Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 150 Darkness
It was very dark, there were no torches, and the wind from all directions pierced through the woods. The bare trees did not shake, but screamed like small animals.

In fact, it was not quiet, the voice in her ears did not stop, but Su Wanru felt that everything was silent, only the muffled cry came, and she was shaking all over, Shen Zhan said: "Can you climb trees?"

"Yes!" Su Wanru said.

Shen Zhan nodded, "Go to the tree!" As he said, he glanced at Liu Changwen and Duan Zhen again, "Protect her." Immediately, with a murderous look on his clothes, he rushed up.

"Be careful." Su Wanru quickly stepped back a few steps, Duan Zhen and Liu Changwen pulled out the saber, Su Wanru said: "Go help him, pay attention to safety."

Liu Changwen and Duan Zhen looked at each other, Duan Zhen said: "I'll go, you stay here."

Duan Zhen rushed out.

The upper part is a slightly flat ground. Compared with the lower part of the mountain, the field of vision here is much wider. Su Wanru went up a few steps, and then her face became paler and paler.

It was a pit half filled with soil, and there were people lying inside and outside the pit. If 200 people roared, it would be deafening, but at this moment, these people who were still alive just now could only whimper for help.

The soil is still being filled, and those people in official robes are holding shovels and filling the pit with soil.

The figures were vague, but they could be seen in about two dozen people.

Shen Zhan was like a raging lion, his speed increased and his voice was very soft. He suddenly appeared, kicked the nearest person over, grabbed his waist knife and drew it out. With a sweep, the head was chopped off and turned aside. , two people fell to the ground in a blink of an eye.

All this happened in the blink of an eye, and the people on the platform realized it, and shouted, "Who is it?"

While speaking, more people suddenly jumped out from the shadow of the tree, Shen Zhan said angrily: "I am your father!" As he spoke, he swept his foot across and fell one person, stabbed the knife, and the blood of that person spattered out.

Shen Zhan's moves are all killer moves, they are practiced in fights and bets again and again. His moves are all wild, so no one can guess what he will do next, so there is no way. Withstood his offensive.

Although Duan Zhen's martial arts is not as good as Shen Zhan's, he can deal with these people with ease.

Fighting started from both sides, Su Wanru was in a hurry, and wanted to push away the soil filled in the pit, she looked at Liu Changwen, and said: "Those refugees are buried under the ground, if they don't be dug out, they will suffocate to death in a while."

Every once in a while, someone will die, and they all come, and you can't just watch them die.

"Let's go there." Su Wanru pulled Liu Changwen, bypassed and went from the other side. The pit was very deep, and many people were stacked together like rags. She squatted by the pit and pushed the soil away desperately. The people over there were not dead. If he is not dead, there is still air to breathe. Those who are covered must be rescued as soon as possible.

Liu Changwen helped him, and the two dug the soil with all their strength.

On the other side of the pit, Shen Zhan rose and fell, and the smell of blood spread again. Those people wore robes from the yamen and used military sabers, yelling and surrounding Shen Zhan and Duan Zhen layer by layer.

"Who the hell are you?" Someone yelled, Shen Zhan ignored them at all, because there was no need to talk to a dead person.

Suddenly, someone over there pointed at Su Wanru and said, "There is someone over there."

Su Wanru pushed aside a layer of soil and grabbed a hand, a hand that was still warm. She was so excited that she dragged this hand out almost tremblingly, "You also use your strength, come out quickly, hurry up!" .”

Her hands were weak and extremely heavy. She tugged hard, and the anger in her heart reached its peak.

On the top of the head, there was a clang sound, Liu Changwen blocked the knife that was slashed at her, and fought with that person, and then the second person came over, Liu Changwen came over and pushed Su Wanru aside, one against two, Su Wanru didn't care The battle situation over there, and then go up to dig up the soil.

The soil cover was not deep, she inserted one hand, right at her wrist, and the wind of a knife slashed above her head, one person was kicked to the ground by Liu Changwen, and was about to turn over, Su Wanru turned her head to look at that person, her eyes were red , the man realized that she was a woman, and was about to take the knife, but at the next moment, a gust of wind hit, there was a buzzing sound above his head, and his eyes fell into darkness.

