Thinking of this, Qin Erlang was almost heartbroken.

Then a thought came to my mind in a trance, first I was injured and down, and then I was forced to sell my beloved horse to pay back the money. Is this God's will? Did Sanhui Siyu design to let himself suffer this as a punishment? Before punishing himself Unable to act resolutely? Punish yourself for trying to evade the guilt in such troubled times?

If you put it this way, I am afraid that the pain of my trip will be even more difficult, but I don’t know what will be waiting for me in the future?

Thinking of this, Qin Erlang leaned his back against the corner. The tall man couldn't help but burst into tears. When the tears fell, they wet his messy beard and hair, making his face messy.

In the stables of the inn, it was nothing more than others, but Teacher Shang and his students who came back from the guest room were slightly surprised. Then they turned to Zhang Shizhao and smiled bitterly: "Xiangong Zhang, what do you think this is? He is a man who is at the end of his rope, and so am I. I treated him politely and prepared to buy it with real money, but he started crying. He didn’t know and thought I was robbing him by force!”

"Crying?" Zhang Shizhao looked surprised.

"yes."

"Who is it? Does it have a name?"

"He said he was Mr. Qin, but he used a false name when he met me..."

"It's him."

"Are they really from the same group as Dongdu?"

"Yes." Zhang Shizhao sighed. "Cao Lin's confidant general, he was born in Jing'antai, but he is a first-class battlefield expert. I remember that he was already a captain before, and his cultivation and official position can be regarded as barely getting into the palace...

...I never thought that such a man could be forced to cry by you."

"How can you talk about being forced by me?" Teacher and student Shang were speechless. "I have already said it, and I said it in a good voice."

"I'm just asking you, if he doesn't like it, why don't you want the horse today?" Zhang Shizhao sneered.

"I want it no matter what." Teacher and student Shang was sincere. "This is truly a dragon colt that I have never seen before! If I can't get it, I would rather die."

"Isn't that forced?" Zhang Shizhao still twirled his beard and sneered. "Old Shang, I am a young man with such a promising future, and now he is suffering from poverty and disease on the road... Of course he is dead and useless, but if he is dead and useless,

Continuing in one breath, the so-called thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people to be poor, especially in troubled times. In the future, people will have the upper hand and will blame you for today's horse seizure and torment you. Can you say

Are they narrow-minded?"

"I know that I am not a match for my husband." Teacher and student Shang thought for a while, and simply responded. "I also know what my husband means, but I really don't want to part with this horse. I have brought all the consequences myself...

...Besides, since he is crying, he is discouraged, and I will give him adequate financial treatment according to his status as a colleague."

How could Zhang Shizhao persuade him so deeply? He just nodded casually.

Since they could hear people crying in the room, Teacher Shang and his students calmed down and waited for a while, watching the spotted and tumorous Longju finish eating the meat and eggs before urging the innkeeper to go in. The latter had no choice but to lower his head and go in.

, said hello with cupped hands.

Seeing the person coming, Qin Er tried his best to accommodate him: "General Shang forced the shopkeeper to do so and just gave up.

"Forget it!" Qin Er raised his head and sighed. "If you want me to sell my beloved horse, you need not only money, but also three things!"

"Master Qin, please speak." The shopkeeper sighed, seemingly helpless and relieved.

"Firstly, please ask a famous doctor to check and recuperate my body; secondly, I want to leave the customs and return to my hometown. The situation has changed too fast. Please leave me a customs clearance document signed by General Shang; thirdly, please inform me about the outside world.

The specific military and political situation..." Qin Erlang finished speaking word by word. "If he agrees, I will sell my beloved horse to him."

After saying this, Qin Erlang felt suddenly relieved and broke out in sweat on the spot. Even the wound on his shoulder blade seemed to have eased by two points.

The innkeeper didn't say a word, and left again and again. Instead, he went outside to find Master Shang and his students, and narrated everything in detail.

Teacher Shang and his students had nothing to say. They pondered for a moment and then nodded directly.

But at this time, Zhang Shizhao interrupted: "He didn't let his family pick him up? Did he just want to leave the country?"

"Yes." The innkeeper said cautiously.

"Does Mr. Zhang have anything to say?" Teacher and student Shang were slightly puzzled.

"No." Zhang Shizhao still stood in the shadow, motionless. "No, I just feel that young people nowadays care about face."

Master Shang and his students were already impatient. He nodded and waved directly: "I agreed! Tell that Erlang Qin, Captain Qin, that I agreed. It's just the military and political situation. I have something important to do and I have to leave as soon as possible. I only left

Tell him to join the army!"

As he said that, he stepped forward and took the spotted beast with him, and was about to go out. .??.

Let's say that the spotted beast was a top-quality dragon colt. It had a lazy temperament after eating and drinking at first. When it was led away, it followed the situation out of the stable. But when it came to the door of the inn, it woke up and suddenly stood in the courtyard.

He stopped in front of the door threshold, and then neighed loudly. At this time, the originally stable stable became chaotic again. Even the horses parked outside were obviously panicked and out of control. The horses were out of control, and the people were also a little weak.

Teacher and student Shang only had eyes for this dragon colt, so they hurriedly tried to comfort it, but this dragon colt obviously had a personality and ignored it at all. Teacher and student Shang tried to pull it again, but the colt pressed its hooves against the threshold again.

, while the neighing sound continued.

Just when the scene was frozen, two yards away, a voice suddenly rolled up with a roar of true energy, instantly overwhelming the dragon's neighing: "Let's go! Let's go! We brothers will meet again in the future!"

