Chapter 330: The Great Victory and the Aftermath

Overnight, the mood of the people in Shanghai County can be described as a big ups and downs. It wasn't until dawn that the husband carried a gong and beat gongs and drums everywhere, shouting that the would-be robbers had retreated and killed the enemy, and the people who had not slept all night and were on guard breathed a sigh of relief. The people didn't care about staying up and their eyes were red, and at this time they opened the door one by one or came out of the door panel. Even though it was still just dawn at this time, the streets were already crowded, familiar neighbors were talking to each other, unfamiliar people were greeting each other, and even the rivals who had quarreled in the past had forgotten those trivial things for the rest of their lives.

So, when they heard that those defeated and retreating Japanese robbers had left countless corpses in the southeast, the pot suddenly exploded among the people, and for a time thousands of people were empty, and hundreds of people flocked in that direction. When I arrived at the ground, I saw the corpses in strange costumes being moved in a heap, counting dozens of them, and asking the dozens of sergeants who were guarding the surroundings, and even a very few people who had doubts really believed that the Japanese had retreated, and cheered loudly with the crowd.

I don't know who threw a stone at the head, and after a while, it caused the followers to follow suit, and Zhang Yue, who was standing on a small mound next to him, saw the torrential rain of stones and clods smashing down on those corpses, which was extremely spectacular.

"Good death!"

"These damn bastards!"

"Look at how dare you kill people in the future!"

Even if Zhang Yue only heard these voices in pieces, he could really feel the joy that overflowed everyone. At this time, looking at the exhausted soldiers of the city garrison, he found that many of them had straightened their waists, and their bloodshot eyes were full of indescribable pride and pride, even Qin Baihu, who had been deeply stabbed on his face, and naturally, many people could still see a little gloom on their faces. But Zhang Chao had seen too much of this situation in Jin Xiangwei at the beginning, and he just looked at it with a smile at this time, but he had the urge to run over and smash stones with the people to have fun.

"Zhang Qianhu, Zhang Zhixian is here!"

It wasn't until he heard such a voice that Zhang Chaofang turned around and patted the floating ash on his body casually. After the meeting, he looked at Zhang Shouyue, and then nodded and said: "This time the Japanese invaded Songjiang Mansion, and Shanghai County bore the brunt, fortunately, you, the magistrate, dealt with it properly and tried to protect the people of Mancheng." Although several villages along the coast were damaged, it was not a major disaster. You don't have to worry about the next thing, Zhang Zongbing has already led a ship to patrol the sea and sweep the coastal islands, and the Japanese will soon lose their foothold. ”

The Son of Heaven has finally sent someone to patrol the sea to hunt for widows!

This is undoubtedly the biggest good news for Zhang Shouyue, after such a sweep, the Japanese will not invade for at least three to five years, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and of course, his own future and life have been saved. Peeked at Zhang Yue, after all, he didn't dare to compete with the Jinyi Wei people, and hurriedly said to Zhang Chao: "Zhang Qianhu, this time Shanghai County can be guaranteed without loss, in fact, the lower officials have no merit, it is all thanks to the timely arrival of this Jinyi Guard's adult and command." ”

The Lord of the Brocade Guard? Zhang Chao looked at Zhang Yue with a strange face, naturally he would not expose his lie, and he had to promise to report it when the time came. However, several other sergeants on the side had seen the two of them laughing when they saw each other, and when they saw the two brothers looking like they were doing business, they suddenly muttered to themselves in their hearts. It wasn't until Zhang Shouyue left with Zhang Yue and Zhang Chao that they talked about it, and finally decided that the matter was rotten in their stomachs.

They have become heroes in the eyes of the people this time, so what do they care about what others have or don't have? Moreover, Zhang Yue had already promised to turn around and immediately give him a good beneficiality and reward, and their fight was not in vain.

