Arriving in Jining at noon the next day, Chang Yu specially went to the canal pier to rest. The large number of people naturally attracted people's attention, and even more interested people asked them about things: "Did the military master come from Nanjing?"
"How do you know we are coming from Nanjing?" Kuang Ren drank a large bowl of tea and wiped the sweat on his head. The man said: "Thousands of cavalry passed here a few days ago. They said they were fighting from the south. Those who came back from the victorious battle said that they were from the Dongchang Guards. They were so majestic and powerful. Where are you from?"
Kuang Ren glanced at Chang Yu, chuckled and said to the man: "We are from Xuzhou General Soldier Gao, and we are on official business in Jinan." The onlookers yelled: "I heard that your Commander-in-Chief Gao was also very powerful and fought a tough battle in Anqing."
"Hey, you guys are quite well-informed," Chang Yu exclaimed, and the onlookers talked about it: Since ancient times, the dock has been the most well-informed place. Whenever something happens in the world, the first place to know is on the dock. people...
Chang Yu nodded: "We are busy fighting in the south and don't know what has happened here recently. Let me tell you a few things."
"That's a lot. I don't know which one the military master wants to hear." The speaker looked at the tea bowl in Chang Yu's hand and smiled half-heartedly. Chang Yu asked the tea shed owner to give the man a bowl of tea, and the man drank it. And Jin wiped his mouth: "Seeing how generous the military master is, let me tell you two big things. The first old man of the Kong family in Qufu died half a month ago. Some said he died of anger, some said he was killed. Yes, no one knows exactly how he died."
Chang Yu said oh, glanced at Li Muxian next to him, and noticed the old man's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "What about the second one?"
"The second one..." The man pretended to be very mysterious and whispered: "I heard that the prince and several high officials in the palace are nearby."
Chang Yu was startled: "In Jining?"
"I don't know exactly where it is. Some people say they encountered it in Kaizhou (today's Puyang) of Daming Prefecture, and some say they encountered it in Fan County of Dongchang Prefecture, but I don't know the specific location."
Chang Yu looked at Li Muxian, who whispered: "These two places are very close to each other. From here along the canal to the north is Liangshan County. Fan County is across the Yellow River to the northwest of Liangshan. Does the Governor want to see the prince?"
Chang Yu shook his head: "Let him take a leisurely stroll. We don't have time to see him right now." Then he looked around on the dock and said, "Find a place for the brothers to eat and rest."
Although the weather is approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is still extremely hot and hot. If it is cloudy, it is still good. When it is sunny, it is no different from midsummer. At this time, it is noon. The workers on the dock are coming and going, and the merchants are all stopping ashore to have a meal and drink tea. It is very lively.
Chang Yu and his group of nearly a hundred people were resting and eating in a forest near the dock. At this time, a man in black wearing a bamboo hat and holding a horse slowly walked over and was stopped by the guards, but the man in black seemed not to hear and continued to move forward. Go forward.
The guards immediately issued a warning, because there was a precedent for assassination, no one dared to be careless: "If you take another step, shoot and kill!" The man in black finally stopped, then raised his hat, and the guards who had already drawn their swords were stunned: "Hey , turns out to be you."
"My Taoist Governor is coming to the pier to rest, so I'm waiting for him." Li Muchian glanced at the man under the shade of the tree and shook his head slightly. Ma Yingkui, Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu, who had just been fooled by him next to him, asked curiously. : "Who is that woman?"
"A top killer in the world!" Li Muxian said and couldn't help but trembled: "Don't offend her."
Cough cough cough, Ma Yingkui scratched his head: "There is no way we can offend her." Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu nodded quickly and asked in a low voice: "Are there many such killers in Dongchang?"
Li Muxian chuckled: "Want to know? For just one tael of silver, Pindao can tell you many secrets of Dongchang."
The three people quickly shook their heads: "You dare to tell us about the secrets of Dongchang, but we dare not listen to them."
Su Jing walked to Chang Yu and tied the horse, then sat cross-legged and opened the water bottle and took a few sips: "Why did it take so long to come back?"
Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "Please, there is a war over there, not a fight, how can we come back so soon!"
"When I started, I heard that Bai Wang had been captured. I thought you would be back in three to five days at most, but hehe, you have been wandering around this pier for more than half a month." Su Jing rarely smiles, but at this time, her face turned pale Chang Yu could see her smile clearly. This little nun had a human touch when she smiled. She was usually too cold.
"Where's Lian Xin? You won't be dumped in Nanjing, right?" Su Jing said, looking around, Chang Yu waved his hand: "Walking by water, several people were injured under her hands and she needs to take care of them."
