readx; However, it was said that Han Baiwen had arrived at the post of pacification envoy, so he began to work in the government. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info saw Xiang Zhongquan again, but I didn't catch him, so he arched his hand and said:

Thank you, raising your hand!

I squinted my eyes and said:

You have protected Brother Han Baiwen, so I will spare you. If the official finds out that you have other plans, he will definitely not break with you!

So he had no choice but to retreat. Han Baiwen immediately sorted out the official documents, and then went to find the Xuanfu envoy and the Qinchashi master. I immediately wrote the military situation into the express and sent it to the capital.

At the time when Liyang was inseparable, the rebels in Cangzhou, under the leadership of Tang Wancheng, guarded Dongguang and fought against the army of Liang Jin, the general of the Inner Guard, and the army of Sun Menglong, the king of Pingbei. The army of Hexi Road, under the command of Sun Li, the deputy governor, also echoed on the flanks. Yang Huaizhong's troops in Jinju merged with Dou Yunpeng's army and cut off the line from Dongguang to the canal. At that moment, Xiahou Jie escorted the grain and grass here, and under the order of Sun Li, the deputy governor, he took the documents to meet Gao Qi, the governor of Youzhou. Gao Qi arched his hand and said:

The little general has worked hard all the way! I heard that you participated in the battle of Handan, and the governor is quite interested in this battle, so you might as well talk about it!

So Xiahou Jie told Gao Qi what had happened. Gao Qi smiled:

But it's Lord Nie Chenghai's auspicious star! I heard some things from General Yang Huaizhong at the beginning, but as the little general said, it was extremely dangerous, and that day must have been very tragic!

They said something else, so Xiahoujie got the approval and went back to the camp to rest. The tall man sat in the big tent with his hands behind his back and read a book, and after a while, a small soldier came in and said:

General, the prince is invited!

Gao Qi immediately tidied up his clothes and came to the big tent of the eldest grandson Menglong. The king of Pingbei wore Huang Juan's robe, covered with leather armor, and wore a purple and gold crown, and sat in the big tent with his sword in his hand. After Gao Qi entered the account, he stood below, so the prince retreated left and right, pulled Gao Qi to sit aside, and then the prince looked at him and said:

I'm sorry General Gao! This king has to break his word! In fact, since last month, I have lost the news of my little girl. That crazy girl doesn't know where to run, and this king has been looking for it. I wanted to announce your marriage with General Dou, but now, this king can't guarantee you, so I can only postpone it for the time being!

Gao Qi bowed his head and arched his hand:

The prince is serious! The last general didn't think about it, and it was a blessing for the last general to be able to win the love of the prince! However, the young lady has always refused to agree to this matter, depending on the general, it is better not to force it!

How's that going to work? This king has always done what he says! Don't worry, even after ten years, she won't want to escape this marriage! You are my favorite general, and this king must make this marriage! Rest assured! Come, this jade ring is the little girl's personal belongings, so I will be a witness with you. If the little girl is disobedient and fails to show up within three months, then let you marry someone else, and the king will not blame her. Once the little girl shows up in the future, even if the king ties her up, he will send people to the general, and even if he is the king, he will never regret it! You can take the jade ring!

Gao Qi knew that the eldest grandson Menglong was a notoriously stubborn temper, always true to his word, and very stubborn. Therefore, he had no choice but to accept the jade ring and leave. So the king of Pingbei felt very embarrassed, and sent more people to find his daughter, the eldest grandson Feiying. The next day in Yancheng, Dou Ying held a wedding for his son Dou Yunpeng, and the king of Pingbei and a group of generals testified that the woman was the commander of the Zhao family army, and Liang Xiaoqiu, the younger sister of Zhao Minzhen. Since she was rescued by Dou Yunpeng in the battle, she has been entangled by the other party, which is really annoying, but Dou Yunpeng is a good man and has a straight heart, so she had to agree. Xiahou Jie replaced the army of Hexi Road at the wedding banquet and gave Dou Yunpeng a pair of copper whips, which were two catties heavier than the whips Dou Yunpeng used before, and the workmanship was more exquisite, so Dou Yunpeng accepted it happily.

