Chapter 819 Dismissal?
The main city of Qingtangwei is an important frontier fortress town that has been continuously built for more than a hundred years. It has towering walls, many arrow towers, and formations and institutions all over it.
Bloodstains can still be seen on the wall, which seems to be telling the fierce battles that broke out here.
On the north and south sides of the city, more than ten miles away, there is a small-scale military town, which is the corner of Qingtangwei's main city.
Once a foreign enemy invades, the three cities can support each other and strangle the enemy.
In the past few years, because of the trade between Daxia and Qingtang, these three frontier fortress towns have become commercial centers. Merchants traveling from south to north not only brought a lot of gold, silver and luxury goods, It also brings various pleasures.
It is said that before the outbreak of the war, the brothels, sand dance houses, and Goulan tile houses in the three military towns were unmatched by Jincheng, the capital of Yizhou, in terms of scale and grade.
Even the capital city is a bit inferior.
It's a pity that with the resumption of the war, the three cities have turned back into military towns. The brothels, sand dance houses, and Goulan tile houses inside are no longer as prosperous as they were before.
Outside the main city of Qingtangwei, Zhu Xiucai beat his chest when he mentioned this matter, and sighed: "Why didn't I have the opportunity to come to Qingtangwei before? It's a pity that I missed the opportunity to learn more. I heard that the top card here The dancing girl, her charming eyes are alluring, and her dancing posture is like a goddess coming to the world."
Cui Youxuan glanced at him and sneered, "There's nothing to be sorry about. Even if you had the opportunity to come here before, you didn't have the money to meet some top dancers."
Zhu Xiucai wanted to refute, but found that he really had nothing to say.
As Cui Yougui said, although the brothels, sand dance houses, and Goulan tile houses in Qingtangwei used to be very high-end, the consumption was also high. After traveling with Qin Shaoyou, he made a lot of money, but It's not enough to spend in the top gold selling caves.
Not to mention meeting the most beautiful dancer and sleeping with the prettiest oiran.
Ordinary brothels, sand dance houses and Goulan tile houses cost little, but to the well-informed Zhu Xiucai, they are of little significance.
Seeing Zhu Xiucai sighing, Cui Yougui was about to laugh again when a city gate guard came to him, patted his sword box, and said coldly, "Open it, check it."
"Do you want to open this too?" Cui Youxu frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction, "We are red-clothed emissaries who were ordered to come to your Qingtangwei."
The city gate guard responded coldly: "Now that the people from Qingtang are breaking the border, who knows if you are pretending to be Qingtang barbarians? They only inspected your weapons and equipment, and did not confiscate them. Save face."
How could Cui Yougui fail to see that these city gate guards were deliberately targeting them? Just like those frontier patrols you met along the way.
With Senior Brother Cui's temperament, not taking the initiative to cause trouble is already a great way to save face, how can he swallow his anger when others find fault?
He immediately laughed and said, "I can't see that your Qingtang guards are quite well-prepared, but why did you let hundreds of Qingtang barbarians and a group of Qingtang wizards pass the boundary, and you still need us to wipe your butts? "
When the guards at the city gate heard this, their expressions changed instantly, and some even raised their spears and put their hands on the hilts.
"What? Do you want to fight? You are not my opponent! Don't you want to check my sword box? If you have the ability, open it yourself. Don't blame Daoist for not reminding you, my sword has a temper. It was disturbed to rest, and its life was injured, so no fault of me."
Cui Yougui sneered again and again, not paying attention to these city gate guards at all.
Although Qingtangwei's city gate guards are all elite warriors who dare to fight, compared with them, their strength is still more than a little bit worse.
The city gate guards were in a dilemma. They wanted to embarrass the red-clothed messenger, but they knew that the red-clothed messenger's strength and power were not simple, so they dared not really conflict with him.
"okay."
Just when the guards at the city gate were at a loss, a side general came out of the city, glanced at Cui Youxuan, and said to the guards at the gate: "This emissary in red is right, let the barbarians from Qingtang pass by." It is indeed our fault that the line of defense was broken. There is no need to check the weapons and equipment of these red-clothed envoys, and their identities have already been confirmed by Lord Marquis, so there is no problem."
The guards at the city gate breathed a sigh of relief, and they all bowed their hands to accept their orders. At the same time, they gave Cui Yousha a glance, as if they were unwilling to admit defeat.
But in the eyes of Senior Brother Cui, this is nothing more than a kind of impotent rage.
After dismissing the guards at the city gate, the side general cupped his hands towards Qin Qiaoer, and said with a smile on his face, "Your Excellency must be Commander Qi's beloved disciple. Qin Qiaoer is Commander Qin, and he has admired his name for a long time. This is under the command of the Marquis of Dongchuan." Di Jie, the officer of a thousand households, has been waiting here for Commander Qin and the red-clothed envoys for a long time under the order of Lord Hou."
Qin Qiaoer cupped her hands in return: "I am Qin Qiaoer. Since the Marquis of Dongchuan asked General Di to wait here, he must have known the purpose of our visit, so he asked General Di to lead the way, and asked me to meet with Marquis Dongchuan and do some inquiries. .”
Zhu Xiucai frowned, leaned into Qin Shaoyou's ear, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this man surnamed Di is also targeting us. He said that Commander Qin is Commander Qi's beloved apprentice, obviously mocking Commander Qin as a He became the commander of the red-clothed emissary through the back door through his relationship, not his ability. Also, he said that he had been waiting here for a long time, but he never showed up when the guards at the city gate checked our identities and equipment. Obviously he wanted the city gate guards to embarrass us. He only came out to smooth things over when he saw that we were going to turn against each other. Such methods are really low-level."
Qin Shaoyou also saw the situation, and said in a low voice: "As my sixth sister said, these frontier soldiers feel that they are killing the enemy in blood, but we red-clothed emissaries came to check on their people, which made them feel upset. Then Because of our identities, we dare not confront us on the bright side, but in the dark and on some small things, we will definitely try to embarrass us."
"Then what shall we do?" Zhu Xiucai asked.
Qin Shaoyou snorted coldly, and said in a low voice: "What can we do? It's nothing more than being careful, and the soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth. Although we are red-clothed emissaries, under normal circumstances, the frontier soldiers will at most do some small tricks to disgust us, no What kind of big scene will be created. But now that the war is approaching, if they really have a problem, it is impossible to guarantee that they will find a chance to kill us, and then plant it on the people of Qingtang, and finally cut off a few heads who don't know who they are, so they say yes He avenged us, even if the imperial court wanted to pursue it, it would be very difficult for the court to pursue it... That's why Sixth Sister and I left the monk, Lao Gun and a few red-clothed emissaries outside the city, and if there is an accident, there will be someone to respond to it."
Zhu Xiucai nodded slightly. He also felt that this worst-case scenario was really possible.
Dang even, as Qin Shaoyou said, pulled himself together and was careful to watch out for the surrounding border soldiers.
While Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai were whispering, they were also brought into the city by that Di Jie Qianhu.
While leading the way, Di Jie shook his head and said, "Commander Qin, I'm really sorry, our Lord Hou has received an emergency military situation, and we are discussing with the generals at the moment, so we can only ask you to go to the post station to rest first, and wait for Lord Hou to finish his military affairs." , and call you again.”