Chapter 125 Deng Su Takes Grain
It is impossible for 150,000 people to set off and arrive at the same time. Although Tong Guan had not yet arrived, the vanguard had already entered the territory of Xiongzhou, some camped outside the city, and some were stationed inside the city.
From Qinghe to Xiongzhou City, there are many soldiers in the short distance of a few miles. Yang Yingqi raised his eyes to look, but when he saw that the Han Dynasty was mixed, it was not like the Central Plains army compared to the Han army. Why is this happening? It turned out that the Song court used soldiers from Qin and Jin to raise troops this time, and many of them were ethnic minorities in the Great Song Dynasty. Even so, there are far more Han soldiers in the army than ethnic minorities, but because many soldiers are temporarily recruited, with little training, they behave like a border farmer far more than a soldier, and their words and deeds are lazy and lazy, which is very different from Yang Yingqi's impression that "the Central Plains army has better discipline and more civilized behavior"! Because of his savagery, his temperament is similar to the barbarian in his mind.
Yang Yingqi carefully observed their armor and weapons, and the more he looked at them, the more heartwarming he felt. The military system of the Great Song Dynasty was different from that of the Jurchens: the Jurchen soldiers were all equipped with their own weapons and armor, but the equipment of the Great Song army was provided by the imperial court. Since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song-Liao frontier has been peaceful for a long time, so the military equipment has been increasingly abandoned. Xining once tried to cheer up, and for a time the weapons were sharp and the armament was booming. But after Cai Jing came to power, it was abolished, and the taxes of the imperial court were used to build Taoist temples, gardens, gather strange treasures, and search for flower stones. Even the officials who distributed the supplies were sloppy. Yang Yingqi saw that some tall people were wearing short armor that exposed their navels, while some short people were wearing knee-length robes! Xin said: "Dressed like this, it's inconvenient to walk, what kind of battle are you fighting?" "A few more glances at their weaponry, blunt knives, rusty blades, rotten scabbards, and hornless saddles! A heart sank immediately: "These people are fighting with the people we just recruited, but I'm afraid they can't beat them!" ”
Suddenly, a "help" from the front broke Yang Yingqi's meditation, and he came back to his senses, only to see a group of sergeants coming towards this side with unkempt hair and a woman with unkempt hair. The woman's face was frightened, but the sergeants were full of lewd smiles. The woman fled as she cried for help, but the sergeants were as unhurried as cat and mouse, and seemed to have eaten her. There were many soldiers and generals around who stopped to watch this scene, but no one came forward.
Deng Su said angrily: "In broad daylight, these people dare to do such an immoral thing!" Isn't there a royal law in the Great Song Dynasty? ”
The woman was lonely and helpless, and when she heard this, she felt a little perked, and saw that Deng Su and his party were dressed as officials, so she hurriedly ran over and begged for shelter.
