Chapter 45: The Prisoner Killer
Zhang Xiaowu gulped down roast chicken and drank soju in large gulps, and the aroma overflowed and even washed away the stench in the dungeon, which also caused protests from the surrounding prisoners of war. The Wuhuan prisoners of war next door were lying next to the wooden fence squinting and smelling, the corners of their mouths kept drooling, Zhang Xiaowu threw the leftover chicken bones over, causing the Wuhuan prisoners of war to scramble.
Zhang Xiaowu laughed even more arrogantly when he saw them eating and eating dog, and when he was full of wine and food, he stretched his waist and lay on the dry straw paper to watch Zhao Suo and Chen Guanxi remove Baden'er's body. Two more prisoners of war came in, wiping the blood from the ground with rags and basins. Zhang Xiaowu was very comfortable lying on the dry grass, and he fell asleep again when he was drunk.
The jailer who called Wang Yijin secretly glanced at it, and saw Zhang Xiaowu sleeping calmly, completely ignoring the environment, he admired it in his heart, and hurriedly told Hu Sanwan and Gao Shichang.
Gao Shi sighed: "It is worthy of being killed by Tucheng to have such a heart." I heard that General Shi will soon arrive in Mucheng, and if I see this old subordinate at that time, I will definitely support him. Hu Sanwan, you treat him well, if he is promoted to the rank of young lieutenant in the future, he may remember you. ”
Hu Sanwan said: "It's good if he can pay me back the wine money, I don't need him to remember me." Today I bought him chicken and wine because he killed Baden for me. That bastard smashed one of my front teeth with one punch, and last night I couldn't sleep in pain all night and vomited blood. By the way, Lord Shi, what is the origin of Baden, and why do the lieutenants and lieutenants and other officials attach so much importance to him? ”
Gao Shichang pretended to be profound: "Do you know the story of buying bones with a thousand gold?" ”
Hu Sanwan was surprised: "A bone weighs a thousand catties? ”
Gao Shi Changxin said that you are uneducated, and explained: "Reading more and buying bones is a metaphor for trying to recruit talents." Now that the northern and southern Tatars are divided, the Eastern and Western Tatars, who were not valued by everyone in the past, have become the object of attraction between the two parties, and this Baden has a certain prestige in the eastern steppes, and if the general can recruit him to serve my holy Han, it may attract other tribes to follow suit. It's a pity that this person is used to being rebellious, and has slaughtered several Han villages, although some people agree to recruit him, but some people think that he slaughtered Han villages and is a Tatar who hates Han people in his heart, so General Cheng is also hesitant. ”
Hu Sanwan patted his thigh and smiled: "Come on, now the general doesn't have to hesitate, Badener is dead, and he still recruits a bird's egg." ”
Gao Shichang glared at him, Hu Sanwan didn't care, it seemed that the hatred of the front teeth was more important than the general's plan.
Less than an hour later, Secretary Guan hurried back with someone and ordered, "You two and I will take that person to see your lord, and your lord will personally investigate this matter." ”
"Whoa."
Hu Sanwan, Gao Shichang and others returned to the dungeon and woke up Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Xiaowu got up and tidied up his clothes, and then followed everyone out of the dungeon. When the other captives saw him leave arrogantly, they immediately shouted insults, and although the captives sometimes fought because of their race and ethnicity, they were unusually united when their enemies were Han Chinese.
Hu Sanwan, Chen Guanxi, Zhao Suo, Wang Yijin and others beat the captives with wooden sticks and shouted insults and orders, but the captives still stood by the fence and shouted at Zhang Xiaowu to provoke.
Zhang Xiaowu walked through the corridor without saying a word with his head down, and when he arrived at the door of the dungeon, he suddenly heard a Wuhuan prisoner in the nearest cell shouting: "Han women, play to death!" Hahahaha, Han, play to death! Zhang Xiaowu is not a psychopath, but he can't stand this stimulation, when he heard him shouting Han women, his mind immediately thought of his wife Jiu'er who was forced to jump into the Jialan River.
Zhang Xiaowu was furious, and suddenly pulled out the saber on Hu Sanwan's waist, only to see a flash of cold light, and the blade pierced the stomach of the first Wuhuan man. Almost in the next moment, Zhang Xiaowu quickly drew his knife and stabbed the second Wuhuan man, but the second Wuhuan prisoner reacted extremely quickly and jumped backwards to break away from the knife.
The first Wuhuan fell to the ground in agony, howling and rolling so loudly that blood was all over the ground and flowed to the other cells. The other abusive captives were dumbfounded, and even took a few steps back and hid in the shadows, as if Zhang Xiaowu would rush to their prison door and kill them - this madman, this is definitely a madman.
Zhang Xiaowu did not relent, cut off the lock with another knife, rushed into the prison cell and hacked to death the remaining eight Wuhuan people inside. He walked back to the fence, and when he saw the first Wuhuan prisoner on the ground, wailing that was not dead, he put his knife around his neck.
The Wuhuan prisoners of war clutched their stomachs and pleaded in stiff sacred Chinese: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I can give money, my family can spend money to redeem me." ”
Zhang Xiaowu slowly and brutally slit the throat of the Wuhuan man with a knife, blood gushed out from it, and after a while, he died.
The jailers of the Han army reacted at this time, but they drew their swords to protect themselves, this fierce person, this cruel person, everyone's mind is the same as to protect themselves first.
Zhang Xiaowu handed over the waist knife and threw it on the ground, and said flatly: "Give the knife back to you, you wipe it yourself." ”
"How dare you kill someone?" Hu Sanwan carefully picked up the waist knife, and suddenly put the knife on Zhang Xiaowu's neck.
