Delong

Chapter 75 Cooking Crane Walk (4)

The patrol led by Bai Yousi arrived at Yangzijin, which caused a double shock in the local official circles and the people. Obviously, aside from the particularity of the Jinyi patrol, the speed of the fast horse and the downstream made it impossible for Jiangdu. To receive any effective information in time...Of course, this is the routine operation of the Jinyi Patrollers on their daily tours, and what is needed is the surprise of the local government and the local shock.

Only this time, the Second Patrol Team knew that there was no case transfer or criminal offense at all. They just wanted to wait here until the New Year, collect the festival gifts from the Jiangdong states and counties, and then escort them back to the Eastern Capital in the spring.

This day is October [-]th, the first month of winter is about to pass, and it is about to enter the midwinter season.

"The common people here are very afraid of us."

Qin Bao shook his head slightly as he led his tumor-spotted beast to the posthouse by the ferry.

"Where are the common people not afraid of us?" Li Qingchen on the side routinely expressed his excess desire. "We are the inspectors of Fusi in Taichung Township, Jing'an. We are the eagle dogs of the imperial court. We are the dogs in brocade clothes they say. We come out to arrest people and handle cases. The central officials in Dongdu will hide when they see us, let alone thousands of miles apart. Besides, Jiangdu is so rich on the one hand, but on the other hand it is a Dafang town farthest from the imperial court. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. As long as you don’t hide it from the top, you can do any nasty things. How can you not be afraid of us? "

"Li Twelve Lang, I'm digressing. I'm talking about the common people." Zhang Xing led Huang Puma to make corrections. "Qin Erlang should mean that it is also the hometown of another country that was destroyed. Compared with Hebei and the hometown of Dongqi in the east, this is the hometown of Southern Chen. In fact, it is more separated from the imperial court..."

"Jiangdu is not the hometown of Nan Chen." Li Qingchen pointed out the mistake on the spot without fear. "After the Eastern Qi Dynasty was destroyed, this place was occupied by the Great Wei. The sage was here as Fangzhen and planned to destroy Chen... After the destruction of Chen, because although this place is Jiangbei, it is the place where Jiangdong is the commander-in-chief. I have stayed here for several years to appease Jiangdong..."

After talking about it, Li Twelve Lang himself felt a little irrational. The Eastern Qi had its old places, so the place occupied after the destruction of the Eastern Qi was not the old place?You also know that this is the land of Jiangdong Consul General?

Are you not ashamed to say that?

Especially after Zhang Xing heard this, instead of refuting, he nodded again and again... Although Li Twelve was a stubborn one, he was still shameless, so he immediately shut up.

"Who said no?"

Seeing the embarrassment of the words, the elder Heishiu Hu Yan also said a few words with emotion. "Dongqi has deep enmity, but more of it is the enmity of the big clans and big clans above. The two sides have fought for hundreds of years. How many blood feuds have there been? Which of the top countries has not broken people in Dongqi? So It is only now that the aristocratic and powerful families over there are suppressed, and they are not allowed to be high officials. In fact, the former dynasty and the Eastern Qi Dynasty are basically of the same origin. Otherwise, the saint would not have built the Eastern Capital as soon as he ascended the throne, and then moved to the Eastern Capital. But here in the south, it was isolated for hundreds of years..."

There is some truth to this statement, but it is not necessarily a biased statement by a backbone official of the imperial court. What do the common people below think, what do the officials above think, what do the top clans think, what do the Eastern Qi tycoons who are pushed aside, including the saints think? , It’s not that I don’t know everyone, I can only listen more, look more and think more.

Just like right now, a group of people are talking about the excitement, but as soon as they stepped into the compound of the Yangzijin Post Station, they saw a mess of flying dogs and dogs - countless officials and merchants carried their luggage as if they were fleeing. , dragging their children, leading the livestock, and yelling at the servants, they are in a state of distress, as if they heard that a dog in brocade clothes arrived at the ferry on a military boat, and was about to escape from disaster, but saw dozens of people riding brocade robes and embroidered knives head on When he came face to face, he also lost his voice on the spot, and froze like a stop-frame painting.

