Chapter 514 Seeking Wealth and Honor in Danger [Thank You! Thank You Again! I Owe You 43k More]
East of Beizhou City,
"Chi~Pah!"
The third firework flew straight into the air, making a sound.
In the quiet morning, the sound was heard far away.
In the city,
not far from Feng's house, in the dim streets,
Xu Zaijing turned his head and looked in the direction of the fireworks when he heard the sound.
"Brother Jing, the reinforcements arrived so quickly?"
Gu Tingye, who was carrying two long spears beside him, whispered.
Xu Zaijing also had some doubts in his eyes, and said: "This is the code we agreed with Brother He! Could it be the garrison of a nearby military state?"
Gao Puyu nodded and said: "Wu Lang is right. The most likely possibility is that it is the newly recruited cavalry stationed between Beizhou and Zhending."
"Why can't it be General Gan in the south?" Gu Tingye said.
Gao Puyu smiled: "Erlang, the infantry marches a hundred miles a day! General Gan's army, which has such a strong marching speed, would not stay in Guantao behind the Marquis!"
Gu Tingye looked a little complacent and nodded: "Three cannon shots, that means three thousand reinforcements!"
As they spoke, they continued to move forward and soon came to the street entrance where the Feng family was.
Qingyun, who was walking in the front, hid by the wall with a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. He first looked to the right and saw that there was nothing unusual on the street. Then he moved forward a few steps, walked to the corner of the wall, and looked to the left.
Then, Qingyun waved his hand back.
'Kuai Kua Kua'
The sound of armor colliding sounded.
Xu Zaijing, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, trotted forward very quickly. Gao Puyu and Gao Yunqing hurriedly followed, then Gu Tingye, who was carrying a long spear, and finally Qingyun followed.
The reason why Gu Tingye carried a spear but not a bow and arrow was because he was the only one among the five who had no "battle record" and felt uncomfortable when seeing blood.
When he came to the opposite street,
Before Gu Tingye could catch his breath, he heard a few "bang bang" sounds of bowstring vibrations in front of him.
"Duo!"
"Huo"
"Ding~Pu!"
"Dang~Ka!"
A few sounds of weapons and armor colliding came, mixed with the sound of broken bones and heavy objects hitting people.
The alley was a little dark.
When Gu Tingye approached, he saw a man at the door, wearing armor lazily, his neck had been shot through, and the sharp feather arrow pierced through his neck and nailed him to the door frame covered with blood.
The companion next to this man was shot in the eye and lay on the ground.
Going further, he saw Xu Zaijing, a classmate of Shengjia Academy, shaking the red and white thing on the steel mace in his hand in the yard.
Gao Yunqing was using a short blade to finish off the enemy.
The thief with his tongue sticking out was being strangled by Gao Puyu, the general of his personal guard, with one hand. He looked dead.
In addition to the bodies of the thieves, there were also several bodies of civilians in the yard.
When Gu Tingye was about to speak, he saw Xu Zaijing shaking his head at him and pointing to the house where the thieves came out.
Gu Tingye understood and threw one of the two long spears on his shoulder to Xu Zaijing.
There was some noise when Xu Zaijing killed the thieves.
Now that they stopped, the yard fell into silence again.
Suddenly,
there was a sound,
and a white thing ran out of the house.
Gu Tingye, holding the long spear, was about to stab it reflexively. As soon as he made a move, he felt that his long spear was blocked by someone.
Then, Gu Tingye saw clearly that the one who ran out was a girl with disheveled hair and naked clothes, who looked about the same age as his sister.
The girl just ran two steps and fell to the ground.
At this time, another figure appeared at the door of the house, and before Gu Tingye could react.
"Swoosh!"
A feather arrow shot out,
and shot down the figure at the door.
Gu Tingye looked back and saw that Qingyun had already drawn the second feather arrow and put it on the bow.
Gao Puyu also reacted quickly. He walked to the fallen girl and looked at the scars on her body. He frowned and whispered: "Girl, don't shout! We have helped you get some revenge, don't shout!"
"Mmmm."
The woman didn't shout, but just looked at Gao Puyu and made an unclear sound.
Gao Puyu frowned, used his clever strength to pinch the woman's mouth open with one hand, and saw that the tongue was still in her mouth, so he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and looked at Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye and said: "It seems that she is born dumb."
In the house,
"Hiss! Uh, uh, you. Are. Come~"
The person who was just shot down by Qingyun made a sound.
Gu Tingye looked at the woman in front of him, then looked inside the house, and stretched out his hand to Xu Zaijing and said:
"Brother Jing, lend me your steel mace."
Xu Zaijing handed the steel mace to Gu Tingye and said: "Don't kill him immediately, ask clearly why you raped, killed, and robbed."
After saying that, Xu Zaijing turned back and raised his chin towards Qingyun.
Qingyun, who was at the back, put away his bow and arrow, pulled out the feather arrow from the neck of the bandit at the door, and dragged him into the yard.
