Gong Jun was wearing a big cloak, and inside was a fine Shu brocade gown, but he was not wearing an official uniform.
With satin boots on a cowhide sole, the dismounting action is very neat.
In the eyes of others, Gong Tongzhi, who was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei after the new emperor ascended the throne, was not only high-spirited, but even seven or eight years younger. Many people in Taijing City wondered in their hearts, they only heard that they were promoted to get rich, but they never heard that they could become younger.
In this regard, Gong Jun's confidant Xiao Baihu has something to say.
What becomes young is not pretending to be old.
Gong Jun was not very old at first, and with his strong skills, he should be a few years younger than his real age. As a result, he met an emperor Lu Zhang, who was not very minded, but this emperor was still old. Tongzhi, it doesn't matter if you are not black or thin, if you don't look old, I'm afraid it won't hinder the emperor's eyes.
Gong Jun could only hold his nose and pretend to be old. Now that the shrewd man is dead, isn't Gong Jun living and getting younger
If it wasn't for worrying about the previous disguise, Commander Gong would be ten years younger overnight.
No, it has become too much, and there are even Beijing officials who come to the door to talk about matchmaking.
- It is impossible to get married, and the commander of the palace also wanted to live with the eight raccoon slaves, and he was thinking about the tiger raised by Emperor Yongchen in his heart.
Xiao Baihu could see clearly, Gong Jun said that he didn't want to keep him, he thought that the cat was a tossing, arrogant and arrogant to step on people's faces, but that cat named Ah Hu was domineering!
The fighting strength of one is the top of eight. When you look at people, you look proud. When you put them in the cat pile, the other cats are either fried or screaming. It is indeed a cat that the imperial family has raised for many years. two.
Although it is difficult to raise, coax, and even more difficult to discipline, but when Ah Hu is full of food and drink, he lays down in front of people, revealing his fluffy, furry belly. I wanted to take it home in secret.
This is His Majesty's cat, and I have the same cat as His Majesty!
No, no, when Ah Hu is in a bad mood, he won't even give His Majesty's face, I can't even rub His Majesty's hairy belly!
Xiao Baihu had no idea that he would have met Ah Hu once in the past few days, but Gong Jun was not there. Ah Hu saw him familiar and didn't scratch him. As a result, Xiao Baihu thought that Ah Hu treated him differently, and went up to the next level. Emperor Yongchen also appreciated himself very much. This made Xiao Baihu feel like he had been beaten with blood. He was more attached to Gong Jun than before, trying not to say anything. He wanted to imitate Gong Jun's every move. As long as he lived like Gong Jun, he would have both a cat and an official position.
"Return to the commander, the neighborhood is deserted, and no one is stationed."
Gong Jun glanced at his subordinate who had been extraordinarily thoughtful and attentive recently, and took the water bottle handed over by Xiao Baihu.
"Is that so? It seems that the King of Heaven's Giving is sinking his boat, and he doesn't plan to return to Yizhou?"
After Gong Jun drank the water, he brought people to the front of the collapsed city wall.
He hurried over all the way, and he was very tired, but the matter to be investigated was right in front of him, and he didn't care about rest, so he stepped in.
"Wait a minute, commander, it looks like someone has been here before." Xiao Baihu pushed aside the two vertical white flags and volunteered, "Let his subordinates go first and have a look."
Gong Jun glanced around, and for some reason he felt that he was being watched, so he did not reject Xiao Baihu's proposal.
Xiao Baihu led the four Jin Yiwei into the charred ruins, and then screamed.
"Who is it?" Gong Jun drew his sword out of its sheath, and rushed towards him.
There are horrific corpses all over the place, as well as figures slowly walking out of the black cave in the corpse mountain.
Rao is Jin Yiwei, and he couldn't help but tremble when he saw this scene. This is still the world, it is clearly purgatory. It was dark and scorched on the tip of the nose, Xiao Baihu and the others were even more frightened by the sudden shadow.
"... He, he was still on the wall over there just now, and he floated over." Xiao Baihu's eyes were straight and his mouth was dry.
Can't blame him for being timid, this place is so terrifying, he saw such a bizarre scene before he recovered from the shock, he just screamed in fright, he still held the weapon in his hand and ran without turning around. Courageous.
