In the evening, Wu Qing's boat came to Qingshan Water Village, and when he stepped on the dock, Wu Qing was relieved, and his heart that had been hanging all the way was finally put down.

Following Minions to the mountains, Wu Qing looked at the mountain scenery while thinking about his thoughts. He is a native of Huazhou, he was just a petty official from Jiupin in the Metropolitan Protectorate, busy supporting his family all day long, and once accompanied Sima Han Liangqing of the Metropolitan Protectorate to do errands, and won the favor of this boss and was transferred to Sima Mansion on an errand.

Several errands were done to Han Sima's satisfaction, and Wu Qing began to enter Han Sima's circle, stealing and selling military rations and trafficking ordnance, and Han Sima's hand to make money was stretched out. Wu Qing was scared at first, but in order to change his fate, he did it a few times, not only did not let people find out, but instead got a large amount of silver.

With money, the family situation has changed greatly, the father and mother have taken over the newly bought house, the son can study at home with peace of mind, Wu Qing also has the money to take a concubine, and the life is very beautiful. Han Sima was very satisfied with him, and constantly promoted his official position, and in five years of kung fu Wu Qing was promoted from a minor official of the ninth rank to the history of the Cao Mansion under the eighth grade, among which Han Sima gave him a lot of military merits.

Just when Wu Qing was full of ambition, a stranger put a list in front of him, densely writing the time and quantity of military supplies he stole and stole and sold. Wu Qing was like a thunderbolt from the sky, intending to resist but being restrained by the comer. Wu Qing, who calmed down, had no choice but to sign a sign to join the Yuan Tian Sect according to the stranger's intentions, and was forced to get on the Yuan Tian Sect's thief ship.

Wu Qing secretly reported to Han Sima, but the next day the chickens and dogs in the family died, and the intimidation of the Yuan Tianjiao came very quickly, Wu Qing accepted his fate and began to provide military information according to the instructions given by the Yuan Tianjiao. To Wu Qing's relief, according to the value of the intelligence, Yuan Tianjiao sent real money, and deliberately provided some information for him to make meritorious contributions, and a year later, Wu Qing was promoted to Gong Cao under the seventh rank to join the army.

When the flood started, Wu Qing received a secret order from the Yuan Tianjiao, ordering him to inquire about the news of the disaster relief and the transfer of troops from the Metropolitan Protectorate. After the disaster relief grain ship was hijacked, Wu Qing had a feeling that a catastrophe was imminent, he heard the rumors from the Duhu Mansion, and the Longwei Mansion was making every effort to track down the activities of the Yuan Tianjiao after this incident.

Wu Qing really wanted to leave, the familiar stranger at home was already waiting, asking him to send his family to Qingshan Water Village, and he was at ease in the Duhu Mansion to inquire about the news, as long as he heard important news, he was allowed to withdraw from the waterway to the Water Village. So when Wu Qing heard that there was an undercover agent from the government in the Mixed Water Village, a foreigner surnamed Jiang, he immediately knew that his time to escape had come.

Shuai Tang was still discussing, Wu Qing casually found an excuse to leave, and Shunshun got out and came to Qingshan Water Village, with this situation, he should be able to settle down in the cottage and reunite with his family. As for the future, I can't take care of it, so let's look at the present.

Hearing that Wu Qing was coming, the entire high-level of the water village was alarmed, Wu Qing was a high-level secret son buried by the Yuan Tianjiao in the Duhu Mansion, and his appearance meant the arrival of a major news. The lights in the Juyi Hall were bright, Li Qing and Wang Tiangang stood in the hall and waited, while Liu Ziwei and Wei Dachang and others hid behind the curtain and listened quietly.

Li Qing and Wang Tiangang had never seen Wu Qing, and when they saw a thin man stepping into the lobby, his eyes rolling around, his heart restless. The minions who led the way introduced: "This is Li Tianwang and Wang Junshi. ”

Wu Qing hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Li Qing said with a smile: "Wu joined the army all the way, sit down and talk slowly." ”

After taking a sip of hot tea, Wu Qing's expression calmed down a lot, and said: "Wu heard a news from the Duhu Mansion, which is very important, and he has to report it to the Lord of Li Zhai in person. ”

Li Qing smiled slightly and motioned for Wu Qing to continue.

