Chapter Seventy-Seven: Spiritual Sacrifice
When Li Kui and Li Li ran away, they scurried around like headless flies, and they didn't know where they had fled.
Zhu Long took a boat and sailed for more than an hour before arriving near the Zhujia army camp. As soon as they got off the boat, Luan Tingyu and Lu Fang greeted them.
Luan Tingyu looked solemn, walked to Zhu Long's side, and said in a low voice: "Guo Sheng reversed, released Zhu Gui, Zhu Fu, and Xue Yong, and escaped over the camp wall together, but was discovered by the Lu Fang brothers in time, and killed Zhu Fu on the spot, but the other three escaped......"
"I know it all." Zhu Long nodded.
Luan Tingyu was surprised: "You know? ”
"I've met them!"
"That'...... Where are they now? ”
"At that time, we were chasing Li Li and Mu Chun, two thieves, and chased them to a river. Guo Sheng, Zhu Gui, and Xue Yong suddenly rescued Mu Chun. ”
"I threw out a spear at that time and killed Zhu Gui, in addition, Li Kui was also killed by me, Tong Wei was shot by Sun Li, and Tong Meng was hacked to death by the Xie brothers!"
When Luan Tingyu heard this, he was a little surprised by the fierceness of the battle, and said: "Then now there are only three fish left who have slipped through the net, Guo Sheng, Mu Chun, and Xue Yong, and I will immediately send someone to hunt them down!" ”
Zhu Long shook his head: "No need, I'll leave this matter to Shi Xiu later!" ”
He looked at Lu Fang, fortunately, this young man with potential did not betray, and he also killed Zhu Gui's brother 'Smiling Tiger' Zhu Fu, who is trustworthy!
"Brother Lu Fang, tell me about the situation at that time."
Lu Fang was originally a little nervous, he and Guo Sheng are inseparable good friends, this is a well-known thing, now that Guo Sheng has defected, can he get out of it?
However, Zhu Daguan didn't seem to doubt his intentions, he breathed a sigh of relief and told him everything about the situation at that time.
He had already said it to Luan Tingyu once, and now he said it a second time, and the coherence was very clear.
It turned out that Guo Sheng's words and abnormal behavior made him a little suspicious. After walking for a short distance, I was not at ease, so I turned back to the tent and found that Guo Sheng's personal soldiers were still there, but Guo Sheng was gone.
He had a bad premonition and went to the eastern camp to look for Guo Sheng, but saw that he and Zhu Gui were escaping over the fence.
Under the instinctive reaction, he threw Fang Tian's halberd and nailed Zhu Fu to death on the fence, but the other three escaped.
After listening to this, Zhu Long patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Lu Fang, you have a firm position and did not go with Guo Sheng, I am very pleased." From today onwards, you will be the deputy lieutenant of the Guards Battalion. ”
Lu Fang was very happy, the leaders who came from Liangshan, just him and Guo Sheng were still the heads, and the others were all deputy battalion lieutenants, and even Yang Xiong and Deng Fei, who were originally the heads of the pro-guard battalion, were also going to the Jinzi Battalion to be Lin Chong's deputy general.
He secretly guessed whether Guo Sheng's defection had something to do with this.
Lu Fang didn't care too much about these positions, anyway, he was a bodyguard for the leader. But Guo Sheng cares very much, and often complains to him, talking about Song Jiang's goodness.
Lu Fang didn't understand, what's so good about Song Jiang, isn't it fragrant in Zhujiazhuang?
How good the food here is, and Zhu Hu often comes to him to compete, when Luan Tingyu and Lin Chong point out Zhu Hu's martial arts, they will also give him a few words, and he feels that his martial arts have improved a lot.
Now the Guards Battalion has four deputy lieutenants - Zhu Hu, Chen Shou, Hu Gang and himself. There are more than 1,000 people in the Keqin Guard Battalion, which is twice the number of other main battalions.
And Chen Shou has been in the prisoner camp, Zhu Hu is only in charge of the two cavalry, only Hu Gang and him are in charge of the daily life of the personal guard battalion, and there are more people under his command than other battalion captains.
What made him feel a little uncomfortable was that he had always regarded Guo Sheng as a friend and thought he knew him very well, but Guo Sheng planned such a big thing and didn't tell him, and he didn't see the clues.
Hey, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and I'm still too young!
"Guo Sheng, how could they appear there so coincidentally?" Luan Tingyu lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked.
Zhu Long was stunned, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know either!" ”
"Presumably, Guo Sheng and the three of them fled back to Liangshan by boat, and they happened to meet us chasing and killing Li Kui on the water, so they secretly followed!"
