When the hanged man came down from the city, Li Meng was discussing with a personal soldier in the military tent, yes, there is only one personal soldier in the military tent at the moment.

Huang Ping was wearing the clothes of a pro-soldier, and his face was slightly stained with a beard, and people who were not familiar with him couldn't recognize who he was.

"Is everything okay?"

Li Meng asked in a deep voice, Huang Ping took a tin pot and drank water, obviously the road was dusty, very hard, put down the tin pot, wiped his mouth, and said:

"If you go back to Dashuai, we have sent one hundred and twenty people in Shandong to run this matter, and those recruited in Guide Mansion have also been used, and it will be there in about ten or twenty days."

Li Meng nodded, and there were guards outside the military tent shouting loudly, "Kaifeng City Platoon Envoy came down to ask to see the marshal", Huang Ping heard this, and quickly stood up, but was stopped by Li Meng waving his hand, and continued to ask:

"Go over there, there should be Li Zhenhai and his group on the road, you cross the border, will they sit there and watch?"

After Huang Ping drank the water, he felt that his tired state had recovered a little, so he quickly stood up and replied, and said:

"Dashuai, the weapons and supplies of Li Zhenhai's group are all exchanged for looted property, and it is our Lingshan Commercial Bank that buys these properties in Shandong, and there will be no problems if we use this relationship to deal with them."

Li Meng smiled, he didn't expect that the business of Lingshan Commercial Bank had actually reached such a point, for Lingshan Commercial Bank, the acquisition of the property assets looted by Li Zhenhai was just a business, but Huang Ping's made use of this business relationship, and his brain was really flexible. Seeing that this Huang Ping was more and more pleasing to the eyes, he pressed his hand and said:

"Sit down and talk. You hurried over from Guide, it must have been hard work. ”

Huang Ping bowed and said gently: "

"In front of the handsome land, how dare the villain do it. That's it. ”

His attitude in front of Li Meng is the most respectful, and the number of courtesies is also full, compared to him, Wang Hai and Chen Liu can be said to be rude, but Huang Ping knows that he is an outsider, and through the relationship of the old eunuch, he is called the leader of the secret organization of the Jiaozhou camp system, which is completely incredible among other forces.

As far as he knew. Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates are responsible for this matter is Zhang Xianzhong's wife and brother, and the relationship between himself and Li Meng used to be a relationship between surveillance and surveillance.

Now managing such a big stall, although there is no prestige in Shandong. But in Shandong and the surrounding rivers, lakes and green forest roads, he Huang Ping has a great status, and such a status and power are all given to him by Li Meng.

Huang Ping's family is a generation of Jinyiwei, and the elders of his family once warned that this kind of private and confidential work is not the most trusted and close person in the main family, but these people are also the protagonist's most vigilant, for fear of harming themselves. If you want to be safe and prosperous for a long time, you must be loyal, respectful, and low-key.

At present, Huang Ping has been behaving and doing things according to this purpose, and Li Meng has no doubts about him. It seems to be very trusting, but Huang Ping still moved his family and relatives to Jinan to live. Doing so can be regarded as showing Li Meng's loyalty.

"It's hard work, if there is something, contact a few nearby soldiers and horses, the old camp has already greeted in advance, and they will do their best to assist."

After Li Meng finished speaking, Huang Ping respectfully remembered that there was nothing to say, and people outside still wanted to see him. He was ready to take his leave and leave. Li Meng rubbed his chin with his hand, and suddenly said:

"Kaifeng City sent someone to keep an eye on it. Especially in the Zhou Wangfu, Kaifeng City is the key place along the Yellow River, arrange some manpower, and Lingshan Commercial Bank will also open a branch! ”

This order made Huang Ping a little confused, and all kinds of actions and plans seemed to have nothing to do with Kaifeng City, but the lord's order, listening to it, nodded and agreed, turned around and left, only to turn around, but heard Li Meng say again:

"Huang Ping, we don't have much to do with Wang Fa when we do these things!"

