Yanzhou, Liaocheng.

Liu Gui packed his bags and prepared to set off with a team of guards.

Shan Hongwei had also arrived in Liaocheng from Leyang the day before, ready to set off with Liu Gui for Beiping.

Wei Qing and Huo Jun also hurried over to see Liu Gui off, and Di Renjie, who was the pastor of Yanzhou, also deliberately put down his government affairs and talked to Liu Gui, after all, Liu Gui was promoted to Beijing, not derogatory.

"That's it!"

Wei Qing and Huo Jun escorted Liu Gui for a few miles, Liu Gui turned around and said to the two: "It's quite far away, you two go back!" After all, there are still a lot of military affairs to deal with in the army. It is necessary to guard the border of Yanzhou for the lord. ”

"Yes! The last general commands! ”

Wei Qing and Huo Jun responded.

Now the Wei and Huo families can be said to be in full swing, because of Huo Qu's illness, the Wei and Huo families can be said to be one and the same.

A governor, two generals, Wei Zifu is Liu De's concubine, he controls tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and his authority in the Han Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, and there are even rumors that Liu De has never established a son, and he is so kind to Wei and Huo's two families, and Liu Jia is married to Huo Quai, is it waiting for Wei Zifu to give birth to an heir, and pass the position of the son to Liu De and Wei Zifu's heir.

Of course, the spread of these rumors is very small, after all, Liu De is in the prime of life, less than thirty years old, and Liu De's heirs are also young, so the civil and military officials don't have so many different thoughts.

A large number of government and military orders were constantly issued from the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the long distances of the states meant that many times these decrees were wasted on the road.

However, it was still proceeding in an orderly manner, Liu De ordered Dai Zong to send a large number of spies to investigate the intelligence of Qi Gong Xiang Yu, and sent people to Xizhou in disguise to begin intelligence collection in Xizhou and Jiangzhou.

When the two armies are fighting, it is very necessary to have first-hand information first, and even to find out the habits of the generals under the command of the local princes, which can prompt the army to assign tasks by understanding the habits of these generals.

However, the only drawback of Gong Weisi and even the entire Han army is that they are basically northerners, through Xizhou, to Jiangzhou, then completely enter the south, dense mountains and forests, there are many miasma, barbarians, language barriers, if you want to really understand the situation in Jiangzhou, you must still rely on the locals.

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Yan He, the Taifu Temple, released the Ya early today, and made an appointment today to have a drink with Gongye Yang and Tian Ape.

Yan He is in charge of the Taifu Temple, and the main person in charge is Ma Zheng, who is quite a prominent yamen, after all, in ancient times, Ma Ke was an important strategic material, and even the Taifu Temple had an army of thousands in his hands that could be called at any time.

In the past few years, Yan He has been establishing horse farms in Yanzhou and Weizhou, providing a large number of war horses for the Han army.

Yan He, Gongye Yang, Tian Yu and Cui You, who is now the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the four of them were the generals under Guo Zidong at the beginning, it can be said that these four people have formed a small faction of their own, although the number is not large, but everyone has a certain amount of authority, and has a place in the court and the army.

In the harem, their backer is Liu De's concubine, Guo You, who gave birth to a son and three daughters for Liu De.

However, Cui Younai is a pure civil official, and he is afraid that he will always stay with the generals and cause criticism, so he rarely gathers with Yan He and the three.

By the time Yan He came to one of the best restaurants in Beiping, Gongye Yang and Tian Ape had been waiting for a long time.

"Brother Yan, you're late, you should punish yourself with three cups!"

Tian Yu said with a smile on the side.

"It should be, it should be!"

When Yan He saw his old friend, he also said with a smile.

A young man on the side also quickly got up and said to Yan He: "Chi Dong to meet Uncle Yan." ”

Kong Qidong is the most outstanding young generation of the Kong family in Dongfu, Yanzhou, and his uncle is Kong Hu, one of the eight great generals under Guo Zidong back then, and his ranking under Guo Zidong was higher than Yan He.

It's a pity that he is now crippled.

No matter how Kong Hu's personality is incompatible with Yan He and others, but the past has become a thing of the past, the general trend of the Han Dynasty, no one can resist, and the Kong family can only let go of the grievances in their hearts in order to survive, and send Kong Qidong to the Qimen army, and Kong Hu also entrusted Yan He and the three of them to take care of Kong Qidong.

The three of them are indispensable.

"Okay, it's all a family, don't be formal, do it quickly!"

Yan He greeted Kong Qidong and said.

After everyone sat down, Tian Ape hurriedly summoned Xiao Er to serve the food.

