Today, Li Kui drank a little wine, and slept very sweetly at night, and when he was woken up by the soldiers in his deep sleep, he was extremely annoyed, and stretched out his hand to hit the soldiers who pushed him.

At this moment, a series of screams came from a distance, startling Li Kui to sit up suddenly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Yes..... It's the main courtyard, and a lot of people have died! ”

"What!"

Li Kui was suddenly anxious, he didn't even care about wearing clothes and shoes, bare-chested, barefoot, carrying a board axe and rushing towards the courtyard where Hou Meng and they lived, the eldest brother gave him the task of protecting the messenger, if the messenger was killed, how could he explain to the eldest brother?

There were corpses everywhere along the way, and the way of death was the same, and the head was smashed by a weapon such as an iron rod, and the method was extremely cruel.

The more Li Kui ran, the more frightened he became, he had already seen more than a hundred corpses, who was the person who came, and he was so vicious?

After a while, Li Kui ran into the compound where Hou Meng lived barefoot, only to see that the courtyard was full of corpses, including Hou Meng's entourage and his soldiers, but he didn't see Hou Meng, so anxious that he stomped his feet and shouted to the soldiers who followed: "Give Lao Tzu a quick search for the murderer and find Hou Guanren!" ”

The soldiers rushed to the room, at this time, a soldier in the study exclaimed, Li Kui rushed into the study, only to see Hou Meng lying on the table, still holding a pen in his hand, but his head had been crushed, and blood and brains flowed all over the table.

Li Kui was dumbfounded, and after a while, he yelled like crazy: "Go and find the murderer, Lao Tzu is going to skin him!" ”

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The soldiers guarding the south gate also died, the city gate was wide open, and the man in black strode out of Rencheng County with a Hou Meng's men.

Walking to a ditch, the man in black threw Hou Meng's men into the shallow ditch, and the frightened entourage suddenly woke up, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, kneeling in the ditch and begging for mercy, the man in black said coldly: "I won't kill you, you go back and tell you the court, Hou Meng has been killed by me, our Liangshan army will not surrender, let that dog emperor die this heart!" ”

After saying that, the black clothes turned around and walked away, and after a while, the attendant touched the top of his head, and found that the head was still intact, and he suddenly mixed joy and sorrow, and fell in the ditch and cried.

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At dusk, Li Yanqing came to the planting house located in the old Caomen Street, which is the new official residence of the planting master, and the son of heaven Zhao Ji in recognition of his merits, this mansion covering an area of about 20 acres was rewarded to the planting master.

In just two months, Li Yanqing felt that the planter was a little old, although the planter was over seventy years old, but in the barracks, he was always in good spirits, walking vigorously, and his voice was loud, giving people a sense of being old and strong.

At this time, when the seed master Dao slowly walked from outside the hall, Li Yanqing actually saw an old dragon handsome, who was still on crutches.

Li Yanqing hurriedly got up and saluted, "See the big handsome!" ”

Seed Master Dao waved his hand, with a hint of bitterness in his smile, "No need to be polite, I am no longer your handsome, you can call me a farmer in the future." ”

"I'm used to it."

Seed Master Dao nodded, and then he no longer forced Li Yanqing, he invited Li Yanqing to sit down, and said with concern: "I have also heard about the misfortune in Tangyin County, and I deeply sympathize, but I am also very happy that you are safe and sound!" ”

"Thank you for your concern!"

At this time, there was a faint noise outside, and the planter frowned and shouted: "Seed blessing!" ”

An old family member rushed over, bowed down and said, "Please command, master!" ”

"How many times have I told you, no stalls are allowed at the back door, get rid of them!"

"I'll go!"

The old family went in a hurry, and the planter sighed, "When people are old, they like to be quiet, but this mansion is close to the Zhu family's tile, and there are still people making noise in the middle of the night every day, which is really a headache!" ”

Li Yanqing was speechless for a long time, in the past, the military camp was noisy and noisy, there was never a moment of peace, the Seed Master Dao was never too noisy, his voice was louder than anyone else, but at this time he felt that the next door was not quiet, and the Seed Master Dao and the past were like two people.

Li Yanqing was silent for a while, and the seed master glanced at him and asked slowly, "Has your reward come down?" ”

Although the master was named a general, the secretary of the military department, but in fact he has no authority, and he doesn't know anything about the court's rewards, and he usually doesn't even have the opportunity to go to the court, at most he participates in ceremonial court meetings, such as the New Year's court, etc., he holds a generous Lu, but lives a retired life.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I have asked about the humble position, the first batch has been reported, but there is no humble position, it is said that Commander Yao is still sorting out the second and third batches, and has not yet reported to the imperial court." ”

The seed master Dao was suddenly furious, and he leaned on his crutches and said: "It's been more than two months, and he hasn't reported to the imperial court yet, what is Yao Zhongping doing, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "It is estimated that as long as the lowly post does not return to Hedong for a day, the name of the lowly post will not be reported to the imperial court for a day." ”

The face of the seed master is very ugly, and he has also faintly heard that Yao Zhongping has now taken over as the commander of the Hedong Forbidden Army, and is clearing out dissidents and suppressing those who have offended him.

