Chapter XVIII
Listening to the "bang" sound of the collision between the wood and the Zhuangmen, Lin Chong lifted his spear and walked towards the Zhuangmen, Wu Zhi grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "What? Want to go desperate? ”
Lin Chong just wanted to jump down and kill these people, of course, he had no chance of surviving. Seeing that Wu Zhi saw through it, Lin Chong said: "Master! It seems that there are not many dead people in Liao, and Lin Chong also went to gamble! ”
Wu Zhi smiled: "Do you know what gambling is?" How can you gamble by losing your life regardless of whether you win or lose? That's called desperate! ”(zcn.)
Before Lin Chong could say more, Wu Zhi waved his hand to stop him, looked at the eight dead soldiers under the city who were moving coherently, and frowned: "The action is very good." ”
Lin Chong said: "If Liao Dog pauses slightly, our Divine Arm Crossbow doesn't have to waste arrows!" ”
Wu Zhi asked, "Can your mount catch up with these Liao?" ”
Lin Chong looked at Wu Zhi puzzled.
Wu Zhi smiled: "You just treat our village gate as paper-paste, you can ride a horse and break the door in and out, and the distance that the Liao people return after throwing the wood can you be sure to catch up and kill these Liao people and return safely?" ”
Lin Chong still didn't quite understand what Wu Zhi meant, Wu Zhi shook his head: "Forget it, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back from such a short distance, let me think about it again......"
Wu Zhi was bowing his head and pondering, and Lin Chong suddenly said, "Master, look! Wu Zhi raised his head, looked in the direction of Lin Chong's finger, and saw that under the moonlight, a white shadow galloped from the east, the speed was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, it had arrived in front of the village, and the Liao people shouted and greeted the hundred-person team on guard at the east gate. But the white shadow is extremely fast, and does not entangle with them. went around in the distance to get rid of the pursuers, and galloped towards the east gate of Wujiazhuang.
Lin Chong said: "It's Miss Hu!" "Lin Chongjiu has been in northern Xinjiang for a long time, and he is familiar with Hujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang.
Wu Zhi nodded slightly, surprised in his heart, why did she come here? Over there, Lin Chong waved his hand, and the villagers at the east gate were in a hurry, and the village gate slowly opened. The white shadow jumped into the village gate with a swish, and when the hundred-man team arrived, he first ate a random arrow on the city wall. And the east gate has been slowly closed.
From beginning to end, it only took a moment, and the Liao brigade at the south gate had no time to react. At first, when they saw a horse coming, they didn't pay attention to it, and when the other party threw off the pursuers, the east gate opened, and it was too late for the brigade to rush again. I only watched people enter the village from the east gate and close the village gate.
Xiao Tiancheng is not angry but happy, in the border for more than a year, naturally he also knows the name of the third sister of Hujiazhuang in the east, if it is not for the sudden rise of Wujiazhuang, I am afraid that Hujiazhuang is the number one thorn in the eye of the Liaoren, it seems that the person who came must be the third sister of the legendary white horse and jade armor. Hmph, it's self-defeating, but this mother-in-law is so good, you have to keep an eye on the side, don't be run away by her.
Wu Zhi saw that the third sister of Hu had entered Zhuangzi, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and if he didn't like her again, don't fold it in the hands of the Liao.
"You know her well?" Wu Zhi asked Lin Chong.
Lin Chong shook his head with a wry smile: "I have been in the north all the year round, and my subordinates have only met her a few times." ”
Wu Zhi smiled: "I thought she was here to save her husband...... What about ......" Wu Zhi suddenly stopped his mouth with an embarrassed face, and the third sister Hu in snow-white armor was slowly walking over. Her own nonsense was listened to by her.
Third Sister Hu didn't seem to hear Wu Zhi's words at all, nodded slightly to Lin Chong, said hello, and then stood at the head of the city and looked at the Liao army below.
Wu Zhi naturally didn't take the initiative to pay attention to her, and turned his head to look at the battle situation below, Lin Chong saw that the two were not right, and it was even more difficult to interject, so the city wall fell into an awkward silence.
After a while, Lin Chong couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Master, Miss Hu is fast, why don't you ask Miss Hu to take Mrs. first, and then come back to pick up Master." ”
When Hu Sanmei heard "Madam," she glanced at Wu Zhi in surprise, but did not speak.
Wu Zhi said lightly: "Do you think Madame will leave?" Will I go again? Lin Chong was dumbfounded, bowing his head and saying nothing.
"Zhuangzi Shangdiren, listen, just throw your owner down to die! This general will let Wujiazhuang have a way out! Never again! Suddenly, someone shouted loudly in Chinese.
