"General, do you go shopping first, or do you eat first?" Several pro-soldiers asked with a smile.

"Fill your stomach first, of course!"

When Jang Hyun met a strange thief, he didn't have the heart to go shopping, he had a bad feeling in his heart, and he just wanted to go back after dinner.

Zhang Xuan looked around, pointed at a big wine store in front of him with a horsewhip and said, "That one seems to be good, just go there!" ”

The liquor store covers an area of about five acres, four stories high, and several huge mahogany plaques hang down from the roof, with four big golden characters on them, 'Bianshui Restaurant'.

Several bartenders stood at the gate to greet customers, and when a bartender saw Zhang Xuan and them, he immediately greeted them and said with a smile: "A few military masters, the honey sauce ham and three fresh sauce fish in the small shop are famous far and wide, as well as the best Gaochang wine, if you don't taste it, you will stay in vain." ”

"Do you have a private room?"

"I'm sorry, the single rooms are full, there may be a few empty tables in the lobby, and if it's a little later, I'm afraid there won't even be a lobby."

Zhang Xuan is not particular about the eating environment, compared to marching and fighting and eating dry food, it is already a paradise-like life to be able to drink wine and eat meat in the lobby, he smiled happily: "Then the lobby!" Lead the way ahead. ”

"Great! Two large shared tables in the lobby on the second floor, 20 guests! ”

Several personal soldiers led the war horse to the backyard, and Zhang Xuan walked into the lobby and went directly to the second floor.

The lobby on the first and second floors is basically full of guests, and most of them are soldiers, drinking and punching, and making unusual noises, it seems that the Xiaoguo Army is also on holiday.

They went up to the second floor and found an empty seat in a corner, four large tables were put together into two seats, each seat could seat ten people, and Zhang Xuan had already forgotten about the strange big man at this time, and regained his relaxed mood. He smiled at the soldiers: "Feel free to sit down!" It is still the old rule to order what you want to eat, and you only order one jar of wine per table. ”

The soldiers sat down one after another, and at this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly heard someone behind him calling him, "General Zhang!" ”

Jang Hyun turned his head. I saw a general sitting by the window, burly and dignified, it was Yuwen Chengdu, he was alone, beckoning to him.

I didn't expect to meet Yuwen Chengdu here, Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and walked over quickly, "Why is Brother Chengdu here?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu stood up and saluted Zhang Xuan. He smiled faintly and said, "It's a long story, brother, please sit down first!" ”

Zhang Xuan instructed his soldiers to order their own food, and he sat down opposite Yuwen Chengdu.

Yuwen Chengdu asked for another pair of chopsticks, poured a glass of wine for Zhang Xuan, and said with a smile: "I am also in the fleet, on the White Tiger No. 1 ship, where is the virtuous brother?" ”

"I'm on the White Tiger No. 8, the ship in Songcheng County."

"I know. I heard that Brother Hyun and Yuwen Zhihe had a little unpleasantness. ”

Zhang Xuan then remembered that Yuwen Cheng was Yuwen Shu's great Taibao, and of course he knew the conflict between himself and Yuwen Zhiji. Zhang Xuan's expression was suddenly a little unnatural, but Yuwen Chengdu actually called Yuwen Zhi and his name instead of calling him the second son, which means that he and Yuwen Shu have gradually drifted apart.

Yuwen Chengdu saw the unnaturalness of Zhang Xuan's expression, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen General Yuwen yet, but I just listened to the old brother from before talking about the conflict between Brother Xian and Yuwen Zhiji. ”

It seems that my guess was correct. Yuwen Chengdu really stood on his own, and Zhang Xuan smiled faintly: "It's not just a little unpleasant, Yuwen Zhihe wants to take the opportunity to kill me, but fortunately I met Pei Shangshu, otherwise I would be in danger." ”

Yuwen Chengdu snorted. "That person is simple-minded, likes to cause trouble, and does things without thinking about the consequences, if it weren't for the protection of the general, he would have died I don't know how many times."

