More than a hundred warriors, frightened like bereaved dogs, guarded a carriage and followed Li Jiangzuo as they fled westward along the Bianhe River.
In the early morning, they arrived at Guoqiao Town. There was a large tea shed at the entrance of the town, and breakfast was being sold. The warriors were hungry and thirsty, so they occupied the tables and chairs one after another, slapping the table and shouting.
At this moment, an arrow was shot out from the woods opposite. The arrow was powerful. A warrior who shouted the most fiercely was shot through the forehead by the arrow and fell down on his back.
The other warriors were so frightened that they fell to the ground, but it was in vain. Then two arrows were shot, and the two warriors were shot through the back of the neck and nailed to the ground.
Everyone was so frightened that they turned the table over and hid behind it.
"Master Li, there he is!" A warrior suddenly pointed at a big tree and shouted.
They saw a dark figure standing on a towering tree by the woods, condescendingly pointing at them with a bow and arrow.
Li Jiangzuo was angry and anxious, and shouted: "Go up, thirty brothers, and surround the big tree!"
But no one responded to him. Li Jiangzuo turned around and glared at a warrior, "Zhou Qian, bring someone up!"
After Zheng Xiaotian died, the deputy head Zhou Qian became the leader of Huben Martial Arts School. He said loudly, "Bah!" "Why should we go up there and die!"
Li Jiangzuo laughed evilly, "If you don't go now, then go back and explain it to Aweng yourself!"
Zhou Qian had no choice but to stand up and shout: "Brothers from Huben Martial Arts School, follow me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow shot out like lightning, hitting him between the eyebrows and piercing his head. Zhou Qian opened his mouth wide and fell to the ground on his back.
The warrior next to him collapsed and cried loudly: "I quit!"
He turned around and ran towards the wheat field at the other end. Li Jiangzuo was furious, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Come back!"
The warrior didn't listen to him and ran away quickly. Then several more warriors followed him and ran towards the wheat field, and they stopped doing it.
Someone took the lead in escaping, and the warriors got up and ran towards the wheat field. In the blink of an eye, more than 30 people ran away. Li Jiangzuo was so angry that he was furious, but he had no choice. All the warriors who ran away were the warriors from the Huben Martial Arts School. Zheng Xiaotian died, Zhou Qian They are also dead, and no one can control them anymore.
"Guo, if you dare, come down and fight me!" Li Jiangzuo shouted.
Guo Song said coldly: "I told you, if you don't let him go, no one will be able to return to Chang'an alive."
After saying that, he shot out another arrow. A warrior who had just poked his head was hit in the head by an arrow and fell to the ground dead.
Li Jiangzuo saw that all the warriors were frightened. He knew that if this continued, all of his men would either be killed or run away sooner or later. He had no choice but to shout: "Okay! Let's release them, but don't hurt them again."
"I'll give you a stick of incense time!"
Li Jiangzuo stood up slowly. When he saw that the other party did not fire any more arrows, he ordered his left and right: "Go and free the man!"
The warriors were waiting for his order. Immediately, several warriors ran towards the carriage, cut the rope on Sun Xiaozhen's hand, and tore off the cloth from his mouth. Sun Xiaozhen jumped out of the carriage and almost fell down.
He limped toward the woods and soon disappeared.
Li Jiangzuo looked at the big tree again, and he was stunned for a moment. The figure on the big tree had disappeared. When did the other person leave? In the blink of an eye, the person was gone.
Li Jiangzuo knew that they had met a real master. He sighed, called everyone together and said: "I'm afraid Yu Chaoen won't be able to spare us if we go back now. Let's all find a place to hide for a few months! If we must go back, I will too Don’t stop me, everyone will do what they want!”
The samurai were so heartbroken after being killed in the past two days that they no longer wanted to go back to the capital to wade through the muddy waters. Although they were rich in income, it was more important to save their lives. They took off their badges one after another, collected the bodies, and dispersed.
Li Jiangzuo did not dare to return to the capital. He wrote a letter and asked a confidant to take it back to the capital to his family. He ran to Zizhou to join Li Zhengji. He had an old friend who was a general under Li Zhengji, and he wrote several times to let him know.
