Horse on the World

Chapter 408 Return to Luoyang
Luoyang Ximen, it’s already a big day today, the bustling gates of the city in the past are gone, except for a few guarding soldiers who hid in the door openings and kept warm with a brazier, there was no one else. The weather of the past few days suddenly changed again today. The fluttering snowflakes fell all day long. Although the snow stopped in the evening, the north wind was like a gust of wind, cutting the people who were exposed outside like knives. muscles.

As the night darkened, torches were lit in the city gate, swaying in the wind, and the wind passed through the city gate, making a whining sound.Although the soldiers tried their best to get close to the brazier, they still didn't stamp their feet and rub their hands. Their spears were leaning against the base of the wall. In this damn weather, the shafts of the spears were like ice cubes, and it hurt to hold them in their hands.

A school lieutenant came over: "Brothers, it's time, close the door, close the door, food and drink have been prepared in the gate building, and we are also celebrating the New Year."

The soldiers cheered, and they had been looking forward to this greeting for a long time. The cold was unbearable for a long time in this doorway. Everyone is already eager to see through.

"Close the gate, close the gate!" Shouting loudly, several soldiers worked together to push the heavy gate, preparing to close the city gate and end today's day's errands.

Just as the door was half closed, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes in the distance, and there was a faint shout. The captain listened carefully, "Wait a minute, it seems that a horse is coming."

The soldier said dissatisfiedly: "Sir, it's time, who told them not to come earlier, close the city gate, and let them have a night of snowstorm outside!" As he spoke, he pushed another city gate.

The captain waved his hand, "Wait a minute, it's not easy for those who celebrate Chinese New Year. No one is in a hurry. Let's just wait for a while. If the city gate is really closed, these people will have to wait all night. It’s been a whole day, I care about this little moment!”

The soldiers stopped, "That is to say, if you have a good heart, sir, if you change the sir, you will ignore them!"

The sound of horseshoes became more and more clear, "Brother Bing, wait a minute!" The voice also came clearly, and soon, a two-horse drawn carriage appeared in the sight of everyone, and rushed all the way to the gate of the city. , the man who drove the horse tightened his hands, raised the tip of his whip, and slapped the whip. The two horses pulling the cart kicked their front hooves straight, and forcibly drew a long trace on the snow, firmly stopped at the gate of the city.

"Excellent equestrian skills!" The captain blurted out praise. "Good horse!"

The man who was driving the horse cupped his hands, "Thank you for your convenience, sirs. If I hadn't met some of your kind officers, this villain would be celebrating the New Year outside the city today."

The captain smiled slightly, "It's convenient for you to let others go! But this man, according to the rules, he has to be inspected when he enters the city. Is there anyone else in your carriage?" In fact, the captain saw this man equestrian Jingqi, with such skills, he is just a cart driver, he feels a little suspicious, and the two horses pulling the cart are extremely tall, better than the war horse he is riding, it is too extravagant to use such a horse as a sword.

"This?" The man hesitated for a moment, "Sir, to tell you the truth, this car is my young lady and female family member, this is really inconvenient!"

The captain smiled and said: "It's my captain's benevolence to let you enter the city, but it's the regulations set by the above that you have to check when you enter the city. Don't make things difficult for me."

There seemed to be a cry from inside the carriage, and the man driving the carriage hurried over, only to see that the carriage door was opened a crack, and something was handed out from inside. With the light of the fire, the captain took a quick glance, and a beautiful side face flashed across. However, the man smiled and handed the signboard in his hand to the captain, saying: "Sir, if you have this thing, don't you need to open the door?"

The captain took it and glanced at it, his face couldn't help changing, but he returned the sign to the man with both hands, "The flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and the family didn't know the family anymore. It's a sin, please!"

The man handed the sign in through the car door again, but took a few more things, and said, "My lady said that she wasted the time of several officers. This is a trivial matter, and it is not respectful. Please don't refuse."

The lieutenant smiled slightly and took it without hesitation: "It's from the elders, I dare not say it, thank you miss!"

Watching the carriage go far away, a soldier came over curiously and said, "Captain, is this the nobleman of that family again?"

The captain smiled, and threw away what was in his hand, but it turned out to be a few ingots of fine silver, "Zhang San, hurry up to Fuguiju in the city, and get a table of good food and wine, and let's enjoy it today too." fan."

"Okay!" Zhang San excitedly took a large ingot of silver, "Aha, sir, you are still the best, just waiting for a short while, and you got a table of food and drink for the brothers."

"It's convenient for others, it's convenient for yourself!" The captain laughed.

The soldiers were waiting to close the gate, and there was a sudden sound of horseshoes outside. When the soldiers turned their heads, the two horses rolled past the city gate like a gust of wind. , rushed into the city like a wind and lightning, but the two objects flew straight to the captain, the captain was furious and reached out to catch it, opened it up, but was stunned, what he was holding was actually Two large ingots of gold, looking at the golden gold, the soldiers were also stunned, "What's the matter today?"

