Chapter five hundred and fiftieth: Set up a card in Weicheng
After passing Tongguan, seeing no sign of human habitation in front, back, left or right, the caravan immediately rang out a shout, but in the middle of the team, a tall man suddenly jumped up and hit his head with a big blow. The felt hat was taken off, and a big black face with a beard was immediately revealed, and the guy was heard shouting: "Damn, I almost choked grandpa to death,"
Du Er walked up to the big black face with a smile and said to the big black face: "Mr. Cheng, it's no one else's fault. Who made you look so special? The master specifically explained that along the way, You have to wear this felt hat, you can’t take it off,”
Hearing Du Er's words, the black-faced Master Cheng immediately slapped his face, and his fist landed directly on Du Er's head with a crisp thud, and at the same time he cursed: "You bastard, why are you talking to me? Well, you really treat me as your buddy. Believe it or not, I will take care of you now."
After receiving the hammer from Master Cheng, Du Er repeatedly cried out in pain, jumped back a few steps, covered his head, and shouted to Master Cheng with an aggrieved face: "Master Cheng, it's not my fault, this is Master Mr. He means that even if you are angry, you can't take it out on us. That's too unfair. If you have any grievances, just go to the master."
Hearing Du Er still shouting, Mr. Cheng's eyes immediately widened, his fists as big as casseroles were lifted high, and he groaned: "You bastard, you have learned how to use me and my husband to hold me down, look. I will beat you to death if I don’t today." After saying that, Mr. Cheng chased after him with his fists in hand. When Du Er saw Mr. Cheng rushing over, he was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. The people around him also laughed loudly. Laughed.
"Okay, okay," at this time, a voice came from the carriage that Mr. Shi was driving, but it was the middle-aged scholar who got out of the carriage and said to the two of them: "You guys should stop fussing. Don't disturb the master's rest. Boss Shi, how far are we from Weicheng now?"
"Report sir," Mr. Shi made an estimate, and then said: "After we pass Tongguan, we have entered the boundary of Yongzhou. It is only one day's journey from Weicheng at most. We can rest for a night in Weicheng and then go to Chang'an. It’s a lot, and we should be able to reach Chang’an within three days,”
"Well," after receiving Boss Shi's answer, the middle-aged scholar nodded and said, "This is similar to my previous estimate. Okay, let's continue on our way and try to reach Weicheng before dark. Right Okay, who is the guard of Weicheng?"
Boss Shi had obviously made enough preparations, so when the middle-aged scholar asked, Boss Shi immediately replied: "The Weicheng defender heard that he is the Tang Army general Yin Kaishan."
"Yin Kaishan," after hearing the name, a light flashed in the middle-aged scholar's eyes immediately. Then, the middle-aged scholar nodded slightly again, then retracted his body into the carriage, and then , Boss Shi also gave an order, and the entire caravan set off to the west again. Even Mr. Cheng put on his felt hat and walked honestly beside the carriage, really like a buddy.
Boss Shi's judgment was not wrong. Before dark, the caravan had already arrived outside Weicheng. If we look at the size of the city alone, Weicheng is indeed just a small city, but in terms of importance, Weicheng is no less important than Weicheng. Tongguan, because Weicheng is the first city entering Yongzhou, can also be regarded as one of Chang'an's barriers. It is precisely because of its importance that Li Yuan sent a general like Yin Kaishan to garrison this city.
When the caravan arrived outside the city of Weicheng, they looked at the city in front of them from a distance. There were many soldiers and armors, and there were no less than three thousand soldiers and horses on the city. When they saw the densely packed defenders on the city, whether it was Boss Shi , Mr. Cheng and Du Er were behind, and they couldn't help but hold their breath, and their faces became serious. Immediately, Boss Shi took a deep breath, then waved his hand and directed the caravan to move forward. Soon We arrived at the gate of Weicheng.
"Stop," at the gate of the city, several soldiers guarding the city stepped forward and blocked the gate directly. One of them stretched out his hand to block the gate and shouted loudly: "Stop whoever is coming, identify yourself."
"Stop..." Boss Shi immediately waved his hand and stopped the entire caravan. Then he shouted to the soldier blocking the door: "Master, we all came from Jianghuai." Merchant, my boss is going to Chang'an to do business in silk and porcelain. He also asked the military master to make it convenient for us to rest in the city for one night and leave tomorrow."
