Chapter 352 Who wants to conquer the sky?

Six horses rushed into the city. The first one was Zhang Mao. The five people behind were all wearing earth-gray clothes, with long-handled sabers with red tassels and long-handled swords behind their backs. Although the man was dressed in ordinary clothes, he had a kind of heroic spirit of fighting for the night, which was daunting.

The horse stomped slowly, even though he didn't recognize Mr. Zhang Mao, the old man from Bazhou, was not familiar with the clothes and dress of the horse thieves, but their awesome aura still made the people avoid it in a terrifying manner. As soon as he entered the west gate, Zhang Mao saw a string of bloody heads on the high flagpole, and couldn't help but whistle, and strangled the war horse.

With a light knock on his legs, the horse ran up and led him to circle the court twice. Zhang Mao looked up at the bloody heads, suddenly swayed the stirrups away from the saddle, and strode towards him.

The soldiers guarding the court saw that they were several sturdy men, and each of them was wearing swords. They immediately approached with guns. A sabre school shouted loudly: "Stop, you can only see from a distance, not get close."

Zhang Mao seemed to have not heard of it, looked up at him for a while, and turned his head and asked, "Who was executed today?"

The Saber School recognized Zhang Mao, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but say: "Uncle Zhang!" After this shout, he realized that Zhang Mao's current identity is a bandit, and a prisoner. He was released by the imperial envoy the morning before yesterday to recruit the thief. Now, he is not as good as before. He is an officer and soldier, but he is a prisoner. He called him, but he really lost his identity and couldn't help but blush.

Zhang Mao smiled faintly and bowed indifferently, "Official, I wonder who was executed today?"

With the accumulated power of the whole country, the school did not know whether to return the gift or stand up arrogantly, but after a moment of embarrassment, he had to answer in awkward manner: "According to the order of the imperial envoy, thirty-one of the Bazhou criminals Zhang Zhong, Fan Moli, Gui Dan and others were executed today."

Zhang Mao took a deep breath and it was them who died. The formerly majestic and arrogant Bazhou guards, magistrates, and Tongzhi. Now they are just a head hanging on a high pole, and their flesh is vague and hard to tell. Zhang Mao felt sad in his heart, abandoned the whip and walked to the middle of the court. Suddenly, he knelt down in front of the high flagpole, and kowtowed solemnly.

Liu Liu approached and whispered: "Brother, these dog officials have no good things. If they die, they will die. We have sacrificed our lives to save him. We have been kind and righteous. Why do we worship him?"

Zhang Mao stood up straight and said in a deep voice: "No matter what Zhang Zhong is trying to protect me, I have been cutting off the head of a chicken, worshiping brothers from Zidi, and have solved my problems many times. It is also worthy of being bowed three times."

Liu Liu said with a sigh: "Okay, Zhang Zhong is the eldest brother's sworn brother, that is, the sworn brother of our brother. Brothers and others come here to worship together!"

Feng Lei and three good players among the horse thieves walked behind Liu Liu, looked at the flagpole and bowed together, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to move. Zhang Mao and others bowed three times, stood up, stepped out of the court, and turned over the horse. A sound of hooves sounded like thunder, and headed straight for the imperial envoy's headquarters.

Yang Ling was very happy to receive the news that Zhang Mao led his men to surrender. He expected that the imperial envoy who sent the order would arrive either today or tomorrow. If Zhang Mao could not convince the thief, he could only leave this matter and go back to the capital. The four evils in Bazhou left one of them, and he was always a bit of a heart. Now the merits have finally been fulfilled.

Yang Ling happily welcomed Zhang Mao, Liu Liu and others to the front line. Seeing Duke Wei personally going out to welcome him, he was moved by his sincerity, and these arrogant and unruly men couldn't help but curry their arrogance.

These horse thieves were somewhat self-aware and did not dare to make a big statement. The leaders of the horse thieves only asked not to blame the past and join the Bazhou garrison as a general. As for the unwillingness to be a military subordinate, the government will give a few acres of thin land to survive. As for those who had land in their homes but secretly thieves, they would not pursue the past crimes once they surrendered themselves.

These conditions were originally within the acceptable range of Yang Ling. In addition, he may return to Beijing at any time now. I hope to solve all these things before he leaves, so that the people of Bazhou who are suffering from disasters can take a breath. Therefore, they are unwilling to cause trouble in these matters to be in trouble. One side sincerely surrenders and the other side intends to surrender, and the negotiations are very smooth.

