Liang Fuchen is now over fifty, and his physical condition is far worse than when he was young.
During this time, he had been traveling day and night. He was already physically exhausted and anxious. But today he had diarrhea many times in a row and was chased by horse bandits. His heart was full of shame, anger, and anger. This was very important to him.
It's not a good thing to have good health.
Therefore, after Liang Fuchen fled into Dahuai Village, he could no longer hold on and fell off his horse, almost passing out.
As for Liang Fuchen's bodyguards, the situation was no better than Liang Fuchen's. Most of them were exhausted and incontinent, and they didn't even have the strength to stand or walk.
However, Liang Fuchen was determined after all and endured all the discomforts. On the one hand, he commanded the young men in the village to resist the horse bandits, and on the other hand, he arranged for the women and children in the village to treat his followers and guards.
It was not until the first wave of attacks by the horse bandits was repulsed that Liang Fuchen finally took a break and found a room to lie down and recuperate.
At this time, Liang Fuchen still felt cramps in his abdomen, but after an afternoon of diarrhea, there was nothing left to excrete in his stomach, so he had to endure it.
There was an old man named Xu Liang in Dahuai Village. He had some medical skills and was the only doctor in the village.
After Liang Fuchen entered the room to rest, Xu Liang hurried over to treat him.
After diagnosis, Xu Liang concluded that the reason why Liang Fuchen and others suffered from diarrhea was because they mistakenly consumed a large amount of croton!
"Are you sure that the diarrhea I'm experiencing is all due to eating croton?"
At this time, Liang Fuchen was lying weakly on the bed, his face a little sickly pale, but his eyes were sharp, staring closely at the old man in front of him.
When fleeing into Dahuai Village, Liang Fuchen had already revealed his identity as an imperial envoy to the villagers - in fact, if Liang Fuchen had not revealed his identity first, the villagers in Dahuai Village would have closed the hanging door first and locked them in the village.
In addition, there will never be any conflict with the horse bandits for Liang Fuchen.
Therefore, Xu Liang was very aware of Liang Fuchen's distinguished status and did not dare to offend him at all. He felt extremely stressed under Liang Fuchen's intense gaze.
Finally, Xu Liang hesitated for a moment and finally replied: "Reporting to the Imperial Envoy, you and your guards are indeed suffering from diarrhea because of eating croton. Although ordinary people are not good at medical skills, they should not notice this.
wrong!"
Liang Fuchen nodded, with a cold expression on his face, and said in a cold voice: "So, there is something wrong with the lunch at the Suide County Station... After I get out of trouble, I must find out who is behind this matter.
I won’t let him go!”
The croton in the food and the sudden attack of horse bandits made Liang Fuchen smell a conspiracy!
Liang Fuchen never believed that Suide County Station accidentally added a large amount of croton into the food, nor did he believe that there was no one behind the plot against him by Suide County Station!
In fact, Liang Fuchen had already made a list of suspects in his mind, and in this list, Zhao Junchen's name was among the top three.
After pondering for a moment, Liang Fuchen asked again: "So, how long will it take for me and the guards to recover?"
Xu Liang looked troubled and said: "According to the diagnosis of the grassroots, the adults and the guards took too much croton by mistake, and most of them are physically exhausted. They will need at least two or three days to recover... If you want to fully recover...
The body will take longer. After all, there are too few standing herbs in the village, so the adults and guards can only take care of themselves slowly..."
"It will take another two or three days..."
Liang Fuchen was slightly dissatisfied and was about to say something when he suddenly felt a sudden burst of physical and mental exhaustion.
Liang Fuchen knew that his body had reached its limit. If he persisted, he might become seriously ill in the future.
So Liang Fuchen turned his head and looked at the other people in the room.
These people are all the leaders of Dahuai Village. They are Zhang Shanchang, the elder of the village, Li Jue, a wealthy family in the village, and Pangshan, the young leader of the village.
After sizing up the three of them, Liang Fuchen said slowly: "Everyone, my guards and I were plotted by someone and accidentally ate a large amount of croton. We have been unable to fight anymore in the past few days and need to stay here to recuperate. The village's defense matters
I'll leave it to you! I've just seen it, these horse bandits are all a mob and there is nothing to be afraid of! Don't panic, as long as you stick to the village wall and don't relax to leave holes, it will be enough to resist them! You don't need to hold on.
