Qin Chong and the others went out of the city, talking and laughing all the way back, and soon came to the intersection of the barracks.

Qin Zhong was still thinking about the Imperial City Division, and in his mind, I am afraid that only Liu Zihao's matter is the most likely to alarm the Imperial City Division. After all, the appearance of Shuaisi's token in the hands of Xixia Xizuo was in itself extremely shocking. What's more, now that Song Xia is waiting for him, war will come at any time.

With such a terrifying gimmick, coupled with the Chang family's fueling of the fire, it is not impossible to listen to the sky directly.

When I arrived at the camp gate, I asked, and sure enough, the soldiers of the Imperial City Division arrived here. It was ordered that Liu Zihao and others would be escorted to the capital for interrogation.

"Shayuan Supervisor mixed up in the fine work?" Coats's eyes widened in disbelief for a moment.

Shayuan Prison is far from the Yanzhou border, and there are seven or eight hundred miles if not thousands of miles.

In Gao Shixian's opinion, this is still the hinterland of the Central Plains, why did it mix in fine work? Besides, what military intelligence can there be here?

"There are horses here, the best war horses." Qin Zhong explained in a deep voice.

"So what? Can you still steal it? "Coats hasn't understood yet.

"Poison, kill the horse." Qin Zhong said coldly. This is the crime he planted against Liu Zihao, but now it has become the killer weapon of the Chang family.

"Holy shit." Gao Shixian finally thought of the terrible part, and couldn't help but burst into foul language.

Gao Shi was born in Jiangmen first, and he still knows some of the basic combat power of the Great Song Dynasty.

The problem of lack of horses can be said to have plagued the military progress of the Great Song Dynasty. Although part of it is related to the national policy of emphasizing literature over military force, another large part is the lack of important strategic resources: horses. This directly led to the weakness of the Great Song cavalry,

It further led to the embarrassment of the Great Song Dynasty's foreign military operations: there was more than enough code, but the attack was insufficient.

To put it bluntly, Da Song's offensive ability, especially his long-range running ability, is scum. Why? Because of the lack of horses. Even if you win a battle, how can you catch up with the enemy as long as you pull out your horse and leave, and you can only chase after you with your legs? Even if you win, you can't extend the victory.

So, why did the Great Song Dynasty lack horses? Two reasons.

One is for historical reasons. The Great Song Dynasty put an end to the turbulent times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and at the same time carried a heavy burden.

That is the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun were sent out by Shi Jingjiao, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, and obtained the support of the Khitan by calling his ministers, recognizing his father, and accepting land, and destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty. Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Guangyi of Taizong all tried to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but unfortunately they all failed.

The 16 states of Youyun are not only an important border defense belt, but also an important production area of good horses. The loss of this strategic place directly dragged down the military strike force of the Great Song Dynasty. So, in addition to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, what other horse-producing areas are there? There are also two Huai regions.

But unfortunately, this is the richest area of the Great Song Dynasty, and the capital Kaifeng is here. Densely populated, business and trade prosperous.

Such a place is naturally not suitable for raising horses, because it is too prosperous.

This is another reason, the population is booming, the land is cultivated and utilized, and there is no area for raising horses at all.

Only Shayuan Jian remained, a god-given pearl-like horse breeding land, eighty miles from east to west, and thirty miles from north to south.

The cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty, more than half of the war horses, came from the Shayuan Prison.

Its importance can be imagined, it has really been poisoned, how can this battle be fought?

"What kind of trial is there to try, and the corpses of the five horses will be directly divided." Coats was furious when he ascended first.

was shouting here, the camp gate suddenly opened with a hula, He Wu'er collapsed his waist with a long knife, and walked out majestically.

"What are you doing here? Hurry up and get to the side. When He Wu'er saw Qin Chong, he immediately glared and shouted.

