Chapter VII, Dianmu Prefecture

The so-called "pawn pastor" is a new nickname after Pei Gai crossed to the south. *With* Dream *Small* Say .lā

The natives of Jiangdong generally dislike the northern expatriates, so they give a nickname that is not very pleasant, of course, if it has to be a little bit of status and fame. Of course, you can't do everything, and although these nicknames imply banter, they don't make people jump on the spot when they hear them.

For example, Wang Dao is called "the head of overseas Chinese", which means the leader of overseas Chinese in the north; If you change your name to "Lingshou", Wang Maohong may have to find an excuse to put you in prison. Called Wang Dun "bean Lang", that is because when Wang Chu was still the princess, he had a meal, and the maid who followed the princess out of the palace used a gold plate to hold water, and the glass bowl was filled with bath beans (beans, noodles and some medicines are combined, a kind of pill-like washing products made of it), and wanted to ask him to clean his hands, but Wang Dun didn't know, and thought it was dry rice, so he mixed the water with the bath beans and ate it...... It's non-toxic, so I don't know what it tastes like.

In fact, Wang Dun had something even more embarrassing, that is, when he went to the toilet once, he saw some dried dates in the lacquer box, which was originally used to stuff his nose, but he regarded it as a fruit, filled it in his mouth while squatting in the pit, and ate it all on the spot...... After all, it has to do with the toilet, and this thing sounds more "stinky", so if you dare to call him "Jujube Lang" - Lang means "son-in-law" - General Wang will bring troops over to teach you how to be a man every minute!

There is also Zhou Yi, because his belly is relatively large, so he is called "the belly gentleman". The origin of this word is the Later Han scripture master Bian Shao, the word filial piety first, during a certain lecture, the disciples taunted him in private: "Bian Xiaoxian, belly poop, lazy to read, but sleepy." When Bian Shao heard it, he said: "Bian is the surname, and the test is the character." Belly poop, "Five Classics". But sleep, thinking about things. Mei and Zhou Gong dreamed, and Jing and Confucius agreed. The teacher can be ridiculed, what kind of records are made? So if you look into it carefully, it doesn't look like scolding - if you call Zhou Yi any "wine bag gentleman" and "rice bucket gentleman", it is estimated that he should be in a hurry with you.

As for Pei Gai's new nickname, it is because his father Pei Gai was praised as an "arsenal" - Zhou Bi Zeng Yun in the imperial history: "If you are an arsenal, the five soldiers are vertical and horizontal, and you are a masterpiece for a while!" In other words, he is very knowledgeable and understands everything, just like the arsenal has all kinds of weapons and equipment. Pei Gai himself has no name, so naturally he can't afford this kind of nickname, so he was ridiculed as a petty official in charge of horses - who told you to ride a tall horse all day long and walk on the street? Your father is an "arsenal", and you are just a "pawn".

——At that time, the "imperial servant" was in charge of the royal chariots and horses, and there were orders such as the left and right wardens and the chaplains, the Chefu herdsmen, and the Yellow Stables, Hua Stables, and Dragon Stables.

But after Pei Gai heard about his new nickname, not only did he not think about it, he was not afraid of being mentioned, and even he sometimes deliberately talked about it - I just have a good horse (although it can only be used to pull carts in the north), whatever you are jealous of! Besides, Nan Raccoon Dog is really uneducated, he reads less, and he doesn't know that there is a sentence in "Dongguan Hanji" that "Guo Dan is the third duke, and the county of Muzhou is not increased"? This is obviously a good sign!

That's why he didn't shy away from it, and opened his mouth and said: "I'm a 'pawn' pastor!" As soon as these words came out, the other party really heard of it, and the big eyes on the masked towel couldn't help but narrow slightly: "It turned out to be the king of the East China Sea, and I ...... say goodbye today."

Pei was in a very good mood at this time, and couldn't help but want to joke, so he said: "Qingshan doesn't dare, green water flows for a long time, he sees each other in the rivers and lakes every day, and he should be separated." ”

The other party was stunned again, and said in his heart where did he learn this cliché...... That's it, that's it, I'd better run away.

