Chapter five hundred and sixty-four the legacy of chaos
"If you order a brave man to ward off the enemy, you must first make him meet the enemy from where he is coming." [Kong Congzi·Rufu]
"Is Yang A'ruo really in Zhangye?" Yan Qian looked at Zhu Gongdao happily. If that was the case, then he would not have to go west to Jiuquan County to search hard. Yang A'ruo was well-known in Liangzhou for his chivalry, not only in the four provinces of Hexi The powerful families in the county were familiar with him, and even the Qiang and Di tribes near Jiuquan County admired his faith. The purpose of Yan Qian's trip was to find Yang Aruo and use his all-powerful status to help them instigate the four counties in Hexi.
Zhu Gongdao nodded, led his horse and walked, looking leisurely and far-sighted at the mountain tops in the distance: "Although this man is friendly with powerful people, but the Huang family rebelled and the county guard was killed, he still knows where loyalty lies. After Huang Ang and others arrested him, Yang Aruo and Pang Zhuo fled eastward, hoping to find reinforcements for revenge. However, the situation was such that reinforcements were difficult to find, so the man temporarily went dormant and hid among the Qiang and Di in the mountains."
"Dichi?" Yan Qian slowly said a place name. This is a county in the south of Zhangye County. It is located in the hinterland of the Qilian Mountains. It has abundant water and grass and flat land. It was once a farming and pastoral settlement area for the Qiang and Di people. Later, it gradually With the Han people, they mix and live together. Yang A'ruo is deeply supported by some Qiang and Di tribes. If he escapes here, he can indeed use the mixed situation of Qiang and Han to cover his whereabouts.
Zhu Gongdao had nothing to say, so the two walked side by side for a few steps until they passed a fork in the road and walked onto the main road, and then they slowly saw the crowds of people. There was a pavilion outside Dichi City, close to the foot of the mountain and by the river. He was a tall, middle-aged man. He was constantly welcoming travelers, and he looked more like a shop owner than a grassroots official responsible for security arrests. Han Long seemed to be very familiar with this, and he yawned greatly while riding on the horse. , then he slipped off the horse without any instruction and ran all the way into the pavilion. He said in an old-fashioned way: "Warm a pot of wine and grill a plate of mutton!"
"Where did you get the money?" Zhu Gongdao subconsciously touched his waist and found that the money bag was still there. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. His experience abroad in the past few years made Zhu Gongdao deeply understand the difference between a hero and a ranger. Traveling with a sword, he also encountered times when he was short of money along the way. Fortunately, he could still rely on friends to help him. Now that he was far away in Xiliang, his familiar friends were no longer there, and there were more mouths around him. No matter how much money he had, he could not help but Save some money. Even so, Zhu Gongdao still didn't let the pavilion chief to remove the food and wine. Instead, he asked the pavilion chief to add another plate of roasted meat, and glared at Han Long: "If you can't pay the bill later, just find a Qiang." They sold you."
"It will have to be more expensive, at least a hundred Tongbao!" Han Long chuckled. He had already chosen the best location. While chatting with Zhu Gongdao, he wiped the old wooden table with his sleeves and looked attentively. He looked at Yan Qian, the hint in his eyes was self-evident.
"This guy touched the money on my saddle." Yan Gan couldn't help but sit down with a smile, put his sword by his legs, poured a glass of wine for himself and Zhu Gongdao, and then poured a glass of hot water for Han Long. He washed Zhu Gongdao raised his glass and drank together, then refilled it: "Are you going west next?"
"At least take a look at Yumen Pass." Zhu Gongdao held the second glass of wine in his hand and sipped it lightly on his lips. Han Long was drinking hot water with his eyes fixed on the meat roasting on the fire in the distance, which seemed to be interested in him. Meat is more attractive than wine. Zhu Gongdao slowly withdrew his gaze, his tone was calm and quiet, and his words seemed to have been carefully considered: "If you still have enough money, buy an old horse and go to the Western Regions to see. Listen to Cong There is Yuezhi beyond the ridge, An'an, and what is beyond An'an? If I have the chance, I really want to see it with my own eyes."
