As soon as Zhang Razi thought of Lu Fei's appearance after drinking in the barracks, he hurriedly grabbed the wine jar on the table in his hands, don't let the county master make trouble again and beat such a good wine. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"No defense, no defense, I'll drink a few cups alone" Zhang Rake poured himself a drink, and his pleasure dissolved.

Suddenly, Lu Fei leaned on the window and seemed to be talking to himself, "Hey, why does this person look so familiar, who is it?" ”

Zhang Rake just drank and said casually, "Who?" ”

Lu Fei stretched out his head out of the window, looked at it for a while, shrank back, and nodded as if he was sure, "I've seen it, where have I seen it?" Look at my brain, why can't I remember."

Zhang Rake walked over while drinking a wine glass, "What, do you see an acquaintance?" Why don't you call them over and have a drink?"

Lu Fei pretended to be puzzled, patted his forehead and said, "I must have seen it, but I just can't remember it, the name is on my lips, this wine is so strong that even people can't see it clearly."

Zhang Rake also stretched his neck and looked out the window, the downstairs floor was going to be crowded, people were coming and going, he said, "Where?" ”

Lu Fei smiled secretly and pointed to the window on the first floor of Xiangwei Building opposite, "Then, just sit at that window, those two or two are waiting, and there is another one standing on the side, his eyes are a little dazzled, and he can't see clearly."

Zhang Rake looked at his hand, was taken aback at first sight, and said in a lost voice, "Zhao Junma!" ”

Lu Fei on the side slapped his thigh, "Yes, yes, it's him, I said why is it so familiar, it turns out to be him, this rich man also came to this small restaurant to eat, I really can't think of it, who to eat with?" ”

Zhang Rake looked at the people at the same table with Zhao Junma again, and was even more surprised, "He, why did Li Zhong sit with Zhao Junma?" ”

Lu Fei hurriedly said, "Who?" Li Zhong? Is that your lieutenant general of the Chinese army? ”

Zhang Rake held the wine glass and nodded, his thoughts churning.

Lu Fei took the opportunity to say, "Shouldn't Li Zhong be drinking in the barracks this time?" Didn't he come to see Zhao Junma under your orders from the general? ”

Zhang Rake slowly walked back to the table, sat dumbfounded, at this time the wine was gone, he didn't say a word, he was thinking about how Li Zhong would appear here, there is a clear order in the army, no one is allowed to leave the barracks for half a step, this Li Zhong can't not know, how dare he run out because he knew, and it was not anyone else who saw it, it was his master Zhao Junma, what do you want to do?

Lu Fei ran over to add fire, "General, it seems that your subordinates are really full of talents, and a small lieutenant general of the Chinese army can also make friends with the county horse, and the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger"

Zhang Razi's face was gloomy, and he shouted to the soldiers at the door, "Someone is coming"

The two pro-soldiers pushed the door in response and said, "In"

Zhang Rake pointed out the window with his hand, and said viciously, "Go to the restaurant opposite and arrest Li Zhong back to the restaurant."

The two were about to turn around and leave, but Lu Fei hurriedly stopped them and closed the door.

"General, what's wrong? Why do you want to take people, what did Li Zhong do? ”

"It's nothing, this is a private person in my army, Brother Lu doesn't need to ask more"

"Oh, that's a matter in the army, so I don't want to say more, but I want to remind the general, it's Zhao Junma who is sitting with Li Zhong, you can't make trouble for yourself, it's better to go back to the camp and talk about it, maybe this Li Zhong is really something."

Zhang Rake snorted coldly, "Violate my military order, go, go back to the camp"

Lu Fei secretly laughed, "Yo, the general is leaving, this wine hasn't been drunk yet, why don't I send you a few jars over?"

Zhang Rake is not in the mood at all now, and his subordinates dare to openly have a personal relationship with the county horse, which is not only a violation of the military order, but also a violation of his Zhang Rake's taboo.

Lu Fei was so happy to see his angry appearance, and waved at Zhang Rake, who was going downstairs, "The general will go slowly, and I'll drink another day."

Not long after Zhang Rake left, Zhao Junma on the opposite side also got up to leave, just at this time Li Shun came with a few bags of Susong's native products.

