On the day when the trial of Dai Wang's case started in Liangzhou Prefecture, a large number of soldiers sat cross-legged in the open space outside the Facao Palace in the prefecture. Half of these veterans of the Chishui Army were attracted by money, and the other half were motivated by spontaneous indignation.
The story of Dai Wang's revenge for his brother is very provocative. The protagonist has the same identity as them. The blood of pleasure and hatred is more or less buried in the bones of men. To ignite such blood, only one sentence is needed: "If it were me, I would
Will do the same."
Due to the pressure from his superiors and the indignation of the masses, Zhang Shunhe, the commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, had no choice but to banish Dai Wang to Congling and fine him fifty kilograms of copper.
The exile to Congling was not a coincidence, but the result of Li Siye's mediation. As for the fine of fifty kilograms of copper, it was not a small amount. Ever since he rescued Dai Wang, who had changed his identity, from the tunnel, he had been paying money inside.
It can be called a bottomless pit.
When the final result was obtained, Li Siye felt relieved. As the envoy of Shule Town, he had been out of service for more than three months. If the interviewer from Longyou Road knew about it, he would not only be impeached by the imperial court for dereliction of duty.
, even the exams for the coming year will be rated high or low.
He decided to set off early and ride back to the Anxi Protectorate alone. Duan Xiushi, Yan Xiaosi and other personal soldiers were left behind by him to continue waiting in Liangzhou, waiting for Dai Wang to be sent to Congling so that they could escort him on the road.
After hearing the news, Li Weiwei, the housekeeper of Guzang Li's Mansion, was furious and smashed the glazed porcelain cups in the room with a golden handle.
"Zhang Shun and this bastard Tian Shelang! They took back all the gold and silver that I gave you! It's so annoying and hateful! I swear I won't be a human being unless I avenge this!"
The lady beside her was crying and shouting angrily: "What's the use of smashing the glass! It's provoked you! If the Liangzhou government doesn't kill him, won't we kill him ourselves! You've been living in Wuwei City all your life! Don't you even know how to do it?
Don’t you have any ability at all?”
Li Weiwei suddenly had an epiphany. It turned out that the matter was so simple. As long as he found a few gangsters outside Wuwei City who were committing murder and selling goods, it was not easy to intercept and kill a prisoner who had been exiled for three thousand miles.
He wants money and power, and this is easy.
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Exile is a severe punishment second only to the death penalty, and even heavier than imprisonment. In ancient times, prison sentences did not have high-walled compounds, but just worked in chains. When the court wanted to dig canals and build water conservancy projects, the first people to use them were prisoners.
Then there are the conscripted civilian husbands. Although the prisoners have a high fatality rate, they can all be free to go home once their sentences are up.
But exile is basically a road to death. Whether it is the distant miasma land of southern Xinjiang or the bitter cold place in the Congling Mountains of Qixi, it means that you will never be able to return to your homeland in this life. Exile does not only mean staying in
Living in a bitter cold land, you have to work hard until death. If you have connections, it is a different matter. Lin Chong was a connected household when he was looking at the forage farm in Cangzhou. This time, Congling, where Dai Wang was assigned, was
Under Li Siye's jurisdiction, he would naturally be given special care.
At the end of March, Dai Wang set out on the road, and the Liangzhou Prefecture sent two officers to escort him. Duan Xiushi gave him money, which saved him from wearing shackles. He and the officers were also given horses. Otherwise, his legs and feet, which had broken the hamstring of his right foot, were
, it is really possible to die on the way.
They walked through the sloping valley between the post roads, with towering green pines on both sides. The tops of the pine trees pointed straight into the sky, and the clear sky was light blue and empty.
One officer was riding a horse in front, another officer was behind, and Dai Wang was riding a short red horse in the middle. Duan Xiushi and others were hanging far behind.
Several figures appeared from behind the pine trees on both sides of the road. They drew their bowstrings and fired at the three of them. The leading official was shot to death immediately. Dai Wang was hit by an arrow in his shoulder. He quickly turned over and leaned against the short red horse.
