Volume 1 The Return of the Old Man The Sixty-fifth Hongmen Banquet
Han Changdui lowered his head, looked at the rain that was mixed with blood and water, and flowed all over his body, smiled, and then said with a straight face: "Don't look for it, it's all soaked, what kind of umbrella are you looking for." ”
Yao Ji reluctantly sighed and muttered: "It's not that I'm afraid that the rain will blind your eyes, I really don't know good people's hearts." ”
Han Changwan was stunned for a moment, and said lightly: "Are you afraid that the rain will blind my eyes, and I can't ride a horse, so I will turn you off the horse." ”
Yao Qi pursed his lips and didn't speak, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence to the matter.
"......" Han Changdui covered his heart, well, it hurts a little, it's the kind of pain that is kindly treated as a donkey's liver and lungs.
Yao Qi slept all the way, her spirit and physical strength have recovered a little, coupled with the heavy rain pouring, she was soaked, her clothes were wet and sticky to her body, she was really uncomfortable and tired, after thinking about it, she continued to ask: "Is there a post station in front, I checked the map when I came, and there is no indication on the map that there is a black spring post here." ”
The sound of the rain was loud, and Han Changdu's voice was hazy by the sound of the rain, not as cold and hard as before, and his voice was softer: "It's a small post from the previous dynasty, it has long been abandoned, it is dilapidated, and the caravan of travelers in the past has also rested in the post station." ”
Yao Qi was silent, the ordinary traveler caravan does not rest in the Heiquan Station, but Li Yushan's dart team is not an ordinary person, if he gets rid of the Turks, Li Yushan turns his horse's head and also goes to Suzhou, most of them will choose to spend the night in the small post, in case of collision, this thought will be in vain.
After a moment of silence, Han Changdui continued: "Li Yushan's dart team was dragged by the Turks, it will definitely be damaged, Baimashu is very close to Ganzhou, and it is only a day's journey away, according to his cautious temperament, he will first return to Ganzhou to rest for a day, and then go to Suzhou." ”
Yao was silent.
Well, the official is one level to crush people, not to mention several levels, he is good-looking, and everything is right.
Han Changdui continued: "It's just that it's raining heavily at this time, and the road is too muddy to walk, so let's walk slowly, I'm afraid we won't be able to get there before dark." ”
Yao Qi was silent, feeling as if there was a fight, and Han Changdui became chattering.
She was silent for a moment and said, "Anyway, it's already wet, it makes no difference from early to late, and it's okay to walk slowly." ”
Just when Han Changwan and the two rushed to Heiquanyi, Li Yushan took the dart team and rushed out of Baimashu with difficulty, and met the garrison who went to Baimashu to patrol on the official road to Ganzhou.
The Turks robbed things, killed people, and when they saw the garrison, they retreated to the Qilian Mountains very neatly, without the slightest intention of contacting and fighting.
Li Yushan did not mention the situation of the White Horse Warrior Army, and only said respectfully to the fire chief: "Master Jun, the villain is the dart team of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and as soon as he entered the White Horse Guard, he encountered horse thieves and Turks successively. ”
The fire chief did not doubt him, did not ask, nodded, and asked them to go to Ganzhou to repair on their own, and went straight to Baimashu.
Li Yushan breathed a sigh of relief and counted the damage, although most of the goods were lost, fortunately, the most important boxes were unscathed.
Most of the dart masters were injured, some mild and some severe, but fortunately, no dart masters were killed.
After counting it like this, Li Yushan found that Han Changdui and Yao Qi were gone, he panicked and asked loudly: "Brother Han, what about Ah Qi, who saw them." ”
The dart masters looked at each other, they were only desperately fleeing for their lives, who cared to see where others went, maybe they were scattered, or they might have died in Baimashu.
Hearing Li Yushan ask like this, Liu Yi silently lowered his head.
Although he was an old man who was powerless, he had been walking for many years, and he still had some ingenuity, and survived under the iron horses of the Turks.
In a panic, he watched Han Changwan and the others break away from the dart team and go to Suzhou.
But he wouldn't say it, but he was a little glad, glad that these two people were gone, and no one would expose his secret and Meng Ying's secret.
Li Yushan still needs Han Changdui to detoxify him, Han Changdui is gone, his heart sinks and sinks, and he is uneasy, but he doesn't dare to turn back to Baimashu to check carefully, so he has to press his mind and return to Ganzhou with the dart team first, and then make plans.
He took a closer look, the group of horse thieves suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining five or six people, who followed the horse thieves led by them, also ran all the way here, his face was not safe, the big knife was horizontal in front of him, his eyebrows were raised, and he scolded angrily: "You fuck, if you don't fight, you will get out if you don't fight." ”
The horse thief led by the horse thief did not flinch, but said stiffly: "This road is not your family's, why do you tell Lao Tzu to get out, you want to fucking get out, you want to fight, Lao Tzu will accompany you." ”
The remaining five or six horse thieves, all with wounds, pale faces, and listless wailing, let alone fighting, even if they walked a few more steps, they all had to collapse on the ground.
Li Yushan laughed angrily, and most of his anger disappeared, and he scolded: "The road is facing the sky, go one side of the road, if you follow me again, don't blame me for being unkind." ”
The horse thief led by him snorted and waved his big knife: "Let's go, let's enter Ganzhou City and eat and drink spicy food." ”
Li Yushan and his entourage followed the horse thief slowly, walking slowly and leisurely, always following not far or close.
