Chapter 21: Evil
Baihu's name is Shen Ze, and in his words, he has no interest in being a Qing army at all, just to get some military salaries.
Speaking of which, Shen Ze explained. He was originally a disciple of the Jianghu Sect, but later because of his crime, the entire sect was besieged and killed by the Six Sects. But fortunately, he was clever and escaped from it when he saw that the situation was not good. It's a pity that as a big disciple of the sect, he is the first offender. Six doors posted notices in various places where he wanted him, and sometimes on rainy days, he did not dare to stay at the guest house for fear of being recognized.
The six doors are a yamen divided by the autumn officials (criminal department), which recruits masters of the rivers and lakes to serve the imperial court, and the people of the rivers and lakes are called "eagle dogs". Although it has a bad reputation, after all, Liumen has the big backer of the imperial court, so he acts unscrupulously. Once the people of the rivers and lakes offend this behemoth, there will naturally be no good fruit to eat.
Such a day is really boring, and in desperation, Shen Ze was introduced by others, and only then did he enter the Qilin Guard of the Qing Army. Although the so-called "Qingjun" is just a thief. However, Shen Ze is like this now, if he is caught by the six gates, it is estimated that his life will not be guaranteed, so he will temporarily live in the remnants of the Qing Dynasty.
Because he had some martial arts foundation, Shen Ze soon emerged in this group of Qingjun remnants and was named a hundred households.
In fact, he doesn't care about this broken official at all.
Shen Ze was a smart person, he could see clearly that these people were just a rabble. Although it has been trained, it is almost the same to deal with some county defenders, and once it encounters the regular army of the Great Zhou, there is almost no room to fight back.
"How long has our Great Zhou been established, not to mention the Great Zhou, even if it is the former Qin, it is also a solid foundation. Some of the old men among them are still immersed in the glory of the Qing Dynasty, which makes people disgusting to listen to. ”
Shen Ze's mouth was full of complaints, and Lu Pengyuan smiled and said: "If you can help us find the tax money, General Ben can make the decision and let Qiu Guan withdraw your wanted notice." ”
Shen Ze bowed: "Then I can thank you, General." ”
Lu Pengyuan snorted: "Say, where are all the tax silver?" ”
The people of the right Xiaowei came over and began to clean up the entire backyard, Shen Ze looked left and right, and said, "General, you also know." Although the little one was caught by them, it was also to have a way to live. They paid the soldiers, and there was always a steward who personally escorted the silver taels over. I was about to leave this place, so I was going to follow quietly, thinking that I would get a sum of money before leaving. ”
Lang Zhong applied medicine on Tang Yun's shoulder at this time and bandaged the wound.
Many fragments of iron beads were removed from the wound, and these fragments were very small, but they were buried very deep in the wound, so it can be said that it was difficult to remove them. From beginning to end, Tang Yun didn't say a word.
"Adults go back and rest more, this arm needs to rest for a while, and it must not be strenuous again." After Lang Zhong advised, he picked up the medicine box and walked to Lu Pengyuan's side to bandage it.
Tang Yun found a stone and sat down, staring at Shen Ze: "Since you are wanted by the Six Doors and have such a good place, why do you think that you are going to run away?" ”
Shen Ze wiped the sweat from his head: "It's not that those bastards are looking for death, I won't be stupid enough to send them to death together." ”
Shen Ze told Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan that in fact, everyone in the village had been killed. The remnants of the Qing Dynasty were doves occupying the magpie's nest and occupying this place.
"I didn't do anything, although the little one is not a good person, but the morality of the rivers and lakes is still exquisite. It is our duty not to do anything to the unarmed people. Shen Ze defended himself loudly.
Lu Pengyuan sneered: "You still have a fart morality, keep talking!" ”
Shen Ze coughed and hurriedly said, "General, those people are crazy. Not only do they believe in some gods, but they also plot to attack Chen County, you tell me, isn't this just looking for death? Which county near Gyeonggi was not heavily guarded. With this move, they almost exposed all their methods under the nose of the imperial court, and I am not willing to accompany them to death. ”
Chen County belongs to the jurisdiction of Shendu Prefecture, located in the north of Shendu, although it is a county seat, but because of the convenient transportation, it is also regarded as a transportation hub, very prosperous.
That's an upper county with a population of 30,000!
Lu Pengyuan's expression was solemn: "Now there are still your people in Chen County?" ”
Shen Ze shook his head: "I really don't know this. They were very strict with those of us who came after them, and I had been with them for a long time, so I let my guard down against me. None of their real descendants are in this small village, and I don't know where they are. Normally, if we contact us, they are the only ones who ask us, and we can't find those people. ”
"How many of them are there?"
"I don't know, these people are buried in black armor all over their bodies, that is, black armor all over their bodies. I can't even see my face, and I have a commanding tone for us, all the dirty work is done by us, and we don't treat us as human beings at all. ”
"Put this aside in advance, you tell me, where are all the villagers you killed?" Tang Yun pointed to the cemetery, "Don't tell me that these are the villagers, their corpses have been decomposing for a long time. ”
Shen Ze sighed: "They are all accomplices of the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, and there is a high priest of some god sect in the village, who said that he can summon spirits." Some people believed it, and some soldiers were buried here when they died. Even if they die somewhere else, they will bring the body back here. ”
"That cult of God has fooled a lot of people into it. They follow the sacrifice and worship the gods every day, I see that the old god stick god is chattering, but he still has some ability, so he didn't dare to provoke. Actually, I can't believe it, their methods ...... It's brutal. ”
"I saw it with my own eyes...... A living person, he covered his whole body with clay, burned it with fire, and then made a clay sculpture of a god. And then...... It is placed in front of the altar and claimed to be the manifestation of the gods, so that everyone can come and worship. They were all crazy, fooled by that old god stick every day, and they had lost their minds. I don't want to follow them, I'll wait until you come over, just like I told you. But who knew that you went outside the village, so you found a place to wait. Good thing you're back. ”
Shen Ze finished speaking in one breath, and there was still a trace of horror in his eyes.
Those clay sculptures were all made of living people. It's scary enough to hear, let alone see it with your own eyes.
Lu Pengyuan didn't say a word, grabbed Shen Ze's collar and carried him to the front yard. This front yard was originally a place of worship, and Lu Pengyuan raised a hammer and smashed it at the clay sculpture.
Boom!
Mudcubes splashed and scattered on the ground. From the clay sculpture, a living human face is revealed.
The man's face was stark, and his expression was one of despair. Before he died, he seemed to be roaring loudly, his mouth was already filled with mud and sand, and under his eyes, traces of blood and tears were still clearly visible.