Chapter 22: The Salt Gang

Hearing Zhang Chang's words, Chen Kang was silent for a moment, then he raised his head and looked at Zhang Chang and asked, "General Man, don't you want to avenge your father?" ”

"Revenge? The royal power is so great, how can a high prince avenge me? Besides......" Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of talking and footsteps outside the door. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Sha Shiyan's voice said: "It's too coincidental for Gongzi Gao to come, I'm afraid they will already be on the road if you are a few days late." ”

After entering, the door of the room was pushed open, and Gao Yu Sha Shiyan walked into the room, followed by several people who were tall, short, fat, thin, and had different appearances.

Chen Kang hurriedly stepped forward, Zhang Chang also jumped up, and saw Gao Yu, Zhang Chang was stunned, and stood in front of him next to the king who was alive.

Gao Yu was very excited when he saw Manchang, he really wanted to step forward and hug the old department. Fourteen years, a general who stood at the time of the year, wearing armor and armor, is now a middle-aged man in ordinary homespun clothes. With dark skin and a slight vicissitudes on his face, Gao Yu was having mixed feelings, and when he saw the officers and soldiers behind Gao Yu, he subconsciously took two steps back, looking at Gao Yu with suspicion on his face.

A momentary change did not escape Gao Yu's eyes, at this time Chen Kang stepped forward and said: "Gao Gongzi, you came just in time, let me introduce you to you: this is a general next to King Zhennan back then, and his name is Zhang Chang now!" ”

Gao Yu was such a smart person, he immediately understood the meaning of Chen Kang's words, and he hurriedly said to Zhang Chang: "I have heard about it, and I am fortunate to be lucky!" ”

Sha Shiyan said slightly apologetically: "Master Gao, I have wronged you to sit here for a while, and after I will deal with the affairs outside, I will invite everyone to talk in the hall!" ”

When Gao Yu and the others came, he saw some people in the front hall, and he hurriedly stopped Sha Shiyan and asked, "Brother Sha, is it all your salt gang people who are so lively outside?" Isn't there a meeting? ”

"It's the Salt Gang, but it's not lively today, and it's not lively until the day after tomorrow. You sit down first! After Sha Shiyan finished with a smile, he instructed the housekeeper to bring tea to the guests, and he hurried to the outer courtyard.

"Xiao Qian, you go outside and watch it!"

Shi Qian turned and walked out of the room, jumped on the roof, and looked around the house vigilantly. Zonin walked to the window, pushed the window open a crack, and watched the movement in the courtyard.

Hu Tieling walked around the room, and after a series of alertness, Chen Kang couldn't help asking, "Childe, what's the situation?" ”

Gao Yu greeted Chen Kang and Zhang Chang: "Let me introduce you, these people are all from the Liang Army." Zhang Chang's face changed slightly, and his hand quietly shook like the handle of a knife behind him.

"General Man, don't be nervous, they used to be members of the Liang Army, and now they have decided to leave the Liang Army. Now there are more than a dozen people from the Liang army outside, who may attack the Salt Gang at any time. ”

Zhang Chang was stunned, how did Gao Yu know his surname Man? Wei Mingchengsi, who was standing behind Gao Yu, suddenly stared at Zhang Chang and sighed.

Wei Mingcheng Si suddenly stepped forward, looked at Zhang Chang and said in surprise: "You, you are General Man, that's right!" That's you! ”

Zhang Changyi waved his knife out of the sheath and pointed at Wei Mingcheng Si and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"General, I'm Wei Mingchengsi! Back then, my father was your lieutenant, and I met you. Later, the old general Manlao was killed, your whereabouts are unknown, and it is rumored that you are going to assassinate the king and kill him, and you have defected to the Song Dynasty. Is it really you? ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Chang threw down the knife: "Oops, Cheng Si!" ”

Wei Mingchengsi said: "When I was going to go on the expedition with my father, I was stopped by you. My father said that you were wronged, and you were all a ghost who did it together with Fang Dang! ”

The two of them only spoke, and the others understood. Gao Yu hurriedly sat them down to talk, and then asked, "Cheng Si, since you said that your father joined the army back then, how did you go to the Liang army?" ”

Wei Mingchengsi sighed and said: "I don't know the situation at the time, but later my father wanted to tell the truth, so he was framed and locked up. Later, I was found by the unscrupulous and asked me to make meritorious service to atone for my father's sins, and I joined the Liang army in a daze without knowing the truth. Later, there were many people who were harmed, and I was afraid of being avenged by the enemy. I stayed in the Liang army for six or seven years, and it wasn't until I met Gao Gongzi this time that I made up my mind to break away from the Liang army. ”

Gao Yu said: "There are reasons for entering the Liang army, but if you leave him, you will die, and if you stay there, you may have a chance." ”

Zhang Chang's worries were dispelled, he looked at Gao Yu again, his mood became inexplicably sad, and suddenly his eyes were red and said: "Mr. Chen vowed to follow Gongzi, and now he has more helpers." It's just that when I saw my son, I thought of the prince and felt sad! ”

Gao Yu raised his head and sighed: "If the prince has a spirit in the sky, he should be content now." ”

There was a faint sound of sadness and embarrassment in the room, Chen Kang broke the silence and said: "Childe, half of the things you explained are done, today Sha Gongzi said that it is best to take a detour to the Liao Dynasty, and we are waiting for his arrangement." ”

Gao Yu took out the booklet entrusted by Xiao Ying and handed it to Chen Kang: "There is Mr. Lao Chen, such a thing is from Master Xiao Ying to be brought to the Liao Dynasty, and it is evidence of the collusion between Yelu Yixin and Western Xia, you have to find a way to present it to the emperor." ”

"This ...... How can we meet the emperor of the Liao Dynasty? And if we go to the Xixia Mansion, if we run into Yelu Yixin's comrades, not only will we not be able to hand over the things, but Master Xiao will also be in danger. Chen Kang was a little embarrassed.

