The scorching sun shone on the cottage of Shaohua Mountain, Zhao Bufan stood on the high arrow tower, like a statue quietly looking at the undulating mountains in the distance, the strong mountain wind lifted his hair and the corners of his clothes, dancing freely. Inside the cottage are the busy Shaohua Mountain heroes, they are packing up their salutes, counting the supplies, and they can hear noisy shouts everywhere.

Zhao Bufan has been in Shaohua Mountain for two days, and he also learned the news from Kaifeng, Tokyo, from Xu Guanzhong's mouth earlier, and knew that the dust had settled in Huazhou, so the big stone hanging in his heart fell, and now he is in a hurry to return to northern Xinjiang.

Zhu Bocai's movement in the capital was very smooth, and after he found the two Xianwang Zhao Yu and Zeng Kun, he quickly persuaded them to help hide it. After all, the two of them have been able to sit in the Imperial City Division for so many years without being killed, and they are naturally measured, and they know very well what must be said, what things do not need to be said, what things can be managed, and what things cannot be managed.

The Imperial City Division is an espionage agency directly under the emperor, and if there is silence here, the biggest problem will be solved, and Zhu Bocai immediately went to Cai Jing generously.

Cai Jing is an old fox who has been in the imperial court for decades, and of course he understands that the more problems are involved in the turmoil in Huazhou, the more angry the emperor will be, which will make He Zhizhou's responsibility heavier, and he, the person who personally promoted He Zhizhou, will not be able to get out of it. Everyone knows that He Zhizhou has always been his person, and it is really out of control, so it is difficult for him Cai Jing to be caught and take the opportunity to make trouble, so he immediately reached an agreement with Zhu Bocai, not only personally came forward to assist in the court, but also said that he had seen the wrong person, reprimanded He Zhizhou for damning, and also suppressed the sensitive matter of the group of heroes entering Huazhou privately, and the unknown relationship between Shaohua Mountain bandits and Zhao Bufan.

At the same time, Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangguo, father and son on the other side, also wrote the chapter beautifully, they rendered Zhao Bufan's heart of coming to Huazhou thousands of miles to buy calligraphy and paintings for the emperor, and exposed all the evil deeds of He Zhizhou in Huazhou to expropriate and oppress the good, and other things were all omitted and omitted, so that things seemed to be limited to He Zhizhou.

The cooperation of several forces has made things simpler, big things are small, small things are small, and the calligraphy and painting of Zhong Ji in the name of Zhao Bufan are deeply loved by Emperor Zhao Ji, this incident that will implicate many problems in itself has been downplayed, and a few ministers who know about it are afraid of several forces and dare not talk nonsense, although others such as Tong Guan and Yang Jian are not afraid, but they are afraid of the attitude of many forces, and they do not see the opportunity to make profits, and they are also silent.

As a result, the matter was settled, and Emperor Zhao Ji issued a holy decree on the spot at the court meeting, convicting He Zhizhou of many felonies such as attempted murder of court officials and family members without authorization, wanton expropriation and extortion, forcibly robbing people's daughters, and breaking the law by knowing the law. Cai Jing was fined for half a year on the grounds that he did not know the person and used the person improperly, but fortunately did not cause major mistakes.

In addition, Zhao Bufan also made meritorious contributions to exposing the crimes of He Zhizhou, dedicated Zhong Xuan's calligraphy and painting, accumulated the merits of building the northern frontier defense and resisting Liao, merged and promoted the rank of Yunzhou Observation Envoy, and still served as the commander of the forbidden army of Bazhou Liutun and the commander of the border army of Cang and Ba Erzhou.

Since Zhao Bufan learned of this result, he really didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy, of course it was a good thing to be promoted, but he was also deeply shocked by the power of power, if he hadn't taken refuge in Cai Jing in the early days, and then hadn't been tied to the same boat with the Zhu family, then I really don't know if he could live until now.

Today, he stood on the arrow tower of Shaohua Mountain for a long time and refused to move half a step, just to see the beautiful mountains and rivers, and to be quiet and alone for a while.

Hu Sanniang, who was in a red dress, walked up gently, looking obsessively at the back standing in the wind.

After a long time, she shook her head, put away her messy thoughts, and opened her lips slightly: "Brother Bufan, the brothers in Shaohua Mountain have all packed up, those who are willing to follow to the north are waiting outside the gate of the village, and those who are unwilling to go are also distributed to the scattered people, let them go by themselves!"

"Very well, let's go now!"

Under an order, the people of Shaohua Mountain set off to the north, except for a few village owners, there are more than 200 people who are willing to go to the north to serve in the army, plus their families and the property they carry, the size of the whole team is really not small.

