Text Chapter 76 Longhuatown

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Han Qian walked around to an alley behind the Chuzhou Pavilion, where a black carriage stopped silently.

In the corner of the front eaves of the carriage, a dim lantern was hung, and Guo Nuer, a child of the soldiers, had a dirty face, like a small carriageman who did not like to clean and sat in front of the carriage, waiting in the alley for the master to visit the guests to come out of the courtyard.

Han Qian opened the curtain and got into the carriage, the lantern emitted a dim halo, and it also shone into the carriage from the uncovered curtain, Yao Xishui and Zhao Ting'er sat in the car and asked, "What is Wang Wenqian's reaction?" ”

Yao Xishui didn't even understand why Han Qian insisted on seeing Wang Wenqian at this juncture, and he didn't know what reason Han Qian had to persuade Wang Wenqian to let Chuzhou agree to be on their side for the time being.

However, Han Qian insisted on this, and Li Zhihe was also worried that Wang Wenqian would make trouble and the destructive power would be too great, but on a day like today, Li Zhihe, Li Chong, and even Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, really couldn't get out, and Chai Jian took people out of the city again, so he agreed to Han Qian to come over and give it a try.

After Yao Xishui performed the sword dance, he had nothing to do, so he came over with Han Qian.

"The secret room of Chuzhou will be withdrawn from the periphery of Taowuji soon, and Chai Jian's side can act unscrupulously." Han Qian said.

Yao Xishui thought to herself, what is this?

Han Qian did not hesitate to openly humiliate the Wang family's father and daughter in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, and secretly revealed his identity to the Wang family's father and daughter, in fact, he did not hesitate to jump off the wall in a hurry, but also threatened Wang Wenqian to stop.

At this time, even if Wang Wenqian holds a grudge, he will not directly force the dog here to jump off the wall in a hurry, fight a fish to die and break the net, and let the Anning Palace and the prince sit on the side to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Whether Han Qian sees Wang Wenqian or not, the secret spies in Chuzhou should be withdrawn tonight to avoid the edge, so what is the meaning of Han Qian insisting on coming over to see Wang Wenqian?

Han Qian was reluctant to say more, Yao Xishui could only suspect that he took advantage of the fact that Li Zhihe, Chai Jian and others could not get out and supported him to see Wang Wenqian, in fact, in order to elevate his status by the side of the third prince.

Because in this way, if you really want to contact Chuzhou in the future, it is naturally the most suitable for Han Qian to come forward.

Han Qian glanced at Yao Xishui, but he didn't mean to explain, he reached out and knocked on the wall of the carriage, signaling Guo Nu'er to drive out of the city.

As long as you don't pass through the city gate controlled by the soldiers and horses directly under the prince, the waist card of the guards and military attaches of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion is better than the pass issued by the Jingzhao Mansion.

The carriage traveled slowly along the muddy road on the north bank of the Qiupu River towards the southwest foot of Baohua Mountain.

Jinling as a prosperous place of the Six Dynasties, the Great Chu has laid the foundation here for thirteen years, in addition to Jinling City and the eleven counties to which Jingzhao Mansion belongs, the big towns and towns are also dotted around.

Eighteen or nineteen miles east along the north bank of the Qiupu River, there is a market town called Longhuabu.

Longhuabu is still fourteen or fifteen miles away from the Qiuhu Mountain Annex, but it is only six or seven miles away from the west gate of the Cantonment Military Mansion, which can be said to be the last densely populated place before entering the Longque Military Camp from the west, and it can also be said to be the outpost of the Longque Military Camp.

For nearly 100 years, Longhuatown is an extremely important market town outside Jinling City, with rows of houses along the river, and the wharves near the river are densely populated, and there are more than a dozen large and small ships parked in front of the wharf of Longhuatown.

The main road through the port is also paved with stone slabs, most of the wooden buildings along the street are built with two floors, and there are many tea and wine shops and gold and silver shops in the front shop, and there are also gorgeous women standing in front of the building to solicit customers.

In fact, a year ago, Longhuabu was still prosperous, leading to Jiangcheng County to the east, the Yangtze River to the north, Jinling City to the west, and the road to Liyang, Lishui, and Yongyang, as well as rivers connecting to each other, and business and travel fairs.

