Section 5 Winning the Tiger
The day of Liaodong in the winter moon is far shorter than that of the Central Plains, but after the sun, a round of red sun has fallen westward to the halfway of the mountain like a red-hot iron plate. The sea breeze swept through the rock-paved streets with a biting chill, freezing so cold that the pedestrians on the road tightened their necks and quickened their steps. No one noticed that above the city west of the city, several wriggling figures suddenly passed through the hurried crowd and flashed into a dark corner that no one cared about.
"All of them?"
"It's all right."
"Remember, light the fire later, then open the stables, and make sure you drive the horses out into the streets. In short, the bigger the noise, the better. ”
"Rest assured, brothers, they know how to behave."
"Don't hesitate to do good things, and wait for them to go their separate ways. Remember not to stop long after setting a fire. ”
"Whoa"
After a malicious whisper, more than a dozen men covered in greed and evil thoughts cautiously scanned the surrounding situation. After making sure that no one had noticed their existence, the men began to carry out their planned evil deeds as if they did not know each other. However, before the dozen or so people could leave the alley, two unfamiliar figures unexpectedly blocked in front of them.
"Yo, Shan Weiru, there are a lot of rats hiding in this horse market." Pang Tong, who didn't know when his head came out, raised his hand and pointed at the ten big men in front of him and shouted heartlessly. And beside him, Tang Ying, who was in civilian clothes, pursed his lips and stared at the opponent in front of him.
"The kid doesn't want to die, get out of the way of grandpa," although the evil man led by the evil man shouted in his mouth to let the two get out of the way, but in his hand it turned out a wolf's fang-like sword and attacked directly at the thinner Pang Tong.
Hearing a crisp sound on the ground, the evil man's sword drove the air to pass in front of Pang Tong, directly colliding with the saber in Tang Ying's hand with a burst of blue sparks. The minions under the villain's men also reacted at first, and one by one they took out the murder weapons on their bodies and screamed to cover up the killing.
"Did you do it all to this side" Pang Tong hurriedly pulled out his sword, one left and one right, blocking the attacks of the two minions.
And more minions took advantage of this gap to quickly pass past Pang Tong and rush out of the alley. It's a pity that these "shrewd" guys only ran a few steps before they were stopped by eight uninvited guests. Eight to ten, it stands to reason that the difference between the numbers of the two sides is not large. However, the fighting spirit of the minions was shattered in an instant. Because although these eight people were dressed in civilian clothes like Pang Tong and Tang Ying, each of them was holding a bow and crossbow in their hands, and the cyan arrows were shining with a terrifying cold light in the setting sun.
As Pang Tong's blade pierced the right body of a minion head-on, the evil man at the head curled up with his minions at Tang Ying's feet. This "promote" battle in the horse market finally ended with an overwhelming advantage on the side of Pang Tong. The captives were tied up in a string and searched one by one. In a short time, the kung fu fire folds, oil cans, and rags piled up into a small mountain bag.
With these props as evidence, the intentions of the gang in front of them have been exposed. However, seeing that the evil deeds were exposed, the evil man at the head did not show any fear. On the contrary, he also arrogantly threatened Pang Tong and Tang Ying, whether it is people who dare to harm us, good things, and our lords......
Before the villain could tell the instigator behind him, Pang Tong kicked him in the face. A miserable wail suddenly resounded through the alley. But Pang Tong, who was the initiator, did not have any sense of apology, but saw that he coldly glanced at the trembling minions in the alley, and dropped a sentence "The lord only needs a head, not a tongue", and then turned around and walked out of the alley.
The subordinate who understood immediately drew his saber, and in an instant, the dark alley was full of swords, and the screams splashed everywhere with bright red liquid. However, Tang Ying, who was a military general, did not participate in the killing. I saw him walk to Pang Tong's side, and asked Shiyuan with his mouth open, how did you guess that someone was going to burn the horse market? ”
In the face of Tang Ying's curious question, Pang Tong didn't sell it, but answered truthfully, "The lord wants us to beware of someone taking advantage of him to make trouble when he goes to the Taiping Palace. The way to rob the camp and disrupt the army's heart is nothing more than two ways, one is to burn grain, and the other is to burn the stables. Now it seems that the other party only burns the horse market, and I think he is reluctant to give up that bit of grain and grass. ”
Tang Ying also felt that it made sense when he heard Pang Tong's explanation, but when he thought that Cai Ji was only in the Taiping Palace with four entourages at the moment, he couldn't help but be worried, "Shiyuan, is there really no problem with the lord, don't skip words."
