Chapter 279 Sharpening the Knife

The team returning to Beijing is not too bloated;

First of all,

The original imperial envoy team must go back all the way, and this group of people had previously rushed to Xue Customs to announce the decree. , has already demonstrated his ability to rush.

Then came Uncle Zheng.

Three carriages,

One carriage contained the princess and Uncle Zheng, and two carriages contained goods.

Although there was a delay of several days during the military parade, overall, the time for returning to Beijing is still extremely generous. You can stop where you should and rest where you should;

there will definitely be no problem of missing the deadline.

Accompanying them were Blind Man, Fan Li, Sword Maid, Gou Moli, Sword Master, Chen Daxia, and three hundred personal cavalry led by Gao Yi.

This afternoon,

the team camped by the Mingchi Pool early.

It is just over two days’ journey from Wangjiang. After passing Wangjiang, we reach Yingdu and then connect the border of Yan State from Yingdu. There is already a newly renovated official road. , the team's traveling speed will be greatly improved, and the complete post system can also save everyone a lot of time for supplies and rest.

The most difficult section to walk is actually the road from Xuehaiguan to Wangjiang, because the entire eastern half of Chengguo was the area most severely affected by the Savage Rebellion.

Not to mention the plunder in the early stage, it was a one-and-done sale, simply and neatly;

But in the later period, when the Great Yan Eastern Expeditionary Army came to the west side of Wangjiang River and the two sides began to stalemate, then It is no longer simply looting, but digging three feet into the ground to search for supplies. It is simply digging for roots!

After that, Marquis Jingnan defeated the main force of the barbarians, and the Qingluan army in Yupan City surrendered and was massacred. Although the war was decided, the entire Jin land from west to east was baptized by the flames of war within two or three years. , it takes time to recuperate;

Secondly, the war between Zhennanguan and the Chu State may break out at any time. According to Jingnan Hou’s wishes, if the two countries officially start a war, if Chu cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, If the main force of the human field battle spreads the flames of war to the Chu land, it will have to retreat and settle for the next best thing. The Yan army will take the initiative to retreat and allow the Chu army to enter Jin to open up the battlefield pattern and width, thereby giving the cavalry a greater range of activities and initiative.

Therefore, neither Dayan nor Yingdu will choose to develop or immigrate to this area that has been pre-demarcated as a "battlefield" at this time.

Mingchi is a beautiful place, especially now, with rippling lake waves and green grass, giving people a relaxed and happy feeling.

It takes two hours less to travel and rest here, which is a rare comfort during the long distance.

There was a long blanket with some food and drinks on it. The princess sat there and stuffed some food into Uncle Zheng's mouth from time to time.

Uncle Zheng lay on the grass with his head on his hands, admiring the sunset.

Not far away, the sword master in white is sitting by the lake, and next to him, the barbarian king is sitting.

The Savage King has been imprisoned for so long, and he has also suffered from the evil aura of Sha Tuo Que Stone Zombies, as well as the fact that he destroyed his face in order to evade capture, making him completely condemned now and originally. If two people.

No need to disguise or wear a mask, and there is no need to worry about being recognized.

Furthermore,

Among the Great Yan, there are only a few people who have actually seen the Savage King.

Logically speaking, there should be a life-or-death relationship between the Sword Master and the Savage King.

But when he was at Snow Customs, the Sword Master would also ask the blind man to help him take the Savage King out of the prison from time to time to talk and chat.

The Sword Master will talk about Liu Dahu’s time in the school, and also talk about his wife’s diligence and thrift in running the house.

Then, the Savage King, who was stuffed with dog food, had to deliberately attack several times each time to increase the Juggernaut's pleasure;

After all, he was eager to come out and have a look. Sky, look at the clouds and breathe in the fresh air;

At this time, the Savage King is peeling chestnuts and roasting chestnuts with sugar. They are very tasty and delicious.

The Savage King not only eats it himself, but also specially peels a few and places them in front of the Sword Master.

The sword master was not polite either.

As he admired the scenery and the lake breeze, he picked up a peeled chestnut from time to time and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

“When I left the city on the first day, I saw you in the team. To be honest, I was really shocked.”

“Are you afraid that I will kill you with one sword? "

"Yes."

"If I wanted to kill you, I would have killed you at the Snow Customs."

The Sword Master even did it at the Snow Customs. He doesn't need to do it himself, he just needs to show it to Uncle Zheng, and Uncle Zheng will definitely take the head of the Savage King and place it in front of the Sword Master.

It is said that Fan Zhengwen is good at doing business, but Uncle Zheng has never lost money in this kind of business.

