Prime Minister

Chapter 112 Didn't Say Goodbye (Thanks to the leader of propheta book friends)
The river wind blows hard.

Zhang Yue was indeed a little blushing. Although he was a man in two lifetimes, except for blind dates, he didn't have many opportunities to deal with girls.

Zhang Yue pretended to be calm and glanced over, but when he turned around again, he saw that the woman had already looked elsewhere.

Only then did Zhang Yue resolve the embarrassment.

At this time Tang Jiudao: "I would like to report to Da Lang, although the river robbers have retreated, we are still not out of danger. These river robbers kill people and rob money. In order to prevent the news from leaking, all the boats sank and disappeared, and no one was left behind. "

Wu Anshi said seriously, "According to Jiulang's opinion, what should we do?"

Tang Jiudao: "For the current plan, we still have to leave this place quickly."

Wu Anshi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jiulang, I've already sent someone to look for the Military and Horse Superintendent here, and I'll get back to you right away."

Tang Jiu hesitated to speak, Zhang Yue saw this and asked, "But what doubts do you have?"

Tang Jiudao: "Many of the thieves who robbed the Jianghuai River are local tyrants, private tea and salt dealers, colluding with the government on weekdays, and there are even officers and soldiers who are thieves."

Someone on the side sneered and said: "Why, don't these officers and soldiers dare to rob and kill us?"

Tang Jiudao: "Not necessarily, as long as someone leaks the news in advance, or the officers and soldiers are a day late. Besides, we have to wait here for the whole night. These thieves who robbed the river are hard to guarantee that they will not return."

Speaking of this, Tang Jiu picked up an arrowhead and said: "This is the river thief I picked up last night. This arrow is excellent, even in the army. If the robbers call for another attack, then we will stand by the river bank and It’s also hard to protect yourself.”

One of the guard leaders on Wu Anshi's side also said: "I think these people are not easy to get along with. Not only are they proficient in water skills, but they are also good at fighting. I'm afraid they are thieves who are used to committing crimes."

Wu Anshi said angrily: "If I go back to Bianjing, I will tell my father to let the imperial court send soldiers to encircle and suppress, and let out a bad breath."

"So Kuro, what should we do?"

Tang Jiudao: "Just in case, we can't wait for news here, we must go upstream. Yesterday we passed a grass market, and there were officers and soldiers maintaining the grass market."

Wu Anshi clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful! The robbers who robbed the river yesterday must have thought that we would continue westward and intercept us on the way ahead, but unexpectedly we dared to turn back. We will contact the local officers and soldiers when we arrive at Caoshi."

But left and right said: "Mr. Da Lang, there are so many of us running wildly along the road, what if we get separated?"

Wu Anshi hesitated.

At this time Tang Jiudao: "Mr. Da Lang, make a decision early."

One person said: "You are a thief who joins the army, and Lord Dalang gives you three points of face. How can you be our master?"

Tang Jiu stepped back when he heard the words.

Wu Anshi looked at Zhang Yue and asked, "Sanlang, what do you think?"

Zhang Yue thought about it and asked, "May I ask Mr. Da Lang what are the advantages and disadvantages of staying here or going east?"

Wu Anshi said: "It's really good to stay here and wait for the government's reinforcements, but if after waiting for a day, the government's reinforcements don't arrive, then it will be dangerous for me to wait at night."

"If you go east to the grass market, everyone will get separated, but you will arrive at the grass market within a day if you walk along the river."

Zhang Yue said: "Mr. Da Lang, do you still remember what we said in Xianxia Ridge?"

Wu Anshi slapped his legs and said: "Sit back and watch the changes, and if you don't do anything about it, you may become irresistible; if you rise up and do it forcefully, the world will be in a state of order and peace, and I will not believe it."

"Go east, at least life and death are up to me!"

Wu Anshi turned around and discussed with the two women wearing veiled hats, and then decided to return south together.

Everyone set off, and then walked along the river through the reeds.

When the river wind is blowing, if it is a good season, there will be reeds flying all over the sky in the reeds, falling on people's clothes. At this time, this scene can be a good word for "a body is full after being blown".

But now that Jiang Bandit is haunting no one knows where, everyone is worried.

The shadowy reeds, against the cold wind of early spring, make people feel a little nervous.

Many guards hugged Wu Anshi to lead the way, and the rest of the female envoys and old ladies were constantly dragged down. The team was loose, but no one had too much scruples when they were in a panic.

Zhang Yue knew in his heart that Wu Anshi, Fan's family was forced to walk forward by the guards, at this moment he had to keep up with them to be the safest.

Tang Jiu followed closely beside Zhang Yue, as for Huang Haoyi and Ma Wu, both got separated during the rush.

Zhang Yue walked in a hurry, people kept falling behind on the road, and after running for more than ten miles, it took them a whole morning.

There were only seven or eight bodyguards around Mr. Wu Dalang, and there were only two or three female envoys around the two female family members of the Wu family to wait on them.

Everyone was exhausted from walking, so they came to rest in a reed swamp.

Everyone sat in one place in a mess, hungry and thirsty, each went to the river to drink water with both hands.Zhang Yue saw that several female envoys wet their towels with the riverside. Although they were so tired on the road, these female envoys were still calm and graceful, and they took the wet again. The towel handkerchief was used by two female family members of the Wu family.

At this time, Zhang Yue heard two guards complaining in the distance.