At this moment, the rebels shrank in Dongguang, and Tang Wanqian was very discouraged because there was no general around him. However, something happened that drove him crazy, and his spies reported that Emperor Cheng had recently published an example and had returned to the capital safely. However, he set up a noble concubine who married in Cangzhou, surnamed Dong, and also canonized a national uncle, who actually had the same name and surname as Dong Zhentian. When Tang Wanqian heard this, he dropped his cup and said angrily:

Li Tiancheng! How dare you snatch my fiancée! Dong Zhentian! Thou hast regarded a thief as thy father, and thou hast coveted glory and riches! Give me the order to get out of the city at once!" I want all the soldiers of the Great New Dynasty to die for me!

So that night, Tang Wancheng personally led 30,000 rebels from the north gate to attack Gaoqi's camp directly. Another 10,000 horses stopped the men and horses of King Pingbei in the middle of the road. The remaining 40,000 troops went out of the west of the city and went to attack Dou Yunpeng and Liang Jin's troops by different routes. At this moment in Dongguang, the strength of officers and soldiers has long surpassed that of the rebels, so he has no hope of winning this battle. Therefore, just as the army was fighting, the Hexi Road army captured Dongguang from behind. Yang Huaizhong's troops also flanked the main force of the rebels in the back, and only Gao Qi was stationed at the camp. Although Tang Wanren was brave, Gao Qi did not buy it, and used regimental cards and bows and arrows to consolidate the camp from afar, and no matter how the rebels attacked, they were not allowed to enter. So the east light was on fire, and the rebels lost their foothold. Tang Wanqian fought for a long time and finally broke through a gap. At this moment, the army of Changsun Menglong broke through the ambush and surrounded it from behind, and Tang Wanqian had no choice but to break through. In the end, he escaped from Toko, with less than a hundred riders. As a result, the Cangzhou rebels were defeated, and fled into the countryside. Tang Wanqian went to Qingzhou by way. Xiahou Jie's army also went into battle in this battle and fought more than 400 rebels. So he killed more than 30,000 rebels and captured 20,000, the bandit leader Tang Wanqian did not get it, and the state government paid 1,000 taels of gold to buy his head. The good news flew into the capital, and Sun Menglong, the king of Pingbei, led the army to withdraw to Youzhou, and the army of Hexi Road also began to withdraw to Hexi under the command of Sun Li. The military horses of the Cangzhou headquarters continued to search for the remnants of the rebels south of Dongguang, while the generals of the internal guards Liang Jin, Dou Ying, and Dou Yunpeng led the remnants of the guards and returned to Beijing.

I sat down in Handan, and Master Shi was no longer difficult for me. However, now the military situation is handled by Han Baiwen, so I am idle, so I have to go to the Fang Mansion every day to chat with the second lady, or secretly contact the fifth master. It turned out that the fifth master Fang Wenzhong had never given up investigating Xiang Zhongquan. learned that he followed Han Baiwen back to Handan, so he ran all the way back. At this time, Xiang Zhongquan followed Han Baiwen every day to do things, so I found an opportunity to set up a banquet in the Fang Mansion to entertain Han Baiwen, and Xiang Zhongquan naturally accompanied him. The fifth master secretly monitored in secret. After sending Han Baiwen away, Fang Wenzhong provided me with a very astonishing piece of information:

That person is not Xiang Zhongquan who contacted him before!

He arched his hand and said:

I remember that Xiang Zhongquan and I met on the second floor of a restaurant, when he was dressed in black cloth clothes, dressed as a dart, and was in his twenties. The person who came with him was the Fufeng County Commander, who happened to go to the capital to report on his work, and I was an old friend of him, so his words were more convincing. He said that Xiang Zhongquan and he met him in the Xiliang Palace, so he asked me to give him the things with confidence. So we agreed on a time and place in person, but we didn't see him in the end.

