Seeing Cai Pengbo acting like this, Wang Kangxin, who was also tricked by Ye Mingsheng in the Luochuan Road Granary, leading to the tragic death of his close friend Li Wanshun, couldn't help but feel sympathy for Cai Pengbo.
After scolding Ye Mingsheng and venting his anger, Cai Pengbo looked at Wang Kangxin and continued: "Since you mentioned this matter, is there anything you can do to help me?"
After speaking, there was a hint of hope in his eyes, and he looked at Wang Kangxin with some expectation. However, what disappointed him was that under his gaze, Wang Kangxin shook his head slightly. Seeing this, Cai Pengbo felt a little discouraged. Said: "Then what do you want to do here?"
"Although I can't help you, Brother Cai, how can you say a few nice words to Mr. Xu, but I have something that I think can make you feel better, Brother Cai!" After saying this, Wang Kangxin took out a potion in his arms. An envelope was pushed in front of Cai Pengbo.
"Wang Kangxin, what do you mean?" Cai Pengbo didn't even look at the envelope as he was pushed over, and his tone instantly became cold.
Although he didn't read the envelope, he knew exactly what it contained.
Feeling Cai Pengbo's attitude, Wang Kangxin said nonchalantly:
"Whether it is Mr. Xu or Brother Cai, their allegiance is to the imperial court and the Great Zhou Dynasty. This is no different from the Supervision Department. Since everyone has the same goal, they can naturally become friends!"
“In today’s world, many friends are better than many enemies. Many friends, many roads, many enemies, many walls.”
"Although the money is not much, Brother Cai took this little money and stuffed it with Xu Houye's confidantes. If the wind blows from the pillow, Brother Cai's matter can be turned into a big deal and a trivial matter. , maybe the bad luck will turn into good luck by then, there’s no telling!”
"That's all, Brother Cai, please think about it carefully! I'm leaving now!"
After saying this, Wang Kangxin bowed his hands to Cai Pengbo, then without saying anything else, he turned around, opened the door, and left.
After he left, Cai Pengbo hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the envelope. Dingqing took a look and saw inside was a five hundred tael silver note issued by Guang Shengyuan, one of the big ticket numbers on Wednesday. .
Seeing this, Cai Pengbo's eyes looked a bit complicated after being surprised. Although Wang Kangxin said he didn't have much money, the five hundred taels he paid was equivalent to more than two years of his salary, which was really a lot.
But for him, although there was a lot of money, it was too hot to hold!
Once Xu Zhaojie finds out that he has accepted money from the Supervision Department, even if he has not done anything to betray him, the consequences will be disastrous...
After his expression changed several times, Cai Pengbo finally gritted his teeth, reached out and put the banknotes in the envelope into his arms properly.
The Supervision Department suddenly gave him such a sum of money. What was its purpose and what it wanted him to do? He didn't know!
But what Wang Kangxin said just now is right, many friends mean many roads, many enemies mean many walls!
The five hundred taels of silver were an overture from the Supervision Department. If he didn't accept it, he would have rejected the Supervision Department's overture, which meant that he was on the opposite side of the Supervision Department.
Then here comes the problem!
I would like to ask how many people in today's Zhou Dynasty dare to be enemies of the Supervision Department?
Even if there were, they were either feudal lords from one of the separate factions, or powerful figures with profound backgrounds. He, Cai Pengbo, a seventh-grade commander who commanded three thousand forbidden troops, could not be compared with him!
The Supervision Department may not be able to do anything against Xu Zhaojie, but there is no problem at all in taking down Cai Pengbo to scare the monkeys! And even if the Supervision Department does this, there is a high probability that Xu Zhaojie will not stand up for him.
So Xu Zhaojie can’t afford to offend him, but the Supervision Department can’t afford to offend him even more!
In addition, these five hundred taels of silver are not a small amount. As Wang Kangxin said, if you use it properly and spend the money on the blade, you may be able to turn misfortune into good luck and have miraculous effects.
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Eight days later, from the Huangya Valley at the exit of Huishan, a group of hundreds of people, carrying the banner of Ye Zi, slowly walked out of the dusty Great Zhou Forbidden Army.
Looking at the plains within sight, with no trace of mountains, everyone in the team smiled with joy. Everyone knew that they had walked out of the endless Huishan Mountains. It won't be long before they can set foot on the territory of Da Zhou and truly go home!
At this moment, everyone feels that their hard work in the past eight days has been rewarded...
If it weren't for strict military discipline, everyone would have cheered with all their strength to celebrate this moment.
After looking around, Ye Mingsheng, who looked very excited at the looks of his subordinates, did not dampen everyone's interest. He took a deep breath and shouted loudly:
"Brothers, we are out of Huishan. In two days at most, we can return to Dazhou!"
After receiving Ye Mingsheng's approval, everyone cheered wildly and vented their emotions to their heart's content.
In the past eight days, in order to rush for time and follow Xu Zhaojie's order to arrive at Datian Pass at the scheduled time, Ye Mingsheng really tried his best, urging his soldiers to cross the mountains and ridges as much as possible every day, except Take the necessary rest, and don’t dare to take any careless rest outside of meal time.
At the same time, in order to prepare for Xu Zhaojie's next attack, Ye Mingsheng was also very cautious, preferring to take more detours rather than take more dangerous places. With such caution, Ye Mingsheng finally led everyone safely , walked out of Huishan.
Next one hundred miles away, we will reach Datian Pass, the destination of Ye Mingsheng's trip. Now Ye Mingsheng has about three days left. Although he is not particularly rich in time, he is still very nervous from time to time. As long as he keeps At normal marching speed and without any accidents, Ye Mingsheng could arrive at Datian Pass smoothly, leaving Xu Zhaojie unable to find any fault or say anything...
Looking up at the sky, Ye Mingsheng looked at the setting sun. It was going to be dark soon. Even if he continued to march, he wouldn't be able to walk for long. Out of compassion, he pointed the riding whip in his hand at something not far ahead. The flat ground next to the creek ordered:
"Send the order, set up camp there tonight, have a good rest, and set off again tomorrow morning."
"Yes!" the soldiers replied in unison:
