Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 512 "Gu, you!" [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 43k more]

"Save people? Save who?"

Gu Tingye asked while putting on his clothes.

While speaking, he felt a chill nearby. Gu Tingye turned his head and found that the window on the second floor was open.

"No, Jing'er, you came in through the window?"

"Yeah! Jiro, hurry up!"

Xu Zaijing didn't explain and walked quickly out of the house.

outside the house,

The courtyard of Nanle County Post Station was already bustling with activity.

Alan, Gao Puyu and others who lived on the big bunk bed were putting on their clothes quickly.

A postman trotted over and opened the gate of the post station.

A knight was let in, panting heavily on his mount.

At this time, Xu Zaijing had already walked down the stairs quickly, walked to the side of the knight who was lying on the horse's back, trembling, and said:

"What's going on!"

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing reached out and helped the man down from the horse with He Guan. He Guan and Xu Zaijing were on duty together, so they were dressed neatly.

"Xu, Master Xu, I am the steward of the Chai family in Beizhou. Last night, there was a man named Gao from the Imperial City Department."

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After explaining what happened, the steward continued, "Mr. Gao specifically instructed me not to look for the government troops stationed south of Beizhou, so I borrowed horses from the shops along the way."

"I changed horses along the way and finally got to Nanle." The Chai family's steward said, reaching into his arms with his trembling hands, took out the waist seal, and said, "This is the token that Mr. Gao gave to me."

Xu Zaijing took the token seal and sighed slightly. The precautionary preparations he made yesterday came in handy at this moment.

Hearing the words of the Chai family's steward, He Guan said in disbelief: "Beizhou, the city gate was seized by thieves?"

"Yes."

After the steward responded, Gao Puyu, who was not far away, walked over while tying his belt.

After listening to He Guan's words, Gao Puyu shook his head in surprise: "How is this possible?"

"Oh my God! The twelfth lunar month is approaching. The military supplies, goods, cloth, rice and grain stored in Beizhou City are worth more than millions of strings of cash! If something goes wrong,

Gao Puyu slapped his thigh in annoyance.

The faces of the people around him became even uglier.

"Brother Jing, what should we do?" He Guan turned his head to look at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing's mind raced, and he said in a hurry: "The most important thing now is to report this matter back to the capital, so that His Majesty and the ministers in the court can know about it as soon as possible and come up with a countermeasure."

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted, "Pan Chen! Are there any carrier pigeons in Nanle County?"

An Imperial City clerk who was left by Zhao Meifeng beside Xu Zaijing and was saddled a horse not far away replied, "Wulang, no! But there are some in the southern city of Chanzhou!"

"Come and get the seal!"

After Xu Zaijing finished shouting, he continued, "Qingyun, prepare paper and pen! Bring me my seal."

"Yes, son!"

After a while, Gu Tingye also came over.

After listening to Gao Puyu's retelling, Gu Tingye's eyes were filled with shock, and then turned into eagerness to try.

Listening to Xu Zaijing's words, Gu Tingye turned around and said, "Zhi Que, go back upstairs and bring my seal as well."

inside the house,

He Guan, who had calmed down a little, grabbed Xu Zaijing's arm and said, "Wu Lang, this matter is extremely serious! Based on just one person's words, shouldn't we verify the truth before making a decision?"

"To report such false military information is a capital crime!"

After Xu Zaijing pondered for a moment, he patted He Guan's arm and shook his head, saying, "Brother He, I know! But, Brother Zhao and I had an agreement yesterday! His seal is here now, the situation must be extremely dire and critical!"

He Guan nodded: "Okay!"

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye were writing the report quickly.

After writing a letter, Xu Zaijing first used Zhao Meifeng's seal, dipped it in ink and stamped it on the memorial. It was then Xu Zaijing's own.

Gu Tingye also stamped his seal on it.

Holding the sealed report, Xu Zaijing looked at the Imperial City clerk beside him and said, "Pan Chen, take this report and go to Chanzhou with Alan at all costs! First release the pigeon, and then ask the civil and military officials of Chanzhou to send people to investigate in the north."

Pan Chen bowed in response, then mounted his horse and galloped out of the post station.

