Chapter 646: Hu Benzhonglang(1/2)
『PS: The pharmacy will not sell cold medicine. Fortunately, I didn’t have a fever, otherwise I might have been arrested and quarantined.』
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In the following days, Zhao Yu had been waiting for Li Feng to ask, but Li Feng never mentioned it again.
Because in Li Feng's opinion, Zhao Yu is a worthy object of win over, and the most common and most solid way to win over is marriage. Considering some of the bad problems of his sister Xiangrui, Li Feng was also happy to see that he succeeded, so he naturally didn't care whether Zhao Yu had any intentions for his sister, and would not mention it in front of Zhao Yu, so as not to misunderstand him.
If Li Feng didn't mention it, Zhao Yu couldn't find an opportunity to explain. After all, it was too rash to mention this matter suddenly.
A few days later, Zhao Yu received a report from Xuchang.
According to the newspaper, Handan sent a group of troops to welcome Princess Xiangrui, and the chief officials were Hu Ben Zhonglang and Jin Xun.
Zhao Yu told Li Feng about this and asked him: "What kind of official is the Hu Ben Zhonglang?"
As the emperor's grandson, Li Feng naturally knew this. He explained when he heard this: "The Hu Ben Zhonglang is one of the Hu Benlangs, and his membership belonging to the Hu Ben Army is the ceremonial army where the emperor travels."
Of course, Zhao Yu understood what the ceremonial army was. Hearing this, he asked again: "What is the difference between Hu Ben Zhonglang and Hu Ben Zhonglang General?"
Li Feng smiled, as if he had guessed something, and explained bluntly: "Did the general of the Hu Ben that Zhou Duwei mentioned refer to General Zou Zan? Yes, he is the superior of the Hu Ben Army, and all the Hu Ben Langs are his subordinates, including the Hu Ben Langs who came this time, Jin Xun."
Even Zhao Yu was very surprised when he heard this.
You know, because Zou Zan is low-key, he did not think that the "Tiger General" was a powerful official position. Until today, he heard Li Feng's explanation, he suddenly realized that Zou Zan's position in the court was not simple, just like the chief guard beside the emperor.
Of course, considering the relationship between Mr. Chen, it is not surprising that Zou Zan has received this honor.
However, just when Zhao Yu was secretly surprised, Li Feng suddenly reminded: "Brother Yu knows the relationship between his brother and General Zou, so he reminds him that although Jin Zhonglang is a subordinate of General Zou, he may not be General Zou's constipation and humerus... You must know that the Tiger Ben Army has a great status, and the people in it, especially the generals, are very complicated. Even General Zou may not be able to control it in full."
Zhao Yu was stunned and asked in surprise: "Brother Bo Cheng said that among the Hu Benlang, are there the prince or other princes?"
Li Feng shook his head and corrected: "To be precise, there are many people in it who have been pulled and privately participated in the prince or a certain imperial uncle... and this is probably the reason why the emperor appointed General Zou to take charge of the Hu Ben Army."
Zhao Yu suddenly realized and nodded thoughtfully.
At this time, he finally understood why Zou Zan was able to become the General of the Hu Ben Army, because he was the oldest adopted son of Tai Shi Chen, who was trustworthy, and Tai Shi Chen never interfered in the royal family, so the emperor did not need to worry that the guards closest to him were bribed by several sons.
This is not surprising. After all, since ancient times, the imperial family has rarely had a love for flesh and blood. Even if they are me, they sometimes have to be careful of their sons.
Three days later, Jin Xun, the Hu Ben Central Committee, led a thousand Tiger Ben Army to Kunyang County with the "Hu Ben" flag.
Upon learning the news, Zhao Yu and Li Feng rushed to the east of Kunyang County to greet the Hu Ben Central Army. Afterwards, Chen Mo, the chief lieutenant of the army, and Shiyuan, the Kunyang County lieutenant, also came to join in the fun.
After chatting and waiting for a while, the Thousand-Man Hu Ben Army slowly appeared in front of everyone.
I have to say that the Hu Ben Army surprised everyone as soon as it appeared.
Who would have thought that it was a cavalry armed with armor in the whole army...
"cavalry?"
Zhao Yu asked Li Feng in surprise.
Li Feng nodded and shook his head, and then explained: "If you say that fighting on horseback is called a cavalry, then the Hu Ben Army is naturally considered a cavalry. But in terms of strength, it is not as good as General Xue Ao's Taiyuan Cavalry..."
Zhao Yu suddenly realized: it turned out that he was a product that focused on selling appearances.
