In mid-April, there was a steady spring rain in Bianliang City.
The refugees all sought shelter from the rain; and in order to satisfy the claims of the Red Husbands, Kaifeng Prefecture (Gyeonggi Province) set up a gold search bureau, set up checkpoints at various transportation points in the city to check passers-by, and confiscated gold and silver, leaving the sparse
The streets are even more deserted.
The seemingly deserted Bianliang City, under the continuous spring rain, gives people an absurd sense of tranquility and tranquility after washing.
Qingye Lane at the north end of Yushou Bridge is very short, less than 200 steps deep.
Except for the Wang family's mansion at the innermost side of the lane, most of the houses on both sides are ordinary homes. There are no tall walls or deep courtyards. Most of the houses are built right next to the lane. Rain drips from the eaves and falls on the green.
On the stone slab.
A few eaves protruding into the alley on both sides have become many corners in the city that can provide shelter for hungry people. Under the eaves of almost every house, there are dozens of hungry people with sallow faces and thin faces, staring at the haze with numb and empty eyes.
of the sky.
Logically speaking, the vegetation in the city has already sprouted new leaves by this time, but the elm and jujube trees in the alley are not sprouting new leaves at this time. Even the bark of the trees has been peeled off, revealing the green and yellow tree trunks.
Qingye Lane is close to the Yushou Bridge. The Gold Search Bureau has set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the alley. A dozen soldiers belonging to the Military and Horse Supervision Department of Kaifeng Prefecture are sitting in a hay shed at the entrance of the alley to stare at the people coming from the Yushou Bridge.
Avenue.
A group of seven people wearing black raincoats walked hurriedly from the other end of Yushou Bridge, their faces covered by bamboo hats, but these seven people were all tall and strong, walking in the rain, holding sabers wrapped in linen in their hands.
, he didn’t want to show off his sharpness, but on the empty bridge, the leader’s head-high posture as he looked around was indescribably sharp.
Seeing that these people were carrying baggage with them, the eyes of the leading yamen officer who took shelter from the rain under the hut at the checkpoint were bright. He didn't care about these people's extraordinary popularity and carried knives with them. He didn't look like someone to be trifled with.
However, in order to raise gold and silver, the Holy Emperor decreed that all the princes and ministers in Bianliang City must hand over a certain amount of gold and silver within a limited time. Those who cheated and did not want to hand over the gold and silver were dragged to the Chongwen Hall and beaten with sticks.
I don’t know how many ministers have been injured these days.
They set up a card here. In addition to having the right to interrogate passers-by of all kinds, princes and ministers are not exempt. If necessary, or if someone reports, they have the right to break into any house and search it at will, regardless of officials or civilians.
With such authority, who dares to bully others in front of them?
"Stop," he said, seeing a group of seven people walking straight towards Qingye Lane, and a dozen soldiers walking loosely into the rain and blocking the way, "take out your identity cards, where are you going, and what's in your baggage?"
Open it!"
"We from the Xuanwu Army have been ordered to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Qingye Lane for a business trip. Please bear with me, brothers." The middle-aged man on the left showed his cast iron waistband.
"Don't get too close! The Holy One has decreed that anyone who passes by here will be subject to interrogation. Even if Wang Xiangda passes by here, there will be no exception..." The leader of the Yamen is also a strong man, holding the knife on his waist with his hand, and he is arrogant.
shouted.
"Fuck you!" The young man in charge flexed his back slightly and suddenly stretched it out and shook several times. He heard the bones in his body creaking slightly at this moment. His right foot quickly bent and kicked out, like a heavy hammer hitting it hard.
Yamen's chest.
The young man at the head had hatred in his heart, and he didn't stop at all when he poked his leg.
Although the yamen servant was also a martial arts practitioner, and he found a piece of armor to wear in a show of force, but before he could react, Peiran Moyu's huge force had already rushed towards his chest, and he heard a "click" in his chest.
"There was a sound, and it was unclear how the sternum was broken, and the whole person was involuntarily flew out.
Dozens of soldiers in the army watched as the leading officer was kicked four feet away and hit a wall before falling into the puddle of water. They were shocked and did not know how terrifying the young man's kick was.
, I just saw the yamen servant twitching and struggling in the water. He couldn't get up for a while, and he didn't know if he was dead.
The young man drew his sword, stared at the other soldiers like a tiger's eyes, and cursed:
"Grandpas are guarding the west wall of the city. The swords of the soldiers can't even make grandpa frown. What the hell are you doing? You are huddled in the city and pretend to be uncles. How dare you make grandpa angry? When will Kaifeng Mansion take care of it?
It’s our Xuanwu Army’s fault, so get the fuck out of my way, grandpa, or else don’t blame grandpa for venting his anger on you!”
Except for the leading young man and another short boy, the other five people drew their knives.
Looking at the six people in this group, their eyes were piercing and fierce, and the blades were glowing coldly in the rain. How could dozens of soldiers dare to step forward to intercept them?
These soldiers hurriedly dispersed, watching eagerly as a group of six people walked towards Qingye Alley. After a while, someone went to help the government servant who fell into the water, but saw that his body was limp and injured.
