At dusk, dozens of riders crossed the west bank of the river. Chang Yu took ten taels of silver and handed it to Wei Changde: "I'm tired."
Wei Changde had long since lost his previous venomous aura, and he was smiling with a smile on his face. He said, "My lord, this, just treat your brothers as your lord..."
Chang Yu put the money into his hand and patted his shoulder: "I've received it as I wish, but business is business, and we can't let the brothers' hard work go in vain. Besides, the court has rules, and officers and soldiers don't take advantage of the masses."
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Uh... Wei Changde's face was full of astonishment: "The imperial court still has such rules? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"Soon this rule will be known to the whole world." Chang Yu cupped his hands, got on his horse and led his troops straight into the sunset.
As the sun set and twilight began to fall, Chang Yu and his party arrived outside Yanzhou City, but they were a step too late. The city gate was closed!
This... it's too early to close it. It's midsummer at this time, and the daylight hours are long. Even if the sun sets, the sky can still be bright for a while, but this Yanzhou City can't wait for this moment and closed the city gate early.
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Chang Yu asked someone to call the door, but the man inside who was on duty said angrily: "It's closed, I'll be there early tomorrow."
"We are here from the capital..." Before he could finish his words, he directly retorted: "It doesn't matter where you are from, don't you understand human speech? It's closed, it's closed."
Ouch, you have such a bad temper. Kuang Ren stepped forward to yell and curse, and even revealed his identity, but there was no sound from inside and he was simply ignored!
It's no big deal that the dignified Admiral of the East Factory was turned away, but no one looked down on him at home. Chang Yu couldn't help but turned to look at Wuzhong: "The title of Governor is not easy to use."
"You can't blame them." Wuzhong actually spoke for the people in the city. Chang Yu was startled, but then he realized that these were all the psychological shadows caused by previous years.
The Qing army once plundered Shandong twice on a large scale, and cities like Yanzhou where vassal kings were located were even more important targets. In the end, they also broke into the city and plundered all the palaces. In addition, there were also factors such as regional folk customs. There were so many thieves in Shandong. These
Thieves are pervasive and very bold. They often go outside the city to rob villages and towns, and some even sneak into the city to commit evil.
After two years of growth, Yanzhou City has just regained some of its vitality, so it is natural to be careful about fire, theft, and bandits.
Let's take a look at Chang Yu's group of dozens of cavalry. Who can be sure whether they are thieves or soldiers?
In this case, they stayed overnight outside the city, so everyone set up camp under the city and started a fire. This alerted the watchmen on the city and peeked their heads in from time to time. Chang Yu and others did not bother to explain.
There were many villages nearby outside the city, and Chang Yu and Chen Wangting wandered among them, chatting with the villagers from time to time and inadvertently letting out some news.
The villagers didn't know their origins and were a little afraid at first, but when they saw the kindness of others, they became more and more speculative. They also tried to test their words. Chang Yu did not hide it, saying that they were officers and soldiers who were ordered to go south. They were passing through Yanzhou to do something, but because the city gate was closed, they had to
Stuck outside the city.
It turned out that he was an officer and soldier in Beijing. No wonder his discipline was so good. Seeing that he was friendly and sweet-tongued, the villagers invited him to go home as a guest. Chang Yu declined repeatedly, but finally refused and went to another family's house.
This is just an ordinary people's house. Although it is better than the houses with bare walls that we encountered on the road, it is still extremely poor and cannot provide any decent food to entertain guests.
A pot of vegetable porridge, a portion of pickled vegetables, and two boiled eggs.
Chang Yu ate two bowls of porridge and two eggs, and then gave him ten taels of silver! The host excitedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed in thanks.
When Yanzhou Fucheng was built, water was diverted from the Si River to the east and west through the city, so there were water gates at the east and west city gates. Chang Yu's people camped near the water gates, lit bonfires to burn game, and went down to the river to catch fish. They had a great time, but they were miserable.
In front of this girl Lian Xin, there were a bunch of shirtless old men and even some were swimming and bathing in the river. It was so embarrassing for a girl like her. She hid in the car and didn't dare to get out. But the car was extremely hot.
In the end, it was two licking dogs. The Chen brothers found a house for her to stay in a nearby village where they could wash themselves and change clothes. To ensure her safety, the brothers stayed vigil outside this house.
Chang Yu happened to be a guest in this village and saw the two of them when he was leaving. After asking about the situation, he left with a helpless smile. Chen Wangting stared at the two brothers and sighed, but couldn't say anything. The two brothers were originally personal servants to protect the young eunuch.
Now...it's used to pick up girls.
The first thing Chang Yu did when he returned to camp was to jump into the river and take a refreshing bath. When he got ashore, Wuzhong handed over a skewer of barbecue, which he took and ate. It was tender and delicious: "What kind of meat?"
