Ding Tian's Ancient Life

When Cai Juren left the house, he sent someone to inquire.

There are only a few Datongpu inns in Baiyun County. They can't afford to live in too expensive inns, and Datongpu is the main one. However, individual homes also have temporary leased yards.

There are the most private homes. According to Cai Juren's idea, they brought people and evidence. No matter what, they had to find a separate yard to live in. So he sent someone to inquire about individual homes first, who has a yard? Lease it out for the guards to settle down?

It's a pity that Baiyun County is a big place and there are many people. They went to inquire, and it took a lot of time. They didn't come back until midnight, and they didn't say anything.

Then I started looking for an inn, an inn.

At this time, Ding Tian and the others had already woken up in the middle of the night. After a night of sleep, they had regained some energy, and they were all people who were used to running errands.

"In the middle of the night, can the city gate be opened?" Some yamen servants felt that something was wrong. If they wanted to leave the city, why would the magistrate have to come to say hello?What's more, if there are major events, the city gate will not be opened for ordinary small events. This is a frontier fortress, but it is not as safe as the hinterland.

Especially after the autumn harvest, it is necessary to guard against the barbarians to rob the fruits of the autumn harvest.

It is impossible to open the door easily.

Especially in the middle of the night.

"Don't worry, let's go!" Jin Buhuan said aside: "It has been arranged long ago."

The yamen servant was also obedient: "All right, I'll drive the carriage."

All of them were big men, and they didn’t have much luggage when they came here. They just exchanged a small bag and a small box for money. The others didn’t even have a bag. When they got into the carriage, the hooves of the horses were wrapped with straw, and they didn’t make much noise when they walked. , Putting on the horse's mantle to prevent the horse from making a sound, a group of people left the inn, walking like ghosts on the dark night street, they didn't go through the south gate, but went to the nearest north gate.

When we arrived at the place, the magistrate of Baiyun County was also there. The city gate officials didn't want to open the city gate, but Ding Tian took out a jade pendant and showed him: "Open it."

The city gate officials didn't know this thing very well, but they did know the character on it, a flamboyant "Ning" character, and the dragon pattern was used on the jade pendant.

It's still a Kuilong pattern.

This is something that only princes can use. What else does he not understand when he thinks about the camp at the foot of Baiyun Mountain?

"This is to open the door for you, this is to open the door!" The city gate official waved his hand: "Quick, open the door!"

After being a city gate official all his life, he met a nobleman today.

The gate of the city was wide open, but not fully open, only carriages and horses could pass through. After a group of people passed quickly, the gate was closed.

The magistrate of Baiyun County regrets this!

Had I known... Hey!

If I had known earlier, it would have been better to have a closer relationship with him.

Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness Ning trusted Ding Tian so much that he even gave him the token-like jade pendant, which was one of the tokens that could represent His Royal Highness Ning.

What a trust!

It's really amazing, no wonder the Lord Fu Zun said that the people below them are not allowed to flatter casually, the flattery is wrong, be careful

Thinking of the plans of the Cai family, he suddenly laughed. Under his rule, the days of the Cai family showing off their might are coming to an end.

He was happy to see the Cai family's bad luck.

So he didn't remind Cai's family that they lived there.

When the county magistrate of Baiyun County returned to the county government office to rest, the helpers the Cai family called also found the inn at the north gate. I was not afraid of these people, but asked for an "opening fee" of ten taels of silver before telling them that they left.

"Gone? Where did you go?" The leader is a ferocious man, the famous "boss" in Baiyun County. He is a vicious guy. , but he is the boss in the county, and he takes his younger brother around to "peace things" for others.

Ordinary people don't dare to mess with them, they also have their own territory, and they also have some gray income on weekdays. The merchants don't ask them to do anything, just don't make trouble. It's over, and those who have no money will give it

Some food or something.

And the iron shopkeeper is not afraid of them because he often has official errands coming and going, and these people also respect him three points.

"North Gate." Tie shopkeeper said: "I said Ada, it's not my surname Tie who is narrow-minded, you can think about it, it's an official post, if you really don't open your eyes, even if you have a backer, it's useless. "

"What do you know?" Ah Da squinted his eyes: "I'll be able to wash my hands once I've done my job well."

Over the years, Ah Da has also saved a lot of money, bought land outside the city, rented it out, and fed the brothers with the grain returned from the rent, and bought meat and wine for money and other things to win over the gang Brothers, he has the confidence.

But this has been saved for more than ten years, and I haven't saved much, but this time it's different. Last time they collectively beat up an old woman and a little girl who were runaway slaves. Although the old woman died, the Cai family still gave him money. A letter of thanks in silver.

That's 500 taels!

He had never seen so much silver in his life!

Don't say anything, if this time is done well, there is still a letter of silver, and he has a thousand taels of silver by his side, so why bother?

Buy the family property early, live the comfortable life of the master, find a good woman to marry, and have a son to inherit the family business....Thinking about it, Ah Da drools.

He is an orphan with no name or surname. Master Cai said that the matter has been settled and he is allowed to be named Cai!

It's a pity, I heard that his daughter is dead. If he doesn't die, he really wants to be Master Cai's son-in-law... But if he doesn't die, what's the matter with him?

"Then do it well." The iron shopkeeper shook his head, seeing Ada leading the way to the north gate like a man, he muttered to himself: "Good words are hard to persuade, damn ghost."

Ah Da and the others chased to the north gate, exactly a quarter of an hour after Ding Tian and the others left.