The Xiongzhou scribe who escorted Deng Su into the city persuaded Deng Su: "Your envoy, this is the Great Song Dynasty, not your country. You still don't care about these things. ”
The woman was kneeling on the ground and begging for help, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but lean back. Deng Su also hesitated when he heard this advice, afraid that he would miss a major event because of these details, so he glanced back at Yang Yingqi, and Yang Yingqi snorted in a low voice: "Conscience! ”
Deng Su was shocked, and he was ashamed in his heart, and said to the scribe: "The world is unfair, and the people of the world can manage it!" Which law of the Great Song Dynasty allowed a sergeant to do evil on the street? ”
The woman was overjoyed when she heard this, but the scribe smiled bitterly and said, "Your envoy is too straightforward! How do you know about the affairs of your own country? ”
Before he finished speaking, the sergeants who were chasing him had already run to him, and the man at the head was about forty years old, with a face full of meat, pointing at Deng Su and shouting, "What something! Dare to take care of grandpa's business! Come on! Take! ”
The minions behind him were about to step forward, but the Xiongzhou clerk hurriedly stopped him and said, "No! These are the distinguished guests of Master Tong! ”
Those minions hurriedly stopped when they heard the words "Master Tong", but the leader still said proudly: "My grandfather's distinguished guest? How could Young Master Ben not know? ”
When the scribe heard this, he was shocked and said, "It turned out to be Young Master Tong Wanbao Tong!" ”
Deng Su was stunned when he heard this, but Yang Yingqi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Grandpa? Tong Guan doesn't seem to be that old, right? How can there be a grandson as old as you? ”
The boy Wanbao shouted, "Bold! My grandfather's name is also your name? ”
When the scribe heard this, he hurriedly said: "Master Tong is angry, these people are foreigners, and they don't know the etiquette of the Central Plains, please forgive me." ”
"Gentiles?" Tong Wanbao glanced at Deng Su and the others and said, "Liao? ”
The scribe said, "No, no, it's the envoy of the Jin Kingdom." ”
Deng Su corrected: "It is the envoy of General Jinghai of the Han Department." ”
The scribe didn't understand this, but replied, "Yes, yes." He said to Tong Wanbao: "This time, Lord Deng is going to meet Master Tong." Everyone was a family, but the water washed the Dragon King Temple, a misunderstanding. If it makes a big fuss, I'm afraid it won't look good in front of Master Tong in the future. Please also ask Master Tong a lot, don't care. ”
Tong Wanbao also seemed to know something, and said, "Is it the person from General Ouyang in the East China Sea?" Hey! I've also heard my grandfather mention it, saying that he came to give him a big gift. Since it's grandpa's honored guest, then I'll take it lightly. Let them hand her over, and forget it." ”
The scribe came to Deng Su's side again and said with a smile: "What do you think, Lord Deng?" ”
Before Deng Su could speak, Yang Yingqi asked the woman, "Are you the house slave surnamed Tong?" ”
The woman shook her head hurriedly.
Yang Yingqi asked again: "That's his family's concubine." ”
The woman fell to her knees and cried, "The slave family doesn't recognize this ...... Master Tong, just now he was selling embroidery in the market, and suddenly these masters came around, and then ......" said and cried.
Deng Su shouted: "In this way, it is a robbery of the people's daughter!" ”
Tong Wanbao said angrily: "What about robbing people's daughters? Our surname is Tong, not to mention the people's daughter, it is the official daughter, what if you rob it? My grandfather is about to be crowned king! At that time, grandpa, I will be the prince and grandson! These women are blessed to have the presence of my grandfather. ”
Deng Su listened to his grandfather coming and going, he was furious, and his hand pressed the saber and trembled uncontrollably. Yang Yingqi was quite strange when he saw him so disproportionate: "Although this matter is outrageous, Zhihong is not a shallow and unbearable person, how can he be so excited?" ”
Yang Yingqi didn't know why he was so excited. If Deng Su saw such a thing in the territory of the Han Dynasty, he would probably be able to deal with it calmly. But this is the first time he has returned to the Great Song Dynasty after leaving the country, for him, this land is his homeland, where he really regards himself as the master in his heart, and regards Yang Yingqi and others as guests. He hoped that the Great Song Dynasty would show a rich, strong and civilized image in Yang Yingqi's eyes, but the reality was completely the opposite! In this last days, even the civil order of the capital Bianliang can no longer be compared with Jinmen and Liaokou, not to mention that this is about to become the border place where the eunuchs are powerful and blessed? This kind of psychological gap is actually a kind of self-deception that Deng Su does not want to admit in his heart! Chen Zhenghui also had this kind of self-deception, but at that time, he was alone and gradually introspected, unlike Deng Su, who encountered such an ugly thing in front of Yang Yingqi as soon as he entered the Song realm! But these are just the ups and downs of the secret places in his heart, and even he himself can't fully understand them, how can others understand them?
