My years as a soldier

Sixteen years ago, Zhang Si, who was in his early twenties, met Su Wang Li Cong who had just taken over as the protector of Anton in Bohai.

Zhang Si was originally dead, but he was thrown into a prison van by the criminal officials of Bohai State.He, like the dozen or so other people in the prison van, was a gift presented by the local sheriff to the new Chief Protector.Among the dozen or so people, he was the only one who survived that year.

What was the purpose of getting into the prison car, Zhang Si still can't forget.He was originally an orphan who grew up in a small village on the outskirts of Longquan Mansion.According to the Orion couple who raised him in the village, Zhang Si's father was from Tang Dynasty and his mother was from Goguryeo.But after his mother conceived him, his father disappeared.So much so that the mother was so distraught that she fell ill and died shortly after giving birth to Xiao Zhangsi.

Although Zhang Si's life experience is not good, but he is not born a slave.

Zhang Si's mind is faster than others since he was a child, and he can see many things more thoroughly than the elders, so he can take advantage of everything he does. Even Zhang Si, who grew up in a small village, has already been able to The wind and water in Longquan Mansion are flourishing.

When Zhang Si was young, relying on his ingenuity, he laid a foundation for himself step by step in Longquan Mansion. At that time, he felt that he could do anything, and with his vigor, anyone who saw him would shy away.

That's how Zhang Si started thinking about the Tang people when he was 50 years old.He cheated Tang Shang of [-] taels in an animal skin transaction.This amount is not big, but it is not small.Just for this, the deceived Tang Shang sued him to Longquan Mansion with a confession.

When he first got the news, Zhang Si still thought it was no big deal, but what could the government do to him with only 50 taels?But when he was arrested by the government officials, he discovered that this matter had nothing to do with the 50 taels at all, but only about Datang.

The Bohai Kingdom is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the Bohai Kingdom are inherently inferior to the people of the Tang Dynasty. A small fur dealer in the Bohai Kingdom dares to deceive the people of the Tang Dynasty. Severe punishment.Catch up with that year, when the new Chief Protector of Andong Protectorate took office, the officials of the Bohai Kingdom cheered up 50 points, waiting in line to curry favor with the new nobleman of the Tang Dynasty.

Even though Zhang Si had already proposed to take 100 taels to make up for the loss of the Tang merchant, the Tang merchant was unwilling to let him go, and he would not give up until he took back all the 300 taels of silver Zhang Si had earned in this transaction.How could Zhang Si be willing to accept such a compensation? The two negotiated several times, but the matter became more and more tense.Zhang Si was also full of arrogance at that time. He not only couldn't understand the arrogant Tang Shang, but also couldn't understand the presiding judge who was turning his elbow outward. He was demoted to slavery, thrown into a prison cart, and would not be free for the rest of his life.

Zhang Si couldn't figure it out at that time.He especially disliked the presiding judge who tried his case back then.The official is also a native of Bohai, so how come the Tang people can easily take advantage of it when they come to the Yamen?Zhang Si once thought that it was his fault that he deceived Tang Shang in the first place, but after this experience, he felt that not only was he right, but he was right.

Zhang Si had a bad impression of the Tang people since he was a child. Even though he was half of the Tang people, Zhang Si was so bored that he didn't even want to say a word when he thought of the father who abandoned himself and his mother in Bohai.And if it was just a bad impression at that time, then Zhang Si, who was demoted as a slave, hated Datang to the core.

But Zhang Si had a bright mind, and he was destined to come up with different ideas from ordinary people.

Zhang Si, who became a slave, never thought of taking revenge on the people of Tang, because he knew that he alone could do nothing.The Tang Dynasty was like a god in front of the Bohai Kingdom, and even the emperor of the Bohai Kingdom was made a county king by the Tang people. One can imagine how much a slave of the Bohai Kingdom can do.

So Zhang Si didn't worry about whether he wanted to seek revenge from the Tang people at all. During the few months in the cage, he only wanted to understand one thing, that is, why the chief judge at that time was so brazen. to curry favor with Tang merchants.

