After Autumn Harvest, the weather continued to be hot and dry.
In the morning, Prince of Wuling Army Provisioning Officer Xi received an inexplicable invitation.
Langya Interior Minister Liu Cheng sent me a smelly, long and ugly post with his own Attendant Secretariat Supervisor Xie Ae, talking about what I heard about Prince of Wuling recently. His Highness was preparing to hunt wild boars. It happened that some people at the eastern foot of Flower Mountain saw a large wild boar with a litter of Little Wild Boar when they were harvesting crops, so they wanted to invite His Highness and his son to hunt with him.
"What does this Liu Yulong mean?" Army Provisioning Officer Xi just thought it was ridiculous. After receiving the decent Xie Xuan for a while, he didn't know who to talk to for a while, so he could only go back to the backyard to find his only adult son Army Provisioning Officer Zong to argue. "How can we hunt wild boars with our father and son in such a confused way?"
"Could it be that someone knew about the previous campaign against Military Weapons and used it to warn us?" Army Provisioning Officer Zong instinctively came to the same conclusion. "After all, we recruited some deserters at the time, and later disbanded some because of the large number of people. Those people were all Huai River region Northern Chu, so we let him know."
"Wang and Xie just came to warn me. Why should he, Northern Chu, warn me? He just went directly to Daowan to slander me." Army Provisioning Officer Xi still thinks it's ridiculous.
"That's because he saw the situation was shaken and wanted to take refuge in Father." Army Provisioning Officer Zong thought for a moment and gave a more logical deduction. "It just so happens that hunting in the wild is a good place to talk."
"Is that so?" Army Provisioning Officer Xi perked up a little. "Although he is a Northern Chu, he has some talents, is highly valued by Huan Yuanzi, and knows how to fight... No, he is Huan Yuanzi How could a person from take refuge in me? Besides, Daowan didn't treat him badly. A Northern Chu has achieved special honors, how could he give it to Gentleman of the Palace Attendant, Extra-Establishment so easily? People are still laughing at this!"
"Isn't that true." Army Provisioning Officer Zong nodded in approval, and then suddenly laughed. "Could it be that it was just a matter of friendship. I heard that Father is good at martial arts, and I vaguely knew that my father was preparing Military Weapons and so on. Other high-ranking people would naturally feel a little surprised. But if you put it on Northern Chu, you just feel like he is going to hunt?"
"That should be it." Army Provisioning Officer Xi just stood here and slapped his thigh without delay. "What are we father and son suspecting here? It's obviously really hunting."
"Then shall we go?" Army Provisioning Officer Zong hurriedly asked. "It's just a good time to try to win over him, and it also means to reassure those who are interested?"
"No." Prince of Wuling said simply. "He is Northern Chu after all. If we get closer to him, the social figures we usually gather will look down on us father and son. It's not worth the gain."
"Then Father doesn't have to go, I'll go to the front to reject Father and Xie Ae." Army Provisioning Officer Zong said, but couldn't help but ask more questions. "So, Xie Renzu really sold his twelve or thirteen-year-old nephew to someone else as Attendant Secretariat Supervisor because of a bet at the show?"
"What kind of performance?" Army Provisioning Officer Xi, who is a clean student, couldn't help but twist his beard. "They did have a bet, but it was Liu Yulong and Xie Wanshi who made a bet inside Daowan's door, betting that Xie Renzu would be defeated. In the end, not only was the army defeated, but they relied on Liu Yulong to fight back, since This Liu Yulong took advantage of the Xie Clan. After doing Langya Interior Minister, many people saw him carrying a bucket to Black Robe Alley, saying he was going to pick up manure... Xie Family didn't give him an equal bet, it would be unjustifiable! This is why he sent the twelve or thirteen-year-old child out to avoid embarrassment."
"That's it." Army Provisioning Officer Zong sighed. "The same goes for Xie Ae. Although Xie Family is also a junior, Attendant Secretariat Supervisor humiliated him too much... How did he meet such an uncle?"
After I finished feeling emotional, I bowed my hands and went to the front to send Xie Ae away.
Unexpectedly, after Xie Xuan said goodbye, in the evening, another person came to the door and delivered Liu Yulong's hunting post, and this time the person who sent it was Chief Clerk Wang Linzhi among Langya Commandery.
The visitor was the serious King Langya, and he was the son of Wang Baihu. Prince of Wuling father and son could not be careless, so they quickly and seriously entertained Wang Linzhi.