Hearing this, Huang Pingdi's expression tightened, but then he spoke:

"What the adults order, the villain follows, Xiaodi is also a member of the Jiaozhou battalion, so he naturally knows that he is loyal to serve the commander."

Seeing that Li Meng was speechless, Huang Ping said goodbye, but he was holding a dinner plate by the door, turned around and left the military tent. Not long after he left, Wang Hai opened the curtain and walked in, clenching his fists and reporting:

"Dashuai, Kaifeng City took a bamboo basket and put down an envoy, saying that he asked to see Dashuai."

After saying this, Wang Hai glanced at the door of the military tent, turned around and said:

"According to the news of the small ones, in April, the people under the leadership of Huang fought a fight with the Jianghu people on the side of Nanzhili in Guting Town, Jining Prefecture, and Huang Commander's men lost three, and the other party died more than a dozen, it is said that those people of the Nanzhili Salt Gang want to fight for territory."

"I know about this matter, let Huang Ping take care of it himself, and call the outside envoy in!"

In the Jiaozhou battalion system, Huang Ping has an underground intelligence system, and he also has a certain amount of force in his hands, and he can mobilize armed salt to assist when necessary, in fact, the power is very large, Li Meng naturally can't let it go there, and the one who is responsible for monitoring Huang Ping is the pro-military battalion led by Wang Hai.

Wang Hai clenched his fists, turned around and went out, several personal soldiers in charge of guarding walked into the military tent, stood solemnly with knives, only to hear a sound of communication outside, and after a while, the envoy sent by Kaifeng City trotted in.

As soon as this envoy entered the military tent, Li Meng's eyes narrowed, but he didn't expect to be familiar, this person was the person who went to Jiaozhou a few years ago and entered the inspection house at night to snatch back Mu Yunyao, and he was the head of the guards of the Kaifeng Zhou Palace, which must have recognized Li Meng.

However, both of them pretended to meet for the first time, and the leader of the guards did not dare to slack off, so he quickly knelt down and said:

"The general came thousands of miles to help, this kind of hospitality made Kaifeng grateful, but the land of Henan has been eroded for a long time, if the army enters the city, it is inevitable that people will be panicked. And ask the general to atone for his sins! ”

After saying that, he kowtowed a few more times on the ground, Li Meng nodded with a smile, and said:

"There are still important things to do in Shandong. The commander's soldiers and horses had no intention of entering the city, and they were going to leave tomorrow, so please don't bother with the governor. ”

The leader of the guards knelt on the ground, although there was no fear in his heart, but he sighed a lot, thinking that when he went to Jiaozhou a few years ago, this person was just a garrison, why didn't he see him for a few years, he became the chief soldier of one side, and the son-in-law of this prince was in his early thirties. After Li Meng finished speaking, the leader of the guards spoke again:

"Although the general can't be allowed to enter the city, the whole of Kaifeng was rescued by the general, and the prince and the governor and the whole city of Kaifeng all want to see the general. Experience the power of the general and his men! ”

Wang Hai, who was standing on the side, was immediately a little angry, and regardless of the etiquette, he opened his mouth and said scoldingly:

"Our Shandong soldiers and horses are fighting to the death, and they won't even let in the city gate, and they want my marshal to go to the city to be read, how can there be such a reason in this world!!"

In fact, in the direction where the Jiaozhou battalion was not stationed, several city gates had been quietly opened for a while, but they didn't dare to let the Shandong soldiers and horses know.

Of course, this Wang Hai is not going to do anything. This is also the rule, although the Jiaozhou battalion did not want to enter the city in the first place. But the posture that should be done must be done sufficiently, after all, it is necessary to get some benefits, and the role of "impulsive" and "temper" on weekdays is generally done by Wang Hai.

The head of the guards of the palace that week didn't know this, and when he heard Wang Hai drink it, he didn't know what to say, Li Meng smiled and waved his hand, and said gently:

"It doesn't matter. The army will return tomorrow. Forming a team outside the city is regarded as a military parade. I think I also came to Kaifeng City back then, and I finally have some incense fate, Xiaohai, go to each camp to report and prepare! ”

Wang Hai hurriedly walked out, and the heralds mounted their horses outside the military tent and went to the battalions to report the preparations.

