Three thousand miles in exile

Cangyun Town.

It was snowy outside the window, and the burning ground dragon in the martial arts hall was as warm as spring. Liu Mingcong and Liu Youning practiced swinging their knives and sweated profusely.

In the first year of Xuanhe, Liu Mingcong was 14 years old, and Liu Youning was 12 years old. At this age, the skeleton was also strong. Liu Zhan, who had always seemed to be indifferent, suddenly ordered the two teenagers to teach martial arts in person.

In previous years, both of them learned some basic skills from Mr. Wu, which was nothing more than horseback riding, archery, horse stepping and boxing, but what Liu Zhan taught was actual combat.

It is not easy for a young man to swing a long knife weighing eight catties a hundred times, but Liu Zhan does not intend to let it go.

Liu Mingcong and Liu Youning have never experienced hardship since they were young, and their physical fitness is not as solid as Liu Zhan's back then. They have to train their bodies to be solid in the devil training time and time again.

It didn't take long for the two teenagers to become paralyzed from exhaustion, and their hands were so sore that they couldn't lift them up.

"How many swipes will it be enough?" Liu Zhan sat on the grand master's chair and supervised the criticism of the two teenagers swiping their knives.

"Swinging a knife a hundred times in the barracks is the basic skill of daily morning training. If you two can't even practice the basic skill well, how can you convince the generals? Don't think that one is the young master and the other is my son. It's strength, understand?"

"Understood!" The two teenagers agreed loudly.

"Starting tomorrow, after running in the morning, swing the knife fifty times a day, and increase to a hundred times in a month." Liu Zhan looked at the boy on the ground with a serious face while supporting the arm of the chair with one hand.

"Follow me to Jinyang in spring, and I will arrange for someone to teach you martial arts. When you win the top three in the camp competition, you will be eligible to seek an official position under my command. If you fail, let your son inherit the Qi Yun army. The handsome seal in my hand will not be given to the incompetent."

After hearing this, the two teenagers struggled to get up, but they didn't have the strength to stand up and could only kneel on the ground. "We're going to get top three!"

That morning, Liu Zhan's words spread throughout the Liu family.

Liu Xueyuan frowned, and the Dragon Well before Yu, which was one hundred taels of silver in his hand, had no taste, and he couldn't help sighing.

The eldest lady Zhao said with a smile: "In the past, Zhan'er worried about you even if he didn't care, but now Zhan'er worries about you if he takes care of you."

"Oh, this is not too harsh." Liu Xueyuan sighed. "Everything else is easy to say. It is not easy to win the top three in the military camp. You are a woman who doesn't understand. Zhan'er's men are more capable than others, and they are not easy to deal with."

How else can you say that knowing a son is better than a father, Liu Xueyuan is worried that Liu Zhan will never open the back door, what if Liu Mingcong really can't win the top three?

Zhao said: "Zhan'er's arrangement naturally has his reasons. The Cao brothers and Xiao Lian are all taught by Zhan'er. As long as Cong'er and Ning'er are willing to learn, they may not be able to succeed."

Liu Xueyuan was still worried.

In the martial arts hall, the two teenagers had already gone down to rest, and Liu Zhan was practicing Mo Dao Kung Fu alone.

Song Fenglin hurried in, and he received a letter from the capital as soon as the road on Qiyun Mountain opened in March.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Liu Zhan stopped immediately.

"A letter from Pei Gongli, Zhou Chan killed Zhou Sui and his son and daughter!"

In the letter, Pei Gongli explained in detail the cause and effect of the incident, as well as the internal reasons for the housekeeper's personal revenge. Finally, Pei Gongli begged Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin to take him out of Zhou Chan's side, even if he returned to northern Xinjiang as a small official.

After reading the letter, Liu Zhan raised his head and laughed. "Madam, we just said to wait for the opportunity to take revenge, and this opportunity has come."

