[Three Kingdoms] Jingyunshang

In August, the scorching sun scorched the earth like a fire, and there was no cool breeze on the earth, so it was extremely dry.In the sky, a goshawk soared past, and on the rugged path that the goshawk flew past, five people who looked like "men" were walking slowly leading their horses. There were heavy packages on the horses' backs, but The contents of the package exuded a faint fragrance, and other passers-by on the road were attracted by the fragrance, and approached the five "men" one after another to enjoy the faint fragrance.

A 60-year-old white-haired old man walked up to the five people and said, "Guests, this old man smelled a faint fragrance. I don't know why the fragrance is so fragrant, and the fragrance has been lingering for miles."

A man in white clothes and plain robes, with beards and beards on his face, but with an elegant demeanor who looked about 25 or [-] years old saluted: "Old man, the fragrance you just mentioned is coming out from here. We are going from the south to the north." tea merchant." The man pointed to the tea leaves on the horseback.

"Oh, that's how it is! This old man is wondering, what has such a delicate fragrance? It turns out to be tea. I've heard that tea is abundant in the south. Seeing it today, it's worth it!"

"Old man, you are absurd! I don't know where the old man is going?" the man in plain robe and white clothes asked.

"I went to Xudu to visit my son who was a soldier in Xudu. Well, I haven't seen him for several years, and I don't know how my son is doing?" the old man sighed.

"What a coincidence, we are also planning to go to Xudu to visit the tea sellers, old man, since we are on the way, let's go together!"

"Hey! This old man wants to go with you, and it's good to smell the tea, but I'm getting old, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with you young lads!"

The man in white clothes and plain robes looked at the old man carefully. The old man was indeed a little tired, so he made up his mind and said: "Old man, how about vacating the horse that came with the tea leaves, and you sit on it and walk with us?"

"Is this okay?" The old man hesitated.

"Old people, there is an old saying, 'The old is the old and the old is the old, and the young is the young and the young.' You are welcome."

"A child can be taught! Well, the old man will not be polite."

After the white-clothed plain-robed man helped the old man safely onto the horse, the dark-skinned black-faced man beside him pulled the white-clothed plain-robed man aside: "Son...no, shopkeeper Zhao, it's not good for you to do this, I The task of waiting is to rush to Xudu as soon as possible to get things done and return early, and now bringing an old guy, wouldn't it be a drag on my waiting schedule!"

"Third brother, you have also seen that the old man's legs and feet are a bit inconvenient. At his speed, we don't know when we will be able to reach Xudu. Anyway, we are going to Xudu. You are right, third brother!"

After hearing this, the black-faced man said angrily: "Okay, who told you to let me listen to you before you leave? If it's my temper, then the old man will never let me go by the way."

"Okay, third brother, after the matter is done, I will buy you a drink when I go back!"

"That's about the same!" After hearing this, the black-faced man stopped talking and continued on his way.

The tea merchants were none other than Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Li Jing, Lu Zhi, and Xia Houjuan. Before leaving for Xinye, Liu Bei told Zhang Fei to be hot-tempered, and Zhao Yun was cautious, so he let Zhao Yun decide this operation. Therefore, although Zhang Fei had some complaints about Zhao Yun's behavior just now, he had to wait until he returned to Xinye to solve the problem, and it was especially inconvenient for women to dress up. Therefore, Li Jing, Lu Zhi, and Xia Houjuan disguised themselves as men's clothes. Li Jing and Lu Zhi looked full of heroism.

The five people and the old man, six people, walked for about half a day, and finally gradually saw Xu Du's figure. Xia Houjuan gradually relaxed his frown, and at this moment he looked very nervous and nervous, and he was looking forward to it deep in his heart.After walking for another half an hour or so, the six people finally arrived at the city gate of Xudu. Everyone looked at the city gate, and there was an endless stream of carriages and crowds coming and going from north to south. With a serious face, he carefully checked the crowds coming and going.

When Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others slowly led the horses into the city gate, a general at the city gate came over and yelled at the crowd: "Who are you waiting for? What are you doing here? What is the hunchback on the horse's back? "

Zhao Yun walked towards the general and clasped his fists together and said, "General, Xiaomin are all tea merchants from the south, and most of them are here to sell tea, and all the camels on horseback are tea."

"Really? Come on, open the bag and check!" The general gave an order, and several soldiers rushed forward, quickly opened the horse's back, and after careful inspection several times, the soldiers reported in unison: "Report to the general, the bag inside It’s all tea, nothing else.”

The general looked Zhao Yun up and down and said, "What's your name? Among the tea merchants who come and go, why doesn't this general seem to have seen you?"

"Under Zhao Long, I used to go back and forth between Jizhou and Xuzhou. This is probably the first time I've come, so the general didn't recognize me?" Zhao Yun replied without humility.

