After everything was explained, Gu Beixuan, an old man from Xishu who came specially for the young man this time, sat in a carriage with Hua Fengju and walked out of the city gate leisurely, seemingly not worrying about Yan Longyu staying alone in the county town.

In the twilight, the young man in cloth who had sent away the two elders looked lonely, he recalled the various things about his parents in the letter, and unconsciously walked towards the dilapidated alley where Yan returned home.

When he walked to the familiar alley and pushed open the door of Yan's home, Yan Longyu saw at a glance the poor scholar under the eaves who was holding an old book, squinting his eyes, and burying his head in his mind, Xu Zhiqing.

When Yan Gui went out at noon, he saw this scholar who was looking into the alley at the entrance of the alley, and recognized him as the Mr. Taofu who had seen him selling paintings on South Street before.

The scholar who entered Yangui's small courtyard sat under the eaves with a book for an afternoon, during which Dugu Haoran and Yangui had invited him more than once, but the scholar only smiled politely at them and refused to enter the house.

At this time, Dugu Haoran and Yan Gui, who heard the sound of the door opening outside the house, also walked out one after another, but Xu Zhiqing still didn't notice it, and read the scroll in his hand wholeheartedly.

Yan Longyu was interested, raised a hand and instructed Yidugu and Yan Gui not to alarm the reader who was reading the book, deliberately took a light step and came to the reader's side, and then raised his voice and said: "Yo, rare guest, why is our Mr. Taofu here!" ”

Xu Zhiqing, who was not prepared at all, trembled in fright, and dropped the yellowed old book in his hand on the ground. The scholar patted his chest and glanced at the tall young man in front of him resentfully, but he smiled gracefully, his eyes returned to gentleness, and he said to himself: "Whenever someone Xu is fascinated by reading, he doesn't care about the things around him, and the lady in the family will often tease me like Brother Yan." Thinking about it this way, you Yan Longyu is like my mother, you are innocent and innocent who has not grown up, which is commendable! ”

Yan Longyu, who was "teased" by the scholar for no reason, was disgraced, and said stupidly: "Today I finally know why Uncle Feng hates you scholars so much, it's really clever." Yes! I can't talk about you, just say it! What happened to you coming to me this time? ”

Xu Zhiqing smiled gently, noncommittal, although he was dressed in a poor sour patch with fine needle corners, he acted extremely elegantly, first bent down to pick up the book that fell on the ground, and then carefully took out a delicate sachet embroidered with a few wild geese from the page, and reached out and handed it to Yan Longyu, "Miss Tao asked me to transfer this to you." She asked me to tell you how far you should go, don't make trouble in the future, and it's best to find a good girl who is satisfied and live a down-to-earth life. ”

Obviously, the attentive woman had already guessed that Sun Juan's death was related to him Yan Longyu.

The young man put the soft sachet given to him by Sister Tao on the tip of his tall nose and smelled it, it was the smell of the woman's body.

Yan Longyu took out his pocket from his waist, stuffed all the broken silver in his pocket into Xu Zhiqing's hand, and said: "You take this silver, I beg you, take care of Sister Tao for me, don't let people bully her anymore, if it's not enough, I'll give it to you." ”

Xu Zhiqing, who couldn't get rid of the silver in his hand, looked directly at the young man in front of him, his eyes were complicated.

After all, I was not mistaken.

There are many unscrupulous laymen in this world who are unscrupulous for money, sex, and power, and you Yan Longyu are willing to kill the son of the county guard for a poor woman who has no relatives and no reason, and I Xu Zhiqing can sell this proud bone for you!

The scholar Xu Zhiqing solemnly saluted and said: "Okay, I accepted the money, and this silver should be regarded as your Yan Longyu buying my Xu Zhiqing's arrogance!" If you need anything in the future, just let me know. ”

"Since Mr. Qin gave someone the word 'Zhiqing', then I, Xu Zhiqing, will definitely live up to it!"

Yan Longyu knew what it meant to be able to say these words to this proud shabby scholar, and then he pushed towards Xu Zhiqing to the end, "Mr. Taofu is righteous, it is Long Yu who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!" ”

The scholar helped the boy up and quipped: "Your humble apology is really like my unreasonable lady." Haha, okay, your friend Yan Longyu, I, Xu Zhiqing, handed it over! ”

Yan Longyu scolded with a smile.

Face to face, hand in hand, the two of them laughed together.

