resumed chatting again, and at this time, there was no one available in Jing'an Division, just three idlers, and the bullying eased a lot.

The topic still revolved around Zhang Xiaojing, and Li Bi asked curiously: "Has Zhang Xiaojing ever escaped from the battle?" ”

"No!"

"And the horizontal knife in his hand? Two inches shorter than others, it was a humiliating knife given by King Xin'an, called useless. ”

Xu Bin nodded and sighed, "This is a long story." Zhang Xiaojing, who has been in the army for thirteen years in the old calendar, is the first wave of recruitment in my Tang Dynasty. In the twenty-third year of the old calendar, before he was transferred to Anxi to change cities, he had already become a general in the army of King Xin'an. ”

At that time, King Xin'an was planning to give an order for the army to attack Shibao City. Zhang Xiaojing refuted the military order in person at the meeting and refused to go to war, but fortunately, Wen Wuji interceded for him and left him alive, so they were both transferred to Anxi, removed from all military positions, and returned to being the head soldier. ”

"Before leaving, King Xin'an gave him a short knife, which means that he is cowardly and useless." Xu Bin poured a big mouthful of grief and indignation.

Li Bi was puzzled, "As a soldier, what is the reason for refusing to fight?" ”

Xu Bin introduced: "This Stone Castle City is a natural risk. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although there are only dozens of thieves in the city, if you want to attack it, you will definitely lose tens of thousands of our Tang Dynasty soldiers. The most important thing is that it is not a military fortress that must be fought! Successive generals have attacked this place because it has a reputation for being difficult to beat. Whoever captures that city will be a miracle in front of the saints. ”

At that time, the attendees actually knew this in their hearts. But no one dared to say it, only he Zhang Xiaojing, he dared. He said that King Xin'an was exchanging his life for merit, and he was a villain. ”

Li Bi snatched the wine jug, also took a sip, and said regretfully: "He is not wrong to cherish human life." ”

"But it is also true that he abides by the rules in his heart and does not listen to the orders of his superiors." Xu Bin sighed: "In the eyes of others, although he lives seriously, in fact, he has a miserable life. ”

As he spoke, Xu Bin burst into tears, and the bean-sized teardrops fell down.

Li Bi nodded and said affirmatively: "If you want to keep the rules in your heart, you have to pay a price." This price is not something that everyone can afford to pay. ”

Turning his head to look at Xu Bin, he can make a seven-foot man cry, proving that the friendship between the two is indeed sincere, and Xu Bin is guilty but reasonable for favoritism to save his best friend.

Li Bi asked curiously, "Director Xu, when did we first meet?" ”

Xu Bin closed his eyes slightly, moved the arithmetic rope and began to recall, "On the morning of August 23 in the second year of Tianbao, it was about two o'clock in the morning, by the Qujiang Pond. At that time, Si Cheng was routinely visiting He Jian. ”

"Director Xu's family lives in Anyefang, why did he go to Qujiangchi early in the morning?"

"Xu said at the time, where Anyefang can read in the morning, at that time, he was building a lot of construction, so he simply went farther." Xu Bin smiled, "Si Cheng thinks that Xu went there on purpose to get acquainted with Si Cheng?" ”

Li Bi also smiled, "There is a Tang generation, and talented people are busy paying homage to the powerful, for fear that their talents will not be displayed. ”

Xu Bin smiled and asked, "Then what is the benefit of Xu being close to Si Cheng?" At that time, the Jing'an Division had not yet been established, and Si Cheng was only a person waiting for Zhao Hanlin, and he had no rank, and he was a figure like a scattered immortal. And Xu Bin was from the eighth grade in the household department, and finally transferred to the Jing'an Division, and he was still from the eighth grade. ”

"Xu can't be an official, being an official needs to deal with people, after a long time, he will be the same as Si Cheng, no one dares to believe it."

