"General, go shopping first, or eat first?" several personal soldiers asked with a smile.

"Of course, fill your stomach first!"

Zhang Xuan met a strange little thief who had no intention of shopping. He felt a bad feeling in his heart and just wanted to go back after dinner.

Zhang Xuan looked around and pointed at a big restaurant in front of him with a horse whip and said, "That family seems good, just go there!"

The winery covers an area of ​​about five acres and is four-story high. Several huge mahogany brands hang down from the roof, with four large gold characters on it, "Bianshui Restaurant".

There were people coming and going in front of the restaurant, and it was very lively. Several bartenders stood at the gate to recruit guests. When a bartender saw Zhang Xuan and the others, they immediately came to meet him and said with a smile: "Several soldiers, the honey ham and sausage fish in the shop are well-known far and wide, and there are also good Gaochang wines. If you don't taste them, you will come to Chenliu for nothing."

“Is there a single room?”

"Sorry, the single room is full, and there may be a few empty tables in the lobby. If it is a little later, I'm afraid there will be no more lobby."

Zhang Xuan was not particular about the eating environment. Compared to marching and fighting, it was already a paradise to be able to drink and eat meat in the lobby. He smiled happily and said, "Then let's go to the lobby! Lead the way in front."

"Okay! There are two large tables in the lobby on the second floor, twenty guests!"

Several personal soldiers led the war horses to the backyard. Zhang Xuan walked into the lobby and went straight to the second floor.

The lobby on the first and second floors is basically full of guests, and most of them are soldiers. They drink and beat the clock and make noises. It seems that Xiao Guojun is on holiday.

They went up the second floor and found an empty seat in a corner. Four large tables were made up into two seats, and each seat could sit ten people. Zhang Xuan had already thrown the strange man away and returned to his relaxed mood. He smiled at the personal soldiers and said, "Sit as you like! Order whatever you want to eat, it's still the same rule. Only one jar of wine is ordered at each table."

The personal soldiers sat down one after another. At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. "General Zhang!"

When Zhang Xuan turned around, he saw a general sitting by the window. He was tall and handsome. It was Yuwen Chengdu. He was alone and was waving to him.

Unexpectedly, he would meet Yuwen Chengdu here, and Zhang Xuan was overjoyed. He walked over quickly, "Why are Brother Chengdu here?"

Yuwen Chengdu stood up and bowed to Zhang Xuan, and smiled faintly, "It's a long story, please sit down first, brother!"

Zhang Xuan ordered his personal soldiers to order their own dishes, so he sat down opposite Yuwen Chengdu.

Yuwen Chengdu ordered another pair of bowls and chopsticks, poured a glass of wine for Zhang Xuan, and smiled and said, "I am also in the fleet, on the White Tiger No. 1, where is my brother?"

"I'm on the boat in White Tiger 8, Songcheng County."

"I know. I heard that my brother and Yu Wen Zhiji had a little unhappy."

Zhang Xuan then remembered that Yuwen Cheng was both Yuwen Shu's big lord. Of course, he knew the conflict between him and Yuwen Zhiji, and Zhang Xuan's expression suddenly became a little unnatural. However, Yuwen Chengdu actually called Yuwen Zhiji and Daming directly, instead of calling him the second son, which means that he and Yuwen Shu were gradually drifting away.

Yuwen Chengdu saw that Zhang Xuan's expression was unnatural, and then smiled and said, "I haven't seen General Yuwen yet, but I just listened to the old brothers who used to talk about the conflict between his brother and Yuwen Zhiji."

It seems that my guess is right. Yuwen Chengdu has indeed become independent. Zhang Xuan smiled faintly and said, "It's not just a little unhappy. Yuwen Zhiji wants to take the opportunity to kill me, but fortunately he met Shangshu Pei. Otherwise I would be in danger."

Yuwen Chengdu snorted, "That person is simple-minded. He likes to cause trouble and does not consider the consequences. If it weren't for the general's cover, he would have died many times."

