Mrs. Cao bowed and said, "Thank you King Yan for your concern, the women have already thought about it." I think my lord will do his best for the Zhao Song official family, and the Zhao Song official family will not doubt my lord's loyalty no matter how confused he is. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Since you have thought it through, I won't say anything." I can only wish you all to take care of yourself all the way. "Thank you, King Yan! The women wish King Yan peace and peace and rule the world as soon as possible! The women of the people are retired! Yang Peng nodded. Mrs. Cao bowed and retreated. Cao Yong hurriedly hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said, "King Yan, go down and send your sister-in-law." "Go ahead." Cao Hu bowed to Yang Peng, caught up with Mrs. Cao, and left together.

The next morning, Cao Hu came to the post house and saw that King Yan was talking to Sun Wei, the general of the Hanzhong Army, and immediately stepped forward to bow and said, "My subordinates meet King Yan." Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Cao Hu turned to Sun Hao and hugged his fists and said, "General Sun." Sun Wei replied: "Lord Cao." ”

Yang Peng asked Cao Hu: "Is Sister-in-law's family gone?" "Yes, just now my subordinates personally sent them out of Tanzhou. The sister-in-law specially instructed her subordinates to thank King Yan on their behalf. ”

Yang Peng sighed, "Thank you for not needing, I just hope that nothing will happen to them this time!" Cao Hu couldn't help but be worried.

Sun Wei said: "Confucianism always talks about people all day long, but in fact, it is extremely cruel to its own people!" What does it say that the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, such nonsense that doesn't make sense is actually a golden rule! As long as the loyalty of a courtier is slightly doubted, it is often doomed! Lord Wu ordered his sister-in-law to go, I really can't say whether it is evil or lucky! Cao Hu glanced at Sun Wei with some surprise, although Sun Hao had already defected to Yanyun, but the two were old acquaintances, in Wu Lin's impression, Sun Hao was quite a researcher of Confucian classics, and had been praised by Emperor Huizong, but he didn't expect that the pedant who studied Confucian classics in the past is so gritted his teeth and pointed at Confucianism today. Thinking of the situation that his sister-in-law might encounter this time, Wu Lin couldn't help sighing, and said helplessly: "My sister-in-law insists on going to reunite with her brother, and she can only resign herself to fate!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand, "Don't think about the bad place, from another aspect, Zhao Song can still maintain the current situation, it can be said that it all depends on Cao Yong and Zhang Jun." If Wu Jue's loyalty was problematic, Zhao Song Jiangshan would have been finished long ago! This simple truth Zhao Heng can understand no matter how stupid he is, so he shouldn't have doubts about Cao Yong's loyalty just because Mrs. Cao's family passed from us. Sun Wei said: "I'm afraid that King Yan is treating others with himself!" If the Yellow Emperor of the Zhao family had such insight and mind as King Yan, why would he be like this! Cao Hu sighed, shook his head and said, "My sister-in-law is gone, no matter if it's good or bad, I can't care about it." I only hope that my sister-in-law and brother can be auspicious! ”

Then he hugged his fist at Yang Peng with an apologetic face and said: "My subordinates are ashamed, because of their subordinates' family affairs, King Yan is annoyed." ”

Yang Peng shook his head, "You and I are our own people, don't say these unseemly words." Cao Hu only felt warm in his heart, and when he thought of the business, he hurriedly said: "Since Jinghu South Road was subdued by our Yanyun, my subordinates have followed the instructions of King Yan to implement various policies. Everything else is fine, there is only one problem. Yang Peng waited for the following, and Cao Hu continued: "About the distribution of land. Since Jiangnan is not like the Central Plains in Jiangbei, it was first stirred up by the Khitans, and a lot of land can be disposed of as ownerless land, and the land in Jiangnan has owners, and the masters are the gentry and outsiders from all over the country, so there is not much land that can be distributed to ordinary people for a while. ”

Yang Peng asked: "Has the tax policy been promulgated?" ”

