Chapter 34: Beheading the Father
The blue and white electric light faded from the sky, and the night poured into view again.
The figure in mid-air dragged the night straight to the ground, and some Aragami cultists rushed over with shouts, and the Xiliang soldiers also rushed over with their shields, knocking the other party down with a bang.
Dong Zhuo turned over and dismounted, looked at the mountains in the distance, dragged the heavy knife, and walked towards the charred figure, with a cruel smile between his thick beards.
Fang Sijie on the ground was not dead, his breath was hanging, his scorched limbs twitched and wanted to struggle to get up, and his eyes showed fear in his eyes.
In the field of vision, the tall and fat figure stood still, the tip of the knife was raised, and it was raised.
"Altar Master!"
The few remaining disciples around were crazy and rushed towards this side, Fang Sijie twisted even more violently, trying to crawl away from this side, and the next moment, the sawtooth knife was raised high, and then, with a bang, slashed down.
Blood arrows flew, and the round head fell to the ground and tumbled.
Dong Zhuo grabbed his hair bun and raised the head of the person with a frightened expression above his head, and the violent voice spread around: "The thief is dead, you are waiting to surrender!" ”
The remaining dozens of disciples stopped in unison, looked at the human head in a daze, and some fanatics cried out loudly, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the head three times, and then, picked up the steel knife on the ground and pressed it on the neck, blood flowed out, and fell to the ground with eyes in unison.
The remaining thirty or so Aragami cultists stood in place in a panic, staring blankly at their companions who had killed themselves, or at their family members hiding in the corner, uneasy.
After a short time, the Xiliang soldiers rushed over and handed over the weapons in their hands, beat them with the handle of their knives, beat them to their knees, and then found ropes to tie them one by one.
The sound of the fighting finally died down, and the cheers of the soldiers rang out from time to time.
After controlling the entire Aragami Sect Altar, one by one the Xiliang soldiers began to clear out the people who were hiding in the house and still wanted to resist, or dragged their comrades from the corpses to the open space, the undead quickly bandaged to stop the bleeding, and the dead took off their armor and put them on the cart they found, waiting to be brought back to the barracks.
Treading ......
The sound of horses' hooves came, Su Chen rode into the camp with his armor and sword on his shoulder, and Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao came over to meet one after another, probably counting the casualties and prisoners.
"Seventeen soldiers were wounded, twenty-five were killed, two hundred and thirty-six Aragami cultists, only thirty-two were taken prisoner, and fifty-seven members of their families, all women and children."
Hearing that there were still so many women and children among the captives, Su Chen frowned slightly, these captives could not have said that the original plan was to behead them all, after all, they were all sect members, they had been brainwashed, and it was impossible to use them to fill the army.
But more than 50 women and children, let him make trouble, all women and children, it is difficult to start.
"Little Marquis, why don't you hand over these captives, women and children to Poor Dao?"
This voice came from behind itself, Su Chen didn't need to look back to know who it was, Zhang Jiao led the horse, walked through the gate and came to the side, "It makes no sense for these people to stay in the hands of the little marquis, it's better to let me take them." ”
Su Chen looked over there, and behind the kneeling captives were the women and children who had been driven over, their faces frightened and uneasy, and they stood tremblingly behind the kneeling captives in front of them.
His eyes narrowed, and he lowered his voice: "Great sage and good teacher, what is the use of taking them away?" ”
"If you have them to spread the Taiping Avenue, don't worry about the little marquis, I can't say that this group of people will be of great use in the future."
Hearing Zhang Jiao's answer, although Su Chen didn't dare to trust him unconditionally, it was better to leave Zhang Jiao to be a favor than to kill this group of people.
"Then hand them over to the great sages and good teachers, but if these people sneak into Ding'an City to make trouble, there will be no reason to live."
Zhang Jiao nodded and stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Naturally, that's the case." ”
In the next time, the Xiliang soldiers of more than 400 people were waiting to clean up the battlefield and collect the belongings in the Asogod Sect, and the people responsible for placing the wounded were taking the wounded medicine from the colleagues who had returned from the looting and bandaging the wounded soldiers.
The voices were noisy, and many Xiliang soldiers were supposed to hand over the property they had collected, but they were stopped by Dong Zhuo and loudly announced that the property belonged to them, and the crowd suddenly burst into cheers.
