Chapter 82: Conflict and Assassination
"What bullshit Xiahou, why should Lao Tzu give him face!" A loud shout came from the soft couch below.
Wang Ze, who was talking with Han Zigao, heard such a sentence full of personal attacks, and immediately turned his head to look at the area where the officials of the Southern Dynasty were sitting in the hall, and the voice came from here.
Cheng Xueying's fiery temper came up at once, and she jumped up angrily and accused: "My family Xiahou came here from the East China Sea thousands of miles away to help you pacify the heroes of Fujian and Zhejiang, and dare to be so rude!" ”
Before Cheng Xueying's words fell, she saw a young official who was less than thirty years old standing up, apparently drunk and drunk.
When Zhou Wenhua introduced the officials of the Southern Dynasty before, he said that this person's name was a sacrificial wine in Han Zigao's army, Wang Ze only remembered that this person's surname was Gu, and he couldn't remember what his name was, anyway, he was a descendant of Gu Yong during the Eastern Wu period, and he was also born in a wealthy family in Jiangnan.
When the man surnamed Gu got up, two officials who were familiar with him next to him pulled his sleeves and prevented him from standing up, but the man surnamed Gu drank wine and used a brute force to break away from the pull of the two, and even tore the sleeves of his shirt.
The man surnamed Gu looked at Cheng Xueying, and said with a flirtatious smile: "Haha, we and other officials and men are here to talk about military affairs, and you, a 'woman', don't keep your duty, and even accuse us and others, don't you know the great defense of men and women?" is not at home, but the husband and children are showing off people and faces everywhere, is it a prostitute? ”
Cheng Xueying was so dark in front of this person's vicious words that she almost fainted, and the angry Zhu Qingqing picked up a bronze wine bottle in front of her and was about to smash it.
Without waiting for Zhu Qingqing to make a move, he saw a black shadow flashing, followed by a 'pounce', and a wine bottle smashed the 'door' of the man surnamed Gu, and the man was immediately turned over on the soft couch behind him, and immediately blood soaked a large piece of soft cushion on the soft couch.
The wine bottle was thrown by Wang Ze, and the officials of the Southern Dynasty in the hall opened their mouths in surprise when they saw it, and they were incredulous at the scene in front of them, no one thought that things would come to this point.
Originally, this person was drunk and went crazy, and Wang Ze wouldn't care if he said a few nonsense, at most, he could wait for him to wake up and apologize to himself, but this person didn't know how to say anything to Cheng Xueying.
Cheng Xueying, as Wang Ze's sister-in-law, Cheng Chong's eldest 'daughter', and the sister of her good buddy Cheng Hu, followed her to this place this time, how could Wang Ze see Cheng Xueying being bullied by this person, and Wang Ze's majesty could not be offended.
In addition, as Nan Chen's ally, he came to help Nan Chen pacify the rebellion, if he was insulted by a family in Nan Chen's army and didn't say anything, then he would be too cheap.
Han Zigao was originally strong in martial arts and had good skills, and he might have stopped the wine bottle, but because he didn't expect Wang Ze to suddenly throw the wine bottle out, he didn't stop it. Who knew that Wang Ze was still smiling, and suddenly threw the wine bottle out.
Although Wang Ze has just turned ten years old now, he has been taking a 'medicine' bath since he was four years old, and he follows his father Wang Yong to learn martial arts every day, and his skills are also agile and powerful, but he knocked the man over in one fell swoop.
Han Zigao couldn't say anything when he saw this, after all, one was the son of the family under his command, and the other was an ally who came to help Nanchen pacify the place. So I had to ask someone to quickly help the man surnamed Gu up to see the doctor.
The other two Southern Dynasty officials who had grabbed the man before hurriedly went to help him up, and the man surnamed Gu was just a little dizzy from being smashed just now, and he was helped up and began to scold Wang Ze again.
'This is the polite son of the family in the past, it is clearly a 'woman' scolding the street' Han Zigao thought to himself, he shouted at the man: "Gu sacrificial wine and shut up, this matter started because of you, do you want to continue to be rude?" ”
In the past, because Han Zigao was the confidant of Chen Qian, the king of Linjiang, the man surnamed Gu was still more obedient to Han Zigao, but this time I don't know if it was because of drinking alcohol, which caused 'wine to strengthen people's courage' or other reasons.
