Ruzhou has a long history.

As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there are relevant records. In the fifth year of Zhenghe, that is, in 1115 AD, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to promote Ruzhou to the army and navy festival, which belonged to the North Beijing Road, Lingliang County, Xiangcheng and Ye. County, Longxing and Lushan five places.

To be honest, the detour to Ruzhou is indeed a bit far.

However, the closure of Jingxi Road will affect Henan Prefecture under its jurisdiction. In particular, several official roads leading to Kaifeng are inevitably suspended. In this case, a detour to Ruzhou is indeed the best choice for Liu Qing and Yuyin at present.

Liu Qing's convoy is not small, with more than a dozen carriages.

With a convoy of this size, there are naturally few escorts, about 100 people.

Most of these escort members are so-called 'charlatans', who can use fists and kicks and play with sticks. If you can face ordinary people, you can be regarded as a 'master' if you can do it against two or three without defeat. Liu Qing's trade route between Tokyo and the Western Regions naturally had to have a relationship in this regard. It seems that the relationship between these people and Liu Qing is not too bad, and even some people are very familiar with Liu Qing, and they seem very close to each other. However, these people are nothing in Yu Yin's eyes.

Murderous!

These people are not murderous!

Although there are no outlaws among them, it is obviously not at the same level as Yu Yin, a master who has experienced battle formations and has dozens of lives in his hands. Looking at these people, the most powerful ones are only at the level of fourth- or fifth-level wrestlers, but more are at the level of second- and third-level wrestlers. Gathering together, holding knives and sticks, can have some deterrent effect.

Yu Yin roughly estimated that if these 100 people encountered a team of 10 female straights, they would likely be defeated without a trace.

But what could he say in the face of such a situation?

It's not his escort, it's just that he is a guest inside, and Yu Yin knows it at most, and that's enough......

Fortunately, these people's attitude towards Yu Yin is not too bad, after all, Yu Yin is a guest invited by Liu Qing, and this status is naturally different. The captain of the escort team, named Chai Lin, looks not young, probably in his early forties.

But when I asked Liu Qing privately, I learned that this Chai Lin was less than thirty years old.

Make a silver spear, like a white robe, if it weren't for the face that looks old and decrepit because of being away all the year round, the wind and rain, it can also be regarded as the word 'pulling the wind'. This person's kung fu has been practiced to the second level, that is, the level of a fifth-level wrestler. In this escort team, this person's kung fu is the most brilliant, but he is very low-key.

"Chai Jiulang people sent the nickname Little White Wolf, so that a good gun in one hand is good at bows and arrows."

When Liu Qing introduced Chai Lin to Yuyin, he also said: "Speaking of which, Jiulang is also from Tokyo, but he committed an accident in the early years, so he had to change his name and surname and wander the rivers and lakes." Later, he followed his own family, although he was exempted from the charge, but it was not easy to show his face, so there were not too many people in Kaifeng City who knew him...... Jiulang, this is Yu Xiaoyi, the first Jiqin in Tokyo. ”

Chai Lin was stunned at first, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Brother Xiaoyi!" ”

Yu Yin's previous reputation in Kaifeng was not very good, and Chai Lin certainly knew his name.

However, later, Yuyin's prodigal son turned back and became even more shocking, which made Chai Lin quite admired. Yu Yin didn't take it seriously, since people respected him as 'Brother Xiaoyi', then in Yu Yin's opinion, it was not too rude, so he called him 'Brother Jiu'.

"Brother Jiu, do you know, what is the situation of this Ruzhou bandit?"

Chai Lin sighed, "If you talk about the bandits in Ruzhou, my own family knows something.

A few years ago, the birth gang was too heavy, so that everyone was a little overwhelmed. In the past two years, although the birth gang has improved somewhat, the continuous flooding of Rushui has caused the current situation of natural disasters...... is also forced to be helpless, but if there is some way to live, who wants to tie his head to his belt and be the robber who robs the house? The government is also quite helpless about this, and has also sent troops to suppress bandits in the past two years, but the harvest is not big. Fortunately, those bandits also have some eyesight, and they are generally related to the government, so they try not to provoke them. Therefore, this government will open one eye and close one eye. ”

When Yu Yin heard this, he suddenly realized.

In other words, the so-called Ruzhou bandits, the people are bandits, and the bandits are the people......

No wonder it will become the current situation, I'm afraid it is also out of helplessness.

"In that case, we still have to be more careful."

Chai Lin said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoyi, don't worry, this road in Ruzhou has been walked by my own family before, and I also have some friendship with those local heroes."

Yesterday, the proprietor decided to take a detour, so he sent someone to worship the mountain.

If it goes well, you can enter Yingchang Mansion after three days, and then turn to Kaifeng. ”

The so-called mountain worship is also the jargon of the rivers and lakes.

An old man like Chai Lin will have some face.

Before they passed, they would visit some of the local bandits with heads and faces, and give them a gift of money.

Then the local bandits would make it easier not to attack the caravan.

This is also a conventional rule, which is in line with the saying 'people respect me for a foot, and I respect people for a foot'.

Listening to Chai Lin's explanation, Yu Yin was relieved.

After the convoy left Cijian Town, it went all the way south, crossed Luoshui, crossed Yishui, and entered the territory of Ruzhou. Entering Ruzhou, the speed of the convoy slowed down significantly, and the escort team looked a little more vigilant and cautious than before.

When he arrived at Linru Town to rest, Liu Qing got the news: the official road to Yingchang Mansion south of Rushui was also blocked.

"If this is the case, then there is only through Rushui, through Kongtong Mountain, around Lushan, and then enter Yingchang Mansion along the Chishui!"

