Chapter 16: An Unexpected Informer
Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty are actually two different things, and Chang'an at this time was not called Chang'an, but Daxing City. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoOne hundred and eight Fang City is located in the city, the famous Furong Garden, at this time is just a big water in the southeast corner of Chang'an.
One hundred and eight squares correspond to one hundred and eight stars that symbolize one hundred and eight gods; Thirteen squares are arranged in the north and south, symbolizing that there is a leap in a year; There are four squares in the east and west to the south of the imperial city, symbolizing the four seasons of the year; To the south of the imperial city, the north and south nine squares symbolize the so-called "five cities and nine kui" recorded in the book "Zhou Li".
The east and west cities are embedded in the city like eyes, with Jia Yi Mu in the east and Gengxin Jin in the west. Everything is made of wood and metal, so going to the street to buy goods is called shopping.
Despite his mental preparation, Yun Hao was shocked by the scale of Chang'an City. It is twenty miles long from east to west, and eighteen miles long from north to south. The city wall is three zhang high, and it is majestic like a mountain appearing on the Guanzhong Plain.
Yun Hao now hates such things as horseback riding, and he drives them down all the way. The ass is no longer his own, although he has some riding skills. But the inner thighs were still red, and then when I passed through a town. Chu Yuan found a cotton mat, which killed Yun Hao. When he heard that this cotton mat was snatched from the Qinglou, Yun Hao could only grit his teeth and admit it. The only good news is that the weather is good. It's lukewarm, it's not raining, it's the right time to hurry.
Except for Yun Hao, the rest of the people seemed to be fine. Especially Li Xiaosan'er, who seems to be still in good spirits, yelling all day long to make Yun Hao faster. No matter how fast his mother is, Lao Tzu doesn't have to pick up people, and it is most appropriate to dig a pit and bury Lao Tzu directly.
Yun Hao seemed very incomprehensible about the correspondence of these years. There has been a successful use of animals such as the wool pigeon, but why is the speed of information still so slow? Along the way, Li Yuan's waist card of the Tang Guogong Mansion is still easy to use. Not only were those soldiers allowed to leave on the spot, but even the post station was well received with wine and meat.
After talking to Li Xiaosan'er, Li Xiaosan, who was in arrears of IQ, was completely despised for a while. The reason is very simple, do you think that the falcons of large families are raised for nothing? That night, I don't know how many falcons there were in the sky above Jinyang. Not to mention carrier pigeons, even birds and finches don't know how many seedlings have been damaged. As for the few carrier pigeons in Wang Wei's Gaojun Yafu, I am afraid that they have already become a piece of meat in the falcon's mouth.
If you wait for the news to come out of the fine work in Jinyang City, it will really be cold daylily. First of all, if a cadre of Li Yuan's level rebelled, he needed to inform the emperor who was far away in Yangzhou to know. Then the emperor made an instruction and sent xxx as a rebellious general. Enter Shanxi to carry out counterinsurgency work! To a certain extent, the three expeditions to Goryeo were because of this red tape, and the emperor's desire to control the world failed.
If the news doesn't come out, there's no tiptoeing around. Yun Hao took the Chu family father and son into the city, while Li Xiaosan was waiting outside the city. Although the news of Li Yuan's rebellion had not yet come out, the fierce cavalry of the hundred and tenth entered the city. This scene was still quite shocking, and Yun Hao didn't want to stimulate the nerves of Lord Castle Guard. It is said that the veteran Qu Tutong who guards Chang'an is a veteran who has been in a hundred battles. The guy who can live vigorously on the battlefield, Yun Hao's heart is full of respect.
Chai Shao and Li Xiuning's wedding was held in Chang'an, which was actually a way for Li Yuan to show his loyalty. In fact, Li Yuan was not ready to rebel, if he didn't want to kill Wang Wei and cause Wang Wei to jump over the wall in a hurry, the time of rebellion would have been postponed for a few months. In that way, Chai Shao and Li Xiuning, who were hostages, would be able to return to Jinyang safely.
My head was covered with dust, and I don't know how long my face hadn't been washed. It was covered with a layer of ash, and the cloak behind it and the clothes on his body were dirty. Walking is also an unnatural twisting of the buttocks, and it is obvious that the horseback riding is very hard this way.
As soon as he saw Yun Hao, Chai Shao's face changed. He knows Yun Hao's character, he can sit and never stand, and he can lie down and never sit. His luxurious and stable ox cart was not much worse than the emperor's imperial chariot. can let him run to Chang'an with a dusty face, and he will know that something happened to Jinyang without asking.
"What is the situation in Jinyang?" Chai Shao hurriedly withdrew his servants, approached Yun Hao and asked in a low voice.
