The man stood up, stood beside Gonggong Zhou, and said, "Dare to ask Father-in-law if he came to Susong to deliver a decree on Zhang's future?" ”

Zhou Gong snorted fairly, "Is it necessary for our family to explain this to you?" ”

The man arched his hand, "Don't dare, my general heard that my father-in-law came to Susong, recently the Susong bandits have just stopped, I am afraid that there will be outlaws who have collided with my father-in-law, and the general's military affairs are inconvenient to come, so the special general will give this general's favorite sword to his father-in-law, so that his father-in-law can use it for self-defense."

As he spoke, he respectfully held a silver sword on the table in front of Gonggong Zhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Gonggong Zhou is a hobby of collecting valuable things, especially the collection of gold ingots and the like, but he is not interested in these weapons used to fight and kill, he squinted at the long sword in front of him, and the corners of his mouth raised, "It is the general's favorite thing, the gentleman does not take people's favor, there is your general's concern, it is very safe here, and our family does not need some murderous things"

The man smiled, still in front of the sword to support the sheep, said, "Father-in-law, in addition to this sword can defend oneself, hanging at home also has the spirit of dispelling evil and eliminating disasters, according to legend, this sword was cast by Li Chunfeng, a stranger in the Tang Dynasty, my general has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years, I have heard the general say that a businessman from Jiang gradually planned to exchange 10,000 acres of fertile land, but the general was unmoved"

Zhou Gonggong's eyes lit up when he heard this, staring at this sword tightly, slowly reaching out and caressing it, and said in surprise, "This thing is worth 10,000 acres of fertile land?" ”

Seeing this, the man knew that he had already scratched his itch, and said, "No more, no less?" As he spoke, he put the sword in Gonggong Zhou's hand.

Gonggong Zhou swallowed his saliva, his eyes were about to fall out, and he pulled the hilt of the sword lightly, for fear of breaking the treasure too hard.

The sword this thing, one out of the material, the other seems to be related to the historical allusions related to this sword, this sword, judging from the sound when it is unsheathed, it is most likely not made of pure steel, the blade is very thick, there is no edge, placed in the sun from the curtains, the golden light, the hilt is inlaid with gold and jade, and even the scabbard is covered with beautifully carved patterns, this sword is not used for actual combat, just an expensive and gorgeous ornament for collection, as for whether it is from the hand of Li Chunfeng in the Tang Dynasty as this person said, the ghost knows.

Gonggong Zhou watched this sword worth 10,000 acres of fertile land again and again, and praised it repeatedly, "Good sword, good sword, come, this general, please take a seat, your general is really willing to send this thing to our house?" ”

The man arched his hand, sat down on the side, and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, isn't the thing already in your hands?" ”

Gonggong Zhou raised his head and smiled, "Oh, ah, haha, this is useless, our family and General Zhang have never known each other, how can we receive this great gift"

Gonggong Zhou said this, but he kept holding the sword tightly in his hand.

The man said with a smile, "The general said, he has heard of the name of his father-in-law for a long time, but he didn't have the opportunity to meet, usually the father-in-law drives with the emperor, and the general has no chance to honor his father-in-law, how can he miss it this time"

Of course, Gonggong Zhou understood that this was all nonsense, so he said, "The general looks up to our family too much, you don't have to go around the bend anymore, let's say, what does your general want our family to help?" ”

The man waited for this sentence, stood up and arched his hand, "My father-in-law is really a cheerful person, then the general will speak bluntly, may I ask my father-in-law, what is the holy decree saying?" Is it bad for my general? ”

Gonggong Zhou really didn't know about this, the holy decree had always been presented in the brocade box, locked, and there was a wax seal outside the box, how could he know, but listening to the emperor's tone when discussing with the officials of the military department, the holy decree was not good for General Zhang.

"This, it's not a secret, our family can't do anything" Zhou Gong said fairly.

When the man heard this, he didn't ask deeply, and said, "When does the father-in-law plan to deliver the edict to my general?" ”

Father-in-law Zhou looked up at the remnant sun road outside the window, "It's getting late today, let's do it tomorrow."

