Chapter 32: Déjà vu
The guards saluted forward, and Mao Wenlong looked very impatient, and said to the guards: "The military gate will raise the account, personally interrogate this group of anti-thieves, bring out the one surnamed Li, and hand it over to me to take away." ”
The guards replied: "Yes!" turned over and marched into the military tent, and said to Li Chengfeng: "Okay, let's go!" Stretching out his hand to pick up the chain, Li Chengfeng was not stubborn, stood up and followed out.
Li Chengfeng walked out of the tent, Mao Wenlong took two teams, all carrying paper lanterns in their hands, and shook them in Li Chengfeng's face, Mao Wenlong shouted: "Are you called Li Chengfeng?"
Li Chengfeng only replied with a "yes", and Mao Wenlong said to the two teams: "Take him." "Come over a small team, take the lock from the hands of the army commander and escort, and go straight to the big tent.
Li Chengfeng peeked at the situation in the big tent while walking, and the night in the big tent was different from the daytime, five steps and one stop, and a stone's throw away, there was a team of officers and soldiers patrolling the night. A red light was pulled up on the watchtower, and there were soldiers watching on it.
In the distance, I saw the lanterns and torches in front of the big tent, shining like day. Twenty sharpeners, twenty archers, goose wings lined up. The knife sharpener is each holding a thick-backed ghost-headed knife, and the archers are carved bows and cross-arrow pots, all of whom are in their twenties, all of them are burly and vigorous.
There were eight officers and men, each with a torch, which was dipped in pine twig grease and was not afraid of the wind and was bright. Two pairs of wind lanterns were placed at the door of the tent, and two military attachés stood close to the door of the tent.
Li Chengfeng was led to the big tent to cut close, and looked into the big tent, the place inside was very large, from the door of the big tent to the table inside, it was three or four zhang deep.
Behind the official case, there is a screen, and in front of the screen and behind the official case, there are four guards with cross-waist knives. On both sides of the public case, there were generals of the regiment and battalion, all of whom came here to wait for the military gate to raise the tent. There were four pairs of horn lamps and two poke lamps hanging in the tent, and the tent was full of mutton fat candles, and the tent felt bright.
The handsome seat was still empty, Li Chengfeng was instructed by Mao Wenlong to stand on the left and wait, but on the right was the Lanmei family, standing there, so many people inside and outside the tent were silent, and the place where Li Chengfeng stood could look into the big tent.
It didn't take much time, and two people came out from behind the screen, and one of them said: "The military gate is down!" Immediately, the generals stood in their own positions, and followed the majestic and solemn Wang Xuegang who walked out from behind the screen.
Wang Xue had just entered the handsome seat, and the generals had finished seeing the main general, and they each retreated to both sides. Li Chengfeng saw that Wang Xuegang looked so fierce: his face was like a crab shell, like a green brick, two thick eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes, two eyes, shining with fierce light, sitting there without anger and self-authority, and another kind of terrifying spirit.
Wang Xue just lifted the red pen on the case and clicked a few points on a piece of paper. Mao Wenlong, who was standing next to the public case, came to the big tent and greeted: "Take Lan Mei, Lan Shizhong, Lan Shixian, Lan An, Wu Wenyuan, and Li Chengfeng." ”
The soldiers outside replied, "Yes!"
After entering the account, the two teenagers, an old man and a middle-aged man, knelt down together, and only Lan Mei said: "Late Lan Mei, see Lord Junmen." With that, he asked for a big peace and still stood proudly.
Wang Xuegang's eyes widened, the public case was patted, and he pointed at Lan Mei and shouted: "You are such a big shelf, what is your identity, you dare to be so arrogant and rude when you see this military gate?"
Lan Mei calmly replied: "Late life doesn't dare to be rude in front of the army. In his later life, he was a member of the imperial examination, and he was the first in the palace examination, and he once served as a salt transportation envoy. ”
Wang Xuegang laughed wildly, and suddenly sank his face and said: "Dare to be Lan Juren, this is disrespectful! But I don't know what position Lan Juren is in now, and where is the honor?"