Wu Zhi looked at the past funny, he was not impressed by Xiao Tiancheng, and under the moonlight, his face was hazy, Xiao Tiancheng was mixed in the Liao brigade, Wu Zhi naturally didn't recognize him, but the Khitan people are so fluent in Chinese, they must be Liao nobles, and they have been cultivated since childhood. Khitan Chinese is spoken in Liao, especially in the southern part of Liao, and most Khitan people also understand Chinese, but they are not very fluent in speaking.
Wu Zhi laughed and shouted: "Zhuangxia Khitan dog listened! If you want to save your life, cut off the head of the person who barked! The owner of this village will let you wait for a way out, and he will not be harassed when he sweeps through Beijing in the future! ”
The Liao people in Zhuangxia made a noise, seeing that the village was about to be broken, the other party dared to be so arrogant, making the Liao people angry and screaming, Xiao Tiancheng's horse whip in his hand changed shape, and he couldn't resist the urge to scold, thinking of one vicious way to torture Wu Zhi after another.
"Smash me! Break the martial arts village and reward you for waiting for your daughter to return to your hometown! Xiao Tiancheng yelled at the Eight Knights.
The spirit of the Eight Dead Soldiers was greatly boosted, and the Wujiazhuang was broken, and the capital crimes of themselves and others were spared! No more use as a dead soldier to charge! The eight people roared wildly and instigated their war horses to rush towards the gate of the martial arts village, and their excited voices were trembling.
"It's still the same as before, I know the benefits of tongue," Hu Sanmei looked at Zhuang Xia Liaoqi and said lightly.
Although she didn't name her, Wu Zhi also knew that she was talking about herself, and she hurt her a few words when she met Hu Sanmei for the first time, and she said so indifferently at that time that she was "taking advantage of her tongue," and after a year, this little girl is still like this, she doesn't seem to have the slightest anger, she is quiet, but in fact, she is very proud. It seems that when she met her on the official road some time ago, the little girl was probably nervous, so she gave herself a smile, it was an accident, an absolute accident.
"Miss Hu has always been a real sword, why don't you slaughter the Liao leader?" Wu Zhi said with a smile.
Hu Sanmei said: "The battle of tongues is useless. ”
Wu Zhi said: "The battle of words and tongues was provoked by the girl first. ”
The third sister was stunned and stopped talking.
Lin Chong saw that the enemy was attacking very tightly below. Wujiazhuang is imminent, these two ancestors still have the leisure to quarrel here, they are in a hurry, and it is not good to interject, so they are helpless, so they listened to Wu Zhi and said: "I don't know if I can borrow Lin Jiao's head for a BMW girl?" ”
Hu Sanmei said: "Yu'er never gives outsiders a ride, if the master of the martial arts village has a good plan to break the enemy, I can say it." ”
Although Wu Zhi is reluctant to borrow her favor, now is not the time to be angry. I had no choice but to mutter to the third sister Hu, who nodded again and again as she listened......
Looking at the gate of the martial arts village that has been hit dozens of times, although it is slightly shaken, it still stands on the ground. Xiao Tiancheng frowned, this is too strong. It's almost time to catch up with the city gate of the state capital, if you don't break through the Zhuangmen soon, the border Song army will be in trouble if you get the news and rush to support.
The strength of the eight dead soldiers is still so strong, thinking that they can return to their hometowns in fine clothes, and what fatigue has already been thrown to Java. Roaring and charging again, "Bang," the wood and the Zhuangmen collided, and then the eight horsemen returned, at this time, the south gate of the Wujiazhuang suddenly "snapped" with a crisp sound, and a wooden plank fell down and the mouth was dusty. Look at it again, the village gate seems to be carved out of the small door a few feet high, more than a foot wide, the Liao people have not yet come back to their senses, the small door suddenly jumped out of the white shadow, the speed is extremely fast, in the blink of an eye has caught up with the returning eight knights, and then I saw the black light flashing, "pounce" a few muffled sounds, the eight dead soldiers have fallen off the horse. Turned into a real "dead" soldier.
Needless to say, the person who came was Hu Sanmei, who used the Wuzhidi Wujin Sword to cut a hole in the Zhuangmen, relying on Yu'er's foot strength, and caught up with the eight dead soldiers to get rid of it.
Wu Zhi and Lin Chong saw it clearly on the city wall, and they were both overjoyed, and it could be concluded from the repeated impact of these eight dead soldiers that there were no ironclad knights on the other side, otherwise they would have already taken turns to charge, how could there be a reason to only use eight people?
