Chapter 492: Hou Prisoner
"How did you come up with the idea to put such a thing on a horse?"
After carefully walking around the horses a few times, Zhao Wuxian found that more than 20 horses for riding had unilateral straw ropes under their saddles, which looked like stirrups in later generations.
However, the Hou prisoner in front of him was just a slightly smarter martial artist, over thirty years old, except for being bold, but he did not show too much extraordinary.
And his answer made Zhao Wuxian feel at ease.
"The villain rode a pony when he was young, but these soldiers were all warriors and had never ridden before, so it was a little difficult to get on the horse suddenly. So the little man came up with the idea of tying a rope under the saddle so that he could hold the saddle and step on the horse......"
It turned out to be a tool for getting on the horse, not a place for the horse to pedal when it gallops! Zhao Wuxian was a little relieved. However, I still admired Hou Gong's cleverness to dare to create, and couldn't help but praise a few words.
Hou Cheng is acquainted, he is a small Ma Zheng, and the status gap between the doctor Zhao Wuxian seems to be a world of difference, after a few words of humility and praise Zhao Wuxian is a sage who is born to know: "This saddle should be changed from a simple horse sheath, with this thing, people can sit on the back of a running horse, shoot a bow and arrows, throw spears and gallop, and only Zhao's light cavalry can make miraculous achievements in the battle with the Qi people!" β
Zhao Wuxian was noncommittal, and then pretended to let Hou Jian also tie a straw rope to his black saddle, and tried to pedal a few times, which was indeed much more convenient.
It's just that Yu Xi and other horsemen on the side rely on their excellent riding skills and secretly scoff at this: "It's a joke, you need to borrow strength on the last horse." These Lu people are not suitable for cavalry by nature, and they are just smiling and generous after following suit! β
Zhao Wuxian rebuked them softly: "Hugh is presumptuous. When Yu comes to the saddle, some of the Di people who are used to riding bareback horses may still be like you. Despise us! β
That's right, the invention is largely created by lazy people, because of the real needs, the more unfamiliar with horseback riding, the more I want to get some simple harness to use, and the emergence of stirrups in history may have a similar process.
"It's a manufacturable ......"
Zhao Wuxian admired Hou Prisoner a little, but what made him strange was that Hou Prisoner spoke. I always can't help but stare at Gong Ruo. It stands to reason that this horse-like, light-riding horse should pay more attention to him after seeing the template Zhao Wuxian that he emulated, right?
Is it fear? No, that look doesn't look like it.
It was only occasionally that he glanced at him, and Hou Prisoner barely smiled, his expression a little unnatural.
"I don't know if I'm too careful......"
Zhao Wuxian thought so, but suddenly said: "It's a pity that Houma is an important minister of Yunyi, otherwise." With your passion for horses and emulating cavalry, I would like to hire you as a horseman in Silu!" β
Gong Ruo, who was beside him, was slightly stunned, and then laughed. It's just a joke of Zhao Wuxian.
"Little Sikou, the rest of the people are up to you to ask, but you can't. He is in charge of my army, and I treat him as if he were my own son. How can you serve others? β
But Hou Criminal's face was even more abnormal, and in the end he just smiled dryly: "Yes." However, the generations of the villain clan have been loyal to the uncle and grandson clan, and they have to do their duty for the old yi, and they have no blessing to serve the little Sikou......"
His face was immediately full of laughter, and he said to Gong Ruoxian: "Lao Yi Zai, the villain recently found a rare sword from Wu Di, and invited all his colleagues in Yi to feast and watch the sword together, I wonder if Lao Yi Zai can appreciate his face?" β
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was no man who did not love the sword, the sword was a weapon for killing, and it was also a gentleman's weapon, especially the sword of Wu Yue, which moved to its place and was able to be good, and it was a treasure that was difficult to change!
So Gong Ruo readily agreed to go to the Hou prisoner's mansion for a banquet in the evening, and Zhao Wuxian looked at the Hou prisoner with a smile, feeling more and more that this thing was not quite right.
