"A pundit who wants to lose all his money will spend all his money, which is called a desperate bet." [History of the Song Dynasty·Kou Zhun's Biography]
Jing Zhaoyin, Xinfeng.
Lying in the pavilion was a still warm corpse. The corpse was wearing servant's clothes and had a strong build. There was a deep wound on his back. A dagger fell beside him, as well as dishes, cups, plates, etc. all over the floor.
things.
This assassin was preparing to assassinate him while he was pretending to be a slave and offering dishes. Fortunately, the warriors under the tent saw the clues and killed him with one knife.
The middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples sat on the couch in the middle imposingly, as motionless as a mountain. Although he was wearing a long-sleeved robe, he could not conceal his murderous aura: "This is the first time
How many are there?”
The chief of the pavilion in charge of entertaining was kneeling aside and shivering, but no one paid attention to him at this time. The warrior with the sword stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "The sixth one!"
"The folk customs in Guanxi and Guandong are different after all!" The middle-aged man was Zhang Ji, the Sili captain who was transferred from Yinren, Henan to Chang'an. At this moment, there was no look of surprise or anger on his face.
He mocked: "I can die in the hands of soldiers on the battlefield, but I don't want to die in the hands of 'Zhuan Zhu'. This is so ridiculous."
"Che'er, drag the man down." Zhang Ji said to the Hu general named Che'er in front of him. Fortunately, when he left the army, he brought Che'er to Henan to serve as a county captain. This time he entered the customs and asked him to
The emperor asked him to accompany him all the way and serve as a soldier under Sili Xiaowei. With Che'er as a qualified guard at his side, Zhang Jicai was able to come to Jingzhao unharmed after encountering several assassinations. He glanced at him and was still kneeling on the ground in fear.
The head of the pavilion said: "Don't kneel down. I don't care whether you know the details of this assassin or not. The new order will come soon. You can talk to him yourself. There is no need to look for me again!"
"Wei, Wei! The villain didn't treat him well and frightened Mr. Zhang. He's really going to die..."
"A few years ago, I would have cut off your head!" Zhang Ji snorted coldly and said sternly: "How many lives do you think you have if you are dead?"
"Mr. Zhang, please spare your life, Mr. Zhang, please spare your life!" The chief of the pavilion kowtowed, his forehead hitting the ground with a loud bang.
"roll!"
The director of the pavilion left in a hurry. Zhang Ji looked at the bloody and messy scene in front of him, and his heart was filled with anger. He quickly stood up and walked out a few steps.
Not long after, I saw Che'er coming back to report that a messenger from Chang'an was coming with an edict to see Zhang Ji.
Zhang Ji hurriedly came out to greet him, only to see three young people arriving. After introduction, he learned that they were Pei Qian, the commander of Xinfeng, Pang Yan, the official of the Sili school, and the official Wang Fu who came to deliver the edict.
"The house is a little unclean. Please forgive me for meeting you in a side room." Zhang Ji briefly explained the situation just now, with a gentle tone, which was completely different from the angry look just now.
Pei Qian obviously knew about this on the way, and said very understandingly: "I made improper arrangements, which frightened Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Ji waved his hand, but did not express his anger at the other party. This did not mean that he wanted to show off in front of Pei Qian, but that the background of Pei Qian and others made him restrained.
"Mr. Zhang is relieved for the time being. When the emperor found out about this, he became furious and issued an edict. From now on, it is forbidden to keep retainers and knights. Hiring murderers to kill people is even a death penalty." After Wang Fu finished speaking, he continued: "Since the house is not clean,
It doesn’t matter if I don’t want to sit down, I can just say some things outside.”
Zhang Ji calmed down and said that it was okay to say it outside, but he still led everyone to the hall where the pavilion chief was responsible for his office. He heard that Wang Fu had sent an edict ordering him to control the soldiers of Sanfu County in Xinfeng nearby and be responsible for the crusade against Beijing.
Zhao, Fufeng and other places were in civil unrest and were on high alert.
"There is civil unrest in the two places?" Zhang Ji didn't remember hearing the news when he came here, and it was only a small disturbance. He could just let the county lieutenant deal with it on his own, so why bother to make a big deal about it and let him step in to control it?
Pang Yan answered his question: "The news from Fufeng has not yet come, but what happened in Jingzhao was the troops stationed in Lantian County."
