Bianjing Night Market, although there is no neon flickering in later generations, but it is still noisy and brilliantly lit, the commercial economy of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and it has already broken the curfew during the Tang Dynasty and brought great restrictions to the commercial economy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis left a great impression on Zhao Shu.

Since leaving the teahouse during the day, the guard sent to the palace to report the news has not returned for a long time, and Zhao Shu and Zhou Yang have completely forgotten these things when they wandered around Manbianjing with people.

In the south of Bianjing City, when the pedestrians on the street were still intoxicated in front of the dazzling array of goods, there was a sudden commotion on the street ahead, and the noisy atmosphere came to an abrupt end. The crowd consciously stood on both sides of the street.

Under the light of the lantern fire, two generals dressed in silver armor and riding red horses galloped from the distant street. Followed by two columns of iron armor with two red tasseled spears crossed on their backs, and one or two hundred soldiers armed with spears draped in red cloaks under the short spears, could vaguely see the cold glow blooming on the spears by the light of the light, which made people shudder. The black feathers fluttering on the helmet are even more impressive.

"Look! This formation, this iron armor, isn't this the Imperial Forest Army? ”

"I don't know what happened, I let the pro-army come out and get people in person!"

"Alas~ who knows?"

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The people of Bianjing saw at a glance that this was the Imperial Forest Army from the palace, and they all exclaimed. After all, the military system of the Northern Song Dynasty was strict, and ordinary generals only had the right to train and manage the army, but they could not mobilize them. And the dispatch of the Royal Forest Army, which is the brilliant Imperial Forest Army in the army, must have been ordered by the royal family, but what could alarm the royal family and disturb the city of Bianjing?

This group of more than 200 forbidden troops, in full view of everyone, finally stopped at an inn called Yuelai Laodian in Yujie in the south of the city, the general dismounted, and more than 200 soldiers were divided into four columns according to the training deployment to stand at the door of this inn.

The people of Bianjing hid from a distance and watched what was about to happen, this inn, which was originally a very good business, was afraid that it would be much deserted in the future.

With so many sergeants blocking the door of his store, the innkeeper threw away the dishes in his hand in a panic and ran upstairs.

After a while, he followed a short and fat man in a red shirt with big sleeves and trembling legs down the stairs.

But the short and fat man walked up to the two generals very calmly, and said with a smile: "I don't know the general's drive, unwelcome, unwelcome!" ”

This man is obviously the owner of this inn, although the status of this soldier has been worse day by day since the Taizu Chen Qiao mutiny and the addition of the yellow robe. However, these soldiers looked like the Imperial Forest Army from the palace, and it was still necessary to say some respectful words to them.

The general standing in front glanced at the short and fat man with disdain, and was about to inform him of his trip, but was stopped by his words of preemptiveness.

"I don't know where the small shop has neglected the general? It's so hard to fight, why don't you invite the general to taste the newly brewed osmanthus fragrance in the small shop first, and make amends to the general? With that, the innkeeper made a gesture of invitation.

The soldier has always been upright, and he has already heard from the words that the innkeeper is very dissatisfied with their actions affecting the inn's business, so he directly said a long story short: "No need, I heard that Bianjing has recently mixed into the Western Xia Dynasty, and I will come to search for it by the Holy Lord's command, and it has nothing to do with you!" You just get out of the way, but if you find out that you are colluding and doing it, then you will be ruthless! With that, the general led a dozen sergeants into the inn.

The innkeeper couldn't stop it, so he had to echo: "How dare you, how dare you, but if you find the Xixia fine crop, the grass people must be sent to Kaifeng Mansion first!" Never harbor! ”

"So good! Wait downstairs first, don't follow! With that, the general walked up the stairs with two guards, and the rest of the people looked at the innkeeper and the shopkeeper in a circle. The people of Bianjing, who came to dine and entertain on the first floor of the inn, were stunned or looking out of the door, or looking at the innkeeper, or looking at the generals who had already walked upstairs. The spears erected in the hands of the forbidden army outside the gate bloomed in the moonlight, and they were completely overwhelmed, let alone dare to act rashly.

Yuelai Old Store is a fairly large inn, the general led two guards through several corridors on the second floor, and walked to the third room of Tianzi, where the lights were all turned off, and through the wooden doors and windows, the intermittent snoring sound from the room could still be faintly heard.

The general's right hand was clasped on the door, and he was about to tap lightly, but his hand had just reached the air but suddenly stopped, and after thinking for a while, his right hand was withdrawn.

"Smack!" The general's feet were still quite strong, and he only heard a snap, and the locked door was kicked open.

At the same time, the snoring inside also suddenly stopped, and this sound also woke up the sleeping people in the room.

"Who's coming? You wait for His Highness to protect and retreat first! I'm coming to the Queen! A sonorous shout rang out, and a black figure stood in front of the general.

At the same time, the two guards outside the door did not follow, but guarded the corridors on both sides of the door.

"Where are you going?" The general just said lightly, and the hostility of the black shadow inside suddenly subsided by half.

Ling ...... General Ling!? The dark shadow guessed in a whisper of amazement.

The general did not answer the black shadow's words, but walked to a corner of the room as if it were very familiar, took out a cylindrical object from his bosom, and only heard the sound of "click".

