Guan Yu's forehead on the horse was slightly sweating, and he clenched his fists and arched his hand: "Accept, General Xiao, I hope that your gentleman will be difficult to chase after him, don't regret it!" ”。

Xiao Chenggui got up with difficulty with a long lance, and said with a shy face: "General Guan is a step ahead, Xiao I am convinced!" It's just that you don't blame you, Xiao is going to break his promise for the first time in his life! ”。

After saying that, he suddenly raised his head, looked at the sunset in the sky, which was as round as an egg yolk, two lines of hot tears rolled down his eyes, and roared hoarsely: "O heaven! Are you really going to destroy my Great Qi? General Ma Yu, forgive your subordinates for not being able to serve you anymore, your subordinates have no shame to see you! ”。

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly raised his lance, reversed his wrist, and stabbed his lower abdomen with all his might. The lance pierced through the body and pierced the ground.

Xiao Chenggui's burly body fell suddenly, smashing up a cloud of floating dust, and fine blood beads splashed everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Guan Yu, who was on the horse, sighed regretfully, and ordered in a low voice: "Bury it thickly and put it in the ground." ”

Ma Yuduan, the general of the hussar battalion, sat behind the handsome case, his eyes were slightly red, his eyes were expressionless, and he quietly listened to the military report of the soldiers kneeling below. No one noticed that his hands were trembling slightly under the table.

The vanguard of the hussar battalion was completely wiped out, and no one survived; Although the other two teams escaped, they also suffered heavy losses, the commander was both killed, and very few people escaped alive, not far from the total annihilation.

Ma Yu coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Our army has fully retreated to defend, and in addition, I ordered General He to quickly send an elite reinforcement to help defend Yumen Pass, so as to prevent bandits from copying our back road." You guys go down first, Ben Shuai is a little tired. ”

The generals bowed one after another with gloomy expressions, and Ma Yu slowly turned around, facing the wall, his snort stirred, and two old tears quietly slipped down his cheeks.

Before the good news of the Lianke Hussar Battalion in Qingzhou reached Pingzhou, Liu Qian ascended the throne as emperor and established the shocking news of the Great Chu Empire reached Qingzhou first. Since it is the founding of the country, it dares to fight against Daqi with open fire, first of all, it shows that the Red Turban Army has enough confidence. Liu Qian's sworn brothers naturally inevitably had their own rewards: Shi Tiangong was named the first Dazai of Great Chu, Ruan Wu was canonized as the king of Zhendong, Zhai Longbiao was crowned the king of the west, Tang Wannian was the king of Pingnan, and Guan Yu was the king of Dingbei.

I don't know why, Guan Yu, the king of Dingbei, laughs wildly every time he sees Zhai Longbiao, the king of Guanxi, and Zhai Longbiao is confused, and he looks down several times to see if there is anything dirty on his clothes, but in the end he finds nothing.

Finally one day, Zhai Longbiao grabbed Guan Yu's arm and couldn't help asking, "Why does the sixth brother laugh so much every time he sees me?" ”。

Guan Yu grinned and said: "I'm just curious which brother came up with such a bad idea as King Guanxi, a clown with a similar name I know is actually the first dirty and obscene person in the world, and then I saw my brother You have a beard, a leopard head and eyes, and an innocent image, so I laughed, and you really have nothing to do with the fourth brother." ”

Zhai Long Biao said curiously: "Oh, what kind of dirty thing did that guy you said? How about leading Lao Zhai to beat him up? ”。

Guan Yu leaned forward and fell back, and his tears were about to fall. He waved his hand again and again: "Don't say, don't say, can't say, can't say." ”

For the establishment of the Great Chu Empire, the reaction of the capital of Daqi was surprisingly flat. Originally, there was no worry about more debts, no itching if there were more lice, there was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before, and now there is a Great Chu Empire, and then there will be a Republic of Korea or something. Anyway, the court has sent Wang Shi, everyone sits in rows, eats fruits, and slowly cleans up, and none of them can run.

After Li Jingcheng went through a lot of hardships to defect to the Red Turban Army, he first served as a small military clerk in the army. However, because of his upright personality, he is not afraid of offending people, coupled with his vigorous and resolute work, he has won the favor of Shi Tiangong.

After the Red Turban Army swept the Qingzhou Mansion, it was necessary to promote a large number of civilian officials, and Li Jingcheng successively served as Pingzhang in Xin'an County and the county guard of Wanzhou Prefecture. With the establishment of the Great Chu Empire, Shi Tiangong became the Dazai of the current dynasty, and specially promoted Li Jingcheng to the imperial history of the imperial mission, responsible for inspecting whether the local officials were corrupt and bending the law for personal gain, and correcting the unjust, false and wrongful cases of the local officials. The power is second only to Dazai-sama.

On this day, Li Jingcheng looked up from the thick stack of files, and a knife murder case in Chaoyang County, Zhuozhou Prefecture, caught his attention.

In fact, this seems to be a very simple case, the son of the Sheng family killed with a knife, there were a large number of witnesses at the scene, and the crime occurred in less than a stick of incense, and the criminal was arrested on the spot. The next day, Lord Pingzhang of Lin'an County tried the case in public, and the prisoner pleaded guilty in court, signed and detained, and waited for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

What aroused Li Jingcheng's suspicion was a boastful remark made by Lord Pingzhang of Lin'an County in the file, to the effect that his subordinates were quick and loyal to their duties, acted quickly, and seized both stolen goods, and the Chaoyang masses actively cooperated in the testimony, so that the criminals could not deny it, bowed their heads and confessed their guilt, and it only took one day to announce the successful conclusion of the case.

