As the New Year Festival approaches, the atmosphere in Bianjing City is becoming more and more lively, on the contrary, because they have to face the scientific examination in the coming year, the students who are forced to stay in Bianjing City will feel the pain of leaving home more and more.

Among the many students, there are those who have traveled widely, and those who have been invited by relatives and friends to be guests; Those who focus on learning are the self-satisfied state of piling up the white-headed scriptures on stuffy paper; And students like Du Yan who understand that knowledge does not just come from paper, but also has its own place - many businessmen in Bianjing do not mind exchanging their money for the favor of their students, and the underlying truth does not need to be explained.

Du Yan is not a person who pretends to be high, he will not accept people and money easily, but he doesn't mind using what he has learned to write some articles in exchange for some food, so he has the opportunity to travel to various restaurants.

Naturally, he was accompanied by two classmates, Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi, and the three of them were in one place, but they were quite at ease.

On the afternoon of the 25th day of the lunar month, the busiest time for the feast was missed, and the three of them were talking about the spring festival of the coming year in a small cubicle of a store, when they suddenly heard a rough and atmospheric noise after the drinking order from next door.

A person said in a tone that was obviously a person in the ranks: "Three brothers, don't say that my brother won't take you to get rich, this time it's extraordinary, and let my brother tell you brothers...... A few days ago, Yang Erlang was punished by the people of Lingzhou, and the three brothers should have heard about it...... Now Shi Shuai (1) was implicated in the order to be at home, Shi Shuai's eldest son was originally in Xuzhou, was called back, although the eldest son of the Shi family is a concubine, but he is bold and promising, determined to be ashamed of his father, I heard that the day before yesterday had a banquet in Fengyi Building, the participants were either from famous families, or wealthy businessmen...... Tsk, brother, I'm just a guard in the outer cabinet......"

This person's voice was very loud, and his words were even more unscrupulous, Du Yan and the others next door suddenly held their breath, exchanged glances with each other, and finally Du Yan whispered: "The two virtuous brothers are going to make a sound, and the person next door is ...... The foolish brother has the impression that it should be the forbidden army's charge (2), it is said that the surname is Zhang, and he is famous for his fierce and domineering, if he knows that we have heard about the secret matter, I am afraid that something is wrong......"

Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi are not hypocrites who pretend to be upright, in fact, the three of them often go in and out of various restaurants when they have nothing to do, and they are no strangers to all kinds of strange and secret things in this Bianjing City.

At this time, a slightly scathing voice said to me: "Brother Oshi, don't raise the morale of others, rely on your brother's ability, and others will wait for the general......"

"Don't talk nonsense! A certain family still knows how many catties and two ...... they have" A little self-modest, Zhang Zhisi's quite complacent voice sounded again, "This time it is Shi Shuai's eldest son, but it is the fierce Lingzhou people, in addition to the people in the forbidden army, the rest are surrounded by several big merchants in Kaifeng Mansion, all of whom can carry knives and kill people...... How can you be a part of such a business? Hugh has to be tongue-in-cheek, if your brother agrees to you and waits, and you lose your life when you turn your head to battle, how can a certain family explain to your parents at home? ”

A hoarse duck-like voice came out with impatience, "Brother Oshi, don't underestimate a certain class, when my brother is as big as a certain class, it may not be stronger than a certain level, but it is just a killing, Lingzhou people are tall, how are they compared to a bull?" A certain cow can be killed, but no one can be killed? ”

The previous harsh voice scolded: "Shut up the sixth son, don't be disrespectful to Brother Oshi!" The bull only has two sharp horns, but the people of Lingzhou are iron, and they are more sharp and strong crossbows to defend themselves, who can you compare to those two? ”

After finishing speaking, he changed his words, and then said: "Thank you Brother Oshisi for your understanding, a certain brother really has no experience in battle formations...... If my brother finds us, he will definitely be sent, and I ask my brother to make it clear that what he can do, my brother will definitely live up to the trust! ”

"Haha, refreshing!" Zhang Zhusi cheered and continued: "It is worthy of being Nanmen Saburo, fast and fast!" A certain family doesn't want you to wait to rush into battle, you are familiar with the laneway doorways, a certain family only needs you to wait to keep an eye on the movements of the Lingzhou people outside the city, what are the changes, and ask someone to go to the White Tiger Festival Hall in the north of the city to report, can you? ”

The sharp-throated Nanmen Saburo was obviously not badly scheming, and replied directly without the slightest stumble: "Just like Brother Oshiji said, my brother is obedient!" ”

Although he didn't mention the matter of remuneration, it was obvious that he didn't have to worry about some money to do things for such people, and Nanmen Saburo, who had been messing around in the market all year round, saw it very clearly, and naturally agreed very happily.

