Chapter 18: Arrows

Qiao Xuan's car drove slowly on the side of the official road, and the 'Mengde' rode a black horse to follow beside him.

"Bridge Father!" Gongsun Xun, who was lagging behind, couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and then couldn't help but follow with a horse's belly. "Why is Qiao Gong so me?"

"Where am I being harsh?" Qiao Xuan leaned on the eaves of the car and asked disapprovingly.

"It was Qiao Gong who encouraged me to persevere and act positively, why is it that now I am only one step away, but Qiao Gong can't give up?" Gongsun Xun hurriedly asked. "It's not that I'm ashamed, but now it's really only Qiao Gong's place, if you can be a scholar, then ......"

"So what?" There was a sneer in the car. "I was just encouraging you that day, but I didn't say I was going to be involved, did I? I'm so old...... Why are you tossing me? ”

Gongsun Xun was almost angry, but after glancing at the 'Meng De' who was looking at him with great interest, he still forcibly suppressed his complicated thoughts, and instead bowed to the car on the horse: "Qiao Gong, but what is wrong in the next place?" If you are overlooked, you are an elder, even if you say so. ”

"Wen Qi." There was a faint sigh from inside the car. "Honestly, what you've been doing these days is pretty good, at least it's in my temper...... All in all, on the basis of facts, I still quite appreciate. ”

"Then there's something wrong with people?" Gongsun Xun laughed at himself. "Qiao Gong might as well speak up."

"It doesn't mean anything else." Qiao Xuan turned his head and glanced at Gongsun Xun, who was riding a horse and following him, before continuing to answer slowly. "It's just that this kind of thing is done casually. My eldest son is an official everywhere, but the younger son is under his knees but he is too young, so I was also bored that day, so I just said a few words to you, these days Meng De came, and he happened to lose his official position again, so someone told me jokes all day long, and he didn't bother to pay attention to you......"

"Qiao Gong, don't open your mouth to frame others!" Hearing this, 'Mengde' couldn't help but narrow his eyes even more. "Using an honest man like me as an excuse to not be able to take two steps is to be punished...... I'm just a white body who has lost my official position now, and I'm just coming to Luozhong to eat and drink, where can I be your old man's ladder? If you want me to say, there is something serious in the grandson of the people, you have almost enough shelves and you agree, why bother hanging others like this? ”

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but perk up when he heard this, so he hurriedly looked at the car again.

"I have to use Mengde as a shirk." Qiao Xuan continued to preach lightly in the car. "But it is true that he talked with this Gongsun Langzhong in general, and there is no formal appointment, and what he has done today is quite displeasing to me...... Actually, Meng De, if you don't come, it doesn't matter, as soon as you come, he looks more and more hateful! ”

Gongsun Xun immediately changed color.

And the squinting-eyed 'Meng De' shook his head again and again when he heard this: "Gong Qiao, you are old and confused, right?" Where can I compare to someone else's white horse Zhonglang? I was a lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, but I was kicked out after only a few months, relying on the power of my family to run to Dunqiu to be a county commander, thinking that I had a plan, but I didn't expect the situation in the middle of the court to change, and I was directly beaten back to my original form...... In the Gongsun Langzhong, Lu Long's night attack, Liucheng rescue, fire and bomb sweat, if I can do one of these three things, I can blow it for a lifetime. ”

Gongsun Xun was silent.

"If it weren't for these three things, how would I be looking at him squarely?" Qiao Xuan said disapprovingly. "And one yard is one yard, what he did in the past is great, naturally it is great, but what he did today is not what I want, it is not what I want...... At my age, do I have to follow his temperament? Besides, no matter how great what he did before, is it as great as what I did before? ”

"Then you can tell me!" Gongsun Xun is not impatient yet, then 'Mengde' is already completely impatient. "People seriously ask you if it's wrong, but you know like an old woman that you will be retributed!"

"Actually, there may not be anything wrong," Qiao Xuan couldn't help but sigh. "It's just that I have been friends with Cai Bojiao for many years, seeing that he is crying so miserably today, and he wants to move his family to Shuofang, and then he is also dying, but I saw this kid bullying Cai Bojiao so much and using him as a raft, so I have some hatred for the enemy......"

