At sunset, the rooster crows.

Although there are many water horse stations in the world, Jiming Station, as the first stop of Xuanfu into Beijing, is not the same as an ordinary post station. Yongle 18 years of expansion, in addition to the post office and the horse number added the post warehouse, the general office, the mansion courtyard, etc., Chenghua eight years is in the radius of 400 steps to build a wall, the court and even some officials suggested to build a city wall around the chicken station, but this matter due to the cost is too large, for many years has been shelved until now.

It's such a huge place, but it's extremely crowded at this moment. On weekdays, Liu Yicheng shouted five and six to be unusually angry, but this time in the face of so many characters that he couldn't think of on weekdays, he walked and talked with his head down respectfully, for fear that a careless person would offend someone who shouldn't be offended. After all, the post man of this chicken song post seems to be rich in oil and water, but in fact he is a petty official who does not enter the stream. Even though he sometimes seemed to be only a few steps away from the young magnate, he couldn't get forward.

More than 1,000 eunuchs from the palace and 800 accompanying military horses were barely stuffed into this rooster station. Xu Xun saw that Liu Yicheng had been following his people to flatter, but they should have been arranged in an orderly manner, and more than a dozen post guards were busy but not chaotic, but he couldn't help but be a little surprised, secretly thinking that there were still a few talents in the world's first post. At this time, he entered the courtyard of the mansion, he called Zhang Yong and Chen Xiong to enter the main room together, thought about it and ordered someone to call Cao Qian in, and then asked Ah Bao, who was accompanying him this time, to spread out the map.

"I wasn't going to bring so many people in the first place, but then it was because of the thousands of people to be escorted, for fear that there would be some ill-intentioned ways among them, so I increased the number of entourage soldiers and horses to eight hundred, and I couldn't go like this again."

"Xuanfu is three hundred and fifty miles away from Jingyuan City, and Jimingyi is only one hundred and fifty miles away from Jingyuan City, and it took two full days to get here to catch up with these people, which is indeed too slow." Zhang Yong also thought that this way was too slow, frowned, and said, "Even if these more than 1,000 people have the intention to escape or have bad intentions, it is enough to leave five or six hundred people to escort them." Let's take the rest of the people to go to Xuanfu to see Zhang Jun first, and the extra few days to inspect Xuanfu, Zhangjiakou and other places, there is enough time. ”

Chen Xiong heard that Xu Xun and Zhang Yongyi were in the same gear, and sure enough, they were all the idea of getting rid of the big army, and his face turned a little green. Before he came, Jingyang Bo Shenying reminded him that he needed Xu Xun to use the golden cicada to get out of his shell, but he didn't expect it to be the case. Therefore, he hurriedly coughed dryly and said, "But isn't it a knife to kill chickens and leave 500 people behind more than a thousand wasted people?" Two hundred escorts are enough, and these people can't make a fuss. ”

"Not necessarily." Xu Xun shook his head, and then said lightly, "After expelling them from the Jingshi before, I once asked Gu Gonggong's Xichang to screen the people, although they are all from the area, but there are also many people of unknown origin, and there are many people who believe in the White Lotus Sect. During the Chinese New Year, someone tried to set it on fire, but was killed on the spot by several young soldiers of the guarded government army. ”

After nearly three years of military training, the former young army can now truly be called a person with a sword. The amount of food and clothing is all above the army, and there is the name of the Son of Heaven's personal guard, so it is simply useless to guard so many people. Although Chen Xiong felt that Xu Xun was making a fuss, after frowning, he still spoke: "In this case, why did the adult just order to bring a few people from him to question?" If you have anything to tell these guys, you just have to ask them, so why bother to see them in person? ”

Xu Xun naturally wouldn't say that Xichang had developed a few spies in it without much effort in the past few months, and the reason why he took on such a thankless task this time was because of another purpose. Therefore, after smiling, he said lightly, "Knowing yourself and knowing your opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and since you have to go in two ways next, you naturally have to find out the situation first." General Chen, you go and select a few safe and capable officers to lead the escort, and a few of us go all the way to Xuanfu. ”…,

