Because neither the King of Xiang nor the King of Han, south of the Yangtze River, currently have the ability to plan to cross the north and advance, the imperial court's river defense is very poor.
The world has never been able to defend against the army, but cannot prevent it in detail. If the river that runs thousands of miles is strictly controlled and prevents it, I don’t know how much it will cost.
Peach Blossom Fairy and a group of more than ten people set out from Wuchang and easily crossed the Yangtze River. It would be no big difficulty as long as you act carefully in the north.
Another woman who was traveling with her was Xin Wei, who had worked as a white-clothed guard in the provincial eunuch.
When there were women together, they took care of each other, and the other entourages were Kong Wuhanzi selected from the Provincial Eunuch.
They forged in advance the things that could use fake and real roads to induce seals and other items, but this thing can only be used as a preparation for emergencies and cannot be used normally. After all, it is fake and it is risky to take it out.
In terms of law, the Ming Dynasty prohibited people except for some specific people from leaving their hometowns without permission, so there was such a thing as a road guide; however, the actual situation was not so easy to control. In the years of famine, refugees, peddlers and peasants, and the world, there were no official road guides, but they were still running around the world.
What's more, the world is round and there is more than one road to go.
If there are fewer people, you can avoid walking on the official road and choose a path that is more difficult to walk on.
Just like the Dabie Mountains is a huge obstacle to the mobilization of large military forces, the military can defend as long as it guards the pass; however, if there are groups of travelers in three or five, it is also OK to avoid trouble climbing mountains and forests.
It took more than a thousand miles from Wuchang to Yangzhou, and the group of people and horses were all equipped with light loads. They arrived in less than ten days.
Yangzhou was not threatened by military force, and the city was not strictly controlled. Taohua Fairy and others pretended that the vendors paid some money and went in. The two trucks of goods prepared in advance were in vain. The gatekeepers didn't even have to check, let alone ask for any way.
The main reason is that they enter the city in the morning. There are too many people entering and leaving the city gate. Some people live outside the city and specialize in selling vegetables, meat and some stalls. There has been nothing wrong in the city recently, so the soldiers will not check one by one and congestion on the road.
As for the road...
Many people have never even seen officials, and they don’t know what the road looks like. It will definitely be a waste of investigation to investigate this thing. It would be better to simply order people inside and outside Yangzhou City to prohibit entry and exit.
The Peach Blossom Fairy found an inn near Beicheng River to stay in order to observe the situation near the Emperor's Palace and see if there is any chance to contact the eunuch Wang Gouer.
But this kind of thing that depends entirely on luck is too uncertain, so she decided to contact Yang Shiqi's daughter Luo Moniang; she wanted to get some help through her, after all, this woman is familiar with the local situation and the officialdom.
When I first arrived in Guizhou, everything was calm and my worries gradually improved.
The Peach Blossom Fairy didn't want to act recklessly, so she used a more careful method: she ran to a street in front of Yang Mansion to set up a stall to sell mountain goods to wait for the rabbit.
Yangzhou feels familiar and unfamiliar to the Peach Blossom Fairy. She used to sell private salt in the Yangzhou Prefecture area and lived for many years.
But this place does not belong to her after all, nor does it grow up in the hometown, nor does it have a home here.
Familiarity is because I have left many memories here.
Some things that I thought were very vague to recall at that time, but they were easily thought of insignificant details.
On a quiet night, an unforgettable face appeared in the villa. He said: This kind of fern growing on the trees is not harmful to the big trees, it can preserve moisture, and the two coexist.
What she likes is not the increased knowledge, but the extremely gentle tone of his speech, the subtlety of the truth; and the very insightful impression that gives her good impression.
In front of such a person, the Taohua Fairy felt that she seemed to have received meticulous care.
Setting up a stall is very boring. When the Peach Blossom Fairy was observing the situation, she accidentally saw tender grass growing under a stone.I remembered again what Zhang Ning said when he comforted Zhao Erniang.
He said: If plants and trees do not grow their feet, they cannot move themselves, nor can they choose land, which is much more helpless than humans to live.
