Chapter 68 The Shaohua Pass Blocks the Marquis
Along the way, everywhere Wang Ji went, he could always know from the yamen, the roadside post station, and the passers-by that there was always a team of men with weapons on the official road, riding healthy horses to the northwest. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Although this team of people has no specific image in Wang Ji's heart, it has been all the way for thirty days, and Wang Ji has been following everyone constantly, crossing the Yellow River and crossing the Yellow River again.
I thought that these people were going to go to Jingzhao Mansion, but after Wang Ji chased for a hundred miles and lost his trace, he turned back and chased north.
"Marquis Wang Yu, this time they are chasing the right, they are going north, probably passing through Huayin and entering the south of Yan'an Mansion." A master who had gone to inquire about the news replied.
"Hmph, see where they can go, even if they go to Western Xia and Tubo, they will catch up with them." This month's pursuit, Wang Ji's anger in his heart is getting worse day by day, just like a person waiting for something that has been waiting for a long time, that is, he is getting more and more anxious day by day.
The team of people in front of him has always been in Wang Ji's heart, and they have followed all the way to the present, and the dress characteristics, height and length of these people are slowly becoming clearer, and they seem to be close at hand, but they are still missing the last fire.
They changed to another healthy horse, which was about the same rest, drank some water, and ate dry food. The horses galloped up, the speed was fast, on this official road, with a slip of wind passed, at this time it was the official road of late autumn, dusty, fallen leaves flying.
"Wang Yuhou, that team just passed through Huayin County last night and went north." The soldier who inquired about the news came back to report.
"Haha... Today will catch up, go quickly... "Just after yesterday, Wang Ji was overjoyed in his heart, one person and two horses took turns to chase, and today he will inevitably catch up with these people on the official road.
The whole team of people and horses, more than 20 people, more than 40 healthy horses. It seems that they all feel a joy, a vent, a excitement. After suppressing and chasing for more than a month, it seems that the ensuing fight is nothing, today is the end, and today is success.
Watching the sun slowly set, Wang Ji looked back at the slight smile on everyone's tired face, and his heart was also more confident: "If you don't stay tonight, keep chasing." ā
The official road passes through the foot of a mountain range, where there is a flat area, a trail up the mountain on the right, and a very steep cliff on the left.
The official road is already full of rejecting trees, and there is a small path in the middle, and there are wooden poles on it. This is the bayonet set up in Shaohua Mountain in the past two months, and the function is to collect tolls for business travel.
More than 40 healthy horses rushed straight to the bayonet, and when they saw the bayonet in the distance, there were still many pedestrians queuing up to pass, and some people were inspecting the goods of the merchants' trucks and collecting the corresponding tolls.
A soldier squeezed the horse's belly with all his might, rushed out of the horse team, and shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, the Tokyo forbidden army is doing something!" ā
The crowd queuing through the customs had already discovered the horse team behind, looking at the team of one person and two horses, and also knew that these people were extraordinary, and everyone unconsciously hid to the side. At the pass, there is no one else.
The soldier shouted as he came to the pass. Seeing that the big wooden pole across the pass was still not opened, he couldn't help but be furious: "Who is in charge of this place, how can it be reasonable, but to seek death?" ā
There were forty or fifty minions at the pass, and at this time, they were on guard, and the only few bows and crossbows in the cottage were also placed in front of the head.
There is also a big man, holding a big pole knife and walking to the main pass. This big knife is different from ordinary knives, and the back of the fine iron blade is connected to a long wooden pole, which is as long as a large gun, but it is best used for long-distance chopping.
"It doesn't matter where you are on an errand, when you cross my Shaohua Mountain, you naturally have to pay the toll, one hundred taels per person, and you can only pass after paying the toll." This person is the third leader of Shaohua Mountain, the white flower snake Yang Chun.
As soon as Yang Chun's words came out, there was laughter next to him, and even those passers-by on the side were also laughing. It's not anything else that laughs, if it's an ordinary passerby, one person can pass by by charging a few copper coins. It's that this person is not interesting, and he is not ashamed to come up, but he didn't expect this young man from Shaohua Mountain to open his mouth and ask for a hundred taels of people, where can he not laugh.
