Chapter 65: Danger Comes from the East
Qin An, one of the eight palm prints of the inner temple,
After being ambushed by Wang Feng in Duliangzhai, Qin An led his subordinates to retreat to Muna Mountain in a hurry, and after hiding in the mountain nest for three days, he prepared to cross the Yellow River south and detour back to Feng'an, not wanting to be surrounded by the defenders at the ferry, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Qin An ordered to abandon his weapons and surrender, and the defenders sent him to the surrender city overnight,
Wang Feng was ordered to torture him about the purpose of coming to the Tiande Army, all kinds of torture tools were used up, Qin An still gritted his teeth and didn't say anything, Wang Feng asked people to set up a big pot in the courtyard, the pot was filled with water, firewood was set up around to boil water, a sub-tripod was set up above the pot, and a pulley was installed at the top, when the water in the iron pot began to bubble, Wang Feng ordered someone to remove the firewood and keep the water in the pot in a state of half-boiling, and then he ordered people to escort the twenty-three guards of the inner temple who were captured with Qin An to the courtyard, and knelt in a circle around the iron pot,
Qin An was dragged to the courtyard, his legs had been broken, he couldn't stand and could only sit on the ground, Wang Feng pointed to the cauldron and said to Qin An slowly: "This is called' Strip and take a bath', the play is very simple, tie people's hands and hang them on that shelf, as soon as the hands are loosened, the hanging person will fall into the boiling water and soak it, and then pull it up, brush him with a bamboo broom to brush the dust on his body, ordinary people, brush more than ten times can not stand it, the skin and flesh are strong, brush twenty or thirty times and keep him to say anything, he will say, now let's play a game, I ask you questions, you answered truthfully, I will let a person go back to Feng'an, if you don't answer, I will invite them to take a bath. ”
Qin An sneered contemptuously: "In this business, Lao Tzu has long put life and death aside, you don't want to get anything from my mouth." ”
Wang Feng said: "It seems that I don't kill a few of them, do you think I'm playing with you." Wang Feng swept his eyes coldly, pointed to a sturdy man kneeling not far away, and said, "Just him." ”
The four tooth soldiers rushed over to strip the man naked, tied his hands, the other end of the rope passed through the pulley on the tripod, the four tooth soldiers pulled the rope, and the man suddenly hung his feet in the air to the cauldron, before this someone had untied the cloth strip in his mouth, but this person was hard, and he gritted his teeth and did not say a word.
"Put." Wang Feng waved his hand, and the four tooth soldiers who were dragging the rope loosened their hands slightly, and the feet of the big man who were lifted fell into the boiling water, "Wow,." ”
The big man screamed wildly, he desperately shrank his legs up to avoid the boiling water under his feet, but to no avail, the rope became longer and longer, first for his feet, then for his calves, and gradually the boiling water overflowed his thighs......
"Up." Wang Feng shouted, and as soon as the four tooth soldiers worked hard, the big man rose again, his legs were red, his muscles kept trembling, and a tooth army stepped forward with a bamboo broom and brushed it on the two thighs that were burned.
"Ahh Creepy screams irritate everyone's eardrums,
"Stop,...... I said, I'll say anything...... "Qin An couldn't bear to see his subordinates being abused like this,
The tooth army with the bamboo broom retreated, and the man's two thighs no longer had a complete piece of skin, and the red flesh was rolling, which made people feel cold.
"Look at it, what's the pain of this, I don't have to suffer if I said it earlier." Wang Feng squatted in front of Qin An with a smile, like a gentleman in the school teaching a child who had made a mistake.
Qin An explained the purpose of his trip one by one: he was ordered to kidnap Yuegu and design to blame Wang Ben.
Wang Feng handed over Qin An's confession to Wang Ben in front of all the generals of the Tiande Army, and Wang Ben was speechless for a long time.
Wang Feng said generously: "Yang Hao has ill intentions, the former secondary marshal helped him rescue his concubine Yuegu, resulting in the tragic death of General Wang Lin, this time he made a conspiracy to involve the Tiande army in the war, if this revenge is not avenged, how can my uncle be worthy of the dead General Wang Lin, and how can he explain to the soldiers of the whole army, the last general asked for orders to lead the army to crusade against Fengzhou, revenge." ”
Wang Ben groaned: "What you said is not true, but the previous civil strife has hurt the foundation of the Tiande army, how can you start the war lightly now, I already know this matter, you can retreat." Wang Feng said sadly and indignantly when he heard this: "It's a great shame, if my uncle is indecisive and hesitant, I am afraid that the world will laugh at him." Wang Ben changed color and said: "Who is in charge of the Tiande Army, I have my own opinions on this matter, I don't need you to talk more, retreat." Wang Feng covered his face and came out, and everyone couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh when they saw this,
Wang Feng walked out of the dental office and turned a street, and saw that there was no one around Wang Feng got into a black oilcloth tent carriage, in which sat Feng Qingfeng, the former crown of the curtain guest, after Wang Mian died, he first assisted Ma Yue, and then defected to Wang Feng, after Wang Ben became in power, Feng Qingfeng was awarded a nominal Feng'an County order, and he was depressed, until Wang Feng suddenly visited late at night a month ago, at this time Feng Qingfeng was helping Wang Feng plan a big event,
As soon as Wang Feng got into the carriage, he suddenly seemed to be a different person, with a smile on his face, Feng Qingfeng smiled: "Why are you so troubled, you were scolded by him for no reason." Wang Feng sneered: "Scold well, scold well, if you don't scold others, how can you know that Yang Hao and I are enemies." Wang Feng laughed proudly, and then he asked Feng Qingfeng, "Are all those old guys here?" ”
"Wang Sang helped a lot, and everyone arrived, but Wang He seemed to be a little skeptical about this matter."
