"Sit here, Mr. Zhou."
Chen Ling suddenly jumped up from his seat, grabbed the opponent's hands and pushed the opponent down into his seat, and instantly completed the body transformation, but Zhou Xingfan actually had no resistance. "I just said it looks familiar. We met at Lai Gong's banquet in Xuzhou the year before last. You were still a young man at that time... How did Mr. Zhou come here to play tricks on me, Xiao Chen?"
Zhou Xingfan, who was still holding the copybook in his hand, was at a loss for a moment. He hesitated to speak and could only look at Zhang Xing.
And Zhang Xing looked with great interest at Chen Ling, who was suddenly smiling under the lights, and actually felt impressed - not only was he thick-skinned, but the key was that until now, he still couldn't grasp the reason to conclude that this Ying Yang Is General Lang really stupid or is he too shrewd and pretending to be ignorant?
It can only be said that the more impeccable the other party is, the more Zhang Xing prefers the latter from a personal perspective.
"General Chen, can you please reject the maid?" Zhang Xing thought about it and said seriously... There is no way, no matter how difficult it is, everything must be done.
Then Chen Ling turned around, half-smiling but not smiling: "It's because of the rough looks of women in the countryside. Doesn't this Zhang Baishou look down on her?"
"That's what I mean." Zhang Xing smiled and actually admitted. .
General Chen was stuck again, but he had no choice but to nod and let the maids go down.
As soon as the maids left, Zhang Xing spoke slowly and clearly: "I'm Zhang Xing, the second patrol team of Jing'an Station is Bai Shou. My direct inspector is called Bai Yousi. I'm the current director of the Ministry of Works." The eldest daughter of Bai Hengqiu, the Duke of Shi in the province under the leadership of the Minister...Inspector Bai was ordered to transport some grain from Jiangdong to Luokou warehouse. Now he has passed Guyang and is heading along the Huan River, but information from all parties along the way They all reviewed clearly, except that there will be a large number of bandits in Yongcheng and Linhuan, so I was sent here to deliver this copybook... I want to ask General Chen to send troops to Huanshui to protect him."
General Chen listened carefully, thought for a moment, then put one hand on his hips and waved it away boldly: "This matter is simple. Not to mention someone like Inspector Bai, even if Mr. Zhou's face is here, I can't pretend to be deaf. Dumb… I don’t need the copybook anymore, how can Inspector Bai and Mr. Zhou give gifts to people like me?”
Qin Er and others were overjoyed. Zhou Xingfan was also stunned for a moment and then looked at Zhang Xing in surprise.
Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, but then he asked seriously: "May I ask General Chen when will he send troops? Where will he send troops? How many troops are he planning to send?"
Chen Ling looked at Zhang Xing, paused for a moment again, then hesitated for a moment, and responded seriously: "You can send two groups of people, a hundred fine armors, to the river ahead to wait for the fleet inspected by Bai to meet up. We will definitely save the fleet." No worries.”
Zhang Xing smiled instead of getting angry.
Zhou Xingfan, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "You won't even give us a team of three people?"
"Master Zhou." Although Chen Ling had an expressionless face and stood tall, he actually showed a cautious attitude in his words. "It is against military law to mobilize more than one troop without permission... As a general, don't you understand this truth?"
Zhang Xing simply laughed out loud, then glanced at the package on the ground, but suddenly his tone became serious: "One hundred people are not enough!"
"It won't work if there are more than a hundred people." Chen Ling also turned around and showed his pride.
"At least one thousand, preferably three thousand." Zhang Xing did not give in.
"Your Excellency, please don't make fun of me." Chen Ling also did not give in even half a step. "Without Nanya's transfer order, it is impossible to send out more than a hundred soldiers without permission."
The atmosphere was a little awkward, Zhang Xing didn't say anything more, he just handed over and asked to retreat, saying that he would talk to him tomorrow. Chen Ling was not polite, and everyone felt that they were leaving on bad terms. Of course, the copybooks and belongings were also taken back. As for the name of Mr. Zhou, it was still useful. The group immediately occupied the side hall and the attached wing on the first floor of the main building, and the treatment was even better.
After driving away the maidservants who had been ordered to warm their feet, several patrolmen hurriedly gathered in the side hall to continue discussing countermeasures.
"This man is slippery and doesn't eat soft or hard things. He is just like a loach!" Qin Bao first listened to the surrounding movements and made sure no one was eavesdropping before he spoke. As soon as he spoke, he shook his head.
"That's also a loach coiled on Longgang." Zhang Xing responded with a sigh from his seat. "To put it bluntly, in the past ten days, on both sides of the Huan River, this person has mastered the biggest and possibly the only weapon to break the situation."
