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Mengjin is a ferry, only one day away from Luoyang, cross the river from here is the boundary of the state, there are two cities on both sides of the bridge, guard the pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The rules set by Emperor Zhang Xi of Tiancheng I were that the shepherd was in charge of the administrative affairs of a state, and the assassin was in charge of the supervision of several counties, and the military affairs were scattered and handed over to the governors or city lords of various places.

Therefore, although Shen Zhi is a pastor of the state, he cannot be said to dominate a state, and can only be said to have the highest grade in the state.

Lou Ji rushed to the big city on the south bank of Mengjin that night and found a serious problem, he was in too much hurry to ask for a customs clearance paperwork.

Even in normal times, Mengjin did not allow suspicious people to cross the bridge, not to mention the assassination of the emperor in Luoyang City, the rebellion of the upstream river workers, and the two cities of Mengjin and Jinjin were more strictly guarded.

There was no way to even enter the city, so he had to wander around a market outside the city.

The market is not big, the main street is no more than 100 steps long, it is attached to the big city on the south bank, it is called Nanping Market, it is open three times a month, only a small number of shops are usually opened, and some farmers come to sell fresh vegetables and meat.

It was not the opening day, it was night, there were no pedestrians on the streets, there were no lights on either side, and after the building broke in, it was found that there were houses on both sides, and not far ahead, the great city towered, and the guards at the head of the city saw someone coming, and asked in a loud voice, "Who is coming?" ”

"The messenger of the Hou family in Dongyang, Luoyang, went to Bingzhou to deliver the letter." Lou Ji said loudly, borrowing Zhou Lu's father as a title, hoping to be able to enter the customs in confusion.

The guards didn't think that Dongyang Hou's name was too big, "You are not allowed to open the door late at night, don't you understand such a simple rule?" Come tomorrow morning, bring the official documents of the Ministry of War, now it is strictly controlled, and other official documents are not easy to use, understand? ”

Lou Ji agreed, turned around and went back to the market, and found that the problem was serious, and he didn't have any official documents on him, so he had to find a way tomorrow to see if there were other ways to cross the river.

The houses on both sides of the market are not lit, and there are no signboards or flags, and the building base runs back and forth twice, but there is no inn where you can stay.

As he walked through the market for the third time, he suddenly heard a strange snort, and Le Ma looked and saw a figure faintly under one of the eaves.

The two looked at each other, and Lou Ji said on the horse, "Is there an inn here?" Those who are in a hurry want to stay here for one night. ”

"The foundation of the building?" The man called out his name.

Lou Ji was taken aback, and heard a familiar voice, "You...... Ma Wei? ”

Ma Wei came out from under the eaves and said excitedly, "It's me." ”

The building immediately dismounted, greeted each other and saluted, at first sight, the old man, a thousand words do not know where to start.

"Why is Brother Ma here?" The building base opens first.

Ma Wei grabbed Lou Ji's wrist, "Enter the house, this is not the place to talk." ”

Ma Wei led the way, the building led the horse, the two came to the back street, the back street is narrow, there are only more than ten houses, the building base will lead the horse to the backyard shed, add some forage, and Ma Wei into the house.

The room was small and low, there was a kang by the window, there was no table or chair, the two sat on the edge of the kang, and Ma Wei lit a small oil lamp and placed it between the two.

"Brother Ma has left Beijing a long time ago, why did he stop here?" Lou Ji asked again.

"Alas, it's hard to say in one word, let's talk about the affairs of the Eastern Capital first, the Emperor of All Things is really ......"

"Hmm."

"The assassin is really from the Liang Kingdom?"

"Hmm."

Ma Wei was overjoyed and laughed three times, the people didn't know that the emperor was assassinated and hit three times, and Lou Ji didn't take this kind of thing to fight for credit.

Ma Wei got up, the room was too small, just enough for him to turn around in place, then stopped, put away his smile, "I heard that one of the general's sons was arrested, can't it be the younger brother?" ”

"It's me, so I escaped."

"How did my brother get out of Beijing?" Mavi was surprised.

"It's hard to say, in short, the Eastern Capital is now in power with the Liang family, they don't want to tear their faces with the general, and they don't want to pardon me for my innocence, so after discussing with the Empress Dowager, let me out. I am now a fugitive prisoner. ”

Ma Wei was even more surprised, he was also a fugitive, at least not on charges and not wanted.

"Why is Brother Ma staying here?"

Ma Wei sighed, it was indeed difficult to explain.

On the evening of the day when the general led his army to the west, Ma Wei escaped from the eastern capital alone and came all the way to Mengjin, but at that time the checkpoints had been tightened, and only a few official documents of the ministry and department were available.

Ma Wei did not dare to return to the Eastern Capital, so he rushed to other checkpoints, trying to make a detour to Bingzhou, but he was strictly controlled, so he returned to Mengjin and paid for a boatman to drive him across the river at night.

It was also his bad luck and lack of experience in walking outside, so he gave the money early, and when it came to the appointed time, the boatman was nowhere to be seen, and he never appeared again.

The boat was not hired, but the money was spent, so Ma Wei could only stay in Nanpingji, rent a cheapest hut, and wait for a transfer.

I heard that after the emperor's assassination, Ma Wei suffered from gains and losses, both wanted to go back to Beijing to see, but also afraid of throwing himself into the net, unable to sleep at night, went out to look up at the sky, heard the sound of horses' hooves on the front street, went over to check, vaguely recognized that it was the foundation of the building, so he opened his mouth to stop.

"Alas, now the checkpoints are more strictly controlled, and only the official documents of the Ministry of War can be cleared, and this is the case for Meng Jin, and other places will be no exception." The building foundation felt more and more headaches.

