Liu Ziqiu was overjoyed and asked repeatedly: "Do you know who Shi Huiniang's husband is?"
Xianghua followed Liu Ziqiu step by step and whispered: "Shi Huiniang's husband is the leader of the Yushan bandits!"
It turned out that because of the imposter incident, Shi Huiniang's family was afraid of being found out by the court, so they hurriedly fled Luoyang at the reminder of Gao Xiuer. They were originally going to Changshan Village in the south of the Yangtze River to join Liu Ziqiu, but they couldn't afford to hire a boat, so they had to take the dry road.
In Shandong, they suddenly encountered a group of thieves who blocked the road and robbed them. The thieves took away their luggage. Seeing Shi Huiniang's beauty, they also insulted Shi Huiniang in public. It happened that a group of people passed by, fought off the thieves, and saved their family.
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The leader of this team was a child of an aristocratic family, whose surname was Cheng Zhijie. He was a very righteous man and settled Shi Huiniang's family in his village. Shi Huiniang's parents were kind enough to save each other because of Cheng Zhijie, and secondly, seeing that Cheng Zhijie's family was well off, they decided to
Cheng Zhijie intended to betroth his daughter to him. Cheng Zhijie also loved Shi Huiniang's beauty and her knowledge of books and etiquette. The two of them hit it off immediately, and Shi Huiniang became Mrs. Cheng.
This family lived in Chengjiazhuang, and they were carefree at first. Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long, but a few months later, the court suddenly issued a notice, drew pictures, and searched for Shi Huiniang's family. It was not until this time that Cheng Zhijie knew that Shi Huiniang was originally a prisoner.
However, Cheng Zhijie was always bold and did not care and continued to let Shi Huiniang's family stay in the village. After another six months, Cheng Zhijie beat up a slave of the village after drinking. The slave of the village had a grudge and ran to the government.
Tell the truth. Seeing the officers and soldiers surrounding Zhuangzi, Cheng Zhijie not only did not hand over Shi Huiniang, but also relied on his bravery to kill the officers and soldiers to pieces. Finally, he burned Zhuangzi and turned the grass into bandits.
Soon, a group of thieves broke out in Shandong and the world was in chaos. Lu Mingyue, Xu Yuanlang and others came to win over Cheng Zhijie, but Cheng Zhijie was wise and believed that it would be difficult for them to succeed and refused to join them. However, he was weak and weak.
, was no match for these people, and was finally forced to leave, and fled to the Yushan area. Because Cheng Zhijie specializes in robbing the rich and giving to the poor on weekdays, and does not harm the local people, he has won the support of the people, and gradually
It became a climate. It was not until half a year ago that Lu Mingxing and others came from Hebei and occupied Dangshan. They often fought with the people of Yushan, and their lives became difficult.
Liu Ziqiu couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "It turns out it's another story about a hero saving a beauty, but I don't know how Xiu'er convinced her?"
Vanilla covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Sister's method is very simple. I just promise her that her children will study with Mr. Yu in the future."
Liu Ziqiu nodded: "This is human nature and is understandable."
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Entering the big tent, Shi Huiniang was very well-behaved this time. With a bit of shyness, she said a blessing to Liu Ziqiu: "A commoner woman has met you, sir."
Obviously, Gao Xiuer did not reveal her and Liu Ziqiu's true identities. This era also has its advantages. There is no TV or newspapers. No matter how famous you are, if no one introduces you, others will still not be able to recognize you.
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand: "No need to be polite, I want to meet your husband Cheng Zhijie."
Shi Huiniang said with a troubled face: "Sir, the woman really doesn't know where he is now."
Gao Xiuer also said beside her: "Husband, I believe Hui Niang did not lie."
Although Shi Huiniang was willing to persuade her husband to surrender, there was nothing she could do if her husband did not show up. Liu Ziqiu lowered his head and thought, and suddenly remembered something: "Shi Huiniang, is your husband also named Cheng Yaojin?"
Shi Huiniang was surprised: "That is my husband's nickname, how do you know that?"
In fact, Liu Ziqiu was just guessing. Cheng Yaojin's name was well known, but he had never heard of the name Cheng Zhijie. In fact, Cheng Yaojin's real name in history was Cheng Zhijie, but Liu Ziqiu didn't know it.
"Let's see, Liu can't stay here for a long time. He will go south soon. You will set off with Liu. In the future, you will find your husband and invite him to meet you." Confirming his guess, Liu Ziqiu wanted to
The desire to find Cheng Zhijie became even more urgent. If such a fierce man cannot be brought under his command, he must not be allowed to wander around the world, otherwise he will be a destabilizing factor for the newly established Han Dynasty.
Shi Huiniang's expression darkened: "Does your Excellency want to take civilian women as hostages?"
Liu Ziqiu smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, we will send someone to escort you back after our fleet has passed this three-nothing zone. And Xiu'er's promise to you is still valid. When the child in your belly is born, you can
Send it to Luoyang and everything will be arranged."
