"Afraid?" Zhang Heng said with a disdainful face: "When Lao Tzu used the enemy's head as a urinal, you surnamed Yang were still peeing and playing with mud, and now Lao Tzu is old and retired, and he will be bullied by a shameless villain like you for pulling water." ”

Every scar on his body is a medal from the battlefield, which is not only a medal, but also a mark of the iron-blooded man.

After suffering so many injuries, if ordinary people estimated that nine lives would not be enough to die, Zhang Heng survived.

When Duan Xiaoliu and the others saw it, they also took off their shabby clothes on their upper bodies, revealing the same scarred body, and a team member named Zhu Ping lost a left hand.

For a while, as if time had stood still, the entire Qixiamen was quiet, and when they looked at the six topless retired veterans who were surrounded by the city guards, many people's eyes were moist, and some righteous people couldn't help but raise their voices:

A ranger dressed as a middle-aged man, put his right hand on the sword he carried, and shouted loudly: "A city lang, to treat the meritorious soldiers of the Tang Dynasty like this, it is simply not as good as a pig and a dog." ”

"What a great official, not to mention the violent damage to property, and the blatant arrest without evidence, people who don't know, do you think you are the general of Jin Wuwei." A richly dressed son couldn't help but speak up.

"yes, that old soldier is not flexible on his feet, and he pushed people to the ground."

"Look at these people, the old, the crippled, and they can't bear to do it."

"I don't know, these are people without clothes, and the city gate lang surnamed Yang is the prince's person."

"The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled don't let go, what about those who don't have clothes, people don't steal or rob, they just pull some water and break Tang Law?"

"That's it, they all cooperated with them to check, a good cart of water, put the spear in it, and the water can still be drunk? It's not enough to put it in, and the waterwheel is deliberately poked, it's just a brute. ”

Datang is chivalrous, seeing injustices, bullied or meritorious retired veterans, after someone took the lead, the onlookers blamed one after another, it was some soft-hearted soldiers who quietly tightened the bowstring and put it down.

For some reason, whether it was a ranger, a peddler, a pawn, a son, or an ordinary person, seeing a few old-fashioned veterans in shabby clothes and scarred all over their bodies naked in the cold wind, they were very sad and angry in their hearts.

Yang Zheng didn't expect Zhang Heng to come out suddenly, just now he was also shocked by Zhang Heng's scar, and when he reacted, public opinion had been formed, and he regretted it at first, but when his eyes saw the horizontal knife in his hand, he became confident again, and shouted loudly: "Chang'an City Gate, when did you talk about the noise and can't rebel?" ”

There was a sudden shout, and everyone was startled, and no one dared to speak for a while.

Seeing that everyone was convinced, Yang Zheng immediately said: "Come on, take them down, and those who resist will be killed." ”

There is no turning back from the bow, if you coax it now, everything in front of you will be in vain, and there will be a joke.

The amount is small, non-gentleman, non-toxic and not husband, take it and then talk about it.

A "kill or kill" angered everyone present, Zhang Heng and Duan Xiaoliu and the other six people were so angry that their faces turned red, and they clenched their fists tightly one by one, as long as there was a little wind and grass, they would resist.

There were several rangers present, their hands on the hilt of their swords, as if they were hesitating.

Just as the atmosphere became so solemn that it was about to suffocate, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and then someone shouted, "General Xue has arrived." ”

The crowd and the city guards in the direction of the city gate quickly moved away, only to see a group of brightly armored cavalry galloping towards them, the most conspicuous of which was a tall, square-faced general wearing bright light armor.

Yang Zheng, who just wanted to forcibly take someone, was startled when he saw the square-faced general, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Subordinates, see General Xue." ”

The person who came was Jin Wuwei's general Xue Wanche, the supreme general of Jin Wuwei, and also the most relied on figure of Prince Cheng, it was Li Jiancheng who was specially transferred back to Chang'an to be responsible for the safety of the capital, and Li Jiancheng also handed over the important post of General Jin Wuwei to Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche said with a cold face: "What happened? ”

Yang Zheng dared to hide it, and hurriedly told him what had happened, but he said that Zhang Heng and others did not cooperate with the inspection and intended to resist.

A veteran of the Clothes Hall?

When Xue Wanche heard this, his brows furrowed, now is an eventful time, as long as it involves the Qin Palace, you must be cautious, a place to place retired homeless veterans, as for spending so much energy?

While thinking of a way to deal with it, he looked at the shirtless veterans, and suddenly, Xue Wanche's gaze stopped on Duan Xiaoliu's face, and he suddenly walked over: "Sixth son?"

"Boss Xue... No, General Xue is good. Duan Xiaoliu lowered his head and said with some shame.

