Jincheng flower hour

Early in the morning, the silk scripts shot by the spies in the city last night were presented to Liu Hong after going round and round.There are quite a few spies placed in Jinguan City, and the information they collect every day is true or false, which needs to be screened.

Half a day had passed since last night when this silk book was delivered to Liu Hong.

There is only one thing written in the silk book, that Zhuang Yang was escorted by Shu soldiers to Wei Shuai's mansion.

One of Liu Hong's secret agents was instructed by Liu Hong to keep an eye on the banker and report any situation.

A few days ago, the dealer was safe and sound, but the situation suddenly changed yesterday.Most people in Shu know that Liu Hong, the son of King Han, grew up in Shu, but not many people know that Zhuang Yang and Liu Hong are friends.

What's more, time has passed, Zhuang's family moved to Jinguan City, and Liu Hong left Shu, who would have thought of this.

Liu Hong didn't think about who made the whistleblower or how the information got leaked, because it was too late and it was useless. He was thinking about Wei Shuai's purpose.

After Wei Jia was captured, Wei Shuai sent people several times to beg for Wei Jia's ransom. Wei Jia had a special status, so the King of Han naturally refused to let him go.Presumably because of this, where did Wei Shuai get the news and arrest Zhuang Yang.

Wei Shuai's actions are quite disgusting. There are many people in Shu who go to the Central Plains to serve and live in the Central Plains. Similarly, there are many people in the Central Plains who live in Shu.How can there be any reason to hold one's own earthly people as hostages?

However, in the Shu Kingdom, from the king to the ministers, there are not many people who speak morality.

Liu Hong put away the silk scroll, got up and went to Hanwang's camp.

Zhuang Yang is Liu Hong's most trusted person. When Liu Hong attacked the land of Shu, what he cared most about was not how to return home, but how Zhuang Yang and his family would suffer from this war.How could he tolerate Erlang being hurt because of him.

Yesterday, Zhuang Yang was suddenly caught. Zhuang Ping stepped forward to try to reason, but he was punched by the soldier and fell to the ground. Zhuang Lan was about to rush up, but fortunately Dachun's wife hugged her tightly.

"Stop! It's just to catch me, I'll let you go, why bother innocent people!"

Zhuang Yang shouted angrily, and retreated the soldiers surrounding Zhuang Ping.Zhuang Ping, who was originally cautious and quiet, was sitting on the ground with a mouthful of blood at this moment. He looked miserable, but his eyes were burning with anger.

"General, let's go!"

Zhuang Yang looked at the general, he knew that the order to arrest him came from above, and any excuse was meaningless.When he said this, he looked very resolute.Zhuang Yang is not strong, his body is a little thin, he looks gentle, he is a weak scholar, but there is a force in his body that supports him from fear and panic.

"Then please."

The general seemed quite satisfied with Zhuang Yang's attitude, he didn't beg or cry, he was calm and composed.

Soon, Zhuang Yang was escorted into the car, and his family members chased him out. Zhuang Yang told Zhuang Ping: "Don't let my mother know." Zhuang Ping had calmed down and nodded sadly.

Zhuang Lan wailed loudly and grabbed Zhuang Yang's sleeve.Zhuang Yang pulled back his sleeves and softly comforted: "Don't worry, brother will come back and take good care of grandma."

Regardless of how sad they were, the officers and soldiers drove away Zhuang Ping and Zhuang Lan, and drove Zhuang Yang away in a carriage.

In the car, Zhuang Yang was sitting, looking straight ahead, unable to bear to look back at the younger siblings who were chasing after the car.

In the past few days, I have seen most people being taken away from their homes by soldiers and never returning.Zhuang Yang was angry, but this anger settled in his heart, he was very calm.

Arriving at Shuai's mansion, he was escorted out of the car. Zhuang Yang thought he would be taken to see Wei Shuai, but the soldiers took him directly to prison.

No one came to interrogate him, no one came to tell him why he was detained.

Zhuang Yang guessed various possibilities in the wooden prison, and he thought it was mostly because of his relationship with Liu Hong.

However, the personal relationship between the two is secret, and why did Wei Shuai know about it?Zhuang Yang naturally thought of Mu Zheng who was slumped in the prison cart in the market.

The commander-in-chief of the Shu army this time was Wei Jia's father. Zhuang Yang had never met him, although he had been to Wei's house several times.

If General Wei was here, he might be able to help intercede. However, when the two countries are at war, personal relationships are nothing.

Zhuang Yang spent the night in the dark prison, next to the moldy straw mat, Zhuang Yang couldn't sleep, he was worried about some things, not only his own safety, he missed his family, but also missed the person stationed outside the city .

But I don't know if I can see each other again in my lifetime?

The king of Han sent away the envoy of Shu, and called Liu Hong into his tent alone.

Huo Yuqi and Zhou Jing stood outside the tent, whispering and chatting, and there were other generals and advisers outside the tent.

"Exchanging Zhuang Erlang for Wei Jia, Wei Laochuan really dared to mention it."

The king of Han thought it was absurd, although Liu Hong had discussed this matter with him before.

"Father, there must be an exchange."

Liu Hong spoke resolutely.

"Oh, why do you want to exchange?"

Father Liu threw away the envoy's book and silk, seemingly carelessly, then pulled his sleeves back and looked at his son, which was a gesture of his ready to listen attentively.

"The Shu people knew that my mother and I were favored by the dealer, so they imprisoned Erlang. If the son betrayed his promise, he would be ridiculed by the people of the world."

Liu Hongjin said that although he was anxious in his heart, his words were calm.

Zhuang Yang is not an ordinary citizen, he is the benefactor of the Liu family.

If you receive a little kindness from others, you should repay it with springs, not to mention that if there was no Zhuang Yang back then, Liu's mother and son would not have survived.

"Not necessarily."

If he was really killed, revenge for him afterwards can also make up for it.

"Father, every statement in the Han Dynasty calls righteousness to defeat injustice, but if you don't save Erlang now, if even your benefactor ignores his life and death, what will the people of Shu think of it?"

Liu Hong questioned each sentence and forced each other with words.

These words made Father Liu silent.

"Although Wei Jia is a great general of the Shu Kingdom, one person more than him is not many, and one person missing is not many. If we let him go back, we will not be able to take down Jinguan City."

Liu Hong agrees with Wei Jia's general talent, but with his own efforts, he can't turn the tide and help the building to collapse.

"That's all, people are captured by you, and you deal with them."

Liu's father was moved by the words and waved his hand to give up.

If Wei Jia stayed in the tent and never surrendered, Liu's father would kill him in the end. If he is not used for me, he will be used by the enemy.But what Liu Hong said is also reasonable. He claims to be benevolent and righteous, but he disregards the life of his benefactor. How can he convince the people of Shu?Wei Jia is not superhuman, let him go back, he can still stir up trouble.

However, Liu's father felt that Zhuang Erlang's weight in his son's heart was too heavy, too heavy.For the first time, he saw his son fight with him with so many principles.He was supposed to be a general, but he had the aggressiveness of a counselor.

Father Liu doesn't have time to distract his son's personal affairs right now, and he will rectify it after capturing Jinguan City.

After winning his father's approval, Liu Hong went out of the tent, Zhou Jing and Huo Yuqi immediately surrounded him, and Liu Hong nodded to them.

Ever since he got the news that Zhuang Yang was imprisoned by Wei's father, Zhou Jing's mood was quite complicated. He didn't want Zhuang Yang to suffer, but he also didn't want Wei Jia to be killed.

One is a student and the other is a close friend.

"Mr. Zimu, don't worry now."

Huo Yuqi laughed, he was gratified for Zhou Jing.

"My lord, the exchange of hostages is to be done without delay, so as not to cause complications."

Zhou Jingshen was afraid that the King of Han would regret it, so he stood outside the tent and heard a few words of the conversation between Liu Hong and the King of Han. The King of Han seemed to think that such a deal was unnecessary.

"I am going to call the messengers and fix the day."

Liu Hong didn't want to delay for even an hour, and couldn't bear it for a quarter of an hour.

His Erlang, who has always lived a comfortable life, was the one who involved Erlang in this disaster.

Since Zhuang Yang was taken away, the Zhuang family fell into despair.

Although Zhuang Yang told Zhuang Ping not to let Zhuang's mother know, Zhuang's mother still knew. She was very alert. When she heard the sound of officers and soldiers knocking on the door, she hid behind the window and watched. She lived in fear for most of her life.Seeing her son being taken away, she could do nothing but cry.

