Nowadays, in the four countries, Xuanguo lives in a corner, and Xuanguo Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack because of the rugged terrain, and has cultivated people's livelihood for many years. Occasionally, the Nanban harassed the border troops on the south side, but they were generally unharmed.

Nanban harassed the border army on the south side, and the Zhennan general Guan Shaolin calmed the troubles. But because the emperor only ascended the throne a few years ago, the power fell and the parties competed for power. Fortunately, the emperor has promoted sages over the years, redefined the official system, and cut power from the side, and the power of the dynasty has slowly returned to its original owner.

Xuanguo Shudu, the majestic palace south of the Qiyuan Gate, someone entered with a letter, and then a eunuch took the letter, hurriedly bypassed the winding pavilion of the cloister and went straight to the main hall.

Liu Yun, the Emperor of Xuan, who was the supreme Emperor of the Ninety-Five Year of Xuanguo, was discussing the national policy of defending the border with the ministers in the palace, and a piece of paper "bandits made chaos, and the people rebelled" made the entire hall silent.

Emperor Xuandi Liu Yun, who was still talking and laughing with the minister just now, urgently sent a eunuch to summon Chen Bianzheng, the general of Yulin Zhonglang, who had just returned to Jinggi with Guan Shaolin, the general of Zhennan, to be rewarded, and entered the palace to listen to the order. Chen Bianzheng, who had just quelled the troubles of the Southern Barbarians and was recalled by Emperor Xuan from the border, did not arrive for three days, and then entered the main hall to listen to the decree of the seal.

When he retired from the dynasty, the veteran officials who had been in the officialdom for a long time all looked meaningfully at this rising star who was only twenty-five years old and won the title of Yulin Zhonglang General.

Chen Bianzheng followed the Zhennan general Guan Shaolin to live in the land of the Southern Barbarians for a long time, and he was not well versed in court and political affairs. And an edict drafted by Wen Chengting, the right counselor, which not only served to crusade against the bandits and appease the people of Suping City. There is also a secret edict that is quite intriguing.

"Drive the displaced people within a radius of 300 miles from Suping City into the city and bury them alive on the spot!

Just as Chen Bian was in a trance, Wen Chengting, the doctor who drafted the edict from the third grade, walked to the side of the young and ambitious Chen Zhonglang in a silk robe.

Although it is from the third grade, it is indeed from the third grade in the land of Gyeonggi. Take Supyeongseong Taishou as an example, this kind of Zhengsanpin, a place that is not valued by Gyeonggi, even if it is a sixth-grade official who comes to Gyeonggi to carry shoes, it is not worthy!

Wen Chengting, who was over half a hundred years old and was crawling in the officialdom, saw Chen Zhonglang with a distracted face and said with a smile: "Chen Zhonglang will really be terrible in the future, and now he is valued this time, and the future is immeasurable! ”

Chen Bianzheng's thoughts were interrupted by the visitor, and after making a salute, he asked: "Lord Wen, I am just acting according to the edict, why is the right time and place to say it?"

Wen Chengting, who knew that if he said too much, he would lose it, and that he would make many mistakes, but he smiled and said nothing.

Now the four countries, the northwest Zhou state according to the Hangu Pass and defend, although and the Xuan State is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is more than the Xuan Kingdom to sit on the high and look at the low advantage, send troops is to attack with the trend, drive straight down, straight into the hinterland of the Central Plains. The emperor of the Northeast Chengguo was reckless, and just led the army to the north, and in one fell swoop took the entire Northeast into his pocket, and now he is the most powerful hungry wolf in the Central Plains. In the southeast of Mexico, although the emperors of the two dynasties spent a lot of silver on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the literati held great power. Now, ten years ago, the emperor of the Third Dynasty adopted the "Gengmao Reform Law" led by the Liu family, a minister of the Mexican State, and tilted the treasury economy in favor of the military attachés. Now all countries are taking precautions, making the already weak Xuanguo even more precarious.

The three-way road is a good land full of oil and water. Now that the Xuanguo Shu capital has pacified the Southern Barbarians, the authority is stable, and it is expected that it will take advantage of the situation to level the eastern border.