Xu Zaijing stepped into the house, and Gao Puyu followed him with the girl in his arms.
There are five main rooms in this yard.
In the main hall in the middle, Gao Yunqing squatted beside Gu Tingye, pinching the bandit's neck to make him unable to scream, and teaching Gu Tingye how to interrogate in a "friendly" way without hurting his life.
Gao Puyu carried the girl into the innermost room to dress.
Xu Zaijing stood in the side room between the main hall and the inner room.
He sighed and his eyes unconsciously scanned the room.
Suddenly,
Xu Zaijing's eyes stopped on a bamboo basket on a table by the window.
There was fabric in the basket and several spools of thread. Xu Zaijing had excellent eyesight and could see sewing needles inserted into the spools.
There is also an ear protection that is half sewn inside the basket.
Xu Zaijing took a few steps closer and saw that the ear protection was made of exquisite materials. Half of the ear protection was sewn and embroidered with a cute raccoon slave pattern that was popular in Bianjing.
People who want to do embroidery are ingenious.
Looking at what is in front of me,
Xu Zaijing took a deep breath.
outside the house,
There was the sound of a steel mace smashing into flesh, and the sound of someone's feet touching the ground in pain.
"Can you tell me now?"
"Uh-huh!"
"The men from this, this, these families all disobey the Buddha's instructions and refuse to have tattoos on their faces to live and die with the Buddha. I, we are here."
"Pfft!" Gu Tingye hit it with another steel mace, "Didn't you tell me earlier?!"
Xu Zaijing walked out,
"What's going on with the Feng family, the military supervisor across the street?"
Looking at the mace that Gu Tingye raised again, the thief with an arrow in his shoulder shook his head in panic and struggled: "Grandpa! Stop smashing it! Grandpa, I say! I say!"
"The Feng family had a big fire the night before yesterday. For some reason, there was no one there when we went there."
Gao Yunqing on the side, holding the arrow shaft on the soldier's shoulder, asked: "Did you set the fire?"
"No, no, I started it on my own the night before yesterday. It's dry in winter. How dare we set a fire!"
"Afraid of spreading to the surroundings, fire, fire is all mine."
"Huh?" Gu Tingye asked in confusion: "You guys have such good intentions?"
"It was me. We forced the people around us to put out the fire."
Gao Yunqing on the side raised his head and looked at Xu Zaijing and said: "Wu Lang, if these people don't go back at dawn, someone will definitely come to check."
Xu Zaijing nodded: "Well, let's go to Feng's house and have a look. If we really want to do this, we'll have to discuss it again."
"Where is the leader of the thief now?"
"Back to grandpa, here, at Zhizhou Yamen, Yamen."
"What does this Buddhist thief leader look like? Besides him, what other thief leader is there?"
"Come back, grandpa, this Buddha, the leader of thieves, is a big man with a curly beard. He likes to wear armor on the inside and cassock on the outside. There is a man named Bu who is very skilled in martial arts."
After finishing speaking,
Gao Yunqing said: "Wu Lang, it's similar to what the thief in the first house we busted said."
After Xu Zaijing nodded, he raised his chin towards Gu Tingye.
Gu Tingye: "Huh?"
Seeing Xu Zaijing's movements, the bandit struggled violently.
Before Gu Tingye could react, he pressed the traitor hard: "Don't move! Brother Jing, what do you mean?"
Gao Yunqing said for Xu Zaijing: "Erlang, give him a good time!"
Gu Tingye was slightly stunned.
Seeing this scene, the bandit begged for mercy in a low voice: "Grandpa, I have said everything. I beg you, grandpas, to spare your grandson's life! My grandson has a fifty-year-old mother and a four- or five-year-old child. Please."
At this time, in the innermost room, the girl wearing clothes who had just rushed out came out.
Looking at the woman, Gu Tingye narrowed his eyes: "Please, mother!"
As he spoke, Gu Tingye slammed down with his mace.
Feng family,
The yard was full of scorched buildings and broken walls, and there was a smell of burning things in the air.
Looking at the collapsed house and the charred walls, one can vaguely see the intensity of the previous fire.
outside the yard,
The yard where the stables are located,
The stables burned down, the carriages were charred, and the horses were gone.
Under the stone manger, half of the blue brick moved slightly. After it was pulled away, an eye appeared behind it.
Later, the green bricks were stuffed again.
Under the manger, a person let go of the blocked candle and walked downwards by the light.
After walking for a while, the man came to a secret room the size of two rooms and said, "Sir, look at it, it's almost dawn."
Just such a candle vaguely illuminated the figures of Zhao Mei Feng, Lord Feng and his family.
Zhao Meifeng nodded.
Master Feng on the side sighed and said:
"Brother Zhao, it's useless for us to talk about this! Although the Xu family brother has made great achievements in the northwest! But at this time, Beizhou is an extremely dangerous dragon's pond and tiger's den! Will he come in? How to come in?"