"The lord has already started an incident! Let me escort you back to Jinyang as soon as possible! ”
"It's not ......!"
"Wang Wei lost Ma Yi, and Lord Guogong wanted to find this excuse to kill him. He jumped over the wall in a hurry, relying on the military talisman given by the saint, and wanted to unite with Gao Junya to kill your family. Therefore, Lord Guogong launched it in advance. You don't pack up your things, go and take the third lady and say go out for a wild trip. It is good for the servants to bring three or five people, and the third prince will take the men and horses to meet them ten miles outside the city. As long as we escape from Chang'an City, we will have a way to return to Jinyang.
Without further ado, I'm afraid that if the news reaches Chang'an, none of you will be able to leave. Yun Hao said anxiously, now is a race against time. The first step, of course, is to sneak out of Chang'an City.
"Okay, I'll go find Xiuning. Wait a minute, I'll order someone to prepare tea and dinner for you. Chai Shao knew that the matter was urgent, and he didn't give a wordy order to prepare tea and dinner. I hurriedly went to the back hall to find Li Xiuning!
Yun Hao didn't have the heart to eat, the news of Li Yuan's rebellion would reach Chang'an at any time. The current Chang'an City is a crater, and he and Chai Shao and Li Xiuning may be blown up to the sky at any time.
Soon Li Xiuning walked out with Chai Shao, just bringing a few generals. said that he was going to hunt in the autumn outside the city, and brought him out of the mansion. Chang'an City is far less prosperous than Xi'an in later generations, and many places in the suburbs are still wooded and barren. It is normal for the nobles to take a few house slaves and take advantage of the good weather to go out hunting and cruising.
The soldiers guarding the city gate were not even interested in interrogation. Let Chai Shao, Li Xiuning, Yun Hao and others beat their horses out of Chang'an City!
"Qu Shuai, Li Yuan has reversed." A tall middle-aged man stood in front of Qu Tutong, who was left behind in Chang'an, and if Yun Hao saw this person, he would definitely be shocked. This person is not an outsider, it is Li Jing.
The reason why Li Jing was able to see Qu Tutong so easily was because he had a good uncle, Han Baohu. When Han Baohu led his soldiers to conquer Southern Liang, Qu Tutong was still a partial general under his account. When the nephew of the old leader came, he naturally wanted to give some face. But as soon as this nephew came up, he said something shocking, which made Han Baohu startled.
Who is Li Yuan? That is the hereditary Tang Guogong, his wife and the posthumously named Queen Mother Dugu are sisters. Today's saints have to call him a cousin. Now Chang'an is staying in the acting king Yang Yu, and when he sees this Tang Guogong, he has to be called uncle. Such a person who is inextricably linked to the royal family, you actually say that he rebelled?
If you say that rebellion is rebellion, if the news is not true, do you have to carry this pot to Lao Tzu?
"Li Jing, you are also a person with official status. Do you know how many people can fall to the ground with what you say? The Duke of Tang belongs to the imperial family and is a hereditary prince. You say that he rebelled like this, so let me ask you, what evidence do you have? Qu Tutong suppressed the qi in his chest, but still gave the old leader some face.
"Uh......!" When Li Jing got the news of Li Yuan's rebellion, he came to Chang'an to warn. I thought that I could make a contribution and find a future for myself in the troubled times. Unexpectedly, Qu Tutong had this attitude. Evidence, Lao Tzu is the fucking evidence.
"Li Jing! For your uncle's sake, the old man will treat you as if you didn't say anything. Let's go! Qu Tutong waved his hand and motioned for Li Jing to go out. The old leaders are all hanging, and it will be considered the end of the matter if you give face here.
"Qu Shuai, this matter is true, Qu Shuai must prepare early! Otherwise, Li Yuan's wolf ambition will inevitably attack Guanzhong ......! ”
"Li Jing! You're also an official, if you're a marshal now. Someone says that a hereditary prince is in rebellion, but there is not the slightest evidence of it, what will you do? The old man didn't put you in prison for punishment, it was already for your uncle's sake. You don't ......! Qu Tutong forcibly suppressed his anger before swallowing the words shameless.
"Qu Shuai......!"
"Come on, blast Li Jing out." Qu Tutong waved his hand, and guards on both sides immediately rushed up. Although Li Jing was a martial artist, he didn't dare to resist. I can only be escorted out by the guards!
"I don't know what to say!" Qu Tu muttered a sentence and turned to leave the hall.
He didn't doubt what Li Jing said, but Li Yuan was a feudal official after all. There are saints' favored ministers around them, Gao Junya and Wang Wei are watching, even if there is some chaos, there will be some rumors. How could it be that the official post of the imperial court had not yet arrived, but he Li Jing received the news first.
