I had known that the current situation in Shandong was not good, and I had already prepared for it. However, when I crossed the Ji River and actually entered Shandong, Chen Yingliang truly understood what it means to expose white bones in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing thousands of miles away.

Looking around, the purpose of entering the north of the Ji River is deserted. There is no crop in the fields on both sides of the official road. It is covered with weeds and thorns. Occasionally, there are still white human bones. Large groups of birds gather together. When they see people coming, they flew away. The sound makes people feel frustrated when they hear it.

Almost all the villages along the way have turned into ruins. Occasionally, there are some people in the village, some hungry refugees with yellow faces, thin and ragged clothes. Most of them are so hungry that they can't walk. They don't hide when they see the army. They look numb and look at Chen Yingliang and his party by silently. Some of them don't know what to eat to keep their nutrition. They have unkempt hair and hair, with simple wooden swords and bamboo guns in their hands. They look at the Yuliang bags carried by Chen Yingliang and his party, and their eyes are full of green light. They are just afraid of the shiny swords and guns in their hands, and they dare not rush up to stop and grab them.

Occasionally, a few skinny people knelt on the side of the road, begging for food from Chen Yingliang's team with tears and a hoarse voice. But this time, including Mulan, the kind-hearted, chose to turn a blind eye, as if she hadn't seen it. She rode a horse and walked straight past these people. Only Chen Yingliang held the war horse in front of a woman holding a child, threw two pieces of bread and a handful of copper coins on the ground. However, after slapped the horse away, Qin Qiong next to him said, "Second envoy, I know that you are a poor woman and a child, but you did this just harm her."

"What does it mean?" Chen Yingliang asked.

Qin Qiong turned her face away, not daring to contact Chen Yingliang's gaze, and whispered: "You will know right away."

Before Qin Qiong could finish his words, there were already screams from the woman behind him. Chen Yingliang quickly looked back and saw that there were already many hungry refugees surrounding the woman and child, robbing the bread and copper coins he had given him. The woman tried hard to stop it, but was beaten and beaten. Chen Yingliang was furious and drew his sword and rushed over to save the woman. Qin Qiong and Zhang Xutuo arranged the 100 cavalrymen who were accompanying him were afraid that Chen Yingliang would be in trouble, so he quickly turned around and helped Chen Yingliang easily dispersed the group of hungry people and rescued the woman.

The woman who was already hungry was rescued, but the two pieces of bread that Chen Yingliang gave her disappeared. At the same time, the woman quickly hugged her child and burst into tears. It turned out that her child, who was still in her infancy, had been trampled to death by the messy crowd, and even her brain was stepped out. The blood and brain matter were sprinkled with rags wrapped around the child, looking terrible.

"Child, my child" The thin woman cried heart-wrenchingly, and echoed in Chen Yingliang's ears, and directly penetrated into Chen Yingliang's heart, thrusting the little conscience left by Chen Yingliang into bleeding and painful, and also made Chen Yingliang understand Qin Qiong's words just now. In this land full of hungry people, sympathy for a hungry person would only harm her.

Standing in front of the woman who was crying for a long time, Chen Yingliang suddenly pulled out his horse and walked north, shouting loudly as he walked, "One day, I want the world to return to peace and return to the prosperous era."

Hearing Chen Yingliang's overestimating shouts, the soldiers of Qi County who were accompanying him were very numb and their emotions did not fluctuate at all, because since March of the sixth year of Daye, the Sui army of Qi County has been the main force in suppressing rebellions on Shandong. They fought east and west, south and north, and more than once cross-border operations to combat rebellions and suppress bandits. However, no matter how hard and tired they were and were exhausted, the bandits and treacherous bandits were suppressing more and more, and the world was becoming more and more chaotic, just like cutting leeks, cutting one after another, but they could not be cut. It was already a luxury to be able to return to their hometown as soon as possible to reunite with their family, let alone a peaceful and prosperous era.

