Section VI
The villagers first tied up Huangshi, and then got together to discuss what to do with the windfall, and decided to escort him to Liuhe Yamen overnight, where there was a perfect prison and iron chains, and staying in the village was a long night, and no one knew what would happen to the Zhang family.
The plan was immediately implemented, and it was the eldest son of the village chief who took the lead in escorting. When Huangshi was taken out of the village, Lao Zhang's family hid and did not see him off.
Out of the village, Huang Shi suddenly heard Zhang Zaidi's shout from behind: "Brother Huang, my father asked me to accompany you for a ride." ”
Zhang Zaidi ran over with a lantern in his right hand, and a jar in his left hand, but when he ran closer, he stopped and looked at Huangshi timidly: "Brother Huang, are you willing to let me accompany you?"
"Go back. Huang Shi shook his head, mourning more than dying.
After saying this, tears welled up in Zhang Zaidi's eyes, and the lantern in his hand fell to the ground, and he picked up the jar: "Then are you willing to accept these meals?"
Looking at this child who has been his little follower for three years, Huang Shi felt that his heart that had been exercised like ice melted a little: "I accepted it, go back and thank your father." ”
When a villager heard this, he went to pick up the jar, and after Huang Shi finished speaking, he walked away without looking back, and walked slowly for about two miles, and he kept thinking about Zhao Slowxiong's actions in his heart. The pro-soldiers under his command should have left behind to monitor, and there must have been such a big movement out of the village just now, and now there must be someone following him.
With Zhao's calmness, he should come to save people first, instead of going to the village to startle snakes. Huang Shi was careless, stumbling and falling to the ground. When he was pulled up, he saw a lantern at the back of the procession - it turned out that Zhang Zaidi was still following behind.
Huang Shi sighed, and the killing intent in his heart faded, so he asked someone to call Zhang Zaidi behind him.
"Just hold me by my side. Huang Shi smiled and said to Zhang Zaidi, the kid nodded heavily, his face full of excitement. Huang Shi sighed again, forget it, let him inadvertently save the lives of the villagers.
After walking side by side for a while, Xiao Zhang said in a low voice: "Brother Huang, I'm sorry!"
"Your mom didn't do anything wrong. After Huang Shi calmed down his murderous intentions, he also began to look at it from other people's perspectives, Lao Zhang's mother also wanted to live, she couldn't take a risk with an outsider with a family. This thought evoked a hidden pain in Huang Shi's heart, that merchant in Liaoyang, didn't Huang Shi also betray them in order to survive?
Forget it, forget it, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. Huangshi decided not to kill any of them today.
"No, my mom ......"
"Shut up, you kid know what. Huang Shi scolded sharply: "When you have a child, you will understand." ”
After walking a few more miles, one of the villagers suddenly let out an exclamation, and the people who were alarmed turned around one after another, watching in amazement as a fiery dragon meandered towards them. Huang Shi said loudly to Zhang Zaidi: "Hold on to me, don't move." ”
Huang Shi's words suddenly made the villagers even more suspicious, and they opened their mouths wide one by one, looking nervously at this guy who was tied up by five flowers. Huang Shi saw that they were in chaos, and his heart was even more determined, he glanced at them with a smile, and nodded at the only son of Blacksmith Chen with his chin:
"Brother Chen, you still wanted to recruit me as a son-in-law back then, and we are almost half brothers, so you can also come and rely on me, so as not to get hurt." ”
The fiery dragon quickly approached them, and when the villagers heard the sound of horses' hooves, a voice sounded in the darkness not far away: "Here, here, my lord is here." ”
This was the voice of a personal soldier who came to the Liuhe River with Huangshi, followed by another person who also shouted: "My lord is here!"
Seeing that there were hundreds of torches approaching, the more than 20 villagers surrounding Huangshi were dumbfounded, Huangshi calmly swept them, and saw that a few people seemed to be too frightened, and the muscles on his face began to twitch, seeing this, he quickly shouted: "Folks, put down the guys and gather around me, I'll take care of you!"
The voice was full of confidence, and there was an irresistible majesty. The villagers were completely devastated, threw down their weapons, hugged Huangshi's thighs and wailed. When the army arrived, they saw Yellowstone softly comforting those who had lost their souls.
When Huang Shi's own soldiers loosened the rope for him, the villagers except Zhang Zaidi were pulled aside, and Jin Qiude looked at Huang Shi, but Huang Shi shook his head.
