Chapter 162: Zhang Jiao's Aftermath (II)
Zhang Ning has no resistance to her father's arrangement, she knows that the matter has come to this point, it is irreparable, and only her father can feel at ease when she gets married and has a family; Besides, Li Qiang is tall and powerful, dignified, she likes it very much, and he is much stronger than those commanders and generals of the Yellow Turban Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhang Ning was wearing a red wedding dress, which looked even more slim and elegant, elegant and noble, like a fairy in the sky; Li Qiang's heart was pounding and he was overjoyed.
That night, the officers and soldiers in the barracks slaughtered pigs and sheep to celebrate the victory, Li Qiang, Gao Shun and others came to the scene to inspect and announce that Zhang Jiao was beheaded, and all officers and soldiers were rewarded with a month's salary; In the county office, a few people such as Gao Shun and Pei Yuanshao gathered together to celebrate Li Qiang and Zhang Ning's marriage.
Zhang Jiao became more and more satisfied with this son-in-law, and believed that he would definitely be able to protect his daughter from living a good life in troubled times.
It's just that Zhang Ning was entangled in Gao Shun and couldn't let go of his father, so he didn't say a word to Gao Shun all night.
Zhang Jiao saw his daughter's thoughts, if this is the case, it is okay to be generous, if it is a long time or a person with a small belly, it will not be conducive to the development of his son-in-law Li Qiang, so he comforted: "Ning'er, don't blame Gao Envoy, his decision is correct, if he dares to let go of his father, he and his subordinates will be eliminated by the imperial court, I think this is also the ending you don't want to see." ”
Zhang Ning cried: "Father, is there no other way? ”
Zhang Jiao shook his head and said: "No, for my father, I must see people in life and corpses in death, otherwise the court will never give up; Only by sacrificing one's father can more believers' lives be saved. ”
"Father, I don't want you to go."
"Hehe, Ning'er doesn't cry, today is a day of great joy, you should be happy, if your mother has a spirit in the sky, she will be happy for you when she sees you today."
"Woohoo." Zhang Ning couldn't stop the pain in his heart, and cried in Zhang Jiao's arms.
Zhang Jiao comforted: "Ning'er doesn't cry, even if there is no today's thing, my father won't live long, and now is the best ending." ”
His words shocked those seated.
Zhang Jiao hurriedly explained: "The old man was poisoned, but when he realized it, it was too late, at most he had a few months to live, so Ning'er didn't need to be sad, his father's life should be like this." ”
Gao Shun hurriedly asked, "Sect Leader Zhang, who did it?" ”
Zhang Jiao said sadly: "The old man has been secretly observing for a long time, but he has not found out who was poisoned. ”
"How long?"
"More than half a month."
Pei Yuanshao said: "Sect Master, the members of the escort team are all loyal believers in the Taiping Dao, and they have been following you for many years, so this should not be the case." ”
"Hehe, the old man has been a doctor for many years, how could he be mistaken? It just made the old man wonder that this poison is colorless and tasteless, the effect of the medicine is very slow, it takes a long time to attack, and the small forces cannot get this poison; In addition, what kind of force has placed people in the old man's side so many years in advance? So the old man guessed that Liu Hong had the biggest suspicion. ”
Gao Shun was very surprised, but he agreed with Zhang Jiao's guess that only the emperor had the motivation and ability to install secret agents many years in advance; If this is the case, he should be more cautious in the future, it seems that he has underestimated the current emperor's ability before.
Li Qiang lamented that political struggles are everywhere and too dangerous.
The original Zhang Ning's house in the backyard of the county government was renovated as the wedding room of Li Qiang and Zhang Ning; Pasted with a bright red happy word, hung a bright red lantern, and replaced with a bright red satin quilt and pillow, it looked very festive.
After sending the couple into the cave room, Zhang Jiao and Gao Shun stayed in the lobby of the front yard, and after retiring everyone, the two had a long talk all night.
Zhang Jiao admires Gao Shun very much, he has created such a foundation at a young age, strong in martial arts, brave, resourceful and courageous, and can not be arrogant or impatient, cautious, and long-term planning; I secretly blamed myself in my heart, if he could do this, he would not have been defeated today.
