale was greatly damaged, and Meng Ke's 50,000 army took the opportunity to counterattack and defeated Wu Xueli.

In this battle, Meng Ke captured 20,000 left troops, and none of them were left, including Wu Xueli himself, so that his murderous reputation was even hotter than Qin Mu.

And this is not the point, the point is that he killed 20,000 left troops, and did not consult Qin Mu in advance.

Qin Mu arrived at the governor's main hall, Meng Ke also arrived at the gate with a few personal soldiers, in Qin Mu's eyes, Meng Ke was more and more calm every time, and he had the style of a general more and more every time.

In Meng Ke's view, Qin Mu is becoming more and more like a fog, more and more impenetrable, when he came to Jiangxi from Jinling, Qin Mu's judgment of the general trend of the world has almost been verified, after the Yang Tinglin incident, the battle of Yuanzhou, the battle of Changsha, the battle of Liuyang, Qin Mu is much more mature than before;

Although the surface looks as clear as before, there are clearly more things in his smile that cannot be seen through, these things make Meng Ke inexplicably have a sense of oppression, which he has only felt in Yuan Chonghuan alone in the past.

Qin Mu stood in the hall, looking at him with a smile, Meng Ke walked into the hall step by step, his steps seemed a little heavy, and when he arrived at Qin Mu's three feet away, he suddenly bent his knees, knelt on one leg and said in a deep voice: "My lord, my subordinates have killed 20,000 left troops without the orders of adults, please surrender to the army." ”

Qin Mu still looked at him with a smile, and only after a moment did he smile and said: "General Meng, please get up, it's not that I haven't done it for me to take the head of the left army under Yuanzhou City to build a Jingguan, just the so-called upward and downward effect, General Meng is guilty of something, please get up quickly." ”

"Thank you for your innocence." Only then did Meng Ke get up. This was the first time he bowed to Qin Mu, although Qin Mu smiled and comforted, but he did not personally go up to help him, the scale of which was quite delicate.

At least one point, for the first time, the two sides have recognized their affiliation in a formal setting.

For a long time, the relationship between Qin Mu and Meng Ke has been a little delicate, friends are not like friends, subordination is not like subordination, although Meng Ke obeys Qin Mu's orders, but it seems to maintain relative independence.

If you really want to accurately explain the relationship between the two in the past, it is really like what Qin Mu said, similar to the relationship between creditors and debtors, Meng Ke used to obey Qin Mu's orders, and it was more like repaying debts.

"General Meng, please come with me, now that Hengyang has fallen, most of Huguang is in the hands of our army, and it is connected with southern Jiangnan, but Zhang Xianzhong has not yet decided to stay, and it is not yet known what the reaction of the imperial court will be, how to deal with various changes next, I just want to discuss carefully with you and Ma Yongzhen.".

(To be continued......)