At the most prosperous time, Longhuatown business and travel gathered, there were more than 100 shops, the daily stream was endless, the people were boiling, it was precisely the imperial court that the Taowu set on the north shore of Chishan Lake east of Longhuatown was divided into the cantonment camp of the Longque Army to absorb the infected and hungry people, and the business travelers avoided Longhuatown and left, and the market suddenly fell into depression.

At this time, there are more than a dozen large and small ships moored at the wharf of Longhuatown, which is less than one-tenth of the heyday.

Listening to Yao Xishui sighing slightly outside the car window, as if he felt that Longhuadu was far less prosperous than in the past, Han Qian just smiled in his heart, and secretly felt that if the historical trajectory did not change, four years later, King Xin was unwilling to sit and die, and led the Chuzhou army to cross the river to besiege Jinling for several months, which would destroy this ancient capital that had lasted for nearly 700 years for 800 years, and only 12 of the more than 100,000 people inside and outside the city and in the counties of Gyeonggi remained.

If that scene really happens, and by that time, Yao Xishui has not died in the military disaster, what kind of feelings will he have?

The lantern at the corner of the eaves of the carriage shone in the dim light through the window, how did Yao Xishui know what Han Qian was thinking, she only saw a cold smile on the corner of Han Qian's mouth, and her heart was secretly resentful, secretly thinking about the year before and after Longhuatown, the rise and fall of the two states, even if he didn't have a special feeling in his heart, but he was indifferent, he could really be called cold by nature, right?

The carriage finally stopped opposite a teahouse, and Yao Xishui saw Chai Jian who was out of the city in the evening, and at this time he was openly sitting in the opposite teahouse drinking tea, and he was sitting facing the street.

However, Yao Xishui thought about Chai Jian, and it was not inappropriate.

The Privy Council staff secretary is going to have a secret agent disappear outside Taowuji tonight for no reason, no matter how they cover it up, Zhao Mingting's side should also know that there is a problem with the Taowuji camp military government.

And since Taowuji can no longer hide under the water, it is better to use this to completely attract Zhao Mingting's vision, just to make them temporarily unable to see through the reality of Taowuji.

The officials are sparse, and Emperor Tianyou has sent Zhu to the province to pay for the reply, and promulgated the matter of these two days.

In fact, regardless of whether Han Daoxun, Han Qian's father and son have been seen by Zhao Mingting, but the Anning Palace and the crown prince must also make great determination, so that it is possible to directly refute the Song Shu of Emperor Zhu of Heavenly Blessing through Menxia Province.

After all, if the Anning Palace wants to do this, it is also a direct confrontation or disobedience to the will of the Heavenly Blessing Emperor, and the risk taken is definitely not small.

All they have to do is to have the Anning Palace and the crown prince's family, and they can't make up their minds.

"If Miss Yao also wants to sit in the teahouse, her face needs to be slightly retouched." Han Qian said.

Through the light through the small window connected to the side of the car, Yao Xishui opened his eyes and watched Zhao Ting'er gently wipe a soft wax paste on Han Qian's face, making Han Qian's cheeks sallow and uneven, and then used dark yellow grease to draw a few strokes on Han Qian's cheeks, which actually made Han Qian's cheeks look thin and sick under the lamp, which was really amazing.

Seeing this scene, Yao Xishui knew that it was no accident that the maidservants beside Han Qian could try to produce a top-grade rouge that far surpassed the late Red Mansion.

Of course, she also guessed that Han Qian wanted her to change her appearance at this time, and go to the teahouse with him to meet Chai Jian, in fact, she also wanted Zhao Mingting to see the secret agents who were secretly lurking nearby, which also wanted to make up for the flaws that she and Chun Shisanniang had exposed in the rouge of Ningxiang Building, so as to avoid Zhao Mingting from potentially noticing the existence of the Late Red Mansion.

Zhao Ting'er disguised himself as a beggar in the evening to see Li Zhihe and Chai Jian in the arrow field in the backyard of the Hou Mansion, and informed Han Qian and Yao Xishui of their hiding place.

