Everyone knew that he was just joking casually, and naturally they wouldn't blame him for being frivolous, Lin Fengsheng said with a straight face: "Her father seems to have suffered internal injuries, and it is really not suitable for tiring travel, I don't know what they are doing here." ”

Mei Ruoxue said: "What's with her, they don't look like bad people anyway, we only come to kill thieves this time, others have nothing to do with us, how can we manage so much." ”

Yun'er said: "It is the duty of chivalrous people to help the needy, if we are not in a hurry, we should help them." ”

Mei Ruoxue said: "How can I help, we don't know how to heal, so naturally we can't heal him, and I don't know who Lu Dao injured him, so we can't help him avenge." ”

Chen Fengyi smiled slightly and looked at Lin Fengsheng.

Lin Fengsheng said: "Also, sometimes many things are really helpless, let's rush to Weichu Mansion to learn about the enemy situation from Futai." Judging by how they dressed, they didn't look like poor people who couldn't afford to see a doctor. ”

At the fork in the road, according to the instructions of the innkeeper, several people rode up the avenue on the left, during which they hurried during the day and stayed at the hotel at night, and finally arrived at the city of Olu, where the Weichu Mansion was located, in the evening of the third day, which is the local language, and its meaning is unknown.

The mountains in Weichu are stacked on top of each other, the peaks are arched, the valleys are scattered, the streams and rivers are vertical and horizontal, and it is known as "nine points of mountains and rivers and one point of dam". Among the thirty-seven barbarian tribes in Dali, there are as many as nine under the jurisdiction of Wei Chu, which can be said to be a mixture of barbarian settlements and dragons and snakes, which is also the reason why it is easy to appear here.

The city of Olu is located in an open flat dam, although the scale is large, it looks a bit of a miasma, and the residential buildings in the city are very old. Outside the city, there is a half-circle of broken city walls, which gives people an inexplicable sense of desolation in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Several people entered the city and asked the location of the Ming Mansion and went straight, but saw that the courtyard was divided into three entrances, with yellow tiles and cornices, and the building was very new, and the contrast with the surrounding courtyard houses was clear.

Lin Fengsheng immediately identified himself and asked the official at the gate to report in. After a while, a man in his forties greeted him, saluted with joy on his face, and said, "Xiaguan Li Baohua greets General Yunlu." ”

When Lin Fengsheng saw that this person was wearing an official uniform, he knew that it was the mansion of Weichu Mansion, and he also saluted: "Lord Li doesn't need to be polite. ”

Li Baohua saluted the ladies one by one, only saying that the concubine of the general was good, and he didn't dare to lose his manners.

Duan Zhengyu's status as a princess is respected, Lin Fengsheng deliberately introduced a few words, Li Baohua knelt down and saluted in fear, and said, "Your Royal Highness the princess." ”

Duan Zhengyu said with a smile: "My lord, please get up, I am just a small guerrilla general now, and I am a subordinate of General Yun Lu." The women laughed.

Li Baohua said: "The general and the princess have worked hard from afar, please come into the inner hall to serve tea." ”

The inner hall is very luxuriously furnished, with rosewood tables and chairs, calligraphy and painting, gold and stone utensils can be seen everywhere, wool carpets are laid on the ground, light smoke curls in the incense burner, and the room is full of incense.

Lin Fengsheng sat down on the guest seat in the middle, frowned, and said, "Dare to ask your Excellency how much you are grateful?"

Li Baohua didn't know his intentions, and said with humility: "Back to the general's words, the lower officials are forty and five this year, and they live half their lives in vain, and they do nothing, which is really embarrassing." ”

Lin Fengsheng said: "The adult is already in such a high position when he is in the prime of life, which shows that he has made outstanding political achievements and has risen to the top." ”

Li Baohua only said that what he said was the opposite, and a chill rose in his heart, and he hurriedly laughed and said: "The general praises falsely, and the lower official is ashamed." The general has become famous at a young age, and he is really a genius who is not born in the world. ”

Although Lin Fengsheng does not make things difficult for no reason, there is no lack of jokes, the bandits in Weichu Mansion are rampant, and the people are deeply affected by it, and the reason for his rise to prominence is unknown, but his outstanding political achievements are impossible to talk about in any way.

The two talked for a while, and the flower hall had already opened, although it was not said that it was a delicacy of the mountains and seas, but it was really rich, Lin Fengsheng couldn't help frowning secretly. Wei Chu bandits were raging in ten rooms and nine emptiness, and the people had been hungry for many years, and this person was so extravagant as a local parent official, he was inevitably a little indignant in his heart.

During the banquet, talking about the details of the bandits, Lin Fengsheng asked: "Master Li, do you know where the thieves are entrenched, and who is the surname of the bandit?"

