Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Outside the meeting hall, there was a mass of soldiers' heads in darkness, surrounding a wide open space in the middle.

On the spear in Horton's hand, there was a bunch of bright red knots tied at the junction of the spear head and the barrel.

The Yang family's pear flower spear is a marksmanship that is widely spread in the army and among the people. It is not a unique secret skill, but in his hands, it has the effect of being as immovable as a mountain and as moving as a thunder.The imaginary, real, odd, and positive moves complement each other, unstoppable when advancing sharply, and unstoppable when retreating quickly, and the stronger the stronger.

The soldiers watching the battle around were also fascinated, bursting into applause from time to time.Although the border has been turbulent in recent years, they have to fight with a small group of Tatar cavalry from time to time, but there is almost no face-to-face confrontation with a large army, and naturally there is no chance to see the adults who join the army try their best to show their marksmanship. After all, the entire Qingshui camp has no ability The man who passed twenty strokes under Horton's gun.

But among the Oirats who trespassed into the meeting hall today, the big man at the head, with a scimitar, fought against Huo Dun with all kinds of tricks and still did not lose the wind, and even seemed to be overwhelmed.

You know, one inch is long and one inch is strong, and one inch is short and one inch is dangerous. Short soldiers are at a disadvantage when they meet long soldiers.

The two fought back and forth with guns and knives for half an hour. The field was so full of energy that even the brick-painted walls were shaken in several places, and the floor tiles were also broken a lot.Beads of sweat oozed from Huo Dun's forehead, and the robe inside the armor was already soaked, but the big Oara man seemed to have just finished warming up, and he didn't even break out a drop of sweat.

Such inhuman physical strength is truly terrifying!

Yan Chengxue couldn't wait in the back, and went back to the second floor to watch the battle. She was terrified, but her face showed displeasure, and she said half-coldly: "Is your master joining the army sick? If you don't order ten thousand arrows to shoot, you will be defeated. You have to fight in person, and you thought it was the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where the generals are fighting one by one? I think he only has arms and legs, but no brains."

Huo Dun's soldiers wondered whether Mr. Yan and Mr. Huo were close friends or old enemies when Mr. Yan was so unforgiving.

A soldier said: "Master Joining the Army is probably...he is happy to see Lie Xin. It has been several years, and I have heard him complain that there are no opponents who are strong enough, and it is not fun to fight."

Yan Chengxue said: "This is enough, let's play with my life. Go down and get him back, and tell me that I'm going to shoot an arrow. If he doesn't withdraw, we will shoot together into hedgehogs." When he said these words, his face was unmoved and very serious.

The soldiers were stunned at Master Yan's vicious heart, worried that he would really do it, and because of his years of despicable prestige, he dared not dissuade him, so he had to run down and join the battle with a gun.

Huo Dun was fighting fiercely, sweating profusely. Although he was struggling harder, his fighting spirit was also aroused. He didn't want anyone to disturb the situation, so he immediately cursed: "Get out! You have no place to intervene here!"

The soldiers laughed bitterly: "Master Yan is going to shoot us all into sieves."

Huo Dun was startled, not knowing what bad idea this living Hades was planning, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the outer corridor on the second floor.

Altan took the opportunity to shake off the point of his spear, and put the blade on his neck.

As expected, Yan Chengxue did what he said, and ordered the archers ambushing on the roof of the meeting hall: "Aim at that tartar, shoot!"

The archer is nominally a garrison of the Qingshui Battalion, but he trained it himself.

This minister of the Taipu Temple, as a civil servant, is in charge of horse administration in Shaanxi, but he has no interest in his job, and he doesn't want to deal with the bullshit things in the supervisory courts under his jurisdiction, and he doesn't have the patience to deal with them. Ambitious about military affairs such as marching troops and training soldiers.

What's more, he is insidious, used to tricks, and he is one-sided. Fortunately, Huo Dun, who joined the army, accommodated him in every possible way, and even entrusted his soldiers to him for training.

The first gist of his training of soldiers is "Military orders are like mountains", even if the point of the arrow may affect the superior, once the military order is issued, it must be implemented.