When the robbers had run away and there was no one in sight, and the light was projected in the darkness, Pei Gai drove off again. Soon he opened the south fence gate—sure enough, the guards had no intention of chasing the thieves—and turned eastward, heading straight for Wuyi Lane, to the palace of the king. Menzi reported in, Wang Maohong sorted out his clothes, greeted the general, and asked when he met: "Wen Yue came at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

Pei Gai waved at him and smiled: "It's not important." Go to Jurong, miss the hour when you return, I am afraid that I will not be able to return home, because Si Maohong is busy with the king's affairs, and never sleeps late at night, so I came to stay with a shy face. He went to check the industry near Danhu, and Director Wang also knew about this, so he waved his hand and invited him into the house, while he wanted to ask a few words about the situation near Danhu, but Pei Gai preemptively said: "Shicai passed through Nantang and met thieves on the road - I don't want Jianye to be so unbearable." ”

Director Wang was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Is there any offense to Wen Yue?" Pei Gai shook his head and said it's okay, the thieves are in a hurry to escape, and I'm not in his position, I don't have any plans, and it's inconvenient to help catch the thieves, so I let them go-" It's all Zhongzhou accents. ”

Wang Dao sighed lightly and said I did just receive a report that there were robbers outside the South Fence Gate, because there were a lot of them, and each of them had a sharp blade - the key was still the weapons in the army - so the guards did not dare to pursue it......

Pei Gai smiled and asked: "Is it the person behind the fear, there is a big background, right?" ”

Director Wang said yes, so I was planning to wait for the dawn to send someone to investigate slowly to see where these thieves came from and who they were instructed by, and then whether they should be searched or expelled before making a decision. Pei Gai shook his head lightly: "There is no need to visit, I know where they came from." ”

Director Wang frowned slightly, and asked him suspiciously: "Wen Yue can recognize their Zhongzhou accent, I think I have talked to them, can I find any clues from them?" ”

Pei Gai didn't answer his words directly, but asked rhetorically: "Is there any news of Zu Shizhi?" ”

Wang Dao said that there were-"Shizhi lived in Sikou before, and I asked the king to summon him to be the military counselor, so he crossed the river with his family and temporarily lived in Jingkou--a few days ago, Wen Yue had just gone to Jurong, and there was news from Shizhi, maybe in a few days, he would come to Jianye." ”

Pei Gai pouted: "Zu Shizhi has already arrived near Jianye, if he still lives in Jingkou, a hundred miles away, how can he come to Nantang to rob?" ”

When Director Wang heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand: "How can this be reasonable, Zu Shizhi'an can be a thief?!" ”

Pei should say no, when the morning dawns, you can send someone to inquire and see where he lives, let's go to the door together and ask if it is okay - "The night is late, I am tired all the way, and I want to sleep." ”

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Zu Shizhi is Zu Ti, Pei Gai has been waiting for him. To say that there are many generals in Jiangnan (including overseas Chinese) who can fight in these years, such as Tao Kan, Zhou Xi, Zhou Wan, etc., Wang Han and Wang Dun brothers are barely passable, but most of them have been fighting in the south for half their lives, and the only one who dares to lead the Northern Expedition and seek to recover the Central Plains is only one Zu Ti.

Zu Ti only led more than 100 clan tribes, attacked in the middle of the stream, swore to cross the river, and in seven years, recovered a large area of territory in Yan and Henan Prefectures, and the troops pointed directly at Luoyang. But unfortunately, before the work was completed, he died of illness, and after his death, the soldiers and horses scattered, so that Shi Le and Shi Hu occupied Henan......

However, according to Pei Gai's judgment, even if Zu Ti does not die and lives for another five or ten years, he will inevitably stop at the south bank of the Yellow River if he supports Luoyang to the death, and it is impossible to establish a greater martial arts; And it is difficult for people to be 100 years old, sooner or later they will return to the loess, no matter how much territory Zu Shizhi has laid, as long as he dies, he still has to give up to others, and there are no acres of land left.

