The fighting in Didao City continued, and the Qiang soldiers and horses who had captured many city gates poured into the city like a tide, drowning the Longxi soldiers little by little.

Li Piao, who was traumatized, finally ignited a fire in his house, and then retreated to the pavilion of the mansion step by step.

"That woman's most vicious curse is about to be fulfilled!"

Looking at the portraits of the ancestors of the Li family hanging in the attic, the hideous Li Biao smiled miserably.

He thought of the curse loudly issued by his wife who died of hunger strike, he thought of Han Sui, Yan Xing, Jia Xu, Ma Chao and others, and he thought of the past and the present.

In front of the opportunity of the resurgence of the storm in this cool land, there is still him who is full of ambition, but he wants to take the Li family in Longxi into the abyss of destruction.

How could he not hate this in his heart!

The ancestors of the past dynasties, Li Xin, Li Guang and others looked at him silently, in the past silk paintings, they were either wearing armor and pressing swords, or bending bows and drinking feathers, all of them looked solemn and restrained, and they could not see a little change in emotion, but at this moment they all looked at Li Biao with deep meaning, and they wanted to stop talking.

The sound of the fight is getting closer and closer, and the vicious tongue of fire is about to lick into the pavilion.

Li Biao raised the broken sword with his left hand in pain, and muttered:

"The family is really a good soldier, it's a pity, it's a pity that this good sword is a pity!"

After saying that, he leaned his back against the pillar, his eyes widened, and he resolutely slashed the blood in his neck with his broken sword, and watched his blood gush out······

···

"Lord, Li Biao fled to a high-rise building and set himself on fire!"

Cheng Gongying hurriedly trotted in front of Han Sui and said loudly.

After hearing Cheng Gongying's words, Han Sui, who rode into the city, looked at the sky-high fire of the Taishou Mansion not far away, his pale lips moved for a long time, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

In the end, Han Sui chose to dismount. It's just that he turned over and left the horse, he stumbled on the ground, his legs were weak, and he was almost about to fall, but fortunately, Cheng Gongying next to him was quick and held him steadily, so that the old man who was already full of white hair did not make a mistake in front of people.

"A-Ying."

Cheng Gongying felt that the strength in his arm was increasing, he hurriedly responded, and heard Han Sui's aging voice repeating:

"Don't spare a person, no one."

“。。。 Promise. ”

Cheng Gongying didn't know what to say, so he could only bow his head and promise.

He knew that this time Han Sui dragged his sick body out of Qiangzhong, just to burn the flame of revenge, if he missed this opportunity, he didn't know if he could get out of Qiangzhong again, in terms of success or failure, it didn't matter to him, he only knew that if he didn't take revenge now, there would be no Han family to take revenge.

···

The fall of Di Dao and the death of Li Biao were sent by fast horses to the Liangzhou Thorn Shi Mansion in Ji County, Hanyang in the evening of the next day.

Peng Shi Pang Shu, who was on duty in the Cao House in the palace, was shocked when he received the military report, and he hurried to the inner courtyard, preparing to report this big matter to the envoy.

Head-on, he ran into Xue Xia, the master bookkeeper, at the gate of the courtyard.

Jia Xu's governance of Liangzhou is also inseparable from the support of the Liangzhou clan, and the talents of the Jiang, Yan, Ren, Zhao and other clans are either expelled by the general's mansion or become officials of the state and county.

It's just that in some things, Jia Tingshi deliberately balances the big clans in Liangzhou, such as eliminating Xue Xia, a scholar who is not liked by the Hanyang clan, as the chief bookkeeper.

"Ziyi, what's the hurry?"

Xue Xia was holding a stack of official documents in his hand, but he still stopped Pang Yu's footsteps with a smile.

Seeing that it was Xue Xia who asked the question personally, Pang Yu knew that Jia Xu trusted him a lot, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he stopped his hurried steps and whispered to Xue Xia in a low voice.

"Master Xue, something big happened in Longxi, Di Dao fell, and Li Taishou has died in battle!"

"Oh, that's it." When Xue Xia learned about it, he couldn't help but sigh, but his face quickly calmed down, looking at Pang Yu, who was in a hurry and wanted to say goodbye to him, he smiled and stopped him again.

"Ziyi, the envoy has been tired of dealing with a lot of government affairs during the day, and he has just stayed at the rest meeting, so let's wait for him to wake up, and then report it!"

"Master Xue!"

Pang Yu's eyes widened, but he immediately lowered his voice again.

"Do you know that Longxi has fallen, the rebellion is huge, Nan'an is in danger, and Hanyang is in danger!"

"Of course I do."

"Then you're—"

Looking at Pang Yu, whose face was excited and wanted to speak, Xue Xia smiled, stroked his beard and asked:

"You should know what the envoy is best at?"

"This..."

Pang Shu's Adam's apple rolled, but he didn't know how to answer. He knew that this monarch was famous in Liangzhou, his talent was slightly outstanding, he encountered troubled times, sought the country and his life, and went through many masters without falling, but he was more and more relied on by the monarch.

Xue Xia shook his head, he knew that Pang Yu couldn't answer.

"What the envoy is best at is the art of war!"

···

Yecheng, a certain house.

"I can't imagine that Zihua is also good at this!"

