General Zhao has been an official in Dajiang for many years. The fifth rank of military officers is basically the end of the promotion of ordinary local military officers. In other words, he has become the chief officer of the military officers of one state and one prefecture, and is almost the highest official position of General Zhao.

In places where there is no war, it is difficult to be promoted to a military general as if he is as tall as the sky. There is almost only one channel, that is, to make up for the gaps. Only when a veteran retires or dies can he be promoted. However, above the prefecture, military officers are mainly civil servants. When they reach the level of the road, they are mostly civil servants in charge of military officers. If they go to the Privy Council, that is even more so. The Privy Council is actually not like a military yamen, but more like a civil servant.

General Zhao obviously knew where Xujia Town was, but he really couldn't resist the temptation of being promoted to the third level, so he had to fight. However, General Zhao also had concerns in his heart, not because he could not beat him. How could anyone dare to fight against the court in Dahua?

General Zhao has done anything like catching green forest bandits. These people in the martial arts world never faced each other head-on when they saw the official army. Their first reaction was to escape, thinking about how to escape.

What he was worried about was that there were a few amazing masters in Xujia Town. As he said, he was afraid that it would be difficult to achieve success and the leader might not be able to catch them, so he said it first to avoid being blamed at that time.

Unexpectedly, the imperial envoy heard this, his expression turned right and replied, "General Zhao, I don't think you know the pros and cons. The evil one must be captured. It's okay if the others are gone."

The emperor sent troops to Xujia Town just to grasp Xu Jie. Ordinary villagers ran away, but Xu Jie's immediate family, which is the "master of evil" mentioned by the imperial envoy, must not be able to run away.

When General Zhao heard this, he felt guilty and explained again: "Emperor Qin, the interests of this matter can be somewhat guessed. If the envoy brought a few masters from the Golden Palace Guards, this matter must be easy to capture. Some experts in the martial arts world can go high and jump dozens of steps away. With these people under the envoy, it is helpless to escape a few."

The imperial envoy was furious when he heard this and said, "What if you leapt dozens of steps? How many thousands of people under your command can't be taught to escape, otherwise don't blame Shangguan Wuqing in the capital."

Only then did General Zhao realize that the promotion to the third level was not that simple, and said, "Do your best to do your best to do your best."

However, General Zhao felt a little more worried, and he only hoped that those evil people would not escape by the wind. As long as they fled without the wind, thousands of people would be surrounded by siege. There was a possibility of arrest. If the officials who came and went to see the high-ranking people turned around and left and wanted to arrest them, it would be really difficult.

Xu Jie in the capital was busy with some trivial matters at this moment. He bought a few hemp ropes from the market, tied them to Ouyang Zheng's coffin, and found another long wood.

Then I went to see a few more people and went to the war factory for a visit. I wondered what happened with Du Zhi and Fangxing.

Ouyang Wenfeng was holding countless invitations and was busy running around the inner city.

Whenever Ouyang Wenfeng spoke to someone's door, he would inevitably be turned away if he spoke, and was so angry that Ouyang Wenfeng was almost cursing at someone's door, but he could only endure it and endure it, throwing the invitation at the door, turning around and going to the next house.

However, there was a family who did not turn Ouyang Wenfeng off his back, and was the mansion of Li Zhi, the right minister of the Secretariat.

This surprised Ouyang Wenfeng. In the past two or three years, Li Zhi had almost no sense of existence in the court, and even in the court meeting, he almost kept silent. In the past two or three years, there have been too many things in the court and the throne changes, so no one cared about this right minister of the Secretariat Li Zhi. If the old emperor had not been old, sick and had many things to do, such a Secretariat Minister of the Secretariat who had no sense of existence, he would have been demoted and transferred.

It is also Prime Minister Ouyang Zheng who is very energetic and does not have the leisure to suppress him.

Li Zhi sat firmly in the study, looking at Ouyang Wenfeng who was walking in, smiling. After Ouyang Wenfeng greeted him, he asked, "How are you doing now?"

Ouyang Wenfeng only said: "Thank you, Mr. Li, for your concern, there is nothing wrong with my nephew."

Ouyang Wenfeng might just be trying to be strong in front of outsiders, especially in front of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi smiled again: "Nephew, your father is here, I think you have not been doing well recently. I have heard from the servants that you have been rejected everywhere in the city today, and the tea is cold when people leave, so you don't have to blame others."

"Well, my nephew can see too much." Ouyang Wenfeng said, and sent the invitation in his hand to Li Zhi. Since Li Zhi knew the purpose of the trip, Ouyang Wenfeng didn't need to say much.

