Delong

Chapter 164 Floating Horse Walk (11)

Who is Xu Dalang?

He is the real head of the most powerful family in Jinbei, he is the ancestral remnant of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, he is a person who naturally has a reactionary stance towards the Great Wei because the top official career passed down from generation to generation has been interrupted, and he is the biggest criminal leader around Juyeze. ringleader.

This kind of person has a lot of illegal things, but he has been living well until now.

But today, just when all the people of insight, including him, felt that his worst enemy, that is, the Great Wei court, was on the road of no return, he was overwhelmed by a mere case of stealing a royal horse. sweat.

The reason couldn't be more simple. If this matter is not good, I'm afraid that the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out.

The others, be it Li Shu or Xiong Bonan, also obviously realized something, and then fell silent for a while.

To put it bluntly, at this time, you are really a rebel, and no one may care about you, because it is too chaotic, and there are too many people who automatically become rebels... If so many people ran away, they would kill hundreds of them publicly A provocation?Delay and continue to run as a rebel?
But with the loss of a few imperial horses, the people in Jing'antai have been under direct pressure from the top, and they need to deal with it. In addition, the time is short, so even if the imperial horses are not in the hands of your Xu family, it is still very important. Your Xu family may be responsible... Who made you the No. [-] lawbreaker around Juyeze?

No wonder Xu Dalang lost his composure.

"Just that one sentence." Seeing that the other party had come to his senses, Zhang Xing actually stopped talking about this matter, and continued to look at Li Shu instead. He seemed to be more interested in the person he met by accident. "Mr. Li... Are you just showing your face when you come back?"

Li Shu glanced at Xu Dalang, who was sweating profusely, and then carefully sized up the rout on the river two years ago. He stood up and saluted solemnly again, with a much more serious tone:

"I'm ashamed, I ran away in embarrassment at that time, and I have been homeless for the past two years, and I forgot Brother Zhang's name... I am really ashamed."

"My name is Zhang Xing. I am a man who left his hometown. He came from the north. He first went to serve as a soldier. Then he met the Erzheng Dongyi. After that day, he sent his brother back to his hometown for burial. Then he went to Jing'an Terrace with Bai Xunjian. Now I'm working as a deputy regular inspector at Fulongwei." Zhang Xing got up and returned the greeting, while introducing himself again. "It's been so long, and we met by chance on the river, it's no wonder I remember...Mr. Li, let's all sit down."

"So that's how it is." Li Shu sat down again and sighed again. "It's been only two years, from the first defeat to the Fulongwei Deputy Changjian, it seems that I, Li Shu, underestimated the heroes of the world."

"Brother Zhang has done a great job in the past two years." Xiong Bonan glanced at Xu Dalang who was still sweating, feeling inexplicably panicked, but he just bit the bullet and imitated the other two to speak calmly. "In the Eastern Region, the Central Plains, Jin, and even Hebei, there are good men who think of him... But the most fundamental thing is Huai Shang. Everyone in Jiang Huai is convinced, and the Huai You League, which is so big, was founded by him. , and even personally killed a Dongyi's Condensing Alchemy guest...Jiang Dong seems to have something to say, but I'm not too sure about it."

Li Shu nodded again and again, and then his tone became more and more solemn, and he finally answered the other party's question: "Actually, to tell you the truth, Brother Zhang, my identity is destined to oppose Wei whenever and wherever... When I came back, I really just wanted to To avoid suspicion, but after landing in Bohai County, I saw that the people were afraid of conquest and their livelihood was exhausted. When I arrived at Xu Dalang's place, I saw with my own eyes that even the troops under Yujia's control couldn't stop fleeing, so I naturally had some thoughts in my heart..."

"Is there a plan?" Zhang Xing asked further.

"Really not." Li Shu answered seriously. "Because the idea is only to wait until after the three expeditions to Dongyi... Yang Shen's defeat, I have learned a lesson, and I can't give people an excuse to echo Dongyi, especially now that I am in an embarrassing background...Actually, Brother Zhang didn't Are you angry with me because of this?"

