Chapter 22: Re-entry to Bianjing
Junchen has been drinking with the three Ruan brothers since that day, and he has always felt that his head is dizzy all the way. Although in his opinion, the wine of ancient times is no different from the drinks of later generations, but for him, a person who pours three cups, wine is still wine, but this "three cups poured" may become ten or twenty cups.
After several days of traveling, Junchen really experienced the original natural environment, walking in a pollution-free environment, and getting the greatest relaxation and washing of body and mind. It's just that Junchen always felt that they always seemed to lack something when they were in such a hurry, and Ruan Xiaoqi grew up by the water since he was a child, and the farthest was to go to the county seat to gamble money, where would he know what was missing, until this day when they were on the side of the road, Junchen knew what was missing, the tool of transportation - horses.
Junchen was very surprised, Shijie Village is not very close to the county seat, like Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi, they often go to the city to visit brothels and gamble for money, how did they go back and forth on the same day?
After Ruan Xiaoqi's explanation, Junchen suddenly realized that most of the villages and counties around Liangshan are connected by waterways, and water masters like the Ruan brothers are far faster than ordinary roads and official roads, how can they give up their strengths!
It was noon now, Junchen and Xiao Qi were hungry, so they randomly found a country shop on the side of the road, ordered some cooked mutton, mixed white wine and a pot of tea, and ate and drank. When the two of them were almost seven or eight minutes full, Junchen called Xiao Er, took out the silver and settled the bill, and by the way, Xiao Er asked if there was any place nearby where he could buy a horse.
Shopkeeper said: "This guest officer, our Great Song Dynasty has never had a decent place to raise horses, not to mention that we have Dingtao this place, if you meet those bold mule and horse dealers who dare to send some to the north to sell some, there are still some for sale, if not, then there is only luck, but even if there is, it is just some stupid donkeys and stupid mules and horses." ”
Junchen knew in his heart that there was not no place to raise horses in the Great Song Dynasty, and there were horse farms of the imperial court in Qingzhou and Laiyang, but these were not known to the junior of these rural wild shops, not to mention that Junchen had already regarded these horses as his own bag!
After thanking the shopkeeper at the moment, Junchen took Ruan Xiaoqi straight to the mule and horse market. Ruan Xiaoqi was a person who couldn't hide things in his heart, and when he left the shop, he asked Junchen: "Brother, why don't I have a horse farm in Da Song?" Is it really that much trouble to buy a horse? ”
Junchen looked around, sighed quietly, and said quite heavily: "Back then, the Jin Emperor Shi Jingjiao, rebelled but was defeated by the Tang army, in order to realize his ambitions, he was able to ascend the throne and become the emperor, and did not hesitate to claim the Khitan courtiers, ceding the sixteen states of Yanyun and the Khitan, with the help of the Khitan Hulu, he finally destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty and ascended to the emperor's throne. But since then, the door of the Central Plains has been wide open, and the people of the Central Plains are always facing the iron hooves of foreign races; And the land where I lost Yanyun in the Central Plains not only lost the natural Great Wall barrier, but also lost Yanyun, a source of high-quality war horses. Originally, every time he thought about this, Junchen felt heavy in his heart, but at this moment, he said it himself, Junchen's heart felt even more sad, and he couldn't wait to immediately jump into the north with a gun.
Although Xiao Qi is a little childish and naughty, he is also a very clever person, seeing that Junchen's eyes are red, he is a little excited, and he doesn't speak at the moment, just silently accompanies Junchen to the mule and horse market.
When he arrived at the city of Mule and Horse, Junchen found that this place was much worse than he imagined, not to mention any good horses, thousands of horses, and even a few horses. Junchen saw that there were only a few horses, and after negotiating with a few horse dealers, he and Xiao Qi each picked a horse at random and galloped away in the direction of Bianjing.
Within a few days, the city wall of Bianjing was already far away. Nearly ten zhang high city wall, more than ten zhang wide moat, plus three layers of urn city inside and outside, I believe that as long as people with a little military knowledge know, there are not enough siege equipment, there is not enough cannon fodder to fill the river, want to capture such a strong city, it is tantamount to a fool's dream! Every time Junchen sees the wall of Bianjing City, he will feel that Song Huizong and Song Qinzong must be idiots to what extent will they destroy the Great Wall, and believe that Guo Jing is a god stick and open the city gate widely, otherwise he will rely on the simple siege equipment of Jin Bing to break through Bianjing, but I am afraid that it can only be the good expectations of Wanyan Zongwang!
