Yangzhou is a prosperous place, but with the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it has evolved into a border area, located in Yangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the military town of Zhenjiang in the Southern Zhou Dynasty on the other side of the river, and Chuzhou on the west side of the Southern Zhou Dynasty capital Nanjing City formed a siege trend, the importance of its geographical location can be seen,

Shi Siming is a fierce general, otherwise he would not have been sent to Yangzhou by Yang Rui, after leading the army to Yangzhou, he ordered 6,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in two battalions on the east and west sides of the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were directly stationed in the military camp in the city.

Yang Ping'an, as a supervising army, was directly taken to Yangzhou Taishou Mansion, which Shi Siming was happy to see, he didn't want Yang Ping'an to live in the barracks and point fingers at him.

The scale of the Taishou Mansion is very large, and Yangzhou Taishou knows that Yang Ping'an is a concubine of the dynasty, so he does not dare to slack off, arranges the best courtyard for him to live in, and also dispatches a large number of miscellaneous maids to serve.

But since settling everything, Yang Ping'an found that Yang Yuhuan was gone.

"Where did the jade slave go?"

Yang Guozhong's face changed, and he immediately stumbled: "Big brother, my sister, has always looked down on me, that, I don't know where she went, I think she should go to the city to play." ”

"Nonsense." An Lushan's eyes widened, and he loudly scolded Yang Guozhong's lies, "Didn't your sister go to the eunuch's courtyard, obviously you and I saw it at the same time, how can you deceive the eldest brother." ”

Yang Yuhuan went to see Gao Lishi,

Seeing that Yang Ping'an's face sank, Yang Guozhong hurriedly changed his words: "Ah, I remembered, it seems that it is really as An Fat Man said, I forgot just now." ”

Yang Ping'an glanced at him silently, waiting for the other party's explanation, but he kept thinking about what is the relationship between Yang Yuhuan and Gao Lishi.

Could it be that she still wants to marry into the palace,

Li Linfu received Yang Guozhong's eyes for help, coughed lightly and said: "Big brother, the younger brother thinks that this matter can be put aside first, the most important thing for the eldest brother at the moment is to find out whether Shi Siming is a confidant, this person is too arrogant, and has no respect for the eldest brother, and now the eldest brother and him are ordered to defend Yangzhou together, judging from the current war, it is difficult to distinguish the winner in the short term, if you let it go, I am afraid that after a long time, he will be bullied to the eldest brother." ”

"He doesn't dare, the eldest brother is a courtier, and the queen mother is a matchmaker, and he can't be a daring leopard." An Lushan asked stupidly, Li Linfu didn't bother to answer at all, just glanced at him with disdain,

Although the latter was annoyed by Li Linfu's attitude, when he thought of Li Linfu's yin methods, he could only curse two sentences.

Yang Ping'an thought that Li Linfu's worries were not unreasonable, if Shi Siming was really Xiao Taishi's person, then with the grudge between him and Xiao Taishi's son, maybe this family would really make things difficult for him, what worried him the most was that Shi Siming had military power in his hands,

In troubled times, people are like mustard, regardless of identity, only look at whether they have military power in their hands,

When they met halfway, Shi Siming's unruly attitude could be understood as that he had blocked the other party's military exploits, but if he came to Yangzhou City, if the other party was disrespectful to himself, then he had to be careful to take precautions......

Yang Ping'an decided to find an opportunity to test Shi Siming, and the opportunity soon appeared, and that night Yangzhou Taishou set up a banquet to entertain Gao Lishi, Shi Siming and the three of him.

Yangzhou Taishou surname Xu Mingyuan word Lingwei, but also after the official eunuch family name, the former prime minister Xu Jingzong's great-grandson, full of poetry and books Jinshi background, although it is a civil official but the art of war, Yangzhou Taishou period, with the city soldiers and horses will Yangzhou city defense impermeable,

Especially after Guo Ziyi led his troops south, and most of the elite were transferred from Yangzhou City, resulting in the air defense of Yangzhou City leaving only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, the Zhou army tried to sneak attack Yangzhou several times to cut off the back of Guo Ziyi's army, but he was repulsed.

