Chapter 280: Mars on the way

The important thing that Ling Hua and the others asked Zhang Yue was very simple, that is, to ask Zhang Yue to take a large team of people to the counties of Qingzhou Prefecture to take a tour to see how the tax was collected. Although it is not the end of the year, it is the critical time to collect the summer tax. Even if he has just killed so many people, it is not so easy for this tax collector and Lijia to collect taxes. So, although he knew that people were using his notoriety as a minister to scare people, Zhang Yue laughed and scolded angrily, but finally agreed.

So, Lu Feng received the money and received a soft hand, and Zhang Yue ran errands until his feet were soft. On the one hand, I have to deal with many businessmen, and on the other hand, I encounter some people who resist taxes from time to time. Every night when they returned to Qingzhouyi, the two of them fell asleep, but the next day they got up in good spirits, and greeted each other warmly when they went out together. Seeing this scene, Xu Sansheng and the miscellaneous servants thought that the two Qincha adults were working together, but they didn't expect that the two would part ways after going out.

Eight days passed quickly, and Zhang Yue took a moment to send Liu Da and Xu Er and others away, and sent a family member to go south with them in order to carry a letter to his father Zhang Zhuo. When he embarked on the return journey under the farewell of an official in Qingzhou, Zhang Yue glanced at Lu Feng's tanned but triumphant face, and couldn't help but gently pinch the stack of things in his sleeves.

It is said that Zhongguan loves money, and the money that this guy has received one after another is only afraid that it will be worth the summer tax of a county!

This time, although the dispatch of 500 people from the Beijing camp was the will of Emperor Zhu Di and the deployment of Anyuan Marquis Liusheng, the officers and soldiers also wanted to make some oil and water. Fortunately, there are naturally empathetic businessmen on behalf of them in this matter, and even if the group of people on the return trip is not full of money, the shriveled waist bag is bulging and has some goods. So, after leaving Qingzhou City, when Zhang Yue instructed Zhou Bailing, who led the army, to be more careful along the way, the other party immediately agreed without thinking.

"I know what to watch out for now, rest assured, these five hundred people were all who fought Arutai with the emperor during the Northern Expedition, and all of them were first-class heroes. Marquis An Yuan had instructed in advance to protect the adults, and if there were villains who wanted to be unfavorable to the adults, we would never let anyone go! It's not a humble boast, those mud legs are just three or five thousand! ”

Lu Feng, who was in the car in front of him, poked his head out of the window at this time, and happened to hear these words, so he immediately pursed his lips, and felt a little depressed in his heart. Although today's eunuchs are not the same as those of the Hongwu Dynasty and the Jianwen Dynasty, those princes and uncles have never really taken the eunuchs in their eyes, otherwise these words should have been said to Zhou Bailing to himself that day. Thinking of this, he lowered the curtain, and a trace of malice suddenly appeared in his heart.

The thousand households boasted so much, if they really encountered three or five thousand mud-legged rebellions on the road, it would be good to see what he should do!

There are many rivers and mountains in Shandong, and even if the official road is mostly over the mountains and mountains, it is necessary to cross the bridge. Because the accompanying sergeants are all elite of the Beijing camp, swords, cards, pistols, muskets, archers, etc., and the front and rear scouts are also fully equipped, plus the bannermen on horseback are waving, and the witnesses are naturally retreating and passing unimpeded along the way. When he crossed Shangshan, even Zhang Yue, who was a little vigilant at first, let go of his thoughts, thinking that after all, he was bringing elite soldiers from the Beijing camp, so there should not be anyone who did not take his own strength lightly.

Xiaomengshui is a tributary of the Xiaoqing River, and now that it is the summer dry season, the small river has almost exposed the gravel in the riverbed. After crossing the bridge, it is the boundary of Jinan Prefecture, and from the end of the stone bridge, you can vaguely see the official road on the other side of the river winding through a dense forest on the opposite side. After a day's journey, Zhou Bailing has been sending scouts in pairs to explore the way, and this time is no exception.

At this time, it was almost noon, because there was no village nearby, and they had to rush to Zhangqiu to stay in the evening, so everyone stopped by the river, and the people ate some dry food to fill their stomachs. When Lu Feng was leaving, he was busy holding money, but he forgot to prepare snacks, and at this time he could only eat the pancakes prepared by the two little eunuchs, and after a few bites, he lost his appetite, so he jumped out of the carriage and revitalized his legs and feet. Slowly coming to Zhang Yue's car, he suddenly moved in his heart, and he actually reached out to open the curtain of the car, and as a result, he caught a glimpse of the box resting on Zhang Yue's lap at a glance.

"Lord Xiao Zhang is really exquisite, this year-old Han Sanyou pattern of the color box seems to be something from the palace, I also saw it at Wang Niangniang, I didn't expect you to carry one when you go out."

