At this point, Qin Bao didn't bother to fight with the opponent anymore, so he simply let go and responded: "Third brother, don't test me... When you come back, you must have guessed something, and you have to make timely rain."

Of course, I want to take Fulongwei's brothers back to the Eastern Capital... And how could I be a bad person? But, have you told Chang Jian about this? Chang Jian nodded, everyone doesn't have to worry about returning.

If you have no whereabouts in Dongdu, or if you go to Jiangdu and can't come back, some things will be solved easily."

Zhang Xing nodded: "I will go to Changqian's place and tell you, but please do it slowly... You should understand what I mean."

"I understand." Qin Bao shook his head in reply. "You want Chang Jian to follow your arrangement... You are always like this. You obey on the surface, but in fact you always have competition on the inside... But according to me,

You might as well talk about it quickly to avoid disturbing people's minds."

Zhang Xing also shook his head in reply: "I really can't get up quickly. I'm actually afraid of alarming Governor Niu. Once a figure like him comes to suppress him, with a clear word and a special warning, we won't be able to do anything."

Qin Bao thought for a while and found nothing to say.

In fact, as Qin Bao said, Zhang Xing is trying to play a game of chess, and he is now creating chaos... Chaos creation itself is actually very simple, because the situation is already very chaotic. He only needs to play a series role and play randomly

Just use the flag and use the chicken feathers as arrows to bring people with different needs together.

Moreover, he very smartly chose to start with the most dangerous Yu Changji, but he did not dare to directly mention the key information of Fulongwei. Instead, he acted like a smart man and mentioned helping Yu Changji return his family... This move, on the surface,

He pretended to be smart, but in fact he was showing his clumsiness and cowardice. Although he took risks, he seemed to have succeeded in calming Yu Changji's heart.

Of course, it's just like that.

Zhang Xing was just gambling, so there was no need to worry about whether Yu Changji thought too much about it.

With the words of Xianggong Yu, Zhang Xingfu used Zhang Han's special connection with Fulongwei to get Fulongwei from the young Xianggong Zhang, and finally broke up the matter.

Then, naturally, the perfect temptation of returning to the Eastern Capital openly and openly affected the entire secret service agency, and even other places in the Imperial Palace, causing considerable turmoil.

As for going further down, naturally they would not touch big figures like Du Gong Niu who could easily change the situation, and wait until they reach Huaishang, the watershed that everyone is aware of, before taking any concrete action.

But Zhang Xing, Qin Bao, and everyone, including many smart people, are not gods...their intelligence, planning, and understanding, including Lai Zhan'er and others' understanding of order,

His efforts to control it were quickly overwhelmed by other things.

The two most obvious things among these are weather and geography.

Let’s talk about the weather first. The end of May to June is the hottest time of the year, and it has been getting hotter and hotter since we left the camp and headed south. Unfortunately, the team had no preparations for summer vacation or heatstroke prevention.

This is called the steaming heat, which can catalyze everything.

Let’s talk about geography. Previously, the team set out from Dongdu and walked along the main road, so-called going down the river. This time, it went south from Dengzhou Camp. I can’t say that it was a small road, but hundreds of thousands of people walked there.

How hard would it be to walk along the road in the hilly area along the Gushui, which is only a hundred steps wide?

There is not even shipping on the water.

This is called a rugged area, enough to kill everything.

Therefore, we just continued walking for seven or eight days. Exhaustion and heat made the situation unsustainable.

More and more soldiers, civilian husbands, chamberlains, and palace people began to suffer from heat stroke, and then collapsed on the roadside, and some even died directly. At the same time, many smart civilian husbands and soldiers also realized a certain possibility and began to fake it on a large scale.

Heat stroke... In this regard, military law enforcement officers are in huge difficulties. On the one hand, they cannot distinguish who is faking heat stroke and who is real heat stroke. On the other hand, they themselves have begun to suffer from mental and physical fatigue due to the heat and rough roads.

and large-scale non-combat attrition.