Zhang Xiaowu did not avoid or hide, and smiled proudly.
Gao Shichang hid behind Secretary Guan, poked his head out, and asked in horror, "What should I do, Lord Clerk?" He, he, he- this kid killed. ”
Guan Xiang was angry and afraid, he couldn't drink a sword to kill Gao Shichang who was hiding behind him, this bastard actually used himself as a meat shield, and he had to clean him up in the future. Guan Xiao was also afraid that Zhang Xiaowu would rush out to kill him, how could he resist a civilian general, his hand holding the sword was still trembling, and he said angrily: "You-don't come here." ”
Zhang Xiaowu slowly raised his hand, stared at the blood on his hand, wiped it on his body, and said in a flat tone: "Before leaving the dungeon, I have to leave some thoughts for them, lest they forget me." He turned to the prisoners of war and shouted: "So, Zhang Xiaowu of the 27th Regiment of the Shenghan Forbidden Army, remember me, I will take the lives of all of you." The prisoners of war were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak, and they looked at Zhang Xiaowu's expression as if they had seen a devil.
Guan Xiang took a few breaths to regain his composure, glanced at Zhang Xiaowu complicatedly, and then said, "Take him to see Lord Captain." ”
It is now noon, the Yangguan is dazzling, Zhang Xiaowu walked out of the dungeon to see that there are high walls on all sides, and the semi-high ground dungeon built of blue bricks and stone only reveals a flash of windows, and the windows are full of people of all colors, staring at the window, breathing the air outside, feeling the sun and wind. Most of these people lying on the window were officers or prison tyrants among the prisoners of war, and they looked unruly, and some even shouted and chatted with each other. Somehow, someone said that this young man killed Badener, which immediately aroused the anger of Badener's subordinates.
Several Eastern Tatar bandits who knew Chinese shouted: "We will kill you and avenge the eagle, this hatred you must remember, thinking that you have become the enemy of the entire Saibei Wasteland." ”
Zhang Xiaowu naturally couldn't understand their words, but he knew that those people wouldn't say good things, so he sneered and made a throat-slitting gesture at them, and the prisoners of war became even more angry, and the clerk in charge persuaded bitterly: "My lord, don't be like them." "He is afraid that this dirty man will rise up and continue to kill people, should he stop it or not, and if so, how can he stop it, should he kill him? It seems that this person has just recovered from a serious illness, but his killing methods and determination just now, I am afraid that these jailers who can only guard the captives will not be able to stop it.
Zhang Xiaowu asked: "Why do you want to keep these people, do work, or hard labor?" ”
The secretary said: "The prince originally wanted to subdue the inuyi, so he kept the prisoners of war as bargaining chips, but he didn't expect the inuyi to really break through the earth city and slaughter the city, so these prisoners of war are afraid to ...... You can't be angry with someone who is going to die. ”
Zhang Xiaowu smiled disdainfully, what is the prince in his head, alien prisoners of war, what is the use of keeping them, it is better to kill them early. He walked with the clerk through the camp and was brought to a stone-walled house, where he found that it was a torture chamber, full of torture instruments, and two guards with their backs and bears standing beside them, looking cruel. But they didn't embarrass Zhang Xiaowu, they were just worried that this person would hurt the captain, so they stood behind him, maybe it was the strong figure that gave them great confidence, but in Zhang Xiaowu's opinion, he only needed five moves to kill these two people.
A moment later, a man with a shiny face walked in, dressed in plain civilian clothes, with an extraordinary momentum, and cloud-soled boots, this man's face was a little baby-faced but greedy.
"This is the captain of the prisoner camp, Lord Su Yusu." Secretary Guan said.
"I've seen Captain Su." Zhang Xiaowu said, they are at the same level, they don't need to salute, just nod.
Su Yu smiled and nodded in return, sitting directly opposite Zhang Xiaowu, his figure was a little thin, and he habitually held a gem-encrusted crutch in his left hand, although he didn't need a crutch at all, but a crutch seemed to show his noble origin more. He held a teapot in his other hand, like those dog masters in Longdu City who like to have fun in the rubble of the goulan, pecking the teapot spout and pouring himself a drink, making a sound of enjoyment, and not speaking.
After drinking tea for a while, Su Yu looked over slowly, staring at Zhang Xiaowu's eyes, as if he wanted to see the truth from his eyes and confirm whether Zhang Xiaowu was lying to him. Zhang Xiaowu didn't dodge his gaze, even though the other party seemed to have a knife in his eye, and the sharp gazes of the two collided together.
Su Yu's frank and persistent gaze made Su Yu a little uncertain, he took another sip of tea, and said slowly: "You said that you are the 27th Regiment Yizi Battalion Dictionary Cadet Cadet, but as far as I know, there are only two Lieutenants in the 27th Regiment, both of whom are over forty years old. Just now, the clerk went to the General's Mansion and got a roster from Zhou Senjun, and the two lieutenants of the 27th Regiment were Cui Wei, a member of the Cui clan in Jiangzhou; Guo Dingjun, one of the thirteen Taibao of the founding of the country. I wondered, what's your name? Are your names Cui Wei or Guo Dingjun? ”
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Zhang Xiaowu, on May 11, the 29th year of Taiqian, Shi Jing, the general of the 27th Regiment, promoted me to be the captain of the Yizi Battalion. ”
Su Yu suddenly slapped the table and asked, "Do you know what the crime of pretending to be an officer is?" You can't buy it for any amount you spend! ”