According to the provisions of the contract, the Xu Mansion and the Liang family first paid 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver for the purchase of grain and grass, and the government paid to Xu, and the salt introduction of the Liang family was transferred by the Shaanxi Governor Yamen to apply to the household department for allocation.

The so-called contribution of 30,000 taels is just talk on paper. The Liang family in Jingzhou was originally one of the top landlords in Pingliang Mansion. It only takes a day or two to get a batch of grain and grass out.

When Master Lu took the sergeant who transported the grain to hand over the grain and grass to Liangziqi outside Pingliang City, Master Lu looked at the grain on the hundreds of carriages, and felt as if he had been cheated.

Master Lu set off with the grain transport team and transported it to Fengxiang Mansion.

Pingliang and Lu Yifa, the official Huang Daozhou, plus Xu Liang and Liang Ziqi, watched the grain team go away from the city tower.

Liang Ziqi said with some uneasiness: "Lord Xu, I see that this Master Lu has a little unkind look in his eyes when he leaves. The contract signed between us and the Shaanxi Governor Yamen will not change, right? ”

Xu Liang smiled and said: "Liang Gongzi is too worried, white and black, blood red seal, even if Liu Zhongcheng comes back, he has to pinch his nose and admit it." ”

"Oh." Liang Ziqi was still a little uneasy, but after thinking about it, Xu Fu was also involved in this matter, and Liu Zhilun would regret it in the future, and he would have Xu Liang to deal with it, so he would be relieved.

Liang Ziqi smiled at several officials of Pingliang Mansion and said, "Lord Xu, Lu Da, Lord Huang, it is better to meet by chance." Now that the grain and grass have been shipped out of the country, a few adults can also relax and relax, and this son set up a banquet in the drunken fairy building, and respectfully invited a few adults to appreciate their faces. ”

As soon as Lu sent it, Huang Daozhou looked at Xu Liang with a smile.

Xu Liang laughed and said, "Liang Gongzi is very polite." Lord Lu. Lord Huang's Jingzhou Liang family is so rich that he should be allowed to bleed. Walking. Let's go slaughter him. ”

Seeing this, Lu Yifa bowed his head and said, "Then ask Liang Gongzi to lead the way." ”

"Haha, little meaning." Liang Zi said. At that moment, he led Xu Liang and the others down the city tower and walked towards the drunken immortal tower.

The group came to the Zuixian Building, and the shopkeeper of the Zuixian Building personally greeted the door, nodding respectfully, "A few adults, the son, the private room has already been prepared, please upstairs." ”

Liang Ziqi instructed: "The three adults are distinguished guests, the shopkeepers. You're going to have to serve the best dishes in the store. ”

"Definitely, definitely." The shopkeeper nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the small ones are all arranged." ”

Xu Liang and the others entered the private room, and the shopkeeper followed, arranged Yiying properly, bowed his head and asked, "Master, what else do you command?" ”

Liang Ziqi waved his hand and said, "It's gone, just ask the guy to move quickly." ”

The shopkeeper responded. I went downstairs again to decorate it.

Pingliang official Huang Daozhou saw that the shopkeeper was too respectful to Liang Ziqi, far more than the three officials of Pingliang Mansion present, and couldn't help but point: "Liang Gongzi has a big face." ”

Liang Ziqi ate and laughed, and said, "The three adults laughed. This drunken immortal building is also the property of my Liang family, and the shopkeeper saw me, the young owner of the Liang family, can he not serve him wholeheartedly. ”

Everyone suddenly realized. Everyone laughs. Xu Liang quipped: "I said that I would slaughter Liang Gongzi severely, but you went to get your own territory." It doesn't cost you much to eat. What is this, this meal is not counted. I'll ask for another one next time. ”

Liang Ziqi listened, smiled and bowed his hand again and again, and said, "Cheng, Cheng." Lord Xu said that it doesn't count, then it doesn't count. Let's find another opportunity to eat somewhere else. ”

"Haha......"

Liang Ziqi is sleek and generous, which makes Xu Liang very satisfied. Lu Yifa and Huang Daozhou saw that Xu Liang had a cordial attitude towards Liang Ziqi, and they couldn't help but get acquainted with Liang Ziqi.

After a while, the shopkeeper personally led the shopkeeper to deliver the wine and food.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, a room of people will call each other brothers, and the atmosphere is quite warm.

At this time, the chief cattle of the prefect's yamen hurriedly came over.

"A few adults, it's not good, Guyuan guerrilla general Li Ying, he's back!"

Everyone in the room was drunk, and when they heard that it was General Li Ying, a guerrilla guerrilla from Guyuan, they all laughed.

Lu Yifa said with a big tongue: "Oh, General Li is back?" That's just the time, go and call him for a drink. ”

Niu Zhutou said: "This General Li, he can't come." ”

"Huh?" Lu Tongzhi couldn't help but glared and shouted, "Why is Li Ying so unreasonable? Lord Xu is here, invite him over to eat and drink, that is to look up to him! How dare he not come? ”

Niu Zhutou was so anxious that he sweated on his forehead, and stomped his feet and said, "Lord Lu, General Li, he is dead!" ”

"What?" As soon as Niu Catcher said this, everyone in the house woke up.

