Zhou Shen took another breath, his face became red from drinking, and he also hiccuped from time to time, and a thick smell of wine emanated from his mouth. Seeing that Gao Fei was dazed, but listening attentively to his words, he reached out and gently patted Gao Fei's back, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, if Lu Zhi treats you honestly enough, he will not steal the credit for your killing of the Yellow Turban Thief's first horn." ”

Gao Fei said: "Killing Zhang Jiao is Master Lu's command, not to mention that I am his general, and I have obtained five hundred catties of gold, and I am already satisfied." ”

Zhou Shen smiled and said: "Brother Xian, the career is sinister, do you know what the head of the imperial court bounty Zhang Jiao is?" I'm afraid I'll scare you to death if I say it! This number! ”

Gao Fei saw Zhou Shen stretch out five fingers, so he thought, "Five thousand catties? ”

Zhou Shen nodded heavily, he was already slightly drunk, he suddenly felt irritable on this early autumn night, and he couldn't care about his usual image, he tore off his shirt, took it off, and continued on the ground casually, and continued with a grin: "This is only a part of the reward, and there is another reward that you may not dream of......"

Gao Fei saw that Zhou Shen deliberately hung his appetite, so he asked according to his meaning, "What is it?" ”

"Whoever obtains the head of the thief's first horn will be rewarded with a reward of 5,000 catties and sealed as the marquis of 10,000 households!" Zhou Shen said it word by word, and with each word, the voice behind him increased a point.

After Gao Fei heard this, he was also taken aback, he never thought that there would be such a rich reward for killing Zhang Jiao, if he had known that this was the case, why did he work so hard to lead the troops to attack Quyang, as long as he relied on merit, he would be able to get a marquis of ten thousand households, and his reputation and territory were fucking there. In a fit of rage, he slapped the table so hard that he almost shook off the wine and food on the table, and scolded loudly: "This old fox! ”

After scolding, Gao Fei thought about it, it seemed that no one in the military camp knew about this reward, and Lu Zhi was not named the Marquis of Wanhu, he squinted at the drunken Zhou Shen, and asked: "Brother Zhou, what you said is not right, if there is really such a good reward, why no one in the army knows?" It seems that Lu Zhi didn't seal the marquis of ten thousand households because of this credit, right? ”

Zhou Shen smiled, stood up suddenly, his body staggered, stretched out his finger and pointed at Gao Fei, and said slowly: "You don't understand this, right?" This is called going up and down! The imperial court did issue this reward, first issued the holy decree to the general, and the general asked people to make a rubbing, and then sent someone to send the rubbing to Lu Zhi, who was the enemy of Zhang Jiao, in order to boost morale, as long as Zhang Jiao died, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army would be greatly reduced. However, Lu Zhi did not issue this order, but detained it, so that only the people of the General's Mansion and Lu Zhi knew. ”

"Then why hasn't Lu Zhi been made a marquis?" Gao Fei hurriedly asked, gossip news was his favorite, and he naturally wanted to ask about the gossip that was unknown in this era.

Zhou Shen said: "At that time, because Lu Zhi was high, he thought that he would be able to see no one in his eyes if he won this honor, and he didn't put the little yellow door sent by His Majesty in his eyes, and then after the little yellow door went back, he slandered Lu Zhi, so His Majesty did not reward him for the time being, but instead sent the Yellow Gate squire Zuo Feng to inspect Hebei on behalf of the Son of Heaven, Lord Zuo Fengzuo, you must have seen it, right?" ”

Gao Fei nodded and said, "I've seen it, I just sent it away today." ”

Zhou Shen said: "Brother Gao Xian, think about it, your good future has been ruined in the hands of Lu Zhi, although he gave you five hundred catties of gold, but it was also pretending to be shown to others, if I hadn't accidentally discovered the rubbings of the Holy Decree in his book, I wouldn't have known about it." Brother Xian, Brother Xian, for a person who ruins your future like this, do you still think he is sincere to you? ”

Gao Fei shook his head, and after listening to such an inside story, he was also relieved, even if the credit was his, under the circumstances at that time, if he met someone sent by the emperor to ask for a bribe, what would he give to others, not to mention the Marquis of Wanhu, it would not be good to even take his life into it. Now that the matter has passed, he no longer thinks about it, and he always believes that what belongs to him will return to him no matter what, it is only a matter of time.

Zhou Shen suddenly stumbled to the ground, Gao Fei hurriedly went over to help him up, and said to Zhou Shen: "Brother Zhou, you drank too much, I'll help you go to bed to rest, right?" ”

Zhou Shen hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, no, no, I haven't drunk enough, I still have something to say to you......"