I was taken aback:

Since he is not Xiang Zhongquan, who will it be? Could it be that he is really a foreign spy?

Fang Wenzhong shook his head and said:

I don't know, I haven't met him anyway. However, since he knows our secret, he must have obtained it from Zhen Xiang Zhongquan, and maybe he was the one who took me in the first place!

I thought for a moment and said:

You were caught in the Hungry Ghost Ridge and locked up in a dungeon, haven't you been anywhere else? You are in Hungry Ghost Ridge this time, haven't you found any clues?

He thought for a moment and said:

By the way, I remember that I was just taken to Hungry Ghost Ridge, stayed for one night, and was rescued by the Nanya guards. But the cell where I was locked up seems to have been locked up with someone. By the way, the blood stains in the house are not mine! In fact, after being in distress in the woods, I was saved by you, and the wound never bled again!

I said yes in my heart, Ye Sanniang's craftsmanship is not covered. So I wondered:

That is to say, in fact, when Feng Ruyi came down the mountain that day, he did bring an injured person, and that person probably stayed in your cell for a few days. But now I don't know if Feng Ruyi has anything to do with your case, and now that I heard that the guards in the capital rebelled, they are basically dead, I think the guards who saved you that day, I'm afraid they won't be able to find out who it is!

Fang Wenzhong nodded and said:

Not bad! Now I can't find the person who wants to be bad for my family, it really makes me sleep unstable every day!

I arched my hand and said:

Let's press this thing first! Since there is a problem with that Xiangzhong, we will spy on him, and one day he will reveal clues, so let's be patient for the time being! It's just that you have been wronged by the fifth master, and you have to continue to act in secret.

It's okay! Just find out who is behind the harm to my family, and I will do whatever it takes!

So I discussed with the fifth master and broke up. At that time, the only people who knew the identity and whereabouts of the fifth master were the uncle, me and the second miss, Han Baiwen, Xia Houlin and others, and they only heard about it. In the eyes of the rest, Fang Wenzhong regarded Fang Wenzhong as a steward under me, so he lurked. So I went to the second lady, who was holding half of my handkerchief and squatting in the garden counting the dew on the grass. I knew that Liyang was fighting hard, and I heard that Shi Yong was injured again, so I didn't dare to tell her. When she saw me coming, she raised her face and asked:

When will they return?

I shook my head and said:

I don't know, I heard that Liyang has been fighting there for a long time, and it doesn't seem to be over in a month or two.

She pursed her lips thoughtfully, and then nodded to the grass and said:

My sister and brother-in-law left, and my father usually didn't see me at work. The fourth uncle went down to Jiangnan again, and the uncle didn't see anyone all day. Now that Sister Night is gone, everyone is suffocated to death! Little brother, do you want to send me to Liyang! People miss my sister!

She stood up and lowered her hands, looking at me with pleading eyes. At this time, I noticed that although her voice was still a little hoarse, it sounded better and better. So I folded my arms and said:

You're going to make trouble for them in the past!

Not really! Isn't my sister also good at the eldest brother's?

She's different, she lives with your brother-in-law, and Miss Minzhen has also given her some female soldiers, if you go, how can I settle you?

I can be with my sister and brother-in-law!

People are husband and wife, how do you live with them? You'd better be honest and wait at home!

As I was leaving, she suddenly ran over and took my arm and said:

Little brother! Or...... Send someone to Shi Yong, he won't bother me anyway!

Oh! Finally getting to the point? You wanted to go to Shi Yong from the beginning!

How could it be! Little brother, you are so annoying! People ignore you!

I saw that she turned around with a red face, so I smiled:

It's a pity that Shi Yong is at the forefront of the front line right now, and he can't let you take risks. I think so, you still wait at home, but I promise you that as soon as the fighting eases, I will send you to them, how about it?

