Chapter 26: The Murder
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Gong Chen hadn't been to the market in Zhangjiakou for a long time, and since the Chahar people made such a fuss, the guards of Zhangjiakou Fort have never been idle.
The matter of the city reward has just ended, and the war between the Tumuts and the Chahar people broke out again, and Xuanda Town conveyed an order to the border army to strictly prohibit the Tumut refugees from escaping into Daming. Many of the refugees were Han Chinese from Shanxi and Shaanxi who went to the west to serve as herding slaves for the Tumuts during the famine.
The set is no different from the old days, it just looks like some of the businesses have changed their signs, and the guys are busier.
Turning into the tavern facing the street, he saw Zhai Zhe in the corner at a glance, the son of this rich merchant likes the hobbies of these rough people, and they would not be friends if it weren't for that.
The weather is hot, and the smell of wine and sweat in the tavern is mixed together, which is really unpleasant.
Gong Chen sat opposite Zhai Zhe, picked up the wine jug and filled himself with a glass, and said, "Little brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you returned to Jiexiu's hometown?" ”
"Nope!" Zhai Zhe took a piece of cooked beef and put it in his mouth. Those who are familiar with him know that he doesn't like to drink, and he orders wine for his friends.
"What's the matter with me in a hurry?" Gong Chen picked up his chopsticks.
Zhai Zhe frowned and asked, "Do you know that the battle on the grassland has a result?" ”
Gong Chen said while picking up the dishes, "Shouldn't you be better informed than me?" At the end of July, the Tumuts and the Chahars fought a decisive battle in Zhaocheng, north of the Naturalization City, and the Tumuts were defeated, and the losses of the Chahars were not small. ”
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"Isn't there anything wrong with your recent episodes?"
Gong Chen said with a smile: "The little brother's family is full of money, and I'm too late to be happy!" ”
Zhai Zhe shook his hand again and again, and Zhengse said: "I'm not joking with you, you have never checked the goods of these caravans that went out of the collection, right?" ”
"Don't you know? It's our turn to check the caravan! Out of the gate of Xuanfu, they are free! Gong Chen removed the wine glass in his hand, snorted lightly from his nose, and said, "I know where those goods went!" ”
Zhai Zhe stretched out his head and lowered his voice, saying, "The Duoyan Grassland has been very weird recently, do you think the Jurchens will make a detour to the Mongolian Koubian!" ”
Gong Chen's face was full of surprise, he glanced left and right a few times, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any news?" ”
Zhai Zhe shook his head and poured himself a glass of wine.
Gong Chen saw Zhai Zhe's solemn expression and said, "You are looking for me for this?" ”
Zhai Zhe was silent for a moment, but decided to speak out.
"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case, if you believe me, I'll find an opportunity to tell the news, Duoyan Grassland is really wrong! If something happens, you can take precautions in advance. ”
"Little brother, who do you think I am?" Gong Chen smiled bitterly, "Without you to help me, I can't even be the boss!" Those people in the fort are more than one person, there is no evidence, who dares to say more! ”
"That's it! Drink! Zhai Zhe simply raised his glass.
Gong Chen saw that Zhai Zhe was different from usual today, as if he was hiding a lot of thoughts, and couldn't help asking: "Little brother, what happened?" ”
"Nothing, drink!"
At the end of August, the results of the battle in Monan finally spread.
The decisive battle between the two strongest tribes of the Mongols ended in a crushing defeat for the Tumuts, with the Great Khan of Tumut Omubu fleeing into the mountains and forests without a trace, and the rest of the tribe surrendered to Chahar. But there was no winner in this war, because the Chahar tribe also lost more than 30,000 cavalry. Lin Dan Khan finally got his wish and occupied Monan and opened up the space to the west, whether it was worth it or not only he knew.
As soon as the war in the Monan grassland ended, Lin Dan Khan was really a non-stop lord, and once again led the Chahar cavalry into Kou Datong Town, asking to receive the routine market reward of the Ming Dynasty and the Western Tumert Department in killing Hukou. With Lu Fuyou's precedent, no one in the business that killed Hu Kou was willing to undertake such a business that clearly ruined the family. In the end, it was only the governor of Xuanda who came forward and the government paid for it, which straightened out Lin Dan Khan's temper.
