Chapter 17: The Rebellion of Shengzhou

Looking at the carriage that was gradually moving away, Yang Wu lost his mind for a while, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yang Wu felt that he was captured by the girl just now at this moment. Yesterday, Yang Liu mistakenly thought that he had met a girl he liked, but he didn't expect to meet one today.

The appearance is so fresh and refined, and the voice is so pleasant and beautiful, it makes Yang Wu feel excited.

"Childe, there is a small understanding among those guards just now, it seems to be the guard of General Zhou Ben's family." Fan Yu saw his son-in-law's thoughts and said on the side.

Yang Wu's eyes lit up, "It turned out to be a girl from General Zhou's family, so it would be much easier." "I heard the little girl named Ping'er say that her master is a general, which is in line with Zhou Ben's situation. Now that it is confirmed that it is General Zhou Ben, it will be much easier to find the girl just now in the future.

Zhou Ben is a native of Susong, Shuzhou, and his ancestor is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhou Ben was lonely and poor when he was young, but he was very brave, he once encountered a tiger on Yan Gong Mountain, and Zhou Ben killed it with his bare hands, and he was famous all over the world. He has a simple personality and has no other talents, except for the fact that he knows about military affairs as if he was born with it. He has been a general in the army for many years, and has repeatedly made meritorious contributions, and now he has accumulated merit as a military envoy of Huainan Mabu.

If the girl just now is really a girl from Zhou Ben's family, then not only can she match in terms of identity and status, but she can also win over Zhou Ben, a general in the army, it can be said that it is a good choice in all aspects.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu made up his mind in his heart and felt that it was necessary to inquire about it.

Although he is not yet sixteen years old this year, men of this era marry very early. Some time ago, his mother Shi also mentioned his marriage, saying that she was looking for a girl who was the right person. Yang Wu doesn't want his marriage to be arranged by his parents, if he marries a wife in the future, if he has a good personality, then he will have to accept it.

"Go back and find a way to let Yang Jing inquire." He thought to himself.

This kind of thing naturally can't be investigated by a rough person like Fan Yu.

At this time, on the carriage of the Zhou family, Zhou Mengjie was whispering to her little maid.

"Girl, why were you in such a hurry to call me back just now, I was about to teach that disciple a good lesson, at least to scare him." Ping'er asked with some confusion.

"You girl, you've spoiled me. The boy just now, with many guards by his side, is obviously not ordinary. How can you teach him a lesson just by being a little girl? Zhou Mengjie said with a smile.

remembered the verses in the Book of Poetry that he blurted out when he and Yang Wu staggered by just now. Zhou Mengjie couldn't help but feel a little shy, and only felt that her cheeks were a little hot.

What girl doesn't have a spring?

Her father Zhou Ben has never known books, only knows how to dance knives and guns, and her brother Zhou Ye is similar. She had never met a man who had chanted a poem of praise to her, so at that moment her heart jumped to a beat, and she glanced at the man hurriedly, and fled quickly into the carriage.

She has been familiar with poetry since she was a child, and naturally knows that Yang Wuyin's poems praise her beauty.

At that hurried glance, she saw the other party clearly, a young man with a dignified appearance. She could see that his eyes were very clear, and there was only heartfelt praise and no half-indistinguishable bad thoughts, which made her feel very comfortable.

But at the same time, she felt a little contradictory. On the one hand, she felt that the other party was a little rude; On the other hand, being praised by a young man in person, she felt a little secretly happy.

So later, when she saw that the son was at a loss under Ping'er's reprimand in the carriage, she couldn't help but call Ping'er back; Later, when the two looked at each other in the carriage, she hurriedly lowered the curtain to cover it.

"I don't know if there's a chance to see you again." Zhou Mengjie thought to herself, and then her face turned red again and she took a sip of herself.

"Girl, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so red? Ping'er saw her face flush on the side, and couldn't help asking.

"No, nothing." Zhou Mengjie hurriedly covered her cheeks with her hands and said, "Maybe I've been out for a long time and I'm a little tired, so I'll rest first." With that, she leaned her head against the window, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

"Do you blush when you're tired?" Ping'er muttered quietly.