"The truth is correct, but one moment and another moment." Zhang Xing shook his head. "I think it's okay to be anxious... What the common people are most afraid of at this time is to go to the East to die... If someone can climb up and shout out the slogan at this time, I'm afraid tens of thousands of people will be gathered at once, and If you have soldiers, armors, and practitioners, it may not be impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to attack prefectures and counties when the time comes to occupy Juye Ze for a while, then contact heroes from all directions, and wait until the three campaigns are completely defeated."

Xiong Bonan at the side was already articulate, and clenched his fists again and again, but Li Shu just nodded and did not express his opinion directly, but looked at Xu Dalang who finally sat back.

Zhang Xing smiled, and looked at Xu Shiying: "How, Xu Dalang has thought clearly?"

"What else?" Xu Shiying said awkwardly. "Brother Zhang went to Fulongwei, can he have something to say to the Jing'an Taiwan patrol team here?"

"If you can talk about it, you won't come this trip." Zhang Xing answered calmly. "Since I canceled it for you... Or to put it bluntly, Luo Fang from the first patrol team, and Xue Liang from the third patrol team who came out to investigate the case this time, are both adopted sons of Cao Zhongcheng in Jing'antai. Bai Changjian and I have nothing to do with it; and Zhang Changgong of the second inspection team is supposed to replace Bai Changjian, and he is not easy to bribe... His father is one of the eight nobles left behind in Dongdu, and his grandfather is from the southeast slope of the river. The old master Zhang."

Xu Dalang's eyelids obviously twitched, but he still tried his best to maintain his composure: "So, it's only a temporary escape?"

Zhang Xing sneered.

Xu Shiying was embarrassed for a moment.

On the other hand, Xiong Bonan obviously didn't see the riddle of the three of them, so he couldn't help asking: "Just avoid it? Brother Zhang said it so clearly just now... Taking advantage of this opportunity, we entered Juyeze together, played out Under the banner of Mr. Li, with your Xu Dalang's family background and foundation, I will contact the heroes of the Central Plains of Hebei, and Brother Zhang will win over the defeated soldiers... Isn't it done? Isn't this the opportunity we have been waiting for for two or three years? !"

Xu Shiying became more and more embarrassed, and Li Shu hesitated to speak.

"Brother Xiong, this matter is not that simple." Zhang Xing explained to Xiong Bonan. "Let me say it... First of all, Mr. Li has his own ideas. He has learned from Yang Shen. Not only is he unwilling to take advantage of the Three Zhengs to start trouble, but he also doesn't want to be the first to stand out, so that Attracting the attention of the Great Wei court, he had to fight against the elites of the Great Wei, and even contacted the scholars in Hebei, Central Plains, and Eastern Regions for further discussions... because the soldiers of the Great Wei were only afraid of passing Luolongtan Going to conquer Dongyi, the internal counter-insurgency can’t be said that the combat power is still strong, and this kind of worry is very reasonable.”

Li Shu was expressionless and didn't say a word, but still twisted his beard and looked at Zhang Xing one more time.

"As for Xu Dalang, if he's younger, I won't be merciless... To put it bluntly, he has a strong mentality and is reluctant to part with his family. Even with his intelligence and vision, he can see that the Great Wei is about to collapse and the world is going into chaos. I knew in my heart that I should go out to blog, I should go out and writhe, but I still couldn't bear to let go of these foundations... The three caves of the cunning rabbit, I will leave later, he will clean up calmly, and lead the crowd to hide in Zhuangzi in other counties. Yuqian is on a mission, and Yujia keeps moving forward, and if he can't find it for a while, he will naturally replace it with other people around Juyeze." At this point, Zhang Xing took it back from Xiong Bonan who sighed, He turned and looked at Xu Shiying. "Xu Dalang, if you ask me, sooner or later you will suffer a lot from this mentality."

