Chapter 132: Slaughtering the City?
When there is a wound on the body, you need to avoid eating, hair and wine can not eat and drink at will, maybe the heavens are not used to their unscrupulousness, when they return to the city, the drunken dragon slipped under his feet, and rolled down from the small dirt slope, twisting his feet and neck.
White and fat, round and full, the whole ankle is swollen and plump like a pig's trotters, and it is very appetizing at first glance.
So it didn't take long for diners to come and try it, but unfortunately the humble brown bear didn't know that the guy who was used as food by it also had a brother who could pull mountains out......
Carrying the dragon on one side of his shoulders and the prey on the other, Xiang Ji was in a good mood when he walked back, but the closer he got to the city gate, the more his eyebrows were twisted.
After smelling the smell of blood again, his expression had changed to the appearance before Fan Hao killed the dog, his face was cold and full of murderous eyes, and his eyes swept over the city without the slightest emotion.
Yu Zhou was too lazy to touch this moldy head, and after entering the city, he looked left and right like an idle bad person, and his expression was very bad.
What is a bit unexpected is that yesterday just experienced a siege battle, and today there are people who dare to take to the streets one after another.
They didn't have much fear when they saw the Chu army patrolling around, kept their distance a little, and looked curiously.
It wasn't until Xiang Ji walked over with a cold face that the people avoided one after another, but he didn't say it, his face was different from ordinary people, carrying bears and people on his shoulders, and he was not a good speaker at first glance, so it was better not to provoke.
The people avoided Xiang Ji, and the sergeants they met took the initiative to come forward to salute.
Seeing this scene, some bold villagers began to come to Chu Bing, asking who this big man was, so as to familiarize himself with the future owner of this city.
Seeing the harmonious scene between the army and the people, Xiang Ji was even more dissatisfied, he thought that the Chu soldiers had forgotten the robe that died in the fierce battle yesterday, and they were colluding with the initiator!
However, this guy is not in the habit of being angry with his own people, after snorting coldly, Xiang Ji's pace is faster, he wants to return to the military tent as soon as possible, and command the army to annihilate this sin city as soon as possible, so as to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Not long after walking, their speed slowed down again, because Yu Zhou was always looking around, and the dragon was so ahorned that he didn't listen, so he couldn't be slow.
Originally, people didn't like to talk much when they were holding back the fire in their hearts, but seeing Yu Zhou's unhurried appearance, Xiang Ji finally couldn't help it: "Ziji, what are you looking for back and forth?" Can't you concentrate on hurrying back soon? ”
Yu Zhou was still slow, he picked off a little clay from the thatched hut on the side of the road and crushed it finely, and said while rubbing it with his hands: "After today, this city will no longer exist, and it is also the place where my little sister and I grew up, so I am more or less reluctant." ”
Xiang Ji didn't answer, he was now afraid that the brother next to him would intercede.
Leave this city alone, right? I'm sorry for so many Jiangdong children who died in battle, and I can't stand up to the Qin army; But if you insist on going your own way...... Don't say anything about the face of the sub-period, and I can't explain it when I see Ah Yu in the future! What if she misses this place too? Also, their uncles have also settled here for a long time!
Therefore, not answering is an answer, and he believes that with Yu Zhou's cleverness, he must understand what this means, and it is best not to speak......
Yu Zhou was indeed empathetic, not only did he not intercede for this city, but consciously changed the topic so as not to embarrass Xiang Ji: "Huh? There's actually a restaurant in front of you that has opened, Brother Yu, do you want to go in and have something to eat? ”
Xiang Ji was also a little surprised, there was just a bloody battle yesterday, and today there is a restaurant that dares to open, this store is not small!
But he didn't think deeply, and replied casually: "No need, let's go to the barracks right away and talk about it when we go back!" ”
"But Long Ji's face is ugly, I only drank and didn't eat last night, and my stomach is a little empty."
