Before the rise of Xiliang, the main focus of the Zhou Dynasty was on Mongolia in the north. The canals were blocked and the military and political orders were conveyed and the grain and grass troops were transported by Route 6. Xuzhou is located at the transportation hub of the Central Plains and has the thoroughfares of five provinces.
As a matter of fact, roads extend in all directions, making it convenient and fast.
In fact, there are no regular roads. It's just that after people walk too much, they become roads. On the dusty horse road, there are deep ruts. A small cavalry team is galloping. Although there are only
There are ten people, but they are equipped with twenty-two horses. It can be seen that they have shouldered an important mission and must travel under the stars and night.
In early autumn, the heat is still unbearable. The knights are all wearing Sichuan brocade crimson singles, with cloaks over their mouths and noses. The road is very dusty. If you don't cover your face, your nose will be filled with dirt in a short time.
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Seeing the vague city in front of him from a distance, the first knight pulled off his mask and shouted: "Sir, the Xuzhou Mansion is ahead!"
A young knight behind him suddenly reined in his horse, put up an arbor and looked at this battleground for military strategists, and said loudly: "Let's rest in Xuzhou tonight and replenish dry food."
Everyone looked happy, showing that the long journey had made them extremely tired. Only one knight with a handsome face asked: "Brother, I'm afraid it's not right to delay it all night.\"
The man who had given the order before said: "It doesn't matter, Xuzhou is an important place. In the future, the army will have to face this nail when it marches eastward, so I want to take a closer look."
These people are Yuan Feng and Li Mingying who escaped from the capital. The ten of them are all equestrian masters. They have been fighting the Turkic Mongols for a long time. They have also learned the tricks of the nomadic people. They eat, drink and have sex.
Long-distance running on horseback is a piece of cake for them. When these people run, even Zhou's 800-mile-high horse cannot catch up with them.
The group of people entered Xuzhou City. They didn't even get off their horses when they entered. The soldiers guarding the gate didn't even dare to show their anger when they saw the group of imperial guards with their nostrils turned upward. These uncles were all the emperor's personal soldiers and were working under orders. Look,
With their dusty appearance, they must have rushed here in a hurry. Maybe one of the adults in this mansion is going to be unlucky.
After entering the city gate, the entourage asked: "Sir, do you want to stay in a hotel or an inn?"
"Stay in an inn, the best." Yuan Feng replied.
This is also in line with the status of Jin Yiwei. Who lives in Guanyi? They are just public officials and low-level officials who come and go on errands. Of course Jin Yiwei must live in the best place.\
Although Xuzhou is an important town, compared with big cities like Beijing, Chang'an, and Yangzhou, it is still very simple. There are only two or three main streets, and there are not many decent inns. You can see a two-story hotel on the roadside at a glance.
On the front door, there are three wine flags and the golden word "Ruyi Inn" on the door.
This is it. A group of people walked into the inn. The spurs on their leather boots hit the square tile floor, making a harsh sound. Looking at these foreigners, the drinkers in the lobby stopped talking.
He walked up to the counter and said: "Four upper rooms and a sky-high guest room."
The boss immediately grimaced: "Sir, we are full and there are not so many rooms."
Jin Yiwei didn't bother with him and said coldly: "Then I don't care. After we vacate the room, we will prepare two tables of rice and send them out. It shouldn't be spicy or salty. Let's do it quickly!"
But the boss still didn't move, and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm mean, it's just that we can't free up this guest room, and the room with the highest number has already been booked by someone, and it's also an adult who wears the same official clothes as you."
Upon hearing this, Jin Yiwei's expression changed. Li Gui met Li Kui. What should he do? He turned around to look at Yuan Feng. Yuan Feng's expression was as usual and he just sneered: "Guys like Beizhen Fusi are quite agile.
Yes. I will go meet them right away."
The entourage secretly admired Yuan Feng's quick wit. Xuzhou City is so small. If two groups of Jin Yiwei met, they would definitely know that they couldn't hide. It was better to touch them. So he asked: "Is this a bold guy leading the team?"
How many rooms have they booked?”
The boss thought to himself that this was an interesting question. Is there any unruly Jin Yiwei? However, he did not dare to say this. He just smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the adults are very kind. There are twelve of us in total. That's covered."
Six rooms.”
Yuan Feng knew in his heart that twelve people were not enough to kill him alone. He had to go upstairs. Li Mingying and others also secretly pressed the spring of the waist knife. Suddenly the boss advised: "Adults, you might as well wait a moment.
, those adults haven't come back yet, they went out to handle cases."
Yuan Feng said: "Well, I'll wait for them upstairs. It's been a while since I've had a drink with the guys like Beizhen Fusi. Boss, please prepare a table for the Fourth of July and bring it up.\"
One person was left to take care of the horses in the backyard, one was watching outside the store, and one was watching in the lobby. The rest went upstairs to wait. After a while, the boss ordered someone to bring a table of banquets up. After Yuan Feng tried it with a silver needle, he said hello
Everyone started eating and drinking.
