Chapter 98: The Ghost General and the Swordsman
Even if the situation outside changes, everything in the simulated world will still go on little by little according to the established route.
At this time, Nanshan was falling into an unpredictable daze, and she felt that the blood in her body was cold, as if she couldn't feel her own existence.
And the female magistrate, who had just gotten out of the carriage with her, had already walked in front of the group of sergeants alone.
She said without the slightest fear on her face: "I don't know which general's subordinate you military masters?" If you come to my Lingzhou County, you should inform me first, and the next official will go to meet you......"
"Oh?" The leading sergeant looked Zhang Ying up and down, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and said: "Who should I be, it turned out to be the female magistrate of Lingzhou, and sure enough, it was as handsome as the rumors said......
Fu Hong on the side frowned, and said in a low voice: "Lord Zhixian, these people are all coming for the old man, you still don't get involved in this troubled water......
"Old General Fu, Ah Ying didn't know your identity before, but now that she knows, she naturally wants to find out, since you used to be a first-class general in front of the emperor, why are you so humble to these people?"
Zhang Ying glanced back at Nanshan, who was still standing in the distance, and still had a trace of doubt in her heart, after all, she heard about the past more than 30 years ago from a young girl in Nanshan, which was indeed a bit thought-provoking, but after thinking about it, it is said that the priest of the temple can observe the stars and know the destiny of heaven, and he can talk to gods and ghosts under the psychic, and it is not uncommon to know the past of an old general.
The old general was obviously stunned for a moment, and when he saw the surprised look on his apprentice Zhang Yingying's face, the old general stretched his face, just patted his beloved apprentice's shoulder, didn't explain too much, and said: "Since I left the imperial front and left the capital, I am a common man, and my military exploits have been engraved on the Heroic Spirit Pillar, and all I can take away is my half-buried old body bones." ”
The implication of his words was that when he chose to let go of military power and leave the palace, he chose to let go of all glory and the past is no more.
But Zhang Ying couldn't understand that she didn't think that with this group of armored soldiers, she could be powerful in front of a veteran who had made great achievements.
"No, General Fu, you must have something to worry about, right?" Zhang Ying shook her head as she heard neat footsteps coming from the other side of the street.
Fu Hong smiled bitterly, his eyes turned to the direction where the footsteps came, and said softly: "It's not bitterness, but helplessness, now I have no power and powerless, if I don't come forward, they will ......"
Fu Hong pointed at Zhang Yingying, and then pointed to the gate of the Jingmen Martial Arts Hall, "These half-grown children have to be sent to the battlefield by that guy, I can't ...... You can't watch them die! ”
If he was the only one, he could have done his best to get out, and even killed the sergeants present without leaving a piece of armor, but he made a fuss, what kind of crime should Lingzhou County bear, and how much responsibility should this young and promising female magistrate in front of him bear, he could only choose to compromise.
"Who are you talking about?" Zhang Ying followed his eyes and looked over, but asked reluctantly: "I am still the magistrate of Lingzhou, although I am a woman, but I also received the imperial seal letter and the imperial seal document, someone wants to come to Lingzhou to recruit the army, but they want to bypass me?" Who has such great military might? ”
"Lord Zhixian ......" In the distance, a tall horse slowly approached everyone with slow steps, the man on horseback was dignified, but his eyes were shining with cold light, revealing a fierce and evil aura all the time.
"What, how could it be you?" Zhang Ying saw the person clearly, and a little timidity was born in her heart for a moment.
Of course she knew this person, and she could even say that no one in the entire thirteen southeastern provinces and thirty-six counties would feel strange to him.
As the horse gradually approached, the people who were still menacing just now bowed their backs to meet them, and at this moment, they could not be seen at all as a group of soldiers who had been on the battlefield, but more like a group of flattering dogs.
However, it's really not that these people bully the soft and fear the hard, it's just that the man sitting on horseback is indeed in a high position, and now he is in charge of the 100,000 iron cavalry and 100,000 bow and crossbow battalions of the Blue Moon Country, and his fierce reputation is known to everyone, all the battles he has participated in, regardless of victory or defeat, will be killed and wounded, he never forgives any enemy, even if he disarms and surrenders, he will be divided by his five horses, and he never has mercy on any of the wounded, even if it is his own, he will be killed on the spot.
Nanshan stood far away, and she also saw this person's arrogant appearance, and silently pronounced his name-"Zhu Yunfeng." ”
"Zhang Ying, it's been more than three years since I said goodbye last time, I didn't expect you to recognize me so quickly, is it possible...... Is it intentional to be under it? Zhu Yunfeng grabbed the reins, stopped the horse's hooves, and looked at Zhang Yingdao condescendingly.
"Nonsense......" Zhang Ying felt that her calves trembled slightly, in the face of the well-known and terrifying "ghost general" in the whole country, she was still just a weak woman, even if she blurted out these two words, she was obviously a little lacking in confidence.
