Chapter Seventy-One: Each Carries a Ghost

Chengdu

Tsangfu

Zeng Hanru got up early in the morning and wore a practice uniform in the courtyard, he just finished a Tai Chi boxing and stood in the middle of the courtyard, his eyes slightly closed, his feet were firmly tied to the horse, his hands were slowly slid in front of his chest, and his snort accompanied the rhythm of his hands in and out.

After resting for a while, Zeng Hanru opened his eyes, reached out and took the brush with a faint sandalwood fragrance on the white marble platform in front of him, and the tip of the pen turned dexterously in the green jade inkstone, and then gently fell on the rice paper spread on the table, and wrote four big characters in a dragon flying phoenix dance:

Tranquility and far-reaching

Old man Zeng's hands are very dexterous, it can be said that he can write and martial arts, and he can play with a big knife and use a pen.

However, when he just wanted to proudly pull the last stroke of the word "far" out of the momentum of the territory, he was interrupted by a panicked voice from his subordinates, which was half a foot long.

"Sir!"

Zeng Hanru put down his pen very displeased, raised his head and scolded: "What are you panicking about!" Panic when you fart a little bigger all day long! ”

The man was yelled at by Master Zeng like this, and he was so frightened for a while that he quickly lowered his head and knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.

This can make Zeng Hanru, who was still waiting to listen to him, choke enough, and ran to tell him in a hurry, and now he doesn't speak again.

"What's the matter, you said!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Master, the political envoy outside the door asks to see you! ”

Zeng Hanru was stunned, the political envoy Zhu Zongchen? Why did he suddenly come to my house?

"You take Lord Zhu to the main hall to sit for a while, and I'll change my clothes and come."

"Yes."

Zhu Zongchen had just sent Gonggong Xu back to the northwest this morning, and he rushed to command the envoy.

Speaking of this Gonggong Xu, Zhu Zongchen was also angry, and he was kind enough to arrange for those dancing girls from the Western Regions to accompany him for a night, and said that he was a eunuch, what else could he do? At most, it's just a fake phoenix.

I didn't think that this father-in-law was still abusive. The quirk of waiting, a total of six singers, all of them were covered in blood by him, some had no noses, some had no eyes, and he told the housekeeper to throw them all to the mass grave. It's not that he feels sorry for these singers, he has made some blood in his house, which is not an auspicious thing after all, in order to prevent the original plan from changing, he came early in the morning.

"Look at what kind of wind has blown the envoy to me."

Zeng Hanru changed into a blue satin robe and walked in with a smile on his face.

Zhu Zongchen hurriedly stood up, and returned the salute with a wry smile: "Oh, my lord, I'm afraid something has happened." ”

Zeng Hanru hurriedly made a "please" gesture towards Zhu Zongchen, motioned for him to sit down and said, and then pushed the hot tea that had already been placed on the table in front of him, "Adults take a sip of tea, and say slowly, don't worry, what's wrong?" ”

"Are the boss's guards battalion and the middle military battalion still there?" Zhu Zongchen pressed the teacup pushed over by Zeng Hanru with his hand, and asked with a worried face,

"What do you mean by this, Take-sama?"

Although Zeng Hanru was a little puzzled when he heard this, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. It would not be an auspicious thing to let the political envoy personally come to him early in the morning to ask him about the affairs in the barracks.

Zhu Zongchen then asked him with a puzzled expression: "I heard that the guard battalion and the central military battalion of the Chengdu Garrison Office have been dispatched with all their troops and ordered to go to Huling to exterminate the Wugu Sect. A few days ago, because of the matter of the Five Grains Sect, the boss also personally beheaded the beloved general Xia Ang, and it is reasonable to lead troops to encircle and suppress at will. But my informant told me that it was the adult's son, Zeng Ziren, who led the team, and I felt that something was wrong, so I came to ask the adult, and now it seems that the adult doesn't know? ”

Zeng Hanru's head was blank with a "buzz",

"I didn't give a combat mission? Didn't you send the guard battalion and the middle army battalion to suppress the Five Grain Sect? Ziren doesn't have a tiger talisman in his hand, how can he mobilize the army? ”

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that when Master Sun, who was the political envoy of the Governor, came to the mansion that day, Zeng Ziren went to the study for him to get an official document once, and then he said that something bad was wrong!