After a few "squeaks" The sound of tables, chairs and benches rubbing the ground was heard, Zhang Zhisi's voice sounded again, "This is not a place for discussion, the younger brother will go with the elder brother, and it will be easy to explain clearly!" ”

"Whoa!" Several different voices deliberately lowered their voices in unison.

Then there was the sound of tapping footsteps and the creak of doors opening and closing, as well as the shouts of the shopkeepers "Come back ...... when they are free".

As the footsteps faded away, the three people in the cubicle breathed a sigh of relief.

Suzhou Meng, who had always spoken a lot, rubbed his forehead and muttered, "Du Shanyin, I seem to have heard it...... Things you shouldn't hear......"

"It's not that you shouldn't listen to it, but it's ......" Yingzhou Qi answered casually, suddenly stopped halfway through speaking, glared and turned to say: "Something is going to happen, something is going to happen!" ”

Du Yan frowned and confirmed: "That's right, something is going to happen!" Big deal! Are the people of Lingzhou good-looking? Hey, the son of the Shi family came forward to take charge, then General Shi must have committed hysteria......"

Suzhou Meng, who was a little emotional, said in shock: "Brother Shichang is not bad, the people of Lingzhou are fierce, although there are few people, but since they dared to enter the city to punish Yang Erlang before, the people under his command are by no means idle, and the imperial city made General Qin calm down that day is proof of this!" Now that the New Year is approaching, if the flames of war are burning...... What should I do......

"Slow down, slow down, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry......" Du Yan calmed down, gestured with his hands, motioned for the two to sit down, and said at the same time: "I need to think about it carefully, this matter must not be impatient, otherwise it will not only be useless, but it may even harm your own ......."

The so-called close to Zhu Zhechi, who is often with Du Yan, a person who has a lot of experience, knows that this classmate is quite anxious, and Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi are not panicked like idlers, and after a little hesitation, they all sat down peacefully, just focusing on Du Yan who was frowning and thinking.

Du Yan's heart is like lightning, a few days ago, the heroic posture of the Lingzhou people and the mighty flashed in his mind, and all kinds of news about the Lingzhou people in the past few days have been skipped one by one, plus some trivial news that he has heard from various restaurants recently, all of which are gathered together, making him feel that his head is bigger.

Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi are of course not idle, as top smart people from different places, they also have their own different views on affairs, just like Du Yan has often paid attention to Lingzhou people recently, they are also using their own eyes to examine the various phenomena of the national capital, of course, they are also constantly thinking about their future positioning. At this moment, they are more confident that their friends can make a good enough judgment.

Half an hour later, Du Yan woke up as if in a nightmare, stared at the two companions with two eyes and asked: "Two, Du Mou dares to assert that the people of Lingzhou are by no means unwise and reckless, the previous Wei Shilang dared to punish Yang Erlang in front of everyone, and the Imperial City made General Qin compromise and retreat, there must be another reason, but I and other white-bodied students don't know...... If what I think is not bad, the people of Lingzhou must have people who should respond in this Bianjing City, and if the princes of the court want to attack the people of Lingzhou, the people who should do it will never sit idly by......"

Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi were stunned for a moment, and then Suzhou Meng, who reacted quickly, asked with some confusion: "I also know that Lingzhou people are fierce, but they ...... Brother Shichang, after all, the people of Lingzhou are not far away from the people who returned to the court, so they look up to them...... Whether ......"

