Volume 10 Chapter 289

Chapter 289

In the main room of the backyard of the teahouse, Tang Yin met Kong Qing and Di You. When he took off his hat, Kong Qing immediately stepped forward to salute. Di You, who was standing by, watched secretly and was amazed. It turned out that this young man was Tang Yin, the Wind King.

When Kong Qing introduced him to Tang Yin, Di You stepped forward, raised his hands, bowed deeply to Tang Yin, and said, "I am Di You, and I greet His Highness the Wind King!"

Ordinarily, with his status, he should kneel down to pay respect to Tang Yin, but Di You was born as a knight-errant and did not pay attention to etiquette. Besides, the Wind Kingdom was not a good thing for the Zhen people. How could Di You kneel down to pay respect to Tang Yin?

Shangguan Yuanrang, Jiang Fan, Cheng Jin and others all frowned. Two secret arrows were about to step forward. Tang Yin raised his hand to stop them. Then he looked Di You up and down and said with a smile: "Whether this king can successfully enter Xitang depends on you."

The Zhenguo court was also afraid that the spies of the coalition forces would sneak into the capital, so they strictly checked the people entering and leaving the capital. Tang Yin and others could not enter without a certificate.

Di You was surprised that the king of a country could be so polite.

His face became serious, and his rejection of Tang Yin was also reduced a little. He said: "Your Highness Feng Wang is too kind! The general has explained to me the purpose of your highness's entry into the city. Whether it is public or private, I should help you with all my strength!"

Tang Yin nodded with a smile. Although he didn't know what Di You was capable of, since he was the person Kong Qing asked to help, he must be not bad.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door. The two secret agents near the door immediately put their hands behind their backs and tightly grasped the sabers hidden on their waists.

As the door opened, a young girl in her early twenties walked in from outside. She was wearing a light pink dress on her upper body and a light pink gauze skirt on her lower body. She was heavily made up and looked a bit frivolous. The girl didn't expect so many people to be in the room all of a sudden. She was obviously stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, she twisted her slender waist and walked close to Di You with a smile, saying delicately: "The things that Brother Di asked me to find have been gathered."

Di You was about to speak, but suddenly saw that everyone around Tang Yin was staring at the girl coldly with murderous intent in their eyes. He introduced: "Don't be nervous, everyone. This is my subordinate, Pang Li."

Hearing this, the air in the room that seemed to be solidified suddenly became fluid again. The secret agents withdrew their cold eyes and stood behind Tang Yin as if nothing had happened.

Although the girl seemed to be chatting and laughing on the surface, she was actually relieved and muttered in her heart: These people are so murderous! What are they doing?

Although she was Di You's trusted subordinate, the latter did not tell her Tang Yin's true identity. The matter was of great importance and could not allow any mistakes to appear. Naturally, the fewer people who knew the inside story, the better.

Di You stretched out his hand to her and said, "Give it to me!"

The girl reached into her arms, slowly took out a roll of something, and handed it to Di You.

The latter took it and unfolded it. It turned out to be a stack of papers. He looked through them one by one, counted them carefully, and confirmed that they were correct. Then he turned around and handed them to Tang Yin, and whispered: "Big...ah, young master, this is a pass, which can prove that you are from Nancun, Rongfeng County, Taihe County. When entering the city, if someone checks you, just say that you come to join the army. Of course, little...oh, I will also be a cover to help you. The soldiers guarding the city gate will never make things difficult for you."

In that era, there was no product as advanced as an ID card. When going out, people would carry a pass with them, which recorded their place of birth and was considered a proof of their identity. The pass was issued by the government and was stamped with the government seal and a special official seal. It was also very difficult to forge it. The passes sent by Pang Li were all real. As for how she got them, it was unknown. This was also one of the skills of Di You's subordinates.

Tang Yin lowered his head to glance at the pass, then handed it to Cheng Jin and asked him to distribute it to everyone.

Pang Li was very curious about Tang Yin's identity. As Di You's subordinate, she knew her boss's character too well. He was always rude to anyone, but he was respectful and polite to the young man in front of him. This was too abnormal.

She approached Tang Yin and asked with a smile: "May I know your name, sir? You need a pass to enter the city. Are you not a chaste woman, or a wanted criminal that the government wants to catch?" While speaking, she slowly moved towards Tang Yin.

Tang Yin slipped and let her go casually but just right. He smiled and said: "I am Tang Chu. Because of my identity, it is not convenient to reveal it to the young lady now."

Tang Chu? Pang Li had never heard of this name. She wanted to ask more questions, but Di You next to her coughed heavily and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't ask more questions that you shouldn't ask. There is nothing for you to do here. Go and do your thing!"

"Yes! I'll take my leave!" Pang Li seemed frivolous and unrestrained, but she still respected Di You from the bottom of her heart. She looked at Tang Yin deeply, then turned and walked out.

After he left, Di You said to Tang Yin: "Pang Li has always been like this. If there is any disrespect to your Highness, please don't take it as an offense."

