Early the next morning, Chu Tianya got up early. Last night, he rubbed the wound with the medicine given by Wang Xun, and drank the internal decoction cooked by Xiao Ai, Chu Tianya felt that the injury had improved slightly. However, in the middle of winter, people's qi and blood are not very vigorous, and this kind of internal and external injuries cannot be healed in a short time. Chu Tianya had no choice but to recuperate in peace, and he didn't dare to dance with a gun and a stick and ask Uncle He for guidance on martial arts.

Xiao Linglong is still the same as yesterday, and she has already practiced sweating in the yard. Chu Tianya even suspected that she hadn't slept all night, and she didn't stop after practicing the pile steps and pricking the gun.

"You don't have to be so desperate, do you?" Chu Tianya went out and said to Xiao Linglong.

Xiao Linglong, who was practicing guns, stopped for a while, took a long breath, wiped the beads of sweat, and said, "I said it, you must practice a full set of marksmanship in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Is this possible?" Chu Tianya asked.

"I don't know." Xiao Linglong smiled slightly, "To borrow a sentence you once said, if you try, you may not succeed, and if you don't try, you won't have a chance, right?" ”

"That's ......" Chu Tianya nodded and smiled, "But you're still ...... Take care! ”

Xiao Linglong shook her head lightly and smiled: "You have not experienced war, and you don't know how terrible war is. Compared to death, this hardship is really not worth mentioning. ”

Chu Tianya smiled, "Why did you say the same as Uncle He's?" ”

"Not surprising. He Bo had experienced war in Jiangnan; And I was ruined and fled directly from the pile of the dead. Xiao Linglong's eyebrows sank slightly, and she said, "We all know the horror of war, and the fragility and despicability of human life. So I had to do my best to practice marksmanship. If I am alive tomorrow, this marksmanship may come in handy at any time; If I die tomorrow, I won't be able to practice again, wouldn't it be a great pity? ”

Chu Tianya nodded and said with a slight smile: "When most people face the threat of death, they are more likely to express fear and despair. You are truly different. ”

"If you're still alive after this war is over, you'll probably be able to understand what I'm thinking." Xiao Linglong said.

"And what if I die?"

"I'll avenge you."

"It's not funny." Chu Tianya still smiled, grinned and said, "You don't plan to be martyred?" ”

"Do you think I look like that woman?" Xiao Linglong also smiled, "Don't be poor, go and do your business!" -- I heard you having a conversation with Wang Xun yesterday, is it possible for the government to publish a document today, telling the people about the Jin soldiers going south? ”

"Well, I'm planning to go to the government." Chu Tianya nodded, "Do you want to go along?" ”

"No, no." Xiao Linglong replied simply and neatly, "Although I am from a royal family, I have always disliked dealing with people in the official face, especially the officials in the southern country. ”

"Okay, then I'll go." Chu Tianya glanced sideways at the stable converted from a firewood house, where the jujube red horse sent by Wang Xun yesterday was tethered, and said, "When are you free, go out of the city and teach me to ride a horse?" ”

"You really don't know how to ride a horse?" Xiao Linglong said with a smile.

"No ridicule." Chu Tianya turned his face flat, "I haven't laughed at you, you can't cook, you can't swim, you can't embroider, and you can't recite poetry, play the pipa or play chess." ”

"How do you know I won't?" Xiao Linglong smiled even happier.

"I said no, then it had to be." Chu Tianya shrugged his shoulders and wrapped his cloak tightly, "Don't be poor, practice your martial arts!" - Remember, when Ada brings your mount, you will go out of the city with me to race! ”

Xiao Linglong laughed endlessly, until Chu Tianya's figure disappeared into the courtyard.

"You don't even know how to climb on horseback, do you? Death to save face......" Xiao Linglong pursed her lips and shook her head gently, with a smile on her face all the time, "I didn't expect him to be childish......"

Chu Tianya didn't call any extra people, and went to the prefect's yamen alone.