If a seed of grass falls into the crack of the stone, it will face a difficult living environment, with only a little bit of soil or stone chips and lack of water, but it still needs to survive and bloom green leaves. In order to see the sunshine, it can tear the solid stones into pieces and grow out of it.
Even a trivial grass can do this, let alone a human?
It seems that every grass and every tree can tempt people's longing.
……
In this state, the Peach Blossom Fairy spent a few more days, and the group made no progress.
She has a mission to come to Yangzhou and cannot be used like this. After thinking about it, she can only open up the situation through Luo Mo Niang.
She was already ready to take the risk of sending a post to Yang's house and trying to meet him on his own initiative.
Sure enough, things in the world are often bright. At this moment, I finally discovered the sedan chair from Yang's mansion. According to the female followers, it is very likely that the female relatives were sitting in the sedan chair, and it is possible that it was Luo Mo Niang.
The Peach Blossom Fairy immediately left someone to guard the stall and followed him.The sedan chair stopped at a silk weaving shop, and the person walking down inside was called Taohua Fairy, his eyes lit up. It was indeed Luo Mo Niang.
She followed into the shop, because she was wearing a hat to cover her face, Luo Mo Niang did not notice her.
The Peach Blossom Fairy slowly approached her, and Luo Mo's mother finally became alert. This girl is also a person who has been through martial arts, and she has a very sensitive sense of smell.
Miss Luo is fine.The Peach Blossom Fairy said softly.
Luo Mo Niang, who had noticed her, turned her head over. Her clothes looked like a wealthy family, and her luxurious silk and ornaments were simple in color, which was different from the beauty of people in the wind and dust.
Apply a little powder on the face, without any trace.
However, Luo Mo Niang is in her early twenties and I don’t know if she is compatible now, but her temperament is very different from ordinary girls. Her eyebrows that are almost as slender as her hairline and eyes put a little pressure on her. She looks like she is not a woman who is easy to deal with.
The Peach Blossom Fairy gently lifted the scarf in front of her face, and believed that Luo Mo Niang would definitely recognize her.The scars on the left cheekbones of the Peach Blossom Fairy are indeed not easy to forget by those who have known each other.
What's the point of this girl?A word came out of Luo Mo's mouth.
This made Taohua Fairy stunned. She doesn’t remember herself anymore?
It's unlikely that the Peach Blossom Fairy went to find her in the capital before.
The situation was a bit beyond the expectations of the Peach Blossom Fairy, which made her not know how to answer for a while. Luo Xiaoniang... After half of the sentence, she couldn't find the following.
Luo Mo Niang immediately greeted the little girl beside her: Let's go.
The Peach Blossom Fairy couldn't force her to keep her, so she had to look at her left behind in surprise and disappointment.
I had to go back to the inn to clean up the situation for the time being.
I didn't think about the situation if Luo Mo Niang didn't recognize them. The Peach Blossom Fairy mentioned what would happen if Luo Mo Niang betrayed her, but Zhang Ning decided that she would never do that; so she didn't think about this issue anymore. After all, going deep into Yangzhou is very risky, and there is no need to worry about a risk with a very low possibility.
Is this woman already married?The Peach Blossom Fairy frowned and said, "If you have a husband's family, you will naturally no longer be willing to take risks and have something to do with our people."
Xin Wei, who was accompanying him, didn't understand the situation, so he couldn't talk to him.
The line broke with an important figure, and the Peach Blossom Fairy was also helpless.
Because this matter cannot be combined with Jianwen's detailed relationship, he cannot get help from anyone...
Jianwen's people must have a stronghold in Yangzhou, and they will not give up on activities in such an important place.
As late as the night, everyone didn't think of a solution and didn't even leave the room. Even the store asked the shop to send the dinner to the room for dinner.
When the sky was getting darker, someone suddenly knocked on the door.The Taohua Fairy signaled her follower to ask questions first, and a woman outside the door replied in a voice: It’s me, let me go in before talking.The Peach Blossom Fairy hurriedly asked someone to open the door.
I saw a man wearing a sage scarf standing at the door. The hat was a big hat, which was a bit like the wide-edged iron helmet worn by the Ming army in the south. It was just cloth. The hats in the south of the Yangtze River were more popular. Most people who were older were wearing them when they went out.