Zhai Zhe spends ninety percent of his time in the grassland these days, one is that the caravan frequently needs guards, and the other is that he doesn't want to go back to that home.
After September, the weather began to cool, and the Zhangjiakou business, which had been operating at almost full capacity for three months, slowly became idle. In the past few months, the eight major firms have made a lot of money, and the guys are also elated, and the dividends at the end of the year must not be less, and in three months, Fan Yongdou has completely eliminated the traces left by Lu Fuyou in the set.
There are fewer caravans, and Zhai Zhe is also happy to be idle, wandering around the empty grassland with horse thieves every day, and hunting a few wild animals to try by the way.
Xiao Zhiyan has been taking two or three hundred people since June, and he can't see the end of the dragon with two or three hundred people, and when he goes out, it can be as short as seven or eight days, and as long as ten days, going back and forth between Liaodong and the old camp in the valley. Every time I came back, I was able to catch some of them, but there were fewer than forty or fifty people with me.
In October, Zhai Tang ordered the caravan to send supplies for the winter, and sent a message for Zhai Zhe to return. Zhai Zhe and Fan Yi's marriage is scheduled for the end of the year, and the marriage must not be done in Zhangjiakou, so they have to go back to Jiexiu's hometown and let him go back to prepare early, but Zhai Zhe turned a deaf ear.
In the valley, Zhai Zhe was holding his brother's letter, and Zhai Tang wrote again urging him to return to Jizi, and there was already some anger in his words. There was a burst of footsteps outside, and the car wind announced outside the door: "The second master is back." ”
Xiao Zhiyan has only been away for three days, why did he come back so early this time!
Zhai Zhe put the letter in his arms, pushed the door and walked out. At the mouth of the valley, the returning horse thieves were entering the door in turn, Xiao Zhiyan's face was grim, he handed over the war horse to his own soldiers, and strode towards this side. Zhai Zhe knew that something was wrong at a glance.
Xiao Zhiyan approached, pulled Zhai Zhe closer to the room, and closed the door again
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"What's wrong?"
"The Duoyan grassland is blocked by the Jurchens, and there are scouts everywhere!"
Zhai Zhe jumped up from the stool and sat down slowly, he really couldn't hide!
"It seems that they are going to enter Kou Daming from Duoyan!" Xiao Zhiyan was restless.
"The location of the valley is very north, there should be no danger, I want to go back to Jizi, you control everyone, don't go out recently!" Zhai Zhe got up and was about to go out.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to report the news!" After saying this, Zhai Zhe pushed open the door and walked out.
The big black horse stepped on the withered yellow grass and galloped towards Zhangjiakou, but instead of going to the market town, he went straight to Zhangjiakou Fort, and he wanted to tell Gong Chen the news as much as possible. Whether it's useful or not, now you can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.
After simply relaying the shape of the Duoyan Grassland, he dropped the shocked bow on his face, and Zhai Zhe turned back to the market town.
The collection is busy and prosperous, changing the scene of depression at this time last year. The people here make Zhai Zhe feel complicated, they are enterprising and hardworking, they are also vicious and greedy, for money, all the qiē can be sold.
Zhai Tang was very happy to see Zhai Zhe come back, and thought that his letter had worked.
Zhai Zhe has been staying in Wangshun Pavilion and has not gone there.
In mid-October, the bad news finally came, the Jurchen poured the strength of the whole country, and the Eight Banners army broke through the Great Wall from Xifengkou, attacked the Ming Dynasty, and approached the city of Beijing. This is something that has not been done for decades, and the last time Beijing was under the city was when Emperor Yan Song of Jiajing was in power 80 years ago.
The messenger quickly whipped his horse and rushed to Liaodong, Xuanda, and Shaanxi, and ordered the people of the nine sides to enter the king of Jingqin.
Xuanzhen also had dozens of horsemen out of the fortress, and I heard that they were going to Guihua City to ask the Chahar people to block the back road of the Jurchen army. Da Ming endured so many unreasonable demands from Lin Dan Khan, and there was only this one purpose.
"What fucking shit!" In the room, Zhai Zhe kicked his bookcase away.