Tian Hu's envoy went up the mountain in such a form, especially after hearing that the other party had been snooping in this place for a few days, Li Ying was extremely embarrassed.

He knew very well in his heart that Wang Lun exempted him from the false difference of ushering in the send-off, and the heavy responsibility of entrusting the person responsible for the division of the village was to activate his mind. If he does a good job, Zhu Tong's present is his future.

For a big businessman and big landlord like Li Ying, who is more than conservative and less enterprising, it is undoubtedly very tempting to live a stable and powerful life.

Who knows, as soon as Huang Xin of Sanshan Town, the guest army town, arrived at the scene, he gave him a dismount, and with the super vigilance of the field army, he contrasted the loopholes in the defense of Yinmachuan, which made the master's face panic.

Tian Hu sent an envoy to Liangshan for help, and there was really such a thing. On the first day of departure from Qiao Yan, Liangshan Dazhai received the news and had already notified the two sub-villages in Hebei. Calculating the schedule, it's time for people to arrive, Li Ying couldn't help but secretly annoy that he didn't know what to do all day long.

It's not too late to make amends. Li Ying then pulled Zhang Jinren and Gao Keli for several nights in a row, and had a secret conversation with Yang Lin, the brocade leopard who came from Yanshan, for a long time. This is a cadre general who has been in charge of Liangshanbo's intelligence in Hebei for a long time, and he came to drink Machuan this time to act as the eyes and ears of the cavalry army to conquer Western Xia. Martial arts aside, in terms of intelligence, Li Ying thinks that he is enough to serve as a teacher for the three of them.

Shan Tingjue, the deputy general of the Xiongyi Army who came to Hebei to suppress the thieves, joked about Huang Xin about this matter, and said that Qiangbin did not suppress the master, and Huang Xin stepped on the sore feet of Yumachuan this time, and the safer way was to pull the people from the village to act together. Qin Ming was quite unimpressed, thinking that the face was earned by himself, not by others, but he praised Huang Xin fiercely in front of Hao Siwen and Shan Tingjue.

Not only is the field army and the sub-villages not subordinate, but their status is higher than that of these branches of the village, and Qin Ming is the commander-in-chief of this killing operation (Hao Siwen is the staff officer). Li Ying, who was only responsible for ensuring the logistics of the army, could not say what he was suffering this time, so he had to take remedial measures from himself. After learning that Huang Xin was not sure of the identity of the person who came, Li Ying hurriedly recruited the stragglers from Hedong to vote, and recognized it five or seven times in a row, and finally concluded that this person was Tian Hu's official national teacher.

After confirming the identity of this person, Li Ying was ready to send a team of cavalry to escort Qiao Yan and his party to Liangshan Dazhai early the next morning, but this person did not mean to leave the country immediately, but only proposed to take a look around the cottage. The whole process took care of him. It's a good way to deal with the past. If it weren't for the fact that he was Sun An's old friend, he would have gone down the mountain early.

Qiao Yan is an understanding person, knowing that he has committed other people's taboos, so he stayed for two days and took the initiative to say goodbye. Li Ying was extremely annoyed by this person in his heart, but he still took the initiative to send him more than ten miles, and there was no other way to do it, so it was for the sake of the face of the person behind him.

Going south on the road again, Qiao Yan lost his initial freedom. After all, there were a hundred escorted cavalry of the Drinking Horse River by his side. But with the host's family leading the way, there is basically no danger on the road. Along the way, the state capital seemed to be completely numb, and it didn't take much time to brush the tiger's whiskers. Qiao Yan arrived at the hotel on the north bank of Liangshan Shuibo.

Liang Shan should be said to know his itinerary well, but only Chai Jin's next leader was waiting in the hotel, and Qiao Yan keenly noticed something from the details. couldn't help but sigh secretly, I was afraid that this time Tian Hu was going to despair.