The weather is not hot, the king of Zhou and the governor in the city have been waiting for more than half an hour, and there is already a slight sweat on their foreheads, and the people of the Zhou king's mansion are very well prepared, tables, chairs, refreshments, bamboo poles and tarpaulins for shading, and they are soon taken out, for the prince and the high-ranking officials to sit and wait, and the rest of the people are going to rest in other places.

After almost a stick of incense, I heard someone in the city shouting at the top of his voice:

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang, Mr. Li is out."

Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, heard that the general soldier came out, but he had the intention to let the general soldier of Shandong wait under the city for a while, this Li Meng also didn't know what the rules were, Chen Yongfu in Kaifeng City saw that he was about to be promoted to the general of the general army, and the generals of the generations saw that he was still polite, and he called Futai Lord, and the etiquette was full.

The vassal king and governor of the city are waiting for you to be a military general, although the military general is domineering, but arrogant and rude to such a point, are you not afraid of being impeached?

The governor thought that King Zhou had the same idea, who would have thought that as soon as the voice under the city sounded, King Zhou had no demeanor of the emperor's relatives at all, jumped up directly from the chair, walked quickly to the edge of the battlement, and when he was about to walk to the ground in two or three steps, he slowed down and walked over with square steps.

Li Xianfeng was really confused, thinking that you are just looking at the city, can you still make friends with each other, but what are you doing in such a hurry.

As soon as the prince moved, he was not idle here, so he could only follow to the edge of the battlement, there was only one military general under the city, riding a horse and wearing armor in front of the moat, after seeing himself and the prince appear, he did not dismount, but just made a fist and bowed posture on the horse.

"Megalomaniacs!!"

Li Xianfeng couldn't help but snort coldly, but the king of Zhou on the side ignored his reaction here, and the people of the palace had already brought the clairvoyant mirror over, and the king of Zhou took the clairvoyant mirror there to look at the generals under the city as much as possible.

This clairvoyant mirror was still an expensive Western gadget in this era, and it was only equipped by wealthy and noble families such as vassal kings, and it was just a plaything on weekdays.

Today's farming things are quite strange, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng just didn't see it, and it's a little boring here, since it's a good thing to read, you should go back, this week the king is so weird, I'm afraid that the local patrol around me will find fault and impeach, at least it's a vassal king trying to make friends with the generals.

Suddenly, the drums under the city beat rapidly, and everyone at the head of the city, who was completely unprepared, was taken aback. But he saw the generals under the city turning their horses and turning their backs to the city, and the vassal king was on top of it. This action is also a faux pas.

However, the people at the head of the city did not notice this little thing, and they could see the troops stationed in the houses, hurriedly throwing out to the beat of drums, and standing in line in the streets.

After the hundreds of people finished marching in line, they immediately walked towards Li Meng's side in unison, turned around about ten steps before Li Meng's horse, and returned to the garrison from another road.

The people at the head of the city are all high-ranking officials of Henan Province and Kaifeng Prefecture, even the civil officials are no strangers to this matter of soldiers and horses, they are all people who have seen the drills of the army, but the performance of the Shandong soldiers and horses under the city. But they were dumbfounded, and it was a sudden decision to see Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, today.

In other words, the Shandong soldiers and horses will definitely not be prepared for this exercise, but in a hurry, the soldiers gathered in a team. Under the guidance of the officer, he passed in front of Li Meng in an orderly manner.

When these Shandong soldiers walked in front of Li Meng, they were all weapons erected, their waists were straight, and they made an awe-inspiring posture, and Li Meng's right hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword on the horse, and his left hand waved in greeting, whether it was a soldier or an officer, they all had a look of fanaticism and worship, but the city head could not see that those officials on the city head could line up so quickly, so orderly. They can't be believed, and some people are pondering. Maybe it's like this first team, and the back ones are going to be scattered, who would have thought that the more you go to the back, the more orderly the lineup will be, full of killing atmosphere.

