choke element

Chapter 509

Before Hou Zhongxin could react, Yu woke up and snatched the roast chicken away.

He tore off the chicken butt and a thigh: "Master, here it is!"

The big fat man leaned out from the side of the boat, holding half a chicken with his thick and long arms.

"Master, do you want wine?" Yu Xing asked again.

"And wine?"

The big fat man's eyes lit up like copper bells, and he turned to several people on the shore.He sat down on the side of the boat, stretched out his other arm, and clasped a wine jar held by his attendants with his fan-like palm.

"Drink less, you will miss the boat!"

The sound of the water was rushing, and the boat continued to move forward. The voice of the fat man came from the boat, and the figure disappeared in a blink of an eye.

At this time, many strong men in the rear laughed and threw the cable, and gathered together to share drinks and dry food.

Hou Zhongxin gave the attendant in charge of holding the wine jar a hard look.

The follower's face was full of bitterness, but he just realized it and tried to hug the wine jar.But the fat man's hands were extremely strong, and the wine jar was still lightly lifted away by him.

Because there are so many people in Lin'an and so many drinkers, there are so many kinds of famous wine brewed by major restaurants, and even Zhusi and Didi have their own brewing workshops, and wines from other states are also sold locally.These two large altars of wine were rewarded by Ding Yan, and it is said that they were produced by a winery under the Dianqian Division, named Fengquan.A jar is three liters of wine, about ten catties, worth a penny.

Originally thought that two jars of wine would be enough for two hundred strong men to drink one cup each, but unexpectedly a strange person popped out and robbed half of the wine and meat at once?Don't those strong men make a fuss?
How about asking Xueshi Ding for another pot?

Just thinking about it, the strong men gathered around him noisily.Someone really frowned and asked: "Hey, didn't you see two jars of wine just now? How can this be enough?"

Hou Zhongxin was about to explain, when Yu Xing shouted: "Give me a jar! Master told us to drink less!"

The frown of the person who spoke before was immediately flattened, and he nodded with the other men, like chickens pecking at rice: "Yes, you should give the master a jar. What the master said is also reasonable. I have something to do, so I should take it easy." drink some."

After thanking Hou Zhongxin, they divided into small teams, took the reward money from Hou Zhongxin, and after a while, they divided up the food and drink.

Hou Zhongxin called Yu Xing and Yu Mang'er over: "You two, who is that master? Why is he on our boat?"

Yu Xing didn't understand, so he asked, "Isn't this our gun and club instructor?"

Yu Mang'er said confidently, "This is the great monk from the temple in our village!"

The two finished speaking at the same time and looked at each other.

Yu Xing explained: "He used to be a great monk in the temple, and later became a spear instructor."

Yu Mang'er also said: "In the early years, he taught guns and sticks, and later he became a monk in the temple in the village."

The two looked at each other again, and then hurriedly said to Hou Zhong: "In short, he is the instructor and the great monk, um, sir, have you forgotten? You know that he is on a ship in Chengshan Port, Ninghai Prefecture!"

"I see."

Hou Zhongxin agreed with his lips, but he always felt that there was something wrong in his heart.

Something is wrong!Something is wrong!
This big fat man is indeed a boat in Chengshan Port, Ninghai Prefecture, but Yu Mang'er and Yu Xing, didn't they board the boat in Wandu Village, Haizhou?The two places are separated by hundreds of miles, how can they be related?Looking at the condition of the strong men, it seems that they still remember this great man!

There must be ghosts!
Hou Zhongxin was about to arrest the two of them and interrogate them carefully. In front of the road along the river, the knights of the Qi army with pine torches rolled back like a fire dragon.

It turned out that Hou Zhongxin recruited the strong men to share the food, and several heavy ships stopped.Wan Yanlin led the cavalry to clear the way, and suddenly found that most of the ships behind him were missing, so he hurriedly sent someone back to urge them.

"Hurry up! Don't stop!" The knights of the Yi army beat the boat wildly while urging the boat loudly.

Among the strong men, many of them obviously had practiced martial arts, and their skills were obviously good, but they were all good-natured. No one argued with the cavalry, and they immediately dispersed and went to stretch.

However, the cavalrymen of the Yi Army swung their whips so slippery that they clashed with the sixty soldiers of the Song Dynasty who were listed in the mission.Hou Zhongxin rushed to circle around, tossing and tossing all night, dizzy from exhaustion.

For the next few days, Hou Zhongxin never stopped.

Under the urging of the Jurchens, the fleet traveled day and night, entered the gate from Tongzhou, and rushed to the capital. To the east of Tongzhou, there were often terrifying sounds of fighting, and thousands of refugees were walking in the wilderness like rotten wood. , The tragedy was shocking.

