In the snowy sky of Bianliang, Yanqing Guan was honored by the new monarch Zhao Cai, and presented the jade ball treasure book.

A group of men and horses came from the east of the river, they did not have uniform armor on their bodies, and many of them simply wore shabby Taoist robes.

The head of Xiaodao is good-looking, young and old, and it is Zhang Zhengyuan, who is regarded as a savior by countless victims in Hedong.

At this time, outside Bianliang City, there was also a strange team stationed, which was the Liaodong Army known as King Qin from Youzhou, Pinglu.

The country name of the Khitan is Liao, and the Pinglu area is called Liaodong because it is in the east of the Great Liao, far away from the Central Plains, and it was at this time that it began.

They have been unable to leave for a month, and they have to send people into the city every day to ask for food and money, which is regarded by Chen Shou as a big danger and specially transferred troops from Hedong to defend it.

Is Liaodong bitter? It's very bitter, mainly because of the bitter cold of winter. Is Liaodong poor? Not poor at all.

Youyan fertile land is ten thousand acres, Liaodong Baishan and black water are fertile for thousands of miles, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the Liaodong army sits on the Great Wall moat, and the four Yi who fight surrendered, and the Khitan did not dare to rush south.

They enslaved the Jurchens, Dangxiang, and Si people outside the Saiwai for a long time, and had frequent trade exchanges with Goryeo and Dongying, and made countless profits.

They sent a detachment of men and horses to be stationed outside Bianliang City, and their intentions were really unimaginable.

As one of the two strongest combat forces, Chen Shou believed that the local snakes in Liaodong must have seen that the Great Qi Dynasty was riddled with diseases, and the troubled times were about to break out.

They went to the heart of the Central Plains and hit a nail, so that Chen Shou could not sleep peacefully.

Zhang Zhengyuan led the crowd to the mountain road outside the city, only to see a group of majestic soldiers on both sides of the Bianhe River, digging ice and drinking horses.

They looked at each other, and after a while, several heavy horses blocked Zhang Zhengyuan's path.

"Who are you?"

Behind Zhang Zhengyuan, a majestic man jumped out of his horse, "We are Hedong soldiers and horses, and we were ordered to enter Beijing, why do you stop us?" ”

"This is our camp, and if you want to pass through here, you have to leave the passage money."

Yue Peng's forehead burst out: "Ridiculous! The soldiers and horses of Daqi were ordered to be transferred in Daqi, and what kind of toll money do you have to pay, aren't you entertaining me? ”

"It's to entertain you, let you hand it over, and then make noise, be careful that my mace will hammer your stupid case."

Yue Peng had a fierce temperament, and after his whole family was killed by the White Lotus Sect, his temper became even more irritable.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhengyuan hurriedly said, "Yue Peng, come back." ”

Zhang Zhengyuan knew these people, and in the letter to him from the Marquis of Zhongyong, it was clear and clear.

The reason why these people want to come to Kaifeng Mansion is to guard against these Liaodong soldiers who are like dog skin plasters.

Zhang Zhengyuan waved his hand, and the soldiers around him waved the order flag, and they rested on the spot. In a short period of time, there was quite a sense of banning.

He called three Taoist priests and instructed, "Go to the city, find the Marquis of Zhongyong, explain the situation here, and let him make up his mind." On the outskirts of the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not good for us to make our own decisions. ”

The three of them nodded and took the order.

The large army and the baggage could not pass, but the three of them made a detour but there was no problem, and they soon entered the city. Along the street to Chen's Mansion, after revealing his identity, he was led by a personal soldier to the water pavilion in the inner courtyard.

There was a faint laughter of a woman upstairs, and the soldier whispered, "You wait here for a while, and I'll report it." ”

The three of them stood under the water pavilion in a proper manner, and after a while, their soldiers came downstairs and led the three of them upstairs.

There was a young man sitting at the top of the building, touching the armrest of the chair, looking at his clothes and bearing, it should be the owner of this room, that is, the loyal and brave marquis they were looking for.

"I've seen Master Hou."

Chen Shou nodded and asked, "Are you Zhang Zhengyuan's people?" ”

"Exactly. Master Hou, we were ordered to return to Beijing, but on the bank of the Bianliang River, we were stopped by a group of barbarian soldiers, who insisted on asking us for money for the passage. Commander Zhang said that this place is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and he does not dare to make his own claims, so let us ask for instructions. ”

Chen Shou sneered: "Transit money? It's really a lot of gangsterism. ”

Chen Shou knew that the Liaodong Army was not short of money at all, and they just wanted to make trouble here, so that they couldn't help but do something to them, and when the time came, they would find a suitable reason for the Liao people to enter the customs.

Liaodong soldiers are strong and ambitious, which makes people very tricky.

Money must not be given, and if this money is given, it is clear that it is weak and can be bullied.

When the time comes, these birdmen may directly put away all the tolls and use Bianliang as their cash cow.

But if you don't give it, you have to make a detour, and the army will make a detour, and the momentum will be a little weaker, and most of them will also fuel the arrogance of these people.

