Chapter 982 I Want to Do It (Ask for Recommendations, Ask for Monthly Tickets!) )

"Who are you?"

The three postmen landed ashore and watched warily at the guards who had gathered around them. ，

This belongs to the territory of Liaodong, and it is not far from Shanhaiguan, it will never be a Tatar or Warat people, and horse bandits and thieves will not appear here, such a severe cold weather, the trade and travel outside the customs are cut off, and few people dare to intercept officers and soldiers.

Moreover, when officers and men are dispatched in such a climate, they are either large in number or bitter people such as post guards, and they do not have a few pennies on them. Therefore, horse bandits and thieves also want cat winter, at most they will appear near the cottage where they live, and loot the local people.

Xia Xun's guards showed them their identities, and the three post guards checked their waist cards, and their attitudes became affectionate: "It turned out to be the brothers in Guannei, and we are going to Liaodong Town, we are coming from there, and we are going to Beijing City to send a letter to Yang Du's Mansion." ”

One of the post guards looked at the guards in front of him with a smile and praised, "Not bad! When the brothers in Kannai first came to us, most of them had to freeze into quails, but you still look like dragons and tigers, and this ability is very remarkable. ”

Xia Xun's guards showed their identities to them, but they only showed their Ming army identity, of course, it was impossible to catch people and loudspeak, and they declared everywhere that they were escorting the Duke of Fuguo to Liaodong, the post guard casually said "Yang Du", the guards did not go to their hearts, Xia Xun heard it but his heart moved, and asked: "This Yang Du, which adult is it?" ”

The postman glanced at him, and saw that although this person was wearing the same color as the other guards, he had a good expression and temperament, and knew that he must be a general, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he said: "Yang Du is the Duke of Fuguo!" Fuguo Gong once served as my governor of Liaodong, and now although Guogong has long been returned to the court, our people in Liaodong still remember the good son of Grandpa Guo, and our people here mention Fuguo Gong, and they all say Yang Du. Fuguo Gong, that's the imperial court, Yang Du, that's exclusive to our Liaodong, hehe, it's close, isn't it? ”

A warm current surged through Xia Xun's heart, and he smiled: "Did you say Yang Xu?" ”

The guard's face changed, and he said, "Who are you?" Dare to call Yang Du's name! ”

Several guards around Xia Xun couldn't help laughing, and said nonsense: "You still say that Yang Du is your own person, and now the Duke of Fuguo is standing in front of you, why don't you recognize it?" ”

The postman was taken aback and said, "What? The...... Is it Governor Yang? Is it the grandfather of the auxiliary country? ”

Xia Xun smiled: "Naturally, no one will pretend to be this." ，”

In order not to spend more time on his lips, Xia Xun showed his seal, and the post guard saw that there was no doubt, the three post guards hurriedly knelt down, and said in surprise and joy: "The little ones were ordered by Ding Hou to go to Beijing to see the master, I didn't expect to meet here, sir, are you going to take charge of Liaodong again?" ”

Xia Xun said: "Get up and speak, you don't have to be formal." The Duke of China was ordered to go to Liaodong and pay attention to the situation in Tatar, but Ding Yu sent you? ”

The three post guards stood up and said, "It was sent by Marquis Ding." ”

One of them took out the secret letter hidden in his arms, presented it to Xia Xun with both hands, and said: "Ding Hou instructed, be sure to rush to Beijing as soon as possible and hand over this letter to the master. ”

More than a dozen guards stood over, blocking in a row at the upwind outlet, covering Xia Xun from the wind and snow, Xia Xun opened Ding Yu's secret letter, hurriedly looked at it, and changed color, the heart was heavy, and he didn't move for a long time, and his hands holding the letter paper froze there, and the letter paper trembled in the wind.

"Grandpa Guo, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Chuan, the commander of the guards beside Xia Xun, couldn't help but ask when he saw that his expression had changed drastically.

Xia Xun shook his head gently, folded the letter, put it in his arms, slowly paced a few steps, looked at the northwest direction, stood silent, the wind and snow were blowing, but he was like a sculpture, and he didn't feel cold at all. The guards looked at each other, not knowing what had happened, and someone quietly asked the messenger who delivered the letter, and the messenger only wanted to deliver the letter, but he didn't know what the letter said. (，)

After a long time, Xia Xun turned around and asked the three post guards: "Since I am here, you don't have to go to Beijing, take me to the nearest post station!" ”

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"Tom!" With a bang, Xia Xun's leather robe took off and threw it on the chair, making the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. This leather robe was also frozen hard in the wind and snow, and it was taken off there. Yicheng Shi Qiusheng hurriedly brought a basin of steaming water, and said earnestly: "Grandpa Guo, please clean your face!" ”

Shi Yicheng is the last two generations of the Han people who moved their families to Guanwai, originally four brothers, respectively called Shi Chunsheng, Shi Xiasheng, Shi Qiusheng, Shi Dongsheng, with a new word, in order to avoid the homonym of history (death), but at that time the population mortality rate was high, the Shi family was particularly difficult at that time outside the Guan, the name of the auspicious, after all, can not be kept thoroughly, two of the four brothers died young, only Shi Qiusheng and his eldest brother Shi Chunsheng remained.

Now, Shi Chunsheng followed the tide of business in Liaodong, and made a special purchase and transportation of leather merchants, Shi Qiusheng was a post pawn in his early years, worked hard for many years, and now he has mixed with the officials of the post city, although this post office is located on Liaodong Road, there is not much oil and water, but the family background is 10,000 times stronger than back then. He has never received such a big official in this small post office, and Shi Yicheng is afraid that his subordinates will be rude and make the country unhappy, so he personally waits.