"

Hearing this, the dragon colt seemed to understand it, but it struggled to lift its front hooves. Teacher Shang and the students were close enough to see with their own eyes that the dragon's whiskers under its jaws were also swollen and red, and then it neighed with all its strength.

There was actually a faint hint of real energy in this cry.

For a moment, not only the animals inside and outside the inn were out of control and panicked, but also the people were a little panicked. At this time, the sky that had already rained down during the day suddenly flashed, and then there was thunder.

Everyone was dumbfounded, even Zhang Shizhao looked at the sky a little absent-mindedly, but Teacher Shang and his students could not help but be overjoyed.

In this way, after struggling for a long time, as some raindrops fell, everyone headed back to Dongdu.

And after the third watch, they arrived in Dongdu.

At this time, the Xuzhou Army, or the elite forwards of the Eastern Capital who had returned from Xuzhou, had arrived and began to take over the city defense and storage overnight. The nobles, bureaucrats, and soldiers in the city were also busy everywhere. According to reports, General Sima Zheng was in

At dawn, he returned to the eastern capital city that was hungry for him.

The Eastern Capital City was built about twenty years ago. It was the first time that the current saint had massively recruited laborers at a rapid speed after he ascended the throne. At that time, no one thought that this kind of behavior similar to mass murder would happen again and again.

And three, it will continue, will cause the people at the bottom to completely explode, and will cause the entire Wei Dynasty to collapse.

At that time, no one cared about these dead slave laborers.

It’s not just that, it’s not just how many low-level people died in the construction of the Eastern Capital City. Next, there is the migration of the essence of Guanlong, which is the ultimate gathering of the people’s wealth and support in the past twenty years.

Now, when everyone knows that the Wei Dynasty will perish, this city still has a population of more than one million, hundreds of workshops, many warehouses, countless materials and craftsmen, and with this

A city can naturally control the heart of the world, and can easily radiate to the fertile lands of several surrounding counties.

This is the land of Tianyuan. In troubled times, no one can ignore this city.

And now, at this time, this city is about to welcome its new owner, or its new guardian.

After all, Zhang Shizhao was Zhang Shizhao. After he entered the city with Master Shang and his students, he immediately alarmed many people. For a time, from Nanya Xianggong to the market, the city gate officials came to greet them one after another. Zhang Shiben even came as a clan brother.

He took off his white-haired cloak and put it on the former husband himself to keep him warm from the rain at night.

On the contrary, Shang teachers and students were ignored at all.

You must know that although Mr. Zhang had some opinions before, he always took the risk lightly. Therefore, after getting along with each other for a few days, Teacher Shang and his students could not help but gradually become perfunctory. When they saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel scared.

It's just that he finally got a dragon colt, so he doesn't care about anything anymore.

Not talking about teachers and students, but only Zhang Shizhao, what should I say? Nowadays, these people can be met and discussed with anyone they want. For him, they are the handlers everywhere in Dongdu City today.

However, after Zhang Shizhao, the resurrected Zhang Xianggong, glanced at the circle of people, he suddenly remembered something: "How long has that fellow Cao Lin been dead?"

"On the 7th or 8th." Zhang Shiben immediately answered. "Jing'an Terrace has blocked the news. No one knows exactly what day he died. It's just that there was a big storm before the 78th. Everyone said it was the weather when the great master died.

………”

"Has he been buried?" Zhang Shizhao continued to ask himself by the firelight in the corridor under Tianjie that this was actually a member of the distant branch.

"No." Zhang Shiben couldn't help but sneer. "The people in Jing'antai still use Cao Lin's power to control the city. How dare they bury him? I'm afraid they would like to make people think that Cao Lin is still alive!"

Zhang Shizhao nodded indifferently when he heard this, and then suddenly said: "You all go back!"

"ah?"

"I'll go see him." Zhang Shizhao said seriously.

After saying that, he actually left everyone behind, got on his horse in a white fur cloak, and then walked along Tianjie. Everyone looked in the direction, and they should be going to Jing'an Terrace.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Zhang Shizhao rejected the invitations of several ministers and nobles, and took advantage of the night rain to come directly to the outside of Jing'an Terrace. At this moment, the lights were brightly lit. Li Twelve Lang, who was now in charge, was naturally surprised when he heard the news.

, but dare not not come out to greet him.

"Mr. Zhang." Li Twelve's complexion was even worse than it was a few days ago. Even when he saluted, he felt like he was shivering from the cold in spring.

"Is the person dead?" Zhang Shizhao, riding on a horse, got straight to the point.

"It should be considered that." Li Twelve Lang's eyes were a little wandering. "I don't know either."

"I want to see him." Zhang Shizhao said simply.

"Of course." Li Twelve stepped aside directly.

And Zhang Shizhao did not hesitate, he rode directly onto the bridge, and then went to the collapsed black tower. When he came to the foot of the tower, he took a look at the completely collapsed black tower, and then got off the horse and followed Li Twelve Lang's instructions.

Go to the small courtyard opposite the black tower.

Arriving here and entering the courtyard, Zhang Shizhao saw his old opponent at a glance, but he breathed a sigh of relief, because the opponent should indeed be dead.

Dead means that Cao Lin was lying stiffly on a rocking chair in the corridor, lifeless, as if his life was completely cut off; and should mean that there is still a small glow around the wound on the other person's chest.

The Qi illuminated the small courtyard clearly, like a lamp on a rainy night; as for the truth, it means that he, Zhang Shizhao, came to the other party in person and saw everything with his own eyes. He was not listening to rumors or guessing.
To be continued...