Chapter 529: Riots

The small year is followed by the big year, and this period of time is a good time for ordinary people to remove the old and welcome the new; For the eunuchs who have been busy for a year, it should be a time to breathe a sigh of relief, but Zhang Yue has no such luck. Now that the two openings have come to an end, most of the businessmen who came to Kaizhong have handed over the matter of collecting grain into the warehouse to their respective stewards, and hurried back to celebrate the New Year. Therefore, there were only seven or eight merchants still staying in Xuanfu City, and it was much easier to keep an eye on than usual. Of course, when he went to Zhangjiabao again at this juncture, the number of people he had to watch out for was greatly reduced.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, he got up early in the morning, ordered all the people, put on the stone green clothes made by his mother, hung up the sword and walked out of the house. At this moment, the courtyard outside was also ready to stop, all of them were dressed up and spirited, and the head of the dragon took a step forward, bowed slightly and said: "My lord, everything is ready, people are already in the car outside!" ”

Zhang Yue smiled, looked at Peng Shisan again, and saw that he nodded heavily without saying a word, he suddenly felt relieved, so he shouted in a deep voice: "Since everything is ready, let's go!" ”

Qiu Zhen had already chased out of the house at this time, and seeing a group of people surrounding Zhang Yue out of the door, she couldn't help but fold her hands and muttered to herself, feeling very uneasy for some reason. And Lian Sheng, who was left here to watch the family, was also there to probe his brain, and when the person left, the brothers looked at each other, and sighed at the same time, with a trace of embarrassment on their faces.

Although there were some snowflakes on the day of the new year, and the sky was a little gloomy these days, it never snowed again, so except for some places where it was frozen, the road was quite easy to walk. There were more than 100 sergeants waiting at the north gate of Xuanfu City, all of them were riding horses in one color, carrying a saber on one side of their waists, and on the other side were wearing handcuffs and neat blue jackets, looking extremely energetic. However, when Zhang Yue led people forward to meet them, he recognized the leader in armor.

"Big ...... How are you? ”

Zhang Yue, who easily swallowed the three words of his brother-in-law, only felt that this was really incredible. He risked his life to avoid people's eyes, after all, he, the governor, has the right to inspect any place in Xuanfu Town, and the news has already been released, so he is not allowed to retreat. But Meng Jun is just an experience in Xuanfu, why did he intervene at this time?

Now that it is official business, those private titles naturally have to be put away, so Meng Jun arched his hand on horseback, and then said with a smile: "By the order of General Wu'an, Hu from Master Zhang to Zhangjiakou Fort!" ”

Meng Jun said as he glanced at the black-lacquered carriage behind Zhang Yue, which looked ordinary, but was particularly eye-catching among this group of horsemen, and remembered Zheng Heng's explanation before leaving. It has been almost a year since he came to Xuanfu, although he also participated in the school parade and traveled with troops, but because there has been no major war affecting Xuanfu City, so if you want to say that the credit, it is barely the previous rush to Xinghe, Zheng Heng's implication is that instead of cheapening others, it is better to let him experience the experience again this time. It's just that when he found Zhang Yue's surprised and helpless face, he couldn't help but touch the saber on his right waist angrily.

Even if he doesn't have the heart to fight for those who don't, but he is also a general, and he has never relaxed and sloppy in martial arts, this brother-in-law can be so worried when he sees him? But then again, Zhang Yue has experienced a lot of things from north to south at this little age, he is only a few years older, and his experience is really far worse than this one......

Even if he was unwilling to let Meng Jun come in, since it was the order of Wu'an Marquis Zheng Heng, Zhang Yue had nothing to say, and after more than 100 people met, he went straight out of the city and went to the official road. Because there are many military households and few civilian households in the Xuanfu area, and now it is a cold winter wax moon, this early morning except for the people who go into the city to buy New Year's goods and woodcutters and vegetable sellers, etc., few pedestrians pass by, and the group is naturally walking fast, and they walked for more than half an hour at a gallop, and they saw the three-way intersection in front of them from a distance.

Among the two forks in the road, the one to the north leads to Zhangjiakou Fort, and further ahead is the Outer Great Wall of Mongolia; And the one to the west leads to Chaigou Fort, and then to the west is Gaoshanwei, Yanghewei and Datong, which is the most thoroughfare. One is the road that most of the time only messengers and armies pass, and the other is the only way for merchants and pedestrians to travel between Datong and Jingshi, so it is very different at first glance. The road to Zhangjiakou Fort is not only narrower than the road to Datong, but it is far from smooth.

At this moment, from west to east, there is a mighty convoy coming, and hundreds of carts full of grain stretch far away, which looks quite spectacular. Seeing the oncoming army, there was quite a commotion at the head of the team over there, and after a while, seeing this scene, several horsemen in the convoy rushed forward. When he got closer, a male man in a leather jacket rolled his saddle and dismounted, and bowed respectfully.

"The little people meet the adults."

