Fu Song

Chapter 197 Assassination
On the official road, people come and go, and the flow is endless.However, those who headed in the direction of Daming Mansion were either the army or teams transporting various supplies.The common people walking on the official road are forced to give way to these teams in the wasteland on both sides, down the slope, and in the ditches from time to time.

Those who leave the Daming Prefecture are basically fleeing from disaster or famine.

There are both empty-handed and poor men with no money, and there are also rich people who are richly dressed and ride in gorgeous carriages.

Zhou He, dressed in a scholarly green shirt and riding a little donkey, mixed among these people.

Not far from him, Qin Min was wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a burden.

In this bustling crowd, there were as many as dozens of people who were with Qin Min.

And this is just the first batch.

For more than a dozen days, Qin Min and others connected in four directions, linking up the remaining personnel of the four armies such as Xin'an, Guangxin, Ansu, and Baoding.

They are going to Beijing.

They want justice.

And their goal is very clear, to find King Jing Zhao Zhe.

Whether it is Zhang Chao of the Daming Mansion or Xia Jie, the pacifier, in their view, even if they are not the same as Cui Ang, they cannot escape even if they are protected by an official.

Only Zhao Zhe, King of Jing, can shine a light on them, clear away the gloom all over the sky, and restore the world to a bright future.

Guides are a big problem. Without guides, it is impossible for them to go to Bianliang. Zhou He tried his best, but now he only got dozens of guides.

The rest of the people have to find another way.

Daming Mansion is not easy to manage, but you can go to other places to get it. Now the whole Hebei is in chaos, and the management of other places is quite different from Daming Mansion. As long as the money is enough, getting the road guide is not a problem. .

All that is needed is time.

The weather in June is already quite hot.

After walking for half a day, the clothes were soaked with sweat, and finally found a shade, and everyone sat on the ground.

Compared with the turmoil in the north of Daming Mansion, here is a peaceful place. In the endless fields, the seedlings are growing very well. If there are no accidents, this year will definitely be a bumper harvest year.

In the ravines on the roadside, clear streams flow. From time to time, some people will squat down and drink water with their hands, and some people will fill up the water tools such as gourds they carry with them in the water.

Qin Min used a skin bag.

When he filled the skin bag with water and just straightened up, he heard the sound of shouting and the sound of chariots and horses coming from the road.

Turning his head, he only took one look, then immediately lowered his head and pulled down the bamboo hat.

Coming from the back was a group of officers and soldiers escorting prisoners. More than a dozen carts were slowly approaching under the escort of more than a hundred soldiers. Each cart contained one or two prisoners.

Most of these people are scarred.

Qin Min lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes became red.

He recognized the prisoner in the first car.

He was a veteran of the Xin'an Army, and he was usually called Uncle.

Around Qin Min, several men stood up, they were from Guangxin Army, Ansu Army and Baoding Army.

Among those prisoners, there were also their friends, officers, and brothers.

They watched the convoy go away and slowly disappeared from their sight. Zhou He could even hear their teeth gnashing.

Since they were escaping, naturally there was no inn to stay in. When it got dark, everyone camped on the spot.Fortunately, there are so many people, everyone gathers together, and they are not afraid of any wild animals at night.The weather has also warmed up, and I can get a blanket and lie on the ground, and I can sleep overnight.

As long as it is not so unlucky, it will be fine if it rains.

Piles of bonfires lit up, one here, one there, they were all traveling together, although they didn't know the details, they were familiar with each other.

However, among Qin Kuan's group, no one dared to squeeze over.

Because there is no old man, child or woman in their group here, but a bunch of strong and strong men, other people feel a little scared when they look at it.

"Brother Qin, with their marching speed, they should be about ten miles away from us." A man with a scar on his face sat cross-legged on the ground and said, "I'm familiar with the surrounding area. There is no inn or official post. So they can only sleep in the wild. This is an opportunity, and our dozens of brothers can solve them with just one surprise attack."

Gao He shook his head.

"no!"

"Why? Could it be that we just watched them suffer such humiliation?" the scarred man said angrily.

