According to expectations, the Shaanxi army on the Yuzhou side will be assembled for at least three days, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, will stay in Nanyang Fucheng during the period to discuss the situation in Henan with Zhao Dangshi, the general soldier of Yunxiang Town. Although Gao Jie's department was the governor's pacesetter, he was not allowed to enter the city and was stationed outside the north of Nanyang Prefecture. Today, Sun Chuanting was accompanied by Zhao Dangshi to the ruins of the Tang Palace, to mourn the Tang King who was killed by the army, he also did not have to accompany the guards, he was bored, so he took a few of his soldiers to wander around the city.

Because of the earlier military disaster, Nanyang Mansion, which was originally known as wealthy, was much desolate. After the Zhao Ying garrison took control, Nanyang Mansion led Wang Jiazhu to revitalize the agricultural and commercial areas of Fucheng, and set up several grass markets outside the city, the scale was not large, Gao Jie walked around the city a few times, so tasteless, walked to a despicable wine shop to rest.

As soon as I ordered a drink, a person stepped into the shop with a loud voice and shouted for the store to serve the drink. Gao Jie raised his eyes to look at the man, and the man also saw Gao Jie, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately changed his smiling face, leaned over to Gao Jie, and said, "I said why my left eye jumped straight up, it turned out that I happened to meet the township party when I was free on shift today." ”

Gao Jie also said: "I don't want to meet here." ”

That person was none other than Hu Keshou, the outpost officer of the left battalion of Zhao Yingfeijie. Hu Keshou is a native of Mizhi County like Gao Jie, and in his early years, he was a helper in the county with the shadow of his father, but he was idle and did not do his job properly, and there were also a group of evil young people under him. Although Gao Jie later fell into the grass like him, he was dissatisfied with his past behavior, so he looked down on him in his heart. But wandering outside, it is rare to meet fellow villagers, not to mention that he also heard that Hu Keshou mixed well in Zhao's camp, and it was not easy to shake his head and walk away, so he had to talk to him patiently.

"How is Brother Gao lately?"

"It's fine."

Hu Keshou saw that he ignored him, and he was not annoyed, and continued: "Alas, senior brother, you are rising step by step, but junior brother and I are defenseless, and I have not made any progress for many years, but I am ashamed of myself and envious of my senior brother!" ”

Gao Jie shook his hand and thought: "Brother Hu doesn't also occupy a place under General Zhao, what is the atmosphere in Yunxiang Town, where do you need to envy me." ”

Hu Keshou continued: "How can the little brother say that he can occupy a stable place, hehe, I'm afraid this official is about to come to an end." ”

Gao Jie didn't want him to say this, so he frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing......" Hu Keshou shook his head again and again, and urged the storekeeper to start his voice, "Hurry up and serve wine!" ”

Gao Jie put down the wine bowl heavily, and said with a black face: "You are halfway through your words, and you are interested in Lao Tzu's appetite?" ”

Hu Keshou said twice: "Brother Gao, don't be annoyed, this is not unintentional nonsense, Brother Gao is still serious." ”

Gao Jie was very displeased, slapped the table and got up to leave, Hu Keshou hurriedly persuaded him and said, "Why break the plate for a trivial matter? ”

"A trifle?" Gao Jie was very handsome in his early years, but after leaving Li Zicheng, he was repeatedly frustrated, with a few deep scars on the corners of his forehead and ears, and his face was full of ferocity with his messy cheeks, "What Lao Tzu said is also a guerrilla under the standard of the governor of Zheng'er Bajing, you kid sold a big fart position for Zhao Dangshi, and your mother's dare to entertain Lao Tzu?" ”

"Little brother doesn't dare!" Hu Keshou looked wronged, and Yu Guang saw that several of Gao Jie's personal soldiers also showed fierce eyes, and they didn't dare to provoke Gao Jie anymore, so he said, "The little brother's official is indeed going to come to an end, but there is no way, who let us be Mizhi people......"

"What's wrong with the Mizhi people?" Gao Jie was satisfied, hummed and chirped to sit down, poured himself a drink and asked, "I'm not also from rice fat, I didn't see the thunder hit my body." ”

"King Chuang is a Mizhi person."

