flstandardbreds Chapter 157 The Game in the Imperial Guards!
Chapter 157 The Game in the Imperial Guards!
Li Changsheng tidied his clothes and was about to report to Longxiang Guard when he suddenly thought of something.
He caught a glimpse of Lan Ruo watering the flowers out of the corner of his eye and waved to her.
"Lan Ruo, help me do something!"
Lan Ruo asked, "Master, what's the matter?"
Li Changsheng said, "Go find Bai Xue and ask her to help check something!"
After saying that, he took out a piece of letter and handed it to Lan Ruo.
Lan Ruo nodded and was about to put it away, but was stopped by Li Changsheng.
"Don't carry this note with you. I'll give you a quarter of an hour to memorize everything on it!"
Although Lan Ruo was a little confused, she still did as she was told.
Although her memory is not perfect, it is almost the same.
I just read it carefully two or three times and memorized it all.
"Master, I've got it!"
To be on the safe side, Li Changsheng asked her to repeat it again.
As a result, every word was correct.
"Well, go ahead, and remember to come back before dark!"
After giving the instructions, he rolled up the letter into a ball and habitually put it in his mouth to chew.
"Master, what delicious food do you eat?"
At this moment, Lanzhi, who had just walked out of the room, saw Li Changsheng chewing non-stop. As a foodie, she quickly moved forward.
Li Changsheng was speechless about this greedy little cat, and said casually: "I'm eating shit, do you want to eat it too?"
When Lanzhi heard this, she immediately showed disgust on her face and instinctively took two steps back.
But after a while, she came forward again and asked curiously:
"Master, does this shit taste good?"
Li Changsheng: "..."
He was completely silenced.
At this moment, Xiao Chenzi suddenly responded.
"Sister Lanzhi, this shit is not tasty. It tastes sour, smelly, and a bit salty!"
At this moment, Li Changsheng and Lanzhi were both silent.
Seeing that Lanzhi was too idle and might cause trouble again, Li Changsheng planned to give her some work to do.
"Lanzhi, go to the imperial kitchen and get some rice, wheat, and sorghum, fifty kilograms of each!"
"If the Imperial Kitchen dares to make things difficult for you, go to the East Factory and find Cao Jixiang!"
Lanzhi's eyes flickered with curiosity as she asked:
"Master, why do you need so much food?"
Li Changsheng said: "Make wine!"
Lanzhi asked, "Why don't you just go to the imperial kitchen and get some wine? Why do you have to brew it yourself?"
Li Changsheng said: "The wine in the imperial kitchen is not good, I plan to make nectar!"
After saying that, without waiting for Lanzhi to speak again, he turned his gaze to Chen Mo again.
"Little Chen, go find three large wine jars and dig three wine cellars that are six feet long and wide, and twelve feet deep!"
Chen Mo, as his name suggests, is very silent.
But she is not like Lanzhi, who is as curious as a cat and keeps asking questions.
As for Li Changsheng's arrangements, he always followed them whether he could understand them or not.
After hearing the instructions, he just nodded heavily to show that he understood.
After explaining everything, Li Changsheng went to the Longxiong Guard’s base camp in the palace.
Royal hunting grounds!
Li Changsheng climbed up to a high place and looked out, and the entire royal hunting ground was in sight.
There are hundreds of tents of all sizes, arranged in an orderly manner.
In addition, there is a large parade ground.
This is where the Longxiang Guards conduct daily training and competitions.
After Li Changsheng had a rough idea of the surrounding terrain in his mind, he strode inside.
The guards with spears in charge of guarding the gate saw an outsider coming and blocked his way by clashing their spears.
"Stop, this is a restricted area for the Imperial Army. No outsiders are allowed to enter!"
Li Changsheng showed his badge and said, "I am the new cavalry captain, Li Changsheng. I am here to report today!"
One of the guards holding a halberd carefully checked Li Changsheng's badge and, after confirming his identity, immediately bowed and said:
"Captain Li, please wait a moment. We will report this to you right away!"
Li Changsheng nodded slightly and waited quietly.
After waiting for about half a quarter of an hour, two men dressed as officers came straight towards this side, led by guards holding spears.
Li Changsheng took a quick look and found that one of them was an old acquaintance.
Deng Zhong, a military officer of the Ming Dynasty!
When Deng Zhong saw Li Changsheng, he hurried forward to salute.
"Greetings, Lord Military Supervisor!"
Li Changsheng waved his hand and said, "I am no longer the military supervisor, but the captain of the Dragon Guard!"
Deng Zhong looked a little surprised and asked doubtfully, "Are you really here to be a captain in the Longxiong Guard?"
In fact, there were already rumors in the army about Li Changsheng replacing Jiang Li as the captain of cavalry.
Deng Zhong was only a middle or lower-level military officer and could not obtain first-hand information, so he could only rely on hearsay.
What's more, since ancient times, there has never been a eunuch from the inner court who came to the outer court to serve in the imperial guards and take up a military position.
Under normal circumstances, a military supervisor would be appointed to accompany the army to convey the emperor's will.
Li Changsheng smiled calmly and said, "Guaranteed genuine!"
After saying that, he turned his gaze to the man next to Deng Zhong.
Deng Zhong saw this and said, "Captain, I forgot to introduce you. This is Du Xiao, the recorder of our Longxiang Guard!"
