Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Army Defending the City
Zhan Wuxian returned to his residence, although he was depressed and depressed, his face did not show the slightest hint. Mo Wuya was sitting on the edge of the bed with Zhan Chi in his arms, the light was faint, shining on Mo Wuya's flushed cheeks, hazy, faint and elegant. Her collar is slightly open, her pink neck is red, and her milky fragrance is light, lingering slightly, obviously just after feeding. Zhan Wuxian took off his coat, walked over gently, touched Zhan's pink face, and gently kissed Mo Wuya's forehead, but Jue Xiang sweated slightly.
"Li'er, hard work." Zhan Wuxian said softly.
Mo Wuya smiled and did not speak.
Zhan Wuxian sat on the edge of the bed and asked softly, "Are you obedient?" ”
"Obedient." Mo Wuya nodded: "Sleep when you're full." ”
"May he live forever without strife."
"Is war coming?"
"Yes. Gongzi defeated the enemy and led the corpse beast soldiers to attack Cai Cheng and kill the people of the whole city. ”
"Is it that they refuse to hold the city and wait for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy, but want to go out of the city and fight the corpse beasts."
"yes, how do you know?"
Mo Wuya smiled mysteriously: "I also know that you urged Xiong to abandon his illness but he didn't listen, but he blindly believed in the power of the Divine Fire Soldier. Mo Wuya sighed again and said, "You are good for others, but you don't know that you have offended others." ”
Zhan Wuxian was even more surprised, and said, "Yes, when I suggested that Cai Gong not go head-to-head with the corpse beast pawn, I found that he was already a little unhappy. Then Zhan Wuxian smiled: "But, Ya'er, you are really an immortal, even the Divine Fire Soldier knows it." Don't you know if you've been with you for so long, come, and I'll see where it is. ”
Mo Wuya said angrily: "What a god, Shunfeng Ear." From the moment you enter the house, the look in your eyes tells me. ”
Zhan Wuxian said: "Yes, you and I are the same person, and our hearts attract each other." I won't hide anything from you in my heart. ”
When Mo Wuya heard this, his heart was warm and extremely gratified, but he retorted: "You, you're so stupid." A few days ago, you went to Cai Gongfu, the senior brother went to Luoxia Villa, he said that he came to see Chi'er, and said that let's leave Luoxia Villa as soon as possible, and it is best to leave Cai Guo. I asked him why, but he didn't say anything, and only said one sentence before leaving: The Divine Fire Soldiers may not be able to stop the corpse beast pawns, and Cai Cheng will be destroyed. ”
Zhan Wuxian sighed and didn't speak for a long time. In the end, he said: "He still can't forget." ”
Mo Wuya looked at Zhan Wuxian affectionately: "Senior brother, Li'er is your wife." ”
Zhan Wuxian's body was shocked, he still remembered the first time he saw Mo Wuya, and heard her call him the word "senior brother" for the first time. The light and melodious, silver bell-like voice has been deeply imprinted in Zhan Wuxian's heart since then. After they got married, I don't know when Mo Wuya began to call him "shirt". The sentence "senior brother" just now seemed to be that the two of them had returned to the carefree days of Wanjian Peak in Jianhu Pond.
Zhan Wuxian hugged Mo Wuya in his arms, and said affectionately: "Those heroes of the world, covet fame and fortune, despise life, and don't know how to cherish the relatives around them. Li'er, no matter what danger you encounter, I will protect you and Chi'er with my life until my life is gone. ”
Mo Wuya burst into tears. "I don't want you to say that." Mo Wuya said: "Xi, I will always follow you wherever I go, even if I die, I will be with you." ”
Zhan Wushirt's hug tighter. "The most important thing at the moment is the people in the city, we can't sit still, let alone walk away. I don't know if there are few children like Chi'er in the city. ”
"What are we going to do?"
"When the corpse beast comes, all the troops in the city will go out of the city to face the battle, and the city will be empty. I think I'll organize some young citizens in the city, train them, strengthen the city, and help the defenders defend the city before the corpse beasts come to attack the city. ”
"Will Xiong Qiji agree?"
"I'll go talk to him."
