Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 128 Traveling by Order
Guan Ziyang thought that he was not a sentimental person, but this scene suddenly made him a little at a loss.

Fortunately, before the embarrassment was too long, a young eunuch came to the palace and said that the Empress Dowager Chu had urgent matters to summon Guan Ziyang.

After entering the palace, Chu Suanzi was already waiting in Xianyang Palace.

"In the middle of the night, I don't know why the Queen Mother summoned me..." Guan Ziyang was still worried about the backyard of the house, and he couldn't help but think of Chu Suanzi, who was just a man in his twenties.

Fortunately, Guan Ziyang didn't let Guan Ziyang think about it for a long time, and the queen mother told Guan Ziyang what she called him this time with an anxious face.

It turned out that Chu Suanzi had a daughter named Sima Jiaonu, who was so beloved by Chu Suanzi that everyone called her the third princess.

It can be said that she is loved by thousands of people, but four years ago, because Chu Suanzi was arranging her marriage, the third princess actually sneaked away to become a monk and wanted to go to Luofu Mountain to become a monk.

Originally, with a master like Sima Qiu by his side, there should be no danger, but Sima Qiu came back not long ago.

The three princesses were actually said to be captives.

Guan Ziyang was startled and said, "In the state of Jin, is there anyone who dares to touch members of the Sima family?"

Chu Suanzi was also puzzled and said: "I'm also surprised, and Sima Qiu is a master of the peak of the first rank. There are only a handful of people who can beat him in this big promotion, and since they can beat Sima Qiu, that person must not be born From the nameless one,

And he dared to touch the third princess. He heard from Sima Qiu that he was from the Zhang family in Xiangdong County and also a noble family, but I had never heard of it, so I also felt very strange. "

The Zhang family in Xiangdong County?
Isn't it the Zhang family of the boy Zhang Dabiao whose leg was broken by him ten years ago?
It's not about me, is it?

Guan Ziyang asked: "Where is Senior Sima Qiu? I want to ask him about the details."

Chu Suanzi said: "Not long after I came back, I fell into a coma after reporting the letter. The imperial doctor said that he was poisoned. He relied on his tyrannical internal force to suppress the poison before returning to Jiankang. At this moment, the toxicity broke out, and he will wake up soon But come."

"I invited you into the palace today because I want you to go to Luofu Mountain. I heard that your master is Ge Hong, the founder of Luofu Mountain. It would be best if you go.

Moreover, the Beifu Army has already formed an army. Xie Xuan, as the deputy governor of the Beifu Army, can let him help you deal with the Beifu Army's affairs first. "

Guan Ziyang lowered his head and curled his mouth.

Unexpectedly, this kind of excuse was used to hand over the Beifu army to Xie Xuan's head, and Chu Suanzi really figured it out.

But Guan Ziyang already knew that if he didn't get a Beifu army to the imperial court, he wouldn't be able to explain whether it was the Sima family or the Xie family.

And I had already prepared for it. The current Beifu army, which is said to be 10 people, is actually a carefully selected refugee army with relatively low combat power.

Guan Ziyang smiled, and then asked with a look of indifference: "I will rush to Luofu Mountain immediately."

Seeing that Guan Ziyang agreed, Chu Suanzi stood up and gave him a little help.

"Guan Dudu has worked hard. When you come back this time, I will definitely reward you a lot."

"Queen, did Senior Sima Qiu say something about why they had a grudge with the Zhang family of Xiangdong County?"

Chu Suanzi said suspiciously: "This is exactly what I find weird. According to Sima Qiu, there was a young man who was about the same age as the third princess. He broke the leg of the young master of the Zhang family. The other party misunderstood that it was the third princess who did it. Then he followed him from Xiangdong County to Luofu Mountain, and secretly attacked many times, but was stopped by Sima Qiu.

I don't know where the Zhang family got a strange poison last month, and even a master of the first-rank peak like Sima Qiu was also tricked. "

……

At this moment, the eunuch came to report that Sima Qiu woke up.

Chu Suanzi said happily: "It's just right, Governor Guan followed me to see Old Qiu."

The two came to the Xijiao room, where the imperial doctor was taking Sima Qiu's pulse.

Sima Qiu is very old, he should be 70 or [-] years old.

Seeing Chu Suanzi coming, Sima Qiu wanted to get out of bed to greet him, but Chu Suanzi hurriedly stopped him.

"Old Qiu, this is Ge Hong's disciple in Luofu Mountain, Guan Ziyang, this time I am going to send him to Luofu Mountain to rescue the three princesses, can you tell me more about what happened?"

Sima Qiu nodded, and weakly described what happened to them.

