As soon as the sky was bright, the Xu family in Xing'anbo Mansion had already opened the door, and there were dozens of fierce guards standing in the front courtyard who were exactly the same from their clothes to their expressions. In addition to those recommended by Ma Qiao at the beginning, when Liu Liu and Liu Qi brothers trained military horses, they selected some people who were good at fighting alone, plus those who were innocent and relied on themselves, so although Xu Xun is not like the founding of the country and the heroes of Jingnan, he can raise three or five hundred generals at every turn, but he has also faintly had some weather.

At the second door, Xu Xun shook his wife's hand apologetically, and then simply went up and hugged Xu Liang, and then said: "Dad, Yue'er, the family will be handed over to you, my itinerary is uncertain, if it is fast, I should be able to rush back, if it is slow, it will not be good...... All in all, take care. ”

"Come on, I only said this today, thinking I didn't know your kid's ambition?" Xu Liang snorted angrily, and then said in a deep voice, "In a word, give me a scar back, if there is an extra scar on your body, you won't want to go out in the future!" ”

Knowing that Daddy was just talking about it, Xu Xun smiled and patted Shen Yue lightly on the waist. Shen Yue knew that Xu Xun had already put on the belt he had sewn with his own hands, but his heart was sour and astringent, and he wanted to pretend to wave his hand disapprovingly, but his hand was heavy and he couldn't lift it. It wasn't until she saw him turn around to leave so freely that she suddenly shouted, "When you come back, remember to prepare gifts for your future children!" ”

"Got it, I'll give him the best gift!"

Xu Xun waved his hand without looking back, and it wasn't until he was close to the corner that he glanced sideways at the old man and the young over there, and then took a deep breath, his steps were more calm and powerful than just now. It's good to be an official in peace and stability, but instead of watching Liu Jin put out the fire on all sides, it is better to give up a place for people to let go, and he will do what he should do first! With him coming forward, Yang Yiqing's previous situation of being constrained everywhere will be greatly improved. Liu Yu's guy just relied on Liu Jin to steal the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War. If you dare to pull back again this time, others will be able to pull people off the horse even if they don't come back!

Seeing that Xu Xunren had disappeared from sight, Shen Yue couldn't help but hold Shen Jiuniang's hand tightly on the side, and was silent for a long time before he said with a confused gaze: "Dad, I'll go back to the room first." ”

"Well, the weather is still cold, and now that the child is a month old, it is important for you to take care of your body."

Shen Jiuniang saw Ruyi and a few girls coming up and hugging Shen Yue back to the room. I didn't feel that my expression was also a little melancholy. She knew that her husband's talent was not in military strategy and border affairs, but also in case work, which was only better in poetry and songs. However, Xu Xun always had someone to follow her on this trip, and she had even secretly packed Tang Yin's outfits, who knew that a few days ago she knew that someone had been ordered to stay in the capital. Continue to write about the good plays that he is best at. For Xu Xun's good acquaintance, she naturally admires and misses it in her heart.

Seeing that Xu Liangmu sent Shen Yue back to the room, and suddenly chased him out without saying a word, she was slightly stunned, and then caught a glimpse of Yutang Chunzheng standing there a little bewilderment, remembering that Xu Xun had previously instructed Tang Yin to write a trust Wen Zhengming and Zhu Zhishan, who were still in Suzhou, to take care of one or two, so she stepped forward.

"Miss Zhou."

Only then did Yutangchun come back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Shen Niangzi." ”