This time, Yang Rui issued an order to order Shi Siming to lead troops to increase the defense of Yangzhou, in order to echo with Guo Ziyi, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses with a marching camp in Chuzhou, on the one hand, to prevent the sneak attack of the Zhou army in Zhenjiang on the other side, and on the other hand, to hold Nanjing hostage.

Although Xu Yuan is a scholar, he is not a corrupt Confucian, he is very clear about the identity of Yang Ping'an, although he has no intention of stammering, but whether it is in terms of etiquette or considering the defense of Yangzhou City in the future, he must work together with Yang Shi and the two.

Therefore, he set up a banquet in the house to entertain the three of them, and took the wind for the three of them.

It's just that he is honest and honest and never greedy, so he is not rich in hand, and the meals carefully prepared by the order are like pig food in the eyes of the fierce general Shi Siming.

"Xu Taishou, Ben Jiang is here to guard Yangzhou for you, so you will use this kind of food to entertain Ben Jiang, is this what people eat."

Shi Siming came from the barracks, so he was the latest, and led more than 20 personal soldiers to gallop into the Taishou Mansion on horseback, without putting the people Xu Yuan sent to greet him outside the door in his eyes.

He was already dissatisfied with Xu Yuan not personally greeting him at the door, and when he saw Xu Yuan using home-cooked meals to catch the wind for himself, he immediately became angry and pointed at Xu Yuan's nose and scolded loudly,

He was born as a military general, a hybrid between Hu and Han, roaring like a bell, and his face was a little hideous.

Xu Yuan, who was a literati, was not afraid, and in the face of Shi Siming's troubles, he gently pressed the other party's arm, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "General Shi's words are bad, the general is here to come by holy order, to guard Yangzhou for His Majesty, this official and the general both serve His Majesty, how dare you say that this Yangzhou City belongs to your own official, this is one of them,

Second, the official has always been clean and clean, relying on the money and family savings to live, not rich, now it is said that a family banquet is set up in the mansion to entertain the horses, the high father-in-law and the general, so that we can work together in the future to guard the city for His Majesty, such a meal, even the official will only enjoy it during the New Year's holidays or when the guests visit, and the general is not satisfied. ”

"Lao Tzu doesn't quarrel with you, Lao Tzu tells you, when Lao Tzu came, the Taishi had an order, Yangzhou is a border defense area that cannot be lost, and the king's life will not be affected outside, if Lao Tzu thinks that someone is hindering Lao Tzu from guarding Yangzhou, Lao Tzu can cut it first and then play, regardless of identity."

"In this way, the general only listened to the orders of the Taishi, and ignored the holy order."

"Lao Tzu once said that you old bastard dare to slander General Ben." Shi Siming was furious, and whipped at Xu Yuan, who was angry after being dodged by Xu Yuan, and when he came to the table in two steps, he was about to overturn the table full of wine and food.

At this time, Yang Ping'an, who had already come to the hall and was sitting on the side chatting with Gao Lishi, suddenly stepped over and slapped him on the table: "General Shi, they are all colleagues, but let's have a meal, as for it." ”

The topic of his chatting with Gao Lishi is Shi Siming, and he doesn't need to talk about it, as soon as he picks up the conversation, Gao Lishi, who is full of resentment, will tell Shi Siming's details.

As Li Linfu guessed, Shi Siming is Xiao Taishi's person or confidant,

In fact, Shi Siming is just a rough man, and he is proficient in battle formations and is a fierce general, but the reason why Xiao Taishi can introduce him as a confidant is because he is the first general in the army to defect to Xiao Taishi.