Turning his head to the Nanle Postmaster who was walking beside him, Xu Zaijing said, "Now, go to the city immediately to inform the Nanle magistrate, and also send people to investigate in the north! Prepare the horses in the city, and saddle and bridle the horses in the post station, and feed them with grass and water! We will be busy in the days ahead."

Having said that, Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye walked out together.

The steward of the Chai family arrived near the post station and called for help.
Xu Zaijing, who was on guard, climbed down from the roof to Gu Tingye's room on the second floor.
This busy conversation took less than two quarters of an hour.

It was still dark.

After some rough preparations, Xu Zaijing and his companions abandoned their carriages, and each of them rode two or three horses, carrying armor, weapons, and food for the men and horses, and rushed out of the post station.

After adjusting the formation on the official road, they slowly accelerated and ran towards the north under the leadership of Gao Puyu, who was familiar with the road.

3:30 a.m. (before 6:00 a.m.)
The gates of Chanzhou are still closed.

At the foot of the north gate, soldiers were feeding hay to two sweaty horses.

Several carrier pigeons flapped their wings and flew into the air. They stayed in the air for a while, and after figuring out the direction, they spread their wings and flew south.

In the provincial capital, people holding torches and lanterns were walking on the streets, and from time to time the sound of coachmen and knights whipping their horses could be heard.

The destination is all Chanzhou government office.

Simultaneously,

The south gate of Chanzhou was slowly opened.

The two knights, each riding two horses, galloped southward.

The end of Chenshi (after 9 a.m.)

Bianjing City,
Sunny weather,

The sky is blue without a single cloud.

Rong Xian, who was on duty, was wearing a thick cloak and standing on the high palace wall, looking out.
He could see gray smoke coming out of the chimneys on the roofs of houses in the nearby streets and alleys. Rongxian could even see the roof of his little sister's house.

Don't listen carefully.

Although it is cold in winter,

But Rong Xian only needed to take off his earmuffs to hear all kinds of noisy sounds around the palace, such as the sound of blacksmithing, hawking, the tea and wine doctor soliciting customers, the sound of string and wind instruments, the voices of the people, the sound of bells under the necks of cows and horses, and so on.

The capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

As prosperous and huge as ever.

Behind Rong Xian's palace walls,

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and officials at all levels were discussing state affairs in the relatively warm hall.

Looking at the birds flying in the sky, Rongxian yawned and rubbed his sore eyes.

After a while

inside the palace,
In the eyes of the palace guards, eunuchs and other women who were extremely surprised,
The dragon with white hair and beard,
Not in a quick step,
Instead, he ran towards the hall where the emperor and his officials were.

Seeing such a disastrous scene,

Some female officials went straight back to their own palaces and told the incident to a concubine as an interesting story.

Some walked towards the direction where Zhao Zilong went, wanting to find out if anything big had happened.

inside the palace,
After speaking a few words to several ministers who were the pillars of the country standing in front of him, the emperor was about to wave his hand and leave the court when he saw Zhao Zilong, who was panting and looking anxious.

Several gentlemen in the front row also saw this scene and turned to look.

The emperor did not ask in a hurry and waved his hand to the eunuch.

"Retreat!"

At the eunuch's shout, all the officials bowed and shouted in unison, then turned and walked out of the hall.

Sheng Hong was wearing a scarlet official uniform.

Standing behind his colleagues, he walked out of the hall.

When he had walked out of the hall and taken more than twenty steps, he heard the eunuch's shouting behind him.

Sheng Hong looked back in confusion.
Then I saw several dukes and ministers being stopped by several eunuchs and led to walk quickly into the palace.

Seeing this scene, Sheng Hong had a lot of doubts in his eyes. It was common for several first-class nobles and ministers in the front row to be called by the emperor for discussions, but it was rare to see them leave in such a hurry.

In the back hall,
Minister Huangfu, Minister Li, Duke Ying, Marquis Ningyuan, Marquis Yongyi and other high-ranking officials of the court gathered together.
Everyone sat on the embroidered cushions and talked in low voices.

"My Lord, what happened?"

Shangshu Huangfu asked in a low voice.

The Duke of England shook his head: "I don't know either! Brother Lu, have you heard any rumors?"

