On the morning of the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar of the eighth year of the Ying calendar, after saying goodbye to his mother at the gate of the Zhong house, Zhong Ziqi hugged his daughter and returned to Liangxiang with Wang Feng. However, unlike when they came, in addition to the accompanying guards and servants, there were also Zhong Youpeng, Zhong Shiwen and his son. Moreover, their destination is not the "Qingyuan" in Liangxiang City, but the "Liangyuan" under the Xiayun Ridge, dozens of miles away from Liangxiang City, where Wang Kunjun and other decision-makers of the crossing team are waiting for their arrival in order to discuss important matters together.

Originally, the crossing team and Zhong Youpeng agreed to meet in the "Liangyuan" on the seventh day of the first lunar month to discuss the anti-Liao plan. But considering that the distance from Fanyang City to Xiayunling is not close, even if it is set off early in the morning, it will take almost a day to arrive at the distance of dozens of miles. Therefore, in order to maintain a good state in the meeting with Wang Kunjun and others, Zhong Youpeng proposed to Wang Feng that he hoped to leave one day earlier, first go to the "Jingyuan" which is closer to the "Liangyuan" to rest for the night, and then go to the "Liangyuan" the next day to meet Wang Kunjun and others.

Regarding Zhong Youpeng's request, Wang Feng simply agreed. In Wang Feng's view, Zhong Youpeng's request is normal, and it is reasonable for the other party to put it forward. First, Zhong Youpeng is almost fifty years old. This age was naturally nothing in the previous life, when the average life expectancy reached 70 or 80 years old, but in ancient times, when the average life expectancy was only more than 30 years, it was not small. With Zhong Youpeng's body, riding in a horse-drawn carriage – even a four-wheeled carriage with steel shock-absorbing springs built by the crossing team – can be a bit overwhelming to walk dozens of miles on a potholed road. It is indeed a good idea to set off a day early to rest for a night in the "Quiet Garden".

Second, although Wang Feng had already recounted his conversation with Zhong Youpeng in detail in his previous report to the committee, there were some things that he reported directly to the committee that was far more useful than a handwritten report. But Wang Feng came to Fanyang this time to pay New Year's greetings to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and he didn't carry a radio station with him, so he couldn't get in touch with the "Qingyuan" side in the Zhong Mansion. However, there is a permanent radio station in the "Jingyuan", through which Wang Feng can easily communicate with the "Qingyuan" side, directly report the content of the conversation with Zhong Youpeng, and report his observations of Zhong Youpeng in the past few days, so that the committee can minimize differences as much as possible and reach a consensus as soon as possible when meeting with Zhong Youpeng.

Wang Feng and his entourage walked out of the north gate of Fanyang City and marched all the way to the northeast. More than 20 miles away from Liangxiang City, he left the wide official road and turned west, and drove along the winding road to the mountains. Although it is still some distance from the real mountainous area, the terrain has begun to undulate, and this road is not an official road, so the road condition is much worse than the official road, and the carriage is starting to bump a little. Fortunately, Wang Feng and his entourage sat in a four-wheeled carriage built by the Science and Technology Department of the crossing team, which added a self-made shock-absorbing spring between the carriage and the axle, so the bumps when traveling were much lighter and much more uniform than the common two-wheeled carriages of this era, and people sat in it with a sense of ups and downs of boating on water.

In his previous life, Wang Feng had experienced the test of his own modern means of transportation, including large passenger ships and airplanes, and was completely immune to this kind of small bumps. Although Zhong Ziqi does not have the experience of her husband, she is also used to sitting in the four-wheeled carriage every day, and naturally she does not feel uncomfortable. It's just that this luxury four-wheeled carriage carefully built by the crossing team is a little too comfortable for the Zhong family father and son. When they were on the official road before, because the road was relatively flat and the carriage drove relatively smoothly, although the father and son had some light feelings, they were still able to accept it. But this time I left the official road and walked up the mountain, as the bumpy feeling became stronger and stronger, the father and son felt worse and worse, and gradually began to have symptoms similar to seasickness.