Dugu Haoran nodded with satisfaction on the side. Only Yan Gui didn't know what was going on, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness Dugu, what are the little lord and Mr. Xu doing?" ”

Dugu Haodang said with a serious face: "They seem to be men and women worshipping in the church!" ”

After greeting the three people in the courtyard, Xu Zhiqing walked out of the courtyard with a handwritten letter from Yan Longyu's mentor Qin Ruoyang in his hand.

It was dark, and there had just been a homicide in the county, so there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets. The informal Xu Zhiqing simply squatted in the dim light in front of the window of a house on the side of the street and opened the teacher's handwritten letter.

Just as the reader was fascinated by the letter, two dark shadows gradually appeared on the street, slowly passing by him.

It turned out to be one man and one tiger!

The man had bronzed skin, thick arms, a tall figure, a leopard's head and eyes, and sharp corners, and although he was dressed in coarse cloth plain clothes, he wore official boots on his feet.

Behind the man is a ten-zhang long purple and black-veined hanging tiger, the tiger's back is equal to the man's shoulders, carrying a silver halberd full of cold light, the eyes of the purple tiger flicker with faint purple light from time to time in the dark, ordinary people can be frightened by it just by looking at it.

A man and a tiger who can only be described as fierce walked so blatantly on the streets of Fulong County Town, heading in the direction of the county guard's mansion.

When the man in cloth passed by Xu Zhiqing, who was concentrating on reading the letter, he also glanced at him deliberately, curious why this poor scholar was not afraid of them.

When the two behemoths walked away, Xu Zhiqing, who didn't notice all this, slowly came back to his senses, squinted and muttered: "Yan Xichen, good name!" Congratulations to Mr. for receiving the high apprentice, it turns out that Mr. You have already made this arrangement, and the disciple is willing to solve problems for the little junior brother and help him! ”

In fact, Qin Ruoyang, who watched Yan Longyu and Dugu Haolang grow up, had already paved the way for these two children. The old man arranged two of the three anonymous disciples he had received with His Royal Highness Dugu Haodang, and the other introduced him to his closed disciple, Yan Longyu.

The old emperor Qin Ruoyang didn't seem to have done anything, but he thought of everything for them.

——Fulong County Guard.

Sun Chang'an, the guardian of a county who had just experienced the pain of losing a child, wore a five-grade white pheasant supplement uniform, and fell asleep leaning on the back of his chair under the dim candlelight in the back office of the county guard.

In his sleep, Sun Changan vaguely heard a wail outside the yamen.

The white-haired Sun Changan slowly opened his eyes and sat up straight, his thin body was straightened, and the wail seemed to become real, very strange, so he cleared his throat and shouted out of the door: "Steward Liu, what's going on outside?" ”

Not long after the words came out, an old servant with triangular eyes ran in from outside, who was none other than Steward Liu of the county guard's mansion.

Steward Liu said eagerly: "Master, go out and have a look!" There was a man with a big purple tiger who said he wanted to see you, and he didn't say what he was doing. Our people can't stop it, and more than a dozen of them have been bitten to death by the purple tiger. ”

Outside the back yamen, the fire is lit.

More than 50 soldiers guarding the county and more than 50 servants in the palace were in a mess, surrounding one person and one tiger in the courtyard, but they did not dare to step forward.

The tall man who appeared on the street before sat on the back of the tiger with a silver halberd in his hand, closed his eyes, the purple tiger under his crotch was full of blood, and his eyes were glowing with a faint purple light, like a man-eating ghost, surrounded by mutilated bodies, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

As soon as he went out, Sun Changan, who saw such a scene, stumbled and almost fainted again, but fortunately he was supported by Steward Liu beside him. He held the butler's hand tightly, as if to embolden himself, and asked the man on the back of the tiger at the foot of the steps: "My son's bones are not cold, and the coffin is still in the front yard, is it because the sky is going to kill my grandson's family!" Who are the heroes in the courtyard? I, Sun Chang'an, have ever offended you. ”

The corners of the cloth man's mouth on the tiger's back hooked, he opened his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he directly threw out a gold-lettered token and flew towards Sun Changan.

Sun Changan, who didn't know martial arts, held his head and flashed to the side.

The man's arm strength was amazing, and the token was directly embedded in the door behind Sun Chang'an, and when the county guard was bent over and helped by Steward Liu to the door, he saw the words written on the token - Hong.