Duan Xiaoliu was Xue Wanche's personal guard in Youzhou, before the Tang army attacked, he was instigated by his fellow villagers and secretly left the team to take refuge in Li Tang, which was regarded as a betrayal of Xue Wanche, but he didn't expect that Xue Wanche would also return to the Tang Dynasty later, and he was also trusted by the prince Li Jiancheng, and he rose step by step.

Duan Xiaoliu had long known that Xue Wanche was General Jin Wuwei and the military general that the prince relied on the most, but he had betrayed Xue Wanche and had never dared to look for it, but he didn't expect to meet here.

I used to call Xue Boss, but I got used to it, but after I opened my mouth, I realized that I was calling it wrong, and I quickly changed it back.

A voice of Boss Xue suddenly reminded Xue Wanche of the years in Youzhou, and his eyes softened a lot, and when he saw the scar on Duan Xiaoliu's right arm, which was more than a foot long, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's cold, what's the matter, let's talk about getting dressed." ”

Back then, the Tang army pressed the border, and the leader of the troops was Li Shimin, who used soldiers like a god, everyone knew that Youzhou could not be defended, and there were many people who secretly defected to the enemy camp, and finally Xue Wanche also surrendered, and Xue Wanche did not complain about Duan Xiaoliu who left him.

The terrifying scar on Duan Xiaoliu's right arm, which was left by Duan Xiaoliu when he was a personal guard, was left by the fatal knife he blocked for himself, and promised him that he would eat and drink spicy food with himself, and he thought that he would die on the battlefield a long time ago, but he didn't expect to meet him here.

Mixed up like this... It's miserable.

After Duan Xiaoliu got dressed, Xue Wanche asked him a few words, and then looked at the broken carriage, and soon understood what was wrong.

After a deep groan, Xue Wanche spoke: "All the waterwheels are open, and I am going to check it out for myself." ”

At the sound of the order, his men immediately opened the lids of the remaining four water wheels, but instead of being as violent as before, they carefully opened the lids.

Didn't you see that General Xue had a relationship with that veteran, the dignified general checked it in person, and it was clear that he wanted to correct Duan Xiaoliu and their names, and it was not good to have no eyes.

Xue Wanche checked them one by one, and after checking them, he patted the water inlet on it and said to Zhang Heng: "Remember, go back and change it, the opening is larger, it is easy to check, and it is best to have no dead ends, so that you don't need to poke things in to check." ”

"General Xie mentioned." Zhang Heng quietly clenched his fists.

Xue Wanche nodded and glanced at his cronies on the side.

The cronies immediately understood and shouted loudly: "The inspection is correct, let go, don't stand, what should you do, all line up for inspection." ”

Zhang Heng glanced at Xue Wanche with some surprise, hesitated, saluted Xue Wanche, and then pulled Duan Xiaoliu, who had a somewhat complicated expression, and after finishing the lid of the waterwheel, he drove the waterwheel into the city.

I don't know how it ended, and I also made the worst plan inside, but I didn't expect General Jin Wuwei Xue Wanche to arrive in time, and what I didn't expect was that Duan Xiaoliu, who was quiet on weekdays, actually knew Xue Wanche, judging from their titles, the relationship was not bad before.

Either way, there was no danger.

Although there is a water wheel damaged, fortunately, the problem is not big, just repair it a little, and the most rare thing is that Xue Wanche gave himself a trick to make the water inlet bigger, so that it is easy to inspect.

Xue Wanche's words were for Zhang Heng, and they were also for those city guards, as long as the waterwheel was fine, with Xue Wanche's words here, those city guards believed that they would no longer deliberately embarrass themselves.

After Zhang Heng and the others left, Yang Zheng knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty: "My subordinates are not effective in disciplining my subordinates, please punish the general." ”

The disparity in status was too great, and Yang Zheng saw Xue Wanche's attitude towards that lame Duan Xiaoliu, and preemptively admitted his mistake.

Xue Wanche glanced at him and said expressionlessly, "Yang Zheng, do you know what's wrong?" ”

"Subordinate... The mistake is not to embarrass those veterans who have retired. ”

Xue Wanche pressed one hand on his shoulder: "You have done a good job, it should be strictly investigated, but it is too obvious, it is easy to cause public anger, and it is easy to damage the reputation of the prince, remember, people or goods without clothes must be strictly inspected every time they enter and exit, but the attitude is better, after all, they are all retired robes, and they are still old, weak, sick and disabled." ”

Water is no problem, and access is fine, but you must not bring any suspicious people or contraband.

The prince fought with the king of Qin, although the prince had the upper hand, but the prince and the people around him did not dare to be careless, you must know that Li Er has a reputation and popular heart, a large number of capable people, and also controls nearly half of the army of the Tang Dynasty, if you are not careful, you may lose everything.