Chapter 310: Calculation (2-in-1)
Shaon laughed, his laughter full of disdain: "Death? I didn't die when I was defeated and captured, I stayed in the prison for so many days and didn't die, and now I remember? Haha, the humility and cowardice of the Liang people can be seen! Toast without eating and drinking, come to someone, drag it down! β
As soon as the words fell, several Dongyi soldiers no longer tried to tear Li Chengyun's clothes, set him up left and right, and dragged him away from the table.
Qu Jun and Dong Tao couldn't help but be anxious, they spent so much effort to rescue Li Chengyun, if Li Chengyun had an accident at this time, what was the point of Zhong Tianzheng's brilliant strategy?
If Sha Ang wants to kill the grandfather of the country, they can only fight, killing one is enough, and killing two will make money.
Li Chengyun no longer struggled, and for a moment, the expression on his face was not anger and fear, but actually showed a look of relief and relief.
Dong Tao secretly screamed.
At this time, the grimacing man on the table said, "Slow! β
He leaned over and whispered a few words to Sha Ang, because of the angle, Dong Tao couldn't be sure what he was talking about.
After hearing the "oh" sound, Sha Ang showed interest, turned to Li Chengyun, waved his hand absently, and ordered a few Dongyi soldiers: "Give him twenty lashes first, and teach him how to speak." β
Dong Tao stretched out his hand and grabbed Qu Jun, for fear that he would be impulsive and bad, so he turned his head and gestured with his mouth: It's just twenty whips, and Grandpa Guo should be able to hold it.
Qu Jun nodded, indicating that he understood.
Dong Tao let him go.
Soon the Dongyi soldiers tied Li Chengyun to a flagpole not far from the banquet and prepared to be executed.
A strong man with a big shoulder and a round waist stepped forward with a whip in his hand.
The whip of the execution in the Dongyi army was jet black. I don't know how much blood it was soaked in, and it still had barbs on it.
Qu Jun and Dong Tao were a little unbearable to see that Cheng Guogong was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. Since he was a child, there were a group of servants around him, and he was well cared for every hair, and he had to be windy and rainy when he grew so big, and the only thing that didn't go well was the death of Miss Liji. Now that they are in the hands of the enemy, they will not only be humiliated, but they will also suffer. I don't know if I can stand it?
The first whip, with a terrible sound of wind, fell heavily on Li Chengyun's left shoulder.
Li Chengyun snorted, and the clothes on his shoulders were torn. Blood oozed out, and the whip grazed his chin, leaving a trail of blood.
Laughter rang out at the feast.
The strong man didn't see Li Chengyun crying out for help, and his face was smiling. Raise your hand and the second whip is coming. It was Li Carrier's lower abdomen.
Li Chengyun closed his eyes as early as the first whip fell, and at this time, his body twitched violently, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and large beads of sweat came out.
Qu Jun took advantage of the noise of the Dongyi people watching the punishment, and whispered to Dong Tao to praise him sincerely: "Grandpa Guo was born in Fugui Township, and he is clothed in fine clothes and food, but he didn't expect to be a tough guy." β
Dong Tao was still worried about the expression on Li Chengyun when he was dragged down just now, and said worriedly: "I'm afraid that Grandpa Guo will die." After this experience, what if you don't want to live anymore? β
Qu Jun hesitated: "Probably not." Grandpa Guo endured humiliation and secretly lived for so long. When it was because he still remembered how Mr. Liu died. β
mentioned Liu Liangchou, who committed suicide after offering his plan, the two of them were silent, before Li Chengcheng led the troops to the battle, they and Liu Liangchou also sat at the same table and drank, not only him, Mu Dahu, Chen Yuping...... How many old people were turned into bones in that battle.
The twenty lashes were quickly finished, and Li Chengyun was covered in blood and had passed out.
From the beginning to the end, he neither cried out for pain nor begged for mercy, and his boring reaction greatly surprised the Dongyi generals, and the ridicule on the table gradually weakened.
The strong man who was executed went up to report to Shaon, who waved his hand and ordered him to retreat.
The Dongyi generals began to drink and have fun, and left Li Chengyun there, and it was not until the banquet was over that soldiers went up to free him from the flagpole and take him to other places of detention.
Qu Jun and Dong Tao secretly followed, wanting to see if there was a chance to talk to Li Chengyun, but the place where Li Chengyun was held was heavily guarded, and it was impossible to sneak in like this, unless he killed people and broke in.
Zhong Tianzheng's plan was in full swing, and the two of them did not dare to startle the snake for fear of bad things, so they stayed until dawn, and quietly returned to learn from Wen Sheng.
Wen Sheng is very worried, she is now nesting in Yuquan, and her contact with the outside world has been almost completely cut off, and she is quite powerless to deal with this situation, so she can only count on Li Chengyun to survive by herself, and she must live strong no matter what.
After another two days, news finally came from Hu Zhi: Jiang Hailong was contacted, Jiang Hailong was unceremoniously, and he opened his mouth for 10 million taels of silver.
