Chapter 159: Nanyang City
Zhang Yuqian was shocked, why did he go? Jin Yongkang Jin Gui, is he a grass? Who isn't the family's Jiaobao egg?
"Lord Jin, the lower officials are only shallow in their studies, how can they be up to this great task? It's better for you to go! Zhang Yuqian said angrily.
"You dare to disobey my orders?" Jin Yongkang said angrily.
Du Jingyi walked between the two at this time, and acted as a peacemaker with a polite smile, "Two adults, listen to the villain's advice, there are wild beasts in the mountains, and bandits are rampant, there can be no infighting at this time!" ”
"I have to start infighting!" Zhang Yuqian complained, "Broom...... Sister Yuqing said that the family must be involved with the bandits, it is not credible, let's just leave here quietly, so as not to startle the snake, Lord Jin is good, I want to jump into the snake's nest! ”
Du Jingyi agreed, "Yes, yes, the situation is urgent, and caution is the best policy!" ”
The more Zhang Yuqian thought about it, the more angry he became, "Lord Jin is the prince of the world, he is a superior person, and he is used to not taking the lives of our people seriously!" ”
Jin Yongkang was angry that the first Buddha was born, and the second Buddha ascended to heaven, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth, "You misunderstood!" I just want to take everyone out of this mountain as soon as possible! Since everyone thinks it's dangerous, it's time to ask for directions! ”
If he insisted on asking for directions, he would have to do it himself.
Jin Yongkang didn't have the guts.
"I said it wasn't safe, who told you two not to listen? No wonder one was down by his younger brother, and the other couldn't even pass the show! Zhang Yuqing sighed, "As the saying goes, good words are hard to persuade damn ghosts!" ”
It's really heart-wrenching, and the hearts of two people are bloody with knives.
Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian's faces were as black as iron, and they thought about how to clean up Zhang Yuqing in the capital for the first time and for the first time.
"Why don't you two speak? Think I'm not right? Zhang Yuqing grimaced.
"No, no! Mrs. Lu's golden mouth and jade words, every word is beautiful! Jin Yongkang pulled out a smile with difficulty.
Zhang Yuqing nodded with satisfaction, "I don't know if I have to wander around this mountain for a few days in the future, let's work together, listen to my command, and strive to return to the capital as soon as possible!" ”
"That's nature." Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian gritted their teeth with hatred in their hearts, and smiled kindly.
At night, when everyone was camping, Du Jingyi asked in Zhang Yuqing's ear: "You kept those two idiots, didn't you have enough?" ”
"It's not." Zhang Yuqing said with a smile.
Du Jingyi held back a smile, "Why is that?" ”
In the mountains in late autumn, the night is particularly cool.
Zhang Yuqing looked at the two people who were shrunk their necks, trembling and roasting the fire, the former noble son is now embarrassed by one race, unkempt, ragged, and full of black mud with laughter, "That's naturally because I found a more interesting way to play!" ”
"Then you have fun, don't play people to death in advance, otherwise you won't be happy." Du Jingyi said with a smile.
The group walked up and down the mountain for another three or four days, and at last the terrain gradually flattened out, and there were patches of fields and houses, although the fields were barren and the houses were dilapidated.
Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian almost cried, it was really not easy!
These days, they not only have to go with Zhang Yuqing's guards to pick up branches, pick wild fruits, and fetch water, but they will also be scolded by Zhang Yuqing if they are not careful, and if they dare to talk back, Zhang Yuqing will not give them food.
The mountain road is full of blood and tears of the two noble sons!
Zhang Yuqing is a devil!
However, Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian were not happy for too long, they stopped the passers-by who fled the famine to inquire, and their eyes widened wider than the other.
According to the original route back to Beijing, they should have come out of Liangzhou and entered the relatively stable Sizhou, and then arrived in the capital, but as soon as they left Liangzhou, they were scattered by bandits, and fled into the mountains in a panic.
What is Jingzhou?
It was the place where the battle between the imperial army and the rebels of the king of Jiangxia was fiercest.
What are the people who drag their families and leave their fields and houses behind?
Dodge the impending big battle.
Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian wanted to cry without tears, and they had the urge to turn around and flee back to the mountains.
"If you want me to say, it's not safe to go back. There are so many bandits and robbers in the mountains, we were lucky to only encounter a few waves when we came, and it is not necessary to go again! Zhang Yuqing said.
Jin Yongkang has no master, "Then what do you say?" ”
Zhang Yuqing pointed ahead and said: "The nearest city from here is Nanyang, after Nanyang, two hundred miles away is Lingling, the emperor's royal conquest place, there is a large army of the imperial court garrison, it is safe, let's go to the emperor, what do you think?" ”
Jin Yongkang's eyes lit up, the emperor brought 200,000 troops to the battle, plus the 400,000 troops who were already at war with the king of Jiangxia, as long as they arrived at the emperor, they would not be protected by the army like an iron wall!
He brought Zhang Yuqing from Liangzhou to the emperor, and he could be regarded as completing the task assigned by the emperor. When the imperial army exterminated the king of Jiangxia, they could follow the emperor back to Beijing, and they would be safe and comfortable all the way.
This wave works perfectly!
"Let's go to Lingling!" Jin Yongkang made a final decision, and finally regained some confidence from the boss of the angel group.
Zhang Yuqing looked at him with a smile, and a quick and uncatchable light flashed in his dark eyes.