The governors of Bazhou and the officials were summoned to come and agreed to Liu Liu in the name of the local government, to place the landless horse thieves and eliminate the conditions for surrendering themselves to the bandits. However, Yang Ling did not agree to let them join Jiang Bin's army, but to place them in the Bazhou thief camp and the Bazhou Guards.

Jiang Bindi's team is currently the most elite troops in Bazhou. Moreover, the guerrilla generals' troops are highly mobile and are often ordered to fight in a mobile manner. Zhang Mao, Liu Liu and others have just surrendered and the bandits have not left, so it is not advisable to join such a force. Moreover, Jiang Bin and Zhang Mao are cousins. If these people get together, they will inevitably corrupt military discipline. Putting them in a fixed garrison in Bazhou can also restrain them.

Each of these people received an official position of no less than a hundred households. After another crime in the past, he was happy to be willing to serve the court from then on. After all, Liu Liu and Feng Lei took the appointment letter and the letter of pardon to drive out of the city to inform Liu Qi. Xing Laohu and others led their troops into the city to surrender. Zhang Maoze accompanied the official position of the Chinese government to release the hostages Jiang Bin and his two sons, and at the same time explained to the party in prison that the leaders agreed to surrender to the government.

In the afternoon, the Bazhou defenders lined up to welcome the surrender. More than 400 horse thieves surrendered to the officers and soldiers under the leadership of Liu Liu and others, paid weapons and registered lists. These resettlement affairs were all handled by the Magistrate Mu and Hua Tui. In the evening, Jiang Bin was entrusted by Yang Ling to hold a banquet in the city to entertain the leaders of the horse thieves, and welcomed them to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Zhang Mao, Liu Liu and others attended in new military uniforms and were warmly entertained by officials in Bazhou.

The horse thief in Bazhou is far from comparable to the power of the three major Japanese pirates in the East China Sea. Yangling is a Duke of the State and has a valuable status today, so he did not attend the welcome dinner.

Last time, in order to lure the horses to steal, the property loaded with the car was actually fake, but this time he really wanted to return to Beijing. He expected that the envoys in the capital would arrive tomorrow, and then counted the number of property loaded in the evening.

After taking stock of the content, I closed the gumen. As soon as I returned to the bedroom, Liu Dabangcui hurriedly chased in and said hurriedly: "Dude, someone from the capital is here. I'll ask you and the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy to go out to receive the order."

Yang Ling was stunned. He didn't expect that the envoy would arrive at this time. He hurried to the front hall and saw a eunuch sitting in the hall drinking tea. Four guards in the brocade clothes stood behind him with embroidered swords. On the side were the magistrate Mu and several officials who were welcomed to see the imperial envoy. Seeing him arrive, the eunuch hurriedly put down the teacup, gave him a bow, and said respectfully: "Our family Mo Yunxiang has seen the Duke of the State."

Yang Ling hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Eunuch Liang is exempt from gifts, has the emperor ordered him to come down?"

Eunuch Mo is an eunuch who was sent to the ranks of the rituals and prisons. He was in his twenties and had a good face, handsome eyes and tall figure. He bowed and said, "Yes, the emperor has an important order. I also asked the Duke of the State and the Deputy Envoy of the Imperial Envoy Liang to accept the order together."

Yang Ling nodded quickly and said to Liu Dabangchui: "Go quickly and ask Deputy Envoy Liang to come to the front hall to receive the order."

Liang Hong and two confidant eunuchs were working in the room, full of money on the table, including gold beans, silver ingots, and copper coins and Daming treasures that emitted various smells. The three of them were busy sorting and counting them, but they had not yet settled the number. The door outside called "boom" and scared Liang Hong.

There was another "boom" outside, and then Liu Dabangchui's voice came: "Eunuch Liang, did you go to bed so early? The Duke of the State invites you to the front hall. There is an order in the capital, 'Boom!' Eunuch Liang, are you awake? 'Boom! Boom!'"

Liang Xing groaned in anger, and quickly signaled the two eunuchs to bring the tablecloth from the four corners to cover the property on the table. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Let's go to our house, and you will continue to count it, clear the number and put it in the box under the table. You don't need to order the Daming treasure money. You will reward you all, do you know?"

Two young eunuchs who were only eleven or twelve years old quickly agreed. Liang Hong then stood up, stuffed the small copper abacus hanging around his neck back into his collar, and coughed at the front of the door. Then he opened the door and said calmly: "Guard Liu, don't knock. Is this a slap in the door, is this a drum beat?"