The man's face tightened when he heard this, he thought for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Can my father-in-law delay the decree for a few days?" ”

Gonggong Zhou was puzzled and asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”

The man sat down and smiled, "My father-in-law probably also heard that in the battle on the mountain, the bandits were vulnerable in front of my army, and they fled in all directions, and now the general is personally leading people to search for the remnants of the bandits in the deep mountains day and night, in order not to damage the people, the general said, the bandits are not exhausted for a day, and he will not return to the camp for a day."

Zhou Gong said fairly, "I didn't expect the dignified general to take the lead in such a way, our family admires, but this delay in the holy decree, but it is a big crime, if the emperor knows, our family can not afford it" explained that he put the sword in his hand on the table, and pushed it to the side of the man, in terms of life and money, he still wanted to live, not to mention the withholding of the holy decree, even a twist and turn, who would dare to delay time.

The man smiled and pushed the sword over again, and said, "Father-in-law doesn't need to be nervous, it's not as serious as you said, it's just a day or two late, the mountain here is high and the emperor is far away, how can the emperor know one day earlier and one day later?" ”

Gonggong Zhou also smiled and said, "This time, the will of General Zhang is not only our family, but the emperor also personally selected two thousands of Jinyi guards, and it doesn't matter if our family says it!" ”

He pushed his sword over the man.

The man smiled again, "I heard that Sumatsu Zhixian has been promoted today, right?" ”

Gonggong Zhou nodded.

The man continued, "Then Lu Zhixian will definitely have a big banquet tonight."

Gonggong Zhou nodded again.

The man smiled, "Presumably, father-in-law, you must be the guest of Lu Zhi County, if your father-in-law is greedy for a few more glasses and sleeps for a day and a half, I don't think those two brocade guards will pull you out of your drunken dream."

As he spoke, the man pushed the sword to the side of Gonggong Zhou.

Gonggong Zhou thought about it, suddenly smiled, stretched out his hand and picked up the sword, "Tell your general, our family will go to deliver the decree at noon the day after tomorrow."

"Thank you father-in-law, military affairs are here, so I won't disturb my father-in-law's rest, and I will leave"

"Oh, okay, there are a lot of people here, so we won't be far away, go slowly, go slowly"

After saying that, Father-in-law Zhou lowered his head and praised the sword stains, and he was very excited.

Wang Guangmei, the prefect of Anqing, who had been in the dust all the way, rushed directly into General Zhang's military camp with a horse, and most of the officers and men in the army knew him, so they did not stop him.

He came to get back the military expenses that the imperial court did not recognize before the fall of General Zhang, although he knew that this was not possible, but where he got 100,000 taels of silver, he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Governor Wang rushed into one military tent after another, but he never saw the shadow of General Zhang, and he was so anxious that he scolded in the barracks.

I saw Wang Guangmei with her hands on her waist, there was really a shrew scolding the street, when was this time, he couldn't take care of anything for a long time, he pulled his neck and shouted, "Zhang rake, I know you're here, don't think you just need to hide, tell you, you have to return a lot of one or two taels of military expenses to the treasury, otherwise, I won't finish with you."

After that, he pulled a few battalion soldiers and asked about the whereabouts of General Zhang, everyone shook their heads, he tossed back and forth for almost an hour, he was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and finally had to leave the barracks in despair.

Looking at the back of Wang Guangmei leaving, Zhang Rake walked out from behind a tent, pursed his lips, snorted and muttered, "If you want silver, let's go to the bandits."

At sunset, night fell, and only the lights of the thousands of homes dotted the dark night of Susong.

The streets in Susong City are calm, and they have long since faded away from the hustle and bustle of the day, but they are particularly lively in the Shouchun Restaurant, in the restaurant and the lobby on the first floor, there are not many diners, three or three, but in the private room on the second floor, it is full of people, one after another sprinkling and rolling, and the tone of scolding the mother and insulting the sister is full of it, and even mixed with some muddy jokes, which makes the diners downstairs also laugh for a while.

