The city gate of Taihu County slowly opened. Li Chuang and Qin Huaiyu came out holding a white flag to surrender. On the city wall, the old and weak soldiers who were left to defend the city seemed to have been drained of their strength. All of a sudden, their eyes felt hazy. Although the military advisor was born as a girl, her actions brought tears to the eyes of these young and old men.
The first thing Xue Rengui did before entering the city was to order not to allow Taiping soldiers to disturb the people in Taihu City and violate military law. He took the lowered flags from Li Chuang and Qin Huaiyu, held the horse and asked the soldiers behind him to get out of the way for someone in the distance. "Brother-in-law, the Taihu garrison has surrendered. Please move into the city and take over the entire Taihu County."
From afar, someone rode a handsome black horse and came from Juechen.
"Master Meng."
"Brother Meng."
"It's him."
Immediately, three different voices came from Taihu City.
Meng Xinghe had arrived at the foot of Taihu City. He looked at the woman in white armor on the wall with an expressionless face. He only glanced at it in a daze. He only said the word "enter the city" and his eyes were no longer on hers. On the body.
Taihu County used to be controlled by the Taiping Army. It has long won the unanimous support of the people here. In addition, the Tang Army sent troops to seize food two days ago, which made the people here wish that the Tang Army would be driven out of Taihu County. When Meng Xinghe led Taiping When the religious army entered the county town, many people in the city were already standing on both sides of the street to welcome them. This made Meng Xinghe feel for the first time that there was a kind of welcome that did not require prior arrangements and a kind of support that did not require oppression.
Meng Xinghe led his generals to enter through the city gate and marched directly to the county government office. Everywhere they went along the way, there was joy and joy. Everyone seemed to be celebrating the new master. From this, it can be seen that the military advisor chose to surrender. That's correct. Tang Jun is simply unpopular here.
The magistrate of Taihu County is the kind of official who is well aware of current affairs. When Li Qiancheng was in charge of Taihu County, he was always submissive and begging for mercy as his magistrate. When Li Chengqian was driven away, he suddenly became a loyal member of the Taiping Sect. Supporter. At this moment, he heard that the Tang army guarding the city had surrendered. He took the lead in leading the county government officials, including petty officials, government servants, and police officers. About a hundred people stood in front of the county government office to greet them. What was even more ridiculous was that he was also preparing to Two big red firecrackers popped up and went off non-stop. It was evident that the skill of flattering was superb.
Seeing that someone who was definitely a general of the Taiping Army had arrived in front of the county government office. The county magistrate, whose limbs were thick and short like a dwarf, quickly ran over. He first arranged his robe, then knelt on the ground to greet him: "I'm going to Taihu County. Order Gao Su to lead the county officials and officials to welcome the general to take over Taihu Lake."
I have long heard that the Taihu County Magistrate is a treacherous and cunning person who eats people without spitting out their bones. Meng Xinghe, who was sitting on the horse, smiled softly. They say that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. It seems to be true. "Here comes someone. He dragged Gao Su, the magistrate of Taihu County, to Caishikou in Taihu County and beheaded him."
Meng Xinghe gave the order, which almost made Gao Su, who was still secretly happy, so scared that he wet his pants.
"General, spare your life." Gao Su plopped down and kowtowed loudly. But he had no chance to beg for mercy. Two tall soldiers held him to the entrance of the vegetable market and took off his clothes.
"Spare your life." Meng Xinghe's face darkened, and his eyebrows were raised horizontally. He was quite intimidating. "An unfaithful, unfilial, and unjust person like you should be killed immediately."
Gao Su fainted from fright. Behind him, dozens of Taihu County officials, large and small, stood tremblingly. It seemed that Master Meng's act of killing chickens to scare monkeys had an unexpected effect.
Meng Xinghe got off the horse. He didn't change his expression at all because he had just killed someone. He still had a sullen face. He glanced at the officials in front of him, as if to warn him, "Whoever dares to do evil in the future will be Gao Su." What will happen to you all.”
Everyone was silent. How dare they speak in front of the general in front of them.
"Very good. You guys are silent. It seems that you have taken my words into your heart." Meng Xinghe laughed and walked around them to walk into the county government office. But at this moment, a cold voice came from behind him. Ripe.
