On the road leading from Xingyang to the capital, the team of 4,000 people is particularly eye-catching. Especially the dozen or so carts, some of them were loaded with people, and some were loaded with boxes. The boxes were heavy, leaving a deep mark on the car.

This group of people, of course, is Zhou Xiaocao, who returned to Beijing in a high-profile manner, and the 4,000 soldiers of the forbidden army. At this time, Zhou Xiaocao led the horse in front, behind him, on the left were four forbidden army generals, and on the right were the four charms of Begonia riding a black war horse. It's just that their order is not arranged according to their age, but Xianglanjun, who is the second in age, is at the front, closest to Zhou Xiaocao. As for what they arranged for them, Zhou Xiaocao also knew it. Now, he still thinks about how to explain to the women at home after he goes back.

After walking for a while, Zhou Xiaocao turned his head and said to Wang Rui: "General Wang, how about our horse racing?" ”

Wang Rui was stunned: "Horse racing? ”

Zhou Xiaocao pointed ahead and said, "Look, there is a smooth road ahead, we are riding a war horse, and we are definitely running much faster than these cars behind us." In order to add a little bit of fun, we might as well have a horse race, whether we win or lose, we just need to wait for the brothers in front. ”

Wang Rui looked at the lushness on both sides of the road ahead, it was summer at this time, the crops in the field were simply growing, plus this spring, God did not skimp on his rain, the crops were growing well, and in autumn, it must be a bumper harvest scene. Recalling that it was still spring when he walked out of the capital, a hundred days had passed, and Wang Rui was embarrassed.

The official road is long, and Wang Rui's pride suddenly rises. Laughing out loud: "Good! The last general will accompany General Zhou for a game, and it has nothing to do with winning or losing. It's just for fun. ”

The other three generals were also infected, and they all said, "Good! Let's have a horse race together. How about adding a little bit of color? ”

Zhou Xiaocao said: "There is no need to participate in all the competitions, in that case, there will be no one to take care of the forbidden soldiers here." You have to know that these big cars behind us are not simple. ”

The three generals all understood the meaning of Zhou Xiaocao's words, these cars contained more than 10 million taels of silver, how could they not take strict care of them? Moreover, Wang Rui is in this expedition. The performance was excellent, and was greatly praised by General Zhou, who might want to use the reason for this horse race to lose something to him, and the three of them would be a little redundant if they wanted to get involved. Therefore, they all bowed their hands and said: "What the general said is very true, the three of us must take care of these big cars, the general, please rest assured." ”

Zhou Xiaocao smiled. said: "Go, ready to go!" The four charms of Begonia swept the formation on the side, preparing, three-two-one. Run! ”

Zhou Xiaocao broke off, and the six war horses neighed with their heads held high, and galloped forward.

Behind. The remaining three generals looked at the six people who were flying away, and one of them couldn't help but say enviously: "Life should be like this!" ”

The other pouted and said, "Just you?" You don't look at how much Wang Rui pleases General Zhou. That's no way, who calls people have real skills? There's a saying about what's called. By the way, it is sinful to disobey the superior! ”

The man before said, "What do you say?" I'm referring to General Zhou! Look at the people, the money is there, the women are there, the credit is there, and after going back, the emperor is not sure how to reward it! In my opinion, this time, no matter what, General Zhou will have to be a fourth-grade important member. ”

The other person smiled and said, "General Zhou's ability, can you and I also compare?" Can you get back more than 10 million taels of silver for the emperor? Or can you take a mountain like Bishan at the lowest cost? ”

This man responded: "General Zhou's ability, we are indeed incomparable. It's just that General Zhou is martial arts this time, and it seems that he shouldn't be given a civilian position, right? If you want to be an official, you have to be a general with real power. ”

The former said, "Confused, aren't you? General Zhou is both civil and military, how can he take a fancy to a pure martial profession like ours? Today, if you look at those senior members of the military department, how many people will really go into battle to kill the enemy? ”

The man nodded and said, "That's right." ”

The former smiled again: "You don't have to be sad, in the three months that General Zhou has been with us, it can be regarded as the creation of us." ”

The man also smiled: "That's right, we have even had close contact with Sun Tianshi." Go back and talk to those boys, and you can't envy them to death? ”

"Haha

A hearty laugh rang out, and the three of them were all very happy. Zhou Xiaocao and the others ran wildly all the way, came to a fork in the road, and got into the forest next to the road.

In fact, later, when Zhou Xiaocao deliberately broke away from the other three generals, Wang Rui already understood that General Zhou was going to make a move. As for the target of the shot, it was naturally Ximen Qing, who was extremely arrogant that day. endure the anger for a while, after all, you still have to see the real chapter under your hands. Wang Rui clenched his fists, the green tendons on the back of his hands were exposed, and he was also very angry that day.

