Ping An Biography

The younger sister cared about him very much, and Zhang Ning fully understood.He sat on the chair and closed his eyes to meditate for a while, and kept thinking about this matter in his heart: going to Beijing like this without even saying hello, it can be said that he has no news of himself, how worried should the little girl be?

He wanted to find someone to deliver at least a letter to his family, and he considered two methods: one was to find Fang Ling from Fuleyuan. A trustworthy person; the second is to turn to Yu Qian's entourage.But no matter what the method is, you have to send information from the inn to achieve it. Zhang Ning can imagine that there will be eyeliners in all directions outside this inn. When they touched Zhang's house, they would try to find out what news Zhang Ning and Yu Qian sent to Zhang's house at this time.Zhang Ning really didn't want to scare his family any more, so he thought about swallowing this idea forcefully.

It didn't take long to rest, and it was dawn.A total of five people in the suite had breakfast and were ready to leave.

Wang Jian couldn't help but said: "We will go out of Tongji Gate in a while, and the officials in Nanjing will not come to see you off? If Zhou Na, the patrol censor, also comes, ask Brother Pingan where we are going, what should we say?"

Yu Qian said: "Ping An would not ask this question." Then he did not explain and let Wang Jian figure it out by himself.

Zhang Ning felt that he was being praised, but he really wouldn't ask such a question: the inspector censor has great power and low rank when he is in charge of the case. The officials in Nanjing are all their accomplices, making an international joke, Emperor Yong Le will allow a place like Nanjing's officialdom to be monolithic?If Zhou Na came to bid farewell and specifically asked where Zhang Ning was going, it showed that Zhou Na knew Zhang Ning’s whereabouts and was still very concerned; in case something happened to Zhang Ning and Yu Qian in the middle of the talk, Zhou Na was afraid of himself. Can't get fishy all over?

Conspiracy is to do things secretly, lest others find out, it is more difficult to operate than Yangmou... In fact, the gang who used Lu Zhen to attack the prince used Yangmou in the first place, so how could they want to arrest Zhang Ning and put him in prison? |There was a mistake in the link of death, so I had to use intrigue to wipe my ass.Zhang Ning did not know how Lu Zhen entered the imperial prison at all, but he could guess that Zhou Na, the inspector censor, and some bureaucrats did not touch Lu Zhen at first, and directly took Zhang Ning into the prison to extract a confession, and then submitted a memorial The impeachment of Lu Zhen is the so-called "judgment on major matters, decisive decision on small matters"; Lu Zhen's arrest by Jin Yiwei should be an imperial decree issued by the emperor himself.

A group of five people went out of Tongji Gate to the wharf of Qinhuai River, and it went smoothly, no one came to see them off.They boarded a large grain ship, as if they really wanted to take the boat to Beijing in such a swaggering manner. There was a "Mingxiu Plank Road", but they didn't see where the "Chen Cang" was at all.

This sailing ship transporting grain is very spectacular and as tall as a building. Zhang Ning was a little shocked when he saw such an ancient ship for the first time after he came to the Ming Dynasty... But thinking of Zheng He's World Armada still existed in the world at this time, The total displacement of the thousands of ships in Ming Dynasty is more than the sum of other countries in the world, so such a transport ship is not worth making too much fuss.

As soon as Zhang Ning got on the deck, he couldn't help noticing a cannon on the bow, and couldn't help but take a second look. Wang Jian, who was traveling with him, said: "Wankou Gun, this is a transport ship of the imperial court, and it is equipped with weapons." Zhang Ning He nodded, and observed some sailors on the deck with muskets. He thought that these firearms might not be advanced, but he suddenly saw that ancient soldiers had guns and cannons, which was a little different from what he imagined, so he was somewhat surprised.After all, it was only a grain ship, not a military ship. On the deck, only a gun and a dozen sailors were seen. Other than that, most of them were sailors and strong men in short jackets, as well as some traveling literati and merchants and passengers. The staff is very mixed and there are officials (Yu Qian), in fact, there are everyone.

Yu Qian has an official status, and he has preferential treatment when taking a boat: a separate cabin for five of them.This is indeed preferential treatment. After all, sailing boats are not yachts, and they have to carry a lot of food and cargo space is limited. Those coolies can only squeeze many people into the cabin on the second floor, and there is only a small hammock in the rest place, and they have to sleep in rotation.

The ship stopped at the pier, loading the cargo from Nanjing, and it seemed that there was no tension at all in the slow-moving manner. The busy sailors on the deck saw a woman washing clothes by the river in the distance, and took the time to shout a few words. Throat smell | People's vulgar ballads caused everyone on the boat to laugh.Yu Qian was also quite calm, sitting calmly by the bamboo curtain, drinking tea and waiting, and said unhurriedly: "It is estimated that this ship will sail into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal tomorrow, and it will join other grain transport ships to form a fleet northward. The fleet must be mighty."

"Yes..." Wang Jian looked a little restless, looking out of the window from time to time.

