Chapter 10: Life After Death
Goatee's name is Tuju Pu, he is a thousand commanders of the Khitan Tuju Department, and Tuju Qili is a brother of the same clan and clan, although he showed unusual grief and madness after the death of Qili Lie, but deep down, he felt gloated about the violent death of Qili Lie in Wusugu, and even secretly rejoiced,
Qili Lie is the nephew of the current Khan of the Sudden Movement Department of the Sudden Thunder, several of the sons of the Brute Thunder have died in the war with foreign tribes, and several of his nephews have become powerful candidates for the next Khan, and the three of them have made outstanding achievements in the battle of the Sudden Lifting Sword Flower, and are very good at using soldiers, but they are brutal and have little prestige in the tribe; The Sudden Move Beggar Column and the Sudden Move Drew are not only outstanding in battle, but also good at governance, and their strength is comparable.
A year ago, he was appointed as one of the four firefighters in charge of finance and taxation, which means that he has an extremely important weight in the competition for the position of khan, and the firefighters are not only tax collectors, but also have the right to advise the local military and government.
If there is a full-scale war with the other party, all decisions will be carried out by the fire man in the end, which even includes a small scale of foreign troops, so the actual status of the fire man in the tribe is quite high,
The reason why Tuju Pu didn't want to beg to ascend the throne of the Khan was because of his own selfishness, his sister was the wife of Tuju Drew, the Khitan woman was in charge of the family's property, and her status was very high, and the capable woman often acted as her husband's staff and military advisor, and even regarded her husband as a puppet for them to realize their ideals and ambitions.
If Tuju Drew can sit on the throne of the Khan, then with his sister's relationship, he is very hopeful to become a tribal political officer, at least one of the four fires, on the contrary, if the beggar is on the throne of the Khan, he will guard himself everywhere, not to mention the high position of the fire man and the political officer, his position as a commander may not be able to be kept,
Yang Hao and Mu Long were escorted to Mingdi Valley, an important stronghold in the north of the Tuju Department, which was also the place where the beggar was in front of him, and of course it was also the place where Tuju Pu was garrisoned, although the fireman had the right to control the local garrison, but from the regulatory point of view, the garrison was not his direct subordinates, and the garrison was directly under the orders of the Khan, and no one had the right to mobilize a soldier without the Khan's flying eagle order.
On the way back, he sent someone to tell his sister about the death of the beggar and asked her to prepare in advance.
When he received his sister's reply, he was taken aback, and when he sent someone to report to his sister, the Khan's sudden thunder had already received the news of the death of the beggar, needless to say that it was the eyeliner he planted beside him, maybe it was to prevent him from executing the murderer.
Among several nephews, Manlei valued the beggar the most, and regarded him as his only hope, and now he died violently for no reason, Manlei was sad and suspicious, so he decided to personally rush to Mingdi Valley to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Tujupu's sister asked him to send someone to report the incident to the Khan in detail as soon as possible, so as to gain the initiative, and at the same time he must save the murderer's life.
Because of this letter, Yang Hao has been treated quite favorably in the past two days, eating, drinking, living and traveling is at the same level as the Ministry of Sudden Lifting, and the people who supervise him don't even dare to let him be angry, for fear of getting out of the basket and losing his head, Yang Hao proposed to see Mu Long, and the supervisor asked for instructions after the sudden move politely refused his request,
At noon on the second day of Mingdi Valley, Tuju Manlei arrived with the tart horse army, and the first order after entering the valley was to order the garrison in the valley to withdraw to camp outside the valley, and Tuju Pu was required to stay in the tooth tent to serve, in fact, under the close surveillance of the tart horse army, Tuju Manlei carefully inspected the wounds of the beggar column, and said nothing with a gloomy face, before interrogating Yang Hao and Mu Long, he summoned Tuju Dandang alone, and the two talked secretly for an hour.
