"Yes, sir." Dongfang Huang and Yang Biao also felt uncomfortable after hearing Feng Deyi's words, so they had to withdraw from the Shuai Mansion and go to the city to inspect.

When I came to the city, I saw a general hugging Dongfang Huang and said: "Big brother, there is no movement of the Jin army outside the city, I don't know what I am thinking?" ”

"Uncle Dongfang, just take care of the city gate. It was expected that the Jin army would have no plan to break the city, and after a few days, they would retreat. Dongfang Huang said and came to the city tower and looked at the Jin army village not far from the city.

On this day, it is the day when the annual Spring Jade Emperor Temple Fair is held in Yuncheng Yuhuang Temple Town, Jeju Prefecture, Shandong Province.

Originally, this was not a township, only a Jade Emperor Temple, and the incense in the temple was prosperous. Whenever there is a dry season without rain, there are Yuncheng officials who come here to hold a rain prayer ceremony, and often respond to every request, and ask for rain from the sky, which is very effective. In order to thank the Bodhisattva for his grace, I don't know when there was this official Jade Emperor temple fair, and the people of the surrounding three towns and five towns are all in this season, either for marriage or for children, or for official luck or for wealth, and so on all come to the temple to worship. Gradually, the Jade Emperor Temple became popular around it, forming a small field town, famous all around. After the beginning of spring this year, although there was a war in nearby Puzhou, this annual grand festival was not interrupted.

Due to the large number of pilgrims who worship the temple here, and the goods placed by the vendors on both sides of the street, this makes the streets of the town, which are not spacious, crowded, and all kinds of people such as big girls and little daughters-in-law, dignitaries, peddlers and pawns, etc., and the crowd is full of people, and the people are full of people, and it is very lively.

In this crowd, there are two young men who are particularly eye-catching because they are leading horses through the crowd.

I saw that the person walking in front had a thoughtful face, his face was like a carving, his facial features were distinct, angular and angular, and he was wearing a green gauze turban. Wearing a single-collar green Luo Tuanhua robe, and a double-tailed turtle back silver belt tied around his waist. Wearing a pair of soap boots with a melon head, holding the reins of a horse in one hand and a talisman sword in the other, he dialed the naughty boy who rushed towards him. This person is Su Dingfang, who ran away from the Jin army and went to Fan County to find friends. The person who followed behind him was his knot escort, who was also dressed as an ordinary martial artist, patrolling around from time to time.

"There is a wine shop in front, let's play here first, stay at an inn, and go again tomorrow." Su Dingfang, who was walking in front, said to the escort behind him, and then led the horse to the horse post outside the wine shop and bolted the horse. The guards followed and tied their horses here. The two of them entered the store with their front and back feet and found a window to sit in.

After a few drinks and dishes were arranged, Xiao Er was sent away, and the two drank by themselves.

"Big brother, I really didn't know that this big temple fair was met here, and it was lively."

"Yes! This Yuhuang Town temple fair is not only famous in this Fan County, but also in the whole Jeju and Puzhou, the officials and lords also bring their families to this place to make incense and make wishes, and the soldiers patrolling the streets are all from Fan County. With the fighting in Puyang this spring, the patrols on this street have become much stricter. ”

When the two were talking and drinking, suddenly a team of 5 or 6 government officials walked into the door of the wine shop, the leader was not very old, but he was dressed in military uniform, with a knife hanging from his waist, and his armor was distinct.

"Shopkeeper, can there be any suspicious people in your liquor store today?" The officer walked over to the shopkeeper and asked softly, looking around at the crowd of drinkers. Suddenly, the young officer's eyes lit up, as if he had noticed something unusual among the drinkers.

"Official, everything is normal in the shop today, and no suspicious people have entered." The shopkeeper whispered. But it seems that the official with his back to him is not listening.

"You can wait outside, and you'll come later." After the officer sent the entourage of several officials outside, he hurried to the two diners at the window table.

