PS: Thanks to Hua Xiaoyun, Dead Mansion 1, Fat Chariot, and three book friends for their rewards.
There are nine fortresses in the world, led by Yanmen.
Even though today's Yanmen Pass is not as important as it was in the Song Dynasty, it is still one of the three passes outside the Ming Dynasty.
"Captain Xing, how long does it take to get there after passing Yanmen Pass?" Kong Yinfan asked Xing Yun outside the carriage.
Ever since he saw others calling Xing Yun captain, he followed the others in calling him captain.
Xing Yun, who was following the carriage on horseback, said to him: "We are almost there. After passing Shanyin County and Huairen, we will reach Datong Town. Our boss is in Datong Town."
"We're almost there, we're almost there. This journey is not easy." Kong Yinfan rubbed his lower back with his hands.
Although he was well fed and well cared for along the way, he was still on the road after all, and it was not easy to walk such a long way.
Xing Yun, who was outside the carriage, said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Kong, just hold on and wait until we get to Datong Town."
The convoy started from Qufu, passed through Henan, passed through Shanxi, and finally arrived at Datong. This distance was really not close. In the era before airplanes and trains, relying only on horse-drawn carriages and manpower, they could cover dozens of miles a day at most.
"Captain Xing, we have arrived in Datong. Can I ask you something?" Kong Yinfan hesitated and asked Xing Yun outside the carriage.
Xing Yun heard this and said with a smile: "Mr. Kong, what do you want to know about?"
"Well," Kong Yinfan hesitated and asked, "Can you tell me something about your employer?"
Xing Yun on the horse thought for a while and said, "I wonder what Mr. Kong wants to know?"
"You can say anything you want. We are about to meet. As an elder, I can't know everything about my future son-in-law." Seeing that Xing Yun did not refuse to talk, Kong Yinfan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I wanted to find out who my future son-in-law was and how he was so powerful in Shanxi, I also wanted to find out what was going on in Shanxi. Even the palace of Zongfan had become the back garden of the common people.
Although he also had some speculations in his mind, he was not sure whether it was related to his future son-in-law.
Xing Yun thought for a while and said: "Our boss is the most powerful person. We who are subordinates all admire our boss. We can't talk about him all day and night."
"You don't need to talk about a day or a night, just tell me, what does your boss do? Are you an official in Datong?" Kong Yinfan asked slightly nervously.
Hearing this, Xing Yun shook his head slightly and said: "Our boss once served as a guerrilla general, and later served as a city guard, but that was all a few years ago."
"That's good, that's good." Kong Yinfan in the carriage secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it's not what he imagined, then he asked, "What is your boss doing now?"
Xing Yun hesitated for a moment, feeling that he had already arrived in Shanxi, and the other party would know sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it, so he said: "Dongjia is what we call outsiders. Generally, we call lord."
Bang!
There was a crashing sound in the carriage.
Xing Yun, who heard the sound, hurriedly looked into the carriage and asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Kong? Are you okay?"
"No, it's okay." Kong Yinfan rubbed his forehead against the inner wall of the carriage with his hand. At this moment, he felt a constant chill on his back.
Not everyone is qualified to be called "Lord". Even if he doesn't read much, he has heard the meaning of "Lord" from other places.
Thinking of this, he felt that he still needed to make sure again, so he said to Xing Yun outside the carriage again: "We have been walking along this way, except when we were in Henan, it was a little worse. After entering Shanxi, I think everything is very good, unlike It looks like he has been attacked by bandits."
"Shanxi used to be worse than Henan. It has only gotten better in the past two years. As for the banditry, it happened several years ago." Xing Yun said casually.
Kong Yinfan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked hurriedly: "So there have been no bandits in Shanxi in the past two years?"
"Shanxi has been very peaceful in the past two years. No bandits dare to cause trouble in Shanxi's borders, not even bandits." Xing Yun said with a smile.
There was a hint of pride in his tone.
Shanxi used to be a place with many bandits. In recent years, as the Tiger Character Banner has been continuously clearing out banditry in Shanxi, various bandits in Shanxi have either gone elsewhere to find a way out, or have become obedient citizens of the Tiger Character Banner.
Moreover, the Tiger Character Banner will never be lenient in dealing with the banditry under its control.
The haze in Kong Yinfan's heart dissipated.
In his opinion, since there is no banditry in Shanxi, it means that his son-in-law is not a bandit, but a serious official of the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, he said happily: "I didn't expect that Shanxi under the Ming Dynasty would be better than Yanzhou. It seems that Shanxi has a good official here."
Originally, he wanted to praise his son-in-law.
With such a powerful son-in-law, the officials who came to Shanxi were inextricably linked to his son-in-law, and they might even be his subordinates.
However, Xiaomin's knowledge made him unclear. There was still a difference between Datong officials and Shanxi officials under the Ming Dynasty.
"Mr. Kong, you are wrong." Xing Yun explained, "Before Shanxi came under the rule of our lord, it was not much different from Yanzhou. Later, the lord captured Shanxi, and the lives of the people of Shanxi became easier."
Bang!
There was another dull sound in the carriage.
"Mr. Kong, are you okay?"
Xing Yun, who heard the noise, gave a concerned greeting.
Kong Yinfan in the carriage said quickly: "It's okay, it's okay. I was jolted just now and couldn't sit still."
"No, this road has been repaired, and the ground is very flat." Xing Yun heard Kong Yinfan say that the ground was uneven, and looked down at the official road at his feet, mumbling.
At this moment, Kong Yinfan's face popped out of the side window of the carriage, and he asked: "Isn't the lord in your mouth an official of the Ming Dynasty?"
"No." Xing Yun shook his head at him and said immediately, "The entire Shanxi and Shaanxi are under the rule of the Tiger Banner. Now there is another Henan. Our Lord is the leader of the Tiger Banner, and he will be the emperor in the future. .”
Hearing this, Kong Yinfan sat slumped in the carriage.
The man her daughter married turned out to be a rebel leader.
If the court found out, it would be a serious crime to behead the nine tribes.
What he didn't expect even more was that the dignified saint's family actually colluded with the rebels and even sacrificed his daughter.
In a hurry and anger, he rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Dad, what's wrong with you?"
In addition to Kong Yinfan, there was also his son Kong Shangyun in the carriage. At this time, Kong Shangyun found that his father had fainted in the carriage and quickly shook it with his hands.
"Stop, stop quickly!"
Xing Yun heard the movement in the carriage and hurriedly stopped the convoy. He got off his horse and bent down to get into the carriage where Kong Yinfan was riding.
