Jinyi Night Walk

At the head of Qingzhou City, two veterans, Jiang Zhe and Ge Qiuwen, walked for a while with their guns in their arms. When they reached the tower, they saw that the little flag officer was not there, so they sat down against the wall and began to enjoy supper.Jiang Zhe took out the big sugar cake baked by his daughter-in-law from his bosom, split half of it and gave it to Ge Qiuwen, and Ge Qiuwen also took out an oiled paper bag from his bosom, inside were two steamed buns, some pickles and minced meat, The two of them wiped their hands with their skirts on, and began to eat a mouthful of cakes and vegetables.

Jiang Zhe chewed a big pancake, gloated and said: "Hey, I heard that Prince Qi summoned our Qingzhou Metropolitan Command Sub-division, the Chief Envoy Sub-division, and Qingzhou Government Yamen the day before yesterday, and scolded us all over the place. I heard that it was because the prince found out about the assassination of Yang Xu, a talented scholar in this city, at home a few days ago. Banditry is rampant in the city of Qingzhou, and the prince is about to transfer three guards to take charge of the security of Qingzhou. Hey, that’s great. If the prince is serious, we don’t have to stand here all night, choking on the wind, and we can go home and cuddle Let the mother-in-law be happy enough to sleep soundly."

Ge Qiuwen pursed his lips and said: "Fart! This is just Prince Qi taking the opportunity to attack. If the prince really sends troops to take charge of the security of Qingzhou, think about it carefully, will it be beneficial to you?"

Jiang Zhe Nahan said: "Why is this not a good thing? There are three guards patrolling the city, and we can easily get paid, isn't it a good thing?"

"you're so dumb!"

Jiang Zhe took a bite of the big cake, rolled his eyes and reprimanded his old partner: "We don't know anything else, let's talk about the city gate tax. If the three guards guard the city, is there any business for you? How much do they want to charge?" How much, how much is collected, can you still share it with you? Our brothers worked hard when they stood on the night guard, but there was also oil and water when they guarded the city gate. If you really want to change the guards of the palace, why don’t you drink the northwest wind? Pointing to the military salary, is your wife willing to bake white flour steamed buns with meat foam for you?"

Ge Qiuwen rubbed his head, and muttered: "Dare you have two sons, a full man won't eat a hungry man. There are only three girls in my family. I would rather be bored with my wife while I am young and strong. No matter what, I have to give birth to a son." The son comes out, otherwise who will use the money for his mother?"

As soon as he mentioned his son, Jiang Zhe beamed and smiled: "If you want to talk about sons, my two sons are promising, hey, Lao Jiang, in a year's time, my boss and your second girl will both be married at the age of marriage." We are old, how about we have an in-law? You know my mother-in-law, an honest person who can't get a fart out of three feet, if your second girl marries into our family, she will never be bullied by her mother-in-law."

Ge Qiuwen groaned and said: "Marry your family? Yes, what about the dowry? How much can you give? My family's eldest girl married the old shopkeeper of the Wang's oil shop in Beicheng. The dowry is..."

Jiang Zhe said angrily: "Why do you only recognize money? It hurts our feelings when we talk about money. You just say that the Wang family gave a lot of gifts, why don't you say that your eldest girl is getting angry at the Wang family? The mother-in-law is so powerful, Sister-in-law run on..."

Ge Qiuwen snorted, "That's better than being poor."

Just as he was talking, someone shouted from the city: "Open the door! Open the door!"

The two of them didn't respond at first, but the man in the city was still shouting. Jiang Zhe stood up, lay on the top of the city and shouted angrily, "Don't you know the rules when you close the city at night? Squat down and open the city tomorrow morning." .”

The man under the city shouted sharply: "Open the city immediately and let me in. I am from Prince Qi's mansion. I have something important to report to the prince. If you delay the matter of the prince, you have a few heads to chop off!"

"People from Prince Qi's Mansion?"

Ge Qiuwen was taken aback, hurriedly put away his food and stood up, looked down the city, and saw a vaguely visible figure, whose appearance and facial features could not be seen clearly, he said: "What evidence do you have to say that you are from the Qi Palace?"

The man at the bottom of the city said: "I have the Palace Wearing Plate of Prince Qi's Mansion on my body as proof!"

Jiang Zhe and Ge Qiuwen looked at each other, hurriedly went to get a basket, tied it down with a rope, and Ge Qiuwen shouted down: "Excuse me, put the sign in the basket, we have to verify your identity first. "

The man put the waist card into the basket according to the words, and the two of them brought the basket back, looked at the waist card by the light, it was indeed the palace card of Prince Qi's mansion, it was made of ivory, it was very smooth and delicate to the touch, Looking at it like this, this master under the city has a high official rank in Qi Wang's mansion.