Gongsun Xun was immediately angry!

"Isn't it because you think the people are crying too loudly that they let the family stop them?" The 'Mengde' eyes didn't squint. "Qiao Gong, you are really relying on the old man to sell the old man ...... doing this"

"It's not about relying on the old and selling the old, but about being old and decrepit, and empathizing!" At this point, this Qiao Xuan finally turned back to speak to Gongsun Xun again. "Wen Qi, you tell me the truth, when you see that Cai Bo's whole family crying, isn't it really without the slightest sympathy?"

Hearing this, 'Mengde' hurriedly winked at the man on the white horse on the other side of the car, suggesting that the other party should take the opportunity to give in, and then do something.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Xun was a little relieved when he heard this, so he immediately asked: "Gong Qiao is old and has amazing experience, you were sitting on the sidelines and watching coldly at that time, do I have any sympathy, can't Gong Qiao really see it...... Why bother? ”

Qiao Xuan and the 'Meng De' on the other side of the car sighed together, and the former asked again: "Why is this, Wen Qi is hard-hearted about this?" ”

"What's so pitiful about them?!" Gongsun Xun finally couldn't bear it anymore, but he sneered. "Cai Bo is a famous man in the world, and his family is exiled to Shuofang, will the counties and counties of the state be too guarded and the family will let him suffer? I'm afraid that when he arrives in the territory of Bingzhou, it is not impossible for those Bingzhou clans who are not well-written to hold him to the sky, even if the enemy wants to send assassins to retaliate, there is nowhere to stay! ”

As soon as these words came out, Qiao Xuan was silent, and the 'Meng De' also looked at Gongsun Xun again with interest.

"And if you talk about crying miserably," the mockery in Gongsun Xun's tone became more and more obvious. "I once went to Wuyuan to escort the people who had been evacuated, and they were burned by officials, demolished houses, and robbed of floating wealth, but when they walked to the Yellow River, they were still taken advantage of by the officers and soldiers of the counties to take over the opportunity to plunder livestock and weapons. At that time, thousands of people were crying next to the Yellow River, and I, as an official soldier, couldn't even lift my face in shame next to me. ”

'Meng De' let out a long sigh, but Qiao Xuan still didn't say a word.

At this moment, Gongsun Xun finally couldn't bear it anymore, he directly stepped forward to stop the car, and then said earnestly to the people in the car: "Qiao Gong, it is better for a family to cry than a villager, don't you understand this truth?" Not to mention that you have three ups and downs, amazing experience, just say that you are also a person who has been a general of Liao, the suffering of the people in the border areas, tens of thousands of soldiers have been lost, and thousands of families are crying miserably, how can you not know? ! But now that the opportunity is in front of you, why are you using some nonsense to push and block? Can't you really tell me the truth?! ”

There were a lot of cars and horses on the way from the pavilion to Luoyang, and when they saw this situation, they naturally looked at it, but Gongsun Xun stood still, just stopped on the road, waiting for the other party to give an answer.

The car went up to the bridge and Xuan couldn't help sighing, and then finally beckoned to the other party: "Wenqi, you come up." ”

Gongsun Xun immediately got off the horse, and 'Mengde' also beckoned the coachman to come over with interest, and urged the horses to move away a few paces, so that the two could tell the truth.

"Wen Qi, why do you have to work hard?" In the car, Qiao Xuan held Gongsun Xun's hand, and he really confided his true intentions. "I won't hide it from you, the reason why I can't resist it is because I think that the Son of Heaven is really not enough, and I hope to use his power to punish the eunuchs, maybe I can succeed for a while, but in the end, I am afraid that I will be counterattacked! In that case, as far as I'm concerned, it's better not to punish ......."

Gongsun Xun knew in his heart, and secretly said that your old man finally said what was in his heart...... It's just that the phrase 'the Son of Heaven is not enough' may be a thunderbolt from the blue for other young people, and it may even be retreated on the spot, but it is a fart for me to be a white horse?

How can the king of the dead country be afraid? And I'm not prepared for it, huh?

As for saying 'it's better not to be punished' for you, but for me it's 'must be punished'! If I don't bring out the head of a regular servant for a day, I'll be a border county martial artist for a day, okay?! Even if it's you Qiao Xuan, what you just said about your hateful face, is it really just an excuse?

