A knife in love

Chapter 2872
Li Qiufeng thought to himself that the so-called robbers entering the city to kill, plunder and plunder were mostly rumors spread by the common people and could not be taken as true.Yang Zhenzhong is located in Dongliao County, and he must have written to the government offices of various counties in Liaodong, asking them to guard the city to prevent Japanese pirates from sneaking in.This is a mature and prudent move, and the Japanese pirates will not be given the slightest chance.Although Yang Zhenzhong had never led soldiers or fought a war, he handled this matter quite properly, and he was worthy of being an old official.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, the old man continued: "The four city gates are closed now, I don't know when they will be able to open the gates and let everyone out of the city."

When the old man said this, he paused for a while, glanced at Li Qiufeng, and then continued: "Brother, I just arrived in Dong'an City, I'm afraid I don't know the situation in Dong'an City. Our Dong'an City Magistrate Qiu Mingqiu is a A very honest official, since he took office, he has loved the people like a son on weekdays and won the support of the people. However, the officers and soldiers guarding the gates of Dong'an City are all subordinates of Liang Bazong. Liang Bazong is fierce and often whips the soldiers. Not to mention us ordinary people. I heard that the court wanted to dismiss him several times, but Mr. Liang fought against the Tartars with Marshal Gao and made great achievements in battle. He has many friends in the court. In fact, he spent a lot of money to bribe Shangguan, so in the end he was appointed as the general manager in Dong'an City. Qiuzhi County has nothing to do with him, so he can only turn a blind eye. If Qiuzhi County is in charge, he will definitely not Blocking us here, we can always find a way to distinguish between good and evil, and let us go out of the city to do business."

After hearing what the old man had said, Li Qiufeng cupped his hands to express his thanks, then walked back to Murong Danyan, and told her what the old man said.Murong Danyan poked his head out to look at the old man, and said in a low voice, "Haven't the Japanese pirates already fled back to Fusang country? What's the use of Yang Zhenzhong's big fanfare and bluff? I think Yang Zhenzhong's move is tantamount to superfluous. It is of no use at all to make the common people complain."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "The Japanese pirates are cunning, so we have to guard against them. Although they suffered a great loss in Dongliao County, tens of thousands of troops came across the sea to attack. If we hadn't discovered the treacherous plot of the Japanese pirates by accident , I am afraid that the Japanese pirates have already replenished their military supplies in Dongliao County and rushed straight to Tianjin Wei. Although the imperial army gathered in Dongliao County, other prefectures and counties in Liaodong did not know about the attack of the Japanese pirate army. If the Japanese pirates retreated to the sea, They sent spies to inquire about the news, and found out that the officers and soldiers were only defending in Dongliao County, and the guards in the other cities were empty, so they suddenly killed one and returned to the carbine. They only needed to break through one or two cities, and then returned to Fusang after looting. Yang Zhenzhong, Zhang Gui, Feng Yanqing, etc. People are bound to be arrested and questioned by the court, and if they don't die, they will have to peel off a layer of skin. These people are old officials in the officialdom, so they naturally know the advantages and disadvantages of it, so even though the Japanese pirates retreat, Yang Zhenzhong and others can't be careless in the slightest. Immediately send fast horses to various places in Liaodong, and ask the government to take strict precautions to prevent Japanese pirates from sneaking in."

Li Qiufeng sighed at this point, and continued: "Although the Ming Dynasty has no fewer than a million officers and soldiers, its territory is tens of thousands of miles long, and it is impossible to deploy defenses everywhere. As long as the Japanese pirates want to sneak attack, they can always find weak points of defense. Over the years, the Japanese pirates The chaos in the southeast is due to the corruption of the government and the incompetence of the generals, but the Japanese pirates are watching the sea, and the officers and soldiers can't defend everywhere, they can only be beaten passively, but this is also the reason for repeated defeats. If you want to defeat the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, you must switch In order to attack, look for an opportunity to destroy the Japanese pirates. Otherwise, we can only defend everywhere and wait for the Japanese pirates to attack, and we will still suffer a lot. The reason why I want to go to Fusang is to see why this small overseas barbarian country dares to harass Daming repeatedly."

