Volume 1 Painting the Corner, Heaven and Earth Cracked 26 Stick Thieves (2)
It's hard to say, and there's nothing to hide at this point.
According to the woman's confession, she was actually not the main room of Ma Gan in Guangyuan Zhi County, but just a concubine accepted by Ma Gan after he came to serve in Sichuan. Ma Gan is an honest and honest official, and his family has little savings, and these thieves ask for thousands of taels of silver, how can he take it? Even if he can take it out, with his upright and jealous nature, he will not make a private deal with a thief for a concubine.
Like Ma Gan, who prides himself on being a "righteous gentleman", he will never tolerate the spread of the news that he takes money to negotiate with thieves. The woman also knew her husband's temperament very well, so she had no choice but to beg Zhao Dangshi.
Zhao Dangshi mud Bodhisattva crossed the river and it was difficult to protect himself, but when he heard the woman's words with tears and desolation, he actually had some sympathy. I couldn't bear to brush her a piece of sincerity, so I said: "If you have to go out, you will not leave your wife alone in this tiger and wolf's den." ”
The woman was overjoyed, only to feel that she had grasped a life-saving straw, and kept promising Zhao Dangshi, saying nonsense such as going back and letting Ma Gan give Zhao Dangshi an official and a knight, Zhao Dangshi smiled and didn't care. When the woman said that, she remembered that she hadn't even asked the other party's name. Zhao Dangshi still prevaricated with "Ni Daye". The woman read the word twice, as if to memorize it, but then suddenly it dawned on her: "This name ...... Why does it sound a little ......?"
Zhao Dangshi secretly thought that you were a little smarter than the King of Food, and said solemnly: "The name is given by your parents, what's wrong?" ”
The woman staked her net worth and life on Zhao Dangshi, and she didn't dare to confide in half of the truth, but she only agreed, but she didn't dare to say more.
The dark house in the city was sealed on all sides, with only a few downward ventilation holes, and if the door was not opened, it would be dark for a long time, and I would not know day or night. Zhao Dangshi woke up several times in the dark and fell asleep again, barely realizing how long it had been.
During this period, the woman cried intermittently several times, and Zhao Dangshi was even more annoyed when he heard it in his ears. There were several times when the woman tried to stir up a topic and wanted to find out the truth of Zhao Dangshi, but she was forced back by the earth-shattering snoring.
Earlier, I heard that the stick thief would send a bowl of gruel in every day, but Zhao Dangshi waited for it, but he didn't wait. secretly estimated, I'm afraid it won't be closed for a day. But living in this dark room is like a year, as if it has been three or four days.
Although the house is dark, the sound insulation is not necessarily good. Zhao Dangshi was lying near the door, and often heard the conversation between the two stick thieves guarding the door outside. Most of the content talked about was crude and obscene, and it was unbearable. And several times the woman was involved. From their mouths, it can be seen that the woman is probably quite good-looking, if it weren't for the support of Ma Gan, a magistrate of the imperial court, she would have been eaten alive by these people. Thinking about it this way, I have some admiration for the "cellmate" who sounded weak in the dark. If you were an ordinary woman, I was afraid that I would have been crying all day long and grabbing the ground in a panic, so I could still come up with such a strategy as using myself to get out of danger.
Zhao Dangshi thought about it, tiredness hit, and he fell asleep again, and when he woke up groggy again, he was woken up by the woman.
"Master Jun, Master Jun! You listen outside! The excitement in his voice could not be concealed.
Zhao Dangshi was suddenly shocked, twisted his body hard, leaned against the door, listened attentively, and sure enough, he clearly heard the sound of killing outside.
After a while, the shouting became louder and louder, until there was a loud "bang", the door was kicked open, and the light shone in, so bright that Zhao Dangshi couldn't open his eyes. He covered his eyes with his hands, and barely looked through his fingers, only to see the dust scattered from the collapse of the door, and a big man with a knife and looking in.
When Nahan saw Zhao Dangshi, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, hurriedly came over and cut the rope with a knife, and helped him up: "Mr. Qian, you have suffered!" "It's none other than Hao Shaoqi, the general of Zhao Ying.
