One hundred and sixtieth chapters floating horse (10)
The royal horse was lost, and the people below were trembling with fear, but they did not dare not to report it. But unexpectedly, although the saint was angry this time, he unexpectedly had no plan. He just asked people to find the royal horse.
This task fell to the accompanying Third Patrol Group of Jing'an Taiwan.
It was only then that Zhang Xingfang knew that three patrol teams had actually come to Jing'antai... But it didn't matter, half of the court and half of the palace were brought, and there was no shortage of princes, princesses, concubines, and eunuchs.
Naturally, there is no shortage of four Jingan Taiwan patrol teams.
However, after all, it was the old department he had worked in before. After Zhang Xing learned about the arrangement of the matter from the people in Beiya during the day's march, he couldn't help but be curious, so as soon as the military city stopped to set up camp in the evening, he went to Eunuch Yu's office to inquire more about it.
After a while, I found out the specific situation.
"The three patrol groups... are naturally the first, second, and third." Eunuch Yu was very cooperative, even unusually cooperative. Zhang Xing just asked casually and poured the beans out of the bamboo tube. "The first patrol group is
Luo Fang, the second patrol team is Zhang Changgong, the third patrol team is Xue Liang... Xue Liang handled this matter, and left in the afternoon... I guess they are all acquaintances of Deputy Chang Inspector Zhang?"
Zhang Xing nodded and laughed on the spot: "Of course we are all acquaintances. The only change is that of Xue Zhushou... Others have changed from patrol inspection to regular inspection, but he has changed from regular inspection to patrol inspection, which is also interesting.
"
Eunuch Yu couldn't help but be curious: "Is there any explanation for this?"
"No." Zhang Xing answered frankly. "Inspection inspections and regular inspections have always been at the same level. But generally speaking, inspections are more difficult, while regular inspections are more stable, so people with less qualifications often do the inspections."
Regular inspections are carried out by those with seniority, but there is absolutely no rule... As for Xue Zhushou doing inspections, it may be because there is a temporary shortage of people, or it may be because he, like Luo Zhushou, is the adopted son of the Zhongcheng, so he feels relieved when he is sent.
"
Eunuch Yu nodded repeatedly without saying much, which was in stark contrast to his previous active compliments... Obviously, these people don't want to touch anything sensitive now.
Zhang Xing didn't wait long, just chatted a few more words and walked out directly.
At this time, it was still bright outside, but there was already a hint of darkness on the horizon, and the huge military city was also in its most chaotic moment... The soldiers set up camp, set up camp, made fire, and fetched water.
The soldiers and civilian workers are exhausted to the extreme, but they still have to grit their teeth and do the hardest work... The military city is also full of holes, because it must be opened at this time to allow the civilian workers behind to transport supplies in, and if you want to get something good
The sergeants also need to take the initiative to leave to get things.
Zhang Xing looked at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly walked towards his nearby camp - as the Fulong Guards who were extremely close to the imperial front, they could still get the head of the million people no matter how bad they did.
The treatment and camping conditions are incomparable to soldiers and civilians in peripheral military cities.
However, before they even got there, they met Qin Bao and Qian Tang, who were setting up camp with some Fulong Guards. Among them, Qian Tang was pitching a tent, while Qin Bao was digging a manure pit downwind.
The three of them met each other. Before Zhang Xing could say anything, Qin Bao spoke first and asked: "Third brother, you have to take care of it. In the past few days, even the Jinwu Guards around us have gradually slackened off, and they don't even dig cesspools...
…It’s not good to just go to the stables, because the horses can easily get sick, and they can also easily infect people.”
Zhang Xing nodded immediately: "It's indeed not good, but we can't talk about it directly... because the Jinwu Guards are also very tired, and they don't report to us... Tomorrow I will talk to some father-in-laws in Beiya and let them do it.
Point constraints.”
Qin Bao nodded immediately, and Qian Tang raised his head to take a look, and then continued to work.
At this time, Zhang Xing walked to the mule next to the yellow gelding as if nothing had happened, took out the golden awl wrapped in silk from the package on the side of the mule, hid it on the heel under his trouser leg, and then suddenly turned around and led the yellow gelding.