Su Wanru swung the shovel, "I'll let you bury someone, you bastard." With a slap, it hit the man on the head.

She hit it more than ten times in a row before she felt a breath of turbid air coming out of her chest. Someone came behind her. She swiped the shovel in the direction without thinking. protect her.

She took a few breaths with the shovel in hand, then lowered herself to dig the soil.

Shen Zhan looked back at her, his eyes darkened, and his subordinates were even faster.

Outside the pit, someone whispered: "Go and tell your lord that we have been discovered."

"Yes." The man turned his head and went down the mountain, rode his horse for thirty miles at a stretch, jumped down at the gate of the post station, and shouted: "My lord, my lord."

There was no one in the inn, but someone was reflected in a room. The man's voice was hoarse, and his age could not be discerned, "What's the matter, I'm in a panic."

"Someone found out about us and was fighting with brothers on the mountain. Wanted to save people."

In the room, the man hummed lightly, and said, "How did the beating go, have you silenced it?"

"There are only four people on the other side, but they are all capable of fighting. It seems that brothers may not be able to withstand it. Please send someone to support you."

The man snorted coldly, and said: "In these days, there are still people who meddle in their own business."

A jade pendant was thrown in the room, "Tell Lieutenant Hu to lead people into the mountains to suppress the bandits. If the bandits escape, he will not do it as a lieutenant."

Since it is to suppress bandits, it is natural to kill without mercy.

"Yes!" The man picked up the jade pendant, ran out quickly, and rushed all the way across the mountain to Dezhou. When he came back, two hours later, nearly hundreds of Dezhou city guards surrounded the Wuming Mountain.

The Forbidden Army is the soldiers stationed by the imperial court, and the soldiers guarding the city are called the Xiang Army. Therefore, this 500-man army is not under the jurisdiction of Dezhou.

Someone shouted towards the mountain: "No matter where you are bandits, as long as you disarm and surrender, we will spare your life."

The torches all over the mountain illuminate this area as brightly as day.

There was no response from the mountain, but after a while, someone from the foot of the mountain said: "My lord, let's rush up."

"No need!" Lieutenant Hu is tall and burly, and he was born in the early years. He was supposed to be promoted to captain, but because of a quarrel with his colleagues, he took advantage of the time when the other party was sleeping, chopped him up at night, and threw them into the cesspit behind the camp. .

He was tortured and didn't know how to operate it, so he was demoted from the capital to lead the imperial army in Dezhou. Although there was no hope of promotion, the matter was extremely easy.

"Shout two more times." Lieutenant Hu sneered, with bloodthirsty excitement in his eyes, his subordinates shouted twice, but there was still no one answering on the mountain, so he waved to his subordinates and stepped back a few times. Step by step, someone moved a chair over.

He sat down, tea was served, crossed his legs, and said with a smile: "Burn it!"

"Yes!" Someone answered, and immediately, sparks were thrown into the woods. After a while, the unnamed mountain, which is not too big, caught fire in all directions, and the trees were ignited. With the help of the wind, the smoke spread out. The whole day is shrouded in mist.

The fire burned quickly, the wind seemed to have no direction, and sparks were flying around in the forest, making the sky brighter and brighter. Lieutenant Hu blushed, took a sip of tea, and said: "Didn't you bring something? Grill it."

"Yes!" While speaking, someone lifted a pig that had been cleaned and put it on an iron rack to the woods. Everyone laughed and said, "Remember to turn over, or it will burn after a while, and you won't be able to eat it."

The laughter echoed all around, terrifying and eerie.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and in a blink of an eye, it spread to half a hill. Someone came and squatted in front of Lieutenant Hu, and said, "My lord, there is still no sound inside, so there are no people there, right?"

Lieutenant Hu frowned, looked at the person who reported the letter, the person shook his head, and said: "No, brothers can't stop it, but they are going to save people, there are so many people in the pit, it will take a while to dig them out It will all be dug out."

"It makes sense." Lieutenant Hu agreed, "It's easy to kill people, but not easy to save them. If you want to be a hero in Laozi's territory, then Laozi will fulfill you."

