At dusk, the long team finally approached the south gate of Daxing City. Looking at the majestic Daxing City, Yang Ji and others felt like "Hu Hansan is back."
Just as everyone was filled with emotion, there was a burst of noise from the Mingde Gate. They rode their horses closer to the front and saw a long motorcade being inspected by the guards. One of the cars was unknowingly carrying too much cargo. Still running for a long distance, when crossing the beam of the suspension bridge, one of the wheels suddenly shattered.
The car tipped sideways, and the heavy wooden boxes in the car lost their balance, broke through the wall of the car, and fell one after another. The boxes fell heavily to the ground and were knocked open again, causing the silk, gold and silver inside to scatter all over the suspension bridge. , the soldiers who were inspecting the city gate heard the news and came out to help.
A burly young man riding on a horse pulled the reins, waved the saddle heavily, and shouted arrogantly at the soldiers: "This is the property of our Li family, let me see who dares to steal it! Hurry! Someone come and watch!”
The faces of the young officers and soldiers under his command who were about to come to help became ugly when they heard such unpleasant words. However, the young officer was of excellent quality and patiently explained: "Your Majesty, we are not trying to rob you of your property." , but it is already getting late at this time, and there are still a large number of pedestrians waiting to enter the city. If the inspection time is delayed, no one will be able to enter the city. We are going to move this damaged car so that everyone can pass. As for property, We will never move."
He was afraid that the other party would not believe it, so he added: "The local city defense soldiers and gatekeepers may extort business travelers entering and leaving the city gate; when encountering such a thing, they may take the opportunity to rob; but this is Daxing City, who dares to extort money?" Pedestrians passing by? Who dares to rob property? Please rest assured."
However, the arrogant young man didn't believe it at all and sneered: "Who knows?"
The officer saw a long queue forming behind him. Many people waiting to enter the city were anxious and talking. He glanced at the gold, silver and property on the suspension bridge, and said to the young man with a sneer: "Since you don't Trust us, then I will give you half a moment to clean it up. If you can't clean it up within half a moment, I will have these rags and the broken car thrown into the river."
"you dare?"
"There's nothing to be afraid of."
"..."
Yang Ji stood on horseback at the end of the suspension bridge. Listening to the argument between the two, he couldn't help but mourn for the ungrateful and arrogant guy:
The gatekeepers of Daxing City, such as these young generals, can't even advance to the official rank. They can only be regarded as low-ranking petty officials, and some don't even have a salary. But they are almost all the children of powerful people who come here to gain qualifications and accumulate practical experience; and these children of powerful people are often the ones that various powerful people plan to train, and some even have titles. Therefore, this kind of inconspicuous "little people and officials" lack neither money nor beauties. What they lack is just the qualifications and reputation for promotion.
Under the gaze of the emperor and elders, under the supervision of national and family laws, and inspired by a bright future, they not only do not maliciously make things difficult for others, but are more talkative and polite than the gatekeepers anywhere.
However, many people who are ignorant and ignorant often feel that they are great and that the gatekeepers of Daxing City are easy to bully. In order to enter the city without queuing, they often exercise their 'privileges' in their hometown in an attempt to force these people to enter. The 'little guy' gave in. And the results are often disastrous.
This "little officer" who is neither humble nor arrogant is Yang Ji's eldest cousin Dugu Lingyun. Don't think that he is just an inconspicuous city gate official, but he also has the title of Duke of Guang'a County. If his uncle Dugu is Kai is no longer here, so he is still a county prince at least, and he may still be a country prince.
That person bullied such a "minor official", obviously looking for a beating, but this kind of person is so arrogant in Daxing City, and I don't know how arrogant he is in the local area. Even if he is beaten to death, he deserves it.
Dugu Pingyun next to him said very curiously: "Eldest brother has been assisting Aye with official affairs in Shuzhou, why did he suddenly become the gate officer of Daxing City? It's really strange."
Yang Ji smiled and said, "My uncle has been transferred to the position of governor of Bingzhou. Have you forgotten?"
After hearing this, Dugu Pingyun looked at Yang Ji speechlessly: "If I remember correctly, you asked me to go to Yizhou to resettle new residents, and then hurriedly called me back to Zhangye, and then hurriedly asked me to return to Beijing. I have been busy to death every day. I haven’t corresponded with my family for a long time, and I don’t even know that Aye was transferred to Bingzhou, so how can I forget?”
