Will Ming

(for collection)

On the fourth day of October in the ninth year of the Great Sui Dynasty, the two sides of the Yellow River have entered late autumn, or it can be said that it is the end of autumn.The Yellow River Basin in the hinterland of the Central Plains, which should have been fertile for thousands of miles, is barren and desolate.Sometimes there are no crops growing in the field for hundreds of miles, and there are only waist-deep weeds at a glance.Countless sparrows flew back and forth in the grass, so dark that it seemed impossible to count how many there were.Fat hares can barely jump in the fields, but they are still looking for food to fill their stomachs.

There is a Juyeze in Dongping County, which is hundreds of miles from north to south and east to west, accounting for about a quarter of the entire territory of Dongping County.There is a group of strong men in Zezhong, who occupy the mountain as king, but they have a good name and never spoil the people nearby.This group of powerful people is very powerful, tens of thousands of people gather in the mountains, forests and waters, and the soldiers of Dongping County dare not even touch the edge of Juyeze.The name of the mountain is Liangshan, but the name of this group of strong men is Yanyun Village.

It is said that the head of Yanyun Village is surnamed Li, and he is only a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old. However, his martial arts skills are extraordinary, so he has countless heroes to assist him, and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command are extremely good at fighting. Liyang, an important town in the Sui Dynasty, seized countless food and grass, and Zhang Jincheng, the former leader of Juyeze, was beaten to ashes in the two wars.It is said that the leader of the thief was once an official in the court, but for some reason he gave up his career and was willing to be a thief.Although this person is a thief, his subordinates respect him as a general.

After the thieves from Yanyunzhai arrived at Juyeze, they cleared out more than a dozen villages in Dongping County, large and small, and their soldiers were unstoppable. It is said that in pursuit of Zhang Jincheng, they went deep into Lu County and went all the way to the foot of Mount Dai. , even Zhang Xutuo, a famous general who has won all battles, has nothing to do with this team.Speaking of which, among the green forest heroes on both sides of the Yellow River, no one has such a record. Even the famous Zhishilang Wang Bo was killed by the old general Zhang Xutuo, the general guard of Qi County, in two battles.

All these things are known to Wu Shengzhi, the prefect of Dongping County.

At the beginning, when the troops from Yanyunzhai arrived in Dongping County and fought with Zhang Jincheng from Juyeze, Wu Shengzhi was still very happy.He was waiting to see the situation where the two tigers fought and both sides suffered. Unfortunately, he did not expect that the troops of Yanyun Village were so strong that they defeated the troops of Ju Ye Ze and Zhang Jincheng and fled.Since then, Wu Shengzhi has been in a state of anxiety for a long time, fearing that the gang of powerful thieves will attack the county government.

Although there are more than [-] soldiers in Dongping County, it is okay to let them scare the common people, let them kill thieves?Wu Shengzhi even felt that even if he went into battle with a kitchen knife, it would be more effective than those county soldiers who only knew how to escape.Zhang Sanheng, the county magistrate, only knows how to drink and have fun every day, and he doesn't care that there is such a big cancer in Dongping County.Of course, even if he wanted to, he didn't have the ability to manage it. Without a sharp knife in his hand, how could he cut off such a large cancerous tumor?

Later, Wu Shengzhi gradually became more at ease, because the thieves in Yanyunzhai were more benevolent and righteous than Zhang Jin said, and they had never harassed the nearby counties since they arrived in Juyeze.For this point, Wu Shengzhi still admired the Li Dadao who only heard his name but never met him. Since he didn't always lead troops out to rob disgusting people like Zhang Jin said, Wu Shengzhi naturally He would not consider taking the initiative to fight.Even if he was given [-] soldiers, he didn't intend to fight.Happy to live in peace, why bother to meet each other?

Wu Xingzhi felt that Li Dadao was really a good man, even a thief behaved so well.

However, in the early morning of yesterday, a group of more than [-] elite soldiers flew to the gate of the city of Yuncheng in Dongping County. Under the watchful eyes of the county soldiers closing the gate in a hurry and then shrinking behind the city wall to peep, the leader The thief drew a bow and shot a letter tied to a feathered arrow into the city.This arrow was shot precisely on the lintel of the archery tower of the city gate, and the feathered arrow penetrated into the wood as if piercing the heart, which made people feel terrified.

After the arrow was shot, the hundreds of riders shouted in unison: "Please, Mr. Wu, the governor of the county, will open it!"

Ever since Wu Xingzhi read the hastily delivered letter from his subordinates, he has been moaning for more than an hour, and he didn't even have an appetite for breakfast. After several attempts by his wife to persuade him, he scolded him to go back.

"Come on, go and invite Mr. Zhang, the county magistrate, to discuss the matter!"

It was really a headache, Wu Xingzhiming knew that Zhang Sanheng was also a person who didn't pay attention, but he could only call him to discuss countermeasures.After thinking for a while, Wu Xingzhi ordered again: "Invite all the wealthy households in Yuncheng to my house, and say that I have something important to discuss!"

