The road is narrow, and Zhang Meng really didn't expect that his entanglement with Liu Dai was not over.

Today in the Taiwei Mansion, Dong Zhuo said that he had promoted many celebrities to go to various places to stabilize the situation for the imperial court. Liu Dai is famous and a member of the Han family, and he is also one of them.

"The lord and official of my family worship the history of Yanzhou assassination, and the strong man will be thanked for his help."

Since the founding of the dynasty, the world has been roughly divided into thirteen states, each of which is responsible for supervising the county and the security issues in the region. The state is only a monitoring district, not an administrative district. In other words, whether the county taishou is law-abiding or not is supervised by the state governor, but the administrative content within the county is still directly controlled by the imperial court.

Such a system can naturally operate in times of peace, but once there is a major disaster in the local area that crosses state and county, the history of assassination with only supervisory functions and no real power becomes an ornament. The central army of the imperial court was limited, and in many cases it could only rely on the localities themselves to calm down or maintain the situation, whether it was to resist the foreign tribes on the border or suppress the rebellion internally, only one county and one country fought separately, and there was no way to gather a strong enough force, and there were often situations where the situation was uncontrolled and deteriorated rapidly, and this problem was never solved, and it was exposed during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

A year ago, Liu Yan, then a Taichang clan official, believed that the local government lacked a minister in charge of military and political affairs, so it led to rebellions in the county. It is recommended to restore the establishment of the state pastor, and each of the thirteen states should select an honest and honest official to serve as the state pastor, who will take charge of the military and political power of a state and maintain the stability of the country for the central court. The imperial court adopted his suggestion, which was equivalent to delegating power to local officials in disguise, and the governor or assassin really began to legally and reasonably oversee local military and political affairs.

Although compared with the justification of the state pastor, the authority of the assassin will be relatively small, but as the highest administrator of a state, there is no problem, in other words, Liu Dai, who was knocked over by Zhang Meng with one punch, is now a top feudal official.

Zhang Meng can be sure that when he met by chance at the Middle East Gate at that time, Liu Dai must have recognized himself, and it was not a good thing to offend such a character.

"Where is your father-in-law?" Zhang Meng thought about it, if he wants to resolve the feud with Liu Dai, today may be a good opportunity.

Lao Su hurriedly pointed to the distance and said: "Along this path, you can reach the avenue, there are horse thieves chasing my lord, the thieves are fierce, and they need to be rescued quickly!" Speaking of this, he pulled the hem of Zhang Meng's clothes and begged, "Strong man, please help!" ”

Shi A looked at Zhang Meng and said, "Zhang Jun, why don't I go and take a look." ”

Zhang Meng shook his head and said, "I can only ...... this matter."

Without saying a word, the clouds hung low, obscuring the sun, and the sky was dark, and at the same time sparse raindrops fell.

Shi Adao: "The sky is not good, it is better to ......"

Zhang Meng replied: "It's okay, it's just a little rain." ”

Cai Yan walked over at this time, with a sad face, and said in a low voice: "Chengying, are you going to leave again?" ”

Zhang Meng smiled, and pretended to move his arm a few times relaxed: "I'll go and go back, the Longtan Tiger's Den in Luoyang City has broken out, are you still worried about some little thieves?" ”

Cai Yan sighed lightly twice and did not speak.

Zhang Meng turned to Shi Adao: "Brother Shi, please take care of Zhao Ji and this old man for me first." The pursuers of Luoyang may still be chasing, but you should continue to walk eastward and find a hidden place to shelter from the rain and avoid the pursuers. ”

Shi A nodded and said: "Zhang Jun, don't worry, if Sister-in-law Cai hurts half of her hair, Shi Ati will come to see you!" ”

Zhang Meng smiled: "I know your ability, why do you need to say this!" Turning around to get on the horse, he suddenly worried, "The horses brought out from my uncle's house are all horses with poor qualifications, but I don't know if I can catch up with Liu Dai, and I can't catch up with Liu Dai, and I can't catch up with the siege ......" Before his thoughts were gone, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves.

"Not good!"

Zhang Meng only said that Dong Zhuo's pursuers had arrived, and hurriedly followed the prestige, but saw a red dot in the distance getting closer and closer, and then looked at a galloping horse. In just two or three breaths, the horse had rushed in front of him, and the speed was really incredible. If you look closely, the horse has shiny red brown hair, slender limbs, tight muscles, and an extremely majestic appearance.

"Zhang Jun!" The man on the horse was elated and held the reins.

"Shan Zhong!" Zhang Meng was stunned and very surprised.

Shi A smiled and said, "Oh, I thought you were gone, and I didn't want to know about coming back." ”

Shan Zhong jumped off the horse, not to be outdone: "Go? Not only did I not leave, but I also wanted to give Zhang Jun a big gift! Touching the curvy neck of the jujube red horse beside him, he was so embarrassed, "Zhang Jun, look at this horse!" ”

This jujube red horse seems to be lively by nature, and when it sees a lot of people, it is restless, snorting, and constantly standing still.

Zhang Meng was wondering: "Where did you get this good horse?" "Don't say anything else, just look at the posture of this jujube red horse, it is a rare good horse, and the horse he originally rode compared to it, like a donkey pulling a mill.

