Today is the sixth day of Li Hong's arrival in Yecheng.

In the morning, Li Hong took Yan Liang, Zhang Xiao and other officers to inspect the camp. The soldiers were basically warmly dressed, the food was greatly improved, the guard battalion and the soldier Cao battalion were also formed under the supervision of Yan Liang, the craftsmen and medical craftsmen recruited by Wen Chou from the city had arrived at the camp one after another, and at the same time, the wounded soldiers were also admitted to the makeshift wounded barracks and received proper treatment.

"Your Excellency has just arrived at the camp, and many thorny problems have been solved, and we have to thank your lordship." Zhang Xiao praised sincerely. Lin Xun, Pan Ta, Liao Lei, and Ding Bo, who followed Zhang Xiao, also respectfully thanked each other. After they came into contact with Li Hong in the past few days, their attitude towards Li Hong changed greatly, at first, several people were very in awe and wary of Li Hong, but soon, they were impressed by Li Hong's every move, and they began to respect and admire Li Hong, even Liao Lei, who has been cold as frost, has been smiling these days.

Seeing that the soldiers were warmly dressed and fed, Li Hong was very pleased, and he said to Zhang Xiao with a smile: "I'm ashamed, not only am I ashamed, but you should be even more ashamed." He pointed to Lin Xun and the others, "The soldiers are bleeding and sweating, what do they want?" A piece of clothing, a meal, if we can't even do that, what face do we have to stand here and point fingers? ”

Zhang Xiao and the others looked ashamed, bowed their heads in embarrassment and remained silent.

"I know your difficulties, but as a direct leader, you should think more about your subordinates, not your own ......" Li Hong gradually became serious, and he said with a pun, "We are about the same age, we are all young, we are all in official positions, and we all hold the rank of the imperial court, but ask ourselves, are we loyal to the Great Han Kingdom?" Are we worthy of what we take? I don't think so. He pointed to the soldiers around him and said, "They are also loyal to the country, but what about their salaries?" Why don't we give them their salaries? Why don't we send it to them? ”

Li Hong looked at Yan Liang, Zhang Xiao, Lin Xun and the others, and said slowly: "Solve this matter immediately, and it can be regarded as doing your best for Your Majesty." ”

Li Hong saw Da Hei and his group of comrades again, they were eating.

"Your Excellency is leaving the barracks soon?" A soldier summoned courage to ask.

"Yes, in ten days, Your Majesty will leave Luoyang for Jizhou, and there are a lot of things." Li Hong smiled, "I can't delay any longer, I want to go to Hejian Country to have a look." If nothing happens, I won't go back to the barracks, so take care. ”

The soldiers in the military tent looked at each other, and everyone's expressions suddenly became depressed, and one by one their faces were gloomy and silent.

"What's wrong?" Li Hong smiled, "Da Hei, tell me, is there anything else I can help with?" ”

"As soon as you leave, the military salary will definitely be gone." Da Hei sighed and said helplessly, "If the military salary is gone, it will be gone, and we don't expect it, but as soon as you leave, I'm afraid we won't even be able to eat." ”

"Won't it?" Li Hong looked at the soldiers and comforted, "Don't worry, I have already agreed with King Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, that I will pay you three months' military salary first, and if he loses his word, I will rush back immediately, and I will go to ask for you, and I will definitely send it to you." ”

Da Hei smiled bitterly, shook his head, and arched his hand and said, "Thank you, my lord, my lord is a good person." Adults have been patrolling the camp for a long time, so let's have a bite to eat here. ”

"My lord, let's eat at our place."

"Serve food to adults."

The soldiers screamed in a mess, enthusiastic and expectant.

