Chapter 493, curfew in the city
On the street in front of the Happy Building, thousands of officers and soldiers were lighting lanterns and torches, and the street was illuminated as if it were daylight. A curfew has already been implemented on the street, and there is no one except the officers and soldiers, Xiao Cheng has already ordered that anyone who dares to go to the street will be killed, even if they give birth to a child, they will not be able to ask for medical treatment if they are seriously ill!
Xiao Cheng, the Shou of Songshan County, looked at Zhao Tieyi, and said helplessly: "Mr. Zhao, the Ming people don't say secret words, this official is a real person, I really don't know what you want, you still put forward the conditions directly! Let's make a deal, even if the official can't get what you want, you can always bargain! Even if you can't negotiate, you won't turn your face, but you can't buy and sell benevolence!"
Zhao Tieyi nodded, and said with a serious face: "Lord County Shou is reasonable, Ming people don't let out dark farts! Then my old Zhao had no choice but to say with a shy face, I am optimistic about your mother, can you sacrifice your mother? I can also be your wild father!"
Xiao Cheng was humiliated in public, and couldn't help but be angry, this old guy was originally entertaining himself! Although he said that he really wanted to rescue his son, but now it seems that there is no chance at all, and he still wants a great cause if he wants his son? Xiao Cheng already has a plan in his heart, those who become big things don't care about their family, and their son can be reborn if he is gone, if he admits it tonight, then there will be no chance to turn the tables, and he Xiao Cheng will never be caught and give in to the princess of the plains!
Xiao Cheng smiled gloomily, "Okay! Mr. Zhao is here to entertain me! You have a kind!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand, "Brothers, prepare the bow and crossbow, prepare the horse team! I will hack all these people to death tonight, and there will be no chickens and dogs!"
Immediately, a captain yelled, "Obey!", and then another captain shouted: "Prepare the bow and crossbow, prepare the horse team!" In all directions, hundreds of crossbowmen appeared in the streets, on the rooftops, on the trees, etc., and the bows and crossbows were aimed at Zhao Tieyi, Sun Zongcheng and others. Zhao Tieyi saw that Xiao Cheng didn't even care about his son, so he smiled bitterly, thinking that this person's heart was really ruthless! There was no problem for the old man to escape by himself, what should Sun Zongcheng and Miao Yuting do?
Seeing that everyone was about to be pierced by random arrows, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, the street was in chaos, the officers and soldiers scattered and fled, Xiao Cheng was startled, looked back, only to see a horse team galloping in the distance, someone shouted loudly: "All dodge, dodge, all dodge, Wuquan Marquis has arrived!
Xiao Cheng sank his face, he knew that there was an elite light cavalry in the mansion of Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan, about three hundred people, which was the capital that Wu Quanhou was proud of, if it weren't for his surname Yin, and his ancestors were meritorious to the state, it would be impossible to raise such a well-equipped private army.
When Sun Zongcheng heard that Wu Quanhou was coming, he was overjoyed in his heart, and secretly thought: "It must be Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Grand Commander Sikong who said that Wu Quanhou was moved, no."
Then how could he lead the troops to come?" The speed of the horse team was extremely fast, and it quickly dispersed the officers and soldiers and came to Xiao Cheng.
The first two horsemen dodged left and right, revealing a man in silver armor, about forty years old, only to see this man with handsome eyebrows, thick sword eyebrows, fair complexion, left hand pressed on the hilt of the sword, although wearing armor, it can still be seen that it is an old handsome man in the wind of Yushu, this person is Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan.
Yin Zhishan asked loudly before the horse: "Xiao Junshou, what are you doing here with the officers and soldiers if you don't rest in the middle of the night?"
Xiao Cheng also bowed his hand to the horse, and said with a sneer: "Hou Ye, forgive the official for leading troops to catch thieves here, and you can't get off the horse to salute Hou Ye! A group of big thieves came to the city tonight, plundering the people everywhere, and even my son Xiao Jintao was also kidnapped by them, this official is the parent official of Songshan, how can he sit idly by? Therefore, he took people to the streets to suppress bandits, it stands to reason that there is a curfew in the city at this time, how can Hou Ye violate the ban and take people to the streets?"
Yin Zhishan laughed and said: "Lord County Guard, since you, as a county official, have come out to suppress bandits, and this Marquis has received the emperor's favor, how can you sit idly by and ignore the troubles of the Songshan bandits? Besides, Lord County Shou said that even your son was captured by thieves, so presumably the strength of Lord County Shou is not enough to take down the thieves, then Ben Hou has the responsibility to come out and help! I just don't know what the origin of this thief is?"
