The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 253 240 Erqiu Prince's Mansion's Second Elementary Solving Problems (Part [-])
The two of them rushed up the official road on horseback, and immediately rode their horses straight to the direction of Chang'an City and ran down. They were hungry all the way, and stayed overnight at Xiaoxing. After five or six days of hard work, it was almost noon. Hou, the two finally arrived in Chang'an City.

I saw that the prosperity of Chang'an City was still there, and there were many pedestrians on the street, including people in cars, horseback riders, people pushing carts, people carrying loads, and all kinds of people.

Buying and selling shops are open for business, peddlers are responsible for hawking on the street, street shopping is performed on the beach, and prostitutes are ostentatiously attracting customers.

High-ranking officials ride horses and sedan chairs, princes and grandchildren wander the streets, monks walk on the streets for alms, and beggars hold sticks to block pedestrians.

The whole city of Chang'an was extremely lively, and there were all kinds of goods of the three religions and nine streams. The two of them walked through the street, and suddenly felt a sense of bewilderment.

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and asked: "Brother, where do you think we should go? There are so many people here, why do you feel like you have nowhere to go?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Where do you think we can go in this capital? Let's take refuge in the Prince Qiu's Mansion, where there is food and drink, at least for a short period of time we will have no worries about food and clothing!

Brother Tieniu, what do you think? "

"Well, what you said really makes sense, let's go, let's go to Prince Qiu's Mansion to find Big Brother Qiu.

The good and the bad can always be eaten together, and I dare not say whether they can make a fortune. "

The two rode straight to Prince Qiu's Mansion on horseback, and saw that the front of Prince Qiu's Mansion was still bustling, and eight soldiers stood guard in front of the gate.

Duan Wuji jumped off the horse and said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, look at the horse, I'll call the door."

Speaking of which, Duan Wuji jumped off the horse, threw the horse to the iron bull and climbed up the steps.

Duan Wuji cupped his hands at the soldiers guarding the gate.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work. We came to find Qiu Tianbao's young Wang Qiansui. We are his friends. My name is Duan Wuji, and that is my brother from the same family. His name is Duan Tieniu. Who of you should go in and report?"

The soldier guarding the gate glanced at him and said: "Recently, Prince Qiu's mansion is very busy, if Young Prince Qiu is free to see you, then we dare not say.

Well, you wait here for a while, I'll go in and give you an announcement. "

After finishing speaking, a soldier turned and went in the door.

The time was short, and Qiu Tianbao followed the soldiers to pick him up.

"You two virtuous brothers, why are you here today? Please come inside quickly, brother, I have something to worry about recently, I didn't expect you two brothers to come today.

Come, come, quickly follow my brother and I into the mansion. "

Seeing the young prince's warm reception, the soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly led the two horses in.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu followed Qiu Tianbao into the study, and Qiu Tianbao ordered tea to be served.

The three brothers sat at the table and chatted while drinking tea.

Qiu Tianbao looked at Duan Wuji and Tieniu and said: "You two virtuous brothers, I don't know if you have any business going to Beijing this time?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "What can we do? This time I went out with my brother Tieniu to pick up the wife. We will come to the capital for a few days on the way. First, we will visit you, brother. Come to investigate Kaohan, does the capital have any ways to make a fortune?
Hey, brother, I found that your complexion is not very good, is there something bothering you?

If so, can you tell us about it? "

After hearing this, Qiu Tianbao put the tea bowl on the table, and couldn't help coughing and said, "Oh! My dear brothers, don't mention it. To tell you the truth, my Qiu Palace has fallen down recently. Blood mold.

It's hard to say! "

Tie Niu is impatient. Tie Niu looked at Qiu Tianbao and said, "Brother Qiu, what's the matter? Look at your frowning look? If you have anything to do, just tell us brothers, why bother to be bored?" What about your heart? You are not afraid of getting sick when you are bored in your heart?"

Looking at Tieniu, Qiu Tianbao couldn't help shaking his head.

"You two virtuous brothers, you may not be very familiar with the distribution of power in our Great Sui Dynasty.

In addition to the direct rule of the central government in our Great Sui Dynasty, power was mainly concentrated in the hands of these few people.

Luo Yi and Luo Yanchao, King of Pingbei, sit in Beiping Mansion. He has nearly 20 soldiers under him. Naluo King Qiantui and his son Shaobaocheng firmly control the military power. They are the real officials of the frontier and overseas emperors!

The other one is Yanglin, the mountain king of Shandong. This Yanglin is located in Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and its influence spreads all over Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Those places were the most prosperous places in my Great Sui Dynasty.

This Yang Lin is the younger brother of the current emperor, and now he has 10,000+ soldiers. It can be said that he is a unique figure in this dynasty.

The other one is Yang Fang Yang Yichen, the Five Kings. This old man is now sitting in Hunan and Hubei, and he is close to the sphere of influence of the backer king Yang Lin. It is said that this old man dismounted from his horse and held a machete, which is unstoppable Bravery!