"How can there be a ghost, you don't even recognize Qinggong?" Gong Jun reprimanded, fixed his eyes, and almost followed Xiao Baihu's footsteps and exclaimed, "Meng Guoshi?"
Gong Jun was dumbfounded, shouldn't this person be in Jiangnan, when did he come to Yizhou
Meng Qi nodded at him: "It's just right, there is no manpower, and no one can bury the bodies of these soldiers who died in Xuanchuan Pass."
"… "
Gong Jun pressed Xiao Baihu, who was blushing with anger. He didn't care about Meng Qi's commanding tone. To be more precise, he heard something else from Meng Qi's words - Xuanchuan Pass belongs to Qi. Even if it was attacked by the army of the God-given King, it would be more than a month before and after.
What about the nearby prefectural government office
Could it be that he was killed by the God-given King? !
Gong Jun sailed south with the boat, concealed his identity and detoured Jingzhou to Xuanchuan Pass, in order to check the movement of the rebel army and the situation behind him. He was worried that the rebel army would directly occupy the city and defend this important passage out of Yizhou, so he should not be alarmed. Others were relieved when they saw Xuanchuan Pass in ruins.
King Tianshou went to Jingzhou in a desperate attempt, not even a good place like Xuanchuan Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. When the imperial court sent troops to pacify Yizhou, the resistance they would encounter would be limited. Who wouldn't be lucky when they could save trouble
Now being reminded by Meng Qiyi, Gong Jun's face darkened.
After the establishment of Chu in the Qi Dynasty, the county government in the place far away from Emperor Tiangao did not even pay taxes, but no one in the court was willing to go to those places where birds do not lay eggs. ! But here is Xuanchuan Pass, where troops have been stationed for many years, and the nearby prefectures and counties are under the control of the imperial court. The body is left to this day
"They dare to act against yin..."
Gong Jun growled in a low voice, Jin Yiwei specializes in investigating corruption, and he is good at dissecting clues to find the truth.
- The prefectures and counties blame each other for fear of rebelling against the army and refusing to do errands, but it is of secondary importance. I am afraid that they will be inseparable with the Ning family army in these officials, and even hate Xuanchuan Pass. , through the high-sounding reason of defending the city and protecting the people, without asking or watching, let Xuanchuan Pass maintain the tragic situation when the rebels left.
"How dare they? Today is different from the past. General Ning is His Majesty's foreign family." Gong Jun was trembling with anger.
Xiao Baihu and the others reacted with hindsight, and they were all furious.
"Commander, did they betray..."
"I won't betray, just sit and watch and don't ask. It's true." Meng Qi put his hands on his back and said slowly: "You are the commander of Jinyiwei, and I don't need to tell me the key here. The combination of river and ice is not a day's cold. In order to suppress the Ning family's army, Lu Zhang constantly sent people to divide the military power, and even the county magistrates and magistrates of the nearby prefectures would not appoint anyone who favored the Ning family. After Emperor Chen took the throne, he evacuated those in the army who did not deal with the Ning family, but he could not replace all these local officials from top to bottom.
Xiao Baihu wanted to scold people and said angrily, "Your Majesty should cut them all down."
"Enough, it's been less than half a year since His Majesty's enthronement, and he can't slow down the change of hands. If officials are to be replaced for a foreign family, the court and the opposition will be shaken. In this kind of matter, all officials are of one mind. His Majesty's anger against officials because of foreign relatives will only arouse the rebellious hearts of courtiers. If civil and military officials perfunctory state affairs and focus on fighting with the emperor, how can such a court be?"
Gong Jun reprimanded him with a headache. The twists and turns here are the same as the skeins of the raccoon tickling around his body. The circles were twisted into dead knots, and his body was stuck in it, even the sharpest claws. not open.
"It's all from the evil that Lu Zhang made, but who makes the government and the people here have a few unclear minds?"
Meng Qi's tone was flat when he said this, but Gong Jun heard the killing intent vividly. He couldn't help but think of the incident of this person who broke into the Beizhen Fusi and killed him, almost killing himself. Goosebumps suddenly popped out.
Gong Jun couldn't help but take a step back, a chill suddenly appeared in his heart.
"The national teacher just said..."
"Wait first, I'll bring a few people who survived that day."