Since he didn't want to leave him, Chen Xiong was a little relieved, and went out to arrange it as soon as he agreed. As soon as he left, Xu Xun glanced at Cao Qian and said: "Jiming Station is the most important pass for Xuanfu to enter Beijing, so many people come today but they can not mess up at all, I don't think that Liu Yicheng has a big belly and poop is not capable, you go and inquire about the situation of the personnel of this station." ”

As soon as Cao Qian left, Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Brother Xu, are you going to use those people for anything?" ”

Xu Xun pondered for a moment, and when he saw Zhang Yong leaning his head over, he whispered, "Does Grandpa Zhang know what the Bank of China said?" ”

As a eunuch, even if he has never been to the inner study hall, those famous eunuchs of all dynasties are the most familiar. Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a twinkle in his eyes: "Brother Xu wants to make the little prince of the world?" ”

"There's no harm in giving it a try. Now that I am a clear enemy, there are thousands of miles on the northern front, and everywhere is within the scope of its attack, if we don't know one of its main attack places, this spring and summer farming will be troublesome. Xu Xun paused for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "In all fairness, I didn't want to use such drastic means on these people from the palace years ago, after all, there are many people among them who have to take this road, but since they are not tolerated by the world, and there is no other way to live, instead of letting them look forward to the possibility of one in 10,000 entering the palace, or waiting for death there, it is better to send all the people to Shaanxi, so that the later ones can take warning." After the border wall was built, these people were organized into tuntian. And among them, there are inevitably those who refuse to accept their fate, and maybe they will move that idea. ”

Zhang Yong has been in the palace for so many years, whether others are diligent in making friends on the face, but they look down on them behind their backs, and they can see it clearly after a few dealings, so he doesn't know that Xu Xun is really kind to him and Gu Dayong, even the intersection with Liu Jin in the past. At this moment, listening to Xu Xun's detailed explanation, he smiled and said: "Although I once had a kind heart to let people give up their clothes and porridge, but I don't want to watch people freeze to death and starve to death, and if you want to clean it up, it is also for the emperor's sake." In all fairness, pity is pity, and you can't let them mess with you just because you're pitiful. It's just that Brother Xu, your idea is good, but even if these humble people can get out, if the news they bring out is too fake, they may not be recognized. ”

"So at the end of last year, when the insider factory inherited Lao Liu's intentions and wantonly liquidated the henchmen of Li Rong, Wang Yue and others in the palace, Lao Gu deliberately quietly did a small favor and deliberately let one of the celebrant supervisors, who was in charge of the documents, get out of the sea and hide among those self-purifying people. This person was originally an apprentice grandson of Li Rong, who was born in the inner study hall and, he had seen Yang Yiqing's book on the search for Hetao and Fu Dongsheng, and after escaping from the palace, he took this person together when he cleaned up the eunuchs from the palace. He originally had a good future and was ambitious, but now because of the fall of Li Rong, he had to go to Shaanxi to work as a cow and a horse, and he may not be able to get out in this life, do you think he can bear this breath? ”

Zhang Yong couldn't help but gasp when he heard this: "Such a person who knows the details of the DPRK and China, how dare you let him flee north?" ”

"Of course you can't let him go, but you need him to have such a name! Previously, Lao Gu planted spies among these people, secretly selected a few guys who were the most unwilling to accept their fate, and quietly revealed to them that there was such a celebrant and eunuch. According to the reports of those spies, these people are really very thoughtful about that Feng Yuba. However, if they knew that there was no chance of a resurrection of this Fengyu, but would only bring disaster, then I am afraid it would be a different face. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Xun stretched out his hands at Zhang Yongyi, who was stunned, and said, "Don't look at me, this is the idea that Lao Gu gave me." ”…,

After all, the mind of the same kind of people is the most understandable and experienced by the same kind of people.

