My years as a soldier

Compared with waiting until Chen Fan, seeing Zhang Si being kicked into the house made Hu Jiuzhang even more shocked.

But he was stunned for only a moment, and Hu Jiuzhang swung the crossbow vigorously, hitting the killer who was closest to him.The sharp edges and corners of the crossbow directly hit the man's wrist holding the knife. Hu Jiuzhang exerted ten layers of strength, and with the weight of the crossbow itself, the force of his blow was enough to crush anyone's wrist bones directly. Lose.

Sure enough, after Hu Jiuzhang's tyrannical blow, the knife-wielding man who was still staring at Zhang Si who fell to the ground in a daze already let out a hysterical wail. Hu Jiuzhang had no time to see what happened to the man's wrist. Feeling pain in the upper body, he struggled forward and snatched the dagger from the man's hand.But at this time, the eyes of the two assassins on the side were still wandering between Hu Jiuzhang and Zhang Si.

But after a moment's hesitation, Hu Jiuzhang swung his saber at the two of them without hesitation.Zhang Si crawled on the ground several times before standing up, still holding his long knife in his hand.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

But Zhang Si, the chief envoy, was still thinking about Hu Jiuzhang's life, but it was only a moment late, and the remaining two condescending assassins had already been injured.Hu Jiuzhang left deep stab wounds on the legs of the two men.

Although he only had the dagger he had just seized in his hand, Hu Jiuzhang seemed to be a different person after getting the weapon.He only looked at Zhang Si with his eyes, and in those eyes that were originally blazing like torches, the gaze at this moment was like a sharp ice blade, piercing straight into Zhang Si's heart, causing the big man who had jumped up in a hurry to fight uncontrollably. Shiver came.

"You cowards! Kill him! Kill him!"

Zhang Si was holding a long knife in his hand, but he never thought of slashing at him with a swing of the knife. Instead, he just hissed and tried his best to order the three subordinates who sneaked in with him.But those three people are all injured now, although the injuries are not fatal, but no matter how vicious the gangsters in Chang'an City are, if they really confront Longyou Tang Bing, it's like running dogs meeting a wolf, the wolf growls, The dog will run away when it hears the sound.

"Ha ha……"

Chen Fan was holding the horizontal knife, but there was a smile on his face.He only looked at each other with Hu Jiuzhang, and the two understood each other immediately.Hu Jiuzhang was no longer obsessed with the three forward-looking assassins beside him, and his eyes were only on Zhang Si.Chen Fan, on the other hand, laughed and took a step forward, bypassing Zhang Si in an instant, and approaching the three stumbling assassins.

The light of the saber flashed, and with only three sounds, the three people in front of Hu Jiuzhang had all fallen to the ground. Zhang Si stood on the spot holding the saber. Seeing this scene, the expression on his face was ferocious.

Zhang Si didn't see it clearly, he only saw the light of the saber, but he didn't see how Chen Fan threw the saber.But Hu Jiuzhang could see clearly that when Chen Fan hit those three people, he used the back of his saber all of them, and those three hits were not serious, the three of them just fainted.But as the three fell to the ground, Zhang Si's expression became more distorted.

"Chen Fan! How dare you kill people in Chang'an City! I want to sue you! Just wait - I'll tell Magistrate Peng tomorrow!"

Zhang Si roared, his hand holding the long knife couldn't help shaking, he didn't know if he was angry or frightened.

Chen Fan was taken aback by his words, and that smiling face couldn't stop showing a bit of disdain.

"Zhang Si, after so many years, no matter how stupid you are, you should understand that in this world, dead people can't speak. Do you still need me to remind you of this kind of thing?"

"You...you want to kill me?" Zhang Si backed away again and again in astonishment, fear spreading like wildfire on his face.But soon, ferocious anger gradually rose from Zhang Si's face full of flesh.

"Chen Fan, don't you dare! How dare you try to touch a hair on me? Su Wangfu is not something you can offend!"