If I had a 'Mengde' background, would you say something like that?

"Bridge Gong." As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun hurriedly persuaded again. "It doesn't matter what the Son of Heaven does, as long as we succeed for a while, we will immediately kill them with the power of thunder, and arrest all the people in one day and kill them directly in prison...... Everyone is dead, and it doesn't hurt for the Son of Heaven to regret it afterwards! ”

Qiao Xuan withdrew his hands, rolled up his sleeves and looked at the young man in front of him, to be honest, he was a little hesitant now.

"Bridge Father!" Gongsun Xun continued to press forward. "Haven't you heard that the arrow is on the string and has to be sent? You pillars of the court, instigated us young people to risk their lives to clean up the court for you, but now that the opportunity has come, do you want to throw us to death?! The Son of Heaven is not enough to be feared, is Qiao Gong's move enough to be feared by those of us?! ”

Qiao Xuan sighed softly, and finally nodded slowly......

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be overjoyed!

However, at this moment, several horses galloped behind him, and in an instant, he was in front of him. Gongsun Xun and Qiao Xuan have both been on the battlefield, so naturally they don't blink their eyelids...... However, the 'Meng De' was a little curious, and took the initiative to ask, and as soon as he said two words, his face turned pale, and he directly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and came to talk to Qiao Xuan.

"Qiaogong, it's not good." The 'Mengde' didn't squint anymore, and shouted directly from the car.

"Mengde don't need to panic." Qiao Xuan tidied up his sleeves in a good time, and Gongsun Xun also calmly got out of the car and stood aside. "Tell me what's going on."

"Bridge Gong." This 'Mengde' couldn't help but smile bitterly. "It's all my fault that I said that you were punished...... Your boy was playing at the door, and a few thieves who didn't open their eyes, knowing that it was your young son, hijacked him with a knife, and then demanded the goods from your family! ”

Qiao Xuan didn't have the slightest change in his expression during the whole process, and after listening to it, he only nodded slightly: "In this case, let's hurry up, if I don't show up, whether it's a thief or an official, I can't speak." ”

Meng De nodded hurriedly, and then did not call the coachman, but turned around and drove himself and went directly to Luoyang...... As soon as the car started, I saw Gongsun Xun, who was riding a white horse, with two companions, also speeding up his horse and galloping to the city first.

In other words, Qiao Xuan is a famous minister at home, and he has long been the general of Duliao who has overseen northern Xinjiang, and he has also ascended to the position of the third prince very early. Not to mention, in the court at this time, he is the oldest pillar minister, no matter what, he must have some political preferential treatment...... And now that such an incident has happened in his family, even if the bad nature and political height of the matter are not as good as the fact that Zhao Bao's whole family was abducted by Xianbei that day, it is enough for the entire court to treat it as a hair emergency.

As a result, from Yang Qiu, the commander of the Sili School, who had just taken office for a day, to the patrol officials under the Luoyang Order, from the guests of the nearby magnates to the errand officers of Henan Yin, for a while, almost everyone went out to block the entire location of the bridge mansion. Even Beigong Tianzi was shocked when he heard about it, and hurriedly sent a team of tiger army.

But this is meaningless, because as Qiao Xuan said, he is not present, whether he is a thief or a soldier, he can't speak at all. In fact, there were many people, but everyone was indifferent, and instead allowed the three thieves to move freely in the bridge mansion, and even calmly occupied the most easily defended and difficult to attack attic.

It's not that these three thieves are tough, but because they're so cheap!

To tell the truth, there are only three thieves, and in other places, one jailer and seven or eight county guards can bring them back to life. But then again, who made the little boy in the hands of those three thieves too expensive?

This is a young son who was only born at the age of sixty, it is easy to kill a thief, but what should I do if I hurt the little son? It's really dead, Qiao Gong's nose was sour, and he cried to Beigong, believe it or not, Captain Sili and Hu Ben Zhonglang will be able to pull you down together?

And it is precisely because of this that as the captain of Si Li, who has the highest status on the scene and theoretically has the responsibility of taking charge of all other human rights, Yang Qiu Yang Fangzheng, who has just been in office for a day, is about to go crazy at this time! Do you want to become the shortest serving captain in the Han family in the past 400 years?