Yan He asked Kong Qidong: "I am no longer in the capital these days, I heard that you are now transferred to the army?" In which guardhouse? ”

Kong Qidong hurriedly replied: "Uncle, nephew was awarded the post of Dubo, transferred to the command of Huo Dudu, the governor of the Right Army, and will go to the post after a year. ”

Yan He nodded and said: "Huo Dudu is a young hero, deeply trusted by His Royal Highness, and invincible, victorious in a hundred battles, as a general under Huo Dudu, it must be indispensable for military merits." ”

Xiao Er put a plate of hot dishes on everyone's table, Gongye Yang also picked up the wine cup and poured wine for everyone, Kong Qidong hurriedly got up, took the wine cup from Gongye Yang's hand, and poured wine for the three elders.

At the end of this meal, Yan He put down the wine cup and said, "Okay, there will be official business tomorrow, so I won't drink much today." ”

Tian Ape also responded: "Okay, let's drink another day." ”

Everyone walked outside the hotel, Gongye Yang looked at Yan He, who had turned over on his horse, and asked, "Why did you come here by yourself and didn't bring a few guards?" ”

Kong Qidong also said: "Uncle drank a lot today, let my nephew send you home!" ”

Yan He waved his hand and said: "Look at what you said, although a certain has not been on the battlefield for several years, this martial art has not been wasted, horseback archery is still not a problem, it is getting late, you hurry back to the house, this is close to the mansion of a certain person, and it will be there soon!" ”

Gongye Yang instructed: "Okay then! Then pay attention! ”

"Don't worry!"

Yan He said, rode his horse and walked towards the street.

Seeing this, the three of them also dispersed.

A gust of cold wind blew, making Yan He's drunkenness sober a lot, Yan He looked around, it was empty, as Yan He said, although he had not been on the battlefield in recent years, Yan He had never slackened his martial arts, and he felt wrong.

Yan He tightened the reins, slowly put his hand on the saber at his waist, and cautiously looked at everything around him, only to hear the branches rustling in the wind.

Yan He heard the wind and moved, and instantly pulled out his saber and slashed upward, only to hear a crisp sound of gold and iron colliding, Yan He saw at a glance that it was actually a flying knife.

Yan Heden remembered that Xun was assassinated by a flying knife, and this was the same person.

"What an arrogant thief!"

Yan He shouted, and another flying knife broke through the air, but it was not aimed at Yan He, but the war horse under Yan He's crotch, Yan He drank a lot of wine after all, which affected the sharpness of the body, and the war horse screamed, fell to the ground in an instant, and Yan He was also overturned to the ground.

A man in black emerged from the shadows, holding a short blade in his hand, and walked towards Yan He unhurriedly.

Yan He spat at and scolded: "It seems that today is planted, but before planting, Yan will tear a piece of your skin off!" ”

Then he struggled to get up, clenched his sword in his hand, and waited for the man in black who was slowly approaching.

"Whew!"

An arrow suddenly struck at a rapid pace, aiming not at Yan He, but at the man in black not far away, and with a wave of his short blade, the man in black swept the arrow away.

The man in black ignored Yan He directly, turned around and climbed onto the wall behind him, but unexpectedly, there was a rain of arrows behind the wall, and it continued one after another, completely covering that area.

The man in black kept firing arrows, but several arrows still hit the man in black, one of which grazed the arm of the man in black, causing the man in black to pause.

Although the man in black is good, he is not able to fly, the evacuation route is blocked, and the man in black does not talk nonsense, and he kicks his back foot and kills him directly in the direction of Yan He, because he wants to hold Yan He hostage and retreat.

"Lord Yan be careful!"

Li Yuanfang threw out the chain knife towards the man in black, the man in black could only stop and block the sharp chain knife with a short blade, Li Yuanfang quickly withdrew the chain knife and said to Yan He beside him: "Please be careful!" I want to see where else he can escape. ”

Without waiting for Yan He to agree, Li Yuanfang shouted in a low voice: "Hanging Mirror Division, set up the formation!" ”

Dozens of members of the Hanging Mirror Division surrounded the men in black, all holding hook-and-lock weapons in their hands.

Seeing this, the man in black was a little impatient, and immediately threw out several flying knives from his hand.

Several members of the Hanging Mirror Division fell to the ground with a wail, and when Li Yuanfang saw this, he shouted, "Release!" ”

More than a dozen people threw the hook lock in their hands to the man in black, and the man in black danced the short blade in his hand vigorously, probably because the injury to his arm made the man in black move a little sluggish, although he cut several ropes, but there were still hooks and locks to his arms and waist.

The iron hook was deeply embedded in the body of the man in black, flowing red blood, the man in black snorted, his wrist turned, and the short blade in his hand opened a hook lock at a strange angle, because the force was too strong, and the member of the Hanging Mirror Division who was holding the hook fell to the ground directly due to inertia.

