Chapter 122: Blossoming
Yang He and his entourage had lunch in Zhihe Town, and when they arrived here, they were only fifty miles away from Pizhou City, and they could rush back to the city today. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yesterday morning, I set off early yesterday and went around Pizhou in a big circle, it took two days, and I was quite tired, but I looked at all parts of the canal and had a bottom for the future development and operation, and it was still worth it.
Yang He looks at this Zhihe Town, which is located on the official road from Suqian to Pizhou, pedestrians come and go, businessmen can be seen, and it is still lively.
However, the shopkeeper Sun said that in the past, Zhihe Town was more lively, but during the Apocalypse, the ship was changed to Majiakou to avoid the danger of Liukou, Zhikou and Moerzhuang, and nearly 10,000 ships were shipped every year, but Zhihe Town still declined.
From the perspective of Yang He, it is indeed a lot more dilapidated than the Guojiazhuang, Lukouji, Mao'er's Nest and other sets that have passed by, this is the fate of transportation, Xuzhou has declined, no wonder the provinces and cities of later generations are desperately competing for high-speed rail.
But after all, there is an official road passing by, and there is still some lively atmosphere in Zhihe Town.
After lunch, everyone went west, and the official road meandered along the Yellow River, which also belongs to the boundary of Pizhou Zhuxian Township.
Shopkeeper Sun has always been worried about encountering the villains of the Inspection Division, although they don't dare to do anything to their party, but they are afraid that they will be blackmailed fiercely.
He also knows Yang He's temperament to some extent, and he is definitely not willing to be humiliated, and he will turn to any conflict, which he does not want to see.
Fortunately, I didn't see Jia Hu patrolling in Zhihe Town, nor did I see the archers wandering around, so I might be too lazy to go out in the yamen on a cold day.
Because of this, the incident was avoided and his heart was relieved.
The group of seven horsemen continued to walk towards the official road, the weather was still very cold, the sky was overcast, and it might snow again when.
Sometimes a gust of wind howls, which is really chilling.
The official road was frozen firmly, and there seemed to be frost on it, Yang He wrapped his cloak tightly, and walked side by side with Sun's shopkeeper, the sound of hooves was mixed.
Later, Han Daxia, Chen Qiuao, Hu Employment, Zeng Youyu, and Zhang Songtao rode horses to follow, they still wore winter felt cloaks, pinned waist knives, and hung shields, and Han Daxia and Hu Employment still carried bows and arrows.
However, Zhang Songtao's stick did not bring out the palladium that he had encountered, after all, it was a long soldier and a heavy weapon in the army, so it was inconvenient to bring it out.
Shopkeeper Sun was dressed in a fur fur and wore a fur hat, and he still felt cold to the bone, but he thought it was worth it to make friends with Yang Xianggong on this trip.
In the troubled times, in fact, if there is no need, ordinary people and small businessmen avoid traveling, after all, there are too many bandits and thieves on the road, and sometimes even for a piece of clothing, it may kill you.
About ten miles away from Zhihe Town, I saw a noodle shop on the side of the official road, which was in tatters and was hidden in the willow forest next to the remote embankment.
Shopkeeper Sun said with a smile: "Yang Xianggong, it's too cold this day, why don't you rest in that shop, there are many of us, and the guys in the store don't dare to blackmail us." ”
The shopkeeper knew that his impression was very bad, he thought that it was a black shop, even if the world was not good and the price was expensive, but even if a bowl of tea was here, it was still ten times more expensive than elsewhere, and even the shopkeeper had an unclear relationship with the surrounding bandits.
Hu Cheng shouted from behind: "What? That shop is a black shop, dare to blackmail, watch Lao Tzu burst their teeth. ”
Traveling all the way, Han Daxia, Chen Qiuao, and Zhang Songtao were full of interest, and Hu Employment only felt bored.
The thief also has eyesight, a group of seven people have traveled until now, in fact, they have encountered dozens of suspected bandits, but looking at everyone's dress and equipment, strong and brave appearance, they are all interested in dodging, really right, who robbed who really can't tell.
