Just after the summer solstice, the barren bone beach located in the hinterland of Liangzhou has turned into scorched earth under the scorching sun, the ground is dried and cracked by the scorching sun, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and there is no green at all.

Jingle bell~

In previous years, the barren bone beach was a lawless place where the horse gang was rampant, but since the trade between the two dynasties, this place was included in the jurisdiction of the Black Flag Gang, and the interior has been peaceful, and it has become a trade route for north-south exchanges.

And now that the northern and southern dynasties are at war, although the trade route of the Heishi Pass is not easy to walk, but the pass is under the control of the Great Wei, and the merchants are not prohibited from sending materials to the Xihai Provinces, and the huge profits brought by the soaring prices during the war still offset the risk of going out of the customs during the war.

For this reason, even in the middle of summer in May, there were still many teams crossing the Barren Bone Beach, and they couldn't hurry at noon, so they all gathered in the town at the entrance of the Barren Bone Beach.

Whew~

The hot wind blew the flag at the entrance of the town back and forth, and the flag was also quite Liangzhou characteristics, it was a horse thief's human skin, and the word 'Hu' was written on it to declare who the boss of the town was.

Night Terror stopped outside the town on horseback, looked up at the human skins hanging from the flagpole, and pulled the collar to dispel the heat of the long journey.

Yuhu and Huaiyan, who followed behind, were all pampered since childhood, and they were rushing on the Gobi Desert in the scorching heat, which was obviously more difficult than a rough man like him.

After Yuhu turned over and dismounted, he directly pulled up the gauze skirt a little, exposing his ankles to ventilate the skirt.

The Queen Mother picked up the gauze of the hat, fanned the wind with her hands, and carried a small bamboo box on her back, which was already hot and stunned, and asked in a low voice:

"What kind of skin is this?"

"Human skin."

"Huh~!"

"It looks like a horse thief's skin, don't be afraid."

"What am I afraid of, I also went to Hongshan last year, and I can't feel it when the snow covers the mountain in winter, and now it seems that it is really barren......"

"The main reason is the lack of water, and when the world is peaceful in the future, find a way to open a river and bring the water of Tianlang Lake over, and the situation in Liangzhou should improve some......"

Hearing that Yuhu also began to mention the thousand-year-old project of digging the Grand Canal like Ben, Night Terror shook his head secretly and led the horse into the town:

"It's time to get there, let's go in."

Hoofs hooves dack......

Since Ning'er and the others returned, after everyone met in Jingjie City, Night Terror Hall did not go out again because of their unknown physical condition, but seriously raised them in the city for seven or eight days.

Bingtuo Tuo is more impatient, after learning the Ming Dragon Diagram, he is not willing to rest for a day, and the next day he set off with Yunli and began to search for the whereabouts of the last three diagrams on the rivers and lakes.

And the night terror hall was strictly ordered by the daughter-in-law not to run out, and the process of recuperation was nothing more than being a hard-working old scalper, getting up on time in the morning, and starting to reward Sanniang, Ning'er, and Qinghe after eating.

After the reward, it is basically noon, and when you chat with Hua Qingzhi, you have to go into the palace to accompany the hand warmer. Then he began to reward Ben Ben, Yu Hu, and Shui'er, until they got up together the next day, and the 'schedule' was full, and it can be said that they were quite fulfilling.

Night Terror's body has basically recovered, and in the face of this level of work, it is naturally at ease, and even a little floating.

However, the current major events have not yet been completed, and he can't be the demon concubine of the country who makes the emperor not early, and after recuperating for a few days to make sure that there is nothing abnormal in his body, he began to take the next step.

The main purpose of the Southern Dynasty's troops on this trip was to first recover the Xihai tribes, and then wait for an opportunity to invade the Northern Liang mainland.

The ancestors of the Xihai tribes were the Northwest royal court, and they regarded the Northern and Southern Dynasties as barbarians, and the Northern Liang fought over, which was an invader for them, and the Southern Dynasty fought the same, which was not much better than the Northern Liang, so there was no sense of identity and belonging at all.

For this reason, the king of Liang led a large army out of the customs, and it was impossible to raise his arms and call out the people's wishes, and get the support of the Xihai tribes; Even a small number of tribes pro-Northern Liang are still cooperating with the Xihai Protectorate to intercept the soldiers and horses of King Liang.

The imperial court wanted to recover the West Sea, and it naturally could not be violently suppressed if it had a chance to win the hearts of the people, so King Liang rushed thousands of miles to Jingjie City to send the folds, so that the imperial court could quickly send the night terror hall over.

