Ma Ke was imprisoned in the dungeon of Chieftain Chen’s house.
He knew Chen Shiwen. He had fought with the chieftain heir when he was a child, and he knew that Chen Shiwen had no dungeon.
Besides, whose dungeon has an unpleasant pickle smell everywhere?
This is a vegetable cellar. Because Liu Shizi needed a dungeon, Chen Shiwen, who was busy building a warehouse, spared a vegetable cellar overnight to use it as Ma Ke's new home.
Regarding the assassination of Liu Chengzong, Ma Ke was quite decisive at first. He had no selfish agenda. He just didn’t want to live anymore. He happened to have a grudge against you. Let’s be reincarnated as your companion. I won’t be lonely on the road to hell.
But now he is very doubtful about life.
There was a small window in this cellar, and the sun could be seen for half an hour every afternoon. Marco squatted against the damp earth wall, and through the light coming in through the small window, he stretched out his hand to crush a dog running around in the mud.
The little bug.
He didn't know why he wanted to go home, nor why he wanted to assassinate Liu Chengzong.
I guess it was to fill his stomach. He had done it once in Yulin while masked. It wasn’t that difficult. It was easy to fill his stomach.
It is said that the assassination of Liu Chengzong was to avenge General Li. He saw Li Bei. Li Bei was indeed alive and quite comfortable alive.
The general ate with Liu Chengzong's father every day. There was a special cook. Mr. Liu's meal was one meat, one vegetarian and a bowl of soup for each meal, while Li Bei's meal was two meat, two vegetarian and one bowl of soup.
I heard that the level of education in General Li's social circle has improved, and there are no military people who come and go with him every day, either Liu Juren or Yang Jinshi.
Not only did I not suffer, I also gained twenty pounds, my face was full of flesh, and I looked much kinder.
So Ma Ke was thinking about what drove him to travel two thousand miles from northern Shaanxi to Xining, sleeping in the open, and plunge into the vegetable cellar of Chieftain Chen’s family?
Regarding the consequences of assassinating Liu Chengzong, Ma Ke estimated that he would not be very good, but seeing that General Li was well treated in the Lion Camp, he should not sit back and watch him be killed.
He estimated that he would not be able to escape the death penalty.
Bang bang bang!
Before Marco could figure out the problem, someone knocked on the window of the vegetable cellar above the ground.
Ma Ke understood that when the time came, the soldiers guarding him would deliver two meals every day, one was porridge and a bowl of water, and the other was fried horse offal and highland barley steamed buns.
It is said that Liu Chengzong's Lion Army did not understand the prices of goods in the Hehuang Valley and worked hard to bring hundreds of thousands of dans of grain. These grains can be sold at a high price of 5 taels or even 7 taels of silver per shi east of Liupan Mountain. p>
But when I arrived in Lanzhou and Xining, I discovered that the prices of various grains, highland barley and wheat noodles here fluctuated between eight yuan per stone and one or two yuan per stone.
I made great efforts but lost a lot of money.
In order to recover the losses, Liu Shizi took out some of the grain and bartered with Li Tusi, who monopolized the Xining grain market, using white rice and flour, which was difficult to buy locally, in exchange for more highland barley noodles and beans.
But this kind of transaction is better than nothing. No matter how you look at it, it is better to bring two million silver here to save trouble.
The money they all brought was only a hundred or ten cartloads, and they brought a lot of grain. Thousands of carts had to be set up at stations to transport them back and forth.
No matter how you look at it, it's a shame, but it actually makes Marco feel relieved about his stupidity.
In this confused age.
Liu Shizi and his 20,000 people were so frightened that they didn't even think of bringing over grain in exchange for money. He himself was also frightened by hunger, so it's not surprising that he came up with some stupid ideas.
Thinking about this, Ma Ke reached out and touched the wooden plate, and heard someone reminding him: "Slow down, there are a lot of things today."
Ma Ke was thinking that he should eat the fried horse offal again.
He even wondered if Liu Chengzong had someone specially make this dish for him. To put it simply, he smoked the mess in the horse's belly, saved it, chopped it, chopped it, and stir-fried it. The cooking techniques and seasonings were very lacking.
.
It can be regarded as something to maintain survival, far from the level where you can consider the taste.
Then he brought out a bowl of soup, which seemed to be horse meat soup, with chopped green onions floating on it, and the aroma was fragrant. He also took out three oil spins filled with donkey meat, and the man above said: "There are more, take more." p>
He also brought up a pot of highland barley wine. It seemed that the lion soldier above was getting tired of him holding it, so he said "take it" and threw down a red apple.
Ma Ke put away the various delicacies that he had not eaten for a long time, and then he smelled them one by one. He squatted against the wall and took a bite of the apple first. His mouth, which lacked the sense of taste, was extremely satisfied. He casually asked upwards: "Brother.
, what good things are you doing today?"
The person above said: "Good thing? You can say so, I will be able to return to the team after today."
Marco is also very optimistic: "Is there going to be a substitution? Congratulations to my brother."
"No one is coming."
