Spring is sleepy and autumn is lacking, and the sun of early spring is sprinkled on the body, and the whole person will become lazy and spiritless. The old grandson lay listlessly on the counter, half-squinting, looking drowsy, and ignoring the business of his own winery. It is only early spring now, and the climate in the north is still very cold, so there are not many merchants in Dagukou in the past. At this time, it was past the meal, and there were only a few guests for food and lodging, and they sat in the wine shop and gathered at a table in twos and threes, and asked for a few dishes of stir-fried vegetables from the wine glass in front of them.

Dagukou is the only way from Beijing to Qingzhou, and there is always an endless stream of merchants regardless of the cold winter or heat. So despite the sluggish business in early spring, there is still no shortage of customers.

Lao Sun Tou accurately grasped this business opportunity, since Taizu Dingding Central Plains, rebuilt the Jingqing Ancient Road, he opened a wine shop on the side of the road, and made a lot of money. After more than ten years of operation, the original nameless liquor shop has also become today's Yuelai Liquor Workshop, and there are more than a dozen small houses in the running hall alone. When the merchants saw the old grandson, they also had to bow and shout to Boss Sun.

When he is over half a hundred years old, he wants money and status, and maybe he will take the youngest daughter of the old man Xu's family in the neighboring village as his eighth concubine, and then his life will be truly complete. Chenguang is not good this year, and Old Man Xu's family is almost unable to open the pot, as long as he spends a few taels of silver, maybe this thing will be done.

Thinking of the girl's watery appearance, the old grandson's chrysanthemum-like old face couldn't help but show a lewd smile.

Just when he was thinking about good things, thinking about which aunt to ask to help him talk about the item, the sound of horses' hooves roaring gradually sounded on the official road outside the door, and in a moment he stopped more than ten horses in front of the winery.

A bearded man at the head turned over and dismounted, handed over the horsewhip to the young man who came up to lead the horse, and led a group of people to walk in. A young sergeant beside him whispered a few words to the little man, to the effect that he should feed the horses with good concentrate.

Lao Sun's eyes lit up, this kind of soldier ruffian was very difficult to provoke, often not to mention on credit, and his temper was still very great, they had to be careful about doing small business, one was not good, and they smashed the shop without reason. But the group in front of them seemed to be different, all of them were well-trained and well-equipped, not like those ragtag troops. Especially the bearded man in the middle is nearly a foot tall, up and down, full of evil spirits, I don't know how many lives have been ended in my hands.

These people should be the elite of the imperial court who have just come down from the battlefield, and if they serve well, they will definitely not spare gold and silver.

So he was shy with that obscene old face and was ready to come up to greet him, just at this moment a young man in Tsing Yi who welcomed the guests had already walked in front of the group. The little guy looked to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and the people who came and went in this wine shop were ordinary merchants, and where had he seen these iron-blooded veterans, the whole person was calmed by the evil aura on the bearded man's body, and he completely froze in place and didn't know what to do. He was already thin and weak, and when he stood in front of the bearded man, he looked like a quail that had left the nest, looking terrified and helpless.

Old man Sun rushed up at a speed that did not suit his age, raised his leg and gave the little guy in Tsing Yi a kick, kicked the little guy and staggered, and scolded sharply: "Useless things, don't get out of the way." Then he turned his face to the bearded man and the others, and instantly changed to a flattering smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, please come inside, and greet you immediately with good wine and food." ”

The bearded man just glanced at the stupid little guy, then ignored it, and followed the old man Sun into the wine shop, twelve people occupied two tables, and when the wine and food were ready, he ate and drank without saying a word.

The noisy liquor shop was also quiet because of the arrival of this group of people, but someone muttered quietly below: "This group of people must be from Youzhou, I heard that the beard in the north is making trouble again." ”

"Why don't these beards know whether they are dead or alive, hey, it's good now, the road in the north is broken again, and I don't know what to stop. ”

"The winters have been getting colder and colder in the past two years, and I am planning to go north to get some leather goods, but now it seems that there is no hope. ”

"If you are in chaos, no matter how much you earn, it is not as important as your own life. ”

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The bearded man and his gang completely ignored the whispers of others, only cared about eating and drinking by themselves, and after they were full of wine and food, they bought some dry food, and got up and left after taking a picture of the money, and the old man Sun sent them out of the door with a smiling face, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, the Great Zhou Dynasty has only been established for decades, and these proud soldiers are not easy to serve, so the old man Sun sent away the plague god, and glanced at the wine on the table containing the reward money in a happy mood, and an old face smiled like a chrysanthemum blooming.

The bearded man and his entourage rushed all the way to Shangjing without stopping when they got out of the winery, but they did not take the official road, but went up to Qingyun Mountain, detoured from the mountain road, and walked for three hours before stopping the horse's hooves and resting on the side of the road.

The sun gradually turned west, the bearded man stood on the side of the mountain road and looked at the sunset, only to see the afterglow of the remnant sun reflecting the auspicious clouds, gilding it with a layer of gold edges, like a golden ocean, surging endlessly, so that people can't help but want to indulge in singing, a comfortable mind.