This reason makes sense. After all, the Dangshan bandits have been eliminated. Now the biggest threat to the fleet is the Yushan bandits. As long as Shi Huiniang is detained on the ship, the Yushan bandits will certainly not dare to act rashly. And after passing this paragraph
The waters will be out of the sphere of influence of the Yushan bandits, and the fleet will be safe.
Shi Huiniang thought for a while, then bowed and said, "Please rest assured, sir, there are civilian women on board, and no one dares to plot evil."
Of course Liu Ziqiu didn't want to use Shi Huiniang as a hostage to cover the fleet going south. If he really wanted to leave, he could completely mobilize the naval guards. Of course, he could also force Shi Huiniang onto the ship, but doing so might frighten Shi Huiniang and even
It affects the child in her belly. If something happens to Shi Huiniang, her plan to conquer Cheng Zhijie will be completely in vain. By then, I'm afraid there will be a bloody storm. This is obviously not the result Liu Ziqiu wants to see.
Liu Ziqiu's purpose was just to use Shi Huiniang to lure Cheng Zhijie out.
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Soon, news spread along the canal that the officers and soldiers had captured the wife of the Yushan bandit leader and were planning to take her to Jiangnan. At the school, many people saw Shi Huiniang being taken away by the officers and soldiers, and now the news came out
It's hard not to believe such news.
At this time, all the other people arrested by the officers and soldiers had been released home, but Shi Huiniang never came back, which further confirmed the accuracy of the news. It can be said that Cheng Zhijie had the eyes and ears along the entire canal, and the news immediately spread to
There he is.
In this era, women's status was low, but Cheng Zhijie was different towards Shi Huiniang. He really liked this beautiful woman, not to mention that Shi Huiniang still had his child in her belly. As a man, how could Cheng Zhijie tolerate his woman being abducted?
Even if the child's future life or death is uncertain? Cheng Zhijie was furious and immediately shouted: "Come here! Gather the brothers and go with me to snatch the wife back!"
The people on the left and right hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is a trap set by the officers and soldiers. I hope your Majesty will think twice!"
How could Cheng Zhijie not know that this was a trap, but he knew very well that he was able to gain support from the people around him. In addition to his righteous deeds of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, a large part of the reason was that he was a righteous man. If he even killed his wife and children,
If he didn't dare to save people even if they were captured, how could he convince the crowd? So no matter what, he couldn't stand by and watch. Because of this consideration, Cheng Zhijie gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Gather everyone tonight, I don't believe we can't attack
The military camp."
Cheng Zhijie's men had already made inquiries about the camp set up by the government troops on the bank of the canal. Including female soldiers, there were only more than 600 people in that camp, and they were all evacuated from the three official ships. And these
The people who got off the boat were very large. Not only did they not need the surrounding local troops to protect them, they were not even allowed to approach casually. This also created a certain vacuum zone around the camp. On the contrary, in this zone, there were even more people in Yushan.
Some, but these people are disguised as ordinary people.
Cheng Zhijie was not a fool, he only made such a decision after carefully analyzing the balance of power between the two sides.
It has to be said that Cheng Zhijie's appeal among the Yushan bandits was quite strong. Although with the suppression of the brigade of officers and soldiers, the Yushan bandits had been reduced to pieces and sneaked into the people. But with Cheng Zhijie's order, soon
A team of more than 2,000 people was quickly assembled. These people make a living on the water all year round. They should be better at ambushing fleets. Attacking the camps of officers and soldiers like now is not the best choice. But there is also a problem with ambush fleets.
It's just that they don't know when the fleet will set off, and with the surrounding brigade of officers and soldiers watching eagerly, they can't concentrate a large number of troops. If they insist on taking action on the water, I'm afraid they won't be able to defeat the navy of the army. I can't remember, so I can't.
You can choose to attack by force.
After nightfall, the camp on the bank of the canal was silent, with only the occasional light of one or two torches shining through the night, which should be the patrol team. As for the three official ships, they were also leaning quietly on the bank, and they were not even visible.
Get some light.
More than a mile away, there was a soft sound from the river. Dozens of men who were proficient in water dived into the bottom of the river and slowly approached the three official ships. This was also Cheng Zhijie's plan. If the attack failed, at least it would be possible.
He wanted to destroy the official ship so that these people could not go south for the time being. To buy some time, he could make other plans.
In the darkness, groups of blurry figures gradually approached the camp. Through the starlight, two guards at the gate of the camp could be vaguely seen holding long guns, lowering their heads, motionless, and seemed to have fallen asleep. In the camp, there were
Even the light of the patrol's torches could no longer be seen.
Cheng Zhijie waved his hand, and two men behind him threw the daggers in their hands. The daggers flashed with cold light and quickly sank into the throats of the two guards. The two guards only shook for a moment, and did not even have time to scream.
Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but be overjoyed when the blow was successful, and made a gesture to the back. Hundreds of strong and well-dressed men jumped up from the grass and rushed towards the Dazhai by the canal. In the Dazhai, all the tents were
It was all dark, and he was obviously defenseless. Cheng Zhijie couldn't hold himself back, and with his hands straight up, he jumped up and ran straight to the Chinese army's tent like flying.