"Haha!" Yang Ji smiled awkwardly: "This is the reason why I didn't tell you. Isn't it a surprise?"
"..." Dugu Pingyunxin said: You have obviously forgotten, do you think I am a fool?
However, he and Yang Shidao have been deceived in recent years, and I don't dare to say this out without helping them. Otherwise, he will be the unlucky one.
. . . . .
In the middle of the suspension bridge, the arrogant man listened to Dugu Lingyun's words and the soldiers' ridicule. His big face was green and white. He stared at Dugu Lingyun fiercely, pointed at his own face and cursed: "You f*ck, Do you know who I am?"
"..." Dugu Lingyun looked at that distinctive big face, pondered for a moment, and then recognized that the person they called "Li Family" was Tang Guogong's cousin Li Shenfu, but he didn't say anything, but Let Li Shenfu point at his own nose and scold him.
In a carriage behind Li Shenfu, there was a beautiful girl in yellow clothes sitting. Her slightly dark complexion and thick sword-shaped eyebrows gave her a heroic spirit.
This is Li Yuan's legitimate daughter Li Xiuning. Because she ranks third, she is known as Sanniang. She had been like a boy since she was a child, fighting, wielding swords, and doing everything. Her parents were worried that Li Jiancheng couldn't teach her, so they took her to live in Guanzhou half a year ago. It was certainly good to live with her parents, but her parents actually followed the rules. Li Xiuning couldn't bear the way Zheng of Xingyang taught her, so she yelled to go home every day and wanted to learn from her elder brother every day.
Her parents forced her to learn nvhong and go to the Zheng clan's academy, but she went. However, as soon as she went to the Zheng clan's academy, she would beat people. She went there every day and beat them every day. Even after she was dismissed, she went back to take charge of the Zheng clan's academy. Zheng Shanyuan was also hit all over the head with her slingshot.
The Zheng family can't stand her anymore.
return the goods.
Regarding this disobedient daughter, Li Yuan and his wife were angry, resentful and helpless. They agreed that the child was useless and could not be taught, so they decided to follow the example of the Zheng family and return the child.
This time Li Shenfu took the caravan to the Central Plains, but Li Yuan drove her back like a god of plague.
The only hope for Li Jiancheng is that she will not starve or freeze to death.
As for the rest, it’s up to you!
But what Li Yuan and his wife didn't know was that Li Jiancheng, who gave them the most peace of mind, didn't seem to have peace of mind any more. He didn't say anything about his loss in Liangzhou, and even issued an IOU worth ten thousand taels of gold.
Li Xiuning was relying on the car wall with her eyes closed and fell asleep. When she heard the movement outside, she suddenly opened a pair of clear and bright eyes. She asked the girl sitting in front of the car through the grid door covered with oil paper: "Why did the car stop?" Yes? Also, who is uncle quarreling with outside?"
The girl said: "We had a quarrel with the guard officer."
"What happened?" Li Xiuning's face changed slightly.
The girl said: "When a car went down the beam of the suspension bridge, one of its wheels was broken, and the car tilted, spilling some gold and silver. Those soldiers didn't loot it, they just asked us to clean it up within half a moment. Otherwise, they will be thrown into the river. Alang is negotiating with them."
Hearing this, Li Xiuning opened the curtains of the car, stretched out his head and looked out. Sure enough, he saw more than a dozen soldiers blocking the front coldly, indifferent to the belongings scattered on the suspension bridge. On the contrary, his uncle Li Shenfu was arrogant. Swearing.
He was gesticulating and saying ugly and dirty words.
Li Xiuning's little face almost wrinkled up when she heard this. She looked behind again and saw many people waiting. They were pointing and talking. The glances that followed him were like sharp arrows, which immediately broke the little girl's guard. Her little face suddenly turned red and her little head swished back into the car.
My heart was beating wildly, and my heart said: How could my uncle do this? How could my uncle do this? It's so embarrassing.
Outside the car, Li Shenfu saw Dugu Lingyun with a dumb look on his face after being scolded by him. He was secretly proud, pointing at his nose, ready to curse a few more words.
