Chapter Eighty-Four: Heading to the Northwest
After sorting out the timeline of the previous events, Tang Mian didn't think much about it, turned around and rushed into the house and told Xiaocui to pack up the baggage, Boss Hu hurriedly entered the house, "Big sister, I'll tell you everything, do you still want to find that kid Yunliu!" ”
Tang Mian turned his back to him and didn't say a word, and Boss Hu was anxious.
"No! You can't go-"
"Boss Hu, Yunliu is my family's nursing home, he is now trapped in Yima County, involved in the rebellion of King Liang, that is a rebellion, big or small! I can't let him have an accident, if you really think of me as a sister, please don't stop me from saving people! Tang Mian quickly put down his words, and took Xiaocui directly to Yima County that day.
Yima County is thousands of miles away from the imperial city, located in the northwest of the imperial city, three hundred years ago, the first emperor remembered that the ancestors of King Liang had meritorious service in founding the country, and they canonized four princes with different surnames.
They are King Liang, King Tong, King Cheng, and King Ning.
In order to prevent them from visiting, the fiefs assigned to them were all barren.
Especially in the northwest where King Liang is located, the land is dry and lacks water, and the people need to work hard just to have enough to eat.
In recent years, in order to suppress these princes with different surnames, the emperor has given less and less annual salaries, and has also increased taxes.
Along the way, Tang Mian and the others could hear the people talking about this matter everywhere they went.
There are also a few scholars who do not want to die openly said that it is the emperor who is not benevolent and increases all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, just because he is perverse, which will lead to the outbreak of epidemics, just more than a month ago, King Liang reported to the emperor to ask for tax reduction, and the emperor is not allowed to forget it, and he will increase taxes again......
At first, when only one person said it, Tang Mian still didn't believe it, but as she passed by more places and heard several books full of this kind of rumors, she couldn't help but be a little skeptical......
More than a month later, at noon, Tang Mian and his sisters finally arrived in Qingmen Town, which is located fifty miles away in Yima County.
"Two girls, I advise you to go back! You should have seen it when you came, the people of the imperial court have sent people to be stationed in Qingmen Town, and if you don't start attacking Yima County the day after tomorrow, it is too dangerous here, if it weren't for the old mother at home who couldn't stand the fatigue of the journey, I would also like to take her out of here. "The innkeeper was an honest man, and when he heard that they were going to visit his sick grandfather in Stagecoach County, he had no choice but to say this to them.
King Liang, as the king of the five cities in the northwest, was diligent in government and loved the people, and after reducing taxes, he paid it to the court out of his own pocket, and now the emperor forced him to rebel, and he had no choice.
No matter who wins this battle, it is still the common people who suffer.
In the afternoon of the same day, Xiao Cui, who went out to inquire about the news, came back and told Tang Mian.
"Master, the innkeeper is not lying, the imperial court is blocking all the passages in and out of Yima County, once you find that outsiders are approaching, you will be killed!"
Xiaocui used to be just a maid who was labeled as a slave and hadn't seen much of the world.
It's only been half a day since she came here, and she has already felt a feeling of depression to the point of despair and dying at any time.
Even though it was a sunny day outside the window, she could still smell a faint smell of blood in the sultry air.
Her instincts told her that if she stayed in this place all the time, something would definitely happen.
Anyway, Yunliu martial arts are so strong, even if there is danger, he can deal with it.
"Master, let's leave Qingmen Town and go somewhere else! If we were in the barracks, we saw the soldiers in drill, as if they were going to go to war at any time! ”
Tang Mian heard a little fear in Xiaocui's slightly trembling voice, hesitation and helplessness, which made her also affected.
She didn't know the specific time of the war, she only knew that if she didn't find Du Yunze as soon as possible, after the emperor's secret decree, he would definitely not survive.
"Xiaocui, you're right, you hurry up and pack your baggage, and we'll go back tomorrow. Anyway, Yunliu martial arts are so powerful, even if you really encounter any danger, you can escape. Xiao Cui thought that the master listened to what she said, turned around to collect things, and didn't want to be knocked unconscious by Tang Mian behind him before he took two steps.
After a while, the innkeeper helped find the dart master.
Tang Mian gave them a hundred taels of silver, and asked them to send Xiao Cui to the Four Seasons Inn in the Imperial City, and then settle the balance after arriving.
Because of the epidemic and King Liang's sudden rebellion, the dart game has not received a single business for more than four months.
I didn't think that this Tang girl was willing to hire them at such a high price, so she was overjoyed, and she set off for the imperial city while it was not too chaotic now.
"Miss Tang, are you really not going back to the Imperial City?" The innkeeper's kindness Tang Mian knew it, but she wanted her to let Du Yunze leave it alone, and she couldn't do it.
The reason why he went so far away to buy medicinal herbs was also because of her words when she met the emperor that day.
Just see him come out intact.
She would immediately draw a line with him and go her separate ways.
Without Xiaocui by his side, Tang Mian was a little unaccustomed to it.
In the past two days, she has spent a lot of money to find out the news.
In the end, I got the news that tomorrow night, General Zhang would launch a surprise attack to recapture Yima County.
"Bao inquire, is your news really accurate?"
"Oops! Miss Tang, the news is 100 accurate! Don't forget, my brother worked under General Zhang, and he risked his life to bring this news to me. Bao inquired's expression was very exaggerated, just to make Tang Mian believe that what he said was true.
He has deceived so many people in this area, and he has never met as naïve as Tang Mian.
Don't cheat more money, sorry for yourself.
"That, Miss Tang, you also know that leaking military aircraft is a serious crime, my brother's side-" He gestured and gestured for money.
Tang Mian, who was suspicious, did not take out a silver ticket of fifty taels again.
That night, Tang Mian had been hiding near the barracks, planning to sneak into Yima County while they were attacking, but by the time the fourth watch was over, there was still not much movement in the barracks.
Only then did she realize that she had been deceived by Bao inquiring.
When she rushed back to the inn in a rage, she trembled with anger when she found that all the money in her baggage had been taken away, along with the broken silver hidden under the bed.
Fortunately, she kept a hand and carried a few silver tickets of one hundred taels with her.
"Miss Tang, I have gone to report to the official, don't worry! The money was lost at my inn, and I won't let it go......"
Tang Mian waved her hand, it was her carelessness to lose the silver, and it was not the innkeeper's business.
The two were talking upstairs, and a man in white dragged a man into the inn with a rope.
The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, but before he could speak, he was frightened by his cold eyes.
Bai Yi put down the saber in his hand and sat down.
The bag tied by the rope was covered in hot sweat, and he opened his mouth wide and gasped for breath, but he still couldn't slow down.
Xiaocao saw that the master was a little tired, and hurriedly poured him a cup of tea.
Bai Yi took a sip, saw Bao inquired and sat down on the spot, and put down the teacup on the ground.
The crisp sound of the bang made Bao quiver and wanted to get up, but his legs collapsed to the ground.
"Woo...... Wow wow......" He couldn't make a superfluous sound with his mouth gagged by rags, and could only stare at him with tears in his eyes and beg for mercy.
Bai Yi felt disgusted when he saw his annoying face, and withdrew his gaze to look around.
The inn is not big, but it is also clean and tidy.
But Tang Mian's guts are really fat!
dared to carry him on his back to such a dangerous place as Qingmen Town.
If she's hanging!
He won't be able to eat roast chicken from now on!