The six of them all changed to black short backs, and covered their faces with cloths, and Zhou Xiaocao also deliberately pinned a token to his waist, looking really like a robber who killed people and oversold goods.

The three of them followed the forest to the other side of the road, and after walking forward for a while, Zhou Xiaocao said, "Let's go here." You have all found out clearly, Ximenqing and his party will definitely take this road, right? ”

Xianglanjun replied, "Yes, sir! They knew that the road was in conflict with us, so they deliberately avoided the official road, and wanted to travel lightly, detour to us from the small road, and rush to the capital first. ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Xiaocao nodded, now, the medicinal herb business in Ximen Mansion is getting bigger and bigger under the care of the palace, especially now, Liu Minghui still admits the joke that Ximen worshiped himself as his godfather at the beginning. Ximenqing walked outside, and some people called him the little yaman of the palace.

It wasn't long before the sound of horses' hooves approached. There were five people in this group, and the first one was a big boy who had just grown up, wearing silk and satin and a big red velvet flower on his head, and he looked very good. On either side of his horse, there were a total of four retinues, all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts. Ximen Liu spared no expense for the sake of his only seedling son. These four expert guards alone will cost thousands of taels of silver a year.

Ximenqing asked, "Ahead, it should be the fork in the road, right?" Zhou Xiaocao's officers and soldiers were driving the cart, and they should still be behind, and we couldn't touch them. ”

An attendant said: "What the young master said is right, the intersection with the pipeline is ahead, so let's go on the official road from here, and we can rush to the capital as quickly as possible." ”

Ximen Qing slowed down the speed of the horse slightly, so that the road was acute, and it was very tiring to ride a horse. In fact, riding a horse is not like riding a cart as many people think, but half standing on the back of a horse. With both feet in the stirrups, hips slightly off the saddle, and the body rising and falling with the rhythm of the horse's galloping, it is equivalent to standing on it.

"Humph! Although we didn't completely mess up Zhou Xiaocao's plan this time, but after a few days of delay, the little emperor must be in a hurry, right? ”

One of them immediately complimented: "What the young master said is right! That week, Xiaocao really didn't leave the disabled and rushed to the capital first, and the young master's ability to see people has increased. ”

Ximen Qing snorted coldly: "Zhou Xiaocao is hypocritical, I have already seen through him!" When I was in Cangzhou, I still wanted to pretend to be high, but when facing the little prince, he was not much better than me, right? What's even more hateful is that he still vainly tries to hum with his sister! Sister Tianzi is beautiful, only the prince can accept it, Zhou Xiaocao was born as the son-in-law of a businessman's family, he is the green onion, and he dares to covet his sister's beauty? ”

Although Ximen Enen is only one of Liu Minghui's concubines, in the eyes of ordinary people, Ximen Mansion and Zhongwangfu are one family. What's more, the Ximen family also provided a lot of financial support to the royal palace. Now, many people know about the rebellion that Prince Zhong wants, so the relationship between the Ximen family and Prince Zhong is also undisguised.

An attendant said, "Young Master, do you want our brother to assassinate him in the middle of the road?" ”

Ximenqing shook his head and said, "Now is not the time. Now, everyone knows that I also came to Xingyang, if Zhou Xiaocao has a mistake, it is easy to think of me. Zhou Xiaocao is the intimate person of the stinky emperor, and when the emperor is angry, he is afraid that even the prince will not be able to protect me thoroughly. ”

At this moment, one of the attendants suddenly raised his hand and said, "Stop! ”

Another attendant tilted his head and said, "You feel it too?" ”

The man nodded, "That's right! The feeling of being noticed is so strong now. Excuse me, which friend is in the forest, and please come out and see it! ”

The sound of breaking wind sounded, and six black-clothed masked men came out of the forest in turn. As soon as the four masters saw this momentum, they knew that they were definitely coming for Ximen Qing, and I am afraid that this matter will not be good. Therefore, he shouted: "Protect the young master!" ”

The six men in black didn't speak, and after showing the weapons in their hands, they directly attacked quickly. (To be continued......)

PS: Last night, Yuguo worked overtime until four o'clock in the morning, and held a meeting in the company until half past ten in the morning, and after returning home, he slept until the afternoon, took a loaf of bread from the refrigerator and nibbled on it, and coded three thousand words, and immediately sent it without checking. I know that it has been two days since the shift was interrupted, and Yuguo is very sorry for the friends who have been supporting me