On the fifth day of Yang Yaozong's northward journey, the matter of the imperial grandson's supervision of the country, after 800 miles of urgent transmission, finally reached Shangjing and Yanmen Pass. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

King Qin, several civil and military generals and several of his important staff members were discussing in King Qin's mansion at this time.

King Qin looked at these people sitting below: "You should already know about the matter of the imperial grandson supervising the country, and this king wants to know what you think of this matter, and talk to this king." “

One of the ministers, this person is Shen Yanru, the prefect of Shangjing, who bowed to King Qin and said: "Weichen thinks that the emperor may not be in good health and is unable to take care of the government, so he let the emperor's grandson supervise the country." “

A few of those in the room nodded in agreement.

"Lao Yu doesn't think so, as far as Lao Yu knows, the emperor still occasionally goes to the court to accompany the emperor's grandson to listen to the government, that is, he made a curtain to listen to the government. However, it is certain that the emperor is not in good health, but the old man thinks that the emperor wants to train the emperor's grandson to take care of state affairs as soon as possible. "One of the staff members that King Qin relied on more, an old man named Bai Pu said.

"Humph! A yellow-mouthed child, even if he is re-cultivated, he will take care of any state affairs! An old man a few years younger than Bai Pu said disdainfully.

"Lord Wang! We're almost ready now, why don't we take this opportunity to ......" Jiang Hao said, he is the most trusted military general of the prince and the leader of the army of the Qinwang Mansion.

"Reckless! Don't you know that the two princes are still in Tianjing City now! Bai Pu angrily reprimanded.

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In the Nangong Battle Tent in Yanmen Pass, all the generals and generals gathered, discussing and analyzing the affairs of the emperor's grandson and the country, as well as the emperor's order that only defense is allowed, and no one is allowed to go out of the pass to face the battle, and those who violate the order will be beheaded.

Nangong Zhan frowned and said, "Tell me, what does the emperor mean by this." “

Nangong Qingyi frowned and said: "The emperor's physical condition has not been very good, let the imperial grandson supervise the country, Qingyi guesses that the emperor also wants to train the imperial grandson to deal with the affairs of the court and state as soon as possible." Moreover, with the emperor supporting the imperial grandson behind his back, he can also establish his authority for the imperial grandson as soon as possible, so as to inherit the throne smoothly in the future. As for the emperor's military order, the emperor is making a procrastination. It's getting colder by the day. Even if the Turkic side could supply grain and grass, it would not last long under this harsh winter. Moreover, as long as this year drags on, the Turks will definitely withdraw their troops. Ordinary Turkic soldiers worked as farmers and herdsmen in their spare time and as soldiers in wartime. They now have nearly a million laborers just hoarding outside Yanmen Pass, and although they have fought a lot with us, they have never gained any real benefits. With so much labor wasted here, costing the people and money, and their food shortages, the D-Turkic Tuorje Khan and the Western Turkic Iro Khan should also consider this matter. “

Xing Ning, the general on the right, said: "If you just stick to the battle, the Turks are not fools, and they will definitely attack Yanmen Pass more fiercely." This Yanmen Pass is certainly difficult and difficult to attack, but even if it is an iron wall, we just stick to it, and there will be a day when it will be breached. ”

Nangong Qingyi frowned and said: "Since we have received this holy decree, then we can only carry it out according to the holy decree now." If there is really a very urgent situation, then it can only be ignored by foreign military orders. Now, I would like to ask the generals to give orders to go down and patrol the Yanmen Pass, the city wall, the pass, and the additional soldiers in the city. Strengthen the walls and passes. Increased the number of defense equipment and artillery. At the same time, the Datong Prefecture was notified to speed up the manufacture of ammunition, firearms, bows and arrows and send them to Yanmen Pass as soon as possible. It is also necessary to carry out a strict inventory of merchants entering and leaving Yanmen Pass, and from today onwards, the side gate will only be opened at noon every day, allowing merchants to come and go......"

As night fell, the Qinwang Mansion and the Nangong War Tent were still in tense deliberations, and Yang Yaozong's passenger boat arrived at the Xuzhou Wharf along the canal for five days.

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Since Ayi finally confirmed Yang Yaozong's surname with Yang Yaozong with perseverance, and he also informed Yang Yaozong of his name, and also knew that he and Yang Yaozong were on the same cabin, the relationship between them has gradually become familiar because Ayi often goes to chat with Yang Yaozong.

