Afterwards, Chu Tianya pondered, maybe in the eyes of Tong Guan and Ma Kuo, a vulgar official like me can only act as a logistics fireman in the army. They arranged for me to do this idle errand that was easy to get oil and water, in addition to being "suitable for use", and at the same time, they thought it was a great favor for me.

Chu Tianya didn't really care, he didn't come to seek any background from Tong Guan, he just wanted to get around him and act on camera. There is no difference between being a commander and being a fireman. It's just that if you want to get in touch with Tong Guan again when you become the head of this fireman, the chances may be a little slimmer.

After staying in the barracks for a while and getting a general understanding, Chu Tianya, under the urging of the people of Changshi Yatang, wanted to hand over the public office of Taiyuan Mansion and take the household registration and other things, and hand them over to Changshi for safekeeping. These things should have been the tolerance of Changshi Yatang, but they were too lazy to run this leg and had to ask Chu Tianya to get it himself, and no one could do it.

In the army, there were people who were crushed to death by officials, let alone in the army of the Great Song Dynasty.

So Chu Tianya replaced the official clothes such as the soap clothes and made a bag, and then put on the cloaks of the Song soldiers and military envoys, and went to the prison city to hand over his official duties first, and called Shangjiang Laosan by the way.

When the people in the prison city saw Chu Tianya coming back from a trip, they turned into officers, and they were immediately surprised and envious, and of course they didn't forget to boast for a while. Guan Ying, the former arrogant boss, and the others couldn't wait to lie down and lick the soles of Chu Tianya's feet, so they just looked at him and said a few good words in front of Master Tong, so that they could also follow him to the Shengjie army to eat a bowl of rice.

Chu Tianya took a lot of effort to send these people away, and then took Jiang Laosan to the yamen of the state capital, and used the official document of the Changshi Yatang to transfer the household registration letters and other things of the two, and just waited for them to be handed over and filed.

Jiang Laosan was so happy now, it was as if a fortune from heaven hit him on the head, and he was so happy that he flew to the sky.

It is no wonder that in the Song generation, there is no one who does not want to become an official, or mix an official and a half-position in the army. Because the imperial grain of the Great Song Dynasty is simply delicious. Hugh said that he was an official general, an ordinary soldier of the forbidden army, in addition to military gifts and various titles, there were also rewards and subsidies issued from time to time. In addition, there are material money, monthly rations, spring and winter bedding and clothing. Moreover, the forbidden army that suppresses one side all the year round can also let their family members accompany the army, and the army will provide housing.

It can really be said that one person is a soldier, and the whole family is well-off!

And the treatment of those generals is even more generous.

Moreover, Chu Tianya and Jiang Laosan are forbidden troops who specialize in logistics, this is a notoriously relaxed, comfortable and risk-free army, and there is oil and water to fish, which is more than a thousand times stronger than being mixed in a prison city. More importantly, it is quite difficult to change from an official to an official, and most of the junior officials have spent their lives in the officialdom, and in the end they are still officials.

Now that the two of them have changed from officials to officials overnight, their worth has increased more than 100 times in an instant, and their social status has also risen by a notch, which can be said to be "glorious ancestors".

Jiang Laosan, who was excited, almost knelt down and hugged Chu Tianya's legs, calling him his father. Chu Tianya thought he was nagging, so he sent him to report to the army by himself and handed over his household registration to Changshi Yatang by the way, but he went back home.

Although the army clearly stipulates that officers and men in the army can only be uniformly arranged by the army, and they are not allowed to stay outside the country without permission. But the branch where Chu Tianya is located is Tong Guan's personal guard, and since it has been stationed in the city, it is not so strict. Therefore, these soldiers of the Shengjie Army are famous in Taiyuan City. It's not because of how domineering they are, but because they are all proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and they are all high-rollers who spend a lot of money.

The firehead army, who was in charge of logistics, was more free because he often had to go in and out of the market to purchase supplies needed by the army. This may be the only thing that satisfies Chu Tianya, at least it is not so detained, and it is also convenient for him to act in the future.

