readx;? Chapter 2: Murder (7)

"Yes, Dong Weng, it is better to settle the grievance than to settle it, and Zheng Ziming doesn't know whether you want to give him a dismissal, or whether you are instructed by someone to want his life!"

"Master Jia, since the person surnamed Zheng is a person in the officialdom, he should understand the rules of officialdom. www.biquge.info Where did you take office these years, and did you start fighting with the local authorities in the first place?

"Yes, Dong Weng, Zhu Lao and Lu Lao are right. We just need to close the gate of the village and let him know that we are not easy to handle, and we can't really pull the flag and rebel!"

"yes, yes......"

The staff and stewards gossiped and echoed Goatee's opinion.

It's not that they're short-sighted and simple-minded, it's that the current situation doesn't allow them to do anything more with long-term plans. After all, it is one thing to send an assassin to assassinate an incoming court official, but it is another thing to pull out Zhuang Ding to openly confront the court's soldiers and horses.

As long as they do it cleanly, the former can be pushed to the Khitans or bandits who cross the border to fight the grass valley. Under the full cover of the Fu family and another big figure in the imperial court, Zheng Ziming's colleagues and superiors had no way to find out the truth even if they were suspicious.

The latter, on the other hand, is tantamount to openly raising the anti-flag. Not only did the big man in the court and the central government dare not speak for them, but the Fu family, which they relied on in the past, would also clear up the relationship with them as soon as possible, and even directly sent soldiers and horses to kill people and kill them.

In addition, the assassination of the imperial court officials can be borne by the organizer alone. And openly pulling the flag to rebel, after being extinguished, the offender and coercion are all in danger!

"Then, then defend the fortress first, and then, and then make plans!" Seeing that his subordinates couldn't muster the courage to openly confront Zheng Ziming, the big salt lord Jia Deng sighed and nodded.

can be a landlord who can be on the right side, of course, he can see that the suggestions of the staff at this moment contain extremely selfish intentions. However, the more this is the case, the more he needs to put on a picture of conformity. Otherwise, there is no need to wait for Zheng Ziming to come to the door to ask for the crime, and these bastards under his command may join forces and cut off his head and give it to the surnamed Zheng as a gift.

However, on the surface, he returned from admonishment to admonishment, but secretly, he couldn't pin all his hopes on Zheng Ziming's noble hands. In the afternoon of the same day, he secretly ordered his hardcore henchmen to contact the son-in-law who was the capital supervisor of the regimental training, and several owners of the village who sold illicit salt together with Pingsu, and asked them to fight hard from now on.

A few hardcore henchmen are much more loyal and reliable than the staff, and the fastest one brought back a message from Wang De, the supervisor of the regimental training, before dark, that the three thousand regimental training pillows are waiting for the Dan, and they can serve their father-in-law at any time. In the second half of the night, I went to several other salt lords and also brought back good news, and I was willing to advance and retreat with the Jia family.

The big salt lord Jia Deng suddenly had confidence again, closed the door and locked it, dispatched troops, and vowed to let Zheng Ziming know that he was not without the strength to fight before "surrendering". However, what made him very depressed was that four days and four nights had passed, and the expected Xingshi had not been born for a long time. Zheng Ziming disappeared, disappearing like dew in broad daylight.

On the sixth day, not only were the generals exhausted, but the big salt lord Jia Deng himself became a little confused because of the mental tension for a long time, and he held on to the battlements on the wall, muttering: "Why haven't you come yet? If he doesn't come, how can I explain the assassination to him? I can't wait for him to come to the door, and Jia will go and plead guilty! What if he doesn't know that the assassin was sent by Jia......?

When the surrounding staff and stewards heard this, it was as if a hundred claws were scratching in their hearts. According to their judgment, Zheng Ziming should lead his soldiers and horses to Jiajiazhai first. Both sides show their strength before they can bargain. And now, Zheng Ziming has disappeared, and he didn't even give him a chance to bargain, so he just disappeared!

"Steward Zhu, Sect Leader Lu, you two are talking about it, what should we do next? Can't we just keep waiting?" After chattering for a long time and no one answered, the big salt lord Jaden suddenly turned around and asked the two people who had the most influence in the fortress besides himself.

