Zhang Seng Cheng was in charge of the Central Taiwan Military Department, and all the various military reports of the enemy and us either came to him first, or most of them would eventually be collected there, so he not only knew very well the progress of the battle of Ye County under Qin and Wei, but also had his own judgment on when Pu Mao would probably be able to conquer Ye County.

It can be said that among the three of Zhang Sengcheng, Yang Chao, and Zhang Gui, Zhang Sengcheng is the most authoritative and qualified to answer the question of "when will Pu Mao defeat Ye County".

When Xin Er asked this question, Yang Chao and Zhang Gu didn't speak for the time being, obviously waiting for him to answer first.

Zhang Seng Cheng took it as he could, and said in a deep voice: "The following officials speculated, if Huan Jingzhou could not go to Luoyang to coerce Qin after the capture, then at the latest at the beginning of next month, Pu Mao would be able to conquer Ye County." ”

Xin Er said: "At the latest at the beginning of next month? ”

"Ming Gong, this judgment of the lower officials is drawn from three aspects."

"What three aspects?"

"Although Pu Mao is Hu Lu, but hypocritical and cruel, quite able to respect the doctor, Luoyang and other places of the Tang Shi, generals, he has given preferential care, there is no lack of high-ranking officials and nobles, and reuse the beggar marshal Li Ji, awarded him the Taiyuan Taishou responsibility, and in the former time after capturing the two outside Ye County, the lower officials heard that he took the stage to inspect, sighed Wei Yu's luxury, ordered the Taizhong gold, silver and jade, Silk Luo dress, and the subordinates, soldiers, in order to invite the purchase of people's hearts, he himself did not take it, with the new surrender, the new attached to his Wei Yu's old ministers, Hebei scholars also got a lot, so it isIn recent times, Pu Mao has a slight reputation in Hebei, Tang Hao and Hu Chieftains around Ye County led their troops to vote for it, and the begging departments in Jizhou and other places have also voted for it, and now, the momentum of attacking Ye Qin has risen sharply, and it is already known as 300,000 soldiers? - This 300,000 is an imaginary number? But what are the available troops, plus Wei Yu's surrender? But to say the least, there must be hundreds of thousands of foot rides. More than 100,000 troops? With the power of consecutive victories, with the help of others? This is the first aspect. ”

"What about the second one?"

"The Wei lord Murong Yan forcibly conquered the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes in Youzhou? More than 10,000 soldiers and horses were recruited? With Hou Mo Chen Tuo as the general, he went south to aid Yecheng, but Hou Mo Chen was afraid of the Qin army, and he lingered after arriving in Changle County? Until now, it has not entered Ye County half a step. Ye County now? Two of the three stations outside the city have been lost, and the reinforcements have not arrived, so they have fallen into a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness, and they will be defeated. This is the second aspect. ”

"What about the third?"

"Now Meng Dong, Ming Gongxian knows about the military? Of course, you know that the cold and deep winter are not suitable for fighting with soldiers? Besides, this winter, look at the current posture? It seems to be colder than usual, so? In order to capture Yecheng before the heavy snow closes the camp? The lower official expects that Pu Mao will definitely launch a final general attack on Ye County before the end of this month. This is the third aspect. ”

Xin Er nodded? said: "I understand what Qing meant. ”

He kneaded Zhang Sengcheng's "three aspects" together, which can be regarded as a summary of Zhang Sengcheng's analysis of judging when Pu Mao can take down Ye County, and said, "As Qing said, Pu Mao has already won, and the Wei army in Ye County has been defeated, so when Ye County will be defeated by Pu Mao, the main thing to see is when Pu Mao will launch the final attack on Ye County, and because of the winter, Qing believes that Pu Mao's final attack on Ye County will start before the end of this month, so Qing judges that at the latest early next month, Ye County will change hands and be occupied by Pu Mao." ”

Zhang Seng Cheng responded: "Yes." After a pause, he added, "Ming Gong, this is the foolish opinion of the lower officials, as for whether it is right or not, the lower officials dare not assert it." ”

"Shidao and Changling, what do you two think?"

