Chapter 170 How can a woman not like treasures, and it is such a rare treasure, and it is given by a beloved.
Fan Min held the spar in the palm of her hand very preciously, and at this time, the spar was no longer cold, but became warm, which also filled her heart with sweetness.
The next day, Tang Yin set off and went to Yancheng, for fear of arousing suspicion on the way, he didn't bring too many people, except for the three Shangguan brothers, the twenty members of the Dark Arrow who had cultivated to at least reach the spiritual realm, and more than a dozen disciples, he didn't bring anyone else.
There were only more than 30 of them, dressed as business travelers, and they rode fast horses all night.
From Tianguan to Yancheng, you have to pass through three counties on the way, namely Guannan County, Jinguang County, and Lehu County.
Guannan County is close to Tianguan, although its county leader has expressed his willingness to be loyal to Zhong Tian, but after all, the Tiangao Emperor is far away, and he said so, but in fact he did not put it into action, that is, he did not send troops to attack Tianguan, nor did he show hostility to Tianyuan County headed by Tang Yin, and the entire Guannan County was still the same as before, and even the whole county did not even do it on guard.
After passing the south of the Guan, entering the boundary of Jinguang County, the cities here began to be under martial law, and the night curfew gradually intensified, and the tense atmosphere gradually intensified, and when I entered Lehu County, I really felt that the big war was approaching.
Lehu County is close to Yancheng, once Zhong Tian and Tang Yin fight, enter, Lehu is the place where Zhong Tian raised his troops, retreat, Lehu is Zhong Tian's barrier, this county can be said to be very important to Zhong Tian, when Tang Yin slashed Zhong Tian's envoy to death, the latter immediately removed the Lehu County guard, and replaced it with his own henchman, Geng Qiang.
Geng Qiang is a general under Zhong Tian, Lingwu cultivation to reach the Lingyuan realm, brave and good at fighting, is a fierce general, but he is brutal, stubborn, and does not understand internal affairs, and is not suitable to be a county guard, Zhong Tian reuses him only because of his loyalty enough.
Since Geng Qiang became the county guard, the people of Lehu have fallen into dire straits.
Geng Qiang controlled speech with an iron hand, planted secret agents everywhere, and once he found that there were people talking about Zhong Tian with dissatisfaction, there was no need to judge, either he was directly arrested by the government and beheaded, or he was assassinated.
At that time, the speech was very open, even ordinary literati and even ordinary people could directly go to the king and put forward their own ideas on national affairs, no matter whether the king accepted the opinion or not, he would never kill the literati or the people of Shangshu, and now the situation in Lehu County has completely changed, a sentence can decide a person's life and death, in this highly tense environment, everyone's nerves are stretched to the extreme, people's dissatisfaction is suppressed on the surface, but in fact it has been transferred to the dark, and people hate Zhong Tian even more, I also miss the enlightenment of the Wind King period even more.
When Tang Yin and his entourage entered Lehu County, they felt that this place had simply changed, not because the scenery had changed, but because the people had changed, Lehu County was very lively in the past, people came and went, and business travelers were like a tide, and now, even in broad daylight, there were few people on the street, but teams of guards armed with spears and patrolling the streets.
The military uniforms of the guards have changed, originally the wind army was dressed in black clothes and black armor, but now it has become red clothes and red armor, looking at the guards who have changed into new clothes, Tang Yin sneered in his heart, it seems that Zhong Tian really intends to change the country of wind into the country of Peng, it is not enough for the country name and flag to change, even the military uniform must be changed.
As the saying goes, if the heavens want it to die, it will make it crazy.
After Tang Yin and the others entered the city, they found a restaurant, ordered some food, and filled their stomachs first.
The restaurant was deserted, the shopkeeper was dozing listlessly, and Tang Yin and his party didn't wake him up when they came recently.
Tang Yin glanced at it, then walked directly into the store, sat down at a table near the window, Cheng Jin walked to the front of the shopkeeper, knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Wake up, wake up" The shopkeeper opened his eyes in a daze, and saw that there were so many people in the store at once, and some of them couldn't react, and asked, "You are" "Isn't this a restaurant, of course it's been dinner recently, you still don't do business" Cheng Jin's brows twisted into a pimple.
Xiao Er finally came to his senses, with a smile on his face, nodded and said in a continuous voice: "Sit, sit, sit, please sit down, what do you want to eat?"
Cheng Jin said: "Let's take a hundred steamed buns first, fifty catties of beef, just half of the beef, and we will take the other half."
The shopkeeper grinned when he heard this, and said with a dry smile: "I'm sorry, guest officer, there is not so much beef in the shop." ” "What" Cheng Jin raised his eyebrows, he just asked for fifty catties of beef, not five hundred catties, how could such a big restaurant not sneer at him, and asked rhetorically: "Do you think we can't afford to pay and will eat overlord meals?"
"No, no, no, the guest officer misunderstood."
The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said with a wry smile: "Guest officer, see for yourself, there are not many customers in the store all day and night, so the shop has not prepared so much beef." ” Cheng Jin blinked and looked around, isn't it, such a big restaurant, dozens of tables, in addition to the thirty or so people on his side, there are only two diners, you must know that it is noon time, and it should be the time when business is booming.