"Brother Dong, we went to Beijing to appeal for injustice. What did you say you were going to do? Could it be that we are going to rebel? As long as we make a move, we will really become criminals." Gao He said in a deep voice. "Then Cui Ang just falsely accused the rulers that they disobeyed the military order and acted without authorization, which led to the defeat of the battle, so that the front line lost troops and land. This matter, it is fair to say that the public is right, right? Let's go up Go to Beijing and tell King Jing the real situation, won't everything be settled?"

"That's right!" The man with the scar nodded, "Just watching them being locked up and being treated like monkeys along the way makes me really uncomfortable."

"As long as you are still alive, you still have a chance!" Gao He comforted everyone. "Now we can't make trouble, and go to Beijing to find King Jing honestly."

These veterans had extremely accurate estimates of the speed of the team escorting the prisoners, and they set up camp in a wilderness ten miles away.

The carts were gathered together one after another, and the soldiers set up tents on the outside to surround these carts in the middle.

Cui Jin stood in front of one of the limousines, looking at the two criminals in the car, who were eating steamed buns. Seeing Cui Jin approaching, they couldn't help showing disgust in their eyes.

"Your injuries seem to have improved a lot!" Cui Jin smiled and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, you can tell me in time, so that someone can treat you. Everyone, you must arrive at Bianliang alive and well. "

A soldier in the car sneered: "Cui Jin, now you are no longer a conciliator. There are some things that I can't control. I am not afraid of what you will do!"

"It seems that everyone is going to retract your confession!" Cui Jin's smile remained unchanged: "You are right, my father is indeed no longer a conciliator, but he is still the governor of the Privy Council, and he is still the governor of Jixiandian University. I don’t dare to say anything else, killing a few people is no different from crushing a few ants. Let alone the family members of some prisoners. Daming Mansion is so chaotic now, with hundreds of thousands of troops gathered around, countless young and strong Folks come and go, and if there are fewer people, who will pay attention?"

"Do you dare?" Jun Han's eyes turned red immediately, he dropped the steamed bun in his hand, and grabbed Cui Jin face to face through the fence.

Cui Jin chuckled, and took a step back. The soldier was blocked by the fence, grabbed the railing with one hand, and stretched out the other hand, looking at Cui Jin with his fingers bent and yelling.

Cui Jin bent down, picked up the steamed bun from the ground, gently brushed off the grass that was stuck on it, walked slowly to the car, and said: "Believe it or not, I will send someone back right now, and put your wife and doll on a piece of paper." Pause, and then take a token from them and come back to show you?"

The military man stared at Cui Jin for a long while, then finally lowered his head and hands limply.

Cui Jin smiled and stuffed the steamed buns into the hands of the soldier, "Eat it, you will have strength when you are full, and you will have the strength to go to Bianliang and tell those things to the people above!"

The soldier held the steamed bun and suddenly burst into tears.

Amidst the cries of Jun Han, Cui Jin burst out laughing.

Gao He didn't know that these former comrades-in-arms were taken to Beijing for crimes, and it was not a matter of defeat on the front line.Even Qin Kuan and Zheng Yu were killed, so what are these people?

They were taken to Beijing only because these people were more threatening and more manageable.

For Cui Ang, such a thing as framing King Jing was a risk that gambled all his life.

Although Gao He could read and write, but at his level, he would never have thought of this.In Cui Ang's note to the emperor, he didn't seem to say anything, but in fact, every sentence was pointing at King Jing's treason.

The letters between King Jing and the border generals that were sent earlier.

Then there are these grassroots soldiers.

If Gao He really understood these things, I'm afraid he would not stop the suggestion of the man with the scar and launch an attack to rescue these people.

However, just because Gao He stopped Qin Kuan and others from attacking Cui Jin and the others did not mean that no one else was prepared to do it.In the middle of the night, in the woods outside Cui Jin's camp, rows of men in black quietly appeared.

A gloomy man in the lead twirled the black hair on a huge mole on his face, and then pulled up a black cloth around his neck to cover his face.

"Action!" With a wave of his hand, dozens of men in black quietly moved towards the small camp.

