Su You took the form handed over by the bitter master, nodded while looking at it, and then instructed Lu Zhongsu, "Everything is ready, let's go into the city." ”

Lu Zhongsu agreed, leaving twenty people to guard the outside of the boat, and the rest of the people followed Su You Hao towards Yangzhou City.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the city saw that Su You and more than 100 others were about to enter the city, and they did not dare to slack off; When the two soldiers were about to stop Su You and the others from asking for a look, the leader of the soldiers hurried over.

"Captain, you're finally here." The two soldiers standing in front of Su You breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the leader coming.

"Can't I do it? You didn't speak as badly as you usually do, did you? The leader saw Su You waiting in line for inspection in a relaxed manner, but asked the two soldiers who collected the city gate tax with some concern.

"No, we're just doing routine checks." The two soldiers at the front shook their heads in unison.

"Are you blind? The man was wearing a purple robe. The leader immediately breathed a sigh of relief, scolded the two of them in a low voice, and finally mustered up the courage to walk towards Su You, Shi Li asked, "Shangguan is Su Yushi?" ”

If the soldier guarding the door asked about Su You's official position, he wouldn't be surprised, after all, his official uniform was worn on his body, but as soon as he came up, he pointed out his name, which still made Su You feel a little strange.

Su You was suspicious in his heart, but he still nodded and replied, "This official is Su You, and these are the entourage of this official behind him." ”

"Su Yushi's people, naturally don't need to check." The leader seemed to be stunned for a moment, but he quickly waved his hand and made a gesture of please, and then muttered to himself, "The little one calculated that Su Yushi should have arrived in the past two days, and sure enough." ”

"Oh?" Su You looked at the leader of the gate with some puzzlement, but said in his heart, "My whereabouts have been exposed?" Was it notified by His Majesty? Or is it news from Pengcheng? ”

Pengcheng is more than 600 miles away, and Su You and the others hurried to complete the whole journey in two days, but if they hurry up, the land route can obviously be used in a shorter time.

If his whereabouts came from Pengcheng, I was afraid that the next plan would have to be rearranged; If their news comes from His Majesty, then the county code of this Jiangdu County must be His Majesty's people

The leader of the gate guard frowned when he saw Su You, and then explained, "Su Yushi doesn't know, the county guard learned the news of Su Yushi's southward journey three days ago, and immediately sent his brothers to Pengcheng to greet him. ”

Su You listened to his words, and at least he could be sure of one thing, that is, Yang Guang intended to spread the news of his early trip to Yangzhou to Yangzhou.

This means that the county guard of Jiangdu County is Yang Guang's person?

Su You nodded, since the other party had already prepared to greet him with great fanfare, if he didn't go to worship the mountain, he seemed to be a little reluctant to go.

"Mai Jun has a heart, and the brothers have worked hard, it's not a matter for us to stand here, otherwise" Su You pointed to the congestion at the gate of the city and looked at the little leader guarding the gate.

The leader of the gate guard obviously knew what Su You meant, but he said stubbornly, "Shangguan Rongyu, the little one has already sent someone to return to Mai Junshou just now, I believe that he will come here to greet Yushi soon after getting the news." ”

"Well, let's wait." Although Su You was a little anxious, he also understood the difficulties of the leader of the gate, and anyway, the first thing he did when he entered the city was to see the Jiangdu County guard, so he simply waited for him to come to greet him.

Su You had just made up his mind when he heard the sound of horses' hooves passing through the end of the long street.

"So fast?" Su You thought so, but when he looked up, he saw a warrior in his thirties riding alone from the other side of the long street, dressed in military uniform, with a long beard floating on his chest, so imposing.

Looking at the soldiers rushing in alone, Su You naturally didn't want to go up to the Jiangdu County Guard, so he asked the little leader just now, "This general is so powerful, do you know him?" ”

Hearing Su You's question, the leader of the gatekeeper whispered with some embarrassment, "This is our Maijun guard." ”

Su You was immediately stunned, is this the wheat iron rod? Didn't you say you were going to come out to greet me? How did you come out single-handedly?

Wait, is it his guard who is running out of breath half a mile behind?

"Shhh When Mai Tiezhu was still three zhang away from Su You, he immediately restrained the horse, turned over and dismounted and hugged Su You with his fists, "Xiaguan Jiangdu County guards the horse iron battle to welcome the late, please forgive the imperial history." ”

Su You immediately replied, "Mai has made Jun serious, Su You has been ordered to go south, disturbing everyone." ”

"You and I are both working for His Majesty, how can you disturb or not?" Mai Tiezhu nodded, and after saying these two sentences, he said, "Yushi wants to go to the post station first?" Or do you want to go around the city of Yangzhou first? Or go to lunch first? Xia Guan has just ordered his subordinates to go to Tianya Pavilion to set up a private room."

Su You didn't expect that the hearts of these five big and three coarse people were so detailed, and when it came to Su You's whereabouts, he was exhaustive, but his last sentence had obviously helped Su You make a good choice.

Su You came to Yangzhou for the first time, naturally I didn't know what Tianya Pavilion meant, listening to the name must be a place to eat, but did Su You come to Yangzhou to eat?

"Let's go back to the county government first?" Su You immediately proposed that Mai Tiezhu did not list the whereabouts, which made the latter stunned for a while.