"Is it too much?" Du Yan shook his head and explained: "I have been asking about the details of the Lingzhou people all these days, and the two virtuous brothers have heard that the Lingzhou people and others have returned from thousands of miles away, and there must be endless enemies during the period, but no one can stop them, why not?" It is said that my forbidden army is strong and can go on an expedition of thousands of miles? ”

"Fear ...... No. These three words are not easy to say, especially for young students like Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi.

Du Yan settled down and continued: "If my judgment is not bad, I am afraid that in this Bianjing City, the people of Lingzhou have already taken the lead...... It has been more than half a year since the Lingzhou people arrived in Hexi, and among the people who have returned from Hexi within half a year, there must be a detailed work of Lingzhou advance! ”

Suzhou Meng stood up "ho", "Brother Shichang, I'll go and beat the Dengwen drum (3) and inform the emperor, okay?" ”

"Not good!" Du Yan shook his head heavily, "It's useless, Brother Xian." Going to beat the drums before the New Year's Festival? Let's not talk about whether the emperor has spare time, but what can the emperor do if he accommodates the admonition? Right now, the Shi family's son-in-law is about to have an accident, and time may not be enough...... Moreover, there are millions of people in Dingkou in Bianjing City, and there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people from Hexi and even merchants from the west. Besides, this matter is operated behind the back of General Shi, and it is difficult to guarantee that if you are not careful, it will be a military rebellion! ”

"This ...... Can...... How is it good? Yingzhou Qi muttered, and Suzhou Meng beside him sat down in a daze.

Both of them knew that the Shanyin classmate in front of them was meticulous, and they also believed that this person would not make a mistake, but when they saw Du Yan for the first time, they couldn't help but panic.

Here, after Du Yan talked about it, he also clarified his thoughts a little, but he was not sure how to face it, and secretly sighed that when his predecessors said, "It's useless to be a scholar", after listening to Yingzhou Qi's muttering "How is it good", he deeply felt that his ordinary wisdom was useless.

After thinking for a long time in silence, he got up and said in a deep voice: "Two virtuous brothers, you two go back to your residence quickly, and you will have to go out for a walk in the next few days......"

"Brother Shichang, what are you going to do?" Suzhou Meng asked in amazement.

Du Yan replied angrily: "I want to go to Lingzhou Renzhuang in the south of the city!" ”

"No! Brother Shichang must not! Suzhou Meng hurriedly grabbed Du Yan's robe sleeve and persuaded: "The son of the Shi family is about to act, and the people of Lingzhou are also fierce people, what can Brother Shichang do?" The matter ...... Don't ......"

"Virtuous brother Hugh wants to persuade me, I have made up my mind!" Du Yan turned his hand to support Suzhou Meng's arm, and said categorically: "The Shifu forbidden army is all arrogant, if I go, I am afraid that there will be a suspicion of spying on the military, but I will be imprisoned and suffered, and the people of Lingzhou are different, a few days ago, I saw that they did not commit any crime against the common people, I went to inform the Shifu plan, and asked the people who were in command that day, for the sake of the Han bloodline, to dissuade them, or to do something......"

Unlike Du Yan, who has experienced ups and downs since childhood, Suzhou Meng and Yingzhou Qi never expected this classmate to have such courage, and they were dumbfounded.

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Note: (1) Shi Shuai, referring to Shi Baoji. The person who spoke was Shi Baoji's personal soldier, and this person's language habit should be customary to refer to his own chief general with the highest military position, rather than by the official position of the court.

(2) Charge Division, there is a distinction between officials and officials in the Song Dynasty officialdom, and the charge division belongs to the position of a civil servant, and in this section Zhang is a military Chinese book, but in fact a martial artist is a civilian position.

(3) Dengwen Drum, a large drum set up outside the court hall in ancient times, was designed to give the common people the opportunity to listen directly to the sky. Legend has it that in the Yaoshun period, there was a "drum of daring to admonish", and there were many settings in later dynasties, but the functions of different dynasties were different, there was a special Dengwen drum courtyard in the Song Dynasty, and at the beginning, together with the people who wanted to see what the emperor looked like, they dared to knock on it, and then it seriously affected the majesty of the emperor, and the restrictions began to increase more and more, and this system was abandoned in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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