The big hat was pressed very low, and only the nose and mouth were visible, and there was thin rouge on his lips. He was obviously a woman.
The woman flashed in, and there was no one outside the door, and she came alone.
She took off the hat on her head and showed her face. It was indeed Luo Mo's mother.
Luo Moniang looked back at the people around him, and the Peach Blossom Fairy understood and hurriedly said: They are all their own people.
But I still asked everyone to go to another room to avoid it.
Luo Moniang then said: I was also a little surprised to see you suddenly during the day.But there are some things in recent days, and I dare not recognize you in that place.
What happened?asked the Peach Blossom Fairy.
Luo Moniang said: Actually, it’s not that something happened, but that my father was in a bad situation.Because there are rumors in the morning, the hawks and dogs in the East Factory must naturally follow their fathers. I was worried that there would be tails nearby when I went out, so I had to pretend not to know each other and hope you don’t blame me.
The Peach Blossom Fairy breathed a little relieved: I thought Miss Luo had already gotten married, so I didn’t want to recognize us.
I was not as anxious as someone, and I got married in panic... Luo Mo Niang immediately looked up. I heard that Yu Tingyi (Yu Qian) was captured in Huguang, and his wife had been to the "Rebels" camp and was released.I sent someone to the capital to ask Mrs. Yu, and then I realized that the man had married and started a family!
After hearing this, Taohua Fairy understood that Luo Mo Niang was still very concerned about Zhang Ning, otherwise she would not have sent someone to ask Mrs. Yu for help.
However, Zhang Ning said that Luo Moniang refused to elope for Yang Shiqi's career. I think even if she verbally said that she was indifferent to others, she would not blame others...
Of course, it’s not her fault. She should have a lot of concern in life and should consider herself. It’s normal for her to be honest. On the contrary, she is a bit strange to be obsessed with a person who has already had a different path.
Luo Mo Niang was not particularly angry. After a while, she asked: You were ordered by Zhang Ping'an to come to Yangzhou. What's the matter?
So the Taohua Fairy briefly explained the origin and only agreed to contact Luo Moniang for a way to contact her, but did not get a reply she was willing to help.
The world has never been able to defend against the army, but cannot prevent it in detail. If the river that runs thousands of miles is strictly controlled and prevents it, I don’t know how much it will cost.
Peach Blossom Fairy and a group of more than ten people set out from Wuchang and easily crossed the Yangtze River. It would be no big difficulty as long as you act carefully in the north.
Another woman who was traveling with her was Xin Wei, who had worked as a white-clothed guard in the provincial eunuch.
When there were women together, they took care of each other, and the other entourages were Kong Wuhanzi selected from the Provincial Eunuch.
They forged in advance the things that could use fake and real roads to induce seals and other items, but this thing can only be used as a preparation for emergencies and cannot be used normally. After all, it is fake and it is risky to take it out.
In terms of law, the Ming Dynasty prohibited people except for some specific people from leaving their hometowns without permission, so there was such a thing as a road guide; however, the actual situation was not so easy to control. In the years of famine, refugees, peddlers and peasants, and the world, there were no official road guides, but they were still running around the world.
What's more, the world is round and there is more than one road to go.
If there are fewer people, you can avoid walking on the official road and choose a path that is more difficult to walk on.
Just like the Dabie Mountains is a huge obstacle to the mobilization of large military forces, the military can defend as long as it guards the pass; however, if there are groups of travelers in three or five, it is also OK to avoid trouble climbing mountains and forests.
It took more than a thousand miles from Wuchang to Yangzhou, and the group of people and horses were all equipped with light loads. They arrived in less than ten days.
Yangzhou was not threatened by military force, and the city was not strictly controlled. Taohua Fairy and others pretended that the vendors paid some money and went in. The two trucks of goods prepared in advance were in vain. The gatekeepers didn't even have to check, let alone ask for any way.
The main reason is that they enter the city in the morning. There are too many people entering and leaving the city gate. Some people live outside the city and specialize in selling vegetables, meat and some stalls. There has been nothing wrong in the city recently, so the soldiers will not check one by one and congestion on the road.
As for the road...