I saw that in the camp gate, a convoy slowly walked out, and the first person was the costume of the Imperial City Division, tall and tall, with a solemn face. When I look at it, I feel cold behind it. After that, the prisoner cars drove out one after another, and there were soldiers guarding the left and right, and the precautions were very tight.

The Imperial City Division acted differently from ordinary yamen, without the bad habit of eating, drinking, and taking, and was decisive and never dragged mud and water.

Qin Chong was shocked to find that the Cui family and his wife were also in the prison car, the difference was that there were no shackles.

Father Cui also saw Qin Chong, and sat up straight suddenly, his eyes looked straight at Qin Chong, but he didn't dare to speak.

Qin Zhong knew what he meant, this was not at ease Xiao Nizi, and couldn't help nodding vigorously.

This is the helplessness of Xiaomin, who is obviously innocent, but he is a prisoner. His own destiny is not up to him at all.

The prisoner car gradually moved away, and Qin Chong looked at the smoke and dust raised in a daze, unable to return to his senses for a long time.

"Those five men, it's a pity." He Wu'er walked over and said regretfully.

The five men He Wu'er said were the soldiers of the sneaky battalion a few days ago. The old ghost remembered the feelings of his comrades, and had the intention to let them go, but he didn't expect that Chang Wanli came too quickly, and they were all imprisoned. After the interrogation, I learned that they were implicated with Liu Zihao, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This is another incriminating evidence sent to the door, so the flail is added, and the dungeon is guarded to prevent escape.

Today, together with Liu Zihao and others, they were involved in the case of poisoning war horses. In the end, even if you can survive, this life will be over.

"Greed, hatred, ignorance, slow suspicion, five poisons harm people's hearts." Qin Zhong sighed deeply.

"You still practice Buddhism?" Coats first seemed to have been stepped on by the tail, and jumped high in surprise.

"Who said this is the Dharma?" Qin Zhong deliberately raised the bar and refused to admit it.

"Greed, hatred, and ignorance, how is it not the Dharma?" Coats stalked his neck first.

"Is this the Dao Fa?"

"How did it become the Tao again?" Coats was confused first.

"Do you know the three obstacles and ten evils?" Qin Chong rolled his eyes and ignored Gao Shixian.

"What three obstacles? Ten evils? "Coats has a weak heart, where does he understand this. It's just that now the emperor worships the Tao, and the whole people worship the Tao. If you don't worship the Tao, it's as if you're not loyal enough to the emperor. The more official eunuchs are, the more they care about these. Gao Shixian was surprised that Qin re-cultivated the Buddha, and that was the case.

A cloud and mountain fog shrouded Gao Shixian in a flicker, and Qin Zhong followed He Wu'er into the gate.

"What are the three obstacles and ten evils?" He Wu'er was also very curious, so she asked.

"I don't know." Qin Zhong said with a serious face.

"Haha, what about fooling the silly boy with you?" He Wu'er laughed.

"Well, it's stupid." Qin nodded emphatically.

"Stupider than you?" He Wu'er's face twitched, and he looked at Qin Chong with disdain.

"Where am I stupid? Where am I stupid? "Qin Chongdeng was in a hurry, why did he say that he was on his body again? He himself forgot that in the Xiao Riding Camp, he was the veritable silly boy, with a straightforward personality, his brain did not turn, and he was cowardly when he read a book.

But that was before, and now Qin Chongke resolutely refuses to admit it, and his brain is good. Don't you see Gao Shixian, are you still covered at the door?

The Xiao cavalry battalion finally selected ten people, led by Dutou Shi Yong, and rushed to Yanzhou to find the lost horses.

Chang Wanli agreed to Qin Chong's entourage, and temporarily added his military status and awarded him the rank of ten generals. After all, I went to Yanzhou, and during the period, I passed through the state and county, and I didn't have a suitable identity, and the horses and weapons I carried with me were too troublesome to verify. said that he couldn't meet the more serious one, so he detained Qin Chong.