"Garrisoning troops to rebel?" Zhang Ji realized the seriousness of the problem. The troops stationed in the fields had received certain training and had the most basic weapons. They were indeed beyond the ability of those farmers to rebel. Fortunately, what he meant was that only those from Lantian were able to rebel.
The garrison troops rebelled, but the emperor's edict was so urgent that there must have been changes in other places: "The garrison troops farmed every day, and now they are causing chaos without harming their interests. Someone must be instigating it behind the scenes."
"This is where we need to rely on Duke Zhang." Wang Fu said: "Pang Jun is in charge of Sili's affairs and is familiar with Sili's wealth, grain and grain, so the emperor ordered me to invite him here. There is also Pei Wenxing, who has been appointed by the emperor.
I am working for an official under the command of Zhang Gong. This time I want to be a serious official, so I would like to ask Duke Zhang to do his best."
Zhang Ji glanced at these two people, and there was no objection in his heart, especially Pei Qian. His father, Pei Mao, once served as the Sili school captain, and now he is the official minister Zuopushe. Whether it is relying on Pei Qian to get rid of those
When dealing with the subordinate officers of the Division, it is essential to quickly get the position of the Commander of the Division and maintain good contact with the superiors. As for Pang Yan, Zhang Ji has never heard of the other party's name. He only knows that the other party is also Pei Mao.
That's all I've ever used.
Finally, seeing the way Wang Fu stood firm and refused to leave after delivering the edict, Zhang Ji also understood that the other party was going to stay here as a 'supervisor of the army'.
Although these well-established people around Zhang Ji gave him a lot of confidence to act, such a situation still made Zhang Ji feel uncertain. The storm was about to come, what should he do? At this moment, he somewhat regretted coming.
I didn't speed up my pace at that time, so that I could go to Chang'an as soon as possible to see Jia Xu...
Lantian County.
"You said that if you hadn't kicked that boy from the Cao family, you would have brought us here when arranging the internship?" In a small courtyard, a young man sat on a tall tree branch and swayed his hands.
From time to time, golden osmanthus flowers fell on the young man's body or fell into his clothes along his neck. It itched him so much that he scratched his back for a long time: "I heard that He Yan and the others were trained directly in the Chang'an government office, and they didn't even have to leave the city.
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"Why did you mention the one who powdered his face?" The other young man who spoke was sitting by the well, wiping his sword with the water from the well, and frowned.
"Uncle He Ping powdered?" the young man on the tree said in surprise. He turned his gaze away from the distance and looked down: "Amon, have you seen it with your own eyes?"
The sword-wiping young man who was called 'Amon' said calmly: "You don't need to look at it to know that his face is paler than a woman's. Isn't it powdered?" After saying that, he didn't want to mention this somewhat effeminate classmate anymore and picked up the phone.
The other party started to say: "That boy from the Cao family has never been beaten before, but he actually mocked the second young master in front of us and deliberately tripped him. Isn't this looking for a beating?"
"You, it's a good thing that the Cao family and the Xiahou family weren't around at the time. Otherwise, would Cao Zihuan be the one who suffered the loss?"
It turned out that the young man on the tree was Ling Tong, a student of the Imperial Academy, and the one under the tree was Lu Meng. Half a month ago, Cao Pi and others went to the Imperial Academy to look for He Yan, and they met Sun Quan on the way. There was a quarrel between them for some reason, and Lu Meng often said that Sun Ce had left him.
He thought he was his younger brother's bodyguard, so he stood up and had a fight with him. And because this involved the long-standing prejudice between ordinary imperial students and Imperial College students, the matter became a big deal. In the end, most of the punishment fell on Lu Meng.
What happened to the others was that it was originally just a simple internship, but it happened to be thrown so far away in Lantian County.
"Just Cao Tai, Xia Houba and the others? I'll give them a hand!" Lu Meng said nonchalantly.
Ling Tong knew that he was talking big words, so he didn't say much. This conflict was actually a way for Lu Meng to vent what he had been holding back in his heart for a long time. How can a person who has something to do is calm down and study? After thinking about it, Ling Tong said
: "But you still made the right call. Cao Zihuan got the news from somewhere and knew that you had a grudge against Wang Zifu, so he brought you here just to see if you could bear it. But he didn't expect Lan Tian's
The garrison troops actually turned out to be like this, and that man was coerced into rebelling. This is a God-given reason for you to kill him."
Here Lu Meng had finished wiping his sword silently, looked at the frosty blade on his face, and suddenly said: "Let's go up to the city wall and take a look!"