Of course, Qian Xiangmin didn't want to tie his head to his belt to take risks for Chen Yingliang, but there was no way. The last time he escorted the imperial porcelain, he lost 60% of his money. Qian Xiangmin, who was promoted to four levels in a row, had fallen into the mortal world. He was beaten to the end and was almost in prison. His head was lost. The family had to eat and drink, and the newly acquired concubines also had to provide for him. The meager savings were not to be troubled. At the same time, he was born in a humble family, and there was no good way to go besides Chen Yingliang, and Qian Xiangmin had no other way to get back to the officialdom. If Qian Xiangmin wanted to make a comeback, he had no other way except to hug the thighs of his old friend Chen Yingliang.

Of course, Qian Xiangmin could insist on refusing and would rather not join the officialdom than take this risk. However, Qian Xiangmin was in his early forties and had no backing or ability. It was a dream to start a business again in this chaotic world full of war. It would not take long to go home and starve to death. Therefore, after Qian Xiangmin thought about it, he finally gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble and take the risk of giving Chen Yingliang a cattle and a horse to serve as an enemy camp, hoping that he could come back alive and get the eighth-rank official position of the military officer of Qiao County, which Chen Yingliang promised.

So, under the protection of two Chen Yingliang's personal soldiers, Qian Xiangmin took Chen Yingliang's handwritten letters and some gifts out of the city and set off, and came straight towards the rioter camp in the east. On the way, Qian Xiangmin also regretted it for a while and was extremely timid and wanted to escape, but unfortunately he was stopped by Chen Yingliang's personal soldiers. When he arrived at the boundary of Qiao County, Qian Xiangmin ran towards the vanguard scouts of the rioters. Chen Yingliang's two personal soldiers ran away. Qian Xiangmin, who was not good enough, wanted to run away but was quickly surrounded by the rioters and was surrounded by the vicious rioters soldiers.

There was no other way. In order not to lose his head immediately, the poor Lord Qian Xiangmin could only quickly cast the small white flag that had been prepared. While claiming that he was an envoy of Qiao County, he asked to pay homage to Miao Haichao, a famous hero in Xia Pi, saying that there was something important to report. But unfortunately, Qian Xiangmin encountered the rebel army with very low quality this time, and had never encountered such a thing. After hearing Qian Xiangmin's request, he not only did not give courtesy, but also punched Qian Xiangmin, insulted verbally, and vented class hatred. Fortunately, he was not in a hurry to kill the poor Lord Qian who was desperate, and also sent someone back to report to the brigade.

Fortunately, just when the scholar met Qian Xiangmin, the soldiers' Qian was crying but not crying, a large group of rioters had already arrived at the border of Qiao County. Although the leader of the bandit general felt that Chen Yingliang sent an envoy to contact Miao Haichao, he did not slaughter Qian Xiangmin, who had become a turtle in the jar, he also sent some people to escort Qian Xiangmin to contact Miao Haichao's team, and also sent people to report the situation to the big thief such as Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou.

In this way, under the escort of the soldiers of the Bianmin Army, Qian Xiangmin, who was already bruised and swollen, finally found Miao Haichao's team, and finally saw Miao Haichao, the great enemy of Xia Pi who was leading the army. He heard that Qian Xiangmin was an envoy sent by Chen Yingliang, and he also named him to pay homage to him. Miao Haichao, who had never encountered such a thing, was of course also shocked. He quickly asked the team to stop moving forward temporarily. He met Qian Xiangmin on the side of the road, and looked at Qian Xiangmin with blood on his nose and asked, "Are you an envoy sent by Xiao Chen Qingzhi? What's your name? What's your meeting?"

"Reported to King Miao, the villain is Qian Xiangmin." Qian Xiangmin wiped the bleeding from his face and bowed to Miao Haichao and said, "The villain is currently serving as a staff member of the Qiao County Tongshou. He is just an unknown young man. He is ordered by the Dongweng Chen Tongshou and comes to see you and negotiate a small matter with you."

As he said that, Qian Xiangmin took out a small cloth bag from his waist and presented it to Miao Haichao with both hands. He said respectfully: "Mr. Miao, this is a little bit of my wish that Chen Tongshou of Qiao County gave you. Please accept it with a smile, don't think it's too meager.

Miao Haichao took the cloth bag with suspicion and poured out the items. Miao Haichao was shocked again. The soldiers of the Bianminister who were watching the fun screamed in surprise. It turned out that the cloth bag contained four white pearls the size of pigeon eggs, which were quite valuable. This also made the Bianministerer who escorted Qian Xiangmin here regret it. He thought to himself why did he forget to search for the money Xiangmin? Then, Miao Haichao of course asked Qian Xiangmin in surprise: "I don't know you Chen Tongshou, why did he give me such a precious gift.

