Chapter 8: A First Exploration of the Otherworld
Above the lobby, Song Xiu was talking with his hands behind his back.
"Today, the emperor Shengcong has been blinded, the traitors above the court are in charge, and the foreign relatives are in power! And in the country, there are white lotus gossips to confuse the people and confuse people's hearts; outside, there are northern wolf clans who go south from time to time to plunder our land; and there are even more bandits who raise their banners to disrupt the country, causing disaster to one party, and the people are in dire straits. My Song family has received the grace of the country, and I can't watch my Dayue go into destruction, so I have to defend it as a last resort, hoping to clear the king's side and eliminate the villains, so that the saint will no longer be deceived by traitors, and the country and the people will be safe. ”
"At that time, I, Song Xiu, will hand over the power in my hands, fall into the grass for the people, and atone for the crime of great disrespect!"
Song Xiu's face was solemn, with a righteous face, looking like he was loyal to Dayue for the country and the people.
Everyone in the hall also nodded, as if their own family was really forced to rebel. Of course, no one knows what he thinks in his heart, but Chen Ziang is rolling his eyes in his heart anyway.
"To be a bitch, you have to set up a torii!" Sure enough, people who do big things don't have much face. ’
"Qiyuan, as a captain of Zhaowu, you can enter and leave the barracks at will, you immediately go to the barracks to meet Zhonglang General Zhang Han and tell him that the time is right and that he will act according to the plan. ”
"Whoa!"
Song Qiyuan nodded yes, it is not surprising, it seems that this family has premeditated the rebellion, and it is estimated that the fool of his predecessor will not be aware of it.
"Fengyuan, you go to my post to invite Sun Zhizhou to come to the house, and I have something to discuss with him. In addition, we will go to the yamen and let our guards assist the officials in maintaining order in the city for the past few days. ”
"Whoa!"
Song Xiu's seventh son, Song Fengyuan, is only sixteen years old, but he is a bachelor with a serious bachelor's background, and he also has a position as a county order, but unfortunately which county has not waited for him to officially take office, he fell into the hands of the thief, and he returned halfway and stayed at home.
"Yuyuan, you lead people to attack Dong's mansion, search for the whereabouts of Dong Kaishan's soldiers, and return to the barracks as soon as you find it, join your eldest brother, and help him control the army. ”
"Whoa!"
Song Yuyuan is known as the Qiliner of the Song family by outsiders, but he is the lowest official among the Song family brothers.
"Second brother, you are responsible for guarding the city generals, you must close the city gate these days, except for our people, no one else is allowed to enter and exit at will!"
"I see. ”
Song Lu nodded.
Song Xiu sat on the main seat, his face was majestic, and the orders in his mouth were issued one after another, in an orderly and orderly manner. No longer the submissive look he gave Chen Ziang at the beginning, this should be his true appearance.
"Okay, while no one knows about Dong Kaishan's death, you act quickly, and let your subordinates report to me in time if there is any problem. ”
"Whoa!"
Everyone saluted and retreated, only Song Yuyuan walked to the door and turned around and walked back.
"Father, can you let the third brother go with me, with the third brother here, it will be faster to capture the Dong Mansion. ”
Song Xiu looked at Chen Ziang with complicated eyes, he didn't know whether he was happy or angry, he was happy that this son was much more powerful than he imagined, thinking that there was another unparalleled fierce general in his army, and the anger was that he didn't know how to start, so his plan had to be launched in advance, and he had no chance to prepare everything.
"Go ahead, you're the only one who can talk to him anyway, just watch him and don't let him run around. ”
Song Xiu shook his head and waved his hand.
"Thank you, father. ”
Song Yuyuan's face was happy, and he walked in front of Chen Ziang in a few steps and pulled Chen Ziang's sleeve.
"Third brother, let's go out to play today. ”
Chen Ziang also wanted to go out to see how this world was different from another world, and he didn't struggle, so he let him pull him out of the door, and he didn't mean to retire to Song Xiu, and of course no one cared.
"Little Liuzi, prepare the horses, call the guards, follow me to the Dong Mansion!"
Out of the gate, Song Yuyuan yelled at a little guard with big eyes and bright eyes, and pulled Chen Ziang to the backyard horse pen.
"Mingzhu, you will follow me today. ”
Song Yuyuan took a tall horse with a snow-white head that looked like white jade, patted it with a smile, and turned over.
Here are some sturdy guards who also ran from all sides, and one by one they took out their horses, put them on the saddle stirrups, and turned over neatly on their horses.
Chen Ziang scratched his head with the stick in his hand, as if he hadn't arranged a horse for himself?
No matter what, it's better to pick a horse than to ride a horse.
Chen Ziang rolled his eyes, casually pulled out a gray horse from the guardrail, and with a bend of his body, he had already jumped on the horse's back.
"Third brother, no!"
Song Yuyuan was shouting at the guards, and Chen Ziang's movements were hurriedly stopped loudly, but he was still a step too late.
"Plop!"
The horses looked quite sturdy, but after Chen Ziang jumped up, his legs weakened, and he fell down with a thud, and Chen Ziang had already jumped down in advance when he saw the opportunity, and was standing on one side in a silent daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Third brother, you still have to run, these horses of ours can't stand your strength. ”
Song Yuyuan smiled bitterly and struggled to help the horses on the ground up.
"Guards, follow me!"
Song Yuyuan was dressed in armor and wore a bright silver helmet, and the whole person was even more heroic, and he took the lead in running to the street with a wave of the spear in his hand.
Behind him, more than a dozen horses came out one after another, and together with more than a hundred soldiers on foot, they rushed into the distance vigorously.
One of them, no more than five feet tall and dressed in battle armor, stood out the most, not only because of his size, but also because he was the only one who could keep up with the speed of a horse on foot.
'The people here are all dressed in linen, only the people of the Song family have silk on them, and they have never seen cotton cloth; the guards wear iron armor even less, and even the generals who ride horses are also mostly in leather armor, and it seems that the living standard of this world is very low. ’
Chen Ziang strode wildly while silently looking at his surroundings.
There are no bricks and tiles on the earthen walls, and even the impression of my home seems to be made of stone bricks, and the industrial standard is also very low. ’
Well, I and others have been running on the street for so long, and I haven't seen many people coming out, it seems that commerce is not developed, and a few people who came out are hurriedly kneeling on both sides of the road, the world should still be in slavery. ’
No, slavery has been abolished in the previous dynasty, but there are still some embers that have not been extinguished. It seems that this is a feudal society with the remnants of slavery. ’
Chen Ziang observed the environment while comparing the fragmentary memories in his mind until he came to a compound.
The high head gate, a total of nine layers of stone steps, on both sides is the fangs and claws of the fox, the mahogany gate is one zhang high, hang a plaque on it, two big characters of the iron pen silver hook of the Dong Mansion, the momentum is extraordinary, it should be in the hand of the master.
At this time, the main gate was closed, and the group of six people looked at Song Yuyuan and his party of more than ten people who arrived first with unkind faces.
"Who are you? What do you want to do? This is the mansion of the new general of comfort, and it is a great crime of disrespect to set a horse in front of this gate!"
The first old man wearing a small hat was reprimanding loudly in front of Song Yuyuan, and his voice was fierce!