"The third brother is cowardly in his hometown?" Ling Yun chewed a beef jerky and approached Dou Jiande who was standing on the bow deck of the ship with a smile.

"Some, indeed." Dou Jiande replied, "When I left Zhangnan last time, I thought I would never be able to return here in this life, San Lang, thank you." ”

"A brother with his head on the ground, and what is he doing here." Lingyun chewed very strong beef jerky, this beef jerky is very difficult to eat, ploughing cattle have been a national treasure like a giant panda in ancient times, even if it is their own cattle, but if they want to kill the cow, they have to be approved by the official, and unless it is a cow that is old and weak and unable to farm, even their own cattle are not allowed to kill. Even if the family's cattle fall to death, it is difficult to eat beef, and the horns, cowhides, tendons, etc., have to be purchased by the government. However, after entering Hebei, Su Yong had pastures in all states of Hebei, and the beef jerky met Ling Yun's expectations for beef in the Sui Dynasty. "Don't worry, it's just a county order, even if he has a sister who is a concubine in Shangzhuguo? This is not Daxingjing, this place in Beizhou, if you really want to be domineering, it won't be their turn, the two top clans of Qinghe Cui and Zhang don't dare to be so domineering, and he can still single-handedly win the sky with a small county order? ”

Dou Jiande said seriously: "Breaking the county order, destroying the door order Yin, a county order is naturally nothing to the Qinghe Cui family and the Zhang family, but for such a small people" After a pause, Dou Jiande gratefully clenched his fist and punched his chest, "San Lang is chivalrous and brave, righteous and thin, just to be able to return to his hometown today, my Dou Jiande's life will be handed over to San Lang in the future." ”

"On the day of the blood oath, we swore an oath together, helping each other in life and death, and sharing blessings and woes." Ling Yun was not happy about Dou Jiande's words, it was not that he didn't believe Dou Jiande, he believed that Dou Jiande's words at this time were sincere. However, Ling Yun remembered clearly after all, Dou Jiande in history was the last man in the world with Li Tang and Wang Shichong, who knows what will happen in the future.

Dou Jiande was very serious, he stared at Ling Yun with gratitude in his eyes, "Maybe this matter is just a gesture for you, but for me, it is a great help." I won't say much, I won't thank you for my kindness, but I'll see from now on. ”

"Why bother." Ling Yun smiled, "Speaking of this Beizhou, I have to mention the Qinghe County that was originally under Beizhou and was withdrawn, the Qinghe Cui family and the Qinghe Zhang family are both wealthy families in Shandong, and they are heirlooms. I don't know if the third brother is familiar with them? ”

As soon as these words came out, Dou Jiande shook his head with a wry smile, "Qinghe Cui family and Zhang family, that is the top wealthy lord, in the past when the Eastern Wei Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty were powerful, these two families were powerful in the court, and their family prosperity can even be traced back to the end of the Han Dynasty, the real wealthy family for hundreds of years." Although Zhou destroyed Qi, Sui ruled the world, and Guanlong people took the world, the wealthy families in the Kanto region inevitably lost power, but the wealthy families like the Cui family and the Zhang family were still extremely powerful in the land of the Kanto region. Just like this Qinghe Cui family, the mother of today's Dugu Queen is the daughter of the Qinghe Cui family. Today's Qinghe Cui family head Dongjun Gong is the queen's uncle, Dongjun Gong and his daughter married Xingyang Zheng family, they married with the Guanlong nobles on the one hand, and married with the Guandong heroes on the other hand. ”