He burped again, and his mouth was full of the smell of wine, which was really smoking.

Gao Fei temporarily supported Zhou Shen on the bed and said, "Okay, you say it, I'll listen!" ”

Zhou Shen grabbed Gao Fei's hand, his eyes were full of expectation for Gao Fei, and he said slowly: "Brother Xian, our fate is very rare, Lu Zhi has hurt you like this, I have a copy of Lu Zhi's guilt here, I want to ask you to expose him with me." ”

Saying that, Zhou Shen took out a letter from the burden on the bed, handed it to Gao Fei, and continued: "Don't worry, this matter can definitely be done, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong in the Ten Standing Servants also have a long hatred for Lu Zhi, and they are looking for an opportunity to get rid of him, as long as you expose Lu Zhi with me, and there are Ten Standing Servants on top to support you, we don't have to worry about not having high-ranking officials, Lord Zuo Feng has already taken care of it, just wait for this Gao Fa letter." ”

Gao Fei took out the letterhead and looked at it, and saw that in addition to concealing the reward policy issued by the imperial court, the rest were all non-existent things, such as killing prisoners without authorization, killing people to act as thieves, and deducting food and wages, etc., most of which were charged to Lu Zhi'an, and the signatures at the settlement office were actually all military horses of the same level as him under Lu Zhi's account, there were ten people, and they were densely written all over the corner.

He smiled and stuffed the letterhead into it again, and there was a snoring sound in his ears of Zhou Shen falling asleep, he gently pushed Zhou Shen twice, and saw that there was no response, so he was sure that he was really asleep. He shook his head and said slowly: "Since all the people under Lu Zhi's account have signed their names, it doesn't matter if I am alone, why should I sign it." Although I don't like Lu Zhi pressing on top of me, I don't want to do this kind of obscene and despicable thing. It seems that although Lu Zhi went to Yingchuan first, he was afraid that he would be dismissed from his post and questioned if he could not cross the Yellow River, but poor Lu Zhi still couldn't escape his fate after all. Ay! ”

He stuffed the letter into Zhou Shen's baggage, turned around, opened the door, walked out of the room, and said to Zhou Shen's soldiers standing outside the door: "Your adults are drunk, go in and serve him!" ”

After finishing speaking, he took Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan and left in great strides.

In the room, Zhou Shen, who was lying on the bed, heard the footsteps of Gao Fei leaving, suddenly opened his eyes, sat upright, and showed a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, and said hatefully: "Damn Gao Fei, you actually said that what I did was obscene and despicable?" You wait, one day you will regret what you did today......"

Early the next morning, 20,000 troops gathered outside the Xiaquyang Gate, and Gao Fei and Zhou Shen each led 10,000 people to slowly march south. Before leaving, the grain and grass in the army were only enough to cope with less than ten days, and the food and salary that the imperial court was supposed to arrive long ago did not come for a long time, so Gao Fei had to take enough grain and grass from the treasury in Xiaquyang City to sustain them for two months.

In the process of the army, although the 20,000 people were led by different captains, the 20,000 people still acted in unison, after all, they have always been one for so many days.

Walking less than thirty miles to the south, Gao Fei and others met the people and horses who came from Julu to take over Quyang, and the first to ride was Julu Taishou, he heard that the army was leaving, so he hurriedly ran over to see him off, and after a few simple greetings, the two groups of people separated, one facing south and one facing north.

Gao Fei and Zhou Shen walked side by side at the front of the team, he looked at Zhou Shen and his face was pleasant, and he talked and laughed at him, as if last night's incident had never happened. Gao Fei didn't care about this, after all, he spent the price of a state pastor to buy a remote position in Liaodong Taishou, a stupid person like him, it is estimated that there is no second one in the world, and it is estimated that everyone will fight for him for this "fat shortage", so he simply doesn't care about going to Yingchuan to ask for the yellow scarf, and he is not in a hurry, and he takes the team all the way to the south.

Although the army marched at a normal pace every day, it stopped and stopped, delayed for a long time, and only after ten days did it go out of the territory of Julu County and enter the territory of Wei County. When he was about to arrive at Neihuang, Gao Fei saw several carriages galloping from the official road in the south, the kind of carriage he had seen once before, and it was exactly the same as the carriage that Zuo Feng, the squire of the Yellow Gate, had sitinted.

"It's a holy decree, get off the horse and receive the holy decree!" Zhou Shen only glanced forward, and then hurriedly shouted to Gao Fei.

Gao Fei hurriedly asked the troops to stop, he turned over and dismounted, and walked forward with Zhou Shen. He noticed that although the carriage was the same, the difference was that this time the carriage had a small yellow flag tied to the frame, and the yellow flag was embroidered with a circling golden dragon, which was not found in Zuo Feng's carriage, and there was also a talisman tied on the other side, which was also not on Zuo Feng's carriage.

