Chapter 33: All in one
Scarface put Su He in prison, and then came to give orders to Li Zhiyun. Li Zhiyun asked, "No one saw it, right?" Scarface shook his head.
Li Zhiyun asked people to prepare a pot of charcoal, put a handful of ferrochrome in the fire, and then brought the fire box into the cell. He paced into the cell with his hands behind his back, only to see Su He tied to a wooden pillar, staring at him with hatred.
"I heard you don't speak?" Li Zhiyun smiled, turned around and walked to the brazier, picked up the red-hot ferrochrome and came to Su He, and gestured and said, "This thing sticks to your chest, and it will simmer with oil and smoke." Of course, you'll faint from the pain. But that's okay, I'll have someone splash you up with cold water and do it again! And so on and so on, so that your life is worse than death, and finally you completely collapse and have to spit out the truth! What do you think? Why don't we give it a try? As he spoke, he pressed the iron chrome to the other's chest.
"Don't, don't!" Su He exclaimed in fright, "I said! I say! ”
"Isn't that the end of it?" ……
After Li Zhiyun left the prison, he found Liu Zhen and Huang Qi and said to them: "According to Su He's confession, Xue Qiang will act tonight, first rob the treasury, and then attack the north gate. General Liu Wuzhou sent 3,000 soldiers to hide in the dense forest outside the north gate, and once Xue Qiang opened the north gate, he quickly entered the city and occupied Xihe City. Next, the three of them studied the coping plan......
In the evening, in Xue's mansion, a cronie found Xue Qiang and said anxiously: "Su He hasn't come yet!" Xue Qiang frowned and said, "Where did he go?" ”
"Could it be that we are going to get along?"
"When is it, and this leisure? Send someone to find it! ”
At night, the lights dimmed the city. A gust of fresh wind blows the Buddha, bringing coolness to the night. In the courtyard of the Xue Mansion, hundreds of people stood in the dark, standing quietly under the faint light of the stars and moon, waiting for that fateful moment. They had a wide variety of weapons in their hands, and while some were armed with swords, many more were armed with sticks, hoes, hunting forks, and even kitchen knives.
Time passed slowly, and the city finally quieted down after a day of noisy weather, the lights and candles in the windows were extinguished one by one, and the half moon rose overhead.
Xue Qiang, who was standing on the front steps of the hall, ordered in a low and majestic voice: "Go!" So, the door of the mansion was opened, and led by several cronies, the team walked out of the Xue Mansion and marched along the street in the direction of the warehouse.
Hundreds of people came to the storehouse, but it was empty, not even a single guard. However, the door to the storeroom was locked. One of his cronies ordered: "Smash the lock open!" "Someone came up with an axe and smashed the lock nose with all his might.
The door to the storeroom was pushed open, and several men lit the torches they carried. The leading cronies carried torches into the dark storehouse, shone the torches and found that the storehouse was empty.
"Oh no, we're fooled! Get out of here! ”
As soon as they left the storeroom, all of a sudden, countless torches lit up around them, illuminating the night as if it were day. Hundreds of officers and soldiers armed with shields formed a wall and surrounded the robbers in the middle. On the roofs of the surrounding houses, there were also many archers.
Huang Qi stood behind a shield, sneered, and said loudly: "You are surrounded! Put down the murder weapon in your hand and raise your hands to surrender! The bandits panicked for a moment, and the cronies of the leader shouted frantically: "Fight with them!" With that, he raised his steel knife and rushed forward.
Huang Qi ordered: "Release the arrow!" So the shield-bearer crouched down, and the archers stepped forward. On the ground, on the rooftop, countless arrows were fired. Amid the wails, hundreds of people fell to the ground with arrows......
After solving the hidden dangers in the city, Liu Jian ordered the north gate to be opened, and according to the contact signal provided by Su He, three lanterns were hung on the city tower. As soon as the 3,000 soldiers who were ambushed in the woods outside the city saw the code, they immediately poured out of the woods and entered Xihe City through the city gate.
Liu Wuzhou's soldiers had just entered the middle of the city gate when the city gate suddenly closed, cutting the team in half. The army that was stopped outside the city did not know what was happening, and was in a dilemma for a while.
Inside the city, countless soldiers suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides of the urn city, and they threw down the torches in their hands. Immediately afterwards, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the soldiers trapped in the urn city were hit by arrows one after another......
After solving the enemy in the city, Huang Qi ordered the city gate to be opened and led the army out of the city. After a period of fighting between the two sides, Liu Wuzhou's army fled in a hurry after leaving behind hundreds of corpses......
In front of the assassination of Shi Yamen, Xue Qiang was escorted over by Wuhua Da. The surrounding soldiers held torches and lit up the night. Xue Qiang's head seemed to be injured, and blood was dripping down his forehead. He looked at Li Zhiyun with a frightened face, and Li Zhiyun stared at him coldly.
Hu Qiaoling, who was standing next to Li Zhiyun, pointed at him and scolded: "Dog thing! You have it too! She snatched the sword of a guard next to her, rushed forward, and stabbed Xue Qiang's soft belly with a sword. As she drew her sword, a stream of blood burst out like a fountain of blood, splashing her face.