The relationship between Yuwen Chengdu and Yuwen brothers has always been bad, especially hate Yuwen Zhihe, Yuwen Chengdu is a last resort to take refuge in Yuwen Shu, now that he has mixed up, of course he will no longer depreciate his worth, and is willing to be someone else's fake son Taibao, the reason why he is still a person of Yuwen Shu is completely out of a kind of retribution psychology.

Zhang Xuan understands this, so he is willing to make friends with Yuwen Chengdu.

"Don't mention these unpleasant things, I remember that Brother Chengdu didn't follow General Yu to suppress bandits in Jianghuai? Why did he appear in the fleet again, could it be that Brother Chengdu was promoted? ”

Yuwen Chengdu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Where is the ascension, because of the ineffective suppression of bandits, General Yu was imprisoned and investigated, I came to General Yuwen to intercede and see if I can help a group of General Yu." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard that Yu Juluo had been imprisoned, he was very surprised, he thought for a while and asked, "I don't think it should be because of the failure to suppress the bandits and go to prison!" There must be another reason, right? ”

Yuwen Chengdu sighed, "There are a lot of sayings now, some people say that it is because General Yu has heavy eyes, it is a rebellious appearance, and he is jealous of the saint, and some people say that he is implicated in Li Hun's case, General Yu and Tu Wanxu have a very good relationship, but Tu Wanxu is Li Hun's person, Tu Wanxu has been killed, and General Yu will not be able to escape in the end, but we are indeed ineffective in suppressing bandits, and we have been defeated repeatedly, and the saint is very angry, I think this possibility is greater." ”

"Is Duvowe so powerful?"

Zhang Xuan thought that Yang Guang intended to let him come to Jianghuai, and he couldn't help but ask with concern.

"It's not that Du Fuwei is powerful, it's not that we are not good at water warfare, we don't hide from our virtuous brothers, I've been in Jianghuai for two years, I have never seen Du Fuwei, they don't go ashore at all, they drive small boats in the river net, seize the opportunity to sneak attack, or burn the camp, once they are chased, they immediately dive into the river and hide, so that we are tired of coping."

This is a typical guerrilla warfare, using the terrain of the water network to maneuver with the Sui army, no wonder Yujuluo has been defeated repeatedly, if it is himself?

Zhang Xuan was a little afraid to imagine, what would happen if he came to face Du Fuwei?

Yuwen Chengdu glanced at him and asked again: "I heard that the virtuous brother was effective in suppressing bandits in Langya County, and killed Sun Xuanya and Wang Bo in a row, this time I came to report on my work!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly: "It's true that I'm here to report on my work, but listening to the tone of the saint, it seems that he wants me to come to Jianghuai to suppress bandits." ”

Yuwen Chengdu's face suddenly became serious, he looked to both sides, and said in a low voice: "No matter what, Brother Xian don't come to Jianghuai, our Great Sui has no water army, and we can't exterminate Du Fuwei at all, and Du Fuwei has a relationship in the imperial court, do you understand?" ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered that at the Heroes Club, Du Fuwei also appeared. As the leader of the bandits, he was not arrested by the imperial court, Zhang Xuan has always suspected that someone in the imperial court is secretly covering Du Fuwei, and when Yuwen Chengdu said it, he also thought that was the case.

"I wonder who is secretly caring for him?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

Yuwen Chengdu sneered: "The Great Sui Heavy Ministers have their own local forces, who is the southern department, can't the virtuous brother think of it?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded silently. He knows who it is, no wonder Wang Shichong was transferred out of Jianghuai, the water is very deep!

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted in horror on the street: "Something is wrong, the fleet of the Son of Heaven is on fire." ”

The restaurant was suddenly in chaos, and most of the guests inside were Xiaoguo sergeants, guarding the fleet of the Son of Heaven, and if something happened to the fleet, they were all responsible.

The soldiers rushed out of the door. Running out of the city, the shopkeeper was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "You pay for the wine before leaving!" ”

Zhang Xuan and Yuwen Chengdu are both army generals after all, and they are calm, they are very surprised when they look at each other, hundreds of thousands of troops are guarding the dragon boat of the Son of Heaven, and the dragon boat is actually on fire. Was it accidentally caught on fire, or was it attacked?

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered the big man who tried the bow. He stole so many soldiers' waist cards, could it have something to do with the dragon boat fire?

