Chapter Forty-Nine: Life or Death
Han Yu uncharacteristically made a grimace at Li Ping, and said with a very happy smile, "I came to Jingshi this time just to figure out the confusion in my heart, and now I have finally solved my ......."
"Are the three things in the mouth of the general?" When did Li Ping see Han Yu, who has always been cold-faced and black-bellied, and who is not smiling, like this? Since calling this Jingshi, they have been judged like two people before and after. I couldn't help but start to re-examine the general.
The road in Jingshi was muddy and slippery, Han Yu slowly rode forward, but his body was still swayed back and forth by the bumps, afraid that the horse's hooves would slip, and he gave a nervous look.
Li Ping comprehended, immediately dismounted, and walked forward on foot with one rein in his hand.
"One of them...... Han Yu leaned down and said, "First, I understand that Feng Tai does have the intention of rebellion; Second, Zhou Ning had been staring at him for a long time; As for the third, the other three battalions have nothing to do with him! From this point of view, isn't our adventure into Beijing a great gain? ”
After saying that, he suddenly heard Li Ping laugh heartily, turned his head with a smile and said, "In this way, there is a fourth good thing!" ”
"Oh?" Han Yu was puzzled and said, "Where did you come from this fourth piece?" ”
"The general has always advocated simplicity and does not like luxury, those gifts that Feng Tai gave you to marry must all be priceless, since the general has accepted it, he must want to use it as the military expenses of our southern camp. Isn't that the fourth joy? ”
"Well, Ziyuan has grown!" Han Yu nodded in praise with great satisfaction, and suddenly changed his words and said, "But you only guessed half right......"
Li Pinggang heard Han Yu praise himself, and his heart was extremely happy, and suddenly heard Han Yu say that he only guessed half right, and immediately interjected unconvinced, "What did I guess wrong?" ”
"You have such a ...... temperament" Han Yu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I do plan to use the congratulatory gift for military expenses, but it is not for our Nanying!" One sighed on his back, "I heard Pan Qing tell about the current situation in their Beiying before, and I felt quite uncomfortable. They are stationed in the bitter cold land of the north, and they are far more bitter than us......"
Li Ping nodded, and also remembered what Pan Qing said before entering the city, and with another long sigh, he suddenly said, "It's just that the girl is ...... bitter", and after speaking, he silently led the horse and stopped talking.
Han Yu didn't think so, and was not touched in the slightest.
At this moment, he was looking up at the gray sky on horseback, and the air around him was filled with the smell of what had been before. He slowly closed his eyes amid the shouts of the vendors along the street, but the corners of his mouth showed a hint of cunning.
Although he bluntly said those three things to Li Ping before, he only said the first half, but it was the second half that really made Han Yu feel that he had gained a lot from this trip.
First, although Feng Tai harbored a rebellious heart, what really worried people was the "business" between him and Tang Guo, which was even more terrible than the disobedience on the surface;
Second, although Zhou Ning had been secretly staring at Feng Tai for a long time, what had happened along the way made Han Yu understand very well in his heart that everything he did was the idea of His Majesty behind him! Although His Majesty is young, he is extremely clever in the city and government, and he has completely numbed Feng Tai;
Finally, the third, His Majesty is most suspicious and jealous of the four battalions is that the four battalions are also secretly colluding with Feng Tai, Zhou Ning has long been staring at the other three battalions including himself, His Majesty went to the four battalions to inspect, in fact, it is more of a temptation, today after listening to the truth from Feng Tai's mouth, he should be relieved;
Since the secret conversation with Zhou Ning in that snowstorm, Gu Yuexi has become her own pawn. For Han Yu, as long as he can keep the great Xu Jiangshan forever, what is there to pity about sacrificing a Gu Yuexi?
Just when the spring breeze was full of pride, Li Ping heard Li Ping reply, "The inn has arrived." ”
Han Yu immediately opened his eyes and was about to get off the horse, but he saw Gao Fan greeting him at the door with a flattering face, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.
