Chapter Twenty-Six: Yue Fei Returns
In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that Yue Fei had successfully ordered An Jiqian, and was on the way back, when Zhao Gou heard about it, he was very happy and ordered Wang Boyan to prepare wine and meat to entertain Ji Qian.
In modern times, it only takes four hours to travel from Shanghai to Beijing, but in the Song Dynasty, it was only from the Taihang Mountains around Xiangzhou to Xiangzhou City, but four hours was not enough to walk. Zhao Gou thought at the beginning that as a generalissimo, he would have to look like a generalissimo, so he sat in the big tent and waited for Ji Qian's visit. Who knew that dinner had been eaten, and Ji Qian's team had not yet arrived, and Zhao Gou couldn't pretend anymore, so he put his feet on the table and leaned back on the chair to read "Song Xingtong". Later, by the morning of the next day, Ji Qian and his group still hadn't arrived, and Zhao Gou was already annoyed, so he simply stopped waiting and went to the barracks to play polo with the volunteer officers and soldiers who could ride horses. Zhao Goufang's main opponent is the very heartless Huazhou blacksmith Zhou Hang (I don't know how he practiced his riding skills so well), Zhou Hang was like growing on horseback, and scored three goals in less than a quarter of an hour, beating Zhao Gou to the ground. The battle was so miserable that Lan Jue Kangshu outside the stadium even covered his eyes and couldn't bear to look at it. Zhao Gou smiled bitterly and said to Lin Xuesong on his side, "Not giving up when you are lagging behind is also an important character of a soldier." ”
Zhao Gou Fangzheng was struggling to support, and Zhao Guangan ran over and said, "King, Yue Fei and Ji Qian have arrived!" "To tell the truth, Zhao Gou hates losing, and he doesn't want to fight in his heart, but he has to force a smile for the sake of face and demeanor, and when he hears that Yue Fei is back, he can be regarded as having an excuse. He immediately threw away the horse pole, rushed out of the field directly on the horse, and ran towards the gate of the barracks.
Seeing that King Kang had run, the winning side of the players on the court stopped to wipe their sweat; The losing side snorted angrily, looking like they wanted to fight. Only Han Yuan turned his horse and walked in the direction of Zhao Gou, and said, "What are you doing?" Not going out with the Generalissimo yet!? Protect the Generalissimo! Hearing Han Yuan say this, everyone was stunned, some understood, some didn't, but they all followed Han Yuan to the gate of the barracks.
When Zhao Gou arrived at the gate of the barracks, he saw Yue Fei standing side by side with a bearded man, leading horses and waiting at the gate of the barracks, and behind them, there were hundreds of young men with axes, sickles, wooden sticks or other improvised weapons.
Zhao Gou is short-sighted in modern times, but his eyesight is excellent after crossing over, and when he looks at it, he finds that the expression on the face of the cheeky man is a bit like that of a patient who has bought a number from a ticket seller in the hospital—suspicious and expectant. Zhao thought about it and understood what Ji Qian was worried about, just like the fate of the heroes of Liangshan in the Water Margin was not very good, in reality, the peasant rebels who fell into the grass were either exterminated or murdered, and there was often no good ending. This Ji Qian is naturally worried that she will be clicked by Zhao Gou. Understanding Ji Qian's mental journey, Zhao Gou smiled calmly and rode straight towards Yue Fei and Ji Qian.
Feng Yuan, the county lieutenant of Xiangzhou, who was standing at the gate of the barracks and watching, and Han Yuan, who was following behind Zhao Gou, were shocked when they saw that the generalissimo of King Kang, who was surrounded by no one, approached the bandits who had returned to Shun unarmed, and shouted, "Generalissimo, no!" Generalissimo! ”
But Zhao Gou didn't care about their worries, after all, how could Yue Fei harm him? He rode directly to Yue Fei's side, dismounted, patted Yue Fei's arm, and said, "Yue Qing, you have worked hard. ”
Seeing Zhao Gou rushing to them unarmed, the expressions on Yue Fei and Ji Qian's faces were extremely moved, and Ji Qian's tears of emotion flowed down. Zhao Gou was very satisfied with Ji Qian's reaction, thinking that in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao used this hand to let Yuan Shao's subordinate Zhang He Gaolan and him be of one heart and one mind, and now he has the same example, so he expresses his trust in Ji Qian. In the future, as long as Ji Qian is not a hypocrisy, she will probably no longer be entangled in falling into the grass.
At this time, Zhao Gou's subordinates, Feng Yuan Run, Han Yuan, Zhang Erlang and others rode horses, and they all ran over on kicks. Zhao Gou waved his hand calmly, "Hey? What are you panicking about? There are Yue Fei, Ji Qian, and hundreds of people in the Great Song Dynasty, all of whom are innocent, and it is more than enough to protect this marshal. What are you all worried about? ”
Feng Yuan and Han Yuan looked at each other, both of them had frightened expressions, but seeing Ji Qian kneeling on the ground, snot and tears flowed down his face, as if he was really coming to vote, he had no choice but to put down his desperate posture, but he still held the weapon tightly in his hand, stared wide-eyed and observed, ready to rush up at any time.
Zhao Gou pulled up Ji Qian and said, "Ji Qian, Marshal Ben was very moved when he read your letter, and thought to himself, if everyone in my Great Song Dynasty could be like you, the gold thief would have been driven away a long time ago." ”
The worry and doubts on Ji Qian's face had long been swept away, and he looked at Zhao Gou with starry eyes with tears streaming down his eyes, and instead said, "Generalissimo, if my Great Song royal family is like you, the gold thief will be driven away." ”
Zhao Gou heard Ji Qian say this, and was thinking that classmate Ji Qian was amazing, Marshal Ben liked it! However, Zhao Guang'an behind him shouted, "Presumptuous! What are you to dare to speak so generously! ”
Ji Qian shuddered when she heard this, knelt down again, and said, "The grass people are guilty of death." But his back was straight, and there was no guilt on his face. It was Yue Fei, who bowed his head and pleaded guilty, and said softly, "Ji Qian is ignorant and ridiculous, and the generalissimo forgives him." ”
In fact, Zhao Gou not only didn't feel that Ji Qian was guilty at all, but also felt that what he said was very good and reasonable. How? The superiors have done despicable things to scrape all the people's wealth and sacrifice to the gold people, but they refuse to let the subordinates tell the truth? It's really only allowed the state officials to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps. What's more, Ji Qian is praising him ^-^! But then again, he is still a courtier of Qinzong, and he can't openly encourage and criticize Song Qinzong's words and deeds, so he shook his head and said, "Marshal Ben didn't hear anything this time, and in the future, he is not allowed to say similar words again." ”
When Yue Feiji Qian heard this, he said in unison, "Generalissimo Xie." ”
Zhao Gou laughed again, pulled up the two of them, and said, "Okay, Marshal Ben has been preparing a banquet for the two of you for several days. Let's go, let's go together. Speaking of this, Zhao Gou remembered that there were still hundreds of people watching, so he instructed Lin Xuesong to say, "Outside the junior staff, you go and settle Ji Qian's subordinates." Everyone else, don't keep a straight face, come, come together. ”
Zhao Gou pulled Yue Fei with one hand and Ji Qian with the other, and went straight back to the volunteer camp. The banquet has indeed been prepared for a long time, Zhao Gou ate chicken and vegetables, pushed the cup with Yue Feijiqian, and discussed the tricks of exercising, and they had a very happy conversation. Zhao Gou is promising Ji Qian that all his subordinates who have passed the volunteer assessment will be under his command, and they will still obey him. The table next to it suddenly became chaotic.
I saw Zhang Sanlang blushing, grabbed Han Yuan's collar, and scolded, "You are a deflated calf, my second brother toasts you because he can afford you, do you dare not drink?" ”