Summer can not do without ice, the winter of Longdi is very cold, but can not but burn charcoal for heating, although it is only October today, but as Zhang Seng Cheng Shicai said, this winter seems to be colder than in previous years, the temperature of Longdi has plummeted, the pond in the Xin Gongfu, in the morning, so that it will freeze, it is the highest temperature in the afternoon, the ink in the inkstone is also condensed, therefore, the hall is burned with charcoal at this time.

Yang Chao was afraid of the cold, put a copper brazier next to the couch, when Zhang Seng was talking sincerely, he leaned forward, put his hand on the red burning charcoal in the brazier, and had been roasting the fire, at this time he heard Xin Er's inquiry, withdrew his hand, sat upright again, and replied: "I think that Zhang Shangshu's analysis and judgment are very reasonable. ”

"Changling, what about you?"

Turtle agrees.

Xin Er stayed, went to the door of the hall, lifted the curtain, looked at the courtyard with the north wind curling leaves and the garden trees bleak outside, muttered for a while, and said: "At the beginning of next month, Pu Mao will be able to lay down the ...... of Ye County." Turning back to the hall, sitting back on the couch, his eyes still fell on the three of them, and then said, "Next month is midwinter, which means that even if it is limited to the cold, after defeating Ye County, Pu Mao will not immediately counterattack Shuofang and Nan'an, but there is not much time left for us to digest and stabilize Shuofang, especially Nan'an County." ”

Zhang Seng Cheng said: "It's really not much. Pu Mao will not counterattack Shuofang and Nan'an this winter, and in the spring of next year, in February and March, his counteroffensive army will definitely drive to the border of Shuofang and Nan'an. ”

Yang Chao said: "It's not just Nan'an. With the power of capturing Ye County, just like Zhang Shangshu just said, his army has now risen in momentum, so if he doesn't counterattack, once he counterattacks, I am afraid that the entire four counties of Qinzhou will be within the scope of his counteroffensive. ”

Zhang Gui's illness has not yet healed, compared to the sheep, more cold-tolerant, he wrapped the big coat tightly, with the cold wind blowing in from the curtain of the hall door, as much as possible to amplify the voice, said: "Ming Gong, although there is not a lot of time left for us to digest and stabilize Shuofang and Nan'an counties, from now on, to next spring, maybe only four or five months, it seems that the situation is bad, but Lai Minggong made a decisive decision, and Lai Wuwei, Jianwei and other generals and soldiers won a decisive victory, but I Dingxi has successfully occupied Shuofang and Nan'an before Pu Mao conquered Ye County, From this aspect alone, the current situation is actually quite favorable to my Dingxi. ”

Xin Er has already seen that in the battle of Qin and Wei, Pu Mao will be the victor nine times out of ten, the so-called "lying on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to snore", so after Pu Mao wins, there is no doubt that he will inevitably turn his head and counterattack the three counties of Qinzhou that Dingxi had fought earlier, and even further, attack the mainland of Longzhou, so whether it is to fight Shuofang or Nan'an, on the surface, Dingxi is attacking Puqin, but in fact, these two battles are Xin Er's preparations in advance for the defense of Puqin's attack in the future.

This is also the meaning of Zhang Gui's sentence "successfully occupied Shuofang and Nan'an".

From this point of view, the current situation is indeed favorable to Dingxi,—— at least much more favorable than when Shuofang and Nan'an are not in hand.