"After the second dragon raises its head in February, the canal will be opened. At that time, it was just right for you to go by boat. Before, you said that you want to rebuild the tomb for your parents, and then you will keep the tomb in the house, according to me, it is good to rebuild the tomb, but it is not necessary to build the tomb and guard the tomb. Although you have fallen into the dust, you have never lost your innocence, and you were escorted back to Suzhou by Pingbei Bocha, so you don't have to be afraid of people's words! If you don't mind, you can live in Taohuawu in the north of Suzhou. My husband and I left there. Although he left two old servants to take care of the house. There are two Zhuwen to take care of, but after all, it is not as good as having someone to live and maintain. There is a peach forest in Qingxi. It's wild, and if you play the pipa, you can make it more moving. ..., also from Fengchen, Yutangchun was moved by Shen Jiuniang's words, hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Thank you Shen Niang for your kindness." I don't have a few relatives left in my family, and I've been away from home for so long, and others may not know that I'm alive, and they may suspect that I am fighting for property. The reason why I plan to stay at the tomb is because I don't want anyone to influence my future in the name of my elders. Since Mrs. Shen said so, I will be cheeky to go to Taohuawu to bother for a while. ”

"What bother, the house is empty and empty, and it is easy to decay if you don't live in people, and it's too late for me to be happy if you help us look at the house!"

Yutangchun pursed her lips and smiled, her expression was finally much more relaxed, and after looking at the empty courtyard and corridor in front of her, she finally made up her mind completely. It's time to go, or if you stay in such a rich and glorious place, you don't know how much gossip you will have to provoke for your benefactor!

Xu Liang just got on the horse and set off after watching Xu Xun reorganize the army at Yimen, and saw that Tang Yin, who was going to be sent outside the city today, was riding his horse and talking to the younger scholar on the side, and saw Cao Qian, who was dressed in military uniform, following Xu Xun, and listening to the heavy sound of horses' hooves and the sound of swords rubbing against hooks and loops.

The mother of the son is worried, why is he not the father like this? Even if Xu Xun swore that this line of work was not to fight, how could he believe that this stinky boy who had endless tricks and did not follow common sense in everything?

When Xu Xun rode out of the gate, as if he inadvertently turned around, what he saw was his father standing against the door, his right hand clenched into a fist on his chest, and at that moment, he replied to the same action with understanding.

Lao Tzu is a hero, although he can't let Lao Tzu go to the battlefield, but his son won't disgrace you!

The little emperor didn't come, and the rest of the people who should have been there had seen them one by one last night, so not only were there not many people sent to Fuchengmen on this day, but they were even very few, but they were the subordinates of Shenying Maqiao, who were colleagues in the army, and it seemed that compared to Xu Xun going to Xuanfu and Jinling, he couldn't help but be a little shabby. Even the number of soldiers and horses brought by him was only more than 800 people in total, and compared to this, the group of eunuchs from the palace who were tied together with thousands of ropes seemed extremely huge. However, just as Xu Xun was about to set off, several horsemen roared from the city gate.

"Uncle Pingbei, the emperor gives you a sword!"

Xu Xunzheng sighed that Gu Da dared to ride the horse so fast with his fat body. When I heard this, I was stunned. His trip is to patrol the borders on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and this gold medal has already been received, so what happened when Zhu Houzhao suddenly gave the sword when he was leaving? Although he was very puzzled, he still strode forward, and when he saw that the two small firefighters in the other side stepped forward to support Gu Dayong, he asked bluntly: "Father-in-law Gu, this is ......?"

"You take the things, the emperor has gone to Wenyuan Pavilion at this time. I can't say that I have to slap the table and quarrel fiercely. Gu Dayong coughed lightly, and when he saw Xu Xun kneeling down in understanding, he held the extremely gorgeous sword and said loudly, "The emperor has a decree to give Ping Beibo Xu Xun a sword of the Son of Heaven!" ”

After saying this, he saw Xu Xun kowtow and take the sword and stood up. Gu Da said in a low voice: "This scabbard is the most luxurious and ostentatious one that the emperor found from the inner treasury, but the sword inside is a genuine sword. If you really want to fight, the emperor said, you must use this to cut a few prisoners, and it can be regarded as visiting the enemy formation on his behalf, and seeing what heroes are in our army and in the captive army! ”

It turns out that this sword of the Son of Heaven is not for him to be cut first and then played, but the symbolism of its presence is even more important! ..., Xu Xun can understand that Zhu Houzhao hates being restrained the most, but this time he has to stay in Beijing, and he nodded at this time. After saying goodbye to Gu Da again, he turned around and walked back to his mount quickly, and after jumping off the horse neatly, he raised the sword of the Son of Heaven and waved it high. For a moment, only the voice of the herald was heard from the rear team to the front team, and the team suddenly began to move.