The city gate official also had a headache when he saw them: "Why are you going? You are not at home in the middle of the night and sleeping with a woman in your arms. What are you doing out?" You will be at a disadvantage when you get it, so hurry up and open the door." Ah Da didn't dare to say what he was going to do, so he made up a reason that they were at odds with Lao Laigouzi from Yangshu County, and the two gangs made an appointment. There have been several fights.

While speaking, he even stuffed a handful of copper coins into the city gate official: "Come back and find you for a drink."

"This is not allowed." The city gate official stuffed the money back to him: "Opening the gate is a taboo thing, don't cause trouble for me, wait until dawn, when the sky is bright, I will open the gate and let you out first .”

Ah Da struggled for a long time, but the city gate officials didn't open the door, so he had no choice but to go back to find Cai Juren, what should we do? "Then wait until dawn and wait at the south gate. The south gate leads directly to the city." Cai Juren couldn't help it. This is an important city gate, and the city gate can't be easily opened. An accident happened, and the whole Cai family had to lose their heads.

The group ran to the south gate again, and finally, after an hour, the city gate opened.

At that time, the sky was just a little brighter. There were woodcutters who went to the city early to sell firewood, and some people drove out of the city to visit their relatives in a carriage. But Ada and the others rode a horse alone. It is a war horse that has been retired from the army. Although it is a bit old, such a war horse can run fast in a short distance. It is impossible to ride for a long time, but it can still last for three to five days.

of.

More than thirty people, riding horses, galloped away on the avenue.

Besides, Ding Tian and the others walked all the way to Fucheng, but after they came out from the north gate, they had to go around more than half of the city wall, which delayed half an hour, and then they went to the official road from the south gate.

Official roads refer to the roads built by the public to allow officials from other places to handle affairs smoothly.

The roads and roads built by the public must be maintained every year. The common people work hard to maintain the smoothness of the official roads. This road cannot be walked by ordinary people, and the common people naturally have small roads. The people who usually walk on the official roads are officials. , official servants, messengers, etc.

and so on.

Of course, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. In the borderlands, as long as it is not a wartime, it is okay to walk a short distance on the official road.

Especially when there is an emergency, it is not impossible for everyone to gallop on the official road.

As long as you don't get caught by the officials, or the officials deliberately intervene in this matter, there is no big problem.

Ding Tian and the others walked along the official road, because they didn’t walk this road when they came, but they took another road when they came. After walking for a long time, everyone was hungry, so they stopped on a high hill, The view here is wide and unobstructed.

When they left, they bought some steamed buns from the inn, but Ding Tian didn't bring any, but Jin Buhuan brought a piece of seasoning that Ding Tian made for Wang Zuo.

Now I was boiling water in a pot, cut half a piece into it, and took out shredded cabbage, shredded radish, vermicelli, beef slices, etc. from the package and put it in.

A strong fragrance wafted out: "Why do you have this?"

Everyone else was watching the news, only Ding Tian was puzzled: "I didn't bring..."

At that time, he didn't think that he would eat in the wild, and at the time he thought he could catch Wang Zuo's.

"I found it in your kitchen, so I brought it with me. It's a good thing, otherwise, I'd be eating dry steamed buns now." Jin Bu changed all the ingredients, then stood up and stretched himself... "Huh?"

"What's wrong?" Ding Tian even put some salt into the soup.

"There seems to be someone galloping on horseback... the road we walked on." Jin Buhuan squinted his glasses and said, "It seems that they are coming towards us!"

"Really?" After hearing this, they also stood up.

Bai Zhanfeng, who was in charge of escorting the prisoner to Fucheng, put his hand on his forehead and looked: "It seems to be Ah Da and the others?"

"Ada and the others? What are they doing?"

"It's the leader of the gangsters in the city, a guy who looks like a thug... He... Maybe he really came to us." Bai Zhanfeng's face was a little dark: "Last time they were the ones who captured the fugitive slaves for the Cai family...."

Ding Tian understood as soon as he heard it: "Needless to say, it must be for us."

"Then what should we do?" The yamen servants were a little confused.

They were only a dozen of them at full strength, and the opponent was overwhelming, and more importantly, the opponent was cavalry.

Ding Tian also trembled in his heart, the key is that he knew that these people really dared to kill people.

Because Lan Lan and his wife were chased and killed by this group of people. Although some of them are officials, but the people in the Northland are tough, those murderers are so hot-headed, who knows what will happen?

Once they are chased by someone, or they make dumplings...in this wilderness....

"Go, go in the direction of Baiyun Mountain!" Ding Tian gritted his teeth: "Quick, as long as you get there, you will be safe."

"Where...?" Jin Buhuan's eyes lit up: "That's right!"

Jing Tian also thought of it: "Let's go, let's go now, you don't need to pack your things."

They didn't have many things, they just left behind a fire, a pot, and the soup and water in the pot. The group had already drank water just now, and they also let go of the water, and got into the carriage on an empty stomach. I didn't care about the bumps or not for a while, so I quickly let go of my whip and ran away in a hurry.

Ah Da and the others were actually chasing along their ruts, but the more they chased, the slower they ran. In addition, there were pedestrians on the road, and they were usually official servants. When they encountered them, they had to leave the office obediently Road, take the rugged folk road.

When they chased to the high hill, the soup in the pot was boiled dry, and the fire underneath was almost burning.

"They haven't gone far yet, chase after them!" Ada glanced at them and could deduce that they were leaving in a hurry.

A group of people got on the horses, jumped on the horses and swung their whips, and chased after them, following the ruts, and within half an hour they saw the carriage running wildly ahead.

"It's just ahead!" Ada pointed with his horsewhip: "Brothers, catch up!"

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!"

Sitting in the carriage, Ding Tian could hear the sound of "Aoooo" blowing in the wind from behind.