Lieutenant Hu laughed and pointed at the pig, "Turn over, it's all burnt."

Everyone laughed and turned the pig over.

Time passed very quickly, and it was already burning for an hour. Lieutenant Hu was a little impatient, stood up and walked back and forth a few times, "Is it all burnt to death?"

"It must have been burned to death. No one came out of such a big fire." Someone replied.

Lieutenant Hu nodded and looked at the sky, "It will be dawn in two hours, we will leave before dawn!"

No trace of this fire will be left behind.

"Have you ever returned, my lord?" Lieutenant Hu said, "Tell your lord that everything is going well."

Someone should be, riding a horse to report.

Lieutenant Hu leaned back on the chair to take a nap, and the surroundings did not feel cold at all with the fire. He yawned comfortably and hummed a tune. Tremor, not one horse, many horses, rumbling sound.

"What's the sound?" Lieutenant Hu stood up suddenly, and then someone replied: "My lord, it seems that an army is coming."

Of course Lieutenant Hu could hear the troops, he shouted loudly, "Assemble!"

His soldiers surrounded him, forming several rows horizontally, holding up their weapons and looking forward.

The black shadow in front was getting closer and closer. When they came to them, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This is the Xiang army from Dezhou.

Those who need to be used in the Xiang army, and those with good abilities are included in the Forbidden Army, and the rest of the crooked melons are left in the Xiang army to make up for it.

Therefore, the people of the imperial army looked down on the Xiang army, and the people of the Xiang army were also afraid of them.

At this moment, although there were five or six hundred people on the opposite side, they were a head shorter than them in terms of momentum. Lieutenant Hu shouted loudly and said, "Where is Kong Shunyi, tell him to get out of here."

"Lieutenant Hu." Kong Shunyi, who was called out, came out on horseback. He was about [-] years old, thin and small, and he was born as a tenant. Because of his good kung fu, he joined the Xiang Army and became the leader.

Lieutenant Hu sneered, stared at him, and said, "What do you mean, I'm catching bandits, don't you want to steal my work?"

"My lord, I misunderstood." Kong Shunyi was really afraid of Lieutenant Hu. This man is bloodthirsty. If there is any disagreement, he will use a knife. They are completely unequal in status and manpower. "We also follow orders."

"Order? Whose order. Liu Dai? Does he have the guts to ask you to steal Lao Tzu's work?" Lieutenant Hu said.

Kong Shunyi cupped his hands, and stammered, "I'm not here to grab credit, I'm here... to fight with your lord." As he spoke, his voice shrank, apparently even he couldn't believe it, He dared to fight with the guards.

"Fight?" Lieutenant Hu looked around and laughed loudly, "He said he would fight with us. He dared to come and fight with us with this pile of straw bags."

There was mocking laughter in the forbidden army.

It's really funny, whether it's equipment or manpower, the Xiang army is no match for the imperial army.

"I said, we are under orders." Kong Shunyi said: "Brothers, set up the formation!"

Hurrah, the Xiang army behind him raised their spears and really formed a formation. Kong Shunyi said: "Lieutenant Hu, if we don't fight today, we are fighting. I was ordered to arrest you and bring you to justice. You killed innocent people indiscriminately, as the superiors said." After arresting people, the Fa will be executed on the spot."

"I'm bah. You give Lao Tzu an immediate Fa-rectification. You've grown guts, don't you?" Lieutenant Hu said, "Also, my boss, who is your boss? Does Liu Ti dare to arrest Lao Tzu? He's tired of his job, isn't he?"

Liu Ti is the governor of Dezhou, but he has no right to control the imperial army.

"It's not Mr. Liu. It's someone else." Kong Shunyi still wanted to speak, but the subordinate beside him coughed and said, "My lord, the superiors said not to talk nonsense, and they will be killed when they arrive."

Kong Shunyi snorted, thought for a while, and said, "Then...then do it."

"Damn it." Lieutenant Hu realized that the other party was not joking, but actually had the guts to fight them. He got on his horse and greeted him, "Brothers, show them a little bit of strength. If they don't fight today, they will call their parents and cry their mothers. Don't bother." Close hand."

