"I see!" Zhou Ping heard this and asked, "What kind of envoy is Brother Yue among the daring soldiers?" ”

"It's just a team leader" Hearing Zhou Ping's question, Yue Fei's face turned a little red.

"Hmm!" Zhou Ping nodded, secretly rejoicing in his heart, the worse Yue Fei mixed up under Liu Tao, the less difficult it was to dig people by himself. Thinking of this, he summoned a person to give a few words, and after a while, the man took five silks, and Zhou Ping pointed to the silk and said: "Brother Yue married a daughter-in-law, these silk bento should be a congratulatory gift from the foolish brother, and I hope Brother Yue will accept it!" Yue Fei was about to excuse himself, Zhou Ping smiled and put the silk cloth in his arms, and said with a smile: "If I had known that Brother Yue had already gotten married, Brother Yue would never have just done this, Brother Yue didn't accept it, wouldn't this gift be light?" ”

Hearing Zhou Ping say this, Yue Fei couldn't refuse, so he had to thank the silk cloth subordinates in his mouth. Zhou Ping asked him to sit down and said with a smile: "A certain family thought that you were still in your hometown, but they didn't expect to meet you here, but let Liangyubai run away." ”

Yue Fei got up and replied, "Listen to what the military master said—"

Zhou Ping saw that Yue Fei was restrained, his brows furrowed, and he interrupted the other party's words: "What kind of army commander and captain are short, a certain family just followed Xuan Shuai to the south of the Yangtze River, and you will be like a life brother who has moved a few levels, if you make a great contribution to me in the future, don't you want our family to kowtow in front of you?" ”

"Where do you start?" Yue Fei saw that Zhou Ping was annoyed, and hurriedly stood up to explain, but was pressed back to his seat by Zhou Ping: "You and I are also friends who fought with thieves together, and today we only talk about old feelings." Don't mention the rank, you and I just have to be called brothers! ”

Yue Fei saw that Zhou Ping didn't seem to be fake, so he had to sit down again, and arched his hand: "That little brother has overpassed!" ”

The two chatted for a few words, and Yue Fei remembered what Fang Cai had just heard Xue Liangwu say on the road, "Let the fourth brother go to your hometown to find you", so he asked carefully: "Junior brother Fang Cai heard Brother Zhou say that let Shiro go to my hometown to find me, could it be that something can't be done?"

"Not bad!" Yue Fei saw that he had already entered the topic, and said with a smile: "I don't hide it from Brother Yue, this time I came to Zhending Mansion because I was ordered by Shuai Xuan, and I want to go to Yingzhou to do a big thing." Virtuous brother, you have this ability. There are few in the world. It's definitely not the life of an old dead household, digging mud for a lifetime, I asked Xue Laosi to go to your hometown just to ask you to help me, I didn't expect to meet you in Zhending Mansion. Sure enough, it was a fate set by God! ”

"Thank you Brother Zhou for your love. It's just that the junior brother is already on an errand under Liu Yuanjun of Zhending Mansion-" Yue Fei was about to instinctively excuse himself. Zhou Ping smiled and waved his hand, and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I came with the documents of Xuan Shuai to recruit a batch of utility among the daring soldiers." I have already told Liu Yuanjun, and I will inform you when the time comes. With your ability, it's really aggrieved to be the head of the team, you come to me, don't dare to say anything else, this trip back to Yingzhou, there is no problem with a Bao Yilang or something. ”

Yue Fei couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to get up to thank Zhou Ping, but there was a commotion outside, and before the two of them could figure out what was going on, they heard a loud voice shouting: "What bird army master, where are my eldest brother locked up, quickly send it out to your Uncle Niu, otherwise the official family will also eat me!" ”

Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, and then heard someone outside shouting: "Stop that guy quickly, if you let it collide with the military master, everyone will be engaged in military law!" ”

In the midst of the chaos, Zhou Ping had already heard the thunderbolt fighting outside, and hurriedly got up and walked outside, Yue Fei also took a whistle stick next to him and followed behind. When the two came out to take a look, they saw a big black man with his upper body exposed, carrying an iron rod in his hand, and rushed in. Several guards next to him surrounded him, and the big black man's arm strength was very strong, and the iron rod dance was impenetrable, and he couldn't take him for a while.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Ping's face immediately became gloomy, and Kong Yanzhou, who was on duty on the side, was sweating profusely and pleaded: "I don't know why this reckless man is? He shouted that it was our eldest brother who had detained him, and he came in all the way, and the brothers wanted to avoid revealing their whereabouts, so-"

"That's it!" When Zhou Ping heard this, he already understood what Kong Yanzhou meant, it turned out that Zhou Ping considered that the Liao and Song Dynasty wars were imminent, this Zhending Mansion was close to the front line, and there were many merchants from the north, and there must be a lot of Khitan eyeliner, so he and his subordinates changed to ordinary merchants, and their residences were also counted next to the post house to prevent leakage of news, and naturally they couldn't take precautions against the barracks, but they didn't want to be beaten in by this reckless man all the way.