At first, the father and son could grit their teeth and persevere, but as the terrain became more and more undulating, the road conditions became worse and worse, the four-wheeled carriage bumped up and down more and more obviously, and the father and son's seasickness reaction became more and more serious, and even showed signs of vomiting.

The father-in-law and eldest brother of the twenty-seventh master had more serious symptoms of motion sickness, and the handlebar style of the car naturally did not dare to slack off. He stopped the car and beckoned the accompanying guards to report to Wang Feng in the previous car. ,

A moment later, Wang Feng and Zhong Ziqi, who had received the report, came to the Zhong family father and son, who had been helped out of the car by the guards, and while helping the two to sit on the makeshift horse, they asked them how they felt, and whether they needed to send someone to the "Jingyuan" to set up a two-wheeled carriage - the "Jingyuan" stored a few old-fashioned carriages that had been prepared by the team, and the rest place of the convoy was less than five miles away from the "Jingyuan", and it would not take much time to go back and forth.

Although the four-wheeled carriage was a little uncomfortable, it was too troublesome for Zhong Youpeng to send someone to "Jingyuan" to set up another two-wheeled carriage. So he waved his hand and said, "No, no. Although these four-wheeled carriages are a little unaccustomed to sitting, they are not far from the 'Jingyuan' on the left and right, and it is good for our father and son to rest for a while. If we still feel unwell, the most we can do is let the guards let us ride the horses, and they will go to the carriage. ”

Seeing Zhong Youpeng say this, Wang Feng naturally didn't want to say anything more. Just ordered the guards and entourage to rest in place, while chatting with the Zhong family's father and son.

After sitting down-to-earth for a while, Zhong Youpeng felt a lot better, and then raised his head and looked around at the surrounding scenery. It is a hilly area that transitions from plains to mountains, and although the terrain is somewhat undulating, there is still a lot of flat land. At this time, it is winter, except for a few evergreen pines and cypresses, all eyes are dry yellow and bleak. And in the midst of this yellowing and bleakness, on the north side of the mountain road, not far from where the convoy stopped, a huge mansion with gray walls and black tiles seemed very out of place with the surrounding scenery. According to Zhong Youpeng's eyesight, the area of this mansion is at least fifty acres. In this kind of suburban place, the appearance of such a huge mansion cannot but attract Zhong Youpeng's attention - although it is very common for rich people in the city to build a house in the suburbs and use it as a summer retreat and recreational courtyard, it is the first time that Zhong Youpeng has encountered such a large courtyard.

Therefore, after observing for a while, Zhong Youpeng pointed to the mansion, turned his head and asked Wang Feng, who was serving him on the side: "Virtuous son-in-law, you often travel on this road, do you know who built the large-scale mansion in the distance?" ”

"Yes, yes," Zhong Shiwen also interjected beside him, "This house covers an area of no less than fifty acres, and it really costs a lot of money to build it." Brother Fool really can't think of anyone in the surrounding states and counties who would have such a big deal to build such a mansion except for his sister-in-law and his sister-in-law's brothers. ”

Wang Feng first looked in the direction of Zhong Youpeng's finger, and after hearing Zhong Shiwen's exclamation, he smiled and said: "The eldest brother is not bad at all, in this Liangxiang City, except for the younger brother and the younger brother's brothers, there is indeed no one who can build such a big mansion with such a big amount." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the mansion and said to Zhong Shiwen, who was a little confused by his words: "This mansion was built by our brothers. ”

"If it was really built by your brothers?" Zhong Shiwen was a little surprised, "It's just that you have already bought the 'Jingyuan' and built the 'Liangyuan' by yourself, if you want to say that the place in the suburban courtyard is big enough, why spend a lot of money to build such a big mansion?" Although you have a lot of money, you can't squander it like this, right? ”

