The Child Emperor

The barracks is not big, about three or four miles away from the official road. The terrain is slightly higher. It is backed by a small river. The camp gate is not facing the road, but turns a corner. , The camp is densely populated with large and small houses, which seem to have existed for a long time.

Han Xing, the military governor, said: "This is one of the twelve new military camps in the capital. This one specializes in training infantry. I stayed here for a few days when I was a teenager. I haven't been here for a long time, and its appearance has not changed."

"You can train a military commander in a few days. It's amazing." King Donghai finally got on his horse, but he was still tired. He wants to change the emperor again, and he doesn't want to get up.

"Hehe, I was already a captain of the Southern Army at that time. I entered the new military camp to take charge of the equipment warehouse, but I didn't come to train." Han Xing looked up at the gate of the military camp, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

"Why did no one come out to greet you, the military commander?" The King of the East Sea also looked at the gate, and the soldiers above were vaguely visible.

"I asked everything to be simple, and we won't enter the barracks, so why bother the officers to come out to greet them? The rebels will stay here temporarily, and the Marquis of Tien and the King of the East Sea will follow me into the city."

The new military camp is not far from the capital. If there are no trees to block it, you can see the city wall clearly. There is a small town on the official road a few miles away.

Han Ruzi and Donghai Wang followed Han Xing's fingers and saw that there was a temporary camp behind a forest by the roadside, surrounded by wooden fences, not built houses, but tents.

"Let the Rebels live in such a place?" Donghai King asked in surprise.

"There are many rules in the barracks. I'm afraid the rebels will not be used to it when they are first built, so they will temporarily live in the outer camp. After the official establishment and distribution of flags and armor, they will have their own camps, and there is no need to live in the new barracks."

The King of the East Sea looked at Han Ruzi. He had already reminded him not to enter the city, and it would be difficult to get out again.

Han Ruzi looked at the clothes on his body, "I can't enter the city like this. I'll send someone to the mansion to get some clothes back. I'll go to the city tomorrow to thank you."

The King of the East Sea nodded lightly, but felt that this excuse was really bad enough.

Han Xing was stunned for a moment, "After Hou Tien enters the city, you can go home first, and go to the palace tomorrow to thank you."

Han Ruzi shook his head, "The Governor said I'm 'leading the world', but how can I meet people like this? Let's wait one night."

Han Xing said with a smile: "Marquis Juan is thinking too much, well, since Marquis Tien insists on doing this, then he will enter the city tomorrow. I have to return to the palace to return to my life, so let's leave ten old guards to guard the camp gate for the rebels to prevent idlers from entering the camp. ."

"That's very good." Han Ruzi said politely.

Han Xing watched the rebels enter the temporary camp, and then turned around and led the Su Wei army back to the city.

For the volunteer soldiers who were used to living in thatched huts, tents were a new thing, and they didn't feel shabby at all. Jin Chunzhong and Chao Hua assigned tents, one for each team, and agreed on the order and order of duty, and then they had dinner.

The food was all delivered from the new military camp, and it was quite simple. Rice, millet, vegetables, and meat were boiled into a paste, which was enough to eat. Since the full meal last night, the rebels had not eaten, and they were holding hot porridge. , it tastes great.

Han Ruzi and the King of Donghai were unexpectedly retained, so the new army camp did not prepare high-quality dishes. The two of them ate the same food as the soldiers. They stood at the entrance of the tent and guarded the cauldron with the guards.

The King of the East Sea did not agree at first, "There must be food for the generals and possibly wine in the new military camp, so let them bring it."

Han Ruzi felt that there was no need to trouble, so he filled a bowl and ate it.

After smelling the rice for a while, Donghai Wang couldn't help but also took a bowl. After eating half of the bowl wholeheartedly, he said: "The taste is not bad, but the oil and water are less. The cook in Cui's house will make a stew. It’s the same way of stir-frying, but the ingredients are very particular, no rice noodles are needed, the meat is the leftover fried meat from yesterday, and the vegetables are fresh. Don’t die, you are a cook, can you eat this kind of thing?”

Han Ruzi ate a big bowl, and seeing that it was getting dark, he said to his companions, "I want to ask you to do something for me."

"Yeah." Don't eat two big bowls, not picky eaters at all.

"Go into the city and go to the Marquis Mansion. Bring me a few sets of clean clothes. The mansion asks about my condition. Please tell the truth."

"Okay." Don't get up and leave.

The King of the East Sea was taken aback, "Do you really want to enter the city tomorrow?"

"You have to wear clean clothes if you don't enter the city."

King Donghai thought it was reasonable and wanted to stop him, but the cook had already gone far.

More than 700 people ate the food cleanly, and the pots hardly needed to be washed. All the dishes and chopsticks were sent to the camp gate, and the soldiers of the new army camp took them away.

Dragonfly, the maid of the Jin Mansion, came from a distance. She and the young lady lived in the innermost tent, surrounded by women and children from the Chao family fishing village. Like the King of the East Sea, she stared at the back of the doomed man and came to the front of Han Ruzi. , asked, "Who is that person?"

"He? He's calling him dead."

"Hee, good name, since it's called not life, why can you live until now."

