The news from Jiao Ting did not surprise Zhao Bufan, Tong Guan led the eight capital eunuchs to conquer Wang Qing, which was already doomed to defeat, as the saying goes, one soldier will be a bear, and the eight capital eunuchs can bring out some soldiers from the wine bags and rice bags that were recruited by Cai Jing to make up the number.

If they are allowed to fight bravely in the Qinglou, it is natural to be the best, all of them are elite soldiers, and they must have the momentum of giving up their own, but in the face of the bandits under the command of Huaixi Dakou Wang Qing, that is the well-behaved little sheep, isn't it just for others to play?

The temporary commander of such a soldier and horse goes out to fight, not to mention that he is a child, even if Sun Wu is reborn and resurrected in vain, it is also for nothing, how can a sergeant who wears a battle armor and runs for several miles with difficulty, how can he expect them to go into battle to kill the enemy.

When he heard earlier that Tong Guan led the eight major eunuchs to be ordered to go to Huaixi, Zhao Bufan understood that this was because Emperor Zhao Ji had seen through the cause and effect, and intended to punish Tong Guan, and at the same time, he was also expressing anger, and he was deterring the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty through the punishment of Tong Guan, telling the ministers to have a bottom line in doing things, and not to cross the bottom line in his heart.

Therefore, the current defeat of Tong Guan in Huaixi did not surprise Zhao Bufan at all, what really made him wonder was why Tong Guan was almost killed, as a eunuch, Tong Guan can be in charge of the military for so many years, fight so many battles, and squeeze out so many people, the ability is not so unbearable, in the case of knowing in advance that the army will be defeated, the people under Wang Qing still almost killed him, it is indeed a little weird, it is said that it is more reasonable to escape in time.

It's a pity that at the moment, it can only be doubted, and it is difficult to say what is going on.

After Jiao Ting left, Zhao Bufan stood alone on the beach for a long time, until his body was covered with thick snow, and then he walked back to his residence in Dongxian Port, and he didn't want to just step into the house, but he saw Shang Kunyang and Gongsun Sheng learning martial arts, Song Jiang and Wu Yong watched from the side, and even Song Jiang's younger brother Song Qing and apprentices Kong Ming and Kong Liang were also there.

Zhao Bufan didn't disturb them, and stood quietly to the side and watched.

This Gongsun Sheng is a Han man in Jizhou, Liao, worshipping Luo Zhenren of Erxian Mountain as a teacher, is a cultivator, not only smart and erudite, but also traveled the world, walking around the territory of the Great Song Dynasty all the year round, and is also one of the seven people who followed Chao Gai to rob the birth gang in the early years, and his martial arts are also very special, called the Five Thunder Tiangang Righteous Law, which can confuse people's minds and make people hallucinate, with his hidden tricks, often killing people invisibly.

Although this kind of martial arts secret technique is rare, it is not nothing, Huang Shang's self-created Nine Yin True Scripture also has a soul chapter, which has many similar secret techniques, but this kind of method has a lot of flaws, if it is cracked, it will seriously hurt himself, so although Zhao Bufan has also learned, he has never paid much attention to it, and Huang Shang has also personally told him, saying that this kind of secret technique can not be used, and it is not good for martial arts cultivation if it is used too much.

At this moment, Shang Kunyang was obviously on the way, even though he made the eighteen palms of the dragon descending fierce, but there was no discipline at all, he was obviously played by Gongsun Sheng, and from Shang Kunyang's sometimes empty and sometimes frightened eyes, he had hallucinated.

Seeing this, Zhao Bufan glanced at Gongsun Sheng, who was quite complacent, and suddenly spoke out.

"Firm will, look at it with your heart, your martial arts are stronger than him, feel the flow of strength, everything else is illusory!"

This voice came into Shang Kunyang's ears, as if it brought him great confidence, the sloppy eyes gradually condensed, more and more determined, just a few moves later, suddenly as if a different person, the fierce and incomparable dragon descending eighteen palms greatly increased the power, and Gongsun Sheng was embarrassed to dodge.

"Bang!"

Gongsun Sheng couldn't avoid it, he took a hard palm with the pine pattern bronze sword in his hand, and was instantly shocked to take seven or eight steps back before standing firmly, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Shang Gang Master's martial arts are extraordinary, and the poor Dao is willing to bow down!"

Shang Kunyang didn't mean to continue the pursuit, but just stood quietly in place to appreciate the huge gain just now.

The eyes of Song Jiang and the others then looked at Zhao Bufan, who was smiling and standing quietly.

Gongsun Sheng was even more surprised, and asked strangely, "Lord Zhao also knows Taoist spells?"

"I know Taoist martial arts well, and I also know a little bit about the five elements of yin and yang, and Qimen Dunjia, even if it is a trick, I have heard a lot, but I have never seen the spell!"

Zhao Bufan replied with a smile, not exposing his coaxing spell words, but Gongsun Sheng naturally understood and smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others next to him had already stepped forward and saluted one after another.

