Zheng Anping went home with the township, and the other three decided to rest in the post for a night before going home because their homes were far away. The four of them made an appointment on duty: Zheng Anping will be on duty alone for a whole day tomorrow; Starting the day after tomorrow, everyone gathers during the day and takes turns on duty at night.

Along the way, the villagers were in a warm mood, describing their various hardships and sorrows in the camp, expressing their beautiful hopes for the coming year, and wishing each other well.

The people of Donghongli had a dinner at Liangxiyi, and it was already late when they came back, and the people's army in the neighborhood had already returned. So when they came back, all the people who could still move around in the whole area gathered in the square in front of the house. As soon as the crowd arrived, they were immediately claimed by the families. Only Zheng Anping was alone, passing through the lively alleys, and came to the courtyard that was thrown out of the back alone, and pushed the door open with a "squeak", and Zhang Lu came out of the wing. Zheng Anping went over and said, "Mr. is well!" ”

Zhang Lu said: "Son's well! Let's change your clothes first! ”

Zheng Anping followed his words, went back to the hall first, hung the armor and crossbow arrows on the rack, leaned the spear on the side beam of the column, changed into a regular uniform, and entered Zhang Lu's wing.

As soon as he entered the wing, Zheng Anping couldn't wait to ask: "Why did the Qin people enter the customs and leave in only three or a few days?" I want to regain the rest of the month. ”

Zhang Lu said: "The food of the Qin people is not enough to last for a long time. ”

Zheng Anping said: "There is a lot of grain in the garden, but there is no grain? ”

Zhang Lu said: "You don't know. The Qin people conquered, and there was no Ding Wok to go together, but they only prepared bowls. Its grain is all fired, and only three catties of millet can get one catty of grain. The Qin people always have ten catties of grain with them, as little as ten days, and more than a month, and the grain will be exhausted. The grain of the fields is all rice. Without cooking, it is difficult to swallow, and the Qin people do not agree. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Since the Qin people have no food, they should retreat that day, so why invade me?" ”

Zhang Lu said with a smile: "This marquis wants to help himself. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Why do you want to help yourself? ”

Zhang Lu said: "Qin Xiang is the marquis, and his seal is Tao, and in this world, the place where wealth and goods gather. In the past, Tao Zhu Gong relied on it, gathered three times and scattered three times, and there was a good one. However, Tao Di is easy, although ten thousand people have nothing to keep it, it is not so solid as the foundation, and the foundation is also. Since the sealing of the pottery, every time you want to expand it, you must strengthen the city to be solid. Today, the Liang is attacked with strange soldiers, and its intention is to cook dates on the edge of the Liang, and want to get a big pottery. ”

Zheng Anping was very unfamiliar with the geography of these mountains and rivers, and asked: "How far away is pottery and boiled dates?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "About three hundred miles. ”

Zheng Anping said: "It's not far away. ”

Zhang Lu said: "Wei is narrow, only a hundred miles away from the Han capital Zheng, and only two hundred miles away from the Chu capital Chen. It is 500 miles away from Handan, the capital of Zhao, in the north. It is three hundred miles away from Tao, and it is far away! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Qin and Liang, how many ways are there?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "Daliang to Qinbian Pass Hangu, it is a thousand miles, from Hangu to Xianyang, another five hundred miles. ”

Zheng Anping said: "He Qin is big, and Wei is small." ”

Zhang Lu said: "Although Qin is big, the earth is bitter and cold, the land is thin and the people are poor, and it is in the wilderness. Although Wei is small, the rivers and canals are all around, the wilderness is thousands of miles, and the things are abundant and the people are rich. Each has its own short and long lengths. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Wei and Qin are on the same side, and the marquis has to use big pottery, and the Qin soldiers retreat. ”

Zhang Lu said: "There is no big difference in what you say. However, the given is not boiled dates, and the real temperature is also. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Covered with big pottery, He Yi is no different." ”

