Yang Hao left Beijing. As a feudal official, he first went to meet the emperor, listened to the teachings of the officials, and then went to the emperor's spirit to make a final worship. Came to the mourning hall and paid homage, Queen Song, Princess Yongqing and Zhao Defang, who had just been awarded the festival envoy, were not convenient to talk to him, Yang Hao also did not squint, and saluted like a ceremony, until he said goodbye to the emperor and got up to say goodbye, he took the time to glance at the three of them, mother and son.

What should have been said had already been whispered, Yang Hao just glanced at them, as if he had made a last promise to them in silence, and then he looked calm and turned around and left without making a little wave. In the corner of the mourning hall, Wang Jien's vulture gaze followed his figure until he completely disappeared at the door of the mourning hall.

Zhao Guangyi arranged to escort Yang Hao's proclamation envoy, one article and one martial arts, a total of two people.

Wu is the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, the Japanese direct general Yu Hou Wang Baocai.

Zhi is an armed unit of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, there are several special teams in the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, which are composed of some ethnic minority soldiers who defected to the Great Song Dynasty, and the relatively large scale includes "Guiming Bohai Zhi", "Tuhun Zhi", "Khitan Zhi" and so on.

Bohai Zhi is composed of soldiers of the Bohai State who fled to the Central Plains after being wiped out by the Khitan, and Tuhun Zhi is mainly composed of Xianbei and Qiang people, and the Khitan Zhi is naturally the Khitan people. Most of these troops, mainly composed of ethnic minorities, were horse troops, skilled in cavalry and archery, brave and good at fighting, and were highly relied on by the imperial court.

And the Japanese straight is not very famous, because the composition of the Japanese straight is mainly some Japanese ronin and Goryeo samurai, they drifted across the sea to the Central Plains after the destitute name, and finally only with a body of martial arts into the army to eat and pay as soldiers, they are relatively small in number, and they are not good at cooperating with the battle, so they have always been famous, but this has always been good at individual skills, which is also a strength.

The military commander who escorted Yang Hao to the west was the commander of Japan, and his official position was to wait for him. This general Yu Hou is a Japanese, his real name is Sasaki Norio, he is a broken samurai, and after he was exiled in the Central Plains, he planned to abandon the military and do business, so he took the name Wang Baocai. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in the Central Plains, the Central Plains was also in the midst of war, and Sasaki had no business to do, so he finally joined the army.

As the saying goes, people should not be good-looking, and naturally they should not be famous, although the name of this general Yu Hou is tacky, but just about forty years old, it is the time when physical strength and intelligence reach the peak, the figure is not tall but very strong, and he is majestic when he wears it, and he carries a knife around his waist, with a murderous face.

The text is Gongsun Qing, a member of the Ministry of Rites, Gongsun Qing is also about forty years, with a long body, a white face and a slight beard, and at first glance he is a scholar with a polite quality, but there is not much sour and rotten air between his words and deeds, and his answers are very sprinkled.

In addition to the people and horses they carried, it was Yang Hao's family. When Cheng Dexuan went to Yang Hao's mansion, there were only a few servants left in Yang Hao's mansion who were guarding the house, and the master was all gone. The next day, after Yang Hao secretly met Princess Yongqing, he immediately changed his plan, so Jihetang immediately made a move, unknowingly removed the people in his mansion, and made second-hand preparations.

This hand was really used, Yang Hao is now rushing back to Luzhou as a feudal official, and naturally he can no longer leave according to the escape method and escape route originally arranged by the heir hall, so these maids and maids who have just taken office and the courtyard men have followed him on the road in a swarm.

Zhao Guangyi was completely unaware of these subtle actions, he only paid attention to Yang Hao and his family, how could he pay attention to how many subordinates the Yang family had, who the doorman was, who the cook was, and who the maid's surname was. He just wants Yang Hao to die, Yang Hao must die, and the rest is not important.

For the dying person, Zhao Guangyi has always been very polite, he personally sent Yang Hao to the front of the Xuande Building, and the three prime ministers sent the envoy to the end of the royal street, which can be described as beautiful and glorious, and then his colleagues and subordinates took over and sent Yang Hao out of the city.

