Zhang Xian said goodbye from Wang Yuyao's room, half-dreamed and half-woke up overnight, and in the dream he and Wang Yuyao had a lover and finally became a family, living a beautiful and happy life, but one day, Wang Yuyao suddenly disappeared, and Zhang Xian couldn't find it no matter how hard he tried. When he woke up early the next morning, Zhang Xian found that his pillow was wet, could it be that he was crying? Zhang Xian, who couldn't remember clearly, had to eat breakfast early, but when the team was about to leave, Wang Yuyao was nowhere to be seen. Just as Zhang Xian was about to call someone to shout, the scholar Zhang Fan hurriedly ran over, holding a letter in his hand, saying that it was brought to Zhang Xian by Wang Yuyao, Zhang Xian opened the letter, and there were seven words on it, and the payment had not yet been signed:

"Show up when it's time to show up!"

Zhang Xian smiled bitterly, and it really fulfilled the dream, and it really disappeared! Ai Mu rest assured, the emperor has to continue, Zhang Xian asked Niu Da to take the lead in escorting, and strive to reach the Ezhou military camp as soon as possible, and handed over the imperial mission, everyone should go home early, seeing that success is in front of them, everyone is full of energy.

Finally, when everyone saw the Ezhou city wall and the Songzi flag fluttering on the city wall, everyone's face was filled with a cheerful smile. When the procession reached the gate of the city, it stopped, and in a moment the ox ran over, with an angry look, and said:

"My lord, a guard colonel at the gate of the city deliberately made it difficult to let him in, saying that there were Tartar spies haunted in the past two days, and all suspicious people should be strictly investigated, and they wanted to pour out the grain and grass one after another to check, and the subordinates had no choice but to come over and tell the adults!"

Where is Zhang Xian still unclear, this is clear that the doorman wants to extort bamboo and money, and said:

"Prepare twenty taels of silver, the king of Hades is good, the little ghost is difficult, I will give them in the past, more is better than less, this official will accompany you to have a look!"

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he quickly came to the city gate with a big ox, and the surrounding area was densely parked with carts and horses escorting grain and grass, stretching a mile away, he saw more than a dozen soldiers standing at the wide city gate, a small colonel wearing armor, with two small mustaches on his mouth, squinting his small eyes, and a whip in his hand. Zhang Xian saw that there was another team of escort food and salary who were intercepted like himself, densely blocked at the gate of the city, and a burly, brave and powerful man in his twenties was facing the school and said:

"This general, Jiang Yongcheng, the grain and salary officer of Lingnan Deqing Mansion, was sent by the emperor to escort the grain and grass to Ezhou, presumably the general also knows that the grain and grass in Xiangyang and Ezhou are in an emergency, if all the grain and grass are poured out for inspection, one will waste a lot, and the other is also afraid of delaying the military aircraft, the official also knows that you are in duty, please smile at this tea money, and quietly hand over a piece of twenty taels of silver as he spoke!"

With a snap, the little colonel who was guarding the door threw the silver on the ground and said bluntly:

"Damn, what are you calling Hanako? Twenty taels of silver? At the gate of this city, Lao Tzu has to give a hundred taels of silver to the top every day, and the brothers below work hard to defend the city, don't they cost money to eat and drink? I expect you to be smarter and know how to look at you, but you take twenty taels of silver to send Lao Tzu away? Today, the people who escort the grain and grass don't have a hundred taels of silver, no one should think about going over, they really have to go over and pour out all the grain and grass for inspection, otherwise, don't want to fool Lao Tzu with some bits and pieces of silver! ”

The little school was arrogant, and after scolding and scolding, he saw that the young man who reported himself Jiang Yongcheng seemed to be angry, his brows were tightly locked, his hands were clenched into fists, and he shouted loudly:

"You are a small city gate guard, don't you sit back and watch thousands of brothers starve, and it is already an exception to give you a little silver taels, but you are insatiable to make a fortune here? Could it be that military law has become a child's play in your eyes? If you don't let you go today, the official will definitely impeach you when you go back, so that you can't eat and go around!" ”

Zhang Xian couldn't help but have a good impression of the young man in front of him, he was really an upright and good man, but unfortunately, in this apocalyptic world, there are many fish and dragons, there are many loyal ministers, but there are also many traitorous ministers, if they can be reasonable, then there are no traitors in this world for a long time! The little school was beaten down by the young Jiang Yongcheng, and he also lost his temper, and shouted and scolded:

"You fucking threaten Lao Tzu, as long as you can't enter this city gate, if you can't pay the imperial mission on time, no matter what Lao Tzu thinks, you will die first! Besides, Lao Tzu is not a civil official, you impeach Lao Tzu for birds, and when the sky falls, there is a high top, and it is not the turn of Lao Tzu to be a small shrimp and a short knife! Otherwise, do you think Lao Tzu's filial piety of one hundred taels of silver a day is given in vain? ”

Before the little school could finish speaking, he heard laughter from the side:

"Hahaha, the crown prince Shaobao Lu Wende Lord Lu, the army is very strict, today someone dares to blaspheme Lord Lu's military prestige, extort the team that escorts grain and grass, this kind of thing for his own selfishness, self-isolation from the world, except for the Tartar spies, I don't think there is a Great Song sergeant today to do this kind of absurd thing that relatives and enemies are happy, such a person is not a Tartar spy and what kind of good person can be?!"

It was Zhang Xian, the grain and salary officer of Yangzhou who spoke, who walked forward with square steps, and looked at the little colonel's face with an unshavable face, and when the little colonel heard that Zhang Xian was even more unpleasant than Jiang Yongcheng's words, he even buttoned himself up with the big hat of a Tartar spy, and suddenly burst into a rage, and shouted loudly:

"Where did the little brute come from, he slandered Lao Tzu with yellow mouth and white teeth, don't say that you will give the silver today, even if you give the silver, you can't pass, you will take a beating board first, come on, give this little beast who doesn't know whether to live or die to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants him to regret what he just said!"

