After getting the news he wanted, Zhang Mao said to Zhang Yue: "Basically, do you know that rumors about you have been circulating in Beijing recently?"
Zhang Yue said: "I don't know."
Zhang Maoze said: "Although I am in Yongxing Mansion, I am still better informed than you. There have been a lot of rumors in Beijing recently! The same is true for the imperial court. Whenever there is a special occasion for worship, there are many idle words."
Zhang Yue was stunned, wasn't he planning to transfer himself to Yingzhou?
Zhang Mao said with some profound meaning: "It's like writing Ma to lock the courtyard. When the imperial court issued the pardon order, why did it order the Hanlin bachelor who wrote the Ma Zhao to lock the courtyard? Because confidential matters cannot be leaked."
"So we privately advise Jinglue that no matter what he says, don't take it to heart. You might as well go straight to Bianjing. The boat will go straight to the bridge."
Zhang Yue listened to Zhang Maoze's words and thought to himself, could it be that the government wanted to use him, but he was afraid of being blocked by outsiders, so he deliberately released the news to let him know about Yingzhou?
Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much!"
After bidding farewell to Zhang Maoze, Zhang Yue set off from Yongxing Mansion. At this time, the new law had been fully restored.
He rested by a road pavilion and saw an official leading a group of people wearing shackles on their heads, slowly moving forward while the officials were yelling and pushing.
Zhang Yue saw the official and called the official to inquire.
When these officials saw Zhang Yue wearing a two-legged turban on his head, they knew he was an official and immediately answered respectfully.
Zhang Yue first asked why these people were being questioned?
The official replied that they were all common people who could not afford to pay back the young people.
Zhang Yue went to the people and asked them one by one. They all admitted that they owed Qingmiao money and asked why they owed Qingmiao money. Didn't they think about it when they borrowed it?
Several common people were a little embarrassed, so the official told them that these people were scoundrels. They thought it was easy to borrow money from young people in the court, so they borrowed it without even thinking about paying it back.
As soon as they got the green crop money, these people ate it and spent it. When the debt period was up, they were waiting to be taken to the Yamen, and they would pay off the remaining labor for a month.
Zhang Yue's face calmed down a little and he thought, the fifth-class household can borrow at most three guan, so how many guans have these people borrowed?
Zhang Yue asked the people about this, and they all answered that they had borrowed three strings.
Hearing that, he didn't borrow more money. Zhang Yue nodded. Some of the others also owed money to the court's youth through other means.
Zhang Yue saw that they were not forced by the imperial court, and did not investigate the matter in detail. He just asked the officials to stop beating and scolding the people and let them be escorted away.
Zhang Yue thought that he had almost mistakenly blamed the official. Sometimes, seeing is not necessarily believing, and you have to be involved in the matter to understand.
Now that the new law is implemented, what you see and what others hear are different. It's no wonder that the emperor has concluded a case involving Shi Yisi, which can no longer be concluded.
Zhang Yue continued to move forward and finally arrived at Tongguan Road, three hundred miles away, where he saw countless refugees along the way.
Zhang Yue passed by a post house where he was supposed to stay, but he saw that the post house had been broken into by thieves and burned to the ground.
Zhang Yue heard from the business travelers passing by that there was a swarm of thieves outside Tongguan Road and almost cut off the official road.
The businessman sighed: "This is all the result of the imperial reform!"
Zhang Yue asked: "Dare you see it with your own eyes?"
The businessman smiled and said, "I've heard it, but I haven't seen it."
Zhang Yue laughed and said, "This is just spreading rumors."
After Zhang Yue was about to leave, the businessman suddenly called to Zhang Yue and said, "Sir, I see that all your followers are good men. Even the villains have to go to Guanzhong via Tongguan Road. Why don't we go together."
Zhang Yue said: "It's inconvenient!"
After Zhang Yue continued to move forward, the businessman caught up with him and said, "I wonder if I can help you with me? I'm willing to pay you fifty dollars!"