It’s too long. My guards will get better by around noon the day after tomorrow at the latest. By then, we will definitely wipe out all these horse bandits! I will also ask the court for your credit afterwards! On the occasion of guarding against horse bandits, everyone
If there is any damage, the imperial court will definitely provide compensation!"
After hearing Liang Fuchen's instructions and promises, several leaders in the village nodded in agreement.
"If something goes wrong, send someone to call me to take charge of the overall situation..."
At this point, Liang Fuchen's tone became weak and he waved his hands to several people, indicating that they could leave.
After receiving Liang Fuchen's signal, several leaders in Dahuai Village did not dare to disturb Liang Fuchen's rest and quickly left the room.
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But he said that as soon as the leaders of Dahuai Village left Liang Fuchen's room, they saw a villager running towards them.
This villager was originally guarding the horse bandits on the village wall, but now he hurried to see them. Something big must have happened.
Therefore, the elder Zhang Shanchang quickly asked: "What happened? But the horse bandits are attacking again?"
The villager said with a cry: "Oh no, the folks who were planting autumn crops outside the village failed to escape into the village, and now they have all been captured by the horse bandits! The horse bandits also threatened that if we don't take the escaped
If the team that entered the village is handed over, they will kill all these folks! They will also sprinkle salt on the fields so that we will have no harvest from now on! They will even set fire to the village! And they also threatened, saying
If we don't cooperate with them, once the village fortress is breached, our village will be massacred! Mr. Zhang, my father has been captured by the horse bandits now, you must find a way to save him!"
Upon hearing this villager's cry, the faces of several leaders in Dahuai Village changed drastically.
Li Jue, a wealthy man in the village, performed slightly better. None of his relatives fell into the hands of the bandits. However, Zhang Shanchang, the elder, and Pang Pangshan, the young leader of the village, became panicked!
You know, when the horse bandits attacked, Zhang Shanchang's only son and Pang Pangshan's wife were farming outside the village. Now I am afraid they have been caught by the horse bandits! How can they watch their wives and children being killed? Not to mention
It is said that there are several other threats from the horse bandits.
Originally, they had made up their minds to ensure the safety of the imperial envoys and thereby seek wealth for all the villagers in Dahuai Village. However, after they heard the news, their positions began to waver.
Just when they were at a loss, the villagers who reported the news said: "After hearing the threat of the horse bandits, the villagers guarding the village were in chaos. Many villagers had relatives who were kidnapped by the horse bandits. They were all
I hope that we will hand over the imperial envoys to the horse bandits in exchange for the lives of our relatives, and we are not willing to offend the horse bandits for the sake of the imperial court..."
Hearing this, the expressions of several leaders of Dahuai Village changed again.
After all, they still have to rely on the villagers to resist the horse bandits. If most of the villagers want to compromise with the horse bandits, what should they do?
The elder Zhang Shanchang was particularly conflicted at this moment. He thought that his family was a single generation for three generations, but his only son fell into the hands of horse bandits, but he felt flustered and hesitant.
He is willing to lead the villagers to resist the horse bandits just to please the imperial envoy and gain wealth for his son! But now his only son falls into the hands of the horse bandits and will be killed by the horse bandits at any time. What is the use of this wealth?
?
Suddenly, Zhang Shanchang showed a decisive look on his face and asked Xu Liang: "I remember that you know how to prepare intoxicating drugs. Is there such a thing?"
Hearing Zhang Shanchang's inquiry, how could the other people not guess what he was thinking? He clearly wanted to charm Liang Fuchen and his guards, and then hand them over to the horse bandits outside the village in exchange for his only son.
life!
For a moment, everyone's body trembled.
Li Jue, a wealthy man in the village, quickly stopped him and said: "You, you are crazy! Those are the imperial envoys of the imperial court! If we hand them over to the horse bandits, and the imperial court investigates them later, wouldn't our village be in catastrophe?"
After Zhang Shanchang made up his mind, his attitude was extremely resolute. He gritted his teeth and said: "Only the villagers and the horse bandits know about the imperial envoy's escape into the village! The horse bandits will never leak this matter! As long as we ourselves keep it secret, the court will
If we don’t know about this, our village will not suffer revenge from the court!”