The person above was silent for a while and said: "When your time comes, someone will come and take you away in the afternoon. It's not a bad thing if you can die in your hometown."
Marco was stunned for a moment before he thought about what the cellar guard said.
He sat blankly for a long time. To be honest, after meeting Li Bei, he never thought that he would be killed.
Li Bei was treated so well in the Lion Camp, why would Liu Chengzong kill him?
Thinking of this, he suddenly jumped up and asked outside the window: "No, won't General Li save me?"
"Oh, your General Li is just a guest. It's just that the commander-in-chief's father treats him affectionately. He hasn't spoken to the commander-in-chief for so long. We all listen to the commander-in-chief. He can't save you."
Ma Ke's body slowly collapsed against the wall, the apple slipped from his hand, and the donkey meat soup with donkey meat and oily flowers was no longer fragrant.
The cellar guard still said: "Hey, it's been a while now, what are you still afraid of? Don't you know the consequences of doing this? In our case, you are the assassination commander. If I can make the decision, I will kill you."
Tie them to a pillar and use twenty cannons to blast you in turn. If they don’t scare you to death, they will blast you to death.”
"As far as the imperial court is concerned, you are trying to assassinate a third-rank official. Not to mention that Li Bei is not a general. Even if he is still a general, he can't protect you."
Marco was so angry that he picked up the apple and threw it against the opposite wall.
Co-author Li Bei's high salary is an illusion, so he won't be finished?
He thought to himself, why the hell did you give me the apple? You should just throw a lot of trouble at me and not make me feel better, just go to death.
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This makes me feel comfortable and enjoy the beauty of the world. When it's over, they want to drag me out and kill me. Isn't this torture?
Even if he didn't want to live, he couldn't just die.
Regardless of whether he starved to death before becoming a thief or whether Li Bei was actually dead and successfully assassinated Liu Chengzong, he was considered a loyal and courageous person.
But it’s so frustrating to die like this.
It's strange to say that a man like him who has been on the battlefield many times can still stride forward with his head high and his chest high, even if he is given a spear and sent outside to fight with ten captives.
But in this dirty vegetable cellar, when he learned that his death was approaching, he felt a little cold and sweat continued on his forehead.
Marco wiped his face.
He stood up and looked at the upper window and thought for a long time, until he thought that the donkey meat soup was getting cold, and then he said: "Brother, do me a favor and send a message to Marshal Liu. I used to be the commander-in-chief of the army and I know how to lead troops.
I surrender."
The person above said: "Oh, forget it. You think you are alone and want to drag me along? You assassinated the commander and wanted me to intercede for you. In the afternoon, the commander killed both of us." p>
The cellar keeper consoled him: "Okay, calm down. Life is like this, short and hurried. Eat well. Eat well before you hit the road."
Calm your mind!
Marco squatted on the ground and said calmly: "Brother has been sending me meals for several days. What is your name?"
"Wu Panlong, a native of Zhenyuan."
"Wu Panlong, I remember it, just listen." Marco's voice was muffled in the cellar: "If you don't send me a message, I will come back to you in the first seven days!"
Wu Panlong gave himself a slap in the face, why did he sign up with a dead guy?
But after all, he had studied and became a thief. He was not afraid of hooligans at all. After a brief surprise, he laughed out loud: "I think you have forgotten where Xining is. There are monks all over the mountains and plains. Wait until the commander kills you."
, I will find a monk to liberate you in a while! You still want to come back, but you are so stupid!"
Marco was so angry that his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do. He had no defense at all against this magical attack from the underworld.
I can only take a sip of oil and a sip of cold soup in the cellar, swallow it and then take a sip of wine to relieve the resentment in my heart.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the footsteps of Wu Panlong walking away from above: "Commander!"
Liu Chengzong is here.
Only two days after he announced that he wanted to kill Ma Ke, his father brought Li Bei to plead with him, and he followed the trend and became the Qian Commander-in-Chief Instructor of the Chinese Military Camp.
So he came over to let Ma Ke go, and took a walk with Hong Qi to show off Hong Qi's new vest.
When Hongqi first arrived at Beichuan River, he plunged into the river and his mane lost color again.
Liu Shizi suddenly felt that he had to dye his hair every few months. This behavior was a bit childish and not in line with the status of a commander in charge of strategizing.
So I planned to make a vest for Hongqi.
Anyway, winter is coming soon, so putting the red wig directly on the vest will not only reward those who bravely resisted the enemy in battle, but also save the time and effort of dyeing hair.
Kill two birds with one stone, once and for all.
To be honest, Hongqi's performance in fighting Ma Ke was really impressive. He had seen war horses trample the enemy's formation with their hooves kicking forward and back to attack the enemy, but this was the first time he saw a war horse stretch its mouth to bite someone else's shield.
Hongqi is quite capable, but this habit is not good. If it dares to bite the shield this time, it may dare to bite the knife next time.
There are ready-made vests in the army. The northwest frontier army's war horses have developed from semi-armored to unarmored. They emphasize maneuverability and the lighter the better, so there has never been any decent armored vest.
