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Jinyang suddenly became lively, all kinds of outsiders and so on, some took Chinese cars, rampage on the street, parked at the gate of the government, had to wait until someone went out to invite, willing to get off, more people rode donkeys, came on foot, lived in the inn, and asked each other who had acquaintances to be able to introduce them.

The people of Jinyang were happy at first, there were many people and business, after all, it was not a bad thing, and then they were puzzled, these people did not do business at all except eating and drinking, and they just talked about it every day, and they had to listen to the nagging for half an hour, which was annoying.

Slowly, the people of the whole city understood that this was not an ordinary bustle, but that the officials above were going to toss something big.

Most of the people knew it and kept it to their hearts, because they had long known from the refugees in Qinzhou that the rebels in Qinzhou could cross the river and rush to the other side at any time, and it was always good for the government to be a little prepared, even if these preparations might eventually be led in another direction.

After the news of the assassination of the Emperor of All Things came, Jinyang closed the city gates and strictly censored them, and only locals were allowed to enter and exit, and outsiders were not allowed to enter the city.

When Xu Ji rode a thin horse to Jinyang, he encountered this situation, no matter how he explained it, he couldn't enter the city, and he couldn't show official documents, and the soldiers didn't even want to report to Shen Wugongzi on his behalf, and threw down a sentence: "Everyone wants to see Wugongzi, you go and line up first." ”

Xu Ji wondered, the Shen family had different aspirations, why did they refuse to leave people outside the city gate? This is not like the usual "recruitment" before the start of the army.

A few days ago, he caught the man who was moving the troops, and Ning Bao'er didn't give the two a chance to discuss, so he ordered someone to send Xu Ji on horseback, stuffed him with a handful of copper coins and jewelry, and said, "Go and go back quickly." ”

A trace of despair flashed in Ma Wei's eyes, Xu Ji didn't have time to comfort him, the horse jumped out, Ma Wei shouted in the back, he turned around again, Ma Wei handed over an official document and said, "Maybe it's useful." ”

The two said goodbye, the official document of Luoyang Yin was invalid in Mengjin, and after entering Hedong, it could still be recognized by the government, Xu Ji found the main road, asked the direction, and rushed to Jinyang five days later, the people were sleepy and tired, and the mood was a little settled, and he had at least ten days to ask for help.

I didn't expect to eat a closed door before I entered the city.

Xu Ji had to find an inn to stay in first, he still had some money left, dredge it, and he should be able to find someone to report to the city.

In order to save money, he deliberately found a small inn, but the shopkeeper looked like an honest man, and when he saw the guests come in, he shook his head, "We don't accept guests here." ”

"Isn't this an inn?" Xu Ji thought that his shabby clothes had caused a misunderstanding, and reached into his arms to pay for it.

The shopkeeper still shook his head, "Outsiders, right?" Go to Xiaorongzhuang, where no money is charged. ”

"No money?"

"Yes, eat and live for nothing, the outsiders are all there, you just arrived, right?"

The hospitality of Jinyang people is a little special, Xu Ji inquired about the location of Xiao Rongzhuang, said goodbye, and led the thin horse to the city.

Xiaorongzhuang is not far from Jinyang City, but it is necessary to turn from the official road to a small road, Xu Ji inquired all the way, and rushed to this place where it is allowed to eat and live for nothing before dark.

Xiao Rongzhuang belonged to a wealthy local merchant, and after the order to forbid outsiders to enter the city was issued, he brought all the trapped people to the village, where they were raised with good wine and meat, and had a kind attitude, but did not mention the reason.

Xu Ji met two companions on the road, they also just arrived, from Jizhou, saw that Xu Ji's clothes were torn, but he was leading the horse, and his appearance was extraordinary, so he took the initiative to talk and exchange names, and soon talked about the situation in the world.

"Shen Mushou refused to enter Beijing, I thought he had great ambitions, packed up his things and rushed to run, and he didn't even have a return trip, who knew that he couldn't even enter the city."