Li passed the invitation directly, opened it and took a casual look, then closed it and put it aside, and said, "Oh... Ouyang Zheng, Ouyang Zheng, when I returned to Beijing, I saw you so energetic, and I knew that sooner or later, there would be such a day when tall buildings rose up on the ground, and tens of thousands of miles of wind. I didn't want to be low-key and do things, but I didn't know how to advance and retreat. It was so sad. You and I were classmates. Even if the world didn't like your son, how could I ask him to come into the house to talk. If you were not so domineering at the time, you and I would still be officials in the same court. It's a pity."

Li Zhi's words seemed to be saying to Ouyang Zheng, but they all went in front of Ouyang Wenfeng, not knowing what his mentality was.

Perhaps it was because Ouyang Zheng, a tall building, fell too fast, so it was so fast that Li Zhi had no chance to go to Ouyang Zheng to say such words. At this time, he could only say it in front of Ouyang Wenfeng, and he seemed to feel unhappy.

The four words "schadenfreshing" are obviously not enough to describe Li Zhi's thoughts. If you want to talk about Li Zhi, you really have some patience and tolerance. Since Ouyang Zheng returned to Beijing, Li Zhi has almost become a transparent person and never said much. But this patience is probably to wait for today.

Li Zhi probably felt that he had been humiliated by Ouyang Zheng. Not to mention that the two of them had old age, they would say that they were the right minister of the Secretariat and the deputy minister of the Secretariat. They went to welcome Ouyang Zheng with a smile on his face, but Ouyang Zheng dismissed him. He made such a high-ranking official smile on his face and put on his cold butt. How could people not hold a grudge?

Just as Li Zhi said at the beginning, it would be a matter of how many days you can live in a tall building. Sure enough, Ouyang Zheng has not lived in a tall building for a few days. Everything was as Li Zhi said. Li Zhi looked at Ouyang Zheng's ups and downs, and seemed to admire his accurate vision.

Li Zhi can't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. In the hearts of people like Li Zhi who are in high positions, this sense of accomplishment is far-sighted and reflects all the abilities of politicians.

Li Zhi was quite content with regret. He did not say this in person in Ouyang Zheng.

Ouyang Wenfeng thought Li Zhi really wanted to reminisce about the past, but he didn't expect Li Zhi to say such words, and his face darkened. The gentleman's norms made Ouyang Wenfeng angry at this elder, so he could only endure it and clench his fists.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi said again: "Nephew, you and I are old friends. I heard that you have passed the Jinshi now. Fortunately, Your Majesty has not blocked the career of your descendants of the Ouyang family. In the future, you must learn it as a warning. You must not be obeyed when you get power, be humble and cautious, and be low-key and humble in people and things. Only in this way can you last. Remember not to follow your father's old path."

Ouyang Wenfeng's fist was even more squeaked, and there was a slutty word in his mouth that seemed to be blurted out. Ouyang Wenfeng quickly turned his head and walked out.

Li Zhi stood up and said, "Why should I leave so anxiously with my nephew? The mansion also ordered a banquet."

Ouyang Wenfeng did not look back and went straight to the gate, his face becoming ferocious. This was probably the first time in his life that Ouyang Wenfeng had such a ferocious expression.

When Li Zhi saw Ouyang Wenfeng running straight out, he shouted: "My dear nephew, it was the time for the funeral to be busy in the yamen. I am afraid I can't take time to attend, so I'll give me a glass of wine for me and Ouyang Zheng."

Ouyang Wenfeng walked out of the gate and looked back at the big gold-hot word "Li Mansion" above the gatehouse. He took a deep breath and went home. He still had more than a dozen invitations left in his hand, but he was too lazy to send them everywhere.

When Ouyang Wenfeng returned home, he entered the mourning hall, knelt before the tablet, lowered his head and said nothing, but his body was shaking.

The rejection may not be so annoying. With a temperament like Ouyang Wenfeng, he even takes the initiative to understand other people's difficulties. Some things are more unacceptable than being rejected.

This is the naked warmth and coldness of human feelings.

At first, Ouyang Wenfeng thought that he had already felt the warmth and warmth of human feelings, but today he knew what the warmth and warmth of human feelings is and what the true world and human hearts are.

At the Xujia Town Wharf, a fast boat rushed upstream to Xujia Town under the force of several people.

One person jumped directly from the boat and rushed to the town.

Not long after, the big drum on the ancient tree in front of the town rumbled. Men from all households rushed over with their knives and armor.

Xu Zhong frowned and slowly came to the entrance of the town with a crutch. Xu Niu was already sorting out the queue there. Xujia Town is now more and more, but the number of elderly, weak, women and children is not more than three thousand.

There were men in their teens to forties gathered at the entrance of the town, all of whom were wearing armor and carrying swords, but there were only more than 400 people.

Crossbows and arrows were moved out of the ancestral hall one by one.

There are also many ships on the Zhenkou Wharf, all of which are cargo ships from south to north, and there are still many people in the martial arts world. Seeing the sudden huge formation in Xujia Town, many people came to ask.