Hearing what he said, Xiang Ji was also a little hungry, and he drank wine all night on an empty stomach, and it was really uncomfortable to have nothing to pad his stomach: "Okay, let's go in and have a look." ”
After speaking, the three of them entered the store together.
Yu Zhou was okay when he came in, when Xiang Ji entered the door, he lowered his head and put his hand down, Long He and the brown bear immediately filled the small dining room, plus his body blocked the door, and the whole store immediately saw no light, at first glance, I thought that a strong man was going to rob.
The shopkeeper was a little old man, a little hunchbacked, and he was not surprised to see the three of them, showing a somewhat rusty smile, and said, "Three nobles, the humble house is simple......
Xiang Ji raised his eyebrows: "What is ugly, what is it, what is it, you are a guest when you enter the door, you still want to drive us away?" ”
The old man glanced at the brown bear on the ground, said nothing, went back to the back hall and tinkered for a while, and came out with a piece of paper.
Isn't this the flyer that was handed out before?
Just when the three of them were wondering, the old shopkeeper spit, carefully unfolded the paper, and deliberately shook it twice, and when they all saw it clearly, he pasted the leaflet in the most conspicuous place in the store, turned around and went back to the back hall to continue tinkering.
"What does this mean?"
"What else do you mean, there are warriors at home who are trying to catch bears, and people are afraid that we will bully the weak!"
You don't need Yu Zhou to open his mouth for this bit of, Long Ji can see it.
After confirming the guess in his heart with the little fat man, Xiang Ji was furious: "Xiang Mou stands up to the sky, how can he rely on people's money!" ”
"Whoa, whoa, ——!"
This is the bear woke up, but unfortunately it has not recovered from its two screams, and it has been kicked on the head again, and it immediately rolls into the corner and returns to its soul.
After being a little angry, Xiang Ji frowned again: "Even if you are afraid that we will commit murder, then the old store can be useful by sticking a piece of paper?" ”
dragged the two of them into this dining house, Yu Zhou admitted that he had another purpose, but he and the shopkeeper neither knew nor met, it was a complete chance encounter, who would have thought that the other party's house actually hid Chu Jun leaflets, he felt that this beginning was very good, and it was more conducive to his next plans.
Maybe God can't bear to see all the lives in a city destroyed.
"When the food comes up later, just ask the store."
Perhaps it was because he was worried that the impatience of the three people and one bear would demolish this place, but the old man was particularly nimble, and after a while of entering, three bowls of soup made of wild vegetables and a stack of pot helmets were served.
Xiang Ji only glanced at it, and immediately lacked interest, although everyone is usually not brocade clothes and jade food, this kind of rough thing has not been eaten for a long time.
The potstickers are better, the vegetable soup is really unbearable, the thick pottery bowl can't tell whether it is soil or pottery, and the outside of the bowl is a strong drop of soil.
As for the inside of the bowl? The soup is turbid and the roots are still there, and the smell of the earth is stronger than the taste of vegetables, how to put it in your mouth?
Xiang Ji had a good face, he didn't bother to say anything bad, and seeing the old man's sneering expression, he and Long He picked up a pot sticker and gnawed it, and the vegetable soup didn't move.
These two people don't move, Yu Zhou can't do it, and they still expect to stay here for a while! He slowly picked up the pot helmet, and while soaking it in the vegetable soup, he asked, "Shopkeeper, where did you get this flyer from?" ”
"Flyers?"
"That's the paper."
"Oh——!"
Speaking of which, the old man's expression changed from doubtful to suddenly realized, and then from awakening to full of expression, and the tone of his voice suddenly relaxed a little: "The noble person doesn't know, this thing was picked up by the little old man, you Chu Jun distributed a lot before, but I am a little literate and have no books at home, so I left this thing as a thought." ”
In those days, a fellow who knew a little about braille dared to call himself a scholar, and it was hard to imagine how hungry and thirsty such a person was for all things with words.
