The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1044

The autumn wind is bleak and the autumn rain is continuous.

Days of rain caused the water level of the Yellow River to rise sharply, the torrent was rolling, and the turbid waves were surging. The ferry boats on the entire Baima Ferry were stopped.The news just came that the Qingzhou section of the Yellow River has breached, flooding more than a dozen counties in a row, which is terrible.

The team escorting Yanghu was already moving slowly. When they arrived at Baimadu, they happened to catch up with the autumn news of the Yellow River. Wait until the water subsides before crossing the river.

The leader of this team is a Sima of another tribe, surnamed Xiao Mingcheng, from Feixian County, Taishan County, Yanzhou, and from the same county as Yanghu. Yangjun is from Nancheng County, Taishan Mountain. He has great respect for Yang Hu, and he has shown great care along the way. Although Yang Hu is sitting in a prison car, he can still enjoy good treatment.

It's a pity that Xiao Cheng is only a low-level official, and his task is only to escort Yang Hu back to Luoyang. It is within his purview to take care of Yang Hu along the way, but after returning to Luoyang, Yang Hu Xiao Cheng can't control what his fate is like.

Xiao Cheng couldn't help sighing secretly. A famous figure like Yang Hu came out of Mount Tai. When people in Xiao Cheng's old family talked about it, they were all proud of it, but Xiao Cheng never expected that someone like Yang Hu It is deplorable that a great man should be in jail.

But Yang Hu was very calm and calm. Although he was wearing shackles and in the prison car, Yang Hu's face was always calm, as if everything he was in had nothing to do with him.

After arriving at Baimadu, the river was so high that boats could not do it, so they could only temporarily stay in the inn and wait for the flood to subside.

Baimadu gathered a lot of merchants traveling from south to north, all of them were frowning, seeing a group of officers and soldiers escorting the prison cart, they were very curious, and they all stopped to watch, asking who the escorted prisoner was .

Xiao Cheng sternly shouted back the onlookers, opened the prison car, and personally helped Yang Hu get out of the car.

According to the laws of the Jin State, prisoners are not allowed to get out of the prison car on the way to escort them, but Xiao Cheng doesn't care about this, anyway, he is the leader of the escort team, and he has the final say on the way.

The common people around were even more curious. Seeing the official's respectful attitude towards the prisoner, which was almost something they had never seen before, many people began to speculate that the identity of the imperial prisoner must be unusual, and other prisoners never Never enjoyed such treatment.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Hu kept a calm face, showing no surprise, Xiao Cheng arranged a room for Yang Hu in the inn, and personally brought the food and wine to Yang Hu's room, being thoughtful and considerate.

The flood persisted for more than ten days, and they could only temporarily stay in Baidu.

Yang Hu had nothing to do, he drank wine facing the Yellow River every day, watched the turbid waves roll, drifted with the current, and thought about his life experience, so why not.

"Teacher Yang, happy event... There is a big happy event..." Xiao Cheng pushed the door open and said to Yang Hu in a low voice, but his brows were full of unconcealable excitement.

"Why do you like it?" Yang Hu asked in a slightly puzzled manner.

Xiao Cheng looked around and made sure there was no one around, so he said to Yang Hu: "The news just came from Hanoi that Huai County was captured by the Shu army, the entire army defending the city was wiped out, and Jia Situ also died in the rebellion. among."

Yang Hu frowned slightly, and said, "Can this be considered a happy event?"

Xiao Cheng laughed dryly, and said: "Teacher Yang was convicted because of his different military strategies. Now that Jia Situ was defeated in Hanoi and died in Huai County, that undoubtedly proves that Taifu Yang's strategy is correct. Grand Tutor Yang will be able to avenge his grievances and be honored by His Majesty."

Yang Hu smiled lightly and said, "A certain death is coming."

Xiao Cheng was shocked and said: "Why did the Taifu say that?"

Yang Hu said: "Your Majesty is not the master of benevolence and virtue. If Hanoi wins, he will be dismissed and investigated at most if he returns to Beijing. He has no worries about his life. Now Hanoi is defeated and Jia Chong died in battle. , His Majesty will turn his anger on me, I am afraid that I will not even have the chance to return to Luoyang."

Yang Hu knew Sima Yan too well. Sima Yan looked benevolent, loyal, and magnanimous on the outside, but he was extremely narrow-minded. The strategy of abandoning Yecheng and going south to Hanoi this time must have been written by Sima Yan, and Jia Chong was just acting on his behalf. That's all, if Jia Chong wins a big victory in Hanoi, Sima Yan will naturally treat Yang Hu lightly if he is happy. Now that Jia Chong is defeated, it proves that Sima Yan's strategy is wrong and Yang Hu's strategy is right. , Sima Yan will definitely become angry from embarrassment. If Yang Hu is to be pardoned at this moment, it will definitely make Sima Yan lose face, so Sima Yan is likely to start killing Yang Hu.

A companion is like a tiger, and Yang Hu is too aware of the situation he is about to face.

It's just a pity that the soldiers of the Jizhou Army who have been fighting with him for many years, he only left for a short ten days, and the [-] troops in Jizhou were wiped out by the whole army. As a result, he was killed. Jia Chong's death was his own fault, but he was buried with [-] Jizhou troops, which made Yang Hu feel worthless.

Xiao Cheng was skeptical, and after a few days, the flood subsided, and Baimadu resumed its normal traffic status. Xiao Cheng checked the number of people and was about to set off, but he heard a commotion outside the inn. He went out to take a look, but saw a A man who looked like a general led hundreds of soldiers to surround the inn.

Xiao Cheng is a Sima of another department, and he is several ranks behind the general with the lowest rank. He hastily cupped his hands and said, "I have seen the general, but I don't know why the general is here."

The general glanced at him, and said indifferently, "Where is Yang Hu?"

Xiao Cheng couldn't help being a little sullen. Judging by the rank of the general, he was only the lowest rank of Zhonglang general. With his status, he actually called Yang Hu by his first name. Anyway, he is a figure at the level of Sangu, and this person is too rude.However, Xiao Cheng's official rank is relatively low, so he didn't dare to argue with him, and said: "Teacher Yang is resting inside."

The general snorted coldly, ignored Xiao Cheng, strode into the guest room, glanced at Yang Hu, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has a decree to give a pot of imperial wine to the sinful minister Yang Hu. Yang Hu, Don't you still thank me?"

Xiao Cheng, who came in behind, couldn't help but change his face, because he knew very well that the emperor would not give a pot of wine for no reason, and the only thing that could be given to criminal officials was Jiujiu.

(End of this chapter)