There's still a horse that hasn't come back. So, the guards still divided into groups to look for it nearby. It was the two Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe from the green forest brought by Zhou Xun who had experience, and they looked for the traces of the horse's hooves.

After a while, they came back and told me that the horse's whereabouts were clear. The horse was seen being led back to a village. The Zhuangzi was next to the main road in front, and a forked road went forward, a distance of about five miles.

Now that he knows the whereabouts of the horse, Wu Shigong will definitely come back. After gathering all the guards who had gone out to look for them, the group walked towards the Zhuangzi in a mighty manner.

That Zhuangzi is the Zhuangzi of the Hou family, an official eunuch family in Guide. The old lady of the Hou family and the old man Hou Sui are both Jinshi, and they have also been officials in the imperial court. However, both father and son were members of the Donglin Party, so in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, they were forced by Wei Zhongxian to resign and return to their hometowns.

However, the blessing in disguise is that because they have stayed away from the court, Wei Zhongxian's purge of the Donglin Party this time did not move the father and son.

Originally, the father and son of the Hou family, after returning to Guide, basically closed their doors and made a look of Taoguang and obscurity. However, after hearing the news of the death of Emperor Tianqi and the accession of Emperor Chongzhen, they also felt that the day when they would be reused was not too far away.

Today, the chief steward of this Zhuangzi happens to be in the Zhuangzi. Because, these days, the wife of the Hou family and her son are living in Zhuangzi to relax.

And this morning, the chief steward heard the news from his men that there was an ownerless horse near Zhuangzi. The chief steward did not hesitate to order the horse to be brought back to the village. This windfall that fell from the sky is not picked up in vain.

Besides, the big steward is a close friend of the old man's side. He must also know that the old man Hou Sui is going to make a comeback. Since the old lady and the old man resigned, the descendants of the Hou family have had enough of being a man with their tails between their legs, and if they don't raise their eyebrows now, then when will they wait? Now, who dares to mess with the Hou family without opening their eyes?

When Wu Shigong and his party just walked on the fork in the road to Zhuangzi, they were discovered by the Zhuang Ding in Zhuangzi. They hurried to the chief steward to report the news.

After the chief steward received the report, he did not allow Wu Shigong and his party to count, and Wu Shigong and his party had more than 200 hardcover men. Therefore, the chief steward immediately ordered the bell to be rung in the Zhuangzi, so that all the villagers in the Zhuangzi who were working in the fields outside would retreat to the Zhuangzi. And, closed the door of Zhuangzi and waited for it.

Among Wu Shigong and his party, there are old and young, so they don't go fast. When they came to a distance of about 300 steps from the gate of the Zhuangzi, they saw the Zhuangzi as if they were facing a great enemy, and they also stopped.

Wu Shigong still remembers what Yuan Xingshan said to him on the way to Guide. He thought in his heart: Don't want this Zhuangzi, it is also a bandit den.

Wu Shigong brought that Yuan Xingshan over and asked him if he knew about the situation of that Zhuangzi. Yuan Xingshan replied: "Adults, I don't know about the small ones. However, looking at the scale of this Zhuangzi, it must be the Zhuangzi of the gentry of the big family of Guide. ”

Seeing that he couldn't ask a reason, Wu Shigong sent a bold guard to shout in front of Zhuangzi. After that, the guard and the chief steward in the Zhuangzi began to argue.

The guard must have asked the Zhuangzi to return the horse.

However, the chief steward replied that it was smelly and hard. He flatly denied that there were Wu Shigong's horses in Zhuangzi. He also threatened: "This Zhuangzi is the property of the Hou family, you dare to come and make trouble unreasonably, don't you want to live?" ”

When the guard came back, as soon as he told Wu Shigong what the chief steward said, Wu Shigong became angry. However, he was not so impulsive either. So, he called Yuan Xingshan over again and asked him if he knew: Is there a Hou family in Guide?

This Hou family, that Yuan Xingshan knew, so he told Wu Shigong about the situation of the Hou family. However, Yuan Xingshan was a businessman living at the bottom after all, and he didn't know the situation in the court. He just said: There are two Jinshi in the Hou family, but now they are all resigned.

As soon as Wu Shigong heard this, his courage came up. Although he is a petty official, he is also stronger than the two Jinshi of the Hou family who have no official position.