The imperial army yelled for a while.

"Set up the formation." Kong Shunyi said.

The person next to him reminded: "My lord, the array has been set up."

Kong Shunyi snorted and said, "Do it."

"Still setting up the formation, playing the big role in front of me." Lieutenant Hu shouted loudly, and led the people to rush over. He thought that as long as they rushed over, the other party would scatter and run away in fright. It became a mess of loose sand.

But the situation was completely different from what he thought. When their people passed by, the other party not only did not run away in fright, but raised their knives and guns instead. Although everyone was panicked, they did not move without fear.

He panicked for a moment, and then the two soldiers confronted each other...

Klang-kang-kang!
The first group of people from the forbidden army rushed over screamed and fell off their horses. Kong Shunyi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't believe it. This formation is really useful.

He shouted excitedly, "Change!"

The person moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye, changed the rules.

This time, Lieutenant Xiahu saw it clearly. Just now it looked like a sunken net, but now it looks like a bow, without a shield, but full of spears. He looked furious and shouted: "I will kill you, don't keep a single one."

The second group of people rushed over, but after two or three fights, another group fell down, the corpses blocked in front of the horses, and the empty horses retreated in shock. In the blink of an eye, his camp became a mess.

The opponent, however, stood still, and there were no casualties.

It's strange why the Xiang army is suddenly so powerful. Lieutenant Hu was just surprised, and immediately said angrily: "Kong Shunyi, I want your life today."

Another group went up, fell down, and another group finally tore a hole. Before Lieutenant Hu was happy, someone on the opposite side filled the gap, and those who rushed into the formation were like sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and were killed in an instant. strangle.

Under the firelight, Lieutenant Hu's eyes were blood red.

How could this happen? Why is the Xiang army so powerful all of a sudden? Kong Shunyi is such an idiot who has never fought at all.

"Withdraw!" Suddenly, Kong Shunyi raised his hand, and saw that the tight formation suddenly separated like water to the two sides, leaving a large space. Immediately afterwards, a group of archers bent their bows and set arrows. Kong Shunyi Said: "Shoot!"

Arrows shot over like rain, and amidst the screams, the imperial army fell down.

Kong Shunyi then shouted: "Shoot!"

His voice remained unsteady, and he trembled slightly with excitement. This was the first time they fought, and it was actually against the imperial army. He thought that if he came, he would die, but he didn't expect that this formation was so powerful.

In the blink of an eye, three waves of arrows rained down. There were hundreds of imperial troops, but only a few dozen remained, protecting Lieutenant Hu back again and again, not daring to step forward.

"Lieutenant Hu." Kong Shunyi looked at the other party and said, "Disarm and don't kill."

It was a great shame, Lieutenant Hu trembled angrily, stared at Kong Shunyi and shouted, wishing he could eat his flesh.

"My lord, let's withdraw." His subordinate said: "A hero does not suffer from immediate losses."

Lieutenant Hu nodded. Kong Shunyi was acting weird today. He turned his head and glanced at the Wuming Mountain. The fire was still burning, and the people inside would definitely not be able to get out. His work was done, so naturally he didn't need to stay here.

As for Kong Shunyi, he pointed at the other party and said, "You wait for me for today's matter. There is no explanation. I will let all of you be buried with my brother."

"I can't go." Kong Shunyi's tone became much harder, "I'm here to catch you, you can't go."

Lieutenant Hu spat, and was about to pat his horse and flee when suddenly a group of people came over behind him. His face changed drastically, and he led the people to the other side, and the other side was quickly surrounded, with people on three sides and mountains on the other, dozens of them were surrounded Surrounded in the middle.

"Kong Shunyi, why are you arresting me?" Lieutenant Hu shouted, "Whose orders are you taking. Our imperial army is directly under the control of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. You don't have military talismans and imperial edicts. Do you know what crime it is to kill us?"

"What crime!" Suddenly, behind the Xiang army, a man came slowly on horseback, and the Xiang army dispersed. The man appeared in front of the army, his eyes were like knives, and he looked at Lieutenant Hu.