The team lost order again, but there was no large-scale mutiny for the time being... Because they were too tired, and faced with the test of natural environment and endurance, the senior practitioners had an absolute advantage at this time, and in turn became the pillar of order.

Excellent controller.

As for the official measure that has calmed people's minds a little bit, or that is the only effective but also dumbfounding official measure, it is to look at the plum blossoms to quench thirst.

The superiors told everyone below that at this time, there were bandits in Yimeng Mountain on the other side of the Gu River. It would be faster to retreat to the Dengzhou Camp than to go forward to Langya. Once you reach Langya, you can stop summer vacation and rest.

Therefore, everyone should work hard to reach Langya as soon as possible.

Under this situation, the strange spy force connected by Zhang Xing began to grow grass automatically without fanning at all... More and more Jing'an Taiwan patrols began to hint or even explicitly suggest that Zhu Shou take the initiative

Taking advantage of the situation, he left, and as these hints and explicit indications appeared frequently, Fulongwei, who was accompanying him, became increasingly uneasy.

These beings, almost all of whom were masters of the Qijing, became increasingly unwilling to conceal their intentions. They began to connect on their own, and then expressed their opinions to Zhang Xing, Qian Tang, Qin Bao and others, exerting pressure, hoping to obtain a commitment and be able to cooperate with Xun Xing.

The riders returned to Dongdu together.

Zhang Xing maintained his strange seriousness and rebuttal.

On the contrary, Qian Tang, after being forced to have no choice, took the initiative to find Bai Yousi in front of the emperor and made a report. The latter also flew over immediately and tried to comfort him, but to be honest, the effect was not good.

Promises cannot withstand the steaming heat and rugged roads.

After all, Bai Yousi was not willing to rely on force to suppress his subordinates.

During this period, Zhang Xing and Bai Yousi looked at each other several times, but unexpectedly there was no cooperation or discussion... I don't know whether it was because they each noticed something, or because they were a little embarrassed that Bai Yousi might have deceived Zhang Xing.

Looking back now, Bai Yousi asked Zhang Xing to leave first, probably because he got the news that he was going south to Jiangdu.

At noon on June 13th, the troops by the Gushui River were marching hard under the scorching sun. Many mules, horses and people who went to drink water were routinely killed by the waterside. Suddenly, the temperature dropped slightly and the wind moved slightly.

Then the dark clouds thickened, as if a summer thunderstorm was about to begin.

Looking at the dark clouds above his head, Zhang Xing was keenly aware that his plans would probably have to be soaked in the scorching sun and rain. What happened next would most likely require taking one step, calculating one step, and seizing the opportunity.

Implementation... we can no longer seek perfection and blame.

You must even be prepared to fail and give up.

But he surprisingly didn't have any mood swings.

"Let the vehicles and baggage stop and stop moving to prevent flash floods, swollen rivers and washed out roads. Have everyone dismount and try to avoid the rain next to the vehicles."

Turning his gaze from the sky, Zhang Xing turned his head and gave instructions in the blowing summer wind.

"The Fulong Guards and the Jinyi patrolmen gathered together to act together, and there were several people who had agreed with each other. They sent people to remind them that whoever wants to come will come... Just make sure that the ten colleagues on duty are brought with them.

Mr. Zhang, come with us, just in case."

The surrounding Fulong Guards hurried away after hearing the words, while the Jinyi patrolmen with lower cultivation and worse discipline immediately dismounted and began to rest on the spot, or try to find a place to hide from the rain.

Luo Fang and Zhang Changgong, two masters who were obviously in the Dan Condensation stage, immediately jumped into the air, trying to control order and find shelter for their subordinates.

However, there are no villages or shops in the front or back of this section of the road. Even if there are villages along the way, they are far away and must be occupied by approaching troops. There are only a few trees on the roadside and no one dares to go because they are worried about a thunderstorm.

Everyone looked at each other in shock. After many rounds, Luo and Zhang could only follow Zhang Xing's suggestion and gather next to the vehicles.

A quarter of an hour later, when the raindrops had almost begun to fall, Mr. Zhang Han arrived here, escorted by Fulong Guards, and was invited into a carriage parked in the middle of the road.

