Chang Yu had been to Jiujiang last year when he defeated the Baiwang tribe. He was familiar with both the city and the outside. He also met Zuo Mengeng at the dock outside the city. Zuo Mengeng, who had been having nightmares for a year when he saw him at that time, was now
He has led his old troops to De'an County in the mountains south of Jiujiang to suppress bandits.
When his father was alive, he fought and defeated Bai Wang several times. Now his father and Bai Wang are both dead, but Bai Wang still has several old troops in the mountains, so he gave them to him to eliminate. Completing the mission is a stepping stone.
If he can't complete it, he will be useless in this life.
At this moment, the setting sun hung on the river. Chang Yu stopped a few hundred steps away from the riverside pier. He looked at the river for a while and then at the hurried business travelers on the pier. Tu Yuan came over and asked if he wanted to go into the city. It was dark.
The city gate was closed.
Li Muxian entered the city half an hour ago. Chang Yu had no intention of entering the city, but he heard that Yuan Jixian had returned to Jiujiang from Wuchang. Given their relationship, they had to visit, but he had to take a look at the riverside before entering the city.
sunset.
Chang Yu did not intend to expose his identity, so he asked Tu Yuan and others to camp outside the city. Otherwise, passing troops would not be allowed to enter the city without revealing their identities. However, considering Chang Yu's security, Tu Yuan still camped from the camp.
A few good men were selected to follow, but at this time Ji Jike's Eagle Camp was still dozens of miles away, otherwise Ji Jike would have followed him into the city.
In fact, Tu Yuan's arrangement was a bit redundant, because Kuang Ren had already arrived, and he still had hundreds of warriors under his command. Under his protection, nothing like this would happen in the daytime, but Tu Yuan was worried and felt that the pomp and circumstance must be in place.
Ah, there must have been seven or eight good players crammed in.
Kuang Ren drove the carriage, Su Jing and Chang Yu rode together, and Wu Zhong and Duoji rode beside the carriage: "Brother Wu, I just heard Taoist Li say that the young man in white probably doesn't have such a great background, but why does he dare to provoke passing soldiers and horses?
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Faced with Duoji's question, Wuzhong just asked him lightly: "Have you ever heard that a strong dragon will not suppress a local snake?"
Duoji has naturally heard of it, and he quickly reacted. Ordinary people naturally dare not provoke passing soldiers, but it is different if someone is really powerful in the city.
If you are a local snake, those who pass by should ask for safety, not to mention there are only two or three hundred people. If you really offend someone with a background, if you give a shout, all the soldiers and horses in the city will come out, and you really won't be able to get out of the territory.
"So, that young man still has some background." Duoji murmured, and Wuzhong rolled his eyes and glanced at his mouth: "How big of a background can he have? Is it that big?" He glanced at the carriage and said: "
At this moment, I’m hoping that the bigger his background, the better.”
"Why?" Duoji had just joined the gang not long ago, so he didn't know that the eunuch and Li Muchian had other hobbies.
Why? Wuzhong glared at him: "Where did your food, drink, clothing, and salary come from? They fell from the sky!" Duoji frowned. He somewhat understood, but not entirely.
Yuan Jixian stayed in Wuchang for almost two months. He and Lu Daqi worked hard to help Chang Yu eliminate the crisis with one shot and one shot. When the military training began, he returned to Jiujiang. He had just returned a few days ago.
, suddenly heard that Chang Yu came to the door, he was surprised and happy and hurried out of the house to greet him. When he saw Chang Yu who was covered with injuries, he was shocked.
When he learned that it was an assassin, Yuan Jixian did not dare to be careless and quickly sent people to call Du Laozao and asked him to bring troops and horses to the Yamen to guard.
Du Laozao is Wang Tizhong's deputy. On the surface, he is the deputy general of Jiujiang, but in fact he is Wang Tizhong's confidant and brother. A few months ago, Wang Tizhong was ordered to go to Wuchang to set up a situation for Chang Yu, and then stayed to participate in the big drill. Jiujiang's military defense was handed over to him.
Du Laozao is responsible.
Du Laozao didn't know about the fighting outside the city, but he had heard about the arrival of a troop of soldiers and horses outside the city, and he didn't care about it at first. After all, the mighty crossing of Zuo Menggeng's tribe some time ago had already made the people aware of the situation.
He took it for granted and thought it should be his.
It wasn't until his subordinates reported that the troops were camped outside the city that it caught his attention. Because of the rift between Zuo Mengeng and Wang Tizhong, his troops never camped near Jiujiang City when they were crossing the border.
So they sent people to investigate carefully outside the city, and the people who came said that the other party should not ignore the registration number, and their attitude was cold and arrogant. However, they saw that a black tiger flag was hung in their camp, which was not like ordinary soldiers and horses.
Du Laozao was a little confused. Since he and Wang Tizhong were worshipers, they knew something about it. Black Tiger Flag, fuck, Black Tiger Camp! Why did the people from Dongchang Wei suddenly appear here? They would not appear for no reason.
, did they come to Jiujiang for something? Or did they come all the way from Wuchang to monitor Zuo Mengeng?
The special status of the soldiers and horses outside the city made Du Laozao very confused whether he should go out to visit. If the other people passing by were not cool, the Dongchang Guards were not. But his subordinates also said it, and the other party was very indifferent and did not want to talk to him.
People don’t want to be disturbed…
While he was debating whether to go or not, his subordinates came to inform the prefect to ask him to come over.