Tang Yin waved his hand and said: "Mr. Di You is too polite."

"Your Highness has come from afar, so you must not have eaten yet. I will ask someone to prepare wine and food." As he said this, he was about to go out and tell the servants. Tang Yin raised his hand to stop him and said: "Don't bother. I want to eat after entering the city."

"Okay!" Since Tang Yin was in a hurry to enter the city, Di You did not force him and said solemnly: "Let's go now!"

After a pause, he reminded everyone: "Don't forget the name and origin on the pass. If you answer incorrectly when the soldiers enter the city, it will be troublesome."

He didn't need to teach these at all. None of the people present were given for nothing, and it was impossible for them to make such a low-level mistake. Kong Qing said: "Everyone will pay attention to these, let's go quickly!"

"Okay, General!"

Led by Di You, everyone came out of the back door of the teahouse and walked towards the Xitang city gate.

Now there are many people entering and leaving Xitang, most of whom are young and strong men. Most of them come here for only one purpose, to join the army, defend their country, and make achievements.

Zhen State was poor and had a bad environment. The people of Zhen were able to survive on this land because they were united. If Li Hong had not committed treason, proclaimed himself emperor, and massacred people who gave advice, there would have been more people joining the army. I'm afraid the capital would have been overcrowded, and it would have been impossible for the coalition forces to defeat Xitang so powerfully.

As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to another. Li Hong is now in a difficult situation and has no choice.

Let's talk about Tang Yin and his group, following the flow of people, and coming to the east gate of Xitang.

There are hundreds of Zhen troops guarding here, strictly checking the people coming in and out. When they found Tang Yin, without waiting for others to speak, Di You took the lead to greet him, with a smile on his face, raised his head and said: "Xiao Chu, it turns out that you are on duty today!"

The one he called Xiao Chu was a captain of the Zhen army. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person coming was Di You. He was happy and greeted him and asked with a smile: "Brother Di, what's the matter, are you going into the city today?"

"Yes, I'm bringing a few fellow villagers to join the army!" Di You pointed at Tang Yin and others casually.

"Fellow villagers?" The captain of the Zhen army looked around at Tang Yin and others, stretched out his hand, and said seriously: "Give me the pass."

Tang Yin and others handed over the pass one after another. The captain of the Zhen army took it, took a general look, and asked Di You with a low smile: "When did Brother Di become a Taihe County person? Could it be that he is pulling people to make money again?"

Now that Zhen State has encountered difficulties in recruiting soldiers, the court has stipulated that anyone who recommends young and strong people to join the army can receive a certain amount of reward money. Di You has recommended several times before.

Of course, he didn't care about the small amount of money, but his cover identity was the owner of a teahouse, and he was also a rogue. Sometimes he had to do some dirty things to cover up his identity as an intelligence dealer and make more connections.

Hearing the words of the captain of the Zhenbing, he smiled dryly, took out a few copper coins from his sleeves, stuffed them into the hands of the captain of the Zhenbing, and said: "If you have time to go out of the city, come to my place, drink tea, eat snacks, my brother will treat you."

The captain of the Zhenbing took the copper coins and stuffed them into his belt, while smiling and refusing: "Brother Di, what are you doing? We are all acquaintances, you... How can I feel embarrassed..."

"Oh, brother, don't be polite to me!"

The captain of the Zhenbing smiled and nodded repeatedly, handed the pass back to Tang Yin and others, and said to the Zhenbing soldiers on the left and right: "Let them go, let them go, no need to check, they are all family members!"

"Captain, we haven't searched them yet!"

"What body search, they are all family members, let them go quickly!" The captain of the Zhenbing glared and glared at his subordinates. The county magistrate is better to manage it now. Although the captain of the Zhenbing is not a high-ranking official, he is the immediate superior of the soldiers, and no one dares to disobey his words.

With Di You, Tang Yin and others saved a lot of trouble. The Zhen soldiers didn't even search them and let them into the city.

Inside Xitang City. Although Zhen State was poor, there was no clue from Xitang. Most of the powerful people and merchants in Zhen State gathered here. It was not an exaggeration to say that Xitang was the economic center of Zhen State.

Compared with the slums outside the city, the buildings in the city were like two different worlds. Tall and luxurious pavilions could be seen everywhere. The streets and alleys were crowded with people. The shouts of vendors on both sides were heard one after another. Exquisite and luxurious carriages ran through the center of the street from time to time. At this time, Xitang was still a prosperous scene, without any sense of crisis of the enemy at the gate.

Or perhaps the people of Zhen had long been accustomed to enemy invasions, and they seemed to believe in their subconscious that no matter how powerful the enemy was, it was impossible to capture the capital of Zhen. Over the past thousands of years, Zhen had been invaded by the enemy hundreds if not thousands of times. The enemy had fought from the border all the way to Xitang several times, but had never entered the city. In the end, they were all stubbornly repelled by the Zhen soldiers. Many people in the capital also believed that this time would not be an exception.