Xu Shiying was extremely embarrassed, and could only bow his hands: "Ashamed."

"You really should be ashamed." Zhang Xing didn't save the other party any face. "It's nothing else, I, Zhang Sanlang, have a bit of experience... When you were on the river, although you were young, your brilliance could not be concealed by all the heroes. See you now, up and down, Inside and outside, it is even more extraordinary... And I am still the same as those words on the river, you must be a real dragon, you must recognize your own skills and talents, the troubled times are approaching, and you can only soar to the sky if you get rid of the barriers of this local tyrant. For people like you, these things around you can be a stepping stone or a drag, but you must not put the cart before the horse and regard it as the root cause!"

Xu Shiying could only turn his face away... To be honest, with Xu Dalang's temper of the king of hell when he was young, whoever told him that would probably have gone in with white knives and come out with red knives, but now he is older and gradually matures; Second, the person in front of me who has only seen two sides once said this when he was in a state of poverty, and he can only say that he is telling the truth, because he really thinks that Xu Dalang is a real dragon bound, and he is not a temporary ridicule; Then, after all, he came to save lives. After this incident, unless King Xiongtian and this person can be silenced, he will have to accept his kindness for the rest of his life.

After Zhang Xing finished speaking, he smiled at Xiong Bonan: "Brother Xiong...just talk about the two of them, if you don't talk about myself, it would be hypocritical...Actually, I only met them once, so why would I just talk about them? The two of them went to Juye Lake to fall grass? You don't know yet, because of the contribution of Huai Rong when I met you, I have now moved from the fifth rank, and with the help of the Bai family, I have transferred to the state county Being a sheriff with real power is only one step away. If you want to do something, you can do it yourself, so why should you be the third or fourth master for these two? When the time comes, if you want to, come to me and let's try it together something."

Xiong Bonan could hear clearly, knew that among the four people here, three of them were harboring evil intentions, but he had no conscience, but he couldn't help but retort: ​​"Zhang Sanlang why bother to laugh at himself... I think you are a loyal person. Huai Rong sent me out, and today he came to save Xu Dalang's family..."

"That's what it means." Zhang Xing suddenly got up and answered frankly. "I'm here today only because Xu Dalang on the river and I had some loyalty that day, and it doesn't matter whether he suffers or not, he will eventually return it, so it's just a personal relationship, and I just want to save the lives of his whole family... As for him, a bullying Central Plains tyrant, On the other hand, do you have the courage, what is the future, what will I do as a farmer in the Northland? The world is turbulent and the roads are smelly. If you really have great ambitions and come to save the people of the world, there will be more people to save. It's not his turn to save a strong man like him first, right? I'm leaving!"

With that said, he turned directly out.

Xiong Bonan heard that he was angry, stamped his feet, and wanted to chase him out, but finally came to his senses, he turned his head and looked at the remaining two: "If this Sanlang is bumped into by someone from Jing'an Tower, it will inevitably be a trouble. I'll send it for fifty or sixty miles... you guys are busy."

After saying that, he also went out directly, and really left Xu Shiying and Li Shu in place, so that they were stunned for a long time, and the people outside screamed, and then they looked at each other in embarrassment.

"Who would have thought that the other rout who met by the side of the road at that time turned out to be such a character?" Li Shu sighed for a moment. "I've been in Dongyi for two years, but I haven't seen many decent heroes."

Xu Dalang just hid his face and smiled dryly, but felt sad for a moment.

On the other side, Zhang Xing borrowed a horse, left Huang Puma vacant, and drove the horse back to Juncheng.

And Zimian Tianwang Xiong Bonan has an arrogant temperament, he feels that Zhang Xing is righteous and wants to repay the kindness of the day, but it is not easy to say it face to face, but relying on Zixia's true energy at night is not very obvious, far behind He stopped at a low altitude and soared... Unexpectedly, after only three or five miles, a golden light flashed from behind him, forcing him to stop abruptly.