When he walked to the door, he saw that there were sergeants of the Shengjie army guarding the outside of the mansion, presumably Wang Yu was inside the mansion. After reporting to his family, the prefect Zhang Xiaochun let Chu Tianya enter the mansion and went to his study, as if he was waiting for him there.

When I went in, Wang Yu was not there.

"Governor Zhang seems to be waiting for me on purpose?" Chu Tianya doesn't talk nonsense, he gets straight to the point.

Zhang Xiaochun is in his forties, born with a shrewd and capable appearance, and his eyes are extremely bright and bright. His slightly thin face seemed to never show a smile or anger, and his face was always as heavy as water - like the officials of the Great Song Dynasty who had been in the officialdom for many years, he had already cultivated a pair of piercing fiery eyes and golden clear eyes, and the cultivation of joy and anger, or the city government.

After glancing at Chu Tianya a few times, Zhang Xiaochun still smiled slightly, "This mansion knows, you will definitely come to me." ”

"Governor Zhang's house is like a god, admire." Chu Tianya said lightly, "That prefect must also know, why did I come to you?" ”

"That's right." Zhang Xiaochun didn't go around in circles, he sat down on the chair behind the public case, frowned slightly, looked at Chu Tianya with a hint of hostility but full of curiosity, and said, "This mansion is puzzled, why did you become an accomplice of Xishan and Taihang?" ”

"Is it important?" Chu Tianya smiled slightly, "When is it, the prefect still has the heart to ask these questions?" ”

Zhang Xiaochun nodded lightly with an expressionless face, "This mansion is just out of curiosity." Because I have known your father for so many years, although I didn't watch you grow up, I still know a little about you. After a short period of time, you have become a giant of the ringing horse. Ling Zunquan knows, shouldn't he feel about it? ”

Chu Tianya couldn't help but be slightly shocked in his heart: It turns out that Zhang Xiaochun and my father are still old acquaintances!

"What, scared you?" Zhang Xiaochun laughed twice, "That's it, the private matter has been said, let's start talking about business!" ”

Chu Tianya nodded, "Okay." ”

"Since you are the representative of the leaders of the Xishan and Taihang Righteous Armies stationed in Taiyuan, then this government will talk to you openly and honestly." Zhang Xiaochun said in his usual tone of official announcement, "The Jurchen envoy killed the marshal of my town, and the Song and Jin countries will inevitably fight, there is no doubt about it, and this government is also willing to assist the royal capital to implement the strategic deployment of the fortified wall and clear the wilderness." But it is quite difficult to actually implement. ”

"If there is any difficulty, please tell the prefect." Chu Tianya said.

"The difficulty is that we people know that the Jin soldiers are about to invade the south and that the war is coming, but the people still don't know anything. They are also immersed in peace and tranquility, and they are accustomed to living a life of sunrise and sunset every day. Zhang Xiaochun said, "All of a sudden, I have to order all the people outside Taiyuan Mansion to be moved, so that they can give up their homes, land, livestock, grain and property, Chu Tianya, in exchange for you, are you willing?" ”

"I don't want to." Chu Tianya said calmly, "But if I had to choose between these things and life, I would choose the latter." ”

Zhang Xiaochun nodded, "That's right. But the human heart is the most complex and unpredictable, how can it be generalized? There may be many people who do not believe that war is about to break out, and perhaps there will be people who take risks and so-called people die for money; Or maybe there will be some people who fish in troubled waters and make a fortune in national disasters. ”

"Just ask Governor Zhang not to detour around the bush, and say something straightforward." Chu Tianya's voice was a little cold.

"Okay-" Zhang Xiaochun frowned, stood up and looked directly into Chu Tianya's eyes, and said, "Regarding the relocation of the people, the government and the army must not go out. Because once the war starts, the government will also issue an order to the people, asking them to unite with the army and defend the city together! However, the strong wall and clear the field must be carried out, so the meaning of this government is to let the people of Xishan and Taihang go out and forcibly relocate the people! ”

"I thought I was black and poisonous enough, but Governor Zhang is even darker and more poisonous than me!" Chu Tianya scolded on the spot, so he didn't plan to give Zhang Xiaochun any face.

