The elders of the Wei family quickly stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen Doctor Qin, and the Wei family members are ordered to pay homage to him."
Doctor Qin bowed back briefly without responding, and said directly: "Why only ten thousand stones?"
Doctor Qin's impolite behavior even surprised Zhang Xuan, but the elder of the Wei family seemed to be used to it, and said calmly: "In a hurry, this is the only number I got, and the rest will come one after another."
Doctor Qin said: "This is the only way, follow me into the city first." He took out a bronze bell from his arms and struck a rhythm. Like magic, a Qin Army hundred-man team suddenly appeared on both sides of the grain team. sides, sandwiching them in the middle. Zhang Yue was startled by the elusive posture. He looked around quietly and found that the expressions of other people also changed drastically: he was suddenly surrounded by a group of strangers holding weapons. The first reaction in his heart was naturally fear. Even the elder of the Wei family looked a little pale, with a smile on his face and sweat dripping from his forehead. Doctor Qin ignored him, stepped out of the motorcade, and walked outside the Qin soldiers. With a wave of his hand, the bell rang, and several bangs came from the front, as if in response. Zhang Noi looked in the direction of the banging sound and found that a flag had been set up at some point. As the flag moved forward, the entire convoy continued to move forward slowly.
Not long after walking forward, the number of houses in front of us suddenly increased. Soon, the roads began to be paved with bluestones, and a market town appeared in front of everyone.
The reason why Qifeng is prosperous is naturally due to the gap opened by the king of Wei to divert water from Jishui. The chasm winds southward, passing through the Yingshui River and reaching the Huaihe River. It connects the country with the Chu State. Materials from the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers go up the river. Kaifeng is the last stop before entering Daliang. But the city of Kaifeng is not in the most prosperous place in Kaifeng. After all, when Zheng Guo stationed his troops here, there was no chasm yet - the city was still about ten miles away from the chasm - and there were many shops and restaurants built across the chasm. and houses, in fact, there is no city guard.
Doctor Qin led the convoy directly through the market, turned two corners, and led the convoy to a bridge. A moat and parapet were dug out at the other end of the bridge. There were no one knows how many people were behind the parapet. Doctor Qin asked the convoy to stop, and under the command of the order flag, a hundred Qin soldiers lined up on the side of the road away from the river bank in an extremely orderly manner, so no more pedestrians passed by on the road.
After entering Qifeng, Zhang Yue did not find many Qin soldiers on the road. He only saw a group of Qin soldiers patrolling the town holding festival talismans from a distance, but they were far away and passed by in a flash. Now seeing the defensive formation by the river, I understand that the Qin people focused their defense on Qifeng City and only sent a small number of troops to maintain law and order in Shifang. He glanced behind him secretly. Lu Bo and his party were still there, but the other three people had disappeared. Since this section of the road has been cleared, it is impossible for them to appear nearby. Zhang Zou knew that he could not take any action, so he decided to take a closer look at how the Qin people would transport grain next - this might give him a glimpse of the Qin army's deployment.
Under the command of Doctor Qin, an ox cart climbed onto the bridge and turned behind the parapet without a trace; then came the next cart. Doctor Qin was very cautious and always maintained that there was only one grain truck on the bridge, accompanied by three people. Zhang He quietly asked the elder of the Wei family: "Where will the car go after crossing the bridge?"
The elder of the Wei family said: "I don't know."
Zhang Ye said: "Isn't it a scam?"
The elder of the Wei family said: "What can I do?"
At this time, Doctor Qin in front shouted: "No talking!"
Zhang Yue was surprised. Could anyone hear such a quiet conversation between him and the elders of the Wei family? Then he saw the Qin soldiers in the queue and glanced over. He understood that the sound might have been heard by Doctor Qin, but he did not know that it was his own doing. He lowered his head and remained motionless, and the Qin people made no further action.
At this time, Zhang Ye also became more vigilant. It seemed that the Qin people did not trust this group of people. His plan to rely on the big tree to enjoy the shade might not succeed. The elders of the Wei family might not know much about the situation, so it would be difficult to get it from him. What's inside. What to do next may just have to be played by ear. ——What would Zeng Ji do if he were here? This idea suddenly popped up in Zhang Ye's mind. He was also attracted by this idea and thought about it.
Whatever comes to mind. From a distance, a short brown man appeared very conspicuously from a fork in the road. Zhang Jue peeked and saw that it was Zeng Ji, holding a festival talisman in his hand, so he was not blocked.
Doctor Qin was naturally attracted to Zeng Ji, and of course he recognized him. He quickly let go of a car and hurried over. The two talked for a while, and Doctor Qin immediately assigned ten people to follow Zeng Ji to the back of the motorcade. Zeng Ji counted twenty times from back to front, and asked a corps commander to lead his men forward. He pointed out a person from among the elders of the Wei family to lead the team. The elders of the Wei family were shocked when they saw this and looked at Zeng Ji. Zeng Ji said: "Wuyou, this bridge is difficult. There is a bridge three miles up and down, which can be separated. If the old man stays here, he will have nothing else to do." Then he counted twenty more bridges, pointed with his hand, and it turned out to be Zhang Ye, and said : "You can keep it." Zhang Noi was also surprised. He didn't know what Zeng Ji meant by this move, but he couldn't think too much and had to go out. This group of twenty riders and sixty coachmen, plus Zhang Ye, followed another group of Qin soldiers upstream.
Unlike the previous team that went downstream, the team that went upstream needed to turn around. Zhang Yue took advantage of the chaos at this moment and walked to the side of the convoy on the river side, letting the ox cart block his figure. When passing by Lu Bo and his party, he touched Uncle Guo with his hand, and Uncle Guo naturally walked beside Zhang Yue. , as if it had always been there.
The bridge upstream is not more than two or three miles away from here, and this is the end of the purification path led by Doctor Qin. On both sides of the bridge, five people brought by the corps leader were responsible for clearing the road. There was naturally a large distance between people. The corps leader shouted to the team: "The commander is out!" Zhang Noi touched Uncle Guo, and the two of them Running side by side out of the queue. The Wu leader frowned when he saw the two of them, but he remembered clearly that the person Zeng Ji was referring to was the only one among them all dressed as a scholar. A scholar must always have a retainer around him. Zhang Noi's appearance is exactly the same in my memory, so just bring along a retainer. So he led the two people onto the bridge and handed over to Dr. Qin who was guarding the bridge in the middle of the bridge.
Doctor Qin said to Zhang Noi: "Can you recognize the person accurately?"
Zhang Ye's heart moved, and he deliberately pretended not to understand Qin Yin and looked at Uncle Guo. Uncle Guo understood and immediately said in a Zheng tone: "Do you know who the doctor is?" Zhang Noi quickly saluted and said, "Yes!"
Doctor Qin saw that the young master rarely went out to do things and was completely unable to take care of himself. He sighed in his heart: Such an incompetent person can actually take the lead in everything because of his ancestral blood. He said bluntly: "Can the people under the bridge be in your hometown?"
This time, without waiting for translation, Uncle Guo said directly: "It's right in the countryside, exactly the same."
Doctor Qin said: "If there is any mistake, military law will be ruthless!"
Uncle Guo said: "Don't dare, don't dare!"
During the conversation between the two, Zhang Noi looked confused. He looked at this and that, as if he didn't understand anything.