Hearing this, Wang Feng hurriedly waved his hand and explained, "Big brother misunderstood. This house was not a place for our brothers to relax, but a camp for our brothers to train their families. Because similar homes overseas are called security guards, our brothers called these homes 'security forces'. ”

"Security team?" Zhong Shiwen was puzzled, "I don't know what the relationship between this so-called 'security team' and the 'Flying Dragon Army' that my sister-in-law said a few days ago, but the two are one?" ”

"Non-yes, non-yes" Wang Feng shook his head and said, "The 'security team' is the 'security team', and the 'Flying Dragon Army' is the 'Flying Dragon Army', and the two are completely different. The former is not the same as the latter in terms of the quality of its personnel, the sophistication of its weapons, and the intensity of its training. To use a simple analogy, if the 'Flying Dragon Army' is the 'palace tent army' of the Khitan people, then the 'security team' is also equivalent to the 'villagers' of the Khitan people. Of course, this is just an analogy. In terms of combat effectiveness, the 'security team' is still much stronger than the 'villagers'. Regardless of anything else, in terms of the weapons used, the broadswords and spears in the hands of the 'security team' are far more sophisticated than those used by ordinary 'villagers'. ”,

"Do you need such a big mansion for the Practitioner Nursing Home?" Zhong Shiwen asked again.

"Because our brothers have a lot of properties under their names, and many of them are Qinglou Chu Pavilions like 'Xiaoyao Building', rare shops like 'Jingbaoxuan', and places like 'Tanggu Salt Farm' that can be called 'cornucopia' to make money, the number of people in the Jiading Nursing Home is naturally much needed, and the training camp is not enough if it is built too small."

"According to what my sister-in-law said, since you and the other brothers already have a 'Flying Dragon Army' that is far stronger than this so-called 'security team', then it is enough to use the soldiers of the 'Flying Dragon Army' to act as the guardian of the family, why bother to establish a 'security team' so much? Isn't that a waste of money? Zhong Shiwen continued to ask.

"This is not the same," Wang Feng replied, "The 'Flying Dragon Army' is a sharp blade used by our brothers to expel the Khitans and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and they will face the thousands of Khitan troops, not the ruffians who pick quarrels and provoke trouble." To use them to look after the various inheritances of our brothers is far more wasteful than 'killing chickens with knives.'" Therefore, our brothers would rather spend more money than let the 'Wyvern Army' do such a trivial matter that should not be the responsibility of them. ”

Wang Feng's many explanations finally made the Zhong family father and son understand the role of this so-called 'security army'. While lamenting that Wang Feng and his brothers were willing to spend so much money just to train the Jiading Nursing Academy, they became more interested in the 'Flying Dragon Army' that Wang Feng praised by him for their extraordinary bravery, and their expectations for seeing its true appearance became more and more urgent.

However, both Zhong Youpeng and Zhong Shiwen understand that if the "Flying Dragon Army" is really as powerful as Wang Feng said, I am afraid that the other party will not easily agree to observe and understand it. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Zhong Youpeng decided to settle for the next best thing, and proposed to Wang Feng to go to the huge mansion to have a look, so that he could learn more about the true strength of Wang Feng and his brothers.

In this regard, Wang Feng also agreed very simply - before leaving the "Liangyuan" to pay New Year's greetings to Zhong Youpeng, the committee had instructed Wang Feng to allow Zhong Youpeng to visit the military liliang in the hands of the crossing team within a certain limit to strengthen his determination to oppose Liao - this included both the powerful "Flying Dragon Army" and naturally the "security team" that was not taken too seriously by the crossing team. Therefore, after Zhong Youpeng made this request, Wang Feng agreed to him almost when the other party's voice fell.

Wang Feng's cheerfulness made Zhong Youpeng very happy, he stood up from the horse, pointed to the 'security team' training camp with great interest, and said: "The old man is almost resting, let's go to that mansion and have a look." ”

After saying that, he didn't ride a horse, and walked over on foot.