The county lieutenant came out and hugged his fists and said: "The good minister learned that they are not Han people, but Jurchens, quite arrogant, and there are people to support them, it is indeed not easy to speak, according to their customs, even if you are reasonable, but it is offensive to take the army there, it is easy to be rigid, and you are willing to go for a trip." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Seeing that they were so worried, Gao Fangping became interested. I would like to believe that Wang Qinfei had good intentions this time, and he didn't want chaos in Yuncheng to affect their money-making plans. There is no doubt that business and making money must be built on the premise of stability.

Dare to snatch horses at will, and scare a strong man like Wang Qinfei like this, Gao Fangping is really becoming more and more curious about Zengtou City.

No one in the lobby spoke, waiting for Gao Fangping to speak.

After a while, Gao Fangping got up and threw down the arrow: "The tiger head battalion is assembled, and Yang Zhiluda stays in Yuncheng to control the army." Shi Wengong, Guan Sheng, and Lin Chong went to Zengtou City with their officials to investigate the case. ”

Wang Qinfei hugged his fists and said: "Lao Yu still suggests that Xiang Gong be cautious, Lao Yu has no malice this time." ”

"I know you don't mean it." Gao Fangping said, "But I am a guard sent by the emperor, if I investigate a robbery case under my rule, I have to be subject to exceptions and look at people's faces, so where is the face of the emperor sitting in the imperial city?" Follow the customs of the locals, and the Yongle army of the imperial court is still worried about destroying the customs of the Jurchens when they walk in the defense area? Damn, Lao Tzu's ears are not good to hear wrong, or do you Wang Qinfei really treat them as foreign adults? ”

"Okay! You have a big fist. In short, the people of Yuncheng can't stop you, but if you mess up the order and make it impossible for me to operate, the old man will no longer support you. ”

Lao Wang threw his sleeves away angrily, but he was still a little concerned at the end, and turned back and said: "It's best to let the county lieutenant go with him, he is always familiar with the place." ”

Gao Fangping nodded slightly, immediately led people out of the county office, picked up 250 people from the Hutou battalion, and drove out with a few fierce generals.

Duan Jinzhu and the county lieutenant accompanied him.

After exiting the city gate, the rapid march began in a northerly direction.

According to Duan Jinzhu and the county lieutenant, Zengtou City is less than 40 miles north of Yuncheng.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the city is the market, and the concept of the market is mentioned for the first time. Previous dynasties were typically closed agrarian societies with little commercial concept. The concept of a city rarely appears.

Since it is a city, it should be very lively, there are transactions, and there are a lot of people, but the strange thing is that Gao Fangping does not remember the tax revenue of such a place as "Zengtou City" in the previous newspapers.

And the Zengtou City in Duan Jin's mouth is the opposite of the county governor's mouth. Duan Jinzhu said that Zengtou City is very large, almost a hundred miles in radius, and the seven villages under its jurisdiction echo each other. In short, Lao Duan, a horse thief, described Zengtou City as a country within a country.

And Zengtou City in the mouth of the county lieutenant is just a Jurchen family, at most the population is larger, and it has been a few years since they moved to Yuncheng, and their ancestors traveled back and forth between the north and the south to do ginseng business. Now he breeds horses in Yuncheng.

I can't remember many details in the Water Margin, but in Gao Fangping's rough impression, Zengtou City should be a farm-like village, where some foreign expatriates live there, and they are farmers. The momentum is not anywhere, it is an industry, and raising horses is also of some use to the Great Song Dynasty, which can be regarded as foreign investment in Yuncheng to solve employment.

Since taking office, he has been busy dealing with Wang Qinfei, and then he entered Beijing, and no one mentioned Zengtou City to Gao Fangping, so although he didn't see the tax report of the farm in Zengtou City, Gao Fangping didn't care too much, and felt that at most it was a small business tax evasion, as long as they were still raising horses and investing, it was worth tolerating, so he didn't want to ask.

But at the moment, as a criminal case, and there is a reporter, of course, it will have to be interrogated.

When he arrived at the outskirts of the so-called Zengtou City, Gao Fangping was taken aback, what kind of farm is this, it is simply a crazy illegal land, and it is carried out in such a grand manner.

Duan Jinzhu didn't say nonsense, several mountains were circled, and the preliminary estimate was not only a hundred miles in radius, but almost one-fifth of the jurisdiction of Yuncheng.

From time to time, groups of horses can be seen galloping across the meadows in the distance.

It's no wonder that the pasture used as a place for them to raise horses is not good if it is small, so as long as no one takes care of it, of course they will start to expand the land.

What is certain is that no county government will grant them such a large amount of land, so it can only exist as an unspoken rule. Anyway, in this era, the land is sparsely populated, the officials are very lazy, and the government is used to being cowardly, mainly to manage the county, and the ecology outside the county is really bad, and the whip is beyond the reach.

"Bold! What is the way, dare to break into my Zengtou City! ”

With a loud shout, he saw several cavalry galloping towards him on the vast meadow in the distance.

When they came closer, they stared, they didn't even understand the flag and armor of the Tiger Head Battalion, they just stared at Shi Wengong, who was also in shape, and they thought that the leader of this team was Shi Wengong.

