"But ......" Mr. Huaiming was suspicious, walking back and forth: "In the battle on the bank of the Cangshui River, you also saw it, Liang Tao personally took action, and it was clear that Zhao Xiao was used as bait to lure out those demons." I don't think Zhao Xiao is in the dark and ignorant of this kind of action. ”

"Do you think Zhao Xiao and Liang Tao colluded in private?" Mr. Jingming asked.

"I know, that's ridiculous." Mr. Huaiming thought about it again and again: "Over the years, I have fought with Liang Tao three times, and I found that although this person is selfish, wanton and indulgent, and unwilling to be bound by moral law, he is also really scheming, and it is difficult for outsiders to peek into his intentions...... Hey, strange, how do you feel that Zhao Xiao is also a bit like Liang Tao? ”

"Legend has it that Liang Tao patrolled the realm with a sword, which shows that his people had the action of protecting the common people and prospering the avenue." Mr. Jingming suddenly laughed: "It is rumored in the countryside of Qingyan County that Zhao Huang opened the altar to patrol the realm and exterminate the evil spirits, is it the news that you sent someone to release?" ”

"I just want to take the opportunity to test the court of Huaxu and Liang Tao." Mr. Huaiming stroked his beard lightly: "The Chongxuanguan tree has big roots and deep roots, and it will not be easily knocked down." It's just that I noticed that Liang Tao didn't seem to intend to keep the power of those children of the family. ”

Mr. Jingming said: "Liang Tao has other plans. ”

"Could it be related to Zhao Xiao?" Mr. Huaiming asked: "But Zhao Xiao's cultivation is not as good as Liang Tao's, not to mention that he is still from Huaiying Pavilion." ”

"Yu Pengzuo just said that Zhao Huang saw through his cultivation of the Earth Emperor Wutu Sutra, and even found that I had added or deleted from it." Mr. Jingming seems to have realized: "The last heir of Houtu Palace is the Yuan Empress of the founding emperor of the Tianxia Dynasty, and the inheritance she brought can be regarded as laying part of the foundation for the establishment of the Tianxia Dynasty. ”

"You mean, Liang Tao took a fancy to the rituals that Zhao Xiao is good at?" Mr. Huaiming immediately understood: "With Liang Tao's cultivation, he can actually soar a long time ago, he deliberately stayed in the world, presumably he has a long-term layout, and Zhao Huang is of great help to his future plans." Your cultivation is higher than mine, and you have improved a lot over the years, so you should be able to see Liang Tao better than me. ”

"I can't say." Mr. Jingming shook his head and sighed: "Ever since my eyes were ignited by Dong Dan Yuanjun, I vaguely felt that the Heavenly Immortal Family had interfered in the world more and more frequently, but because the realm had not yet arrived, there were many things that I had not seen through.

Liang Tao's cultivation is to reach the sky, he should have noticed it early, and staying in the world and secretly arranging it is estimated that it is also related to this. A person like him may not be willing to ascend to the Cave Heaven and rank in the immortal class, if he can't open up a new world by himself, he would rather stay there. ”

Mr. Huaiming shook his head and laughed: "These immortal cultivators, if they eat the essence of the sun and the moon, the immortal sesame grass, and the living is the beautiful mountains and rivers, the shape is the blessed land, and they take advantage of the benefits of cultivation, and finally pat their butts and fly away, so it is not enough, but they also have to meddle in the world, and regard the common people as child's play!" ”

Mr. Jingming pressed the blindfolded cloth: "In my opinion, Zhao Huang should agree to the medicine salt and iron in exchange for the map, if you have the opportunity, you go down the mountain and see in person what kind of character Zhao Huang is, You can't always rely on others to relay it." ”

"I've got it, but I still have to make some arrangements." Mr. Huaiming nodded.

……

"You instigated the other five people, killed the guards at night, and then led the crowd to escape from Quarry Mountain?"