Xin Er agreed with Zhang Gui's words and said: "What Changling said is good, at present, Shuofang and Nan'an have been obtained by me one after another, in response to Pu Qin's upcoming large-scale attack on our Dingxi, the overall defensive layout of our external south and north sides has been completed, and the next step is how to hold the positions that have been gained, so as to repel Pu Qin's offensive,...... But herein lies the problem. ”

He brought up the second half of the question just now, looked at the three of them, and said, "When this Rouran and Tuoba clan are about to move, maybe Pu Mao will invade me in a few months, what kind of countermeasures do we think we should take to defend Shuofang and Nan'an?" ”

"Maybe Pu Mao will invade me in a few months", this is analyzed by Zhang Seng Cheng and other talents, so there is no need to say more.

"Rouran and Tuoba are ready to move", Xin Er's sentence refers to two things that have just happened.

One is Rouran's side, at the beginning of this month, Rouran sent more than 10,000 cavalry to plunder Xihai County, Suogonggu City held on, and had fought with it several times, while sending envoys to the Western Regions to threaten the countries of the Western Regions, demanding that the countries of the Western Regions not surrender to Dingxi.

One is Tuoba Beijin's side, Tuoba Beijin sent one of his sons to Shuofang County, met Zhang Shao, and asked him to ask for the part of Hebei grassland that Dingxi had promised to give to Tuoba Ministry, but has not yet been given, and his son deliberately gave Pu Mao the matter of Tuoba Beijin acting as the king, and told Zhang Shao that his son did this,——, and his intention was self-evident, that is, to use Pu Qin to threaten Zhang Shao and threaten Dingxi.

Zhang Seng Cheng was angry, and said with deep hatred: "Beiyu, Suolu, all belong to jackals!" Beiyu first prevented our royal division from discussing Shuofang, and now taking advantage of the opportunity of our royal division to use troops in Qinzhou, and invade our Western Sea, and threaten the countries of the Western Regions, it is tolerable, which is unbearable! Suo Lu broke the contract before, and had already seized the Hebei counties in the territory of our Shuofang, and now the Qin Lu will go down to Ye County, and dare to ask for Hebei grassland with shame, which is also tolerable, which is unbearable!

"The lower officials are foolish, and it is advisable to attack the two captives, so that Suo Gong can attack the northern captives and Zhang Shao recover the counties of Hebei!"

Zhang Gu coughed twice and said, "I'm afraid this won't work." ”

Zhang Seng Cheng asked, "Why not?" ”

Zhang Gu said: "Although Beiyu was severely injured by the Murong clan the year before last, his vitality has not recovered until now, and he still controls 100,000 strings; After Tuoba Beijin became the chief of the Tuoba Department, he expanded the land in all directions, and now the north has been all owned by it, and it is also known as the control of 100,000 strings, and now I have faced the strong enemy of Qin Yu in Dingxi, at this time, it is really not suitable to erect two strong enemies in the north! ”

Zhang Seng Cheng is a hardliner, he said in a loud voice: "I set the west across the three states, with 100,000 armor, the west of Kunlun, the east of the big river, with this strong army, with this geographical advantage, although Qin Yu is strong, it is not enough to trouble!" Although the Beilu and Suo Lu each control 100,000 strings, I will attack them with the elite of the armored cavalry, break the people of the Beilu who invade my West Sea, and recapture the Hebei counties of Shuofang, it is not impossible! ”

Yang Chao slapped his hands and said: "Zhang Shangshu said this, magnificent! ”

Zhang Seng Cheng was overjoyed and said, "Does the sheep supervisor think that what the lower officials have discussed is feasible? ”

Yang Chao smiled: "Although the words are magnificent, what Changling said is not wrong." ”

Zhang Seng Cheng said unhappily: "What does the sheep prison mean?" ”

Yang Chao and Xin Er said: "Ming Gong, fashionable foolishness, at the moment I Dingxi's primary strong enemy is Qin Yu, Rouran and Tuoba clan although the jackals belong to me, Rouran offended my West Sea horse, since the head of the attack, Tuoba asked for Hebei grassland, but also should be sternly refused, but the best, or do not rashly rise up a big war with it, and do some forbearance, a little restraint is appropriate. ”

