After entering Huangyuan County, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng quickly summoned the county magistrate and a group of officials to the county government for an interview.

I saw Li Shimin sitting precariously and said to the officials in the hall: "This time Longxi Xue came to attack the city, although the rebel army Tang Bi resisted for a while at first, but Huangyuan County was captured, and a large part of the responsibility lies with Er. ”

When the officials in the hall heard Li Shimin's words, they all looked shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "General Mingjian, the breach of Huangyuan County was caused by Tang Bi's surrender to Xiancheng first, and then it was attacked by the traitor Xue Rengao, it is not the fault of the lower officials and others." After speaking, he kept kowtowing, hoping that Li Shimin would not be angry with himself.

I only heard Li Shimin sneer and say: "Hmph, is it your fault? After speaking, he smashed the table with one hand and said, "Then the official will tell you what you did wrong today." ”

"There are three mistakes in the city: Xue Wei led the army to attack the city, but you didn't know how to report to the higher counties, causing the news to lag and delay the fighters, which is the first crime; there is always a rebel army in the city, and you and the others don't know how to unite with them to defend the city, but let it go, which is the second crime; after the city is broken, you and the others don't know how to organize the evacuation of innocent people, but let Xue Wei wantonly slaughter, this is the third crime, and the three major crimes are all witnessed, do you want the official to pick off your black yarn or pick off your head?" Li Shimin picked up the horsewhip on the table and paced back and forth.

Speaking of excitement, he threw the horsewhip in his hand to the ground, pointed to the kneeling officials under the hall and said: "I heard that in the mass grave outside the West City Gate, I can still vaguely hear the terrible cries of the people who were buried alive.

As Li Shimin struck his heart one after another, the officials in the hall were already sweating profusely, and even more trembling, only to hear Li Shimin shout: "Say, how do you want this official to deal with you, so as to calm the anger of the people in Huangyuan County?"

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, no one dared to speak out, and when they were at a stalemate, they only heard Chu Mofeng on the side say coldly: "General Li, do you still remember what happened to those inactive officials of the previous dynasty that I mentioned to you below?"

Suddenly hearing Chu Mofeng speak, Li Shimin had already heard boundless anger from his tone, and immediately nodded and said coldly: "Come on, escort this group of people to the court, this official will take off their heads in front of the people of Huangyuan County, in order to pay tribute to the souls of the dead people, and after he captures Xue Yi in the future, he will be escorted to Lingchi in Huangyuan County to be executed, and the people of Huangyuan will be given justice." ”

Hearing that Li Shimin was going to behead himself and others for public display, the county magistrate of Huangyuan County straightened up and shouted: "General Li, you can't listen to the villain's slander, this person is dressed strangely, and at first glance he is not an official of our Great Sui Dynasty, how can you listen to him? If so, the officials and others will not be convinced. ”

When the rest of the officials saw that there was a new one, they all opened their mouths to echo, and for a while there was a noise in the county government hall, and Li Shimin in the hall looked at the quibbly faces of the people below, and his brows gradually wrinkled together, and there was a tendency to explode at any time.

At this time, after Chu Mofeng lifted the cover of his helmet, he said coldly to everyone: "You group of unconscious officials, which eye can see that I am not an official of this dynasty, listen well, this official Chu Mofeng is the head of the forbidden army personally appointed by His Majesty, and he is the earl of Dingyang County, from the official position of the third grade, the official rank is higher than you, and before this expedition, General Li has already received the Shang Fang sword given by His Majesty, and has the right to cut first and then play, do you understand?"

When everyone heard that the young man in front of them turned out to be an official from the third grade, he suddenly sat on the ground with a face like ashes, and Li Shimin said when he saw this: "This official can make a promise to you here, as the old saying goes, the disaster does not affect the family, and if you commit a crime, you should be punished, but the family is not guilty, so you can rest assured that this official will not involve your family." After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers in the hall to escort these people away.

As a group of officials were escorted to the execution ground, the county government hall was suddenly empty, Li Shimin smiled at Chu Mofeng when he saw this, and the two immediately sat on the steps of the county government hall with a big grin, only to hear Li Shimin sigh and say: "There are so many seats vacant this time, I really don't know what to do." ”

"I said Li Lao Er, I thought that you had already had a replacement candidate for the Ming Canonical Punishment just now, and I knew that you were not ready, but you hinted at me, where do you ask me to find so many people for you in a while?" Chu Mofeng on the side heard Li Shimin's headless words, and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

Seeing this scene, Chu Mofeng stood up, stretched out his right hand forward, and twisted his index finger and thumb back and forth together and said: "Actually, it's not that there is no way, it's just ......."