Jiang Yongcheng turned around and saw a heroic young man, naturally he was very grateful to Zhang Xian for standing up and speaking, but he didn't think about it, this young man spoke more hotly, but he was very angry with himself, Jiang Yongcheng walked over, hugged his fist at Zhang Xian, and said:

"Thank you for speaking up, dare to ask the honorable name?"

Zhang Xian smiled slightly, and also hugged his fists and saluted back:

"Lord Jiang is polite, the road is uneven and draws a knife to help, besides, although we are said to be a small official, but they are all officials of the imperial court, like Lord Jiang, I am Zhang Xian, the grain and salary official of Yangzhou, and I was sent by the emperor to escort the grain and grass to this point, but I didn't want to be blocked here by this Tartar spy! Seeing Lord Jiang's righteous words scolding this little man, he couldn't help but applaud Lord Jiang's festival! ”

After listening to what Zhang Xian said, Jiang Yongcheng also laughed out loud and said:

"It turned out to be Brother Zhang, listening to what Brother Zhang said, it's really happy!"

Before Jiang Yongcheng could finish speaking, the fierce and vicious guard colonel rushed over with a few soldiers and pushed Jiang Yongcheng away, but Jiang Yongcheng should also be a practitioner, standing in the middle and not moving like a mountain, but the colonel himself fell firmly, and suddenly said angrily:

"Damn, you want to die together, Lao Tzu will fulfill you, take all of them for Lao Tzu, and those who resist will be killed!"

When Zhang Xian heard that this little colonel guarding the door dared to say that he would be killed, he suddenly became angry, and said to Jiang Yongcheng:

"Lord Jiang, let me go, I want to see how this Tartar spy kills me, Niu Dameng's whole team meets the enemy!"

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, Jiang Yongcheng hugged his fist to Zhang Xian to express his gratitude, and became more curious about this young food and salary officer in his heart, and when Zhang Xianjun gave an order, he saw Niu Da waving a small flag, and in an instant, thirty family members immediately ran forward in a hurry, instantly lined up neatly, raised their spears, and every step forward, the whole team erupted into a huge sound of swish, swish, and slight, neatly and uniformly, and each family member showed an indomitable spirit of killing on his face, and then burst out of his mouth "Kill, kill, Killing the earth-shattering shouts of killing! ”

Such a private armed family, not to mention Jiang Yongcheng and others who were surprised with their mouths wide open, even the guards of the small colonel, etc., also stupidly stood in the middle and forgot what they were going to do, this small colonel himself has seen life and death in the army, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the private army of the princes and generals of one side, and the elite cavalry of the Tartars have seen it, thinking that the army in the world is just these few things, but he never thought that a small food officer, the private army under his hand has such an indomitable killing atmosphere, People who are shocked can't help but feel weak and short of breath. Now this little school has no doubt that if he really dares to say a word more, he will really have dozens of big holes in his body.

Zhang Xian stretched out his hand to signal to stop, and the whole team instantly closed their legs and feet, making three snapping sounds, and the real team was instantly established, and the team was already kept neat, as if carved out of a mold. Niu Dameng waved his hand, and three people came up, tying up the colonel, the other soldiers Ding Muran watched his boss being arrested, but he was afraid that he didn't dare to take half a step forward, even the colonel himself didn't dare to resist at all, Niu Dameng screwed the colonel in front of Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian said to the colonel:

"Now are you sure you're going to kill this official? Since you are so bold and reckless, and you are not afraid of impeachment at all, then, presumably, you have a self-righteous backstage, now you just need to say one more word, if you don't pay for it, you won't let me wait to enter the city, this official immediately burned all the grain and grass, this official wants to see which general under Lord Lu can bear this responsibility for you? ”

This small school was originally a bully of the soft and afraid of the hard, earning some black-hearted silver to live, generally these escorts of grain and grass are from afar, and they will not worry about a hundred taels of silver and their own land snakes, and the general food and salary escort officers can not afford to delay the emperor's errand, so they have to eat coptis dumbly, and they can't say their bitterness, and they think they are unlucky.

The smooth sailing Xiao Xiao has to admit that he has encountered hard stubble, just these wolf-like family members, have already scared the Xiao Xiaoxiao, if it is really as the grain officer in front of him said, really burned the grain and grass, even if his top boss is the nephew of General Lu Dewen, it is only a dead end, Xiao Xiao Xiao was shocked into a cold sweat, and immediately said:

"Zhang, Zhang, Lord Zhang, all blame the villain for having no eyes and lack of greed, the two adults please come in, the small ones don't dare to accept a penny, thousands, don't burn grain and grass, if you really delay the grain and grass in the army, the villain is a big crime of the nine clans!" After the little colonel finished speaking, he was going to kneel and kowtow to Zhang Xian.

At this moment, there was a noisy sound of people calling horses in the city, and hundreds of soldiers and horses dressed in battle armor rushed out in an instant, and the food and salary escort team of Zhang Xian and Jiang Yongcheng set up an attack formation, and in the open attack formation, rushed out a general riding a jujube red war horse, about thirty years old, although it was an honest man's national face, but his eyes scattered a sharp eyes like an eagle, and he would hold a seven-foot dragon head broadsword and shout:

"Who ate the bear's heart and leopard's guts, and dared to spread wild in the city where he would be stationed? actually tied up the captain who guarded the gate under the command of the general, and he couldn't say one, two, three, let you be the king of heaven, and you will not come back! Don't inquire, see who Lao Tzu is? ”