The most frequent in the Jiming Post is the general army of the northwest towns and other officers and subordinates, there are six large courtyards in the mansion courtyard, plus two cross-courtyards in the east and west, there are always hundreds of rooms. Xu Xun was worried that there were still officials from the northwest going to Beijing at this time, so he shared a courtyard with Zhang Yong, Chen Xiong and the officers of the other 12th regiment battalion, and most of the others were empty, after all, the low-level officers such as the general flag of the hundred households had to be with their subordinates. At this moment, when the ragged people were led into Xu Xun's courtyard through the hidden back door, they all lowered their heads until they entered a room, and the people who led them in knelt down with a shout, and several people immediately knelt on the ground.

"Do you know what I'm calling you here for?"

Hearing a slow voice from above, several people had the heart to look up and peek, but they didn't dare after all, so they held for a while, and a lean middle-aged man in the middle stammered: "My lord, but ...... But for the sake of the little ones in the Gugong bus? ”

"Oh, tell me what Grandpa Gu has told you?"

Xu Xun didn't reprimand himself, but asked such a question, and the middle-aged man suddenly became bolder, kowtowed again, and said: "Father-in-law Gu instructed the little ones to keep an eye on the people around them, and if there are any suspicious clues, they should immediately remember them, and report them truthfully when the adults ask." Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and found that Xu Xun didn't speak, so he opened his heart horizontally and said, "Those people who are tied to the same rope as Xiao are discussing to escape, and they also said that instead of going to Shaanxi to be cattle and horses, it is better to risk their lives to rebel, and it is a dead ......."

"Bold!"

This sudden sound of another voice frightened the middle-aged man for a tremble, his head was directly next to the ground, and then he hurriedly slammed his head and said: "Father-in-law Zhang spares his life, Grandpa Zhang spares his life, it's not the villain who thinks so, it's what they say!" ”

"You're good!" Zhang Yongcai opened his mouth and scolded, this scared half-dead person actually knew who he was, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and then immediately asked in a deep voice, "What kind of rebellion are they going to make, you tell it as it is!" ”

"Father-in-law, the leader is a man named Ron.

I heard that he had already made a decision to enter the palace earlier, but who knew that this time he would be driven out of Jingyuan City, so he held a grudge. He tore a large piece of his shirt and asked us to bite our fingers one by one and press the fingerprints on it, saying that this was a blood alliance, and whoever dared to betray it at that time would be a dead word. I saw that there were already a lot of bloody fingerprints on it, and I was afraid that if I didn't comply, I would be suspicious, so I had to press it too. The middle-aged man said as he spoke, already bringing out a little crying, "That Ron said, now there are more people in the area who have raised a banner to occupy the mountain as the king, and as long as we can work together, we can also occupy a mountain." ”

"Occupy the mountain as the king, just your little bit of interest?" Zhang Yong sneered, and then asked slowly, "Look at how clever you are, what's your name?" ”

Hearing that Zhang Yong actually asked his name, the middle-aged man was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed again: "Villain Zheng Bafang." ”

"That's a good name." Zhang Yong raised his eyebrows, glanced at the other three or four people, and asked angrily, "How many of you, dare to ask him for the news, you are all deaf and blind?" ”

"Back to Father-in-law Zhang's words, the small side is also hard to press our handprint......"

"Small is also ......"

"There are also people on the villain's side who have come to connect ......"...,

Xu Xun was originally just just in case, and he didn't want anyone to really plan such an unbelievable thing in secret. However, just thinking about it for a moment, he knew that this was the same as some prison escapes in later generations, setting off a riot at the same time, but only so that a very small number of people could escape, so he thought for a moment and shouted: "Enough, no more talk!" First of all, report the names of those leaders! ”

After getting seven or eight names, Zhang Yong immediately called an accompanying henchman to come in, and gave him a few words of strict instructions before turning around and sitting down. This time, it was Xu Xun who opened his mouth and said: "You all listen, and after you go back, you will all be vigilant, if your identity is accidentally discovered by others, what Father-in-law Gu promised you before, you don't have to worry about it from now on." Early tomorrow morning, there will be two news announced by the sergeants, one is that in addition to building the side wall this time, the next thing is to settle in Huamachi, and the other is that tomorrow you will set off in two ways, leaving 500 people to guard you, one of the teams will escape, and the whole team will sit together. I told you about this in advance, so you should know what to do next! ”

"Yes, yes, the little one must be careful to monitor other people......"

