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The northern winter sun is always lazy, and when the soldiers have already gotten up to finish their morning training, it lazily and reluctantly burrows out of the eastern horizon to drive the darkness away. The sun that had just emerged was not dazzling, and it was the color of a steamed egg yolk. Since going to Yanshan, these soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty were forced by Li Xian to add a training program, that is, a three-kilometer cross-country run with weights in the early morning.

The hungry soldiers who ran down this lap even licked their lips and fantasized about the taste of the food when they saw the beautiful sun.

Yesterday afternoon, Li Jian, the commander of Gucheng County, took the people to start transporting grain to the camp, and it happened that the mules, horses, and carts collected by the county town to transport grain to western Liaoning were all there, so the grain was transported quickly one by one. These grains were originally to be transported to Huaiyuan Town, Liaoxi, but in order to repay General Xue for saving his life, Li Jian didn't care about embezzling some of it. Anyway, the grain and grass of the Liao army were mainly from the major granaries, and the grain in various counties and counties did not have the prescribed amount.

There is no shortage of grain in the treasury of the Great Sui, it is the people who lack food.

In just one place in Liyang Cang, there are millions of stone of grain, but it is only collected in the granary, and it would rather be rotten than easily used for relief to the people. Whether it is a local petty official like Li Jian, or an official in charge of a large granary, what he likes most is that the imperial court orders the transfer of grain and grass from outside, and if he sells 10,000 stones, he can report 15,000 stones, and a lot of meat is packed into their pockets.

Even if they deduct a little from the granary, they can make a windfall.

The speed of the Great Sui from the founding of the country to the domination of the world and then to the coming of all countries is shocking, and the [***] degeneration of the Great Sui officialdom is even faster. If the officials do not turn what is in the treasury into their own gold and silver, and if they cannot turn the taxes of the people into their own wealth, they will undoubtedly be despised by their colleagues. There are as many corrupt officials in the Great Sui as cattle hair, but Qing officials are as scarce as few as a few people.

An official like Li Jian, who gave grain to Li Xianjun, only needed to wait for the summer grain harvest next year to casually mention some to make up for it, even if he couldn't make up for it, it was a big deal to report a disaster year to the imperial court, and then send a generous gift to the county guard of Qinghe County.

Using the grain of the imperial court to repay Li Xian's favor, Li Jian was not distressed at all.

In the morning, when the soldiers were harvesting, Liu An, the head catcher of Gucheng County, who was frightened yesterday, supervised the people to transport the first batch of grain for today. Last night, he first went to the carriage store driven by Chen Que'er in person to return all the gift money he had received, and then said good things vigorously. Such a person Chen Qi'er was not polite, and after taking back the money, he blackmailed him fiercely, and then promised Liu An not to care about the previous matter, but Liu An, who was blackmailed for the money, left satisfied, and dutifully went to the granary to wait before dawn this morning.

There was also a man on a fast horse who went out of the city with the food delivery team, and the knight on horseback was one of Liu An's most trusted apprentices. For example, according to the rules of the imperial court, there are not a few people in the official head-catcher, but it is obviously not enough to maintain the law and order of a county, so these headcatchers basically have a lot of apprentices and helpers, and the wages of these people are not paid by the court, but by their masters, and in order to support this group of people, it is impossible for those head-catchers not to be greedy or occupied.

The man, who had been going out of the city with the food caravan, galloped out in the other direction at a small intersection. Anyone wouldn't be curious when they saw it, although the man was obviously in a hurry.

Liu An's apprentice rode out on a horse and galloped out for dozens of miles before stopping to rest for a while, hurriedly eating a few mouthfuls of dry food and then hitting the road again.

On the way he passed through a town, he entered a large house, and soon after changing his clothes and a horse, he was on the road again. Although he was sure that no one could keep up with him, he still carefully changed his clothes and horses in two places, and deliberately took a detour to reach Gaojibo.

Gao Jibo's vigilant minions obviously knew this person, and only said a few words before letting this person into the stockade.

After waiting for half an hour, he was called into a spacious room. This room is a bit of a big one, so even with a lot of furniture in the room, it still looks empty. In the middle of this large house, there is a man in a loose brocade dress who is slowly enjoying breakfast.

After Liu An's apprentice entered the door, he stood respectfully to the side, did not speak, and did not even dare to raise his head.

The person in the brocade dress is Gao Shida, and under normal circumstances, he hates it most when someone disturbs him during eating, because he feels that eating is a major event in life. In his opinion, there is nothing more important than filling his belly. Ever since he raised his flag to rebel, this feeling has been stronger than ever.

But today he made an exception, because just now the minions came in to report that Liu An, the head catcher of Gucheng County, had important news sent, which was related to the life and death of Gao Jibo.

Liu An is a dog he raises, at least Gao Shida thinks so. Give him some benefits, and the dog will repay him at the first time. For example, if there are any important things in the imperial court, Gao Shida got them from Liu An. The reason why he dared to take people to attack Gucheng County last time was because of Liu An's internal response. However, Gucheng County ordered Li Jian to be very good, and he paid 3,000 stones of grain and grass and 10,000 pieces of yellow cancan's meat, so Gao Shida was merciful and did not continue to attack.

He had no intention of occupying a county seat, which would only provoke the attack of the imperial court.