Suping City is only 20,000 people, and has not been controlled for many years, so no one knows whether it can be easily governed by sending an official at will. In addition, if we really want to help the suffering, embezzle the already empty treasury to help, and create a scene of peace and contentment for the people, wouldn't it be an empty waste of financial resources and a transaction with no hope of recovering the cost in a short time? That's a lot of gold and silver!

And if they do the opposite, kill the people of the city, exterminate the bandits, and firmly hold the three departure roads in their hands, wouldn't that be one more lifeline of the treasury? If the war starts, the Xuan Kingdom will also have more confidence to call for the future.

Chen Bian was stopping for a long time, whether he had no time to take care of the plague in Suping City in the past month, whether he had no time to take care of it or did it intentionally, and now it has come to light.

If this matter is successful, and he will take advantage of the situation to build a group of Chen family border troops of his own in the east of Xuanguo, then his promotion to the general of Zhendong is just around the corner, and then it will be nothing more than a few years to grind.

Then the next piece of news shocked the people of Xuanguo, and the news that the people of Suping City colluded with bandits to rebel spread all over Xuanguo. Prevent the bandits from continuing to do evil, and try to stop the plague people from carrying the disease and the rest of the people. Chen Bianzheng, the general of Yulin Zhonglang, was ordered to send troops to suppress the bandits and sweep away the homeless. And I, Liu Yun, the son of heaven of Xuanguo, am willing to send troops and doctors to save the people of Suping City from fire and water and appease the people.

Up and down the Xuan Kingdom, the people all applauded and applauded, eating pot pulp for General Chen. But in fact, most people are still concerned about cleaning up the plague displaced people. After all, this is the only one that is the biggest hidden danger for ordinary people today.

Two hundred and fifty miles west of Suping City, there is an unkempt swordsman, well versed in the principle of improvisation, originally a guest of Suping City's guard, but when he saw the scene of the tree falling and scattering, his own brain was also bright, even if he planned probably, he drew his knife and slashed at his colleagues, this anti-water move, so that his colleagues who had been born and died for many years were caught off guard.

Then he fished in troubled waters, and he also caught a lot of money. Now I am about to rush to Shudu to find a home. After all, he arrived at Wuchong Mountain in his thirties, and he is also a good player, and after practicing like this gradually and painstakingly for more than ten years, it is not without the opportunity to touch the daunting threshold of the Taiyi Realm.

This man swallowed his saliva, and drove two hundred miles non-stop, but now his mouth is dry, and he wants to take a rest when he finds a mountain col.

And he didn't know that the two vanguard scouts had been waiting here for a long time, and the scouts, who were proficient in assassinating and attacking the enemy, took decisive action when the swordsman was sleepy.

Although the swordsman reacted too late, the two scouts flanked left and right, making him more restrained, and it was a silent attack tactic, this person could block the attack of the scout on the left, and before he could turn around, he was blocked by a dagger.

The scout then skillfully opened the fire and burned the corpse on the spot. Although all the actions were silent, they were full of tacit understanding. And this incident is only the tip of the iceberg of the three departures now, and the displaced people who migrated to the Shu capital of Xuanguo were all assassinated.

This swordsman has already died unjustly, and in order to be safe, even if the scout finds his traces early, he will only follow him without leaving a trace, and act when he sees the opportunity. And if they encounter ordinary refugees who are unarmed and can be seen at a glance to be the westward flow of Suping City, these scouts will often take the opportunity to kill them on the spot.

These scouts were like a net of heaven and earth from Suping City, 300 miles away, sneaking up on the border.

In the rear of the scouts, Chen Bianzheng, a well-used general of Yulin Zhonglang who was highly regarded in the court, led 6,000 elite soldiers, under the banner of exterminating the mountain bandits and pacifying the people, and rushed to the direction of Suping City.

Inside Supyeong Castle.

