Since being recruited by the imperial court, Zhang Xianzhong has been stationed in the suburbs of Gucheng with peace of mind, recruiting talents and talents, and Wang Bingzhen, Zhusheng Xu Yixian, local tyrant Fang Yuezong and others are all hot, drinking and having fun in the mansion every night, and living a happy life.

On this night, Zhang Xianzhong had just finished drinking wine and was about to go to the bed to rest, when suddenly a personal soldier came in to report that there was a student in the city, claiming to be Pan Duche, who came to see him overnight.

Zhang Xianzhong was drunk and hazy, how could he have the heart to meet guests, so he called Dingguo and asked him to go and send this guy who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth away.

Dingguo came out of Zhang Xianzhong's back house, and did not rush to catch up, but crept to the front hall, hid behind the screen, and quietly observed this Xiucai who came from the city.

I saw Pan Duche wearing a square scarf on his head and a white robe, sitting alone on a chair, holding a folding fan in his hand, sipping tea, and chanting those poems that Dingguo had never heard before.

This show is very interesting, Dingguo thought to himself, and then walked out from behind the screen.

"General Zhang has arrived!" The soldiers in the hall roared.

When Pan Duche heard this, he thought that Zhang Xianzhong was coming, so he hurriedly put down the teacup, straightened his clothes, put away the folding fan, stood up from the chair, bowed his head and hugged his fists, and said: "Pan Duche, a member of Xiaying City, meet General Jingxuan." ”

"Father is drunk and hasn't woken up, tell me something." Dingguo stretched out his hand to support Pan Duche.

Pan Duao raised his head when he heard the sound, and then realized that the person standing in front of him was actually a young and handsome eight-foot boy.

Dingguo smiled and helped Pan Duao back to his seat, and then sat down sideways next to him.

I have long heard that Zhang Xianzhong has received many righteous sons, all of whom are wise and brave, but I don't know which one is in front of him, Pan Duao moved his butt on the chair, bowed slightly to Dingguo, and asked casually: "I dare to ask which young general you are?" ”

"In the next Zhang Dingguo, Mr. can call me Dingguo." Dingguo replied modestly.

"Oops! It turns out that you are the world-famous lieutenant General Chi Dingguo, disrespectful and disrespectful! Pan Duche has long heard of the deeds of Dingguo's seventeenth cavalry attack on Xiangyang, as the saying goes, it is better to see than to hear, and today I have to see a real person, Pan Duche couldn't help but look at Dingguo up and down again, secretly surprised in his heart, and blurted out, "Sure enough, he is a young hero, and his name is well deserved!" ”

Dingguo was not used to being praised by others, so he smiled shyly, and quickly changed the topic: "What is the matter with Mr. here?" ”

Seeing Dingguo ask, Pan Duche couldn't help but sigh, picked up the teacup from the table, brought it to his lips and took a sip, then put the teacup back on the table, and then told his story.

It turned out that Pan Duche was originally a small landlord in Yingcheng County, but half a year ago because he was competing for land with the local tyrants in the same county, the county magistrate accepted bribes from the local tyrants, and he awarded the land to the local tyrants. After losing the lawsuit, Pan Duche was cornered, and he was depressed in his heart, so he took a knife into the local tyrant's house that night and slaughtered the local tyrant with a knife. Since he had already killed someone, he simply didn't do anything, and sneaked into the county government and killed the magistrate, and now he is wanted by the government everywhere, and he has no way out, so he can only come to Gucheng to join Zhang Xianzhong.

"Hey, I didn't expect Mr. to look weak, but he was a ruthless man." After listening to Pan Duche's story, Dingguo couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Well, who was born to rebel? It's not all forced by those corrupt officials! If the people can live and work in peace and contentment, who wants to do this headless work? Pan Duche said angrily.

Dingguo nodded in agreement and said, "Sir, what you said is reasonable!" ”

"General Dingguo, I don't know when I will be able to meet General Jingxuan next?" After chatting for a while, Pan Duao couldn't sit still, only to see him looking around absentmindedly, thinking that he wanted to see Zhang Xianzhong earlier.

When Dingguo saw Pan Duao's anxious appearance, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smiled: "Sir, don't worry, it's not early today, please also ask Mr. to stay in the wing room temporarily, and when his father wakes up tomorrow, Dingguo will introduce Mr. again!" ”

"It's okay, I'm tired." Pan Duao knew that he would not see Zhang Xianzhong today, so he immediately stood up from his chair and bowed deeply to Dingguo.

Dingguo hurriedly got up and saluted back, then summoned his own soldiers and took Pan Duchel to the side room to rest.