With a military position, going to Yanzhou is official business. With the documents issued by the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, you can go all the way.

After receiving military uniforms and horses, Qin Chong was considered to have enlisted in the army. Happily, the horse he had been longing for was finally obtained.

Dutou Shi Yong has the highest military position, and he originally wanted to take his subordinates, after all, he is used to it. However, he couldn't afford to provoke the old ghost and a group of veterans, so he had no choice but to leave his subordinates and join the old ghost, He Wu'er and other seven people to the team. There was only one person left by his side.

plus Qin Chong, exactly ten people. It was agreed that he would leave tomorrow, and Qin Zhong would leave the camp and go home.

Coats waited outside the camp gate, squatting boredly on the ground and fiddling with a swarm of ants. The barracks are not allowed to trespass, and he naturally understands the rules when he is a general, so he doesn't have to follow in. He has been accustomed to the military camp since he was a child, and he has long lost his freshness. It's just that this time, but it's not a short time.

"You've finally come out, and my gray hair is going to grow." As soon as Gao Shi saw Qin Chong first, he immediately complained.

"Huh? There really is gray hair. Qin Zhong grabbed Gao Shixian's shoulder and said very exaggeratedly.

"Huh? Is there really one? Gao Shi was stunned for a moment, and said again and again, "Where?" Where? Pull it out for me. ”

Qin Zhong laughed, left Gao Shi first. At this time, Gao Shixian realized that he had been tricked, pretended to be annoyed, and gritted his teeth.

"Qin Sanlang, I'm going to fight you for three hundred rounds."

"And." Qin Chong didn't look back, raised his hand and waved it disdainfully.

The two frolicked all the way and chased each other back to the Qin Mansion. As soon as I entered the door, I suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the house was not right. I saw Qin Xiao, Qin Muyao, Aunt Liu and others standing in the front yard, and even Aunt Hou, who rarely showed up, was also present, and by her side, she was accompanied by Qin Muling, the youngest girl of the Qin family.

Suddenly seeing the daughter of the Qin family, Gao Shixian was embarrassed, hurriedly said hello, and hid in the West Cross Courtyard.

"Third brother, something happened to my father." Qin Xiao looked a little panicked, and grabbed Qin Chong.

"Ugh." Qin Chong sighed secretly, he didn't want to say it. Unexpectedly, Qin Xiao also got the news, which alarmed everyone in the family.

"Huzi, what the hell is going on?" Aunt Yun was also shocked.

"It's not a big deal, you don't have to be so nervous." Qin Chong smiled and comforted everyone.

In this day and age, man is heaven. Once something happens, it's like the sky falls. Just like the Qin family, Qin Yutian has worked hard for half his life, and with today's family business, it can be said that he has supported the Qin family alone. Whether it is a wife or a concubine or a child, they are all dependent on Qin Yutian.

If something happened to Qin Yutian, all this would collapse in a blink of an eye. If it is connected, it will suffer a miserable fate. Because there was a law in the Great Song Dynasty, the families of the convicts, the men were either sentenced to death or exiled, and the female dependents were filled into the workshop. Once you enter the workshop, life and death are not up to you. If it weren't for the great opportunity, it wouldn't have come out until death.

Just think, how can everyone in the Qin family not panic?

"The Xiaocai battalion has sent troops, and we will leave for Yanzhou tomorrow, and I will go with me." Qin Zhong said.

"You're going too?

Qin Muyao was startled, and rushed over to grab Qin Chong, and there was already a cry in her words. "How can you go? How can you go? ”

"Yes, third brother, Yanzhou is a battlefield now, just in case." Qin Xiao wanted to dissuade Qin Chong, but as soon as the words came out, he couldn't say anything at all. When the father is in prison, how can the son stand idly by? As the eldest son, if he doesn't go, how can he stop his younger brother from going?

"Just now, I have made up the military registration, and now I am a tenth general of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion."