Li Jingcheng smelled a dangerous breath from the middle: the quick action was too fast than usual, unless he had already laid an ambush nearby; Eyewitnesses are more like they have been arranged in advance. But if it is really an unjust, false and wrongful case, why does the criminal confess his guilt in court without any quibble and denial? There must be something hidden in it! This case is even more suspicious because it is too logical.

Li Jingcheng harbored deep doubts, led his subordinates to go directly from Pingzhou Mansion to Zhuozhou the next day, and ordered to convene a group of cadres, etc., and three days later, the Qincha Yushi, Zhuozhou Mansion Ya, and Chaoyang Pingzhang jointly organized a three-hall trial to re-handle the case.

For Lord Qincha's sudden proposal to retry this case with ironclad evidence, tight and seamless, and the coffin has already been closed, Lord Zhuozhou County Shou was confused and inexplicable, Chaoyang Pingzhang and his subordinates were even more complaining, and privately discussed that this Lord Qincha must be idle and have nothing to do, nothing to do, and he is full of food!

On the evening of the second day when Li Jingcheng and his entourage stayed at the official post station of Zhuozhou Prefecture, there was a knock on his door. One of the guards pushed the door open after getting his consent, and Shi Li said: "Back to Lord Qincha, there is a person in front of the gate outside the station who wants to see your lordship, claiming to be your old friend and old friend, and I beg your lord to show him face." ”

Li Jingcheng wondered, I don't know anyone in Zhuozhou Mansion, where did I get my old friends? After a moment's thought, he stretched out his hand to the guard and said, "Please let him in." ”

Bowing his head and walking into a burly old man with a comb in his hair, he gave Li Jingcheng a deep salute, slowly raised his head and smiled: "Hu Zhantian, the master of the Beggar Gang Jishan Hall, visited Master Li, do you remember the villain?" In Xiangkang County, you and I have had a relationship. The little one also brought a handwritten letter from Master Ma Qizhang to you. ”

Li Jingcheng stared at the face of the visitor for a long time, and then he suddenly patted his head and said, "Oh, it turned out to be you!" Fourth Brother Ma, don't come to harm, right? He waved his hand to the guard and said, "Go down, this is indeed an old friend of mine." ”

The guard bowed and retreated, and Hu Zhantian's originally slightly nervous expression gradually relaxed.

Li Jingcheng waved his hand to invite Hu Zhantian to take a seat, stared at him with playful eyes, and asked with a smile: "Brother Hu, why are you looking for me?" ”。

Hu Zhantian hurriedly got up and saluted, and said, "The adults have lifted the small ones, and they call me Lao Hu." It is rumored that Lord Li is in the wind and water of Da Chu, since you and I have had a relationship, the little one was ordered by the leader of the gang to come to visit the adult, and get acquainted with each other to contact the feelings. In the future, please raise your hand to my beggars and take care of them. ”

As he spoke, he glanced around, took out two things from his arms, and placed them respectfully in front of Li Jingcheng's eyes.

He pointed to a thin letter and said: "This is a handwritten letter that Master Ma Qizhang asked me to bring to you, it seems that the two adults have a deep friendship and have been thinking about each other." ”

Then, he pointed to another bulging bag and said, "This is a little bit of the heart of the gang leader who entrusts the little one to pay tribute to the adult, and I hope the adult will accept it with a smile." ”

Li Jingcheng nodded with a smile and did not refuse. Hu Zhantian even put the hanging heart back into his stomach, his expression was relaxed, and he sat back steadily.

Li Jingcheng raised his head and smiled: "What, Master Hu, do you also have your beggars' gang in my Great Chu?" ”

Hu Zhantian replied with a smile: "Don't hide it from your lordship, my beggars help the people spread all over the world, in addition to my Jishantang, there are several rudders. If there is something that is difficult for adults to solve and cannot be put on the table, even if they open their mouths, the small ones will ensure that they will help the adults do it properly, and there will be no leakage. ”

Li Jingcheng smiled and nodded again and again, took a sip of the tea bowl and asked: "Li has always had a question in his heart, since there are many people in your gang, why not raise the flag to rebel and fight against Daqi?" ”。

Hu Zhantian straightened his waist very comfortably, leaned back against him, and said with a smile: "My lord said that it was a joke, raising the flag to rebel is a business that loses his head, and it is extremely risky. It doesn't matter who is the emperor, as long as we eat and drink well, be merry and happy, and have a lot of silver coming in, who sits in the world is not all the same? With the rebellious idle man, Lao Tzu might as well go to the Qinglou to be happy and happy. ”

Li Jingcheng put down the tea bowl in his hand, laughed and nodded. Suddenly, he frowned, turned his face and asked, "Is the murder case that is about to be retried involved in your gang?" ”。

Hu Zhantian clasped his fists and smiled: "Haha, the lord is really wise." To tell you the truth, the deceased Tu Lao Si and all the witnesses are my beggar gang members, this case is ironclad evidence, I implore the adults to help the orphans and widows of Tu Lao Si's family to fight for more compensation, my beggar gang is grateful! In the future, it is indispensable to always honor adults. ”

Li Jingcheng smiled and waved his hand: "It's easy to say, since the evidence is ironclad, Ben Qincha should enforce the law impartially." ”

After sending Hu Zhantian away, Li Jingcheng turned around and returned to the table, and gently opened the bulging bag, which contained several golden ingots.

Li Jingcheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and laughed in a low voice: "This Ah Blockage is really a good thing!" ”。

grabbed Ma Qizhang's handwritten letter on the table, did not open it, but walked to the candlestick in a few steps and burned it.

With a gust of wind, the ashes dispersed with the wind, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.