However, Cao Wenzhao gave him more than 500 collars, and Liu Shizi kept them all without distributing them, intending to keep them as rewards for the officers who had made meritorious services.
This time he was making a vest for Hongqi, and he chose a set of armor-piercing suits with small armor pieces. However, the fabric of the vest was torn, so Liu Chengzong asked the workers to replace the cotton vest with a new set of fabric.
Good sewing.
As a reward for Hongqi, this vest looks very noble.
Long red tassels hang down from the back of the pure iron-colored horse's face. The armor pieces from the neck down are arranged in alternating light and dark patterns, one row on the outside and one row on the inside. The middle part is made of the finest fabric in Liu Shishi's hands. Material for third-grade official robes and regular uniforms with crimson auspicious clouds and dark patterns.
The armor plates on the chests of the war horses are all hidden inside, and the third-grade military attache Tiger Buzi is visible on the outside.
He wants to use this vest to tell everyone that even if they enter Qinghai, they are still not the Ming Dynasty.
Walking to the vegetable cellar, Liu Chengzong asked Wu Panlong: "Ma Ke is still in there. When I entered the yard, I heard you shouting "Tou Qi". What's wrong?"
He remembered Wu Panlong, a boy from Zhenyuan County, and the first person to join him in Zhenyuan County. He had served as his pseudo-county magistrate in Zhenyuan County before, and he had done a pretty good job.
He has good equestrian skills and some martial arts skills in riding and archery. He never held any actual position while traveling west with the brigade. He worked as a staff member with Yang Dingrui for a while.
This is a man who can display his talents in a county, but Liu Shishi believes that the military aspect needs to be strengthened. In the future, he can be a person who can manage the people and the army.
After Wu Panlong saluted, he said: "Commander, this Ma Ke just said that he used to be the commander-in-chief of the army and could lead troops. He wanted to surrender. He asked me to report to him. I won't report to him. He said that he would come back for the first seven days.
Me."
"Ha!"
Liu Chengzong stood by the window of the vegetable cellar and said: "You go into battle to kill people, do you still believe that Tou Qi will come back?"
Ma Ke thought to himself that if he believed it, he would still have something to think about. If he didn’t believe it, he would have nothing if he died!
But how could he dare to quarrel with Liu Shizi at this moment? He quickly seized the opportunity and said: "Liu Shuai, I did something stupid and I figured it out in prison. Don't kill me here. Spare my life and I'll kill you."
Enemy!"
"What you said is like Lu Bu, he thinks I am Cao Cao." Liu Chengzong smiled at Wu Panlong, and then asked into the cellar: "You want to understand, don't kill me?"
"I assassinated the commander-in-chief to avenge General Li. I don't know that the commander-in-chief was kind and generous. General Li is not dead and is still living well. Why should I assassinate the commander-in-chief?"
Ha!
Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "Why did you go there earlier? You should have surrendered directly when you lost the battle. I heard that when you went back to the court, you were dismissed from your post. You suffered a lot as a soldier, and you ran back to your hometown... Come out.
."
"Let him out."
"Let, let him out?"
Wu Panlong was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly responded and opened the cell door for Ma Ke.
Marco squinted his eyes and raised his hands to cover his face. When he came out of the prison that never saw the light of day, it was difficult for his eyes to see for a while. When he came out, he prostrated and said: "Marco thanks the commander for showing mercy. I will fight to the death to repay him."
The commander-in-chief’s grace for not killing!”
"Don't be so polite. It's me who deserves to be thanked for not killing you. If you assassinate me, I can still live." Liu Chengzong chuckled at Ma Ke and said, "Get up. If you want to thank, just thank General Li. He persuaded me to do a lot for you.
Please forgive me, and now he has accepted my official position and serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army."
Ma Ke thanked him again after hearing this. As soon as he stood up, he saw Hong Qi wearing a third-grade military attache's vest, and almost his eyes popped out.
But perhaps because he had been a thief, he quickly reacted, regained his composure, and asked: "Where does the commander-in-chief intend to let the humble position go?"
"Where are you going? You didn't kill me, but you still want to get a position as a general like me?"
Liu Chengzong shook his head and said: "I won't kill you because I beg for mercy, but you also said that you will fight to the death for me from now on, so you are a soldier now."
"But as long as you don't have second thoughts in the future, I can guarantee that the assassination of me will be exposed. From now on, everyone will be treated equally. Those who have made mistakes will be punished, and those who have merit will be rewarded."
Liu Chengzong saw that Ma Ke was hesitant to speak, frowned and asked: "What's your problem?"
"Commander, soldiers..."
Marco took a deep breath and asked what he wanted to ask most: "Can the soldiers have enough to eat?"
After saying that, he quickly shook his head: "I don't want an official position. The commander-in-chief asked me to be a small captain. As long as I can have enough to eat, I am afraid of hunger in Yulin."
"If because of this, you don't need to be a captain, just become a soldier."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he raised his chin proudly and said: "I am not the emperor who sends hungry soldiers. With me, everyone can have enough to eat."