Lieutenant Hu was stunned for a moment, fell off his horse with a terrified thud, and shouted with guts: "Zhen... Lord Zhennan."

He fought in the army back then, although he was not Shen Zhan's soldier, he had seen him several times from a distance, and he remembered it clearly.

As soon as he knelt down, there was silence all around. The forbidden soldiers got off their horses one after another and knelt down on the ground. Shen Zhan looked at each other without saying a word. Lieutenant Hu said: "Master Hou, our forbidden army got the news that there are bandits in this unnamed mountain. The common people have money, kill people and steal money, and their subordinates lead soldiers to suppress the bandits. But I don’t want Kong Shunyi to besiege us here and kill hundreds of our brothers.”

"Master Hou, please uphold justice!" Lieutenant Hu said.

Shen Zhan came over with his hands behind his back, kicked, Lieutenant Hu's shoulder creaked, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Shen Zhan said: "Whose order are you taking?"

"Hou... Lord Hou." Lieutenant Hu said: "This subordinate is a lieutenant of the Forbidden Army. As long as he gets the news, he can make his own decision, and he doesn't need to follow orders."

Shen Zhan crushed his foot, and heard Lieutenant Hu scream, "Master Hou, Lord Hou, please spare me. I don't know what I did wrong."

People in the imperial army only heard about Zhennan Hou, but they had never seen him. Of course, they didn't know how powerful he was. Move, the person has drawn the knife, and the knife came out of the head and fell to the ground.

The two heads rolled on the ground gruntingly, blood spattering all over the ground.

"Lord Hou, Lord Hou, please spare me." The guards were trembling in fright, Shen Zhan threw the knife on the ground, and the knife pierced into the soil. He looked at Lieutenant Hu and asked, "Bandits? Where are the bandits? How many?" People. How are you going to report it to the Privy Council?"

"They are bandits from Liaodong. They were originally Li Maoan's stragglers. Later, after Liaodong was taken back by you, these people escaped and brought a group of refugees from Yanping Prefecture. There were two to three hundred people in Dezhou Prefecture. There is chaos everywhere. Just last night, they stopped a group of passers-by and almost robbed and killed them."

"Play tricks with me." Shen Zhan kicked again, Lieutenant Hu was kicked into the air, and fell on the chair lying on the side with a thud, blood spurted out, Shen Zhan squatted down and pinched his neck , squinting his eyes and said: "When I was playing this game, you were still herding cows with bare buttocks. Tell me, who asked you to bring soldiers here."

Lieutenant Hu clenched his teeth, and said, "Hou...Master Hou, there is really no one."

"Kill." Shen Zhan pointed to the forbidden army behind him, "Every time you count three times, kill one person!"

He didn't intend to let this group of people go out alive today, otherwise Kong Shunyi would not be allowed to come, and he would be able to stop this group of people as a gun.

Lieutenant Hu was not affected at all, and continued: "Master Hou, really not."

puff!
One fell.

Shen Zhan straightened the chair and sat with his legs crossed. Another person fell down behind him. The guards started to get scared and huddled together. After another three people were chopped off, they kowtowed, "Master Hou, please forgive me! .”

"It's no use begging me." Shen Zhan kicked Lieutenant Hu, "Please!"

The people of the Imperial Army began to beg Lieutenant Hu, "My lord, please speak quickly, save my brothers."

"Hou Ye." Lieutenant Hu said, "You don't intend to let us go today, do you?"

Shen Zhan stared and said, "Do you know who was on the mountain last night?"

Lieutenant Hu was taken aback for a moment, then his expression changed drastically, "Could it be...you?"

"It's not stupid." Shen Zhan said: "So many lives, if you don't tell me today, I can find out who did it."

Lieutenant Hu's face turned pale all of a sudden, he never thought that it was Shen Zhan who rescued people on the mountain last night, Shen Zhan waved his hand and said, "Don't count them all, I'll kill them all."

Behind him, arrows flew past, and in an instant, all the forbidden troops fell to the ground. Shen Zhan pointed to Lieutenant Hu, "Take off his clothes and hang him up."