But at this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves clattering, and two burly men drove their horses forward. One of them grabbed Li Shenfu's waist and lifted him up from the horse. In front of everyone, Under the astonished eyes, he threw it into the moat with a "pop".
"Ah?" In the car window, Li Xiuning covered her mouth, her big black and white eyes widened. She finally calmed down, so she stuck out half her head again, ready to call her uncle back and tell him not to block the way and embarrass himself.
Unexpectedly, these two men came forward and threw the uncle into the river without saying a word.
It's... it's really satisfying.
Although it was his uncle who was thrown down, and although he felt it was inappropriate, Li Xiuning did feel a little angry in his heart.
A big man looked at the cars blocked on the suspension bridge and the boxes and belongings scattered on the ground. He bowed his hands to Dugu Lingyun and said in a loud voice: "It's getting dark. Everyone is waiting to enter the city. There are still people behind. They are coming one after another, please ask the general to take this car away and clear the road."
Dugu Lingyun, who was also caught off guard, was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. He cupped his hands and said, "You are..." As he said that, he inadvertently saw several teenagers riding their horses behind him, two of whom seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Looking at himself, he was overjoyed and laughed: "Who do you think you are! It turns out that the eldest cousin and the second brother are back."
As soon as he said this, Li Xiuning in the car window tilted her head, her little face pressed against the window frame, and looked behind curiously, but due to the angle of view, she could only see the car wall. Reluctantly, she stretched out her entire head and half of her body. Suddenly, her eyesight dimmed, and he pressed her forehead with one hand and pushed her back gently.
Her body shrank back again.
He took his hand away and a voice rang in his ear: "Children, don't stick your head out the window. If the car behind you passes by, your head will be gone."
Li Xiuning took a closer look and saw a handsome young man with a heroic temperament looking at him. Two slanting arrows flew into his temples under his sword-shaped eyebrows. His eyes seemed to be dotted with paint, and his eyes were bright and shining, as sharp as an eagle.
Li Xiuning had a sudden thought in her heart. She was about to say something when she saw that his beard was slicked back and forth, like two eyebrows drawn on it. It was so funny that he couldn't help but smile, and he was no longer afraid. .
After passing by, she thought hard for a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, she recognized the man, she quickly supported the window frame with both hands, stretched out most of her body, and shouted behind her: "Wei, cousin! "
It was Yang Ji who passed by. When he heard this, he looked back at the little girl and saw her waving to him excitedly. He asked with a smile: "Whose girl are you?"
"I am the Sanniang of the Li family, Li Xiuning! Wei, cousin, I met you once at King Teng's birthday party." Li Xiuning has learned the art of war, riding and archery since he was a child, and has admired military commanders. He hopes that one day he can be like a man and show off on the battlefield. Heroic; she saw Yang Ji "trampling" He Ruobi, who was known as the best in the world, in public, and felt that Yang Ji was stronger, more manly, and more heroic than He Ruobi.
When news of Yang Ji's various heroic deeds came back to the capital, she, like the dandies, regarded Yang Ji as her idol. Today, she was so excited to see a real person nearby and talk to her idol.
Yang Jiwei was stunned: first he met Chai Shao in Han Chang'an City, and then he met Li Sanniang here. What a coincidence today. He nodded: "I know you."
"Really?" Li Xiuning's eyes lit up, her face flushed with excitement, and she shouted with joy, "Then can you give me a war horse?"
"Ah?" Yang Ji, Li Daliang, Dugu Pingyun and others were completely stunned.
The little girl has such a big heart!
When someone says "I know you", you ask someone to give you a war horse. What kind of logic is this?
"Cousin, I learned riding skills from a crossbow horse that pulled a cart. Although a crossbow horse is also a horse, it is not a war horse at all. It is impossible to learn superb riding skills or riding archery. I have always dreamed of having one of my own. War horse, but my family won't let me." Li Xiuning looked at Yang Ji longingly. It wasn't that the Li family didn't have a war horse, or that they couldn't afford it, but that her family wouldn't give it to her or let her ride it.
She saved her private money to buy several good horses, but without exception, they were all confiscated.
If Yang Ji gave it to her, she wouldn't be afraid of it being confiscated.
Yang Ji felt soft in his heart when he heard her repeatedly calling him 'cousin', her big eyes full of begging, expectation, and worry.