The tallest tree in the forest must have been the first to be blown off by the wind, this is what Dou Jiande once said to him, Gao Shida felt that it made sense and kept it in his heart, for him, the old city and county are like a chicken he raises, the chicken is there, he can eat eggs every day. But if you eat the chicken, although you will feel that the taste is far better than the egg, there is no doubt that you will never eat eggs again. As long as Li Jian doesn't want to die and doesn't want to lose his position, he can squeeze it again and again.

So, he needs someone like Liu An.

"What's the matter? If the news you bring today doesn't make me feel important, I'm going to have your tongue cut out. ”

Gao Shida said lightly while eating.

He likes this feeling very much, and a word can make the difference between life and death.

Liu An's apprentice was startled, and even his voice became trembling when he spoke.

"Back to ...... When I go back to the big boss, my master does have important news for me to tell you personally. ”

He glanced at the young and beautiful women who were standing beside Gao Shida and serving him to eat, and then quickly lowered his head.

Gao Shida said: "Say, no one here will betray me, so no one will betray you and your master." ”

Liu An's apprentice hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said what Liu An asked him to say. Before he could finish his words, Gao Shida stood up in shock.

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Just after Liu An's apprentice entered Gaojibo, an inconspicuous-looking ordinary person came out of the forest on the side of the road, mounted a horse and rushed back in the direction of the old city. The man's outfit was characteristic, and if I had to find something out of the ordinary, it was the silver ring on his right index finger.

After this person rode back to Gucheng County, he went directly into the carriage shop driven by Chen Que'er.

And just last night, more than a dozen spies of the Flying Tiger Army changed into the people's attire and rode out of the camp and went all the way south. They walked day and night, picking small paths to hide, trying to hide their tracks. Time went back five days, and when a few of the little minions of Gao Jibo followed their leader into the Qinglou in Gucheng County, they waited left and right and did not see the leader come out of the girl's room, and when they felt that something was wrong, they rushed in, and there was only one woman in the room who was gagged naked. Pull out the cloth in her mouth and ask her where the boss has gone. All she said was that a few big men came in through the window, tied up the man she was rolling with, and then fled through the window.

A few little minions searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so they had to return to Gaojibo.

Later, they heard that it was said that their leader was jealous of someone because of the last time he went to the Qinglou, and this time the man brought a helper to take revenge. This kind of trivial matter of dying people naturally can't be reported to Gao Shida, and even if he knows, he doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

And this person was actually locked up in Chen Que'er's carriage shop for several days. After hollowing out everything he knew in his head, he was unceremoniously strangled to death and thrown into a dry well at night.

So, this little leader named Chen Sanqi naturally became a middle-aged man with a black face, and this black-faced man was called Niu Jinda.

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Niu Jinda came out of the camp with more than a dozen Flying Tiger spies and rushed south under the stars. A few days later, they appeared only thirty miles away from Junozawa, and after making sure that no one had found them, Niu Jinda left four people to find a place to guard the war horses, and they walked in the direction of Junozawa.

Less than an hour later, Niu Jinda, no, it was Chen Sanqi who appeared in front of Zhang Jincheng, the big master of Ju Yezawa, who is said to like to eat people's hearts the most.

"Your name is Chen Sanqi?"

Zhang Jincheng sat on the high seat of the boss and leaned over to look at Niu Jinda, who was standing below with his hands tied and his head down. His eyes were small, but no one in the tens of thousands of people in Junozawa dared to look at him. The poisonous color in those triangular eyes is very similar to the kind of bamboo leaf green that can poison people without taking five steps out with one bite.

Zhang Jin said that he was very ugly, and he was certainly not as beautiful as Zhu Yeqing, but there was no doubt that he was a hundred times more poisonous than the most poisonous snake in the world. A person who dared to kill the eldest brother at the banquet in order to expand the territory team and connect with the righteous brother, it can be said that there is no one he dare not kill. If there is a chance, the emperor of the Great Sui will also dare to drink with his heart. If you want to survive, your wife and children are not unfable.

"Villain...... The villain is called Chen Sanqi, see ...... I've seen Zhang Da in charge. ”

Niu Jinda raised his head and secretly glanced at Zhang Jincheng, and then lowered his head again in panic. He looked as if he was really scared, his legs were still shaking, and he didn't look like he was faking. In fact, Niu Jinda's heart was very calm, and he even considered every word he needed to answer, every action of his own, and even every expression very clearly, and then expressed it perfectly.

"You look scared? Why? ”

Zhang Jin said that he stared at Niu Jinda's face and tried to find any flaws.

"Villain...... Not afraid, not afraid, but ...... Afraid of the majesty of the big boss. ”

Niu Jinda looked like he swallowed and foamed with difficulty, and wanted to look up but didn't dare after all.

"Haha!"

Zhang Jincheng laughed and said: "Fear and fear, it turns out that there is still this exquisiteness? You are from Gaoshida, why did you come to join me Junozawa? ”

Niu Jinda took a deep breath, raised his head and looked at Zhang Jin as if he was out of the way, and said, "Because...... Because Gao Jibo will be finished soon, it's not that the villain is unrighteous, but that the villain is blocked outside and can't go back. The villain wants to come and go...... I can only come to you. ”

Zhang Jin stood up violently, walked down from the high platform quickly until he walked in front of Niu Jinda, looked at Niu Jinda's eyes and asked coldly: "You say it again, make it clear!" ”