Zhang Yue heard that the other party had a lot of money, but he still shook his head and said: "If I encounter a thief, I will not be able to protect you if I am too busy to take care of myself. Say goodbye!"
It's not that Zhang Yue doesn't want to take care of him, it's because his origin is unknown and he can't take him in easily. Besides, if you encounter a powerful group of thieves, you can protect yourself.
But since you promise someone, you must help them to the end. If you can't help them to the end, don't delay the other person.
So Zhang Yue refused.
In fact, there were many thieves on Tongguan Road. When Qin Fenglu General Xiang Bao passed through Tongguan, he encountered the giant thief Guo Miaoshan who had robbed gold silk and beautiful women passing through Tongguan Road.
Xiang Bao immediately defeated the giant thief and captured everything he plundered.
From this we can see how rampant the thieves were. After plundering the pass, they still dared to leave the pass in broad daylight through Tongguan Road, which was guarded by officers and soldiers.
Because the post house was burned down, Zhang Yue found a place on Tongguan Road to stay.
An earthen fence was built around the counter, and there were more than a dozen people who looked like villagers guarding it.
Zhang Yue saw that several caravans preparing to cross Tongguan Road were resting in the Ni Brigade, so he also planned to stay here.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper glanced at Zhang Yue and suddenly opened his mouth and asked for a night's rest.
Zhang Yue said: "Ten Guan is no problem, but I have more than a dozen good Kansai horses here. You need to feed them carefully!"
The shop companion smiled and said, "That's no problem."
When the next group of people moved into the small courtyard, there was a stable behind the courtyard. The shopkeeper brought horse feed to feed them. When he saw these dozen tall horses, he exclaimed: "It's really a good horse. I'm afraid a thousand-mile horse is just like this. Wait." Could it be officers and soldiers?”
Tang Jiuze said: "Feed the horse as you feed it, no need to talk too much."
After being choked by Tang Jiu, the shop companion muttered: "It's so majestic."
Tang Jiu immediately took the whistle stick and walked around the outside of the store. He turned back to Zhang Yue and said, "I see there are thieves peeking outside."
Zhang Yue heard that there were thieves plundering, so he didn't care and said with a smile: "Be careful at night."
Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong, who were accompanying him, naturally knew that the dozen or so followers were well prepared, put their weapons beside them, and slept in their clothes.
These dozen followers were all Xihe Road elite soldiers. In their eyes, hundreds of thousands of Qiang soldiers were defeated, and they were still afraid of a few thieves.
At nightfall, after Zhang Yue had dinner, he saw that the yard next door was very lively.
Zhang Yue walked out of the yard and saw that the businessman he met on the road during the day also lived next door to him. It was obvious that he had found a guard.
When the businessman saw Zhang Yue, he saluted with a smile on his face. Zhang Yue could see from his smile that he seemed to be mocking him for missing the fifty-guan reward.
Zhang Yue was speechless and returned the gift.
At this time, a carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and a young woman was seen slowly getting out of the carriage with the help of two maids.
Zhang Yue could only take a glance, but when the businessman saw this scene, he couldn't help but got angry and scolded the girl for not wearing a face covering, so that the strange man could see her face.
After saying this, the businessman glanced sideways at Zhang Yue, as if he felt that the other person was the prodigal son in his mouth.
Zhang Yue shook his head and returned to the courtyard.
Knowing that he might be attacked in the middle of the night, Zhang Yue also lay down on the cave to sleep.
If it had been any other time, he would have been unable to sleep that night, but Zhang Yue had been through many battles, had killed people, been injured, and knew what fighting was like, so he fell asleep soon after putting his head on the pillow. On fire.
When I slept until almost dawn, I heard the sound of horse hooves from all around Nili.
Someone shouted outside: "I don't want human lives, I just want gold, silver and women!"
Everyone in the Ni brigade was in a panic.
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