Chapter XXVI Negotiations

Lishui, which flows into the Qinhuai River from east to west, has become a district name of Jinling City in later generations.

Jiankang Mansion to Moling Town, along Lishui to the east, after Lishui County is Liyang. From Liyang through Jingxi through Yixing can enter Taihu Lake, and then from the waterway through Huzhou can go straight to Lin'an, compared to from the land through Dusong Pass, although this waterway is farther, but more convenient.

At this moment, Zhao Wei, who fled from Jiankang City, was the envoy of the Yanjiang system, the Zhijiankang Mansion, and the palace who stayed behind Zhao Wei, with the property collected over the years, but the escort of 100 people, and the group was hurrying along the east of the Lishui River.

"Let's go faster, when we get to Lishui County, there will be a heavy reward for being too guarded." Despite the constant cheering of Mr. Chen, a staff member on horseback, the whole team was still slow, and the dozens of carts of property slowed down the speed of the whole team.

"Taishou, it can't go on like this, if the Jianghuai recruits someone to chase after it, then what will be good." Mr. Chen looked helplessly at Zhao Wei on the side.

"So what, in terms of official rank and taste, a certain person does not lose to him, even if he wants to be impeached, he must be above the court, does he dare to lynch." Although Wang Lixin's title was preceded by a dispatch from the Yangtze River, he did not clearly state that he could be controlled as a system. Therefore, Zhao Wei is not worried about what is on the surface.

Mr. Chen frowned and was silent, although there was a Song generation, the political disputes between literati were placed above the court, whether it was a conspiracy or a conspiracy, but there were very few private things that wanted people's lives. However, that was when the country was stable and peaceful, but now

There are a lot of heavy vehicles, it is impossible to take the road, on this wide official road, all the way are pedestrians and merchants, Mr. Chen looks at everyone with bad intentions, always feels that there is a pair of eyes staring at him somewhere.

I have to say that Mr. Chen's intuition is still very accurate, in fact, at the end of his sight, a few people dressed as ordinary people are far behind, already following them all the way.

"It's ridiculous, this corrupt official ran away, and he dared to fly the handsome flag." A man stared at the team in the distance and sneered.

"Wouldn't that be better? Look at it from afar, save that thought. The other said nonchalantly with a stick in his mouth.

"I don't know where the time is, but I can get here."

"Is that your heart? We just have to follow them, and we will deal with them when the time comes. "Liu Yu set off about half a day later than them, and according to the normal speed, it should not be far away at this moment.

As the center of the entire Jianghuai and the location of the remaining capital, Jiankang Mansion has its own military weapons supervisor and military horse garrison. Therefore, the three hundred people led by Liu Yu are all cavalry, although they cannot reach the configuration of one person and two horses, but it is still not much difficulty to catch up with a team dominated by ox carts.

Shiqiu Town, Lishui County, according to the county seat of about ten miles, the official road passes through the town, which is the necessary place for Zhao Wei and his party, and the interception location chosen by Liu Yu is set here. After making contact with the Forbidden Army team in charge of surveillance, he decided to make a detour from the side of the hill and rush to the front of the other party.

Zhao Wei and his entourage, who were at a loss for this, were still rushing unhurriedly, and Mr. Chen personally sat in the rear team, looking at this slow appearance, eager to go up and pull those cattle forward. At this moment, there was a dull sound of "dong dong" nearby.

"Sir, it seems to be a cavalry, probably in the hundreds." An experienced escort listened for a moment, then stood up and spoke.

"Are you coming at us?" Mr. Chen's heart tightened, hundreds of cavalry, it could not be a bandit.

"No, it seems to have gone on." The guard shook his head.

Mr. Chen looked at the sky, just after noon, the best result was to be able to rush to Lishui County before nightfall, this group of cavalry, in the same direction as himself, what do you want?

After the rain, the road is a little muddy, and the horse's hooves with iron palms are splashed on it, but fortunately there are drainage ditches, and the water on the road is not deep, and the hardness of the entire road surface is quite enough. Liu Yu has already liked this feeling of wanton galloping, but unfortunately the horse under his crotch is a little short.