"How?" With the sound of horses' hooves, Gongsun Xun, the official of the central capital, also appeared here with dozens of his own white horses.

However, his arrival seems to have no other meaning than to show that Shang Shutai also attaches great importance to this matter.

"How?" Yang Qiu was angry. "Wen Qi, thanks to you and me for taking such painstaking efforts, it was so easy for me to sit in this position, I didn't think that I would encounter such a thing on the first day of my appointment, how could I still show my skills?"

Gongsun Xun was speechless about Yang Qiu's unbridled or rampant nature, but fortunately, the word "showing his skills" did not make so many people around him suspicious...... But he can't be left to say it.

"How many thieves are there, and how much money do you want?" Gongsun Xun hurriedly continued to ask.

"Three, at first it cost a million dollars, and then it increased all the way, and now it has become three million dollars." Yang Qiu replied with a sneer. However, when everyone from the nearby wealthy families took out the gold to make money, they changed it to 300 gold after seeing it! What a greed! ”

The Han system, one gold and ten thousand dollars, but in fact, due to the perennial issuance of five baht coins, the replacement of folk gold and money has become one gold for 17,800 yuan, so three million dollars become 300 gold is simply doubled directly, and it is no wonder that Yang Qiu said that they are insatiable.

Of course, for these wealthy nobles in Luozhong who want to tie up Qiaoxuan, three hundred gold is just a drizzle, and they must not be returned after they are done...... When these three people are released, they will be able to come back immediately with three hundred gold.

However, Gongsun Xun was a little extra interested in the change of this ransom: "This is quite interesting......

"What's the point?" Yang Qiu became more and more angry.

"Yang Gong's family doesn't do business......"

Gongsun Xun is about to explain how this ransom change reflects the ignorance of the thieves and the reality that they are not united. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden commotion behind him, and when he looked back, sure enough, it was the short man 'Meng De' who personally drove Qiao Xuan back.

At this moment, everyone flocked to the top as if they had seen the backbone of the main body, and the fastest one was the new Sili Captain Yang Qiu!

"Bridge Father!"

"Qiao Gong is back."

"Gong Qiao, we have done our best, and the three hundred gold have been prepared...... Just waiting for your words. ”

"Don't worry, I will do our best to keep the little boy safe!"

"Bridge ......"

"Get out!" Qiao Xuan got out of the car slowly, and waved his sleeves at the bunch of people surrounding him, directly making everyone honest. "Where's Captain Sili?"

"Bridge Father!" Yang Qiu bowed his hand...... This is not only the official position, but also the gap in age and seniority.

"Yang Fangzheng." Qiao Xuan asked as he stood next to the car with his sleeves folded. "When you were quelling the rebellion, you were known for your vigorous and resolute actions, why can't you deal with just three thieves? Instead, they hid in the attic. ”

"It's all my fault." Yang Qiu can only say this at this time.

"Humph!" Qiao Xuan couldn't help but laugh to himself. "Where is your fault? I'm not here, under the rat trap, who can do this? ”

"The bridge is transparent!" Yang Qiu's heart was also relieved.

"But now that I'm here, you don't have to cast a rat trap." Qiao Xuan suddenly said with a straight face. "It's time to storm it."

Qiao Xuan's tone was indifferent, but as soon as these words came out, hundreds of officials and soldiers around him felt that their ears were suddenly clear.

Among them, those low-level soldiers who don't know anything are fine, but the people around them all have the same reaction - Qiao Gong is really still the same Qiao Gong, even if he is seventy years old, he is still this indomitable character!

However, it's a little ruthless, right?

No one doubted the decisiveness in Qiao Xuan's bland sentence, so Yang Qiu seriously made a big gift again, and finally tried hard: "Gong Qiao, in fact, it's only three hundred gold, you might as well give it to them, you only got this son at the age of sixty, if you die, you will really die......"

"The sky is blue, the sky is bright, the thief does such a thing as kidnapping children on the street, which itself is provoking national law and customs, can this kind of person be connived?" At this point, although Qiao Xuan's face did not change, his eyes were already slightly red. "As for the life of a son...... As for the life of a son, how could I be reluctant? ”

The 'Mengde' on the side looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Attack quickly!" Qiao Xuan urged again. "Don't delay any longer, let so many people waste time for a child!"