When the man heard Han Zigao scolding himself, he immediately pointed at Han Zigao and scolded him together: "My Gu family has been a wealthy family for hundreds of years, the 'door' of the Yipin family, and the county of Wujun; You Han Manzi is just a stinky shoemaker, and you only won the favor of the king of Linjiang based on your 'woman' appearance, and let you lead the army to become the governor of the capital, and now you are scolding me!? ”
One sentence made Han Zigao's face red and white for a while, what the man surnamed Gu said was too poisonous, Han Zigao's appearance was indeed unparalleled, but he did have real skills.
Even in the official history books such as the "Book of Chen" in later generations, Han Zigao also had a high evaluation, "'sex' is respectful, and he is diligent in 'serving'." A little practice of riding 'shooting', quite courageous. ”
In the evaluation of Han Zigao in "Southern History", he said that "Zigao's power is killed, and it is also appropriate" did not say half a sentence that Han Zigao was Chen Qian's male favorite, but when it came to the mouth of the man surnamed Gu, Han Zigao actually became an official by relying on his own appearance to be a male pet like a 'woman'.
As soon as the man surnamed Gu spoke, all the officials in the hall changed their faces, and even the two young officials who had just helped the man surnamed Gu up let go of their hands and ran to the side to stay away from him.
Wang Ze's face is still iron-blue, but he is happy to bloom in his heart, this guy really doesn't know whether he lives or dies, he doesn't say anything about offending himself, he still offends his boss like this, do you think your life is too long?
Han Zigao was silent for a moment, and then said to Wang Ze: "This time, Xia Hou was offended by Zigao's poor arrangement, so this matter will be 'handed over' to the next to deal with, and Xia Hou will definitely be given a 'handover' within these two days!" ”
Han Zigao wants to deal with this man surnamed Gu for himself, of course Wang Ze will not object, after all, he is a descendant of the Gu family of Wu County, if he makes his own move, then in this army with dense children of the Southern Dynasty, he will suffer a big loss if he is not careful.
When the man surnamed Gu was carried out by Han Zigao's personal guards, he also scolded: "Han Manzi, you have offended me for a Northern Barbarian, and you will definitely not die a good death!" ”
Looking at Han Zigao, who was 'rubbing' his eyebrows in front of him, Wang Ze said a promise and walked away with Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing, Xiao Jing hadn't come back at this time, but Liu Wancheng had already waited for Wang Ze outside the big 'gate' with dozens of people.
Liu Wancheng didn't know what was happening in the county guard's mansion, and when he saw Wang Ze and the three of them coming out of it, he stepped forward and joked: "The little ones can hear the continuous singing and dancing inside outside the big 'gate', and they can't wait to go in to see what is going on, but Xiao Langjun didn't stay for a while, and came out so quickly!" ”
Zhu Qingqing looked at this guy and complained: "Uncle Liu, you don't see that something is wrong!" Sister Cheng was bullied inside! ”
Only then did Liu Wancheng find that Cheng Xueying, who was walking at the back of the three, was not in a very good state, and seeing that there was no 'fine' to do it like this, Liu Wancheng, who had always been familiar with Cheng Xueying, was immediately angry.
"Which 'bastard' thing bullied Cheng Xiaoniang? Let our old willow bring someone to avenge you! Liu Wancheng pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist and said loudly.
Because there is no need to fight in the city, although Liu Wancheng did not carry a giant sword, the horizontal knife carried on his waist was also specially made by Cao Blacksmith, which was three feet four inches long and weighed more than ten catties, and there was a terrifying cold light flashing on it.
Wang Ze stopped Liu Wancheng's movements and said to him: "Uncle Liu, don't panic, Governor Han has already explained to me that he will definitely give me a reply within two days, let's go back first!" ”
Before noon the next day, Han Zigao came to Wang Ze's accommodation to find Wang Ze, and after Han Zigao's narration, Wang Ze knew the reason for the incident.
This man surnamed Gu is named Gu Maozhi, because he was born in the Jiangdong Shi clan, so he has always looked down on the Nandu Shi people who were exiled to the Southern Dynasty in the north, not to mention the shoemaker from a humble background like Han Zigao and a thief like Wang Ze.
Another reason is that last year, because Wang Ze was attacked by the monks and soldiers of the major monasteries in Qizhou, he was almost killed by the Qi army, and then Wang Yong sent a large army to exterminate all the major monasteries in the land of Sanqi.
After the news of Wang Yong's extermination of many monasteries in the land of Sanqi spread, the Futu of the Southern Dynasty, which had always been in the same breath as the Futu cultists of the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties, regarded Wang Ze and Wang Yong's side as the reincarnation of the heavenly demons, and even the Futu cultists from various countries were extremely hostile to Wang Ze's side.
The Jiangdong Gu family has been worshipping Buddhism since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there is also a Gu Kaizhi who is famous for painting Buddha statues.
