The undulating Taihang Mountains pass from south to north, and it is covered with white snow. After the first heavy snow, it has fallen for several consecutive days. The whole north becomes white and clean, covering up the remaining blood stains on the earth. Among the mountains and forests covered with silver, occasionally there is no weight of snow that cannot bear, and it falls down. The alert wolf is dragging a prey to release the wolf kiss, raising its head to shake its ears, looking from a distance, a fast horse gallops past the winding mountain road.

Then, turn to Shanggu County.

The scam of the November grain hoarding scam, Li Ru, Wang Lie and others were actually within a controllable range. The local merchants and gentry were not seriously damaged. The Su family and Jizhou Zhen family in Shanggu County joined forces to cheat the vendors, big farmers and small households in the other three states. The methods used may be a little more intense, but the benefits received are often huge, and their position in business has completely stood firm in the heart of the Wolf King of Northland.

Of course, some people opposed doing this at the beginning of the middle of the government office. Bing Yuan slapped the table and cursed at Li Ru: "The big family can bear it, but the small family is only worth a fortune. It's too ruthless. How can you let others live in the future?! It's just a bastard! Short-sighted people!"

In fact, Li Ru and others also knew that the reason why Jeong Yuan cursed was also known. He had once thought of a different way. After all, the food obtained by this method was just a drop in the bucket. What's more, it was used once this time, and others would be on guard next time. However, Shanggu County did not have much choice at the moment. After this month, he would start preparing to attack You and the two states, and there was not much time left for them.

As for the death of people, such things are inevitable, because the food prices suddenly drop and the price of cattle and sheep has risen, which has caused most small households who traveled through mountains and rivers to take risks to the Shanggu County to suffer. When the first snow in winter comes, some people are too late to rush back to the prefectures and counties and are blocked in the mountains, or in the wilderness, or in the desert, they are slowly living by only a little dry food. After eating, they eat the bark and dig up grass roots to fill their stomachs. The more direct family is plundered by bandits and killed in the deep mountains where no one passes.

However, these things are no longer important, and the whole thing falls with the heavy snow. At present, there are still discussions about food hoarding in Juyang City, but what the people are most passionate about is the issue of the New Year. December will be a few days away, and every household in the city will paste peach charms, and lights are decorated to show the fun of the New Year.

On the long street, there were steaming snack stalls, vendors rubbed their hands to greet the passing pedestrians, and the people who bought New Year's goods were selected from various stores. Children were fighting and chasing each other from time to time on the road, throwing snowballs at each other, and quietly piled up a small snowman under the eaves on the street. Then they were stomped by their troubled companions, and laughed at the crying children, which attracted the women who were sweeping the snow nearby to waving brooms and intimidating and scolding.

As the Northland trade flourished, the population also increased. In the hustle and bustling streets, four thick figures were coming out of a wine shop. The woman in the lead was covered with a cloth strip. Her exposed palms were red and swollen, and her face was covered with a veil. She had a solemn atmosphere when she walked.

"The Chief of the Imperial College... What are we going to do here? It's too cold in the north, so just go back to the store where I settled down." A slightly short woman held her weapon and kept rubbing her arms. She got used to the climate of the Central Plains and suddenly experienced the dry and cold temperature in the north, which made her unable to bear it.

"That's going to be too. Maybe... we'll stay here for a long time." On the other side, there were some older women with square appearance and thicker arms than ordinary people. The third woman with a knife nodded while eating the food she had just brought out of the restaurant: "It's pretty good here. In addition to being a little colder in winter, there's a lot of meat, and it's also very cheap..."

The other two female guards rolled their eyes at her: "I just know how to eat."

"Go to that street."

The figure walking in front said softly to the three people behind him. Her expression was not visible in the veil. The direction she pointed was only half a street from the largest mansion in the city. The four of them had been in Shanggu County for a month and had witnessed the northern grain hoarding pits to deceive many foreign gentry and clans. They were originally excited and expected that as the heavy snow fell, Ren Hongchang became a little confused and even a little confused. Sometimes, they stood at the end of the street and looked at the heroic and grand mansion from afar, but they didn't know what to do next, and they were almost exhausted.