"Lord Gao hasn't left yet?" Han Yu asked incredulously.
Gao Fan nodded and said with a smile, "I see that the general is full of spring, but he agreed to Feng Tai's request?" ”
"Ho~" Han Yu almost forgot that Gao Fan was also entrusted by Zhou Ning, and sneered, "Go back and tell Lord Zhou that filial piety will definitely leave for the camp within three days!" ”
Gao Fan immediately bowed to his feet, stretched out a hand and asked Han Yu, "General, please go upstairs first, there are many people here, it's not a place to talk......
Seeing that he still had something to say, Han Yu couldn't help but be a little confused, and stared at him, wanting to get a glimpse from his flattering face.
But he suddenly remembered that in the tavern before, when Gao Fan was drunk, he talked about his business dealings with Xiong, and suddenly thought of the "business" between Feng Tai and Tang Guo today, and vaguely noticed that the two might be connected, so he nodded immediately.
"Sit down."
Entering the house, Han Yu asked Gao Fan to sit opposite him, poured tea for him, and said with a smile, "Lord Gao still has something to say?" ”
"Dare to ask about the general," Gao Fan bowed his head and respectfully took the tea bowl with both hands, and said, "How to persuade that friend to marry in the church?" ”
"Uncle Feng Guo said that he would personally go to the media to lobby." Han Yu picked up the tea and put it down, stared at Gao Fan stunned and asked, "What?" What do you have to say? ”
"Hmm......" Gao Fan's face flushed as if it was unspeakable, and he immediately leaned forward and whispered in front of Han Yu, "I'm afraid that although the general can get out of the city safely, he will attract the disaster of killing, and if he doesn't get it right, it will bring disaster to the southern camp......"
"What do you mean, Lord Gao?" Han Yu sneered, "Didn't Lord Zhou mean that you also pointed me out two paths, one of which was to get married?" ”
Gao Fan suddenly stared at Han Yu with a surprised look, and that gaze was clearly questioning whether Han Yu was pretending to be stupid. Slowly stood up and walked up to Han Yu, and said in a low voice, "The general is so smart, how can he not know those two paths - one is the way of life, and the other is the way of death!" ”
"Really?" Han Yu was slightly stunned, glanced at Gao Fan, who was full of heaven, and said coldly, "How is it a dead end?" Let's be clear! ”
"The general must have guessed that there are still people behind Lord Zhou," Gao Fan disguised his excited mood,
"The person behind him was already suspicious of the four major battalions, and this time he followed the general into Beijing, which just made Lord Zhou take turns to test his mind. The two paths given by the instruction also correspond to whether the general will be co-opted by the uncle! First, if you don't go to the meeting, you will leave the city immediately, and the person will naturally feel very relieved. But after being reminded by Lord Zhou, and after I persuaded Wentai back and forth to persuade the stakes, the general still chose to go his own way, and agreed to leave his new daughter-in-law in Beijing after getting married and serve as a hostage for his uncle...... Dare to ask the general, what does that person think? ”
Hearing Gao Fan say so much in one breath, Han Yu's face suddenly turned a little pale, his back was already soaked with sweat, and he sat a little overwhelmed.
"He ......" After being stunned for a long time, Han Yu said with a gloomy face, "He still wants to kill us......
Seeing that Han Yu would be so frightened, Gao Fan understood that Han Yu really didn't understand the affairs of the court, sighed, and replied with a melancholy expression, "For him, although it is far from the time now, it is also a matter of time...... Since ancient times, how many generals have been able to die well? What about Bai Qi, Meng Tian, and Han Xin? Suspicion is as fierce as a tiger......"