He shook his head slightly and raised his eyes to look at Tang Yin.
The latter said softly: "Forget it if you don't have it, just go on whatever you want, as long as you can fill your stomach."
Cheng Jin nodded, and said to the shopkeeper: "You heard what my eldest young master said, go and prepare" After speaking, he secretly stuck out his tongue, and almost said it himself, but fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and changed it in time.
"Okay, wait a minute," the shopkeeper agreed, and walked away quickly.
Cheng Jin sat down beside Tang Yin and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that in just a few months, Lehu County would become like this. ” Tang Yin shrugged his shoulders and sneered, without saying much.
It didn't take long, and the shopkeeper sent steamed buns and side dishes one by one, the steamed buns were dry and hard, and they couldn't be said to have been put for a few days, and the taste of the side dishes was not very good, and everyone frowned while eating.
Because the food did not fit well, Tang Yin and the others also ate quickly, and just when everyone was about to finish eating, a group of officers and soldiers approached from outside.
There were only a dozen officers and soldiers, and it was like a patrol squad here.
The leader of the squad leader has his eyes and bones rolling around, and he is evil, but his evil spirit is different from Tang Yin's evil spirit, Tang Yin's evil is murderous and crazy, and his evil is full of frivolity.
Seeing that there were officers and soldiers suddenly approaching, Cheng Jin and the others were shocked, although they continued to eat, but the other hand was slowly put under the table, grabbed the saber hidden in his waist, and prepared to rush to attack whenever something was wrong.
Tang Yin is much calmer than everyone else, since the officers and soldiers have been recently, he hasn't taken a second look, he hasn't even lifted his eyelids, and he still eats his meal quickly with his head down.
The team leader raised his eyes to look around the restaurant, and then asked in an unkind tone, "Who are those horses outside?"
Secretly saying that it was troublesome, Cheng Jin stood up, arched his hand at the team leader, and said with a smile: "It's a villain." ” "Oh" The team leader tilted his head and looked Cheng Jin up and down, and asked, "What are you doing with so many horses?"
"The villain is a trader, and the horse is naturally a merchant."
The captain of the "pulling goods" snorted, walked up to Cheng Jin, and said, "Why didn't I see your goods?"
"It's all sold, and we're ready to go home now."
"Quipble" the squad leader sneered: "I think you are plotting against you."
Cheng Jin's eyes suddenly flashed, and he didn't speak, but his hand had quietly touched his waist, and he was about to draw the knife, Tang Yin was behind him, and grabbed the palm of his hand that was about to draw the knife, and pinched it hard, signaling that he didn't need to do it, at the same time, Tang Yin also got up and said with a smile: "We are indeed passing through here on business, and I hope that the general will make it more convenient."
As he spoke, he took an extra ingot of silver in his hand and handed it to the team leader.
The squad leader has never been called a general in his life, and after listening to Tang Yin's words, he was naturally very useful, coupled with the silver handed to him, his gloomy face suddenly became cheerful, and he took Tang Yin's silver without leaving a trace, stuffed it into his belt, and then pretended to say: "It's not been peaceful recently, during this time, it's best not to come out, just stay at home honestly."
"Yes, what the general said, it is very true," Tang Yin said with a smile.
The squad leader nodded with satisfaction, turned around and raised his head to his soldiers, and said, "Don't be nervous, they are all ordinary merchants."
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With a silver ingot, Tang Yin and the others immediately changed from plotting to ordinary businessmen, which shows how powerful money is.
Hearing the captain's words, the soldiers put down their spears one after another, and their expressions returned to normal.
The team leader picked up a steamed bun casually, took a bite, turned his head and spit it out, put the steamed bun aside, and muttered, "What the hell."
As he spoke, he walked over to the other two diners and asked, "What are you two doing?"
"Master Jun, villains are also businessmen" "Oh, I don't see it," the team leader squinted at the two of them with his hands behind his back.
These two merchants were not as good as Tang Yin, and they couldn't take out so much silver.
The two of them said in a loud voice: "Master Jun, we are really businessmen, and we still have certificates" As they spoke, the two took out the businessman's unique book from their arms and handed it to the team leader.
Seeing that he couldn't get any benefits from the two of them, the squad leader was furious, took the book, didn't even read it, and tore it up directly, and said in a cold voice: "What bullshit, Lao Tzu sees that you two are ghosts" As he spoke, he shouted sideways: "Take these two people away for me, and press them back for interrogation" "Yes" The soldiers agreed, rushed forward, and without saying anything, held down the two diners, tied their hands, and pulled them out.
Brother Shangguan, Cheng Jin and the others all frowned when they saw this, and subconsciously clenched their fists.
This is an officer and soldier, it is simply a group of bandits, no wonder Lehu County is so depressed now, most of the shops are closed, all of them are caused by these Zhong Tian's lackeys.
Tang Yin was not as indignant as everyone else, and after sitting down, he said softly: "It's none of our business, sit down and continue to eat." ”: