Feng County Daifu

It was late at night, but the lights in the Dai Mansion were still bright, and the manpower recruited by Dai Le, Zhuang Xian, and Shui Ming was all waiting for a moment and did not dare to relax. Among the three, Shui Ming actually didn't want to come in person, he felt that the city was still safe, but Zhuang Xian told him that it was possible for Meng Chao and Luo Jing to have some scruples in the city, but if that was the case, what was the point of us doing this? Shui Ming thought about it carefully, so he followed Zhuang Xian's suggestion to secretly settle his family and came to the Daifu with him.

The three of them sat in the hall and looked silent, as the saying goes, 'death is not terrible, waiting for death is terrible', and now the two of them are facing this situation, as if they are waiting for death.

In the end, Dai Le, who was still anxious, couldn't hold his breath and said: "It shouldn't be okay tonight, even if Meng Chao and Luo Jing do it, they won't be so fast." ”

Zhuang Xian and Shui Ming glanced at each other and nodded: "Well, then it's better for you to go back and rest first, and take care of your spirits in case of accidents." The courtyard was patrolled by men in turn to prevent them from attacking. ”

The three of them dispersed, but they didn't know that Meng Chao and Luo Jing were already lying in ambush around them, watching their every move.

After Cheng Hong came back, the two began to prepare, thinking that they only needed to trick Dai Le into the city in the name of Cheng Hong to kill them secretly, and then easily cut down the grass and root out the two families in Dai Fu. Unexpectedly, the eyeliner in the city suddenly reported that Shui Ming's traces had been found in the city. This discovery completely disrupted the plan that the two had conceived, Zhuang Xian and Shui Ming were both under the care of Dai Le, does this mean...

Meng Chao immediately changed his original plan and decided to hold his troops for the first time so as not to startle the snake. When the sun set, they received reports one after another that Zhuang Xian and Shui Ming each took people out of the city and went to the northeast, so that Meng Chao could be sure that Dai Le might have noticed something, and even joined forces with Zhuang Xian Shui Ming, so things were a little difficult to do.

Just when Meng Chao and Luo Jing were undecided, they received an order from Cheng Hong, strictly ordering the two to do it as soon as possible and not delay any longer. The two of them didn't know why, and the order was given in less than a day before the morning became so urgent. Now it is no longer feasible to take a trick, only to attack, but if the three families are united, there must be a lot, although the two of them are not afraid, but such a scale of armed fighting will inevitably not alarm the government, but what can be done at this step.

Time passes minute by minute, and it looks like the ugly time is about to pass. This time is the time when people are most likely to get sleepy, and it is also this time that the Meng Dynasty outside is waiting. The two of them and that generation of music are also old friends, and they know this generation of mansions well, plus the advantage of numbers is bound to be won today. The Meng Dynasty personally led people to kill some martial arts, leaving Luo Jing outside to search for the fish that escaped from the net.

"Ahh

"Help"

The Meng Dynasty led people to kill the Dai Mansion from all sides, and for a time everyone in the palace was in chaos.

Dai Le was sleeping in the room, and when he heard the chaos outside, he immediately rushed out with a knife, but the situation outside was not optimistic, except for the rangers and doormen he recruited, the rest of the family guards were completely useless, and Dai Le shouted and slashed several people with knives to stabilize the situation.

Not to mention Zhuang Xian and Shui Ming, the two of them were originally businessmen and had never practiced any martial arts, so it can be said that they were powerless, Rao is two of them have flexible minds, but what can they do at this time. So under the protection of many guards, the two retreated to the main hall, and it was relatively safe for the time being to have Dai Le on the periphery.

Shui Ming trembled, and looked at Zhuang Xian uneasily: "Brother Zhuang, can we still hold on, it's really not okay, let's kill it while it's chaotic, maybe there is still a glimmer of life." ”

Zhuang Xian was also worried at this time, although everything was happening according to his plan, but he didn't calculate that the Meng Dynasty and Luo Jing would act so quickly, and he only mentioned this matter to Zhang Jian in the afternoon, but in the end, the response of the government side would be so fast, and he was also uncertain.