This is Wu Shigong's remaining modern thinking at work. He didn't know that in the Ming Dynasty, as long as he was a jinshi, whether he was an official or not, let alone a small thousand households, even the chief soldier, few dared to provoke them.

In addition, in Wu Shigong's thoughts, his horse is a military horse, which is military supplies! In modern times, who dares to grab a military vehicle without opening his eyes? was killed by the guards and soldiers, and they all deserved it.

So, Wu Shigong immediately decided: I want to give this person in Zhuangzi a little color.

Wu Shigong is certainly not so brain-dead. The wall of the Zhuangzi is more than one zhang high, and there are still people standing on the wall, and it is estimated that the thickness of the wall is not small. But Wu Shigong didn't even have a ladder. If you attack that Zhuangzi, don't think about it.

Wu Shigong's idea was: take the men and horses around that Zhuangzi, circle a few times with great force, and then shoot a few shots at that Zhuangzi. It's okay to scare and scare them. As for the horse, that can only be said later.

But at this moment, someone next to him excitedly let out a strange scream: "Blasting open the gate of Zhuangzi with a cannon." ”

It was He Fei who made the strange scream. In the past few days, the whiplash wound on his body has also improved a lot, so he can walk on the ground with a limp.

In the dense fog just now, the first person to issue a false alarm was He Fei. When everyone made a false alarm, although no one had come to blame He Fei, He Fei's heart was always a little ...... That one. He was even more afraid that his master would later teach him a lesson. Therefore, when he saw his master blow the battle horn, how could He Fei not shout a few words on the sidelines?

He Fei's words suddenly reminded Wu Shigong: "Yes, intimidation with cannons is much more powerful than intimidation with firearms!" ”

So, Wu Shigong immediately ordered: first in the same place, all the carts were surrounded into a big circle, and Xue Yong and Xue Qiang led thirty guards, plus these people from Yuan Xingshan, to protect the safety of the old and weak women and children in the carriage. The rest, helping to move the artillery, prepared for battle.

Xue Yongli also agreed with Wu Shigong's behavior. Xue Yongli, the Houfu slaves, have always been used to showing off their might in the capital. If they don't bully others, others will recite Amitabha. Where can you tolerate others riding on their necks to and pee!

So, Xue Yongli led a dozen people, inspected the horses, and unloaded the ring-arm iron armor from the cart and put it on, preparing to rush in first after blasting open the gate of Zhuangzi. And the rest of the people, began to move the artillery.

The weight of the tiger squat cannon is not very heavy, that is, three or four hundred catties. Of course, the caliber of the cannons that Xue Lian gave to Wu Shigong were all small, so they were all small cannons. The main reason is to make Wu Shigong's transportation convenient.

Those guards were busy together, some looking for wooden sticks, some untying the ropes bandaged on the cart, without much effort, a tiger squat cannon had been tied, the guards shouted the labor trumpet, and moved the tiger squat cannon to the gate of Zhuangzi.

Wu Shigong was also in high spirits, he pulled out the katana and made a loud declaration of battle. Maybe this katana has the spirit of a Japanese samurai on it, and the tone of the battle declaration that Wu Shigong shouted has changed.

"After blasting Zhuangzi away, everyone rushed in, the golden ticket is big, and the flower girl is big!"

What is a Golden Ticket? Maybe the guards don't understand. But what is the flower girl? It's a man who knows it. All the guards shouted more vigorously with their labor trumpets.

The chief steward in the Zhuangzi was still very arrogant. However, after seeing that the shouting guard returned, it didn't take much effort, and the group of people surrounded the cart, and a group of men were ready to attack Zhuangzi.

The chief steward still pretended to be calm at this time, and comforted himself in his heart: They can't get this Zhuangzi in. Even if it comes in, there are three or four hundred Zhuangzi in the Zhuangzi. I definitely won't lose anything.

However, when he saw Xue Yongli and them wearing ring-arm iron armor, the chief steward was a little panicked. He also followed the lord of the Hou family, Hou Sui, to the outside to open his eyes, knowing that this time he must have encountered the army.

And not an army in general, but an elite of the elite. Because, the pro-guards around the general military attache are good to have a pair of leather armor on their bodies. Only the main generals will have iron armor on them.

In the Ming Dynasty, the reputation of the army was not much better than that of bandits, and even worse than that of bandits. Because the bandits still need to talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes in a hypocritical way, but the army doesn't even need this layer of fig leaf.