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The ocean is vast, and it is even in the sky, which is the Baiyangdian Lake in the northeast of Baoding Prefecture. Compared with the heavens in the south, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou in the bottom, and there are vast and small bridges and flowing waters, but the most in the north are all kinds of hills. Though the water is abundant. There aren't many places that can be called landscapes. Although the Qianhai, Zhonghai and Houhai of the capital all have a sea character, they are still called so according to the habits of the Mongolian people in the past. But after all, the place is very limited. Therefore, the literati and scholars who rushed to Beijing to take the exam, and some leisurely and elegant gentlemen, are all frequent visitors to Baiyangdian. However, with the frequent presence of water bandits in the depths of Baiyangdian, there are gradually fewer people who come here to express their pride.

Last year, the cold weather, the canal was frozen, this Baiyangdian is no exception, now the ice on the river surface gradually melted some, there are many nearby villagers who are not afraid of the cold to go into the water to catch fish, although tired and hard, sometimes a day can also have a harvest of dozens of catties. There are hundreds of ponds nearby, and the government sometimes can't figure out the population, let alone the access roads, that is, some old boatmen know best. Legend has it that there are people who live and eat on the boat at Yodoike.

On this day, in a village deep in Baiyangdian, there were no fishermen who drove boats out to fish, and there was a heavily guarded posture everywhere. Even the old people in the village could not help but tremble at the sight of those people with big blades and foreign accents, let alone children, who were often frightened by those fierce and arrogant men to tears. Even the village chief, who has always been reluctant in the face of these strongmen, had to find Yang Hu, who occupied his house with a big grin.

"Master Hu, our village is such a palm-sized place, you are so many heroes this time, the villain is really difficult to deal with, otherwise, there is a larger village not far away, and it will only take two ......quarters of an hour for the boat to pass."

"What, you want to drive us away?" Yang Hu snorted contemptuously, and seeing that the village chief was silent, he lightly patted his hand with a dagger with a bladed knife and said, "Don't forget, the government forced taxes last year, and who blocked your village." I'm borrowing you to meet the heroes of all parties in this village for a while, and you're not happy? ”

"The villain never dare, never dare, it's just that the place is really cramped......"

"I'm not too cramped, what are you talking about!"

Yang Hu impatiently stopped the village chief, and when he saw that the people were trembling and retreated, he stood up angrily. Eat and drink spicy food in his own cottage, but in this broken place, in addition to vegetables is fish, it doesn't matter for the first day or two, but in the past few days, those guys who can't help have reached out to the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep raised by the villagers, although he is not afraid of those timid villagers What to do, but only two or three groups of people came, and then there were more people and more trouble. Even if he had placed one of his henchmen in a more reliable village nearby, it wasn't what they were best at.

The bandits who once appeared haunted on Baiyangdian Lake and even robbed the brother-in-law of Baoding Mansion, but there is no news about whether they will come or not! At the beginning, I was afraid that others would not come, and I was afraid that the government would hear the information and come to encircle and suppress. So after listening to Bai Ying's choice in Baiyangdian, I am not familiar with this water, and I can't say anything about it!

"Tiger Master, Tiger Master, Qi Ye and Zhang Ye are here together!"

As soon as he heard the shouting outside, Yang Hu perked up, inserted the dagger back into the leggings, and walked out quickly. See the small pier at the entrance of the village over there. Two or three small boats were moored one by one, and the two big men on the bow of the boat were very conspicuous, and he immediately greeted them with a smile. …,

"Brother Zhang and Brother Qi are finally here!"