What am I doing...

Walking through the snowy street, Ren Hongchang looked back at the three women behind, pointed to the New Year goods sold on both sides, and whispered and joked. Passers-by suddenly surged in the back of the street market and separated. Just as she looked at her, a running war horse had come from a distance, passed by them, and turned to the mansion over there at the next corner.

"Let's go and go over there to see." Ren Hongchang glanced at the disappearing knight. He probably had some information transmission or something, and he didn't care. There was a constant noise in the crowd around him, and his eyes seemed to be swept across the four women from time to time, and then moved away.

In the distance, the Mercedes-Benzing War Horse stopped in front of the mansion. The knight panted and walked into the courtyard quickly with the news coming from the south. Outside the main hall of the front court, Dian Wei pulled several generals around a round table to drink and eat meat. "Old Wen, I, Dian Wei, I, Dian Wei, usually call other generals like this. You are new to you, don't rush to make contributions. Then Guo Si was great back then, right? Grand Sima! Didn't you still have a chance to fight under my lord for a year or two before you have a chance."

"I'm not!" Li Ke raised his head, his mouth full of greasyness.

Dian Wei picked up the whole chicken and threw it to him: "Eating chickens and eating chickens can't block your mouth."

On the other side, Wen Chou, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan seemed restrained. After joining Gongsun Zhi's command, although he still led his original troops, there was no war, and secondly, he was a little irritable in the army all day long. He took advantage of the Chinese New Year to come to the Governor's Office to get familiar with him, but he was pulled by Dian Wei and Li Ke to drink and eat meat.

"General Dian is really a good talker..." Wen Chou picked up the drink and toasted it, touched it, and drank it all in one breath: "...I just don't know how long will the lord have to talk to the generals. Why don't I and Zhang Nan and the others go back first, and come and disturb me when the lord has free time."

Dian Wei was about to speak, when a figure turned out from the eaves of the corridor in front of him and walked towards him quickly. Li Ke slapped the table: "I'll go, don't eat too fast, leave some for me." After saying that, he greeted the dirt knight, talked for a few words and took the cloth, turned around and returned to the eaves, and raised his hand to the eunuch who had been standing at the door: "Manager Jian, you can take this, it's the matter there."

The figure that remained motionless then opened his eyes, took Su Bo without saying a word, looked at him, and walked into the room. At this time, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Qian Zhao, Yan Rou, Gao Sheng and other generals gathered in the room for a meeting. The process was half gone, and now they were only mentioning other things.

"...... I have already sent a letter to Xu Rong, Guo Si, and two generals of Yanmen County. After the beginning of spring, the troops were divided into two groups to directly attack Taiyuan County. The Xiliang army was good at attacking and field battles. If it performed well this time, it might be transferred back and became one of the main forces. Now there are more and more independent troops in Shanggu County, and the number of troops has been under control. The pressure on the military craftsman's shop is also very high. Because there are not many craftsmen, it will take a certain amount of time to mount all the troops..."

The brazier surrounded the generals. When Gongsun Zhi was baking the fire and talking to everyone, Jian Shuo came in with a piece of intelligence, whispered a few words, and handed the silk over. Gongsun Zhi glanced at it, suddenly smiled on his face, and then smiled at the generals who were looking at him.

"Haha... I see that Cao Cao doesn't come to the north to buy beef tendon and animal skins. I will burn the inventory and see what he will do next." Gao Sheng took off his round hat on his head, touched his bald head, and laughed and passed on the information.

"Cao Cao has always been cautious, and Yun feels that Brother Han's fire should not be burned completely."

"Rou agreed with General Zhao's view, but no matter what, it was still burning a part of it, which was beneficial to us."

"...Xu Du is so crazy now. The arsenal was burned and a strategist named Jia Xu was caught. This man seemed very familiar..."

"Damn it, it's the one who lets the plague go! He wasn't beaten to death by his lord at the beginning, but he was already in the face of Cao Cao. Now he dares to jump out and fall into Zhu Gongdao's hands. He probably will suffer."

