Tancheng, Donghai County, Xuzhou.

In the early morning light, the snowflakes flying in the sky were like catkins swirling in the biting cold wind, until they fell to the ground like dust.

When the sky becomes clear, the windows are bright and clear, and the sun reaches three o'clock in the sky, it is already noon.

"Scared..." It was already noon when Xu Zongwen woke up. He was about to blame Zhang San for not waking him up, but suddenly he remembered that Zhang San was still seriously injured, so he gave up.

Last night, the Jin army successively captured the North City and broke through the Qin army's North City barracks. Especially after Xu Zongwen ordered the shooting of Li Yan, the prefect of Donghai, and Zhuge Kan took Li Yan's head to surrender the Qin army's Nancheng barracks. This huge Tancheng was also Most of them fell into the hands of Xu Zongwen.

When the people learned that it was Xu Zongwen who restored Tancheng, they all carved Captain Xu's name on wood and stone, made immortal tablets, and enshrined them in their homes, praying day and night for good health and good fortune...

Xu Zongwen's name gradually spread from Tancheng to the entire seven counties of Donghai County. It was not until later that people knew that even the commander of the Qin army, Yangping Gong Fu Rong, was personally killed by Xu Zongwen, and Xiapi County was surrendered early, so they admired Xu Zongwen even more. Endless!

Of course, these are all things for the future.

Xu Zongwen and his party headed towards the North City Gate together.

"Zheng Lue, Shen Yu, have the arsenal, granary and treasury been arranged?"

"Don't worry, Captain! With Xiapi as an example, we already sent people to guard it last night."

"Very good, let's go shopping in Tancheng today. Speaking of which, I'm from Tancheng too!"

Xu Xiao was born in the Xu family of Donghai, and Tancheng was the seat of his county.

Xu Zongwen hastily ate a few Hu cakes and a bowl of thin porridge, and then took Zheng Lue and Shen Yu to go to Tancheng to explore the people's sentiments.

After changing their clothes, Xu Zongwen and the others quickly left the Prefect's Mansion and went straight to Tancheng Street.

"Have you all eaten?"

Zheng Lue: "Brother, I haven't finished a lot of things yet. Where can I find the time?"

Xu Zongwen stopped and asked with a smile: "What do you have to do?"

"After the Qin army in Nancheng surrendered, I sent people to collect the ordnance and arrange guards to prevent mutiny. I had to be careful everywhere, just in case something happened accidentally. I had just cleaned up the corpses early this morning, and the people were making trouble again. As soon as I left the city, I ran back to the prefect's mansion from the city gate to ask for your instructions. You replied and fell asleep. I still had to go to the granary to collect food and distribute it to the people..."

Zheng Lue's saliva flew out of his mouth without stopping. He looked like he hadn't eaten.

"Brother, this is not in Jingkou, where you can have three meals a day. We have to have two meals a day like the sergeants, so that we can integrate with the sergeants." Shen Yu reminded.

Xu Zongwen remembered that at this time, the common people did not have the habit of giving three meals a day, and only the nobles could enjoy three meals a day. Let alone two meals a day, in this war-torn world, it would be good to have one meal a day to satisfy hunger!

"Okay, since we're all hungry, let's go find a restaurant and let the three of us have a good meal. There is a ban on alcohol in the army, but wine shops don't prohibit alcohol!" Xu Zongwen pointed towards the busy city in front, and the three of them started running in a hurry. .

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"You guys, haven't you eaten enough? How can you still run so fast?" Xu Zongwen fell behind. He pointed at the figures of Shen Yu and Zheng Lue who were gradually retreating and cursed with a smile.

"Captain!" Xu Zongwen was about to run away when a soft voice like a silver bell came from the wind. Just as he looked back, he saw a strange woman who looked a little familiar approaching him.

"Don't the captain remember the little girl?" The woman saw Xu Zongwen's eyes full of surprise and a confused look on her face, and reminded her in an insinuating way: "The captain has forgotten what happened last night, right?"

"Are you the girl who wanted to assassinate Li Yan last night?" Looking at the tall and graceful woman in yellow in front of him, Xu Zongwen quickly opened his eyes. Yes, it is the same person!

"Captain, what's wrong?"

Xu Zongwen awkwardly made an excuse: "It was sand that got into his eyes."

The woman in yellow came over with a smile: "Do you want me to blow for the captain?"

"Blow?" Xu Zongwen lost consciousness for a while. When he came to, he quickly shook his head and said no.

"I don't know the girl's name yet, can you tell me?" Xu Zongwen felt that this girl suddenly became frivolous in her words, always a little abnormal, as if she was approaching him deliberately, and Xu Zongwen had quietly planted the seeds of doubt in his heart!

The woman in yellow smiled sweetly and lightly opened her red lips: "Nie Zhen'er, just call me Zhen'er!"

"I wonder why Miss Zhen'er is looking for me?"

"What? I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?" Nie Zhen'er pouted. This change made Xu Zongwen slightly uncomfortable. She said, "I heard that you killed the Qin Army's commander and recovered Xiapi.

We captured Tancheng again last night, why can't I meet you, this great hero?"

Xu Zongwen waved his hand helplessly and explained: "Killing the Qin army commander was just a coincidence, and recovering Xiapi was just relying on the power of the imperial court. How can I be considered a hero?"

Nie Zhen'er asked: "Then it wasn't you who attacked Tancheng last night? It wasn't you who killed Li Yan, the prefect of Donghai?"

"You are right, Tancheng was indeed captured by me."

Xu Zongwen and Nie Zhen'er walked around and chatted for half an hour, ranging from their surnames and counties to their likes and dislikes, from the weather to the anecdotes about Tancheng. However, one thing remained unchanged, it was always Nie Zhen'er.

