Chapter 31: Tension
The arrival of Lao Qian made Zhang Fu and Hu Ye both breathe a sigh of relief, although Lao Qian only brought soldiers with a small flag, but Hu Ye knew how powerful these soldiers were. The soldiers who dared to follow Zhang Fu to intercept and kill the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty would not be ordinary people.
After Lao Qian reported to Zhang Fu, he handed over the Thousand Household Tokens. Then with a wave of his hand, the fifteen or sixteen soldiers he brought immediately protected Zhang Fu and the three of them in the middle, staring at the more than 100 Yongpingwei people on the opposite side.
"Lord Zhenfu, my Thousand Households Token is here, I don't know if you still want to treat me for the crime of pretending to be an official of the imperial court." Zhang Fu took the Thousand Households Token in his hand and said to Zhou Jie.
"Since Lord Qianhu has taken out the token, naturally there will be no fake. But I want to take this traitor away, otherwise it will endanger the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Jie saw that Zhang Fu took out a thousand tokens, so he didn't entangle with Zhang Fu, and he saw that the dozen or so soldiers brought by Lao Qian were very unusual.
"Hehe, Lord Zhenfu, you keep saying that I am a traitor, is it just based on the maid behind me and your son's one-sided words? Isn't it too arbitrary? Hu Ye stood up at this time, since Lao Qian brought the soldiers, of course he could be reasonable.
"Humph! Arbitrary? Is it wrong that you admit that the maid behind you is a Mongol? Zhou Jie asked rhetorically.
"Hehe, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Lord Zhenfu, but Lord Yan knows about Saren and me. And this matter is the master of Lord Yanwang. Could it be that Lord Zhenfu suspects that His Royal Highness King Yan is a traitor who has committed treason to the enemy? Hu Ye took a bite and said.
"A bold thief, he dares to slander His Royal Highness King Yan. How could His Royal Highness King Yan give you the Mongols. It's not that you were bumped into a thief, and you can't make a mess of the relationship! Zhou Jie was still riding on the horse and said loudly.
When Hu Ye talked about King Yan just now, he was a little weak, he didn't expect that this kid not only had a relationship with a thousand households, but also had a relationship with King Yan.
Although he does not belong to the jurisdiction of King Yan, the biggest person in Beiping City is King Yan, and once he is involved with King Yan, this matter will be difficult to do.
"Ahem, I'm afraid Lord Zhenfu has misunderstood, this maid was indeed given to Hu Ye by His Royal Highness King Yan, and this thousand households can testify. If Lord Zhenfu doesn't believe it, he can go and ask to see His Royal Highness King Yan himself. Zhang Fu said.
"What about His Royal Highness King Yan's send-off, it must be that His Royal Highness King Yan didn't see the true face of this servant girl clearly and was deceived by her appearance. Therefore, the official should take her back for a good interrogation, lest she do evil outside and take the opportunity to tarnish the reputation of His Royal Highness King Yan. ”
Zhou Jie clung to the fact that Saren was a Mongolian, even if he knew that she was given to Hu Ye by His Royal Highness King Yan, he believed that as long as he brought her back to prison, he would definitely be able to convict her as a Mongolian spy. At that time, even King Yan will have no way to take him.
"Old thing! I respect you as an elder, so I say such kind words to you. Don't think that being an official is great, isn't it that I cut off your son's follow, there is a grudge against me, and it is not a good thing to hold a girl's house. Hu Ye comforted the trembling Saren while cursing at Zhou Jie.
Regarding Zhou Jie's ability to reverse right and wrong, Hu Ye can be regarded as understanding. Reasoning with this kind of person will only bring you closer to the gutter, and it is estimated that only Monk Daoyan can compete with this kind of person.
Since he is so shameless, Hu Ye will not save him any face, and put things on the bright side, anyway, he may not suffer a loss if he fights now.
"Hmph, this official is just talking about things, since she is a Mongolian, she should be brought back for interrogation. Anyone who obstructs the official's handling of the case is ignoring the existence of the Ming Dynasty and is against the entire Ming Dynasty. Zhou Jie said unmoved.