Li Yuanfang hurriedly said: "Go online!" ”

The three soldiers dragged a large net directly on the body of the man in black, the man in black stood unsteadily, and was directly dragged to the ground, completely caught by the big net, and the short blade in the hand of the man in black had no way to swing.

The two members of the Hanging Mirror Division were armed with hook and sickle spears, and stabbed the man in black in the arm, and then smashed the knee of the man in black with a hammer, and the man in black was completely unable to resist.

Li Yuanfang stepped forward, looked at the man in black who was tightly bound by the big net, and snorted coldly, "People are quite tough, they don't even hum when they are so seriously injured, although they are opponents, but Li also respects you as a man!" ”

Then he waved his hand and ordered: "Take him away!" ”

Waiting for the people from the Hanging Mirror Division to carry the man in black away, Li Yuanfang then came to Yan He, bowed his hand to Yan He, and said: "This thief assassinated Xun Shoufu, we analyzed that he would definitely continue to attack, so we deployed around the important ministers of the imperial court, and now it seems that there is no problem with our guess, but it just frightened Lord Yan!" ”

"Don't dare!"

Yan He was scared by this, anyway, the wine was awake, and Li Yuanfang apologized to Yan He, Yan He didn't dare to stand it, Yan He was from the second rank of the Taifu Siqing, and Li Yuanfang was from the third grade of the command of the same knowledge, the difference between the two was only one grade, and Li Yuanfang's hanging mirror division is the "Son of Heaven" eagle dog, representing the Han Dynasty, with a high status, and the main responsibility is to monitor domestic officials.

Yan He was also more cautious about contacting the Hanging Mirror Division.

Yan He arched his hand and said: "Then I want to congratulate Li Tongzhi on capturing the thief, presumably His Highness will have a heavy reward there!" Now that the thief has been captured, so-and-so will go home first! ”

"Master Yan, go slowly!"

Li Yuanfang didn't care about Yan He's estrangement, arched his hand, and ordered one person to move a war horse from Yan He, Yan He didn't shirk, and left here on horseback.

After Yan He left, Li Yuanfang's smiling face was pulled down, and he said to his subordinates: "Clean up the battlefield, and the injured brother can be sent for treatment." ”

Li Yuanfang gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see if this man in black can still be so tough!" ”

"Follow me back to the Hanging Mirror Division prison!"

Li Yuanfang soon arrived at the prison belonging to the Hanging Mirror Division, and the Gong Wei Division also had a prison of its own, Li Yuanfang came to the cell, and the mask of the man in black had already been removed, and the face of the man in black was very ordinary, and it was not conspicuous in the crowd at all.

The injuries on the man in black were also urgently treated by the doctor, and the bleeding barely stopped.

The man in black is strong in martial arts, and he has made light achievements, Li Yuanfang can only make this decision, after all, in front of such a master, there are actually some places where no one can be in a situation.

Li Yuanfang was not sure if his Hanging Mirror Division could hold the uninjured man in black, and after thinking about it, Li Yuanfang still decided not to take this risk, and if he could capture this man in black, he would already be able to make Gong Weisi confess.

Li Yuanfang looked at the man in black who was silent, and asked, "Say your name, do you have any accomplices?" ”

The man in black tilted his head, not trying to speak at all.

"If you can recruit from the truth, there is still a way to live, otherwise, you will not blame the official for being polite!"

Li Yuanfang asked with a cold face.

Seeing that the man in black still didn't answer, Li Yuanfang finally became a little impatient, waved his hand, and let his subordinates start to use the torture equipment.

One of Li Yuanfang's cronies stepped forward and said to Li Yuanfang: "My lord, now that the thief has been caught, no matter what, should I report to His Highness first, now this thief's hands and legs are useless, if he is punished, I am afraid that he will be killed without a few blows, and I can't explain it to His Highness!" ”

Li Yuanfang exhaled a breath of turbid air and said, "You're right, I'm a little impatient!" By the way, when will the commander of the car rush back. ”

The cronie replied: "Commander Che has gone to Danzhou, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in the near future." ”

"The capture of the man in black will immediately fly the pigeon to the commander of the car, and I will report this to His Highness now!"

"Yes!"

The cronies hurriedly answered.

Li Yuanfang bowed slightly, then ignored the man in black and went straight to the Han Mansion.

"Your Highness!"

Li Yuanfang said to Liu De: "Your Highness, the man in black has been caught by Weichen, and now he is imprisoned in the prison of the Hanging Mirror Division!" ”

Liu De slowly raised his head, and a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes!

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