Chai Lin frowned, obviously a little worried.

Yu Yin couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that this will delay time?" ”

"Detour to Lushan, it will definitely be delayed for a while, but it will only be a day or two, and it will not be too long."

Liu Qing said: "Since this is the case, let's go to Lushan." ”

Chai Lin smiled bitterly: "Dong Weng doesn't know, this Lushan is also the most serious area of bandits in Ruzhou. If you go to Liang County, you are sure, relying on your own face, you can spend some money and you can pass without danger......

However, Lushan is close to Tangzhou.

My family rarely crosses the area south of Rushui, so I don't dare to guarantee that the kings over there will definitely be able to give their own face. ”

It turns out that the robbers are also divided into regions!

Yu Yin immediately understood Chai Lin's suffering, he was worried that an accident would happen.

"When will Liang County be passable?"

"According to the news from over there, it will take three or five days."

When Liu Qing heard this, he immediately frowned, "Luoyang is closed to the road, and Liang County is closed to the road...... Why is it so troublesome to come out this time? It's not that I can't afford to wait for three or five days, but it's not very comfortable in my heart after all. Jiulang, we have so many people, do you think we can pass through Lushan safely? If you can, you can go to Lushan, I really don't want to wait any longer. ”

"There was some confusion over there in Lushan......

But as far as Xiao Di knows, there are no too powerful bandits over there. If you insist on passing, it is not impossible...... Since they have received Dong Weng's wages, most of the brothers also know the stakes and will certainly ensure Dong Weng's safety all the way. ”

The implication of this is to tell Liu Qing that if he goes to Lushan, I am afraid that there will be casualties.

"Go to Lushan, go to Lushan!"

Liu Qing was a little impatient, and made a decision with a wave of his hand.

Yuyin didn't want to interject on the side, although he didn't agree with Liu Qing's approach, but in his heart, he also wanted to return to Tokyo as soon as possible.

Take people's money and eliminate disasters with others.

Looking at the members of the guard, Yu Yin could only secretly sigh.

"Don't hesitate brother, isn't there something important about returning so eagerly this time?"

After Chai Lin left, Yu Yin couldn't help but ask.

As a businessman, safety should be a priority. But looking at Liu Qing's behavior in the past two days, it is quite strange.

When he was in Jijian Town, he couldn't wait to return to Tokyo as soon as possible.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to take a detour, and even knew that the Ruzhou area was chaotic, but they had to force their way through. Of course, with the assistance of the little white wolf Chai Lin, it is not incomprehensible that you can reach Kaifeng safely and soundly by spending some money. After all, there are so many guards under Liu Qing's hands. As long as the Ruzhou Green Forest Road is opened, there will be no trouble.

However, knowing that Lushan is difficult to walk, and still passing through it desperately, it makes some sense!

Today's Yu Yin, after experiencing some training in Mobei, is no longer the jade butcher who was confused when Fang was reborn. He has learned to analyze, learned to figure out, and is a little more spicy in dealing with things than he was at the beginning.

Liu Qing sighed, walked to the door of the room, looked out, and saw that there was no one on the left and right, so he closed the door.

He took out a beautifully carved Hetian jade jade box from the salute he carried with him, and then placed it on the table.

"Xiao Yi is his own person, and he doesn't want to hide it.

Now that you are in chaos, why do you want to go to the Western Regions? Don't hide it from Xiaoyi, I went to the Western Regions this time to buy a treasure for Tang Qinsuo, the household servant. In a few days, it will be the prince's birthday. Two months ago, the crown princess was seriously ill and needed Tianshan Snow Lotus as a medicine to recover. In this Tokyo city, although there is no snow lotus, there is not enough year to pick the snow lotus. Tang Qinsu spent a lot of money and asked me to buy it from the Western Regions, and prepared to offer it on the prince's birthday, so as to win the prince's favor. If it is sent late, I am afraid that Tang Qinsu will find trouble for his own family. ”

Yu Yin, suddenly realized.

Tang Qinsuo? It's Tobe Squire again.

Yu Yin roughly guessed the identity of this person, presumably it was that Tang Ke.

Speaking of Tang Ke, it is really difficult to evaluate. People say that the coffin is conclusive, but this person ......

This person is a native of Qiantang in Yuhang, lost his father at the age of four, and then ascended to the first place in the shadow of his father, and was a scholar in the first year of Zhezong Shaosheng. In the third year of Huizong Daguan, he was ordered to provoke the rebellion of ethnic minorities in the southwest border region and was promoted to the right member of the Wailang.

In the seventh year of Zhenghe, the Yellow River burst, and Bianjing was in danger.

This Tang Ke was ordered to relieve the flooding of the Yellow River, and was promoted to the head of the household department because of his merits.

Since then, however, there has been no promotion...... Historically, Tang Ke was a well-known capitulation faction who advocated abandoning the Three Towns for peace. During the Jingkang period, it was he who instigated Qinzong to send a letter to the commander of the Jin soldiers to try to negotiate peace, but was spurned by the army and the people, and was forced to resign. After the second emperor was covered with dust, Jin Jun established Zhang Bangchang as the emperor, which Tang Ke actually supported.

However, after pushing Dai to sign the petition, he committed suicide by taking poison, so it is difficult to tell whether he is loyal or traitorous!

Liu Qing smiled bitterly: "Xiao Yimo looks at the surface scenery of his house, but in the eyes of others, he is just an ant ear.

If Tang Ke's good deeds are delayed this time, then Tang Ke will not be able to let me go.

At that time, even if he has tens of thousands of family fortunes, he will also be harmed by Tang Ke...... If not, why would they take the risk of forcibly passing through Lushan? ”