Chapter 137: Brotherly Love
Cao Xiu remembered who the three brothers in front of him were, and there was a fierce light in his eyes.
If before, he saw the lust, but now, there is a reason why he has to kill these people.
The three brothers were thorns in the army back then, and they had been against him, and they even jointly sued him for embezzlement of military salaries and other things, if it wasn't for the commander of the three brothers who reported to him back then, he wouldn't have had time to strike first, and he would definitely have been brought down by their brothers in the end.
"You three scum dare to appear here? I see that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin. Back then, you withheld military salaries, fraudulently received pensions, and after the incident at the east window, you escaped from the barracks and disappeared. Fifteen years later, you still dare to appear here. Is there something else going on? Or do you think you have found a backer, so you come to show off your might? ”
Although Cao Xiu is wine-colored and wealthy, he is not a person who can't see the situation in front of him clearly.
In a few words, the "criminal evidence" of the three brothers was announced to the world, after all, these three people were indeed on the wanted notice, and the truth of the facts back then was no longer verified, so Cao Xiu was left to accuse.
In addition, he understood that the soldiers in the army had always hated those who deducted military salaries and fraudulently received pensions, so he deliberately said this matter to make the soldiers hate the three brothers.
The facts were as Cao Xiu expected, as soon as the soldiers of Youzhou City heard that the three brothers in front of them were such "shameless scum", they no longer studied it carefully, nor did they doubt what Cao Xiu said, and they all looked at everyone outside the city with hatred.
The three brothers were already "sinners" in the eyes of the soldiers, and these "accomplices" were certainly not good people.
That's what all the soldiers defending the city imagined.
Cao Xiu saw that he had successfully provoked the anger of his subordinates, so he was proud in his heart, and looked at the three brothers Zhang De and others, as if he was looking at someone who was about to die.
Gao Zixia and Hu Desheng on the city wall heard it clearly, and they were also deceived by Cao Xiu, thinking that the people outside the city were all raccoon dogs and deliberately making trouble.
"Ah, these three scum still dare to appear in Lao Tzu's territory, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill them alive" Hu Desheng has always been jealous and hateful, and he can't see the scum in the army appear.
Originally, he and Gao Zixia secretly observed to see if Cao Xiu's kid was tired? But now I know from Cao Xiu's mouth that among the people who broke into the city outside the city were wanted criminals fifteen years ago, and they were also such a heinous scum in the army.
Hu Desheng was furious and rushed down the city wall.
"Open the door to Lao Tzu" Hu De raised the soldiers in the city and asked them to open the city gate.
When the soldiers guarding the door saw that it was General Hu Desheng and Major General Gao Zixia, they did not dare to stop them and immediately opened the door.
Cao Xiu was outside, and suddenly heard the city gate open, still puzzled, and when he saw Hu and Gao appearing, he was shocked, thinking that his affairs had been revealed.
Cao Xiu was terrified in his heart, not knowing whether today was a blessing or a curse.
The three brothers Zhang De over there heard Cao Xiu reversing black and white like this, and they were so angry that their faces were red and their ears were red, their faces were exposed, and their whole body trembled.
"You thief, it was obviously you who relied on the power of General Niu back then, deducting the salaries of your brothers in the army, and also taking the pensions of soldiers who have died on the battlefield. The three of us brothers couldn't see that you were deceiving and deceiving the subordinates and tarnishing the reputation of the Gao family army and Marshal Gao, so they jointly reported you, but they didn't expect to reveal the news and you knew in advance, so you bribed our commander and deliberately tricked our brother out of the barracks and ambushed us halfway. But the three of us have had a family and can't live all these years, so we have been hiding incognito and hiding in Tibet, all of which is thanks to you. Cao thief, you don't have to be clever here, reversing black and white. Our brother is fighting for his life today, and he will take the life of your dog thief."
Zhang Desheng burst into tears, and Li Wei and Wang Jun also wept sadly.