I heard that Zhang Shouyue had asked people to go to the Xilai Inn in Wuxiang Old Street to clean up the mess last night, Zhang Yue drove the Shanghai magistrate back to the county government in a few words, and wanted to pull Zhang Chao to say a few more words, but in the end he hammered him on the shoulder as before: "Big brother, you are the military order, I am the king's order, what can I say can only be said after I go back." All in all, take care of yourself, and don't rush too far ahead when you go into battle! ”

"I only killed four or five people in one night, and there is no such shop in this village, and the next step must be a peaceful journey, that is, this time it is just an addiction! This time, the supervisor of the army was Yang Qingyang's father-in-law, the eunuch of the capital governor, and my father was worried that I would be gossiped about by others when I stayed on the boat, so he simply sent me to Yan'an to inspect the guards. In the face of Zhang Yue's heavy punch, Zhang Chao was completely fine, and smiled nonchalantly, "I'll go to the east gate to clean up those corpses now, and you will do your thing, and I'll talk about it after I go back!" ”

The brothers have always had a very good relationship, and at this time, the two tacitly stretched out their slaps, slapped them hard, and then parted ways without looking back. After meeting Hu Qi and the baby-faced guard Tian Fang, Zhang Yue immediately got on his horse and galloped in the direction of Wuxiang Old Street. Along the way, he didn't know how many groups of cheering people he met, and even some people took out firecrackers prepared for the New Year, and the crackling noise revealed endless joy.

When he saw Wuxiang Old Street, he found that this street was crowded with people, and he couldn't squeeze in on horseback at all. It wasn't until he casually found a passer-by to ask him that he realized that the people who came here were all coming for the corpses of those "widows". Although he knew that most of the people he killed were not real widows, seeing that everyone was full of righteous indignation, he naturally couldn't explain anything, so he could only take a detour through the back door of another alley.

Fan Gou'er, who was busy in the lobby, caught a glimpse of a figure shaking at the back door, and immediately straightened up and looked over vigilantly, but as soon as he saw the person, his ruddy face suddenly turned white. Seeing Zhang Yue striding in, he opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't say it when the words came to his mouth, so he could only watch Zhang Yue go straight to the small cross courtyard, and after a while, he came out of it with a gloomy face.

"What about my people?"

"Gong ...... Childe, early ...... This ...... in the morning There's a ...... here. Corpse...... News of the corpse spreads...... Spread the word ......"

The more anxious Fan Gou'er was, the more unfavorable he was to speak, so he simply had the courage to drop Zhang Yue to the back of the counter and poured a large bowl of water in one go, and then ran up at a trot, and his tongue finally recovered its function: "The boss was worried that there would be too many onlookers to disturb the three girls, so he sent someone to inform the Yang family." Later, the third aunt of the Yang family sent a car to pick them up, and your three guards escorted them to the Yang family's compound...... Oh, the only living mouth they took with them. The merchant surnamed Ma said that he was an old acquaintance with the Yang family, and he also followed someone with him, but Wang Gongzi checked out and left. ”

Zhang Yue frowned when he heard this, but he saw that there were indeed a lot of people around the door, and he felt all kinds of noisy sounds pouring into his ears, so he was relieved. After all, the Yang family's compound at this time should be quieter and safer than here. Knowing that the boss Chu Yun was perfunctory at the door to the people who wanted to come in to see the scene of last night's fight, he casually untied a money bag full of treasure money and silver horns from his waist, and didn't bother to count how much, so he handed it to Fan Gou'er.

"Tell your boss, just say that I almost hurt him when I live here this time, thank you for me."

Fan Gou'er held the heavy money bag, and didn't react until Zhang Yue left with someone, and after thinking about it, he felt a silver horn from it and put it in his belt, and ran to the front with a cigarette. He didn't care that the boss was spitting and talking about the wonderful fight last night, so he stepped forward and said what Zhang Yue said, and immediately handed over the money bag.

Even Chu Yun, who has lived for most of his life, didn't expect to meet such a reasonable and sympathetic nobleman this time, and his hands trembled a little when he took the money bag. In front of everyone's eyes, he untied the bag and looked inside, and saw a lot of silver horns inside, as well as the treasure money rolled together, his mood was even more agitated, and he simply publicized the words he had just heard from the officers, and boasted that Zhang Yue and his party were like heavenly soldiers.

And these are naturally not things that Zhang Yue cares about now, although he promised those rewards, but the government undoubtedly can't take it out, so he originally planned to go to the Yang family - you must know that the private merchants on the sea are originally business thieves, and he is now extremely suspicious that the second child of the Yang family is involved with it. This disaster almost affected the whole city, and he had to ask the Yang family for an explanation.