Li Hong nodded again and again, and smiled at Yan Liang, Zhang Xiao and others who followed him: "Everyone disperse." You each find a place to eat, and I will eat here, and scatter and disperse. ”

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After listening to Xu You's narration, Wang Fen said with a smile: "Li Hong has a lot of ideas, to hand over the military funds to you in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, to put it bluntly, don't you just want the soldiers to make trouble under an excuse." Okay, it's good to make trouble, I'm worried about how to make Yan Liang fooled, now it's okay, we don't have to think about it, Yan Liang is going to be sent to the door. ”

"Yuanshan, are we going to pay a month's military salary appropriately to calm down the army?" Chen Yi suggested, "Now that the soldiers know that the military funds have been delivered to the state capital, if they don't pull out a dime, the soldiers really want to make trouble, and we will be very passive." ”

"There's no money." Wang Fen said indifferently, "That's the Bitter Chieftain's troops, he will find a way." He looked at Xu You and asked, "Ziyuan, after Li Hong left, how many people did Yan Liang take to stay in the camp?" ”

"It's really as the adults said, two thousand black panthers obey." Xu You said with a smile, "Li Hong is probably worried that Yan Liang's matter has been discovered by us, and yesterday he discussed with Yuan Shu that he wanted to leave Jiang Wu in the Xiangyu Mountain camp and requisition the troops of the Northern Army, but they were all rejected by Yuan Shu one by one. ”

"This Yuan Shu is not bad, and he is quite trustworthy." Zhou Jing smiled, "If he hadn't said a few words at a critical time, it would have been difficult for us to succeed." ”

"The adults send money and beauties to him, Yuan Highway must always do his best." Xu You said with a smile, "He is a well-known chivalrous man in Luoyang, of course he has to talk about faithfulness." ”

Chen Yi snorted disdainfully: "Those who deceive the world and steal their reputation, don't mention it." I heard that this Yan Liang's nickname is Tiger Head, and he is a brave and murderous man, so we have to be careful and not be too careless. ”

"Don't worry, Boyan, we have our own plan to capture and kill." Wang Fen said with a smile, "You immediately accompany Master Xiangkai to the south and take the King of Hefei to Jizhou as soon as possible." If nothing else, in a few days, His Majesty will leave Luoyang and go north to Jizhou. ”

"Shu Yang, you personally go to Xindu City and arrange things properly." Wang Fen pointed at Zhou Jing and said, "You can take the money paid to Yuan Shu with you." In the matter of Xindu, Changshui Camp has to make a big effort, so don't offend Yuan Shu, you must serve him well, you know? ”

Zhou Jing's face showed disgust, and he nodded reluctantly.

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Xiangkai was pleasantly surprised when he saw Zhang Ju.

He held Zhang Ju's hand tightly and said with a smile: "Zhengyuan, why are you here?" Is Boyun good? ”

"Boyun went to Liaodong and hasn't come back yet." Zhang Ju said with a smile, "I received a letter from the master, and suddenly remembered that I hadn't seen the master for eight years, and I really wanted to meet you, so I came." ”

"Zhengyuan, thank you." Xiangkai said movingly, "You are also old, your sideburns are a lot grayer, have you always been in good health?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Ju sighed, "Eight years have passed, and the master's hair is all white, and the years are unforgiving." ”

"Come in, get in." Xiang Kai took Zhang Ju's hand, looked inside the house, and said, "It's so hard for you to come all the way from Yuyang on such a cold day." Since the death of the Great Sage and Immortal, we have not been in touch. A few years ago, I heard that you were serving as a Taishou in Taishan County, and in the past few years, I heard that you have run a study hall in Yuyang, and there are thousands of disciples under your disciples, right? ”

"After I went up from Taishan Taishou, I went back to my hometown directly." Zhang Ju said with a smile, "I have set up a small Nanshan study hall in Yuyang Dongcheng, and I have indeed taught many disciples in the past few years, and the master is very well-informed." ”

Zhang Ju is in his fifties, tall and thin, with a long face and long beard, an elegant temperament, and a famous demeanor in his speech and demeanor. He is a great Confucian in Youzhou, famous for his erudition in Yuyang when he was young, and when he became an adult, he worshipped Yang Bing, a great Confucian in Hongnong, Kanto, as a teacher, and studied in the "Three Eel Library". Yang Bing is the father of Yang Ci, the teacher of the Son of Heaven. Yang Ci took good care of this little junior brother and strongly recommended it to the Son of Heaven, so Zhang Ju was able to do a doctorate in Taixue for several years. When Yang Ci was Situ, he was conscripted to Situ Mansion as a long history, and soon he was released as an official.