"If Gao Su deserves to be killed, then I think the general standing here now deserves to be chopped into pieces. He was originally graced by the Holy Spirit, but now he does such ungrateful things. If the general said that all the things in the world are unfaithful, unfilial, and unfilial, Anyone who is righteous should be killed. That little girl also asked the general to kill you yourself so that you can establish prestige." The voice came from behind Meng Xinghe. It immediately attracted everyone's attention. At the same time, those people were thinking in their hearts. Now, at this juncture, who dares to offend the general in front of him at the risk of his life?
"The general has been killed by you." Meng Xinghe also said not to be outdone. He knew that except for the arrogant Du Xuan, there was no other person in the world who dared to say that he was not his own in front of everyone.
Du Junshi, who was tied up with a rope by Taiping soldiers, had already arrived behind Meng Xinghe. The distance between them was only three to five steps, but it was more than ten thousand miles away. When she heard Meng Xinghe's answer. I was speechless for a moment. I just snorted coldly, but couldn't say a word.
"Yes. He was already dead when he was under Hukou City." Du Xuan struggled in her heart, thinking that Meng Xinghe was not unfaithful, unfilial and unjust. At least he was still a man of blood and affection.
Meng Xinghe, who had not turned around at all, did not want to say anything. He just said, "Bring this person in" and walked towards the county government office. He cursed in his heart at the same time. This brat Xue Rengui must be The purpose of tying Du Xuan up with a rope on purpose is probably to let him untie her. Will she be able to thank herself for doing this? There is only one sentence in the end: Impossible. Such an act of buying people's hearts is too childish. .
Not long after entering the county government office, Meng Xinghe finally couldn't sit still in the specially arranged room. "Bring in the military advisor of the Tang Army. I have something to ask, the general." He said lightly. After all, he had tied up that person. The girl has been here for so long. After all, she is born as a girl. Even if he is an enemy military adviser, he should not be treated like this. If the news spreads, it will damage the military appearance of the Taiping Army.
"Yes. I obey." Xue Rengui said with a calm voice and snickered. He escorted Miss Du into Meng Xinghe's room in an orderly manner. "Brother-in-law, the prisoner has been brought to you. This Tang Army's military advisor is too stubborn. We interrogated her outside. For a long time, they didn’t ask anything beneficial to us.”
"Okay. It's none of your business, go out." Meng Xinghe just missed kicking this little brat. He cursed in his heart that he was troublesome. But when Xue Rengui closed the door, Meng Xinghe wanted to drag this brat away. Come back. Otherwise, he and Du Xuan were the only ones in the room, and the atmosphere seemed unharmonious.
Huh. Meng Xinghe took a long breath: "Who tied you up? Come on, let me help you untie it." Meng Xinghe walked over and untied the rope from Du Xuan's body.
Miss Du was stunned and didn't speak. When Meng Xinghe's hand touched her body, she deliberately avoided it. It was obvious that she didn't want to follow Meng Xinghe's tricks.
There is no way to win people's hearts. It is easy to tie them up, but difficult to untie them. Miss Du resented in her heart.
General Meng was greatly distressed. This little girl was still showing off her temper.
"Don't move." Meng Xinghe would have let a woman control him. He grabbed Miss Du's slender waist and said viciously: "If you dare to move, be careful, I will tear your clothes with my shaking hands later." You can't blame me." Damn it. Who tied this rope? They are obviously trying to trick me. They can't even untie it. Even after trying hard, Meng Xinghe couldn't untie the rope tied to Miss Du. Meng Xinghe cursed hard. .
It's really strange. When Meng Xinghe threatened Du Xuan in the past, it was common for this girl to never be convinced and resist. Today, Meng Xinghe shocked her with just a few words. Of course Meng Xinghe is not narcissistic. She thought she was frightened by her arrogant arrogance.
No. He looked up and looked at the girl's delicate smile.
"Crying..." Meng Xinghe suddenly panicked and immediately stopped moving. "Don't cry. I won't let you go." Meng Xinghe felt the same way. Women are trouble. Meeting a woman as strong as Du Yatou is even more troublesome. .
"Woo..." The voice was not loud, but it made my heart hurt. "My parents have never beaten me, but you tied me with a rope. Wuwu..."