"Huh! I felt familiar, it turned out to be my brother here. The young officer smiled and said to Su Dingfang, who was drinking.

"Oh! It turned out to be the Ma Zong brothers, who hadn't seen each other for a year, and didn't want to meet here, so sit down and talk. Su Dingfang raised his eyes and looked at the other party, and suddenly recognized that this person was Ma Zong, one of the Ma family brothers he was going to visit in Fan County, and immediately laughed. Then he motioned with his eyes to the guards to avoid it for the time being, and the guards got up and waited outside the house.

"Brother sit down, you and I will have a few drinks first." Xiao Er had already put on the empty cups and bowls and replaced them with a new pot of wine. Su Dingfang was busy pouring the wine for Ma Zong.

"Brother Su said last year that he would go to the capital to apply for the martial arts examination, but I don't know what the result was? If the younger brother hadn't gone with Brother Su because of the lack of people in the eldest brother's place. Ma Zong raised his glass and drank a glass and said.

"Alas! Last year, a large number of martial arts students applied for the martial arts examination, but unfortunately the number of places collected by the imperial court was limited, and the ability of the brother generally did not break into the final round. Fortunately, the royal family opened the Jiangwutang Military Academy, and the same group of martial arts students were admitted to the school for his brother, and he learned the way of using soldiers under the name of the current founding father, General Han Zhuguo. As he spoke, Su Dingfang filled the wine glass for Ma Zong again.

"Oh? Is that the Royal Lecture Hall in Luzhou, Hedong County? Ma Zong's face changed slightly.

"Yes! I don't know if Brother Ma is good? Brother Xian is not in Fan County, why did he get here? Su Dingfang had already noticed Ma Zong's abnormality, and hurriedly diverted the topic and asked.

"Huh! Because of the tense war in Puyang City, my eldest brother is now practicing in the city to prevent the Jin army from attacking. The younger brother was sent by the county government to this Jade Emperor Town to maintain the safety of the temple fair, but he didn't want to meet his brother here. By the way, what is my brother doing here? ”

"Huh! Brother Xian, for my brother, I am here to go to Fan County to find your brother, and after passing here, it coincides with the conference, so I will rest here temporarily. ”

"My brother is looking for my brother for ----"

"Brother Xian is not here to speak, tonight for the brother will stay in the front inn, if the brother can come tonight, for the brother to tell you in detail, okay?" Su Dingfang raised his hand to stop Ma Zong's inquiry and said.

"That's it! The younger brother is now on duty, and he can't stay for a long time, so after the younger brother is on duty, he will go to the inn to find his brother to discuss. With that, Ma Zong got up and bowed his hand, then turned around and walked towards the door.

"Big brother, is this the Ma family brother you are looking for?" Seeing Ma Zong go out and leave with the officials, the escort came to Su Dingfang's side and asked in a whisper.

"Yes, this person is the little brother of the Ma family who is looking for, what a coincidence! Quick, after eating, go to the inn to stay. The two of them quickly sat down and sped up their meal.

As it gets late, the crowds on the streets gradually disperse. When he first arrived at the palm lamp, Ma Zong hurriedly walked into "There is an inn" in civilian clothes, and after asking about the guest room of Su Dingfang and the others, he went straight to the second floor.

"Brother Su has been waiting for a long time." Pushing open the door, he saw Su Dingfang and the two sitting at the table drinking tea, and Ma Zong hurriedly bowed his hand and said.

"Huh! Brother Xian is coming, he has already made good tea for his brother. ”

As Ma Zong sat down, his entourage closed the door and waited outside the door.

"I really don't hide it from my brother, I have an official body for my brother, and now I am a general in the Jin army under His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and the official worships the rank of colonel in the command of Weicheng in Jizhou, this time I went south with Jizhou Muyu Culture and adults to conquer Tangbi, and I am the deputy general of General Wu Tianxi for my brother and the envoy of Jizhou Jiedu, and he commanded 50,000 elite cavalry of the Jin army."

