Delong

Chapter 163 Floating Horse Walk (10)

The royal horse was lost, and the people below were trembling, but they dared not report it, but unexpectedly, although the sage was also angry this time, he unexpectedly did not come up with any tricks, but asked people to find the royal horse.

And this task fell on the accompanying Jing'antai Third Patrol Team.

It wasn't until this time that Zhang Xingfang found out that Jing'an Terrace also had three patrol groups...but it didn't matter, half of the court and half of the palace were brought, and there was no shortage of princes, princesses, concubines, and eunuchs. Naturally, there is no shortage of four Jing'an Taiwan tour groups.

However, it is the old department that he stayed in before. After Zhang Xingbai learned about the arrangement of the matter from the group of people in the Beiya during the march, he couldn't help being curious, so when the military city stopped to camp at night, he went to Eunuch Yu's place to inquire carefully. After a while, only then did I know the specific situation.

"The three tour groups... naturally the first, second, and third." Eunuch Yu was very cooperative, even abnormally cooperative. Zhang Xing just asked casually, and then poured beans out of the bamboo tube. "The first patrol team is Luo Fang, the second patrol team is Zhang Changgong, and the third patrol team is Xue Liang... This matter is handled by Xue Liang, who left in the afternoon... Presumably they are all acquaintances of Deputy Changjian Zhang?"

Zhang Xing nodded and laughed on the spot: "Naturally, they are all acquaintances. The only change is Xue Zhushou's... Everyone else changed from patrol inspection to regular inspection, but he changed from regular inspection to patrol inspection, which is also interesting. "

Eunuch Yu couldn't help being curious: "Is there any explanation for this?"

"No." Zhang Xing said frankly. "Performance inspections and regular inspections have always been at the same level, but generally speaking, patrol inspections are more difficult, while regular inspections are more stable, so people with lower qualifications often do patrol inspections, and those with more senior qualifications do regular inspections, but There is absolutely no set rule... As for Xue Zhushou coming to do inspections, it may be because there is a temporary shortage of people, or it may be because he is the adopted son of Zhongcheng just like Luo Zhushou, so don't worry about sending him here."

Eunuch Yu nodded repeatedly, without expressing too much, which was in stark contrast to the previous active flattery... Obviously, these people don't want to suffer anything sensitive now.

And Zhang Xing didn't wait too long, just said a few more gossips, and walked out directly.

At this time, the sky outside is still bright, but there is already a hint of darkness on the horizon, and the huge military city is also at the most chaotic time... Those who set up camp, those who set up camps, those who make fires, those who fetch water, soldiers He and the civilian husbands are exhausted to the extreme, but they still have to grit their teeth and do the hardest work... The military city is also full of openings, because it is necessary to open the opening at this time to let the civilian husbands behind bring in supplies, and if you want to get something better Things also require the sergeants to take the initiative to leave to get them.

Zhang Xing looked at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly walked towards his own camp that was nearby—as Fulongwei, who were extremely close to the imperial front, they could get the head of the million people no matter how bad they were. The treatment and camping conditions are incomparable between soldiers and civilian husbands in peripheral military cities.

However, before they came to the front, they met Qin Bao and Qian Tang, who were camping with some Fulong guards. Among them, Qian Tang was pitching a tent, and Qin Bao was digging a cesspit at the downwind vent.

The three of them met face to face, and before Zhang Xing could speak, Qin Bao asked first, "Third brother, you have to take care of it, these few days even the Jinwu guards around us have gradually become slack, they don't even dig cesspit... ...It’s not good to go to the stables, because horses are prone to diseases and people are also easy to infect.”

Zhang Xing nodded immediately: "It's really not good, but we can't talk about it directly... because the Jinwu Guard is also very tired, and we don't have a subordinate with us... Tomorrow I will talk to the father-in-law of Beiya and let them do it Some restraint."

Qin Bao immediately nodded, and Qian Tangshen glanced at it, then continued to work.

