Chen Zhengtai is not stupid at all, he doesn't plan to leave!

Isn't it that simple?

Once the boat escapes, not only do you have to give up a lot of baggage, but you also need to leave a team of people behind, which is tantamount to handing over your fate to the eyes of Lou Shide in front of you.

It's not that Chen Zhengtai can't trust Lou Shide, but that Chen Zhengtai never hands his fate into the hands of others.

Instead of running away, it is better to stick to Deng's house.

You must know that the family mansions in this era are not just as simple as living, because the world has experienced troubled times, and almost all the family mansions have the function of half a castle.

They built high walls, deep cellars, warehouses to store grain, and even a few arrow towers.

If Chen Zhengtai brought only a hundred ordinary soldiers, then that's fine.

But after all, he had Su Dingfang by his side, as well as dozens of elites of hussars and the prince's left guard.

So...... With the help of geographical advantages, it may not be impossible to fight.

Of course, Chen Zhengtai also has a big killer, that is, Li Tai, the king of Yue.

These rebels, once they want to make a move, in order to leave a way back for themselves, they must rescue Li Tai, the king of Yue, because only by taking Li Tai can they have a glimmer of hope for success.

Lou Shide was not surprised when he heard Chen Zhengtai say that he wanted to stay here.

He said: "If you stay here, you will inevitably have to burn all the jade." Xiaguan ...... Before coming, a report had been released, that is to say, the rush of the fast horse would be sent to the imperial court within a few days, and the imperial court would react and mobilize the military horses, it would take at least half a month, and within half a month, as long as the imperial court mobilized the military horses near Yangzhou to arrive in Yangzhou, the rebels were bound to collapse without a fight. Chen Zhanshi, we need to stick to it for half a month. ”

Although he already has an idea in his heart, Chen Zhengtai is actually a little weak about this matter.

He didn't even bother to summon Su Dingfang to ask in front of him, because Su Dingfang must have screamed and said that he would be able to hold it, and he didn't know too much about his second brother.

Seeing that Chen Zhengtai was worried, Lou Shide said: "Since Chen Zhan has an idea, then it is necessary to keep it, and now the top priority is to immediately check whether the grain and grass in the house are sufficient, whether the bows and crossbows of the soldiers are complete, if Chen Zhan is willing to fight to the death, the lower officials are willing to be the vanguard." ”

He looked like he took the initiative to ask for help.

Chen Zhengtai looked at him strangely: "Aren't you afraid of death?" ”

"What's there to fear?" Lou Shide was actually very calm, he said with a straight face: "When the lower official came to ventilate and report the news, he had already prepared for the worst, and the lower official told the truth, the situation here in Gaoyou County, Your Majesty has already seen it in person, His Royal Highness the King of Yue and the Deng family, as well as the people up and down in Yangzhou, the lower official is the county order, can he clear the relationship?" The lower official is now just a minister to be punished, although he is only an accomplice, although he can be said to be a last resort, if not, he will not be allowed to be assassinated by the king of Yue and Yangzhou, don't say that this county order, even the original Jiangdu county lieutenant can't do it! ”

"Xia Guan was born in Jinshi, but he was only born in a poor family, why didn't he want to make meritorious contributions? However, if he came from a humble background, if he didn't know how to meet the officials, he was afraid that he would have died and had no place to bury. But isn't this the opportunity for criminals to make meritorious contributions? If the Deng Mansion is guarded, then the lower officials can offset the merits. If you can't keep it, it's just a matter of dying here with Chen Zhan, even if you die, there will always be a pension in the court, and the relatives of the criminal officials can also get grace. The eldest husband was born in the world, and what he did was not to seek fame and grace his descendants? ”

This is Lou Shide's worst plan.

In his serial schemes, dying here is not a bad ending, it is better than Wu Ming and others because of rebellion and clan annihilation.

If he really dies here, at least the past sins can be written off, and he can even get the court's compensation.

Of course, although he has the determination to die, he is not a fool, and it is good to be alive!

So he said: "Naturally, we can't talk about life and death lightly. Xia Guan is quite proficient in the art of riding and archery, ordinary soldiers, more than a dozen people in person, and it is not a problem. As long as they are properly guarded, then Wu Ming and the others will take risks and attack in a hurry, and they may not be able to delay for half a month. ”

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but say: "Are you still good at riding and shooting?" ”

Although Lou Shide was born in Wenchen, in fact, this guy really shined in Gaozong and Wu Dynasty, but he led the army to fight, and made a lot of contributions in the wars against Tubo and Khitan.

Lou Shide bowed: "Not only proficient in mounted archery, but also a little bit of the art of war." ”

"Okay." Chen Zhengtai didn't have any doubts, he decided to believe the person in front of him once.