Seeing that everyone retreated after kowtowing one after another, and without waiting for everyone to go out, Xu Xun sighed and looked at Zhang Yong and said: "If it weren't for the fact that among the more than 1,000 people this time, there were mixed with the disciples and grandsons of Li Rong, the former chief celebrant and eunuch who held the seal, there would be no need for me to escort them on the road when I set off this time." This person knows a lot of secret things, and he must not let them go! If it weren't for the virtue of a good life in God, otherwise these people would have been executed in accordance with Chenghuaye's will earlier, and there would be no place for people to flee. Speaking of the world, this person can't make any waves wherever he flees, I'm afraid that he will escape to the outside of the plug, and then maybe it will be another Bank of China. ”

"It doesn't matter, as soon as the order comes out tonight, someone will inevitably take advantage of the last opportunity to escape. As long as you can escape tonight with those few thorns, then catch them and show them to the public. Jimingyi was originally an important place to travel between Xuanfu and Jingyuan City, and a few heads were hung on the flagpole, and the news could spread all over the whole road from south to north in an instant. In this way, naturally no one dares to disbelieve the order to sit down, and then forgive none of them and dare not escape. I heard that Li Rong himself is so sick that he only has one breath left, where is there any chance to recover? As long as this person can't escape, can he still make any waves? ”

Zheng Bafang, who was the last to go out, couldn't help but raise his eyes that had been lowering when he heard this, and then quickly lowered his head again. When they all went out, the sergeant guarding outside made a report, and Zhang Yongcai said thoughtfully: "I just deliberately revealed these words among them, do you believe them?" ”

"They all know that it is impossible for Xichang to really send spies to them, and using a few of them is just an expedient measure. Knowing that the whole team will sit together tomorrow, it will be impossible to escape, and tonight is the best opportunity. ”

"Looks like we're going to kill tonight?"

"The moon is dark and the wind is high and the night ...... kills" Xu Xun couldn't help but spit out the most famous sentence in martial arts novels, and then Fang Cai sighed and said, "I don't know how many heads I have to lose." ”

It was the end of the month, and the sky was overcast during the day, and at night, except for the blazing torches lit outside, it was dark everywhere the torches could not shine. In the darkness of the night, a few sneaky figures cautiously touched out little by little. However, although the wall seemed to be close from a distance, they were not sure that they would be able to climb over the low wall and regain their freedom, avoiding several groups of night patrol soldiers. Especially the thin man in his early thirties who fell at the end, he unconsciously distanced himself from others. …,

"Hey, you can't keep up!"

If it were someone else, the first few people would inevitably leave the person and run away, but the thin man is different. That is the person who has stayed in the palace, if there is this person to guide them in etiquette, and there is also a way in the palace, as long as they escape this time, the possibility of changing their names and surnames to enter the palace on a different day is still not small. Otherwise, even if they escape, they will still be pitiful. Therefore, seeing that the person was already a little out of breath and couldn't walk, the two strongest people in front of him turned around and set up

Seeing that there were not a few steps left from the earthen wall, a few people breathed a sigh of relief, and they heard a commotion and shouting from the place where they had slipped out. Knowing that they were discovered, they immediately couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly rushed towards the earthen wall, and several people quickly stacked Arhats and put the top person on the wall, but before the person threw down the rope, the earthen wall that was still dark just now was bright, and more than a dozen torches were lit one by one, and the sudden mutation from extremely dark to extremely bright made several people all couldn't help but raise their hands to cover their eyes, and one of them barely opened his eyes and clearly saw that the companion who climbed the earthen wall had been put on the neck with a knife.