Outside the prison, hundreds of prisoners knelt on the dirt floor, all in rags, almost all of them bearing the scars of the whipping. The first six people were locked in heavy flail and knelt in front of Zhao Xiao.

"Why don't you speak?" Zhao Xiao stared at the prisoner with a scar on his face, the other party looked stubborn, glared at Zhao Xiao, and did not say a word.

Cao Peng, the prison city next to him, raised his finger and drank: "Zhao Changshi is here, you still haven't replied?" Do you want to taste the soldering iron? ”

"If you want to kill or chop, it's up to you." The scar-faced prisoner looked unruly: "Lao Tzu has been in Pujia Pass all these years, and he has been punished a lot!" ”

"Someone! Bring a steel needle, I will insert them into his fingernails one by one, and let him taste what it means to have ten fingers and a heart! Cao Peng shouted.

"Enough!" Zhao Xiao snorted: "I'm still here to ask, it's not your turn to talk more." ”

Cao Peng of the prison city was startled, and hurriedly bowed down: "What a noble figure Marquis Zhenming, where do you have to bother with these lowly prisoners?" They are all under-smoked goods, they can't understand good words, and they can only be tortured! ”

Glancing at the slippery and flattering face, Zhao Xiao pressed his disgust and said coldly: "Now General Wei has ordered me to guard Pujia Pass, and I have the right to deal with the affairs in the pass, whether I bother or not, I know it myself, and I don't need you to distinguish it for me." ”

"Yes, yes......" Cao Peng had to nod in response, not daring to refute.

Zhao Xiao secretly met with Yu's second brother before, and then summoned his soldiers to find out the location of the escaped prisoners, and instructed Lieutenant Zhang how to transfer troops to surround him.

Except for a dozen recalcitrant people who were killed in the battle, and after the leader was taken down by Lieutenant Zhang, the rest of the people found themselves surrounded, and soon surrendered and were escorted back to Pujia Pass.

"You were accused of being a remnant of the rebels and came here to join the army?" Zhao Xiao took the roster book handed by Cao Peng in the prison city, rummaged through the identification, and asked, "Fleeing from Quarry Mountain, is it to go to Cangwuling to join the rebellious party?" ”

"The remnants of the rebellious party? Hehe......" The scar-faced prisoner sneered with a bit of desolation.

"Aren't you?" Zhao Huang understood when he saw him like this.

The scar-faced prisoner knew that he was going to die, and he didn't hide it, so he stiffened his spine with a heavy flail: "I'm just a fishmonger outside Quartz City, just because Chu Mengchun, who killed that day, passed by by by boat and happened to see my wife, so he asked her to be forcibly taken away." I couldn't fight for it, so I called a few friends to report to the official to avenge my grievances, who expected that Chu Mengchun was the new county guard...... I, on the contrary, was charged with the remnants of the rebellious party because of this, and was sent to the army! ”

Speaking of emotion, the scar-faced prisoner couldn't help but cry, and several prisoners behind him also wept silently, which should be his friends.

Zhao Huang was silent, and Cao Peng, the prison city next to him, couldn't help but remind: "Marquis Zhenming, these prisoners are very cunning, and they have always said how they have been wronged, but in fact, they are all extremely vicious, otherwise they will not kill the guards." Marquis Zhenming, don't listen to their words! ”

Before Zhao Xiao could speak, the scar-faced prisoner roared with tears on his face: "Kill me!" I don't want to live anymore! I knew that today, I might as well really go to Chiyundu and kill all of you officials and lords! ”

Seeing that the scar-faced prisoner pounced and opened his mouth to bite, Zhao Xiao's expression remained unchanged, and with a flick of his fingers, he immediately made the other party faint.

"These six people attacked and killed the guards, gathered the crowd and fled, took them down, and hanged them." Zhao Xiao's expression was solemn, he raised his hands and brushed his sleeves, and immediately a soldier escorted the six prisoners away.