"Master Zhu sits down for a while, and the old man will come when he goes."

He bowed his hand towards Zhu Zongchen, hurriedly walked out of the main hall, and walked towards the study.

Zhu Zongchen held the teacup in his hand, gently scraped the tea leaves standing on the lid, looked at Zeng Hanru's back, sighed lightly, and said to himself with a chuckle: "The boss is really old, this was put ten years ago, who could take away a soldier from under his nose?" ”

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Fox Ridge Fortress

command post

Zeng Ziren leaned over and leaned on the Taishi chair, looking at the envelope in his hand, and stuffed the candied fruit in the glass plate on the table into his mouth.

"Well, look at it."

He handed the envelope in his hand to Zhao Jizong, who was sitting beside him, and then the free hand also joined the team to grab the candied fruit with his right hand.

"General, do you mean to let us all retreat to the fortress?"

Zhao Jizong carefully read the secret letter sent by the Zhu Zongchen and asked Zeng Zirendao.

Zeng Ziren nodded, still chewing candied fruit in his mouth, and said vaguely: "What do you think?" ”

Zhao Jizong lowered his head and thought, his brows were very hesitant, and he said after a while: "Why is Lord Zhu still worried about the matter of starting the army?" I don't think his opinion is appropriate, we are all shrunk in the city, and he will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of the Wugu Sect alone, once the northern slope is lost, then we, the people in the fortress, will not all become turtles in the urn? ”

Before Zhu Zongchen came, Zeng Ziren said that he wanted to use the tiger talisman in his hand to get rid of Anyi. Therefore, Zeng Ziren thought it was reasonable to say this in the letter, but he took the opportunity to get rid of the comfort matter, and he did not tell the people in the Guards Battalion and the Central Military Battalion.

Zeng Ziren swallowed the last candied fruit in his mouth, then burped, and said very aggressively: "Mr. Zhao, it's not good for this mixed officialdom to just be able to fight, you have to understand the current situation." ”

Zhao Jizong, who said this, blinked his only remaining one-eye, "General, what do you mean?" ”

Zeng Ziren stared at Zhao Jizong with a mysterious expression, and tapped the letter from Zhu Zongchen on the table with his fingers, "It is much more important to understand what the top wants than what you actually do." ”

After he finished speaking, he reached out and stuffed the last two candied fruits in the glass plate into his mouth, with a strategizing and confident expression, if he shook a feather fan in his hand, he would be alive and well like that Zhuge Wuhou was alive.

And then although Zhao Jizong only has one eye left, there are still a few small windows open in his heart, he knows very well what Zeng Ziren is, to put it bluntly, he is a good wine bag and rice bag, what is the current situation, he can understand the current situation of a fart.

Although he scolded like this in his heart, he still smeared honey on his mouth, and arched his hand towards Zeng Ziren: "Then please ask the general for guidance." ”

Mr. Zhao Ji's attitude of "asking for advice" made Zeng Ziren very satisfied, and said proudly: "The boss just wants some people's lives, as for when the Wugu Sect can't be suppressed?" I want them to die, and I can run through it now, why bother to suffer this sin in this gloomy place! ”

After speaking, he also used his eyebrows, which were already faint and couldn't see much, to "pick" Zhao Jizong.

"Got it?"

Although he didn't know why Zhu Zongchen was able to intervene in this line of affairs, he understood what Zeng Ziren meant, that is, to follow the knife of the Wugu Sect and cut off the head of An Yi.

But even if it was as they wished, An Yi and his people were killed in Huangquan, and when the time came, the Wugu Sect occupied the Fox Ridge, and they condescendingly threw a few stones into the city, fearing that they would all stone people to death, and it would inevitably be a fiasco.