The captain grinned, shrugged, and shouted: "Zhang San, Zhang San, let's not eat Fuguiju, you can take another ingot of silver, it's a big day today, we want to eat the feast of Ding Shengyuan!"

The carriage ran over two deep ruts on the snow, walked through the streets, and finally stopped in an alley. The man jumped out of the carriage and knocked the copper ring on a four-leaf door, and the door opened. A small crack opened, and a door said impatiently: "Who, what's the matter for coming so late?"

The man smiled and said, "Brother, please go and report to Officer Ding that her niece from Bingzhou is here."

The door was pulled open all of a sudden, and the door came out with a look of surprise, "It turns out that Miss Ding is here, alas, I have already given orders from the staff, but I didn't expect to arrive so late. We all thought that we would not be able to enter the city today. Yuanwai is worried! Please come in quickly, Xiao Ding, why are you still in a daze, why don't you go and report to Yuanwai, saying that the lady whom Yuanwai has been thinking about has arrived!"

The man smiled and took a small stick from the shaft of the car, and put it beside the car, "Miss, it's here!"

The car door opened, and a woman dressed as a maid jumped out of the carriage, turned around and carefully helped a woman wrapped tightly in fox fur to get out of the carriage on a small twig.The gate welcomes the two women into the gate, but the man driving the carriage leads the horse towards the side gate.

Before he had entered the gate a few steps, Ding Yuanwai hurried out to greet him.

"Uncle!" the woman in the fox fur yelled crisply, and blessed Yuan Wai Ding.The girl on one side also bent down and said, "I've seen Mr. Yuanwai!"

Member Ding seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, it's good to be here, I'm worried, hurry up and go into the room, the room is warm, it's so cold today, don't freeze it! "

"Ding Da, take good care of Miss's horse, you have to feed and drink enough!" Wai Ding ordered loudly.

"Yes, sir, don't worry!"

Walking into the warm hall, as soon as the door was closed, Member Ding immediately suppressed his smile, bowed to the fox-fur woman, and said, "Director, this subordinate is Ding Yuan, a lieutenant of Zhenwu School under General Hu Yong of the Luoyang Branch. Responsible for investigating the infiltration of the Department in the Luoyang business community."

Zhong Jing helped Qingfeng take off the fox fur, and Qingfeng went straight to the brazier, stretched his frozen hand over the brazier to warm up, nodded, "Well, Ding Yuan, I know you, where is Hu Yong? When will you come over?" ?”

Ding Yuan said: "Today is New Year's Eve. General Hu Yong has a large group of people. He needs to send those people away before he can come here. It may be later. General Hu Yong asked me to apologize to the director."

Qingfeng smiled and said: "He's doing a serious business, so he apologized to me. Well, he's not here, so please tell me about the situation in Luoyang first!"

"Yes, director, but the director is tired all the way, I have prepared some food and wine, the director drinks some wine to warm up, and listen to my explanation!" Ding Yuan said.

"Alright!" Qingfeng nodded.

It was almost midnight when Hu Yong arrived at Ding Yuan's place. His face was flushed and he knew that he had drunk a lot of wine. When he saw the breeze, he repeatedly confessed. "Director, please forgive me for being disrespectful. There are really a lot of cronies in my place. It's a big day today, so I have to drink. You know, these people really can't afford to offend, and they are usually used. There are plenty of places for them!"

Qingfeng didn't think it was disobedient, "I don't care how much you drink or what kind of friends you make, as long as you don't make mistakes, Hu Yong, just now Ding Yuan told me about your network deployment in Luoyang. Generally speaking, I am quite satisfied. You have to step up your efforts to control the underground forces in Luoyang."

"Yes, Director, I have been working hard to do this. Now it can be said that half of the underground forces in Luoyang City are in my hands. What the government can't do, I can solve it with my hand."

Qingfeng slightly flattened his mouth, but did not refute, "You make arrangements, I want to see An Guogong as soon as possible!"

Hu Yong said with some embarrassment: "Director, the Duke of An's mansion is now being watched closely by Xiao Haoran, and he will notice the slightest disturbance. It is somewhat difficult to enter without anyone noticing."

"That's why I came here during the New Year's Eve. These few days will always be a little more slack than usual. You try to arrange for me to enter the Duke's Mansion during these few days." Qingfeng said without doubt.

"In addition, you mobilize your rogue subordinates to check for me if these people have arrived in Luoyang?" Qingfeng nodded at Zhong Jing, and Zhong Jing immediately took out a few pieces of paper from her arms, but there were several people drawn on the paper avatar.

"This, this is not..." Hu Yong said in surprise.

"I always feel that these guys have also come to Luoyang, go and check it out, but don't alarm them!" Qingfeng said: "Also, contact Xie Ke to see if he can find a chance to meet me. If the opportunity is not good, don’t force it.”

(End of this chapter)