The two of them smiled unclosed, and suddenly their eyes widened, but they saw that Hu Sanmei did not return to Zhuang like she had said in advance, but rode her horse towards the Liao brigade, and suddenly she had arrived in front of the other party's formation, and the Liao people reacted, shouting and pounced, and saw the black light in Hu Sanmei's hands, and the Liao people fell off the horse one after another, but after all, the Liao people were overwhelming, and the third sister Hu saw that she could not rush to the front of the other party's commander, and if she continued to fight, she would be besieged by the Liao, and her legs were slammed between the horse's belly, Yu'er let out a long hiss, and the Liao people who were close to her were so shocked that they retreated again and again, making a mess, In the chaos, Yu'er flew like a fly, rushed out of the enemy formation, before passing through the Zhuangmen, Hu Sanmei's hand shook, a black light flew into the doorway, and then pulled the reins, Yu'er spun around, galloped to the east, like flying away.
Wu Zhi shook his head, the little girl didn't seem to care about anything, but she cared very tightly in her heart, she just quarreled from time to time. Why didn't she slaughter the other party's leader, she really held her breath and rushed to the other party's camp, and now she ran away like a fly, could it be that she didn't kill the enemy leader and felt faceless? Excuse me again?
In fact, not only Wu Zhi, but also the third sister Hu who was immediately at this time was wondering, why did she go to Wujiazhuang? Why was I a little depressed when I heard Wu Zhi say "save my husband"? Why is it that when I bluff the word "madam", I have always been as calm as water, suddenly become upset and vindictive? Too much why, the third sister sighed lightly, leaned on Yu'er's back, and the tide of thought was like water......"
Lin Chong didn't have so many ideas, he just ordered the heavy armor army to erect a gun array in front of the broken doorway, and if the Liao people rushed in through this doorway, they would discipline him into a hornet's nest. On the other side, there were guards on the other side who retrieved the goldless sword for the king, and Wu Zhi returned the sword into the sheath and looked down with cold eyes.
Xiao Tiancheng stared blankly at the battlefield, as if he had returned to a year ago, the mood was also so lost, differently, last time it was because of the ferocity of the opponent and the soul was scattered, this time it was the kind of disappointment that turned from joy to sorrow, looking at the doorway that could only allow one person to enter and exit, gritted his teeth, resisted the desire to shout out the charge, turned around and whistled, in the sound of horses' hooves, the Liao brigade rushed north, although the same rumbling, but there was no sense of majesty when it came, and every Liao person was only indescribably depressed in his heart.
On the second day, Wu Zhi handed over the financial power of Wujiazhuang to Lin Chong, originally did not want Lin Chong to worry about these miscellaneous matters, but now it seems that Mr. Liu really can't bear the burden of Wujiazhuang, only to push it all to Lin Chong, Mr. Liu just take care of some trivial matters, yesterday's battle, except for a few people who were killed by the Liao people, Wujiazhuang did not hurt a single soldier, repelled thousands of Liao attacks, it can be said to be a big victory, Wu Zhi is not happy at all, the Liao people have repeatedly provoked, and their Wujiazhuang will not be so lucky every time. It's really time to do something, if you, as the owner of a martial arts village left behind in Beijing, are broken by someone, it won't be a big joke?
Lin Chong was instructed to take strict precautions and investigate the origin of the new tenant farmers, although the guards killed several Liao people yesterday night, and the benevolent brother who almost shot Jin Lian tasted the taste of life worse than death, but he was always afraid that there would be fish that slipped through the net, not to mention that Zhujiazhuang sent people into Zhuangzi to make trouble. Hujiazhuang is not necessarily honest, Hu Sanmei is Hu Sanmei, and Hu Yuan is Hu Yuanwai. You can't generalize.
At the gate of Wujiazhuang, bamboo and the cow cried together. Wu Zhi had the intention to take the big cow back to the Daimyo's mansion, but this honest man just didn't want to, and he had to let him.
Manager Liu next to him was full of guilt, and Wu Zhi knew how comforting the words were, so he just patted him on the shoulder. "Help me keep an eye on my home!"
Manager Liu nodded silently.
The satin curtain was lowered, and the carriage set off, followed by the knights on the left and right, bringing up a slight dust. Everyone in Wujiazhuang watched the carriage gradually disappear before turning around and returning to the village.
The first thing Wu Zhi did when he returned to the Daimyo Mansion was to put a table on Zhao Ji and talk about the distress of Wujiazhuang, and Gaoyang Guan Road pacified Liu Yu who did not know the enemy. The border defense is like a fictitious one, making the entry and exit of thousands of Liao troops in and out of the Song realm like child's play, and it is really not appropriate to entrust it with a heavy task, please ask the Holy Lord to adjudicate.
