Section 523 Listen to singing and dancing at night
Inside the house, two big men with their backs and bears sat on a stool with their legs open, both dressed in coarse cloth clothes, one with a scarred face and the other with a bald head.
In front of them were a family of five tied upside down on the beams of the house, including an old couple, two young sons, and the eldest son's young daughter-in-law, who looked quite beautiful.
All five of them were stuffed with rags and towels, crying for help.
These two big men were both soldiers under the command of Shang Rang, the leader of the rebel army, and they were ordered to come to the vicinity of Chang'an City to investigate the reality of defense. When the two arrived at the city wall, it was getting late, and the city gate was closed, so they thought about finding a farmhouse to spend the night.
The peasant saw that the two of them looked vicious, and did not dare to refuse, so they put them in the house. After the two entered the house, they were not polite, and they occupied the master bedroom by themselves, and went to bed to sleep.
The two of them lay on the bed and began to discuss the matter of spying after entering the city tomorrow, but they heard a noise outside the door, so they became vigilant, quietly walked to the door, and opened the door suddenly, and the old peasant woman accidentally fell into the house through the door.
The two immediately captured the old woman, and tied up the other four members of the family, and began to torture them fiercely, only to know that it was the peasant family who felt that the two were not good, so they asked the old woman to come forward and eavesdrop, and if they heard something wrong, they planned to go to the official.
The two of them were immediately furious, where would they spare them again, and then they had murderous intentions.
The scar-faced man's face was tense, and he looked quite majestic, "Wait a minute, this old lady belongs to you, and the young daughter-in-law belongs to me." ”
The bald man was anxious when he heard this, "Big brother, you can't do this, this old man's face is full of folds, and I really can't do it." “
Scarface's face turned pale, and he spat violently on the ground, "You know a fart, the old one is knowledgeable, the more you play, the more fun it gets, she will pout her ass as much as you ask her to pout!"
The bald man was not convinced, and gave him a blank look, "Either the old one belongs to you, and the young one belongs to me." ”
"Damn, you're going to play tricks, do you do it or not!?" Scarface slammed up from his stool, obviously on fire.
The bald head bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard, and when he saw this situation, his arrogance suddenly disappeared by three points, "Big brother, don't be angry, I will listen to you." ”
He looked at the old woman hanging upside down, looked up and down carefully, and sighed, "Although this girl is older, but in the end, Lao Tzu has been holding back for more than half a month, and it is time to put out the fire." ”
He licked his lips, a wave of enthusiasm surged into his throat, he looked impatient, and said to the scarface: "Big brother, either let's kill these men first, and then we can do things!"
"Hmm!" Scarface replied coldly, obviously still angry, "the big bed belongs to me, you go somewhere else." ”
The bald man didn't dare to say anything more, and the two of them pulled out their waist knives together, and each aimed at a man's head, ready to slash down.
Bang!
At this moment, the door of the house suddenly opened, and a gust of wind swept in from the outside, and the two of them were quite heavy, but they were almost unstable on their feet.
"Who is it!?" Scarface was wary, stopped the knife in his hand, held on to the stool beside him, and turned his face to look out the door.
The bald man knew something was wrong, and hurriedly moved his body, and before he knew it, he had already hidden behind Scarface.
Liu's burly figure appeared at the door, and the moonlight fell on his shoulders, like a clear spring flowing along the mountain.
"Are all of Huang Chao's men like you?" he asked the two coldly.
Scarface aimed the tip of the knife at him, and said angrily: "You don't care who Lao Tzu is, there is a kind of reporting for his name!"
The bald man stood aside to help, "That is, our well water does not interfere with the river water, and you don't care about our affairs." If you want to find a girl, there are many in this village, so it's better to change households!"
Liu Yu sighed deeply, "It seems to be incorrigible!"
His figure flickered, his hands out, and he pounced on them like a big eagle. How could the two of them admit defeat easily, and hurriedly raised their knives to cut.
Before the blades of the two fell, Liu Yu had already grabbed their necks with both hands. He lifted the two of them from the ground, let their feet off the ground, and struggled, "Tell me, the Huangchao army is still a few days away from Chang'an, who is the leading general?"
"A good man spares his life!" the bald man took the lead in giving in, "I said, all of them said that the army of the Yellow King is now stationed in Jinzhou, two hundred miles away, and General Shang Rang is our leader!"
"Oh!" Liu Yu responded, he speculated that the Huangchao army chose to stay in Jinzhou because there was not enough food and grass, so they did not dare to rashly lead the army to attack, and asked: "How about that Shang Rang to lead the troops to fight?"
As soon as Scarface heard that there was a joke, he immediately threatened violently: "Although our General Shang is a weak scholar, he is extremely powerful in leading troops to fight, and he has always been invincible. If you don't want to mess with him, then let us go!"
"What's the matter with a strong war, it's also a sin to not be strict in governing the army!" Liu Yu frowned slightly, his hands tightened slightly, and the two big men felt breathless.
Scarface kicked his legs hard in the air, his eyes wide with rage, "Let go of me!"
The bald man's face turned pale, and he almost fainted, "Okay...... Han, Rao ...... Destiny ......"
Seeing this, Liu Yu loosened his hand that grabbed the bald head slightly, "Tell me, what did Shang Rangdu send you two to inquire about?"
In order to survive, the bald man hurriedly replied: "Qi Qi Hao, General Shang sent a total of eighty people divided into forty teams to investigate around this Chang'an City. He told us that in addition to paying attention to the deployment of troops on the city walls and the major military camps in the city, we should also 'listen to singing and dancing at night and watch the market by day,' and write down all this information and send it back to him. ”
"Listen to singing and dancing at night, and watch the market during the day. Liu Yu groaned slightly, "He is really a general!"
The so-called singing and dancing at night can show the elegance and demeanor of the people of a city, and judge the will and determination of the noble ministers in the city. The daytime market can be used to infer the abundance of the products here.
If the will is firm, the city will be difficult to break, and if the products are abundant, it will hold on for a long time. Understanding both of these things is important for the besieging army.
His hands strained slightly, and the sound of bones shattering came from the throats of the two big men. The two struggled and kicked their legs a few times, after which they stopped moving. As soon as he let go of his hands, the two of them fell to the ground, and there was no more sound.
The five members of the peasant family who were hanging upside down on the beams of the house saw this situation in their eyes, and their faces turned pale with shock.
Seeing this, Liu Yu smiled slightly, "Don't be afraid, I won't harm you." ”
With a flick of his right palm, the five ropes broke one after another under the urging of his true qi. The five of them hurriedly got up from the ground, picked out the rags in their mouths, and knelt on the ground to thank them.
He hurriedly helped the five people up, and he expected that after what happened just now, the family was uneasy, and even if he stayed here, it would be difficult for him to rest well.
He then instructed the five men to dispose of the bodies of the two big men, then turned around and walked out of the house, ready to ride along the dirt road in the village, and then find another family to spend the night.
As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw a white-clothed scholar riding a donkey under the moonlight, holding a horizontal flute, looking at him with a smile not far away.
"The hero can punish the evil and do the right thing for the sky, I really admire it!"
Liu Yu was stunned after hearing this, people on the rivers and lakes call people of his age usually "young heroes", and titles such as "great heroes" are exclusive to those senior masters with good prestige. The white-clothed scholar in front of him called himself a hero, which shows that this person does not understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, and is not a person in the martial arts.