***
Jiangxia City.
Qiujing watched as waves of anxious merchants crowded onto the ferry and fled to the north.
More people took the carriage and headed for Yangzhou.
Standing at the top of the city and watching this scene, it is that the mountain tombs are about to fall, and the trees are scattered, so bleak.
"... It's too late to regret leaving now."
"General Nie."
Qiujing hurriedly turned back and saluted, the visitor was in his fifties, with a gray beard and a sound like a bell.
"You are a girl, it's not a good thing to be in the rivers and lakes, and now you have to bring people to defend the city... What's the matter, all the good boys in the south of the Yangtze River are all dead. Well, look at these people who are running away, lest father Mom gave birth to two less legs."
The old general was full of anger when he scolded people, Qiu Jing stood helplessly next to him, and after a while he answered, "I would like to thank the general for his trust, and allow me to enter the city."
"What are you talking about? You took the letter of recommendation from Bao Guanyong's old boy, and the old man will naturally believe you. I think he was also a famous Chu general in the northern Xinjiang back then. It's a pity." Old General Nie raised his eyebrows and pretended to be annoyed. , "Besides, Fengxing Pavilion's reputation in Jiangnan, the old man is not ignorant, the business has been in business for so long, what else is there to hide?"
Qiujing's face became even more embarrassing. Fengxing Pavilion's relationship network mainly relies on business routes, and the people who can get in touch with them and know a lot about them are 80% because of buying and selling ordnance, food and grass. Jiangxia is very rich in grain production, and the army is not short of manpower. Every year, this old general Nie has to sell grain and buy medicine through secret channels to fill the shortage in the army in time, and he does not want to live on the things allocated by King Jing.
Although this is a good thing, it was unexpected to say it in public.
Just like when Qiu Jing came to the door with a letter of invitation to ask for an appointment, General Nie saw through her identity at a glance, and opened his mouth to ask why there was a female doll.
Autumn Scene: "… "
After walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, there are really few people who can tell her gender.
"It's better that these bastards run away, so as not to stay and cause trouble." General Nie sat down at the front of the city with such a big sword and snorted, "It's good to catch up with the old man, or let them each pay the price. Only one hundred catties of grain are allowed to leave the city.”
Qiujing knew that General Nie did seem to be hoarding more grain, but he didn’t do it in the end, not because he was in a good mood, but because these wealthy merchants had many servants. is a hidden danger.
Now that Jiangxia City is not allowed to go out, Qiujing has to take the people from Fengxing Pavilion to check every Jianghu person who wants to help out near the city gate.
After entering the city, he also ate and lived with Fengxing Pavilion, and was separated from the military tent, so as to prevent the person who was really obsessed with taking refuge in the King of Heaven from secretly attacking.
These Jianghu people came in batches, either as brothers, or from gangs of the same family. Few came alone.
Qiu Jing suddenly caught a glimpse of a man in a tattered Taoist robe at the top of the city, with a calm demeanor and a long sword on his waist, slowly walking backwards into the city as the crowd swarmed out of the city. , but like flowing water, it can be integrated into all things, and it is ancient and unpretentious.
Qiu Jing's pupils contracted, and his hands subconsciously held the city wall tightly.
"Pavilion Master?" Qiu Jing's confidant raised his eyes in surprise.
"A senior is coming, come with me to meet him."
Qiu Jing surrendered to General Nie, and hurried to the city gate. Seeing that Taoist man frowned, he embarrassedly said to the person in Fengxing Pavilion at the door: "Pin Dao is from the Tianshan faction, and he is from Yanzhou, who has traveled here..."
This is too far. The person in charge of the record is full of doubts and hesitant to register alone, especially when he finds that this person looks at the wanted notice posted at the gate of the city from time to time.
A name suddenly appeared in Qiu Jing's heart, and then he looked at the person's appearance and age, and his eyes finally fell on the matching sword.
Yes, exactly-
"It turned out to be Chief Ning, and I'm rude."
The number one sword in the world, Ning Changyuan of the Tianshan faction.
Although he was a wanted criminal in the Qi Dynasty, the business of disguising the household registration and leading the way, Fengxing Pavilion occasionally did, and he had really dealt with Ning Changyuan in the north.