After sending Yang Hao to Xuande Building, Zhao Guangyi returned to a side hall, where more than a dozen generals were waiting. These people were summoned by Zhao Guangyi, Cao Bin, Li Hanqiong, Tian Qinzuo, Ding Deyu and ......, all of whom were meritorious ministers who followed Zhao Guangyi to fight the Tang Dynasty in the past.

Because the first emperor could not sing and dance during the funeral, and could not have a large banquet, Zhao Guangyi simply prepared some dishes and wine to feast these generals. These generals are all meritorious men of the Tang Dynasty, and they are all generals who have made military achievements under the command of Zhao Guangyi, and rewarding them is not only a recognition of them, but also an affirmation of themselves, and at the same time, it can also make these generals of the forbidden army who are closer to him have a closer relationship with him.

Whether Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wu who went out on the expedition, was willing to return to Beijing obediently, although the generals who went out with him were promoted to the rank of knight and controlled their families, but whether they would come out of the yellow robe again, Zhao Guangyi is not very sure now, so the top priority is to seize the military power and stabilize the forbidden army left in Tokyo, although he installed many people and controlled many key positions in the forbidden army, but these important generals in the army must be vigorously relied on.

So Zhao Guangyi didn't have the slightest emperor frame, he changed into civilian clothes, removed the chief, and sat with the generals to talk about wine. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, after reliving the war years with the generals in the south, Zhao Guangyi suddenly had tears in his eyes and said sentimentally: "On that day, I crossed the moat with the generals and fought in the south of the Yangtze River, and I had the love of robes. Although I belong to the monarch and the ministers today, I sit with the generals, but it is vaguely the scene of the past, but it is just ...... I and all the Aiqing drank and talked happily, and there was only one person at the table, which was embarrassing to think about. ”

The generals looked at each other, not knowing which one he was talking about, could it be that who else dared not to come to the edict? But looking left and right, the main generals were all together, and it seemed that there were no important people missing, and everyone couldn't help but look around.

Zhao Guangyi said: "The one who is absent is General Cao Han Cao. General Cao Da had great achievements, and he could have continued to serve the imperial court and made great achievements, but it was a pity that he ...... But he was victimized by a traitor and died young. When I see all the generals today, I can't help but think of General Cao, isn't it sentimental? ”

He stroked his knees and sighed, raised his eyebrows and said: "Wang Jien, pass on the decree and allocate 300,000 yuan from the inner treasury to reward the Cao family." Cao Han's widow was given the edict, and Cao Han's son is now twelve years old, so he crowned him Di Gonglang and gave him a future to comfort General Cao's soul in the sky. ”

Wang Jien hurriedly accepted the order, and all the generals present couldn't help but be moved when they heard it. After Cao Han was assassinated, Zhao Kuangyin had already promoted Cao Han to a higher level, buried him ceremoniously, and properly arranged his family. And Zhao Guangyi once again added kindness, for such a gracious treatment of this assassinated general, the generals empathized, who is not grateful?

Zhao Guangyi's move, even the privy envoy Cao Bin, who has always been pampered and not shocked, and his expression is flat, he can't help but be grateful, the new emperor ascends the throne, how many important things to do, and at this juncture, he can still remember these generals who followed him to fight the Tang Dynasty, and give a banquet to meet him alone, which is already a supreme glory. And it has been some time since Cao Han was assassinated, and Zhao Guangyi not only remembers him, but also rewards him with kindness and does not forget the old feelings, which is the greatest comfort for these generals in their careers.

Cao Han was originally Cao Bin's direct subordinate, and the official family cared for him so much, Cao Bin, as Cao Han's old boss, naturally came forward to thank him at this time. With tears in his eyes, Cao Bin poured a glass of wine, walked to Zhao Guangyi and knelt down solemnly, paid homage with a big salute, and thanked the official family on behalf of Cao Han.

Zhao Guangyi was kind to Cao Han, although he had the intention of showing favor to the generals, but at this time, he specifically mentioned the assassination of a member of the imperial court, which actually had another intention, but the reason for it was not enough for outsiders. Now seeing that Cao Bin, who has always been a little imminent, was finally moved by him, and toasted before the kneeling table, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He hurriedly got up, helped Cao Bin up, raised his glass and said: "All of you Aiqing are the pillars of the DPRK and China, and I will inherit the unification, and I will have to rely on the assistance of the generals in the future." Today, due to the national mourning, the war is temporarily suspended, and in the coming days to crusade against the Han State and send troops to Youyan, I will drive the expedition in person, and fight side by side with the generals as in the past when they conquered Jiangnan. Ladies and gentlemen, please drink this cup to your heart's content! ”

The generals promised one after another, raised a glass to drink with them......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ persuaded the monarch to have a glass of wine, and there was no one in Yangguan in the west.

