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Chapter 409 Greetings to Vice President Zhang for My Master
On May 13th, the [-]th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the night shrouded the earth, the wind howled, and the surrounding fields were completely dark.

Xuanzhen East Road, at the foot of Tuanshan Mountain, ten miles away from Yongning City, there is a Zhuangzi, which is not large in size, but it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a beautiful environment, and about a hundred families live there.

To the south of the village there is a large area of ​​fields, and to the north of the village there is a large courtyard with four entrances. There are many pavilions and pavilions in the middle of the village. If you look from a distance, you can tell that it must be the home of a rich man.

In Haishi, the second watch had passed, and it was the dead of night, only the sound of gusts of wind blowing the courtyard walls and eaves tiles of the roof, and the old wooden doors of some houses even swayed and creaked with the wind.

Outside the west gate of Zhuangzi, dozens of men in black are leaning over and sneaking among the low grass and bushes, slowly approaching the west gate of Zhuangzi. Although this place is located in Xuan Town, it is not an extremely dangerous place.

It is also close to Yongning City, where the deputy commander-in-chief, participating generals, and garrison generals gather. There are no other guards.

"Ding ding ding..."

A series of jingling sounds came, and the master knocking on the wall of the village was still twenty steps away, but in the dead of night, he also heard something unusual, and he walked towards this side with a lantern.

The light of the lantern was very dim and could not reach far, especially at the end of this month, when there was no starlight and moonlight in the dark sky, the master walked forward for more than ten steps, and saw something on the wall of the village. Under the dim light of the lantern, there are flickering dots of light.

Suddenly, a black shadow climbed up from the outside, and the master realized that something was wrong.

"Have……"

As soon as he uttered a word, he was shot through the neck by an arrow shot up from under the wall of the village, and the whole person froze there, standing motionless on the spot.

With a soft sound of "Peng", the lantern in his hand fell to the ground and ignited in an instant. Two black shadows who had just climbed up the wall of the village trotted around. Into the black night.

The other person rolled over, raised his hands to support the body of the fallen master, and then slowly and gently put it down beside him without a single sound.

At this time, an abnormality seemed to be discovered in a tall building near Zhuangzi Center. I saw a not very bright lantern raised high towards this side, shaking from side to side.

A black shadow came rushing forward, holding a lantern of about the same size in his hand, he took out a torch again, put it in his mouth and blew on it, then lit the lantern, held it up high and shook it up and down towards the middle of Zhuangzi stand up.

From the tall building in the middle of Zhuangzi came a scolding and laughing voice: "Idiot Wu, I must have gone to Yongning to have fun during the day, but my legs were weak after a night patrol, and I made a broken lantern go out three times."

"Cut, if you're envious, you'll be happy too, after nightfall..."

"Hey Hey……"

Immediately, the lantern also shook up and down a few times, and then retracted into the tall building. The lantern on the west wall was still dim, but it was swimming northward on the wall. The people in the tall building felt relieved. Everyone chatted.

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Zhang Guowei sent Zhang Cheng away, but he himself did not leave the study room. He was thinking about how to deal with Zhang Cheng tomorrow and give him some blood, so that he would know that Zhang Cheng is not a genius in Xuan Town. !
He thought in his heart that even if he couldn't bring down Zhang Cheng this time, at least he would know how powerful he was, so that he could retreat to Dushikou and let Xiabei Road be under his control.

At that time, I will try to transfer the current Chicheng guard Zhang Guodong and replace it with my own people. At that time, with the addition of the Longmen guard Gao Jingong, I can completely control Xiabei Road. Are you afraid that Zhang Cheng will turn the sky upside down?

Zhang Guowei frowned suddenly when he heard chaotic footsteps outside the study, and he came to the door and asked loudly, "What's the noise outside?"

After a while, a slightly old servant's voice came: "Go back to the master, it was the little one who accidentally knocked down the lantern."

Zhang Guowei's voice trembled when he heard it, but he didn't pay attention to it. He thought that the old servant was just flustered, and he changed his tone because he was afraid of punishment, so he cursed: "Idiot, you haven't cleaned up yet!"

"Master...run away...ah..."

He was startled by a sudden yell, especially the horrific howl that followed. Although he has been pampered in recent years, he is a veteran of the army after all, and he immediately noticed the abnormality.

Zhang Guowei rushed towards the sword hanging behind the big book case in the middle of the study. With a sound of "bang", the study door was kicked open, and a strong man appeared in front of the study door with a fierce face.

Zhang Guowei just rushed to the back of the big case, just took out his sword in his hand, and shouted: "Who is coming, this is the commander-in-chief's mansion, don't mess around..."

"Dangdang!"

The door of the study room was opened suddenly, and a few black shadows flashed into the study room in the night. Zhang Guowei drew the sword halfway, and saw a crossbow arrow hit his right shoulder, and the sword, which had only been twitched halfway, fell to the ground in an instant.

Zhang Guowei suddenly woke up, and he shouted: "You...are...the one who came with Zhang Cheng..."

"Ah... I am the deputy commander of Xuanzhen... I can support... ah... you..."

Zhang Guowei was still sitting in the grand teacher's chair, with his head raised, begging with a sad expression on his face, the big monkey Hou Mingli stepped on Zhang Guowei's chest, and asked with a hoarse voice with a strange smile: "Hey, you Isn't it awesome, isn't it in charge of life and death?"

Zhang Guowei was full of panic and uncertainty, and said tremblingly: "I am an official ordered by the imperial court. If you kill me, it is tantamount to conspiracy, and your general will be involved."

The big monkey laughed strangely and said, "Today, we'll mess with you, let's see what we can do."

Zhang Guowei was taken aback for a moment, and then called out: "How dare you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the big monkey stepped forward quickly, kicked him in the chest again, and said angrily to him: "I greet Vice President Zhang for my lord."

"hey-hey!"

The big monkey sneered again, and then a howl came from the Yongning Deputy Commander's Office, spreading far and wide in the silent night.

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The west gate of Zhuangzi under Tuanshan outside Yongning City was slowly opened, and a black shadow flashed in through the crack of the door. After a while, flames rose from the big mansion north of Zhuangzi.

The whole village was full of wailing, people and horses neighed and mixed with each other, and every household closed their doors and windows tightly, for fear that the bandit chaos would spread to their own homes.

In the streets and alleys of Zhuangzi, there was a sound of horseshoes and wailing voices one after another. The military households in the village were usually angry with Zhang Guowei's own uncle, Zeng Jin, but their calves couldn't twist their arms, and the big guys almost couldn't bear it. endured.

But tonight, listening to Zhuangzi's wailing and whispering in the north, he felt a lot of hatred in his heart!
(End of this chapter)