[Rat cat] The legend of Lou Xiaochong

Yan Chasan.

Zhan Zhao silently said the name a few times, and felt a little familiar. Could it be that he had heard of it somewhere?But even if Bai Wuye specially asked for his help... This year, Mr. Bao didn't serve as an examiner; besides, even if he really went to read the papers, he couldn't be partial.On the way back to the government office, Zhan Zhao thought to himself, what Bai Yutang meant was at most to ask him to take care of Mr. Yan's basic necessities, right?

After all, it is Kaifeng. Besides, it is safe and there are three cats and two dogs fighting.Playing around and living a seemingly peaceful life, in a hurry, how many days passed without knowing it.Zhan Zhao suddenly slapped his head and remembered the matter of "Yan Chasan", it was the day when the rankings were released.Squinting against the sunlight for a while, Zhan Zhao was finally sure. The friend Bai Yutang was talking about was actually the number one scholar in the new discipline, and he was at the top of the rankings. From scholars to street vendors, the noises in the streets and alleys were all rumors. That's it.

Now that he has won the number one prize, now that he thinks about it, he must be like the stars holding the moon. Even if he is not the son-in-law from the emperor to the prince as said in the play, the gentry from all walks of life will come to curry favor for fear Not enough, surely I don't need to take care of anything here, right?

Inexplicably, Zhan Zhao didn't really want to find the scholar that Bai Yutang specially entrusted him with, that's why he dragged on for so many days; now that he had good news about him, Zhan Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, and walked briskly back to the yamen, and on the way back to other people. Greeted with a smile twice.

Unexpectedly, he just took a few steps into the gate of the yamen, and before reaching the door of Mr. Bao's study, he heard the sound of laughter in the room from a distance.Zhan Zhao was puzzled, how long has it been since Mr. Bao smiled like this?

Just as he was thinking about it, the door of the study was opened a little wider. Mr. Gongsun turned out cheerfully, and when he saw Zhan Zhao, he beckoned him to come closer: "Hurry up and get acquainted in the room, who am I supposed to be the champion of the new department this time?" It turned out to be a student that Lao Bao taught back then, Yan Er!"

Enter the room and see a real person—this champion is about twenty years old?With a thin and small body, he looks younger than Bai Yutang.After meeting Li and chatting for a while, they realized that this Yan Xianggong himself did not expect to achieve such a high level. Apart from being pleasantly surprised, he was also afraid that he would be entangled by some idle people and make some "reciprocity" with him.

Yan Chasan was a little shy when he said this: "Students are still worthless after all. When I came to Beijing last year, I was afraid of being gossiped, so I hid quietly in a small inn and did not dare to come to see the teacher; now I am afraid of being entangled or a small Be careful not to accept any kind of favor that you can't afford, and run to the teacher to take refuge."

"It's okay, it's okay." Master Bao waved his hand to teach him not to mind, "Now that you are in Huangbang High School, you will naturally become an official, and you have to learn these things slowly; but the most important thing is to be loyal to the emperor and the heart of the country. If you can maintain a clean and honest spirit, how to deal with people is a small skill." Yan Chasan nodded quickly in response.

But talking about Zhan Zhao, Master Bao mentioned Yan Chasan for a while, the teacher and the student were reminiscing about the old days, and they didn't know how to interject to ask him how he met Bai Yutang.Thinking about it, could it be that Bai Yutang was naturally fond of making friends, so he actually got acquainted with a scholar?After a few casual responses from the sidelines, Zhan Zhao found an excuse to get up and leave, and before leaving the room, he took a few glances at Yan Chasan secretly - judging by his appearance, this is a decent young man, the only difference is years of experience , don't worry about him anything.

Master Zhan Zhao resigned and went back to rest, while Yan Chasan was sent back by Master Bao after just sitting there, and he was not allowed to eat.

In any case, they are all new champions, and some people and things cannot be escaped.What's more, Yan Chasan didn't know, Master Bao knew very well - he should go back and wait honestly for the emperor to send someone to tell him when to learn the etiquette and when to face the emperor.Stroking his beard and looking up at the sky, Mr. Bao recalled that when he passed the exam, he once swam across the street in red and colorful horses.

Spring begins.I inadvertently watched the buds grow on the branches of the trees. After a light rain, the red and purple flowers bloomed all over the ground.

The days were unusually peaceful, if not for a letter with a picture of a white mouse coming to Zhan Zhao every three and a half days, he would almost have thought that he had had a long and boring dream, in which nothing but eating and sleeping Only patrolling the streets and daze.

Until this day, Mr. Gongsun was watering the flowers again, as if he had no intention of doing so, and said to Zhan Zhao, "Do you still remember that Yan Chasan, Guard Zhan? Now he's a censor."

Supervising the censor, the official residence is Qipin.The grade is not high and the portion is not light.

