Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 280 Is the Forbidden Army Still Still?
"Head, what sound do you hear in front of you?"

"Yeah, head, it seems to be coming from the street in front, aha, I'm so sleepy!"

In Jinling City,

The headhunters and policemen who came out from the prefect's yamen of Jinling came out yawning and came out. A group of people also walked lazily on the street, yawning from time to time. Hearing the sound of "rumbling" in front, several arresters who hadn't woken up asked.

"What, what sound."

The head catcher also looked over with loose eyelids, and saw a group of black shadows flashing past the street in front of him at a very fast speed.

I looked again and it seemed that there was nothing.

He immediately became alert and slowly led the person along the corner of the wall, and when he reached a turning, he stretched out his head.

Take a closer look, where is the shadow, it is cavalry, a large number of cavalry.

Immediately woke up sleepy, hurriedly shouted;

"Quick, quick, put out the fire. Masses of cavalry ahead!"

As soon as the words fell, the policeman behind him quickly threw the torch in his hand on the ground and stomped it out quickly. The speed was so fast that it couldn't cover his ears. The last policeman hid behind the stone pillar at the corner and asked in a low voice:

"Head, what should we do? Is Jinling City broken? Where did we get a large number of cavalry?"

The head arrester didn't know why, so he cursed angrily;

"You ask me, who I ask, how do I know what to do, let alone so many cavalry, we can't deal with even one."

Looking at the long dragon-like team on the street in front of him, he looked horrified. Such excellent cavalry must be foreign, and he had never seen the style of armor before.
"Boss, there is no way for us to stay here. Hurry up and withdraw first. If you are discovered, it will be over."

"Yes, head, let's go quickly."

The catcher heard the subordinates behind him calling him to go quickly, but he was a little helpless. He looked at the direction of the cavalry in front of him, it seemed to be the old palace, God!

The head catcher kept an eye out, and after seeing the direction the cavalry was going, he didn't dare to stay here, so he said to his back,

"Quickly retreat, go back to the Yamen first."

"Yes, head."

A group of people cautiously groped over from the corner, crossed a street, and ran back when they could no longer be seen.

When they arrived at the gate of the yamen, several people knocked hard on the door,

"Open the door, open the door quickly."

"It's coming. It's coming. What are you yelling in the middle of the night?"

As soon as the porter opened the door, he was rushed in by the outside policemen, almost knocked down.

It looked like there was something behind him, the steward cursed;

"What are you squeezing, what are you squeezing, there are still ghosts chasing you behind,"

The steward of the porter saw that the people who had just left came back in a blink of an eye, and panicked, even the torch was gone, as if someone was chasing them, so he looked behind them in surprise, but there was no one on the street. I didn't see any ghosts, so I became even more angry.

When the head catcher saw it, he immediately grabbed the porter's steward and said in a low voice;

"Close the door quickly, don't talk, there are a large number of cavalry outside, you didn't hear it, I will report to the magistrate."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the steward who was still in a daze, and ran to the back of the government office. Not far away, the gatekeeper immediately closed the door, and then left a gap, put his ear on the door and listened carefully. Yes, there was a muffled thunder-like sound not far away.

The steward was so frightened that he hurriedly closed the door and plugged in the bolt, and then he patted his chest lightly and let out a sigh of relief.

The head catcher came to the backyard of the government office, entered the back room,
Then he stood outside the door and knocked on the door a few times. Seeing that there was no response from inside the door, he clapped vigorously with his hands.

"Bang bang."

"Who is it?"

Jia Yucun yelled impatiently inside.

"Master, something happened outside, something serious happened."

"Can something happen, it's in the middle of the night, really!"

Jia Yucun had no choice but to get up, put on a coat, and then lit the oil lamp in the house. The dim oil lamp illuminated the house. When the head catcher saw him, he knew that the adult had woken up, so he said;

"My lord. Cavalry, there are a large number of cavalry outside entering the city."

"What, cavalry?"

The door of the house was suddenly opened, and Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, hurriedly opened the door and asked;

"Cavalry, what cavalry, where did you know the news?"

"My lord, when I was patrolling outside, I saw at Erdaojie in front. There are too many cavalry, and I can't count them all."

The catcher was gesturing with his hands there, while Jia Yucun thought about it, and knew that they must be officers and soldiers. Who can have a large number of cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River? After thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he asked;

"Which direction did they go?"

The catcher pointed in the direction of Jiugong, and Jia Yucun immediately understood.

"The four guards of the forbidden army, who could it be?" Jia Yucun thought to himself, then turned around and told the head catcher:
"You go down first, don't make any noise about this."

"It's my lord."

Jia Yucun asked the head catcher to retreat first, closed the door, and sat on a chair in the room to guess secretly.

It must be someone from the capital, so it should be Mr. Lin's business?Jia Yucun was born in a family of officials, and he was full of economics. He passed the Jinshi and served as a magistrate. Later, he was read by his superiors, and then he was dismissed and returned to his original place. However, he was not reconciled, so he came to Jinling to visit his old friends, and even asked Lin Ruhailin On the head of the lord, he served as a teacher for his daughter Lin Daiyu for a few days, and Lin Ruhai recommended himself to the Jia family.

After relying on Jia's family, he got a fat post from the magistrate of Jinling. Mr. Lin can be regarded as his benefactor. However, Mr. Lin can handle the salt administration alone. Not to mention other things, which one of the eight major salt merchants is behind it? No one, whoever has no backing, can only stay at a respectful distance.

But this time, it feels a little different, and I still need to wait for dawn to inquire carefully.