The heaviness of the paper itself and the cumbersome writing doomed the bamboo slips to be difficult to transcribe, so they could not satisfy everyone, and now, a thin piece of paper can bring the story into people's hearts, and it is simply normal for people to be willing to risk the punishment to survive.
Thinking of the hungry children in the mountains with big heads and thin bodies staring at their eyes full of curiosity, and thinking about the fact that in the era when there was a lack of entertainment of all kinds, Yu Zhou felt that the old man in front of him was a bit similar to the two, and he was also hungry and thirsty.
But......
It is not unusual for an old guy with a little insight to guess that the three people in the store are Chu Jun, how much does he understand the things on that piece of paper?
"Shopkeeper, since you know that this thing is passed on by us, aren't you worried that the above words are all lies?"
The old man began to set up the score, he smiled slyly, and said: "You have big hearts, you are all people who do big things, Tong Ye Feng Brother Jun has no jokes, how can you lie to me a little old man!" ”
This next item is curious: "An old man, do you still know the allusion of Tongye Fengdi?" ”
The old man may have seen that the status of the three of them was extraordinary, and continued to compliment: "When I was young, I didn't finish my studies, and I knew a little bit about it, but if the noble person used the method of paper leaflets to pass it on to all sentient beings, who in the world didn't know who didn't know?" ”
There is no need for the old man to say this, a few people have known it since the day the paper workshop was built, even if they are as dull as Xiang Zhi, after Yu Zhou talked in detail with Fan Zeng's explanation, he would not have been so attentive to the Yu family and Da Chu in partnership with this transaction.
However, it feels very good to be praised for the wonderful use of paper in person, Xiang Ji's heart is comfortable, his face is shining, and he pointed to the flyer and asked: "Shopkeeper, since you can understand this thing in your collection, let me ask you, which one do you appreciate and which one you hate the most?" ”
Yu Zhou glanced at Xiang Ji and felt that this kind of thing should not be asked by this guy, not to mention anything else, just saying which one he hated, there was a trap in it.
Say that he hates Meng Tian being arrested? Said that he hated Zhao Gao's dictatorship and killed Fusu? This kind of cruelty to Zhongliang should indeed be hated, but that is considered from the position of the Qin people, if all this did not happen, how could the Chu people's march be so smooth?
Looking at Xiang Ji's enthusiastic appearance again, Yu Zhou thought that he was thinking too much, this guy didn't have the ability to talk to people at all, let alone use such tortuous means!
Damn, it seems that sometimes when I think about problems, I still have to change my mind to think about it......
The old man obviously had the same idea as Yu Zhou before, stood there and struggled for a while, and replied stubbornly: "According to the little old man, the most hateful thing is that General Meng Tian was captured and imprisoned, and as soon as the pillar stone fell, I don't know how many hard-working people in the north fell under the hooves of the Huns, and the barbarians are hateful!" ”
Xiang Ji patted the case and nodded heavily: "What you said is reasonable!" When the first Zhou Lile was prosperous, the world respected the king, and now no matter where the king is, the barbarians are really hateful! ”
Hearing him say this, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and continued to reply: "If you want to say that the little old man appreciates the most, there is nothing more than the 'Three Chapters of the Law' written by this thing, Qin law is strict and the world knows it, we Chu people really have no choice but to endure it every day, now the army of Chu has arrived, the previous laws have been abolished, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are gone, it is really a good day to begin!"
Don't hide it from this nobleman, the little old man hid this leaflet, not only to tell you that the hard days in the township are over, but also to use this as a proof, such a large army, can't talk without words......"
The old man was very selfless in what he said, and accidentally told the little abacus of confrontation, just as when the three of them first entered the store, he took out a leaflet as a means of relying on them to intimidate them.
But these words fell into Xiang Ji's ears, obviously a compliment, but he could only laugh back......
