Guan Xiang hurriedly coughed and reminded Su Yu, and said in his heart, my lord, why did you mention money again, didn't we say before that you shouldn't talk about money? Su Yu also realized his gaffe, and immediately changed his words: "I mean, how do you prove that you are Han?" Beiyi people are the same as us, you can't be Beiyi people? ”

Zhang Xiaowu said disdainfully: "I don't need to prove myself. If you don't believe it, you can find any soldier of the 27th Regiment, I heard that there are more than 100 people, if you don't believe in one person, you can find more, all the people of the 27th Regiment know me. ”

Su Yu laughed: "Don't be ashamed, everyone knows you?" More than 10,000 people in the 27th Regiment know you? ”

Zhang Xiaowu believed: "Zhang Xiaowu, the captain of the 27th Regiment, is the only one. ”

Seeing that the man in front of him was so confident and calm, the momentum seemed to be like a stormy wave, which made Su Yu feel pressured. He settled down, pretending to sigh and leaning back on the chair, but his eyes were always locked on Zhang Xiaowu's body, so sharp that he pierced people's hearts, Zhang Xiaowu was frank and not afraid at all.

"How many people have you killed?" Su Yu asked again.

Zhang Xiaowu counted it in his heart, but after counting twice, he gave up, shook his head and said bitterly: "I can't remember, probably less than two hundred, or more than two hundred." ”

Su Yu didn't believe it: "I killed more than 200 people, how can I not believe it?" ”

Secretary Guan whispered in his ear: "My lord, just before this moment, when he came out of the dungeon, he rushed into a Wuhuan prisoner of war cell and killed nine people. ”

Su Yu shouted: "What's the situation? Did he kill again? Just now? Secretary Guan pointed to the blood stains on Zhang Xiaowu's body and nodded, Su Yu took a breath of cold air, and said after a while: "This person is crazy, right?" So fond of killing. ”

The clerk said: "If you want to come to the battle of Tucheng, the battle is fierce, and it is naturally easy for a good military assistant to be promoted, and this military captain is not a real difference, or it can reward officers from poor families who have killed more enemies." ”

Su Yu scratched his head and asked, "We identify a captain, is there a reward on it?" How much can I give? ”

The clerk said, "It should be a good reward." ”

When Su Yu heard that the reward was rich, he suddenly came to his senses, and only felt that the person in front of him was his cash cow, and immediately said: "Hey! I, Su Yu, am not for any reward, I am all dedicated to the country, and I can't bear to be loyal and unfair! Secretary Guan, you quickly go and find the other people from the 27th Regiment to come and testify. ”

"Oh, sir." Guan Xiang bent down and asked, "How to treat this person?" ”

Su Yu said: "Can't be lazy, Guan Xiang, this matter is handed over to you, I just care about the reward - I just want to avenge him, I want to see who is so bold and wronged the hero." He calculated in his heart that if he treated a lieutenant well, he could at least transfer a thousand taels of silver, which was five times his annual salary.

Guan Xiao thought for a while and suggested: "My Majesty thinks that this person should be kept in solitary confinement, but this person is highly skilled in martial arts, and he needs to be shackled, so as not to pretend to escape from this person, and wait for the other people of the 27th Regiment to identify him and then release him." ”

Su Yu smiled: "Just follow this method." ”

Although Zhang Xiaowu was dissatisfied, he saw Guan Xiang apologize again and again with a smiling face, and knew that he had not cleared his suspicion, so he could only temporarily put on shackles and be taken to a three-story tower. The tower here was originally to store some sundries, and after Guan Xiang sent someone to clean it up, he only put a bed and a quilt here, and let him take a cold shower. Zhang Xiaowu scrubbed hard for an hour before stopping, and finally washed the dirt and lice on his body, and the Guan Xiang also asked people to send a new set of clothes, apologizing on behalf of Su Yu.

As for food, the camp gave him even more preferential treatment, not only resuming the morning, evening and evening meals of three meals a day, but even sending a pot of spirits for recreation.

Zhang Xiaowu had nothing to do, so he asked Guan Xiang to buy some current books and newspapers for himself, the newspaper is a collection of official documents issued by the imperial court, some students and gentry like to care about national affairs, after the imperial newspapers are issued, they will print them themselves. Some booksellers saw that it was profitable, so they published the newspaper privately. The imperial court did not care about the "pirated newspapers", and only required the booksellers to print them in their original form. If someone fabricates the imperial court's official newspaper, he will be killed in the name of committing a false decree, so whether the newspaper is pirated or not, all the official documents of the imperial court are recorded.

The latest Di Bao did not involve the Battle of Tucheng, but the support of some state capitals for the Battle of Saibei and the praise of the emperor, Zhang Xiaowu felt useless after reading a few Di Bao.

In addition to studying, Zhang Xiaowu was exercising to recover his body in the few days he was waiting for the proof, but fortunately, he had a good foundation, coupled with eating and drinking, he fully recovered in a few days.

After a few more days, Guan Xiang told him that Shi Jing would pass by Mucheng, and that Shi Jing would prove his identity at that time.

