Jincheng, the county rule.

Jia Xu stood on the side of the entrance of the Taishou Mansion in a long robe, the sweat on his forehead dripping down his chin and dripping on the ground, and the placket on his chest was already soaked with sweat. When I went out in the morning, the wind was very strong, and it was a chill to the bone. But at noon, the sun was hot and it was not surprising that people were sweating.

He has been staying in the Taishou Mansion for three hours, and now it is afternoon, Jia Xu is a little dizzy from the sun, but he has to wait. Han Sui must have an explanation for the matter of begging for food, this is the fourth day that Han Sui refused to see him, Jia Xu felt uneasy in his heart, he was afraid that the matter would drag on for a long time and then there would be unknown changes.

Seven days ago, he came to Jincheng, as the state pastoral envoy to meet Han Sui, to discuss the measures for asking for grain, Jia Xu clarified the existing financial predicament of Liangzhou, in the face of the disaster of ground movement, the state capital as a reserve war grain has not been taken out, this year's winter grain has not yet been settled, it is impossible to take out 100,000 stone grain and grass. Han Sui didn't care very much about this, it was a casual move of a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, and what he valued more was Ma Yue's attitude of bowing his head. It was said that the matter could be discussed, and the state government must give disaster relief support, but this grace limit should be 60,000 stones.

Later, for a few days, Jia Xu stayed in the courtyard arranged by Han Sui, and he was very courteous without worrying about food and clothing. But it was precisely this kind of courtesy that made Jia Xu uneasy...... Han Sui didn't take his words seriously at all, it was obvious that he had other considerations.

Jia Xu finally gave a number, 30,000 stones.

This is the limit of what the state government can provide without pressure. This pressure has nothing to do with Hanyang's grain stockpile, but even if Han Sui is given 30,000 stone of grain and grass, he is still unable to organize troops and horses to march eastward, and will not cause the maximum military pressure on Hanyang.

Originally, Han Sui had already relented, but just when Jia Xu was about to discuss further, Han Sui suddenly changed his previous attitude and refused to meet him again.

This made Jia Xu smell something unusual, so he showed his sincerity and stood at the gate of Jincheng Taishou Mansion for three full hours.

Jia Xu was not idle for three hours, he was always paying attention to the movement on the street.

Today's Jincheng is a little unusual, and there are many fewer people on the streets.

Just when Jia Xu was about to leave the Taishou Mansion to find some businessmen on the street to inquire about the news, the Taishou Mansion probed out a servant and said to Jia Xu sneakily: "Mr. Jia, Taishou invites you to enter the mansion." ”

"Taishou?" Jia Xu was stunned, what is the Taishou of Jincheng, Zhang Heng, a poor martial artist, also deserves to talk to the old man? Jia Xu raised his eyebrows, squinted his eyes and asked, "Why is it Zhang Taishou, General Han?" ”

"Shhhh Don't say it's small. Then he looked left and right from the people, and then whispered to Jia Xu: "General Han has been out of the city yesterday!" ”

Jia Xu was shocked at the moment, hesitated for a moment, didn't dare to take a step inside, pointed inside and asked, "Zhang Taishou can say what the old man is doing?" ”

Han Sui went out of the city at this moment, there must be some big problem in the territory or Liangzhou, otherwise he didn't have to go out in person, it would be good if there was a change inside. If it is a matter of Liangzhou, it must be a problem with Hanyang, then the matter is big, and it is true that his family is running for Ma Yue, but he can take his life for this? Jia Xu has to weigh more!

"Zhang Taishou didn't want to see you, maybe General Han left something behind, so he invited you in."

Jia Xu didn't listen to this servant at all, just observed this person's expression, and didn't see the fake emotion, Zhang Heng shouldn't want to take his own life, so he nodded and took a breath, and walked in pretending to be calm. The majestic and righteous back made the Taishou Mansion unable to figure out for a while, what is the illness of this Mr. Jia, he stood outside the door of the mansion for a long time, and the master wanted to invite him in but asked why he was invited to ...... It's really confusing!