Night Terror Hall is the successor of the Northwest Wang Tingzheng'er Bajing, the bloodline of the legal system is justified, and there are also the foundations of the royalist party such as the Wuma Department and the Winter Hades Department, he may not be able to integrate the Xihai Ministries immediately, but if he doesn't go, the Xihai Ministries will definitely watch the fire from the other side, maybe King Liang bothered to take down the Xihai Protectorate, and he was directly snatched back by the thieves of the various ministries when he turned his head.

For this reason, after making sure that there was nothing unusual about the night terror, Yuhu set off with a large army, moving from Jingjie City to the bordering Liangzhou, and it took more than half a month to arrive in Liangzhou.

Yuhu, like Benben, grew up in Yun'an since he was a child, and although he often saw the poor mountains and bad waters of Liangzhou from the folded files, he never saw it with his own eyes.

When the army passed by the Barren Bone Beach, because the Night Terror Hall wanted to go to Hu Yanjing of the Black Flag Gang to ask for some information, Yuhu also ran out of the micro-service for a private visit, and the Queen Mother followed her hometown to revisit.

The town where the current three people are located is the territory of the Black Flag Gang, and there are still a lot of people in the town, half of the dart masters and half of the Jianghu people, all of them look like they are all gangsters, and there are almost no normal people, because of the hot weather, they all sit under the pergola or in the inn.

The last time the Queen Mother went to the Xihai Tribes, she came to the Barren Bone Beach, and at this time she looked at the calm and quiet town, nodded and said:

"Except for the human skins hanging outside, the town looks quite peaceful, and it feels much better than last time."

The Empress also felt that the town was quite stable, and explained:

"This is the territory of the Black Flag Gang, and Hu Yanjing, the leader of the Black Flag Gang, is not only King Liang's dogleg, but also a subordinate recruited by Night Terror Hall, and it is reasonable that his territory is in order."

"It turned out to be a subordinate of the shocking hall, no wonder, this is called the upper beam is not crooked...... the lower beam"

…………

Night Terror Hall also felt that the Black Flag Gang had managed this area well, so they walked along the way, and took the two of them to the vicinity of the inn in the town, because Hu Yanjing had not yet come, so he first came to the water shop next to him.

The shop is a thatched shed, with three water tanks under it, and a well covered with a dustpan at the back.

Night Terror took three water bladders from the side of the horse and handed them to the man in charge of the shop:

"Three pots of well water, don't fill the jar, fill it full."

The man who was shaking the fan stood up when he saw this, and looked up and down at the night terrors:

"Brother doesn't look like a newcomer, why haven't you seen it before?"

"I used to dart on the other side of the Red River for the first two years, but now I have changed my career and made a living in the east."

The man looked at the two women behind him who were covering their heads and faces:

"Changed careers to be a crutch?"

A kidnapper is a human trafficker, and the night terror shook his head:

"The imperial court strictly investigates this, and if it is caught, it is Ling Chi, who ventures to do this business in Liangzhou and act as a guard. Now the well water is still the old price, a pot of silver? ”

Seeing that the night terror hall was a native of Liangzhou, the man spoke a little boldly, waved his hand and said:

"Our Black Flag Gang is a serious gang, how can we sit on the ground and raise prices like the Hongshan Gang, and dare to sell a pot of water for a penny."

"Oh?"

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, it couldn't help but think a little higher at the Hu Da gang leader:

"So what's the price now?"

The man opened the well in the shop and filled it with fresh well water:

"Our boss said that the merchants and people passing by came to ask for saliva to drink, and if we still collect money, it will not take the court and the night king in our eyes, so we don't need money for water."

"Don't want money?!"

"Yes, just go to the inn next to you and listen to a book, and the water should be delivered."

Night Terror frowned and looked at the inn hall next to it:

"Listen to a book for a penny?"

The man paused: "Brother, aren't you kidding?" On such a hot day, the old man in his 60s even played and sang and said for a long time, how can a penny of silver be enough for wages? Three dollars a person, give one or two silver can go to the small house in front, there is a better looking ......"

"Tss

In the small bamboo box behind the Queen Mother, there was a shocked coo.

The empress originally thought that the people of Liangzhou were not as full of people as King Liang complained, but when she heard the latter words, she was directly stunned.

After all, as the emperor of a country, she has never drunk a pot of well water with three coins of silver since she was a child, and if she puts three coins of silver in Yun'an, she can buy dozens of catties of rice.

This also understands what kind of people's feelings, and directly slaughters Liangzhou back and forth several times, I am afraid that there will be slips through the net......

Night Terror Hall took Yuhu over for a private visit to Weifu, and was taught a lesson by his subordinates at the beginning, and he was really a little speechless in his heart, but he still said:

"Is this like Liangzhou, I thought I was in the wrong place. Hu Da gang leader is also a particular person, obviously he can grab it directly, but he has to invite me to listen to a children's book. ”

The man smiled and handed the water bladder back:

"Outsiders think that we Liangzhou people have no morality, that is, they don't understand what Liangzhou is. If we really don't want silver, are you sure you dare to drink this water brother? ”

"I really don't dare."