Easily bypassing the hillside, Liu Yu looked around, there was an open field in front of him, which was suitable for light cavalry action, pointed the horsewhip in his hand to that direction, and ordered: "It's right here." ”

The three hundred people behind him slowed down in unison, and slowly lined up in a six-way column behind him, with fifty people as one way, forming a long phalanx. Liu Yu did not have his own general flag, so the big flag in it was written with the word "Zhang", which was the commander of this cavalry.

"What, stop in the way, what flag? How many people? Zhao Wei listened to the report of the guards who explored the path in front of him, and was a little flustered.

"It seems to be a letter, there are about hundreds of people, guarding the pro-army horse army uniforms. At first, he was unarmoured, like a civil official. The guard recounted in detail, and the more Zhao Wei listened, the more shocked he became. The guards are not Jiankang soldiers and horses, and only the Jianghuai ambassador who came out of Lin'an Mansion is the Jianghuai ambassador, and I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to be good.

"Don't panic, I'm going to the meeting." As a staff member, Mr. Chen knew that he was going to go at this time.

Mr. Chen rushed forward with two escorts, and after a while, he saw a formation of soldiers blocking the road, spears like a forest, neatly arranged, and a solemn aura rushed to his face. The person in front of him was dressed as a human, and his eyes looked ahead with flirtatious eyes.

"Who is the leader in front of him, why is he stopped here, we are the envoys along the river, and we are going to miss the military aircraft." Mr. Chen, whose legs were a little trembling, stepped forward, stopped his horse after fifty steps, and mustered up the courage to shout loudly.

"Are you Zhao Wei?" Liu Yu glanced at this person and asked.

"A certain is under the command of the commander" The person who came called a high-ranking official of the third grade by such a name, the hostility was already obvious.

"You're not Zhao Wei?" Liu Yu interrupted him impatiently.

"Naturally not, Dong Weng's car is driving behind, how can you wait" Mr. Chen's momentum disappeared all of a sudden.

"Get out! Asked Zhao Wei to come and speak. Liu Yu interrupted again and waved at him, no effort to waste effort with such a trivial official.

Hearing Mr. Chen's return, Zhao Wei was even more worried, the person who came was so unreasonable, as long as he talked to himself, what did he want? Turning his head and glancing at the ox cart full of belongings, he was not rushing here, but this was the official road in broad daylight, how dare they.

After waiting for a while, no one came, Liu Yu raised his hand behind him, and the entire military formation began to move, the two teams on the very edge spread out to both sides, and the two teams in the middle pressed forward under the leadership of Liu Yu, forming an encirclement against the team of centaurs a hundred steps away in front.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded all around, and it was getting closer and closer, which undoubtedly created a huge psychological pressure on the people who were surrounded, and the guards all looked frightened, drew their blades, and formed a circle. Even the oxen that pulled the goods were uneasy and stamped their hooves on the spot.

"Disarm, disarm, sit down." As the cavalry shouted, the guards hurriedly threw down their blades, ignoring the mud, and sat down on the spot, which was a standard surrender action, and if they did not comply, it was likely to be a spear piercing.

"Don't do it, don't do it, the commander is here!" Mr. Chen was so anxious that he shouted and screamed, and Zhao Wei was already stunned and speechless. Looking at this posture, it is simply the rhythm of being ordered to arrest the criminal officer and escort him to the Beijing Division.

"Where is Zhao Wei!" Seeing that the situation had been controlled, Liu Yu immediately stepped forward and shouted.

"Something is, what does the envoy mean?" Zhao Wei, who was pushed by Mr. Chen, hurriedly said.

"Come with so-and-so." Liu Yu beckoned to him, Zhao Wei shrank his head in fright, Liu Yu signaled to a cavalryman, the cavalry raised his spear and aimed it at him, Zhao Wei couldn't, so he had to come out slowly. Mr. Chen wanted to follow, but as soon as he raised his foot, he was caught by a gun.

Liu Yu dismounted and led him to a small slope on the side of the road, looking at the purple-robed high-ranking official in front of him who was so frightened that his face turned pale, a raging pleasure suddenly rose in his heart.

"Why is Zhao Zhishuai here?" Liu Yu looked at the crowd not far away and spoke.

"The officers and soldiers in Jiankang City are in turmoil, and the official wants to return to Beijing, why should the envoy stop him?" Zhao Wei saw that he didn't want to kill him, so he replied calmly.

"Disorder? How did I hear that someone deliberately instigated it, and didn't the commander know? Liu Yu stared at his eyes and said slowly.