"I can't afford to offend you, but when did I say that I'm going to kill you?" Chen Fan couldn't hide a smile on his face, he probably never thought that one day he would be able to show off his power in front of Zhang Si like this.After all, in the final analysis, he is just a bad guy, and his immediate boss is the Magistrate Peng of Chang'an County who has a very close relationship with Zhang Si.Think about it, Chen Fan, a "little official" who even wants to curry favor with his immediate boss, what right does he have to provoke him?

But at this moment, Chen Fan did not intend to back down.He had a smile on his face, a cathartic smile, and a chill in his eyes.

"Zhang Si, I am the one who wants to kill you."

Hu Jiuzhang sat on the mattress, holding a dagger in his hand, and stared straight at Zhang Si's hysterical face.

"Oh...you?"

Zhang Si glanced at Hu Jiuzhang, and the distorted expression on his face gradually calmed down.

"Hu Jiuzhang, are you going to kill me? Hehe... Coincidentally, I want to kill you too." Zhang Si narrowed his eyes suddenly, with a greasy smile on his face.

"In the final analysis, this is a matter between you and me, and it has nothing to do with Chen Shuai." Zhang Si took a few steps forward, the fear on his face was gone, "Hu Jiuzhang, if you have the courage, you can discuss this matter with me alone Let’s solve it, let’s see if it’s you or me.”

"it is good."

Hu Jiuzhang opened his mouth to answer, but Zhang Si's eyes flashed with surprise.He probably didn't expect Hu Jiuzhang to agree so happily.

Seeing this, Chen Fan walked up to Hu Jiuzhang in a few steps.

"Jiu Zhang, I will lend you this horizontal knife."

"Chen Shuai, don't interfere." Zhang Si followed closely, and Chen Fan waved his hand at him quickly.

"I will never interfere."

In the west room, the moonlight dimmed. In the darkness, Zhang Si's tall figure was like a wall, completely blocking Hu Jiuzhang's face, blocking all his light.The giant man drew out the long knife at his waist again. The long knife was three feet long, more than one foot longer than the horizontal knife in Hu Jiuzhang's hand.The smell of blood spread in the air, and the moment Zhang Si pulled out the knife, there was a loud clanging sound from the blade of the well-crafted long knife.

The black long knife slashed down in the air, aiming at the center of Hu Jiuzhang's forehead.

"Zheng!"

Suddenly, there was a crisp crashing sound of blades clashing in the dark room.Zhang Si's long knife was blocked by Hu Jiuzhang's single-handed swing of the knife, and Hu Jiuzhang's hand was trembling.A dark cloud moved slowly in the night sky, the moonlight gradually brightened, and the wooden windows of the West House were once again filled with moonlight, while Zhang Si, who was pressing down on Hu Jiuzhang's blade like Mount Tai, had a ferocious smile on his face.

Hu Jiuzhang just kept holding the handle of the horizontal knife with his left hand, struggling to resist the long knife that was about to cut to the center of his eyebrows.His hands were shaking.Standing there, Zhang Si almost put all his weight on his long knife.Hu Jiuzhang's hand trembled more and more, and there was a harsh sound of metal friction between the blades.

The smile on Zhang Si's face became more and more obvious.

"Come on."

Zhang Si almost laughed out loud.

But only the second after Zhang Si spoke, there was a muffled sound of a knife piercing into flesh in the darkness.

"Well……"

It was actually Zhang Si who made this groan.And look at Hu Jiuzhang again.His trembling left hand was still struggling to resist the long knife, but the short knife in his right hand pierced Zhang Si's leg without knowing when.

The giant fell to his knees suddenly because of the severe pain in his legs.The long knife above Hu Jiuzhang's head was gone. He quickly let go of the hand holding the short knife, held the horizontal knife with his right hand, and slashed sideways, and a splash of blood was greeted, and the smell of blood filled his whole nostrils.

Zhang Si's chest was cut with an incision about one foot long. He subconsciously covered the wound on his chest, but the blood couldn't stop flowing out.Hu Jiuzhang supported the ground with his hands and moved towards the direction where Zhang Si fell. Zhang Si's smiling face froze on his face. He even forgot to adjust the expression on his face, leaving only his frightened eyes in the cold white moonlight. He complained of inner panic.

