Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 210
When Min Wang asked, the sixty or so kneeling people were terrified. These people really dared to kill people, especially Su Wanru, who didn't look like a delicate princess at all.

It was rumored outside that she was as beautiful as a flower, had a gentle temper, and was smart in a narrow sense.

How did you get to them? Apart from being beautiful and beautiful, you can tell that there is no gentleness in the narrow sense. What you do is just like a bandit, and a bandit who kills without blinking an eye.

"Take off the sealing cloth." Su Wanru said.

Min Wang and Lu Cheng led people to untie the cloth strips from those people's mouths. Su Wanru came over and looked at them. There was blood on the soles of her feet, leaving a blood mark, which made them tremble in fear.

"Should I keep you, or kill you?" Su Wanru asked.

Those people shook their heads and couldn't wait to reply: "Keep, keep us."

"Give me a reason." Su Wanru folded her arms and looked at them, "I killed your brothers, and I want to keep you, so why don't I just keep my enemies to feed tigers?"

Those people promised, "We are just doing things together with them, and we have no friendship, so we will not risk our lives to avenge them." They also said: "We must behave well and never cause trouble."

"Really?" Su Wanru looked at them.

Those people nodded and said, "Really!"

"Then... I'll trust you one more time?" Su Wanru said.

Those people were full of joy and nodded desperately.

Min Wang coughed, and said in a low voice: "Princess, these people are all desperadoes, keep them here, I'm afraid there will be chaos."

"Each has its own usage." Su Wanru and Min Wang smiled, and turned to look at these people, "Starting today, you 60 people will be divided into three teams, with 20 people in one team, and patrol Fengyang City day and night. From now on , I will entrust the law and order of Fengyang City to you. If anyone makes troubles and communicates with foreign enemies, you will report them together. However, if any of you make troubles and have two hearts, I don’t care who it is, sixty people, let’s kill together! "

"Do you understand?" Su Wanru said, "If you understand, repeat it to me."

They hesitated for a while, and then a tall and thin boy shouted: "It is to keep the people from making troubles, take care of yourself so that they don't make troubles, and lead good brothers to do business."

"The catchphrase is good, you can say it better than me." Su Wanru looked at the boy, "What's your name?"

The boy's eyes lit up, and he replied, "Wang Changgui."

"Can you manage people well?" Su Wanru asked.

Wang Changgui trembled excitedly, "Yes!" Both the ground dragon and the stinky mouse were dead, and he didn't expect him to take advantage of it.

"Then you will be the team leader." Su Wanru said, "From now on, you will be the Xiang army of Fengyang Mansion, and three more team leaders will be selected. If you do well, I will reward you!"

Everyone nodded their heads desperately. They didn't expect that they not only saved their lives, but also became Xiang soldiers. The treatment was so good.

"Yan Chong, take your brothers with you, accompany them to the Yamen, write down their names and ancestry, and press your fingerprints." Su Wanru said: "Since it is the Xiang Army, follow the rules of the Xiang Army."

Yan Chongying took more than 100 brothers and escorted these people to the Yamen.

Wang Changgui led the way, acting like a captain, yelling in front, his brother asked in a low voice: "...Don't you ask, is five taels of silver still counting?"

"Are you stupid?" Wang Changgui said in a low voice, "Aside from murdering that woman, which sentence counts?"

Five taels of silver, why let the stinky rat be the boss, this and that... They are all coaxing them to kill each other.

"Is it hard to count this time, let us be the Xiang army?"

Wang Changgui replied: "This time it's counting. She asked us and the common people to control each other and brothers to supervise each other. This woman's methods are too sophisticated, not to mention that she has military power in her hands. We are not her opponents."

"That's right." The man was afraid, "It's best to live now."

Su Wanru watched these people go away, Min Wang came over and asked in a low voice: "Princess, what about the people in Dingguo's mansion?"

"Is the pigsty big?" Su Wanru asked.

Min Wang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Su Wanru to ask this question, and replied: "There are no pigs, it's a clean shed, but they eat, drink and scatter inside, it's enough."

