Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Xu time (around eight o'clock in the evening)

On the palace wall,

The imperial guard looks up from a high place,

Lanterns are lit in many places inside and outside Bianjing.

There is not much sound pollution in the night,

The neighborhood where the brothel is located some distance away is busier than during the day, and the noise of attracting customers can be heard faintly.

Not far away,

The sounds of shouting and hawking are endless on the street.

The night breeze also carried the aroma of food from the night market on the street from time to time, causing the guard to swallow his saliva.

"Ha~"

Not far from the palace, a knight shouted.

After a while,

The two horses stopped at the palace gate under the wall.

A knight led two horses. A knight dismounted and walked over holding a token.

There was a vague voice that said, "The Lord Zhao can be valuable in Da Nei."

Concubine Rong’s bedroom,

The little princess has been carried away by the female officer.

In the bright yellow candlelight,

The emperor closed his eyes and leaned on the chair with a contented expression.

Behind her, Concubine Rong, who was wearing daily attire, was slowly helping the emperor press the acupuncture points on his head.

The Grand Chamberlain walked in with gentle steps: "Your Majesty, Chief Xiao Zhao is waiting outside the palace."

The emperor didn't open his eyes and said, "What's the matter?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Chief Xiaozhao said that Xu Jiawulang just remembered what he asked about in the afternoon."

"Hmph! This reaction is really 'quick'."

"Your Majesty, Chief Xiaozhao said that Xu Jiawulang also drank some wine, and it was by chance that he remembered the scene that night."

The emperor pondered for a moment, still closing his eyes: "Yes! I understand, let them go back."

The chief internal officer should be behind, turned around and left.

"You're young, but you're quite forgetful, huh!"

Listening to the emperor's soft muttering,

Behind her, Concubine Rong continued to massage and said:

"Your Majesty is right! Is my concubine's strength still good?"

"Well, use a little more force." The emperor said.

Concubine Rong followed her instructions and continued with a slight exertion:

"Your Majesty, let's talk about it. The Wulang of the Xu family went to the northwest at a young age. He was either a scout for the front army licking the blood from his sword, or he was a dozen people who looked at death and stopped thousands of enemy troops."

"Not only do we have to go deep into the capital of the enemy's hinterland, but we also have to face the puppet king of Baigao directly to make him willing to surrender, and finally we have to escort him back to the capital."

"This kid, Xu Jiawulang, still needs to study for the imperial examination. I heard from Brother Xian that Xu Jiawulang often sent letters back to Beijing when he was on the battlefield, asking Mr. Xu to correct him."

"One after another, each one consumes a lot of energy and mind! So I think it's not surprising that Xu Jiawulang is more forgetful!"

"If there is a chance in the future, I will ask the Queen to give him some good medicine to nourish his mind."

Concubine Rong felt the emperor's gentle nod on her fingertips,

Looking at the smile on the emperor's lips, Concubine Rong blinked.

"Well, boy! I'll reward you as you see fit."

"yes."

On the second day,

It's time (ten o'clock in the morning)

Chai family,

forecourt,

A dozen well-dressed male and female stewards of Chai's shop lined up outside the main hall, holding account books in their hands.

"Next one."

As Ziteng spoke, a female steward with a serious face slipped through the door curtain and walked out of the hall.

Then a middle-aged steward walked towards the main hall.

When we reached the end of the line, the female steward who came out was pulled lightly: "Why did you come out with a straight face today? Have you been reprimanded?"

The female steward shook her head and said, "I'm not scolding me, but I see that the girl is in a bad mood."

"Oh! Then I should be more serious when I enter the house, so as not to make the girl unhappy!"

When the two female stewards were talking,

Seeing Chai Zhengzheng's personal maid Fuyi walking in from outside the courtyard,

The two of them hurriedly exchanged blessings: "I've seen Miss Fuyi."