The archer has been trained by him to be a machine, and when he hears an order, he releases the arrow.The arrow shot straight into the field like a meteor.Although the target was the Oirat man, Huo Dun was too close, and it was inevitable that Chi Yu would be hurt.

At the critical moment, Huo Dun grabbed the soldier's collar, and the lazy donkey rolled back and turned over one after another, only to avoid several arrows that almost pierced his body.

He raised his head and shouted towards the second floor: "It's too much, Yan Chengxue! You're going too far this time!"

The corners of Yan Chengxue's lips showed pleasure, and she raised her eyebrows and said, "Didn't I tell you to withdraw, you didn't listen. Well, it's okay. I know you can avoid arrows, just as I know you can shoot three more arrows." After five rounds, you will be injured by that tartar knife."

Huo Dun scolded him for thanking him or not, and finally he had to laugh dryly, "Master Yan's concern is really ingenious, just don't let it happen again, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it."

Besides, when the arrow was about to fall, Altan let out a roar like a tiger, turned around and rushed to the meeting hall, and slammed into the pillar with a knife.

The thick and thin wooden pillars of the copper basin were hit by him with all his strength, and they fell to the ground with a bang. The whole roof collapsed with a crash, most of the arrows missed, and some of the arrows chasing after them were also blocked by countless falling tiles.He knocked down the colonnade on the left, and, still unrepentant, rushed to the right, knocking down the other pillar as well.

Losing the support of the two load-bearing columns, the entire outer roof of the meeting hall collapsed, and the tiles on the higher roof ridges also slid off one after another. The archers fell to the ground like dumplings, and couldn't get up for a while.

Huo Dun was shocked: "Is this a fucking human being? Xiong Wei who has cultivated into a spirit in the old forest doesn't have such great strength!"

With a sullen face, Yan Chengxue said angrily: "It's because you didn't make the camp strong! What are you doing in a daze, if you don't want to fight with wheels, do you still want to fight one-on-one? With the weapon I poisoned you last time, just swipe Even a little bit of skin and flesh can bring down a bear, let alone a human!"

Huo Dun heard that "Zhihu Zhe Ye" came out, and knew that the hatred had penetrated into his bones. Even if he had only six points of killing intent towards the Nawala people, now it has become twelve points, and he will not die.

Can't help but sigh secretly: How can a civil servant who looks gentle and clean be more fierce than a military general who kills enemies on the battlefield like him?

He jumped up to the second floor and asked, "[-] ransom, do you want it?"

The corner of Yan Chengxue's mouth twisted, as if he was struggling, but he quickly made a decision: "Although war horses are in short supply, if you can't take him down, you will suffer from it, and you will not only lose a meeting hall." The matter has come to this point, and Liang Zi has also become deeply involved, no matter whether he is from the Wala tribe or not, there will be endless troubles if he is not killed."

Huo Dun knew how to persuade him not to move, so he had to acquiesce.

"I don't think you can do this," said a strange man's voice.The source of the sound was at the corner of the verandah two or three feet away.

Huo Dun's heart was awe-inspiring: Someone sneaked into the camp without anyone noticing, within three feet of him, and he didn't realize the existence of the other party until he made a sound?

He pulled Yan Chengxue back, and shouted towards the corner: "Who is sneaking around? Come out!"

Yan Chengxue staggered from being pulled, supported his shoulders to stand firm, adjusted the black veil on his head, and confirmed that his appearance was intact, before he said: "This is not good, what can I do? Let the Tartars control the camp." The fort was demolished?"

At the corner of the corridor on the second floor, two men appeared.

One was about sixteen or seventeen years old, he was a handsome and elegant scholar, with a slight smile on his mouth, and he was calmly clapping his hands.The other was in his early twenties, dressed as a bodyguard, his appearance was not impressive, but the brilliance contained in his eyes was as divine as God, which made Huo Dun feel chills at the first sight, thinking that this person was as dangerous as the prehistoric beast in the field. Compared with the big man of Wala, he is not far behind.

The young scholar cupped his hands at them and said, "I have seen Yan Siqing and Huo Canjun."