"You, you, you... I'll give you whatever you want! Don't kill me, don't kill me."

Zhang Si's voice became distorted due to pain, but he still hissed and begged with all his might.Hu Jiuzhang was not moving fast. He held the horizontal knife in one hand and pushed his body forward on the floor with the other hand.Every time Hu Jiuzhang moved forward, the fear on Zhang Si's face became more serious.He wailed in pain because of the knife wound on his body, but he put in 12 efforts to endure the pain, so that he could speak clearly in the severe pain.

"What do you want? Do you want money? I'll give you money. Or do you want to be an official? I can introduce you—doesn't your brother just want to be an official? Trust me, I'll let you be an official!"

Zhang Si was almost hoarse, and hearing him mention Hu Yan, Hu Jiuzhang's face obviously flashed a little shock.

"Heh... who do you think you are?"

"You believe me!"

Hu Jiuzhang had a sneer on his face, but Zhang Si's expression was extremely determined.

"I'll give you money, and I'll make you an official! If you donate one of the six parts and eight grades, you can donate one for 1000 taels of silver, and I'll pay you! If you want to be the sixteenth guard of the imperial army, I'll find someone to help you clear up the relationship. I will let you have a good time in Chang'an City!"

Zhang Si's words were so excited that blood kept gushing out from his wound, until his gray palms pressed on his chest were also covered with blood.

Six parts, eight grades?

Hu Jiuzhang had never thought about these before, and he never thought that in their Tang Dynasty, they could actually donate an official with money.This is Chang'an City, the lifeblood of the empire!

Hu Jiuzhang's slight hesitation was caught by Zhang Si, and he quickly crawled forward a little.

"Hu Jiuzhang, Brother Jiuzhang, if you don't believe me, ask Chen Shuai, 1000 taels, the eighth rank; 500 taels, the Ministry of Rites is the seventh rank! In Chang'an City, there is nothing that can't be bought with money. What kind of official do you think you want to be? , I will pay for it!"

Zhang Si's words of vomiting blood are so heroic, Hu Jiuzhang looked at the bloody man in front of him, and then looked at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan had been standing in the corner, Hu Jiuzhang couldn't see the expression on his face, but he could see Chen Fan nodding his head slightly through the cold moonlight.

"As long as you have money... you can buy anything in Chang'an City."

Chen Fan read in a low voice.

Hu Jiuzhang's face turned from disdain to bewildered.

If officials can be bought with money, then why did Hu Yan study hard for more than ten years?He worked so hard to save 50 taels of silver for him to pay a visit to Beijing, but in Chang'an, an eighth-rank official can actually sell a thousand taels of silver, what can 50 taels do?I'm afraid it's not enough to eat and drink, right?

"Brother Jiuzhang, you trust me, as long as you spare my life today, I, Zhang Si, will follow you on the saddle and back, and obey!"

Zhang Si's hoarse voice rang in Hu Jiuzhang's ears, and at that moment his mind was dazed and confused.He opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhang Si who was prostrate on the ground. The blood on Zhang Si's chest had already started to coagulate, and his face turned pale due to blood loss, like a ghost.

"Zhang Si... these words, you should keep them for Lord Yan to hear. I, Hu Jiuzhang, am a soldier, a Tang soldier from Longyou!"

Hu Jiuzhang's face was covered with ashes.He swung the horizontal knife in his hand neatly, and in an instant, a silver light flashed, and Zhang Si's head was separated from his neck like a ball, and rolled all the way to a corner of the room where the moonlight could not reach.The last bit of strength on that reckless man was exhausted, and he fell in front of Hu Jiuzhang, with blood splashing on Hu Jiuzhang's face, the blood was still warm and smelled of rust.

"Jiu Zhang, have you really not been moved?"

Chen Fan came from the corner, he took the horizontal knife away from Hu Jiuzhang's hand, and leaned over to wipe off the blood on Hu Jiuzhang's face with the sleeve of his shirt.

But Hu Jiuzhang didn't look at Chen Fan, he just stared at the direction where Zhang Si's head rolled down, looking at the dark shadow in the corner.

"Brother Chen, I am me, Chang'an is Chang'an..."