After Mi Zhen left, Zhang Yan and Mi Zhu talked freely in the room, and the most talked about was marriage.

After some discussion between the two people, this marriage is basically decided, and there are only some details that need to be discussed in the long run.

Before I knew it, it was already noon, and Mi Zhu warmly entertained Zhang Yan in the house. In addition, Zang Ba, who was drunk last night and did not return, also participated, when Zang Ba heard that Zhang Yan was going to marry Mi Zhu's sister as his wife, he was first surprised, and then sent his blessings, and he had to pull Zhang Yan to drink again without getting drunk and not returning.

Zhang Yan saw that it was difficult to resist, and in desperation, he had no choice but to drink two large jars of wine with Zang Ba.

The two of them were drinking, and the housekeeper Mi Qiang suddenly walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand, and as soon as he entered the hall, he walked in front of Zhang Yan and handed the letter to Zhang Yan: "Lord Zhang, your letter." ”

Zhang Yan opened the letter and read it hurriedly, his originally joyful face suddenly became gloomy, and his brows were frowned.

Mi Zhu and Zang Ba saw Zhang Yan's expression, and they all asked in unison, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Yan closed the letter, put it directly into his arms, and hurriedly said, "Something happened to Pengcheng, I must go back quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan stood up and said to Zang Ba: "Brother Zang, let's drink here for the time being today, and I'll invite Brother Zang to have a good drink another day." ”

After speaking, he turned his face to Mi Zhu and said, "Lord Mi, I have something urgent, so I won't stay here anymore, so I will leave." ”

Zhang Yan was in a hurry, and without waiting for Zang Ba and Mi Zhu to reply, he stepped out with an arrow step, and shouted at Xu Sheng, who had been guarding the door: "Go and lead the horse quickly and go back to Pengcheng!" ”

Xu Sheng responded, pulled his legs and ran, and soon came to the stable of Mifu, and took out two war horses, one of which was a war horse with black and bright hair, which was the dark cloud snow horse that Zhang Yan surrendered yesterday.

Zhang Yan walked to the door of Mifu, just collided with Xu Sheng, jumped on the back of the dark cloud snow horse, shouted loudly, and the war horse under the seat let out a long neigh, and galloped out, the speed was amazing.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng hurriedly rode a horse and chased after him, for fear of being left alone.

In the Mifu hall, Zhang Yan's hurried departure also made Mi Zhu and Zang Ba a little uneasy, one was about to become Zhang Yan's brother-in-law, and the other had already introduced Zhang Yan as a confidant.

The speed of the dark clouds stepping on the snow horse is staggering, and in just a moment, Zhang Yan on horseback has already left Tancheng. He left in a hurry, and he didn't take any of the gold in Mi Mansion with him, but at this time, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the gold.

After he left the city, he ran out of ten miles in one breath, and then he remembered Xu Shenglai, reined in the horse, and looked back, where was Xu Sheng's figure, which had already been thrown far away by him.

Zhang Yan was very satisfied with the dark cloud snow horse under the seat, stroked its mane, parked on the side of the road, and waited quietly for Xu Sheng.

After a while, Xu Sheng was late on his war horse, and when he saw that Zhang Yan had been waiting here for a long time, he arched his hand and said, "Master, your horse is too fast, if it goes on like this, I won't be able to catch up with you at all." ”

"It's urgent, and I don't want to waste any more time. My horse is fast, your horse is slow, it is better to separate for a while, I will return to Pengcheng first, and you can follow closely. ”

"Whoa!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan pulled up the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and shouted, and the four hooves of the dark cloud snow horse under the seat exerted force, and flew out with a "whoosh", like an arrow off the string.

Xu Sheng saw it with his own eyes, he was envious, and after being stunned for a moment, he also hurriedly slapped his horse forward, following behind Zhang Yan, but gradually he became farther and farther away from Zhang Yan.

This dark cloud snow horse, produced in the Wusun Kingdom of the Western Regions, was purchased by Zang Ba from the Western Regions for a lot of money, and after several changes of hands, it was transferred to his hands. However, who would have thought that this horse is fierce, Zang Ba has tried more than a dozen times, but he can't control it, and Zuihou can only be put in the stable as an ornament.

Zang Ba's subordinate Chang Feng is also a very horse lover, this cloud stepping snow horse has been under his care, that day he took advantage of Zang Ba's absence, secretly led the dark cloud stepping snow horse, ready to tame it. Ke Changfeng tried several times in a row, but all ended in failure, zuihou once, and fell off the horse, and fell a dog gnawing mud, causing the surrounding soldiers to laugh.

Chang Feng felt embarrassed, and in anger, he pulled out his long sword, wanting to scare and scare the dark clouds stepping on the snow horse, but the horse was suddenly frightened, rushed out of the barracks, and broke into the downtown area, which gave Zhang Yan the opportunity to tame the dark clouds and snow horses.

However, Zang Ba is also generous, and he actually gave such a good horse to Zhang Yan, which was finally cheaper for Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan picked up this cheap, and secretly enjoyed in his heart, and now he is riding on the back of the dark cloud snow horse, and he deeply feels the excellence of this horse.

This horse has strong explosiveness, very suitable for long-distance running, and after running out of Tancheng for fifty or sixty miles, it does not even breathe.

In addition, this horse is extremely fast, can travel a thousand a day, but also eight hundred, Zhang Yan rode it, like a gust of wind, quickly floated over the field, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

After coming out of Tancheng, Zhang Yan did not stop in the middle, and rode the dark cloud snow horse and ran to the boundary of Pengcheng in one breath.

