At dusk, dozens of riders crossed the west bank of the river. Chang Yu took ten taels of silver and handed it to Wei Changde: "I'm tired."
Wei Changde had long since lost his previous venomous aura, and he was smiling with a smile on his face. He said, "My lord, this is what I call my brothers..."
Chang Yu put the money into his hand and patted his shoulder: "I've received it as I wish, but business is business, and we can't let the brothers' hard work go in vain. Besides, the court has rules, and officers and soldiers don't take advantage of the masses." !”
Uh... Wei Changde's face was full of astonishment: "The imperial court still has such rules? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"Soon this rule will be known to the whole world." Chang Yu cupped his hands, got on his horse and led his troops straight into the sunset.
As the sun set and dusk began to fall, Chang Yu and his party arrived outside Yanzhou City, but they were a step too late. The city gate was closed!
This... it's too early to close it. It's midsummer at this time, and the daylight hours are long. Even if the sun sets, the sky can still be bright for a while, but this Yanzhou City can't wait for this moment and closed the city gate early. .
Chang Yu asked someone to call the door, but the man inside who was on duty said angrily: "It's closed, so hurry up tomorrow."
"We are here from the capital..." Before he could finish his words, he directly said: "It doesn't matter where you are from, don't you understand human speech? It's closed, it's closed."
Ouch, you have such a bad temper. Kuang Ren stepped forward to yell and curse, and even revealed his identity, but there was no sound from inside and was simply ignored!
It's no big deal that the dignified Admiral of the East Factory was turned away, but no one looked down on him at home. Chang Yu turned around and looked at Wuzhong, dumbfounded: "The title of Governor is not easy to use either."
"You can't blame them." Wuzhong actually spoke for the people in the city. Chang Yu was startled and then realized that this was all the psychological shadow caused by previous years.
The Qing army once plundered Shandong twice on a large scale, and cities like Yanzhou where vassal kings were located were even more important targets. In the end, they also broke into the city and plundered all the palaces. In addition, there were also factors such as regional folk customs. There were so many thieves in Shandong. These Thieves are pervasive and very bold. They often go outside the city to rob villages and towns, and some even sneak into the city to commit evil.
After two years of rest, Yanzhou City has just regained some of its vitality, so it is natural to be careful about fire, theft, and thieves.
Let's look at Chang Yu's group of dozens of cavalry. Who can be sure whether they are thieves or soldiers.
In this case, they stayed overnight outside the city, so everyone set up camp under the city and started a fire. This alerted the watchmen on the city and poked their heads around from time to time. Chang Yu and others did not bother to explain.
There were many villages nearby outside the city, and Chang Yu and Chen Wangting wandered among them, chatting with the villagers from time to time and inadvertently letting out some news.
The villagers didn't know their origins and were a little afraid at first. However, seeing the kindness of others, they became more and more speculative as they chatted with each other. They also tried to test their words. Chang Yu didn't hide it, saying that they were officers and soldiers who were ordered to go south and were passing through Yanzhou to do something. Because the city gate was closed, they had to Stuck outside the city.
It turned out that he was an officer and soldier in Beijing. No wonder his discipline was so good. Seeing that he was friendly and sweet-talking, the villagers invited him to go home as a guest. Chang Yu declined repeatedly and finally refused the invitation and went to another family's house.
This is just an ordinary people's house. Although it is better than the houses with bare walls that we encountered on the road, it is still extremely poor and cannot provide any decent food to entertain guests.
A pot of vegetable porridge, a portion of pickled vegetables, and two boiled eggs.
Chang Yu ate two bowls of porridge and two eggs, and then gave him ten taels of silver! The host excitedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to express his gratitude.
When Yanzhou Fucheng was built, water was diverted from the Si River to the east and west through the city, so there were water gates at the east and west city gates. Chang Yu's people camped near the water gates, lit bonfires to burn game, and went down to the river to catch fish. They had a great time, but they were miserable. In front of this girl Lian Xin, there were a bunch of shirtless old men and even some were swimming and bathing in the river. It was so embarrassing for a girl like her. She hid in the car and didn't dare to get out, but it was extremely hot in the car.
In the end, it was two licking dogs. The Chen brothers found a house for her to stay in a nearby village where they could wash themselves and change clothes. To ensure her safety, the brothers stayed vigil outside this house.
Chang Yu happened to be a guest in this village and saw the two of them when he was leaving. After asking about the situation, he left with a helpless smile. Chen Wangting stared at the two brothers and sighed, but couldn't say anything. The two brothers were originally personal servants to protect the young eunuch. Now...it's used to pick up girls.