The relationship between Yuwen Chengdu and Yuwen has always been bad, especially he hates Yuwen Zhiji. Yuwen Cheng had no choice but to surrender to Yuwen Shu. Now that he has made a fortune, he will certainly not depreciate himself anymore and is willing to be someone else's fake Taibao. The reason why he is still a person of Yuwen Shu is entirely due to a kindness.

It is precisely because Zhang Xuan knew this that he was willing to make friends with Yuwen Chengdu.

"I won't mention these unpleasant things anymore. I remember that Brother Chengdu followed General Yu in Jianghuai to suppress bandits? Why did he appear in the fleet again? Could it be that Brother Chengdu has been promoted?"

Yuwen Chengdu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Where is the promotion? Because of the ineffective suppression of bandits, General Yu was imprisoned and investigated. I came to General Yuwen to plead with mercy to see if I could help a group of General Yu."

Zhang Xuan was very surprised when he heard that Yu Juluo was imprisoned. He thought for a while and asked, "I think it's not like I'm going to be imprisoned because of the ineffective suppression of bandits! It should be for another reason, right?"

Yuwen Chengdu sighed, "There are many words now. Some people say that it is because General Yu has double pupils, which is a rebellious appearance, and is being jealous of the emperor. Some people say that it is implicated by the Li Hun case. General Yu and Tu Wanxu have a good relationship, but Tu Wanxu is Li Hun's man. Tu Wanxu has been killed, and General Yu cannot escape in the end. However, we are indeed unable to suppress bandits, and they have been defeated repeatedly, and the generals have been damaged. The emperor is very angry. I think this is even more likely."

"Is Du Fuwei that powerful?"

Zhang Xuan asked with concern when he thought that Yang Guang intended to come to Jianghuai.

"It's not that Du Fuwei is powerful, it's because we are not good at water wars. I'm not hiding it from my brother. I've never seen Du Fuwei in the Jianghuai for two years. They didn't go ashore at all. They drove a small boat in the river net, and they would sneak attack or burn the camp if they seized the opportunity. Once they were chased, they would immediately sneak into the river and hide, leaving us tired of dealing with it."

This is a typical guerrilla warfare. Using the water net terrain to deal with the Sui army, no wonder Yu Juluo was defeated repeatedly. What if it were himself?

Zhang Xuan was a little unimaginable. What would happen if he came to face Du Fuwei?

Yuwen Chengdu glanced at him and asked again: "I heard that my brother has been able to suppress bandits in Langya County and has destroyed Sun Xuanya and Wang Bo. This time I am here to report on his job!"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "I am indeed here to report my duties, but from the tone of the emperor, I seem to want me to come to Jianghuai to suppress the bandits."

Yuwen Chengdu's face suddenly became serious. He looked at both sides and lowered his voice: "No matter what, don't come to Jianghuai. Our Sui Dynasty no longer has a naval army and cannot destroy Du Fuwei at all. Moreover, Du Fuwei has something to do with the court. Do you understand?"

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered that Du Fuwei also appeared at the Heroes Club. As the bandit leader, he was not arrested by the court. Zhang Xuan always suspected that someone in the court secretly covered Du Fuwei. When Yuwen Chengdu said that, he also thought that this was the case.

"I wonder who was secretly taking care of him?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

Yuwen Chengdu sneered: "The important officials of the Great Sui Dynasty each have local forces. Who is the Southern Division? Can't you think of it?"

Zhang Xuan nodded silently. He knew who it was. No wonder Wang Shichong was transferred from Jianghuai. The water was very deep here!

At this moment, someone suddenly heard from the street in horror and shouted: "What a big deal happened, the emperor's fleet caught fire."

The restaurant suddenly became a mess, and most of the guests inside were Sergeants Xiaoguo, guarding the Emperor's fleet. If something happened to the fleet, they were all responsible.

The soldiers snatched the door and ran out of the city. The shopkeeper was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "You pay for the wine before leaving!"

After all, Zhang Xuan and Yuwen Chengdu were both military generals, so they were calm. They looked at each other and were surprised. More than 100,000 troops guarding the emperor's dragon boat, but the dragon boat caught fire. Did they accidentally catch fire or were attacked?

