Text Chapter 53 Fight before fighting

Jiang Anyi shouted "someone has assassinated", which frightened Texas Sima Shangzhengfu who was sleeping in the house, he rolled out of bed, rushed into the bottom of the bed like a mouse, and slammed his forehead on the corner of the box under the bed, tears flowed down in pain, and he covered his mouth with his hands, not daring to say a word.

Shang Zhengfu hid under the bed and shivered, it was too hard to catch the Yuantian Sect bandits during this time, and now the Yuantian Sect has come to take revenge, and my life is resting. Unlike Xin Shuming, Shang Zhengfu was not born in the army, he was born in Jinshi, and he went down to the local government to serve as the county commander of the eighth grade, and his performance appraisal was "four good" three times in a row, and he was rated as "on the top", plus there were people in the court, and he was willing to spend money, and he was promoted to Texas Sima from the sixth grade in nine years.

Shang Zhengfu is only thirty-five years old this year, and he is thinking about entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister. It happened that Qi Kaishan lived in seclusion in Jinyuan County, Dezhou, and after receiving Long Wei's order, Shang Zhengfu personally led his men and horses to follow Long Wei to arrest the key criminals, in addition to the people captured by Long Wei, Shang Zhengfu arrested the entire village of people who had reached the age of fourteen and put them in prison, lest he miss the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

In order to be promoted, Shang Zhengfu tortured the prisoners, and several lives died at his hands. Later, the county magistrate of Jinyuan County couldn't look past it, and complained to Long Wei about him, so he had no choice but to release the person back and return to Wenping Mansion in a stupid manner. Unexpectedly, a few days after he came back, someone came to the door to assassinate him, and Shang Zhengfu's courage was about to burst.

"Bang Bang Bang", the sound of banging on the door was urgent, and someone outside shouted loudly: "My lord, Lord Shang, are you okay?" ”

Shang Zhengde listened with his ears open for a long time before responding: "Did the assassin catch it?" ”

"Run, don't worry, you have already sent someone to chase after you, there is a letter here, I want you to see it in person."

Hearing that it was safe, Shang Zhengde trembled and crawled out from under the bed, touched his forehead with his hand, and a pimple the size of a walnut grew, which made him breathe in pain. I just wanted to open the door, but I found that my crotch was cold, and I looked down and found that I was wetting my pants.

Quickly lit the lamp, changed into clothes and pants, opened the door, and saw a circle of people outside the door. When everyone looked at Shang Zhengde, a horn grew on his head, and his beard was full of spider silk, and they didn't dare to laugh.

Shang Zhengde put on a majestic look and asked, "What kind of letter, show it to me." ”

Someone handed over the letter, and it was heavy, Shang Zhengde turned around and entered the house, turned around and said, "A few of you come in with me to protect this official." ”

Tearing open the letter, the wooden card fell out, Shang Zhengde knew something about the Yuan Tianjiao, and recognized at a glance that this was the protector card of the Yuan Tianjiao, hurriedly put the wooden card aside, took out the letter and came to the lamp to take a closer look.

"Yuan Tianjiao wants to do great things, headed by Guo Jingshan, Zhang Hongchong is the plan, and Guojiazhuang in the west of the city is the base." Below are the names of five Guo Jingshan and others, and where they live. Shang Zhengde stood up in ecstasy, this is a whistle-blowing letter, if the accusation is true, a splash of wealth is in front of him.

The letter was put together in the candlelight and read it carefully a few times, Shang Zhengde calculated in his heart, with this wooden card as evidence, this matter should be true, but he didn't expect that Guo Dacai was actually a Yuantian bandit, Zhang Hongchong He knew that Langzhong of the Criminal Department went home a few days ago, and it turned out that he came here to plot a big thing, hahaha, I should make this great contribution.

I have the intention to order troops to arrest Guo Jingshan and others, but it is taboo to use troops without the order of the assassin history, once the report is false, then my future will come to an end. Shang Zhengde thought about it and stomped his leg hatefully, "That's it, it's cheaper Feng Shaojun." Protect your officials and go to the government. ”

Just as he was about to leave, Shang Zhengde instructed again: "Come here, put on a dress for the official." ”

Sima manages the army, Shang Zhengde has a set of armor, which he rarely wears except for military parades on weekdays, and today he is afraid of being plotted, so he hurriedly put it on. Civil officials wear military armor, it is important to save their lives, and Shang Zhengde wears it on his body like a singing.

