The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 243
The sky was dim, the rain was pattering on the leaves, and fell along the tip of the leaves to the newly erected stone tablet. Geng Qing looked at the long sword in his hand and placed it in front of the tomb, and finally looked at it: the tomb of the chivalrous woman Tang Baoer.

Sighing silently, the two have known each other since Feihu County, and their current situation is the result of letting nature take its course. Carving this vertical character can be regarded as the last face for her.

"If you listen less to your master, you won't end up in today's end. But if you don't listen, it must be impossible. Who calls him a master."

"There is a tree here. From now on, you and Chen Shuba can live here and watch how the world changes for the better."

After taking a last look, Geng Qing turned and left. The deceased was already dead, and his relatives were waiting in front of him. He should move forward instead of stopping and sighing.

"How many casualties are there, brothers? Please take a trip to this matter. If there are casualties, I will take care of the family members after returning."

Geng Qing calmed down and walked along the hillside, followed by Dou Wei, Zhang Hu, Zhao Long and Li Biao, and Fu Daozhao, who was beside him, waved his hands with a smile: "Brothers, how can there be any death when you beat these remnant soldiers and defeated generals? Only one was injured, and he was still not good at riding a horse, he ran too fast, fell off and broke his arm."

Broken hand and dislocated hand are two different things these days, it can be regarded as a serious injury, Geng Qing nodded, and told him to go to Fengxiang to treat his injury first, as for the guards who escorted the convoy all the way, after returning to Longyou, they should naturally be rewarded.

"No matter what, the matter of my mother has made you brothers tired. After returning, I will hold a big banquet and invite everyone to eat and drink!"

"Haha, sir, it's better to prepare more drinks. We men in the Northwest are good at drinking." Fu Daozhao was not polite, he clasped his fists, and then rode back down, summoned all the riders to gather, and prepared to go back home on the road.

On the other side, Geng Qing almost calmed down, and led Dou Wei and others down the hillside. A hundred feet away, the convoy stopped there. There was a group of women in fancy dresses, pointing at Geng Qing who was coming down the hillside, covering their mouths and sniggering, not knowing what to say, they immediately frolicked and beat each other a few times.

Then whispered: "Husband is here."

In the direction the girls were looking, Geng Qing had already come here. First, he paid his respects to his mother. Wang Jinqiu looked up and down to see if there were any injuries. The crutches bowed to the surrounding generals to thank them, making Fu Daozhao and other generals who had just led the troops over first get off their horses and return the gift.

The cloudy scene was really spectacular, but the old woman was so frightened that she forgot what to do behind her, and stood where she was, not daring to move.

"Okay, let's all get on the horse."

Geng Qingchao Fu Daozhao cupped his hands, and helped his mother into the chariot, and when he arrived, he entered the carriage, still tsk-tsk, and couldn't help lifting the curtain to watch the magnificent cavalry rumbling forward.

"You have to go up too. Those who are worried and frightened on the way these days, stay in Fengxiang and take a good rest for two days, and you can sleep peacefully on the way. Everything outside depends on me."

Hearing Geng Qing's words, the feeling of safety filled her heart again, Qiao Niang nodded obediently, "Be careful, husband, if you are tired, come in the car, and I will massage you."

"Where do you press?" Geng Qing teased her with raised eyebrows.

The woman froze for a moment, looked at her husband's pointed eyes, her pretty face blushed, and said angrily: "I don't care about you." Turning around, she climbed into the carriage and got into the carriage. The carriages behind, The vehicle was pulled away, and the faces of several women were crowded there, and they all shouted: "Qiao Niang doesn't press it, let's press it, my husband may as well come here to play."

As soon as the main car drove away, Qiao Niang quickly opened the curtain, blushing: "It's fine as a concubine, I don't need sisters." Her voice was a little loud, and she realized that she had been fooled. A group of sisters who are laughing and watching.

When the old woman in the car heard the commotion, the irritability she had been pressing on her heart before was relieved a little. Remembering that the seven women who had come back were talking about the thief, she called Geng Qing and asked Chief Tang how he was doing through the curtain of the car. disposal.

"Mother doesn't understand anything, so don't think that mother is too lenient. She saved your woman, and you have to pay her back. There must be a reason for a girl's house to live in a crowd of thieves. Don't bully her."

"Well, baby won't."

Geng Qing replied to her mother in a low voice, told Qiao Niang a few words, and then returned to her carriage. Tang Bao'er was dead, and he would not tell Wang Jinqiu, so as not to annoy her again.

After all, there are too many people who have died outside these years. If my mother knows all about it, what will she think of her son?