Are you sure? Not perfunctory?

You can pull the hook! Also, don't always hold this handkerchief of mine, you will be misunderstood by Shi Yong! Give it back to me!

Well! All right!

After we pulled the hook, she gave me back the little handkerchief. I took it in my hand and said in my heart that he had seen Miss Liu one day, and he finally had an explanation. So she continued to look at the flowers there, and I went out of the house.

Walking down the street, I always felt like there were eyes staring at me, not hateful or murderous, but fierce, as if they were collecting debts. So I was inexplicably a little weak-hearted, looked around, and didn't see anything abnormal, so I had to wipe away the cold sweat on my head and run back to the government with small steps. Han Baiwen was reading the military newspaper, and when he saw me coming back, he said happily:

Cangzhou is finally stable! You see, Uncle Liang, General Dou, father and son, are about to return to Beijing! It's a pity that they took the land route directly from Yanzhou to Kaifeng, and didn't go to our Hexi, so if they wanted to meet, they didn't know when! But sooner or later you will be transferred to Beijing, I bet that Liyang will be in chaos, and there will be no war in Hexi, and you will definitely be recalled to Beijing.

I don't care about that, but I have to write to Miss Minzhen right away, asking her to stay in Beijing for a while, and when Dou Yunpeng returns to Beijing with her junior sister, it will be a good time!

Brother, you always make wedding dresses for others, but I don't know who else will be good to you except my brother! Alas!

How can that be said? Don't forget, Uncle Liang is our good friend, and Dou Yunpeng's father and son are also close friends, how can they treat us badly?

How so? They are now all friends in the officialdom, and the only true friend is probably Uncle Liang. However, Uncle Liang used to be our boss and opponent, and now he is an official in the same dynasty, and the grievances between us are not few. Don't forget, there must be a story between him and the dead governor of Cangzhou, although Brother Gongsun trusts him very much, but for our brothers, we still can't easily treat him as our own!

I was taken aback:

What's in your little brain? Why do you think so complicated about people?

It's you who are too simple! Brother, I might as well tell you one thing, the person who wants to assassinate me must be Xie Tianguang! Although I didn't go against him, after knowing my background, he must have regarded me as a thorn in his side and had to get rid of me, so he sent killers several times. I'm trying to save my life now, and guess what I'm going to do?

Probably going to be more vigilant? Could it be that you want to surrender to him?

How can it be? As soon as I arrived in Handan, I wrote a letter to him!

Oh?

I asked curiously:

But what is the content of the letter?

Han Baiwen said with a smile:

After seeing that, he won't kill me again.

What exactly is it?

In the letter, I said that I want to avenge my father openly, and one day I will find the evidence, and I want his whole family to die!

I was curious:

Aren't you asking for trouble when you declare war on him so directly?

You don't understand this! He was in a hurry to kill me precisely because he didn't know what I was going to do. Now that I have made it clear, he will definitely think that I am a stupid boy who doesn't know the height of the sky, so he naturally doesn't take me seriously. In fact, I am just a magistrate, and he has the art of Tongtian in the capital, so how can he be afraid of me as a child? Therefore, the more emboldened I become, the more he thinks that either I am stupid or that I am in the company of his political enemies, and therefore not only will he not kill me, but he hopes that I, a boy of good blood, will show his enemies. Do you think, if I really take refuge in a powerful minister, as soon as I die, won't he Xie Tianguang give someone a handle? Therefore, after reading this letter, he will not send any more killers.

So wonderful?

This is just a small ploy. When you become an official in the future, you should keep in mind that anyone who seems to be loyal, virtuous, and wise must not be simple. Anyone who is arrogant and domineering is a fool, and sooner or later he will be ruined! When you deal with courtiers, you must be careful with your words and deeds, even if you say something wrong, it may attract resentment from others, and even invite death!