Seeing that Deng Su's face was not good, the scribe secretly screamed badly, Yang Yingqi pulled Deng Su's sleeve and said, "Lord Deng!" You are entrusted by General Ouyang to be cautious in everything. ”
Deng Su is not a reckless man after all, he came to his senses, took off the hilt of his sword, his mind turned, he already had an idea, and said: "Although Xia Guan is an official abroad, he also knows etiquette and shame when he sees Hu people!" Not to mention the Great Song! Master Tong is a very human minister, and he should be more self-disciplined! This Tong Guanye, what you are doing in Xiongzhou at the moment, does Master Tong know? robbed and seized in front of external envoys, I don't know if it is considered a loss of national body in the Great Song Dynasty? If Master Tong heard about this matter, I don't know what to do? ”
That Tong Wanbao was embarrassed by Deng Su's words, and he didn't dare to take people by force, and he didn't want to leave. His subordinates who didn't know what to do when they saw it and actually instigated: "Master Tong! What are they doing! Let's take this little lady back to the house and see what they dare to do! ”
If Deng Su and the others are native scholars, maybe Tong Wanbao has already ordered chaos. But after all, they are Tong Guan's VIPs, and they are jealous in their hearts, although they are instigated by the minions, and they want to do it several times, but they always stop the precipice and hesitate. Suddenly, several knights approached with a carriage, and one of them, a young knight under twenty years old, came up and asked, "What's going on?" Why are you blocking the roads here? ”
Tong Wanbao was worried about not getting down the stairs, and when he heard this, he jumped up, pointed at the knight and scolded: "What are you! Dare to take care of your grandfather's affairs! Come on, rip him off and beat him for me! This trick is called shifting focus, and it is a trick that the ancients learned more than a thousand years ago by teaching these passers-by who don't know what to do.
When the group of ruffian soldiers heard this, they all rushed up and beat them, and the young knight was beaten for no reason, and was stunned for a moment, and shouted while reining in his horse to dodge, "What are you doing? What do you do? ”
Deng Su glanced at Yang Yingqi, Yang Yingqi laughed in a low voice: "The people around this carriage are all in good spirits, but I'm afraid it's not a person to mess with!" Let's see the excitement. ”
Sure enough, a young man in civilian clothes rushed out of the carriage, and with a whip in his hand, he whipped towards the group of ruffians! He attacked accurately, ruthlessly and heavily, and there were more than a dozen snaps, and the rabble scattered and fled for their lives, and ran back behind Tong Wanbao to dodge.
Tong Wanbao was a little surprised to see this young man's martial arts, but he still shouted, "Who are you? Dare to provoke our Tong family! ”
When the young knight heard this, he was stunned and said, "Tong? ”
Tong Wanbao said triumphantly: "Not bad! Master Tong is Lao Tzu's grandfather, and he quickly dismounted, kowtowed and admitted his mistakes, and Lao Tzu could spare you from dying. ”
The young man frowned slightly, and at this time the carriage was approaching, and a thick and calm voice inside asked, "Yan Chong, who is making trouble?" ”
The young man Yan Chong said: "It seems to be the godson of Tong someone." ”
The man in the car said: "Yansong, ask what is going on." ”
The young man got off his horse and stepped forward to ask, "Are there any local officials here?" ”
The clerk in Xiongzhou also saw that the other party was not small, and responded. The young man Yansong asked him what happened, and the scribe replied tactfully, he was not guilty of several aspects, but he couldn't help but hide Tong Wanbao's evil deeds. Deng Su was not used to watching from the sidelines, and when he saw the place where the scribe didn't dare to speak, he spoke out loud, and the middle was inevitably mixed with the woman's cry, Yang Yingqi's sneer, and Tong Wanbao's party's scolding. It was easy to explain things clearly, and the people in the car said: "It turned out that a foreign noble envoy came, and he was not welcomed, forgive his sins." After a pause, he said: "Does this Tong Wanbao have a military position?" ”
Tong Wanbao said proudly: "Not bad. ”
The people in the car said: "Robbing people's daughters is no longer disciplined." Not to mention in front of foreign guests? Great loss of national body! Yan Song, according to the military law of this dynasty, what should be the crime of robbing people's daughters by in-service sergeants? ”
The young man said, "Capital offense! ”
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