Although the city is closed at night and no entry or exit is allowed, the rules are determined by people. Even the Jinling City at the foot of the emperor, the rules are not iron-clad and inflexible, let alone Qingzhou Prefecture on the ground in Shandong.It is not that there have been no incidents of high-ranking officials and dignitaries going in and out at night. Now that the waist card has been checked, Ge Qiuwen hastily put down the basket again, and said: "My lord, if you want to open the city gate, you have to ask for the order of the General Banner." , the little one dare not make decisions, master, please sit in the basket, and we will pull you up."

Saying this, he hurriedly greeted Jiang Zhe: "Hurry up, hurry up, come over and help me, I've neglected the nobleman, and I'm sure I'll be in the front row."

The man sat in the basket as he said, and was pulled by two people with a wheel frame, and slowly rose to the top of the city.

This Qingzhou city has been the political, economic, and military center of Shandong for more than a thousand years. Every time the Central Plains wars, Qingzhou is the area where wars are most frequent. Therefore, after thousands of years of operation and construction, Qingzhou City is tall and strong, easy to It's hard to defend.The city wall was five feet six high, and the upper part was slightly tilted outwards, making it extremely difficult to climb. The basket was no longer attached to the city wall when it was halfway up, and was a little turbulent when the breeze blew.

The basket reached the top of the wall, before Jiang Zhe and Ge Qiuwen reached out to hold each other, the man climbed the wall and jumped in neatly.The two people at the top of the city took a look. The person who entered Qingzhou at night was wearing a tiled hat that was pressed down to his eyebrows, and a beard under his jaw. He looked about 35 or [-] years old. It is a pair of Baina cloth shoes for catching tigers, which is just the dress for walking for a long trip.

The man went up to the top of the wall and stretched out his hand, Ge Qiuwen hurriedly handed over the ivory badge respectfully, the man put it in his arms, and walked away without saying a word.Jiang Zhe gave a light pooh at his back, and cursed in a low voice: "What's the air, you're just a bird man, if you don't rely on the power of Prince Qi's mansion, men won't even look at you."

After the two of them put away the baskets, they sat down against the wall again, continued to eat, and talked about their children and marriage.As for the visitors from the city tonight, they are just an insignificant episode in their lives. They stand guard with guns on their shoulders just to make a living, and they are too lazy to pay any attention to it.

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It was late at night, and Feng Xihui had already fallen asleep.

Feng Xihui is not addicted to alcohol, not lecherous, and has always maintained a good living habit.Because of his unremitting practice of martial arts, although he is over [-] years old, his physical fitness has just reached the peak state of a man.

"Dong dong dong!" There was a knocking sound on the window, and Feng Xihui woke up suddenly, and immediately realized that something was wrong after waking up.Liu Xu and An Yuanwai were not qualified to contact him, only Zhang Shisan... and Zhang Shisan had already turned into a piece of loess.In the middle of the night, who is this knocking on the window?

Feng Xihui sat up abruptly, and shouted in a low voice: "Who is it?"

"Brother Feng, you'll know when you come out and see him?"

The accent of the person outside the window was very strange. Feng Xihui was well-informed, but he had never heard such an accent.Of course he has never heard of it, because this accent is Mandarin more than 600 years later, and it is naturally different from the pronunciation of words at this time.Feng Xihui was still waiting to ask, but he heard the sound of footsteps, the man had already walked out, Feng Xihui had no time to think, got up hurriedly, put on his clothes, and chased outside.

Feng Xihui didn't carry a weapon, and his Xiuchun knife was hidden in a very secret place, so it was inconvenient to use, and he was not an inspector, so he didn't have a saber with him, but Feng Xihui was a brave man, with just a pair of fleshy palms, he was confident. Few people can do anything to him, so he is not afraid.

Feng Xihui took down the crossbar of the door gate, opened the door, and immediately glanced to the side to see if there was anything unusual, then he stepped out, and saw a figure standing upright on the low wall in front of his house, seeing him coming out, looking at him He beckoned and jumped down.

Feng Xihui didn't open the courtyard door again, and immediately jumped over, stretched out his hand to touch the wall, and flew out. At this moment, his legs were gathering strength, and he had already prepared himself for fear that the person would lie under the wall and sneak attack. He landed steadily, regained his composure for a while, and with a glance of sharp eyes, he saw that the man was already running towards the distance under the faint moonlight. Feng Xihui was so annoyed that he immediately ran after him.

Feng Xihui was annoyed because he felt like being led by the nose, which he didn't like.But he couldn't help chasing after him. There were too many secrets hidden in his heart. If he didn't find out the identity, origin and purpose of this person, he would really have trouble sleeping and eating.