Zhao Junma was angry when he saw Li Shun, "Since your lord is going to the labor army today, why do you want to invite me here?" It's too presumptuous."

Li Shun gave the things to Li Zhong, and saluted Zhao Junma, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this labor army was also temporarily decided, yesterday a few people ran to the county government and begged our master, saying that our master must lead them to the labor army today, you see, this is ......."

Zhao Junma waved his fan, "Okay, I don't have the same knowledge as you, bring me a word back, my business, let him take it to heart"

Li Shun replied again and again, "Yes, I will definitely bring the words below, but this morning, the old man instructed me, saying that if you see the county master, I will hand over this bag of things to you."

As he spoke, Li took out a small black cloth bag from his arms.

Steward Hu took it, stretched out his palm, and poured out a little of the things inside, it was tea leaves, Longjing tea, and the best Longjing tea from West Lake in Hangzhou.

"What does that mean?" Zhao Junma pointed to the tea in Steward Hu's hand and asked.

"Where do you know, the lord said that this is his answer, and said that it was the county horse, you can understand it at a glance? He also said, and said......." Li Shun was a little speechless.

"Say what?" Zhao Junma asked, he didn't understand what this tea meant.

"Our lord said that if the county master doesn't understand, you can take it back and ask the county lord of Yunxiao"

Zhao Junma left, Li Zhong also went back, Li Shun breathed a long sigh of relief, the matter was finally done according to the master's instructions, looked up at the second floor of Shouchun Restaurant, and saw the master smiling and nodding at him at the window.

Since I heard that the official army is going to encircle and suppress the mountain, the people on the mountain are shrouded in an invisible fear, everyone does not say anything on their faces, but they are all playing their own small calculations in their hearts, and the real officials and soldiers fight Everyone knows that there is no possibility of survival, and the righteousness in the mountain is just to make a living, since now even such a wish can not be guaranteed, who cares about righteousness, life is more important than everything.

Everyone knows that it is better to die than to live, don't look at these people killing people on weekdays as usual, it is common to play with life and not be afraid of death, but not being afraid of death does not mean that they want to die.

Not only is the shadow of the official army lingering in the hearts of the bandits, but many people have begun to complain that Ling Dan, the big boss, is touching the stone with eggs, why do he have to kill the court officials in a righteous manner, this is good, provoke the fire and burn himself, and attract the army of the imperial court, and some people are rumored that the big boss has secretly calculated with Songzhi County, and wants to exchange the lives of these hundreds of brothers on the mountain for the Ling sisters to clear the charge of banditry.

People don't destroy the heavens and the earth for themselves, and now the enemy is present, everyone only wants their own lives, this is human nature, and everyone has a selfish heart.

In short, at this time, the old camp of the mountain bandits was on the calf ridge, and everyone was panicking, rumors were spreading, and people's hearts were about to disperse.

Ling Dan has also heard of these rumors, but she is just a female stream with some small names in the rivers and lakes, she has no grasp of being able to lead these hundreds of rabble to repel the camp army of Anqing Mansion, and even the rebel army in Songcheng is not a small threat, the only thing she can do now is to step up the training of the brothers on the mountain, share weal and woe with the brothers, and fight against the strong enemy, since she has chosen the road of no return to banditry, today's matter will be faced sooner or later.

Although Ling Dan has an agreement with Lu Fei of Songzhi County to return to Wanghua in private, she will not be stupid enough to pin hundreds of lives on the body of a county master, and the experience of the rivers and lakes tells her that the most unpredictable thing in this world is the human heart, and the most ruthless and poisonous thing is also the human heart, and the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, so Ling Dan made two arrangements, one side trained his subordinates, and on the other hand, he also discussed the matter of recruiting with the little bosses on the mountain, but these little bosses didn't take Lu Fei's promise seriously at all.

All the bandits understand that it is necessary to have capital to negotiate conditions, and in the eyes of the Anqing Mansion battalion army, these hundreds of bandits will not be able to make much waves at all, and Zhao'an may be a painting cake, a delaying tactic of the official army, but Ling Ning is convinced of Lu Fei's words.

