Chapter 757. Before the war (viii).

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Liang Fuchen is now over fifty years old, and his physical condition is far less than when he was young.

He had been on the road day and night during this time, and he was already physically tired and anxious, and today he had diarrhea many times in a row, and was chased all the way by the horse bandits, and his heart was full of shame and anger, which was not a good thing for his body.

Therefore, after Liang Fuchen fled into Dahuai Village, he couldn't hold on anymore, fell directly from his horse, and almost fainted.

As for Liang Fuchen's guards, the situation is no better than Liang Fuchen's, and most of them are already prostrated and incontinent, and they don't even have the strength to stand and walk.

However, Liang Fuchen was determined after all, but he endured all kinds of discomfort and persevered, on the one hand, he commanded the young people in the village to resist the horse bandits, and on the other hand, he arranged for the women and children in the village to treat his entourage and guards.

It wasn't until the first wave of the horse bandits' attack was repulsed that Liang Fuchen finally rested a little and found a room to lie down and recuperate.

At this time, Liang Fuchen's abdomen was still cramping, but after an afternoon of diarrhea, there was already nothing to excrete in his stomach, so he had to endure it.

There is an old man named Xu Liang in Dahuai Village, who is the only doctor in the village who knows a little about medicine.

After Liang Fuchen entered the room to rest, Xu Liang hurried to heal.

After diagnosis, Xu Liang concluded that the reason why Liang Fuchen and others had diarrhea was because they had taken a large amount of croton by mistake!

"Are you sure that the diarrhea I was waiting for was all due to eating croton?"

At this time, Liang Fuchen was lying on the bed weakly, his face was a little sickly pale, but his eyes were sharp, staring at the old man in front of him.

When he fled into Dahuai Village, Liang Fuchen had already identified himself as a minister to the villagers - in fact, if Liang Fuchen had not preemptively identified himself, the villagers of Dahuai Village would have closed the hanging door and locked them out of the village first, and would never have clashed with the horse bandits for Liang Fuchen.

Therefore, Xu Liang knew very well that Liang Fuchen's status was noble, and he didn't dare to offend him at all, and he only felt a lot of pressure under Liang Fuchen's gaze.

In the end, Xu Liang hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "Returning to Lord Qincha, you and your guards are indeed suffering from diarrhea because of eating croton, although the grass people are not skilled in medicine, but this should not be wrong!" ”

Liang Fuchen nodded, his face was cold, and he said in a cold voice: "So, there is something wrong with the lunch at the post station in Suide County...... After I get out of trouble, I must find out the mastermind behind this matter, and I will never let him go! ”

The croton in the food and the sudden attack of the horse bandits, all of this made Liang Fuchen smell the smell of conspiracy!

Liang Fuchen never believed that the Suide County Post Station had inadvertently mixed a large amount of croton into the food, nor did he believe that the Suide County Post Station had no one behind his plot!

In fact, Liang Fuchen has already made a list of suspected personnel in his heart, and in this list, Zhao Junchen's name is listed in the top three.

After pondering for a moment, Liang Fuchen asked again, "So, how long will it take for me and the guards to recover our bodies?" ”

Xu Liang's face was embarrassed, and he said: "According to the diagnosis of the grass people, the adults and guards have taken too much croton by mistake, and most of them have collapsed, and they need at least two or three days of recuperation to recover...... If you want to completely recuperate your body, it will take longer, after all, there are too few standing herbs in the village, and the adults and guards can only slowly recuperate......"

"It will take two or three days to ......"

Liang Fuchen was slightly dissatisfied, and was about to say something, but suddenly felt a burst of physical and mental exhaustion suddenly hit.

Liang Fuchen knew that his body had reached its limit, and if he persisted, he was afraid that he would have a serious illness in the future.

So, Liang Fuchen turned his head to look at the other people in the room.

These people are all the leaders of Dahuai Village, namely Zhang Shanchang, the elder of the village, Li Jue, a big family in the village, and the young leader of the village, Da Dashan.