Zhang Seng Cheng said dissatisfiedly: "How can you tolerate and restrain yourself? ”

Yang Chao is not good at military, but long in politics, he said: "Cha Rouran Kou I West Sea, threatening the countries of the Western Regions, is nothing more than driven by two reasons, one is that since the succession of Rouran Khan Pitan, Rouran has been in a passive situation of being beaten in the previous battles with the Murong clan and the Tuoba clan. Second, with the successive victories of Qin Lu in Hebei, he probably expected that sooner or later Pu Qin would attack our Dingxi, and in order to prevent Pu Qin's attack, I Dingxi might concentrate heavy troops in the southeast and Qinzhou, so that he would take this opportunity to plunder our Western Sea and threaten the countries of the Western Regions. ”

Xin Er bowed his head and said: "The reason why Pi Tan invaded the Western Sea and threatened the countries of the Western Regions at this time must be these two reasons. ”

"Duke Ming, since the reason why Pi Tan violated my realm is clear, then you can start with these two and take a countermeasure against him."

"How?"

"First, send an envoy to Rouran, recognize the status of Pitan Mobei Shan Yu, and show him the goodwill that I am willing to ally with him, and that it will be difficult to survive Mobei in winter, and give him some food and winter clothes, so as to help him consolidate his prestige in Mobei and deter those Hu chieftains who are not satisfied with him; Second, as he just said, he will be attacked by the 'head attack' of my West Sea Rider and will hurt him! ”

Xin Er thought about it and said with a smile: "This is called giving a sweet date to eat and another slap." This is a good strategy. said, "I know the meaning of forbearance and restraint, but what about Tuoba and double the catty?" Tuoba Beijin, what should I do? ”

Yang Chao talked eloquently and said: "Tuoba is different from Pitan. For Pitan, keeping his position as Khan is the most important thing at the moment; For Tuoba Beijin, his prestige in Daibei is unparalleled, his position on behalf of Bei Danyu is very solid, he does not need to consolidate his power, this person, Hu Yi's hero, what he wants is to expand his territory and expand his sphere of influence.

"Then, in response to his desire, the Duke of Ming can choose someone to send Sheng Le to explain the situation to him, so that he understands that once Pu Qin is dominant, it will be difficult for him to be alone in the north, and at that time, don't say anything about 'acting as the king', but I'm afraid that he will not be able to ask to be a people under Pu Qin's rule! Tell him that only if I Dingxi is strong enough, he can profit between Pu Qin and my Dingxi!

"As for the grassland in Hebei, as the fashion said, naturally it can't be given to him, but then again, if you don't give it, he sent one of his sons to ask Zhang Shao for it, so we can't just 'refuse strictly', we have to give him a step down, Daibei has more light horses, bad armor, you can send some high-quality armor with it, no more, just eight pieces of ten, it will be counted as compensation."

Xin Er smiled: "This is also a sweet date, and another slap!" ”

Yang Chao also laughed and said: "Hu people don't know faith, they are only afraid of power, so sweet dates need to be given, and slaps must be beaten." ”

After thinking for a long time, he asked Zhang Gui and Zhang Seng Cheng, and said: "Shidao proposed these two ways to solve the border trouble in the northwest of my country, what do you two think?" ”

Zhang Gu agreed very much, and was ashamed of himself.

Although Zhang Seng Cheng advocated being tough on Rouran and Tuoba Ministry, he had to admit that these two methods of Yang Chao seemed to be more clever than his "simple use of force to solve", so he no longer insisted on his own views and did not oppose them.

Xin Er called Zhang Seng Cheng's words and said: "Hui Lang, since you have no objection, you will sort out these two methods of Shidao, write them down, and present them to the Koji Order tomorrow. ”

Zhang Seng promised.