"Is that why you can be confident?" Mr. Zhou asked, suppressing his embarrassment... He originally thought that he would be very valuable in his father's old team, but in the end, the other party was not even willing to give him a member of the team.
"We need to know it ourselves." Zhang Xing thought for a moment and decided to talk about it. "We are the ones who ask for help from others, and we are the ones who have the confidence to rely on us... For some things, we can only say that we are doing our best."
"What should I do if I try my best?" Qin Er seemed to have the courage to ask.
"What can we do?" Zhang Xing continued to ask seriously. "He is obviously a shrewd person. He found out where we were coming in the afternoon and knew the purpose of our trip early. Maybe he even knew where we were coming as soon as we arrived, and then deliberately delayed... But we came here in a hurry. , I am a newcomer and I don’t know anything... So the next step is to find out this person’s details and temperament, and then add layers of layers to make him softer and harder, while making empty promises, to grind him, to come. Just force him and let him use all his strength."
Everyone had no choice but to nod.
At this point, Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, but then mentioned one more thing: "I estimate that the biggest variable is the reply from the court... To be honest, if I were Chen Ling, I wouldn't be willing to live in a different place. Send troops privately, because once you send troops privately, you have to bear the loss of military resources and casualties yourself, and the Bai family and Zhou family will be out of reach; but once you have a reply from the court as a basis, you will naturally be happy to sell favors."
"But what if the court is unclear about the situation and doesn't give a clear reply asking him to send troops?" Qin Bao couldn't help but continue to ask.
"This is the worst situation we must be prepared to deal with." Zhang Xing yawned and responded calmly. "Find out the details of this person... Let this person know that if the court destroys him, he will leave the office. We will destroy him now... In short, whether it is soft or hard, when that time comes, we will We have to make him an offer that he can't refuse. Of course, judging from this person's current attitude, if that's the case, I'm afraid it will be a lot tougher... We also need to make more preparations from the tough side. , starting from tomorrow, we have to work hard.”
Everyone was finally slightly awe-inspiring.
The whole night was silent, and early the next morning, Zhang Xing just said hello to General Chen, and then dispersed with the few accompanying patrolmen... Some were wandering around in the military camp, and some went to Chengfu County on the other side of the Wo River. Some people went to find the legendary metasequoia forest, and some people directly rode horses to go back to the road for transportation... In short, everyone left cleanly, and several bags of treasures such as Wang Zuojun's copybooks were carelessly thrown away. There, no one paid attention.
As for Zhang Xing himself, he took Mr. Zhou as a path breaker and walked around the military camp for a few times.
Frankly speaking, the order in the military camp and the appearance of the core troops were very good. This also made the Jingan Taichung Town Fusi Bai Shou realize once again that General Chen was really pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
Some things cannot be faked.
In this way, for three days in a row, the Jinyi patrolmen did not ask any unnecessary questions, nor did they force General Chen to send troops. They just looked around for information, and General Chen was as steady as a mountain and did not move at all.
Finally, on the fourth day, Zhang Xing estimated that there would be a reply from the court within a day or two, and Bai Yousi's fleet also patrolled the fleet several times with fast horses, saying that it was almost reaching Qiaojun, so he No longer hesitate.
At noon that day, Zhang Xing sent Qin Bao to take the two of them to the metasequoia forest. He and Zhou Xingfan were still wandering around the military camp, but at noon, he suddenly took Mr. Zhou with him and rode out of Longgang together. They were captured early in the morning. Pointed in the direction of the metasequoia forest.
Even before he arrived, Zhang Xing knew from a distance that Chen Ling at least wasn't talking nonsense about this forest thing that night.
It turns out that not far from the north gate of Longgang Village, there is an intersection between the northwest and the southeast. To the north of the intersection, there is an open Metasequoia woodland of about ten acres. Metasequoia trees are tall and straight, uniform, like a canopy above, but look solemn below. Even though it is winter, people feel relaxed and happy. They don't know what a grand scene it is in spring, summer and autumn, let alone who is the masterpiece.
It's just conceivable that this forest is naturally a signpost and a natural resting place.
In addition, this place is adjacent to the military stronghold, and the place is surrounded by thoroughfares, so it is natural for a market to be established along the crossroads.
The so-called Metasequoia Forest mostly refers to the crossroad market in front of this forest.
In fact, when Zhang Xing came on horseback, he saw dozens of stores along the street. Except for the woods on the north, there were winding buildings behind the other three sides, which must have hidden some prostitutes, gambling houses, inns, etc. .
It is indeed a prosperous place.
