Different from the slight cold and smell in northern Shanxi, here on the south bank of Jishui it has already been "I don't know who cut the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors." With thousands of green silk ribbons hanging down the sides, the weather is warm, even adding to the atmosphere.
The fragrant wood of the plant.
In this room, Zhang Dalongtou kept his promise and said that he would continue the transaction, and then he drove the queen's carriage over against all opinions.
Two donkey carts came along the road under the river embankment and stopped behind the Qi Long Gang group. In one of the green-curtained carts, two or three figures could be seen faintly, and there was also a flat cart.
There were three young women in the car who were dressed simply but could not hide their beauty. There were several packages piled behind them.
When Sima Zheng saw this scene, he was a little relaxed and a little nervous, but he immediately clapped his horse and stepped forward.
Since the people around him knew this person's identity and knew that he had the destiny to take revenge on the Dragon Gang, they were naturally extremely vigilant, holding their weapons and making some gestures.
Of course, Sima Zheng also knew what the problem was, so he stopped in time and looked at Zhang Xing: "Zhang Sanlang, I want to go and greet His Highness first..."
Zhang Xing nodded.
Sima Zheng immediately dismounted, leaving his sword on the horse, and passed the crowd lightly, and came to the carriage under the river embankment and raised his hands to say hello.
Of course the Queen knew Sima Erlong, and the monarch and his ministers had a few questions and answers inside and outside the carriage.
After a moment, Sima Zheng hesitated, but turned to look at Zhang Xing, who was sitting on the yellow horse: "Zhang Sanlang, I won't ask about the tens of thousands of people in the palace. Do you dare to ask about other female officials who are close to your highness?"
"There were indeed twenty-eighty-nine serious female officials who accompanied us that day and were captured later. Six of them were somewhat cultivated. I asked them to protect some concubine or some princess from Ji County and return to the Eastern Capital; there were five or six more that I
I worked as a matchmaker and married the young leader of the Deposed Dragon Gang. There were still about ten people left. I tried to persuade them not to come, but they listened and didn’t come. But these five didn’t listen.
If they want to come, I will try my best to respect them..." Zhang Xing naturally followed the same rules.
Sima Zheng hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "How did you persuade those ten people not to come?"
"I told them that I was also from Xiyuan. I knew that the saint had always had a good reputation, so he must have regarded what happened a year ago as a shame and a great humiliation. In addition, he had always despised human life, so he killed someone to vent his anger out of necessity... That is to say, the queen is
The direct inheritance from the Southern Dynasties is convenient for him to win over people in Jiangdu, and it will take decades to get married to save his life. When the others go back, who can guarantee that their lives will be safe?" When Zhang Xingyan reached this point, he came down and asked Sima Zheng with a condescending smile again. "Sima Erlang
Can you make a guarantee in public? If Sima Erlang can guarantee it, not to mention those female officials, but also those servants in Liang County who are said to not listen to anyone's greetings, I can also write a letter to persuade them to go with you. "
The wind was blowing in the willows. Under the embankment on the south bank of Jishui River, Sima Zheng, who was stared at coldly by the leaders of the Dragon Gang on the embankment, was silent for a long time. It was not only him, but also the carriage and the cart behind it.
It was also a bit scary to be silent.
The carriage was also covered by a sarong, and the three female officials on the carriage could only lower their heads to avoid certain gazes.
Sima Zheng was silent for a long time, and then asked seriously: "Can I survive if I stay here?"
"No." Zhang Xing shook his head in reply. "After today's incident, the imperial army is expected to move. Not all of the people on the river embankment will be able to survive. How can they dare to say that their lives are safe here?
What? It’s just that I told them the truth about this matter. It’s just that they don’t want to bother with it, or they are more afraid of the saint..."
Sima Zheng nodded and said no more. Instead, he turned around, personally led the donkey of the cart, and dragged the cart past the people of the Deposed Dragon Gang. At the signal of Du Pozhen, Ma, the father of the Ma family and his daughter,
Katsuya stepped forward without saying a word and took over another cart.