But Wang Linzhi just excused himself, saying that he was going to take a break tomorrow and the next day and was going to go home to rest, but he happened to encounter a reply from Xie Xuan, so Liu Langya wrote a new post temporarily and asked him to drop by, and then urged the two of them to read it quickly and reply to him. He himself was not even planning to leave the city again.
So, Army Provisioning Officer Xi and his son quickly dismantled it on the spot and took a look. It was still smelly, long and ugly, and their tone of voice was also very harsh. The meaning was very clear, don't hunt together. He heard that "Prince of Wuling and his son are very good at martial arts, and they have good weapons and crossbows at home". He was not convinced, so he will have a "hunting competition" tomorrow. He will definitely hunt the big pig with his own hands, and then tie it up in front of everyone and give it away!
Even though Wang Linzhi and Army Provisioning Officer Xi were present, they were angry on the spot, but they still suppressed their temper and retreated to the backyard to discuss with their son.
"What do you want Father?" As soon as they arrived in the backyard, Army Provisioning Officer Zong hurriedly asked.
"This Northern Migrants rabble is so rude!" Army Provisioning Officer Xi's hands were shaking. "Who is he? How dare he compete with me?"
"Then we're not going?" Army Provisioning Officer Zong hesitated slightly.
"Go!" Prince of Wuling said with a bad temper. "I want him to see that there are heroes in the royal family!"
"I also think it's time to go. First Xie Ae, then Wang Zhongchan. They will all take a break tomorrow. This matter will definitely be spread. And if he doesn't go tomorrow, he will deliberately fabricate what happened today, saying that our father and son are afraid of him." Army Provisioning Officer Zong also agreed to go.
"He dares?!"
"Isn't that what he meant when he asked Wang and Xie to come over?" Army Provisioning Officer Zong said with a bitter smile.
"Can such a person have Wang and Xie as his disciple?" Army Provisioning Officer Xi became even more angry Injustice. "Because of this, we have to defeat him even more! Remember to have a good rest tonight, and let Northern Migrants rabble see the bravery of our father and son tomorrow! Let Wang and Xie and his family take a look at who is the real hero!"
"Hey." Army Provisioning Officer Zong became more and more certain that the other party asking Wang Linzhi to send this post was a provocation in itself.
Turning to the front, the father and son showed quite some restraint, smiling and promising to hunt with Liu Langya tomorrow, and they themselves sent someone to South Garden to inform him, asking Wang Linzhi to go and rest early.
However, Wang Linzhi insisted on asking his followers to go back and report, saying that if they were randomly replaced, it would be difficult to hand over at that time, and that he did not dare to recognize the signatures on the form and other nonsense.
This little thing doesn't matter anymore, the matter is settled.
The next day, Prince of Wuling Army Provisioning Officer Xi and Heir Apparent Army Provisioning Officer Zong got up early in the morning, had a full meal, and asked others to let the boiling water cool down. Then they personally went to the warehouse to get the strong bow Powerful Crossbow, Spear horizontal knife, and then put on Leather Two-Panel Armor, put on the Warrior crown, tied the cuffs, tied the trouser legs, tightened the belt, and put on the brocade cloak that was said to be the same style as Huan Wen. At this time, forty or fifty brave Mounted Slaves who had been recruited had already picked good horses, so they filled the water bags with water, tied them to the horses, and went out together.
He didn't imitate the scholars riding in any carriage. He just mounted his horse in front of the door. The father and his son took the lead, and the other forty or fifty people also mounted their horses. Behind them were a hundred and ten ordinary sword and ax slaves, guarding seven or eight carriages and loading some curtains, snacks, chessboards, books, cauldrons, bowls and chopsticks and other necessary items for going out.
Then it headed north, first out of North Hedge Gate, and then onto Jingkou Avenue.
He couldn't walk more than three or four miles, so he first encountered Huai River Region Cavalrymen, who had a similar accent to his own Mounted Slaves. He turned over on the side of the road and saluted, claiming to be Jiangcheng guard. Gao Jian subordinates said that there was a notice in Langya Commandery this morning, knowing that His Highness Prince of Wuling was coming to hunt, so he greeted him early as a guide.
Prince of Wuling father and son can't even look down on Liu Yulong, let alone Gao Jian? What's more, Gao Jian didn't come out in person, and it's not even a show of goodwill?
He just raised his lips to show the way.
