Chapter 4 Chapter 110 I Will Do What I Want

Who are you? Three postmen landed on the shore, looking warily at the surrounding guards. This place belongs to the border of Liaodong, and it is not far from Shanhaiguan. It is definitely not a Tatar or Oirat people, and it is impossible for horse bandits and horse thieves to appear here. In such severe cold weather, business travel outside the pass is cut off, and few people dare to intercept officers and soldiers. Furthermore, when officers and soldiers dispatched in this climate, they were either large in number, or they were poor people such as postmen who did not have a few pennies on them. Once they were dispatched, the property they collected could not keep up with the consumption of going out in the snowy and cold winter.Therefore, horse bandits and horse thieves also want cat winter, at most they will appear near the cottage where they live, and search the local people.

Xia Xun's guards revealed their identities to them, and the three postmen checked their badges, and their attitude became affectionate: So they are brothers from Guannei, and they are going to Liaodong Town. We are coming from there, going to Yanjing City , Send a letter to Governor Yang's mansion. One of the postmen looked at the guards in front of him with a smile, and praised, "Not bad!"When the brothers in Guannei first came to us, most of them were going to be frozen into quails, but you still look like dragons and tigers. This ability is amazing. Xia Xun's guards revealed their identities to them, but they were only revealing their identities in the Ming army. Of course, it is impossible to catch people and blare their horns, declaring everywhere that they are escorting Fu Guogong to Liaodong. Du, the guards didn't take it to heart, but Xia Xun's heart moved when he heard it, and asked: "Which Lord is this Yang Du?"

The postman took a look at him and saw that although this man was wearing the same cold leather robe as the other guards, he had a good look and demeanor. He knew that he must be a general, so he didn't dare to neglect him, so he said, "Yang Du is the Duke of Fuguo." ah!Fu Guogong used to serve as the governor of Liaodong. Although the Guogong has long since returned to the court, we people in Liaodong still remember the goodness of the Guogong. When people here mention Fuguogong, they all say Yang Du.Duke Fu, that belongs to the imperial court, Yang Du, that belongs exclusively to us in Liaodong, hehe, are you close?

A warm current surged through Xia Xun's heart, and he smiled and said, "You mean Yang Xu?" The postman's expression changed, and he said, "Who are you?"How dare you call Yang Du by his name! Several guards around Xia Xun couldn't help laughing, and said in a hurry: You also said that Yang Du is your own, and now Duke Fu is standing in front of you, why don't you recognize him? The postman was taken aback and lost his voice: "What?"This is Governor Yang?Is it Lord Fuguo? Xia Xun smiled and said, "Of course no one will impersonate this."

In order not to waste much time, Xia Xun showed his seal, and the postman had no doubts when he saw it. The three postmen hurriedly knelt down, and said in surprise and joy: "The little ones are ordered by Marquis Ding to come Yanjing went to see the master, but unexpectedly met here, master, are you going to take control of Liaodong again? Xia Xun said: "You don't have to be polite when you get up and talk."Ben Guogong was ordered to go to Liaodong to pay attention to the situation in Tatar. Did Ding Yu send you here? The three postmen stood up and said, "It was sent by Lord Ding Hou."

One of them took out the secret letter hidden in his bosom, presented it to Xia Xun with both hands, and said: "Ding Hou ordered, you must rush to Yanjing as soon as possible, and hand this letter to the master. It would be great to meet you here." More than a dozen guards stood up and lined up at the upper windshield, covering Xia Xun from the wind and snow. Xia Xun opened Ding Yu's secret letter and read it hastily. The hands holding the letter were frozen there, and the letter was trembling in the wind. Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Yan Chuan, the commander of the guards next to Xia Xun, couldn't help asking when he saw his expression changed drastically.

Xia Xun shook his head lightly, folded the letter, put it in his arms, walked slowly a few steps, looked towards the northwest, stood there in silence, the wind and snow hit his face, but he was like a sculpture, not feeling the cold at all.All the guards looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't know what happened, someone quietly asked the postman who delivered the letter, the postman just delivered the letter, so he didn't know what the letter said. After a long time, Xia Xun turned around and asked the three postmen: "Since I'm here, you don't have to go to Yanjing. Take me to the nearest post station!"

Pass!With a bang, Xia Xun took off his leather robe and threw it on the chair, making the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.The fur robe was also frozen hard in the wind and snow, and it was stiff when I took it off.Yicheng Shi Qiusheng quickly brought a pot of steaming water, and said politely: "Master, please cleanse your face!" Shi Yicheng is a Han Chinese who moved his family to the outside of the pass two generations ago. Originally, the four brothers were named Shi Chunsheng, Shi Xiasheng, Shi Qiusheng, and Shi Dongsheng. But at that time, the mortality rate was high, and historians had a particularly difficult time outside the customs, so asking for auspicious names could not be safe. Two of the four brothers died in infancy, leaving only Shi Qiusheng and his elder brother Shi Chunsheng.

Today, Shi Chunsheng has followed the wave of doing business in Liaodong, and has become a fur merchant who specializes in purchasing and transporting. Shi Qiusheng worked as a postman in his early years and worked hard for many years. Now he has become an official of the post office. Although the post office is located in Liaodong On the road, there is not much oil and water, but the family background is ten thousand times stronger than before.His small post office had never received such a big official. Shi Yicheng was afraid that his subordinates would be rough and rough and offend the Duke, so he served him himself.