It is no one else who charters this private room on the second floor, it is Lu Fei who set up to celebrate his promotion to Wupinzhi County, in the spacious and bright private room, there are three large round tables, and the officials in the county government alone are shoulder-to-shoulder around two large tables, they are drinking vigorously, and they are swinging their fists with each other, and if no one is eating next to them, it is as if they are in their own home, regardless of the big people sitting at the top table, this is all Lu Fei's habit for more than a month, Lu Fei said a word to them when he took office, except in the court, There is a difference between superiors and subordinates in office work, and everyone is a brother at any other time, if a servant sees his county master on the street, it is a common thing to go up and hook his shoulders and back.

Today, Lu Fei didn't invite any well-known figures in Su Songli, even King Ning and Zhao Junma, because he didn't want to be restrained in front of the officials and brothers who were following him these days, which was almost a family banquet for Lu Fei.

At the top table, the one sitting in the chief is of course Zhou Gonggong, Zhou Gonggong is also in high interest tonight, no matter who toasts him, even if a servant sits on the table at the bottom and raises a glass to him, no big or small, he says: Zhou Gonggong, come, go one. He didn't refuse to come, his neck was tilted, and he drank so much that he was drunk and hazy in the blink of an eye.

Lu Fei sat next to Zhou Gonggong, he was so happy that he never closed his mouth all night, Yun Niang and Ling Ning on the side were chatting in private except for helping him add some dishes from time to time, and there were Li Shun on the side, Zhao Bantou and the head of the six departments of the county yali, there was the tax official Wang Youcai, and the criminal master.

The loudest ones in the private room were the big eyes and sunspots, foaming at the mouth and boasting about their various experiences with the county master, and the most muddy jokes were none other than Li Shun and Master Li, who directly talked about Yun Niang and Ling Ning on the wine table and blocked their ears again and again, but everyone laughed.

The best amount of alcohol may be recognized by Zhou Gong as the second, no one dares to admit the first, Zhou Gonggong drank wine, but his eyes fell on Yun Niang and Ling Ning all the time, and he did not forget to suggest to Yun Niang and Ling Ning as his father-in-law, and asked them if they were willing to enter the palace, with this posture, maybe they could get a mother in the world, Yun Niang and Ling Ning both denied it, and later Zhou Zhou said that if he was not willing to enter the palace, he still had a garden in the western suburbs of the capital, and there was just a lack of two hostesses, if he agreed, he would take them back when he returned to Beijing.

Lu Fei listened to his words of digging the foot of the wall, so he patted him on the head and said, father-in-law, forget it, these two girls have no shortage of fathers.

Zhao Bantou used the spirit of wine to tell everyone about a dream he had last night, he said: In the dream, on the endless prairie, a white horse is galloping, the horse's mouth is surging with white foam, and the horse is sweating profusely, but the person on the horseback is still waving the whip and constantly urging it to run forward.

Lying on horseback was a young man, but he was weathered, his face was pale, his eyes were full of anger, he waved his whip and looked behind him from time to time, his clothes were soaked in sweat, and he looked particularly dirty when stained with dust.

Running wildly, the young man looked up and looked ahead, only to see a row of black shadows lying horizontally a few miles ahead, lined up, with no end in sight, as the auspicious clouds got closer and closer to the row of black shadows, he finally saw clearly, it was actually a row of trees standing in the vast grassland, the young man's face gradually showed a trace of joy in death, the road of heaven and earth.

It is better to flee into the woods than to be unsheltered in this vast expanse and grassland, and sooner or later you will be overtaken by the lack of horsepower.

At this moment, there was a sound of breaking the air behind the young man, and he hurriedly turned to one side and crouched on the side of the horse, and in an instant, several sharp arrows whistled over his head.

The young man looked back, only to see that the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer to him, less than a stone's throw away.