After walking for another ten miles, we came to the intersection of Jurong Avenue in front of Flower Mountain. This place had already formed a fixed Market due to the expanded square and the large and small performances held on the 5th and 25th of every month.
At this time, Prince of Wuling's own home was getting a little hot, and knowing that there were still twenty miles to go and he was not expected to arrive until noon, he asked to go to Market to buy some fresh fruits and vegetables, and then took the opportunity to have people drive away the vendors under the shade of the trees and take a rest.
After taking a good rest, we hit the road again, and finally followed the guide to get on Jurong Avenue.
After walking for another three or five miles, I suddenly remembered something. Prince of Wuling suddenly stopped on his horse and burst into laughter on the horse.
Heir Apparent Army Provisioning Officer Zong was puzzled. "Father What's so funny?"
"I laughed at that Liu Yulong, who is called Jiangcheng Great Ruler, but in fact he is not worthy of the name." Army Provisioning Officer Xi said proudly. "Think about it, that Market just now was originally a wild man, but now he relies on it Because the club belongs to his wife's family, it holds a performance every Friday, and it is already quite a large-scale Market. But on the one hand, he specially leveled the field and built such a big square for people to watch the performance; on the other hand, he didn't know how to set up a fence and use it as an official market to collect taxes. Isn't it ridiculous?"
Army Provisioning Officer Zong nodded. "Indeed, he would rather transfer Tuduan to Yellow Register in his own village than set up this official market. This is obviously a lack of consideration. Otherwise, he can't be worried about setting up a fence to collect money, and the refugees who can't read will not be able to see his "Discussing Heroes While Boiling Green Plums", right?"
""Discussing Heroes While Boiling Green Plums", but I don't know who is the real hero in this world?" Army Provisioning Officer Xi not only did not laugh when he heard this, but he felt inexplicably emotional because of the Spring and Autumn Annals performance he had watched, and then urged Tall Horse on his crotch to continue southward.
After walking for seven or eight miles, they saw a rather regular gatehouse in the distance, like a military camp. There was a wooden sign on the roadside in front of the gatehouse, which read "North Camp Township West Main Road li". The father and son knew that this should be the newly built four gates after Tuduan. One of the villages, the Northern Migrants camp that Liu Yulong himself came from. It can be regarded as the place that he actually controls as the sect leader, Refugee Commander, and there is already a General Who Sweeps Across the Wilderness Liu Jian in it.
"He is self-aware." Army Provisioning Officer Zong couldn't help but smile when he saw his father stationed on the horse again. "In the past, Northern Migrants's camp did not hide anything."
"It's quite orderly." Army Provisioning Officer Xi didn't know what he thought of, but his attitude changed slightly. "A Northern Migrants poor boy, it is said that when he first arrived here six or seven years ago, he didn't even have pants. What about now? Although this kind of person is vulgar and rude, eager for quick success, but if he can be loyal to the court and considerate of the royal family, he can still achieve Xi Jian."
"The opposite is Su Jun." Army Provisioning Officer Zong reminded again.
King Wuling nodded, stopped caring, and continued walking forward. At this time, he was feeling a little hot again. Fortunately, when he passed by the gatehouse of Beiying, four or five more knights came out. They dismounted from a distance and respectfully told them that Liu Langya knew that King Wuling was coming to the appointment and had come out five miles from the South Garden to the north to greet him, just two or three miles ahead.
Moreover, the road between North Camp and South Garden has also been cleared, preventing anyone from bumping into Wang Jia.
Prince of Wuling was then slightly satisfied, and then slightly accelerated forward.
After walking another two miles, I saw a group of people in front of me, also wearing armor and holding bows, waiting in the middle of the road. Instead, they slowed down in order to keep their manners in order.
However, just fifty or sixty steps away from the opponent, suddenly, drums, gongs, and shouts sounded loudly from nowhere!
Army Provisioning Officer Xi father and son were panicked, and behind them Mounted Slaves and Axe-Wielding Slaves were also running around in panic.
But it wasn't over yet. Following this commotion, people also poured out of the ditch behind the trees on both sides, holding flags and spears, or bending their bows and crossbows. At some point, a group of people came from behind and snatched away the ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages originally controlled by Axe-Wielding Slaves, turning them around and crossing the road.
However, no one really took action.