After the two vehicles arrived at the Huaiyou League side, the handover was completed.
This time, the people on the Deposed Dragon Gang felt somewhat relieved. Leaders such as Xu Shiying, Zhou Xingfan, Guo Jingke, Chai Xiaohe, Guan Xu, Zhang Jinshu, Jia Yue, etc. almost instinctively looked at Zhang Xing, ready to follow this
The big dragon head turned back.
Zhang Xing was not so pretentious that he wanted to do something with Sima Erlong in public, such as changing the time of the horse, but immediately turned the horse's head.
Even Du Pozhen only agreed to send people into Qiaojun and then turn back and discuss the situation with Zhang Xing privately.
The two groups of people had a tacit understanding and each turned around, preparing to make a point.
But just as he started his journey, Zhang Xing suddenly reined in his horse on the river embankment, and then looked down the river embankment... Without him, on the road under the river embankment, the position where the baggage car and the cart had just stopped was much more abrupt.
A cloth bag.
The nearest knight went directly over, without even getting off his horse, he picked up the bag, opened it, looked surprised, and hurriedly gave it to Zhang Dalongtou.
Zhang Xing took a closer look and saw that it was a bag of noodles, weighing several kilograms. It had probably been ground in a hurry, and there was quite a bit of bran in it.
The people around him instantly lost interest, and some even had the instinct to stop and prepare to return.
Unexpectedly, after Zhang Dalongtou clearly saw what was inside, his face immediately darkened, and then he reined in his horse and went down the river embankment, chasing the donkey cart that was already on the road.
This scene caused tension among everyone on both sides.
The knights of the Deposed Dragon Gang gritted their teeth, and most of them turned around to catch up. The rest did not dare to fall behind, so they had no choice but to keep up. Xu Shiying even whistled, telling the knights to split into two, and part of them got down to the road.
Following, some of them followed the river embankment to catch up and outflank... But this time, it was the turn of the Huaiyou League on the opposite side and a small number of Liangjun officials to become nervous.
However, Du Pozhen and Ma Ping'er, who were at the center back, did not make any extra moves against Zhang Xing who ran into the team face to face.
"Stop!"
Zhang Xing didn't bother to pay attention to the tense situation outside. He just ran between the two cars, stopped the car, and then raised his face in the face of the astonishment of Sima Zheng, Du Po Zhen, Ma's father and daughter, including everyone on both sides of the outside.
Bag, asked seriously. "Whose flour bag is this? It fell to the ground?"
Sima Zheng felt confused and wanted to interrupt.
"This is a matter between the Deposed Dragon Gang and the person who lost the bag. It has nothing to do with the rest of the people." Zhang Xing interrupted first, and then continued to ask, his tone became more solemn. "I ask again, who lost these kilograms?
Wheat noodles?”
No one answered.
Zhang Xing, however, just stood still.
"Who lost it?" Sima Zheng had no choice but to join in and urge. "Don't delay important things."
A female officer sitting on a cart lowered her head, then slowly raised her hand.
"I don't know whether you did it accidentally or intentionally, whether you lost it or abandoned it." Zhang Xing held the flour bag and faced him coldly. "Then let me tell you thoroughly... From a rule point of view, what are you doing these days?
The Deposed Dragon Gang has done the work, whether it's sewing or sweeping, these kilograms of noodles are the reward you deserve, and the Deposed Dragon Gang is not greedy for this advantage."
Everyone suddenly realized that the bag of noodles was the female officer's reward for working in the Deposed Dragon Gang. It was probably because the female officer's abandonment before leaving meant that she looked down on the Deposed Dragon Gang, which made the big leader angry.
For a moment, everyone felt that this female official was too troublesome, and even if she was spoiled, she should not be thrown away at this moment.
On the other side, everyone secretly felt that this big dragon head seemed to be a troublesome person and too stingy... but they didn't dare to complain.
"And logically speaking, when the world is in such chaos, who do you think you can rely on?" Sure enough, Zhang Dalongtou's tone became more and more intense. "You rely on some emperor or queen to get many rewards for a while. People say you can take them back if you take them back.