Zhang Xuan hurriedly said to Yuwen Chengdu: "I'm going to take a look, will Brother Chengdu go with me?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu nodded, "Go and have a look!"

Zhang Xuan took out a small ingot of gold still on the table, and took the soldiers out of the wine shop, but Yuwen Chengdu did not bring the soldiers. Only alone, he also turned on his horse and followed Zhang Xuan and his party to run out of the city.

Out of Chenliu County, I saw thick smoke billowing in the distance, and it was the Son of Heaven's fleet that caught fire. I saw countless soldiers riding horses and running towards the Tongji Canal, and there was chaos on the official road.

"It's the Queen's ship that has been burned!" Yuwen Chengdu said calmly.

"Check it out!"

Everyone urged the war horses and galloped towards the Tongji Canal

The two big ships that were burned were indeed the queen's ships, but not the main ship, but the queen's two auxiliary boats, full of palace maids and eunuchs' boats, at this time the Tongji Canal had become a mess, the two burned boats had been dragged aside alone, the fire had been extinguished, but there was still a dark fire in the boat, countless palace maids and eunuchs jumped off the river in a panic, desperately struggling in the water to call for help, and small boats were going back and forth to rescue the palace maids and eunuchs who fell into the water.

On the dragon boat of the Son of Heaven, Yang Guang stood at the stern of the boat and watched this scene, his face was pale, he didn't say a word, several palace maids supported Queen Xiao, Queen Xiao kept wiping her tears, and secretly prayed to God to bless these poor palace maids.

At this time, Zhang Jin, the general of the Right Tun Guard, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said, "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Have you found out the cause of the fire?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, the cause of the fire has been ascertained, someone set the fire in the baggage compartment, and fire sickles and flints were also found at the scene, but it is not known who set the fire for the time being."

Yang Guang snorted heavily, "Do you want to burn me to death, so that you will know who set the fire!" ”

This sentence was extremely serious, Zhang Jin was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, these two ships are close to the shore, and the fires are far apart, which means that it was not done by one person, Wechen speculated that it was not an insider arson, someone should have sneaked on the ship, and Wechen found a loophole, and there were no soldiers near these two boats to patrol the ship." ”

Yang Guang was furious, "Who is the main general on duty?" ”

"It's Yuwen Zhi and the general!"

"Tell him to come to me!"

After a while, Yu Wenzhi walked up to Yang Guang in fright, knelt down and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"I've come to ask you, why don't you arrange for soldiers to patrol the ship?" Yang Guang asked angrily at him.

Yuwen Zhi saw sweat on his forehead, of course he knew the reason in his heart, because he took most of the soldiers into the city on vacation, but as a result, there was a shortage of manpower, so he only arranged patrols by important ships, this kind of palace maid eunuch ship was not important, he didn't arrange it, but he didn't expect an accident.

"Wechen obviously arranged soldiers to patrol, I don't know why they left their posts without permission, Wechen immediately went to track down the person responsible, and severely punished him!"

Zhang Jin next to him sneered, "General Yuwen, four thousand of your five thousand people are on vacation, and there are only one thousand patrols left, I don't know how you can arrange it?" ”

Zhang Jin exposed Yuwen Zhiji's lie in one sentence, Yuwen Zhihe was dumbfounded, he didn't know how to answer.

Yang Guang glanced at him hatefully, this Yuwen Zhiji disappointed him too much, stupid and incompetent, and shirked responsibility to deceive himself, Yang Guang shook his head, "Whether it is a lack of manpower, or a soldier leaves his post without permission, I am a dignified son of heaven, and I will not be held accountable for a small soldier, Yuwen Zhiji, you have disappointed me too much, since you are not competent, you Tiger Benlang General should not be a good man anymore." ”

Yang Guang dismissed Yuwen Zhiji's official position with a word.

There was silence all around, Yuwen Zhihe cried and mourned, and slowly retreated, Yang Guang said coldly to Zhang Jin again: "I will hand over this matter to you to investigate, you will investigate it for me to find out, who set the fire, if this matter is not clear, everyone should not go back to Beijing!" (To be continued.) )