The man sneered and looked at the Fulong County guard on the steps who was so frightened that he couldn't stand steadily, and said with a full of anger: "This is the hospitality of your Fulong County?" Under the account of General Longwei Taiping, Zhao Dangkang, the general of Sanpin Anton, came to visit Sun Junshou tonight! ”

Hearing the name of that person, Sun Chang'an, the county guard, his eyes widened, as if he had been struck by lightning: Hong Yingang, the general of Taiping, the old national pillar Luan Lingyu Yizi, the head of the eight generals of Zhenguo today, the president of the 200,000 Xuanjia Army in Xiongzhou, and the man riding the purple tiger below is the head of the four generals of the Chinese army under Hong Yingang's account, and the "Dang Kangfu General" who has not lost a single battle in his life, Zhao Dangkang!

During the two hundred years of the Dazhao Dynasty in Wuzhao, the Central Plains was often surrounded by rebels and forces. In just two hundred years, Wu Zhao has changed sixteen emperors, most of whom are immediately at peace in the world, and it is rare to die a proper life, among which Emperor Shen Wu of You Xian reigned for the longest time, a full thirty-four years.

Wu Zhao Wu Zhao, so the limelight of military generals often overshadows Wenchen.

During the reign of Emperor Shenwu, Shenqing Song Guangji began to rectify the court and improve the military general official system, so that in the court, the literati and military generals had a tendency to go hand in hand.

Under the improvement of Song Shenqing, although the old system of military generals being half a grade lower than that of civil servants of the same rank was cancelled, only those with four or more military generals in the dynasty could be called generals, and those with two or more grades could be called generals.

The first rank of the military general can be called "dragon", the second rank is "town", the third rank is "An", and the fourth rank is "Ping", which cannot be surpassed, and the second rank and above military generals have limited positions and cannot be appointed or dismissed at will.

It can be said that the military generals can reach the second grade or above, which is the ultimate military general in the dynasty.

During the current Chunfeng Emperor period, Chen Qian personally named the only eight military generals above the second rank in the dynasty, and they were in charge of the eight armies of the dynasty.

Among them, except for Hong Yingang, who had a meritorious role in protecting the lord in the rebellion of the three kings, he was appointed by the emperor as the general of Longwei Taiping, and the remaining seven people were all generals with the word "town" in the second grade. Therefore, Hong Yingang is also known as the head of the eight generals of the Zhenguo, and there are even good people in the court who privately call the head of this military general "Wu Xiang", and the newly sealed "Wen Xiang" Zhu Yuanpu in the second year of Chunfeng is in court.

After Sun Chang'an, the county guard of Fulong, heard the name of the first military general of the current dynasty, he hurriedly invited the tall "messenger" in the courtyard into the back office of the county guard.

Zhao Dangkang, a young general from Sanpin, who was sitting on the main seat and dressed in cloth, glanced at the trembling Fulong County Guard in front of him, and said with a smile: "Sun County Shou, this is a family accident just happened?" ”

"I think you, Sun Chang'an, have also been in this Fulong County for more than ten years, so you don't want to go to Chang'an, the city of Qinzhou, to be an official?"

Sun Changan, who was flattering and restless, hurriedly smiled embarrassedly: "The second son of the family was killed by a traitor, and General Bulao is worried." ”

"If you want to be promoted, who doesn't want to! But you and the general also know that back then, Sun Chengjian, the secretary of the veteran department, offended His Majesty, and His Majesty did not kill the lower officials, which was already a sympathy for the lower officials, so how dare I hope to be promoted. ”

Zhao Dangkang snorted coldly, got up and walked towards the door with a smile, he didn't plan to continue chatting with this spineless Wenchen, "This position of Qinzhou is still vacant, and our general intends to cultivate Sun Junshou, so he sent me to inform you." I've been in Chang'an these days, and if you think about it, come to Chang'an City to find me. ”

"I'm looking forward to playing for the general with Sun Beijia."

Leaving these words, Zhao Dangkang took his purple tiger named "Ten Thousand Enemies" and left the county guard mansion in the night.

Sun Changan was stunned, looking at the back of the man who was far away, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, he was shrewd, although he lived in a place, he had insight into the situation in the court of Yuhuajing. He had long seen that Hong Yingang was not an idle person who was willing to live under the people for a long time, and one day, he might change the color of the world.

Whether to continue to live in old age, or to take risks and become extremely reckless, this choice is now in front of his Sun Changan.