At noon the next day, as soon as Zhang Xianzhong woke up, he sent someone to call Dingguo over.

When Dingguo walked in, Zhang Xianzhong was sitting sideways on several stools next to the Eight Immortals table, holding a teapot in his hand, and pouring tea into his mouth with his head up.

"Father, are you awake?" Dingguo stood in front of Zhang Xianzhong and asked with concern.

Zhang Xianzhong put down the teapot and scolded casually: "Bird! Since Lao Tzu entered this valley city, he has been drunk and dreaming all day long, and he has grown several pounds of fat! If it goes on like this, in less than half a year, I'm afraid I won't even be able to ride a horse! ”

Dingguo listened to Zhang Xianzhong's complaints, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Stinky boy! Laughing bird! Believe it or not, Lao Tzu beat you! Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be angry and grabbed the teapot and pretended to smash it on Dingguo.

Dingguo hurriedly begged for mercy: "Father! Father! The child knows that he is wrong! ”

Zhang Xianzhong put down the teapot again with a smile and asked casually: "I old Zhang seems to remember, did there be a show yesterday?" How, are you sent away? ”

After Zhang Xianzhong's reminder, Dingguo remembered that Pan Duao was still waiting for Zhang Xianzhong's summons in the wing.

Thinking of this, Dingguo hurriedly recommended to Zhang Xianzhong: "Yesterday, the child met that Xiucai for his father, this person is indeed extraordinary, and his father might as well see it." ”

"Oh? There are not many people who can enter the country! Where is this person now? Since you have said so, I really want to see what this extraordinary talent looks like. Zhang Xianzhong stroked his long hair lightly and said curiously.

Under Dingguo's arrangement, Pan Duao was soon taken from the wing room to Zhang Xianzhong's back house by his own soldiers.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that Pan Duao was quite talented and proficient in the art of war, and he admired him, so he immediately decided to leave him in the account for use, and handed over all kinds of documents in the military to him to write.

So far, Zhang Xianzhong has Wang Bingzhen as the mastermind, Xu Yixian and Pan Duchel as military advisers, and finally has his own think tank.

On this day, Zhang Xianzhong was discussing military affairs with Wang Bingzhen, Xu Yixian, and Pan Duche, when suddenly a confidant Ma Yuanli hurriedly came in to report: "Respectfully, Huguang Patrol sent a message to Yu Shilin Mingqiu, saying that he was coming to visit in the afternoon. ”

At the mention of this name, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help frowning, not only did he not have a good impression of this person, but also held a lot of hatred. At the beginning, it was Lin Mingqiu, a guy who conspired with Zuo Liangyu, and wanted to attack and kill himself when he was appeased and met Xiong Wencan. Thanks to Zhang Xianzhong's high vigilance and not going, his plan fell through.

Although he was disgusted in his heart, he wanted to play this trick well, and he had to be polite to him. In desperation, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to call Zhang Dingguo and ask him to take the first step and go to the dock to prepare, and he would arrive later.

Dingguo received the order, and immediately took a hundred soldiers out of the east gate of Gucheng, crossed the Han River by the immortal pontoon bridge, and then followed the official road on the north bank of the Han River all the way to the Banzhadian Wharf on the bank of the Xiangjiang River.

As soon as he arrived at the wharf, Dingguo immediately summoned the local general Wang Zhen.

"Second General!" Hearing that it was Dingguo, Wang Zhen hurriedly rode a horse and hurried over.

Time was pressing, and Dingguo didn't have time to greet politely, so he immediately ordered Wang Zhen: "General Wang, order you to immediately order three thousand soldiers and line up along the river bank, and at the same time dock all ships of all sizes along the river, and hang red flags on each ship's mast!" And prepare an official sedan chair at the wharf, a number of sedan chair drivers and drummers, and then place three tiger squat cannons as a salute! ”

"What's wrong with this formation? Is Xiong Wencan coming? Wang Zhen couldn't help but stick out his tongue when he heard this.

Dingguo didn't care about laughing with Wang Zhen, and said with a serious face: "Go quickly, do it quickly!" ”

Wang Zhen's face turned pale, and he immediately took the order and left.

At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong also changed into a full suit of gold lacquer mountain armor in the mansion, put a sage on his back, hung a treasure knife on his waist, turned over and jumped on Wuyama, and took Wang Bingzhen and other strategists and two hundred personal soldiers, and rushed towards the dock with high spirits.