"Listen to you!"
The next day, Zhan Wuxian found Xiong Qijian and explained his intentions. After Xiong Qiji heard this, he readily agreed, and he said in his heart: I am trying my best to organize a formation to resist the enemy, and I am worried that there is no one in charge of things in the city. It is better to let him be in the city, in case of accidents, there is still a way out.
Coming out of Duke Cai's Mansion, along the way, the news that the corpse beast soldiers were coming to attack Cai Cheng had spread all over the streets and alleys, and some people had nothing to do with themselves and were fearless; Some people are timid, afraid of war, and want to flee to other countries, but they are reluctant to give up their family's possessions and property; Some people are afraid of death, abandon idleness, and want to escape from the city, who knows that the defenders of Caicheng strictly guard the city gate, and no idle people are allowed to enter and exit casually. There was chaos in the city, and some of the city scoundrels began to grab things, smash and set fires, trying to fish in troubled waters. Then the defenders in the city came out to maintain order, and a man who looked like an officer stood on a high platform and said loudly: "Don't mess up, Gong Cai has a perfect plan to deal with the corpse beasts, and now everyone goes back to their homes, without orders, they are not allowed to come out, if they don't listen, they will fall to the ground." ”
After the officer finished speaking, the timid citizens went home one after another. Dozens of bold young men still stayed in place, wanting to break out of the city.
"Why don't you leave yet, waiting to find death, right?" The officer shouted.
"To go home is to die, to stay here and be killed, and to escape from the city may still be alive. Who doesn't know that the corpse beast pawns are coming, and when they come, none of the people in the city will survive. ”
"Bold, dare to bewitch the people, see that I don't kill you." So saying, the officer drew his sword and slashed at the man's head.
Seeing this, the man lowered his head to dodge, and at the same time took a few steps back, a little farther away from the officer, and could see that this person had some martial arts.
"You dare to hide." The officer's second sword arrived. The man turned around and hid again, a little proud. The officer was immediately annoyed, and the fire slammed upward, and a flat-headed man actually dodged his two swords in a row, making him make a fool of himself in front of his men. Then the move became vicious, a sword is as fast as a sword, and the sword is a killing move. In the blink of an eye, after five or six rounds, the man leaked his back in a turn of gear. The officer was unwilling to let go, and kicked out, hitting the man in the back of the heart, and fell more than a foot away. The man was about to get up when the officer's sword had arrived, and he stabbed him in the chest.
Hearing the sound of "dang", the officer's sword flew more than a dozen feet away. Beside them appeared a man in black, his head and face wrapped in black cloth, and holding a large black sword in his hand. The officer's mouth was numb, and he was taken aback when he saw a man in black suddenly appear. But as a soldier, he immediately calmed down and shouted: "What a bold man, and his comrades." Come on, don't arrest me, and don't let anyone here go. ”
Hulala, a hundred soldiers, holding Changge, surrounded all the dozens of people present. When those young and strong men saw that they were about to be caught, they all felt that there would be no life, and they all wanted to fight to the death. Seeing that the situation is uncontrollable and a killing is about to happen, listen to the whole life of "stop!" "Zhan Wuxian flew in.
"Another one to die." The officer shouted, "Arrest me." ”
"Wait, this military master, give face to the next one, let these people go." Zhan Wuxian said kindly.
"Which green onion are you, why should I listen to you?"
"You don't know me, so do you know it?" As he spoke, he handed Cai Gonghu's talisman to the officer.
When the officer saw it, he recognized it as Cai Gonghu's talisman, and knew that this talisman could only be obtained by the people who were extremely trusted by Cai Gong's side. The person in front of him must be Cai Gong's cronies, and he doesn't know what is important here, so he can't be offended. Seeing that Zhan Wuxian was extraordinary, his aura was magnificent, not like ordinary people, and he thought that Cai Gong had invited many rangers to treat him as guests, maybe the person in front of him was one of them, and his attitude immediately became respectful.
"Sir?"
"Zhan Wujiao."