After following the little leader who came to greet him for a long time, Qiao Yan found that the situation on the golden beach was different. Not only the world-famous Chai officials are waiting here. Even Xiao Zhang Liang and Xu Guanzhong, the masterminds that Tian Hu begged for but couldn't, also came, Qiao Yan sighed when he saw this, because this kind of reception method of cold outside and hot inside once again showed that Tian Hu's status in the eyes of Liang Shan was far lower than that of an ordinary leader in this village, and he Qiao Yan was once again stained with the light of the old man.

"How can Qiao Mou, dare to bother Xu Junshi and Chai Daguan to greet him personally, I am afraid that I will not break the forage of the trail!" In the face of the two big names on the rivers and lakes, Qiao Yan is not stage frightened, although he is humble, he is not surprised.

"My brother often mentions the name of the Taoist to us, and I have been thinking about it for a long time! Now that the Taoist is in person, how can he not come to greet him? Xu Guanzhong said with a smile. At this time, Chai Jin also said on the side: "When the head of the grandson went up the mountain before, my lord inquired about the recent situation of the Taoist chief, and when he learned that you were cast at Tian Hu, he was sorry for the straight road!" ”

Chai Jin's words have two meanings, one is to show that the importance of you Qiao Daochang is not just on Sun An's face, we have been paying attention to you for a long time. Second, once again, it is clear that we don't look down on Tian Hu.

When Qiao Yan heard this, he was really a little moved, and said: "It turns out that the leader of the king already knows the name of Xiaodao!" "To tell the truth, he is really strange as a national teacher, Tian Hu didn't pay much attention to him before he went to Lingzhou to seize the seal, but after Lingzhou was finished, he slowly showed his head in Tian Hu's forces.

"Although there are not many people who know the names of the two heroes in Hedong and Hebei, it is not the same in the green forest of Shandong, where heroes are known and heroes are valued!" Chai Jin's words went one step further.

With Chai Jin's great reputation in the north, he would definitely not deliberately lie in order to please people, Qiao Yan was moved in his heart and asked: "Dare to ask if the leader of the king is still in the cottage now?" ”

When Chai Jin heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Xu Guanzhong. It seems that this Qiao Yan really has some Taoism, Wang Lun's whereabouts are the biggest secret of the cottage, but he can see the clues, no wonder people call the "one person" in the only one and a half vigilant people in the pseudo-Jin Kingdom (Fang Xuedu is half).

"It's true that my lord is not in the cottage, and Leader Sun happens to be not there." If you don't tell a lie in front of a real person, you can't hide it if you tell a lie, Chai Jin simply admitted it calmly, and even told Sun An's whereabouts.

Qiao Yan said "oh", but there were no extra words, Xu Guanzhong invited him to go to the cottage Juyi Hall to serve tea. Qiao Yan had no objections, and the group went to the Juyi Hall. The leader of the 100 cavalry garrisons who escorted Qiao Yan came forward to settle down.

"Guizhai is a big deal, and the people who bring the old and the young to vote for their families, it can be seen that the cottage is booming! Now when it comes to the number one hero in the green forest of the Great Song Dynasty, it is none other than the leader of the king of Guizhai! After passing two passes in a row and climbing all the way, Qiao Yan saw that Liangshan Benzhai was the same as Yinmachuan, and there were also many camps for the people. At this time, wisps of cooking smoke were lit, adding a bit of softness to this cottage where strongmen gathered.

"The banner that walks for the heavens. It's not just hanging it up and making a show, my brother has always been a personal practice, and my brothers and sisters are also cautious, for fear of staining these four words! Xu Guanzhong said slowly, Qiao Yan gave him the feeling that he didn't have many words, but he basically got to the point, so he also began to be targeted. It can be regarded as giving Qiao Yan a preventive shot in advance.

Qiao Yan nodded thoughtfully, took a few more steps, and suddenly said, "These people went to Goryeo, I don't know if they are still suitable for the climate there?" ”

As soon as I heard this. Chai Jin "pouted", and his suspicious gaze swept towards Xu Guanzhong, who obviously understood the object of suspicion in the other party's eyes, but with Xu Guanzhong's understanding of Sun An, he would definitely not leak the secrets of the cottage at will, whether the other party was his best friend or not. In some cases, they do not tell their parents, and they do not pass on their wives and children. No matter how good his personal friendship with Qiao Daoqing is, he will not ruin his public because of it.

