The Day of the Righteous Death is today
In the evening, because he was in the tent and discussed with Siniang about the needlework of soft armor, he was delayed for some time, causing Zheng Fan to wake up a little late the next day.
However, waking up early is not as good as waking up smartly, just as Zheng Fan was squatting at the mouth of the well with a toothbrush to brush his teeth, he saw two people riding horses on the galloping road in the distance.
"Ho~~~ retreat!"
Zheng Fan got up while reaching out to take the hot towel handed by Siniang to wipe his face,
Road:
"Someone is coming."
Man, it did come.
Two people, a man and a woman, the man is black, his appearance is not good, the woman has a beauty mole at the corner of her mouth, her eyebrows and eyes are spring, and she is in her twenties.
However, what attracted Zheng Fan's attention the most was the woman's feet.
The other three countries all have a custom of women binding their feet, whether it is the literati of the Qianguo State or the nobles of the Chu State, they are extremely infatuated with the three-inch golden lotus;
However, because several generations of emperors of Dayan have issued decrees prohibiting domestic women from binding their feet, those who have bound their feet in the palace and noble women will be punished by the family;
Therefore, although there are secretly imitators among the Yan people, they have not become a fashion in the Yan Kingdom.
On the woman's feet, she wears a pair of green embroidered shoes.
But this style made Zheng Fan feel a little similar to the assassin he saw in the mourning hall yesterday hiding in the coffin and casting the Rainstorm Pear Flower Needle.
Whether it's the same person or not, Zheng Fan isn't sure, in fact, he doesn't need to be sure.
"The left leader of Yinlang County, the secret spy division, Du Juan, was ordered by the Hou Ye to ask Zheng Garrison to send troops to assist in the arrest of the academy thieves."
This woman named Du Juan was very polite and showed Zheng Fan her identity token first.
Then he put away the token and saluted Zheng Fan with both hands in fists:
"I've seen the garrison."
"Miss Du is polite."
Zheng Fan didn't take it big, and it was better to be polite with the people of "Jinyiwei".
I think it's very interesting in my heart, and there is a high probability that yesterday's assassin and yesterday's assassin myself stood face to face at this time and greeted each other.
"Master Zheng, I don't know when we can leave."
"You can go now."
"Okay."
Zheng Fan glanced at Liang Cheng who was standing beside him, and Liang Cheng understood.
Soon, a barbarian cavalry of four hundred men was ready to go.
"Miss Du, I'm tired of leading the way."
"Lord Zheng is polite."
Zheng Fan and Du Juan rode in front, and the man who accompanied Du Juan was followed by Liang Cheng, and then behind was the barbarian cavalry of nearly 400 people.
Cuiliu Fort has been abandoned for a long time, and there is a lot of farmland nearby, so the road conditions in and out are not suitable for the galloping of the team, and everyone controls the speed of the horses.
However, the blind man said yesterday that when rebuilding Cuiliu Fort, the road will also be widened and repaired again, and as for whether the road will occupy the land of the farmers, this is not considered, because a large part of the fields near Cuiliu Fort are tuntian fields that originally belonged to Cuiliu Fort, and after Cuiliu Fort was abolished, the nearby fields were encroached upon by farmers.
Therefore, in legal terms, these lands are state-owned.
"Lord Zheng, are you going to start construction of Cuiliu Castle?"
What the cuckoo clearly discovered.
"Miss Du also saw that the current fortress is only suitable for raising chickens, and if it is not renovated, people will not be able to live in it at all."
"But my subordinates didn't see the excerpt submitted by Lord Zheng asking to rebuild the fortress on the copy, and the garrisons of the other fortresses all handed the excerpt to it."
Zheng Fan's heart sank.
Ouch, I really forgot about this stubble, and the blind man also forgot about it.
Xu is insisting on the concept of independence and self-reliance is too strong.
Zheng Fan and the blind man didn't expect that this fort would have to report to the above.
Zheng Fan started his family, and the soldiers were recruited by himself, and the armor and war horses were also bought by his own money, and he played his own habits.
Of course, the most important reason is that Cuiliu Fort is too lax, obviously the top does not pay attention to it, and I feel that it is very unnecessary to report to the top from the heart.
"When I was in the north, I had a little business and some savings, and I thought that if I could solve it myself, I wouldn't trouble the court."
"Lord Zheng is noble, and the little woman admires it."
"You're welcome, Miss Du is polite."
In fact, if Du Juan really wanted to investigate, Zheng Fan felt that she should be very likely to find out which firm invited these craftsmen, and whose hands purchased and transported the materials.
But this can't be concealed even if you want to, and the six princes are so generous to fund themselves through the channels of the firm, even if they are found out in the end, the six princes can probably explain it by saying that he once saved his life and that he was returning the favor.
