According to common sense, this is the biggest concession made by the old general. The one who beat him was Liu Hongji's subordinate, so the Mai Tiezhang would not make it too difficult for him. He would bring a scapegoat back to the camp for a formality, slap a few whips, and lock him up for three times.
In five days, the person will naturally be released. And Liu Hongji doesn't need to worry about a singer. Who would risk their future for such a despicable plaything?
The cavalry general Mai Jie was so angry that he gritted his teeth, secretly blaming his family leader for his tact. He found a scapegoat and easily let the mastermind off. Just when he was helpless, he didn't expect Liu Hongji to be ungrateful.
He saluted again on his back and replied sternly: "It was the old general's soldiers who broke into the officer's residence and harassed the women's family, so the two sides clashed. As for the singer the old general called, I don't know who she is, so I can't accept my order!"
"That's the girl named He!" A soldier with a bruised nose and face pointed bitterly at the gate of Qin Mansion. Downstairs, Miss He Ruo was holding a short blade and standing with her head held high next to her fiancé.
"My dear nephew, do you really want to embarrass me?" Mai Tiezhang was really angry and asked with a straight face. He had never been so polite to a young general, but he didn't expect that the other person wouldn't give him any treatment at all.
feelings.
"That's the wife of Qin Ziying, my subordinate who joined the army as a clerk. She's not a singer!" Liu Hongji looked into Mai Tiezhang's eyes and replied solemnly.
"Really?" Mai Tiezhang was doubtful. If the facts are as Liu Hongji said, today's conflict was indeed a big misunderstanding. Since the singer has become a good person, his subordinates should not harass others in their homes. Besides,
The other party's husband joined the army as a clerk, and although his position was lower, he was still a colleague in the army. If the word spread that he, a great general, was robbing the wife of an officer below him to accompany him for drinks, it would really damage his reputation.
"I've heard about Tang Gong's romantic affairs for a long time, but I didn't expect that even his subordinates would be so free and easy. With such fame and fame, they were willing to marry a prostitute. But I don't know which family's descendant he is, and he gave up his career for a prostitute?" Yu Wenshu thought for a moment.
Bearded, smiling and admiring.
A word to wake up the dreamer. Although the Sui Dynasty no longer valued family status as much as the previous dynasties, the nephews of good families did not dare to marry a prostitute. Moreover, this person had an official position, and it was possible to raise a prostitute as an illegitimate wife.
, marrying a wife is simply a joke on one's own future. Thinking of this, Mai Tiezhang, who felt that he had been deceived, became furious, pointed his finger at Liu Hongji, and shouted: "You bastard, I have asked you again and again, but you have been perfunctory again and again.
Who is that*’s husband and has the guts to let him come out and let me see him!”
After saying that, his beard and hair were spread out, like a Yaksha in the temple, which made people shudder.
In an instant, countless pairs of eyes glanced at Qin Ziying and his wife. Miss He Ruo, who was holding a sharp knife, turned pale and her frail body shivered like a lotus in the wind. Although Qin Ziying was soft-tempered, he was also a man of spirit.
He gently patted his wife on the shoulder, turned around and walked out of the crowd.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Ziying walked up to Liu Hongji. He cupped his hands forward and said loudly: "Qin Ziying, who has served as the recorder of Huaiyuan Town in the Sui Dynasty and joined the army, paid homage to General Mai. I don't know what offended the humble couple and provoked the old general.
Come and humiliate each other?"
He was usually submissive, but now he was standing in front of the third-rank Zuowuwei General, but he didn't look weak at all. The Mai Tiezhang was a little uncomfortable due to his momentum, and he retracted his finger without realizing it, and asked angrily: "Is she really?"
your wife?"
"We have made a promise, and we can get married as soon as our parents reply to the letter!" Qin Ziying replied sternly. He knew that the other party could crush him into pieces as long as he raised his hand, but he didn't want to make any concessions.
"Are you a member of a good family?" Mai Tiezhang sneered and continued to ask. Today, I suffered a huge loss of face. First, I met a young man named Langtouqing who ignored the good steps and refused to step on them. He had to lie and deceive others so that he could not stop. Now.
