Chapter 133: Vigilance
Lin Nuoyan's Grand Marshal's Mansion is facing the central square of the wooden city. The gate made by cold iron is several feet high, majestic and heavy. The three gilded characters "Da Zhengfu" are shining brightly under the sunshine.
More than a dozen Xingtu soldiers wearing ink-black armor and black cloak stood solemnly on both sides of the gate of the Grand Marshal's Mansion. These were veterans who followed Lin Nuoyan's war. They looked calm and looked straight without squinting, holding the hilt of the knife in their hands, guarding the Grand Marshal's Mansion.
A long list of carriages had been parked in front of the Marshal's Mansion, all of which were transportation tools for civil servants. Katun served as the consul of the Mucheng City and promoted a large number of civil servants. These civil servants were gathering together in groups of three or five, talking in a low voice about the recent current affairs, waiting for the summons.
On the other side of the gate were the five big and thick officers. Compared with the reserved and elegant civil servants, they had no scruples. The loud laughter made the civil servants frown from time to time.
Lin Chuan and Xia Ge, as generals of Xing Tu army, walked automatically into the crowd of officers. The so-called feathers of birds of a feather flocked and people were divided into groups. The officers kept slapped with their right fists when they saw them coming.
"Stone, you are strong again." Lin Chuan smiled and kept greeting the officers.
Most of these Xingtu officers were promoted by the veterans of Xingtu who gradually accumulated military achievements. Most of them were familiar faces of Lin Chuan, so Lin Chuan quickly got along with them.
"Sir, can you reveal what we are going to do today?" The fat man Lu Dong also laughed and approached Lin Chuan to inquire about the meeting.
Lu Dong is now the quarres-in-command officer of Xing Tu Army. His obese body has not diminished but increased. He looks round and like a ball of meat, and his eyes are gone when he smiles.
Lin Chuan laughed and scolded: "What you should know will naturally tell you that you have embezzled a lot recently, why have you become fat again?"
Lu Dong waved his hand quickly: "Sir, you can't wrongly accuse others. I, Lu Dong, are not that kind of people."
Xia Ge punched Lu Dong in the chest and said with a smile: "When will we get some meat for our Sanggan River frontline soldiers? I haven't seen any meat for a week-"
When Lu Dong heard that Xia Ge asked for military rations, his face suddenly became bitter, "Boss Xia, you don't know, Curry is empty now..."
Lin Chuan, regardless of Xia Ge asked Shandong for military rations, walked straight towards Gangyu not far away. Gangyu was seriously injured after coming down from Qinggangling. Now he is still wrapped like a rice dumpling, standing alone.
"Have you been hurt?"
When Gangyu saw Lin Chuan coming over, he pointed to the wrapped body: "It's almost done, Doctor Yunxu said that the stitches will be removed in a few days."
"That's good. Raise more on weekdays, and there are a lot of things waiting for you to do in the army."
Seeing Lin Chuan so concerned about him, Gangyu raised his head and said apologetically: "Sir, I'm sorry about Miss Lan Yu..."
"What are you talking about? You are my brother. It's natural for you to come back."
Lin Chuan paused and continued, "Besides, she has been away from home for a long time, so she also wants to go back and have a look. When we get into Wangjing, I will pick her up."
Gangyu was very moved: "Sir, from now on, I will not frown when I go to the mountain of swords and go to the sea of fire when you say a word."
Lin Chuan patted Gangyu on the shoulder, "We are brothers, and you can't let you go alone even if you go up the mountain and the sea of fire, right, haha."
Gangyu raised his hand and wiped his eyes: "Anyway, I'm selling my life to you."
"Consul Katton is here-" someone said loudly.
Lin Chuan looked up and saw that the consul Katun was in a wooden wheelchair being pushed towards him by his personal guards.
Now that the consul Katun has completely put aside his military affairs and devoted himself to civil affairs, Lin Chuan discovered that there was a hint of white between the consul Katun's hair.