"Whoa!" Yang Qiu is a ruthless person after all, and after getting Qiao Xuan's assurance, he is about to turn around and leave as soon as he grits his teeth, preparing to dispatch troops.

"Anyway, it's all going to be attacked, so it's better to let me attack!" At this moment, Gongsun Xun, who had not spoken, stood up proudly and suddenly blocked in front of Yang Qiu.

Yang Qiu was stunned for a while, but then he was silent-doing this would undoubtedly be beneficial to his Yang Fang, because if the little boy died, then even if Qiao Xuan had a trace of mustard hidden in his heart, Gongsun Xun would be in front of him.

Therefore, Yang Qiu is now both grateful and expectant...... Then he couldn't help but look at Qiao Xuan, who was standing motionless next to the car, just like everyone else.

Qiao Xuan was also silent, but after looking at Gongsun Xun for a long time, he nodded slowly: "Wen Qi's name shocked the northern frontier, and the attack was like a raging fire, so it might be faster to hand it over to you." ”

Gongsun Xun immediately bowed his head and thanked the other party for his approval.

"I'll go too." Soon after Gongsun Xun turned around and left, the 'Meng De' also suddenly came out of the ranks, and turned to Qiao Xuan to plead.

"Go ahead." Qiao Xuan sighed. "If something happens, Meng De can dispose of the corpse for me first."

Hearing this, the short, slender, squinting young man hurriedly bowed and chased after him.

"A bow and three arrows for each man, and no shield spear." Gongsun Xun naturally saw the one who was chasing, but he ignored it, and continued to command his righteous obedience. "Bring the gold in again."

Seeing this, the 'Mengde' did not say much, and in a hurry he could not find a bow and arrow, so he took the initiative to go over and help someone lift the box of gold.

Immediately, dozens of righteous people poured into the bridge mansion in a grand manner, and they did not avoid it, and directly set up a posture in the open space under the attic.

Gongsun Xun stood downstairs and spoke directly: "The three upstairs, the master of this house, Qiao Gong, has just arrived, and I am Gongsun Xun, the official of Shangshu Taizhong, and I will ask questions on his behalf...... Is the little boy still safe at this time? ”

As soon as the words fell, the upstairs window opened, and then there was a cry...... But before he could take a closer look, the window was hastily closed.

"Good!" Gongsun Xun nodded. "I won't hide it from you, Qiao Gong's neighbor has already scraped together three hundred gold ......"

"I'll ask for five hundred gold now!" Someone upstairs suddenly shouted again.

"Five hundred gold, do you have to move your back?" Gongsun Xun asked with a sneer. "And how to divide it? Isn't it just right to have 300 gold and 100 gold for one person? ”

There was a commotion upstairs, and then the voice asked, "Is the gold in that box?" ”

Gongsun Xun looked back, and someone immediately opened the box.

Upstairs there was silence for a moment, and it was still the man who asked, "Is this three hundred gold?" How is it not cheating? ”

"You may send one of you down to examine it." Gongsun Xun said disapprerovitically. "What's the matter?"

"What if you send someone down and you kill them?" The man upstairs asked. "Why coax us?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gongsun Xun asked coldly. "This matter is for you to seek wealth, and for us to be a guarantor, as long as you keep someone upstairs to watch the little boy, how can we kill people indiscriminately and provoke you in vain?"

There was a commotion upstairs again, but at last there was a shout to ask for the gold to be brought closer...... And sure enough, a trembling man with a knife came down.

The man shuddered, came to the front of the box, flipped through it at will, grabbed a piece and ran straight upstairs.

And Gongsun Xun was expressionless, just let it do.

When a piece of gold was brought upstairs, there was a much louder commotion than before, and soon the voice asked again: "Then you will bring in a chariot with us, and then remove the threshold of this bridge, and put the gold on the chariot...... As long as you don't chase us, when we get twenty miles out of the city, we will naturally put the little boy down, you ......"

