Chang'an County
The 800 soldiers of the Guoyong Camp of the Beijing Camp, led by Cai Quan, arrived at Chang'an County at noon on the second day. Because it was getting late during the journey of sixty miles, they stopped at a post station called Da'an Station. Stay overnight.
Because it was late August, even though it was noon, the sun was not dazzling.
Jia Hengduan sat on his horse and looked at Chang'an County not far away. The city was neither high nor low, the city gates were wide open, and pedestrians were constantly coming and going.
A large flag with the Chinese character "Han" in black and red patterns was erected on the top of the city. It was fluttering in the wind, and there were soldiers patrolling back and forth.
Jingzhao Prefecture governs 14 counties including Chang'an and Wannian. As a county adjacent to Shenjing City in the three auxiliary areas of Gyeonggi Province, Chang'an County has a military post of Jiedushi, which oversees the defense of 600-mile surrounding forts, passes, etc., and also has As a garrison officer, he led 1,200 soldiers to guard the county town. No soldiers or soldiers were allowed to be mobilized without orders from the Ministry of War.
"Brother Heng, the sergeants are all tired. Let's take a rest before entering the city." Cai Quan looked back at the listless soldiers and said, "I will go to Chang'an Jiedu to send the survey signed by the Ministry of War first, and then get some Let’s sacrifice wine and meat to the five internal organs temple first.”
Jia Heng nodded. Even if he didn't want to know that there might be spy spies in Chang'an County, he could only go to the city first.
Because they had few troops on this trip, they naturally did not bring any auxiliary troops with them. They only brought some rations with them. The logistics and military supplies must be provided by Guanyi and county towns along the way, so it was impossible for them to go deep into Cuihua Mountain alone.
Otherwise, these veteran soldiers behind him will be the first to jump.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said to Cai Quan, "We are about to enter the county town. Let the soldiers cheer up first, organize their queues, and enter the county town for lunch."
Cai Quan responded and ordered the two hundred households on the side.
As the military order was passed down, the soldiers who were originally hungry and listless cheered up after hearing the words, and managed to line up in order, holding flags, five people in a row, with the cavalry in front and the infantry behind, heading towards the county seat. go.
Not long after, Chang'an County Guard Huang Tai, who had received the report, was having lunch with his family. After receiving the report from the servant, he put down his chopsticks and said, "Prepare your official uniforms. The officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp are coming. I will go and greet them."
The son on the side, Huang Mao, was fourteen years old, with delicate features, red lips and white teeth. He said: "Dad, this is the third trip to Jingying. No one can cure the big eyes in Cuihua Mountain."
Because the leader of the bandits in Cuihua Mountain was named Zhang, and his eyes were as big as copper bells, so he said this.
"You kid, eat your food well, you have to go to school later." Huang Tai was served by his wife Zhao, wearing the official uniform of a sixth-grade military attache. This military general looked more like a civilian official, with a clear face and a chin. With a short beard, he took the Yan Ling knife from the old servant on the side, smiled at the lady Zhao on the side and said: "This boy, I have to find a matchmaker for him in a few days, and he is not in shape day by day. "
Mrs. Zhao glanced at her son fondly and said, "Your son has someone in his heart. On August 15th the day before yesterday, he fell in love with a girl named Jin Ge'er. I asked someone to inquire..."
"Mother..." Huang Mao looked embarrassed and said anxiously.
"It's a blessing for my family that Mao'er has fallen in love with her. I'll tell your father and I'll propose marriage to you tomorrow." Ms. Zhao said with a smile.
Huang Tai said with a smile: "In a few days, I will go to the Zhang family to propose marriage. I don't know if the Zhang family girl has big eyes."
Making fun of his son, Huang Tai straightened his clothes and said to Zhao on the side, "I'm going over."
"Go, Master." Mrs. Zhao reached out and patted the thread on Huang Tai's shoulder, and said with a gentle smile.
Huang Tai took his soldiers, mounted his horse, and left Chang'an County. He walked to the Chang'an Jiedu Envoy's Office. His eyes became a little gloomy and he thought, "This time the Beijing camp comes, it is likely that they will return without success."