King Zhou took the clairvoyant mirror to watch endlessly, and whispered to himself in his mouth, but the officials on the side didn't care about it at all. Governor Li Xianfeng is fine. The timid faces of the rest of the officials were already white, and some of them were oozing sweat from their foreheads. The prefect of Kaifeng simply didn't look at it, turned around and found his official team leader and the general who stayed behind, and said through gritted teeth:

"The city gates everywhere are closed, if there is no text in the government, whoever wants to open the door will be punished for the great crime of treason, go to the city gates to announce, go quickly!"

More than 10,000 troops walked under the city for almost an hour, and many people in the city stood there to watch and felt very tired and frightened, but they were unwilling to leave the battlements of the city wall, which may be related to the willingness of people to stand in a dangerous place to watch the scenery, and they wanted to continue to look at it with trembling hearts.

When the army was finished, many people couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and the governor of Henan whispered to one person next to him:

"When you see this soldier, you know what a strong soldier is, and how Shandong can train these soldiers and horses......"

The man on the side shook his head, Li Xianfeng was talking to himself, and said in a low voice:

"With this soldier and horse, the world is in chaos, why worry about injustice!" When all the soldiers and horses walked by, Li Meng turned his horse again, dismounted and bowed, and said in a loud voice:

"Li Meng, the chief soldier of Shandong, salute the prince Chitose and the governor, and say hello."

The unusually quiet city head suddenly returned to normal because of Li Meng's question, King Zhou put down the clairvoyant mirror, pondered for a while, and shouted:

"There is General Lao, what are the casualties in the army? How are you doing at home? ”

The officials of Henan Province and Kaifeng Mansion all turned their heads to look at King Zhou, thinking that this was too strange, it was said by a prince, and after the general in the city heard it, he was afraid that there would be a big fire.

However, to their surprise, the majestic Shandong general Li Meng still replied loudly:

"There is a thousand years of concern for the prince Lao, and everything is fine at the end of the general's family."

King Zhou nodded, Fang Cai was still engrossed in watching, and suddenly turned around with no interest, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, and complained:

"The soldiers and horses under the city passed by, the earth was dusty, and the sand was in my eyes, and I saw it, and the king was a little tired, so I went back to the house to rest."

After finishing speaking, he left the city directly surrounded by his subordinates, and the governor of Henan stared at the back of King Zhou, shook his head a little strangely, turned around and told several officials:

"All the city gates must be carefully guarded, and the doors can only be opened after the Shandong soldiers and horses leave, remember to be cautious."

King Zhou, who walked to the city, felt a little nostalgic, there were no dust stains on his handkerchief, only traces of water, from Fang Cai's response, he got the news that his daughter was all right, and the thoughts accumulated in his heart were a little uncontrollable for a while, and King Zhou also shed a few tears, but he was somewhat relieved.

When the head of the city watched. King Zhou's self-talk is quite interesting: "This kid still has some general's bearing" .......and "his appearance is quite upright", basically the old man looks at his son-in-law, and it is also interesting to watch.

Although there is chaos in the world. However, the capital is still peaceful, and the restaurants and tea shops are still doing thriving, and there are many good restaurants near Chongwenmen, after all, this is the place where taxes are collected, and the tax department is related to the fertile land and oil, which naturally drives a large business.

Cuihualou is indicated with roast mutton, it is said that the cooks are all cooked for Nayan by the Tatar Department, and it is quite famous among the rich and noble people in Beijing who can eat, but this place is relatively remote, and ordinary people really can't find it. It's also a situational place.

This Cuihua Building is said to be a building, but in fact several houses are connected together, and when the guests eat, the cook barbecues it and sends it to the house. This kind of environment is especially suitable for discussing things, the wealthy merchants and nobles of the Beijing division are willing to come here to gather and discuss, but the literati feel that the smell of the place is too heavy, and they are reluctant to come when they are idle.

In mid-May, the weather is getting hotter, and the business of roasting lamb has also faded, and there are usually no customers at noon.