Chen Shou rubbed his forehead and thought about it, what is the best of both worlds. After thinking about it, my brain hurts, and I still don't have an idea.

"You let Zhang Zhengyuan stay in place first, and then be stationed next to them, waiting for my order."

The three of them took the order and left, and Chen Shou pondered again.

He got up and walked to the railing and looked down to see his yard. In a small courtyard in the northwest corner, a man is feeding a black donkey.

The inner courtyard is almost all women's dependents, with one exception, which is Doctor Liu.

Because he is a palace man, and he is the brother of his concubine, and he has a body of medical skills, in order to protect him, he moved in.

Later, because it was convenient for his family to see a doctor and take care of this medical idiot, Chen Shou simply let him live in the courtyard.

He beckoned, Tao'er poured a cup of hot tea from the small burning clay stove, and Chen Shou picked up the teacup and took a sip.

After drinking, he suddenly laughed and clapped his hands, "There is." ”

"Master, what's there?" Tao'er thought that the tea was wrong, and tilted her head and asked.

Chen Shou ignored her, rushed downstairs, and went straight to Doctor Liu's courtyard.

"Divine doctor, divine doctor, what are you doing?"

Doctor Liu was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said: "I made a new recipe, I'm going to test it, there is no suitable person, it just so happens that this donkey looks relatively strong... Hey. ”

Chen Shou put his arm around his shoulders and said affectionately, "What kind of medicine?" ”

"Heals the stomach."

After saying that, the donkey pulled wildly, and the sound of puff was endless.

Chen Shou felt a little disgusting, but he was even more happy, and Doctor Liu was a little embarrassed, after all, this was the donkey of the Chen Mansion.

"I... Hehe, don't worry, this donkey will be fine in a few days. ”

Chen Shou asked, "I'm going to make thousands of people go wild, do you have a way?" ”

"If you can find a source of water for them to drink, there is a way."

"Good brother, it's a good hand to harm people, I really didn't misunderstand you."

Doctor Liu: ...

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Three days later, a group of people came to Zhang Zhengyuan's camp on the side of the Bianhe River, pushing cartloads of grain and grass.

Not surprisingly, these military sacrifices were seized by the Liaodong soldiers who were closer to the city.

The rest of the people kept shouting and scolding, pushing the remaining carts and coming to Zhang Zhengyuan's camp.

The soldiers in the village, through the wooden fence, scolded the Liao soldiers on the other end.

When the Liaodong soldiers were stained, they were complacent and proud, and the scolding back was even more ugly.

Several people entered Zhang Zhengyuan's big tent and took out a secret letter from his arms, Zhang Zhengyuan couldn't help laughing after reading it, and then took the secret letter to the torch money, lit it and burned it.

"You go back and tell Master Hou, just say I know, and I must do this well."

Soon, Zhang Ying set up a few cauldrons and buried the pots to make rice.

Columns of smoke rose, and few people noticed that there were a few herbs burning in the many pots.

Zhang Zhengyuan looked at these pots, laughed out loud from time to time, and secretly ordered the surrounding soldiers.

In the early morning of the next day, just after the day, a group of people in Zhang Ying's camp got up early and poured a few mouthfuls of herbs from the pot into the river.

The Liaodong soldiers who were fetching water downstream did not notice it at all, and still fetched water to drink horses and boil water for cooking as usual.

Before noon, in the camp downstream, there was constant wailing and stenching.

The people and horses were all crazy, and the Liao general led by him had a slightly pale face, dry lips, and was holding his stomach with anger and pain.

It's just that he doesn't have much energy anymore, and he can't be fierce, and he roars loudly and scolds a few gang leaders.

After being tortured for a few days, these people finally recovered, and the fierce people and war horses in the past were a little weak.

Soon, the fear of being dominated by a stomachache strikes again, this time the same as the last time.

This incident even alarmed the officials in Bianliang City, and the Ministry of War specially sent people to come to offer condolences.

He Hu, a Liao general who had been tortured, expected in his heart that most of the ghosts were made by officials in Bianliang, but there was no evidence for hatred.

The people from the military department came to offer condolences, but they were not accustomed to the soil and water.

He Hu couldn't say that he was suffering, and he couldn't help but drink the water of the Bianhe River and not eat the food around him.

His subordinates just want to make trouble at this time, and they don't have that energy.

The military department repeated the old tune and asked them to withdraw the army, and He Hu thought to himself that if he didn't leave, he might not be able to go back.

If he dies in a foreign land, and then he is crowned with an excuse that he is not accustomed to the soil and water by these bastards, he will really die blindly.

He Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw the army!" ”

The people of Bianliang sent these domineering barbarian soldiers away like a plague god, and the officials were also relieved.

These people live outside the city, and they don't do a lot of bad things, and they don't dare to leave from the east gate of Bianliang in broad daylight.

He Hu dragged his tired body and led his troops to withdraw, after all, this place is the home of others.

