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A horse team came from the sand north of Jinniu Village. There were about thirty people, each wearing brocade clothes and riding a horse, which was extremely wealthy. The horse team stopped sixty feet outside the north gate of Jinniu Village. One of the horses took off his waist and bowed, held a bronze medal in his hand and drove the horse slowly to the gate of the village.

"Who? Stop!" The man was twenty feet away from the gate, and the guards only appeared. After a silence, an archer immediately shot an arrow.

"Brother, don't get me wrong. We are from the Longwu Army. We are ordered to go out to Beijing to work and want to stay in Guizhai for a whole night." The Longwu Army is also the emperor's imperial guard. Although its momentum in modern times is no longer as good as the Shence Army, it is still unattainable in the eyes of the soldiers in the border town. The Longwu Army is relatively low-key in acting and is not as aggressive as the Shence Army. The border soldiers are actually more willing to deal with them.

"Wait!" The guards gestured to the archer on the archery tower, turned around and ran into the camp to report. In fact, Park Eun-jun was hiding in the camp not far away, and he could see everything at the door clearly. Thank God, the person he was waiting for finally came. But the time was not yet ripe and he could not show up. This play still has to continue.

After half a cup of tea, a team was appearing in front of the village gate. He looked at the military man who was calling the door carefully and asked, "Didn't you meet the bandits when you are on the road in the middle of the night?" The territory of Linzhou was very uneasy, and it was not safe to walk during the day. The people who were on the road in the middle of the night were really suspicious.

"Brother, look at this." The visitor jumped off his horse and held up the bronze medal and walked forward ten feet, stood firm, and threw the bronze medal in his hand to the team leader in the village gate. This was a bronze waist card, surrounded by two dragons on the front, engraved with the three words Dragon Martial Army, and the insidious text on the north was engraved with the name and position of the licensee.

"It turns out that it's Zhang Guzheng, who is going to Han Feng. Please wait a little longer, I'll report back to the Guanying Captain."

"It's my fault." Zhang Mu raised his hand to salute. Then he turned around and waved to his companion fifty feet away: So far, no doubt has been found.

In less than a cup of tea, Han Feng rushed back, and there was another person behind him. Judging from the public service, he should be a coach.

The gatekeeper opened the gate of the village. The brigade commander greeted him with a smile on his face, returned the bronze medal in his hand to Zhang Mu, and said, "It turned out that the mission was coming. If you were wrong, please forgive me." Zhang Mu replied, "We were ordered to go out of Beijing for business. On the way, we encountered a group of horse bandits. They were entangled for a while, but they ended up missing Sutou. I thought that the city gate was closed at this time, and we were unwilling to disturb the local government, so we wanted to rest in the village for a night and feed the horses some fodder. We paid as much as possible. Please make a convenient price."

The travel coach smiled and said, "What are you saying? Everyone in the world is brothers. They are all working for the court. Don't mention any fees or fees. Please invite a few people to join the village."

Zhang Mu was overjoyed when he heard this, and waved his hand behind him. He waved his hand casually, and there were four or five movements on his fingers. When the horse team arrived at the gate of the village, they all got off their horses. They claimed that their surname was Hong Yue, and after meeting with the coach, they walked side by side. Zhang Mu kept guarding next to a young man wearing a black veil hat. The coach transferred several houses in the west of the village for everyone to live in, and then led Hong Yue to see the guard of the Guanying Camp.

Hong Yue was unwilling to go to the evening, and the commander of the voyage said, "The lieutenant has prepared the food and drinks. If the master does not give the honor, it is difficult to explain the humble position." After hearing this, Hong Yue was embarrassed and advised, "It is hard to refuse the affection. Brother, please go to the banquet. There is a younger brother here." Hong Yue was willing to leave.

At this time, the soldiers in the village brought a bucket of rice and a basin of tea. Zhang Mu secretly tried it with a silver needle before he could get off the chopsticks. Everyone was eating. The young man wearing a hat suddenly threw the bowls and chopsticks in his hand and shouted, "I want to give him a respect." Everyone was so angry that they glared at each other. Zhang Mu ordered the two around him: "Xiaojiu, Lao San, you two go with him."

The two soldiers threw down their bowls and chopsticks, and raised the young man to go to the thatched cottage in the village corner.

After everyone finished their meal, they packed the bucket and basin. Within a moment, everyone felt a swelling and pain in their abdomen, and they rushed to the cottage. They shouted in secret that something was wrong and shouted reluctantly: "Don't mess around with everyone..." Before they finished speaking, they felt unbearable abdominal pain, so they had to run out.

