In the fourth year of Guanghe's reign, in March, the weather was cold and spring was cold.
Qingzhou Jinan State, Dongpingling, Niuma City.
As the morning drums are about to end, in the horse market on the outskirts of the city, the crowd is already rubbing shoulders with each other, exhaling like clouds, and making a lot of noise.
In the distance, a canopy came slowly.
Han Xian, who was the Young Master of the Jinan Kingdom at the time, rode on his horse and walked to the Jinan Palace surrounded by his retinues. Passers-by gave way to him along the way.
Unlike ordinary scholars, Han Xian did not like to travel by bullock cart. He was originally from Liaodong and had only been an official in Qingzhou for a few years, so the habits of his hometown had not yet worn off.
He didn't understand why the scholar-bureaucrats in the Mainland preferred the slow-moving bullock carts when going out, which in vain undermined their heroic spirit.
Wearing a leather robe and a layer of blouse, Han Xian was riding on a horse, and his undulating figure revealed the majestic temperament of a border warrior.
As the team continued walking, Han Xian was also thinking about something.
Yesterday, he received a news report from Luoyang, Kyoto. It was sent by the Jinan Kingdom's official residence stationed in Luoyang.
It says: "He was appointed as the Prime Minister of Luanji, and he received the mobilization of horses from the prefecture and the country, that is, three hundred horses for the market, like the capital."
Generally speaking, this matter is not urgent, because his lord Liu Kang, King of Jinan, is in Kyoto at this time, and it will not be too late to wait for his lord to come back.
But things changed with Liu Kang.
In order to participate in the Zhengdan Dynasty in the first lunar month, Liu Kang took his Wang Fu and his son Liu Yun and set off for Kyoto in the light snow on the twelfth lunar month.
But after the Zhengdan Dynasty, he went to a banquet hosted by Zongzheng Liu Kuan. He drank too much and made some strange remarks about the country and the regular attendants.
Anyway, Zhongzheng Liu Kuan didn't stop him. He just looked at the fat Liu Kang. The more he drank, the more weird his words became.
Liu Kang, who had sobered up, found out everything that happened at the reception after being reminded by his son.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he immediately asked the officials in the palace to rush back to Jinan, and asked the young master Han Xian to handle this matter carefully.
He had to be afraid! Because the country's first wife, Queen Song, and her family were unjustly killed, only three years ago.
His nephew in this country was very aware of the great turmoil at that time.
He is from the same lineage as Liu Hong, the current country, and both were descended from Liu Kaisan, the sixth son of Emperor Suzong.
It seems to be due to luck. Their lineage produced two countries. One was the late Emperor Xiaohuan, and the other was the current country Liu Hong.
At that time, our ancestor Liu Kai had many children and was blessed with more than a dozen sons. But it is worth mentioning that there were three branches in total.
Among them, the direct line is from the Hejian royal family, and the other two families are the Pingyuan royal family and Dutinghou family. The first emperor was from the Pingyuan royal family and was the second son of the king. He was later welcomed by the domineering general Liang Ji.
And he himself is a direct descendant of the line of King Hejian, and he is the third generation.
But he was not the eldest son in the family. His elder brother inherited the throne of Hejian. But even as the second son, he was much happier than Liu Hong who later came to the throne.
Liu Hong was from the line of Marquis Jiedu Ting. It had only been passed down to him for two generations, and it was already in decline. It is said that at that time, people had to cast their own nets to catch fish in order to have fish to eat.
If Dou Wu, the general at that time, had not chosen young disciples of the clan to seize power, his uncle would not be as wealthy as he is today.
Although Liu Kang was born into a princely family, he was not completely ignorant of common affairs.
He understands the character of a person who was born in a lower official position and suddenly reaches a high position. There is such a person in his house, maybe because of poverty and fear. Once such people have power, they are particularly greedy and ruthless. In order to retain power, they will
As fierce as a dog.
The same goes for his uncle Liu Hong, except that he is a wolf instead of a dog. Although dogs are fierce, they always have masters, but wolves eat everyone.
Among those eaten by Liu Hong was his uncle Liu Kui, King of Bohai, because Liu Kui threatened his throne.
Although Liu Hong entered the imperial line, in fact, Liu Kui and Emperor Xiaohuan were closer in blood. They were brothers. However, they were dismissed by the then generals Dou Wu and Dachangqiu Cao Teng because they did not use the excuse of uncle's succession.
If he refused, the throne would fall on Liu Hong.
After that, all the wives and concubines of King Bohai's family were executed. Even the then Queen Song was implicated because Queen Bohai was also called Song and she was the aunt of Queen Song.
Our country is really so ruthless, even the wife who eats the chaff with me can be so ruthless.
Thinking of this, Liu Kang trembled and sent another official to rush back to Jinan.
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At this time, Mr. Han naturally did not expect the twists and turns on the upper level.
He didn't care much about whether the country's policy would cause great disturbance to the people. He didn't even have any objections to his lord Liu Kang's urgent matters. Anyway, there were subordinates who were going to do business with Jinan.
What he was thinking about was whether there was room for profit in this matter. He was a martial artist, so he didn't really know much about it. He just instinctively felt that this matter, hehe, was not trivial.
He wants to work with the local powerful Gao family to make a total calculation.
After all, he never wants to go back to his hometown where wind and snow threaten him. But if he wants to build a mansion here and have beautiful maids, he cannot do without money.
While I was still thinking, suddenly my vision went dark. After walking forward for more than ten feet, I fell off my horse and landed on the ground.
The subordinates were shocked, called to the left and right, and stepped forward to help Mr. Han up.