When the fleet arrived in Tongzhou, a pick-up escort sent by Daikin rushed to the group.According to the usual practice in previous years, another servant brought the emperor's imperial edict, and the imperial edict made a certain Qing Yuan come to celebrate his birthday with celebration coins, and Chi Huaxian showed his good work and so on.In addition, all the supplies given to the envoys for the three festivals were also distributed, which aroused the great joy of the envoys.

Only one of the Jurchen escorts pointed out that the Song people's mission this time has two hundred more men than in previous years, and there is no list, which is very rude.

Hou Zhongxin remained silent.Ding Can immediately said, all the Cao Ding gang households along the Lushui River in your country have been dispersed, and we are helpless; as for the strong wind and high waves at sea, it is even more troublesome.

If you can guarantee the safety of the road, let alone Lushui, we will immediately dismiss the civilians when we return, and follow the old road agreed by the two countries, first go to Zhending, and then to Bianliang, but I don’t know if the Dajin court can be sure.

The pick-up and drop-off envoy had a bad nose, so he didn't ask any more questions, and the subsequent waterway from Tongzhou to Zhongdu was still inseparable from the strong men recruited by Hou Zhongxin, and all the strong men still did their best.

Under such a situation, Hou Zhongxin could only persuade himself not to make trouble.

Since ancient times, the water has been so clear that there are no fish.The Dajin Kingdom is in such a state of chaos that there are escapees everywhere.These strong men also admitted that they were all serving in Daikin's army, so they might all be deserters.

If they were thieves and bandits who robbed their houses, how could they work hard all the way to follow the mission to this place?All they want is a little money!what else?When one's own side employs people, there is no need to find fault with them!
At the end of January, Song's mission finally entered Zhongdu.

Although he is always on alert for battle, he has already fought several fierce battles.But there are still many people coming in and out through the city gate.In this situation, food, horse fodder, and firewood are all urgently needed materials in the city, and the court always encourages the people to go out, or gather some wild wheat, dig some wild potatoes, wild fruits, or chop some firewood back.

People in ragged clothes lined up in a long line, supervised by soldiers, and ordered them to gather outside the city and hand over [-]% of their income as city gate tax.

Occasionally, some people were really reluctant to part with the results of a day's hard work, crying and yelling and unwilling to hand over what they had gained, so the soldiers rushed over and beat them with horsewhips and scabbards to a satisfactory result.

And the people who entered the city were easily looted in the square inside the Xuanyao Gate.

Most of the people gathered in that area were refugees who fled from outside the city not long ago. They were still in shock and did not dare to go out of the city to find food. The government offices in Chengli rarely distributed food, so the desperate refugees were always shrouded in the threat of starvation and death. , beat and robbed each other with the people in the city at every turn.

Du Shisheng was in a restaurant and looked around casually.

With just two eyes, the square has already been noisy four or five times.

At this time, the envoys of the Song Dynasty changed their carriages outside the city, and the convoy and entourage were struggling to move forward in the crowd like headless chickens. Even though the cavalrymen of the Yi army kept shouting, two steps forward must be one step back.There are also refugees who are too bold to try to climb into the carriage and look through the goods in the carriage for food.To them, the cavalry was not polite, and immediately dragged them off the ground, and trampled them to death.

The restaurant where Du Shisheng is located is located in Tongmafang in the east of the city. Its name comes from the horse "Zhebai" that was once owned by Emperor Murongxin of the Yan Kingdom.There are many nobles and rich merchants in Tongmafang, so naturally they will not be disturbed.

So Du Shisheng just glanced at it twice, and when the convoy passed under the restaurant and meandered towards the Huitong Hall area, he stopped looking at it, poured himself a large glass of wine, and drank it with his neck up.

On a cold day, the mellow aroma of the wine and the burning sensation after drinking it are enough to dispel the coldness inside the body, making people feel extremely happy both psychologically and physically.

He raised his glass, and half-jokingly said to the waiters at the next table: "The Song people's Changchun Festival congratulatory envoys are here. Entering Zhongdu at this time is a hard job, right? Haha, you guys spend all day It's hard work to follow me here!"

Du Shisheng has always been very comfortable in Zhongdu.But when the emperor heard that Ding Haijun intends to send troops to Beijing, he immediately sent out a few small soldiers. On the one hand, he asked them to follow Du Shisheng closely and never allow him to make any moves.On the other hand, I specifically told him not to hurt the old scholar's life, but to ensure his safety.

Hearing what Du Shisheng said, the little bottoms could only smile wryly.

(End of this chapter)