"You haven't even been able to finish this journey, and yet you even dreamed of the land beyond the mountains." Yan Qian actually yearned for it in his heart. There were so many things in this vast and boundless world that he couldn't forget to leave, but not everyone was like that.
Zhu Gongdao is so free to come and go. The reason why Zhu Gongdao can abandon his family is because he still has a relative, Zhu Ao, who is taking the responsibility for the rise and fall of the family for him, but Yan Gan is not good enough. He has too much in his heart and cannot be so carefree.
comfortable.
"It's better to leave earlier. You see, it's just a step too late that you caught up with me." Zhu Gongdao meant something, he put down his cup and said softly.
Yan Qian knew that he still didn't want to get involved in the current situation, but he just happened to meet him, so he helped him out of friendship. So he asked openly: "Is Yang Aruo really here?"
"He changed his name after he came to Zhangye. Now he should be called Yang Feng, Yang Boyang." Zhu Gongdao corrected: "It is remote in the mountains. He has to come here every few days to inquire about news about Liangzhou. I will wait with you today. If
Didn't I meet you? After I leave tomorrow, you can continue to be kind to him. This person has a handsome appearance, far from ordinary. You can recognize it at a glance... By the way." He paused: "He is most taboo about this, so don't worry about it.
To see him."
Yan Qian vaguely remembered some rumors about this person, and seemed to understand something.
As a gust of cold wind blew by, accompanied by a strong aroma of mutton, the taciturn chief of the pavilion brought two pottery plates and placed them on the table. Han Long reached out to grab them without hesitation, and blew air on his hands while they were hot.
He opened his mouth to bite it, and started to eat it.
"I made you laugh." Zhu Gongdao said helplessly and picked up the chopsticks to start eating.
Yan Qian smiled nonchalantly and was about to say something when he suddenly heard the sound of horses coming from outside the pavilion. The director of the pavilion, who was picking up a knife and preparing to chop firewood, immediately stood up and greeted him. Not long after, the sound of cheerful men came from outside.
The laughter, mixed with a deep laughter, is particularly noticeable.
"Listen to this voice, it's Yang Aruo here." Zhu Gongdao couldn't change his name and called him Yang Feng. He stretched out his chopsticks and pointed to the door: "The director of the pavilion here is an old friend."
"What? Yang Aruo is here?" Han Long dropped a piece of uneaten mutton and licked his greasy fingers as he tried to hide out: "I'll hide first."
Yan Gan asked curiously: "What are you hiding when he comes?" He glanced at Zhu Gongdao, who was already used to it, and understood that there was obviously a story in it.
"Yang Aruo is a famous ranger in Liangzhou!" Han Long looked at Yan Qian in disbelief and spoke seriously.
"So what?" Yan Qianxin, have you, a six or seven-year-old child, ever offended him?
"I will also become a more powerful knight than him in the future!" Han Long expressed his ambition again. He looked at Yan Qian's still confused expression and added seriously: "So I can't see him now,
As soon as I see him, I will fight with him. Only one of us can win. Have you ever seen two tigers meeting each other in the forest? That's the truth."
"Then he is also a famous swordsman in Hedong. Why don't you avoid him?" Zhu Gongdao smiled helplessly at Yan Qian and asked jokingly.
"No." Yan Qian immediately raised his hand and said loudly, "I'm just a scholar."
Zhu Gongdao laughed a few times and said nothing. He only stretched out his hand to catch Han Long who was about to escape, pressed him down on the seat, and teased: "Why, you don't want to eat the meat you are afraid of?"
"No way." Han Long couldn't resist the temptation of roasting meat, so he reluctantly sat down and picked up the half piece of mutton left behind and continued to chew it.
This is when Yang Arruo has also walked in. A pair of phoenix eyes glanced at the post pavilion, and his eyes immediately focused on Zhu Gongdao and the others. He walked over with long strides and whispered: "Isn't Gongdao going to Yumen Pass? How about it?
Go and come back again?"
"I met an old friend who happened to be the one you both wanted to meet, so we brought him over." Zhu Gongdao put down his chopsticks and said to Yan Qian behind him.