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, so let's talk about the stabbing driver, I want to listen to every detail." Ma Wei was in high spirits, and there was nothing more to say about his own experience.

Lou Ji began to tell, the original intention was to just say a rough idea, but he couldn't withstand Ma Wei's repeated inquiries, and the more he talked about it, the more detailed he became, and finally told everything again, just trying to mention as little as possible about the county lord Huanyan and Zhang Shiyu's brothers and sisters.

Ma Wei let out a sigh, "So many things happened, I thought it would ...... Alas, now that I think about it, the plan the three of us made at the beginning was really child's play. ”

"If there was no child's play at the beginning, there would be no big drama today."

"Haha, Brother Brother is right, but if Brother Brother doesn't make a decision immediately, the assassination will fail. In this way, Guo Shifeng has become a guest of the Liang family? ”

"That's why I didn't look for him when I left Beijing."

"Hey, it's right not to look for him." Ma Wei shook his head and suppressed the jealousy in his heart, "Find a way to pass the customs, I have heard a lot of news here, and the situation in Bingzhou is also very tense, the Shen family has not raised troops for a long time, saying that it is recruiting troops to prevent the chaotic people of Qinzhou from entering the border, and the cities in the north have their own plans, and some of them are closed in broad daylight, and the people are not allowed to enter casually." ”

"Then we can't go all the way to Jinyang after Mengjin."

"No, but there is always a way to get around the city, and there is no way around the big river and moat. I hate that boatman, take my money, but ...... Hopefully, the river will freeze this year, sooner. Did you bring dry food? I haven't eaten in a day. ”

Ma Wei didn't love his wife and property, he thought that he would be received by someone when he arrived in Bingzhou, so he didn't have much money, and he had already run out, and he still owed a few days of room money.

The building base with a burden, has not seen what is inside, after entering the house put on the ground, brought to open, only to see that there are five small burdens inside, a bag of winter clothes, a bag of gold and silver jewelry, a bag of copper coins, a bag of books, a bag of food.

When Ma Wei saw the pastry, he cheered, picked up a piece and took a big bite, got up and went to the windowsill to find two broken bowls, and said with food in his mouth: "There is only cold water, and the younger brother will have it." ”

The burden was prepared by the lord of Huanyan, and the building first looked at the small bag of books, which contained the Book of Changes, Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and the Book of Songs, the first three are related to the study of name and reality, but the latter one has nothing to do.

The four books are very common, I don't know what the intention of Huanyan to send the book is, the building base flipped through it casually, didn't see anything special, tied the baggage, and put it aside alone.

When Ma Wei came back, both of them were hungry, so they drank the pastries with cold water, and still thought they were delicious.

Ma Wei was full, patted his belly, and glanced at the remaining two pieces, "Save it for tomorrow's breakfast." ”

"We've got money." Lou Ji pointed to the two bags of money.

Ma Wei laughed, "A few days of hard life have made me confused, come, let's share it and eat it." ”

Both of them were actually full, but they didn't want to waste food, so they insisted on eating, Ma Wei nodded while eating: "This is like a thing in the palace, and the Liang family is really polite to the younger brother." ”

Lou Ji nodded, feeling that it was better not to tell some truths.

Ma Wei finished eating the pastries, looked at the bag of jewelry, and said with a smile: "Why are they all women's things?" ”

"It's hard to carry anything else."

"That's right." Ma Wei wrapped the jewelry, "This place is small, and copper coins are enough, let's be careful and don't show our wealth." ”

Lou Ji is not a person who loves money, but at this time, he was a little reluctant to those jewelry, immediately nodded, divided the copper coins into two piles, and shared them with Ma Wei.

Ma Wei was also not polite, and regained the pride in his heart, "Tomorrow I will invite my brother to drink, and when we get to Bingzhou, we will have a good drink." ”

The two packed up their things and went to the kang, each lying on one side, Ma Wei covered with a thin quilt, and the building was draped in the winter coat, and they chatted for another hour before falling asleep.

Lou Ji slept until the next morning, and when he woke up, Ma Wei was not there, and the thin quilt was on him.

The building got up, tied up the baggage one by one, and today no matter what, I have to cross the river, and the checkpoint is not passable, so I will hire a civilian boat elsewhere, and it is a big deal to keep guarding, and no longer make Ma Wei's mistakes.

Idle is very boring, the building is open and out of the house, seeing people coming and going outside, it is actually lively, today must be the opening day, the nearby villagers and garrison soldiers, all come to do business.

There are few people in the back street, but there are many people in the front street, and as soon as I walked a few steps out of the building, I saw Ma Wei running from a distance, carrying wine and meat in his hand.

Lou Ji guessed that he was going to buy wine, and was about to speak, Ma Wei arrived quickly, and said in a panic: "Come into the house, why did you come out?" ”

When the two entered the house, Ma Wei put down the food and drink, closed the door tightly, and looked out through the crack in the door.

"What's wrong?" The floor asked.

Ma Wei turned around and looked at the building from head to toe, "Do you have something to hide from me?" ”

"Nope." Lou Ji did hide something, but it didn't matter, so it didn't make Ma Wei nervous.

"A team of officers and soldiers came up and posted a notice with your head painted on it."

Lou Ji was stunned, "The Liang family let me go just to comfort the general temporarily, and they still want to arrest me, but it's ......"

"But it's too early, what's the difference between that and not letting people go? Could it be that the Liang family regretted it? ”

"What does the notice say about me?"

"Say you're a fellow assassin, and you'll be rewarded with five thousand for your capture alive."

"The reward is so small?"

"Hey, ask the people outside, they all think 5,000 is a lot." Ma Wei leaned closer to the crack in the door to check out, suddenly took two steps back, and his face changed, "The officers and soldiers are running here." ”