On this day, Ling Dan had just returned from inspecting the defense in the mountains, and as soon as he entered the Zhongyi Hall, Ling Ning greeted him from the room behind the hall with an expectant expression, although her face was full of sorrow and bitterness, it could not hide her watery tenderness and beautiful face like the morning sun.

"Sister, is there any news from Lord Lu? When will he come to recruit us? When are we going to go down? These are the questions she has to ask her sister every day since Lu Fei left the mountain.

Ling Dan untied the three-foot Qingfeng on his waist, raised his hand and glued the sweat that was oozing slightly from his forehead, "Little sister, can you care about your sister before you care about him, I am your own sister, let me drink saliva, it's him all day long, you are not ashamed"

Ling Ningnu smiled, hurriedly picked up the teapot on the table, and poured a cup of tea, "Sister, drink water, okay, tell me quickly, it's been a few days, there is no news at all, when will he come?"

Ling Dan knew this sister who was not deeply involved in the world too well, so simple that she seemed a little stupid, how could she believe what an official master said so much.

Ling Dan pinched the tip of his sister's nose, "Ghost elf, I want to change the news after a cup of tea, my sister asks you, what will happen to you if he doesn't come?" ”

Ling Ning was in a hurry, his nose was sour, he could cry immediately when he saw this face, and shook his sister's arm again and again, "No, why don't you come, it's impossible, he promised me"

Ling Dan smiled and took his sister's hand, "Tease you, look at you in a hurry, tell you the truth, there is no news, and you must not have too much hope for this matter, these officials have done too much to cross the river and tear down the bridge."

Ling Ning's mouth puffed up and shook off her sister's hand, "No, Lord Lu is definitely not this kind of person, I believe him, he will definitely come when he comes"

Ling Dan looked at this sister with concern, she only has such a relative as her sister in this world, she will never tolerate anyone hurting her, Lu Fei said that if Zhao'an's matter is completed, he will ask Ling Ning to marry him, okay? Is this person really my sister's future dependence? But isn't this a blessing for my sister, a woman who has been a bandit has any good family who dares to ask for it, can she give a serious person any other way than to enter the official family?

Ling Dan thought of Lu Fei's words of marrying one and giving one away, her face sometimes blushed and sometimes she was annoyed, where is there a sister who marries a sister and has to take a sister, all the men in the world are dead, and a pair of sisters in the Ling family have to follow the surname Lu, Ling Dan is very conflicted in her heart, to be honest, she doesn't hate this Lu Fei at all, on the contrary, there is a kind of miss that misses you every day, but she interprets this miss in her heart as a matter of recruiting An, while she blames her sister for being too simple and ignorant of the sinister of the world, On the other hand, she always hopes that Lu Fei will appear sooner and fulfill his promise, she doesn't want Lu Fei in her heart to be a treacherous villain.

"Sister, what do you want?" Ling Ning shook her sister, who was deep in thought.

Ling Dan smiled and patted his sister's hand, "Miss you?" ”

"My business?" Ling Ning pointed at himself.

"Yes, come, come into the house with me" Ling Dan pulled his sister into the boudoir of the two sisters behind the Zhongyi Hall.

Ling Dan pulled her sister to the dresser and sat down, she held her sister's shoulders and looked at the two almost identical faces from the bronze mirror.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Ling Ning also looked at her sister from the mirror.

"Sister asks you, what do you say about Lu Fei?" Ling Dan picked up the comb and gently helped her sister comb it.

Ling Ning turned his head to take a look, his face flushed, "Sister, what are you asking for?"

"Sister knows you like him, right?"

Ling Ning's face turned even redder, and as soon as he turned around, "Sister......" did not answer, and it became the default.

"Sister can't stop you from liking him, but I want to remind you, don't trust anyone except your sister, sister is such a relative as you, I hope you can marry a good family in the future, don't live this kind of frightened life again, but this person will not be Lu Fei"

"Why?" Ling Ning was a little anxious.

"Because we are bandits and bandits, he is an official, and he was born to be a mortal enemy"

"Isn't it time to recruit An?"