Qinghe Cui, one of the five surnames in Kanto, is a real top Shandong gate valve. In the past, it was strong, but now although the Kwantung clan is suppressed by the Guanlong group, the Cui clan is not afraid, because they are the queen's family. One of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, Dugu Xin, the second master of the Wuchuan Group, fled from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and left the Yuan Pei and the eldest son in Hebei, and did not know the news for many years, and later married the daughter of the Cui family of Qinghe as the wife of the continuation string, and gave birth to many children, including three queen daughters, the eldest daughter married the Ming Emperor Yu Wenyu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was called Empress Mingjing. The fourth daughter married Li Bing, the son of Li Hu, one of the eight pillars of the Tang Kingdom, and gave birth to a son Li Yuan, and later Li Yuan called the emperor and posthumously named him Empress Yuanzhen, and the seventh daughter was the current queen Dugu Jialuo, married to Yang Jian, the son of Yang Zhong, the prince of the Twelve Great Generals of Sui, Yang Jian usurped Zhou Lisui, and Dugu Jialuo became the queen of the world. Because of this, even if Qinghe enters the Sui Dynasty, it will continue to be honored and favored, and the saints will not fade. Although Dou Jiande said that he is also well-known in Beizhou, if he compares with giants like Cui's and Zhang's, he is nothing.

The two of them were talking, the boat went north on the Qinghe River, sailing through the waves, not long after, the Qinghe River in Beizhou Prefecture was already in sight, and a large number of boats could be seen moored at the Qinghe Wharf from a distance, and the wharf was lively.

"There are two big rivers in the south of Hebei from the southwest to the northeast, one is the white ditch dug by Cao Cao to connect the Qing River, and the southwest of this river leads to the Yellow River and goes straight to Yingzhou. The other is the Zhangshui originating from the east of the river, passing through Xingji and Xingji, and finally converging with the Qinghe River in Yingzhou, and entering the sea at the eastern junction of Cangyou and the two states. Almost all of them take these two roads to the north, especially from Henan to the north, and more often take the line of Baigou Qinghe. Dou Jiande pointed to the dock in front of him and said: "The line of Qinghe, the busiest is the original section of Qinghe County." Here from the south to the north, merchants gathered, the Cui family in Qinghe County, and the Zhang family in Wucheng County, a little to the north, they respectively controlled the north and south sections of this golden waterway. ”

In ancient times, transportation mostly relied on waterways, Qinghe and Zhangshui are the two most important waterways in the southern region of Hebei, which is equivalent to the national highway, and the Cui family and the Zhang family controlled a golden waterway, and its benefits can be imagined, no wonder they can not fall for hundreds of years.

"In front of it is Qinghe Wharf, which is the base camp of the Cui family, and Qinghe is also the most prosperous place in southern Hebei. When the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi and completely destroyed the capital of Qi, Hebei has been greatly weakened over the years, otherwise this Qinghe will be more lively. ”

At this time, the boss of the boat shouted loudly to order the sails to be closed, "Beizhou Qinghe, it's here!" ”

The big boat slowly approached the Qinghe wharf, and Dou Jiande was the first to jump on it. Ling Yun also disembarked with him, but found that there seemed to be a bustle on the dock.

A large crowd of people crowded around the dock, mixed with cheers from time to time.

"What's going on?" Ling Yun asked a person next to him.

That person couldn't squeeze in, so he could only jump his feet from time to time outside, and when he saw Ling Yun asking, he immediately said as if he was showing: "Oh, I heard that Dou Jiande from Zhangnan came to our Qinghe to pick up our Wang Fubao boss's field, no, the comparison has already started over there, and the fight is so exciting, it turns out that Dou Jiande is so dark." ”

Ling Yun and Dou Jiande glanced at each other, both a little confused.

Dou Jiande was even more depressed, he had only been away from his hometown for half a year, why did someone here pretend to be himself and come to Qinghe Wharf to pick up a scene?