In fact, Liu Yu's official position has long been unstable, and he blamed him for the loss of more than 1,000 soldiers last time, but later Wu Zhi attacked Youzhou and fought a beautiful victory. Now that Wu Zhi has impeached him, nineteen black yarns are not guaranteed.
Wu Zhi originally wanted to promote Zong Ze to serve as the envoy of Gaoyang Guanlu to appease the economy, but thinking that Zong Ze was recommended by himself, and then pulled to his own land, he would inevitably be suspected of forming a party, so he did not mention the candidate, and only asked Zhao Ji to decide.
Wu Zhi's second thing is that he sent Wenda to the capital supervisor, and the armaments and materials were distributed by Wenda, and he wanted to expand the armaments for Wujiazhuang, so he naturally wanted to find Wenda.
Wen Da heard that the king had summoned him, and hurried to the yamen of the garrison division, which was not far from the daimyo's mansion, and saved Wu Zhi from running back and forth.
In the main hall, Wenda, who took off his armor, was still so straightforward, sitting at the bottom of the head, and there was tea sent by the handyman on the table next to him.
Wu Zhi said with a smile: "General Wen, don't you dislike this king's tea?" ”
Wen Da was taken aback, and hurriedly got up and said: "The subordinates don't dare, it's just that the subordinates don't like to drink tea!" ”
Wu Zhi is a bit weird, there are still people who don't drink tea in this era? "Why doesn't the general like tea?"
Wen Da said: "A hateful thing when my subordinates were young, don't mention it. ”
Wu Zhi said: "Since the general refuses to speak, this king can't be forced, the general please take a seat." ”
Yueda hesitated slightly, after all, he was afraid that Wu Zhi would blame him, and said: "My subordinates are young and poor, my father loves to drink tea the most, and everything in the family is pawned by my father for tea, so Wenda swore at that time...... Never touch the tea ceremony in the future. ”
Wu Zhi nodded slightly, it seems that Wen Da is the kind of person who is very stubborn, if he is Liang Zhongshu's sworn friend, then most likely he will not be able to turn back, I hope he is not a party person.
"Lord Liang once allocated a batch of heavily armored crossbow arrows a few years ago, do you know about this?" Wu Zhi asked nonchalantly.
Wen Da nodded and said: "My subordinates know that it was allocated to the Wujiazhuang Township Soldiers of Zhending Mansion, and later Wujiazhuang won several battles with those armaments, and the Privy Council specially issued an official document to commend Lord Liang." ”
Wu Zhi was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he heard this, this old fox, he thought that the ordnance he secretly sent, who knew that it would be reported to the Privy Council in a blink of an eye, and he must have found some high-sounding excuses to push the relationship cleanly, and Wujiazhuang's several victories made him pick up the cheap in vain, and An Gongtao's old man had a good impression of him for this reason, right?
In this case, Wu Zhi didn't care about it anymore, "A few days ago, Wujiazhuang fought with the Liao people again, not to mention anything else, but the crossbow arrows were exhausted, and this king is going to allocate some crossbow arrows to Wujiazhuang, what do you think?" ”
Wenda "Teng" stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "Liaogou is provoking again? ”
Wu Zhi didn't expect him to react so much, but fortunately, he was not frightened by him, and frowned: "What is such a fuss?" ”
Wen Da apologized stupidly: "The subordinates are reckless, but the Liao dog really doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and the king taught them a lesson, and he dared to provoke, and his subordinates were angry for a while......"
Wu Zhi waved his hand: "That's it." I have my own ideas about teaching Liao Dog. ”
Wen Da heard that Wu Zhi wanted to "teach Liao Dog a lesson," and immediately became eyebrows, and said eagerly: "To start a war with Liao, the prince must bring his subordinates!" ”
These days, I have always been old-fashioned. Unexpectedly, he was still a militant, Wu Zhi nodded with a smile, and faintly felt that Wen Da's temperament should not be Liang Zhongshu's henchmen.
Wen Da said again: "Lord Wang, the Liao people have repeatedly invaded Wujiazhuang, and it seems that they have regarded Wujiazhuang as a thorn in their side. Thorns in the flesh, I'm afraid it's not enough to only allocate Wujiazhuang crossbow arrows, is it not enough to allocate them some armor crossbows? ”
Wu Zhi was dumbfounded. looked at Wenda in a daze, and Wenda thought that Wu Zhi was difficult. He bowed his head and said: "My subordinates also know that this matter is difficult, and I also ask the prince to report it to the Privy Council, just say that it is the idea of the young general."