Glancing at them, Zhao Bufan quickly waved his hand: "Okay, these false courtesies will be waived, it just so happens that you are all here, I want to ask you, have you ever heard of Wansheng Villa when you are walking around the rivers and lakes in the past?"

Song Jiang, Wu Yong and the others looked at each other for a moment, and they all shook their heads.

Only Gongsun Sheng thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "What the adults are asking about is the Wansheng Villa in Xiangyang, the owner of the villa?"

"Exactly, I don't know how much you know about Wansheng Villa?" Zhao Bufan asked.

Gongsun Sheng was not in a hurry, he first took the pine pattern bronze sword back to the scabbard on his back, patted the dust on the robe, and then smiled and said: "It seems that this Wansheng Villa is very important to Lord Zhao, Poor Dao does know a lot, and he can tell the general everything, but Poor Dao also has one thing to ask for." ”

Zhao Bufan smiled and asked rhetorically: "You want me to let you go back to Jizhou again?"

Gongsun Sheng looked at Zhao Bufan's tone, and seemed to know the result, and smiled bitterly: "Thanks to the care of the adults, the brothers on Liangshan have settled down properly, and the poor Dao has also helped to appease the hearts of the brothers, and helped the Song leader to persuade them to serve the adults well in the future, everything that can be done has been done, and it is useless for the adults to keep the poor Dao by their side, why not let the poor Dao go back to Jizhou and cultivate the Dao with peace of mind?

"What do you mean not stepping into the Great Song Dynasty for half a step for life?" Zhao Bufan glanced at him lightly and said resolutely: "Jizhou is one of the sixteen states of Youyun, I am determined to take it, and it will be the land of the Great Song Dynasty sooner or later!"

"That poor Dao will never leave Erxian Mountain for life, and follow Luo Zhenren to learn the Tao in seclusion with peace of mind, and support his old mother?"

"Then who will atone for your sins?"

"This ......"

"You are well-informed, you will follow me as a staff member in the future, and after you make meritorious service and atonement for your sins, it is up to you to decide whether to leave or stay, and you had better not move your mind, I want to kill you between raising your hands, and you can't escape to the ends of the earth!" Saying that, Zhao Bufan suddenly stared at Gongsun Sheng's eyes, taking advantage of his defenselessness, silently operating the thaumaturgy in the Nine Yin True Scripture Soul Chapter, and put it away.

Gongsun Sheng's eyes were empty for a moment, but they quickly returned to normal.

Song Jiang and the others next to him didn't know what was going on, only to see Gongsun Sheng wake up with a frightened face.

"Your ......, my lord"

Zhao Bufan smiled slightly: "You are a smart person, you should understand that what I just said is right!"

Gongsun Sheng's expression continued to change, and his heart seemed to be struggling.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and made his choice.

"My lord, the poor Dao is willing to serve sincerely for ten years, and I hope that the adult will let the poor Dao return to the mountain to cultivate the Dao in ten years!"

"If you do things sincerely, I will never break my promise, and I have already secretly sent someone to pick up your mother!" Zhao Bufan seemed to smile, but his tone was very affirmative.

Gongsun Sheng didn't say anything more, and bowed respectfully.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong next to him were inexplicable, they didn't know what Zhao Bufan had done to Gongsun Sheng just now, and they didn't understand why Gongsun Sheng's attitude had changed so much in a short period of time, it must be known that he had been thinking about returning to Erxian Mountain to cultivate earlier, and his mind was very resolute.

In fact, it was a deterrent just now, Zhao Bufan used the superior secret technique in the Nine Yin True Scripture on Gongsun Sheng, just to let Gongsun Sheng know that the miraculous skills he relied on were nothing at all, not to mention his Gongsun Sheng, even his master Luo Zhenren was far behind, that is to say, he should not rely on those small means to sneak away.

After weighing it, Gongsun Sheng decided to use ten years of time to atone for his sins.

Although Song Jiang, Wu Yong and the others next to him were puzzled, but seeing that Gongsun Sheng had sincerely surrendered and looked at each other for a moment, Song Jiang's dark face also showed obvious worry, and he bowed down and asked, "Lord Zhao, will we also serve as a staff member for ten years in the future?"

"Don't you want to be an official?" Zhao Bufan asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Song Jiang was slightly embarrassed, but at the moment, he didn't dare to be disrespectful, let alone show the slightest annoyance, he just replied with a smile: "Lord Zhao said that he was laughing, the villain is also dedicated to the country, and he wants to do something for the Great Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Bufan smiled faintly, ignoring what he was thinking, and said to himself: "It doesn't matter what the reason is, the important thing is that I was forced by the situation to give you a chance to atone for your sins, since this is already the case, then I hope you will do something practical for the people in the future, but I also made it clear that I just don't worry about you and Wu Yong, so no matter what you say, I won't believe it, but I will give you the opportunity to prove it with your actions, you and Wu Yong will leave for the Imperial City Division in a few days, and my father-in-law Zhu Bocai will try to settle you."