As mentioned above, when Pu Qin counterattacks Dingxi in the future, Pu Mao's main attack direction must be the four counties of Qinzhou, even if Pu Mao uses troops on both sides, it will only be his partial division that fights Shuofang, so that with the help of Tuoba and maybe Rouran, Zhang Shao, who only needs to meet the invasion of Pu Qin's other troops, should be able to hold Shuofang County. - If he can't, then he can only think of a way at that time, and there is only so much he can do in advance.

After solving the problem of Shuofang's defense, the bottom is how Nan'an and other four counties of Qinzhou should seize the time of these months and prepare for the defense.

Yang Chao said: "If you want to defend the four counties of Qinzhou, you have to start from both inside and outside. ”

Xin Er said: "How do you say this? ”

"Inside, it is a very strong governance of the Tanghu people in Qinzhou and a stable interior; Outside, it is to look for help from the outside. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Internal governance, on the one hand, is still those policies that have been implemented, such as continuing to move the Qianghao of the four counties to the eight southeastern counties, and moving some of the Tang people, Zahu and Beishan Xianbei departments in our interior to these four counties, etc., on the other hand, in the opinion of the fashionable, the original Puqin soldiers in the four counties are arranged for the people, the establishment of the Lang General's Mansion, and the original Puqin's officials, private slaves, tenants, and tribes, as well as the naturalization and division of the displaced people, can also be implemented, and strive to complete it within the year, so as to help Jianwei prepare for war."

"Interpret the original Pu Qin's military households in these four counties as the household Qi people, the establishment of the Lang General's Mansion", this point does not need to be explained, Pu Qin's Hu regime adopted the clan military system at the same time, the Tang soldiers in the territory, followed the Tang system, and also used the "soldier household system".

However, it is said that in a newly acquired place like Qinzhou, will it be easy to implement the newly established systems such as "releasing soldiers and households to organize households and gathering people" and "setting up Lang General's Mansion"? In fact, it is easier to implement these systems in the four counties of Qinzhou than in the interior of Dingxi. The reason is simple. Because these newly acquired lands do not belong to the scope of the "vested interests" of the Dingxi magnates, even if there are interests that are damaged, it is the officials and nobles of Puqin who are damaged, of course, it doesn't matter.

"The official and private slaves, tenants, and tribes of the former Pu Qin who were found out, as well as the naturalization and division of the land" Yunyun, this sentence refers to a new policy that Xin Er is currently only implementing for the four counties of Qinzhou, Shuofang County, Hanzhong County and other Shu regions.

It is to put the official and private slaves, tenants, and tribes owned by Pu Qin, Li Shu, and the powerful and powerful in many places in these six counties as all the official and private slaves, tenants, and tribesmen into households, and reclassify the displaced people in many places in these six counties, and at the same time give them land, cattle, and farm tools.

In other words, these types of people are the "private attachments" of the government or the powerful and powerful, don't underestimate these "private attachments", think that their number may not be much, in fact, their number in the local population accounts for a large proportion, the four counties of Qinzhou have nearly 10,000 households, and the total number of local officials, private slaves and maids is almost nearly 20% of the total number of people in Qinzhou. That is, nearly 2,000 households, tens of thousands of people, and Qinzhou here for many years, there are many displaced people in the territory, the number of displaced people has been found to be thousands, tens of thousands plus thousands, it is nearly 20,000 people, so many people are back under the control of the Qinzhou governor, and the interests of the local heroes are certainly damaged, but the power of the Qinzhou governor, that is, the people's power that Tang Ai can control is obviously more, and these people's power has won the land, got rid of the lowly status, and became a good citizen, which is also quite credible. Of course, this will help Tang Ai to better defend Qinzhou in Pu Qin's future attack.

——But it is said that the four counties of Qinzhou are similar in area to the eight counties in the southeast of Longzhou, but how come there are less than 10,000 households in the state, and only 50,000 people? This is because the first is that the lawsuits, slaves, tenants, tribes, etc., are not in the household register, and the second is because the Qiang people and other Hu in the four counties of Qinzhou are not in the government's household registration register. The survey of the population of Qianghu and other departments, Beigong Yue, Zhang Daochong, and others are still in progress, and there is no overall figure yet, but the forecast should be about 10,000 households and 50,000 people.