A few days ago, the mountain bandits entered the city, and the city was in chaos. The most famous and wealthy city in the east is now in ruins, and the refugees in the north city have burned this place to scorched earth, and this group of poor refugees is doing this business of murder and robbery. Even the most honest and honest civilians are more ruthless than the vicious mountain bandits.

Nowadays, there are still people here looking for "leftovers and cold burns", hoping to find some valuable objects in the ruins.

And the unusually cold Rifle Inn is doing thriving business today. The citizens who were originally poor and white in the city took out a lot of silver to come to the party. There are those who come to thank the master for saving his life, there are also those who come to join in the fun, and there are even some remnants of the past who are too guarded.

But it is undeniable that Xu Erniang's business is now thriving.

Then the anti-city displaced people brought a piece of news, which caused an uproar. said that Shu had made a move, killing the homeless, appeasing the people of Suping City, and suppressing the bandits.

Immediately, some people shouted that it didn't matter to them to kill the homeless, they were not homeless anyway. They can also benefit from appeasing the people. Suppress bandits, mountain bandits can rob officials, and if they are unhappy one day, they can rob the people, if Shu can solve the problems of mountain bandits in one fell swoop, then Suping City can be expected to come to the future.

Only the master didn't say a word, looking at the sky and sighing.

If Shudu really wants to appease the people and solve problems for the people, why should he come after the mountain bandits enter the city and the people are in turmoil. Didn't they strike a month ago when the plague broke out? Although the epidemic situation has improved now, it is far from the time for them to sit back and enjoy the results.

The old man sorted out the few remaining herbs and looked in the direction of the three departures. Now that the displaced people are being swept away, this city cannot come out again. But Shu has sent troops to suppress bandits, and now the apprentices can only go to the three roads to avoid danger in order to avoid the hidden dangers of the remaining party in the city.

There is a clear pond of the blue stream on the three leaving roads, which is known as the allusion of "the water of the blue stream is tired of the living, and the body hates the stream for thousands of years".

A young doctor is leading a young man who looks like a scholar to look for medicine. Originally, Jiang Chengzi was going to ask the people in the cottage to find medicine together, but he was interrupted by Wang Jingdao halfway through the words, and scolded him for getting an inch.

Frightened, Jiang Chengzi pulled the scholar and ran out of the cottage, but he didn't forget to mutter, isn't it just a group of mountain bandits, when he and the master return to their hometown, they have to ask the master to write a 10,000-character essay to the government, and crusade against them.

"If you go over there, you'll find this kind of grass, which has a slightly white leaf at the top, a green grass in the middle, and a black root. Jiang Chengzi took the herbs and said to Lu Wenping one by one.

Lu Wenping responded casually, but said with a smile: "How can you go into the mountain and treat the mountain bandits with you?" In your eyes, I think it's a nest of snakes and rats, but I feel as if I'm going home. Now that you have come out to collect a medicine, and you are still pretending to speak, why don't you do it and show it to the brothers in the mountains. Lu Wenping looked at Jiang Chengzi, who was as timid as a mouse in front of the mountain bandits, but always liked to speak ill of each other behind people, and teased without any scruples.

"Phew, those reckless men can dance knives and guns, and that's just a little bit of interest, I learned medicine from my master, which is the craft of saving people. Jiang Chengzi spat on the gesture, avoiding the important and light, not saying that he likes to hurt the virtue behind himself, but tries to be on the top of the hierarchy from the craft.

"Then you have to study your medical skills hard, and it is a bit unreasonable to call yourself a doctor just because you know how to recognize herbs. Lu Wenping pulled out a herb from the weeds and pretended to be an expert to observe it, and then said: "Look, I can just look at the medical documents you take and get to know each other, it's easy!"

"You know a fart, you just study some miscellaneous books all day long, just learn a little fur, can read a word, really think of yourself as a rich Confucian? Jiang Chengzi gave a roll of his eyes, but he didn't give the scholar a good look.

The scholar looked at the steep cliff, bowed and washed his face with the water of the blue stream, and smiled helplessly: "Actually, I have also learned martial arts, but I haven't learned it, I also want to learn swords and swords, but it's not that piece of material." ”

After the scholar finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and wiped the water droplets on his face.