Anyway, the sixth prince is not a simple character, no matter how wasteful the prince is, he is also a dragon species, he should have his own solution, Zheng Fan is too lazy to worry about and cover up for him.
After passing the willow forest, the gallop road was wide, and Zheng Fan ordered the cavalry to start speeding up.
It was probably more than three hours of riding, and the sun was just noon, and everyone came to the foot of a mountain.
The terrain of Yandi is dominated by plains, and there are few high mountains, and even if there are mountains, they seem to be a little small.
For example, the Qingming Mountain in front of you takes the meaning of the blue bird waiting to sing;
It is already a "famous mountain" in Yinlang County, but Zheng Fan visually measured the vertical height of this mountain, and it was only more than 100 meters.
There is an archway at the mountain gate, and there is a stone tablet under the archway, which is written:
Huaiya Academy.
Founded 70 years ago, the ancestor of the mountain was Huaiyazi, who went to the three major countries in the East to study as a Yan people, and created a great civilization.
For the Yan people, who are extremely inferior in terms of culture, their excitement is no less than that of the provincial champion of the college entrance examination in their own ravines.
Today, Huai Yazi is long gone, but the academy he founded is still vibrant.
Nowadays, the literary style of Yan Kingdom, Yinlang is the most prosperous, and Yinlang Wenqi begins in Huaiya.
Outside the academy, there is a small village, which is a bit like a slightly larger post station, with inns and restaurants.
When the four hundred barbarian cavalry were displayed at this time, they brought with them a howling north wind blowing from the north.
Du Juan was curiously looking at these barbarians under Zheng Fan's command all the way, she was curious about the quality of these barbarians, and she was also curious about the extremely fine armor on these barbarians, and even the war horses under the crotches of these barbarians, in the many Yandi of the horse farm, they were also superior!
In Du Juan's opinion, even the cavalry in the Jingnan Army was compared to these barbarians in terms of equipment.
You must know that the soldiers of these fortresses are essentially similar to the guards of the cities of Beifeng County, a bit similar to the security regiment, but this Cuiliu Fort is quite different.
But she was curious, and these questions were held in her heart, and she didn't ask them.
The midday sun was shining on my body, and it was warm, and the armor was a little hot.
The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and Zheng Fan really has the urge to take a nap by camping here.
"Miss Du, what should I do next?"
Zheng Fan yawned and looked at the cuckoo beside him.
Yesterday, Jing Nanhou made it very clear that he was only responsible for cooperating and ...... Back to the pot.
The specific operation is up to the people of the secret spy department to decide.
"Lord Zheng, please wait a moment."
The cuckoo handed a document behind him, and the man who had been following him rolled over and dismounted, taking it from the cuckoo's hand.
"Go, ask the academy to hand over the people themselves."
"Yes."
The man walked towards the mountain gate.
Qingming Mountain is indeed not high, but the forest is dense, and after the secret spy division enters the mountain gate, its figure quickly disappears into the dense forest.
Du Juan looked at Zheng Fan and said with a smile:
"Lord Zheng, you can order your men to rest for a while."
After that,
The cuckoo turned his head and looked at the barbarians behind him,
actually uttered a barbarian language:
"Dismount and rest!"
however
Nearly 400 barbarian cavalry all sat straight on horseback, and none of them dismounted.
Except for the war horses under the crotch from time to time to snort with their hooves, the four hundred cavalry were silent.
With Liang Cheng in charge of military training, and Blind Zibei in charge of ideological and political work, if these barbarians still don't know whose orders to listen to, then Zheng Fan, who has spent so much blood to go in, can really go find a piece of tofu and kill him.
The cuckoo's face showed a little embarrassment, and he bowed his head to Zheng Fan and said:
"Lord Zheng, it's the little woman who is abrupt."
Zheng Fan smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, the sun is just right, once you get off the horse, people can't help but feel sleepy." The most important thing is that since he is here to arrest people, this momentum cannot be leaked. ”
"The little girl was taught."
The cuckoo is a wise woman, and she knows when to call herself a lowly woman and when to call herself a little woman.
"Miss Du has been in the north before?"
"Yes, I was only transferred to Yinlang County the year before last."
"Then we can be regarded as fate."
"Yes, Master Zheng has trained his troops well, which has opened the eyes of the little girl."
"It's nothing more than a toddler in Handan, by the way, Miss Du, this academy is good, how can there be thieves hidden in it?"
"The academy often receives the great Confucians of the Qianguo to give lectures, and also receives travelers from the Qianguo, some people do come to do learning, but some people actually have other purposes, and the academy is the best cover for their activities and hiding."
"Oh." Zheng Fan understood, a bit like the embassy of later generations.
The matter here, the secret spy department of the Yan Kingdom should have been clear for a long time, but it is similar to Xiao Dahai's gang including the abandoned fortress system, and the imperial court has always turned a blind eye and maintained the status quo.