Zhang Mao smiled, and after Qi Yanming jumped ashore, he said with palpitations: "When I watched the Water Margin in the past, I said that there were eight hundred miles of water. I've been looking forward to when we'll be able to have this momentum, but I didn't expect to actually get to the water, and I didn't know the bottom of the way until I got ashore. ”

"Brother Qi, what you said is not true, right? I heard that your water nature is first-class, and besides, the water in these lakes is not deep, what is there to be afraid of? Glancing at Qi Yanming, Zhang Mao's eagle-like eyes glanced around, and saw that almost all the villagers in each family were hiding in the house, and the people walking around with knives outside were obviously heroes and strongmen. He looked at Yang Hu and said, "It's Brother Yang who posted a heroic post, saying that the White Holy Lord will show up, is it true or false?" ”

Although they are all Xiangma thieves and robbers who occupy the mountains as the king, when they recruit troops and buy horse-drawn people to join the gang, they will inevitably make promises in every possible way to pull up a big name, so the name of the White Lotus Holy Sect is naturally the best to use. Whether it's Zhang Mao or Qi Yanming. There are incense halls on the hills. But when I need it, I take it out to respond to the scene, and I can't say that I am sincere in my religion. Fortunately, the people in the White Lotus Sect didn't care about this before, let alone asked them to pay tribute, if Yang Hu summoned them this time, they wouldn't come, but Bai Ying came forward, and they had to give face.

"Of course it's true, Mr. Bai rarely shows up, and now he knows that everyone's momentum is in full swing, so I want to follow the example of the heroes who stood side by side to overthrow the tyrannical yuan, and will also gather heroes from all sides." Yang Hu saw that Zhang Mao and Qi Yanming's faces changed, and he smiled as if he didn't notice it, "Except for the two, Wuqiang from Cangzhou and Jizhou has already come before. In addition, there are still several branches of the Holy Sect in Shandong that want to send people, so this time it can be said that it is an unprecedented event. ”

Such a big scene?

Although Yang Hu is not a landlord, but this is the place he is looking for, the people he brought occupied the house first, and then the natural conditions of the house occupied by the people are getting worse and worse, Qi Yanming and Zhang Mao muttered around the village, and saw that all of them were dilapidated houses, and Zhang Mao, who was very famous in the southern part of the country, couldn't help it.

"In this Baiyangdian to convene the alliance of heroes from all sides, at least there must be a decent place! In this big place in the village, if there are more people, where can it be accommodated? Yang Hu is not a three-year-old child, the post was sent by him on behalf of Bai Ying, and the result is so so-so? If you knew this, it would be better for everyone to go to Yang Hu's village! ”

Qi Yanming brought out a total of seven or eight people this time, and he originally thought that it was a little little, but now that he looked at the appearance of this village, he felt that it was not that he brought fewer people, but that there were too many people. With the production and supply of this place, I am afraid that people will have to go hungry and blow the northwest wind in a long time. Therefore, although he did not answer, his thoughts in his heart were similar to those of Zhang Mao. It's just that he knows in his heart that Zhang Mao is just talking, if it is really Yang Hu's village, everyone will be worried about being detained!

Zhang Mao and Qi Yanming had met a few times before, and they both knew each other's names, since they didn't plan to stay in this village for longer, the two refused Yang Hu's suggestion to invite them to talk in the house, and found a secluded water pool to continue the discussion. After initially reaching an agreement on how to deal with Bai Ying if he really wanted to bring the people and horses under the command of the White Lotus Sect, Qi Yanming suddenly spoke: "By the way, that Pingbei Bo in the capital heard that he set off to patrol the northwest border, could it be that the imperial court plans to start a war against the Tartars again?" ”

"Fight and fight, fight every year, and there is no result in the end of the fart! If the court had saved all the money to raise those border troops, exploited the common people less, and those big families could be kinder, I wouldn't have fallen into the grass back then! Zhang Mao scolded his mother disdainfully, and then sneered again, "I heard that the master of ceremonies, Gonggong Liu, is tossing some messy investigation method, and it's not all a personal vendetta of the communiqué. I plan to take revenge on the previous officials. These officials are not a good person! "..., "The big boss, the big boss, the White Holy Lord is here!" ”

When they heard such a shout in the distance, Zhang Mao and Qi Yanming, who were talking about their own family affairs and court affairs, got up for a while, and asked a few words at the little minion who came to report the news, and the two immediately rushed towards the dock. Before they reached the ground, they saw that the men who had just wandered around the village had gathered. Standing on the edge of the dock was also a bit strong, while Yang Hu was standing in the center with his hand on the hilt of the knife, and there were several people around him who looked like leaders of all parties. Seeing Zhang Mao and Qi Yanming rushing over together, Yang Hu didn't say a word, looking at the few small boats that were flexibly shuttling in the water, his face was full of solemnity.