However, it was also because he guessed that the three people who walked in front of him were Han Qian, Yao Xishui, and the maidservants beside Han Qian, Chai Jian could see some vague similarities from the outlines of his eyebrows and eyes, and secretly felt that Zhao Mingting really had some subordinates lurking around, and he would only recognize them as suspects who had escaped from the rouge shop in Ningxianglou today, but would not recognize their identities.

"Chai-sama, what's the situation here?" Han Qian sat over, stilted onto the wooden bench, looked at Chai Jian and a few plates of spiced rotten beans and other snacks, grabbed them in front of him, reached out and grabbed them and stuffed them in his mouth, and said self-deprecatingly, "I was angry with Wang Wenqian in the Hou Mansion, but I didn't fill my stomach, so Lord Chai asked the store to go to the Niu Er donkey meat shop next door and buy two catties of dry-cut donkey meat." ”

Chai Jian didn't alarm the shopkeeper, and directly asked a guard next to him to buy two catties of dry-cut donkey meat.

"The camp has been closed, and the guard will be strengthened within three days. At present, it is your Han family soldiers Fan Dahei, Lin Haizheng and Zhao Wuji who are scattered in groups on the periphery, and five suspicious characters have also been found, trying to approach the camp, but the other party is also very vigilant, seeing that the situation is wrong, they have fled into the depths of Baohua Mountain. ”

The wedding of the three princes, there can be no slack on the side of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, and the people of the secret Cao Yousi are afraid of leaking secrets, and they are scattered and hidden before the evening, Chai Jian can ask Shen Yang to issue an order to close the Tunying Zhaifu, but there are only a dozen people around, but there is no way to ambush and lurk in the secret room on the periphery of the Tunying Zhaifu.

Chai Jian had to rely on Han Qian's people, but although there were seventy or eighty people in the Zuosi barracks, except for the nine family soldiers and eleven family soldiers of the Han family, the others were all novices who had been newly recruited from the cantonment military mansion in the past few days.

Chai Jian really doubted that the people in Han Qian's hands would be able to complete this anti-infiltration mission.

Han Qian didn't have any worries, Fan Dahei, Lin Haizheng, and Zhao Wuji were not well prepared, but Zhao Mingting sent a secret infiltration to be even more hasty than them.

Again, ordinary people will not go into the mountains at will, but in the past few months, Han Qian has been using the topography of Baohua Mountain to teach the children of the family soldiers how to carry out lurking, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, and they have an absolute advantage in this regard!

As long as there are no major mistakes, he and Chai Jian just need to wait for the result here.

As the night deepened, the owner of the teahouse sat behind the long wooden cabinet, and saw that Chai Jian and Hu Sui had the sword on their waists, and the robe was sometimes unintentionally lifted, revealing the armor, and they didn't dare to come over to urge the teahouse to close, so they couldn't help yawning and said to Chai Jian:

"Do you want to send someone to the brothel opposite and call the two girls to come and sing a little song? Otherwise, it would be difficult to sit all night. ”

Chai Jian glanced at Yao Xishui; Yao Xishui looked at Han Qian with sharp eyes, thinking that after he walked into the teahouse, his words and deeds were extremely rude and presumptuous, and he had to come inch by inch at this time.

Han Qian said nonchalantly:

"If Miss Yao doesn't want Zhao Mingting to contact the Evening Red Mansion from you, she shouldn't care about this! And ah, don't think that if you change your face, you will definitely be able to hide from the world. Miss Yao can't fit into her new identity, and everything behaves incompatible with the identity she plays, which will be flawed. If a figure like Zhao Mingting or Wang Wenqian rushed over in person and saw Miss Yao like this, it would not be difficult to connect Miss Yao with the Evening Red Mansion, after all, the traces left by the Evening Red Mansion on Miss Yao were too deep and too distinct......"

Yao Xishui didn't like to hear Han Qian say this anymore, but when he chewed it carefully, he felt that it was meaningful, and he secretly felt that even if it was written by Han Daoxun, Han Qian was definitely the one who really mastered its essence.

"Miss Yao seems to be able to listen to what I say," Han Qian smiled and said to Yao Xishui, "Then ask Miss Yao to come to the brothel and help us pick two girls who sing songs to come over - if Miss Yao wants to learn from me, then you must remember that blurring the sharp and angular features on her body is the first step in the room!" ”