It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but today's rain is too inopportune.

The anxious Father Pei pushed the door and looked at the rain outside the house, but once again he had no choice but to close the door. He was a native of the city, and had lived here for more than sixty years, and if he hadn't been old, he would have been assigned to the ranks of servants, bringing water and food to the soldiers defending the city.

His luck was good, but his son was not as lucky.

The eldest of his family died at an early age, and his wife contracted the disease after giving birth to the second child. The second child was raised by him alone, and now he has more than forty.

It was only because of the strong recruitment of the imperial court that Pei Lao Er was incorporated into the Zhuangding team for several days. From the beginning, they were just doing some heavy work, although they were tired, but it was not very dangerous, but as the casualties of the defenders gradually increased, these strong men also became candidates to stand on the wall.

However, fortunately, the Song army was basically assembled in Nancheng, and the area of attack was mainly based on the south gate. The area defended by Pei Lao Er was at the north gate of Wangjing, where the Song cavalry was basically not attacked by the Song army, except for the roaring Song cavalry. That's why the imperial court mobilized a large number of people from other sects, and used them to fill the numbers.

But even so, Pei Lao Er's face was still full of frustration, because he had heard that the casualties at the south gate were getting bigger and bigger, and the imperial court was ready to mobilize strong men from other city gates to come over to defend. He was afraid that he would draw this subordinate lot and be sent by the imperial court to that place of death.

"Pei Lao Er, Pei Lao Er! Your dad has brought you something! ”

Perhaps it was Daddy Pei's licking of the calf that moved the heavens, and the rain finally stopped after a short time. Father Pei brought the food that was running out of food at home, and wanted to take advantage of the night to go to the city wall to give his son a little. Although the imperial court also took care of the food, but I heard that other people outside were rumoring that except for the soldiers and the people at the south gate, the little rice distributed by the others was not enough to feed the chickens, and many people were starving to defend this regime that did not treat them as human beings at all.

Father Pei was angry when he thought of this, and the rice and grain in the warehouse in the capital were about to pile up to the sky. The imperial court is still so calculating, it seems that it is ready to spend such a hard life on his old Pei family in the coffin.

"Go and go back quickly, don't let the patrol dog legs hit me!"

Pei Lao Er was notified by the familiar little boss, and hurriedly ran down to meet his old father. The old father saw that his son was so thin that he didn't look like a person at all, so he hurriedly took out the food in the baggage.

When Pei Lao Er saw the rice ball, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he held it in his hand and sighed: "I haven't eaten dry food for many days!" ”

"Eat it. If you start a battle, you have the strength to escape! "No matter how old my son is, that's also a son, Daddy Pei's heart hurts like a needle.

"What escape? Don't run away! When the time comes, I will take you to join the Song army, and in the future, it will be better to divide the land and land than to be poor and decent in this city! ”

These words suddenly popped out of Pei Laoer's mouth stuffed with rice balls, but he was frightened, and hurriedly signaled him to silence, Pei Laoer said indifferently: "Dad, don't say that I will say it in front of you now." Even if I told our captain about this, there was no! ”

"You...... You're all talking about surrendering? Daddy Pei was surprised.

"Who wouldn't? Can Da Renguo divide the land for us? No! Can Da Renguo let us eat enough? No! In that case, what is the Great Benevolence Kingdom? The Great Song Kingdom was a dignified power in the Central Plains, inheriting the prosperity and prosperity of the Tang Empire. Now it's a godsend for us to become a Song person, and fools don't do it! ”

Pei Lao Erqing was very excited, but although it didn't matter what he said, his two ears were still erect at this time. For fear of being heard by the patrolling soldiers.

"You, you said it so well, then how did you let Song Jun in!?" Father Pei was also moved by his son's words. Anyway, the world is completely chaotic, and it is the time when people's minds are settled. But Li Ziqian obviously had grain in the warehouse. But so that the people who worked with him could not even eat, could such a king still count on him? What's more, being the object of the magnates of the Great Benevolent Kingdom, where can there be glory and benefits from being a citizen of the Heavenly Empire?

"My father, are you serious? That's how we think about it, do we kill the prison army and open the door to let the Song army in? Pei Laoer's face turned red, but fortunately, the thick night just concealed his embarrassment," Li ...... The king is a thief and a thief, and the key city gates and the horse roads on the city are all guarded by the Renzhou army who are loyal to him! That is, the city wall, which should be filled in the position, is piled up with those of us who are rotten and dead! ”

It is said that there is a wrong name, but there is no wrong nickname, and the "Renzhou Army" is obviously Wang Jing's pro-army appointed by Li Ziqian, but everyone tells its essence.

