Jinyi Night Walk

"Who are you?"

Three postmen landed on the shore, looking warily at the surrounding guards.No pop-up window qi

This place belongs to the border of Liaodong, and it is not far from Shanhaiguan. It will never be the entry of Tatars or Oirats, and it is impossible for horse bandits and horse thieves to appear here. In such a severe cold weather, business trips outside the pass are cut off, and few people dare to intercept officers and soldiers. .

Furthermore, when officers and soldiers are sent out in this climate, they either have a lot of money, or they are poor people like postmen who don’t have a lot of money. If they go out once, the property they get can’t keep up with the consumption of going out in the snow and winter. .Therefore, horse bandits and horse thieves also want Maodong, at most they will appear near the cottage where they live, and search the local people.

Xia Xun's guards revealed their identities to them, and the three postmen inspected their badges, and their attitude became affectionate: "It turns out that they are brothers from Guannei, and they are going to Liaodong Town. We are coming from there. Beijing City, send a letter to Governor Yang's Mansion."

One of the postmen smiled at the guards in front of him, and praised: "Not bad! When the brothers in Guannei first arrived at our place, most of them would be frozen into quails, but you still look like dragons and tigers. With this ability, very impressive."

Xia Xun's guards revealed their identities to them, and they were only revealing their identities in the Ming army. Of course, it was impossible to catch him with the loudspeaker and declare everywhere that he was escorting Fu Guogong to Liaodong. The postman said casually, " Yang Du," the guard didn't take it to heart, but Xia Xun's heart moved when he heard it, and asked: "This Yang Du, who is the big guy?"

The postman glanced at him and saw that although this man was wearing the same warm leather robe as the other guards, he had a good look and temperament. He knew that he must be a general, so he didn't dare to neglect him, so he said: "Yang Du is Fu Guogong! Fu Guogong once served as the governor of Liaodong. Although the Guogong has long since returned to the court, our Liaodong entrant Keyi wrote about the goodness of the Guogong on the first day. Our people here mention Fuguogong and say Yang Governor. Fu Guogong, that belongs to the court, Yang Du, that belongs to our Liaodong, hehe, are you close?"

A warm current surged through Xia Xun's heart, and he smiled and said, "You mean Yang Xu?"

The postman's expression changed, and he said, "Where did you come from? How dare you call Yang Du by his name!"

Several guards around Xia Xun couldn't help laughing, and said in a hurry: "You also said that Yang Du is your own, and now Duke Fu is standing in front of you, why don't you recognize him?"

The postman was taken aback, and lost his voice: "What? This... is Governor Yang? Is it the Duke of Fuguo?"

Xia Xun said with a smile: "Of course no one will pretend to be this."

In order not to waste much time, Xia Xun showed his seal, and the postman had no doubts when he saw it. The three postmen hurriedly knelt down and said in surprise and joy: "The little ones are ordered by Marquis Ding to come I went to see Master in Beijing, but I didn't expect to meet you here, Master, are you going to regain control of Liaodong?"

Xia Xun said: "Get up and talk, there is no need to be formal. My country is going to Liaodong to pay attention to the situation of Tatar. Did Ding Yu send you here?"

The three postmen stood up and said, "It was sent by Lord Ding."

One of them took out the secret letter hidden in his bosom, handed it to Xia Xun with both hands, and said: "Marquis Ding ordered, be sure to rush to Beijing as quickly as possible, and hand this letter to the master. It would be great to meet you here."

More than a dozen guards stood up and lined up at the wind, shielding Xia Xun from the wind and snow. Xia Xun opened Ding Yu's secret letter and read it hastily. The hands holding the letter were frozen there, and the letter was trembling in the wind.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Chuan, the commander of the guards next to Xia Xun, couldn't help asking when he saw his expression changed drastically.

Xia Xun shook his head lightly, folded the letter, put it in his arms, walked slowly a few steps, looked towards the northwest, stood there in silence, the wind and snow hit his face, but he was like a sculpture, not feeling the cold at all.All the guards looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't know what happened. Someone quietly asked the postman who delivered the letter, but the postman just delivered the letter, so he didn't know what the letter said.

After a long time, Xia Xun turned around and asked the three postmen, "Since I'm here, you don't have to go to Beijing. Take me to the nearest post station!"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※With a sound of "Boom!", Xia Xun took off his leather robe and threw it on the chair, sending out a heavy object The sound of falling to the ground.The fur robe was also frozen hard in the wind and snow, so I took it off there.Postmaster Shi Qiusheng hurriedly brought over a pot of steaming water, and said courteously, "Master, please wash your face!"

Shi Yicheng was a Han immigrant who moved his family outside the pass in two generations. Originally, the four brothers were named Shi Chunsheng, Shi Xiasheng, Shi Qiusheng, and Shi Dongsheng. Shikou had a high mortality rate, and historians had a particularly difficult time outside the customs at that time. The name was too old, but they couldn't keep it safe. Two of the four brothers died when they were young, and only Shi Qiusheng and his elder brother Shi Chunsheng were left.

Today, Shi Chunsheng has followed the wave of business in Liaodong, and has become a fur merchant specializing in the purchase and transportation. Shi Qiusheng worked as a postman in his early years and worked hard for many years. Now he has become an official of the post office. , there is not much oil and water, but the family background is ten thousand times stronger than before.His small post office had never received such a big official. Shi Yicheng was afraid that his subordinates would be rough and rough and offend the Duke, so he served him himself.

