Chapter Ninety-Eight: Saving the Fortune Alone
Xue Chu'er took Nianyun to Qiyue Tower, found a secluded room and sat down, and said carefully.
The guard general of that Dai Prefecture was surnamed Qin, and he was an iron-faced thunderbolt, and because he was ranked third in the family, he was nicknamed "Tie San" in the army. The cousin of the third iron was originally a young general under An Lushan, and after the Anshi Rebellion was pacified, he was sentenced to the nine clans, so the Qin family was convicted.
His cousin was not a high rank in the rebels, but out of helplessness, and because the iron three was only ten years old at the time, he survived. Later, Tie San served as a staff member in the palace of Prince Zhaojing, and after the death of Prince Zhaojing, he went to join the army, and made some military achievements, all the way to the state guard.
When the Tiesan was stationed in Daizhou, he restrained the soldiers with an iron-fisted policy not to plunder the border people, and not to interfere with the normal business business.
Xue Chu'er said: "That Tie San was a staff member in Prince Zhaojing's mansion earlier, so the courtiers all classified him as King Shu's faction. He has always claimed to be a loyal minister, but as far as I know, he may not be loyal to King Shu, or even Prince Zhaojing, but his family and country in his heart, and the country of the Tang Dynasty. ”
Nian Yun heard some doorways, "In this way, we can start with this Qin Tiesan and stop this generation army from delaying for a while?" ”
Xue Chu'er nodded: "That's right." If the county lady believes in Chu'er, Chu'er is willing to go to Puzhou in person. ”
If King Shu did not have the support of this army, she would have reason to believe that with Li Chun's means, the overall situation in the imperial city could be determined within three days.
Nian Yun shook Chu Er's slender and boneless hand: "Chu Er, since you have married my brother, I only recognize you as a member of the Guo family, and you should share honor and disgrace." It's just that in these extraordinary times, you are going alone, and I am worried about your safety. ”
Xue Chu'er smiled: "Chu'er only thinks that he is a member of the Guo family, so he has this discussion." If the Guo family loses, the eggs under the nest will be finished? ”
At this time, someone outside knocked on the door three times: "Is Guo Wulang here?" ”
Nian Yun looked up at Xue Chu'er, and Chu'er raised his voice and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Outside, he said: "There is a little brother outside who said that he sent Guo Wulang's mount here." ”
Nianyun jumped up, opened the door, and saw that it was a housekeeper in Qiyue Tower, so he asked, "Do you know who it is?" ”
The grandmother pointed downstairs and said, "Oh, people are still waiting there." ”
Nian Yun ran downstairs and saw a thin and tall man standing in the hall in the clothes of a small man, his hands in his sleeves, who was not Qixi!
"Seven Joys!"
Qixi looked up and saw Nianyun coming downstairs with her skirt, and bowed slightly: "The county lord of Deyang is afraid that Mrs. will be inconvenienced, so he ordered Qixi to send Xue to Mrs. ”
Nianyun was stunned for a moment, "You're not in the Shence Army, how did Chang'er find you?" ”
Qixi bowed his head and said: "The county lord found that Qixi was not in Yiqiu Palace with fennel and pothos, so he became suspicious and ordered someone to find Qixi." Qixi people are soft-spoken, there is a captain Weiqing in the Shence army to deal with it, and he is fine, and Qixi is not worried about his wife. ”
With one more helper, Nian Yun was naturally happy, so he discussed with Xue Chu'er that Xue Chu'er would ride Xue Xue to Puzhou to find Qin Tiesan, and make sure that he entered the city from Tonghua Gate, and Nian Yun tried to meet him in the city.
At that moment, Nianyun changed into a green riding outfit in Qiyue Building, tied a pine-colored mink to wipe his forehead, rode Qixi's horse, and took Qixi to his shop in Dongshi and Xishi to arrange.
Puzhou is in the northeast of Chang'an, and Tonghua Gate is in the northeast corner of Chang'an City. Since Qin Tiesan is a good general who is loyal to the monarch and loves the people, then let him take a look at the weather in the city.
On this cold day, there are countless poor people and beggars and ronins who are hustering outside the city and waiting for relief, and if someone gives porridge at this time, they will definitely rush to it, not to mention gathering 108,000 people, at least thousands of people is not a problem.
The Guo family has been giving soup porridge outside the city gate for several years, and every winter they store a large amount of rice and grain in the storehouses of those shops to prevent ice and snow disasters.
Nian Yun immediately went to gather the shopkeepers of those shops, stated the interests, mobilized a large amount of rice grain, and released the news outside, announcing that Guo Wulang had been giving porridge outside the Tonghua Gate for five consecutive days, and would personally supervise it.
There are many talkative guys in the bustling East and West markets, but in a few hours, it has already been troublesome
Guo Wulang himself is a figure in Chang'an City who sees the head but does not see the end, and it has been spread out before, Guo Wulang is the lady of Guangling County, and many people have remembered that there was once a legendary article in which the princess of Chu Xiao also alluded to the lady of Guangling County.
It's not for the porridge, it's good to see the lady of Guangling County, who is said to have the posture of captivating the country and the city, even if it's cold!
