On the street of joy in early spring, hot pots, hot stoves, and hot fires seem to be suppressed by the spring cold, and the streets are steaming and shouting one after another.

Pedestrians are sparsely populated.

By the big pot at the door of Zhang Ji sheep soup, it was steaming, and the father and son of the Zhang family squeezed out a smile, stood by the pot, and shouted loudly in a hoarse voice.

"Time-honored lamb soup ......"

"The best white flour buns, multigrain buns......"

There are no tables, chairs and benches at the door, and the salted duck eggs piled up into a hill are gone.

The walls are covered with a thick old smudge, except for the price lists.

One article of pure soup, four articles of haggis soup, and twelve articles of mutton soup.

One article of multigrain buns, three articles of white flour buns.

There were only three people seated at eight tables in the room.

In the innermost table, Li Qingxian, Zheng Hui, Han Anbo and Yu Ping were eating the haggis soup that had just been served.

After eating a few bites, Yu Ping frowned and ate slowly.

Han Anbo, as usual, did not have any seasoning in the haggis soup, only green and white green onions.

Zheng Hui looked outside the house, glanced at Lao Zhang's back, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Ji's brand of mutton soup is going to be smashed." I haven't eaten for two years, and I started to use the overnight water, but I can't blame him......"

Yu Ping swallowed the haggis soup and said helplessly: "The osmanthus cake I often buy is not as good as in previous years, and the roasted wheat I often eat smells wrong, so I haven't tasted it at all." ”

Li Qingxian silently ate haggis soup.

While eating, a few people chatted about the gossip of the capital.

After drinking the haggis soup, Li Qingxian waved his right hand, and the invisible soundproof note enveloped the four people, and took out some peanuts and fruits and put them on the table.

The three of them looked at each other in unison.

Li Qingxian looked at Han Anbo, took out a blue package from the Qiankun bracelet, and put it on the table.

Li Qingxian opened the package and said, "This is a peach sent by Mrs. Zhao, it was said that Zhao Shoufu instructed it, this is a prickly peach in the yard, let me taste it." ”

The package opened, and three green peaches the size of a baby fist were lined up.

Yu Ping frowned and said, "No, in early spring, where did the green peach come from?" Look at this peach, there are so many hairs, it must be prickly, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look delicious. ”

Zheng Hui opened his mouth, glanced at Li Qingxian, and closed his mouth.

Han Anbo looked at Li Qingxian and said, "Was it prompted by the power of a product?" ”

Li Qingxian nodded and said, "It should be Zhao Shoufu's literary tone." ”

Han Anbo thought for a moment and said, "Before Zhao Shoufu sent you to the river guard army this time, there were some rumors. ”

"For example?"

"It is rumored that the second assistant Xie Lin Fu figured out his intentions and wanted you to go to the south and serve as the commander of the night guard Zhennan to supervise the armies." Han Anbo said.

Zheng Hui glanced at Li Qingxian, who was deep in thought, and said, "I heard that the Mad King Army, who embezzled food and wages, had a very good relationship with Xie Linfu, but the Dingnan Wang Army did not have a good relationship with Xie Linfu. If nothing else, Xie Linfu asked the adults to go to the south, and it was the sword that designated the king of the south. Old Han, is it the meaning of Xie Cifu, or the meaning of Jinshang? ”

Yu Ping said while holding peanuts: "Brother Zheng, are you pretending to be confused or are you really confused, obviously you have already left your name in the Lei Department and resumed your cultivation, why can't you understand?" When it comes to the appointment of the Hou Ye at this level, without the emperor's nod, who would dare? Zhao Shoufu didn't dare. ”

Zheng Hui nodded.

Han Anbo continued: "After that, it was rumored that Zhao Shoufu tried his best to oppose it, and he even said that Hou Ye had close contacts with Meng Huaichuan, the grandson of the king of Dingnan, and his mother family was from Dongding Kingdom, so he could never send Hou Ye to Dongding Kingdom. In the end, at the insistence of Zhao Shoufu, Hou Ye was transferred to the river guarding army. No, to be precise, the imperial army in the north. ”

"Old Han, what do you know about the north?" Li Qingxian asked.