Seeing off Yang Hao at the gate of the city were a group of subordinate officials who were originally from Nanya, colleagues such as Song Qi, Jia Yan, Cheng Yu, and Murong Qiuzui, as well as all the officials of Honglu Temple. The predecessor of Zhishi, Da Honglu Zhang Tailiu, did not come in person because of his old age, but he also let his eldest son come to see him off.

Not only did the Honglu Temple pawn Cheng Jiao Haitao, the master of ceremonies Cheng Cao Yiting, the chief bookkeeper Ning Tianse and a cadre of subordinates have arrived, even the Honglu Youqing Gao Xiang, who rarely meets Yang Hao, also appeared with a spring breeze today, and he finally boiled up, Yang Hao got out, this big Honglu is his bag, some grievances in the past, naturally the wind blows away, and there has to be some belly.

The subordinate officials of Honglu Temple looked at their own departing adult, and they were all envious. As an official, who can be as happy as Lord Yang? Even if Lord Yang has no achievements in his life since then, the speed at which he became an envoy in the year of his weak crown is enough to become a legend in the political history of the Great Song Dynasty, perhaps...... It is also a legend that no one can match anymore.

The officials of Nanya looked at Yang Hao, but there was neither envy nor jealousy in their eyes, but a deep sympathy that was not easy to be detected, even if Yang Hao was annoying, they did not hesitate to sympathize with them at this time. Even if they don't need Yang Hao to admit their affection, they have to let other colleagues see that they have no lack of sympathy.

When they looked at Yang Hao, they were clearly looking at a dead man.

Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no one to go to Huangquan!

Yang Hao went out of the city gate in the complicated expressions of the two officials, and walked out of a stone's throw away, he looked back, those officials were still standing in place, Yang Hao beckoned to them from afar, his hand just waved twice in the air, and suddenly found a woman standing on the head of the city, dressed in white, with fluttering clothes, standing alone, seemingly staring at him.

Yang Hao stood firm, fixed his eyes and looked at the city, but the person had quietly disappeared, the sky was blue, the white clouds were blooming, and there was only the Song character banner hunting in the wind on the city.

"My lord, please get on the bus."

The general Yu Hou Wang Baocai bent down on his horse and said loudly to him.

Yang Hao nodded, and glanced at the servants who accompanied him behind, Yang Hao's servants were more complete than when his family was in the capital, and there were all housekeepers, slaves, and maids, but ...... He didn't know any of them, and these people were all raided by the people of the heir hall after he changed his escape plan.

Yang Hao only knew that his housekeeper's name was Li Qingfeng, Yang Hao looked at his age and listened to his name, and he was very suspicious that he had something to do with the Li Tingfeng family he saved in the Tang Kingdom, but so far, he has not talked to this housekeeper in detail.

Yang Hao boarded the car, lowered the sedan curtain, and the whole team sped up.

After the Wapo set, there was a color shed suddenly appeared at the intersection in front of the road, saying that it was a color shed, because the emperor was in a big line, was living in the national funeral, so there was no red hanging color, only embellished with some pine branches and cypress branches to fill the façade, it was inevitable that the name did not match the truth. There was no drum music under the canopy, only a group of people in black and white clothes stood there, and Lao Yuan shouted: "This military master, dare to ask if it is Captain Yang who is coming from the front?" ”

A Japanese soldier answered in a very stiff Chinese, and the people immediately rejoiced, and they didn't know where to conjure up an umbrella for the people, and they didn't open it, so they greeted it.

As soon as they saw that they were sending Lord Yang out of Beijing, Gongsun Qing and Wang Baocai were also inconvenient to stop them, and the two glanced at each other, and then ordered someone to send a report back to inform Yang Hao, and after a while, Yang Hao came forward.

