After walking south for two days from the ghost town, Zhang Xiaowu arrived at Lianglang Pass, but was exploited by the wolf guards at the gate. The wolf guards did not allow Zhang Xiaowu and the coffin to enter the pass on the pretext of preventing the plague from entering the Central Plains, but they saw Zhang Xiaowu with murderous eyes.
After, gatekeeper wolf
Wei was also a little worried. What if this guy was a horse bandit from Saibei, and what if he attacked them in the future? So they proposed a compromise plan, handing over all the money they had and entering the customs with a coffin, but after entering the customs
No one is allowed to stay in the city.
"You'd better go through Two Wolf City immediately and find a family in the deserted village south of the city that will allow you to stay," Wolf Guard said.
Zhang Xiaowu handed over all the belongings he carried to them, and drove the old horse to pull the sledge and carry the coffin into the city.
There is a straight avenue from the North Pass to the South Pass of Lianglang Pass, which is called Jixiang Avenue. The most prosperous buildings in Lianglang City are built on both sides of Jixiang Avenue. A man pulling a coffin strangely shuttles through the most prosperous avenue.
On the street, shops on both sides suddenly attracted attention.
The people here paid attention. Judging from his clothes, this man came from Saibei, and pulling the coffin from Saibei to the Central Plains cannot be said to be unprecedented, but it is also unprecedented. As a result, the people talked a lot, and some even said that the coffin was
What was inside was not a corpse, but gold and silver treasures.
Suddenly, in front of Jixiang Avenue, a group of people rode horses and ran wildly through the city. They must have been young men from some families in the city riding horses for fun in the winter.
Since ancient times, there has been a bad habit of the second generation of rich people running wildly on the street. The son of Li Gang in later generations is not an exception. Passers-by around him have to give way to avoid being hit by others and being exploited by the government.
When Zhang Xiaowu saw this, he also gave way to the roadside. He didn't have the energy to cause trouble and fight against injustice. To these young men of 18 or 19, they were really like firecrackers that exploded as soon as they were set off. He took care of it when he was in Longdu.
Many arrogant young masters, like Long Aotian, think that they can be arrogant in one-third of an acre of land and the whole world must give way to them, but sooner or later they will suffer big losses.
Zhang Xiaowu didn't want to cause trouble, but that didn't mean trouble wouldn't come to him. When the young masters saw Zhang Xiaowu pulling a coffin, they actually reined in their horses. They all looked at this man and the coffin with great interest, and even made a bet.
Talking and laughing, he said: "I bet there is a man in the coffin. I bet one hundred taels of silver."
"Since Mr. Long is betting a hundred taels, I will also bet a hundred taels, but I bet there is a woman inside."
"Add a hundred taels, he is a man."
"Add a hundred taels, it's a woman."
Zhang Xiaowu was furious, with murderous intent in his eyes. He raised his head sharply. Several young men were startled by the fierce eyes, and even their mounts were frightened and took several steps back. Then Zhang Xiaowu pulled out an iron mace,
work hard
Throwing it hard, there was a "crack" sound, and the iron mace was directly inserted three inches into the ground. The young master didn't think it was anything powerful, but the bodyguards around them were all frightened, and they hurriedly stopped in front of the young master, and slowly
Retreat.
A bodyguard hurriedly said: "This man is very skilled in martial arts, don't mess with him."
Young Master said: "Isn't it just throwing the weapon on the ground? What's so powerful about it?"
The bodyguard said with a grimace: "He can cut us off like tofu by piercing his weapon on the extremely hard ground. Master, there are some people you cannot provoke. After all, he is a desperado. Our family has a big business, so we provoke these horses."
Bandits and bandits, they burned down our house in the evening, where can we go to avenge them? The government can't do anything about the bandits and bandits, how can our family be more powerful than the government and the army?"
Zhang Xiaowu walked straight over and slowly pulled out the mace from the ground. The mace made a crunching sound when it rubbed against the ground.
The bodyguards whispered to persuade: "The look in this man's eyes shows that he has killed people, more than one person." There was no need for the thugs to pull the horses, because their horses involuntarily backed up and prepared to escape regardless of the owner's orders.
"Who's fighting, who's fighting?" Several Zaoyi ran out. These people were watching the excitement in the street shop. But when they saw the young masters being humiliated, they suddenly felt that the opportunity to flatter them had come, so they
He ran over. Zhang Xiaowu put the mace back on his back, walked back to the carriage, pulled the sledge and continued moving forward.
The Zaoyi people felt that they had lost face, so they stepped forward to stop him and said sternly: "Hey! This man, can't you hear the officer's lecture?"
Zhang Xiaowu glared at him, and the soapmen took a few steps back unconsciously. Just as they were about to speak, a man in a mink coat rode his horse forward and shouted: "Stop, this is an honored guest in Murong's house. How dare you do this?"
rude."
Zaoyi looked at this man and hurriedly stepped aside. Zhang Xiaowu did not recognize this man, but after dismounting, the man walked straight up to Zhang Xiaowu and said naively: "Master Zhang, I have long admired your name. My master asked me to pick you up. Please ask Zhang Daxia."
Come with me, knight."
Zhang Xiaowu did not refuse, and followed this person with doubts. Everyone else looked puzzled, and Zhang Xiaowu was also full of doubts. When he came to the door of the house, he looked up and saw the words "Murong Mansion", and he began to guess,
But for now, he still went straight in.
The man also asked other servants to help take care of the horses and coffins, and then smiled and guided Zhang Xiaowu into the mansion. Zhang Xiaowu asked: "But is it in the mansion of Marquis Yingchuan?"