Now that Xiao Dahai's gang has been purged, all the abandoned fortresses have also ushered in newly appointed garrisons to prepare for restarting, and the spy stronghold in this academy will also be pulled out at that time.
At this time, there was a commotion from the side of the mountain gate.
Zheng Fan saw the spy brother who had gone in to deliver the list walk down, his head was bleeding and there were tearing marks on his body, and behind him, he was followed by a group of angry academy students in white shirts.
Some of these students are old and some are young, but they are all very excited at the moment.
The little brother of the secret spy division walked in front, and from time to time bricks and stones came from behind and hit him, and he just shook his body, didn't look back, didn't reply, just continued to walk down silently.
As long as you are not blind, you can probably see that this arrest list is sent in, and it is not easy to use.
Finally, the spy brother walked up to Zheng Fan and Du Juan, saluted Du Juan and Zheng Fan respectfully, and pleaded guilty:
"The subordinates are incompetent."
After saying that, the little brother fainted and fell to the ground.
Zheng Fan felt that the reason why Du Juan brought this subordinate here was that he was going to send a letter and be beaten by the way.
Otherwise, with hundreds of barbarian cavalry on her side, does she need to lead her subordinates?
This unlucky little brother, wouldn't it be that he peeked at his female boss taking a shower at night and was found out and now put on his little shoes, right?
Zheng Fan waved his hand,
The two barbarian cavalrymen dismounted and walked to the front, carrying the poor spy brother to the back.
The cuckoo solemnly hugged his fist to Zheng Fan and said:
"Lord Zheng, there is nothing there is to do about it now."
Shake the pot,
Shake the pot thoroughly.
Zheng Fan nodded, fortunately, he was mentally prepared, why did Zuo Jiqian hesitate and didn't take this job?
Because this kind of thing that offends the Dayan literati group has too much to do with it.
However, Zuo Jiqian can't see it, but Zheng Fan can see it, look at the fortunate road of those ministers, most of them are willing to be white gloves for the superior and dirty themselves without hesitation, which paved the way for their own advancement.
Zheng Fan didn't care about his reputation, and he didn't think about being liquidated in the future, first of all, he had a future, and secondly, no matter what happened in the future, he Zheng Fan would not be desperate to do anything about Dayan's Yue Wumu.
Hundreds of college students gathered under the door number and completely blocked the mountain gate, filled with righteous indignation.
"Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness! Fellow students, today we can't let these imperial eagle dogs enter our academy to be presumptuous! ”
"That's right, this is the place where Dayan culture gathers, how can you let this gang of thieves and soldiers spread wild here!"
"Dayan literati style bones, rely on us to protect today!"
"Come on, Eagle Dog, if you want to enter the academy to get people, and if you want to insult the lintel of my academy, step over the corpses of me and others!"
"What we are guarding today is Dayan's Wenqi and Dayan's righteous path!"
"Ten years later, a hundred years later, the literati of later generations will enter the mountain gate again, and they will definitely write a tribute to us!"
"Look, those soldiers and horses are actually barbarians!"
"What, dare to let a barbarian come to the gate of the academy, this is simply a blasphemy of poetry articles!"
Hundreds of white shirts, blocked under the door number, spittle flying one by one, and the voice was loud.
Zheng Fan stretched out the little thumb of his left hand, plucked his ear, then put it to his mouth and blew.
The intention of the officials and soldiers to come here, these people from the academy should understand, and the little brother of the secret spy department has already gone in and submitted the arrest list, and he should also explain the reason.
But they beat people out.
Seeing the angry scolding of the crowd over there, and the continuous students of the academy and even the teachers who came down from the mountain to gather under the archway to strengthen their prestige, Zheng Fan couldn't help but feel a little funny,
Liang Chengdao, who turned his head sideways and rode a horse with himself beside him:
"Is this a cultural invasion of the Qianguo?"
Liang Cheng thought for a moment and nodded.
A hundred years ago, the first generation of Zhenbei Hou interrupted the backbone of the military movement of the Qianguo, but what kept fighting was the cultural export of the Qianguo to the Yan State over the past hundred years.
Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, etiquette and morality have become a sharp weapon for Qianguo to counterattack Dayan.
In fact, Zheng Fan, who has been in the north, also knows very well that it is no wonder that the literary style of the Yan Kingdom cannot be prosperous, the north is the barbarian with a thief's heart and the immortal barbarian, and the south is the Three Kingdoms that are eyeing the tiger.
Over the years, with the suppression of the desert barbarians by the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the Yan Kingdom has had a peaceful life for decades.
In the past, Yan Di Erlang either rode a horse to the desert to fight the barbarians or went to the south to fight with the Three Kingdoms, how could there be that idle man to stop and recite poems?
If that were the case, this Dayan would have died a long time ago.