This group of people has been chasing him for half a month, from the royal city to the vast prairie, although the young man has fought all the way Although more than half of the pursuers have died in his hands, they still can't completely kill these people, plus this has been a few days without a grain of rice, where is there still the strength to tear and kill with the five fully armed cavalry behind him, it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and he will be able to stay alive, and it will not be too late to get back the one with interest in the future.

Another round of sharp arrows flew, and the young man urged the horse's belly, twisting left and right and galloping, avoiding the arrows again and again.

"Boy, you have no way to escape, get off your horse and die," the cavalry behind him shouted loudly, whistling, and his face was full of pride, as if the young man in front of him was already destitute.

The boy did not answer, but urged his mount more and more, and the woods in front of him were getting closer and closer, so close that he could already see the dark and dreary depths of the woods inside, dark, silent, and lifeless.

"Boy, I'll let you die understand, go"

The cavalry behind him did not want to go any further, and one by one tightened their ropes, stopped, and the shouting pursuer picked open a large birdcage on the back of the horse beside him with his spear.

Seeing that the young man was about to rush into the woods with his men and horses, he heard an eagle whistling behind him piercing the sky, and the sound of the clear sound startled the young man's crotch and the horse's body trembled, and the horse's hooves became chaotic.

The boy turned his head to see a huge goshawk with wide black wings galloping down from the sky above him, its long dark brown claws slamming down the boy's back.

Arrows are easy to dodge, but this kind of bird of prey that is born to hunt, the overlord of the sky, the young man can't dodge in a hurry, just when he hesitates, the mount under the crotch has already lost his mind because of the sharp eagle whistling, with a neighing horse, the young man's whole body was lifted off the horse's back, bounced forward, fell heavily on the grass, and rolled again and again.

And the frightened horse had a few more openings on its back, and its flesh was rolled up, and it was bloody, and it ran towards the woods more than ten feet away.

The goshawk was apparently specially trained not to pursue the boy's mount, but circled, aiming its dripping talons at the boy on the grass.

The long roar of the goshawk sounded in the air, like a huge black curtain, trying to engulf the boy.

The young man was on his elbows on the ground, there was no equipment in his hand, it was impossible to deal with this kind of murderous eagle, but at this time there was no way back, the young man gritted his teeth, his heart was horizontal, and he secretly scolded "Come on, brute"

In an instant, the sharp giant claws of the goshawk were close to the door of the young man's face, and a fishy breath came to his face, and suddenly the young man rolled on the spot, flashing aside, the sharp claws of the goshawk swooped into the air, straight into the ground, and before the goshawk fluttered its giant wings and took off again, the young man had bounced up like a hungry tiger pounced, and his whole body was pressed on the goshawk.

The goshawk movement was controlled, and the sharp claws were pressed under the body, but in the end, it was a bird of prey that had been specially used for war and killing, and twisted the eagle's head, which was the size of a human fist, and the long dark brown beak with a dark light was suddenly nailed to the young man's arm, and the eagle's head flicked off, and a piece of skin and flesh had been torn off.

Suddenly, the young man's arm was bloody, and the sharp pain was stimulating his murderous intent, and there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves behind him, presumably the group of people took the opportunity to rush over again.

"Ahh

When the boy stood up, the giant eagle was also fluttering on the ground motionless, the boy's mouth was full of blood, and there were a few gray goshawk feathers between the corners of his mouth, without horses he could not rush into the dense forest between the pursuers, so he could only fight with all his might.

There were a few neighing sounds, and the pursuers who were about to rush over hurriedly tightened their stiff ropes, and watched the young man's actions stay a few feet away.

"This kid is crazy," a sergeant muttered under his breath.

The young man's eyes were like knives, staring at them, and shouting, "Come on, chase me for thousands of miles, let's make a break today"

Speaking of which, Zhao Bantou didn't say anything, everyone was curious, and Zhao Bantou just laughed drunk.