Su Jing said oh, and suddenly said: "Maybe Wuzhong and the others were injured, why are none of them missing?"
Chang Yu hummed, and Su Jing was shocked: "Who is so powerful that he can hurt them?"
"Hundreds of thieves and warriors." Chang Yu raised his head and glanced at her: "Battlefields are different and fighting in rivers and lakes does not mean fighting alone." Then the conversation changed: "You are not injured."
Su Jing curled her lips: "I didn't see another member of the Kong family from the time I entered the house until I left. How can a bad old man hurt me?"
"We thought you knew how to take medicine, but we didn't expect Yi Yi to be so simple and crude." Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, and Su Jing heard the hidden meaning behind the words: "Does this make it easier for people to suspect you?"
"Perhaps, but it's not important. He might still have some influence when he was not dead. No one would be willing to come forward when a person dies." He said and glanced at Su Jing: "There are two types of killings in Dongchang, one is the door-to-door killing, and the other is the It's an assassination. It's a silent killing. It's best to kill without leaving any traces. Your charlatan's tactics... Although it's silent, it leaves traces. But it's okay, charlatan's tactics are hard for people to know. Reminiscent of Dongchang..."
"What are you talking about to yourself?" Su Jing rolled her eyes: "Do you want me to keep the tricks of the Jianghu or learn from your Dongchang methods?" Chang Yu laughed: "If you have more skills, don't overwhelm yourself. Learning more will always pay off. It's a good thing."
"But I don't want to be the Eagle Dog of Dongchang!" Su Jing snorted coldly, and in the blink of an eye, her face turned as cold as ice. She stood up, untied her horse and left: "Go first."
"You don't even know where our family is going, so you take the first step?" Chang Yu was helpless. This subordinate had such a personality that he would look down on him at any time.
"I heard that the prince is nearby, don't you go and look for him?" Su Jing turned around and asked, Chang Yu laughed and waved: "Then you go and look for him."
Su Jing said: "Then the capital is waiting for you!"
Chang Yu looked at his retreating figure with a smile on his face. He had quite a personality, but was just a little silly. You didn't want to be a hawk in the east factory, but you were already in it without even realizing it.
Two days later in the evening, at the Yellow River ferry more than ten miles west of Jinan City, Chang Yu and his entourage caught the attention of merchants at the dock. Everyone was already used to this kind of gaze, and they didn't take it seriously and went straight to a tea shed to ask for tea to quench their thirst for two consecutive days. Traveling for more than three hundred miles is much harder than marching.
"Is the military master going to Jinan City?" the waiter at the tea shed asked casually. Chang Yu hummed, and the waiter shook his head: "We can't get in, the city is closed, but maybe you can get in as soldiers."
"Why is the city closed?" Kuang Ren asked curiously. The waiter was busy serving tea and water and said: "Have you not heard yet? General Liu of Jinan City died in the battle in the south. Then a few days ago, the city When thousands of cavalry arrived, the city was closed and people were strictly prohibited from entering and exiting. I heard there was even a curfew." He pointed at the ships stretching for miles on the shore of the pier: "Look, they are all waiting to unload their cargo and enter the city..."
"Duke, do you want to enter the city?" Li Muchian asked in a low voice. Chang Yu shook his head; "Chunxiang can handle this matter." He looked at Yan Yingyuan and the others not far away and waved.
"You can go directly to Jinan City to see Chunxiang. Eunuch Chun will tell him what the governor has told him and then follow his arrangements." He said and cupped his hands: "We will see you in Shanxi."
Yan Yingyuan quickly returned the gift, hastily packed up and said goodbye to Chang Yu and went straight to Jinan City.
"Could it be that Eunuch Chun sealed the city because the Liu family... disobeyed?" Li Muxian was a little worried. Chang Yu gently shook his head and looked at the retreating figures of Yan Yingyuan and the others: "It's just a precaution before it happens. Do you think the Liu family still needs it now?" How big a wave can it make?"
The two of them were muttering here, but over there Chen Ruxin made eye contact with several people at the neighboring stall. Opposite him were six people, four rough and fierce men. The remaining two were a frail young man with a look of fear on his face. The other is the old man sitting next to the young man and whispering something.
"Don't you think those people are a little strange?" Chen Ruxin poked Chen Suole in the arm: "Obviously they are not from the same group, that young man seems to be being held hostage."
"Could he be a rich man who was kidnapped by bandits?" Chen Suole raised his eyebrows. The more he looked, the more suspicious he became. In addition, this kind of thing is very possible in Shandong, so he got up and walked towards the table.