However, in the large courtyard of the gate of this Cuihua Building, there are still fireworks at noon today, and a cook is roasting a large piece of mutton there with a fan and an iron chisel, look at this amount. There aren't too many people, that's just two people.

In the innermost house. A middle-aged man in a brocade robe sat in the room, he looked like a businessman, but if you look closely, the middle-aged finger joints are thicker than ordinary people, obviously a warrior with a knife and a gun.

Approaching the meal, I heard a creak at the courtyard door, and a man dressed as a man walked in, and saw the middle-aged man as soon as he entered the courtyard. His face suddenly changed slightly. hurriedly turned around and closed the courtyard door, and ran into the house in small steps. complained and said:

"I thought who came to me, it was actually you Lao Cheng, your courage is really not small, the case on your body has not been eliminated, the sea fishing documents are still in the hands of the team leaders everywhere, you dare to come back, you are not afraid to fold here!?"

The old man laughed, patted the table, and said with a smile:

"Brother Zhou, don't scare me, the case of Shuntianfu has long been a headless public case, didn't it be sold last year?"

Jin Yiwei, surnamed Zhou, had a pale face, obviously not knowing that the other party knew the news, Lao Cheng saw him like this, laughed out loud, and said:

"The five thousand taels of silver, I don't want it all in the sea, what if I give it all to Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou is also a person with a small family, and his life is tense."

At that time, Cheng Hai and this Zhou surnamed Jinyiwei had some interests involved, and the two partnered to do a case, but Cheng Hai was targeted by the government, so he could only escape from the capital for his life, but the silver of the crime was left in the hands of the surname Jinyiwei this week, this week Fanzi originally thought that Cheng Hai would not come back, and he swallowed the money alone, who would have thought that Cheng Hai would come back. And I don't want this money, the more strange things are.

But the surname Zhou Jinyiwei really can't afford to offend this Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai was a famous outlaw in Beijing back then, and he was good at martial arts, and he kindly mentioned that his family was small, with this Cheng Hai's fierce and cunning nature, the ghost knows if there will be accomplices.

The five thousand taels of silver Zhou Fanzi had already been spent, and he couldn't pay it back at all, but listening to what Cheng Hai said so generously, this week's surname Jinyiwei was even more uneasy in his heart, thinking that how could there be such a cheap delivery to the door, not to mention that the other party had died in Beijing for five years for these silver.

Who would have thought that the next words would be even more cheap, Cheng Hai said with a smile:

"Our brother hasn't seen you for a long time, my brother came this time, not only to catch up with you, but also to give a fortune to my brother?"

The more he talked, the more frightening it became, but the surnamed Zhou Jinyiwei still squeezed out a smile and asked:

"I don't know what kind of wealth the eldest brother has, I want to share it with the younger brother."

Cheng Hai shook his head inscrutablely, and whispered mysteriously:

"You are the head of the guard prison, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Baoding, is now being detained in prison!"

Zhou surnamed Jinyiwei didn't react for a while, just nodded casually, this news is known to everyone in the world, and it is not a secret, Na Chenghai took a big sip of the wine bowl, but his movements were more sneaky, and asked in a smaller voice:

"Brother, I want to ask you for something, brother, can you get Sun Chuanting out of the edict prison!?"

"The matter of becoming the eldest brother, the younger brother should be the ......"

Zhou Fanzi just smiled politely. reacted suddenly, as if he had been stabbed by a knife, and jumped up from the chair. His body stumbled, he almost fell to the ground, and stammered:

"Cheng ...... Cheng Big Brother, this, this is no joke. ”

Cheng Hai sat on the chair, picked up a crispy fried meat strip and put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then sent it down with wine, and said with a smile:

"Brother, are you a joker?"

This week, the hand of the surnamed Di Jinyi Wei has been placed on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and his upper body is arched. But he was still extremely panicked, and said in a hissing voice:

"The edict prison is the place where the imperial court detains Qin prisoners, and Sun Chuanting is even more imprisoned by the order of the Long Live Lord, Chenghai, you ate leopard gall. Dare to fight this idea. ”

Cheng Hai smiled, ignoring the other party's imminent rampage, and said lightly:

"Brother Zhou, you pull out this knife, let's not talk about brotherhood, you better be careful!"