Liu Dabangcui smiled dryly and said, "Hehe, Eunuch Liang, I have a big hand." He leaned his head and looked inside, and said, "My father-in-law is not sleeping, are you taking two kids to chat under the lamp? Why did you plug in the door?"

Liang Hong quickly walked out and took the door with him and said, "Oh, it's okay, I'm just teasing you. What are you talking about? Someone from Beijing is coming?"

Liu Dabangcui slapped his forehead: "That's not the case? Why did I chat with you here? Eunuch Liang should hurry up. The Duke and the imperial envoy were waiting in the hall."

When Liang Hong heard this, he hurried to the front hall with Yang Ling. When he entered the door, he smiled and said, "Mr., I'm sorry, you'll wait for a long time. In the capital...Oh, Xiao Mo, it's you who came to pass the order."

Liang Hong is also a member of the Sili Supervisor and has always been familiar with Mo Yunxiang. Seeing that it was him, he was very happy to go forward to talk, but Mo Yunxiang looked stern and said in a deep voice: "Duke Wei Yang Ling, Liang, the right admiral of Jinwu Guard, come forward to receive the order!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ling and Liang Hong quickly cleaned their clothes and knelt forward to listen to the order. Eunuch Mo took the imperial edict from the Jinyiwei, slowly unfolded, proclaiming: "The Emperor of Heaven and Heaven, and the imperial edict said: Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is here to worship the heaven..."

"The Empress Dowager is celebrating the heaven?" Cheng Qiyun was dressed in a scholar's white robe and pondered: "The Empress Dowager is celebrating the heaven. The Lord will definitely return to the capital. If he fights Liu Jin, he will have to advance. I wonder if he is fully prepared. If this battle is defeated, he will have no power to turn over, which is of great importance... No, I have to rush back to the capital immediately."

Chu Ling dressed in a green suit, with beautiful eyebrows and handsome eyes. She asked, "But what to do with Bazhou? Is this matter just put aside?"

Cheng Qiyun frowned and said, "This woman is so cunning. I sent six people to the world, but I can't even touch her whereabouts. Alas! The internal factory has always been unfavorable to handle cases. I am not willing to fall into her hands..."

Cheng Qiyun said, her eyes turned around. Seeing Chu Ling’s nose wrinkled, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she looked like she was smiling, and she couldn’t help but say angrily: “What’s the point of turning on?”

Chu Ling laughed and said, "Well, there is a scent of vinegar that makes the cabbage smell. It's so sour, so sour!"

Cheng Qiyun glared at her and couldn't help but smile: "Forget it, the two sides weigh the pros and cons, the matter of adults is important. Who has the time to get jealous of her? I'm just worried... She said she wanted to poke a hole in the world for adults to make up for it, and it was definitely aimless.

The adult ranks at a high position and is coveted by many people. If a step is not enough, he will never be able to recover. He values ​​friendship. If the Hongmao really causes a huge disaster, the adult ranks and cannot stand by and watch, and he will inevitably be implicated by it. In that way... Alas! Unfortunately, our personnel are focused on the border and Jiangnan. Now a group of capable people are allocated to the countries in Southeast Asia. Qingzhou... has a very shallow foundation."

Chu Ling said: "Not only that, the people here regard the government as enemies. Liu Jin and Bi Zhen and his group of people killed each other here, which made the people of Qingzhou stay away from foreigners. We have carriages, horses, and brothels here. There are not many people we come into contact with, and there are few people from the countryside. Even if we dress up as peddlers and wander around the countryside, it will inevitably arouse the local people's alertness. Moreover, many of them are bandits on the Taihang Mountains and are even more careful about strangers."

Cheng Qiyun sighed, "So, I had to sit here and wait. The Hongmao ran to Qingzhou, but she was not willing to be a peasant woman. She came here to live in seclusion. As long as she had other intentions, she would always show up and enter the city. Unfortunately, I can't wait now..."

Chu Ling bit her lip and said tentatively: "What if... the lady finds her, what do you want?"

Cheng Qiyun said without thinking: "Catch it! Kill the one that cannot be caught! I must never let her become an adult! "

Chu Ling shook and whispered: "She...is the person she likes, you... dare you kill?"

Cheng Qiyun silently for a while and sighed quietly: "Best... I'll just let the adults kill me again."