"Zhang Taishou, General Han has already left the city?"

When I saw Zhang Heng, this rough man was sitting in the lobby drinking, and when he saw Jia Xu, he said impatiently: "Mr. Jia, ah, yes, General Han has already left." Before leaving, he asked me to tell you that we don't want the 60,000 stone grain and grass, but don't be in a hurry to leave, and stay in Jincheng for a while. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Heng waved his hand, and saw two Qiang men with a fierce appearance sandwiching Jia Xu in the middle, one left and one right, Zhang Heng said with a smile: "I will ask the two of them to accompany you for a few days, and you will see him again when General Han comes back." ”

Jia Xu looked at these two men with arrowbags around their waists and knew that he shouldn't have come in, there must have been an accident in Liangzhou, or a big deal!

"Ah, that's the case, but it's disrespectful." Jia Xu arched his hand and smiled: "General Han doesn't ask for grain and grass, it's really grateful, just admire the scenery of Jincheng, then go out for a stroll in the next, don't bother much, thank you for being too good, and say goodbye." ”

was sandwiched by one left and one right out of the Taishou Mansion, Jia Xu's face was not uneasy, but he was quickly thinking about a way to get out in his mind, this Zhang Heng was obviously instructed by Han Sui to put himself under house arrest, and two men with five big and three thick men surrounded him, and he couldn't run away no matter what. Even if he runs on a horse while he is unprepared, can he run faster than an arrow on four legs? These two Qiang species do not carry swords but carry bows and arrows, and they are clearly not afraid to run by themselves!

Jia Xu was led around by the two of them, one moment said that he wanted to go to the wine shop, and the other said that he wanted to visit the market, and after an hour, he actually heard about the current situation, and Jia Xu, who summarized all the information, was like a dog day stuffed with ice, that is, a little cold and shivering, but it was summer heat.

In the casual chatter of the scoundrels resting in the wine shop, it was said that Song Jian led troops to Rongqiu to fight Ma Yue, and Ma Yue has now sent troops, and it is estimated that this battle is a big battle with the strength of Liangzhou. Recently, there have been many boys and girls in various departments of Jincheng, and the people who came to the market to exchange animal skins for objects in the past were tall Qiang men, but now they are all women, indicating that their men are not at home. The current price of grain in the market has risen to a thousand dollars a bucket, and in the near future there will be a large purchase of it, which will be used as military rations for consumption.

In addition, Jia Xu also took advantage of the dusk to let two Qiang men take him out of the city and paced on horseback on the grassland for a while, not to escape. Under the pretext of watching the sunset in Jincheng, Jia Xu found that the scene of cattle and horses in the past was now only herdsmen driving cattle and sheep in twos and threes, and the horses were almost gone.

In this way, the answer is already on the horizon.

Han Wenyue has sent troops!

At this moment, where will he take his troops? Although Longxi is near, Song Jian has been operating in Longxi for ten years, although it is not impregnable, but the hundred officials under his rule have become a set of administrative system of their own, and their strength and strength are much greater than Ma Yue, and in this case, Ma Yue can only do his best to deal with Song Jian, that is to say, the current Hanyang and Anding counties are like undefended wheat fields, let Han Sui harvest.

At night, at the time of dinner, Jia Xu didn't dare to lead the two back to the house to eat, so he turned back to the wine shop where he went during the day, and the three Liangzhou horses were tied to the stable of the wine store. In the name of gratitude, he beckoned the two to drink a few bowls of spirits, eat some Hu cake noodle soup, and entertain them a little.

During the banquet, Jia Xu excused himself for not being good at drinking, but he persuaded the two of them to drink more, and his heart was thinking about what he should do.