This is also what Guan Ziyang is worried about, he is not invincible, if the opponent is too much stronger than him, he can find the Queen Mother to get more troops.

Sima Qiu said slowly.

Only then did Guan Ziyang realize that the culprit in this matter was actually himself.

That day after Guan Ziyang escaped from the inpatient gathering in He Mansion, Xiangdong County, the Zhang family chased him out, but they didn't catch up with him, but caught up with the carriage of the third princess.

Zhang Yu, the head of the Zhang family, led several family masters, and chased them along the official road to Guangzhou on fast horses.

As soon as it was dawn, the Zhang family and their party quickly caught up with an ox cart.

"Who is in the car, come down and ask questions" Zhang Yu shouted.

One person opened the curtain of the bullock cart, only to see a head with eyebrows like distant mountains, phoenix eyes full of affection, and a snow-white melon-seeded face without makeup, but also a little whiter than the powdered man in Xiangdong Academy. His sleepy eyes Looking at the crowd sleepily: "Who is it, what are you yelling in the early morning, let me have a dream! How rude."

The driver sitting at the front of the car was wearing a bamboo hat and lowered his head, unable to see clearly, he said calmly, "Master, wait a moment, I will send them away."

A person next to Zhang Yu said to him in a low voice: "Patriarch, I heard people say that Master Biao was injured by a handsome young man, probably the young man in the bullock cart."

Zhang Yu asked again: "You guys came from Xiangdong County, who is the boy in the car!" His tone was very unfriendly.

The coachman took off the hat, and it turned out to be an old man with gray hair. He said lightly, "Who is he? You bastards are worthy of asking." It turned out that Zhang's family was originally a noble family in the north, and it took only a few decades to travel south. That's it, so the old man could tell that he spoke with a little northern accent. The southerners in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, or the northerners who crossed south earlier, all called those who had just crossed the south as 伧子, which is a very disrespectful name.

The Zhang family is already huge. It has been operating in eastern Hunan for decades, and it has become the number one gentry in eastern Hunan. Today, someone dared to call him a scorpion. Zhang Yu was furious, and said, "I think you are tired of working." !"

After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates: "Catch him for me."

After receiving the patriarch's order, the others got off their horses and went directly to the ox cart.

The old man in the bamboo hat shook the whip for driving the bullock cart in his hand, and the whip was tied directly to his wrist. As soon as the old man used his strength, the man was thrown into the mud. He rushed over.

The old man threw out a few more whips, and each time the whip would be wrapped around a person's wrist, ankle or neck, within a few breaths, everyone in the Zhang family fell to the ground except Zhang Yu who hadn't dismounted.

Zhang Yu scolded angrily: "A bunch of useless things."

After speaking, he kicked his legs hard on the horse's belly, and the horse fell to the ground instantly after being kicked by him (there were no stirrups at this time). Tore the trousers!

The old man smiled contemptuously when he saw it, and said: "It turned out to be the Nandun Zhang family in Runan. Why, the Zhang family in Wu County confiscated you, and you came to Xiangdong County to do your best?"

When Zhang Yuzu went to Nandu, he first came to join the Zhang family in Wu County. Unexpectedly, the Zhang family in Wu County did not take them in at all. In the end, the Zhang family had to continue to migrate eastward, and came to settle in Xiangdong County, Jingzhou. After all, this incident also became the laughing stock of the world at the time. "

This matter touched the sore spot of the Zhang family. Zhang Yu raised his internal strength again in the air, and kicked the old man angrily. A huge force came from the soles of his feet, and he flew backwards.

As soon as Zhang Yu landed, he found that his right leg was numb. Just now, he had hit with all his strength, and the old man took it easily, knowing in his heart that the opponent's strength was far superior to his.

Zhang Yu didn't hesitate, got on his horse, and shouted 'Get out', and the rest of the people who had just been injured and fell to the ground slowly got up and left in a hurry, just as they came and went in a hurry.

I thought this matter would come to an end, but I didn't know that the Zhang family followed all the way to Luofu Mountain, and Sima Qiu tried to solve it easily.

The Zhang family just recognized the wrong person, and their martial arts are so common, Sima Qiu never killed them, and finally caused a catastrophe.

Hearing this, Guan Ziyang was relieved.

After receiving Chu Suanzi's secret edict, Guan Ziyang returned to Daoguan Mansion, summoned all the daughters, and talked about it.

This time everyone agreed surprisingly, that is, to go together.

There should be no danger this time, so Guan Ziyang agreed to the girls.

……

Two months later, everyone finally arrived in Xiangdong County.

Guan Ziyang and his daughters traveled around the mountains and rivers all the way, stopping and going, laughing and laughing all the way, so they walked slowly.