But soon, it's more disorderly and chaotic scenes.

Seeing this situation, Bai Yousi, Hu Yan and the others were all speechless, they could only lead the crowd to stand in the courtyard, and waited silently for the chaos to end.

And this usual behavior of people and horses standing still and orderly, although it didn't exacerbate the chaos, it obviously made everyone more afraid - they walked around without saying a word.

In a short while, all the people left, and some people even left their luggage behind. Zhang Xing originally wanted to shout and hand it over, but after thinking about it, he didn't dare to move... Jinyi Dogs were all overwhelmed by this scene scared.

But the trouble wasn't over yet.

First, the post station officials with a southern accent came over tremblingly and asked for time to clean up; after finally cleaning it up, a messenger was sent by the red ribbon flying horse in Jiangdu City to inquire about the task and the situation; and then there was no time to hand over the documents and explain Later, Jiangdu stayed behind and sent envoys to come, saying that Yangzijin is the node where officials in the south of the Yangtze River go to the north, and that people from Jing'antai will scare people if they occupy the post station there, and let the big guys go to live in the city.

Lai Zhan'er, who stayed behind in Jiangdu, is a real big shot in the sky. He is a senior general in the army, from an official to a leader of the Zhu Kingdom, and from a prince to a duke of the country. Otherwise, even if it is needed for a temporary military rest, he will definitely not be a native of Jiangdu, and he is also a man of humble origin who will serve as Jiangdu's left-behind.

In short, this person's words must be respected, but the problem is, where to live in the city, the father didn't say anything?

In desperation, everyone could only ask the envoy to go back to inquire, and then wait in place.

However, Lai Gong's envoy had just left for less than a quarter of an hour when another envoy arrived. It was actually Lai Gong's lieutenant, Zhou Xingfan, the youngest son of Zhou Xiaoming who stayed behind, and directly invited the knights in brocade clothes to go to the north of the city as the emperor's personal guard. The outer city of the palace was stationed as a stronghold.

Up to this point, I don't know where I am, it's because of two military masters that I acted so carelessly, but now, I have no choice but to hold my nose and get on my horse in a hurry, and go to the north city, leaving an empty The inn left behind... At this time, something even more speechless happened.

Jinyi patrolled dozens of horses, left the post station and headed north. As a result, as soon as people left the area around Yangzijin, there were cheers from the ferry, post station, and market, as if the master of the blue sky was in charge and drove away the god of plague. , What a big victory.

Hearing this, even if everyone spoke clearly just now, they said they could understand, but below Bai Yousi, almost everyone stopped to look back, and their faces became uglier than the other.

Only Zhang Xing, although he was also stationed in the horse, only listened to it a few times with great interest, and then shook his head on the horse and laughed.

"Inspector Bai, everyone."

That Zhou Xingfan was only eighteen or nineteen years old, but he seemed stable. Now that he came to his senses, he naturally knew the embarrassment, so he immediately apologized to Bai Yousi and others. "It's definitely not what you think... My father and Lai Gong are loyal officials of the court. They have no intention of disciplining the imperial envoys. I just heard that you are going ashore in Yangzijin, so you have to consider it from a high place."

"If Lai Gong and Zhou Gong are not loyal ministers of the court, there will be no loyal ministers in the world." Li Qingchen added to his anger, and before Bai Yousi could reply, he confronted him coldly. "Yang Shen must be a loyal minister recognized by the world if he didn't turn against him! Besides, Lai Gong is a hero, so don't delay his son's rebellion! Lai Gong and Zhou Gong are the court's reliance, and don't delay, they are both from the south, and they are also the reliance of the southerners! "

This is related to an incident at the beginning of this year.

It's about Yang Shen's rebellion. At that time, Lai Zhan'er, who was the general manager of Xuzhou, and Zhou Xiaoming, the deputy general, had already dispatched the navy to Luolongtan. After hearing the news, they hurriedly withdrew the troops to prepare for the infantry rescue and the naval rescue. The defeated army, such an action, involved a lot, and it was too late to report to Luoyang, and the two had already put it into action... It was proved afterwards that this approach was absolutely correct.