Cao Hu said: "It has been promulgated, and the squires of the scholar clan are full of complaints, and there are many radical remarks among them!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said indifferently: "Let them say whatever they want, our policy is implemented correctly!" Cao Hu said with some concern: "King Yan, if we insist on implementing such a peasant tax, I am afraid that the entire gentry class of the scholar clan will be our enemy, and at that time, my subordinates are worried that there will be an uncontrollable situation!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand, "The squires of the scholar clan are the cornerstone of the stability of the country, and at that time, Confucianism fooled the words of the rulers, and the squires of the scholar clan have never been the cornerstone of the country!" The cornerstone of the country is the millions of ordinary people, as long as they can get benefits from the country and can feel happy, even if all the gentry and gentry in the world rebel together, it is just a gust of fresh wind, not worth mentioning! ”

Cao Hu is still worried. This is not to blame, after all, his long-term education has always made him think that it is important to stabilize the squire, and his mind cannot turn for a while.

Yang Peng smiled: "You don't have to worry, no matter how fierce the squire of the scholar clan is, they won't be able to make any trouble!" We only need to do real things for the majority of the people, if the gentry want to turn the sky upside down, without us taking action, the people will never agree! Cao Hu nodded, hugged his fists and said, "Yan Wang is wise!" Although Cao Hu was still worried in his heart, with his wisdom, he could naturally understand the truth in King Yan's words.

Yang Peng pondered: "The pressure on the squires of the noble clan is not enough now, they will not sell their land for a while!" He looked at Cao Hu and said, "The agricultural tax that was originally levied at the end of the year will be collected in advance and implemented immediately." ”

Cao Hu clenched his fists and promised, frowning and said: "I'm afraid that this stimulation is too strong, and some squires of the scholar clan may be hot and take risks!" ”

Yang Peng said: "For this, it is natural to be prepared. He smiled, "Now there are hundreds of thousands of troops on Jinghu South Road, and I am not afraid that the squires of the Shi clan will rebel, I am afraid that they will not rebel!" It's better that all of them jump out and make trouble, just to put them in one pot and solve all the problems at once! Cao Hu looked at Yang Peng with wide eyes. Yang Peng smiled: "Okay, don't worry! Don't take the gentry too seriously! At the beginning in Sichuan, the gentry of the Sichuan clan secretly colluded, and united many local officials to rebel, what was the result? Gone in an instant! Their actions did not cause much damage, but they added countless money and food to Yan Yun's public treasury, and made a great contribution to Yan Yun! ”

Cao Hu's heart moved, glanced at King Yan, and said secretly: King Yan wouldn't have deliberately stimulated the squires of the scholar clan to rebel in order to confiscate their family property, right? Then he felt that this idea was too incredible, and couldn't help but shake his head. Yang Peng smiled and asked, "You shake your head, do you still disagree with my decision?" ”

Cao Hu hurriedly said: "The subordinates didn't mean this, the subordinates thought of something else." Yang Peng said: "If there is no doubt, just be so confident." Cao Hu bowed and promised. Yang Peng glanced at Cao Hu and Sun Hao, "If you don't have anything else, go and get busy with yourself." The two of them said yes and bowed down. Yang Peng called Wang Kai and instructed: "Call a team of people, change into civilian clothes, and let's go out for a walk." Wang Kai promised and ran down.

Soon after, dozens of secret guards led by Yang Peng and Wang Kai rode out of the post house in civilian clothes and out of Tanzhou along the street. Came to the edge of the Xiangjiang River, only to see the green willows, the Xiangshui rippling, the fishermen set up a small boat to cast nets on the Xiangjiang River to fish, the unique Hunan fishing song floated along the river breeze, the river color fishermen contrasted with each other, so wonderful Jiangnan scenery.

Yang Peng enjoyed the scenery along the river and couldn't help but linger. When I came to a riverside, I saw a sandbar in the middle of the river, and there were several houses on the sandbank, and I couldn't help but think of the orange island head that I had been to back then, and the past was separated by thousands of years, but this scenery seemed to have not changed. Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh.