"There is such a thing, what is the matter with this official, what do you want to do?" Zhao Wei vaguely avoided his gaze.

"I came here to make a deal with the commander."

"Who are you and what do you want to trade?" Zhao Wei was afraid that the other party would say something like 'specially used to borrow your head'.

"Since you have gone so hard to abandon Jiankang City, you must also need a scapegoat, a certain talent, willing to share the worries of the commander." Liu Yu looked at Zhao Wei's expression, a little funny.

"How do you know" Zhao Wei almost blurted out, and then stretched out his hand to cover his mouth.

"Did the commander only say yes?"

"How can the court be a public weapon, how can it be given to each other privately. Besides, "Zhao Wei saw that he had something to ask for, but he was relieved for a while.

"Someone!" Liu Yu shouted loudly and interrupted his following words, and Zhao Wei listened tightly.

"Take that, that's the person, yes, take it farther away, and there will be no blood." Liu Yu shouted to the cavalry who stepped forward. The cavalry dismounted and took the order, and after a while, he brought one person out of it, and Zhao Wei saw that it was his staff member Mr. Chen.

"What are you going to do, that's the official's cronies, and it's also an official of the imperial court, you can't" Zhao Wei couldn't say the next words, because he heard a familiar scream, and Zhao Wei, who was frightened by Liu Yu's cruelty, was shocked, and he couldn't stand firm anymore, and he was about to fall.

Seeing this, Liu Yu hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and slowly sat down on the ground, Zhao Wei was still trembling with fear, he didn't expect Liu Yu to kill him if he said to kill. The cavalryman stepped forward to give the order, and there was still dripping blood on the tip of the gun in his hand, and Zhao Wei lowered his head after taking a look.

"Marshal, if there is any other one of your cronies, you might as well point it out." Liu Yu's voice sounded above his head, and Zhao Wei trembled violently.

"You are not afraid of the law and discipline of the court when you do this?" Zhao Wei's words were so light that Liu Yu almost didn't hear them clearly.

"The commander is not afraid, and a certain promotion officer, what is there to fear. Why, does the commander now remember that there is still law and discipline in the imperial court? ”

"This official does not have the right to appoint and dismiss officials above the fifth grade, how can I give it to you?"

"A Quanzhi Jiankang Mansion is only six grades, how many people does the commander want to die? Let's make a decision. Liu Yu was a little impatient, he didn't want to waste any more time arguing with this person.

"Tell someone to bring the officer's pen and ink and the letter." Zhao Wei no longer insisted.

Seeing Zhao Wei stamping the big seal of the envoy along the river on the sketched paperwork, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that this guy would resist stubbornly and would not obey him.

"How much effort can be saved by making the commander like this early." Liu Yu put away Wen Jiàn and put it in his arms, wrapped the big seal of Jiankang Mansion in cloth and carried it on his back.

"Liu, Liu Ziqing, can you return Mr. Chen's body to me, the official doesn't want him to expose the corpse to the wilderness." Thinking of Mr. Chen's usual dedicated assistance, Zhao Wei was a little embarrassed.

"Then don't bother with the labor commander, Mr. Chen encountered robbers on the road, and he was killed by the enemy when he resisted, and he will ask for mercy for him." Liu Yu got up and got on his horse, waved his hand, and the cavalry surrounding everyone turned their horses and regrouped in front of him.

"Take him with you, and we'll go." Liu Yu pointed his hand, turned around and left, a cavalryman stepped forward to grab Mr. Chen, put it across the horse, and three hundred people shouted in unison and galloped forward.

Seeing that Zhao Wei and his party behind him had disappeared, everyone slowed down with Liu Yu, Liu Yu turned his head to look at the cavalryman and said, "You didn't kill him seriously." ”

"Don't worry, I stabbed him in the thigh, and the guy fainted in fright." The cavalry laughed on his horse.

"Bandage him, don't really die." This person is Zhao Wei's cronies, and he values him very much, so he must know the inside story.

A cavalryman answered, tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of Mr. Chen's clothes, and tied it haphazardly to the wound.

"What's that?" Liu Yu pointed to a letter-like thing exposed in Mr. Chen's arms, and immediately took out the cavalry and handed it to him, Liu Yu opened it, pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and the army urged the horse to continue on the road.