When Zhang Hongji arrived, the front yard of Zhang's house was already in a tense situation. The loudest voice was a clear female voice.
"Come here if you have the ability, or kill me if you have the intention. Do you think I'm afraid of you?" "Sister Zhang, we are following orders, please don't embarrass yourself."
"Let's do it! What's wrong with me just having contact with my sister? If you want to kill us as rebels, then don't be so pretentious!"
"Second Sister Zhang, calm down. I advise you to put down your weapons and don't escalate the situation." "Fire the crossbow, you guys."
She put on a ferocious expression, her face looked quite childish, and her voice was crisp, which didn't give people a strong sense of intimidation.
The general of the Yuan army was not afraid of her, so he still tried to persuade her.
However, Zhang Wenwan suddenly grabbed the crossbow from a general and actually pulled the trigger in front of the crowd.
Zhang Hongji turned around the corridor and stopped when he saw a "whoosh" sound. A crossbow arrow shot out and nailed the shoulder armor of a Yuan soldier. It penetrated the armor and blood quickly flowed out.
The injured Yuan Bing screamed.
The people around them were still shouting loudly, as if they were afraid of losing control of Zhang Wenwan, but now they really lost control, but they looked at each other, at a loss.
The most arrogant person in the entire front yard was Zhang Wenwan, who loudly shouted: "Kill them, I will rebel, rebel!"
"Take it!" "Stop!"
Zhang Hongji shouted loudly, stepped forward quickly, and stood between the two groups of people.
A crossbow arrow flew past him, and the spears and knives of the Yuan army almost reached his face.
"Don't even make a move." Zhang Hongji first glanced at the Yuan army general leading the team with lightning eyes to intimidate him, and then raised his hand to signal.
After that, he turned to Zhang Wenwan and raised his voice because he was afraid that he would not be able to drink her anymore. "Second sister, please be more honest!"
Zhang Wenwan flattened her mouth and looked extremely aggrieved, but she raised her hand and shouted: "What you say is that dad wants us to move to Yanjing. It's basically forceful kidnapping. They want to search my yard, don't even think about it! I won't die."
I will let them enter my yard."
"Erlang, Yanjing New City is about to fall. Marshal Zhang has moved to a new residence and wants to take his family there. He specially asked us to escort him, but your sister hurt our people first. What is the meaning of this?"
"Fart. You were the one who caught me first, and you want to catch me too. In this Baozhou territory, do you think I'm afraid of you?" Zhang Wenwan shouted again.
"Second Sister Zhang, do you really want to rebel?!" "Yes, so what?"
At the same time, a servant rushed to Zhang Hongji's ear and reported the cause of the incident in a low voice.
In the past few years, the Zhang family and Guanzhong have often had some smuggling business, but the principals of the Zhang family, including Zhang Hongji, have been very cautious and maintained their stance. Except for a few extremely confidential letters, other things will not be confiscated even if they are confiscated.
There is evidence that the Zhang family is collaborating with the enemy, and at most it is greed for money and smuggling.
Through this smuggling route, Zhang Wenwan often communicated with Zhang Wenjing, and each communication was a thick stack. Just yesterday, several letters and gifts were secretly sent from Guanzhong to the Zhang family in Baozhou, including
A package is for Zhang Wenwan.
Today's visitor from Kaiping may have been reported by a servant, or the Zhang family has spies from the imperial court. In short, these Yuan soldiers immediately entered Zhang Wenwan's yard, found many letters, and took them away. Zhang Wenwan was not someone to be bullied, so he pursued her with his sword.
He came out and injured one person on the spot. He chased him to the front yard and fired a crossbow and injured another person.
After Zhang Hongji heard what happened, he looked at the Yuan army general opposite, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and said: "Is it Yunbiao? If I remember correctly, you and Jiulang are classmates, and you and I were together back then.
Have you had any drinks?”
"It's rare that Erlang still remembers that Jiulang wrote a poem for me that year." Zheng Yunbiao said with a smile, "So I often tell Jiulang that I have a deep friendship with the Zhang family."
"Yes, that poem should have a line that says, "The silent beauty of the spring sky is the creation of nature, and the scorching sun is afraid of the power of the sun?" Both Zhang Hongji and Zheng Yunbiao were silent for a moment, feeling deeply about this line of poetry and their experiences over the past few years.
Zhang Wenwan is not as pretentious as they are.
Qing, interjected: "Second brother, what do you say to these lackeys? Drive them out, or kill them if they can't be driven out!"
Everyone pretended not to have heard this. Zheng Yunbiao looked at Zhang Hongji and said, "Please Erlang, please believe me. I am responsible for running the errand this time. It must be for the good of the Zhang family."
"Of course I believe you." Zhang Hongji said, "It's just that things in the world are unpredictable. Who can predict the good and bad things?" "Erlang still doesn't believe me." Zheng Yun said, "But it doesn't matter if you don't believe me, but you should believe in Jiubadu."
” A confident smile appeared on his face, and he turned his head and glanced at the courtyard door.
After only a short while, Zhang Hongji's confidants rushed over and said to Zhang Hongji: "Erlang, there are soldiers and horses surrounding Baozhou City."
After hearing this, Zhang Hongji kept his expression and gave Zheng Yuanbiao a meaningful look and said: "Since my father is summoning me in Yanjing, of course we children will go, but it would be too hasty to leave today. This is also my sister-in-law.