"It's different." The Savage King shook his head and continued to peel chestnuts, "It's different in the snow customs and outside."

"It's different." The sword master nodded.

“I’m right.”

“Well, inside the city, you are a prisoner, and outside the city, you are a prisoner worker. The 20,000 people who were captured more than a year ago How many savages are left alive now?”

The infrastructure and recovery of Snow Customs, including the tens of thousands that were able to remain stable after absorbing so many people last winter? The savage captives can be said to have made a great contribution.

They did the most tiring work, they ate the worst food, they lived in the coldest nests, and batch after batch of savage slave workers died on the construction site.

Now, only a few thousand people can continue to do hard labor. The rest are either dead or disabled and have lost their labor force and have been disposed of.

At this point, Hirano’s house can be described as extremely cruel.

Of course,This is also what they deserve. Those who come out to fool around will always have to pay back. They broke into Shanhaiguan, burned, killed and looted so happily. After they were happy, they had to atone for their sins.

Uncle Zheng has never recruited troops from those savage slave workers because there is no need.

First of all, Xue Customs has always followed the route of elite soldiers. This is a tradition and must be maintained.

Secondly, although Xueguan has absorbed many barbarians, the majority of the people at the bottom are still Jin people. Most of these people have been tortured by the savages. Punishment can win over their hearts.

Erecting a savage as a target of common hatred, and with this external contradiction, the possible contradictions caused by the common people of Yan and Jin and Pingye Bo's identity as a Yan person can be eliminated. Possibly blurred out.

The Savage King thought for a while and said:

"That's what I really mean, but I still want to live a good life. You know, I am not afraid of Uncle Hirano now, because Uncle Hirano and I am the same person, I can sell everything for profit;

But you are different, I am not sure whether you want to see me live a good life."

The Juggernaut didn't. intend to answer this question.

He did not resent Zheng Fan for dragging the Savage King out to the capital together, because he could see that Zheng Fan was a little worried about going to the capital to receive the reward.

The Savage King did not ask any more questions, but clapped his hands and said:

“This is Mingchi, right? It was once the expelled place of the Situ family. The place where our holy clan erected a monument after their great victory.”

Many place names and historical sites in Jin are actually related to the expelling of barbarians by the Jin people.

In the past, a certain head of the Situ family led an army to defeat the barbarians here and pushed the battle line across the Wangjiang River, which further reduced the barbarians’ strategic maneuvering space in the Jin region, and at the same time provided a way for the barbarians to be driven out completely. Jindi set the tone.

The head of the Situ family once ordered the carver to erect a monument here to commemorate the war.

As time goes by, too many things have been blown away by the rain and wind. The beautiful scenery of Mingchi has drowned out the fact that it was an ancient battlefield, and it has become a place for Jin people to visit and a holy land of flowers and plants.

In the early years, the lake was dotted with flower shops, not only red tents that made a living in the flesh business, but also many good family sons and daughters who spontaneously and proactively came here to make the sky, quilt and ground their bed. .

In another world, it is a tourist attraction with the theme of "love, beauty, and encounter".

But now,

the flower shop is gone, and

there are not even many people nearby.

Flowers used to be romantic, but only flowers are no longer romantic.

"Where is the inscription?" the sword master asked.

"I asked people to dig it out and smash it." The Savage King said.

The sword master nodded.

The Savage King also sighed, with a trace of reminiscence in his eyes.

A long time,

SwordThe saint said: "Spoil things."

"Haha." The Savage King smiled.

Actually, he really wanted to say that eight hundred years ago, the land of Sanjin was dotted with temples, inscriptions, and murals of the savage saints, but now, can they still be seen?

But he was too lazy to argue, because he knew that the Zhuxia people had always been self-centered. Their own things were things, their own music was the sound of nature, and their own ancestral hall was sacred. The other ethnic groups, whether savages, barbarians or Shanyue, are not worth mentioning, and even looking at them will make your eyes dirty.

At this time,

Zhang Yuanshan walked to Uncle Zheng, slowly knelt down and said:

"Uncle, this is really a good place." Beautiful mountains and beautiful scenery.”

Uncle Zheng remained silent.

Zhang Yuanshan did not realize that he had become a fly. Instead, he continued: "Uncle, tell me, how many more troops are needed to completely pacify the Jin area?"

Uncle Zheng opened his eyes, glanced at Zhang Yuanshan, and smiled.

Zhang Yuanshan also smiled.

Then,

Uncle Zheng closed his eyes again.

"..." Zhang Yuanshan.

"Uncle, do you think it's boring to talk to my subordinates about this?"

Uncle Zheng nodded.