What's more, Yan Chasan, the supervisory censor, was specially appointed by the emperor to patrol Xiangyang.

With the incident in Xiangyang secretly reported by Kaifeng Mansion before, with the teacher-student friendship between Yan Chasan and Bao Zheng, and the meaning of the emperor, it is self-evident.

Now that the matter has come to this point, I don't know how much the King of Xiangyang is on guard.However, from Mr. Bao to Mr. Yan, when they talked about those things that caused chaos and shaken the foundation of the country, they were all impassioned and irreconcilable.What's more, according to various dark sources, the King of Xiangyang has colluded with foreigners and harmed the people of the Great Song Dynasty in recent years.

"That's what you say." Mr. Gongsun glanced sideways at Mr. Bao's face full of righteousness, and slowly persuaded Zhan Zhao, "But how much power does the one in Xiangyang actually have? A peaceful life, enough food and clothing, except for him The officials of this state may have recruited a few, that is, the neighboring state capital, those leading herdsmen, how many of them are determined to rebel with him? Even if the number is staggering, most of them are vacillating, just waiting to see What is the direction of the wind?"

Zhan Zhao nodded silently, and Yan Chasan also clapped his hands and said yes: "Sir, what you said is right, I don't believe it either, how could King He De of Xiangyang pull many people to work with him for nothing?"

"Hey, don't be careless—" Mr. Gongsun nodded his fingers, "That old prince is old, I'm afraid he didn't make a big fuss. But he relies on two things, one is the evil wolf of Xixia, and the other is the desperate man who has collected a lot of money from the world. Disciple. Nothing to say before, I have always wanted to kill me in the Song Dynasty, so I can only hope that the northwest frontier is strong; the latter is the same, but there are crooked ways and evil methods to the extreme, so you must be careful at the time, and this is the specialty of the exhibition guard."

Since Guard Zhan was named, he took advantage of the situation and asked for orders to accompany him.

Not to mention how Yan Chasan bid farewell to Kaifeng and rushed to Xiangyang, nor how Zhan Zhao guarded the night without taking off his clothes.Let's just say that it is five hundred miles away from Xiangyang this day, and it is getting late. The patrollers and the horses and horses rested at the post station. He was greeted.

Could it be... Zhan Zhao had a thought, and jumped onto the wall. Looking up, it turned out to be Jiang Ping, the Jiangshu.

Jiang Ping was squatting on the back eaves of the shop opposite, playing with a twisted whistle of a piece of tender wicker in his hand, when he saw Zhan Zhao looking over, he waved: "Hey, little cat Zhan, my fifth younger brother was captured by the Xiangyang prefect. , do you care?"

……What? !Zhan Zhao was startled: "What is the situation, please let the Four Heroes explain clearly—"

Shrugging his shoulders and changing from squatting to sitting, Jiang Ping was not in a hurry: "Hey, didn't we investigate some case? Our fifth disciple became a little irritable, so he ran to Xiangyang alone. It was also unlucky, he was walking in Xiangyang City that day. In the middle of the street, he suddenly heard a gust of wind in the back of his head. He closed his scabbard and swept back without looking at him, and he knocked down the single Miao Miao Baobao who was the prefect of Xiangyang. If you don’t agree, my fifth younger brother will be arrested!”

"..." Zhan Zhao rubbed his temples, "The story of the Four Heroes is a little too rounded." Not to mention that Bai Yutang went to Xiangyang "alone", but how could this story be passed on as if he had seen it personally? Could the young master be mistaken by Bai Yutang for an enemy attack while he was walking?And how could Bai Yutang be captured so easily?

Jiang Ping cupped his fists pretending not to know: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to go around in circles with this man, so he said bluntly: "Bai Yutang entered the enemy's line alone, but it was a dangerous move... I don't know if the heroes of Trapped Island have arranged a way to meet them number?"

"Sure!" Jiang Ping patted his chest, "It's not just five of us brothers. It's been a few months, and many heroes have worked hard in secret! To tell you the truth, the fourth master came here today. It's a trivial matter to tease cats. It’s just to say—don’t make any mistakes in the bureaucratic matter on the surface, and the rest of the Buddha’s words can’t be said. Snakes have snakes and rats have rats. He tricks us and we follow each other... Hey, Zhan Zhao You won’t even lose your courage when you enter the Yamen, what are you frowning? To tell you the truth, even our brothers have got the most important organ map, so what do you have to worry about?”

Jiang Ping was talking, and suddenly looked at the moon: "It's time, don't talk nonsense with you, I have an appointment!" He jumped up, straightened his clothes carefully, and ran along the roof.

If this is the case... Zhan Zhao watched Jiang Ping leap off the eaves far away from his back, and disappeared around the corner. For some reason, his heart became more and more anxious.

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The next step is to overthrow King Xiangyang!But that's not the point, the point is to let Xiaobai out to kill everyone!