But at this time, you have to pretend to be calm, after all, things have not yet reached the point of desperation.

"Brother Shui, don't panic, as long as we can hold on for a moment and a half, the situation will inevitably be reversed."

Shui Ming looked dazed: "Reversal? Does Brother Zhuang still have a back hand? Don't... You. ”

Shui Ming seemed to have guessed Shui Ming, and his eyes stared at Zhuang Xian with his eyes.

Zhuang Xian covered Shui Ming's mouth and said in a low voice: "Brother Shui, now that the arrow is ready to be sent, I can't help you and me."

Shui Ming put aside Zhuang Xian's hand and smiled bitterly: "I should have guessed a long time ago, you actually voted for Taishou, when?" Is it after Salt City or after Dai Le lets us go? ”

Zhuang Xian didn't hide it: "There's nothing to hide from Brother Shui now, in fact, I threw myself to the side of Taishou long before the salt market." ”

Shui Ming was puzzled: "Why? Did you have expected that there would be today, and you already knew that Chenghong would fail? ”

Zhuang Xian sighed: "I'm not an immortal, how could I have expected that Chenghong would be defeated early, I just wanted to leave a way for myself and my family to live." In this Feng County Cheng Hong covers the sky with one hand, we are like dogs in his eyes, we are considered human when we are used, and we are thrown aside if we are not needed, once the situation changes, he will mercilessly abandon us to protect himself. There's no way I can do that, I don't want to end up ruined. ”

Shui Ming also sighed gloomily when he heard this, and he didn't know what Zhuang Xian said, but it was difficult to withdraw from it, so he could only go down step by step.

"What kind of conditions did Wei Taishou offer?"

Zhuang Xian's eyes rolled and he smiled: "Wei Taishou's cronies Zhang Jian Zhang personally promised me that as long as I cooperate, I will not count the previous crimes, and after the matter is completed, we will still have a share of the Jin'an salt transportation business." ”

Shui Ming sneered sadly: "Brother Zhuang is really calculating, now that my five families are here, I don't know what Brother Zhuang wants to do to me?" Wait, us? ”

Zhuang Xian said: "What kind of person does Brother Shui regard me Zhuang Xian as? If I want to be unfavorable to you, why do I have to tell you this, you and I are not as good as the other three, we have been doing business in Jin'an for generations, except for being forced by the situation to deal with that Cheng Hongxu and wronged the snake, there is no big fault. Today's incident is my vote to Wei Tai Shouna, and the reason why I pulled Brother Shui is to save your life. ”

Seeing the doubts on Shui Ming's face, Zhuang Xian continued: "Just today, I have confessed to Master Zhang that as long as my two assistant guards eliminate the three of them, Brother Shui can be the same as me. ”

After listening to Zhuang Xian's words, Shui Ming immediately bowed to the ground as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Thank you Brother Zhuang for saving your life, if I, Shui Ming, can rely on Brother Zhuang to not die, I will definitely repay today's kindness with death in the future." ”

The two chatted energetically inside the house, but the situation outside took a turn for the worse. Although Dai Le said that his martial arts were excellent, but the good tiger could not stand the wolves, after a fierce battle, more than half of his men were killed and wounded, so they had to fight and retreat to the inner courtyard.

"Zhuang Xian, Shui Ming, fast! Help me. Dai Le quickly brandished his long knife and shouted loudly.

Zhuang Xian, who originally wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, couldn't sit still when he saw such a situation, he picked up the knife beside him and pushed open the door and shouted: "Brothers, kill one person and reward a thousand dollars, I Zhuang Xian swore to the sky and never broke his word." ”

Zhuang Xian's words are like a bowl of water poured into a hot oil pot, a thousand dollars is not a small amount, although the current situation is not good, but these outlaws are not just for money. For a while, the people present rushed forward with shouts, and the two sides immediately became entangled and inseparable.

At this time, Zhang Jian, who was several miles away, saw the fire in the west and knew that the big thing was not good, and he didn't care about the baggage and formation, so he hurriedly ordered a hurried march to the Dai Mansion.

