"The last general knows," Zhao Xingde looked at Wang Yan and said, "Thank you Lord Wang for taking care of you." There was only pure gratitude in his tone. If there is no Wang Yan, even if he does not become a pawn in the transaction between Tong Guan and the bigwigs in the DPRK, I am afraid that he will die in the chaos because of the fall of Hejian City, maybe it will be earlier, if there is no Wang Yan's insistence, the tens of thousands of soldiers who fled on the dock in the Hebei camp at the beginning, I am afraid that most of them have become white bones, and there is no fixed river, who knows that it was once called Zhao Xingde.

Wang Yan was a little moved, he had been in the Imperial City for many years, and he had seen many things fighting for power and profit, intrigue, well-dressed beasts, high-sounding traitors, and sanctimonious hypocrites, countless, but the person in front of him, except for stubborn eccentricities, did not have the slightest cliché. "No wonder that he only accepted one disciple in his life, and he also included him in the door." Wang Yan sighed slightly in his heart.

"Yuan Zhi will go to the capital, and I have a word to give." Wang Yan groaned and said slowly, "Those who want to be above ten thousand people must be subservient to one person." ”

Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, this sentence came from "Liutao" "Qu one person down, stretch ten thousand people, only the saint can do it", and the later "Wu Yue Chunqiu" contains, Wu Zixu saw that he was fighting with others, and his wife returned as soon as he called out. Wu Zixu asked strangely, and Zhuan Zhu replied with this sentence.

Zhao Xingde's mind flashed a lot of content related to this sentence, thinking about Wang Yan's intentions, it was obvious that Wang Yan did not wish him and Li Ruoxue harmony after marriage.

After that, Wu Zixu introduced Zhuan Zhu to Gongzi Guang, and in the case of the royal guards with a sharp blade, Zhuan Zhu stabbed the Wang Gong in the hall with a fish intestine sword, and he was killed on the spot, and then Wu Zixu sent to assassinate Gongzi Qingji, and the vigorous hegemony of Wu and Yue kicked off, and the Central Plains powers re-understood the fierce south with the sword, and changed the pattern of the world at that time. Zhuan Zhu was the earliest of the four great assassins of the pre-Qin Dynasty, as seen in the "Historical Records".

Since then, all the characters who are worthy of this sentence are not world-class heroes like Cao Mengde, or saints like King Wen and Zhou Gong.

Seeing Zhao Xingde's puzzled face, Wang Yan didn't explain much, and waved him to retreat.

Zhao Xingde retreated, silently walked out of the control yamen, the guards at the door saluted him in unison, and Zhao Xingde replied perfunctorily. When the Liao army was besieging the city, he often came to control the yamen, and it seems that the etiquette is not so complicated. There was a hot sunshine overhead, Zhao Xingde squinted his eyes, staring at the infinitely radiating light and heat fireball angrily, and soon he was defeated, and hurriedly walked away with his head down, his gray back panicked like a lost dog.

Wang Yan sent Su Wenyu and Ouyang Shan to Bianjing on a business trip, but in fact, he protected Zhao Xingde along the way back to Bianjing. Su Ou and the two were originally to be commensurate with generals, but they were both resigned by Zhao Xingde, and his command of the fire gun army was an official position that Wang Yan received privately, without a personal body and official seal, and he was a military attaché, which was out of place in any case. After the Liao people retreated, Wang Yan did not say anything about the resignation, and Zhao Xingde did not ask, but as soon as he left, the six fire battalions would be divided into the six armies of Hejian organized by Wang Yan.

When he was leaving, not only the officers above the head of the firecracker army, but even the ordinary soldiers blocked the door of the barracks to see each other off, and thousands of people bowed down in unison: "Congratulations to General Zhao to return to Beijing." The momentum was thunderous, and even Wang Yan, the commander of the river, was secretly taken aback, this Zhao Xingde usually did not have any intention of inviting people's hearts, and allowed each battalion to command and contact other generals.

"Alas, in the future, I will not be able to receive the entire military salary."