Menghai City is about 240 miles away from Dong'a, not too far. The entourage guards arranged by Zhang Xutuo to Chen Yingliang were all cavalry and were quick to operate, so even if the road was not peaceful enough, Chen Yingliang and his party only took more than two days to arrive in Dong'a County, Jibei County, and then under the guidance of Qin Qiong, who was aware of the way, he came directly to the Turtle Dove shop at the foot of Yushan. During this period, Qin Qiong was quite proud to tell Chen Yingliang that the Yushan Mountain was originally a natural nest for bandits and thieves, but because the village brave team organized by Cheng Yaojin was brave in fighting and cooperated closely with the official army, he killed the Yushan bandits in his budding state several times, and never became able to grow up, and never threatened Cheng Yaojin's hometown Turtle Dove shop.

I knew that Cheng Yaojin was a talented general, but when I heard Qin Qiong boasting like this, Chen Yingliang certainly wanted to put on his wings and fly directly to the Turtle Dove shop to invite Cheng Yaojin out of the mountain and be a cow and horse as an accomplice. He was so anxious that he was so anxious that he was located in the southwest of Dong'a. Chen Yingliang and his party didn't even have to go to Dong'a County, so he came directly next to the Turtle Dove shop and finally arrived at the hometown of the legendary demon king Cheng Yaojin.

What shocked Chen Yingliang was that in order to more effectively protect the relatives of the villagers, Cheng Yaojin actually built a large fort in his hometown. At the same time, Chen Yingliang and his party had just seen the tower of the fort. A small group of village soldiers stopped Chen Yingliang and others and carefully inquired about the purpose of Chen Yingliang and others. Qin Qiong directly told the village corps commander who led the team, saying: "Go and tell Cheng A Chou, tell him to get out and kneel down to welcome me. Qin Shubao is late. I can ignore it. I don't recognize anyone."

"General, do you know our Brother Cheng?" The village soldier was shocked by Qin Qiong's tone and asked respectfully very carefully.

"Nonsense" Qin Qiong smiled and said, "When I met Cheng A Chou, you guys should still be running naked and don't talk too much, go and report it quickly."

"General, it's not that we don't report, it's that Brother Cheng is not here." The village chief said in embarrassment: "Brother Cheng has gone to Yuancheng and hasn't come back yet, so we can't report it for you."

"A Chou went to Yuancheng? What did he go to Yuancheng?" Qin Qiong was stunned and asked quickly: "Who is in the Turtle Door House Fort now?"

"What did Brother Cheng go to Yuancheng? I don't know." The township camp replied truthfully: "Now, Brother Niu is in charge of the fort."

"Brother Niu?" Chen Yingliang next to him lit up his eyes and asked hurriedly: "What's your Brother Niu's name?"

"Niu Jinda." The village soldiers and Huo Chang replied truthfully.

"Niu Jinda?" Qin Qiong, who had never heard of this name, was a little puzzled. He was not sure why Cheng Yaojin would use such a newcomer as his deputy. Chen Yingliang next to him had his eyes shining and quickly ordered: "Hurry, go to report to Niu Jinda, and say that Chen Yingliang, the 12 counties of Henan Province of the Great Sui Dynasty, came to visit him and asked him to receive him."

The village soldier was startled by Chen Yingliang's long and difficult name, and quickly asked Chen Yingliang again for his official title. It was not until Chen Yingliang retelled again that the village soldier rushed back to the fort to report the news. Chen Yingliang and others moved forward directly and waited in front of the fort gate. During this period, Qin Qiong naturally had to ask why Chen Yingliang was so polite to Cheng Yaojin's deputy Niu Jinda. Chen Yingliang said that he was trying to show his importance to Cheng Yaojin, and was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that if he did it well this time, he might have bought a chicken and brought a cage and obtained another general.