The carriage drove quickly, and finally stopped in front of Gao Fei and Zhou Shen, and the coachman who drove the carriage welcomed out of the carriage a eunuch dressed in the clothes of a Han Dynasty eunuch, who still held a scroll of inscriptions embroidered with golden dragons. After the eunuch jumped out of the carriage, he first cleared his throat, and then shouted in a strange voice of yin and yang: "The holy decree has arrived, the thief captain Gao Fei and the Xuanyi captain Zhou Shen accept the order!" ”

Gao Fei and Zhou Shen immediately knelt on the ground, but heard Gao Fei and Zhou Shen shout in unison: "The ministers receive the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The eunuch said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said that what General Zuo Lu Zhi did in the Yellow Turban of Hebei Province was a crime of great rebellion, and then remembered his hard work, dismissed General Zuo, and all his subordinates were temporarily entrusted to the right general Huangfu Song to command, escorted back to Beijing, and handed over to the court lieutenant for interrogation. Another thief captain Gao Fei, in the pacification of the Yellow Turban thieves meritorious service, I am very relieved, especially to the merit of the township marquis, food Yi Chen Cang 1,000 households, and worship for the Chen Cang order, allowed to bring relatives with 50 people, can take office, all the soldiers and horses under his subordinates, all handed over to Xuanyi Captain Zhou Shen command, continue to Yingchuan to help the right general Huangfu Song to ask for thieves. Thank you! August 13 of the first year of Zhongping of the Great Han Dynasty. ”

Hearing the eunuch recite this holy decree, Gao Fei's whole person was a little stunned, his mind was almost blank, the Liaodong Taishou he asked for actually became Chen Cangling, although he was named the capital of the country, but for him, it was useless at all, he didn't want to go to the northwest, he knew very well what was going to happen in the northwest, Beigong Boyu would openly rebel, Liangzhou would become another battlefield, and the rebels would attack Sanfu, and Chen Cang would bear the brunt. He felt remorseful in his heart, and secretly scolded himself for fully believing in Zuo Feng's greedy villain. No matter how much I regret it in my heart, now that the wood is in the boat, it will be useless, no...... He still has one way, that is, to openly rebel, but he knows that if he openly rebels, it is estimated that none of the people under his command can really follow him.

Think about Lu Heng and Fei An, although they are their confidants, at least they will not choose to be a thief; Think of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Xia Houlan, they will only kill the thieves with their own hands; Thinking about Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, and Bian Xi, they have just taken off the infamy of being an anti-thief, and it is estimated that they will not follow him as an anti-thief again......

"Duxiang Hou...... Duxiang Hou ......"

Gao Fei only felt that the eunuch was shouting at him, pulling him back from his thoughts to the cruel reality, he raised his head and saw that the eunuch was holding the holy decree in his hand, making it look like he was handing it to him, and then saw the eunuch move his lips, and heard the eunuch's voice in his ears: "The Marquis of the capital has not received the decree and thanked him, do you want to resist the decree?" ”

Gao Fei came to his senses, let's go, Chen Cangling, Chen Cangling, finally got the title of Marquis of Duxiang, this money was not spent in vain, it was much better than nothing. As for the Northeast, I still have to go, since I know that there is about to be turmoil in the Northwest, then I will fight a good fucking battle in the Northwest, and when I get credit and fame, it is not too late for Lao Tzu to go to the Northeast again.

Thinking of this, Gao Fei raised his hand to catch the hot and hot holy decree, and shouted loudly: "Minister Gao Fei received the decree and thanked him, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhou Shen was very conscious, took out a piece of gold from his arms, and privately stuffed it into the eunuch's hand, with a hint of cunning in his eyes, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he secretly glanced at Gao Fei, who was still kneeling on the ground, and nodded with satisfaction.

The eunuch took the gold, got into the carriage with a smile, and the coachman turned the horse's head around, and drove the carriage away.

Zhou Shen walked to Gao Fei's side, helped Gao Fei up, and said proudly: "Congratulations to Brother Gao Xian, congratulations to Brother Gao Xian, Brother Xian is indispensable, I didn't expect to be named Hou at a young age, and the official road will be prosperous in the future, remember to bring it up as a brother!" ”

Gao Fei smiled bitterly and didn't say anything, and only he could know the gap in his heart.

When the dream shines into reality, the cruel reality is like a knife into the chest of the dream, and then the dream is wiped out one by one, and in the end, the only thing that may be left is reality.

Goofy walked back to the army step by step, holding the holy decree in his hand, but there was no expression of joy on his face......