"Oh, if that's the case, then you should know some rules!" Pian Jiang looked at Zhao Yun with disdain.

"What rules?" Zhang Fei was furious when he saw the general's appearance, and strode forward to scold him.

"Who are you? How dare you talk to this general like that?"

"I...I am Zhang De! I don't understand the rules you mentioned just now."

"Then let this general tell you that all new businessmen who come to Xudu must pay five strings of five baht, otherwise they will never want to do business in Xudu!" The general's tone was very arrogant.

"Why are there so many? I heard that the old man never asks for money. When did the rules change?" The old man said immediately after hearing it.

"Old man, who are you? How can you talk nonsense here! Someone will drag that old man down for this general."

Several soldiers were about to step forward to drag the old man down, Zhang Fei's face was flushed with anger, and Li Jing, Lu Zhi, and Xia Houjuan were also extremely angry, Zhang Fei was about to step forward to grab the old man and beat him hard After a pause, Zhao Yun hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and whispered: "Third brother, we are here to handle errands, don't miss the big one because of this little thing!"

As if they heard the noise of the city gate, a group of troops turned out of the city gate. A general in his thirties, seven feet long and handsome, shouted loudly: "What happened? Who is here? Making a lot of noise? Vice-General Wang, what's going on?"

"General Chen, these unruly people from the south don't know how to behave, and the general is teaching them?" the general said respectfully.

The old man on the horse couldn't believe his eyes when he saw General Chen coming, wiped his eyes with his hands and looked at General Chen again, he was overjoyed and shouted on the horse: "Son, for the father! Here it is!"

General Chen heard the old man's yell, and when he looked at the horse, the old man's appearance was a bit familiar, but there were a little more white hair on his forehead, and when he came closer to look again, it was his old father. Kneeling down, he said: "Father, why did you come to Xudu? You are getting old. Didn't my son tell you to enjoy your life in your hometown in Runan? Xudu is far away, so don't you come to Xudu?"

Seeing General Chen kneel down to the old man and calling his father, Vice General Wang was so panicked that his hands and feet kept trembling and his back was sweating profusely.General Chen helped the old man off the horse, and Zhao Yun came over and said, "Old man, congratulations on your father and son reunion. Congratulations!"

"Father, who is this?" General Chen looked at the old man.

"Son, I was able to come here for my father this time thanks to the shopkeeper Zhao Longzhao. At that time, I set off from Runan. I didn't want to go the wrong way. I asked about the fragrance of tea on the way. I didn't think it was the shopkeeper Zhao. The fragrance of the tea leaves, shopkeeper Zhao saw that his father was old and weak, so he vacated a horse, and this father was able to reach Xudu, so I have to thank this shopkeeper Zhao."

"Shopkeeper Zhao is chivalrous and benevolent. On behalf of my father, I would like to thank Shopkeeper Zhao." General Chen clasped his hands together.

"You are welcome, General. This is nothing more than a small effort. I am waiting for the tea to be sold in the city urgently. I hope the General will make it easier for me!"

"Naturally! This general immediately let shopkeeper Zhao pass, but what happened to the city gate just now?"

Zhao Yun briefly explained what Vice General Wang wanted to ask for bribes. After hearing this, General Chen's face turned livid, and he reprimanded loudly: "Vice General Wang, you are the deputy general of the city gate, and this general is the general who guards the city gate. The high-ranking general asked for bribes, it seems that you took it on deaf ears, you are not small, dare to bypass this general and do such a deed! What should you do?"

"Forgive me, General! The last general was greedy for a while, and I hope the general will forgive me, and I will never dare again!" Deputy General Wang was so frightened that his legs trembled, while Zhang Fei, Li Jing, and Lu Zhi wanted to laugh when they saw it, and thought to themselves just now. He's still arrogant, but now he's a shrinking turtle. He's really not a man!

"Huh! Orders are not stopped, how to convince the crowd? Come and take Vice General Wang away!"

"No!" Two soldiers dragged Vice-General Wang away, and General Chen wanted to invite Zhao Yun to drink again, but Zhao Yun refused on the grounds that the delivery was busy. General Chen saw that Zhao Yun was determined, so he had no choice but to give up.

After Zhao Yun and his party bid farewell to the old man, they went straight into the city. The green streets and stones in the city were neat, clean and flat.The whole market is extremely prosperous, and the shouting of street vendors can be heard from time to time. The shops are next to each other, and there is no end in sight. The crowds coming and going are dense and lively.

