One night at the end of June, the majestic city wall stood quietly under the galaxy, and the torches reflected the newly replaced Yuan flag in the night wind. The red of a house on the south side of the city had not yet faded, and the man with his broken legs wailed in the arms of an old man named Han Fu, and sighed as he watched the procession of torches like a long dragon leave from the gate of the mansion.

The night was slightly cool, and the 'accident' that happened in the Korean house in the south of the city was passed to the new owner of the city, the study was lit with warm yellow candles, and the long and majestic figure behind the long case was frowning and looking at the news in his hand.

“…… Han Fu was humiliated, and his son's legs were broken, I'm afraid it's Yuantu's plan, right? We have just sat in Jizhou, and the people's hearts have not yet stabilized, so we are in a hurry. ”

Under the bronze lamppost on the left, a figure dressed as a scribe came out, about forty years old, with a long beard on the chin, a short mustache on the upper lip, thin eyebrows and long eyes, a thin and slender figure, named Feng Ji, and Yuan Tu is his character. stepped forward and arched his hand: "The lord is very worried, but don't be careless, although Han Fu gave up Jizhou, his subordinates such as Geng Wu, Min Chun and others will definitely not be willing, the lord does not want to harm his life, Ji has to instigate the sergeant to bully, let Han Fu leave Jizhou on his own, not only to fulfill the benevolence of the lord not to kill, but also to completely cut off the idea of people with different intentions." ”

The sound of banging outside the house passed. Yuan Shao just snorted, tapped his fingers on a few cases, pondered for a moment, and slowly smiled and said: "...... What Yuan Tu is worried about is what I am worried about, killing him has prestige, so if Han Fu asks for his life tomorrow and leaves...... Just let him go, if you stay here, maybe you will die suddenly one day, wouldn't it make the people of Jizhou think that I, Yuan Shao, am a person who is easy to kill. ”

The moment the words stopped, the figure looking at the candle flame turned his gaze slightly, and added: "What is the name of the person who came to bully Han Fu?" ”

"Hui Lord, called Zhu Han, was originally engaged in Han Fu's subordinates, because he was not welcomed, this matter lost his power, so he came to the door to do this, this person probably also had the idea of pleasing the lord."

His fingers flicked on his robe, and he got up and walked out of the long case: "Someone killed him...... The head is hung on the city gate, and a notice is posted by the way. ”

"Yes."

Feng Ji bowed down to let the figure that came over, the reason why Yuan Shao wanted to kill that person, he naturally understood in his heart, this is to tell everyone in Jizhou that he Yuan Shao is also the master of Zhi'en and Ming Law, not a sinister villain.

His thoughts drifted for a moment, and he walked outside the house with the figure in front of him, and the voice in front of him was just saying, "It's late at night, so I'll be here ......today." Under the eaves on the other side, the servant of the house hurriedly walked over and presented a roll of cloth. Yuan Shaoli opened, carefully read the content above, and frowned again.

It was bad news from the north.

“…… What's the matter with the lord? Feng Ji stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

After he finished speaking, over there, Yuan Shao handed the cloth to the scribe, and his voice became low: "See for yourself." Then he waved his hand to let the servant leave, and walked under the eaves with his hands behind his back. Feng Ji in the back swept the handwriting, frowned, and twisted his beard in thought.

On June 15, the Montenegrin thieves attacked the villages and towns near Quyang in Zhongshan Kingdom, slaughtered more than 300 people surnamed Zhao, Wang, and Li, opened granaries and distributed them to the people.

On June 18, the southbound Tang was attacked by Montenegrin thieves, who spared the city and left, plundered the surrounding wealthy households, and scattered wealth among the people.

On June 23, Lingshou County discovered the traces of the Black Mountain thieves, who had fled eastward.

……

Between the lines, most of the black mountain thieves are recorded along the way, and some of them sent troops to fight the thieves, but they were easily got rid of by the other party, or they were beaten and walked by the other party, and they were dragged into a formation, and then they were cut off by this group of thieves, and the killing was defeated and dispersed.

Here, the hem swayed slightly, walked for a while, stopped, Yuan Shao turned his head to look at the figure behind him.

"What do you think about the metagraph?"

"There are a lot of doubts." Feng Ji retracted his gaze from the cloth silk and stepped forward: "Black Mountain is on the west side of Yecheng, and its Zhang Yanji has also heard of it a little, unlike his style, it is similar to Yu Poison in Lugu Mountain, but it is impossible for this person to bypass Chaoge and Dangyin to go to Zhongshan Country two hundred miles away, unless he doesn't want his Lugu Mountain." ”

The night breeze blew the lanterns under the eaves, Yuan Shao frowned, and his hands behind his back clenched: "So, Zhongshan is another bandit?" What a guts......"

"Lord, this matter still needs to be carefully considered, the other party probably saw that the lord had just grasped Jizhou and wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, or it was really a plan set up by Zhang Yan and others to divert the tiger from the mountain!"

"Huh?" Yuan Shao squinted his eyes slightly and took two steps: "What's the solution?" ”

Feng Ji Fusu said: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Montenegro, when the country is not in chaos, they dare not go out of the mountain, now that the peace has passed, Zhang Yan must have an idea in his heart, deliberately killing a hundred miles away, leading the lord's army over, and then sneaking up on Yecheng." ”

"It's possible ......"

Yuan Shao thought for a while, and then nodded: "Zhang Yan deliberately provoked me like this, how could I enter his urn at will, at the moment, it is still stable Jizhou, and Zhongshan sent Yan Liang and Gao Lan to ride over to expel him." ”

"That's true, as long as you chase these three black mountain thieves, there is no chance to do anything about it, and they will soon retreat."

After a while, the two of them chatted for a while as they walked, and the scribe took his leave. This night is the end of June of the first year of the first peace, half a month since the bandits of Zhongshan country raged, only to report to Yecheng at this time, I thought it was just ordinary bandits, the cities can deal with it, but the other party is not entangled with the soldiers, just far away riding and shooting, and then left, continue to cause robbery and destruction along the way, in half a month, there are more than 20 families who were slaughtered and robbed, and there were four or five hundred casualties.

It was impossible to cover it up, so it was delayed until it was sent to Yecheng today, and on the night when Yuan Shao and Feng Ji were separated, the three crazy black mountain thieves who crisscrossed the Zhongshan Kingdom made a move that made the family even more frightened.

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At the end of June, in the north, Zhongshan Wuji County, a heavy rain fell sharply at night, covering people's field of vision, and the clouds in the sky flashed and thundered a miserable white cold light.

"It's a good time for this rain, it's so damn cool......" The horse's hooves circled and stepped on the stagnant water, and the horse's fingers brushed the blade and drooped down, and the rain dripped from the tip of the knife to the ground.

Lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating behind him, and hundreds of horsemen stood silently in the heavy rain, like a bottle of gray stone statue, and the scimitar headed in the middle slowly pulled out, pointing to a house not far away, which was the big mansion placed outside by the gentry in the city, and he didn't recognize the word Zhen on the door plaque.

"Ready to break down—" The rain swept across the corners of his eyes, and Gongsun Zhi opened his lips.

Arrows shoot into the sky.