She glanced at Chu Ling and smiled bitterly, "Don't blame me for being cruel. Yang Hu and his wife had long been rebellious. I don't know why the adults had a bad relationship with Hong Madam. But if Hong Madam really rebelled, it is hard to say that it would not cause great harm to the adults. If he was implicated, it would be a serious crime of raiding the house and extermination of the clan. This is a disaster. How do you ask the adults to make up for her?"

Chu Ling sighed lightly: "Why are you not a woman who is easy to get involved in? You just want to touch her. Oh! It's so missed. Miss. On the grounds that the adults returned to Beijing, the lady decided to set off for the trip back to Beijing immediately. Didn't it... Did she deliberately find an excuse to avoid her so as not to really force a war?"

Cheng Qiyun smiled faintly and said, "After all, I am my good sister... Only you know my thoughts. I have never escaped, but this time..., I want to catch her and figure out what she is going to do, but I am afraid that I will really understand the truth. I must get rid of her. Oh! I want to kill her for selfishness, not to kill her or for selfishness. I really regret coming to Qingzhou, Hongmai, Hongmai, you can do it yourself..."

The Hongmao was dressed in a coarse cloth, with a yellow complexion and thick eyebrows. She leaned against the car, with one leg hanging on the shaft and one leg crossing the car, looking like a carefree and half-sized man. However, even though she had been dressed up deliberately, her delicate facial features still looked very handsome.

The edge door opened, and the old donkeys with hair lost at both ends pulled the vegetable cart and drove slowly into the Hengwang Mansion. The Hengwang Mansion is located in the southwest of Qingzhou City, magnificent and elegant. King Heng, Zhu Youqian, was the seventh son of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. He was named King Heng in the 23rd year of Chenghua.

Zhu Youqiu had never been a vassal because he was young, and he did not become a vassal in Qingzhou until the twelfth year of Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi was very nice to him and distributed a large sum of silver to build the Hengwang Mansion.

King Heng was young and energetic, and Emperor Hongzhi was kind and kind, and even allowed him to build the Heng Palace completely imitated the Forbidden City. Although the entire palace was not the most luxurious and spectacular building among the vassal palaces in various places, the architectural layout, layout and personnel were completely a replica of the Forbidden City. It was just a smaller scale, and it seemed like a country among the country.

The vegetable delivery truck cannot pass the "Wu Chao King", which is the gate when all civil and military officials bowed to King Heng. The Hongniang walked through the corner gate of Xihua Gate. The palace was divided into palace cities and inner cities. The inspection of entering the palace was not so strict, especially when they often delivered vegetables and charcoals, supplying trucks in various palace items.

The vegetable truck successfully arrived at the imperial kitchen. Eunuch Zhao said in the voice of the duck: "The food is delivered, come and go and unload it. Little bastard, don't you have any eyesight?"

As he scolded, several eunuchs hurriedly ran out and moved the vegetable baskets out of the car one by one. Eunuch Zhao said with a smile: "Xiao Cui, go, come with me to pay the money."

General Manager Zhao took Cui Ying'er into his room and looked back to see that there was no one. He quickly closed the door sneakily, ran to the bed and dragged a small bag from underneath, and said, "It's a blessing that the prince is young and strong, so he doesn't need these things. I've been in Curry for many years. We dared to move, Xiao Cui, our family and Doctor Chen are taking great risks."

Cui Ying'er hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you, the young man, thank you for your kindness and righteousness. The young man is really grateful." As she said that, she took out a cloth bag from her arms, took the package with one hand, and handed it with the other.

Eunuch Zhao took it and weighed it in his hand, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he laughed: "We have almost taken out all these precious tonics in the royal palace. Next time, you have money and you have no need to buy it. How about it? Is your relative's illness better?"

Cui Ying'er put the tonic in her arms and said with a smile: "It's much better. You can recover after taking these few more doses. Thank you, my father-in-law."

Eunuch Zhao patted his chest and said, "Oh, that's good. Our family has done a good deed. Haha, although your relative is a rich man, these tonics are rare good things that can be obtained in the world. This is a treasure given to us by the land of the late emperor, a great inner treasure. After collecting so much money from you, if we still cannot cure the disease, our family will feel sorry for it.

Cui Ying'er thanked her again and then withdrew her empty cart and drove out of the palace and the city. An ordinary donkey cart, a vegetable vendor in the most ordinary and poor way, can anyone pay attention to it? The donkey cart slowly left the city and walked slowly along the country road.