Before you know it, it's going to be noon. Wang Kai stepped forward and said, "Master, it's almost noon, let's go back." Yang Peng looked up at the sun, the sun was really about to reach the middle of the sky, and the sun was a little less gentle and a little more hot. Nodding, "Okay, go back." He turned his head to look at the spring color of Xiangjiang and said with a smile: "When Han Bing comes, I will come back to play." Immediately, the group turned their horses' heads and galloped towards Tanzhou.

Not far away, a woman's exclamation for help came from the woods on the right. Yang Peng and his entourage hurriedly restrained their horses. Yang Peng asked, "Did you hear that?" At that moment the exclamation was heard again, very sad and frightened, as if something terrible had happened to the woman. Yang Peng frowned, and immediately rode his horse towards the woods. The guards were worried that King Yan would lose, so they hurriedly urged their horses to follow.

A large group of people rode into the woods, and saw a group of bandits not far away surrounding a young woman, and one of the bandits had pressed the woman against the trunk of a tree and was tearing her clothes to do the trespass, and the bandits were all around and were eager to try and laugh.

Yang Peng was furious and shouted: "Stop! The bandits were startled, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, and saw a group of knights rushing towards them, and they all changed color in horror. Immediately threw down the woman, turned around and fled. Yang Peng and the others rode their horses to chase after them, slashing and slashing, and in an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere in the woods, and corpses were everywhere. In the end, Yang Peng and the others surrounded the bandit leader who almost violated the woman.

Seeing that Yang Peng and the others had slashed and killed more than 20 of his subordinates in an instant, the bandit leader was already frightened, and shouted: "Okay, good man, we have no grievances and no enemies, why force people too much!" Yang Peng didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he glanced at the king, and the latter immediately stepped forward. The bandit leader realized that it was not good, he was shocked, and immediately wanted to dance the knife to resist, but the Pu knife in his hand had just been raised, and the opponent rushed to the front of him, the knife flashed, and the head flew into the sky against the backdrop of blood. Wang Kai rushed over and turned his horse's head. Only then did the headless body of the bandit leader fall backwards.

The rescued woman came over with the support of the maidservant, bowed to Yang Peng Yingying, and said gratefully: "Thank you for the great grace of the strong man for saving me!" Yang Peng glanced at her and couldn't help but show surprise, because the woman was unexpectedly beautiful.

Yang Peng was surprised to find that the woman in front of him was very beautiful, although she was very embarrassed, she couldn't hide her natural beauty! Although this woman is not as good as Yan Ji and other women, she is slightly better than An Qian, Yang Tong, etc., especially the kind of pitiful temperament, which makes people can't help but have the urge to protect her.

The woman bowed to the maid with the support of her maidservant, "Thank you for saving me!" Yang Peng looked at the corpses of the bandits around him, frowned slightly, turned around and asked the woman, "Who are you?" The woman said with a sad expression: "The little woman went to Tanzhou to join her relatives, but she didn't expect to encounter bandits here!" Miaomu looked at Yang Peng and said gratefully: "Thanks to the strong man for saving me!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "How do you know that I am a good person?" Maybe I'm a bandit, too! The woman snorted, and the maidservant next to her looked frightened.

Yang Peng smiled: "I'm kidding you." The woman smiled: "I didn't expect the strong man to be a funny person." Then he asked, "I wonder where the strong man is going?" Yang Peng said: "Go back to Tanzhou." The woman showed joy and hurriedly said, "I wonder if my master and maid can walk with the strong man?" Yang Peng nodded, "Yes." The woman was very pleased, and Ying Ying bowed: "Thank you strong man!" Yang Peng smiled: "No thanks, I'm very happy to be able to walk with beautiful women!" The woman smiled slightly, and a strange look flashed in her eyes.