Xia Xun's face was smeared with marmot oil to keep out the cold. When he entered the room, he was greasy and was about to wash his face.He wet his face first, then used soap horn, and changed two basins of water to wash his face, then told the postman: "Go down and get busy, I'll take a rest!" Feeling relieved, Shi Yicheng hurriedly said obsequiously: "There is food cooking under the stove, the Duke of the country rests first, and I will bring it to you in a while!" When Xia Xun waited for the postman to leave, he ordered Yan Chuan, the guard standing at the door: Go, call Tang Feng, Zhang Wentao, and He Tianyang!

Shi Yicheng came out of the Duke's bedroom, and saw the postmen were busy receiving the more than one hundred guards brought by the Duke. If the post office outside the pass is not easy to do, it is because the biggest thing outside the pass is the soldiers. , the soldiers were born in the army, rough and unrestrained, with little knowledge of etiquette, it is not bad to boss around and shout at the post office, if you don't deal with one, it is common for you to be whipped and kicked. At this time, the post office hadn't been incorporated into the Jinyiwei's peripheral organization like it was later, and it didn't have a strong backing, so it had to be bullied.However, these guards of the Duke of the State are more talkative than those ordinary soldiers. , but the Duke is right in front of his eyes, but no one dares to show his prestige. Therefore, the postmen were not scolded, they took care of the horses one by one, walked the horses, drank them, loaded them, fed them, chose accommodation, arranged tea and meals, and performed their duties. them.Shi Yicheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, and ran to the kitchen to arrange meals. The postmen were busy feeding the horses and arranging the rooms. These houses had been unoccupied for a long time, so the bedding had to be brought from the barn, and the kang had to be burned.The guards were not idle either. Some inspected the surrounding environment, some set up police posts, and placed their own people in the corners of the courtyard, on the roof, and on the watchtower. The public summoned the leaders who had gone in to come out and divide up the task of standing guard, while waiting for the postmen to tidy up the room. In the room, upon hearing Xia Xun's plan, the four guard commanders exploded. No, I don't agree!The Duke cannot take such a risk! He Tianyang blushed and growled thickly, "Now the situation in the frontier is unpredictable, and the Duke wants to save Miss Sakura, so he can't go into danger alone."If you want to go, you have to go to Liaodong first, bring a large army to Tatar in the name of mediation, and then negotiate with Oala. Xia Xun said slowly: "In the past, Wala didn't dare to hurt my important ministers, and now they are even more afraid. If I go there, it seems dangerous, but in fact there is no danger at all. If I go to Liaodong first, then go to Tatar, and then contact Wala, If it lasts for a long time, I am afraid that there will be long nights and many dreams, which will cause troubles. Zhang Wentao retorted: Duke, they dare not do it openly, don't they dare to do it secretly?We only have such a small number of people. Once we are on their territory, shouldn't we be at their mercy?Now that all the forces on the grassland are chaotic, if they kill the Duke, they can easily fall on their opponents. The Duke should understand that it is the top priority for the court to calm the outside of the Great Wall. If there is a scapegoat, let the country Your Majesty, the imperial court will not be relentless, and must be held accountable!Furthermore, even if we pursue it, what can we find out?For this reason, are they still afraid to do it? Of course Xia Xun knew what Zhang Wentao said was true, as long as he could shirk his responsibility, as long as someone took the responsibility, Daming would definitely endure it at this critical moment. This is politics.What's more, they can't bear it, and it's really impossible for them to find out the truth?Could it be possible for him to start a war trying to wipe out the entire grassland tribe?If so, Saibei will become the second Annan, and it will be a hundred times more difficult than Annan. The cost of Ming's war is ten times, and a hundred times that of the grassland tribes. . However, Xiao Ying originally lived well in Moling, but he was dragged into this turmoil forcibly. She is not a soldier of Ming Dynasty. Even if they put aside their personal relationship, how could Xia Xun stand by and ignore her life and death? Destiny?First go to Liaodong and then go to Tatar. It will take half a month or even a month at the fastest. In such a long time, many things can happen. On the surface, Xia Xun is calm and calm, but since he got the news, his heart has never been really calm. There is a hostility in his chest that is always agitated, but he just suppresses himself!Seeing that all the guards strongly opposed it, Xia Xun held back a little, and said in a deep voice: "What if I have to go?" Tang Feng, Yan Chuan, He Tianyang and the others glanced at each other, then slowly sat up on their knees, and said in a deep voice: "The responsibility of the humble officials is to protect the safety of the Duke. If the Duke insists on going his own way, the inferior officials will have no choice but to offend them!" Xia Xun raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you dare to do anything to me?" Tang Feng said: "I don't dare to rank, but I have to do it because of my responsibilities!" Xia Xun smiled lightly and said: You are not my opponents! Zhang Wentao jumped off the ground and shouted loudly: Then, what about adding them? Come on! He Tianyang shouted loudly, and those well-trained guards who were standing outside the door rushed in immediately!