Chapter 146 Pei Ying takes the envoy (Part 1)

There is still no people in the vast white field. Thick white snow covers the fertile wheat fields, and a group of birds soar in the sky, as if the endless land of Longyou is their world.

Pei Ying had been traveling for two days, and the 500 most elite Xiliang troops guarded her all the way south, crossing the Yellow River north of Jincheng County, and passing through the prefectures and counties. At noon that day, the team had already entered Kaiyang County.

"Madam, is that Kaiyang City?" The maid Xiaoqiu suddenly saw the dark city wall in the distance. She screamed in excitement and exclaimed: "So majestic!"

The role of women often changes due to different environments and objects. Pei Ying is like this. In front of her father, she is a young lady who never grows up, naughty and willful; in front of Zhang Huan, she is ten years older, a cute and lively girl in love, full of passion, and the popularity of love is enough to melt Zhang Huan; but in front of her maid and servant, she suddenly grows twenty years older, and is a strict and slightly tolerant mistress.

Pei Ying patted her head, smiled and scolded, "How could I have an unsavvy maid like you? Next time you meet Chang'an, you will not be able to fall off the carriage?"

Xiaoqiu is only twelve years old and is a by-product left by the magistrate Wang County of Tianbao County after sanctioning a human trafficker case. She has never seen any world. She has heard of Chang'an, but she cannot imagine what the Tang capital that made her fall off the carriage would look like. Just like the children in later generations who only had Tiananmen Square popped up in their minds when they talked about Beijing. Xiaoqiu had only two words about Chang'an. However, the mistress's reprimand made her nervous than Kaiyang City. Chang'an City made her nervous. She immediately lowered her head and sat back obediently.

Seeing that she was obedient, Pei Ying smiled and pulled the curtain higher, so that the warm sunlight could shine into the car as much as possible. She looked at the sky and smiled at a cavalry team outside the window, "Luo Sanlang, go and call you General Lin."

The team named Luo Sanlang responded immediately and rushed to the front. After a while, Lin Jiuhan rushed over and saluted Pei Ying, "Madam, please give me instructions."

Pei Ying smiled and said, "Old Lin, go and tell the brothers, don't hurry to Wei's mansion after entering the city, find the most famous restaurant, and I'll invite the brothers to drink."

After a while, she took out another ingot of gold and threw it to Luo Sanlang, "Take a dozen brothers to order seats first. I remember that Songhelou is very good, so I ordered it. If the shopkeeper refused, he would smash its brand for me."

Luo Sanlang agreed readily, waved his hand and took more than 20 brothers to gallop into the city first. Lin Jiuhan felt sorry for him. He hurriedly said, "Madam, you invite your brothers to dinner along the way. Why don't you join us today to invite your wife once...."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Ying interrupted him with a smile, "I am the daughter of the prime minister. Do you still care about this little money? It is not easy for brothers to join the army. Save the money and buy some things for parents, wife and children. When you go back, I will tell you the governor, and ask him to send someone to the homes of the brothers during the Chinese New Year, and just take the things and letters back at home."

Lin Jiuhan felt a pungent rush into his nose, his eyes turned red, and he hurriedly turned his head away from Pei Ying. After a while, he suddenly waved his arms and shouted at all the brothers: "Madam, today, please invite us to the best restaurant in Kaiyang City to have a drink, everyone speed up!"

Everyone agreed and accelerated the marching speed. The group drove towards Kaiyang City. ． ． ． ． ． ．

Kaiyang City was renovated and renovated after being captured by the Uighurs last year. It is now the most majestic city in the Helong area, surpassing Jincheng County and Wuwei County. Like Wuwei County, the snow in Kaiyang City has been cleaned up. It was noon, and the streets were crowded and bustling, and most of them prepared New Year's goods early for the New Year of Xuanren in the second year.

