"The Northern Hebei Army? Do you fall into the net? Mu Lingxiao frowned.

Liang Xiao felt weird.

Lei Hong even asked to accompany him, in case the other party suddenly attacked and assassinated or something.

In the welcome room of Taishou Mansion, Long Wushuang's stand-in, Shadow, is still masked, and he is full of anxiety at the moment.

There are Xuanwei all around, and he has been tied up by five flowers.

Qin Xun stood aside, staring at the shadow, his eyes full of doubts.

A moment later, Liang Xiao returned.

Ying got up and bowed: "I've seen the Marquis of Lanling!" ”

"Take his mask off." Liang Xiao's tone was calm.

Shadow's mask was removed by the guard.

It is a delicate but cold face.

"Explain your intentions." Liang Xiao said.

Ying looked serious, first congratulated Liang Xiao on his victory, and then added: "Marquis Lanling, I am here to explain to you that our Northern Hebei Army did not kill Miss Dongye Luoyue!" ”

Everyone was a little surprised and looked at Liang Xiao.

"You're here for this?" Qin Xun was a little disappointed.

This Long Wushuang brought a token of the Northern Hebei Army and 200,000 taels of silver tickets.

"Not bad! If it was really our Northern Hebei Army that killed Dongye Luoyue, we would admit it! But someone blames the blame, and will never accept it! It is impossible for the Northern Hebei Army to be stupid enough to kill people with a token and leave the token at the scene! Ei's expression was a little aggrieved.

The eyes of the crowd were strange.

They could probably all guess.

The great victory in the grassland frightened the Northern Hebei Army.

There is no doubt that they will face a Marquis of Lanling, whose prestige in the north is in full swing, with clear rewards and punishments, and soldiers who will use their lives.

If it's not good, there will be people in the northern Hebei army who want to mutiny.

After all, the Northern Hebei Rangers are probably only a thousand people, and the infantry and logistics may be less than 5,000 combined.

"Master Hou, this person brought 200,000 taels of silver tickets, we have checked them, and the silver tickets are all real!" Gu Pingxiu added.

The eyes of the crowd were even more strange.

Ying nodded and said: "This is when the Duanmu family entrusted me to attack and kill me halfway, at that time we didn't dare to offend, and we made a show, and now I can't give ironclad evidence, these silver tickets are all returned!" ”

"This is stolen money, and it will be collected in the treasury." Liang Xiao said.

The shadow wanted to speak and stopped.

"You still haven't explained your true intentions, but you're just constantly showing your sincerity." Liang Xiao was finally serious.

Ying then pleaded: "Marquis Lanling, our brothers in the Northern Hebei Army actually followed me because they couldn't live their lives!" I am willing to be caught, it doesn't hurt to suffer a thousand cuts, I just ask the Marquis of Lanling to let go of these brothers! ”

"You're going to disband them?" Liang Xiao said curiously.

Ying nodded and said: "As long as the Marquis of Lanling agrees to pardon others, we can disband, take the initiative to come to Yanzhou to report to the Marquis of Lanling, and become a common man in the future, and I will let the Marquis of Lanling fall!" ”

"Why not surrender?" Liang Xiao asked suddenly.

Ying was stunned for a moment, and said categorically: "The brothers of the Northern Hebei Army have no reason to surrender and accept Zhao'an, so it is better to go home and farm......"

Liang Xiao was thoughtful.

Ying was already sweating profusely, and Liang Xiao's blandness gave him an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Gu Pingxiu, Qin Xun, Qin, and the three of them stared at him silently.

Liang Xiao took the three of them away and asked privately.

"Qin Xun, what do you think?"

