Cui Xi replied: "I guess that the He family used gold to make this token on purpose, you see that Miss Lu is not willing to throw it away, if it is really carried with her, or if the flower is used, maybe the other party will chase the clues." ”

Lingque and Lu Rongfeng were terrified when they heard this, and couldn't help but say: "The people of the He family are really cunning. ”

Cui Xi smiled and said nothing, Chen Nian thought for a moment, but said: "Since this piece can't be used, how about we fake another piece, if it can really fool the He family, the Taoist can directly get on the boat in Fuping, and go all the way to Yiping and then come down, wouldn't it be much cheaper,"

Cui Xi thought about it seriously, "I'm afraid that there are not only numerical differences between these tokens, but also other subtle differences." ”

Chen Nian was still unwilling, and said, "It would be nice if I could get two more pieces to take a look." ”

Having said that, she couldn't think of any way for a while, so she could only put the matter aside for the time being, and instead asked if the Lu father and daughter could go to Yunxi with Chaoyangzi. Lu Rongfeng is not afraid of hard work, even the spirit sparrow, and he is not very willing to stay in the village at this moment, so he and his father should deal with this matter, and are willing to go with Chaoyangzi to purchase medicinal materials.

Chen Nian was very grateful in his heart, and solemnly thanked his father and daughter for a few words, and told him to rest well in the past few days, and when everything was ready, he rushed to Yunxi with Chaoyangzi.

Because the gold was printed with He's mark, Chen Nian thought about finding a goldsmith to melt the gold and recast it, but Cui Xi said: "He Ze will definitely look around if he loses the gold, you are looking for a goldsmith among the homeless people in this village, and you can't guarantee that the news will leak, I don't think there is a need to do this." It's better to call the Taoist chief and take them directly to Yunxi, and then make plans when they get there. ”

Chen Nian thought that he was reasonable, so he handed over the gold to Lu Rongfeng and the others, and asked them to put it back into the hidden pockets of those leather robes, and said, "Uncle Lu, you still need to be more careful along the way. She was afraid that Chaoyangzi's Taoist outfit would be too conspicuous, so she couldn't help but discuss with him: "Daoist, can you change your outfit and hide your identity?"

Chaoyangzi heard the words and had to cross his nose and raise his eyes, but on the day of departure, he didn't want to really change into a vulgar dress, took Xiao Monkey and Lu Rongfeng's father and daughter, and the dozen or so Qingfeng Zhai people who came with the Lu family's father and daughter, went east out of Taihang, went around from Jizhou to Jiangnan, and then turned to Yunxi by land.

Not to mention that Chaoyangzi was carrying 10,000 taels of gold here and carefully going around to Jiangnan, but he said that He Ze had to smell the gold here, and he was very angry. Others are not in Yiping, but led the troops to the west to Wu'an to copy Zhang Huaimin's back road, which just surrounded the city of Wu'an, I heard that someone robbed the gold transported to Taixing on the river, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Someone dares to rob my He family's boat on the river, what a dog's guts,"

The soldier who came to report the news said again: "It seems that the situation is done by the bandits on the river, but General Chen Xiao and his people have not found the gold in a few bandit dens." Later, I got news that someone saw those people getting off the boat on the south bank and going to Jiangnan. ”

"I went to Jiangnan," He Ze sneered when he heard this, and said: "How can I see that they want to deliberately create a false impression for people, if it is really a robber from Jiangnan, they will not dare to go south like this." You go back and tell Chen Xiao that if this guy can feel the itinerary of the ship so clearly, he must have been eyeing Yiping for a long time, so that he doesn't need to check far away, he must not be far from Yiping,"

The soldiers hurriedly agreed.

