Chapter 55: Curfew
A group of officers and men hurriedly rode over, only the sound came from the front, and then drowned in the sea of people.
At nine o'clock.
Cheng Liu estimated the time, although Luoyang has been strictly controlled recently, but it is only a curfew, that is, it only starts at eleven o'clock, but today's Spring Festival has been advanced by a whole hour.
The enthusiasm of the surrounding crowd was suddenly extinguished by the news of the early curfew, and the adults were holding the children and planning to go home, and the performer had just brought out the broken bowl that collected copper coins, and was about to close the stall.
Cheng Liu walked over, took out a bag of silver taels and threw it directly into his bowl.
"It's wonderful, today's year, let's go home early and join the family."
The entertainer wiped the liquor on his mouth and smiled: "Official, the little one makes a living from the showman, and there is no family in the city." ”
When he said this, his eyes were clear, and his face was only those eyes, which made people feel calm, as if he was standing on the top of a mountain, and he felt that everything in the world was like a dog, and only the cool breeze of nature remained.
"Then back in my house, at the beginning of today's year, my family has not yet been reunited."
The Jianghu artist straightened his waist a little, smiled, replied hello, and continued to pack his things.
Cheng Liu looked up at the sky, if it was the Song Dynasty at this time, under the starlight in the sky, there should be countless brilliant fireworks exploding, red, yellow, blue, green......
Looking at it, two crystal tears fell down his cheeks.
yes, I don't have any family......
As he muttered, the entertainer shouted: "Official, everything is packed, let's go!" ”
Cheng Liu came back to his senses and walked in front by himself, and the rest of the people followed behind, and he didn't know what he was thinking, no one dared to come forward.
Today, the sweet potatoes are cooked by themselves, Xiudong and Chundie are handy, only Qiuhong and Xia Chan have to stare at the information, and they can't spare time, until the meal is on the table.
Today's reunion dinner is divided into two tables, one for men and one for each woman.
Dian Wei shouted in a rough voice, directly moved a few jars of spirits under the table, and poured himself a full bowl while shouting to make a fist.
Xu Shu and Tian Feng didn't want to play boxing, and would rather play the drinking order.
This is still the Feihua Order upgraded by Cheng Liu, and the two of them got started quickly, and they also learned to play tricks when they couldn't match the poems, and they directly made up for the poems themselves......
For example, with birds as the theme, Tian Feng said, 'Birds love to return to their hometown, and the breeze accompanies them'.
And Xu Shu's old face turned red, and he also made his own song.
'Hanging on the slanted branches of the birds' nest, and the children hugging on the tree'......
Cheng Liu looked at everyone beaming, and suddenly threw the haze out of the clouds.
The artist is rusty, just sitting on the side, watching everyone laugh, occasionally echoing a few times, but they are all words without a beginning or an end.
Cheng Liu couldn't look at it, so he pulled him to play with him.
Soon after, more and more horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside the door, and many people were dragged away by officers and soldiers on the street before they had time to return home.
Separated by a wall, the noise and noise outside is at odds with the warmth of the house.
After three rounds of drinking, Cheng Liu's face turned red, and he only felt that the Ouroboros on his body was getting hotter and hotter, but he didn't dare to take off his coat, for fear that people would find out, so he could only open his collar, lift up his long sleeves, and cheer.
This scene is really a bit funny, sweet potato is having fun, sitting at another table covering his mouth and snickering.
It wasn't until an unseen spy suddenly walked in outside the door that Sweet Potato got up slightly and walked out quietly.
"Did you find it?"
"The reason why the curfew was set was because there was movement outside the city tonight."
The sweet potato was a little surprised.
"Straight to the point."
"About 5,000 cavalry detoured from Hanzhong to Xuzhou directly to Luoyang, and the palace advanced the curfew time by a full hour in order to hide people's eyes."
"Where did the news come from?"
The spy covered his face and replied softly, "Fish Young." ”
Sweet Potato returned to the house, and the atmosphere was still high, but Sweet Potato was restless.
After that, a steady stream of information was sent from all over the city.
Ma Yuanyi's 10,000 soldiers and horses did not enter the city of Jianye, but they were stationed outside the city and claimed to see Cheng Liu.
Five thousand cavalry had already entered Luoyang and directly entered the palace, and it seemed that they had been incorporated into the forbidden army, and the commander was ominous.
The followers of Zhang Jiao have posted notices in front of the local government offices in all prefectures and counties except Luoyang, on which the slogan is written that the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious.
Since then, just after the beginning of the year of Jiazi, the Yellow Turban Army has completely organized its forces together and marched towards Luoyang, which is bound to rewrite the world.
That night, after Cheng Liuxi dispersed, only Xu Shu and Tian Feng were left in Luoyang, and returned to Jianye with Wei Yan and Dian Wei and others.
Ma Yuanyi waited for a long time, and when it was past his son, his soldiers and horses had already set up camp and set up a garrison about thirty miles away from Jianye.
Cheng Liu sat in the chamber of the Fuzhong Council, looking at Ma Yuanyi condescendingly, this peasant background, but with a very courageous Zhang brothers' cronies, at this time with 10,000 troops in his hands, his waist is naturally straight.
"Danyang County sits at the foot of the Beijing Division, there was a shortage of soldiers and horses, only the official road is unique in the world, and the businessmen led by Jianye spontaneously donated military salaries, grain and grass in response to this uprising, what do you think?"
At this time, he was not commensurate with an official, and sure enough, Ma Yuanyi had already regarded Luoyang as a bag.
"No matter what Cheng thinks, Zhang Jiao's hundreds of thousands of followers are enough to set off the bloody storm in Luoyang City, does my opinion still matter?"
Ma Yuanyi didn't sit on the chair, he still stood, it seemed that his aura could be stronger.
"Your Excellency is right, but the donated military pay still ends up in your pocket, don't you know? General Tiangong This is to conform to the way of heaven, not to rebel, but to be poor and ordinary, Your Excellency is in the barracks, but you don't know that the world has been chaotic, hundreds of thousands of homeless people are homeless, hungry. ”
"If this goes on for a long time, the Han family does not know the rise and fall, but the people are miserable, you will let go of Jianye, Ma took over your army at Luoyang Pass, and then successfully overthrew the Han family, you are also hard work, and future generations will be famous for eternity, and the name will be immortal......"
Cheng Liu smiled, took a sip of sobering tea, and asked, "Where did you see that I don't know?" Cheng Mou set off from Wanling County, went all the way north, went to the north of Jizhou, went south to Xuzhou, and then went back to Jingzhou. ”
"It's a good thing to overthrow the Han family, but you know that there are 5,000 cavalry in Luoyang tonight, and I haven't received any news of the incorporation in my pass, which means that these 5,000 soldiers and horses are forbidden troops."