Perhaps he was frightened by Chen Yingliang's official position. Not long after much time, a tall young man led a group of township heroes out of the fort. He saluted Chen Yingliang and others very carefully, and said respectfully: "Niu Jinda, the deputy leader of the township bravery in Turtlejiudian, has seen all the generals. How dare you ask which one is Deputy Envoy Chen?"

Chen Yingliang first carefully observed Niu Jinda, who was also a famous general in the future Tang Dynasty, and found that he was only in his twenties, at least 1.85 meters tall, with thick arms and round waists, which were obvious as a soldier. Chen Yingliang was even more happy and hurriedly stepped forward to help Niu Jinda himself, and said with a smile: "Please get up with a brave man, I am Chen Yingliang."

"You are Chen Yingliang? Chen Yingliang, the deputy envoy of the Twelve counties,?" Niu Jinda was stunned and said nothing. He didn't expect that the half-aged child, who was seventeen or eighteen years old, had a greasy face, didn't look like a good guy, was actually Chen Yingliang, a famous rebel general who was now quite famous.

"Of course, it's like a fake one." Chen Yingliang smiled. He had to learn from Yang Zhiji again. He took out the copper fish talisman he had just received to prove his identity and official position. As a result, Niu Jinda, who knew a few words, was shocked and quickly bowed to Chen Yingliang to apologize, and then ordered the heroes of the towns to bow to Chen Yingliang and respectfully invited Chen Yingliang and his party to the fort.

Under Niu Jinda's sucking, he entered the fort hall and sat down. Chen Yingliang was not polite, and directly explained his purpose to Niu Jinda, saying that he had been recommended by Qin Qiong, and came to invite Cheng Yaojin to join the official army and become an official. Qin Qiong also explained his relationship with Cheng Yaojin to Niu Jinda. When Niu Jinda heard this, he was very happy and quickly introduced himself, saying that he was from Puyang Leize, Dongjun. A year ago, because he brought his family to avoid the war, he was recruited by Cheng Yaojin into the turtlejiudian Township brave team. Because of his bravery in fighting, he made contributions in defending the turtlejiudian to kill the enemy, and was promoted to his deputy by Cheng Yaojin.

After secretly praising Cheng Yaojin for being quite sensible, Chen Yingliang quickly asked why Cheng Yaojin was going to Yuancheng. Niu Jinda replied truthfully: "Brother Cheng is going to Yuancheng, the purpose is to purchase pig iron. There are too many wars in Dongping, and the price of pig iron is too expensive. When we found out that the pig iron in Yuancheng is relatively cheap, Brother Cheng personally brought some people to Yuancheng, preparing to buy some to build weapons and armor, and also sell some surrounding rural soldiers to earn some money."

"It's really a coincidence." Chen Yingliang was a little annoyed that his military general's fortune was still too bad, so he hurriedly asked again: "Niu Zhuangshi, then when will Cheng Zhuangshi be back?

"I don't know, when Brother Cheng left, he didn't say when he would come back." Niu Jinda answered truthfully.

Chen Yingliang was a little embarrassed because Zhang Xutuo and the Qiao County army were still waiting in Menghai City, so he could not delay here for a long time. Fortunately, Niu Jinda added another sentence and said, "But we should be back soon. Brother Cheng went to Yuancheng five days ago. Yuancheng is not far from here, it is just a little more than a day. If it goes well, Brother Cheng will be able to come back within one or two days."

After breathing a little relief, Chen Yingliang thought about it and then said: "Master Niu, can you please send a few people to welcome Master Hou Cheng on the way? If you meet him, please ask him to come back quickly. I have something important to discuss with him. Also, I plan to take a day off here to provide housing and accommodation for my team. As for food, don't worry. I will send someone to contact the Magistrate of Dong'a and ask him to send a batch of food and grass to come here immediately, and we will bear it ourselves."