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Yang Wu picked out some headdresses in that store, wrapped them, and asked the shopkeeper to find out that the girl had bought a pair of bracelets in the store just now, and then returned to Chen Yanqian's residence.

"Is Mr. Chen back?" He asked the guard who had stayed earlier.

"Returning to Gongzi, Mr. Chen hasn't come back yet."

Yang Wu nodded, "Then wait here for a while." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a man in a dark cyan official uniform walking not far away with an old horse, it was Chen Yanqian.

"Brother Chen, junior brother Yang Wu is here to visit!" Yang Wu was overjoyed and stepped forward to arch his hand.

Chen Yanqian's face was also full of joy, "It turned out to be Brother Yang, who went out to handle official business, but it was Brother Lao Yang who had been waiting for a long time, which was rude!" Faux pas! ”

Chen Yanqian walked to the gate of the courtyard again, slapped the door vigorously, "Alu, open the door!" ”

Just like when Yang Wu and the others knocked on the door before, there was no response in the courtyard for a long time, Chen Yanqian was a little embarrassed, and smiled apologetically at Yang Wu and the others, "This is a friend's home of mine, and I live here temporarily." My friend opened a small shop outside, and the husband and wife went to take care of the small shop early in the morning, leaving only one child at home, but there was no one to supervise it, and it was very stubborn. ”

After explaining a few words to Yang Wu, Chen Yanqian knocked on the door a few more times and said loudly, "Alu, don't open the door again, the hot cake I just bought is fragrant, but it doesn't have your share!" ”

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the courtyard door opened with a "squeak".

"Where's the hot cake?" A boy in Tsing Yi rushed out and asked, seeing that Chen Yanqian had nothing else in his hand, he naturally knew that he had been deceived, and he didn't say much, just pouted his lips stupidly.

Everyone laughed, and Chen Yanqian said unhappily, "Alu, there is a guest coming to the door, how can you not open the door, but let the guest wait outside?" ”

"I don't know them, I was home alone, and they were numerous, and they were armed with weapons, if they were bad people, wouldn't that be 'opening the door and thieves'?" ”

When he opened the door for the first time, he saw that Yang Wu and the others were strangers, and they were carrying weapons, so they pretended to be sleepy-eyed and hurriedly closed the courtyard door, but it did not arouse the slightest suspicion of the guards; Now that I see him, I still have half a minute to sleep. Apparently it was deliberate.

"You kid is also clever, but where do you think my son-in-law looks like a bad guy?" Fan Yu scolded with a smile.

"Okay, with this money, you can go buy some hot cakes to eat!" Chen Yanqian nodded, didn't say much, took out some money and handed it to Arudao.

"Thank you, Uncle Chen!" With a happy face, Aru took the money and went to buy hot cakes.

"Brother Yang, let's go in and talk slowly."

Then everyone went into the courtyard together, came to the side house on the west side, and sat down.

"Living here temporarily, the house is shabby, Brother Yang should not be surprised."

"Where, speaking of which, although yesterday was the first time we met, but after a conversation, the younger brother was happy in his heart and felt that he had found a soulmate. Therefore, I deliberately brought two jars of wine today, wanting to have a drink with Brother Chen, but now it seems that Brother Chen is busy with official business, but I don't know if he has spare time? After that, Yang Wu personally slapped away the two jars of wine he brought, and placed a jar of wine in front of one person.

Chen Yanqian raised the wine jar and sniffed it, praising it, "Good wine!" There is such a good thing as drinking, no matter when there is time, let alone drinking with Brother Yang? ”

He stood up and went to fetch two bowls and set them out, again

Lift the jar and fill both bowls.

"I had a conversation with Brother Yang yesterday, and I also felt deeply attached to it, and I was thinking about when I could get together again, I didn't want Brother Yang to come today, so good."