But at the same time, the second son of Lai Zhan, who was transporting food and grass in the rear, also became the first batch of high-ranking officials to surrender to Yang Shen. one of the eggs.

In fact, this kind of thing is too common. It is natural for a person to have a soft knee. If you don't delay the battle, you will be more trusted by the saint afterwards.

At this time, Li Qingchen didn't really want to use this thing to make an issue. It was nothing more than being anxious, engaging in personal attacks and regional discrimination, plus pointing and cursing... But what's interesting is that such low-end personal attacks, the patrol team But no one stopped the old man, and he actually let Li Twelve, a son of a family, scold him in public.

Now, Zhou Xingfan Qingzhi had angered almost everyone, so he simply shut up and led the way silently.

Entering the city, going straight to the palace, and finding a clean place to station in the outer city, Zhou Xingfan hurriedly fled, and then the local Zhu Shou said that he would come to visit, and the governor of the Beiya and the captain of the Jinwu Guard also came to invite... When everyone was discussing whether to go to Beiya first or to have a face-to-face explanation with the local Zhu Shou, they didn't know if Zhou Xingfan went back and said something to his father, and then his father said something to Lai Gong. An envoy came from the government again, saying that the prince was going to hold a banquet, and asked Bai Xunjian to bring her capable subordinates to the banquet.

It's impossible not to go.

But only when I got to the place did I know that Eunuch Zhao, the left-behind governor of the Beiya Palace, Liu Jing, the captain of the Jinwu Guard, Zhu Shou Liao En, the accompanying capital of the governor of Jing'an Taidong Township, and Xie Mingshan, the prefect who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb before, had also They were all invited together.

It's a relief.

The banquet started, Lai Gong came from a lowly family background, and the banquet was vulgar, he came up to let the prominent figures meet Bai Yousi and Hu Yan one by one, and heard that this time they were just sitting and waiting for the rations, so they had no extra interest and just called people Serve wine and food, and call for songs and dances to warm up the scene... Seventeen or eighteen beauties from Jiangdong came together and danced in the hall. Although they are not beautiful, they are also youthful and beautiful. Realizing that this trip is really for enjoyment... The little sulking on the Yangtze River before disappeared early.

Even Bai Yousibai, who was inspecting the inspection, was fascinated by watching it, even more fascinated than others.

The so-called midwinter is approaching, and the south of the Yangtze River is slightly cold. The Duke buys wine, sings and dances to sing the praises of Tai'an in the world, and there is a sense of prosperity and peace.

But Zhang Xing looked at the song and dance, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, which aroused the curiosity of Qin Bao, who was next to him in the same case: "What is the third brother laughing at? Is there something wrong with the song and dance?"

"No." Regarding Qin Bao, Zhang Xing naturally didn't need to hide anything, and directly answered in a low voice. "I just remembered the group of people who made the introduction just now... Lai Gong is a local, a poor hero picked up by the sage when he was here; The old man in the Chen Palace followed the saint after the war; Liao Zhushou was also from the south, but after he became Zhushou, he took the initiative to ask to be transferred to Fusi of Dongzhen to be the accompanying capital of Zhushou in Jiangdu; he was the prefect of the county, and he was also the descendant of the famous Xie family in the south... The people who are in power in Wuzi Jiangdu are all southerners, except for an insignificant Jinwuwei captain who was born in the old place of Eastern Qi."

Qin Bao thought for a while, then asked again: "Is there anything wrong with this?"

"Of course there's nothing wrong with it." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "Not to mention anything else, Lai Gong, Zhou Gong, and Zhao Dugong are all confidantes of saints. The saints have no doubts. What we say is inappropriate... But the problem is, why do they, who are officials from the north and the south, gather in this place? Jiangdu, the land of the Jiangdong general in Jiangbei?"

