The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 193 As You Are Before
The huge lingering sound and screams dissipated away, and the torches on the Tongguan city wall in the distance were flickered, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes and human footsteps mixed together, spreading out from the pass, and rushing towards this side.

Then Zhang Huaiyi led a dozen cavalry soldiers to stop him, and threw a token to the opponent to show his identity, saying that the kidnappers who escaped from Chang'an were captured ahead, and the guards who had set aside for inspection should go back.

The shence army is Chang'an Rongwei, and the local soldiers are incomparable. The Tongguan guard naturally knew it in his heart, returned the token to Zhang Huaiyi, and then left and returned to the pass.

The remaining bonfires were flickering, and the flickering light seemed to be a dividing line dividing the east and west sides of the official road.

Geng Qing led three guards standing there, behind him were 2000 Shence troops, and on the opposite side of the dim fire, there were also [-] people behind Zhu Wen. As for the corpses on the ground, they had been dragged away and buried in a nearby forest.

The night wind blew the light of the fire, and it was quiet for a while. Zhu Wen cupped his hands with a smile, and his bearded face showed a friendly naive look: "Geng Shangshu, I haven't seen you for three years."

"I haven't seen you for three years, but King Dongping has become blessed, and his figure has become stronger and stronger." Geng Qing bowed his hand in return, took advantage of the situation, invited the other party to walk together, and glanced at the cavalry behind him.

"Where is the mother and son that Cui Xiang gave to King Dongping?"

"Zhu did receive a gift from this person, and he is still in the camp. I don't know what his relationship with Geng Shangshu is."

Geng Qing tilted his head to look at him, smiled, and waved his hands: "King Dongping, you know what to ask. That's my righteous sister-in-law's child. It should be my child, but I haven't seen it before."

"Haha. Geng Shangshu is playing with flowers." Zhu Wen laughed even louder. Among the people he came into contact with, only the black-faced gentleman in front of him had similar hobbies to him, and he could say something. Among the other ministers, he took the women and children directly into the room.

Only Geng Qing's woman, he didn't want to touch, firstly, he didn't want to lose such a talkative fellow, secondly, the other party and his confidant Xie Tong were still old friends, and as a gangster, he wanted to give some face.

He stopped talking, followed by his footsteps, looked at Geng Qing who was walking to the front, and turned his words away, "Shangshu Geng was a little reckless in what he did today. More, in the past three years, I have donated a lot of money, food and fodder to Chang'an, and this matter will cause trouble, and you may not be able to escape."

Geng Qing didn't answer, but just followed the dead Cui Yin's words.

"The local famous family raises such a thing? If you are stupid and rely on women and children to threaten him, you are not afraid that I will threaten him with the whole Qinghe Cui family? Fortunately, nothing happened today. If something happens to my woman and child, it is impossible to say. I'm going to kill them all."

Geng Qing seemed to be joking, "You see, the Great Qi emperor set a precedent, and the next generation has followed suit. People in the world should still accept it, right?"

Over there, Zhu Wen nodded, with a gentle face, he knew that this sentence contained a warning inside and out, and it was meant for him.

"Geng Shangshu, you misunderstood Zhu's meaning and killed Cui Yin. No matter how difficult it is for you to gain a foothold in Chang'an in the future, why not come to Bianzhou? With you and Xie Tong, two crouching dragons and phoenixes, looking at the whole world, we can't stand without us." living!"

In the night, Geng Qing, who was facing this side, fell silent. The troops on both sides stared at each other. After a long silence, Geng Qing shook his head, but nodded again.

He looked at Zhu Wen, and his voice lowered, "It's my honor that King Dongping admired Geng, but the current Chang'an one is said to be quite wise, so let's go and observe for a while."

In Taiyuan, Hedong before, Li Ke turned his face when he said it, and the sincerity of seeking talents in Feihu County disappeared. Now, it is difficult to raise any expectations for Zhu Wen in front of him.

Geng Qing didn't want to live under the threat of others, and lived in fear.

He politely refused, but he didn't block the conversation. Zhu Wen over there didn't force it, and his voice was low, "Gu also thinks that His Majesty is wise."

