Chiwuxing

Chapter [-] - After all the crimes of murdering rape, breaking into houses and burglary

The courtyard of the sheriff's house was brightly lit.

"My lord, please slow down..."

The bloated official entered the door surrounded by subordinate servants, his steps were chaotic, as if he was intoxicated.

"Okay," the official stopped walking, forced his way out and said to the side, "Just send it here... Supervisor Fang, please come here... for a walk."

"You are speaking politely. We have been friends for so many years, how can we not miss you." The side said.

"Then I will trouble you to relax at the manager's side after you return to Beijing..."

The people around responded with a smile, and then said goodbye to each other after a few more pleasantries.

The official shunned the boy: "I'm going to get some things, you don't have to follow in, just go and ask Madam to wait in bed."

All the attendants retreated according to the order, and the official staggered into the study.The inner room was dark, and he held the lamp he brought from the attendant, and barely discerned the way from the faint candlelight.

After waking up, the official approached the desk and rummaged through the stack of papers on the edge of the desk with one hand.

"What are you looking for, my lord?"

Suddenly a human voice came from behind, rough like a dark ghost whispering in the night.

The official's right hand trembled subconsciously, and the back of his hand knocked down a sandalwood pen holder. There were successive crashing sounds, especially in the silent room.

He immediately turned his head back, before he could see who was in front of him, he felt a stabbing pain in his neck, like a knife piercing his flesh.He couldn't make a sound for a while, but just before his turbid eyes were about to close, he met a vague and gloomy white-haired shadow.

"General," the young soldier said nervously, looking at the face of the person opposite him, "Before he leaves, Deputy General Tang... I will give you a message... saying that if the remaining soldiers stay in Huangzhou for a long time, they won't be able to get back together." ...Someone in the imperial capital has sued you for the crime of disobedience and disobedience, so I ask you to weigh the severity of your actions..."

"Is there someone?" Wei Xu sneered and said, "It means him."

"But..." the soldier hesitated, "but you are delaying... After all, it was not approved. Even if Vice General Tang really wanted to bring this matter to justice, there is no excuse."

"I will bear the charges, you are so afraid," Wei Xu frowned, and said, "How about the barbarians? Or close the camp for defense?"

"We are very defensive. We have learned the lessons of the generals who attacked the camp in the past, and even increased the manpower in the corridor of the granary," Bing Wei said, "But since the imperial court has expressed their intention to make peace, they just took advantage of this opportunity. Let's rest first, I don't think they will come here to pursue the rest of the city..."

"Fucking peace!" Wei Xu cursed lowly, turned to give him a squinting look, and said, "Are you also in a hurry to go back to the capital to escape?"

The soldier was so frightened that he shrank his neck and said, "I don't dare to bid..."

"Hmph," Wei Xu squinted at the ditch in the distance, and said, "Get out of here... If you want to leave, I'll make it right for you..."

The soldier fled, leaving Wei Xu where he was.

He stood still for a while, then he led the horse out of the camp, and rode the horse along the outside of the camp to the suburban beach.

Looking outside the pass, you can still see the broken grass and debris left over from the fierce battle, gathered in a mess.

Just as the horse was galloping, there was a sudden sound of breaking through the air in the distance, and an arrow was swiftly drawn from behind him, brushing his temples and piercing straight into the tree trunk in front of him.

Looking closely at the shape of the arrow cluster, it is obvious that it is commonly used by Hu people.

Wei Xu was startled, he didn't notice when someone approached him secretly, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, but he thought that the number of people who only shot this arrow must be small, maybe that barbarian came out to provoke him in private , before shooting an arrow in the back.

He turned his head, but met a familiar face slowly pacing in the distance.Although the clothes had changed, from his expression to the fierce deep marks on his cheeks, he was a person he could never forget once he had met him once.

"...Fu Zijie." Wei Xu blurted out.

Fu Chen frowned, disappeared in an instant, and said in a low voice: "I heard that General Wei is currently delaying in Huangzhou and has not returned to Beijing. I wonder if he is waiting for some opportunity?"

As soon as the young man came up, he asked about the war, but he didn't mention the reason why he hadn't been seen in the previous year. Wei Xu felt strange, and said, "Why don't you ask what happened in this year first?"