Qin Bao thought for a while, but also came to his senses: "Third Brother, you mean that these people can't please both sides. Going forward, they will be excluded in the center, and in the future, they will not be accepted by the people and the countryside in Jiangdong?"

Zhang Xing nodded.

"Then that's the case." Qin Bao hesitated for a while. "Will Dongqi people like me be like this in the future?"

"That's not the case..." Zhang Xing couldn't help laughing. "After you become one side and stay behind, what will happen in this world?"

Just as Qin Bao wanted to say more, he shut up again. It turned out that at this moment, another round of servants carrying wooden trays entered through the side doors on both sides, apparently to serve new dishes.

However, just when Zhang Xing and Qin Bao shut their mouths and were about to free up the space in front of them to eat new dishes, there was a flash of light in the center of the hall, which attracted the two of them to look at it together, and then they were horrified—it turned out that, One of the dancers waved her long sleeves and threw them straight at the deputy guard Zhou Xiaoming. There was a gold ornament at the end of the long sleeves, and the wind whistled, as if a master had used his true energy. hit.

Any fool can see that this is an assassination.

The two of them were just about to shout, but unexpectedly, a bigger commotion came—the servants who had just come in with their plates also acted separately, but they took out daggers from the bottom of the plate, transported all kinds of true energy, and charged at the leaders. The dignitaries launched a surprise attack, and there were screams immediately.

Not only that, but the rest of the dancers were at a loss when they saw one of their partners waving their long sleeves, but when they saw the dagger flashing past, they panicked and ran away one after another.

These changes and turmoil, said late, come quickly, simply happened in an instant.

Now that chaos has arisen, the people below Hu Yan are well-trained, so they don't know that this is a premeditated assassination, and although the patrol cavalry are not allowed to bring weapons in, they don't delay everyone from overturning the table and using footstools to fight.

Even Zhang Xing and Qin Bao each held a low stool in their hands.

Only Bai Yousi, as the only master who was allowed to bring a long sword into the lobby of Liushou Mansion, actually sat calmly at this time, but drank a glass of wine first, and after Zhou Xiaoming overturned the table and blocked the first blow, Just now he threw the wine glass and hit the dancer's long sleeve.

The dancing girl staggered two steps after receiving this blow from the air, but she was not afraid at all, instead she threw up her long sleeves and attacked Bai Yousi.

Bai Xunjian just drew his sword at this time, and cut off the opponent's long sleeve with just one blow, and the dancer was so startled that she didn't dare to move anymore, and ran out.

Bai Yousi did not go after him, but swung his long sword again, almost chopping down the dagger-wielding assassins one by one.

After a while, the scene calmed down, but amidst the screams of the assassins, everyone found that Liu Jing, the captain of the Jinwu Guard, had already died.

"When I heard the scream, I realized that Liu Duwei had been stabbed in the back of his heart." Bai Yousi looked calm, and sat back to press the long sword to face him. "It's too late to save."

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, and Zhou Xiaoming, who was the leader, wanted to speak for a while, but didn't know what to say.

But at this moment, Lai Zhan'er Lai Gong, who had left suddenly without knowing why, also just came back. Seeing this scene, he was extremely surprised for a while.

"This is a design provocation." Zhou Xiaoming, the deputy left behind, looked away from Lai Zhan'er who was still confused, thought for a moment, and said coldly. "Brother Lai and I have known each other for 30 or [-] years. I don't know how many times we have lived and died together on the battlefield... There is no need for words. I just want to say more because some of you don't know... Besides, everyone knows it. Brother Lai is almost at the level of a master, if he is not transferred away, how can he be assassinated?"

Everyone in the hall nodded almost unanimously.

To put it bluntly, if Lai Zhan'er wants to mess with someone here in Jiangdu, he will be charged and killed, so why are there so many troubles?If you want to exclude Zhou Xiaoming, you don't have to be so low-end.

However, after Lai Zhan'er finally figured out what was going on, the general in his fifties turned furious: "Girls of the Bai family! Aren't you idlers? You must be busy now!"

(End of this chapter)