Xia Xun's face was smeared with marmot oil to keep out the cold. When he entered the room, he was greasy and was about to wash his face.He wet his face first, then used soap horn, and changed two basins of water to wash his face, then told the postman: "Go down and get busy, I'll take a rest!"

Shi Yicheng felt relieved, and hurriedly said flatteringly: "There is food cooking under the stove, the Duke of the country rests first, and I will bring it to you in a while!"

When Xia Xun waited for the postman to leave, he ordered Yan Chuan, the guard standing at the door: "Go, call Tang Feng, Zhang Wentao, and He Yaoyang!"

Shi Yicheng came out of the master's bedroom, and saw that the postmen were busy receiving more than 100 guards brought by the master. If you say that the post office outside the pass is not good, it's all because the biggest thing outside the pass is the soldiers. , the soldiers were born in the army, rough and unrestrained, with little knowledge of etiquette, it is not bad to boss around and shout at the post office, if you don't deal with one, it is common for you to be whipped and kicked.

At this time, the post office hadn't been incorporated into the peripheral organization of Jinyiwei as it was later, and there was no strong backer, so it had to be bullied.However, these guards of the Duke of the State are more talkative than those ordinary soldiers. This is not because the guards of the Duke of the State know how to be polite and follow the rules. Compared with those ordinary soldiers of the frontier army, they are naturally more arrogant It's just that the Duke of the State is right in front of him, but no one dares to show off his prestige.

Therefore, the postmen were not scolded. They took care of the horses one by one, walked them, drank them, fed them, selected dormitories, arranged tea, water and meals, and performed their duties.Seeing this, Shi Yicheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and ran to the kitchen to arrange meals.

The postmen were busy feeding the stables and arranging the rooms. These houses had not been moved in for a long time, so the bedding had to be brought from the barn and the fire pit had to be burned.The guards were not idle either. Some inspected the surrounding environment, some set up police posts, and placed themselves in the corners of the courtyard, the roof, and the watchtower. The others stood on the porch outside Xia Xun's room, waiting for the The Duke called the leaders who had gone in to come out and arrange the task of standing guard, while waiting for the postmen to tidy up the room.

In the room, upon hearing Xia Xun's plan, the four guard commanders exploded.

"No, I don't agree! The Duke can't take such a risk!"

He Yaoyang blushed and growled thickly: "The situation in Serbia is unpredictable now. If the Duke wants to save Miss Xiaoying, he can't go into danger alone. If he wants to go, he must first go to Liaodong and bring a large army to station in the name of mediation." Tatar, negotiate with Oala again."

Xia Xun said slowly: "In the past, Wala didn't dare to hurt my important ministers, and now they are even more afraid. If I rush, it seems dangerous, but in fact there is no danger at all. If I go to Liaodong first, then to Tatar, and then It will take a long time to contact Wala, I am afraid that there will be long nights and dreams, and troubles will arise."

Zhang Wentao retorted: "Duke, they don't dare to attack openly, don't they dare to attack secretly? We only have such a small amount of money. Once we get to their territory, won't we be at their mercy? Now that the forces in the grassland are chaotic, if we kill Duke, you can easily push the boat and fall into their opponents. Duke should understand that the court's top priority is to calm the outside of the Great Wall. If there is a scapegoat, the court will not refuse Don’t forgive me, you must investigate! Besides, even if you investigate, what can you find out? With this reason, why don’t they dare to do it?”

Of course Xia Xun knew what Zhang Wentao said was true, as long as he could shirk his responsibility, as long as he had a top package, Daming would definitely endure it at this critical moment. This is politics.What's more, they can't bear it, and it's really impossible for them to find out the truth?Could it be possible for him to start a war trying to wipe out the entire grassland tribe?If so, Saibei will become the second Annan, and it will be a hundred times more difficult than Annan. The cost of Ming's war is ten times, and a hundred times that of the grassland tribes. up.

However, Xiao Ying originally lived well in Moling, but he was dragged into this turmoil forcibly. She is not a soldier of Ming Dynasty. Even if the personal relationship between the two is aside, how can Xia Xun stand by and watch her life and death? Put everyone to death?First go to Liaodong and then go to Tatar. It will take half a month or even a month at the fastest. In such a long time, many things can happen.

On the surface, Xia Xun is calm and calm, but since he got the news, his heart has never been really calm. There is a hostility in his chest that is always agitated, but he just suppresses himself!Seeing that all the guards strongly opposed it, Xia Xun held back a little, and said in a deep voice, "What if I have to go?"

Tang Feng, Yan Chuan, He Yaoyang and others glanced at each other, then slowly knelt up and said in a deep voice: "The responsibility of the humble officials is to protect the safety of the Duke, if the Duke insists on going his own way, the inferior officials will have to offend them! "

Xia Xun raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you dare to do anything to me?"

Tang Feng said: "I don't dare to rank, but I have to do it because of my responsibilities!"

Xia Xun smiled lightly and said, "You are not my opponent!"

Zhang Wentao jumped off the ground and shouted loudly: "Then, how about adding them?"

"Come in!"

He Yaoyang shouted loudly, and the well-trained guards standing outside the door rushed in immediately!

To be continued