After hearing the old marshal's words, Zhang Gongbo came up and greeted a standard military salute: "Master Marshal, you have done something that many people can't do in their lifetime."

The old marshal sneered briefly, as if he was mocking himself. Then, a powerful force appeared in his voice and said something that made Zhang Gongbo tremble: "The country is not unified, I am a sinner for the ages, and I will die with my eyes open."

Zhang Gongbo was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat, lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

The old marshal may feel the atmosphere a little stiff, so he laughed heartily, sat back to his seat and drank the remaining lotus seed soup, and changed the topic plainly, "By the way, public opinion, how about the marshal's mansion recently?"

Zhang Gongbo quietly wiped off the sweat beads from his forehead, his eyes were a little erratic, and hesitantly said: "I heard...well...I heard..."

"What did you hear?" The old marshal's expression was a little stiff, he frowned, and said sternly, "Is that boy Ou Cheng causing trouble again?"

"No, no, no, it has nothing to do with the young master. He went to the dessert shop after school today and went home immediately." Zhang Gongbo hesitated for a while, and seemed to have finally made up his mind to continue reporting, "It's just... I heard from the Central Guard that a retainer in the Marshal's Mansion went out privately, trying to insult the civilian girl. He also clashed with the soldiers who came on duty. In the end... he was shot dead..."

"What?!" The old marshal looked shocked. He was not surprised that his retainers were shot dead, but that his retainers insulted the women. What if such a thing was spread?

But the old marshal thought about it and felt strange. Where did this retainer get the courage to be brave? It would be fine if he did bad things outside alone, but he would dare to conflict with the Central Guard on duty?

And you should know that the Central Guard Army is a personal soldier of the marshal. If you really encounter public security issues related to the Marshal's Office, you will be more likely to sell your face. What degree of "conflict" will this make the Central Guard Army have to shoot and kill people?

The old marshal thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and asked sternly: "Tell me the truth! Did Ou Cheng take people out to cause trouble and finally let this retainer take the blame?"

Zhang Gongbo quickly waved his hand: "No, no, no, the Central Guard Army and the civilian woman involved are consistent, and have nothing to do with the young master. It is purely because this retainer pretends to be a tiger's power and the dog relies on the power of others."

"If this is true, I will send someone to visit the person involved in the next few days and give an explanation. Alas, I have always been concerned about state affairs and have never managed the mansion well. I don't know what it is now, especially Ou Cheng." The old marshal's expression relaxed a little, but it was still a little stern. He shook his head and said, "Listen, if this kid really does evil in my name, you can deal with him for me. If you really can't deal with it, then tell me, I don't believe that I can't cure this young boy."

"I understand." Zhang Gongbo agreed, but he felt very distressed. This Ou Cheng is the only grandson of the old marshal. Maybe when he grows up, he will succeed to the next marshal. Who dares to care about this? Now that he offended him, he will not be able to settle the score in the future?

Seeing that there was nothing to say, the old marshal called Zhang Gongbo: "Okay, go and do your business. I'm tired and I need a rest."

"Subordinates leave."

...

In a school next to the Marshal's Mansion, the children of senior officials of Republican Zhihui usually gather here for making up for lessons after school. The tutor is Yuan Bijun, the learned and talented Republican Zhihui, who teaches more poetry and books, as well as the way to control military affairs.

At this time, Yuan Bijun was teaching poetry to these famous disciples. He stared at the books seriously and said with a shaking head: "The Fisherman's Song" is a word by Zhang Zhihe, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poet used his feelings to fish in the mountains and rivers..."

Just as Yuan Bijun was giving lectures, there were constant movements in class. Ou Cheng was whispering to several famous families. He suddenly smiled badly and raised his hand and said, "Teacher! I know how to memorize this word!"

Yuan Bijun was a little surprised: "Oh? This is a new poem. You have actually read it? Then tell me, how do you recite the first sentence?"

Ou Cheng stood up, imitated Yuan Bijun's appearance, shook his head and said, "The egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain... A turtle climbing in the river to the east! Hahahaha!"

In class, the students burst into laughter, and some mischievously jumped onto the table, imitating Yuan Bijun's usual posture.

Yuan Bijun was also in pain and couldn't say anything. He was a lieutenant general and was played by these young boys as clowns. The problem was that they were all descendants of famous families and were difficult to do. If it were ordinary students, he would have used a ruler to hit the palm of his hand.

At this time, Yuan Bijun regretted taking on such a thankless and easy-to-offend job.

This was originally something that Liu Fusu, who was more talented, wanted to do, but this guy was very clever and had long seen that this job was not easy to do, so he immediately pushed the matter to Yuan Bijun.

The atmosphere in the classroom was broken, and it happened to be the time to stop the school. Yuan Bijun said perfunctorily: "Okay, let's come here first today, everyone will go back."

When he was absent from school, Zhang Gongbo came here at some point. He bowed to Yuan Bijun with a ridicule that he couldn't even hide, and said hypocritically: "Sir Yuan, how is the teaching situation today?"

Zhang Gongbo and Yuan Bijun were not good at politics and personal relationships. During the Northern Expedition, the two of them had a fight at the conference table, and they were considered complete enemies.

Ou Cheng ran to Zhang Gongbo with a smile, and repeated the jokes in the class again.

Zhang Gongbo laughed and said, "It seems that Lieutenant General Yuan Bijun is celebrating mountains and rivers with love, hates all kinds of officialdom, and yearns for freedom."

Yuan Bijun was not in the mood to argue with Zhang Gongbo at this time, so he ignored him and left with great strides.

Zhang Gongbo looked at Yuan Bijun's back, sneered, then changed into another expression, patted Ou Cheng on the head: "Young Master, after reading the book, is it time to go home?"

Ou Cheng stamped his feet: "Oh, tomorrow is the weekend, I don't want to go home, Uncle Eagle Nose, okay, can you take me out for fun?"

Zhang Gongbo thought for a while and asked, "Then where do you want to go?"

"Everywhere is OK. I'm almost angry today. Mu Xi, the one in our school, dares not like me. When I go to school on Monday, I will give her a good look!"

Zhang Gongbo's eyes changed repeatedly, revealing a mysterious playfulness. He squatted down and looked directly into Ou Cheng's eyes and said, "Uncle really forgot that you have grown up. It's time to take you to play with some things that adults can play with."

Ou Cheng opened his eyes wide in curiosity: "Okay! What sir is playing with! I want to play!"

"No problem, but you have to assure me that you won't say this to anyone, remember, anyone, especially your grandpa."
Chapter completed!