Another poor man came out and said through gritted teeth that he wanted to marry *. He didn't believe these words were true. No matter from any angle, Qin Ziying's words seemed like the sophistry of the bastards in the food protection team.
"Being born in the Qin family of Longyou, I have been innocent for generations!" Qin Ziying replied calmly. Ever since he was planning to marry He Ruolan, countless well-wishers have made an issue of their identities. The Qin family of Longyou is also considered a local wealthy family.
If he marries a prostitute and returns home, the family will be humiliated. But he doesn't want to worry about that. The Qin family is the Qin family, and he is himself. The worst he can do is to be expelled from the family, and the two of them can start their own business and be happy and carefree.
When Mai Tiezhang was young, he was a gangster. What he hated the most was others showing off his innocent family background in front of him. What happened to his innocent family background? Who was born to be a robber? Looking at the poor boy in front of him, he couldn't help but feel angry.
, looking up to the sky and smiling.
"Ha-ha-ha, you have the guts, the Qin family in Longyou has the ability to marry their son a wife! Let's go, I, Lao Mai, admit defeat today!"
One sentence made all the food guards blush again. He Ruolan's background was true, but she was burdened by her family background. Mai Tiezhang and Yu Wenshu relied on their official power to humiliate people, knowing that the beauty was already a wife, but they spoke
A prostitute kept her mouth shut and was humiliated over and over again. Even though everyone was a fool, they still had a rustic nature. At that time, some people started scolding her.
"Grandma, isn't he just a robber? What's the big deal?"
"What's wrong with the singer? Some people don't even know who they were born to!"
"What kid is scolding, get out of here!" Mai Tiezhang suddenly turned around and roared loudly. Since he joined Yang Su, no one has dared to insult him like this. Being born in a green forest has been a pain in his life, so no matter what today,
He will also tear anyone who curses into pieces.
Seeing that the old general was about to charge into the crowd, Liu Hongji shook the reins and placed himself in front of Mai's iron staff. "Old General Mai, do you want to kill my soldiers in the street?"
"Get out of here, little bastard!" Mai Tiezhang raised his hand and whipped a riding crop, whipping it hard at the ungrateful guy in front of him.
I don’t know whether it was because he couldn’t dodge or he didn’t want to dodge, Liu Hongji was hit hard on the face by a whip with an iron wire. There was only a "snap" sound, and the helmet symbolizing his identity flew into the air, and a streak of
The blue-black whip marks extended from one ear to the chin, and blood trickled down from the wound.
Liu Hongji did not dodge, but stopped in front of Mai Tiezhang's horse and sneered loudly. He waved his hand and hit someone. The anger in Mai Tiezhang's heart also dissipated a little. He looked at Liu Hongji and asked coldly: "Little general, don't you?"
If you dare to stop me, is this how Tang Ping always teaches his subordinates?"
"I wonder if General Mai is speaking to the junior general as General Zuowuwei, or as an ordinary person to the juniors?" Liu Hongji was also angered by the whip and asked with a sneer.
More than two hundred food guards raised their weapons again. Everyone has had enough of today's insults. If the old guy named Mai dares to hit someone again, everyone will step forward to fight.
The five hundred soldiers also quickly formed a team. As long as they started fighting, it would be a fierce battle. Both sides were evenly matched, and whoever was not fully prepared would suffer.
Zuo Yiwei General Yu Wenshu, Tiger General Qian Shixiong, Ying Yang General Meng Jincha and others did not expect that the situation would suddenly change. They wanted to come forward to persuade, but did not know how to speak. But they watched both sides.
There was a fight, and the emperor found out that no one could escape the blame. Just when he was in a hurry, he heard the sound of horse hooves again, and a group of people ran over in disheveled clothes.
"General Mai, show mercy. General Mai, show mercy!" Tang Gong Li Yuan shouted while riding his horse. In a blink of an eye, he came to the front, rolled his saddle and dismounted, and jumped between Mai Tiezhang and Liu Hongji.
He was dressed in official uniform and sweating profusely. He was obviously in the middle of handling official business when he heard the news and rushed over. Standing between the two parties, he first bowed his hand and saluted the iron staff, and then shouted loudly at Liu Hongji: "Old man
The general is here, how can you, a junior, be so rude? Why don't you apologize to the seniors as soon as possible!"