It seemed strange why Zhang Yue dragged them all the way. If he stayed where he was, he might have waited until the officers and soldiers rescued him from the dangerous situation, and he would have almost lost his breath without running like this.

Even Mr. Wu Dalang sprained his foot from running just now.

At this moment, everyone is extremely exhausted, and it is hard to guarantee that everyone will not blame Zhang Yue for this.

Zhang Yue and Tang Jiu sat aside silently.

At this time, a female envoy walked up to Zhang Yue, holding a piece of cake wrapped in a handkerchief, and said, "Mr., this is from my girl."

Zhang Yue was taken aback when he saw it, and when he looked up, the girl seemed to have deliberately walked aside to have a detailed conversation with another female family member of the Wu family, without looking at him.

The female envoy said: "My girl said, thank you for your advice. The girl said that she doesn't like people who have no blame or reputation for things. Since the husband takes the matter on himself, don't worry about people chewing his tongue, just let it go. Enough."

Zhang Yue nodded, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Please tell the girl, thank you for her words."

The maid smiled and said, "Then accept it!"

Zhang Yue was a little embarrassed, and after accepting the cakes, he shared the food with Tang Jiu in half.

Everyone rested for a while, then continued eastward, and indeed they saw the outline of the grass market within two or three miles.Wu Anshi was overjoyed, so she stopped to gather people together, and when two-thirds of the people had arrived, she went to the grass market.

The Jianghuai Grass Market has flourished since the end of Tang Dynasty.

Du Mu's "Jiang Zei Shu" Zeng Yun said, "Every grass market in the Jianghuai River is as close to the water as possible, and most of the rich and powerful families live in it."In the past 15 years, in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, all the famous grass markets have been robbed and killed. Only those who were robbed again in three years, and no one was safe in five years. '

However, the Tang Dynasty strictly prohibited the grass market, and believed that all transactions must be carried out in the city.

But after the Anshi Rebellion, all kinds of grass markets still sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

For example, the Jianghuai Grass Market, although it is robbed every three years by river thieves, the people still enjoy trading here.In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court recognized the existence of the folk grass market, as long as the government was allowed to send people to collect taxes.

In this way, there are still many grass markets along the Jianghuai River.

Wu Anshi, Zhang Yue and the others entered the grass market, but they saw that there were mostly thatched houses.There is a lot of prosperity for the people to come and go.Although the houses and streets are extremely dilapidated, this is all because no one manages it. On the contrary, there is vitality everywhere.

There are many cargo ships barge by the river, buying food or some rice beans from the people here.

At the same time, there are also some private tea dealers, private salt dealers, and private wine dealers who swagger in and out of the grass market without hindrance. They are all very sturdy. Buses come and go openly.

As for the few officials who were leaning near the rake, they seemed not to have noticed this scene, counting copper coins on a small table while keeping accounts.

But looking at this scene of law and order chaos, Zhang Yue and the others felt relieved, no matter how courageous the robbers were, they would not dare to go to the grass market to openly kill people and loot.

After all, this is not the time for the end of Tang Dynasty.

Wu Anshi winked at the guard beside him, but saw that the guard stepped forward and kicked over the table in front of the little official.

In the astonished eyes of the other party, this person said: "Call you who are in charge!"

Sure enough, Caoshi Wei, who was in charge of Caoshi in the imperial court, was terrified when he learned that the other party was the nephew of the current deputy prime minister, and bowed down face to face after welcoming him.And gave up his lieutenant office to Wu Anshi and his family to live in, and at the same time immediately invited officers and soldiers to come here to guard.

When Zhang Yue heard this from the left and right, someone started to speak in a low voice. Anyway, the jittery scene when he was fleeing on the road just now was gone.

Then a group of villagers with guns came here and stationed at the gate of Caoshisuo.

Wu Anshi nodded, and immediately entered with her family members, and the rest finally settled down under the arrangement of the officials.

Gradually, all the members of the Wu family returned to Caoshi together, not one escaped, but several people twisted their feet.

Huang Haoyi and Ma Wu all followed, and Zhang Yue and them were arranged in a shack with a bonfire outside to drive away the cold while cooking porridge in a pot.

I saw township soldiers patrolling outside.

The people arranged in the huts were already laughing, and some even bought wine and meat to eat and drink.

When the porridge was cooked, Zhang Yue, Ma Wu, and Huang Haoyi shared the food with wooden bowls. They didn't have spoons at hand, so they held the bowls and sucked the hot porridge with small sips.No one complained about it.

Huang Haoyi suddenly drank and cried. Judging from his appearance, he probably thought of the relative who died on the boat last night.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but think of the people who were talking and laughing with yesterday.

Zhang Yue and Tang Jiu sat aside. Although no one came to thank them, they didn't care about it at the moment.

Thinking of the day's journey, I was worried and frightened for a day and a night. At this moment, I can only feel lucky for the rest of my life after the catastrophe.

After Zhang Yue drank the porridge, he folded his clothes and went to sleep. In his mind, he recalled the scene of being afraid and panicked with Bai Ri and the woman from the Wu family, running around for a day.

She also sent her envoy to comfort herself.

In the end, Zhang Yue watched her and her elder brother enter the grass market together, without even saying goodbye in a hurry, feeling a little empty in his heart at the moment.

Zhang Yue thought that it would be great if he could say goodbye at that time, after all, it would not be easy for the two to meet again in the future.

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