After coming to the Yang family's mansion like a gust of wind, he learned that Lingxi Amber and Autumn Mark were in the west wing of the bamboo garden at this time, so he immediately stepped up his pace and hurried over. As soon as he opened the curtain and entered the room, he felt a gust of fragrant wind rush into his arms, and when he looked down, he saw that it was autumn marks. Before he could speak, he felt two figures leaning up to the left and right, and he was stunned on the spot, and then stretched out his hands and grabbed the three people with all his might.

After waiting all night and looking forward to it all night, Qiu Zhen's eyes were already swollen, and then she bit her lip and raised her head, and she said word by word: "Amber didn't know how many blessing words she wrote in one night, Sister Lingxi made a wish to eat a long fast, I only hated myself for not being a man at that time...... Master, you're finally back! ”

Seeing the usually calm and steady Lingxi full of joy, seeing the silent Amber with tears in his eyes, and hearing Qiu Zhen's words, Zhang Yue only felt heavy in his heart. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word when his throat choked, and the three faces in front of him gradually turned into his parents and relatives, his wife Du Juan, and countless people who cared about him. At that time, he didn't have much fear when he used a sword to kill someone for the first time in his life, but at this moment, he felt an indescribable fear.

Life-and-death...... The real thing is just a moment.

Half an hour later, he bandaged his wounds, drove the three girls to sleep, and then walked out of the west wing lightly, only to see Fang Qingzheng and Fang Rui standing in the cold wind waiting for him. Although these two people were all surnamed Fang, they couldn't hit each other with eight poles, so he couldn't help frowning when he saw this combination.

Seeing Zhang Yue come out, Fang Rui looked up and down for a while before smiling: "Sure enough, you are a good person, you have good fortune and great fate, and you can also turn evil into good fortune when you encounter this kind of thing, which is really different from people like me who are unlucky at all times." I just want to remind you, be careful, you've already provoked too many people, and if it weren't for the one behind me who still has illusions about you, I wouldn't have been able to stop that idiot from sending someone to deal with you. As soon as those people under his command get involved, you may not be able to get out of it this time. This time the incident was in Ningbo Mansion, if I guessed correctly, even the Japanese were deliberately attracted by others. As for the business between my master and the Yang family in the future, it is just from smuggling to a legitimate trade, I only care about the money, I don't care who will take care of the Yang family in the future, whatever you want to clean up the Yang family. I'm going to Ningbo after that, and it's easy for you to take me if you want to. ”

Seeing Fang Rui bow down and float away, Zhang Yue was silent for a long time, and then Fang Qing said: "Although this time can be regarded as a great victory, the city defenders have suffered heavy losses, and those villages by the sea have suffered a lot of casualties. I have asked Zhang Zhixian to write a letter to ask for the construction of a city wall, but a county has not had a city wall for more than 100 years, and this situation cannot continue. Since the Yang family is a big family in Songjiang Mansion, in addition to contributing to the bereavement and reward, they should also set an example in building the city. It's not a negotiation, you should understand! ”

Although Fang Qing had dealt with Zhang Yue many times, he knew that this seemingly gentle and gentle young upstart was by no means a person who could be easily impressed, but at this time, facing those cold eyes, he was quite frightened for a while. He listened to what Fang Rui said just now, and the information revealed in it was enough to make him frightened and even frightened. The imperial court's treatment of private traders has always been extremely harsh, if a smuggling boat is caught while patrolling the sea to catch a widow, the whole ship will be executed, not to mention that his second uncle is likely to be a widow? And even if you don't grasp this kind of big crime, it will be too easy to deal with the local rich people.

In the past three years alone, how much did my father-in-law spend on moving to Beijing to avoid being relocated as a wealthy family?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly put away the initial fluke, bowed down and promised: "As long as the adults give a charter, the Yang family will definitely follow it." ”

"Good." Zhang Yue was not surprised by Fang Qing's answer, and immediately stretched out three fingers, "First, the Yang family organized large households in Shanghai County to donate money to the government in the name of volunteer assistance to compensate the soldiers who were killed and injured during the killing. The dead in the garrison were each given a hundred taels of silver, and the wounded fifty taels, and if they were seriously wounded and could not serve as soldiers, you arranged for them to live for the rest of their lives. Second, the Yang family can do wrong things before, but they must not be wrong again, your father-in-law should clean up the door, and you must let your second brother-in-law tell everything he knows. Third, after the approval of the imperial court, donate millet and money, and immediately build the city. ”