Zhao Dangshi easily adapted to the sun, snorted twice, patted the dust on his body and said, "Don't get in the way, how is the war?" ”
Hao Shaoqi didn't answer, and a person stumbled in outside the door, seeing this situation, he stepped forward and hugged Zhao Dangshi, crying and laughing: "Brother Dang'er, you're fine, you're okay!" ”
Zhao Dangshi smiled: "It's just some thieves, what can you do to me?" "What about the King of Food?" ”
Wang Laixing gritted his teeth and said: "This dog doesn't know whether to live or die, and he is still resisting." Mr. Xu and Mr. Yang Bai are besieging, and they will him! ”
Zhao Dangshi was about to step out of the door, when he suddenly heard a noise from the other side of the room, and when he looked up, he saw a woman with a gray face, who was shrinking in the corner and looking at the three of them in horror. The moment of escaping was so happy, and for a while he forgot about her.
Hao Shaoqi frowned, raised his knife, and pointed at the woman: "Mr. Qian, this is ......"
Seeing that it was rude and abnormal, the woman was even more frightened, and looked at Zhao Dangshi with a pair of pitiful eyes.
Zhao Dangshi waved his hand, whispered a few words to the two, and the two of them were killed, glanced at the woman again, and went out one after another.
The woman carefully looked at the young general in front of her and made sure that he had no malicious intent, so she had the courage to speak: "Master Jun, don't leave the slave family." Although her face was covered with dust and her hair was messy, her eyes were as clear as a mirror, looking at Zhao Dangshi, and with a faint begging, she was like a wounded young beast.
Zhao Dangshi couldn't help but move in his heart, and looked at the woman for a moment before he was awakened by the sound of killing outdoors, walked forward quickly, untied the rope for her, and helped her up. Who knew that the woman had been tied up for a long time, her muscles were soft and her feet were soft, and she shook twice, but she involuntarily collapsed in Zhao Dangshi's arms.
Zhao Dangshi was helpless, Yang Chengfu's head poked in from outside the door, and he just wanted to say hello, but when he saw this posture, he understood and flew away.
The woman was on Zhao Dangshi's body, and she also felt a great gaffe, as if she was smiling but not laughing, crying but not crying, although her little face was dirty and messy, it was also red.
At this moment, a few more people ran in from outside the door, and when they saw the woman, they cried "wow", and they all hugged forward. There was an old woman and two little girls, who should be the domestic servants mentioned by the woman.
Zhao Dangshi handed the woman over to them, walked out of the door, beckoned a few soldiers to let them protect the people in the house, and strode arrogantly to the battlefield.
The shrimp soldiers and crabs under the King of Pills will be almost powerless to resist in the face of the attack of the Zhao Battalion soldiers. In terms of organization and equipment, they are still only at the level of the Shaanxi Liukou five or six years ago, and their combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning.
Yang Chengfu greeted him and briefly stated the course of the war. That night, Zhao Dangshi and his gang were captured, and the soldier who jumped down the hill desperately suffered several fractures, but he did not die. Finally touched back to the camp and reported the incident. Xu Hui and the others were shocked, and immediately ordered men and horses to attack Dacheng City, and even Hou Dagui, who was still recuperating from his injuries, struggled to get up and serve.
However, the road to Dahou Mountain was rugged, and Xu Hui and the others did not know the path, so they found the white belly of the sky before they found Dahou City. Although this city is broken, it is in danger, and it has been run by the king of food for a while, and it is indeed a little difficult to attack. But fortunately, the combat power of the stick thieves was really low, and Hao Shaoqi led a dare to charge to the city, and they immediately collapsed. Now it's just a matter of cleaning up the battlefield.
"Mr. Qian, you say it's funny or not. When we come up to the city, do you know what these thieves are crying out? Yang Chengfu smiled with a ruffian, no different from the gangsters in the gambling stalls, "These people who don't have a hammer actually think that the official army is coming, and they all think that we are the officials of the nearby states and counties to suppress thieves." Hahaha! ”
Zhao Dangshi grinned and said, "Compared to them, aren't we just officers and soldiers?" "The King of Snatching Food was misled by himself earlier, and now he thinks that Luo Shangwen is attacking. In this way, the hatred of the stick thief in the middle of the river was attracted to Luo Shangwen.
"Did you catch the Predator?"
"Never." Yang Chengfu had a look of regret on his face, "This guy ran fast, and he only took one of his leading sentinels." ”
Zhao Dangshi muttered: "You don't have to chase after the stick thief is dispersed. The officers and soldiers were stationed in Cangxi, eyeing the tiger, and our troops could not move lightly. When you have finished cleaning up the battlefield, you will focus on repairing the city, setting up more obstacles, and surveying the high ground. ”
To the east, he had to enter the mountains, and Zhao Dangshi could use horsepower to maneuver with Luo Shangwen, but once he entered the mountain path, he was not sure that he could outrun those native soldiers who were flying like flying, so he decided to rely on the city to fight with Luo Shangwen again.