Then how do you go back and communicate with the commander? The bandits didn't kill much, and they also folded a regimental training envoy, someone must be responsible for this, and the person who carried the blame will definitely not be Zeng Ziren, so ........

Thinking of this, Zhao Jizong's cold sweat came down, and he said in his heart that this little young master can be confused, but he can't be confused, and he will have to take his life in the end.

"General, I don't think it's as good as this, Deputy General Liu has already gone to the west slope to fortify, I think I might as well take the guard battalion to the outside of the city to set up defenses, once the comfortable regimental training camp is wiped out, the people of the Wugu Sect will definitely go up to the ridge, I and Deputy Liu will put the total of more than 3,000 people and horses around this Fox Ridge when the time comes, this Fox Ridge is a barren mountain, no water and no food, within three days, they will all be wiped out!"

Zhao Jizong is planning to put this little young master in the city at that time, and when the time comes, he will surround these Wugu sect members with the Chinese military camp, turn a blind eye, and open a gap and half a dozen and half let go of this matter, otherwise if he takes Zeng Ziren with him, he will have an idea when he pats his head, who can parry?

Zeng Ziren listened to him, but frowned slightly,

"You took everyone away, am I just an empty city? When the time comes, they will bring in troops to attack, what should I do? ”

Zhao Jizong's one-eyed eye suddenly became a slit, and he leaned into Zeng Ziren's ear and whispered: "General, don't you ask about Zhuge Liang's plan to retreat from Cao's army?" Now the general, you are like the Zhuge Wuhou in the city, making a plan for the empty city, are you afraid that you will not be able to retreat from the rabble of the Wugu Sect? ”

His words made Zeng Ziren in a fog, and he was overjoyed for a while, "Okay! Good! Zhao will always have a very good plan, and when the time comes to go back to Chengdu, he will have to ask for a reward for the general. ”

When Zhao Jizong heard this, he even knelt on the ground, and said with a flattering smile: "General Xie's grace of reconstruction." ”

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North of Fox Ridge

Fifty miles

The Five Grains Sect Camp

Different from the official army, the men and horses on the side of the Wugu Sect are much more simple, and the members of the sect who stand in rows and patrol are all wearing burlap clothes, and occasionally the leader of the horse passes by, so that he can see the somewhat dull metallic luster that has been polished.

The only thing that is the same is that all of them have a yellow strip of cotton cloth tied around their heads.

They had been camping here for some time, with large and small tents scattered and sentry horses coming in and out in regular batches, like well-trained troops.

In the direction of the camp, there was the largest tent, and a large flag was planted on the tent, and the pattern of gossip was painted on the dark yellow background.

Inside the tent were three swaying figures, one woman and two men, dressed very differently from the congregants outside the tent.

The two men sat on either side of the lower head in delicate armor, while the woman sat on the right side of the two upper seats, dressed in a white louvered dress that looked extremely elegant.

The woman raised a letter that had been opened in her hand, and said to the two men: "The sect leader has just sent a letter, telling me the general number and size of the official army, the original plan has not changed, and it will be up to the two hall masters tomorrow." ”

The man on the left arched his hand and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Dharma Protector, I will definitely follow the words of Lord Dharma Protector!" ”

Of course, the protector of the Five Grains Sect was Ning'er, she nodded her head, very satisfied with the reaction of the man on the left, and then turned her head and looked at the man on the right.

The person on the right had a solemn face, and did not answer immediately, but asked Ning Er: "May I ask Lord Dharma Protector, does Protector Liu know about this?" ”

A chill flashed through Ning Er's eyes, and she nodded lightly after a while, "Don't worry, Hall Master Zhang, I will send someone to inform my sister, you just need to execute it according to the plan." “

When the hall master on the right heard this, he slowly arched his hand towards Ning Er, and responded: "Yes, Zhang Yu will definitely complete the plan that the sect leader said." ”

After listening to Zhang Yu's words, Ning Er smiled lightly as she seemed to be very satisfied, but anyone could see that there was a cold glow in her eyes with a smile.

She clasped her hands together, her beautiful eyes slightly closed,

"May the grain gods bless you."