Just when the Heshuo Forbidden Army was in full swing training, the 20,000 Western Army finally arrived in Mozhou City.

The commander of the leading Western Army is Tong Guan's confidant Liu Yanqing, and the deputy commander Wang Yu.

Although there were only 20,000, they were elite, including the 3,000 white soldiers commanded by Yang Keshi. And Han Shizhong and Luda are the generals named by Zhao Hao to participate, and they also came with the army.

As the most elite division of the Great Song Dynasty, the arrival of the Western Army also reassured the high-level generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army. The Western Army fought with the Tangut people all year round, and its combat experience and combat effectiveness were by no means comparable to other forbidden armies. Moreover, almost all the high-level generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army have more or less backgrounds in the Western Army, including Tong Guan, Brother Dao and Yang Weizhong, and even Zhao Hao has this inextricable relationship with the Western Army. More importantly, whether it is the Heshuo Forbidden Army or the Jingshi Forbidden Army, they are mainly foot soldiers, and the cavalry adds up to less than 1,000 people, and the arrival of 3,000 Baiqi soldiers undoubtedly greatly makes up for this shortcoming.

As soon as the Western Army arrived, it sent troops to Xiongzhou, and the time for the army to go north was getting closer and closer.

At this time, Zhang Di, the eunuch of the official Zhao Ji, led more than 100 personal officials to come to Mozhou with a holy decree.

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Drive, drive, drive!

In the territory of Hejian Province, a team of men and horses galloped over, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust, and in the blink of an eye, it was hundreds of steps away.

About thirty or forty horsemen, all dressed in red cloaks, red official robes, long swords hanging from their waists, and masks on their faces to protect them from dust, were obviously from afar.

In the middle of the crowd, a carriage with gold and jade ornaments is clustered, and two white horses more than seven feet tall are pulling the cart in front, showing the extraordinary identity of the people in the car. And behind the carriage, there were two more fierce riders, waving a dark yellow flag and a dark green embroidered flag.

The two big flags hunted in the wind, and when you looked closely, you could see the yellow flag, the faintly exposed golden scale dragon claws, and a dark green flag next to it was unfolded, and there was a "Zhang" word on it.

The curtain of the car was lifted, revealing a dry face, and the cloudy triangular eyes showed a hint of tiredness, and he looked up at the sky, followed by a voice like a duck voice: "Where is this?" ”

Someone on the side hurriedly replied: "Father-in-law, more than 40 miles ahead is Hejian City, you can enter the city before sunset." ”

Orchid pointed to it: "Since I have arrived at the river, I am not in a hurry, I will find a shop in front of me to play and rest by the way." ”

The curtain was lowered, and the man was hidden in the carriage again.

The person who came was Zhao Ji's messenger, and he was also one of Zhao Ji's confidants and eunuchs, surnamed Zhang Mingdi.

This Zhang Di is in his forties, he has been in the palace since he was a child, and he followed Zhao Ji when he was still the king of Duan, and it can be said that he grew up with Zhao Ji, although the grade is not high, but he is deeply favored by Zhao Ji. On that day, Zhao Hao ordered Jinyiwei to pretend to be Zhao Fujin's messenger eunuch, which was to pretend to be this Zhang Di, so Cai Hao was convinced and deceived.

Zhang Di was worried that when he arrived in Mozhou, Tong Guan and Zhao Hao had already set off, so they didn't dare to delay along the way. The group went out of the capital, all the way to the horse, hurried slowly, and finally arrived at the boundary of Hejian Province six days later, and saw that it was not far from Mozhou.

About more than ten miles, it is really a wish, there is a small shop in front of the inn, a long bamboo pole, obliquely stretched out, holding a big "wine" word.

When everyone saw the restaurant in the distance, they couldn't help but be in high spirits, and urged the horses under their crotches again and again to fly forward.

The shop is on the side of the official road, but there are three or four side rooms, and there is a tent at the door, and there are many tables, and it is estimated that it is not a problem to sit forty or fifty people, but the business does not seem to be good, and the front door is extremely cold.

A little lady dressed in red, with a few flowers on her head, sat diagonally on the threshold, leaning against the door frame and dozing.

Xi Yu Yu~

The horsemen stopped at the door, and the neighing of the horses came and went, waking up the sleepy little lady suddenly.

"Yo~ Officials, stay in a hotel or eat?"

When the little lady saw so many guests coming, her eyes lit up, and she greeted her like a butterfly, and her voice was as sweet as honey.

Looking closely, it can be seen that although the little lady is dressed rustic, her eyebrows are picturesque, her face is like a peach blossom, especially the waist is soft and thin like a water snake, and her chest is towering.

Unexpectedly, in this desolate place, there is such a bright little girl, and everyone can't help but think about it.

It's just a pity that their leader is a eunuch, and he doesn't eat this set, so he slowly got out of the carriage, and sat down at a table in the middle of the big horse golden knife, and glanced at the little lady with disdain, and the orchid pointed at it: "What good food and wine, even if it is served, you must pay for it." ”

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats...... Little two, hurry up and die for Lao Tzu and serve all the officials! The little lady smiled and threw a wink at the officials, and turned back to the store and shouted.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

With a burst of response, four or five sturdy men with the appearance of a little second came out of the store, some brought water to feed the horses, some brought stools to beckon everyone to sit down, and some brought tea and tea bowls, and they were very busy.