When he came out of the restaurant, Father-in-law Zhou was already so drunk that he was playing monkey boxing all over the street, and there were officials shouting on the side, "Father-in-law, can you perform a monkey stealing peaches?" ”

Zhao Bantou and Li Shun supported each other, staggering and said that the sun was not hot at all tonight, not to mention the big eyes and sunspots, and as soon as they got out of the restaurant, they walked into a pigsty with their shoulders on their backs, shouting that they wanted to find a girl, and they didn't look at anything over twenty-five years old.

Lu Fei didn't drink less, he stood crookedly on the side of the road and pointed to a wild dog and shouted, "Master Shengtang, don't move, if you say you, I will judge you, tell me honestly, how many meat and bones have you eaten from ordinary people"

Yun Niang and Ling Ning didn't get a drop of wine, and when they saw Lu Fei like this, they looked at each other and smiled, and helped him get into the sedan chair one by one and rushed to the county office.

By the time Lu Fei returned to the county office, it was already the second half of the night, and the county government was now awake Yun Niang and Ling Ning, and the two of them struggled to help him back to the back office, and before Ling Ning came over with the footwashing water, Lu Fei on the bed was already snoring, and simply wiped his face for him, and Ling Ning and Yun Niang also went back to the room to sleep.

Outside the window, there was no light in the stars and moon, the black wind was gusting, and the branches and leaves rustled, and seven or eight black shadows were quietly slipping down the courtyard wall of the garden, tiptoeing to Lu Fei's room.

All of them were dressed in black, with black turbans around their heads, with only two small holes in their eyes, and each of them had a knife in his hand.

The black-clothed people stopped outside Lu Fei's house and gathered together, one of them said softly, "That's it, start a little bit in a while, the general said, whoever kills him will be promoted to a thousand households, and the reward will be a thousand taels."

After saying that, everyone scattered around, and one of them inserted the tip of the knife in his hand along the gap in the door, and gently pinned it left and right, he pried it for a long time, but he couldn't find where the door bolt was.

Among the men in black, it seemed that the leader patted him on the head and said in a suppressed voice, "Okay, isn't your father the King of Locks?" Why is it so hard to open a goal"

The man's hand trembled, the force was unsteady, the hand stretched out, 'crunch', he actually pushed the door open lightly, he smiled, "Head, the door is not bolted"

The leader slapped him on the head again, "It's not tied to what you're doing here, come lightly, go in"

The leader waved to the black-clothed men in the night, and everyone rushed in.

"Ouch, who's stepping on my foot"

"quiet"

"Don't worry, I saw it with my own eyes, this kid was so drunk that he was dragged in by two beautiful ladies without knowing anything"

"Yes, yes, I saw it too, those two girls are so good-looking, this kid is not shallow."

"Come on, you kid come down, don't drool, don't make me face"

"Noisy, we're here to kill people, not to go to the kiln, go around, look around, see where that kid is"

As soon as a group of black-clothed killers entered Lu Fei's room, they chatted, and everyone's focus was on Yun Niang and Ling Ning, if it weren't for the leader urging them, they would have sat on the ground, and Wangmei would have quenched her thirst.

The room was pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers, and sometimes someone hit the furniture, and the movement was not small, but Lu Feiquan didn't know anything about it, turned over and continued to fall asleep.

"Head, this, this lies a person, eight achievements are him" someone called out in the dark.

Everyone followed the sound and touched it, and someone boldly took out the flint and beat it a few times, and under that little bit of spark, Lu Fei was lying on the cool bed on all fours.

"It's him, it's him, head"

Everyone was excited when they heard this, and one of them took advantage of the environment illuminated by Mars just now, squeezed out of the crowd, touched the edge of the bed, and smiled, "One thousand taels of silver, it's mine."

After speaking, he heard the sound of the knife coming out of the sheath, and before he could raise the knife and fall, the flint was polished again, and he saw that the person on the bed was holding a knife to cut Lu Fei's head.

"Come down, it's not your turn, I have to take this reward" The man on the bed was immediately ripped off.

"You come down too, let Jean, don't even use a knife, will you kill someone, let Jean, I'll come, promise to die with a knife"

“.......”