As officials in the same county, some things were kept secret. Chang'an Jiedushi Yun Guang was bribed by the Cuihua Mountain bandits. No matter how secret it was, as time went by, it was more or less revealed by Huang Tai, who was the guard of Chang'an. I saw some clues.
However, he had a soft temperament and was afraid of Yun Guang's status as a general of the Jia family. Even if he got some evidence, he did not dare to report it to the superiors.
Without saying anything, he sent it to Yun Guang's desk.
Huang Tai led two soldiers and rode to the city gate. He got off his horse and happened to hear his brother-in-law, Baihu Zhao Yan, who was guarding the gate, talking to the general in the capital camp.
He walked a few steps quickly and was about to approach him with a smile when he was suddenly startled and his pupils shrank, "Is this Feiyu suit, Jin Yiwei?"
A turbulent wave arose in my heart, "What are the Jin Yiwei doing here?"
He braced himself and was about to step forward, when he suddenly felt a pair of sharp hawk-like eyes staring at him. He saw the leading young man looking at him with an indifferent expression.
"I have seen you in this humble position." The Chang'an garrison was of the sixth rank, and the deputy Qianhu of Jingying was actually the sixth rank. They had the same official rank. Naturally, the person whom the Chang'an garrison called "sir" was obviously here for Jia Heng.
The color of the patchwork of the Feiyu uniform worn by Jia Heng is still slightly different from that of a fourth-grade military attaché.
"Huang Shoubei." Jia Heng's face was indifferent and his voice was cold. He had already learned Chang'an Shoubei's name from the Shoucheng primary school just now, Huang Tai, thirty-six years old.
"The governor of Chang'an is Yun Guang, so that's right. This Huang Tai was obviously taken away by Sister Feng for 3,000 taels of silver, and defrauded the Chang'an guard without his son." Jia Heng's mind was spinning, thinking, his expression Not revealing anything.
"I wonder what I would call this commander-in-chief?" Huang Tai couldn't grasp the young man's thoughts, so he cupped his hands and asked.
As for why he is a young man of power and a young man suddenly rises to a high position, except for the sons of princes, he hardly thinks about it.
Jia Heng said calmly: "Jia Heng."
Huang Tai's heart sank, Jia family?
A smile appeared on his face and he said: "It turns out that she is the second Duke Ning Rong. No wonder she feels so heroic when she sees her from a distance."
Jia Heng took a look at Huang Tai, and said in a gentler voice: "Huang Shou, I have been ordered by the army to clear out the bandits in Cuihua Mountain. You are guarding Chang'an County. I have many details to ask you later."
When Huang Tai heard this, he didn't dare to say anything.
Afterwards, Cai Quan talked to Huang Tai again and asked, "Is Yun Jiedu at the government office?"
Yun Guang was the governor of Chang'an and a fourth-grade military general. Naturally, he would not go out of the city to meet a deputy Qianhu from the Beijing camp. As for the magistrate of Chang'an, because the autumn grain collection was imminent, he went to the township to supervise the affairs.
"Master Jiedu is in the government office now. Cai Qianhu can come with me later." Huang Tai said with a smile, then looked at Jia Heng and said: "Master Jia, let the brothers go to the barracks to rest first. Later, I will prepare some food and wine for the army."
Chang'an County has received the Forbidden Army several times to suppress bandits. It is obvious that they are already familiar with the road, and even the vacant barracks are ready-made.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "We have Lao Huang on guard."
Seeing Jia Heng's polite words, Huang Tai's smile couldn't help but grow bigger, and he extended his hand to invite a few people to enter the county town.
Seven to eight hundred soldiers, more or less, neighing and honking, lined up through the bustling streets of Chang'an County.
People on the roadside gathered around him. Jia Heng's ears were sharp and he heard some comments, "The capital has sent troops to suppress the bandits again, and they want to send fish and meat to these big men."
At this time, an aunt carrying a vegetable basket and Jingchai cloth skirt shook her head and said.
"The more bandits are suppressed, the more the officers and soldiers are in trouble." Walking to a blacksmith shop, the blacksmith, sweating profusely and with strong muscles, started talking about the hammer.
