The weather in Yingzhou in September is the best, neither hot nor cold is very pleasant. Several chrysanthemums bloomed in the small courtyard at the corner of the county palace, adding a touch of autumn.
Zhu Weili sat by the desk, looked at the ten-thousand-character book carefully, and sighed again, Cheng Jia, what a genius! What a pity!
"Sir!" Lu Yao hurried in from the house and said, "Let's go."
Zhu Weili sighed, and said: "Tomorrow, I'll talk to the county king again, if it really doesn't work, let's go."
"There are more guards outside the courtyard today, I'm afraid the county king won't listen to you." Lu Yao said, before he finished speaking, the epee in his hand was unsheathed and turned around to protect Zhu Weili behind him.
A figure appeared in front of the door like a ghost, his whole body was in black, and his face was covered with a black scarf. The pair of exposed eyes were extremely beautiful, but with a sense of coldness.
"Eleven?" Lu Yao exclaimed in a low voice, pulled him into the room, and closed the door.
"Mr. Zhu!" Ye Shiyi took off his kerchief and said, "My master has already passed through Yingzhou, and I want to board the ship from Guangzhou. I want us to come and pick you up." Then he turned to Lu Yao and said, "The guards at the Prince's Mansion are all in an emergency. I'm afraid it will be bad for you to transfer, so clean up and let's leave quickly."
"Mr. Zhu!" Lu Yao turned his head to look at Zhu Weili. He had proposed to leave this place a long time ago. The king of Ying'an seems to be a good guy, but he has a lot of secrets in private, and he is definitely not a good partner. .
Ling Qingyu to Guangzhou? Zhu Weili nodded and said to the book boy behind him, "Pack up your things and leave now."
Pushing open the gate of the courtyard, Lu Yao saw the body of the bodyguard lying on the ground outside. Lu Yao took a look at Ye Shiyi, then picked up Zhu Weili on his back, and followed Ye Shixi out of the palace.
After leaving Yingzhou City, there were already a few empty horses outside the city, Ye Fei stood quietly at the side, when she saw them coming, she got on her horse, and then the group galloped towards Guangzhou.
Guangnan Road has many mountains and little land. Thousands of years ago, it was a desolate and sparsely populated place. After going down the mountain road and bypassing Yingzhou, Ling Qingyu and his party stopped in a small town some distance away from Guangzhou, waiting for Zhu Wei to leave. They came to meet up, and Ying Shisan took people to Guangzhou to inquire about the situation, and at the same time contacted the ship that should be waiting at the port.
The next morning, Zhu Weili arrived, and after simply communicating the information, Zhu Weili became silent.
After resting for a whole morning, Zhu Weili found Ling Qingyu, spread out the map again, and said, "My lord, now that there is Cheng Jia's matter, my lord can consider raising the banner."
Ling Qingyu was taken aback for a moment. What they said before was to wait for the internal chaos of Da Zhou before sending troops from the north. Now raise the banner? How
"My lord, both Chai Jinzhong and Chai Jingchao are unpopular now. According to what you said, the Zhao family has two minds. I'm afraid they are waiting for the two tigers to fight to take advantage of the opportunity. But the Zhao family itself has differences, so the north one year. In the end, it is inevitable to separate the top and bottom, and in the south, the king of Jiang'an County has already risen, but he can't control the famous families in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the old nest of the Huainan royal family. The south of the Yangtze River is bound to divide the power across the river. Although it is fast, Han Ziqing is blocking Changsha City now, and his soldiers are burning, killing and looting all kinds of things, which is unpopular. As long as Han Ziqing lasts a little longer, the reinforcements from Jiangnan Road will arrive. I am afraid that after a year, the general situation will be reversed. And now Cheng Jia’s Ten Thousand Words Book spread widely and had a profound influence, which we didn’t expect before. My lord, Mr. Cheng has already laid the foundation stone for you. Those who have achieved the Tao will help a lot." Zhu Weili said, stroking his beard. As soon as he saw the Wanyan book, he understood that this was the best banner for the Ling family. The Ling family has always done good deeds and had a deep influence among the people. The Ling family ascended to the top, and the responders were determined. However, he just thought it was a godsend, but he didn't expect that it was not a godsend, but Cheng Jia used his life and blood to pave the way for Ling Qingyu.