Yan Chengxue knew that these two people could sneak into the camp, at least one of them was a master of martial arts, probably the guard with lightning eyes.Guessing that the other party's visitor was not kind, he said with a straight face, "Knowing our identities, why don't you kowtow to the government as a public opinion?"

The young scholar said: "I'm kidding, it's true that you don't need to pray. I'm a scholar from Fuzhou Prefecture."

"This official is not the county magistrate." Yan Chengxue sarcastically said.This is mocking him. He only knows that a scholar doesn't have to bow down to the magistrate, but he doesn't know that there are people in the world, and there is a sky beyond the sky.

The young scholar smiled and continued, "Geng Yin is an imperial examiner."

Yan Chengxue's complexion changed slightly: Juren can be called a master, and has the qualifications to be an official. Even if he is not an official, he is still a local celebrity.What's more, this scholar is only sixteen or seventeen years old. If he was selected three years ago... a 13-year-old child prodigy, doesn't he have an official status now?

Sure enough, he heard the other party say again: "The second-class Jinshi in the Guisi Division, the emperor bestows on the Shu Jishi."

This year is the Year of Guisi.Yan Chengxue lost his voice and said, "Jinshi in the current department? Second-class, it is a concubine granted by the emperor, not a selected scholar. If I remember correctly, there is only one person...you are Su Shishi!"

Su Yan smiled wryly: "I didn't expect this nickname to be spread from the capital to the border."

Yan Chengxue sneered: "Su Shaoqing in Dali Temple has a great reputation and is burning fiercely. It's hard not to hear it. Now even if he is demoted and released as Su Yushi, he is still doing extraordinary things. I don't know but I want to be here in Qingshui, Lingzhou. Which unlucky ghost was brought down in the camp?"

"Wait a minute!" Huo Dun said, "You claim to be Yu Shi Su Yan, do you have evidence? You can't just knock your teeth up and down, just say yes?"

Su Yan thought to himself, if I have the documents and holy decrees, why do I still need Ah Zhui to sneak in with my back?You have to open the gate of the camp and welcome me in politely.

However, I heard from the guards at the gate of the camp that there were spies from Wala armed with weapons who broke into the important military aircraft and wanted to assassinate the border officials, and the garrison was arresting these people.He was worried that Altan would be framed for forcibly conscripting horses, and this crime was enough to be settled, so even if he lost his identity certificate, he had to bite the bullet and check the situation first.

Right now, he must not show his timidity, he said calmly: "I have appointment documents to prove it, as well as an imperial edict, but I will not carry it with me. If Huo Canjun has any doubts, he might as well wait until this matter is settled, and follow me Pick it up from the inn."

He pointed at the half-collapsed council hall, Altan, who was fighting with soldiers on the school field, and asked with a half-smile, "How do you two adults plan to end this situation?"

Yan Chengxue said: "Beiyi spies, just take down and behead them."

"How do you prove it's a spy?"

"Break into the meeting hall with a knife. If you are not a spy, you are an assassin. If you are also killed, you will never wait."

Su Yan said: "But I heard from the guard at the gate of the camp that it was the horse recruiter who brought these Oirats in. Could it be that the horse recruiter under Lord Yan's command is also a spy?"

Yan Chengxue's complexion was pale and pale, and she looked more and more like a soulless corpse, "These Wala people did not cooperate with the conscription order. Si Cheng wanted to have a face-to-face meeting with them, but who would have expected them to break into the meeting hall with evil intentions?" Su Yushi is so aggressive, does he suspect that I am also a spy?"

Su Yan shook his head: "I'm not worried that Mr. Yan is a spy with ties to foreign countries, but I'm worried that you went astray in the opposite direction. The so-called 'horse conquest order' is clearly an order to buy and sell by force. The officials under your command openly embezzled special banks and extorted bribes. , Take kickbacks, do you know about this?"

He didn't intend to be so straight-forward, but when he met Yan Chengxue and watched his words and deeds, he realized that although this person acted viciously and unscrupulously, he was not a hypocritical person. He directly knocked on the mountain to shake the tiger and see the tiger's reaction, maybe he could get unexpected results.