Xu Liang immediately got up and said, "Don't eat it, go over and take a look." ”

The Guyuan guerrilla General Li Ying returned to Pingliang Mansion with a cold corpse.

In the Yamen of the Pingliang Prefect's Office, the Ming soldiers who returned from sending General Li Ying's body back said with red eyes and grief: "General Li Ying was assassinated by the masters of the People's Army. Just three days ago on the night, General Li Ying was assassinated in his barracks, and the killer left a note threatening the court to kill all the generals of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Huang Daozhou was furious, "What a big breath! How can my Ming general, if he says he can kill him! Hmph, the people's army is estimated to be scared of being killed by the officials and soldiers, so they came up with such a bad trick, and they didn't dare to fight on the battlefield in a dignified manner, so they could only secretly poison and assassinate and engage in some villain acts! ”

Xu Liang asked, "After this kind of thing happened, what did Governor Wu and Governor Liu say?" ”

The soldier replied, "Governor Wu ordered the whole battalion to be under martial law, check the soldiers of each battalion, and strengthen the defense. ”

Xu Liang groaned: "The killer can assassinate the dignified leader and general in the camp of the Ming army, which shows that this person's kung fu is definitely not weak. Xu Liang couldn't help but think of Gao Zilin, the military advisor of the People's Army, Gao Zilin was strong in martial arts, and scheming, and he liked to go off the rails with his sword. A month ago, on the tower of Hanzhong Mansion, Xu Liang was injured by Gao Zilin, who disguised himself as a member of the Liang army, and his injuries have not healed.

When the soldiers saw that the adults had nothing to ask, they left with their hands.

After a while, Dai Feng, the deputy general of Pingliang, who was supervising the training of Liang Jun's recruits in the East Battalion, rushed back in a frenzy and checked the wounds on General Li Ying's body. Returning to the Yamen of the Pingliang Prefect's Mansion, he said to Xu Liang worriedly: "The fatal wound on General Li Ying's body is in the throat. The wound is very small, but it penetrates the neck. Judging from the shape, it is a sword wound. ”

Xu Liang was in a heavy mood, and nodded slowly: "And it is an extremely fast sword, and the person who makes the sword should be a master of swordsmanship." ”

Dai Feng said: "Among the people's army, there is only one person who can have such means, as far as I know, there is only Gao Zilin, the military advisor of the people's army. ”

Although Xu Liang didn't dare to think about it, Dai Feng's speculation was also Xu Liang's own conjecture. Gao Zilin's martial arts are strong. If he insists on assassinating the Ming general, then in Shaanxi Province, it is estimated that there will be no one or two generals who can escape under his sword.

Lu Yifa and Huang Daozhou were beside Xu Liang, listening to the conversation between Dai Feng and Xu Liang, and at this time they understood a little. Huang Daozhou's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Lord Xu, General Dai, do you know the person who assassinated?" ”

"I haven't seen it in person. But nine times out of ten, this is the person. ”

Huang Daozhou asked, "Could it be that this person is very interested?" ”

Xu Liang said in a deep voice: "The martial arts are extremely high, and I have only seen them in my life. ”

Huang Daozhou's face turned pale, and he said eatingly: "Then if this Gao Zilin kills hard." Wouldn't my general of the Ming Dynasty be killed by him alone? ”

Xu Liang's face was also a little pale, and Xu Liang had a headache for this Gao Zilin. Said helplessly: "If there is no one who is comparable to him in kung fu to check and balance, my generals of the Ming Dynasty." There was a danger of dying by his sword at any moment. ”

"That'...... What to do? Zodiac Zhou's voice was trembling.

Xu Liang sighed and said, "Send our speculation to Governor Wu and Governor Liu to inform them and ask them to strengthen their vigilance." Besides. There is no other way. ”

General Li Ying's funeral was personally arranged by Huang Daozhou, the official of Pingliang.

The funeral took place three days later. Compared with the funeral of a civilian official, Li Ying, as a military general, was assassinated in the military camp, and his death was really not glorious, and the number of military generals left in Pingliang City was not large, so there were even fewer people who were qualified to participate in the funeral of the guerrilla general.

Moreover, people die like lights out, and General Li Ying has no strong backstage relationship, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty pay the most attention to reality, and few civilian officials will spend too much energy on a dead person for a military general like General Li Ying.

Therefore, very few people attended the funeral of General Li Ying, and it seemed deserted.

Xu Liang went in and burned three pillars of incense, and then came out. After waiting for a while, I saw that Dai Feng also came out. The two of them walked out together.

"The world is hot and cold, and people are indifferent. No matter what General Li Ying said, he also sacrificed his life for the country, but after his death, he was so cold and chilling. Dai Feng said with emotion.