Zhuang Bing, who was unable to stay due to injury, discussed countermeasures with Zhuang Ping in the room, and then Zhuang Ping took money and went out to inquire about news.Zhuang Bing's idea is that as long as he can save Zhuang Yang, it will be worth any money spent.

Many wealthy children in Jinguan City were arrested, which was a way for the government to extort property, and the dealer might also be targeted because of this.

The Zhuang family couldn't figure it out for a while, Zhuang Yang was arrested because of Liu Hong's relationship.

On this day, Zhuang Ping and Ah Yi left, Zhuang Ping didn't go directly to Shuai's mansion, but went to see Zhuang Yang's two friends in Jinguan City, Zhang Yushi and Qin Shuzuo.

The two were shocked when they heard that Zhuang Yang had been arrested, and led Zhuang Ping outside the commander's mansion to ask to see Wei Shuai.

The guard informed them that Wei Shuai was not there, and when they asked the guard about Zhuang Yang, they only found out that one person had indeed been taken into the Shuai's mansion. As for what crime it was and where it was held, they didn't know.

Zhuang Ping gave the property to the guard, just hoping to see Zhuang Yang, but the guard dared not accept it, saying that there was nothing they could do about it.

A group of people went back resentfully, and the sky was already dark.

At night, Zhuang Ping came back and told his family that Zhuang Yang was indeed taken to the commander's mansion, but he couldn't see Zhuang Yang.

On this day, the Zhuang family had a difficult time. Xijuan and Dachun's wife cooked food, but no one was in the mood to eat it. They just fed their two children.

Zhuang's mother wept all day long, and the fine silk accompanied Zhuang's mother.

Zhuang Lan was very calm except for crying when Zhuang Yang was escorted away. She sat in the courtyard with a knife in her arms for a whole day.

When Zhuang Ping came over, she persuaded her to go back to the house. Zhuang Lan, with tears in her eyes, said viciously, "If they dare to hurt elder brother, brother Ah Hong will never let them go!"

Zhuang Ping sat next to Zhuang Lan, his face still had scars, he looked at the fire burning in the house in the distance, his expression was sad, and he sighed faintly.

On the second day, before dawn, Zhuang Ping heard the commotion of the people outside, so he went out to check.I don't know who posted the call to action of the Han army on the walls of each house overnight.

When Zhuang Ping came out, a neighbor said, "Ah Ping can read, Ah Ping, come and read for us, what did you write?"

Zhuang Ping, who has always been timid and fearful of getting into trouble, would have to avoid such a situation in the past, but this time he stepped forward and read out the proclamation in a clear voice.

The prison is dark, with only one small window telling Zhuang Yang the change of day and night, from day to night, and then from night to day, one night and two days, silently.

If it was an ordinary person, he might be driven crazy, so Zhuang Yang sat quietly and waited quietly.

At noon, the jailer suddenly opened the cell door and led a person to visit Zhuang Yang. It wasn't Wei Jia, nor the Zhuang family, but a stranger but still an acquaintance, Robber Yu.

Du Pirate Yu is a person who is both righteous and evil. Zhuang Yang saw him coming and treated him indifferently.Du Pirate Yu spoke first. He stood outside the wooden fence and looked at Zhuang Yang.

"Zhuang Lang and Gong Zihong are old friends?"

Zhuang Yang didn't answer, which had nothing to do with Du Pirates.

"Does Zhuang Lang know about General Wei being captured by the Han army?"

Governor Yu eavesdropped on Wei Shuai's people talking about arresting a benefactor of Gong Zihong, who was an official in the county school.Governor Yu asked the other party carefully, only to realize that it was Zhuang Yang.

Since the Han soldiers attacked the city, the robbers in Jinguan City also belonged to Wei Shuai's tent and obeyed Wei Shuai's orders.The situation outside the city was very clear to Governor Yu Pirates, and naturally he also knew about Wei Jia's capture.

"When did it happen?"

Zhuang Yang was surprised, and immediately thought of the reason why he was detained by Wei Shuai.

"It's been ten years."

After Yu Dubai finished speaking, he took out a package from his arms and stuffed it into the gap between the wooden railings for Zhuang Yang.Zhuang Yang took it in confusion, opened the cloth bag, and saw a pear and a thick cake.

Zhuang Yang was very hungry. He hadn't eaten for two days. The jailer was afraid that he would die, so he gave him some water to drink.