He just left the room and was hitting the young man wearing black veil head-on. There were two people standing beside him, not Xiaojiu and Lao San whom he sent, but Han Feng and the coach of the hiking.

Zhang Mu covered his stomach and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up, take him..." Before he finished speaking, a foul stench suddenly came from his crotch...

"Don't move! Don't move!" Dozens of crossbowmen rushed out from the camp, surrounding Zhang Mu and others.

"Yang Hao, you, you are not sure of disobedience!" He opened his eyes and looked at the young man wearing a black veil and struggled desperately. The soldiers who captured him pressed his shoulders with one hand but pinched their noses.

"Bastard!" Guan Suo, dressed as a brigade coach, stepped forward, kicked Zhang Mu hard, and scolded, "I'll leave you to join the eunuch party and frame the loyal and kind, why should I keep you?" After that, he waved his sword and was about to kill Zhang Mu. Yang Hao shouted and looked at Zhang Mu, who was covered in disgust: "Take it into the ditch to wash." He turned around and cursed, "Who came up with the idea? It's really unethical."

Yang Hao turned around and left, Guan Suo whispered to Han Feng: "What's the idea? It's really unethical." Han Feng mulched for a long time and said to himself: "What's my business? You've come up with this plan."

"The commander-in-chief frightened you." Park Eun-jun and the two military captains of the Feihu Camp came out of the tent. The man named Hong Yue was tied up on the fairy-bound stake in front of the camp gate.

"I'll ask you only once, who sent you."

"Liu, Eunuch Liu."

"The new Privy Councilor Liu Hongyi?"

“Yes, yes.”

"Kill all without leaving any one. Send someone to let Li Changlin take it down."

"yes."

The Linzhou defenders did not dare to close their eyes all night. After dawn, except for a few piles of unextinguished campfires, the horse bandits who besieged the city were nowhere to be seen. The governor was so happy that he immediately submitted a letter to the victory. When Lance and returned to Jinniu Village after the celebration banquet, the two camps of Feihu and Polang had safely retreated to Xiao Chang'an.

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Feng'an Defense Envoy Office, Huwei Hall.

Zeng Chongyang wore a dark brown official uniform and read an imperial edict to the main officials of the Fengzhou Governor's Office, the chief officer of the Fifth Division of Xining Army and the captain of the 18th Battalion Army as an imperial envoy.

Yang Hao, the Fengzhou Defense Envoy and General of the Xining Army Command, was promoted to Deputy Envoy of Qianzhou Observation for his merits. Zhang Huchen took over the position of Fengzhou Defense Envoy, and Ling Tong took over the position of General of the Xining Army Command, and he himself supervised the border defense in Fengzhou as the imperial envoy.

Everyone was shocked by this change. After dusk last night, the Defense Envoy Department sent more than ten commanders, holding golden painted tokens to summon military captains from various battalions to Feng'an to discuss matters. The gold medal commander travels 800 miles a day, and those who receive the order must arrive at the commander within twelve hours, otherwise it will be a missed military opportunity and will be sentenced to death.

Everyone realized that something big would happen, but most of them guessed that foreign enemies were invading the territory or wanted to use troops from outside. No one expected that Yang Hao, who was so powerful, would suddenly leave office. The imperial edict said that Yang Hao left Fengzhou because of his great achievements, but who can tell the truth clearly?

The imperial envoy who announced the imperial edict was the Yuantiande army who was driven away by Yang Hao and stayed in Zeng Chongyang. It is not difficult for anyone with a little experience in the officialdom to see the subtleties. Everyone began to predict that there would be an earthquake in the officialdom of Fengzhou. Which civil servants and generals in Fengzhou can be related to Yang Hao? This upcoming earthquake is definitely a part of everyone, and no one can think that it is okay to watch the fun.

Zeng Chongyang could naturally estimate the inner shock that this imperial edict brought to Fengzhou officials. He repeatedly explained as an imperial envoy, that Yang Hao's transfer to Qianzhou at this time was an affirmation and praise from the court and the emperor for his actions in Fengzhou. He also quoted the emperor's original words and said, "The officials in Fengzhou are loyal and available." At the same time, comforting the people, Zeng Chongyang read out a commendation order jointly signed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel: Officials at all levels of Fengzhou and Xinning Army were awarded one merit and one level of salary, and Ling Tong, Li Tong, Zhang Huchen, Zhang Yannian, Zhuang Yunqing and others were in line with the top ranks.