Duke Lian, who was standing beside Duke Ying, thought for a moment and said:
"There is a lot of news, but none of them can keep us all in this palace!"

Li Shangshu, the Minister of Personnel, asked, "Could it be that something has happened in the Northern Liao and Jin Kingdoms?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the civil and military officials in the back hall looked at each other.

Gu Yankai in the crowd took a deep breath and rubbed his palms together anxiously. After all, if the Northern Liao and Jin Kingdoms started fighting, the Guangrui Army under the Gu family had to be prepared.

Noticing the look of his relative Xu Minghua, Gu Yankai smiled nervously.

Xu Minghua was about to say something.
"Your Majesty is here!"

The voice of the eunuch sounded outside the door.
Everyone in the hall stood up.

The emperor walked in with an anxious look on his face. After taking a serious look at Xu Minghua, Marquis of Yongyi, he sat on the dragon throne behind the imperial desk.

After frowning and sighing, the emperor looked at everyone and said, "My dear ministers, please sit down!"

After everyone was seated, the emperor looked at their concerned and inquiring eyes and pursed his lips and said, "I just received a letter from a carrier pigeon."

"Someone sent a message saying that in Beizhou, there were thieves who instigated the people to attack and kill the guards. They had already seized the gate of Beizhou last night."

As soon as these words were spoken, the noise in the back hall suddenly became chaotic.

"His Majesty.!"

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"what?"

"Your Majesty, where did the news come from?"

"how is this possible?"

The Emperor rested one arm on the armrest and pressed down with the other hand.

The back hall soon became quiet.

The emperor said, "This is the message sent by Xu Zaijing, the fifth son of the Marquis of Yongyi! On the message, there are also seals of Zhao Meifeng, the head of the Imperial City Department, and Erlang of the Gu family."

Xu Minghua’s eyes suddenly widened.

The older Duke Anguo stood up, glanced at Xu Minghua, and said:
"Your Majesty, the youngest son of the Marquis of Yongyi did not rush to Beizhou. He should not have arrived in Beizhou yet. How can there be news from Beizhou?"

"Could it be that they lied about military intelligence in order to make up for some rumors?"

General Cao, who was sitting in the front row, looked at Duke Anguo expressionlessly, his eyes full of scrutiny.

Xu Minghua took a deep breath and looked at the emperor without looking away.

Xiangyang Hou sneered, "Hey, Brother Tan, you used your brain to lie about military intelligence just to make up your story? Are you senile?"

Seeing the expression on Duke Anguo's face, Marquis Xiangyang continued, "What? Only you are allowed to speak, but I can't? Humph, the old man's bottom has been sucked soft by a woman, and the top is also empty?!"

"Gu, you!"

Gu Yankai and Marquis of Xiangyang both looked over.

"What's wrong with me?"

After the emperor slammed the desk, the two of them quickly shut up.

The emperor held his temple with one hand and said in a deep voice, "It was the Imperial City Si Zhaozhu who arrived in Beizhou in advance. He sent someone to spread the news after the incident."

"The palace has already sent out carrier pigeons to the counties surrounding Beizhou! The 800-mile urgent golden military order has also been dispatched. We may get accurate information tomorrow."

"But this matter is of great importance! Something big happened in Beizhou. Please tell us the possible consequences and discuss the next countermeasures!"

Minister Chen, who was sitting on an embroidered cushion, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, at the end of the twelfth month, all the supplies from the military states and military towns in the north have been transported to Beizhou! If something really happens, it will take some time for the Ministry of Revenue to raise money and grain."

The emperor nodded.

Another official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Beizhou only has the armor and arrows for the northern military states."

Noon (after 11:00),
In the Queen's Palace,

"Your Majesty, His Majesty will not come to your place for dinner today."

The Queen nodded: "How long will he be busy, Your Majesty?"

The eunuch looked embarrassed and said, "My lady, I don't know either!"

"So, what exactly happened in Beizhou? When will we know?"

"Your Majesty, the journey back and forth is eight hundred miles, and it will take until tomorrow. If the carrier pigeon is lucky, it will arrive in the middle of the night."

The queen nodded and said, "Thank you, Grand Eunuch."

"Then, my lady, I will return to your majesty."

3:30pm (before noon)
Xu Zaijing and his group traveled for four hours and finally stopped outside Beizhou City.