Shan Zhong explained: "Zhang Jun didn't know, after I separated from Zhang Jun, I didn't go to the Middle East Gate, but went south and returned to the vicinity of the Third Duke's Mansion. I secretly followed, and found that the dozen or so horses had been led to the back door of the Taiwei's Mansion. At that time, some officers and soldiers went in to pass the ceremony, and the rest waited around the horses, and they were very lax. I stabbed my horse with a dagger, causing it to be terrified, and when I got there, I rushed into the herd and led ten horses to run wildly, and the scene was very chaotic. I took advantage of the fact that those officers and soldiers were at a loss, grabbed a horse and ran, but they were embarrassed and did not realize it. ”

Zhang Meng said: "It must be a good horse from other places to enter the Taiwei Mansion." ”

Shan Zhong nodded and said: "Yes, I eavesdropped on the officers and soldiers, and the more than ten horses were specially sent by Shan Yu of the Southern Huns, and they are all famous breeds outside the Sai. And said, "I later rode a horse out of the gate near the Taiwei Mansion, if it wasn't for the delay in seizing the horse, I would have come here earlier, but fortunately, the horse ran really fast, and it was still in time." After speaking, he glanced at Shi A.

In the early years of this dynasty, the northern frontier of the Xiongnu civil strife, part of the south attached to the Han Dynasty, moved to Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places, the Han court supported the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu, and set up the Xiongnu Zhonglang will be guardianship. However, in recent years, the Southern Xiongnu began to split again, and some of them took advantage of the internal strife in the Han Dynasty to relapse into the old state and join forces with the Xianbei or Baibo armies to raid and plunder places.

A few days ago, Zhang Meng heard that Dong Zhuo sent his son-in-law Niu Fu to Bingzhou to crusade against the Southern Xiongnu rebels and the Baibo rebels.

Shan Zhong said as he spoke, smiling: "Zhang Jun, who are you leading those officers and soldiers?" But it was the thief pig and dog who refused to let us go outside the palace that day, hahaha, looking at his embarrassed appearance, my heart was really happy! ”

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "Oh, I'm afraid it's Guo Yan." Hehe, Guo Yan was originally a horse thief, but he didn't expect to be stolen one day, I don't know how to feel. He thought again, "There are more than ten horses in Jinfeng, and losing one is really nothing, but someone has put it under his nose, and it is really a big loss." It is better for Guo Yan to suppress this matter and not say it, otherwise Dong Zhuo will be furious when he knows it, and he will be determined that he Guo Yan is incompetent and ineffective. "Thinking about looking into the distance, I didn't see half of the pursuers.

"I like this jujube red horse the most, and it is also the will of God to be able to succeed in the end." Shan Zhong couldn't help rubbing his palm, "A good horse is a hero, Zhang Jun, this horse wants you to ride whatever it is." ”

The corners of Zhang Meng's mouth were lightly raised, his hands were clasped in the saddle sheath, and with only a slight touch of his feet, he stepped on the horse's back cleanly.

When it was, the jujube red horse suddenly looked up to the sky and neighed, standing up in the dazzling sun, and the surrounding people subconsciously retreated. Zhang Meng tightened his bridle and clinged to the horse, and when everyone looked at it, they felt that the people and horses were like dragons, and they were all one, which was indescribably majestic and amazing!

"Good horse seeking master, Zhang Jun, destined, you are the owner of this horse!"

Shi A and Shan Zhong were full of praise, and Cai Yan's eyes were also shining.

Zhang Meng suddenly felt something, and secretly thought: "Yes, Lu Bu did have a famous horse called 'Red Rabbit' in history, and it was not a rumor. And the few times I saw him riding a horse before, they were all mixed coats, and they were by no means red rabbits. Right now, this horse is covered in jujubes, his body is abnormally strong, and his speed is extremely fast, could it be that Lu Bu's later mount was cut off by me? Thinking of this, he almost blurted out: "This horse is very popular with me, so it's called Chitu." ”

Cai Yan said: "Flying rabbit, to be a horse, the ancient horse, with the name of 'Red Rabbit', not only fits its shape, but also allusions, a good name." ”

Chitu seemed to be inspired, his front hooves hooked a few times, and he fell to the ground suddenly, Zhang Meng exhaled, patted its neck and said "good horse" lightly, and at the same time said to Shan Zhong: "I just need a fast horse, you send it just right, and then make a mark!" ”

Shan Zhong was overjoyed, pretended to be Sven, and bowed: "Thank you Zhang Jun!" ”

At that moment, Zhang Meng wanted to save people, so he didn't say more, and then knocked his feet lightly on the horse's belly. The red rabbit received the order, and the wildness of his whole body seemed to burst out at this moment, completely spreading his four hooves and speeding along the road like an arrow from a string.

In addition to the staggered and changing scenes in front of him, Zhang Meng seemed to be flying through the clouds, and only listened to the sound of the wind in his ears.

When a man and a horse galloped along the trail for a short time, they turned onto the avenue, looked up slightly, and really found a few small black dots at the end of the sight.