The sound of the twilight drum, like wave after wave, slowly hit Chang'an City.
As soon as the closed-door drum sounded, the shops and stalls in the east and west cities began to pack up and prepare to close their doors and go home.
There was a twilight meal in the palace of King Qin, but it was just a clear porridge and a small dish, plus a plate of steamed buns.
Xie Huiming sat on the main seat, pinched the bamboo chopstick, and smiled: "You guys try it, I don't know if the twilight food in this palace is not to your taste." ”
The few men sitting at the bottom tasted it, nodded and smiled.
A middle-aged man wearing a bamboo-blue round-necked robe smiled respectfully and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin is so diligent and thrifty, it really makes Weichen and others ashamed. ”
It was Huo Shiqi, the secretary of the ministry, who spoke, and when he got off the court, he sent the little servant back to the house, and took leave with his wife, so he dared to accept the invitation of Zheng Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to come to the palace of the king of Qin for a drink and talk. This conversation started from lunch to twilight.
He shook his legs in private, afraid that he would go back to kneel and calculate.
Zheng Binren, the secretary of the military department, is as his name suggests, he is polite and polite, his face is white and beardless, his eyes are narrow and long, and he is a face that looks like a weak scholar in the playbook, but he is a real person from the army, and the generals in the sixteen guards are hot.
It is precisely because of Zheng Bin's Shangshu that when the military department and the 16 guards who command the world's soldiers and horses work together, it has gradually become a good situation for talking with the palm of their hands, and there is never a fight when they are deliberating.
Hearing Huo Shiqi's words, he curled his lips and smiled: "Huo Shangshu said exactly that. ”
Huo Shiqi seemed to be sitting on a nail, a little unable to sit still, and glanced at Zheng Bin, he listened to this person's nonsense and came to the Qin Palace, and only when he came did he know that he was not the only one who was invited, but also Li Zhong, the general of Jin Wuwei, and Xia Jigang, the envoy of the internal guard.
This battle is clearly about to cause a big incident.
Not to mention the feeling of hiding and tucking it, it's like roasting people on a fire, and Huo Shiqi is like sitting on pins and needles.
Xie Huiming took a sip of porridge without hesitation, wiped his mouth, and finally got to the point: "Lord Xia, there is no news of the imperial brother yet." ”
Xia Jigang looked embarrassed, this errand is not easy to do.
He shook his head worriedly: "Weichen is incompetent, and there is no news from His Royal Highness the King of Han yet." ”
Xie Huiming's face sank, he was already serious, and after his black face, it was even more ugly.
Xia Jigang looked at the black face, the already dull and tasteless twilight food, it became more and more difficult to swallow, he choked on eating, gritted his teeth and frowned: "The Hexi area is remote, the news is not very smooth, yesterday, Weichen sent a team of internal guards out of Beijing to find the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”
Xie Huiming nodded noncommittally, turned his eyes to look at Zheng Bin and Li Zhong, and said solemnly: "The matter of the post station along the way, there are two adults. ”
Zheng Bin's face was calm, but he didn't have any embarrassed expression, and he should claim: "Yes, Weichen has already ordered it." ”
Li Zhong stroked his gray beard and hesitated.
Jin Wuwei commanded the inspection and vigilance of the palace and the capital, and had no contact with the garrison in the Hexi area, if he interfered in the military affairs of Hexi without authorization, he was afraid that he would attract suspicion, and this errand was not so easy to do.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, do you want to inform the Hexi garrison of this matter, and ask the army to cooperate in finding it." ”
Xie Huiming gently put it on the bamboo chopstick, his face was calm, no joy or anger, and said lightly: "No need, the army is mixed, this king does not dare to hand over the life and death of the imperial brother to the army, General Li, you just have to send the order to the post station in Hexi, if he has a book in the future, this king will bear it with all his might." ”
Li Zhong stubbornly responded to the matter, and was full of slander in his heart.
There is no basis for his empty words, if he is really criticized by the Japanese army, can he really push King Qin out to block the sword?
Besides, if he passes on the military order, will the Fengsui Post Station definitely listen to it?
Seeing that Li Zhong did not refuse, Xie Huiming smiled, he seemed to know Li Zhong's doubts, and took out two letterheads from his sleeve and handed them over: "This is the father's secret edict, as well as the king's warrant, General Li can act cheaply, he doesn't have to stick to foreign things, as long as he finds the imperial brother as soon as possible." ”
Li Zhong glanced at the letterhead, and the fire paint wax mark on the seal was intact, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Huiming also breathed a sigh of relief, this general of Jin Wuwei, he didn't use it so easily, he was a little depressed in his heart, if it was easy, why did he leave a clear proof.
He turned his eyes to look at Huo Shiqi, still looking calm.
Huo Shiqi shuddered inexplicably, he listened to it for a long time, he shouldn't have listened to it, and he couldn't intervene, he couldn't help beating the drum in his heart, and he couldn't understand the intention of King Qin to call him.
Xie Huiming said solemnly: "Lord Huo, when the imperial brother goes out of Beijing, it must be instigated by the subordinate officials of the East Palace, these subordinate officials, Lord Huo knows all in his heart." ”
Huo Shiqi looked dazed, but he knew it very well in his heart.
The subordinate official of the East Palace is a hot potato, whoever touches it is unlucky, he will definitely not touch it, he is not so stupid.