Having said this, Zhang Shanchang looked at Li Jue, a big family member in the village, and asked: "Or are you saying that in order to please the imperial envoy, you will sacrifice the villagers and the land and put our Dahuai Village into crisis? I dare not say these words to the villagers.
How about you try to see if you can convince them?"
After Zhang Shanchang finished speaking, Pang Pangshan walked up to Zhang Shanchang and expressed his support for Zhang Shanchang.
Seeing the statements of Zhang Shanchang and Pang Pangshan, Li Jue turned pale and murmured: "Crazy, you are all crazy, that's an imperial envoy..."
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Liang Fuchen and his guards had no idea that the villagers of Dahuai Village who had just vowed to defend them would betray them in the blink of an eye!
Liang Fuchen subconsciously believed that he was an imperial envoy, and the villagers of Dahuai Village were the subjects of the imperial court. It was natural for them to protect him with all their strength, not to mention that Liang Fuchen would repay them afterwards.
It is a pity that in this era, the villagers have no national concept or even national perspective. In their eyes, there are only two kinds of people in the world, one is "natives" and the other is "outsiders". In order to ensure the relationship between relatives and
They can do anything to save the lives of local people.
In the end, Liang Fuchen lost his guard!
About a quarter of an hour later, the villagers served Liang Fuchen and his guards with batter.
Both Liang Fuchen and his bodyguards' stomachs were already empty after an afternoon of diarrhea. The abdominal cramps in this situation were particularly uncomfortable, so they took it without thinking too much.
Then, they fell asleep one after another.
After another quarter of an hour, the hanging door of Dahuai Village was lowered, and the villagers handed over the sleeping Liang Fuchen and others to the horse bandits, replacing the villagers who were captured by the horse bandits.
Xu Qingyan acted low-key at this time, for fear of attracting the attention of the villagers. He just mingled with the horse bandits and looked at the sleeping Liang Fuchen, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although there were some twists and turns, he finally completed the task assigned by Zhao Junchen, and Liang Fuchen finally fell into his hands.
However, this is just the beginning.
Considering the long-term plan, Zhao Junchen will not murder Liang Fuchen, but will temporarily imprison Liang Fuchen for a while. After Zhao Junchen's plan enters the next stage, he will let Liang Fuchen go!
At the same time, no one must be allowed to know that Zhao Junchen is related to this matter.
Therefore, all insiders must disappear.
Thinking of this, when Xu Qingyan looked at the horse bandits around him, a murderous look flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, Wang Laohu came to Xu Qingyan's side with a happy face.
Finally, the "fat sheep" was caught without any danger, and thirty thousand taels of silver were about to fall into his pocket. Wang Laohu was naturally in a good mood.
"Master Jia, I have captured all the people you want! What should you do with them next? Also, when will you take out the thirty thousand taels of silver?"
Hearing Wang Laohu's impatient inquiry, Xu Qingyan suddenly smiled and said: "For the time being, I have to trouble Leader Wang to imprison these people in the cells in Guishan Village. I will send people to pick them up later! Of course, the time spent in detention will be
I will also compensate you with another sum of money for the food and manpower... As for the reward of 30,000 taels of silver, I have already ordered people to send it to you near the stronghold, and the leader of the king will see it soon... I have also sent people to send it.
Fifty jars of fine wine and two roasted lambs are my extra thanks to you... By the way, the leader of the trouble king will give them some more drugs, and don’t let them wake up within today, so as to save you trouble!"
Hearing Xu Qingyan's answer, Wang Laohu was overjoyed. He quickly ordered the horse bandits to do their work, and then returned to the Black Tiger Army's stronghold.
The Black Tiger Army's cottage is actually a dilapidated Taoist temple. It was occupied by Wang Laohu's men in the past few years. In the past two years, walls and sentries have been built one after another, but it still looks shabby at first glance.
However, before nightfall, the horse bandits finally returned to the mountain stronghold, and as expected they saw the 30,000 taels of silver promised by Xu Qingyan, which was filled with five large boxes, as well as fifty jars of fine wine and two
Roast lamb.
