Chapter 659: The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan
Knowing the actual situation of the cherry blossoms from Mrs. Dongying, Zhu Qing didn't dare to be careless, he asked the white wolf to leave Tiejian Mountain with the information overnight, rushed to the outside of the pass, and handed it over to the wolf king Cao Huachun, Cao Huachun After seeing the information, he naturally knew how to deal with it.
It is said that Cao Huachun didn't want to ask about the affairs of the court and the rivers and lakes, but for Zhu Qing was different, since he was willing to help this time and let the white wolf come to Zhu Qing with intelligence, he would definitely not stand idly by. With Cao Huachun's help, there is always a temporary stability outside the customs for a while.
Dealing with the information, it was already midnight, and under the repeated retention of the Musang Dao people, Zhu Qing and the other three stayed in Tiejianmen for half a night, and when it was dawn, they set off for the south.
In the second half of the night, several of them continued to talk in the living room, analyzing everything from the current situation to the situation in the rivers and lakes. Among them, the situation in Taiwan has become the focus of everyone's attention. Zhu Qing deliberately belittled the imperial court this time, just to investigate the situation in Taiwan, a guilty person is going to serve in Guangxi, who would have thought that he would stare at Taiwan? Mu Sang Dao people were deeply impressed by Zhu Qing's spirit of enduring humiliation, replacing wine with tea, and saluted again and again, "The state-owned Qinglong is like this, and it is expected to be carried out!" Even Mrs. Dongying, who was not flattering to Qinglong, had to secretly admire, losing at the hands of such a person was not wronged at all, "I salute the general." ”
Zhu Qing was stunned for a moment, quickly picked up the teacup, and replied, "Thank you, madam." ”
"General, I don't know whether to say something or not." Mrs. Dongying put down her glass and said.
"Madame, please."
"In the strategic plan of the Dongying Society, the treasure island is also a part of it, so the general should not only guard against foreign hair......s when he goes south this time," Mrs. Dongying finished speaking, and unconsciously drank a cup of herself, for her, this is a sentence that betrays her beliefs.
Zhu Qing listened, suppressed the indignation in his heart, and solemnly saluted Mrs. Dongying, "Thank you Madame for reminding you!" This is a big secret, although Zhu Qing knew that Japan would have plans for Taiwan, but he was quite surprised by the move at this time.
After hearing this, Mu Sang Dao also felt that the situation was not simple, although Zhu Qing had the intention to kill the thief, but now that he was demoted, he had no military power in his hands, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so he got up and returned to his house, and after a while, he took out a token and handed it to Zhu Qing.
Zhu Qing took a look and said suspiciously, "Seven Heroes Town? ”
Mu Sang Daoren nodded, "That's right. This was the most important symbol of my activities in Jiangnan back then, and Seven Heroes Town once invited me to join them to drive out the Japanese and evil, and work together for a great cause. It's just that you also know that I'm unrestrained, and I don't want to do things for anyone, and I don't want to be bound by others, so I returned to Jiangbei and founded the Iron Sword Gate, which is my own faction and is at ease. However, the Seven Heroes of Seven Heroes Town are indeed chivalrous, although I don't want to stay, but they still recognize me as their own person, and give me this token, like the Seven Heroes, you can command the knights of Seven Heroes Town. Brother Zhu went south this time, if there is a need, you can take this card to the Seven Heroes Town, Brother Zhu's ambition coincides with the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, and they will not stand idly by. And the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan in the south of the power can not be underestimated, if the Seven Heroes Town waved the banner to order the heroes of the rivers and lakes, they will definitely be able to gather to respond, but all along, although the Seven Heroes have great ambitions, but after all, most of them are chivalrous and righteous acts, it is difficult for one person to come out to organize the overall situation, it is difficult to achieve a big plan, if Brother Zhu can convince the Seven Heroes and come forward to organize the overall situation, it must be a different scene. ”
The more Mu Sang Dao people talked, the more excited they became. Zhu Qing smiled indifferently, "Since Seven Heroes Town has been peaceful for so many years, why should it be stirred into this quagmire?" Everyone has their own ambitions, Zhu Qing will not endure the difficulties......" From a distance, Zhu Qing seemed to refuse, Musang Daoist was quite anxious, this may be the best way for him to repay Zhu Qing's kindness, Zhu Qing saw that he was so attentive, so he continued to smile and said, "However, the Taoist chief should not live up to his good intentions, I accepted this token, if he has an accident in the future, he can also turn to the Jiangnan Seven Heroes for help." Zhu Qing said, holding the token and thanking the Musang Dao people. Seeing this, Mu Sang Daoren nodded with relief.