As soon as he heard the words "show no mercy," the officer's admiration spontaneously arose, and his attitude became even more modest. He had never seen Zhan Wuxian at all, but Zhan Wuxian's name was thunderous and he had heard it countless times. In Cai Gong's Chu army, the deeds of Zhan Wuxian to kill the prince and defeat the enemy have been spread to everyone, and no one knows about it.
"It turned out to be Mr. Zhan, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, don't remember the villain, what do you command?"
"According to the secret order of Duke Cai, I will assist you and others in defending the city, and these people are the ones I chose to help you." Zhan Wuxian pointed to the people who were surrounded.
"Great, great. With Mr. Zhan here, we have the bottom in our hearts. The officer said, "All stand down, all stand down, don't you hear, it's all your own people." ”
The sergeants retreated. Zhan Wuxian turned to the dozens of men and said, "I understand everyone's feelings, who doesn't want to live." However, with the current pressure of strong enemies and the danger of our homeland, is it true that everyone is leaving when our families need us most? I'm sure you won't. Without a home, what's the point of living secretly, it's just a walking corpse, a lonely ghost, and what is the difference between it and those corpse beasts. ”
Everyone was ashamed and bowed their heads.
Zhan Wuxian continued: "If you are willing, then join me Zhan Wuxian to defend this city, even if we die in battle, others will not look down on us, and we will not say that we are cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death." ”
"I will, I'm not a coward." The man who had been beaten just now shouted. Then the others also shouted: "We want to protect our home, we are not afraid of death, we are not cowards." ”
"Okay, so everyone will go home first, and gather here at this moment tomorrow, and follow me to the city to defend against the enemy." Zhan Wuxian said to the officer again: "This military master, can you bother you with something?" ”
"Mr. Zhan, don't call me that, I'm just a little centurion, you can just call me Shi Gu. Tell me what you do. ”
"Okay, Shigu. How many extra blades are carved into the barracks? ”
Shi Gu had a difficult face and said: "Mr. Zhan, you also know that most of Cai Cheng's garrison is going out of the city to line up, and all the blades have been requisitioned, and I really don't have any extra here." Besides, I, a little centurion, don't dare to use the blade in the army without authorization, I'm really sorry for Mr. Zhan. ”
"We don't bother the defenders, it's not easy for them, we bring our own weapons." The man who was beaten just now said. With a common goal, after a while, the two turned from enemies to friends.
"Yes, we'll bring our own." Others said the same.
Zhan Wuxian saw it, felt very pleased, and said: "Okay, Zhan Wuxian has thanked everyone here." ”
Everyone said together: "I should thank Mr. Zhan, let's go back first." After everyone left, only the man in black was left.
Zhan Wuxian walked over and asked, "Who is the strong man?" ”
The man in black said: "Sir doesn't recognize me, but I recognize Sir." ”
Zhan Wuxian said: "Why did you frame Senior Brother Fei and follow me. ”
The man in black laughed, and his voice was hoarse: "I didn't expect that the world-famous and admired Zhan Daxia is also like a villain in the market, who listens to and believes partially." ”
Zhan Wuxian was not angry: "How do you say this? ”
The man in black walked to a secluded place and said, "Others don't know Fei Wuji, don't Mr. Zhan know either?" I think that Master Kong was so good to Fei Wuji at the beginning, and he put his heart into his heart, and my young lady has a deep affection for him. But Fei Wuji took revenge, killed Master Kong for the Chengying Sword, and ignored my young lady's exile in a foreign country, and also looked for it, such a person can only be killed quickly. It's a pity that my martial arts skills are low, and I have failed to kill him several times. I wanted to expose his hypocrisy in front of the heroes of the Cai Gongfu, but I didn't expect that Fei Wuji would deceive the people of the world by clever words, and even Mr. Zhan would be deceived. It's not a pity that I should have died, but Master Kong's revenge has not been avenged, and my young lady still doesn't know the truth, even if I die, I won't be blind. ”
After listening to the man in black, Zhan Wuxian's emotions did not fluctuate at all, and his heart was unusually calm, so he asked, "Is Your Excellency really Wei Chong?" ”
The man in black said: "Wei Chong? Wei Chong? I'm not the same Wei Chong I used to be. As he spoke, the man in black took off the black cloth he was holding on his head. I saw that Wei Chong was full of acne, his face was full of burn scars, and he no longer had a human form. "There is no such person as Wei Chong in the world, Wei Chong is dead."