"Niu Gao, stop it!" Yue Fei behind him had already seen that the person who came was Niu Gao, and hurriedly shouted loudly, bowing down to Zhou Ping and thanking him: "This is the younger brother's brother in the army, presumably he mistakenly thought that Brother Zhou was not good for the younger brother, and asked the elder brother to forgive him!" ”

Over there, Niu Gao saw Yue Fei bowing to Zhou Ping, stopped and shouted, "Who are you so big that you let my brother bow down to you?" ”

At this time, Xue Liangwu had already rushed out with more than a dozen guards from inside after hearing the news, and the strong bow in his hand was full, surrounding Niu Gao in the middle, seeing that as long as Zhou Ping nodded, this big black man would be shot into a hedgehog. Yue Fei was shocked when he saw it, and he was about to ask for it again. Zhou Ping pressed his hand, motioned his subordinates to put down their bows, and asked in a cold voice: "Pengju is the old acquaintance of this official, who are you who dare to rush into this official's mansion?" ”

Yue Fei hurriedly stepped forward and pressed Niu Gao to the ground, and shouted, "Don't apologize to the military master soon!" ”

Zhou Ping watched Yue Fei half-force Niu Gao kowtow to himself twice, and after standing up, he still stared at himself with an unconvinced look, so he said to Yue Fei: "Brother Yue, that matter is decided, you will come to my side tomorrow, and we will set off as soon as everyone moves!" ”

Seven days later.

The night had fallen, dyeing everything black. Dozens of chariots and horses are slowly marching along the official road next to Baigou, as the boundary river between the Song and Liao countries, this area should be full of rivers, lakes, swamps, dense forests, these obstacles are both naturally generated, but also artificially created by the defenders of the early Northern Song Dynasty, the purpose of which is to resist the Khitan iron cavalry in the north. But with the advent of peace between the two countries, swamps and lakes were gradually filled in and turned into fertile farmland, while dense plantations were cut down, leaving open roads that were easy to navigate. When the war came to this land again, except for a few east-west rivers such as Baigou, this land was already very suitable for the passage of iron horses.

Niu Gao wore a robe made of old sheepskin tanning and a top leather hat on his head, and sat on the frame of the cart. This kind of dress is very common among the livestock traders who travel between the Liao and Song dynasties, compared to the cloth and silk clothes often worn by the Han people, this kind of sheepskin jacket is much stronger and more durable, and every year many traders from the Song side will sell medicinal materials, tea, salt to the Liao country, and from the Liao country to exchange for bronze, livestock, and fur. Such traders are usually fierce men who never skimp on their lives for higher profits.

"Stop!" With a muffled command, the convoy slowly stopped. Whether it was the driver or the escort getting out of the car in an orderly manner, silently drinking and eating, talking loudly to be whipped, lighting a fire to be beaten, and if running around, simply cutting off the head, everything was simple and clear in this strange convoy.

Niu Gao took a hard bite of the dry food, and there was a peculiar smell all around him, which was the result of the stench of charred villages and swamps. Although the prelude to the war has not yet officially begun, both the Song and Liao sides on both sides of Baigou are preparing for the war - the first thing is to clear the field in the middle area, since I can't control it, then simply destroy it, so as not to be used by the enemy. He snorted, the smell of his surroundings making him no appetite to eat, and he took two tasteless bites before stuffing the rest of the dry food into his backpack.

A water bladder stretched out next to him, Niu Gao raised his head and could see Yue Fei's face.

"Come, drink saliva, eat more, after Baigou is the territory of the Khitans, I'm afraid I can't sit down comfortably like this to eat and drink!"

Niu Gao didn't speak, he took the water bladder and took a sip, and took two more bites of dry food, but he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked in a low voice: "Big brother, where is this Zhou military master going-"

"Shh Yue Fei stopped Niu Gao's words, he looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "This is not what we should know, the soldier is the general!" ”

Obviously, Niu Gao was not satisfied with the other party's answer, but he still lowered his head. A few minutes later, with a whistle, people stood up and the convoy began to move forward again.

At the front of the convoy, Zhou Ping advanced slowly under the protection of six or seven cavalrymen, and twenty paces ahead of him was Liu Sheng, who was the guide, the father of the old smuggler who had been engaged in this business for a living, and the biological mother of him and his brothers was also a Khitan. Liu Sheng staggered on the horse, as if he would fall off the horse at any time, but Zhou Ping was more worried that he would fall into a deep ditch and break his neck, the sky was too dark, under the cover of dark clouds, there were not even a few stars, if it weren't for the sound of running water in the river, Zhou Ping didn't even dare to be sure that he was next to the white ditch.

With a long sound of pulling the horse, Liu Sheng grabbed the reins, jumped off the horse and walked forward a few steps to grope for a while, then turned to Zhou Ping and whispered: "General, the place to cross the river has arrived, just a dozen steps ahead!" ”

"Can you confirm?" Zhou Ping looked at Liu Sheng with some suspicion, he couldn't even see whether the black shadow more than a dozen steps away was a tree or a person, how could Liu Sheng judge that it was the intended crossing point? (To be continued......)