The oil lamp in the room was lit, the lamp illuminated the whole room, the general looked around, the four people in the room were the same as Zhou Yang, the head of the Imperial Forest Guard, and Zhou Yang, the king of Jian'an County, and Zhou Yang, who had two soldiers of the forbidden army last night. And this general is none other than the Imperial Forest pro-army Du Yu Marquis Ling Feng.

"The last general will see the king of the county! There are many offenses, and I ask the king of the county to forgive me! Ling Feng knelt down on one knee facing Zhao Shu with his hands in his fists and apologized.

To be honest, Zhao Shu was also frightened by Ling Feng. When Ling Feng broke in just now, Zhao Shu thought that he was here to assassinate, and he thought that he would have to experience such a thrilling assassination after finally crossing once. However, seeing that it was Ling Feng, Zhao Shu's heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

"It turned out to be General Ling, why did you bother to make such a show? It seems that the queen mother is still lenient, and with General Ling to protect the safety of this king, this king can sit back and relax! ”

"Return to the county king! The last general will be ordered by the queen this time to welcome His Royal Highness back to the palace! ”

"It's not.... What the? General Ling, this king has only been shopping in Bianjing for a day, and he hasn't walked enough, why are you in such a hurry? Can you be accommodating, or go back and tell the queen mother, I'll go back for another day......"

"It will be difficult to obey the fate! Recently, Xixia has frequently provoked the border, and according to the report from the spies of the Imperial City Division, Xixia has sent Yuan Haotang killers to infiltrate Bianjing, wanting to attack the royal family and force the emperor to submit! Please also ask Your Highness to focus on the overall situation and return to the palace with the last general! ”

“......”

Zhao Shu was speechless, it seemed that he couldn't beat Ling Feng, so he could only nod in agreement. However, Zhao Shu was still unwilling, and he still wondered in his heart: How did this Ling Feng know that he lived in this inn? It is said that the sergeant who was sent out at noon was also sent out before they had been in Bianjing for most of the day.

"Where can this Bianjing City escape the eyes of the Imperial City Division? What's more, His Highness's dress is so ostentatious, it's hard to recognize it! As if seeing Zhao Shu's thoughts, Zhou Yang leaned into Zhao Shu's ear and whispered.

"Didn't you say that this Imperial City Division had been deserted for many days, just searching for some rare treasures for my father?"

"At least in Bianjing, the eyeliner of the Imperial City Division can still work to some extent!"

Zhao Shu, Zhou Yang and the others followed Ling Feng downstairs and walked to the outside of the inn, the people in the inn had already been driven out by another general with the forbidden army, but the short and fat innkeeper had disappeared early.

More than 200 forbidden soldiers wearing iron armor, silver helmets on their heads, two red tasseled short spears on their backs, red cloaks under the short guns, and spears in their hands shining in the moonlight were lined up in four teams, with solemn expressions, which surprised Zhao Shu.

In the past few days since I came to the Song Dynasty, I have never seen an army with this lineup. This lineup of troops reminded him of the Puritan-like armies of later generations.

"General Zhou, which army is this? Looks pretty tough! Zhao Shu asked in a whisper beside Zhou Yang.

"This is the squad under the command of the former division of the palace, named "Golden Gun Class", good at using guns and lances, selected from the forbidden armies, is the elite of the army, especially brave! ”

Zhao Shu nodded with shock, the history books of later generations have been criticizing the lax military discipline in the late Northern Song Dynasty, it seems that it is only for the army outside, and the imperial forest army in the palace is quite elite, but the emperor is not good at using it.

A forbidden soldier pulled out a big black horse from the stable in the backyard of the inn, and Ling Feng was also waiting for Zhao Shu to mount his horse before heading towards the palace together. But Zhao Shu was looking at the two hundred and more golden gun squad sergeants in a daze.

Ling Feng and Zhou Yang were waiting a little anxiously, but they didn't know that Zhao Shu was now thinking about how to get more than two hundred people under his command.

"Your Highness! It's time to head back to the palace! Ling Feng clenched his fists and reminded Zhao Shu.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Seeing that Zhao Shu didn't react for a long time, Ling Feng called two more times: "Your Highness, you have been staying outside for a long time, you have a lot of dreams at night, and you are afraid that your mother will worry, Your Highness should return to the palace as soon as possible!" ”

Zhao Shu, who woke up from his daze, smiled awkwardly at Ling Feng, but the other general who came with Ling Feng made Zhao Shu feel that he should start with him: "I don't know if this general is ......"

"Xu Ning, the head of the Golden Gun Class at the end!" The general, Xu Ning, replied with his fists clenched.

Xu Ning!? This majestic, more than 1.8 meters tall general with a smile on his mouth and a beard made Zhao Shu feel very familiar, but he couldn't remember who this person was, but he was sure that this person must be a big person.

"General Xu's marksmanship is exquisite, known as the golden gunner, and he can be described as the champion of the three armies!" In front of Zhao Shu, Ling Feng complimented Xu Ning.

After several people exchanged pleasantries with each other under Ling Feng's impatient gaze for a while, Zhao Shu finally got on the horse.

However, the minute he sat in the saddle, Zhao Shu remembered that he seemed to have never ridden a horse since he was a child, and now he had no choice but to bite the bullet, and on the other hand, he asked Ling Feng: "General Ling! This king is not good at horsemanship, can he walk slowly? ”

Ling Feng nodded in agreement, the speed of this team of people and horses all walked according to Zhao Shu's speed, and after walking for a while, Ling Feng finally understood Zhao Shu's so-called "slow", where is this called walking, this is purely called walking.