The devil is coming

Chapter 789 A moment of pleasure
Among the seven demon kings, the one who lives the most "heartless" life is undoubtedly A Ming.
Especially after the workshop system was established and stable output was achieved, A Ming basically entered the state of a "free man";
Wine tasting, blood tasting,
Live a life in a wine cellar that is repetitive but not boring every day and always maintains an elegant style.
Everyone's life is connected by threads, whether career lines, emotional lines, or other fetters. In fact, other demon kings have this, but A Ming does not.
until now,
A Ming didn't even think that his failure to kill Nian Yao immediately in the woods west of Zhennan Pass was a big sin;
He didn't feel it was a pity, nor did he think there was anything wrong with him for keeping the blood sac of "Cahill" at that time.
Even if a war was involved, the Lord led the Hou Mansion to take this strategic adventure for his own dignity. For this reason, how many people have died before and how many more will die;
He doesn't care.
What he cared about were those wine jars.
Even if Nian Yao did that to anger Marquis Zheng, it had nothing to do with him, A Ming;
but,
you irritated me,
Why should I empathize with you intentionally or unintentionally?
In the eyes of the Lord, the use of human pigs and wine jars was an extremely serious provocation to him. It went beyond fighting in the so-called battlefield sense, and was even worse than killing prisoners in the capital;
For A Ming, it is a kind of blasphemy.
A Ming has gone,
With a seriousness that belongs to the devil.
Zheng Fan looked at A Ming's figure disappearing in front with a calm expression. It wasn't that he was deliberately using any provocation method, but that there was such a tacit understanding between them.
Pixiu scratched his hooves a few times, and he seemed to want to catch up, but the man riding on him had no intention of doing so.
Although the whole thing originated from General Nian's operation, after the matter has developed to the present level, the things that need to be faced and solved are no longer that simple.
It doesn't mean that if the bastard of that year is killed or captured, everything will be over. No matter what, life must go on.
"Do you want me to go too?" the sword master asked.
"No need." Zheng Fan raised his hand, "This is not a world after all."
immediately,
Lord Zheng realized that what he said seemed to be ambiguous.
And said:
"I did not mean that."
The sword master said indifferently: "I know."
This is not Jianghu, because Nian Yao is not a master with earth-shattering strength.
In the past, Nian Yao was a general of the Chu State, and the world was at his feet;
Now, Nian Yao, who had lost the protection of the army and suffered a huge defeat, was actually worse than a down-and-out martial artist.
At this time, a group of people came out to fight in Fan City.
Yes, when they were killed, the killing cry was very loud, a hoarse sound, even more exaggerated than the duck in the yard of the Juggernaut's house when he was bullied by the chickens.
In the end, Fan Zhengwen and Qu Peiluo seemed to be a little bit uneasy about the "performance" of their subordinates, and they could only scold them loudly, and then they calmed down a little.
This is normal. Lord Pingxi of Great Yan came to Fancheng, and he came as a savior. How could they not be excited?
This is really not pretending, nor is it a deliberate attempt to perform, it is purely coming from within.
However, when they, led by their respective "leaders", came to the handsome flag and the man sitting on Pi Xiu's back, everyone began to fall silent.
The Sword Master once commented that in the eyes of people like them, Lord Zheng is worse than Zhida Wujing, but in the eyes of the people below, the difference between the sun and the moon is just out of reach.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
"I pay my respects to the Marquis of Pingxi. I wish you good health!"
"At last, I will pay my respects to Lord Pingxi. Lord Pingxi is blessed with good health!"
Fan Zhengwen and Qu Peiluo bowed politely, and everyone behind them also knelt down.
Marquis Zheng did not help them get up and do anything to attract people's hearts. Instead, he said calmly:
"Hard."
Fan Zhengwen had been a slave after all, so he immediately answered:
"I will serve the Marquis, even if I die. Fortunately, God will bless me, and I will hold on until the day when the Marquis's magic soldiers descend from the sky. I am a brave slave, but in front of the Marquis, I am nothing more than a chicken and a dog!"
Qu Peiluo was not that eloquent, he just lowered his head and let Fan Zhengwen continue.
"I am tired, please excuse me from Magistrate Fan."