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered the man who tried the bow. He stole so many soldiers' waist cards. Is it related to the dragon boat fire?

Zhang Xuan hurriedly said to Yuwen Chengdu: "I want to go and have a look. Will Brother Chengdu go together?"

Yuwen Chengdu nodded, “Go and have a look!

Zhang Xuan took out a small inlay of gold and was still on the table and took his personal soldiers out of the restaurant. Yuwen Chengdu did not bring his personal soldiers, only alone. He also turned over and ran out of the city with Zhang Xuan and his group.

After leaving Chenliu County, I saw thick smoke rolling in the distance. It was the Emperor's fleet that caught fire, and countless soldiers rode their horses toward the Tongji Canal. The official road was in chaos.

"It was the queen's ship that was burned!" Yuwen Chengdu said calmly.

"Go and have a look!"

Everyone rushed towards Tongji Canal with a urge to fight

The two big ships burned were indeed the queen's ships. However, they were not the main ships, but the two sub-ships of the queen, full of palace maids and eunuchs. At this time, the Tongji Canal was in chaos. The two burned ships had been dragged aside alone. The fire had been extinguished, but there was still dark fire inside the ship. Countless palace maids and eunuchs jumped off the river in panic and struggled desperately in the water to call for help. Small boats were rescuing the palace maids and eunuchs who fell into the water back and forth.

On the Dragon Boat of the Emperor, Yang Guang stood at the stern of the boat and looked at the scene. His face turned pale and he didn't say a word. Several palace maids supported Queen Xiao, and Queen Xiao kept wiping her tears and secretly prayed to God to bless these poor palace maids.

At this time, Zhang Jin, the general of the Youtun Guard, hurried forward and bowed, "See Your Majesty!"

"Have you found out the cause of the fire?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, the cause of the fire has been found. Someone set fire in the luggage compartment. A scythe and flint were also found at the scene, but who set fire is still unknown yet."

Yang Guang snorted heavily, "Do you have to burn me to death before you know who set the fire?"

This sentence was very heavy, and Zhang Jin was so scared that he knelt down, "Your Majesty, both ships are on the shore, and the fires are far apart, which means that it was not done by one person. Wei Chen speculated that it was not an insider who set fire, but someone should have sneaked onto the ship, and Wei Chen discovered a loophole, and no soldiers were arranged near the two ships."

Yang Guang was furious, "Who is the main general on duty?"

"It's Yuwen Zhi and General!"

"Call him to see me!"

Soon, Yuwen Zhiji walked to Yang Guang in fear, knelt down and bowed, "I'm going to see Your Majesty!"

"I'm here to ask you, why don't you arrange soldiers to patrol by the boat?" Yang Guang asked glared at him.

Yuwen Zhihe was sweating on his forehead. Of course, he knew the reason in his heart. He put most of the soldiers on holiday and went to the city. As a result, he was short of staff, so he only arranged to patrol the important ship. This kind of palace maid eunuch ship was not important, so he did not arrange it. Unexpectedly, something happened.

"Weichen clearly arranged for soldiers to patrol. I don't know why they left their posts without permission. Weichen immediately went to investigate the responsible person and punished him severely!"

Zhang Jin next to him sneered, "General Yuwen, 4,000 of your 5,000 people are on vacation, and only one thousand people are left to patrol. I don't know how you can arrange it?"

Zhang Jin exposes Yuwen Zhiji's lies with one sentence. Yuwen Zhiji is stunned and he doesn't know how to answer.

Yang Guang looked at him hatefully. Yuwen Zhiji was too disappointed, stupid and incompetent, and shirked responsibility to deceive himself. Yang Guang shook his head, "No matter whether it is insufficient staff or the soldiers left their posts without permission, I am the emperor and will not hold a soldier accountable. Yuwen Zhiji, you are too disappointed. Since you don't call him his position, don't be the general of Tiger Ben."

Yang Guang dismissed Yuwen Zhiji's official position in just one sentence.
Chapter completed!