"Marquis Zhenming is really selfless from prison!" Seeing this, Cao Peng's heart was a little wider.

"Needless to say." Zhao Xiao took the roster of the prison city, looked at He Dangguan who rushed from afar, and asked, "Have you counted clearly?" ”

"Count it out!" He Dangguan said: "There are 3,540 prisoners in the prison city. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Cao Peng in the prison city, and shook the roster in his hand: "It is clearly said that there are now a total of 5,873 prisoners in custody. Now there are more than 2,000 people missing, and there is no other labor outside the city, so I wonder where these prisoners have gone? ”

Sweat beads on Cao Peng's face in the prison city were secret: "This ...... Please allow the villain to check again. ”

"Run for what?" Seeing that Cao Peng in the prison city was about to run, He Dangguan stretched out his hand and grabbed him: "Marquis Zhenming hasn't let you go yet!" ”

Zhao Mi was expressionless and said, "Give you a chance to tell the whereabouts of the other prisoners." ”

"I was going to be Gao Pinggong." The prison city Cao Peng trembled like a sifting of chaff.

"What did Gao Pinggong do when he asked for a prisoner?" Zhao Xiao asked again.

"I heard that it is for the construction of the manor."

"Why didn't you report this matter after General Wei took over Pujia Pass?" Zhao Xiao frowned and asked.

Cao Peng of the prison city was so frightened that he cried: "The villain thinks that Gao Pinggong has already told General Wei, so ...... also asked Marquis Zhenming to forgive the villain's sins, and the villain went to beg Gao Pinggong to release the prisoner. ”

"What are you? If you go and ask for it, Gao Pinggong will let it go? You think too much of yourself! Zhao Huang waved his hand: "Drag it down, behead it, and hang the head of the city." ”

Cao Peng was dragged away by the soldiers, begging for mercy and howling endlessly along the way, making people shudder.

At this time, a member of the army stepped forward, with a little awe, and asked in a low voice: "Zhao Changshi, is this move too careful?" ”

Zhao Xiao waved his hand: "This matter must not be ignored." I know what you think, this prison city Cao Peng is the man left behind by Princess Gaoping during the incident, and I am afraid that I will have a disagreement with Gao Ping because of this. As everyone knows, letting the prisoners go without permission will cause even greater disaster!

Cao Peng of this prison city is in charge of the prisoners, taking the entrance and exit of the city to investigate, privately sending out thousands of prisoners, and concealing it and not reporting it, in case the enemy soldiers are pretended to be prisoners and returned to the Guannei afterwards, you and I will be in a catastrophe!

The front line is in the midst of fierce fighting, and the rear is still so negligent, how can this person not be killed? Not only do I want to kill him, but I also want to personally send a letter to Gao Pinggong to get those more than 2,000 prisoners back! Maybe I'll have to go to the book for impeachment! ”

"Zhao Changshi!" Another chief secretary hurriedly persuaded: "Gao Ping Gong is a relative of the lord of the country, and he has guarded Pujia Pass for many years, and he has made outstanding contributions, so it is inappropriate to rashly participate in the impeachment!" He was willing to persuade Gao Pinggong in person to let him return the prisoner. ”

"Then it's up to you!" Zhao Xiao was also angry, he didn't expect Gao Pinggong to be so indulgent, in order to build a manor and other businesses, he dared to ask for a prisoner, completely forgetting the current situation of the two countries' wars.

If it weren't for the important identity of the lord of the country, Zhao Xiao would have led his troops to kill him, lit the sky lantern and confiscated the family business from Gao Pinggong!

Sensing that the anger was excessive, Zhao Xiao hurriedly breathed and concentrated, and Xuanzhu ascended to the Jiang Palace, and his cultivation was much improved, but his emotions were also more intense.

"Zhao Changshi, who are you going to appoint as Cao Peng in the prison city now?" Join the army asked.

