It was five days later when Tian Mingwu received Tian An's letter. At that time, he was still training troops in the camp outside the city. When he saw Tian An report that he was safe, he finally put his mind at ease after worrying for days.
Reading the letter further, he was shocked when he saw the news that An Wan was still alive. Then he was excited and ecstatic. He left the army that was still training and went to the stable to get the horse. He wanted to rush to where An Wan was immediately, to see her with his own eyes and hug the person he had missed every night these days.
Seeing his general being shocked, excited, and laughing crazily at one moment, and even ignoring everyone, and suddenly running wildly, Shen Cheng suddenly felt that he might be possessed by an evil spirit.
He looked at Qin Wen beside him helplessly and said, "Military Advisor, what happened to the General? I hope he's alright!"
Qin Wen frowned and picked up the letter that Tian Mingwu had dropped on the ground. After quickly scanning it, he was suddenly shocked: "Not good, stop the general quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of galloping horses. Looking up, he saw that the person on the horse was none other than Tian Mingwu.
Seeing that Chen Cheng was still in a daze, he was so anxious that he gave him a big slap. "What are you doing? Stop the general! If you really let him go, something bad will happen."
"Ah? Oh oh!"
Although Chen Cheng didn't know what exactly happened, seeing Qin Wen so anxious, he knew without thinking that it must be a big deal, and immediately ran quickly towards the camp gate.
Qin Wen shouted, "General, please stay," and quickly chased after him.
Chen Cheng was extremely fast, and he was standing close to the camp gate. Finally, just as Tian Mingwu was about to ride out of the gate, he stepped forward with his arms outstretched and successfully stopped him.
"Ah... Chen Cheng, what are you doing! Are you trying to kill yourself?" Tian Mingwu saw Chen Cheng suddenly rushing out and quickly stopped his horse. The raised horse hoof almost kicked his nose.
"General, you can't leave." Chen Cheng still stood at the gate, refusing to give way.
At this time, Qin Wen also arrived. He struggled forward to grab Tian Mingwu's horse reins, and only then did he catch his breath.
He was a man of letters, and he almost couldn't breathe after running so hard. It almost cost him his life.
After a short pause, he calmed down a bit, then raised his head and said to Tian Mingwu: "General, I know you are anxious, but if you leave, you will be disobeying the order!
"Do you want to bring your wife back to jail with you and your two sons?" Qin Wen said pointedly.
Sure enough, when Tian Mingwu heard that An Wan and his son would be implicated, he calmed down instantly.
Seeing that he had listened, Qin Wen stopped pulling the horse tightly and stepped aside to breathe heavily. He still hadn't recovered.
Tian Mingwu irritably pulled the horse around in circles for a few times. Just when Shen Cheng thought he had given up and was about to go forward to help him off the horse, he suddenly raised his whip and rushed out in an instant while Shen Cheng made way.
"General..." Qin Wen shouted anxiously when he saw this.
"I'll go to the palace to ask the emperor..." Tian Mingwu walked away without slowing down, leaving behind a few words.
Hearing this, Qin Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned to Chen Cheng and said, "You stay and watch here, I'll follow and take a look."
After saying that, without waiting for Shen Cheng’s reaction, he turned and walked towards Ma Peng.
“Ah…” Shen Cheng was stunned on the spot.
"They all ran faster than rabbits and actually left this mess to Old Shen."
In the palace, the emperor and the crown prince, who had received the news a day in advance, were discussing in the imperial study who to send to pick up the officials' children and escort Xiao Qingheng back.
Eunuch Defu bowed his head and reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, General Tian requests an audience."
The emperor frowned. "Isn't he training outside the city? Why is he here?"
"Maybe there is something important!" the prince spoke for him.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Let him in!"
As soon as Tian Mingwu saw the emperor, he knelt down and bowed deeply.
Without waiting for the emperor to ask, he quickly explained his purpose.
When the emperor heard that he was going to leave his official duties to go pick up his wife, his eyebrows immediately stood up in anger. "Nonsense! If you go to pick her up, what will happen to the troops in the camp outside the capital?"
Tian Mingwu shrank his head, raised it slightly and stole a glance at the emperor. Seeing that although the emperor was angry, he was not really angry, so he suggested, "Why don't we ask General Wu to help me for a few days?
The Wu family has been a family of military commanders for generations. Although General Wu is young, he has been taught so strictly by General Wu that his abilities are certainly not bad."
Hearing this, the emperor became even more furious and picked up the memorial at hand and smashed it on his head. "You think this is playing house? Whoever I tell you to take over will take over."
After being hit on the head, Tian Mingwu dared not speak. Just when he thought that there was no turning back, he heard the prince say to the emperor: "Father, I think what General Tian said is not wrong."
"Hmm?" The emperor looked at him and said dissatisfiedly, "The Crown Prince is becoming more and more tactless. Even if you have a good relationship with Mingyu, even if he is Mingyu's father-in-law, you can't just take sides like this!"
The prince was startled, then immediately knelt down and explained, "Father, I'm not biased. I do think it's a good idea to have General Wu Hongkun temporarily replace General Tian in training."
The emperor said nothing, but looked at the prince quietly, with an expression that said, "You keep making up stories, and I'll just watch you make them up."
The prince touched his nose guiltily and said seriously, "Firstly, General Wu has been in the army for a long time and his achievements in various political fields have been very good. What he lacks is practical experience.
It would be a good thing if you could take this opportunity to gain some experience.
We can also take this opportunity to test his abilities so that we can more reasonably entrust him with important tasks in the future.
Secondly, those officials' children and that person are also top priorities, so sending General Tian is the best choice.
Isn't this the best of both worlds? "
As the emperor listened to the prince's words, his expression gradually became solemn.
Military generals have always been scarcer than civil officials, especially in recent years, there are very few young generals of the new generation, and there are only a few middle-aged generals, and except for Tian Mingwu, all of them are stationed on the border.
The veterans are getting older. If a war really breaks out, they may not even be able to lift a sword, let alone lead the troops!
Although it is not yet to the point where it is difficult to find a general, if something unexpected really happens, there will not even be a substitute.
It is indeed time to promote the young players to stand on their own.
As for Tian Mingwu, at the moment, letting him go to pick people up is indeed the best plan.
Forget it, just do him a favor!
The matter was thus confirmed, and the emperor immediately drafted two imperial edicts, one to Wu Hongkun, asking him to immediately replace Tian Mingwu to go to the outskirts of Beijing for training troops, and the other to Tian Mingwu, to handle both private and official matters.
Tian Mingwu took the imperial edict and laughed like a fool. He also complained that the palace servants were too slow and took the initiative to take over the job of reading the edict to Wu Hongkun.
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