- "However, how can there be rumors that Nong Zhigao has led his army across the river and entered the realm of my Great Song Dynasty." Wang Qi said with a worried face.

"I've heard about that, too." Zhang Fangping nodded and said, "So I invited you today, and the people from Qiongbu Chuantou who first reported the news asked." I'm going to invite him to dinner later, and the two of you don't dislike it, so why don't you attend together? ”

"That's a good feeling."

"But when the time comes, everything depends on the old man's eyes." Zhang Fangping smiled slyly.

"We'll see!" Wang Qi said with a smile.

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When the three of them turned to the main hall, they saw five middle-aged men with black cloth wrapped in their heads, wearing black short clothes, and barefoot and dark-skinned on the left, sitting on chairs, pretending to drink tea.

As soon as they saw Zhang Fangping coming, the five of them hurriedly got up and saluted and greeted him in stiff Chinese.

Zhang Fangping introduced them to them and told Wang Qi and Chen Ke that these five were local officials from Lizhou and Yazhou, but to those leaders, he only said that they were sent by the imperial court, and did not mention that they were going to send Dali to Dali.

At this time, the old army came up to report that it was ready to open the banquet, so Zhang Fangping invited everyone to sit down as the guest of honor.

Although they are eating at the same table, the dishes are distinct, in front of Wang Qi and Chen Ke, there are exquisite wine and dishes, and a local official is not interested in the delicacies, each of them has a leg of mutton, a leg of dog, and a fat pig's trotters. There was no need for a glass of wine, and in front of each person was a large jar of wine, in which the army drank turbid wine.

Most toasts don't use chopsticks. He grabbed a leg with his hand. Shake his head and tear off a piece of oily meat, carry the wine jar in the other hand, take a sip, eat the meat, drink the wine, and soon get carried away and ugly.

They looked like hungry ghosts were reincarnated, and Wang Jue frowned secretly, and couldn't help complaining in his heart Zhang Fangping, didn't we torture us by letting us eat with such a group of people?

Chen Ke was calm, and took the initiative to talk to those leaders. Ask some innocuous customs and people, and after a while, they will get acquainted.

Zhang Fangping has been persuading him to drink, and when those leaders burp and are drunk, they are drunk. Only then did he start the main topic and said: "This time I bothered you to come because the information you provided was very timely and important, but it was too brief, and the official could not report it to the imperial court, so I ask you to know everything and say everything, and help the old man to improve this performance," he said and said with a smile: "Of course, it is indispensable to ask for credit for you!" ”

The five heads were already drunk, and they heard that they were going to ask for merit. When you are in the eyes, you say a word to me, lest others take the lead.

But listening to their descriptions, which were inconsistent and full of flaws, Wang Qi and Chen Ke both frowned...... Some people say that Nong Zhigao's troops have 35,000, some say 350,000, and some say hundreds of thousands. Some people say that he is already in Lizhou, but others say that he has not crossed the river yet. Some people can describe Nong Zhigao's appearance, but some people can't even figure out which race Nong Zhigao belongs to......

In short, it is a cloud and mountain fog cover, and there is no boundary. But Zhang Fangping not only accepted all the orders, but also said with a grateful face: "The information you provided is too important, I will sort it out and send it to the imperial court immediately!" ”

At this time, a few leaders and a few jars of wine were drunk. I was so drunk that I almost fell asleep, but I didn't forget the reward. Spraying the smell of wine, he said with a big tooth: "This year's spring famine, the clansmen are about to starve, burp, and starve to death......"

"No problem." Zhang Fangping waved his hand and said: "Three days later, a batch of military rations has arrived, and it will all be given to you!" ”

The leaders cheered and rushed to thank Zhang Xianggong for his generosity.

"It's too much trouble for you to go back and come back." Zhang Fangping said to the end: "It's better to stay here for a few days, the official has enough wine and meat, you just have to send someone back and ask Ding Zhuang to transport grain." ..., "Okay, okay." "The leaders want to enjoy Ya'an City for a few more days, so naturally they are not allowed.

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When these drunken leaders were helped down, Zhang Fangping invited Wang Qi and the two to have tea in the back hall.

As soon as he sat down, Wang Qi couldn't help but say: "An Daogong, are you so flattering to those Fanyi?" ”

"Hehe......" Zhang Fangping twisted his beard and said with a smile: "The Fanyi of Qiongbu River is very special. ”

"What kind of special law?"

"The so-called 'Qiongbu River' refers to the Qiongbu people who live in the 100,000 mountains south of Yazhou, and they are also the most powerful of the various tribes. often block trade routes, and do something that 'wants to cross this road and leave the road money' to make a living. But because the imperial court did not scoop down Dali in one go after pacifying Shuzhong, it is impossible to eliminate them now...... Once the army comes to suppress them, they will hide in the territory of Dali, and when the wind passes, you can't catch them at all. ”

Therefore the government shall not be tender, give him money and food, give him official positions, or restrain him a little. Moreover, the imperial court also needed them to monitor Dali...... "Because the lessons of the Tang Dynasty were overcorrected, the imperial court has always been vigilant against Dali, so the magistrates used the Qiongbu Sichuan people who could enter and leave Dali at will as an important source for them to collect military intelligence in Dali."