Zhang Yue took a closer look, but he didn't have any impression of this person, and immediately asked with a smile: "This is to send military rations to Xuanfu?" ”

Although it was a cold winter, the man's head was shiny and sweaty, and he hurriedly replied at this time: "Lord Hui, Xiaomin is indeed sending military rations to Xuanfu." Because the previous grain stock was not enough, my brother specially sent Xiaomin to collect another batch on the grange in Datong. Here is a thousand stone of grain, and after it is released and put into storage, the number is about the same. ”

As he spoke, he quietly looked at the carriage behind Zhang Yue, and then asked with a smile, "Your Excellency is going to the north to inspect again?" Xiaomin heard that this winter in the north is very cold, and the heavy snow has frozen countless cattle and sheep, and the life of this Tartar is extremely difficult, so these days the edge of the Great Wall is extremely well guarded, for fear that the Tartars will suddenly invade and grab food. When Xiaomin beat Gao Shanwei before, he also heard that there have been a lot of Tartar spies recently, and they have killed one after another, as if they are crazy! Therefore, Xiaomin happened to meet several other families transporting grain on the road, so they simply got together and went on the road, even if they really met the invading Tartars, they could also have a response. ”

"What family are you from?"

Zhang Yue asked, the man couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Xiaomin Fenzhou Wu Yan, these are the managers of the Ma family in Pingyao County, the Fang family in Lu'an Mansion and several other families, let's add them together, and there are more than 3,000 stone grains transported." ”

Nodding slightly, Zhang Yue didn't ask anything more, but gently pulled up the horsewhip. At this time, the stewards of the other families also hurriedly gathered around to say hello, but Meng Jun rode his horse and leaned over, glanced at everyone casually, and urged: "Even if the Tatars are lucky enough to cross the Great Wall and enter the Kou, at most there are dozens of people, we are not afraid of them, let's hurry up and get on the road!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue and the others were leaving, Wu Yan's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said: "If the adults are going to go on the road, the little people hurry up and let them open the road, and please wait for a while." As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and galloped back and shouted, and the rest of the stewards suddenly came to their senses, and hurriedly did so, and in a short time, the convoy, which had blocked most of the official roads, had finally reluctantly moved out a road that could be used by a carriage, and it was difficult to let it go any longer.

Although the passage was narrow, but he was in a hurry, Wu Yan turned around and couldn't help but make amends, and everyone naturally couldn't care so much, so they rushed forward, seeing Zhang Yue take the lead with a few people over, and when the carriage followed closely behind, there was a sudden accident in the convoy next to him. A donkey, which had been in peace, suddenly became agitated, and suddenly crashed to the side like crazy, and for a moment, all the sacks of grain loaded on the cart fell to the right, and slammed heavily on the wheels of the carriage. After such a sudden collision, the originally steady carriage staggered and fell to the right, and several exclamations and scolding immediately sounded in the carriage. At the moment when the coachman was jumping out of the carriage, two men quickly jumped out of the carriage.

The military tun of Xuanfu Town is now very developed, and the military tun plus Shangtun includes almost two-thirds of the farmland in Xuanfu Town. On both sides of this official road are fertile fields planted with winter wheat, and there are rows of sparse trees. At this moment, the whole carriage staggered and planted the farmland, Zhang Yue and Meng Jun, who turned around, were surprised, and the others were also stunned.

Not because of this sudden rollover accident, but because the two people who got out of the car were wearing round-necked tight-sleeved shirts, felt hats and shoulders, and they were dressed as Tartars, not to mention that after the two fell to the ground in a panic, one mouth was a series of Tartar words. After a moment of dead silence, I don't know who tore open his throat and shouted.

"It's a dog tartar! There are actually dog officials colluding with dog tartars! ”

Zhang Yue didn't expect to run into such a convoy of military rations in advance, but since he encountered it, he was vigilant in his heart, and he was even more careful when he saw that the other party was deliberately giving up a narrow passage. At this time, such a thing happened, and when he heard this abrupt voice fanning the flames, he was about to speak, but Meng Jun rushed ahead and shouted: "They heard that the emperor was marching north, and they were afraid of our army, so they came to surrender on behalf of their respective tribes!" Whoever talks nonsense again will immediately take down the punishment! ”

"Who believes you as a dog official, if it weren't for the Tartars, I wouldn't have lost my father!"

"Whatever the origin, there is nothing good about the Tartars!"

"The imperial court also made that Arutai the king before, but when those Tartar missions returned, they robbed food, money, and women, and the court should not accept the surrender of the Tartars, they are all wolf cubs who can't be raised!"

Several gong-like shouts rang out from all over the crowd, and hundreds of faces suddenly showed various expressions. Although the soldiers stepped forward as if they were on the verge of a great enemy, in the face of the people who were about to move, there were Tartars behind them, and there was a hint of hesitation on the faces of a group of people. At this moment, Wu Yan, who was hiding behind the crowd, stole a glance at Zhang Yue's face, and he was even more calculating in his heart.

Since Arutai's eldest son was shot and killed, this little Zhang's life is worth a lot!