Fan Zhengwen immediately smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis. Although I destroyed my home to encourage the soldiers and civilians to defend the city, I have always kept the fragrant tongue of Daze. I know that you like it, Lord Marquis."
Mr. Zheng is not a good Daze Xiangtan, but he drinks tea on weekdays. He chews peonies like a cow. Remember it, and keep talking about it after you remember it.
In essence, it is no different from a socialite’s shopping;
But because his status is high enough now, no one will think in that direction.
"Okay, let's go into the city."
To the south of Fan City, the Chu army is holding on, fighting for its last bit of bravery. The Chu army is also retreating, retaining the fire of the Dugu family, while the Yan army is still fighting and attacking;
Just to the north of Fan City, not only the pursuit of Nian Yao, but also those who defeated and surrendered, the scene was also very chaotic.
But these are not what Zheng Houye needs to worry about now.
The overall situation has been decided, and what is left is nothing more than a result.
The old general is called a bastard.
Comparing Dugu Mu to another step in the Pokémon collecting habit,
It is a form of contempt in itself;
In other words, they are no longer people of the same status. Even Zhu Guo's head is too lazy to look at the heat. The threshold has inevitably become higher.
Fancheng is now in chaos. There are even stragglers fighting everywhere, as well as the crying of the people and the wails of the injured soldiers.
Fan Zhengwen was a little embarrassed at first. After all, he didn't have time to clean up the house, so he entertained guests like this, which was a bit disrespectful. But he turned to look at Qu Peiluo next to him and found that he had been calm and composed. Then he realized that, too, Pingxi Marquis was again He is not a person of noble birth, so people should have been familiar with such a scene for a long time.
Lord Zheng did not go to comfort the injured soldiers lying on the street.
I have no interest in picking up the baby standing there crying alone.
He sat on Pixiu's back and let Pixiu carry him silently, as if he were a clay statue.
Finally, the team entered Fan Mansion.
The surroundings and interior of Fan Mansion have long lost the sophistication they once had when they were prosperous. The bodies have not been disposed of yet, and the ruins of the house can be seen clearly.
There will always be a group of royal guards among the knight guards around Lord Zheng. Although they are wearing armor now, the rules and delicacy of the guards are still there. As soon as they enter the house, they quickly set up defenses.
Subsequently,
Lord Zheng, Siniang, Sword Master, and the accompanying Fan Zhengwen and Qu Peiluo, a total of five people, entered the hall.
Just walked in,
Marquis Zheng saw a piece of rope hanging in the hall and white silk scattered on the ground.
"Ah."
Zheng Fan laughed.
Fan Zhengwen immediately leaned over to plead guilty and said: "Master Hou, it was the steward below who made his own decision. He wanted to keep these things to show the Fan family's loyalty to Dayan and deliberately did not clean up this place."
Before leaving the house to greet him, Fan Zhengwen ordered his family to tidy up the house.
"Let's change to another room."
"Yes, Lord Hou."
Everyone walked through the hall and arrived at a quieter and tidier room inside.
Lord Zheng sat in the first seat, and Siniang stood beside Lord Zheng. The sword master followed the old rules, hugged Long Yuan, leaned against a pillar on one side, and began to close his eyes and meditate.
Qu Peiluo and Fan Zhengwen stood below and took their seats unconsciously.
for a while,
A servant brought tea.
Si Niang went down, reached out to take it, and handed it to Zheng Fan.
Normally when he is out, Lord Zheng has to go through this process when eating.
Opening the lid of the cup and scraping the tea surface, the familiar aroma of tea is refreshing.
He didn't rush to drink it, but just held it in his hand, looked around and said:
"This time, the family foundation has been greatly reduced, right?"
"If I go back to the Marquis, there really won't be much left."
"Money is something external to the body." Mr. Zheng seemed to be comforting.
After waiting for a while, I saw that Marquis Pingxi didn't say anything like "I'll save it later";
Fan Zhengwen knelt down and kowtowed:
"Master Hou, I am guilty!"
The Fan family used to be the home of merchants, who valued profits, and the Fan family was also a relative of the state.