"Huh?" Ma Zong, who was drinking tea with a cup, screamed in surprise after listening to Su Dingfang's words, and suddenly the teacup in his hand shook, and he almost fell to the ground. Hurriedly put the teacup on the table and wiped the tea powder on his lips with his sleeve.

"My brother is now the deputy general of the official worship festival, and he is the commander of Wei Cheng, so he can be said to be in a high position! The younger brother admires it so much. Ma Zong arched his hand. There was a huge tremor in his heart, obviously Su Lie at this time was no longer a person who practiced martial arts a year ago.

"But I don't know what my brother came to Fan County to find my brother? Could it be that the Jin army has already captured Puyang and wants to take Yuncheng? ”

"Huh! Virtuous brother is bad! Now Puyang City is still in the hands of the Jinan Army, that Puyang is too guarded by Feng Deyi to guard the city quite methodically, and our army has repeatedly attacked the city. For my brother, I came to Fan County to find you, and the two brothers are doing this. ”

"Brother Su, my brother is now only the commander of the 3,000 government army in a small county, and the younger brother is only a lieutenant under my brother, how can I help?" After Ma Zong heard Su Dingfang's intention, he shook his head without thinking about it.

"If you can help, I don't know if the virtuous brother is willing to help?"

"If you can use my brother's place, I will do my best, He Xiao said."

"Good! What you want for my brother is the sentence of the virtuous brother, the temple fair here will end the day after tomorrow, and the brother will go back to Fan County to find your eldest brother to discuss this matter after your errand is done. ”

"It's good! If I help my brother, it doesn't hurt if my Ma family joins the Jin army with my brother, and then my brother will take care of my two brothers. ”

"These are all trivial matters, if you use my plan, it is a great achievement to help Lord Yuwen obtain Puyang, and I will ask for credit for your brother before King Jin drives."

"Good! The younger brother wrote it down, so he said goodbye and returned to the camp, and returned to Fan County with his brother the day after tomorrow, please! ”

"Please!" The two got up and exchanged a salute before parting.

"Big brother, is this person credible?" When the escort saw Ma Zong leaving, he entered the door and whispered to Su Dingfang, as a personal guard, and in the enemy's territory, he had to guard against fraud.

"A certain has been friends with his two brothers for several years, and he knows his character, and he is by no means a fickle villain. His brother Ma Sanbao is even more righteous, and this time he will be a great success. ”

"Hmmm! In this way, the eldest brother can rest assured, and the younger brother can go around and take a look. ”

"Hmmm! Don't go far, go back to your room early to rest, and tomorrow you and I will go to the temple to worship. ”

After hugging his fists, he closed the door and went out, leaving Su Dingfang alone in the room to think.

Two days later, in an inn in Fan County, Su Dingfang ushered in his friend Ma Sanbao, who was to be visited, and Ma Zong accompanied him to discuss, and Su Dingfang's companion was still waiting outside the door to prevent outsiders from entering to disturb him.

"Brother Dingfang, Ma Zong has already told Brother Wei last night, my two brothers have already discussed it properly, as the so-called "people go to high places and water flows to low places" Rather than waste our skills in this small county, it is better to seek a good background in King Chitose of Jin, Brother Xian, what do you say next to let Brother Wei do? When Ma Sanbao saw his good partner, he didn't have anything polite, and directly expressed his heart to Su Dingfang.

"Good! Brother, now there are more than one million soldiers and horses in our lord, and there is a shortage of good generals. If we go back this time, a certain head of the family will definitely look down on my brothers and will definitely be of great use. After a pause, seeing that the faces of the two Ma brothers were flushed and excited, Su Dingfang continued: "This time, the junior brother has boasted about Haikou from Lord Yuwen, and he wants to accompany the rescue soldiers of Yuncheng to infiltrate Puyang City as an internal response, and seek an opportunity to dedicate the city gate. I don't know if the eldest brother of Sanbao is willing to help the younger brother succeed? ”

"This ----" Ma Sanbao couldn't help but groan when he heard it, then got up and thought, speechless for a while.