Xu Fan was quite surprised to see Liu Zhi throwing two of the three arrows and only one arrow being missed, although the middle-aged wealthy businessman Liu Zhi, a middle-aged wealthy businessman who traveled to and from Hebei and many places outside the Saiwai, often amazed him with the horse treasures he gave him on weekdays, but the sudden appearance of this hand today really surprised him.

Liu Zhi, who was older and fat-headed, didn't care about Xu Fan's title, he showed a harmless smile from humans and animals, and said humbly, and said to Xu Fan, the second son of Xu You, an important staff member of Yuan Shao's side, and said:

"It's just a fluke in the next place, where can it be compared to the gentleman's three shots and three hits, this is a magic skill!"

"Hahaha." Xu Fan laughed when he heard this, he nodded, he was very confident in his pot-throwing skills, waved his hand, and proudly returned to his seat and sat down.

Liu Zhi also sat down with a smile, and toasted Xu Fan with a smile.

Xu Fan looked at Liu Zhi's smiling face, and laughed again, and the comer did not refuse, and drank a few glasses of wine in a row, and his swollen head also turned around.

In the troubled times, ordinary business routes are cut off, but people who are good at seizing opportunities can often make a hundred times more profits, and Liu Zhi, a wealthy businessman in front of him, is one of them.

It's just that when the tree is big, it will inevitably attract wind, and Liu Zhi, who is good at drilling, also needs to be taken care of by friends in the public gate, and he climbed up to himself by chance.

Although Xu Fan has not yet come out, his father Xu You is an important staff member of the General's Mansion, and he still has some power in his hands that can be convenient with others.

Moreover, the Xu family is no better than the Fu family and the trial family, which have deep roots in Hebei, but they are scholars from other states, and they can't interfere in many forbidden areas, and if they want to run the family business, most of the time they need to have new financial resources.

It is precisely because of this relationship of mutual needs that two people with very different positions can sit together and drink and throw pots so happily.

Xu Fan squinted his eyes, looked at the wine in the cup, and asked leisurely:

"Zihua, can the business journey be smooth recently?"

Liu Zhi smiled and replied repeatedly:

"Thanks to the gentleman's official documents, the trade routes to the north were unimpeded, and because of the attack of the Xianbei Kebineng tribe outside the Saiwai, the goods brought by the caravan were very sought-after. During this time, the north-south movement of goods was like, like the wheels of a horse-drawn carriage. ”

"Haha. It's also interesting to compare yours. Xu Fan smiled, but he seemed to think of something again, and immediately restrained his smile.

"You and I have known each other for a long time, and we should know some rules. It is one thing to be unimpeded and the goods are in rotation, and it is another thing to carry prohibited items out of the jam privately. Don't be afraid, if something happens, and then ask to come to the door, then don't blame my Xu family for turning their faces and not recognizing people. ”

Smuggling pig iron armor is a big crime, and it is also strictly forbidden in the border county, and the Hu tribe outside the Saiwai tribe is attacking, and these forbidden items must be in urgent need, Xu Fan does not dare to guarantee that a wealthy businessman like Liu Zhi will not take risks under the lure of huge profits, so in order to avoid the Xu family being dragged into the quagmire by the merchants who are full of copper smell at that time, they have to beat it appropriately.

Liu Zhi saw Xu Fan's serious tone, but he didn't dare to laugh anymore, and immediately swore and promised:

"Even if you have the courage to do such a disaster, you don't dare to do such a disaster. The gentleman could rest assured that most of the goods in the caravan were silk and other goods, and there were no contraband items such as pig iron, bows, armor, and swords. ”

Xu Fan sneered and nodded. The businessman pursues profits, and he also values interests, and he doesn't ask Liu Zhi to really clean his hands and feet, as long as there is no disaster of a large amount of ordnance and pig iron coming out of the jam, he glanced at Liu Zhi who was trembling again, and asked:

"I heard that the Xianbei people outside the Saiwai do not accept the king, drink blood, and use animal skins to keep out the cold, how can they also like the silk of the Han land?"

"Hehe, gentleman, I don't know anything." Liu Zhi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained to Xu Fan with a smile.

"The climate on the grassland changes more drastically, and the underwear made of silk is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is most pleasing to those Hu chiefs and nobles. And this time, the Kebineng tribe urgently needed a large amount of silk, not for daily life, but for war. ”

"Oh, could it be that the Xianbei Hu people also know how to fight the flag? But even to make a banner, you don't need a lot of silk. ”

"Gentleman, the Xianbei people need silk to make soldiers' battle clothes."

"Suits? The Hu people don't use their leather armor, but also use the silk of the Han land, can that silk thing still be able to block the sword soldiers? ”

The more Xu Fan listened, the more suspicious he became, and he sneered again and again.

Liu Zhi was not dissatisfied, and continued to explain:

"The gentleman clearly saw that the Hu people attacked, and rode more to attack and kill, and this leather and silk had two uses. Although the silk of the Han land can not resist the sword soldiers like leather, it can allow the knight who is hit by the arrow to reduce the damage of the arrow cluster into the body, you know, the Hu tribe only has the magic of medicine, and many soldiers in the Hu tribe in the past were killed by this small arrow wound. ”

As he spoke, Liu Zhi picked up a handkerchief made of silk in one hand and a delicate silver chopstick in the other, simulating the simple process of arrows entering the body and being wrapped in fine silk.