Fuyi smiled slightly and nodded, then walked straight into the front hall.

in the hall,

Looking at Chai Zhengzheng, who was looking at the account book with a straight face across the screen from the middle-aged manager, Fuyi stood aside.

When Ziteng invited the middle-aged steward out of the hall and called the next one, Fuyi quickly walked to Chai Zhengzheng: "Girl, when I went out, I met the personal nun sent back by the madam."

The writing brush in Chai Zhengzheng's hand stopped, he frowned slightly and raised his head and said, "What's the matter with mother?"

Fu Yi smiled and nodded, then whispered in Chai Zhengzheng's ear.

Subsequently,

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Fuyi with some confusion: "Did the palace give a reward to the Xu family this morning? What was the reward?"

Fuyi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, girl! Grandma said it seems to be some medicine to nourish the mind."

Upon hearing this, Chai Zhengzheng's eyes were full of thinking, and soon, a smile appeared on her lips.

When the female steward who was talking in the yard came into the room, Chai Zhengzheng, who was in a good mood, could tell from his expression. A smile appeared on the female steward's face.

Time flies,

It’s already September,

Before the Double Ninth Festival.

Jiying Lane,

Sheng family,

Quarter three (before eight o'clock in the morning)

Shouantang,

The old lady was sitting on the Arhat bed, gently stirring the porridge in the bowl with a spoon.

Sheng Hong, who was taking a rest today, was sitting on the chair at the bottom of the Luohan bed. There was a chest-high table in front of him. At a glance, Sheng Hong seemed to be sitting in a baby chair.

"Hong'er, you're not taking a bath today, but will you be on duty tomorrow during the Double Ninth Festival?"

Sheng Hong, who had just taken a sip of meat porridge and was about to grab a piece of pickled radish, quickly swallowed what was in his mouth, put down his chopsticks and said, "Mother, tomorrow's son is also from Xiu Mu. He and his colleagues exchanged it in August."

The old lady smiled: "Okay! How are you doing business these days?"

Sheng Hong bowed on the chair and said, "Don't worry, mother! There aren't many things going on in the yamen these days. The main thing is the transfer of military attachés from Beizhou and Huaizhou in Hebei West."

The old lady nodded and said: "Yes! Hong'er, you have been an official for many years. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of the selection and examination of military attachés, which is of great importance. There is no telling what the situation in the north will be in the future. You must be upright! You must be upright! Don’t be easily found out.”

"Keep this in mind, son!"

After the old lady looked at Sheng Hong approvingly, she started to have breakfast.

After the two of them finished eating,

Sheng Hong nodded to Fang's mother who was cleaning up his dishes, then stood up and said, "Mom, that child has resigned."

"Wait a minute!" the old lady said, picking up a pile of posts from the table on Luohan's bed.

"Hong'er, this is the post sent in by Brother Zhang this morning."

Sheng Hong quickly reached out and took it.

The old lady continued: "Now the Xu family is in charge of the horse trade with the Mongolian tribes for the imperial court. Thousands of new horses just arrived two days ago. Your cousin asked me to pick the horses."

"Now that my body is old and I don't want to be burdened by that, I'll let you do it for me!"

Sheng Hong looked at the old lady with some confusion: "Mother, are there too many posts?"

The old lady smiled: "Then tomorrow, Hong'er, invite some of your colleagues from the DPRK and the Central Government to go with you!"

"Yes, mother!"

On the day of Double Ninth Festival,

The end of Chenshi (around 9 a.m.)

West of Bianjing City,

The polo field outside Jinmingchi,

As in previous years, it was filled with all kinds of chrysanthemums in bloom.

Pots of chrysanthemums and plants and blankets,

The entire polo field is surrounded by several paths.

There were already people walking on the trail at this time.

The wooden tent beside the stadium was also built into two layers as in previous years.

at this time,

On the open-air second floor platform of Yongchang Hou Mansion,

Mrs. Wu and her mother-in-law stood there, watching the two brothers from the Wu family walking among them.