"Thank you."

Zhuang Yang broke open the cake and ate it in small bites.

In prison, Zhuang Yang didn't have a single pleading word.Wei Shuai didn't torture Zhuang Yang, but he didn't intend to let Zhuang Yang live comfortably.

Even in such a miserable situation, Zhuang Yang still maintained his dignity, his clothes were neat and his manners were gentle, without changing a bit.

Robber Yu watched Zhuang Yang eat the cake quietly. He really wanted to touch Zhuang Yang's thin and stained cheek, but he knew it would be an offense to Zhuang Yang.

Governor Yu is aware of this period of time, he is a slave to the tiger, and goes with the tide, but such a day, even a rough man like him feels pain.How many innocent people have been thrown into prison, even people like Zhuang Lang have not escaped from prison.

"I heard that today, Wei Shuai will exchange you for his son Wei Jia."

"Does the Han army agree?"

Zhuang Yang is just an insignificant commoner, while Wei Jia is a general of the Shu Kingdom and the son of Wei Shuai. This kind of hostage exchange is not reciprocal.

He understood that Ah Hong must want to save him, but the King of Han and other Han generals would undoubtedly object.

"agree."

Robber Yu also thought this was an unbelievable thing, but he still remembered that when he pestered Zhuang Yang in the dark alley, he was once attacked by a strange boy and stabbed him.What is intriguing is that Gong Zihong was in Shu at that time.

"Thank you, Overseer, for telling me these things."

Zhuang Yang saluted, knowing that the hostages were going to be exchanged, Zhuang Yang felt much more relaxed.

"Zhuang Lang, be careful."

Steward Yu approached the wooden railing and whispered his orders.

The exchange of hostages, if you are a little careless, you will be killed, that is on the battlefield, under a tense situation.

Zhuang Yang nodded and looked at Du Pirate Yu with grateful eyes, not only bringing him news and food, but also because of his incomprehensible but sincere emotion.

"Supervisor Yu steals."

Zhuang Yang called the person who was about to leave, and the person looked back at Zhuang Yang.

"Don't help the King of Shu to do evil again. In the future, the Jinguan City will be destroyed, and the people will be punished."

Zhuang Yang can predict the future, everything has its rules.Even if he doesn't like this person, but this person treats him so kindly, he also hopes that this person can die well.

Du Pirate Yu was silent for a long time, then turned and left.

In the afternoon, Zhuang Yang was escorted out of the city with his arms bound.

Zhuang Yang looked at the orderly Han army in the distance. He saw a man who was bound like him, and a cavalry team slowly marching towards them.

In the past two days, Zhuang Yang was weak, walking from the prison to the city gate exhausted his physical strength, he should have collapsed on the ground exhausted, but at this moment he was very excited.

During the nearly two years of separation, Zhuang Yang saw Liu Hong again. He was a handsome and stern young general, wearing dark iron armor and riding a tall and beautiful white war horse.The distance is too far, Zhuang Yang can't see his appearance clearly, but Zhuang Yang knows that he is Liu Hong.

Liu Hong's cavalry moved forward a little, then stopped again, neither far nor near, just outside the range of the bow and arrow.

Wei Shuai rode on the horse, turned around and glanced at the archers on the tower, he was very cunning, he didn't move a step, just waiting for the Han army to come.He was testing the patience of the son of the King of Han, and Gong Zihong was really eager.Wei Shuai looked down at Zhuang Yang coldly, and motioned for the soldiers to push Zhuang Yang out.

Zhuang Yang has visited Wei's house several times, but he has never met Wei Shuai, only heard that the relationship between father and son is not good.However, Wei Jia is his only heir after all, and he cares about this heir, but he doesn't care about Zhuang Yang's life.

At this time, a general in the cavalry team of the Han army rode forward. He single-handedly escorted Wei Jia and stepped forward. Zhuang Yang knew that he was Liu Hong.

On Wei Shuai's side, someone also escorted Zhuang Yang forward, obviously deliberately walking very slowly.

Step by step, Zhuang Yang could clearly see the face of the man on horseback, with knife-cut facial features and a restrained and deep temperament.Zhuang Yang looked at Liu Hong, and Liu Hong was also looking at him. Even though Liu Hong had changed a lot, his eyes were still affectionate and nostalgic, and now there was more distress and guilt.

