Qinghe County, Beizhou, Hebei Province, a Yongji Canal divides Qinghe County into two, the county seat is located in the west, belonging to the Jin State, and the four townships in the east of the Qu belong to the Wei State, many people have the elder brother living in the west of the canal, but the younger brother lives in the east of the canal, although they are only a few miles apart, they are completely two different worlds.

At first, the people were all safe and sound, and they didn't take this situation of belonging to the two countries to heart, but after just two months, everyone realized that something was wrong.

A bucket of salt in Quxi sells for 140 Wen, a bucket of salt in Qudong sells for 550 Wen, and a bucket of rice and a horse of coarse cloth in Quxi are 60 Wen and 20 Wen respectively, but Qudong is more than twice as high.

Just because of the huge difference in the price of salt, the people of Qudong are boiling, and everyone wants to go to Quxi to buy salt, and even some villagers with active minds specialize in this business, buying salt from Qinghe County to sell it in Qudong, but they were arrested by the patrol army, and after killing a few people, everyone did not dare.

But the wisdom of the people is infinite, and if you can't buy salt, can I buy fish marinated with heavy salt? I went to the river to fetch water, but I picked up a load of brine, okay?

You don't let me buy it during the day, but I secretly buy it at night, okay? In particular, some relatives on the other side of the bank were even more convenient, and in the middle of the night, they swam across the shore at the third watch, and someone here answered, picked up two bags of salt and ran, and quickly disappeared into the woods, so that the patrol soldiers could not be guarded.

After a long time, the patrol soldiers had no choice, as long as it was not a large-scale smuggling of salt, this kind of cheap little thing, the soldiers turned a blind eye.

In the afternoon of that day, a patrol of about 30 people from the east of the canal was patrolling along the coast, and when they passed through a forest, a strange noise suddenly came from the woods.

Immediately after killing countless soldiers in the woods, wearing the armor of the Jin army, the commander of the patrol brigade led by him saw that the situation was not good, he ran a few steps, jumped into the Yongji Canal, and the other soldiers did not have this luck, another round of arrows fired, everyone fell in a pool of blood, and several soldiers who were injured and did not die were also brutally killed.

An hour later, thousands of soldiers arrived at the scene of the incident under the leadership of the main general, Sima Li, and the attackers had disappeared.

The brigade commander who jumped into the river was rescued by the villagers, he was hit by two arrows, and a military doctor treated his wounds, and the wounds were bazaarized.

Several soldiers brought the brigade commander to the commander-in-chief, Sima Li, and the brigade commander knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Sima Li waved his hand, "Since you are injured, you don't need to salute." ”

"Thank you, General!"

"Let me ask you, who did it? You should see them! ”

"I saw very clearly that there were about fifty or sixty people, all wearing armor, and they were ..... It's the same as the army on the other side. ”

"Jin Jun?" Sima Li was stunned.

The brigade commander nodded, "The armor is exactly the same, and the weapons are the same, shoot us with crossbow arrows." ”

Sima Li's face became solemn, he thought it was a revenge from a smuggler of salt, but he didn't expect it to be the Jin army, whether it was true or not, this matter was not trivial, he had to report it to the lord immediately.

Thinking of this, Sima Liren cleaned up the corpse and led the army back to the barracks, and half an hour later, a carrier pigeon flew up and flew in the direction of Yuancheng in Weizhou.

............

In Guantao County, Weizhou, that night, dozens of black-clothed people rushed from Beizhou, each of them carrying a large package and walking in a hurry.

"This way!"

Two miles from the county seat, the chief led them onto a small road, and not far in front of them was a small village, and they passed through a bamboo forest to a large mansion.

There were already people waiting for them at the door, and when they entered, the gatekeeper looked around and slammed the door shut.

At this time, a tall and thin middle-aged scribe came out, squinted and smiled: "Captain Lu, it's going well!" ”

The leader nodded, "Back to Mr. Wang, it went very well, almost all the thirty patrol posts were killed, and their brigade commander was released. ”

"Well done, I believe that the sixth master will reward you heavily!"

The scribe clapped his hands again and said in a loud voice, "Everyone put down their things, go to the backyard to eat, and then have a good rest." ”

More than fifty black-clothed warriors were exhausted, and they all put down their large packages and walked to the backyard.

Their packages were full of armor, crossbow arrows, and horizontal knives, and the spears were so conspicuous that they threw them into the Yongji Canal.