Xu Liang shook his head and said: "General Li Ying is also from a poor family, his family background is not obvious, and his achievements are not good. He was able to take the position of Guyuan guerrilla general thanks to the trilateral governor Wu Zhiwang. In this way, Governor Wu is far away in Fengxiang Mansion and cannot attend the funeral of General Li Ying, if Governor Wu comes in person today, it should be a lively scene here. ”

"It's all a bunch of snobs!" Dai Feng snorted.

After another two days, the body of a general was sent back from the front line of Fengxiang Mansion again.

This time it was Pingliang guerrilla deputy Long Feng, the wound was in the chest, the wound was very small, and it was also a sword wound. The soldiers of the Liang army, who were in charge of sending Long Feng back to Pingliang, reported to Xu Liang the cause of General Long Feng's death.

"General Long was killed while leading his brothers in pursuit of the Nationalist Army. The man disguised himself as an ordinary soldier of the People's Army, bullied General Long's side, and suddenly broke out, General Long was caught off guard and died tragically under the sword. ”

A few days ago, it was Guyuan guerrilla Li Ying, and now it is Pingliang guerrilla deputy general Long Feng! And all of them died from extremely fast sword wounds. At this point, Xu Liang was already convinced that it would be Gao Zilin, the military division of the People's Army, who made the shot.

However, thinking that it was one thing, Xu Liang had nothing to do about it. Pingliang official Huang Daozhou once again scolded Gao Zilin for only knowing that he secretly assassinated and sneak attacked, which was extremely despicable and shameless!

Master Lu, who sent the grain back, reported another bad news, Xu Liang and others knew that the only generals who were killed were Li Ying and Long Feng, in fact, the number of middle and low-level generals killed in battle increased sharply, according to the speculation of Governor Wu and Governor Liu, among the people's army, there should be some masters disguised as ordinary soldiers, specializing in assassinating the generals and generals of the Ming army.

Although under the suppression of a large number of officials and troops, the civilian army has been sharply reduced to less than 40,000 people, and has been compressed to the border area of Hanzhong Province. However, with the killing of several batches of middle and low-level generals one after another, among the officers and soldiers, all the generals were panicked, which had seriously affected the morale of the officers and soldiers.

Governor Wu and Governor Li were anxious, but they had no way to deal with Gao Zilin, a military commander of the People's Army with high martial arts.

When the family members of Pingliang guerrilla deputy general Long Feng in Pingliang City heard the news of Long Feng's death, they ran to the prefect's yamen in tears, asking the court to avenge Long Feng.

Subsequently, the wife of Long Feng's family, led several concubines to run outside the gate of Xu's mansion, crying and asking Xu Liang to be the master of the Long family and avenge Long Feng.

Although in the end, they were comforted by the two ladies of the Xu Mansion, Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Lou, and the Long family stopped making trouble. But Xu Liang still had a big head for a while, but he helplessly found that he had all his strength, but he had nowhere to call.

Finally, bad news came, Gao Zilin attacked He Huchen, the chief soldier of Yansui, in the battle, fortunately, the rescue of the soldiers under the general soldier He was timely, and the general soldier He picked up a life, but he was seriously injured and could not lead the team to go out again.

Crazy, crazy! Huang Daozhou walked around the house in the main hall of the prefect's yamen, cursing as he went. Inside the house, the left-behind civil and military officials of Pingliang Mansion were all in the house.

Xu Liang looked at the frightened feelings of the officials in the hall, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Gao Zilin is strong in martial arts and ruthless. In just a few days, three generals were assassinated by Gao Zilin alone. If Gao Zilin continues to kill like this, even if he wins the battle in the end, how many generals will be left?

Tens of thousands of people's troops can be pressed by officials step by step, but who can stop Gao Zilin, who is strong in martial arts?

A top martial arts master is ruthless, who dares to plunder its edge?

In Pingliang City, the city defense battalion was dispatched on all fronts to strictly check the people entering and leaving the city, and on the streets of Pingliang City, the prefect's yamen all poured into the streets to check for suspicious people, and the entire Pingliang Mansion was like a great enemy. Inside and outside the Xu Mansion, the number of guards has been doubled. Dai Feng, the deputy commander of Pingliang, who had already been guiding the training of recruits in the East Battalion, was recalled to the city by Xu Liang and lived in Xu's mansion.

Xu Liang arranged this way after a meal, and Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of the Xu Mansion, also heard about Gao Zilin's wanton assassination of the generals of the official army, and she said lightly: "Gao Zilin is so interested, why didn't he kill Governor Wu directly?" Or, come directly to Pingliang and kill Xu Liang? Wouldn't that be much easier? ”

Xu Liang was shocked, what Feng Suqin said was very likely to happen. Gao Zilin has already assassinated Xu Liang twice, and now that Xu Liang has not recovered from his serious injuries, Gao Zilin's intention to remove Xu Liang is so urgent, how could he let Xu Liang go?

"Young master, there are three brocade guards outside the door asking to see you." One afternoon, Tietou reported to Xu Liangyu. (To be continued......)