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Zhang Erfa took Meng Zhuzi and other three people, followed the convoy from a distance of more than half a mile, and in the vast night, the cold wind blew through the treetops passing by and made a whistling sound, and the four of them had wrapped the horse's hooves to avoid exposing their whereabouts.

Meng Zhuzi approached Zhang Erfa and asked in a low voice, "Head, do you say that these people in front of you are really greedy for food and grass?" I always feel a little unbelievable, these hundreds of cars, if they are all loaded with grain and grass, there are as little as 200,000 catties, such a big movement, how did they get out of the city? ”

Zhang Erfa said: "Why do you want to do so much, the adults tell us to follow, let's follow, as for the rest, there are adults to think about it." ”

"Isn't the little one curious? It is said that the adult guess will definitely not be wrong, but such a big movement has not been discovered, which is too incomprehensible. ”

"What can't be figured out, since you can make such a big move, it is definitely not something that a single person can do, and now Taiyuan Mansion transports countless grain and grass materials every day, who can manage so much."

Meng Zhuzi was still a little puzzled: "But since they can blatantly transport things out of the city, why don't they dare to light torches?" Isn't that just the way it is easy to be suspicious? ”

"How do I know this, I'm not a roundworm in someone's stomach....... uh, no, you can be blatantly when you transport it out of the city, anyway, as long as you are transporting it to the disaster area, but when you are about to reach the destination, you must be more hidden, and you can't let people see that they are not going to the disaster area....... "Zhang Erfa said this, and suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, but think about it carefully. But I don't have a clue.

Meng Zhuzi next to him listened to his words and suddenly said, "Head, do you mean to say that they are almost at their destination, so they must extinguish the torches in case people see where they are going?" ”

"Yes, yes, fuck. You've finally got the hang of it, hurry up, keep up. Don't lose it. ”

The four of them followed the two again, and sure enough, they saw that the rut marks were folded into the path on the side of the road, and there were some pine trees growing sparsely on both sides of the path. The snow on the trees has not melted, like a snow tower, and the night wind blows, and the snow on the trees drifts down and hits people's faces.

Seeing that the situation was really different, the four of them became cautious, and Zhang Erfa whispered: "You stop the pillar first, and there is a half-mile between us, in case there is a change, you don't have to worry about us." Go to Taiyuan immediately to report to your lordship. ”

"Yes."

Meng Zhu answered, and immediately reined in the war horse, this set is commonly used in the army, and when the scouts probe the enemy, they usually go one after the other, separated by a distance. In this way, even if they are ambushed by the enemy, they can often escape one and go back to report the news.

At this moment, there were suddenly a few buzzing bowstrings in the pine forest on the side of the road, Zhang Er secretly screamed that it was not good, and dodged to the side of the war horse;

Meng Zhuzi and the others were not so lucky, they only heard a few pops. At the same time, there were screams of Meng Zhuzi and several people, followed by the sound of falling horses hitting the ground.

Zhang Erfa narrowly dodged an arrow, shook the reins, the war horse galloped out, he looked among the pine trees in his busy schedule, and saw seven or eight white shadows jumping out of the pine forest very quickly, these people were wearing white clothes and hats, they were originally lying in the snow, and they couldn't see clearly in this dark night.

Zhang Erfa only ran a few steps, and the war horse under his crotch kicked on the horse rope, and suddenly the horse lost its front hooves, neighing, and fell to the ground with Zhang Erfa, making a rumbling sound.

When Zhang Erfa got up, the seven or eight white-clothed men had already pounced on him and slashed at him without saying a word;

Zhang Erfa's eyes were red, he drew his knife and roared straight out, his desperate fighting style of having no enemy and no self, was magnificent, extremely amazing, and the man in white who swung the knife at him first was forced to take three steps back.

Zhang Erfa was unforgiving, rushed up, roared again and again, his hands were full of life-for-life fighting, every knife was infused with the strength of the whole body, the strong wind was whistling, murderous, and the man in white was forced to retreat two feet in a row;

The other seven or eight white-clothed men also joined the battle circle at this time, and they didn't talk about any means at all, and after they surrounded them from all directions without saying a word, they were all swords;

Zhang Erfa flashed left and right, and he was soon stabbed in the leg, and the huge pain made his body crooked and almost fell.

"Kill!" Zhang Er shouted again, swept out the horizontal knife, and forcibly cut a man in white into two pieces, and the blood sprayed splashed his head all over his face;

He licked the salty blood and laughed wildly: "Come on! Your uncle, I will kill one to be enough, kill two to earn one, and if you have the courage to come again, kill! ”

Those white-clothed men still didn't say a word, and they didn't mean to retreat in fear, and they didn't look at their companions who were cut in two, and continued to attack Zhang Erfa in unison;

Zhang Erfa had lost consciousness in one leg in pain, and he knew that he would not be spared, so he simply didn't dodge or dodge, laughed wildly and even hit the man in white with a knife to the first servant.

The long knife slammed into the white-haired man's chest with a pop, and the long knife was almost hiltless.

At the same time, Zhang Erfa felt several huge pains on his body, and his majestic body could no longer support it, and he fell to the ground with a bang;

A moment before he lost his last consciousness, he finally heard a man in white speak: "Quick, clean up immediately, don't leave any traces, you, go back immediately and report the situation here to the master clearly." ”

***

Yang Yi mentioned that on the fifth watch day, he saw a convoy outside the city to transfer materials in the dark, and Zhang Qi immediately heard the unusualness.