Army Provisioning Officer Xi rode his horse around in a circle, in a state of embarrassment. When he saw this, he became furious and immediately galloped back to the south side of the road. Then he cursed loudly, "Where is Liu Cheng?! Where is that Northern Chu?! Who gave him the courage to imitate Huan Wen in teasing others? Even Huan Wen wouldn't dare to tease me like this!"
This is a reasonable guess. Huan Wen likes to do this kind of thing, especially after Conquest of Shu, he especially likes to condescendingly tease those celebrities and powerful people. The most common method is to hide when they meet, and suddenly make golden drums sound.
But Liu Cheng is not here.
Under the erected Banner Chief flag with the word "high", Gao Heng was at a loss for a moment, finally reacted, and quickly executed the order, "According to the order, Prince of Wuling has evil intentions, take them down! Only Prince of Wuling father and son will be captured, the rest will squat on the ground with their heads held to wait for mercy! Be sure not to hurt the lives of the father and son!"
The tone was very calm and the volume was not very loud, so that Prince of Wuling himself could not hear clearly for a while, let alone react.
But it doesn't matter, the soldiers who retreated from Guanzhong heard the words, waved the red flag next to the flag, and then rushed forward, pushing Prince of Wuling and Prince of Wuling who had just remounted. E Heir Apparent was dragged down and tied up on the spot, just like two wild boars, one big and one small. Especially Prince of Wuling, they were carefully wrapped in a cloak. Get up... That's right, I don't dare to really hurt lives. If Huan Wen and Sima Yu are in Western Islet, let's put them in the North. If you don't kill them cleanly, you are not professional enough. But here is South of the Yangtze. You have no choice but to kill Sima Yu's brother. It will be a big trouble.
Most of the other Mounted Slavess were deserters from Western Command. They knew how powerful they were at first sight and had long since squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. On the contrary, those Axe-Wielding Slavess who were following behind were obviously at a loss and were stabbed or shot to death on the spot. Seven or eight of them were stabbed or shot to death on the spot. Even the injured ones were stabbed to death out of habit, which was so easy.
That's not all. Now that Gao Heng saw that something was okay, he called someone to come over and identify it clearly. After confirming that it was Prince of Wuling and his only adult Heir Apparent, he immediately issued an order to have someone carry him in a car. The two people who were tied up were to be escorted directly to Jiangcheng, and then personally escorted to the west by boat to visit General Huan... I also brought the things needed for travel, which saves trouble.
Of course, at this time, no one has bad intentions.
About the time we reached the market, Army Provisioning Officer Xi finally realized what was going on. He gradually lost his fear and couldn't help but cry loudly in the car, "They just want to catch me. Daowan doesn't come in person. Why doesn't Liu Yulong come? Just let Gao Jian come?!"
Gao Heng had no choice but to explain at the side of the car, "Your Highness, General Gao is me Uncle. He is stationed in the camp and has not moved."
Army Provisioning Officer Xi looked at the person in front of him again and again. He was indeed very young and kept wailing. "Gao Jian didn't even come?!"
On the contrary, Army Provisioning Officer Zong next to him reacted slowly. At this time, he knew that he did not have to die. He hesitated to speak, but could only move his body in the car and try to make himself feel more comfortable.
In the afternoon, Liu Cheng, who was sitting in Market and watched Army Provisioning Officer Xi and his son go south, then transferred to Jiankang city, received the reservation post "Big pigs and little pigs fall on jade plates", and then went straight to see Gao Song. After informing him of the situation, he reminded the other party to complete the formalities quickly.
Gao Song, who had just arrived home last night and had just taken a shower in the morning and hadn't even started to resume work yet, was stunned by the strange post. It took him half a day before he said, "You sent someone there today?"
"It's just pig hunting, does it take three to five days?" Liu Cheng still looks like a professional. It turns out that today is July 18, who is Western Islet away The meeting lasted only two days. On the night of July 16th, he and Gao Heng first went back to Jiangcheng. Yesterday, he posted the layout and captured it today, with the same Northern Migrants speed as before.
At this time, in this Jiankang city, even families like Wang and Xie probably don't know what Western Islet is going to be, and Jiankang has not yet experienced a major earthquake. It's no wonder that Prince of Wuling father and son thought it was a real hunt.
-----I am Northern Migrants speed dividing line-----
Xi Xuan fell into the trap of Langya because of the bet; his friend decided on Huaibei because of White Sheep.
-- "Letter to General Shen" Qi. Fan Ye
PS: Sorry, it's embarrassing not to finish this point.