"How can you not be a husband if you pity your son?" The old man Jian Jia, who is also the Governor of Dongyi, Li Ziqi, stood with his hands behind his hands and his face was serious. "If people like your grandfather and grandson were born in our East Island, they would be enough to make me die.

regret."

"A treacherous minister is not worthy of the law, but my grandson is not worthy of you Dongyi." Sima Changying replied seriously as well.

"Oranges are oranges when they grow in the south of the Huaihe River, and oranges when they grow in the north of the Huaihe River. When you are in the Eastern Kingdom, you will be the arm of the country like me." Li Ziqi was still serious. "Even though you, my grandson, have some skills, you can't see the world."

If great chaos occurs in our Eastern Kingdom, it may not be possible for us to develop our grand plans..."

"It's useless to talk about this." Sima Changying bowed his hands. "Please, the Commander-in-Chief, for the sake of my tacit understanding, kill me immediately, and then send a letter to Dengzhou... If my children and grandchildren can be saved through this, I will be in the east."

There are also benefits to the country.”

Li Ziqi nodded heavily, and with just a wave of his sleeve, a burst of immortality energy enveloped the person in front of him like green smoke... But after a moment, a few drops of blood spattered out and fell on the clean clothes of Governor Li.

On the sleeves.

Seven days later, the leading three armies on the east side of Luolongtan were defeated. Sima Changying was killed in battle, and the news that the remaining five armies fled in embarrassment reached the imperial court. Sima Zheng, crying bitterly, asked for an army to come back and respond.

The saint hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this situation, Mr. Zhang proposed a veto on the spot: "At this time, the front line is completely depleted. Wouldn't it be absurd to send out another army and lose another army? In comparison, the safety of the saint comes first, so we should gather the entire army.

Please move to Dengzhou."

This proposal received the saint's nod and attracted everyone's attention, but no one said anything.

After receiving the news, the rear army camp where the imperial commander was located immediately lost control, and the civilians and soldiers fled without restraint.

The holy cavalry set off on its journey, and after only half a day of walking, it was completely out of order. The palace maids and chamberlains were all out of line, the civilians abandoned their baggage, soldiers and horses were scattered on the road, and some bold sergeants even robbed their fellow soldiers on the side road and raped the palace maids.

In the evening, when we returned to the camp set up on the road, order was barely restored.

"What should my father do? What should my father do?"

As soon as he returned to the previous camp, Zhou Xingfan came straight to find Zhan'er. His eyes were red and he asked on the spot, "Did uncle Zhang Han not save the dog thief when he said he wouldn't save it? Why didn't he say a word?"

Lai Zhan'er's face turned red: "I just want to save him, but how can I save him? Your father walked by water, heading straight to the mouth of Shouchuan..."

"Uncle, why do you need to deceive yourself?" Zhou Xingfan asked bluntly. "As long as we can delay this for a day or two, will my father have a few more chances to survive on the South Road? Isn't that saint greedy for life and afraid of death?! That thief Zhang Han is just...

…”

Before he finished speaking, Lai Zhan'er reached out and quickly covered the other person's mouth, just like an adult holding down a child. At the same time, an invisible energy quickly isolated the surrounding area.

It turned out that Lai Zhan'er was also upset. When his nephew came to question him, he actually forgot to take precautions.

The camp where Lai Zhan'er is located is theoretically the secondary camp of the Chinese army, and there are many officers around, not to mention the current chaos? If this word spreads, his life will really be in danger.

However, the more you fear, the more you get... Zhou Xingfan cursed loudly, and there was indeed a group of middle- and low-level servants making a fire outside the tent. The officials heard clearly, and then turned pale in astonishment.

Of course, most of them continued to pretend that they had not heard anything and just bowed their heads in silence.

But after a while, a clerk from the Ministry of Punishment only said that he was going to relieve himself, but he went straight to the imperial court under the eyes of others.

Arriving at the imperial tent, it turned out that the imperial tent was huge and located on a flattened hill, so it had not yet been erected. The emperor only stood on the hillside under the setting sun with many civil servants and servants, watching coldly, and the atmosphere was heavy.

Seeing an opportunity, this person shouted from a distance, saying that he had something to report, but was stopped by the Jinwu Guards outside. He could only ask to see a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Justice as an official of the Ministry of Punishment. At this time, he had nothing to say. The civil and military officials in front of the emperor got the message. Wang Daiji, the Minister of Punishment, immediately walked down.

"Is that so?" After listening to the narration, the yellow-bearded minister was stunned for a moment, and actually had some doubts. Then he turned to look at the man beside him who was covered in dust but obviously had a scimitar hanging on his head. "Zhang Sanlang, what do you think? How should the matter be handled?"

