September of the third year of Zhongping (186 AD).

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Pang De was very young, tall and broad, with a big face with clear edges and angular cheekbones, a pair of calm and calm eyes, heroic and resolute, generous and generous, with a slightly immature expression. Under the leadership of Zhang He, he strode into the military tent. Xian Yu Fu greeted him, and after greeting each other, he asked, "Man Pang came from afar, what's the point of looking for me?"

Pang De whispered: "There is a man who is here to ask for a meeting with Lord Li."

Xian Yufu was shocked, but his face still had a smile and said loudly: "Mr. Li discussed the rebels' revenge in Jincheng. Don't you know? Master Li probably will be some time before he can come back. If Master Pang must see him, he will have to wait for the master to come back from Jincheng."

Pang De looked solemn and said softly: "Mr. Li has crossed the Yellow River and has quietly returned from the Kuishan Road. Why should he hide it?"

Xian Yufu was shocked and smiled even more kindly on his face, "Man Pang is telling a joke."

Pang De took a step back, bowed again, and said earnestly: "The lower official really wants to see the Lord. The Lord returns from Jincheng, and the Xiliang hermit teacher, Mr. Fan, escorted him along the way. If the Lord doesn't believe it, he can send someone to verify it from Lord Li."

Xian Yufu pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhang He. Zhang He hurriedly withdrew from the tent.

Xian Yufu asked Pang De to sit down and asked with a smile: "I seem to have heard of this Xiliang hermit?"

Pang De had just sat down, and heard this and stood up again, bowed and said, "Sir..."

Xian Yufu reached out to hold him and smiled, "You don't have to be polite, so you can sit and say, and say. I remember he is very famous in Xiliang and once followed General Duan to fight against the Western Qiang, right?"

"Yes, he is a peerless master in the hearts of the warriors of Xiliang, and his status is respectable. Twenty years ago, in the eighth year of Yanxi (166), General Duan Yan led his troops to conquer the Dangjian tribe in Huangzhong, and accidentally caught the ambush of the Qiang people and surrounded him. At that time, two masters from Xiliang, Mr. Fan Zhi and Mr. Zhang Ce, accompanied the general. They followed the general's orders and entered the Qiang camp at night, and calmly killed the three major commanders of the Qiang people in the army of tens of thousands of troops. The Qiang people lost their leader and then became in chaos. General Duan took the opportunity to lead his troops to attack at night, defeated the Qiang Hu, and beheaded thousands of them. After this battle, the two teachers became famous all over the world."

At this time, Li Hong lifted the curtain and walked in. He smiled and said, "Thank you Lao Nie, you actually asked such a peerless master to send me back." Then he bowed to Pang De, "I just neglected Mr. Pang, please forgive me."

Pound looked at him in surprise.

"This is Lord Li Zhonglang Li." Xian Yufu introduced with a smile, "Are you too young?"

Pang De was shocked and hurriedly got up and bowed, "Cao Pang De, a thief under the disciple of Xiaguan Longxi County, met the Lord."

Li Hong took two quick steps, grabbed his hands, and smiled and said, "Man Pang is also very young."

Pang De blushed and said embarrassedly: "The official was rude just now, but he was rude."

Li Hong waved his hand indifferently and asked, "How old are you this year? Are you working for the county government at such a young age?"

Pang De's face turned redder, and he whispered: "Xiaguan just turned seventeen this year. The Southern Commander Ma and my family are family friends. This time, he recommended him to be the leader of the guards. The Xiaguan has been serving in the county government for a few days. I hope you will be more grateful for your rudeness."

Li Hong and Xian Yufu looked at each other, with a look of surprise.

"Be the leader of the guard? The thief Cao under the disciple?" Li Hong asked with a smile, "Then your martial arts must be very high?"

Pang De smiled and seemed very confident.

"Mr. Pang, how do you know that I'm back? Who told you? You have to make it clear." Li Hong patted him affectionately and smiled, "If you can't explain it clearly, I'm afraid you have to fight out to save your life."

Pang De laughed at Li Hong and asked, "Sir, who is the old Nie you mentioned just now?"

"It's Nie Xiao, he is Xiao Qushuai from the Lejie tribe."

Pang De suddenly realized and smiled, "He is not qualified to ask Teacher Fan to do it. This is all arranged by Teacher Bian."

Li Hong hesitated for a moment and asked, "How dare Old Nie betray me?"

"Nie Xiao doesn't know about this." Pang De smiled, "Don't misunderstand him. The head of the fort you live in is Yan, and is a friend of Teacher Bian. Teacher Bian heard that his subordinates had arrived at Yunwu secretly and probably would be leaving, so he specially invited Teacher Fan and his disciples to escort the adults to ensure their safety."

"Mr. Bian has troubled me." Li Hong said gratefully, "No wonder Old Nie looked a little wrong when he introduced Senior Fan to me that day." He glanced at Pang De and smiled, "Are you a Senior Fan's disciple?"