Although he felt that this person was not simple, and he didn't know what he was trying to do, at least Chen Zhengtai believed that it was absolutely impossible for the person in front of him to be in the company of traitors!

What such a man seeks is to worship the prime minister, and this is not something that a few traitors can give him.

Chen Zhengtai asked: "In this case, you should rest here first, how many errand soldiers have you brought this time?" ”

"There are more than 100 people, all of whom are the henchmen of the lower officials, and the lower officials have earned a lot of money over the years, and they have rewarded them on weekdays to subdue their hearts. Although it may not be of great use, it is enough to take on some garrison duties. ”

Chen Zhengtai: "......"

Chen Zhengtai had to sigh in his heart, this person is really high-end.

When he was a county magistrate, he already knew how to buy people's hearts, so it's no wonder that this person was able to be a marquis in history!

Chen Zhengtai is an eye-opener, in this world, there seems to be always such a kind of person, they are not willing to be lonely, even if they are from a humble background, but they have terrible ambitions, they are preparing for this ambition every day, just waiting for one day, to be able to become famous.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "Someone is coming, escort Li Tai here." ”

Now the question is...... It is necessary to defend here, and the entire Deng Mansion will act around it.

After a while, Li Tai was escorted!

Li Tai was unkempt and embarrassed, and seemed to have suffered a lot, at this time he looked panicked, and he lost a lot of weight, and when he arrived here, he didn't expect to see Lou Shide.

He was quite impressed by Lou Shide, so he shouted: "Lou Shide, are you in the same stream as Chen Zhengtai?" ”

Lou Shide turned his face away and ignored it.

Li Tai looked at Chen Zhengtai again and said, "Where is my father, I want to see my father's ......."

Chen Zhengtai only sneered at him, with a mocking look in his eyes.

Li Tai seemed to feel that his self-esteem had been insulted, so he sneered: "Chen Zhengtai, after all, I am the concubine of my father, you treat me like this, sooner or later I will ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Chen Zhengtai suddenly step forward, and then picked up his hand without hesitation, and directly gave him an ear scraper.

Syllable......

Crisp and loud, Li Tai's fat face was slapped again!

The wound on his face had not healed before, but now he had suffered a second injury, so he wailed: "You...... How dare you, you are too presumptuous, I am still the king of Yue......"

Chen Zhengtai looked at him deadly, and said coldly: "King Yue doesn't seem to know yet, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Wu Ming has rebelled under the banner of His Royal Highness King Yue, and soon, these rebels are about to surround this place, and at that time, they saved His Royal Highness King Yue, wouldn't it be fulfilling His Royal Highness King Yue's wish?" His Royal Highness King Yue, it seems that he is going to be the Son of Heaven. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Tai suddenly felt that his face was not painful.

He sneered, his eyes were straight and his eyes were not shining.

The next moment, he suddenly wailed, and the whole person had collapsed to the ground, and said in horror: "This ...... It has nothing to do with me, nothing at all. Brother...... Senior brother, do you believe Wu Ming's nonsense about this dog thief? They...... Unexpectedly...... Dare to rebel, senior brother, you know me, I and my father are close relatives, although I am at fault, but I have no intention of rebellion, senior brother, don't harm me, I ...... I want to see my father now, Wu Ming, this thief...... Mistake me. ”

Li Tai was really scared.

He really didn't think about it, not at all.

Although he sells his reputation, although he loves to deal with celebrities, although he also wants to be the emperor and take the position of the crown prince instead. But it doesn't mean that he is willing to collude with these thieves in Yangzhou, not to mention what kind of means his father is. Even if there was hope of success in the rebellion, he didn't dare to think about such a thing.

That's when he realized...... I'm completely finished.

If he said before, he knew that he was very likely to be alienated by Li Shimin in the future, and he might even be handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment, but he knew that the Criminal Department would only let him be abolished as a concubine or put under house arrest for the sake of him being the emperor's own son.

But now...... Now it's really a big crime to kill your head.

Because of fear, he shivered all over, and then looked at Chen Zhengtai pitifully, no longer having the arrogance of Tianhuang nobles, just howling and crying, gritting his teeth and saying: "Wu Ming and I are incompatible, and we don't share the sky." Senior brother, don't worry, you can rest assured, and please tell your father that if a thief comes, I would rather drink and die than obey the thief. I...... I ......"

Now Li Tai just wants to clear himself up, Lou Shide stood aside, but said: "His Royal Highness King Yue, until now, it is not the time to cry and grab the earth, the thief is coming in an instant, only by sticking to this place can he survive, what is the use of dying?" ”

Li Tai suddenly didn't dare to squeak.

