"Xianyang has just surrendered. Master Zhu, where do you plan to go?" Jiang Zhongxia asked Zhu An with a smile as he led Zhu An back.
"I heard that Lulin has his own methods for appointing officials. I'm afraid my official career will only go so far," Zhu An said, smiling somewhat self-deprecatingly. Zhu An continued to ask. What to say? Seeing Jiang Zhongxia turn around and hugging him fiercely, Zhu An's eyes met her, but at this moment, except for a pained groan, he couldn't say anything anymore.
Zhu An held Jiang Zhongxia's arms tightly, but the dagger hidden in Jiang Zhongxia's sleeve still stabbed into Zhu An's abdomen.
This is the feeling of angina. Zhu An tasted it. Along with the severe pain, his blood surged up in waves. It flowed down his throat and out of the corner of his mouth. Zhu An looked at it in disbelief. Looking at Jiang Zhongxia, he asked with difficulty and trembling: "Brother Jiang, this is..."
"Similarly, it's for your own good. Betrayal of the imperial court is a capital crime. When you came that day, you persuaded me to surrender to Green Forest. According to the law, I can kill you, but... I can't bear to kill an old friend," Jiang Zhongxia At this point, the corner of his mouth trembled slightly and he said: "That day, I took you to inspect the city, just to let you understand that his Green Forest Army can fight, and I, Jiang Zhongxia, can also defend, and the imperial court will send reinforcements. Today the Song Dynasty still belongs to the Song Dynasty. If you can’t rebel, whoever rebels will die. This is true of me and so is yours.”
"Why did I let you live in my house these days when you were here? It was because Peng Lin and his people were too vigilant. I was afraid that you would say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing outside, even if you made a small mistake. They will chop off your head without hesitation... But you still don't understand, you don't understand my painstaking efforts, and today you killed Peng Lin and the generals guarding the city to intimidate me,"
"I...I really...do it for you..." Zhu An felt that his energy was leaving his body a little bit, and it was a little difficult to speak: "Lu Lin...sooner or later..."
"You haven't seen through it yet. Lu Lin's strategy is called attacking the city and killing the heart. Even if he can defeat Xianyang, he can't defeat my will, Jiang Zhongxia. He can capture Xianyang, but he can never defeat my loyalty to the imperial court. , This is the difference between you and me," Jiang Zhongxia said: "After you die, I will arrange your funeral affairs. I will cover up Peng Lin's death as a stroke. I will also take care of your sister-in-law and children. You’ve taken good care of it, don’t worry,”
"Brother Jiang...it's better to plan...for your own sake...if I die...the people in the green forest outside...are all masters...they will kill...you...leave quickly... It's just in time," Zhu An said vaguely, his mouth full of blood.
Jiang Zhongxia held Zhu An's body and slowly placed it on the ground, and said: "I won't go anywhere, but in a short while, this government office will be filled with heavy troops. No matter how powerful those Green Forest Army are, they will not go anywhere." Can't stop the heavy soldiers from attacking,"
"Surrounding and killing... oh... that's right... the officer who sent General Peng Lin's... head to hang in the city was a fake... and the tip... was the real one... I should have... thought of it earlier," Zhu An said, looking up Looking at the sky, I suddenly felt calm in my heart. It was as calm as the sky, without a trace of cloud or wrinkle.
"You really shouldn't have come this time," Jiang Zhongxia lamented in an indescribably complicated tone.
Zhu An raised the corner of his mouth slightly, smiled and said with all his last breath: "We will... Xianyang... surrender... disarm... return to the fields... write poetry... drink... why not live... happily?" Here, a mouthful of blood suddenly gushes out, and the air is closed. Zhu An's eyes that should have been peaceful suddenly stared suddenly, and gradually the dark pupils dilated, and then his neck softened, turned to one side, and died.
Jiang Zhongxia squeezed Zhu An's hand tightly, pursed his lips, and slowly reached out to close Zhu An's eyes. Jiang Zhongxia stood up, and a rush of blood rushed to his head, making him feel a little dizzy in front of his eyes. Hei staggered back for two steps, leaned over the pillar and paused for a moment before regaining consciousness. Jiang Zhongxia glanced at Zhu An one last time, and the pool of blood under Zhu An gradually widened. A dazzling scarlet.
Jiang Zhongxia struggled to move his numb legs, faster and faster, more and more aggressively, towards his back door. Before he could reach the back of the mansion, he saw many officers and soldiers sneaking in, and they met Going up to Jiang Zhongxia, a young military attache in charge looked at the blood all over his body and hurriedly came up and said: "Master Jiang, are you okay?"
Jiang Zhongxia waved his hand, frowned slightly and said: "How many have come? Those green forest thieves are all in the front hall. Be careful and don't let any of them escape."
"Don't worry, Master Jiang. As long as we are here, those thieves will not be able to get out of the house alive," the military attache said. "Master Jiang, it is better to go to the back to avoid it. When things are sorted out, I will ask you to come out."