Although the fire outside the forest was extinguished, the tree was burned into charcoal, and the residual temperature was still very high. The pig from last night was charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

Kong Shunyi brought people up, tied up Lieutenant Hu, replaced the pig, and put him on a shelf.

"Hou...Hou Ye." The person is like a pig being roasted, and Lieutenant Hu knew that it would take less than an hour for him to roast the outside charred and the inside tender, he moved his hands, arched his body and shouted: "Master Hou, I say, I say! "

Shen Zhan looked back at him and said, "Say!"

At this moment, a car and horse rushed over, shouting as they drove, "Master Hou... the governor Zhu Zeyuan on Xiahe North Road, knocked on Zhennan Hou."

Lieutenant Hu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and took back the words that came to his lips.

"I wish Zeyuan kowtowed to the Marquis of Zhennan." Zhu Zeyuan got off his horse and kowtowed, "I was about to go back to Beijing to report on my duties, and happened to be resting at the post station. I heard that there was an armed fight here, so I rushed over here. I didn't know that Lord Hou was also there, so I was far away." welcome."

"I wish Zeyuan?" Shen Zhan looked at this person and said, "I remember you. Is Master Liao, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, your mentor?"

"Yes." Zhu Zeyuan said: "Lord Liao is my mentor. I have heard many deeds of Lord Hou, and I know that you are a brave and resourceful hero for the country and the people. Today, I can see you. It is really lucky for Sansheng.”

"Get up." Shen Zhan looked at Zhu Zeyuan, "Is there any snow disaster on Hebei Road this year?"

Zhu Zeyuan replied: "There are one or two places, but the victims have been resettled.

"Kill them all, or bury them?" Shen Zhan asked.

Zhu Zeyuan was taken aback for a moment, his expression changed drastically, and he replied, "Your Majesty was just joking. If there are victims, it is natural to provide disaster relief. How could they be buried?"

"That's good." Shen Zhan nodded and looked at Lieutenant Hu, "But this is not a joke. Lieutenant Hu buried two hundred refugees from Yanping Mansion last night."

Zhu Zeyuan's eyes moved, and he replied in astonishment: "How...how could it be, this is impossible."

"Are you questioning Lao Tzu?" Shen Zhan suddenly turned his head to look at Zhu Zeyuan, "We have been fighting in the middle of the night here, and you are only thirty miles away, but you have only come here now. When you come, you start playing tricks without speaking human words, I see you It's tired of living."

It is said that Shen Zhan is a prostitute who kills without blinking an eye, today I have seen it.Zhu Zeyuan's heart was pounding, but his heart was firm, and he hurriedly said: "The official rushed over as soon as he got the news. Master Hou will check clearly."

Although Shen Zhan is a Marquis, he is a military officer.No matter how high the military officer's position is, he can't control their civil servants.

Therefore, even if Shen Zhan had doubts, it was useless, he didn't dare to touch himself.Most importantly, the Wuming Mountain was burned down, and there was no evidence whatsoever.

"Well, Mingcha." Shen Zhan walked in front of Zhu Zeyuan with his hands behind his back, sneered, and said, "Kong Shunyi, tie this person up."

Kong Shunyi should be ordered to trap Zhu Zeyuan when he comes up.

"Master Hou." Zhu Zeyuan said: "You can't kidnap the official. The official is the governor of Hebei Road, and he has the emperor's order!"

Shen Zhan looked back at him, raised his hand and slapped him: "Stop talking nonsense with me, I'll tie you up today, if you have something to say, go talk to the sage."

Zhu Zeyuan lost a tooth, and his mouth was full of bloody froth. His eyes widened in disbelief, "Shen Zhan, you are so brave, I have an imperial decree on me."

"Take it away!" Shen Zhan didn't talk nonsense with him, turned to look at Lieutenant Hu, Lieutenant Hu shouted: "Master Hou, Lord Hou, let me tell you, Master Zhu sent the officials here to suppress the bandits last night. Follow orders, and don't know anything else."

Shen Zhan stopped looking at him, and said to Kong Shunyi: "Leave a few people to watch him, and let him down after the roasted side is cooked."

Kong Shunyi was busy.

Only then did he know that the person who asked him to fight and taught him the formation last night was Zhennanhou.

