Chapter 2: The Puffing Pole (Eight)

The official road was built in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Because it was disrepaired, it was bumpy, sometimes narrow and sometimes wide. However, the road protection trees planted on both sides of the road were not cared for in any time, but because no one cares about it, they grew quite thick, and each tree was next to each other, with a large number. Zhuang Ding and his family members dropped their weapons and hid among the big trees, which immediately caused great trouble to the cavalry who were pushing over the array. If they wanted to turn their mounts and kill them, they would bear the risk of being hit by a tree trunk or branch. If they were not squinting and galloping past, they would leave countless fish that were missing!

"Left Team Two Capital!" Chang Si hesitated while running, quickly pulled out a flag from his personal soldiers, raised it high, and swayed left and right.

The cavalry formation slowly split open, and the main formation continued to move forward. A small team split from a corner on the left turned from vertical to horizontal. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the formation changed and aimed at the rows of trees on the roadside.

"I am Ning Ziming, the general of the cavalry! I am ordered to catch a living here!" I really couldn't bear to have so many people killed at his feet. Ning Xiaofei poked his head out of the tree canopy and shouted at the elite cavalry who had just split from the main formation and were ready to rush to both sides of the trunk at any time.

His voice was a little hoarse, unable to suppress the roar of the horse's hooves. But Boss Liu and others immediately grabbed the life-saving straw: "The cavalry general Ning Ziming is here, and the cavalry general Ning Ziming is ordered to catch a living here! Help, Lord Ning help-!"

"Ning Ziming?" Hao Xiaogong, the cavalry who had just been ordered to separate from the military formation and cleared the remaining enemies on the roadside, was stunned for a moment, quickly raised the paint gun, and at the same time tried his best to slow down the horse speed.

"Sigh--!" The more than forty war horses following him slowed down at the same time, raised their front hooves high, and neighed loudly, like a group of tigers who could not eat enough to eat meat. The sunlight in midsummer fell from the gaps between the leaves, with colorful colors and murderous aura lingering.

Boss Liu and others could no longer stand steadily, and fell down in the direction of the horse's hooves, leaning against the sky. They all over their bodies, shaking like sieve chaff again.

"Ning Ziming, why are you here?" The cavalry general Hao Xiaogong was not in the mood to pay attention to the group of soldiers on the ground again. He raised his head and looked confused.

As the confidant of the governor Chang Si, he knew Ning Xiaofei's "true" identity and the relationship between this person and the Chang family. So he couldn't understand no matter what, how could his immediate boss be willing to put this priceless treasure in the center of a dangerous battlefield?

Not to mention Ning Xiaofei's ability, even if he can give a fatal blow to the enemy general at a critical moment, he will definitely burn his body afterwards. Even if Ning Xiaofei always hides in the dark and does not take action, there will be no eyebrow on the battlefield. If a wandering arrow shoots on him, it will also cost him his life!

Ning Xiaofei cannot die no matter what, at least he cannot die immediately. It is not only because the second lady of the Chang family still has feelings for him, but also because of the value he represents!

To deal with the court, a living Ning Xiaofei is far more threatening than the dead. Although the court and Ze Lu both recognize the news of the second prince's death on the surface and are tacitly aware of each other.

Of course, Hao Xiaogong believed that his immediate superior Chang Si had no intention of rebelling. But these days, the monarch and ministers had never talked about any kindness. Being afraid of both ends was the most secure way to get along with the court and the vassal state. Back then, this was the case between Liu Zhiyuan and the Later Jin court. Going forward, the same was true for Shi Jingtang and the Later Tang court.

"I was ordered to go out of the city to catch the living, and met these people unexpectedly! So I just lurked beside the enemy general!" In front of so many people, Ning Ziming certainly could not expose the internal conflicts of the Chang Si shogunate, saying that he ran out of the city to vent because he was ridiculed by Yang Guangyi and others. So before the other party had more suspicions, he gritted the bullet and spoke nonsense. "The golden armored and white robe under the tree, the nickname Liu Boss, is the general leader of Zhuangzigong in Lunan. He is surrounded by his confidants. You can tie these guys up and dedicate them to Chang Jiedu alive, which is definitely more useful than cutting their heads!"

"I wish to call it, I wish to call it, the young one knows the guilt. No matter what the adult asks, the young one is willing to call it!" As soon as he finished speaking, the unique duckling voice of Boss Liu immediately sounded under the tree. He cried and felt full of regret.

Chang Si did not originally order the generals under his command to kill all the opponents, and Hao Xiaogong himself was also proud. After hearing Ning Ziming's words, he made a little weighing, and then waved his hand behind him, "Yan Wu, Lin Xiu, take your brothers to tie the prisoners. After a while, they might be useful. Others will follow me to monitor immediately. If anyone dares to resist stubbornly, they will kill them!"

"I dare not, I dare not!" Boss Liu and others heard it, as if they were granted an amnesty. They took the initiative to put their hands behind their backs, waiting for the other party to capture them alive. They were afraid that their movements would be a little slow, which would make the killing stars in front of them impatient, and they rushed forward again.

Seeing that their attitude was so "compassive", Hao Xiaogong was unwilling to kill more people. He frowned and hung the paint gun on the Desheng hook, then raised his head to greet Ning Ziming, "Zi Ming is coming down to pay orders with me to Gong Chang, or are there any other tasks that need to be executed? I see that there are still a few unowned war horses over there. Should you let your brothers lead you one for you!"

"No need, no need, I'll hold it myself later!" Ning Ziming immediately blushed and waved his hand awkwardly. Then, he quickly slid down the tree trunk, and without waiting for his feet to land, he continued to remind: "There is also an old man sitting on a slider, surnamed Xu, who should be nearby. General Hao might as well send someone to search. This person had been a local official before and was one of the masterminds of everything today!"

"Thank you, Ziming, for your reminder!" Hao Xiaogong was immediately excited when he heard this. He immediately sent someone to search the big trees and grass pits on the roadside.

Sure enough, after a cluster of weeds more than 40 steps away from Liu and others, the brothers captured their prey as they wished. However, Xu Laosi was much more germinated than Liu. He was taken by the cavalry with paint guns to Hao Xiaogong's horse, and did not kneel down and beg for mercy. He just raised his old face covered with mud and said loudly: "I Xu Yanwu is a fellow villager of Feng Kedao, the prime minister of the two dynasties, and he has a close relationship with him. Before he retired in his early years, he had a few meetings with your General Chang in Bianliang. You should send someone to General Chang quickly, and I will naturally have something to say to him. Don't just humiliate me and cause disasters to General Chang for your General Chang!" (Note 1)

"Feng Kedao?" Ning Ziming was slightly stunned, and vaguely felt that the name was familiar. However, before he could find the fragments in his memory, Hao Xiaogong had already sneered loudly, "Who did I think it was because it was Feng Dao's old bastard. If he was the prime minister of the year, Hao might have respected him a little. He ate Zhuang Zong's salary, but lost his shoes to welcome Mingzong. He became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, but turned to worship under the Danyou of the Jin Dynasty. I was disgusted when I heard his name. As for causing disasters and causing trouble, I would humiliate you. Let's see who can do anything to me?!"

After saying that, he flew off his mount. He grabbed the horizontal knife and sheathed it as a whip. He beat Master Xu Si to the face and was beaten up. He beat Master Xu Si to bleeding his mouth and nose, and fell to the ground and rolled continuously, and kept muttering: "You, you humiliate your kindness. Can you judge things about scholars with ordinary eyes? Oh, don't slap the face, don't slap the face, I am a handsome man, extraordinary... Oh, I have never finished with you in my life!"
Chapter completed!