When Xu Zongwen took the initiative to stir up the topic, he just casually echoed it with just four words.

"Then let's talk about Tao Keju in front of us? That's where that boy Zhang San hid yesterday with his troops to support him." Xu Zongwen caught up with the two of them, and the three of them stood outside Tao Keju and stopped to discuss.

"Of course I have to support him well." Shen Yu and Zheng Lue each nodded.

"Who is this girl?" When Shen Yu saw Nie Zhen'er behind Xu Zongwen, she always felt that she looked familiar, but she didn't think of what happened last night.

"Isn't this the girl from the prefect's mansion last night?" Undoubtedly, compared to Xu Zongwen, Zheng Lue has a good eye and an exceptionally good memory.

The four people were introducing each other to each other. Tao Keju, the clerk inside, heard the commotion and went out to greet them: "These guys are in such a hurry, are they not locals?"

"——" Shen Yu reached out and secretly pulled the corner of Zheng Lue's clothes, and what Zheng Lue was about to say was stopped.

Xu Zongwen didn't care at all. He walked up with a smile and replied: "We are from the military."

"Oh! I see, you are from the south!" the clerk said without thinking. Everyone in Tancheng knew that the Jin army defeated the Qin army last night and recaptured Tancheng during the night.

Talking about Jiang Zuo, the waiter was talking non-stop at first, as if he had thought of something. After entering the door, Xu Zongwen saw the shopkeeper's brows frowning slightly, and his voice changed: "Wu'er, please invite the four guests in."

Xu Zongwen didn't think about anything. He stopped and said: "If you have any good food in your store, please ask the shopkeeper to give us some first. Don't be stingy. My two brothers are very hungry. Don't worry, the money is not enough."

You will be shortchanged."

"Okay, four of you, please wait a moment. I'm going to tell you to wait a moment." The shopkeeper's brows furrowed even more when he heard the word "Yin Qian", but he soon put on a smile again.

"Thank you, shopkeeper!" Xu Zongwen entered Tao Keju and found a quiet place by the window to sit down.

In less than one stick of incense, five or six fragrant and hot delicacies were brought out by the waiter one after another. Xu Zongwen and the others had been on the road for two days, with only cold dry food to satisfy their hunger. Suddenly they saw such a satisfying meal.

How can you endure the hot food?

Needless to say, Shen Yu and Zheng Lue were hungry. Before the food was even served, they were already hungry. The brothers looked at each other and understood. They picked up the chopsticks and started to pick up the delicious dishes and wolfed them down...

"Captain, you're welcome!" Nie Zhen'er didn't give in. Shen Yu and Zheng Lue had already stuffed half of the pancake into her little cherry mouth before Shen Yu and Zheng Lue even started!

Seeing that they were enjoying their meal, Xu Zongwen also picked up the chopsticks.

"I wonder what Miss Zhen'er's plans are for the future?"

Xu Zongwen learned that Nie Zhen'er was from Zhuqi County, Donghai. When he was young, his family had to work hard, and both his father and brother died of illness. Only his brother and sister depended on each other. He learned some acrobatics at an early age, and the two brothers performed acrobatics on the streets of Tancheng.

I can barely make a living.

Until not long ago, Li Yan, the prefect of Donghai, imposed taxes, which aroused public resentment and provoked a civil uprising. She was separated from her brother when the Qin army suppressed the people, and later she came up with the idea of ​​assassinating Li Yan.

"What else can I do? I'm afraid I have to go back to my old business..."

Nie Zhen'er said that she followed Xu Zongwen because she knew that he was the captain of the Jin army and was in charge of all the troops in Tancheng, so she approached him and wanted to use him to find her brother.

Xu Zongwen suddenly realized, no wonder this girl was shy for a moment, and suddenly became articulate, so that's what happened. Xu Zongwen immediately agreed to find Nie Zhen'er's brother for him, and then Nie Zhen'er's face suddenly regained some color of sadness, and all the worries disappeared.

Then the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed...

Xu Zongwen was chatting in the middle of the table. At this time, one was dark-skinned and the other was short. They both looked like they were in their mid-twenties. Two sergeants wearing Jin army armor carrying steel knives walked through the door in a swaggering manner.

"The shopkeeper will serve you with good wine and delicious food!"

The two of them stepped into the Yuanyang Inn, stopped for a while, looked around for a few moments, and then went straight to the second floor.

Shen Yu put down the bowl and whispered: "Brother, those two seem to be people under Zhuge Kan."

The shopkeeper muttered: "Why are you here again..."

"Do you see anything wrong with the shopkeeper?" Shen Yu said this unexpectedly.

Zheng Luedao said: "He looked worried as soon as he heard that our soldiers were eating food. There must be something evil!"

"There must be some hidden secret in this!"

Zheng Lue banged the table, held the wine glass and said slightly dissatisfied: "Did we soldiers offend him?"

Xu Zongwen suggested calling someone to ask carefully. Zheng Lue stood up in response. As soon as the tall and thick man stood in front of the counter, the shopkeeper and the waiter were trembling with fear. What did Zheng Lue want to do?

When they arrived at Xu Zongwen's table, the bitter-faced shopkeeper remained silent, but the waiter replied with a sincere face: "A few guest officials don't know something. Since last night, there have been sergeants coming to Tao Guest House. They have been coming several times, but since then

No one gave me food!"

"Oh?" Xu Zongwen frowned, and Shen Yu and the other three looked at each other in confusion. They looked at the wine glasses that were still neatly arranged in front of them. No one was pouring wine, and they all stretched out their ears to listen to Xu Zongwen's conversation with the waiter.

"Shopkeeper, this guy is telling the truth." Zheng Lue drank a glass of wine, his face turned red, and he raised his head and glanced at the shopkeeper.
Chapter completed!