Chapter 65: Murdered before crossing the Yu Pass
On the night of the sixth day of the first month of September, Yuan Chonghuan feasted Wang Zhizheng at night, and the banquet ended in the third watch, because there were Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou, and Wu Sangui, a group of tiger generals who shocked Liaodong, so the banquet was too enjoyable, and Wang Zhizheng was drunk. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The original plan was to set off for customs before dawn the next morning, but who knew that he would sleep until dawn, Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gong shouted to him several times but couldn't wake up, so they had to let him sleep.
slept until dawn, Wang Zhizheng sat up and scolded Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gong: "You two useless things, how many times have Lao Tzu told you to call me to get up, but you actually said that you couldn't shout!"
Zhou Gong smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, you were drunk last night, so you couldn't wake up no matter how you shouted in the morning, Lord Yuan came over and said that I won't let you be called!"
Wang Zhizheng heard Zhou Gong say that Yuan Chonghuan didn't let him shout, and he couldn't say anything, so he shouted: "Don't hurry up and wait for the master to change clothes and get up!" Zhou Gong hurriedly ran over to serve Wang Zhizheng to dress.
After the rectification, Wang Zhizheng went to the front hall to bid farewell to Yuan Chonghuan, and Yuan Chonghuan asked Wang Zhizheng to give Wei Zhongxian two boxes of Changbai ginseng, a specialty of Liaodong, to express his gratitude to Wei Zhongxian for supporting the Guanningjin defense line.
Wang Zhizheng said to Yuan Chonghuan emotionally: "With the Great Wall of the North like Yuan Gong, we can live and work in peace and contentment in the Central Plains!" Different from the official article said to Huang Taiji, the praise Yuan Chonghuan received was Wang Zhizheng's praise from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Zhizheng bid farewell to Yuan Chonghuan and went straight to Shanhaiguan with a hundred iron horsemen and fast horses.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Zhizheng ordered to rest in place, and the hundred elite cavalry followed him to sleep in the open for a few days and nights, although they were all iron-blooded athletes, but they could not withstand such a rapid march.
Wang Zhizheng ordered the cavalry to rest, and then said to Zhou Cheng: "There are still a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, so there is no need to hurry so quickly, it seems that there is no problem in reaching Shanhaiguan before dark." ”
Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "It's rare to be blessed to walk around with you in this world outside the gate, and I have also gained a lot of knowledge." Wang Zhizheng smiled and said to him: "You are a little follower, what kind of fucking knowledge do you want, or go back to the capital, I will be the chief soldier of the Praetorian Guard, and I will get you a deputy general?"
Zhou Chengming knew that Wang Zhi was joking, but he also laughed and said: "My lord, it is difficult for a gentleman to chase a horse!
Wang Zhizheng suddenly turned his face and scolded: "Just like you, you still want to be a deputy general, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will kill you with a horsewhip!"
Wang Zhizheng stepped on the war horse, waving a horse whip behind to chase Zhou Cheng, Zhou Cheng was begging for mercy while running desperately, the two of them ran to a poplar forest after a while, Wang Zhizheng reined in the horse and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Zhou Cheng, you stand for Lao Tzu, look at the woods around here, don't fucking run away!"
Zhou Cheng saw Wang Zhizheng holding his horse, turned his head and said with a smile: "My lord, don't chase me, look at us are all out of the team." Can I come down and let you get some whips?"
Saying that, Zhou Cheng jumped off the horse, pouted his ass and smiled: "Smoke!"
Wang Zhizheng looked at Zhou Cheng's appearance, laughed and pretended to raise a horsewhip to whip him.
At this time, there was a sudden sharp sound, and a sharp arrow flew towards Wang Zhizheng, Wang Zhizheng didn't react, Zhou Cheng suddenly dragged Wang Zhizheng off the horse, the arrow flew past his ear, Wang Zhizheng quickly calmed down, but he didn't bring a weapon, and there was no way to face it.
At this time, as soon as he turned his head, he saw a team of more than a dozen black-clothed men carrying big knives and running towards him with murderous heads and tall horses. Zhou Chenger didn't say a word, dragged Wang Zhizheng and got on the horse, and then stomped on the horse's buttocks, and the horse flew out with a long roar. Zhou Cheng also rode on a horse and fled with Wang Zhizheng.
The group was in hot pursuit.
Wang Zhizheng said loudly to Zhou Cheng: "You go back to the camp to move the rescuers!"
Zhou Cheng said loudly: "No, the target of their pursuit is you."
Wang Zhizheng cleverly slapped the horse's buttocks, and slipped into the poplar forest. The branches and leaves of the poplar forest in autumn have not yet withered away, and when they entered the poplar forest, Zhou Cheng also went in, as soon as they entered, the two of them jumped off the horse, and not far away came the vicious shouts of the group of killers: "Don't run, you can't run away, come out quickly!"
The group of killers, a dozen people, began to search viciously.
The two horses were too big, and Wang Zhizheng said: "Let's hurry into the woods, and the horses will be thrown here and left alone." ”
Zhou Cheng grabbed Wang Zhizheng and said: "My lord, you quickly change your clothes to me, they are chasing you, I will change your clothes and deal with them in this forest, you hurry back and move the rescuers!"
Wang Zhizheng was very moved, he said: "Zhou Cheng, don't take risks, let's deal with them here!"
was talking, a man in black suddenly appeared in front of them, holding a machete and slashing at Wang Zhizheng, before he could cut it, Wang Zhizheng easily dodged, Zhou Cheng saw it, and immediately stopped his neck from behind him, the man in black made a hard effort, and Zhou Cheng came to an over-the-shoulder fall, Zhou Cheng fell heavily to the ground, Wang Zhizheng looked at the killer in black and did not stand firm, he pounced viciously and grabbed the killer's throat and knocked him to the ground, and then rode up and grabbed a wooden stick and poked it into the killer's throat, and the killer kicked his leg and died。
Zhou Cheng saw that the situation was getting more and more thrilling, and the voice of the killer looking for them was getting closer and closer, so he simply ripped off his coat at once, and then said in a strong tone: "My lord, you quickly put on my clothes and go to move the rescuers, it will be too late for a while, if I die, I can go to the underworld to ask for a life, you are different from me!"
One sentence reminded Wang Zhizheng that Zhou Cheng was different from himself, he could be reborn when he died, and if he died, he could only be regarded as not completing the mission delivered by the Jade Emperor, so he took off his official uniform without saying a word and handed it to Zhou Cheng, and then he put on Zhou Cheng's gown happily.
At this time, a black-clothed killer rushed in and saw them, this killer was calmer, he shouted, "Wang Zhizheng is here!" and then slashed at Wang Zhizheng with a knife.
Zhou Cheng pounced on him and pushed him to the ground, and then snatched his big knife hard. Wang Zhizheng saw that the dead corpse just now had a big knife in his hand, so he grabbed the big knife and slashed it down, and cut off the head of the man in black.
At this time, the other killers who heard the killer's shouting locked the location and quickly surrounded the two of them following the sound just now.