The two met face to face, Xiong Bonan was surprised for a moment, then came to his senses, and then carefully cupped his hands: "Is it the inspector Bai?"

"It's a regular inspection." Bai Yousi faced each other at night. "I was afraid that Xu Dalang would do something wrong, so I came here with Zhang Fuchang... I am the King of Labor, please go back!"

Xiong Bonan wanted to ask the other party what kind of relationship he had with Zhang Sanlang, and why he didn't like Xu Dalang?Moreover, this power seems to have become a pill, and the progress has been profound, how can it be so powerful?

But in the end, I still felt that these words were redundant, and I was really unfamiliar, so I cupped my hands without embarrassment, and turned back.

As for Zhang Xing, he continued to gallop on horseback. Along the way, he met several civilians and soldiers who fled at night, but fortunately, relying on his mastery of the two meridians, he was able to save himself from danger every time. Then, he arrived outside the military city four days ago, but he was not in a hurry to enter... Instead, he waited for a while, and when the sky was slightly bright, the military city began to prepare breakfast. Taking advantage of another round of noise and chaos, He calmly left the horse of Xu Dalang's family, led the yellow pussy horse back into the military city, and took a rest in the tent.

He didn't know Bai Yousi's behavior or what happened behind him the whole time.

Qin Bao didn't come to ask any extra questions, but he took the initiative to remind Zhang Xing when he called Zhang Xing to get up for dinner: "Too many people fled last night, and even the Jinwu Guard in front of the imperial court fled. Qian Tang noticed that the third brother was not there early, so he will eat right away." It's time to ask."

Zhang Xing nodded, not paying attention.

And after a while, Zhang Xing finished washing and came out to eat, when the bowl was served, Qian Tang really asked, "Where did Zhang Sanlang go last night?"

"Going to chase a fugitive from the Jinwu Guard." Zhang Xing replied earnestly while drinking his porridge, calmly. "That's a talent. I always thought that I could get along with him, but in the end I ran away... I wanted to persuade him to come back before others found out... In the end, I chased him, but he refused to come back anyway. I didn't make it difficult for him. , I turned back by myself... and then waited outside the military city until dawn before I could come in."

After hearing this, Qian Tang also sighed: "The talent that you Zhang Sanlang valued must have some skills, why did he escape?"

The surrounding Fulongwei also sighed for a while.

But after a while, some of them became uneasy: "Counting the time of the first emperor, all three times were defeated, but of those who escaped Luolongtan, none of them escaped...Third brother, you too You escaped back last time... aren't you afraid?"

"What nonsense?" Little Baishou Wang Zhen took the lead in scolding. "We are Fulongwei, we can't get out of the imperial court, and we don't need to fight..."

The man held back his breath and lowered his head to eat the cake.

Wang Zhen, on the other hand, felt a little uneasy, so he asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhang San, people say you are a think tank, so tell me... can we really keep it safe? Can Fulongwei keep it safe? Are you safe?"

Zhang Xing wanted to reprimand him, but when he thought about it carefully, he also stood there in a daze... That's right, is Yuqian just fucking safe?
As soon as I came here two years ago, I already knew that this was not the shit Sui and Tang Dynasties, so naturally it wasn't San Zheng Goryeo, or it was San Zheng Goryeo. Wouldn't it be reasonable to mix it up with a shitty civil castle?

Don't you mean God's will is unpredictable?

It was as if he hadn't figured out yet whether the script that Bai Diye got from the so-called Heaven's Will was Han Gaozu or Zhuge Wuhou.

At this thought, Zhang Sanlang was sweating profusely, but he couldn't answer.

The surrounding Fulongwei looked at each other in blank dismay, and were also shocked.

