Murong Fu and his entourage set off from Huainan West Road, passed through more than a dozen state capitals all the way, and arrived at Qinfeng Road in October. In October, Shaanxi is already dripping into ice, and this weather is undoubtedly a great test of the horse's cold resistance. The Northern Song Dynasty was congenitally insufficient, and several major horse sources were in the hands of rivals, and the southwest horses traded with Dali were not only short, but also intolerant of severe cold; Although the horses are tall, they are also intolerant of the cold. Fortunately, Murong Fu had already prepared, and now the horses ridden by the three of them are Mongolian horses smuggled from outside the Guan, with medium stature, fast running, hardiness and coldiness, adapted to extensive breeding, and have always been good military horses. The turmoil in charge of smuggling these three horses back was a head taller than the average Mongolian horse. The turmoil thought that the tall and more majestic horses were taking advantage, but Murong Fu knew that he was wronged. Just to maintain his self-esteem, Murong Fu didn't say anything after all.

There is a fast horse to travel, and the road is naturally smooth. Just after noon, the three of them passed through a wild forest, Deng Baichuan grabbed the horse's head with a "shout", and replied to Murong: "Son, let's rest and eat something first." ”

Murong Fu looked into the distance, although Fengxiang Mansion was already faintly visible, but the so-called Wangshan ran a dead horse, if he could enter Fengxiang Mansion tonight, it would be a lucky star, and this meal at noon would have to make do. He didn't answer, nodded, and jumped off the horse.

Deng Baichuan cherished his horsepower, and when he saw that Murong Fu and Gongye Qianju had dismounted, he hurriedly stepped forward and took the three horses aside and waited for them to drink water and eat grass, but Murong Fu, a serious master who was also hungry, was thrown aside.

After Murong Fu saw Deng Baichuan unloading the saddle, he caressed the smooth back of the horse affectionately, as if caressing a naked/naked beauty, and exclaimed: "Son, what a horse!" What a horse! I couldn't help but turn my face away and look at Gong Yeqian, who was sitting on the side and doing nothing.

Gongye Qian couldn't help but be stunned when he touched Murong Fu's eyes full of expectation and encouragement. After a while, he touched his nose, got up and pulled Deng Baichuan over, and the two went to prepare lunch together.

Murong Fu breathed a sigh of relief, casually untied the mink fur draped on his body and hung it on the branch beside him, and bowed his head to fight with his gloves. But at this moment, a rush of footsteps came from behind his ears, and he turned to follow the sound, only to see four big men in patch beggars and holding bamboo sticks, led by a young man, running briskly. Seeing those five people, Murong Fu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly and smiled softly. This is not the first time he has seen those five people, since the first time they met yesterday morning, it is now the third time they have met, depending on the situation, they must be fellow travelers. It's just that Murong Fu and the three of them rode horses, and those five people only relied on two legs, and they didn't throw them off for a whole day and a night, and the martial arts of these five people were really good.

When the five people approached, the young man at the head obviously recognized Murong Fu, so he stopped, hugged his fist and saluted Murong Fu: "This son raises a good horse!" "This young man is only in his twenties, tall, thick eyebrows and big eyes, although he is wearing a gray shabby cloth robe, but in front of Murong Fu, who is dressed in brocade, he is not cramped, his eyebrows are heroic, and he is heroic and comfortable when he talks.

When Murong Fu saw the young man, he already had a good impression, and only secretly praised in his heart, "What a good man who hides seven feet!" ”。 At this time, hearing him praise his horse, Murong Fu also raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "It's better than Shaoxia's kung fu!" In Xiagu Su Murong Fu, these two are my servants Deng Baichuan and Gongye Qian. Didn't ask for advice? ”

Murong Fu didn't know that the reason why the young man stopped talking to him was not because of his horse. Just now, he stood alone in the snow wearing a mink fur, the black mink fur lined with white snowflakes, and the simple color scheme was like a painting because of the long and jade person. When he got closer, Murong Fu happened to bite his fingers and slowly took off his gloves, and the exposed fingers were as white as jade, and the young man only felt that his breathing was chaotic, and he couldn't even maintain the original smooth pace, so he stopped. Hearing that Murong Fu reported that his family was interested in meeting him, the young man's eyes lit up, and he immediately replied: "In the beggar gang Qiao Feng, these are all brothers in my gang......

