"Longtou, Housekeeper Chen has arrived with the guests."

The spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. Jia Runshi's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Zhang Xing who was writing something. The latter quickly covered the document and stood up to greet him.

However, before he reached the threshold, he became surprised: "Where's Jia Yue? Didn't he ask him to pick someone up? Why did Chief Chen lead him in?"

"It's not the guests from the North brought by Brother Jia, but the guests from Qinghe brought by Chen Internal Affairs." Jia Runshi immediately added. "Sitting in the front hall, Chen Internal Affairs asked the leader to come... There are three or four people named Cui.

A man named Fang."

Zhang Xing suddenly realized, isn't it? There are people coming from the north, and Qinghe, who is about to have a large-scale battle, is right here. It would be weird if this family can't sit still... No matter how high-minded, at least they have to come.

Can I ask for a peace charm?

I don’t understand this, how come it has continued from before Emperor Bai to now?

In fact, you can tell from the fact that they specifically hired Fang, who was closely related to the gang, to make the ladder. I'm afraid he knows everything he needs to know.

After thinking about this, Zhang Xing thought for a while and then came to give instructions: "Isn't Brother Xie coming from the west? Invite him to come over, and Feng Duan, the surrendered general who was born in the Feng family, come over to accompany the guests. I'll be there right away.

arrive."

After Jia Runshi was ordered to leave, Zhang Dalong went back to sit behind the case for a while, staring at his documents in a daze. Then he got up again, walked out of the backyard door, turned around, and walked up the street.

Go along the corridor of the public house and then turn into the county government courtyard.

At this point, I could already hear Xie Minghe's voice in the county government lobby. It sounded quite happy, but Zhang Xing didn't say anything. Instead, he entered directly from the side door and entered the county office where the main seat had been removed and many desk chairs were placed.

In the Yamen lobby.

Entering the hall, I saw that in addition to Chen Bin, Xie Minghe, Feng Duan, Zu Chenyan, the leader in charge of writing work, was also here, and they were sitting together with five people, including two middle-aged people and three young people.

, all wearing Jinxian crowns, long-sleeved robes, and pale complexions... I don't know if it was an illusion, but Zhang Xing always felt that the middle-aged man at the head seemed a bit familiar.

When these people saw Zhang Xing suddenly come in, Chen Bin and others naturally stood up and saluted. Feng Duan was even more surprised and jumped up like a rabbit, bowed and held hands, not daring to lose etiquette... Of course the five people in Cui Fang knew this.

When the real host arrived, they all avoided the table together and bowed to hold hands in a serious manner, but they did not lose their etiquette.

Zhang Xing just calmly returned the greeting at the seat reserved for himself, and then took advantage of the situation and asked: "I'm Zhang Xing, you can just call me Zhang San... I wonder where the distinguished guest in Qinghe is, how should I address him?"

"Leader, this is Cui Suchen. Cui was born in Zhengzhou, one of the six families of the Cui family in Qinghe. He was the second in the family. After three campaigns, he abandoned his official position and returned home. The two next to him are his younger brothers, Cui Yuchen, the twenty-sixth son of the Qinghe family.

, the twenty-seventh son Cui Zhouchen, and the seventh son Cui Yuanbin, who is the next generation of Xiaofang; and this one is Fang Xuanyuan, the seventeenth son of the Qinghe Fang clan... He is considered the nephew of the three leaders of the gang."

Chen Bin, who is a human being, naturally gave pointers one by one. "I heard that the tomb of General Longtou has a platform here, so I came here to visit."

When Zhang Xing heard this, he was lying if he said he was not surprised at all.

An obvious problem is that although the main line of the Cui family in Qinghe is known as the six-fang family and is widely distributed, this time it was the big and small families of the Qinghe family who encountered the problem face-to-face. As a result, Cui from Zhengzhou, whose home is in Xingyang, was sent over. Why?

mean?

Of course, this question was quickly answered.

"The Wei Dynasty is unruly and suppresses the virtuous." Xie Minghe took over and spoke first. He obviously knew the problem and was too eager to express it. "Of the six Cui families, only Cui Yifang in Zhengzhou was able to serve as an official because he was merged into Guanlong in the early years.

, to continue the glory of his father and ancestors... But even Cui Erlang, Cui Erlang's father in Cuili, Zhengzhou, who was once the military commander of six states, was removed from his important post after the founding of the Wei Dynasty and became a short-term county prince... In this generation, Cui Erlang is the only one.

The three brothers had enough time to break into the house, so most of the four houses of the Qinghe Cui family in Henan and Hebei were visited by them."

Only then did Zhang Xing wake up, but he felt that there was so much to complain about that he was unable to complain.

You must know that no matter how rebellious or noble you are, the root of all confidence is still expressed through political power. From this perspective, Cui Erlang, whose family is in Xingyang, is of course a matter of love for his compatriots here in Hebei.