"Then close it for a few more months." Su Wanru said, "Let my second elder brother decide after the important matter is settled."

Min Wang responded, and Lu Cheng responded, "Would you like to visit Zuling?"

Su Wanru covered her face and smiled, with bright eyes, she led the two of them to a place where there were few people, and said in a low voice: "I don't quite understand this matter, have you checked it out, what's the terrain like? It's winter now, the water level How about it?"

Because of the flood discharge, the ancestral mausoleum of the Zhao family should not be threatened.

"I've seen it." Lu Cheng and Min Wang looked at each other. For some reason, their hearts jumped in fear, and they said, "There is no problem with the water level now, but if there is a lot of rain in summer, it may not be so."

Su Wanru covered her face and smiled, said something in a low voice, Min Wang immediately nodded, "This subordinate will do it."

"Okay." She smiled and said, "Then I'm fine. I'm going to go back in the afternoon. You can stay here, Min Wang. You don't have to worry about the people's dissatisfaction. Just kill him, regardless of whether he is a commoner or a hooligan."

Min Wang felt that he wanted to win the hearts of the people, and did not rely on intimidation, but obviously, this method was not applicable to the people here.

"Understood." Min Wang agreed.

Su Wanru took a group of people for a stroll on the main street. Although it was almost the New Year's Eve, there was no New Year's atmosphere here, and there was desolation everywhere. Su Wanru said: "It's right to be desolate. It's a war right now, and I still want to sing and dance Shengping, you can celebrate after Zhao Zhiang dies."

She spoke so loudly that the people along the street could hear them, and they pressed against the door in fright, not daring to breathe.

Su Wanru was finally satisfied, walked around and went to Duke Ding's mansion again, and glanced at Duke Ding's family through the fence. The family stayed in a small shed, shivering from the cold, and there were still crying sounds. out.

How pitiful it is.

"Don't starve people to death." Su Wanru said: "You still have to eat what you should eat. Torturing people is meaningless. Just drag them to Yanjing and have a good time."

Min Wang should be.

"I'm going back." Su Wanru said: "The brother who just arrived today will stay here for a few days, and it will be the Chinese New Year, so we can't let everyone pass by on the road."

Min Wang found that he only had what he should have.

"As for the silver, is there no more in Dingguo's mansion?" Su Wanru asked.

Min Wang put his fist to his lips and coughed, looked left and right and said in a low voice: "Yes, Duke Ding buried the silver under the bed in his room, and just pried open two floor tiles, but Gundilong and the others didn't dig it out."

"Then get it out and reward the brothers." Su Wanru said: "Use other people's money, don't be too stingy."

Min Wang couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing. It was the first time that he felt so deeply that Su Wanru and Shen Zhan were really made in heaven, with similar temperaments.

Su Wanru took Lu Cheng and Yan Chong fifteen people, and hurried back to Xuzhou when it was getting dark.

At the gate of Xuzhou City, there are three large pots. One pot is stewed with sauerkraut stewed white meat, the other pot is boiled white rice, and the other pot is bone soup with spices. These are sent by the people. People are cooking in pots at the gate of the city.

"It's delicious..." The people above shouted to the people below, "Brothers, open another jar of old wine, let's eat meat and drink!"

The aroma drifted along the wind, and it blew all the way to the barracks opposite. Today is the third day that they have been out of food. The barracks were originally quiet, but after the aroma spread, many people came out of the barracks and dared not come over. , stood at the gate of the camp and watched, swallowing.

Food and grass in the court has not been sufficient, even ordinary people know this.

Therefore, their food and grass were destroyed, and they had to wait at least two days before they could eat fresh meals. These days... not to mention the war, they couldn't even sleep.

"Shen Zhan is too despicable." Xu Feng was so angry that he turned his head and yelled at his brother, "Go back and rest. Standing here is an embarrassment."

Some people went back, but more people still stood where they were, watching the person on the opposite side scoop up the white meat, it was blowing non-stop because it was too hot, biting it down, the mouth was full of oil, ate it wheezingly, and hugged it again. He took a sip of wine from the wine jar.