He dodged the arrows behind his back, and the officer who fell behind hurriedly slapped his horse and turned around and fled.
Several people set up their bowstrings again, aimed at the red horse and shot repeatedly. The horse was injured and in pain, leaving Dai Wang behind and fleeing forward. If it had been Dai Wang in the past, he might have fought to the death against the trapped beast in this desperate situation.
Kill, but now Dai Wang is just like a weak scholar, except his brain is a little smarter.
After he fell off his horse, he quickly rolled over in the bushes, using himself as a stone roller to roll down the slope. Although his clothes and skin were inevitably torn by thorns, he avoided two or three flying arrows.
At this moment, Duan Xiushi had already rushed up with his soldiers. He was not the casual archery practiced by these people, but a higher level of arrows. He pulled up the horn bow and pierced the throats of two people with two consecutive arrows.
After Yan Xiaosi leaned against the horse's back and fired several arrows, he pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, suddenly flipped up from the other side of the horse, and chopped down one person with the knife. The other soldiers also chopped down with the knife.
Two people.
When they were completely surrounded, only one of the gangsters threw away their weapons and ran up the mountain. Duan Xiushi drew his full-horned bow and shot an arrow in the crook of his leg. The soldiers went up and pulled him out of the forest like a dead dog.
"Who appointed you?"
Yan Xiaosi raised the horizontal knife above his head with one hand, as if he would chop it down if he couldn't hear the correct answer.
"Li Weiwei, the chief steward of the Li family!"
As soon as the man finished speaking, Yan Xiaosi's knife had already been chopped off, and the blade made close contact with his throat. Blood spurted out and he fell to the ground.
Duan Xiushi asked in a reproachful tone: "Why did you kill him?"
“If I don’t kill him, why don’t I keep it for the New Year?”
"I originally wanted to tattoo a few words on his face and ask him to go back and bring a message to Li Weiwei. If he dares to make trouble against our Anxi Army again, his life will be the next one."
"I think it's better to have one less thing to worry about. That person is the chief steward of the aunt Li's house in Longxi. Doesn't that mean he's causing trouble for Ambassador Li Zhen?"
Duan Xiushi spat viciously: "Bah, he's just a dog from a wealthy family, but he really thinks of himself as a human being! Li Xuangong allowed the evil dog to come out and hurt people, and sooner or later he would have to kill the dog to appease the public anger."
One of them suddenly asked: "Hey, where has Dai Wang gone?"
Everyone hurriedly searched around and finally rescued Dai Wang, who was about to die and was pricked by thorns, among the weeds.
After experiencing this small disturbance, everyone continued on the road. After walking out of the Pine Forest Valley, they came to the western section of Wushao Ridge. They looked at another group of bandits blocking the road on the hillside, and their number far exceeded the ambush just now.
Everyone nervously grasped their weapons, drew their horned bows and loaded arrows, preparing for a fierce battle. Unexpectedly, this cunning evil slave was actually prepared.
Just at this tense moment, the gangsters on the hillside shouted: "Boss Dai! Dai Liulang! I am Shanbao, and these are your brothers, don't you remember!"
Duan Xiushi turned back to look at Dai Wang, who was also a little confused. Regardless of whether he recognized it or not, he would step forward to resolve the bad relationship Dai Liulang had caused before.
He rode out of the crowd and came a few feet away from the gangsters. He reached out and took off the hood of his cloak. His face, which was covered in burns and scars, was exposed to the blue sky, making it look particularly hideous and terrifying.
The faces of the bandits showed shock. One of the women covered her mouth with a cry, and tears fell from her eyes uncontrollably.
Duan Xiushi and others no longer doubted that these people were indeed Dai Wang's old friends, but it seemed that they were destined to part ways.
The man named Dai Wang, but actually Xu Bin, said something ambiguous: "The Dai Wang you see is no longer the Dai Wang of yesterday. I would like to thank you brothers for your friendship in the past, and say goodbye."
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