In the sixth year of Xiping (177 AD), Situ Yang sent a letter to the Son of Heaven, asking the imperial court to punish Zhang Jiao and his Taiping Dao. He told the Son of Heaven that there was a Julu man named Zhang Jiao, who founded a "Taiping Dao", claiming to be a great sage and good teacher, and used mantras and talismans to cure people's diseases among the people. According to folk rumors, Zhang Jiao's spells are boundless, and his magic hands are rejuvenated. For more than ten years, there have been as many as 100,000 followers who have spread throughout the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan and Henan in the Great Han Kingdom. The bureaucrats in various states and counties were confused by it, believing that Zhang Jiao was not harmful to educate the people with good Taoism, and there were even followers, including his junior brother Zhang Ju. Yang Ci thought that Zhang Jiao and his Taiping Dao would endanger the Han Dynasty, so he proposed to kill Zhang Jiao and dissolve the Taiping Dao, but the Son of Heaven ignored it. Soon, Zhang Ju and Yang Ci turned against each other because of this incident, and the two ignored each other, but Yang Ci admired his talent and did not impeach him for this.

In Zhang Ju's view, Taiping Dao could solve many problems, including the revitalization of the Han Dynasty, so he joined Taiping Dao without hesitation and became a good friend of Zhang Jiao, a great sage and mentor. A year later, Yang Ci was dismissed from his post for some reason, and Zhang Ju, who had been under the protection of Yang Valve, was immediately dismissed. Zhang Ju hated the corruption and darkness of the Han court, and went home to teach in a school.

In Yuyang, in addition to the Xian Yu family, even their Zhang family is the largest. In the Zhang family, the most outstanding are Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, both of whom have served as officials of the imperial court of 2,000 stones, both of whom are talented and well-known figures in Youzhou. Especially Zhang Ju, because of his ability and political integrity, and many disciples, in Youzhou in recent years, he has become a famous Confucian.

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Xiangkai and Zhang Ju chatted for a long time with a brazier, and they talked about the people and things in the past, and talked about the great sages and good teachers and the Yellow Turban Army, and they were full of emotion.

"Zhengyuan, you are a contemporary Confucian, your identity is respected, you came quietly from Youzhou, won't you just come to see me?" Xiangkai smiled, "Zhengyuan, how many years have we been friends, if there is anything, just say it." ”

Zhang Ju looked silently at the dancing flames in the brazier with his eyes full of wisdom half-open, and did not speak, he was pondering, as if he was thinking about how to phrase it to better express his meaning.

Xiang Kai stared at him and said, "If you come one day late, I will go south, so if we can meet again in eight years today, it means that we are still very fateful." ”

Zhang Ju bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Master's words have given me a lot of confidence. ”

Xiangkai glanced at him carefully and asked, "Anding Shuai moved you?" ”

Zhang Ju smiled and did not speak.

Xiang Kai was slightly surprised and then asked, "Did he personally go to Liaodong to persuade Su Fuyan, the king of Karasuma in Liaodong?" ”

Zhang Ju nodded and said, "I came just to ask the master in person, what is the chance of winning this matter?" ”

"Why are you listening to him?" Xiangkai asked, "Zhengyuan, back then, you refused Zhang Jiao's invitation and did not join the Yellow Turban Army, saying that you didn't want to see the world's creatures miserable, I admired it after hearing about it, but why do you want to take this road again now?" ”

Zhang Ju's face was like water, and he didn't speak.

"I have repeatedly written to Bo Yun, telling him not to repeat the mistakes of the past, this kind of practice, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Niujiao have already tried, it will not work, this kind of conquest of the world will only push the Han into deeper suffering, and will only make thousands of innocent people in the world die miserably and helplessly in the dire straits, this is a sin. Zhang Jiao's master and apprentice have all been sent by heaven because of their deep sins, has An Dingshuai not learned his lesson, and he still insists on going his own way, and has to embark on this hopeless road? Xiangkai was a little excited, and his tone was more solemn.

