The other party gave Yang Congyi a very bad feeling, it was a kind of mockery from above, mocking him for being nosy, and mocking him for not being able to do anything. This feeling has not appeared for a long time, and it is about to detonate his emotions in an instant.

But after a moment of silence, everything dissolves invisibly, if Hou Yong is telling the truth, what is the use of holding Hou Yong and holding on, what can he do as a military case secretary.

"Where did General Hou come from, when he passed by Chuzhou, he really didn't hear the Lord of the Command mention it, can you tell me personally?" If eating empty wages is a problem for most people, Hou Yong just said it easily, if he really wants to be investigated, he will not be much more guilty than others, and he is not necessarily guilty, thinking about these clearly, Yang Congyi suddenly became relaxed.

Hou Yong smiled: "I wonder if you can know Lord Hou, the judicial secretary in front of the palace?" ”

The Judicial Division? Yang Congyi has heard of this bureau, the law department is in charge of the military law of the front of the palace, and the violation of the military law of the Great Song Dynasty is the one who violates the empty salary, once such a case is exposed, it will definitely be handled by the law department. At this time, I suddenly heard Hou Yong mention Lord Hou, but his heart trembled, could it be that they are relatives?

"Are you related to Lord Hou?" Although Yang Congyi was shocked, he still asked directly.

Hou Yong said with a smile: "Exactly, the last general is the nephew of Lord Hou in front of the palace. ”

"That's disrespectful." Although Yang Congyi was reluctant in his heart, he still calmly got up and hugged his fists.

"Your Excellency, you're welcome." Hou Yong returned the salute with a fist, his face full of smiles.

Before leaving Lin'an, he invited Sun Miao to have a meal, he told Yang Congyi that the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty is complicated, and he will move his whole body with a hair, and he will be an official with his tail between his tail in Lin'an, and he will have to hold his tail when he goes to the place, because you don't know when you will inadvertently offend some people, and the relationship between those people can go straight to Lin'an and affect your official fortune, maybe they can't remove you with a word, but they can definitely make you never rise with a word, and warned him to pay great attention after leaving Beijing, because everything is checked and checked, Eventually, they will all converge in the capital, and as for how to solve it, it is a matter of the above.

Since Hou Yong is the nephew of Lord Hou, the question of the Qingyuan County garrison can no longer be asked, about the merit verification, although Yang Congyi has questions, it is not easy to ask in the depths, he only briefly asked about the process, and he can only end hastily.

When leaving the barracks, Hou Yong led the horse and sent Yang Congyi out of the camp.

"Please also bring this letter back to Lin'an and hand it over to Lord Fa Sihou, thank you!" Before leaving, Hou Yong took out a letter and handed it to Yang Congyi with both hands.

Yang Congyi took it in his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely bring it to Lord Hou." ”

"My lord cherishes all the way!" Hou Yong hugged his fists and saw him off.

"Let's go back."

Yang Congyi turned over and got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, did not look back, left quickly, and walked out of the city gate in a moment, all the way south.

The trip to Longquan and Qingyuan let Yang Congyi know that the dragoon forbidden army is known as 10,000 people, but the actual strength may be less than 5,000 people, or even less.

Last year in Guangnan he also came into contact with the forbidden army, Li Geng's palace Si You Yijun, also known as 10,000 people, but in fact there are 10,000 people, it's really hard to say, anyway, no one will check, no one will check the victory, and the defeat of the war naturally can't be found, how serious is the problem of empty salary, is it only the dragoon army in Chuzhou who eats empty salary, or all the forbidden troops in the world?

Yang Congyi had an impulse, he wanted to figure out this problem, but after thinking about it for a while, he could only give up, because he alone couldn't figure it out, and those with vested interests couldn't let him figure it out.

After leaving Qingyuan, all the way south, except for heavy rain and necessary rest, the stopover will hardly exceed a day, Yang Congyi soon entered Jianning Mansion, first through Zhenghe, and a few days later through Jian'an.

To the south of Jian'an, is the boundary of Nanjianzhou.

Jianning Mansion, Nanjian Prefecture is almost all mountainous, sparsely populated, everywhere is wilderness and dense forest, it is really "eight mountains, one water and one field", although there are not many good fields, but the mountain is rich in products, in addition to cherishing the rare birds and birds, there are all kinds of medicinal materials that are inexhaustible, growing in the high mountains and dense forests, these medicinal materials have become the treasure of the people in the mountains to exchange money.

The medicinal materials they collect every year, if there are no traders to buy them, they can't walk more than ten Tianshan roads and take the medicinal materials into the city for money, because the medicinal materials that can be collected by a family are limited after all, and they can't spend more than half a month to go to the city, and the traders are particularly important to them at this time.

The road is difficult to travel, there are often wild beasts infested, the traders who enter the mountain to buy medicinal materials generally have to go together, two or three or five people are more common, of course, if it is a larger pharmacy or medicinal herb dealer, the manpower will be more than ten people, the more manpower, the more complete the means of transport, basically will be equipped with mules, horses and donkeys.

