Thirteen years before the Sui Dynasty, Mayi was still a little-known and obscure county, and many people from the northwestern counties or the southern part of the Yangtze River would ask with surprise on their faces: "Where is this? Why haven't you heard of this place before?"

Since the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the word Ma Yi has often appeared in people's after-dinner periods, all because of Liu Wuzhou, the ---captain of Yingyang Mansion.

Liu Wuzhou was born in a wealthy family. When he was young, he was brave and good at shooting, and he married a hero, but the friends he made belonged to the good and the bad, and he was the pawn of the three mountains and five mountain dealers.

Because of this, his brother Liu Shanbo often warned him: "If you don't choose friends, you will eventually destroy our entire family." And scolded and humiliated him.

Liu Wuzhou couldn't listen to anyone's kind words and persuasion at that time, so he left home and went to Luoyang to defect to the servant Yang Yichen.

From the eighth to the tenth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty sent troops to Goryeo three times, and Liu Wuzhou was recruited for the Eastern Expedition and was promoted to the captain of Jianjie because of his military merits. The Eastern Expeditionary Division was returned, and Liu Wuzhou returned to Mayi and served as the captain of Yingyang Mansion.

According to common sense, this person has both military merits and is appreciated by the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, and if he goes on in a proper manner, he will be promoted in a few years, and it is not impossible for him to even become a minister in the Golden Palace.

But perhaps because this person's style of action is very similar to that of Liang Shi, the captain of Yingyang Mansion in Shuofang County, Liang Shi raised troops in Shuofang County in early February to openly rebel against the imperial court, perhaps Liang Shidu set an example for this person, Liu Wuzhou took advantage of the chaos in the world at this time, killed Ma Yi Taishou Wang Rengong, opened a warehouse to help the poor, galloped through the territory, and won more than 10,000 soldiers, claiming to be Taishou.

Like the Liang divisions, in order to gain a foothold, both sent envoys to attach themselves to the Turks.

By the time Chu Mofeng, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er came to Mayi, it was already the beginning of March, and before that, Chen Xiaoyi and Hu Ben of Yanmen County joined forces to recruit Liu Wuzhou and besieged him in Sangqian Town (now Shanyinnan, Shanxi). Liu Wuzhou invoked the Turkic cavalry to attack the Sui army, Wang Zhiwen was defeated and killed, Chen Xiaoyi ran back to Yanmen, was killed by his subordinates, and dedicated the city to Liu Wuzhou. Liu Wuzhou took advantage of the situation to attack Loufu County and enter Fenyang Palace. In order to obtain further support from the Turks, Liu Wuzhou presented the captured palace maids of Sui Fenyang Palace to the Turks, and the Turkic Shibi Khan presented him with a war horse. Liu Wuzhou then strengthened his troops, captured Dingxiang, and returned to Junmayi. In order to support the local separatist forces, the Turks canonized Liu Wuzhou as "Dingyang Khan" and sent him "Wolf Head".

At this time, Mayi had already become Liu Wuzhou's base camp, and in view of the Sui Dynasty's strong ability to wait for the guards to spy on the left and right, Liu Wuzhou ordered all gates of Mayi County to strictly check the entry and exit personnel to prevent the infiltration of people from the imperial court.

Standing in a tea shed not far from the north gate of Mayi, Chu Mofeng looked at the crowd coming and going at the city gate, and couldn't help scolding: "Liu Wuzhou, this bastard, who is not good at learning from Liang Shidu's kid, I knew that Liang Shidu's kid would rebel, and it would be a hundred to kill him when we were in Shuofang." ”

Hearing Chu Mofeng's complaint, Liu Feiyan sighed and said: "Brother Chu, that's not what I said, even if we disposed of Liang Shidu in Shuofang back then, there would definitely be Zhang Shidu and Wang Shidu who rebelled, not who rebelled, but because of what rebellion, this is the most critical issue." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded and said: "Feiyan, you are right, it is precisely because of the mediocrity and corruption of the imperial court that the people are not happy, which breeds so many rebels, I still remember that I once said that the uprising, gathering the Wuthering Mountains and forests to occupy the mountains are all internal worries, but Liu Wuzhou should not bring in external troubles, if there is a chance, he must get rid of this person." ”

While the two were gossiping, Gu Zhen'er suddenly took Chu Mofeng's hand and shouted, "Brother Feng, look at the city gate." ”

Looking in the direction Gu Zhen'er pointed, I saw a man wearing the standard armor of the Sui Dynasty, riding triumphantly on a horse, and some soldiers following behind him were pushing carts, and the carts were full of goods; some people used knives and guns to drive some women with their hands tied, and everyone followed the man on horseback to walk slowly towards the city gate.

At this time, Dr. Tea came up to add water, Chu Mofeng took out a bunch of money and put it in front of Dr. Cha, and asked softly: "Shopkeeper, who is the man on horseback?

Dr. Tea received a bunch of money in front of him without leaving a trace, looked around and whispered: "The guest officer doesn't know, a few days ago, after a big battle between Chen Xiaoyi and Liu Wuzhou of Yanmen County, he was defeated and returned to Yanmen, who knew that he was assassinated by his subordinate captain Zhang Lun, and then took Chen Xiaoyi's head and the entire Yanmen County to take refuge in Liu Wuzhou, and was appreciated by Liu Wuzhou. ”

After Dr. Tea finished speaking, he turned around and left, Chu Mofeng knew that he meant that this person was the captain Zhang Lun, and he was very angry when he thought of this, and he couldn't help but slam the table hard, and the teacup on the table jumped up.

Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er were startled when they saw this, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Chu (Brother Feng), what's wrong with you?"

"Chen Xiaoyi, Yanmen County Cheng, this person used to be an old acquaintance with our family, when he entered the office in the early years of the emperor, my father also secretly promoted him, it is said that this person was the first judicial secretary of Lu County, the post assists in handling cases, it is easy to be corrupt and bribe-taking, and wronged people, but during his tenure, he is known as Lian Ping..."

After taking a sip of tea, Chu Mofeng spoke again: "When Chen Xiaoyi was serving in Yanmen, officials were corrupt and bent the law, and they abounded. But Chen Xiaoyi was clean and self-conscious, and he was spotless about the vices of officialdom at that time. Not only that, but he also actively punished lawbreakers, and made certain achievements in reversing the trend of the times, which was praised by the officials. But such a capable official, cadre, and loyal minister was plotted by a villain. ”

"Who? Is it the one that Dr. Cha said Zhang Lun? Could it be that the one who passed just now is ......" Gu Zhen'er was also amazed by Chen Xiaoyi when she heard this, and hurriedly asked.

Chu Mofeng nodded and did not speak, his eyes always looked in the direction of the city gate, seeing Chu Mofeng's appearance, Liu Feiyan vaguely guessed what he wanted to do, and then said, "Brother Chu, do you mean to find a way to get rid of that Zhang Lun?"

Hearing Liu Feiyan's words, Chu Mofeng didn't answer, got up and dropped half of the money on the table, said 'settle the bill', and turned around and walked towards the place where the horses were stored.

Seeing this, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er hurriedly got up and followed, and the three of them rode horses slowly and leisurely to the city gate, only to see two soldiers guarding the city coming towards them, shouting at the three of them: "Hey, you three, get off the horse and go forward to be checked." ”

The three of them turned over and dismounted and led the horses to the soldiers, and before the soldiers on the opposite side could speak, Chu Mofeng took out two hangs of money from his arms and secretly stuffed them into the hands of the two, and whispered: "Official, the villains follow the instructions of the official master to come and be inspected. ”

Feeling the sinking in their hands, the two soldiers knew that this filial piety was absolutely indispensable, and one of them instantly changed into a smiling appearance and said to Chu Mofeng: "Just bring me the fish card or the road guide to show me." ”

Chu Mofeng hurriedly put the fish cards of the three people in this person's hand, and said with a smile: "The official is still working hard outside on such a cold day, and the villain is very unhappy. Then he stuffed this person with a lot of money and said: "This money is bothering the officials to buy a few pots of wine to warm up." ”

As soon as this person saw Chu Mofeng so good, after returning the fish card to Chu Mofeng with a smile, he waved his hand at the person behind him and said, "It's done, let it go!"

When the guards behind heard this, they hurriedly made a way, Chu Mofeng glanced at Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er when he saw this, and then said to this person with a smile: "The villain has thanked the official master in advance, and the villain has taken his leave." ”

The man waved his hand with a smile and said, "Lao Tzu admires you very much, let's go." ”

The three of them led the horse into the county seat of Mayi quickly, only to see that there was no sign of dilapidation in the city, but it was slightly prosperous, with restaurants, inns, pawn shops, bazaars, etc. on both sides of the street, and the pedestrians on the street did not have the slightest sense of sorrow.

The three of them walked aimlessly on the street, and there were often words in their ears that someone said, 'How is Taishou', and most of them are praises and praises when they listen carefully, which makes the three of them puzzled, and they came to an inn, and after the three of them completed the formalities and booked the room, they found a table in the lobby and sat down at random, and stretched out their hands to beckon the shopkeeper to come forward.

As soon as the shopkeeper saw a guest calling, he hurriedly ran over and asked, "What do the guests need?" There are fresh vegetables, all kinds of meat, and fine wine in the shop, what do you want to eat?"

Chu Mofeng raised his head and looked at the shopkeeper, took out the half-hanging money from his arms and put it in front of him, lowered his voice and said, "I want to meet Master Taishou Liu, I wonder if the second brother can give me some guidance?" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and gently pushed the half-hanging money forward.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper groaned and said, "This ......" Seeing this, Chu Mofeng put the half-hanging money back into his arms, took out a hanging of money again, and gently pushed it forward and said: "Little second brother, I just need your guidance below, whether it is successful or not is the fate of the next, you see ......"

As if he had made some kind of decision, the shopkeeper quickly put the money into his arms and said softly: "The guest officer can go to the Zhang Mansion to the west of the Taishou Mansion for a walk." ”

Chu Mofeng laughed when he heard this, and said to the shopkeeper: "Just buy a table and serve it." ”

"Well, guest officer, wait a minute, and the little one will prepare. The shopkeeper answered, turned around and walked to the back kitchen.

Seeing the shopkeeper leaving, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er put their heads in front of Chu Mofeng, only to hear Liu Feiyan whisper: "When will we leave?"

"Let's rest for a night today, and after noon tomorrow, let's go to this Zhang Mansion for a trip, and it's not too late to make a decision after finding out the good news. Chu Mofeng looked around vigilantly, and seeing that no one noticed his table, he hurriedly said the plan in his heart.

Gu Zhen'er nodded and said, "Brother Feng, it's up to you to decide, and we'll just take care of the action." ”

Reaching out and rubbing Gu Zhen'er's head, Chu Mofeng smiled and didn't speak, thinking: Zhang Lun, the master will let you live a few more days first, and then please go to Huangquan to ask Chen Xiaoyi to ask for guilt.

When I was planning, I saw the shopkeeper slowly walking over with the prepared wine and food......