Chapter 404

Xiao Bei cheered, and looked at Xiao Yuan who had just opposed her, and showed a unique smile. Xiao Yuan consciously thought that he hadn't seen it, and turned his head to work on his own affairs.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't care. If it weren't for this, life would have been much less fun.

On the way back, Xiao Bei didn't ride a bicycle or a horse, and he was very happy to jump around. He had his own team, even if the average age was a little younger.

"Xiaobao, after returning, I send an expensive gift to the surrounding governor's offices. I don't have to care about money. The friendship between various places here cannot be measured by money."

Wang Juan said to Zhang Xiaobao while walking on the road.

Zhang Xiaobao agreed very happily, without asking the reason, and he would know one day and not have to wait too long.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Zhang Xiaobao began to give gifts to various places around him. According to the other party's identity, the gifts he gave ranged from 1,000 to 10,000 yuan, and a total of 32 gifts were given, and the value of them together was 110,000 yuan.

Those who received the gift were both happy and worried. They now know the value of the gift, and the least one was more than 4,000 guan.

Naturally, they didn't know that the cost of a gift of more than 4,000 guan was about 1,000 guan. They wanted to get the gift of the same value but couldn't bear it.

Fortunately, with the letter of the gift, he proposed that he would hold a joint military exercise together, hoping to cooperate. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were responsible for the exercise location and were in charge of the food.

Even if you agree, you don’t have to give me any more gifts, and you all agree.

Not everyone is just for money, and some people don’t care about money. They want to see how powerful the soldiers in Jili State are.

At this time, Zhang Xiaobao finally guessed some of the content and asked Wang Juan, "Where are you going to take them to hold a joint military exercise?"

"It depends on the situation in Jinchuan? If it's good, we will conduct a half-year training exercise in the northern part of Hebei Road. If it's not good... I'll go to Jinchuan to act, and I would rather pay a lot of money for it."

Wang Juan didn't keep it secret anymore. As soon as he said it, Zhang Xiaobao knew what was meant behind it.

"Okay, it's worth spending. One is to make the army familiar with the terrain here. After all, they come from the south. The other is to make the team participating in the acting feel our military treatment. Even if they are not won over, they must leave a deep impression on them.

As for Jinchuan really needs to go through, this exercise will have greater significance and a stronger purpose. Good ideas, whether they agree or not, it will be beneficial to us."

Zhang Xiaobao praised Wang Juan, and without waiting for Wang Juan to be modest, the topic changed, "But... they don't agree to go to Jinchuan, do you really want to attack them?"

"I believe that our friendship is like the evergreen tree. Just as I never considered money when I gave them a very precious and valuable gift, betrayal is shameful, and I believe they will not."

Wang Juan said devoutly.

*******

When various forces in the north of Hebei Road were busy drawing troops to practice forces, Shuiyun flew over mountains and rivers, and finally arrived at Jinchuan. He fell to the ground with shocked eyes of Han Zombie and Songrigan, lowered his head and scratched his claws with letters, reminding Han Zombie what he should do.

"Shuiyun? Why are you here? Come quickly, come here, take clear water, kill a cow and drag it here. Hurry up, our wateryun flew from Jilizhou and is exhausted."

Han Xuanfeng knew Shuiyun and had dealt with Shuiyun a lot when he was in Sanshui County. When he saw Shuiyun, he was surprised at first, but then he felt distressed.

While instructing his subordinates to prepare things, he walked to Shui Yun and reached out to hug Shui Yun. For him, Shui Yun was not an eagle, but a person.

Songrigan took a few deep breaths to calm his heartbeat, and then said, "It's the water cloud? The world's number one eagle? It's amazing. It can fly over from Jilizhou accurately. This eagle is worth ten thousand gold. Let's see what news it brings."

"Stop, it's not bad for this time. Come to Shuiyun, drink water first, fresh beef will arrive soon, let me see if I'm thin."

Han Zhuofeng treated Shuiyun as a person. The basin of water filled people brought them to the water cloud and stood aside to make the Shuiyun feel more comfortable.

The water cloud was really exhausted. In order to hurry up, I only ate a little rabbit meat and drank a little water. The rest of the time was flying. When I was tired, I soared, rested and continued to fly.

He lowered his head and pecked at the water. After almost the drink was over, the beef was also sent. Han Xuanfeng chose the best man on the ridge of the beef and cut it into strips and fed it to Shuiyun. Shuiyun took the letter down when he swallowed it slowly.

Songnnigan also came close to watch.

The first sentence in the letter is not about asking what’s going on here, but about telling Han Zhuangfeng Shuiyun that he needs rest and beef. The next step is to ask what happened in Jinchuan, and guessing that he gave several suggestions. If it matches, he can do it according to the method in the letter.

While the two were reading the letter, the water clouds, who had enough food and drink, flew to the house to sleep.