Zhang Lu said: "No." If you have to boil jujubes, you will use big pottery, and if you have temperature, you will use Da Nanyang. ”

Zheng Anping said: "What is Nanyang? ”

Zhang Lu said: "Nanyang Zhouji, with the rebellion of the prince, King Jin Qin has merit, and it is given to Jin. The three families are divided, each has its own land, staggered in between, and there is no division. In the past, Qin and Wei fought repeatedly. In the former, Qin was in Kaifeng and Wei He, and the eight cities of Wei Nanyang were all small cities in the border towns. Re-enter the Wei realm, and then get warm, Nanyang Dacheng also. It is the old Qin according to the eight-sided city of Nanyang, a huge city, and half of it. There are many things to do in Nanyang! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Gaiwen Nanyang, the land is thin and the people are poor, why do you repeatedly fight here?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "Yes, there is also a reason. The Three Jin Dynasty were originally based in Shanxi, but moved to Shandong due to the Rongdi Rebellion. The land of Shandong, and the homeland of the Three Jin Dynasty, its way is in Nanyang. Therefore, breaking Nanyang is the key to breaking the three Jins. The three Jin Dynasty are based on Nanyang, and it is difficult for Qin to get out of Shandong. ”

Zheng Anping said: "If it is true, Qin Wei is a great Tao and a great Nanyang, what do you get?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "As the son said! It is easy to cook jujubes with temperature, and it seems that small is easy to big, and its benefits are many! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Why do you plan this? ”

Zhang Lu said: "Boiling jujube is close to pottery, and the public is in it, and it has a lot of benefits." Although the temperature is large, there are few gainers. Therefore, the Wei people are willing to cook dates with warmth and ease. ”

Zheng Anping was a little uneasy and asked, "Qin De Nanyang, what is its condition?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "Qin broke Nanyang, which is the key to attacking the three Jins. The three Jin are broken in half, and their death is waiting to be done! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Since it is about the society, why don't you admonish it?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "Meat eaters are despised, and it will be difficult for the public." The gentleman is in righteousness, and the villain is in profit. The loss of boiled dates is beneficial to the community and unfavorable to the clan; Hypothermia is not good for the community, but the clan is not damaged. Thou art the princes, who will take it? ”

Zheng Anping said: "How can Mr. show his attention to this court matter? ”

Zhang Lu said: "The court, reckless, and unique. If you look at its purpose, you will know it! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Can Mr. explain in detail?" ”

Zhang Lu said: "This is easy to know! Qin Suo Wei land, will also be a border city. Qin and Wei, there are few people who have interconnected, but Nanyang and Tao'er, and their cities are only boiled dates and warm. How difficult is it! ”

Zheng Anping said: "Mr. really shows the world in the palm of his hand!" ”

Zhang Lu said: "Son's words are in the camp! ”

Zheng Anping said: "In the camp, there is only him, but he gets up early and ranks up, and he sleeps at night." Now the weather is cold, and it is difficult to sleep at night, but sit around the fire and wait for the dawn. ”

Zhang Lu didn't let it go easily, asked a lot of details, Zheng Anping answered them one by one, sometimes he was emotional, sometimes he was sad and weeping, all kinds of emotions, vent to his heart's content. In the end, I fell asleep in the wing room unconsciously.

Zhang Lu tightened the strap on his chest, lay down and fell asleep next to Zheng Anping.

When he woke up the next day, Zheng Anping rushed to Liangxiyi without waiting for breakfast. The other three dressed up, saw Zheng Anping coming, said they were tired, and went home separately. Zheng Anping turned around the rooms and added oil to the lamp; I went to the warehouse and counted the grain. Counting the days, there are still three days left before the sub-case of the Guanxia. He thought that the original post officer Ma San had died in battle, and among the remaining four, he was the oldest and the most senior, and it was very likely that he would take over the post of post officer: this meant that he had gone up a level! From now on, not only will I have a salary, but I can also eat and live in the post house, and the expenses will be much less, and it may not be long before I can make up for the long halberd I lost.

