Chapter 429: Door-to-door provocation
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Liu Xiu helped the two middle-aged villagers up and said, "You don't have to be polite, please get up quickly!" ”
A middle-aged villager cautiously asked, "Marquis Wu Xinhou came to Yang Village so late, but is there something wrong?" ”
Liu Xiu said: "We are passing by Yang Village, and now the weather is cold, and the soldiers have frostbite, so we want to buy some clothes in Yang Village." ”
The two villagers looked at each other with a look of abrupt realization. Liu Xiu asked, "Is there a lieutenant in Yang Village?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" The two villagers nodded their heads repeatedly.
Liu Xiu smiled: "I don't know if I can trouble the two of you and take me to the chief's house." ”
"What's so hard about that? The villain is willing to take Wu Xinhou to find the lieutenant! ”
100 households are one mile, and ten miles are one pavilion. Some large villages have a lieutenant chief, and some small villages have only a chief or a chief. (Ten households are one tithe, five households are one wu.) )
The villagers followed Liu Xiu out of the thatched hut, and when he got outside, he raised his eyes and was startled, it turned out that Liu Xiu did not only bring a few followers, but a lot of soldiers.
Looking around, the black pressure is overwhelming, and you can see how many people there are.
After seeing it, the villagers couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and asked in a low voice, "Wu Xinhou, is this?" ”
"You just have to take me to see the chief." "Yes! The villain obeys! The villagers didn't dare to ask any more questions, and walked towards the village. Liu Xiu and the others followed him, and after a short time, the villagers stopped in front of a house in the middle of the village, and he said respectfully: "Marquis Wuxin, this is
It's the long house. ”
Liu Xiu thanked him, walked to the door, and patted gently. At this point, he could have ordered his soldiers to slam the door open and break in, but he didn't do that, and kept banging on the door patiently.
The villagers watched from the sidelines and nodded secretly, and it was rumored that Liu Xiu was a humble gentleman with high morals. Liu Xiu called the door for a long time before there was finally movement in the courtyard gate.
"Who?" Disgruntled questioning was heard in the hospital.
"In Xia Liu Xiu, please trouble Yang Lichang to open the door." On the way, Liu Xiu had already learned from the villagers that the surname of the chief was Yang, to be exact, most of the villagers in Yang Village were surnamed Yang.
"Liu Xiu?" With a creak, the door opened, and a middle-aged man of about forty years old stepped out of it.
Seeing these many people standing outside, and most of them were wearing helmets and armor, and the burqa was tied, the middle-aged man trembled with fright, and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Liu Xiu arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency is Yang Lichang, under Liu Xiu!" ”
This middle-aged man is the head of Yang Village, Yang Jie.
Just now he heard the person outside the door claiming to be Liu Xiu, and he thought that the people in the village were joking with him, but he didn't expect that the person who came was really Liu Xiu. He froze in place, not reacting for a while.
The relationship between the villager who led the way and Yang Jie was not bad, so he stepped forward quickly, pulled his sleeve, and reminded in a low voice: "Captain, this is Wu Xinhou, hurry up and salute!" ”
Yang Jie turned his head and glared at him fiercely.
Who is Liu Xiu? Now he is a key offender who has been rewarded by the Son of Heaven, Liu Xiu's head is worth 100,000 households! However, seeing so many soldiers standing behind Liu Xiu, Yang Jie instantly became discouraged again.
Even if Liu Xiu's head is worth millions of households, it is not something he can imagine. He came back to his senses, hurriedly bowed to Liu Xiu, and said, "Yang Jie, the villain Yang Village Chief, meet Wu Xinhou!" ”
Liu Xiu smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said, "Yang Lichang doesn't have to be polite. We...... Can I come into the house and talk? ”
"When...... Of course! Wu Xinhou inside please, inside please! Yang Jie wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaned sideways, and let Liu Xiu and the others into his home.
There was a fire pit burning in the room and it was warm. After sitting down, Liu Xiu bluntly stated his intentions and asked for clothes. He wants as many clothes as the adult men in the village, and only the old ones, not the new ones.
After Yang Jie heard this, his face was inexplicable, and he asked suspiciously: "I don't know what is the use of Wu Xinhou asking for these old clothes?" ”
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "This time, we are just passing by Yang Village, and our goal is Zhencheng. ”
Yang Jie blinked, his body shook violently, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Marquis Wu Xin wants to disguise himself as a villager with his subordinates and infiltrate Zhencheng?" Liu Xiu said slowly: "Mr. Yang is the head of Yang Village, just take care of this radius of a few miles, Mr. Yang don't care about things outside a radius of a few miles, too much management, easy to set yourself on fire, even if you know too much, it is easy to provoke."
Woe to you, Mr. Yang, what do you say? ”
Yang Jie shrunk his neck, raised his arm, wiped the sweat beads on his head with his cuffs, and hurriedly said, "Villain...... The villain knows, thank you for the teachings of Marquis Wuxin. ”
"The matter of collecting old clothes from the villagers still needs to be helped by Mr. Yang, of course, we will not take the clothes of the people of Yang Village in vain."
As he spoke, Liu Xiu turned his head to look at Zhu You, who was kneeling behind him. The latter took out a package, opened it, and then pushed it in front of Yang Jie.
The latter looked down and saw that the package was full of coins, including several turtle coins, estimated to be as much as two or three thousand coins.