"Wang Fubao?" Ling Yun smacked his mouth, he had some impressions of this name as soon as he heard it, and after thinking about it carefully, he immediately remembered it. Isn't this Wang Fubao the number one general under Dou Jiande when he rebelled later? Many people think that Liu Heimin is the number one general under Dou Jiande, but in fact, as far as Ling Yun knows, although Liu Heimin has a very good relationship with Dou Jiande, in fact, he did not rebel with Dou Jiande at the beginning. Dou Jiande didn't want to rebel at the beginning, his friend Sun Anzu killed the county order to flee to him, he tried to settle him, and finally pulled a vote for him to send him to Gaojibo and Caocao. Later, Liu Heimin also committed an accident, and Dou Jiande sent him to his friend He Xiaode to rebel. At that time, many of Dou Jiande's friends had rebelled, but he still guarded an acre and three points of land and was unwilling to be a thief. Everyone admires Dou Jiande's righteousness, so even if he comes out to rob, he will never get close to the vicinity of Doujiazhuang. Over time, the government also found out the problem, and made it clear that Dou Jiande was a bandit, otherwise where would the bandits be able to bypass here every time. Therefore, Dou Jiande was finally pursued by the official army, Dou Jiazhuang basically died, his wife died, and only Dou Jiande escaped with his daughter. After he escaped, he didn't vote for his friend Sun Anzu, nor did he vote for his friend He Xiaode, he still didn't want to trouble his friend, he went to vote for another friend Gao Shida.

Liu Heimin later joined Li Mi, the leader of the Righteous Army, with He Xiaode, and followed Qin Qiongcheng to bite the gold, and they also worked as colleagues for a period of time. Later, Li Mi's army was defeated, and he was captured by Wang Shichong, who saw him bravely and appointed him as a cavalry general. As a result, Liu Heimin, like Qin Qiong, looked down on Wang Shichong. Qin Qiong and others went to vote for Li Tang, while Liu Heimin fled back to Hebei, and finally went to his friend Dou Jiande, who already owned most of Hebei at that time. However, he only followed Dou Jiande for three years, and Dou Jiande was defeated and killed. Later, Liu Heimin, who had already returned to the countryside to grow vegetables, was forced by Li Tang to rise up against the Tang Dynasty again, and opposed the Tang Dynasty twice, under the banner of Dou Jiande, which really stirred up a lot of wind and rain. So much so that many people think that the first general under Dou Jiande is Liu Heimin, in fact, the first general under Dou Jiande has always been Wang Fubao until he was later slandered and killed.

Dou Jiande obviously knew Wang Fubao, and he explained to Ling Yun: "Wang Fubao is a native of Qinghe, and his father was the governor of the Northern Qi Army, and he was disabled in the Zhou Annihilation Qi War and returned to his hometown. This Wang Fubao learned kung fu with his father since he was a child, and he was good at martial arts. is light on wealth and righteousness, and it is easy to fight injustice. I had a few encounters with him before, and he took up work on this Qinghe wharf, and he was a foreman, so how did he fight with people. ”

"Well, it's a fight with Dou Jiande." Ling Yun said with a smile, "I'm going to go and see who dares to pretend to be the name of Third Brother Dou." ”

When Ling Yun and Dou Jiande finally squeezed into the circle, they saw a small field in the crowd, and the two men were fighting each other.

Ling Yun saw at a glance that both of them were good hands, and their kung fu was comparable, and he was about to applaud, but he heard Dou Jiande next to him shouting: "Wang Dalang, Black Otter, stop!" ”

When the two people who were fighting in the arena heard their names called, they both stopped, took two steps back, and turned their heads together.

"Brother Dou!"

"Brother Dou!"

The two were surprised and shouted in unison.

Dou Jian took Lingyun's hand and walked towards the two, "Why did your family fight, San Lang, let me introduce you, this is the brother of King Fubao of Qinghe I just told you, and this is my fellow villager in Zhangnan, Black Otter Liu Heimin." Saying that, he turned his head to Wang Fubao and the others, "This is my newly married brother Yi Sanlang, what's the matter with you, the family is fighting by itself?" ”

Wang Fubao was a little embarrassed to explain the reason, and several people laughed on the spot. Ling Yun said: "Don't stand here and talk, it's better for me to be the east, find a restaurant, everyone have a good drink or two." As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, Brother Liu and Brother Wang just make peace with each other, how about it? ”

"Good!" Wang Fubao and Liu Heimin also don't know each other, they have a fight, but they have some sympathy for each other, at this time, there are steps to go down, and they meet the old people, and they simply nodded in agreement at the moment.