The sword that he threw on the moat of Suping City many years ago is also rusty. If his martial arts were strong, he would not have died in front of the city gate, but he couldn't do anything. If it weren't for the second boss who led the mountain bandits to kill those soldiers and disciples. With this breath, he could only break it and swallow it by himself. In a fit of rage, he tried to comfort himself with death.

Jiang Chengzi, who heard this, was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then you read, have you read a lot of truth?"

Lu Wenping said thoughtfully: "I didn't read any truth, but I just want to read more, after all, I can only read some broken words." I heard that there is still a trace of scholarly anger in Mexico, and now that Old Man Lu is dead, I can only go to Mexico. ”

Jiang Chengzi smiled disdainfully: "If you want to go to Mexico to make a big show at your level, it's a bit ambitious." ”

It wasn't until he was beaten all over the ground by this seemingly weak scholar that Jiang Chengzi bent down and begged for mercy, a great scholar, a great writer, and a great Confucian scholar. praised Lu Wenping all over again, and the scholar was willing to give up.

But what the two didn't know was that there were two people behind them who had been hiding in the dark for a long time, and they were about to attack them, but they heard the news that there were mountain bandits and cottages, and they didn't do it for fear of startling the snakes. chose to follow the two silently, hoping to get the specific geographical location of the cottage, and then let General Chen arrange his troops to arrange the formation, and when the time comes, they will be all in one net.

But what these two leaders in the military scouts didn't expect was that as soon as they arrived at the gate of the cottage, a young man with a sword looked at their hidden grass with a smile. By the time the two reacted and their whereabouts were revealed, it was too late.

Behind them, a knife-bearer with a furrow face came behind them at some point, and the knife killed one of the scouts who was caught off guard, while the remaining one was also killed by the broadsword.

Lu Wenping and Jiang Chengzi only realized that they were wandering around the ghost gate at this time.

The second master observed the token on the scout's waist, and worriedly ordered the mountain bandits to be under martial law. For twelve hours a day, someone had to stand guard at the eight lookouts around the cottage.

"It seems that we are going to attack our three villages, and now the location of the three villages should be exposed. If my guess is correct, this is the elite soldier scout in the Shu capital of Xuanguo, and this token should be the token of the Chen family army who was barbarized in the south of Xuanguo a few years ago. The second master stood on a high place and looked at the dangerous cliffs, and his clothes hunted in the wind. Now it seems that Suping City is moving too much, provoking Xuanguo and Shu to take action in person.

And the two scouts disappeared into this realm and did not return to the station in time, the meaning of which is self-evident.

Even the appetizers are such well-trained scouts, and after throwing bricks and jade, it is expected that it should be a real Manchu and Han full banquet!

Now the cottage master was drunk to death a year ago, and the entire cottage is the second master to carry the tripod, and the second master also lives up to expectations, so that the banner of the cottage has a great reputation in the whole Sanli Road.

When Lu Wenping first came to the cottage, he said that he wanted to see the big boss, after all, it was also a ceremony to enter the village.

But Wang Jingdao and the second master only pointed in the direction of the wine cellar with a ghost in their hearts. When Lu Wenping entered the wine cellar, he was very surprised to see a person's spiritual seat placed in the center of the many wine jars.

Until Wang Jingdao strode into the wine cellar and said to the scholar with a smile: "Our big boss a year ago because of the wealth of the cottage, there are often celebration banquets, once robbed a big vote, the big boss is very happy, the big boss is a drunkard drank three jars of special liquor that night. One didn't pay attention, and he was drunk to death, which was really angry and funny. Before he died, he told me and the second master not to steal wine in the future, and to tell him about the wine, and he gave it. After saying that, he closed his eyes. Alas, after all, at an old age, it is much better to be a drunkard and die drunk than to die in natural and man-made disasters. ”

After that, the brothers in the cottage had to say hello to the big boss first if they wanted to drink.