Go outside.
Qian Tang and others did not notice or care. Only Qin Bao was slightly moved in his heart and wanted to ask. However, he looked at the people around him and pretended not to know. Then he continued to dig holes with his head down... After a while, Qian Tang asked again.
He just speculated about which acquaintance he should go to meet.
In this way, by the time dusk arrived, Zhang Xing had already taken advantage of the chaos to get out of the military city, then galloped toward the southwest... and broke away from the large army that night, and then arrived at Lihu at night.
This place belonged to Jiyin County during the Eastern Qi Dynasty. However, when the Wei Dynasty destroyed Qi Dynasty, it had to do some tricks, but it was changed to Caozhou. It took more than 20 years. After that, the current saints often like to play some tricks when they are in power, so
Caozhou was changed back to Jiyin County, and Lihu was inexplicably transferred to Dongjun last year.
However, when people around the area refer to well-known local figures or local people calling themselves themselves, they are still accustomed to adding Caozhou.
For example, Xu Dalang of Caozhou.
After Zhang Xing arrived at the well-known Xujiazhuang, it was already the second watch. The village was actually brightly lit, the door was open, and there were many armed wealthy people riding on the road, going in and out... This is of course understandable, because millions of people
The crowd passed by more than a hundred miles away. Although the supply route and marching speed made it impossible for the army to sweep directly from here, the fleeing civilians, sergeants, envoys, officials, and small groups of troops, plus
The conscription of civil servants in an earlier period would still cause the local people to fall into great panic and vigilance.
As for the Xu family, as the leading tycoon in the entire Caozhou and even the entire Jibei region, they cannot help but raise their minds and be as vigilant and prepared as possible.
Because of one bad move, it is really possible for the family to be confiscated and exterminated at any time.
"Tell Xu Dalang that he came to look for him like a close brother and asked him to come out to pick me up." Zhang Xing, dressed in a dusty brocade robe but hiding his black ribbon, dismounted from his horse and faced several well-dressed men at the door.
Prajna spoke, and while speaking, he directly threw the reins to one of them and went in.
Several big men guarding the door looked at each other. Then, the man holding the horse's rein did not move, but the other people suddenly caught up and surrounded Zhang Xing inside the door.
Immediately, the man holding the reins pulled the yellow gelding into the door, and calmly held his hands at the side and behind, neither humble nor overbearing: "Please stay here, sir. We don't know your name, so we really don't dare to report it without authorization... Please explain it to me."
Identity, don’t make it difficult for us.”
Zhang Xing sighed, but he was not surprised... In fact, after entering Jing'an Terrace, he had already found out the details of Xu Dalang's family in Caozhou. His father had not yet become an official, and his grandfather was the prefect of Liang County in the Eastern Qi Dynasty, and his great-grandfather
He is the prefect of Dongjun in the Eastern Qi Dynasty. Both places are nearby, and one is a key county in the Central Plains and the other is a key county on the river.
What does this mean?
This shows that the Xu family is no longer an ordinary powerful family, but a reactionary in the eyes of the Wei Dynasty, a remnant of the Eastern Qi Dynasty. Even considering Xu Dalang's previous actions, there is no problem in saying that he is an actual reactionary.
As for "Princes, generals and prime ministers, would rather have the seed" that day, it seems that it was just to wink at the blind man.
Several people saw Zhang Xing being silent for a moment, and then he faintly moved to hold his waist.
Zhang Xing came to his senses at this time, and immediately calmly raised his head and said: "No need to name, about two years ago, after the rapid defeat of Yang Shen's rebellion, I and Xu Dalang were on the river to see Mr. Li Shu off eastward... I just want to say
This way, he knows who I am."
Under the light, two of the several warriors were obviously surprised for a moment, and then they winked at the people around them. Then, one person hurriedly entered and the person leading the horse also changed his color. He held the horse with one hand and pointed inside with the other hand, smiling to invite them.
:
"I didn't know that the arrival of our distinguished guest was a long way from being welcomed... But the situation is so tense, and there is a reason for it. Please come in quickly with me. The master will come to see you soon."