"Of course I'm showing respect." Qian Xiangmin, who is very good at flattering, finally got Director Zhan and said as if he had a honey on his lips: "Although we, Chen Tongshou, are far away in Qiao County, we have already heard of your great name, King Miao. We know that King Miao is a wealthy man in Pi County, with thousands of acres of fertile land and more than 40 pottery kilns. We are rich and generous, and we are also generous and generous to help the poor and help the poor. We are a hero in Xia Pi. We are dissatisfied with the exploitation and extortion of the people by corrupt officials, and resolutely dispersed all our family's wealth to help the people, leading kiln workers to kill corrupt officials, and practice the way for heaven. We are righteous and unruly, and the name of chivalrous is well-known. We Chen Tongshou admire the reputation of your king, so we sent villains to see you and give you some gifts to express our respect."

He was wearing everything but flattering. When he heard Qian Xiangmin bragging about his proud deeds, Miao Haichao had some smile on his face and asked, "You Chen Tong sent you here to say these good words and give these gifts? Can he be so kind?"

"The king is very clear and he will be right as soon as he guesses." Qian Xiangmin continued to flatter him, and took out a letter from his arms and explained: "I'm not hiding it from King Miao, in fact, we Chen Tongshou still have a small request to you. Please deal with you in front of Du Fuwei and Du, and persuade King Du not to invade Qiao County, and change to other counties to pay for food. As long as you succeed in this matter, we Chen Tongshou will definitely thank you very much. This is our own letter written by Chen Tongshou, please check it out."

Miao Haichao was completely stunned, and the soldiers of the generals and soldiers of the militia next to him were also stunned. One of the generals said, "You Chen Tongshou is in a dream, right? Our army has already reached the edge of Qiao County, why should we change the route and retreat? Why should we listen to you?"

"My generals, don't worry, please listen to me." Qian Xiangmin hugged Sifang Fist, nodded and said, "If all the kings agree to redirect the troops and no longer invade Qiao County, we Chen Tongshou would rather give you five thousand stones of food, two thousand pieces of cloth and two thousand stagnant of money to thank you."

Since the outbreak of the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty, although there are so many civil rebellions, it is the first time that local officials bribed Miao Haichao and others had to pay protection fees. After hearing such a strange thing, Miao Haichao and others were even more surprised. Miao Haichao quickly opened the letter and saw that Chen Yingliang had indeed made a similar request in the letter, begging him to give up his plan to invade Qiao County, and promised that as long as Du Fuwei retreated and changed the route, Qiao County would give Du Fuwei a sum of money and grain to Du Fuwei's team as a thank you. In addition, Chen Yingliang naturally had to flatter Miao Haichao in the letter, making Miao Haichao very rare in the sky and no on the ground, and told Miao Haichao straightforward that as long as Miao Haichao persuaded Du Fuwei to retreat successfully, Chen Yingliang would send another batch of gold, silver and jewelry to Miao Haichao.

After reading Chen Yingliang's so-called handwritten letter, Miao Haichao was also a little proud, and asked with a smile: "Aren't you Chen Tongshou known as the little Chen Qingzhi, who is invincible in every battle? Why, I know you are afraid today?"

"Report to King Miao, we Chen Tongshou is indeed a little scared." Qian Xiangmin responded with Chen Yingliang's prior instructions and respectfully: "But we Chen Tongshou is not afraid that King Du will enter Yongcheng. We Chen Tongshou is still very sure of defending the seven cities of Qiao County. We Chen Tongshou is just worried that after King Miao, your team will inevitably go to the grain town and rob the people. In order not to cause innocent trouble to the people and suffer the consequences, we Chen Tongshou sent villains to see you and beg you to make this happen."

"Your Chen Tongshou and such a Bodhisattva heart?" Miao Haichao smiled sarcastically and said, "I have seen many corrupt officials who oppress the people. I have never seen you Chen Tongshou who cares about the people like you."

"King Miao, our Chen Tongshou is not a corrupt official." Qian Xiangmin quickly said: "King Miao, you can send someone to inquire immediately. See if our Chen Tongshou has added a rent to the people since he took office in Qiao County, or has he extorted a needle and a thread from the people? If so, you will chop me up with your own hands."

Seeing that Qian Xiangmin was so confident, Miao Haichao did not continue on this issue, but asked in confusion: "Since you Chen Tongshou wants to exchange money and grain for us to change course, why don't you go directly to King Du Fuwei and Du to talk about this? You have to come to me first?"