Civilian and military generals are self-contained, Xiao Taishi is a civil official, and he is a very popular minister, but his influence among military generals is limited, Guo Ziyi is the Taishan Beidou among military generals,

Xiao Taishi has the intention to expand the authority in his hands, so he tries his best to win over the generals, Shi Siming is the first to take refuge in him, the so-called daughter buys horse bones, in the eyes of Xiao Taishi, Shi Siming is the horse bone,

With Taishi Xiao as a backer, he kept speaking for him in front of Yang Rui, not to mention that this person was promoted quickly, and he became more and more arrogant, the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, that is, in front of Guo Ziyi, were restrained, and the other generals were almost not taken into his eyes.

As for Gao Lishi, the most elite guards in charge of Yang Rui's side, Long Wei, and Xiao Taishi's shadow guard stand separately, the relationship between the two sides will never be harmonious, Shi Siming is very aware of the main worry and humiliation, so he is extremely neglectful of Gao Lishi,

On the way from Xuzhou to Yangzhou, there was no less provocation, and Gao Lishi was also very angry, but there was no way to take Shi Siming for the time being.

It is true that he is the most favored eunuch beside Yang Rui, and he is also in charge of Long Wei, but Taishi Xiao is still Yang Rui's father-in-law, and his daughter Concubine Xiao Shu is the best choice for the queen, and she is in charge of the shadow guard, so she has no advantage compared to him.

Therefore, Gao Lishi very much hopes that Shi Siming can suffer in the hands of Yang Ping'an, he knows Yang Ping'an's identity very well, and he also knows that this is the time to use Yang Ping'an, no matter what the latter does, as long as it does not endanger the Datang Foundation, Yang Rui will not be punished.

To put it mildly, even if Yang Ping'an kills Shi Siming now, and Taishi Xiao sues the court, Yang Rui will only punish Yang Ping'an lightly at most.

Of course, he definitely shouldn't say this directly, so he could only tell Yang Ping'an all of Shi Siming's past bad deeds, including the idea that this person once beat Xue Yufeng, and broke into Xue Song's camp with a wild boar that he killed, and asked for marriage nakedly.

Yang Ping'an heard the meaning of Gao Lishi's words, if he could get rid of Shi Siming, he wouldn't mind becoming a gun in Gao Lishi's hands, but what he had to consider was the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses that Shi Siming brought this time.

"General, what Lord Xu said is right, the city defense of Yangzhou City depends on the three of us, Lord Xu has a good intention, why do you bother."

"Pony, are you going to stand up for this old wretch?" Shi Siming twisted his eyebrows,

In fact, Xu Yuan is not old, but he is in his thirties, even if he looks old in government affairs, it has absolutely nothing to do with the old miscellaneous hair.

Yang Ping'an said with a smile: "I still need to work together when I come, why come out and say, come on, let's take a seat, I'm hungry." ”

He gave a step, Xu Yuan would not miss it, and immediately walked towards the banquet, Gao Lishi felt a little pity, and thought that Yang Ping'an could at least beat Shi Siming violently, so he pouted lightly and stood up,

But at this moment, Shi Siming suddenly punched Yang Ping'an: "I'll let you be this bird." ”

He was born as a military general, his strength was not small, and he made a sudden move, Yang Ping'an might as well punch him in the chest, and immediately kicked back three steps,

"Bold, you dare to be disrespectful to the horses." Gao Lishi was overjoyed in his heart, but there was a dissatisfied look on his face, assisting Yang Ping'an to care and reprimand Shi Siming at the same time,

Xu Yuan's brows furrowed, and the guards sent by the secret court did not agree with the prison army, and once the Zhou army came to attack, how could Yangzhou City be able to defend it,

"Hahaha." Shi Siming looked up to the sky and laughed, and looked at Yang Ping'an with contempt, "I heard that the horse is strong in martial arts, last year when he was in the Eastern Capital, Xiao Gongzi suffered several times in the hands of the horse, and now it seems to be exaggerated, and the horse's skills are only as good as ......."

Before he finished his words, he saw Yang Ping'an getting closer and closer to him, and when he saw only Yang Ping'an's back, he only felt that he was hit by a giant tree in his chest, and flew out with a muffled snort......