"Are you kidding?" Gongsun Xun suddenly asked sharply. "In this matter, you ask for money, we are asking for people, you listen to the voice of the little boy for me, I will naturally show you gold; And we let you test the gold, so naturally you want us to see with our own eyes whether the little boy is damaged, right? Where is it up to you to go down step by step?! Let's also send someone upstairs to check if the little boy is injured......"

"What if you send a brave man upstairs and hastily take away the little boy?"

"If you want to take it, you will take it a long time ago!" Gongsun Xun sneered. "Why now? Since we have decided to use money to eliminate the disaster, as long as the little boy is in your hands, how can we attack? However, if you are not at ease, you might as well come out with the three of you holding the little boy out and let us see it from a distance, as long as we see that the little boy is in good health. Besides, since you want to escape, sooner or later you will have to go downstairs for us to see. ”

There was another commotion upstairs...... Then, the attic door really opened, and then the three thieves appeared in view with Qiao Xuan's young son in their arms.

The 'Meng De' couldn't help but glance at Gongsun Xun, but the latter still pretended not to hear it, but continued to talk to the three thieves, asking the three to show the little boy's limbs, and then asking the little boy if he had been beaten......

However, when the three kidnappers finally got impatient, Gongsun Xun finally smiled and nodded: "Yes, in this case, I will have people remove the threshold now, send the car over, and then lead the crowd to withdraw." ”

The three thieves were immediately overjoyed.

Gongsun Xun said again: "Even the two who have not personally inspected the gold just now, you might as well go downstairs to inspect it...... Anyway, the little boy is in your hands. ”

Two of the three looked at each other, and the young man below had always been very reasonable after all, and had never broken his promise; Second, after all, they are just seeking money, and the gold under the stairs is really eye-catching.

So, the two couldn't help but be bold, and only let the third person return to the building with a knife in one hand and Qiao Xuan's little boy in the other, and then went directly downstairs to investigate the gold without any scruples.

The two of them rummaged in front of the box for a while, and when they saw that Gongsun Xun and the dozens of people behind him had no extra movements, they became more and more bold, and one of them opened his mouth to praise:

"I don't want to see so much real gold in my life!"

Gongsun Xun heard it clearly, and knew that this person was the person who had been talking to him before, so he raised his hand with a slight smile and pointed to the box: "That person is the head of the thief, shoot!" ”

As soon as the words fell, before the two thieves could react, nor did the 'Mengde' react, dozens of arrows were shot densely like a wind, directly nailing the two people to this box full of gold.

'Meng De' was speechless for a while, only to feel a buzz in his ears, but he vaguely saw that Gongsun Xun was scolding something upstairs, thinking that he should be having a showdown with the other party.

And for a long time, after 'Mengde' finally came back to his senses, a gap had been opened in the attic.

"I'll tell you bluntly, Gong Qiao has a life, that is, he doesn't want the life of the little boy, and he is not allowed to let the thief go!" Gongsun Xun continued to shout loudly. "However, the head of the thief is dead, if you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and hand over the little boy safely, I will guarantee you on behalf of the bridge prince, and you can always be sentenced to prison lightly...... On the day of amnesty, maybe it will come out. ”

The man upstairs was terrified: "What if you lie to me?" ”

"I'm lying to you, you won't be shot through by random arrows like these two people, and you won't have a place to die, right?!" At this point, Gongsun Xun took the bow and arrow from the side, raised his hand and shot an arrow in the attic. "Three breaths with you, come out with me quickly, or you will die like these two arrows through your heart! 1.2......"

As soon as I got to the second breath, the attic door was opened.

Gongsun Xun sneered, and directly lowered the bow full of arrows in his hand, but Na Meng De ignored it when he saw this, and actually ran forward directly to pick up someone.

Looking at the back of this person rushing upstairs, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

"Xuan Shaozi was ten years old, he traveled alone, and there were three people who robbed him with a rod, and went upstairs to ask for goods, but Xuan did not agree. Yes, Sili Xiao Yang Qiu led Henan Yin and Luoyang to besiege Xuanjia. The ball and others were afraid to kill his son, but he did not want to force it. Xuan tearfully exclaimed: 'The traitor has no form, how can Xuan indulge in the country with the life of a son!' 'Command the troops. —Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of the bridge Xuan

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