Chapter 23 The lonely city by the sea (1)
The two of them walked all the way and watched the scenery. Qiuxiang left Huafu was free to see butterflies and want to pick them.
"Where are we going next?" Qiuxiang said with a flower inserted on Tang Bohu's hair bun.
"Go to my house." Tang Bohu, holding Qiuxiang's hand, said: "If you meet my parents, you can recognize the door."
"Yeah!" Hearing this, Qiuxiang nodded and immediately became shy.
The two of them came to Suzhou City and another group of people were waiting at the city gate. When they walked in, they found that it was Suzhou magistrate Zhang Lin. He seemed to know that Tang Bohu would come back today and wait here early.
"Tang Yin, thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Lin said, "I have prepared some wine, please!"
Tang Bohu and Qiu Xiang sat down with each other, looking at the table of delicious food, still vigilant. Although Zhang Lin was not a bad person, Tang Bohu was not a good person either. He pretended to be tentative and asked, "Can you tell me the real meaning of that letter? I think it's just for a time to win a son-in-law, and King Ning would not take my life!"
"I can't say much." Zhang Lin poured wine to Tang Bohu and said, "I can only tell you that there are transactions that cannot be seen in the exchanges between Huafu and our Jiangnan officialdom. This transaction can be said to be the lifeblood of the entire Jiangnan officialdom. Once this list is obtained by King Ning, King Ning can use it to threaten the entire Jiangnan officialdom and help him complete his great cause! Fortunately, Tang Bohu, you did a good job."
Just like what I thought in my heart, Zhang Lin's answer was slight. The prefect still couldn't be honest with him. Although he had already known the truth, he still wanted to try Zhang Lin's sincerity.
"I almost lost my life!" Tang Bohu took a sip of wine.
Qiuxiang was also eating on her own, and the two of them were indeed hungry.
"You Tang Bohu have the courage and luck!" Zhang Lin said with a wry smile: "But we have also put in a lot of efforts to save you, at least to save your life!"
"Otherwise I might not be able to go to Suzhou!" Tang Bohu said.
"That's right!" Zhang Lin continued: "Of course, it's also a delaying strategy to save you. The price is that our Jiangnan side admits that you have a engagement with Zhu Yun. In other words, no matter what happens in the future, Zhu Yun will be your woman. As for whether you marry into a marriage or she marry, it depends on your future luck."
"What do you mean!"
Zhang Lin continued to explain: "Tang Yin, in order to save you, we had to accept this marriage! Although we took a step back, in order to maintain peace in Jiangnan, we had to make this delaying plan."
"A slowdown plan?" Tang Bohu was surprised.
Zhang Lin continued to explain: "You and Zhu Yun will definitely get married! You, Tang Bohu, can't avoid this, because we have accepted this marriage in the entire Jiangnan officialdom. In order to prevent King Ning from getting involved in Jiangnan too much, you, Tang Bohu, can't be a civil servant in this life. Even if you participate in the imperial examination, we will never jointly recommend you in the Jiangnan officialdom, but will jointly destroy you."
Tang Bohu: "In order to protect yourself, you have made your own decisions to cut off my future?"
"This is a helpless move, and it is also a win-win situation! I will take good care of your family. Life is not just one road! Tang Bohu, you still have a chance. After all, others value you very much."
When Tang Yin heard Zhang Lin talking, he felt his brain getting heavier and heavier. Seeing Qiu Xiang sitting beside him fainted, Tang Bohu gritted his teeth and said, "Did you drugged the wine and food?"
Looking at Zhang Lin's smile, Tang Bohu completely lost consciousness.
Down Tavern
Zhu Zhishan and Tang’s father and mother explained that Tang Bohu was going on a long trip. It was not until Zhang Lin personally arrived at the tavern that Tang’s father and mother truly believed in the incident of Tang Bohu’s travel. Zhu Zhishan and others also knew that Tang Bohu was still alive, but Tang Bohu’s future would be very difficult after this.
When Tang Bohu woke up from a coma, he opened his eyes and saw the flying fish suit of the Jinyiwei. If he looked carefully, he saw the acquaintance of Jinyiwei Chen Guang.
"I finally woke up." Chen Guang pointed to the Jinyiwei's official uniform placed beside Tang Bohu and said, "From now on, you will be the general flag of our Jinyiwei!"
"Embroidered Uniform Guard?" Tang Bohu spoke in a hoarse voice.
"You can't be a civil servant, but you can still be a military officer! I, Chen Guangjing, are a man of blood, and I have found a position for you! The official position of the Jinyiwei can't even get even if I break my head."
"Where is Qiu Xiang?"
"Young Master!" Qiu Xiang, wearing a men's outfit, came to the room, "Young Master Tang, you are finally awake."
"Are you okay?" Tang Bohu said nervously as he looked at her face.
"I'm fine!" Qiu Xiang's expression was no longer nervous and she escaped from Washington, but instead felt a little relaxed.
After changing his clothes, Tang Bohu and Chen Guang walked out of the room and came to a military camp. This place looked like a city that had just experienced war, with corpses and blood on the walls.
"The position of the General Flag was not given to me for free. Judging from your meaning, I don't seem to object to your arrangement."
"The position is vacant and naturally needs people to make up. The name Tang Bohu has been registered in our Nanzhen Fushi Office. In addition to the current emperor, you can remove you from the Jinyiwei, and you will be a ghost of the Jinyiwei in your life." Chen Guang replied: "The Japanese pirates in this area are very rampant, and the previous Baihu family was a young man who died soon. I will find you to replace him to defend against the Japanese pirates."
"How many people are there on my hand?" Tang Bohu immediately realized the problem. He wanted to defend against Japanese pirates. Then he said, "If this city falls, he will blame him. But if the general flag guarding this city dies, something must happen. The top leader must blame you. In order to avoid eating this melon, you will let me take the blame, right?"
Chen Guang smiled and said, "To be honest, you are too smart, so smart that I can't bear to die, but you still have less than 300 people on hand. I hope you can defend this city."
"How many Japanese pirates are there?"
"I don't know." Chen Guang looked at the dilapidated battlefield and said, "It's more than a thousand."
"Hundreds and thousands." Tang Bohu nodded and said, "Are you going to die?"
Chen Guang still smiled calmly and said, "If you can't defend this city, you will also have a head of people!"
"What if I keep it?" Tang Bohu said again.
Without answering Tang Bohu, he turned around and walked away step by step and left a sentence, "I'm leaving! I hope you can survive."
Tang Bohu waved his punch and hit the hard city wall, three hundred and thousands! How many times the number of people on the other side is? How do I fight? This is the first time Tang Bohu has a desire for power. Those guys holding power can freely fiddle with their lives and make them have no choice.
"The little Tian Sanren Jinyiwei's small flag, I have seen the Tang general flag." Another soldier wearing the Jinyiwei's uniform came hurriedly.
"Tian San!" Tang Bohu said this name. In terms of official position, the man in front of him was his subordinate. "Tell me how many we can guard this city."
"Sir, come with me!" Tian San led Tang Bohu to the city and walked towards the military camp.
Chapter completed!