Now Ayi not only knows Yang Yaozong's surname Yang, but also knows the name Yang Guo that Yang Yaozong turned into when he went north this time, and he also met Zhang Lie through Yang Yaozong's introduction. When Ayi asked Yang Yaozong and Zhang Lie what they were going to Beijing for, Yang Yaozong simply replied that they would go to Beijing for a study tour.

Yang Yaozong also learned from Ah Yi that the bald man who had not seen him for two days was named Jie Zhiluo, and Ah Yi also told them that he had come to Da Zhou to buy some goods for the New Year, and by the way, he was visiting Da Zhou. Yang Yaozong learned that the bald man had been resting in the warehouse where he lived for the past few days because of seasickness. So he went to the ship's galley and asked the crew in charge of the galley for a piece of ginger and some dried plums. Of course, he didn't ask for it in vain, but he still gave the crew two taels of silver. Yang Yaozong handed the ginger and dried plums to Ayi, and told Ayi to slice the ginger and give Jie Zhiluo two slices a day, and the dried plums were to let him eat one when Jie Zhiluo felt seasick, which would relieve the symptoms of seasickness. He also told Ayi not to let Jie Zhiluo look at the river and keep the cabin ventilated.

After Ah Yi handed over the ginger and dried plums that Yang Yaozong gave him to Jie Zhiluo, and told Jie Zhiluo about the eating methods and precautions that Yang Yaozong told him about relieving seasickness, after the next three days of sailing, Jie Zhiluo's seasickness symptoms were indeed alleviated a lot. He also insisted on walking out of the cabin and sincerely thanked Yang Yaozong. Jie Zhiluo could only say a few simple words such as "thank you" and "hello" in Da Zhou, so when he thanked Yang Yaozong, Ah Yi helped translate it.

Yang Yaozong saw this bald man named Jie Zhiluo again, only to see that Jie Zhiluo's face was bloodless, his lips were white, his spirit was very atrophied, and he wanted to gag from time to time. Sure enough, he looked like he was tormented by seasickness. Hurry him back to the cabin where he was staying, and let him rest in peace.

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Xuzhou wharf as a large wharf for north-south transportation transit, there are many people under the Xuzhou wharf, and there are many people on it.

Normally, a ship carrying passengers will only sail from one large pier to the next pier and then turn around and return. Those who want to continue north or south will need to change to the next boat and continue their journey. It took so much trouble to go back and forth to finally reach the destination. The ship that Yang Yaozong and Zhou Lie took was a large passenger ship, so it didn't need to be as troublesome as a small passenger ship. But the silver taels required are at least twice as expensive as a small passenger ship, and that is still the price of a large cabin. The price of a two-person cabin like Yang Yaozong and Zhang Lie is three times the price of a large cabin. Therefore, people who can generally afford to live in small cabins generally have relatively superior family backgrounds. In the past few days of sailing, Yang Yaozong has a certain impression and understanding of the people living on this floor.

Except for the first day when the ship was berthed at night, Yang Yaozong stayed in the cabin to rest, and the other days he took Hei Yao off the ship to wander around when the ship was berthed, because he was worried that he would miss the passenger ship that might depart at any time, but he would not enter the city to play, so he just let Hei Yao run around the dock to stretch and stretch his muscles. Ayi's eyes lit up when he saw Hei Yao, and he liked it very much. And the obsidian is more and more ignorant of her, unruly. The more she liked Black Yao. When Hei Yao was by Yang Yaozong's side, Ayi didn't pester Yang Yaozong, only Hei Yao was tortured, and Yang Yaozong was happy to see Hei Yao's annoying appearance. However, in the past few days, although Hei Yao still doesn't let Ayi get up, he has already made Ayi a little closer when he is overwhelmed.

That night, Yang Yaozong and Ayi came back with Hei Yao, set Hei Yao in the bottom compartment of the ship, and went up to the deck. I heard some people with Shandong accents talking about the bandits in Shandong. There were quite a few people around them.

"Recently, there are more and more people taking boats, even if it is a short distance, but whenever they pass through the Shandong border, they will basically choose to take a boat. On weekdays, there is no night when the ship docks and gets on the ship, you see, now, as long as the ship has docked, no matter day or night, there are many people on board. I am afraid that there is no position, because recently, the bandits in Shandong have been very fierce, and I heard that even the official family has no choice. “

"Yes, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the New Year will be in a few months, and the robbers and bandits have begun to prepare the goods and money for the New Year." After this man finished speaking, the people around him burst into laughter.

