The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 190 Flying stones may not be able to hit birds sometimes

squeak~~squeak~~
The shaft ran over the potholes in the road, and in the swaying carriage, the woman with bound hands and feet woke up in a drowsy state, her mind still not fully awake, her eyes half-opened, looking at her son with his hands tied behind his back.

It has been three days, and when she woke up in the middle, the cloth towel was removed from her mouth, and after she was filled with soup, the people outside stopped caring about her mother and her son.

She was no different than an ordinary woman, and she had a lot of experience. After the initial panic, Bai Yunxiang gradually calmed down. After comforting her son with her eyes, she was always watching out for the kidnappers outside, looking for opportunities to escape.

It's a pity that the other party seems to be a veteran, and they are impeccable in this aspect, so that no one can see anything unusual. The only lucky thing right now is that the other party is not greedy for her beauty.

Just like doing business, the goods must be delivered to the buyer in good condition.

"Dou Wei should have noticed by now, will he tell him the news?"It will take a month to come and go, I am afraid that we may not see each other again in this life. '

She was thinking, as if she had arrived somewhere, the traveling carriage suddenly stopped, and someone outside came over and opened the curtain and took a look inside, then lowered the curtain and left.

There was a vague voice, Bai Yunxiang moved her body, blinked at her frightened son, put her under the car window, and listened carefully.

"You guys did a great job. There will be a reward when you go back."

"After this matter is over, you go back to your hometown in Hebei, stay for a while, and then call you over."

The voices of the successive voices were gentle, the woman struggled to sit up, peeped out along the gap floating in the corner of the curtain, the mountains were green and stretched, and the outline of the towering city wall stood in the distance, and the source of the voice was two men, one of whom spoke That man, tall and straight, with a half-foot beard and majestic eyes, was like the gangsters who tied her up, and he was like a child listening to a lesson in front of him.

"Let's go, I have sent people to Luoyang, I believe King Dongping is already on his way."

Prime Minister Cui Yin was a figure who had suddenly risen in the past three years. In the final analysis, the Cui family of Qinghe contributed people and contributed money and food to Chang'an. Although it only played a small part, funding in the name of a family has a different meaning.

What Li Ye repays Li is to let Cui Yin rise to the top. As for whether he has ability or not, it doesn't really matter.

And Cui Yin naturally saw this, so he dared to act in Chang'an. He was sure that Li Ye would not take him, and cut off the treacherous eunuchs in the court. The emperor still relied on him a lot.

He stood by the carriage that came over for a while, watching the vehicles loaded with 'goods' enter Tongguan, before returning to the carriage and following behind.

The guard at Tongguan, like the guard at Mingde Gate in Chang'an, had already been bribed by him, and the inspection was hasty. He didn't even take a look at the carriage before passing through the customs.

at the same time.

Going east along Tongguan, outside Luoyang City, the stout Zhu Wen was leading a cavalry out of the city on horseback. Besides Wang Yanzhang, who was often nicknamed "Spear King", beside him was the inspector's right servant, Xie Tong. .

Sweeping away the lingering Caizhou and teaching Shi Pu a lesson, he has basically won the Central Plains area, but the wandering army that appeared recently is making trouble everywhere, and the style is still the same as that of the grass army. The difference is that the opponents are all dispatched by small groups of people. , looted the villages around the county, and left with the people. When the soldiers in the city arrived, they had already disappeared.

Right now, I heard that Luoyang was also in trouble, so I came to have a look. When I visited the city defense, I received a letter from Chang'an, which was written to him by the new prime minister Cui Yin.

The Cui family of Qinghe is a prominent family in Hebei, so Zhu Wen must have heard of it when he was a bandit in Dangshan when he was young.

"Your Highness, what did Xiang Cui say?" Xie Tong stood by Zhu Wen's side, knowing the other's temperament, even if he had to trust him, he couldn't take a peek.

"Hehe. This Prime Minister Cui knows my hobbies. He said that he found a beautiful woman in Chang'an, and she was a widow. He brought her with her children."

"I'm afraid it was taken captive, Your Highness should not take over."

Xie Tong lowered his eyelids and pondered for a moment. This was the first time he had asked Zhu Wen to refuse, and his tone was vigilant, "This Prime Minister Cui comes from a famous family, and he is His Majesty's new arm. He is too close to His Majesty. We do no good."

On the side, Zhu Wen glanced at him and threw the letter casually.

"Why don't you take it? You already have the land of the Central Plains. Who dares to underestimate it? Li Ye's self-righteous plan, thinking that we should hold back Li Keyong so that he can conquer the land of Shu and cut off the eunuchs in the palace. Dang Gu can’t see his intentions? If it’s not for Gu’s rest to raise soldiers and horses.”

Zhu Wen snorted heavily, Luoyang walked away behind the team, he looked ahead and grunted again, pointing with his horsewhip.

"Believe it or not, Gu took Tongguan in front of him at this time, and Li Ye, who is far away in Chang'an, didn't even dare to fart? As for this Cui Yin, it was Qinghe Cui's who came to explore the way."

Xie Tong said "Yes." He didn't continue to speak. How could the Dongping King in front of him be so short-sighted from a bandit to his current status as a prince? There should be some meaning to what he said.

As for accepting the beautiful woman sent by the other party, it is purely a hobby.

A cavalry team of about [-] passed the boundary of Luoyang, and the sky was gradually slanting westward. After setting up camp, they didn't plan to go any further. They just waited here for news from the other side.

Sure enough, before the setting sun set, a carriage came from the official road in the direction of Tongguan, and was stopped by the cavalry for interrogation. After learning that they were here to give gifts, they led the other party into the gate.