Chen Bianzheng's 6,000 soldiers can be said to be the elite of the pacification of the Southern Barbarians, and now they are coming along the official road, and Chen Bianzheng is on a par with the Chen family's military division, Nanruoxing.

Although he is in his forties, he has been working hard in the military all day, and his hair has a little silver streak, but his eyes are bright.

Chen Bian was sitting on horseback, looking at the looming Suping City, a smile leaked from the corner of his mouth, after this battle, this place will be in the bag.

Nan Ruoxing also looked far away, and then turned his head to Chen Bianzheng and said: "General Chen Zhonglang, do you really want to kill the people in the city? ”

Chen Bianzheng, who had succeeded in the first battle in the Nanban, smiled even more, the Nanban people died, his Chen family army died, why did this Suping City people die?

"Southern military, Ci is not in charge of the army, and this is His Majesty's secret edict, and we are just acting on orders. Taking a step back, even without His Majesty's secret edict, I will slaughter this place and then make this city a military necessity. At that time, I can not only sit on the trade oil and water, but also be a heavenly gate for my Chen Jiajun for the strategic place in the east of Xuanguo. Chen Bianzheng was not moved in the slightest, but became more and more interested.

"But my Shu land, since ancient times the people's livelihood is scarce, 20,000 people, is not a small number, if these people are used to stabilize the people's livelihood on the border, we can sit on the benefits of the fisherman, when the time comes, join the army and farm, we need to supplement later, so as not to fail a war, and there is no foundation in this place. Nan Ruoxing's face was sad, and his hard persuasion failed to impress Chen Bianzheng, who was stubborn and self-serving.

On the contrary, Chen Bianzheng looked at Nan Ruoxing with an indifferent face: "The Southern Army Division has an iron and bloody hand for foreigners, but he is so kind to himself, he shouldn't be." You said, 20,000 epidemic victims, the imperial court does not give a cent of the epidemic silver taels, do you want me Chen Jiajun to pay out of his own pocket? Take a step back and say, to save the 20,000 epidemic people, you have to resettle them, and that is all real money for nothing. And even if the people of this city die, then this important place of commerce and trade will not be without merchants. As long as it is profitable, it will be a matter of course for someone to rebuild a new 'Supyeong Castle' here in the future. And wouldn't it be beautiful for us to set this city as the foundation of the Chen Jiajun in the east?"

Nan Ruoxing, who knows that water can carry a boat and can also capsize a boat, is speechless. If the people of Xuanguo don't know about this matter, it's fine, but if the East Window incident happens in the future and the people are resentful, then Chen Bianzheng's head is the best reassurance to soothe the hearts of the people.

Chen Bianzheng seemed to see Nan Ruoxing's thoughts, and then said casually: "Nanjun Division, I am an official and a general, and I never thought of protecting myself and leaving my name in history. If I can let the most dangerous Xuanguo survive in the cracks on the Central Plains Continent today, I don't mind doing some dirty things that will be scolded by the historians. ”

Nan Ruoxing smiled with relief, and then looked at the towering and dangerous mountains of Sanli Road with a heavy heart and asked, "Then did General Chen decide to suppress the bandits or slaughter the city first?"

Chen Bian was not in a hurry and rode forward, with a strong smile. "It's just a group of bandits, after our army has reorganized Suping City, the three departures are not within reach? When our army lays a foundation in Suping City, the rest of the things are just a matter of pushing the boat down the river. "Chen Bianzheng, the leading rising star in the south, certainly doesn't care how much of a storm a group of mountain bandits can set off.

Now the most important thing is to go to Suping City first to gather the plague people and burn the corpses, so that their 6,000 elite soldiers have no worries about future troubles, otherwise they will have to suppress bandits at that time, and they must always pay attention to the plague.

On this day, the people of Suping City saw that many border troops outside the city were coming, and they were overjoyed, and even more excited, they cried bitterly, and it was a whole month, the officials and bandits were in charge, the plague was rampant, and the people of the city were panicked.

Now that Xuanguo and Shu have finally made a move, they have not abandoned them as if they were gone.

The heavens are clear, and the emperor's grace is mighty.