In the rain, 99 cavalry lined up in front of the road in a long line. The guards escorted the convoy and walked behind. The business travelers encountered on the way gave way one after another. When the sky was getting dark, the rain was getting heavier. Somewhere, the team stopped at the foot of a mountain, and the women in the car came down in the rain, or several of them rushed into a temple outside the city in the middle of the river with an umbrella.

Geng Qing took Jiuyu to hold an oil-paper umbrella, and accompanied her mother and Qiao Niang into this small temple.

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The thick and long sound of the copper bell lingered in the rain, the rain curtain was ticking and hanging on the eaves, and the incense was lingering and floating in the water vapor. A group of women surrounded the old women and knelt in the Daxiong Hall, worshiping the solemn Bodhisattva devoutly and inserting incense candles.

Jiuyu stood not far away, not interested in the sculptures inside. In his eyes, Geng Qing stood at the foot of the eaves, watching the accumulated water dripping from the mouth of the eaves to the water tank below, the lotus leaves rippling, and a tail Carp swaying and splashing under the leaves.

"The fish is quiet and peaceful, but there is only such a small world." Wang Chongrong looked away from the water tank with a smile.

"You are not a fish, and you know the joy of fish."

Geng Qing followed with a smile, turned his eyes to the Jiedu Envoy in front of him, and cupped his hands: "Thank you, Geng, the Jiedu Envoy."

"How come Xie Wang only sees filial people who have traveled hundreds of miles to save their mothers."

"Where, but I still have to thank Wang Jiedu, otherwise I won't feel at ease. I won't stay here for too long, and I will leave Hezhong Mansion later. Jiedu Envoy can sleep well tonight. .”

"Don't play back the carbine?"

"Hehe. Don't dare, but it was forced by the right time."

".Ha ha."

Hearing Geng Qing's answer, Wang Chongrong didn't take it seriously. In the case of Chang'an before, not long after he left, there was news that the Longyou Army raided Chang'an and broke through the city overnight, and it was too late to come back for help.

In the early hours of the morning, knowing that it was the Longyou cavalry crossing the border, I was so frightened that I couldn't sleep at all. After finally staying in the daytime, I found out the situation, so I sent someone over to make contact. moved by his behavior.

How can a person with such filial piety be so bad?
In addition to getting in touch with each other and making friends, there is one more thing he wants to share with this Geng Qing, the sound of the continuous chanting of scriptures in the Daxiong Palace over there.

Wang Chongrong said in a low voice: "Some time ago, something happened in Chang'an. The palace eunuchs Wang Zhongxian and Liu Jishu broke into the Xuanhua Gate and captured His Majesty from the Qiqiao Building and imprisoned him in the Shaoyang Court of the East Palace. Together with Yang Fugong, the two of them coerced the crown prince Li Yu to supervise the country, and forced Li Yezun For the Supreme Emperor, the left and right guards, palace servants, and alchemists were all cleaned by them, and I heard that the car carrying the corpse drove back and forth more than ten times."

In fact, Geng Qing knew about this news long ago. He didn't believe that Wang Chongrong didn't know about it. Speaking of it right now, it was meant to be a test.

"I have nothing to do with the affairs of the palace. I'm not an eunuch, so I can't control them."

"It's good if you don't do anything, so you don't have to worry about Shang Shuling when you get it. By the way, Wang has heard a news that the city has contacted all Taoist soldiers Ma Qin Wang."

"Longyou will not get involved in this matter."

Geng Qing shook his head, then nodded, looked at a group of women kneeling and kowtowing in the treasure hall, and said softly: "Li Ke used to attack Youzhou, and across the river, it would be too far to come here. Brother Zhu in the east has a strong army and a strong horse. , or stop arguing with him, if you want the emperor, just let him take it, right, Wang Jiedushi?"

Wang Chongrong is Li Keyong's righteous uncle. His words are probably probing, or he wants to encourage Longyou to participate. After all, the two families of Zhu and Li have been at odds since they were fighting against the yellow bandits. Li Keyong can't go south, so naturally he can't. Let the other party get this cheap for nothing.

However, if Geng Qing didn't accept the move, the words he prepared later would be useless.

The two briefly said a few more words, the old man sighed, and then left. Here, Geng Qing waited for his mother and Qiao Niang to pay homage to the Bodhisattva, and arranged the route. After fasting in the temple, the convoy , The horse team went back on the road.

Not long after entering the border of Gyeonggi, the spring rain that lasted for two days gradually subsided. At this time, Chang'an was also undergoing changes quietly.

(End of this chapter)