Taking advantage of the night and the shouting of the Daifu, Zhang Jian quietly sneaked to the periphery of the Daifu with his people, but at this time, Luo Jing did not find out about Zhang Jian's existence at all, and they were mainly on guard in the direction of Fengxian County in the west, who would have thought that there would have been people and horses on the east side.

From time to time, there were shouts of killing in the Dai Mansion, and the outside was also surrounded by Luo Jing's men, and the torches illuminated the surroundings as bright as day. Zhang Jian ordered the soldiers to stop a hundred steps away from Daifu, and more than a hundred archers were just waiting for the order, and Luo Jing, who was not far away, only thought that he had been targeted by hundreds of bows.

Just as Zhang briefly ordered the arrow to be released, a county lieutenant beside him persuaded in a low voice: "My lord, now that the thieves in the courtyard are killing each other, why don't we wait for them to lose and then sit back and kill them?" ”

Zhang Jian pondered for a while and then dispelled this thought, seeing that the situation was definitely in danger, wouldn't it be a little if he sat idly by and ignored it..., Zhang Jian shook his head, but he still couldn't bear to convince himself.

"Put"

No longer hesitated, Zhang Jian ordered the feather arrows to leave the string, although these townsmen are not archers, but they can't stand the many people and the bows. Luo Jing, who was unaware, was shot like a hedgehog and fell in a pool of blood before he could react when he heard the sound of the bow and arrow.

Zhang Jian saw a few rounds of salvos and put down most of the thugs outside, and hurriedly ordered people to outflank him from both sides, regardless of life or death, he must not run a few first offenders.

In a few moments, the palace was surrounded on all sides, and Zhang Jian ordered people to set fire to the north and east courtyards in order to drive the thieves in the courtyard to the south and west, while he himself took the archers outside to wait for work.

At this time, Meng Chao and Dai Le and several groups of people were fighting fiercely, and Luo Jing's men, who had just escaped the arrows, rushed all the way into the inner courtyard, and finally found Meng Chao and immediately shouted: "Oh no, the officers and soldiers are here." ”

This howl suddenly stunned everyone fighting in the courtyard, and they all stopped and retreated to the side.

Meng Chao's eyes widened in disbelief and said, "How is it possible, how can the officers and soldiers come so soon?" ”

Long before Meng Chao and Luo Jing decided to act tonight, the two thought of the officers and soldiers coming, so the two arranged manpower in the county town in advance and agreed on a time to set fire to the city to create chaos, so as to attract the attention of the government, but now it is .......

Meng Chao raised his head and looked at Dai Le, who was covered in blood and panting, and he was really unwilling in his heart, and it was almost done. Suddenly, there was a fire on the east and north sides, and the Meng Dynasty did not dare to delay any longer, so he had to order a separate breakout. Dai Le was already holding his body, but now when he saw Meng Chao retreating with people, he sat down on the ground with a sigh of relief.

"This officer and soldier came really fast." Dai Le panted and muttered to himself.

Zhuang Xian smiled dryly: "Hundreds of people are fighting here, so you can't be unhappy with such a movement." ”

Dai Le nodded: "That's right." I didn't expect this Meng Chao Luo Jing to start so quickly and with so many people, it seems that he underestimated them before. ”

"Fortunately, the officers and soldiers came, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

As soon as these words came out, Zhuang Xian felt a chill all over, and when he turned his head, he saw Dai Le staring at him coldly.

Zhuang Xian hurriedly laughed and said: "Although the officers and soldiers are here, it is not all bad for us, this is the mansion of the acting brother, we are all bitter masters, what can the government do to us." ”

Dai Le felt that there was some truth in what Zhuang Xian said, and his eyes gradually softened: "Then what should we do now?" ”

Zhuang Xian said: "Now the officers and soldiers will definitely wait outside to intercept the Meng Dynasty, and it is better for us to wait in place so as not to be accidentally injured by the officers and soldiers." ”

Zhuang Xian's approach was obviously very wise, and the Meng Dynasty, who broke through, broke into Zhang Jian's arrow formation without accident. For these outlaws, Zhang Jian didn't dare to be careless at all, and directly ordered to be killed on the spot if he didn't surrender. Poor Meng Chao and Luo Jing nearly 200 people came, and in the end, only Meng Chao and more than a dozen people were left to break through.