As soon as the words "Beggar Gang Qiao Feng" came out, Murong Fu couldn't hear the words clearly anymore, and only stared at the young man in front of him with wide eyes, side after side. Qiao Feng, no, Xiao Feng Xiao Daxia, the absolute male number one in Jin Yong's original work "Dragon Babu", the great man of chivalry stands up to the sky, a man among men! After getting to know Qiao Feng, Murong Fu had no intention of chatting with the minions around him, so he only turned his head and took down the two wine jars from the horse, sent one of them to Qiao Feng, and said loudly: "Meeting is fate, can you drink?" ”

Qiao Feng has always had a lot of them, and the wine worm in his stomach is lonely all the way day and night, but Murong Fu invited him to drink, but he was in the middle of it, and he took it and said, "I can't ask for it!" After taking a sip, Qiao Feng immediately tasted the difference between this wine and the past, as if a line of heat was falling straight down from his throat, and when he landed, he taught people to feel warm, his hands and feet and muscles and bones were stretched, and he was fearless even if the cold wind blew on his face. Qiao Feng is not very old, he is not young, he naturally knows the goods, and he praised at the moment: "Good wine!" ”

Murong Fu wiped the wine on his lips and said with a smile: "If it's a good wine, don't let it down!" Do it first! Murong Fu's abnormal cheerfulness naturally surprised Deng Baichuan and Gongye Qian, but it was right for Qiao Feng's appetite. Qiao Feng has always been a good wine, the amount of wine is magnificent and the internal strength is profound, this high level of wine only feels dripping with pleasure. Although Murong Fu does not have Qiao Feng's mass, he has long adapted to the modern high level of wine, and he is not drunk in the stomach.

When Gongye Qian sent lunch, Qiao Feng and Murong Fu had already communicated with each other, and Qiao Feng was two years older than Murong Fu, so he recognized an additional virtuous brother. Murong Fu admired Qiao Feng as a person, and was honest with him, so he said: "The family teacher is worried about the battle situation and it is difficult to sleep day and night, but it is just that it is inconvenient for a scholar to travel. Although the younger brother is not talented, he also has a few tricks of superficial martial arts, so he simply ran on behalf of the family teacher to watch the battle. I don't know where Brother Qiao is going? ”

Qiao Feng saw that Murong Fu was working day and night without any fatigue, and he knew that he was armed with martial arts, but when he heard that his teacher was a scholar who had no power, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise. It's just that he is upright by nature, he only relies on his preferences, and he is a friend with a similar temperament, and he never asks about the origin of the other party, so he doesn't ask much, but only answers honestly: "I just came from Lanzhou and am about to go to Mizhi." ”

Murong Fu knew that these two places were places of war emergency, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Junior brother has come in a hurry this way, and the battle situation is not very good, I don't know how the battle situation is in Lanzhou?" ”

"The niche valley has been conquered, and Li Xuanzheng has been stationed in Lanzhou." Li Xuanzheng is Li Xian, and he is a rare official eunuch in ancient China who was promoted by military merits. The holy decree of the Five Roads was issued by Emperor Shenzong in August, and now it is only October, Li Xian, as one of the main attack commanders, led the Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road armies to conquer the Xixia Tun grain land in just two months, which is undoubtedly a great victory. However, Qiao Feng frowned slightly when he talked about this, and he was not half happy.

Gongye Qianjiang ran old, and knew that although this beggar gang was poor, he was desperate for the court. He saw that these beggars talked about the great victory of the imperial court, but instead of having no joy on their faces, he couldn't help but sigh, and couldn't help asking, "But what's wrong?" ”

The four people who were traveling with Qiao Feng obviously took Qiao Feng as the leader, and when they saw that Qiao Feng was silent, they also shook their heads slightly and said nothing.