Many people have never even seen officials, and they don’t know what the road looks like. It will definitely be a waste of investigation to investigate this thing. It would be better to simply order people inside and outside Yangzhou City to prohibit entry and exit.
The Peach Blossom Fairy found an inn near Beicheng River to stay in order to observe the situation near the Emperor's Palace and see if there is any chance to contact the eunuch Wang Gouer.
But this kind of thing that depends entirely on luck is too uncertain, so she decided to contact Yang Shiqi's daughter Luo Moniang; she wanted to get some help through her, after all, this woman is familiar with the local situation and the officialdom.
When I first arrived in Guizhou, everything was calm and my worries gradually improved.
The Peach Blossom Fairy didn't want to act recklessly, so she used a more careful method: she ran to a street in front of Yang Mansion to set up a stall to sell mountain goods to wait for the rabbit.
Yangzhou feels familiar and unfamiliar to the Peach Blossom Fairy. She used to sell private salt in the Yangzhou Prefecture area and lived for many years.
But this place does not belong to her after all, nor does it grow up in the hometown, nor does it have a home here.
Familiarity is because I have left many memories here.
Some things that I thought were very vague to recall at that time, but they were easily thought of insignificant details.
On a quiet night, an unforgettable face appeared in the villa. He said: This kind of fern growing on the trees is not harmful to the big trees, it can preserve moisture, and the two coexist.
What she likes is not the increased knowledge, but the extremely gentle tone of his speech, the subtlety of the truth; and the very insightful impression that gives her good impression.
In front of such a person, the Taohua Fairy felt that she seemed to have received meticulous care.
Setting up a stall is very boring. When the Peach Blossom Fairy was observing the situation, she accidentally saw tender grass growing under a stone.I remembered again what Zhang Ning said when he comforted Zhao Erniang.
He said: If plants and trees do not grow their feet, they cannot move themselves, nor can they choose land, which is much more helpless than humans to live.
If a seed of grass falls into the crack of the stone, it will face a difficult living environment, with only a little bit of soil or stone chips and lack of water, but it still needs to survive and bloom green leaves. In order to see the sunshine, it can tear the solid stones into pieces and grow out of it.
Even a trivial grass can do this, let alone a human?
It seems that every grass and every tree can tempt people's longing.
……
In this state, the Peach Blossom Fairy spent a few more days, and the group made no progress.
She has a mission to come to Yangzhou and cannot be used like this. After thinking about it, she can only open up the situation through Luo Mo Niang.
She was already ready to take the risk of sending a post to Yang's house and trying to meet him on his own initiative.
Sure enough, things in the world are often bright. At this moment, I finally discovered the sedan chair from Yang's mansion. According to the female followers, it is very likely that the female relatives were sitting in the sedan chair, and it is possible that it was Luo Mo Niang.
The Peach Blossom Fairy immediately left someone to guard the stall and followed him.The sedan chair stopped at a silk weaving shop, and the person walking down inside was called Taohua Fairy, his eyes lit up. It was indeed Luo Mo Niang.
She followed into the shop, because she was wearing a hat to cover her face, Luo Mo Niang did not notice her.
The Peach Blossom Fairy slowly approached her, and Luo Mo's mother finally became alert. This girl is also a person who has been through martial arts, and she has a very sensitive sense of smell.
Miss Luo is fine.The Peach Blossom Fairy said softly.
Luo Mo Niang, who had noticed her, turned her head over. Her clothes looked like a wealthy family, and her luxurious silk and ornaments were simple in color, which was different from the beauty of people in the wind and dust.
Apply a little powder on the face, without any trace.
However, Luo Mo Niang is in her early twenties and I don’t know if she is compatible now, but her temperament is very different from ordinary girls. Her eyebrows that are almost as slender as her hairline and eyes put a little pressure on her. She looks like she is not a woman who is easy to deal with.
The Peach Blossom Fairy gently lifted the scarf in front of her face, and believed that Luo Mo Niang would definitely recognize her.The scars on the left cheekbones of the Peach Blossom Fairy are indeed not easy to forget by those who have known each other.
What's the point of this girl?A word came out of Luo Mo's mouth.