For he was about to destroy the whole city, and destroy all the people, and the animals, and the houses, and the houses, and the chickens and dogs......
Long He was also embarrassed, he wanted to interject two sentences before, but now he lowered his head and gnawed on the pot helmet and said nothing.
Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Yu Zhou answered: "Shopkeeper, since you are all Chu people and want to live a good life, why didn't you open the door and surrender in the first place?"
The garrison is all the children of the county, so it shouldn't be difficult to work together to accomplish this, right?
Take a step back and say, even if you don't wait, how can you resist so stubbornly and break the henchmen of the major general! ”
The same question also hovered in Xiang Ji's heart, and in Chongtong's questioning eyes with anger, the old man smiled bitterly twice and spoke: "Your nobles don't know, the Qin army in this city is nominally a county soldier, but in fact, it has been changed three days ago, I have a young son who is worthy of being a city dan, and now his whereabouts are unknown, which makes people worry!" ”
Yu Zhou and Xiang Ji glanced at each other, and said in disbelief: "Changed? All? Or is it a part? Where did they get it from? ”
The old man continued to smile bitterly: "How can I know this? Xiao Lao'er only knew that a part of the Qin army had been replaced, and it was from that time that the county lieutenant suddenly decided to defend the city......"
After making trouble for a long time, it was such a result, Xiang Ji was a little unwilling, he was silent for a long time with the pot helmet, and he didn't know if he was finished while gnawing, and he bit his finger before he came back to his senses: "Shopkeeper, then you haven't thought about going out to find your son?" ”
Yu Zhou smiled......
Because Xiang Ji is very contradictory, he can ruthlessly slaughter strangers without mercy, although this has not happened yet, but it can be seen from his attitude towards his subordinates.
For example, when others treat those close to them, they are all confidants, followed by fifty percent, followed by forty percent, and again thirty percent, until there is no relationship. Xiang is different, he can have a heart-to-heart relationship with the people closest to him, followed by ten percent, again one percent, and again one percent......
Why is there such a big gap? Because he is proud and the army has a record, he should be rewarded for his merits, right? Item registration is not!
He flipped through the merit book and found that there were other small merits for not killing people, so he pouted: What is this merit, compared with me, it is nothing to come back with one or two heads!
Thereupon...... Xiang Ji is very tight about rewards and titles, because judging from the horizontal comparison of his own status and merits, other people's merits are not a matter at all!
For this reason, Yu Zhou once spent several days to explain this guy's elm head, and by the way, he figured out how the overlord's "once" ungrateful evaluation came about......
Today, Xiang Ji's mentality has changed a lot, but the nature in his bones has not changed, from the point of view of others decreasing and he has always maintained a little politeness, whether this is from the aristocratic knowledge or the level difference is too disdainful, you can always take advantage of it.
For example...... Compared to killing a stranger and killing someone who admires him and has seen him, or even had a little friendship, the latter is a bit difficult for Xiang Ji......
This is also the source of the overlord's evaluation of the benevolence of the woman "once".
At this point, Liu Bang used it very well back then, so he concluded that his father would definitely not be cooked, so he concluded that his wife must be fine if she fell into the hands of Xiang Yu, so he escaped from the edge of life and death many times and stepped on the highest position step by step......
Now, Yu Zhou doesn't have that kind of ambition, he just wants to use this small character weakness of Xiang Ji to let him get familiar with and understand the people in the city, and with the slightest friendship, the butcher knife can no longer be raised, saving the innocent people in the city.
After all his efforts, now that he finally saw a glimmer of light, Xiang Ji asked the shopkeeper why he didn't go to find his son, precisely because he couldn't do anything to the old man in front of him! He wants the old man to go!
Regarding the question of Xiang Ji, the old shopkeeper beat his legs: "Alas, people are old and can't walk, so I thought, if my son comes back in the future, how anxious should he be if the little old man is not here?" I've lived in my home for most of my life......"
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