Song Qing and Kong Ming and Kong Liang also followed you, as for your family, I have been secretly placed in the capital, without my order, they are not allowed to leave the capital for half a step, wait for you to make meritorious atonements, and gain my trust with your actions, then you can change all this, this is already tolerant enough, if it is not for the current internal and external troubles of the Great Song Dynasty, I will not accept your surrender at all, the emperor has already exterminated your three clans, you should know this very well!"

The words have been said so clearly, where can Song Jiang not understand, there is no joy on his dark face, nor can he see frustration, he just bowed respectfully: "I will definitely do things well in the future!"

"Okay, let's go back and rest!" Zhao Bufan waved his hand and turned around and walked towards his room. "By the way, there are two taboos for me to remember clearly in the future, one is to alienate your past Liangshan brothers. One is that you are not allowed to break the law and discipline again, if you are found to have private secret letters, secretly contact and collude, that is to punish several crimes, if the three clans are wiped out at that time, don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"

............

After only a few days, the masters of the Imperial City Division came to pick up Song Jiang and Wu Yong, and in the future, they will be personally controlled by Zhu Bocai, and they will be under the surveillance of the Imperial City Division at any time, so it is naturally impossible to set off any more storms, and Zhao Bufan can be regarded as completing the complete isolation between Song Jiang and Liangshan.

In this way, it can be said that a smooth transition has been completed, and if Song Jiang is not moved at the moment, then some Liangshan generals who were loyal to Song Jiang will not move, only knowing that Song Jiang has gone to the capital to become an official, he will feel that it is a good thing, so as to manage himself with peace of mind.

Then after waiting for a long time, Song Jiang and Liangshan will naturally slowly distance themselves from each other, plus they will guide and restrain Liangshan every day, and sooner or later they will not want to mention the past bandit identity in their hearts.

Everything is running smoothly.

After that, Zhao Bufan continued to live in Dongxian Port for half a month, and seeing that the secret training of Shi Qian and other spy personnel was on the right track, he quietly sent a message to He Daye, who was hiding in the north of Cangzhou, asking him to send Tang Bin to Dongxian Port to continue to supervise the training of this force, while he himself returned to Xuanfu Mansion in Yanshan County.

After a few days of preparation, Zhao Bufan called Shang Kunyang and prepared to secretly go south to investigate Wansheng Villa, because there seemed to be a lot of secrets related to Tong Guan, so he decided to investigate in person, and he didn't plan to let the official people interfere, so he only brought Shang Kunyang, hoping to use the power of the beggar gang to investigate.

The day before leaving, Zhao Bufan sent someone to recruit Lu Junyi and other major generals in the army, ready to arrange the affairs of the army after leaving, but he didn't expect to sit down in the hall just now, but there was a sharp shout outside the door.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!!"

"Holy Decree?" Zhao Bufan, who had just sat down, was very puzzled, and after thinking about it, he didn't understand how he could come to the Holy Decree, now it has been several months since the pacification of Liangshan, and all the rewards that should be rewarded have been awarded, and the large-scale transfer of Hebei East Road has also been completed, so there is no reason to come to the Holy Decree again.

Although he didn't understand it, he still had to accept the holy decree, so Zhao Bufan quickly stood up and walked out of the hall with many high-level generals in the hall and came to the courtyard.

A moment later, many Praetorian Guards swarmed in and quickly stood on both sides, while Liang Shicheng, who was richly dressed, slowly walked in from them.

"Oh, Zhao Bufan, you don't say that this Xuanfu Mansion is repaired well, it's really cold, it's too cold, how can you walk into the yard and there is mud everywhere, what are the people in the mansion doing, you see how dirty our shoes are!"

"Manager Liang?" Zhao Bufan was really shocked, he didn't expect that it was Liang Shicheng who came to announce the decree in person.

Liang Shicheng was surprised when he saw him, a smile appeared on his old face, he looked kind, if he didn't know someone, I am afraid he would think that this was a kind old man.

He and Zhao Bufan were very familiar with each other, so naturally they didn't have too much politeness, and after looking at each other for a moment, he unfolded the holy decree and read it out.

Zhongshu Men Xuan: Knowing the Privy Secret Tong Guanbing defeated Huaixi, losing power and humiliating the country, I have been severely punished, Taishi Cai Jing knows no people, the eight major eunuchs used have no talent and no virtue, I also punished slightly, but the two ministers are the humerus of the country, but there are still such mistakes, it can be seen that the responsibility of the courtiers to supervise is the top priority, Zhao Bufan, the special announcement of the Zhongshu Sheren returned to Beijing, cut off the post of the Zhongshu Sheren, the right to know the Kaifeng Mansion, and concurrently served as the Imperial History Zhongcheng! Hebei East Road Xuanfu Mansion was abolished, and the garrison remained unchanged, Qin this!

As Liang Shicheng read out the holy decree, Zhao Bufan's face became more and more ugly, and too many thoughts instantly rose in his heart.

If I am asked to return to Beijing as soon as the reorganization and deployment of the army on the Hebei East Road is completed, is it because I want to take away my military power?

Inexplicably, I was asked to go back to Beijing to be the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, and I also served as the nominal Imperial History Zhongcheng, although the status has risen, but the real power has declined, what does it mean?

Could it be that something happened to the DPRK......