Zhang Xiaowu asked, "Is the imperial court going to hold General Shi accountable?" ”

Guan Xiao hurriedly said: "The imperial court just asked General Shi to explain in person, and did not blame him. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "What else do you need to explain, the reinforcements have not come for a long time, and hundreds of thousands of troops outside Tucheng are besieging the city, how can the 27th Regiment stop it?" ”

Guan Xiang said: "Who said you don't have reinforcements? ”

Zhang Xiaowu sneered: "Is there any reinforcement in Tucheng, can I not know?" The Yizi camp guards the west side of the city wall, the Jincheng camp and the Yashan camp are in the west of the wooden city, if there is a figure or even a wisp of smoke, our Yizi camp must be the first to know. For a month and a half, we didn't even see the ghost of reinforcements. ”

Guan Xiang said: "I don't know about this, I heard that the crown prince sent the third regiment and the twenty-fifth regiment to rescue together, and Li Cunyi, the general of Anyuan, personally led the troops, and fought with the Inuyi army on the road for several days. ”

Zhang Xiaowu shouted: "I walked west along the Jialan River for a few days, not to mention meeting people on the way, even the footprints of the army were not seen, what bullshit reinforcements!" ”

Guan Xiao laughed, he naturally didn't know the merits, but he knew that the responsibility for the annihilation of the 27th Regiment must be borne by another person. Either Shi Jing or the crown prince, for the emperor, it is self-evident which is more important. Presumably, Shi Jing returned to Longdu, and he should not need to explain, and he would be imprisoned. But I heard that Shi Jing is Zhang Dang, and Zhang Kuan, the prime minister of Zuo, will definitely try his best to protect this person, but I am afraid that Shi Jing's arrival will cause a bloody storm in Longdu City.

Two days later, Shi Jing arrived in Mucheng, Zhang Xiaowu woke up early, did 200 push-ups and 500 sit-ups in the room to warm up, felt very energetic, and was able to go out today, and his mood was much better. But he hopes to meet Shi Jing, and even he will testify to Shi Jing to prove that the defeat of Tucheng is not Shi Jing's reason.

After waiting for a long time, Guan Xiang finally came.

Zhang Xiaowu stepped forward and asked, "Where is General Shi?" Has he come to testify against me? ”

Guan Xiang said: "Master Zhang, I have bad news, worse news, and worst news, which one do you want to hear?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't cry or laugh: "Secretary Guan is really joking." ”

Guan Xiang said directly: "The bad news is that when General Shi arrived at the north gate of Mucheng and had not yet entered the city, the holy decree of the imperial court arrived, and the imperial envoy personally read out that Shi Jing was sentenced to death for the crime of abandoning the city and escaping, in order to comfort the 160 million Han soldiers of the 27th Regiment who died in the whole army and the 20,000 people of Tucheng who were slaughtered. After Shi Jing heard the holy decree, he shouted three times, and the wall of the north gate of the wooden city committed suicide. ”

Zhang Xiaowu suddenly sat down on the bed and said in a lost voice: "Abandon the city and escape? ”

"Yes."

"Impossible!"

"Then why is he alive?"

"Is it a sin for him to live?"

Guan Xiao nodded and said, "It's a sin for him to live, and if he dies, he will be a hero of the Holy Han, and the Shi family should also be remembered for future generations." ”

"Ridiculous, ridiculous!" Zhang Xiaowu said coldly, "If I wait for the soldiers to escape, we will also be cowards?" ”

"You're different." Guan Xiang said, but he said in his heart, you are not Zhang Dang, so naturally you don't need the princelings to kill them all. Guan Xiang understands that the killing between the court is more cruel than the battlefield, and he only needs to face the enemy on the battlefield, and in addition to facing the enemy, the court also has to guard against his own people, so he doesn't like the court's intrigues very much.

Zhang Xiaowu frowned, his heart was troubled, Shi Jing had the grace to support him, but now he was forced to die because of a holy decree, and the crime was so ridiculous, what is this for? Is the murderer the emperor Lao'er or the crown prince? In an instant, Zhang Xiaowu had the urge to enter the dragon capital and cut off the emperor's head.

They were the murderers who killed the 27th Regiment and the people of Tucheng, not Shi Jing.

After a long time, Zhang Xiaowu calmed down his anger and asked, "Is there any worse news than this?" ”

Guan Xiao said: "The worse news is that Shi Jing hit the city gate and died before he could testify to you." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, then smiled coldly, but stopped talking. Shi Jing's death filled him with disappointment and anger towards this court, he did not have any sense of belonging to this era, to this country, and now, the court itself has killed his only good feelings for this empire.

After a long time, Zhang Xiaowu said, "In this way, I want to go back to the dungeon?" ”

Guan Xiao shook his head with a smile and said, "He Shi Jing is not the only one in the 27th regiment, he doesn't give you a testimony, others can testify against you." There are still a few soldiers of the 27th Regiment who came to Mucheng with Shi Jing, and there are even Jinyi Guards, who can testify to you. As he spoke, he took out a scroll of paintings, slowly opened it, compared Zhang Xiaowu with the portrait, shook his head and said, "It's not like it." ”

"It's not like it."

"You have a beard, but you don't have a beard in the portrait."

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't cry or laugh, but when he saw Guan Xiang take out the dagger from his sleeve pocket again, he took the dagger and shaved his beard. He didn't shave his beard when he was in Tucheng, and he didn't shave again until the day of the wedding, and more than a month has passed since that day, and he looks like he is in his thirties with stubble and messy hair, and he looks like an eighteen-year-old young general, so he took the opportunity to clean himself up.