It's so shameless, Hu Ye always thought that Zhu Di was himself, and he had seen the thickest skinned person in the Ming Dynasty. But as soon as he compared with Zhou Jie, Hu Ye felt that Zhu Di's face was really thin.
So Hu Ye jumped up and scolded, "Old thing, I kicked off your son's life, and I made your Zhou family have no offspring, so something came at me." Didn't you say I was a traitor? You're going to arrest me, you're going to arrest me and go back for interrogation. ”
"Haha, daddy, look, Hu Ye himself admitted that he was a traitor, so hurry up and arrest him back. He should be tortured to see if he still has any comrades, and I think his guard is very similar, and he should be arrested together. Zhou Kai pointed at Lao Qian and yelled at him, he remembered that Lao Qian punched him in the stomach that day and kicked him there.
"Hu Ye, since you have admitted it yourself, then I have no choice but to arrest you back. Someone will take it for me. Zhou Jie ordered.
"Haha, sure enough, the dragon gives birth to the dragon and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the son of the mouse will make a hole. When will I admit that I am a traitor? Don't you just want to arrest me and go back to avenge your son? In fact, you should also thank me, if I hadn't destroyed your son's obscenity, he might have caused some trouble one day, maybe it would not be as simple as being a dead end, and it would not have been necessary to raid the family and destroy the clan! Hu Ye felt that Zhou Jie's face had been practiced to a certain level, and reasoning was simply unreasonable.
Listening to Hu Ye's words, Zhou Jie's face turned blue and white for a while, Zhou Kai's broken root made him very annoyed, if his daughter-in-law didn't have a seed in her stomach, his Zhou family would really be the last.
"Hmph, strong words, presumably His Royal Highness King Yan was coaxed by your mouth. Therefore, I have to take you down today, so as not to ruin the reputation of His Royal Highness King Yan. ”
"That means you're going to take Hu Ye back to prison today?" After listening to Zhou Jie's reason, Zhang Fu asked in a cold voice.
"That's nature." Zhou Jie said confidently.
"And what if I don't let it?" Zhang Fu said coldly, the fist in his hand was squeezed, and it creaked.
More than a dozen soldiers here also drew their sabers, and they all brushed at the people brought by Zhou Jie, and the smell of gunsmoke permeated the front of the Nameless Mansion.
Zhou Jie has been a calmer for decades, and his eyesight is still there, and when Zhang Fu's soldiers pulled out their sabers, he found that these soldiers were definitely not ordinary soldiers. The weapons in their hands are made of stainless steel, which is definitely a good knife, not comparable to these broken copper and iron on their side.
And when they drew their sabers, a strong murderous aura came to their noses. Even the war horse that Zhou Jie sat on was very uneasy, and the hooves of the four horses kept moving. If it weren't for Zhou Jie dragging the war horse to death, the war horse would have run a hundred meters away.
Although Zhou Jie's subordinates have never been on the battlefield, they are still very sensitive to murderous aura. So when Zhang Fu's soldiers showed off their matching knives, they took two steps back in unison. They could guess that that murderous aura was definitely practiced in the crowd, and they were definitely not their opponents.
"Phew." Zhou Jie tried his best to control the war horse, then stared at Zhang Fu, and said viciously, "Are you really going to protect Hu Ye today?" ”
"There's nothing you can't protect, you can arrest people, but you have to come up with real evidence. As long as you can prove that he is really a traitor, I will help you arrest him without you doing anything. But if you want to arrest people without evidence, then you have to ask my soldiers if they will agree. Zhang Fu said helplessly, as if this group of soldiers didn't listen to him.
"Since you want to obstruct the official's case, I can only arrest you. Come on, arrest this group of rebels together! Zhou Jie ordered.
Although he was very jealous of Zhang Fu's soldiers, he had more than ten times more on his side. Ten to fight one, are you still afraid that they can't succeed?
Zhou Jie's order had no effect, because no one from Yongpingwei dared to go up and take people. The people on Zhang Fu's side are all experienced in a hundred battles, and which one of them is not carrying more than a dozen lives.
