Chapter 3 The General's Mansion
This is a completely unfamiliar name, Fan Xian thought of a person named Songgan Zampu, shook his head, and asked, "This is the language of the grassland......"
His brow furrowed suddenly, and he thought that if the mysterious figure had come to the prairie from the outside, then the pseudonym must have its true meaning: "But it should have its own meaning." ”
"This is the language of the brothers in the north, not the language of the steppe. Hu Ge put the scimitar back into the sheath and said seriously: "I have been checking for three months, and I have been able to confirm that this person is the grassland that followed the northern tribe, I don't know the meaning of the Songzhi Immortal Order, but the Immortal Order should be a flashing meaning." ”
Fan Xian's brows furrowed, flashing back and forth...... Brilliant sparkles, diamonds, sparkles, sparkles, diamonds, sparkles, sparkles, sparkles,
This proves that the Hu tribe has not completely unified its language so far, and it will indeed bring trouble to many people. Fan Xian had a headache, there was too little information at hand, and he only knew what a name could do, so he raised his eyes helplessly, looked at Hu Ge and said, "The brothers in the north are still moving to the grassland?"
Hu Ge nodded solemnly: "It's the fourth year, the first year is the brothers from the north who came to explore the way, there are not many people, the second year is the warriors among the brothers in the north, this group has the largest number of people, and in the last two years, it is mainly the old women, women and children who were still in the north at the beginning, along the passage opened on the side of the heavenly vein, and moved over very hard. ”
"What if...... If this person is a native of the north, then what year did he go to the grassland?"
"It should be the previous batch, because although this person is mysterious, since he can influence the decision-making of the king's account, he must have the absolute support of the northern brothers behind him, otherwise who will listen to him. ”
"You mean......" Fan Xian stared at Hu Ge's eyes, "The northern brothers have already established themselves on the grassland, and they have been approved by the king's tent?"
"It was only natural that they were very brave, though they numbered only a few tens of thousands, but almost all of them were warriors, and their tribes were more united than the people of the steppe, and the areas of water and grass that were requested were not greedy, and they were welcomed by both the king's tent and the two virtuous kings. ”
Hu Ge said very seriously: "And the northern brothers will never participate in the internal struggle on the grassland, so they are the target of all sides, although their voices are still calm, but in the ears of our people, it seems to be louder and louder. ”
Fan Xian nodded, didn't say anything, the source of the tightness in the western part of Qingguo was because of the natural disasters in the north of the Northern Qi for several years, and the heavy snow sealed the plains, forcing those northern barbarians to move thousands of miles and come to the grassland.
There was a chill in his heart, if the Hu people were really united, Qingguo would really be in big trouble. Originally, under the decades of conquest of Qingguo, the Hu people were already weak, coupled with the thirty years of weak provocation and poisonous tricks of the Supervision Yuan, Xihu's side was not enough to trouble, and no one could have imagined the arrival of the Northern Barbarians, as if it had injected a shot in the arm for these Hu people, but that Songzhi Immortal Order seemed to have a way to bridge the differences between the Hu people.
"Tell me about the situation on the prairie right now. Fan Xian looked at Hu Ge in front of him, his face was calm, but he thought in his heart that even if Songzhi Immortal Ling could temporarily unite the Hu people, since he had found Hu Ge, he would definitely be able to tear a big hole inside the Hu people again.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be a little faintly excited, if the grassland is a game of chess, then the next thing is to fall with that Songzhi Immortal Ling, you come and go, see who will win the final victory.
Of course it was himself, Fan Xian thought so, he had to win, because he was very keen to capture the deepest calculations of that Songzhi Immortal Ling, and he hated the other party's mind very much.
............ The temperature difference between day and night in the west is very large, and the sun moves slowly, as if the temperature of a given state city has given some kind of command, gradually getting hot and cooling, when the shadow of the earthen wall in the city is getting longer and longer, the sun is falling westward, and the temperature is getting lower and lower, the first connection between Fan Xian and Hu Ge has also come to an end.
After recalling the information he got from Hu Ge's mouth in his mind, Fan Xian confirmed that the trip had benefited a lot, and then confirmed the contact method and the details of the contact with the other party, and then began to carry out the final benefit delivery.
Whether it is gold and silver treasures, silk and satin, tea bricks and porcelain, if they are transported to the grassland, they are unknowingly handed over to Hu Singer, which is a big trouble in itself. Fortunately, although the grassland and Qingguo have been fighting for decades, because Qingguo has always occupied an absolute advantage, the tribes on the grassland have long been accustomed to paying tribute, and the trade between the two sides has not stopped.
In other words, at the foot of the mountain, when the two sides exchanged poisonous arrows, perhaps on the other side of the mountain, the caravans were laboriously marching to the grassland, transporting goods to the hinterland of the Central Plains, exchanging furs and other things, and war and commerce were not hindering each other.