When Gongye Qian saw this, he was furious, drank our wine and ate our meat, how could he not tell the truth? Just as he was about to open his mouth to sneer, Murong Fu already understood: "Li Xuanzheng is ...... after all Inconvenient identity. ”

As soon as Murong Fu said this, Qiao Feng immediately glanced up at him. Before he could speak, Jiang Changyun, another beggar disciple beside Qiao Feng, had already said hatefully: "Eunuchs are cowardly! If it weren't for our big brother Qiao going to see Bo Duo alone, persuading him to surrender to the court, and guaranteeing his safety with his life, how could that gelding dog beat Liang and bury him? ”

"Long luck!" Qiao Feng didn't like to listen to this, and immediately snapped off his words. "It was originally loyal to the imperial court, Li Xuanzheng ......" He suddenly sighed and said in a low voice. Li Xuanzheng must have his reasons. ”

Jiang Changyun has always admired Qiao Feng, but at this time, he was unwilling to be obedient and scolded: "What reason can he have?" It's not that he has cut his eggs, so he is naturally timid as a mouse! After taking a little credit, he refused to move again, for fear that Liang would bury and cut off his head! It was persuaded by our big brother Qiao, and the Niche Valley was also the first to be attacked by big brother Qiao, Li gelding...... He's got a face! ”

As soon as Jiang Changyun said this, Deng Baichuan and Gongye Qian were silent. They didn't doubt what Jiang Changyun said, they just thought that they were still rolling in the rivers and lakes when they were old, and the so-called dream of recovering the country would not be realized. But there is a young man, a junior who can control the outcome of the battle with his own strength, and he is born and dies, talking and laughing.

Deng Baichuan and Gongye Qian did not doubt that Jiang Changyun was talking big, and Murong Fu naturally would not doubt it. At this moment, he just, suddenly, remembered something insignificant. In the entertainment industry in later generations, although beautiful men are popular with little girls, the top stars who really have a future are always those macho men with masculine temperament. They are muscular and wild, and the movies they have made have invested more than 100 million yuan are hot, and it is like blowing up a plane and hitting a building, and it is like playing, and the fans' heartbeats are intensified, and they are crying and shouting to give them monkeys. But compared to Qiao Feng in front of them, these people are not even worthy of lifting shoes. Murong Fu was so excited to see Jiang Changyun's feelings that he couldn't even listen to Qiao Feng's words, and immediately smiled: "Brother Jiang, I have a word, are you willing to hear it?" ”

Eating people with a soft mouth, Jiang Changyun was silent for a long time, and finally said in a rough voice: "If Murong Gongzi has advice, Jiang will listen to him." ”

Murong Fu shook his head and replied: "I don't dare to give advice, but I just came to read history later and had a little experience, saying that I would be with Brother Jiang." Does Brother Jiang know why the Tang Dynasty perished? Touching Jiang Changyun's puzzled eyes, Murong Fu smiled slightly, picked up a dead branch and slowly pulled it on the ash pile where he had just buried the pot to make rice. The dictatorship of eunuchs, the division of feudal towns, and the dispute between friends and parties, these three complement each other and are cause and effect of each other, but the most fatal is the dictatorship of eunuchs. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the monarch's power was weak, and the eunuchs were in charge of the military, so they could depose the emperor at will, and even arbitrarily persecute the royal bloodline. The royal dignity is gone, and it is inevitable that someone will disagree to replace it. Our Great Song Dynasty has made a clear decree since the establishment of the Tai/Zu country, and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, which is to learn the lessons of the Tang Dynasty. Now, although Li Xuanzheng has won the eyes of the official family because of his military exploits, he is still a eunuch and holds military power after all, which can be said to be the target of everyone. On weekdays, those civil officials have already picked their noses and eyes at him, if there is any more mistakes...... After all, Tai/Zu once said that he would not kill the scholars, but he never said that he would not kill the eunuchs. Li Xuanzheng was in danger, and if he wanted to save his life, he had no choice but to seek merit but no fault. ”