Excusable.

But on the other hand, before Bai Diye became famous, there were more than a dozen prime ministers and hundreds of county guards and generals in the Tang and Zhou Dynasties. The Cui family of Qinghe, who is known as the best in the world in literature and cultivation, is of course the best in the world.

A top-notch family, otherwise everyone wouldn’t have to seek relatives... Including the royal family of the Great Wei Dynasty and the Yang family of the Great Wei Zhong, they are actually related to the Cui family by marriage... But precisely because the family background is too high, and they are standard Hebei

foundation, so getting married comes down to making friends, and suppression comes down to suppression. During the Wei Dynasty, not only Hebei Sanfang was severely suppressed, but even Zhengzhou Cui Yifang, who had participated in the Guanlong system early, was also obviously suppressed.

Is it okay for the Cui family of Qinghe to be able to handle such a grand event, but only the three Cui Erlang brothers who came from Xingyang, Henan can handle it?

The only thing I have to say is that I have been suppressed to this point, but I can still hold it back. I can act in such a unified manner without even catching the rabbit or letting the eagle fly, which shows that the centripetal force of the clan is not as strong as usual.

Of course, these messy self-reactionary thoughts only passed by in a flash. On the surface, Zhang Xing did not delay at all, and just asked seriously: "Cui Erlang has a kind face, have we met once or twice somewhere? Is it Dongdu?"

"Ashamed." Cui Suchen calmly handed over his hand. "Since the second expedition, I have been the supervisor of the army under Shangzhu Guolai's public account. After the third expedition, Zhang Longtou sold water to kill Zhang Han. The whole army was in commotion, so I took the opportunity to abandon it.

When the official returned home... I should have seen him several times on the way to the Three Expeditions, or at the Dengzhou Camp during the retreat."

It turned out to be the supervisor Sima who came to Zhan'er. His identity and background were probably equal to that of Chen Bin. Zhang Xing nodded, stretched out his hand to indicate, asking everyone to take a seat. He also sat down on the reserved seat, facing

In this empty space at the door.

Combined with the previous delay, it is obvious that this big leader has no desire to perform any handshake and make love to these children of aristocratic families... It's boring, it's really boring. For a person of this kind of background, if you perform it, others will just talk about it.

If you don't tell me, I might even resent you for having dirty hands.

After sitting down, Zhang Sanlang continued to ask: "Since we are acquaintances, let's not talk nonsense. Cui Erlang, you are of the same race. It is not wrong to speak for the big and small houses in Qinghe, but do you know the situation in Qinghe?"

Cui Suchen was stunned for a moment and asked seriously: "What situation does Zhang Longtou want to know?"

"Let's ask in order from front to back. Let me ask a simple question first. How do the Qinghe tribes view the gang? How do they view the Wei imperial court? And how do they view Cao Shancheng, the governor of Qinghe County?" Zhang Xing blurted out.

.

"Zhang Longtou, we are all involved in the disaster of the Three Marches, so I won't say more. The saint abandoned the world, causing chaos in the world, but I don't want to say anything more, because after all, he once served as an official and a minister." Cui Suchen was obviously caught off guard, but

After thinking for a while, he answered in an orderly manner. "As for the heroes of the Gang, I actually admire them very much, because after the Three Expeditions, although both sides of the river were all called rebels, in fact they couldn't tell the difference between bandits and rebels, especially

Who doesn't hate people like Zhang Jinsheng who kill people randomly in the southern half of Qinghe County and kill so many heads? At this time, it was Gang who set an example for the rebels and put this person down together with Sheriff Cao, who was still the county magistrate. We are all

Keep it in mind..."

Just as he said this, he was about to enter the alley. Suddenly, a person hurriedly stepped into the threshold and interrupted everyone. It was Jia Runshi. The latter just handed over his hand: "Leader, Brother Jia will be here soon with his guests from the north.

There is only one older man, who is said to be a deputy commander, and he is accompanied by two middle-aged men and three or four young people, all of whom are obviously good players and are all from the Demon Guards."

Zhang Xing suddenly laughed: "It's a coincidence. Normally there are no guests, but today there are many distinguished guests... If you don't dislike it, you might as well welcome us in and talk together."

After saying that, he stood up and went out to greet Chen Bin, Xie Minghe, Zu Chenyan, Feng Duan and others with different expressions. The Cui family and the Fang family looked at each other, but they could only get up and follow Zhang Xing out.

After a moment, they saw a group of people from the Northland outside the door. The leader was about fifty or sixty years old, with dark skin and dense wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. However, judging from his walking posture, he seemed to be strong and strong in cultivation.

, although the young people behind him are different in height, short, fat and thin, they all have sufficient energy and blood and are quite capable.