Qu Jun and Dong Tao both felt relieved, although 10 million is a lot, but thinking about the price that Dongyi people proposed to the imperial court that day, it has been cut by half, it is not unacceptable, the grandfather of the key country is full of injuries and is locked up in the barracks, and the day is not safe, it is really worrying.
But Wen Sheng was not very satisfied, and asked Hu Zhi: "How is Jiang Hailong's situation, is he in a hurry to wait for the money?" β
Since the start of the war, although several big pirates have robbed a lot of property, since Ji Nantang went to Baizhou to take charge of Shuaiyin, the people have organized one after another, and in recent months, including Jiang Hailong, many people have died......
Hu Zhi peeked at Zhong Tianzheng and said, "It should be, Jiang Hailong also said that he wanted us to pay two million taels as a deposit first, lest he ask for someone, but we will regret it." β
Wen Sheng pondered and said: "Go and tell him, we can't afford to make up so much silver, the deposit is 500,000, and when he sends Li Chengyun intact, give him another 4.5 million, if he is too little, then there is no way, we can only find someone else." β
Hu Zhi was stunned, and his face was difficult.
Qu and Dong wanted to speak and stopped.
Wen Sheng looked at Zhong Tianzheng and motioned for him to speak, Zhong Tianzheng had no choice but to instruct Hu Zhi: "Understand?" Go and bribe the people around Jiang Hailong, find a way to get him to lower the price, five million is the total remuneration for you, if he is more, you will less, you can do it. β
Hu Zhi wiped his sweat when he heard this, bowed down and said, "Yes." β
Wen Sheng added: "Hurry up, listen to your news within three days." Motioning for him to go.
Hu Zhiru was granted amnesty, and secretly glanced at Zhong Tianzheng again, seeing that he was expressionless. Hurriedly turned around and went out.
After he left, Wen Sheng explained the price to Qu and Dong.
"It's too painful to pay for it, and there will be trouble, after all, we pretend to be the people of Hanzi country. How is Cheng Guogong worth 10 million in the eyes of Hanzi people? This amount of money is a lot, and I guess Jiang Hailong is willing to do it. β
After appeasing the two, Wen Sheng discussed with them about the deposit: "Pack up and leave Yuquan, you hurry up and contact Jingli to see how the money is prepared, first exchange for 500,000 taels of silver tickets, and get ready." Let's meet in Zhangzhou. β
Qu Jun took the lead, and then there was something to do, so he diverted his attention. There is no need to always hang on to the situation of Li in the enemy camp.
Wen Sheng said to Zhong Tianzheng alone: "Ah Zheng, Li Chengyun is there, you still need to find a way to take care of it, Qu Jun said that he was whipped." Lost half a life. If Shaon continues to toss like this, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on. β
Zhong Tianzheng frowned: "I can only tell Hu Zhi to hurry up there, I want to be able to control the son of Yanshan, why is it so troublesome." β
Wen Sheng insisted on his opinion: "Dongyi's side is not monolithic, as long as you think about it with your heart, there must be a way." β
Zhong Tianzheng sighed: "Li Chengyun used to rely on his power to do whatever he wanted, and the things he did for you were just another kind of fun for him. Why are you so bothered by him? If it weren't for the fact that he was over thirty years old, he had a wife and children. I really thought you ...... him" Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, turned his head to look at Wen Sheng, and wondered: "Is it true?" β
Wen Sheng almost laughed angrily, calmed down for a long time, and said, "Ah Zheng, you are insulting me and Cheng Guogong." On that day, I was sent by Feng Songchuan to Yang Haoyu's private house, and almost fed the tiger, it was Cheng Guogong who led people to rescue me, and even did not hesitate to tear my face with Yang Haoyu, at that time I thought, although Cheng Guogong is a relative of the emperor, he usually acts absurdly, but it is rare to be straightforward and have a true temperament. For this reason, I was even willing to be a guest of Cheng Guogong's mansion, but he didn't agree. β
Zhong Tianzheng heard it and said, "At that time, Yunlu ran to him and didn't come to me for help, otherwise I would have brought someone to rescue you." Then he touched his chin and smiled slightly: "If you want to be a guest for me, I will definitely accept you immediately." β
Wen Sheng sneered: "It's too late for Brother Yun to hide from you, I only blame you for doing too many bad things." β
Speaking of this, she looked at Zhong Tianzheng, and her tone became a little stunned: "I've told you many times before, you always can't listen, you are willing to pay, you can back down, you will be blessed, if you always count the organs, you may not be able to get a good death." β
Zhong Tianzheng was silent, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant.
Wen Sheng opened his left hand and stretched it out in front of his eyes, that year she and Xiong Yue gambled with their lives, and grabbed the other party's blade with their left hand at a critical moment, and then although the injury was healed, the scar did not disappear completely, adding a deep line to the palm of her left palm.