It's just that important materials such as iron, salt, and grain, if you want to smuggle them privately, it will be a little difficult, but since Fan Xian has His Majesty's personal will, of course he doesn't care about these.
Hearing Fan Xian's last words, Hu Ge frowned and said, "Lord Tisi, there is trust between us, so I told you about this path, I hope you don't let me down...... If you really disappoint me, believe me, I can destroy you without the king's tent to transfer troops, on the grassland. ”
Fan Xian knew what this Hu clan master was afraid of, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, although the scenery over there is beautiful, I am not used to drinking Ma nǎi wine, and I am not interested in bringing the army over." ”
After getting the promise, Hu Ge relaxed a little, picked up the wine bowl, saluted Fan Xian, and then drank it all, the wine leaked, wetting his beard and clothes.
Fan Xian smiled, picked up the wine bowl, and was about to end the transaction, but unexpectedly heard a very slight whistle from outside the shop. His brow furrowed, and he put the bowl back on the table.
The whistle sounded very softly, like a shepherd driving a camel, and did not attract the attention of Hu Ge's manpower. Hu Ge found that Fan Xian put the wine bowl back on the table, and his heart was slightly cold, thinking that the other party still had any conditions, and secretly Dao Qingren was really cunning, and he always liked the lion to open his mouth.
Unexpectedly, Fan Xian looked at him and said, "Is there a problem with the people you brought?"
Hu Ge's face was slightly condensed, and he understood that there was a problem outside the shop, shook his head and said: "They are all sons and daughters scattered all over the clan, and there is absolutely no problem." He knew the urgency of the matter, and as he spoke, he began to pack his things and prepare to flee. If the military and government of Dingzhou City knew that he was in the city, they would definitely arrest him at any cost.
The two sides have fought fiercely in the past few years, and if they can hold the first master under King Zuo Xian, Dingzhou City will laugh happily.
Fan Xian watched his movements, but did not get up, lowered his head and whispered: "It's still outside the street, the encirclement has not been formed, you go from the back of the house, I'll drag you for a while." ”
Hu Ge looked at him, his mood was a little weird, he ventured to Dingzhou today, but he never thought that the person who connected with him was actually Fan Tisi of the Qingguo Supervision Yuan, such a noble figure.
But it was precisely because Fan Xian personally went out that Hu Ge had more trust in the other party, which was extremely beneficial to the future cooperation between the two parties.
"I don't send it. Fan Xian picked up the wine bowl and said, "Be careful all the way, change it and see you later." ”
Hu Ge nodded heavily, took a heavy package handed over by Mu Feng'er, put his finger into his lips and whistled, and as soon as he lifted the curtain, he drilled into the back of the mutton shop along the soil hole, and at the same time, some inconspicuous Hu merchants or guys outside the mutton shop also blended into the crowd at the same time.
"They are used to hiding everywhere, after all, the tribe has been slaughtered for several years, and if they want to restore the clan, there are always many things that cannot be seen. Mu Feng'er looked at Fan Xian, who was drinking with his head down, and knew what the adults were worried about, and said, "It's early to report jǐng, and the Dingzhou side can't catch him." ”
Fan Xian nodded. At this moment, the subordinates of the Supervision Yuan, who pretended to be merchants in the Central Plains, hurried in and replied: "The school guards of the Xida Camp have already entered the dirt street, and they will be there soon." ”
Mu Feng'er glanced at Fan Xian, meaning to see if she should withdraw at this time.
Fan Xian shook his head, since he was targeted by the Dingzhou army, the convoy that had been left at the earthen wall was also accused by the other party. The three of them came to the mutton shop, but there were a few subordinates from the six places behind them, far away, in order to prevent any accidents, and since the two sides had met, there was no need to withdraw again.
And for the safety of Hu Ge and his party, Fan Xian had to drag these Qing ** teams who arrested Jiān for a while.
"If the other party doesn't make a heavy hand, we don't move. ”
Fan Xian took a sip of wine and said to his subordinates. Mu Feng'er and the officials of the Supervision Yuan glanced at each other and nodded.
At this moment, I could only hear a noise outside the mutton shop, and the horse's hooves sounded in horror, and I don't know how many people rushed over, surrounding the front and back of the shop, and vaguely heard an official shouting loudly, as if he had found that the target had left the mutton shop.
Fan Xian's brows furrowed, feeling very troublesome, he stood up from the earthen kang, reflexively pulled the bamboo piece on a mat from under his buttocks, and walked outside the shop.
There was a murderous atmosphere outside the shop, and there were two hundred Dingzhou soldiers, surrounding the shop, and the spears in their hands were aimed at the people who came out of the shop.
And outside the encirclement, there are those good people and businessmen who keep to themselves, watching this scene curiously and nervously, I don't know why the people in the General's Mansion would use such a big battle to deal with such a few merchants, some of them are smart, of course, they have already guessed that the identity of these merchants is not so simple.