After looking at the three of them for a while, Liang Fuchen said slowly: "Everyone, I and my guards have been conspired against and eaten a large amount of croton by mistake, and we have no strength to fight again in the past few days, so we need to stay here to recuperate, and the precautions of the village will be left to you!" I've seen it just now, these horse bandits are all rabble, don't be afraid! You don't need to panic, as long as you stick to the village wall and don't let up your flaws, it's enough to defend against them! You don't need to hold out for too long, at the latest around noon the day after tomorrow, my guards will be in good health, and then they will inevitably wipe out all these horse bandits!" Afterwards, I will also ask for credit to the court for you! If you are injured when guarding against horse bandits, the court will definitely compensate you! ”

Hearing Liang Fuchen's orders and promises, several leaders in the village hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"If things go wrong, send someone to call me to preside over the overall situation......

Speaking of this, Liang Fuchen's tone had become weak, and he waved his hand to a few people, signaling that they could leave.

After receiving Liang Fuchen's signal, several leaders of Dahuai Village did not dare to disturb Liang Fuchen's rest, and hurriedly left the room.

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However, they said that as soon as several leaders of Dahuai Village left Liang Fuchen's room, they saw a villager hurrying towards them.

The villager had been guarding the bandits at the village wall, but now he hurried to meet them, and something big must have happened.

So, the elder Zhang Shanchang hurriedly asked, "What happened?" But the bandits are attacking again? ”

The villager cried and said, "Oh no, the villagers who are planting in autumn outside the village have not escaped into the village, and now they have all been captured by the horse bandits!" The bandits also threatened that if we didn't hand over the team that had fled into the village, they would kill all the villagers! And we will also sprinkle salt in the fields, so that we will never have a harvest from now on! Even set fire to the village! Moreover, they also threatened, saying that if we do not cooperate with them, once we break through the village fort, we will slaughter our village! Elder Zhang, my father has been arrested by horse bandits now, you must find a way to save him! ”

Hearing the cry of this villager, the faces of several leaders of Dahuai Village changed greatly.

Li Jue, a big family in the village, performed slightly better, he did not have relatives who fell into the hands of horse bandits, but the elder Zhang Shanchang and the young leader of the village, Da Dashan, had already become panicked!

You must know that when the horse bandits attacked, Zhang Shanchang's only son and his wife were farming outside the village, and now they may have been caught by the horse bandits! How could they watch their wives and children being killed? Not to mention the remaining threats from the horse bandits.

Originally, they had already made up their minds to ensure the safety of the imperial court and seek wealth for all the villagers of Dahuai Village, but after they heard the news, their positions wavered.

And just when they were at a loss, the villagers who reported the news said: "After the villagers guarding the village heard the threat of the horse bandits, they were already in a mess, and many villagers had relatives who were captured by the horse bandits, and they all hoped that we would hand over the imperial court to the horse bandits in exchange for the lives of their relatives, and they were unwilling to offend the horse bandits for the sake of the court......

Hearing this, the faces of several leaders of Dahuai Village changed again.

After all, they still have to rely on the villagers to defend against the horse bandits, and if most of the villagers want to compromise with the horse bandits, what should they do?

The elder Zhang Shanchang was especially conflicted at this moment, he thought that his family had been passed down for three generations, but his only son had fallen into the hands of horse bandits, but he was flustered and hesitant.

He was willing to lead the villagers to defend against the horse bandits, all in order to curry favor with the imperial court and seek wealth for his son! But now that his only son has fallen into the hands of horse bandits, and will be killed by horse bandits at any time, what is the use of this wealth?

Suddenly, Zhang Shanchang showed a resolute attitude and asked Xu Liang: "I remember, you can configure drugs, is there such a thing?" ”

Hearing Zhang Shanchang's inquiry, where did the rest of the people not guess his thoughts? He clearly wanted to overthrow Liang Fuchen and his guards, and then hand them over to the horse bandits outside the village in exchange for the life of his only son!

Suddenly, everyone's bodies trembled.

