Tongguan is known as the first pass in the world and has a history of five to six hundred years. The most famous one is the battle between Cao Cao and Ma Chao at Tongguan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After many years of evolution, Tongguan still stands on the ground, hindering any army that wants to attack Guanzhong from Guandong. Of course, this obstacle is only for those armies. For ordinary people, Tongguan and all the other countries in the world are different. The various levels are no different, they are just a scenery along the way.
On the narrow official road, a team of about a hundred people is slowly moving towards Tongguan. As soon as it passes Tongguan, it will reach the border of Yongzhou. On the surface, this is just a very ordinary caravan. , there are escorts, carriages full of goods, and handymen, just such an ordinary caravan, mixed among the people who are also preparing to pass through Tongguan, but it is still early in the morning, and the checkpoint ahead The sergeant on board has not yet opened the door, so both the caravan and the people can only wait outside the checkpoint.
In the middle of the caravan was an extremely luxuriously decorated carriage. The driver was of medium build, with a lazy look on his face, and a stick of dogtail in his mouth. The carriage behind him was covered with thick brocade. The cloth blocked the scene inside the carriage, but the gold thread embroidered on the brocade cloth showed how wealthy the owner of the carriage was.
"Du Er," perhaps because the caravan had been waiting there for too long, a voice came from inside the carriage, but it was a somewhat hoarse male voice. Listening to this voice, the person who spoke was at least four or five years old. He looked like he was ten years old, and he heard the voice say slowly: "Aren't the previous levels cleared yet?"
The Du Er in that voice obviously refers to the coachman. Hearing this voice, Du Er immediately changed his laziness on his face, turned around, saluted the thick brocade cloth, and said, "Yes, sir." , it seems that the soldiers managing the checkpoint have not come out yet, so we are still waiting here,"
"Tsk," after getting the answer, there was a sound in the brocade cloth, which seemed very impatient. Then, he said again: "Go to the sir to think of a solution. It's not a problem to just wait here." , see if you can open the door,"
"Yes," the voice behind the brocade cloth seemed to have magic power. No matter how unreasonable the request was, Du Er still agreed without hesitation. Then, Du Er immediately jumped out of the carriage. , walked forward quickly, and not long after, he reached the carriage at the front of the caravan. Although this carriage was not as luxurious as the carriage driven by Du Er, it was still very luxurious. The driver was a tall man. , a middle-aged man with a sinister face, Du Er walked to the carriage, nodded to the middle-aged man, and then said: "Brother, the master asked me to send a message and ask if there is any way to open the door. "
The middle-aged man also frowned after hearing this, and turned around to ask the car behind him, but before he could speak, a middle-aged man's voice came from the car: "I heard it, um , this matter is not impossible. Boss Shi, you can take a few people to call the door before closing, send some money, and see if you can open the door first. Although the Tang army is very strict in military management, it is only half of the morning. Opening and closing the door for more than an hour is not a big deal, it should be fine,"
"Yes." The middle-aged coachman, who was called Boss Shi, also saluted the carriage, jumped off the carriage, and said to Du Er: "You stay here to protect Mr., I will come when I go."
After giving orders to Du Er, Mr. Shi directly picked up a heavy package from the carriage and walked forward. There were quite a few people in front of the caravan, but the tall Mr. Shi just pushed them away. , just pushed those people away. The people who were pushed away were still cursing at first, but when they saw Boss Shi's tall body and the fierce look on his face, they immediately shut up consciously.
Soon, Boss Shi came to the closed door. He looked up and saw that the wall was dozens of feet high. He could only vaguely see the military flag of Li Tang erected behind the door. Boss Shi frowned, but it was He shouted loudly upward: "Hey, Master, Master, it's convenient for you."
"Shout whatever you want, shout whatever you want, didn't you say that when the time is up, the door will be opened naturally?" There was a loud curse immediately after closing the door. It was obvious that the garrison soldiers who had closed the door were annoyed by the noise, and then , I saw a head sticking out from above, shouting and cursing at the bottom: "Stop making any more noise, you will piss off the military master, or you will lose your life."