Xia Xun's face was smeared with marmot oil to keep out the cold, and as soon as he entered the room, he was greasy and was about to wash his face. He first wet his face, and then used soap horns to change two basins of water before washing his face, and then instructed the poster: "Go down and get busy, I'll take a rest!" ”

Shi Yicheng was relieved, and hurriedly said flatteringly: "There is a meal burning under the stove, Grandpa Guo will rest first, and the small one will be sent to you in a while!" ”

Xia Xun waited for the post to leave, and then ordered Yan Chuan, the guard standing at the door: "Go, call Tang Feng, Zhang Wentao, and He Tianyang!" ”

Shi Yicheng out of the grandfather's bedroom, only to see that the post guards were busy receiving more than 100 guards brought by the grandfather, to say that the post office outside the customs is not good, all because the biggest outside the customs is the soldiers, the soldiers are born in the army, rough and wild, little etiquette, to the post office to command, snoring and drinking is good, one does not deal with, whip you, kick you is also commonplace.

At this time, the post office had not been incorporated into the peripheral organization of Jinyiwei as it was later, and there was no tough backstage, so it had to be bullied. However, these guards of the grandfather of the country are better than those ordinary soldiers, this is not that the guards of the grandfather of the country are knowledgeable and polite, and follow the rules, compared to those ordinary border soldiers, they are naturally more ambitious, but the grandfather of the country is in front of him, but no one dares to show his majesty.

Therefore, the postmen were not reprimanded, but took care of the horses one by one, walked the horses, drank the horses, went to the stables, fed them, chose lodging houses, arranged tea and meals, and performed their duties, and the guards did not embarrass them. Shi Yicheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, so he ran to the kitchen to arrange food.

The guards were busy feeding the horses and arranging the rooms, which had not been inhabited for a long time, and the covers had to be brought from the barns, and the fire pits had to be burned. The guards were not idle, some people explored the surrounding environment, some people set up police posts, the corners of the courtyard, the roof, and the lookout platform, all of which were planted with their own people, and the others were standing under the corridor outside Xia Xun's house, waiting for the leaders who were called in by the Guogong to come out and stand guard in a row, and on the other hand, waiting for the post guards to clean up the room.

In the room, as soon as he heard Xia Xun's plan, the four guard commanders exploded.

"No, I don't agree! Guogong can't take this risk! ”

He Tianyang blushed and roared thickly: "Now that the situation is unpredictable, Guogong wants to save Miss Sakura, and he can't be in danger alone." If you want to go, you have to go to Liaodong first, bring a large army to Tatar in the name of mediation, and then negotiate with Warat. ”

Xia Xun said slowly: "In the past, Warat didn't dare to hurt my Heavenly Empire's important ministers, and now they don't dare even more, if I rush to go, it seems to be thrilling, but in fact, there is no danger, if you go to Liaodong first, then to Tartary, and then contact Warat, it will be protracted, I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and there will be trouble." ”

Zhang Wentao retorted: "Guogong, they don't dare to do it openly, don't they dare to do it secretly?" We only have such a small number of people, once we are on their territory, are we not at their mercy? Now that all the forces on the grassland are chaotic, if they kill the Guogong, they can also push the boat to their opponents, and the Guogong should know that the court calmed down the outside in one fell swoop, which is the top priority, if there is a scapegoat, even if the Guogong is respected, the court will not be unforgiving, and it must be investigated! Furthermore, even if it is investigated, what can be found? For this reason, don't they dare to do it? ”

Of course, Xia Xun knew that what Zhang Wentao said was true, as long as he could shirk his responsibility, as long as someone was responsible, Daming would definitely endure it at this critical moment, this is politics. What's more, it's really impossible for them to find out the truth? Can he still start a war for him alone to try to wipe out the entire steppe tribe? If that's the case, Saibei will become the second Annan, and it will be a hundred times more difficult than Annan, the cost of the war of the Ming Dynasty is ten times, a hundred times that of the grassland tribes, and they will not wait to be wiped out, the Ming Dynasty itself will run out of national strength first, and the people's resentment will boil.

However, Sakura originally lived in Moling with dignity, but she was dragged into this turmoil by him, she was not a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, even if the personal relationship between the two was put aside, how could Xia Xun stand by and put her life and death on the line of heaven? Go to Liaodong first and then go to Tatar, this time it will take half a month or even a month at the earliest, and a lot of things can happen when it is so long.

Xia Xun is calm and calm on the surface, but in fact, since he got the news, his heart has never really been calm, and the anger in his chest is restless from time to time, just forcing himself! At this time, seeing that the guards were strongly opposed, Xia Xun was a little restrained, and said in a deep voice: "What if I have to go? ”

Tang Feng, Yan Chuan, He Tianyang and the others glanced at each other, slowly knelt up, and said in a deep voice: "The responsibility of the lowly officials is to protect the safety of the national government, if the national prince insists on going his own way, the lowly rank will have to offend!" ”

Xia Xun raised his eyebrows and said, "You dare to do it to me?" ”

Tang Feng said: "I don't dare to rank it, but where the duty lies, I have to do it!" ”

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

Zhang Wentao jumped off the ground and shouted, "So, what about them? ”

"Someone!"

He Tianyang shouted, and the well-trained guards who were standing outside the door immediately rushed in!