At this moment, she looked at this deep line, the corners of her lips curled, and she smiled: "Where can I expect you to be able to count on it, my hand hurts so badly, and the next day in the Sitong Palace, I have to play the piano and compete with you for the championship, knowing that I hurt badly, I didn't see you let me go." β
Zhong Tianzheng was reminded of those past events by her, with a gentle smile on his face, and immediately climbed along the pole: "Left a scar?" Let me see. β
He reached out to pull Wen Sheng's hand, Wen Sheng reacted very quickly, "whoosh" put his hand behind his back, and looked at him vigilantly with big eyes, "What do you want to do" is about to come out.
Zhong Tianzheng laughed, nodded at her, and said, "Okay, listen to you, don't worry, I will also give in and pay once, and see if there will be such a blessing as Li Chengyun." β
After finishing speaking, Zhong Tianzheng went out briskly and found Hu Zhi for detailed instructions.
Although Wen Sheng didn't know how he made the specific arrangements, Wen Sheng was sure that as long as Zhong Tianzheng wanted to, he would be able to ensure that Li Chengyun was safe and sound in the enemy camp.
Soon Zhong Tianzheng came back after explaining, and said to Wen Sheng in a good mood: "I told Hu Zhi to prepare to go, and send us out of the city in a while, what should I do with Dr. Mu?" β
Wen Sheng said: "Let's go together, I'll tell him, when Yu Quan is out and then separate, where does he want to go to ask Qu Jun and them to escort them." β
Dr. Mu asserted that Wen Sheng's injury needed to recuperate for three months, but fortunately, after more than ten days of recuperation, Wen Sheng only needed to drink the medicine as prescribed and could sleep peacefully until dawn all night.
In this way, there is no need for Dr. Mu to keep an eye on it, Wen Sheng thought that her side was not safe, and she didn't want to drag the old man down, so she just took this opportunity to send him away.
Zhong Tianzheng had no objection, and flattered: "When we get out of the city, we will call Hu Zhi back, Qu Jun and they will do all the way with Dr. Mu, you and I will go all the way, the two of us will go to Zhangzhou, I will ask Hu Zhi to prepare a car, no one will bring it, and I will personally give you a car when the time comes." β
Wen Sheng smiled: "Okay." β
She went to tell Dr. Mu about leaving, since Dr. Mu came to Yuquan, he stayed in this small courtyard, and naturally had no nostalgia for Quan, he gave Wen Sheng one last pulse and prescribed medicine, and then packed up his things and prepared to go.
After a few people had packed up, Hu Zhi also prepared the car and sent everyone out of the city.
Hu Zhi opened the road with silver and accompanied everyone out of the north gate of Yuquan.
After walking out for a while, the convoy stopped until there was no one around, Hu Zhi wanted to go back to the city, and the others had to go their separate ways.
Qu Jun thought that Boss Hu was originally coerced by himself, but now that he finally got rid of a few of them, he should come up with the posture of sending the plague god, turn around and hurry back to Yuquan, who knows that people have sent one ride after another, this love is reluctant, and he is about to shed tears and say goodbye, and he was in awe, and Dong Tao said: "It is said that harmony makes money, no wonder Boss Hu can make a lot of money!" β
Gossip Hugh said, Hu Zhi returned to Yuquan, Qu Jun and Dong Tao escorted Mu Dafu westward, they had to return to the city controlled by the Liang army and then contact Jingli, leaving Wen Sheng and Zhong Tianzheng to go north to Zhangzhou.
Zhong Tianzheng really drove for Wen Sheng in person and took care of him all the way.
In the first few days, the two of them still had to take a detour to avoid the sentry posts of the Dongyi army and the scouts sent out, without outsiders, Zhong Tianzheng did not have to hide his skills, and sometimes when he met the other party, he didn't bother to avoid it at all, and led him to a remote place and killed him directly.
So soon out of the territory of the Dongyi people, closer and closer to Zhangzhou.
Wen Sheng said: "We have not left the army for a short time, I don't know how the battle is now, what is Jingli's attitude towards the fiasco of Chengchao?" β
Zhong Tianzheng told her to wait.
After settling down on this day, he went out for a while, and came back to tell SΓΉ Wensheng that the situation in front of the army was as they expected, and the men and horses of the imperial court were still stationed near Chengchao, and there was no major movement on either side for more than half a month.
What is strange is that there is no movement in Jingli, just like a fire that does not know that Chengchao has burned tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
Emperor Jianzhao went to court for seven or eight days, and he sat for less than half an hour every time.
Empress Tan took Yang Hao's five-year-old eldest son into the palace and raised him in front of her.
I don't know if it's because of this, or Yang Haoyu's sudden filial piety, he has frequently entered the palace during this time, and he hasn't gone by himself, and every time he enters the palace recently, he takes Changshun Marquis Wang Guangji with him. (To be continued......)
PS: I really want to discuss with you, what kind of male protagonist and male supporting decent villain by the way look back on the past and look forward to the future......
However, no spoilers, I have to hold back!