He passed.
Yang Wanhua brought more than a hundred warriors out of the capital and eventually disbanded.
Sun Xiaozhen limped into the woods, but did not find Guo Song. Guo Song's voice came from behind, "Your legs don't matter!"
When Sun Xiaozhen turned around, she saw a big man with a yellow face standing behind him, but his voice had changed back. It was Guo Song. He quickly bowed and saluted, "Thank you, uncle, for saving my life. My legs are fine, I just curled them up for a long time."
A little sour."
Guo Song smiled slightly, "The salt tax fleet is moving slowly and is still behind us. It will probably be here in half an hour. You can take the boat back to Beijing!"
"Uncle Master, won't you go back with me?"
Guo Song shook his head, "Tell Ambassador Liu that I will follow the boat in the dark and ask him to be careful. Even if there is an army guard, he cannot take it lightly!"
"I will definitely tell Mr. Liu!"
Half an hour later, the salt tax fleet arrived at Guoqiao Town under the escort of five thousand cavalry. Guo Song watched Sun Xiaozhen board the ship, and he immediately disappeared into the woods.
In the past two days, a major event occurred in Chang'an City that shocked the whole city. Yuan Zhongwu, the second son of Prime Minister Yuan Zai, was hit and killed by a frightened horse in the street. At least hundreds of people witnessed this tragedy. Many people saw it with their own eyes. Some people rode
The horse was controlled by the horse and hit the deceased. Afterwards, the rider fled in a hurry.
Soon, the government characterized the incident as an accident and dealt with it in a low-key manner. However, this approach was concealed. For a time, various gossips spread in Chang'an City. The most widely circulated news was that Yu Chaoen was involved in the incident.
His third son was killed in Chuzhou, specifically to take revenge on Yuan Zai.
This news was not groundless. Someone recognized that the horse that killed Yuan Zai's second son belonged to Yufu.
In the Yu Mansion, Yu Chaoen narrowed his eyes and listened to the report from his eldest son, Yu Linghui. On behalf of his father, Yu Linghui went to Yuan Mansion to pay his respects. The news he brought brought Yu Chaoen like a spring breeze, which washed away the depression he had been feeling for the past few days.
"Father, Yuan Zai lost his temper today. He drove the child out of the house with a mourning stick and threatened to take revenge on his father!"
Yu Chaoen laughed loudly, "When he killed my son, he would have thought that today, I would let him taste the pain of losing a son!"
Yu Linghui said cautiously: "I heard that the court's investigation results have come out. The third brother was killed by Tian Shenyu!"
"shit!"
Yu Chaoen said angrily: "Tian Shenyu is dead. You can pour any dirty water on him. Who killed the third child? How can I not know?"
"Father, what I mean is that we should not confront the court openly. Some things can be done secretly."
Yu Chaoen glanced at his son, "What do you mean, the court is putting pressure on you?"
Yu Linghui sighed, "Yesterday the emperor gave some tributes. Because the quantity was not large, some ministers got it and some ministers did not."
"You mean you didn't get it?"
"Yes! I heard that the list was drawn up by the emperor. In the past, children were included, but not this time. Children felt that the emperor was expressing some kind of dissatisfaction."
Yu Chaoen paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He also clearly felt that Li Yu had gradually become stronger in the past few months. Especially after Li Fuguo's death, the military obviously began to favor Li Yu, and he had repeatedly criticized Li Yu in the past few months.
The battle for control of the salt tax in Yangzhou failed. Tian Shenggong seized the salt tax and lost his life. The four prefectures of Bian and Song Dynasties were regained by the imperial court. Yang Wanhua was killed in Kaifeng County, and all his men disappeared.
It was precisely the various unfavorable situations he had encountered in the past few months that caused the relationship between him and Li Yu to wax and wane.
If he doesn't break the situation, I'm afraid Li Yu will look for opportunities to attack him.
Yu Chaoen knew very well how to break the situation, which was to force Li Yu to make Li Miao the crown prince.
