Chapter 42: Fugitive Slaves
When he heard that it was related to the Yang family, Liu Ji immediately became interested.
The Yang family has favored the harem for many years, even if it is completely in accordance with the trajectory of history, there are at least three years of scenery, and his brother Yang Guozhong has reached the peak of power and the greatest disaster in the past few years.
And in the last two months of Tianbao's eleventh year, it is the most critical period for Yang Guozhong, Li Linfu is about to die, he is about to ascend to the throne, one step to the top of the Tang Dynasty, such a result, even the people in Anxi are well aware.
Fugitive slaves from Yang's house.
Liu Ji showed a sinister smile, and Gai Tinglun, who was on the side, jumped in his heart.
"If that is the case, why didn't the general help him? Thought it was the step to advancement. ”
"Those things in the court, how can a certain rough person pay attention to it, they let a certain one not see, and a certain obedience, if it is mixed in, who knows what pit will be waiting for."
seems to be showing himself, but in fact he is persuading, Liu Ji can't help but be impressed by him, this is a smart person.
In fact, Liu Ji doesn't have any idea about the Yang family, with his position is still too far away, he can't reach it at all, and it can't affect any decisions of the imperial court, what he is currently interested in is the person in front of him.
According to the trajectory of history, five years later, this person will be promoted to the envoy of Hexi soldiers and horses, and the envoy of Hexi Jiedu at that time was Zhou Mi, and his predecessor was Ge Shuhan.
In this year, Gai Tinglun united with Hu Shang in the Western Regions, brazenly raised troops to make a rebellion, killed Zhou Yu, the envoy of Jiedu in one fell swoop, took control of the Hexi Corridor, and gathered as many as 60,000 troops, probably in response to the Anshi Rebellion, but I didn't expect that it was pacified in less than three months.
This result shows that he is an ambitious person, a restless person, as for whether this person is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, it is not in Liu Ji's consideration, the only thing worth paying attention to is that Yumen Pass is the key to Hexi, and his position is very important, which is enough.
"The general has the responsibility of guarding the pass, my family members in the house, as well as the feudal monarchs, please take care of it, as for what happened in the city, you didn't see it, and you didn't tell me, you and I said goodbye."
After that, without waiting for the other party to answer, Liu Ji turned his horse's head and led the group of soldiers of Qiankeng, who had changed into fully equipped equipment, and walked away under the stunned gaze of Gai Tinglun and others.
"General, what shall we do?"
Gai Tinglun looked at the backs of more than a hundred distant figures, and stomped his feet angrily: "What else can I do, close the door and lock it, we can't see anything, we can't hear!" ”
Before they could enter the door, a white shadow suddenly flew by, accompanied by a black shadow, which once again stunned them.
"That'...... Isn't that Fengfu Sanniang? ”
It's over, Gai Tinglun glanced at the sky speechlessly, Liu Ji's department is not under his jurisdiction, what they want to do is their own business, they can pretend not to know, but they can be sealed in the mansion, and they are brought into the pass with the Dadu Hufu disc, any of them are his Gai Tinglun's responsibility, not to mention that she is still Feng Changqing's beloved daughter, this is simply a disaster, why do you owe it so much, and you have to tell the truth.
Thinking about it, this Liu Wulang is inevitably too anxious, when he hears the Yang Mansion, he leans up, no wonder people are reused at a young age.
"You go back and tell the town deputy that the retreat is locked, and you can't see someone, and no one can open the door, understand?"
"The general doesn't enter the customs?" The sergeant he ordered asked in surprise.
"If you don't see it with your own eyes, I don't know how to explain the life of a certain family."
Gai Tinglun jumped on his mount and chased after Bai Ying with a few personal soldiers, as long as he kept the Fengfu girl safe, he had no responsibility, this trip, he had to go.
At this time, the Hexi Corridor was not as narrow as in later generations, the Qilian Mountains as a natural barrier, separating the Qingqiang Plateau, and on the other side of the mountain range, there was still a prairie with abundant water and grass, and the pace of desertification would not become more and more obvious until the Song Dynasty two hundred years later.
In fact, the original intention of the Tang Dynasty to unswervingly open up the Western Regions was to expand the defensive circle in the heart of Guanzhong, otherwise the pressure of the Tubo people in Longyou and the pressure of the aliens in Hexi would bring a huge threat to Chang'an.
The geographical location of Chang'an is too far to the west, and after passing the Yumen Pass, you can almost smell the taste of Chang'an.
Liu Ji led people, at a distance of one mile outside the pass, stopped the chasing soldiers and horses, Xu Guangjing's judgment was very accurate, the outfit of this group of people was indeed very similar to horse thieves, with different clothes, different faces, and a variety of weapons.
A man and a woman were chased by them, the man was tall and strong, with a bearded face, a square face and eyes like copper bells, holding a long knife in his hand, wearing a black power suit, but he was not masked.
The woman was a little older, wrapped in a tightly wrapped green silk quilt, the exposed part was a little gray, and she was also dressed in black, holding a swaddling cloth in one hand and a sword in the other.
Seeing the two of them for the first time, Liu Ji had a judgment in his heart, they could never be fugitive slaves!
At this time, the front road of the two was blocked, and the back road was broken, and more than 300 horse thieves spread out in a semi-circular formation, blocking their escape route to both sides.
"Pounce" a few times.
The horses of the two fell to the ground in unison, foaming at the mouth, seeing that they could no longer get up, which surprised Liu Ji a little, the man rolled forward, squatting steadily on the ground, his eyes looked around, and the long knife guarded his body, and he did not show any fear because of the strong enemy.
And the moment the horse fell, the woman had already risen into the air, standing in the center of the circle in fluttering clothes, looking at the child in her arms with a kind face, and looking directly at everyone as if there was nothing.
"Nanba, let's plant, if you can go, you can go."
"Why did the eldest lady say this, she will die if she dies, kill a few more eagle dogs, and it is worth losing this life, but I hate that I can't complete the entrustment and lose my trust in the world."
The man named Nanba, back to back with the woman, kept looking at the newly arrived group of officers and soldiers, as if trying to find a flaw among them, and his devouring eyes met with Liu Ji in the air, and suddenly swept past him and looked behind.
Liu Ji suddenly woke up, because he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and he didn't just ride.
Just when he was about to take a look, the man who was surrounded suddenly moved, only to see him squatting and jumping on the spot, less than half a step away from the air, the woman behind him seemed to have eyes, bent her legs and kicked back, and the soles of the two feet were connected.
When Liu Ji looked up, a black figure had already crossed his head, like a big eagle with wings outstretched, and swooped straight behind him.
Seal the cold moon.