Even the dignified husband could only hide in the carriage, let alone the others.

Suddenly, heavy rain poured down, thunder and lightning flashed, and it was like dark day for a while, but the rain fell like soybeans, and the people who were hit couldn't lift their heads at all... In this case, unless it was someone like Luo Fang and Zhang Changgong who were condensing pills,

The masters above can release their whole body's Qi and form a Qi shield to avoid it, otherwise they can only endure it.

In fact, even Mr. Zhang Han who hid in the carriage quickly got wet all over and huddled in a corner, embarrassed for a while.

Fortunately, summer rains come and go quickly. In the afternoon, the downpour quickly ended and the scorching sun returned.

Not only that, the road has become muddy, and vehicles have become trapped in it. In addition, the water nearby has surged rapidly, making the feasible road surface rapidly narrowing. This undoubtedly gives everyone a sense of powerlessness close to despair.

"Inspection, don't go to the Huaihe River. Let's tell Zhang Sanlang and turn around!" Someone suddenly shouted out, but it was a white-sanded patrolman in brocade clothes whose whole body was quickly wrinkled by the sun.

His direct inspection officer, Xue Liang, waved his hands repeatedly, and at the same time looked back at the carriage with some uneasiness... Over there, Mr. Zhang Han was in an equally embarrassed state. He didn't even know where he had dropped his hat. He was just sitting there.

He was breathing heavily in the car. Next to him, Zhang Xing stood under the car, but he didn't say a word.

However, the situation cannot be solved with a wave of hands. The vehicles cannot move because they cannot move. The civilians and soldiers who have been exposed to the sun, rain, and sun exposure cannot get up at all.

The Dragon Guards were restless because of the possibility of returning to the Eastern Capital.

All those who can breathe are full of resentment.

Seeing that Xue Liang didn't have the guts to come forward, the white-shoued man suddenly stepped forward, strode through the muddy water, and shouted directly at Zhang Han: "Ms. Zhang, what do you say? We are from Zhongcheng, how can we be asked to go?

Jiangdu?"

Zhang Han was caught off guard, and perhaps because he was unwilling to discuss such a sensitive issue in public with a mere patrolman, he simply kept silent.

Zhang Xing, on the other hand, sighed at this moment and replied in a distant voice: "Old Zheng...didn't I agree? I'll let you go when we get to Huaishang."

"Old Zheng!" Luo Fang, the first patrol team inspector, also spoke up in time. "Who allowed you to talk to Mr. Zhang like this?"

The senior Bai Shou named Zheng glanced at Luo Fang, but ignored him at all. He just went to see Zhang Xing: "Zhang Sanlang, there is a way to do this... That day you negotiated with Xianggong Yu for us, we are very grateful.

, but if we continue like this, even those of us with a little bit of cultivation will probably be soaked to death, sunbaked to death, and exhausted to death... How dare we wait until Huaishang?! Let me ask, let's go now.

, maybe or not?”

As soon as these words came out, Luo Fang, Xue Liang, Zhang Xing, and the masked Zhang Changgong each wanted to say something, but unexpectedly, the entire "brigade" of special agents had already exploded, and the knights in uniforms were shouting, demanding to leave the brigade immediately.

, stopped advancing, and the Fulong Guards were not reconciled, shouting and encouraging, demanding that they all return to the Eastern Capital.

Up and down, it was a mess.

Not to mention, the soldiers, civilians, palace people, and Jinwu Guards near this section of the road were also in a bad situation, or even worse. At this time, I heard that these Jinyi Patrol Cavalry and Fulong Guards were actually able to turn back.

Dongdu began to get involved with hope, dissatisfaction, and anger.

That day, people who were exposed to the rain and then the sun were inevitably moaning and crying.

A heavy rain greatly increased the difficulty of advancing, and also fixed the entire long team on the muddy road along the river. It also caused local turmoil and chaos... A battle that should have been the strongest group of troops

The mutiny of the secret service organization seems to be just around the corner.
To be continued...