Li Bi was poked in the center of thought, and did not refute, but turned his head to look at Cen Shen, who was the newcomer in charge of the investigation today, Xu Bin, "Cen Shen, what do you think?" ”

Cen Shen frowned, basically never interjected, just pondering, as if there was some difficult problem to solve.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and Cen Shen shouted that something was wrong, there was a problem, a problem.

"What's the problem?" Li Bi asked.

Cen Shen pointed at Xu Bin and said: "His ancestral home is Yanzhou, a native of Yanzhou, he should know the most about Yanzhou and Yanzhou ink, when he checked the number of oil today, he didn't mention Yanzhou ink and Yanzhou ink at all, until the little girl found out, he followed up and said Yanzhou ink." This has to make people suspect that he has a ghost, and he can't hide it, so he is forced to say it. ”

Li Bi was noncommittal, turned his head to look at Xu Bin, Xu Bin chuckled, "Today's step by step is shocking, who doesn't have a time of negligence?" Your suspicion is untenable. ”

"But that's not all. You are very familiar with Zhang Xiaojing, he will tell you about his experience, and you are from Yanzhou, so it is impossible not to know what Fuhuo Thunder is. Since he knew, he kept avoiding talking about it, and only urged Jing'an Division to assist Zhang Xiaojing in catching wolves, which was the biggest problem. ”

Cen Shenyi said solemnly: "In order to help your best friend live, you use the public for personal gain, although you can't be imitated, but it is admirable, after all, Zhang Xiaojing is also a word for righteousness, he kills people in anger, he is a man, you Xu Bin sold his property to plan for it, and he is also a man." ”

"However, with three hundred barrels of fire and thunder missing, and you even deliberately diverting your gaze elsewhere, isn't it an ulterior motive? I don't want Jing'an to investigate these 300 barrels of ambush thunder. Do you know how powerful that is? Cen Shen asked.

Li Bi finally figured out something, "Long Bo! That untraced Long Bo, you're covering his tracks. He had those three hundred barrels of fire thunder in his hands, right? The wolf guard is just a cover for you to interfere with your vision, Jing Ansi has been dragged by the wolf guard for several hours, what do you want to do? ”

Xu Bin retorted loudly: "Si Cheng, why did you call me a fellow party member of Long Bo at once?" I just want to help Zhang Xiaojing, how can I joke with the lives of the people of Chang'an City? That's 300 barrels of fire and thunder......"

Cen Shen suddenly laughed, "I know, yes, you are indeed just trying to save Zhang Xiaojing." I can believe that Zhang Xiaojing has no idea about all this today, but you, Xu Bin, are absolutely inseparable. ”

Li Bi looked at this unattractive scholar and waited for his next step, and Xu Bin also poured wine to hide his embarrassment.

"You used to live in Anyefang, where the Xiaobolu embassy was demolished, so you are familiar with Wen Wuji and Zhang Xiaojing. Later, because of the demolition, Wen Wuji died, and Zhang Xiaojing was put on death row for revenge, these are all emergencies. Therefore, you have all kinds of calculations to rescue Zhang Xiaojing. ”

Xu Bin nodded, there is no need to hide this.

Cen Shen continued: "However, we all seem to have overlooked one thing, that is, you are not the only one who wants to save Zhang Xiaojing. Are there any bad people? Wen Ji Xiangpu smelled the daughter of Wuji, and all the women dared to come forward, regardless of life and death, wanting to save people. So what about Wen Wuji and Zhang Xiaojing's comrades-in-arms? ”

"In the defense of Fengsui Fort that year, there were 220 people in the 8th Regiment of the 33rd Zhichong Mansion of the Anxi Iron Army, and only nine people survived, and these nine people must be brothers in life and death. Among them, there are Zhang Xiaojing and Wen Wuji. Li Bi said the guess in his heart, "According to this calculation, if Long Bo also came to save Zhang Xiaojing, or was invited by you, then this Long Bo is very likely to be one of the nine people who survived in the Eighth Regiment that year." ”

The maid Tan Qi quickly found the files of the Eighth Regiment in the archives.