The Phoenix Pavilion is located at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain, hence the name.

There is often a white-bearded grandfather to tell stories, a long, long time ago, there was a phoenix on this beautiful mountain, the voice was high-pitched, and it could be heard for hundreds of miles, so the mountain was named Phoenix Mountain.

During the Qin Dynasty, it was divided according to household registration, and every ten households were one li, and there was a lizheng, which was the leader of the rural group before the liberation. Ten miles is a pavilion, with a pavilion chief, which is roughly equivalent to the village chief. Ten pavilions for a township, with a township chief, but the scale of the ten pavilions is relatively large, coupled with the sparse population, the area under the jurisdiction is larger, so the scale of many townships is not up to ten pavilions, with three or five pavilions in the majority.

In the Han Dynasty, a pavilion in ten miles slowly evolved, and became a pavilion of about ten miles of land, which generally included seven or eight villages, probably a township. In this era, there were both townships and pavilions under the county seat, and the two levels slowly equaled, thus giving birth to a new title - town.

Phoenix Pavilion is located in the plain artery, the transportation is convenient, the south is connected with Hebei and the north is connected to Youyan, the merchants from the south to the north are endless, so this land is rich and prosperous, the permanent population of the whole township pavilion has nearly 1,000 households, which is larger than the general county seat. Every day, several main streets are bustling with peddlers and shops.

The scale is large, and the Zhenjiazhuang is located in the north of the Phoenix Pavilion, and from time to time there are gentlemen from all over the country who come to visit, making the inn and restaurant business of the Phoenix Pavilion more prosperous. Even if Cao Cao's army was stationed thirty miles away in the west, the hustle and bustle of the Phoenix Pavilion was still unabated, and even if the lights were on, there were still peddlers and pawns hawking.

It was this environment that allowed Yuwen Chengdu, Li Yuanfang, Zhanzhao and the twenty-five Jinyi guards led by them to lurk for as long as three months. without revealing their identity. As the saying goes, the small is hidden in the wild, and the big is hidden in the city.

Cao Cao's 150,000-strong army was stationed thirty miles away. Zhenjiazhuang was surrounded by Cao Gan, a nephew of Cao Cao, with 2,000 soldiers, and every day from morning to night, Cao Jun came to the town to eat and drink. Even go to the kilns that have sprung up like mushrooms to have fun.

Yuwen Chengdu, Li Yuanfang, Zhanzhao and others each brought seven or eight people, disguised as medicinal herb dealers, illicit salt dealers, and wine merchants to live in the three small inns adjacent to each other. The scene is a bit like the underground party joints in the white ruled area before the liberation, after all, the 150,000 Cao army is close at hand, and they can't afford to be negligent in Yuwen Chengdu.

After many years of Rong Ma career, he is bathed in the shadow of swords and swords every day. It was quiet for three months all of a sudden, which made Yuwen Chengdu quite uncomfortable and even a little depressed. But for the sake of the face of the Son of Heaven, he could only endure it, sleep and drink tea in the inn during the day, play chess with the proprietress who was slowly familiar, and stretch his fists and feet in the remote woods in the dead of night, so as not to waste his martial arts.

And Li Yuanfang and Zhanzhao are much calmer, their identities were originally responsible for spying on intelligence. Sneaking into various places in disguise, coming to Wuji County is also my job, but it has been a little longer.

After early morning, the West was dusty. The sound of footsteps shook the heavens and the earth, the sound of people shouting and neighing horses resounded in the sky, and the flags were waved to the south.

This made Yuwen Chengdu overjoyed. Regardless of whether others would be suspicious, he went straight to the inn where Li Yuanfang lived: "Commander Li." The dust rose in the west, and it seemed that Cao Cao had withdrawn his troops. Let's take Miss Zhen back to Jinling this evening or tomorrow morning, right? Although the mountains and rivers are beautiful here. It's also greasy after watching it for a long time. ”

What made Yuwen Chengdu, Li Yuanfang and others dare not act rashly was not the two thousand Cao soldiers surrounding Zhenjiazhuang, these guys who came and went didn't take the two thousand Cao troops in their eyes, and they were worried about how to evacuate after alarming Cao Cao's army?

"General Wen, don't worry, I'll check it out myself!" So Li Yuanfang, who pretended to be a salt dealer, went to the Cao army camp slowly with a few entourages in the name of collecting debts in the countryside.

