Chapter 3: The East Gate (Seven Upper)

With such a unique "grace of beauty", Cheng Mingzhen couldn't refuse, so he could only smile bitterly and surrender to the other party. The female bandit saw a bit of hypocrisy in his smile, pointed at it with a whip, glared at him and asked, "Since you are so afraid of death, why do you come to be a messenger?" If you squat in the city, won't you be able to live a few more days? ”

"I'm afraid I'll die faster that way!" Cheng Mingzhen sighed secretly in his heart. Nine out of ten of his envoys were forced out by Lin Xianling and others, where was half of it voluntary? But these dirty things of their own family members can't be said in front of outsiders, so in desperation, they had to laugh twice and replied in a crepe, "How can there be anyone in this world who is really not afraid of death." It's just that in life, if you do something, you must do something. ”

When the words fell, his mind suddenly moved, and he unconsciously raised his voice a few points, and continued to add: "The ancients said, life is also what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and you can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also! ”

This sentence of the schoolbag fell loudly, although the female bandit on horseback couldn't understand it, but she also vaguely guessed that Cheng Mingzhen had made up his mind to sacrifice himself in exchange for the people of the county. couldn't help but look at him a few more times, nodded and commented: "I can't see that you, a corrupt official, still have a conscience, and you usually don't eat other people's things for nothing." ”

"Thank you for the compliment!" Cheng Mingzhen touched the ground. The obscene and decadent atmosphere on his body is gone, his chest is straight and his back is straight, and he looks like he is unspeakably free and easy. "I, a soldier in Guantao County, have only been a soldier for less than 20 days, and I am not a corrupt official. This brother of mine is a villager who was forcibly brought in, and he has nothing to do with corrupt officials! ”

Now that the depression in his heart has been figured out, Cheng Mingzhen no longer complains about the cowardice of Lin Xianling and others. Instead, he calmed down and tried every means to create a chance for Wang Ermao to get out. Wang Ermao next to him didn't know that his good friend had just experienced another metamorphosis like a spring silkworm taking off its cocoon, and thought that Cheng Mingzhen was trying to win the help of female bandits with rhetoric, so he hurriedly smiled and helped beside him: "Indeed, don't get me wrong, the two of us are not all the way with other officials in the city at all." If it was all the way, they wouldn't have driven the two of us out to see King Zhang! ”

"So what's the difference?" The female bandit smiled and pouted. "Zhang Erbo said that there are only two kinds of officials, those who are corrupt and those who are too late to be corrupt, anyway, they are not good birds."

Cheng Mingzhen didn't expect that the opportunity he had always regarded as a "career" to get ahead would be so unbearable in the eyes of the bandits. I was laughed at for a while. Thinking about the income he has made in the officialdom of Guantao County in the past half a month, the other party's evaluation is really not slanderous. The breath gradually eased again, and turned into a long sigh that spewed into the sky.

"Sigh what, it's a pity that I've just been an official for twenty days, and I haven't had time to embezzle, right?" It is rare for a female bandit to have a man of the same age and not very annoying to talk to, deliberately finding fault and questioning.

"It's not!" Cheng Mingzhen smiled and shook his head.

The more the female bandit looked at it, the more she felt that Cheng Mingzhen was interesting, and she couldn't help but want to squeeze him with words, "Then what are you sighing about?" You don't even see life and death, what else can't you let go? ”

"It's just a long way to go!" Cheng Mingzhen shook his head, knowing in his heart that even if he told the truth, I was afraid that the female bandit in front of him would not understand. Not only do female bandits not understand, but there are a few people in this world who believe that the purpose of being an official is to support the old lady and save money to marry a daughter-in-law, and they have never thought of doing things that harm the people in the past! There are a few people who believe that the copper coins and silk stuffed under the bed at home do not make them feel very happy, but they can't sleep soundly! If it weren't for the bandits' sudden attack, I am afraid that I would have to join forces with Guo and Jia, and finally degenerate to the point of insulting the ancestors of the Cheng family. In a way, it was the sudden appearance of Zhang Jincheng that ended all this. Let yourself suddenly realize the responsibility of being an official, so that even if you die, you can still have a reputation as a good official. But Zhang Jin's sudden appearance also made his "career" come to an end, and it was impossible to go back alive, and many of his lofty ambitions when he first became a soldier Cao have since turned into a spring dream.

"I don't understand. You're such a weird man! The female bandit blinked her big eyes and said very confusedly.

