Chapter 113: Monks and Scholars
After wiping the blood stains on his body, Wu Shigong walked out of the tea shed and returned to the cavalry. At this time, Xue Yong leaned over to Wu Shigong's side and said excitedly: "Uncle, we have made a fortune." ”
Wu Shigong asked some cavalry to look at these chaotic people kneeling on the ground, and then followed Xue Yong and them to the place where Master Mu was trampled to death.
Next to the tents where Master Mou, the leader of the Holy Spirit Society, lived, there were many carts and wheelbarrows. On top of these vehicles, all kinds of supplies are placed.
"Have you seen it, what's in the car?" Seeing this, Wu Shigong also asked excitedly.
"It's all food. And copper coins, cloth, and table salt. We made a rough estimate that there were more than 600 carts, and all the mules and horses that hauled the carts were complete. There are more than 3,000 wheelbarrows. However, more than 500 wheelbarrows were empty. In addition, there are some pigs, sheep and chickens and ducks on the side. Xue Yong also replied with a smile.
Wu Shigong immediately ordered: "Hurry up and organize these surrendered rebels, let them transport these vehicles, and rush back to the fortress of Qianhusuo." Move quickly, otherwise, the other gray grandsons will not come to war, and they will not be soft on grabbing these things. ”
Wu Shigong then instructed: "Let those chaotic people clean up nearby, and load all the weapons and farm tools thrown on the ground to the empty wheelbarrow and pull them back." Remember, don't even leave the iron pot, all scrap copper and rotten iron. This iron is worth a lot of silver. ”
This time, Wu Shigong went to Jining to buy iron materials, only to know that in the Ming Dynasty, the price of iron materials compared with modern times, it was simply a heaven and an underground. He didn't know that in the Ming Dynasty, iron, like salt, was monopolized. This is also a major financial income of the Ming Dynasty, so how can it not be expensive?
Xue Yong hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly went with a group of cavalry to organize those rebellious people. At this time, Xue Yongli on the side asked Wu Shigong: "Uncle, I just took a closer look at those rebels who surrendered. Although there are a lot of them, most of them are women and children, and there are not many young and strong. ”
In Wu Shigong's massacre just now, those young men, of course, relied on their good physical strength, and either ran away or swam to the other side of the riverbank, and those who stayed and surrendered were basically old, weak, sick and disabled.
Wu Shigong gritted his teeth and said to Xue Yongli: "I can't care so much." If one doesn't work, two or three, even if they tow it, let them tow these vehicles back to the fortress of the Thousand Households. Don't be afraid to be ruthless when you're escorting. If anyone drags his feet, kill him. In these days, human life is not valuable. ”
Xue Yongli nodded and agreed. Suddenly, he thought of one more thing, and immediately asked Wu Shigong: "After returning to the fortress of Qianhusuo, what will we do with these people?" ”
"Drove them away. We can't feed so many people. Anyway, these people are frightened now, and they won't be able to make any waves after they leave. ”
Xue Yong, together with the cavalry, organized the rebels to start driving the carts and pushing and pulling wheelbarrows. Xue Yongli also went over to help. Wu Shigong took a dozen people to these tents of Master Mu. He first found a piece of clothing in a tent and put it on his body, then rummaged through it with the guards to see what he had found.
Surprisingly, the harvest in this tent is also not small. A total of nearly 5,000 taels of silver and dozens of silk satin horses were found. In Master Mou's tent, more than sixty gold ingots weighing five taels and four boxes of gold and silver jewelry were also found. However, some gold and silver jewelry still has blood stains on it, and its origin is also clear at a glance.
Wu Shigong and these guards also found seven or eight small golden Buddhas. It should be a religious idol of the Holy Spirit Society. Also, in Master Mu's tent, he also found a royal seal of the "Great Song Kingdom" and a dragon robe that I don't know which troupe I took it from.
When Wu Shigong entered Master Mu's tent, the daughter of the big family was still hiding naked in the bed. She's dead. Wu Shigong didn't care about her, threw her a piece of clothing, and told her to wait outside the tent after putting it on.
Outside the tent, there were more than a dozen carriages in which Master Mu and his leaders were riding, and after the woman got dressed, she got into one of the carriages and hid.
After tidying up the tent and these harvested things, Wu Shigong went outside and told Xue Yong that they would take away the silver, silk and jewelry. The rest of the things he was going to turn over as trophies to the Fuzun of Guide Mansion.
At this time, two men ran far away to the east, for the rebels on this side had fled completely. Therefore, these two people are particularly eye-catching.
The cavalry in charge of the guard immediately raised the alarm, and when they heard the siren, some cavalry surrounded them. After a while, these cavalrymen brought these two people to Wu Shigong.
Both of them are not very old, and one of them is dressed shortly, and the dress is quite normal. He had a sword strapped to his waist. Another person, with a shaved head, was wearing a monk's robe, and a waist knife was tied around his waist, clearly a little monk.
