Chapter Fifty-Seven: Night Attack on Xu Tower
At this time, Yu Qingshui had an idea, discussed with everyone, and told everyone to do so. After a while, Wang Liyan touched it from under the wall on the north side, because this place is a place where the torches on the gatehouse can't shine at night, and this place is a place where the strong men who usually watch at the gatehouse at the entrance of the village take a break at night, and it is shady, and the smell is naturally not good, so the guards of the gatehouse generally don't go to any place to visit, and they don't even look at it, and they can't see anything in the pitch black, and the patrol team also knows that this place has become a miasma, let alone care.
In fact, Yu Qingshui originally wanted Wang Liyan to pull down the two people standing guard at the door of the building from this place to create chaos, and then rush up while the rest of the people were panicking and quickly solve everyone. But people are not as good as heaven, at this time, a guard on the door of the building came down to relieve himself, it was pitch black, and he didn't pay attention to anything, Wang Liyan took advantage of this guy's joyful time to cover his mouth and nose, and slammed it to the neck, and there was no movement - this guy was knocked over.
At this time, Wang Liyan slowly handed it to the top of the door with the long pole prepared in advance, because the four people downstairs were all outside the door, and the person above the door of the building was also constantly patrolling the east outside the door, and he didn't pay attention to what was behind him. Wang Liyan immediately used the rope at the top of the pole to cover the shoulder of the guy on the door, and pulled it suddenly, and the person just said "ouch" and fell down.
At this time, there were already several masters below who were ready, catching the fallen guards, and then knocking them out with a stick. At this time, the four people outside the gate saw that the person above had fallen, and hurried over to see if the person had fallen and was injured, so they entered the gatehouse at the entrance of the village together. At this time, Yu Qingshui, who had already been prepared, and those good hands were one by one, and some were two people, and they solved all the people at the door without a sound.
So Yu Qingshui quickly climbed the gatehouse, held a torch on it, shook it clockwise three times, and then panicked three times counterclockwise, signaling the vermilion light outside, and in less than a moment, the large army of vermilion lights all rushed in.
According to the established plan, Zhu Honglan ordered his people to act separately, and each team of men and horses took down each patrol team according to the strategy rehearsed in advance, especially the fire platform at the highest place in the north of the village entrance, which was a signal for Chai Jiawa to ask for help from other villages after receiving the attack, and it could really save his life if necessary, so Zhu Honglan arranged for the most combat-effective team of people in his team to take it down as quickly as possible.
Suddenly the whole village was in chaos, in fact, Chai Jiawa had only two or three hundred men with combat effectiveness, and this time Zhu Honglan brought at least five hundred men and horses, and in terms of a single person's Su zhì, it is even more incomparable: Chai Jiawa's family is just a farmer who usually farms, and his brothers are all practitioners of various martial arts fields on the rivers and lakes, if he usually relies on the favorable terrain of Chai Jiawa and the fortifications operated by several generations, Zhu Honglan will not be able to attack even if he brings a thousand people, but if the village's defense is broken down, The whole strength immediately presented a one-sided situation.
However, Yu Qingshui took a few good men who entered the village first, and under the leadership of Lian'er and Qin Zhihong, rushed into the Chai Mansion to arrest Chai Wanjun and the adulteress Jade. But when he rushed into Chai Mansion, he couldn't find any trace of Chai Wanjun, so Yu Qingshui said anxiously:
"If they don't get rid of them, or if they have already run out of the village, it will be a bad thing, and if we do, he will come back and even make the whole plan undone.
But Qin Zhihong knows that there are only two roads to go in the whole village, and there is really no way down the mountain, and Uncle Cousin has already led someone to seal the village, and it is impossible to get rid of one person.
At this time, Qin Zhihong suddenly had a plan, so he told Yu Qingshui and said, "We can call someone here." ”
Yu Qingshui immediately understood, smiled and said, "You're talking about Lady Chai's Wu family." ”
Qin Zhihong said with a smile: "Brother Yu is really clever, yes, it's her!" ”
In fact, Zhu Honglan had already asked someone to pick up Wu's mother and son from the hotel, telling them that they were the best friends of the old man Chai, and they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, but recently they received a secret report, saying that they had been framed by their son, of course, the Wu family naturally didn't know who the master's henchmen were, and they didn't know who the messenger was, but Qin Zhihong also said on the side:
"Sister-in-law Wu, you don't have to worry too much, I am the master's henchman, in fact, I went out these days because the master felt an accident so I went to find this Zhu Daxia to rescue."