He pondered for a while and said: "I have not been in Hedong for a long time, and I have limited understanding of Xiang Chaoran, and I haven't found anything abnormal about him before, but I suspect him of personal fraud and enriching his own pockets?" ”

Yang Yi frowned slightly and said: "It's hard to say now, or maybe I'm too sensitive, it's not necessarily, I've quietly sent someone to keep an eye on the convoy, whether there is a problem can only be determined when I get a return, if there is a problem, then Xiang Chaoran is likely to be inseparable." ”

Zhang Qi nodded unconsciously, among the three members of Hedong, although Ge Fang's injury was not as serious as himself, but he was also bedridden due to a broken leg, and it was difficult to govern, Taiyuan affairs are now all handled by Xiang Chaoran alone, and hundreds of truckloads of materials are transferred out of the city, and he has no reason not to know.

"Xiang Chaoran was originally the prefect of Taiyuan. Three years ago, he was relocated to Hedong as a transshipment envoy, what are his plans? ”

Zhang Qi wanted to tell Yang Yi that Xiang Chaoran had been operating in Hedong for a long time, and the relationship must be intertwined. If you want to move detachedly, it will make Hedong even worse and more chaotic.

Yang Yi smiled faintly and said, "Zhang Jing is slightly relieved and recuperated. It is still unknown whether there is a problem with Xiang Chaoran, and it is very inappropriate to prematurely judge people's sin, and it is inappropriate! ”

Zhang Qi also smiled indifferently. He suddenly remembered something, and said with a deep sigh: "I remember that Xiang Chaoran has a close relationship with the Hedong clan, and Ren Zhi has heard of the Hedong Liu family?" ”

"But the willow of 'Hedong's daughter's surname is Liu'?"

"Yes, the Liu family was a big clan in Hedong in the former Tang Dynasty, and now although it is no longer as prosperous as it was back then, there are not many children of the Liu family who are officials, but as the saying goes, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and its reputation in Hedong can not be ignored, as far as I know, the Liu family has a huge industry in all parts of Hedong. The largest green building, hotel, and cloth village in Taiyuan City are all run by the Liu family, once I happened to hear that Xiang Chaoran and Liu Ming, the head of the Liu family, formed a friendship of eight worships the year before last, if Xiang Chaoran really has a problem, then he must pay attention to the Liu family in Hedong to be appropriate. ”

"Hedong Liu?" Yang Yi asked as if talking to himself, he didn't know much about the Hedong Liu clan. The first time I heard people mention it was when Huanzhou and Su Dongpo and Chen Jichang feasted and drank, and Chen Jichang's wife Liu Yue'e was born in the Liu family in Hedong.

If the goods transported by the convoy are really filled by people, then in order to convert these materials into real money, there must be a safe commercial channel;

The Liu's huge business chain in Hedong just provides a strong guarantee for this kind of money and material conversion, and I believe this is the main reason why Zhang suddenly mentioned the Hedong Liu's family.

"Zhang Jingluo first recuperated with peace of mind. I'll take care of that. ”

Zhang Qi nodded and didn't say anything, Yang Yi helped him fold the quilt and retreated, the winter days are short, it's already morning, the sun hasn't risen yet, after coming out, I didn't see Xiang Chaoran again, and asked the little official in the Criminal Division, saying that Xiang Chaoran went to the treasury to check the money and grain.

Yang Yi was tired after a night's journey, and the sky was only bright at this time, Yang Yi estimated that Zhang Erfa and the others did not come back so soon, so he arranged a room to rest casually.

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Taiyuan is the land of the dragon of the Tang Dynasty, and later there was the Northern Han Dynasty Liu family in Taiyuan called the emperor, and Taiyuan was called the dragon city by the people.

At the beginning, Song Taizong tried his best to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, not only destroyed the original Jinyang City, but also sent troops to cut off the mountain of Zhoushan, called the dragon horn, in order to destroy the dragon vein in Taiyuan;

Later, when Taiyuan City was built in the east of Fenshui, only the T-shaped street was built, and the cross street was not repaired, which is said to be to "nail" the Taiyuan dragon vein.

Regardless of whether this statement is true or not, it is true that the main street of Taiyuan City is in the shape of a "D" shape.

The Liujia of the Hedong clan is at the three-way intersection of the main street of the word "Ding", there is a pair of tall stone lions squatting in front of the vermilion gate, there are as many as eight of the family guarding the door, looking into it from the open gate, the heavy door is deep and the households are lined up one after another, the Huating Yuyu carved beams and painted the building, just like the grandeur of the prince's house.

The head of the Liu family is not very old, forty-seven years old, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, very thin lips, and his facial features look angular, giving people a very sharp feeling.

After taking over the position of head of the family from his father Liu Teng two years ago, he was full of ambition and wanted to revive the former glory of the Liu family in Hedong, not only invited the children of the famous Confucian professor Liu from Jingdong, but also actively developed the family industry and made friends with high-ranking officials and dignitaries;

Now Hedong transfer envoy Xiang Chaoran has become Liu Ming's eight friends, with such connections, the family is like a fish in water in Hedong, and the development speed of family power is extremely amazing.

In this Hedong earthquake, the disaster relief materials used by the imperial court were worth more than 10 million yuan, and how many people made a lot of money from it Liu Ming didn't know, he only knew that Xiang Chaoran, a friend of eight worships, was not in vain.

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