"...I know General Liao is dead." Fu Chen said.

There was also the change of soldiers, the rectification of the military system, and the withdrawal of eunuchs... He had inquired about everything.Even the Chijia barracks, which were already riddled with holes, now have no cunning tasks because of unfamiliarity, and they are surprisingly united.He really didn't know whether these things were good or bad for him and Yu Zongzhengxi.

"You have friendship with Tang Lan, so do you know what good things he has done?" Wei Xu said holding back his anger.

"I know," Fu Chen only said, "He was originally a dark chess player inserted by the people in the court, and everything he did was ordered from behind."

"What about you?" Wei Xu stared at him and said, "You came with him, so there is no explanation?"

"I used to be like him, but I'm not anymore. He should have added my name to the list of dead men." Fu Chen said quietly, "There is no one else."

"...Then you are returning to the army now?"

Fu Chen said: "Is it still possible?"

Wei Xu pursed his lips, saw the young man's expression relaxed, and listened to him say again: "But this is indeed not the first time I have narrowly escaped death... A villain has a lot of life, this time I have to learn a lesson, and I can't always make mistakes. Same mistake."

"What are you going to do now?" Wei Xu asked.

"I originally went to other places to do a difficult job. I was ill and had no medical treatment. I wondered if someone could help me." The young man smiled lightly and said, "I just thought about it for a long time, thinking that I would act in the same way as I did in Chijia, and now it is really true. When I am in trouble, no one should be willing to take on the hard work for me."

Wei Xu was suspicious, and said, "What's the matter? Tell me first and listen."

Fu Chen shook his head, and said: "It's a big matter, if I don't have full trust, I can't talk to people."

Wei Xu had been harassed by military affairs for several days and was exhausted. At this time, he also lost patience because of his inexplicable behavior. He felt uncomfortable: "If you don't believe me, I can't give any guarantee."

"Wei Xu," Fu Chen took a step forward, staring straight into his eyes, and said, "I want to know what you think now that the veteran in the army is dead."

"...I don't know," Wei Xu had a headache, "I don't know..."

"You have been in the army for a long time, so why did you enter the barracks in the first place?"

"At first it was just to make a living, but after a long time, I thought that the man would live up to half his life by making contributions on the battlefield," Wei Xu sighed slightly. You can really get a way out, but in the end you are still suppressed. Even in the army, there are so many irrelevant and disgusting things."

"When do you plan to return to Beijing?" Fu Chen asked again, "Since the imperial court is going to make peace, it is impossible for the red armored guards to stay here forever."

"...Just these two days," Wei Xu compromised, "The persuasion by my subordinates is not wrong at all. It's because of my temper and their stubbornness that they got nothing in the end."

"Very good." Fu Chen nodded, paused for a moment, then looked at him and said, "I have another way out here, which can save you from being confined in the camp for the time being, it just depends on whether you are willing to make trouble. "

Wei Xu instinctively felt that he just had something to say, and said, "You're hiding...what are you trying to say?"

Fu Chen covered his eyes, and at the same time turned his hand to insert the long knife behind him into the mud in front of him. The bright and thin edge of the blade still reflected white light, which was so miserable that no one could ignore it.

Wei Xu squinted his eyes, but did not move.

Fu Chen raised his eyes to look at him with a calm expression: "Do you still remember that when King Yu returned to the army, he disclosed to the general about the devolution of military power, and after His Highness passed away, Admiral Jia said that the proposal was only on the table for the time being?" Above, it has not yet been approved by the Privy Council.”

"Why don't you remember this? Back then, some bastards in the army deliberately framed me for tampering with the credit book, and because of this, I got a lot of boards." Wei Xu's eyes were cold, "The dog's stuff..."

Fu Chen was not affected by it, his voice lowered a little, and he said calmly: "Actually, it was the favor that King Yu asked His Majesty directly, bypassing the Privy Council. The military power was not directly allocated to the original lieutenants, but was directly prepared to be delegated to the local garrison. The generals of the guards are on board."

Wei Xu was taken aback for a long time, "...when did it happen?"

In general, important matters in the army can't be kept secret, they can be known from the past, but he has never heard of the young man's words.