Of the five people in the cabin, only Yu Qian was the calmest. He looked back at the unnatural expressions on the faces of the three subordinates on the left and right, but he was quite satisfied with Zhang Ning's performance, but Zhang Ning was not as comfortable as Yu Qian. Very melancholy, probably worried about safety?

What Zhang Ning thinks about the most is actually the girl at home, and he doesn't know what kind of anxiety has become at the moment.

After tossing for a long time, the Yunliang ship finally broke down and set sail.The five people seemed to be very silent, Yu Qian didn't mention the business, and the others kept silent and were not in the mood to talk about other things, so the atmosphere was very dull. Yu Qian sat there with his eyes closed, and the others just stayed silently and bored .

Zhang Ning reached into his underwear pocket, and found a red auspicious talisman. He took it under the window to look at it carefully when he had nothing to do.Suddenly Yu Qian said, "Ping An believes this?" Zhang Ning raised his head and saw Yu Qian was smiling, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, "The sage doesn't speak strangely, the things are given by others."

Wang Jian said, "It must have been given by some girl, who gave this kind of thing?"

Zhang Ning smiled but did not answer. He thought that a group of men in ancient times had something in common with modern times. The topic can easily be brought up to a beautiful woman. If everyone has seen a woman before, the conversation will be more harmonious| harmonious.

Yu Qian said: "By the way, Ping'an is from Nanjing, can he swim?" Zhang Ning replied: "Yes, when I was young, I liked to secretly go to the river with my friends to play in the water. I learned how to swim. But when I grew up, I was afraid of shame and shame. You go swimming in the river shirtless, the water quality is not very good." Yu Qian nodded: "Scholar, that's true."

Everyone chatted one after another, and sometimes leaned against the bulkhead to doze off, and nothing happened until after dinner.The wind on the Jiangsu water network has been good for a while, and the grain and grass are still sailing and sailing without docking after nightfall.The five of them tossed and tossed in Nanjing all night last night. They staggered on the boat during the day and didn't get a good rest. Most of them fell asleep exhausted, and Zhang Ning fell asleep somehow.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Ning was suddenly awakened by someone, and when he opened his eyes, his surroundings were in darkness. It took him a while to realize that he was on a boat of the Ming Dynasty. "Hush!" A voice came from the side, and Zhang Ning remained motionless.Yu Qian's voice: "Are you awake?" Zhang Ning whispered "Yes".

Yu Qian said in a deep voice: "After the few of us arrived in Nanjing, Lord Yang sent two more skilled people here. That is to say, since we were exposed last night, there are still two of our people who the other party does not know. They You are also on this boat now. When I finish speaking, you go out and go to the stern to use the toilet. Someone will take you out of the boat and go overland. There is a person named Luo Yaoniang who is the daughter of Lord Yang Shiqi. You can trust her. Just follow her orders."

Zhang Ning, who had just woken up, was still a little dazed, thinking: Yang Shiqi's daughter's surname is Luo, so he, the daughter of a court minister, doesn't have the same maiden name?Also, my group swaggered out of Nanjing to take a boat, and the boat was delayed for a long time at the pier. The other party must have arranged manpower on the boat. Don't guess that there must be eyeliners around the cabin. Go like this Run away after going out to use the toilet, and act like a fool?Yu Qian's so-called "brightly repairing the plank road and secretly hiding the Chencang" trick is not this bad trick!

He also felt that Yu Qian was not that kind of person, and talking about his calm appearance, he believed it was more than that simple.So Zhang Ning stood up, not forgetting to salute Qian Qian.Yu Qian said, "Go ahead."

But Zhang Ning found a flint and knocked on the fire folder first, and then took the fire folder out of the cabin.As soon as he arrived on the deck, the wind and fire were blown out immediately, so he blocked the sparks with his sleeve and walked towards the stern calmly.Xiaojie, a lower-level crew member who wears shorts on the boat, usually urinates into the river on the deck, but it is dangerous and embarrassing for Dajie to squat on the side of the boat, and those passengers with a bit of status will also pay attention to their image, so In addition to a small number of toilets, there is also a public toilet on board.After Zhang Ning got on the boat, he went to the toilet twice. The toilet is similar to the modern train toilet. There is a slope, and the waste is discharged directly into the river.

The sound of the wind on the deck brought the "cracking" of flag sails, the sound of "crashing" waves in the river, and there were very few people outside in the second half of the night. Zhang Ning could only see two, probably sailors on duty, and the others They were all in the cabin, it was really cold outside, and the two people on the deck were dressed as if they had been in winter.They saw Zhang Ning walking towards the stern blindfolded by Mars, but they ignored him.

When they reached the stern, there was no one in sight, and the bustling and busy scene on the deck during the day had disappeared, leaving only the cold night wind with a stench like rotting fish and shrimp.

The toilet was right in front, and there was a dim lantern hanging at the door that seemed to be extinguished at any moment.Zhang Ning kept pretending to be normal and walked over. He couldn't see anyone, but he knew in his heart that there were eyes staring at him everywhere except someone in the toilet, so he was inevitably a little nervous.