Sun Baigu came out of the Qianqing Palace and returned to the mansion in a daze, only to feel that his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't hear his family talking to him. From noon to evening, he shut himself up in his study, neither going out to eat nor talking to anyone. Just a man sat sullenly, reading and reading the little words he had written on the ivory hat, and whispering something from time to time.

The next day, Sun Baigu left Beijing and returned to Baoding's station. But his tinnitus is getting worse and worse, and his hearing is getting worse and worse. After staying in Baoding for a few days, the ear problem became more and more serious, and soon after, his ears were completely deaf.

At this time, the imperial court sent another decree to transfer him to the military affairs of Baoding, Shandong, and Henan, which was naturally to be able to guard against Zhang Bingzhong's rebellion. But Sun Baigu's ears were completely deaf at this time, and it was quite inconvenient to deal with things. So Sun Baigu wrote to the emperor, asking to resign from his official position and return to his hometown to recuperate on the grounds that he was seriously ill.

……

"Smack!" Emperor Chongde slammed a piece of music to the ground and scolded: "This damn thing, do you really think that the world can't do without him?" Do you really think I have to rely on him? How dare he play this game with me at this time, does he really think that I won't dare to kill him! ”

Wang Dehua stood aside with his head down, not daring to speak.

After Emperor Chongde finished scolding, he looked around, but when he saw Wang Dehua, he asked: "Wang Dehua, do you think I should kill this old horseman!" ”

Wang Dehua listened, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Long live, disposing of ministers is a major matter of the court, and the slave and maid are just eunuchs, so they don't dare to talk nonsense, but Your Majesty will make a clear decision." ”

When Emperor Chongde heard this, he smiled and said, "You are cautious. Then he said, "Send someone to see if he is pretending to be sick!" ”

……

Gucheng County, Zhang Bingzhong's mansion.

"Zhang Bingzhong, someone saw with their own eyes that those bandits entered the military camp of Zhang Kewang under you. Those bandits killed people in the street, and the crime was extremely heinous, and you dared to shield such bandits, do you want to rebel? Gucheng County Ling Ruan Zhitian pointed at Zhang Bingzhong and scolded.

"Rebellion?" Zhang Bingzhong stared at Ruan Zhitian with wide eyes like copper bells, and suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Ruan County Order, have you forgotten, what did Zhang do before?" If you mess with Lao Tzu, what good fruit can you have? Don't say it's you, it's Xiong Shanhuo, it's Yang Fei, Lao Tzu has never been afraid. What are you pretending to be here! Lao Tzu told you, if it is not peaceful today, there are more murders on the street. In Lao Tzu's barracks, there is not a single one who has not killed anyone on the street. A few people were killed on the street, what is it? Who made them incapable of going out on the streets? Besides, people kill people with their ability, you have the ability to catch them with your ability, and if you catch them, you will be ruthless! You said that they ran into Lao Tzu's military camp, how did Lao Tzu not know? You said that they entered Lao Tzu's military camp, as the saying goes, catch thieves and take stolen goods, catch traitors and take doubles. You saw them running in, why didn't you catch them? Grandma's, with empty mouths and white teeth, will come to plant Lao Tzu's spoils! ”

"Zhang Bingzhong, you are simply blind to the court! You said they weren't in your barracks, do you dare me search them? Ruan Zhitian said again.

"Phew!" Zhang Bingzhong was furious, and spit on Ruan Zhitian's face with a mouthful of saliva, "You fucking turned the sky upside down?" Lao Tzu's military camp, that is to guard against Huang Zide, you find an excuse to search Lao Tzu's military camp, are you Huang Zide's spies, want to peep at Lao Tzu's military formation? ”

This upside down sentence made Ruan Zhitian so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time, and he almost wanted to punch Zhang Bingzhong's nose. But he also knew that if he really got into a fight, he wouldn't be able to beat this thief anyway. Just as he didn't know what to do, suddenly a servant ran in and said something in Ruan Zhitian's ear, Ruan Zhitian's face immediately changed, and said, "There is still something in this county." I'll let you go today! But that's not the end of it! ”

Zhang Bingzhong also sneered: "Get out!" ”

Ruan Zhitian flicked his sleeves and went.

When Ruan Zhitian left, Zhang Bingzhong turned his head and said to Zhang Kewang who was standing beside him: "Kewang, it's Hu Yidao's dog offal that came over this time, right?" ”

"Father, it's Hu Yidao." Zhang Kewang said, "Father, what did that letter say?" ”

"Is Hu Yidao still there?" Zhang Bingzhong did not answer, but asked again.