"This ......?" Steward Zhu tugged at his goatee and grinned, "Why don't we open the gate of the village first and send some people out to find out, where did the surnamed Zheng go?"

"It's definitely not the way to wait, the brothers haven't slept for several days in a row!" Sect leader Lu Qing shook his head, his face full of solemnity, "No matter what, I have to let the brothers rest for a night today." As for the surnamed Zheng, his subordinates suggest that you send a few cronies to drive pigs and sheep to the official road to wait for him. After seeing it, don't talk about past grievances, just say that you want to work in the army. If he has the heart to let us go, he will naturally accept the pigs and sheep. If he plans to pursue it to the end, we can immediately pick up our weapons again and climb the wall!"

"......?" said Jaden, the big salt lord, muttered in a low voice, unable to make a decision.

It's not that I'm reluctant to give up a few pigs and sheep, but I can't be sure whether the method Lu Qing said will work for Zheng Ziming. The young man is like the rising sun that has just surfaced on the sea, without the slightest "fireworks" of the old officialdom. The more I speculate on him from my past experience, the more painful it will be in the end.

Just as he was hesitating, outside the gate of the wall, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves. Immediately after, a burly woman from the north galloped over. From afar, he cried loudly, "Grandpa, you have killed me! Good manner, you don't sell your salt, what are you going to provoke Zheng Ziming! Now it's okay, your son-in-law and grandson have all fallen into the hands of others." I have no husband and no son, how can you let me live?"

"What, what nonsense are you talking about?" The big salt lord Jaden was so shocked when he heard this, that he almost fell directly from the wall of the wall and fell into a meat patty, "Dezi and Jiucheng who they fell into?Zheng Ziming, where is Zheng Ziming?"

"Of course it fell into the hands of the surnamed Zheng!" the woman on horseback cried as she continued to count loudly, "He, he can't beat your stockade, and won't deal with your daughter, son-in-law, and grandson? The surnamed Zheng led the soldiers to rush in, and just took the stolen goods. It's okay this time, our whole family has been cheated by you, and I won't live anymore, so you can just give me a good time now!"

"Zheng Ziming, Zheng Ziming directly entered the regimental training camp?!He, he, he ......" was stunned by his daughter's words, and the big salt lord Jaden's body kept shaking.

His son-in-law and the more than 3,000 local regiments under his command are the closest and most closely related foreign aid to him. If the regimental training camp is served by the surnamed Zheng, this foreign aid will naturally not have to think about it. Relying on Jia Jiazhai alone......

"Dong Weng, Dong Weng, don't worry, it's useless to be anxious at this moment?!" The goatee steward approached Jia Deng, walked two steps quickly, and reached out to support his shoulder, "We, we still have time, and we still have time to adjust our strategy! There are still more than 1,500 Zhuang Ding in the stockade, and the grain and arrow reserves in the warehouse are also very abundant. ”

Before the words fell, outside the wall, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves, "of, ......of, of, Immediately after, several yellow-green smoke and dust, from the east, south, and west, went straight to Jiajia Fort. In front of the three clouds of smoke and dust, there are three big flags raised high, "Wang", "Chen", and "Zhu"!

"Whew-" The big salt lord Jaden let out a sigh of relief and squatted softly on the wall.

There were three salt lords who were close to him, and each of them came out with private soldiers. The size of each team is not less than 500 people. Coupled with Jiajiabaozhai's own Zhuang Ding, everyone joined forces, and there was still a chance to weigh each other with Zheng Ziming.

On the wall of "Oh ......" and "Oh ......", the villagers were thunderous. After listening to the cry of their eldest lady before, they were desperate for the future. And now, everyone has seen the dawn of hope again.

With the sound of cheers, the three teams approached the Jiajia Fort. But he didn't take the initiative to greet Jia Deng, the owner of the wall, but quickly formed a team a hundred steps away from the wall, as if they had discussed it in advance, and put out three neat attack formations.

"Next, is Brother Wang Shi down there?" Seeing this scene, Jaden's heart that had just fallen back into his stomach instantly raised his throat again. stood up, waved vigorously towards the team closest to him, "Jia is here, please come out and speak!"