"I don't dare, I have no virtue, I don't dare to be this person's senior! Mr. Tang led a good army, and defeated my Zuowuwei with three hundred to five hundred, and defeated my Zuo Wuwei. I admire you!" Before Liu Hongji could say anything, Mai Tie
Zang said solemnly.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll punish them severely when I get back!" Li Yuan swallowed his anger and apologized to Mai Tiezhang. He had just been discussing matters with several close aides in the government office when he suddenly heard that there was a conflict between the food guards and the government soldiers.
I thought it was an ordinary dispute, so I ignored it. Anyway, such disputes often happened, and every time, the food protection soldiers tolerated it. Unexpectedly, the situation got out of control in the blink of an eye, and the conflict turned into a large-scale gang fight.
.When he heard that Mai Tiezhang and others had been alerted, he mounted his horse and chased after them, but it was already too late.
"No need, your subordinates are humiliating my subordinates in the street, please hand over the perpetrators!" Mai Tiezhang hit his palm with the riding crop and replied angrily.
Li Yuan was known as a weak-tempered person among his colleagues. It was pointless to bully such a meek person. So Mai Tiezhang did not intend to continue the quarrel, so he just beat two blind guys half to death and let the new recruits
It’s just that the eggs have learned a lesson. As for the singer, she has scolded her enough anyway, and she will marry whomever she likes, and it has nothing to do with Lao Mai.
Now that the Li family is on the verge of a storm, how dare Tang Gong dare to make another powerful enemy. He sighed softly and turned his attention to the food guards. He was about to find two dead soldiers planted by the Li family among them and hand them over to Mai.
The iron staff endured the humiliation. However, Liu Hongji once again raised the reins of the horse and stopped him loudly: "Don't wait, Mr. Tang. This matter started because of Hongji. Naturally, it must be settled by Hongji himself. Old General Mai, I will give you a whip."
, but you haven’t answered the junior’s question yet?”
"Hong Ji, don't be rude!" Li Yuan shouted angrily. No matter who is right or wrong, it is a helpless fact that he, the coach, cannot offend the other party. The bigger the dispute between the two sides today, the greater the losses the brothers will suffer.
The possibility of justice.
"Senior, this junior is asking you as a right-hand servant in front of the emperor's tent in the Sui Dynasty, not as a food guard under Duke Tang!" Liu Hongji shook his head and continued to bite.
Li Yuan wanted to calm things down, which Liu Hongji could understand. But today's matter could not be solved by calming things down. He had repeatedly given in before, but Mai Tiezhang, an old fool, pressed forward step by step under Yu Wenshu's instigation. If
He handed over his subordinates to Mai Tiezhang to vent his anger. From now on, no one among the 1,200 brothers will serve Tang Gong sincerely.
"Brother Hongji is a real man!" Li Waner commented in a low voice. After all, she was still young and could not understand the reason for her father's weakness. Looking sideways at her brother, she found that Li Shimin's eyes had never left Yu Wenshu's side from the beginning to the end.
"As the name suggests, the Mai Tiezhang man has always been used as a weapon by people named Yuwen." Li Shimin sneered and muttered, "Brother Hongji, on the other hand, has a certain amount of advance and retreat, so he may not really suffer!"
Li Xu nodded lightly and secretly drew his riding bow. He didn't know what Liu Hongji wanted to do, but he could tell that the whip he received was intentional. After hitting someone, the arrogance of Mai Tiezhang gradually weakened.
First, the food guard had to hand over the murderer and the woman, but now the woman doesn't want it, and only the murderer is asked. If the two sides continue to waste time, I'm afraid General Mai will get nothing in the end.
Just as he was thinking angrily, he heard Mai Tiezhang, who had been hesitating for a long time, sneer and reply: "How about being a general, what about being an ordinary person?"
"As a general, General Mai allowed his subordinates to break into people's houses and humiliate the general's wife first. He knew that the general's wife was married, and he also verbally abused the general. In addition, he beat the general for no reason and deliberately killed the soldiers. No matter which one of them
, are all against the military law of the Sui Dynasty. As a right-honored servant, Hongji naturally wants to seek justice from the Holy Emperor." Liu Hongji wiped the blood from his neck and said with a sneer.