"The court sent a spy in Mixed Water Village, and Wu heard that this person's name was Jiang Anyi, who came with the disaster relief envoy, and this person should have connected with Long Wei in Beijing in the war." Wu Qing saw that Li Qing's expression was indifferent, and hurriedly told what he heard.

There are undercover agents in Shuizhai, and Li Qing is prepared in his heart, but the undercover agent connects with Long Wei, and he doesn't know what news to deliver, which makes Li Qing a little anxious. After asking a few words of details, Wu Qing, who was biased, was screened out of the handsome hall, and he didn't know anything about the discussion behind.

Li Qing asked about the battle situation last night, and seeing that Wu Qing couldn't say anything more, he said with a smile: "Wu joins the army, your family is in the cottage, it's not early, and go to the reunion, if you have something to say, I will send someone to invite you tomorrow." ”

After Wu Qing left, Liu Ziwei and others walked out from behind the curtain. Liu Ziwei asked: "Do you know the list of disaster relief sent by the court this time?" Is there anyone named Jiang Anyi in it? ”

The announcement of the court's disaster relief was posted everywhere, and it was not a secret that the ministers who came to provide disaster relief were not secret, Wang Tiangang quickly turned out the list, pointed at it with his hand, stopped his finger on Jiang Anyi's name, and read: "Jiang Anyi, a member of the Ministry of Rites, is good, this is the person." ”

Jiang Anyi is the champion and has the reputation of Jiangnan word immortal, but in the northwest, not many people know about it. You must know that Zhuangyuanlang is once every three years, ordinary people have to dress and eat, how can they care about these things, Shuizhai is busy rebelling, and he will not pay attention to Jiang Anyi's life.

Seeing that everyone shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know this person, Jiang Ziwei said: "This person is a Beijing official, Zuo Weiwei's people should recognize it, and go and bring Zuo Weiwei's general surnamed He." ”

This time, Zuo Weiwei escorted money and grain, and the general who led the team was Zuo Weiwei Zhonglang General He Pingjin (Zheng Sipinxia). There are many talents in the sixteen guards in Beijing, and there are many generals above the fourth grade, and it is hundreds of times more difficult to be promoted than in other places, so having the opportunity to make meritorious service is like throwing a piece of meat and bone in front of a group of hungry dogs.

He Pingjin spent thousands of taels of silver and entrusted a lot of favors to win the errand of escorting disaster relief materials, as long as the money and food were successfully transported in place, a credit was indispensable. A piece of cake has to be shared by everyone, and more than 100 of the 500 people who have left Beijing are young master soldiers who have left the relationship, and this group of people, like He Pingjin, will have the opportunity to rise one liter after returning to Beijing.

The team walked to Jishuidu, and his lieutenant general came up with the idea of taking the waterway, and the young master soldiers had long been exhausted by the muddy road, of course, He Pingjin felt that the waterway to Wuyangdu was short, and he was not tired, so he agreed, and as a result, even people took the boat into Qingshan Water Village.

After being captured, He Pingjin learned that the deputy general who came up with the idea was actually a person from the Yuan Tianjiao, and he was drugged in the wine. Shuizhai sent people to surrender, He Pingjin knew that if he fell, he would not be the only one who died, and the whole family, and even the whole clan, would be implicated.

In the hands of bandits, Zuo Weiwei naturally preferred to die unyieldingly, but after Li Qing hanged more than ten people, his unyielding spirit shrank back. Half a month later, 500 Zuo Weiwei and nearly 200 people surrendered to Qingshan Water Village, and after a few days of starvation, more than 100 people were surrendered by white-faced steamed buns. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the cave where he was imprisoned, He Pingjin was ready to swear allegiance to the court, but the taste of starvation was really uncomfortable, and it would be nice if he could be a full ghost.

The iron fence of the cave was opened, and the soldiers of Zuo Weiwei, who were leaning in various places, saw that no one was carrying a porridge bucket, and they all lay down weakly.

"He Ping in, come out."

Hearing the shouts of the minions, He Pingjin staggered to his feet, and finally it was over, and the other people looked at the general with compassion, it is better to die than to live, although it is uncomfortable to be hungry, for the sake of the court, we can still persevere.

