Chapter 22: The Tent Lights (Part II)

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Heavy rain is falling, the weather is showing signs of clearing, the air is fresh, the morning mist is filled with distant mountains, and the sky is also flooded with morning glow. A new day began again, and the shepherds who had risen early to take care of the horses in the village brought out the horses, and the neighing of the horses alarmed the whole cottage.

"It's dawn...... Get up and get back, you bastard, are you going to make people laugh at me? Ailan pushed Zhuang Yi, who was still snoring, and became a little angry.

"Drive away after sleeping, you think you're a thief...... Let's call this a happy relationship, what are you afraid of? Let me sleep a little longer, but I'm exhausted! Zhuang Yi turned over angrily and continued to sleep.

"You...... Who told you not to leave last night, tossing people, and if you don't get up again, I will whip you...... Tell you, I have to leave today! Princess Alan hurriedly got up in her nightgown, with a pair of white little feet, and a little embarrassed to pick up the clothes and jewelry scattered on the carpet, holding one hand in her arms, urging repeatedly.

"Yo...... What a hurry! Zhuang Yi was completely sleepy by the noise, so he had to sit up and rub his sour eyes.

"Here's your dogskin, put on a quick ......"

"He's so fucking ruthless! Gee...... You're so pretty in this outfit, and last night's wildness is gone. Seeing Princess Ailan wearing a loose white silk nightgown, her black hair hanging down her waist, and her graceful and slender figure walking around the tent, Zhuang Yi couldn't help but light up his eyes and smiled evilly.

"Less verbose! Hurry up! Alan suddenly remembered something, stood up and said, "By the way...... Let me tell you something, the five guys who brought us to your village, I met in Yuyang, they seem to have a lot of relationship with the Zhao family, you have to be careful, don't be calculated. ”

Zhuang Yi put on his clothes indiscriminately, stepped forward, hugged her in his arms from behind, kissed her neck gently, and whispered reluctantly: "Got it!" I'll take care of that. Do you really want to stay a few more days? It's not a good season to fight on the steppe! What are you doing in a hurry to go back? ”

Alan turned around, reached out and cupped his face, tilted his head and sighed softly and said, "A-Niang is very sick, I have to go back to take care of her, you know?" If I marry a Youzhou person, A-Niang will be very happy, but I don't know if her body can be delayed until the day I get married. ”

"So be it...... I'm going to Youzhou soon, and I'll tie up a miracle doctor and take him to see your mother. Zhuang Yi thought for a while, raised his head and said, in fact, he himself understands medical skills, as long as it is not a troublesome problem, but he is weak now.

"It's useless...... My mother has seen a lot of people who claim to be miracle doctors! ”

"Is this it? Don't be pessimistic, try to stabilize your condition first! That's right! All of you in your tribe believe in shamans, don't let those shamans use drugs indiscriminately, you must remember my words, maybe you can be saved. ”

"How do you know we believe in shamans? Do you have a way? Alan asked expectantly.

"There is no way for the time being, I hope your mother can drag it until I go to the tooth tent to see you! I'll get on that big black horse and come as soon as possible......" Zhuang Yi kissed her forehead and stroked her back comfortingly.

Princess Ailan nodded, a little disappointed in her heart, and when the separation was imminent, a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes, but it disappeared, and she simply put her face in Zhuang Yi's arms. She was a tough girl who didn't want to show her sadness on her face.

"Don't worry...... It rained yesterday and the road hasn't dried yet, be careful, I'll see you off later! Zhuang Yi felt that he was actually a bit of a mother-in-law, and he wanted to say something more, but he didn't know what to say.

"Hmm...... Then there you go! Princess Ailan let go of her hands, broke free from Zhuang Yi's embrace, turned around and trot, opened the curtain, looked out, and was relieved to see that there was no one outside. ran back and took Zhuang Yi's hand, and saw that his clothes were a little messy, so he helped him turn over the collar and tie the tie like a newlywed wife. I went to find the boots that had been washed off the black mud outside, and helped him put them on with his hands and feet, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Suddenly she remembered something, and she said, "What will you do when I'm gone?" You still claim to be a general, and you don't even have a subordinate maid to call, or I'll let Mei Xiang stay and take care of you! ”

"It's not good...... That little girl, maybe she needs me to take care of her. Besides, is she used to living in my broken house? When she is homesick, I won't coax her to ......" Zhuang Yi suddenly felt warm in his heart, but he replied.

"That's right...... Aren't you coming to our tent in two months, I'll talk to her...... That's it! But I warn you, she's too young to bully her......" Ellan said in a rambling voice.

"Come on! Just her little girl, her ass hasn't grown round yet! I bullied her? ”

"Nasty...... Keep your mouth dry! Alan gave him a blank look, smiled charmingly, stepped forward and put his arms around his neck, kissed his face gently, and said with a smile: "Okay! Let's go! Hurry up and come to the tent! And also...... You are not allowed to find another woman! Otherwise I will castrate you! After speaking, he pushed Zhuang Yi out.