In the evening, he returned in a huff and said to Yuwen Chengdu: "A good news, a bad news, I don't know which General Wen wants to hear?" ”

"I think Brother Li is also an idle bird, and he is talking to me about this idle article?" Yuwen Chengdu shook his head and smiled bitterly, he just wanted to go back to the military camp as soon as possible to make contributions, and he didn't want to continue to soak in the innkeeper who still had the charm of here.

Li Yuanfang shrugged: "The good news is that the Cao army has withdrawn, and the bad news is that the Cao army has withdrawn 100,000, and there are still 50,000 left." I hid in the distance and counted for a long time, and it was basically accurate. ”

Yuwen Chengdu smashed his fist on the threshold, and the threshold was shaken by a crack: "Fifty thousand is fifty thousand, there are 100,000 fewer people!" They still have to defend the camp, even if Cao Jun, who is guarding Zhenjiazhuang, goes to ask for help, it is impossible to come out, right? I want to leave Wencheng, but tens of thousands of people can't keep me! ”

Li Yuanfang was startled, and hurriedly clenched his fists: "General Wen is so bold, but you should be quiet, so as not to cause extraneous branches." ”

Yuwen Chengdu was really suffocated, and said sullenly: "What are you afraid of?" I'll take Miss Zhen to break through, you try to get out by yourself, if there is any difference by a certain force, it's a big deal to go back, it has nothing to do with you! ”

Li Yuanfang also knew that Yuwen Chengdu was a soldier, unlike himself and Zhanzhao, who were really suffocated in three months, but he still reminded him with the overall situation: "It is not too difficult to bring out a person from the encirclement of two thousand Cao troops, and I and Zhan Guards can also do it." But what's next? To the east, to the south? Which road is not five or six hundred miles, Cao Jun's checkpoints are layered on top of each other, and when the time comes, there are chasing soldiers in front and interception after that, how can they leave with their wings? ”

After listening to Li Yuanfang's analysis, Yuwen Chengdu fell silent and was speechless for a long time.

"To the north!"

Zhan Zhao flashed into Yuwen Chengdu's room silently like a ghost, his steps were lighter than a cat, "Yuanfang, what do you think?" ”

Li Yuanfang smiled boredly: "Zhan Guard, are you also an idle bird?" I actually learned His Majesty's mantra. I haven't seen your shadow for the past few days, where have you gone? ”

Zhanzhao put the sword in his hand on the table, touched the teapot and poured a cup to moisten his throat: "I went north, and I contacted General Li Yaoshi." ”

Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, and at the same time suddenly realized: "What do you mean by the Zhan guards, let's go north after rescuing Miss Zhen?" ”

Zhan Zhao took a sip of tea. Said leisurely: "Exactly! Three hundred miles to the north, it went out of the border of Jizhou and entered Youzhou, and another hundred miles to the northeast is the Fangcheng where General Li Jing was stationed. This route is the closest to the south or east. The least number of levels and the strongest reinforcements. With Li Zhengdong's 100,000 troops responding, why are we afraid? ”

After a pause, he said: "It's just that after passing Puyin County, it entered the territory of Youzhou, Fanyang County has been occupied by the Yuan army, and the Hun iron cavalry often enters the Kou to plunder, and if you don't get it, you will bump into the Hun cavalry." ”

Li Yuanfang patted his head and gave Zhanzhao a thumbs up: "Zhan guards you, why didn't I think of taking this route?" ”

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Not long after Pharmacist Li's army arrived in Fangcheng, I also heard from a horse dealer who had taken refuge in the south from Youzhou. It was only then that I remembered this route. ”

"Then take this route, and when you have eaten and drunk enough, you will leave!" Yuwen Chengdu didn't want to stay longer for a moment, so he poked his head out of the window and shouted: "Shopkeeper, hurry up and prepare dinner." ”

The night was dark, and a group came from the west.