After a few people chatted for a while, Mrs. Dongying couldn't sit for a long time because she was sick, so she could only go back to the house first, Zhu Qing saw this, and it was not good to bother again, after all, Mrs. Dongying was inconvenient, and she wanted to be personally supported by Musang Daoren, so Zhu Qing and the three of them also took the opportunity to say goodbye and temporarily went back to the guest room to rest.
Sure enough, as soon as the next day dawned, Zhu Qing and the three of them got up early, and a few children got up even earlier, had already cleaned the inside and outside of the Taoist temple, and had already prepared breakfast.
Zhu Qing and the others had breakfast, quit the Musang Daoren couple and the children in the Guanzhong, took their bags, and began to go down the mountain.
At this time, there are already pilgrims who have come up to the mountain to worship incense one after another, maybe it is a morning exercise, and Zhu Qing and the three of them are not sure, but it will be of great benefit to be able to recuperate in such a place. Zhu Qing smiled at the two entourage, "I have nothing to do in the future, I also want to find such a treasure......"
"Do you still want a fairy couple?" The two didn't wait for Zhu Qing to finish speaking, then joked, the three of them looked at each other, laughed loudly and went out......
However, a few families are happy and a few are sad, a few families are wandering on the streets, and the scenes up and down the mountains are quite contrasting. When Zhu Qing and the three of them reached the foot of the mountain, they met three or five refugees, Zhu Qing looked at these refugees, stopped and asked the two attendants to take out their personal rations and distribute them to them.
"This way south, we are also tight." The squire reminded.
Zhu Qing didn't care, and resolutely ordered, "Points." Didn't Daoist Fang give us some dry food again? Give them all to them, and when we get to the next station, we'll be fine, but where is the next station for the refugees? Zhu Qing said and couldn't help sighing.
In the face of the refugees' gratitude, one of the attendants also sighed, "Now it is much better than before, before the land reform was implemented, even the bark in this area was eaten, and many people even changed their children to eat, which is simply miserable." ”
After hearing this, Zhu Qing couldn't help but look up at the sky, "I hope God will bless you this autumn and give the people more food." ”
After rescuing the refugees, the three of them continued to hurry, took their horses at the post house at the foot of the mountain, and beat them away. It is said that the people who are degraded do not have horses to sit on, but the so-called mountain is far away from the emperor, and this area is the territory of the Kaifeng Army, Liangshan informed the friends of the rivers and lakes on the road Zhou Ji Zhu Qing and others, it is not strange, and no one is suspicious, the most likely to expose is that Zhu Qing's wind-chasing horse, a good horse for thousands of miles, is easy to identify, but this horse can't be tethered, where Zhu Qing is, it is generally not too far away, it is simply on call. Such a good horse, how can you bear to give it up?
The three of them hit the horses and walked, and the itinerary was greatly accelerated, but every time they arrived at a pavilion, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Zhu Qing and the three of them got off the horse and walked to report, because there was a lot of care on the road, many people were in awe of Zhu Qing, and some things were turned a blind eye, and no one could be bored enough to go to Beijing to sue the emperor because of this matter, right? That might be fine, but since then, he has offended Jinyiwei, and a fool will do that.
After stopping and stopping like this for half a month, Zhu Qing and the others finally arrived at the legendary Seven Heroes Town!
"After Qixia Town, it is the boundary of Guangxi. Do you want to stay overnight? One of the attendants asked.
Zhu Qing nodded, "It's okay." Just remember that even though we stayed at the inn in the town, we must not mention the matter of the token, and it is better to be careful when we first arrive, not to mention that it is inconvenient to disturb. ”
"Understood, I'm going to inquire about the inn." The other attendant answered, and went to the inn first.
In order to avoid being too public, the three of them dismounted and walked before entering the town, and the two attendants even deposited the horses in the post house at the entrance of the town, and Zhu Qing's wind-chasing horse naturally would not be subject to such constraints, Zhu Qing untied it, touched his mane and told it in his ear, "Go to the waves yourself, but don't go too far, lest you not be called when you get it." As he spoke, he patted the wind chasing horse lightly, and the wind chasing horse let out a low roar, walked out of the town in the sunset, and walked towards a lake.
After a while, the attendant who had gone to inquire about the inn returned, and another attendant asked eagerly, "How is it, is there a place to stay?" ”
"There's an inn."
"What? Just one? ”
Zhu Qing looked at the smiling expression of the attendant who went to the inn, and gently patted the shoulder of the other attendant with understanding, "What he means is that the name of the inn is 'Youjian Inn'...... Right? After Zhu Qing finished speaking, he confirmed the answer with the attendant.
The attendant was quite surprised, and nodded again and again, "It's still ......."
"Shh Halfway through the words, Zhu Qing hurriedly stopped it.
The attendant knew that he was quick to speak for a while, so he nodded cautiously and changed his words, "Brother Zhu is still well-informed, and it is really called an inn." I said hello, there is still a room, enough for us to live. Let's go. ”
The three of them walked into an inn with their suits, and the sparse landing in the inn was not very lively, but it was not very deserted either. When the shopkeeper saw the business, he quickly greeted him with a smile, and when he saw the waiter who had just booked the room, he was even more respectful, after all, he pulled three people in this order, and looking at Zhu Qing and others dressed as businessmen, they must be going to live in the house, so they can naturally earn more silver.
However, as soon as Zhu Qing spoke, the shopkeeper's smile froze suddenly, "Shopkeeper, bring us a lower room." ”
Not to mention the shopkeeper, even the attendants couldn't help but be surprised, even if they went to the next room, there was only one room, wouldn't it be possible to have three big men squeeze into a room? But now that Zhu Qing has spoken, the two attendants can't say anything more.
"This ......," the shopkeeper looked embarrassed.
"If you listen to us in charge, we will open one." One of the attendants urged.
The shopkeeper had no choice but to nod sheepishly, returned to the counter to get the key, and muttered from time to time, "It's another group of poor sour men pretending to be uncles." ”
Of course, only Zhu Qing heard it, but he smiled disapprehantly.
"The one on the second floor, go by yourself." The shopkeeper handed over the key and said lukewarmly.
How could the two attendants stand such service treatment, and they were about to theorize, but they were unexpectedly stopped by Zhu Qing, he took a step forward and smiled respectfully at the shopkeeper, "Thank you." Troublesome shopkeeper fried two dishes casually, we were hungry on the road. ”
"Hard goods?"
"No, just a few home-cooked meals."
"Do you want wine?"
"I'm going to be on the road tomorrow, and I don't want any wine." Zhu Qing smiled again.
The shopkeeper glanced at him, and replied lukewarmly, "I know, you go up first, and the food will be delivered later." ”
"Brother Zhu, it's okay to live in a room, but our rations have been distributed to the refugees along the way, we haven't had a good meal for several days, and we still have to hurry tomorrow......" When the three of them went upstairs, a waiter complained.
Zhu Qing sighed as he walked, "It's because there are so many refugees along the way, we have to be more frugal, there are no fewer refugees in the south than in the north, let's help one count one......
As soon as the two of them heard this, another attendant poked the complaining man and said softly, "Brother Zhu can bear it, what are you and I pretending to be delicate?" Listen to Brother Zhu. ”
"The younger brother is presumptuous, and I ask my brother to forgive me." When the attendant heard this, he bowed his head and apologized.
Zhu Qing smiled tolerantly, "Brother doesn't have to be like this, when I get to the station, I will treat my brother to a good meal." ”
The three of them were chatting and walking up to the second floor, when several people suddenly approached in the hall, and they looked a little anxious as soon as they entered the door.
Zhu Qing looked back and saw six people sitting around a table, all dressed up decently but without the slightest blur, at first glance, they should be people in the rivers and lakes.
"Shopkeeper, is the seventh master here?" Suddenly, one asked.
The shopkeeper ran out of the back kitchen and answered, "It's not here yet." ”
"Hey, this old seven, every time I procrastinate in a meeting, I don't know if I'm going to mess with that girl again."
"Ignore him, let's talk about it first, this time they even dared to kill the minister, it seems that something big is going to happen......" The eldest of the six said worriedly.
At this time, Xiao Er brought out the food, and the other person greeted impatiently, "Hurry up, hurry over, I haven't had dinner yet......"
"I'm sorry third master, this was ordered by the guest upstairs." Xiao Er owed himself and said with a smile.
"Guest?" The third master was stunned, and the other people couldn't help but look up, and they looked at each other with Zhu Qing and others on the second floor, and somehow, the two sides looked at each other like this, and didn't speak, and after a while, a person suddenly broke in outside the door, and Hang Erlang said, "The seventh master is here!" ”
This sound broke the silence and gaze of both sides, and the older man waved his hand to Xiao Er and said, "Let's go to the guest first." ”