Jin, stretched out his hand to touch his nostrils, and there was no hot air coming out.
These days were not peaceful. Wang Kong would climb up the ladder from time to time to take a look at what was going on outside the yard, and happened to catch this scene.
Wang Kong walked down the ladder, quickly asked someone to open the door of the house, welcomed Xu Huai and the others in, and shouted with joy and resentment:
"How did you get to Bianliang? Now the city is full of government officers who set up cards and search for gold and silver. Everyone is not surprised. Now you have kicked someone to death in the street. The Kaifeng Mansion will not let it go. It's another crime.
It’s troublesome!”
"What can happen to Kaifeng Mansion? They dare to go to Xuanwu Army to search for the murderer at this time?" Xu Huaihun said nonchalantly, "These grandsons don't know how to kill the captives, but they work very hard to search for gold and silver for the captives in the city. I
I won’t be able to vent the anger in my chest until I kick one or two people to death!”
"well!"
Wang Kong still felt that Xu Huai was too wanton and too angry, and wanted to argue with him, but thinking of the many things that had happened these days, he felt really panicked in his chest. He sighed and followed Xu Huai.
Xu Wuqi, Yan Xiaoyi, Zhu Chengjun, Zhou Jing, Niu Er and others raised their hands to say hello.
Seeing that the short young man behind Xu Huai looked familiar, Wang Kong couldn't remember who it was for a moment. His heart felt strangely tight, and the next moment he suddenly shouted:
"Miss Xuan, you were dressed like this, I almost didn't recognize you!"
"How is my grandfather doing now?" Wang Xuan asked anxiously.
Wang Xuan heard in Qingyi Lingzhai that the court was so groveling and begging for peace from the Red Husband. She was worried that her grandfather Wang Zhen, who had a strong temperament, could not bear this anger, so she wanted to return to Bianliang.
Xu Huai also considered that the Chihu people would withdraw this time and seize the three towns of Taiyuan, Dingzhou and Xiongzhou first. The possibility of a major war on their way back to Bianliang was unlikely. Furthermore, he wanted to persuade Wang Zhen to
It might be easier to talk about some things if Wang Xuan was with him, so he brought Wang Xuan back to Bianliang City.
Although Bianliang City is now under strict defense and control in addition to the prisoner soldiers blocking the perimeter, Xu Huai and the others found Liu Yan directly and it was still convenient to enter the city from the defense area Liu Yan was responsible for.
Xu Huai and the others entered the city early in the morning and met up with a stronghold run by Zhou Jing in the city. They learned from Zhou Jing that Wang Zhen had been ordered by Emperor Tianxuan to seize the four walls (Gyeonggi) because he opposed humble begging for peace and sent troops to attack the enemy without permission.
) are all defense envoys and participate in political affairs and other duties.
However, Emperor Tianxuan was worried about angering the soldiers and people of Bianliang, so he did not dare to punish Wang Chen. He also gave Wang Chen a job of promoting Chongshengguan, which was a high position but had no authority.
Wang Zhen himself did not need to be deposed. After Chen Yuan's troops went out to attack the enemy and were annihilated, he became ill after seeing that he could no longer turn the tide.
Xu Huai didn't even bother to take a breath, so he hurried to Qingye Lane with Zhou Jing and others to visit Wang Zhen.
Hearing Wang Xuan ask about Wang Zhen's body, Wang Kong sighed and didn't know what to say. He just said: "Miss Xuan will know after you go in and see your husband!"
Most of the guards in the Wang family's mansion were the same as Wang Kong. The Jianrui recruited in Lanzhou all recognized Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, Yan Xiaoyi and others. When they saw Wang Kong leading Xu Huai through the house to transfer the property, they all felt anxious.
Say hello with surprise and joy.
When they reached the inner courtyard, Wang Kong thought of something and asked Xu Huai: "When you come here, have you notified Mr. Zhu Hang? Do you want to send someone to tell him?"
"Zhu Zhi is also coming back to Bianliang with us this time. He has already gone to Zangjin Bridge to meet Mr. Zhu Hang." Xu Huai said.
"Xu Huai!" Lu Xiong walked quickly from the side courtyard with a bowl of soup in his hand. When he saw Xu Huai's face clearly, he shouted happily, "Someone just came to say that you came to Bianliang. I thought that
The boy is talking nonsense!"
"Xu Huai? Is Xu Huai coming to Bianliang? Help me up quickly!" Wang Zhen's extremely weak cry came from the side room.
Xu Huai, Wang Xuan hurriedly walked into the room with Wang Kong and Lu Xiong. They saw Wang Zhen, whose life was almost squeezed out and his body was reduced to a handful of withered bones. At this time, he was struggling tremblingly to get out of the hospital bed.
He got up and stepped forward to salute with tears in his eyes: "Xu Huai has met Wang Xianggong!"
"Help me up. I'm not too tired to sit up." Wang Xun lost his temper and said to Wang Fan, struggling to sit up from the hospital bed...