"As soon as the letter arrived, it left." Zhang Kewang said, "They also said that they were afraid that people would find out that we had a connection with each other, which dragged down my father." ”

"!" Zhang Bingzhong scolded, "Huang Zide is the most treacherous and the most unscrupulous thing in this dog day. His letter didn't have any fart except for Lao Tzu to rebel again. Hu Yidao, this dog's day, first went to the street and killed someone, or killed a rich man, and then ran to you, deliberately drawing his eyes over, so that the court would know that we had dealings with them. Huang Zide is deliberately trying to force us to rebel. You just let Hu Yidao and let them go? Dog, leave them behind, and let Lao Tzu loosen their bones! ”

"Father, we were meant to rebel." Zhang Kewang said with a smile, "Even if they don't play this trick, the court won't be able to trust us." My son heard that now that the Tartars had withdrawn from the Great Wall, the imperial court had free up its hands and would sooner or later come against us. We really rebelled, and we can't say that we have to cooperate with Huang Zide. Now for the sake of such a breath, he humiliated his messenger, and his son felt that there was no need. If you want your son to say, you don't have to be angry in such trivial matters. As long as we remember this matter, it will not be easy to find a chance to come back in the future? No matter how cunning Huang Zide is, how can he compare with his father? ”

"Hahaha......" Zhang Bingzhong laughed happily, "Kewang, what you said is good!" That's it. If we want to get angry, we have to find an opportunity to directly pit Huang Zismu, where can we fight with a few dogs under him? That's too embarrassing, isn't it? Well, you're right! Well, by the way, you arrange some people to walk around the capital and see what is going on over there. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, my son will arrange it right away." After Zhang Kewang finished speaking, he was ready to go out. But at this moment, Zhang Bingzhong suddenly stopped him again:

"Slow, slow! What did you just say? You say that Huang Zide is cunning, how can he compare with me? You mean Lao Tzu is very treacherous? ”

……

Hu Yidao and the other three left Zhang Kewang's military camp and immediately turned north. After walking for about seven or eight miles, Huang Roll looked back, sighed and said, "The dog didn't keep up." ”

They stayed overnight from Zhang Kewang's military camp, and when they came out, Hu Yidao noticed that there were a few people looking around sneakily outside. Hu Yidao knew that these people were either the officials of Gucheng County, or the people from the family of Zeng Gongzi who killed yesterday. Hu Yidao still hasn't figured out what kind of origin this Zeng Gongzi is, but he has seen a lot of such people, most of them are local snakes and the like. This kind of family, there will always be some thugs at home, and now that they have suffered such a loss, if they don't retaliate, they are afraid that they will lose their prestige, and it will be difficult to do a lot of things in the local area in the future, so it is normal to send people to secretly watch here.

In fact, Zhang Kewang had expected this situation a long time ago, so Zhang Kewang also sent six horses to them, which meant that they should take turns running with two horses so as to get rid of those people.

Nowadays, horses are still very important to Huang Zide, who has a small number of people, so they want a knife. Of course, they also agreed to Zhang Kewang because of this, and ran as soon as possible when they went out, and didn't fight those guys. As soon as they went out, they followed, and there were quite a few of them, more than twenty of them, each with a sword and a spear, and two with bows and arrows.

Hu Yidao didn't entangle with them, just let go of the horse and ran, the two horses took turns to ride, and it didn't take long to throw these people away.

"Then let the horse rest." Hu Yidao said.

"Brother Hu," Fan An said, "Let's really stop making trouble?" ”

According to what Hu Yidao originally discussed with them, they should make more trouble, so that the court will notice that the "Shuntian King" Huang Zide and the "Eight Kings" Zhang Bingzhong are connected. Although there are many people now, in Fan An's opinion, they are all together, and they have war horses, and they will not suffer if they do it directly.

"We came out to fight the world, and we had to be trustworthy in doing things, and we took Zhang Kewang's horse, and said that if we didn't make trouble on his territory, we wouldn't make trouble on his territory." Hu Yidao said, "However, not making trouble in his territory does not mean that you will not make trouble." Another section ahead is Guanghua County, let's go to Guanghua County to get some things out and leave a name, are you afraid that the court will not understand? ”

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Ever since the news of Zhang Bingzhong's instability came, Emperor Chongde made matters concerning Zhang Bingzhong his first priority, and ordered that any news related to Zhang Bingzhong be sent to him immediately.

On this day, Emperor Chongde had just come out of the Fengxian Palace, (these days, as long as he is free, he will go to the side hall of the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the portrait of the Empress Dowager (this title is usually given to the emperor's biological mother). This unique portrait always brings him a little comfort when he feels most helpless and lonely. I saw Cao Huachun waiting outside with a few pieces of music.

"Cao Banban, what's wrong?" Emperor Chongde asked.

"Gucheng County's order has been reported, Zhang Bingzhong's reverse form has been revealed, please prepare the court as soon as possible." Cao Huachun hurriedly replied, and handed the chapter to Emperor Chongde.

Emperor Chongde took the piece and walked along, generally opening it to see. When he first looked at the previous point, he only thought that Zhang Bingzhong was over there again, but his face became more and more heavy when he looked at him.

"Smack", Emperor Chongde put the music together and said, "Let's go faster, and go back to the Qianqing Palace immediately." ”

The group hurriedly returned to the Qianqing Palace, and Emperor Chongde said, "Cao Banban, you go and invite Mr. Yang quickly." ”

Cao Huachun answered, then turned around and went out. After a while, Yang Fei and Cao Huachun rushed over, and Emperor Chongde was already very calm at this time. Yang Fei saw the ceremony, and Emperor Chongde first gave him a seat as usual, and then handed Yang Fei a piece of music. Yang Fei frowned and looked up.

"Gucheng County ordered to report that Huang Zide's bandit Hu Yidao killed people in Gucheng and Guanghua County successively. He suspected that Huang Zide and Zhang Bingzhong were colluding. Yang Fei said softly.

"Mr. Yang, do you think this news is reliable?" Emperor Chongde asked.

"It should be true. However, Zhang Bingzhong should not have promised to rebel immediately. Yang Fei replied.