"Daring, do you want to die?" This soldier was furious, and was laughed at by these countrymen, where can he not be angry, that is, the Pu knife is already about to be unsheathed.
is a master of the Bianliang Forbidden Army, a generation of military service, where to take the people in this remote place seriously, that is, he unconsciously has a sense of superiority in his heart.
"Hmph, you dog, but you don't want to pay?" Yang Chun's tone was full of threat. Obviously, Yang Chun deliberately embarrassed these people, and he didn't really want to charge any toll fees for one hundred and two people.
Wang Ji and everyone also came forward, slowly reined in the horses, he could see what was happening, at this time he looked forward at the forty or fifty minions at the official road bayonet, and then looked at the path up the mountain on the side of the bayonet. The face is not good, but there is no big move.
"One hundred taels is too expensive, I wonder if I can discount the price?" Wang Ji opened his mouth and said such a thing, it is also Wang Ji smart, he knows that those who can collect tolls here must be some forces, and now the business is important, as long as the business is done properly, the money is easy to say.
Obviously, it's not something that can't be beaten, since ancient times, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, this time it is, but one hundred and one people, more than 20 people are more than two thousand taels, it is really a bit much, Wang Ji set off in a hurry, but he didn't bring much money, and he spent all the way, and at this time, there were roughly more than two thousand taels on his body, this is still because the Taiwei Mansion is really rich, otherwise he can't bring so much silver when he goes out on an errand.
"Lao Tzu said that a hundred taels is a hundred taels, and a copper cannot be less, otherwise you will not be able to pass this road today." Yang Chun's voice was even more disdainful, everything was done according to Zheng Zhi's arrangement.
Zheng Zhi's arrangement is also to define the death of these people as the hands of the bandits and bandits who have a conflict over the toll, so that he can get out of it and have a lot less trouble.
As for this Shaohua Mountain, Zheng Zhi is not worried, Gao Taiwei, who is far away in Tokyo, has no way to destroy this Shaohua Mountain, and in the end, he still has to pass through the generals in the northwest, and the subsequent things, Zheng Zhi will naturally have a solution with his back to the Seed Master. The county officials are not as good as the current management, which is the reason.
"Really non-negotiable?" Wang Ji's face was even more unkind, and his tone was a little angry, so he asked again.
"A copper is indispensable." Yang Chun's tone was hard, just waiting for this Wang Ji to get angry.
Unexpectedly, Wang Ji looked angry, nodded, and said, "Okay, so-and-so is for you, open the gate quickly." ā
Even Yang Chun didn't expect that a hundred taels would be more than one person, this Wang Ji really agreed, and he couldn't help but panic in his heart, what should I do if this fire is not provoked? Brother Zheng Zhi's instructions can't be bad.
Seeing that the leader ordered people to start preparing silver taels, Yang Chun's mind turned, and he said: "A person is more than one hundred taels, and a horse is more than one in two hundred miles." ā
Many minions listened to their own leader's words, and they all laughed back and forth, and they didn't know that their own leader was entertaining these people, and they spoke one after another.
"Yes, yes, two hundred taels of horses!"
"The three-headed leader will make an offer, and if you don't give one, you are not allowed to pass."
Even the roadside business travelers also feel that these people from Tokyo are really big, and they have to offend these strongmen from Shaohua Mountain, otherwise the price of less than one or two silver will pass.
"Are you here to entertain Ben Yuhou?" Wang Ji didn't know that these people clearly couldn't get along with him, and he just tolerated it, because he really didn't want to have more troubles, but it didn't mean that the Pu knife in his hand was unfavorable.
"What about entertaining you? Lao Tzu has not met such an arrogant person at the foot of this Shaohua Mountain, it is this price, just give the money, and return if you don't give it. Yang Chun's heart was relieved, and he had finally completed the task.
"I don't know what to do, you are not good at being the Pu knife in the hands of Marquis Ben Yu?" Wang Ji is going to threaten it, but if the threat fails, then there is only force.
"It's not good for you to be a long knife in your grandfather's hand?" Yang Chun is already first-class in martial arts, and he is used to being a strongman, not to mention the characters in the rivers and lakes, even the officers and soldiers of Huayin have also fought several times, where will they be afraid of gambling with others.
"Look for death!" As soon as the words fell, Wang Yuhou Pu knife in hand, the horses galloped away, and went straight to Yang Chun, until he wanted to kill this person, and he would fight quickly, so that he could chase people.