"Lord Jia Zhai is polite, but Wang doesn't dare to climb high!" A strong man with a white face and a well-proportioned figure rushed to a distance of eighty steps from the wall and responded loudly.

"What does Brother Wang mean by this, we, we are, but we are fateful friendships!" A sense of foreboding suddenly surged in Jaden's heart. Holding on to the wall, he leaned out half of his body and questioned loudly. "Aren't you here to help me?

"Don't say that, Wang and you are just doing business!" Wang Xian, a white-faced man with a strong face, the owner of Wangjiazhuang, pouted and shook his head vigorously, "Wang has never promised to help you!"

"The surname is Jia, you colluded with the Liao people and plotted to assassinate the officials of the imperial court, how could a certain person be in the same boat with you! Let me tell you the truth, this time you are here to be the vanguard of the defense envoy. ”

"General Zheng will arrive soon with a large army, get acquainted, you can open the gate of the village and surrender yourself! lest the villagers in the village innocently die for you!" The other two owners of the village are even more faceless. Without waiting for Jaden to question him, he made his position clear one after another.

"You, you don't want to die well!" The ominous premonition was fulfilled, and the big salt lord Jia Deng was angry, "Jia is waiting here, there is a kind, there is a kind of you coming in by yourself!"

"Dong Weng, Dong Weng must not be reckless!" the goatee steward took a half step forward, grabbed one of Jaden's arms again, and exhorted loudly. "The disparity between the enemy and the enemy is huge......"

"Shut up!" Jaden craned his eyes and roared, "Don't be reckless, don't be reckless, what are you going to do with me?" I tied my hands and waited to be stabbed? In that case......"

"It's indeed a good idea! It's better to die only than everyone else!" Lu Qing, the head of the sect, stepped forward and grabbed his other arm and loudly agreed.

"You ......," Jaden was shocked and angry, struggling as he cried out for help, "come on, take them down, take these two things out of the way." Take the two of them, and each of them will be rewarded with ten buckets of refined salt and ...... rice."

"Save it, at this time, nothing is worth anything!" another cold voice sounded behind him. Immediately after, Jaden flew up on his own, like a big bird, from the three-zhang high wall, flying, rolling, and hovering freely!

"I shouldn't have built the wall so high in the first place!" a ridiculous thought suddenly came to his mind. Immediately after, the world outside him turned bright red.

By the time the red faded, it was midnight. Jaden, the big salt lord, struggled for a moment, feeling that none of his limbs did not hurt. "Water, give me a drink!" he muttered, moving his lips, the only one he had at his disposal. He didn't want to die, he still had thousands of family fortunes, thousands of acres of fertile land, and a lot of strange treasures that no one could find anywhere but himself.

He can give these to Zheng Ziming. It is regarded as making amends, and it is also regarded as atonement for one's own life. The assassination was really not his intention, he originally just wanted to follow the convention and give the newly appointed defense a disgrace. Then it is better to divide each other's spheres of influence with each other, and each will not interfere in each other's affairs. Unexpectedly, someone gave him a secret order under the banner of the third envoy Guo Yunming, and then, his ambition and the whole thing were completely out of control.

The mastermind is not him, he doesn't deserve to die. He wants to save himself, he wants to report. "Water, give me some water!, okay, okay!" muttered, Jaden squirmed in pain, looking like a giant earthworm in the dark. "I want to see the defense envoy, I want to see the defense envoy, I am wronged!

In the darkness, there was a string of low footsteps. "Here you go!" the jailer replied impatiently, bringing a foul wooden bowl to his lips.

If it was usual, Jaden would definitely not even smell it, so he slapped the wooden bowl away. And today, he opened his mouth meekly, like drinking sweet rain, "Goo dong, goo dong......

Severe pain all over the body, resulting in a worse sense of taste. After two mouthfuls in a row, he realized that the taste of the water was a little wrong, and quickly closed his mouth and shook his head vigorously. It is halolyze, and no one is unfamiliar with salt sellers. Taking a small amount can cure the disease, and drinking a large amount of it can only result in a rotten stomach.

His head and body were firmly held down by the jailers. The teeth were soon opened with wooden sticks, and the remaining halolyse water was poured into the throat without falling to the ground.