"My lord," Jin Qiude said hurriedly, "there can't be a woman's kindness." ”
These people have seen Yellowstone's team, and they are more likely to escape in time to report the news.
Jin Qiude was not wrong at all, but since Zhang Zaidi came with him, Huang Shi knew that he couldn't do this, after all, he couldn't let Lao Zhang's family be unable to be a person, let alone let the whole village be angry with Lao Zhang and send Lao Zhang's family to Houjin.
"Tie them all up and tie them up to the tree over there. ”
Jin Qiude answered and was about to leave, but Huang Shi seemed to see a cold light flashing in his eyes, and hurriedly shouted: "Zhao Slow Xiong, you go and tie up people, Jin Qiude, you come and follow me." ”
Jin Qiude walked to Huangshi's side a little unwillingly, but he grabbed him violently. Huang Shi gritted his teeth and yelled at him, "Only I can decide life and death. ”
Jin Qiude and Huang Shi looked at each other for a moment, retreated in defeat under the fierce gaze of the other party, and replied in a low voice, "Yes, my lord." ”
"No matter what you think, obey and don't make decisions. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
Loud back. Yellowstone raised his voice.
Jin Qiude took a deep breath and shouted at Huangshi, "Yes, my lord." ”
"Good. Huang Shi let go of Jin Qiude and pushed him away with his backhand.
Then Huang Shi turned his head and said to Zhang Zaidi: "Little brother, I didn't want to pull you in, but I can't help but tie you up, otherwise your parents will be in trouble." ”
"Brother Huang, I want to follow you to Lushun. Zhang Zaidi said suddenly.
Huang Shi said slowly: "Little brother, it's dangerous to follow me, you're still too young, I can't let you follow me on the risk." ”
"I thought about it when I came out. Zhang Zaidi's eyes became very bright: "Brother Huang just called Lao Zhao's name, but there was obviously no Lao Zhao among those three people, so I knew that there were still people outside Brother Huang." Since I came with me, I made up my mind to go with Brother Huang. ”
"Childish, what about your parents? Aren't they worried about you?"
Zhang Zaidi took off his fur hat and revealed his blue forehead: "Hairy skin, affected by parents, dare not destroy, the beginning of filial piety." Although I have never read a book and am illiterate, every Chinese person knows this passage and has never forgotten it since I can remember. ”
After Zhang Zaidi took off his hat, the braid immediately fell to the back of his head, and Huang Shi silently watched him take off the braid around his neck and throw it to the ground, "When I went out, I wrenched it." Brother Huang regards glory and wealth as dung, I dare not say it these days, but I am very proud to know Brother Huang, I have always been ashamed of this pig's tail. If the people of the village do this today, I will never be able to live with them again. ”
What a child, completely incomprehensible to the darkness of this world, Huang Shi sighed and said, "It is very dangerous to follow me, and I may die at any time without a place to bury." ”
Xiao Zhang continued calmly: "Don't hide it from Big Brother Say, a long time ago, I had a faint feeling that my fate was to follow Brother Huang. When you said that you were going to send troops with Mao Wenlong, I thought that they would take me with me, but then I thought it was just an illusion. I hesitated today, but when my father asked me to bring food to Brother Huang, this feeling reappeared, and I understood that this was indeed my fate. So, please take me in. ”
"Is it fate?" Huang Shi muttered and repeated the word, and after this era, there was another person who mentioned these two words to him, and that was the "Houjin spy" who was tortured by him on the day he was about to leave Zhang Yuanzhi by Sun Degong, and that person had been dead for a long time.
"Maybe there really is fate...... Huang Shi's eyes were a little confused, and Zhang Zaidi's confession almost shook his belief for a moment, but he immediately returned to normal, people have no fate!
"Alright, you can follow me. ”
After agreeing, Huang Shi pondered for a while, and asked the soldiers to take the village chief's son with him.
"Go back and tell the in-laws," Huang Shi taunted the group of villagers who were tied up sturdily before leaving: "Tell my two benefactors tonight, don't want to collect the bodies of their sons, I will burn them to ashes, scatter them into the river, and be a lonely ghost." ”
The village chief's son must disappear without a trace, and Huang Shi hopes that then he will not be able to insist that Lao Zhang's son will defect to him. This may not be useful, but it is better than nothing. Huang Shi handed over that unlucky ghost to Jin Qiude to deal with, and Jin Qiude would definitely not let him down in this kind of task.