The leader of the group of people was a member of the perfect body, and I saw him respectfully grab the front and say: "Yang Taiwei, the small people are in the circle, and the people are the township protection." When the adults are in Beijing, the virtue and politics benefit the people, so that hundreds of people benefit, now the Taiwei is going to leave Beijing to go to the northwest to take office, the people are grateful to Dai De, reluctant to leave, specially entrusted the small people, to the Taiwei to present a Wanmin umbrella, ten altars of wine, Wanwang Taiwei smiled. ”

From afar, Mr. Wang Shoucai, a Japanese samurai, was very puzzled when he heard this, and turned his head to Gongsun Qing and asked: "Lord Gongsun, the last general is a military attaché, and he doesn't know much about Taiwei Yang's affairs. ”

At this time, Yang Hao was thankful, and the people were sycophant, sycophant, and Sun Qing, a member of the Ministry of Etiquette, was about to vomit, he sneered, and saw that there was no Yang Hao around, so he said: "General Wang, this is just a habit in the officialdom." Since ancient times, when a good official who loves the people like a son leaves office, the people can't give it up, and there are people who send umbrellas to show respect, but later officials, whether they are clean officials or not, whether they love the people like sons or not, like to play such a trick when they leave office.

If the official reputation is good, some gentry take the initiative to send umbrellas, and if the official reputation is bad, he doesn't want to leave in disgrace, so he has to let people send it if he changes his method. For example, in the previous dynasty, Kangyuan County Commander was a big corrupt official, and the people hated him to the core, and when he left office, he also wanted the people to send the people's umbrella, but who was willing to send him to the people?

You don't send? If you don't send him, he will stay in the county government and not leave, and the new official will not be able to take over, so the new county magistrate has to take the lead in persuading the local gentry to send umbrellas, but the gentry really refuse to agree, and the new county magistrate can't do it, so he made a handful, and let his family pretend to be local people, so he sent the former away in a beautiful manner. You get the idea? ”

"Oh......" Wang Shoucai suddenly realized, nodded again and again: "I understand, I understand." When he looked at Yang Hao again, Wang Shoucai showed a look of disdain.

Gongsun Qing said with a smile: "The later officials always want to be more grand than when the original officials left office, so they renovated the tricks, not only to send Wanmin umbrellas, to establish moral and political monuments, but also to the shameless one, hire a few playful idlers in advance, lie down on the muddy ground in front of the sedan chair he left, and roll all over the ground, but he can't get up, which means blocking the road and preventing their good officials from leaving." In officialdom, this kind of thing is called 'lying rut', hehe, such an ugly officialdom spreads, but it is infinitely loved by the people. ”

The two of them couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh as they spoke.

Ahead, Yang Hao couldn't refuse, and finally half pushed and half accepted the Wanmin umbrella sent by the local squire Yu Yuan on behalf of the local gentry, because the Wanmin umbrella is made of cloth of different colors, it is inconvenient to open it during the national funeral, so it was wrapped in plain silk and put it on the car, Yang Hao's took ten jars of wine, put them in the car and continued to hurry, Yu Yuan and others did reluctantly chase for a long time before gradually dispersed.

Seeing that the squires who were doing the drama were gone, Gongsun Qing breathed a sigh of relief and ordered, "Speed up the trip." ”

When they left the capital, it was already afternoon, and they couldn't travel far that day, and in the evening, they arrived near Banqiao Town, at this time, the sun was setting, the red sun was sinking, in order to catch up with the sunset, the speed of the convoy continued to increase, and when they saw a wooden bridge in front of them, the samurai who were moving forward suddenly slowed down, Gongsun Qing had something in his heart, and noticed that the speed of progress was slowing down, and immediately looked up and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Look, my lord!"

A warrior pointed forward, Gongsun Qing looked at it, and saw that there was a colorful shed at the head of the bridge, and there were not many people under the shed, just five or six people, two standing, and the remaining a few lying on the bridge.

Wang Shoucai was stunned at first when he saw it, and then shouted: "Rut? ”

looked at Gongsun Qing, the two of them couldn't help laughing and laughed together.

"It's Taiwei Yang who came ahead, and the local scholar Yu Yizhou led Shilin to meet Taiwei."

Yang Hao got the report, and stepped forward to meet with a smile on his face, so he asked for his name, made a noise, received him, was grateful, resigned, and had a good toss in the two times.

Wang Baocai became impatient and whispered to Gongsun Qing: "Lord Gongsun, when will you be able to walk out when you stop and go like him." The ...... we arranged in Banqiao Town"

"Silence!"