As for the costumes of several people, they were actually similar to the local costumes of the Wei Dynasty, but everyone wore a half-length straight knife similar to Jia Yue, and then added a small warrior crown on their heads... In fact, after the Tang Dynasty crossed to the south,

, the small crown that is gradually becoming popular in the world should be a Northland custom, and the straight sword popular in the army should also be a common style in the North... Among them, the elderly man seems to have a white hanging behind his small crown.

The decoration made of fur is somewhat consistent with the uniforms of military attachés in the imperial court.

Seeing that the other party was older, Zhang Xing was much more polite and went downstairs to shake hands: "Which guard commander is he? What is his name? Do you have any friendship with Zhang San... Jia Yue may have said that Zhang San

I have been away from the Northland for many years, and my brain is still injured, so I really can’t remember anything.”

Jia Yue was about to introduce him. Unexpectedly, when the deputy commander from the North saw Zhang Xing taking the initiative to shake hands, he smiled and stepped forward to shake his hand. Then he directly used the ice energy. He was obviously a master of condensation.

, and at the same time, without delaying his words: "It doesn't matter, Xiao Jia has said everything."

Zhang Xing's expression remained unchanged, and the same ice energy surged out, fighting against the opponent in his hands, and then he was curious: "What does Si Ming mean by this? Is it a test of cultivation or does the North really have this etiquette?"

"Everything is possible." The old Siming just laughed, and at the same time his hands were full of energy. "This is called a frank meeting. It is best to exhaust both parties' energy before we can talk... Zhang Sanlang can let go of his worries and try his best.

Give it a try.”

Zhang Xing was of course not polite, and the cold ice energy was gradually released, flowing continuously into his hands and getting stronger and stronger. Where the two of them "crossed each other", the gray-white real energy was clearly visible.

But the opponent's cultivation is obviously not only a condensation pill, but also has extremely deep ice energy.

But just ten breaths later, after completing the test, Zhang Xing simply used his full strength, and the other party became obviously serious. For a while, the surrounding air-conditioning and hot air intersected, causing water vapor to fill the air. However, soon the area of ​​​​the air-conditioning became larger and larger, and the ground was filled with thin air.

When frost flowers appear, many people can't help but shiver and just try to hold on.

After a while, the old Siming guessed something and forced himself to laugh, but he seemed to smile even happier: "That's all right..."

Zhang Xing's expression did not change, and he slowly lost his vitality. Only then did the two of them shake hands and talk seriously in front of the hoarfrost-covered county government office.

"My surname is Hei, and my name is Heiyan." Old Siming said with a smile. "I am the deputy commander of the White Wolf Guard in the Seven Guards of Dangmo."

"So Hei Siming is wearing a white wolf tail?" Zhang Xing couldn't help but think wildly. When they were fighting, half of his eyes were focused on the white fur hanging on the opponent's head.

"No... that's a mink. It's the same thing as the mink on the hat of a high-ranking official in the imperial court. In other words, the mink tail of a high-ranking official in the imperial court comes from the tradition of the North... However, according to this statement, the Seven Guards of the North

Qi Zhen, I am also considered an intruder, so wearing it is not a bad rule." Holding the opponent's hand, Heiyan still smiled. "As for the White Wolf Guard, it is named after the White Wolf Water, and the White Wolf Water is named after it.

On that day, the Black Emperor hunted the white wolf, a dragon species. After such a long time, there was no real white wolf... In the Tang Dynasty, a city was built north of the Bailang River, which was called Liucheng. Therefore, Liucheng Town and the White Wolf Guard were

Among the three towns on the east side of the Northland, Sanweisan is the most southerly and the most convenient place to come to. For this reason, Da Siming has left this job to me. Otherwise, if you really want to be close, it is best to ask your uncle to come over.

It's appropriate, but he is in Iron Mountain Guard, separated by many forces and mountains, which is inconvenient."

Although he had done a little research on the geography, military, and economy of the North out of curiosity, Zhang Xing, who had adapted to Zhenqi for many years, still had a strange feeling that he was back when he first crossed over: "I don't know what to say.

...Is my uncle okay?"

"It's good." Heiyan said. "I heard that you have become successful, and I didn't say that I would break your legs, but I am still worried about you."

"Then what's going on with my uncle?" Zhang Xing finally asked. "I only know his name is Huang Ping."

Hei Lao Siming was stunned for a moment, and everyone around him, whether it was the leader who followed him, Cui Fangzi, who was obviously vigilant, or people from the North, including Jia Runshi and other personal guards, were also stunned.

Then Hei Siming suppressed some weirdness and answered: "He has nothing to say. He was a wanderer when he was young. Then after your parents left, he only worked as a deacon in Tieshan Guard. He is considered to be the most outstanding among the guards, and his cultivation level is also high.
To be continued...