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Chapter 1217 Pulling

Night had fallen completely.

The flag of Dayuan is still hanging on the head of Baozhou city.

Zhang Hongfan walked out of the Zhang mansion and rushed to the Lianchi courtyard in the southeast of the city.

Lianchi Bieyuan is a common name. When Zhang Rou built Baozhou City, he dug a large pool for water transportation and water use in the city, and built a Bieyuan beside the pool. It was originally called Xuexiang Garden.Later, because Zhang Hongji often met guests here, he inscribed another plaque and wrote "Shuijian Office".

This is where Wugu was brought into the city.

But when Zhang Hongfan arrived tonight, he looked up and saw that the plaque on the gate had disappeared.

Even the couplet next to it, "Wenlou Yicui, Jianshui returns to the dynasty, eight sceneries are like pearls inlaid with pictures; precious ducks wear lotuses, ancient banyans ruin the sun, and the rhymes of the four seasons excite the poet's heart" have been dismantled, and the torchlight illuminates it. You can also see the cracks on the pillars.

He frowned, got off his horse, and rushed into the other courtyard. Before he could turn around the wall photo, he could already see clusters of bonfires lit in the huge front yard, and many soldiers were sitting by the bonfire drinking.

Going forward, what made him feel absurd was that someone actually set up a tent in the garden with unique flowers and trees, while those pavilions with carved railings and paintings were dismantled for firewood.

"Where is the king?"

"On the boat."

Zhang Hongfan closed his eyes to calm down, and strode inside.

Passing through the vestibule, there is a rockery in front of the big lake. There is a Guanlan Pavilion on the top of the mountain, and there are jagged lotus ponds at the bottom of the mountain, with blue waves and waves, covering a vast area.

Bypassing the rockery, there is a white marble bridge. The plaque on the bridge originally inscribed "Lvye Ladder Bridge" has disappeared, and even the exquisite carvings on the bridge have been scratched out of shape.

If you turn east at this time, there are Hanlu Pavilion, Xiangqinjian, Gaofen Pavilion in front of you, in short, Qionglou Yuge, Fuqu Xianghe, all supported by mountains and rivers, intertwined into a painting.

Looking at the flames over there, Zhang Hongfan became more and more distressed, and strode westward.

A large water surface gradually appeared in front of it, and the painting boats and boats were moored in the wind and snow, which perfectly blended the grandeur of the north with the exquisiteness of the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wu Gudai was sitting in a balcony by the lake drinking wine.

Fortunately, the plaque that read "Gentlemen's Longevity Hall" is still there.

"Why doesn't Your Majesty board the painted boat and take a look?"

"I don't like to take a boat." Wu Gu said: "I have inspected today. There is still a lot of food in Baozhou City. There is no problem for the army to defend the first half of the year. But there is not enough fodder for my war horses. Also, the place is too small , turn around and the horse will lose weight."

Zhang Hongfan thought of the scene of horse manure everywhere in the city, and suddenly he could understand why Jia Wenbei didn't give him a good face before.

He would not change his attitude because of these details, and said: "As long as you can hold on, eating these war horses is worth it."

Wu Gudai's face darkened, and said: "You are worth it, my warriors will not think it is worth it, unless there are spoils of war."

"It doesn't take half a year, it only needs to be guarded for three months. When Li Xia is defeated, there will be more spoils of war." Zhang Hongfan said: "But please also restrain the warriors, Your Majesty, and don't treat Baozhou City as a spoil of war."

"I've already restrained the soldiers." Wu Gudai showed a rare smile to Zhang Hongfan, "They are all rough people from the grassland, please forgive me."

"Your Majesty, please restrain yourself more."

Zhang Hongfan reminded him again, and when he got down to business, he said, "I want the king to lend me a thousand dollars."

"how?"

"There are traitors in the city, and they need to be found out."

"Traitor? Who?"

"There are always a few people. Li Xia was born carefully, and he always likes to use this kind of tricks. It's not airy. It's enough to find them out." Zhang Hongfan said: "For this kind of thing, it's best to use the methods that can be used completely." Someone you can trust."

"Okay then, I'll ask Jiava to lead a thousand-man team for your arrangement."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Another drink?"

"No." Zhang Hongfan stood up and said, "I'm still busy tonight."

Wu Gu said: "By the way, where is that over there?"

Zhang Hongfan turned around and looked in the direction he pointed.

The Wugu belt refers to a large area of ​​buildings across the lake.

"That's the Wanjuan Library." Zhang Hongfan said with a slight nostalgia in his eyes, "Beside it is the Zhonghe Hall, commonly known as the Lianchi Academy. It is the place where we studied when we were young. Hao Gong, Wang Zhuangyuan... the capital of Wang Lu'an taught us here."

Halfway through the conversation, he thought that Wang E had surrendered, so he changed his words and mentioned Wang Pan.

Wu Gu Dai was not interested in this, but said: "I said, where is it, there are soldiers and horses stationed there, even I can't enter."

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. There are many precious classics in the Wanjuan Library, and many of them are even orphaned. It is really not suitable for soldiers and horses to enter."

"This king understands, it is not appropriate to let my warriors in." Wu Gu said with a smile: "After so many years of friends, it seems that in your eyes, I am still an illiterate vulgar person."

"How come? Your Majesty writes well. After the war is over, I will invite you to taste famous calligraphy and paintings together."

"it is good."

Zhang Hongfan turned and left, feeling a little irritable at last, feeling that Wu Gudai was still making fun of himself at this time.

Where is the Wanjuan Library?
When the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed, Zhang Rou and Jia Fu worked so hard to protect these classics, calligraphy and paintings during the war and transport them back to Baozhou.