Zhang Si thought about this question for a long time, but couldn't figure it out until he met King Su.

When he saw from a distance in the prison cage that the new general guard who descended from the gods ascended the throne, he finally understood why the officials of Bohai Kingdom would rather be slaves or dogs than curry favor with Datang.

Because Datang is the source of all power.But in this world, being rich is nothing more than worrying about food and clothing; only with power can one truly command one's superiority and overlook the common people.

But Zhang Si is just an orphan who was born in a small village in Bohai Country after all, he does not have the dream of being a prince and general.At that time, he only thought about one thing, which was to be a Tang man.And for most people at that time, the process of transforming from slaves of the Bohai Kingdom to citizens of the Tang Dynasty was already more difficult than ascending to heaven.

Walking on the streets of Chang'an City, Zhang Si is now a citizen of Datang, and one of the best among them.Those who can make a living in Chang'an City are not only high-ranking officials, but also lackeys like him who follow behind the rich and powerful.

Zhang Si is very satisfied with his current status, in order to maintain the status quo, he does not hesitate to pay any price.

Therefore, from the moment he saw Hu Jiuzhang appearing in King Su's mansion, Zhang Si had already felt murderous.He didn't care whether Hu Jiuzhang denounced himself in front of Li Muyun, as long as Hu Jiuzhang was alive, it was not safe for Zhang Si.

Zhang Si had already made all kinds of preparations, he even tried to buy off the servants around Li Muyun, poisoned the food and medicine, and took Hu Jiuzhang's life.However, such things as poisoning, without careful deployment for a period of time, will inevitably show their feet. Zhang Si did not take it lightly in order to be on the safe side.But now, he has no reason not to act.Hu Jiuzhang has already been kicked out of the palace by Princess Su, if Zhang Si misses this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he will definitely reprimand himself for the rest of his life.

In the middle of the night, in the city of Chang'an under the curfew, everything was completely silent.Except for the sound of watchdogs coming from the empty street from time to time, even the wind was extraordinarily peaceful that night.

A round and a half moon cast a clear light in the night sky. Four night walkers flashed outside Jiahuifang, Chang'an County. Among the four people, one person was more than a head taller than the other three. That person tightened his grip. On the waist of his trousers was a lump of fat that was about to fall off, and the nocturnal black clothes were worn on him, no matter how abrupt he looked.But this tall and round person is the backbone of the four.His movements may not be as dexterous as the other three, but as long as this person does not move, the other three will not dare to take a single step.

This person is Zhang Si who is fully armed. He wears a long knife with a black scabbard on his waist, and his face is tightly wrapped with a black cloth, only a pair of eyes are exposed.And the three who followed Zhang Si were his three subordinates who had worked under him for many years.All three of them were slaves bought by Zhang Si from a slave trader, and they had no background.If Zhang Si wanted them to live, he would live, but if he wanted them to die, no trace would be left in this world.

The three people who came with Zhang Si this time obviously all had practiced martial arts, and the physique of the three people was very strong, but those three people didn't bring long swords.If you look carefully, you can see the short handles looming around the waists of the three people.All three of them carried short knives suitable for indoor melee combat.

In this way, the intention of Zhang Si's trip was revealed without a doubt.It was not him who actually carried out the assassination, but these three short-knife assassins.Zhang Si came here only to personally witness the demise of his enemy.

The night wind is cool, and the cold moon casts soft light silently in the night sky.The four nocturnal pedestrians quickly sneaked in through the gate of Jiahuifang, and in a blink of an eye, they escaped into the shadows between the streets.

Jiahuifang is located in the south of Chang'an County, next to Changshoufang where the county government of Chang'an County is located. Half of the people who live here are lower-level officials in Chang'an City. Chen Fan, the bad commander of Chang'an County, also lives in Jiahui In the workshop.

But bad people are officials, not officials. Even Chen Fan, a bad guy, can't live in the best house in Jiahuifang.His hut is located in the southwest corner of Jiahuifang. It is inconvenient to get in and out, and the house is relatively simple.But it was such a house that the people from the Ministry of War allocated to take care of Chen Fan, the former brigade commander.In Chang'an, it is impossible for ordinary people to live in a house in Jiahuifang.