Just after the third watch, the government sounded the sound of "knock knock" slamming the door, there was someone on duty in the ya, there must be something urgent at this time, quickly open the door, the torch reflected Shang Sima's face red.

"Quick, go and tell Feng Tingshi, just say that this official has something urgent to see." Shang Zhengde stepped through the door, commanding loudly as he walked forward. After the Yimen, through the second hall of the lobby, the people in the house have been alarmed, someone along the road lit torches to illuminate the road, and when he walked to the third hall, Feng Tingshi hurriedly greeted him, wearing a civilian robe, his hair was a little messy, and he seemed to have just gotten up,

Seeing Shang Zhengde, Feng Tingshi asked anxiously: "But the people are changing?" There is a change in the army? ”

Shang Zhengde saw that Feng Shaojun's face was pale and frightened, so he hurriedly comforted: "Your Excellency, everything is fine, but there is an urgent letter that you need to see." ”

"Oh," Feng Tingshi's soul calmed down for a while, and complained: "Brother Shang, you are scared to death of the old man, there are several times when the old man is afraid that he will have a short life for a few years." What letter? I want to let the old man see it in the middle of the night. ”

When the two came to the flower hall, Shang Zhengde retreated, handed the letter to Feng Shaojun, and said, "My lord, look." ”

Feng Tingshi took the letter, looked at a few lines Huo Ran stood up, walked to the lamp and looked at it carefully. After reading it, Feng Shaojun was silent, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few steps, and asked, "How credible is this matter?" ”

Shang Zhengde took out the wooden card from his arms, handed it to Feng Shaojun, and said, "The person who came here has this token in the letter." ”

Feng Shaojun took the wooden card, glanced at Shang Zhengde, and knew that this Shang Sima was thinking carefully about striving for merit. Holding the wooden plaque under the lamp, Feng Shaojun also recognized that this was the Yuan Tianjiao Dharma Protector Token.

"Do you know who wrote the letter? There have been rumors of this matter. Feng Shaojun was sure that this letter was true, and suddenly came to the spirit, who is willing to let go of the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune.

"For the time being, I don't know who the whistleblower is, but all the insiders in the Xiaguan Mansion have been brought to the government by me, and no one should leak the news."

Feng Shaojun walked around the house twice excitedly, and said, "The stakes are very high, it's too late to report to Long Wei." You and I will go to the barracks now, and point out the soldiers to divide the way, and we must not let these five people get out of trouble, and you and my brothers will share this wealth equally. ”

Shang Zhengde's heart was sour, and it was clear that this wealth was mainly his own, but he was robbed of half by Feng Shaojun's words, and he didn't dare to argue, so he nodded yes.

There were 1,000 troops stationed in Wenping Mansion and 2,000 troops stationed outside the city. The barracks in the city were set up in the south of the city, and the assassin Shi and Master Sima arrived at the same time, and the captain of the leading army hurriedly came to the camp tent after receiving the notice. The matter was urgent, and Feng Tingshi directly ordered: "Shang Sima, you take fifty soldiers out of the city, go to the barracks outside the city to gather people and horses to copy Guojiazhuang, and the old man is personally responsible for the city." The other three are not in Wenping Mansion, and the hard Shang Sima sent troops to go overnight, and they must not leak the news, otherwise you are the only one who asks. ”

Shang Zhengde secretly scolded his mother, all the good things belong to you, and the difficult work is sent to yourself, and I am the only one who asks, what is the matter with you Feng Shaojun without me? The official level crushed people to death, Shang Zhengde agreed in a muffled voice, and said secretly in his heart, let's take a closer look when it comes to the merits. Fifty soldiers were ordered, and Shang Zhengde opened the city gate and left.

Walked away Shang Zhengde, Feng Shaojun was full of complexion, play tricks with me, you Shang Zhengde is still a little tender, those three live in different counties, the road is far away, it is easy to hear the wind and escape, as long as the criminal is gone, what face do you Shang Zhengde have to compete with me for credit, maybe you will ask me to cover it up for you at that time.