Seeing that it was getting late, Han Zombie Han finished writing the reply and did not look for Shuiyun immediately. Although the animal Eagle has very strong endurance and can hold on for a few days without eating, drinking, or sleeping, he couldn't bear to let Shuiyun go back immediately. Anyway, he was more honest in cannibalizing and did not do anything out of the ordinary.

He ordered people to find a lot of soft straw and cotton wool and put it on the ground for Shuiyun to lie on his own. Han Xuanfeng thought about the plan in the letter and then fell asleep peacefully.

Shuiyun added another meal, grabbed the straw and cotton wool on the ground and flew into a gap in a cliff next to him, started laying his nest, planning to have a good night's sleep.

If it is another eagle, it may proudly not accept the help of others, but Shuiyun is not, it is not stupid. If it is to search for it yourself, where can I find such soft straw and cotton wool? It is colder at night than during the day. If it can save some physical strength, it will be a little bit.

While falling asleep with many people and Shuiyun, dozens of figures flashed by a lake in the desert and rushed towards the place where the saxal trees were planted.

When dozens of people came outside the enclosed fence, before they could turn over, someone shouted loudly: "Who, stop, don't move, and shoot you to death."

As the shouts rang out, there was also the barking of dogs, adding a hint of noise to the quiet night.

Under the waning moon, dozens of people coming from the crowd did not obey other people's warnings. They quickly climbed over the fence and rushed inside. Then there was a rustling sound. When the dog's sound was getting closer, dozens of people flipped out of the fence again and ran back to the camp by the lake as fast as possible.

Then there were a few screams from the dog. If someone's ears were easy to use, they could still vaguely tell the humming that belonged to the person inside.

Under the night, everything returned to peace.

The guards did not receive orders and were not allowed to pursue them easily after encountering problems. They had to wait for dawn before talking.

When a red sun jumped out, the guards finally discovered what happened in the fence yesterday. Hundreds of saxal trees were cut down and three dogs were lost.

"It must be them, they are so cannibalistic. I know they don't have any good intentions when they stay there." Zhang Youzhu, who was responsible for planting the saxaul trees, shed tears in pain, and shouted at the cannibalistic camp.

Without him saying it, others understand, but they can't make the decision, so they can only wait for Han Tornado to come.

Han Zionfeng, who was getting up early to exercise, finally got the news from there when he was about to end his exercise. He rode his horse to the place with Songrigan, looked at the chopped saxal tree, and looked at the cannibal camp where smoke was rising. Han Zionfeng had a gloomy face.

"Thanks to Shuiyun didn't go back yesterday, it seems that I need to write a new letter." After gritting my teeth and saying this, Han Xuanfeng ordered again: "Continue to do your own thing, just pretend that nothing has happened. Let's talk about it in the evening. There are not many saxacum trees that have been cut down, and replant them."

Leaving these words, the two of them rode back to the house again. Han Xuanfeng tore off the letter he wrote yesterday, wrote a new letter, greeted the water clouds soaring in the sky, waited for the water clouds to eat and drink, tied up the bamboo tubes, and touched the water clouds' feathers.

"Go back, be careful all the way, don't be anxious, don't be anxious here, don't be tired or get any problems."

I don’t know if Shui Yun understood it or not, so he screamed, ran a little while, and flew into the sky again with his wings, gradually turning into a small black dot, disappearing from Han Tornado’s vision.

"If there are a few more water clouds, there is no way to use pigeons, which is much more convenient than pigeons." Songnnigan said enviously.

"As you think it's a chicken, you can have as much as you want. The only thing you can count on is Shuiyun to find a companion. When you have little Shuiyun, you can see if you can cultivate it." Han Xuanfeng still looked at the sky and said with relief.

Songrigan is quite familiar with the animal eagle, and then said, "It may not be useful if you have a small water cloud. You may be killed. First, you will be pushed down or thrown by the big eagle from a high place. Then even if you can fly, you will still have your wings broken by the big eagle. Not many people survive."

"You are talking about other eagles. Shuiyun is not so stupid. He will wait for someone to help him make a thick mat and throw the eagle from the air. Even if he doesn't learn to fly once, he can catch it and throw it away. The same is true when he breaks his wings.

It is not difficult for the financial resources of Mr. Ping and the little lady to use cotton to spread dozens of acres of land for Shuiyun. If you don’t believe it, just watch it. Will Mr. Ping and the little lady do that if Shuiyun has a child? Will Shuiyun cooperate or not?”

Han Xunfeng, who treats Yunshui as a human, does not agree with Songrinigan's statement. Other eagles are not smart enough. Shuiyun, a psychic eagle, will definitely cooperate very well, after all, that is also his child.