Do you also put these Qianghu on the hukou version? Xin Er has this plan, but it is difficult to implement, and it is still being discussed.

That's not to say.

It was only said that Yang Chao finished talking about the inside of the "inner and outer sides", and then said outside, saying: "Looking for help from the outside, the fashionable meaning is what I mentioned to Ming Gong before, and I can borrow the garrison of Huan Jingzhou in Shu to contain the Qin Lu in Guanzhong and help defend the four counties of Qinzhou." ”

Relying only on Dingxi himself, it is difficult to resist Pu Qin's large-scale attack, which is the consensus of Xin Er and others.

In that case, you can look out for helpers. After Huan Meng defeated Shu, Zhou An was the general of Zhenxi, and he led his troops to fight in Shuzhong, and there were 20,000 foot cavalry under Zhou An's account, some of which were his own soldiers and horses, and some of them were the surrender of the original Li Shu army. Zhou'an's jurisdiction is south of Qinzhou and Guanzhong, bordering both Qinzhou and Guanzhong, which is obviously an external force that Qinzhou can borrow.

So, the only question remains, will Zhou An, or Huan Meng, be willing to help Dingxi defend Qinzhou?

Huan Meng has the ambition of recovering the Central Plains, and he is not happy to see Pu Qin grow stronger and stronger, so he should be willing to lend a helping hand to Dingxi. This point is also the consensus of Xin Er and others. When he proposed this proposal to Xin Er before, Yang Chao had also analyzed it.

After listening to the inside and outside sides of the sheep, Xin Er asked Zhang Seng Cheng and Zhang Gui, and said: "Shi Dao is this policy, why do you think the two of you are like this?" ”

Both of them said: "Taking into account both inside and outside, the sheep supervisor's strategy of guarding Qinzhou is comprehensive." ”

The inner strategy, send the message to Tang Ai, tell him to implement it quickly and steadily, and the external strategy needs to communicate with Huan Meng in advance.

Xin Er thought for a while, and said: "Shidao suggested a few days ago that I send an envoy to Huan Jingzhou, and discussed with him to ask him to ask Zhou Anbu to help me defend Qinzhou, because at that time, Huan Jingzhou had just crossed Huai to the north, and his mind was on the recovery of Luoyang, so I didn't send someone to see him immediately, but at the moment, I can't wait any longer, so let's go to Rouran and Daibei together, let's select the envoy to see Huan Jingzhou in the next two days, and send it together at that time." …… When will Xi Shantu go back? Did he say that? ”

Yang Chao replied, "He hasn't said it yet." However, Gu Yin, Qi Lian, and even as far as Jiankang and Jiuquan, he has seen it all over again, and the weather is getting colder and colder, I think he should not stay in my Dingxi for too long, and within three or five days, maybe he will say goodbye. ”

Xi Shantu was not idle in Dingxi during this time, and after the activities arranged by Xin Er for him to go to Pan Palace, listen to Kumarosh's teachings, and the monks' precepts compiled by Guan Daozhi, he took the initiative to propose, first to see the customs of the five cities of Guyin, and then went to Qilian County, the largest pasture in Dingxi and the largest horse breeding, to inspect a state, and then went to Jiuquan, a famous county in Longzhou, and Jiankang County, where Xin Er had previously served as an official, and came back two days ago. What is he turning around for, Xin Er knows very well, knowing that this must be Huanmeng's order to him, just wanting to use Huanmeng's power to help defend Qinzhou, and also has the intention to take the opportunity to show the strength of Dingxi, so he will not stop it, he will do it at will.