They were so greedy that they swallowed their saliva, but even Xu Feng felt even hungrier.

"Has the person who borrowed the food come back?" Marquis Deqing asked.

The next day, he sent his men down to borrow food from the surrounding people and grain stores. No matter what happened, let's get through the immediate crisis.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, it's fine if there is no family in the cold weather. If there is no food, the morale of the army will definitely be lost by then.

"Not yet. I guess there should be news coming back today." After Xu Feng finished speaking, he saw the deputy general sent by Marquis Deqing come back with two carts of food. Everyone immediately cheered when they saw the food. Shouted: "There are two more cars, go and pick them up."

With so many people, two carts of rice and noodles can only drink two meals of porridge, and it can't be dry, but it's better than nothing, Deqinghou was also happy, and asked: "Where did you borrow it, Kaifeng or Yunzhou?" ?”

"In Yunzhou." The lieutenant general's eyes flickered, "There is no food in Kaifeng."

Deqing Hou Ning frowned, staring at the lieutenant general, "Did you really borrow it?" It's not surprising that Kaifeng couldn't borrow it from him, because not many days ago, Shen Zhan pretended to be their name and robbed them indiscriminately. , is waiting here.

Burning their food and making them unable to borrow food is really despicable.

"No...not." The lieutenant lowered his head and said in a low voice, "It's my subordinate who robbed two rice lines." He raised his head and explained, "But this subordinate is pretending to be a soldier from Shen Zhan's side. People know it's us."

"Look." Marquis Deqing raised his hand and pointed to the opposite side. The lieutenant followed his gaze and saw that a large pot was burning meat at the gate of the city. The aroma was overflowing. They not only had rice to eat, but also meat. eat.

A comparison makes them even more shabby.

"They look like this, and the common people will believe them to grab food." Marquis Deqing clenched his fists. If he had a bad temper before, he would definitely do it now, but after being a useless person for so many years, his temper has improved a lot. "You Do things without thinking about it?"

"They won't borrow it." The lieutenant was unconvinced, and replied with tears in his eyes, "Your subordinates can't return empty-handed, brothers are all waiting for the rice to go into the pot."

Marquis Deqing asked: "Let me ask you, when Shen Zhan led the troops to run out of food every now and then, did he take you to steal it?"

"No." The lieutenant shook his head, "But..."

Marquis Deqing waved his hand, wanting the deputy general to send the rice noodles back, but at the end of the conversation, he saw his soldiers cheering around the carriage, carrying the rice noodles beamingly to help the cook, some people couldn't stand it and arrested A handful of raw powder was stuffed into his mouth, and he was so choked that he had to continue eating even after coughing.

"Okay." It was too late, Marquis Deqing felt that he had nothing to say, "Let's all go, let everyone have a good meal tonight."

The lieutenant breathed a sigh of relief, and happily called people to send the food to the kitchen. Xu Feng asked, "Ma Cao, didn't you get it?"

"No. I plan to think of a way after dinner." The lieutenant general said, "Don't worry, General Xu, the subordinates will definitely get it."

People have to eat, and horses also eat, and they eat more than people.

People can go hungry, but horses cannot.

"Fortunately, we didn't come out with many cavalry this time, otherwise these three to five days would be more difficult." Xu Feng smiled bitterly, experiencing this feeling for the first time.

In the evening, porridge was boiled in the barracks. The white rice soup had rice grains floating in it. One person could drink three bowls. Someone looked at the bowl and scolded: "This rice soup, if you urinate, you will be hungry. What a fart!"

"It's better than nothing." Someone persuaded: "Okay, eat quickly, after a few more days, the imperial court's food and grass will arrive."

The man looked at the opposite side, they were all soldiers, and the people on the opposite side ate wine and meat, why should they drink rice soup, "I eat a fart, one starved to death and one less."

As he spoke, he smashed the bowl on the ground, shook his head and left the barracks.