He Ze said again: "Tell Chen Xiaomo to forget to find the lost token, since they can take the token, they must be reluctant to lose such a piece of gold." ”

The soldier was ordered to retreat, and after a while, the curtain of the big tent was opened, and a general with five big and three thick generals strode in, and said, "Twelfth master, Zhang Huaimin's old dog sent Yuan Wen to save Wu'an." ”

He Ze perked up when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's him who is waiting, I'm afraid he won't come,"

He hurriedly summoned several generals in the army to come over and discussed: "Zhang Huaimin's troops are limited, and he is constrained by Zheng Lun, and there are not many people who can come back. We surrounded this Wu'an first, there was no news inside and outside the city, and the army in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and then sat back and waited for Zhang Huaimin's reinforcements. ”

He Ze already had a plan in his heart, and carefully deployed it to the generals, and after everyone heard it, they all praised He Ze's clever plan.

On the morning of the third day, a scout came to report that Yuan Wen, the general of Zhang Huaimin's tent, had taken an army of 30,000 miles away. He Ze ordered his lieutenant general to continue the siege of Wu'an with an army of 20,000, and he himself led an army of 20,000 to intercept Yuan Wen on a hillside east of Wu'an. The armies of both sides fought from noon until dark, and then they each withdrew their troops.

Early the next morning, the two sides had to go to war again, and they fought like this for five or six days, all of which were when people were sleepy and lacking horses, but He Ze took advantage of the night to exchange his army with the 20,000 horses besieging the city, and then fought with Yuan Wen. Yuan Wen didn't want to be overnight, but He Jun, who was originally as tired as himself, suddenly came alive again. Yuan Wen's army was originally tired from afar, and fought with He Ze for a few days, at this moment, he saw that He Ze's army collapsed psychologically if it was like a god, how could it still resist, but after a while, the army began to rout, Yuan Wen had no choice but to lead the army to flee east.

He Ze was not in a hurry to chase after him, and only sent a few thousand men and horses to chase behind, and the rest of the men still turned around and besieged Wu'an. Within a few days, news came that Yuan Wen's remnants were ambushed by Zheng Lun of Qingzhou on the road, and the whole army was annihilated. He Ze smiled here, and did not rush to take Wu'an, nor did he fight Zhang Huaimin, but only garrisoned Wu'an and threatened Zhang Huaimin's back.

Zhang Huaimin has been attacking Qingzhou for a long time, he is already a little impatient, but he doesn't want to be cut off by He Ze again, and he also lost a general and tens of thousands of troops, so he was so angry that he kicked over the tables and chairs in the tent, and scolded: "He Zhen didn't give birth to a good son, but he got such a good nephew,"

He Zhen's wife, Feng, has only one daughter and has no children, and He Zhen's only one son is a concubine born to a concubine, and now he is only seven or eight years old. Seeing that He Zhen had to reuse his nephew He Ze, the Zhang family and other major families looked at him with jokes, but they didn't want He Zhen to really raise He Ze into a tiger, and he dared to let this tiger out of the cage.

Zhang Huaimin was depressed here, but there was bad news in Jingyang, and He Zhen personally led the army to take Yuzhou. This Yuzhou is the throat of Jiangbei, and it has been in the hands of the Zhang family in Jingyang, and it has not been more than half a year, but it was taken down by He Zhen.

If Zhang Huaimin could still be furious when he learned that He Ze had captured Wu'an, he didn't even have the strength to be angry when he learned that He Zhen had gone down to Yuzhou. He shook his body twice, and he could barely stand on his hand and hold on to the table. The strategists in the tent hurriedly stepped forward to help and persuaded: "General, Jingyang is still here, and Yuzhou will be recaptured in the future." ”

Zhang Huaimin smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said: "You also come to comfort me, how easy it is to recapture Yuzhou, it is not easy to talk about it, I should not listen to dissuasion, insist on going my own way, and I have to personally lead the troops to seize this Qingzhou." I am confident that my soldiers are strong and strong, and it is easy to take Qingzhou, but I don't want the He family to be able to cooperate with the Xue family regardless of their past suspicions. ”

The strategist was silent for a moment and said, "There must be Yunxi to mediate from it." ”

Zhang Huaimin sighed: "Just look at the matter of Feng Jun Yang pacifying the rebellion of the vassal king, that person's scheming and resourcefulness are as good as He Ze's, I look at him young and underestimate him." He slowly sat down in the chair and closed his eyes for a long time, and then whispered to the confidant strategist: "You personally go to the Mobei Royal Court to run and see that Tuoba Yao." ”