Pang Tong disagreed, "If Yu Ji is really like what Lin Fei and those people said, he has the intention to annex Jinxi City." Then wouldn't he be able to kill Lin Fei directly. In other words, Yu Ji didn't even dare to kill Lin Fei, so how could he risk running out of food to be unfavorable to the lord. ”
And at the same time as the fight broke out in the horse market, Lin Fei and Wang Lie were sitting upright on the pavilion of the East City Gate and playing against each other. Since the time suitable for cultivation in eastern Liaodong is much shorter than that in the Central Plains, most of the immigrants in Jinxi stopped working in the fields early and turned to the east. And in order not to let tens of thousands of people in Jinxi "waste" eating and drinking in the first winter of Liaodong. Lin Fei followed Cai Ji's example in Donglai, and organized the people to build a city through guò work for relief. Today, the four walls of Jinxi have been upgraded from the original wooden fence to rammed earth walls. However, the only thing that houses the castle tower is the east gate facing the wharf.
But seeing that at this time, Wang Lie twisted a sunspot with one hand and lightly knocked on the case with the other, and speculated in a slightly sour tone, "The sun has set in the west, but Cai Anzhen has not yet gone down." I'm afraid it's a lot of bad luck now. ”
But Lin Fei, who was sitting opposite, shook his head and vetoed Wang Lie's speculation, "No, Yu Ji won't move Cai Anzhen." ”
Wang Lie's hand that was about to fall suddenly stopped, frowned and asked why Lin Langjun said this? ”
"Because Yu Ji is afraid of death." Lin Fei looked at the chessboard and said with a slight gloom.
"If you're afraid of death, you won't move Cai Anzhen?" Wang Lie snorted disapprelicly, "How do you know that Yu Ji, who is afraid of death, will not jump off the wall in a hurry?" ”
"I have worked with Yu Ji for many years. That old Tao will do it, and he won't do it, and Fei knows better than anyone else. Lin Fei glanced up at Wang Lie, and couldn't help but have a self-deprecating smile on his face. Compared with Wang Lie and Cai Ji, Lin Fei's understanding of Ji is not inadequate, and the cooperation between the two sides is not long. It was precisely because Lin Fei knew that Yu Ji did not dare to go against the government lightly, that he had the heart to challenge Yu Ji, who had the support of tens of thousands of parishioners, to challenge Jinxi's control of the government. will instigate Wang Lie and other Liaodong Haoqiang to ask Cai Ji for his life to kill Yu Ji. However, Cai Ji, as a key figure, once again broke away from Lin Fei's expectations. The reason why it is said "again" is because Lin Fei has also tried to use some means to control Cai Ji before. However, the seemingly young female envoy was always able to turn against the guest and hold the situation tightly in her hands. Of course, this time in Jinxi is no exception.
Although Lin Fei's tone was full of frustration, Wang Lie was obviously unwilling to give up lightly. I saw that he angrily put the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, if Yu Jizhen is as you say, he is a straw bag with a strong heart. Then let Lie push him and let him be beautiful for once. ”
"Wang Langjun Ru, what is this going to do?" Lin Fei, who heard Wang Lie's unkind tone, asked eagerly.
Wang Lie waved his hand at Lin Fei as if he was sitting on the Diaoyu Tai, signaling him to be calm and not impatient, "Lin Langjun don't worry, just watch the show here slowly." ”
However, before the "good show" mentioned by Wang Lie was staged, the door suddenly remembered the eager report of the little servant, the two Lang Jun, Cai ...... Cai Yuanjun went down the mountain. ”
"So fast," Wang Lie gasped and exclaimed, "What about Yu Jina's demon dao?" ”
The little guy outside the door swallowed and said, "Daoist Yu went down the mountain with Cai Yuanjun. ”
After hearing the news, Wang Lie looked back at Lin Fei with an incredulous expression. Lin Fei seemed to have expected this kind of result a long time ago, and made a gesture of invitation to him, Wang Langjun, let's go downstairs and take a look. ”
Yu Ji went down the mountain in the same carriage with Cai Ji, accompanied by Zhang Liao, Duan Emei and others, as well as Yu Ji's henchmen. When a group of people crossed the city gate and appeared in Jinxi Market, the surrounding people all showed surprised looks. After all, in their impression, "Yu Shenxian" has not appeared in the city for a long time. Many Taiping Taoists even bowed down to Yu Ji in the carriage in the street. Regarding the reaction of the people around them, Cai Ji and Yu Ji both pretended not to see it. But the people who appeared in front of them immediately could no longer simply turn a blind eye.
"It's really a coincidence that Lin Langjun and Wang Langjun met when the mansion and Daoist Yu went down the mountain. The two of you shouldn't have made a special trip to greet Daoist Yu. Cai Ji, who was sitting in the carriage, greeted Lin Fei and Wang Lie who suddenly appeared.