Wang Feng snorted coldly and said, "Old thing, I really don't know how to live or die......"
"Phew." The coachman suddenly stopped the carriage, and Wang Feng was unprepared and almost fell out.
"Bastard, how did you get the car." Wang Feng opened the curtain and scolded angrily, and suddenly, his angry face froze, and there was a person in front of the carriage, a monk without arms, Yu Wanjin, a veteran of the same generation as Wang Qian in the Tiande Army, on the night of Wang Qian's death, because of his opposition to Wang Feng's usurpation of the position left behind, his arms were cut off by Wu Guihao, the general of the Ya Army,
"The bitter sea is boundless, and the shore is the back." Since losing his arms, Yu Wanjin has taken refuge in the Lotus Temple as a monk.
"It's you again." Wang Feng was angry when he saw him, "Since you are dedicated to the Buddha, why bother with the mundane affairs of the world." ”
"Buddhism saves the suffering of the world with great compassion, Wang Feng, you have been wrong once, don't be wrong again."
"You don't have to worry about my business, get out of the way, don't get in my way."
Yu Wanjin stood still, closed his eyes and chanted,
"Take a detour." Wang Feng ordered the coachman to say, he didn't want to be entangled with Yu Wanjin any longer,
"General, this is the way to the Lotus Temple." The coachman was embarrassed and said,
"Then step over him." Wang Feng roared, and the sudden appearance of Yu Wanjin made him very unhappy, and the coachman's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire.
The coachman grinned and was stunned, driving the carriage to run over a living person, who can do such a thing,
"Get the hell out of here." Wang Feng's face became hideous, and he kicked the coachman under the car.
"Drive."
The two horses pulling the cart neighed, their hooves soared into the air, and they crashed into Yu Wanjin.
"Mr. Yu, get out of the way." The coachman really couldn't stand it, he shouted at Yu Wanjin who closed his eyes and chanted, everything was late, Yu Wanjin was knocked up by two horses, and then fell heavily to the ground, after being trampled by eight horses' hooves, the heavy wheels ran over his body again, when the coachman got up from the ground and rushed to the rescue, Yu Wanjin's chest was trampled to pieces, and his head became a blood gourd, and he went to the Western Elysium in a moment.
In front of the Daxiong Hall of the Lotus Temple, the Wang clan people who came from all over the Tiande Army gathered,
The Lotus Temple was burned to a blank field in the civil strife, and it was just rebuilt not long ago, because of limited funds, not only the regulations were smaller than the previous one, but the materials and labor everywhere seemed rough and simple.
"It was in this well that the people were saved, and they were all dying of hunger." Wang Feng pointed to a dry well and said, "When Wu Guihao's army was defeated, he sent Mei Yuanyuan to kill all the Wang clansmen, intending to blame the white water fox, and the white water fox sent the barbarian general Wadley to save people, and the two families were killing vigorously, Wang Ben also led the army into the Lotus Temple, he killed Wadley and Mei Yuanyuan, and then killed all the injured clansmen. ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and some people asked puzzledly: "What is he doing this for, saving his people from the sea of suffering, this is a great merit." ”
Wang Feng said with a wry smile: "He wants to be the master of the Tiande Army, saving so many old and weak women and children, how many troops will it cost him, and he is afraid that the clansmen will fall into the hands of the white water fox and threaten him, so he will kill him without doing anything." ”
Wang Feng said this, looking at the new patriarch surnamed Wang, Wang He, and said, "Uncle, may I ask if such a person is worthy of being a descendant of the Wang family." ”
Wang He and Wang Qian are cousins, and they are relatively close to Wang Ben, and when they heard this, they said: "If this is the case, he is not worthy, but is there any real evidence for what you said." Several elders of the Wang clan also echoed,
"When I say this, I naturally have real evidence." Wang Feng clapped his hands, and six children came out of the hall, all of whom were descendants of the Wang family who survived the catastrophe.