"Hmm......" As soon as he heard the words "King Chuang", Gao Jie's face became extremely ugly, he reached out and held down Hu Keshou's wine bowl, and said in a deep voice, "Say whatever you want, don't fucking sell it!" ”

Hu Keshou looked at him, looked around for a moment, and said in a low voice: "General Zhao is about to start a war with the thieves, and the rumors have been released in the past few days, I am afraid that the officers in the army will secretly cooperate with the thieves, and they will be purged." ”

Gao Jie was taken aback, and asked first: "Zhao Dangshi wants to beat Li Zicheng?" ”

Hu Keshou nodded and said: "Kaifeng Mansion is flooded, the situation of Henan to suppress thieves is unfavorable, Yunxiang Town is close at hand, sooner or later I will lead the army to help suppress it." In the past few days since Sun Junmen came to Nanyang Mansion, he was chatting with Zhao Dangshi about this matter. ”

"Is that true?"

Hu Keshou frowned and said: "I pulled out these words, I was really full and panicked, and I couldn't find happiness!" ”

Gao Jie muttered to himself: "If Zhao Dangshi also fights Li Chuang, the life of the thief will be difficult...... he immediately retracted his sloppy eyes, and asked in a solemn voice, "You said that Zhao Dangshi wants to purge the officers, what is the method of purging?" ”

"It is to eliminate people who may have fornicated with thieves, thinking that Li Chuang and I are fellow villagers, and I will definitely be on the black list and can't escape."

"You have military exploits, what are you afraid of?" Gao Jie said coldly, "Lao Tzu's future depends on Lao Tzu himself, whether it is He Renlong or Sun Chuanting, he will not dare to slack off on Lao Tzu." ”

Hu Ke smiled bitterly and said: "Zhao Dangshi is just a mud leg, the wind and clouds will achieve this career, how can it be compared with Sun Junmen, who is full of wealth?" Although he is called the chief soldier of a town, his style of action is actually no different from that of the thieves of the past. Nepotism, not discriminating between loyalty and treachery. Now there are several prominent people in Yunxiang Town, all of whom are his old ones, like the younger brother, who later served and never could only rely on people to snort, and talk about the future. ”

When Gao Jie heard this, he saw that Hu Ke was sad and helpless, and suddenly his heart moved, but he knew how to be patient and retreat, and pretended to say: "You went out of the city today, just to find someone to talk about these things?" ”

Hu Keshou sighed and said: "No, where does the younger brother dare to find someone to tell about this kind of thing, the original intention is also to take advantage of the time of rotation to come out to relax, this happened to meet the senior brother, so he couldn't help but slip away." ”

Gao Jie nodded secretly, and said, "If Zhao Dangshi really wants to fix you, what will you do?" ”

Hu Keshou said sadly: "There is no way, I can only find another place." Ahem, the world is so big, can there be no place for it? ”

Gao Jie's fingers tapped on the desktop, pretending to be careless: "There are places to go sometimes, but they may not be good. Then he looked at him and said, "You are considered an officer in Yunxiang Town, go elsewhere, start from scratch, and ensure that you have your current status?" ”

Hu Keshou shook his head, and Gao Jie continued: "Still want to 'run the old business?' That's a business with no future! ”

"Alas!" Hu Keshou sighed, "The younger brother is worried about this, don't hide it from the senior brother, I can't sleep for three or four days!" ”

The two were silent for a long time, and Gao Jie suddenly said, "What do you think of me here?" ”

"Huh?" Hu Ke was stunned, "Senior brother is naturally a good mix." ”

"Not me." Gao Jie glanced at him and said in a low voice, "You come to me, I will arrange an errand for you, the quasi-guarantee is no worse than Zhao Dangshi's, what do you think?" ”

"Senior brother arranges errands for younger brother?" Hu Keshou only understood what Gao Jie meant, "In the superintendent? ”

Gao Jie sneered twice: "Otherwise, where else?" Arrange for you to go to Beijing on an errand for the emperor? He said, "Come to my standard camp, there is Lao Tzu covered, and you are indispensable for delicious food and drink." Sun Junmen has clear rewards and punishments, only talents are used, fools like Bai Guangen can be reused, you have Lao Tzu's guarantee, it is easy to find an official and a half-position. Follow Lao Tzu, sell a little more cleverly, and be a foreign guerrilla or general in less than two or three years. ”

"Brother Gao is not joking?"