Zhan Wuxian pondered: "What are General Wei's plans? ”
"Don't call me General." Wei Chong said: "If I can't kill Fei Wuji, I'll go to my young lady and tell her the truth, and I'll fight with Fei Wuji again." If I die before this, and I still bother Mr. Zhan to tell my young lady the truth, I will report to Yongquan. ”
"Senior Brother Fei won't, although he has a withdrawn personality, he will not do such an unkind and unjust, hurtful thing. General Wei still needs to find out the facts. ”
Wei Chong said angrily: "I was at the scene at the time, I am the truth!" With that, he strode away. After walking seven or eight steps, Wei Cheng suddenly turned around and knelt down: "Mr. Zhan, people in the world, I only believe in you, I am dead, please uphold justice for the Kong family." Your kindness, I will repay it in the next life. With that, he got up and left.
Zhan Wuxian stood for a long time, and unconsciously felt compassion in his heart, was it right for Wei Chong? Or to yourself? He didn't believe that his senior brother would kill Kong Xuan, but Wei Chong swallowed charcoal and was disfigured, and he suffered a lot, and it didn't seem to be fake, there must be an unknown secret in it.
"Why is Brother Zhan in a daze here?" A voice came from behind Zhan Wuxian. Looking back, it turned out to be the public loss of the public loss family. Zhan Wuxian said: "It turned out to be a public brother, long admiration, long admiration." I don't know why Brother Gongyi is here? ”
"I heard that Brother Zhan is recruiting people in the city, so I came here to take refuge."
"The heroes of the world are all following Cai Gong outside the city to line up, why did Brother Gong come to me."
"Fox Tu Those people are all snobs, they all do things with different purposes, I am not a person with them, as the so-called, the Tao is different, do not conspire with each other. Besides, my friend Yang Jiu Ye went to Qin again, and no one talked to me. After thinking about it, I saw that Brother Zhan was good, and someone chatted with me, so I came. ”
"That's fine, but I don't have time to talk to you."
"That's it! In that case, I'll help you defend the city, and then kill a few more corpse beasts to play. ”
"Great, it's a blessing for the people of the city to get the help of the public brother, and there will be fewer deaths." Zhan Wuxian was a little sad, he had always been worried that Cai Cheng had too few defenders and was not an opponent for the corpse beast pawn. However, he immediately perked up again: "Brother Gong is good at organs, I don't know what to say about defending the city this time?" ”
"To the corpse beast soldiers, any city wall is useless, and there is nothing to talk about. Prepare me a big house, and when the time comes, I will tell you how to ward off the enemy. ”
"Brother Gong also thinks that the Divine Fire Soldiers can't stop the corpse beast pawns?"
"You said it, I didn't say it." Gong Yi then smiled evilly: "What does Brother Zhan think, can he stop it?" ”
Zhan Wuxian laughed: "Haha......." It's all up to Brother Gong's own arrangement, and I'll prepare a big room for you. ”
Zhan Wuxian took Gong Yi to find an extremely hidden compound in the city, with a bronze square tripod in the middle and a large house due north. There are dozens of towering trees growing in the courtyard, even if the sun shines directly at noon, the house is already dark and gloomy, this is where the ancestor Cai Guogong hanged himself, so it is inaccessible, but the public loses the day but has a soft spot for here.
"Brother Gongyi, if you still need anything, just ask, I'll do my best."
Gong Yi thought about it and said: "Yes, you have Cai Gong's tiger talisman in your hand, don't use it in vain, this bronze square tripod is good, big enough." You asked me to send me ten logs, the size of a tree in this courtyard. ”
Zhan Wuxian smiled, naturally knew what Gong Yi was doing, and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to do it immediately." ”
"Also, don't let anyone approach this house, lest anyone leak the news."
"It's nature."
"You can go, I'm going to work."
Zhan Wuxian shook his head, feeling that in addition to being extremely polite to Yang Shooting Night, this person was disdainful of everyone else, and he really didn't know why.