This is an opportunity. Zhou Chan killed Zhou Sui and his sons and daughters, and ruined his family. This is an inevitable break between master and servant, which is good news for Liu Zhan who wants to continue to expand north.

Secondly, if Pei Gongli wanted to surrender, he could get a lot of secrets from him that the Zhou family didn't know.

"Pei Gongli may be able to use this person." Song Fenglin's eyes changed several times, and he already had an idea in his mind.

"You can use him to bring down Zhou Chan, but you don't need to go back to northern Xinjiang. This man is treacherous and unusable." Liu Zhan snorted coldly. Pei Gongli has often found trouble for Qi Yunjun in recent years.

It can be said that Pei Gongli is a qualified counselor who is by Zhou Chan's side, and he does all those things for Zhou Chan to put people on.

Seeing that Zhou Chan was getting more and more mad now, she knew that she would not be able to save herself, so she sent such a letter. It was a grandiose statement, but it was all for saving her life.

Besides begging Liu Zhan to let him go back to northern Xinjiang, where else could he go as a lackey of the Zhou family?

In order to save his life, Pei Gongli will sell Zhou Chan completely.

There was determination in Song Fenglin's eyes. "Dijing is too far away from Jinyang, and letters cannot be arranged. I want to go to Dijing."

Others might not know, but Liu Zhan knew very well how long Song Fenglin had been waiting for this day, and he must have personally gone to settle this vendetta.

"I'll go with you." Liu Zhan said without thinking.

"But, the two of us left at the same time, who in Northern Xinjiang will host it?" Song Fenglin still felt that he could go by himself.

Liu Zhan stretched out his hand and pulled him to him, looking at his phoenix eyes, Liu Zhan's tone was calm but unquestionable.

"The chaos in the imperial capital is unpredictable. How can I rest assured if you go alone? Jinyang has Wen Qingshan, and Cao Zhuang and Li Xiaolian are in the army. Just let them take care of you."

Sooner or later, the two of them and Zhou Chan will come to an end, this is not a matter for Song Fenglin alone, they should face it together.

However, the two of them can't just leave as soon as they say it. Many things have to be arranged properly before leaving.

Early the next morning, the two set off for Jinyang.

Liu Zhan originally planned to take Liu Mingcong and Liu Youning with him, but temporarily kept them in Cangyun Town due to changes in the situation.

As soon as he arrived in Jinyang, Liu Zhan went to the barracks to arrange matters, while Song Fenglin recruited the shopkeeper of Liu Ji Commercial Company to arrange to enter the imperial capital.

Of course, he and Liu Zhan couldn't just go like this, there was still some manipulation involved.

Liu Cheng immediately volunteered as soon as he heard it. "Mr. Song, I will go with you."

"Inappropriate." Song Fenglin immediately vetoed it. "You stay in Jinyang to arrange the caravan. When I'm not around, you will be in charge of the important affairs of the local colonies."

Liu Ji Commercial Bank has branches all over the world, and there are many documents waiting for approval every day. Most of them are handled by the secretariat. Liu Cheng just needs to be responsible together with the secretariat.

In this case, another person had to be arranged to go south with Song Fenglin.

"It's better to let Chen Gong serve you and the general. It just so happens that Chen Gong returned to northern Xinjiang for the winter this year, and now he is in Wuyuan County." Liu Cheng said.

It just so happened that Chen Gong was the manager of the Dijing branch, so it was also suitable for him to accompany the two of them.

On the same day, Liu Cheng sent someone to inform Chen Gong.

In Wuyuan County, when Chen Gongna entered the small courtyard early in the morning, they were noisy. Their family was not separated, and the two younger brothers lived together when they got married.

Chen Gong spent the Spring Festival in the Imperial Capital last year, and this year he couldn't shirk his return. The noise made him unable to sleep at dawn this day, and he just felt restless.

"Our family has to change to a big house. There are seven or eight grandchildren in our generation. How can we live comfortably?" Chen Gong's mother sighed there early in the morning, speaking loudly on purpose.

