Zhang Yanxiong panted heavily and finally rushed to the tower.
He had just turned around the corridor beside the tower when suddenly a sharp shout sounded in front of him.
"Stop!"
Zhang Yanxiong looked up in a hurry and saw Li Xia and Zhang Wenjing standing on the eaves of the top of the tower.
Li Xia was holding Zhang Wenjing's collar in one hand, and holding a crossbow in the other, with the long sword hanging sideways, standing there in a calm and clear manner.
He had already taken off the restraints on Zhang Wenjing's hands, and just tied her waist with a rope, tying her to him.
Because she stood too high, Zhang Wenjing was obviously very frightened, with tears on her face. She held Li Xia's shirt tightly with one hand, and spread her other hand slightly in the air, like a little bird about to flap its wings.
sparrow.
The slender hands are white and delicate, but obviously they cannot be turned into wings and fly.
The figure and appearance of this man and woman are the most outstanding, so Zhang Yanxiong's first impression was... they match well.
This thought made him stunned for a moment, and then he gathered his thoughts and quickly observed.
The eaves of the tower cannot be climbed quickly. If you move here, the opponent will have too much time to kill the eldest sister.
So Zhang Yanxiong stopped, and several Zhang family guards bumped into him from behind.
"Let go of my eldest sister!"
"Don't come here, or I'll kill her."
As Li Xia spoke, he occasionally glanced down at the tower to observe the situation below, as if waiting for something.
"Don't, don't..." Zhang Yanxiong said: "Listen to me, don't touch my eldest sister. We have something to talk about. If you let her go, you will not only have a chance to survive, but also have a good future..."
"Yeah?"
"You are from Song Dynasty, right? There are some things you don't understand."
The wind was so strong on the tower that it seemed to blow the man and woman off the eaves.
Zhang Yanxiong squinted his eyes slightly, thinking about something in his mind, and spoke sincerely.
"Our Zhang family may not be what you think. We are not like your generals from Zhao and Song, who are like dogs in front of civil servants. My family's general is in charge of an army and government. It is called a military and civilian household, but it is actually a prince and a vassal town. Do you know this?
Called 'Shihou'..."
"Why are you telling me this?" Li Xia mentioned Zhang Wenjing, which scared her to tears again.
Zhang Yanxiong quickly raised his hand and said: "No, I just want to tell you that as long as you let the eldest sister go, not only will we not hold you accountable, but we will also give you a lot of benefits... Let me tell you a story from the past. My family's commander-in-chief raised an army.
At the beginning, there was a tribesman named Zhang Xin who kidnapped the daughter of a refugee. Ha, this letter counts as my cousin. When the commander found out about it, he whipped him a hundred times and returned his daughter, so he held a grudge.
, assassinated the commander-in-chief. Do you know what happened next?"
Li Xia didn't answer and glanced under the tower again.
Zhang Yanxiong continued: "The commander not only pardoned Zhang Xin, but later also saved Zhang Xin's life on the battlefield. This is his magnanimity. Military discipline is strict, but he does not remember personal grudges. Little brother, your name is Yang Shen, right?
, or is this a pseudonym? You are such a talented person, it is a pity to work for Song Ting, really..."
In the north, everyone seems to be saying that working for the Song Dynasty is not worth it.
But Li Xia still didn't care, interrupted Zhang Yanxiong and said, "What? Can you still recruit me as a son-in-law for Zhang Rou?"
Zhang Yanxiong was stunned.
He seemed to be choked for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, and said loudly: "Why not? Okay! Brother, I will take full responsibility for this matter for you and explain it to the commander-in-chief!"
While speaking, he also turned to look down at the tower and saw that many of the Zhang family's guards had been killed by the Mongols, and the rest were forming formations at the tower gate to protect themselves.
In the distance, more Zhang family guards were coming.
"Let's talk about today's matter." Zhang Yanxiong said: "I know you want to drive a wedge between the commander-in-chief and the Mongols. It doesn't matter, we can kill all the Mongolians below without leaving a single one behind! In this way, we and you will
The beam has passed, how about it?"
