Chapter 33 City of Witness
The officials outside Song Qing's temporary residence have been evacuated. Others don't know that these natives have suffered a lot. They all know what the bandits brought by Tong Guan are like. It's better to poke the hornet's nest. According to their governor, this matter is not what they can manage. Let him Let's bite the dog and pinch it ourselves. We won't get together.
However, some of the family members of the deceased thought that they were relying on King Kang and shouted that they would not leave. As a result, after being put down a few people like a sorghum pole, they immediately dispersed as birds and beasts. It's okay for them to bully ordinary people at ordinary times. In the face of these murderous Liangshan heroes, they are not even qualified to be killed.
Song Qing asked He Fugui to get another big car for the hammer mother and son. Now is not the time for them to casually show up. After everything is ready to stop, they will immediately order the departure.
It is said that noble people go out with a lot of ups and downs, and Song Qing does not feel that he is a nobleman, but no matter where he goes, it seems that trouble follows there.
It's almost noon, and the hammer killing happened in the huge Kaide Mansion, which was just a small incident and did not affect the normal life of other residents in the city at all.
When Song Qing and his party walked on the street, the streets were already overrun.
Although the clothes of Song Qing and others are not expensive, they are full of power. The flow of people in the past unconsciously gave them a passage, but they still couldn't imagine running as fast as last night.
Although it also caused trouble, Song Qing did not pay much attention to it. The last thing Liangshan people are not afraid of is trouble. However, with his current situation, it is better to keep a low profile. Tell Gao Jin not to go too fast, just think of it as shopping.
This street should be regarded as the main street. There are many shops on both sides of the street, and all kinds of hawking are coming one after another. Pedestrians and businessmen from south to north come and go from time to time. From time to time, there are several well-dressed princes passing by with a few slaves.
Although there is also a market in the back mountain of Liangshan, Song Qing is the same leader as the eldest brother on the mountain. Do you have time to go shopping? Looking at the flow of people, Song Qing actually had the idea of getting off the car and strolling.
However, this idea was immediately replaced by another idea.
Before entering the city, Gao Jin accidentally mentioned that Kaidefu also had a name, called Changzhou. At that time, Song Qing didn't care because he was too tired. Now when he remembered, he immediately remembered something.
Isn't the alliance of Qianyuan signed between the Northern Song Dynasty and Liao this place?
That battle was obviously a victory, and it could even take the opportunity to defeat Liao, and finally ended up paying tribute to Liao every year. Although it has returned to the peace of the border for a hundred years, everyone knows what the Song Dynasty really lost.
The Song Dynasty used literature to systemize martial arts and practiced a strong and weak strategy. They think they are smart, but what else will those literati do besides begging for mercy when facing an alien invasion?
Of course, nothing can be generalized, but at least in the Song Dynasty, the literati led by Emperor Zhao and Song did so.
A hundred years have passed. The war may have been forgotten by the people here, but Song Qing will not forget it, and he knows that the peace here will soon be crushed by the iron hooves of the golden soldiers. At that time, there will be only shame and there will be no more alliances.
Dou Niang, who sat aside, saw Song Qing's face suddenly bright and dark. She thought that Song Qing was worried about the hammer and couldn't help saying, "Is my concubine embarrassing my father-in-law?"
Song Qing was stunned, and then understood that Dou Niang was talking about hammer mother and son. She smiled and stretched out her arms and hugged Dou Niang's petite body.
"How can my little Doudou make my father-in-law embarrassed? I originally wanted to take you around the street, but now it doesn't seem to work. When I meet the friend I mentioned, I will take you to Kaifeng. I heard that it is a city that never sleeps. At that time, we will have a good stroll."
Liangshan lacks nothing. Lin Chong also prepared a rich dowry for Dou Niang, but Song Qing still feels that he owes Dou Niang very much. If he can, he will accompany Dou Niang as much as possible.
Although they and Song Qing have become a real couple, and the two are sitting in the car again, but they were hugged by Song Qing in broad daylight and called their private nicknames. Dou Niang still felt very shy and wanted to break away from Song Qing's embrace, but she was a little reluctant. She quickly hid her little face in Song Qing's arms and covered her ears and stole the bell, regardless. If others don't look at it, she just doesn't look at it herself.
While marching, I suddenly heard a chaos behind me, and a voice came from the sound of chickens and dogs jumping.
"Please stay for the people in front..."
Song Qing's heart tightened. This magistrate is not small. Does he even dare not give Tong Guan's face?
Gao Jin was more nervous than Song Qing. He appeared at the window of the car and leaned over and said, "Please abandon the car and your wife and change the horse first. I'll break it later."
This is a busy city. Even if it is a horse, it can't run. Moreover, Song Qing can't do the kind of thing that hurts people without scruples. He knew that as long as the gate was closed, they had no way to escape, so it was useless to be anxious.
"Don't worry, let's see what they want to do?"
Song Qing is also a person who has led the army. The more he reaches the critical moment, the more he can calm down.