While speaking, the Jinyi guard surnamed Zhou suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, he was aiming at this side with a firearm, no matter how small the power of the firearm was. The distance of twenty steps was enough to cause damage, and this Cheng Hai's martial art was not something he could resist.

I want to be here. The hard qi in his body immediately dispersed, and he bowed his head and pleaded with Cheng Hai:

"Brother Cheng, brother was sorry for you back then, the five thousand taels of silver are now smashed and sold for iron, I will make it up for you, don't let this matter be involved with the little brother, the little brother will leave now, I haven't seen the big brother today." No, it doesn't work. ”

After speaking, he looked at Cheng Haiti and looked like he didn't want to stop him. The brocade guard turned and walked out of the house, but the man with the firearm did not stop him. Waiting for Cheng Haibu's order.

"Brother Zhou, younger siblings and nephews and nieces have just been taken out of the city."

Zhou Fanzi stopped, then shook his head and continued to walk towards the door.

"This time, five thousand taels of silver will be cashed to keep your whole family safe."

The pace still doesn't stop.

"Six thousand taels."

The house is not big, but he hasn't left the yard after going out this time, and Cheng Hai is not in a hurry, and shouted behind him:

"Eight thousand taels!"

Zhou's Jinyiwei's shoulders trembled, but his pace slowed down a lot, but he still didn't look back, Cheng Hai laughed out loud and shouted from behind:

"Ten thousand taels!"

The body surnamed Zhou Jinyiwei was shocked, and at this time, the door of the courtyard was pushed open, and the guy from Cuihualou sang the name of the dish "Guest officer, your barbecue is coming", this Zhou surnamed Jinyiwei was stunned, and suddenly turned around with a smile and said:

"Brother Cheng, our brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, we must have a few drinks today."

Chenghai, the year of the Apocalypse is the small banner of the four major battalions of the Imperial Horse Prison, known for its bravery, Chongzhen did a big case in Beijing for seven years, absconded out of Beijing alone, and fell into the grass in Dengzhou Mansion in Shandong.

Chongzhen ten years, brought his own horses to the Jiaozhou camp, was selected into the horse team, Chongzhen was recruited into the Shandong Salt Gang in the twelfth year.

In a small shop in Jingshi, the shopkeeper behind the counter looked through the ledger without any numbers, but it was introduced like this.

The shopkeeper's Laizhou dialect is also dry and thin, but Cheng Hai, who was sitting opposite him, was not arrogant at the time of Cuihua Building, and sat on the chair very respectfully.

Cheng Hai is also a veteran of the Jiaozhou camp, before he came, he heard his boss say that the shopkeeper of the branch of the Jingshi Lingshan Commercial Bank was a member of Li Dashuai's 100 salt poles when he started, and when he was old, he was going to Tuntian Grange to be a head of the village, but the shopkeeper was unwilling to take care of civil affairs, and he was a thoughtful and flexible person, so he was selected by Huang Ping and Hou Shan and arranged to come to Beijing.

Of course, for Huang Ping and Lingshan Commercial Bank, although Jingshi is an important place in the world, there is no place that needs too much attention, and the old shopkeeper can be regarded as retirement and leisure.

"This matter was ordered by the old lady, and the inner account room has also been approved, you must be cautious here, don't make a leak."

Hearing the old shopkeeper speak, Cheng Hai hurriedly stood up and replied politely:

"There is Lao Jiang's shopkeeper to bother, I know it very well, when I came, the deputy commander explained it, this is not trivial, the brothers who came are all our old brothers in Jiaozhou, absolutely reliable."

"It's really not easy to do, be careful first, if something goes wrong, don't leave any traces."

When Cheng Hai heard this, he was also cautious, and said in a deep voice:

"What Shopkeeper Jiang said makes sense, and the brothers who came here have a number in their hearts."

Next, Cheng Hai added with some uncertainty:

"The old lady also said that in the capital, as long as you spend the money, anything can be done."