Night Terror Hall had long been accustomed to the atmosphere of Liangzhou, and he didn't care about it, and after putting down a grain of broken silver, he took three water bladders and led the horse into the stable of the inn.

The empress waited until she walked into the inn before she sighed in a low voice:

"Liangzhou is really an outstanding person, no wonder the Song Hall Master of Honghua Mansion scolds and scolds all day long to return to Tiannan ......"

Night Terror shook his head and sighed: "This is already good, with the current weather, to Wangheya, a pot can cost one or two ......."

The Queen Mother opened the water bladder and tasted it:

"It's pretty sweet. By the way, how did he know you were a local? ”

"I don't know how many days the water in the tank has been placed, and I have diarrhea after drinking, and he sees that you are a chick and doesn't know the doorway, so you may be able to take sweat medicine with your hands, and you will sleep to death when you drink it, and you won't be able to wake up without saying the goods, and the clothes may not be left."

The empress frowned: "You still dare to call yourself a serious gang?" ”

"In Liangzhou, as long as you don't kill yourself, you are a decent family, and if you are abducted by the pit, you can only say that you are too tender......"

Casual chat, the Queen Mother and the Empress followed the Night Terror Hall, came to the inn hall, and sat down at a table in the corner.

At noon, the weather was too hot, and there were still many people who came here to buy water and then came in to listen to books, and there were more than thirty people sitting at seven or eight tables, and the storyteller was holding the three strings, sitting on the stool in the middle, and was saying in an old-fashioned manner:

"Anyway, we are a night terrorist, and we met Hua Ling with our bare hands, and under one punch, the thick coiling dragon pillar on the Chengtian Gate was broken into two sections......"

Because they are all old jokes that have been told over and over again, the people in the inn are obviously not very interested, they are all enjoying the shade, and by the way, they are chatting about some things in the rivers and lakes:

"It's not easy to go over there in Shazhou, now the imperial court and the Northern Liang barbarians are fighting, and the savages outside Shazhou, seeing that the imperial court can't take care of it, are said to fight the sandbar and stand on their own......"

"What are you kidding, those savages in the desert can't beat the Hongshan Gang together, and they also beat the Shazhou ............"

……

Hearing these small talks, the Night Terror Hall was slightly puzzled, and asked:

"Got this news?"

The empress was also listening, and said calmly:

"Shazhou has reported. The Shazhou Taishou of the previous dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, he established himself as the 'King of Shatuo', but after the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, it was destroyed, and the rest fled into the desert......

Night Terror nodded, "No wonder I haven't heard of it...... Can this Zoroastrianism become a climate? ”

"Preaching and robbing believers in the territory of Buddhism can become a climate, unless it is the death of the Shenchen monk, there is no need to deal with it for the time being."

"It's also ......"

The two of them chatted for less than a moment, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the town.

And the thugs who were originally watching the scene in inns, water shops and other places also quickly got up and ran to the street to greet them.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall knew that Hu Yanjing was coming, so he stopped talking and waited quietly.

After a while, a horse team of more than ten people stopped at the door, led by Hu Yanjing, who was holding a Pu knife, wearing an undershirt in the summer, covered in sweat.

Hu Yanjing casually threw the weapon to the younger brother who came over, turned over and dismounted in a dashing manner, and saw the night terror hall sitting in the inn, and he didn't move, just said:

"Feed the horses, we'll have to get out later."

After speaking, he asked the gang to wait outside, and when he came to the table, he wanted to bow his hand.

Night Terror Hall was afraid that his identity would be revealed, and he would scare the Liangzhou heroes in the inn to death, so he raised his hand slightly to signal Hu Yanjing to sit down, and then asked:

"What's going on in the north now?"

Hu Yanjing ancestor is a general, this life is determined to be a minister of the dragon, many bets, not only is the dog leg of King Liang, but also helps Zuoxian Wangfu to engage in smuggling, and by the way to send information to the Night Terror Hall, but now the Night Terror Hall is about to tilt the power to the north and south, and naturally becomes the diehard of the Night Terror Hall.

Hu Yanjing sat down at the table, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a low voice:

"There is news from Yanjing, the Northern Liang Imperial Court is stepping up alchemy, and the people who are currently taking medicine seem to have Ziliang Gonggong, Yin Shicheng, Hua Junchen, ......"

"Huh?"