While Jia Yucun was pondering,
Zhang Jinyu's brigade had already arrived at the old palace, and when they saw the old palace not far away, they also admired that the old palace in the past was no worse than the one in the capital.

It's just that the palace gate is built like a small city gate. Looking from a distance, the buildings inside are also towering there. It's just that the color of the palace wall is old, and there are still many places that are broken, but the rest are intact.

"Eunuch Zhao, we'll be here soon, what do you think we should do?"

Zhao Si, who was following closely behind him, suffered a lot after bumping all the way, and said with a bitter face;
"When we get there, Lord Hou will be the master, and the four guards will be controlled by Lord Hou. Our people can also rest in the old palace, and many places there can be converted into barracks."

"Okay, but there are too many things to do tonight, and I need to work all night,"

Zhang Jinyu also felt that time was urgent and he couldn't waste time, so he reminded her, and Zhao Si and Eunuch Zhao agreed with a bitter face.

"Stop coming, who are the people below?"

The walls of the old palace were already full of guards and horses waiting here, and a commander stood on the wall and asked loudly,

"Who... stop."

Yongbyon at the front stopped outside the water bridge outside the palace gate with the troops of the vanguard battalion, shouting:
"Jiangnan Imperial Envoy Luo Yunhou and Eunuch Zhao, who are in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the capital, are here. Let your commander come out and answer?"

Hearing the shouts from the people below, the commanders of Wu Xiang's left and right guards on the wall squinted and looked down. They were all elite cavalry, and they were indeed not from Jiangnan. What happened?

"Do you have proof?"

Pang Encheng, the commander of Wu Xiang's left and right guards, asked.

Zhang Jinyu glanced at Eunuch Zhao and signaled that it's time for you to act.

Zhao Si sat still, and rode forward on the horse. He rode the horse in a hurry, and felt a burning pain on the inside of his thigh. When he came to the water bridge, he cursed angrily;

"I don't even know Ben Dudu anymore. I've blinded your dog's eyes, and I don't open your dog's eyes to see the miscellaneous family."

Hearing Mr. Zhao's angry words, Commander Pang immediately stepped forward to take a closer look. Really, why did Mr. Factory come here?

"Quick, quick, open the palace gate, you go and inform Tengxiang's left and right guard General Yi,"

"Yes, Commander."

The soldiers behind him immediately went to report, while the guards below quickly opened the city gate.

When Zhang Jinyu saw it, he let the people from the front battalion go in first, and the old rules controlled the palace gate, and the people from behind filed in one by one. When they reached the palace gate, they saw Commander Wu Xiangwei standing there respectfully and asked;

"Commander Pang, how many people are there in your Wuxiang Guard?"

"Return, Lord Hou, there are two guards on the left and right of the Wuxiang Guard, and the first guard has 5000 people, a total of [-] forbidden troops."

Pang Encheng answered immediately.

"What about Teng Xiangwei? But it's the same?"

"Back to Lord Hou, the Tengxiang Guard is the same, but the Tengxiang Left Guard is five thousand cavalry."

Zhang Jinyu's eyes lit up, the cavalry is good, now there is a striker.

"Commander Pang, where is the Jiangnan camp?"

"Returning to Lord Hou, the Jiangnan camp is in Suzhou, and Jinling is also on the border of Jiangbei County. There is a Jiangnan garrison camp there. Only the imperial army and the government army are here in Jinling City."

Seeing Lord Hou questioning, Commander Pang naturally knew that something had happened, but he didn't know what happened.

Zhang Jinyu is a little strange, why is he not in Jinling? Could it be that the imperial court arranged it like this,

"Why not in Jinling, but what's the matter?"

"Back to Lord Hou, a large number of bandits appeared in Jiangbei County. In order to ensure the safety of Jinling, Tang Zheng, the Jiangnan garrison general, set up the camp there to prevent the bandits from coming. As for the Jiangnan camp, it has been stationed in Suzhou, where there is the Jiangning Weaving Bureau. There, it was an order from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Commander Pang told all he knew, and Zhang Jinyu had a good impression of this man. He had a pure military aura, and it would be interesting to involve the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There is also the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, which is a big piece of fat at first glance.

"Forbidden Army, assemble and stand by."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

On the school grounds of the old palace, a large number of soldiers of the imperial army began to gather. Seeing that the soldiers of the imperial army were well-dressed, they didn't complain when they got up so late. It can be seen that the generals of the imperial army who stayed behind had two brushes, and they were simply superior to the government army. Make a judgment.

At this moment, Tang Zheng, the commander of Tengxiang Guards, came over and knelt down on one knee,

"The last general, Teng Xiang, is in command of Tang Zheng. Please refer to Lord Hou, and see the factory owner. In the future, you will come here to plead guilty."

These words were beautiful, Zhang Jinyu looked up at Tang Zheng, the commander of Tengxiang who was kneeling there. He was tall and ordinary-looking, but he had a sweet mouth, so he said with a smile;

"Get up, it's not too late."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you, Mr. Chang."

Then stood up and stood aside, no longer speaking, winking and talented.

Zhang Jinyu looked up to them when he saw them. The imperial army, apart from anything else, can be ranked first with this attitude and awareness. Isn't it the same for all the armies in Dawuguan? father-in-law.

Zhang Jinyu also teased and said to Grandpa Zhao Si beside him;

"Eunuch Zhao, you really are well trained. I never imagined that in the border of the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial army is still so good, and the general is also a duty. This Marquis is envious."

(End of this chapter)