Li Jue, a big family in the village, hurriedly stopped: "You, you're crazy!" That's the imperial court's chaplain! If they are handed over to the horse bandits, once the court investigates them afterwards, won't our village be wiped out? ”

After Zhang Shanchang made up his mind, his attitude was extremely resolute, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Only the villagers and horse bandits know about Qin's escape into the village!" The bandits will never divulge this! As long as our own people keep their mouths shut, the court will not know about this, and our village will not be retaliated against by the court! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shanchang looked at Li Jue, a big household in the village, and asked, "Or are you going to sacrifice the villagers and land in order to please Qincha, so that our Dahuai Village will fall into a crisis?" I don't dare to say these words to the villagers, why don't you try to convince them? ”

After Zhang Shanchang's words fell, Pangshan walked to Zhang Shanchang's side and expressed his support for Zhang Shanchang.

Seeing Zhang Shanchang and Pangshan's statement, Li Jue's face turned pale and muttered: "Crazy, you are all crazy, that's Qincha ......"

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Liang Fuchen and his guards had no idea that the villagers of Dahuai Village, who had just sworn to defend them to the death, would betray them in the blink of an eye!

Liang Fuchen subconsciously thought that he was a member of the imperial court, and the villagers of Dahuai Village were the subjects of the imperial court, and it was a matter of course that they would do their best to protect themselves, not to mention that Liang Fuchen would repay them afterwards.

Unfortunately, in this era, the villagers have no national concept, not even a national view, in their eyes there are only two kinds of people in this world, one is "native" and the other is "foreigner", in order to ensure the life of relatives and natives, they do everything.

In the end, Liang Fuchen still lost his guard!

About a quarter of an hour later, the villagers served Liang Fuchen and his guards batter to eat.

Whether it was Liang Fuchen or his guards, after an afternoon of diarrhea, the stomach was already empty, and the abdominal cramps in this case were especially unbearable, so they didn't think much about it, so they took it directly.

Then they fell asleep.

After another quarter of an hour, Dahuai Village lowered the hanging door, and the villagers handed over all the sleeping Liang Fuchen and others to the horse bandits, and replaced the villagers who were captured by the horse bandits.

Xu Qingyan was low-key at this time, for fear that it would attract the attention of the villagers, but he was mixed in with the crowd of horse bandits and looked at Liang Fuchen who had fallen asleep, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although there were some twists and turns, he finally completed the task assigned by Zhao Junchen, and Liang Fuchen finally fell into his hands.

But that's just the beginning.

Considering the long-term plan, Zhao Junchen will not murder Liang Fuchen, but will temporarily imprison Liang Fuchen for a while, and then wait for Zhao Junchen's plan to enter the next stage, he will let Liang Fuchen go!

At the same time, no one must be allowed to know that Zhao Junchen has anything to do with this matter.

Therefore, all those in the know must disappear.

Thinking of this, when Xu Qingyan looked at the horse bandits around him, a trace of murderous aura flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, Wang Laohu came to Xu Qingyan's side with a happy face.

finally caught the "fat sheep" without danger, and 30,000 taels of silver were about to fall into the pocket, Wang Laohu was naturally in a good mood.

"Master Jia, I've already caught all the people you want for you! What should be done with them next? Also, when will you take out the 30,000 taels of silver? ”

Hearing Wang Laohu's impatient inquiry, Xu Qingyan suddenly smiled and said, "For the time being, I want to trouble Leader Wang, first detain these people in the cell of Guishanzhai, and then I will send someone to pick them up!" Of course, I will also compensate for the food and manpower consumed during the detention...... As for the reward of 30,000 taels of silver, I have sent it to the vicinity of your cottage, and the leader of the king will meet him soon...... I also sent fifty jars of wine and two roast sheep as an extra thank you to you...... By the way, the leader of the trouble king will pour them some more drugs, don't let them wake up within today, save trouble! ”

Hearing Xu Qingyan's answer, Wang Laohu was overjoyed again, and hurriedly instructed the horse bandits to do things, and then returned to the cottage of the Black Tiger Army.

The cottage of the Black Tiger Army is actually a dilapidated Taoist temple, which was forcibly occupied by Wang Laohu a few years ago, and in the past two years, the wall sentry has been added one after another, but it still looks shabby at a glance.

But he said that before nightfall, the horse bandits finally returned to the cottage, and sure enough, they saw the promised reward of 30,000 taels of silver promised by Xu Qingyan, which filled five large boxes, and there were also fifty jars of fine wine and two roast sheep.