Although the Hou prisoner hesitated for a moment in the end, he still came over to invite Zhao Wuxian to go with him, but Zhao Wuxian knew that if he changed to an ordinary person and encountered his own identity and status, where would he not die, unless the Hou prisoner was worried about something in his heart, what was he afraid of?
Because in the Yanghu Rebellion, there was a bad record of leading troops to be stationed in the city but suddenly broke out into a sneak attack, and Zhao Wuxian's army was also suspicious of the Yun people, and now he can only be stationed outside, and there are only some black-clothed guards and Mu Xia, Yu Xi and others who enter the city with him.
And on the surrounding pastures, there are more than 100 soldiers who are criminals, and in this case, the gentleman does not stand a dangerous wall. When you withdraw, you withdraw!
So he smiled and declined: "In the past few days, the old Yi Zai invited me to travel all over the city, and I just returned from Jiagu, I am really a little tired, so I will not accompany me, and I hope Hou Ma is forgiving me." β
Sure enough, Zhao Wuxian found that when he heard that he was not going, Hou Guilty had some surprise on his face, but Gong Ruoxian did not notice it, and just asked the erector to take Zhao Wuxian back to the pavilion to rest.
Zhao Wuxian politely refused: "We are martial artists, we still live in the camp tent more comfortably, I haven't inspected the camp tent for a few days, and I will go back to discipline to prevent the soldiers from harassing the township of Yuyi......"
After the group parted with such a smile, Gong Ruo walked towards the city surrounded by Hou Prisoner and others. Zhao Wuxian immediately saddled his horse, looked back and frowned for a moment, and then returned to the camp with his attendants and guards.
After lifting the curtain, his face sank like water, and he instructed the people around him: "Find Yu Ping immediately!" β
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"Actually, my family is also rich, and it was once richer than Sanhuan. By the time of my grandfather Yun Zhaobo, the Yu family's mansion in Qufu was adjacent to the Ji family, and he liked flying eagles and dogs, especially cockfights with the ruling Ji Pingzi. But Ji Pingzi wanted to cheat after repeated defeats, he let the chicken wear a leather armor to fight, how could this work? My grandfather was not angry, so he treated him in the same way, put a copper hook on the chicken feet, and finally defeated Ji's chicken. So Ji Pingzi was furious and wanted to attack the Yu family...... After that, everyone in Lu knows about it, the cockfight caused a dispute between Lu Zhaogong and Ji Pingzi, and finally my grandfather was killed by Meng, and Lu Zhaogong was forced to flee abroad......"
He Ping is a middle-aged man with a pale face and a slight fortune, and he is the remains of the Yu family. After all, the Lu State rarely plays cruel means of extermination. Although the Yu clan declined, he stayed in the city. Guarding 100 acres of sacrificial fields to make a living, it can be regarded as a typical representative of the decline from "doctor's food" to "scholar's food". Judging from Fa Fu's figure, life should be okay.
But when he was a child, where could he stand this kind of gap, and when Zhao Ying came to Lu State, he heard that Zhao Qing liked to recruit talents, so he ran to take refuge. However, Zhao Ying's meritocracy was a meritocracy, and he was treated indifferently for those who did not have anything extraordinary, and he was even more smiling at his request to ask the Jin State to be the master and restore the status of the Yu family, and he was even unwilling to bring him back to the Jin Kingdom.
In the end, it was Zhao Wuxian who left Yu Ping behind, hoping to use it as a staff officer who was familiar with the inside story of Yu Yi. There is nothing wrong with him, but when he has nothing to do, he talks about the past glory of the family in front of people, just like Xianglin's sister-in-law.
He did help Zhang Mengtan a lot before, but Zhao Wuxian suddenly felt that with the current situation, he still knew too little about the complicated situation in Yunyi!