Wu Zhi remained silent: "That's not necessary, I and the general jointly reported that this is a major event in the people's livelihood on the border." How can this king shirk it? ”
Wen Da heard that the king agreed to his proposal, and was very happy, and secretly said that the king is the king, he is broad-minded and big enough, if he changes others, he must be very harsh on the people who have been taken care of by the previous officials. With his own authority, even if he doesn't make things difficult, he won't be much better for them, but the king is impartial and doesn't care about these ways of being an official, which is really rare.
"The subordinates will go and allocate the crossbow arrows to the Wujiazhuang, and the rest of the armaments will be sent to the subordinates for the official documents of the Privy Council to be sent to the subordinates to prepare!" Wen Da rushed to the road. It seems that the official document of the Privy Council must be a quasi-discussion, and it is no wonder that he thinks so, there is a letter from the noble king who is red through half the sky, and the deputy privy envoy Lord Liang has taken a lot of care of Wujiazhuang before. How can this not be done?
Waiting for Wen Da to leave in a hurry, Wu Zhi couldn't bear it anymore and laughed.
In the prosperous place of the southern city, there is a mansion, the wall is not high, it can be seen that the willow branches inside, the corner of the eaves pavilion looks inconspicuous, and there is no difference between the mansion of ordinary high-class people, no one can imagine, this is the residence of Lu Yuanwai, the richest man in the Daimyo Mansion. Lu Yuanwai's family background is innocent, and he has a wide range of friends, and he is one of the best characters among Hebei businessmen.
Lu Yuanwai's prestige is high, and the popularity is good, the house near Lu Yuanwaifu is naturally the best choice for the merchants of the Daimyo Mansion, not for other places, every day and Lu Yuan's coat set of friendship, there are countless benefits of keeping, and it is true at the beginning, the two mansions adjacent to the Lu Yuanwaifu have been fired by the Daimyo businessmen, but unfortunately the money is getting lower and lower, and now the two houses are unattended, and the original main household has moved how far away, and he refuses to live here.
Without it, just because of Mrs. Lu's wife, Mrs. Lu, who loves to be lively, likes to go to the neighbor's house, chat with the lady next door, this is nothing, at first those merchants who moved in wished that their wives could make friends with Mrs. Lu, and welcomed Mrs. Lu. Who knows that after a long time, I will know that Mrs. Lu's tongue is very harsh, she likes to fight for the rich the most, often denigrates the other husband's worthlessness, praises her husband to the sky, and talks about some trivial things in her own family every day.
After a long time like this, whose mother-in-law can stand it? Even those businessmen also felt that they had lost face, so they sold the house and left, and the price was still high, and gradually Mrs. Lu's notoriety spread, and the money of these two houses gradually decreased, but now they can no longer be sold, and the houses of the two owners cannot be sold, and they do not want to live there, leaving only two empty houses.
On this day, the house on the east side of Lu Yuanwai's mansion suddenly became noisy, and people came and went, so it was not lively. Mrs. Lu, who was bored in the back garden of Lu's house, heard the voice and hurriedly called her personal maid Lu'er to inquire about the news.
After a while, Lu'er ran back panting: "Madam, the house in the east has been sold, I heard that the buyer is a beautiful young lady, I don't know the name, I only know that it is from Shandong." ”
Mrs. Lu asked, "Moved in?" ”
Lu'er said: "Yes, the handyman is moving household things." ”
Mrs. Lu nodded: "If people move today, they won't go, and they will visit tomorrow, and the neighbors will often move around." ”
Lu'er nodded yes, sighing in her heart, she didn't know what evil the young lady had done, and she came all the way from Shandong Baba to find her anger.
In the backyard pavilion, Long Wubi stood beside Wu Zhi respectfully, listened to Wu Zhi explain various matters, and talked for most of the hour, Wu Zhi stopped his mouth dryly: "Have you written it down?" ”
Long Wu nodded again and again: "The little one has been written down!" ”
Wu Zhi said: "Then go and do it, don't come to see me again if it's okay, so as not to be seen by someone with a heart!" ”
Long Wu responded, looking hesitant, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to say it.
Wu Zhi saw him spitting and spitting, and said sullenly: "If you have something, just say it, you know what I am most annoyed by!" ”
Long Wu bowed his head and said, "Back to the prince, this time I came to the Daimyo's Mansion to pick up my wife with me." ”
Wu Zhi was stunned and said, "What lady? ”
Long Wu said in surprise: "Lady Yan of Yanggu? Don't you remember? ”
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