Zhuang Yi smiled bitterly, walked out a little distracted, and turned around to see Princess Ailan still standing outside the door in her white nightgown, waving at him with a smile. Zhuang Yi smiled at her, feeling a little uncomfortable, shook his head and took a deep breath, turned around and strode away.

On the morning of the same day, Zhuang Yi took 20 personal guards such as Shagu and Bian Wu, and sent Princess Ailan and his party to more than 50 horses through the mountain pass north of Madu Mountain. And the other maidservant, Xuelian, showed envy in her eyes and frequently signaled to Zhuang Yi, but unfortunately Zhuang Yi ignored her.

On the way back, Zhuang Yi didn't have anything, but Sha Gu was listless, shrugged his head and sighed. Zhuang Yi comforted him repeatedly, making Sha Gu, a strong man in his thirties who rarely went far, almost cry with Mei Xiang.

Back in the village, Zhuang Yi immediately wrote a letter, and sent Yuan Zhi, the deputy head of the second capital, to lead five horsemen and lightly travel as messengers to Jizhou to contact the Zhao family in advance, so that they could prepare the goods first. He also asked Zhang Zhen to gather the population of the whole village, led the five "leading party" out, didn't bother to ask, and directly cut off his head in public, which made everyone silent and afraid. He also asked the guards to hang their heads in front of the gate of the village to warn everyone. He doesn't need the kind of guy who has his own careful thoughts, doesn't listen to orders, and goes out privately.

As soon as the next day dawned, Zhuang Yi ordered someone to clear the goods from the warehouse, loaded them with pack horses and four ** carts, ordered Gao Hongxun to bring a hundred horses from the second capital, and Sha Gu to accompany twenty personal guards, and set off for Jizhou.

At this time, it is the season just after the summer harvest, the winter wheat should have been harvested, and the price of grain may have fallen, which is a good time to buy large quantities in the tunji.

Bian Wu wanted to accompany him, but Zhuang Yi didn't agree, and asked him to stay and study with Duan Zhongzhong. And the little girl Meixiang, Zhuang Yi didn't want her to go, she insisted on following, Zhuang Yi had to take her and let her change into the outfit of a Han woman, so as not to be too eye-catching. Anyway, with such an innocent and stupid little girl following, she won't be lonely on the road.

Time is running out, Zhuang Yi's time is very urgent, he only has less than two months to prepare, and there are still five hundred war horses of the Zhao family, the trip to Jizhou, God knows if he will be detained this time, he is ready to fight a war of words. Anyway, he is determined to get food and weapons, but he really can't do it, and he has to grab a batch. Anyway, he has no psychological burden to rob those feudal town ruffians and military leaders who are full of fine armor and sharp blades, but have done all the bad things.

This time, he did not go to Songting Pass, but went west along Lulongsai outside the Great Wall, and entered from Yancheng. The guards and envoys of the Tang Dynasty managed hundreds to thousands of soldiers, mainly depending on the defense area. Yancheng guards, garrisons 2,000 people, has more than 1,000 horses, is also the implementation of the army tuntian, self-sufficient, its location is in the Songting Pass more than 100 miles west of a Great Wall pass.

After three and a half days of arduous trekking, in the afternoon of this day, it was already very close to the pass of the Great Wall, and after the sentinel met Yuan Zhiyong in a valley, waiting for Yuan Zhiyong here, Zhuang Yi asked people to ask him for questioning.

"The letter I gave you, did you deliver it to Zhao Wende? Did he write back to me? And why didn't this Zhao Wulang come to greet him? Zhuang Yi asked.

"Your Majesty has delivered the letter, Zhao Jun Envoy read the letter, but his attitude is very cold, let's go directly to Yancheng to arrest him, saying that there are some things he can't call the shots, and I want you to talk to his uncle in person." Yuan Zhi replied.

"Hey! Zhao Wende? That's fine...... You go down and rest first, and after half an hour of rest, we will set off again. Zhuang Yi said, but he was thinking in his heart, this time the goods are also very valuable, it is impossible for them not to be interested, especially the box of Dongzhu and a batch of mountain ginseng, it seems that they want to put on a show, and it will be good to bargain at that time, but will I let them succeed?

In the early days, Zhuang Yi led a large group of men and horses to the pass of the Great Wall, and the defenders at the head of the city were very vigilant, looking like they were doing business. Gao Hongxun stepped forward and said that it was the goods of the Zhao family, but the guards were very arrogant, and still refused to let them go, openly asking for benefits. Gao Hongxun had to scold and scold and take the money from the horse and give it to him, so that everyone passed.

Entering the city, there were few pedestrians on the streets, there were not many shops, the market economy seemed to be very depressed, and occasionally there were sergeants leading horses walking by in twos and threes, looking at so many hussar knights, they had to shout angrily and let them go to the side of the road.

Everyone went directly to the south of the city, Yuan Zhiyong booked this secluded Yancheng inn in advance, and the shopkeeper was a thin and short middle-aged man with a yellow goat's beard, and he came out to greet the guests with five men. It seems that his business is not good, the store is very deserted, so many people are staying in it, his manpower is not enough, so he has to go into battle in person, busy around, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and his mouth is about to grin to the root of his ears. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! )