Zhang Ju's expression moved, and his face changed color slightly. In Xiangkai's words, it is clear that there is no confidence in their plans.

"What is the purpose of stability and handsomeness? Does he want to be emperor himself? Xiang Kai calmed down his mood and asked, "Is he dissatisfied with what I did?" ”

Zhang Ju pondered for a long time and said, "Bo Yun is very much in favor of the master's approach, but he thinks the master is too confident. The master hijacked the Son of Heaven and set up the king of Hefei as the king, and the master knew how many people in the world would support and recognize this new Son of Heaven? ”

Xiangkai's lips lifted slightly, wanting to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, he swallowed it back.

"The master wants to use Luoyang's traitorous eunuch to poison the eldest prince, bring down the general He Jin, and then let them open the city gate and welcome the new emperor back to Luoyang to preside over the government, right?" Zhang Ju asked.

Xiangkai stroked his long beard and smiled without saying a word.

"But what if the eunuchs in the court fail? What about the general re-establishing the Son of Heaven in Luoyang? Has the master ever thought about how to deal with the aftermath? Zhang Ju looked at Xiang Kai with lowered eyebrows, and said slowly, "Does the master think that with Yang Feng and Bai Huan of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, he can stop the Northern Army of the Imperial Court?" You must know that Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi are all in Luoyang now, and it is difficult for Yang Feng and others to defeat any one of them when they lead the army. ”

Zhang Ju picked up the tongs, gently sandwiched two pieces of charcoal into the brazier, and continued: "The master also got the promise of Zhang Yan, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, right? But Zhang Yan is bent on occupying Taiyuan, and the possibility of him sending troops to Jizhou is almost none, and the master should know this better than us. As for Mr. Xi Da in Xingyang, he is weak, and it seems a little too difficult for him to expect him to block the northern army. ”

"Our power in Yuyang is not very strong, and we can't help the master, so ......" Zhang Ju looked up at Xiangkai and said, "In order to ensure that the master's plan is foolproof, Boyun thought of using the power of the Xianbei and Karasuma people......"

Xiangkai smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Thank you, but I really don't need such help, Boyun is burning himself and harming the big man." Zhengyuan, why don't you persuade him? Why not stop him? ”

Zhang Ju sighed and said, "Does he listen to my words?" ”

"How many adults in the Karasuma people in Northern Xinjiang are willing to help now?" Xiangkai asked, "His brother, Qiu Liju in Liaoxi must be duty-bound, who else?" In addition to the king of the cliff, Su Suyan, what about the king of Khan Lu, Wuyan? What about the Xianbei people? I've heard that Mika, the adult of Xianbei in the east, has also been friends with him for many years, is it true? ”

Zhang Ju nodded and said, "In addition to the people that the master said, Bo Yun also went to Baitan City to meet Murong Feng. ”

Xiang Kai was shocked, and he blurted out: "Boyun, is he crazy?" What does he want to do? Does he want to give the northern frontier to Murong Feng? ”

"The master misunderstood." Zhang Ju hurriedly explained, "The Xianbei people Chen Bing border will definitely invade the Han in the short term. Murong Feng, who is located on the border of Youzhou, has not recovered since he was defeated by the Han army the year before last, and his troops, Bo Yun thinks that it is just to deal with the invitation of King Xianbei and Lian, and he estimates that Murong Feng will not risk attacking Youzhou. ”

"But the problem is, if we want to go south to support the master, we will have to raise troops in Yuyang, so that Youzhou will immediately fall into war, at this time, who can guarantee that Murong Feng will not take the opportunity to invade Youzhou and fish in troubled waters? It was from this point that Bo Yun took the initiative to meet Murong Feng to make an alliance......"