"Sister, look at us today, there are not enough brothers in our stadium? Your two nephews are really conspicuous in there!"

"By the way, why didn't you see Rokuro? Those brothers from the good duke family didn't come either?"

Listening to her sister-in-law's words, Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "Liu Lang and the others will not be here until later!"

Then Madam Wu's eyes lit up: "Sister-in-law, wait a moment, I will go down below to greet Madam Rong and Miss Feiyan."

"No, I'll go with you!" Aunt Liang Han said with a smile.

On the way downstairs,

Aunt Liang Han looked around and whispered, "Sister, do you think it's possible for those two from my family and this girl from the Rong family?"

Mrs. Wu shook her head: "Sister-in-law, it might have been possible a few years ago! But now that Concubine Rong has a princess, look at what Miss Feiyan looks like!"

"Even Concubine Rong and Concubine Rong may look down on the brothers from the Duke's family!"

Walking aside and listening to Mrs. Wu's words, Aunt Liang Han looked at Rong Feiyan who was walking towards her and said, "Hey! How does this girl Feiyan look like? She looks so good-looking in her dress."

Then he said in a voice that only two people heard: "I look at Miss Feiyan, and there are some things that are even more outstanding than Concubine Rong."

Mrs. Wu nodded: "That's right! Concubine Rong is still in the market at this age! And Miss Feiyan has been her beloved concubine since she was sensible. How can it be the same when she grew up with a noble family!"

So close,

The two stopped talking.

"Hey, madam, Miss Feiyan, you are finally here! Please come upstairs!"

Seeing the enthusiastic Mrs. Wu, Rong Feiyan took the female envoy and gave her a blessing.

Lady Fuchang Hou took Lady Wu's arm, glanced at the field full of blooming chrysanthemums, and said, "Madam, Qi, Gu, Xu and other brothers from the Duke's family are here. ?”

"Go up and take a look, and I'll talk to you again."

Then everyone went up to the second floor platform together, chatting and laughing.

When they came to a high place and took a look, Madam Fuchang Hou said: "Hey, there are quite a few guys in the capital. Just now I thought Yan'er was talking nonsense."

Mrs. Wu smiled and glanced at Rong Feiyan, held her handkerchief and pointed towards the north, saying: "More than a thousand horses came to Mao Tuo Gang twelve miles northwest of the city in the past two days. They All my good friends went to see the horses.”

"They will come here at the right time."

Listening to Mrs. Wu's words, everyone on the second floor nodded repeatedly.

Northwest of Bianjing City,

Twelve miles away,

Mao Tuogang,

During the Double Ninth Festival in previous years,

This is one of the preferred places for people in Bianjing to gather at high altitudes.

The reason is that while there is water on three sides, there are dozens of sandy hills of varying heights with lush grass and trees nearby.

The tallest mound is more than ten feet high (about thirty meters).

It is in line with the custom of climbing during the Double Ninth Festival.

This year, in addition to many Bianjing officials and people who went out of the city to climb up, there were many people near Maotuogang.

There are also more than a thousand newly arrived horses surrounded by hills.

The reason why it is said to be new is because this camel was originally the place where the Bianjing Forbidden Army raised military horses.

Those military horses already have their own knights,

But not the new horses.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Groups of horses were driven by horsemen and galloped through the valleys between the mounds.

On a hillock,

Sheng Hong, Kang Haifeng, Liu Fuming and others who were sitting in the top chair all stood up from their chairs when they saw this scene.

"Dongrong, go and ask how many horses this is!"

After listening to Sheng Hong's instructions, Dongrong hurriedly responded and then ran down along the mound.

After a while,

Dong Rong panted and ran up, cupped his hands and said: "Master, the horseman said there are more than 200 horses in this group! If there is anyone who likes it, tell him and he will hitch the horses."

Liu Fuming on the side looked straight at the group of horses below and said, "This is only more than 200 horses? What would it be like if there were 10,000 horses?"