First, they can't make a big deal for no reason, and secondly, they are unfamiliar with life and have no way to prevent it, so although they guessed that most of them were pitted, they could only eat coptis dumbly, and they couldn't say anything about their suffering.

He rode on his horse and looked back at the towering Bianliang city wall, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned his head heavily.

"The Lord said that the world is about to be in chaos, and when the time comes, I will come back.... Bianliang, you wait for me. ”

As soon as He Hu left, a big stone in Chen Shou's heart finally landed, and he personally went out of the city to meet Zhang Zhengyuan in the suburbs.

"The task I gave you, you have completed it extraordinarily." Chen Shou patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

Zhang Zhengyuan usually doesn't smile, but at this time he laughed very openly, and said: "Master Hou's method is absolutely perfect, not only does it work, as long as it is to relieve anger!" ”

He secretly said in his heart, the wicked still need the wicked to grind, these Liaodong barbarians are so unreasonable, and there is only such a loyal and brave marquis... More ruthless people have come to treat them.

Looking at the team he brought back, Chen Shou was very satisfied, the army had seen a lot, and now Chen Shou could see at a glance whether a team of men and horses could fight and whether it had combat effectiveness.

It's like the forbidden army, and you don't want it for yourself, it's all useless material.

Those who fled from the battle could be regarded as warriors among them, and most of them probably fled when they heard the news.

There were no roadblocks, Chen Shou took them into Bianliang City.

The officials in the city who were still watching couldn't help but be even more desperate when they saw Chen Shou coming in with another group of men.

At this time, Bianliang was firmly in the hands of Chen Shou from the inside out, although there were many people who disagreed with him and did not dare to openly oppose him.

The ubiquitous Fanzi spies closely monitor the officials, and no one knows how Chen Shou knows if he says a word in the arms of a good singer.

Anyway, the next day, he will be unlucky for no reason, and he will be lucky to lose his official position, and he will be deducted from the hat of a prince and rebel at every turn, and he will be arrested in Zhao Prison. And those who took refuge in Chen Shou continued to be officials in peace and stability, and their careers were not affected in any way.

Chen Shou returned to the city and placed Zhang Zhengyuan's men and horses in the original forbidden army camp.

The forbidden army has been disbanded by him, leaving only the internal guard forbidden army and Captain Yilu, and a major blood change has been carried out.

Once the strongest army of Great Qi, the forbidden army that followed Taizu to drive out the Tartars, after several generations of efforts, successfully became a joke and withdrew from the stage of history.

When the military households of the forbidden army were abolished and returned to civilian status, the whole family of hundreds of thousands of forbidden soldiers hugged their heads and cried, and the mountain pressing on them was finally removed, and the shackles and handcuffs on their bodies were also broken.

The military families live in Bianliang, and once they return to their normal status, they no longer need to help the generals of the forbidden army as free slave labor, and it can be said that they can quickly find a good livelihood.

Bianliang has more than 100,000 laborers, and it is easy for this city to digest them.

In Bianliang, as long as you are diligent, it is not a problem to support your family.

Chen Shou came out of the camp, and on the way back, he passed by the Horse Mansion.

is facing a group of people blowing and blowing, the soul banner is waving in the wind, everyone inside and outside the house is wearing filial piety, and mourning everywhere.

"Who is this who died?"

The soldiers next to him inquired about it, came back and said, "My lord, the uncle of Wang Chaolong, the commander of the horses, is dead. ”

Chen Shou nodded, faintly feeling that something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't think anything was wrong.

In the crowd of crying mourners, there were a few eyes full of murderous intent, staring at Chen Shou's car.

In the Horse Mansion, Princess Huaishan, who was full of vegetarian hair, did not apply powder, her black sideburns were just combed up with a jade handle, and she was loosely tied up in a bun at the back of her head, still looking graceful and luxurious, arrogant and reserved. And his husband, Wang Chaolong, the commander of the horses, has never shown up.

"Where's the pony?" Princess Huaishan asked with a pout. She is very disgusted with Wang Chaolong now, and she usually doesn't even say a word to him, but she didn't see him today, and Huaishan is still a little strange.

"Back to the princess, because the horse is too sad, she has been praying for the second grandfather in the Buddha hall, but she has not come out."

"When did he become a Buddha?" Huaishan shook his head and left him alone.

In the Buddhist hall of the Horse Mansion, beside Wang Chaolong, there were seven or eight futons, full of people.

They were all dressed for their fathers, and they were very religious in reciting sutras with their eyes closed.

Wang Chaolong looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Master Bailian, can you really kill Chen Shou's dog thief for me?" ”

"The troubled times are coming, the demons cover the sun, only I am the white lotus, the world is saved, Amitabha Buddha, Chen Shou's life and death are only in the thought of the Buddha's mother."

When Wang Chaolong thought of Chen Shou in his heart, he hated him with a monstrous hatred, and he wished to break his body into pieces.

He closed his eyes and followed these people to chant the scriptures, in the Buddha hall, behind the original Bodhisattva statue, there was a white jade Buddha statue with his left hand pointing to the sky, his right hand poking the ground, and smiling gloomily.