Seeing Chen Yingliang's prominent official position, Niu Jinda of course agreed to Chen Yingliang's request and immediately organized the township soldiers to provide housing for the Sui army. He was generous and took out the grain to make rice and cook for the Sui army. At the same time, Deputy Envoy Chen, who loved the people as much as his son, naturally had to abuse his power in order not to create a burden on a small village like the Turtle Door, immediately took up his pen and wrote a document, and ordered Dong'a County Magistrate Xia Weitong to quickly transport a batch of grain and grass to Turtle Door Door to listen to it.

Just as Gongwen sent someone to send him out, Cheng Yaojin's mother also came to the hall and recognized Qin Qiong, who had not met for many years, directly proving that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were the friendship between the generals. Niu Jinda, who is still working for Cheng Yaojin, dared not neglect her. She quickly ordered people to prepare food and drinks and hold a banquet to entertain Chen Yingliang and Qin Qiong and his party.

The main show began. In order to let Cheng Yaojin follow him to Qiao County to be a cattle and horse, Chen Yingliang naturally had to show his official status to Cheng's mother, and tried his best to persuade Cheng Yaojin to become an official and listen to him under his command. He also promised to obtain a formal official position for Cheng Yaojin and promise to give him a heavy use. From the perspective of caring for his son, Cheng's mother certainly did not want her son to stay in a small village like Turtle Door. She also heard that Chen Yingliang had traveled hundreds of miles to recruit his son. She felt that Chen Yingliang was very sincere, so she agreed to persuade her son to accept Chen Yingliang's recruitment. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Cheng's mother again and again, and clearly stated that she would take Cheng's mother south to live in a relatively peaceful Qiao County.

Convincing Cheng's mother, who wanted her son to become a success, Chen Yingliang immediately turned his spearhead and encouraged her to recruit Niu Jinda, urging Niu Jinda not to bury her skills in the mountains and forests, and seize the opportunity to serve the country in the official army, serve the country with loyalty and get promoted and wealth, and in the future, he will be awarded a title and a wife and a son. Although Niu Jinda doesn't understand why Chen Yingliang looked so optimistic about him when he first met, he was still very moved by Chen Yingliang's recruitment and said that he could consider going to join the official army with Cheng Yaojin to join the official army in Qiao County and be an accomplice for Chen Yingliang.

At this point, there was actually not much problem. As long as Cheng Yaojin came back and Cheng Yaojin came to Qiao County, Chen Yingliang could take Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda, two thugs, back to Qiao County, to continue to help Emperor Yang of Sui. However, I don’t know if Chen Yingliang’s military luck was extremely bad, or if God really didn’t want Chen Yingliang, who did a lot of evil, to get what he wanted, and it happened that at this moment...

"Brother Niu, Brother Niu, it's not good that the disaster will be done."

When Chen Yingliangzheng and Niu Jinda were having a cup of tea, they happened to be at this moment. Several dusty locals suddenly stumbled into the hall and shouted from afar: "Brother Niu, the trouble is wrong, Brother Cheng is arrested by the Yuancheng government."

Chen Yingliang and Niu Jinda stood up almost at the same time, but Cheng's mother's face changed drastically and she almost fell off the chair. Fortunately, Mulan helped her in time. Immediately afterwards, Chen Yingliang and Niu Jinda asked almost at the same time: "For what?"

"Brother Cheng, he beat the son of the Yuancheng County Magistrate to death." The village soldier who came back to report the news said in a crying voice: "He beat the son of the county magistrate to death in the city, but he failed to escape. He was stopped in the city by the Yuancheng officers and soldiers, arrested by the official army and sent to death. All the pig iron we bought was detained."

Hearing this, Cheng's mother fainted, but Chen Yingliang wanted to give the middle finger to the sky and curse the thief. Niu Jinda and Qin Qiong were relatively calm. While asking someone to rescue Cheng's mother, they asked about the details. After the introduction of the village Yong who came back to report the message, Chen Yingliang and others realized that Cheng Yaojin and his party went to Yuancheng to buy pig iron. Everything went very smoothly, but no one expected that two days ago, when Cheng Yaojin was about to leave Yuancheng and return to the Turtle Dove shop, they happened to meet a young man teasing a young man with a young man teasing a young man. The chivalrous Cheng Yaojin certainly stepped forward to stop him and had a conflict with the young man. During the battle, he knocked the young man overturned the young man with three punches and two kicks. Who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin's move was too heavy, and the young man's body was too weak. After falling to the ground, he actually stretched his legs and broke his breath on the spot.