So after walking for two days, Hu Employment only felt bored and didn't understand what was so good about the poor mountains and bad waters.
Yang Xianggong's interest is really strange.
Now that he heard that something might happen, he became more interested.
Zhang Songtao smiled: "Brother Hu is going to show his skills again?" ”
Although he is a scholar, but after a few years of wandering and suffering, he has long lost the sour rot of a scholar, and he has been in contact with Hu Employment and others for a long time, and he also knows that although they are soldiers and oilers on the outside, they are actually temperamental, and they like to mix with them.
At this time, he also made jokes.
Zeng Youyu smiled and said: "Hu Dalang, I'll come to a juju later." ”
Chen Qiuao turned his head, his expression was still cold, but there was a light of interest in his eyes.
Han Daxia frowned and said: "Don't be reckless, make trouble, the most important thing for you is to protect your husband." ”
Zeng Youyu and others all shut up, Hu Employment pouted, this Han Guban, can always say the most disappointing words when others are most interested.
Soon, everyone was not far from the tea shop, and the shopkeeper Sun sighed: "Someone ......"
Then he frowned, but saw a bunch of archers gathered in front of the tea shop in a hurry, as if they were checking for something, as well as the pleading and cries of pedestrians and merchants.
“…… Then why is Jia Hu here? ”
He muttered more worriedly.
He subconsciously looked at Yang He beside him, but saw that he was expressionless, just riding forward.
Soon, Yang He rode his horse to the front of the shop, and saw more than a dozen archers gathered on the side of the official road, each holding a weapon, or giggling, or shouting and roaring, or lazily watching, and more than 20 pedestrians and merchants gathered to be interrogated one by one.
They were all weeping and mourning, apparently being searched one by one and bleeding profusely.
There were many tables and chairs in the shop, but only one official-like person was sitting, and a scribe was standing beside him.
Yang He got off his horse and walked to the shop, and the official turned his head to see that he was the same as Deng Xunjian, wearing a green official robe of the ninth grade, with a seahorse painted on the patch, a black veil on his head, a warm ear, and a fierce face with a dark light in his eyes.
This piece wearing such an official uniform is obviously Jia Hu of the Zhihekou Inspectorate.
He glanced at Yang He a few times, and the Ji Dian beside him looked gloomy.
The two looked at Yang He for a while, then at Han Daxia and the others beside him, their eyes swept over their horses, and finally with a calm face, they turned their heads again and continued to stare at the official road.
Yang He found a chair and sat down with a flat expression, and Shopkeeper Sun sat beside Yang He with some trepidation.
Some archers on the official road noticed Yang He and the others, but Jia Hu did not speak, and they did not speak.
At this time, there was a commotion on the official road, and a small businessman cried: "Poor master, if you take away these cloths, the small ones won't even be able to get their capital back." ”
There was just scolding and laughing, a few loud slaps, a few archers kicking and beating, and the little merchant screaming and staggering away with his load.
He cried with a sad face, wanting to cry without tears, the world is already difficult, and now even the capital has been broken, only blaming himself for his bad luck and meeting Jia Laohu and other people.
Suddenly, there was another cry, but it was a porter, he begged: "Poor master, the villain has been selling the goods for a few days, and he has traveled all over the country, so he has these four coins of silver, this is the money for the little one to buy rice for his wife and children, I beg you......
An archer over there screamed: "If you don't give money, it's a thief, take it to the inspection department for interrogation." ”
The man was so frightened that he said, "No...... No...... The villain should not go to the inspection department...... This money is for you...... ...... for you"
The archer shouted, "Why are you willing to give money again?" Backtracking, sneaky, see you're not a good person! ”
The cargo man was at a loss and said, "No...... The villain is not ......"
The archer shouted: "Sure enough, admit it, not a good person, you thief!" ”
He slapped it hard, and the man was beaten to a staggering point, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and the archers next to him laughed, all of them looked around, and were proud.
At last the four coins of silver that the man had sold were snatched away, and then he staggered away, and he walked in silence for a long time, and let out a terrible wail.