"Don't worry, this little Rongzhuang wants to be instructed by the Shen family to accept guests from all over the world, and after the city is properly placed, the Shen family's father and son will definitely go out of the city to greet each other in person, and treat you and me as guests."

After listening for a while, Xu Ji asked, "Why did the two of you rush from Jizhou to Merge Zhou?" ”

A scholar squinted at him, "Do you want to say that we have no one in Jizhou?" ”

"Don't dare, just curious."

"Jizhou has produced many talents since ancient times, such as the two of us, and they can be ranked in the top ten. It's a pity that although there are talents in Jizhou, there are no heroes, Huangfu and his son were first sent into the eastern capital, and then trapped in Qinzhou, there is no leader in the whole state, there are many good birds, and they can only find good trees. ”

"Brother Xu is from the Eastern Capital, and it should be easier to see that the building is about to collapse there."

"yes." Xu Ji smiled, "How did the two brothers see it in Jizhou?" ”

The two humbly conceded for a while, and one said: "A few months ago, I looked up at the celestial phenomena and saw a comet sweeping the emperor's throne, and predicted that it would be difficult for the emperor of all things to have a good end. I also saw that there was often red light in the northern sky, which did not stop for several days, and I had heard for a long time that Shen Bingzhou was close to the scribes and good at soothing the hearts of the people, so he conformed to the time of the day and rushed to run. ”

Another humanitarian: "The celestial phenomena are not my strength, but I am good at observing personnel, the emperor of all things intends to expedition to the He Rong Department, collect hundreds of thousands of people to transport grain, build cities, the Huangfu clan is called the shepherd, but also in charge of military affairs, a year ago I saw the mistakes of the imperial court, the border minister supports the army, it is a taboo, victory is arrogant, defeat is dangerous, or arrogant or dangerous, are easy to have different intentions. ”

"Huangfu father and son have fallen into Qinzhou." Xu Ji reminded.

The scholar said with a smile: "Soldiers, people, cities, and food, all four are sufficient, they are like things that cause fire, there is an emperor, maybe it can be suppressed for a year or two, without him, there will be chaos within a few months, even more chaos than Qinzhou." I came to Bingzhou, in fact, to take refuge, but those tribesmen laughed at me for worrying about the sky, alas, I didn't know what to do, and the disaster was not far away. ”

The two asked Xu Ji again.

"When the new emperor ascended the throne, he didn't want to change his ways, but became more and more reckless, so I felt that the world would be in chaos."

The two scholars laughed and didn't ask any more questions, obviously feeling that this person's vision was not worthy of him.

Talking all the way, we soon arrived at Xiaorongzhuang.

Zhuang Li has long been familiar with the routine, a steward with Zhuang Ding at the gate, see a visitor, first please go to the grass hall to serve tea, polite words, ask them who they go to, who they know, can there be a referral.

The two scholars had been taught for a year under the closed door of the famous scholar Fan, and the steward immediately held the tea in both hands and was polite.

"I have had several encounters with Shen Wugongzi in the east and were invited to come." Xu Ji replied that Shen Tan had indeed invited him.

The steward sighed, he didn't take it seriously, and when the room was assigned, all the scholars in Jizhou had to go to the room, but Xu Ji was sent to the grass house on the other side, and the steward apologized generally, saying that the room was not enough.

Xu Ji originally wanted to contact Shen Tan through the steward, but at this time he had to find another way, and he was puzzled in his heart, not understanding what trick the Shen family was playing.

The thatched house is located on the edge of the manor, there are twenty or thirty rooms, arranged in two rows, cold and damp, the quilt is thin, Xu Ji hurried for several days, did not have to be picky, fell down and slew.

When I woke up, it was already dawn outside, and someone shouted "It's time to eat", Xu Ji turned over, rubbed his face, dressed and put on shoes and went out of the house.

