Chapter Seventy-Four: Preparing to Kaifeng
ββThe backyard of the county government of Neihuang County
Wang Ming and Jiang De sat on one side, Xu Guanzhong and Cai Dutou sat on the other side, and Li Chun sat on it, and everyone was talking about something.
"Wang Baozheng, even if you don't say this request, I will be ready to go to you in a while." Li Chun sighed and said to Wang Ming.
Wang Ming looked at Li Chun with a bitter face, and asked puzzledly, "I don't know what difficulties the county venerable encountered?" β
Li Chun nodded and said, "Do you remember the backer bear a few days ago?" β
Of course, everyone will not forget this backer bear, which is one of the biggest news in Neihuang County in recent years.
Li Chun also knew that everyone would not forget it so quickly, so he said, "In the past, the mountain bears gathered hundreds of people to roar the mountains and forests, but we have no big mountains in Neihuang, so the place where he is is is easy to attack, Cai Du led hundreds of township brave archers to break it, but now he fled to Tangyin, this Tangyin is different from our Neihuang, there are hills, and now he has gathered two or three hundred minions to Huolonggang, and there is one more brother, called Bai Niu, who is excellent in martial arts, and Tangyin County sent troops to encircle and suppress, As a result, the white cow alone killed more than a dozen officers and soldiers, Tangyin County had no choice but to put him there first, I was worried at this time that this backer bear remembered the hatred of the past, and led troops to attack my Neihuang, and my Neihuang is infinitely defensible, so I can only let you form associations around the village to protect yourself. β
Xu Guanzhong's eyes lit up and asked, "The Huolonggang students also know that it is also very close to the Anli Army, and it is the place where our three places meet, and this guy will also pick a place." So why not send more troops to help? Or directly ask the forbidden army to encircle and suppress it. β
Li Chun shook his head helplessly, and Cai Dutou next to him stretched out his hand and said, "This army is in the state capital, if you want them to make a move, don't talk about the rest, you have to pay the pen first, and there is no appropriation from above, where do we get the money and food?" And our three places belong to three military governments, especially this backer bear, which was originally from our daimyo's mansion, and now he has gone to Xiangzhou, who do you say? It is said that the above is still prevaricating. β
Li Chun waved his hand and said, "Don't mention these dirty things again, Wang Baozheng, you just have to practice the township bravery, buy troops and put armor, once the county is in trouble in the future, if you want to send troops, don't shirk." β
Wang Ming was immediately happy, and said with his hand: "The county can rest assured, once there is something in the county, the three villages are duty-bound." β
Walking out of the county office, Jiang De, Wang Ming and others talked about the rumors of the backer bear as they walked, and they heard a shout, "Xiao Langjun, slow down." β
As soon as Jiang De turned around, he saw that it was none other than Yan Qing, and said with a smile, "Brother Xiaoyi, you are not in charge of Qionglou in the Daimyo Mansion, why did you come to our Neihuang County?" β
Yan Qing took out a letter and said, "The letter sent by Mrs. Cai, do you say that I dare not hand it over to you personally?" β
Jiang De took the letter, and when he saw the beautiful font on it, it was really his cheap aunt's, so he said, "Taishi is also back in Kaifeng now, I think my aunt probably wants me to meet my cheap grandfather." β
Xu Guanzhong smiled beside him, "This is a good thing, if you can really make the Taishi treat each other with blue eyes, it will be much more convenient to act in the future." β
Jiang De knew what Xu Guanzhong meant, and he didn't break it in the crowd, but said, "That's natural, it would be better if the officials could treat each other with blue eyes, and let me see what my aunt said in the letter." β
Jiang De opened it and looked at it, and after a while, he said to everyone, "The letter said that June 15 is the birthday of the Taishi, this is the first birthday of the Taishi to pay homage to the prime minister, the Taishi attaches great importance to it, and my aunt asked me to prepare some gifts to arrive in Kaifeng on June 15 to celebrate my birthday." β
Wang Ming frowned and said, "I already gave a heavy gift last year, why do you want to give it this year?" β
Jiang De thought about it and said, "This was sent by Liang Zhongshu last year, but we sent it this year, last year it was Secretary Liang Zhong who got our favor, but this year it was the Taishi who remembered our favor, so calculate, do we still have progress." β
Zhou Tong next to him said, "In this case, let's go to Kaifeng, it just so happened that I also received a letter yesterday, and I was thinking about whether to go?" β
Jiang De hurriedly asked, "Whose letter did Mr. receive?" Do you want Mr. to go to Kaifeng for a trip? β
Zhou Tong said, "It's your senior brother, the leopard head Lin Chong, he is nearly thirty years old this year, and he finally found a family affair, and is ready to get married in early July. β
Leopard head Lin Chong? Nearly 30 years old to get married? Jiang De couldn't help but shake his head, thinking about it carefully, Lin Chong was only a forbidden army leader when the story unfolded, and he couldn't get much money in a month, not to mention when he was young, even if he was married to Mrs. Zhang now, Jiang De was extremely suspicious that it was because Zhang Jiaotou valued Lin Chong's martial arts, otherwise Lin Chong didn't know when he would get married.