When the two of them entered the city, Ruan Xiaoqi suddenly felt dizzying, and he smashed Junchen excitedly, "Brother, this Bianjing City is also too big, you see that this road is wide, it is several times wider than the roads in Yuncheng and Jeju Mansion, this person, this play, this business, it is really too much!" ”
At this time, Bianjing was the largest city in the world, with a population of about 400,000, second only to Baghdad, which was the great eater, but when it came to the degree of prosperity, Baghdad could hardly look at Bianjing's back.
Junchen saw that Xiao Qi was a little too excited, and he might have forgotten the purpose of the two of them coming here, so he coughed lightly. Xiao Qi suddenly came to his senses, remembered the purpose of this, smiled apologetically at Junchen, and honestly followed Junchen's side.
Junchen took Xiao Qi to the door of the inn that had been agreed with Shi Qian, and the shopkeeper saw that a guest came to the door, and hurriedly greeted him, "Guest officer, our store has good guest rooms, delicious meals, aged wine, high-quality forage, keep the guest officer comfortable in our place, eat at ease, or I will take the two of you to see how the room is!" ”
Xiao Qi gently pounded Junchen, "Brother, the junior here is really more talkative than the ones in Yuncheng and Jeju Mansion." ”
The little second is used to seeing people coming and going from the south to the north, and he has sharp ears and sharp mouths, so he immediately listened to Xiao Qi's words in his ears and despised them in his heart, "Sure enough, he came from the countryside, and he hasn't seen anything in the world, but this person in purple doesn't look like his subordinate, he hasn't seen the world like this, but this person's face, how can he look so familiar?" ”
Junchen raised his eyes to look at Xiao Er, nodded, handed the reins to Xiao Er, and walked into the inn with Xiao Qi.
After entering the inn's own shopkeeper, Junchen didn't say anything to the shopkeeper, took out a piece of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper, and asked for two upper rooms. When the shopkeeper saw the silver, his eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he personally led the two of them upstairs to settle down.
When the shopkeeper's front foot came out of the room, the back foot flashed in like a ghost, startling Xiao Qi, and he was about to raise his fist to beat Shi Qian. Junchen hurriedly spoke out to stop him, and then introduced the two to each other.
Xiao Qiyi patted his head and pointed at Shi Qiandao with a sincere face, "Alas, it turns out that you are the "Qian'er", Brother Shi Qian, I'm really sorry, Xiao Qishi didn't recognize his brother, and my brother should never take it to heart." ”
Shi Qian was suddenly embarrassed, his face was flushed, and two resentful eyes glanced at Junchen. Junchen didn't see Shi Qian's eyes, coughed lightly twice, and asked, "Qian'er......"
Ruan Xiaoqi over there heard this, looking at Shi Qian with a strange expression on his face, and almost couldn't hold back his laughter, but fortunately he saw the opportunity quickly and quickly covered his mouth.
Junchen glanced at him and continued: "Qian'er, you have been in Bianjing for so many days, but what have you discovered, what about Zhang San and Li Si?" ”
Seeing that Junchen had already opened his mouth to inquire, Shi Qian packed up his spirit and told Junchen about his discoveries and experiences in the past few days.
From the narrative of Shi Qian, Junchen learned that Gao Yu knew that Lin Chong was furious after being rescued in the wild boar forest, and wanted to continue to send masters to take Lin Chong's life, but he lost Lin Chong's trace for a while, so he could only give up for the time being, and began to turn around and track down who leaked the news, causing Lin Chong to be rescued.
The three and Li Si are just splashes in the market, and they always talk about righteousness on weekdays, but when something really happens, plus Gao Yu is rewarded, naturally someone will betray the two for the sake of rewarding silver. Fortunately, these two people have no fixed place on weekdays, hiding here, hiding there, and it is really not easy to find them after a while, but when Shi Qian found them, these two people were really miserable.
Besides, Gao Yanei, because of his father Gao Yu who bought through the errand and sent people to chase and kill Lin Chong, he restored his flaws and the true character of Huahua Tai Sui, not only forced Chen Xizhen and Chen Liqing's father and daughter who offended him into desperation, but also had to leave the capital far away, but also forcibly broke into Zhang Jiaotou's mansion, intending to get involved with Zhang Zhenniang, Zhang Zhenniang still had some eagerness, and used words to squeeze Gao Yanei, and agreed to let him marry Ming Media a year later, so he escaped a catastrophe. But the Gao Ya was still not at ease, afraid that Zhang Jiaotou's family would abandon their home and run away, so they sent idlers of all sizes, bright and dark, to monitor Zhang's mansion in three layers inside and three layers outside.
