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Chapter 39

As a soldier, the last thing I want to receive is an order to "forced withdrawal" before the battle.

Holding a military order, Boss Ai sat at the simple desk and didn't say a word for a long time.Xiang Yunxin felt sorry for her, knowing that the Ai family and the Zhang family had sacrificed a lot in Gubeikou, and they were about to win, and there was a forced withdrawal of troops, and the credit went to others.

Boss Ai didn't care about this. What she was worried about was Lu Jianxun's escape from prison.

"What's going on?" Zhang Qishan walked in from the door.

The door wasn't locked, or even closed, and there were his own soldiers outside. Even if they lent them ten guts, no one would dare to enter Boss Ai's room.

The little adjutant followed Zhang Qishan, and also looked at Boss Ai eagerly.Seeing Boss Ai's sullen face and not speaking, he knew the situation was serious, and went to see Xiang Yunzhong again as if asking questions.

Xiang Yunzhong only cared about his eldest lady, and didn't see the little adjutant at all.

"Sister Ai..." The little adjutant hit a wall and asked directly, "What happened?"

For the little adjutant, Boss Ai has a good temper, she pulled her head out of the military order and forced a smile to him, "It's nothing, I just want to withdraw the army.

"Withdraw the troops at this time?" Zhang Qishan had experienced many battles, so he naturally realized that something was wrong.

"Xu Tingyao's troops are on top." Boss Ai didn't intend to say more, got up and came out from behind the table, chasing people with a businesslike look, "You guys also take inventory, and return to Changsha as soon as the sun shines tomorrow."

"Boss Ai," Zhang Qishan didn't agree, "Be honest, what happened?"

"Nothing happened," Boss Ai didn't say, "obey the order."

"It's about to outflank, and one step forward is victory," Zhang Qishan pressed on Boss Ai step by step, his eyes seemed to be able to shoot light, and forced Boss Ai to take two steps back, he said every word Said, "You want me to withdraw at this time, you have to give me a reason, right?"

Of course, Xiang Yunzhong was not happy that his eldest daughter was oppressed like this, and was hesitating whether to tell Zhang Qishan about Lu Jianxun's escape from prison, but before he could tell, Boss Ai spoke first.

She said: "Now I am your officer, obey orders!"

"Now?" Zhang Qishan is very good at grasping words, what is now?Boss Ai came from the Central Military Department, her military rank is two ranks higher than his, and the scale of her starting army is also larger than his. Let alone now, if there is no accident, she has always been his chief. Zhang Qishan was thinking about it, and he was stunned. , "What's the matter with you?"

"..." Boss Ai was already very upset, so he didn't bother to hide it any longer. He reached out and grabbed the telegram on the table, and handed it to Zhang Qishan, "Look for yourself."

The little adjutant subconsciously went to answer the telegram, but before he stretched out his hand, the telegram was snatched away by Zhang Qishan.

He was really angry.

"Nonsense!" Zhang Qishan finished reading the telegram, and slapped the table with such strength that the pen container on the table shook accordingly, and a pen inside was even bounced by the shock, "The Central Military Department What are you doing?!"

"I want to go back and report on my work." At this time, Boss Ai can still laugh, "The Zhang family's troops shouldn't have been involved in the front line of the Great Wall in the first place. You have made too many sacrifices. Listen to me and withdraw first."

If Zhang Qishan had to retreat, there was no military order for Zhang Qishan to lead the troops to Gubeikou. If the Central Military Department really cared about it, it would not be impossible to charge him with a rebellion charge.Boss Ai intends to protect the Zhang family. Zhang Qishan knows this. There is only one thing that Zhang Qishan can't worry about: "You know very well that going to Nanjing is going to be a disaster. You have two holes in your body, thanks to you you can still laugh."

The little adjutant was shocked when he heard the words, and he didn't care about etiquette. He reached out to get the two telegrams that were photographed on the table, and after only reading two or three lines, he became very worried.

And when he read one and saw a call from Changsha, his whole body tensed up, even his voice trembled, and he said, "Brother..."