It was not just Mr. Liu who took office at Dali Temple in the same year as Sheng Hong who made such a sigh.

There are also students such as Chang Bai/Feng, Gu Tingye, Qi Heng, Liang Han, Qiao Jiulang and others standing on a 67-foot-high mound in the distance beside Xu Zaijing.

Zai Zhang stood on the other side of Xu Zaijing and said: "Xiao Wu, I heard that my eldest brother commanded more than 5,000 cavalry in the northwest? Did you see 5,000 cavalry deployed in the battle outside Keyi Gate that day?"

Hearing this,

Several people around looked at Xu Zaijing. After all, only Xu Zaijing among them had been to the battlefield.

Xu Zaijing looked at everyone, shook his head regretfully and said: "Brother, I have never seen any of you! I was wandering in the mountains at that time."

Liang Han on the side shook his head: "Brother Jing, are you acting like a cat? Are those white enemy soldiers mice?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the mound laughed.

Xu Zaijing also smiled and said: "I have never seen five thousand cavalry troops dispatched, but I have seen about ten thousand cavalry troops dispatched!"

Looking at the confused and surprised expressions of everyone around me,

Xu Zaijing explained: "That day, General Cao led more than 10,000 elite cavalry troops of the Western Army across the Yellow River floating bridge to accept surrender outside Xingqing Mansion. I was among them."

"Brother Jing, tell us quickly, what is this scene like?"

Liang Han said anxiously on the side.

Xu Zaijing looked at the horses in the valley down the slope. After thinking for a while with a somewhat reminiscence look, he looked in the direction of Bianjing and said, "How many miles is it from here to Bianjing?"

Qiao Jiulang said: "Twelve or three miles."

The others nodded.

Xu Zaijing said: "The more than 10,000 cavalry troops are boundless. A row of four or five cavalry troops can line up directly from our place to the gate of Ansumen."

"Ah? How spectacular that is!"

Gu Tingye looked in the direction of Bianjing, looking at the scenery along the way, and said with imagination in his eyes.

[Uncle Long’s movie "Legend", the 31 minutes and 44 seconds to 54 seconds of the movie is about the size of eight hundred cavalry, one person and one horse. 】

In fact, they often had the opportunity to see the Forbidden Army cavalry dispatched in Bianjing, just like the time when Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye were chased and shot by Zhang Shipan.

However, this is probably the size of more than a hundred cavalry.

If you want to see thousands of levels of cavalry, you probably have to go to the battlefield.

"Let's go, go down and see if there are any good horses among these horses!"

After hearing Xu Zaijing's words, several people on the mound followed Xu Zaijing's footsteps and walked towards the bottom of the mound.

Instead of following Qingyun, Alan and Xunshu, who were on the same side, said: "Two brothers, you must help my brother to control his eyes when the time comes!"

Alan and Xun Shu smiled and nodded.

When Xu Zaijing and others were looking at the horse,

In Bianjing City,

Detective Li Mubai looked at the gangster disappearing into the crowd near the temple and spat out bitterly: "You thief, you really know how to find a place!"

Today is the Double Ninth Festival. There are many fasting meetings and eminent monks giving lectures in the city.

There are many more people near the temple than usual.

Several government servants on the side were bent over with their hands on their knees, breathing heavily. One of them asked: "Captain Li, what should I do?"

Before Li Mubai could answer, someone else said, "That bad guy stinks too much!"

Li Mubai looked around and said, "Do you still remember the thieves from Wuyou Cave (Bianjing's large sewer) that Wulang Xu killed during the heavy snowfall?"

Several government officials looked at each other: "Remember! Don't tell me, Boss Li! The guy who escaped is really similar to the thieves who were slaughtered!"

"Let's go back to the Yamen and look for some hounds before we come back!"

"Boss Li, this is a good idea!"

Then several people continued to walk forward,

"Boss Li, what happened to Wuyou Cave to force all these 'rats' out?"