"oh?"
"Don't forget that we are usually polite to the Meng people, but we may not be really afraid of them. Today we just need to kill them all to ensure that the matter will not spread to the Khan's court, and everything can be undone. Little brother, let the eldest sister go, and I guarantee that you will become
Son-in-law of the Zhang family, you have leaped over the dragon gate from now on. With your ability, you will definitely shine. From now on, brother, I will have to fawn over you, haha!"
Li Xia said: "It's too easy, I don't believe you."
"How can you not believe me?" Zhang Yanxiong said: "The commander's demeanor, your ability, the brilliance of the prince, I have said everything that needs to be said clearly. My commander has twelve sons, and these two daughters are the only ones.
, treat her like a treasure, you marry the eldest sister, your future will be indispensable. Besides, you took her away for two nights, this matter... In short, you are determined to be the son-in-law of this family! If not, let me
Zhang Yanxiong was cut into pieces by five horses and died a terrible death!"
Zhang Wenjing felt extremely ashamed and annoyed after listening to these conversations.
She wanted to say something, but she was standing on the sloping eaves of the tower, and broken tiles fell down whenever she moved her feet. The wind seemed to blow her light body off.
From time to time, shrill screams could be heard, and two groups of people were still fighting under the tower, with blood flowing all over the ground.
Zhang Wenjing had no choice but to hold on to Li Xia tightly. No matter how embarrassed or scared she was, she could only cry non-stop. She didn't know why there were so many tears in her eyes.
But Zhang Yanxiong was still saying those words sincerely.
"Little brother, let me tell you the truth. Just now, when my brother rushed up and saw you and eldest sister, he had the thought that you are a match made in heaven, sincerely. Stop hesitating, let eldest sister go, come down, let's go and kill all the people below.
Mengren, a real man does things other than those of mother-in-law and mother-in-law. Hurry up, and things won’t be covered if it’s too late..."
Li Xia didn't answer, and glanced around again, quickly looking in several directions.
suddenly.
There was a "click" sound.
In a place where they couldn't see, there were obviously Zhang family guards trying to climb to the top of the tower in order to get around Li Xia and make a surprise attack.
"You want to lie to me?" Li Xia chuckled.
"No! I asked them to stop, stop, don't..."
It was too late, Li Xia had already pulled Zhang Wenjing away and disappeared in front of Zhang Yanxiong.
Zhang Yanxiong was shocked and rushed forward a few steps. When he looked up, he saw Li Xia jumping up from the top of the tower with Zhang Wenjing in his arms...
"don't want!"
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Bozhou.
A subordinate of the Zhang family named "Shen Kai" quickly walked into the hall and bowed his hands in front of Zhang Hongdao.
"Reporting to Wulang, I checked the items that Yang Shen bought at the market before leaving the city."
Zhang Hongdao's eyes were full of worry, he nodded and said: "Say."
Shen Kai said: "He was living in Qin Boxheng's house at the time, so he went to the nearest Songtang Street. He first exchanged a piece of silver, and finally bought two large packages of items. I asked a lot about it, or there may be something missing. So far, I have found out
There are dry food, clothes, lime, scissors, spirits, iron chains, maps..."
"Elaborate."
"Yes, the dry food is enough for one person for three days, and it also includes horse feed; the clothing is four sets of ready-made clothes, two of which he paid to peel off from the watchmen and vendors..."
Shen Kai spoke in detail, but Zhang Hongdao listened patiently.
Including how much lime he bought, enough to marinate several heads; how many maps there were, and where they were drawn. He understood every detail carefully, and even asked people to bring the merchants over for questioning.
"Next is the rope..."
"tow rope?"
"Yes, the rope used to pull the boat." Shen Kai said: "The strongest kind I bought was more than thirty feet long."
Zhang Hongdao frowned and said thoughtfully: "Thirty feet...can he climb out of the city wall?"
"It's possible that he also bought a lot of iron hooks. He must be afraid of discord and want to flee across the city?"
"Well, no matter where you climb, this thing is always useful." Zhang Hongdao murmured again and said: "Move on to the next object..."