Zhang Qishan had only seen the telegram from the military department to withdraw troops before, and he was so angry that he didn't even bother to read the latter one.The little adjutant raised his head and said to him with eyes full of horror: "Brother... Lu Jianxun has escaped from prison... I am afraid that he has already arrived at the Central Military Headquarters. It is not a coincidence that Shangfeng asked Sister Ai to withdraw the army at this time."

That's more ominous than good.

"You can't go back!" Zhang Qishan also knew about the situation of the Central Military Headquarters. He stopped Boss Ai, "You are here, and I will blame you on the peak. Everything is up to me."

"Zhang Qishan!" Boss Ai didn't appreciate it, "Take your people and withdraw to Changsha."

"What if I say no?"

It was nothing more than a dismissal on the spot, and Zhang Qishan really stood up to Boss Ai.As soon as Lu Jianxun escaped from prison on his front foot, he ordered Boss Ai to withdraw his troops on his back foot. When the battle situation was so urgent, he made it clear that there was a big hole in Nanjing, and he was waiting for Boss Ai to jump into it.

The little adjutant was a little anxious, he couldn't be more clear about his elder brother's temper.He knew that his eldest brother was trying to protect Boss Ai, and he also knew that Sister Ai was protecting them, but these two... were about to catch fire.

"Why do you?" Boss Ai was uncharacteristically, and did not forcefully dismiss him as Zhang Qishan thought, but sighed, turned around and went to the desk to get cigarettes.

When the cigar was lit, the little adjutant was in a daze. He watched Boss Ai strike a match, and he was not in a hurry to smoke. He just put the cigar in the fire and roasted it back and forth.

A look of calm.

But why there was some heartache in her eyes, the little adjutant didn't understand.

Zhang Qishan understood, he asked: "Do you have to go back?"

"I'm a soldier..." Boss Ai didn't look up at Zhang Qishan when she said this, her gaze seemed to be fixed on the cigar, and she didn't seem to be looking at anything. She said, "It's not something I can decide of."

The tobacco leaves have been roasted repeatedly, and the room gradually has a fragrance. The cigar is "gray like snow, and the grass is rolled like eggplant". No matter what time it is, it can make people look very elegant.

Zhang Qishan asked her in the smell of this cigar: "You just let me watch you like this..."

Zhang Qishan couldn't utter the word "death", but the few people in the room understood it in their hearts.

A pinch of ash fell from the end of the cigar, and before it fell to the ground, it dissipated without a trace, as if it never existed.

"You take Xiao Shan back," Boss Ai looked at the little adjutant. She thought that the little adjutant was only the same age as the younger brother. If he was involved in this fearless struggle, she would feel distressed. "If something happens to me in Nanjing, at least there is someone outside... who can save me."

Having said so much, Zhang Qishan was unwilling and had nothing to say.Boss Ai's intentions, he understood, but as a man, he had never felt so powerless.

"Besides my Zhang family, who else can help you?" Zhang Qishan took a step back, "I'll contact you first, just in case."

"Shanghai Ming family." The Ming family and the Ai family are family friends, but it is a pity that the master of the Ming family left early. Miss Ming became a Taoist at a young age in order to pull the third younger brother. Stand still.

"Well," Zhang Qishan had heard about the relationship between the Ming family and the Ai family for a long time, and the Zhang family also had contacts with the Ming family, so he continued to ask, "It's not difficult to contact the Ming family, but it's a pity that the two grown-up young masters of the Ming family are both abroad. Miss, I'm afraid...is there another home?"

"Chongqing Xiao family, Xiao Qiye is my friend. Ai Kun is in Taiwan, and he can talk to Jiang Gong directly when necessary." Boss Ai finished explaining, spit out a mouthful of eye circles, and added lightly, "Fulong Shiba, forget it."

That of Fu Longzhi is Zheng Mo, her fiancé.

Zhang Qishan nodded, didn't say much, just said "Treasure", then turned around and left with the little adjutant.

Before leaving, the little adjutant looked at Boss Ai anxiously, and called out in an almost inaudible voice: "Sister Ai..."