Lan Mei replied: "It has been several years since I resigned from my home in my later life. ”
Wang Xuegang suddenly slapped the case and said: "You are just a civilian now, and when you see this army, you dare to be so presumptuous! I'll beat you up first, and then I'll ask you about collaborating with the enemy and rebelling against you when I come back. Come on, carry him down and beat him with forty sticks!"
Lan Meiqi's face was pale, and she said angrily: "The military gate is a commander of the army, with the duty of defending the country and protecting the people. The army has raided my door and will not announce my guilt, and at this time, they will humiliate me with torture without asking any questions! May I be asked what punishment I have violated and what crime I deserve? In my later life, I was a state official, and as long as I deserved my crimes, I would die without complaint! I also begged the military gate to clearly show me what crimes I had committed, and I would be grateful in my later life. ”
Wang Xuegang said sharply: "Don't bite and chew words with me." I'm just asking you, who is this Blackwater City in now?"
Lan Mei replied, "This Blackwater City has been occupied by the Blackstone Empire. ”
Wang Xuegang slapped the public case and said: "Since it was occupied by the enemy army, the people died and fled, and there were those who could not run or walk, so they had to surrender to the enemy army and obey the people." So why are you going to Blackwater City?"
Lan Mei looked at Wang Xuegang in a daze, and said for a while: "Junmen, where do you start with this? I haven't left Blue Lion City in my later years, so I never wanted to go to Blackwater City." ”
Wang Xuegang said angrily: "Lanmei, you are too cunning and cunning, you can be more clear in your heart! Don't think that this army is coarse, you haven't drunk ink, and it's easy to be deceived, then you are wrong, but you will find more bitterness for your flesh and skin." To tell the truth, you have also been an official in this army, so we will have an official to protect you and treat you lightly, if you deliberately teach this military door trouble, I have to do it according to military law, and at that time do not complain that this military door is ruthless. Lan Mei, what kind of close friends do you have in Blackwater City? What is the physiology of this friend of yours? What is your relationship with Heifeng? The Blackstone Empire is still going to enter Blue Lion City, how many soldiers and horses is he going to send? You must know! You have confessed well, and this army will still accumulate a point of virtue, open up the net, and open up a way for you to survive. As long as you think of the suffering of millions of lives in Guanzhong, how big are the forces of Heifeng and Han Zhen, and when will the troops take the Blue Lion City, and report them to this army gate one by one, I will definitely cover you up in front of the general, you only admit that you have any dealings with the enemy army, and now you repent and surrender yourself, and are willing to scatter your wealth to help the army's salary, in order to atone for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and this army gate will say a few good words for you from the side, won't you escape with your life! Lan Mei, why don't you confess and wait?"
Wang Xuegang's words made Lan Mei more and more like falling into the clouds, although he did not know the truth of this disaster, the words "collaborating with the enemy and plotting rebellion" were touched with the disaster of death! So he didn't dare to be as strong as before, and hurriedly said: "The late life really feels the grace of the military gate! But the military gate really doesn't know what the military gate said, so how can the late student confess?"
Wang Xuegang glared at him and scolded sharply: "Lanmei, you are too bastard." This military door is kind to persuade you, but you turn a deaf ear, you say you don't know, you should know this person?"
Wang Xuegang pointed at Li Chengfeng with his finger, Lan Meishun Wang Xuegang saw that it was an ordinary-looking young man in Xuanyi, who seemed to be familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen it, so he said upward: "I don't know him in my life, and I don't know him." ”
Wang Xuegang was suddenly angry, grabbed a piece of Zhu Yantai from the public case, smashed it according to Lanmei, and scolded in his mouth: "Smash you thief!"
As soon as Lan Mei lowered her head, the inkstone flew over his head with a whizz, and slammed into the chest of a soldier who was in charge of the crow's beak, and fell to the ground with a thud, rolling back and forth in pain.