Du Laozao didn't dare to neglect. Although the old man Yuan Jixian was a bit stubborn and old-fashioned, the king wanted to hold his thigh, so he walked to the magistrate's Yamen. As soon as he sat down, Yuan Jixian said
: "There are distinguished guests in the Yamen. You go and send five hundred troops to guard them."
Du Laozao jumped up when he heard this. He thought about the Black Tiger Camp outside the city. What kind of distinguished guests Yuan Zhifu said needed to be guarded by troops. He also thought that when he entered the Yamen just now, he saw heavy security outside. He was not stupid.
I immediately guessed the inside story and the eunuch arrived.
Du Laozao had met Chang Yu, but only from a distance. At that time, his identity and qualifications were not qualified to exchange cups with Chang Yu. Even now, he is still not qualified enough to even come to the Yamen to meet him.
We can’t meet Chang Yu, let alone have dinner or something together.
He is not even qualified to stand guard outside the yamen, so he can only guard outside the yamen.
Is it embarrassing for a dignified lieutenant to guard the courtyard for a chief eunuch?
It's not embarrassing, and it's quite an honor. You know when Wei Zhongxian was in power, how many ministers and nobles lined up to admit that his father poured spittoons and urine jars for him.
It was already dark. Inside the yamen, Chang Yu and Yuan Jixian were chatting over tea and dinner. Outside the yamen, cicadas could be heard chatting. Du Laozao personally led 500 soldiers to patrol the surrounding area. One of his subordinates complained in an incomprehensible way: "
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a rule requiring generals to guard the gates and courtyards of eunuchs."
Another person sighed, "Although there is no explicit rule, this is the rule."
It sounds a bit hard to pronounce, but it is still true.
"Rules, screw the rules, but relying on power..." The man looked angrily, and Du Laozao cursed him in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense about things without rules. If you have power,
You can make rules, if you have money you can change the rules, but if you have nothing like now, then you have to abide by the rules!"
In the back house of the yamen, Yuan Jixian made some side dishes to entertain Chang Yu. The two of them had long since become close friends, and there were not so many rules and things to pay attention to. Yuan Jixian liked to have a drink, but Chang Yu had an injury so he drank tea instead of wine.
While they were eating and chatting happily, Li Muchian came in a hurry. Yuan Jixian knew the identity of this Taoist and treated him politely and invited him to the table.
Li Muxian was not polite. After sitting down, he punished himself with three drinks for being late. He was so happy that he shivered. Chang Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Taoist Master, you are just here to drink." Li Muxian coughed slightly in embarrassment:
"The Lord Superintendent was joking. After Pindao entered the city, he spent several hours undercover and undercover. His mouth was really dry."
When Yuan Jixian heard what he said, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that this eunuch didn't even believe me? He couldn't help but look at Chang Yu.
"Sir, please don't think too wildly." Chang Yu smiled faintly: "In fact, it's Taoist Li's personal affairs." After hearing this, Yuan Jixian breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly cursed himself for being an old fool. I don't know that there are hidden secrets of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in Jiujiang City, and they hide all the troubles.
If I can't help them, if I really have something to do with myself, why would I let this Taoist priest inquire about it?
"I would rather ask the prefect to find out something." Li Muchian suddenly said, "May I ask the prefect if he can identify Bai Ningzhong?"
Yuan Jixian was startled: "The Bai family is a big family in the city and we have some friends."
Li Muchian smiled: "I heard that the Bai family runs a silk shop and rice shop in the city. The family is very wealthy. People call it half the city, but it's true." Yuan Jixian snorted: "Besides, they are salt merchants. They say the Bai family is as rich as the country.
It's a bit exaggerated, but he is indeed one of the best in Jiujiang." He looked at Chang Yu and said, "Master Du Gong must have heard of this person."
Chang Yu nodded. He had indeed heard of it. He had raised grain and grass in Jiujiang during the Baiwang campaign last year, and had heard of the big Bai family.
"It is said that Bai Ning is loyal to the magistrate and is a close friend?" Li Muchian asked again, and Yuan Jixian smiled: "There is quite a friendship, but definitely not a close friend. Even these small friendships were made during the food collection last year, and then this person became attached to him.
But I don’t like to interact with him, so as not to get offended.”
It has to be said that Yuan Jixian is also a veteran in the officialdom, and he knows how to avoid suspicion and clear it up. Since Li Muchian inquires about the Bai family, whether it is a public grudge or a private grudge, he will be in trouble, and he will not go into that muddy water.
So that's it. Li Muchian nodded slightly: "One more question, did you hear that Bai Ningzhong has a son who is the adopted son of Uncle Pingnan?"
"Uh, is there such a thing?" Yuan Jixian frowned: "I haven't heard about it, but I know that there is a son in the Bai family who likes to dance with guns and sticks, and is very naughty..." As he said this, he suddenly remembered something: "Ask Du Laozao.
Do you understand?"
Du Laozao felt that there was smoke coming from his ancestral tomb, and he unexpectedly saw the eunuch, although he was only standing outside the door and was being questioned.
"Adopted son? I've never heard of General Wang having an adopted son." Du Laozao looked confused.
"Who is Bai Yutang, the troublemaker of the Bai family? Hey, his brother-in-law is just a small official in the inspection department..." Du Laozao told everything he knew in detail, and the reason why he knew it was actually because of Bai Yutang.
My son is too famous in Jiujiang.
After hearing what he said, Chang Yu and Li Muchian looked at each other and smiled, pulling the tiger's skin to raise the banner.