"Alas, it's still the happiness of Mr. Zhao's errand, no matter what happens, we'll see it on the school field."

"Alas, Mr. Zhao is clever, follow him to fight, and he is sure in his heart."

"Alas, it's a pity, Mr. Zhao is leaving."

"Alas, if Mr. Zhao wins the champion, will he remember today in the future? We also followed him and shed blood. ”

Wang Yan secretly sent Zhao Xingde back to Bianjing a little pleased, and a little pity, so he aggravated Cheng Yi, now Zhao Xingde has tens of thousands of friends in his pocket, it can be seen that the Liao army was defeated and retreated, and the army in Hejian also gained a lot when they chased the death and chased the north, not counting the assets that could not be sold such as the 10,000 catties of copper cast cannons.

Xiangzhou is located in the north and south of the Henan traffic artery, because of the end of the Sui Dynasty Xiangzhou assassin Shi Wei Chi Jiong stubborn, Yang Jian angrily burned Yecheng, the clothes and the scholars moved to Guanzhong, only left some craftsmen, happy households, traders and the flow of moved to the newly built Xiangzhou, from the Tang Dynasty into the Song Dynasty, living and multiplying, the folk customs here jumped off frivolous, and the rumors rose in vain, the lawsuits and officials, there was little wind and grass, and the rumors were everywhere.

Some time ago, the Liao army entered the north of Kou Hebei, and the Beijing division was shaken, which could toss the people on the ground in Xiangzhou. For a while, it was said that the Liao people slaughtered the Zhending River, and for a while, they said that the river was a great victory, and for a while, they said that the Seventh Army was flooded, and Liu Lao of the Daimyo Mansion also sent troops to fight the Liao. It was not until June and July that the wind calmed down a little. The big guy has nothing to do, playing two corners of wine, making a pot of tea, humming a little song, while listening to the new script, everything seems to be calm.

The north gate of Xiangzhou is called Tongyuan Gate, go out to the side of the official road of three miles, a big elm tree grows extraordinarily luxuriantly, the branches and leaves that cover the sky and the sun, in the scorching summer, it is rare to be cool and pleasant here, the traders of the north and south pass here every time, and over time, a tea house is opened under the elm tree.

The innkeeper Shi Bin is a little literate, but he did not formally go to school, opened a teahouse to do some small business, the biggest hobby is to listen to the business travelers from the south to the north to tell the customs of various places, and over time, he has made a lot of friends on the rivers and lakes.

The weather is hot, Shi Bin put the tea stall under the elm tree, at this time the elm money has not yet fallen, the elm money is collected, made into a special herbal tea, specially for passers-by to relieve the heat, do not take a penny, passers-by in the praise of kindness, often buy some cooking cakes and steamed buns, braised meat and other candied fruit and the like to eat on the road.

"His grandmother's ghost weather, no appetite, a bird fades out of her mouth." As soon as this sentence came out, Shi Bin couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this foul language was not taught by friends in the rivers and lakes, but it was recently seen from a book called "The Biography of the Heroes and Martyrs in the River". This is a strange book, obviously about loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, but the language used is slang in the border army, but it is very energetic to read.

When the Liao people entered the Kou, in addition to closing the city gate during the day, even the squires who usually had heads and faces couldn't find out that Hebei was indeed the news. This copy of "The Legend of the Heroes and Martyrs of the River" seems to have appeared on the market at the most timely time, from which even the most rude and unliterate people know the brutality of the Khitans, the heroism of the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty, and the situation in Hebei should be in gradual stability. This book is said to be written by Mr. Hejian Zhao, who is famous and drunk and scolds thieves. Sure enough, it is a great talent, Shi Bin secretly thought, Liao should dare to set foot on the ground in Xiangzhou, and let go of this herbal tea stall, I will go to find Yue Pengju, who is the first gun in the county, to partner with him, and there are heroes in Xiangzhou, who should not give in, expel the Tartars, and swear to defend their homeland.