"Two years ago, after the barbarians retreated from the west, the east city was invaded. The leader of the Jiangdong army, King Chuang, was secretly killed at that time. The admiral knew about it, but it was only because he wanted several seniors in the general to disperse In the Yiwei army in each city, the news is hidden."

"Wang Chuang is already dead?" Wei Xu was surprised, "It wasn't for picketing Jiangdong's military guard's dereliction of duty at the beginning, so as to save his life for the time being, and because of the employment, wouldn't this matter just go away?"

"He died at that time. Later, he blindly claimed that he was sick and closed his account. When the Privy Council transferred a general from Jiangdong, he deliberately avoided his name."

Wei Xu hadn't investigated it carefully before. He didn't know that a living man who led the soldiers in the local army could hide it for such a long time in secret. Anyway, he can be regarded as a talker now. It seems he himself The resentment he thought was just that he didn't know what kind of situation he was in from the beginning: "...I really don't know about this."

Fu Chen smiled wryly beside him.

It's not just that Wei Xu didn't expect that when he secretly asked Feng Ru to speak up for him about the transfer of the commander of the Beijing camp, he still wondered why things went so smoothly.At first he only thought that Feng Ru's official rank was not low, he had many years of experience as an official and he was from the same school as Ni Congwen, and his memorials had some weight in the court.Now it seems that Zong Zhengxi left this back-up before his "death", and the change of the local garrison is much cleaner than the spies of ghosts in the Chijia personal guard camp.If there is a real disaster in the future, we will have to rely on local leaders to lead and dispatch troops.

The man's trick was right, the truth was reversed, the reality changed, and I don't know how many people have been tricked.The strategy is not very clever, but it's a pity that the bloodthirsty group of them, who spend all day on swords and spears, have been intoxicated by the redness of the enemy's blood and covered their eyes. The black and indistinguishable decayed skin festers.

"Only the cold-eyed outsiders can see the evil, no blame you and me." Fu Chen only said.

Wei Xu said again: "Then according to what you said, Wang Chuang's name is still there, wouldn't it be useless for him to occupy this seat?"

Fu Chen kept silent and just looked at him, Wei Xu's heart skipped a beat.

"I think there should be a better candidate."

Wei Xu frowned, stared at him, but felt more and more unfamiliar, and couldn't believe it: "...do you have this power?"

Fu Chen immediately took out something, a copper-colored plaque, the edges were polished black and shiny, and the image of an ancient beast in the middle was stern.He had seen a similar piece in the army before, and it was used in the general's tent to transfer troops.

"This is the military transfer order that was secretly sent to Yiwei in various places where it was sent. Although the sample has been changed again, all the people in Yiwei in each city know its use," Fu Chen said, "but this is a piece of the Jiangdong Army. , was hidden in the home of Zhu Kai, governor of Dongping County, and has not been used."

Wei Xu restrained his surprise, and said in a deep voice, "What are you going to do?"

"It's not what I want to do. This thing is useless to me, a person whose name has been removed from the army book." Fu Chen threw it at Wei Xu, and the latter quickly took it, "It's different for you."

"What's the use of just having this brand? The generals and guards in various places are clearly assigned by the imperial court, and they can't be directly dispatched by taking it," Wei Xu said, "not to mention that the Chijia side can't get away easily. I have added an army to my men, but they are still tied up."

"Bing was only in use," Fu Chen said, "until the critical moment, he didn't come out in a hurry to admit ownership. Now that barbarians and foreign aggressors are staring at them, it's really wrong to be entangled in whether the court recognizes it at this time."

Wei Xu said: "It's not like you haven't seen the virtues of the Yiwei army in Jiangdong. How many of the tens of thousands of soldiers can be used? When the barbarians come, they will definitely be beaten and scattered. Compared with today's Chijia This group of recruits is not good enough."

"Get rid of the redundancy and save the essence. It's not a waste of time to pick out 7 useful people out of [-] people," Fu Chen said again, "Besides, the barbarians can't deal with them. Such a scene of soldiers will be of great use in the future."

"...You came here specially for the purpose of 'getting rid of the sea of ​​suffering'?" Wei Xu sneered with a hint of displeasure in his heart.