Wu Shigong and the others had just exterminated the rebellious people of the Holy Spirit Society, and they were very sensitive to the monk, so they all held weapons in their hands and focused their attention on this little monk.
"Who the hell are you?" Wu Shigong was also vigilant, and he also held the katana in his hand, staring at the little monk and asked.
The little monk clasped his hands together, saluted Wu Shigong, and said, "Amitabha, the little monk is wise to the general." ”
"Smart? It's a weird name. Also ipda too. Wu Shigong said in his heart.
"Say! What the hell are you doing here? Wu Shigong asked sharply.
"The little monk was sent by Lord Fuzun to investigate the situation here."
"Are you really sent by Lord Fuzun?" Wu Shigong's heart was suspicious. It is normal for the Fuzun of Guide to send people here to investigate the situation. However, he has so many servants and soldiers to send, what if Weishenme wants to send a monk?
But without waiting for the little monk to answer, the person next to him hurriedly explained: "Yes, yes." We were sent by Lord Fuzun. ”
The man was dressed shortly, but Wu Shigong could tell from his words that he was not an ordinary person. Wu Shigong's brows furrowed even tighter. He turned to the short-dressed man and asked, "Are you a scholar?" ”
The man nodded, bowed down, and said, "Student Deng Qifan has met the general." ”
Deng Qifan's salute confirmed Wu Shigong's judgment. Because, the arch of the Ming Dynasty is also different. There is a difference between the hand of the scholar and the hand of ordinary people. Seeing that Deng Qifan bowed his hand very naturally, it showed that he usually bowed like this. This also confirmed that he was a reader.
Now Wu Shigong is twelve points skeptical. What kind of people are not easy to send from the Fuzun faction of Guide Mansion, and they want to send a monk and a scholar to investigate the situation here?
Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case. Don't these two people be remnants of the Holy Spirit Society. Anyway, let's arrest both of them first. Wu Shigong raised the katana in his hand and ordered, "Tie them both up." ”
Seeing that Wu Shigong gave an order, the guards around him also raised their weapons and forced these two people.
"Biedong hand!" "Don't get me wrong! Seeing that the situation was not good, these two people hurriedly explained: "We are really sent by Lord Fuzun. ”
"Oh? Do you have any tokens? Wu Shigong asked.
The two of them were embarrassed by Wu Shigong's questioning. They really don't have any tokens around them.
It turned out that just now the city of Guide heard a commotion in the camp of the rebellious people under the city wall, and the people in the city of Guide thought that the rebellious people were going to attack the city. However, when they were trembling and preparing, they were surprised to find that the entire camp of the rebels had exploded. And the rebels are running around like headless flies. It didn't take much effort, and the walls of Guide Mansion became empty.
At this moment, all the people in Guide City were a little confused, and they thought that the gods had appeared. reported to Hou Sui and the Fuzun of Guide Mansion, and they were also a little confused. Because, they counted the days, even if the governor of Henan sent reinforcements, it was absolutely impossible to rush to Guide Mansion City in such a short time.
So, all the people went to the walls of Guide to observe the situation and discuss. But after studying for a long time, I didn't come up with a single reason. When I arrived in Zuihou, I was still going to send some spies to find out the situation.
However, when the order of Hou Sui and the Fuzun of Guide Mansion was issued, all the soldiers and officials refused to go. At that time, people were very superstitious. If there are still chaotic people gathered outside the city, a few brave men may jump out under the heavy reward. But now in such a strange situation, don't have any demons and monsters outside the city.
Seeing that all the soldiers and officials refused to go, in a fit of anger, Hou Sui and the Fuzun of Guide Mansion prepared to lend a few heads to strengthen the courage of the others. Seeing this situation, the smart little monk and scholar Deng Qifan took the initiative to ask for help.
Zhizhi and Deng Qifan came to Guide Mansion to visit Guide Mansion and Hou Sui. It just so happened that the Holy Spirit would rebel against the city of Guide, so the two of them were also trapped in the city.
However, both of them are not very old, some of them are strong-blooded, and some of them are chivalrous and righteous, and they have the idea of saving the country and the people. And both of them can do some kung fu. Of course, the intelligence is some real kung fu, then Deng Qifan is definitely a fist embroidered leg. Therefore, the two of them took the initiative to ask for help.
Seeing Zhizhi and Deng Qifan taking the initiative to ask for help, Hou Sui and the Fuzun of Guide Mansion persuaded each other in a fake way, and saw that they both had a very resolute attitude, so they sent them both under the city wall with ropes.
In this way, they touched Wu Shigong. However, before they set out, they did not expect that anyone would ask them to show any tokens, so they were not prepared at all. So there was a misunderstanding with Wu Shigong.
Seeing Wu Shigong's guards getting closer and closer, Na Zhizhi and Deng Qifan didn't dare to pull out the weapons in their waists. In a hurry, the intelligence shouted, "How can the general believe in the identity of the little monk?" ”