Although Jiang De felt a little sad about Lin Chong, after all, this was one of the very few people in the entire Liangshan who was really forced to go to Liangshan, but he was still very confident in his martial arts, plus it was his own senior brother, Jiang De said, "This is easy to do, let's go together, now there are nearly twenty days before the birthday of the Taishi, let's go back and prepare, and set off immediately." β
As he was talking, Yan Qing's stomach suddenly gurgled, which made the face of this dashing prodigal son red, he touched his stomach and said a little embarrassedly, "This guy is really not angry, I can't stand it for a while." β
Jiang De laughed, took Yan Qing's hand and said, "Then let's go to eat together, let's go, go to our own Qionglou to eat!" β
- Qiong Lou
Qionglou is still as prosperous as ever, Wang Ming looked at the crowds of Qionglou and sighed, "It's been two years, time is really fast." β
Jiang De snorted and said to Xu Guanzhong, "Mr. Xu, you should have eaten in Cuiyun Tower for a long time, and I don't know if you have eaten in Qiong Tower, let's go in together." β
Xu Guanzhong arched his hand and said with a smile: "Students really don't have the opportunity to feast, but this time they have earned it." β
Everyone was walking in, and the shopkeeper had already recognized the identities of Jiang De and the others, and stepped forward and said, "Xiao Langjun, are you here to eat today?" There is a box on the fourth floor that is empty, and I will take you up. β
Jiang De hummed and said, "Business is good, what about the shopkeeper Yue?" β
"Dead Yue Fei! Stop! β
Suddenly, a coquettish scream made everyone look up suddenly, and they saw a pink shadow chasing down the stairs like a wind, and who else ran away in front of her, besides Yue Fei? β
"I'm a thief, I can't help it." Yue Fei turned around in front and shouted, suddenly heard a familiar snort, Yue Fei hurriedly turned around, and saw Jiang De and a group of people standing at the staircase, so frightened that they hurriedly stopped, where would Li Wa in the back think that Yue Fei would suddenly stop, and bumped into it, this time it hit well, and the two of them rolled together like a gourd rolling on the ground.
"Oops... It's painful for me, dead Yue Fei! Why are you stopping? As soon as Pink Shadow eased up, he hit Yue Fei with Powder Fist, Yue Fei hurriedly grabbed her fist, and then said to Jiang De and the others in embarrassment, "Sir, big brother... How did you guys get here? β
Pink Shadow realized that there were still people, and her face suddenly turned red, and she covered her face with a sigh, as if no one would see her in this way.
Yue Fei also blushed and looked at the group of people in front of him, and the air seemed to have frozen.
"Ahem, I said, what's wrong, guys? This man is unmarried, and the woman is unmarried, I think it's good, it's Yue Fei, you have to pay attention to the impact, it's not appropriate to hug a little girl in broad daylight. Jiang De's eyes slanted slightly.