When Wu heard this, he was suspicious, and Qin Zhihong told her again: "Actually, I can be by the master's side, he arranged it, let me help monitor the surrounding movements and be a foreign aid, otherwise how could I have such good luck to settle in Chaijiawa?" ”
When Wu heard this, he thought: That's right, this Qin Gongzi is also too courteous to the master, how could the master be so good to him, and he was kicked out of the house by Chai Wanjun immediately after the master's death, which also proves that he is the master's person. Thinking of this, Wu eliminated his worries and decided to follow Zhu Honglan to avenge his master.
On the road, the vermilion light is reasonable, and the Wu family said that the famine in the CQ territory is flourishing, and the hunger is all over the wilderness, and he plans to take down the Xujialou Church and the Turtle Church and distribute relief food, but he must kill the local tyrants and inferior gentry in several villages attached to the foreign religion, so the Wu family will also open a warehouse to release grain to help the people at that time.
Wu's mother's family is also from CQ County, so she naturally understands the things in her hometown, and she often sees beggars begging everywhere at the entrance of the village, which is much more than in previous years, and she is also very pity, and when she heard Zhu Honglan say this, she naturally had no objection and readily agreed.
After a while, Lian'er invited Wu to Chai's house, Wu told sù in Qingshui, in the early years, when he had just given birth to Ming'er after marrying the master, the old man Chai was very happy, at that time the old man Chai was less than fifty years old, and he was still in the prime of life, so he secretly told the Wu family in a cellar of his bedroom, saying that if one day the bandits took the village, the people in the village were afraid that they would suffer, but Wu's mother and son could borrow the cellar to hide, escape the disaster, and try to survive.
In fact, this secret is only known to the Chai family, and even the female relatives will not tell sù, but at that time, bandits were rampant, and the old man Chai was also to protect Ming'er, but Ming'er was young, so he naturally didn't understand this, and his eldest son already knew it, and Master Chai didn't dare to guarantee that this Chai Wanjun would protect his younger brother, so he told the Wu family this secret.
Sure enough, everyone opened a bluestone slab under the table in the old man's bedroom, and a step was revealed leading to the bottom, and Yu Qingshui arrived at this person, and after a while, he took Chai Wanjun and Jade out.
When Chai Wanjun came out, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Qin Zhihong, and when he saw the Wu family again, he couldn't help but regret it again, regretting that he had left this two people alive in the first place.
In less than an hour, all resistance was subdued. So the red lantern gathered all the people in the village to the place where the village usually gathers and holds the affairs of the village to be discussed. Zhu Honglan walked to the stage, waved his arms, and said:
"Fellow villagers, my visit to Guizhuang today is really offensive, but it is also a last resort......
When the villagers heard that it was Zhu Honglan, they couldn't help but talk in private, thinking to themselves, they all said that this Zhu Honglan was chivalrous first, it seemed that this time it was not the bandits who came to loot, and a stone fell to the ground in their hearts, but they immediately stopped talking, ready to see what Zhu Honglan said next about his purpose of attacking Chai Jiawa.
Zhu Honglan and the others stopped talking on their own, and then continued:
"I want you to hear a letter I received, the person who wrote the letter is none other than your late Chai family patriarch, Master Chai. Senior Brother Shimizu, read. ”
When Yu Qingshui heard the order, he walked up to the stage and held a letter, which was Qin Zhihong's handwriting from the old man's study, and then sent it to Yu Qingshui.
Yu Qingshui opened the letter and said loudly:
My brother Zhu ** personally opened, the regret GT is goodbye, ten out of three years, the contract is wide for thousands of miles, and the land has not entered, and there is no word in ten thousand words. Now there is a worry, and it is unbearable to talk to everyone, so I am ashamed to disturb it.
The servant is old, but he is a whim, and he has a concubine in the hook column, and it is difficult to predict the covetousness of the eldest child, and it is difficult to speak to others.
Now that he is old and old, he can't bear to have such a big shame in my Chai family, so he has endured it so far, his brother is stupid, and he is willing to listen to the teachings and worship again.
After speaking, Yu Qingshui retreated, and the villagers in the audience were in a commotion, and many villagers were puzzled, but after all, there were many people who had read the book, so they explained to everyone on the side, and after a long time, everyone discussed more intensely, and after a stick of incense, someone in the audience shouted, "Kill Chai Wanjun, the bastard and the adulteress!" After a while, everyone responded, some scolded Chai Wanjun beasts, and some praised the difficulty of the red light.