The thin man saw that it was difficult to escape, and his knees couldn't help but weaken, so he collapsed: "How could it be...... It's so easy to escape here, how can this be ......"

At this moment, he heard a loud shout from above: "Pingbei Bo has a life, all those who escaped, after taking it, all the heads will be shown to the public to set an example!" ”

The early morning morning light shone on the rows of houses in the Jisong Station, as if gilding the tiles with a layer of golden brilliance. However, no one cared about appreciating the good weather, from Liu Yicheng to a few post guards in the chicken song station, from the general to the lower garrison, all of them were suppressed by the bloody heads on the flagpole. This is not one of those state capitals and county seats, and it is not uncommon for such a scene to be held in the city every year during the autumn decision, and it is not uncommon to use military tactics to whip and beat military sticks, but it is the first time to face such a bloody scene at such a close distance. Not to mention the self-purifying people who were forcibly escorted under the flagpole in a row, their faces were pale and their timid legs were still trembling.

What is the self-standing mountain to raise the banner of rebellion, and a few other people such as Ron, who shouted the most vigorously at that time, are now hanging their heads on the flagpole! It's better to die than to live, why bother with your life!

And Zheng Bafang, who was tied with a rope with one hand, glanced at the bloody heads, although he shrank his head vigorously, as if his face was full of fear, but with the other hand, he quietly touched the heavy tooth card in his arms.

After he revealed the news to them last night, he tried his best to persuade Na Fengyu to leave his tooth card, so that if he was caught, he would have a chance to survive if he begged for mercy. Now, those people fled overnight, and they really happened to hit the knife edge, and they couldn't die anymore, and the tooth plate engraved with the Zhongzi No. 57 celebrant to worship Yu Baisheng was his from then on. As long as you can survive Shaanxi, you will definitely have a chance to escape!

Xu Xun, who was on the road half an hour earlier than this group, had already left the Jiming Station at this time, although he still inevitably felt uncomfortable between his chest and abdomen when he was on the bloody head yesterday, but after all, he had been on the battlefield, and he couldn't say that he was accustomed to seeing blood, and he had slowed down a lot after a night. When he temporarily stopped his horse to rest in the afternoon, when he saw Cao Qian coming forward, he asked thoughtfully: "You reported this morning that the scribe you saw last night was actually willing to stay in the Jiming Station wholeheartedly?" ”

"Yes, he said that it is his blessing that the adults appreciate, but he has been in the Jimingyi for 20 years, and he is very familiar with every grass, tree, soldier and soldier in this place, so he can do things like an arm, so that there are few mistakes in the Jimingyi for 20 years, and every postman has to respect him a little. Even if the adults trust him to promote him to a new position, and even get an official position, he may not be able to be at ease in the chicken station, especially if something goes wrong, he will be even more sorry for the adult. ”

It seems that this person is not only self-aware, but can even be said to be great wisdom! Settle in his place, but it's not just a fluttering word! When Xu Xun said this, he suddenly asked again, "Then can this person say, is he willing to be appointed as a post?" ”

"Yes, he said that the family has a son who is born, and the post is not a streamline official, the family is rich and rich, and it is easy to be targeted by the public, and the son of the post is entered into the county school, either for people to watch and stutter, or to be snubbed by others, it is not as good as it is now." Cao Qian was also the first time to see such a person, and he paused at this moment, and his face showed a little respect, "He asked me to thank my lord, saying that there are so many officials in and out of the post station, and only my lord ordered someone to visit such an insignificant person as him." ”

"If there is such an insignificant but talented person as him in all directions, then I will be relieved!"

Xu Xun was lazy, and then said happily: "It's a pity that the most people in the world are not self-sufficient!" ”。 ）