Chapter 33: Cat and Mouse?
"The soldier has killed someone, run!" In the distance, the shouts of people in terror could be heard. The crowd swelled again, all the people tried to break away from the crowd, and the chaotic crowd was once again crowded so that Gaulle could not pass again.
After praying, Zhao Jie was like a divine help at this time, coupled with Zhao Jie's modern escape skills, Gao Le easily moved through the crowd. I saw him clenching his hands in front of his chest, just like the defensive posture of a boxer in a later life, he moved to the side of the forward direction while moving in sync with the flow of people, and finally he finally broke away from the crowd. At this time, the conflict between the people and the soldiers also reached a climax.
"The Legend of Jucheng Chronicles" contains: On this day, hundreds of people died, nearly 1,000 were injured, and the heavens and the earth changed color. All things mourn for it. ”
The confusion of the crowd did not completely cease until the end of the day, under the control of the soldiers. Guan Zhi, who got the news of the end of the chaos, galloped to the court, and without waiting for Jiang Dongliu's explanation, he whipped Jiang Dongliu dozens of times with a horsewhip, and scolded in his mouth: "Stupid, stupid, I asked you to send troops to arrest the thief, what did you do for me, live up to my expectations, should you apologize with death." ”
"Third Young Master, please let the little old man go for the sake of the old man's service to the Guan clan for so many years!"
Guan Zhi was dismissive of Jiang Dongliu and did not say a word. Before coming, he had already thought of a countermeasure: this time the chaos in the law field is a big incident, it is very likely to get bigger and bigger, there must be a person who is responsible for the whole thing, and this person's identity must not be small, in order to block the mouth of Youyou. Jiang Dongliu, as the right-hand man of the head of the Guan family, has enough status, and is directly involved in this matter, so he is the most suitable shield for him.
Jiang Dongliu saw Guan Zhi's movements, and he was familiar with Guan Zhi's every move, and he immediately came to his senses - he was given up by Guan Zhi, and Guan sacrificed him, a Guan family slave who had worked for Guan for many years, in order to protect the lives of his family members. Jiang Dongliu suddenly felt a trace of anger, this was a feeling that made him feel strange, since the son inherited his father's business and became the housekeeper of the Guan family, he sent people under the fence, and he had not been angry for more than ten years, and he only obeyed the orders of the head of the family from morning to night.
"Third Young Master, you can't kill me, you must get permission from the head of the family to kill me, and the head of the family will not agree." Jiang Dongliu shouted
"I really can't get the permission of the eldest brother, but the decision of the family meeting cannot be changed by the eldest brother, and for me, it is easy to ask for the judgment of a family meeting, this is the final decision of the family meeting, you can take a look!" Guan Zhi rode on his horse and threw a roll of bamboo slips in front of Jiang Dongliu.
"It is hereby decided to expel Jiang Dongliu from the Guan clan and give him death to atone for his sins-Guan family meeting."
"You must be weird! You must want to ask, when will I have a meeting? Guan Zhi approached Jiang Dongliu and whispered: "Actually, this bamboo slip has been made since you entered the Guan family, and the reason for doing this is to give up a Guan family outsider like you at any time." ”
After Jiang Dongliu listened, his throat was hot, as if blood was gushing up from his stomach, he thought for a few seconds, calmed down, and quietly said to Guan Zhi: "Since ancient times, all families have been like this, and there is no exception. I know that. ”
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Dongliu shouted: "The minister is willing to be punished, and I hope the lord will take good care of my widow." After saying that, he drew Guan Zhi's saber and killed himself.
Since ancient times, rights and obligations have been interdependent, and if you get a right, you will definitely get an obligation, and rights and obligations were still valued in the pre-Qin era. In ancient times, productivity was low, people could only survive when they gathered together, and gradually people found that they needed a person to lead and command, so they gave a person or a group of people the power to manage, and correspondingly gave him the obligation to protect the people and arbitrate territorial contradictions, so the Son of Heaven was born. Take the relationship of rights and obligations between the emperor and the princes of the Zhou Dynasty as an example: the king of Zhou has the power to command all states and divide the princes, and at the same time, he also has the obligation to gather all the candidates to protect the world, strengthen the enemy in the north, and strengthen Chu in the south, and arbitrate the contradictions between the princes. When King Zhou You did not fulfill his obligations, when he was having fun all day long, the princes did not listen to his command, and let the dogs break the national capital. At the same time, the princes had the obligation to protect the king of Zhou, so they had the right to be protected by the system. So when the princes did not save the king of Zhou, they did not fulfill their obligations, so the entire feudal system was completely loosened, and the Spring and Autumn period state annexation movement began. This is true not only of the Son of Heaven and the princes, but also of the princes and the princes, and the emperors and scholars. The relationship between the Son of Heaven and the princes broke down, and the world entered the Spring and Autumn Period. The relationship between the princes and the Qing Datian was broken, and the world entered the Warring States Period.
The relationship between Jiang Dongliu and the Guan family is the only remaining relationship between the doctor and the scholar in the Warring States period. Jiang Dongliu died for the only protection of the Guan family, then the Guan family must cultivate and protect the orphans for Jiang Dongliu, even if he cultivates a person who will destroy the housekeeper in the future, otherwise he will be resisted by the Qing Doctor collective, which means that the defeat of the Guan family can be expected.