Zhang Xing nodded and followed the other party to the inner courtyard.
The concierge was obviously trying to speed up. He said he wanted to get in quickly, but in fact he was going as slowly as he could, but he was full of polite words and couldn't show off his face.
On the other side, a samurai who obviously knew what happened that day rushed into the back early. Within a moment, he passed through the third and fifth floors of the courtyard and arrived at the brightly lit lobby. He first nodded to the two people on one side, and then directly to the person sitting alone on the other side.
The host handed over his hand and told the whole story.
"Nonsense!" The host, who was Xu Dalang and Xu Shiying, laughed when he heard this and actually looked at the two people opposite. "Mr. Li, Brother Xiong... Is there anyone else on this journey with us that day?"
?”
It turned out that the two people facing Xu Dalang were actually Li Shu and Xiong Bonan dressed in civilian clothes. They didn't know why they were here, but when they heard this, they all laughed.
Among them, Xiong Bonan simply laughed: "Where did the other heroes come from? At least there were only three of us on Xu Dalang's trip that day. If there were others, they were just a group of court hawks in Jingantai... Let me tell you, and
If you arrest him and search him, you may not be able to find a black belt."
Xu Dalang, who had shed his youthful attitude two years ago, also laughed.
But after laughing, Xu Dalang turned serious: "My family doesn't recognize anyone who can tell that, and I'm afraid he might be an official figure at that time... And it makes sense to come here at this time, and follow the millions of people on the river.
Well... As for why he took the initiative to see me? It was nothing more than taking the opportunity to blackmail and beat the autumn wind. It was impossible to meet him, so when I asked him why he came here, he would say: "Xu Dalang, you are in trouble..."
If you do, you will be jailed, or if it is worse, your home will be confiscated'..."
As soon as he said this, Li Shu twisted his beard and nodded... He just felt that Xu Dalang, who had not been seen for two years, was very organized and easy to do, which was really impressive. He was indeed a rare local hero.
As for Xiong Bonan, he simply said: "I went from east to west, from north to south, Hebei, Jiangdong, the east border, the Central Plains, and all the heroes, who was not blackmailed by the Kansai people? It's really annoying."
Li Shu, who was born in the standard Guanlong clan, smiled and attracted Xu Shiying's glance. However, Xiong Bonan didn't notice it at all and just continued to express his position: "If you ask me, if there are not many people coming, they will just dig a hole and bury them.
That's it...or I can do it, fly dozens of miles away, and throw the person to the roadside far away."
"I'm afraid I just want to get to know someone before coming here." Xu Shiying shook his head in reply, and then went to see his confidant. "Haosheng, please come in...see if you can get rid of it."
The family left in a hurry.
"It just so happens that if we are really old friends from back then, we don't have to avoid it." Li Shu spoke frankly and sat as steady as a bell. "You can also express your feelings about fate."
Xu Dalang just nodded.
After a while, several warriors came to attract Zhang Xing, and the four of them looked at each other. They were surprised for a moment... and they didn't know what to say.
After a while, Xiong Bonan couldn't bear the embarrassment and stood up first, but still didn't know what to say.
As for Zhang Xing, when he saw Xiong Bonan stand up, he finally took two steps in with his hands behind his back, then cupped his hands and laughed on the spot: "Everyone, what a fate."
"It's just fate." Xiong Bonan immediately returned the gift, looking a little embarrassed. "Why is Brother Zhang here? I haven't thanked you for the Huairong matter."
"What kind of thing is that? I always keep Brother Xiong's kindness in my heart." Zhang Xing was neither humble nor overbearing, and he handed him over.
Xiong Bonan instantly relaxed a lot.
"Sure enough, it is a rare fate." Li Shu first saw the two of them speaking. When he did, he felt relieved and sighed. He stood up and returned the greeting. He seemed to be a little less arrogant than before.
"It's such a fate." Xu Dalang and the other two people all responded. After sensing the smell, they quickly stood up. "Brother Zhang, it's a good thing you're here."