Their leader is called Zhou Fei, about thirty years old, is the most elite Hu Benwei scout captain of the Wei army, when Tian Xu became the commander of the Hu Benwei, and selected three hundred of the most elite soldiers from the Hu Benwei to form Tian Xu's Flying Eagle Battalion, Zhou Fei served as the captain of the Flying Eagle Battalion, this time he was sent to Qinghe County to carry out a secret mission.

Zhou Fei handed over the armor, and he reported the detailed process of ambushing the patrol soldiers to his staff Wang Deli, Wang Deli nodded and smiled: "Let's go to the backyard to eat first!" After eating, we will sleep and we'll talk about it again tomorrow. ”

Zhou Fei hugged his fists and saluted, turned around and hurried away, Wang Deli looked at his back with his hands, and there was a sinister smile in his eyes.

Zhou Fei walked quickly to the backyard, he went to the toilet first, and couldn't find it for a long time, so he found a corner of the wall in a remote place and peed happily.

He jumped up the steps and walked down the corridor to the back hall, where his men were drinking and eating meat, noisy and lively, when he suddenly heard someone in the room whispering: "Zhou Fei is a fine person, don't be tasted by him." ”

Zhou Fei suddenly heard his name, he hesitated, clicked a hole in the window paper, and looked inside.

I saw two men in the room, one of them was a very fat middle-aged man, and the other was a young man who looked like a small man.

The middle-aged man poured a very viscous thing into the wine jar, and faintly heard him: "This is osmanthus pulp, you tell them that this is the most famous osmanthus wine in Guantao County, and they won't be able to taste other flavors." ”

Zhou Fei was surprised in his heart, what is this for?

At this time, the little guy walked out of the door with the wine jar, Zhou Fei hurriedly walked a few steps, and the turn disappeared.

In the back hall, more than 50 subordinates were drinking in a big bowl, eating meat, many people were still guessing with their fists, Zhou Fei found a seat to sit down, he saw that there was half a bowl of unfinished wine next to him, he took it up and tasted it a little, and there was indeed a faint bitter taste in it.

"Captain Zhou, you drink this wine!"

The little guy stepped forward and said with a smile: "This is the most famous local osmanthus wine, and the wine we brew ourselves has a lime smell, which is not delicious." ”

"I know, eat something first, and drink later, or I'll get drunk."

The little guy poured him a bowl of wine, and then retreated to the door, Zhou Fei quickly glanced at him, and found that he was hiding outside the door, secretly staring at himself.

Zhou Fei began to wonder, could it be that the wine was poisonous? He just tasted it a little, but didn't swallow it, he picked up the wine bowl and tasted it again, in fact, it was exactly the same as the wine just now, but with a little osmanthus nectar.

Zhou Fei knew that something was wrong, he got up and walked out, and the little guy flashed out to stop him, "Where is Captain Zhou going?" ”

"I'm going to the latrine, you take me."

The little guy still wanted to stop him, a sharp dagger silently pushed against his side waist, Zhou Fei pretended to be drunk and held his shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Take me to the back door, otherwise I will kill you!" ”

The little guy stiffened with fright, and walked towards the back door with Zhou Fei in fear.

At this time, there was an accident in the back hall, and the soldiers had poisonous attacks, rolling in pain on the ground, and many soldiers bled to death.

Twenty white-clothed warriors rushed in from outside, and they slashed one by one, killing all the soldiers who were not dead, Wang Deli walked in and asked coldly, "Are they all here?" ”

"Zhou Fei doesn't seem to be there!"

The warriors suddenly noticed that a leader was missing, Zhou Fei.

Wang Deli's face changed, and he turned around and asked sharply, "Where have the people gone?" ”

The two subordinates said tremblingly: "Just now Jiang Sanlang took him to the toilet and walked to the back." ”

"Search for me!"

The white-clothed samurai searched around, and soon found the body of the little guy, his throat was cut, dead in the corner of the wall, the back door was locked with a large iron lock, but there were footprints on the wall next to him, apparently he escaped over the wall.

Wang Deli was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Open the back door and chase after it!" ”

Someone opened the back door, and twenty white-clothed warriors rushed out of the back door and chased after them.

Wang Deli was so angry that he scolded, and at this time, a black shadow flashed out from behind, covered his mouth, put a dagger against the back of his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Who wants to kill us?" ”

When Wang Deli heard that it was Zhou Fei, he was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Don't kill me, I said, yes.... It was an order from Tian Liuye. ”

"Not Xu Shize?"

"It's Xu Shize's meaning, if you want to kill you, Tian Liuye arranged for me to poison you here."

"Thank you!"

Zhou Fei covered his mouth and pierced the back of the heart with a knife, and Wang Deli died of anger.

Zhou Fei killed Wang Deli, left the mansion through the front door, and walked away.