At this time, Zhang Xing came to the mule next to the yellow puma horse as if nothing had happened, took out a gold cone wrapped in silk from the package on the side of the mule, and hid it on the heel under the trouser legs, then suddenly turned around and led the yellow puma horse go outside.

Qian Tang and others didn't notice or care, but Qin Bao's heart moved slightly, and he wanted to ask, but he looked at the people around him, but he just pretended not to know, and then continued to dig a hole with his head down... After a while, Qian Tang asked again, He just said that he should go to see some acquaintance.

In this way, when it was dusk, Zhang Xing had already left the military city while taking advantage of Nanta Ma, and then galloped to the southwest...and broke away from the main force that night, and then arrived at Lihu at night.

This place belonged to Jiyin County in the Eastern Qi Dynasty, but after the Great Wei Dynasty destroyed Qi, it was necessary to do some tricks, but it was changed to Caozhou. Caozhou was changed back to Jiyin County, and as for Lihu, it was inexplicably assigned to Dongjun last year.

However, the surrounding people are still accustomed to adding Caozhou to the local well-known figures, or the locals call themselves.

For example, Xu Dalang of Caozhou.

After Zhang Xing arrived at the well-known Xujiazhuang, it was already the second watch. The village was actually brightly lit, the door was open, and there were quite a lot of armed tycoons traveling on horseback, coming in and out... This is of course understandable, because millions of The crowd passed by more than 100 miles away. Although the supply route and marching speed made it impossible for the army to pass directly here, the fleeing civilians, sergeants, envoys, officials, and small groups of troops, plus more The conscripting of civilian husbands in the early days will still cause the local people to fall into great panic and vigilance.

As for the Xu family, as the leading tycoon in the entire Caozhou, and even the entire Jibei region, they couldn't help raising twelve hearts and doing their best to be vigilant and prepared.

Because one is not good, it is really possible to ransack the family and exterminate the family at any time.

"Tell Xu Dalang that his brother-worshiping elder brother came to look for him, and asked him to come out to pick me up." Zhang Xing, who was dressed in dusty brocade clothes but hid his black ribbon, got off his horse, and directly faced several well-dressed men at the door. Generally speaking, and while speaking, he directly threw the rein at one of them, and headed inside.

Several big men guarding the gate looked at each other, and then the man holding the rein did not move, but the others caught up suddenly and surrounded Zhang Xingyao inside the gate.

Immediately, the man holding the rein dragged the yellow puma into the door, and calmly clasped his hands behind him, neither humble nor overbearing: "This gentleman, stay here, I don't know the name of the uncle, so I really dare not report it without authorization... Please explain it to me, sir." Identity, don’t make things difficult for us.”

Zhang Xing sighed, but he wasn't surprised at all... In fact, after he entered Jing'an Terrace, he had already found out the details of Xu Dalang's family in Caozhou. His father was not in time to become an official, his grandfather was the prefect of Liang County in the Eastern Qi Dynasty, and his great-grandfather It is the prefect of Eastern Qidong County. These two places are nearby, and one is the core county of the Central Plains, and the other is the key county on the river.

What does this mean?
This shows that the Xu family is no longer an ordinary powerful family. It is a proper reactionary in the eyes of the Wei court, a remnant of the Eastern Qi Dynasty. Even considering what Xu Dalang did before, it is not a problem to say that he is a real reactionary.

As for the "princes, generals and ministers, I would rather have a kind", it seemed that they were just winking at the blind man.

A few people saw that Zhang Xing was silent for a while, and actually quietly helped his waist.

But Zhang Xing came back to his senses at this time, and immediately raised his head calmly and said: "No need to name, about two years ago, after Yang Shen's rebellion was quickly defeated, I and Xu Dalang sent Mr. Li Shu Li eastward on the river... just say In this matter, he will know who I am."

Under the light, two of the several warriors were obviously surprised for a moment, and then they winked with the people around them. Then, one of them hurried in and left, and the man with the horse changed his color. :

"I didn't know that the honored guest came, but I was far away... It's just that the situation is so tense, and there is a reason for the incident. Please come in with me quickly, the master will come to see you immediately."