The first thing Chang Yu did when he returned to camp was to jump into the river and take a refreshing bath. When he got ashore, Wuzhong handed over a skewer of barbecue, which he took and ate. It was tender and delicious: "What kind of meat?"
"Snake meat," Wu Zhong replied casually, and saw that the little eunuch had rushed to the river to vomit.
"As for that, it's not a mouse." Wu Zhong curled his lips and rolled his eyes. Chen Wangting chuckled and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, adults are most afraid of snakes."
Really? Wu Zhong was startled, then his eyes rolled around, his expression half-smiling but not smiling: "He is actually afraid of this thing, are you serious?"
Chen Wangting nodded: "It's true. He was relieving himself in the field before, and suddenly saw a snake jumping out of the grass. He was so frightened that he picked up his pants and ran away..."
Hahahahaha, Wuzhong laughed to the point of tears, what a little eunuch, you are not afraid of anything, turn around... There was a bang, a ball of mud hit Wuzhong's face, Chang Yu cursed angrily by the river : "Next time you dare to play tricks like this again, you will definitely be left with nothing to eat."
Hey, Wuzhong breathed out: "Good intentions are worthless." He wiped the mud on his face and whispered to Chen Wangting: "That's him. If it were someone else, I would destroy him."
"It's okay, be brave, he can't beat you anyway." Chen Wangting chuckled, and Wuzhong was stunned: "Old Chen, I recently discovered that you are also very bad!"
Qiao Sanxiu laughed loudly when he heard this and added to the jealousy: "Master Wu is afraid of what he will do. If there is a fight, Lao Chen and I will help you..."
"Hey, if I believe your ghost, I'm afraid you'll help him hold me down..."
The sky was gray. Chang Yu was woken up by a mosquito bite. He reached out and touched a few big bags. He cursed secretly and turned over, sitting up and leaning against the tree trunk to rub his eyes. However, he saw that Chen Wangting and others next to him were also awake and looking at They were whispering something on the other side of the river. Chang Yu looked along and vaguely saw a figure waving a knife by the river. He just repeated a few simple actions, so there was no need to ask naturally Wuzhong.
"The swordsmanship of Commander Wu is the best in the world. He still practices so hard every day. He works too hard." A guard muttered. Chen Wangting said seriously: "The reason why Kung Fu is called Kung Fu is that it takes time to practice. It would rather take a thousand days." No, you can’t go a day without practicing.”
"Master Chen said, "After being taught," the guard bowed his hand.
Chang Yu also nodded secretly, but it was so early... I guess this guy was bitten by mosquitoes and couldn't sleep, or he was stimulated by the competition with Hai Hong.
Watching Wuzhong's boring and mechanical sword practice by the river, Chang Yu fell into a dream again.
In the early morning, Lian Xin woke up and stretched out in bed. She had been away from home for several days. Although she saw a lot of scenery along the way, she also suffered a lot, such as not sleeping in bed for several days.
More importantly, she began to miss home, her parents, and Lianzi.
So, tears fell like rain.
She couldn't cry. If the master saw her, she would be scolded. Lian Xin wiped away her tears, got up from the bed, straightened the bedding, opened the door and walked out.
"Miss, are you up?" The aunt of the house owner came over and greeted her enthusiastically. While talking, she quickly went to fetch water for Lianxin. In her opinion, this fairy must be the eldest daughter of an official family, otherwise how could there be officers and soldiers? Protection.
Lian Xin was too lazy to explain and had nothing to explain. She thanked her and started to wash up. However, the aunt asked curiously from the side: "Miss, I want to ask you something. Are you from Qufu?"
Yes, Lian Xin nodded: "Auntie, what do you want to ask about?"
"I heard from the village early this morning that something happened to the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. Many people were scolding them, saying that they were indifferent and shameless villains. They also said that the Confucius Mansion had a guilty conscience and was now opening warehouses to provide disaster relief. I don't know why. not real".
Lian Xin really didn't know about this. She just traveled around and had no idea what Chang Yu and the others had done secretly. But after all, she was a smart person, and on the first day, Su Jing told her : "When you travel around the world, you can only say a few words to people you meet, but don't give up everything!"
To put it simply, it was just false and true, and we couldn't tell the truth, so the girl said, "I heard it, but I don't know whether it is true or not. It's just that how can anyone scold this Saint Kong in the future?"
"Hey, I don't know about this. Anyway, I heard people say that the Confucius Mansion will surrender to whoever is in charge of the world. They are just weaklings. How can they still have the nerve to call Yan Shenggong and say that they enjoy the emperor's majestic grace, but they are not the head of the national crisis? Sharing the worries for the country... Oh, the scolding is ugly anyway, tsk tsk, eh, since there is really food over there, I have to let my family go there and try their luck..."