The three men escorting the carriage jumped out of the carriage and untied the mother and child inside. After all, they would not be able to escape when they reached the barracks. They took off the cloth scarf from the woman's mouth, and the man with a ferocious face pinched the woman's chin with a fierce tone.

"If you follow the one inside, you will have riches and honors to enjoy in the future. If you dare to commit suicide, I will skin your son and throw him into the lake to feed the fish!"

Bai Yunxiang wrenched her chin out of his hand, stared at him, stretched out her hand to embrace Geng Nian, and strode to the largest tent in the camp without the three of them pushing.

The brazier set up at the entrance of the tent was burning, but the soldiers didn't stop them, they let them in, stepped inside, their vision was clouded in the dimness, and they could vaguely see a figure sitting behind the long table opposite.

"Haha. This figure is really good. You can pinch water out just by looking at it." Zhu Wen has a lot of experience in this area. He rubbed his hands and stood up and walked around the desk, looking at the woman with her face hanging down and her hair in a messy bun. , looked up and down, and said a few "wonderful" in his mouth.

His eyes moved down, and he suddenly fell on the little man next to the woman. Since the other mother is going to be admitted into the house, it doesn't matter if there is another adopted child.

Zhu Wen was in a good mood. He knelt down to pinch the little man's face. As soon as his fingertips touched the delicate skin, he frowned suddenly. Looking at the timid child with small and delicate facial features, he could vaguely see a person's facial features. profile to come.

"What's your name?"

Over there, the boy held his mother's hand tightly, and whispered timidly: "Geng Nian"

Surname Geng?
can't be such a coincidence
Zhu Wen withdrew his hand and looked at it carefully for a while. The more he looked, the more he looked like it. He was about to ask the woman next to him, but the woman spoke first.

"His father's name is Geng Qing, and his concubine is Bai Yunxiang."

Xie Tong, who was thinking about something over there, turned his face, looked at the woman in surprise, and reacted, hurried forward and arched his hands.

"Can you lift your face?"

Hearing this, Bai Yunxiang slowly raised her messy face, which couldn't be concealed, she also showed surprise when she saw Xie Tong in front of her.

"Mr. Xie"

Back then, Xie Tong often came to Yong'an Square to meet Geng Qing and Qin Huaimian, so he had met Bai Yunxiang and talked to him, so how could he be wrong when they meet now.

Xie Tong subconsciously looked at Zhu Wen, but the latter did not speak, stretched out his hand to embrace the woman and child in front of him, and walked out of the big tent. The three men waiting outside, seeing King Dongping coming out, quickly squeezed out a flattering smile, went up Before hand over.

"Your Highness, is the woman inside still satisfied?"

"Satisfied, thank you Cui Xiang really, but what kind of gift should Gu give him back?" Zhu Wen looked at the three of them and pointed to one of them. The latter thought that King Dongping wanted him to do something, but just stood there. He didn't move there, and the next moment, Zhu Wen turned his face to the two guards at the tent and gave instructions.

"Chop off the heads of the two people here, and let this man take the heads back."

As soon as the words came out, the two people over there immediately sat down on the ground in fright, their faces turned pale instantly, and they were dragged away by the soldiers who passed by after screaming a few times, accompanied by two screams of "Ah--", two bloody The human head was brought over, tied with a rope, and hung on the only remaining neck.

"Your Cui Xiang is not far ahead, right? Let him come over and talk to Gu."

The man who was too frightened to speak just hung his two heads like that, sat in the carriage pulled by the soldiers and drove out of the barracks in a daze.

Humph.

If you want to divorce Zhu, you are still a little tender.

After knowing that the mother and son belonged to Geng Qing, the doubts about Cui Yin's sudden fawning on him became clear in his heart.

And he hates being used the most.

Back in the big tent, Zhu Wen watched the child in front of him pinch the tender flesh on his small face, his thick beard stretched out, and he laughed twice.

"It's really a good baby, your father will definitely come to you."

There was a ferocious smile on his face.

"what?!"

Cui Yin opened the curtain, and when he heard the report from his subordinates, he rushed out of the car, and saw his bloody hands kneeling on the ground, with two heads beside him.

"Did he really say that?"

The man swallowed his saliva, and nodded fiercely: "The king of Dongping said that he asked Cui Xiang to go to his barracks tonight. Cui Xiang, I think it's the Hongmen banquet. It's reasonable for us to return to Chang'an as soon as possible."

Well.
Prime Minister Cui Yin looked at the bonfire, pondered for a moment, and then told everyone who came with him to turn around and leave. It's better not to break into the dragon's lake and tiger's lair, that's the behavior of a reckless man.

As long as the mother and child are not sent out, three birds with one stone, only two birds will be hit.

"Cui Sang, look!"

Cui Yin stepped on the chariot, opened the curtain and went in. He heard a man on his horse outside pointing to the valley on the side of Tongguan, where a torch was shining.

There are not many torches, only two, but it can be seen that they seem to be looking for them.

In the distance, the carriage driving through the valley stopped nearby, and the people in the carriage noticed the simple station ahead and a carriage stopped.

"Cui Xiang, aren't you looking for your actions in the past few days? Why are you leaving now? Why don't you stay and talk all night together?"

In the darkness, it was Geng Qing's voice. A slender figure got out of the car curtain, stood under the light of the torch, and looked at the group of dozens of people with his hands behind his back.

Three guards with wooden boxes on their backs lined up behind him, gripping the handle of the knife tightly.

　Four more, I really can’t move anymore, let’s continue writing tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)