"Lord Qiyu, there are more than a dozen thieves who have escaped into the dense forest, do you want the soldiers to search for them in the forest?"

Zhang Jian waved his hand and instructed the county lieutenant: "No need, I'm afraid that Lin Mi will run away long ago when it gets dark, you can bring people into the courtyard now to control the people in the courtyard, and wait for me to interrogate them one by one." ”

A corpse was carried out from the Dai Mansion, and Dai Le, Zhuang Xian, Shui Ming and the remaining thugs in the courtyard were also escorted out, and the three of them saw Zhang Jian and hurriedly thanked him for saving his life. Zhang Jian put on a kind smile on his face to reassure a few people: "How many people know where this gang of robbers came from?" ”

When Dai Le heard this, he wanted to blurt out that it was Meng Chao and Luo Jing, but when he thought that something seemed to be wrong, he hesitated and said: "I don't know below, I think it was the bandits in the mountains who wanted my money." ”

Zhang Jian smiled and didn't say anything, turned his head and ordered Luo Jing's body to be lifted up.

"Does the surrogate brother know this person?"

The three of them were puzzled, so they stepped forward to take a closer look.

"Luo Jing!"

Zhang Jian's face instantly turned cold and shouted: "Dai Le, you still don't admit your guilt until now?" Come on, tie me up. ”

Dai Le, who hadn't figured out what was going on, was confused for a moment by Zhang Jian's sudden change, and when he reacted, he was already grabbed by the sergeant next to him. Dai Le looked around blankly, only to see that Zhuang Xian and Shui Ming had retreated to Zhang Jian's side at some point, and then Dai Le suddenly realized: "You... You guys turned out... Hahaha, I'm so stupid. ”

Dai Le laughed maniacally as he was chained, he didn't resist and didn't know if he had lost his strength or knew it was futile. But he still didn't give up hope of life and shouted loudly at Zhang Jian: "What crime did I commit? Why are you arresting me? ”

Zhang Jian sneered: "It's really not like you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, what crime have you committed?" When you get to the prison in a while, you and Ma Yi will discuss it slowly. ”

As soon as Dai Le heard that Ma Yi was still alive, he was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning, and his eyes lost their lustre, and he muttered the word 'Ma Yi' in his mouth, "He's not dead, he's not dead, hahaha." ”

"Take it down."

Zhang Jian didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, after dealing with everything, Zhang Jian turned his head to look at Shui Ming again, Shui Ming couldn't help but shudder, his legs were weak and he fell to the ground.

"My lord, spare my life, Brother Zhuang save me."

Zhuang Xian did not break his word, and without hesitation, he walked up to Zhang Jian and bowed and said, "Slow down, let me go next." ”

Zhang Jian said with a smile: "Brother Zhuang doesn't need to be polite, this time you are a great hero, and you have something to say." ”

Seeing Zhang Jian's kind color and temperament, Zhuang Xian detailed the things he agreed with Shui Ming, Zhang Jian turned his head and glanced at Shui Ming, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, and was noncommittal, Zhuang Xian knelt down and pleaded with tears: "My lord, what I said below is true, if there is no help from Shui Ming, I am afraid that the plan will be difficult to succeed, and I will forget that my lord will be aware of it." ”

After pondering for a while, Zhang Jian stepped forward to help Zhuang Xian and Shui Ming, and said with a smile: "Brother Shui can abandon the darkness and help at a critical time, which can be regarded as a profound righteous act. ”

When Shui Ming heard this, he almost didn't lie on the ground with joy, and immediately kowtowed on the ground, "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare." ”

Zhuang Xian on the side couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this scene, the reason why he didn't hesitate to take the risk to intercede for him this time actually had his own plans, and it was obvious that he had made the right bet again.

The east is faintly bright, and the night's chaotic battle has finally come to an end, although he finally ran away from the Meng Dynasty, but now he is a toothless tiger and a feathered chicken is not a problem, this encirclement and suppression can be said to be a complete success, and the next thing is to deal with Cheng Hong.