But there must be an opportunity to force Li Yu to become the crown prince. Yu Chaoen pondered for a moment and asked: "When will Khan Sijie come to Chang'an?"
"We will arrive in Chang'an in ten days!"
"Isn't it just ten days before Autumn Hunting?"
"Exactly, so both the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple proposed to use autumn hunting to welcome Khan Sijie."
Yu Chaoen nodded. Autumn hunting is the best time to force him into the palace.
When the tax fleet entered Guanzhong, Zuotunwei General Li Baozhen led 30,000 Zhaoyi Army cavalry to take over the escort of the fleet. At the same time, more than a hundred Zangjiange warriors also rushed to Tongguan to strengthen vigilance along the way.
Seeing that the fleet was completely safe, Guo Song left quietly and returned to Chang'an first.
At noon that day, an ox cart stopped slowly in front of the Meishou Liquor Shop. Guo Song handed the driver a handful of copper coins and looked at the liquor shop with some surprise. The liquor shop had doubled in size and seemed to have bought the next door.
Came down.
"Sir, this wine is not easy to buy, so hurry up and line up! Otherwise, you may not be able to buy it until the evening." The bullock cart driver persuaded him kindly.
Guo Song nodded and took out the book box of the car. In the book box were his bow and arrow kettle. He wore a scholar's white robe and a leather belt around his waist. Although he had a sword on his waist, he carried the book box.
He looks very polite and polite.
The bullock cart left, he took a look at the queue that had stretched for at least two miles, and then walked directly into the liquor store.
However, a wine shop clerk stepped forward to block his way, "Master, please stay and wait in line outside to buy wine. Outsiders are not allowed to come in at will!"
Guo Song smiled and said, "I'm looking for you, Boss Li, to discuss a big deal. Where is she?"
The waiter was startled and shouted quickly: "Boss Li, there is someone here looking for you!"
"Didn't you see that I'm so busy? Who's looking for me?"
Li Wenyu came from next door with an unhappy face. When she saw Guo Song, she was stunned and said, "Junior brother!"
She stepped forward and pushed the guy away, giving him a hard blow on the forehead, "You blind bastard, this is my brother-in-law, how dare you stop him!"
The man grumbled and shrank away.
Guo Song smiled slightly and said, "Business is good, and senior sister's temper seems to have improved."
"Hey! I'm kidding you, I'm really too busy. Look, there are twelve of us guys, and we're still too busy. Naturally, I'm in a bad mood. Come in quickly."
Guo Song walked into the wine shop and saw that Li Wenyu seemed to be in charge of collecting the money, so he smiled and said: "Senior sister, just ask the clerk to collect the money. Then hire an accounting clerk to check the accounts, so you can relax."
"You're right. I've hired both the accountant and the shopkeeper. I'll officially enter the store tomorrow, so I have to sort out the account books today. I'm very busy."
"Senior sister, please go and do your work. Where is my senior brother?"
"I don't know where that damn fat guy went to have fun. He worked at night and I let him rest during the day, but he just wandered around and now he's dead?"
Li Wenyu cursed a few words, then shouted at the top of her voice, "Qin Wu, help me collect the money, I have something to do!"
"Junior brother, let's go sit in the backyard."
Guo Song nodded and followed Li Wenyu to the backyard, only to see that the partition wall of the yard next door had been opened, turning it into a large yard with at least a dozen rooms.
There were stone tables and benches in the yard, so Guo Song sat down in the yard. Li Wenyu poured him a cup of hot tea and explained: "The next door was bought half a month ago for 20,000 yuan, including 300 barrels for ten years."
Sake has solved my urgent need. Junior brother, you don’t know that I have been worrying about sake all day long. I thought that the trend would pass and I would have a few days of leisure. Unexpectedly, drinkers from other places came in and I was three times busier than before.
More than twice as much.”
"But I made a lot of money, right?" Guo Song said with a smile,
Speaking of making money, Li Wenyu could no longer hide her inner joy and said with a smile: "Junior brother, guess how much we have earned in total in the past few months?"