I listened to Zhang Fangping's explanation: "But Qiongbuchuan did not simply serve the Great Song Dynasty, they were also used by Dali, often acting as envoys of Dali, passing through Xishu to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, and also helping Dali to submit letters and request canonization on behalf of Dali. It can be said that they are spies who suck at both ends. In this way, their reliability is greatly questioned, and once the information they provide is not true, it will cause serious misjudgment to both the Song Dynasty and the decision-makers of Dali. ”

"So Zhang Gong wants to call them over and ask them personally." Wang Jue understood: "Why do you have to drink first and then ask?" ”

"You can't tell the truth until you're drunk." Zhang Fangping said with a smile: "Don't look at their rough appearance, in fact, they are all cunning and cunning, if you listen to their nonsense when they are sober, you have to be abducted to the clouds." ”

"Do you tell the truth when you're drunk?" Wang Qi is a gentleman like jade, and it is difficult to understand Zhang Fangping's idea of an old fritter.

"When you are drunk, you tell lies, but when you are confused, you can't get around. In addition, he said that he wanted to take credit for them, so he rushed to perform, and the result was that there were many mistakes. Zhang Fangping said lightly: "At least I can be sure that they are lying." ”

"Why are they lying?"

"On the one hand, they are cunning and greedy, and they always want to change ways to reap benefits from the court, and it is a good way to spread rumors and exaggerate the military situation, so that the court has to rely on them, reward them generously, and give them armor and weapons." Zhang Fangping said: "On the other hand, there is chaos on the trade road, so they can pretend to be thieves and take advantage of the fire to rob. ”

"Sure enough, it's a group of wolves that can't be raised," Wang Qi gasped and said, "It's not okay to deal with this kind of person, you don't have enough eyes." ”

"You don't have to look down on them." Zhang Fangping sneered: "It's just a group of thieves who are only smart, look at how I clean them up!" Saying that, he said to Wang Qi and Chen Ke: "Let's stay in Ya'an City for three days, sharpen the knife and don't cut wood, and go on the road in three days, which is much easier than going on the road now." ”

"Listen to An Daogong's arrangement." Wang Qi nodded.

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Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and on this day, Chen Ke was studying the route into Yunnan with Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu and others. Suddenly, I heard the drums of the front yasheng hall, and another small official came to invite. hurriedly changed into his official uniform and went to the lobby.

By the time he and Wang Jue arrived, Zhang Fangping was already sitting upright on the handsome position, and the Chinese martial arts in the lobby were lined up on the left and right, and there were fierce armored men guarding the honor guard, and they had a mighty and murderous aura.

Motioning for the two of them to sit down, Zhang Fangping patted the shocked wood and said solemnly: "Bring it in!" I saw ten tall sergeants, twisting five people with big ties, and I couldn't help but say something, and knelt on the ground.

When Chen Ke and Wang Qi looked at it, they turned out to be the guests of honor that day, five people from Qiongbu Chuantou.

As soon as the five of them saw Zhang Fangping, they were either aggrieved or angry and shouted loudly, although they couldn't understand what they said, but when they thought about it, they knew that they were asking him why he turned his face.

"Shut up!" Zhang Fangping slapped the table case and said angrily: "When the catastrophe comes, you still don't know how to die here!" ”

"......" The five leaders were stunned, and one of the leaders who was awarded the judge of Lizhou asked: "We are loyal to the imperial court, how can we get into trouble?" ”

"If you are truly faithful, there will be only good and no evil." Zhang Fangping said coldly: "But if you lie about the military situation and shake the situation in Liangchuan falsely, you will naturally be severely punished!" ”

"Wronged, my lord, we did see the thief." The leaders shouted and hit the sky and said, "Only then do you dare to report to the imperial court!" ”

"Then why did the scouts of the imperial court search for more than ten days, but they still didn't see a single soldier of the thieves?" Zhang Fangping asked: "Could it be that the thieves are looking for you, and the officers and soldiers will disappear as soon as they appear?" ”

"100,000 mountains, tens of thousands of troops can be hidden everywhere, I'm afraid that the scouts won't be able to search all ...... for a while," Judge Ren quibbled.

"Since you said that the thieves have entered Sichuan, well, we might as well make a military order." Zhang Fangping sneered: "If they appear in any town in the Great Song Dynasty within a month, the old man will ask you to be a consolation envoy, otherwise, they will be beheaded all over the house!" How is it? ”

"Raiding all over the house?" Several of the leaders were stunned, they didn't expect such serious consequences.

"Now because of your words, the imperial court has made a big move, driving hundreds of thousands of troops into Sichuan, and the provinces in Shuzhong are also sharpening their troops and horses, waiting for the day, and spending hundreds of millions of dollars and food. If you lie about the military situation......" Zhang Fangping said with a fierce look in his eyes: "Is it impossible to die?" With a wave of his hand, he said with a cruel smile: "And the clansmen you came to receive the reward, the official has already detained all of them, and they will all be beheaded when the time comes!" ”

"Do you dare to stand?" In Zhang Fangping's questioning word by word, the five leaders' mental defenses completely collapsed, and they explained their conspiracy and tricks to spread rumors and take advantage of the opportunity to profit after hearing that Nong Zhigao appeared in Dali-

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