Han Yu was gloomy, the beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down, and he thought for a while, "What does Master Gao mean by telling me this?" ”
"I just want to ask the general the truth!" Gao Fan immediately kowtowed, bowed his head with a solemn expression and asked, "If it really comes to that day, do you think about the way back?" ”
When Han Yu heard this, he suddenly got up and walked to the door, secretly opened the door and poked his head out, and after seeing that there was no one around, he carefully closed the door and asked in a low voice, "Lord Gao seems to have a way?" ”
Gao Fan nodded, "I often have business dealings with Xiong Gu, maybe I can use this to help adults turn the crisis into safety!" ”
After talking for a long time, I finally got to the point. Han Yu hurriedly asked, "What kind of business is it, but you have such a great ability?" ”
Gao Fan did not doubt him, and replied truthfully, "He often gives me some rare treasures, and I am responsible for finding buyers to start, and all the money obtained will be handed over to him to distribute to the people behind him." And he and I have been earning some intermediary fees, and it has always been me who is three or seven ......."
Han Yu said with a smile, "A seventh-grade and second-grade senior is still engaged in these things behind his back...... After that, he asked with a mysterious face, "That's all?" ”
"Of course it's more than that......," Gao Fan smiled bitterly, wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead with his hand, and whispered with fear, "Do some human trafficking...... Those were all Tang people, and after they were sold to Beijing, the men either entered the palace as eunuchs or became slaves of large families...... The female either enters the palace as a palace maid, or becomes a maid and concubine of a large family...... But I'm not involved in this! ”
Gao Fan hurriedly waved his hand, and hurriedly defended himself.
"Oh?" Han Yu's eyebrows furrowed, thinking of Feng Tai's temperament, he immediately had a very bad premonition, so he asked in a deep voice, "How long has this been going on?" How many people? How old are you? ”
Gao Fan thought for a while and said, "As far as I know, it's been at least four years?" There are men and women under twenty. As for the number of people, I don't know, there must be more than a few hundred thousand ......"
"In this way, it started not long after the death of the first emperor, and they are all strong people......
Han Yu thought about it repeatedly in his mind, although he still couldn't figure out what the conspiracy was, but his premonition was extremely bad, and in combination with Feng Tai, it would never be as simple as it seemed.
"The Great General......
Gao Fan saw that Han Yu was suddenly silent, and immediately reminded Han Yu in a low voice, "You can't become that person, and in a few days, it will be another day of selling people, so you might as well take the opportunity to go out of the city at that time, the guards will not dare to check and block it!" ”
"You're not from Feng Tai and Zhou Ning?"
Han Yu looked at Gao Fan again, but he couldn't guess this person more and more, especially seeing that he had changed his flattering appearance at the moment, he immediately felt an indescribable mystery.
"When did I say I was one of theirs?" Gao Fan said with a smile on his face, "In this Beijing Division, if you want to live safely, you can only learn to meet the source left and right, and see the stitches. ”
Han Yu also nodded, for Gao Fan's words. Although I don't agree with it, I also have some understanding, but I still don't understand things and can't guess them. "What are you telling me for?"
"Don't dare to deceive the general......" Gao Fan kowtowed heavily, "Did the general remember a man named Gan Qing many years ago?" ”
"Gan Qing?"
Han Yu frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly almost screamed in shock, "Who are you from Ganqing?" ”
Gao Fan smiled and kowtowed, "It's my father...... The villain has taken his mother's surname since he was a child. My mother often talks about the kindness of the general, and she always teaches me to repay the general! ”
said that Na Ganqing, who served as an eight-rank petty official in the Xu State Palace many years ago, never wanted to offend the Feng family because of trivial matters. When Han Yu was seventeen or eighteen years old, he was following the side of the former emperor Liu Zizhao. Because of his respect for Gan Qing's character, he knelt on the ground in front of the palace for three days to intercede for him, so that he was able to save his life, and thus became a friend with him.
Five years ago, when he went to Nanying to take command, Gan Qing took wine to send him away to four counties in a state, and said to himself before parting that on the day of the triumph of the southern pacification, he would prepare fifty jars of good wine in the house, and drink him to rest!
I never thought that it had been five years since I was separated......