Liu Yuexin was also woken up, she wanted to lean against Chen Gong for a while, but Chen Gong turned his back on her.

In the yard, the daughter-in-law also sighed. "Uncle is just a shopkeeper doing nothing, and he doesn't earn much money. I heard that there is a four-in-one shop on the east side. You can go and talk to the general."

Hearing this, Liu Yuexin opened her eyes angrily, so she suggested that Chen Gong act for her again at home.

"Go and take care of your mother. There's a lot of noise about moving out. How can I get so much money to buy her a house!" Liu Yuexin was upset, and her tone was serious.

Chen Gong took three deep breaths before he lost his temper.

"There are many people in the family, so you should take care of them." He said softly with his back turned.

"Why don't you tell me to separate the family, my dowry is already spent, how will I live if I go on?" Liu Yuexin is a straightforward person who can say whatever comes to her mind.

"Let's talk about the separation." Chen Gong closed his eyes.

It's okay not to separate families, but Liu Yuexin has other ideas. "Why don't you take me and Qiao girl to the Imperial Capital this year, I just need to go out less."

Chen Gong immediately turned around. "No, what can I do if you make a mistake!"

Thinking of her background, Liu Yuexin felt helpless.

In the past few years of marriage, the two have been together less often, and now they only have one daughter. Liu Yuexin still wants to have a son, and Chen Gong will go to the Imperial Capital again in a few days.

Seeing her lost, Chen Gong tried to comfort her.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door of Chen's house. The person who came was Liu Zhan's personal guard, wearing the military uniform of a head of a hundred households.

"Mr. Song has an order, where is the shopkeeper Chen?"

Aunt Chen didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly went to knock on the door of her son's room.

The Chen family was so big after all, Chen Gong hurriedly got up when he heard the commotion, casually put on his outer robe and rushed out, he was still an acquaintance.

"Qian Baihu! But Mr. Song has instructions?" Chen Gong put his posture extremely low.

"Come aside." Qian Baihu motioned him to speak in a place where no one was around.

The two entered the house and sent everyone out.

Hu Baihu said in a low voice: "The general and your husband are going to secretly enter the imperial capital, and you will accompany them. Go quickly to Jinyang to make arrangements."

When Chen Gong heard it, he suddenly fell into an ice cellar.

"Shopkeeper Chen?" Qian Baihu was taken aback when he saw him. "What's the matter? You can't get away because of something? You can't do this. You can't shirk away such a big event."

With just one sentence, Chen Gong broke out in a cold sweat.

"No, it's okay, I can go, I can go."

Qian Baihu looked at him suspiciously. "Then pack up your things and come with me now, I'll wait for you outside."

When there were no outsiders in the room, Chen Gong couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the ground, his whole face looked like he had seen a ghost.

He never expected that Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin would go to the Imperial Capital!Aren't they two exiles?How can I go to Imperial Capital?If he went... Chen Gongguang lost his three souls and seven souls just because he thought about it.

But Qian Baihu was in a hurry and didn't give him time to be dazed at all. Seeing that he hadn't moved for a while, he came in again to ask.

Liu Zhan's style has always been vigorous and resolute, and the soldiers he brought out were naturally unremarkable. Soon he led Chen Gong on the road and rushed all the way to Jinyang.

When he arrived at Jinyang County Yamen, Liu Chengcheng arrested him and went to see Song Fenglin.

Chen Gong didn't dare to look at Song Fenglin, he lowered his head the whole time, respectful and humble.

Song Fenglin sat at the head of the secretariat. "The general means to bring two hundred personal guards. You have to prepare a large batch of people and disguise 200 people as coachmen and bodyguards."

Two hundred guards!What is this going to do?Chen Gong was stunned.

Over there, Liu Cheng immediately agreed. "No problem, we happen to have a batch of furs to be transported into the Imperial Capital, and the road citations are complete. Fifty cars and 200 people are not unobtrusive."

The trucks of Liu Ji Trading Company are large carts that can only be pulled by two horses, which is just right for four people.