Zhang Xing was speechless and gestured towards the side of the hill with his mouth open, where the view above could be blocked.

Wang Daiji understood, and immediately took a few steps over there, and waved the person over. This official was actually careful, but seeing that there were too many people around, with clothes of different shapes, especially Zhang Sanlang who was in question , he just walked to the Jinwu Guards group on one side and did not get close, so he felt relieved.

However, when the man turned around, Zhang Xing just winked at Qin Bao, who was following behind him. The latter immediately understood and suddenly stepped forward from behind, holding the man's waist with one hand and holding the other man's waist with the other. He pinched the clerk's mouth tightly.

Zhang Xing did not hesitate, and immediately pulled out the sword from the waist of Ding Quan, the Jinwu guard on the side. He stepped forward, used the terrain to cover him, and turned sideways to avoid the possible direction of the jet, killing the man with one blow.

Then he calmly handed the blood-covered knife back to Ding Quan, who had not yet reacted. There was no blood on his body.

Up and down, they were as silent as cicadas, just staring blankly at Qin Bao leaning over to drag the body away.

But at this moment, another change occurred. Suddenly, not far away from the imperial palace, Eunuch Yu came quickly and asked on the spot: "Your Majesty saw the Minister Wang leaving suddenly and asked him what happened when he was in trouble."

Wang Daiji was at a loss and just went to see Zhang Xing.

Zhang Xing was slightly confused, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "I was the one who made the noise. I will go with Wang Shilang."

Eunuch Yu looked at the other party in surprise and then at the blood on the ground. He could only suppress his panic and nodded with all his strength.

After a while, Eunuch Yu and Wang Daiji led Zhang to the front of the emperor. All civil and military officials were there. The emperor frowned and asked Wang Daiji: "Wang Qing, what happened? You left without authorization?"

Wang Daiji immediately moved out of the way, revealing Zhang Xing behind him.

Zhang Xing, without waiting for Wang Daiji to speak, immediately bowed his hands and saluted: "Reporting to your majesty, I am reporting to Zhang Xing, Deputy Chief Inspector of Fulongwei. I just saw several cranes flying towards me at the foot of the mountain with my colleagues. They gathered in front of the emperor and for a while, I didn't know what to do. Just because I know Wang Shilang, I asked Wang Shilang if he wanted to report to the Holy Master, and I didn't want to disturb him...but the crane also flew away."

The emperor was surprised for a moment: "Is it true?"

"It's true." Eunuch Yu suddenly lowered his head and moved forward. "Reporting to the saint, I just went to announce the decree and happened to see the crane rising into the sky at the end."

"It's indeed true." Wang Daiji immediately agreed. "It's a pity that it flew away."

The emperor nodded slowly.

"Your Majesty, this is a good omen." At this moment, Mr. Zhang Han, who had no idea what had happened, suddenly came out and congratulated him with a smile. "The crane is a messenger from heaven. Your Majesty is blessed with good luck and God's will favors you."

The emperor immediately took a long breath, and then looked at Yu Changji who said nothing: "If you have this good omen, please report it in time and receive a reward... I am the deputy inspector, and I will select a county guard for him as a reward!"

With that said, he turned around and walked directly to the imperial tent that had been set up.

In front of the imperial tent under the setting sun, Zhang Xing raised his head in astonishment. He didn't know whether he should feel ridiculous or lucky, but there was definitely no surprise. He asked himself that he had experienced a lot when he became emperor two years ago, and he had a clear conscience.

Moreover, there is meritorious service, but in the past, all kinds of extra money and hard work were not enough to buy an official, but today, because of a lie to fend off the situation, you can easily get the governor of this county?

At the same time, in this Eastern Expedition, which was almost a child's play, how many civilians and soldiers died, and how many good people were forced to rebel?

Why did Sima Erlong cry bitterly in front of such a person?

Why is Xiao Zhou so rude?

The country and the world, the people and officials, top and bottom, rich and poor, what do they really mean in the eyes of this emperor?

While he was stunned, Yu Changji came over, clasped his hands and asked calmly: "You wanted to go to Hebei before? There is a vacancy in Wu'an County, how about it?"

Zhang Xing was silent for a long time, but did not say a word.

Yu Changji nodded: "Then let's go to Wu'an... I'll go write the paperwork and let Eunuch Yu give it to you in the evening."

After saying that, the husband did not blame him, but turned around and went into the imperial tent.

But Zhang Xing remained silent.
Chapter completed!