Han Anbo pondered for a moment and said, "It's not enough to say that I know very well, but I have some friends who work there, and occasionally when I go back to Beijing, I will talk a few words." There are two main forces in the north, although on the surface they are called the river guard army, but in fact, the real river guard army is led by the general Wang, and is basically not controlled by the imperial court. The armies that are really controlled by the imperial court are commonly known as the imperial army, but they are generally formally called the Zhenbei Army, and the Zhenbei Army also includes the state army, and your Qiyuan Army is also regarded as the Zhenbei Army. ”

Li Qingxian nodded.

Han Anbo continued: "In the army guarding the river, there is also an old royal army, which is composed of the forces of the kings who once rebelled, and now there are only tens of thousands of people left, and the power is not as good as before, but there are some masters, and the court is not easy to kill them all, just grind slowly. In addition to the River Guarding Army and the Zhenbei Army, there are also some monks who are basically controlled by the Northern Green Forest Alliance, that is, the Green Forest Army. The Green Forest Army could not fight a frontal battle, but it fought guerrilla warfare far above the River Guarding Army and the Zhenbei Army, and repeatedly created miracles. ”

Zheng Hui said: "The actual controller of the Zhenbei Army is the Marshal of Zhenbei or the Zhenbei Supervision Army?" ”

"A few years ago, when the inner factory was not in full swing, it was still under the command of Marshal Zhenbei, but with the expansion of the power of the inner factory, now the greatest authority of the Zhenbei Army is the Zhenbei Supervision Army, and the second product is the Tai Tai supervising Fuli. The 14th Army of the Zhenbei Army, Chen Yingyang, Marshal of Zhenbei, could only barely control the 4th Army, and the other 10 armies were all under the jurisdiction of Chafuli. You have all heard the name of Chen Yingyang, he is a man, but because he did not fight with the river guards and fought against demons, he was gradually seized by Chafuli. However, General Chen Lao knew which was more important, and even if he was constantly humiliated by Chafuli, he still stuck to the river and insisted on resisting demons. ”

The three of them looked at each other, and they were on the night guard, vaguely understanding the reason.

Zheng Hui said: "Sure enough, the rumors are true. Topmost...... The Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies have always wanted to take away control of the River Defenders, and the purpose of the Zhenbei Army is to disrupt the River Guards and slowly swallow up the River Defenders. General Chen was arrogant when he was young, and even if he lost his edge when he was old, he was righteous and could not do anything to destroy the Great Wall. Fortunately, the old man is a first-class martial arts cultivator, and his protégés are all over the country, and if he is replaced by a slightly worse person, he may be forced out of the Zhenbei Army. ”

"However, the Modao Army you are about to lead seems to belong to Cha Fuli, the Zhenbei Supervision Army, right?" Yu Ping aimed at Li Qingxian.

Li Qingxian nodded and said: "I briefly took a look at the information of the Modao Army, which originally belonged to the River Guarding Army, but later because of a big defeat, the upper-level generals were purged by the imperial court under the pretext of being cleansed, and some middle and low-level generals were also questioned, and they were finally divided into the Zhenbei Army. However, the foundation of the Modao Army is still there, and it was Marshal Chen Yingyang who presided over the reconstruction of the Modao Army back then, and even transferred a large number of elites. Even now in the hands of Chafuli, the Modao Army is still one of the strongest troops in the Zhenbei Army. ”

Han Anbo said: "The Modao army is strong, but it is also the most noble, Chafuli is afraid of losing, small battles are not rare, and big battles are not willing to fight." In addition, the Modao Army uses the Great Mo Sword one by one, which is not suitable for the first charge, only for pressing the formation and the final battle to the death, so after joining the Zhenbei Army, the military merits of the Modao Army are not as good as the ordinary army. In the past few years, it has almost been impossible to hear the call of 'the Mo Sword Army is out, and everyone is broken'. If it weren't for Cha Fuli's lack of insight and strict grasp of the training of the Mo Sword Army, many people would have eaten a big belly. ”

(End of chapter)