Zhennanhou, he never dreamed that one day he would meet Zhennanhou and get advice from him.

Kong Shunyi was thinking wildly, and brought people back to Dezhou with Shen Zhan.

"You send twenty people with a prison van to set off tomorrow, and escort Zhu Zeyuan back to Beijing." Shen Zhan ordered, "You will take care of everyone tonight. If anyone dies or is injured, I will look for you."

The Marquis of Zhennan asked him to do something, Kong Shunyi immediately responded, "The villain must do it properly."

"Yeah." Shen Zhan didn't bother to go to the government office in Dezhou, so he rode directly to the medical hall, and Su Wanru greeted him from inside, "How is it?"

"Damn it's all dead." Shen Zhan looked at her. She was covered in mud and blood, and her hair was loose. She really didn't look good. He said distressedly: "Everyone has been sent to the hospital, you go to rest a little while."

"You come in first." Su Wanru pulled him to sit down in the lobby of the medical hall. They had already descended the mountain when Lieutenant Zaihu and the others arrived last night. They didn't expect them to set fire, but... the man in the pit, No need to dig deep.

There were more than 200 people, and only 42 people were finally rescued. They supported the horses and carried them on their backs, and walked back to the Dezhou capital on a path.

But half an hour later, I saw the troops of the imperial army rushing over, and immediately after, the mountain caught fire, Su Wanru was so angry that she wished she could go back immediately and kill all those people.

If they didn't come down in time, they would die if they stayed on the mountain.

"Who is it?" Su Wanru asked: "The surname Hu is only a lieutenant of the imperial guards. He must have obeyed someone's order. You can ask, who told him to do this."

Shen Zhan pulled her to sit down, and said: "I arrested the governor of Hebei Road." He told the situation at that time, "We'll talk about it after being escorted back to Beijing for interrogation."

"It's definitely not just this place," Su Wanru said, "I asked these refugees, and seven out of ten households in their village have come out. Now there are only 200 people here, and there must be more elsewhere."

"It's definitely not the first time they've done this proficiently. You ask someone to check it out. Also, didn't the prefect of Dezhou say that the refugees near Shandong were taken away recently? Where did they go? They went back to their original places No, someone took them away."

"Zhu Zeyuan is the governor of Hebei Road. He repatriates the refugees, and he has no obligation to send them back. He can't afford the manpower and expenses involved." Su Wanru said: "We need to investigate again."

Shen Zhan knew that she was feeling uncomfortable, and said softly: "I have sent people out to investigate the refugees who were brought back to their original places, and there will be news back in a few days." He is a civil servant and has a lot of background, we have to go back to Beijing with him, otherwise it will be a fish in the sea and it will be difficult to find out."

Su Wanru knew, nodded and said, "Then we'll go back tomorrow." Then she looked back at the refugees here, "There are a few young people in good health, take them with you. The rest will stay here and let the prefect of Dezhou Let the yamen take care of it."

These people will testify against the past.

Su Wanru said again: "That Hu is not dead, is he?"

"No!" Shen Zhan said, "Leave him alone, and we'll check again when we return to Beijing."

Su Wanru just sat on the chair and didn't speak anymore. Killing people on the battlefield is a duty, and being killed is an honor, but for these refugees, being killed is a shame, but it's not their shame, but Zhao Zhiang's shame.

His empire, like a tall building piled with rubble, is riddled with holes.

"Go and take a rest." Shen Zhan patted her on the back, and said softly, "I will take care of this matter, no matter whether others take care of it or not."

Su Wanru nodded, looked up at him, her eyes were red, "Shen Zhan, where do you think this matter can be found?"

"It's not clear yet." Shen Zhan said: "The civil servants are intertwined, and it is not easy to hold the rope to investigate. Zhu Zeyuan needs to use his brains to convict him."

Su Wanru understood, sneered, and said, "If Zhao Zhiang doesn't believe it or judge him, we will kill these people ourselves."

It's easy to kill, but the most important thing is to let him die under the butcher's knife of the law, let the world know that this person is hateful, and not die in ignorance.