Zhang Si is obviously familiar with Jiahuifang. The four of them wandered around in the streets and alleys, and unexpectedly avoided the bad guys who were watching the night perfectly. They arrived in front of the unremarkable gate of Chen Fan's house. Before he stopped, the cat leaned over and looked in through the crack of the door.

The three men who followed Zhang Si all involuntarily put their hands on the short handles around their waists. Zhang Si was the only one who remained calm and stood at the door without knowing what he was thinking. The black cloth covering his face was torn away, revealing his face.Zhang Si took off the black cloth, then lightly took out an iron needle for unlocking from the skirt of his clothes, and pried open the door lock of Chen Fan's house in a short while, obviously he was an experienced lockpicker.

Zhang Si picked the lock, and the three people around him rushed into Chen Fan's small courtyard like a file.Zhang Si walked last, but she was calm and relaxed, just because Zhang Si knew almost everything about Chen Fan's family.

Chen Fan, a bad guy, has a lot of hidden stakes scattered in the city of Chang'an under his hands.And Zhang Si is an intelligence leader who scouts around for news, and the two of them had already had contacts seven or eight years ago.He knew that Chen Fan was always alone in Chang'an.Chen Fan's family had neither servants nor wives and children, but a bachelor and widow living in an old house in a remote area of ​​Jiahuifang.However, the house Chen Fan lives in is not for bachelors. There are two big houses in the east and west of the house. The middle of the big house is separated by a partition, which creates four relatively independent spaces. Chen Fan is the head of the house, so he should live in On the east side, and if there are guests, they are placed on the west side.

Because of this, Zhang Si deduced that Hu Jiuzhang should temporarily live in the room on the west side, and he also instructed the three assassins under him in the same way. As soon as the three of them entered the door, they quietly sneaked into the room on the west side of the main house. And Zhang Si, the faceless mastermind, stood with folded arms in the living room as soon as he entered the door, waiting to hear the sound in the west room.

The actions of the four people have been silent, and even the sound of their footsteps entering the house and opening the door seemed to have disappeared.

After a while, there was a muffled sound of a knife piercing flesh and blood from the house on the west side.Zhang Si couldn't help showing a little smile on his face.Three strong men came to attack a sleeping wounded man in the middle of the night, there was no way they would fail.Even if he survived with one blow, if the three of them take turns stabbing each other, they should die.

Even if Hu Jiuzhang's cry woke Chen Fan up during this process, Zhang Si was not afraid.He stood in the living room, waiting for Chen Fan.

But what surprised Zhang Si was that he clearly heard the muffled sound of a short knife piercing his flesh, but he didn't hear Hu Jiuzhang's shout.

Could it be that Hu Jiuzhang was stabbed to the core with the first knife, and he couldn't even cry out?

Zhang Si frowned slightly, and subconsciously put his hand on the handle of his valuable long knife.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of a second knife stabbing down.Suddenly there was a sound in the east room.Zhang Si clenched the handle of the saber tightly, the long saber came out of its sheath in no time, he turned his head and saw Chen Fan in unlined clothes rushing to the door.

Seeing the intruder suddenly, Chen Fan took a step back subconsciously. Zhang Si noticed that Chen Fan's hand was still hidden behind the sliding door.

"Shuai Chen is awake?" Zhang Si had a smile on his face.The cold moonlight shot in from outside the door, reflecting on half of his face, making the outline extraordinarily clear.

"Chen Shuai is in a good mood to play a long knife with someone like Zhang?"

As Zhang Si said, the blade in his hand was already swung towards Chen Fan, while Chen Fan's eyes were fixed on the west door, and he heard the muffled sound coming from that room again.

The third knife, the fourth knife...

That voice was obviously trembling, but there was no shout from Hu Jiuzhang in the room.

Zhang Si thought, Hu Jiuzhang should be dead, but since he was already dead, why did his subordinates stab the corpse several times?