Looking at the towering city walls standing in the sun, Xu Zaijing frowned slightly.

"Wulang, it's not easy for us to enter this city!" He Guan said from the side.

Gu Tingye on the other side was moving his thighs in an awkward manner.

Afterwards, everyone rode into the yard of the Chai family's charcoal shop, but did not see Gao Yunqing.

After asking the shop assistants, Xu Zaijing learned that after Gao Yunqing warmed up, he went out to investigate the situation again.

While having lunch in the store, Gao Yunqing also returned to the carbon shop.

After some pleasantries.

"What's the situation?" Xu Zaijing asked.

Gao Yunqing shook his head in confusion: "There are no more shouts and cries of killing at the four city gates! But, for some reason, the thieves in the city have retreated after closing the city gates! If I had known this, I would have asked the leader to jump into the river with me and leave the city!"

"Brother Gao, have you figured out the military strength in the city?" Xu Zaijing continued.

"There is a Xuanyi Army in the city, two to three thousand men! I don't know how many of them are involved in the rebellion! When they were trying to seize the city gate last night, I saw quite a few civilians mixed in. They should be the Maitreya believers that Chai's servant mentioned."

Seeing Xu Zaijing's puzzled expression, Gao Yunqing said, "The slogan 'Maitreya in the World' that group of people shouted is the biggest proof."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

"Wulang, how do we save the person in charge?" Gao Yunqing asked in a deep voice.

Xu Zaijing thought for a moment and said, "I thought, let's try to see if we can shoot the arrows to the city gate at night! As long as we can get to the city wall, everything will be fine!"

Gao Yunqing shook his head and said, "Wu Lang, before dawn, I observed from below the city that the thieves patrolled the city walls quite frequently. I'm afraid this method will not work."

"That won't work. Then Qingyun and I will try to use our finger strength to see if we can climb up directly."

Gao Puyu said, "Wulang, Beizhou is between two canals. I remember there was a water gate that led the canal water into the city."

Gao Yunqing said: "When I escaped last night, I jumped into the drainage ditch in front of the water gate! There was a wooden fence as thick as a child's arm blocking the water gate!"

"Tsk!" Gao Puyu clicked his tongue in disappointment.

Xu Zaijing glanced sideways and asked, "How thick is it?"

The first quarter of the evening (after 5 p.m.)

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

In the dim light, another carrier pigeon landed in the dovecote.

quickly,

The urgent message brought by carrier pigeon was transcribed and sent to the candle-lit palace.

Seeing the concerned looks of his ministers, the emperor read the urgent report and handed the paper to the eunuch with some depression.

After it was circulated, it turned out that in Bozhou City, some soldiers set fire, killed officials, seized the city gates, and plotted a rebellion.

Before everyone could digest the news,
"Your Majesty, urgent news from Caozhou just arrived from outside the palace!"

The emperor frowned, slammed the table, and stood up.

"This is really unreasonable!"

After instructing the eunuch to circulate the report to the officials, the news turned out to be similar to that of Bozhou, with reports that thieves had set fire to the city and attacked the government office.

With news from these two places, what happened in Beizhou, which is farther away, is probably also true.

Early morning, the end of the Chou hour (after 3 a.m.)

It was quiet outside Beizhou City.

But in the city,

But from time to time there were screams.
The voices are both male and female.

suddenly,

"what!!"

On the south side of the east city wall, a thief soldier howled in pain as he covered his hand with the arrow that had shot into his shoulder.

When a companion ran over to help, another arrow shot straight through the second man's neck.

On the city wall far away from the water gate, the howling and shouting instantly attracted the attention of the thieves patrolling the city wall.

At the water gate in the city,
After two muffled sounds,
There were slight ripples on the surface of the river in the city, which had not yet frozen.

"There! The one on horseback."

"Beware!"

"Shoot him, shoot!"

On the distant city wall, a thief was shouting loudly towards the outside of the city.

In the water gate of the city wall,
A man with a short blade in his mouth slowly emerged from the water like a ghost.

After rolling your eyes and confirming it is safe,

One, then two, and soon four more people holding oil paper packages came ashore under the cover of night.

Soon disappeared into the night.

(End of this chapter)