Junchen listened to what Shi Qian said, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and asked, "Have you ever sneaked into Zhang's mansion to investigate?" ”
Shi Qian patted his chest and said: "Of course I have been in, just with those who are watching, how can I see Shi Qian!" ”
Ruan Xiaoqi listened to it on the side, making a disgusting look, Shi Qian "snorted" and turned his head to the side, Junchen was speechless when he saw the two of them like this, thought for a while, and asked again: "In that Zhang Mansion, are there people who have been bought by Gao Yanei?" ”
Shi Qian nodded, "Yes!" There are only three maids in Zhang's mansion, including Zhang Zhenniang's personal maid Jin'er, according to my sneaking into Zhang's mansion these days to observe, these three have been bought by Gao Yanei with a lot of money, and there is a trace of wind and grass in Zhang's mansion, Gao Ya can immediately know, and lead a large team of people to kill. ”
When Ruan Xiaoqi heard this, he immediately took over the conversation and said: "That's not right, we will kill the past, with my brother's skills, if we don't take down that Gao Yanei on the spot, we can not only rescue Zhang Jiaotou's family, but also avenge Brother Lin Chong, wouldn't it be happy!" With that, he sat down triumphantly.
Xiao Qi, who thought that Junchen would accept his suggestion, waited for a long time, but did not wait for the approval he expected, and when he looked up, he saw the stunned expressions of Junchen and Shi Qian.
"Am I not right?"
Junchen shook his head with a wry smile, "Xiao Qi, your idea is good, it's just that we killed Gao Yanei like this, with two old men and a weak woman, how can we get out?" I dare to guarantee that if we kill Gao Yanei with the front foot, we will face the siege and death of the forbidden army, the Taiwei Mansion and the masters of Bianjing on the back foot, and what awaits us at that time will only be captured with all our strength. ”
"Then what should I do?" Not only Xiao Qi, but even Shi Qian also looked at Junchen.
Junchen thought for a while and said, "Qian'er leads the way, let's go to the scene to investigate first and then make a conclusion." ”
Zhang Yunjiao's first day of training was over, and as he got older, and Lin Chong was deliberately targeted by Gao Yu, what made it even worse was that because of Gao Yu, those who flattered him, wanted to be good, and had his help on weekdays were like avoiding the plague, and they were afraid that they would be retaliated by Gao Yu if they had something to do with him.
Isolated and physically and mentally exhausted, he dragged his exhausted body back to the mansion, listened to the cries of his wife and daughter, and silently untied the leather armor on his body. However, even he himself didn't know why, and when he untied his breastplate, a letter would fall from inside the breastplate.
"Well, this is ......" Looking at the familiar handwriting on the envelope, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he picked up the letter from the ground with trembling hands, opened it and looked at it, the familiar smell and familiar name jumped on the paper.
In just a few lines, it only took a moment to read, but he read it very slowly, looking at it, he couldn't help but cry: "My son is saved, my son is saved......"
I thought that I would immediately give this letter to my beloved daughter and my wife, and end the days when my beloved daughter washed her face with tears all day long. But at the thought of the words at the end of the letter, he had to suppress the throbbing in his heart, and as usual, waited for the night to fall under the watchful eyes of his subordinates.
This letter will appear in Zhang Yun's arms, and it is naturally a masterpiece of the times.
At that time, Junchen took Shi Qian and Xiao Qi to explore near Zhang's Mansion, and found that Gao Yanei was really careful, and there were idlers watching everywhere in Zhang's Mansion. I thought that these idlers didn't have much ability, and they had such a high-ranking light skill master as Shi Qian, so it would be effortless to sneak into Zhang's mansion.
Just as Junchen was about to call Shi Qian to make a move, the afterglow of his eyes caught a glimpse of the nearby restaurant, two blade-like eyes were scanning back and forth in front of Zhangfumen, Junchen was immediately scared into a cold sweat, and immediately pulled Shi Qian and Xiao Qi away. You must know that such a rash move is bound to startle the snake, and if you want to rescue Zhang Zhenniang's family again, it will be difficult to reach the sky.
Just when Junchen led the two back to the inn and was about to visit Zhang's mansion at night, he suddenly remembered that Zhang Yun was not only Lin Chong's father-in-law, but also Lin Chong's colleague in the forbidden army. At the moment, his spirit was shocked, and he whispered a few words to the side, Shi Qian expressed his understanding, and took the order with Xiao Qi.
As a result, Xiao Qi pretended to be a drunk and clashed with Zhang Yun halfway, causing onlookers and disturbing Gao Yu's sight; Shi Qian pretended to be a good onlooker, taking advantage of the chaos at the scene, he performed a trick of empty hands, and unknowingly put the letter into Zhang Yun's arms.