Bai Ying has always lived in the capital. Even if he goes out, he knows most of his whereabouts, who are the people on these boats?

Seeing that the boats were approaching the dock, a man dressed in white suddenly stretched out a little bit of the bow of the boat, and jumped lightly and skillfully, crossing a distance of more than ten paces, and jumped onto the pier. After landing steadily, he glanced around at everyone, and then arched his hand and said, "Today I am fortunate to be able to meet the heroes of all roads." It's really Bai Ying's luck! ”

"White Holy Lord, your old man is still so tough, it's really good!"

"Sure enough, it's the White Holy Lord, if it weren't for you back then, my leg wouldn't have been saved!"

"Since the White Holy Lord is invited to the next post, we have to crawl even if we have a broken leg, what else is there to say! I think that the epidemic was rampant in our village at the beginning, thanks to your wonderful rejuvenation! ”

Seeing that the other people on the dock were talking nonsense, Bai Ying smiled at each other. Zhang Mao couldn't help but exchange a look with Qi Yanming. Although Yang Hu knew that Bai Ying's medical skills were exquisite. didn't expect him to have so many good karma on the green forest road in Jinan, and his heart was relieved at the same time. But there was some surprise in it. After delaying for a while, Zhang Mao and Qi Yanming stepped forward to meet Bai Ying, and then Zhang Mao looked at the sturdy men on those boats with a smile and said, "The White Holy Lord has always seen the head and the tail of the dragon, but it turns out that there are still these heroes to follow!" ”

"They're not following me." Bai Ying shook his head with a smile, and then took a step sideways, until a figure jumped ashore vigorously, and he said with a smile, "This is the famous Xiao Niangzi who is famous across Baiyangdian, and the eighty water-skilled heroes under her command, the hundreds of lakes in this neighborhood are like the back garden of her home." ”

Everyone found that the second person who jumped down from the boat was a young woman with a blue scarf about thirty years old, and they were all taken aback for a while. It is said that after the last Baoding Mansion sentenced the brother-in-law to be tied up, the government also made a big move, but then one ear was sent in, and even the government made trouble for a few days, and then there was no movement at all.

Even Zhang Mao couldn't help but suspect that Bai Ying's words were not true, and immediately said with a smile: "Tsk, it's really hard to believe that such a delicate little lady can lead eighty heroes?" ”

He deliberately mistook this Xiao character for small, how could others not hear it? Hearing this, the Xiao Niangzi's face only changed slightly, and then she stepped forward with a smile, one hand seemed to be raised and stirred the hair around her ears, but suddenly she saw that when she moved forward, it was actually a knife light like a practice towards Zhang Mao's chest. said that it was too late and that was fast, Zhang Mao, who was on guard in his heart, sank his waist again, leaned back with his upper body, and then pushed his hands to the ground, and kicked the knife in Xiao Niangzi's right hand with his legs. But at this moment, Xiao Niangzi's left hand flipped again, and a sword light appeared again.

She's a double sword!

At this moment, Bai Ying took a step forward, her left thumb lightly pressed on Xiao Niangzi's knife, and her right palm was intentionally or unintentionally blocked in front of Zhang Mao, and then she said: "Okay, okay, Zhang Da is just casually speaking, since Xiao Niangzi has shown this kind of kung fu, let's take a step back for the time being, everyone is their own people, and it is enough to point it out!" This village is too small, how about we go to Xiao Niangzi's water village to talk? ”