Touching the medicine in her arms, Cui Ying'er was very excited. These treasures from the imperial palace, even if they had money, could not buy them. She spent a lot of money to find the way to Eunuch Zhao, and finally got all the medicines out of the palace in batches. After taking these medicines, he would be completely cured.

Thinking of this, Cui Ying'er couldn't help but feel excited. She whipped the whip and pulled a beautiful whip. The whip flowers exploded, just like a sound of firecrackers. However, the two old donkeys were still calm and relaxed, and ignored her at all. Cui Ying'er then saved herself from being so obsessed with her. She thought she was riding on a horse and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The whip flowers attracted the attention of two people. They were Cheng Qiyun's inner factory in Qingzhou City. Most of the people who drove the big carts could play whip flowers, but there were many ways here. The young man on the donkey cart could almost move his arm, so he could wield such a beautiful whip. How strong does his wrist have to be? Especially when she drove the field, she was a donkey cart, and the whip she used was not the long black-shot whip, which was strange!

It was just a little bit of doubt, but for the guys who had no clues, this clue was worth checking out. The two of them shook each other and stopped far away.

With black tiles, blue bricks, red railings and white walls, this house looks relatively wealthy in this village. When the car arrived at the door, Cui Ying'er hurriedly tied the reins to the wooden stake at the door, and then hurried into the yard.

A fifty-year-old man in a green cloth robe was pushing a plate of stone mill when he saw her coming back, he quickly patted his hands and limped up to meet him. He smiled and said, "Ying'er, I'm back, medicine..."

Cui Ying'er smiled and said, "Uncle San, the medicine has been retrieved, let's talk about it when we go back to the house."

"That's good." When the old man heard the wrinkles on his face stretched out. An old woman was teasing a child on the kang in the room. The little guy had big eyes and pointed chin, white and clean, wearing a tiger-skin hat, wearing a hundred-store clothes, lying in the middle of the guardrail surrounded by a quilt.

Although he looks thin, the little guy is energetic and is struggling to stretch out his little hand and grab the old lady's fingers. Once he grabs it, he will not let go. If his two fingers are held by his small hands, he can lift him up. However, the child's neck is still soft and he dare not raise him. It is rare for such a small baby to have such strength.

Seeing Cui Ying'er coming in, the old lady also straightened her waist with a smile.

"Aunt San".

"Hey. I'm back, have the medicine been brought back?"

Uncle San interrupted and said, "It's taken back. Now, the child's life is a little bit miserable. How handsome is a boy, who has been born prematurely for a month and has some problems in his fetus, so his parents are cruel to lose it. Fortunately, they met Ying'er and picked it up back to the mountain, otherwise, they wouldn't have been fed the wolf."

Cui Ying'er looked uncomfortable and asked, "Aunt San. It's almost noon. Is the water boiling?"

"Well, it's boiling, it's all left." Aunt San got up, dusted the front, took a large wooden basin and put it on the kang, then slowly went to pick up the water, and said in a whisper: "Old man, don't say that, I think this child is lucky, so Ying'er picked it up. Otherwise, can ordinary people afford this fetal disease caused by premature birth? Now, the people can't survive anymore, and adults can't care about them, so who can care about their children?"

Uncle San ignored her. He bent over and teased the child, laughing, "Look at how handsome this child is. He is so amazing when he grows up. Maybe he will fascinate many older daughters. Give him a grudge. Give him a smile, and this child is very fond of joy when he smiles."

He shaved the little guy's face and teased him, "Haha, you little pervert, you will be happy when you say you are married to you. Oh, Ying'er, don't say, this child is destined to be with you, the longer you are, the more you are destined to be with you..."

He sat down by the kang and said, "But then again, my godson is always my godson. What awkward thing about you and Hu Zi? Isn't it good before? I went to the capital last year. Look at you two. Last time I came back, the boss also blew his beard and stared at Hu Zi. Isn't he... he was flirting with the flowers outside?"

Cui Ying'er said worriedly: "Uncle San, stop talking."

"If you don't say it, sometimes, you should turn a blind eye and pretend to be confused. Let's see if your third uncle is honest. When you were young, hum, that's also a cat with a stolen mouth! It's been more than a year since the couple is having trouble. As the saying goes, it's a mess at the head of the bed and the end of the bed. It's been awkward for almost a year, and it's time to make a reconcile. Aunt San is still looking forward to holding your child for you. Women, you have to have a biological child, right?"
To be continued...