Chapter 291: Finishing Touches
Now the people beside Gu Zhao, either who had known his identity for a long time, or who had just known his identity, didn't dare to get too close to him, and waited respectfully on the side.
"Your Majesty, why are you injured? Let's get into the carriage and bandage it first, today I specially asked them to bring some medicine to stop bleeding and prepare it in the carriage, for fear of accidents. ”
As soon as Lu Zhecai came to Gu Zhao's side, he saw the knife wound on his arm and said this nervously. When everyone heard that the emperor was also injured, they were naturally frightened and hurriedly came over, and several officers and soldiers knelt on one knee nervously, looking anxious to ask for guilt.
Gu Zhao saw everyone's overreaction like this, but he waved his hand a little tiredly, he naturally wouldn't cure anyone's sin, after all, he insisted on coming with him today.
If you are still thinking about it now, it will violate your original intention before, and it will also violate the promise you made to Uncle Huang before.
Everything went as smoothly as planned on Lu Zhe and Gu Zhao's side, and Gu Zhixing naturally wouldn't make too many mistakes here.
What's more, someone from inside and outside cooperated and opened the back door of the village for him to welcome him and the people he led, so it took almost no too much effort to surround the entire cottage now.
Lao Fang was sitting in the middle of a group of panicked people at this time, looking at Gu Zhixing, who was called the prince in front of him, his eyes were still full of vigilance, and then seeing that the stone had been following Gu Zhixing from the beginning, he almost guessed what was going on.
"Stone, you ungrateful, white-eyed wolf! If it wasn't for the Seven Masters who picked you up and took you back to the cottage, you would have starved to death outside now, and you would have dared to do this kind of thing! ”
Now there are not many people left in the cottage who are really young and strong, and the people brought by Gu Zhixing have subdued all the people who still have combat effectiveness now.
For the rest of the people, Gu Zhixing also adhered to the mentality of not wanting to pursue more, and told them that everything would be handled lightly, of course, as long as they were willing to cooperate.
So now, old and weak women and children like Lao Fang can only line up one by one in frustration, standing in the open space row after row, everyone looks listless, only Lao Fang really can't help cursing a few words like this.
Shi came back to his senses, he was still explaining to Gu Zhixing just now the various situations up and down the stockade he had explored during this period of time.
And he remembered that there were several secret caves, and it was very likely that there were other weapons hidden inside, so he must find them as soon as possible. If there are still people hiding in the shadows, trying to sneak up on them or fight back, it's not good.
Listening to Lao Fang's curse now, Gu Zhixing and Shi looked up at him at the same time. Shi's expression was a little solemn, he knew that what he was doing was right, it was the right thing, but he had to admit that he had indeed deceived these people who were willing to believe in him and took advantage of the other party's feelings.
"Lao Fang, listen to my explanation, I'm not a beggar, even if you go to the house and don't pick me up and take me back to the cottage, I won't starve to death. From the very beginning, I wanted to find out the situation here in the mountain, so that I could help the prince and the emperor take this bandit village as soon as possible. ”
Listening to the explanation of the stone's righteous words, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, and the old party was even more angry, taking out the dagger he had hidden in his sleeve in a hurry, and was about to pounce on the stone, as if he had to make a fish die and break the net.
Gu Zhixing was a little upset, but he just used the folding fan to make a gear, and the force in his hand had already knocked the dagger away. Lao Fang sat down on the ground in a daze, he also realized that his body was a little strange today, even if he didn't have any great kung fu on weekdays, he wouldn't be so weak.
"Okay, good, it's really you kid! I'm afraid you've been calculating our big guy since yesterday, right? There was a problem in yesterday's wine, and today's big bosses are probably more than lucky when they go out of the mountain, I really didn't expect that there would be ghosts in our village, and it would be you! ”
In the face of Lao Fang's accusation, Shi didn't know how to defend for a while, in front of Gu Zhixing, he naturally wouldn't say anything regretful, not to mention that he didn't regret it. Although his conscience was not immune to some condemnation, he knew that even if he let himself do it again, he would still do it.
Gu Zhi Xingyi has always been the person who can't stand this kind of moral kidnapping, since the stone has already decided to do the right thing, why should he care about the eyes of others. In his opinion, since he chose the right thing, even if he had to offend many people. It's nothing.
"Enough! If anyone dares to discooperate like him, don't blame the king's subordinates for showing no mercy! Don't forget that you are all from the bandits' den, whether you have done evil or not, at least you are not good people in the true sense of the word! In today's world, it is difficult to tolerate you, and now that the emperor is willing to open up the net, you had better be more interesting. ”
Gu Zhixing had a cold face, and after these words came out, it also had a bit of a deterrent effect.