Yan Gan turned around when he heard the words, and saw that Yang Aruo was actually a thin figure that was rare among the rough Liangzhou people. He had a beautiful appearance, a boy's and a girl's appearance, and a graceful walk. When he saw her suddenly, it was easy to mistake him for a woman.
. Yan Qian had never seen such a "handsome" and "feminine" man. He looked at him for a long time, and finally came back to his senses when Zhu Gongdao coughed. He temporarily remembered Zhu Gongdao's reminder and stopped.
Show a surprised look and try to keep a calm tone when introducing your life to the other person.
"Come from Guanzhong?" Yang Aruo frowned and relaxed, seeming to be thinking about something.
Yan Qian nodded and then said: "Exactly, I'm..."
"Did Mr. Jia have anything to say to you?" Yang Aruo said suddenly, catching Yan Qian off guard and looking surprised.
"Dare I ask...who is Mr. Jia?" Yan Qian's heart beat fiercely. The other party's response was not what he expected. He, Zhang Ren and others thought that Yang A'ruo was just a target to be won over, but they did not expect that the other party would just say a word.
It was exposed that he was already involved in the disease and was waiting to be contacted!
"How many Jia Gongs can there be down there?" Yang Aruo said matter-of-factly. He looked at Yan Qian and then at Han Long, who was eating haphazardly on the side. He suddenly greeted the chief of the pavilion not far away: "Take it again.
Here are two plates of roasted meat, one for this brother and one for the back."
Then he asked the pavilion chief to take care of Han Long, while he stood up and planned to take Zhu Gongdao, and Yan Qian and the two moved to the quiet room. Zhu Gongdao ordered some meat on the table and quickly stopped and said: "This kid can't finish all that, I
Stay with him."
Zhu Gongdao's intention not to be overly involved in this matter was already obvious, and Yan Qian did not embarrass him. He only patted him on the shoulder, picked up his sword and left with Yang Aruo.
Yang A'ruo led Yan Qian to a quiet place in a light manner. After the pavilion chief personally brought a plate of roasted meat and warm wine, the two began to formally negotiate. Yang A'ruo spoke in a low voice and explained the reasons first:
"I remember that one or two years ago, Duke Jia returned to Wuwei after a funeral. At that time, the powerful men in the four counties of Hexi sent people to pay their respects. I was avenging someone that year, and I was chasing a Qiang man. When I passed by Wuwei, I stopped in Guzang
I met Mr. Jia outside the city. He has been waiting for me for a long time. Meeting me once is enough to defeat the powerful men in other counties."
Yan Qian was not familiar with Jia Xu, the current messenger of embroidered clothes, and he only knew about his deeds indirectly through Bao Chu, Li Yi and others. He only knew that Jia Xu was good at calculations and had insight into people's hearts.
Wu Daoying personally created the Pingzhun Prisons that are now everywhere and the Embroidered Clothes Envoys that have attracted countless knight-errant swordsmen. He connected the image of Jia Xu in his heart with Yang Aruo's words. Not only did he not feel inappropriate, but he also felt that Jia Xu was
Xu's image becomes more and more fleshed out.
Yang Aruo continued: "For the next few days, Jia Gong kept waiting for me at the same place until I finally killed the Qiang man I wanted to kill and avenged him. When I was about to return to Jiuquan, Jia Gong suddenly stopped me.
I, Han Sui, General Anji and others are going to join forces to conquer Song Jian, and I came to Wuwei to mourn. Although I have guards around me, I am still worried about Qiang plunder. So I hope that in my humble name in Liangzhou,
Give him a ride."
This is the story of Yang Aruo's acquaintance with Jia Xu. The content is very boring. Yan Gan can't figure out why the other party wants to talk to him about this. But seeing Yang Aruo's great interest, he couldn't help but interrupt, so he had to hold back.
Be patient and listen to him continue.
