32. Escape
A manor outside the city of Songzhou (Shangqiu).
There are a lot of pigeons on the estate.
Kangping clutched a handful of wheat grains boiled in salt water in his hand, and casually fed the pigeons frolicking in the square by the pool. Thinking that the Son of Heaven often compared the dove to a symbol of peace, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.
The pigeons under his command were not a symbol of peace, on the contrary, the more frequent they were, the more they were active, the better it was a sign that a war was coming.
It would be more appropriate to compare them to the spectre of war.
A "white-capped pigeon" pierced through the winter fog and arrived home from the south.
Kang Ping gestured.
A breeder grabbed him from the loft and removed a piece of bamboo pipe from his leg. The bamboo pipe was sealed with a pipe, and the keeper took the bamboo pipe in his hand and came to Kangping.
"Director, the number of the bamboo pipe should be issued from the Ministry of Hezhou." The breeder reported.
Kang Ping nodded, "Send it to the decoding room, and after they finish translating, send it to my office immediately." ”
After saying that, he scattered half a handful of wheat grains in his hand into the square, turned around and walked towards the two-story building in the front yard.
After a while, Zhao Yanzhuo from the third room of Jiangbei came to Kangping's office, "Director, it was the information sent by the Hezhou Branch, saying that Yang Meng was imprisoned in Hezhou and wanted to ask us to help escape." ”
"Yang Meng...... Kang Ping tilted his face and smacked his mouth, "I was hesitant when I was in Yangzhou before, but now I'm in a hurry." He took the translated secret letter and glanced at it, "This guy doesn't do much, but it's still a little useful." Notify Luzhou and send a caravan over to answer it. ”
"Don't you have to report it up?"
Kang Ping shook his head: "This kind of trivial matter, you don't need to report it, just archive it." ”
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However, it was said that Wang Hong had been thinking about it day and night since he saw that Yang Meng's wife, Zhou's wife, was born beautiful, and after returning to the military office, he thought about it day and night, and he never forgot it.
The Zhou family was in his thirties, and he was at a variety of ages, and the more Wang Hong couldn't get it, the more he was scratching his heart and being fascinated. Seeing this, his subordinate Liu Qi also came up with an idea: "The general, as the military envoy of the crane control, is a confidant of the king of Qi, if he gets the lady of the Zhou family in his hands again, with the help of the Zhou family, it is just around the corner to be promoted to the commander of the crane control." That Yang Meng is a criminal minister, so why be afraid of him! ”
When Wang Hong heard it, it made sense, so he went to the Liyang Mansion twice in three days, under the pretext of inspection, and pestered and teased the Zhou family.
This Yang Meng is not as cowardly as his brother Yang Longyan, nor is he as reckless as Yang Pu, so he was jealous of Xu Zhihe and found an excuse to demote him from Guangling Mansion and strictly guard him.
He had learned martial arts and had some courage, and when he saw that Wang Hong came to harass his wife from time to time, he was naturally furious. Although he has also been a prince, but after many years of encounters, he can endure it, only burying a bad breath in his heart and holding it back.
In November, Yang Gui came back from buying grain from outside the mansion, and returned to the north of him, ready to receive him and his family out of the city.
In the evening of this day, Wang Hong came to Yang Meng's house again, Yang Meng greeted him, and said: "I live in Liyang now, some things have been figured out, today in the backyard a little light wine, please take care of it in the future." ”
Wang Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that there was something good, so he said: "Liyang Gongju Town, it is my responsibility to guard the safety, and I am willing to enjoy it." "That is, not only to drink something at his house, but also to do something else.
Naturally, he couldn't bring guards with him to do this kind of thing, and Wang Hong was also killed, so he ordered a few of his accompanying subordinates to return to the military office first. When the retinue received the order, they did not suspect him, so they obeyed his command and returned to the barracks. Besides, there were eight soldiers standing guard outside the door, and there was no doubt about him.
This Wang Hong followed Yang Meng to the backyard and entered the inner room, but he didn't expect Yang Meng to dare to poison him, but he was defenseless.
After he entered the inner room, Yang Meng called the Zhou family out to meet him. This Wang Hong has also coveted the Zhou family for a long time, and after meeting, he gave the soul and bowed back the courtesy.
This Yang Meng was standing behind him, and when he saw this, he picked up the wat board in his hand and slammed it on the back of his head.
This Wang Hong fell to the ground, and Zhou took out the hidden short knife and handed it to Yang Meng.
I saw that Yang Meng was up and down with a knife in his hand, cutting off Wang Hong's head, and then he was still angry, and stabbed him a few times.
After getting rid of Wang Hong, Yang Meng ordered Yang Gui to take a few servants and bring a jar of rice wine mixed with sweat medicine to his gatehouse, and greeted the soldiers guarding the gate of Liyang Mansion to drink and keep out the cold.
When the soldiers saw that their commander was still drinking and feasting in the mansion, they didn't shirk it.
At this time, the weather is cold, this rice wine can drive away the cold, and it is not intoxicating, so everyone has some cold dishes and drinks a few bowls.
These bowls of wine were swallowed, and after a while, several guards guarding the door were overturned to the ground, but they were taken by Yang Gui and stabbed one by one.
After killing these people, Yang Gui took advantage of the darkness to sneak out of Yang's Mansion and went to Shijia Rice Store to report the situation.
The shopkeeper of the Shi family's rice shop, who is also the contact person of the Tang Army at the Hezhou intelligence point, had been notified a few days ago that he was cooperating with Yang Meng to escape. After Yang Gui came to the door to report that Wang Hong and the guards guarding the gate of the mansion had been eliminated, he thought that this would save trouble. So he ordered the store to set up a carriage and send Yang Meng's family out of the city overnight.
This is not big with Liyang City, there are only twelve soldiers guarding the west gate, and the stone shopkeeper took his men to kill the guards, opened the city gate smoothly, and escaped from the city overnight.
In the second half of the night, the guards of the city changed their guards, and only then did they find that the guards had been killed, so they began to ring the bell to call the police.
There are only more than 300 soldiers and horses defending the city in Liyang City, and in the middle of the night, I don't know what's going on, how dare I go out of the city? can only guard the city gate and guard it strictly in the city, only then can I know that the commander Wang Hong has died in the Liyang Mansion. And the Liyang Mansion, up and down the whole house, has long been left with no one left.
After dawn, the general dared to report to the top, and sent more than 100 cavalry out of the city to pursue, where can I still find the traces of Yang Meng and his party.
After this group escaped from Hezhou, they crossed the Chuhe River overnight, and then traveled day and night, bypassing Luzhou.
On this day, the convoy crossed the port from Muchang Town, north of Lu'an, but I don't know who reported it, and when it reached the vicinity of Dingji, there was a cavalry chasing after it from a distance.
The stone shopkeeper unloaded the cattle and prepared to let Yang Meng's family escape on horseback first, but saw another cavalry appear in front. The shopkeeper complained in his heart, and when he saw the flag clearly, he suddenly put his mind at ease.
The cavalry that came in front arrived first, but it was under the red flag of the Tang Dynasty, but it was a young general, and after seeing the stone shopkeeper, he said: "Murong Che, the left commander of the Songzhou cavalry, came to meet you on the order of the general!" ”
As he was talking, the Wu State pursuers behind him had arrived, Murong Che pointed the spear in his hand forward, and more than 100 Tang army scouts and cavalry quickly lined up, and at the same time blew the horn, which frightened the more than 500 pursuers to stop......
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