"If you're dead, you're going to count me, you're really a madman." Guan Zhi said hatefully.
"Xia Jing, from today onwards, you will take Jiang Dongliu's place. Now send troops to arrest Zhao Zhao's guy. I am a cat, and he is a mouse and a mouse, and he is bound to win. ”
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A carriage was running wildly on the empty road, with a man, two women, and four wounded people sitting on it, followed not far behind the carriage by two chasing knights.
"Phew." The carriage came to a sudden stop, and the two knights slowed down under unknown circumstances.
When the two knights galloped to the crossroads, there were two "whoosh, whoosh" sounds, followed by two muffled meows, and the two knights immediately fell off their horses.
"It's okay!" Two people walked out on both sides of the intersection, the younger one.
"Fortunately, His Highness came down in time, otherwise we would have died here." The coachman said.
If you take a closer look, several people are Zhao Jie and his party who have passed through the disguise.
It is said that Xu Yang drove the carriage back to the inn, Xingyi and Tianjin had already taken the medicine and waited at the inn, and soon after, Zhao Jie, the internal guard and the guard also returned to the inn, and not long after the time, Gao Le and the two scholars also returned to the inn.
"Your Highness, the vanguard of the Guan clan's private soldiers is about to reach here, run!" The panting Gao Le reported the message.
"Are you all ready?" The crowd nodded.
"Let's go." Zhao Jie gave an order. Everyone left the inn one after another. Subsequently, the vanguard of Guan's private soldiers also arrived at the inn, and Zhao Jie and his party, who had left in advance, could still hear the sound of horses galloping.
However, their escape was not smooth, and wise men also set up soldiers in some parts of the city to intercept them. There were chasing soldiers in the back, and there were interceptions in front, so Zhao Jie and Xu Yang began the work of clearing the road.
At the entrance of the alley, two Jia clans stood solemnly with halberds, like a statue, showing their heroic posture and giving people an untouchable majesty. Zhao Jie and Xu Yang each held a crossbow, relying on the shelter of the building, and quietly advanced with their backs against the house.
"Whistle" A sharp whistle suddenly sounded. Zhao Jie and Xu Yang jumped out from behind the wall in an instant, and with two "whoosh, whoosh" sounds, two crossbow arrows broke through the air, and in another instant, the two armorers fell to the ground in response.
Zhao Jie and Xu Yang stepped forward to probe the breath first, and after confirming that the armor soldier was dead, they took the arrows that the armor soldier carried with them as trophies, and then went to the next battlefield.
In this way, Zhao Jie and Xu Yang cleared the road to the south city gate, but at this moment the situation took a turn, a group of people who were separated missed, a thick smoke rose, the whereabouts of Zhao Jie and his party were exposed, the south city gate was closed urgently, Zhao Jie and Xu Yang hurriedly retreated, to protect the carriage, when looking for the carriage, they found two knights galloping quickly, and they ambushed for unknown reasons, and then Wu happened to the above.
"The south gate has just been closed urgently, and now there are pursuers behind us, and there is no way ahead, what should we do?" Xu Yang said anxiously.
"For today's plan, the only way to seize the city is feasible, and if you grab the city gate, you can escape." Zhao Jie replied. So the people made up their minds to seize the city.
"Success or failure is in one fell swoop, and all the kings encourage together. I, Zhao Jie, swear here, if I and you can escape here, I Zhao Jie will not be defeated in the future. ”
"If we rob the city, we will be wolves, and Guan will be cats, and we will be able to leave smoothly; If we are defeated in the city, we will be rats, and the Guan family will be cats, and we will not see the sky. ”
"If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent." Zhao Jie shouted, and everyone's blood boiled.
It didn't take long for them to come to the city wall in front of the city gate. The city wall is a military defense building in ancient China. In order to protect the safety of people's lives and property, it is a tradition in East Asian countries to build cities, and the city walls are the main defense line of the city, and also define the scope of the city. Most of the materials are taken locally, and the initial stage is mainly bamboo and wooden fence; After developing to a certain extent, it was changed to earth, stone or brick and other materials for the wall. The city wall of Jucheng is similar to that of later generations, the wall is nearly 50 meters high, 10 meters thick, and is mainly composed of walls, female walls, battlements, city towers, corner towers, city gates and urn cities. It is made of rammed earth and is built with plate building technology. As early as the Yin Shang era, China's ancestors had mastered the technology of plate building. Because the city is made of taxis, it looks yellow and bald. There are two gates, the front is a hanging gate (i.e. jack gate), which is mainly lowered when the enemy National Front team comes to defend the city, and the rear is a split iron leaf gate, which is mainly used to switch in ordinary times. In the center of the city gate, there is a city tower, which is a delicate and beautiful high-rise building on the top of the city wall, which is an important high-altitude defense facility of a city on weekdays and a general who sits in command during wartime.
What Zhao Jie and they need is to escape the surveillance of the people in the city, secretly open the city gate, and then escape out of the city, with the current situation, the possibility of success is zero.