Chapter 10 Helpers in place

Chen Kang persuaded Zhang Chang without any effort. In Chen Kang's heart, Zhao Yu always appeared at the moment when Zhao Yu wanted to kill himself and Wang stood up. He vaguely attributed all the killings next to Wang to the fact that because of his carelessness, Guangyuan's business led to the disaster of Wang's killing. Therefore, Wang's hatred against Chen Kang. It is said that it has been engraved in my heart, and it is difficult to close my eyes if I don't report it in this life,

Seeing that Zhang Chang asked his wife to find a few clothes to bring on the road, he took out a long gun from the hut in the west and took it in his hand for a few times. The long gun was blowing through the wind, and his skills were not reduced. The two children jumped and clapped their hands and shouted. Chen Kang nodded with satisfaction,

Zhang Chang put down his long gun and wiped the sweat on his forehead: "No, I won't forgive you when you are old."

"No question, no question." Chen Kang said with a smile,

Madam was a little reluctant: "Since you're here, let's go on the road after dinner."

Chen Kang took out a few taels of silver: "Mrs. Zhang, take these. I'll pick you up when we're done."

Mrs. pushed: "This, I can't accept it."

Zhang Chang said, "Take it. Take good care of Yonger. If anything happens, go to Qinger."

Seeing that Zhang Chang had decided to go, his wife hurriedly prepared lunch and prepared more dry food for a few people.

A few days later, Zhang Chang and Chen Kang took Chen Yong to Shayuan. Shayuan is between Nanluoshui and Weishui in Dali, Shaanxi Province, 80 miles from east to west, and 30 miles from north to south. According to legend, a large area of sandy grassland in the early days was a place for horse herding in all dynasties, but after five generations, it gradually became a place where the pond dried up and sands and frequent droughts deteriorated. Now this place is not only desolate, but also convex and uneven, which is very difficult to travel. The locals call the high place called Shafu, the low place is called sand depression, the place with water is called sand, the place with alkali is called sand brine (Yinlu), the place with grass is called the beach, and the flat place is called sandboard, and the yellow sand is called the desert, and the sand is big. It's called Shaqi,

It is also because of this harsh environment with frequent droughts and floods that the locals live a very difficult life. In addition, in this uneven terrain, there are often robbers in the intertwined places of Shafu and Shawa.

The donkey cart was walking on the road, and Chen Kang and Zhang Chang on the car were alertly observing the changes around and the terrain.

"Mr. Chen, I also heard that Zhang Ping came here, but he is an official. We are now ordinary people. Do you think he can think the same as me?"

"Drive." Chen Kang drove the donkey cart,

"That's not clear. When I came last time, he had just been transferred here. I also met the robbers. It happened that he was a recruitment envoy and was responsible for suppressing the robbers. So we met once. At that time, he specially entertained me and said that although he was a court official, he still missed the days when he followed the prince. "

"That's what I said, but after being an official for so many years, it must be different from what we think. People will become people."

"Forget it, let's act according to the opportunity. Anyway, Mr. Gao also said that he wants to know the situation of the prince's old department. In case Yi Ping doesn't want to follow us again, we will just take it as a matter of completing an investigation. Besides, we are not robbing the house this time. We are doing business, and it may not be good if there are too many people."

The journey is still smooth, and I have entered the state city of Shayuan while talking,

Unlike civil officials such as Zhizhou, general judgments and chief officials of various departments who work in the government office, the recruitment of envoys are local generals. The generals of various states and localities are in the barracks. The same as the barracks and yamen in the city are also a group in the courtyard. The difference is that the same difference is the government. The plaque of the yamen is hanging high. The yamen are on duty outside the yamen, while the soldiers are on duty outside the barracks.

Chen Kang explained his intention. A soldier told him that Zhang Ping was no longer a recruitment envoy. Now Zhang Ping is a recruitment envoy. For Chen Kanglai, it doesn't matter what official position Zhang Ping is. They waited for about a swark of incense outside the barracks. A soldier stood on the steps outside the gate and greeted him: "You, enter, General Zhang wants to see you.

Chen Kang asked Zhang Chang and Chen Yong to wait outside. One person followed the soldiers into the camp. In addition to entering the courtyard, this building group was composed of courtyards one by one. The soldiers who passed through the corridor took Chen Kang to Zhang Ping's office.

"General Zhang, Chen Kang brought it."

"Please, cough, cough." The voice was Zhang Ping's voice. Chen Kang heard a rapid cough,

When he opened the door, Zhang Ping was walking towards Chen Kang. He hadn't seen Zhang Ping lose a lot of weight in two years. He didn't look like the bodyguard beside the king in those years. He was not as good as Chen Kang after recovering from a serious illness.

"General Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Mr. Chen, please sit down, please sit down." Zhang Ping pulled Chen Kang with the same enthusiasm as ever.

Chen Kang felt that Zhang Ping's hand was cold: "General Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

"Alas, nothing. I was injured during the suppression of bandits last year, and then I haven't recovered."

"Why didn't you go back to the capital? I'm afraid it's hard to find a good man in this place." Chen Kang said with a sigh,

"It's okay. Isn't this retreating to the second line? It used to be a recruitment envoy, but now it's a recruitment envoy. The bandits here have almost been cleaned up. Now I'm looking forward to a good year for a few years, so that the people can harvest up, and naturally it will be peaceful, cough and cough." Zhang Ping coughed violently as he said,

Chen Kang frowned. He must be distressed. After all, when he followed the prince, everyone had a brotherhood, but how could he be persuaded him to go all the way with him in this way, not to mention who protected him? If there was a dangerous thing, it would be difficult for him to protect himself.