Yang Peng asked the two women, "Do you know how to ride a horse?" ”

The woman said, "The little woman can't ride a horse. Yang Peng felt that it was difficult to do, the two of them had just met, and they didn't even know their names, so naturally it was not easy to share a horse, so he said: "In this case, let's go to Tanzhou on foot together." Then he turned over and dismounted, and when Wang Kai and all the secret guards saw that Yang Peng had dismounted, they naturally dismounted. The woman said apologetically: "It's me who dragged down the strong man's trip!" Yang Peng smiled, "Even if you go to Tanzhou, you can't delay any trip." He looked up at the sky and said to the woman, "Let's go, maybe we can have lunch in time." The woman answered. Yang Peng and his entourage led the horse and turned around and walked out of the woods, and the woman hurriedly led the maidservant to follow.

The woman and Yang Peng walked side by side, although Yang Peng did not walk fast, but because of his tall stature and large stride, the woman had to walk quickly to keep up, and after a while, the woman was panting, and some strength was overwhelmed. Seeing this, Yang Peng reacted, so he slowed down and said secretly: "It seems that this is a young lady, and she has gasped like this after walking these few steps!" But why did she, such a delicate lady, go out with a maidservant? This question flashed through my mind, but this thought was immediately put to the back of my mind, after all, I didn't know her well, so there was really no need to ask so much.

Seeing that Yang Peng slowed down, the woman also slowed down, and glanced at Yang Peng gratefully. Suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "The little woman's surname is Zhou, the two-character Bingqian, I don't know what to call a strong man?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Miss's name is just good, my name is much more rustic than Miss's, my name is Yang Mu." The name Yang Peng has long been known to the world, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Yang Peng simply said Yang Mu's fake name again.

Zhou Bingqian smiled and said: "The name of the strong man is also simple!" After a pause, Jiao Yan blushed slightly and said: "If the strong man doesn't dislike it, the little girl will call you big brother!" ”

Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but flutter, smiled, and said jokingly: "That relationship is good, there is such a beautiful girl in the country!" Zhou Bingqian smiled, glanced at Chen Xiao, and saw that Yang Peng was looking at herself, so she quickly turned her head away, looking shy and timid. Yang Peng couldn't help but smile, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart why he was so blessed!

Zhou Bingqian suddenly stopped with a sigh. Yang Peng stopped, looked at her, and asked, "What's wrong?" Zhou Bingqian frowned and said, "Little sister forgot her luggage!" This is the voice of her personal maid, and said, "Miss, our luggage is still in Qinghe Town!" ”

Yang Peng knew that this Qinghe Town was twenty miles east of Tanzhou, almost ten miles away from here, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Since you live in Qinghe Town, why did you come here?" Zhou Bingqian said embarrassedly: "It's all to blame on the little sister!" The little sister led the sycamore out this morning to enjoy the scenery, all the way over, lingering, unconsciously arrived here, but met bandits! If you hadn't met the eldest brother, the consequences would have been unimaginable! ”

Yang Peng said: "This matter is easy to do, you tell me which inn you are staying in, and I will ask a subordinate to bring things for you." Zhou Bingqian blushed and twisted Nini and said, "This, I'm afraid this is inconvenient!" Yang Peng was puzzled, and then understood: "Nine times out of ten, there are some women's private belongings that are really inconvenient for others to touch." When I thought about this, I couldn't help but smile. Zhou Bingqian saw Yang Peng's expression, and became even more shy, hanging her head and not daring to look at Yang Peng.

Yang Peng smiled: "In that case, I will accompany you to Qinghe Town." Zhou Bingqian said in embarrassment: "This, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!" Glancing at Yang Peng, "Will it delay the matter of the eldest brother?" Yang Peng smiled: "Now I am very idle, and I don't delay anything." Zhou Bingqian said happily: "Then there will be Brother Lao!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Since you call me eldest brother, why are you so polite!" Zhou Bingqian showed a shy look and lowered her head.

The group turned around and headed to Qinghe Town in the east. Because Zhou Bingqian's master and maid could not ride a horse, the speed of walking was really limited, and they had to take care of the delicate Zhou Bingqian, so the group stopped and stopped, walking very slowly, until dusk, the group arrived in Qinghe Town. At this time, under the reflection of the sunset, Qinghe Town seems to be dressed in a dim yellow coat, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is a wonderful place with beautiful scenery; The smoke curls in Qinghe Town, and the people who have worked all day are returning home, and the mother leans against the door and shouts the child's name, anxious with a little annoyance; The lights have been lit, as far as the eye can see, like stars, the inns and restaurants have been lively, the travelers sit down in the tavern inn, chatting and drinking, and the fatigue of the day has dissipated imperceptibly.

