stubborn thief

Chapter 161 Is it Enough for You to Start a Family?
In the prison camp.

"I know you Marshal Liu! You mustn't touch that knife!"

He Yong, who was holding his head, was about to stand up, but the tip of the knife had already been handed over by the pawn, so he had to squat down again with his head in his arms: "Brother, look at the tip of the knife, take a step to talk!"

The thief guarding the captives was an auxiliary soldier. During the battle last night, his elder brother was shot to death by the cannon from the city. He didn't look good on these captives. Squat honestly!"

He Yong could tell that this pawn was in a bad mood.

The journey was smooth at first, so I took the servants back to Mizhi's hometown, inquired about the offspring of the thief, kept a few people in each village, and arranged for several servants to find their acquainted leaders.

After finishing the work, he went to Wen'an Station by himself, thinking all the way, how to talk to Liu Chengzong when he saw the bandit soldiers.

Last night, He Yong slept in the ruined temple next to the official road fifteen miles away, the rumbling cannons frightened him so much that he couldn't sleep.

Then the sound of the cannon stopped, and there was the sound of trampling horseshoes again.

Listening to the sound is more than ten rides.

He Yong thought to himself, this is a deserter on the battlefield, so he didn't dare to show his face, and waited for the horse team to leave before leaving the ruined temple, but was captured by Wei Qian'er's Tang cavalry team.

He didn't have a chance to reveal his identity on the way, so a piece of cloth was gagged in his mouth, and he was thrown directly into the prisoner camp, listening to the groans of wounded soldiers rolling on the ground, holding his head and watching the half-night moon.

It finally dawned, and it seemed that the bandits finally had time to manage the prisoners. He Yong was very anxious.

What if all the captives are killed in a while, and I go crazy looking for someone to talk to, hoping to meet a fellow from Mizhi or a colleague from the frontier army.

hey no.

Not a single Mizhi person!
It was rare to meet a few medical craftsmen who entered the camp, and they just bandaged the wounded soldiers whose feet had been pierced by barbed wire, and ignored him, a man with healthy limbs.

He didn't dare to say that he was sent by He Renlong in front of so many officers and soldiers, so he had to follow along and wait for arrangements.

Now he wanted to get the knife back, but the knife He Renlong gave him was taken away by the bandits.

Until a few people entered the prisoner camp, I don’t know what they said to the guards. Not long after, the angry pawn came back, kicked him with his feet and said, “I don’t want to take a step to talk, let’s go, dig a hole.”

Soon, He Yong and a few captives were taken to the north of Wen'an Post City, where someone threw down a few shovels and asked them to dig a hole.

Seeing the shovel, the expressions of the prisoners changed, but after scanning their surroundings, they calmed down and dug a hole honestly.

There were not many people guarding them, but they were all wearing armor and holding bows and knives, and they also comforted them: "This is the grave where you are buried in the robes of the fallen. After finishing this, go back and have some food. If you are willing to do it with us, stay. Let you go back to Guanzhong if you like."

There are few people around now, so He Yongcai stepped forward and said: "Brother, listen to my accent, I am not from Guanzhong, I used to know you, Marshal Liu, please find someone to inform me."

Before the auxiliary soldier refused, He Yong hurriedly added: "If Marshal Liu says he doesn't know you, you can chop me up with a knife."

Suspicion appeared on the auxiliary soldier's face, and he deliberately distanced himself by pressing the handle of the knife: "Do you really know the general?"

"I really know you, let someone tell you."

But when the auxiliary soldier asked him what his name was, He Yong looked back at the other captives, and didn't dare to sign up, he just said: "Just tell the commander-in-chief that Yanling will be sent to you at night, remember, ten words. "

When these ten words were sent to the post city, Liu Chengzong, who was leading people to clean up the southeast corner building, was stunned.

There are several cannons buried in the ruins of the turret, but the cannons are not really important, the important thing is the gunpowder and shells.

Not only the enemy's shells, but also those shells they fired must be retrieved.

And he wanted to see these cannons. Most of the casualties last night were caused by these cannons. Not only the casualties in the Lion Camp, but dozens of Guanzhong soldiers who were injured were also shot by these cannons.

"Send Yanling to me at night?"

Liu Chengzong pondered for a moment, called Zhong Bao to watch from the top of the city, and said to Chuanxin Auxiliary Soldiers: "Bring that man here, as well as the things he had on his body when he came, including the armor, horses, money, and money. Find them all and return them to him."

Only He Yong said this to him.

Seeing He Renlong's captain Ding again, Liu Chengzong supported the battlements and looked down, feeling that He Yong was pitiful in his restraint.

Liu Chengzong thought many times in his heart that he would see Robe Ze of Yuhebao again.