Oh!

Also, the deeper you hide yourself, the better, it's best to make yourself mediocre, once you get things done, three points of effort and seven points of leisure, about the same, don't make too much effort, show the mountain dew! Unless you encounter something urgent, you can show your talent moderately. Otherwise, the courtiers will be jealous of you and regard you as an enemy, and it will not be easy!

Yes?

Finally, to tell you, the main reason for my father's failure, in my opinion, is not all that Xie Tianguang is ruthless, it is really my father who is too simple and hits stones with eggs. If I catch evidence in the future, I will either kill me with one blow and cut the grass to the roots, or I will snarce the courtiers to fight in groups, and I must not follow my father's old path!

Oh......

Brother is idle now, let's read more books, and learn from the ancients to learn the way of officials! Especially those necessary etiquette, by the way, the Beijing officials are very concerned about etiquette, you haven't even mastered the wearing and footwork of the official uniform, it seems that you have to work hard!

I couldn't understand the mysteries he told. The heart said, is it so tiring to be an official? I am afraid every day, there are still so many literati talents, dreaming of the title of the gold list? My dream since I was a child was to go to Jinbang High School with my eldest brother and glorify my ancestors. Now I feel that I have been poured cold water, poured to the end, my heart is cold, and I can't lift my spirits for a while. Seeing that Han Baiwen is young, but he is familiar with the way of being an official, it is inevitable that I will admire him. Therefore, I felt that I couldn't match the three-grade official uniform, and now I was considered to have completed my merits in Hexi, so I took a long breath and walked out of the mansion. Han Baiwen thought that I was looking for a book to read, so he didn't care, so he continued to review the official document.

I was standing on the street, wearing a green cloth robe, which was sewn for me by Fang Caiyun before Brother Xiahou left. Because I have been living in the government, the food and clothing are all used by the state government, and now my sleeves are empty, and I have no money in my waist. I thought of why Master Shi hated me, but it was because I didn't understand the rules, and in his eyes, I didn't understand almost anything. And I don't understand anything. So I went to the Xuanfu Envoy's Mansion and met with Master Shi. After holding back from the left and right, I arched my hand and said:

My lord, the Holy One has appointed your lord to do business here, but can you send another one?

Master Shi was stunned for a moment, and then approached:

Pitchers have ears!

So he let me go to the inner room. He said with his hands behind his back:

The saint wants the official to retrieve a thing in the palace on his behalf! A ring, the Holy One said, this thing is in the hands of an adult!

I immediately took out the jade medallion, handed it over with both hands, and said:

It's really here in Xiaguan!

When Master Shi saw that the ring was a jade medallion on it, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted long live. I ordered him to get up, and he stood up and took it with both hands:

I don't want the saint to trust the adult so much, so he entrusts the jade seal to the adult! No wonder the adults can call the wind and rain in Hexi, you have the jade medal in your hand, you could have embarrassed the official, but now it seems that the official underestimated the adult, and the official is here to apologize to the adult!

Seeing that he has changed his previous attitude, it seems that he has changed a lot of opinions about me. So I arched my hand and said:

Adults are serious! The kid was shallow in his talent and knowledge, and he disrupted Hexi, but by luck, he did not cause greater harm. However, the kid thought that the heroes of Hexi were all talents, with both temperament and blood. They were willing to die for the sake of their master, so the boy took them in. I expect adults to see clearly, but these people are good men and rare talents!

Rest assured! The Holy One has already issued a secret decree that I should not grow branches outside the Hexi Festival. This official has inquired these days, and those henchmen of yours are all talented. That Fang Jinwen, hehe, let his mind go, just the means of financial management, even the criminal master of the household department is beyond the reach of the dust. You have recruited so many talents for the imperial court, how can this official be angry with you because of a little courtesy? It's you, it's better to read more, since the Holy One values you, he will definitely do something one day!

That's what the adults say! The kid will definitely repay his kindness and live up to the expectations of the saints!