"Traitor ......" Xiang Kai slapped the case table angrily and said loudly, "Bo Yun, this bastard, he is the oldest, what kind of person is Murong Feng, he will casually agree to a traitor's request." In order to satisfy Murong Feng's greed, Bo Yun will definitely have to agree to many shameless demands, and Murong Feng will quickly recover his vitality and invade our Great Han Kingdom at any time. Bo Yun and the tiger are really stupid. ”

Zhang Ju smiled slightly with a calm expression, and comforted: "Master Shao'an is not impatient, how can Bo Yun be that kind of person?" You are very familiar with Boyun, you should know his personality, how could he betray the country to seek glory? It's just a matter of using the Hu people. ”

"Bo Yun is arrogant and self-righteous, he thinks that his ability is greater than anyone else, but in fact he is a madman." Xiang Kai scolded dissatisfiedly, "He uses the Hu people, doesn't the Hu people also use him?" If Boyun does this, he will not only lose the hearts of the people, but also be scolded by the world. Go back and tell him that I will not need his help in the future, lest I cling to his bad luck and lose my name for the rest of my life. You too. Xiangkai pointed at Zhang Ju and said, "Zhengyuan, you go back immediately, teach your disciple to read with peace of mind, and don't get involved with him, lest there be a disaster of slaughtering the sect and exterminating the clan in the future." ”

Zhang Ju smiled and asked, "What the master is doing now, isn't there a disaster of slaughtering the sect and exterminating the clan?" ”

Xiang Kai was dumbfounded, and he sighed: "I have given you all the money, what to do in the future, it is your business, you can do it yourself." What happened to the things I entrusted to Boyun? ”

Zhang Ju said calmly: "Everyone has arrived in Yecheng and has been handed over to Hanfang. Master, we haven't seen each other in eight years, so let's talk about something else. ”

Xiangkai said with a smile: "Also, the matter of Jizhou is about to be clear, and if you talk about it too much, you will be worried." Are you going to leave tomorrow? ”

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The military machete is obsessed with a camp prostitute in the military market.

He took advantage of the opportunity to patrol the camp, greeted several of his subordinates, sneaked into the market at night, and climbed onto the bed of the camp prostitute. The camp prostitute said something to him, which caught the attention of the machete. She said that one of her sisters had died a few days ago and had been beaten to death by a horse dealer surnamed Ma. The horse dealer stayed in the military market for more than a month, and usually hid in the camp tent to play with women, and rarely came out to move. Although he was not seen in business, he was very rich and generous, and often recruited five or six camp prostitutes to play all night at a time.

The machete didn't believe it, he said how could it be, how could there be such a powerful man. The camp prostitute said, "You have misunderstood, it is not for him alone, but for him to entertain a few adults in the army."

The machete suddenly became alert. He asked the camp prostitute, what kind of adult was it, and did she come often?

The camp prostitute smiled and said, "It's an adult who is bigger than you." They were drinking in the horse dealer's tent tonight, and I had a few sisters calling out. ”

The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, and he hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, saying that he wanted to go and see. The camp prostitute then pointed the way.

No sooner had the machete lurked outside the horse dealer's tent than Panta's voice was heard. Panta speaks with a slightly sharp voice, which is particularly recognizable. He listened carefully for a while, and found that there were still a few people, but they were not familiar, probably a few petty officers or the subordinates of the horse dealers. He lay in the corner and listened for an hour, but he didn't hear anything famous, and the people inside were all talking nonsense. The machete was shivering from the cold, and then he couldn't hold on anymore, and he estimated that Panta, like himself, had sneaked out to have fun, so he planned to go back.

At that moment, the horse dealer inside suddenly said something that made the machete's heart flutter.

"Zizhong, tell a few of them when you go back, don't come these days."

"What if we're in a hurry?" Panta's shrill voice asked.

"There is nothing urgent these days, it is just to instigate Yan Hutou to make trouble. If nothing will come of tomorrow, tell me at once, and I will send into the city at once. ”

"Is there a fallout?" Panta asked.

"I guess I'm going to cut off your food." The horse dealer said, "Once the grain is cut out, I estimate that Yan Hutou will definitely be furious, and he will take up the big knife and kill the state capital." ”

The machete outside the tent immediately slipped away like a ghost.

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