The fog on the long street is diffuse, the stone road is very slippery, the pedestrians are dressed in clothes, wearing hats, and there are also scholars who walk with their burdens, hurriedly hiding in the wine shop, when the charm of the lady who buys wine still exists, her eyes are full of spring, and she secretly looks at the scholar's body, and the corners of her eyes are raised, but her hand gently pinched the skirt.

The short and fat shopkeeper next to him was still snoring and drinking, supporting the little guy who ran the hall, but the lady had already walked to the door to greet the scholar, and she didn't know what would happen tonight.

This wine shop is in a secluded place outside the golden gate of Lin'an City, there are still a lot of tourists in the past, and there are also many shops around, and the wine shop is diagonally opposite, it is a butcher shop.

Zhang Butcher is already old, has no children and no daughters, and naturally makes a lot of money on weekdays, but he is lonely, does not go to the kiln, does not gamble, and has no addiction to drinking.

When it comes to butchers, it feels somewhat rude, as if they are always greasy and greasy.

But Zhang Butcher is completely different, although he is over fifty years old, he is extremely well maintained, his figure is well-proportioned and straight, his head is wrapped in a square scarf, although he is wearing a long coat and an apron, he gives people an elegant look.

This is a well-known golden bachelor in the streets, and many little widows often fantasize about the butcher's tightly propped up body under his robe, and before she can speak, her face turns red.

Although Zhang Butcher is silent, he is the most helpful, which neighbor has not eaten his pork on credit?

As for the arrears, Zhang Butcher never recorded it in his notebook, he paid it back when he had money, and forgot about his lunch when he didn't have money.

Occasionally, he would take the initiative to send some cries and other bits and pieces to make these neighborhoods have some oil and water.

It is precisely because of this that many of those women and widows, and even some girls who are not ashamed, have passed through the back door of Zhang's butcher's house.

And Zhang Butcher didn't have any elevation in this regard, and every woman who entered his house would retort with a red face when they heard others say that Butcher Zhang was thin and how he could be a butcher.

"He's not thin, he has strength!"

At this time, people will always smile, men will be jealous, but I have to say that Zhang Butcher may not be as popular as the Li family boy who has just been admitted to the Jinshi, or maybe not as rich as Boss Zhao, who has three shops in Yujie.

It's not like the old man Zhou at the end of the street, there is a son who is a good man in the green forest, who once participated in the Red Jacket Army, all the way to Youzhou, not like Zheng Chunfeng in the west, although he did not get famous, but the people who came with his family were all scholars with heads and faces, and he was also famous in Lin'an.

In short, Zhang Butcher has become the kind of character who is not easy to find in the market, but is indispensable.

The eldest girls and the little daughters-in-law like to give him some clothes, shoes, socks, sachets, money bags and other things, while the widows and widows like to steal his clothes, help him sew them up, and then send them back to him.

For the children, Butcher Zhang is an extremely mysterious person, because the children are curious and active by nature, and no matter which family's secrets can't hide from the eyes of this group of bear children.

is which daughter-in-law has an affair with Lao Wang next door, and the children can dig out one or two colorful belly pockets from Lao Wang's cage.

The neighborhood also set off a lot of scolding and fighting, and even fought a lot, but it also added bad talk and fun, this is the day of Shengdou Xiaomin, there are bitter and sweet, there are laughter and tears, full of human feelings.

Maybe it's vulgar, or maybe it's hard to get into the hall of elegance, but it's more important than any day

There is a taste.

It's just that Butcher Zhang doesn't like this kind of life, but all the widows who have slept with him know that Butcher Zhang must have something hidden in his heart, and it's a big deal!

Finally, on this day, the children still broke through the last fortress, and two of the ghost elves sneaked into the secret room of Butcher Zhang's house, which no one could approach!

It was the "forbidden place" of Butcher Zhang, no one was allowed to enter it, and it had long become a strange story in the neighborhood, many people would talk about this secret room when they got together to chat, and even many men thought that Butcher Zhang hid a lot of women and gold in it.

In short, the men's minds are also full of wine and wealth, either women or gold, and the women think that in the secret room of Butcher Zhang, there may be a woman's spiritual position, and Butcher Zhang will not marry for life, in order to keep the love of this woman's heart, this statement makes women envious, and they are a nymphomaniac to Butcher Zhang.

But the children who slipped in today all knew that no one outside had guessed correctly, or that no one had guessed correctly, but only half of them had guessed correctly.

The huge room was arranged as a shrine, and the shrine was full, row after row, all of which were spiritual seats, and on the offering table were several jars of spirits, and in front of it were thirty-nine swords!

And the most eye-catching thing in the shrine is the dark red dragon skin war drum standing in the middle!

In ancient times, marching and fighting relied on the sound of drums to give orders, but all assembly, preparation for battle, sorties, defenses, strong attacks, etc., all relied on the sound of drums to give orders.

Of course, due to the era of cold weapons, there were too many people on the battlefield, and the drums could not be spread far, and the fighting was a sky-shattering noise, so the drums had to be loud and majestic, and they had to be passed on layer by layer, plus the heralds and banners to assist.

But there is no doubt that the drum, which is closely related to and indispensable to war, is one of the most romantic props in war.

There are too many allusions related to drums, such as drumming, such as inspiration, etc., some people may think, who can't beat the drum? As long as you have the strength, who will beat the drum?