The person who spoke was Wu Yong.
"Why is Mr. Wu here? Who are these people? Luan Tingyu asked, he only knew Wu Yong, not Pei Xuan and others.
Zhu Long said with a smile: "Mr. Jia Liang is already my military advisor in Zhujiazhuang!" ”
Luan Tingyu and Lu Fang were stunned, they didn't expect the world to change so quickly.
"Please ask you two for more advice in the future!" Wu said with a smile.
"Where, where!" Luan Tingyu and Lu Fang hurriedly returned the salute.
Zhu Long pointed to Pei Xuan and the four of them, and introduced: "This is the 'iron-faced face' Pei Xuan, the 'jade banner rod' Meng Kang, the 'holy hand scholar' Xiao Rang, and the 'jade arm craftsman' Jin Dajian, all of whom were once the leaders of Liangshan, and now they have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light and joined me Zhujiazhuang." ”
Lu Fang knew them and greeted them warmly, and Luan Tingyu also bowed to each other.
When he entered the gate of the camp, Zhu Long heard a cry of grief.
"Brother Ruan Xiaoqi rushed here when they heard the news!" Luan Tingyu explained in a low voice.
Ruan Xiaoer shed tears and hurriedly passed.
Zhu Long looked sad and said to Wu Yong and the five people: "I should have held a big banquet to celebrate the participation of a few people. It's just that last night the Liangshan people attacked our army and killed Ruan Xiaowu and Zou Run's brothers, everyone was very sad, and they will return to Zhujiazhuang the next day to celebrate a few more! ”
Wu Yong and others expressed their understanding and were taken to the tent to rest by several soldiers.
In a vacant lot to the west of the camp, a simple mourning hall was temporarily erected, and two coffins were placed in it.
Ruan Xiaoqi and Ruan Xiaoer lay on the coffin on the left and wept bitterly, while Zou Yuan sat next to the coffin on the right.
"Little Seventh Brother, the enemy is here!" Zhu Long walked in, and Sun Li and Deng Fei escorted Li Li in.
Ruan Xiaoqi raised his head and stared at Li Li with hateful eyes, so frightened that Li Li's legs weakened and he knelt down.
"Thank you to the big officials for capturing this thief and avenging my fifth brother!" Ruan Xiaoqi knelt down and said.
Zhu Long helped him up, "Little Seventh Brother doesn't have to be like this, Little Fifth Brother is also my brother!" ”
Ruan Xiaoqi stood up, pulled out a sharp knife from his waist, walked in front of Li Li, grabbed his hair, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Li, today I want to dig out your heart and pay tribute to my fifth brother!" ”
"Little Seventh Brother spares his life, spares his life!" Li Li had already wept bitterly and said, "I didn't see who it was at the time......"
"Hmph, go to the underworld and tell my second brother!" Ruan Xiaoqi inserted a knife into Li Li's chest, dug out his heart, placed it on the table in front of the spiritual seat, knelt down and cried: "Fifth brother, we have avenged you!" ”
Ruan Xiaoer cut off Li Li's head and placed it next to his heart, bursting into tears.
Zhu Long walked towards Zou Yuan, Zou Yuan was seriously injured, wrapped in many strips of white cloth on his body, and stood up with the coffin, "Great official-"
"Brother Zou, please look! I killed Li Kui with my own hands and avenged Brother Zou Run! ”
A soldier held Li Kui's hairy head in front of Zou Yuan.
Zou Yuan put Li Kui's head in front of Zou Run's spiritual seat, and said with tears and a smile: "Nephew, the big officials have avenged you, you can go with peace of mind, find a good mountain in the underworld, I will go in the future, and we will occupy the mountain as the king together!" ”
Zhu Long returned to the big tent of the Chinese army with a heavy heart, more than 80 soldiers were killed in this battle, and two generals were lost.
He felt that he had a great responsibility and that he had to conscientiously sum up the lessons.
He originally wanted to transport the bodies of Ruan Xiaowu and Zou Run back to Zhujiazhuang for burial, but Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi both asked to be buried on the edge of Liangshanbo, saying that Ruan Xiaowu grew up by the lake and liked water very much, so he would be buried by the water after death.
Zou Yuan also said that the people of the rivers and lakes are adrift, and where they die, they are buried.
Since they said so, Zhu Long had no choice but to follow their wishes, let people invite a feng shui master, and picked a piece of feng shui treasure land nearby that leaned against the mountains and looked at the water and hid the wind and gathered qi, and buried Ruan Xiaowu, Zou Run and the fallen soldiers together.