"The road is long, I will go up and down to seek!" Cheng Mingzhen dropped his schoolbag again, and then explained with a smile: "This is a complaint from the ancients. I thought about something about myself, so I said it in passing. I've been so sick since I was a child, don't blame the female leader! ”

"That's a choking problem. If you don't get it right, you will be beaten as a madman! "The female bandit sticks out her tongue on horseback." Don't be a female leader, it's awkward to say this word in your mouth. My name is Cuckoo and I'm the Seven Masters here! ”

"Cuckoo?" Cheng Mingzhen felt that this name was so familiar, and recalled it with a frown.

"Why, haven't you heard of me?" For the first time, I found that others were not shocked when they heard their names, and Du Juan, the seventh master, was disappointed.

"I remembered. You are the woman who beat Jia Zhutou and his brothers more than half a month ago! Cheng Mingzhen finally had an impression and said with a bit of admiration.

He didn't have a good impression of Jia and Guo, so when he talked about the other party's beating, he unconsciously stood on the same position as Du Juan. As soon as these words came out, the female leader Du Juan's favor for him immediately increased a few points, threw the reins of the horse into the hands of the guards beside him, turned over and jumped down, and explained as he walked: "How can I have beaten so many people, but only one hooligan surnamed Jia has been cleaned up." His men were all pustules, and they chased after me and shouted louder than the other, but in the end no one dared to really catch up! ”

"Ahh They say you've wounded a few! Cheng Mingzhen was stunned again, his face full of surprise.

Wang Ermao's reaction speed to this matter far exceeded Cheng Mingzhen's, pushed his good friend, and reminded with a smile: "Don't you know the virtue of these bastards?" They don't say that, how can they deal with Jia Zhutou after they go back? ”

"These bastards, grandma's bastards!" Cheng Ming was so angry that he scolded. In the rumors of the officials, the martial arts of the Du father and daughter are almost unparalleled in the world, and they can almost fly a sword for thousands of miles to take people's lives. It turned out to be all nonsense, and it was made up so mysteriously, just to cover up their timidity and incompetence. Pity yourself for more than half a month, and you have been messing with these bastards. Pity yourself for dying alone today, and these bastards are among the people who did it! It's really making people laugh and cry!

"Haha, you actually call yourself a bastard?" As if he had discovered something new, the cuckoo clapped his hands and shouted.

Cheng Mingzhen immediately realized that he was on the wrong line, and quickly stopped the scolding. Shaking his head in embarrassment. Wang Ermao was addicted to scolding, Bibi painted, and laid out the evil deeds of the two head catchers and a group of idle people who were prostituting and gambling, bullying the market, and extorting extortion, and scolded while swinging. It seems that Cheng Mingzhen and he are accomplices of the female bandits, and they don't care that they have the identity of a messenger at the moment.

"Then you two will help them to die!" After accompanying Wang Ermao for a while, the corrupt officials in Guantao County were left behind, and Du Juan put away his smile and asked in a low voice.

"We ......," Wang Ermao wanted to explain, saying that he and Cheng Mingzhen were forced to come. When the words came to his mouth, he was glared back by his good friend with his eyes. I had to point at Cheng Mingzhen helplessly, and said dejectedly: "You ask him." He was a soldier who was sent by the prefectural commander. He and I are good brothers, so we must die together! ”

"You're really righteous!" The female bandit cuckoo commented with great admiration. Those who can sacrifice their lives to block arrows for their friends, even if they search the entire joint venture, may not be able to find the second one. This is also one of the reasons why she has a crush on two teenagers of the same age. But good feelings are good feelings, after all, the two sides represent different camps at this time, and some details are still more carefully explored, the easier it is to find clues from them.

"But you friend!" She pointed at Cheng Mingzhen again, and said with a smile, "He seems to be stupid in reading, not only will he be sent to death, but he will also drag you in!" ”

To her surprise, Cheng Mingzhen accepted this accusation very calmly, and bowed his hand politely, and said sincerely: "Cheng is very ashamed of this!" Later, I met Zhang Dawang, and asked the female head of the house to explain one or two on his behalf. I was the one who commanded the brave resistance last night and this morning, and I have nothing to do with my good brother. He is just a villager who eats food and works on errands, and he has never had blood on his hands, so he is not worthy of King Zhang's knife! ”

"We brothers live and die together!" Before the female bandit Du Juan agreed, Wang Ermao emphasized again. "Don't listen to him, cuckoo, reader, there's always some nerdness!"

"I didn't say I had to help save you!" Du Juan shrugged his shoulders at Wang Ermao and said angrily. "But if you two don't want to die, it's easy to ......"

Speaking of this, she suddenly realized that the atmosphere between the three of them was not right, and she pricked up her eyes again, and screamed viciously, "Ah, I almost fell for the two of you!" I'm not going to intercede for you two! Zhang Erbo must dig out your hearts and livers today, and I'll take a look on the side to see how many holes you two cunning guys have in their hearts! ”