In addition, Xu Qingyan secretly gave Wang Lao Lao a banknote with a denomination of three thousand taels. This amount of money was Xu Qingyan's special thank you to Wang Lao Lao. It was all for Wang Lao Lao alone and did not need to be divided.
To his horse bandits, this surprised Wang Laohu even more.
So, the horse bandits in the village started a carnival by eating large pieces of meat, drinking from large bowls, and dividing the silver with large scales, which was quite like the heroes of Liangshan.
During this period, in order to express his gratitude, Xu Qingyan also frequently toasted to several horse bandit leaders, constantly speaking words of praise and admiration, which made the banquet even more enjoyable for the guests and the host.
Soon, most of the horse bandits were already drunk!
Don't expect such a mob to remember to guard the village during the banquet. Although there are a few horse bandits on guard, it's still better than nothing.
As a result, the horse bandits did not notice that an army had secretly surrounded the stronghold!
That night, when it was past midnight, Xu Qingyan, who had swallowed a large amount of sobriety medicine in advance, left the Black Tiger Army's stronghold and walked down the mountain road.
When Xu Qingyan reached the mountainside, several people suddenly appeared.
These people were also dressed as horse bandits, but they were strong and well-trained. They were completely different from the ragtag group of horse bandits. They looked more like officers and soldiers in their movements.
In fact, these people were all Guan Wuyuan's cronies in the Forbidden Army. When Zhao Junchen arranged for the Imperial Guards and the Forbidden Army to be stationed in various places, he dispatched the Forbidden Army near Suide County, and no one noticed anything strange.
After seeing Xu Qingyan, the leading Forbidden Military Attaché cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Xu, we have been ordered to arrive. This mountain stronghold is already surrounded by brothers! As long as you give the order, we can attack at any time!"
When Xu Qingyan originally recruited this forbidden army, he originally wanted them to disguise themselves as horse bandits and attack Dahuai Village. However, he did not expect that Dahuai Village voluntarily gave up resistance and directly handed over Liang Fuchen and others.
However, this forbidden army still has a use, and that is to kill people and silence them!
So, Xu Qingyan ordered in a cold voice: "All the horse bandits in the village are drunk, and they can attack immediately! Go down and kill all the horse bandits in the village, leaving no one alive! Also, after taking control of the village,
Let people strictly guard the dungeon of the cottage, but no one is allowed to peek into the dungeon, and no one is allowed to come into contact with the people in the dungeon! When the matter is over, I will send someone else to take over the affairs in the dungeon! "
Although this forbidden army team is Guan Wuyuan's cronies and is relatively trustworthy, Xu Qingyan will not let them know about Liang Fuchen until it is absolutely necessary.
The Forbidden Military Attaché nodded and said in a deep voice: "I understand!"
After saying that, the Forbidden Army Attaché told the Forbidden Army behind him: "Just follow Mr. Xu's instructions and pass the order!"
After the imperial guard performed a military salute, he quickly left.
As the military order was conveyed, the Forbidden Army soldiers who had been lying in wait for a long time suddenly began to attack the mountain stronghold. Because the mountain stronghold was poorly defended, the Forbidden Army soldiers encountered little resistance and were quickly breached.
Then, a killing begins!
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And the day after Xu Qingyan ordered the horse bandits to kidnap Liang Fuchen, He Zhang also arranged all the matters for the new army of soldiers. According to Zhao Junchen's order, the new army of soldiers was about to be divided into two groups and rushed to
Ningxia Middle Road and Yulin South Road went to attack those border generals who disobeyed the military orders of the Governor-General.
In the early morning of this day, before the new Zhanbing Army left Huamachi Camp, He Zhang also invited Zhao Junchen to go to the military camp for a military parade, hoping to take the opportunity to show Zhao Junchen the new look of the new Zhanbing Army.
Zhao Junchen naturally agreed happily to this.
However, although Zhao Junchen was mentally prepared, he was still disappointed!
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A big chapter of 5,000 words, the first update.
In addition, regarding the plot of Liang Fuchen's arrest, Chongzi originally planned to write more plot changes, but this would affect the development of the main line, so he cut off more than ten thousand words. Therefore, this plot is a bit simple, please forgive me.