Yang Peng and his entourage followed Zhou Bingqian's master and maid into an inn, and then walked down the wooden staircase to the outside of the room on the second floor. Zhou Bingqian turned around, blushed slightly and said to Chen Xiao: "Big brother, little sister, little sister go and clean up first." Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Zhou Bingqian looked shy, pushed open the door, went in with the maidservant, and closed the door.

After a while, the door opened again, and Zhou Bingqian stood at the door and asked, "Big brother, please come in." Yang Peng walked in, Wang Kai followed, and the others were still guarding the door.

Yang Peng smelled a faint fragrance and said secretly: The place where girls live is always so fragrant.

Zhou Bingqian asked Yang Peng to sit down, and then ordered Wutong to prepare tea, and Wutong answered and left. Zhou Bingqian sat down next to Yang Peng and said apologetically: "Little sister lives in a foreign country, there is nothing to entertain the eldest brother!" Yang Peng smiled: "Since my little sister calls me eldest brother, why should I be so polite!" Between brothers and sisters, just feel free! Zhou Bingqian nodded with a slight flush. Turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, and said apologetically: "It's all my fault for the little sister, I delayed the time!" He turned around and said, "Big brother, it seems that you also have to stay at the guest house tonight!" ”

Yang Peng felt that if he didn't return overnight, the civil and military forces in Tanzhou didn't know what to look like, and said, "Let's go overnight." I'll hire you a carriage, and you'll be back in Tanzhou in a short time." ”

Zhou Bingqian said: "But the city gate is closed now, even if you get to Tanzhou, you can't enter the city?" Yang Peng smiled: "Your eldest brother has a way." Zhou Bingqian looked at Yang Peng in surprise, then her expression moved, and she asked curiously: "Could it be that the eldest brother is not an ordinary person, but the legendary Yanyun warrior?" ”

Yang Peng laughed and said, "So to speak." Zhou Bingqian showed a look of amazement, and then smiled: "Little sister should have thought of it a long time ago." The eldest brother is so brave and extraordinary, and his subordinates are all brave and good at fighting, except for the mighty Yan Yun generals and Yan Yun Army, who else can there be? ”

At this time, Wutong came in with a pot of hot tea, and came to the table to pour a bowl of tea for Yang Peng and Zhou Bingqian. Zhou Bingqian took a sip of the tea bowl, but Yang Peng did not move. Zhou Bingqian saw that Yang Peng didn't drink tea, and asked puzzledly: "Why doesn't the eldest brother drink tea, is it because he thinks this tea can't be eaten?" Yang Peng smiled: "I'm not thirsty." Then he stood up and said, "Pack up, and we'll set off in a moment." Zhou Bingqian stood up and answered.

Yang Peng said: "I'll go out first." Then he walked out of the room and said to one of the guards outside the door, "Go to the town and hire a carriage." The secret guard answered, and ran down. Yang Peng said to another secret guard: "You go and settle the house money of Miss Zhou's master and maid." The guard answered, and ran downstairs.

The door rang softly, Yang Peng turned around, and saw Zhou Bingqian walking out with the support of the maid Wutong, who was carrying two small packages on her back. Chen Xiao smiled and asked, "Are you okay?" Zhou Bingqian nodded, "It's okay." Let the eldest brother wait for a long time. Yang Peng said: "Then let's go." Then he went downward, and the people followed.

Everyone came to the door and waited, and after a while, a carriage with a green cloth wooden shed drove to the door of the inn and stopped. The driver of the carriage was a middle-aged man, with an honest appearance, and next to him sat the secret guard who had just been ordered to find the carriage. The secret guard jumped down, hugged his fist at Chen Xiao and said, "Master, you can only find such a carriage here." ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.