In response, Ling Tong and Li Tong remained silent, Zhang Huchen and Zhuang Yunqing openly expressed their support, but Zhang Yannian took leave to Zeng Chongyang to recuperate on the grounds of physical discomfort, and Zeng Chongyang also approved what he asked on the spot.

After appeased the military and political officials of Fengzhou, Zeng Chongyang revealed the original intention of this trip: "I heard recently that Wang Shoucheng's remnants colluded with the Khitans to invade the border and disturb the people. Fengzhou is the gateway of the Tang Dynasty and is even more a place where the royal party is focusing on infiltration. It is reported that since the end of last year, the royal party has sent three groups of backbones to Fengzhou to sneak into the party, secretly plotting to rebel, intending to control Fengzhou and use it to fight against the imperial court. The emperor secretly ordered Zeng Chongyang, the young supervisor of Dushui, to supervise the military and political mission of Fengzhou, eliminate the remnants of the royal party, and stabilize the border."

Speaking of this, even a fool can hear the fierce murderous aura! Wang Shoucheng's party members? There is no eunuch party in the world? Who doesn't know that Zeng Chongyang is a member of the Ma camp like Yang Hao, and what do you say to eliminate the remnants of the royal party? There is no royal party in the world, so how can there be remnants of the royal party? Isn't this the one who doesn't accept your imperial envoy, who is the remnants of the royal party?! The officials of all sizes and big and small Fengzhou who have been in the officialdom for many years naturally regarded Zeng Chongyang's words as a declaration of the change of dynasty in the Fengzhou officialdom.

If this is true, there is nothing to be afraid of. The officials who are in a state of iron, the emperor and the ministers are like this all the time, and everyone has always been like this. If you don’t even have this ability to adapt to the situation in the officialdom, you deserve to be out of luck.

After figuring out this level, the officials of Fengzhou were finally relieved. Therefore, at the reception banquet led by Zhang Huchen and Ling Tong that night, it seemed harmonious. While drinking, everything about Yang Hao and him became the past. The officials of Fengzhou were squirting alcohol and making generous speeches, describing the new future of Fengzhou.

Everyone misinterpreted the meaning of Zeng Chongyang's words, and no one could foresee that a bloody storm had come quietly.

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Qing'er only learned about the news that Yang Hao was suddenly taken away by the special envoy during dinner. Before that, Cheng Kecheng sent a team of soldiers to the Defense Envoy's Office to focus on guarding the East and West Courts in the back hall.

When Yang Hao was secretly taken away, Qing'er, Xiaoyu, Lu Rui and Li's sisters were still playing mahjong in the dark room of the west courtyard. Somehow, Qing'er, who used to sweep the crowds of women, did not open the game for three times today. Not only did she vomit all the money she won yesterday, but she also lost a lot of capital.

Disturbed, she handed the cards to Li Moli and asked her to play twice for herself to get better luck.

"Winter Rain's lights." The red sun sets westward and the sky is dark. At this time, Dongyu has long lit the candles in the hall. After the Li sisters came, although Dongyu cannot play with her as full-time as before, she is still one of the main members of the Mahjong Hall. She will not go far at this time.

"Dongyu--" Qing'er called out without a response, and then she increased her voice.

The birds in the yard chirped and named, but no one responded.

Qing'er walked out of the living room, and Dongyu's west wing door was locked.

"This girl must have gone to the other side." Thinking of Qing'er's jealousy, she walked a few steps to the east door of the west courtyard. Outside the door was the small garden in front of the inner study where Yang Hao worked. There was no one in the garden. The door of the inner study was closed and there was a lock hanging on it.

"That's strange." Qing'er thought to herself, "I haven't heard that he is going out, why did he lock the door?" Yang Hao's inner study room had a dedicated person on duty. Unless he couldn't come back for a while, he would never be locked.

"Come here." Qing'er waved to the two guards on duty at Xijiaomen.

"What are the instructions of Madam?" The guard looked a little flustered when he answered. Qing'er's heart skipped a beat, but her face was not revealed.

"Has the handsome man gone out?"

"Ah, yes, I'm out. I can't come back very late." This is also extremely unnatural.

"Oh," Qing'er nodded thoughtfully.

"Madam, please come back." Another soldier hurriedly urged.

"Call Dongyu for me." Qing'er said this and turned back to the West Courtyard.

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Chapter completed!