The sun is shining outside, the autumn wind is strong, and the blowing is quite comfortable on the body, and the grass house behind it is like a kiln that has not been used for many years. There is a lonely grass hall in front, with pillars and no walls on all sides, a long table is placed in the middle, and there are benches on both sides.

People came out of the grass hut one after another, half dressed as scholars, the other half were merchants or farmers, there was a monk, and a few people who could not be identified.

No one at the front could see the calendar, like an officer in civilian clothes, and like a bodyguard in the nursing home, muttering in his mouth, entering the grass hall to take a look at the food, and said angrily: "What is it? The Shen family uses this kind of pig food to entertain the world's heroes? ”

Zhuang Ding said with a smile while serving the rice and vegetables: "This is the Zhou family, not the Shen family." ”

The man sat down and took his chopsticks to eat, but did not forget to retort, "When I don't know?" The Zhou family is the son-in-law of the Shen family, and the two families wear a pair of pants and do the same thing. ”

Zhuang Ding had already been instructed, so he did not argue and distributed the meal to those who came later.

A bowl of coarse millet, a few boiled vegetable leaves, with some oil stars on them, if you are lucky, you can pick up a shredded meat, but you have to see clearly, it may also be a small worm.

Some people eat with their heads bored, some people complain while eating, Xu Ji listened for a while, and found that these people all recognized Shen Tan, and thought that they would be treated preferentially after coming, but the result was not as good as ordinary guests.

"Wait another day, and I'll go." A scholar got up suddenly, the food in the bowl had been eaten, and his stomach was only half full, "The world is vast, there are many heroes, where is not a place to stay?" ”

Someone smiled and said, "Song Sheng, where can I still accommodate myself?" ”

The scholar surnamed Song said loudly: "You can go anywhere." There are still hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in the eastern capital, who defected to the general Lou Wen and can be the guests of the tent. Jizhou has no owner, just with my three-inch tongue, I said that a state lord came out. It is Qinzhou, where heroes gather and heroes come together, but there is only one mastermind missing......"

Everyone laughed and refuted one after another, Song Sheng was outnumbered, slowly sat down, and looked into the bucket, "Another bowl." ”

Zhuang Ding didn't participate in the argument, only guarded the meal, and said with a smile: "It's just one bowl, you can't add more." ”

"There's still one in the bucket."

"There are a few people who haven't come."

"I didn't come because I didn't want to eat, could it be that I was waiting for someone to send it over?" Song Sheng was a guest after all, so he didn't insist on adding food.

After Xu Ji finished eating, he got up and walked out of the hall, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, he thought that all the heroes in the world would be merged into the state, but he didn't see one, maybe the real heroes were invited into the city?

Xu Ji has always thought highly of himself, but at this time, he was a little worried.

He did not want to go back to the grass house, so he wandered around the village, first went to visit the thin horse, and saw that it ate the same forage as other horses, and felt a little comforted, stroked its neck, and said softly: "The horses are divided into good horses, and the people are divided into high and low, and your luck is much better than mine." ”

Someone next to him interjected: "The horse is good, gallop and then know, people are divided into high and low, and the party in trouble is obvious, why bother with a meal?" ”

Xu Ji was shocked when he heard this, turned his head to look, and saw a person walking with a sword, with a slender figure and a slender sword, dressed like a scholar and a Taoist priest.

"Your Excellency's teachings are right, dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"

"Under the surname Tan, Tan is meaningless, and he doesn't dare to teach the son of the general."

"Do you recognize me?" Xu Ji was shocked again.

"I don't recognize it, but I can guess that Your Excellency must be the seventeenth prince of Lou wanted by the imperial court."

"I have changed my mother's surname, Xu Ji."

"Xu Gongzi." Tan pointlessly gave his hand, "Childe doesn't need to worry, Shen Wugongzi is quite thoughtful, within three days, there will definitely be something to ask for, and there will be heavy gifts." ”