This situation is a fatal matter, Chen Zhengtai did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly called Su Dingfang, and as for the errand brought by Lou Shide, Chen Zhengtai still couldn't trust Lou Shide for the time being, so he only asked Su Dingfang to incorporate these people and temporarily serve as auxiliaries, let a group of people start digging trenches around the mansion, and ordered a group of people to find loopholes in the protection of the house and repair them.

More than 200 people, under the leadership of Su Dingfang, began to get busy.

All the granaries were opened and inspected to ensure that they could last for half a month.

It's busy, and it's already a lot of burnout.

At this time, someone came to report: "That Lou Shide went out of the house and disappeared for two hours." ”

Could this guy ...... Ran away?

Or was he determined to go to the rebels?

Chen Zhengtai immediately gritted his teeth.

That Li Tai followed behind Chen Zhengtai like a shadow, and wherever Chen Zhengtai went, he followed him, and every once in a while he just asked: "Where is my father." ”

Chen Zhengtai felt that this guy was very annoying, and said impatiently: "If you don't talk too much in front of me, and if you dare to talk more, I will kill you now, and then I will blame the rebels." ”

This threat was quite effective, and Li Tai didn't dare to squeak for a while, he only muttered in his mouth; "Is there any wine? I'm afraid of pain, and when the rebels come in, I'll kill myself by drinking wine, and I look ugly when I hang myself, I'm a prince after all. If a knife were to be slashed at me, I would be scared. ”

Chen Zhengtai didn't bother to pay attention to him.

In the evening, Su Dingfang hurriedly rushed in and said, "Come on, come and see." ”

Chen Zhengtai thought that the traitors had arrived. I can't help but think, come so fast?

Chen Zhengtai hurriedly went out, waited out of the lobby, and went straight to the middle door, but found that the middle door was wide open, and Lou Shide was actually coming in with a mighty team.

Most of these people are women and children, and Lou Shide saluted Chen Zhengtai and said: "Xia Guan saw that there was still plenty of time, so he rashly went to the county seat and brought these women and children." When the officials heard that the rebels were going to rebel, they immediately sent people to let them gather in the county, and the families of the officers were outside the house, and once the rebels took them, the officers would not want to defend them. Now that these family members have brought in, although there are many more mouths, but in this way, these errand servants have no way to retreat, they can only advance and retreat with Chen Zhan, and if they want to live today, they will live together, and if they want to die, they will die together, so as to teach them that they have no dissent. ”

Only then did Chen Zhengtai know that this guy had this idea.

He couldn't help but admire Lou Shide a little, this guy is not ordinary decisive, and he thinks about things thoroughly enough, if he is replaced, it is estimated that he will not be able to think of these for a while, and he has arranged it in advance, which shows how well he acts.

Chen Zhengtai said: "Why didn't you bring it earlier?" ”

"At that time, the lower officials didn't know the situation of the grain here in the Deng Mansion, and when they counted the grain and learned that it was quite abundant, they decided to send their families here." Lou Shide was looking at it and continued: "In addition, Xiaguan's family members have also been brought, Xiaguan has three wives and concubines, and two children, one is eleven years old and can be an auxiliary soldier, and the other is still in infancy. ”

As he spoke, he came out with an eleven-year-old boy who looked very similar to him, like a mold.

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, if he doesn't look like it, it's weird, it's a tragedy in the world.

Chen Zhengtai nodded and said: "Okay, you bring some errand soldiers, and some women and children, and organize them as auxiliary soldiers, responsible for counting food, providing food, in addition, there are also carrying weapons, in this house, you take someone to search again, to see if there is anything that can be used." ”

"Whoa."

Speaking of which, in fact, Chen Zhengtai no longer cares what Lou Shide's idea is, at least he knows that Lou Shide's operation is obviously ready to live and die with Deng Zhai, at least for the time being, this person can be trusted.

Lou Shide was not polite and took the order directly, but he hesitated a little, called Chen Zhengtai aside, and said in a low voice: "Chen Zhanshi, can you tell the truth, is Your Majesty not here at all?" ”

has reached this point, Chen Zhengtai did not hide it from him: "Yes, Your Majesty is indeed not here, he is already on the way back to Chang'an." ”

When Lou Shide heard this, he didn't know if he was lucky, but fortunately he made the right choice, His Majesty is not here at all, which means that even if these traitors attack here, take down the King of Yue, and rebel, it is impossible to get the emperor's edict!

On the contrary, His Majesty returned to Chang'an and learned about the situation here, no matter whether the traitors took the Deng Mansion or not, Wu Ming and these people would definitely die.