The most ridiculous thing is why this group of academy students are so excited, and even, it can be said that they are so active, there are probably deep-seated reasons.
In particular, when Zheng Fan saw that the old men who looked like Confucianism came down from the mountain, he was even more sure of his guess.
The literati in the academy were using this opportunity to put pressure on the imperial court and force the imperial court to make concessions.
They longed, longed, to make Dayan also become a paradise for literati like Qianguo.
Zheng Fan looked at the cuckoo with some curiosity and asked:
"This isn't the first time you've come to fetch someone, is it?"
"It's been many times, but I haven't been able to get in." The cuckoo replied honestly.
"Why?"
"They won't let it."
"Are you spy so civilized?"
"Lord Zheng, civilization, what do you mean?"
"It means to be kind to others."
At this time, a few more students came down from the mountain, and they came down with a large plaque.
The plaque reads: There is no end to learning.
"When the inscription of Chao Zaifu is here, the old man wants to see who dares to be presumptuous at the gate of the academy!"
An old man shouted with a cane.
Next
A college student begins:
"The academy is a monk, and the righteous death festival is today!"
"The Day of the Righteous Death is today!"
"The Day of the Righteous Death is today!"
“…………”
"Heh, it's pretty neat, like a choir."
Zheng Fan smiled on his face.
"Master Zheng, every time we came before, this was the case." Cuckoo said.
"You guys have all helped them practice, in fact, it's all to blame for Zhenbeihou."
"Why?" The cuckoo was puzzled.
"It's too comfortable for them to live."
"So, Master Zheng, what are you going to do?"
Du Juan looked at Zheng Fan and asked again.
Zheng Fan suddenly had a feeling in his heart that he was being examined, but the answers to the exam questions had reached a consensus with the blind man Bei last night.
To be precise, when he received the military order in front of the Marquis of Jingnan yesterday, he had already made a decision in his heart.
Zheng Fan raised his left hand and rode forward at the same time.
Liang Cheng also rode forward, and the four hundred barbarian cavalry behind him also rode forward.
Hundreds of well-equipped cavalry are slowly advancing towards you, and this sense of oppression is enough to make ordinary people frightened.
Especially these cavalrymen, all of them are still barbarian faces!
The students of the academy under the archway began to subconsciously retreat, in the past six months, the people of the Imperial Court Secret Spy Department and the local garrison have been here several times, but none of them have such a momentum!
Seeing this scene, an old Confucian shouted:
"Don't be afraid, they don't dare, they don't dare!"
"Yes, classmates, don't be afraid, if they dare to use swords in the academy, thousands of righteous people in this world will definitely not let them go!"
"Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, and the righteous death festival is today!"
"Where is the arrogance of my Dayan literati?"
"Dayan literary style, immortal!"
Emotions are contagious, and the students of the academy under the archway were once again ignited with passion.
Zheng Fan was getting closer and closer to them, and the barbarian cavalry behind him was also getting closer and closer to them.
Then
A middle-aged man in a white shirt took the initiative to run out of the crowd under the archway.
Pointing at Zheng Fan,
Scolded:
"Eagle dog, I am Sanshi Huang Zichong, do you know where this is?"
First come up a word eagle dog,
In the name of the place of origin,
It is necessary to become famous as soon as possible, and the hype must be rushed.
Routines, routines, are routines.
If Zheng Fan leaves, he will be able to become famous in the future.
Zheng Fan didn't bird him,
Continue to ride forward.
Seeing this, Huang Zichong stretched out his finger and pointed to his neck, and roared:
"Eagle dog, do you know that the blood of people with lofty ideals is inexhaustible!"
Zheng Fan's horse came to Huang Zichong.
"Eagle dog, our literati can die, but the wind and bones will last forever!"
Zheng Fan pulled out the knife,
"Come on, cut here, cut here, if you have the guts, you can cut it, I see if you dare to ........."
Zheng Fan waved the knife,
"Poof!"
Huang Zichong's head broke away from his body, in the air, turning and turning, his eyes were full of disbelief.
"Poof!"
Huang Zichong's head fell to the ground.
The headless corpse began to shoot blood.
The next moment,
There was a dead silence.
All the students in the academy and the Confucian scholars in the West were all stupid.
Breaking the dead silence,
It's Zheng Fan,
He re-instigated the war horse under his crotch and began to move forward,
When the horse's hooves are raised again,
The people of the hundreds of academies who were originally surging and surging in the crowd, and the arrogant people of the hundreds of Yan literati completely collapsed.
They began to run back frantically, and the old teachers and Confucians were even squeezed to the ground by the crowd and trampled to let out a burst of screams, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
A student who previously took the lead in shouting "The Day of Righteous Death is Today",
At this time, his face was full of horror,
While crashing into the classmates next to him and running to the back hill for his life, he screamed:
"Mother, they really dare to kill, they really dare to kill............"