Chapter 23: The Iron Rider and the Golden Drum (3)
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When the two parties, who were mortal enemies of each other, came into close contact at an unexpected time and place, both Han Gang's side and the party members on the opposite side reacted exactly the same.
Without waiting for Han Gang's order, his personal guards drew their swords one after another, and the three tallest guards took two steps forward in unison and blocked Han Gang behind him with their bodies. The other guards scattered all at once and formed a circle, and even the surrounding Qingtang tribesmen were also on guard. When I saw the traces of the party members in the blind medicine city, the first thought that came to my mind was that today I threw myself into the net and strayed into the tiger's den.
The surprised eyes flashed with a fierce light, and the party members on the opposite side also drew their swords almost at the same time. Whether it is to capture or behead an official of the Song people, the military merits in exchange are enough for such a pawn to mix with a good official position, and they who are staring at Han Gang will see the prey of the goshawk. They did not form a circle formation like Han Gang's guards, with important people who needed to be guarded in the middle, but an assault formation with the leader in front.
Seeing the formation of the party members, Han Gang turned his head to look at the main house where the blind medicine lived, if he judged correctly, the leaders of these party members should have been talking with the blind medicine in the house.
The two sides faced each other from a distance of about ten paces, and the air was as heavy as a taut bowstring. No one can doubt that as long as there is a slight movement in the field, a fierce battle will begin. On the edge of the battlefield where the killing machine was condensed, the Tubo people in the Qingtang Department were more numerous than the people on both sides combined, but none of the principals who could speak came forward, so they could only do it on the side.
"Timundy!" The team of Han Gang's guards is an old man of about thirty, not smart, and his martial arts can only be regarded as middle and upper-middle, but he is very grateful to Han Gang for promoting him to his side, so he is loyal. He raised his knife and said to Han Gang on his side in a low voice: "You can't stay here, we will escort you out of the city." ”
Han Gang tapped lightly on the scabbard hanging from his waist, and the tense atmosphere at stake did not interfere with the agility of his mind. Inserted into the rich, silver-rimmed black lacquered scabbard is not a decorative sword, but a straight sword made by good craftsmanship. The extremely fast blade that can easily cut off the trunk of a tree with a thick wrist is a gift from Gao Zunyu to Han Gang the day before yesterday.
However, if the blind medicine became an enemy, Han Gang didn't think that with this knife and his guards, he could escort him out of Lu safely. If the blind medicine has not yet defected to the side of Western Xia and become the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, then there is no need for him to pull out the knife.
"Don't mess around in people's houses, what do you look like? Put all the knives away! Han Gang's order made his own soldiers stunned, but Han Gang didn't care about their surprise, but turned his body in a different direction and faced the gate of the main house: "In front of the master's house, don't let people say that we don't understand etiquette!" ”
Han Gang's words came to his ears word for word, but the blind medicine stood in front of the gate without moving. Hearing that Han Gang was coming, he immediately found an excuse to get out of Yeli Zheng. It's just that when he hurried out of the house, he found that Han Gang had already appeared in front of the door of the mansion and faced Ye Lizheng's subordinates. This surprise made his head stunned for a moment.
The shock was followed by a wave of rage. With murderous intent in his eyes, Blind Medicine poked at one of the military leaders who accompanied Han Gang like a knife and gun, "How did you let the two sides meet?!" It's just that when the blind medicine saw clearly who led Han Gang to meet with the party members, his eyes suddenly became more fierce.
Han Gang saw a little bit of fame in his blind face. He looked back at the Tibetan man who had welcomed him in. It seems that he was thinking wrong before, not because he had a high reputation in the Qingtang Department, but because he should have used the wrong person for blind medicine
- 'Yu Longke's methods are not bad. He thought to himself.
The situation in front of him also gave Han Gang a little headache. In his experience, if you inadvertently run into other people's privacy, if you don't want to turn your face with someone, the best thing to do is to pretend that you didn't see anything, you didn't hear anything, and give the other person a step down, so that at least you can be vague in person. But this experience is not useful for the situation he is facing now. Han Gang was thinking of a solution, but his pupils tightened as he stared at him.
Out of the place where the blind medicine came out, another man came out. The middle-aged Tibetan man wearing the official uniform of Western Xia, with a thick accent of the Han family's official dialect, will not mishear: "It turns out that there is a distinguished guest coming to the door!" ”
Blind Medicine was startled by the voice behind him, and his body froze again. He didn't expect that the two cronies who stayed behind to accompany the guests would let Ye Lizheng come out like this.
After Ye Li Zheng came out, he saw Han Gang and the others at first sight, and secretly said that he had heard correctly. He has a special identity, and the blind medicine allows his subordinates to stabilize him, but if he wants to come out, even if the blind medicine is present, he can't stop it. He stepped forward and was immediately protected by his people. At a distance of seven or eight steps, he faced Han Gang.
