Chapter 176: Shanhaiguan City
Early the next morning, Gao Jie and others met Luo Sigong and others outside the Dongzhi Gate in the east of Beijing.
Except for Gao Jie, everyone else changed their clothes, pretending to be caravan guards or buddies. Luo Sigong also found an indigo scribe shirt out of nowhere, with a scribe's hat on his head, dressed like a bookkeeper, while Luo Yangxing was dressed in a strong suit and directly disguised as a guard. Wang Rui is strong and dressed as a guard, while Xiong Zhaoqi, Ji Longfeng and Wukong are pretending to be young men, Gao Jie is the boss of Pang Ji Firm, so he naturally wears silk and satin, and he is born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he looks like a rich and noble son.
What made Gao Jie quite funny was Venerable Zongqing, he took off his monk's robe today, put on an ordinary man's outfit, put on a cloth hat on his bald head, and showed some hair under the brim, and I don't know where to find the wig, which made Gao Jie, who knew the details of it, feel nondescript, and couldn't help laughing. Holding back his smile, Gao Jie hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Venerable Zongqing raised his palm with one hand, and said with a light smile: "Gao Jie's shopkeeper is polite, the old man is an old man of the business, Lin Da, how dare he accept the gift of the shopkeeper!"
Gao Jie saw that Zongqing didn't have the frame of a generation of monks at all, and he was quite humorous, so he immediately laughed and said: "Lin Da, okay, this name is really arbitrary, but I don't know if there is still Lin Er and Lin San?!"
Zong Qing smiled and said: "Naturally, there is, Lin Er is in Puzhou in the future, Lin San and the others will arrive!"
Gao Jie smiled and continued: "Then I still have a question to ask Lin Da, why do you have to raise your palms like a monk when you talk to me, a big boss?"
Zong Qing was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said: "Oh! negligent, negligent, the old man is used to nature, and he thinks that the disguise is seamless, but who knows that it is full of loopholes!"
When they heard this, they were all overjoyed.
At this time, a horse galloped from the city, and only then did he stop the horse in front of everyone, and the man on the horse panted and said: "It's rude to be late!"
Zong Qing smiled at Gao Jie and said, "Lin San has also arrived!"
Gao Jie smiled and hugged his fists at Sun Qianguang and said, "Brother Qianguang!"
Sun Qianguang hurriedly replied happily: "Xiaojie, meet again! This time I am the third brother of Master Zongqing, please call me Lin San in the future!"
Luo Sigong saw that everyone was basically there, so he introduced everyone one by one, when Sun Qianguang and Xiong Zhaoqi and Wang Rui hugged their fists to salute, they turned their heads and pretended not to see, Sun Qianguang naturally knew the reason, and he didn't mind, so he smiled and gave up.
This time when I went to Houjin, in addition to the nine people present, there were also several masters of the Jinyi Guard, all of whom pretended to be ordinary people and accompanied them from afar.
Because they were worried that it would attract attention and cause unnecessary trouble, Gao Jie and the three of them left their BMWs in Fuzhong, this time riding just ordinary horses.
In the third watch last night, Gao Jie rushed to Wei Liangqing's mansion to teach him the acupoint, and told him to go to his mansion once a day, and once Chen Dake arrived in Beijing, let him teach martial arts. Because Wei Liangyue was a girl, seeing her brother's hideous face when he was stabbing in the hole, she was worried that her indecent appearance would be exposed in front of Gao Jie, and she was still a little suspicious of Gao Jie's magic skills, so she finally didn't accept Gao Jie's kindness. Gao Jie was not reluctant, let alone anxious, as long as the effect of Wei Liangqing's acupuncture was revealed, and his martial arts were advancing day by day, Wei Liangyue would naturally come to the door and take the initiative to ask for acupuncture.
Because of the dangers and difficulties of this trip, Gao Jie really didn't know when he would be able to turn around, so he tried his best to think about everything in the capital and arrange it properly, so he set off with confidence.
From Beijing to Liaodong, it is not too far, about more than 1,300 miles, if it goes well, it is estimated that it will take about ten days to reach Guangning City. Horses are not like cars, they will get tired, generally like Gao Jie and they ride one person and one ride, there is no horse to change, at most at the end of a day can walk seventy or eighty kilometers, that is, one hundred and fifty or sixty miles. Traveling thousands of miles a day, Gao Jie and the three of them did not fail to do it on their mounts "Wu Hu", "Hair Like Snow" and "Hong Tongtong", but after the run, the BMW was scrapped. A good horse was equivalent to today's tens of millions of luxury cars at that time, who wouldn't cherish it.
After a few days, everyone became more and more familiar, only Xiong Zhaoqi and Wang Rui were still cold towards Sun Qianguang, but they all controlled their emotions and did not have a conflict.
All the way to the northeast, the towns and villages through which they passed became increasingly sparsely populated, and the buildings became more and more dilapidated, which shows that the war between the Ming and the Later Jin Dynasty had a huge impact on the lives of the people.
On the ninth day, Gao Jie and his entourage came to Shanhaiguan, although it was still autumn, but the weather here was already quite cold, fortunately, everyone had already prepared winter clothes, and all of them were good hands, but they were not afraid of wind and snow.