"Yes, grandma, I will make amends to you. It's all my fault. For treating the surrendered soldiers, I have to raise them all and treat them as my ancestors." Meng Xinghe found a small knife. As he spoke, he cut it The rope around Miss Du was untied. "I really don't know whether you surrendered or I surrendered. Anyway, I think I surrendered."
"Humph." Miss Du snorted coldly and wiped her red eyes. "I want you to be kind."
He finally regained his smile. Buddha bless him. Master Meng immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Would you like to drink tea?"
"I won't drink it." Miss Du was duplicitous. She picked up the tea on the table and said, "I won't drink what the enemy poured for me."
"I can bear it..." Master Meng said with a smile on his face: "Li Chengqian has fled to Jiangdu. You can leave too. Return to Chang'an. I will say hello to your father-in-law."
"Yeah." Miss Du nodded. Meng Xinghe discovered that in fact, when she was quiet, this girl was just like the girl next door. It was impossible to tell how smart she was.
The two of them sat across a small table and chair for a long time. Miss Du seemed to have been thinking for a long time. She felt that it was very depressing to keep pretending to say these words in her heart. Suddenly she raised her head and stared at Meng Xinghe's face. She said seriously : "Meng Xinghe. Things are not as simple as you think. The Taiping Sect cannot achieve anything. Come back to Chang'an with me. Even if my father loses the hair on his head, he will ask the Holy One to forgive your sins."
Meng Xinghe felt a warmth in his heart. He probably only had Master Du in Chang'an who was both a teacher and a friend.
"You are trying to persuade me to surrender." Meng Xinghe's eyes narrowed, making it difficult to see what was going on in his eyes.
"No. It's not." Miss Du doesn't want to hear the word surrender the most right now.
"Then thank you for your kindness. Meng Xinghe said sincerely.
"No, no need." Miss Du had originally thought of a lot of great things to say to Meng Xinghe on the city wall to persuade him to turn back. But now she couldn't say a word. She didn't want to get entangled in this issue. It was easier now. topic. He said: "Oh, by the way. Let me ask you something."
"What's the matter?" Meng Xinghe became alert. The things Miss Du asked must be important matters.
"That, that, woman who was in Hukou City back then, is really, really, your sweetheart." Miss Du said the word sweetheart very lightly. Even though she deliberately pretended not to care, she still kept her ears open and waited. Meng Xinghe replied.
Now even a fool can see that Miss Du is looking forward to the answer to this question. Meng Xinghe said without mercy: "Why? I'm jealous. Now you know that I am very charming."
"Bah." Miss Du said bitterly in her heart: "I didn't expect that Princess Xiruo of the Sui Dynasty, who was famous in Chang'an back then, was also acquired by you. Oh, no wonder. I'm afraid you are the only shameless man in the world who can be attracted by Princess Xiruo. He's a gangster."
"Hey, Du Encyclopedia, don't spit on people. Who is the gangster?" Meng Xinghe argued with reason. Now it has risen to the level of personal insult.
Miss Du interrupted Meng Xinghe and said, "Don't interrupt me. By the way, let me ask you. Is the Jade Seal of the Kingdom on your body?"
"What. What is the Jade Seal of the Kingdom? I don't know." Meng Xinghe curled his lips. There were many treasures hidden under the boxes at his home. Of course, the Jade Seal of the Kingdom was also placed by him in the top-secret version of the erotic pictures. in the box.
Miss Du didn't believe what Meng Xinghe said. When Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty died, there was a rumor in the world that the imperial seal was on the body of the third princess. Since Meng Xinghe is now the husband of the third princess, then this guy must have the imperial seal.
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. I just want to tell you. The reason why emperors of all dynasties want to get the imperial seal. Not only does it mean that they are the emperors who are orthodox and ordered by heaven. That's because there is a huge secret in it that no one knows yet. Now that you have obtained it, if you can decipher it, it will be good for you and the Taiping Religion. Believe it or not." Seeing Meng Xinghe's exaggerated expression, Miss Du said coldly. This guy is pretending to be stupid. His skills are really good.
"Is this little girl helping me negotiate with Li Shimin in the future?" Meng Xinghe smacked his lips. He decided to go home and study the imperial seal.