After shouting these words, there was a whooshing sound, and an arrow flew directly down from the door, and shot straight towards Mr. Shi. He saw that the arrow was about to hit Mr. Shi. The common people behind Mr. Shi all turned pale with fright, but Mr. Shi did not react at all. He stood there motionless, letting the arrow fall, but it grazed the tip of his nose and hit him in the middle. There was no harm to Boss Shi at all between his feet.
Facing this arrow, Boss Shi's eyes flashed with cold light, but no one saw it. Immediately afterwards, Boss Shi seemed to have recovered again. He raised his head and shouted at the door: "Master Jun, Master Jun." Don't be surprised, listen to what I said, I have a good gift for you." After saying that, Boss Shi took out a piece of silver ingot from the heavy package and weighed it in his hand. Boss Shi swung it hard and threw the silver ingot directly towards the door.
When I heard that Boss Shi was still making noise there, the soldiers who were guarding the gate were furious and were about to shoot another arrow to teach this unruly man a lesson, but suddenly his eyes blurred and a shiny thing flew from below. He came up, crossed the female wall, and landed on the gate. The soldiers looked down and saw a silver ingot. Everyone immediately exclaimed, and those who reacted quickly pounced on the silver ingot. He grabbed it and inspected it carefully, even took a bite with his teeth to confirm the authenticity, and exclaimed: "It's real, it's real, it's really silver."
"Ah," the dozen or so soldiers who were left guarding the pass were all in an uproar, and they immediately gathered around. Everyone wanted to grab the silver ingot, and how could the soldier who grabbed the silver ingot first let go? , holding the silver ingot tightly to his chest with both hands, rolling his eyes, and shouting: "The guy outside the customs threw up the silver ingot, doesn't that mean he has more, you just grab this piece from me what,"
After being reminded by the soldier, the others reacted and immediately rushed to the female wall in a swarm. From the perspective of Boss Shi outside the gate, it was as if there were more than ten heads suddenly appearing in the gate, and Boss Shi immediately defecated. With a curl of his lips, he shouted to the soldiers: "Senior military lords, there are a lot of silver villains here. It's just that my boss is in a hurry and wants to enter the customs in advance. I would like to ask these military lords to be accommodating." As he said that, Boss Shi untied the package, and there was a crunching sound, and twenty or thirty pieces of silver ingots fell to the ground and scattered all over the ground.
"Ah,,," not only the soldiers who closed the door exclaimed, but the common people behind Mr. Shi also exclaimed one by one. They were afraid that they had never seen so much silver in their lives. The white silver was simply too much. It blinded their eyes. Faced with so much money, many of these people became greedy. Looking at the figure of Boss Shi, some people were already ready to make a move.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way," at this moment, another shout came from behind, and more than a dozen strong men suddenly rushed out from behind, directly pushing the common people away. Before the common people could complain, they saw these strong men flashing the swords on their waists one by one, which immediately frightened them so much that no one dared to say another word, and the caravan behind them He also drove in slowly and came behind Boss Shi. Boss Shi glanced behind him and continued to shout to Guan Guan: "Several military masters, as long as the villain boss can pass the checkpoint as soon as possible, all the money will be returned to him." The military master has it all,"
"This..." The dozen or so soldiers all hesitated. They were all regular soldiers of the Tang Army who had undergone strict training. Naturally, they knew the importance of military discipline. The person guarding Tongguan now is Qu Tutong, the general of the Tang Army. If someone who violated military discipline really fell into his hands, then even if they had a big head, they wouldn't be enough for Qu Tutong to chop them off. The white money would be dazzling to look at, but it would be hard to handle.
"What's going on? What are you doing again?" At this moment, a shout came from behind, but it startled the dozen or so soldiers with ulterior motives. When they looked back, they saw another shout. They all breathed a sigh of relief, and it turned out that it was the captain of their team who came up.
When the dozen or so soldiers saw their immediate superiors, they all suddenly thought about it. They heard that their corps commander had some connections behind his back, and with him blocking their heads, they might be able to get through this. Immediately, these soldiers ran to the team leader and told me what had happened. Finally, they took the silver ingot from the hands of the soldier who had first snatched it and presented it to him. When he came in front of the captain, one of them smiled charmingly and said: "Commander Chai, look, this is real silver. This piece is worth at least five taels, and the one below is more than thirty pieces. If If we can win this sum, each of our brothers will get two yuan, and the rest will all belong to you, Commander, what do you think, Commander?"