Leize County is an important town in the southeast of Puzhou, after Tong Guan's soldiers defeated the western suburbs of Yuncheng, they fled all the way to here, and slowly gathered some routs in the following days, a total of more than 20,000 people, but he was no longer able to attack Liangshan Manor, so he wrote a table to report to the imperial court, only saying that Li Ming, the governor of Xuzhou, defected to the battle, resulting in a setback for the officers and soldiers, and now retreated to Lize County, please send additional reinforcements.

On this day, Tong Guan had just reviewed the folds, and was about to send someone to the capital, but he heard that someone came to report, and Wang Yi, the prisoner of Dengzhou soldiers and horses, took more than 1,000 people to see him outside the city.

After a while, he saw his relatives come in with a person, but he saw that his beard was scruffy and his face was haggard, his armor was missing, and his whole body was dirty.

"Wang Dujian, why is this so?"

Tong Guan couldn't help but say in surprise when he saw Wang Yi embarrassed.

"Prime minister, tens of thousands of troops are gone! Brothers are so miserable! ”

When Wang Yi saw Tong Guan, he knelt down in front of him with a "Bu Tong" and shouted sadly.

"Let's get up first, what happened to the front army?"

Tong Guan fled in a hurry, completely ignorant of the situation on the battlefield later, and when he saw a witness returning, he hurriedly asked.

"That day when the pursuit, the last general and Tangzhou Han Dujian rushed to kill in front of the front, was about to meet the enemy, suddenly heard a shout behind him, and then knew that the enemy ambush killed, at this time the front of the thief also turned back to kill, I and Han Dujian struggled to lead the troops to resist, but the army was in turmoil, Han Dujian was in the chaos of the army by a thief and a wicked man an axe to cut down, in the next see irreparable, had to lead a group of brothers desperately to break through, escaped with their lives, Ben Yu went to Jeju, and later heard that the cardinal minister came all the way here."

When he heard that there was an ambush in the rear army, he immediately broke through to the west with his cronies, and because he saw the opportunity early, he was lucky enough to escape before the siege. As for Han Tianlin being hacked to death by Xuan Sheng, he also learned about it later from the mouth of the defeated army, but at this time, he used it as evidence of his bravery.

Tong Guan escaped earlier than anyone else, and naturally he had no way of knowing the truth, and when he saw that the Eighth Metropolitan Prison finally came back, he was already glad in his heart, and he was still in charge. So he added a section to the memoranda, "Only Wang Yi, the commander of the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou, led his troops to fight back bravely, and the thieves and soldiers withdrew safely." "It's a little bit of face for this operation.

Although Lei Ze is a large county, there are suddenly more than 20,000 people to eat and drink, and the treasury is swept away within a few days. Tong Guan immediately sent people to nearby Jeju, Puzhou, Xingrenfu, Guangjijun and other places to urge food.

Yuncheng County also received the document urging food, and Shi Wenbin, the county magistrate, sat quietly in the back office, holding the official document in his hand, but his eyes were staring at the front in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. Since the beginning of this year, there have been several major battles between Liangshan Manor and the imperial court, and as the lord of a county, he is naturally very clear. However, the battle in the western suburbs of the county a few days ago completely subverted his impression of Liangshan.

Originally, in Shi Wenbin's view, although Liangshan Manor has a certain strength, but no matter how good it is, it is just an island, the previous two victories over the officers and soldiers, in his opinion, one is a small number of officers and soldiers, and the other is not well understood about Liangshan, and there are some luck elements to be able to win. This time, the imperial court sent 100,000 troops, and the privy envoy personally led the army, he thought that Liangshan would be defeated, so he was very worried about Gu Haotian's situation before. Since the two met in Jeju, they are now very close friends, and although he has heard of what Yangsan Manor has done before, he has only turned a blind eye to it

When not knowing. But this time when it was a matter of life and death, he couldn't help but worry, when he received the official document from the imperial court, he had intentionally or unintentionally revealed this matter to Zhu Tong, because he knew his relationship with the people of Liangshan very well.

But the outcome of the matter was completely unexpected by Shi Wenbin, the 100,000 troops of the imperial court were defeated in the western suburbs of the county seat, that is, under his nose. How much strength do Liangshan Manor and Gu Haotian have? For the past two days, he has been thinking about this question in his heart: If he can defeat 100,000 officers and soldiers, then wouldn't they also have considerable strength. When he thought of this at that time, he was taken aback by his own speculation, 100,000 soldiers and horses! Could it be that Gu Haotian really wants to rebel! So when he received Tong Guan's food reminder document, he was a little hesitant, because deep down he was still faintly looking for his friend.

"Sir, someone from outside has sent a letter."

Just when Wen Bin was stunned, someone came in to report. He took the letter and looked at it, but saw that there were only a few lines of chat, and he saw that it was written:

Jeju farewell, I haven't seen it for several years, and I look forward to seeing it tonight when I see it in the ten miles of chrysanthemum room, and I don't have it.

But who did the boring thing! Shi Wenbin looked at the headless and annoying letter, and was about to put it down casually, but suddenly thought of something, quickly opened the letter again, and then read it again word by word, and immediately looked up and asked the next person:

"The messenger is there?"

"I was gone."

"Hurry up and prepare the sedan car."

When Shi Wenbin saw that it was already evening, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare a sedan chair and immediately rushed to Shilixiang.