Under Nianyun's arrangement, this time the soup porridge was not only at the city gate, but more than 30 miles along the way, with two cauldrons set up every other mile, but no longer directly distributed rice grain, but ordered all the people who came to receive the porridge to receive a bowl each time, and if they ate again, they had to line up again until they were full.
In this way, the people who receive the porridge are stranded on the road as much as possible. I heard that they have been outside the Tonghua Gate for five consecutive days, and many people even dragged their children and built a thatched hut to live directly on the road outside the Tonghua Gate.
Winding for dozens of miles outside the Tonghua Gate, it was almost surrounded by poor people and beggars who came to receive the porridge and rice.
This is exactly the effect she wants.
In addition, a large number of small people at the bottom of the society who poured from all directions are also the best carriers for the spread of gossip, and soon there will be news to spread, the Tao is that His Majesty the Emperor in the Daming Palace has become ill, and it will soon be spread to His Royal Highness the Prince.
On the evening of the second day, Nianyun rode a yellow horse and grabbed the reins at the end of the soup soup procession that stretched for dozens of miles outside the Tonghua Gate.
Xue Chu'er had already quietly delivered the news that the 50,000-strong army was already dozens of miles away, planning to enter the city from Tonghua Gate before the city gate was closed.
Head-to-head encounters are inevitable.
The snow had long since stopped, and the green figure fell on the background of the silver, like a poplar tree growing against the wind, slender and proud. The north wind howled through her snowy skin, and she stood still, her gaze deep into the end of the road.
Today, two women like weak willows supporting the wind use their weak arms to face the iron cavalry of the 50,000 border army.
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be heard, first a line, and then slowly turned into a pale yellow wall, wrapped in dust and sand, roaring. The ground seemed to feel the vibration, the momentum brought about by the hooves of the 50,000 cavalry and the cowhide hexagram boots of the infantry.
Guo Nianyun did not dodge or dodge, quietly waiting for the pale yellow wall to approach little by little, and saw clearly that it was the dust and snow foam raised by the rapid march, mixed in the white air exhaled from everyone's mouth, swallowing clouds and spitting fog like a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general.
If she was alone at the moment, she didn't even have any doubt that these 50,000 iron horsemen would not be able to see her existence at all, and would step directly over her.
It's just that behind her are broken thatched huts that stretch for dozens of miles, and the people who are bustling together and looking reverently at the suffering people holding hot porridge in their hands, and the formation is not even inferior to the 50,000 border troops.
So this green figure stood out in front of the bleak winter and the crowd in dark and shabby clothes. Even, forcing the heavily armed man who was galloping at the front, had to slow down, and finally stood in front of her.
There was a distance of about two feet between him and her, but he was born burly, with the air of a commander by nature, and always seemed to look down on her. An icy aura emanated from his body, as if the frost condensed on his armor was not due to the cold weather, but from the cold that emanated from his body.
She is the county lady who has been in charge of the East Palace for many years, although the East Palace does not have thousands of troops, but it also gives her a graceful bearing, and will not be embarrassed by his momentum. Her eyes were indifferent, she took two steps forward, and clasped her hands into fists: "General Qin is imposing, and he is really very human!" ”
Her handsome and dusty countenance, her clear but high-pitched voice, and her slender waist tied by the beast-patterned belt all made it possible to distinguish that the single rider in front of her who was trying to block the thousands of horses was clearly a beautiful woman. The man's thick eyebrows, half-hidden under the iron helmet, twisted slightly: "Your Excellency is ......"
Nianyun hugged his fists at him and said: "In Xiaguangling County, Mrs. Guo Nianyun, on the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince, is outside the city gate to help the victims!" ”
Qin Tiesan's hand holding the reins stiffened, and his eyebrows tightened. Although he had long heard of His Royal Highness the Prince's reputation for benevolence and generosity, he had deliberately made so many refugees block the Tonghua Gate at this time, clearly because he would not step on the flesh and blood of these thousands of hungry people. If his estimate is right, this place is at least thirty miles away from Tonghuamen!
His gaze swept across Nian Yun's face like a knife, and he said coldly word by word: "Knowing that the general will lead the army into the city in the past few days, does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to use these innocent people to block the general's soldiers and horses!" ”
Nian Yun seemed to be unable to see the cold light in his eyes, and said loudly to meet his gaze: "General Qin thinks that he has not known about the affairs of Chang'an City for many years, Mrs. Ben has been opening a warehouse outside the city gate for disaster relief for many years, and now it is the time when the green and yellow are not accepted, that is, when I heard that the general entered the city today, he came to greet him in person, how to say that innocent people are used to block the soldiers and horses?" ”
That Qin Tiesan only heard that the prince was weak and incompetent, so he was willing to help King Shu, but he didn't know that there was such a thing, and he was choked for a while. After a while, Fang said: "In this case, General Ben rushed into the city today to report on his work, and his wife arranged to make way for him, and he was grateful." ”
Nian Yunxia's blood capital almost emptied most of the Guo family's grain stockpile, how could he easily let him go, so he said gently: "The general said with a smile, the last pot of porridge and rice for disaster relief will be dispersed in about three minutes at the end of the unitary hour, and they are all waiting to grab the last pot of porridge so that they can fill their stomachs at night, how can it be said that the dismissal will be dismissed?" I'm really sorry for blocking the general's return. ”