Chapter 52 Three Danger
In March, the fourth year of Guanghe's reign, spring was cold and cold.
Qingzhou Jinan Kingdom, Dongpingling, Cattle and Horse Market.
The morning drums are about to end, and in the horse market on the outskirts of the city, the crowd is already rubbing shoulders with each other, exhaling like clouds, and making a lot of noise.
In the distance, a canopy came slowly.
Han Xian, who was the Young Master of the Jinan Kingdom at the time, rode on a horse and walked to the Jinan Palace surrounded by his retinue. Passers-by gave way to him.
Unlike ordinary scholars, Han Xian did not like to travel by bullock cart. He was originally from Liaodong and had only been in Qingzhou to serve as an official for a few years, so the habits of his hometown had not yet worn off.
He didn't understand why the scholar-bureaucrats in the Mainland liked the slow oxcart ride when going out, which in vain undermined their heroic spirit.
Wearing a leather robe and a layer of blouse, Han Xian was riding on a horse. His undulating figure revealed the majestic temperament of a border warrior.
As the team continued walking, Han Xian was also thinking about something.
Yesterday, he received a newspaper from Luoyang, Kyoto. It was sent from the residence of the Kingdom of Jinan stationed in Luoyang.
It says: "He was appointed as the Prime Minister of Luanji, and he received the mobilization of horses from the prefecture and the country, that is, three hundred horses from the market, just like the capital."
Generally speaking, this matter is not urgent, because his lord Liu Kang, King of Jinan, is in Kyoto at this time, and it will not be too late to wait for his lord to come back.
But things changed with Liu Kang.
In order to participate in the Zhengdan Dynasty of the first lunar month, Liu Kang took his Wang Fu and his son Liu Yun and set off for Kyoto in the light snow on the twelfth lunar month.
But after the Zhengdan Dynasty, he went to a banquet hosted by Zongzheng Liu Kuan. He drank too much and made some strange remarks about the country and the regular attendants.
Anyway, Zhongzheng Liu Kuan didn't stop him. He just looked at the fat Liu Kang. The more he drank, the more weird his words became.
Liu Kang, who had sobered up, only found out what happened at the reception after his son reminded him.
The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. He immediately asked the officials in the palace to rush back to Jinan, and asked the young master Han Xian to handle this matter carefully.
He can't help but be afraid! Because the country's first wife, Queen Song, and her family were unjustly killed, only three years ago.
His nephew in this country was very aware of the great turmoil at that time.
He is from the same lineage as Liu Hong, the current country, and both were descended from Liu Kaisan, the sixth son of Emperor Suzong.
It is said that it is also a matter of luck. Their lineage produced two countries. One is the late Emperor Xiaohuan, and the other is the current country Liu Hong.
In those days, our ancestor Liu Kai was blessed with many children and gave birth to no less than a dozen sons. But it is worth mentioning that there are three branches.
Among them, the direct line is the Hejian King line, and the other two families are the Pingyuan King line and the Dutinghou line. The late emperor was from the royal family of Pingyuan and was the second son of the king. He was later welcomed by the domineering general Liang Ji.
And he himself is a direct descendant of the line of King Hejian, and he is the third generation.
But he was not the eldest son in the family. His elder brother inherited the throne of Hejian. But even as the second son, he was much happier than Liu Hong, who later came to the throne.
Liu Hong was from the line of Marquis Jiedu Ting. It had only been passed down to him for two generations, and it was already in decline. It is said that at that time, people had to set their own nets to catch fish in order to have fish to eat.
If Dou Wu, the general at that time, had not seized power and selected the younger disciples of the clan, his uncle would not be as wealthy as he is today.
Although Liu Kang was born into a princely family, he was not completely ignorant of common affairs.
He understands the character of a person who was born in a subordinate position and suddenly reaches a high position. There are people like this in his house, maybe because they are poor and scared. Once these people have power, they are very greedy and ruthless. In order to retain power, they are as vicious as dogs.
The same goes for his uncle Liu Hong, except that he is a wolf instead of a dog. Although dogs are fierce, they always have masters, but wolves eat everyone.
Among those eaten by Liu Hong was his uncle Liu Kui, King of Bohai, because Liu Kui threatened his throne.
Although Liu Hong entered the imperial line, in fact, Liu Kui and Emperor Xiaohuan were closer in blood. They were brothers. However, they were dismissed by the then generals Dou Wu and Dachangqiu Cao Teng because they did not use the excuse of inheriting the throne from their uncles. After refusing, the throne fell to Liu Hong.
After that, everyone in the Bohai King's palace, from his wives and concubines to the government officials, were executed. Even the Queen Song at the time was implicated, just because Queen Bohai was also called Song and was the aunt of Queen Song.
Our country is really so ruthless, even the wife who eats the chaff with me can be so ruthless.
Thinking of this, Liu Kang trembled and sent another official to rush back to Jinan.
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At this time, Mr. Han naturally did not expect the twists and turns on the upper level.
He is not too concerned about whether the country's policy will cause great disturbance to the people. Even when his lord Liu Kang had to deal with urgent matters, he didn't have any objections. Anyway, there were subordinates who went to deal with Jinan.
What he was wondering was whether there was room for profit in this matter. He is a martial artist, so he doesn't really understand. He just instinctively feels that this matter, hehe, is not trivial.
He wants to work with the local powerful Gao family to make a total calculation.
After all, he never wanted to go back to his hometown where the wind and snow threatened him. And if you want to build a mansion here and have beautiful maids, you can't do without money.
Still thinking, suddenly, everything went dark before my eyes. After walking forward for more than ten feet, I fell off my horse and landed on the ground.