Tian Yu frowned and was worried: "The leader of the Korean army is still in Xudu. Will Cao Cao's people be caught out if this continues?"

"The country is relaxed. Han Long and I are not brave and me for two days. They are bold and meticulous and do not delay their work." While everyone was joking, Gongsun Zhi glanced at Tian Yu over there, "... and this guy has always been good at disguising, except for the time in Luoyang..."

"Owner!"

Jian Shuo quickly interrupted and interrupted Gongsun Zhi's next words. After all, Liu Xie died at Han Long's hands, and Gongsun Zhi was indirectly a monarchist. He turned around: "... Recently, someone came to report to him. For nearly a month, people have often looked around the mansion and asked the master to show him."

Gongsun Zhi threw a piece of wood into the brazier: "Kill."

"yes."

Jian Shuo bowed and nodded politely to the generals, and then walked out. Gongsun Zhi patted the dust on his hands and said to Tian Yu nearby: "After Youzhou is taken down, you will be the veritable governor of Youzhou. You have to take care of the things over there to prevent Liaodong and Jizhou from doing it?"

"Yu will not let the lord down." Tian Yu stood up and bowed.

Gao Sheng slapped his thighs opposite him: "That's true. I'm so unhappy to see you when I see you in a very literary manner. Today I'm still a little masculine. I'll come to my residence later and have a drink together."

Over there, the young man with a serious expression was still stared at by everyone and couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the wind and snow began to fall outside again.

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Somewhere in the city, Ren Hongchang led his sisters through an alley and took a few more steps. His steps suddenly stopped, he turned his head slightly and noticed something. He whispered to the female guard beside him. Then the four of them looked sharp, their hands slowly moved, and pressed on the head of the knife.

The moment the snowflakes fell on his shoulders, more than ten pairs of feet ran wildly.

"Let's go!" Ren Hongchang pinched the scabbard, shouted lightly, and led his sisters to enter a nearby alley. With a loud bang, someone flashed out of the entrance of the alley. The rushing woman pulled out the seven-star sword and fought with the other party. Several more people rushed out and were stopped by three other women.

"Don't be entangled, go here!"

Ren Hongchang was slashing against the wall and slashing. When he turned around, the door of a family member in the alley opened. A man saw the blade slashing down against the tip of his nose. He was so scared that he was stunned. His slim body turned and stopped, kicking the water tank placed at the door, stopping the attacker.

"I just bought it," the man came to his senses and shouted in the broken water tank.

On the other side, Ren Hongchang rushed to another alley with his sisters who had escaped and met. Seeing that the pursuers behind him had not turned around, he pointed to a slightly shorter courtyard wall not far away and "get on your hands."

In the courtyard, a girl was sweeping the snow on the stone steps. She wore several thick layers of winter clothes in the courtyard. The boy wrapped in a ball-like face was red and dancing a wooden weapon longer than him. She hummed and yelled, as if she was hitting a bad person. The girl swept the snow looked up at him and was about to continue sweeping, but suddenly stopped.

On the other side of the courtyard wall, four figures flipped down with swords and fell into the courtyard.

Bang!

The wooden soldier was stuck in the snow, and the little man wearing a tiger-headed and round hat looked at them with his hips: "Where are you thieves coming from? Look at my hands... um..."

The girl rushed over, reached out to cover the child's mouth, and dragged it to the eaves.

"It turned out to be two children, which scared me." A female waitress stood up and patted her chest, staring at the siblings under the eaves opposite, and said, "Where is your lord?"

Someone next to him interrupted: "Say more, control it first, wait until the pursuers leave before letting them go."

While speaking, footsteps sounded outside and were coming towards this side. The four of them were about to take action. The girl held the boy under the eaves opposite the courtyard and took a step back. The door next to her suddenly opened, and a low voice like a lion and tiger rushing towards her like a strong wind.

"Who wants to control a certain child"

The four women shivered as if they were staring at by a beast. In their sight, a tall and mighty body walked out, with black lines tight robe, a circle of fur collar around their necks, and a majestic and majestic face.
Chapter completed!