His eyes were red, and he said: "That's good, that's good, if that's the case, I can rest assured, what I'm most worried about is that Your Majesty really falls into the hands of thieves." ”

Chen Zhengtai suddenly looked at him coldly and said, "In the past, you were in collusion with Wu Ming and others to exploit the people, where did you have half a point of loyalty?" Now, why is it like this? ”

This question is what Chen Zhengtai has always been most puzzled about, but now he can't help but ask it anymore, and only when some things are said can there be a foundation for mutual trust.

When Lou Shide heard this, he stared at Chen Zhengtai deeply.

He hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Who in this world does not have a heart of loyalty?" I am a person who has read books, don't say it's me, it's the assassin Wu Ming, didn't he have loyalty? It's just that I'm not Chen Zhan's business, but I don't have a choice. Chen Zhanshi was born in a famous family, although he once had a family that fell in the middle, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, where did he know the situation of people from poor families like Lou. ”

"Do you know, I studied at the age of five or six, learned to ride and shoot at the age of seven, and never stopped day and night, I am not an extremely smart person, nor do I have any talent, today I am lucky to have some civil and military skills, all of which are based on the diligence of not daring to delay my studies in the cold and heat. In order to study, I only slept three hours a day, and in order to learn to ride and shoot, I was scarred at a young age, and I did not have a good piece of flesh and skin on my body. ”

"What do you think I'm learning this for? I don't hide it, one of them is because my parents have high expectations for me, and in order to teach me to ride and shoot and study, they would rather cut down on food and clothing on their own, and they never complained. And I, Lou Shide, can I let them down? This is not only to repay the kindness of his parents, but also the lintel that the husband should revitalize, otherwise, what is the use of living in the world? ”

Taking a deep breath, Lou Shide's expression was a little less respectful to Chen Zhengtai, and more sad and indignant, and he continued: "But I have worked hard for more than ten years, and I may not be as lucky as you Chen Zhan, you can be an official when you are born, you will have servants, even if you don't have to study, you can be rich and noble." But what about my Lou Shide? What if I have learned the art of literature and martial arts? When I arrived in Chang'an, I wanted to apply for the exam, but I found that there was no knowledge, and if no one recommended me, I would not even have a way to take the imperial examination! ”

"I am a seven-foot man, a good man, just to get the recommendation of the high gate, but I need to flatter, grovel to the children of the high gate who do not learn and have no skills, and cater to their preferences. Even if it is a straw bag, if I offend a little, then from now on, there is no place in the world for me to stand on the cone of Lou Shide, and since then I have disappeared, and all my efforts have come to naught. ”

Speaking of this, Lou Shide's eyes suddenly turned red, as if he was talking about the most touching place in his heart, and said with unwillingness: "The difference between the noble and the low, like a gap that cannot be crossed, you are easy to do, but I need to spend endless energy and ten times the effort to have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination, but this is ...... And how? I am a high school jinshi, and I am known for my knowledge, and I am known for my dedication to work. However, those who do not have a Zhongjin Shi can easily obtain a noble position, and they can stay in Chang'an, and I ...... But it's just a small Jiangdu County Lieutenant, and no one cares! ”

"I just want to ask Chen Zhanshi, why is this? Am I not good enough to learn? Is it because I don't have the courage? Am I not as faithful as others? Am I not doing enough to be myself? No! This is because I Lou Shide was born in a humble family and was born in a poor family, so there will never be a day to get ahead. ”

"But I'm not reconciled. If I am willing, how can I be worthy of my parents, and if I accept my fate, how can I be worthy of what I have learned in my life? I need to know how to endure more than you, I'm just a county lieutenant, shouldn't I be stabbing history? His Royal Highness the King of Yue is so happy, shouldn't I do what he likes? If I don't follow the crowd, I won't even be able to get a county lieutenant, and if I still think very highly of myself and refuse to do that thing that goes against my will, where in the world will there be any Lou Shide? Don't I want to become a royal historian, accusing others of their mistakes every day, gaining people's reputation, and leaving my name in history? Why don't I want to be favored by others because of my integrity, and live innocently in this world? ”

"They threw me into the mud, and I was covered in filth and stains, but they still expected me to be innocent, to be a pure gentleman, no, I am not a gentleman, and I will never be a gentleman. From then on, my children and grandchildren will be sheltered by me, and they can be the same as Chen Zhanshi, they can be born innocent, I am black, it doesn't matter what others think, but I can show my strengths in life. So ......"

He stared at Chen Zhengtai deadly, and said: "Here, I hold the heart of death, live and die with Chen Zhan, if the people in this house die, I Lou Shide will never take a step back." They have murdered my wives and concubines and children, and I will never be a thief. ”

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The 6,000-word chapter was delivered, and a thousand words were returned, happy, and 19,000 words were still owed. Can I ask for a monthly pass?