Any one of the calligraphy and paintings in it is such treasures as Chu Suiliang's "Thousand-Character Essay", Yan Zhenqing's "Thousand-Fu Stele", and Huai Su's "Self-narration Tie". .

The Wanjuan Library is the brainchild of Zhang and Jia, and the lifeblood of the two families.

But at the same time not only belong to two.

It is the cultural context left over from more than three hundred years of chaos in the Central Plains.

Even Yuan Hao wanted to borrow a few more classics from it until he died...

Zhang Hongfan knew very well that this time he asked Wugu to garrison troops in the city. If the Wanjuan Library was lost, Zhang Rou would definitely destroy him, and Jia Wenbei would definitely turn against him.

No, Jia Wenbei has turned his back on it.

The traitors in the city were found out, namely Jingjie and Jia Wenbei.

"Go tell Eleven Lang, control the gates of the city, and beware of mutiny in the city."

"Here."

"Go and tell Li Ting, take care of Jia Wenbei first, and then do it together when I arrive."

"Here."

Over there, Mongolian Qianhu Gawa had already led people over, and asked loudly, "Who is the commander-in-chief calling me to kill?"

"Follow me to control the soldiers and horses in the city, and then put down the rebellion."

"They are all soldiers and horses of your Zhang family, and..."

There was the sound of horseshoes stepping on the bluestone slabs, and soldiers came from Nancheng to report.

"Commander, the Tang army is moving! It has approached Shunping and Tang counties before evening, and is still moving forward. It is possible to reach the city before dawn."

Before he finished talking here, another soldier hurried over there.

"Commander, it's not good! Jia Wenbei's rebellion, and suddenly sent people to attack the South Gate!"

"Follow me to Nancheng!"

However, Zhang Hongfan had only taken two steps when he suddenly stopped.

He turned his head and murmured: "No, there are still mistakes..."

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To the west of the city, plant an incense garden.

When Zhang Rou rebuilt Baozhou City, he introduced flowing water into the city, and built four gardens where the flowing water must pass: the west is called Zhongxiang, the north is called Fangrun, the south is called Xuexiang, and the east is called Shouchun.

The Xuexiang Garden in the south is the Lianchi Bieyuan, and the Zhongxiang Garden in the west is the residence of the Zhang family's in-laws, the Mao family.

That night, Zhang Hongdao was having a secret conversation with several old members of the Zhang family when a call came from outside the door.

"Goro, Mr. Jiang Han is here."

Zhang Hongdao was startled at first, and he was relieved when he heard that it was Zhao Fu who came, and he got up quickly to greet him in the courtyard.

Zhao Fu was originally a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River. When the Mongolian army captured Jinghu in the early years, he was taken captive to the north, where he has been under the protection of Zhang Rou.

When Li Xia sneaked into Luyi, he greeted Zhao Fu and made the city gate guards think that he was Zhao Fu's companion, so he escaped Zhang Rou's arrest. At that time, Zhang Hongdao was still searching for Li Xia. but not.

Ten years passed, and none of them thought that this would be the case now.

"Students have seen Mr."

"Goro, don't come out, go in and talk."

Zhao Fu was already gray-haired, but his movements were still healthy. He pushed Zhang Hongdao back into the house, and said, "Jinggong has told the old man that Wulang has entered the city. I won't say anything else, this is for you." .”

Zhang Hongdao took it and looked at it, but it was a list.

Zhao Fudao: "It's all expressed, Wulang don't worry."

Zhang Hongdao immediately understood that most of the people on the list were generals and officials in Baozhou City, and they were all taught by Zhao Fu in the Zhang family private school.

"Thank you sir."

"Go, promise the old man that the flames of war will not spread to the Wanjuan Library."

"Don't worry sir, since I'm back, I definitely won't."

"..."

There are still many people to meet on this snowy night, so Zhang Hongdao left the Xiangxiang Garden soon.

In order not to attract attention, there are actually not many people around him, only more than thirty people.

However, when he hurried to the long street, suddenly an arrow shot with a "whoosh", hitting a soldier in the face.

"Take them!"

Many figures suddenly appeared in front of him, and people immediately surrounded him.

"Zhang Hongdao! You still have the face to come back?!"

In the sound of fighting, Zhang Hongdao suddenly heard this shout, and Zhang Hongdao did not panic. He directed his men to return to the incense garden, and then shouted: "Jiulang! Surrender. If you surrender now, I may still be able to keep you alive." Life."

"You don't have much sincerity in recruiting me, 'maybe' can save my life?"

"I will try my best, but you killed too many people in Yanjing, besides the Dong family, there are also people from the Military Intelligence Department."

"Now that you have surrendered, I can not only protect you from death, but also protect you as a Marshal of Ten Thousand Households."

In the night, only the bloody light from the torches could be seen, the two brothers couldn't see each other, they were trying to shout at the top of their voices.

After a while, Zhang Hongfan heard the answer.

Zhang Hongdao's voice was further away.

"Kurang, you're at the end of your rope!"

"I have already caught you. You are in the dark, and I am in the light, but in the end I took the lead, and you are the one who is at the end of the road."

Obviously, Zhang Hongfan is far smarter than Zhang Hongdao.

When the two brothers fought this time, he was the first to find Zhang Hongdao and start a siege.

But Zhang Hongdao didn't call back, but just retreated to the incense planting garden.

Then, with a bang, a red firework shot into the sky.

"Take it?" Zhang Hongdao murmured, "That's because you haven't seen the situation clearly..."

(End of this chapter)