"I'm a thief of your mother."

Hu Keshou's eyes flashed, and he swallowed and salivaed: "If you have the opportunity to vote for Senior Brother, it can really be said that you are lucky to have three lives!" ”

Gao Jie said coldly: "People go to high places, and water flows to low places. In his early years, he was forced to be a thief, but it was just an expedient measure, and in other words, he was still the fastest to be an official! Don't look at Li Chuang's vividness now, where was Gao Yingxiang worse than him at the beginning, didn't he disappear with a flick of his fingers. ”

"That's what Brother Gao said."

"And when the official army is also particular, it is necessary to understand the current situation and understand people's feelings, and if you can't go down a road, you have to find a way out for yourself as soon as possible. Otherwise, do you think that Lao Tzu's official position as a guerrilla in the standard camp was taken out of thin air? The more Gao Jie spoke, the more proud he became, "At present, as long as you are not blind, you can see that Sun Junmen is the hottest person in several provinces, if you don't follow the team as soon as possible to adapt to the situation, staying in Yunxiang Town will end up with no personal wealth sooner or later." ”

Hu Keshou nodded like pounding garlic: "Brother Gao's words are better than ten years of reading." ”

"Have you read a book?"

"I haven't read it."

"Zhao Dangshi can't get on the stage after all, the desire for power is consumed, he doesn't care about you today, and he will think about it tomorrow, you make plans early."

Speaking of this, Gao Jie looked at the cramped Hu Keshou, knowing that he was already moved, so he said: "You come to vote, if you can bring some gifts, I will use you better." ”

"Gifts?"

"It's not a special thing, for example, if you are an officer in Yunxiang Town, if you take your subordinates to vote together, it can be regarded as very sincere."

Hu Keshou sighed and said: "It's not that this can't be done, it's not that the younger brother doesn't want to, it's that the military system in Yunxiang Town is really complicated, but the younger brother has the right to march and fight, but he doesn't have the right to transfer troops without authorization." As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Zhao Dangshi wants to purge the army, except for the younger brother, Ma Guangchun may not be able to escape." ”

"Ma Guangchun?" Gao Jie thought for a while, "Is it the Ma Guangchun who returned to the camp?" ”

"Yes, Yunxiang Town was defeated and returned to the camp, and Ma Guangchun returned to Yunxiang Town at that time." Hu Keshou's face flushed, "Ma Guangchun is no better than the younger brother, he is the battalion commander of Yunxiang Town, and the entire battalion of soldiers and horses is at his disposal, if he can say that he will join the senior brother, wouldn't it be wonderful?" ”

"If that's the case...... Gao Jie's mind raced, and a bold plan suddenly came to him.

Hu Keshou saw him beckoning to him at this time, understood in his heart, changed his seat and approached him, heard him whisper a few words in his ear, and immediately changed his color and exclaimed: "This, this is inevitably too ......."

"Too much?" Gao Jie glared at him, "I can't bear the child to trap the wolf, wait until the raw rice is cooked, don't talk about guerrillas and generals, just one night you and I are dominant, what's the matter!" Moreover, "If you have the courage to do it with me, I will not be able to guarantee it for three days to help you become the next Zhao Dangshi!" ”

"But ......" Gao Jie's whim obviously greatly exceeded Hu Keshou's expectations, making him very hesitant.

Gao Jie patted him and said, "What are you afraid of?" I've done all the deals to kill the head, are you still afraid of these two times? Snorted coldly, "Even if the matter is smashed, we still have a way out, but we can save everything." He scolded and whispered a few words to him.

Hu Keshou nodded as he listened, and his expression changed from surprise to sudden realization. When he heard the end, he couldn't help but raise the bowl and said, "Brother Gao, this is really a heroic act, and it is not a very human being!" The little brother is ashamed and admired! Come, I'll salute my brother for a bowl! ”

"Well said." Gao Jie said proudly, confident.

At that moment, the two raised their bowls and touched each other, and each drank it all.