Gao Shun admired Zhang Jiao's organizational ability and flickering level very much, and lamented that he was born at the wrong time; If it weren't for thousands of years of knowledge, if it weren't for the help of the system, he would never have been able to achieve Zhang Jiao's current achievements, and he would have been able to hit the Han Dynasty and shake the country's foundation. And this has created great convenience conditions for his rise, and I am very grateful to Zhang Jiao in my heart.
Early the next morning, Li Qiang and Zhang Ning came to give Zhang Jiao and Gao Shun tea.
Zhang Ning, who is a first-time wife, is even more delicate and colorful.
Zhang Jiao was very satisfied with his daughter and son-in-law, and was happy that his daughter had a good home.
Under Zhang Ning's pleading, Gao Shun had no choice but to agree and let Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning get along for another three days.
On the evening of June 14, Zhang Jiao calmly drank the poison and passed away quietly.
On the morning of June 15, when Zhang Ning saw Zhang Jiao again, he had already dressed him in a longevity coat and lay quietly in the coffin.
Let Zhang Ning take one last look at Zhang Jiao, and then Gao Shun ordered someone to carry the coffin away, cut off Zhang Jiao's head, treat it with quicklime, and report it to the court urgently with the song Pegasus.
However, the music was written in advance, and Zhang Jiao was beheaded on June 11. In order to be afraid of leaving a handle, Gao Shun specially arranged for the junior cavalry, not allowed to stay in post stations in various places, and the faster they arrived in Luoyang, the better.
The head carved in advance with rosewood was installed for Zhang Jiao, and then the coffin was nailed and mourned secretly.
In order to be cautious, a headless corpse about the same size as Zhang Jiao was dressed in Zhang Jiao's clothes before his death, and buried it alone in a secret place outside the city to prevent the imperial court from suddenly coming to investigate.
After finishing Zhang Jiao's affairs, Gao Shun had time to summon Yan Liang, Guan Yu and others to come and carefully inquire about what happened that day.
On the same day, Zhang Jiao led 600 cavalry guards to escape from Julu City, intercepted by Guan Yu and Yan Liang in the east of the city, a fight, and then Yan Liang went to chase Pei Yuanshao, and captured alive, Guan Yu led people to clean up the battlefield, captured horses, and buried the dead; Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning escaped with only a few people under the desperate protection of the guards.
Then Wen Chou and Zhang Fei intercepted Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning from Guangping County, this time there were few guards around them, Zhang Fei surrounded them and caught Zhang Ning, and Zhang Jiao's war horse was too good, known as dustless, Wen Chou couldn't catch up, so he had to shoot Zhang Jiao's war horse with a bow and arrow, and Zhang Jiao, who lost his war horse, was captured alive by Wen Chou.
Guan Yu, Yan Liang and Zhang Fei's bow and arrow skills are not as good as those of Wen Chou, so Wen Chou made a lot of money.
Gao Shun was very happy and immediately announced that Zhang Jiao was beheaded by Wen Chou on June 11, and everyone should unify their voices; And in accordance with the original promise, Wen Chou was promoted to Sima of other departments, enjoying 800 stone squirrels, increasing the number of cavalry under his jurisdiction to 10 tuns, and appropriating 12 tun infantry under his jurisdiction; It is wartime now, and after the war, one of the three people selected from Zhang Meng, Zhou Cang, and Cheng Huan will be the military Sima of Wenchou.
Guan Yu, Yan Liang and Zhang Fei were each rewarded with a jar of fine wine, and they all added a tun of cavalry, promoted to military horses, and enjoyed 600 stones.
The happy situation was broken by Zhang Fei, it was Zhang Ning who was caught by Zhang Fei, but he became Li Qiang's daughter-in-law, Zhang Fei was dissatisfied, and shouted for Li Qiang to compensate, he could only blame him for laughing at Zhang Fei for being caring, Zhang Fei was still fresh in his memory, and seized the opportunity to squeeze Li Qiang fiercely.
Li Qiang was forced to be helpless, so he had to promise to give Zhang Fei the wine for the next two months, and Zhang Fei happily gave up.
Everyone asked Zhang Fei to take out a jar of wine to entertain him, otherwise they would tell Zhang Ning about his threat to Li Qiang.
In the following days, Gao Shun was not in a hurry to march into Guangzong, and cultivated in Julu City for a few days; Li Qiang, Wen Chou and Zhang Fei took turns to entertain guests, and everyone's life was not comfortable.