"My son, how did you get up to the wall? I heard that every time there is a battle at the South Gate, almost all the defenders are dead, and now they call the city wall outside the South Gate the Ghost Gate Pass, and there is no return if you go up to be on duty! Son, don't be sent! When my father heard that this was the case, he was startled and hurriedly said.

"It's okay to send me, I'll surrender to the Song army on the spot, it's better than being scared on the city wall! Dad, if there is such a time, you must not go anywhere, just wait for me at home, and I will come back to pick you up when the time comes! Pei Lao Er gave his father a preventive injection in advance, and returned the uneaten rice balls to his father. He had a thin stomach on the city wall, and his father didn't have anything at home.

"My son, you must have more eyes! Li Ziqian is half of our fellow countrymen, but even he is so cold-blooded and ruthless to us, Song Jun has no relatives and no reason for us, why should he accept us? Father Pei said worriedly.

"I don't know the reason, anyway, now the Wangtian, Guantian, and Haoqiang fields in the south have all been divided, and it is rumored that there are noses and eyes, I guess it's not fake!" Pei Lao Er is away all day long, and he is no stranger to the major events happening now.

"That's it! My son, you must be clever when the time comes, I heard that it is rumored in the city now that as long as the defenders of the city are entangled with the Song army, the Renzhou army will put dark arrows in the back, completely ignoring the enemy and me, and shoot them all! So that's why every time the city is defended, there are no survivors in the city! ”

Daddy Pei's voice was crying, his son was his lifeline. He would rather defend the city in his place than see him repeat the mistakes of those unjust souls. It's a pity that this qiē is useless, even if he voluntarily proposes to defend the city, he can't get his son back, but will take himself on the hook.

"Daddy, silence! Don't say that! Yesterday, there were three people in our city discussing this matter, and they were heard by the doglegs of the Renzhou army. Kill all three of them on the spot! Pei Lao Er hurriedly covered his father's mouth and said.

"Ahh The old man was frightened by the bloody facts that his son said, and it took a while to come back to his senses and say, "Doesn't that mean that this thing is true?" ”

"There's no ghost in my heart, do you need to be so radical? I have seen through this great benevolent country, I only know how to oppress us, and I can't escape his oppression from life to death! Pei Lao Er said indignantly, who knew that at the end of the words, there was a sudden flash in the sky, and a lightning bolt passed. There was another loud thunder, which blew up the hearts of the strong men who had not yet fallen asleep.

"Over there, there seems to be a figure floating by!" Pei Lao Er was suddenly stunned.

Daddy Pei looked in the direction he was pointing, and it was pitch black everywhere, where was there any figure? Father Pei didn't take it seriously, just pinched his son's shoulder heavily, and instructed again: "My son, you are in your forties, and you have no heirs, you must live." Otherwise, my Pei family will be doomed! ”

"Dad, go back quickly, I'm afraid it's going to rain again!" A helpless wry smile appeared on Pei Laoer's face, and now people can't live anymore. What kind of heirs are not children?

A thin middle-aged man supported his elderly father, swallowed up by the darkness so that there was not even a shadow left, but even so, the two people who walked at night encouraged each other. This may be the power of family affection.

"Ouch......"

Suddenly, Pei Lao Er stepped into the air and stepped into a puddle of stagnant water that went deep into his knees. His old father saw this. Hurriedly pulled his son out. finally Pei Lao Er pulled out his foot, but found that the rag shoes on his feet were missing. For people like them, there are almost no substitutes for shoes, and it is often a pair of shoes that are worn until they are rotten, because Pei Lao Er can't care about the pain after his foot breaks, and he lies on the ground and reaches out to touch the puddle.

"Huh! What is this? ”

Pei Lao Er felt that a smooth object sank in the water, and by feeling, he felt that this foreign object obviously did not belong to this dirt pit, and perhaps it was the culprit who made his feet fall. Pei Lao Er subconsciously stretched out his hands, wanting to take this thing out to see, but this thing didn't move at all, Pei Lao Er said "Huh", and simply went down to the pit to grope for a while, the more he touched his face, the more wrong he became, and only raised his head and said to the puzzled old father: "Dad, don't you ask your son to pick up a baby?" ”

"We are walking on the main road, if there is anything precious and not precious, it will be picked up by someone during the day! Could it be that you bumped into the God of Wealth in the middle of the night? Get up, it's cool in the water! "Daddy Pei really doesn't believe that he can have this kind of shit luck, people live like this, what hope do they dare to have?