The order was given, and when his subordinates found Juncheng Zhang Sanheng, he was drinking flower wine in the Zuiyue Building, and a little girl who had just been broken by him and was frowning slightly teased him with the charm she had just learned.It's just that this girl is too young, and there is no such ecstasy in her brows.But what Zhang Sanheng likes the most is this young girl who is as green as an unripe mountain peach. He is already 60 years old, and only in this kind of girl can he regain his former glory.Whenever he saw the girl under him frowning and whimpering in pain, he felt that he had endless strength all over his body.

Although it only took a short while to vent, but his old body was still exhausted.The girl got up and let him look at the redness on the white silk under her body. Zhang Sanheng nodded in satisfaction, then stretched out his hand to rub a few times on the girl's petite chest like a flower bone. arms.

Just enjoying it, suddenly someone knocked on the door hastily outside.

"Who!"

Zhang Sanheng asked angrily.

"My lord, Lord Wu, the county guard, invites you to go over to discuss the matter. It is extremely urgent!"

The servant outside the door said eagerly.

"what's up?"

Zhang Sanheng asked with a frown.

"Juyeze...the thief in Juyeze sent a letter!"

"what!"

Zhang Sanheng sat up abruptly from the bed, and the thing that had just been raised up by the girl's teasing immediately softened.

The wealthy households in Yuncheng received invitations from the county sheriff one after another, inviting them to the county sheriff's prefecture for dinner and wine.It didn't take long for the news of hundreds of thieves flying here in the early morning to spread throughout Yuncheng, and none of those wealthy households are fools. You have to pay for it yourself.

They were reluctant, but they had to respect the orders of the sheriff.

For a while, the heads of the rich and powerful families in Yuncheng all took carriages to the Sheriff's Mansion. Since Zhang Jincheng's death, this scene has not happened for a long time.

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Wu Xingzhi handed the letter to Zhang Sanheng and motioned him to take a look.Zhang Sanheng couldn't help admiring after unfolding the letter: "It's really a good handwriting!"

Wu Shengzhi frowned slightly, thinking that you still have the heart to read the thief's handwriting at this time, okay?

But it's no wonder that although Zhang Sanheng is the magistrate of Dongping County and the highest military official in the county, he is actually a literati. He was originally an aide of Zuowei General Yu Wenshu, or because he is Yu Wenshu's wife. Because of his cousin, he begged Yu Wenshu to come out to be an official, and in the past six or seven years, he also got mixed up in the position of Jun Cheng.After all, it is still inseparable from the care of Yuwen's family.

Therefore, Zhang Sanheng, who thinks he is talented and knowledgeable, pays attention to the beautiful and neat handwriting on the letter paper at first sight. He has never seen this handwriting before. The knife is neat and uniform, and it is amazing how one stroke and one stroke look.So much so that Zhang Sanheng only focused on reading the words, but didn't pay attention to what was written in the letter.

"Good word!"

Zhang Sanheng caressed his beard and praised: "You can tell at a glance that this word comes from everyone, it is worth collecting!"

No wonder Zhang Sanheng praised it so much. Li Xian wrote this letter in order to make it easy for readers to understand. He did not use his favorite cursive script, but Song style characters, which Zhang Sanheng had never seen before.Calligraphy has five kinds of cursive official script and cursive script, and each font is named according to the surname of the calligrapher according to its different style.There is only one font exception, and that is the Song typeface.Song typeface is a typeface created by the treacherous prime minister Qin Hui during the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty.Based on Huizong's thin gold script, he combined the advantages of various schools to create this font that was suitable for printing at that time.

It's just because Qin Hui's reputation is too bad, so he named his font after the dynasty.

Qin Hui is actually a great talent, and he is very confident in his calligraphy. He has said more than once: "Fame and wealth are all fleeting, but my Qin style calligraphy is an eternal career."

Wu Xingzhi coughed and asked, "Master Zhang, what do you think of the things mentioned in the letter?"

"thing?"

Zhang Sanheng was surprised for a moment, then came to his senses, blushing and read the letter from beginning to end again.

"Is the thief in Juyeze crazy!"

After reading the letter, Zhang Sanheng stood up abruptly from his chair, and slapped the letter on the table.With the lifting of his palm, the letter fluttered to the ground.

When he slapped, the dozens of heads of rich and powerful families sitting below trembled neatly. Some people who were acquainted with Wu Shengzhi moved forward to pick up the letter and read it, and immediately understood complexion.His hands trembled and he sat back on the chair, and was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a moment.Seeing him like this, everyone felt chills in their hearts. Some people took the letter from him and began to pass it on, but whoever handed the letter became dumbfounded.

"200 sticks!"

Zhang Sanheng said angrily: "Those thieves in Juyeze, do you think my Dongping County is built on Jinshan!"

The richest man in Dongping County is a distant branch of the Pei family, the one who picked up the letter closest to Wu Shengzhi.His face was pale without a trace of blood, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Does Lord Cheng have any countermeasures?"

Zhang Sanheng was taken aback, and roared again: "Where can I find so much money, my mother! Are those thieves in Yanyunzhai poor and insane? If I am in a hurry, I will lead my troops to fight to the death with him! Sui military generals, how could he