Song Yi saw that the three brothers were so sad, and he also felt related.
Cao Xiu on the other side was shocked in his heart, these three people were dumbfounded back then, but now they have become so articulate, he can't imagine it.
Cao Xiu saw that Hu and Gao had frosty faces, so he was terrified, and hurriedly scolded: "Bold, back then, it was obviously your three brothers who wanted to get rich, embezzled military salaries, and also embezzled the pensions of your brothers who were born and died. ”
Cao Xiu's face was upright, as if what he said was the truth.
Hu Desheng also felt that something was wrong, "What the hell is going on?" Who are you? ”
"A knife" saw that the three brothers were immersed in grief, so he took the initiative to step forward and said.
"We are all friends of Zhang De and them. Fifteen years ago, the three of their brothers were framed in Youzhou City, and now, we are just here to get justice for them."
Song Yi stood with Li Wei, Wang Jun and Zhang De with the others and gave silent support to the three brothers.
Gao Zixia looked at the dozen or so people opposite, with a righteous look on his face, which made him feel an unprecedented shock, this is the so-called brotherhood, right?
Gao Zixia thought so, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the other party in his heart.
Hu Desheng is different from Gao Zixia, he thinks that these people gather to make trouble at the city gate of Youzhou, not to seek justice at all, but more like to support his brother and find trouble.
Moreover, after fifteen years, it was suddenly said that he wanted to redress his grievances and overturn the case, isn't this time too intriguing? On the eve of the Great War, these people came to Youzhou City for the sake of the old past, so he couldn't help but make more conjectures.
Hu Desheng is not as inexperienced as Gao Zixia, so he is more willing to believe that people are separated from their stomachs, and they should guess more about their motives in everything.
Hood's eyes sank, and although he didn't say much, he didn't have much affection for the group of people outside the city.
"You yourself said that you were wronged back then, but I believe you are not lying. But it's been fifteen years, why do you suddenly remember to come to redress your grievances today? Who was right and who was wrong back then, and where can we investigate it today? If you are only here to avenge your grievances, why do you make trouble at the gates of the city? Don't you know that now that the Qianjun Dynasty is at war with the Jurchens, you are blocking the city gate and preventing others from clearing the customs, why? ”
"General Hu, what he said is extremely true. These people are full of lies, and you can't believe them. Back then, human and material evidence were afraid, and it was impossible for anyone to frame the three of them. And now that they are bringing it up again, they must have something else to do. It's not the guess of the villains of his subordinates that these people must be Jurchen spies. Now there is still trouble in Youzhou City, just to shake the morale of the army."
Cao Xiu saw that Hu Desheng didn't believe the other party, so he continued to work hard.
"Cao thief, don't you think that you can cover the sky with one hand? It's not that you don't report it, the time has not come? Back then, when someone covered you, you could reverse black and white. Now, our brothers are the devils who ask for their lives, and they collect debts from you for those brothers whom you have killed. In the past fifteen years, our brothers have not forgotten the deep hatred and hatred, if it were not for the words of suffering, there is no way to redress grievances, and you will not be allowed to go free for fifteen years. ”
Zhang Decai exited, and was reprimanded by Hu Desheng, "Bold, I just heard that you caused trouble because you were upset for others, and General Ben really thought you were a man." But the facts are not clear, you talk with white teeth and say some false things, how can this general tolerate you? ”
It turned out that there were many soldiers at the gate of the city, and if Hu Desheng didn't stop it, he didn't know how many people would be involved.
This Cao Xiu is an insignificant person, but if he shakes the army's heart, it will be too big because of a small loss.
Hu Desheng hurriedly stopped, "Arrest them, everything is up to the commander"
"Wait, do you want to bully more with less? Or do you want to kill people? ”
At this moment, a woman stood up from the crowd and was not afraid at all in the face of the soldiers in Youzhou City.
Gao Zixia looked at the woman opposite, who was it not the woman in the carriage he saw on the city wall just now?