Chapter 67: Commercial Blows
Ten miles outside Guzang City, Liangzhou!
With the death of Geng Changqing, the thief king, the horse thieves in Hexi fell into a dead silence, and no one dared to commit crimes in the short term.
Zhao Yizhen "escorted" Zhang Xiaosong and arrived safely outside Guzang City.
Zhao Yizhen's sharp eyes saw Pei Min and his group in the pavilion at first glance. He smiled and said to Zhang Xiaosong in the prison car: "Mr. Xiaosong, Duke is welcome to you!"
Zhang Xiaosong looked at the distance. He didn't know Pei Min, but Zhang Jiuling.
When he was traveling to the Western Regions, Zhang Jiuling, Han Xiu, Cui Mian, Wang Han, Hu Hao, He Zhizhang and others came to see him off and wrote many poems to send him off.
Among them is a famous saying "The mountains of gold are free of obstacles, and the jade trees are full of beauty. Please wait for the breeze and return to the court to wait for this time."
Zhang Xiaosong sorted out the instrument. There was no bronze mirror at this time, so he could only ask Zhao Yizhen: "General Zhao, is his clothes still neat?"
Since ancient times, scholars have been elegant and care about their own clothes and dressing.
Even if you are in jail, you will not lose your demeanor.
This is exactly the same as Yang Jingshu, but Yang Jingshu is a hypocrite and a fake scholar, while Zhang Xiaosong is a romantic and famous scholar.
Zhao Yizhen smiled and said, "Mr. Xiaosong is so charming, there is no need to worry!"
Zhang Xiaosong then moved forward with confidence and said impatiently: "Hurry, don't let Duke, Zishou wait for a long time."
He quickly came to the vicinity.
Pei Min, Zhang Jiuling and his group also came up.
Zhang Xiaosong looked at the handsome young man with a beautiful and handsome face walking in the front and hurriedly said, "Zhang Zhongshan has seen Duke Pei!"
"Haha!" Pei Min smiled and stepped forward, helped Zhang Xiaosong up and said, "I have heard of Mr. Xiaosong's name for a long time. Mr. Xiaosong toured the Western Regions and led our Tang Dynasty troops to march straight into more than a hundred cities. When attacking Liancheng, Mr. Wang led the army to take the lead, jumped into the horse and put his armor on his horse, fought fiercely for a day and night, and won a complete victory, shaking the Western Regions. As a result, the eight countries such as Kangju, Dayuan, and Yubin did not dare to compete with him in the Tang army, and successively sent envoys to surrender. This battle was very satisfying and exciting."
Zhang Xiaosong also said: "Compared with the Duke of Guo, what is the minor merit of Zhongshan? Duke of Guo, assisted the wise king in the inner world, stabilized the court, bound the water and sand, took care of the Yangtze River, and millions of people in the Yellow River. After his success and fame, he asked to go out to court, seize Hequ and defeat Tubo, and deal with natural disasters and opened Xiushaoling in Longshan. Before, he defeated the Turks and captured their khans alive and returned to the court. The civil and military strategy is unparalleled. Such all kinds of things cannot be done by heroes. He was rid of the disease in the world, and the Duke of Guo is well deserved!"
Ancient literati liked to brag each other the most. Although this was the first time we met, a wave of commercial brags directly brought the two closer together!
After the two of them politely whispered to each other, Zhang Jiuling said, "Brother Zhongshan, do you remember your old friend in Lingnan?"
"Of course I remember!" Zhang Xiaosong bowed deeply to Zhang Jiuling and said, "The farewell poem of Brother Zishou's past still echoes in my ears. My close friend is like Brother Zishou, how dare Zhongshan forget it. Although he has been in the Western Regions these years, he has also heard of his brother's reputation and great achievements. He must have the assistance of Brother Zishou."
Pei Min introduced Zhang Xiaosong one by one and came to greet him.
Wang Changling, Wang Shaobo!
Wang Zhihuan, Wang Jiling!