Gongsun Qing immediately interrupted him, looked at Yang Hao with a smile on his face in front of him, and sneered: "Lord Wang, what is it to let him be beautiful for a while in the middle of the night, to the dead...... We'll have to be patient, don't you think? ”

Wang Baocai smiled bitterly: "Lord Gongsun taught me a lesson, uh...... Well? What are those people doing? ”

As soon as Gongsun Qing looked up, he saw that Yang Hao had been pushed to sit on the bridge, someone next to him was taking off his boots, and someone was standing aside with a new pair of boots...... Shameless? ”

"Huh?" Wang Shoucai pinched his chin and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Gongsun Qing gritted his teeth and smiled: "This Captain Yang doesn't know where to inquire, but he actually used all the tricks of bereaved boots." ”

"Beloved boots?"

"Well, Wanmin umbrella, moral and political monuments, ruts, these are all scenes of seeing off officials, and there is one more, that is, the bereaved boots."

Gongsun Qing took a long breath and said: "Some local gentry have stinky feet and sycophants, so they are ingenious, and when the official leaves office, he asks him to leave the old boots under his feet, hang the boots on the archway, and let the wind and rain beat until they rot. Hehe, General Wang, where do you go in the future, if you see a few strange-shaped, rotten stinky boots hanging on the local archway, it is estimated that there have been many 'good officials' in the local area, hahahaha......"

Wang Shoucai listened to it but paused very seriously: "The last general understands, thank you for your advice." ”

At this moment, I only heard a strange cry of "ah", and saw Yang Hao limping back with two bare feet, the scholar named Yu Yizhou, holding a dagger in his hand and chasing after him, Wang Shoucai looked straight and said in surprise: "The customs of my country are really strange, Lord Gongsun, please advise, they ...... Want to leave something behind? ”

"Still want to ...... I still want to ......"

Gongsun Qing suddenly screamed strangely, and said in surprise: "Assassin? ”

At this time, I saw Yang Hao jumping up and down, and shouted angrily: "There are assassins, there are assassins, help, help!" ”

Saying that he had snatched Wang Shoucai's side, jumped behind his horse's buttocks, Wang Shoucai wished that he would let people kill him with a knife, so he would save himself from painstakingly arranging means, but he had fled to his side, and as an escort general, it was not good to pretend to be deaf and dumb anyway, so he pulled out the knife and scolded viciously: "Where is the rat, dare to assassinate the court officials?" ”

After nearly 20 years in the Central Plains, he has spoken Chinese quite well, but he didn't shout out the words "Bagaya Road, where to work", Wang Shoucai moved, and the soldiers under his command immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths and pounced on them with shouts...... The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and Yang Hao and his party appeared in Zaohua Town, which is further north of Banqiao Town, more than 30 miles away from Banqiao Town.

The assassins who had not succeeded enough and failed failed failed to kill Yang Hao, but instead startled the snakes, they saw that they could not do anything, they jumped into the water to escape, and as soon as the soldiers who followed the pathfinder got on the bridge, the bridge collapsed, and it turned out that the bridge had already been tampered with. The frightened Yang Taiwei was killed and did not go to Banqiao Town, so he changed the route on his own initiative and made a detour to Zaohua Town. Wang Shoucai was furious, but he was helpless, fortunately, there were many opportunities to go along the way, even if the layout of Banqiao Town was in vain, there were opportunities on the road ahead.

The clothes on Yang Hao's back were cut through by Yu Yizhou, and as soon as he entered Zaohua Town, he went into a room and didn't come out, and the local squire heard that such a big official was coming, and he hurriedly ran to meet him, but he refused to show up at all. Gongsun Qing and Wang Shoucai couldn't cry or laugh, and sent those squires away at will, and just returned to the requisitioned small inn, when another person broke in outside, and asked in a big way: "Dare to ask, is Taiwei Yang staying here?" ”

Gongsun Qing didn't have time to drink a sip of tea, he asked angrily, "Which one are you?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "The surname is Yu, it's ......."

Gongsun Qing smacked a cup of hot tea in his hand, and sprinkled it all on the placket: "The surname Yu again?" ”

On the side, Wang Shoucai had already choked and pulled out the sword, pounced viciously, and shouted: "Take him down!" ”