In such a situation, when we look back at the Longgang Village that can be seen in the distance, we don’t know whether this village was established because of the market at the crossroads, or whether the market was stabilized because of the military village. But everyone knows that both It must be connected from the root.
"Third brother."
Qin Bao came towards him, held his hands under the horse, then pointed back and smiled. "I have made it clear from my inquiries in the past few days that this Metasequoia Forest is a famous wild market. The black and white kind are quite famous in Huaibei. And Chen Ling was born as a general in the Jianghuai area, and his family has been involved in business all year round. There have long been three or five storefronts here, doing all kinds of business. This year he was ordered to come here and move his headquarters here. Strangely, all the seventeen or eighteen best stores at the intersection belong to him. … Even if the rest does not belong to his family, he must also pay regular money to him.”
"This one too?"
Zhang Xingzai immediately stretched out his whip and pointed at the largest and best restaurant in sight. This restaurant is located just north of the intersection, backed by a metasequoia forest. It has six doors and a three-story building. Gao also added a small wind pavilion, and there is also a deep accommodation in the back.
"Of course." Qin Bao laughed and was speechless. "This is called Qingfeng Tower."
"That's good." As he said this, Zhang Xing was meticulous, untied the yellow gelding and tied it up. Then he put on an official posture and stood in front of the store with his knife in hand. He didn't mind the cold either. Just shout in front of the door. "Where is the owner of the wine shop?"
The people inside had already seen the appearance, and even had an impression of Qin Bao and the others. They immediately came out to greet them with smiles: "Several officials, please take a seat inside! There is a stove in the wind pavilion on the fourth floor. It's not cold at all."
Zhang Xing immediately shook his head: "We four or five brothers like to drink cold wine and enjoy the cold breeze. Just move a table and place five stools at this intersection... Then serve some signature hot dishes and pour a pot of good wine."
Everyone in the store heard that something was wrong, but they didn't dare to say no, so they immediately moved the tables out and quickly served food and wine.
After the food and drinks were finished, Zhang Xing picked up a glass of wine, took just one sip, and immediately threw the glass to the ground. Then he stood up, clapping the table, and made a face in front of many people at the intersection: "You are giving me cold wine in the middle of winter? Chen Ling, hello. Are you so brave to make my imperial envoy who checks the accounts get sick?!"
The shopkeeper was already stunned and didn't know what to say.
Zhang Xing was not polite and pointed at Qin Bao: "Qin Er, quickly destroy this store, but if there is a drop of wine left, you are colluding with the criminal Chen Ling!"
Qin Bao couldn't help laughing, then he quickly covered his mouth, put on a serious face, and showed off his embroidered knife with the other two Jinyi patrolmen, broke into the store, and then used his true energy to first clear the store. Dozens of jars of fine wine were smashed into pieces and all was leaked.
After turning out the door, without stopping for a moment, he broke into the gambling shop next to him, and this time he even beat up everyone.
Zhang Xing had already taken Xiao Zhou to the secret prostitution restaurant at the back, chopped off the hand of the prostitute who was looking at the restaurant with a knife, and then led the panic-stricken brothel sisters to the street, and then sat there and let the people in the wine shop take the chickens. They took out the duck and fish meat and made banquets for these women in public, and then asked the swollen gambling shop stewards to come out and give these women the New Year's 'interests'.
After the money was distributed and the banquet was halfway through, the whole street was closed. Then through the window, I watched a few knights in uniforms smashing down General Chen's properties one by one.
At this moment, Qin Bao suddenly came over with a strange expression: "Third brother..."
"What?" Zhang Xing, who was sitting there with his legs crossed, was puzzled for a moment. "Done?"
"Morning... I saw a horse." Qin Bao's expression became increasingly weird. "You asked me to bring it to Zuo You that day."
Zhang Xing thought for a while, and then he remembered who Zuo You was, but he also found it interesting: "Invite him over... just say I want to treat him to a drink."
Qin Bao immediately turned around, but then stopped. It turned out that not far away, Zuo You dressed as a Taoist had appeared in the distance, holding his hands in greetings from a distance.
Zhang Xing was too lazy to play tricks anymore and asked from a distance: "Zuo You, which family do you belong to?"
Zuo You smiled bitterly and bowed from a distance: "Even if you walk around, every family will eat together... General Chen's place has always been generous... It made Zhang Sanlang laugh, and I also asked Mr. Zhang Sanlang to have a lot. "
Zhang Xing thought for a while, then waved with a smile: "Then why not continue to make a deal with me? Let me ask you, do you have any new news from Jishan and Dangshan?"
ps: There are still three days until the Chinese New Year. I will continue to wish you all a happy New Year.
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