Qin Xun explained: "According to the intelligence of the undercover disciples in the Northern Hebei Army, Long Wushuang has a tear mole under his eyes, which is not bad. But when I saw this person today, I only felt that this person might not be Long Wushuang! ”

Liang Xiao nodded and said: "If you can pull up a rebel army without knowing it, and it is a relatively elite cavalry, how can it be a general." I once suspected that that rice merchant Qin Shuang might be Long Wushuang, after all, he also came to Yanzhou suddenly. But if the person just now was not Long Wushuang himself, why did he come to the Taishou Mansion with a silver ticket, not only to defend himself, but also to be convinced? ”

"Marquis of Lanling, everyone has their own ambitions, and some people's thoughts are indeed difficult to guess." Qin Xun can only comment like this.

Liang Xiao smiled and said: "You're right, I'm a little skeptical, this Northern Hebei Army may not be an army, but more like a gang." Anyway, I made 200,000 taels for nothing, so I don't lose money. Maybe the other party wants to use this as an introduction, so as to leave a line for me to be a person. ”

After the four of them discussed it again, Liang Xiao came back to find Ying and said, "In these extraordinary times, Mr. Long might as well stay in the mansion as a guest." ”

Ying solemnly agreed, "But I need to summon my men at the door, and let them bring my letter back to inform the brothers!" ”

Liang Xiao did not object, left on the spot, and secretly told Xuanwei.

"Keep an eye on the followers who are following him later, but if they want to guard against them, you should evacuate immediately, lest it be self-defeating and delay them in reporting back. I already know the location of their nests, so I don't have to startle them. ”

Under the supervision of Xuanwei, after writing the letter, he was taken by Xuanwei to the gate of the Taishou Mansion and looked around.

Moments later, two vendors approached and saluted.

Shadow just whispered to them and delivered the letter.

After the two left with the letter, they went out of the city that day, and sure enough, they looked backwards, for fear that someone would follow them.

Xuanwei had no choice but to give up.

The south of the official road is all flat land, which is not easy to hide, and it may indeed be self-defeating.

The shadow was left by Liang Xiao, named as a guest, but he was actually a hostage.

Liang Xiao also convened the people of the Taishou Mansion to discuss political affairs.

"This time, our army captured tens of thousands of fresh war horses, and these war horses were placed in Da Zhou, each worth nearly a hundred taels."

"In fact, war horses should not have such a high price, but the situation of the country is different, the northern grasslands are infested by Beihu, and it is impossible to graze, Guanlong has never returned, and there are not enough large-scale horse farms in the mainland, and we can't just hope for horse merchants in the Western Regions."

"There are still many stallions among these live horses, and they should be used for breeding as soon as possible together with some good horses in the Western Regions, and strive to lower the price of horses as soon as possible, and it is best to cut the price of horses in half, otherwise it will be difficult for the imperial court to maintain a larger scale of cavalry."

Zhuge Yu was the first to agree with Liang Xiao's opinion, adding: "In fact, it is related to the interference of the family, which must be indispensable for greedy ink, but they do a good job." In the early days, there were even officials of the family who pretended to be war horses and received a large number of subsidies. The prime minister and we once suspected that they were deliberately interfering with the development of cavalry in the imperial court, so that the imperial court would not be able to counterattack the Northern Hu ...... with cavalry."

Liang Xiao nodded: "Back then, Gaozu was merciful and for the stability of the country, he failed to purge these big families and confiscate their land, but these families did not know how to restrain themselves, but instead intensified, almost corroding the entire country. In my area, the contradictions are irreconcilable, but the reckoning needs to be famous. The fall of the Tuoba clan has made them frightened birds, and they are bound to be more cautious, and they should not be able to liquidate in the short term. ”

"The matter of the racecourse should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and it should be handed over to the old man for self-reliance." Zhuge Yu said.

Dongye Xuanji was at home, received the visiting Gu Pingxiu, learned about the situation of the Northern Hebei Army's surrender, and was thoughtful.

"To tell you the truth, I'm also a little confused, is the Northern Hebei Army really being blamed?"

Dongye Xuanji said, took out a letter from his sleeve, and handed it to Gu Pingxiu.

"Today, a person of unknown origin came to visit and sent a letter from my eldest daughter, Higashino Luoxi, who had been missing for a long time, and she is no longer there at the moment. I looked at the handwriting, it should be her. ”