I don’t know if there are Du Fuwei’s people next to me. Qian Xiangmin replied timidly and carefully: “Mr. Miao, because you are chivalrous and untainted, you can understand our Chen Tongshou’s love for the people, so we come to ask for your help. As for King Du, he may not only not understand our Chen Tongshou’s painstaking efforts to protect the people, but may be greedy and blackmail them with the lives of thousands of innocent people as a threat to extort and force us Chen Tongshou to take out more money and food. You will definitely not be able to do such a thing.”

I secretly saw that there were no one around the militia army and was furious. On the contrary, there were many people nodding. I had some money from the officialdom experience to the people. I guessed that these people must be Miao Haichao's subordinates or even confidants, so I became much more courageous and quickly said: "King Miao clearly, in fact, our Chen Tongshou's proposal is beneficial to both sides. King Miao's team will be fed to Qiao County for food, and Chen Tongshou is forced to send troops to resist. No matter what the result of the battle, your subordinates will suffer some damage. But if you can make this happen, then you and us don't need to die. You have food to eat, and our Qiao County does not need to kill innocent people. Isn't it great to have both worlds?"

After saying that, Qian Xiangmin quickly added loudly, "Of course, we Chen Tongshou will not let you work hard for nothing. After the matter is completed, we Chen Tongshou will give you two thousand stones of food to King Miao, one thousand stagnant of food, and twenty fat pigs and fat sheep each to repay King Miao for your kindness."

As a general of the rebel army who volunteered to lead his team to Du Fuwei in history, and did not betray Du Fuwei when he was in trouble twice. He followed Du Fuwei until the end of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, Miao Haichao was of course somewhat commendable in terms of character. So after hearing Qian Xiangmin's words, Miao Haichao was naturally a little moved - because this was indeed a proposal with the best of both worlds. Miao Haichao's confidants were immediately extremely excited and encouraged him: "Brother Miao, agree, this is a good thing. There is no need to fight hard and have food, which is much better than grabbing directly."

"Yes, Brother Miao, I agree. Our team will probably not be able to grab so much food when we enter Qiao County. We might as well agree."

Hearing the instigation of Yiyu's confidant brothers and sisters, Miao Haichao was inevitably even more moved and couldn't help but have the idea of ​​trying it out. However, when he was about to agree to take Qian Xiangmin to see Du Fuwei, Miao Haichao's eyes turned to another direction - where the crowd was surging, a tall boy led a group of strong men in his twenties and thirty years old into the circle. Miao Haichao did not dare to neglect, so he quickly stepped forward to salute respectfully to the boy, shouting: "King Du."

"King Du? Is he Du Fuwei?" Qian Xiangmin's eyes almost popped out, because Qian Xiangmin discovered that the legendary big thief Du Fuwei in front of him was as young and childish as Chen Yingliang, and seemed to be a little younger than Chen Yingliang. In fact, Du Fuwei is indeed only sixteen years old now, one year younger than Chen Yingliang, who is already seventeen years old.

"Brother Miao, I heard that Chen Yingliang's dog official sent someone to see you by name. What's the matter?" Du Fuwei asked angrily.

"He is the envoy sent by Chen Yingliang." Miao Haichao first introduced Qian Xiangmin to Du Fuwei, and then roughly explained Qian Xiangmin's purpose of coming. Finally, he took the initiative to submit Chen Yingliang's letter and precious gifts Chen Yingliang gave him, treating Du Fuwei, who was at least ten years younger than him with a very respectful attitude.

After hearing Qian Xiangmin's intention, he saw Chen Yingliang's handwritten letter. Du Fuwei was of course very surprised. The generals of the Yu Bian Minjun behind Du Fuwei laughed wildly, all of them were as timid as rats. However, Tian Baishe, who had broken his left hand, did not laugh wildly. He also poked his head out of the crowd and said to Du Fuwei: "Dad Yu, be careful, Chen Yingliang's dog thieves have always been treacherous and must be prevented from changing. In the opinion of his son, you'd better cut off this dog official envoy immediately to avoid any trouble."

"Dad Yu?" Qian Xiangmin was stunned again. Although Qian Xiangmin had never seen Tian Baishe, he could see that Tian Baishe was at least in his thirties. The middle-aged man in his thirties was called a 16 or 17-year-old boy Yu. This was the first time Qian Xiangmin had seen such a strange thing.

"What are you afraid of? It's not easy to kill a dog official envoy? It's a matter of one sentence." Du Fuwei smiled, first looked at Qian Xiangmin carefully, and suddenly asked: "You want to use money and grain to ask me to withdraw or change the route. Why didn't Chen Yingliang send you to ask for a meeting directly, and insisted on asking for Brother Miao Hai Chao Miao first?"