"There is no way to suppress bandits, but there is a way to disturb the people." An old man wearing a long gown and a goatee said in a loud voice, sitting on a bamboo stool with a book in his hand and reading without raising his head.
As we walked along, we could hear similar words amidst the noise.
Jia Heng's face paused, and he looked at Cai Quan aside, and saw that his face was also a bit embarrassed, and he clearly heard the pointing words.
He looked up again to see Huang Tai, who was leading the way, with a calm expression on his face.
"The officers and soldiers have repeatedly launched raids and disturbed the local area, but in vain. This in itself is a huge harm to the prestige of the central government."
Jia Heng's eyes flashed and he thought.
As Huang Tai entered the camp, Cai Quan settled his generals, then took the military survey and said to Jia Heng: "Brother Heng, I'm going to see Jiedu."
"Let's go together." Jia Heng's face paused, glanced at Huang Tai, and said in a deep voice.
Cai Quan's official position was lower than that of Yun Guang, so there was no way he would make things difficult for him. He followed him, and Yun Guang was not too unreasonable.
By the way, I also touched on the situation of Yun Guang.
The officers and soldiers have repeatedly failed to attack the enemy three times. If you include him this time, it was actually the third time.
Yun Guang was the governor of Chang'an, and he also suppressed a group of five or six hundred bandits. If the army did not pay attention to the geography, it would be understandable that the suppression was ineffective. However, as a local snake, Yun Guang really had no control over the bandits in Cuihua Mountain. Don’t you know anything about the activities in Chang’an County?
There must be something fishy in it!
Chang'an Jiedu Government Office
This is a government office that integrates a government office and a courtyard. It has several entrances, with the government office in front and the courtyard in the back.
In local areas, official offices are often built according to this to facilitate officials' work.
As a fourth-grade military attaché in Chang'an, Chang'an Jiedushi built the yamen magnificently, with carved beams and painted pillars. In front of the door stood red pillars in the state of soldiers wearing armor and holding wild goose feather swords. The golden lacquer nailed door stood out in the midday sunshine of autumn. Below, reflecting the dazzling light.
According to the Han system, there were actually restrictions on the specifications of the mansion, such as the number of copper nails on the door.
However, after the dynasty fell for a hundred years, laws and regulations were relaxed, and there were more or less excessive regulations in both the capital and local areas.
In the official hall, Yun Guang was also having lunch, accompanied by several aunts and wives.
Yun Guang is in his early fifties, with gray hair, a thin face, high cheekbones and thin lips. There is a shallow scar on the left cheek that extends from the corner of his eyebrows to his nose, adding a bit of ferocity to him.
At that time, he was also a general in Jingying. He served as a first-class Shenwei general and served under Jia Daihua, the Jiedushi envoy of Jingying.
Therefore, he calls himself a disciple of the Jia family.
"Master, Jia Heng should arrive in Chang'an County in the next two days." Ru Niang, the fourth concubine on the side, said with a smile.
"It's probably today. This person caused Brother Jia from Dongfu to enter Jingzhao Mansion. He disturbed me so much that I haven't slept so much in the past few days." Yun Guang frowned and said.
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Lai Sheng contacted the thieves in Cuihua Mountain. Although he did not intervene directly, he also hinted that one of his confidants was a matchmaker. His original intention was to sell Jia Zhen out, but he never thought...
"Didn't the master say that he has become the leader of the Jia clan? Will the master see him when he comes?" Ru Niang asked with a smile.
"No! Just say I'm sick. Just let your brother greet you. Don't miss him when you meet the military needs and baggage, and don't let others say that I, Yun, don't miss my benefactor." Yun Guang smiled lightly, but Because there is a scar on his face, his smile is somewhat ferocious.
He sneered in his heart, if he was here, he wouldn't be the leader of the clan!
He must do things so that no flaws appear on the surface.
At this moment, the servant outside the door suddenly hurried to the eaves of the flower hall and said: "Master, master, the imperial guards from Beijing are here."
"What?" Yun Guang's face changed when he heard this, and he asked in surprise, "Where is he?"
What is Jin Yiwei doing here? Could it be?
impossible……
Chapter 132 Cloud Light