Furthermore, if the family wealth is scattered, as long as the Fan family is still the master of this area of ​​Fan City, the wealth can be gathered again soon.
Since ancient times, power and wealth, power and wealth, have always been inseparable.
If Marquis Pingxi had added: Save slowly.
This means that Fan City from now on will still belong to the Fan family.
Since he didn't say this, it meant that Marquis Pingxi didn't want the Fan family to continue to be in charge of Fan City.
Why?
Because you are guilty.
After reaching a certain level, whether you are guilty or not depends on the person above you.
Fan Zhengwen "destroyed his family to relieve difficulties" and held on to Fan City, which is a meritorious service;
But the problem is that a fortified city that should have been easily defendable for at least a few months, or even a year and a half, and last year Liang Cheng personally brought troops to help him sort out the situation around him, actually actually suffered an attack when it was attacked. , only lasted eight days.
On the basis of guilt or merit, there is actually another question, and that is whether the Hou Mansion has thought that it can extend its hand into Fan City. The Fan family has no need to continue to use and support it.
"Fan Zhengwen."
"Slave... I'm here."
"I have always admired your ability in business and details, but this place in Fancheng is too important. I don't want to rush to help you in such a hurry a second time."
"Master Hou Mingjian, Xiaguan himself has known for a long time. In fact, before this, Xiaguan had made a plan. If Fan City could be defended, Xiaguan planned to take his clan members and move to Yan land. Yanjing.
My wife and children are all in Yanjing City, and I miss them too. "
Zheng Fan nodded and said, "Not bad."
Immediately, Lord Zheng said again:
"This time you defended Fan City and I joined forces with you to attack the Chu army. I will send you a note to ask for your credit."
"Thank you so much, Lord Marquis, for your kindness. I am grateful to you!"
The royal relatives speak nicely;
But that was in other countries, and there were cases of relatives interfering in politics. However, in Yan State, the Min family of the orthodox Xinjun mother family was exterminated early, and the Fan family was just a further layer of relations. .
At the same time, after all, the Fan family is from Chu people. People from other countries are often more difficult to be truly reused in the Yan country. In most cases, they will be raised up and used as memorial arches.
Ping Xihou asked for credit this time.
Fan Zhengwen is confident that he can rely on his abilities other than military affairs.
Taking into account the new monarch’s personality and temperament,
After entering Yanjing, my journey became much smoother.
After all, he was a former "Tu Emperor", and after entering Beijing, he didn't want to start over from the "Sun Tzu".
Subsequently,
Lord Zheng's eyes fell on Qu Peiluo.
Road:
"Before the expedition, Li Qing showed her pregnancy."
This is not to show off,
It's not sarcasm,
Not to mention which pot should not be opened or picked up;
It wasn't that Qu Peiluo couldn't give up on the princess, but that his future life path and development were inseparable from that label.
Marquis Zheng also knew this.
Qu Peiluo kowtowed and said:
"At the end of the day, I wish the prince a precious son soon, and wish the princess, mother and son peace."
"Liqing mentioned to me that after the child is born, she wants the child to recognize you as her godfather, and I agreed."
This is bullshit;
Although Lord Zheng acts as a "godfather" everywhere, he will never give away the position of "godfather" to his children everywhere.
To put it bluntly,
It is the ability that Qu Peiluo showed this time that is really admirable.
There are many top talents around Mr. Zheng.
The blind man, Siniang and Sun Ying were in politics, and Liang Cheng and Gou Moli were in military affairs.
Historically, the founding emperors of other countries would have been very happy if they had one plus one as standard equipment. Mr. Zheng’s happiness here is several times greater.
But at the next level, there are not many people who can take charge of their own affairs locally.
Now, only metal arts can be counted as one, and the rest are either lacking in ability or are still a bit far away from the true "own family" in terms of identity attributes.
Qu Peiluo's various reverse tricks and the teasing of fate,
Instead, he somehow became someone whom Marquis Zheng felt closer to...from his own family.
This was something Zheng Houye had not expected in advance, and Qu Peiluo himself probably did not expect this either.
"Thank you... Mr. Hou."
There is no other meaning in accepting a child as a godfather;
If you want to take this path, I will help you characterize the matter.