"Nope." Zhao Xiao shook his head: "Now is the time to use the army, I plan to reorganize these prisoners into an army, and I have already revised the book to General Wei in advance, whether it is successful or not, I should be able to receive a reply tomorrow." ”

Joining the army said yes, Zhao Xiao said again: "It's about to enter winter, although Pujiaguan is located in the south, but when the north wind comes, it will inevitably be rainy and cold, give some clothes to the prisoners, I remember that there is still a batch in the library." When they received their clothes, they rebuilt their rosters and organized themselves in separate camps. ”

After arranging these things, Zhao Huang returned to the palace, and Lieutenant Zhang happened to return from "patrol" to report the military situation.

"It's good to escape, and the speed of coming and going is no less than flying in the sky." Zhao Xiao took the list, glanced at it for a moment, and his face was cloudy.

Seeing that Zhao Xiao was silent for a long time, Lieutenant Zhang had to take the initiative to ask, "I don't know what Zhao Changshi thinks?" ”

"Chiyundu really has a lot of appetite." Zhao Xiao casually put the list on the table: "Medicine, salt and iron, these two things are very important, you want so many at once, you might as well say it if you want me to die." ”

Zhang Liwei said: "If Zhao Changshi feels embarrassed, he can arrange it several times. ”

"How many more times?" Zhao Xiao laughed: "At the juncture of the war, I sent critical military supplies to Chiyun several times in a row, when everyone else is blind?" ”

Zhang Liwei had no choice but to say: "Zhao Changshi, Second Brother Yu told me, if you get the map of mountains and forests, you will benefit immensely in the future, and the medicine salt and iron obtained by Chiyundu are just a temporary need, which is more important, you should be able to distinguish which is more important." ”

Zhao Yan said: "This is not like what he said, it should also be a message to others." ”

"I don't know."

Zhao Xiao couldn't refute these words, Chiyun could plant people in the villages of Qingyan County, and it was impossible to know nothing about the unowned mountains and forests at the junction of the two countries.

Especially Zhang Liwei, a brave leader of a village and township, can tell the distance between Honghuatan and Pujia Pass, Zhao Xiao concluded at that time that Chiyundu must have drawn a complete and clear map of mountains and forests over the years, which is also one of the keys to their elusiveness.

Now General Wei has sent a letter back to state the difficulties of marching into the mountains and forests, one of which is the intricacy of the large and small roads in the mountains. On the main access road, Jiuli Country has also laid heavy barracks in the south, which is difficult to conquer in a short time, and it is best to find a small road to bypass the flank attack.

The real battlefield is far from being as easy as the deduction at the Yingzhou meeting, and it is difficult and dangerous for the army to travel through the mountains, and there are burdens to slow down the process, not to mention the changes in solar terms and the amount of precipitation, which may make the road conditions different in the four seasons.

Moreover, according to General Wei's message, Jiuli Kingdom is obviously also exploring the road in the mountains, and relying on a few barbarians who are good at trekking, they plan to make a way out of it, which has been detected by the monks of the pavilion.

At the moment, both armies are trying to go around the opponent's flank, fighting who can take a step faster, since Zhao Xiao has the opportunity to get the map of the mountains and forests, he can't allow him to hesitate for too long.

"Such a large amount of salt and iron medicine can't be taken from Pujiaguan, and I can't explain it to others." Zhao Xiao said helplessly: "I can withdraw it from Guanhou County, and then it was 'robbed' in the middle of the transfer." ”

"Then I don't know who is going to rob it?" Lieutenant Zhang asked.

"I'll arrange a few patrols for you, try to create a situation where the soldiers and horses of the Jiuli Kingdom are approaching and harassing, and finally throw the goods on the head of the Jiuli Kingdom." Zhao Xiao stared at Lieutenant Zhang and said, "I hope that Chiyun will be able to respond secretly at that time, and don't make it too difficult for me." ”