Loulan night snow, private room.

Chen Shou smiled and drank with Bayitash, he found this Qarakhanid man very interesting, first of all, he was extremely conceited, and even did not allow his slaves to touch him.

There was a slave girl who touched his clothes when she was pouring wine, and this guy got up and changed into one.

The second is that he has some inferiority complex, which is reflected in the complexity of his love and hate for Han culture.

He likes poetry and poetry very much, and works hard to learn Chinese, and his authentic Kaifeng dialect is more authentic than Chen Shou's. But he never wears Hanfu, and his food, clothing, housing and transportation all day long are the same old. He was actually very young, but he had a big beard and looked very old.

He called Chen Shou, never called him an adult or a marquis, but just said "my friend".

Chen Shou knew this well, this was the identity of the prince of others, and he refused to be inferior.

Chen Shou values him as rich, very pragmatic, and does not engage in false tricks, which is very reassuring.

He himself has long been honest that he married Chen Shou in order to help him regain the throne one day.

Chen Shou also unceremoniously treated him as a money bag, and came to take some from time to time to provide for more and more expenses.

Bayitash is a good hand at making money, and among so many Hu merchants in Bianliang, his shop is the fastest.

"My friend, when you captured that White Lotus Sect in Bianliang, did you really clear up the cult, or did you take the opportunity to cut off the enemy?"

"Why do you ask?" Chen Shou was a little strange, his question was a little abrupt, and it was not in line with the character of this little green prince.

Bayitash said with a smile: "Because of your actions, my business here is getting worse and worse, and those who can come to Loulan Yexue are either rich or expensive." The fact that I have fewer guests means that you have arrested a large number of officials and wealthy businessmen. ”

Chen Shou smiled, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said with sincerity on his face: "You have both of these points, don't take it lightly, this White Lotus Sect is like a little ant that can drill holes in the ground, there is nothing they can't penetrate." ”

"These people who believe in Buddhism are like fat and fat lambs, the most cowardly. You think the White Lotus Sect is difficult to deal with, it is because your methods are not strong enough, after we destroyed the Khotanese country, we burned all their temples. Every time we caught a monk, we tied him up and burned him to death in the downtown area, and if anyone believed in Buddhism, we skinned him, made his skull into a drinking vessel, and made his leg bones into a torch, and tied his wife and daughter to the market and sold it. Originally, the whole country believed in Buddhism in Khotan, and even if you dig three feet into the ground in less than three years, you can't find a single Buddha statue. ”

Chen Shou's scalp tingled when he heard this, these ruthless people who rode camels, wrapped white scarves around their heads, and came out of the desert did have a hand. At least the fact that the heart is poisonous is incomparable to that of other races and religions.

If he learns from them, let alone exterminates the White Lotus Sect, he will definitely die without a place to be buried, and he will be stinking for 10,000 years.

For so many years in China, there has never been a person who has been able to occupy a high position for a long time without being overthrown by such means.

If you want to rule the Central Plains, you must have a good reputation, even if there is no bottom line in doing things, you must do a good job on the surface, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.

This is a sense of morality, and it is not comparable to barbarians who crush any other race of the same kind.

The two drank a few glasses of wine and gossiped for a while, and Chen Shou was about to move, when suddenly there was a commotion in the distance. The two turned their heads to look, only to see a red light rising from the sky of the Royal Street, and then someone shouted: "It's water!" Walk the water! ”

Chen Shou had a sudden feeling in his heart, Bianliang is densely populated, and most of the buildings in the city are wooden structures, so once a fire occurs, the loss may be very amazing.

The fire burned so fast that in a moment, half the sky was lit red by the fire. Chen Shou said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid I can't stay for a long time today, Zhao Hong, prepare the horse!" ”

Zhang Zhengyuan's forbidden army camp bore the brunt of the fire, and the fire had spread.

A military attache rushed in, knelt on one knee without worrying about the crown, and said, "General! There was a fire in the city, and the fire started from the Jinliang Bridge, and the wind was divided on three sides, and it had spread for nearly ten miles......"

"The fire in the city has its own inspection and disposal." Zhang Zhengyuan interrupted him, "The patrol of each compartment and the soldiers of each shop are set up to prevent fires, why bother to report?" ”

"But no one put out the fire!" The military attache said loudly: "And some people took the opportunity to rob the shops, making the situation even more difficult to control. ”

The fire rose from the north, and the fire was extremely fierce by the wind, and although it was still far away from the camp, the heat of the fire could be felt.

Zhang Zhengyuan sighed and said, "Come on, follow me to put out the fire!" ”

Chen Shou rushed over, a little unsure in his heart, whether the fire was not a fire or whether someone deliberately set it on fire.

In the past few days, he has suppressed the White Lotus Sect, which is like peeling off the cocoon, and he has arrested many disciples.

Perhaps the White Lotus Sect deliberately set fire to it in order to divert attention, and after the fire, they were able to sell their own theories and develop followers.

When he arrived at the bridge, he saw that the fire had only been on fire for half an hour, and the fire area had exceeded more than ten miles, and countless buildings and pavilions had been reduced to ruins under the flames, and the air was full of scorched breath. The sky seemed to be engulfed in flames, and half of the sky was burned red.

Outside the fire, countless sergeants ran around, drawing water from the Bianhe River to extinguish the fire, and more people affected by the disaster helped the elderly and children escape from the fire, crying loudly.

There were a few splashes, taking the opportunity to grab finances, touching women, laughing and laughing in the crowd, Chen Shou's anger rose in his heart, and he just wanted to speak, only to see a military attache dressed as a general, who stepped forward with a knife and grabbed an idler, cut off his head on the spot, and carried it in his hand bloodily.

After a while, he held three heads and stood on a high place and shouted loudly: "The general has an order, and the forbidden army retreats to avoid fire and behead!" Take advantage of the fire to robber and slash! All firefighters, regardless of the military and civilians, will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and those who dare to extinguish the fire will be rewarded with twenty taels! ”

His voice is extremely loud, coupled with the fact that he is holding three bloody heads in his hands, which is very visually impactful, and it immediately attracts everyone's attention.

The military general shouted three times in a row, and the forbidden army had already carried up several boxes of silver, and the head and silver were placed together.

Zhang Zhengyuan ordered the soldiers to start demolishing the house to isolate the source of the fire.

Soon, the fire was slowly extinguished, and only a few places remained, still smoking.

Chen Shou didn't go in, and watched Zhang Zhengyuan command the fire extinguishing from the periphery, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

The new forbidden army, under the leadership of this man, is very different from the previous forbidden army. You must know that there are many people here who are from the old forbidden army and were re-recruited by Zhang Zhengyuan, and they haven't had time to practice yet.

The original march was not good, and it was the result of the persecution of the generals at the top for generations.

Today's new forbidden army is growing, and sooner or later it will be a heavy weight in its own hands.

Chen Shou turned back to Zhang He and said, "You go and tell Zhang Zhengyuan, let him distribute today's reward in full, and then make a bill to go to Jin Yuwei to receive the money!" ”

Zhang He coughed lightly, his face was a little strange, and said, "My lord, you forgot, we just checked the accounts from Jin Yuwei yesterday, and we don't have much money anymore." ”

"And what's going on?" Chen Shou turned the horse's head and said, "Go back to Loulan for the night snow." ”

Chen Shou went and returned, and Baytash asked, "My friend, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

"Haha, haha, I can't hide it, I miss you."

"Didn't we just part?"

"I don't see you for a moment, like every other autumn."