When Shi Jin stepped out of the gate of the village, he stared at the cottage for a long time, as if he was a little reluctant, Yang Chun, who was following him, saw his thoughts, and smiled and comforted: "Brother Shi Jin, it's a good thing for us to follow General Zhao to the north, don't want this poor cottage!"

"I know!" Shi Jin looked very handsome, and his smile was even more angular, he looked at Yang Chun, who was in high spirits, shook his head and said: "I was originally from a rich and noble family, if I wasn't desperate back then, where would I be left behind, and now I can follow General Zhao to have a good place, of course I am very happy, but this is my hometown after all, I don't know what years to come back, I feel a little reluctant." “

Thinking of the events of that year, Yang Chun was also quite emotional, and said slightly apologetically: "It was indeed a few of us who dragged you down at the beginning, if it weren't for us, you wouldn't have fought with the government, maybe you are still a rich man in Shijiazhuang now, and you have a worry-free life!"

"Eh! What are these words!" Shi Jin's eyes widened, and he blamed: "At the beginning, I befriended you because I saw that you were all heroes who valued righteousness, and were forced by the government to fall into the grass, I, Shi Jin, am a person who stresses righteousness, you came to my village as a guest, do I watch you being arrested? Don't say this kind of drag again, and now it's not good, Brother Lu Zhishen followed General Zhao to become the commander of the military capital in Northern Xinjiang, and I followed General Zhao to Northern Xinjiang this time, and naturally I can also have a future!"

Hearing Shi Jin mention Lu Zhishen, Yang Chun suddenly showed curiosity, and after thinking for a while, he asked out loud: "Brother Shi Jin, I heard that General Zhao Bufan came to Huazhou to find us this time because of Brother Lu Zhishen's recommendation, but brother, why have I never heard you mention him, when did you meet?"

"That's a long story!" Shi Jin smiled slightly, slowly falling into his memory.

"My master's name is Wang Jin, who was the head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and was forced to flee the capital because he offended Gao Yu, and was ready to go to the old man to take refuge in the old man, when he passed by our Shijiazhuang and lived for a long time, I took the opportunity to worship him as a teacher and became his apprentice. Later, I was convicted of helping you resist the government, so I wanted to go to the old man to find my master, and strive to join the army to atone for the crime, but not only did I not find it, but I ran into Lu Zhishen's brother who was on an errand in Weizhou, he is a straightforward person, and we are very close to each other, so we made friends.

Later, he killed the bully Zheng Tu on the street for a pair of poor father and daughter, and was pursued by the small kind of Jingluo Xianggong, I was also implicated because of my involvement, and had to escape, and then wandered around, and unconsciously ran to the Beijing Daimyo's Mansion, at that time I also spent all the entanglement, and when I was desperate, I thought about grabbing some silver to save my life first, but I didn't think that I met Lu Zhishen's brother who had been a monk in Wutai Mountain, when he couldn't go down in Wutai Mountain, and was preparing to go to Tokyo to go to Daxiangguo Temple.

By chance, we met two wicked people who forcibly occupied the clay pot temple, one was Cui Daocheng, nicknamed the pig iron Buddha, and the other was Qiu Xiaoyi, nicknamed the flying yaksha, they occupied the clay pot temple, the means were ruthless, I and Brother Zhishen worked together to kill the two of them, but unfortunately at that time, the monks of the clay pot temple and the woman who was robbed had committed suicide, so we couldn't save them, and then we burned the clay pot temple to a fire, took the property of the two villains and left.

At that time, Brother Zhishen still wanted to go to Daxiangguo Temple, he had a letter of recommendation from the host of Wutai Mountain, so he could go there to settle down, but I had never been a monk, and there was no letter of recommendation, so there was no place to go, and the government was wanted by me, so I had no choice but to return to Huazhou, and then I went to Shaohua Mountain to find you to join the gang, thanks to your deep righteousness, this is the master of the village here, and there is a place to stay!"

This twist and turn experience also made the white flower snake Yang Chun sigh, and shook his head with emotion: "I can't imagine that my brother and Brother Zhishen still have such a friendship, and it's a good thing to go to Northern Xinjiang to take care of it!"

"Don't talk about it!" Zhu Wu, the Divine Machine Commander, suddenly passed by the two of them, carrying the Wind and Thunder Sword on his back, his brows furrowed. "We are now an official army, and many resumes have been quietly tampered with, it is better to mention the past less, the less people know, the better, beware of being used by gangsters in the future!"