"Dad, you wait!" Pei Lao Er didn't believe in evil, and limped back, Pei Lao Dad waited for a long time in fear before he saw him pull a strong man over together. The man carried a lantern in his left hand and a small basin in his right hand.

"This is our Captain!" Pei Lao Er introduced, then pointed to the big pit in front of his old father, and said, "This is where I found the baby just now, and my shoes are still inside!" ”

"It's a big night, it's bad enough to get wet here, Lao Pei, don't entertain me anymore!" Wu Chang has to be more humane, and he didn't scold as soon as he came up.

"Brother, all the bad guys are here, don't you know if you look at it?" Pei Lao Er pleaded, even if it wasn't a treasure, at least he could fish out his shoes.

Wu Chang was helpless, looked at Pei Lao Er for a long time, and finally began to scoop water out with a small basin. He felt a little strange at this time, this was a big road against the city wall, how could such a big pit suddenly appear? According to his memory, it must have been fine during the day today!

There is a ghost in this matter!

Wu Chang also moved his mind at this time, and accelerated the speed of scooping water. It didn't take long to see a semicircle of things exposed in the pit, and the Pei family's father and son both looked at it, but they couldn't see it clearly, Wu Chang hurriedly took a photo of the lantern, and the three of them took a breath of cold air at the same time!

This, this, this...... This is a gold ingot!?

The legendary gold suddenly smashed on their heads, and all three of them were dizzy. Everyone has heard of this kind of thing, but they have never seen it, but fortunately, the baby looks different, even on this messy rainy night, it will not be mistaken for a copper ingot.

"Dig now, dig now!"

Wu Chang urged, the Pei family father and son sobered up, and they all used their hands to help Wu Chang scoop water out, and it didn't take long for the whole picture of the gold ingot to appear in the sight of the three of them, Wu Chang couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and said: "Old Pei, didn't we really bump into the God of Wealth this time!" ”

"Yo! That Taoist priest really didn't lie to us! Are you the god of wealth of your own officials? ”

Suddenly, a male voice sounded from behind, which startled the three people who were immersed in joy, and when they heard this, the three of them immediately looked back, only to see an officer with five or seven soldiers, looking at them and smiling.

"I'm the ...... of the North Gate"

Wu Chang didn't know where these people came from, nor did he know their true identities, but he saw one thing thoroughly, and that was that this group of people definitely wanted to take advantage of the three of them. So he hurriedly identified himself so that these people would have some concerns. It's a pity that before the words were spoken, he was kicked to the ground.

"These three people are sneaky, maybe they are the spies of the Song army, they have arrested them all, if there is resistance, they will be killed!" The officer's eyes glowed green, and in his experience, the thing in the pit was the lost treasure that the Taoist had just said.

When Wu Chang, who was kicked to the ground, heard this, his hair was about to stand up, and he was about to resist, when he suddenly saw another group of people rushing to this side.

"Captain Wu, is there any trouble?"

This time, it was an acquaintance of Wu Chang and Pei Laoer, a strong man on duty on the city wall. As soon as more than a dozen people came, they shouted, "Chief Wu, are you okay, there is a man who informed us that you and the second child are surrounded by spies...... After speaking, they all cast suspicious eyes on the opposite group.

When the officer who was about to snatch the treasure and kill someone heard this, he was shocked, why did this group of people also notify people? At that moment, he hurriedly asked, "Hey, is it a Taoist priest who notified you to come?" ”

"No, it's a skinny monkey!" Some of the strong men were quick to tell the reason why they were here.

As soon as these words came out, both sides sensed that something was very likely to be wrong, and at this moment, a patrol of officers and soldiers drove here, there were about 20 people, and when this officer saw this, his heart was completely cold, and it seemed that he did not have the life of this treasure, but he still stood here and refused to leave, wanting to see what was in this pit.

The soldiers on patrol were not called over, but found that many people had gathered here, and they were afraid that something would happen, so they listened to the three gangs of people tell them about the matter, and they didn't go to investigate anything else, but just sent two men to fish up the things in the pit. The two of them tried their best to get the treasure out of the pit, and in the end, it was the four patrolling soldiers who worked together to move the strange thing out.

"Gold, it's real gold!" The officer shouted excitedly, although this thing had seen the light and could not be snatched, he still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, after all, such a big lump of gold, at least two or three hundred catties, how common is it? It's just that who threw away such a huge fortune here?

"Hey, there's a word on it!"

Someone in the crowd exclaimed, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and some literate people lay on it, reading while recognizing:

"The Li family is unkind, and God hates it. In a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day, the pseudo-capital wall will be cracked into several sections, imitating the example of opening Beijing, in order to wait for the true person! (To be continued......)