He even thought about meeting him outside the battlefield, and it was probably He Yong who came, but he never thought that He Yong would appear in the prison camp.

"Lion, we meet again."

He Yong, who was dressed in single clothes, looked like a prisoner. When he climbed to the top of the city and saw Liu Chengzong, his face was full of helplessness. He said, "Look for a place to talk?"

Liu Chengzong nodded, asked someone to bring him a piece of clothing to wear, and found a house in the post city, and asked someone to bring some food over. A family member guarded the door and brought He Yong in.

Entering the house, the two sat on the kang.

He Yong cut to the chase and said, "This time it was General He who asked me to come here, and he also received the order from the Yulin government office, so...wait a minute, Lion, you and I have no grudges, right?"

Because he sat cross-legged on the kang generously, while Liu Chengzong squatted sideways on the kang, and no one took off his leather belt, so he could be chopped off with a knife at any time, which made him terrified.

Liu Chengzong still didn't speak, looked at him and paused for a while, then nodded.

"What I'm going to say next has nothing to do with me or the general. My brother is just a messenger. If you are angry, don't take it on me."

He Yong took the vaccination first, and then said: "Now the chief soldier is Du Wenhuan. He recruited the general into Yulin a few days ago. He wanted to give you a message and asked you to pay 3000 taels to release Ai Mu."

"I'll pay 3000 taels, and release Aimu?"

Liu Chengzong thought about a few things that he might be angry with earlier, but when He Yong said this, he didn't even have any emotional fluctuations in his heart.

Isn't this just a joke.

Money comes quickly in his line of business, and it's really not easy to spend money.

But why can't this money work?Throwing it into the Yellow River is called listening to it; sending it to Yulin Town is called supporting the enemy.

Unexpectedly, He Yong hadn't finished speaking, so he paused and said, "If you add another 7000 taels, Du Wenhuan will recommend you a general."

Before He Yong came, he had thought carefully about the wording of the conversation with Liu Chengzong. Except when he mentioned He Renlong, he was called a general, and other civil and military officials would call him by his first name, so as to increase the distance between the two.

This time Liu Chengzong couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

To be honest, if it weren't for another memory in his mind, knowing that there would be more than ten years of drought in the future, and Hong Chengchou, the murderous bastard, he might really consider this suggestion.

Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "He thinks very well, and he doesn't look at who he is."

He laughed, and He Yong also laughed, not only laughing, but also cross-legged to analyze: "I said yes, the general who surrendered, then whoever surrendered is the one who counts."

"If you demote Li Bei Aimu, or our general, at least you can be honest with each other; if you follow the governor and civil servant who has no confidant generals, you will gnaw on the hardest bone in the war, at least you can get some benefits by sharing the broth."

"What is it with Du Wenhuan?"

He Yong shook his head and said: "Old Du's family has a bunch of direct-line generals, outsiders can only eat the hardest bones with their lives, and there is no benefit in paying food and salaries."

Yo!
Liu Chengzong seemed to have just met He Yong, in his impression He Yong has always been a taciturn and honest man.

The co-author is because my status was too low in the past, and I never had the chance to see the other side of He Yong!

"Listen to what you mean, what's the matter?" Liu Chengzong asked with a smile: "Have you already helped me decide where to go?"

"what?"

He Yong just followed Liu Shizi's thoughts, and was stunned when he heard this, and quickly shook his head: "No, I just think the message Du Wenhuan asked the general to send is whimsical."

However, just when He Yong felt that he performed well today, he suddenly found that Liu Chengzong changed his sitting position.

Liu Chengzong also crossed his legs, his sitting posture was more relaxed, but he also suppressed all the smiles on his face, and said: "Brother He, you and I have worked together for more than a year, and we both know that there is no enmity in the past, but there is no kindness."

"This time you came here just to spread the word. If the word has been passed on, I have sent someone to fetch your armor and horse. You can leave after eating a meal later; if the word has not been passed on, feel free to speak it out, don't make excuses. I will not harm you since I see you."

He doesn't like He Yong sitting here like an old friend.

He is not a fool.

At Yuhebao back then, the relationship between the two was just as he said, there was no enmity or kindness, it was just a simple business trip, and there was no personal relationship.

Now a soldier and a thief are confiding in each other.

unreal.

It's better to be open and honest, and do what can be done smoothly, and forget it if it is not smooth.

This kind of time is close, giving Liu Chengzong the feeling of "are you here?" before borrowing money? '

Is it up to me whether I'm here or not?It just depends on what you're going to say.

Liu Chengzong's sitting posture relaxed, but He Yong became nervous. He shook his head and said, "I have something to say, but I don't know."

"do not know?"