Go, the key is to kowtow and thank you. Only this kind of thing is yours. It is yours wherever you put it. Even if Cao Che took it away by force because he was an emperor, he was also a robber!
"
At this point, Zhang Xing threw the bag of flour back onto the trolley with a rare gaffe: "Do you think I'm angry at you for looking down on the Deposed Dragon Gang? I'm angry at you for looking down on yourself, because you don't know what is the most precious thing.
!You can throw it away if you want, but you have to wait until you get out of Jiyin before throwing it away!"
After saying that, Zhang Xing finally turned around and ran away while many people were in a daze, just as easily as he had just beaten his horse into the opponent's team before.
After a while, a sigh came from the carriage: "Put it away! Hurry up and move on!"
A group of people who came to take over did not dare to neglect and continued westward. There was no other way. The southeastern part of Liang County south of Jiyin had already become an area controlled by the Meng brothers and other bandits. They could only turn back first.
To the west, then go south.
This is destined to be a troublesome and long journey.
However, it is ridiculous to say that there were tens of thousands of people before, and Liang County itself had strong soldiers and horses, but it was easily robbed by the Deposed Dragon Gang with dozens of horses. Now there are only dozens of Huaiyou League warriors, a few Liang County officials, and Sima
Escorted by a small number of Jinwu guards brought by Erlong, the Queen's carriage easily, steadily and quickly passed through Liangjun, where half of them had turned back, and arrived at Qiaojun.
There they gathered the long-awaited elite troops of the Xuzhou Camp, replaced them with the Queen's guard of honor, and continued southward.
Not to mention what happened to other people, Du Pozhen, the leader of the Huaiyou Alliance, delivered the queen safely to the troops in the Xuzhou camp that day. Instead of being beaming and claiming to be a hero, he was obviously frowning... Actually that night
Fleeed to the north overnight.
Really escaped.
With the Xuzhou army already pressed out, Du Pozhen had no idea what fate awaited him once the queen crossed the Huaihe River. How was the emperor of Jiangdu going to deal with her?
Therefore, he made an agreement with his old brother Fu Boshi early on, and the latter would handle the arrangements. He must quickly flee to the north to wait and see.
This is also the real reason why he and Zhang Xing agreed to meet. The situation must be discussed. Things have developed to this point, and war is about to become chaotic. It would be strange not to discuss it... But it is inevitable to take advantage of the opportunity to hide.
This Queen thing is really a scam.
Accompanying him were Ma's father and daughter, who were regarded as liaisons between the Deposed Dragon Gang and the Huaiyou League, and seven or eight of his confidants in the Huaiyou League... They were all the kind of people who were not qualified to be a force, but had outstanding performance.
The young talents all call him foster father.
It is said that when the business was still good last year, I learned it from a certain Zhongcheng in Jing'an Taiwan.
Returning back, of course there is no need to take the detour to the west, so the first stop is Xiayi. As Du Po Zhen is the leader of Jianghuai's largest Jianghu force, naturally he cannot ignore any small intermediate forces along the way, especially Xiayi.
The controller of the city does have something to say.
These are thousands of armed servants. They call themselves the begging army, and they are called the public army outside. They look weird when they talk about it.
However, weirdness is weird, but it does not delay this force from showing sufficient strength.
In the past two months, they not only withstood the invasion from the north of the Meng family, but in a small battle, they defended the bridge openly and defeated Meng Shanggong's younger brother Meng Zhigui, and also extended their power to the next door.
Dangshan County.
More importantly, this force has demonstrated extremely strong civil affairs capabilities... Those chamberlains from Ziwei Palace unexpectedly and seamlessly took over the original county government organization, and actually organized while rubbing and expanding outside.
Spring plowing completed.
It is said that he did better than Meng Sangong who was backed by the Deposed Dragon Gang.
This also made Du Pozhen have a strong curiosity about the Prince and Eunuch of Beiya, because now it is said outside that talented people like Wang Eunuch in Beiya are just like the husband-in-law of Nan Ya. It is because of this man
Only now can I manage a group of internal servants so well.