In addition, Xu Qingyan secretly stuffed Wang Laohu with a silver ticket, with a denomination of up to 3,000 taels, this silver was Xu Qingyan's special thanks to Wang Laohu, all of which were exclusively owned by Wang Laohu alone, and there was no need to share them with his horse bandits, which made Wang Laohu even more surprised.

So, the horse bandits in the cottage ate a large piece of meat, drank wine in a big bowl, and divided the silver in a big scale, and started a carnival, which was quite a bit of a Liangshan hero.

During this period, in order to express his gratitude, Xu Qingyan also frequently toasted several horse bandit leaders, and kept saying words of praise and admiration, which made the guests and hosts of this banquet happy.

Soon, most of the bandits were drunk!

You don't expect a rabble like this to remember to guard the cottage when they hold a drinking party, although there are a few horse bandits in charge of guarding, but it is better than nothing.

As a result, the horse bandits did not find out that an army had secretly surrounded the cottage!

This night, when it was more than halfway through, Xu Qingyan, who had swallowed a large amount of sobering medicine in advance, left the cottage of the Black Tiger Army and went down the mountain road.

When Xu Qingyan walked to the mountainside, several people suddenly appeared.

These people are also dressed as horse bandits, but they are sturdy and well-trained, completely different from the rabble of horse bandits, and they are more like officials and soldiers when they raise their hands and feet.

In fact, these people were all Guan Wuyuan's cronies in the forbidden army, and when Zhao Junchen arranged for Jinyiwei and the forbidden army to be stationed in various places, he sent this forbidden army to the vicinity of Suide County, and no one found anything strange.

After seeing Xu Qingyan, the military attache of the forbidden army led by him arched his hand and said: "Xu Gongzi, I will arrive after being ordered, this cottage is already surrounded by brothers!" As long as you give the order, you can attack at any time! ”

Xu Qingyan originally recruited this forbidden army, originally wanting them to disguise themselves as horse bandits and attack Dahuai Village, but he didn't expect Dahuai Village to take the initiative to give up resistance and directly hand over Liang Fuchen and others.

However, this forbidden army is still useful, and that is to kill people and destroy mouths!

So, Xu Qingyan coldly ordered: "The horse bandits in the cottage are all drunk, and they can attack immediately!" Tell me to go down and kill all the horse bandits in the cottage, and not a single one will be left alive! Also, after controlling the cottage, let people strictly guard the dungeon of the cottage, but no one is allowed to peep into the dungeon, let alone contact with the people in the dungeon! When it's over, I'll send someone else to take over the dungeon! ”

Although this forbidden army team is Guan Wuyuan's cronies, it is still credible, but until the last resort, Xu Qingyan will not let them know about Liang Fuchen.

The military attache of the forbidden army nodded and said in a deep voice: "I know! ”

After speaking, the military attache of the forbidden army ordered the forbidden army behind him: "Just follow the orders of Xu Gongzi!" ”

The proscribed soldier gave a military salute and walked away quickly.

With the delivery of the military order, the soldiers of the forbidden army who had been in ambush for a long time suddenly began to attack the cottage, because the defense of the cottage was weak, the soldiers of the forbidden army almost did not resist and were quickly broken.

And then, a killing begins!

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And the day after Xu Qingyan instructed the horse bandits to kidnap Liang Fuchen, He Zhang also arranged all the affairs of the new army of soldiers, according to Zhao Junchen's order, the new army of soldiers was about to divide into two routes, respectively to Ningxia Middle Road and Yulin South Road, to attack those border generals who did not obey the military orders of the governor's palace.

In the early morning of this day, before the new army left the Huamachi camp, He Zhang also invited Zhao Junchen to the military camp for a military parade, hoping to take the opportunity to show Zhao Junchen the new look of the new army.

In this regard, Zhao Junchen naturally readily agreed.

It's just that although he has been mentally prepared, Zhao Junchen is still disappointed!

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5,000 words chapter, the first update.

In addition, regarding the plot of Liang Fuchen's arrest, Worm originally planned to write more plot changes, but this would affect the development of the main line, so he cut more than 10,000 words. Therefore, this plot is a little simple, forgive me.

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