Han Sui attacked Hanyang, the first place to bear the brunt of the horse play garrison Pingxiang County, that more than 2,000 people must be difficult to protect the city, if the horse play died in the rebellion, wouldn't it be happy? But Pingxiang can't hold it, Longxian County may not be able to defend it, and the person who stays behind when Ma Yue goes must be Ma Teng, and the thousands of people in Zhangjiachuan are afraid that it will be difficult to keep Ning...... If Han Sui comes up ruthlessly to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he will be under the virtue of the Qiang Rebellion Army, but he is afraid that Zhang Jiachuan will not grow an inch of grass for several years, and his family members will also be there.

'Ma Yue, Ma Yue, how good would it be if I didn't take my family to Zhangjiachuan at the beginning? Jia Xu lowered his head and drank a bowl of spirits, and the drinkers were in twos and threes, but Jia Xu's wine was the most bitter. Thinking of this, Jia Xu got up and said, "The two of you drink first, it's convenient to go down, and you can go back when you go." ”

A Qiang man got up scolding, and recited two sentences of Qiang language after pushing a few cases, to the effect that you sit down first, and I will accompany him.

Jia Xu's heart thumped, although he mixed up with a fake Sima position in Dong Zhuojun, he didn't rely on real knives and real guns, although he was over half a hundred years old now, he didn't have many lives in his hands, and martial arts were even more common, and at the moment he was defenseless, it was even more difficult for such a tall and strong Qiang man with scars to slip away under his nose!

Jia Xu walked into the side room, but he didn't want the Qiang man to follow in, so he had to hold back a little filthy liquid, and turned his head to see that the Qiang man was so red that it was convenient, Jia Xu was ecstatic, but he raised his hand quietly and said: "You can also take care of it, don't worry, just wait here below." ”

When the Qiang man heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly took off his clothes to make it easier. Jia Xu listened to the sound of water in his ears, looked out on tiptoe with a gloomy face, and turned his head to sweep his gaze to the bow sac straddling the Qiang people's left buttocks.

It was a common ox horn bow in the Qiang, the bowstring was made of animal tendons all over the body, and now it was a little yellowed, Jia Xu stared at this thing, and the sound of his heartbeat became louder and louder, and he felt almost deafening, just when the Qiang people leaned over to get dressed, Jia Xu slipped the bow out of his entirety, grabbed the bow arm and slammed the bowstring on the neck of the Qiang man with his backhand.

Only suddenly, the Qiang people struggled violently, Jia Xu didn't check for a while, but was almost overturned by the huge force of the Qiang people, the bowstring was strangled on the neck, the Qiang people couldn't shout, and opened their mouths to make a dry sound, Jia Xu held the bow arm in both hands and twisted it fiercely, and his clenched teeth were trembling all over.

The Qiang people's struggling movements used to get bigger, and a pair of red eyes were bulging. Jia Xu couldn't control being overturned to the ground, ignoring the filth on his robe, gritting his teeth and desperately grasping the bow arm, the Qiang people pulled their hands between their necks indiscriminately, and slipped to the ground without stepping on their feet, and even Jia Xu was thrown to the ground, the two rolled on the side, Jia Xu's arm couldn't grasp the bow arm for a while, his right hand was uncontrollably propped on the ground, and his palm was cut by sharp arrows on the arrows scattered all over the ground, and blood flowed out immediately.

In the panic, Jia Xu didn't care about the pain in his palm, grabbed several arrows in one hand, twisted the bow arm around the neck of the Qiang man with one hand, and stabbed him in the chest with the arrow in the other, once, twice, three times...... pierced the Qiang man's chest to a bloody blur.

The sound of fluttering lasted for dozens of breaths, the arrow broke, the bowstring was sent, the Qiang people stopped struggling, and Jia Xu sat on the side and ignored the filth on the ground.

He's out of strength.

After a while, the feeling of sweat on his back made Jia Xu come back to his senses, thinking that there was a Qiang man in the house, he was shocked at the moment, and ran out of the side room in a panic, ran to the stable, pushed away the small servant in the wine shop, untied the reins of the three horses, turned over, and galloped towards the outside of the city......