The consul Katun has a very popular reputation. The officials along the way all bow their bodies and salute them. Katun also responded with a smile.
"Lin Chuan pays homage to the consul Katon." Lin Chuan also respected the consul Katon and came forward to pay homage to him.
Katun looked up and down at Lin Chuan, smiled and praised, "I haven't seen each other for a few days. I'm really impressed and look more and more like a general in charge."
Lin Chuan quickly waved his hand modestly. Although he was the commander of the corps, he really couldn't get the stage in front of a veteran like Katun.
"Zhao Feng has seen Lord Katun." While Lin Chuan and Katun were chatting, Zhao Feng also arrived on a horse. Seeing Katun and Lin Chuan chatting, he walked over with a smile on his face.
"It's the young master of the Zhao family who has arrived. Come on, let me introduce you. This is Lin Chuan, the rising star among our Xing Tu army." Katon seemed to be very familiar with Zhao Feng, so he pulled him to introduce to Lin Chuan.
Zhao Feng's face was filled with smiles and bowed to Lin Chuan: "Mr. Lin, I offended so much just now, please forgive me. I have just hit Lord Lin's slave. I have implemented the family law and killed the stick."
"Oh, you guys knew each other." Katun looked puzzled.
Lin Chuan did not expect that Zhao Feng Laiwan would kill the arrogant slave just now. He was so cruel that he had hidden his smile on Zhao Feng.
"What a pity. Actually, I don't mean to blame me. I'll ask Mr. Zhao to show mercy next time."
"Since Lord Lin's words, Zhao should comply."
Katun also spoke at this time: "You are all young talents of my Xing Tujun. You must walk more in the future and work together to strengthen my Xing Tujun."
Lin Chuan and Zhao Feng both bowed to each other, but they didn't know what they thought about when they fell to the ground.
But Lin Chuan was a little wary of the seemingly smiling Zhao Feng. Where did this person appear? Why did he suddenly become the young talent of Xing Tujun?
However, Lin Chuan could no longer think too much. The gate of the Marshal's Mansion had been opened. Lin Nuoyan walked out in person and greeted Katun in.
The generals and civil servants all entered one after another and entered the Marshal's Mansion.
The Grand Marshal's Mansion held a meeting of Xingtu Army today, so he was very cautious, almost three steps per post and five steps per sentry, and there were alert Xingtu soldiers everywhere.
The conference room is on the east side of the Marshal's Mansion, and walks along the corridor until the end.
"Sir Lin, please remove the weapon. We will return it to you after the meeting." At the door of the conference room, Lin Chuan was blocked by a Xingtu soldier.
Only then did Lin Chuan realize that the officers in front of him had all disarmed their weapons and walked into the conference room empty-handed.
Xia Ge showed a hint of dissatisfaction on his face and asked, "I could have brought weapons before, why can't I do today?"
The Xingtu soldier said in embarrassment: "Sir Xia Ge, this is what the above commanded me, and I will also act as abide by the order."
Lin Chuan patted Xia Ge on the shoulder and said, "Maybe this was the command of the Grand Marshal. We will borrow the weapons."
Under Lin Chuan's persuasion, Xia Ge threw his sword on the table with dissatisfaction.
Although Lin Chuan took off his weapon and handed it to the Xing Tu warrior for safekeeping, he was wondering why he did this today?
After handing over the weapons, Lin Chuan and Xia Ge walked into the conference room of the Grand Marshal's Mansion.
The Marshal's Mansion has a large conference room on each side of the east and west sides, but it is usually idle. Most of the time, Lin Nuoyan directly treats his main hall as a conference room.
However, this time there were hundreds of civil servants and generals who came to attend the meeting, so the meeting location was changed to this large conference room.
The conference room is empty and wide, and the sun shines in through the windows, making the conference room very spacious.
Chapter completed!