Why is that? Because the foundation of Zu Ti's Northern Expedition was unstable, he lacked sufficient rear support. First of all, the Jiangdong regime did not support him at all, and basically did not send him any reinforcements—he had to ask for temporary requests from the feudal towns himself—and did not send much grain and grass; Secondly, Zu Ti's headquarters had too few soldiers and horses, and for some reason, it had never been expanded on a large scale (it is estimated that it was restricted by money and grain), and he won so many battles, all of which relied on contacting the Han Wu forts in various counties and counties in the Central Plains to fight together. So he is a famous general with a group of mercenaries fighting, as long as this general breathes, others can no longer trap those mercenaries, and he will definitely be scattered in all directions, and there will be no few people left to guard the acquired territory.

The situation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is very similar to that of the later Southern Song Dynasty, but if Zu Ti is the same as Yue Fei, with 80,000 core strong troops, and there is such an "ancestral army" that is forbidden by order, it is estimated that in less than five years, even Pingyang and Xiangguo can be directly razed - after all, the Hu and Han ethnic groups in the north are also fighting endlessly, and they cannot be compared with the Jin Dynasty that basically unified the Yellow River Valley.

Therefore, Pei Gai's plan is to prepare money and grain to help Zu Ti in the Northern Expedition - I will help him farm the land, and I will try to help him guard the land he has taken. In the original history, Zu Ti's Northern Expedition contained the soldiers of the former Zhao and the Later Zhao, and it was difficult to unify the Central Plains. Even if he is defeated in the end - at least Zu Shizhi's death is estimated to be unstoppable - then he can defend one more city is one city, and save one more person is one person!

So he has been inquiring about the news of Zu Li, but he heard that Zu Li led a clan of township party from Yangping County to the south and lived in Sikou temporarily, but when will you cross the Yangtze River? I can't remember exactly the exact time...... Otherwise, don't come south, and when I have enough food and grass, I'll go north to find you? But this trip to Danhu shattered Pei Gai's dream of launching the Northern Expedition plan in a short period of time.

Who would have thought that he would lose the east corner and harvest the mulberry elm, but on the way back to Jianye, he ran into those robbers head-on. After Zu Ti came to the south, he had indulged his troops to go to Nantang to loot many times - he also wanted to eat, and he wanted to collect materials for the Northern Expedition - this is recorded in the "Book of Jin" and "Shishuo Xinyu", so Pei Cai saw those robbers masked, holding weapons, and a mouthful of Central Plains, and he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart.

Then he used a very inexplicable idiom "counting the dictionary and forgetting the ancestors" as a test - are you the ancestral family? Seeing that the thief's eyes changed slightly, he knew that he was wrong. So I hurried to Wang Dao's mansion and made a request - let's go to Zu Ti together tomorrow.

After saying these words, Pei Gai was in a very comfortable mood, so he said goodbye to Director Wang, came to the guest room arranged for him, and after washing up, he planned to sleep. After helping him take off his coat, he tentatively asked, "Which one does the prince want me to wait for?" ”

Pei should understand what they mean - this is to serve the bed, Wang Maohong, you are very hospitable - quickly waved his hand, and said that you all go out, and you don't have to stay any of them. The maidservants were all in a trance, and then asked, "Do you want to call a little man to serve?" ”

Pei Cai hurriedly said that he was exempt - "I am used to sleeping alone, so you will wait and retreat." ”

He is neither a shy boy - at least not in his previous life - nor is he really clean, not close to women, and the problem is that he is not Xuan'an, this is a little girl in high school and junior high school, and he really can't do it. In fact, a few days ago, Pei Shi also hinted to him, nephew, you need someone to serve you closely, is there a major marriage event, it has to be discussed and arranged slowly, but...... If you don't dislike Yun'er, it's not complete, I can give her to you-" He also deeply understands the grace of protecting and saving each other in the Hu camp, and wants to repay me every time he talks to me. ”

Pei should not have any virgin plots, but Yun'er is only sixteen years old so far, and she is still below his tolerance line, so she politely refused on the spot. But now lying on the couch and thinking about it, sooner or later, the Pei family will choose a family affair for himself - in this era, I am afraid that an arranged marriage will not be able to escape - it is estimated that the bride may not be more than eighteen years old, and maybe even as old as Yun'er, and even those maids who have just been driven out...... What should I do then?

Forget it, what do you want to do so much, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and then we will talk about it. It's a big deal, I'll make it clear to her, ask her to keep it for a few years, and then we'll have a round house when it's twenty......