Wang Feng stroked a child's head: "You tell the patriarch about the situation at that time." ”
The child looked at Wang He and the others, and suddenly cried "wow", Wang He comforted: "Good boy, there is grandpa, no one dares to bully you, can you tell grandpa everything you saw and heard on the night of the chaos." ”
The child cried: "We hid in the well and couldn't see anything, we only heard someone shouting 'the second general is coming, the second general is coming', it was quiet outside for a while, and then my mother said, 'Save us', and then I heard my mother's screams, and then someone threw torches into the well to burn us, we had wooden planks on top of our heads, the fire was extinguished but the smoke was so choking, we didn't dare to cough, we all covered our mouths......"
Before the child could finish speaking, Wang Feng cried bitterly and cried out: "Everyone, this is the case, it's not that I, Wang Feng, can't tolerate people, is such a beast worthy of being the master of my Heavenly German Army?" ”
"Beasts, beasts." And the crowd cursed,
"Now that the matter is over, please take care of the patriarch and the elders as soon as possible, otherwise my Wang family will be ruined." Being forced by Wang Feng like this, Wang He suddenly had no idea, and the old man next to him, Wang Sang, smashed the ground with a cane, and said hatefully: "Let's go to the dental department now and ask him face to face to see if he has anything to say." ”
Wang Feng hurriedly stopped: "No, there are many guards in the dental department, if you annoy him, wouldn't you even kill us together, in my opinion, or call him to the ancestral hall, let's question him face to face, the ancestral ancestral hall can only be entered, and then ask him to leave the guards outside, even if he wants to turn his face, we can control him with many people." ”
When everyone heard this, they also felt reasonable, so they sent a sharp-toothed clansman to discuss the reopening of the clan school as the reason, and invited Wang Ben to the ancestral temple at night to discuss the matter, after the chaos Wang clan has few people left, so Wang Ben is very concerned about the affairs of the clan, and when he heard the discussion of reopening the clan school, he immediately went happily,
The ancestral hall is only half a mile away from the west gate of the dental office, Wang Ben only brought twenty guards when he went, the guards were politely stopped outside by the ancestral hall keepers, after Wang Ben entered the ancestral hall alone, the gate was slowly closed, Wang Ben looked down while walking, and did not notice the strangeness around him at all, and when he realized that the situation was wrong, he was not in a hurry to leave,
Six black-clothed warriors jumped down from the beams of the house, surrounded Wang Ben for a while, Wang Ben fell in a pool of blood in an instant, at this time Wang Feng and the old people in the clan came in from the gate, seeing this scene, all the old men exclaimed, Wang Feng grabbed a knife and went up, and the black-clothed people saw that the situation was not good and avoided the backyard,
When everyone helped Wang Ben up, he was already dying, and when he was dying, Wang Ben suddenly pointed at Wang Feng and spit out a word from his throat with difficulty: "You...... You ......" Wang Feng's face changed drastically, his knees were weak and he fell to the ground with a "plop", his face was dark and his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, just at this moment, everyone exclaimed, Wang Ben was already dead,
Wang Feng came to his senses, kneeled forward, and cried on Wang Ben's corpse: "Uncle, my nephew can't afford to carry this burden......
The news of Wang Ben's assassination was transmitted back to the dental office, Wang Zeng, Wang Yun, Wang Bi and other close subordinates of Wang Ben rushed over together, and saw Wang Ben lying in Wang He's arms covered in blood, Wang Feng knelt on the corpse and wept bitterly, and everyone looked at each other unconsciously.
When Wang Yun heard that Yang Hao had sent someone to assassinate Wang Ben, he was immediately furious, drew his knife and went to kill Qin An and others.
Wang Zeng quietly asked Wang Sang: "Uncle really passed on the throne to Wang Feng." ”
Wang Sang insisted: "It's true, Wang Ben pointed his finger at Wang Feng before he was stabbed to death, and we can all testify." Wang Zeng was silent when he heard this,
Wang Bi couldn't persuade Wang Yun, and a quarter of an hour later, Wang Yun rushed back with the heads of Qin An and other twenty-four inner temple guards, and sacrificed in front of Wang Ben's corpse.
Wang Sang said: "The country can not be without a king for a day, the family can not be without an owner for a day, Wang Ben passed the throne to Wang Feng before his death, we are all witnesses, in the event of a great change, my Wang family children should unite as one, overcome the difficulties together, should no longer have mutual suspicion, today we will swear together to support Wang Feng as the master of the Tiande army, and avenge Wang Ben's nephew." ”
Wang Yun took the lead in cheering, and surrounded Wang Feng with all the tooth troops to return to the dental office to succeed him.
On the same day, Wang Feng claimed that the Tiande army was left behind, on the one hand, Wang Ben's body was buried in an ice coffin, and after breaking Fengzhou to hold the enemy, he would then enter the earth for peace, and on the other hand, the drumming gathered to discuss the matter of attacking Xingjun and attacking Fengzhou.