"Hongji, don't talk nonsense anymore!" Li Yuan shouted angrily and loudly. Liu Hongji repeatedly spoke as Youxunshi, which showed that this matter had nothing to do with the Li family. But how could he let him
Are the Xunwei fighting against the general? The strength of the two sides is not on the same level, and their connections are also vastly different!
"Even if Hongji doesn't say it, right and wrong are still in people's hearts." Liu Hongji shook his head and refused to obey Li Yuan's order. "If I were an ordinary person and General Mai gave me this whip, it would be a senior teaching a lesson to the junior, so Hongji had to endure it.
But if you insult my friend, you are insulting me. Hong Ji is not talented, so I would like to hold a long tree in my hand and ask the elders for advice."
"Hongji!" Li Yuan exclaimed, his eyes turning red with fear. Mai Iron Staff was one of the most ferocious men in the Sui army. In front of the two armies, he swung down an iron staff weighing more than sixty kilograms, usually knocking out his opponents.
The men and horses were all smashed to pieces. If Liu Hongji disagreed with him and invited him to fight, although it did not violate the military laws of the Sui Dynasty, it would be equivalent to stepping forward to die.
After listening to Liu Hongji's words, Mai Tiezhang smiled instead of being angry. He pointed his horsewhip and halberd at Liu Hongji's face and said, "You have the guts. Liu Sheng has raised a good son!"
As a general, Mai Tiezhang would naturally not be afraid of the impeachment of a junior guard. But if he did not dare to accept Liu Hongji's challenge, it would be tantamount to admitting that his martial arts skills were inferior to others and that he only dared to bully his juniors based on his official position.
Thinking about it calmly, he knew that he was indeed unreasonable about what happened today. Especially the words that insulted someone's wife, he didn't know why they blurted out at that time. He could let him admit his mistake to a junior, or give up and tell his brothers
Mai Tiezhang also couldn't give him a chance to vent his anger.
In a dilemma, Mai Tiezhang raised his hand and planned to take the iron staff to teach Liu Hongji a lesson. Before the general could bring his iron staff over, Liu Hongji added loudly: "Wait a minute, Liu has one more thing to say."
First!"
"Say!" Mai Tiezhang shouted angrily with his eyes widened.
Liu Hongji looked at the angry brothers, then at the helpless Li Yuan, smiled, and said: "If the junior loses to the senior, then today's matter will be considered exposed, and no one will mention it again in Tang Gong's account!"
"If you little bastard wins, I will never hold anything accountable for what happened today!" Mai Tiezhang replied casually. This was originally a routine for inviting fights between heroes in the green forest. He followed Liu Hongji's words and finished answering, and then he suddenly realized
He said that he had been fooled.
My original intention was to pursue the other party for the crime of armed group fighting, but it turned into a private fight. And the other party somehow seemed to have been a green forest hero, and he spoke extremely smoothly. As soon as he answered the question, it was like he was talking about everything in front of him.
Let go of everything. After defeating Liu Hongji, at most one of him was injured. It will be difficult to pursue those rude and private soldiers under Tang Gong's account. If he loses even one and a half moves, not only will today's scene be completely
If you lose it, half of your fame will be lost.
Without a fight, the opportunity was lost. With the famous weapon in his hand, Mai Iron Staff, his mood suddenly became extremely heavy.
"This place is very narrow. Why don't General Mai go to the school grounds to give him some advice?" Yu Wenshu very considerately gave Mai Tiezhang advice. In one sentence, the possible escape route for both parties was sealed.
"It's okay, I haven't moved my muscles and bones for a long time, and my hands are raw!" Mai Tiezhang looked at Yu Wenshu carefully and replied solemnly.
Helpless, Li Yuan took a few steps back and pulled up his horse. He had no strength to do anything else. If the person being challenged was Yu Wenshu, he would respect his identity and would not care about a young general. All he needed to do was make the following sentence.
, you can let Liu Hongji go aside and reflect.
It's a pity that Liu Hongji challenged Mai Tiezhang.
It's too bad that Yu Wenshu just kept knocking bricks and nails on the side.
His eyes swept over the indignant food guards, and suddenly, Li Yuan understood Liu Hongji's thoughts. He raised his head, with tears flashing in the corners of his eyes. (To be continued)