The iron-backed dragon Wu Zihao also happened to be in Xujia Town, and was the first to arrive at Xu Niu. He asked, "Brother Niu, what's wrong? Who dares to be unable to get along with the Xu family?"

Xu Niu glanced at Wu Zihao and replied: "You guys hurry up and go, it's not your business."

Wu Zihao heard this and said, "Brother Niu, how can you underestimate me, Wu Zixing? He has loyalty in the world. Brother Niu just tells me, I will go with you for my sacrifice."

Xu Niu was moved when he heard this, but he still said, "You go, don't cause trouble. There are officers and soldiers, as many as three or four thousand. It's because there are big figures in the capital who can't get along with my Jie'er."

Wu Zihao heard that the official army had arrived, his expression changed and subconsciously felt guilty. Then he raised his hand and stroked his forehead, gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Niu, I have made a fortune in the past few years. Today I will give you a favor to the Xu family."

After saying that, Wu Zihao turned around and shouted, "I'll take my knife off the boat. It's time to do something when I'm full and drink."

There is an old saying that people who are righteous are often slaughtering dogs, and those who are unfaithful are the most scholars. Perhaps it makes sense.

At this time, Xu Zhong had just walked over and saw dozens of men carrying swords on the pier not far away were getting off the boat. He glanced at Wu Zihao and waved his hand and said, "Wu Zihao, take your brothers to sail. If my Xu family has passed this disaster today, the future will be as usual."

Wu Zihao was anxious when he heard this: "Brother, I, Wu Zihao, are you that elixir-free man? How can I not leave today? Let's look at the steel knife in my hand. Kill one to protect the capital, and kill one pair to help my brother earn one."

Xu Zhong hesitated for a moment and replied, "Well, today I will be called "Brother" by you. Take your brothers back and follow my Xu family."

Wu Zihao was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed and replied, "Thank you, brother!"

After Wu Zihao said this, he took the knife and walked back. He was still guilty just now, but he felt that his blood was boiling and his glory was on his body.

Xu Zhong slowly got on the horse, and Xu Niu tied his legs, feet, waist and abdomen, and handed him a spear.

Xu Zhong was extremely skilled at the horse's head left and right, adjusting the direction, and adjusting the direction of the waist knife to make the handle more convenient at the waist. Then he placed a crossbow in the horse's back leather bag. Everything was ready, looking back at the soldiers and spoke: "After this, I'll get used to it."

Many young men nodded when they heard this, and some said, "Don't worry, I will not dare to lose my Xu family."

Xu Zhong nodded and said no more. It seemed that he was used to it. Such an old military formation had long been used to not saying morale-boosting words in front of the formation. The old soldiers were used to fighting.

Xu Niu also said: "Go and go to the road to welcome it."

There were also old women and brides at home. Ouyang Wenqin had been standing at the door of her house and looked out at the entrance of the town, so anxious that her hands were at a loss. This was true for every household. Women and children stood at the door, worrying and praying for the men who carried swords to fight.

Ouyang Wenqin looked back at the house from time to time, and saw the blind old woman slowly touching the door in the corridor, and hurried forward to meet her, while walking, calming her mind.

The old woman heard it as she approached and asked, "Wenqin, what's wrong? Why are there such a big noise? People shouting everywhere with horses neighing?"

Ouyang Wenqin quickly replied, "Grandma, the second uncle and the others have time today, and they say they want to practice the troops."

"Training people? But where did bandits cause trouble?" The old woman lived for so long and was well-informed. She had also seen bandits during the flood.

If the old lady hadn't mentioned "bandits", Ouyang Wenqin would have thought of such an excuse and quickly replied: "Well, it's said that there are bandits in the east of Huaixi and are running towards us, so the second uncle wanted to practice the troops to avoid being caught off guard at that time."

The old lady seemed to believe it and sighed: "Why are there any people going to be bandits in a good world? They are all men with hands and feet, and there is no food to eat. When your second uncle comes back, you go and tell him that if there are really bandits who escape, don't kill too many people, killing people and reducing their lives. If they are willing, our Xu family is now doing business, and the land must always be fed, and it is okay to bring some people back to farm. This is a good deed and accumulate blessings for Jie'er. The descendants of future generations will be blessed."

The old lady was really kind, Ouyang Wenqin nodded and replied: "Don't worry, grandma, the second uncle is the most kind-hearted. Even the beggars on the roadside are brought home, so they will definitely not kill anyone."

"Okay, that's good, killing people and life span. Our Xu family is a good family, and they are all good people." The old lady said, smiling, feeling very relieved.

Ouyang Wenqin held the old lady and slowly walked into the inner house. However, she looked back and looked out the door. She was mostly worried, not only worried about Xu Zhong, but also worried about Xu Jie.

The soldiers of Dajiang County had already passed Qingshan City and appeared outside Qingshan City. But they never expected that the people from Xujia Town would also appear outside Qingshan City.

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