In addition to the belongings, sacks of sacks of sackcloth were carried out of the cellar of a building by the soldiers, piled up like a hill.
Zhu Gongdao poked open a hole with a shot, and the white grains of rice flowed outside, and he glanced back at Su Chen on horseback.
"So much grain."
Su Chen got off his horse and grabbed a handful, put it under his nose and sniffed it, "It's still new rice, Dong Gong, you pull half of it to the barracks, and give me the remaining half to take back to Ding'an City." ”
"Little Hou Ye, there is no shortage of food at home." I wish justice a whispered reminder.
"No, for those disaster victims, there will be three months to grow grain in the spring of next year, and the people will still have to be hungry during this period, I heard my eldest brother say that there is not much grain in the official warehouse in Ding'an City, so I can barely hold on until next year, and then we will have to distribute rations for the people to go back."
Su Chen poured the new rice in his hand back into the hole, patted the rice dust on his hand, and made a decision: "You can't let the people go hungry." Immediately, he turned over and took the head from Dong Zhuo's hands, "This place will be handed over to Dong Gong and the great sage, there are still guests at home, I will go back to the house first." ”
When Zhu Gongdao picked up the gun and got on the horse, Su Chen threw his head to the other party, clamped the horse's belly, and shouted: "Drive!" The war horse neighed and roared, and galloped out of the gate with iron hooves.
Zhu Gongdao followed closely, and the figures of the two quickly disappeared into the night.
Dong Zhuo looked at the direction of the Zhaimen and was silent, but Zhang Jiao next to him smiled and said, "General Dong, what is this thinking?" ”
Neither of them would have imagined that one day they would be able to fight together.
"Changsheng is becoming more and more of a man in charge." Dong Zhuo retracted his gaze and inserted the serrated knife back into his waist: "Actually, I was thinking that Liu Zhi had this style back then, maybe Dong Mou would be a powerful minister at most." ”
"The past is gone, you might as well start over." Zhang Jiao also grabbed a handful of rice and sniffed it under his nose, admiring the good rice.
Hehe.
Dong Zhuo only smiled, then turned his head and looked at the surrounding Xiliang soldiers: "Escort the prisoners, take away the grain, there is a fire here!" ”
……
The night was deep, and only a few lights were left in the city.
The Su Mansion is still brightly lit.
There were more than a dozen tables set up in the front yard, and the banquet was coming to an end, and most of the relatives of the Su family finished eating, sitting outside and chatting, but they didn't dare to leave.
In the hall, Su Congfang and Fang Wenye drank a few rounds, held their lower abdomen for a long time, and then went to the toilet to release the water, Su Yong was already almost drunk, his face was red, his eyes were drooping, and he was drowsy.
"Father, why hasn't this Su Chen come back yet?" Fang Jinxue has been in the Su family for several hours, and he has not met his future uncle until now.
Fang Wenye couldn't see any expression, but asked him not to say it, in fact, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart.
There were also two cousins who came together at the table, and when they heard their cousin's muttering complaints, they were a little happy in their hearts, and then they helped: "Cousin, it's right that this matter has entered the sect, and Su Chen has not appeared yet, so it seems that he is dissatisfied with this family matter." ”
"Our Fang family doesn't talk about Yan Kingdom, at least Yunyu County is also one of the best, why do you lose face when you get here? Sticking a cold ass to someone. ”
"Xue Jun hasn't passed the door yet, so won't he pay more attention to it after getting married?"
Fang Wenye listened to the words of the two brothers and frowned.
Some emotions are like rumors, which are not cared about at first, but eventually leave some impressions in people's hearts, and then, a certain atmosphere gradually changes, making people think about it a lot and become uncomfortable.
It wasn't until Su came back from Fanghou Hall that several people had smiles on their faces again, and they continued to push the cups and change the lamps, as if they hadn't said anything just now.
"Master Su, where did Su Chen go, why didn't he show up at this time?" After a glass of wine, Fang Wenye asked for his son.
"Don't be annoyed, that bastard boy has been going out early and returning late late, and he will come back after a while."
Su Congfang hurriedly asked the maid to pour wine over there, and scolded Su Chen in his heart, knowing that his father-in-law was going to come over to visit him today, he actually picked this time to play missing, if he didn't come back after a while, he didn't know how to continue the conversation.