Zhu Yunfeng narrowed his eyes and asked slowly, "Last time, you went to Dadu to save your father, and asked the high priest of the Star God Temple to help your father exorcise evil spirits...... What happened? Is Ling Zunke okay? ”
Of course, Zhang Ying knew that Zhu Yunfeng would not be really so kind, and wanted to care about her father, "As you wish, my father...... Passed away. ”
"Oh? Don't you forget, if I hadn't introduced you to you, you thought that with your status as a little magistrate, the high priest would meet you? Zhu Yunfeng smiled coldly, "However, since your father is gone, shouldn't that matter also be reconsidered?" ”
"The marriage contract you said was burned clean by my father a long time ago, I didn't expect that as vicious as you would be Gu to my father!" When Zhang Ying heard Zhu Yunfeng mention "that matter", she immediately became angry.
Once, the two of them grew up together, and the two families were also old friends, so it is not surprising that they made a marriage contract.
However, Zhang Ying's father, seeing that Zhu Yunfeng was still idle all day long after he became an adult, gradually began to disapprove of this marriage. After that, Zhu Yunfeng's family fell into the middle of the road, and his parents both died of illness overnight, and Zhang's father ruthlessly withdrew the marriage contract when he saw this.
Zhu Yunfeng stood in front of Zhang's mansion and knelt for a day and a night, and finally asked for a promise from Zhang Ying's father - only if he made contributions before Zhang Ying's coming-of-age ceremony, their Zhang family was willing to continue to fulfill the marriage contract.
"I have said many times that Uncle Zhang is evil, and it has nothing to do with me." Zhu Yunfeng's expression became a little hideous and said, "It's him, it's him who broke the contract first!" Zhang Ying, it's God who wants to punish him, not me......"
After speaking, Zhu Yunfeng no longer paid attention to Zhang Ying, the corners of his mouth hooked up an evil smile, looked at Fu Hong, who was standing like a strong pine tree in the wind, and said loudly: "Old General Fu, this time the border is in an emergency, and the king has already taken the imperial expedition...... My subordinates have always been dull and don't know much about the rules, which makes you laugh. ”
"Heh, Zhu Yunfeng, you came here to look for me on purpose, do you want me to lead the pioneer camp for you?" Fu Hong chuckled, "Unexpectedly, General Zhu, who has always been known as a 'ghost general', is also a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. ”
"General Fu is wise, it's rare to be more than just a brute force martial artist," Speaking of this, Zhu Yunfeng glanced at Zhang Yingying beside Fu Hong, intentionally or unintentionally, with a trace of contempt on his face, "My vanguard battalion must fight a bloody way for the king, I heard that you once had the name of 'Shadow Swordsman', and now it is really suitable to serve as this forward general who lives for nine deaths." ”
"What do you say? My master is so old, and you still let him be a death squad? Zhang Yingying didn't care about the contempt in Zhu Yunfeng's eyes, and took two steps forward to point at Zhu Yunfeng and shouted.
"Just because it's such an age, I'm alone anyway, what's wrong?" Zhu Yunfeng spread his hands and made a gesture that should be done, and then pointed to the soldiers who had besieged the martial arts hall before and said: "These boys have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, and they are not worthy of working under my Zhu Yunfeng, General Fu, I will be the master for you and assign them to the vanguard camp, how about it?" ”
As soon as these words came out, those sergeants couldn't wait to knock their heads into the cracks in the ground, and almost crawled to their knees and rushed to Zhu Yunfeng's horses, begging to go around.
Even Zhang Yingying can hear that the so-called pioneer battalion is a death squad, how can this group of veterans not understand what kind of danger they will encounter once they enter the pioneer battalion? When they received Zhu Yunfeng's order yesterday, they laughed at each other and said, I don't know if that old man Fu had a grudge against General Zhu in the past, otherwise how could everyone have retired for more than 30 years, and still take him out and throw him to the battlefield to die?
As a result, they were not in the mood to laugh at all today, because one by one, they all seemed to foresee their own tragic future - a tragic future in which even a whole corpse could be lost if they died under the enemy's butcher's knife.
"No, no! Master, you can't go! Zhang Yingying only hated himself for being weak now, and wanted to ask Zhang Ying for help, but when he saw that Zhang Ying also looked dead, he shouted in despair.
"Criminals! Don't be embarrassed here, get inside! Fu Hong's true qi exploded between the meridians, and a palm pushed to Zhang Yingying's chest, and turned around against him, almost instantly, pushing him into the gate of the martial arts hall with a gust of palm wind.
There was a commotion in the school yard in the martial arts hall, and some of the disciples in the martial arts hall finally rushed out without holding back, but Fu Hong didn't look back at them again, and walked in the direction where Zhu Yunfeng came with a pair of hands.
"General Zhu, don't forget to give the old man a good knife......"
In the cold wind, I only heard the old general's voice speak in a deep voice.