It was noon, the sun was hanging high, there were few pedestrians on the official road, only three or five horses faintly came in the distance, two were wearing half-old military robes, and one was a gray and white Confucian robe. Shi Bin immediately said with a smile: "A few big officials, it's too hot to rush at noon, why don't you stop and drink tea in the small shop, avoid the sun and then leave." ”

The herbal tea stall under the big elm tree makes people feel cool at first sight, and the owner is enthusiastic, Su Wenyu said: "Sir, it's better to rest for a while, and stay in Xiangzhou at night." ”

Zhao Xingde nodded. He and Su Wenyu and Ouyang Shan traveled by boat from the river to the Hulu River, a tributary of the Yellow River, and turned south after arriving at the mainland, all the way by boat, and only changed to a horse after arriving in Xiangzhou. Along the way, in order to prepare for the autumn festival, during the time of the ship, I also reviewed the scriptures of the sages in the cabin, pondered the way to choose between the scriptures and righteousness, and my mind was dizzy.

Dizzy, Zhao Xingde suddenly remembered the explanation in the Song Dynasty Criminal System, and he buried himself in this outdated study of scriptures. The traitor also became a rape, and suddenly he scrutinized the words that Wang Yan gave him, "If you want to be above ten thousand people, you must be below one person", and I can't understand it.

After leaving the boat and taking the horse, I spent a day on the official road, and I was already sweating, and after my clothes were soaked, the horse blew in the wind, and I felt happy at first, but it didn't take long to gallop, and it was dust. Seeing that there is a good place to rest, stop for a cup of tea.

Shi Bin, who opened the inn, enthusiastically served Yuqian tea, at this time, the real tea was sold by officials, although there were transactions on the black market, but the price was not cheap, like these military men who were on the feet, they would not necessarily drink group tea. After seeing that several soldiers were sitting down, Shi Bin asked with a smile: "Aren't the generals from Hebei?" ”

"Exactly." Su Wenyu's eyebrows raised slightly, this Hebei victory is exciting, along the way, anyone who hears that it is a general who has come back from Hebei will raise his thumb and praise "good man"!

"Inquire about the next thing?"

"What?"

"It is said that Mr. Zhao Yuanzhi, who is drunk and scolding thieves, will go to the capital, I wonder if the general can know, when will Mr. Yuanzhi arrive in Xiangzhou? Villain, I'm going to see you anyway. ”

"Huh?" Su Wenyu and Ouyang Shan glanced at each other and looked at Zhao Xingde.

Zhao Xingde coughed a little embarrassed, and entered the prosperous territory without the invasion of Liao soldiers, he knew how outrageous the matter between the rivers was spread by the Central Plains, some people said that he asked the heavenly soldiers and generals to breathe fire and burn the Liao people Tiefutu, some people said that Tong Guan wore boots for him, and the famous prostitute in the river grinded ink, drunk and wrote a book of scolding thieves, and some people said that he rode alone and kicked the formation, in short, all the rumors were because Tong Guan was trapped in the military letter of the whole city in the river at that time, and because the literacy book in the river army was circulated, it was named "The Legend of the Heroes and Martyrs in the River" The name is spread around.

"It's Zhao Xingde below, the grass character is straight, may I ask what Mr. is looking for next?"

"What?" Shi Bin's heart sank, and he was a little surprised, how could Mr. Zhao, who is so famous, not look amazing? It's not the same as the teacher in Sanjia Village. In this era, he didn't ask for an autograph, and he remembered to leave a Mobao or something, and after a while, he didn't accept the tea money from Zhao Xingde and others, and watched their backs disappear into the smoke and dust of the official road leading to Xiangzhou.

"It is said that it is better to be famous than to meet, who would have thought that Mr. Zhao Yuanzhi would be so young and ordinary." Shi Bin felt that an illusion in his mind seemed to be shattered, but in a blink of an eye, he thought again, "The so-called masters outside the world, who is not a game dust, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and not You Fang Taoist, this is exactly, real people do not show their faces, and they do not show their faces." The more he thought about it, the more right he became, and happily recalled Zhao Xingde's appearance, and remembered clearly the seats where the three of them sat down to eat and drink.