"This?" Aunt Liu was stunned when she heard this, but it was against Qin Yutian's wishes.

At the beginning, Qin Yutian sent Qin Chong to study, and he made it clear that he was not allowed to practice martial arts, let alone let Qin Chong enter the army. All of Qin Yutian's expectations are for Qin Chong to study hard and to take the imperial examination to glorify the lintel of the Qin family. Now that Qin has re-entered the military, after Qin Yutian found out, he still didn't know how to be like thunder.

I don't know what I thought, Aunt Liu glanced at Qin Chong vaguely, lowered her head and said nothing.

"Third brother, third brother." I don't know when, Qin Muling ran to Qin Chong's side.

Qin Zhong lowered his head and saw a pale little face with tears on his face, and he couldn't help but feel a jerk in his heart. Qin Muling has been frail and sickly since she was a child, and she has been living with the Hou family and almost never leaving the house. Because of this, Qin Chong rarely sees her.

bent down and picked up the little girl, and the two looked at each other. Qin Muling was only seven years old, and her body was thin like a light feather. The little face is delicate, and like her sister, she is also a little beauty. The eyes are pure and immaculate, like sparkling gemstones.

"Third brother, I also want to go to Yanzhou."

"Are you going to Yanzhou to find your father?" Qin Zhong said with a smile.

"Hmm." The little girl nodded fiercely.

"Looking for Daddy, the third brother goes, you wait at home obediently."

"When are you coming back?"

"Soon."

"How fast is it soon?"

This trip to Yanzhou to find a horse is a bit of luck. Horses are not lost for no reason, someone must have stolen them. They don't wait where they are, and they don't go around. In such a situation, it is difficult to find a horse.

The little girl asked how fast, but Qin Chong couldn't answer. A month or two? Three or four months? It's all possible. Suddenly, Qin Chong saw the maple tree in the courtyard, which had just entered summer, and the leaves were still green. Then he said, "When the leaves are red, my father and brother will definitely be able to go home together." ”

The family was originally nervous, but fortunately, Qin Zhong was stable and behaved casually and naturally, not like a big deal. The mood slowly eased, and the family dispersed to go to their own business. However, everyone knows that something happened to the Qin family. An indescribable feeling of depression spread out in the courtyard.

Qin Muyao knew that she couldn't persuade her, so she stopped persuading and accompanied Aunt Yun to pack up for Qin Chong.

A change of clothes was packed in two large bags. That's not all, washing, healing, eating and drinking, it's two big bags.

Seeing this, Qin Muyao picked up another set of tea sets, pondering which burden to stuff into, Qin Chong couldn't bear it anymore and snatched it over.

"It's not moving, why are you bringing so many things?"

"What's more?" Qin Muyao snatched the tea set and glared at Qin Chong fiercely, tears rolling in her eyes. "The place is windy and sandy, and there is a drought and lack of water, so the draft is a problem. I heard that the people over there, don't take a shower for half a year and a year, and don't change some clothes frequently, you still stink to death? ”

"My sister is really knowledgeable." Qin Chong couldn't see his sister crying, so he hurriedly laughed and slapped his ass.

"Hmph." Qin Muyao ignored Qin Chong and packed her luggage.

"Sister, there is such a shortage of water over there, what are you doing with a tea set?"

"Oh yes." Qin Muyao was stunned, glanced at Qin Chong fiercely, untied the burden and took out the tea set.

was packing up, and Sanyuer carried a big burden, sweating profusely, and entered the house with a snort.

With a "bang", the burden was thrown on the ground, and the sound was very heavy. Looking at Sansa'er again, he was already sitting on the ground, panting with his mouth open.

"What is this?" Qin Muyao asked.

"Money." Sansatou gasped and uttered a word. Three times and two times untied the burden, and a large pile of copper coins were scattered.

"Where did you get all this money?" The pile of copper coins like a hill startled Qin Muyao.