"Yes." Pang De smiled slightly, "I rushed here immediately after Lueyang received the news from the teacher."

Li Hong woke up and asked happily: "Are you also a disciple of Mr. Bian? Mr. Bian asked you to bring me things?"

Pang De smiled and said, "That's right, I was entrusted by the teacher and have brought the things secretly to Lueyang."

"That's great." Li Hong bowed and thanked, "Thank you so much. After returning, he told Mr. Bian that I would never break my promise and would fulfill his wish."

Pang De bowed and said, "The officials must be brought here."

Li Hong turned around and waved to Zhang He and said, "Jun Yi, immediately send an order to gather 4,000 iron cavalry and follow Pang Da to Lueyang for a trip."

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Liu Yu slowly put down the secret memo in his hand, looked at the gloomy emperor, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, although the facts of Li Zhonglang's report are conclusive, but the involvement is too large. It is better to be cautious."

The emperor sneered and said, "I have my own sense of responsibility. I called you to come because I wanted to ask you, what about the evidence sent by Li Zhonglang? Why don't you give it to me?"

Liu Yu was startled and knelt down quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I just received it, but I haven't looked carefully yet, so..."

"Take it now." The emperor said in a stern tone, "Don't be smart, do you think Li Zhonglang is an idiot?"

"Your Majesty..." Liu Yu was a little scared, but he still plucked up his courage and said sincerely, "Your Majesty, please think twice. If you follow this list, Luoyang will be in chaos. Now the Northern Army is on the expedition..."

"Yes." The emperor opened his small eyes, raised his short eyebrows, and said loudly, "Your dear is right. I immediately issued an order to order the Northern Army to travel day and night and quickly return to Luoyang."

Liu Yu rolled his eyes and complained that he was talking too much. Not only did he not persuade him, he reminded the emperor and transferred the army back. This Li Hong was fine if he was in Xiliang, but he also encouraged His Majesty to fight against corruption in Luoyang. It was really not enough to make a mistake. This kid is getting worse and worse now, and he is still wary of himself. This idiot, what kind of channel did he find to send messages to His Majesty?

Liu Yu was thinking about it here, and the emperor spoke again.

"Let Zhijinwu Zhenju come back with the Northern Army, remember to ask him to bring the collected money and silk to me together."

Liu Yu quickly agreed and then advised again: "Your Majesty, this matter has aroused a whole body..."

The emperor waved at him, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face. Liu Yu looked at him in panic.

"Don't worry, I won't kill people. What's the use of killing people? It's not good for me at all. If there is no one in the court, who will I talk to? Who should I ask for money? I just take the opportunity to scratch their oil and water. Yesterday, Lord Grand Prince Nong cried to me in the court, saying that there is no money in the treasury." The emperor picked up Li Hong's secret memorial, shook it, and said, "Isn't this money? I'm in Luoyang and in Guandong, it should be no problem to scrape 10 billion yuan, right?"

Liu Yu was speechless, not knowing what to say.

"Don't you believe me?" the emperor smiled strangely and said, "Li Zhonglang is in such a poor place as Xiliang. He can copy more than one billion yuan in any copy. I can't copy more than one billion yuan in a rich place like Luoyang?"

Liu Yu smiled bitterly.

"Don't be the Minister of the House anymore." The emperor carefully folded Li Hong's secret memorial, looked at Liu Yu who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "You have worked hard recently, and have done a lot of things for me. I have recommended me a pillar of the country. I will promote you to be Guangluxun."

Guangluxun was in charge of the security affairs in the palace, but its actual power was far more than that. The emperor's think tank team was concentrated here, and it was also a place where alternate officials were trained in concentrated training. Guangluxun had a salary of 2,000 stones, silver seals and green ribbons, and was ranked among the nine ministers, and was a very big official.

Liu Yu was very depressed and complained when he heard the emperor say his official position. He suddenly heard that the emperor appointed him as Guangluxun again. He was immediately ecstatic and lay on the ground happily and kowtowed and thanked him, shouting "Long live...".

"Get up, get up." The emperor waved his hand and said to Liu Yu, "Don't leak this matter, otherwise these people will transfer their money and I will not be able to copy the money. You must know that I have not done such an exciting thing for a long time, so don't wipe out my excitement."

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Since the Western Expedition Army and the troops of Xiliang Prefecture entered Liangzhou one after another, in order to facilitate management and coordination, Zhang Wen ordered the army entering Liangzhou to be allocated by the Liangzhou Governor's Governor. It was precisely because of this right that Geng Bi easily withdrew 50,000 prisoners' food for various reasons.

"Mr. Geng said that those prisoners, especially the Qiang people, would be good if they were not killed. They would also be given two meals a day. What should they do? He said that they should not have left their lives at the beginning, and they should be killed by them all." Xian Yufu said angrily, "I was so convinced that he promised each person to give one liter of food every day. What should he eat for one liter of food? It would be good if he didn't starve to death."