Song Qing did not pay attention, nor did Gao Jin pay attention to it. Dozens of seemingly ordinary people in the crowd stopped slowly on the street on both sides of Song Qing's carriage after hearing the chase. It seems that he doesn't care at all, but in fact, his attention has been focused on Song Qing's side.
Beside these people, in an unnoticed corner, two strong men wearing bamboo hats and carrying long strips of cloth bags in their hands also closely watched Song Qing's movements through the bamboo hats.
On a farther street corner, a sloppy Taoist leaned lazily in the corner of the wall, looked at Song Qing's side, and then at the two strong men. He couldn't help shaking his head and said to himself, "Is such a stinky boy worth being so popular?"
The flow of people on the street is still the same, and no one pays attention to this old road, even the dozens of people parked on the roadside.
The people who chased behind quickly chased Song Qing's carriage, but they could not move forward, because they had been blocked by Gao Jin.
The person who chased him did not seem to be malicious. Gao Jin was a little relieved, but suddenly felt something and turned his head in the direction of the two strong men.
The faces of the two strong men were blocked by the bamboo hats, and they could not see their appearance clearly, but Gao Jin still had a familiar feeling in his heart.
"Who are they?"
You can't think too much about Gao Jin. A housekeeper-like man among the people chasing behind him immediately hugged Gao Jin and said, "Dare to ask the strong man, is Mr. Song in the car?"
"Who are you? Why are you chasing us?"
The visitor is Tong Guan's other confidant. Of course, he knows what Song Qing did in the city and why he left so quickly. I can't help slandering in my heart, "You fucking kill people, pat your buttocks and leave. You have to let my adults wipe your buttocks. Why are you like nothing? Is there anyone like you?"
Thinking back, the ancestor in the car is not what he can afford to provoke. Jumping off the horse and bowed to the carriage and said, "My adult happened to be in the city. I heard that the prince has come. I have prepared a banquet for the prince, and I specially ordered a villain to invite him."
The carriage door has been opened, but Song Qing did not come down. Looking at this subordinate, he felt that this guy was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember seeing him there.
Qingly, "Your excellency? That adult?"
"My adult's name is not what the villain dares to call casually. The prince will know if he goes with the villain."
Song Qing hasn't answered yet, so Gao Jin quit first.
"You can't call your adult's name casually. Can my son be invited at will? If you want to invite my son, let your adults come by themselves."
"This..."
The housekeeper seemed very embarrassed. Of course, he knew that it was not their adults who didn't want to come, and he really didn't dare to come. What is the face of a centralized envoy of the dynasty who condescendsed and invited a bandit leader on the street? The spit of those officials in the court could drown him.
The adults behind the people don't seem to be malicious. If they force the other party's dog to jump over the wall, won't they start a new round of escape? Song Qing has really had enough to escape.
waved to Gao Jin: "Find a decent restaurant. We will wait for the adult there. If we haven't arrived yet after dinner, we will continue to hurry. If someone catches after him, let's kill him."
The housekeeper has seen the power of Song Qing and is not surprised by Song Qing's statement. Fortunately, Song Qing also gave them face to their adults. Without waiting for Gao Jin to speak, he turned around and sent someone back to inform Tong Guan, while looking around for quieter restaurants nearby, so that they could talk secretly with Song Qing.
This is a main street. There are many restaurants on both sides of the street, but the housekeeper is not satisfied. When he saw a restaurant called "Taibaiju" not far away, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Bow down and say to Song Qing, "Mr. Song is a guest from afar, so let the villain show you the way. Please ask Mr. Song to taste our most famous dish"
From ancient times to the present, there are countless restaurants called Taibaiju, and their dishes have never been higher than others. It doesn't matter what you eat. The main reason is that this restaurant is luxuriously decorated, and the environment inside must be good.
turned his head and took a look. Gao Jin deliberately took people to the restaurant to check it up and down to confirm that there was no danger before signaling Song Qing that he could come in.
Of course, the person who can follow Tong Guan all year round must be that kind of exquisite role. After seeing Song Qing agree to the location, he immediately asked the people around him to open two single rooms, one large and one small, and invited Song Qing and his entourage to go in for dinner together.
Song Qing doesn't care. Gao Jin's responsibilities are, and it is impossible to leave Song Qing alone, lightly decline the goodwill of the housekeeper, let his brothers prepare their own food, and wait downstairs at the same time to facilitate departure at any time.
Song Qing took Dou Niang and Gao Jin to the single room on the second floor with the housekeeper. The location of the single room is good, and a window is just facing the street.
While the housekeeper went to arrange a banquet, Gao Jin approached Song Qing and said, "Sir, we seem to be stared at," he pointed to the two strong men wearing hats in the corner of the wall outside the window.
Are you being targeted again? These people are really flies.
Song Qing looked in the direction of Gao Jinzhi. Two huge bamboo hats covered their faces, but Song Qing looked at them and suddenly smiled.
Gao Jin was a little strange. He was about to ask Song Qing what he was laughing about. Suddenly, there was another chaos at the other end of the street, and then he saw two fast horses rushing through the street.