That's right, after all, it's the emperor's guard of ceremonies, so naturally he doesn't want to be the best, but he wants to be the most expensive. Just selling his appearance will shock people.
For example, the exaggerated armor, armor, breastplate, abdominal armor, arm armor, wrist armor, etc. of this Hu Ben Army are all there, and even a circle of soft armor is around the neck, giving people a feeling of being unable to get down.
Compared with the equipment of this Hu Ben Army, let alone the county army, even the Lu Ben Army under Zhao Yu's command "crossed the rebel armor" seemed quite shabby.
"But, can such an army have combat effectiveness?"
Seeing the Tiger Army slowly coming outside the city and stop moving forward under the order of a general, Zhao Yu thought to himself.
He was a fox that was sour when he couldn't eat grapes. He just noticed the war horses that were squirting thick air from his nostrils.
Although Zhao Yu didn't know how to look at horses, he also felt that those war horses were already very tired at this moment.
It's no wonder. After all, the Hu Ben soldiers they carried were probably not light on their bodies. After running around for a long distance, these war horses were probably exhausted. In this state, they naturally would not have any combat capabilities.
It’s also a blessing that no one dares to attack the Hu Ben Army under normal circumstances. Otherwise, as long as someone sets up an ambush halfway, this thousand-man army that looks really frightening will probably be wiped out.
Compared with the Taiyuan cavalry under Xue Ao, although they are all light armored cavalry, those old soldiers with rich combat experience will save their war horses enough physical strength to deal with emergencies in any case.
In contrast, the Hu Ben Army may really only focus on the ceremonial army that is good at selling appearances. For the sake of etiquette, it has broken the taboos of many cavalry. Such an army may not be able to win, let alone the Taiyuan cavalry under Xue Ao, even the infantry under Zhao Yu may not be able to win.
But then again, the appearance of the Hu Ben Army is really good, which makes Zhao Yu, Chen Mo and others a little envious.
At this time, a general came to the front of the formation, and shouted in response to Zhao Yu and others: "I am Jin Xun, the Tiger Ben Central Secretary, dare you ask who is in charge?"
Zhao Yu frowned slightly, then stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "I have met Jin Zhonglang, here, Yingchuan Duwei Zhou Hu..."
Hearing this, Jin Xun immediately turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the soldiers behind him, and greeted him with a smile on his face.
Although the official position of Yingchuan Duwei is not as good as that of Hu Ben Zhonglang, it is obvious that this Zhonglang of Jin also knows the connection between the Zhou Duwei in front of him, and knows that the other party and his immediate superior Zou Zan are brothers, so he naturally dare not put on airs.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu didn't care about the other party's previous arrogance and raised his hand to ask Li Feng to come forward and introduced him to Jin Xun: "Jin Zhonglang, this is the prince of the Hou of Yecheng..."
Kim Hoon hugged Lee Bong and said with a smile: "Criminal, Kim still recognizes it."
Li Fengyi nodded with a smile.
As the grandson of the emperor, he is also sure that Kim Hoon on the opposite side must know him, but it may not be true whether he should respect him.
At least Li Bong believes that Jin Xun's concern for him is definitely not as good as the Zhou Duwei who is beside him - after all, Zhou Hu is a real power commander, and he has his adopted father and his righteous brother as his backer, and he is just a powerless and powerful grandson.
Although the emperor and the emperor and the powerless seem to be incompatible, it is indeed the case.
After a few polite greetings, Zhao Yu raised his hand and asked, "It's hard for Jin Zhonglang to come from afar. If you don't dislike it, Zhou has prepared a banquet in the restaurant in the city to welcome Jin Zhonglang. He hopes that Jin Zhonglang will be willing to give him a look."
Jin Xun looked happy and said repeatedly: "Emperor Zhou is so polite... Then Jin is more respectful than obedient."
So, Zhao Yu ordered Chen Mo and Ishihara to be responsible for the food issues of the 1,000 Tiger Ben Army, and together with Li Feng, Jin Xun and several of his guards entered the city.
A moment later, Zhao Yu, Li Feng and his party led Jin Xun and others to a restaurant in the city with the plaque with the words "Bai Ji" and ordered the restaurant to cook the dishes quickly.
After everyone sat in the elegant room in the restaurant, Jin Xun smiled and said his intention first: "This time, Jin came to the noble place to take Princess Xiangrui back to the palace on the order of Your Majesty... This is an order."
As he said that, he ordered the accompanying guard to hand over a wooden box, take out a paper-like order, and hand it to Zhao Yu.
After taking it, Zhao Yu looked at it pretended to behave, and then handed it to Li Feng.