Zhang Xing nodded and followed the other party to the inner courtyard.

The concierge obviously kept the speed down, saying that they entered quickly, but in fact the speed was as slow as possible, but it was full of polite words, so it was not easy to put on a face.

On the other side, a samurai who obviously knew what happened that day rushed into the back early, but after a while, he passed through three or five layers of courtyards and arrived at the brightly lit lobby. The master hands over and tells the whole story.

"Nonsense!" The host, that is, Xu Dalang and Xu Shiying, heard this and laughed instead, but actually went to look at the two people opposite. "Mr. Li, Big Brother Xiong... Is there anyone else who will be traveling with us that day?"

It turned out that Xu Dalang was facing the two people, they were actually Li Shu and Xiong Bonan dressed in common clothes, these two people did not know why they were here, but at this moment they all laughed together when they heard the words.

Among them, Xiong Bonan simply laughed: "Where are the other heroes? At least the three of us were the only ones in Xu Dalang's trip that day. If there were others, they were just a group of court eagles in Jing'antai... If you want me to say, and Grab it and search it, maybe you can find a black tape."

Xu Dalang, who had lost his youthful attitude two years ago, also laughed out loud.

But after laughing, Xu Dalang turned stern: "My family doesn't know who can say that, I'm afraid it might be someone who was an official back then... and it's reasonable to come here at this time, and come with millions of people on the river Well... As for why you took the initiative to see me? It was nothing more than taking the opportunity to blackmail me and beat the autumn wind. It was impossible to say that we met, and when I asked him why he came, he would say: "Xu Dalang, you are in trouble... lightly If you are in prison, you will be sent to prison, and if you are serious, your home will be ransacked'..."

As soon as these words came out, Li Shunian had to nod his head...I just felt that this Xu Dalang, who hadn't seen him for two years, was so organized and light-hearted, it was really impressive, he really was a rare local hero.

As for Xiong Bonan, he simply said: "I traveled from east to west, from north to south, Hebei, Jiangdong, Dongjing, Central Plains, all the heroes from all walks of life, which one will not be blackmailed by the Kansai people? It's really annoying."

Li Shu, who was born in the Longmen Clan of Standard Guan, smiled, which attracted Xu Shiying's glance, but Xiong Bonan didn't notice it at all, but continued to express his opinion: "If you want me to say, if there are few people coming, just dig a hole and bury it." It's just...or I will do it, fly directly for dozens of miles, and throw people to the side of the road far away."

"I'm afraid I've made a confession with someone before coming here." Xu Shiying shook her head in response, and then went to see her confidant family. "Good student, please come in...see if you can pass it on."

The family left in a hurry.

"It's just right, if it's really an old friend from that day, we don't have to avoid it." Li Shu said frankly, sitting firmly like a bell. "You can also express your fate."

Xu Dalang just nodded.

After a while, several warriors attracted Zhang Xing, and the four of them exchanged glances, surprised for a moment... they didn't know what to say.

After a while, Xiong Bonan couldn't bear the embarrassment and got up first, but he still didn't know what to say.

As for Zhang Xing, seeing Xiong Bonan get up, he finally took two steps inside with his hands behind his hands, then clasped his hands left and right, and laughed on the spot: "Everyone, it's really fate."

"It's fate." Xiong Bonan immediately responded with a little embarrassment. "How did Brother Zhang come? I haven't thanked you for the matter of Huai Rong."

"What's that? I always remember Brother Xiong's kindness in my heart." Zhang Xing was neither humble nor overbearing, and greeted him with his arms folded.

Xiong Bonan instantly relaxed a lot.

"Sure enough, it's a rare fate." Li Shu saw the two of them open their mouths first, and at this moment, he relaxed slightly, couldn't help but sighed, got up and returned the salute, compared with before, he seemed to be faintly arrogant by three points.

"It's really fate." Xu Dalang and the other two responded, feeling the smell, and hurriedly got up. "Brother Zhang is good."