"Come back to me, don't run around." The lieutenant yelled, but the man didn't turn his head back at all, and he didn't go to the opposite side, but turned his back to the direction of Shandong.

The lieutenant came out with his bow, and everyone rushed to persuade him, "Don't be angry, my lord. He is just dizzy from hunger. Your lord, don't remember the villain's fault. He will come back soon and drink rice soup honestly."

The lieutenant general was also wronged, it was not easy for him to grab some food and come back, so why would he be unwelcome.

Everyone lined up in front of more than a dozen big pots to make rice soup. Standing in front of the pot, Xi Lihulu drank all three bowls, and then changed to another one. After drinking, they squatted aside. Their stomachs were rounded, but they were still hungry. Licking the bowl and looking at others.

"Youngest, where did the gold go?" Someone looked outside the barracks, and the brother who had just left hadn't come back. "There won't even be any soup in a while."

Another person walked with him and said, "I greeted the cook and left two bowls for him, don't worry."

"That's good." The two of them touched their stomachs and went back to lie down in the military tent. Only by lying down would they not get hungry so quickly. It was getting late, and the two of them slept too much during the day. I feel empty again.

"If you can't sleep, why don't you go find him."

The youngest nodded, and the two were about to go out, when they suddenly heard a low snoring sound from outside the tent, this was the secret signal for the three of them since they were young, and as soon as the eyes of the two of them came out of the tent, they saw the corner of Heibu Longdong There was a person squatting everywhere, and they only saw in the past that Jin Zi was holding a delicious roast chicken in his hand, and there was a piece of greased paper on the ground with two pig's feet on it.

"Eat quickly." Jin Zi said, "While it's hot."

The two lost their minds a long time ago, and rushed forward without even asking, tore one half of the roast chicken, gobbled it up, and finished eating two pig feet before thinking of asking the way, "Where did you get it?" ,Have you eaten."

"I ate it. Don't worry about it, I'll get it tomorrow." Jin Zi said.

Eat everything, as long as you can survive, "Let's go together tomorrow, this rice soup is only enough for two days."

"Okay." The three discussed and quietly returned to the military tent.

On the second day, the three of them made an appointment to leave the military camp together. Only then did they know that the gold was stolen from a shop that bought braised meat. As soon as the three of them entered the shop, they were caught by the owner of the shop. I don't know where so many people came from, and surrounded them in the yard.

Someone shouted: "Wearing the clothes of a Da Zhou soldier, they are members of Marquis Deqing."

"It's them, they even robbed rice a few days ago, shameless things!"

These people were furious and shouted: "Take someone to go to Deqinghou to judge the judge, and see what he says. If he is hungry and has nothing to eat and asks us for something during the Chinese New Year, how can we not give it? Come to steal, really shameless."

The man was escorted out and went to the barracks of Marquis Deqing overnight.

The owner of the stewed meat shop was a big man, tall and big, with a kitchen knife on his waist. He brought fourteen or fifteen fellow villagers into the barracks, shouting, "Marquis Deqing, come out!"

"You shameless soldiers actually went to steal our food."

"Your upper beam is not straight and your lower beam is crooked. Come out quickly and explain clearly to us."

Fourteen or five people tied gold and three people were stopped at the gate of the barracks, and they stood at the gate of the barracks and scolded.

The lieutenant general came out and sized up a group of people with fixed eyebrows. He was a little skeptical at first, but he saw that there were men and women on the other side. They were indeed dressed like ordinary people, and their hands were calloused, which were used for farmland.

The lieutenant no longer doubted.

"Are they stealing?" The lieutenant general looked at the gold and recognized at a glance that it was the person who threw the bowl the day before yesterday, and he was half-believed, "If that's the case, hand them over to me. These three people will be dealt with by military law, each with 120 army sticks , life and death."

"Are you Marquis Deqing?" the owner of the shop asked.

The lieutenant replied: "Your Majesty has something to do, so I will handle it in the same way."