There are some rude reasons.”
"Are you rude?" Zhang Wenwan shouted, "They thought I was a traitor and wanted to catch me!"
"Shut up, Brother Wei is talking about business, why do you, a little daughter, have to interrupt?"
"I am the youngest daughter again?" Zhang Wenwan was surprised, "I am not an old girl now?" "I told you to shut up!"
While they were talking, the brother and sister got closer. Zhang Wenwan pulled Zhang Hongji and whispered: "They have my sister's and my letters in their hands."
"Stop talking, go to Yanjing first."
"I'm not going. All the evidence of my crime has been taken away, so why go? Isn't that a sheep entering a tiger's mouth and becoming a fool?" "I have a sense of proportion." Zhang Hongji said no more and left these four words calmly.
After saying a few words, I turned around and made arrangements again.
"Yunbiao, how about you let me pack up in two days and take my family north?" "Of course it doesn't matter-"
The storm was calmed down.
Everyone in the Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief that they were not forced to rebel. Only Zhang Wenwan puffed up her cheeks, feeling very unhappy.
She stood there looking at her second brother's back and thought to herself: "My second brother is too soft-tempered. He was like this when he admired Sister Yuan, and he is still like this now."
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The Zhang family began to get busy, and the servants and maids began to pack their luggage to send some members of the Zhang family to Yanjing.
Among them, Zhang Hongji, Zhang Honglue, and Zhang Honggui, who was responsible for guarding Baozhou, received special attention. Zheng Yunbiao may have a list of names and knew the situation of the Zhang family clearly.
Now Zhang Wenwan was also included, and he was also called to be taken away. Seeing this, Mao Jujie became even more worried.
"Is it dangerous for Erlang to agree to go north?"
"There is nothing we can do. Those old foxes in the Jinlianchuan shogunate are trying to guard against me." Zhang Hongji said, "As for the danger, as long as the Zhang family doesn't really rebel, who dares to really take action? Once we make a move, let's see if each family will resist.
"
Mao Jujie thought for a while, nodded, and said: "It seems true that the Jinlianchuan shogunate's move is not to deal with the Zhang family, but to transfer all the people in the Zhang family who can control the troops of Shuntian Mansion.
open."
"Yes, I asked Zheng Yuanbiao privately. He has no intention of holding the Zhang family accountable, he just wants to complete his errands. He promised to return those letters to me as soon as he arrives in Yanjing."
"When I get to Yanjing, I'm afraid I have to go to Kaiping, right?"
"But if this happens, will the plan with that person be ruined?"
Zhang Hongji paused for a moment and sighed: "Just take it one step at a time. The more serious things happen, the more calm you have to deal with them."
It was in this atmosphere where both sides were careful to maintain peace that the Zhang family packed their luggage and headed north to Yanjing. The queue was very long. In order to ensure the safety of his family, Zhang Hongji sent the most elite and loyal soldiers and horses in Baozhou City.
He took them all with him. Zheng Yunbiao asked his deputies to "accompany" the Zhang family to the north. He himself led the troops to stay in Baozhou and took over the defense.
The carriages and horses are sparkling, and the road is winding.
From time to time, you can see the scout horses of the Yuan army running past both sides of the road, checking the situation of this team.
In one of the carriages, Zhang Wenwan had changed into a set of men's clothes, checked her luggage, and carefully confirmed that the golden tiger talisman she stole from Zhang Hongji was still there before packing her luggage and lying down by the window.
Peering outside.
"Second sister, this is really too dangerous." A maid wearing Zhang Wenwan's clothes asked nervously. "Am I someone who is afraid of danger?" Zhang Wenwan asked in return.
"But what should we do if something bad happens? Erlang must be more considerate than the second sister?"
"Why do you think so?" Zhang Wenwan said: "Why can't I be right? Do I look stupid?" "Second sister, I mean these are men's things."
Zhang Wenwan finally turned her head and seriously lectured her maid.
"Let me tell you, the more serious things happen, the more decisive you need to deal with them. How much gossip was there when my sister left home and married her brother-in-law?
But just a few years later, who would mention my sister in private and not say that she has a sharp eye? Now my sister and brother-in-law are about to go on the Northern Expedition, but they met such a coward as the second brother. I don’t want to die in Yanjing, I want to go back to Baozhou
Respond to my sister and brother-in-law, and only then can I save my father."
"But second sister, it's too dangerous for you to do this." "Shh!"
Zhang Wenwan looked out the window again, her eyes sweeping around the roadside, her eyes moving and determined.
She didn't want to imitate her indecisive brother. The person who had the greatest influence on her over the years was her sister who dared to love and hate. But her sister was too weak and she was different.
Zhang Wenwan climbed onto the couch of the carriage and placed her hands on the window. When the carriage passed by a low bush, she suddenly jumped up.
She fell into the bushes and rolled twice. She felt a sharp pain in her feet but her ankle was twisted. Zhang Wenwan was so painful that tears flowed out, but she resisted and did not cry out.
She bit her lip in grievance, picked up the baggage, but did not walk towards Baozhou, but limped north. She had already thought about it, Zhang Hongji would definitely question her maid and ask her south
Chase it back.
So she had to walk north for a while, looking for an opportunity to cross the official road and avoid their initial search range.
This is the experience she summed up from Zhang Wenjing's story of leaving home, and she has long been looking forward to an adventure.