Zhang Xing nodded one by one, unceremoniously sat down in the vacant seat where Xu Shiying was attacking, and became curious: "Mr. Li... Didn't you go to Dongyi? Yi to inquire about information on the Eastern Expedition?"

"What's there to inquire about?" Li Shu shook his head and smiled. "And what is Dongyi, how can you let me be a spy? Don't lie to Zhang...Brother Zhang, the reason why I came here is indeed related to the Eastern Expedition, but instead I want to avoid this battle early and show off here in the Eastern Realm." Turn your face around, so that the heroes in the old land of Dongqi will think that I am assisting the Dongyi people in this battle?"

Zhang Xing came to a sudden: "Mr. Li Gao Jie, it's ridiculous that Bai patrol inspector pretended to be smart that day, reminding you not to make mistakes."

"Knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart... I am pure in heart, but if I can't come here early, how can I let others know?" Li Shu said with a slight smile, and then asked suddenly. "Your Excellency is from the army?"

"Yes."

"Do you think you can win this battle?" Li Shu asked seriously.

"It's better to say that it's really difficult to win." Zhang Xing said frankly. "Morale is too low, and no one wants to fight... Now I'm afraid that 30 or 60 of the 30 troops and [-] civilians have escaped to Dengzhou."

"You can imagine what's going on." Li Shu smiled wryly. "I've only been here for four or five days at Xu Dalang's place, and I've already seen it."

"That's right, we've seen it with our own eyes in the past few days." Xiong Bonan also hurriedly interrupted. "The previous two fugitives combined didn't have as many as this time... It's as if they couldn't collapse all at once."

"Once again, again and again, there are rumors in Yunnei, it's normal for people's hearts to break down." Li Shu sighed deeply, and continued to ask. "May I ask who gave the saint the idea to let him march like this? Is it the new Mr. Zhang?"

"It's Mr. Sima." Zhang Xing smiled.

"It's him?" Li Shu was surprised on the spot.

"Where's your Excellency?" Zhang Sanlang asked suddenly. "Your Excellency is from Dongyi, do you think you can win this battle?"

Li Shu was slightly taken aback, and was silent for a while, before slowly answering: "This is a good question... Actually, I don't think Dongyi people can win."

Tang Shang was finally completely stunned.

"You don't know that Dongyi fought against the strong with the weak, and even won a few big victories, and they won extremely tragically...Of course, Brother Zhang should know this...The key is that the country is too small, only fifty states , how can we compete against the great Wei that has won eighty to ninety percent of the world?" Li Shu explained earnestly. "Since the first emperor, there have been three consecutive large-scale conquests. It is said that Dongyi defeated the strong with the weak, but in fact there were countless deaths and injuries; and the commerce and trade have been cut off for almost 20 years, and smuggling alone can be called a drop in the bucket; As a result, the earth energy is lost again and again, although there is no disaster, but it is gradually difficult to make a living... In this case, even if the big governor has a flair and talent, how can he go against the sky?"

"Then this time, wouldn't the two be defeated together?" Zhang Xing was extremely surprised.

"It's inevitable that the two families will lose together...Compared with it, it's meaningless who wins in name." Li Shu became more frank.

Zhang Xing nodded and said no more, the hall fell silent again.

After a while, Xiong Bonan suddenly remembered something, and asked seriously: "Brother Zhang, why did you come to Xu Dalang's place?"

"Oh." Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and then spoke earnestly to Xu Dalang who was beside him. "Xu Dalang, you are in trouble... In the past few days, some fugitives have stolen the saint's royal horse. The saint ordered the patrol team accompanying Jing'antai to deal with it. At least three groups of people from Jing'antai are in the military city. Come here. It is not uncommon for the person who is the leader of the investigation to be the leader. The key is that the leaders of the remaining two groups are all above Condensed Core, and they have a history of saying... If you want to find out about your family, you may be imprisoned at the lightest time, and your family may be ransacked and exterminated if it is serious, so I flew a hundred miles and came here to remind you."

Xu Dalang got up and wanted to speak, but suddenly he was sweating profusely.

PS: Good night.

(End of this chapter)