"Big brother, didn't the Yuncheng Prefecture send an errand the day before yesterday to collect grain in this county to aid Puyang City? Is the county government now lacking a grain official who dares to take grain to Puyang? Why don't my brother take this errand? On the side, Ma Zong suggested.

"Hmmm! Brother is right, but the county's grain needs to be transported to Yuncheng Mansion for delivery first, and the state government will send a competent official to escort it, so it must not be up to you and my brother to decide! Ma Sanbao said to his brother.

"Huh! Brother Sanbao, he was about to send troops to send troops to Puyang City to charge grain, if Fan County went directly over, wouldn't it make Puyang Taishou Feng Deyi suspicious? The eldest brother only needs to select 1,000 henchmen from the county government soldiers to escort the grain and grass to the Yuncheng Prefecture to be delivered, and the state government will inevitably use the eldest brother to go to Puyang City with the grain transportation brigade, so it is the best! ”

"Hmmm! Well, let's do so. Tomorrow, I will go to the county lord and say, brother, you can go to the government soldiers to select 1,000 reliable soldiers to accompany you, and the virtuous brother of Dingfang can first go to the official road to Yuncheng to wait for my brother to transport grain, and then he will go to Nayun City as my Fan County grain transport soldiers. ”

"Okay, big brother. This Fan County government soldiers are mostly recruited for you and my brother, and it is easy to choose 2,000 trustworthy brothers, and tomorrow the younger brother will choose someone. ”

"Brother Sanbao, this matter is so decided."

"Good! Brother Dingfang, you are brave and intelligent, and my brothers will obey your orders along the way. ”

"Hehehehehe!" All three chuckled.

To make a long story short, Ma Sanbao took the initiative to ask the Fanxian County Government to protect the grain to go to the Yuncheng Prefecture Government, and successfully obtained the position of the chief general of the grain without any suspicion. Yu Lu joined Su Dingfang and the two of them, and went to the state capital grain depot as government soldiers to deliver them. As Su Dingfang analyzed, the state government originally arranged for the government soldiers to be responsible for escorting the grain to Puyang, and when they saw that the 1,000 government soldiers from Fan County came over, they were requisitioned together with the 50,000 stone military rations sent to escort the grain and grass. And because Ma Sanbao was the commander of the official army in Fan County, this time he was also requisitioned as the deputy general of the 10,000 Yuncheng soldiers who escorted grain and grass, and still managed his own headquarters of 1,000 men and horses to go to Puyang City. The chief general of the grain team is a four-grade commander in the Yuncheng Prefecture Government, named Lei Datong. Su Dingfang and Ma Zong accompanied Ma Sanbao to escort the little colonel, and they did not arouse any suspicion.

On this day, the grain team came to 60 miles away from Puyang City, and Lei Datong ordered to camp not to continue to move forward. Under Su Dingfang's signal, Ma Sanbao came to Lei Datong and asked: "Lord Lei Tong, it's still early, and Puyang City is ahead, why don't you send the grain and grass directly through the east gate, and I'll return early after the errand!" ”

"Huh! The commander of the horse does not need to be in a hurry, and if he goes further, he is afraid that he will encounter the Jin army blocking the way, so he needs to wait here for the people and horses of Puyang to come out of the city to pick him up. Tonight he set up camp here, and a certain colonel sent into the city to send the soldiers from his city to come. Lei Datong explained.

"What the adults say is reasonable, and the end will admire."

After Ma Sanbao finished speaking, he returned to the headquarters and whispered to Su Dingyan that he was camping and waiting to be answered. Su Dingfang just chuckled and nodded.