If it weren't for Sun An, then this matter would be somewhat interesting. I saw Xu Guanzhong say quietly: "What does the Taoist chief mean by this? ”

Qiao Yan smiled self-deprecatingly. "When Xiaodao was first released from prison, he heard a rumor. Not long ago, when the Goryeo envoy went to Tokyo, he named the name of the court's official minister's mansion, and I heard that this official servant had previously served as the prefect of the Xiqing Mansion on the edge of Yangsan. So Poor Dao thought about it more, and if you were offended, please don't blame the two brothers! ”

"Huh! This kind of thinking of the Taoist is incredible! Xu Guanzhong was noncommittal, and he could deduce Liang Shanbo's behavior from these clues. There are really few people in the Great Song Dynasty today. It's not that no one is smarter than Qiao Yan, but that others can't jump out of the confines of thinking: bandits organize immigrants to seize overseas foreign countries, is there a more unruly fact in this world?

Anyway, these two people are on the edge. Chai Jin basically couldn't interject, but secretly sighed in his heart that this Taoist priest was really an evil sect, and it seemed that no matter what, he couldn't let him go down the mountain.

Qiao Yan saw that Xu Guanzhong did not categorically deny it, and there was no surprise in his heart to guess the result, but he was shocked. In fact, he also relied on bold assumptions, and to be honest, he really didn't have much certainty. After all, like Liangshanbo, who endlessly recruited the people, and did not attack the state and plunder the government to settle them, even if there were more new villages opened in various places, sooner or later they would be able to eat Liangshan. Linking Liangshan with Goryeo is also a whimsical idea that came out of his flash. Xu Guanzhong did not deny it at this time, but made him feel a trace of respect and emotion in his heart, he was not obliged to show such a big secret, but he still didn't plan to hide it from himself, it seemed that he had a lot of trust in himself!

"We all know how the Taoist came to Liangshan and why he came to Liangshan, so we won't say this for the time being. Junior brother, here is a handwritten letter written by the leader of Sun An to the Taoist chief, and I also ask the Taoist chief to take a look! Since the words have been said to this point, Xu Guanzhong didn't care about the informal occasion of everyone standing on the mountainside, but just took out the letter he carried and handed it to Qiao Yan.

Qiao Yan sighed, looked at the letter in Xu Guanzhong's hand, and asked very solemnly: "No matter what conditions we give, Liang Shanbo is unwilling to send troops to Hedong this time?" ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled and said bluntly: "The Taoist chief is a person who understands, Tian Hu is perverse in Hedong, and people and gods are angry, if he is willing to fall and get mixed with him, I Liangshanbo will be the prestige of Tianxing Dao in the eyes of the people of the world, if not?" ”

Qiao Yan let out a long sigh, he had already expected this result. Although the Great Jin Kingdom is over, the next target of the imperial court is Liang Shanbo, which is the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and there are many people who have a long-term vision, and it is impossible not to see this risk. But the bad thing is that his lord did bad things, so that he didn't recognize his lips, Liang Shanbo would rather take the risk of the imperial court to ask for it, rather than get involved with the Great Jin Kingdom, it seems that there is basically no room for turning around in this matter.

Although the result had been expected for a long time, it was still difficult for Qiao Yan to feel at ease when he really faced it. Before leaving, although Fang Xuedu's words were very light, they were no less important than Mount Tai in his heart. Seeing that there was no chance for Hetian Hu to clear up in the end, Qiao Yan breathed a sigh of bitterness, took the letter in Xu Guanzhong's hand, read it word by word, shed two turbid tears, and finally said:

"I only hate the poor road with eyes and no beads, and I have never been in love with the white-clothed Xiushi, so now I can't help myself! Since Liang Shanbo refused to send troops, Xiaodao did not force it, so he returned to Hedong this time to resume his life! The kindness of the Sun An brothers, as well as the wrong love of the king leader, and let the poor Dao repay it in the next life! (To be continued......)