Zhuang Yang didn't want Liu Hong to come forward in person, he was worried about Liu Hong's safety.

General Wei, like Zhuang Yang, had his arms bound and a rope held by his detainees.General Wei looked miserable, with long hair like a bird's nest, wearing tattered robes, living as a captive for several days, and he suffered a lot.

In fact, Zhuang Yang didn't know that General Wei had a pretty good life in the past two days. There was someone in his small tent to accompany him to play chess and chat, and he was his favorite companion.

However, it would be great for General Wei to regain his freedom.

General Wei looked at Zhuang Yang with apologetic eyes, knowing his father is like a son, his father is a ruthless character, Zhuang Yang looks very tired and thin, and he suffered a lot after thinking about it.

Suddenly the soldiers besieging Zhuang Yang stopped advancing, and Liu Hong's side also stopped at the same time.

Zhuang Yang felt uneasy, the distance between the two sides was not long, Liu Hong stepped forward alone, leaving the cavalry behind.

Wei Shuai followed up at this moment, looked at his son first, then exchanged glances with Liu Hong, motioning to let him go.

Liu Hong swung his sword and cut off the ropes that bound Wei Jia, while the ropes that bound Zhuang Yang were also cut by the soldiers.

run!

Zhuang Yang shouted an order in his heart, and he ran desperately towards Liu Hong, while Wei Jia was also running towards him at the same time.

Both of their arms were tied, but they couldn't run fast.

Zhuang Yang suffered from hunger for two days, and his physical strength was weak. He ran slower than Wei Jia. When the two passed by, Zhuang Yang heard Liu Hong yelling at him: "Get down!"

Almost at the same time, Wei Jia also yelled out such a sentence.

Get down!

Zhuang Yang didn't look back, he immediately lay down on the ground, but it was too late, a pain came from his leg, it was the heart-piercing pain caused by the arrow piercing through the bone.Zhuang Yang grabbed the mud and screamed. He couldn't bear the pain, but he still calmed himself down.He raised his head and looked forward. Liu Hong led the men and horses to hedge, and Liu Hong was at the front. He galloped towards Zhuang Yang, fired bows and arrows non-stop, and shot down the archers on the city wall at a speed like lightning.

Zhuang Yang broke free from the binding rope and crawled forward. Every step he crawled, the pain deepened. He dragged his bleeding leg to move.

In his life, there has never been such a critical moment, Zhuang Yang didn't care about anything, just crawled forward desperately, he knew that many bows and arrows were shooting at him, but he could no longer hear the sound, his ears seemed to be As if deafened, the sound of countless horseshoes, the sound of fighting, and the sound of countless drums merged together, and the sky and the earth trembled.

Suddenly a figure came into his eyes, it was a general riding a white horse, at the speed of galloping, he hooked the harness with one hand, leaned towards Zhuang Yang with the other hand, he grabbed him Zhuang Yang, lifted up, Zhuang Yang spun around, was thrown on the horse, and fell into a generous embrace.

After catching Zhuang Yang, Liu Hong immediately galloped back, but the Shu soldiers were already catching up with him.

Liu Hong's bows and arrows flew quickly one by one, and the blood on his fingers dripped on Zhuang Yang's face. Zhuang Yang's eyes widened, seeing the bows and arrows flying around, the flashing knives and spears, and the splashing blood .

Zhuang Yang hugged Liu Hong's waist tightly. He was close to Liu Hong's body, not daring to move. He was no longer afraid of death, but he was afraid that Liu Hong would not be able to escape the encirclement, and he was afraid that Liu Hong would be killed.

After Liu Hong shot the arrow, he pressed Zhuang Yang's head down with a bloody hand, and he tried his best to protect Zhuang Yang.Liu Hong discarded the huge bow, drew out the long sword, and unsheathed the sharp sword, killing all directions.

Warm blood flowed on Zhuang Yang's arm, and Zhuang Yang couldn't tell whose blood was his own, Ah Hong's, or someone else's.

At this time, it seemed that he had lost his sense of pain and his ability to speak.

Finally, the number of enemy troops entangled around Liu Hong gradually decreased. They were defeated by Liu Hong's cavalry, and they were either killed or retreated.Liu Hong got rid of the obstruction and led Zhuang Yang quickly through the Han army to a safe rear.