Yang Hao only said a few words to Manlei, and knew that the person in front of him was not simple, he didn't believe that people were killed by themselves at all, and it was actually not difficult to find out this, as long as he asked a few details casually, he could find that the murderer was not Yang Hao but someone else, this seemingly simple method, but few people used it at that time, and the reason why Brute Lei was suspicious should be that he got the truth from other channels,
At the end of the interrogation, Manlei asked Yang Hao: "Since you didn't kill the person, why do you have to admit it." ”
Yang Hao said: "The murderers have long since fled and are invisible, I don't recognize it, and the sudden Jupu people are going to take the Wusugu people to their fate, I have received their favor and am willing to repay them." ”
Suddenly, the brute thunder nodded in approval: "You are a good person, but you are also a pedantic stupid person, the murderer can't be found, I can only kill you to make an end." ”
Yang Hao said: "It's not a pity for me to die, I hope the Khan will not embarrass Mu Long and her people." ”
Suddenly, he said: "I promise you, after you die, I will bury you according to your customs." ”
Yang Hao was escorted down, and just as he was about to leave the camp, an attendant hurriedly came in and reported: "The distinguished guests from the south have arrived outside the gate. He stood up with a sudden thunderbolt and said, "Change my clothes." He pointed to Yang Hao and said to the attendants: "Escort him up first, and kill him in front of the southerners, which is rude." ”
The attendants put a heavy wooden flail on Yang Hao and led him around the camp with ropes, there were hundreds of residents in Mingdi Valley, and young and old men and women all looked at Yang Hao with complicated eyes, and their actions were completely different: some people looked at him angrily and spoke evil words, some people had mercy and begged God to forgive their sins, some urchins shot at Yang Hao with homemade bows and arrows, and some clever little girls sent mare's milk to quench their thirst,
After turning around in the valley and returning to the same place, Yang Hao benefited a lot, when he looked at the world with a heart of death, his vision would become so clear, and the complex human feelings and sophistication could be seen through at a glance, Yang Hao raised his head and took a deep breath, and finally glanced at the blue sky, and then knelt in front of the guillotine pile, waiting for that moment to come,
When the sun was westward, Manlei personally accompanied a few guests to walk out, talking and laughing, the atmosphere seemed very harmonious, Yang Hao's already dead heart suddenly moved: there was a voice that was so familiar,
Ah, how could it be her,
Yes, sure enough, it's her, it's Meng Yao,
Yang Hao was stunned for a while, it was really like a dream, she could see her before she died, Meng Yao disguised herself as a man, pretended to be a handsome scribe, and stood with the black and thick sudden thunder, even more pretty and upright, Wang Chenglong and the anode were guarding her side, when Yang Hao looked at her blankly, she also saw Yang Hao, was slightly taken aback, and strode towards Yang Hao, Wang Chenglong caught up with her in a few steps, trying to stop her, but when he saw her warm eyes, he retracted his outstretched hand again,
Meng Yao was stopped by the Khitan armor when she was still three zhang away from Yang Hao, but her purpose had been achieved, and it was certain that this was the Yang Hao she was looking for.
"Does the big shopkeeper know this person?"