I saw that the young man's face was like a withered sculpture, and an iron knife was stabbing his neck, and he was dead.
But it was a man in black who had been hiding in the cavalry and came in the opposite direction. When he and Han Xian were in the opposite direction, he suddenly jumped up through the belly of the horse, drew his knife and stabbed into Han Xian's neck in an instant.
The Russian queen leaped like a roc and disappeared into the crowd.
The followers immediately exploded.
After a moment of panic, under the command of an official, the whole team was divided into four teams.
One person galloped towards the Prince of Jinan's Mansion, four others ran towards the four gates of the city, and stopped at the gate to catch the thief. Three people were left behind to guard the body of the Shaofu, while the rest of the officials headed in the direction of the man in black, chasing after him on horseback.
Then who was the murderer? Zhang Chongye in Licheng, Jinan.
One year has passed since Zhang Chong had a secret talk with Ji Sun.
In this year, Zhang Chong and the others have undergone great changes, as have the entire world.
Let's just talk about Zhang Chong. On that day, Ji Sun said that he had a way to get the talisman, and then he went to Dongjun with his entourage.
I don’t know what kind of deal I made with Dongjun’s divination, but when I came back, Jisun had already brought a cart full of talismans.
The process went very smoothly after that. Zhang Chong took his troops, pretended to be merchants, hired a cargo ship, and went to Jinan smoothly.
In Zhu'a, he also took Chen Huan to do something pleasant.
Chen Yu, the pavilion leader who wantonly massacred Chen Huanpaoze that day, was shot to death by Chen Huan on Xiu Mu's way home, and then the two returned to the ship quietly without anyone knowing.
But things didn't go well the next year.
Although Zhang Chong was introduced to Taiping Road by his grandson, Tang and Zhou could not stand him very much, and did not mention the matter of being divided into camps, nor did the matter of parish support matter.
Zhang Chong even thought that he just had a name on Taiping Road.
Of course Zhang Chong knew the reason why Tang Zhou suppressed him. It was because he was from a poor family, and Tang Zhou habitually suppressed him.
He suspected that if he had not said that he was going to Mount Tai to set up camp instead of setting up camp in Jinan, the Tang and Zhou Dynasties might not have allowed him to enter Taiping Road.
But what can Zhang Chong do? It is he who needs Taiping Dao now, not Taiping Dao who needs him. How can he be as carefree as he needs others?
Later, with the help of Ji Sun, they found a hilltop among the peaks of Mount Tai to set up camp.
In order to survive, some millet was planted in the mountains, but the mountainous terrain was too thin to harvest much grain, and it also affected the daily training of Zhang Chong's team.
Even after entering the mountains, Zhang Chong still strictly required his troops to practice one part every three days and one group every five days, so the food would definitely not be enough.
Therefore, Zhang Chong had no choice but to lead his team to break down several small dock walls nearby and collect some food. After that, they continued to use their experience at Xue's Wall and treated them differently according to their personal status.
After allocating land to the poor and absorbing a group of local elites and brave men, Zhang Chong gained the support of these settlements and finally gained a foothold on the edge of Mount Tai.
Later, Zhang Gouzi and his brothers also moved into the village with their brothers and sisters. Now Zhang Chong's team has grown to more than a thousand people, all of whom are descendants of the nearby township party, but the actual number of regular soldiers is only 400.
But as there were more people, food became a problem again. Zhang Chong and the others are still short of food.
This food shortage is only a danger, the greater danger is the mountain people.
Only after arriving at Mount Tai did Zhang Chong realize that this fruit was not a good place.
When they first met the local mountain people, they ignored them and just shot them with arrows.
The arrow was shot hard and accurately, and it was here that Zhang Chong's team suffered its first casualty.
Later, with Zhang Chong taking the lead, all the warriors fought hard and finally broke through the mountain. However, Zhang Wu died in that battle. This was Zhang Chong's first soldier to die in battle.
He was also placed on the peak together with Sun Xun's bones.
Moreover, after this battle, Zhang Chong formed a deadly feud with some mountain people in the mountains. They were all related to the dead mountain people, so they harassed Zhang Chong from time to time.
It can be said that Zhang Chong's situation in the mountains is in danger.
The tough and untamable mountain people are only the second danger, and Zhang Chong has the third danger.
Because they had wiped out a few powerful people, the local wealthy people had noticed something different happening in the mountains, and had already sent their troops to the mountains to inquire about the situation.
At this time, Zhang Chong had already fallen into the most dangerous place before he could open up the situation.
It was at this time that Sun Ji came to Zhai Zha, giving Zhang Chong an opportunity.
Tang Zhou, the head of Jinan Canal, asked Zhang Chong to kill one person. As long as he killed him, Zhang Chong could immediately divide the camp and obtain the right to teach in the Taishan area.
Zhang Chong had no choice but to accept the mission and enter the Dongping Tomb.
Zhang Chong didn't know why Tang Zhou had to kill the young man named Han Xian, and he didn't care. Maybe Han Xian was a good man, but Zhang Chong had no choice.
This year, Zhang Chong once again felt that in this great era, he and his team were so fragile, and no one could control their own destiny.
After repeatedly investigating Han Xian's route of action, Zhang Chong finally decided to strike hard on this day.
In the end, he succeeded, and Mr. Han died under his knife, and he escaped from the city smoothly, as if it was easy.
But after burying the bloody clothes behind the tree, Zhang Chong vowed that his destiny would never be dictated by others again, and that he would become a chess player instead of a chess piece.
All of this has a chance, as long as Zhang Chong can deal with the person he wants to meet next.