"Snake meat," Wuzhong replied casually, and saw that the little eunuch had rushed to the river to vomit.
"As for what, it's not a mouse." Wu Zhong curled his lips and rolled his eyes. Chen Wangting chuckled and turned his head and whispered: "Let me tell you a secret, adults are most afraid of snakes."
Really? Wu Zhong was startled, and then his eyes rolled around, his expression half-smiling but not smiling: "He is actually afraid of this thing, are you serious?"
Chen Wangting nodded: "It's true. He was relieving himself in the field before, and suddenly saw a snake jumping out of the grass. He was so frightened that he picked up his pants and ran away..."
Hahahahaha, Wu Zhong laughed to tears. What a little eunuch, you are not afraid of anything. Turn around... There was a bang, and a ball of mud hit Wu Zhong's face. Chang Yu cursed angrily by the river.
: "Next time you dare to play tricks like this, you will definitely be left with nothing to eat."
Hey, Wu Zhong breathed out: "Good intentions are just a donkey's liver and lungs." He wiped the mud on his face and whispered to Chen Wangting: "That's him. If it were someone else, I would destroy him."
"It's okay, be brave, he can't beat you anyway." Chen Wangting chuckled, and Wuzhong was stunned: "Old Chen, I recently discovered that you are also very bad!"
Qiao Sanxiu laughed loudly when he heard this and added to the jealousy: "Wu Daxia is afraid of what he will do. If there is a fight, Lao Chen and I will help you..."
"Hey, if I believe your ghost, I'm afraid you'll help him hold me down..."
The sky was gray. Chang Yu was woken up by a mosquito bite. He reached out and touched a few big bags. He cursed secretly and turned over, sitting up and leaning against the tree trunk to rub his eyes. However, he saw that Chen Wangting and others next to him were also awake and looking at
They were whispering something on the other side of the river. Chang Yu looked along and vaguely saw a figure wielding a knife by the river. He just repeated a few simple actions, so there was no need to ask about Wu Zhong.
"The swordsmanship of Commander Wu is the best in the world. He practices so hard every day. He works too hard." A guard muttered. Chen Wangting said seriously: "The reason why Kung Fu is called Kung Fu is that it takes time to practice. It would rather take a thousand days."
No, you can’t go a day without practicing.”
"Master Chen said that he had learned the lesson." The guard bowed his hand.
Chang Yu also nodded secretly, but it was so early... I guess this guy was bitten by mosquitoes and couldn't sleep, or he was stimulated by the competition with Hai Hong.
Watching Wuzhong's boring and mechanical sword practice by the river, Chang Yu fell into a dream again.
In the early morning, Lian Xin woke up and stretched out on the bed. She had been away from home for several days. Although she saw a lot of scenery along the way, she also suffered a lot, such as not sleeping in bed for several days.
More importantly, she began to miss home, her parents, and Lianzi.
So, tears fell like rain.
She couldn't cry. If the master saw her, she would be scolded. Lian Xin wiped away her tears, got up from the bed, straightened the bedding, opened the door and walked out.
"Miss, are you up?" The aunt of the house owner came over and greeted her enthusiastically. While talking, she quickly went to fetch water for Lianxin. In her opinion, this fairy must be the eldest daughter of an official family, otherwise how could there be officers and soldiers?
What about protection?
Lian Xin was too lazy to explain and had nothing to explain. She thanked her and started to wash up. However, the aunt asked curiously from the side: "Miss, I want to ask you something. Are you from Qufu?"
Yes, Lian Xin nodded: "Auntie, what do you want to ask about?"
"I heard from the village early this morning that something happened to the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. Many people were scolding them, saying that they were indifferent and shameless villains. They also said that the Confucius Mansion had a guilty conscience and was now opening warehouses to provide disaster relief. I don't know why.
Not really".
Lian Xin really didn't know about this. She just traveled around and had no idea what Chang Yu and the others had done secretly. But after all, she was a smart person, and on the first day, Su Jing told her
: "When you travel around the world, you can only speak a few words to people you meet, but don't give up everything!"
To put it simply, it was just false and true, and I couldn't tell the truth, so the girl said, "I heard it, but I don't know whether it is true or not, but how can anyone scold this Saint Kong in the future?"
"Hey, I don't know about this. Anyway, I heard people say that the Confucius Mansion will surrender to whoever is in charge of the world. They are just weaklings. How can they still have the honor to call Yan Shenggong and say that they enjoy the emperor's majestic grace, but they are not at the head of the national crisis?
Sharing the worries for the country... Oh, the scolding is ugly anyway, tsk tsk, eh, since there is really food over there, I have to let my family go there and try their luck..."