"Brother Zhu Wu's words are true!" Yang Chun agreed, turned around and took Shi Jin's arm and walked forward. "Let's go! Don't look at it! The more you look at it, the more reluctant you become!"

The autumn wind is whisking, and the leaves are flying outside the empty walled gate, fluttering and not knowing where to go.

Shi Jin's eyes were complicated, and he turned back three times one step at a time, not knowing what he was thinking, but he still took steps, and followed the man in white at the front and gradually left his familiar hometown, away from the place where he was born and raised!

Just like those scattered fallen leaves, helplessly swaying with the wind, never knowing where they will drift!

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The journey to the north was very smooth, but because the people of Shaohua Mountain were dragging their children and mothers, and they carried a lot of assets, so they walked very slowly, and they did not arrive at the Sikou Pass in northern Xinjiang until the beginning of October, which is now also the base camp of the Liangshan army.

The generals in the army had already received the news of his return earlier, and they came out to greet him, but Zhao Bufan refused the proposal of the generals to take over the dust for him, and handed over the affairs of placing the heroes of Shaohua Mountain to Lin Chong on the spot, and he rushed back to the general's mansion.

After months of absence, the backlog of affairs had piled up, and he was not in the mood to party at all.

After more than ten days of such a busy time, he finished handling many important matters, and then threw the trivial matters to the generals, so that he got some free time.

On this day, he was immersed in reviewing the routine reports of various outposts, but Lin Chong and Hu Sanniang walked in together.

When Zhao Bufan heard the footsteps, he immediately raised his head, and when he saw the two of them coming together, he was suddenly slightly surprised, and put down the letterhead in his hand.

"Why are you here together?"

Lin Chong was wearing a battle armor, obviously just returned from the army, and when he heard his inquiry, he immediately bowed, shook his head with a smile and said: "I have something to report, and I happened to meet Hu Sanniang wandering outside the gate of the General's Mansion, so I brought her in." ”

Zhao Bufan turned his head to look at Hu Sanniang, who looked hesitant, and asked strangely: "Why don't you come in directly and wander around the door if you have something to ask me for?"

Hu Sanniang lowered her head and thought sullenly for a moment, her beautiful face was slightly tangled, and after a long while, she clenched her fist, and suddenly raised her head and said: "Brother Fanfan, I did come here to ask for something, but I was a little hesitant when I walked outside the gate of the General's Mansion, so I wandered and didn't come in!"

"You and I are not outsiders, what is there to hesitate about, if there is any difficulty, just say it, let's see if we can solve it together!"

Hearing this, Hu Sanniang was secretly happy in her heart, stared at Zhao Bufan, no longer cared about anything, and immediately said what she thought in her heart.

"Brother Extraordinary doesn't know, because I love to practice martial arts since I was a child, and I am a woman, so long before our Hu family didn't follow you to Northern Xinjiang, I often took in those lonely women or girls in distress, and even taught them to practice martial arts, thinking that they can not only learn some skills to gain a foothold, but also make a contribution to the safety of our Hu family.

After that, our Hu family followed you to the northern Xinjiang, and I can't change this habit, sometimes I see poor women and take them into Zhuangzi, but I didn't expect that there are more lonely women in this northern borderland, although I have tried my best to control it later, and only take in some women who I really like or have martial arts talents, but the number is also increasing rapidly.

In the past, my father saw that there were not many people and didn't care much about me, but now that the number of people has increased significantly, their food, clothing, housing and transportation have become a huge burden on the family, and our Hujiazhuang mainly lives on collecting land rent, and we don't need so many guards at all, so after I came back from Huazhou this time, my father secretly forced me to send them all out, but these sisters have a deep relationship with me, how can I be willing to do it?"

When she said this, Hu Sanniang's beautiful face was full of worry, her brows were furrowed, and her whole person seemed to be deflated.

Zhao Bufan didn't get much better, he complained faintly in his heart, but he still didn't shirk it, and said bluntly: "How many of them are there? What do you mean you want me to do?"

"There are more than 500 people at present!" Spit out this number, Hu Sanniang seemed very embarrassed, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

Zhao Bufan thought a little in his heart, and then said: "If you want to feed more than 500 people for a long time, it is not a small burden, and the price of the Great Song Dynasty has risen very much, even if each person is given a lower two guan lu per month, then plus the subsidy of food and clothing, how can it cost three guan, then at least more than 1,500 guan per month, which is close to 20,000 guan a year, do you want to borrow money from me? Or do you want me to support them?"

"Are you willing to lend it to me?" Hu Sanniang looked at him stunned.

When Zhao Bufan heard this, he instantly smiled bitterly: "Brother Lin Chong, tell Hu Sanniang how much my money is!"