"Hey." I heard it after all, Boss Ai leaned against the table with a cigar in one hand, smiled and waved to the little adjutant, she said, "Go."

For some reason, the little adjutant wanted to cry. He was afraid that the word "go" would be the last words Boss Ai said to him in his life. He was a kind child, and he was too afraid of losing his life.

The night in the barracks was very boring, when the soldiers saw Zhang Qishan, they all stood at attention and saluted, all the same.The little adjutant followed behind Zhang Qishan, feeling uncomfortable.

"Xiaoshan." Zhang Qishan suddenly called him.

"Brother," the little adjutant asked without waiting for Zhang Qishan to speak, "You will save Sister Ai, right?"

Hearing the words, Zhang Qishan stood there suddenly, the wind from Gubeikou blowing on his face, as if he could still smell the gunpowder smoke from the front line, he recalled the Boss Ai who fought side by side with him not long ago, he said: " right."

In time, there is an abyss ahead, and the boss is as weak as Ai and dares to jump. What is he afraid of, Zhang Qishan.

"What are you afraid of?" After Zhang Qishan and the little adjutant left, the room instantly became deserted. For a while, only cigars were left in the air. Boss Ai puffed out smoke rings and asked the worried Xiang Yunzhong half-jokingly. , "Even if it is a crime made out of nothing, it will not fall on your head."

Xiang Yun was in a hurry and wanted to explain in a hurry: "Miss..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Boss Ai waving a cigarette. Of course, she knew that Xiang Yunzhong was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death.She understands the children she has raised by herself.

"Life and death are fate." Boss Ai said, feeling very emotional, "If my life should not die, what can they do to me? But if fate is destined, then what am I struggling for?"

"Since when did the young lady believe in her orders?" Xiang Yunzhong was not happy to hear this.

"I have to believe it—" Boss Ai pointed out something, she paused, if it weren't for the dots of fire on the cigar head still burning, she would have been so quiet as if she hadn't breathed, and after a long time, she said , "Isn't Lu Jianxun just lucky? He was beaten like that, locked in a prison, and he can still escape from prison..."

Xiang Yunzhong understood: "Miss means...?"

Boss Ai didn't speak, just holding a cigarette, Ren Xiang Yunzhong guessed to himself.

The little adjutant followed Zhang Qishan all the way back to the room, without saying a word for a long time.Zhang Qishan was also full of thoughts, the two entered the room in silence and closed the door, one sat on the bed with his head tilted, the other stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking out of the window one after another.

Perhaps this is the last night at the front line.

No one enjoys war, but for soldiers, they would rather die on the battlefield.

"Brother," the little adjutant thought for a while, feeling that something was wrong, he tilted his head and asked Zhang Qishan, "I just don't understand, how did Lu Jianxun escape from prison?"

Zhang Qishan was a little surprised, but nothing else, he was thinking about the same thing as the little adjutant.He didn't speak, and asked the little adjutant to continue.

"Before I left, I arranged for trustworthy people to guard the big prison." The little adjutant was worried, "Even if he, Lu Jianxun, has extraordinary abilities, he can't get rid of the people I arranged by himself."

"You already have the answer, do you still need me to say it?" Zhang Qishan smiled.

But the little adjutant couldn't laugh. He was worried that it was too late, so he said, "There is a ghost inside."

Zhang Qishan nodded and asked the little adjutant: "Where do you think the inner ghost is?"

"It's not very likely within the army." The little adjutant analyzed, "Brother, you led the troops here, it was a temporary matter. If you are an inside ghost in the army, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be transferred to the front line at that time. Rescue Lu Jianxun?"

"Very good," Zhang Qishan saw that the little adjutant's analysis was orderly, and this was the only comforting thing tonight, "Continue."

"The rules of Changsha City allow only nine big households, no matter what kind of business they do." The little adjutant agreed, hula la poured out all the words in his heart, "Brother is an outsider, but he quickly solved the local snake and became one of the nine big households." Not to mention the big family, but also took the military power, the big brother thinks, how likely is it that this ghost came out of the other eight sects?"