"Jia Gong did not go directly to Hanyang, but asked me to take him to Longxi. Li Shen, the prefect of Longxi, had rebelled for many years, but was surrendered by Jia Gong with a few words." Yang Aruo seemed to be looking back on the past, and the food and wine in front of him was actually
He never moved: "Before leaving, Jia Gong once told me, 'Han Sui will definitely rebel. The powerful people in Hexi have been domineering for a long time, and they may not be willing to submit to the king. There may be chaos in the future.' So I asked him to pay attention. Unexpectedly...
Mr. Xu Mansion was always controlled by the local wealthy families and wanted to build up the prestige of the government. As a result, he offended the Huang family in Jiuquan. Now the situation is going exactly as Mr. Jia expected. He also asked me to concentrate on making friends with the nearby Qiang people in order to wait for someone to come from Guanzhong.
Recover together."
"Did Mr. Jia really expect everything?" Yan Qian didn't believe there was such a person in the world.
Yang Aruo was extremely convinced: "Jia Gong is a rare and extremely resourceful person in Liangzhou. Although he does not predict everything, he is not far from it. I have had many contacts with Jia Gong in the past few years, and there are many things happening in the four counties of Hexi.
It's all handled by me..." He looked at Yan Qian's questioning eyes and replied softly: "Yes, it's not that Mr. Jia didn't do anything."
After drinking for three rounds, Yan Qian admired the unmasked embroidered messenger even more. He predicted Han Sui's rebellion. This was not difficult, but it was difficult to use and adjust what he predicted to become his next prediction.
According to Jia Xu’s advance plan, Yang Aruo, who was well-known among the people, organized troops, and the official government had Wuwei County Prime Minister Guanqiu Xing, who was not afraid of difficulties, to call for an uprising. Although it would not defeat the powerful counties, it would be enough to defeat the enemy.
Wuwei disrupted Han Sui's rear.
"The Prime Minister of Wuwei County is good at military affairs. After the defeat of Guzang City, he still led a group of officials and people to defend Xuanwei, Wuwei and other places north." Yang Aruo thought of the rebellion. The governors of the four counties either died or surrendered, and the people around him
Most of the officials and county magistrates came from local powerful families and were well aware of current affairs. How could they be as stubborn as Guanqiu Xing? He sighed with emotion and said: "Jia Gong once, after seeing you and others, can
Let’s start organizing troops to start an uprising.”
"The order we have received is to contact the loyal people of the four counties to make repeated plans." Yan Qiandao: "We, Zhang Jun, the leader of this trip, are now planning in Wuwei. Combining various clans and the troops under the command of the Prime Minister of Guanqiu County, we can
There are two to three thousand people. But I don’t know how many people can be gathered here in Boyang?"
"There are more than a thousand Qiang Di people here who are willing to join me in starting a rebellion." Yang A'ruo said with a smile. He has been preparing for this for too long in the past few years: "Pang Jun, who came with me from Jiuquan, is also interested in this, including me.
After many years of friendship, there may be four thousand people at his disposal."
"Good!" Yan Qian said excitedly. The vague doubts about the mission content along the way were finally solved after meeting Yang Aruo. He suddenly understood, as if he understood Jia Xu's overall plan. As long as these seven or eight thousand people are organized,
With Guan Qiu Xing, Yang Aruo, and Zhang Ren leading the army, and himself and Pang Xuan as counselors, why can't they plow the court and clear out the holes, just like when the court tried to seize the enemy and finally put down the Hedong Rebellion with thunderous means, completely defeating the powerful rebels who caused the rebellion?
?
"Not this winter. I remember what Jia Gong said. He gathered his troops first and waited for the spring to see the situation." Yang Aruo remembered Jia Xu's instructions and broke Yan Qian's plan that he thought he had insight into: "And after the spring, although it will be
We need to regain Wuwei first, but we don’t want to go all the way west, but we have to go to Yuzhong to school.”
"Yuzhong?" It's enough for these thousands of people to fight against the mighty tribe. If they want to go south to harass Han Sui... I'm afraid it's a bit of an egg against a stone, right?
Yan Qian didn't say anything, but looked at Yang Aruo with searching eyes.
This time Yang Aruo did not give Yan Qian an answer, but shook his head and said: "Jia Gong is waiting for the time to come. Although I don't know what he means, I still have to listen to him."