Seeing Chu Mofeng's two fingers twisting back and forth, Li Shimin felt a chill in his heart, thinking to himself that you Chu boy is really a money fan, it seems that you can't do this without spitting out some blood this time, thinking of this, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said: "Ten times." ”

"Roll on, ten times is like sending the official, the official is half a level lower than you in terms of rank, are you embarrassed to pay ten times?" As soon as he heard that Li Shimin had only paid ten times, Chu Mofeng was also disgusted in his heart, thinking that Feng'er said that his second brother was famous for picking the door, and when I saw it today, it was really like this, no, how could the young master have to pluck some hair from this iron rooster.

Thinking of this, Chu Mofeng shook his head, palmed his left hand, and said to Li Shimin: "Fifty Guan, if you are willing, I will continue, and if you are unwilling, I will keep silent." After speaking, he tilted his head and looked at Li Shimin with interest.

"Fifty guan, why don't you kid rob it? I only gave ten guan of money in the mansion this month, where do you ask me to make up these fifty guan for you?" Seeing Chu Mofeng stretch out a slap, Li Shimin suddenly jumped up like a cat whose tail had been guessed, and yelled at Chu Mofeng.

"That's it, pay five times first, and the rest is owed, if you pay the bill, I will let Feng'er go back to her parents' house to find what you want, when the time comes, where will I see your brother-in-law's face rest?" Chu Mofeng smiled and said to Li Shimin: "You repair a letter and let Fang Xuanling take the talents gathered along the way to come to the top for a while, and then our class teacher will return to the court, and you can show the prime minister and let him arrange the successor officials." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng suddenly opened his mouth and scolded: "Damn, that damn Xue Rengao, if Geng Li hadn't been killed, he would have been able to handle this kind of thing alone, no, I don't want your fifty runs, once Xue Rengao is caught, he must be handed over to me to deal with, I will take him to Huangyuan County and kill him with my own hands." ”

"Cheng, I'm also angry when I mention this bastard, how can there be such a brutal person in this world, I really don't know how his Lao Tzu Xue Ju educated him. As soon as Xue Rengao was mentioned, Li Shimin gritted his teeth with hatred for him, and couldn't help but curse.

Then Chu Mofeng simply cleaned up and said to Li Shimin: "You hurry up and write a letter to Fang Xuanling, I'll go around the city, and I'll see you at the Guanzhong Restaurant in the city later." After speaking, he walked straight to the outside of the county office.

Seeing Chu Mofeng walking away, Li Shimin also hurriedly got up and sat on the chair, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, and then called a personal soldier and said: "Hurry up and hurry to Daxing, first, hand over this letter to Fang Xuanling, and tell him to act quickly according to the instructions above after seeing the letter, and second, take my token to the Prime Minister's Mansion and inform the Prime Minister that the army will return to the court soon." After saying that, he handed over the token and letter to the soldier.

After the soldiers put the two objects close to their bodies, they saluted Li Shimin and turned around and ran outside the county office, and after a while, they only heard a long neighing sound of horses outside the door, and then a crisp sound of horses' hooves came from near to far.

After doing all this, Li Shimin walked out of the county hall and walked towards the Guanzhong restaurant in the city. After coming to the Guanzhong Restaurant, I saw Chu Mofeng standing on the railing of the street on the second floor and shouting condescendingly: "Come up quickly, I have already ordered the wine and food, and I will send you, we have to go to the Dharma field after eating." ”

As soon as the shopkeeper who was arranging the banquet on the side heard the guest say that he was going to the Dharma field after eating, he suddenly remembered that the news came from the direction of the county government just now that General Li, who came to rescue everyone at noon today, was going to cut a knife in the Dharma field to behead a group of officials.

The two of them sat down here and began to push the cup and change the lamp, and the shopkeeper quietly told the shopkeeper the information he had just heard, and the shopkeeper was surprised when he heard it, and told the shopkeeper to go to the camp in the city to report the news.

The shopkeeper nodded and hurriedly ran out, running in the direction of the big camp in the city, looking at the figure of the shopkeeper in the distance, the shopkeeper's eyes turned to his heart, he took out a bottle of wine from under the counter, called another guy to give advice, and then glanced at the direction of the staircase on the second floor, while absentmindedly pulling the abacus to settle the accounts.

I saw the guy come to the back kitchen, pick up the pot of stew that the cook had just come out of the pot, turn around and walk towards the lobby, only to see the cook shouting: "What are you running? This is served to the guests in front, don't send it to the wrong table." ”

I heard the guy say without looking back: "You can make another one, and the shopkeeper will let me serve it to the guests in the private room on the second floor." ”

The cook shook his head helplessly when he heard this, and hurriedly poured some oil into the pot, preparing to make another one.

The guy took the pot of stew and the bottle of wine that the shopkeeper took out, and slowly walked upstairs to the outside of the private room where Chu Mofeng was, and said softly: "A few guest officers, the little one has served you food." Then he lifted his feet and entered the private room, put the tray in his hand on the table, and began to decorate.