Along the way, the neighbors were surprised to see Chu Tianya wearing a one-star scarlet red army uniform, wearing a felt hat and a saber hanging from his waist, just like a military leader. Chu Tianya finally sent them all away and returned home.

He Bo was still sitting on the steps of the arch of the backyard basking in the sun as usual, with a messy gray beard, a shabby blue cloth coat, and a crutch next to him.

Chu Tianya walked straight towards him.

He Bo seemed to be napping, and then he woke up and looked up at Chu Tianya, and immediately showed two rows of yellow teeth, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the young master, you have been promoted to a general." ”

"It's just a military envoy in charge of livestock." Chu Tianya didn't say much, and sat down next to him.

He Bo looked at him sideways, as if smiling, "Young Master, it seems that there are many things to say to the old man?" ”

"Nope." Chu Tianya, who had been busy for two days in a row, only relaxed a little at this time, leaned against the edge of the wall with a sigh of relief, and said, "You always think that I will definitely ask about your past and origin. Is that right? ”

"Don't you want to know?"

"Yes. But I won't ask. Chu Tianya smiled, stood up on his knees, and said, "If you should sue me, you will naturally sue me." If you don't want to talk about it, you won't talk about it if I ask you hard. Why should I do this to make it difficult for others? ”

"Young Master, you have changed a lot recently." He Bo said this lightly, and Chu Tianya, who had just walked two steps away, stood on his feet, and his heart trembled slightly inexplicably.

"Is there one? How I don't think. Chu Tianya smiled indifferently.

"The recent change of the young master is not ordinary." He Bo was behind Chu Tianya and said in his hoarse voice, "But, as the young master said, you who should sue me will naturally say; If you don't want to talk about it, even if the old man asks, the young master won't speak. Moreover, the young master is the master, and the old man is the servant. The affairs of the master's family are not for me to ask. ”

Chu Tianya turned his head to look at him, one old and one young looked at each other, and they all smiled tacitly.

But Chu Tianya felt that the laughter of the two of them at the moment was full of treachery, and there was a little bit of wolf bèi.

Don't talk to each other, don't ask each other questions -- the two seem to have reached such a tacit understanding.

"Young master, there is another thing that I want to remind you of." He Bo diverted the topic and said.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know why you approached Tong Guan, but I'm sure Xue Yu had to kill Tong Guan. So you have to be extra careful not to be dragged down by Xue Yu and others. He said.

Chu Tianya nodded plausibly, noncommittal.

He Bo continued: "He sneaked into Taiyuan on this trip, and it is very likely that he came from the assassination. It's just that the action is not thorough, and he was arrested before he could do it. Fortunately, the matter was not revealed, otherwise the king of heaven would not have saved his life. If you get involved, it will be a dead end. ”

"Xue Yu and Tong Guan have an old feud?" Chu Tianya asked curiously. Although he had also deceived Xue Yu with words before, most of the speculation that he came to assassinate him, but this was only his own speculation after all.

"Xue Yu's reputation in Hebei is also resounding, and many people know about him." He Bo's voice was still low and hoarse, and he said unhurriedly, "He was born in a military family, and the official worships the Daimyo's Mansion, and the official is not small. He is also handsome and chic, known as 'Mei Xue Lang', and married a noble woman from the Liao State. Since then, the husband and wife have been in love, and they have become an enviable couple in the Daimyo Mansion. It's a pity that later her wife went back to her parents' house because of something, and Xue Yu didn't accompany her because of official business. It just so happened that at this time, the Battle of Jin Liao broke out, and the Great Song Dynasty also quickly attacked the Liao State. The two countries of Song and Liao broke off contacts, and his wife could not return home, and was finally taken captive by the Jin people to Liaodong, which was more auspicious and less auspicious! ”

"But what does this have to do with Tong Guan?" Chu Tianya asked curiously.

He Bo said: "Young master, have you forgotten that Tong Guan is the commander of the Song army who conquered the Liao State and supervised the battle in Hebei?" According to the agreement between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, Yanshan Mansion was originally supposed to be attacked by the Great Song Dynasty. However, Tong Guan was unable to fight effectively, and in order to avoid being punished and ask for merit and reward, he shamelessly asked Jin Guo to help attack Yanshan Mansion. Then, let the imperial court spend a million taels of silver to buy Yanshan Mansion back from the Jin State. ”

"I know that." Chu Tianya nodded and said, "After Tong Guan bought back Yanshan Mansion, he claimed to have recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun that had been lost for a hundred years, and he made great contributions to the imperial court. Back then, Shenzong left a testament, if any general and minister recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, he would be crowned king! - Therefore, Tong Guancai, as a eunuch, entered the king of Guangyang County! ”

He Bo nodded, "When Tong Guan was attacking Liao, he couldn't defeat the Liao army in a war, but recruiting and rebelling was his forte. He lured the Liao general Guo Yaoshi and his elite army: the Chang Shengjun. The Changsheng army was mainly Xi people. According to the prior agreement of Song and Jin, the Xi people belonged to the Jin State. So the Jin people were not happy, and when they handed over Yanshan Mansion, in addition to asking for money, they also asked the Great Song Dynasty to return the lured Guo Yaoshi and his army. The Great Song court refused, so the Jin people seized the handle of the Great Song Dynasty during the negotiations, claiming that the city of Yanshan Mansion could be given to the Great Song Dynasty, but the people in the city could not give it to you - unless you handed back Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun! Tong Guan didn't dare to give up Guo Yaoshi, a force valued by the imperial court, and was eager to ask for merit and rewards, where would he care about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Yanshan Mansion? He promised to leave the city alone! In this way, the Jurchens dug three feet into the ground and ransacked Yanshan Mansion, and then robbed hundreds of thousands of people to go to the bitter cold land of Liaodong to be slaves and maids, leaving only Tong Guan with an empty dead city! -- Among the people who were taken away was Xue Yu's wife. You say, does Xue Yu have a grudge against Tong Guan? ”

"No wonder Xue Yu gritted his teeth with hatred for Tong Guan." Chu Tianya suddenly realized at this time and said, "Xue Yu may have offended Tong Guan and was imprisoned because of this incident, and finally became a leader in Taihang Seven Star Mountain. In this way, the future family business and a qiē are ruined. Counting it, it can be said that Tong Guan ruined his life! ”

"It wasn't Tong Guan who ruined him, but this world. It's just a pretense of Tong Guan's hand! He Bo sighed and said, "Now that I am in the Song Dynasty, I am in crisis. The officials are mediocre and traitorous, the officialdom is greedy, and the army is corrupt and degenerate. At the same time that we were self-tied, did not want to make progress, and were still complacent, the northern Jurchens who were like wolves and tigers grew rapidly, and destroyed the Liao State in just ten years. Although the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State had formed an alliance to attack Liao together. But now that the Liao State is gone, this alliance has no meaning. Seeing that my Great Song Dynasty is so vast, rich, corrupt and weak, how could the ambitious Jurchens not go south and infringe on the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Chu Tianya listened quietly, but his heart was churning like a stormy wave: if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, who would have believed that such a high-minded theory of the current situation was from the mouth of a disabled veteran who was not amazing? - He can see clearly, Tong Guan, and those monarchs and generals in the court, can't they think it through?

"Young master, since you have already formed a favor with Xue Yu, it is better to go to Qixing Mountain with them and join the gang to become a strongman leader, which is better than waiting for death in this Taiyuan City." He Bo still said unhurriedly, "If the Jin people go south, Taiyuan Mansion is the only way to go." Although Tong Guan traitor has a heavy army, where will he dare to fight against the Jurchen Iron Cavalry? Taiyuan City is small and shallow, and sooner or later it will be breached. At that time, there will be no eggs under the nest! ”

After hearing these words, Chu Tianya stared at He Bo's ravine-lined old face for a full thirty seconds.

"Why is the young master staring at me like this? Old decay is not a big girl's family! He Bo still talked and laughed lightly.

"I'm not going to run away alone." Chu Tianya said it lightly, but absolutely irrefutable, and then said, "But I want to know - can I trust you?" ”

"People, when they can't help themselves, they can't even trust themselves, so what can they talk about others?" He Bo got up tremblingly, picked up his crutches and walked to the back room, and when he turned around, he threw down a sentence-

"All I can say is that I will never hurt you!"