On the eve of dawn, Zhao Bufan woke up slowly, turned his head to look at Zhu Lian, who was still asleep, and finally woke up from the state of sleepwalking, and looked at the roof blankly. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After a long time, he got up quietly, and even used light skills to minimize his movements, then dressed up quietly, and then put Zhu Lian's dress neatly beside her bed, and then quietly walked out of the door.

At this time, the courtyard was still dark, but the air was extremely fresh, Zhao Bufan washed briefly, went straight to the practice room, and started a new day of practice.

Now that he has opened up ten of the twelve canons, as long as he insists on studying and practicing hard, with the wonder of the Nine Turns of Jinyang Divine Skill and his strong internal strength, it is only a matter of time before he gets through all the twelve canons. What is really difficult is the development of the eight veins of the Qi Jing in the future, which requires a long accumulation.

Fortunately, the extremely critical Ren pulse has been opened, although the limit of the power will still lead to the leakage of essence, but as long as the time is not particularly long, it is within the controllable range, as for the complete eradication of this hidden danger, then the only way is to open up all the muscles and veins around the body, which is also the only way.

When he came out of the practice room, it was already dark, and Zhu Lian had already arranged for an early meal, and was waiting for him with Zheyuezhi with a smile.

Today's Zhu Lian is especially beautiful, her skin is shiny, and she really has the appearance of captivating the country and the city, but when facing Zhao Bufan, she has no smile, she is gentle and considerate on the surface, but in fact, it makes Zhao Bufan feel a distant distance, and she only seems natural and sincere when she talks to Zheyuezhi.

Zhao Bufan didn't say anything, he remembered what Zhu Lian had said.

"I'll be a good wife and do better than everyone else, but I hate you in my heart!"

This kind of taste made Zhao Bufan very uncomfortable, he wanted to say something, but he felt that it was meaningless to say anything now, maybe only by fulfilling his promise and returning Zhu Lian a piece of peace and tranquility, then Zhu Lian could believe that he did not marry her for personal prosperity, but for the sake of the country and the ambition that both of them shared!

"Zhu Lian!" Zhao Bufan looked at Zhu Lian, who was talking and laughing with Zhi Yuezhi, and called softly.

Zhu Lian slowly looked back, calm as water: "What does the husband command?"

This seemingly supple, but in fact, indifferent expression and tone blocked all the words that Zhao Bufan originally wanted to say, opened his mouth, but got up and left the table.

"I'll go to the study to write a recital, you eat slowly!"

Seeing him go away, Zhi Yuezhi's eyes showed doubts: "This has just gotten married, what's the matter with the two of you? Why do you always feel weird?"

"It's nothing, it may be that my husband is in a bad mood, my sister don't think too much, my sister will accompany you to pick out the headdress later, I know that there is a store in the inner city whose craftsmanship is particularly good, and I will definitely be able to choose the one that my sister is satisfied with, and there is also a clothing shop that is also doing well!" Zhu Lian changed the topic very smartly, and hit the weakness of Zheyuezhi.

Zhi Yuezhi has a lively and active personality, and she is also more playful, so she was immediately distracted by her, and the topic of the two beauties soon turned to all kinds of tidying up......

Zhao Bufan, who returned to the study alone, sat quietly for a while, gradually shook off the complicated emotions in his heart, and concentrated on writing the folds.

Half an hour later, he went straight to the imperial city and asked to face the saint.

Now that he is in the middle of his holy family, no one dares to make an obstacle in the middle, and after the little eunuch's report, he didn't wait long to be summoned and successfully entered Yanfu Palace.

This Yanfu Palace is also the most poetic palace group, there are many pavilions and various gardens, it is the favorite palace of Emperor Zhao Ji, most of the time is here, Zhao Bufan briefly visited it, and then directly presented his own folds.

In fact, the content of the twist is also very simple, Zhao Bufan used the excuse of the lack of soldiers and major generals under his command to ask for the transfer of some outstanding generals to the northern Xinjiang, and even requested that the soldiers and horses under their command be transferred at the same time.

This list includes the double-whip Hu Yanzhuo, the double-spear general Dong Ping, the Baisheng general Han Tao, the Tianmu general Peng Xi, the holy water general Shan Tinggui, the Shenhuo general Wei Dingguo, and the thunderbolt Qin Ming, Xiao Li Guanghuarong, and Qin Ming's apprentice Huang Xin, who are currently serving in the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

In addition, the last two were Lei Lingzhen, who was a small official in the Jiazhan Library, and Ma Xuanzan, a depressed Choujun in the Yamen of the Infantry Division of the Guards.

In Zhao Bufan's heart, no matter how good or low these people are, they are relatively familiar after all, and they are most suitable for forming an initial team.

Emperor Zhao Ji took it and took a cursory look, and quickly said with a smile: "Among these people you pointed out, except for Hu Yanzhuo, the governor of Caizhou, and Dong Ping, the governor of Yunzhou, the others are all idle and reserve generals, and almost all of them are people who cannot be reused, how could they choose them, I might as well send an order to Gao Yu and ask him to transfer some generals from the main forbidden army to you." ”

Zhao Bufan arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your grace, but the minister thinks that these people have not been able to do something practical for Your Majesty with Yulu, so it should be used, no matter how much or less, they can always save expenses for the court, and there is no need to supplement more food and salary." ”

This is also true, the official system of the Great Song Dynasty is complex and chaotic, there are too many alternate officials and generals, this expenditure has always been a heavy burden on the treasury, and it has not been solved after many reforms, so his words can be regarded as speaking to the heart of Emperor Zhao Ji, although a few people can not change the overall situation, but it can always make the emperor happy.