As expected, Yan Chengxue made no excuses, and had his own set of arguments: "The number of war horses is extremely scarce, the cavalry can't be trained, and the horse order cannot be issued. How to solve it? If Beiyi is allowed to call the price, a horse can be called a hundred catties of tea." I can figure it out. Who knows if the tea, salt, and iron went to their hands, whether they went to the Tatars or other tribes that were enemies of my Ming Dynasty? Buying horses from the Northern Yi was originally an act of capitalizing on the enemy, and the imperial court made such a bad plan It is also forced by helplessness, so naturally it can be lowered as low as it can be.

"As for corruption and bribery, it's actually not that serious. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The officials in Taipu Temple and Yuanma Temple are low-status, and the firewood and silver are meager. If they don't rely on extra means to earn some money to live on, who would want to do this job?" Besides, half of the kickbacks have to be blamed on the sellers. Some merchants are cheap, and would rather take [-]% as a kickback to the clerk, thinking that they will be taken care of after paying a bribe, rather than sell it to the government for [-]% of the real price. I have suffered. This kind of idiot, who will be treated if they are not punished?"

"Talent!" Su Yan looked at the director of the Horse Administration Department of Shaanxi Province, and said with emotion, "It's a waste of talent to let you manage the horse administration."

Yan Chengxue gritted her teeth and remained silent when Su Yan spoke sarcastically due to the identity of the other party's censor, but the fingers in her sleeves trembled slightly from the anger, as if she couldn't explain it.

However, Huo Dun knew his dark and irritable temper. When he turned around and sent Su Yan, the god of plague, away, he might have to vent his anger on himself. He immediately changed the topic and asked: "Su Yushi thinks the matter is over. , how should it end?"

Su Yan said: "On the way here, I came across this group of Wala people. They said they came to Qingshui Yingma Market to sell horses. I have observed for a few days, and I haven't found anything strange yet, but I may not completely trust them. If today's The matter is only caused by the price being unable to be negotiated, I will save face and discuss it with him to see if we can negotiate a price acceptable to both parties, as long as no one is dead, it is easy to talk about."

After all, Huo Dun still has a bit of righteousness, and he is embarrassed to say that it is not only because the price cannot be negotiated, but Yan Chengxue has a bad intention. Not only does he want to seize these good horses, but he also wants to kidnap them for ransom. Solve the urgent need of frontier cavalry.

——You must know that in the eyes of this Lord Yan, people other than the subjects of Da Ming are barbarians and do not deserve to enjoy basic human rights.

But even if Su Yan knew about it, he might not feel that this kind of thinking was so unreasonable.After all, he is also a Han himself, and he believes that a narrow nationalist and nationalist is not the same as heinous, and even at certain critical moments, it can also play a role in slanting the sword.It is said that the ass decides the head, at least this Lord Yan put his ass firmly on Daming's side, which is much better than those villains who betray the country and seek glory.

Yan Chengxue glanced at Huo Dun: "If Mr. Huo hadn't acted quite anciently and had to be singled out, I would have shot these Wala people into hedgehogs, and there wouldn't be so many troubles."

Huo Dun thought to himself: It's clear that you want to exchange people for ransom, and you ordered not to kill them first, but later you can't take them down, and you have to kill people, it's my fault.

But since Yan Chengxue said so, he wouldn't tear down the stage in public, so he shouldered the responsibility of Dao (ji) Yi (friend) once and silently carried the pot.

Su Yan said: "It's also fortunate that Huo Canjun likes to fight alone, otherwise this matter would really be difficult to resolve peacefully. Moreover, there are clues on these Oirats that I must investigate. In Hengliangzi Town, Jin Yiwei and I They were attacked by Tatar cavalry and separated twice. I suspect that there is a problem with the identity of the Tatars."

Yan Chengxue's pupils shrank, and immediately grasped the point: "The doubts about the identities of the Tatars, but the clues fell on these Oirats? Could it be that the Tatars and Oirats are in conflict on the surface, but they are colluding behind the scenes?" , want to harm my Da Ming?"

Su Yan shook his head: "It's too early to say. But these Wala people can't die. If Master Yan is worried, just keep them in Qingshui Camp and not let them out of the city."

