Chapter 298 Preparing to Kill

Chen Yuan was almost choked by a mouthful of tea, and Hu Yanping looked at him with a very strange look.

The waiter continued, "Customer, please wait a moment. Although you can't get through those three passes, you can still walk from the Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty is also very cautious, but the road is still open, it's just that you have to spend more money."

Chen Yuan nodded: "I understand, by the way, my second brother, what is the name of this town? If you go to Dasong from here, how can you get to the most convenient way?"

When the waiter got the reward, he naturally said everything: "This is Xiaomingsha. Walking thirty miles westward is Mingsha City. If you go to the Song Dynasty, go south. However, the road here is not very good. You can follow this road eastward for more than a hundred miles. There is a town called Yaode City. There is a road to the west of the city that can directly reach Tongyuan of the Song Dynasty."

Chen Yuan knew all these. He asked so much and heard so much, but when he asked the last sentence, he would not doubt: "Waiter, is this road easy to walk? Once this battle starts, the Song Dynasty will not close the border, right?"

The waiter laughed and said, "No! Don't worry, please don't worry, I heard that the Song Dynasty married the princess to King Dangxiang to marry, and was about to get married from this road. So I will never be kept."

Chen Yuan looked disbelief: "Oh? The Song Dynasty sent the princess to marry him? Who did you hear?"

The waiter seemed to have suffered a great insult: "Your guest, please see what you said, who else should I hear this? A few days ago, the fast horses came from the border and shouted good news all the way into Xiping Prefecture. Everyone with ears heard it! The two hundred defenders here were also transferred to Xiping Prefecture a few days ago, just to protect the safety of the Song Dynasty princess!"

Chen Yuan quickly smiled and said, "Don't be surprised by your little brother, I'm just asking casually. By the way, when did your defenders here be transferred?"

The waiter said, "Just five days ago."

Chen Yuan nodded and stopped asking. From the waiter's words, he understood two things. First, Xiping Prefecture only received a letter from Zhang Yuan notifying them to welcome the princess, but had not set off yet. Second, Xiping Prefecture may have all two thousand troops dispatched this time, so it is necessary to draw armed forces from the surrounding areas to ensure the safety of Xiping Prefecture itself.

The rest is not something that a waiter can know. If you ask again, it will cause people to doubt. After leaving the waiter, Chen Yuan and Hu Yanping finished eating the pastry and left the teahouse. They walked around the streets of the town for a while, and went to a small hotel for two more drinks.

Dangxiang is well known to the Duke of the Song Dynasty who came to marry into the marriage. All the drinkers are talking about this topic. Except for some rumors that are simply unreliable, most of the drinkers say can confirm the waiter's words.

These two news is not bad for Chen Yuan, because the time is still in his control. Zhang Yuan just sent someone back to notify Xiping Mansion to prepare to welcome the princess, obviously he has not informed the detailed time yet. It is estimated that it will be the past two days!

A smile appeared on Chen Yuan's mouth. He found an opportunity to make a fuss! This opportunity was given to him by Zhang Yuan.

In order to increase the morale of the Dangxiang people and make those Dangxiang subjects full of confidence in the war between the already broken out with the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Yuan asked the envoys to shout news that the Song Dynasty princess came to marry. This trick was very beautiful. From the optimistic attitude of the residents of Xiao Mingsha, it can be seen that most of them believed that with the support of the Song Dynasty, the Dangxiang people could withstand the attack of the Liao Kingdom.

However, this also told Chen Yuan that the fast horse who informed the marriage of the marriage was set off from Yan'an Prefecture of the Song Dynasty, passed through the defense line of the security army and entered Hongzhou, then went to Yanzhou and Xiping Prefecture, and then to Xingqing Prefecture.

This time, Xiping Prefecture is notified to welcome the princess immediately. I think the same is true for the route!

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Chen Yuan quickly left the market town. When he and Hu Yanping returned to the camp that had been set up in advance, the guys also slowly returned as it was getting dark.

The next morning, Chen Yuan rushed to Yaode City with great speed. He arrived just after lunch in the afternoon.

Yaode City was not a military important place, and Dangxiang's city was really not comparable to the Song Dynasty. The city wall was still the old city wall left over from the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and it looked dilapidated. The city was pitifully small, even smaller than the small county town in Chen Shimei's hometown.

The two guards at the gate of the city were lazy and napping along the city wall, allowing people to enter and exit under the city gate, as if the city gate and both of them were just a decoration.

Only when the sound of more than 30 horses of Chen Yuan and others came, one of them suddenly stood up: "Stop! Where did it come from?"

Chen Yuan stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your hard work, two elder brothers are doing business. I just came back from Tubo and was thinking about going to Liao Kingdom, but I didn't expect to encounter a war. So I came here to make a turn and prepare to go to the Song Dynasty."

Another soldier was also awakened by his companions. Before he could open his eyes, he said mechanically: "I think you are spies from the Liao Kingdom, right?"

