Chapter 159: Encountering Murder and Overselling Halfway
In the afternoon, Shi Jin had a full stomach, took out an ox-ear sharp knife and inserted it into his boot. He picked up a plain knife and rode on the road to Guanxi Town.
Shi Jin felt that it was inevitable to go to Guanxi, and at this moment, the garrison of Huazhou had just been defeated. Not only was there no threat to Huayin County for the time being, but the strength and defense of the entire Huazhou was reduced, let alone Guanxi Town. Although there are infantry commanders and cavalry commanders, they are not enough. The cavalry commander has twenty mounted archers, and there are also twenty cavalry, and the infantry commander has twenty Lancers, in addition to swordsmen, these troops protect the security of Guanxi Town. After so many battles, to be honest, I don't care about these troops.
I have been trapped in Huayin County for the past few days, worried about the war every day. When I came out, I faced the breeze in the afternoon and walked along the official road. It was so refreshing and comfortable.
Just when Shi Jin had walked for about half an hour, he suddenly saw a big black horse lying across the road ahead. Shi Jin reined in the reins and looked carefully. He saw the horse lying sideways on the road, and behind him There were marks made by horse hoofs on the dirt road, and everything looked chaotic. Shi Jin carefully rode the horse to the front, and then he discovered that the horse had several stab wounds on its front legs and one on its belly. The bright red blood drew a long stream from the wound. When Shi Jin looked at it at this time, it had just begun to clot. It was obvious that the horse had just died, and everything that had happened had only happened not long ago.
Shi Jin felt that all this seemed too unusual, and his curiosity was once again aroused by the things in front of him. Shi Jin quickly got off his horse and committed himself to look around the dead horse. As expected, he found more people's footprints. , chaotic, and irregular. Shi Jin was good at measuring the complete footprints. There were eleven types of different lengths.
Shi Jin could estimate at the moment that a robbery must have been staged here. Shi Jin took a few steps forward and saw a long trail of footprints. Shi Jin guessed that this person must have been dragged away. Looking at the traces of soil, it was obvious that the man was not injured, otherwise there would be blood stains on the road.
At this moment, Shi Jin's chivalrous courage quietly sprouted in his heart, and he quickly chased after the long footprints in the direction pointed by him.
After running no more than a hundred battles, there was a circle of people gathered in a clearing between the woods. When Shi Jin saw this group of people, he hid in the bushes on one side and watched their every move carefully.
In that secluded clearing in the woods, a man in brown clothes was tied to a tree stump. The linen turban on his head was now stuffed in his mouth, and he was so full that he couldn't say a word. His whole body was struggling, but the hemp rope was obviously trapped extremely tightly, trapping his swollen body into twists and turns, and the circle of people standing around him were much more interesting than him, and his whole body was covered with Wearing silver helmets and silver armor, they looked like officials. Shi Jin was startled when he saw them. He didn't know whose subordinates these men were.
The ten officers and soldiers stared at the tied man with eager eyes. At this moment, a tall and thick man put a broad ax on his hip with one hand and a broad ax on his shoulder. He stood in front of him and said to the tied man: "You Guy, don't struggle, life or death, just listen to what I say and leave it to you."
The man in brown clothes still struggled for a while, as if he didn't want to pay attention to him.
The big man's life was in vain. He spread his huge palm and slapped the man in the face. There was a snap sound, and four fingerprints were swollen on the side of the man's face. They were so red that it looked like blood was about to drip out. The man was just stunned and didn't dare to move anymore.
"Zuojian, you must eat this fine wine," the big man spit, grabbed the man's chin, and said in a lukewarm tone: "You just said you were Li Baozheng of Guanxi Town I dare not hurt you, my subordinates, but do you know who I am?"
The man in brown clothes shook his head.
"I'm afraid to scare you to death if I tell you. However, I have always been clear about grudges and grievances. As long as you are obedient and cooperative, your benefits will be inevitable. Are you willing to do so or not?"
The man in brown clothes just looked at the big man with a clearly frightened expression.
bass,,.
A simple knife was unsheathed and struck the tree stump where the man was tied with a sharp sound. The blade was chopped like a tree trunk, and it was firmly placed on the man's neck. The man felt a chill on his neck, and his heart dropped. He understood immediately and nodded at the woodpecker's head repeatedly.
The big man saw that the man in brown clothes was much better behaved, so he continued to bully him: "You are smart, I will let you speak now, but if you shout loudly, I will cut off your ears."
When the man heard this, his eyes suddenly swelled a lot. He looked at him blankly and nodded. A man stepped out from beside him, grabbed the turban from the man in brown clothes, and threw it to the ground. As soon as he got relief in his mouth, he gasped for air.