He also thought that Li Jiancheng lost so miserably that it would be okay to give his sister a horse or two, so he said to Li Xiuning: "This is the first time in my life that someone calls me cousin. Then my cousin will fulfill your dream."
"Tell your cousin what color war horse you want. You can choose two colors." Every time Liangzhou officials come to Beijing, they will bring a group of good horses to sell for money, and then buy a group of farm tools and go back. Yang Ji is no exception this time. , there are good horses of all colors, but they all seem to be seasick.
Li Xiuning was overjoyed, but she was not greedy and said, "Cousin, I want a red horse, just one."
Yang Ji smiled even more kindly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Besides the red horse, what other color of war horse do you like?"
Li Xiuning bit her lip and asked softly, embarrassedly: "Do you really want two horses?"
"Of course!" Yang Ji gave an accurate answer.
"Then, then, let's get another white horse!" Li Xiuning said weakly.
"Okay!" After confirming the color, Yang Ji told Zhu Can, who had thrown down Li Shenfu, to fetch two horses, and then asked Li Xiuning: "Is the overturned car yours?"
"It's not mine, it's my family's." After Li Xiuning finished speaking, she felt that she couldn't embarrass herself in front of her idol cousin, so she said angrily: "If my cousin thinks it's in the way, throw it away."
Seeing her manly look, Yang Ji couldn't help but laugh: "The soldiers have already packed it up, there is no need to throw it away."
Li Shenfu had already swam out at this time. He saw that Yang Ji was the leader of this gang, so he stepped forward aggressively, pointed at his nose and said, "Do you know who I am? You..."
With a "crash" sound, Zong Luohu kicked him into the moat.
"Ha ha!"
"hey-hey……"
People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait laughed out loud when they saw this.
Dugu Lingyun directed several soldiers to lift the overturned vehicle and followed the horse step by step. Some soldiers also helped the Li family's servants to pick the goods into boxes, and then the Li family's servants carried them into the city, waiting for Zhu Can to bring a horse A red horse and a white horse were brought in, and the road was smooth again.
When Yang Ji saw that the vehicles blocked in front had already entered, he said to Li Xiuning: "If you are successful in your studies, you can go to Liangzhou to find me, and I will let you lead the troops."
"Seriously? Seriously? Can I also lead troops?" Li Xiuning was surprised and happy.
"There are female soldiers in Liangzhou." Yang Ji clamped his horse's belly and walked towards Dugu Lingyun who was clearing the passage.
The generals and guards behind him quickly followed.
Li Xiuning looked at Yang Ji's back and walked away, feeling an inexplicable feeling in her heart. She knew that Yang Ji regarded her as a child, but she felt that she was an adult.
After looking at the servant who took the reins and the two horses in a daze, his confused eyes slowly became determined: she must learn riding and martial arts well, and she can definitely become a female general.
. . . . . .
After entering the city, Yang Ji led everyone to the wide street beside the wall, dismounted from his horse, walked towards Dugu Lingyun who was waiting with a smile, clasped his fists and said, "Cousin."
"Cousin." Dugu Lingyun returned the gesture.
Dugu Pingyun also came up to pay homage to his brother.
When the brothers saw each other, Yang Ji said to Dugu Lingyun, "This is not a place to reminisce about old times. My cousin has official duties, so let's keep the story short."
Dugu Lingyun deeply believed it and said: "What my cousin said is absolutely true!"
"Has uncle taken office?" Yang Ji asked.
"Never!" Dugu Lingyun sighed and said, "Aye has resigned several times. He doesn't want to be the governor of Bingzhou at all, but the saint was kind enough to reject Aye's resignation."
Yang Ji was deeply surprised. His eldest uncle and second uncle were both loyal ministers of the Sui Dynasty. They were imperialists before and they are now.
When Yang Xiu served as the general manager of Yizhou, he was actually as disobedient as Yang Liang and planned to close the four fortresses and seize the Shu territory to stand on his own like Liu Bei. However, he did not have the courage to rebel. Yang Jian was not determined when he At that time, he immediately appointed Dugu Kai as the general manager of Yizhou (Xiaozhou) to restrain Yang Xiu.