After a while, the seed master sighed and said: "In this western expedition, you are the first in merit, if Yao Zhongping does not report to you with a clear conscience, I am afraid that the sky will not spare him." ”

After a pause, the planter said again: "You are just asking for leave now, don't you really plan to return to the Hedong Army?" ”

"I received a notice from the Taiyuan Military Government yesterday, and the Taiyuan Military Government urged me to return to Taiyuan within ten days to take up a new post."

"Then you should go back!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "The Western Expedition has ended, the Eastern Front of the Western Expeditionary Army has also been disbanded, the Intelligence Department was originally established on the basis of the Military Office, the Military Department was disbanded, of course the Intelligence Department is gone, the skin does not exist, and the Mao General is attached?" Commander Yao is nothing more than asking me to go back and have another appointment, but the main position of the humble post is to support the Baojing Army, and the Baojing Army is still the commander, of course I have to follow the commander. ”

"But I heard that the Intelligence Department has not been disbanded, but it has been renamed the Trial Division, and it is still the original team, and the chief officer is still vacant to join the army, I think Commander Yao still wants to give you this position."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "If I want to go back, I will go to the official office of the Baojing Army in Yan'an Mansion, which is my main job!" ”

Li Yanqing's implication was to tell the seed master that he refused Yao Zhongping's solicitation, which was actually a characteristic of the official system of the Song Dynasty, in order to check and balance each other and avoid the recurrence of the Anshi Rebellion and the division of feudal towns, the Song Dynasty designed a set of extremely complex and cumbersome official position system, an important feature is that the official rank, the main position and the actual position do not match each other.

Li Yanqing's official rank is from the Qipin Chaosanlang, and his rank and benefits are determined according to the official rank.

And Li Yanqing's main position is to support the Baojing Army, which is actually a vacant position, there is nothing to do, even the official office is just a sign hanging in the Yan'an Mansion, I am afraid there is not even a desk, in this case, Li Yanqing has to find a dispatch position through various connections, he served as the head of the intelligence department of the Western Expeditionary Army to join the army is a kind of dispatch officer, the Western Expedition is over, the Western Expeditionary Army is disbanded, and the dispatch officer has no source of funds, so it will naturally be canceled.

So now Li Yanqing is temporarily in a state of semi-unemployment, taking a vacant salary, but having nothing to do, although Yao Zhongping wants to give him the post of sending the head of the trial division to join the army, but he has no interest in it.

Seed Master Dao understood Li Yanqing's choice, he was unwilling to follow Yao Zhongping, Seed Master Dao smiled bitterly and said: "I understand your choice, but in this case, he will probably not report to you for your great achievements in the west, wouldn't it be a pity." ”

"The credit of the humble position is not something that he can erase if he wants to, he is unwilling to stand up for the humble position, and naturally someone will stand up for the humble position."

Seed Master Dao thought of Liang Shicheng all of a sudden, he nodded and stopped talking, and after a while, Seed Master Dao said again: "There is another thing I want to tell you, I have dedicated the formula of the earth-shaking thunder to the Son of Heaven, it is said that the Ordnance Supervision Gunpowder Bureau is in full swing to produce a large number of them, and is preparing for the conquest of Liao." ”

Li Yanqing sighed slightly, "It's just that in this way, the Liao State will soon get the formula of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, but it's okay, I hope the Liao Kingdom can use the Heaven-Shaking Thunder to delay the arrival of the Kingdom as much as possible." ”

The planter smiled and said: "People can't sit still when they're old, I'm going to change my clothes, Yanqing will take a rest first, and taste the old seed soup I made myself!" ”

Serving tea to welcome guests, drinking soup to send guests, the planter said that this is to ask Li Yanqing to say goodbye.

Li Yanqing didn't get up, he muttered for a long time and said: "I came today, in fact, I want to remind the commander that it is likely that the commander is going to lead the army again." ”

The seed master was taken aback, "Who are you going to ask for?" ”

"Go and conquer Liangshan!"

Seed Master Dao was stunned for a moment, and said for a while: "Didn't you say that the imperial court was going to recruit An Liangshan Army?" ”

"I just got the news that Hou Meng, the governor of Bozhou who went to recruit the Liangshan army, died in Rencheng County, Jeju, and I heard that he was killed by the Liangshan army, and this time the recruitment failed."