Mixed in the crowd, lining up obediently, and looking harmless, the old scholar man was naturally Zhang Yue, who had been hiding in the city for many days!
On the day the city was broken, Zhang Yue first fled with more than a hundred people. Later, he decisively abandoned most of his soldiers and fled with only two direct followers. In doing so, he successfully evaded the pursuing soldiers.
In the following days, he hid in a remote and uninhabited ruins. In order to avoid being discovered by patrolling soldiers, they did not even dare to go out to find something to eat in the first two days.
Because the first two days were when the martial law was at its strictest, no matter it was day or night, anyone who dared to go out would inevitably be stopped and interrogated.
Both of his followers were stout men. If they went out directly, the custodian would be arrested on the spot, because most of the young men in the city were defeated.
The targets of martial law arrests are these defeated soldiers!
After two days of starvation, they sneaked out at night to try to find something to eat!
They carry a lot of gold and silver with them, and even have a large stack of banknotes issued by the Royal Bank of the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty. However, when martial law was enforced two days ago, there were no shops open in the city, and they were afraid of being caught when they went to buy food from private individuals.
report.
You must know that Zhang Yue's identity is not simple. If you can avoid accidents, you can avoid accidents!
So they would rather steal some food secretly than buy it directly with gold and silver!
They waited until three days later, after the martial law in the city ended, and their lives got a little better. Naturally, Zhang Yue did not dare to come forward. His followers also dressed up in disguise, pretending to be ordinary people and went out to inquire about the situation and purchase items.
some food.
There was no way to avoid it and continue to hide, so today, after they felt that the defense in the city was not so strict, they prepared to blend in with the crowd and leave the city together.
You know, they are not the only ones who want to leave the city. In fact, many gentry and wealthy businessmen want to leave the city in panic. Before, there was no way to do it under martial law. Now, after they are allowed to leave the city, they naturally don't want to.
Stay in the city.
With this chaos of war, no one knows whether something will happen as a result, or whether a manor in the countryside is safer.
Zhang Yue brought two followers with him. He himself was pretending to be an ordinary scribe. In fact, if he could pretend to be a farmer or something, it would be easier for him to sneak out of the city.
But Zhang Yue doesn't look like a farmer. Although he is old and has wrinkles, his whole body is completely different from those old farmers. He has no calluses and his skin is not dark enough. He even speaks with a literati tone.
Unique habits.
If he were just an ordinary scribe, this would be okay, as it could be regarded as Zhang Yue's true performance, because Zhang Yue is still a scholar in essence.
When walking in the city, Zhang Yue was still worried about being interrogated, but in the past two days, there were more people on the street. Although there were interrogations, Zhang Yue and the others were able to avoid them.
But if you want to leave the city, you have to go through an interrogation!
Seeing that he was about to reach the front inspection level, Zhang Yue glanced at his two followers, then lowered his voice and said: "Everyone, relax!"
If they still look so nervous, the interrogating patrol policemen are not fools, and they will definitely notice that there is something wrong. Then according to the urine of these fake policemen, they will definitely interrogate them carefully first regardless of so much.
After a while, if there is any doubt, I will arrest you first and then talk about it.
These two confidants have been with him for many years. Not only are they very skilled, but they have also seen big scenes. Their ability to adjust is naturally not bad. After taking a few deep breaths, these two people recovered.
usual.
Then these three people, separated by a few meters, went to the interrogation checkpoint at the city gate.
Soon, it was the turn of the first follower. This follower was a middle-aged man with calluses and a thick body. He was dressed as a farmer. In addition, this man himself was born in a farmer, so it didn't cause much fuss.
Surprisingly, I passed the interrogation very smoothly.
Zhang Yue, who was behind, vaguely heard the interrogation culture of these pseudo-Tang patrol officers. They all asked very common questions, such as where they were, where they lived, where they were going when they left the city, and so on.
Don't even ask for your name!
But when it was Zhang Yue's turn, he happened to look up and saw numerous wanted notices posted on the city wall not far away. The wanted notices above were all senior military and political officials who had escaped from Du Biao, and Zhang Yue naturally
I am also in it.
However, there are no photos these days. The portraits above were all drawn by painters based on other people's descriptions. Although they are somewhat similar, to be honest, as long as you don't directly compare the portraits with Zhang Yue himself, otherwise
If so, it would actually be difficult to tell that the person in this portrait is Zhang Yue.
In order to get out of the city, Zhang Yue even cut off half of his cherished long beard, and also put makeup on his face, which was quite different from his previous image.
When it was Zhang Yue's turn, Zhang Yue stepped forward with a normal expression. As soon as he stepped forward, he saw a young patrolman in front of him staring at him for a few times, and then asked the same question: Name!
Place of origin, where you live, and what you do when you leave the city.