After Zhang Ping coughed, he felt much better after drinking some water. Seeing Chen Kang looking at himself with concern, he smiled and said, "I'm so sorry to let you see me like this. After the year of infcurity, all the illness has come. How can you be like Mr. Chen, you are still so energetic."

"I'm also half a hundred people. Let's make do with it."

"Where's Chen Yong? Why didn't you bring him out?"

Zhang Pingyi reminded Chen Kangcai and said, "Chen Yong and Zhang Chang are outside now."

"Zhang Chang, is it that general?"

"Exactly."

"Haha, why did you take him with you? Cough, cough, hurry up, invite them in."

"Wait a minute, General Zhang, I'm here to tell you something. It's inconvenient for the child in front of me. I'll call him when I'm done."

Zhang Ping nodded with a cough. He knew that there was no way to treat this disease. According to the current medical theory, the battle hurt the collarbone and caused lung congestion. But in the Song Dynasty, there was no way to do this at all. Usually, Zhang Ping began to cough up blood, and he only thought he was not saved.

Chen Kang roughly described his experience in Yanzhou. Zhang Ping listened attentively. When Chen Kang finished speaking, Zhang Ping didn't say anything all his life and didn't even cough.

Looking at Zhang Ping's thoughts, Chen Kang said, "General Zhang, I was going to invite you to resign this time and help Mr. Gao with me, but if you don't want to go, forget it. Everyone has their own aspirations and can't force it."

Zhang Ping shook his head and sighed, "It's not that I don't want to go. Look at my body, it's also a drag."

Chen Kang also agrees with this. He is sad but can't say anything.

Zhang Ping turned around and said, "Mr. Chen, I don't think I can hear any flaws in what Mr. Gao said, but I don't think it's possible to sell salt in Xixia. This is a coincidence. Isn't it too much tossing? If you think about thousands of pounds of salt, you need a lot of warehouses and a lot of manpower when you get there. You can buy it here. Selling is not something that can be done by three or four people. In a word, I don't think it's possible.

Zhang Ping's doubts also have in Chen Kang's heart, but looking at what Gao Yu said at the beginning, it doesn't matter even if he tries it.

"General Zhang, whether it can be done or not, we just want to have a try. Take care of your health."

Zhang Ping nodded: "Mr. Chen, where do you live?"

"We have just entered the city. Since you can't go with us, I plan to go back today. We have to go to Yanzhou."

"Don't go today. There is a post station outside the city. I have a postman here. You can stay there first. I'll come to you later. It just so happens that I also want to meet General Man."

Chen Kang didn't shiver much. He drove the donkey cart out of the city with a post. Zhang Chang also sighed when he heard Chen Kang talking about Zhang Ping's condition. In the evening, Chen Kang and Zhang Chang prepared wine and dishes to wait for Zhang Ping.

"Mr. Chen, do you think Zhang Ping will come?"

"I'm sure."

"You are so sure."

"Haven't you heard a saying that it's called gathering people into groups. With the prince's character, the treatment of people, and the personality of General Zhang and others, I believe he will definitely come."

After a few calls, Zhang Chang turned around and opened the door. Zhang Ping stood outside the door. Although Zhang Chang also heard Chen Kang say that Zhang Ping seemed to be very sick, he was still shocked by Zhang Ping's thin appearance. The gray round-neck robe looked a little loose on his body. How could he look like a general in those years? When the brothers on the field met, their emotions were different from that of Chen Kang. The brothers hugged each other and patted each other, and they didn't know how to say a thousand words.

"Come on, the wine and dishes have been set up. General Zhang, please take a seat." Chen Kang said,

Zhang Ping stepped into the room. Chen Kang and Zhang Chang noticed that there was still a person behind Zhang Ping. This man was about 40 years old, with a tall, black and bright face. A pair of leopard eyes looked very energetic. The most special thing was that he held a cross diamond pestle in his hand, and his whole body stood like an iron diamond. Yes,

"Come on, let me introduce you. This is Zhang Bao."

"Zhang Bao." Chen Kang couldn't help but be stunned, "You have a brother named Zhang Ying." Chen Kang then asked. Zhang Chang didn't know Zhang Ying and Zhang Bao. He asked quietly, "Who is Zhang Ying?"

"Exactly below."

Chen Kang looked at Zhang Ping and smiled, and suddenly understood that Zhang Ping couldn't go, but he found a good helper for himself. He quickly invited: "Please sit down."

Turned around and said to Zhang Ping and said, "You don't know this, Zhang Ying, nicknamed Earth Leopard. He has a younger brother who sent brave King Kong Zhang Bao. His brother once saved the white-browed hero Xu Liang with the little righteous man Ai Hu and others. Unfortunately, Zhang Ying was killed by Han Tianjin, the Thunderbolt ghost of Xiao Wuyi, and Zhang Bao left Kaifeng Mansion and disappeared."

"Alas, when I was young and energetic, I simply occupied the mountain in the capital immediately. Later, I knew that my brother was injured by **. Han Tianjin wanted to save my brother. It was too late to regret." Zhang Bao sighed and said,

Zhang Ping nodded: "The prodigal son will not change the gold. Since you have finished and don't want to be recruited by the court, you should do a good job in what I asked you to do."

Zhang Bao nodded: "Of course, the king of Zhennan was the adopted son of Prime Minister Bao at that time, and I would come forward for this."

Chen Kang and Zhang Chang were overjoyed. Several people talked about the past. They all lamented and regretted. On the next day, Zhang Chang, Chen Kang and Zhang Bao said goodbye to Zhang Ping on the road. Can they successfully complete the task assigned by Gao Yu on this trip?

And at this moment, Gao Yu has also come to Xingqing Mansion. Facing Liang Luoyao, who is about to see him, has Gao Yu figured out how to deal with it?