Chapter III. 190. There are no tigers in the mountains
The Jinguang Gate of Chang'an City is the closest city gate to Xifang City, where merchants gather. Therefore, the merchants and pedestrians who usually choose to enter and exit in Jinguangmen are all those Fanbang barbarians with different skin colors and hairstyles and peculiar accents; But the Jingzhao sergeant who was on duty at Jinguangmen today unexpectedly saw an elegant-looking Huayu man dressed in white.
This person looked like he had come from afar, but the strange thing was that he didn't have any luggage with him, and he didn't have a caravan of trucks behind him, and he didn't even have an entourage or a car, which seemed out of place with the surrounding merchants.
At this time, the city gate officials of the Jingzhao Army, who had not yet passed the freshness, immediately became interested when they saw this lonely local. At present, although they already have some temporary rights, but when they use them on those Fanbang merchants just now, they always feel that they can't enjoy it at all; Now there happens to be a local person, but I have to seize this opportunity and live a good life as an official!
"That and that...... Don't look back and forth, where are you from? Don't you know the way and don't know how to inquire first? Is this golden light gate the way you can walk? Say, where do you come from and where are you going? What's your name? Hurry up and take out the defense road! ”
The gatekeeper who was talking, now sitting on a bench; He carried a wine gourd in one hand and a pig's head meat on a lotus leaf in the other; While chewing in his mouth, he shouted at the middle-aged man who had gone to the wrong city gate...
In fact, the boundary of Chang'an City is a large commercial city, with a large number of people coming and going every day, and there is no formal court law for which city gate passes through which people, at best, it is just a customary habit of the common people; And those customs and defense road guides issued by the Yanjing Ministry of Rites are not of any use here at all. However, today, the Jingzhao officer who was having a picnic in front of the Jinguang Gate was obviously holding chicken feathers as an arrow, just wanting to shake his majesty; Of course, it would be better if you could make some convenient silver along the way; It doesn't matter if you don't have extra money; As long as you can point to your nose and scold the other party a few words, and then kick him in the ass, you can also get enough of the addiction of being an official, right?
His behavior is a typical example of having nothing to do when he is full!
can go south to north, from east to west, Bai Heng has never used the road guide; And at his age, even the household registration is likely to be wiped by the red pen of the household yamen, so how to issue a road guide? Coupled with the fact that there are so many Fanbang merchants around, this bearded and oily Qiu Ba only came to check himself, obviously he was deliberately looking for fault!
"Is it me that the military master is shouting? I don't! ”
Bai Heng deliberately pretended to be stunned, innocently pointing at the tip of his nose; As soon as the official with a mouth full of oil and red cheeks heard this, he stood up directly, pulled out the steel knife on his waist with a snort, and just wanted to make a few gestures towards Bai Heng to shake his majesty, but unfortunately, his right hand holding the knife was already stained with the meat oil of the pig's head; At this time, under the excessive force, the steel knife also slid out in an instant, and flew straight to Bai Heng's throat......
At the moment when the steel knife was taken off, the wine that had already rushed to the head immediately woke up most of it! To be fair, all the Jingzhao Army, including this big-looking officer, are recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and they are not so slick and philistine; And they have been on duty in place of the Fufeng Army in recent days, and they do not have the idea of bending the law for bribes and abusing power for personal gain; It's just for the sake of shaking off the majesty, just for fun.
It's not a big deal to run errands by yourself and make things difficult for a few people; But if you kill the good people in transit because you don't have a road guide, you can't afford to bear such a big responsibility with your own ability!
"Get out of the way......"
As the official's panicked shout came out, the trace of murderous intent that surged out of Bai Heng's heart disappeared in an instant.
Just with the steel knife flying at this speed, let alone hurting the Heavenly Spirit Vein; As long as you are an ordinary person who is not blind and has neat legs and feet, it will not be a problem to avoid it! Bai Heng heard the other party's reminder, saw the other party's panicked face, and also found out that the other party was just a newcomer, so he no longer bothered with him.
However, this accident also made Bai Heng come up with a brilliant idea.
The official's shout also attracted the attention of everyone around him; These people all put down their work, and all looked intently at a man in white, rolling and crawling to dodge an oncoming steel knife......
Bai Heng, who had survived the catastrophe, sat on the ground and pointed at the official who had escaped with trembling fingers, and shouted tremblingly:
"I didn't ...... Not...... No way out...... Is it such a great sin? This Chang'an City...... What are the rules? I'm not going...... Can't I go if I don't go? ”
After finishing speaking, Bai Heng took a few steps back, crawled to the ground and tried his best to stand up, turned around and fled from the Golden Light Gate; And at this time, the commotion in Jinguangmen also attracted a ranger who served as an inspector.
The reason why there are these city defense rangers riding war horses and patrolling outside the city gate is mainly because there are too many caravans in Chang'an City; The wagons of goods, gold and silver, piled up like hills, had a fatal attraction to the robbers who occupied the mountains and the grass were the kings; In order to keep the trade routes smooth and safe, and to prevent the city gate officials from bullying the people and merchants in the past, Zhou Changfeng ordered someone to organize such a supernumerary team.