"It's serious," Fu Chen said, ignoring his tone, "You also have other choices. I have nothing to say about the rest."

Wei Xu knew that he disappeared inexplicably for a year, and there must be another purpose for reappearing at this time, but he didn't want to reveal it, and he couldn't think about it.I just don't know where this young man got the courage to use these three or two sentences to make him follow his instructions. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Why are you following me?"

"When I was in danger last time, you and Tang Lan took care of me together. I didn't see clearly who Tang Lan was, but I don't want to keep being wrong."

Wei Xu glanced at him, the young man was carrying a heavy baggage behind him, his navy blue clothes were old, only his white hair was as fresh as before, the same as before he left.At first he thought that he had changed a lot, but when he spoke, he seemed to be the same as his old friend. The only thing that changed was that the young man didn't have to pretend to be timid, so his brows were more unrestrained, and his inner face was undisturbed.From this point of view, it seems that he has changed his appearance from the original Tang Lan.

He said: "If you expect me to have such a twisted intestine like him, you really think too highly of me."

"Then you agreed?"

"If I don't want to, what are you going to do?" Wei Xu glanced at Han Dao standing in front of him.

Fu Chen was silent for a moment, his brows furrowed little by little: "...don't try me."

Wei Xu reached out and stroked the object in his hand for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, and then said:

"I'll take this risk, at least to show you that not only people like Tang Lan can survive in this world."

Fu Chen was slightly moved, and said: "General Liao... But because of the villain's obstruction?"

"There is no evidence," Wei Xu said coldly, "But Tang Lan didn't deal with him in secret. It didn't take a day or two. No matter what his intentions were, he kicked away so many people in the army one after another. It's really amazing. It's just that there are people behind him, It can be so rampant..."

After speaking so far, Wei Xu suddenly thought of something.

The young man was just a mediocre soldier in the past, but at this time, with King Yu showing his secrets before his death, he was provoking the military power, how could there be no one to order him behind him?After much deliberation, I came up with a bold guess, but I didn't dare to say anything: "When I reported your death, I searched for the corpse. Since death can be faked, then the people behind you..."

The young man's eyes moved slightly, he raised his index finger to his lips, and made a "silence" gesture.

Wei Xu didn't know whether his intentions followed the thoughts in his mind, so he said: "... If you can tell me frankly, maybe I can cooperate better."

"Things are different, and people are different. What you insist on may not become what you hate in the end. Besides, there are still many obstacles in personnel affairs," the young man said with a little sadness on his face. What you said. But I am not a good person, one day, if you hate each other because of what I did, if I still have life at that time, I will definitely apologize to you face to face."

Fu Chenguo saw that Wei Xu's expression changed because of what he said, and he smiled slowly: "If you repent now...I will still allow you this opportunity."

"I didn't like you and Tang Lan when they first entered the camp. Now it seems that my intuition is right." Wei Xu looked at him with a wry smile, "One can stir things up better than the other."

"At this time, there should be no third choice."

"I also want to thank you for giving me this chance to choose?" Wei Xu sneered, then fell silent, and said, "If your hint just now is what I imagined, I have nothing to hate. At least it’s much better than watching a group of villains jumping in front of you in the camp now.”

Fu Chen said in a firm voice: "I can't promise anything else, but the only thing I can say is that I will die before you. If there is a chance, I will give you the honor you want to join the army in the next few days. you."

Wei Xu realized that he was about to leave, and subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?"

Fu Chen replied: "There are still important things to do. How to arrange the remaining soldiers in Huangzhou depends on how you do it."

After finishing speaking, he drew his sword and tightened the belt of the burden on his chest, and whispered: "See you in the future."

"Wait a minute," Wei Xu took two steps forward, and spoke his mind behind him, "If I didn't promise you just now, are you going to kill me here?"

Fu Chen didn't look back, but simply said: "Yes."

Wei Xu curled his lips in a self-deprecating manner, and in a blink of an eye, he turned to Luchuan Luchuan, and suddenly heard the young man in front of him add: "...you know the reason."

His whole body trembled, his knotted muscles tightened, and he clenched the cold bronze medal in his hand.