Seeing that everyone had been walking for several days, Zhao Yun was inevitably a little tired, so he temporarily settled down at the "Jiyue Inn" in the east of the city. As for Xia Houyuan's mansion, he had to let Xia Houjuan recall it slowly. After all, Xia Houjuan had been away from home for almost six years. Now, the changes in the city are not small, and it will be difficult for Xia Houjuan to find Xiahouyuan's mansion accurately for a while.

In the evening, the five people stayed in the inn. Zhao Yun stood up and walked back and forth, saying, "Mrs. Sister-in-law, after so many years, Xu has changed a lot. Do you still remember the approximate location?"

Xia Houjuan let out a long sigh: "Xudu has changed a lot in recent years. When I was in Xudu for the last time, I still remember that Xudu is not as big as it is now. It seems that it has expanded a lot in recent years."

"Damn Cao Cao, what are you doing with such a big expansion, so that we can't find a place now." Zhang Fei cursed.

Facing such a large Xudu, Zhao Yun fell into deep thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered that Lu Zhi was once a member of the Shadow Assassins, so he quickly asked Lu Zhi: "Sister Zhi, among us, you are the only one who has been in Xudu the longest. , although it has been expanded a lot, but you should remember the general impression!"

"Brother Zhao, although Zhi'er has been here for the longest time, it seems that it has expanded a lot, and Zhi'er can't be precise for a while."

"Then what should we do now? Is it impossible for us to stay here?" Zhang Fei was a little annoyed.

"By the way, Brother Zhao, I have a city defense map here, I wonder if it can be of use to me?" Lu Zhi had a flash of inspiration.

"Then take it out and have a look!" Zhao Yun seemed to have found a treasure.

Lu Zhi took out a seemingly worn-out cloth strip from his bosom. When Zhao Yun opened the cloth strip and looked carefully, he saw that all the city gates, passes, prime minister's mansion, and imperial palace were clearly marked on the map. Zhao Yun Can't help being shocked, and thought: I didn't expect this picture to be very useful.Then he asked Lu Zhi, "Sister Zhi'er, where did you get this picture?"

"I found this picture after I caught fire in sister Ziling's bellyband in Changsha." In Lu Zhi's words, there was no concealment, maybe he had left the Shadow Assassin Group, and now Lu Zhi no longer cares about these things. scruples.

"Sister Ziling? Could it be..."

"Zilong, don't worry about how this picture was obtained, let's find out the location of Xiahouyuan's mansion as soon as possible!" Zhang Fei interrupted Zhao Yun's words.

Zhao Yun thought for a long time and said: "Yide, Yun looks like this. In order to verify the accuracy of this map, tomorrow I will visit each location first according to the location of this map, and treat it as a tour."

"Okay! That's it, let's set off together tomorrow!" Zhang Fei spoke quickly.

After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he took Xia Houjuan back to the room. When Zhao Yun came to the inn, he thought Zhang Fei and his wife, Li Jing and Lu Zhi were both girls, and he was a big man, so he opened three rooms.After Zhang Fei returned to his room, Zhao Yun, Li Jing and Lu Zhi went back to their room one after another to get ready to sleep, but the question that Zhang Fei interrupted just now lingered in Zhao Yun's mind and couldn't get rid of it.

At Xu time, not long after dark, Zhao Yun knocked on the door of Li Jing and Lu Zhi's room with doubtful questions, and called softly, "Jing'er, sister Zhi'er, are you asleep?"

Hearing the knock on the door, Li Jing and Lu Zhi were about to take off their clothes and go to bed, so they quickly put on their clothes again, opened the door and found Zhao Yun, and asked, "Zilong, what's the matter?"

"Can the cloud go in?"

"Of course, Zilong come in!"

Lu Zhi poured a bowl of tea and handed it to Zhao Yun: "Brother Zhao, what's the matter?"

Zhao Yun took the tea ceremony: "Sister Zhi'er, when you were in the room in the hall, you said that the map of the city defense was obtained by the bellyband on Sister Ziling's body when it caught fire. What's going on?"

Lu Zhi narrated the incident in Changsha when she accidentally kicked the fire on Ziling's bellyband. Zhao Yun was shocked when he heard it, and said, "If this picture proves the trip tomorrow, then Ziling is really good. It may be Uncle Dong Chengguo's daughter."

After hearing this, Li Jing and Lu Zhi's face changed drastically, and Lu Zhi said, "Then brother Yi's guess is almost the same, Ziling is really Uncle Dong Chengguo's relative."

"By the way, Sister Zhi'er, since you have the city defense map, you must have the clothes and belts on you!"

"Brother Zhao, Yidaizhao is in Xinye Caolu, and I put it in a hidden place!"

"Well! It's getting late, Jing'er, sister Zhi'er, get some rest early, and I have to find a place tomorrow!" Zhao Yun's tone was unusually gentle.

"Zilong, you should go to bed earlier!" Li Jing laughed.