The servants were shocked, called to the left and right, and stepped forward to help Han Xian up.
I saw that the young man's face was like a withered sculpture, and an iron knife was stabbing his neck, and he was dead.
But it was a man in black who had been hiding in the cavalry and came in the opposite direction. When he and Han Xian were in the opposite direction, he suddenly jumped up through the horse's belly, drew his knife and stabbed into Han Xian's neck in an instant.
The Russian queen leaped like a roc and disappeared into the crowd.
The followers immediately exploded.
After a moment of panic, under the command of an official, the whole team was divided into four teams. One person galloped towards Jinan Prince's Mansion, four others ran towards the four gates of the city, and fell behind the gate to catch the thief. Three people were left behind to guard the Shaofu's body, while the rest of the officials pursued the man in black.
Then why is the murderer? Zhang Chong also lived in Licheng, Jinan.
One year has passed since Zhang Chong had a secret talk with Ji Sun.
In this year, Zhang Chong and the others have undergone great changes, as have the entire world.
Just talking about Zhang Chong, Ji Sun said that he had a way to get the talisman, and then he went to Dongjun with his entourage.
I don't know what kind of deal I made with Dongjun's divination. Anyway, when I came back, Jisun had brought a cart of talismans.
The process went smoothly after that. Zhang Chong took his troops, pretended to be merchants, hired a cargo ship, and went to Jinan smoothly.
In Zhu'a, he also took Chen Huan to do something pleasant.
Chen Yu, the pavilion leader who wantonly massacred Chen Huanpaoze that day, was shot to death by Chen Huan on Xiu Mu's way home, and then the two returned to the ship quietly without anyone knowing.
But then things went wrong for the next year.
Although Zhang Chong was introduced to Taiping Road by his grandson, Tang Zhou couldn't stand him very much, and did not mention the matter of being divided into camps, nor the matter of parish support.
Zhang Chong even thought that he just had a name on Taiping Road.
Of course Zhang Chong knew the reason why Tang Zhou suppressed him. It was because of his humble background that Tang Zhou habitually suppressed him.
He suspected that if he had not said that he was going to Mount Tai to set up camp instead of setting up camp in Jinan, the Tang and Zhou Dynasties might not have allowed him to enter Taiping Road.
But what can Zhang Chong do? It is he who needs Taiping Dao now, not Taiping Dao who needs him. How can he be as carefree as he needs others?
Later, with the help of Ji Sun, they found a hilltop among the peaks of Mount Tai to set up camp.
In order to survive, some millet was planted in the mountains, but the mountainous terrain was too thin to harvest much grain, and it also affected the daily training of Zhang Chong's team.
Even after entering the mountains, Zhang Chong still strictly required his troops to practice one part every three days and one group every five days, so the food would definitely not be enough.
Therefore, Zhang Chong had no choice but to lead his team to break down several small dock walls nearby and collect some food. Later, they continued to use their experience in Xue's wall and treated them differently according to their personal status.
After allocating land to the poor and absorbing a group of local elites, Zhang Chong gained the support of these settlements and finally gained a foothold on the edge of Mount Tai.
Later, Zhang Gouzi and his brothers also moved into the village with their brothers and sisters. Now Zhang Chong's team has grown to more than a thousand people, all of whom are descendants of the nearby township party, but the actual number of regular soldiers is only 400. .
But with more people, food became a problem again. Zhang Chong and the others are still short of food.
This food shortage is only a danger, the greater danger is the mountain people.
Only after arriving at Mount Tai did Zhang Chong realize that this fruit was not a good place.
When they first met the local mountain people, they ignored them and just shot them with arrows.
The arrow was shot hard and accurately, and this was where Zhang Chong's team suffered its first casualty.
Later, with Zhang Chong taking the lead, the warriors fought hard and finally broke through the mountain. However, Zhang Wu died in that battle. This was Zhang Chong's first soldier to die in battle.
He was also placed on the peak together with Sun Xun's bones.
Moreover, after this battle, Zhang Chong formed a deadly feud with some mountain people in the mountains. They were all related to the dead mountain people, so they harassed Zhang Chong from time to time.
It can be said that Zhang Chong's situation in the mountains is in danger.
The tough and untamable mountain people are only the second danger, and Zhang Chong has the third danger.
Because they had wiped out several powerful people, the local wealthy people had noticed that something different was happening in the mountains, and they had already sent their troops to the mountains to inquire about the situation.
At this time, Zhang Chong had already fallen into the most dangerous place before he could open up the situation.
It was at this time that Sun Ji came to Zhai Zha, giving Zhang Chong an opportunity.
Tang Zhou, the head of Jinan Canal, asked Zhang Chong to kill one person. As long as he killed him, Zhang Chong could immediately divide the camp and obtain the right to teach in the Taishan area.
Zhang Chong had no choice but to accept the mission and enter the Dongping Tomb.
Zhang Chong didn't know why Tang Zhou had to kill the young man named Han Xian, and he didn't care. Maybe Han Xian was a good man, but Zhang Chong had no choice.
This year, Zhang Chong once again felt that in this great era, he and his team were so fragile, and no one could control their own destiny.
After repeatedly investigating Han Xian's route of action, Zhang Chong finally decided to strike on this day.
In the end, he succeeded. Mr. Han died under his knife, and he escaped from the city smoothly, as if it was easy.
But after burying the bloody clothes behind the tree, Zhang Chong vowed that he would never let anyone dictate his destiny again, and that he would become a chess player instead of a chess piece.
All of this has a chance, as long as Zhang Chong can deal with the person he wants to meet next.
He is the key to Zhang Chong's current victory.
(End of chapter)