The cry hurt his heart and lungs, and he cried as he walked: "God has no eyes...... God has no eyes......"
Shopkeeper Sun looked at it, uneasy and angry, and muttered, "It's too much...... It's too much......"
Yang He's gaze was cold, and he said lightly: "Little Er, serve tea." ”
But I saw a guy on the side looking over there with a smile, and the shopkeeper and two guys with their hands on their sleeves, also looking at the brain, while laughing.
Hu Cheng stepped forward violently, he walked up to the guy, and scolded angrily: "I'm in charge of Ni Nen, are you deaf? Didn't you hear what my father-in-law said? ”
He slapped him hard, and with a loud "snap", half of the guy's full teeth were shattered, and blood flowed all over his mouth and nose immediately.
His mind was buzzing, the Venus in front of him was rising, he came back to his senses, subconsciously looked at the patrol Jia Hu, and muttered, "Lord Tiger......"
The shopkeeper and the two guys were also stunned, looking at the inspection as well, and some archers were shocked, looking at Yang He and the others at the same time, they also looked at the inspection Jia Hu.
The Nazhihekou inspector turned his head to look at Yang He again, his eyes were forested, and after a long time, he turned his head.
The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Quick, quickly serve tea to a few guest officers." ”
Humiliated by the beaten man, he wiped the blood from his face, turned around and walked to the shop.
Hu Cheng kicked him in the ass again, kicking him into the shop.
He roared angrily: "Slow down and pregnant? ”
The shopkeeper personally brought out two bowls of tea, which were hot, Han Daxia took it, he sniffed it, nodded, and put it in front of the table of Yang He and Sun.
At this time, Shopkeeper Sun was still dumbfounded, subconsciously picking up the bowl and fidgeting.
Yang He drank tea slowly, listening to the archers over there still checking, as if they were checking a few homeless people.
And at this time, there are not many people over there.
"What's your name?"
“…… The villain Li Tiannan. ”
"This accent is weird, who is it?"
"Foshan people."
"Foshan?"
An archer raised his voice in surprise: "It seems to be the south, right?" ”
An archer said: "It seems to be over there in Liangguang, remember that it is an iron town." ”
"What are you doing in Pizhou?"
"The villain wants to take the little guy and Ah Mei to Beijing to cast cannons and make guns, but they are not entangled......"
"Sister?"
There was a sudden chaos over there, and a girl with a thick Cantonese accent screamed, "Brother...... Elder brother...... Help me......"
There was also a teenager's roar: "Let go of my sister......"
Then there were screams, punches and kicks, and some archers shouting: "It must be a bandit, take it to the inspection department." ”
An archer excitedly ran to the inspector Jia Hu and whispered: "Master Hu, that little lady is good." ”
The inspector Jia Hu snorted: "The old rule, the official eats meat, and you can also drink soup later." ”
The archer said excitedly: "Xie Huye." ”
At this time, I heard Li Tiannan roar angrily: "Fight the street, I'll fight with you." ”
Then there was the sound of him being knocked over the ground, and there was a scream.
Shopkeeper Sun trembled and said: "Lost all conscience, really lost all conscience......
Yang He put down the tea bowl and said, "The tea is good." ”
He stood up and walked towards the patrol Jia Hu, his cloak slightly lifted, and he had already pulled his flintlock handcuff from the holster.
"Kakaka."
He pulled the hammer down with the thumb of his right hand, and then aimed his handcuff at Jia Hu's head.
When the inspector heard the movement, he turned his head, and was confronted by a black hole, and a fierce face was instantly stunned.
Yang He pulled the board machine, and with a loud bang, heavy gunpowder smoke rose up, and the pungent smoke was mixed with the smell of blood.
With a bang, the inspector Jia Hu's mind blossomed, and the Tianling Gai was blown away, and the brain blood was splashed everywhere.
His body still sat for a while, and then he threw himself to the side, and the thick smell of blood spread.
The screams of the pawn and a few of the guys were hoarse.
Yang He shouted: "Kill them all, not a single one will be left!" (To be continued.) )