"I told the general that I would leave northern Xinjiang for at least two or three months during this trip. During this period of time, you supervise each other and act safely. If there is an urgent matter, send another person to notify me." Song Fenglin said some warning words.

Everyone in the secretariat is busy reassuring.

Chen Gong was in a fog the whole time, not in the state.

"Chen Gong, Mr. Song asked you something!" Liu Cheng shouted.

Song Fenglin took a sip from the teacup and asked again with a calm expression. "How many people are in charge of the Dijing branch? Are you trustworthy?"

Song Fenglin knew everything about the personnel situation of the branches in various places, but he didn't manage much of the Dijing branch since Chen Gong took over two years ago.

At the beginning, the intention was to try Chen Gong's ability, but later it was a kind of temptation.

Although it didn't appear on the surface, Song Fenglin was already sighing in his heart.

"Yes, there are three people in charge, Wang Xingshun, Zhang Ronggui, and one person, Zhu Shuiming." Chen Gong answered tremblingly with his head down.

Song Fenglin put down the teacup. "Last year, the account of the Dijing branch has not yet been presented, so let's take a look at it in the Dijing this time."

Chen Gong was sweating profusely and hurriedly nodded in agreement, but he was relieved in his heart, thinking that he still had a chance, and he had already arranged the account of Dijing, so there would be no mistakes in the investigation.

Now he only needs to wait on the two big Buddhas, and don't let them see the clues.

Three days later, the caravan of Liu Ji Trading Co., Ltd. set off, and [-] carts of goods traveled southward.

Also on the same day, a letter was delivered to Yangguan.

"General, General Qi Yun has a letter for you." When the soldier sent the letter, Zhou Sui thought he heard it wrong.

Zhou Sui opened the letter suspiciously and only read two lines before getting chills from head to toe.

"No, I don't believe it, Liu Zhan must be playing tricks on me!" Zhou Sui staggered two steps back.

"General!" The deputy hurriedly supported him. "What happened?"

Zhou Sui touched his face with shaking hands. "Prime Minister wouldn't treat me like this...I worked my life for him, he wouldn't treat me like this..."

"Let the general take a look." The deputy general took the letter and only read two lines before his face changed drastically.

The whole letter is succinct and concise in three sentences. In order to punish Zhou Sui, Zhou Chan lost money and killed Zhou Sui and his sons and daughters. His mother also died of illness.

"Liu Zhan lied to me! It must be Liu Zhan who lied to me! Yes! That's right! Liu Zhan wants to use this trick to drive a wedge between me and the prime minister..."

But another voice in Zhou Sui's heart firmly said, Zhou Chan is this kind of person!No one knows their patriarch better than Zhou's family slaves. As long as they threaten the foundation of Zhou's family, Zhou Chan will do anything.

The deputy general was calmer than Zhou Sui, he immediately shouted outside the room. "Come here! Immediately send someone to Beijing to secretly check whether the relatives of the general are safe!"

Zhou Sui sat down with a splitting headache.

The lieutenant grabbed the soldier and told him: "Be sure to travel day and night and go back quickly!"

When the lieutenant turned around and wanted to say something to comfort him, he saw Zhou Sui's eyes were scarlet and his forehead was bulging with veins, and his hands were scratching his forehead with red marks.

"Admiral..."

Zhou Sui was extremely depressed. "I mentioned to the Prime Minister last year that I wanted to take my relatives to northern Xinjiang for reunion, but the Prime Minister refused to let me. I understand that he is worried about me. He wants to keep my relatives in the capital as hostages to be relieved..."

The lieutenant felt sad, these Zhou family slaves had a slave bond with them from birth, even if they were like Zhou Suiguan and the supreme general, Zhou Chan did not return the slave bond, and it was up to the patriarch's likes and dislikes to fight or kill them.

I hope it's just Liu Zhan playing tricks on them, if it's true...the lieutenant general dare not think about it.