When Bao Qing heard that Hong Ba, the deputy head of the Bazhou battalion, came to help, he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, and he didn't come until the fight was over. But then he fell like a big stone in his heart, since this Hongba can come to the rescue, it means that the situation in Bazhou is not so bad that it is, at least the top military commander of Bazhou still has the imperial court in mind.

After a while, dozens of horses came in the distance, led by a middle-aged strong man dressed in military uniform and carrying a big knife at his waist. The middle-aged strong man came to Bao Qing and knelt down directly, and bowed his hand respectfully: "Hong Ba, the deputy head of the Bazhou battalion, see Lord Qinchabao!" ”

Bao Qing hurriedly helped Hong Ba up with both hands, and said with a smile: "Manager Hong is actually involved in danger, Bao is really grateful, the defense of this Bazhou still depends on Manager Hong." ”

"Hey, it's hard to put into words! Hong is incompetent, so he can only bring his own close guards to help, Bazhou is now in a mess, and he also bothered Lord Qin to preside over the overall situation quickly. Hong Ba said.

Bao Qing was already surprised, since this Hongba knew that Qincha was besieged, why did he come with dozens of guards, it was really a bit of a child's play.

Bao glanced at Hong Ba carefully, and this Hong Ba's expression did not seem to be fake. Bao Qing smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look!" After Bao Qing finished speaking, he secretly looked at Hong Ba from the corner of his eye.

When Hong Ba heard this, the hands that were constantly holding the hem of the armor suddenly became much easier. Indeed, many people, in order to hide their nervousness, will subconsciously do small actions that do not matter.

Hong Ba is like this, maybe he should be hiding something from himself!

Hey! At the hem of the armor, there was also a brocade beard, which should be the whisker of the jade pendant hanging from the waist. Oh, this fierce martial artist actually learns to read people to hang jade pendants? Or it can be considered that this jade pendant is very important to Hong Ba, so he has to wear it with him, even if he wears a military uniform and goes to the battlefield.

finally arrived in Bazhou, but Bao Qing didn't feel a trace of joy. The city wall of Bazhou has been destroyed, a large number of migrant workers are rushing to repair it, and the whole Bazhou is very busy. But Bao Qing also found some strange phenomena, the people didn't panic much, they bought and sold as usual, and ate and drank as usual. There are still many people drinking in the wine shop on the side of the road, and the girls in the Qinglou on the side are also soliciting customers as usual.

"This Bazhou is really well governed! I think the lives of ordinary people are quite comfortable! Bao Qing asked.

"My lord praises it, and the people can be comfortable, thanks to the protection of the emperor and the chief manager Hong!" It was Zhuang Lei, the governor of this Bazhou, who spoke.

"Lord Qincha has worked hard all the way, and there is a banquet at noon, don't shirk!" Hong Ba said.

Bao Qing knows that these things can't be pushed off, this is all a set of officialdom, and he has not suffered less, otherwise he will be regarded as an outlier and ostracized by others. But Bao Qing is not afraid, what is he afraid of when he drinks? As for those wines that are as light as white water, if they are on the wine table of the next generation, others will still think that they are fake wines.

But there is one thing that must be done quickly, that is, the corpses of the soldiers who died in the roar of the battalion, this corpse must be checked first, and the post-mortem at that time was done, and I have to ask about the situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, someone will accompany you with this noon wine bag, but the emperor is here, I see if you can let me see the corpses of the soldiers who died in this camp first?" After Bao Qing finished speaking, he looked at Hongba.

"Of course you can, what Lord Qincha said is that the emperor's order is important. Zhong Shan, you go and arrange it! Hong Ba said.

There are still three army commanders left in the Bazhou battalion, this Zhong Shan is one of them, another is called Wang Fakui, and the last one is Li Qing. The strength of the army commander was originally rated, but this was in the border army, and the Liao people were killed, the dead were killed, the wounded were wounded, and the living belonged indiscriminately. For example, this Li Qing's strength may have reached nearly 4,000.

Zhong Shan's appearance is not good, but his eyes reveal a trace of ruthlessness. Bao Qing hates dealing with such people the most. It's not that I'm afraid, but that I feel uncomfortable under this kind of gaze.

Zhong Shan took Bao Qing to a mass grave in Bazhou, pointed to a big pit and said, "My lord, here are the corpses of the soldiers who died when Yingxiao died!" ”

Bao Qing frowned, human life is really like a mustard, these soldiers who usually said that they fought bravely for the Great Song Dynasty are now lying on this mass grave indiscriminately.

"Why don't you restrain for them? Just throw it away? Bao Qing thought, why don't you make a big cemetery and write your name.

"My lord, are you kidding? Now that the situation is still giving them restraint? Moreover, they died in the camp roar! He said that if his subordinates died, it would be the same! Zhong Shan couldn't see any expression.