Gu Maozhi also worshiped Buddha with his mother since he was a child, and was deeply influenced by his mother to become a senior Futu disciple, so he naturally listened to the propaganda of the monastery and regarded Wang Ze and others as the reincarnation of heavenly demons.
This time, with Han Zigao's request to lead the army south, Gu Maozhi came here as a sacrificial wine for the army, and he was able to maintain his emotions when he saw Wang Ze at first and did not show it.
In the second half of tonight's banquet, Gu Maozhi and the officials drank too much, and somehow it was pulled on Wang Ze.
Some people said that Wang Ze is a great character, and everyone had better go and toast, and if they don't get it right, there will be something to ask for in front of Xiahou.
At this moment, Gu Maozhi said, if you want to go, I won't go, and an official next to him persuaded him, after all, he is a noble Xiahou in the East China Sea, and if he doesn't go, he won't give face, but Gu Maozhi also drank too much, and as soon as his emotions came up, he said that sentence loudly, and there was such a 'mess' later.
After listening to Han Zigao's story, Wang Ze was silent for a long time before replying: "Since this is the case, I will not pursue it anymore, I just hope that this kind of thing will not happen again!" ”
As soon as Han Zigao heard Wang Ze say that he would no longer be entangled in this matter, a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, after all, he was also under a lot of pressure.
Han Zigao learned about the combat effectiveness of Wang Ze's army through Chun Yukun yesterday, and knew that Wang Ze's side was the basis for his great contribution to pacifying the Fujian and Zhejiang regions.
However, Gu Maozhi is the son of the Jiangdong Gu family, and Han Zigao does not dare to deal with it, because there are a large number of children of the family in the Southern Dynasty army who serve as generals at all levels, and the Jiangnan family marries each other, if Gu Maozhi is punished, it will inevitably cause these people to resist him.
It seems that after going back, I will have to discuss with Chen Qian, buy the last batch of weapons equipped by Wang Ze's side, and rebuild a brand new army.
In ancient times, the generals and leaders were to personally recruit a group of soldiers, and these soldiers were completely obedient to the general, and they must have an army that was completely obedient to themselves and Chen Qian in the future, Han Zigao thought secretly in his heart.
Now that Wang Ze had promised to forgive Gu Maozhi, Han Zigao also left with confidence, after all, there were still a large number of officers waiting for Han Zigao to appease him.
After sending Han Zigao away, Wang Ze felt that he was bored in the house, so he called Liu Wancheng to take more than a dozen good players, all wearing civilian clothes, to go out of the 'door' to go to the city for a walk.
Considering that the war had just ended, Wang Ze did not call Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing.
Due to Han Zigao's strict management of the army and strict military discipline, the army entered the city and did not commit any offense against the people in the city, so the city has resumed its former liveliness today, and most of the merchant ships of the maritime merchants from all over the country who fled from Jian'an County a few days ago have returned.
The streets of the city are also very lively, and there is an endless stream of people who bring buffaloes and goats from the south to sell and sell herbs and medicines.
At this time, it is a good season to pick 'medicine' on Wuyi Mountain, and it is also the season when the first 'wave' and 'spring' tea is on the market, and the market is bustling, and a considerable part of them are businessmen who come to purchase tea.
Wang Ze stood in front of an old man selling tea, bent down and twisted a leaf bud, the others were all tea cakes made from selling, only this old man was selling fried bulk tea buds.
"This old man, why didn't your tea leaves be made into tea cakes like them?" Wang Ze was very strange about the sudden appearance of bulk tea, after all, tea cakes were popular at this time, and bulk tea could not be sold at a price.
The old man sighed and said: "Who said that the old man doesn't want to make tea cakes, but the old man is an exiled fugitive from the north, and the quality of the tea cakes made by the old man is not as good as that of the tea farmers who have grown tea for many years."
In addition, renting the local Gao's mountainous land has to 'pay' a very high rent, and you have to pay the government's taxes, and recently the family has been sick, and it takes too long to make tea cakes to dry, and I can't wait, Xiao Lao'er feels that the taste of this scattered tea is not bad, so I will pick out a batch and try it to see if there is anything that the guest officer needs! ”
Saying that, the old man looked at Wang Ze with a longing look, after all, none of the stalls that had been set up all morning paid attention to him, and although the guest who came back was a child, he didn't look like a simple person.
When Wang Ze carefully tasted the old man's tea, he suddenly heard an angry roar from Liu Wancheng behind him, followed by the sound of the cardinal, and then Wang Ze felt a pain on his body and fell to the ground.
Wang Ze was assassinated!