"That's very good." Jiang Zhongxia patted the military attache on the shoulder, then stepped back. As soon as he took a step, he turned back to stop the young military attache and said, "Don't trample on Zhu An's body. ,"
"Here," the young military attaché received the order and immediately resigned the prefect Jiang Zhongxia, then tiptoed to the front hall to arrange the arrangements.
At this time, the eight green forest men who came with Zhu An did not know that Zhu An was dead. They seriously thought that the city had been taken. They were just waiting to appease the people and hand over the city defense. The eight men they were sitting in the hall Sitting on the high chair, looking at the layout of the prefect's yamen, they were chatting and laughing happily. Four of the eight people here were selected from the Green Forest Army, and they were all very capable players, while the remaining four were all Shi Jin. A fleeting shadow sent from [Jue].
Just as these brothers were sitting in the hall, the Shuangying sent out from [Jue] suddenly seemed to hear something. They stood up suddenly, stretched out their arms suddenly, and a sharp hidden sword came out of the mechanism in the sleeves. It was stabbed out, and the other hand was already touching the miniature crossbow arrow on the waist. This was the first time that the four instant shadows took off their masks and came out to work, but their techniques were still as deft. The four of them faced each other. After a quick glance, one of the figures in gray clothes and coarse cloth pointed at the eaves, and the other three understood immediately. Without saying a word, the four of them climbed up along the pillars in the hall with great agility. Cross beam, the remaining four brothers stood in the hall, watching these people kicking the pillars and beams with flying skills. They were all stunned and indescribably surprised. However, looking at the formation, they knew that There must be trouble coming. At that moment, the four men slowly pulled out their knives.
At this moment, outside the gate of the government office that was within sight, a group of officers and soldiers holding shields suddenly appeared, followed by a forest of spears, pressing forward, with a clanging sound and the sound of armor. , the four people saw that this momentum was not right, and hurried to the back of the government office. However, as soon as they reached the side of the screen, they all stopped and stepped back slowly. Then there was a row of officers and soldiers holding shields in their left hands and shields in their right hands. The knife pressed in.
The four green forest sergeants lined up in a row and carefully retreated to the center of the hall. They tightened their swords one by one, yelled to kill, and immediately started to take action.
"Swish swish swish"
The sound of a rain of arrows rang out from the beams. Now that they entered the hall, they were planning to defeat the more numerous officers and soldiers without any pressure. Before they had time to look at the beams, they saw everything in front of them, and everything went dark. They fell to the ground, and a row of them fell to the ground. Several rows fell down in one row, but the officers and soldiers behind were not afraid and rushed forward. The four men from the green forest immediately attacked with swords, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. , even with [Jue]'s help, they still couldn't withstand the impact of those officers and soldiers, especially those officers and soldiers who had shields and knives in their hands. With the large number of people and the swords coming down randomly, the four people were in a bit of a panic.
The officers and soldiers soon became more and more fierce in killing, gaining momentum, and rushed in violently. The four green forest sergeants could not bear it, they cut down the wave in front, and fled into the yard with the gap, trying to get over from the side. Gao Qiang, every one of them can walk away. However, just as these four brothers rushed out of the yard with knives, they were completely in despair. The officers and soldiers with long spears blocking the door had already poured in, with soldiers blocking them in front and pursuing them behind. The eaves on all four sides were filled with officers and soldiers, one row squatting in front, one row standing behind, and another row with arrows staggered around them. Countless arrow feathers were aimed at the four people in the courtyard.
"Let go," the young military attache stood on the eaves with his hands on his hips. A loud shout echoed in the courtyard of the government office. Then, swish, swish, swish, like locusts flapping their wings, densely, A terrifying sound rang out.
The arrow feathers from all directions were like dark clouds, which suddenly shrouded the heads of the four people. The men of the Green Forest Army stared with a pair of angry tiger eyes, puffed out their chests, and stiffened their backs. Under the random arrows, the stubborn discriminator Standing there, for just a moment, the dense arrow feathers penetrated their limbs and bones. In an instant, the four tough guys were pierced by dense arrow feathers. Even though their bodies were completely bruised, their hands were still holding each other tightly. The officers and soldiers looked at them with fear. The four warriors slowly fell down stiffly, but the officers and soldiers on all sides did not dare to come forward.
Just when the officers and soldiers thought that everything was over, the young general also let out a breath and was about to turn around and go down the ladder, but he suddenly paused, no, there are four missing.
Just in this thought, four people suddenly broke through the roof. As the tiles were flying, several crossbow arrows were shot out, shooting down the officers and soldiers who were standing far away, and then one after another. The hidden sword inside was thrust out, piercing the throats and hearts of the surrounding officers and soldiers, and cleansing them up cleanly. Before the little military attache on the eaves could draw out the sword, the four people had already leapt from the eaves here, along the He climbed up the steep wall, climbed over the eaves and walls, and jumped onto the roof of the house next to him.
"Set the arrows, shoot the arrows," the young military attache pointed at the backs of the four walking on the ground and shouted with his throat broken.