In fact, he didn't understand official documents, decrees, imperial edicts, etc., and he couldn't see any falsehood at all. Just like the seal on the decree, he only knew that it didn't look like the seal of the emperor, and he didn't know which official residence it came from.
Of course, he was not worried about making fraud. After all, few people dared to make fraud in such matters, let alone Jin Xuchang, who must have consulted Jin Xun's intentions and asked for an order to verify the authenticity.
If there was any problem, Xuchang would have reported it to him long ago.
Compared to Zhao Yu, Li Feng recognized the seal on the edict, and nodded at Zhao Yu when he handed over the edict and said, "That's right, it was sent by the inner court..."
The inner court he mentioned made Zhao Yu slightly concerned.
But now it is not the time to care about the inner court. What should be caring about is the stay and departure of the Xiangrui princess - to put it simply, whether it should be handed over to Jin Xun in front of her and brought it back to the palace.
In fact, Zhao Yu had discussed this matter with Li Feng in private before, but Li Feng's attitude was to refuse.
It was not that he disobeyed the king's order, but that Li Fengxin was Jin Xun who came this time, because as he explained to Zhao Yu, although the Hu Ben Army was the emperor's reliance army and could be called the emperor's most trusted personal guard, the composition of this army was very complicated. From ordinary Hu Ben Langs, they were basically the noble children of the powerful and powerful families who were stuffed into the heads of the powerful people in the aristocratic family. Of course, these noble children were basically not the legitimate sons and grandsons of the family, but the second sons and third sons, with various purposes, but they were definitely not purely for protecting the emperor.
In addition, the prince and other princes were also secretly bribing the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army - to be precise, it was not just the Hu Ben Army. Anyone who had information channels in the palace would basically bribe them, just to get first-hand news, even if the news was just a matter of yawning after the emperor got up today.
Through the method of bribery, there are many people in the palace who have gradually become the eyewitness of the prince or the princes. As the emperor's personal guard, the Hu Ben Army can do more things, and naturally, it will be more privately attracted by the prince and other princes.
Take Jin Xun in front of you for example. Li Feng was not sure whether this person was loyal to the emperor, or that he had been bribed by the prince or a prince and privately took over the new master.
In this case, Li Feng naturally refused to hand over his sister to the other party and asked him to take her back to the palace.
Of course, he could not refuse in person, otherwise he would be disobeying the king's order.
Fortunately, Zhao Yu and Li Feng had a solution - in fact, they were to throw Jin Xun to Princess Xiangrui and let the princess pass.
Anyway, the princess' willfulness was famous in the palace. Even if she did something like disobeying Jun Ling, Jin Xun would not dare to do anything to her - at least not in front of Zhao Yu and Li Feng.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu and Li Feng looked at each other and immediately said to Jin Xun: "Zhou does not dare to discuss the princess's stay or not. For this matter, Jin Zhonglang has to ask Jin Zhonglang to discuss it with the princess himself."
"Uh... OK."
Jin Xun seemed to know the princess' temperament, and she was a little worried when she heard this, but she still agreed immediately.
On that day, Jin Xun followed Zhao Yu and Li Feng back to Heihu Mountain to ask for Princess Xiangrui.
On the way to Heihu Mountain, Li Feng said to Zhao Yu: "Within Xuchang, Jin Xun must know that the attack of her sister, but he didn't ask or ask, which was interesting."
Zhao Yu said calmly: "Although it's a bit suspicious, there's no need to look at it. Anyway, the princess will send him away."
"Yes." Li Feng nodded and stopped talking.
As expected, the princess who "has fun here, I don't miss Handan" sent him with a sentence of "I haven't had enough fun yet."
According to Takagi's subsequent mention to Zhao Yu, the Jin Zhonglang's face turned red, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
In the end, Jin Xun had to find Zhao Yu and Li Feng again, and asked him to help him and persuade the princess.
But Zhao Yu and Li Feng have long been suspicious of him, so how could they really help him?
After some shirks, Zhao Yu pretended to be taboo and said: "It's not that the prince and I don't want to help Jin Zhonglang, but this is a bit tricky."
“Tough?”
"Ah... When Jin Zhonglang was walking through Xuchang a few days ago, did he ever hear about the attack of the princess?"
Jin Xun hesitated for a moment and nodded and said, "When Jin was passing through Xuchang, he did hear the subordinates of Zhou Duwei's subordinates talk about this, but I don't know the specific... I thought Zhou Duwei had already rectified the thieves. Zhou Duwei, what's going on?"
To be continued...