What Chen Kang said made sense, but Gao Yu had already thought about how to deal with these things: "You go to Wanyan to impeach the bowl, if I guess correctly, now the Wanyan tribe should be the largest tribe among the Jurchens of the Liao Dynasty, and if the tribal chief wants to ask to see the emperor, he should be able to meet him." ”

The roof crackled tiles, and Zoning also said, "Someone is coming!" ”

Chen Kang hurriedly put away his things, and a big man like an iron King Kong and a child walked into the courtyard one after another: "It's Yong'er back!" ”

The two of them entered the house, and as soon as Chen Yong saw Gao Yu, he immediately pounced: "Uncle Gao, you are back!" Chen Kang hurriedly introduced Zhang Bao to Gao Yu, and when he heard that Zhang Ping introduced him, Gao Yu was very happy, and when he heard that Zhang Ping was ill, Gao Yu was also a little sad.

"Childe, we heard Sha Gongzi say today that the day after tomorrow is a meeting to worship the salt god Niangniang, and this time it seems that the people of the Salt Gang will participate." Chen Kang said to Gao Yu.

That night, Sha Shiyan held a banquet to entertain everyone, and Wu Tong sent a letter to Sha Shiyan, which was sent by Liang Yikui. Sha Shiyan glanced twice, put the letter aside, sent Wu Tong away and asked, "Brother Gao Xian, why did you suddenly come to Yanzhou?" How do you know I'm here? ”

Gao Yu smiled: "It's easy to ask where the leader of the Yan Gang is, as for why I came to Yanzhou, I'm afraid that Lord Liang has already told Brother Sha, right?" ”

"So Brother Gao Xian really came to persuade me to help the imperial court?" Sha Shiyan put down his wine glass, and the atmosphere on the table didn't seem to be as harmonious as just now.

"Then is Brother Sha willing or not? Willing to have a willing way, unwilling to have an unwilling result. ”

Sha Shiyan shook his head: "The Salt Gang can have today, it's not my strength alone, I don't want to, let alone the brothers of the Salt Gang, if you think of me to help you, don't embarrass my friends of the Salt Gang." ”

Gao Yu patted Sha Shiyan: "Brother Sha, you misunderstood, if I want to embarrass you, I won't be in a hurry to see you." It's just that if you don't agree, I'm afraid the Salt Gang will have a big disaster this time! ”

Sha Shiyan was suspicious, and Wei Mingchengsi took out the token and threw it on the table: "Sha Gongzi, see for yourself, a few of us are risking a U-turn to save the Salt Gang, if you don't believe us, then we will follow Gongzi to leave Xixia tomorrow." ”

Chen Kang was also very curious and hurriedly asked, "Master Gao, what's going on?" ”

Gao Yu said the matter of the Liang family's army, and the more Sha Shiyan listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, "Gao Gongzi's great grace, it is unforgettable." But the Salt Gang certainly couldn't help the imperial court. For the Salt Gang, changing the dynasty is nothing more than changing clothes, and the Salt Gang doesn't care about what the imperial court name is. But if the Song people called, it would be better than being rejected by Western Xia. ”

What is this theory? Gao Yu looked at Sha Shiyan with a little surprise, Sha Shiyan said: "Gao Gongzi, you probably don't know the origin of the Salt Gang, let me tell you you you will know, the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty fought for many years, and finally the emperor drove the expedition in person, the internal army of Western Xia was in chaos, and some people returned to Western Xia." There were also some people who almost died of starvation on the road, and these people were favored by the Song Dynasty to treat their captives favorably. At that time, the Song army was also in a dilemma, and the Liao Dynasty came forward to maneuver, and finally the king of Zhennan, who led the troops, proposed to withdraw the troops, which was to let those captured remnants of the soldiers go home, and let the queen mother personally greet Li Liangzuo's coffin. ”

After the Western Xia army returned to the Western Xia territory, the Queen Mother was furious and ordered the captives to be killed to vent her anger. When the news broke, the soldiers scattered and fled, but fortunately some of the soldiers were unwilling to kill each other and did not deliberately pursue them. Those who escaped became bandits and bandits when they had nowhere to go. Back then, my father was making a living from the salt, and he wanted to make enemies of these outlaws and increase the risks on the way, so as not to let them be accepted. Later, the business of the Salt Gang became bigger and bigger, and these people also had a way out, and they could have a team from generation to generation. After more than ten years, the Salt Gang has today's scale. Think about it, although these people are now well-fed, how can they work for the imperial court again. ”

Gao Yu stopped and suddenly realized, no wonder the Salt Gang would be involved in the Western Xia attack on Hengshan, it turned out that there was such a deep connection here. is more deeply entangled in the salt gang itself, hating the queen mother and at the same time being a Xixia person.

"Where is the sacrifice? Where is the meeting of the deputy gang leader? How many people are there? "Gao Yu has a series of questions.

Sha Shiyan hesitated slightly, and Gao Yu said: "Sha Gongzi, you think that your salt gang has helped the imperial court sell salt, and the imperial court will be inseparable from you, so thank you." What have you forgotten about the most taboo in the imperial court? The most taboo is organized and powerful groups, you can cut off the salt road of the imperial court, you can obstruct the war on the border, with Liang Luoyao's personality, do you think she will show favor like the salt gang? I'm telling you, let me persuade you to fund the imperial court itself is a cover, and I'm afraid that the day of your conference will be the time when something big will happen to the Salt Gang! ”

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