Zhang Chengyan looked at the landlords and heroes under the hall, and hesitated to persuade: "At present, the enemy is current."

"It is the current enemy that can make everyone willing to accept the adaptation of the new armor." Bulu Gu Leping wanted to use the pressure of Jin Bing to get Lu Long's landlords to accept the new armor. Whoever opposes the new Baojia is against the homeless people who co-opted Lu Long, and he is sabotaging the great cause of resisting gold.

Bulu Gule calmly threatened, and the powerful landlord was cowardly and did not dare to speak. Bulu Gu Leping turned his gaze to Geng Yanxi again: "Master Geng, did you say it?" ”

Geng Yanxi thought to himself: "I don't have to argue with you now. Forcibly promoting the new system of protecting the armor is overstepping the system. Let you die first. Wait until there are facts, and then you will be convicted of your sin. So he said, "Please ask the town government to do it yourself." ”

Even the envoys of the imperial court were unreliable, so the local heroes of Lulong had to take a breath of relief for the time being and agreed to implement the new armor.

Bulu Gu Leping stayed in Lulong for two more days, and waited for Zhao Bozhen of Luanzhou to send people to establish Lulong's new Baojia, and selected people from the displaced people to serve as Du Baozheng, Baozheng and Jiatou, before setting off with Geng Yanxi and returning to the river.

And the real patrol envoy, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Chengbo, who lifted the river defense envoy, have been in the river for several days.

Since the Jin soldiers had already occupied the daimyo, he set out from Jinan and went directly to Binzhou, a place that had just been occupied by the Longhushan faction and handed over to Huyangeng.

Zhang Chengbo traveled all the way north, and along the way, he didn't see the scene of people everywhere in Jinan, but he encountered cavalry patrolling several times. He wanted to travel lightly, but every time he encountered these cavalrymen, he was not afraid of being scolded by his subordinates, so he had to take out the seal letter every time to get out.

After entering the territory of Cangzhou, Zhang Chengbo also met a childish boy, holding a wooden gun, blocking the main road, and he had to verify the road guide before he could pass.

Zhang Chengbo listened to the report of his subordinates, got out of the car, and asked, "Boy, where is your grandmother?" ”

"I asked you first, but you didn't answer me, but asked me if you didn't have a way, were you a spy?" The boy said to his companion, "Go and report it, and I will see this spy." ”

Zhang Cheng Boqi said: "Are you really a soldier who investigates the road?" ”

The boy gave him a note, which read: "The young son's camp is checking the spies, and the people along the way must cooperate." ”

Zhang Chengbo smiled, can such a young battalion really stop the enemy?

He gave his seal to the boys, who did not know him, and one of them ran to report to the adults.

While waiting, Zhang Chengbo asked: "If there is really a spy and he kills you with a knife, won't he be able to escape?" ”

"There are many sentry posts here, and if the spies kill us, they will have their own army to hunt us down and avenge us."

Sure enough, after a while, the boy brought a man who looked like a head, who knew some rules and confessed his guilt, but carefully checked Zhang Chengbo's seal.

Zhang Chengbo's entourage couldn't help but shout: "Reckless man, the seal letter given by the emperor dares to hold it so casually?" ”

The head of the capital did not seem to hear this, but still looked at the seal carefully. After a long while, he raised his head: "I am just the capital of the nearby city, and I can't tell the truth of this seal." I had to ask the old gentleman to stay in the city for one night, and then I would report to the upper side before making a decision. ”

The entourage scolded: "How can you villagers stay in trouble? ”

Zhang Chengbo stopped his entourage and followed Du Baozheng to the place where he lived. He didn't get in the car either, and chatted casually with this Du Baozheng.

He knew that this Du Baozheng was originally Bianliang's Xiang army, and he joined Huyan Geng's command when Bianliang was defending the city. Later, he experienced a series of battles to recover Binzhou, Cangzhou, Hejian and other places, and at the beginning of the establishment of the new Baojia, because he had a family, he recruited 250 displaced people near Cangzhou and established a capital insurance.

After returning to Dubao, Yi Shou Cao Zheng rushed to hear the news and met Zhang Chengbo.

Zhang Chengbo did not blame Cao Zheng either, his interest was attracted by the ring-shaped settlement.

"Each settlement is a simple fortress, and the settlements of Quanyi can form crossfire to cover each other. In this way, each euphoria has the power to protect itself and can hold out until the arrival of the official army. ”

"Officers and soldiers?"

Cao Zheng had basically believed in Zhang Chengbo's identity, so he spoke very politely: "The river defense minister, the soldiers and horses on the Hebei East Road, are divided into two parts: the official army and the armor guard. ”

Zhang Chengbo nodded, and continued to ask about the situation of Xinbaojia.

The next day, Cao Zheng personally led the way and sent Zhang Chengbo to the river: "The river defense is the Xianggong, now the gold thief is approaching, and the guards along the road are tight, or the grass people are leading the way for the Xianggong, and the road is more convenient." ”

Zhang Chengbo originally planned to pay a private visit to Weifu, but he was constantly interrogated along the road, and now he was sent all the way to Hejian by Cao Zheng, and there was no way to find out any news, so he simply beat out all the honor guards, majestic, and fanfare from Cangzhou to Hejian.

When the inspection came, Hu Yangeng made enough rules and welcomed Zhang Chengbo to the previous pacification envoy, and then said that he would move out immediately and give up the pacification envoy to Zhang Chengbo.

Zhang Chengbo said: "No need, the old man is from Hejian and has a residence here, and let the old man go home to see." ”

Hu Yangeng asked the location of Zhang Chengbo's hometown and sighed: "The former residence of the prime minister has become powder. ”

Zhang Chengbo was stunned, and then said, "No wonder the clansmen haven't written for two years." ”

"Don't be sad, and talk about the situation of the next clan, when the last general will send someone to find it, maybe it will be in the new town outside the city."