Like Chang'an, Kaiyang City is also in a square layout, with 40 large and small buildings distributed among them, with a population of nearly 300,000. With the hard work of the Wei family, Kaiyang City's population exceeded that of Jincheng County in the ten years of Qingzhi, becoming the largest city in Helong area, with prosperous business and prosperous handicrafts, and listed as the seventh largest commercial city in the world (Chang'an, Guangling, Chengdu, Luoyang, Taiyuan, Ye). Although it was captured by the Uighurs last year, the Uighur cavalry was not to massacre the city, so it escaped the disaster and quickly recovered its vitality.

Songhe Tower is the most famous restaurant in Kaiyang City. It is rumored that it is actually the branch of Chang'an Taibai Tower in Kaiyang. It is located in the bustling Ganmingfang. It is five-story high and covers an area of ​​more than 40 acres. It can accommodate thousands of people to eat at the same time. However, it is time for lunch, and the gate of Songhe Tower is closed. A large "stop" sign hanging on the door means that business has been suspended. It can be said that business is closed, but the restaurant is crowded and more lively than usual. People who are interested secretly stepped forward and looked through the window. They saw that the restaurant was full of soldiers, and even many horses were enjoying the deliciousness of the world leisurely in the lobby.

Of course, this is the visitor of Wuwei. They booked the entire restaurant and for an hour and a half, no other diners were allowed to enter. The waiters ran up and down in sweat, while the shopkeepers of the restaurant were frowning. No! Sitting behind the platform with a bruised face, looking at a horse tied not far away from him with a sad look. Money is not a problem. Fifty taels of gold are enough to deal with the insults of these big-bellied men. The key is the reputation of Songhe Tower, "walking on the moon in the secluded tree, loud and loud wind in the small pavilion", how poetic, but now it is crowded with a group of smelly horses and a group of smelly men. ． ． ． ．

Alas! The sign was smashed, the shopkeeper sighed, thinking desperately how to explain to the boss, the soldier is a bandit! Can he blame him?

At this moment, more than a dozen people came outside the door, also soldiers riding horses. The leader was an officer in his thirties with a thin face and a cold look. The shopkeeper suddenly became energetic. He recognized this person as Wei Deqing, a soldier in Kaiyang County.

Of course, his surname was also from the Wei family, but his status in the Wei family was extremely low. He was born to a concubine's son and a maid. He became a sesame official. It was because he bravely killed ten Uighur soldiers in the Uighur Rebellion last year and saved Wei Ping, the governor of Kaiyang County. The family reluctantly gave him a small official so that he could support his mother.

Wei Deqing walked to the door and pushed open the door. Several Xiliang soldiers on duty stepped forward and stopped him, "We have already booked here, brothers go to a bar somewhere else!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him aside, whispered: "Brother Qing, they came from Hexi. I heard that they seemed to be the army escorting the envoys."

Wadeqing nodded. He knew that someone had told him at the gate guarding the city just now. Wadeqing glanced at the store, pointed to the shopkeeper's face and said coldly: "There is nothing wrong with eating, but you can't take business like this and hurt the shopkeeper. This is not possible. Open the store door and do not occupy the restaurant alone. As well as your horses, please lead them to the backyard."

The soldiers were not allowed to drink in the military camp, but the wife outside indulged them. Lin Jiuhan also turned a blind eye to them. The soldiers were drinking happily, and suddenly they saw those who came to find fault, and they all surrounded them. After a moment, one or two hundred people were blocked at the entrance of the restaurant, surrounding Wei Deqing and more than a dozen people in the middle. Some of them even pulled out their swords. Seeing that the situation was not good, the shopkeeper trembled and slipped to the side. The Xiliang Army ignored him and only surrounded Wei Deqing and glared at him.

Wei Deqing was surrounded by a large group of Western Liang troops, which were as siege as wolves and tigers, but he was not afraid. He straightened his waist and said with a high voice: "Please come down, I have something to say."