Zhao Meifeng shook his head slightly and said softly: "Brother Feng, you don't know how powerful Brother Jing is! If given the chance, he will definitely come to the city to rescue us."
"Alas!" Mr. Feng looked at the secret room in the darkness and said, "I don't know how long this secret room left by the previous dynasty can protect us."
Zhaomei Feng said: "Brother Feng, even if Brother Jing doesn't come, in a few days the army will gather and start attacking the city. We can just look for opportunities to either leave the city or be loyal to the country."
Mr. Feng was about to answer the call,
"Boom."
There was an inaudible thump.
The secret room immediately fell silent.
"Boom."
Another crash.
In the candlelight, Zhao Meifeng pointed his finger and said in a very low voice: "Someone is climbing over the wall."
Lord Feng nodded, pulled Zhao Meifeng's sleeve, and the two of them walked lightly to the side.
Stopping at a place where light shone vaguely, Mr. Feng carefully pulled out a small piece of blue brick.
Looking here, it seems that under the screen wall of the side door, you can vaguely see the direction of the stables.
suddenly,
"Boom!"
There was another sound, and a dark figure wearing thief armor jumped to the ground not far from the shadow wall with his back to the two of them.
Master Feng seemed to be frightened, and his breathing suddenly became rapid. Zhaomei Feng did not breathe rapidly, but just stared.
Then,
He saw the black figure suddenly looking back.
Master Feng and Zhao Meifeng quickly covered their mouths and noses and squatted down.
Master Feng looked at Zhao Meifeng with panic and surprise in his eyes: That black figure, he just breathed quickly, how could he attract this person's attention?
Footsteps sounded,
The black shadow walked to the screen wall,
"Brother Jing, what's wrong?"
The black shadow further away asked.
"nothing!"
Upon hearing the conversation, Zhao Meifeng and Master Feng's eyes widened at the same time.
"Boom."
The fourth man jumped down.
"Wulang, what's wrong?" Gao Yunqing's voice sounded.
Zhao Meifeng stood up quickly: "Brother Jing, Yun Qing, we are here!"
Near Feng's house, the mute girl rescued by Xu Zaijing and others has entered the secret room.
in the yard,
Xu Zaijing and others are preparing armor, long spears, bows and arrows.
Master Feng on the side said with confusion on his face: "Brother Jing, are you going to go directly to the thief leader?"
"The leader of the thieves has thousands of thieves and an unknown number of Maitreya believers. If you go there, won't you risk your death?"
Looking at Xu Zaijing who was unmoved, Mr. Feng turned to Zhao Meifeng and said:
"Brother Zhao, what we discussed last night is that the most important thing is to protect the military assets and silk in the city!"
Zhaomei Feng said: "Brother Feng, the Imperial City Division is very responsible for what happened today. Since Brother Jing said that he is sure, I am willing to go to the battlefield with him again!"
Master Feng: "Brother Zhao, you!"
Xu Zaijing said: "Master Feng, we will kill the leader of the thieves. Without someone to give orders, these thieves are just protecting money, silk and military resources!"
"But they have so many people, how can we kill them! Can they come over?"
Master Feng asked anxiously.
Gao Puyu on the side said:
"Master Feng, there are reinforcements outside the city now. How many defenders are there on the surrounding walls? How many of the ten thousand households in Beizhou City have joined the thieves?"
"I entered the city in the early morning and saw that there were still many soldiers scattered around the city doing evil. How many people are there around the thief leader?"
Gu Tingye smiled.
Xu Zaijing said: "Master Feng, sometimes you don't have to kill them all. Out of a hundred thieves, if there are more than 20 dead or wounded without collapse, then you are an elite soldier."
"Let's wait for another day or two. The people in the city will be forced to follow the thieves and have to go to the city wall to defend and kill the sergeants of Zhou Dynasty. Then there will be human lives on their hands. That will be a big trouble!"
Qingyun nodded at the side, looked at the soldiers beside Mr. Feng, and said: "It has been chaotic for a day. Many military attachés in the city died in battle and martyred their country. It has been peaceful for a night. The bandit leader will think that we will wait for him. Kill it."
With that said, Qingyun patted the armor of the traitor on his body.
"grown ups!"
The Feng family soldiers came to their master and shouted, then continued:
"We can't be a thief, otherwise our family in Beijing will be implicated! We can't delay it any longer!"
"The two legitimate sons of the Hou Mansion are here at this time, and they are not afraid. What should we be afraid of?"
"Sir, do it!"
"Sir, let's do it! Let's fight to become my wife!"
Mr. Feng looked at everyone, his eyes gradually became firm: "Okay!"
Gao Puyu smiled, cupped her hands and said, "Then, please ask Mr. Feng to borrow two cars from the neighbors!"
Master Feng stretched out his arms and motioned to his soldiers to wear armor for him, saying: "Borrow it? Let's just go and ask for it! Now we are 'thief soldiers'"