"You're not Lord Hou, how can you handle it the same way." The owner said, "We'll just look for Lord Hou, who is in charge. If he doesn't come out, we'll continue to make trouble today."

The deputy general frowned, and with a flash of his eyes, he saw a man standing at the end of the crowd. He was a little tall, with a dark face and an honest look, but he only took one look, and he said again: "You are making trouble for no reason, our lord Grandpa, why..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Marquis Deqing came out, the deputy general explained the situation, and said in a low voice: "The man is indeed our man."

"Why did you steal?" Marquis Deqing looked at his soldiers.

Jin Zi replied: "I couldn't eat enough, and I didn't want to starve to death, so I went to steal it." Then said: "Master Hou, we didn't steal a lot, we just wanted to fill our stomachs."

"Is there any reason? With so many brothers, you are the only ones to steal it. Don't tell me everyone is full?" Marquis Deqing said angrily, "Come here, put them at the door and behead them in public, as a warning to others!"

The legs and feet of the three were frightened.

"Marquis Deqing." The host said, "You have to apologize to us too. These soldiers of yours are stealing meat and food. You are hungry and we are not happy. You are only hungry for a few days, and we have been hungry for several years." Why didn't you see us stealing it?"

Marquis Deqing frowned, walked a few steps, and said, "I'm really sorry, brother, I'll pay you the value of your stolen things."

"It's not about money, we want you to apologize to us." The boss insisted, "You have to come out and apologize to all of us."

Marquis Deqing felt that this was not too much. After thinking about it, he took a few steps outside. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the owner of the stewed meat shop who was three or five steps away, like a leopard. The arrow that left the string suddenly flew in front of Deqinghou, and with a flick of the kitchen knife on his waist, it was forced to hit Deqinghou's neck.

Marquis Deqing also reacted very quickly, raising his elbow to strike, but the "common people" rushed over and cut his hand behind him, and the crowd retreated quickly.

All this took only two breaths of effort, and after Deqinghou was taken hostage by the "common people", the deputy general and others were able to react.

"There are assassins!" The lieutenant yelled, drew out his knife, and everyone quickly came out and surrounded them.

"Who are you?" Xu Feng also rushed over, "Quickly release our Marquis, and capture him without a fight, otherwise you won't be able to get out."

With a finger pointing, he was surrounded by dense circles.

"We didn't want to get out alive." The boss with a kitchen knife said: "With Marquis Deqing accompanying us, we deserve to die."

Only then did the lieutenant realize that the two 34-year-old women who followed him knew martial arts, not only that, but their eyes changed from dull to stern.

Obviously not a novice.

He went to look at the tall man behind the crowd, but he still didn't speak, and stood behind Dong's man holding a kitchen knife with his head down. , you can lift this person up.

This action can both protect and retreat.

The crowd was forced to move to the right without any trace. This retreat was towards the Xuzhou city gate. They did not notice that the large iron pot on the opposite gate was moved to one side, and the gate slowly opened. Bows and arrows are ready to go, and piles of stones are piled up beside the catapult.

The encirclement was moving, and the two sides were negotiating, but there was actually nothing to discuss, one wanted Marquis Deqing's life, and the other wanted their lives.

Marquis Deqing dragged one leg on the ground, he could feel the strength of the hand holding him, and the sharpness of the kitchen knife on his neck... His martial arts are not weak, but at this moment he has no strength at all.

Careless!Hou Deqing's heart was heavy and he was very annoyed.

"Not good." He shouted in his heart, and said to Xu Feng: "Go back, don't care about my life, I only have one life, you can't go forward."

After he finished speaking, arrows rained down, and the soldiers on the outermost side screamed, Xu Feng said angrily, "Let us go, Lord Marquis, otherwise you will die without a whole body."

"Come on!" There were shouts of killing, and suddenly three or four thousand cavalry rushed out from the city gate. Xu Feng was shocked and shouted: "Why do they have cavalry?"

There are no cavalry in Xuzhou city, this is something they have known for a long time, otherwise with Shen Zhan's temper, they would have gone out of the city to fight.