"No one can be suspicious of Hu Ge who escaped because of his own existence. This is the true meaning of Fan Xian's previous order to hide, the nail hidden in the Xihu by this supervision court is so important that Fan Xian can't even believe it, let alone being watched by so many people.
A soldier leaned into the officer's ear and said a few words, the officer's eyes lit up, presumably confirming the identity of the other party, looking at Fan Xian and his party, he said in a cold voice: "Come on, take down these jiān fine for me!"
Fan Xian looked at the soldier's face and recognized that the other party was the soldier guarding the city at the east gate, it was this person who reviewed the documents for his group to enter the city, and immediately knew what the problem was, so he couldn't help but smile helplessly and glanced at Mu Feng'er.
Mu Feng'er knew that there were some loopholes in her own details, which aroused the suspicion of the Dingzhou side, and she was extremely annoyed, and she was afraid of provoking the anger of the adults, and her face became more and more ugly, surrounded by countless spears, she looked at the school official with a cold face, and her eyes were like she was ready to bring a bowl of water and swallow the other party alive.
The school officer did not know the psychological activities of these merchants, and looked at the faces of the other party without fear at all, and became more and more sure that these merchants were strange, and while preparing to give orders, he sent some of his subordinates to continue to arrest the escapees, and at the same time urged the horses and came to the front of the merchants.
Can't let the Dingzhou army catch up with Hu Ge, Fan Xian frowned, Mu Feng'er got the order, a cold glint appeared in his eyes, his feet rubbed, and the yellow sand appeared, the whole person had already turned over like a gray shadow, and the palm of his hand pressed on the horse's head, and the short knife in his sleeve rushed out, and he wanted to restrain the school official who acted very carelessly.
Who knew that since the school official dared to be in front of everyone alone, he was naturally very confident in his skills, and he was not surprised at all when he saw the change, he lifted the scabbard with one hand and slapped it at Mu Feng'er's wrist, and his right hand took off the reins and probed Mu Feng'er's throat.
This officer's martial arts are really strong, but he just thinks that these businessmen may be jiān, and he can't think of the true identity of the other party at all, so he can't help but be a little underestimated.
He blocked Mu Feng'er, but he couldn't stop a few black shadows that rose up almost at the same time as Mu Feng'er, and he could only hear a few sneering sounds, and several shadows drove on the horse ridden by this school official at the same time, catching hands and choking throats...... The swordsman assassins of the six places burst out, even Fan Xian was a little jealous, not to mention this inconspicuous soldier in Dingzhou City.
With a wail, the horse suddenly found that there were four people standing on its back, and where could they bear it, and as soon as their front hooves went limp, they fell.
A cloud of smoke and dust rose, and the soldiers of the Dingzhou Army were shocked, and they watched their leaders be easily caught by those few jiāns.
Mu Feng'er took the scabbard of the school officer, put the short knife in his hand across the opponent's neck, and shouted at the Dingzhou army rushing around: "If you are not afraid of death, come here." ”
The school officer's face turned pale, he didn't expect that he couldn't block the tricks of these people, and gritted his teeth and yelled at his subordinates: "Catch these people!"
At this time, he already believed that these people were not only jiān, but also very powerful jiān, for the safety of Dingzhou City, how could they care about their own life and death.
He doesn't care, Fan Xian cares, if a conflict really breaks out, the Dingzhou army can't keep his own people, but how can he explain to the imperial court?
"We are not jiān fine. Fan Xian stepped forward, looked at everyone and said gently, "We are just businessmen. ”
At this time, being disturbed like this, the general's order to pursue did not have time to be issued, Hu Ge and his party should have escaped from the encirclement safely, Fan Xian's mood was also much more stable, and he motioned to his subordinates to put down the blades in their hands, smiled at the brave school officer and said: "This military master, his subordinates are all reckless people, I am shocking you." ”
Naturally, no one believes this kind of rhetoric, and no matter how reckless the Jianghu people are, they will not dare to make a move against the army of the imperial court.
The school officer touched his tight throat and found that he was still surrounded by these jiān fines, looked at Fan Xian, who was in the lead, and said fiercely, "See where else you can escape?"
"No, we're really just businessmen, and we overreacted a little before. After saying this, Fan Xian couldn't help but want to cry, Hu Ge, Hu Ge, the master really caused a lot of trouble for you.
"Really, which merchant are you?" The school officer looked at Fan Xian deeply, not at all worried about his safety, and the soldiers of the Dingzhou Army on the periphery didn't know what they were talking about, so they just went to report to the General's Mansion urgently, and at the same time arranged the surrounding siege matters, so naturally no one paid attention to the people who might escape from the back of the shop.
"Lingnan Xiong's family. Mu Feng'er spoke.