When he was half full after eating, there was a sudden sound on the window lattice. It was the pebbles thrown up by the watchman downstairs. Yuan Feng said with a smile: "They are back. I'll do it first, and then you can go up. Let's get down and stay."
Just ask someone alive."
Everyone nodded and took out hand crossbows and muskets to check. Xiliang people love to use firearms. This is the experience gained from long-term wars. This thing is very cost-effective. No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you can kill them all with just one musket.
The Central Plains people still prefer conventional weapons such as swords, guns, bows and arrows. In addition to habit, the pride of warriors also plays a role.
Li Mingying took two people down to wait, and the people above went back to their rooms to wait.
Yuan Feng quietly opened a crack in the door and stared down. He saw a group of Jinyi guards walking into the inn. There were also two children, a boy and a girl, in the team. They looked frightened and had ropes tied around their bodies. It seemed that this group of Jinyi guards were here.
Xuzhou Prefecture arrests people.
The shop owner had been dismissed by Yuan Feng's people and was not behind the counter. The guards didn't care. They ordered the young man to prepare two tables and then walked upstairs. However, the young man was too talkative.
My colleagues have already called for a table upstairs and are waiting."
After all, he was a spy. Upon hearing this, the leading Jin Yiwei realized that something was wrong. He was about to turn around and go downstairs, but it was already too late. Yuan Feng and his men opened the door and came out, holding the guys in their hands.
Yuan Feng laughed loudly and said: "If you dare to take our credit, hit me!" As soon as he finished speaking, the five people upstairs opened fire with ten firecrackers. The Jinyi guards on the stairs were caught off guard and did not even have time to pull out their embroidered spring knives.
When he came out, he was knocked down and rolled on the stairs.
Next, Li Mingying and four others also opened fire, attacking from both front and back with fierce firepower. For a moment, the hall was filled with gunpowder smoke and screams continued. Twelve imperial guards were killed in one fell swoop.
It's not that they were careless, they really didn't expect to be attacked, and these twelve Jin Yiwei were also very good players. They came from serious training families and had several famous and upright disciples. It's a pity that ten
Several years of hard training are not as good as a lead bullet.\
The battle ended in a few seconds. The Xiliang heroes had bullets with eyes. Under the hail of bullets, the two children were unharmed. This scene was really unbelievable. The two children were so frightened that they could not cry.
The shop owner couldn't cry. More than a dozen royal guards died in the shop. Even if the government didn't look for trouble, customers would not dare to come in the future. This is a haunted house.
After a while, the drinkers woke up and ran out crying for their fathers and mothers. The shop owner sat on the ground and cried loudly. Yuan Feng curled his lips and threw a gold ingot over: "Old man, I'm here to calm your shock."
A full ten taels of gold was enough to open another store. The boss then burst into tears and smiled: "Great efforts, adults. Do you want me to find someone to help deliver these adults who died in the war?"
This boss is an interesting person. Yuan Feng also asked his entourage to give him a piece of silver. We will go and talk to him over there. I'll leave you to bury these corpses."
The shop owner took the silver and was very happy. He thought it was just a rivalry between the royal guards and it had nothing to do with him anyway. He took the gold and silver, sold the shop, and left.\
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Taking the two children, the only survivor back upstairs, Yuan Feng began to interrogate: Whose subordinates are we, and what are we doing in Xuzhou Mansion?"
The living mouth was wide-eyed with anger and refused to speak. Li Mingying was annoyed, and he said loudly: "I told you not to say anything!"
A stream of blood flowed from the corner of Huokou's mouth, his head tilted, and he was dead.
Li Mingying spread his hands and said, "I didn't hit you hard, I didn't know you were so careless."
Yuan Feng opened the man's mouth and looked at the man who had poisoned him to death. He was indeed a tough man."
The results of the interrogation on the other side came out. The two children calmed down and reported their names. The eleven or twelve-year-old girl was named Yu Lan, and the seven or eight-year-old boy was named Yu Gang. The two children lived by the old canal in the north of Xuzhou City.
In Yujiazhuang, their father died two years ago and they lived with their mother. In the morning, officers and soldiers entered the village, killed their mother, and took them captive.
I don't know who their family has offended, and they are actually being chased by the Jin Yiwei. Yuan Feng pondered for a moment and said: "Good people, let's do it to the end. We can't take them with us when we travel hard. It's better to send them to Henan and give them to the Military Command to raise them.\
"
Everyone had no objections. The men in Xiliang were all simple herders and farmers, and they did not have the ferocious violence of the Jinyiwei. The two children saw that they had killed their enemies and became friendly, so they gradually became less afraid.
At this time, people from the Xuzhou Prefecture also arrived. The magistrate heard that a murder had occurred on the ground, and the dead people were all royal guards. He was too frightened to come forward, so he asked the magistrate to bring a dozen Zaoli to inquire.