Xiao Cheng's face turned red, and he pointed at Zhao Tieyi with a horsewhip and said: "This surnamed Zhao is a famous Jiangyang thief, who does everything to rob homes and houses, and he happened to be surrounded by us tonight, brothers, since this surnamed Zhao refuses to be captured, release arrows to me!"
Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan's face changed, he drew his sword in his hand, and shouted, "Slow down! How can a thief just rely on a sentence from the county guard? Isn't it true that our Great Shang Kingdom does not have a royal law? If he violates the royal law, he will be punished by his own royal law, and if the lord does not even rise to the court, he will shoot these people in the street, how can he serve the public? Isn't it the same as enforcing the law and breaking the law?"
Xiao Cheng said loudly: "Hou Ye, these thieves resist arrest, and they even threaten the lives of the lower officials' sons, and the lower officials really have no choice! Killing the thieves and eliminating the thieves and protecting the territory and the people is the duty of the lower officials, although the Hou Ye is high, he should not interfere in local affairs at will! Please forgive the lower officials for being rude!" Xiao Cheng turned around and ordered: "Captain Gao, you take someone to escort Hou Ye back to the house!"
The captain surnamed Gao stepped forward, bowed his hand and said: "Master Hou, please forgive me for being in armor and not being able to salute, Lord Hou cannot interfere in local affairs at will, and I am ordered by Lord Shou to escort Lord Hou back to the house, Master Hou, please!"
Wuquan Marquis Yin Zhishan was furious, pointed the sword in his hand at Xiao Cheng, and said loudly: "This is the Yongquan Sword given to me by the first emperor, and I ordered this marquis to supervise local affairs, so this marquis has the right to behead illegal officials below the third rank!" Xiao Cheng, are you ready to disobey the will of the first emperor?"
Xiao Cheng gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Master Hou, are you threatening the lower officials? Since the Hou Ye said this, then the lower officials have no choice but to take it down with the Hou Ye! Brothers, if anyone disobeys the order of the official tonight, no matter how high the official position is or how high the title, they will all be killed!"
Yin Zhishan's eyes were about to split, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he rushed towards Xiao Cheng, picked up the Yongquan sword in his hand, and scolded in his mouth: "You traitor who rebels against the imperial court, how dare you insult Ben Hou like this! Ben Hou is going to behead you tonight!" Dozens of cavalry behind Yin Zhishan also followed, and they were about to kill Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng's lieutenant had already pulled out his waist knife in his hand and shouted: "Formation! Block them for me!" The foot soldiers who had already prepared on the ground quickly formed a formation of steps, mixing shields and spears, blocking the way of Yin Zhishan and his cavalry. Yin Zhishan saw that he couldn't rush over, and scolded: "Xiao Cheng is a thief, rebelling against the court is a big crime to destroy the nine clans, do you also want to follow this thief to rebel?"
Seeing this, Xiao Cheng shouted: "Tonight, the beheading will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and those who can take down Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan will be rewarded with a hundred gold! If it is an ordinary soldier, it will be promoted to a captain immediately, and if it is a captain, the officer will be promoted to two levels! This official personally recommended it to the envoy Niu Jingluo!"
After so many years in the military, he is just a captain from the sixth grade, and if he can catch Wu Quanhou, he will immediately become a captain from the fifth grade! Besides, he has already taken refuge in Lord Xiao Junshou and Niu, and sooner or later he will raise a big event, so don't you just take this person surnamed Yin to sacrifice the flag today? Thinking of this, the high school lieutenant shouted, "Brothers, get out of the way, I'll take down this surnamed Yin!"
The soldiers immediately divided the formation into two, and the high lieutenant shouted, rode forward, raised his saber, and roared straight to Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan. Yin Zhishan is also a person who practices martial arts, although he doesn't fight with people very much, but the martial arts realm is not low, seeing that the captain rushed up without knowing whether he was alive or dead, he was also furious, raised his sword to greet him, and the two of them moved their hands on the open space vacated by the soldiers on the street.
Xiao Cheng hurriedly turned around and ordered the other captains to continue to increase their troops and surround Wu Quanhou's men and horses, and they must be captured or beheaded tonight, and they must not be allowed to escape from the city. Tonight, Xiao Cheng, the guard of Songshan County, wants to raise things in advance, and after killing these people, he will quickly notify the Yamen of the envoy of Jingluo, at that time, the wood has already been completed, and I am afraid that Lord Niu will also do something at the same time.
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