Thinking of this, he had an idea: take the initiative to report Ma San's death to the Ximen Captain's Mansion and apply for next month's division. The thoughts were uncontrollable. He couldn't even wait to install the halberd, so he only tightened the Ge on the halberd, dressed up, closed the door, carried the "hand Ge" and came to the west gate.

Zheng Anping thought that he seemed to have not been running for a while for some days, and now that the weather is not cold and his mental state is good, why not run. Just trotted all the way to the girder.

Although Captain Ximen did not lead many troops, he was an official at the rank of colonel, and he did not arrive at his post in normal times, and sometimes he was usually reported by the Western Guards. When Zheng Anping arrived at the west gate, the soldiers guarding the city naturally recognized it, so they stopped to ask about it. Zheng Anping said: "The third brother Ma was killed, and he came to report the loss and tell him that the food was exhausted!" ”

The guards of the city took Zheng Anping to the city gate and reported the incident. Naturally, Shi Chang didn't have anything else to say, and asked him to report to the Ximen Guard.

The west gate is the main gate of the girder, and as soon as you enter the gate, you will be facing the girder gate, and there is no other building in the middle. The West Gate Guard can only be pitifully next to the Northwest Gate High Guard.

Walking along the city wall to the high gate, the first person to see him was the guard of the high gate. met each other, asked about the situation, and pointed Zheng Anping to the Ximen Guard. In a large courtyard, Ximenwei received Zheng Anping very seriously and asked about the situation, Ximenwei said: "Liang Xiyi has been requisitioned by Xinlingjun, the son of Wei, and the tiger talisman has not been returned." Brother should go to the son's place to die, and close the grain and straw! ”

Hearing this news, Zheng Anping poured down like a basin of cold water, and his whole body was half cold: Want to find Xinlingjun? Just yourself? Xinlingjun came to the pavilion to worship, but at that time, could Xinlingjun ask Xinlingjun to return the tiger talisman and allocate it to the grain? Right now? How to find it?

Ximen Wei said: "I heard that Xinling Jun is still in Daliangmen to open the mansion, brother Qi visited, or I could see it!" ”

Where does Zheng Anping dare! He only thanked him and came out. If this Tiger Fu Xinling Jun is not returned, his brothers will not even be able to keep their identity as military pawns, and they still want to take the opportunity to go further and become a post officer!

He returned to the west gate in a huff and told the guards about the unfair treatment. At that moment, there were military soldiers who instigated Zheng Anping to go to Daliangmen to find Xinlingjun, but Zheng Anping did not dare to kill him. In the end, Shi Chang came up with an idea and said: "Dr. Jin Contempt will return to China today, and he must pass through Daliang Gate." Brother Qi stopped the car and complained about it, or it makes sense! ”

When Zheng Anping heard it, although this method is also a bit risky, it is more reliable than going to break through the beams. With gratitude, he said, "I wish to watch the return of the doctor at the gatehouse." He will be rewarded for his first day of protection! ”

Shi Chang smiled and went upstairs with Zheng Anping.

About noon, a trail of dust came from afar toward the west gate. Shi Chang said: "The doctor is the best, and the brother is the best of the best!" ”

Zheng Anping hurriedly went down the city tower and went out of the city gate to wait. Soon, sure enough, a convoy came and stopped at a hundred paces. When you take a car for fifty paces and then stop, you get off the car on the right and come to the city gate. Zheng Anping recognized that this person was Mr. Xiaojian, and hurriedly rushed out and said, "Mr. save me, Mr. save me!" ”

Xiao Jian was startled, why did he meet a call for help as soon as he arrived? When he looked at it, he saw that it was Zheng Anping, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with Childe?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "The lowly and other are the pawns of Liangxi, and they are reinstated by the king, and they follow the left and right." Now returning to the post is to report the death of the third brother to Ximen, and the grain and straw should be divided. How can the tiger charm still be in the king's place. Who is cheap, dare to enter the palace! I don't have a plan now, but please save me! ”