Shen Zhan didn't speak, the two of them leaned on the chairs in the lobby of the medical hall, the time was quiet, the sun rose, and the sun dazzled people's eyes, Kong Shunyi came in from the door, and replied: "Master Hu, Hu Jia has already returned. He is still alive, do you want to give him medicine?"

"Let's go. Go pack up and get ready, and leave later." Shen Zhan said.

Kong Shunyi took the order, and glanced at Su Wanru quietly from the corner of the eye. Last night, this girl helped someone to enter the city gate. At that time, she was covered in blood and only had one pair of eyes. She was looking at people red and talking...

She must have been frightened. After all, she is a woman. She must have been frightened when she saw so many dead people all at once.

Su Wanru went back to the inn to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and followed Shen Zhan to the capital.

If this matter is complicated, it will be very complicated, because you can know it with your toes, and it is difficult to verify.Is the refugee a refugee or a bandit? Is there a mistake in the message transmission process, which caused Hu Jia to misunderstand that these people were bandits, so he set fire to the mountain?If so, just kill a few signal soldiers.

Hu Jia was beaten at most, but he was still alive and well.As for the governor of Hebei Road, the responsibility is even smaller. At most, he will be reprimanded and fined half a year's salary by the way.

To say it is simple, it is actually very simple.

Who is in charge of the refugees for disaster relief, and whoever takes them back to their original places, so many people will be sent back, whether they have really settled down or disappeared in a certain mountain just like the refugees last night.

Whoever is in charge of disaster relief will be responsible for this matter.

Therefore, Zhao Xu should be held accountable in the end.

But can it be possible? Without conclusive evidence, Zhao Xu can be tracked down. It's not as simple as killing someone with a knife.They want to use the law to punish the murderer, and the murderer can naturally use the law to protect himself.

At night, they rested at the post station, which is close to Yanjing. There is a lot of people coming and going here, so the post station is much better than the inns in the backcountry. A group of people checked in, and the station Cheng learned that it was the governor of Zhennan Hou Yabei Road who returned to Beijing. Don't dare to neglect.

Asking what dishes to eat, they went to prepare, Su Wanru looked at Kong Shunyi, and asked, "Did you bring any fire fighters?"

"Bring it." Kong Shunyi said with a smile: "Auntie, I used to be the leader of the team. Although the dishes I cook are not as good as those in restaurants, they are still edible."

Su Wanru nodded, looked at Shen Zhan and said, "Let's cook by ourselves."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Shen Zhan didn't object, so Kong Shunyi led someone to borrow the post station's kitchen to cook.

Everyone rested after eating, but Shen Zhan sat in the courtyard alone with a jug of wine, drinking slowly. In the middle of the night, the surrounding area suddenly became foggy. He narrowed his eyes, got up and left the courtyard suddenly.

At the beginning of the month, there was no moon, only the lights of the post station shone around, there were faint figures shaking, the knife light was shining coldly, and the other party could be seen wearing black clothes and covering their faces, there were dozens of people, maybe more.

There was no conversation, more than ten people gathered around, Shen Zhan grabbed the nearest one, made a move, slashed and grabbed the knife, and swept over...

There is no sound of you coming and going, but it can be seen that the martial arts of these people are obviously much higher.

It's not someone from the army, it should be a killer or a dead soldier.

Su Wanru covered her mouth and nose with a wet veil, and said through the veil and Kong Shunyi, "Don't worry about anything, keep the prisoner in custody."

"Yes." Kong Shunyi said yes, and stood in the room with his brothers. No wonder they were asked to cook by themselves at night because they were afraid of being poisoned.He looked up at the misty smoke, feeling a little scared in his heart.

"I don't know how poisonous the smoke is." Su Wanru was worried, but she couldn't go out. She didn't know how many people were outside. If they went out, depending on their abilities, they might not be able to protect the two prisoners.

When a person is dead, there is no need to investigate anything.

At this moment, there was a bang from the roof, everyone was startled, and saw someone swooping down from the roof.

Duan Zhen raised the knife to catch it, there was a clang, and he was shocked to take two steps back.

Su Wanru was very surprised, who was the other party, who was so good at it.

(End of this chapter)