Yan Ji left, and a big man in sackcloth dressed as a servant walked in.

"How's the contact with that side?" Yan Zhong asked.

The person who came lowered his head, "It is said that it has been connected with the north, but if you want to be the captain of the first army, you still need such a number" said the big black and thick hand from the depths of his sleeve.

"Understood, you go down first!"

"Yes!"

Waiting for the people to leave, Yan Zhong came to the stove and fiddled with the charcoal fire with faint blue flames inside, and with his movement, the flames suddenly spread out, and a wave of heat swept in, and Yan Zhong's face was slightly painful.

As the saying goes, the official bandit is a family, and the same merchant is also a family, as the largest horse merchant in Hedong County, how can the escort team established by itself be compared with the horse thieves who lick blood on the knife all day long, and how can the daily expenses of establishing a pure cavalry escort team of several hundred people not less than thousands of dollars.

Therefore, behind each horse dealer more or less stands a few horse thieves outside the figure, rather than funding others, why not do it yourself, just his brother does not like to do business, all day long competitive, the two hit it off, one in the management of horses, one outside the famous vertical and horizontal division, and the state of the horse thief.

With the fall of the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, the land of Hebei is all in the hands of Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, except for Gongsun Zhan, who is trapped in Yijing, and Zhang Yan, who is entrenched in the Taihang Mountains, there is no force in the four states of Hebei that can compete with Yuan Shao.

With the entry of Gao Gan into the state and the annexation of the state, the life of these horse thieves has become more and more difficult, and now Hedong has become a land of masters, and sooner or later one day they will be cleaned up, and this road of horse thieves can no longer be walked.

Hebei Yuan Shao's family is dominant, as if it is a giant existence, if you can use more than 1,000 elite horse thieves and thousands of family wealth to get a captain who leads an army, wouldn't it be much better than now, if you can take this Hedong again, Gao Gan will not look at it differently.

His son Yan Ji is fierce and aggressive, relying on brute force to gamble with others, how can Yan Zhong not know, but he is just fooling others, and after a while, who will dare to underestimate him when he leads the troops into Hedong, and the horse business in Beiqu is not all in his hands.

The dream is good, but the price is too great, and the money and food in the family are almost taken out, if it is not a problem in the usual thousands of stones, even if there is one, it cannot be given to Yang Shuo now.

As long as you hold on for a few more days, as long as the senior cadres accept them, everything will be nothing!

Beiqu County Ya, rested for a night, whether it was complexion or appearance, Jia Kui was completely new.

After breakfast, the generals gathered in the county hall.

Seeing that everyone was sitting still, without waiting for Yang Shuo to ask, Jia Kui said directly: "Beiqu horse thieves are rampant, and officials, businessmen and bandits collude with each other, and the harm is not small!" ”

Liang Dao said about the specific situation, "Yesterday, Jia Kui was arranged to go down to rest, Yang Shuo and the master father Yan found someone to inquire again, and the basic situation is almost understood, as for the deep level, it has to be investigated in depth."

"The land of Hedong has been chaotic before, Beiqu is close to the border and far away from the border and soon became the largest horse market in the generation of Bingzhou and Sili, horse dealers are all over the Central Plains, and there are hundreds of horse thieves outside the city, and there are thousands of people whose strength should not be underestimated, most of them are colluding with the big horse merchants in Beiqu, and there are castles of different sizes and a large number of guards in the city of Beiqu, all of which are owned by horse merchants in Beiqu City, rampant horse thieves, strong castles, and a large number of private guards, creating a rampant Beiqu horse merchants!"

Jia Kui said, and Dunton continued: "Dozens of Malaysian merchants in Beiqu, except for Yanjiabao, have handed over money, grain, land, tenants, etc. in accordance with the requirements I have specified, and every time I send someone to transport the money and grain to Anyi, they are robbed by horse thieves, and the bones of the escort soldiers are gone, and it is miserable to see and cannot be inquired. ”

"All the horse merchants paid as required, except for Yanjiabao, and all the goods they transported were looted by horse thieves, which was miserable?" Yang Shuo said, turning his head to look at the master father, "What did the military advisor find?" ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a problem with Yan Jiabao, but why Yan Jiabao still dares to be blatant, Yang Shuo and Jia Kui don't know why, but someone should always know, then this person is undoubtedly the master father with the highest intelligence in Yang Shuo's army.

"There is something wrong with this Yanjiabao, and it has a background that you don't know about!" The master's face was solemn, but he didn't expect that the small Beiqu County was mixed with fish and dragons, and the water was very deep.

Jia Kui suddenly interjected: "I heard that Yan Ji, the eldest son of Yan Jiabao, made a bet with someone that if he can resist and not pay the money and grain, then the best Hu girl in Beiqu City will belong to Yan Ji!" ”

"Could it be that Yan Jiabao was launched by the Beiqu Horse Merchants to test the lord?" Shi Jin tried to say.

"Yan Zhong is not so stupid, if Yan Jiabao can have today's achievements, how can he do the thing of shooting the first bird!" The master shook his head.

How about Yanjiabao, how about the horse merchants in Beiqu, what Yang Shuo really cares about is how many excellent war horses it can get this time, with two thousand cavalry under the command of Yang Zaixing in Beiqu, in the face of absolute power, any conspiracy and trickery is so pale.

The news obtained only through hearsay, even if the master father's intelligence was as high as 93, it was difficult to decide, and everyone discussed going to Yanjiabao to find out the news.

"Shi Jin led the army to Yanjiabao with me!" Yang Shuo said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!"

Shi Jin bowed and retreated, leading two hundred guards cavalry to wait outside the county mansion.

At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly came, obviously not knowing Yang Shuo's identity, and knelt directly in front of Jia Kui, "My lord, Yan Ji, the son of Yanjiabao, was beaten to death on the street!" ”

"Yan Ji is dead?" Everyone was shocked, this news came too suddenly.

Jia Kui stepped forward and asked urgently, "Do you know who did it?" ”

"I don't know," the servant shook his head and continued: "Early in the morning, someone found Yan Ji lying naked in the middle of the street, and by the time the jailer passed, he was already dead. ”

When the master father heard this, he no longer looked calm, "Lord, please go to Yanjiabao as soon as possible to find out the truth!" ”

From Yan Ji's death, it can be seen that some people want to use Yang Shuo's hand to get rid of Yan Jiabao, but why Yan Jiabao, who has always been shrewd, will still go according to their requirements, unless Yan Zhong is really stupid, he will definitely have a backhand, and he can go against Yang Shuo regardless of his family wealth, obviously the plot is not small.

The situation is a bit urgent, and Yang Shuo can lead the cavalry to Yanjiabao.

Just out of the city gate less than a mile road, look around, from covering an area of dozens of acres to hundreds of acres or even thousands of acres, densely packed everywhere are castles, the city wall is tall, the city gate is majestic, the city tower is full of soldiers, from time to time there is a team wearing a scarf, holding a spear and halberd of the strong men walked by, as if it is a small kingdom,

"This must not stay!" Leaving a sentence, Yang Shuo fiercely urged the war horse to gallop away.