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, he was slightly stunned: "Hua Junchen was also given an elixir?" ”

Hu Yanjing nodded: "That's what the news sent by Lord Cao said, I guess Beiliang really can't find a qualified character, Hua Junchen has been famous recently, and he swore to resist strong enemies in Bishui Forest, and he can also be called loyal, plus he has a good background, so he was chosen." ”

Night Terror Hall felt that Uncle Hua's luck was really good, and after thinking about it, he said:

"Did Xu Tianying give it?"

"Xu Tianying has not made an inch, and he has not voted for a name, and the Northern Liang Imperial Court will definitely not give it easily. It seems that Shuofeng City has talked about it, but Beiyunbian has not reacted yet......"

Hu Yanjing said this, looked left and right again, and continued:

In addition, Lord Cao said, there seems to be movement in the west. Because the battlefield is in the Xihai Provinces, Lord Ye will inevitably come, and the imperial court specially sent Ziliang Gonggong, Hua Junchen and others to protect the new Zuoxian King, and it seems that he also brought a pill with him, I don't know who to give it to......"

When Night Terror Hall heard this, there was a slight solemnity between his eyebrows.

After all, Sima Yue, the strongest in the West Sea Tribes, is dead, and the remaining top masters are only the three kings including Qing He, and some guards from the palace.

These people either have a problem with their position, or they are also miscellaneous fish after taking the pill, and the Northern Liang Imperial Court will definitely not give it, so who can still use this pill in the west......

Night Terror Hall thought for a moment, frowned, and said:

"Could it be for Shenchen Monk?"

The empress pondered slightly, shook her head and said: "Monk Shenchen is different from Beiyunbian, he is locked in Shazhou and isolated, and at this time, if he dares to take the benefits of Beiliang, he will either take refuge in Beiliang regardless of the life and death of thousands of disciples, or he will be surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court to death."

"Although the elixir is powerful, it is not as good as the Ming Dragon Diagram. Monk Shenchen is already one of the three immortals on the mountain, and his status is at the top, if he has a further heart, the court will definitely win him over, and he will not be willing to seek the near and far, for the sake of a little profit in Beiliang, and he will be at risk of being ruined. ”

Hu Yanjing also felt that the three immortals on the mountain, because they should not defect for a pill, thought about it and said:

"Could it be a 'discord meter'? When the news came out, Lord Ye must have cleaned up the Shenchen monk, and the Shenchen monk was not a mud bodhisattva, and when the two of them fought, it was the masters of the Southern Dynasty who killed each other, and the Northern Liang fisherman profited......"

Even if there is no news in the Night Terror Hall, he has to take the time to help the little watermelon beat the Shenchen monk, but Beiliang doesn't know about this, this move is said to be Beiliang's delaying tactic, which is not impossible to divert his attention and lead him to the west.

"Remember this in advance, I'll go back and check it out......"

Seeing Hu Yanjing sweating profusely, he picked up the water bladder and poured water for him:

"You said that Hua Junchen also went to the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate?"

"There are only a few top masters who can be pulled out now, Xiang Hanshi Zhongsun Jin has to protect Emperor Liang, and it is impossible to come over, so he can only send people from the second line. In addition, because of the dereliction of duty to take care of Ming Longtu, Gonggong Yin was sent to the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate to make meritorious contributions, and Lord Cao was also by his side, so he got this information......"

"Cao Aning also followed him to the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate?"

"Hmm."

“……”

For some reason, Night Terror Hall heard that his first fierce general, A Ning, had also arrived at the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate, and he felt that King Xiao Zuoxian was afraid that he would have to accompany him soon.

Hu Yanjing picked up the water bowl and poured a big mouthful, he wanted to sigh a few words, but smashed it, smashed it, and felt that the taste was a little familiar, so he asked tentatively:

"Lord Night, this water is poured from the well outside?"

Night Terror Hall retracted his distracting thoughts and showed the old gentleman who was still telling stories in front of him:

"The Hu gang leader will do business, spend three dollars and silver to listen to books, and give a pot of water for free......"

"Ahem—"

When Hu Yanjing heard this, he almost turned his back in one breath, and immediately got up to clean up his little brother.

The Night Terror Hall didn't mean to teach Hu Yanjing a lesson, and raised his hand and said:

"Obey the orders, there is no need to blame. Tell them to sell it according to the tea in the future, you have bothered to do so many things for the imperial court, and it is not worth it to lose the reward for a small profit. ”

Hu Yanjing was relieved and hurriedly clenched his fists:

"I understand that this will be rectified, and I will definitely remember the teachings of Lord Night in the future......"

"Alright, let's go down and rest."

Seeing this, Hu Yanjing hurriedly got up and retreated, and ran out......

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Roll call:

Recommend a copy of "Marriage at the Beginning, Eavesdropping on the Voice of the Lady", everyone can take a look if they are interested~

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