"Nine times out of ten." Zhang Qishan was very satisfied, and continued to inspire the little adjutant bit by bit, "Then, who do you think it will be?"

"Whoever's interests are affected, that's who..." The young adjutant at the moment, the young Lang Junxiu, had a seriousness that didn't match his age, "Of the nine households, the elder brother has already solved one, and the remaining eight households, the second Master Xianyun Yehe, the one who is most likely to covet the first place is the third master."

Boss Ai flicked the cigarette ash, shook his head: "No."

"Lu Jianxun's escape from prison at this time is by no means lucky," Xiang Yunzhong insisted, "There must be ghosts in Changsha City."

"I agree," Boss Ai said, "but it won't be the third master—and no matter who the ghost is, he just wants to turn the limelight to the third master. Zhang Qishan occupied one side when he first arrived in Changsha, and there were many people who were dissatisfied. Of the few households he has made good friends with, the second master can't, the eighth master can't, the biggest suspect is the third master."

"The young miss also said..." Xiang Yunzhong couldn't understand.

"Hey..." Boss Ai didn't take it seriously, "Things that outsiders like you and I can understand, if his third master is so brainless and committing crimes, how did he climb to the position of the third child?"

"Hmm..." It's not unreasonable to say that. In terms of calculations, Xiang Yunzhong has always believed that no one can match Boss Ai, "Then who could it be?"

"Either Zhang Qishan's enemy, or the third master's enemy." Boss Ai talked for a long time, and the cigar was almost extinguished. She took another sip of the cigar before continuing, "But it's hard for me to think, Who would have a grudge against a cripple?"

"Then he is still Buddha's enemy?" Xiang Yunzhong thought for a while, "Huo...?"

Boss Ai smiled, didn't say anything, and only told Xiang Yunzhong: "If something happens to me in Nanjing, please remember to remind Zhang Qishan: Be careful with women."

She herself is a poisonous scorpion, once a woman becomes ruthless, she cannot guard against it.

"Yes, miss." Xiang Yunzhong has always been able to observe words and expressions, and often Boss Ai can understand the meaning with a glance, not to mention today, the words have been made very clear. If he reminds Zhang Qishan, it is obviously to leave him. Nanjing.He understood, but he pretended to be stupid, "Miss, rest early, I will call you before departure tomorrow morning."

"Yunzhong," Boss Ai didn't want to go around in circles, "you will lead the troops back to Hangzhou early in the morning. I will deal with it in Nanjing, so don't follow me."

"..." Xiang Yunzhong quit. He stabilized his emotions and stubbornly resisted, "Missy is alone outside, no one can take care of her."

"Why don't you understand?" Boss Ai knew exactly what was going on in his mind, who grew up next to him. "They are targeting me. As long as you are not controlled in Nanjing, no one can touch you."

"I understand," Xiang Yun felt a sudden pain in his heart. He thought he was a man, but he couldn't even protect his own young lady. The commander of the army went to Nanjing to report on his duties, and the adjutant was not by his side, so it is really unreasonable."

"..." Boss Ai was taken aback and nodded, "You are right."

Seeing what Boss Ai said, Xiang Yunzhong secretly heaved a sigh of relief.But looking at Boss Ai's eyes, he always felt that it was not that simple.

Sure enough, Boss Ai stretched out his hand and tore off Xiang Yunzhong's epaulets.

The epaulets together with the discipline buckles have no real weight on the military uniform, but once they are ripped off, Xiang Yunzhong feels that his soul has been pulled out of his body.At this moment, he froze in place, looked down dully at the empty shoulder line, and then looked at Boss Ai again.

There is a block in my heart, I can't tell whether it is pain or choking.

The epaulettes and discipline buttons are the military ranks.They stay in Boss Ai's hands, calm as promised, just like Boss Ai himself, so calm that he doesn't look like someone who has been calculated.

Even the sound was not disturbed at all.

Boss Ai said: "Ai's army has no adjutant."