To achieve a great cause, one must make sacrifices, to become a king, one must have the power to convince others, and one must be willing to die for it.
"You mean, we're starting an incident here? Guangnan Road?"
"Guangnan Road was originally a poor place, and Guangzhou became rich by relying on foreign trade, but after we cut off part of the foreign trade at Sanfo Qi, there were fewer merchants coming and going. Although the Baiyue people in Lingnan are small in number, they are brave and good at fighting, but they are the ones who are oppressed and bullied here. I remember the Lord once said that where there is oppression, there will be resistance. As long as Xu Yixiaoli, those people The Baiyue people can be used by us."
"The Xie family in Guangzhou..." Ling Qingyu sneered. Yes, the Xie family is not only the enmity between father and brother. If they hadn't sent people to assassinate them again and again, how could Yan San be seriously injured? Poisonous wounds, in order to prevent me from seeing the pain when healing poisonous wounds, there is a difference in the latter part. In the end, this is the source of everything.
"If the lord decides, then Zhu will not go back to the boat with you, so I will go to the Baiyue tribe to persuade them to cooperate with us."
"Will there be any danger?"
Zhu Weili shook his head with a chuckle, and said: "The people of Baiyue are no better than those in southern Xinjiang. They are actually very simple. I have met a few patriarchs in the county palace. They are all reasonable people. No matter who they are, they live When you can't go down, if you give him a way to survive, he will always have to work hard."
"So..." Ling Qingyu lowered his head and pondered for a while. Zhu Weili must have certainty in saying this. Historically speaking, Guangdong at this time not only had fewer people, but also had fewer troops. It happened twice in a certain year in the Northern Song Dynasty and a certain year in the Southern Song Dynasty. Large-scale immigrants from the north started to have a large number of Hakkas. If you can really get the power of Baiyue, then it is not difficult to take down Guangnan Road. And after walking this way, you know that this ancient road opened by Zhang Jiuling thousands of years ago No matter how difficult it is to walk, it is also easy to defend but difficult to attack. If Guangnan Road is won, Fanwai will have a foothold in Dazhou.
"Mr. Zhu, Lu Yao and Shiyi are following you. Yan Qi, send a few more people to ensure the safety of Mr. Zhu." Ling Qingyu raised his head and said, the corners of Yan Qi's mouth curled up with the look in his eyes, and he nodded in response: "it is good."
Since the opening of the Tang Dynasty, the city of Guangzhou has continued to expand. Now it is a large city with three urban areas: the middle city, the east city, and the west city. It is mainly lived by civilians and merchants. The streets in the city are wide and there are many merchants. In the west city, there is an inner moat dug and an inner wharf built for ships to shelter from the wind and rain.
At noon, when people are most lazy and want to take a nap, a few horses entered the city from the north gate of the west city, and the sound of Dida's horseshoes echoed crisply on the bluestone-paved streets.
Looking at the shops on both sides, the occasional Fanren walking on the street, and the private soldiers wearing Xie Jia's family emblem walking in twos and threes and scattered in the streets and alleys, Ying Shisan's eyes sank slightly.
Walking along the long street to the inner pier, Ying Shisan dismounted in front of the inn at the end of the street, handed over the reins to the waiter who came out, took Xie Sanlang and the others into the lobby, found a place to sit down, and followed After the clerk asked for food, he asked casually, "I heard that you have a lot of fan people here, and there are big boats outside of the fan, where can I see them?"
"Guests, come from the north," the man said with a smile, "This is the first time you are here?" Seeing that these young people were all dressed in satin, he continued with a smile: "The big boat is going to the outer pier. Look, it just so happened that a fleet of ships came here a while ago, I heard that they came from Zhuluo, because of the wind direction, they stopped here for a while, if you want to see it, just go to the outer pier to see it."
"Thank you very much." Xie Sanlang put a piece of broken silver on the table and said with a bright smile.
The dishes were ordered according to the staff's recommendation, and they were served very quickly. They just looked at the white chicken still dripping with blood, and they were silent. Then Ye Yu asked, "Is this the delicious white chicken that the master said?"
