Chapter 1002 Into Huai County
The weather was already hot, and the yellow sand stretched from one side of the horizon like a dry sea, silent in the sun. The wind was sparse and faint, like pebbles thrown into a lake, which could only stir up faint ripples in this desert sea, and then disappeared without a trace.
Because of the pressure of Ma's super army, Huaixian County has implemented a ban at this time, and there are almost no pedestrians. The few sentries guarding the city gates looked back with a little anxiety and alertness, and could only see the occasional group of soldiers hurrying by. The whole town fell into an anxious silence, like a tossing and turning insomniac.
Suddenly, the crisp sound of bells alarmed the sentinels, and when they looked out, the first thing they saw was a heavy load, sturdyly bundled, piled up like a mountain, rising and falling with the horse's back, and looking crumbling. After that, I saw that the person leading the horse was also hunched over, with a big package on his body, and it was difficult to walk.
There was no laughter, just heavy gasps and the crisp sound of horse bells to the rhythm of the march.
Seeing this, several sentries all looked at each other: in Hanoi County, everyone knew that Ma Chao and General Gao had been fighting each other for nearly a month, and no merchants dared to trade here. And what is even more strange is that the leader of this caravan is actually a teenager, riding a white horse, dressed in brocade clothes, and cynical appearance, at a glance, he knows that he is a child of a large family.
Such a critical period, and such a strange caravan, naturally caused these sentinels to wonder in their hearts. When the caravan came to the city gate, the sentry commander immediately stepped forward and said, "Who are you?" ”
The young man looked surprised for a moment when he saw the color of the tun chief's clothes, and then a touch of anger suddenly rose on his face, and he directly picked up the leather whip in his hand, and whipped it on the face of the tun chief: "What doesn't open your eyes, even the Sima family caravan dares to stop it?" ”
"Sima's family?" Seeing that the young man was so domineering, not only did he not dare to fight back, but he endured the pain to stop the guards behind him, and said with a smile: "Childe, don't embarrass the villain, you don't know this critical period." The villain dared to ask, what kind of goods are you transporting, and where are you going to transport them? ”
"You want to search for this shipment?" Seeing that this tun chief still had eyesight, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but smile, and he said playfully: "Don't worry, the Sima family has always been impartial and law-abiding, and they also support Yuan Gong to resist Ma Chao, who should kill a thousand knives." However, I would like to ask again, do you really want to know what kind of cargo this shipment is? ”
Listening to the young man's yin and yang strange tone, and looking at the leather whip rubbing back and forth in his hand, he couldn't help but feel a sense of anxiety in his heart: he had grown up in Hanoi all his life and knew a lot about the strength of the Hanoi clan. In particular, the Sima family has always been inconspicuous and dewy, but its roots and connections are extremely solid and extensive. It can be said that Zhang Yang, the county guard of Hanoi, would not have been able to sit for long without the support of the Sima family. Moreover, now that the eldest son of the Sima family has been invited to the account by Yuan Gongyan, he is quite trusted, if he offends the Sima family today, he doesn't need others to do it, and his chief will be the first to tie himself up and hand it over to the Sima family for disposal.
But even if this factor is here, the tun chief also knows that the military order cannot be violated. Once the spy is released into the city, the consequences are unimaginable, not to mention his own head, even the head of the whole family will also be put in. Therefore, after gritting his teeth very much, he knelt down directly in front of the young horse, kowtowed, and said, "Childe, don't embarrass the villain." Let the villain check it, and if it's really okay, the villain will immediately open the city gate and let you in, while kowtowing until he can't see you! ”
"Heh....... what Joe said makes me feel sorry for you at all. It's not easy to miss you, so let's just take a look. However, I can warn you, the things in it are all problematic, if you dare to ask more questions next, don't say that I can't spare you, even if the entire Sima family wants to spare you, they can't spare you! The boy stirred the reins of his horse and moved out of the way. It's just that the look on his face is more and more arrogant and cynical, which makes people dare not make a mistake.
Having said that, it is said that if the tun chief believed that this caravan belonged to Sima's family, he would not have inspected the goods. However, curiosity is common to all. The tun chief was very unwilling to succumb to this young man in a few words, and after choosing a cart of goods at random, he trembled and opened it.
However, at this look, his heart almost flew out of his chest, and he saw that in the sack, except for some shock-absorbing hemp grass, there was a standard sword inside, and, looking at the quality, the sword was sparkling, the cold light was dazzling, obviously made of high-grade hundred forged steel, compared to the wooden gun and big knife in his own hand, it was simply a difference between cloud and mud!
This eye-opening completely made the chief regret it to the extreme. He should have thought that the Sima family had always been involved in military and political affairs, and many of the Yuan family's bladed weapons were sometimes purchased by the Sima family—no wonder this strange caravan suddenly appeared when all the merchants did not dare to sell them in Hanoi County. It turned out that he was really ill-fated and encountered such a situation.
At that moment, the tun chief no longer dared to inspect other goods, and hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up and open the city gate and let the son enter the city! ”
Then, a heavy and long metal grinding sound sounded, and the city gate of Huai County was completely opened. Those caravans slowly entered Huaixian, and there was no longer half of the barrier. And the young man on the white horse was not panicked at all, and after watching the caravan enter the city with great interest, he glanced at the city gate commander again, and said: "You are not completely stupid to go home, if you don't want to be the city gate commander another day, take this token and go to Sima's house to find me." ”
With that, the boy threw a token and walked away. And after the city gate chief received the token, his hanging heart was completely relaxed: although he was illiterate, but looking at the back of the token is decorated with a pig, and the head of the card is carved into a single horn, he knows that this young man must be Sima extremely high-status person. I am blessed today, and I have entered his eyes, and my future is limitless!
As a result, the tun chief looked at the back of the young man, and kowtowed directly like pounding garlic. And the young man looked back at Natun Chang again, as if he had thought of something: "Oh, by the way, you ........ today."
"The villain doesn't see anything, he doesn't know anything!" The tun chief hurriedly opened his mouth to answer, and at the same time kowtowed again: You must know that although the Sima family only has 800 private soldiers, their treatment is better than that of the regular general's personal guards. Moreover, as a private soldier of such a famous family, he basically will not encounter any major battles, and he will not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of his life.
"Well, that's good." The boy nodded, and finally left without looking back.
And after walking to Huaixian Street, this caravan really entered Sima Mansion. Only a big man with a scarred face looked at the young man riding the white horse with some dissatisfaction and said, "I didn't expect that your Sima family has such power in Hanoi." That city gate order, I think you're scared into a soft-footed shrimp. ”
"Then I can't help it, I just said everything I said, after he saw these Su Tie blades, he didn't ask each other anymore, what does it matter to me?" Sima Yi spit out the thatch in his mouth, looked at the large square in the front yard of Sima's house, and couldn't help but be a little absent-minded when he spoke.
"Okay, I won't give you any more of this, and I'm really convinced. Tell me, what to do next? The ugly brother waved his hand, and a hundred shadows began to change their swords in the square: it turned out that among the dozens of carts, one cart was loaded with their uniforms and blades.
"What should I do?" Sima Yi's eyes flashed with a strange and excited light at this time, and he said coldly: "It's okay to mix it cold." ”
The ugly brother's face was cold, he was very familiar with that kind of look: it was a murderous look, it seemed that this fifteen-year-old boy didn't seem to have much affection for this Sima family who gave birth to him and raised him.......