"Don't be busy, let's go to the country first and then to the family, the position of the prefect is still vacant, presumably the prefect's yamen is still empty, and the old man will live there."

Hu Yangeng heard him call himself an "old man", looked at Zhang Chengbo's face carefully, and felt that he was not yet fifty years old. After sending Zhang Chengbo to the prefect's yamen to rest, Hu Yangeng thought about it carefully and found that he had no impression of Zhang Cheng and Zhang Chengbo in his previous life.

It seems that it is not the person who left a name in history, the nameless person, easy to deal with, Hu Yangeng thought.

Zhang Chengbo lived in the prefect's yamen at night, he was tired from riding all the way, and fell asleep very early, and in the middle of the night, the entourage knocked on the door to tell him, caught a spy, spied in front of the minister's bedroom, and was caught and said that he was wronged.

Zhang Chengbo interrogated the person who was caught, and it turned out that he was a personal entourage of the former prefect Dong Yi. After Hu Yangeng killed Dong Yi, he did not dismiss the people of the prefect's yamen, and Zhang Chengbo's request today was also very sudden, so those who served Zhang Chengbo in the yamen included Dong Yi's former henchmen.

This one who was caught was one of them, and when he saw the imperial court, he wanted to avenge his master.

Zhang Chengbo asked anything, and this person answered truthfully.

"It's Hu Yangeng himself who surrounds the river?"

"Exactly, Hu Yangeng, this thief"

"Who killed Zhang Yiqian?"

"Is it Hu Yangeng's subordinates?"

"Who killed Dong Yi?"

"It's also Hu Yangeng's subordinates, please call the shots"

interrogated until dawn, Zhang Chengbo had roughly figured out the context of Zhang Yiqian's death. He said to the man who had been caught, "Hide yourself in the house, and do not miss any traces." ”

In fact, before leaving, Zhang Chengbo was inclined to believe that it was Hu Yangeng who killed Zhang Yiqian. He was thinking about how to find evidence all the way, but he didn't expect to get such a powerful witness as soon as he arrived in Hejian.

He turned back to the bedroom to rest, "What to do with Hu Yangeng? How can he be brought to justice? Lying on the bed and thinking in a daze, suddenly a spirit woke up, and found that his body was full of cold sweat, Hu Yangeng was already big in Hebei, and it was definitely not possible to bring it back to Bianliang with an edict.

Don't say that there are no soldiers around you, even if you have, can you take Huyan Geng away from tens of thousands of troops? Moreover, Du Chong's department on Hebei West Road is still breathing, while Huyan Geng is alone on Hebei East Road. If he takes Hu Yangeng away and leads to the defeat of the battle on the East Hebei Road, then he will become a national sinner.

Zhang Chengbo tossed and turned, fell asleep for a long time, and woke up at the end of noon. He hurriedly got up and washed, and then came to the official hall of the government office, which had been sorted out by the subordinates and could be used as a yamen.

He took out a warrant tag, thought about it, and put it back again. said to his entourage: "Prepare a post for me, and ask Fan Yang to come over and talk about it." "Fan Yang, referring to Fan Yang's envoy Qiu Muling Zhonglian.

Qiu Muling Zhonglian came by appointment, and Zhang Chengbo was very pleased with the courtesy. He first praised Qiu Muling Zhonglian, and counted the battle of Xiongzhou and the attack on Fengshengzhou and other credits in Qiu Muling Zhonglian's name.

Qiu Muling Zhonglian didn't know what to do, and vaguely agreed.

Zhang Chengbo said: "But I look at Hupinglu's seal, but Fan Yang has no credit. He used the Pinglu Zhenfu envoy to refer to Hu Yangeng, and he pulled Hu Yangeng to the same level as Qiu Muling Zhonglian, rather than a superior-subordinate relationship.

Qiu Muling Zhonglian's face was like water: "The battle of Xiongzhou and the battle of Fengshengzhou were all under the personal command of the four towns, and the last general was just a horse. What's more, the imperial court promised to be blessed with Emperor Ji and me, so deeply gracious, the last general could not repay even if he died in battle, and he didn't dare to expect other rewards. ”

Zhang Chengbo saw that he couldn't provoke Qiu Muling Zhonglian's resentment against Hu Yangeng, so he used another way to impress him: "Yes, the old man hasn't congratulated Captain Ma yet. I was in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts. He exclaimed, "Bring me pen and ink." ”

He immediately picked up his pen and wrote a congratulatory poem, "The powder-faced fairy lang chose the holy pilgrimage, and occasionally met the Qin girl to learn the." The jade must be taught to smell the queen mother, and make up an incense car to cross the magpie bridge. This is based on the three congratulatory poems of Princess Yunyang when she got married in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Chengbo was a jinshi in the sixth year of Yuanyou, and when he was only sixteen years old, he was known as a prodigy. And he used calligraphy and painting to communicate with Cai Jing, Zhao Ji and Cai Jing both praised his calligraphy. Therefore, Zhang Chengbo's handwriting is not easy to give away.

Qiu Muling Zhonglian stood up and thanked him. Although he didn't know calligraphy, painting and poetry, he knew that in the context of the Song Dynasty's Wenwu Shu Path, civil officials were willing to write poems and send them to military ministers, which could be regarded as treating this military minister as a civil minister. He was really flattered. I got closer to Zhang Chengbo in my heart.

The two chatted again, and Zhang Chengbo suddenly asked casually: "How did Zhang Yiqian die?" ”

Ask for collections, ask for rewards, ask for criticism

(Tianjin)