After two full months, I finally arrived in Xiangdong County and found an official post to rest.

This official post is very simple, just a thatched hut, two lean horses are tied to the stable next to the house, two square tables are placed in front of the house, and an old postman is leaning against the door of the hut and dozing off.

Along the way, the further south you go, the more crude the official post will be. After leaving Xiangdong County, you will also leave Jingzhou, and the official post has finally changed from a civil structure to a grass and wood structure.

Seeing someone coming, the old postman warmly greeted Guan Ziyang and his party. While arranging tea and meals, the old postman talked about the trivial matters of the station. It seems that no one has come to this station for a long time. The old postman usually does not even have one There is no one to talk, so when I see someone, I talk endlessly.

Guan Ziyang followed the words of the old postman, and then realized that after leaving Xiangdong County, the south is basically a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and the hills of Guangdong and Guangxi are sparsely populated.

This post station was much more deserted than the one Guan Ziyang passed by before. Guan Ziyang remembered that this was an important road between Hunan and Guangdong, so it shouldn't be so desolate, so he asked the old postman about the situation.

The old postman said with a smile: "My station is on the edge of Qitian Eguiling, and I hardly see anyone at ordinary times. Official documents from the southern counties and counties are delivered here only once a month, so I am the only postman in the station. .”

As he spoke, he brought out the meals he had prepared, and said, "These are side dishes grown by myself, chickens and ducks raised by myself, you can eat them at ease, if you don't have enough, tell me, I guarantee that you will eat well for your ten copper coins." full."

"Thank you postmaster, your table is full of food, it's enough... Even though Guan Ziyang can eat it, I can't finish it," Guan Ziyang said while feasting.

While everyone was eating, the old postman smiled and told them the story of Qitian Eguiling.

In fact, this place used to be called Qitian Ridge. Strange things happened here a few decades ago. First, people found animals without a heart. Later, the nearby woodcutters and hunters also began to disappear in the mountains. Occasionally, some people came out of the mountains alive. Crazy and crazy, saying that there are evil spirits inside.

So the name of Qitian Eguiling gradually spread.

In the next few decades, no one dared to enter this mountain again, and the official road was rebuilt to bypass this Qitian Eguiling.

Guan Ziyang, as the successor of communism, naturally does not believe in any evil spirits. He sighed: "This Qitianling is at least a few thousand miles in radius. If we all go around it, it will take more than ten or 20 days to go to Guangzhou." the journey!"

Qing Chan was so frightened by the old postman's story that she trembled, and tremblingly said: "Little Lang, this Qitian Evil Mountain is so terrifying, just go around it, the official roads go around it, we must not go in adventure!"

Guan Ziyang smiled: "I was just joking, I heard that evil ghosts like beautiful girls the most, how can I let my sister Qingchan go to risk herself!"

"Oh, little man, don't talk about it." Qing Chan covered her ears and dared not listen any more.

At this time, an ox cart slowly drove over, and an eleven or twelve-year-old youth opened the curtain of the hood and jumped out: "Oh, I finally saw the post station, but I'm starving to death, postmaster, take your last Serve me all the good dishes."

The speaker had a loud voice, but he couldn't hide the delicate tone of his voice. If he hadn't seen him wearing a blue gown and a square scarf, he would have been misunderstood as a woman.

Along with the young man, there was an old man wearing a bamboo hat. The old man didn't say a word, but followed behind the young man with steady steps. He glanced down at Guan Ziyang and his party of four who were sitting in the courtyard.

There were two empty tables in the courtyard, Guan Ziyang and the others occupied one table, and the old man and young man sat at the other table.

The old postman came up to meet him and said with a smile: "Oh, what a good day today. No one has passed by my small post station for a month. Today, two groups came here. All the meals I prepared were served to this table. Do you think it's okay for me to bake two cakes for you to eat first?"

When the young man heard that there were only pancakes, his disappointment was palpable. When he saw Guan Ziyang's table, there were all kinds of chicken, duck and side dishes.

Seeing this scene, Guan Ziyang smiled generously and said, "If the young master and the old man don't give up, we can join the table and eat together."

The young man smiled happily after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Really?" While talking, he stood up and prepared to go.

The old man glared at her, the young man was taken aback, and sat back obediently.

At Guan Ziyang's table of Yingyingyanyan, all of them are rare and stunning in the world, making the young man can't help but look sideways.

The young man sat back on the bench in disappointment, grunted with a pouted mouth, and then fell silent.

The old man ordered the old postman to serve two pancakes to pad their stomachs, and then serve all the good dishes, and after that, he also handed over a tael of silver, which was much more generous than Guan Ziyang and the others.

The old postman took the silver and prepared to go happily.

(End of this chapter)