In a short time, eight or nine tables were filled with all kinds of dishes, including cooked mutton, donkey meat, and steaming steamed buns.

Zhang Di looked at the dishes on the table and slapped the table: "Shopkeeper, roll over to our house!" ”

The little lady of the female shopkeeper saw that the guests were angry, so she hurriedly ran over and asked with a smile: "Guest officer, but the meat and vegetables are not fresh?" ”

Zhang Di was dumbfounded: "There is no wine, what kind of bird shop is opened?" ”

The little lady hurriedly said: "Ouch, the guest officer misunderstood, the wine in our store is good wine, but the stamina is too strong, thinking that the officials have to hurry, so I don't dare to serve it." ”

Zhang Di laughed coldly: "We haven't eaten any wine, even if it is served, if it is sour, it will smash your shop?" ”

Where did the little lady in red dare to say anything, so she had to turn around and shout: "Xiao Er, serve wine to the guest officer!" ”

With a burst of response, a few juniors brought out seven or eight jars of wine from it, carefully placed them on the table, and did not forget to advise: "Guest officers, this wine is very strong, don't be greedy for a cup." ”

Zhang Di looked at the wine jar in front of him, and saw that the mud seal at the mouth of the altar was intact and all the old mud, nodded slightly, and immediately asked people to pat open the mud seal, pour a bowl of wine, and raise his hand to beckon the shopkeeper lady: "Shopkeeper, come and drink a bowl with our family." ”

The little lady walked over cautiously with a smiling face, and said coquettishly: "This guest officer, the slave family doesn't drink a drop of wine." ”

The surrounding officials all shouted: "Our adults told you to drink, you just drink, what are you instigating, could it be that the wine is poisoned?" ”

The little lady had a bitter face and pouted: "The guest officials are making fun of it, the slave family is doing serious business, and they dare not go down to the heads of the officials if they are poisoned, since this is the case, the slave family will give up their lives to accompany the gentleman." ”

After speaking, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, and then he was choked and coughed, and kept patting his chest.

Everyone laughed: "The wine seller doesn't drink, but it's funny, haha......"

That Zhang Di was still not at ease, and when the little lady finished coughing, she pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "Just eat a bite of everything." ”

The little lady had no choice but to stuff a handful of each dish into her mouth and eat it, and she also ate half a bun.

No matter what the crowd was, they drank happily over the steaming food and drink.

Just when everyone was staggering, that Zhang Di suddenly felt that the sky was spinning in his head, his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he raised his hand, wanting to say something, but he fell on the table.

"There is poison in the food and drink...... someone shouted.

Before the words fell, a large area fell around.

The little two changed their cautious appearance, and a sly smile appeared on their faces, pointing at the relatives and officials and laughing: "Pour, pour, pour ......"

After a while, all the relatives and officials fell down one after another, and none of them were spared.

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I don't know how long it took for someone to wake up leisurely, except for Zhang Di who fell to the ground and all the relatives and officials, there was no one around.

The official who woke up first finally came back to his senses, hurriedly brought out a bucket of water from the store, and woke everyone up one by one, and finally Zhang Di also woke up leisurely.

At this time, the red sun is already in the west, and night is about to fall.

Everyone saw that all their horses had been taken away, and even Zhang Di's carriage was taken away.

When I looked at the store again, it was empty, and the shopkeeper and the little two had long since disappeared.

When I touched myself, I found that all the money and belongings on my body had been hollowed out, and I couldn't help but scold them one by one.

Zhang Di touched his body, and suddenly his face changed: "The holy decree is gone!" ”

Everyone was stunned one by one.

It's good that the horses and money are gone, so I'll spend the night at this shop tonight, and I'll go back tomorrow. Thirty miles of road, walking for more than half a day, can always go to Hejian City to find the city officials to help solve the problem.

The problem is that the holy decree is gone, but there is no way, that Tong Guan and Zhao Hao are both first- and second-grade officials, but I don't believe your Zhang Dichuan's dictation.

Zhang Di only felt that he had a splitting headache, and he ran all the way over, but he ran in vain, and he hated so much that he scolded the ancestors of the eighteen generations of those strong people who overturned them.

Things have come to this point, but there is no choice but to go to Hejian City tomorrow, and then find a way to find a carriage and horse to return to Beijing, and find an official family to ask for another holy decree.

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The next day, when Zhang Di and the others were scolding the thieves all the way and trekking all the way to Hejian City, Fang Baihua had already led the brocade guards to Mozhou City.

The golden scroll holy decree was placed on the bookcase in front of Zhao Hao, spread out evenly.

Zhao Hao read the holy decree carefully, and couldn't help but feel angry. Obviously, as long as this holy decree reaches Mozhou City, he, Zhao Hao, will be almost deprived of his military power in public, and it will be very difficult to do it.

If you only manipulate behind the scenes and push Tong Guan to the front, after all, it is not as good as the effect of your own personal command; If he forcibly controls the situation himself, it will inevitably arouse the opposition of other generals, and there will inevitably be many resistances.

Fortunately, the eunuchs in the palace, some people were also developed into Jinyi Guard, and the news came out from the palace, Zhao Hao hurriedly sent Fang Baihua to personally lead people to Hejian Mansion, and Jinyi Wei had to pass the news along the way, and finally intercepted the holy decree.

He closed the scroll, poured oil on it, and lit it, and soon it burned to ashes.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes full of murder.

Cai You and Cai Mao, two traitors, are not good at rectifying themselves, and they can really jump to the sky.