Songrinigan was stunned by Han Tornado's words. Thinking about it carefully, it was really like this. "Yes, Shuiyun is different from other eagles. Other eagles are arrogant, and they are arrogant about everything. Shuiyun is just arrogant when fighting, and knows how to advance and retreat. People who are good to it are very cooperative, so it lives, and many of the eagles that are hostile to it are dead."

"Don't worry about Shuiyun anymore. The young master and the young lady will consider it. The revenge operation will begin tonight." Han Xuanfeng looked towards the camp where the cannibalism was and said with a sneer.

The night came again, and no one could see the water clouds that continued to fly while enduring sleepiness. The moon was a little less and the sky became darker, but the stars became brighter.

Dozens of figures emerged from the lake, walked around a large circle, and headed towards the saxal tree surrounded by fences.

Just as they approached the fence again, the leader finally found something wrong, stopped in confusion, thought about it carefully before realizing something was wrong, and there was a lack of a sound and the dog stopped barking.

Just as he was hesitating whether to continue moving forward and whether there were any traps in front, a fire suddenly appeared in the direction of the camp, and then a scream sounded. From the first one or two sounds to the last sound, the leader of dozens of figures no longer cared about the saxal tree in the fence in front.

When we first ran back towards the camp, dozens of people followed us. If the moon was round and bright enough, we could see the anxious look on the faces of dozens of people.

When they returned to the camp, some of the people in the camp rushed out, while others could no longer meet with them.

In addition to those who had nothing to do, there were also fire-riding people on their bodies making heart-wrenching sounds like headless flies.

The crowd immediately began to look for tools to hold water, ran to the lake to scoop water, and splashed it on the Huo Ren.

When the sound gradually stopped, the entire camp had become a sea of ​​fire, and the remaining 400 people were too many. Looking at the scene in front of him, he was so heartbroken that he could cry without tears.

Until now, they have not seen the people attacking the camp, as if the camp itself was on fire, but this is impossible. They know who did it, but they can't find any evidence to prove it, just like Han Tornado last night.

Unwilling to give up, they cannibalize themselves and scatter to find enemies that may appear around them. As long as they find one, they have an excuse to find trouble for the people of the "Da Tang" who live here, and at least they can have an excuse to send troops.

Several people who were ate enough to illuminate the torches ignited by the camp fire, walked all the way to the outside of the fence. Just as they found out that they were looking for the wrong direction to go back, someone suddenly shouted inside the fence: "Who is not allowed to move."

The few cannibals were stunned and then realized that they were still holding torches in their hands. The people among them shouted, and the few cannibals threw down their torches and prepared to leave.

Before they could run out a few steps, a buzzing sound broke out in the sky, and then countless arrows fell, nailing them to their original position. The people who were not dead yet vaguely heard the barking of dogs.

Before dawn, more than a hundred people holding crossbows in their hands walked around a long circle and returned home. If someone smelled it carefully, they could still smell a scent of cooked oil on their bodies.

Finally, when the Duoyuan looked at the camp until dawn, he found a lot of arrows, arrows made of stones. Looking at these arrows and the arrow shafts that had been burned to ashes, Duoyuan understood that when he asked the Tang people such a thing, the other party would not admit it at all because they did not have the arrows of stones.

If you don't believe it, you can look at the people found by the Tang Dynasty. They dragged the corpse a few words, and the body was almost filled with arrows. The arrow was definitely carrying iron arrows.

Faced with the questioning of the Tang people, the most cannibals also questioned them. Even though both sides knew that they were the other party, no one was willing to reveal it.

*******

The water clouds are still flying hard. Compared with the distance they fly, the pigeons traveling between Beijing and Jilizhou are obviously much easier.

The letter of inquiry from Gao Lishi was delivered to Zhang Xiaobao. Zhang Xiaobao not only replied to his own considerations, but also wrote Wang Juan’s arrangement on his behalf and asked the pigeon to send to the capital.

After the morning court, Li Longji kept several ministers and went to Xingqing Palace to discuss matters.

Zhang said that he was the leader, so there was no need to think too much. He also knew that the emperor asked them to come over and must have something to do with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, or to be precise, it was related to Jinchuan.

Sure enough, after the palace maids brought tea and several people sat down, Li Longji said to everyone: "The beacon fires from the Pengzhou Pass on Jiannan Road are coming from, and some people want to plot against there. What can you do?"

Zhang Jiuling was also a member of the people who came with him. When he heard the emperor's question, he put down the tea bowl and said, "Your Majesty, is it Jinchuan's affairs? I think this matter should be asked by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, after all, it is not my Tang Dynasty territory."

"I think what Lord Zhang said is right. Although the front line of Jinchuan pays tribute to the capital every year, it is a Tubo family after all. Thank you, that's the case."

Yuwen Rong did not continue to oppose Zhang Shuoyi's people this time, and said very sincerely.
To be continued...