Well, that's good!

So I walked out. I thought that what Han Baiwen said was right, he was really hostile to me because I didn't know how to count. So after this incident, I went back to the wing room in the backyard of the government office with ease.

I counted it carefully, it seems that I don't have any ornaments around me, but I remembered that day, before Ye Sanniang left, she asked me to keep the five hundred taels of silver that Fang Jinwen gave in order to thank herself, as well as the one thousand taels of gift money received when she got married. So I immediately took fifty taels in it, and wrote an IOU to suppress it, then simply brought some dry food, left a letter to Han Baiwen, entrusted him with all the important things, and sneaked out of the back door, rode all the way to Hedong.

Han Baiwen came to me for dinner in the evening, but found letters and official documents in my bedroom. Han Baiwen opened the letter and looked at it, but he explained all the people and matters in Hexi, including the details of the case in Fang Wenzhong. At the same time, he also explained the relationship between the second lady and Shi Yong, and asked him not to promise her to go to Liyang in the short term. In addition, he told him that Xu Ziming had just set off for a day to escort grain and grass, and asked him to recall him immediately and send him to the direction of Liyang. In the end, he briefly explained that he was not talented enough to learn and was not worthy of being an official, and now he is hanging out of the official and leaving without saying goodbye, there is really no way. Now he plans to return to his hometown in Bohai, study hard behind closed doors, and he will be named on the gold list one day, and then meet his brothers. Another borrowed fifty taels from Sanniang for the travel expenses, and he will definitely return it one day.

Han Baiwen took the letter and sighed:

Brother is confused! The country is in turmoil, how can it be easy to hang an official?

He thought about it for a long time, so he sighed and went to tell Fang Jinwen and Master Shi about it, and the two of them were naturally surprised. Shi Dadao:

No wonder it's a little strange to see Lord Nie today, seeing that he is unruly on weekdays, but he doesn't want to care so much about the sage's rebuke, and he actually resigned and returned to his hometown, it's really hard to believe!

Fang Jinwen sighed:

How could he be so confused? I think let's send someone to chase you back immediately!

Cannot!

Han Baiwen shook his hand and said:

I see that Brother Nie has made up his mind, he has no intention of being an official, since he has already left, I still don't want to be reluctant, just play the saint and know!

How's that going to work? Although Lord Nie is young, no one in Hexi is unconvinced. Now how can there be no him here to guard, the old man is also entrusted by him, so he agreed to control the Hexi business group, as soon as he leaves, how is the old man good?

Fang Jinwen paced a few steps and turned around:

No, the old man will chase him back in person!

Forget it! I think he thinks he is not talented enough, so he wants to go home and study hard behind closed doors, and when he is successful, he will come back again. Master Han is right, let's play the saint!

Fang Jinwen saw that Master Shi had no such intention, so he had no choice but to give up. So the three of them quickly flew to the capital.

At this moment, I am walking on the official road alone. When I went to Hedong and Pingchuan, the rebels dissipated, and there were more merchants. I walked fast for more than three days, rushed to Jizhou, was bumping into the return of the army on Hexi Road, Sun Li's deputy governor sat on a horse, the army triumphed, walked around the city, but the people ran outside the city, put wine to send each other, Hexi people and horses were beaming, a group of soldiers and civilians were happy. I immediately half-covered my face with a headscarf and passed near the Hexi people, but bumped into the rear team Xiahoujie and Yang Huaizhong. The two of them are a lot of age apart, but Xiahou Jie is an elf, and Yang Huaizhong is honest and honest, so Xiahou Jie has been joking with him and embarrassing Yang Huaizhong. When I saw them laughing, I couldn't help but want to say hello. But I was afraid of being recognized, and I thought that I must not make any extraneous branches on the way home. Xia Houjie looked at me strangely and said:

That brother is so good-looking, is he from Hexi?