"Then when he says goodbye, our envoy will go with him to see Huan Jingzhou!" Remembering the past when he first saw Xi Shantu in Shudi, Xi Shantu suffered a serious illness because he couldn't get used to eating buttermilk, and asked with a smile, "Have you prepared a gift for him?" ”

Yang Chao replied: "I have to ask Fu Gong, I don't know." ”

"Hui Lang, after you go back to Zhongtai, go to the Ministry of Rites to find the old man, explain it to me for me, and tell him to pick out some good buttermilk and give it to Xi Shantu when he prepares a gift."

Whether Yang Chao and the others were at the scene at the time or not, they all knew the story of Xi Shantu, and they all laughed when they heard it.

Speaking of the gift to see him off, Xin Er suddenly remembered something, and he said in his heart: "Huanmeng is ambitious, first cut down Shu, and then never forget to recover the Central Plains, and now he is attacking Luoyang, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, he can be called a peerless among the Gonggong princes in Jiangzuo!" Today, when Xi Shantu is about to return, I should personally give him a gift, and Xi Shantu will hand it over to him to show my respect for him. ”

He touched the saber on the case, felt that the gift of the sword did not seem to be suitable, hesitated slightly, had an idea, picked up the pen and changed the two poems written to the literary examination slightly, wrote down, and wrote, "The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Luoyang flowers in one day." He threw his pen and smiled, "Huilang, take my poem to the old man, it can be regarded as my gift to Huan Jingzhou!" ”

Zhang Seng Cheng got up, took the poem, read it again, and said: "When Huan Jingzhou sees this poem, he will cite Ming Gong as a confidant!" ”

A chuckle rang out in the hall.

Everyone saw that it was Yang Chao who was pursing his lips and laughing.

Xin Er asked, "Do you think my poem is not good?" ”

"Thinking about it, Huan Jingzhou is ambitious at this time, and Ming Gong's poem is exactly what he wants, and it is excellent."

"And what are you laughing at?"

"Hip is to remember the poem that General Xiaoqi presented to Ming Gong, General Xiaocai attached a text to the poem, asking Ming Gong to return him with a poem, Ming Gong has Yaxing to give the poem Huan Jingzhou, don't you give Xiao Qi a poem?"

When Zhang Gui heard this, he said: "General Xiaocai presented a poem to Ming Gong again? Ming Gong, the turtle dares to take a look. ”

Xin Er took out the poem sent by Gao Yancao from the document on the case and showed it to Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gui looked at it and saw that on the pink note, there were four sentences and five words: "Xiao rode to Nan'an, crossed the water and climbed the mountain." The stallion sent the raccoon slave, and the daughter lifted the state. After reading it twice, he asked suspiciously, "I know the meaning of the two sentences, what do the last two sentences mean?" Who is the 'Tanuki'? Why did you give a stallion to the 'raccoon slave'? And what does 'the legend of the state of the daughter' mean? ”

Yang Chao lost Gao Yancao's bet, kept his promise, and gave Luo Dang the horse given by Xin Er, and told Zhang Gui, and then said with a smile: "Tanuki slave, Luo Hu also; The 'stallion' is the elder one, not the male of the male and female, but the male of the Xin. A daughter, a promise is also. ”

Zhang Gu smiled unconsciously and said, "I see! Seeing that there was an appendix to the poem, he asked Xin Er and the poem to give him it, and said with a smile, "Xiaoqi pleaded with you, Ming Gong is like Yaxing has not gone, why not return to him?" Spreading it out is also an elegant matter. ”

It is indispensable to return to Gao Yancao for a poem, but Xin Er has no poetic talent, he said: "I am a great talent in Dingxi, when the old man, Hui Lang, you simply take this poem to the old man, and ask him to return a poem on my behalf!" ”

Zhang Seng Cheng should be.

At this moment, a few words came from the outer courtyard of the hall, and Xin Er listened to them, and heard a clerk shouting: "It's snowing." ”

He stepped to the door and lifted the curtains.

I saw patches of white snowflakes flying and falling from the sky and sprinkling them on the courtyard, and it was indeed the first snow of this winter.