When Zhang Xianzhong came to the wharf, Lin Mingqiu's fleet was less than two miles away from the shore, and on the mast of the first ship, there was a big flag with the words "Huguang Patrol according to the Imperial History", and several cronies and staff were standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the shore, and they didn't know what to say.

Outside the cabin, there was also a group of officials dressed in soap clothes, holding aloft "avoidance" and "quiet" tiger head signs, as well as various honor guards and a pair of gauze lanterns with official titles written on them.

"What a big pie!" Dingguo secretly cursed in his heart, then turned around and whispered to Wang Zhen next to him.

Wang Zhen clenched his fists and immediately raised the command flag and signaled to the artillery team on the dock.

Lin Mingqiu was sitting in the cabin humming a little song leisurely, sipping good tea, when he suddenly heard three deafening cannon sounds, and was suddenly frightened, and fell straight from the chair to the ground, the teacup was also shattered, I saw him trembling all over, and stammered and asked, "Zhang...... Zhang Xianzhong reversed? ”

"Sir, that's the salute that welcomes us on the docks!" Seeing this, the staff on the side hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up.

Lin Mingqiu saw that he had such a big appearance in front of everyone, and he couldn't help but have a little more hatred for Zhang Xianzhong in his heart.

At this moment, the fleet docked, and the drums on the dock suddenly sounded, Zhang Xianzhong raised his hand and straightened the bronze helmet on his head, and then jumped off the horse, came to the dock, and stood solemnly to greet him.

Dingguo turned his head and looked at Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong nodded at him, Dingguo walked quickly to the bow of the boat, and reported loudly: "Zhang Xianzhong, the chief general of the Gucheng garrison and the deputy chief military officer, greets the lord of the platform!" ”

The messenger immediately turned into the cabin, Lin Mingqiu didn't make a sound after hearing it, just waved his hand, and the messenger walked out of the cabin door and said to Dingguo: "According to the Tai, let Mr. Zhang come forward to speak." ”

This posture made Dingguo very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "Dog official! ”

However, Dingguo still turned around and ran back to Zhang Xianzhong, and reported: "Father, the dog official is on a shelf and refuses to get off the boat." ”

"Humph! If you don't get off the boat and pull him down, let him nest in the boat! Ma Yuanli said angrily.

"I have been in the world for more than ten years, and I have never seen any strong winds and waves. Zhang Xianzhong was also furious, and his right hand unconsciously touched the "heaven-sent flying knife" hanging from his waist.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's murderous eyes, Wang Bingzhen hurriedly stepped forward, held down his hand holding the knife, and whispered to dissuade: "Respectful!" Respectfully! Don't be reckless! The big picture counts! ”

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Wang Bingzhen, and gradually calmed down, only to see that he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and scolded in a low voice: "Dog, next time I do this, my old Zhang is not raised by people!" ”

After scolding, Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly put on a smiling face, jumped on the big boat quickly, stood in front of the hatch and bowed his hand, and said in a voice like Hong Zhong: "The inferior general Zhang Xianzhong will see the lord of the stage." ”

After regaining face in front of Zhang Xianzhong, Lin Mingqiu was proud in his heart, so he put down the teacup in his hand, tried his best to pretend to be majestic, and walked out of the cabin. Unexpectedly, when I saw Zhang Xianzhong for the first time, I was so nervous for a while that I forgot to bow my head, and the black gauze hat was put on the hatch and rolled to the ground.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but laugh, hurriedly stepped forward, bent down to pick up the black gauze hat, gently patted the dust off the hat, and then held it with both hands, and respectfully handed it back to Lin Mingqiu, and by the way, he glanced up slightly at the white, slightly fat face, and a feeling of nausea and nausea couldn't help but come to his heart: "You fat-headed and big-eared dog official, you must have eaten a lot of people's fat and people's ointment, and when he raises troops again, he will definitely hang your fat pig's head in the Gucheng City Tower to show the public!" ”

Lin Mingqiu took the official hat from Zhang Xianzhong's hand in embarrassment and put it back on.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled sideways and made way for a way, and said respectfully: "The humble general has been prepared by the Gucheng Department to receive the wind and wine, please follow the steps of the Lord Tai." ”

Lin Mingqiu cleared his throat loudly, trying to hide the embarrassment of the atmosphere, then pretended to nod deeply, stepped off the boat with the support of his cronies, and then got into the official sedan chair that had been prepared on the dock.

After Lin Mingqiu got into the sedan chair, Zhang Xianzhong also took the reins of the horse from his own soldiers, turned over on the horse, followed the guard of honor in the official sedan chair, and left the dock.

When the team went away, Dingguo asked Wang Zhen to issue an order, and the drum music stopped abruptly.