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, Murong Danyan was about to speak when Li Qiufeng's face changed and he winked at her.Murong Danyan was startled, not knowing what Li Qiufeng's intention was.Li Qiufeng turned his head slightly to the right, and pouted at Murong Danyan.Murong Danyan looked to the right, and saw that Hu Er and the others were also hiding in the crowd, whispering together, with extremely ugly expressions.

Murong Danyan didn't expect to meet Hu Er in Nancheng, and he was quite surprised.Li Qiufeng lowered his voice and said: "The three guys we met in Yu's old store also came here. I think they went straight to the east gate after leaving Yu's old store, and wanted to go back to Ping'anli as soon as possible. But Dong'an The four gates of the city were closed last night. These three guys couldn't leave the city after reaching the east gate, so they had to go around to other gates to wait for an opportunity to get out of the city. I thought they knew about the situation of the Dongliao County War, and I was afraid that it would spoil our major event. I was quite nervous. I didn't expect them to flee to Dong'an City after just a circle outside Dongliao County. We had a false alarm. We don't have to deal with these three guys anymore. Looking at the situation in Nancheng, the gate of the city will not be opened today , let's go back to Yu's old shop and wait for the time."

Murong Danyan naturally had no objection, so he and Li Qiufeng quietly walked out of the crowd.After walking for twenty or thirty zhang, Murong Danyan turned his head to look, and saw all the people gathered near the south gate, hoping that the city gate would be opened.She thought to herself that her father had recited a poem in the past, in which it said: The mountains and rivers are like gathering, the waves are like raging, the mountains and rivers are outside and inside Tongguan Road.Looking at the western capital, I feel hesitant and sad, where the Qin and Han scriptures traveled, all the palaces and palaces have been made of earth.Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.Daddy said that this poem is called "Shanpo Yangtong Caring for the Ancients", and the person who wrote this poem is called Zhang Yanghao.This man was an official of the Tartars, but he resigned in anger when he saw that the court was dishonest and the government was brutal, and traveled around the world.One day when he passed through Tongguan, he saw that the world-famous majestic pass was in dilapidated condition, and the Han people were oppressed by the Tartars, and he was quite depressed, so he wrote this poem.Dad said that those emperors, nobles, famous ministers and generals relied on the help of the people when they conquered the world, but after they took over the world, they tried their best to squeeze the people and search for food and money for their squandering pleasure.Even the so-called good emperors, such as Han Wendi and Han Jingdi, Tang Taizong, Song Taizu, etc., squeezed and searched the people without mercy.Zhang Yanghao wrote such a poem after seeing through the faces of these emperors and ministers.These people in Dong'an City live their lives honestly, they are in a hurry to get out of the city, many of them are looking for a bite to eat.However, the government closed the city gates indiscriminately, ignoring that the people might be in trouble because of this.Alas, when will the common people not be afraid of the government and live with peace of mind.

The two of them had their own thoughts and walked back along the way they came from, but when they came near Tianhou Palace, Murong Danyan was frightened and stopped involuntarily.Seeing Murong Danyan's pale face, Li Qiufeng knew that she was afraid of Tianhou Temple, so he took her around a street to avoid Tianhou Temple.Only then did Murong Danyan feel relieved, and his steps became much lighter.

The two returned to Yu's old shop. As soon as they walked into the shop, the shopkeeper standing behind the counter greeted him and said with a smile, "Uncle Li is finally back. Just now, Mr. Ding came to visit Uncle Li. After more than an hour, Uncle Li still didn't come back, so Mr. Ding had no choice but to leave first. But when he left, he left a greeting card here, asking the little old man to give it to Uncle Li."

(End of this chapter)