Zhang Xing nodded in turn and unceremoniously sat down at the empty seat where Xu Shiying was sitting. He didn't care about the distinction between host and guest, and became curious: "Mr. Li... didn't you go to Dongyi? If you came here? Could it be that you wanted to replace Dongyi?"
Are you trying to find out information about the Eastern Expedition?"
"What's there to find out?" Li Shu shook his head and smiled. "And what is Dongyi, and how can I be a spy? To be honest with Zhang...Brother Zhang, the reason why I came here is indeed related to the Eastern Expedition, but
Instead, I should avoid this battle as early as possible and show my face here in the East, so that the heroes from the hometown of Dong Qi will not think that I actually assisted the Dongyi people in this battle?"
Zhang Xing suddenly realized: "Mr. Li is a noble man. It's ridiculous that the inspector Bai on that day was so smart that he reminded you not to make a mistake."
"Knowing people, knowing their faces, but not their hearts... Although I have a noble nature, but if I can't come here early, how can I let others know?" Li Shu said with a slight smile, and then suddenly asked, "Your Excellency, you are from the army?"
"yes."
"Then do you think you can win this battle?" Li Shu asked seriously.
"It would be better to say that it is a bit difficult to win." Zhang Xing said frankly. "The morale is too low, and no one wants to fight... Now I am afraid that when these 300,000 troops and 600,000 civilians arrive in Dengzhou, they will already
Two to three hundred thousand escaped."
"You can imagine what's going on." Li Shu smiled bitterly. "I have only been here with Xu Dalang for four or five days, and I have already seen it."
"Yes, we have all seen it with our own eyes in the past few days." Xiong Bonan also quickly interjected. "There were not as many people fleeing in the first two times combined as this time... It's as if everything collapsed at once."
"Over and over again, there are rumors in the clouds that it is normal for people's hearts to be unstoppable." Li Shu sighed quietly and continued to ask. "I dare to ask who gave the idea to the saint to march like this.
"It's actually him?" Li Shu was surprised on the spot.
"Where is your Excellency?" Zhang Sanlang suddenly asked. "Your Excellency comes from Dongyi. Do you think you can win this battle?"
Li Shu was slightly startled, silent for a moment, and then slowly answered: "This is a good question... I actually don't think the Dongyi people can win."
The audience was finally completely stunned.
"You don't know that Dongyi used the weak to fight against the strong, and even the few big victories were extremely brutal... Of course, Brother Zhang should still know this... The key is that the country is too small, with only fifty states
, how to contend with the Wei Dynasty, which has already won 80% to 90% of the world?" Li Shu explained seriously. "Since the late emperor, there have been three consecutive major conquests. It is said that the weak defeated the strong in the East, but in fact, they also suffered countless casualties; and trade was cut off.
For nearly twenty years, smuggling alone has been a drop in the bucket; several times of summoning to protect the country and suppress the dragon, the earth's energy has been lost again and again. Although there are no disasters, it has gradually become difficult to make a living... In this case, it is that person
No matter how talented the Grand Governor is, how can he go against the will of heaven?"
"Then this time, wouldn't both families be defeated together?" Zhang Xing was extremely surprised.
"It is inevitable that both families will lose together...compared to this, it doesn't mean much to see who wins in name." Li Shu became more candid.
Zhang Xing nodded and said no more, and the hall fell silent again.
After a while, Xiong Bonan suddenly remembered something and asked seriously: "Brother Zhang, why did you come to Xu Dalang?"
"Oh." Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses, and then spoke earnestly to Xu Dalang at his hand. "Xu Dalang, you are in trouble... In the past few days, someone who escaped has stolen the saint's royal horse, and the saint ordered him to accompany him.
The patrol team from Jing'antai came to deal with it. At least three groups of people from Jing'antai were in the military city. The leaders of the people who came to investigate were quite ordinary. The key was that the leaders of the remaining two groups were all above Ningdan, and
There is a source of explanation... I feel that this happened here and now. No matter how I investigate, I am afraid that it will be traced to your family. When the time comes, you will be jailed at the least, and you may be confiscated and exterminated in the worst case, so I ran away directly
Baili, come here and give me a heads up."
Xu Dalang stood up and wanted to speak, but suddenly he was sweating profusely.