"There is so much nonsense," the soldier snorted impatiently: "In this special political period, General Yin has an order that anyone who enters or exits the city gate must be carefully searched, and no one is exempt. Each of you should line up for me and wait for inspection,"
Boss Shi didn't expect that he would have to conduct an inspection even when entering Weicheng. He couldn't help being stunned, and then he immediately shouted to the soldiers: "Master, when we passed Tongguan in the morning, we already inspected it once. There is nothing." That’s the problem. There’s no need to bother you military masters anymore.”
"Bastard, you also ate today. Is it possible that you won't need to eat again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" The soldier was obviously getting more and more irritated. He waved his hand and shouted to the soldier behind him: "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and check. If there is resistance, shoot without mercy."
As the soldier finished speaking, more than a dozen soldiers rushed up and immediately surrounded the caravan. Boss Shi did not expect that the other party would be so tough. His face changed and he immediately turned around. He whispered a few words to the carriage behind him, obviously asking for the opinion of the middle-aged scholar in the carriage. But then, the middle-aged scholar came out directly, glanced at everyone, and then said with a smile: "Since how many people are there? If a military commander wants to search, it’s because of the military order. Naturally, we can’t hinder the military commander. If someone comes, get out of the way and let the military commanders search clearly."
With the words of the middle-aged scholar, the bodyguards and guards who were still resisting raised their hands and stopped resisting. The face of the soldier who gave the order also improved a lot, and he just touched the hilt of the knife at his waist. He also quietly let go of his hand and snorted coldly: "Finally, you guys have figured it out. Search for me and don't let anything go." After saying that, the soldiers immediately rushed to the convoy and began to inspect it carefully.
After seeing these soldiers searching the convoy, the middle-aged scholar did not mean to stop him. Instead, he looked at the soldiers with a smile, then nodded and said: "Sir, I mean, these cars are all transported thousands of miles from the Jianghuai River. Many of the goods that arrived were valuable silk and porcelain, so I would like to advise the military master that it is best to let several military masters be careful. If a few are damaged, then the matter, hehe, but It’s not that easy to end,”
Hearing the middle-aged scholar's words, the soldier curled up his lips and snorted: "What a joke, we all act in accordance with military orders. Are we still afraid of businessmen like you? How dare you threaten me? Could it be that there is something wrong in your heart?" At the end, the soldier's voice became much louder, and then, on the city top above everyone, a row of archers rushed out, holding bows and arrows and pointing at the caravan below.
The middle-aged scholar chuckled, but shook his head and said: "Of course merchants like the villain dare not challenge the military master, let alone threaten the military master. It's just that since the villain and the others are merchants, they all rely on These goods are for food. This time, the villain's boss brought so many goods and traveled thousands of miles to Guanzhong. He was just betting on a store. If the goods were damaged, it would be equivalent to killing the villain's boss and the caravan of more than 100 people. Naturally, the villain’s boss will not give up on human life. Even if this lawsuit is brought before the King of Tang, the villain’s boss will continue to fight.”
Hearing the middle-aged scholar's answer that was neither humble nor overbearing, the soldier's face couldn't help but change, and his attitude finally softened. He was silent for a moment and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please be careful with your movements, don't damage the goods." After saying that, the soldier turned around and walked directly into the city. In the blink of an eye, there was no movement. The remaining soldiers did not dare to randomly search the carriages anymore, but were cautious for fear of damaging the goods.
As for the middle-aged scholar who saw it, he smiled faintly and turned back to the carriage. Seeing that the middle-aged scholar had such a reaction, Boss Shi and Du Er did not make any other moves and let the soldiers Check the fleet.
Let's talk about the fact that after the soldier who gave the order entered the city, he turned around and walked up to the top of the city. He quickly walked to the platform at the top of the city. On the platform, a middle-aged general was standing with his head held high and staring. The caravan was being inspected below the city. The soldier walked up to the middle-aged general, clasped his fists and saluted, and shouted: "Father, the child has been inspected. There seems to be nothing wrong with this caravan. If they are spies, how dare they do it in front of us?" In the face of the child, you still come to argue with the child,"
"Well, my father also saw it," the middle-aged general nodded slightly and agreed with the soldier's judgment. Then he turned his head and asked a dusty soldier on the other side. Said: "What did your General Qu say? Is the caravan he mentioned the same caravan?"
The dusty soldier immediately knelt down to the middle-aged general, clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to General Yin, General Qu is not sure that there is something wrong with this caravan, but this caravan is actually willing to spend a lot of money to bribe him. The gatekeepers turned the switch on and off in advance, which made General Qu feel that something was wrong. Although the gatekeepers said they had checked carefully, General Qu was still a little worried, so he sent a villain to inform General Yin, "