"Because...he's a cook, no one would be willing to kill him. Why did you suddenly ask him?"

"Not suddenly, I've been staring at you for a long time, and I won't come here until he's gone. Last night, we tracked the people of the Chai family and found that they came to attack the Hebian Village again. The one who took the lead was that Yan Qilang. Capturing the thief first, capturing the king, and catching Yan Qilang, can not only drive the enemy back, but also avenge the fisherman Chao..."

"He's the head of the Rebel Army."

"Well, Master Chao. But there are a lot of people around Yan Qilang, and we haven't been able to find a chance. It rained suddenly, it was pitch black all around, and the fire was doused. When the rain was halfway through, guess what?" The dragonfly stopped suddenly like telling a story.

"Someone sent Yan Qilang to you?" Han Ruzi guessed.

"Hey, did you see it? Or don't tell me to tell you?"

"He didn't say anything, he caught Yan Qilang?"

"Miss said it must be him. He didn't show up last night. He left Yan Qilang and the person disappeared. The lady said that this must be a strange person, so let me ask for his name. It turns out that he is also a cook. Interesting." Dragonfly didn't say goodbye, turned around and left.

Soon after nightfall, it was impossible to walk freely in the camp. Jin Chunzhong knew the rules and ordered the volunteer soldiers to enter the tent to rest. If it was night, he should report the name and password to the patrolling soldiers.

Han Ruzi shared a tent with the King of the East Sea, which is also the treatment of ordinary soldiers: a thin layer of felt blankets is spread on the one-foot-high haystack. The only advantage is that it is wide enough, one left and one right. several soldiers.

Han Ruzi was so tired that he didn't want to move when he lay down.

The opposite Donghai King poked here and there, and sat down after a while, "Is this where people sleep too?"

"The millions of soldiers in Great Chu, I am afraid that the vast majority of people eat and live like this. In the future, when we go to the northern Xinjiang, we have to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Now we have to get used to it."

"Hey, we live together, share weal and woe, the military book is just talking about it. I've been to the military camp, not to mention generals, just ordinary rank six or seven small officials, and they have everything, even women, do you believe it?"

Han Ruzi smiled without saying a word, he just wanted to sleep peacefully.

The new barracks also took good care of the neighbors and sent a lot of hot water. After the march, he could not take a bath, but he had to wash his feet. No matter how tired Han Ruzi was, he would sit up and soak his feet for a while. .

Donghai King snorted twice, "At home, someone else washes my feet. Let your guards or those stupid women in the stockade come and help. They are not soldiers, so it must be useful to live in the camp."

There were no candles in the tent. Han Ruzi yawned and said, "There will be more difficult days in the future, so let's get used to it. By the way, why do you think the queen mother won't let me go? She has already made me the general of Zhenbei. already."

"It's obvious." The King of the East Sea raised his voice, and then lowered it again, "The imperial court often uses this trick, first seal you up to stabilize you, and after you are completely under control, then issue an edict, saying You submit a letter to fight, 'Courage is commendable, I am not tired of being in danger, and I will reuse it in the future', etc., and then seal the official, from general to general, but you can't go, you can go out and hang out before, from now on, You will be placed under house arrest in the mansion, and you will not be able to step out of the gate. If you want to stay with my cousin for the rest of your life, you can go back to the city, but I don't know how long this 'lifetime' will last. The queen mother will be unhappy one day, or the little emperor will grow up Don't worry when you grow up, I will definitely find an excuse to poison you to death."

"Has this happened before?"

"Haha, I have even imitated similar edicts. I told you earlier that I was going to be an emperor since I was a child, but it's a pity... alas."

"But Han Xing didn't mean to force me into the city."

"Of course not. Han Xing is a well-known and good-natured man. The queen mother sent him here to confuse you. Naturally, he will not use force. You can see it tomorrow. I guess the person who comes here will not be Han Xing anymore."

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "It's not enough to always be stationed outside the city. If the Queen Mother really doesn't want me to go to the northern border, what should I do?"

The King of Donghai didn't care about the roughness of the bed, so he lay down, "Then I don't know, you have to find a way yourself."

Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Are you still thinking about Mrs. Cui?"

Donghai King snorted coldly, "It's his fault that he didn't kill me. Since he wants to be ruthless..." Donghai Wang stopped talking, he wouldn't tell anyone in advance, especially not to Han. Ruzi.

"Yang Feng also told me not to return to Beijing, maybe I should get in touch with him."

"Don't be stupid, Yang Feng is assisting the champion now, not you. He told you not to return to Beijing to deal with the queen mother. If you go to him, you will be out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den. Don't forget, the champion. He also wanted to kill you last night, but now he doesn't dare, but he is willing to hold you in his hands."

Han Ruzi believed in Yang Feng more, but also felt that this was not a good opportunity to defect to him. One day, Yang Feng should be allowed to defect to him.

Han Ruzi was so tired that he fell asleep without thinking of a way to deal with it. The same was true for the King of the East Sea on the opposite side. He didn't even know when the guards took away the foot-washing water.

Contrary to the sound sleep of the two, this night, several people closely related to them stayed up all night.

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