"When it comes to those official duties, I'm angry. A little simple thing that is good and good, but he was tossed by those little officials, it's been almost a month, and he just can't do it! ”

Chen Yanqian was a little annoyed, picked up the wine and took a big sip, "Brother Yang, you may not know that it was Runzhou Sicang who joined the army and was ordered to escort the money and grain from Runzhou to Guangling. That's all the money and things, but the little officials who received the grain and grass I escorted did not accept it, saying that the grain and grass were too wet and not conducive to storage, and that I had to dry them. In fact, I don't know how many times those grains and grasses have been dried, and they have long been dried and can no longer be dried! ”

"At the end of the day, they just want me to send some money." Chen Yanqian said angrily. He is a straight man, but he is not a nerd who does not understand the world, so he naturally knows what those little officials think.

However, with his straight nature, where is he willing to please those petty officials, so he has been stuck here for this little thing these days.

Fortunately, he was not reused in Runzhou, and there was nothing important for him to deal with, so he was able to live in Guangling for a month.

Yesterday, Yang Wu talked with him for a long time, but he talked about some literary poems, anecdotes, etc., which was also very interesting. Speaking of official business today, Chen Yanqian is angry, and it is rare to meet someone who can be chatted, and he keeps complaining to Yang Wu while drinking.

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Shengzhou, that is, Nanjing in later generations, the assassin of Shengzhou at this time was Feng Hongduo, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu.

Feng Hongduo's naval army was strong, and there were many warships, and there was no stronger one in the land of Jianghuai. Therefore, he has always been strong from the water army, although he is nominally dependent on Yang Xingmi, but in fact he has ill intentions and ambitions to run the state.

At this moment, in the assassin's mansion, Feng Hongduo was asking his subordinates and cronies.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, I sent Shang Gongnai to see King Wu and ask him for Runzhou, but King Wu refused. Now I heard that Xuanzhou Tian Yan is recruiting craftsmen to build warships, but I am afraid that I have the ambition to ascend to the state, I don't know what your best plan is? ”

Shang Gong is a Dantu man, he is resolute and courageous. A few days ago, Feng Hongduo sent him to see Yang Xingmi to ask for Runzhou, but Yang Xingmi refused to allow it. Shang Gongnai threatened him in front of many generals under Yang Xingmi: "If your king doesn't obey my request, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist my battleship in Shengzhou after all!"

Now that he heard that Tian Yan had ambitions to ascend to the state, Shang Gongnai was the first to stand up and said angrily, "Tian Yan has Xuanzhou, and he still wants to plot against me, in a certain opinion, instead of waiting for him to kill me, it is better for me to kill him first!" ”

As he spoke, suddenly a strong wind broke outside, flying sand and rocks, and only a loud "boom" was heard, but a house in the mansion collapsed.

Soon after, someone came to report that the huge logs that had been piled up on the docks for shipbuilding had been blown up by the wind and were flying in the air. For a while, everyone in the house was in a mess and frightened.

"The wind is blowing, and the giant trees are flying. That's not a good sign! Someone muttered.

"Yes, I heard a few days ago that a family's house spontaneously combusted for no reason."

"But no, there have been too many strange things happening in the state recently, isn't this a warning from God, Shengzhou is about to change hands?" When it came to the last sentence, everyone changed color and kept silent.

Feng Hongduo, who was sitting upright, had a pale face, and said angrily, "What nonsense, what does the matter of the state and county have to do with God?" If there is any more nonsense, they will not be forgiven! He also said, "Shengzhou is inherent in me, in the past, when I was attached to King Wu, King Wu may have assassinated me." Now Tian Yan has no way, he is ambitious, and he wants to cut me down and ascend to the state. I intend to strike preemptively and send troops to attack Xuanzhou, what do you think? ”

"There is no objection to the last general!" The generals bowed down to respond, and when they saw that the assassin was already angry, they did not dare to touch the mold at this time.

On the third day of the sixth month of the second year of Tianfu, the assassin envoy of Shengzhou, the envoy of the Wuning army, ordered Feng Hongduo to block the river and cut off the connection between Guangling and Jiangnan; He also personally led the elite soldiers to the south and attacked the Xuanzhou assassin Tian Yan.