After Murong Fu said that, Jiang Changyun immediately opened his mouth and stammered, and only after a long time did he say in a loud voice: "There is no suspicion in employing people, but this is not the minister's!" ”

Jiang Changyun was so straightforward, Murong Fu couldn't help but glance at Qiao Feng jokingly, and only said to himself: This is really a group of people. Xiao Daxia is cheerful and upright, and the brothers he makes are also the same. Thinking that Wang Jiantong is just a beggar gang leader, he can't do it to Qiao Feng, and he doesn't doubt that he doesn't need to use people, let alone Emperor Shenzong, who is in charge of a country and shoulders trillions of people? According to the original book, Wang Jiantong tried his three major problems, and ordered him to make seven major contributions to the beggar gang, so he was taught with a dog stick, but I don't know that he is now on the battlefield but one of these three problems?

Qiao Feng didn't know Murong Fu's ethereal thoughts, and when he saw him glancing at himself, he only thought that he was going to answer by himself. It's just that Qiao Feng is in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't understand anything about officialdom. He frowned and was silent for a moment, and only honestly asked Murong Fu for advice: "Brother Murong Xian, this matter will not turn around?" ”

Murong Fu shook his head and replied: "Accumulating disadvantages and prejudices, we and other people still can't treat eunuchs equally, let alone the imperial court?" It's just that this expedition to Xia was originally a five-way army marching hand in hand, echoing each other from afar, and now Li Xuanzheng is stagnant, and the other four-way army suddenly lost his arm to help, only ......afraid that "this five-way expedition is completely another version of the "barrel principle" academically, and the victory or defeat of the war does not lie in the achievements that the most courageous army can achieve, but in the final results of the most cowardly army.

Jiang Changyun was taken aback and shouted, "No wonder Brother Qiao is in a hurry to go to Mizhi!" ”

Murong Fu glanced at Qiao Feng with a clear look, and said, "Brother Qiao rushed to Mizhi, presumably holding Li Xuanzheng's handwriting?" Let me guess in the next guess, the letter must be that Brother Kwa Qiao is brave and strategic, and he is a fierce general. As for his own plans, he did not say a word. ”

Qiao Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise when he heard this, he really couldn't imagine that Murong Fu would be able to explain the rest of the situation exactly with Jiang Changyun's words. His gaze turned on Murong Fu's jade-like handsome face in a complicated manner, and before he could speak, Jiang Changyun had already patted his thigh and praised: "It is said that Xiucai can know the affairs of the world without going out, and Jiang can be regarded as knowledgeable today." I don't know what Brother Murong thinks, let's go back to rice fat this time, maybe we will have to be appreciated? …… Don't hide it from Brother Murong, I see that Li Gelding and Li Xuanzheng are smiling like flowers when they see them off, and I always can't go up or down in my heart. ”

"If Brother Qiao doesn't mention the matter of Lanzhou, and doesn't mention the cultivation of the scripture strategy to garrison the troops after conquering Mizhi, he will naturally be able to reuse." Murong Fu looked at Qiao Feng with blazing eyes and said. "It's just that Brother Qiao will never adopt the opinion of the younger brother. And he has been in the northwest for a lifetime, and he hopes to solve the border troubles of Western Xia in one fell swoop more than anyone else, and he will never listen to Brother Qiao. Therefore, the outcome of this war was predestined before the troops were dispatched. Thinking of this, Murong Fu couldn't help but sigh.

Qiao Feng was noncommittal, only got up and hugged his fists and said, "Brother Murong Xian is so knowledgeable, he really admires people!" I don't know what the virtuous brother thinks, this time the court is in a big fight, what will be the situation in the coming war? ”

Murong Fu opened his mouth, and finally only smiled: "If I knew, I wouldn't have come here to watch the battle." ”

Qiao Feng sighed when he heard this, and said lightly: "In this way, then there is only ...... The rest of his heart is good, although he has not regretted nine deaths. ”

Murong Fu's heart moved, he didn't answer, he just stood side by side with Qiao Feng and quietly watched the sky and the earth, and the fortune waxed and waned.