Only then did Zhu Honglan get up and move forward, and shouted loudly on the stage: "Fellow villagers, Zhu Mou came here this time to seek justice for Old Man Chai, come, bring that adulterer and adulteress up!" ”
So a few good hands escorted Chai Wanjun and Jade to the stage, and from time to time someone threw stones at them on the road, spitting on them, and the abuse broke out again.
Zhu Honglan waved his hand, everyone stopped, and he said loudly: "Master Chai was actually poisoned by these two people with poisonous wine the night before yesterday, if you don't believe it, you can open the coffin for an autopsy ......" Zhu Honglan and others sighed and then said: "Although the traitor is arrested, he doesn't dare to make a mistake, so let the villagers deal with it." ”
At that time, everyone in the audience shouted: "Kill them, take their heads to pay tribute to Master Chai!" ”
Zhu Honglan saw that many people had already stood on his side, so he said: "Since everyone has the heart of righteousness, we will build yì in Xia, and let Master Chai's widow Wu and Master Chai's son Chai Wanming preside over it, I don't know what everyone thinks?" ”
All the villagers applauded, so Wu led his son Ming'er to the stage. Wu wept bitterly, and she was speechless, but she was also a wise woman, and after she came down, she said:
"Thank you for thinking about our master, I listen to everyone's opinions on how to deal with the rebellious son Chai Wanjun and the adulteress Jade who killed his father."
When the monk Benming heard this, he was afraid that someone in the village was on Chai Wanjun's side, and he was afraid that something would happen when the time came, so he walked forward quickly and said to everyone:
"Since Grandma Chai said that it would be done according to everyone's wishes, then the two of them will be killed and the old man will be sacrificed. Okay, come on! ”
Two executioners were already ready, and they came up to the stage with big knives, and the monk Benming pointed to the adulterer and adulteress and said:
"Put these two people in front of all the villagers to correct the Fa on the spot, in order to pay tribute to the spirit of Master Chai in the sky!"
There was silence in the audience for a while, the two executioners had already sharpened their knives, and stepped forward to come behind the two people who were tied and kneeling on the stage, at this time the two were already gone, and Jade was naturally afraid that he couldn't say a word, and Chai Wanjun didn't understand what was going on, why he just started it, it would attract the famous vermilion lantern to pull it out, and he didn't hear that his father had any friendship with this knight.
I saw a flash of cold light, and the heads of the two fell to the ground one after another.
Zhu Honglan saw that the culprit had been killed, and shouted to everyone in the audience: "Zhu Mou came this time to avenge the old man Chai, and secondly, he came to ask for the lives of the people of CQ......."
Everyone in the audience couldn't help but be stunned, Zhu Honglan didn't wait for them to start talking, and said loudly: "Now that the imperial court is declining, my generation must act for the heavens, and now the displaced people are everywhere, and they are starving all over the wilderness, so they must borrow grain from the villagers of Chaijiawa to relieve the victims in this county." But I know that you all have a righteous heart, but you also cherish your own money and food, so I don't want to let everyone bear all the food for disaster relief alone, and I also bother everyone to wait for a while, we also have to borrow food from Qianzhuang, Houyan and other places. After speaking, the vermilion lantern waved his hand and motioned for one of his subordinates to light the fire platform at the highest point in the village.
The villagers naturally knew what this was for, and thought to themselves that in less than half an hour, the help from the other two villages would arrive. But the brain turned quickly and understood that it was not easy for Zhu Honglan to storm the other two villages by himself, and the losses would be very heavy, and he might not be able to take it, so it was a clever trick to lure the snake out of the hole and ambush halfway.
This is naturally a strategy that Qin Zhihong and Lian'er Tong Guò discussed with everyone during this time. Sure enough, in less than half an hour, someone came to report that the teams from the two villages had been surrounded, Zhu Honglan smiled and said:
"Go, tell Wang Liyan, don't kill innocents indiscriminately, just subdue it, and then arrest the bully leader in the village for me, and then go and take the church and the two villages in one fell swoop."
After another hour, someone came to report that the two villages and the church had been taken, and that the bullies and gentry leaders of the other two villages had been captured one by one and were on their way.
Zhu Honglan smiled and said loudly: "Villagers, let everyone wait here for a long time, it's really unpleasant, come and bring me those local tyrants and shoddy gentry who have no heart, have no compassion, and betray the enemy and betray their ancestors, and cut them down in public!" ”