Who knew that he suddenly stretched out a hand from the side to stop him, only to see Chu Mofeng holding a wine glass and asking suspiciously: "Little second brother, the dishes I ordered have already been served, did you send them to the wrong table?"

The guy shook his head and squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying and said: "The guest officer doesn't know, this pot of stewed meat is a specialty of our store, and our shopkeeper specially gave it to the guest officer along with this bottle of good wine. ”

"Yes, it's hard to buy the happiness of someone else's shopkeeper, boy, don't shirk it, just taste the characteristics of his family. When Li Shimin heard that it was sent by the shopkeeper, he hurriedly stopped Chu Mofeng and motioned for this guy to continue to serve vegetables.

After receiving Li Shimin's signal, the guy quickly put the stew and wine on the table, picked up the tray and said to Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng: "You two use it slowly, and the small one has retired." After saying that, he walked out of the private room quickly, and ran downstairs without looking back.

Chu Mofeng picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the stewed meat and put it in his mouth, and suddenly an indescribable fragrance spread all over the body along the taste buds on his tongue, and after slowly swallowing the stew, Chu Mofeng nodded and said: "Well, not bad, you hurry up and taste it, this special dish is really special." ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin hurriedly took a sip and put it in his mouth, and instantly was so hot that he couldn't stop inhaling, Chu Mofeng couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and after the two drank a few glasses of wine, they stood on the railing on the street and looked down.

It seems that the effects of the war have disappeared in people's hearts, and the sounds of people talking, hawking and neighing horses on the street are mixed together, forming a prosperous and busy scene.

Chu Mofeng took the wine jug and looked down and laughed happily, "You see, in fact, the common people in the world are not very demanding, it is enough to be able to eat and clothe, and live a worry-free life, but there are only a handful of emperors in all dynasties who can do this, so Ah Li Lao Er, it's up to you." ”

Perhaps infected by the atmosphere on the street, Li Shimin nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint you and those who support me." ”

While the two were talking, they saw a group of soldiers coming from the direction of the big camp in the city, and in front were a few soldiers with bare hands, reminding the people to give way for the time being, Chu Mofeng said with a smile when he saw this: "The five killings order we set has only seen the effect with our own eyes today, you see that those soldiers don't want to walk on the street as recklessly as before." ”

"Well, as soon as the five killing orders come out, those who had bad habits in the past should also touch their necks to see if they are hard enough. Li Shimin nodded, and suddenly said: "No, if there is nothing important, the soldiers in the camp will definitely not come to the city at will, so you will send the soldiers to the execution at noon today?"

Chu Mofeng shook his head and said, "No, didn't you transfer it?"

"I don't have it either, it can't be someone who doesn't open his eyes and breaks the rules, right?" Li Shimin looked coldly at the group of soldiers below from far to near, turned his head to Chu Mofeng and said, "It's okay, let's see where these people are going later." ”

Then the two of them returned to their seats and continued to work on the pot of stew, when they heard a noisy sound in the lobby of the restaurant, and then heard the sound of 'kicking and kicking' upstairs, as if there were many people walking up.

Suddenly, the screen outside the private room was kicked down, and I saw the shopkeeper pointing to the two of them and saying to the soldiers: "Master Jun, the villain is talking about these two people." ”

Seeing Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng holding chopsticks, looking at their people with surprised and angry expressions, they thought that if they waited for these two to ask, they would definitely have a military stick, and then stepped forward and gave a military salute to the two and said: "General Li and General Chu, the villain just received a report that someone in the restaurant wanted to rob the law field, so he hurried over, but he didn't know that what the person who reported was talking about the two of you, it was a misunderstanding, please punish the two." ”

The shopkeeper on the side saw the leader saluting the two people in the room, and he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and kept muttering: "It's over, it's over, it's a big trouble now." ”

I saw Chu Mofeng stand up and walk forward and say to the soldier: "It's okay, not only do you have no fault but have merit in this matter, the soldier is to protect the family and defend the country as their own responsibility, since you have received a report, you can come quickly, it shows that you are taking the safety of the people to heart, this matter This official and General Li will not only not punish you, but will reward you well." After speaking, he turned to Li Shimin and said, "Hey, what do you say is better to reward them?"

Li Shimin immediately stood up and said slowly: "Go back and report this matter to you General Liu, just say what I Li Shimin said, each person's military salary will be doubled this month, and the additional reward will be consistent for each person, so let's clean up this place and go back." ”

As soon as he heard that his people would not be punished but also rewarded, the personal soldier hurriedly gave another military salute and said, "The villain and his team have thanked the two generals. After speaking, he motioned to the person behind him to lift the screen, and then quickly left the restaurant.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng turned around and sat down and continued to eat the stew, while Li Shimin was holding chopsticks and didn't know what he was thinking, and the shopkeeper outside the screen stood up tremblingly, trembling and came to the lobby on the first floor, and reported the matter to the shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he shouted: "What are you doing here, go down quickly." After speaking, he waved his hand to signal the shopkeeper to leave, and he was thinking about how to speak when he saw these two people.