"What are you afraid of?!" At this moment, Qian Tang couldn't bear it anymore. "Don't forget that there are Changjian and Fulongyin... With Changjian and Fulongyin, plus our hundred and ten masters of strange scriptures, even the governor of Dongyi dares to come, so what about us? Opponent? Still can't escape?!"

Everyone was relieved for a while.

Even Zhang Xing also realized that there will be sunny days for everything, old ladies, and the Sword of Shocking Dragon is also in his hands. The overall situation cannot be determined, so why worry about escaping?

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately drank the ice porridge in his hand, and then calmly said: "Qian Heishou is right, everything has its own rules, you can't trust me, can't you trust Yi Tianjian?"

When everyone heard Zhang Fuchang check his mouth, there was a loud bang, and their morale was slightly boosted.

In this way, Zhang Xing didn't know how the Yuma case ended, because there was still an endless stream of escapees from the army, which caused all kinds of confusion. What's interesting is that because of the existence of the army city, this kind of escape is almost clear at a glance... Even, when the time came to mid-March, at a place less than [-] miles away from Dengzhou, the small military city in Hebei could no longer maintain it and almost collapsed... The sage, Ben Sheng, has never shown up since then up.

Zhang Xing came to his senses a little, and he could only say that the old man Sima Changying still had two skills, he was simply an artist who controlled the mind of a saint.

After struggling for another six or seven days, the army finally arrived in Dengzhou. The Dengzhou camp was imminent. Qin Bao hurriedly asked for leave and went to pick up his mother and take refuge in the city. …What is surprising is that the troops brought by these four battalions unexpectedly maintained their quantity and quality.

Moreover, the main generals of the four major towns are all sincerely fighting. From Li Cheng in Youzhou to Jiangdu, they all sincerely invite the battle. ten states.

This also revived the saint, and he felt that he was doing it again.

As for Zhang Xing, at this time, he suddenly heard a folk song in the army:
Zhishilang in front of Yimeng Mountain, wearing red Luojin back crotch.

The long spear invades the sky for half a day, and the round knife shines in the sun.

Go up the mountain to eat roe deer, and go down the mountain to eat cattle and sheep.

Suddenly hearing the arrival of the officers and soldiers, he raised his knife and swung forward.

For example, if one dies on the beach, how can behead beheaded?
Come, come, come, Wuxiang Dongyilang died, and no one was buried for ten years!

Yimeng Mountain is the mountain range between Xuzhou, Juyeze, and Dengzhou. It is also the largest mountain range in the east, or it is just two hundred miles behind Dengzhou Daying, on the way for the peasants to transport grain.

Someone reported this matter to the sage, and the sage asked the three ministers in front of the imperial court, Sima and Yu were silent, Zhang Han came out and said calmly:

"This must be the work of Dongyi spies. They are so poor that they can only follow this trail."

The sage nodded on the spot, didn't care anymore, and discussed with all the generals about marching.

The time was late March, Li Ding, as the envoy of the capital, stopped at Dahekou, a little far away, while Qin Bao had already returned, and joined Zhang Xing, Bai Yousi, Qian Tang, Wang Zhen, Zhou Xingfan and other Fulongwei Within the camp.

At the same time, the imperial court attended, Sima Changying, Yu Changji, Zhang Han, the three ministers, the generals of the Fourteen Guards, Lai Zhaner, Zhou Xiaoming, Li Cheng, Luo Shu, Luo Xin and other generals were present.

Luo Fang, Xue Liang, Zhang Changgong and the Jing'an Taiwan Third Tour Team were also there.

Others, such as Qi Wang Cao Ming, Beiya Niu Dugong, several concubines, princesses and princes, were also there.

That's not to mention, just when the superiors were discussing about entering the army, what caught Zhang Xing's attention was that Sima Zheng also appeared - he arrived after leading a group of luggage, and was immediately named Huben Zhonglang General. Under the special duties of the Jinwu Guard, the theoretical supreme leader.

Everyone realized that the arrow was on the string and had to be launched.

PS: Good night.

(End of this chapter)