It is said that Yang Fang, the five kings, also has 10,000+ soldiers under his command. Besides, he is also the younger brother of the current emperor. You said that his power is closely related to that of Yang Lin. The relationship between the two brothers is very good. There is nothing to do with them!

Then there is Yang Su, king of Yue, whose power is mainly concentrated in the Sichuan area, and his power is next to that of the five kings, Yang Fang.

The Shanxi area is the sphere of influence of Li Yuan, the left-behind envoy of Taiyuan. Do you know who Li Yuan is? "

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu shook their heads when they heard this.

"How do we know this? We're just ordinary people, and we don't participate in politics. What's the use of us caring about this?"

Qiu Tianbao nodded.

"Well, yes, whose sphere of influence has nothing to do with you at all, so you don't have to worry about it.

But brother and I are different, I have to find a way to survive.

Let me tell you, Li Yuan, the left-behind envoy of Taiyuan, is not an outsider either. Can an outsider be such a big official?

That's impossible!
The left-behind envoy of Taiyuan, Li Yuan, is still the current emperor's nephew, otherwise how could he stay so securely in Shanxi?

Isn't it because of the relationship?
In the vicinity of the capital, there are mainly a few auras, one is the aura of the eldest prince Yang Yong, and the other is the aura of the second prince Yang Guang.

Another big force is dominated by the power minister Yu Wenhua. This old guy is now the prime minister of our Great Sui Dynasty, so it can be said that he has a lot of power.

The few sons of Yu Wenhua are all martial arts generals, Yuwen Chenglong, Yuwen Chenghu, Yuwen Chengbao, Yuwen Chengxiang are all highly skilled in martial arts.

Yuqi is his eldest son, Yuwen Chengdu, who is now named General Tianbao by the emperor. Now, as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Guards in the imperial city, he can be said to have great power.

This Yuwen Chengdu martial arts is world-class. He once defeated 36 generals in a row during the martial arts competition. A phoenix-winged gold boring can be said to be invincible.

The Yuwen father and son have now gradually colluded with the forces of the second prince Yang Guang.

They regard our Prince Qiu's Mansion as an alien force this time, and they must get rid of it soon.

Alas, who do you think we recruited and provoked!

Isn't it?Recently, the Turkic people suddenly attacked Dulong Pass and killed countless soldiers of our army!

That old thief Yu Wenhuaji recommended my father to be the leader of the army, he just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Turkic to kill my father.

Can you guess how many soldiers and horses he gave my father this time?

There are only [-] soldiers and horses, and the two lieutenants Fan Zhang and Zhou Tai are also two rough people, and their martial arts are said to be not very good.

Hey, my father's expedition this time may be more or less auspicious, but the old emperor has already issued a summons to agree, and this matter is extremely difficult to change.

Two brothers, you don't know!It is true that he won the battle, but if he lost the battle, how could he not be punished by the emperor?
Not to mention the death in battle.

This time, it is said that the Turkic people raised troops at least 10,000+ people. It is said that the Turkic people are all cavalry, and all of them can ride and shoot well. You said that we have more than 1 soldiers and horses, plus the 8000 people from Dulong Pass People, how can you win this game!

Isn't this hitting an egg against a rock?
Hey, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep this Prince Qiu Mansion this time. "

Only then did the two of them understand what was going on.

Duan Wuji glanced at Qiu Tianbao and said: "Brother Qiu, it is said that the brother who fights the tiger is a father and son soldier. Why don't you go with us this time?"

"Hey, brother, see what you said? This is a matter of life and death for my Qiu family, so how can I not follow?
Death, our father and son should die together, how can I let my old father take risks alone?

Wouldn't that be unfilial?
Sigh, you also know that my own martial arts are not very good these two times, so what can I do now?The big deal is death. "

"Oh, so that's the case! How dare you ask Big Brother Qiu, when does King Qiu decide to go to war?"

"When will you set off?"

"My father has already been seen by people, the army will set off the morning after tomorrow, my father said that it is a big auspicious day.

Two virtuous brothers, I invite you two to have a meal at noon today, and you two can go back tomorrow. Today, the three of us will have a drink at the bar. "

After speaking, Qiu Tianbao stood up and went straight to the back hall.

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu and said: "Brother Tieniu, look at the time when we came here, it's really not a damn good time. With such an incident, it seems that this dream of getting rich has been shattered."

Tieniu is such a warm-hearted person!Tieniu stood up, walked to Duan Wuji's side and said: "Brother, Qiu Tianbao is so pitiful, how about we help him?

Is this Turkic man as obscene as he said?It's not like we haven't killed these Turkic people before, isn't that one stick for one, two sticks for one pair?

Maybe we can make some military merits for the court, and then we can also save the Qiu family and his son.

Brother, what do you think? "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Well, that's fine, we have to let the old prince play the Ming court, otherwise, we won't have any good fruit for us."

(End of this chapter)