Not long after Dugu Kai took office, Yang Xiu immediately led troops to prepare to attack Yizhou. Later, he learned that Dugu Kai had been prepared, so he gave up the rebellion and went to court to apologize. Because Dugu Kai stopped Yang Xiu and bankrupted his rebellion plan, Yang Jian named him the Grand Manager of Yizhou (Dazhou). He was very helpful in government in Yizhou and was praised by all the elders in Shu.
Nowadays, Bingzhou is in a situation of "leaderless leader", so Yang Guang transferred Dugukai to be the general manager of Bingzhou and let him handle the affairs in Taiyuan. This is not only a great trust, but also an affirmation of his ability.
But why did he resign?
This made Yang Ji very puzzled!
He thought for a while and asked tentatively in a low voice: "Is it because of me?"
"It has nothing to do with you!" Dugu Lingyun shook his head and said worriedly: "Aye is sick. His vision is blurred and he is almost blind. As for the rest, there is no problem."
"Ah?" Yang Ji and Dugu Pingyun were both shocked. Yang Ji quickly said, "In that case, uncle should indeed recuperate at home. What did the saint say?"
"The saint means that Aye can just sit in Taiyuan without having to deal with specific matters, and let me follow him. If anything happens, I can handle it on Aye's behalf." Dugu Lingyun said with a bitter smile: "But you also know, Aye Once he takes over the post of governor of Bingzhou, he will do his best and be loyal to his duties, but Bingzhou is now in chaos, and I am very worried that his condition will worsen."
"What did uncle think?" Yang Ji asked. According to Yang Guang's method, even the capitalists would shed tears when they saw it!
But in this day and age, it is the top, most enviable and desirable "you treat me like a scholar of the country"; even Dugu Kai does not think it is exploitation, but a supreme honor.
"Aye only said one thing, and that was, 'You treat me like a countryman, and I will repay you as a countryman.'"
"..." Yang Ji was speechless.
Dugu Lingyun patted Yang Ji on the shoulder and said in an almost pleading tone: "Vajra slave, Aye has decided to go to Bingzhou to be the general manager, and no one will listen to him."
"I hope to see you as soon as possible and tell you this. I also hope that you can persuade Aye, so I came to be the city gate official."
Manager Yang Ji knew why Dugu Lingyun was guarding the door here. He was silent for a long time and said, "Is it useful?"
"If Aye doesn't make sense here, you can ask the saint to take back his life, and that's it." Dugu Lingyun said seriously.
"Then I'd better talk to the saint directly."
. . . . . . .
Daxing Palace Qianqiu Hall.
Yang An entered the palace with a happy face, saluted Yang Guang who was at the desk reviewing memorials, and said: "Sage, a messenger has come to report that King Wei has entered the city."
Yang Guang quickly put down the ink pen in his hand and said with a smile: "I was thinking just now that he has almost arrived. Changqiu Prison, go and summon him to the palace immediately. By the way, don't forget to pick up the manuscript of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". "
"I'll leave now." Yang An bowed and retreated, thinking secretly in his mind that Daxing City was not peaceful on the surface during this period because the capital was about to be moved, but in fact it was already undercurrent; when King Wei comes back, I'm afraid there will be another turmoil. There was a storm.
After watching Yang An leave, Yang Guang picked up the memorial in his hand. It was written by Yang Ji when he learned that the imperial court was going to wipe out the bandits in Guanzhong.
In the memorial, Yang Ji not only listed the various advantages of recruiting refugees and bandits into the army in Liangzhou, but also finally explained a crucial point: "Recruit the bandits in the pass for the country's use to prevent someone from moving the capital." Bring bandits to cause chaos and disturb the place."
Yang Guang nodded secretly: The prince and the prime ministers only knew the surface of suppressing bandits, but they did not know the depth of their intentions. It is the vajra slave who knows me and can see through the subtleties of suppressing bandits and moving the capital at a glance.
With this in mind, I continued to read below. The text above clearly recorded the grand scene of the people bidding farewell to the officers and soldiers after each bandit suppression. Finally, it mentioned the saying that "the military and the civilians are as close as fish and water."
"The army and the people are as close as fish and water? This may be the reason why Ya Sheng said that he would eat the milk in the pot to welcome the king's master, right? That's all, let's talk about it when he arrives." Yang Guang murmured, and he couldn't help but feel a strong feeling in his heart. yearn for.
7017k