When he saw that the other party began to move the cannon, the heart of the big steward was completely cold. No matter how thick the gate of Zhuangzi is, it can't prevent the bombardment of cannons!

When I heard the opponent faintly heard: "The flower girl is big!" "The steward is completely broken. This is also because, even a man knows what a flower girl is!

Not only did the chief steward collapse, but the lady of the Hou family, who was listening by the wall, also had a disastrous face, and her voice shouted sharply: "What are you doing? They agreed to whatever they wanted. ”

And the crotch of the son of the Hou family was already wet.

It was impossible for Wu Shigong to know the mental activities of the chief steward, and he finally moved the cannon to a distance of 200 steps from that Zhuangzi. Put the gun mount in place. Suddenly, everyone stared at each other with wide eyes. Looking at it, I don't know who it is, and let out a laugh, which caused a burst of uproar from everyone.

After the laughter ended, Wu Shigong asked, "What?" No one will shoot? His words then caused a commotion.

The artillery is a jishu class, and none of these guards can fire artillery. Besides, firing a cannon is not a firecracker, just a little bit. Wu Shigong was very helpless: So why are you people moving artillery so vigorously?

At this moment, one of the guards suddenly shouted, "Look! That Zhuangzi is flying a white flag! ”

Everyone understands the meaning of waving a white flag anyway. Wu Shigong thought to himself: "It's good to be able to value harmony." So, he sent the guard to Zhuangzi to negotiate.

There will be no nonsense in this negotiation. It was for Wu Shigong's statement that they had five horses taken away by Zhuangzi, and the chief steward also pinched his nose and admitted it.

In addition, Zhuangzi also gave Wu Shigong two pigs, five sheep and two jars of wine as a reward. also gave Wu Shigong a hundred taels of silver for the convulsion. I don't know if this statement should be reversed.

Originally, the chief steward thought that Wu Shigong and they needed women, and he was ready to find a few fans for Wu Shigong and them. However, seeing Wu Shigong, they didn't mention it, and the chief steward was happy to pretend to be stupid.

After bringing back these booty, Wu Shigong gave Yuan Xingshan twenty-five taels of silver and a mouthful of pigs. That Yuan Xingshan refused to accept it.

Wu Shigong insisted: "Although there is no danger. However, in the dense fog ahead and in front of the current Zhuangzi, those men of yours have always done their best to protect the convoy. ”

Hearing Wu Shigong say this, Yuan Xingshan also accepted these. Wu Shigong also handed over the rest of the silver to Xue Yongli, and asked Xue Yongli to divide it among the guards.

Then, Wu Shigong announced: The first division of the spoils will be counted as this. However, the spoils of war after each subsequent battle were not allowed to be kept privately, and all were distributed uniformly. The personnel participating in the battle are divided into two, and the personnel doing auxiliary work in the rear are divided into one. The remaining seventy percent is used as pensions for disabled and deceased soldiers and as a fund for the development of the troops.

For Wu Shigong's distribution, those guards had no objection.

However, I guess those guards are still thinking about the flower girl. Therefore, there is also a look of unwillingness. Wu Shigong yelled at them again: "What do you want? Remember! We didn't come to Guide to be bandits. Even if you want to, the rabbit doesn't eat the grass next to the nest. ”

After Wu Shigong and his party left, the chief steward immediately sent someone to inquire about the origin of Wu Shigong and others. It didn't take much effort to know that Wu Shigong was in a thousand households under Gui Dewei and became an acting manager of a thousand households.

After the chief steward reported all these situations to the old man Hou Sui, the Hou Sui pondered for a long time. Zuihou still decided: this matter is settled now.

Now is a critical period for Hou Sui's recovery, and Hou Sui doesn't want anything extraneous to happen. As for the little Qianhu who humiliated the face of the Hou family, let's wait and see.

By the way, a tidbit. The son of the Hou family who was scared so wet in the Zhuangzi that his crotch was the son of the famous Hou Fangyu later. However, a rough person like Wu Shigong didn't know what Hou Fangyu was sacred.

Even if Wu Shigong knew who Hou Fangyu was? He wouldn't care either. He didn't care if Hou Fangyu was so scared that his crotch was wet. Maybe that Li Xiangjun was so scared that his crotch was wet, Wu Shigong would still be interested.