The strategist was shocked when he heard this, and asked in a lost voice, "General, you want to lure the Xian people into the customs,"

Zhang Huaimin nodded slowly and said, "So far, it can only be like this." ”

The strategist's face changed slightly, and he said, "After all, the Xian clan is a foreign race, and I am afraid that borrowing troops from them will attract criticism from others." Moreover, Tuoba Yao moved the capital to the northern desert to Beijing, which was clearly a snoop on the Guannei and had bad intentions. What if they don't leave, General, you have to think twice,"

Zhang Huaimin thought about it for a long time, but said: "The Xian clan is different from the previous Northern Desert, they have few people, and they are simply unable to occupy this huge land in the north of the river, not to mention that most of their tribes are still accustomed to living in pursuit of water and grass, let's borrow troops from them, and give them more gold and silver property when the time comes, they will not not leave." ”

"General," the strategist thought about persuading again, but Zhang Huaimin raised his hand to stop his words, and said: "Now that we have no choice, we have no choice to lead the Xian clan into a battle with the He family, we may still have some respite, otherwise, the foundation of the Zhang family for hundreds of years will be broken in my hands." ”

The counsellor saw that he had made up his mind, and could not listen to the advice at all, so he had to give up.

Zhang Huaimin continued to besiege Qingzhou on the one hand, and secretly sent envoys to Shangjing in the Northern Desert to borrow troops from Xian's Shan Yu Tuoba Yao. The time is almost the end of the year, the weather is suddenly cold, whether it is Xue Shengying in Qingzhou or He Ze who is stationed in Wu'an, because they are all in the city, they don't feel how sad. Only Zhang Huaimin, who was besieging Qingzhou, was attacked by wind, snow and cold every day because the army was stationed in the field, and many soldiers froze to death and suffered frostbite, and the situation was even worse than Hukouling.

Although it is colder in the mountains, there are houses to shelter from the cold, firewood is abundant, and there are few casualties among the displaced people in the village. The heavy snow covered the mountain, and everyone in the village had nothing to do, so they all followed the cat to winter. Wen Daya didn't know where to find some sweet potatoes and chestnuts, and roasted them by the stove until the house was fragrant. Although Chen Nian is already the owner of the village, he is young and lively after all, and he can't stand his hunger, and he often comes over to fight tooth sacrifices after practicing.

Wen Daya said: "Big boss, seeing that there are more and more homeless people coming to defect, we can't sit and eat like this." ”

Chen Nian just took out a few roasted chestnuts from the ashes, took them in his hand and blew them straight into his hand, his left hand and right hand poured a few times but he was reluctant to lose them, and finally simply threw them to Lu Xiao beside him, watching him peel the chestnuts, and asked Wen Daya in his mouth: "What do you want?"

Wen Daya said: "Didn't the big boss say before that you can go to a distant place to do business, or let's run away,"

Lu Xiao silently peeled the chestnuts and handed them back to Chen Nian, Chen Nian couldn't help but smile on his face, and said to Wen Daya: "I can't go to the east and west for the time being, do you say to go south or north,"

To the south is to go to Jiangnan through Yiping, and to the north there is Xuanzhou, Wen Daya secretly compared the two places, and said tentatively: "Why don't we go to Xuanzhou,"

Chen Nian nibbled on the chestnut and nodded casually in response, "Okay." ”

Wen Daya didn't want this matter to be so easy to settle down, and looked at Chen Nian who was only staring at Lu Xiao peeling chestnuts for her, and felt a little speechless, and wanted to say a few words about Chen Nian, but after all, he didn't dare, and when he turned his head, he saw that Silly Da was holding a piece of roasted sweet potato and eating it sweetly, and couldn't help asking: "Silly Da, this chestnut is really so delicious,"

Silly raised his head to look at Wen Daya, looked down at the sweet potato in his hand, and finally raised the sweet potato in front of Wen Daya, and said quietly: "Brother Wen, this is a sweet potato, not a chestnut." ”