Shilixiang Restaurant, since the confrontation between Gu Haotian and the imperial court, there is a change of owner here, and the new one is called Cao Zheng, which is said to be from Tokyo. But Shi Wenbin knew very well in his heart that this person must be a person from Liangshan Manor, but because of his personal relationship with Gu Haotian, he didn't want to investigate deeply.

When he hurried to Shilixiang, it was the beginning of Youshi, Shi Wenbin entered the lobby of the restaurant, and saw the new shopkeeper standing behind the counter.

"How can Lord Shi have time to come to the shop, whether it is to meet customers or dine?"

When the shopkeeper saw the county master coming, he immediately greeted him warmly.

"In the private room of your building's 'chrysanthemum', it's an old man who orders dinner tonight!"

"Oh! Be! Be! Be! It was set by an old gentleman, but now he is in the private room, but the adults are looking for him? ”

When the shopkeeper asked, he looked suddenly enlightened, and then led the way in front of him.

The private rooms of Shilixiang are all designed by Gu Haotian according to the style of the later hotels, and the private rooms with the "chrysanthemum" name are in the innermost room on the third floor. When Shi Wenbin arrived at the door, he saw that the door was open, he knocked lightly, and heard a familiar voice coming from inside.

"It's Wen Bin, right!"

When Shi Wenbin heard this, he had no doubts in his heart, he slowly pushed the door in, and saw a spirited old man sitting on the chair by the window, it was his former boss Uncle Zhang. He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and asked in surprise:

"When did the adults arrive in Yuncheng, why didn't they come to the county office to find students, but why did they come here?"

"Wen Bin sit down first, this matter is a long story, in fact, the old man is not going to look for you, but he is afraid of affecting you!"

What happened to Uncle Zhang after he left Jeju at night, Shi Wenbin didn't know, he would hear him say this, and suddenly felt that it was unusual, and was about to ask, but saw that he had already taken the initiative to say it.

"The old man's life, it is said that Haotian saved it, otherwise it would have been early

Evening at Salmon Island to feed the fish. ”

Uncle Zhang looked at Shi Wenbin, who was surprised, and told him about his experience of leaving Jeju and going to Salmon Island.

"How can this court treat adults like this, Tong Guan's guy is really hateful!" Shi Wenbin was angry after hearing this, but said again, "Isn't that Haotian ......?"

"Wen Bin is probably asking Haotian how dare to attack the yamen of the imperial court, right?"

Uncle Zhang looked at Shi Wenbin, who was still talking, and smiled slightly, but said lightly:

"Wen Bin has been in Yuncheng for many years, and he should have heard of Haotian's actions, he even dared to enter the Daimyo's Mansion, and he would care about a small Shamen Island! Didn't even that invincible Tong Shumi, suffer a great loss in your jurisdiction two days ago? ”

"Then the lord is also in Haotian's manor now?"

Could this old man also be Gu Haotian's person, Shi Wenbin immediately thought of a possibility, but he didn't dare to say it explicitly, so he asked implicitly.

"If the old man doesn't go to Liangshan Manor, he can only go back to Shamen Island, but that place has also been destroyed by Haotian and can't go back!"

Uncle Zhang smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said:

"Wen Bin must be asking me if I support Haotian's approach, the old man has been loyal to the Chai family for decades, and he shouldn't have betrayed his old age, but this court is too disappointing, my death is small, but seeing that the building is about to fall, the people of the world will suffer, I can't bear it! So he supports Haotian because he is working hard to find a way out for the people of our Han family. Do you know why he attacked Salmon Island? However, he wanted to use those islands off the coast of Dengzhou as a springboard to attack the rear of the Jurchens and slow down their southward invasion. It's a pity that none of the princes in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty have such a vision, but they are still chasing after what kind of Lianjin to destroy Liao, the old man is already desperate for this court! ”

Shi Wenbin listened to Uncle Zhang's emotion, but he was silent, as his former subordinate, he knew this person's character very well, and now even he was forced to go to Liangshan, what is the future of this court, after a long time, he asked:

"What are you doing here?"

"Two things. One is for Wenbin you, Tong Guan was defeated in Yuncheng, if you can return to the dynasty, then you, the local parents, sit and watch Liangshan do a big success, at least it is a crime of negligence, and there are many things such as the birth gang before, and the disaster is in front of you! Second, for Haotian, Tong Guan is entrenched in Lei Ze and does not go, the size is also a hidden danger, although it is not difficult to get rid of it, but it is best if you can use ingenuity. ”

Zhang Shuye only talked about half of the second matter, but Shi Wenbin already understood what he meant, this was to ask him to make a choice between Liangshan and the imperial court. This time he didn't hesitate too much, because the next situation, the person in front of him had already explained it very clearly, so he said:

"Tong Guan sent a message in the morning, ordering Yuncheng County to raise 3,000 stones of grain and send it to Lei Ze as soon as possible."

When Uncle Zhang saw that Wenbin told this secret at night, he immediately understood that he had made a choice, although he had expected it before, but when he heard it with his own ears, he was still very relieved, and said at the moment:

"So good! Presumably, they will be useful in this matter. It's just that if you need to help secretly from the county government at that time, you have to let Wen Bin bother. ”

"It's okay, it's just that this matter must be done as soon as possible, if Haotian has the plan to inform me earlier, it is better to arrange it calmly."

Uncle Zhang said at night, and he didn't avoid suspicion, so he immediately called Cao Zheng and immediately sent him the information to Liangshan.

The two reunited after a long absence, and at this time they had the same heart, and they were in a good mood for a while, so they called for the wine and food to drink slowly, and drank happily.

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