"I've seen the envoy." Lin Fei bowed to Cai Ji decently, and Wang Lie behind him also bowed although his face was pale. However, after Lin Fei finished the salute, he set his eyes on Yu Ji beside Cai Ji, and then saluted him with the same kind attitude, "Yu Dao Chang has not seen him for many days, and he is really becoming more and more immortal and Dao bones." ”
"Thanks to Lin Langjun's false praise, the old Tao has only been cultivated for a few days, how dare he call it a fairy wind bone. However, Lin Langjun looked at the spirit of Ryoma. Yu Ji returned the salute to Lin Fei with a smile on his face. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them had a festival before, no one would have imagined that such a harmonious group of old and young people would make trouble in this small Jinxi City.
Cai Ji saw that the two of them were extremely harmonious, and on the one hand, he secretly scolded the two foxes in his heart, and on the other hand, he put on a posture of the main family and mentioned to everyone that it is rare for everyone to gather together today, why don't you go to the house with the mansion to drink and talk happily? It will not be long before the Taoist chief will go to Yijing with the mansion. At that time, you will not be able to see each other for a while. ”
"Oh? Daoist Yu is going to Yijing? Lin Fei and Wang Lie both exclaimed. In their opinion, it was not easy for Cai Ji to persuade Yu Ji to get out of the Taiping Palace, let alone take Yu Ji out of Jinxi City.
Yu Ji saw that the two opponents showed such a blatant surprise, and he couldn't help but stroking his goatee triumphantly, admitting that he was grateful to Cai for making the monarch respectful, and he was willing to recommend the old way to General Yuan. How could Lao Dao live up to Cai Yuanjun's kindness. ”
Yu Ji recommended it to Yuan Shao, and Lin Fei didn't expect Cai Ji to suddenly come to such a hand. For a moment, certain thoughts flashed through like a marquee. Although Lin Feiyi still couldn't grasp the key point of the problem, since the matter had reached this point, he didn't seem to have a second choice but to accept Cai Ji's mention with a smile.
But who knows, before Lin Fei opened his mouth to agree, Wang Lie, who was already ugly on the side, suddenly opened his mouth and said thank you for your kindness, but Zelie felt unwell today......"
Before Wang Lie finished speaking, there was a sudden noise from the other end of the long street, and I saw Pang Tong and Tang Ying leading a group of guards striding towards this side. And the reason why they caused such a commotion was because the two guards who followed Pang Tong were carrying two sacks dripping with blood in their hands. Some of the faint of heart were even so frightened that their legs went limp and fell to their knees.
Seeing Pang Tong and Tang Ying ignoring the cadres and others present, they walked straight to the front of the car, and gave a fist salute to Cai Ji in both directions, "I've seen the envoy." ”
Cai Ji first motioned for the two to be exempted, and then pointed to the sack in the guard's hand and asked in a deep voice Shiyuan and Shanwei, what is going on? ”
"Back to the lord, Tong and General Tang killed a group of thieves who tried to burn the stables in the horse market before." Pang Tong replied loudly as if no one was around. And Tang Ying duly signaled the two guards behind him to shake out the pockets. As a strong smell of blood permeated, one after another human heads rolled down in front of everyone like watermelons.
It is true that many people in the city have experienced war and killing, but at first sight, seeing so many heads appear in the otherwise peaceful street market at the same time, some people still can't help but feel sick. Although Yu Ji and Lin Fei's reactions were not as strong as those of the people, the smiles on their faces had invariably stiffened. As for Wang Lie, who was about to shirk Cai Ji's invitation before, his face was even more snow-white, and he stood in place without making any sound.
Just when everyone was shocked by the heads in front of them and didn't dare to make a sound, Cai Ji suddenly turned his head and asked Wang Lie, "What did Wang Langjun say just now?" ”
Wang Lie stood there and opened his mouth, and only after a while did he respond with difficulty...... Lie means that although Lie is unwell, it is rare for the king to invite him to the banquet. ”
"That's right. Drinking less will not be a big problem for the body. Although Cai Ji smiled happily at Wang Lie, the latter's expression looked more ugly than crying. Not only that, but even Yu Ji and Lin Fei became chilling, as if Cai Ji was not smiling on his face at the moment, but a sharp blade. However, Cai Ji himself didn't, but when he saw her, he immediately turned back to Pang Tong and Tang Ying and ordered coldly, "Pass the order to hang these thieves who disturb Jinxi Anning above the city gate to set an example."
"Whoa." After Pang Tong and Tang Ying both received the order, they methodically cleaned up the heads on the ground one by one under the gaze of everyone, and then walked towards the city gate not far away without looking back.
As the bloody atmosphere on the street gradually dissipated, Cai Ji once again asked Yu Ji, Lin Fei, and Wang Lie, "Can you go, don't skip words."
This time, no one dared to say more, and Cai Ji finally got only one reply, "One qiē is all up to the orders of the envoy." ”
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