Feng Xihui's residence was already remote, and the direction the man fled was even more remote. This was exactly what Feng Xihui wanted, because he didn't want the night watchman to see him moving at night. vigilance.The two ran and chased each other, and soon came to a very empty place in the west city. This place was originally a forest, thanks to the gift of King Qi. In order to build a new palace, the ground was dug here recently, and trees were moved. Potholes.

The man stood still at the edge of the forest, waiting for Feng Xihui with his hands behind his back. Feng Xihui chased him closer, slowed down his pace, and looked left and right vigilantly.Due to excavation and felling, the forest here has become extremely sparse, and those uncles who are not surrounded by trees, if they hide someone, it is difficult to escape his eyes and ears.Feng Xihui inspected it carefully and was sure that there was only one person in front of him, and he was immediately relieved.

Feng Xihui stood still at a distance of two zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Who is your Excellency, why did you lead me here late at night?"

"My officer?"

The man smiled lightly, adjusted the brim of his corrugated hat, and teasingly said: "I don't know if you are the prosecutor of Qingzhou Prefecture, or the chief banner officer of Jinyiwei?"

Feng Xihui's face changed when he heard that, he had been lurking in Qingzhou for more than four years, but today, his identity was suddenly revealed, and the biggest secret hidden in his heart was revealed. This shock almost made Feng Xihui jump up, He clenched his iron fist and asked in a trembling voice, "Who the hell are you?"

The man said: "Want to know who I am? Go ahead!" With a wave of his hand, an object was thrown towards Feng Xihui.

The thing was thrown at a parabolic angle, and it would be hard to hurt even a hidden weapon, but Feng Xihui was still very careful, he flicked his sleeves around his hands, and caught the thing through his robe.It was the first month of the month, and although the sky was clear, there was only a crescent moon. Feng Xihui took the thing in his hand and took a closer look under the thin moonlight. He touched the writing on it lightly, and cried out in shock: "Qi Palace?"

The man said slowly: "I have already been to the magistrate's yamen, and carefully inspected your room..."

Speaking of this, he intentionally paused, but he didn't notice Feng Xihui's panicked expression, and he immediately settled down: "Sure enough, all the confidential and important things are hidden in his residence."

Now that he found out what he wanted to know, the man chuckled and said, "Zongqi Feng, you are very careful. You can't find anything in your signing room that can catch you."

Murderous intentions secretly appeared in Feng Xihui's heart, and he grinned and said, "How did you find out my identity? Did King Qi order you to come here? Since you are from Prince Qi's mansion, since you know my identity, why don't you lead a large team to come forward? Come, but call me here to ask questions?”

"Oh? Should I call someone to capture you..."

The man seemed a little surprised, and then he let out a light ah, as if he had suddenly figured something out, and said hesitantly: "Feng Zongqi, you are so courageous! The emperor has issued a decree long ago: In addition to the responsibilities of ceremonial guards and dormitories, the Jinyiwei , all other duties have been terminated, you actually changed your face, sneaked to Qingzhou, and plotted wrongdoing, what should you do?"

Feng Xihui is so old-fashioned, watching his demeanor, listening to him, he can't help but hate: "Damn it! So this bastard only knew that I was Jin Yiwei, and didn't know the real purpose of my coming to Qingzhou. Damn it! I slipped my mouth gone."

From the reaction and tentative questioning of the person with the weird accent in front of him, Feng Xihui has already judged that this person must have found out his identity through some means, and it may even be someone who knew him when he was in Yingtianfu. Because he saw through his identity, he felt something strange about his appointment as Qingzhou Prosecutor, so he was brought out to meet him.

This person must be making up his mind to set out his purpose to please the King of Qi, and even gain some benefits from him. I hate that I didn't notice for a while and said something, and I just told the other party clearly that I am coming to Qingzhou. It's no wonder that the other party is willing to let go of human deeds.

"Wait a minute!" Feng Xihui's heart moved, and he suddenly thought: "Since this person doesn't know the real purpose of my coming to Qingzhou, and lured me out in the middle of the night to ask for information, then he should be the only one who knows my identity at this moment, and he won't report it to Qi. Wang, from the fact that he has no helper but only one person, he is still undecided on how to deal with me, and he also wants to take this benefit for himself, if I kill him..."

With a thought, Feng Xihui's feet immediately began to gather strength, and while approaching intentionally or unintentionally, he replied: "Feng has stayed in Qingzhou for four full years, it is unexpected that this friend will see through his identity today, it is really God's will. However, seeing through my identity will not benefit your Excellency at all, you must know that my coming to Qingzhou is a big secret of the imperial court..."

The man asked anxiously, "What secret?"

Feng Xihui said with a sinister smile: "Since it's a secret, it shouldn't be known, otherwise, is it still a secret?"

The man suddenly noticed, and exclaimed: "Stop talking, don't pass..."

Before he finished speaking, Feng Xihui jumped up, his five fingers stretched like claws, and he grabbed at him...

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