"sharp"

Qian Xiangmin, who had been together in the officialdom for a while, felt nervous. Then he realized that Du Fuwei's extraordinaryness was that a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old could ask the key point of the matter. I am afraid that many adult men would not be shocked in this skill. Qian Xiangmin was about to open his mouth to answer truthfully, but he stopped talking to his mouth. He answered Du Fuwei directly with the words just now, saying that Du Fuwei was not good, Miao Haichao had good character, so he came to ask Miao Haichao first. What isn't this asking for death? It was also at this time that Qian Xiangmin suddenly remembered a big thing, and Chen Yingliang actually forgot to teach himself how to answer Du Fuwei's fatal question.

I have to say here that if Qian Xiangmin knew that Chen Yingliang had actually deliberately forgot to teach him to answer this question to Du Fuwei, then Qian Xiangmin would definitely cover his face and cry, wailing that he had encountered such an ungrateful wolf?

"Why don't you answer?" Seeing Qian Xiangmin stunned, Du Fuwei immediately raised his voice and shouted: "Why don't you come to me directly, but you want to ask Brother Miao first?"

Qian Xiangmin shrank and peeked at Miao Haichao. Seeing Miao Haichao's expression was embarrassed, Qian Xiangmin hesitated for a moment and had to bite the bullet and say, "Go back to King Du, because we Chen Tongshou and King Miao are old friends, we sent villains to ask King Miao to come forward to deal with each other, and ask King Miao to recommend the villain to you."

Before Qian Xiangmin finished speaking, the faces of the more than a dozen strong men behind Du Fuwei changed, and the eyes that looked at Miao Haichao were a little strange. Du Fuwei asked Miao Haichao in surprise: "Brother Miao, are you and Chen Yingliang old friends?"

Miao Haichao was in a difficult situation, but it was not convenient to tell Du Fuwei Qian Xiangmin what he had just said, so he had to bite the bullet and nodded, saying, "I met him when I was selling goods to Daxing two years ago, but I was not familiar with him. At that time, I didn't even know his name."

The strong men behind Du Fuwei looked even more strange. Du Fuwei laughed and said, "Brother Miao, then you said it a long time ago, your friend is my friend. In fact, I would have wanted to see this legendary little Chen Qingzhi with my own eyes. If I had known that you had such a friendship with him, I would have asked you to introduce him."

"It's just a one-time relationship, not familiar with each other." Miao Haichao replied with a sad face: "If the person he sent took the initiative to talk about it, I would have forgotten that I had seen this person before."

"King Du, if you want to meet us Chen Tongshou, it will be easy." Qian Xiangmin quickly bowed and said, "As long as the king promises to borrow troops to change courses, we will not only give us the promised money, grain and cloth, but also our Chen Tongshou will set up a banquet to entertain you and all the kings."

Du Fuwei smiled but refused to answer, but turned to Miao Haichao and asked, "Brother Miao, what do you think about this? I agree? Or don't agree?"

Because of the little bit of trouble just now, Miao Haichao, who was already tempted, was a little hesitant. However, the old generals of Xia Pi around Miao Haichao didn't care about that much and said, "King Du, you should agree. The boy named Chen promised to give us a lot of money and grain. Now it's just spring, and there is no food among the people. Even if we break into Qiao County, we may not be able to grab so much food. It's better to agree to him as a personal favor, so that we can get more money and grain."

Listening to Miao Haichao's old subordinates' persuasion, Du Fuwei always had a cheerful smile on his face, but he never spoke, just waiting for Miao Haichao's answer. Miao Haichao hesitated for a moment, nodded and said solemnly: "King, brothers are right. This is a good idea with the best of both worlds. It's just spring that is just beginning. Even if the situation in Qiao County is better, there is not much food among the people. It's better to agree to Chen Gouguan's request. As long as he takes out the money and grain to give it to us, we will retreat to the army to change course - anyway, robbing there is not robbing, so why do you have to rob Qiao County?"

"Okay, since Brother Miao also agrees with the peace, I will discuss with Brother Fu and see what he means." Du Fuwei nodded with a smile, and then ordered: "Sons, take this dog official messenger with you and discuss with Brother Fu."

"promise."

A dozen strong men in their twenties and thirties agreed, and a few of them came to bring the money to the people and left. Du Fuwei handed back the four pearls to Miao Haichao and smiled and said, "Brother Miao, you will continue to march with the team. I will discuss with Brother Fu now. I will tell you if there is a result."
Chapter completed!