But it is a pity that Du Pozhen entered Xiayi City in name and saw the legendary internal servants, many young palace maids walking in the streets, the order restored to normal, and even merchants and villagers entering the city to join the market.
, I also saw that the city walls were being reinforced and the trenches were being cleaned, but I did not see the legendary prince.
The people in the inner army were very polite. They told Leader Du that the prince and his father-in-law went to Jiyin by way of Dangshan County, and planned to draw a clear line with Meng Shanggong face to face through the mediation of the Deposed Dragon Gang. The other slightly famous father-in-laws,
Most of them also took people to the north to guard against the army and Meng Shanggong. The remaining few were scattered to repair the city defense and it was not easy to entertain them without permission.
Du Pozhen expressed his understanding that it was inappropriate for the people below to meet him privately when the prince was not here. Besides, he was on his way, so he left directly and continued northward.
The next stop is the territory of the Meng brothers.
Needless to say, everyone knows that Meng Shanggong went to Jiyin, and his brother Meng Zhigui not only had to guard against several surrounding forces, but also guarded against the main force of the army in Songcheng. He had gone to Kaocheng, which he had just taken, to take charge.
Didn't see it at all.
So, after a slight pause for half a day, the Du Po Formation set off again on the first day of March, preparing to lead the crowd to re-enter Jiyin.
Of course, this time there was no nervousness and caution as before, nor did he deliberately avoid the market city. Instead, he entered directly from Zhouqiao City, which was said to be the meeting point.
What's interesting is that Zhouqiao City is about to hold a large market on March 3rd. Du Pozhen and others happened to be attending the meeting. Along the way, they saw many people from Liang County swarming in, often with just a few eggs and two handfuls of new ones.
With a broom and a few kilograms of millet, he happily helped the old and the young away.
After all, Alliance Leader Du was born into a poor man, and of course he knew the hardships these ordinary people were going through. So after arriving at Zhouqiao, facing Zhang Xing who quickly reunited, he couldn't help but sigh:
"Brother, you said March 3 next year, how many people here can be so happy?"
Zhang Xing then wanted to speak.
But at this moment, a richly dressed strong man next to him suddenly raised his knife and sneered, and then rushed to answer: "Leader Du, you are talking as if if we don't rebel, the common people can survive? In troubled times, who is not the same?
If you force yourself to smile, is it just for a moment?"
Of course there was nothing wrong with what he said, but there was something wrong with his attitude. Du Pozhen did not say a word, but several eunuchs behind him had become angry early on.
However, the man was obviously just using Du Po Zhen as a gesture. Once he said it, the effect was achieved, he handed over to Du Po Zhen again: "Boss Du, this is the first time we meet, this is Meng Sangong. My words are a bit offensive, please forgive me...
But these are my true words."
Du Pozhen was also used to seeing this kind of person, so how could he not know that he was just expressing his position? Moreover, the Meng brothers' territory was right there, and it was impossible for them to fall to others. So, the leader of the Du Alliance didn't bother to care about it.
Nodding, he glanced at another middle-aged man with a white face and no beard, and followed Zhang Xing to a building to the north of the market.
The other heroes, in great numbers, also swarmed in.
There was nothing to say about sitting down. Zhang Xing and Du Pozhen sat at the head, Meng Shanggong and Wang Gonggong sat on the left and right, and the other leaders of the Deposed Dragon Gang and members of the local branch also took their seats.
Only the Ma family and his daughter were pointed out to sit near the front, which obviously caused a slight commotion among the Taibao of the Huaiyou League who could only stand.
Du Po Zhen was stable and did not say a word. Zhang Xing saw it early and did not say a word.
It wasn't until everyone was ready that they looked at the big dragon leader waiting for him to speak. Then he calmly spoke, but he pointed at the Taibao of the Huaiyou League and spoke to Du Pozhen:
"Lao Du, we are serious brothers. These nephews are naturally my serious nephews. Why don't you let me see them?"
After hearing this, the people in the hall felt that it made sense for a moment, but after looking at the ages of the eunuchs and this one, they still couldn't help but feel a little weird.