Chen Yuan was prepared for this. The Liao Kingdom, a city like this, would not send spies to spy. Even if the spies really came, they would have been in there long ago. These two soldiers of the Dangxiang army obviously wanted to say something inconvenient to say.

Chen Yuan looked very frightened: "You two elder brothers should not say this, I am the honest businessman."

The two soldiers came over together and exchanged glances with each other: "Honest and honest? Why do I look at you more and more like a spy from the Liao Kingdom?"

Chen Yuan took out his purse and contained more than 100 guan. This money was considered a huge sum of money for an ordinary goalkeeper in Dangxiang.

He held the purse in one hand and took the initiative to lean against the two men: "Two brothers, there is nothing that can prove his identity on them. I wonder if the money from the Song Dynasty can prove that I am from the Song Dynasty?"

The two people looked at Chen Yuan, and a greedy look flashed in their eyes. One of them said, "Let's do it, you enter the city first, we will take this thing for review."

Chen Yuan handed over the wallet: "Thank you two brothers."

Yibaiguan changed a city gate, and this transaction was a loss in Hu Yanping's opinion. If he encountered blackmail when he entered the city on weekdays, he would usually be able to pass it for dozens of cents.

"My sister-in-law, it's not that I'm talking about you, you can take action as well!"

Chen Yuan didn't say anything, and a smile did rise up at the corner of his mouth. It was indeed too much to buy a door of 100 cents. But there are so many benefits. Hu Yanping's head could not understand this!

They easily found the marks left by Chai Yang and Tieanli in front of the only inn in Yaode City.

According to the agreement in advance, if anyone arrives first, he will engrave a mark at the entrance where he is staying to tell others. He did not see the marks of Amu Ya and Sutu along the way. Judging from the distance, they should be behind him.

Chen Yuan walked into the inn. It was logical that the inn shopkeeper saw so many customers coming, and he laughed in his heart, but the inn shopkeeper was very cold: "Do you want to stay in a hotel or eat?"

The Song Dynasty said that it was the best, but this place was no longer the Song Dynasty. The shopkeeper was dressed as a Dangxiang man. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the sudden arrival of three Song Dynasty caravans in the past two days.

Chen Yuan looked around and exchanged glances with Chai Yang, who was sitting on a table in the lobby, frowned: "Are there any other inns in the city? I think you can't live here anymore."

The shopkeeper smiled: "What can't be accommodated? There are two rooms left, and I'll ask them to make another room for you. I'll say that I'm the only inn in the city, and I'll make room for you to make it convenient for you! If you can't stay, go out and try it. I promise you will have to sleep on the street today!"

This was very rude. After the man finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yuan with a provocative look: "Have you thought about it? Let me tell you, when I was fighting with the king a few years ago, I looked down on you Song people the most, and they have no backbone at all! If you have the ability, go out?"

Hu Yanping was furious and flew past Chen Yuan and grabbed the shopkeeper's collar: "You are looking for death!"

As he said that, the fist hit him down.

At this moment, the man's face turned pale, and Chen Yuan hurriedly shouted: "Stop!"

It was too late to stop. Hu Yanping's fist changed in the air and hit the wooden pillar behind the Dangxiang man with one punch, only trembling with a rapid tremor!

Chen Yuan pulled him away: "Okay, let's live."

After the shopkeeper got up, his face immediately changed to extremely fierce: "Damn, a Song man dares to act wildly with us? You don't want to live anymore, right?"

Hu Yanping's anger had not yet been eliminated. He was just about to go up and he really punched him to death, but Chen Yuan blocked the shopkeeper first: "Don't you calm down, is it all our fault? I'm also doing business. We are here to stay in the store to give you money. Do you not care about him as a rough person for the sake of money?"

The shopkeeper got rid of Chen Yuan: "Okay, double the money! I can't stop getting out of here!"

A few days ago, I drove Li Yuanhao out at Crescent Villa. Now it’s Dangxiang people’s turn to drive him out. It’s really a turn!

Chen Yuan smiled: "Okay, okay, I'll give you twice as much."

The shopkeeper then gave up. After cursing a few words, he quickly flicked into the back hall. Chen Yuan walked to the table next to Chai Yang and the others and sat down. He saw that there were no other guests in the room except his own people. He immediately said, "When did you arrive?"

Chai Yang said: "I arrived two days ago, Tieanli arrived this morning. What should we do now?"

Chen Yuan took a sip of tea: "Let's be smarter tonight, we're going to kill people."

Chai Yang pointed back with a folding fan: "Is it the shopkeeper? You won't kill him just because he hates the Song people, right?"

Hu Yanping was really interested in killing the shopkeeper: "It's time to kill! Sister-in-law, I'll do it."

Chen Yuan poured himself a cup of tea: "He wants to kill him. We live here. He is familiar with us. What happened again today will inevitably deepen our impression in his mind. But killing him will have to wait until Amuda and the others arrive."
Chapter completed!