Xue Qiang fell to the ground like a piece of rotten wood, foaming at the mouth, his eyes rolled white, and he died of exhaustion. Hu Qiaoling knelt on the ground, held her sword high in both hands, and wept bitterly: "Father, mother, the child finally avenged you today!" ……”
Liu Jian pointed to Xue Qiang's corpse and ordered: "Cut off the head of this thief and hang it on the city wall!" The children were all killed, the wives and concubines were enslaved in the government, and all the family property was confiscated! ……”
After eliminating Xue Qiang and his accomplices, Li Zhiyun said goodbye to Liu Zhen and Huang Qi and re-embarked on the road to Jinyang.
On this day, the team came to the city of Jinyang. Li Zhiyun looked up and saw a stone plaque above the city gate, engraved with two large seal characters: Jinyang, the font is simple and vigorous. He was in a whim, and casually chanted: "If you laugh and fall in love with each other, the country will die, and you will be hurt by the thorns; The scarred face on the side of the ...... of the little merciful jade body was lying in the night, and the scarred face on the side of the report Zhou Shi entered Jinyang" asked: "King Chu, what kind of poem are you reading?" ”
Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "There is an allusion in this poem. It is said that Gao Wei, the queen of the Northern Qi Dynasty, had a favorite concubine named Feng Xiaolian, whose body was as soft as bones. Gao Wei likes to ask Feng Xiaolian to take off her clothes and coil on the table like a snake, and invite the ministers close to her to watch."
"What? Let your wife strip naked to other men? Scarface exclaimed, "He's sick in the head?" ”
"That's why Gao Wei lost the country, and later generations wrote poems to satirize him! ……”
As the two were talking, the scout sent back and said, "Report to the King of Chu, the King of Qi is already waiting for His Highness in front of the Governor's Mansion!" ”
"Good! Then let's go into town! Li Zhiyun said, drove his horse forward, and led a large group of men and horses into Jinyang City. They were walking on the street, and Li Zhiyun saw that Jinyang was really a big city, and its prosperity and liveliness were not far behind compared with Chang'an.
Led by the scout, the team came to the governor's mansion. Li Zhiyun took a look and saw three people standing on the steps in front of the mansion, all of them dressed in military uniforms. The one in the middle looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, not too tall, stocky and strong, and dressed in a marshal's attire. Could it be that this is his fourth brother Li Yuanji?
Sure enough, as soon as the man saw Li Zhiyun, he hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Fifth brother, fifth brother...... Li Zhiyun hurriedly got off the horse and walked towards them. The fourth brother ran down the steps excitedly, rushed to him, wrapped one arm around his neck affectionately, and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, you are here!" I'm suffocating to death if I'm alone here! Quick, go to my house! ”
Li Zhiyun broke free of his arm and said, "Fourth brother, you have to introduce me, right?" At this time, the two people next to him also came down the steps. The fourth brother slapped his head and said, "Oops, I almost forgot!" Then he pointed to the man in his twenties, with a white face and a tall figure, and said, "This is Yu Wenxin, the general of the right guard." He pointed to another person, "That's Sima Liu Dewei of the Governor's Office." ”
Li Zhiyun also introduced his two subordinate officials and Scarface to the fourth brother. After the introduction, the fourth brother took his hand affectionately and said, "Let's go!" I asked someone to make you a lot of delicious food! ”
"Then my men ......"
"Don't worry, they have someone in charge!"
Seeing the two princes walk into the governor's mansion, Yu Wenxin turned around, bowed his hand to Scarface and the others, and smiled: "Generals, please lead the brigade into the barracks!" The general has prepared a wine feast to wash the dust for the generals! The three of them hurriedly returned the salute. Scarface said: "There is General Lao Yuwen!" ”……
The governor's mansion is also the palace of the king of Qi. The fourth brother took Li Zhiyun's hand and walked towards the back hall. As they walked through the atrium, Li Zhiyun saw a person standing by the door of the back hall. Wow! This man was very tall, more than two meters tall, muscular, and very stout. But he looks very ugly, with bulging eyes, a lion nose, thick lips and a big mouth, like a gorilla, and looks a little scary.
Li Zhiyun looked at him in horror and said in a low voice, "Fourth brother, who is this person?" ”
"This is the Hercules I found." The fourth brother said, "This guy has a lot of strength, and he can lift a stone lock of twenty pounds." I asked him to wrestle with me. ”
As they spoke, they walked into the back flower hall, only to see a table of eight immortals in the middle of the room, which was already full of various dishes. At the table sat a woman in her forties. As soon as she saw Li Zhiyun, she hurriedly stood up and greeted: "Fifth Young Master, are you here?" ”
"Who are you? ……”
The fourth brother slapped him on the shoulder and said, "What, did you forget?" She's my nurse Chen Shanyi! ”
"Oh, it's a nurse? Hello! Hello! ”
After Li Zhiyun sat down, the nurse asked with a smile: "Fifth young master, how are the emperor and the queen?" ”
"Good! Good! ”
"Where's your mother?"
"It's good!"
"Fifth young master, your mother is a very good person! She is simply a bodhisattva, and she is very sympathetic to us subordinates......" The nurse chattered as she sat down. Li Zhiyun felt that this woman had a kind face and had a good impression of her.
At this time, the maid had already poured the wine, and the fourth brother picked up the wine bottle and said, "Nurse, don't be verbose." I still have a lot to say to my fifth brother. Fifth brother, come! Let's do this bottle of wine first......"