Forget it if he accidentally killed someone. What makes people vomit even more bloody is that this evil young man happened to be the only son of Murong Chang, the magistrate of Yuancheng County. As a result, Murong Chang was furious, of course, immediately closed the four gates and searched for the murderer in the city, and also invited the troops outside the city to help. Cheng Yaojin failed to escape from the city in time, so he was caught by the Yuancheng official army. He was caught in a jail and imprisoned. All the pig iron he had finally bought was confiscated, and many companions he accompanied were also arrested. Fortunately, several village heroes escaped by luck and hid in the city all night. Yesterday morning, after the martial law of the city gate was strictly controlled, they immediately ran back to report the news.

After listening to this extremely bloody introduction, Cheng's mother, who had finally woken up, naturally burst into tears. Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda were anxious, and then extremely natural. Niu Jinda immediately discovered Chen Yingliang's existence and quickly begged Chen Yingliang to ask Chen Yingliang to come forward to rescue. Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Niu Zhuang, I will reach out without you saying it, but Yuancheng is under the jurisdiction of Wuyang County, and Wuyang County is not among the twelve counties in Henan. It is difficult for me to reach out.

"Deputy Envoy Chen, can you find a way to plead with the magistrate of Yuancheng County to let our eldest brother Cheng come back?" Niu Jinda said quickly.

"Of course I can come forward to plead with you." Chen Yingliang said with a wry smile: "But Cheng Yaojin beat him to death was not someone else, but he happened to be the only son of the county magistrate. I didn't care about him, and even if he came forward, he would give him face."

Niu Jinda was stunned, and Qin Qiong said quickly: "Deputy Envoy Chen, you can go through the official channel. The court submitted a letter to the emperor to ask the emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter. The emperor A Chou insisted on his crimes and would not die. As long as the court sent people to find out the facts, A Chou would not die."

"If I do this, Cheng Yaojin will be dead." Chen Yingliang sneered: "Shubao, you are also the imperial court official. Don't you know how many twists and turns these local officials are? Not to mention that the emperor is in Zhuo County, it is difficult for my memorial to be delivered, and the imperial envoy of the court's investigation of the case can not be rushed to Yuancheng to investigate the case in ten days or half a month. Even if the imperial envoy of the court investigated the case, Murong Chang heard the news that in order to avenge his son, he could kill Cheng Yaojin's life with a sack."

"What should I do?"

Cheng's mother burst into tears and quickly came to Chen Yingliang to bow and bow, crying and begging Chen Yingliang to rescue his son. Chen Yingliang hurriedly said, "Old lady, please rest assured. I came for your son. Since he had something to do, I have no choice but to stand by. Don't worry, I will go to Yuancheng now. No matter what I think, I will definitely save Cheng Yaojin."

Cheng's mother was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang immediately ordered Qin Qiong to arrange ten soldiers to accompany her on the road, and asked Niu Jinda to accompany her. Mulan led the remaining soldiers to stay here and wait. Mulan reluctantly agreed. While the nervous arrangement was at the same time, Chen Yingliang thought about the rescue plan, and suddenly remembered something and asked Niu Jinda: "Mr. Niu Zhuang, the township hero who reported the news just now said that the magistrate Murong used the garrison outside the city to capture Cheng Yaojin. Whose subordinate was the garrison in Yuancheng?"

"It should be the subordinate of Yuan Baozang, the chief minister of Wuyang County." Niu Jinda replied truthfully: "The capital of Yuan Baozang is also in Yuancheng, so it should be his subordinate."
Chapter completed!