When it came to the Yuan Tianjiao, Feng Shaojun didn't dare to be careless, so he left four hundred and fifty soldiers to guard the camp, and the other five hundred people were divided into two teams. One team was led by Captain Qin, and one hundred people went to Zhang's house in the south of the city to arrest Zhang Hongchong and his family, and the other team of four hundred protected Feng Tingshi and went to Guo's house in the north of the city.

Guo Jingshan, Feng Shaojun is very familiar, he often drinks and feasts with him, I really didn't expect this person to be the Yuantian Sect bandit, this Yuantian Sect bandit is really pervasive. Thinking of the wealth of the Guo family, Feng Shaojun's heart was hot, and after tonight, he didn't know that there would be a lot of yellow and white things in his private pocket.

On the day of the third watch, the noisy footsteps on the street woke up the sweet dreams of countless people, everyone listened with bated breath, did not know what was happening, boldly lay on the crack of the door and looked out, saw countless soldiers passing by, frightened and hurried back to bed, gasping and not daring to make a loud noise.

Jiang Anyi also heard the sound of noisy footsteps, and things were going in the direction he expected, Jiang Anyi lay on the bed and fell asleep peacefully.

The Guo family in the north of the city is a famous mansion, and the courtyard of the seven entrances covers an extremely wide area. Feng Shaojun led people to Guo's house, and assigned soldiers to keep a firm watch at the entrance and exit, the knife was unsheathed, and the bow was wound, and for a time Guo was murderous outside the house.

The inside of Guo's house was very quiet, and there was a faint cry of a woman, Feng Shaojun motioned for the soldiers to come forward and slam the door, but no one responded, it seemed that the people inside had already prepared. Feng Shaojun did not order a strong attack, but gave an order, "The soldiers are strictly guarded and must not let people escape." ”

The torches are bright, and they form a rectangle along the outer wall of Guo's house, and the wind blows fiercely, and they are slaughtered. Under the torch, Feng Shaojun's face was cloudy, looking at the dark and gloomy Guo Zhai, and finally gave the order: "Release the carrier pigeon and notify Long Wei to come to help." ”

It was dark everywhere in Guo's house, only the torches were burning in front of the main house, and forty or fifty black-clothed men stood in the courtyard, holding bright steel knives in their hands, looking at Guo Jingshan on the steps. Guo Jingshan has long lost the calm and chic of the past, his carefully groomed hair is messy, and he walks back and forth under the eaves restlessly, like a trapped beast.

A voice at the bottom of the stairs shouted: "Master Guo, make a decision quickly, everyone can't leave when it gets dawn." ”

Guo Jingshan stopped, slashed the steel knife in his hand on the pillar fiercely, and said: "Tiger head, you take twenty brothers out of the gate, rush to see if you can slaughter a few leaders, don't fall in love with war, just leave if you can't do anything." The tiger head answered, and led some people forward.

"Dumb, you take twenty brothers out the back door, rush out and don't look back, run as far as you can, we will have a chance to meet again in the future." Another group is gone.

There were only four people left in front of the main house, Guo Jingshan put down the knife, walked down the steps, looked back at his house, and said reluctantly: "It's a pity that such a big foundation." Light a fire everywhere, and when you're done lighting it, run for your life. ”

When everyone left, Guo Jingshan cut off a piece of cloth from the black clothes on his body, covered his face, listened attentively, and shouted killing from the front and back doors. Guo Jingshan no longer hesitated, crossed the house, came to the side wall of the garden, through the open window, there were people guarding outside.

"It's on fire", a shout sounded in the house, and Guo Jingshan kicked on a tree and leaned out from among the leaves. Outside, there was an alley, and the guards were attracted by the shouts of killing, and they ran forward and backward to help. The opportunity could not be missed, Guo Jingshan moved his legs, rushed to the top of the wall, landed vertically, and quickly climbed to the opposite wall.

"Someone, stop."

was discovered, Guo Jingshan jumped up, put his arms on the wall, and turned over into the wall with all his might. Inside the wall was the garden, which he had been to before, and had secretly remembered the terrain, through the door and porch, and in a blink of an eye came to the fence on the other side. Turning over the wall again, it was already pitch black, and the shouting became distant.

Guo Jingshan smiled, and the cat's waist disappeared into the darkness.