Especially Lao Qian, the person who can mix with the general banner is not only brave, but also not weak in observation, otherwise it would be impossible to put Hu Ye on the line. So when the soldiers of Yongpingwei hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, Lao Qian picked up his horizontal knife and rushed to the front of the formation.
First came a sweeping army, then a tiger descended the mountain, and then slashed to the ground, splashing dust all over the sky.
"I'm a nameless old money! Wait for you to come and fight me! After playing a trick, Lao Qian put away the horizontal knife, waited for the copper bell to look at Zhou Jie's soldiers, and shouted loudly.
The soldiers who faced Lao Qian were already scared, a few of them threw their knives directly on the ground, and one even peed his pants and trembled all over.
These people are usually playing tricks in the Yongpingwei area with the town of Zhenfu, and they are very good at bullying and bullying the people. But they really encountered hard stubble, and they didn't even have the courage to resist. So in Lao Qian's performance, Zhou Jie's hundreds of subordinates, but none of them dared to step forward.
"Rubbish! Rubbish! How do you usually hand it over! Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while, now let you catch a few traitors and cower like this. If you are allowed to go to the battlefield, you don't have to cry your father and call your mother! Zhou Jie was very annoyed when he saw the cowardice of his subordinates, so he simply jumped off the horse, kicked a soldier in front of him, and scolded loudly.
"Hurry up to Lao Tzu, if you dare to retreat, military law will be engaged!" Zhou Jie kicked another soldier's buttocks, pulled out his saber, and said fiercely.
Those soldiers were very afraid, and on weekdays, the adults beat and scolded them a lot, and some corporal punishment was inevitable if they were disobedient. So they know Zhou Jie's temper very well, and if they retreat, they believe that Zhou Jie will really stab them in the back.
"Haha, the good general rushes to the front in the battle, and the cowardly fight is in the back. Today really opened the eyes of my old money. Lao Qian watched the performance of Zhou Jie's father and son and laughed mercilessly.
"Hurry up and give it to me, whoever catches Hu Ye for me will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!" Zhou Kai, who was still riding on the horse, roared, he didn't expect that a simple matter would become so complicated now, so he had to offer a heavy reward.
Zhou Kai's bounty was very effective, and when those soldiers heard that there was a reward of one hundred taels of silver, they suddenly stopped being so scared and began to slowly move their steps forward.
"Young master, I didn't kill that thief that day, I thought he would repent. I didn't expect him to get even worse, should I beat him up again today, so that he can have a long memory! After Zhou Kai finished roaring, Lao Qian turned around and said to Hu Ye.
"Old money, don't talk about fighting and killing at any time, it's not good. However, if the child is disobedient, it is still okay to spank. Hu Ye was educating Lao Qian, and he remembered that it seemed that Comrade Xiaoping often said this.
Hu Ye's words made everyone present stunned, they didn't think that a teenager would say such a thing, and he would directly call Zhou Kai, who was ten years older than him, a child.
Zhou Kai's face now looks like a pig's liver, and he was angry with Hu Ye, so he shouted loudly, "Whoever goes and fetches Hu Ye's head for me, and rewards me with a thousand taels of silver!" ”
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and as soon as Zhou Kai said that he would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, two people immediately rushed up. They had forgotten to be afraid, and only regarded Hu Ye as a golden pig.
However, they forgot that there was an old money in front of them. So the two people who rushed up first were very miserable, and one was unconscious by Lao Qian's knife. One was kicked by Lao Qian and flew to the foot of the wall, only intake, no outgas.
"If there is the former, there will be no forgiveness!" Retracting his right foot, Lao Qian stood in front of him with a horizontal knife, looked at the soldier in front of him who was tempted by heavy money and lost his mind.
The dozen or so soldiers of Yanshan Beiwei couldn't stay idle, and they couldn't let Lao Qian take the limelight alone. So Ye took action one after another and knocked down a few soldiers who rushed very forward, but they didn't hurt their lives, after all, they were all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
The tragic situation of the companions calmed down the soldiers who were tempted by money, but a thousand taels were in front of them, and they were reluctant to give up, so they had a stalemate with Lao Qian and others.