Compared with the national crisis, the frontier army's lack of horses did not seem so urgent.It was only then that Yan Chengxue completely extinguished her desire to kill, and shouted to the bottom: "Stop fighting, both sides stop fighting, this is a misunderstanding."

Horton also yelled, "Stop it all!"

The garrison injured many people. The reason why there were no deaths was because Altan was afraid. After all, he was different from ordinary Oirats.Therefore, when fighting in the meeting hall, order your subordinates not to kill as much as possible, and just destroy the opponent's combat effectiveness.

The Oirats were also injured, but no one was killed so far, because they spent most of the time standing under the eaves, watching their prince and the general of the Ming army fight one-on-one.

Later, the archers shot arrows at Altan, and he knocked down the roof. These Oirats were also buried in the rubble. The three of them also chatted wildly, and shouted to stop.

Su Yan also raised his voice and shouted: "Altan!"

Altan was kicking a pawn who was too late to withdraw his sword and flew away. Hearing the sound, he looked at him and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Su Yan said: "I'm here to be the mediator. It's true that they planned to arrest you. It was indeed wrong. Now you have fought back and knocked down their meeting hall. Since both sides are hard to get off, why don't I mediate in the middle?" , the two sides sit down and talk. After all, the negotiation table is the best place to go when neither side wants to make trouble out of hand."

Altan stared at him and Jing Hong, then turned his gaze to Yan Chengxue and Huo Dun, his expression was complicated, he didn't know what was going on in his heart, but it could be seen that he was very unhappy.

But after thinking for a moment, he stopped and replied: "A truce is fine, I want to take away the detained clansmen. In addition, if you want to talk, go to the Qingshuihe Grassland and let them talk in my tent without bringing soldiers. These inscriptions I can't trust any officials in the country!"

After speaking, he helped up his injured companion and left without looking back.

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Huo Dun was still concerned about his identity certificate, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Since the matter has been settled, it is inconvenient to live in an inn, why don't I send troops to escort Mrs. Su to the inn to retrieve the salute, and stay in the Xicheng Yingbao, which is also convenient for Su. My lord will discuss matters with my lord Yan."

Su Yan was a little nervous, he didn't know when he would not be able to get anything out, and then told them that the document was lost due to an attack, maybe it was in the hands of the lost Jin Yiwei, and he would be able to prove it when he found those guards - this sounded fake, But it is completely factual, can they accept it?

This Lord Yan probably wanted to order him to be put in a prison, and he would not be released until he was found to be righteous.

Just now, he has been devoted to his duties as a shadow guard, and Jing Hong chased him without saying a word the whole time. He seemed to feel the uneasiness in Su Yan's heart, and sent a voice transmission to say: "My lord, don't worry. If they really don't believe me, I can still send you out of the city safely." go."

Su Yan thinks about it too, with Ah Zhui here, at least he doesn't have to worry about his personal safety, so he nodded at Huo Dun: "Lao Huo is joining the army."

The two took a step ahead and went downstairs on the wooden ladder.

Huo Dun stared at Jing Hongzhui's back, and felt that he seemed to say something secretly to Su Yan, but the other party's martial arts were profound, and his voice was so concentrated that he couldn't hear him at all.

He thought for a while, deliberately lagged behind a few steps, and whispered to Yan Chengxue: "I'd better go there in person, and if I find that the identities of the two are different, I will take it down on the spot."

Yan Chengxue said: "That guard might be an expert, so it's hard to catch him."

"It's okay, I'll bring more people."

"Take my poisoned weapon, or I will go with you."

Huo Dun smiled helplessly: "Okay. You'd better go back and take a shower and rest, look at the dust."

Yan Chengxue is a bit of a cleanliness freak, and she pays special attention to her appearance. He said this, and she desperately wanted to take a bath and change clothes, so she left directly.

Huo Dun personally led the troops to escort Su Yan and the two out of the camp to the Baiyun Inn in the east city.

They had just entered the inn, two streets away, Chu Yuan was leading [-] cavalry, led by the commander of the garrison, heading straight for the Xicheng camp.