Anyway, everyone can just hear the drums.

But in fact, the army has a high demand for drummers, one of the most important functions of the drum is to inspire people, if you can let the most prestigious people to beat the drum, how to stir the hearts of the soldiers?

Therefore, there are often drums played by the military leaders who are convinced by everyone, and even by the commander in many cases, of course, even if the commander has no practical effect, it is also a good choice for the sergeant to boost morale.

From the dark red dragon skin drum in the shrine, as well as the array of spiritual seats, and the thirty-nine broken sabers, it should be easy to see the identity and story of Butcher Zhang.

It's a pity that the children are not very sensible, they are all naughty children who grew up playing on the streets, they have no knowledge, and when they saw these spiritual positions, they immediately ran out crying in fright!

Only then did they get to the door, but they bumped into a person, and everyone thought it was Butcher Zhang, and they were even more scared in their hearts, screaming and scurrying around.

Some were bold, but when they turned their heads to look, they saw that the man was not Butcher Zhang, but a young and good-looking elder brother, dressed in black on a white background, with his hair scattered haphazardly, loosely tied with a long hemp rope.

Yang Jing also ignored these troublemaking bear children, although Feng Ruochen had already come to investigate, he still wanted to come and visit in person.

It's just that as soon as he came to the front of the temple, Butcher Zhang quickly chased after him, his hands shiny with oil, and he carried a bone cleaver in his right hand.

"Who is the honorable driver, why did you break into the private house, if you don't want to go to court, I advise you to leave quickly. ”

Zhang butcher counts

It was very polite, but Yang Jing had no intention of leaving, turned around, and said to Butcher Zhang.

"I heard that Zhang Changling, the commander of the Gongsheng Left Chamber, once got the flower name of a jade-faced yaksha, and killed people on the battlefield, known as Xiao Ran Min, why, after selling pork for more than ten years, he sold all the three or two catties of guts?"

Yang Jing knew that it was better to be a general, he was really not good at marching and fighting, not to mention Jia Rudao, although he shocked Annan, but in the end he still had to fight a tough and vicious battle with the Mongols, so he has been carefully selecting the candidate for the deputy governor.

After the bombardment of Yangzhou Park, Yang Jing played Zhao Yun and asked him to reward the veterans who had entered Luo, count the remnants of the defeated soldiers, and give generous pensions to the families of the deceased.

But before going on the expedition, there are always some things to do, at least to encourage and mobilize morale, rewards are only one of them, how to let these soldiers follow them to fight in the land of the Southern Barbarians without any worries, this is the first problem that Yang Jing has to solve.

He did not use means such as rewarding silver money and promising military achievements and awards like the previous commanders, but invited Zhao Yun to issue awards and pensions, but the object was not the current Southern Expeditionary Army, but the old soldiers who participated in Duanping and Luoluo more than ten years ago!

The biggest mastermind behind Duanping's entry into Luo was Zhao Yun himself, because of the failure to enter Luo, this war completely crushed the dignity and backbone of the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty.

But the sergeants were innocent, they paid with their lives, they were disabled, they were also full of blood at that time, they were also not afraid of death, they were not defeated by the Mongols, but buried in the hands of those useless and cowardly generals!

A wise and brave general like Zhang Changling can't be reused, let alone change the big strategy, he can only watch the victory in his hands, let his own people be destroyed, and even watch the brothers be killed one by one, his hatred for the court is deeper than that of the Mongols!

But Yang Jing knows that he is a soldier, he is eager to make meritorious contributions, he is eager to correct the name of the heroic spirits in this temple, he is eager to return to the battlefield, and the flame in his heart has never been extinguished!

The imperial court recommended candidates for deputy marshal, but they were all related households, or they were just to help Jia Rudao suppress Yang Jing and avoid Yang Jing's self-respecting figures, who only cared about the power struggle, and none of them really wanted to fight.

So Yang Jing let Feng Ruochen infiltrate the military department, stole all the files of the general's school, and stayed up all night for two nights before finally screening out three candidates.

These three candidates were all chosen for the moment, but unfortunately one died in prison with grief and indignation, and the other was destitute and couldn't bear to watch his daughter sell into the Qinglou for nothing, and killed more than a dozen people with his bare hands, and was finally killed by officers and soldiers.

And Zhang Changling is the last candidate, this fierce general nicknamed the jade-faced yaksha, when Duanping entered Luoyang, he led 800 lonely troops and almost took Luoyang, but unfortunately the coach was cowardly, made strategic mistakes, and did not see backup for a long time, not only buried the victory, but also buried the more than 800 people.

Yang Jing's agitation method really worked, Zhang Changling has endured in the market for more than ten years, but his vision has not changed, he can see that Yang Jing's status is noble, he is a person in the officialdom, plus Yang Jing's elegant attire, he must be a civil official, which ignites his anger!

If it weren't for the cowardice of these civil officials and misleading the country, how could he have been defeated, he could have captured Luoyang, he could have made meritorious contributions, and achieved fame through the ages!

But because the bigwigs of the rear army wanted to snatch the credit of entering Luo, and refused to let the Chinese army help, they buried everything he had.

He hated the imperial court, and he hated these civil officials even more!

Zhang Changling's sword eyebrows were upside down, the green tendons of his arms were tensed, and he had accumulated more than ten years of resentment, and finally injected a bone cutting knife, so that this knife could vent his anger for more than ten years!