"Zhao'an? It's been a few days now, and if he was really sincere, he should have arranged for someone to come up the mountain, did he come? ”

"He'll come, he will" Ling Ning had tears hanging from the corners of his eyes.

Ling Dan squatted down and gently wiped her sister's tears, "Little sister, sister doesn't want you to be sad, it's just a fact, sister tells you something, maybe you will be happy to hear it, on the day Lu Fei went down the mountain, he said, he said"

She was a little speechless, whether it was marrying her sister or Lu Fei getting married, such words seemed to have become a faint pain in her heart.

"What did he say?" There was a hint of surprise in Ling Ning's disappointed eyes.

Ling Dan stood up, he couldn't say this to his sister's face, "He said that if Zhao'an is done, she wants, wants you, wants you to marry him"

Ling Ning immediately burst into tears when she heard this, and turned to her sister happily, "Really? After speaking, the shyness of the girl Huaichun was piled up on her face again.

Ling Dan endured the contradiction in his heart and smiled, "I'm really not ashamed, do you hope it's true or false?" ”

"Sister, you are playing tricks on me again" Ling Ning's heart blossomed, she understood that her sister could not be telling a lie, because her sister had never lied to her.

"And if that's the case, are you willing to follow him?" Ling Dan asked his sister, and at the same time asked in his heart if he was willing to marry one and get one free? But her answer is no, she can't and won't grab a man with her sister.

Ling Ning played with the corners of his clothes, turned around with a red face, and stammered, "I, I don't know"

Ling Dan smiled, his smile bitter and gratifying, "So you don't object?" ”

Ling Ning still turned her back to Ling Dan, "Daddy and mother have passed away, you can decide my business" After speaking, she giggled and ran out of the door.

"I hope God will be kind to my little sister, don't let her down, Lu Fei, you must keep your promise, by the way, have you married" Ling Dan looked at his sister's back and said to himself.

Thinking of this, Ling Dan quickly dressed up, she wanted to go into the city to inquire about Lu Fei's life experience, as well as the matter of Zhao'an.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Ling Dan hid a short sword, wore a hat on her head, and rode towards Songcheng, this was the first time she entered Songcheng, for the support of her sister, and for the lives of her brothers on the mountain, she did not hesitate to take this risk.

Zhao Junma returned to Zhao's mansion with a heavy heart, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his wife Yunxiao standing at the window of the attic looking into the distance.

"Husband...... The county lord is fine" Zhao Junma wanted to shout Mrs., but he still didn't have the courage to call out, Yunxiao hated him calling her Mrs., only the name of husband and wife is not a husband and wife, and the title between husband and wife will only be like a red-hot iron slap in the hearts of the two.

The clouds looked at the sunset on the horizon, she didn't move, her heart had flown out of the window, the sky was vast, and her heart was soaring freely.

Here she can't stand the shame and sympathy of her subordinates in private, she can't stand the ill-gotten gains obtained by the collusion of the officials and businessmen of the Zhao family, and she can't stand that she is just a chess piece in the hands of her father, she wants to fly, she wants to fly away from here, but she can't, she is now the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, and she can't go anywhere.

Zhao Junma was bored, glared at Steward Hu behind him unhappily, and went straight to the back flower hall.

Steward Hu followed aggrievedly.

Zhao Junma sat in the hall, took out the small bag of tea in his arms, put it in his hand and looked at it upside down repeatedly, he didn't understand where this handful of tea could be linked to the business of 240,000 taels of silver, doing tea business? Isn't that a joke? The tea business of the Zhao family originally occupied half of the south of the Yangtze River, so there was no need for him Lu Fei to add to it; But what is it? West Lake Longjing? What is he doing here?

He glanced up at Steward Hu, who knew that he couldn't guess it, so he turned his face away with a smile.

Zhao Junma was very distressed, and cursed Lu Fei in his heart, can't he say it directly, what do you have to do with this dumb riddle?