Qu Yi laughed furiously and said, "Does there be any corruption in the evidence collected by Lao Bian about Geng Bi? If so, we will arrest him first."

Li Hong smiled and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, there is still a way." He turned his head to look at Zuo Yan and asked, "Is there any evidence about Geng Bi?"

"No." Zuo Yan said, "Geng Bi took office last fall, and Lao Bian had already rebelled. How could he collect evidence of Geng Bi's corruption? Don't be foolish, you should think of something else."

"The big search is about to start, but such a thing happened." Tian Chong grabbed his little goatee and said, "We didn't pay attention to this problem a few days ago, took their lies seriously. I thought there was really no food in the warehouse in Liangzhou, but I used up all the surplus food in the camp. Unexpectedly, these people were so brave that they dared to deduct our military rations. Lawless."

"Have you gone to the Taiwei Mansion?" Li Hong asked.

"I have sent someone and have sent a few letters." Xian Yufu replied, "The Grand Marshal replied that there are indeed difficulties in food, so we ask ourselves to find a way to solve it ourselves."

"Where is the food your Majesty promised to give us?" Li Hong asked frowned, "Based on time, it's time to come."

"I guess it was detained by the Taiwei Mansion." Qu Yi said hatefully, "Now the world is in chaos, and even His Majesty's imperial edict dares to openly disobey His Majesty's imperial edict."

Silence fell into the big tent.

"Guoan, what's going on in the prisoner camp?" Li Hong asked Wei Zheng, "Do the prisoners know about this?"

"The captive camp is very peaceful." Wei Zheng replied, "Although we have two meals a day now, we can still take care of ourselves. Nothing will happen for the time being. Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou have looked for us several times, but we have been evaded. At present, they do not know the lack of food in the army."

"Sir, since they dare to detain grain against orders, we will go and rob his grain warehouse. What do you think?" Qu Yi suddenly stood up and leaned into Li Hong's ear and said.

"Inappropriate." Xian Yufu immediately stopped, "General Dong's army and Huangfu's army were stationed outside Longxian. If we go to grab grain like this blatantly, we will definitely have conflicts with them."

"If it really doesn't work, I can only rob it." Tian Chong said, "According to the current food stored in the camp, 100,000 people can only eat two meals a day, so they can only last for four or five days. What should I do if I don't rob it? Will I force the prisoners to rebel?"

Li Hong thought for a long time and said, "Yu Xing, you will go to the Taiwei Mansion with His Majesty's edict, report the situation to the Taiwei Lord, begging him to give him some food to respond to the emergency. No matter how difficult it is, we must support us to Jincheng to get news. As long as the rebels agree to the pacification, we will have no worries and can do it."

"If the grain arrives in Longxian County, Geng Bi will still not give it?" Qu Yi asked, "Sir, if we don't rob it in a few days, we will go hungry."

Li Hong was confused and helpless.

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In the evening, Li Hong kept a few people for dinner. Qu Yi complained that the food was too bad. Tian Chong made fun of him, saying that he was a child of the gentry and was used to enjoying it. He should sit alone at a table and serve him a few dishes alone. The gentry and common people could not eat at the same table. Qu Yi said very embarrassed to him, but he saw that there were only two simple side dishes on the table and he really couldn't eat.

Li Hong smiled and said, "Yuntian, if the Xiliang incident is over, we will go back to Jizhou. Before leaving, you will go to Chang'an to treat us to dinner. This is what you said."

Qu Yi said, "Don't worry, sir, what I promised you will certainly be fulfilled. At that time, I will definitely invite you to the best restaurant in Chang'an to have a good drink, eat and have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to have a good time to

Zuo Yan asked, "Is the adult family very rich?"

Qu Yi smiled modestly and said, "Fortunately, although our family has a lot of money, they are all left by our ancestors. My mother likes me very much and spoils me very much, so I have spent money since I was a child and is a prodigal son. However, my two brothers will make money. In recent years, they have settled a lot of property in Chang'an. Now my mother lives with them in Chang'an."

Xian Yufu asked hurriedly: "Then the last time you went back to Chang'an, did you go home to visit your old mother?"

Qu Yi blushed, looked at Wei Zheng a little embarrassedly, and asked, "Isn't this considered a violation of military discipline?"

Li Hong, Tian Chong and Zuo Yan laughed. Xian Yufu felt abrupt and looked at Qu Yi apologetically. Wei Zheng looked at him seriously and said, "Even if you violate military discipline, you should go home to see your mother. Let's not take the example."

Li Hong smiled and said, "Okay, we finally seized the handle of Guoan. It turns out that the traitors also have time to abuse their power."

Qu Yi glared at Li Hong with dissatisfaction and said, "I'll spend money to treat you to dinner in Chang'an. You must give me some benefits."
To be continued...