A few people who were just as angry as Lao Fang now met the cold eyes of the regent. Suddenly closed their mouths? Even if there are thousands of reluctances in my heart, in order to save my life, I can only choose not to say a word in the end.
After the people under his command have investigated, and those who fled in the wilderness, or those who fled back to the cottage from the foot of the mountain, were almost all arrested, Gu Zhixing counted the number of people, and today's operation was officially over.
"Alright, cheer me up and get ready to go down. When you return, you will have your own government to determine what kind of punishment you should receive, but this king has promised you before that everything will be light. ”
Listening to Gu Zhixing's order, all the guards with knives beside him led the few people who were now bound up assistants and walked forward. Although the cries of women and the sighs of old men could be heard from time to time, they also knew that they would have to leave this fire debt after all.
According to what Gu Zhixing and Lu Zhe discussed before, this stockade will be destroyed no matter what, as long as the bandits are successfully suppressed today, tomorrow they will send officers and soldiers to completely raid this stockade, except for the useful things inside, all of them will be burned.
Shi Shi is also one of the excellent secret guards beside Gu Zhixing, he has been an orphan since he was a child, although he is an excellent informant and dark stake, but now this matter has passed. He had been more or less exposed, and it would be somewhat unsafe for him to go on other tasks.
"You go down to Jiangnan for a few months, take this token with you, and the government there will give you errands. You should go and relax, and you won't be as tired as you are with this king on a daily basis. ”
The stone was thinking about something, and didn't notice that Gu Zhixing suddenly walked in, until he heard Gu Zhixing say this, the stone looked up at the token of honor handed by the other party in a panic, and was at a loss for a while.
On weekdays, whenever the prince gives an order, they are only allowed to succeed and not to fail, if they fail, they must be punished, but if they succeed, it is also reasonable, where do they dare to ask for rewards?
And now the prince seems to be very different from usual, in retrospect, what he just said is a little more humane, but the stone is still a little at a loss in the end, and refuses.
"Don't be like this, your subordinates are loyal to you, and now no matter what others say, your subordinates will continue to serve the prince! Please don't drive your subordinates away! ”
Gu Zhixing was originally out of good intentions, and when he saw the worried appearance of the stone, he couldn't help laughing.
Have you changed so much before and after? He was indeed too strict with his subordinates before, and now he also knew that this stone must be sad in his heart? Whether it was for the sake of his safety, or because of the rigor of assigning him the task later, Gu Zhixing wanted him to rest for a while.
In the end, under Gu Zhixing's repeated insistence, Shi finally received the token and left the city overnight. Gu Zhixing could only send him away as soon as possible, which could be regarded as a kind of protection for the powerful hidden stakes of his subordinates.
The news that Liuhuo Village was completely conquered, and it spread all over the city after a while? The common people are naturally happy, and now the streets and alleys are talking about this, and when they heard that this time it was actually the bandits that the emperor and the prince joined forces to exterminate, and everyone became more and more excited about the discussion.
"I'll just say, I believe that the prince must be a loyal and courageous person, how can he have the heart of a thief? I'm afraid that I deliberately did superficial work before, deceived us, and deceived those bandits, so that the thieves relaxed their vigilance, it turned out that this is the reason! ”
"That is, the prince is not only so handsome, but he looks cold on the surface, but in fact he must be very kind-hearted! I just said, I saw him smiling at me the other day, and you still don't believe it. ”
Several women walked past Su Mian with a smile and a smile, although Su Mian knew that Gu Zhixing and Lu Zhe had taken action today, but she really had no choice but to wait anxiously at home, so it was better to find something to do, thinking that as long as she was busy, she might not be so flustered.
So at this time, Su Mian had just come out of the skewer shop, and after the evening rush hour, everyone was full of food and drink, and it was almost time for him to go back to the palace.
Hearing everyone's discussion, Su Mian became even more excited for a while. I didn't mind the obvious admiration in the tone of those women just now when they talked about Gu Zhixing behind their backs.
Su Mian ran back to the palace with a smoke, at this time, Gu Zhixing and the others had just come back, and everyone else was busy going to the palace to report today's matters to Gu Zhao, but Gu Zhixing only wanted to go back to the palace at this time, and the first thing he wanted to see was naturally his Mian.
"Lord Wang! It's great to hear that you have succeeded in suppressing bandits, and I know that the prince is so powerful, he will definitely succeed! ”
Su Mian completely ignored the image, and rushed in from outside the palace almost all the way. Gu Zhixing turned his head to look at the other party with a smile like a flower, and involuntarily raised the corners of his mouth.
It's just that in the next second, Su Mian accidentally stepped on a stone, and for a while, the whole person seemed to rise into the air!