These three knights are all tougher than ordinary Han people, similar to Shi Wengong, but they don't look as strong as Shi Wengong. In addition, they are also dressed strangely, basically bald, except for a small circle of hair the size of a bowl on the top, and then braided into a whip and wrapped around the neck.

With a fierce saber on his waist, this appearance, such a body shape, can really scare ordinary people.

"Speak! You Han people are so cunning, why are you here in my Zengtou City? One of the leaders shouted.

Gao Fangping stepped forward with the reins of his horse and pointed to the words "Yongle Army High" on the banner.

The braid shook his head and said, "Be straightforward, don't be so cunning, you can't read what is written!" ”

The county lieutenant dismounted and hugged his fists and said: "A few are invited, these four words are 'Yongle Jungao', this is the county lord who cares about the livelihood of Zengtou citizens, and he has come to inspect." After a few reports had made the old hero, he said that the county lord and the county lieutenant had come to visit and had something to discuss. ”

One of the three braids looked like an idiot, and said loudly: "Where did the county master come to the opposing army?" Why do you want to bring the army to my Zengtou City......" He ignored the eyes of the county lieutenant, and still patted the saber on his waist and shouted: "According to the rules of Zengtou City, outsiders are not allowed to ride horses and carry knives inside, they need to be disarmed, and the horses will be handed over to us to take care of!" ”

The county lieutenant had never encountered such an idiot, and hurriedly scolded: "You are not sensible, you don't know how powerful, ask Zeng to talk, don't talk nonsense." ”

In addition, although the leader is angry, he still has some knowledge, at least he understands that he is an official, so of course he wants to give some face on the surface, so he glared at his subordinates and signaled to shut up, and said to Gao Fangping reluctantly: "The pasture is important, and the horses in it are priceless, please forgive me, wait for me to report to my master and ......."

He couldn't finish speaking, Gao Fangping raised his hand slightly to stop, looked at the guy who had just asked to disarm, and said coldly: "Repeat what you just said to Lao Tzu?" ”

The county lieutenant didn't have time to stop it, but the hot-tempered whip shouted: "What's the matter, isn't the county lord here to ask for money!" Han people and dog officials are all virtuous. Before the master has orders, the rules are the rules, dismount and disarm! ”

The words had already been spoken, so the pigtail who took the lead didn't speak, squinted his eyes, and secretly observed Gao Fangping's reaction, so as to judge who Gao Fangping was?

Gao Fangping was finally happy, and said with a smile: "Friend from afar, are you serious?" ”

"Yes, it is extremely serious, and the customs and dignity of the warriors cannot be defiled!" He made a strange gesture in their custom to indicate that he was a Jurchen warrior.

Gao Fangping nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Shi Wengong, behead this warrior and fulfill his desire to become a martyr." ”

"You dare! Cannot! The pigtails who took the lead and the county lieutenant hurriedly shouted.

But it was Shi Wengong who couldn't stop it for a long time, and Fang Tian's halberd waved from a tricky angle, poof-

A population flew up, and the corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out.

Mainly feeling insulted rather than feeling sorry for their own people, the other two Jurchen knights shouted angrily: "What do you mean! ”

Gao Fangping said coldly: "Those who die will definitely die." Asking the Royal Yongle Army to disarm in the land of the Great Song Dynasty, you are not a rebellion, but a declaration of war against the imperial court! Lao Tzu asks you, according to your customs, the state of hostilities, has declared war, do you need to greet with a smile or speak with a knife? ”

"This ......" The two Jurchen knights couldn't help but sigh.

Gao Fangping waved his hand and said: "Go in and pass the word, this official will take the Yongle Army to inspect the defense area." In Zengtou City, whether it is the elderly, women or children, all disarmed, and they are not allowed to ride on horses. Now that the boundaries of Yuncheng have entered a state of emergency, no one can stand wherever the emperor's guards go, all of them kneel on the ground, and they are not allowed to get up without orders, including Han people. Those who approached the Yongle army without permission, regardless of men, women, old and young, the Han people positioned the rebellion, and the Jurchens positioned the enemy army to resolutely exterminate them. That's all for the command, isn't it simple? ”

"Simple is simple, but this is an insult to my Jurchen warriors!" Two Jurchen knights.

Gao Fangping said: "Only Jurchen expatriates are allowed in the Great Song Dynasty, and no Jurchen soldiers are allowed, otherwise it will be an invasion." You think about it and answer again, are you declaring war on the court on behalf of your master? ”

"Never disarm without the master's order, let alone kneel on the ground!" A Jurchen warrior shouted.

Gao Fangping is a rogue cool official, not a diplomat who plays tricks, so he didn't bother to talk nonsense at this point, and waved his hand: "Fulfill him, and behead him as an enemy." ”

Puff -

This time, Guan Sheng's Qinglong Glaive Knife waved, and another human head flew up. In total, two bodies were lying on the ground.

The calves of the county lieutenant and Duan Jinzhu trembled, damn it was really terrifying to meet hooligans, an ordinary investigation, he actually rose to the level of a national war without saying a word, and there was no one who killed two foreign adults at the beginning.

"In that case, I will go and repay the master first, and the adults can do their own thing." The remaining Jurchen was indeed a little clever, not blindly brave, took off the knife at his waist and handed it to Shi Wengong, dismounted, and led the three horses to run to return. (To be continued.) )