So Zhao Wuxian unceremoniously interrupted Yu Ping's nagging, and said straight to the point: "Tell me about this person!" β
He has no ability to say goodbye, and he is very familiar with the various allusions to the relationship between Yi and Yi from ancient times to the present. He thought for a while and said: "Xiao Sikou must also know that there is no Sima in Yunyi, so Ma Zhenghou will take charge of the military on his behalf, and he is the second person in the Yi after Gong Ruo. It is said that he treated his father like a father. But everyone knows that Hou Zheng actually hopes that after Gong Ruo's death, he can pass on the position of Yi Zhai to him. β
"You want to pass on the throne to him?"
Zhao Wuxian groaned. It stands to reason that Yi Zai, Yi Sima, Ma Zheng and other retainers held positions. It was appointed by the lord of the realm. However, in the strange country of Lu, Sanhuan specializes in Luhou. And the courtiers are specialized, and one by one the big cities seem to be the feudal towns of the late Tang Dynasty in later generations, some of them are simply passed down from generation to generation, and some are passed on to capable cronies, anyway, this semi-independent state must be maintained.
"So, this is an ambitious man?"
"Of course, and I heard that he has been in close contact with Gongzheng Sichi recently."
Zhao Wuxian frowned, he seemed to have heard of this name: "Gongzheng Sichi? β
"It is an old minister of the uncle and grandson clan, and he is also the only person in the city who has his heart for the head of the uncle and grandson family."
"Since he is loyal to his uncle and grandson, why does Lao Yizai keep him?" Zhao Wuxian felt that his brain was a little insufficient, which was not scientific.
Although he had been away for a while, after returning to Yunyi, he once again knew everything about this place, after all, Zhao Wuxian allowed him to use the information provided by the eyeliner planted in Yi.
Yu Ping smiled flatteringly: "The relationship between Yi Yi and the uncle and grandson clan is broken and connected, if Gong Ruo is old, it is inevitable that he will be a little indecisive, in case the uncle and grandson recapture this town, he also hopes that his uncle's cronies can save his life in the old friendship." β
Zhao Wuxian thought for a moment before he spit out two words: "NaΓ―ve." β
He had heard a saying in his previous life: "In a game of thrones, if you don't win, there is only a dead end, there is no middle ground." β
As the saying goes, "Yin Jian is not far away, in the world after Xia", the demise of the Yu family, the exile of Lu Zhaogong, the fall of Yang Hu, how many bloody lessons are in front of you, Gong Ruo, as a person who has come over, is really more and more confused!
He doesn't care about the life and death of Gong Ruo, but Yun Yi is related to his important layout in the political game of Lu and his power game.
Zhao Wuxian had a bad premonition in his heart, now that there were strange things in Yunyi, judging from the performance of the Hou prisoner today, something would definitely happen at the banquet called Sword Appreciation. He has the heart to stop it, but in line with the principle that the son of a daughter can't sit down, he won't enter easily.
So Zhao Wuxian asked people to bring their own handwritten letters into the city to find Gong Ruo, and asked him to be careful, be careful of today's evening banquet!
After arranging for all the staff in the barracks to be on guard, Zhao Wuxian paced back and forth in the camp tent, feeling a little anxious.
It is not good for him to use swords and soldiers in the Lu State now, so he can only adopt this method of indirect control, and he expects that his opponent is also walking the same number of steps as himself. Even though the uncle and grandson are more pigs, but there is a huge uncle and grandson clan, and there are still a few people who have made suggestions for more than a hundred years of clan inheritance, and he can't underestimate them too much.
In the summer and June, the position of the sun is in Liusu, and at dusk, Mars will loom in the middle of the southern sky, and they are important coordinates for judging the time and direction......
Time passed little by little, and Zhao Wuxian hoped that his messenger could catch up, as long as he could convince Gong Ruo to contempt ......
At that moment, the messenger returned sweating profusely.
Before he could speak, Zhao Wuxian pulled him into the camp tent and asked, "How?" What did Lao Yi Jae say!? β
The person sent stammered, "After reading Si Kou's letter, the Yiyi Zai smiled and then said something. β
"What?"
"He said: Si Kou has a lot of heart, I treat the prisoner as if it were my own son, he will not be a master, and I will not be a ...... of the king of Wu" (To be continued.) )
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