"If you want to understand it that way, you can do it." Zhang Xiaochun's self-cultivation is really good, he is not angry, and said indifferently, "At present, everyone has to make a little sacrifice." If the government orders the relocation of the people and the army enforces it, then all the resentment of the people will be directed at the government and the army. When the time comes, how can we unite the people to protect the city against the Jin soldiers? - Anyway, the people of Xishan and Taihang were originally ringing horses, and raiding houses and robbing houses was their usual method in the past. At this moment of crisis, in order to get the overall situation aware, why not send them to make a show and make another scene? As long as you don't hurt the lives of the people, it won't hurt! ”

"When the time comes, all the sewage will be poured on the righteous army, and Governor Zhang will become a hero of the Qing Dynasty who protects the territory and the people, and is worshiped by all the people?" Chu Tianya sneered, "What a clever plan, a wonderful plan!" ”

"Chu Tianya, this government thinks that you are a person who does great things, and you can abandon your false reputation and start from the long-term and the big plan. If even you are so emotional, then there really is no need to talk about it. The battle against gold will undoubtedly be lost. Zhang Xiaochun said almost word by word, "After all, you are a small official, and your position is not high enough, so you may not be able to understand what kind of way to behave in this Great Song Dynasty." Do you think the government is willing to make such a decision? Even if it is Xiangma who moves the people, and the people in the realm are so displaced, the government will not escape the blame; Moreover, before the Jin soldiers were killed, the government did its best to assist the army and the rebels, and used the power of the government to assist you in resisting the Jin - if this was in the past, the government would have been guilty of killing your head. What else do you want? ”

Zhang Xiaochun said these truths, Chu Tianya actually understands.

Indeed, in today's officialdom environment of the Great Song Dynasty, which is an overall "inaction", it is not easy for Zhang Xiaochun to do what he is now, and it is not in vain that Wang Xun also praised him behind his back "He is a good official who is diligent and loves the people".

Such a person is now afraid that the Great Song Dynasty is an endangered species.

"Has the prefect consulted with the royal capital?" Chu Tianya asked.

"Wang Dutong means to let you call the shots." Zhang Xiaochun frowned slightly, "Although the mansion doesn't know what magical powers you have, you can let the royal capital put the decision in your hands." But this mansion, respecting the meaning of the king's unity, asks you exclusively. ”

Chu Tianya nodded, "I have to personally go to meet the leaders of the Taihang and Xishan Zhai Masters once first!" ”

"Please." Zhang Xiaochun didn't say much, but said, "Time is pressing, I don't know when I can get a reply?" ”

"I'll do my best." Chu Tianya said, "Having said that, even if the people outside the city of Taiyuan Mansion can use the righteous army to forcibly move away, how will the people in Taiyuan City deal with it?" As long as the people outside the city fled into the city, the news would inevitably cause great panic, and then the people's hearts would be in turmoil and chaos. ”

"The government will work with the royal capital to control the city and ensure that there is no chaos." Zhang Xiaochun's brows furrowed, and he said, "Taiyuan City is small, and it can't accommodate the people of all the counties, towns and villages under the rule of this government, and tens of thousands of victorious troops outside the city still have to settle in the city. Therefore the people who will abandon the city and flee will not be left behind; Those who are willing to stay and live and die with Taiyuan will be treated kindly. This is the attitude and principle of the government. ”

"I see." Chu Tianya took a deep breath and nodded, "I'll leave the city immediately and go to meet the leaders of the two rebel armies to discuss this matter!" ”

"There is labor!" Zhang Xiaochun, Zhengse gave Chu Tianya a hand.

The boss took the initiative to worship his subordinates, which was by no means rare in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty; What's more, Chu Tianya is now a white body, and to put it mildly, he is still a fugitive and a robber.

Chu Tianya bowed back, looked at this Zhang Xiaochun a few times, and strode away.