Bao Qing was a little speechless, he hadn't seen the battlefield of Song Liao, and if the soldiers died in battle, he didn't know what to do.

Bao Qing looked at the corpse, except for the clothes outside, the surname could be seen, the corpse had long been decomposed.

Seeing Bao Qing frowning, Jin Wandao immediately jumped out of the pit and used the knife to jump away from the corpse's clothes.

"Check it, are there any traces of fractures? Commander Zhong, please also call the post-mortem officer, this official wants to ask. Bao Qing said.

"Foolishness? What is it? These soldiers, who all died in the battalion, did not let the soldiers come to the autopsy! ”

"Alright then, you're going to call some of the soldiers who are supposed to be handling the corpses of these soldiers, there should be that, right?"

About half an hour later, Jin Wandao climbed up from this pit with people.

"My lord, the corpse below, we turned it over, few people broke bones, and there was no obvious damage to the bones." Jin Wandao said.

When Bao Qing heard this, he felt strange in his heart, this camp roar generally occurs at night, and the sudden camp roar is usually considered to be an enemy attack, when the camp is defenseless, the soldiers who have been nervous will choose to flee frantically. Of course, there are exceptions, and some of them are inexplicable general fears that cause confusion. But the end result should be a large number of soldiers fleeing, which is easy to trigger stampedes.

According to this situation, after the death of the soldiers, there should be many fractures on their bodies. But like the corpse under the pit in front of me, there are few fractures, which is strange.

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers came not far away, all of them looking listless.

"Hurry up, Lord Qincha has something to ask you!" Zhan Zhao shouted.

"Isn't this coming?" The soldiers apparently did not have a good opinion of the officials of the imperial court.

Bao Qing smiled and asked Zhanfang to take out some money.

"Come on, the official's name is Bao Qing, I want to ask you some questions, but the official won't let everyone run in vain, first send everyone consistently, who answers me satisfactorily, and then give Jiuguan." Bao Qing said with a smile.

Sure enough, money can make ghosts grind, and these soldiers all smiled when they heard this.

"It's a great thing to be able to earn ten times by asking a question! Ha ha! ”

Next, these soldiers were dumbfounded, and Zhong Shan's face was even more ugly.

Bao Qing asked Jin Wandao to send someone to immediately separate the dozen or so soldiers, and he took Zhanzhao far away, not to be seen, and then summoned them one by one.

"What's your name?" Bao Qing asked.

"I can't remember the villain's name, everyone calls me a fierce dog!"

"This official doesn't think you're fierce!"

"In the face of adults, how dare villains be fierce, but I can go to the battlefield to kill Liao dogs, but I am desperate."

Bao Qing had to talk about something else before the soldiers let their guard down. These soldiers must have been lectured by their commanders before they came, some things to say and some things not to say. For example, Bao Qing has no intention of interfering in this matter, but if the soldiers are all divided, it will obviously cause inconvenience to their own investigation of the case.

Sure enough, this fierce dog felt that he was familiar with Bao Qing.

"My lord, are you really sent by the imperial court? I've never seen an official like you who isn't fierce, haha. ”

"My lord, this is too bitter, the key is that the daughter-in-law is difficult to find. All the money from the villain was given to Sister Yao. ”

"Your Excellency, you know what? The Liao army didn't know what was going on, and it hadn't moved for almost a month. ”

Bao Qing suddenly interjected and said: "Last time the battalion roared, those soldiers were so miserable, they didn't look like they were trampled on." ”

"Why! The villain carried so many corpses, it seemed that they were all stabbed in the back of the neck, hey, like us, how can anyone care about life and death. When the dog had finished speaking, he looked remorseful.

Bao Qing asked Zhanzhao to hand over another nine guan money, and said: "Go on, this official will not talk about anything, if you can say something useful, no matter what it is, I will give you ten more guan, maybe, here this official, you can earn the money you marry your daughter-in-law." ”

The fierce dog looked at the money in Zhanzhao's hand, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, the villain said it, but I don't know if it's useful!" ”

"Give him the same again, say!" Bao Qing said.

The dozen or so soldiers asked, and sure enough, a lot of information was gathered. Bao Qing's face was gloomy, and he straightened out his thoughts.

This thing is a bit strange, many of the soldiers who died in the camp roar were stabbed in the neck, and few were fractured. This Zhong Shan is Hongba's person, and Wang Fakui seems to be neutral at both ends, Li Qing does not deal with Hongba, and has already left the Bazhou camp with his soldiers. As for this Zhuang Lei, he didn't ask anything.

What made Bao Qing laugh the most was that he mentioned the ** building where he was going to eat at noon today, which turned out to be not a restaurant, but a green building.