This made Taohua Fairy stunned. She doesn’t remember herself anymore?
It's unlikely that the Peach Blossom Fairy went to find her in the capital before.
The situation was a bit beyond the expectations of the Peach Blossom Fairy, which made her not know how to answer for a while. Luo Xiaoniang... After half of the sentence, she couldn't find the following.
Luo Mo Niang immediately greeted the little girl beside her: Let's go.
The Peach Blossom Fairy couldn't force her to keep her, so she had to look at her left behind in surprise and disappointment.
I had to go back to the inn to clean up the situation for the time being.
I didn't think about the situation if Luo Mo Niang didn't recognize them. The Peach Blossom Fairy mentioned what would happen if Luo Mo Niang betrayed her, but Zhang Ning decided that she would never do that; so she didn't think about this issue anymore. After all, going deep into Yangzhou is very risky, and there is no need to worry about a risk with a very low possibility.
Is this woman already married?The Peach Blossom Fairy frowned and said, "If you have a husband's family, you will naturally no longer be willing to take risks and have something to do with our people."
Xin Wei, who was accompanying him, didn't understand the situation, so he couldn't talk to him.
The line broke with an important figure, and the Peach Blossom Fairy was also helpless.
Because this matter cannot be combined with Jianwen's detailed relationship, he cannot get help from anyone...
Jianwen's people must have a stronghold in Yangzhou, and they will not give up on activities in such an important place.
As late as the night, everyone didn't think of a solution and didn't even leave the room. Even the store asked the shop to send the dinner to the room for dinner.
When the sky was getting darker, someone suddenly knocked on the door.The Taohua Fairy signaled her follower to ask questions first, and a woman outside the door replied in a voice: It’s me, let me go in before talking.The Peach Blossom Fairy hurriedly asked someone to open the door.
I saw a man wearing a sage scarf standing at the door. The hat was a big hat, which was a bit like the wide-edged iron helmet worn by the Ming army in the south. It was just cloth. The hats in the south of the Yangtze River were more popular. Most people who were older were wearing them when they went out.
The big hat was pressed very low, and only the nose and mouth were visible, and there was thin rouge on his lips. He was obviously a woman.
The woman flashed in, and there was no one outside the door, and she came alone.
She took off the hat on her head and showed her face. It was indeed Luo Mo's mother.
Luo Moniang looked back at the people around him, and the Peach Blossom Fairy understood and hurriedly said: They are all their own people.
But I still asked everyone to go to another room to avoid it.
Luo Moniang then said: I was also a little surprised to see you suddenly during the day.But there are some things in recent days, and I dare not recognize you in that place.
What happened?asked the Peach Blossom Fairy.
Luo Moniang said: Actually, it’s not that something happened, but that my father was in a bad situation.Because there are rumors in the morning, the hawks and dogs in the East Factory must naturally follow their fathers. I was worried that there would be tails nearby when I went out, so I had to pretend not to know each other and hope you don’t blame me.
The Peach Blossom Fairy breathed a little relieved: I thought Miss Luo had already gotten married, so I didn’t want to recognize us.
I was not as anxious as someone, and I got married in panic... Luo Mo Niang immediately looked up. I heard that Yu Tingyi (Yu Qian) was captured in Huguang, and his wife had been to the "Rebels" camp and was released.I sent someone to the capital to ask Mrs. Yu, and then I realized that the man had married and started a family!
After hearing this, Taohua Fairy understood that Luo Mo Niang was still very concerned about Zhang Ning, otherwise she would not have sent someone to ask Mrs. Yu for help.
However, Zhang Ning said that Luo Moniang refused to elope for Yang Shiqi's career. I think even if she verbally said that she was indifferent to others, she would not blame others...
Of course, it’s not her fault. She should have a lot of concern in life and should consider herself. It’s normal for her to be honest. On the contrary, she is a bit strange to be obsessed with a person who has already had a different path.
Luo Mo Niang was not particularly angry. After a while, she asked: You were ordered by Zhang Ping'an to come to Yangzhou. What's the matter?
So the Taohua Fairy briefly explained the origin and only agreed to contact Luo Moniang for a way to contact her, but did not get a reply she was willing to help.