In the future, if the Yan State unifies all the Xia, your reputation will not be bad, because there are still battles to be fought, after all, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.
Even if he had not unified all the Xia, the hat of Chu traitor would not be so heavy, because it had long been dyed with other colors;
Historical reviews are still mainly based on idle people who like romance;
Otherwise, there would be no trend of dreaming about returning to the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Republic of China.
Therefore, Qu Peiluo is really smart. He actually found a way to "whitewash" himself.
"Okay, I'm tired, you go down and do your work first."
Qu Peiluo and Fan Zhengwen resigned together.
Fan Zhengwen did not propose to let the grown-up golden hairpins of the Fan family come to wait for the Marquis to rest, because Siniang was standing there.
Mr. Zheng is really tired.
First, I took a sip of this cup of "Osawa Fragrant Tongue", but then I felt it was a bit unsatisfactory, so I picked up the teapot and took a deep drink at the spout.
Cow chewing peonies is a refreshing feeling in itself;
What you think is precious is drank like boiling water by others.
On top of this tea,
After finishing the drink, Mr. Zheng immediately felt sleepy.
He lay down on the bed, and Siniang took off his armor and clothes, and helped Zheng Fan cover himself with quilt.
During this period of time, I first came back from the capital, then went to the snowfield, and then rushed here again. Unlike in the past, when I went out once and stayed at home for half a year, in the past six months, I went out more frequently.
This time, Lord Zheng slept very comfortably.
When she woke up, Siniang was still beside her. After asking the time, she found that she had been asleep for five hours.
After getting up and sitting by the bed, Siniang brought tea and a coupon at the same time.
During this period, people kept reporting here. Siniang intercepted the message first and recorded it herself without anyone disturbing the Marquis.
"Isolating China and foreign countries" and "harem interference in politics" have always been taboos, but here in Pingxihou Mansion, it is not a problem at all.
If he hadn't been forced to lead the troops personally in his early years, and had been forced to do something by Lao Tian several times, so that Zheng Houye knew how to fight, honestly speaking, his laziness would be even worse than Wanli's.
The first is military information.
The Chu army was defeated, which was expected.
However, the person who killed Dugu Mu, the great Chu Zhuguo, was a young general named Chen Xianba.
Mr. Zheng had an impression of this man. He was very good at shooting and energetic. This time, he made a great contribution.
What followed was the development of the subsequent war. Dugu Nian led the defeated army to evacuate south. Liang Cheng originally planned to expand the results of the battle. After all, why not take the head for free?
But soon it was discovered that there seemed to be a royal imperial army coming from the south. The number was unknown, not too many, not too few. It was probably not a "wait and wait" trick, it was purely because of General Nian Yao's identity. Most of the royal imperial army was under the command of Nian Yao. He was here in Fan City, so he would naturally mobilize one.
But, just in time.
It was precisely because of the timely appearance of this army that Dugu Nian was able to lead the defeated army of the Dugu family to escape the pursuit of the Yan army, which also balanced the military forces here and prevented them from completely tilting towards the Yan army.
After all, Chu State still has some foundation.
Otherwise, when Lao Tian defeated the capital of Ying, why not just take advantage of the situation and start a war to destroy the country?
But this is not a big deal. Now that Fan Cheng is in hand, although there are no elites in the family, relying on the foundation left behind, it is no problem to defend Zhennanguan.
Therefore, the big iron gate at home is closed, Fan Cheng has been captured again, and Mengshan is about to be opened again. On the waterway, if the Chu navy does not want to be directly cut off by the Yan people, it must go down quickly. Therefore, Fan Cheng The connection between here and Jin will be restored soon;
Then try to open up to the west, open up Qishan, and get in touch with Liang State, which is a pure vassal state of Dayan, and you will also receive assistance from the South Gate Pass.
Therefore, judging from the military qualities of Lord Zheng, his family is now in a comfortable state in which he can advance, attack, retreat and defend. The possibility of being suffocated to death by being locked up and beaten with dogs as he imagined when he entered Chu will not happen. .