However, along the way, more and more people fled, and the road was full of abandoned land and villages, and there were almost no smoked people's homes.
Jin Yongkang began to panic in his heart.
He turned his face with Zhang Yuqian because of who knocked on the door and asked for directions, and he didn't ask Zhang Yuqian anymore, so he came to Zhang Yuqing's carriage and said, "Mrs. Lu, this is not right!" ”
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuqing followed the direction of Jin Yongkang's finger and looked at the people who were constantly fleeing on the road, all of them were ragged, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and their expressions were numb and distressed.
Jin Yongkang said: "The emperor drove the expedition in person, stationed in Lingling, Nanyang is behind Lingling, there are imperial army in the way, it should be very safe here, so why are the people still desperately fleeing in the direction of Yizhou?" ”
He had a very bad premonition in his heart, and he didn't dare to say it directly.
Zhang Yuqing rolled her eyes at him disdainfully, "It's just a group of Diao people, their legs are long on them, they can run wherever they want!" What are you bothering about this? Can you manage them, or can I manage them? ”
Jin Yongkang panicked, "It's ......"
"For today's plan, we will go to Lingling as soon as possible, as long as we find the emperor, we will be safe!" Zhang Yuqing said.
She stared at Jin Yongkang, "What do you mean?" Could it be that he is looking forward to the emperor losing the battle? ”
"Of course not!" Jin Yongkang categorically denied it, and respectfully bowed his hand in the direction of the capital, "The emperor is a martial artist, a hero, as soon as his old man comes out, he will be invincible and uproot the Jiangxia traitors!" ”
Zhang Yuqing lowered the curtain and said lazily: "It's okay if it's not, let's keep it for the emperor and talk about it!" The emperor must have been happy to hear this. ”
Jin Yongkang suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, what was the battle situation ahead, and when they arrived in Nanyang, they would know it when they contacted the local officials.
If the front line really loses, it will be too late to find a way when you get to Nanyang.
As I thought before, the emperor drove the expedition in person, and there were 200,000 troops to build the foundation, where can he be defeated if he is defeated again?
The crowd went upriver in a crowd of fleeing people and proceeded in the direction of Nanyang City.
When I arrived at Nanyang City, it was already dark, and I couldn't see my fingers on the road, and it was raining in autumn.
The city gate was quiet, the gate was closed, and there were many soldiers patrolling the city tower.
Jin Yongkang ran to the city gate and shouted that he was the prince of Zheng Guogong, and brought the wife of Lu Wei, the ruler of Liangzhou, to come here.
Zhang Yuqing held his forehead in the carriage, lifted the curtain and complained to Du Jingyi: "He is not only stupid, he can't speak!" I don't know and think that I abandoned Lu Wei and eloped with him! Oh my God, I went out with him, and his reputation was gone, what a loss! ”
Du Jingyi sighed, "You have to keep him." ”
Kill it sooner or the other will be over!
The soldiers guarding the city tower went to the commander, Jin Yongkang didn't expect that he was a dignified relative of the country, and he had to wait if he wanted to enter the city, so he jumped to his feet angrily and scolded, and he sneezed several times in a row after being drenched in the autumn rain for a long time.
Finally, a tall soldier in armor reached the city wall and squinted his eyes to look down.
Jin Yongkang also saw the person clearly by the light of the lantern on the castle tower, and immediately changed his face, "It's you?!" Then he scolded: "What are you still looking at there!" Hurry up and open the door and let Lao Tzu into the city! ”
The soldier on the tower waved his hand.
After a while, the heavy city gate slowly opened, and Zhang Yuqing and his party walked in, the sound of horses' hooves and wheels rattling on the bluestone paved road, and the faint light of the lantern reflected on the wet stone slabs.
"Why are you here?" Jin Yongkang was very unkind to the general who came down from the city tower, "According to the original arrangement, shouldn't you be in Wuling and go straight to the nest of anti-thieves?" ”
Zhang Yuqing lifted the curtain and quietly looked at the general who opened the door for them.
It was a tall young man, who looked less than twenty, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Jin Yongkang, and at this time, he looked at Jin Yongkang there and questioned him expressionlessly.
When Zhang Yuqing saw the appearance of that person, he knew in his heart that this person must have won the sacred heart and jumped to the second-rank general army in the Great Xia Imperial Court, Jin Yongxiu.
"Wuling was occupied by anti-thieves." Jin Yongxiu said with a calm face.
Jin Yongkang was stunned, and then tried his best to hide his unbearable smile, jumped to his feet and scolded: "What are you doing to eat?" Wuling has been snatched back from the rebels, and you have lost it again! The old face of the Jin family is about to be disgraced by you! If not, go home, lest the inheritance laid by your fathers be ruined in your hands!" ”
"Then you lead the troops to snatch Wuling back!" Kim Yongxiu sneered.
Jin Yongkang's scolding stopped abruptly, and then he became even more angry, "What do you mean? Look down on me? ”
Jin Yongxiu said coldly: "The masked striker of the King of Jiangxia has returned, bringing a lot of people with him. In order to protect the emperor's safety, most of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court stayed here with the emperor, and we were not prepared, and we were caught off guard by him, so we lost Wuling. It's just a temporary defeat, and when the soldiers and horses are straightened out, I will be able to lead the troops to recapture Wuling immediately! ”
(End of chapter)