Li Baohua said: "Back to the general's words, the leader of the bandits is called Zhang Jieba, their nest is in Baicaoling in the Ailao Mountain, due to the dangerous terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the lower officials and others have not been able to succeed in the campaign for many years. But the general is invincible, but it's a different story. ”

Mei Ruoxue said with a smile: "The name of this mountain king is also strange, it is called Zhang stammering, which is too ugly, presumably he always stammers when he speaks." ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Li Baohua said: "The girl's expectation is good, it is rumored that this person is indeed a stammer, in recent years, he has become more and more popular, and the people call him Zhang Stammer, but few people know his original name." ”

Lin Fengsheng nodded, and asked again, "I don't know how many people there are in this group of thieves?"

Li Baohua said: "The subordinate is incompetent, and every time we lead our troops to go, we return in embarrassment, and the specific situation is really unknown." But he was so powerful that many rogues from other places defected to him, and there were always tens of thousands of them. ”

Lin Fengsheng knew that he couldn't ask any more questions, so he didn't ask any more questions, and secretly thought: "There are so many thieves, and my righteous army plus the emperor's 3,000 personal soldiers are less than 10,000, which is really not easy to deal with. It seems that only I personally went to find out the news, knew myself and the enemy, and then made careful arrangements, so that I could hope to wipe out this group of thieves in one fell swoop. ”

After the feast, Lin Fengsheng asked again: "Lord Li, I wonder if the food and salary of the imperial court have arrived?"

Li Baohua said with a blank face: "No, Xiaguan received news from the DPRK a few days ago, saying that the food and salary of the righteous army will arrive in the near future, but there has been no movement for a long time. However, the lower official has already sent his subordinates to answer, and there should be news immediately. ”

Lin Fengsheng secretly shouted badly, the food and salary had started to be escorted a few days in advance, and it stands to reason that it should have arrived a long time ago, and there was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, and he said: "Please send more people to meet along the way, food and salary are the foundation of our righteous army's stationing, and there is no room for any mistakes." ”

Li Baohua agreed repeatedly, and said: "Don't be impatient, the general has sent multiple spies, and he should be back immediately." Please move the general to the back garden for a few drinks, and the lower officials have invited the city's top famous prostitutes to cheer up the general. ”

Where did Lin Fengsheng still have such leisure at this time, his face was slightly gloomy, and he waved his hand and said: "Sister Zhengyu, you and Yun'er and Master Li should go to listen to the music, and my cousin and Senior Sister Fengyi will go out with me to take a look." ”

Li Baohua hurriedly said: "The general has just arrived in an unfamiliar place, so it is better for the subordinate to assign a few more batches of manpower." ”

Lin Fengsheng thought about it well, so he had to give up. Li Baohua was about to send most of the officials and soldiers of the government together.

In the back garden, the silk and bamboo are melodious, the wine and delicacies are full of tables, and a beautiful woman with heavy makeup sings tactfully, babbling and singing, and she is the so-called top famous prostitute. There were several women on the side, with their sleeves relaxed and dancing.

Lin Fengsheng was secretly anxious at this time, and he was not in the mood at all, even if the entrance of the jade liquid elixir was no different from white water, and the Yingge Yan Dance was even more unintentionally appreciative. In the face of Li Baohua's toast and compliment, he only said a few words casually.

After fidgeting and waiting for nearly an hour, a government official came in in with a panicked look, did not salute Lin Fengsheng and Duan Zhengyu, and whispered a few words to Li Baohua, Li Baohua was shocked, and said in a trembling voice: "General, the big thing is not good, the food was robbed in the middle of the road." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Lin Fengsheng stood up and asked sharply: "There is such a thing, when and where was it robbed?"

Li Baohua said to the officials of the house: "This is General Yunlu, you quickly explain the ins and outs of the matter to the general." ”

The official hurriedly saluted Lin Fengsheng and said, "Humble Xu Guang will see the general." ”

Lin Fengsheng couldn't wait to say: "Don't be polite, quickly tell the truth about the situation." ”

Xu Guangdao: "Yes, General." When my lord learned that the imperial court's food and wages would arrive at the government office in the near future, he ordered me to wait to meet him for fear of being lost on the way. Yesterday a group of brothers had already set out first, and we waited early this morning to meet them along the main road, and it was not until we reached Qingfeng Ridge, a hundred miles away, that we encountered a team escorting food and wages. I saw that they were all unconscious, their food and supplies were gone, and their carriages and horses were gone. ”

Lin Fengsheng patted the case and said: "The blue sky and the white sun, Lang Lang Qiankun, there is such a thing." Are there any traces of a fight at the place where the incident occurred, and where are the officers and soldiers who escorted the food and pay now?"

Xu Guangdao: "I am humble and clumsy, and I have not found any traces of fighting. All the officers and soldiers have been rescued and brought back by us, and they are now waiting in the front yard for the summons of the adults and the general. ”

Lin Fengsheng said: "Let their commanders come in to see me." ”

Xu Guang bowed down and agreed, and walked out quickly. After a while, a general in his thirties hurriedly came in, his expression was very frightened, and he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Humble Duan Zhiying see the general." The lowly duty was derelict in his duties, so that the army's food and salary were robbed, and the general was asked to pay it down. ”