Li Changsheng said with a smile: "Drug lord? This name sounds very domineering!"
The man called Du Xiao was confused when he heard Li Changsheng's praise.
I don’t understand what’s so domineering about my name?
However, he did not understand Li Changsheng's temper, so he did not dare to ask more questions.
Just followed with a wry smile.
"Du Xiao meets Captain Li!"
Li Changsheng quickly stepped forward to support him, and said with a smile: "We are all family from now on, no need to be polite!"
When Du Xiao heard the three words "family", his expression was obviously a little unnatural.
Obviously, he was not willing to become a member of Li Changsheng's family.
First of all, Li Changsheng is a eunuch.
The reputation of eunuchs has always been bad.
Any civil or military official with a bit of ability would look down upon eunuchs who only knew how to flatter the emperor and curry favor.
Secondly, Li Changsheng offended the Jiang family, and it was an offense that was close to death.
The current Longxiong Guard is still the royal guard in name, but the person actually in charge is surnamed Jiang.
Based on these two points, anyone who becomes his family will probably not have a good ending.
If he had not met Deng Zhong on the way and been dragged here by him, he would never have come to greet Li Changsheng.
Li Changsheng saw all the changes in Du Xiao's expression.
But he didn't say anything about it, and still had a simple smile on his face.
"Deng Zhong, the commander-in-chief is here. I'll go see him first!"
Deng Zhong said, "The commander-in-chief is in the barracks, but if you want to see him, I think you should go see the brigade commander first!"
Li Changsheng readily accepted the advice and asked, "Which brigade commander should I meet with?"
Deng Zhong replied, "Jiang Li's previous position was a cavalry captain, affiliated with the Xiaoguo Battalion, and his brigade commander was Ying Yunhai!"
Li Changsheng said: "Then let's go and pay our respects to this General Yinglu first!"
On the way to meet Ying Yunhai, Deng Zhong also gave him some basic knowledge about the Longxiong Guard.
The Longxiong Guard has four major camps under its command, namely the Xiaoguo Camp, the Jinwu Camp, the Zuowu Camp, and the Youwu Camp.
The full strength of each battalion is people.
Among them, the Zuowuying and Youwuying were responsible for protecting the safety of the left and right wings of the imperial palace.
The Jinwu Camp was mainly responsible for guarding the palace gates, important government offices, and warehouses.
As for the Xiaoguo Camp, it was mainly responsible for patrolling the imperial palace (outer court), the surrounding areas of the imperial palace, as well as the important roads and gates of the capital.
Except for the Xiaoguo Battalion, the brigade commanders of the other three battalions all have the surname Jiang.
The commander of the Xiaoguo Camp is not named Jiang.
But the two captains under his command both had the surname Jiang.
Among them, Jiang Li is the biological son of the commander-in-chief Jiang Kuanglong.
Another captain, Jiang Jian, is also Jiang Kuanglong’s nephew.
These two people are both arrogant and domineering, and they don't take Ying Yunhai, the brigade commander, seriously at all.
There were even rumors at one point.
The Queen Mother plans to replace Ying Yunhai and let Jiang Li take over.
Even this trip to the capital to suppress bandits was a gift package of experience specially made for Jiang Li.
When Jiang Li returns triumphantly,
That is the day when Ying Yunhai steps down from office.
But who would have thought...
Jiang Li was a guy who was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. Not only did he fail in suppressing the bandits, but his entire army was also wiped out.
Even he himself was captured by bandits, which was a complete disgrace.
If it weren't for the military supervisor Li Changsheng, who turned the tide at the critical moment.
I'm afraid the entire Longxiong Guard will lose all its reputation.
……
After going deep into the military camp and turning seven or eight corners, Deng Zhong suddenly stopped and pointed ahead and said excitedly:
"Captain Li, look! That's Ying Yunhai, the commander of the Xiaoguo Battalion."
"It seems he welcomes your arrival, even coming out of the camp to greet you personally."
Li Changsheng looked in the direction of Deng Zhong's finger.
Seeing Ying Yunhai looking eagerly awaiting something, he understood everything.
Before I came, Ying Yunhai was a thorn in the Jiang family's side and a thorn in their flesh, and was definitely the target of public criticism.
Now that I'm here, I can help relieve a lot of his stress.
He didn't set off firecrackers to give a warm welcome, which was very restrained.
However, this is in stark contrast to Ying Yunhai.
It was a long-faced man behind him.
At this moment, those sinister eyes, full of hatred, were staring at this side, making people shudder.
Seeing the long-faced man's cold eyes, Deng Zhong shuddered involuntarily and lowered his voice to remind:
"The long-faced general behind Commander Ying is the brave captain Jiang Jian. He is Jiang Li's cousin!"
"This person is already in the middle stage of the Earth Level. His strength should not be underestimated, and he is also a vindictive person."
"The Jiang family has suffered such a huge loss this time, they will definitely not let it go. You must be extremely careful!"
Li Changsheng nodded slightly to thank the other party for the reminder.
Moreover, he also keenly discovered.
At some point, Du Xiao had quietly kept a distance of at least ten feet from him.
It seems that he was afraid that Jiang Jian would see it and misunderstand him, and thus be implicated.
This also shows how powerful the Jiang family is in Longxiong Guard...