"It belongs to the Chengdu government." The lieutenant general said: "Form up, obey orders, and fight!"

Dong dong dong drums sounded, and the drums were impatient and flustered. The cavalry rushed out of the city and rushed into the crowd. Among these unprepared and starving crowds for four or five days, they killed a bloody road, and then ten The horses formed a team, formed a circle, swept across the crowd, fell over, and then quickly changed their formation, like pouring a pot of boiling water on an ant nest on a path, and the water meanders along the gap Going out, the speed is extremely fast, and the people wherever they go are like ants, scalding to the ground.

Marquis Deqing was lifted by his collar, but it was not the boss who held him hostage just now, but the tall man behind him who never spoke.

"It's Shen Zhan!" Xu Feng recognized him, he was too familiar with Shen Zhan.

Shen Zhan turned his head, grabbed Marquis Deqing by the neck and dragged him away, saying as he walked, "Stupid!"

An empty horse came in front of him, he put Marquis Deqing on the horse's back, patted the horse's head, the horse ran away, and rushed into the city, someone was waiting at the gate, and Marquis Deqing was tied up.

"Shen Zhan, you are so powerful!" On the tower, Su Wan waved her arms like a servant in the wind, laughing, Shen Zhan raised her eyebrows, got on the horse, someone handed him a knife, he swiped the knife, and wailed.

Marquis Deqing was imprisoned on the tower, Su Wanru looked at him with her son in her arms, and said: "The view here is good, so you can see more clearly how you lost."

"Little girl, you are too arrogant." Deqing Hou said.

Su Wanru laughed, and said: "I have the capital of arrogance, even if I lose, I am no different from before. You also started from nothing with Zhao Zhiang, don't you understand the truth?"

Of course he understands, he is very clear about this mentality of wanting to get ahead and fight to the death.

But this kind of mentality is gone now, and neither are his soldiers.

"Shameless." Marquis Deqing said, "Specialize in stealing things."

Su Wanru shook her head, "Soldiers never tire of deceit." Saying that, she waved at Shen Zhan, "Master, you are amazing!"

Shen Zhan waved at her with a proud look.

Hou Deqing rolled his eyes angrily, these two people are simply a couple of thieves, they smell like each other!
"Hurry up, brothers, come back to celebrate the New Year after the fight." Su Wanru yelled, waving a banner with "Song" written on it, and August waved her hands, shouting: "Eat, fight, eat, eat meat."

Hou Deqing's blood rushed to the top of his head, and he passed out.

"Take him down and serve him with good wine and good food." Su Wanru and Min Wang said, "However, let someone take care of him."

Min Wang should have asked someone to take Marquis Deqing down.

"Princess, someone is here." Yan Chong brought someone up, and Su Wanru saw Master Bao as soon as she turned her head. She smiled and said, "Long time no see, Master Bao."

The person who taught her how to change her face back then has not been seen for many years.

"Princess." Master Bao said, "I don't know what to order."

Su Wanru pointed to the bottom and said, "Please come and sing your theater troupe, "Disarm and don't kill."

Master Bao stared and said awkwardly: "There is no such show."

"Let's make it up now." Su Wanru said: "The main thing is to tell them that it's too urgent to be born with the same roots. We are all brothers, as long as they follow Shen Zhan, they can immediately eat meat and drink wine!"

Master Bao paused, and said, "I'll discuss it with everyone." Then, he went to discuss with the troupe and made up a set of libretto.

Just at the gate of the city, gongs and drums were beating and singing began.

"Those who surrender, put down their weapons and stand on the right side." Shen Zhan sat on the horseback and looked at the crowd, "Otherwise, shoot to kill."

The troops on both sides were not equal, so he dispatched 7 cavalry and [-] infantry, while the opponent had [-] to [-] soldiers.

If he said that, it might be ridiculous in normal times, but today, it is not ridiculous at all.

Xu Feng's complexion changed drastically, and he ordered the left and right, "Take the brother I picked in advance, don't care about anything, and try to intercept Shen Zhan with all your strength!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)