He swallowed, looked at the coin in front of him, and didn't say anything for a while. Liu Xiuxiao asked, "Yang Lichang thinks this money is not enough?" ”
Yang Jie hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile on his face: "Enough is enough, and...... And there are too many. ”
"The extra money, Yang Lichang will keep it by himself, Yang Lichang is willing to help us do things, and I will naturally not treat Yang Lichang badly. When we wait for the city to be conquered, when we talk about meritorious deeds, we will naturally not miss Yang Lichang's share. Liu Xiu said with a smile.
Yang Jie's eyes lit up, and then he kowtowed forward, and said excitedly: "It is the honor of the villain to be able to do things for Wu Xinhou, and the villain has the responsibility to do his best." ”
Liu Xiu smiled and said softly, "Then please Yang Lichang." ”
There is a long way to collect clothes from the villagers, which can save you a lot of trouble.
Don't look at Liu Xiu's politeness to Yang Jie on the surface, but in fact, he didn't have the slightest mercy, and immediately ordered his soldiers to blockade the whole village.
Liu Xiu dared to tell Yang Jie his purpose directly, and naturally he was sure that the news would not be leaked, let alone spread to Zhencheng. In fact, Liu Xiu's approach is soft enough, in this troubled era, the most worthless thing is human life, like grass mustard, if it is replaced by someone else, it is estimated that it will not be so troublesome at all, and he also asked the chief to come forward to collect the clothes, and directly ordered to kill them all
The villagers have robbed their clothes.
When the day dawned, it only took half a day for the chief to collect hundreds of villagers' old clothes.
Liu Xiu asked his soldiers to change into the clothes of the villagers, and then left more than 100 soldiers to continue to blockade the whole village, and he took the rest of the soldiers and went straight to Zhencheng.
To the west of Zhencheng, there was a large forest, and Liu Xiu left more than 1,000 soldiers who had not changed the clothes of the villagers in the woods, and he himself took the hundreds of soldiers who had been disguised and went to Zhencheng.
When he was about to walk to the gate of Zhencheng, Liu Xiu asked his subordinates to take out the sheets that had been prepared and unfold them, only to see that on the top of the sheets, there was a big Xuanzi in the color of vermilion.
Hundreds of soldiers led by Liu Xiu, dressed in the torn clothes of ordinary villagers, their faces painted black and white, held this Xuanzi banner high. People stood in front of the city gate of Zhencheng, Zhu You, Gai Yan, and Wang Ba had loud voices, and they opened their loud voices one by one, shouting loudly at the city: "The world is in chaos, and the Han family should be prosperous!" The Son of Heaven has ascended the throne in Chang'an, and Wang Lang is a villain, and he is a big rebel
, Yu Handan vainly called the Son of Heaven, people and gods are angry, and heaven does not tolerate it! ”
Their shouts frightened the people who came in and out of the city, and they all changed their faces and fled in all directions, hiding as far as they could, as if they had all had the plague on them, and they had met the plague god themselves.
Hundreds of villagers openly scolded Wang Lang, the Son of Heaven, under the banner of Liu Xuan outside the city, and the news soon spread to the county government.
When the county magistrate heard this, his face turned blue with anger, and he shouted at the officials present: "Immediately gather all the county officials and drive away all these bold and bold people for me!" ”
Before the officials could leave, a general in golden helmet and armor strode in from outside.
Seeing the officials walking out, he said in a deep voice, "You all wait! As he spoke, he walked straight to the county magistrate and asked in a strange manner, "Hu county magistrate, what are you sending these officials for?" ”
Seeing this gold-armored general, the county commander grinned secretly. This person's name is Zhang Ji, a partial general under Yan Feng, and he is also a grain officer in charge of grain and grass in Zhencheng.
The county commander bowed his hand and said with a smile on his face: "General Zhang, a group of Diao people who don't know the height of the sky have appeared outside the city, and the lower officials are planning to send people out of the city to disperse them!" ”
Zhang Ji narrowed his eyes and said quietly: "Blatantly under the banner of Liu Xuan, not only calling His Majesty by his name, but also filthy sentences, these people are just a group of people who don't know the height of the sky in the eyes of Hu County's order?" ”
The county magistrate was frightened and stammered, "Xiaguan...... Xiaguan ......"
"These bold people are all anti-thieves and deserve to be executed!"
The county commander's body shook again, and his face became more and more ugly.
If these villagers can run to Zhencheng, they must be the villagers around Zhencheng, and now they want to kill hundreds of them at once, and they are the county order, do they want to do it in the future? How many people do you have to be poked in the back?
He swallowed his saliva, grinned, and said with a dry smile: "General Zhang, those ...... outside the city Those Diao people are just a group of hillbillies who don't understand anything, and they are ...... It would be nice for the officials to disperse them......"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ji was already holding a sword in his hand, staring at the county order with gloomy eyes, and asked coldly: "Hu County Order protects these thieves like this, is it possible that Hu County Order is in league with them?" Will you rebel against the court with them? ”
When the county magistrate heard this, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a pop, his body trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "The lower official is wronged!" General Zhang, the lower officials are wronged! ”
"Humph!" Zhang Ji glanced at him, shook off his outer slur, and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter anymore, the general will deal with it!" "As a grain officer, he sits in the rear, although it is very easy, but he can't make any contributions. But now, a group of villagers who don't know whether they are alive or dead have taken the initiative to send them to the door, cut off their heads, and send them to Handan, where they will be rewarded by His Majesty. Thinking of this, the corners of Zhang Ji's mouth hooked, and he walked out of the county office quickly.