"General He asked me to tell you about this, but the general is just telling you that it doesn't matter what you want to do. I heard what he meant, he just wanted to come over and have a relationship with you."

He Yong actually didn't know what his mission was, and he couldn't even figure out what He Renlong was thinking.

All he knew was that He Renlong's method was his relationship with Mi Zhiqun Kola, and his purpose was to promote Yuhebao's defense and make him rich.

But he doesn't know anything between the means and the achievement of the goal.

A thief?

He also didn't know what benefit the bandit could do to He Renlong, even if he raised the bandits' self-respect, it wouldn't be his turn to defend the small Yuhe Castle.

He Yong said: "Dashuai Liu helped the brothers analyze and analyze, what did the general want me to come here?"

"No one around you knows, how do I know?"

Liu Chengzong didn't want to analyze it for him, so he shook his head and said, "Why don't you tell me how Du Wenhuan plans to deal with me."

"How do I know this? I still want to vote for you when I have nowhere to go."

He Yong thought for a while and said, "However, when the general came out of the General Military Office, he said that Du Wenhuan gathered several guerrilla generals in Yulin, and he didn't know what to do."

This is useful information.

Liu Chengzong was thinking about the usefulness of the guerrilla generals, but before he could figure it out, He Yong sighed and said to himself: "I came out of Yulin, I've never seen a general like that, it's hard, those guerrilla generals are younger than him, he asked What have I been doing for the past ten years?"

"I want to know too. They said that if you fight for chickens and dogs, you will ascend to heaven. If you fight, the general did not become a fairy, and I did not ascend to heaven."

"Brother He told me this, is there no one to talk to in Yuhe Castle?"

It's also interesting to say that compared to He Renlong and He Yong, Liu Chengzong has more trust in Fu Renxi, who he just met not long ago.

At least Fu Renxi behaved normally, he said he was hungry when he was cold, and he said he wanted to go to Liaodong when he wanted to go to Liaodong.

Instead of always making excuses like He Yong.

Liu Chengzong felt that he was just looking for an excuse, but this excuse may not be used to persuade him, it may also be that He Yong is trying to convince himself.

Sure enough, He Yong ignored his ridicule, and just said to himself: "I'm not young anymore, I don't dare to think about it far away, I want to have no worries about food and clothing, I want to have a family, you say... exchange information from the government and the army, and I can afford food and clothing." Worry-free, do you want to make a family?"

That makes sense.

But it's almost meaningless.

Liu Chengzong shook his head and said, "The little information about Yuhebao is enough to buy a few new clothes, but probably not enough to make a family."

"I won't give you news about Yuhebao. The imperial court owed me two years of military pay. I'll sell it for a good price. The brothers in Yuhebao don't owe me anything, Du Wenhuan."

He Yong gritted his teeth and said: "Yulin Town dispatched troops to the south, but Yuhebao couldn't hide it. Is this enough to make a family?"

Liu Chengzong didn't speak.

He weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

He Yong's arrival may not be a spy sent by He Renlongbo to gain his trust.

However, when Yulin Town sent troops to the south, it was true that Yuhebao could not be bypassed.

Before the soldiers and horses arrived at Yuhe Fort, Tang Qi would come over and send a message that it was time to prepare soldiers and rations, the horses to be replaced, and the patients to be resettled would be arranged in advance.

He Yong's words are indeed very tempting.

He was thinking, even if He Yong was He Renlong's spy, how could he turn this person into his own spy.

At least, be a double agent.

"Brother He, how much money does the court owe you?"

He Yong was overjoyed when he heard the words, almost without thinking: "By next month, 110 five taels, four cents and three cents."

"Okay, I remember you studied in the castle, Wuliang."

Liu Chengzong raised his hand and opened it in front of him, and said to He Yong who was very disappointed: "I want to guard all the pond newspapers and residence newspapers I can see."

"You can't get away in the castle. Find your cronies and send it to Crouching Tiger Mountain in the south of Yanchuan County every month. As long as I'm not dead, it's five taels of silver per month."

"If Yulin Town sends troops to the south, he only needs to send troops to the south, where the troops come from, where they are going, and where they are stationed, once every 20 taels; Ambush them, one time, one time only."

"The imperial court can give you official positions, but Mizhi is not in my territory, so I can't give them. But as long as the letter you reported comes in handy, the odds are fine, 110 fifty taels, and I, Liu Shizi, will give you all the money the imperial court owes you."

"Lion you..."

He Yong's eyes widened, but he couldn't say something stuck in his throat. He blinked hard, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. Brother He will do things for me. I'll send the Dibaotang newspaper twelve times a year without incident, and you'll get 60 taels. If you send a military report, 200 taels a year. Is it enough for you to start a family?"

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)