Cao Gan, who was fooling around in the kiln, hurriedly sent someone to intercept after getting the report, and only after asking did he know that it was Cao Pi who arrived overnight, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face: "It turned out that Zihuan was here?" ”

Cao Pi's carriage didn't stop until the front of Zhenjiazhuang, and after getting out of the car, he glanced at Cao Bing who was sparsely surrounding Zhenjiazhuang, and his face suddenly fell: "Why are there so few soldiers?" Do they look like six or seven hundred? ”

Cao Gan explained with a smile: "One thousand during the day." A thousand at night, and those who are sick and have a stroke, that's all there is. Most of Zhenjiazhuang's family members have been dismissed, plus the maidservant clansmen. The old and weak, women and children are counted together, and there are only more than 200 people in the entire manor, and it is more than enough to leave six or seven hundred guards behind. Zihuan doesn't have to worry. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going out to fool around, right?" Cao Pi snorted coldly, but he didn't bother to dwell on this topic. straight to the point: "Zhen Mi is at home, nothing went wrong, right?" ”

Cao Gan smiled. is the same as his brother Cao Anmin: "Zihuan, don't worry, my brother keeps an eye on you, except for those who go to the street to buy vegetables, the Zhen family is only allowed to enter and not go out, even if she puts on her wings, she doesn't want to go out!" Listen to my brother's advice, the overlord is forced to bow and forget it, women, the more they can't get it, the more itchy they are, like a cat scratching, and there is no freshness when they sleep a few times, just like abandoning it. ”

"Less nonsense, call the door!" Cao Pi's face was dark, and he was too lazy to take care of Cao Gan.

Cao Gan immediately stepped forward in person, waved his fist and slammed the door: "Open the door and open the door, Zihuan Gongzi has come to visit Miss Zhen Mi!" ”

Cao Pi came once in the past ten days and a half months, but they all came during the day, and this was the first time to call the door late at night, and the Zhen sisters were suddenly in a mess.

Still came to visit her mother's house, and Zhen Jiang, the eldest sister who was trapped in the Zhen family by Cao Bing, had an idea, and ordered: "Cao Pi came to visit in the middle of the night, I'm afraid that the weasel didn't have a good heart for the chicken's New Year's greetings, you hide Ah Mi first, and I will deal with Cao Pi." ”

The two brothers Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao immediately took Zhen Mi and hid in the secret room, and the other three sisters of the Zhen family, who had not yet married, also hid in the boudoir with anxiety, and the eldest sister Zhen Jiang dealt with Cao Pi.

"I've seen Cao Gongzi!" Zhen Jiang knew that a door could not stop Cao Pi, so he personally opened the door to Cao Pi with her husband Zhou Bi and gave a gift.

Cao Pi didn't step into Zhen's house, and asked coldly, "Where is Zhen Mi?" ”

"Oops...... It's really unfortunate, it's freezing these days, Ah Mi occasionally feels cold, her health is not good, she can't even get off the bed, she has already fallen asleep, I'm afraid I can't say hello to my son! Zhen Jiang smiled with him and responded calmly.

With a crisp slap of "pop", Zhen Jiang's handsome face left five fingerprints, blood stains appeared on the corners of his mouth, Cao Pi's slap was quite heavy, and Sister Zhen, who only smoked, was dizzy, and her eyes were full of gold stars.

"Less!" Cao Pi moved his sore palms and reprimanded viciously.

"Is your father great if he is Cao Cao?"

When the young and vigorous Zhou Bi saw that his wife was humiliated and beaten for no reason, he immediately became angry, raised his hand and slapped Cao Pi in the face, and treated him in the same way.

Cao Pi has been favored by his mother Bian since he was a child, how could he have been so humiliated? What's more, in front of Cao Gan and hundreds of Cao Jun soldiers, he was slapped by an unknown person, and it was louder than the moment when he drew Zhen Jiang, and he couldn't help but feel evil to the side of his heart, and anger rose from his heart.

"My father is Cao Cao, so it's amazing!"

The sword flashed, and Cao Pi's saber had already pierced into Zhou Bi's chest, entering from the front chest and back out.

"You...... Dare to kill? The red blood gushed out along the sword, staining Zhou Bi's clothes red, and the corners of his mouth were also bubbling with a trace of blood, and the whole person was paralyzed weakly.

"Husband?" Zhen Jiang was shocked, screamed and hugged Zhou Bi, and almost fainted to the ground.

Cao Pi's face was as pale as frost, and he kicked Zhen Jiang down and stroked it. touched his hot cheeks, and shouted viciously: "Drag this girl into the house for me, even if I turn the Zhen family upside down, I have to find out Zhen Mi!" ”

"Well done!" Cao Ganse smiled and gave Cao Pi a thumbs up, "It's much more courageous than Ziyu, and he has the style of an uncle!" ”

(The second watch is sent, continue to ask for a monthly pass, and then go to the code word, continue to work hard for the third watch!) (To be continued......)