"That's good, Su Yushi, please." After Mai Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, he made a gesture of invitation to Su You, and when he saw Lu Zhongsu behind Su You, he couldn't help but say, "I don't want to meet the old man here." ”

Mai Tiecane and Pei Renji were both people who were beside the Empress of the Chen Dynasty, Su You knew this, but how could he have thought that Mai Tiezhu and Lu Zhongsu had an intersection? However, it's not surprising that there is an intersection, as long as it's not the kind of enemies who are red-eyed when they see each other.

Su You looked at Lu Zhongsu, then at Mai Tiecane, and finally couldn't help but gossip, "You won't have unresolved grievances, right?" ”

Mai Tiezhu smiled and said abruptly, "That's not true, in fact, Xia Guan and General Lu have only met once; It is ridiculous to say that at that time, the lower officials were ordered by the queen of the Chen Dynasty to persuade General Lu to go out of the mountain, but General Lu seemed to have seen the sunset of the Chen Dynasty at that time, so he categorically rejected me. Unexpectedly, when we met again, General Lu was still an old minister of the Chen Dynasty, but I became the county guard of the Sui Dynasty. ”

The meaning of Mai Tiecan's words was obviously to appreciate Lu Zhongsu's long-term vision, and he inevitably had no regrets that he couldn't start from the beginning.

Lu Zhongsu shook his head and said, "Maijun is serious, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, and it is natural for you to abandon the dark and turn to the light; The Chen Dynasty has been extinct for nearly 20 years now, how can the old man dare to call the old man of the Chen Dynasty? If the Sui Dynasty now needs the old decay to come out to protect the family and defend the country, the old decay will have no hesitation. ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded, and his perception of Lu Zhongsu was greatly improved, so he made a gesture of invitation to Su You and said, "Su Yushi's embarrassing situation in Pengcheng is already known, please rest assured, this Jiangdu County and Yangzhou City are definitely safe and trustworthy cities and counties." ”

Su You nodded, walked side by side with Mai Tiecane to the county office, and heard the sound of "bang" coming from his armor in his ears, and believed him a little bit in his words just now.

Maijun Shou said, Su You was convinced. By the way, I don't know how many people the county guard can mobilize. ”

"Su Yushi wants to transfer the people and horses of Jiangdu? As you know, the county guard does not have the right to mobilize troops and horses, and the military power is in the hands of the county commander or the captain. However, with the prestige of this official in Yangzhou, it should not be difficult to mobilize a thousand people. ”

Mai Tiezhu didn't seem to expect that Su You would mobilize troops and horses as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, but he received Yang Guang's secret order to fully cooperate with Su You, so he did not cooperate as Su You imagined.

Su You immediately nodded and said, "One thousand? Almost. Please ask the county guard to help mobilize a thousand men, the sooner the better, I have an urgent need. ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded, and immediately called a few guards to lead Su You and his people back to the county government first, and he personally went to the captain's house in Jiangdu.

"It's an acute one." Su You sighed and commented, and his tone was extremely gratifying.

Lu Zhongsu heard Su You sigh, but shook his head and said, "Sir, I don't know, this wheat iron rod is not only anxious, but also fast." ”

"The wheat iron rod is very famous, it is said that he can travel 500 miles a day, and he can catch up with the galloping horse when he runs, which is simply a realistic version of the 'Shenxing Taibao'." Su You immediately said, he still heard of the name of the wheat iron rod, but he has always been a person who makes up stories, how can he believe the stories he heard?

When Lu Sheng heard Su You and Lu Zhongsu talking, he didn't dare to speak, but after listening to Su You's description, he finally couldn't help but ask curiously, "Shenxing Taibao?" The gentleman described it so aptly, but I don't know what it means? ”

Su You immediately nodded and explained, "Taibao? As the name suggests, this is one of the ancient three dukes, and later it has become a synonym for 'green forest heroes', just like now using 'rangers' to call hooligans. This wheat iron rod is rough and debauched and good at drinking, likes to make friends, values faithfulness, and usually makes a living by fishing and hunting, and does not own property. ”

Wang Bodang obviously hadn't heard the story of the wheat iron rod, and at this time he also interjected, "This is Taibao, what do you say about Shenxing?" ”

Su You knew very little, so he had to look at Lu Zhongsu with a look of help.

Lu Zhongsu thought for a while before he spoke, "During the Taijian period, Mai Tiezhu cooperated with others to be a thief, and Ouyang Weiye, the assassin of Guangzhou, captured him, and Mai Tiezhu became a slave of the imperial court from then on, specializing in holding an umbrella for the queen. He often walked more than 100 miles after the latter lord retired from the dynasty, went to southern Xuzhou at night, climbed over the city wall, robbed and stole by light, and when he returned the next morning, he still held an umbrella for the latter lord."

"Does this rod have obsessive-compulsive disorder? Can he always be by the side of the queen, but will he be short of money? Hearing this, Lu Sheng was a little puzzled and began to doubt the authenticity of this story.

Lu Zhongsu ignored him and continued, "More than ten times like this, the owners recognized him, and the Southern Xuzhou government sued the latter lord with a complaint, and the officials of the court and the central government saw that Mai Tiezhu was there every morning and did not believe that he was a thief. Later, the officials of Southern Xuzhou repeatedly complained about the iron rod, and Shangshu Cai Zheng said: "This can be verified." When the guards withdrew, a reward of 100 gold was offered to recruit people who could send the edict to the assassin of Southern Xuzhou. The iron rod came out to answer the call, and went away with the edict in his arms, and the next morning it was played in time. ”

"Sure enough, it's a god, but what happened later?"

"Later, then the Lord sent him back to his hometown."

"It's a pity." Lu Sheng shook his head.