At present, the war is nearing the end, and it is useless to see more, Zhao Dangshi walked back to the most "luxurious" architectural mysteries in Dahou City to rest, and to the night, it was here that the King of Food interrogated him.
Xu Hui, Hao Shaoqi and others came one after another to report the results of the battle and military affairs, and after dealing with them one by one, another person walked outside the door.
When I opened my eyes, it was the woman, and now I slowly walked into the Guanzhong Hall with the support of my mother-in-law, and then looked at her face, and after only a little grooming, she was radiant. changed into clean clothes again, with willow eyes and eyebrows, slender limbs and bee waist, but his eyes were a little red and swollen because of crying, even so, he was still a national color. passed by Hao Shaoqi and others after the report, so that these rough men forgot to walk, and stopped and looked at it like an evil one.
When the woman approached, Zhao Dangshi found that her arms were bruised for too long due to the rope, so he said: "There are some herbs in the army that invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, and someone will bring them to Mrs. to apply later." ”
"I'm sorry for you." The woman said lightly, "The concubine is here, I just want to ask you, when will you send the concubine and wait to go down the mountain?" ”
Her expression was arrogant, and her tone was very different from before, her eyes were tilted to the side, and she didn't even look at him with straight eyes.
Zhao Dangshi didn't like it in his heart. Once saved, this woman turned her face faster than she turned a book. Thinking about it, she must have thought that she was a general under Luo Shangwen, and her tone was like an order.
He had another plan, and instead of revealing his true identity, he laughed: "Madame, don't rest." Nowadays, there are still many stick thieves in the area of Dafu Mountain, and for the safety of the wife, it must be completely cleaned up. As long as the situation stabilizes, we will send you to Guang'an as soon as possible. ”
The woman held her head high proudly, only looking at people with her spare eyes, and when she heard this, she was slightly displeased, but when she recalled what happened before, she still decided to be safe, and she didn't say yes or no, but talked about another matter: "By the way, the house in the east of the city is too dirty, and the concubine is afraid of getting sick, so you quickly let people pick up this mysterious view, and the concubine, her mother-in-law, and her maidservant will live in the back room of this palace first." She had already heard that the troops were going to be stationed in Dahucheng temporarily, and the residence that Zhao Dangshi had arranged for her before was not satisfactory to her, and she was the lord who did not want to be wronged, so she came to make a request. There are some lowly fighters on the left and right, and they dare to refute themselves?
When Hao Shaoqi and other reckless men heard this, they were all angry, but they had already listened to the orders before, and when they saw Zhao Dangshi's eyes, they were silent.
Zhao Dangshi smiled slightly: "This is the last general's presumptuousness." How can a lady's daughter live in such an ugly and damp place? I'll have someone clean up the room for my wife. ”
The woman was slightly satisfied, and then asked, "What about Luo Shangwen?" Why didn't you see him? ”
Zhao Dangshi explained: "Lord Luo and the last general will guard Cangxi County and Dahou City respectively, hold the key points of Jin, and prevent the stick thieves from taking another step west. ”
The woman didn't know anything about military geography, but she didn't want to lose face in front of these Qiu Ba, so she pretended to nod her head, and didn't say a word more, and walked away in the company of her mother-in-law and slaves.
Hao Shaoqi saw that Zhao Dangshi was inferior to a woman, so he was upset, and when she left, he asked: "Mr. Qian, this woman is too rude, why don't you throw her into the back camp, and let her know that the children in my camp are powerful." ”
The corners of Zhao Dangshi's mouth raised: "You are a big man, what are you competing with her woman?" I'm still useful if I keep her in the camp, you can only endure it, and you can't move your hands and feet. ”
He was serious, but Yang Chengfu smiled evilly: "There is still a thousand always have a vision." This woman is so commotionful, I have lived most of my life, but I have never seen it. Say 'I'm still useful', I'm afraid that Qian will keep it for himself! ”
Zhao Dangshi's face turned dark, and he scolded: "Nonsense, see if I don't tear your beak!" ”
Yang Chengfu was thick-skinned and didn't care, and he grinned and retreated with Hao Shaoqi. Only Zhao Dangshi was left to sit quietly in the hall, and his heart was full of turmoil.