Zhang Yuanshang pursed his lips and said: "But I still have a question. I hope my uncle can help me clear up my doubts. This is also something that His Highness is thinking about.

In fact, Zheng Fan's attitude towards Zhang Yuanshan has become like this. The reason why I felt cold was because after the team set off, I finally received a letter from Xiao Liuzi.

Xiao Liuzi’s messenger first went to Xue Customs in a staggered manner with Uncle Zheng. Then Xue Customs sent three knights to catch up with the team and handed the letter to Uncle Zheng.

In the letter, Xiao Liuzi felt proud that he had given birth to a son.

Then he talked about some recent things about him, including his recent trivial mood. Well, he also wrote two poems.

Actually, Uncle Zheng and Xiao Liuzi are more like a pair of pen pals.

The gossip is at the top, but the serious words are below.

At the end of the letter, Xiao Liuzi highlighted three things.

One is the plan to import money and grain from Xue Customs in the first half of the third year of Yongping.

One thing is that his father, Emperor Xuan, expressed his views on Uncle Zheng’s visit to Beijing, and his views were very reserved.

And this implicit means a "hint", because this is supposed to be a very beautiful thing, why should you be reserved?

The third one is that Feng Guan is a young eunuch who has recently gained favor in the palace and is very utilitarian. Then he described Zhang Yuanshan as follows:

I don’t know if he is mine?

It is very simple for a smart person to speak;

It is also very simple for a smart person to write a letter.

The sentence "I don't know if he is mine" actually contains a lot of content.

Xiao Liuzi couldn't see through him, so Uncle Zheng didn't bother to look at him.

However,

Faced with Zhang Yuanshan’s question,

Uncle Zheng answered directly:

“Take Chu first. ”

When the two were chatting about this topic, they didn’t care at all about Princess Dachu sitting next to them.

"Why?" Zhang Yuanshan looked like he was listening.

Uncle Zheng glanced at Zhang Yuanshan and said of course:

"Because I have nothing to do with the Qian Kingdom."

The blind man came over at this time and said to Zhang Yuanshan:

"Brother Zhang, is this beautiful lake scenery poetic?"

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Obviously, it was the blind man who came to help Uncle Zheng take over this hot potato.

Zhang Yuanshan wanted to blurt out,

What does the scenery here have to do with you, a blind man?

But he still held back and could only accompany the blind man to recite poems and compose poems.

After the place became quiet again,

The princess whispered:

“I don’t like that person.”

“ I don't like it either."

"Yeah." The princess nodded, seeming to be happy that she and her husband had the same person.

Immediately,

The princess asked tentatively:

"My lord, can you give it to him on the way..."

Uncle Zheng looked at the princess and said with a smile: "Why are you so brave? He is an imperial envoy after all."

The princess looked at Uncle Zheng who had several sets of imperial robes at home,

Bit your lip.

When Uncle Zheng saw this, he thought it was quite cute. He reached out and touched the princess’s chin,

said:

“There is no need to treat people you don’t like. You can't solve them all, just treat them as if they don't exist and just be a fly."

...

The rest in Mingchi is considered a team. It was a small break. For the next two days, the team moved quickly without any delays.

Under Zheng Fan's instructions, the team headed slightly north, avoiding Yupan City and passing Wangjiang River upstream.

After all, she is his woman, and it is "forced by life" to need her to help him support himself, but there is no need to deliberately let her touch the situation.

This place "Jade City" should be the sad place for most Chu people now.

After crossing Wangjiang, the team entered Yingdu late at night without taking any rest.

Yingdu is a big city, and it is the largest central city in the entire original country.

Because Jingnan Hou led his army to Fengxin City, it is not considered a military center, but it is a center for other centers.None were left behind.

But whether it was Feng Guan’s status as an imperial envoy or Uncle Zheng’s status, it would not be a big problem to open the city gate late at night.

In this way,

the team entered Yingdu City and stayed at the inn in the city.

Because the team was moving very fast, no messenger was sent to notify them of their arrival in the city in advance, and they entered the city late at night. Therefore, even though many dignitaries in Yingdu were alarmed, no one would choose to visit at this time of night.

So,

inside the inn,

it seemed very quiet.

In the courtyard of the inn,

Gao Yi, who had just arranged the internal and external security, saw the blind man walking towards him.

"Mr. Bei, what's the matter?"

The blind man tied up his hands and walked in front of him,

and said:

"Pass the uncle's order! "

Gao Yi and the two lieutenants beside him immediately knelt down,

"The general is here!"

"The general is here!"

The blind man breathed a sigh of relief,

slowly said:

"Sharpen the knife."

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