The two of them finished the meal hastily, walked downstairs and came to the counter in the lobby, only to see Chu Mofeng take out a bunch of money from his arms and put it on the counter and said, "The shopkeeper, the extra money is a reward." After speaking, he pulled Li Shimin and was about to walk out the door.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "I don't know that the two adults came to the shop, and I have offended a lot, and I ask the two adults to forgive me. ”

Li Shimin smiled when he heard this, and said: "Shopkeeper, it's the first year of Yining, and those bad habits of officialdom during the previous Great Cause years are not suitable for us, you can collect the money, otherwise we won't come next time." ”

Hearing Li Shimin say this, the shopkeeper suddenly felt inexplicably moved, recalling that those officials came to eat in the past, most of them were on credit, and even more would eat and take cards, who would have thought that the two in front of him not only paid the bill in full, but also gave a reward, and his heart suddenly felt good, and hurriedly gave a salute to the two and said: "The two adults are good officials, then the villain will accept this money, as long as the two come in the future, no matter how late the small shop will greet them." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded, pulled Li Shimin out of the restaurant, and walked in the direction of the law field. At this time, the people who came to watch were already standing around the court, and after Li Shimin and the others walked up to the prison platform, there was a sudden commotion in the audience.

Seeing this, Li Shimin raised his hands and pressed down and said: "Fellow villagers, this official is here today to behead these unconscious officials according to the law, and after this official captures Xue Yisheng in the future, he will definitely bring them back to Huangyuan County for public execution, so as to comfort the souls of the dead people in the sky." ”

Chu Mofeng, who was on the side, looked up at the sky and said, "Three o'clock in the afternoon has arrived, and the execution will be carried out." As soon as the words fell, the heads of the tied officials on the stage fell to the ground, and the onlookers applauded when they saw this.

Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng saw that the execution was over, turned around and left the court, the two of them wandered leisurely on the road, and they didn't know what to do for a while, then Chu Mofeng patted Li Shimin's shoulder and said: "We should go to the camp at this moment, first, to see today's team of soldiers, and second, you kid can't arrange the garrison?"

"It's okay, I estimate that the pro-soldiers who delivered the message will be able to arrive in Daxing tomorrow, and it will take two or three days for Fang Xuanling and them to come, and after everything is stable on his side, we will return to the court. Li Shimin nodded, looked at the somewhat gloomy sky and said: "The New Year is less than a month away, and we are estimated to be busy after the New Year." ”

"Yes, another year has passed, this year I am not going to be in Daxing, and when we return to Daxing, I will take those girls back to Zhangye to see my masters, and I will come back as soon as the Shangyuan Festival is over." "I think that the New Year is coming soon, and I haven't been back to Zhangye since I came out, and I can't help but sigh a little in my heart.

"Okay, then you should be more careful along the way, after all, Longyou is still within the Xue family's sphere of influence. Li Shimin nodded, acquiescing to Chu Mofeng's idea.

When the two came to the camp, they went straight to Liu Hongji's tent, and after inquiring about the situation of the soldiers, they explained the matter of the garrison to Liu Hongji, and instructed him to investigate the movements of the Western Qin army at any time, and once there was anything abnormal, he must report it quickly.

After a round of inspection in the barracks, it was already the moon branches after a busy day, and the two of them walked back to the county office, and each went back to his room to wash and rest.

Three days later, Fang Xuanling really arrived in Huangyuan County with some people, and Li Shimin immediately arranged for Fang Xuanling to temporarily take over the post of county commander, and delegated power to him, instructing him to take his subordinates in Huangyuan County to govern seriously, and after the arrival of the successor officials appointed by the imperial court, he would do a good job of handing over and return to Daxing.

Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin valued himself so much, and he was very moved in his heart, and secretly vowed to assist Li Shimin well in this life.

After seeing that the vacant official positions in the city were taken over, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng stayed in Huangyuan County for a few days, and after everything was stable, Li Shimin led the rest of the men and horses to set off from Huangyuan County, preparing to return to Daxing......

As the saying goes, the new year and the new atmosphere, but in the second year of Yining, the territory of the Great Sui turned out to be a scene of fire, and the warlords from all over the country attacked each other, and Xue Ju in Longxi couldn't help it, trying in vain to come to the snow before the shame, which led to Li Shimin's first defeat and trapped in the land, Chu Mofeng took the lead to break the crisis, wanting to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition......