The road outside Anping City is quiet and deserted.

As the weather warms up, rats occasionally poke their heads out and start looking for food.

Suddenly, the ground trembled slightly, and the mice that came out to look for food looked around alertly, and hurried back into the hole.

The big trees on both sides of the road also began to tremble slightly, and suddenly a large ball of snow fell from the branches.

With a loud sound of horse hooves, the knights appeared on the road.

These people are riding horses, some are fully armored, covered with cloth armor, and some are naked armor. Some are holding bows, some are holding spears, some are holding knives. There are various weapons and different armors.

It looks like a makeshift ragtag group.

But they were galloping on the road, but there was no chaos at all. They were not galloping randomly. Even when they were riding horses, they were all advancing in a line. There were four knights in each line, and they kept each other's attention.

The distance is maintained at the same speed, lowering the body and moving forward quickly.

These nearly a thousand cavalrymen kept moving forward as a unit. No one was left behind, and there was no confusion. The sound of horse hooves all carried the same rhythm.

Tian Zili and Potarofu followed at the end. Tian Zili's eyes widened and he looked at the knights flying away in front of him.

Potarofu's face was full of pride.

"How is it?"

"Although there is no pasture, no armor, and no servants to serve us, we have never fallen behind in this exercise!"

"If we can make all these people wear armor, hehe, they can kill 100,000 foreign soldiers!!"

Tian Zili frowned and said nothing. The Xianbei cavalry was somewhat different from what he thought. In his impression, although these barbarian armies were ferocious, most of them were disorderly. They only fought randomly and did not understand military formations.

But at this moment, it seems that these people not only know how to form, but are also very orderly, even more orderly than the county soldiers in Liyang Cheng'an. When they move as a whole, they completely lose the wildness of the Hu people.

, extremely high obedience!

Tian Zili was very worried about this.

If the Xianbei knights who have been neglected for many years are like this, how fierce should those Xianbei knights in Jinyang who have not been abandoned so far be?

Tian Zili quickly shook his head when he thought that he had planned to control Cheng'an, raid Yecheng, and pacify Jinyang.

Sure enough, my brother was right when he told him not to act rashly.

Even if he brought tens of thousands of people out of Cheng'an, it wouldn't be enough for them to charge at once.

The cavalry charged all the way, even triggering riots in Anping County in the distance.

In the past, dozens of them could cause great troubles when they came out. Now that thousands of them came out, the movement immediately made Anping uneasy, and the chickens and dogs were restless. In a moment, several city gates in Anping had been closed, and the county government

Both the county government and the county government were in chaos.

In the county government office, several people grabbed hold of Cheng Zhe who was about to go out.

"Cheng Juncheng! You can't leave! You can't leave! Those thieves are out in force. These more than a thousand people are afraid that something big will happen! You have to think of a way, you have to think of a way."

Cheng Zhe's face was dark and he gritted his teeth.

"I don't care what the hell the Xianbei people are. If they want to come, let them come. If they want to rob, just rob. The prefect doesn't care about them. Why should I take care of them?"

"Let me go!"

The warrior swung hard, and the two petty officials were thrown away by him.

Several others rushed over and held him tightly.

"Jun Cheng, we can't let them attack the city! The crime of forcing people to rebel is too big, and the temple will definitely pursue it!"

Cheng Zhe was so angry that his teeth itched at the moment.

Bullies don't bully people like this.

These Xianbei people usually bully the market and do all kinds of evil. They are no different from bandits, they just steal things everywhere. But today's prefects don't dare to take care of it.

If it is a Xianbei governor like Lou Rui, there is no need to be afraid. He can just take the people out and catch the leader and beat him or kill him directly. However, a Han prefect like Lu is not suitable for such a thing.

Yes, it's easy to be misunderstood.

Among other things, the Cui family of Qinghe, who is also one of the super wealthy families, is very experienced in this area.

When Cui Haoxiu was asked to compile the history of the country, he spoke like a barbarian Qihu in the book. He also turned the book into a sutra stone and set it up outside the city for everyone to see. Then the Cui family of Qinghe was killed, along with all their relatives.

It was also a disaster, and I haven't recovered from it until now, and I'm still licking my wounds.

If the prefect cannot intervene, then the county magistrate must be brave enough to take responsibility.

Although Cheng Zhe is a martial artist, he also knows what is going on here.

For these Xianbei people, it's neither good nor bad to fight them.

If you beat him, you're probably going to get Cui Hao's fate. If you don't beat him, these people will get slapped in the face.

"Mr. Cheng, if we really let these thieves do big things, I'm afraid we will all lose our heads!"

The clerk reminded again.

Cheng Zhe's face turned even darker. He took a deep breath and said, "Follow me!!"

He grabbed the knife at his waist and led everyone out of the county office quickly. Cheng Zhe's father was a military attache and served as the state Sima. His father had great hopes for him, so he sent him to pass the exam and let him

A local official, but at this moment, Cheng Zhe's heart has gone cold. He has to leave at all costs. This county magistrate can do whoever he likes. The hope of becoming an important minister in the administration of economics should be placed on his son. He is not suitable.

Do this kind of thing.

He walked out of the county office angrily. As soon as he reached the door, he saw the county magistrate with the same dark face walking out with a large group of county officials, and they turned around.

They looked at each other, and in that moment, their eyes softened, showing sympathy for each other.

"Zheng Jun!"

"Cheng Jun!"

The two of them looked at each other and sighed helplessly. Their men and horses reunited and walked towards the city gate together.

While walking on the road, Magistrate Zheng said: "They are here to grab food, but where can there be food for them in Anping? I think there will be no way to deal with the aftermath this time."

Cheng Zhe nodded, "Zheng Jun, do you have any ideas?"

Magistrate Zheng said solemnly, "No matter what, we can't let them attack the city."

"Once such a situation occurs, we will die without a burial place. The temple will say that we forced the Chinese to rebel."

“What should we do??”

"Borrow food."

"Cui family?"

"Yes, let's find a way to borrow food from the Cui family. Only they can feed these Xianbei people."

"Can they borrow it?"

"I don't know. This is our only chance. Is Mr. Cheng willing to go with me?"

“Are you leaving the city now??”

"No, they also have a mansion in the city, and I happen to know someone there."

Cheng Zhe followed Magistrate Zheng and temporarily changed his direction and did not go to the city wall again. The few officials around them also lowered their heads at this moment and did not stop them.

Magistrate Zheng took Cheng Zhe to an ordinary courtyard and asked people to knock on the door. Soon, a servant invited them into the courtyard.

The courtyard was also very simple, even raising chickens and ducks. A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, a thick beard, and wearing ordinary clothes slowly walked out. Magistrate Zheng hurriedly bowed to see him.

Zhe didn't know this person, but he also saluted him.

The man's expression was quite arrogant, and although his words were quite polite, the disdain expressed in his eyebrows disgusted Cheng Zhe.

Magistrate Zheng introduced: "Mr. Cheng, this is the elder brother of the Cui family, the younger brother of Bai Xigong, whose name is Shuren."

"After the death of Duke Baixu, Duke Cui has been mourning here for three or four years."

Cheng Zhe said oh but had no reaction.

But Cui Shuren asked: "I am here to mourn and cultivate my health. I don't see any guests. I wonder why the county magistrate wants to disturb my purity?"

Magistrate Zheng hurriedly saluted and said, "I'm here to borrow food."

“Borrow food??”

Cui Shuren looked around, "My family has only four walls. I raise some poultry and grow some vegetables to make a living. Where can I lend food to the county magistrate?"

Magistrate Zheng said hurriedly: "Mr. Cui, it's still those thieves! They sent out more than a thousand people this time, and they came out in full force. They are coming for Anping City. If there is no food for them, there will be big trouble.

Got it!"

After hearing this, Cui Shuren's face remained calm.

"The thieves don't work in farming. Every time they come, you have to give them food. Isn't this cutting off meat to feed the wolves?"

"Isn't it because of your cowardice and tolerance that those thieves are so rampant right now?"

Magistrate Zheng said awkwardly: "Don't say that, Mr. Cui, we just want to solve the immediate emergency."

Cui Shuren shook his head, "You still don't understand. I feel uneasy when thieves hurt people. I have no reluctance to use food to save the people. I can go bankrupt to save the people!"
To be continued...