"But fortunately, this group of bandits and robbers does not hurt people, nor does they harm women. As long as there is money and goods, otherwise no one will dare to go on the land route north through Shandong. “

"I have a brother who works as an errand in the Jining official office, and I heard him say that these bandits are mountain bandits from Hugging, and the big boss of this mountain bandit is still a woman, what is Liao Qiniang's. That's a good skill, and several big men want to get close to her. “

"Hahaha, this mountain bandit boss turned out to be a girl! You won't lead a bunch of girls to rob under your hands! If Lao Tzu had known the news, what kind of land and water would he have taken, it would have been better to take the land route and let this group of girls rob Lao Tzu, maybe the girl named Liao Qi Niang also fell in love with Lao Tzu, robbed Lao Tzu to go to the mountains, and asked Lao Tzu to be a mountain king for her. “

"Hahahaha"! Another burst of laughter. "Aren't you afraid of Liao Qiniang's square head, big ears, green face and fangs?"

"I'm afraid of what she's doing! The lights went out at night, and in bed it wasn't the same as other women, all that hole! Lao Tzu just stabbed it happily. Besides, Lao Tzu became the king of the mountain, and the women on the mountain didn't want Lao Tzu to pick them up casually. ”

"Hahahaha"! "Dream your big spring and autumn dreams! With your shivering appearance, it is enough for this boatload of people to watch for half a month, even if Liao Qiniang is unbearable, no matter how hungry and thirsty she is, she will definitely not fall in love with you! ”

"Hahahaha"!

Yang Yaozong just frowned and listened for a while, originally wanted to listen carefully to what this group of people said about the bandits in Shandong, but the more they talked, the more they deviated, and when they saw that Ayi beside him was already red-faced and embarrassed to leave, he returned to the second floor with Ayi.

On the second deck, Xiang Yaozong saw two women and two men standing in the corridor on the second deck, these four people he had not seen in the past few days of sailing, they should have just come up as a boatman. One of the two girls is dressed as a woman, who looks like she is about twenty-five years old, with a somewhat beautiful appearance, slightly thick eyebrows, bright eyes, and a kind of heroism contained in her temperament. The other woman, looking at her dress and standing beside the woman, was supposed to be the woman's maid. The two men were slightly shorter than Yang Yaozong, with dark skin, but both slender and strong. He was also very respectful to the woman. It seems that he should be a servant or bodyguard of the woman. However, when he looked at Yang Yaozong, Yang Yaozong felt that these two men seemed to have anger on them, and Yang Yaozong just frowned, smiled and nodded with them, and then took Ayi to pass by a few people, sent Ayi back to her cabin, and returned to his cabin himself.

Yang Yaozong returned to his cabin, and Zhang Lie saw him and said with a smile: "I heard that there was a lot of noise below, and it was even more lively than a few days ago, as if there were a lot of new people on the ship." “

Yang Yaozong nodded, and then told Zhang Lie what he heard on the deck about the troubles in Shandong.

Zhang Lie frowned and sighed: "I have always heard of this Shandong bandit, and the imperial court has to send troops to suppress the bandits every year, but it has never been able to cure it. “

Yang Yaozong frowned and said, "Even if it can't be cured, it can't be made more and more fierce." There should still be some internal factors that the imperial court does not know. “

Zhang Lie frowned and nodded.

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"Qi Niang! The people below are talking badly! I'll go down and teach them a lesson. After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave. The person who spoke was none other than one of the four people Yang Yaozong had seen in the corridor just now.

"What do you call me! Don't forget what we came out for, I can bear what they say, you can't bear it, can you! The woman frowned and whispered to the man who had turned to leave. It turned out that this woman who looked quite beautiful and had a bit of heroism was Liao Qiniang, the Shandong bandit leader who was talking about by those men on the first deck.

"Big ...... Big boss! Husband...... Madam. But they! They! The man who had just been reprimanded by Liao Sanniang looked at Liao Sanniang a little angry, and said a little unwillingly. sighed and then whispered flatteringly: "Qi Niang...... Madam...... I saw that you just saw the way you liked the wind (black word: horse) of the sharp grandson (black language: beautiful man, alluding to Yang Yaozong), how about I get it for you when I get off the boat? ”

"That's it! You two are not allowed to act rashly without my consent! The fourth took the third child back to the warehouse to rest. Liao Sanniang said sternly.

"Ma'am, let's go back to the cabin and rest." The maid beside Liao Sanniang said.

Liao Sanniang nodded, and glanced at the room where Yang Yaozong lived. Then follow the maid into the cabin. (To be continued.) )