Shanhaiguan, also known as Yuguan, Yuguan, Linlu Pass, is located in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, Ming Hongwu 14 years (AD 1381) to build the city to build the customs guard, because of its mountain and sea, so the name of Shanhaiguan. One of the northeast passes of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, it is known as "the first pass in the world", "the throat of the border county, and the guarantee of the Beijing division". It echoes with Jiayuguan, which is thousands of miles away, and is famous all over the world. Shanhaiguan City, about eight miles in circumference, is connected with the Great Wall, takes the city as the pass, the city is fourteen meters high, seven meters thick, there are four main city gates, and a variety of defensive buildings are repaired. Shanhaiguan City is heavily guarded outside the customs, but the inventory of the people and merchants who come and go inside the customs is relatively loose. The urban area of Shanhaiguan is not large, between the streets and alleys, there are few people, and most of the people walking are army soldiers, and the residential buildings are mainly courtyard houses, which are quite similar to the residential buildings in Beijing.
According to the plan, under the guidance of Wang Rui, they found a remote inn in the city to stay, preparing to stay for one night and leave the customs tomorrow.
In order not to attract the attention of the Jurchen spies, Luo Sigong instructed everyone to go to the street as little as possible, and the food and drink were settled in the inn, and he left the inn alone.
After dark, Luo Sigong came back and gathered everyone to his room. As soon as Gao Jie entered the door, he found a tall man in a hooded black robe standing in the middle of the room, and when Luo Sigong closed the door, the black-robed man put down his black robe hat and revealed his true face.
When Sun Qianguang saw it, he immediately shouted in surprise: "Grandfather!"
It turned out that this person was the teacher of the current emperor Emperor Tianqi, Sun Chengzong, who was the secretary of the military department, the scholar of Dongge University, and the Liaodong Economic Strategy.
After Wang Huazhen suffered the defeat of Guangning, Xiong Tingbi retreated to Shanhaiguan, and was imprisoned for even crimes, and the king of Jiangsu was in the Jin Dynasty Tingbi as the military department Shangshu and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, passing through Liaodong, but after Sun Chengzong personally inspected Liaodong, he studied and inspected his advocacy of "rejecting slaves and captives, blocking the pass and guarding the pass", and felt that it was inappropriate, and reported to the Emperor of the Apocalypse after returning to Beijing, and clearly expounded his own insistence on Ningyuan, and the defenders of Juehua Island were horns and echoed each other's strategic plan, and formally put forward the "Liao people to defend the Liao land, and to raise the Liao people with the Liao soil" and recommended that Wang Zaijin be relieved of his post as the secretary of the military department and the Liaodong economic strategy. Emperor Tianqi naturally obeyed his teacher, accepted Sun Chengzong's opinion, and transferred Wang Zaijin to the post of secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. Since then, the discussion of building a city in Bali has come to an end. Not long ago, Sun Chengzong was appointed as the economic strategy of Liaodong, and he immediately went to the front line to implement his strategic plan of consolidating western Liaoxi if he wanted to secure the closed gates, and if he wanted to restore eastern Liaodong, he must first consolidate western Liaoning, and actively deploy the Ningjin defensive line.
Luo Sigong and others went to the top secret operation of the Jin Scripture with the Mongols, few people know about it, Sun Chengzong is one of them, and arranging for Sun Sun Qianguang to participate in this operation is also his opinion, I hope that the most potential and promising Sun Qianguang of the Sun family can follow Luo Sigong, the first master of the Ming Dynasty, to go to the dangerous place to experience, not only to accumulate experience, but also to accumulate meritorious service, paving the way for his future career.
In order to see off Luo Sigong and his entourage, Sun Chengzong came to Shanhaiguan for two days in the name of inspection, and tonight under the guidance of Luo Sigong, he wrapped it tightly and quietly came to the inn like a black zongzi.
Sun Chengzong is nearly sixty years old, his hair and beard are already white, and he looks about the same age as Luo Sigong in his seventies, which shows that he works hard for state affairs and worries too much. However, he was strong and straight, like a straight flagpole, standing majestically, exuding a majestic momentum. He stretched out his hand and touched Sun Qianguang's head lovingly, and said warmly: "This trip is full of dangers, you must not act recklessly, everything is under the command of Lord Luo, understand?"
Sun Qianguang nodded vigorously and said, "Grandson has long remembered it, please rest assured grandfather!"
Sun Chengzong patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and then his gaze turned around on the others, and finally landed on Xiong Zhaoqi and Wang Rui, because he could sense the fierce killing intent in the eyes of these two people. Sun Chengzong smiled faintly and said: "You are Lord Xiong's son and personal guard! Regarding Lord Xiong's affairs, the old man is purely for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's state affairs, and he has no selfish intentions and a clear conscience! If you want to find the old man for revenge, you can let the horse come!"
When Wang Rui heard this, the leopard's eyes widened, and he was about to rush up, but he was pulled by Xiong Zhaoqi. Xiong Zhaoqi closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and then slowly looked at Sun Chengzong and said: "My father is dedicated to the country, but he was questioned and imprisoned, although his old man has always told us not to seek revenge on you, it does not mean that we will let you go! It's just that this action is big, and you also shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the territory, we will never do anything here! The so-called unjust debtor has the owner, and along the way, we will not find trouble with your grandson, don't worry! Moreover, I heard Master say that you are strong in martial arts, maybe we are not your opponents now, but one day, you will fall under our swords and atone for what you have done today!"
Sun Chengzong looked at their departing backs, his eyes flickered, and he muttered for a long time, before he smiled and said to Luo Sigong: "I have heard that Lord Xiong has only one son, who is cowardly and weak and incompetent.
Luo Sigong hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Zhao Jue is now my apprentice, if you don't say it, I will naturally try my best to protect him!"
When Sun Chengzong heard this, he nodded, and then asked, "I don't know which one is the newly sealed Zhongyong Marquis Gaojie?"