Suddenly, Zhao Junma stood up and shook the tea leaves in his hand at Steward Hu, "I remember, when Lu Zhixian came back from the fishing village, when you served him tea, he seemed to have mentioned this West Lake Longjing, right?" ”

Steward Hu lowered his head and thought about it, "Yes, it seems that there is such a thing, at that time, he tasted the taste of Longjing from our Anhui Mao Feng"

Zhao Junma nodded, walking back and forth, "That's right, that's right, I just thought he didn't know how to taste tea, now I don't see that he did it on purpose, yes, yes, it must be like this, West Lake Longjing, what does this mean?" What did he want to say? ”

Steward Hu shook his head and said ill-intentionedly, "I don't know, but this kid must not have any good intentions, a broken tea will be exchanged for the help of the young master, so that General Zhang can retreat for thirty miles, this kid is in the Mengshi, and there is no such big business at all."

But Zhao Junma didn't give up, ignored Steward Hu's words, and took the tea and walked boldly to the second floor where Yunxiao lived alone.

When the two maids outside the attic saw the county horse, they hurriedly squatted down and saluted, "Young Master"

Zhao Junma waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat downstairs.

"County Lord" Zhao Junma respectfully waved at the door, he didn't dare to offend this county lord, her father is King Ning, and her cousin is the current emperor, no matter how rich a person is, he is nothing in front of power, and he can make the rich family a prisoner in a moment.

Yunxiao still stood at the window, didn't turn around, and said indifferently, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhao Junma walked into the house, didn't dare to talk nonsense, and said directly, "That's the case, a few days ago, Lu Zhixian said that there was a big business suitable for the Zhao family, but because he was entangled in business, he didn't hurry to talk about it, and today he sent someone to send this bag of things, saying that this big business is related to such things."

Yunxiao smiled expressionlessly, "Big business? The Zhao family is already rich and rivals the country, is it poor? The wealth of the world is fixed, one goes down and the other rises, do you want to loot all the wealth of the sky to your Zhao family? ”

Zhao Junma's face was embarrassed, "The county lord laughed, isn't the Zhao family also your home?" ”

"Shut up!" Yunxiao couldn't hear that she was a member of the Zhao family, although this was the case.

"Okay, I won't say" Zhao Junma saw that she was angry, waved his hand again and again, let's talk about things, he put the small bag of tea in his hand on the table, "Lu Zhixian just gave this bag of tea, but didn't make any explanation, just left a word, said yes, said that if you can't guess it, you can ask the county lord, can you see it?" ”

Yunxiao's heart was shocked, so she actually moved the idea of understanding this matter, she slowly walked towards the tea leaves on the table, stretched out her hand and turned it over gently, "This is it?" Longjing tea? ”

Zhao Junma nodded, "Yes, and he mentioned this thing twice"

Yunxiao picked up the tea leaves, turned back to the window, "Okay, I know"

Zhao Jun Ma was overjoyed, "What does the county lord know?" ”

Yunxiao looked at the sunset on the horizon, the melancholy on her face was slowly stretching, and she said, "I'll go to the county office tomorrow to ask."

Zhao Jun hurriedly smiled and said, "There is a county lord of Lao" In fact, he was not happy at all, he always felt a little weird, but he couldn't think of anything wrong for a while.

……

Zhang Rake returned to the barracks angrily, holding a grudge against his subordinates Li Zhong and Zhao Junma's personal relationship, which a general must not tolerate.

It didn't take long for a battalion soldier to report that Li Zhong had just returned to the barracks, and Zhang Rake was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, patting the handsome case, "Go, bring Li Zhong in for me"

Li Zhong walked into the big tent of the Chinese army nervously, he was sure that General Zhang must have known about his private departure from the camp, this is broken, violating the military order is not a joke, dozens of military sticks are inevitable.

As soon as Li Zhong walked into the conference tent, he found that General Zhang was the only one in the big tent, and he was somewhat comforted in his heart, it seemed that General Zhang did not want to embarrass himself too much because of the merits of the past years, so he knelt down in front of the Shuai case and took the initiative to admit his guilt.

"See the general, Li Zhong violated military discipline because of his greed for a while, and asked the general to punish him" Li Zhong's attitude was very sincere.

Zhang Razi's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly, "Oh, you have self-knowledge, and said, where have you been, who have you met, and what are you for?" ”

Zhang Rake didn't care about the trivial matter of going out of the camp without permission, he just wanted to know why Li Zhong and Zhao Junma appeared together.