Suddenly Manlei saw something, asked cautiously, and secretly observed Meng Yao's expression, Wang Chenglong tried to say a perfunctory sentence, but Meng Yao opened his mouth first: "This person was originally a big boss in Fengzhou, and he had a big business with us, and then he offended the government and absconded, so he was hiding here." Meng Yao turned his head to the sudden thunder and said, "What crime has he committed, can I ransom him with money." ”
Suddenly, he laughed and said, "Don't talk about money first, I want to hear it, what's the use of you redeeming him back." ”
Meng Yao sneered: "He owes me hundreds of thousands of taels of money, how can he leave, even if he can't get it back, I have to make it suffer a little to eliminate the hatred in my heart." Suddenly, he was shocked and said: "He was so rich before, who has such a big property except for Wang Rentong and Wang Moshan, the big businessmen in Fengzhou." ”
Meng Yao said with a smile: "Khan doesn't know, there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that wealth is not exposed, most of the businessmen who really have financial resources are reluctant to show themselves, there are many people in Fengzhou who are richer than the second king, the two of them are just stained with Yang Hao's fame, Wang Rentong may also be called rich in terms of financial resources, as for Wang Moshan, he is just helping people take care of coal mines, like me, I have some spare money, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing." ”
Suddenly, he smiled and said: "The big shopkeeper is modest, you can say a few hundred thousand taels of business casually, which shows the owner's trust in you. ”
The conversation changed and said: "Since the big shopkeeper has opened his mouth, I have to give this face, but killing people will pay for their lives, and blood debts will be paid for blood, so let's do it, according to the rules of the Khitan people, God will decide his life and death." ”
Sudden Ju Manlei asked Yang Hao to open the shackles, gave him a bow and an arrow, and then sent someone to call Tuju Pu, gave him a bow and two arrows, and then said to Meng Yao: "Tuju Pu is the deputy of the beggar column, and he is responsible for the killing of the official, let them face off, and God will judge life and death." ”
Meng Yao changed color when she heard this, Wang Chenglong secretly pulled her and echoed loudly: "What the Khan said makes sense, fate is determined by heaven, let God judge their life and death." He secretly said to Meng Yao: "He is a military general, he is skilled in bows and horses, and he will be fine." Chong Yang Ji also persuaded: "I have tried his martial arts, and the chances of winning are very big." ”
According to the rules, two people should stand with their backs, each walk forward fifty steps, and then turn back and shoot at each other, and if one round does not determine life or death, then the second and third rounds, until one of them falls.
Yang Hao moved his muscles and bones, picked up the bow and arrow and walked forward, he had the confidence in his heart to walk calmly, on the other hand, Tu Ju Pu was very nervous, he walked forward twenty-eight steps, suddenly turned around and shot an arrow at Yang Hao, Tu Ju Pu was originally a hundred steps through Yang's archery, but because of nervousness, this arrow actually shot empty, he just took the second arrow, Yang Hao had already walked thirty steps, twisted his waist and crossed his knees, and shot an arrow steadily,
The feather arrow flew over the scalp of Tujupu, Meng Yao couldn't help clapping his hands and sighing, Tujupu was so frightened that his face was covered with sweat, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses, touching himself unscathed, and couldn't help laughing, Yang Hao no longer had an arrow in his hand, he was no longer a threat, and now he can play the game of life and death calmly,
Suddenly, he calmed down, pulled the bow and aimed at Yang Hao, his hand was still a little trembling at first, and soon it was as stable as Mount Tai, and now his mind was empty, this was the best time to shoot the enemy,
"Whoosh." The feather arrow came out of the string, Meng Yao couldn't bear to see the tragic image of Yang Hao's intestines piercing her stomach, she turned her face to the side, she had also practiced bows and arrows since she was a child, as long as she looked at the posture of sudden archery, she knew that he was an archery master, within a hundred steps, Yang Haoyan had the reason to live,
"Ahh
The miserable scream finally came, her heart suddenly tightened, but then she felt a little wrong, this scream seemed to come a little later, she hurriedly opened her eyes and looked forward, the scene in front of her made her stunned: suddenly Ju Pu's bow was thrown on the ground, and his hands covered his lower abdomen and rolled on the ground, but Yang Hao was unharmed, holding a bow in his hand, still maintaining a shooting posture,
"Oh my God, what the hell is going on." Meng Yao excitedly went to ask about the anode, she believed that Wang Chenglong didn't dare to see it like herself.
"It's really good archery." Chong Yang Ji praised lightly, but did not answer her question, Meng Yao turned back to ask Wang Chenglong, Wang Chenglong smiled: "It's a pity that you missed such a wonderful thing." ”