In the evening, Zhang Yan rode back to Pengcheng alone.

At this time, outside Pengcheng, there were many refugees, men, women, young and old, all holding a shovel in their hands, digging the foundation, and the young and middle-aged people were in charge of carrying huge stones, one by one, and the two were in full swing.

Some of the troops were divided into small squads and stationed on the perimeter, constantly conducting cross-patrols to ensure the safety of the refugees.

Zhang Yancai left Pengcheng for a few days, but he didn't expect the number of refugees to skyrocket, and now there are a lot of people in front of him, everyone is working together, and they are building a common home with their hard-working hands.

"Your Excellency, you're finally back!" A military Sima rushed to Zhang Yan's side with twenty or thirty Danyang soldiers, and everyone had a trace of anger on their faces.

"Where's Lord Chen?" Zhang Yan was the first to ask.

"Recuperate in the Taishou Mansion!"

Zhang Yan frowned, and said to this military horse: "You continue to patrol this area!" ”

"Whoa!"

Zhang Yan shouted, rode wildly, and soon returned to the ruined Pengcheng, galloping towards the Taishou Mansion.

As soon as he returned to the Taishou Mansion, he came to the door of Chen Deng's room, and was just about to go in, but saw that the door was open, and Fan A walked out of it with an empty medicine bowl. ”

Zhang Yan waved his hand and glanced at Chen Deng who was lying on the bed, and saw that his right arm was wrapped in a bandage, the bandage had been soaked with blood, and the room exuded a smell of blood in addition to the smell of medicine.

He strode into the room, walked directly to the bedside, looked at Chen Deng with concerned eyes, and asked, "Yuanlong, how is the injury?" ”

Chen Deng was quite surprised by Zhang Yan's return, and never expected Zhang Yan to come back so soon. When he saw Zhang Yan, his heart suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly said: "My injury has been treated and is fine, please don't worry about me." ”

Zhang Yan was relieved and asked, "Yuanlong, will you be injured?" Could it be that there are some rampant thieves around Pengcheng? ”

Chen Deng said: "In the past few days, the refugees have returned to Pengcheng one after another, and their number has exceeded my expectations, so that there is a shortage of grain and grass. Who would have thought that Zhen Rong not only refused to borrow even a grain of grain, but also asked his subordinates to pretend to be thieves and ambush us on the way back. If it weren't for the soldiers fighting their way to the death, I'm afraid that we would have been separated by yin and yang......"

Hearing this, Zhang Yan still couldn't listen to it anymore.

What Zhen Rong did was enough to make Zhang Yan annoyed. From the initial gold robbery to the current Chen Deng's injury, everything has shown that Zhen Rong is hostile to himself.

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Zhang Yan's patience has reached the extreme.

"Yuanlong is here to recuperate with peace of mind, tomorrow morning, I will order all the soldiers and horses, go to Xia Pi Xingshi to ask for the guilt, and I will definitely cut off the head of the dog Rong!"

As soon as Chen Deng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Brother Mingda must not be rash, the army is full of food, and the city of Xiapi is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if he retreats in the city, you will be helpless against him." It's better to inform Tao Envoy Jun of this matter for the time being, and Tao Envoy Jun will decide ......"

Zhang Yan retorted: "If Tao Envoy Jun can make a decision, he will not let Zhenrong sit big day by day!" ”

"But ......"

"It's nothing, I've paid attention, and I'll leave for Xiapi early tomorrow morning. Since it was Zhenrong who was unkind first, don't blame me for being unjust. Killed Zhen Rong and occupied Xiapi, and he was a hundred. ”

Chen Deng saw that Zhang Yan had already made up his mind, and he didn't persuade him. He thought calmly for a moment, and said to Zhang Yan: "Since you must go, you must be completely sure, I have a strategy, so that Zhenrong can be captured!" ”

Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Chen Deng said slowly: "Zhenrong is dedicated to the Buddha, in the Xiapi area of Guangxing Buddhist temples, but also in the Xiapi people chanting and reading Buddhist scriptures day and night, which makes the monks, nuns and Buddhists from the nearby counties continue to move into Xiapi, in just a few months, there are more than 5,000 monks to vote. Every time the Buddha's birthday, that is, on the eighth day of the fourth month, Zhenrong will hold a 'Buddha bathing party', and the cost of setting up a banquet on the side of the road alone will be calculated in units of 100 million. ”

In addition, he also specially built a Futu Temple that can accommodate 10,000 monks, and connected all the monks and nuns in Xiapi to the Futu Temple. This Futu Temple is built in the south of the city of Xiapi, there is a tower in the temple, there is a gold plate on it, there is a heavy building under it, the tower is nine layers of octagonal, each layer has cornices, each side is inlaid with copper realm, there is also a bronze mirror facing the sky at the top of the tower, it is called "Nine Mirror Tower". On the first and fifteenth day of the new year, Zhenrong will personally go to the Nine Mirrors Pagoda in the Futu Temple to listen to the Dharma, and every time he goes, he will bring up to two or three hundred people with him, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will stay in Xiapi. As long as you take advantage of this time and launch a surprise attack on Zhenrong, it is the best time to kill Zhenrong. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Yan felt that Chen Deng's strategy was very good, which not only saved an unnecessary fight, but also killed Zhen Rong, which was a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone.

He calculated the time, and it happened that the day after tomorrow was the first day of October, and with a faint smile on his face, he left Chen Deng's room and began to make arrangements.