He Pingjin was put into the Juyi Hall by two minions, thrown on the chair, so weak that he slipped straight under the chair, so he had to hold the armrest of the chair with both hands and support it. Li Qing looked at this general of Zuo Weiwei, when he was first arrested, his face was full of red light, his waist was big and his belly was round, but now his eye sockets were deep, and the skin on his cheeks was pulled down.

Wang Junshi's trick of "starving his body and skin" was enough to damage, Li Qingpi said with a smile: "General He, you have suffered." ”

He Pingjin replied weakly: "Needless to say, He will never surrender." ”

The fragrance wafted in, He Pingjin's eyes were a little more bright, and looking along the fragrance, a sumptuous banquet was placed not far away. He Pingjin stood up suddenly, and was about to rush to the table, even if there was poison in the wine and food, he would be a full ghost.

Wang Tiangang stopped He Pingjin and said with a smile: "I'm not busy, General He, I have a few words to ask you, and it's not too late to eat after asking." ”

The light in He Pingjin's eyes dimmed, and he moved back to the chair with heavy steps, and sat back in the chair weakly, closing his eyes and panting with his mouth open.

This is clearly uncooperative, Wang Tiangang sneered, picked up a steamed bun from the table, and sat next to He Pingjin. First put a little down the petal and put it in He Pingjin's mouth. People who have been living by taking care of people's gruel for too long suddenly ate steamed buns, which are delicacies from the mountains and seas, He Pingjin chewed twice, swallowed it impatiently, and almost choked.

I want to eat again, but it's gone. Wang Tiangang threw the steamed bun in his hand and asked with a smile: "General He has lived in the capital for a long time, don't you know if you have heard the name of Jiang Anyi?" ”

Jiang Anyi, the former champion Yuanlang, the outer lang of the Ministry of Rites, the second stunned officialdom, Jiangnan Cixian, the bachelor of Chongwenguan, a large number of memories emerged from He Pingjin, and after a flash, He Pingjin's eyes were firmly attracted by the steamed buns. A little steamed bun went down to the belly, and the beast in the belly seemed to be awakened, making a "cooing" sound, as if it was about to poke out its claws from the belly and stretch out to the steamed bun.

This taste is really uncomfortable, He Pingjin nodded subconsciously. Wang Tiangang ripped off some steamed buns again and handed them to He Pingjin. Chewing the steamed buns in his mouth, He Pingjin poured out endless sorrow in his heart, how many delicacies from the mountains and seas had been placed in front of him and he had never cherished, if God gave him another chance, he would definitely eat a bite left.

With two steamed buns, Jiang Anyi's information was almost clear, Wang Tiangang waved his hand, and the minions next to him picked up He Pingjin and left. He Pingjin struggled and roared: "I told you everything I know, let me eat something, I want to eat meat." ”

Wang Tiangang sneered: "General He, your identity is only worth two steamed buns, if you want to eat meat, you might as well surrender to my water village." ”

The howls gradually faded away, and Liu Ziwei and others appeared behind the curtain, and everyone sat around the table, eating and talking.

Liu Ziwei frowned and said: "According to what He Pingjin said, this Jiang Anyi is both civil and military, and he has won the trust of the Dog Emperor, and now that he is connected with Long Wei, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to us." ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "Jiang Anyi is just one person, and he can't set off much wind and waves. Last night's battle, but exposed a lot of problems, compared to the officers and soldiers, the water village manpower, equipment are insufficient, I think in two days simply pull the people and horses of the Black Wind Village and the Mixed Water Village into the Qingshan Village, forming a fist to the outside world, the officers and soldiers will have no way to take us for a while. ”

After taking a sip of wine, Liu Ziwei said categorically: "The night is long and there are many dreams, so I will go tonight." Qing'er, you took Lao Li and Lao Huang to Heifeng Village, you saved Zhou Zong's life, Zhou Zong should listen to your words. Tiangang you and Lao Wei and Lao Qin went to Mixed Water Village, and asked who joined the cottage after robbing grain, and would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, kill the one surnamed Jiang, and force the Zhao brothers to come to Qingshan Water Village, and then they must join the Yuantian Sect. ”