The two walked back, and he didn't mention the matter of letting Geng Qing go to Bianzhou with him. After the soldiers and horses on both sides joined together, they went to the camp where they were stationed several miles away.

The fire was brightly lit there, and the remaining soldiers patrolled past.

Inside the temporary large tent, there was a smell of mud and grass, and night insects were still neighing in the corner. In the humidity and sweltering heat, there was a mother and child hugging each other.

The short table next to him had dry food and a few pieces of cooked meat. The child in the woman's arms watched the smoldering mutton, licked his mouth, and wanted to reach out, but his mother slapped the back of his hand and retracted it again. .

"Niang Nian'er is hungry."

Geng Nian huddled in the woman's arms, looked at his mother's face in the dark with his small face, Bai Yunxiang hugged him tightly, rubbed his chin against the little man's forehead, and spoke softly.

"Nian'er must have a backbone, don't eat other people's food casually and sleep, you won't be hungry when you sleep."

The woman hugged the hair on the side of her face, clung to the son in her arms, and sang nursery rhymes softly. The consecutive days of being tied up and starving made her voice a little hoarse and depressed. Even though she was rescued now, she did not relax.

The person named Zhu Wen had heard the conversation between the kidnappers in the carriage before, and when she saw him again, the way the other party looked at her son, she still sensed that there must be ulterior motives in saving her mother and son.

If it is used to blackmail uncle, it would be better to die on the road.

Physical hunger, mental torture, remembering the ordinary life in the past, and the feeling that there was no need to worry about anything when the man was still around, that kind of life may not come back.

She hugged her son and hummed nursery rhymes while crying silently.

The curtain over there was opened, and a soldier poked his head in to take a look, then retracted and left. It was probably Zhu Wen who ordered him to come and have a look after a while when he left.

Not long after the person left, footsteps sounded outside again. At this moment, the curtain was lifted and two soldiers in armor came in, clasping fists at the woman respectfully.

"Madam, there is someone to pick you up outside, please pay the bill with us."

Bai Yunxiang froze for a moment, still holding her son who was drowsily asleep in her arms, stood up weakly, followed the two soldiers and walked out.

The curtain was opened, and in the light of the burning bonfire, a carriage stopped not far ahead, and the driver on the carriage was hanging a lantern on the corner of the post. In the dim light, a silhouette from the side was talking to Zhu Wen, as if he had sensed that Looking at it with eyes, the figure turned his face.

Geng Qing stopped talking, looked at the woman holding the child, and laughed.

"I haven't seen you in three years, but it's still so beautiful."

Bai Yunxiang's eye sockets turned slightly red, it was an indescribable feeling, a warm breath spread in her heart all at once.

Thinking of her current appearance, she frantically freed up a hand to straighten her messy hair. She wanted to turn around, but her footsteps seemed flimsy, and she hugged her son again, her feet went limp, and she fell down.

However, her body was embraced by an outstretched hand. Geng Qing helped her, took the child in her arms and put it in her arms, looked at the bewildered little face, and softly called to the woman: "We go home."

Bai Yunxiang lowered her face, nodded like a little daughter-in-law, and obediently walked to the carriage led by the man.

"Go up and wait for me."

Geng Qing handed the child to her, asked Dachun to change direction, and then raised his hand to Zhu Wen.

"Brother Zhu, Geng will keep this love in his heart, and he will definitely repay it in the future!"

"Hehe, Zhu can remember your words."

Zhu Wen didn't want to stay, he motioned Xie Tong to see him off, then turned around and walked back to the big tent, Wang Yanzhang, who was following him, leaned on an iron gun, and looked back: "Why didn't your Highness keep him, in case there is an extra enemy?" "

After entering the big tent, Zhu Wen sat down behind the desk, poured a glass of wine, and put the glass back on the table comfortably.

The voice is bold and majestic, resounding in the tent.

"When is Gu afraid of one more enemy? It is good to have an opponent."

In the dark night, the dark carriage, escorted by cavalry, slowly drove into Tongguan.

(End of this chapter)