"What do you have to say?" Pei Ying slowly walked down from the second floor. The soldiers immediately dodged apart, but many people's fists were clenched. As long as the man had a little offended his wife in his words, they would step forward and beat him up without hesitation.

Pei Ying walked up to him, looked at him, and smiled faintly, "I am the envoy sent by Governor Zhang of Liangzhou to Kaiyang. We have lunch here and use a 600-cent wallet to go to Songhe Tower for an hour and a half. The shopkeeper also agreed. This is an open and upright matter. Is there anything wrong?"

When Wei Deqing saw that the envoy was a very beautiful woman, a little surprised flashed in his eyes, but the surprise disappeared quickly. He bowed to Pei Yingchang and said solemnly: "Wei Deqing, a military soldier in Kaiyang County, have met the envoy of Governor Zhang."

When the Xiliang army next to him saw that he was a small county soldier, and he couldn't even talk about the smallest ninth-rank sesame official, but was just a minor official in charge of public security. Many people couldn't help laughing out loud. Pei Ying waved her hand and ordered the soldiers to be quiet. She smiled and said, "Wei Bingcao was sent by Shangshu Wei to welcome us."

"No!" Wei Deqing shook his head and said, "I am responsible for the security of Kaiyang County. Some people told me that someone from Songhe Tower expels them for dinner, and this army Cao comes to handle the case."

"Then the misunderstanding is clarified now. Wei Bingcao can go back!"

Wei Deqing sneered, "Although the matter is not big, since the noble envoy comes to Kaiyang as a guest, he should follow the guests as he pleases. There are naturally government arrangements for food and accommodation. Why do you struggle with the people and ruin the reputation of the Xiliang Army? I hope the noble envoy will restrain his subordinates and don't let me come again."

Seeing that he could talk freely under the murderous siege of hundreds of Xiliang troops, without fear and loyalty to his duties, Pei Ying couldn't help but admire his courage, so she smiled gently and said, "Wei Bingcao's golden and jade words have been written down. I will definitely let the soldiers follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty."

She waved her hand gently, "Open the store door and let Songhe Tower open as usual. Brothers should continue to eat and drink!"

Seeing that nothing was wrong, the soldiers of the Xiliang army returned to their seats and continued to drink and punch, but the sound became louder. The restaurant was noisy and the door was opened, but who dared to come in? Wei Deqing frowned, but he was helpless. There was no one in the Tang Dynasty's laws and regulations that could not speak when eating and drinking, and he was not allowed to lead a horse into the restaurant. He sighed secretly in his heart, and bowed to Pei Ying and prepared to leave.

At this moment, a group of people rushed out of the restaurant. It was Wei Yan who sent the envoys to welcome Zhang Huan. They were all important officials of the Wei family. The head was Wei Du, the Minister of Shaofu Temple, followed by Wei Yan's deputy head of the Wei family, Wei Ping, the governor of Kaiyang County, and Wei Rang, the governor of Longxi County. This was a very high-level courtesy, second only to Wei Yan, who came to welcome him in person.

Seeing this, Wei Deqing knew that his position was humble and immediately quietly went to the side and left through the back door.

Wei Yan received a letter from Fei Ge from Wuwei County yesterday, saying that Zhang Huan had sincerely negotiated peace and had sent an envoy to Kaiyang County. When the city gate army reported that the envoy arrived, Wei Yan immediately sent someone to greet him.

Wei Du knew Pei Ying. He was stunned for a long time. He was about to ask questions, but suddenly remembered that he was here to welcome the envoy of Hexi. He looked around but could not see where the envoy with majestic appearance was?

Pei Ying knew what he was looking for, so she stepped forward and gave a gentle tribute, and smiled and said, "Pei Ying is the envoy sent by Governor Zhang of Liangzhou. Are you looking for me?"

"It's you?" Several important officials of the Wei family opened their mouths all over, stunned in surprise.

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Chapter completed!