Chapter 623: Urgently out of the city
"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet! ”
Li Shoujie waved his hand, everyone quieted down, and looked at Li Shoujie together, Li Shoujie said solemnly: "This is Qi Guogong, no!" Now it should be His Royal Highness King Qi who asked Qingming to inform everyone that the information should be credible, do you have any questions? ”
Everyone had no doubts about Zhang Xuan's information, but everyone wanted to know how to escape from Jiangdu, and everyone immediately chatted and asked: "Li Shaoqing, how should we leave Jiangdu?" ”
This is a very real problem, the streets are full of patrolmen, and the city gates are heavily guarded. They simply can't get out.
Li Shoujie didn't know what the specific method was, but he had confidence in his son, and he said loudly: "Now the time is very urgent, if you want to leave, don't leave here now, half an hour later, Qingming will arrange for us to go out of the city, and the Qingzhou Army scouts will pick us up outside the city to leave, if there is anything to explain at home, you can leave a letter, and I will ask someone to send a letter to everyone." If you don't want to leave, don't leave in a hurry, wait for us to leave before you go home, this is to ensure everyone's safety. ”
Everyone is basically single in Jiangdu, their wives and children are in their hometowns, at most they follow with concubines, and there may be some soft property in the house, but everyone knows that it is important to save their lives, and now they can't take care of things outside their bodies, and everyone has expressed their attitudes, except for a very few people who can't let go of their families, everyone else is willing to follow Li Shoujie and leave.
Everyone wrote a letter to arrange the affairs of Jiangdu Fuzhong.
At this time, Cui Huan whispered to Li Shoujie: "Do you want to notify Qingshi?" ”
Qingshi is Cui Zhao. The head of the Boling Cui family, this time Hebei officials gathered, Li Shoujie did not notify him to come to the party.
Li Shoujie knew that the relationship between Cui Zhao and Yu Wenshu was extraordinary, and he must also be a person of Yu Wenhua, and informed Cui Zhao that he was afraid that he would betray the entire Hebei official, and his son Li Qingming also repeatedly instructed him. Don't spoil a woman's kindness for a while.
Not only Cui Zhao couldn't be notified, but even Cui Lin couldn't be told.
Li Shoujie finally shook his head, "Informing him will be a big bad thing, and no one can go!" ”
Cui Huan was gloomy, he also knew that Cui Zhao had gone too far on the wrong path, and it would be difficult to pull it back.
"Alright! I only have two old servants. I'll leave a letter for them. ”
Li Shoujie patted him on the shoulder and turned to greet the others.
At this time, a servant rushed over and whispered a few words to Li Shoujie, who hurriedly greeted him, only to see Li Qingming walking briskly with two officials about thirty years old.
These two officials are the two sons of Lai Hu'er, Lai Kai and Lai Hong, Lai Kai Guan is appointed as a general doctor, although Lai Hong is a brother. But the official position is higher than that of his brother, and he served as the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, and they are the officials named by Zhang Xuan to take away.
Lai Hu'er and Yu Wenshu are rivals, once Yu Wenhua gains power, he will definitely not let go of Hu'er's son, Lai Hu'er was Zhang Xuan's old boss, and has high prestige in the Great Sui military, although he is idle at home. But Zhang Xuan didn't want him to be taken by Li Yuan.
Li Shoujie and the Lai brothers greeted each other and asked them to be led into the inner house. There is another person behind Li Shoujie, but it is Yu Shinan, which makes Li Shoujie very surprised, although Yu Shinan's official position is not high, but his reputation is very great, and his personality is extremely upright. It's really surprising that he is willing to leave.
Li Shoujie didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly smiled and saluted, "Please enter the inner house to rest, we will leave soon." ”
Yu Shinan returned a salute. smiled faintly: "Disturb Li Shaoqing." ”
He also followed the Lai brothers and walked briskly towards the inner house.
Watching Yu Shinan walk away, Li Shoujie asked his son in a low voice: "How did you convince such a stubborn person?" ”
Li Qingming said with a smile: "Although Yu Gong is upright, he is an understanding person, he doesn't want to work for Yu Culture, and he has always longed for Qingzhou, and he is willing to be a small official in Qingzhou, so I gave him a handwritten letter from Dashuai, and he didn't hesitate to leave with me." ”
"The King of Qi gave him a handwritten letter?" Li Shoujie was surprised.
Li Qingming nodded, "He may be our Imperial Doctor in the future, in charge of supervising the power, and the marshal attaches great importance to him." ”
Li Shoujie really felt a burst of sourness, Yu Shinan, who was unwilling in the Great Sui, would be so valued by Zhang Xuan, at this time, he suddenly had a realization that Zhang Xuan may not completely rely on the Hebei Shi clan, if he thought that he could be superior to others if he was a Hebei Shi clan, it would be a big mistake.
Zhang Xuan's abandonment of Cui Zhao is the most typical example, it is said that Zhang Xuan never visited the Boling Cui clan, not that he followed the Hebei Shi clan, but that the Hebei Shi clan followed him.
Li Shoujie sighed secretly in his heart, fortunately, his son Qingming was deeply valued by Zhang Xuan, which gave him a little comfort, and he hurriedly asked, "How are we going to go?" ”
Li Qingming smiled slightly: "Father, don't worry!" The children are all arranged. ”
Li Shoujie's face sank, "It's not that you arranged it, but you have to tell me a little detail, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to you." ”
Li Qingming saw that his father was a little anxious, so he comforted him with a smile and said: "We take the waterway into the Yangtze River, and there are big boats on the Yangtze River to meet us. ”
Li Shoujie breathed a sigh of relief, it sounded a little reliable, and he hurriedly asked, "But how can we get out of the city?" ”
"We have already bought off several generals on duty, and it is the person we have bought off who is on duty at Watergate in the afternoon......"
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Although martial law has not yet been implemented in Jiangdu City, the atmosphere in the city is also very tense, and there are groups of patrolling soldiers everywhere, as strict as at night, especially at the city gates, the inventory is the strictest, the eight city gates are full of soldiers, every pedestrian entering and leaving the city must be monitored, and the slightest abnormality will be immediately stopped by the soldiers for interrogation.
There are two water gates in Jiangdu City, one in the south and one in the north, these two water gates are connected to the south and north cities in the city through the Cao River, which can be said to be the economic lifeline of Jiangdu, and a large number of cargo ships enter the city every day.
But since the Tongji Canal was cut off by the Wagang Army in Liang County, the North Water Gate has become a lot deserted, mainly the South Water Gate is particularly busy, Yu Wenhua and specially issued an order, strictly prohibiting grain, pig iron, medicine, cloth and other materials out of the city, but welcome grain, pig iron into the city, so the inventory of the South Water City is also extremely strict, every cargo ship must be thoroughly searched by the soldiers, so that a large number of ships are squeezed in the river inside and outside the city, and there are many complaints.
The river in the city was already crowded with boats, nearly a thousand of them, all of them small flat-bottomed cargo ships of about a hundred stones, and the boats were piled with goods covered with tarpaulins, and the boatmen sat in the bow with a sad face, not knowing when it would be their turn to leave the city.
There is a narrow waterway in the middle of the dense ships, which is mainly for the patrol of the official ships, no one dares to block this waterway, at this time, three passenger ships slowly came, on the boat sat more than 30 officials, including 23 Hebei officials and 11 Zhang Xuan specially named officials to be rescued, they were divided into three passenger ships, all of them were very nervous, in the face of such a strict inspection, can they get out of the city?
Li Qingming was sitting on the first passenger boat, and he was going to personally send these officials to the Yangtze River to get on the boat.
The head of the city and the shore on both sides were full of interrogating soldiers, and a dozen soldiers stood on the shore with long hooks, and as long as a ship came, they would be immediately caught by the long hooks, and they would not want to pass the border in confusion.
The guard of Nanshui City is called Zhao Yongcai, a native of Qi County, and is a Wu Yonglang general of Xiaoguowei, he and another Wu Yonglang will be responsible for guarding the South City Gate and the South Water Gate, and he is on duty today.
Zhao Yongcai stood at the head of the city, looking at the three passenger ships approaching from a distance, his eyes showed a complicated look, of course he had been bought by Li Qingming, but as a native of Qi County, he also had to consider his parents, wife and children in Qi County, Li Qingming gave him a promise that as long as he made meritorious service today, his land in Qi County would be regarded as a military meritorious field, which meant that he would receive preferential treatment from tax exemption in his lifetime.
At this time, the three passenger boats had already passed through the narrow waterway to the city gate, and the ships next to them saw that they were not queuing, and they all made noise together, which immediately woke up Zhao Yongcai, who was in deep thought, and he pointed to the three passenger boats and ordered left and right: "Go and inform the city, those three passenger ships do not need to be checked, let them out of the city." ”
Immediately, a soldier rushed to the city, at this time, the three passenger boats had been hooked by the soldiers on the shore with long hooks, and they were pulling hard to the shore, and the soldiers with the hooks scolded and scolded, "Lao Tzu told you to dock and didn't listen, see how Lao Tzu checked you to death, and some women are going to be stripped naked!" ”
At this time, two soldiers rushed up and shouted: "The general has an order, these three passenger ships do not need to be inspected, let them out of the city!" ”
Several long-hooked soldiers were stunned, and the leader of the team was immediately reacting, afraid that the people in the boat were either rich or noble, and they were not people they could afford to provoke, so he hurriedly shouted, "Withdraw the hook!" ”
Several long-hooked soldiers let go of the long-hooked and waved them out of the city, Li Qingming arched his hand to the city, and the three passenger ships sailed out of the water gate one after another and headed for the Yangtze River. (To be continued.) )