Tong San is a sensible person. He asked the owner of the shop for details when he entered the door. After asking, he realized that this matter was really difficult. Jinyiwei is a unique organization. It is said that it is the local government. Even the Three Law Departments can't control them. Besides, the person who died was also Jinyiwei.
After all, it is their internal matter. If you interfere randomly, you may provoke some forces in the DPRK. For the sake of your own future, it is better to be cautious and protect yourself.
There was no way to pretend not to know anything at all, so Tong Xian bravely went upstairs. When he reached the stairs, he was stopped. A big-bodied Jin Yiwei shouted: "The Jin Yiwei is handling the case, and the rest of the people are waiting to stop!"
Tongpan Xindao was indeed a real Jinyiwei. He scolded the people of the local government as if he were scolding a child. He immediately said with a smile on his face: "I am afraid that such a thing happens in the local area. I am afraid that I can't explain it. Please leave your number so that we can investigate it."
Get up, let’s have an explanation.\”
The Jin Yiwei snorted, looked up at the sky, and ignored him. The judge was a little embarrassed. At this moment, Yuan Feng came out and said with a hearty smile: "Who is this?"
"Xuzhou Prefecture General Judge Wang Jinkun, I respectfully respect your Lord's orders."
Yuan Feng was very talented in languages. He had not been in the Central Plains for a long time and his Mandarin in the capital city was already quite authentic. He looked Wang Jinkun up and down and said straightforwardly: "This matter has disturbed the place and offended many people. I will not hide it from you."
, we are actually from the Internal Audit Factory, this is a matter between the Internal Factory and Jinyiwei, as long as Mr. Wang knows about it, don’t talk about it everywhere."
Wang Jinkun nodded as if he was pounding garlic, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart. Seeing how he behaves, how dare he act, it doesn't matter if I killed the Jin Yiwei, I am a member of the inner factory!
Wang Jinkun had also heard a little bit about the name of the inner factory. He knew that it was an agency under the personal leadership of Eunuch Cao, with power no less than that of Jin Yiwei. Since they were willing to admit their fault, Xuzhou Prefecture had nothing to do with this matter. As for the name department,
No, he didn't dare to ask if they didn't tell me.\
"Master Wang, please come back." After all that needed to be said, Yuan Feng issued an order to expel the guests.
Wang Tongpan led the officials to go there in fear. Yuan Feng asked the shop owner to buy some dry food and meat. Everyone washed their feet with hot water, loosened the skin ties on their calves, and rested for half an hour.
It's almost dark too.
Yuan Feng looked at the sunset on the horizon and said, "If this happens, Xuzhou Mansion will no longer be able to live in it, so we will leave overnight."
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A group of people led the horses out of the Ruyi Inn and went straight out of the city. They just bought two large baskets on the street, put the children in them, tied one to the left and one to the right of the horses, and walked on the streets of Xuzhou with the horses in bright clothes and bright clothes.
It was very eye-catching. When leaving the city, a cold light flashed under a bamboo hat among the crowd.
Not long after leaving the city, a wild mountain appeared in front of him. At the foot of the mountain was a sparkling lake. The wild mountain was green, and the lake reflected the sunset. The lake and mountains were extremely beautiful. Looking at the undulating mountains surrounded by clouds, Yuan Feng stopped his horse and said, "This mountain is magnificent.
, like the dragon of Izumo.”
Li Mingying continued: "It would be better to call it Yunlong Mountain."
Yuan Feng laughed loudly: "When I take Xuzhou, I will name this mountain after Yunlong."
The sky was getting dark, it was the darkness before dusk, when the vision was at its most blurred, and the mountain road became a little rough. The Xiliang men dismounted and walked, but no one realized that they had been stared at by a pair of falcon-like eyes.
Suddenly, the war horse neighed uneasily, and a knight whispered: "No, there is a tiger!"
The group of people immediately stopped moving forward. The air was filled with the smell of danger. Everyone looked over and saw a huge tiger lying in the grass in front of them. It was motionless and stared at them.
The woods are a good place for tigers to be powerful. Although the heroes of Xiliang are brave, they cannot use their weapons. They were a little panicked for a while. Li Mingying reached out to grab the fire blunderbuss, but Yuan Feng stopped him: "The fire blunderbuss is useless."
It's okay to hit people with a fire gun, but to deal with a ferocious big cat like a tiger, the broken lead pellets are not enough to scratch it. To deal with the tiger, you have to use arrows.
Yuan Fengxun drew out his bow and arrow, fully drew it and aimed it at the tiger in the grass. He shot an arrow in the direction of the tiger. The others were waiting with knives and crossbows, but the tiger remained motionless after being hit by the arrow.
Everyone was suspicious, so Li Mingying went over to check with his spear, and burst into laughter: "It's not a tiger, it's a big rock."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued moving forward.
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After a while, a dark figure came to the big stone that looked like a tiger. He couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the feather arrow shot by Yuan Feng.
The feathered arrow was almost completely buried in the stone, leaving only the carved feathers exposed!
Li Guang is reincarnated!
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