Zhang Yue answered one by one the disguised identities he had prepared long ago.
He said that his name was Qian Yanxi, he was from Shandong, he had lived in Hanyang all year round, and he was a private school teacher in Wuchang. He also said that he was working as a private school teacher in a gentry's home in the city. He left the city because he was worried about his family in the farm outside the city and wanted to go out to see a school.
look.
Private school teacher? After hearing Zhang Yue's answer, the patrol officer glanced at him again. The old man said that he was a private school teacher, which meant he was a scholar. He looked like a scholar.
After all, the temperament of a scholar is somewhat special. You can smell the rotten smell unique to a scholar from a distance. It is almost impossible for ordinary people to pretend to be a scholar.
He was just an ordinary old man studying, nothing special, so he showed an impatient expression and waved his hand, signaling Zhang Yue to get out of here, while shouting: "Next one!"
After Zhang Yue heard this, his expression remained as usual, but he was greatly relieved!
However, Zhang Yue, who was trying his best to look calmer, attracted the attention of the middle-aged patrolman next to him!
His intuition told him that there was something unusual about this old man!
Why?
Because this old man is so calm!
The young patrol officer in charge of the investigation only looked at Zhang Yue after he arrived. However, the eyes of the following patrol officers were scanning the crowd from time to time. Zhang Yue had already been looked at by him several times.
.
Why is this old man so scared and not worried at all?
This is not normal!
He had seen a lot of expressions from people going in and out of the city in the past two days, but to be honest, there were only a few who could really look normal.
Especially those gentry, businessmen or scholars, when they see their own patrols, especially when they see a group of dozens of army officers behind them, basically none of them can look normal, and most of them will show their faces.
Looks of worry, fear, etc.
This is also normal. If they are just ordinary people, they don't have to worry about these problems. The patrol police and army soldiers will not make things difficult for them. However, most of the gentry and scholars have very complicated views on the Tang Dynasty.
Psychologically, some people are resentful, some are afraid, and some are happy. In short, there are always some expressions.
But this old man passed through the gate of his own courtyard normally!
With doubts in his mind, the middle-aged patrolman would not let him go easily. Even he didn't know now that the old man in front of him was the famous commander-in-chief Zhang Yue.
"Stop!" The middle-aged patrolman shouted directly, preparing to ask Zhang Yue to stop so that he could question him personally.
But what the middle-aged patrolman didn't expect was that as soon as he said the words "stop," the expression of the old man in front of him changed drastically. Although he said he would return to normal soon, he had already fallen into his trap.
In a pair of extremely sophisticated eyes.
There must be something wrong with this old man!
As he said that, he was ready to take two steps forward!
However, at this moment, another of Zhang Yue's followers, who was being interrogated by the young patrolman, immediately burst into flames. Not only did he push the young patrolman in front of him with both hands, but he also took advantage of the situation and pulled out the knife from the young patrolman's waist.
came out.
"Sir, let's go!" The rebellious follower shouted while approaching the middle-aged patrolman with a waist knife!
The middle-aged patrol officer was obviously an old man with rich experience in handling cases. When he stepped forward, although he did not draw the knife, he put his hand on the handle of the knife. Seeing the sudden change in the situation, he drew out the knife and shouted at the same time: "
How brave you are to attack the police!"
When he shouted, several patrol policemen nearby drew out their swords and surrounded him one by one. One of them also blew the iron whistle in his mouth, and the sharp whistle sounded instantly!
Another patrol officer shouted: "Put down the knife immediately, put your head in your hands and squat down, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"
But the follower suddenly became violent and naturally he would not give up his weapon and surrender. His skills were quite impressive. He simply slashed with two knives and forced the middle-aged patrolman back several steps, and then pulled him away.
Zhang Yue strode away.
But he found that there was no pull, and Zhang Yue did not run with him!
At this time, Zhang Yue felt desperate. If there was a piece of tofu in front of him, he would rather be killed than face such a stupid follower!
Paralysis, this idiot, super idiot, I will kill you!
If you get angry, you can get angry, but you have so much time to spare that you have to shout, "Sir, leave quickly!"
If you don't shout, you will die!
If you don't shout these words, the attention of those pseudo-Tang patrol officers will definitely be attracted to you. At that time, I just took the opportunity to escape and then ran away. In this way, your violent attack will be valuable and you will die a worthy death.
!
But as soon as you shouted this sentence, all fools knew that I was the target, and they wanted to run away with me, but they didn't see that dozens of soldiers from the Pseudo-Tang rebel army were already surrounding me!
Bastard, this big fool, if I knew magic, I would definitely kill him with a thunderbolt from my palm!
Zhang Yue, with a face full of despair, looked at the many policemen and traitor soldiers who had gathered around him. He sighed deeply and said softly: "Man's calculations are not as good as God's. This is how fate should be!"