"Since you're a businessman, come back with me for inspection. The school officer's teeth were about to be crushed, and he roared angrily: "Otherwise, you will be killed on the spot!"
In his opinion, these people are only afraid that they will start to break through immediately, but they are accusing themselves, and it is inconvenient for those subordinates to do it, but in any case, he proposed that these businessmen go back to the General's Mansion with him for interrogation, and the other party will definitely not accept it.
Unexpectedly, the young and handsome businessman thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, we are law-abiding businessmen, of course we are willing to explain for ourselves." ”
The officer's brows furrowed, he didn't know what these jiān were thinking in his care, didn't they know that once they were caught, they would be greeted by endless beatings and interrogations?
"Tie your hands. He looked at Fan Xian and shouted loudly.
............ Fan Xian, a businessman, was very well-behaved, really well-behaved, even more well-behaved than in front of Emperor Lao Tzu, and obediently let those soldiers of the Dingzhou Army tie them into zongzi, and he was still hit the shoulder by a soldier, which was really painful.
The officials of the Supervision Yuan under him were also very honest, and they were obediently tied up, without a trace of struggle, but they made the soldiers of the Dingzhou Army a little incomprehensible.
Of course, because these businessman-like jiān were once restrained by their top bosses with one move, these soldiers were not polite, and secretly used some heavy hands while tying them up.
Fan Xian stood beside the school official and pleaded, "Don't beat people." ”
The school official glared at him, and couldn't understand how this jiān had such great courage, and it was still a trivial matter to resist on the street, and he could still talk to himself so calmly at this time.
"There's another person in the shop who is fascinated by us, so don't forget to take it home with you. At this time, Fan Xian was more like a staff officer of the Dingzhou Army.
"Where is so much nonsense, you can't die even if you want to. He stared at Fan Xian's eyes and said fiercely.
Fan Xian was not angry, and said with a wry smile: "The few merchants I brought into the city must have also been arrested by adults, and I also asked the adults to send a message and not to be punished." ”
The school officer glanced at him mockingly, thinking that he had seen countless jiāns, and he was the first person to be as naïve and ridiculous as this.
Fan Xian looked at him and said seriously: "We didn't kill you before, so what if you return our favor?"
The school officer became more and more confused, and felt a chill in the bottom of his heart, wondering if he had done something wrong?
............ There was a big incident in Dingzhou City, and a batch of jiān fine was captured, although there are jiān fine every year, and the month is new, but the jiān fine caught in the mutton shop today is different, first, they are from the hinterland of the Central Plains, I don't know whether they want to do private salt business with Xihu or have a bigger plan, and secondly, these jiān fine are obviously strange.
The upper echelons of the Dingzhou army are even more interested in this group of jiān, they have not been very much in agreement with the judgment of the imperial court and the supervision yuan, they think that there is no god-like military division in the account of the king of Xihu, and the reason why the Hu people are so powerful in recent years is because there are people in the court who collude with the other party and provide a large amount of support to the other party.
And these from Jiangnan, through the merchants of Kyoto, Jiān thin, seem to confirm this more explicitly. The matter was so big that before he had time to interrogate these jiāns in detail, the commander of the military in Dingzhou City ordered the Jiān to be escorted back to the General's Mansion before he stretched out his hand.
Grabbing merit, whether it is at the front line or in the rear, is actually the same thing.
The school officer escorted Fan Xian and his party into the General's Mansion, and found that the general was actually interrogated by the general himself, and he couldn't help but feel happy, secretly thinking that although he had some clowns today, he should still have more credit than fault for catching these important people.
"Haven't you had time to ask?" the general sitting above creaked his teeth, "then what are you waiting for? Break their legs first, and then hit thirty boards, and then you can ask questions." ”
The officers and men of the Dingzhou Army shouted in unison, and they were ready to start.
The general spat and scolded: "Fuck it, you don't kneel in front of this general, it's quite tough...... What bullshit Lingnan Xiong family, even if you are Xia Mingji's person, this general will be correct. ”
Both the government and the opposition military know that Xia Mingji is the property of Fan Tisi, and there is basically no one in this world who dares not to sell Fan Xian's face, but the strange thing is that the tone of this general's speech does not seem to be bragging.
Fan Xian raised his head with a bitter face, looked at the bearded general of the Western Expedition, and wondered why this kid was so ugly? ”
Li Hongcheng, the general of the Western Expedition Imperial Seal, was drinking the liquor indignantly, thinking about how these bastards always didn't let themselves relax, and suddenly heard this sentence, and subconsciously looked down the hall, but unexpectedly saw a somewhat familiar face.
The facial features on that face have changed slightly, but the narrowness in the eyes is as strong as it was back then.
The general Li Hongcheng was stunned in the hall, stood for a long time, and then squirted out a mouthful of wine, spraying the cronies on the face of the school official.