No one thought that the convoy of prisoners escorted by the army would be attacked, so these escorted soldiers were sleeping soundly at the moment, and the soldiers on duty who were supposed to guard these prisoners were leaning on the sill car, sleeping like dead pigs .

After all, it's been a day.

Prisoners are sitting in the car, but they are relying on two legs!
When the men in black approached, the first to spot them were not the escorting soldiers, but the criminals in the carriage.

Although they were imprisoned in a prison car like dogs, and although they were tortured physically and psychologically after being caught, their vigilance and intuition for danger as qualified soldiers still allowed them to quickly escape from the prison. Woke up from a deep sleep.

However, they made a huge mistake.

They thought these people were there to save them.

So although they opened their eyes, they didn't give any warning. Instead, they excitedly watched the men in black approaching quickly in the darkness.

Until those people raised their crossbows.

Until they discovered that the target of these crossbows was actually them.

But at this time, everything is too late.

They were locked in the car, and they couldn't even dodge.

The howling sound of countless crossbow arrows broke the silence under the night, and the screaming sound also awakened the sleeping soldiers.

The people in black put away their hand crossbows, drew their waist knives, and the tigers rushed over like a flock of sheep.

When Cui Jin got into the tent, what he saw was the scene of soldiers being slaughtered by men in black like sheep, and what he saw were those important criminals in the car who were either shot to death by those men in black or separated from each other. Stabbed to death with a spear.

He stood in front of the tent like a fool, trying to run, but his legs seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he couldn't even move half a step.He has now been promoted to a fifth-rank Beijing official by virtue of his military achievements, but he has never been on a real battlefield before, and right now, a massacre is happening before his eyes.

"My lord, let's go!" The four companions rushed over.One person stooped to pick up Cui Jin, and then ran to the other side, while the other three guarded the surroundings with knives.

These four are generals of the Cui family, but they are indeed quite capable.

The last prisoner was repeatedly stabbed several times by a man in black with a spear. After he was stabbed to death, there was no one alive in the car. With a whistle, the man in black seemed to come suddenly. General rolled away.

The remaining escorted soldiers dared to pursue it.Although the number of opponents does not seem to be large, but in the short confrontation just now, they were not opponents at all, and they were beaten by the opponent.If it weren't for the fact that the main target of the other party was the criminals in the car, it's hard to say how many of them would have survived.

Even so, there are only half of the team of more than one hundred people left now.

Frightened, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Who is it that wants to kill these prisoners?

What is their purpose?
The sky was bright, and the number of people on the official road gradually increased. Naturally, it was impossible for those camping in the wild to go to bed early. When the first ray of dawn appeared in the sky, these people got up and continued on their way. .

To reach the destination one day earlier is the only thought of these people.

But today, the official road was blocked, and more and more people were blocked outside the blockade.

This is the boundary of Shanyang County, and the official roads are sealed off by the soldiers and fast arresters of Shanyang County.

"What's the matter?" Gao He took a lot of effort to squeeze to the front, bowed his hands and saluted a Xiang army guard, and asked.

Seeing a scholar bowing to him, the chief was a little flattered, and said: "Your official, I'm afraid you will be delayed for a while. There is a murder case ahead."

"Why is there such a big fanfare about the murder?" Gao He continued to ask.

But the Yasi sighed: "It's unlucky too. Last night, a group of thieves attacked a convoy escorting prisoners, causing heavy casualties!"

Gao He's heart skipped a beat, "The convoy escorting the criminals? Are they trying to save people? The criminals are so bold?"

"It's not saving people, it's killing people!" Yasi shook his head and said, "All the criminals are dead, not a single one is alive!"

Gao He was suddenly dumbfounded!

But at this moment, the county magistrate of Shanyang County was also hurt.Shanyang County has always been simple and simple, and usually there are very few cases of stealing chickens and dogs, but now there is such a big case of assaulting officials and servants, and so many people died.More importantly, the Shanyang county magistrate knew the inside story of these criminals being sent to Bianliang.

Who doesn't have a few classmates or friends in Bianliang?
The magistrate of Shanyang County is already thinking about whether he should take the initiative to submit a resignation letter!

(End of this chapter)