"Yes, yes, you really think about the court, if every courtier can be like you, try to select the best people among the candidates, and make less trouble, then I really have a lot of peace of mind, according to what you said, these people and their soldiers have been transferred to Bazhou, what other requests do you have?"

"The minister begs Your Majesty to grant that the Bazhou Liutun Forbidden Army can have a quota of 7,500 cavalry!" Zhao Bufan spoke again.

The various supply and demand supplies of cavalry are completely different from those of infantry, and the daily expenses of armor and food are several times that of infantry, so this really makes Emperor Zhao Ji hesitate slightly, mainly because the forbidden army on the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty has reached more than 800,000, not counting the number of van troops, native soldiers, and Fan soldiers, and the burden of military expenses is already very heavy.

Although most of these establishments are empty, the money, food, and military salaries all fall into the pockets of the officials and generals at the top and bottom, and the actual amount can be 300,000 even if it is the sky, but Emperor Zhao Ji does not know, and the treasury finally allocates all these money, grain and materials every year, so he is very hesitant.

Zhao Bufan also knew this, and soon continued quietly: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is no need to add more, it is better to abolish some of the Liutun forbidden army in the hinterland, and give this quota to the border army, it is useless to have too many Liutun forbidden troops in the hinterland, and the border pass is responsible for frontal defense, and it needs more military support." ”

"Then why don't you directly transfer some forbidden troops to Bazhou?" asked Emperor Zhao Ji.

Zhao Bufan waited for this sentence, and immediately replied with a smile: "The minister thinks that this is indeed the best, the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty is enough, and there is really no need to add more!"

Emperor Zhao Ji frowned, thought for a long time and continued: "I have high hopes for you, so I agreed to your request and let you send some troops to you from various places, but you don't want to disappoint me in the future, although I and the empress have not yet considered whether to give you the title of a righteous son, they have indeed treated you as a righteous son!"

"The minister is grateful, and he will do his best to protect the territory!" Zhao Bufan thanked him loudly.

Subsequently, Emperor Zhao Ji pulled him to talk about some ups and downs, and Zhao Bufan also followed his wishes and tossed for a long time before he was able to leave the palace and return home.

After completing this, he also completely relaxed and secretly planned to return to the northern frontier.

The harvest of returning to Beijing this time has far exceeded his expectations, not only completely clarifying the face of the enemy, but also inflicting heavy blows on Tong Guan and Yang Jian, and at the same time gaining the trust and love of the emperor and empress, which can be called smooth sailing.

But now it is useless to stay in the capital, before he has enough strength, he has no grasp of overthrowing Tong Guan, what he wants to do most is to go back to the north to lay a good foundation and establish enough strength, as for the capital, it is enough to have Zhu Bocai here. However, he already predicted that in the near future, he would return to Beijing more and more often.

Fifteen days later, on August 23, Zhao Bufan wrote his resignation.

Both Emperor Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng wanted him to stay longer, but Zhao Bufan quickly obtained Emperor Zhao Ji's approval on the pretext that the Liao State had often changed in recent years.

Compared with the light travel when going to Beijing, this return trip can be called a large number of people, Zhu Lian, Zheyuezhi, Luan Tingyu, Zhu Hu, Shi Qian, Qin Ming, Hua Rong, Xuanzan, Huang Xin, Ling Zhen are all together, plus Hua Rong's sister, Qin Ming's family, and cronies and entourage, etc., all add up to nearly eighty people, and the frame is seven, which is really not small.

In order to be in a hurry, Zhao Bufan didn't go around again, and directly chose to go north on the side of the Daimyo's Mansion, even when he passed by Daming County, he never stayed at Lu Junyi's house, and Tong Guan and Yang Jian's men and horses didn't dare to make trouble on the road anymore.

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the North Wolf Village in Bazhou.

Lin Chong, Guan Sheng and other generals who stayed behind went out of the camp for twenty miles to greet them, Zhao Bufan greeted them one by one, but found that he didn't see Guo Sheng and Lu Fang, it stands to reason that after such a long time, the two people who stayed in Yaojia Town to recuperate from their injuries should have come back, and immediately asked strangely: "Why didn't you see Lu Fang and Guo Sheng?

Zhang Qing was closest to Zhao Bufan at this time, looked around in surprise, and then exclaimed: "Didn't Lu Fang and Guo Sheng follow the general back to Beijing to face the saint?"

In an instant, Zhao Bufan's heart suddenly burst out, and he asked again in a hurry: "What about Hao Siwen?"

After breaking the Blue Ghost Branch under Tong Guan earlier, Hao Siwen took the lead in returning to Beijing with the evidence to find Zhu Bocai, according to the pre-plan, he should have returned to the North Wolf Village first after handing over the evidence. When Zhao Bufan first arrived in the capital, he also casually asked Zhu Bocai about this, and Zhu Bocai also said that Hao Siwen had already left Beijing.

But in the face of Zhao Bufan's inquiry at this moment, the generals looked very dazed, Guan Sheng shook his head and said, "But Hao Siwen hasn't come back!" (To be continued.) )