"Dashuai, the eight hundred miles that the king turned over is urgent." Qu Tutong had just returned to the back house to take a nap, when the steward suddenly ran in. In his hand, he also held a bamboo tube sealed with red mud and three feathers stuck in it.
"Eight hundred miles to expedite ......!" Qu Tutong took the bamboo tube suspiciously, and the sealing mud had been opened. Obviously, the acting king had already opened it and seen it, and Qu Tutong, who had no reason, trembled in his heart. He felt that the things in this were probably related to what Li Jing said.
Sure enough, I opened the bamboo tube and took out the letterhead inside. Qu Tutong felt dizzy, and Li Yuan really reversed. not only killed Wang Wei and Gao Junya, but even those officials who were loyal to the imperial court were also hunted and killed. Now he is recruiting troops in Jinyang, and it seems that he wants to take advantage of the chaos to be the king of grass.
"Go quickly, invite Li Jing over. Just go! Qu Tutong suddenly got up from the low couch and ordered his subordinates to find Li Jing with a roar. He was the first to come and he must know something.
By the way, Li Yuan also has a daughter and son-in-law in Chang'an. Qu Tutong suddenly thought that Li Yuan's daughter Li Xiuning and son-in-law Chai Shao were newly married Yan'er, and they were in Chang'an City at this time.
"Come on, surround the mansion of the Duke of Tang. Arrest Li Xiuning and Chai Shao immediately! Qu Tu roared angrily. The guards around him immediately ran out to give orders, and the whole house immediately became nervous.
"Dashuai, I can't find Li Xianggong. I don't know where he stayed! The steward hurriedly ran back, Li Jing had been gone for half an hour, and where else could he find it now.
"Find, find Ben Shuai immediately." Qu Tutong came to the lobby, like a donkey pulling a mill, walking around the lobby randomly.
"No!" The guards immediately crawled away, and more soldiers rushed onto the street to look for Li Jing.
"Dashuai, Chai Shao and Li Xiuning have already left the Tang State Mansion an hour ago. Say yes...... He said he went hunting in the suburbs. I asked the captain who was guarding the city, and he was already out of the city. The subordinates have already been chased by others, and it is estimated that they can catch up. ”
"Ran away?" The muscles on Qu Tutong's face twitched for an hour...... Wasn't that the time when Li Jing reported Li Yuan's rebellion to himself. If he had caught it himself at that time, how could he have let Li Xiuning and Chai Shao run away.
"Chase, chase me back no matter what." Qu Tu was so angry that the three corpses jumped violently, standing in the hall and roaring. All the servants and guards were terrified, but the marshal hadn't been so angry for some years.
The captain at the gate of the city felt as if something had happened, and batch after batch of cavalry galloped out of Chang'an City. The armor is bright, the bow is wound, and the sword is out of the sheath, looking like a great enemy. He never imagined that it was the people he let out of the city to cause the trouble.
Yun Hao, Chai Shao, Li Xiuning and others went out of the city, like swimming fish in the sea. That's really a girl's run, I really wish that the war horse would grow wings and be able to fly.
Hurry up, ten miles in a flash. Li Yuanba, who was waiting in the woods, saw Li Xiuning and immediately galloped out. "Third sister!"
"Xuanba! You come to pick up the third sister ......! Li Xiuning has loved Li Xiaosan'er since she was a child, and she was even more moved to see it at this time. This younger brother came to save himself, and this friendship cannot be described in words.
"This is not the place to talk, quickly into the woods. Let's turn and head south. Then turn around Chang'an City and take a detour back to Jinyang. "When has this been, and I'm still playing emotional dramas here. Yun Hao almost kicked the sister and brother, shouted and entered the woods first.
Yun Hao knew that if he ran along the official road like this now. It will definitely not be able to get out of Hangu Pass and be taken, and Li Yuanba will be invincible again. Nor can it be an opponent of thousands of troops! There is only one way to go around Hangu Pass from the most unlikely south. Then go back to Jinyang, although the distance is much farther. But it was definitely unexpected by the pursuers, so they might be able to return to Jinyang safely.
Chai Shao pulled Li Xiuning, and the two also galloped into the woods. Then Li Yuanba also followed, and a group of cavalry marched through the woods, marching with difficulty. From time to time, someone was shaved in the face by a branch, marking a bloody cut.
In order to escape, everyone doesn't care. Now is the most dangerous time, the farther away from Chang'an City, the safer it is.
was in a hurry to escape, when suddenly there was a sound of a dog barking behind him. There was a faint noise of human voices, "Oh no, there are pursuers coming up." Yun Hao glanced behind him and said with palpitations.
What the hell are you afraid of!