I immediately lowered my head and said in a thick voice:

Be! The villain suffered from the wind chill and could not remove the turban. It is an honor for the villain to go to Hedong to join his relatives and meet the triumph of the Hexi army! The two generals have worked hard for the country, and all the fellow Hexi people have worked hard!

So the generals all nodded back and thanked them, and everyone politely continued all the way. Xia Houjie and Yang Huaizhong really didn't have any doubts, so they laughed and continued to ride away. Nearby people:

There are only two armies in Daxin that are so kind, one is the troops of General Wang Jin of Xuzhou, and the other is the people and horses on Hexi Road in front of them! Look how kind they are and how well they are disciplined! This is our disciple soldier in the land of Yan Zhao! The people and horses in Hedong are a little worse, mainly because they have been tarnished by those rebels! Yes! It's a pity that he ran away with the surname Tang, he really deserves death!

Not really! I really don't know where those rebels came from, how can so many people give them their lives?

You've all been deceived by the people and horses on Hexi Road, right? Don't forget, who withheld our salaries, and who collected taxes twice in three days? If you want me to say, there is only one road in Hexi in the world that is clean, and the other state capitals, which one is not trying to trap our people?

Be quiet, there are officers and soldiers over here!

Afraid of what? Can the officers and soldiers in Hexi still manage our Hedong? If you want me to say, there are a few more clean officials like Lord Zheng and Lord Nie in the world, so that we ordinary people can have a good life!

I was shocked, and said that I didn't expect them to regard me as a clean official. So a person who sent tea said:

Not really! Our Hedong turmoil is not endless, Lord Zheng not only did not increase our taxes, nor did he increase military service, as soon as the Cangzhou rebels were broken, they immediately reported to the imperial court, exempted us from taxes in Hedong for one year, and exempted Dongguang for two years!

It is! But if there was no Lord Nie in Hexi, the silver he took from Haojie's hands was sent to Hedong as a salary, and he also sent more than 100,000 troops to quell the rebellion, where would Lord Zheng be so calm and not let us suffer? The imperial court will not be so generous to agree that the several state capitals in Hedong will not pay taxes for a year!

My heart warms when I hear it.

I heard that Lord Nie got tens of millions of taels for the imperial court in Hexi at once, which is amazing, if I had it, I would have swallowed it a long time ago, where could I hand it over?

I thought to myself, where are there so many? It's just that Master Fang Jinwen organized the merchant group to contribute, and he not only gave millions of stone grain and rice to the imperial court as compensation for the defeat, but also donated tens of millions of private goods with the Zhao family. In order to show their obedience, other merchant groups in Hexi also donated some silver money, but the total amount was more than 20 million, so the imperial court agreed that Hedong would be exempted from taxes for one year, of course, this was later told to me by Lord Zheng. But of course, I couldn't have accepted things for nothing, that was to promise them that in the future, the merchant group would do business in Hexi, and the tariff charged would be halved in exchange.

Listening to their words at this moment, my heart was filled with joy, and I went into the city with my whip. But this time, I felt like someone was looking at me again, looking around, but I still didn't find it. I immediately went to the restaurant and sat down, asked for a bowl of noodles and ate it.

At this time, at the opposite table, a young man sat down with a square scarf, gray cloth clothes, and a sword. He turned sideways to me, placed the package on the table, and ordered a bowl of noodles as well. I casually glanced at it, but realized that the package looked familiar. At this time, the man stole a glance at me out of the corner of his eye, and I happened to see it. So I immediately lowered my head and quickly ate a few large bites of noodles and drank a few mouthfuls of soup, then put down a few pennies and ran out with my baggage. As soon as he got on the horse, the man hurriedly ate a few bites and paid for it. As soon as I saw it, I grabbed my saddle and headed all the way to the east of the city. The man was panicked, and immediately ran after him with his sword, but after a few steps he was nowhere to be seen. So he stamped his foot, turned his head and walked away.

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