The big man sneered and then got to the point: "You said you were under Li Gu in Guanxi Town, so let me ask you what you did under Li Gu."
"Uncle Jun, spare your life, spare your life, I am a close confidant of Li Gu's men,"
"That's easy to say, are you familiar with everyone in Li Gu's house?" The big man pressed further, then paused briefly, and then said viciously: "You only have one chance, think about it before you talk, otherwise it won't happen "I want to cut off my ears," which obviously came with a purpose.
"We're familiar with each other, we're familiar with each other, there's no one in Li Gu's house who doesn't know about it," the man in brown clothes was a little scared, shrinking his neck, as if a heavy hand pressed into his head.
"Oh, that's great. We were waiting for Zhengchou to ask questions, but you came here on your own." The big man looked happy, laughed with everyone, and continued: "Do you know who I am?"
"You are Master Jun, the official of the imperial court." The boy was obviously frightened by the big man, and now he had no energy left at all.
When the big man heard such a compliment, he was not happy and became angry. He shouted: "Seek death." He immediately stamped his foot on the ground, and the big Xuanhua ax banged like a meteor falling into the moon, and he was stunned. He landed on the tree trunk, and with a loud roar, the tree trunk folded and turned over. This sudden change frightened the man in brown clothes who was tied under the tree, and his little courage was shattered.
And the place where the ax fell happened to be on the top of the boy. Just when the boy didn't know where he went wrong and was confused in his heart, the big man spoke angrily and cursed: "The officers and soldiers who were killed on that day, It’s worthy of me to do it, let me tell you, we are from Shaohua Village,”
"The eyes of a small dog cannot see Mount Tai, so I hope that a big hero will forgive me, and I will forgive me."
"If you want to survive, that's easy. You just need to follow my instructions."
"Okay, okay, whatever the good man says, the little one will listen."
"I heard that your Mr. Li Gu has a rich family. We in Shaohua Mountain need to borrow a few hundred taels for us. Your master can afford it,"
"It's possible, it's possible, but what do you want me to do with this kind of thing?"
"You should know better than me what to do," the big man said, bending down and putting a hand on the boy's shoulder, saying: "Why did your master ask you to come here? Don't think that we don't know. What you are doing is to spy on the military. Yes and no,”
"Ah,,," the man in brown clothes was told by the big man, and he suddenly lost the last remaining confidence.
The big man squeezed his shoulders and said: "We, Shaohua Mountain, captured Huayin County. You were scared, so I photographed you all night long to find out whether the success or failure was successful. He said, your master ordered you to come here. He What's the point of the case?"
The shoulder of the man in brown clothes was obviously pinched by the big man, and he felt pain in his heart. He shouted repeatedly: "I say, I say, spare the life of a hero, spare the life of a hero,"
The big man let go of his hand, dropped his shoulder and said, "If you dare to trick me and lie to me even half a word, I will nail your ears to this tree stump."
"I don't dare. I'll tell you the truth. My master yearns for the world and likes to make friends with people from all walks of life. Now I heard that Guishan Village is attacking Huayin County and the soldiers are fighting fiercely. My master wants to defect, but my master's brother-in-law But he strongly opposed it and pointed out the disadvantages of defecting, so the master sent me to come overnight to see the strength of the cottage..."
"Then what do you think of our Shaohua Mountain's strength?" The big man listened, his face uncertain.
"The little one hid in the dark and watched all night. It was really amazing. He killed the officers and soldiers and fled in all directions. They were completely defeated."
"In this case, when you go back, take me to see your master. You only need to describe the power of Shaohua Mountain, and I will take care of the rest. In addition, you also need to find out what your master says. If he defectes to us, I will take care of the rest. , donated gold and silver, then naturally your share is indispensable. You will be remembered on the mountain and live a peaceful life as a little leader. But if he does not want to defect to us, but has the intention to do harm, you need to report it in time. When I come with five thousand troops and wipe out this Guanxi Town, I will not only spare your life, but also give you credit. Do you understand what I mean?" The big man explained these words clearly with kindness and power.
When the man in brown clothes heard this, he immediately understood and said: "Young man is willing to surrender and obey the instructions of the good man."
"That's good." After saying that, the big man winked. The man on the side came up, drew a sharp knife, approached the man, cut off the hemp rope on his upper body with one knife, and loosened his bonds.
As soon as the man in brown clothes was free, he rubbed his sore wrists, knelt down on the ground and said, "I'd like to meet you, brother."
The big man snorted and said, "Get up, what's your name?"
"My name is Little Persimmon,"
"Little lion, you are mighty enough, but your body is too bad. You are a lion, you might as well be called a louse," the big man misheard, and after mocking him, everyone laughed again.
Little Persimmon smiled awkwardly and did not dare to refute, so she could only nod her head.