Zhang Yue is used to good things in this life, what luodian big bed blue and white porcelain organ kiln cover bowl carved lacquer tables and chairs, now he doesn't take the utensils seriously, he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said: "This box is still a gift from the British duchess before leaving, I didn't know it was so precious, but it was used with the red lacquer painted gold food box sent together." In this box is the mountain jujube cake that my two scholars specially bought, how many pieces does Lu Gonggong use to taste? ”

Seeing the golden dim sum in Zhang Yue's box, Lu Feng couldn't help but think of his two loyal but useless little eunuchs, and couldn't help but curse secretly, then stepped forward to take a piece, laughed and walked back. Before he could put this piece of mountain date cake in his mouth, he suddenly heard a banging sound not far away, and he immediately looked around blankly. Before he could figure out what was happening, there was a sudden force behind him, and he was immediately thrown to the ground, his nose hitting the hard ground, and the sharp pain of that moment almost made him wail.

In a fit of rage, he immediately shouted and cursed. The next moment, however, he heard a number of thudding sounds, and the anger turned to panic, and the panic turned to fear.

In the chaos, Lu Feng only felt a lightness behind him, as if someone who was pressing him moved away. However, he did not dare to move at all, even though there was a gravel under him, although the palm of his hand was scratched, although his chin was resting on the sharp part of a stone, but in the final analysis, it was the most important thing to die. He could only hear the sound of sergeants unsheathed, and occasionally the faint sound of firearms being firearmed, the sound of chaotic footsteps and shouting...... It wasn't until someone reached out and grabbed his arm that he instinctively pulled it to his chest, and this time he didn't touch the dagger, only a thick pile of tickets.

At that moment, he almost regretted his intestines, and when he went on the road first, he thought that the dagger was cumbersome, and he had already put it away in his luggage, how could he have thought that this would happen?

"Father-in-law Lu, it's okay, someone in the forest just now was beating a lighter, and Qian Baihu has already chased after him with someone. I saw the light of a spark and pressed you down, have you ever been hurt? ”

It wasn't until he could tell that it was Zhang Yue's voice that Lu Feng raised his head with his elbows propped up. Seeing that the rows of sergeants with different weapons were already in a semicircular formation, and there was still the sound of fighting in the grove on the other side of the river, he breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up with Zhang Yue's hand dragging Fang, but his legs were already completely weak.

Seeing a depression in Zhang Yue's carriage and the gravel not far from where he lay down, and seeing that Zhang Yue's clothes were also embarrassed, and the black gauze hat was crooked, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva with palpitations, giving birth to a feeling of the rest of his life. Standing stunned for a while, he gradually remembered what Zhang Yue said and what happened just now, and hurriedly bowed deeply.

"Lord Zhang, thank you so much just now!"

Zhang Yue glanced at Peng Shisan, and saw that someone was a nobody, where would he say that he had been pushed by someone just now, and he took advantage of the situation and threw down Lu Feng as a meat pad. It's just that he was a little stunned by this unexpected encounter. Although he is not a military general, he has a battle-hardened veteran like Zhang Fu and Zhang You at home, and he is no stranger to the Ming military system.

According to the Ming military system, there were 10 gunners, 20 sword players, 30 archers, and 40 gunners for every 100 households. It is strictly forbidden for the people to privately possess long weapons and firearms, and the famous scholar Xu Peijian is forbidden to have short swords and ordinary soft bows. However, it was clearly a firecrackle just now, and the distance was as high as 100 paces, which was obviously a military artifact. However, this is not the time to think about these, so seeing that Lu Feng took a deep look at him, he had no choice but to step forward to help the person up, and comforted him a few more words.

Everyone waited for more than an hour, and Qian Baihu, who led the people to pursue, brought people back in a hurry, along with two seriously injured scouts and seven prisoners, and more than a dozen people under his command with minor injuries.

He saluted Zhang Yue with a heavy face, and then reported in a rough voice: "My lord, the first shot was shot by the injured You Da Niu, and he fired a shot as soon as he was attacked, in order to remind us that there was an ambush, and then it was these dogs who wanted to plot to assassinate, but unfortunately many of them did not know how to use firearms, but a few of them were injured by a few shots, and only two shots were fired." When I led the people to catch up, I happened to catch their tails, and the firearms and arrows were fired for a while, and they killed a dozen people, and they caught these live mouths, and several of them ran towards the north. It's a pity that we don't have cavalry, otherwise we would have chased after him and killed his mother! ”

Glancing at the prisoners who were caught back by a string of ropes, Zhang Yue stepped forward to look at the two injured scouts again, and saw that a few wounded sergeants were full of anger, and the rest were also murderous, he suddenly took a deep breath, and asked Zhou Bailing of Qianhu: "When you were fighting, what should you do if you captured prisoners or cut down enemy prisoners?" ”

"If it is a noble person of Mengyuan, then it will be handed over to Shangguan for disposal, and where will the rest have food to feed them, and they will directly cut off their heads to repay their merits!" Zhou Bailing didn't expect that this time he almost capsized in the gutter, and at this time, his face showed a gritted tooth, "The fire guns of those dogs have been brought back, and when the time comes, you will know who did it!" If Lao Tzu knew which guard would dare to fund the enemy, Lao Tzu would have skinned him alive! ”

Seeing that the captives were all glaring at him with resentful eyes, Zhang Yue made up his mind in an instant, and immediately ordered: "Since you all cut off your heads to repay merit before, then cut off the heads of those people you killed before, hang them on the flagpole to open the way, tie up these guys, and then instruct the official government to investigate after arriving in Jinan Mansion, and I will ask you for credit after returning to Beijing!" ”