Before arriving in Bianliang, the rumors of frequent friction between the Yecheng guards and the Xuanjia army in northern Henan have spread throughout the Beijing Division, and Zhou Bai's original plan to go to Bianliang first was disrupted by the sudden news, and the two drove north directly around Bianjing, and the speed of the march couldn't help but speed up a few points.

When they arrived at Xuchang, the horses were already quite tired, and the two of them could only find a post station to rest, the post station that was relatively deserted in the past was overcrowded today, and the carriage outside the station was parked for more than several miles, wrapped in dark canvas, and it was impossible to see what was carrying, and there was even a spiritual leak in the carriage of several luxurious shapes for the owner's family.

As soon as he entered the post station, Zhou Bai saw merchants from all over the country in brocade robes, Confucian scholars, and rangers discussing the affairs of Yecheng.

Zhou Bai Hongyu listened for a while before realizing that most of them had just withdrawn from Yecheng, and the Confucian students on the seat were all Guozijian students who had gone to Yecheng to evacuate the people.

Several people were talking about it enthusiastically, and even Xiao Er, the clerk in the post house, stopped what he was doing and listened sideways. "It's really a bit wrong to say that this great general. The scholars in the crowd did not notice Zhou Bai Hongyu's arrival, looked around, and said angrily: "Anyway, he is also a courtier of our Great Liang, isn't he?" Now he connived at his subordinates to run rampant in the bazaar, and even fought with our imperial Jingshi Weida. ”

"Your Majesty has always been generous to him, and all the conditions he has put forward are the same. I still remember that when Xuanjia first crossed the river, the grain and grass supplies were all allocated and distributed by His Majesty personally, lest anyone wronged the general. Alas, after a long time, the general has really made His Majesty's heart chill when he has acted recently. The scholar's eyes began to reddened as he spoke, "Pity the old lady Xue in the city, she has always been kind to others, and she didn't forget to send it to the Xuanjia Army when she saved half a catty of rations, but now she was trampled to death by the general in the market! If it weren't for Wang Jiaoxi of Yecheng Academy to collect the body for him, alas, ......." The voice choked up, but he couldn't say it anymore.

Others listened to the red-eyed, and a businessman sitting in the corner of the wall hesitated a little and said, "I have been engaged in the leather business for more than ten years, and I can be regarded as going south and north, and there is no shortage of contacts in Youzhou and Qingzhou in northern Xinjiang.

As soon as the words fell, a ranger sitting next to him slapped the table and got up, snap~ only to hear a crisp sound, the wine glass in his hand fell from the table and shattered. The store instantly fell into an eerie silence, and the ranger pulled the merchant's collar and said, "What benefits did the Xuanjia Army give you, you speak for them like this! The Yecheng Rebellion was seen by so many people, and everyone already knew what the real Xuanjia was like." The more he talked, the more annoyed he became, the ranger's eyes widened, the green tendons on his hands bulged, and he was stunned to mention the other party alive, "Are you a spy sent by the Xuanjia Army!"

Zhou Bai couldn't help frowning, his eyes turned to a few Confucian students in the crowd, and sure enough, one of the Confucian students hurriedly stood up and persuaded him, "Liu Daxia, don't be excited." Hearing this, Ranger immediately let go, snorted coldly and sat down, but his eyes were still staring at Zhang Yuanwai, whose face was pale.

Confucian Sheng paced and said gently, "All of you here are famous merchants in Yecheng, and they must all know that they don't know what to do, I think Zhang Yuanwai must have been deceived by Xuanjia when he first went to northern Xinjiang, and what he saw was just a deliberate disguise from them." ”

Zhang Yuanwai was in a cold sweat all over his body, his back was soaked, and his lips trembled, "That's true, it's true." I had vaguely heard these rumors when I was doing business in Youzhou, and now that I think about it, it must be so. ”

At this time, there is only resentment in the eyes of the people here, where is the shrewdness of the past. One by one, they opened their mouths and scolded indignantly, "This Xiahou is really not a thing! Your Majesty treats him well, but he is so disappointing, he is not as good as a beast!"

The scene in front of him was so ugly, Zhou Bai closed his eyes, dropped a few copper coins and pulled Hongyu to get up and leave.

A Confucian student with a smile in the corner of his eyes couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the two people leaving the table, his face was a little uneasy, and he glanced at a ranger next to him, who nodded lightly, picked up the saber on his waist and quietly left from the fanatical crowd.

"Hey, who brought you two?" Looking at the ranger who was blocking in front of him, Zhou Bai's face turned cold.

The red rainbow sword slowly came out of its sheath, "Get out, otherwise, die!" Shicai's fanatical atmosphere like a brainwashing conference made Zhou Bai feel extremely unhappy, and his tone couldn't help but increase a little.

When the ranger saw the red rainbow in Zhou Bai's hand, his heart sank, this sword was extraordinary, and the edge of the sword made people dare not look at it directly. The people who can travel with this sword are either famous nobles or disciples of big factions, and no matter which one of them, a third-rate ranger like him can provoke.

Although he is now doing things for the imperial court, the person behind him is just a student of Guozijian, and once something happens, he will inevitably be the one who will take the blame.

Thinking of this, the ranger hurriedly said, "This is ......, this is " The sword qi was invisible, a strand of hair fell with the wind, and the ranger fled in a hurry.

After tidying up his clothes, Ranger thought about it, squeezed out a few bits of blood from his fingers and dotted them on his face, and quietly squeezed into the crowd. When he passed by Confucius, he said softly, "Those two have already been dealt with." Confucian looked as usual, and bowed slightly.

....

Chihong returned to the sheath, and the two drove away, and the noisy fighting behind them gradually dissipated.

Leaving Xuchang and continuing north, the two did see a lot of pedestrians who fled from Yecheng, but these were all businessmen and Confucian scholars without exception, some of them were in a hurry and only brought soft things, and some seemed to have been prepared, a team of cars and horses had more than a dozen cars, and a few deep marks were printed on the official road full of smoke and dust.

Zhou Bai couldn't help frowning: "Presumably, the bottom of these fleeing businessmen is not clean. The more this is the case, it also happens to show that the Yecheng Rebellion has happened, and it has intensified.

Although it is said that the poor are rich and martial, but the way of running a school is the most expensive and food-consuming, Confucianism does not like businessmen but has to rely on businessmen, the two are like fish and water, one is indispensable, especially Xiahou's step-by-step pressure to make Confucianism fully implement reforms, the various expenditures in the court are comparable to astronomical figures, if there is no supply of these merchants, the treasury of nothing, what armaments and uniforms, and what the whole people are studying are all foolish dreams.

Xiahou Jun wants money to die, and Confucianism only needs money to choose between the two, which is clear at a glance.

The only thing that made Zhou Bai a little uneasy was that Xiahou's steps were too fast, and everything was too impatient, as if he was looking forward to a war with the well-prepared Confucians.

Looking at the sky, Xiahou's life star was hidden in the clouds and could not be spied on, the Xuanjia was like a rainbow but there was a faint hint of collapse, Zhou Bai muttered, "Who is participating in the humanitarian change!"