Chapter 22: Trapped in Pingcheng

Yun Fei couldn't figure it out, for Bai Susu, he knew that it was not appropriate to walk with her, but after he left, he still felt empty in his heart.

But now the most important thing is to go to the apprenticeship, so I cheered up and continued to hurry, and after discerning the direction, I set off for the northern frontier. A few days later, he had arrived in Heisei.

Pingcheng is a military town connecting the northern Xinjiang, the wolf Juxu Mountain is less than fifty miles away from Pingcheng, since the chaos of the Central Plains, the northern Xinjiang perennial covets the fertile land there, Pingcheng was built not long ago, there are not many residents in the city, but because there has been a heavy guard, so the street is quite lively. Yun Fei didn't stay in the city at all, he just hurried through the city, wanting to go to Fengwolf Juxu Mountain as soon as possible.

When Yunfei walked through the market, he found that many people looked at him with strange eyes, and he suddenly muttered in his heart: "Could it be that he has been in the dust all the way, like a flower child?" Let them be so vigilant? But in any city there will be beggars, all looking at themselves like this, what is the matter? ”

Since the city of Pingcheng is mainly military, from time to time you will encounter patrolling soldiers on the streets, walking in pairs in a neat row. Although the formation of those soldiers was very neat, if you looked closely, everyone was at a loss on their faces, without a trace of anger, and it could be seen that the general of this city was not vigorous.

Now is the time when the Central Plains is in chaos, and the soldiers in the northern Xinjiang are full of energy due to greed, and these Central Plains soldiers who have not woken up with a look on their faces can't help but be a little worried. Just think about it again, the imperial court has been in decline for a long time, and the Central Plains has been fighting for many years, and the people are very poor, and those soldiers don't know who they are, and being a soldier has just become an errand to make a living, and they don't know what they're for. Coupled with the infighting among the princes this year, the continuous suppression of bandits next year, and the invasion of the northern frontier in the middle, they are already exhausted, and their enemies are all kinds of unclear. What fighting spirit is there there.

Yun Fei just passed through the city, and when he passed through the city gate, he saw that the spirit of the soldiers here was completely different, and there were many sergeants guarding the heavily guarded city gate, their expressions were resolute, and their eyes were like torches, which made Yun Fei a little surprised. This gate faces the northern frontier, and I think it is more tense, so there are so many soldiers. His heart suddenly moved, and he wondered why the people in the city were watching him, or because his outfit was too much like a beggar, where would a beggar dare to run to a military city to beg, unless it was a spy in disguise. While he was thinking about it, he came to the city gate, where two spear-wielding soldiers stopped him and questioned him about the reason.

Yun Fei carefully answered the guards' interrogation one by one, but he didn't dare to say anything about finding Xu Shao, and only shirked that he had visited a friend outside the city. As he spoke, a young officer approached, handsome and heroic, and although he did not look high, he had a kind of majesty that was breathtaking.

The two soldiers seemed to be very frightened of the leader, and as soon as they saw him coming, their tones immediately softened, and they were not as arrogant as before. Yun Fei also looked at the leader, saw him approaching, looked Yun Fei up and down, and then turned back to the soldier and said, "Take this person to the barracks, I will personally check it, and when it is found out that what he said is true, I will let him go." ”

Yun Fei wanted to argue, but the two soldiers immediately came over, not giving him a chance to speak at all, they came over and grabbed him directly by the shoulders, and sandwiched him between the left and the right, making him unable to move. Yun Fei shook his head helplessly, and said, "May I ask the general Daimyo, I don't know what Xiaomin and I have done?" ”

The young leader replied: "Zhao Yun, the head of this song, if you have something to investigate, please take a trip." ”

Yun Fei thought to himself: "This Pingcheng is a key defensive place, and it is understandable that the generals are nervous, not to mention that he is dressed in tatters, which makes people suspicious." Yunfei had no choice but to follow them and walk back. After a while, I saw a military palace, with flags fluttering and strict guards. After they entered, Yunfei was ordered to be placed in a side room, and the officers and soldiers outside passed by one after another, and it was very lively.

Zhao Yun, the commander of the song, ordered the soldiers to guard Yun Fei, and went to send someone to check what Yun Fei said, and Yun Fei had to explain to him that the person he was looking for was Xu Shao, and the matter had come to this point, thinking that Xu Shao would definitely explain the matter clearly when he heard his situation.

A long time passed, and there was still no response, and the two guards were already dozing out in boredom. Until the sun went down and was about to turn on the lights, Zhao Yun rushed in with two other sergeants, his face was cold, and he said angrily: "I sent someone to Wolf Juxu Mountain, that Xu Shao said that no one would look for him at all, you lied to us, tell me who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Yun Fei was stunned for a moment, and said anxiously: "I came here to visit Xu Shao." ”

Zhao Yun said angrily: "Still arguing, what kind of character is Xu Shao that you can see when you meet, didn't the heroes of the world come here to visit him with a generous gift, he will not see him, let alone your honor." He looked at Yun Fei and said with some disgust.

Yun Fei knew that he was deeply trapped here, and it was useless to talk too much depending on the situation, and Zhao Yun would not listen to it, so he no longer argued at the moment, but silently followed him out of the side room.

It turns out that Xu Shao is the next famous person today, especially among celebrities. His reputation comes from his monthly "Yuedan Review", that is, he has to evaluate the world's characters every month, and his evaluation has also become the only criterion for the royal family to recruit and select people, so once he is on the list of people on the Yuedan Review, he will immediately become a celebrity today, and become a popular candidate for the royal family to call and the princes to grab people.

Back then, Sikong Yang Biao had recruited him, but he repeatedly refused, no matter what position he promoted to an official position, he refused them one by one. Someone persuaded him to go out, but he still replied: "If the villain is in charge today, the royal family will be in chaos, and the power of one person in the temple can no longer change the status quo, I will go to seclusion and find those characters who save the people and the fire and water, and restore peace to the world." Because he was afraid of the disturbance of the Central Plains, he chose his retreat in the far north of Xinjiang, which also reduced some of the usual disturbances, but the world knew Xu Shao's Yuedan commentary, but he did not know his own origin. In fact, this is the case in every world, everyone scrambles to admire which celebrities, only see their success and fame, but do not care about their background and past at all. And Xu Shao, for the world, is even more of a mystery.

Yun Fei was escorted to another small room with Zhao Yun, the sergeant immediately came up and shackled him, Zhao Yun sat down behind the table, and the two soldiers were on Yun Fei's left and right, making him kneel first. Yun Fei resolutely did not kneel, he looked at Zhao Yun with disdain, and the good impression he had when he saw him for the first time was of course gone at this time. Now that he's trapped here, he wonders if he'll be able to reopen his shackles and get out of danger if there's a danger, and he doesn't care about anything else.

Seeing that he didn't kneel, Zhao Yun waved his hand to let the sergeant forget it, and asked him: "Yunfei, you'd better tell your real name and confess your intention to come to Pingcheng, there are not many people in the world who dare to show off Xu Shao's name, I know that you are not an ordinary person at all, so you have to be interrogated in person, lest you be coarsely moved by others and wronged your identity." ”

Yun Fei was not grateful, but his attitude softened a little, and said: "What I said is everything, but I don't know if the person you sent really met Xu Shao's senior?" ”