In fact, after the last battle against Chu, the blind man said that Yanchu... no, it was the pattern of Jindong and Chu, which was like a replica of the late Ming Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty;
Compared with the Chu State in terms of foundation, population, and military strength, the gap between the Jin Dong family and the Chu State is still very obvious, but it is "poor and powerful", or it can be said to be "capable".
It is true that the Ming Dynasty fell to Li Zicheng, but before that, soldiers and horses of the Later Jin Dynasty entered the Great Wall many times to plunder, and beat horses below the capital more than once.
It's just that I don't have the foundation and accumulation to launch a war to destroy the country, but on a small-scale battlefield, it is enough to gain an advantage, like now.
If my uncle wants to destroy himself, he has to mobilize all the Chu armies in advance to form an absolute advantage in strength before he dares to take action, otherwise he will defeat them one by one;
And after he tried his best to mobilize the army, he could stop fighting and go back home, leaving his uncle alone.
At the bottom of the fold, there is a message.
It was two injured knights who came back to report. They were the ones who were chasing Nian Yao. They caught up with Nian Yao and experienced a brief fight. They were injured and were asked by A Ming to come back and report.
"Once Nian Yao is caught up, the problem won't be big." Zheng Fan said.
After all, A Ming was serious this time.
"Then the slave family must congratulate the master." Siniang said with a smile.
"If Nian Yao is gone, my uncle-in-law will really have no one to use. The only worry about the overall situation now is that after cutting the Chu country again this time, Qian Chu will become like Sun Liu. alliance, because they both know that if they go it alone, they have absolutely no chance."
Speaking of which,
Zheng Fan shook his head again,
Road:
"Whatever, it's Xiao Liuzi's job to have a headache."
At this time, Siniang remembered something and said, "My lord, the eighth prince of the Chu Kingdom has been clamoring to see you."
"Where are the people?"
"I'm locked up in Fan Mansion. After all, it's considered a relative's home."
"Heh, okay, you make me some egg fried rice, and I'll eat it with him."
"Yes, my lord."
Mr. Zheng washed himself up and went into the front hall. Si Niang also brought the egg fried rice with pickles as a side dish. Now, it is difficult for the Fan family to provide exquisite dishes.
Lord Zheng sat down at the table, and the young eighth prince was captured by the Jin Yiwei.
This guy is also very bachelor.
Before the guards kicked him in the hollow of his knees, he knelt down consciously and shouted;
"Brother-in-law, I'm hungry. They only gave me water, not food."
"Ha ha."
This time, Mr. Zheng was amused. He picked up a pickle bowl next to him, poured some fried rice into it, and said, "Let's eat together."
"Thank you, brother-in-law. Thank you, brother-in-law. Brother-in-law still loves me."
The Eighth Prince immediately stood up and sat down opposite Zheng Fan. He stopped holding chopsticks and directly reached out to grab the food and put it in his mouth. It seemed that he was really hungry.
Siniang brought some more and handed her chopsticks at the same time.
Marquis Zheng stopped after eating two bowls. Although it was dark after a good sleep, to him, it was more like breakfast. Two bowls of egg fried rice were enough.
And the Eighth Prince was working hard there,
It may be that you are really hungry at first, and then you fill the feeling of eating with the anxiety of the crisis and discomfort of your own situation.
To the end,
Finished,
He burped.
"I am full?"
"Brother-in-law, I'm full."
"When you're full, go down first." Mr. Zheng added, "I'll call you next time I eat."
"Thank you, brother-in-law. By the way, brother-in-law Nian Yao, have you caught him?"
"almost."
"Brother-in-law Shenwu, my sister is really discerning."
"Go down."
"Hey, brother-in-law, don't worry. Before Nian Yao fled, he wanted me to convey something to the emperor. Can I tell you, brother-in-law?"
"Is it appropriate?"
"We are a family, aren't we? Since we are a family, there is no point in deciding what is appropriate and inappropriate."
"Okay, tell me."
"Nian Yao said that the reason why my brother-in-law was able to come in this time was because the emperor's brother had been too aggressive in trying to weaken the power of the nobles in recent years, which led to serious emptiness in our country of Chu..."
Here, the words are only half spoken;
There were guards running in from outside and announcing:
"Your Majesty, Mr. A Ming is back!"
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Also at night.
(End of this chapter)