On the official road at the junction of Jianning Mansion and Nanjianzhou, at this time there was a caravan that returned to Jianpu after purchasing medicinal materials, more than ten carriages, about 20 people, and a flag was inserted on the first carriage, because there was no wind under the forest, the flags were rolled together, and it was impossible to see what marks were on it.

More than 20 people guarded the carriage in the middle, so as to prevent the animals that suddenly came out of the forest from disturbing the horses and causing unnecessary trouble to the caravan.

"Brother Cheng, let's rest here for a while, it's been almost an hour." One of the middle shouted.

"Walk a little longer, get out of this forest and rest." At the head of the line was a man in his thirties, burly and without looking back.

After saying this, he then turned back and shouted: "Work harder, you will be out of the forest in a quarter of an hour, and the road ahead will be easy to walk." ”

Who knows, as soon as he finished saying this, he heard a burst of "haha" laughter from the forest in front of him, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he pulled out the knife in his hand with a "swish".

Then there was a conversation: "Big brother, he said that the road ahead is easy to walk, how can it be a good way to walk?" Isn't it easy to go all the way with a knife? ”

"Hahaha...... cough cough cough ...... It's really interesting for you kid to talk, but the next time you pay attention to the occasion, you almost choke Lao Tzu to death. ”

"Big brother, I know, I won't talk about it at this time in the future."

"Brothers, come out to eat meat and drink soup!"

With a shout, dozens of people rushed out of the forest a few feet away, all holding big knives, lined up and blocked the official road.

"Who are you! Why are we blocked in our way for no reason! The man named Brother Cheng asked sharply.

"Are you blind? Who are we, you can't tell? On the opposite side, a big man with a black beard danced the knife in his hand, and said with a cruel smile: "Surrender obediently, don't resist, Lao Tzu can still leave you with a whole corpse, if you are disobedient and want to escape, you will be caught by Lao Tzu but you will feed the wolf alive." Got it? ”

"You're black wolves?" Brother Cheng's voice trembled when he said this, and the knife in his hand began to tremble.

And more than 20 people behind him, seeing that there were bandits blocking the way, pulled out knives from the car and prepared to defend themselves, but as soon as they heard the word "black wolf", everyone was shocked, many people's hands and feet were instantly weak, and the weapons fell to the ground with a poof, and some people peed their pants directly, and the smell of urine quickly drifted around.

"Yes, Lao Tzu is your legendary black wolf, even if you kid has a little eyesight. Since you know Lao Tzu, then don't be verbose, lay down your arms and surrender, and don't try to resist. What is the end of resistance, you must have heard a lot, it is not a good result, it is better to bite off your tongue and commit suicide before throwing it into the wolf's den, everyone else is eaten alive by the evil wolf, you shouldn't want to be eaten by the wolf alive, right? If there is, Lao Tzu is willing to fulfill it, that kind of scream, it sounds really good. When the black-bearded man said this, his face was full of intoxication, as if he was reminiscing.

The beads of sweat on Brother Cheng's forehead slipped down drop by drop, his pale lips opened and closed a few times, and after trying many times, he finally made a voice: "Good man, spare our lives, these ten carts of things are all yours." ”

"Hahaha....... This kid knows better than you can tell jokes. The black-bearded man glanced at a short fat man next to him and burst into tears.

"Hahaha...... Yes, this kid is quite good at telling jokes, and he almost made me laugh to death. The stocky man laughed in agreement.

The others also laughed forward and backwards, unable to stop laughing, and laughed to the end, the tired pestle knife on the ground, bowing their heads and bending over, still laughing.

The knives in the hands of everyone in the caravan were almost all off in the laughter of the bandits, Brother Cheng's face turned pale, the knife he held hard in his hand kept shaking with his arm, and the hand holding the knife turned white because he was too hard.

"Okay, don't fucking laugh, is it that funny?" After laughing enough, the blackbearded man quickly stopped his brothers.

When the brothers stopped laughing, Blackbeard raised his hand to wipe away the tears from laughter, and scolded with a smile: "Damn, the laughing Lao Tzu's stomach hurts, and he almost laughed to death." ”

Then he raised his knife and pointed forward, and said in a loud voice: "Don't pay attention to what you are living, it's good to die comfortably, no matter how you die, these ten carts of things belong to Lao Tzu, with Lao Tzu here, no one wants to move." Got it, boy? ”

Brother Cheng opened his mouth again, his teeth clicked, his mouth couldn't make a complete sound, and he tried all his strength to control himself, but in vain, he couldn't speak.

"One last time, put the knife down and leave you with a whole corpse!" The blackbearded man raised his sword and pointed at the caravan.

They had heard the legend of being bitten to death by a vicious wolf, who would have heard that they would be so unlucky, and when they met, many people had collapsed to the ground, and they couldn't cry out in fright, so that some people could barely stand with the carriage.

"Can't understand words, do you? What else are you doing with a knife? Seeing that the leader of the caravan was still holding the knife in his hand, the black-bearded man immediately stepped forward with his knife and asked sharply.

"Big brother, I'll come!" One person stepped out of the crowd, walked quickly towards Brother Cheng with a knife, and slashed at the arm holding the knife with his knife.