Looking at the two sides facing each other in his own city, the fierce light in the eyes of the blind medicine was great, but in the blink of an eye, he hid it deeply. He originally wanted to balance the two sides of Song and Xia and strive for more benefits. Just like his brother Yu Longke, who he has always looked down on, he swayed back and forth between the four families of the Great Song Dynasty, Western Xia, Mu Zheng and Dong Yu, this practice is like dancing on eggs, but for more than ten years, Yu Longke has not made any mistakes at all.
Now it was his turn to handle foreign affairs independently, but it suddenly became a dead end for the king to see the king. Blind medicine understands that there is only one choice left in front of him, whether it is Han Gang or Ye Lizheng, he has to pick one side. Although the backstage on both sides is not something he can afford to provoke, but now, there is no other way, he always has to offend one side.
Han Gang looked at the envoy of the Tangut people, and the opposite side also cast the same scrutinizing gaze.
"Han Jiyi." Zhiyuan's voice sounded from behind him, and only Han Gang could hear it in a low voice, "Do you remember Xu Ling's son?" ”
The meaning of the word 'Xu Ling' is too broad, it may be a personal name, it may be an official name, or it may be a homophone - Han Gang is not good at guessing riddles, and he doesn't know much about some allusions, and under normal circumstances, he can't guess who Zhiyuan is talking about.
However, according to the current situation, which celebrity Zhiyuan will mention, Han Gang can imagine even if he thinks about it with his toes. And going back from the conclusion, who is Xu Ling, it is easy to find the answer.
Ban Biao, who once served as the county magistrate of Xu County, has a pair of sons and daughters who write history books, and a sister of the imperial concubine who is good at resignation. But most importantly, he also gave birth to an even better young son, who has been praised for thousands of years.
Ban Dingyuan, who has traveled thousands of miles and won the Western Regions, has made the scholars of the Han family for thousands of years praise with the most enthusiastic verses. Ban Chao envoy to the Western Regions, in Shanshan Kingdom, with 36 people under his command attacked the Xiongnu envoys at night, beheaded and returned, forcing the king of Shanshan to surrender to China.
In the city of the target to be recruited, when you meet the envoys from the enemy country, whether it is Han Gang or Zhiyuan—no, as long as you read the history books a little—will be the first to think of the name Ban Chao.
Zhiyuan reads more history books, as a monk who serves the Buddha, he dares to come to Hehuang to fight for side merit, and his temperament is similar to Ban Chao.
It's just that Han Gang is much calmer than Zhiyuan, and the joints think more clearly. This is Kansai, and it leads directly to the Western Regions. As a well-known hero in Guanzhong, Ban Chao's name and deeds are widely spread, even if he is a Fan person, as long as he has a little knowledge, he can tell the truth. If you want to attack the party envoy at night, you have to see if you agree to the blind medicine.
Han Gang shook his head: "...... can't learn" There was a deep meaning in the faint smile that appeared on his face, "I can't learn it." ”
Zhiyuan's eyes dimmed, but Ye Lizheng's gaze sharpened.
Ye Li Zheng has no strength in martial arts, his stature is not tall, his swords, guns, bows and horses are mediocre, but his hearing acuity is superior. Standing seven or eight steps away, although he didn't hear what the monk behind Han Gang said, he heard Han Gang's reply clearly.
In Ye Lizheng's view, the biggest shortcoming of the Han people is that they regard all alien races as brainless barbarians. If their party members were really as stupid as the Han people said, it would be impossible for Emperor Jingzong [Li Yuanhao] to play the commander sent by the Eastern Dynasty to Guanxi in a mess.
Ye Lizheng has always been conceited, and when he noticed that the monk behind Han Gang was talking, he didn't take his eyes off staring at him, and knew that the bald donkey was talking about himself. Combined with Han Gang's answer, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he understood what they were talking about. Ban Chao's story Ye Li Zheng has also been heard, the Han people want to open west to recover their homeland, and Ban Chao is always indispensable.
With thirty-six people killing the envoy of the enemy country in the capital of a country, Ye Li Zheng also admires a hero like Ban Chao. Compared with Han Gang's cowardice, it made him even more disdainful. Han Gang is a famous boss, but he is a master who has no courage, that is, the Han people will treat such a scholar as a treasure, and when he really encounters something, he will see the real appearance.
Ye Lizheng's only task this time was to recruit the blind medicine. Originally, he had only completed the bare minimum of work, so that the blind medicine would not be involved in the war in Weiyuan Fort. But now that Song Guan has come to find the younger brother of the patriarch of the Qingtang tribe, and he happened to collide head-on, this task handed over by Yu Zang Huama is really a good thing that cannot be sought. As long as Han Gang is killed, where can the blind medicine go?
Thinking of this, Ye Lizheng immediately took a few steps forward, met Han Gang's eyes with a smile, greeted and saluted like an old friend, and his heart was full of murderous intent:
'Want to be a class super? I usually want to do it, too! ’