Wang Wei, Wang Mojie!
When Zhang Xiaosong saw familiar characters, he kept greeting him.
"Brother Shao Bo, Qinghai has long clouds and snow-capped mountains, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass from afar; the yellow sand is wearing golden armor for hundreds of battles, and will never return until Loulan is destroyed. Your song is passionate and is truly a masterpiece of the frontier!"
"Brother Ji Ling, your "Liangzhou Ci" is still chanting and expressing it all the time on the way here, and I feel a lot of emotion!"
"Mo Jie, I have heard of the great name for a long time. The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun sets in the long river is round. I am not a real famous scholar!"
After a wave of compliments, Zhang Xiaosong was a little dizzy and sighed to Pei Min sincerely: "The world's talents are afraid that they are all gathered under the command of the Duke of the Kingdom. I, Zhang Zhongshan, have no virtue and ability to be treated like this, so that you can lead these scholars and masters to welcome them ten miles away... By the way, there are still immortals? Why don't you see others? "Hu Wuren" and "Wrinkle the Moon", your apprentice Li Taibai has been famous for a long time!"
Pei Min laughed proudly. His shogunate lineup, which dared not say that the poetry world that included the Tang Dynasty occupied at least half of the country. The only people who were truly famous throughout the ages were Meng Haoran, Gao Shi, and Du Fu. His biggest pursuit was to recruit all of these people.
At that time, the staff team was revealed, which was a grand scene in the poetry world.
"Taibai is in Chang'an. When he comes to the Western Regions, he will definitely recommend it to Mr. Xiaosong."
Pei Min made a gesture of inviting and said, "Mr. Xiaosong has worked hard all the way, please go to my Liangzhou prison to rest! I guarantee that I will give you a different feeling!"
Zhang Xiaosong was stunned. Seeing everyone showing a knowing smile, he said with interest: "Then you have to have a good understanding."
They and their group headed towards Guzang in a mighty manner.
After entering the city gate, without a moment of delay, he went straight to Guzang's government jail.
There are three large rooms in the Guzang Prefecture Prison, one is used to detain ordinary prisoners, one is a severe prison cell, and the other is a death penalty cell.
Pei Min took Zhang Xiaosong into the death penalty cell. As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Xiaosong smelled a smell of wine and meat.
There are cows and sheep, and it is his favorite Du Kang wine.
In the Western Regions, Du Kang's fine wine is as expensive as gold. Zhang Xiaosong falsely accused of corruption. In fact, he is honest and cannot afford Du Kang's fine wine in the Western Regions. He has never tasted Du Kang's fine wine for many years.
"What a death cell. I'm willing to live in such a cell for the rest of my life!" Zhang Xiaosong praised with a smile.
Walking down the ladder all the way, there was no room in the cell because of the wet and coldness, but it was clean and dry, and the air was the same as that outside.
In addition to the aroma of wine and meat, it is the aroma of wine and meat.
Not far away, Zhang Xiaosong found one filled with wine, meat and food, one clean bed, one book case, and pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Because there are all kinds of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. There are two large bookshelf on both sides, and more than a hundred books are piled up.
Zhang Jiuling said: "When he learned that Brother Zhongshan was coming, the Duke of the State specially arranged it. He did not want to violate the national laws or aggrieved Brother Zhongshan, so he thought about this. Today, we are drinking and talking about it in this death row, which is a grand scene."
Zhang Xiaosong was moved in his heart and sighed: "What a prison cell in Liangzhou. The Duke of the State is so courteous, so I am inexplicably moved."
Pei Min shook his head and said, "What kind of people and what kind of treatment do I do? I don't care whether the so-called corruption is true or false. Just relying on what Mr. did in the Western Regions is worth it. You stay here first, and I will ask someone to go to Chang'an to handle everything!"
He did not say that he would seek justice for Zhang Xiaosong, but said in front of him that he would find out everything. Compared to his brainless protection, Zhang Xiaosong was even more moved.
Chapter completed!