At this moment, because all the Fufeng Army has secretly rushed to the front line in Hanzhong; Therefore, the best candidate to replace the ranger commander fell on the equestrian instructors of the Jing Zhao Army.
This city defense ranger has dark skin, thick waist and legs, a square face that is angular, and there is not even a smile in the corners of his eyes, giving people the first feeling that he is calm and capable.
"Phew! What's the situation? ”
After this person drank the war horse under his crotch, he looked down at the city gate official who was full of oil and dumbfounded, and asked sharply!
These two can be said to be old acquaintances, but after all, both sides are on duty now, whether it is the official position of the inspector ranger or the master and apprentice of the equestrian instructor, this square-faced strong man will naturally bring a huge psychological pressure to him. However, he knew one thing: now that the sect leader has come, Bai Heng must not be allowed to escape! Otherwise, even if he has a mouth full of mouths, he won't be able to avoid the twenty military sticks of the military judge!
"It's okay Yang Tou, it's just that the handle of the knife is too slippery, and I accidentally took it off; Oh, by the way, if you don't believe me, you can ask him personally! And the Hu merchants and people around here are also watching, I really didn't plan to move a finger from him, and I didn't ask him for a copper plate! ”
After listening to this, the guerrilla chief looked back at Bai Heng, who was pale and frightened, and after seeing that the other party also nodded lightly, he turned his horse's head, pointed his whip at the official who was full of oil and drunk, and reprimanded sharply:
"Eat, eat, you know how to eat! Are you going to be shameless? After staying in Jingzhaojun for five years, he couldn't even hold a knife steadily! No wonder people Fufeng Jun and Feng Yijun don't look down on you! I'll call you kid back! After I got off duty today, I helped the sandbag with both hands and swung the knife 500 times against the sunset! If you dare to be less, Lao Tzu will chop your claws with a knife! ”
This official also knows what kind of temper Yang Tou is; After listening to his reprimand, he just hehe, and he pulled his neck and shouted loudly at the back of the other party:
"Yang Tou, which paw are you going to chop off me?"
The man who was staggering on horseback didn't even look back, but just pulled his neck and replied to him:
"Chop it all!"
This sentence caused the surrounding city gate soldiers to laugh; Even a few Hu businessmen who could understand the official language echoed in a strange tone at this time......
"Hey! I'm scared to death! It turned out to be a hands-off, you kid will do things next time, don't be so frizzy......"
Bai Heng didn't know when he got up, and in a relaxed atmosphere, he walked straight behind the official, muttered about the scene, raised one leg, kicked the other party's ass lightly, and joked with the other party......
However, the strength of his kick was really not small, and he directly kicked the fat and strong official out of two or three heels......
After the official who was bleeding from his mouth and nose sat down, the golden light gate, which was originally still very lively, was instantly quiet and could be heard......
About two moments later, Bai Heng, who attacked the city gate officials, was tied up like zongzi, and under the leadership of the two yamen catchers, he half-pulled and half-dragged into the second hall of the government courtyard.
Yes, just such a small, it is not worth the promotion of the Chang'an City Mansion to the lobby. According to the usual practice, for outsiders like Bai Heng who don't understand the rules, as long as it is the first offense, most of them will not be severely punished. Generally speaking, the way to deal with it is to admit punishment and choose one of the two: if you admit punishment, it is between five and twenty taels of silver; If you admit to being beaten, you will grit your teeth and receive five to ten strokes of the cane.
The prefect of Chang'an City is named Wang Yi, and he is a three-Qin capable official with a round outside and a round heart, and he is the number one think tank that Zhou Changfeng trusts and relies on, and he is also the minister of the auxiliary government in his mind. In other words, as long as he is ranked in the ninth and fifth years in the future, then this fourth-grade prefect Lord Wang will either go straight to the central cabinet or be an official in the first-rank position, and his future is limitless.
Today, this Lord Wang was originally inspecting the street shops in Dongfang City; But when he heard the news of the military-civilian dispute in Jinguangmen, he immediately rushed back to the palace; After hearing and understanding the cause and effect, he really felt angry and funny: he originally thought that Hu Shang, who was Jinguangmen, was gathering people to make trouble, and the relationship was just a small misunderstanding!
But since he has rushed back, he simply closed the case in a few words. After lunch, I will return to Dongfang City in the afternoon......
After deciding in his heart to make a quick decision, Wang Yi coughed lightly twice and stepped into the main hall of the second hall......
"Is it because of trivial disputes that cause dissatisfaction, and then turn into a military assault on the city, intending to kill officials and rebel?
Don't get me wrong, Wang Yi is not a dumb official, and his big hat is buttoned down, mainly to kill the arrogance of the other party! This is the same as doing business, which is the so-called sky-high price, and pay back on the spot; He made the problem more serious, and the other party pleaded a few more words and took a compromise charge; After that, if you hit or punish, it can also make the other party feel like they have escaped death and taken advantage of it, right?
But even if he was beaten to death, he never imagined what kind of stunned father Bai Heng was standing in front of him!