At this time, a young sergeant walked up to the bearded man and said softly: "General, the camp tent has been set up, please rest in peace." ”

"Looking at Qingyun on Qingyun Road, I have been running on the Jingqing Ancient Road for more than 20 years, but I never thought that there was such a beautiful scenery on this Qingyun Mountain. The bearded general seemed to wake up from his contemplation, exhaled lightly, and then asked. "Defeat the enemy, how far is it from Shangjing?"

"Back to the general, the mountain road is difficult to walk, and you can only arrive before noon the day after tomorrow, but the subordinates don't understand, the front is the county seat of Linxian County, why don't you go into the county seat to rest?" The young officer seemed to be the guard of the bearded man, and the tone of his voice was very casual.

"This time I secretly returned to Beijing because of important matters, and I can't delay too long on the road, so I don't want to alarm the place. The bearded man explained casually.

But the young sergeant who heard this showed resentment: "This time Rong Di is menacing, but the heavy food and salary have been delayed by the imperial court again and again, will those individuals in the court only fight in the nest?"

The bearded general frowned and reprimanded softly: "Defeat the enemy, just say this in front of me, don't be unobtrusive after returning to Beijing." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand. The young sergeant looked unconvinced.

General Qiu glanced at the young sergeant, his expression eased, and he sighed and said: "Alas, I don't understand the current situation, I have followed the first emperor to fight in the south and the north for decades since I was a child. ”

Suddenly, a yin and yang strange voice next to him said: "General Zhang is really an understanding person, but it's a pity that he understood too late." ”

The bearded general and the young sergeant were shocked, this answer actually came from the tent behind them, and the two hurriedly turned back, and saw a thin figure coming out of the tent, still carrying a blood-stained short blade in his hand.

"It's you. The bearded general saw the appearance of the person who came, and couldn't help but exclaim.

The person who came was actually the young man in Tsing Yi who was taught by the hotel shopkeeper in the Yuelai Wine Shop at noon, but the panicked look on the other party's slightly childish face was gone, and only a cold smile remained.

The bearded general's face sank and he shouted, "Who are you and why are you here?" After speaking, he caught a glimpse of the blood-stained short knife in the hand of the young man in Tsing Yi out of the corner of his eye, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and a trace of murderous aura flashed.

The little guy in Tsing Yi restrained the sneer at the corner of his mouth, and his right hand slightly stroked the corner of his clothes as if to dust off it, but it just revealed a silver token on his waist so that the bearded general could see it. The silver medal is lifelike with a small black snake with five claws.

Seeing the silver medal, the corners of General Qiu's eyes jumped, and he said in a deep voice: "Five-clawed black python, you are a member of the Dark Division of the Holy Court. ”

The little guy in Tsing Yi was shouted out of his identity, and he didn't panic at all, but just pulled out a roll of yellow cloth from his sleeve with a solemn face, and read aloud in his mouth: "I am hereby decreed, General Zuo Jin Wuwei and Zhang Yongshi, the Duke of Dingguo of the Zhu State, are blessed by the Holy Grace, do not want to serve the country, collude with Rong Di, communicate with foreign countries, and intend to rebel. ”

As soon as the words fell, in the surrounding jungle, several figures slowly stood up, all of them were dressed in black, holding a sharp blade in their hands, and a bronze token was tied around their waists, with a lifelike five-clawed black python engraved on it, and these people faintly surrounded Zhang Yong and the two in the middle.

Zhang Yong, the bearded general, naturally saw these black-clothed people, but seemed to care more about the yellow cloth in Chen An's hand, and after listening to what Chen An said, he couldn't help but feel his ears flutter, his chest was suffocated, and under the anger of his heart, a mouthful of blood spurted out. Although Zhang Yong is a martial artist, he also understands that what is arrested is just a good word, the point is that regardless of life and death in the future, the emperor no longer wants to see himself, he doesn't even show decent evidence, and he doesn't give himself half a chance to defend himself, which shows his murderous intent. For the sake of his country, he fought all his life, and finally ended up like this. Zhang Yong never thought about being framed by a villain or anything. The Holy Court was specially set up by Taizu to supervise the hundred officials, and it only obeyed the orders of the emperor himself. The meaning of the Holy Court is the meaning of the Emperor.

Zhang Yong spurted out that mouthful of blood before he felt that his chest was a little smoother. But what made him even more chilled was that the blood he spurted out turned out to be black.

Before he could react, there was a sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, which attracted his attention, and he turned his head to look, only to see that the young sergeant next to him did not know when his face was covered with bruises and died of poisonous hair. And the two sides chatted for so long, but the sergeant in the camp tent did not react at all, and then thought of the blood-stained short knife in Chen An's hand, the result was self-evident.

Zhang Yong's eyes were cracked, he glared at Chen An viciously, and said word by word: "You...... Under...... "These sergeants and guards have followed him for many years, and he has always treated them as sons and nephews from birth to death, and now they did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of the eagle dogs and lackeys of the imperial court. There was anger in his heart, but more than that, there was a burst of sadness.