The man said: "Well, my master has long admired Marquis Yingchuan for his loyalty to the country, but my master is really not a relative of Marquis Yingchuan. My master and the Marquis Yingchuan's family just have the same surname. Maybe our ancestors are from the same family."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded and asked, "How do you know me?"
The man smiled and said: "I didn't recognize Zhang Daxia, but a few days ago I heard from the head of the family that Zhang Daxia will return to the Central Plains today to bury his wife."
Zhang Xiaowu was suddenly shocked. How did this news come out and how did Mr. Murong know about it? He thought of Lang Er. After all, Ma Han and others from the Dynasty were Lang Er's subordinates. Could it be that Murong Mansion was Lang Er's property?
As he walked into the main hall, a stout, fat man with a square face looked at him with a smile, his expression was excited and there were tears in his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "Long time no see, Colonel."
Zhang Xiaowu squinted his eyes to identify carefully, and said: "Zhao Suo? You are fat again!"
The fat man nodded: "Yes, sir, you are finally back, finally you are back."
Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "I'm back."
Zhao Suo stepped forward and protected Zhang Xiaowu, but because he was too fat and could not hug him, he had to swallow even more and could not speak. Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly retreated, and he was even more confused. Zhang Xiaowu also patted him.
Looking at Zhao Suo's back, he smiled and said: "I have really gained a lot of weight, he must weigh three hundred kilograms." No wonder he didn't recognize Zhao Suo at the first time. This guy only weighed one hundred and fifty kilograms when he was a soldier.
Now he is so fat and his face is round.
After a long time, Zhao Suo calmed down his excitement and led Zhang Xiaowu to the back hall. The temperature in the room was very high, and there was a brazier in the middle. There was a sheep hanging above the brazier. Next to the brazier were two jars of spirits and two bottles of liquor.
Open a small table. Judging from the size, the roasted whole lamb is not big. It should be a tender lamb that is only about two years old. It is almost cooked. You can smell the roasted lamb spreading even from a long distance.
The fragrance.
"The craftsmanship is really good." Zhang Xiaowu suddenly felt appetized and sat aside.
Zhao Suo also smiled and sat on the other side, poured wine for him, handed him the dagger and fork for shaving meat, and put the dipping sauce for roast mutton in the copper bowl, and then said: "Your Majesty, you
It must have been very cold along the way. Drink some wine to warm yourself up. This lamb is very tender and will be roasted at the right time."
"You know how to enjoy life, no wonder you are so fat." Zhang Xiaowu was not polite, eating meat and drinking wine. The two of them didn't talk. It wasn't that they ate and slept in silence, but Zhao Suo was speechless for a while.
He didn't know where to start, and Zhang Xiaowu had been hungry all day, so he ate first as a sign of respect. After he was almost full, he said, "Zhao Suo, where did you learn that I was back?"
Zhao Suo cut off a piece of meat with a knife and ate it in one bite. He said with a smile: "I dare not hide it from you, Your Majesty. Don't blame us when you say it. At first, Your Majesty asked me to contact Lang Er to inquire about information. Later, you became the central commander."
After that, Lang Er stopped cooperating with us, but we still kept in touch with each other privately and had news about the business. Two months ago, the prince came to Liang Lang Pass and then to Saibei. Lang Er came to Youzhou in person and met with me privately, telling me
Tell me about the appearance of your lord."
Zhang Xiaowu did not blame Lang Er, but just nodded. He ate and thought carefully before saying, "Do you know the purpose of my trip to Saibei?"
"I know something." Zhao Suo said excitedly, "My lord, you want to regain the five cities in the north of Saibei!"
Zhang Xiaowu said seriously: "Although the five cities in Saibei were not lost in my hands, they could not be recovered within a few years of my tenure. This is my heartache. Now that the country is in peace, I came to Saibei to try to recover it. I
We plan to spend several years visiting the five cities to see how these five cities are doing and whether they can be recovered."
Zhao Suo immediately said: "If the prince makes any move, I can provide 800,000 taels of grain, grass, gold and silver, and 3,000 soldiers." He chuckled and said: "For so many years, I have only focused on making money, saving up this business to leave a legacy.
What's the use? Now that the prince has a grand plan, how can I keep it private and be willing to give it to him with all my money?"
Zhang Xiaowu laughed: "Okay, that's very good."
Zhao Suo added: "Lang Er has recently transferred his subordinates to support a thousand men, and the Beggar Clan can also support three thousand men. In addition, if the prince writes to General Xia, General Xia can support thirty thousand sergeants."
Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said: "That's not necessary. I still plan to visit the five cities in Saibei first. I don't want to mobilize domestic forces on a large scale, especially I don't want to make Prime Minister Gu and the young emperor nervous. I won't use my Hejian King's weapon
Show your identity so as not to disturb the world."
"I understand," Zhao Suo said with a smile. It was so powerful that he had naturally figured it out a long time ago.
Zhang Xiaowu suddenly asked: "Since the Beggar Gang was mentioned, do you know about the Beggar Gang selling people?"
Zhao Suo immediately said: "My subordinate knows something."
Zhang Xiaowu asked again: "Does Wang Xiaojian know about it?"
Zhao Suo did not hesitate and said directly: "He also knows about it."
"Haha." Zhang Xiaowu sneered.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Suo knew that Zhang Xiaowu was angry. He would sneer like this when he was angry. Instead of shouting or making an expression, he showed a faint sneer and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, let me explain this matter in detail. Beggar
This act of help is not only a fault, but also a contribution to the Central Plains." This chapter has been completed!