Ying Shisan took a piece of chicken and chewed it slowly in his mouth, and then said: "Sanlang, you should inquire about the situation on the street, Ye Feng Ye Yu Ye Lin will go and find out how many Xie's private soldiers are there? What is the layout of the city defense? how many people."
"Yes!"
The outer wharf is easy to find, ten miles away from the west city, walk along the river to the mouth of the sea, and you can see the outer wharf lined with thousands of boats, and among them, a few huge ships can be seen faintly docked in the outer sea. The boat is even more conspicuous.
When approaching the pier, Ying Shisan got off his horse, and frowned slightly when he saw the noisy scenery on the pier. The pier was full of coolies in uniform, and there were no less than a thousand private soldiers of the Xie family scattered around. , the place close to the huge sea ship is even denser.
"Hey, I said Sanjay, the wind has already picked up, why don't you captain want to leave?" Hearing someone beside him laugh loudly, Ying Shisan turned his head and saw the familiar man from the crowd. The figure reached out to block Ye Xiao next to him, and stood by the side of the road.
"How do we go? Our captain is so fascinated by your Da Zhou woman that we don't even mention it."
"Hahaha, that's right, Xiao Taohong from Lixiangyuan is a stunner. Now, she's been hired by your captain, and we can't meet even if we want to."
"You? Xiao Taohong only pays a hundred taels of silver for a meeting. Do you have any money?"
There was a lot of laughter on the pier, Ying Shisan led the horse and walked slowly through the crowd, and squeezed past Sanjay without looking sideways.
"Thank you, boss!" Xie Sanlang walked out of the dim sum shop with a pack of fresh dim sum in his hand, weighed the dim sum in his hand, and looked at the opposite shop.
It was a silk and satin shop. Thinking of the haste when he came out this time, after the carriage was abandoned, he even threw away all the extra clothes. Ling Qingyu only brought a few changes of clothes, and Xie Sanlang walked into the silk and satin shop.
The door of the silk and satin shop is not big, but the depth inside is deep. The afternoon sun slanted in, making the smile of Xie Sanlang who walked in the door very bright.
"Boss, show me some good dark materials." Xie Sanlang smiled as he entered the door, and then someone called Sanlang from inside, the voice was full of surprise and doubt.
Xie Sanlang turned his head to look, the inside of the shop was very deep, Xie Sanlang was standing in the sunlight, he couldn't see the inside clearly, walked a few steps, after getting used to the light inside, he saw the frightened expression on his face seemed to be fierce. The woman who stood up and dropped everything in her hands to the ground, the smile on her face disappeared instantly.
His mother was from Dazhou. Although his father and brother told him that his mother had died of illness, he knew that her mother hadn't died, she just went back to Dazhou. He was already seven years old at that time, and he remembered his mother's face very clearly. Over the years, the woman's appearance has not changed much, and she is recognizable at a glance.
He knew who his mother was, and he also knew that his mother had returned to his mother's house, but in the past seven years, he never thought of coming back and looking for her, because his mother was from Xie's family.
is her enemy...
"Is it really you? Sanlang?" Xie Wanru rushed forward a few steps and grabbed the young man in front of her. His eyes, eyebrows and facial features all looked like their Xie family. I haven't seen him in ten years. Back then, the boy had grown up to be so handsome. A young man, the vitality overflowing from his body makes people fall in love with him at first sight.
Xie Sanlang was stimulated by her icy fingers, took a few steps back abruptly, said that you have misunderstood the person, turned around and ran out, took off the horse's rein, turned on the horse, and rode away before the woman chased him out.
For ten years, this is a very incompetent mother. After giving birth to him, she didn't take care of him very much. Even for a while, Xie Sanlang could clearly feel his mother's hostility and hatred for him. Once he defeated a group of warriors When the child was very happy, he overheard the private discussion of the group of children, saying that the mother was from a big Zhou family, and she looked down on them, Japanese country warriors, and thought it was a shame to have a Japanese child, so she didn't like him at all. Saburo Fujiwara is a child whose father's family doesn't accept his mother's dislike, but he is still so arrogant, which is really annoying.
It turned out to be like this, so no matter how well he did and how hard he worked, he would never get a word of praise from his mother, just as his father would still be rejected no matter how hard he tried to please his mother. Knowing this, the five-year-old Saburo Fujiwara, She didn't even think about going to please her mother, but occasionally when she had to show up, she saw from afar the beautiful woman whom her father put on top of her heart.