According to Huangshi's order, the village chief's son and Zhang Zaidi were tied up and put on horseback in front of all the villagers. The bound villagers were dejected one by one, and their mouths were strangled shut.
Before leaving, Huang Shi saw the hat of Blacksmith Chen's only son, who looked like his delicate sister, had fallen on the snow. Remembering the girl's shy look and the generous smile their father had once shown, Huang Shideng, whose heart had softened, forgot his anger - frostbite would make those who loved him sad, right?
Huang Shi jumped off the horse and walked over to pick up his fur hat, put it on for the young man with green ears, and comforted him softly: "It's okay, Brother Chen, just like I promised." Remember to greet your father for me. ”
The heat formed a white mist in the firelight, Huang Shi turned over and got on his horse, and said to Zhao Slowxiong, who was standing on the side: "Light a fire for them and check the rope again." ”
"Yes, sir. Zhao Slowxiong replied respectfully.
When Huang Shi spoke, Jin Qiude behind him kept staring at Zhao Slow Xiong. When Huang Shi turned around and left, Zhao Slow Xiong Xun nodded, and Jin Qiude retracted his gaze to follow Huang Shi's footsteps.
After returning to the camp, the soldiers who had been tossing in the middle of the night hurriedly seized the time to rest, and it didn't take long for Zhao Slowxiong's thousand troops to rush back, and the night was spent safely.
"The Zhang family seems to be an adult...... A weakness. Jin Qiude said this to Zhao Slowxiong in private, but in fact, the word he wanted to use more was death.
Zhao Slowxiong sighed and didn't speak, there are laws of troubled times, and people who struggle in troubled times will be ruthlessly eliminated if they don't abide by the laws of troubled times.
Everyone is concerned about their own safety and their own lives, Huangshi, Lao Zhang's family and the villagers, and his subordinates are no exception.
"Will your lord?" Jin Qiude hesitated to inquire about Zhao Slowxiong's opinion, and Huangshi's anger that day made him feel uneasy.
Zhao Wanxiong still didn't speak, he personally thought that Huang Shi didn't care in his heart, otherwise he should stay in person, instead of rushing back to rest immediately. Zhao Wanxiong felt that this showed that in Huangshi's heart, subordinates and individuals were more important, and he had already made a choice, just thinking that he could not face the choice, but he didn't plan to mention it to Jin Qiude after thinking about it.
"In short, it's our secret. Jin Qiude said a nonsense, and Zhao Slowxiong nodded for this nonsense.
Huang Shi didn't have a tailwind, he was thinking about the action arrangement, and the more than ten days of marching made him feel that his military ability had made great progress. In the past, Huang Shi always stayed in his own barracks and had no knowledge of the soldiers' camping conditions, but these days he has always lived with his subordinates and fully understood the situation of this era.
What disgusted him the most was the convenience of the soldiers, the Ming army in this era did not have the concept of toilets, and they basically solved it on the spot when they were interested. The next day I woke up to a large toilet in the whole camp, and after the soldiers solved the problem, they grabbed two handfuls of dirt and cleaned it up, pulled up their pants and left, let alone wash their hands.
Now Huangshi is very suspicious of the so-called water and soil adaptation in ancient times, and many of them are not water and soil diseases at all, but dysentery. Within a few days, Huangshi strictly ordered that the latrines must be repaired when camping, and then every soldier must go to the point where he was instructed to solve the problem. Yellowstone also made improvised toilet chips that required soldiers to use such sanitary products.
Huang Shi and his party finally arrived at the Sancha River, and to their dismay, Houjin's forbidden sea territory had reached here, and it was impossible to find enough fishing boats for one hundred and fifty people.
At present, there is only one way, that is, to bypass Haizhou and Fuzhou, and take 6 roads to the Liaodong Peninsula.
Probably because of the skirmish that night, Jin Qiude was always listless during this time, and the soldiers of Huangshi seemed to be a little shaken, and they intended to use this to cheer Jin Qiude up.
After receiving the look thrown by Huang Shi, Jin Qiude took out his waist knife and slashed it on the tree with a loud shout: "The big husband has no advance or retreat! Those who dare to return to Liaoxi should be beheaded!"
On the third day of the second month of February in the second year of the Apocalypse, the Huangshi Department crossed the Liao River and stepped into the hinterland of Houjin.
(End of Section 6)
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