"The wine is still not drunk, and I don't think the hour is too early, so it is better to get here first." Fang Wenye pushed his hand to stop the maid who came to pour wine, and got up with a smile and gave up his sleeves, "Early tomorrow morning, we will return to Yunyao, and when we are free, we will come to visit the Hou Ye again." ”
The atmosphere in the room was a little awkward, Yin Suhuan and Hua Hongzhen were also anxious outside as female dependents, this was an uncle's marriage, if it was so yellow, I felt a little pity.
The girl in that room, they have also seen today, although her demeanor is very arrogant, but she is straightforward and daring, and she does not lose a good match.
"Isn't that what Uncle is." Hua Hongzhen turned her head with a sneer, and a servant came running from the gate of the mansion at this time.
Su Huan touched the back of her neck and felt a cool breeze blowing, she paused and said, "But no matter what, we have to show our family to Hongzhen, don't show such a posture in front of outsiders." ”
The servant who came from afar hurriedly passed by her, came to the door and bowed his hand to Su Congfang inside: "Master Hou, the third prince is back." ”
Fang Wenye and the others, who were saying goodbye and leaving, were stunned, Su Congfang also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, looked outside, and a group of relatives sitting outside chatting stood up one after another at this time.
Su Chen was dressed in a military uniform, dragging his cloak and striding over, and Zhu Gongdao with a gun next to him followed.
"Father!"
Walking past the eyes of a group of relatives, the eyes of the two sisters-in-law who walked through the door, with the sound of the shaking of the nail leaves, stepped into the threshold, and threw the things wrapped in the cloth towel in his hand to the ground at will, splashing out a little blood, Su Chen arched his hand heavily, and asked the father opposite: "Dad, the child is back." ”
"This ...... This...... What is it on earth? Su Congfang thought at first that his son had gone to his 500-strong barracks, but he didn't expect to come back with an extra thing in his hand, and after living for such a long time, how could he not tell that it was a human head.
"The head of a thief."
Hearing this, Fang Wenye and the others' heads buzzed, and they looked at the majestic figure in front of them in a daze, his two cousins originally had some whispers, but they could feel the bloody breath that burrowed into their mouths and noses, and the whole person subconsciously shrank back.
Yin Suhuan and Hua Hongzhen outside the door were pale, and they were a little scared and didn't dare to look at the human head that was still shaking slightly.
"Just after the drought in Ding'an City, there was a group of thieves entrenched in the mountains, there were more than 200 people, often capturing past traders and victims, and tonight the children led people to completely eradicate them, and the people in the city were quiet, so it was too late."
Su Chen said it so clearly, in fact, he was also explaining to Fang Wenye, but these words made them a little stunned in the ears of the Fang family brothers.
"Okay, then Chen'er can kill the enemy bravely?" Su Congfang sat down again.
"The child has never killed the enemy, but the athletes under his command are not soft, and they have beheaded two hundred levels, and they have a lot of food."
Crash.
After the sound of the first leaf, Su Chen finished playing with his father, turned around and saluted Fang Wenye and Fang Jinxue: "Changsheng will meet Master Fang and his future father-in-law." ”
The first sentence is an honorific title, and the latter sentence is something that Su Chen really can't find a title to scream. Hearing this, the two of them came back to their senses, Fang Wenye is a literati, and he has this kind of yearning in his bones, seeing Su Chen's dress, and what he did tonight, his previous thoughts have already been swept away, and he nodded appreciatively.
Fang Jinxue looked ordinary, no martial arts, and no talent like his father, he was naturally satisfied with such an uncle, and after returning the salute with a smile, he turned his head and glared at the two cousins and uncles who had just helped lobby, almost ruining his family's family affairs, and the two of them were also panicked at the moment, their eyes fluttered, and they hung their heads and didn't dare to speak.
"Okay, okay, since Chen'er is back from killing the thief, let's hurry up and sit down and drink to relieve fatigue." After sitting down again, he asked the eldest daughter-in-law outside the door to help Su Yong back to rest, and then called someone to take the head on the ground away, "Find a place to bury it." ”
Su Yong was taken away, and the heads on the ground were picked up and taken away by the bold servants, the banquet in the hall was reopened, Su Chen was also hungry, let go of eating and drinking, and drank Fang Wenye's father and son to make him happy, and Fang Jinxue even took Su Chen's hand, calling a virtuous son-in-law.
The lights flickered, and the lively feast lasted until the end of the hour.