But in the end, they were still abandoned by her, and a small boat of the Xie family took her away. On the day of leaving, he avoided his father and brother and chased him to the pier, crying and calling his mother in Dazhou dialect. , she didn't even look back.
Xie Sanlang returned to the inn and entered the room as if fleeing for his life, he leaned against the back of the door and let out a long breath, don't you want to? After the destruction of the Fujiwara family, he was terrified and huddled on the bed alone crying. At that time, he did think of her, thinking of her hug to soothe his anxiety, but at that time, embracing him soothed his anxiety and anxiety. It was Ling Qingyu who made him sleep peacefully in fear, the woman who often looked at him helplessly and called him a bear child, pulled him out of that nightmare, and then gave him a home, a place where no one discriminates against him and no one looks down on him He really took his place.
In the middle of the night, Lixiangyuan is still brightly lit, singing and dancing.
Ying Shisan entered the Lichun Courtyard from the backyard, and it didn't take long before he saw the wide open rear window and the person leaning on the window.
Leaping into the room from Ram's side, Ying Shisan pulled down the towel and said, "Don't stand at the window next time, it's half blocked."
"What about her?" Ram asked directly, ignoring his teasing.
"It's resting in front. It's still tens of miles away from Guangzhou. I saw that Xie's family is watching your boat very closely on the pier. How do you get on the boat?" Looking at the person who was sitting at the table with a teapot in his hand, he froze. The beauty, Ying Shisan took the teapot from her hand, found a clean cup and poured himself a glass of water to drink.
Lahm let out a long breath, and felt relieved after months of worrying, and said: "Tomorrow, I will sail the boat out to sea, and there will be a small boat in Dongchong to pick you up. Fang Nianyuan's boat is just outside. On a small island not far away, get on the boat, let’s meet up first.”
"He's here too?" Ying Shisan put the teacup on the table, and directly touched the beauty's acupuncture points.
"Ding Dong's boat came down from Hangzhou. I heard that Huainan was fighting fiercely. I guess you can't take the Jiangnan route. This is the most suitable route, so we gathered here. But, why did it take so long? She really Are you okay?" Ram pulled up a chair and sat down, asking anxiously.
"Don't worry, master is fine." Ying Shisan smiled, pointed at the beautiful woman and said with a smile: "You really live a good life, Xiao Taohong, the expenses are not small, right?"
"I always have to find an excuse to stay here." Ram grinned, and then said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense to her!"
"Hehe, there's some nonsense there, you've hired him for a few months, you must have some affection?" Ying Shisan laughed.
Ram smiled and said: "This woman is very smart, she only has money in her eyes, and doesn't care what my excuse is."
The fact that there was no danger before does not mean that there is no danger now. Ying Shisan rolled his eyes, put his hand on the woman's neck, and then looked at Ram.
Ram was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he meant, and said with a wry smile: "It's just a weak woman, why bother..."
Ying Thirteen tapped the beauty's acupoints again, and said to Ram: "You carry her to the bed, and don't allow anyone to touch her for a few days. After the master boards the boat, you can deal with it as you like."
"Don't be so troublesome, I will redeem her body tomorrow, just take her on board, and after she gets on the boat, I will find a place to give her money to let her go ashore." Ram stood up and said.
Ying Shisan looked at him, smiled slightly, and said, "This acupuncture point can be relieved at noon tomorrow, you can figure it out yourself."
Walking to the window, Ying Shisan turned around and said, "I'm going to pick up the master now, your people can find Yelin and Sanlang at the Yuelai Inn, just tell him where to board the boat."
Watching Ying Shisan's figure disappear into the darkness, Ram walked up to the beautiful woman, bent down and picked her up and put her on the bed, and said in a low voice, "I know you're awake, you'd better be sensible and don't do anything It's a meaningless thing, otherwise, I will personally take your life." Seeing the beautiful woman's eyes rolled a little bit, and she blinked, Ram got up, put down the bed curtain, then walked to the door of the outer room, and stood opposite the door. The guard said: "Go to Mom, I want to redeem Xiao Taohong's body."