Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

[One Thirty Nine]

On the next day, after noon, Zhou Jinyu and Sun Zhihai, the magistrate of Yong'an County, went to Niangniang Mountain to hand over the bandits and get money.

Originally, Sun Zhihai's confidant had been taking this matter, but because Zhou Jinyu wanted to go this time, Sun Zhihai decided to take him, a little brother who "has never seen the world", to open his eyes.

A group of people entered the mountain, but instead of taking the repaired stair road, they took another small road up the mountain, and the small road bent upwards, and there was another cave. , Even pitched a few tents, hidden behind the dense mountain trees.

At this time, Sun Zhihai had already greeted him, and a man in a short shirt went out to greet him, and behind him were two subordinates with knives in their hands.

Zhou Jinyu listened to Sun Zhihai's introduction: "Brother, this is the one I told you about, the second master Guo Yong."

Zhou Jinyu stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Brother Guo."

Guo Yong was obviously on guard, and asked Sun Zhihai, "My lord, this is..."

Sun Zhihai introduced: "This is the imperial envoy from the capital, and now he is also my brother. Put the knife away and don't scare Brother Zhou."

Guo Yong still had doubts in his heart, but after hearing what Sun Zhihai said, he put away the knife, pointed at the tent, and said, "My lord, our masters are already waiting for you."

Sun Zhihai nodded and said to Zhou Jinyu, "Brother, let's go in."

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said, "Okay."

As Zhou Jinyu walked in, he looked at the bandits around him. There were no fewer than a hundred of them, and it was obvious that they hadn't reached their peak yet.

Zhou Jinyu followed Sun Zhihai all the way into the main account, and the leader turned out to be a young man, who was dressed in a white shirt, and looked more like a scholar, with delicate features.

Sun Zhihai said: "Brother Zhou, come here, I have met Master Meng Han."

When Zhou Jinyu was looking at the man, the man was also looking at her with scrutiny in his eyes. Zhou Jinyu knew that this man definitely didn't trust her.

She didn't say much, pretending that she didn't understand anything, she just bowed to the head of the house in a polite manner: "Hello, head of the house."

Sun Zhihai said with a smile: "Brother, don't look at Meng Dazhang's young age. He was the military advisor of the Cao Gang back then, and he was a man of integrity. Brother, do you know the Cao Gang? That is the largest gang in our Jin Dynasty."

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, Cao Gang?

It really is Cao Gang.

She still had the badge of the leader of the Cao Gang hanging on her body at this time, and she didn't know what happened to the Cao Gang, but the members of the Cao Gang would turn into bandits.

Meng Han smiled and said: "The Cao Gang is gone, and there is no Cao Gang in the world now, let's talk about money."

Sun Zhihai said: "Oh yes, yes, or silver, is Master Meng ready?"

Meng Han said: "It's ready, wait for Mr. Sun to check it out, and then take it away."

Sun Zhihai smiled and said, "No need to count, I trust you."

Meng Han clapped his hands twice, and then two of them turned and left. After a while, a big box came in.

The box was obviously filled with silver.

Meng Han said: "This month's money could have been more, but five brothers died in the Niangniang Temple, and the money there was not taken. Wait until next month."

Sun Zhihai was taken aback, and asked, "I don't know what happened to those brothers? Who did it?"

Meng Hanhan said: "I haven't found out yet, but if I find out who did it, I will definitely peel off his skin!"

Sun Zhihai didn't say anything, but ordered his officers to carry the money out.

Zhou Jinyu followed suit.

After walking far away, Zhou Jinyu asked puzzledly: "Brother, I want to ask, why did people from the Cao Gang come to this Niangniang Mountain to become heroes?"

As Sun Zhihai walked forward, he said to Zhou Jinyu: "Brother, I don't know the details, but let me tell you, this Meng Han was originally the master of the Cao Gang, but the Cao Gang was completely destroyed overnight, and the leader of the gang also died." Dead, he came here with the rest of the surviving people, originally I sent troops to suppress the bandits, but then...hehe."

Zhou Jinyu nodded, and naturally understood the meaning of what he didn't say. Later, instead of suppressing the bandits, he joined forces with them to share the spoils.

However, the Cao Gang was destroyed overnight?

If she remembers correctly, the Cao Gang was still delivering rice to the Zhou family a few days ago, but now it’s such a big gang, if it’s gone, it’s gone?

Xiang Nantian actually died?

Zhou Jinyu asked, "Who killed them?"

Sun Zhihai shook his head: "I don't know, but I heard later that the one who destroyed the Cao Gang seemed to be looking for someone or something."

Zhou Jinyu asked suspiciously, "Looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"

Sun Zhihai suddenly smiled: "I don't know that, brother, I'm just a small county magistrate, so I don't know anything about Jianghu."

Zhou Jinyu nodded and said with a smile, "That's right, brother, I'm just curious, just ask."

A group of people were about to go down the mountain, but suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in their ears. Judging from the sound, it was obvious that there were still many people.

Sun Zhihai immediately became vigilant, looked at Zhou Jinyu and asked, "Brother, I'm afraid someone is coming, let's hide first."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Okay."

The group of people immediately hid behind a pile of weeds, but suddenly someone shouted: "Sun Zhihai, this general saw you, get out here for this general."

Sun Zhihai was taken aback for a moment, and immediately looked at Zhou Jinyu and said, "Brother, you go down the mountain first, and brother will be the last one."

Zhou Jinyu nodded quickly, guessing that the eldest grandson Sheng must be here at this time, so she just took the opportunity to escape.

However, just as she turned to leave, she suddenly heard that person shout again: "I am ordered by the imperial envoy, Zhou Jinyu, to come to suppress the bandits, and you will come out quickly to die."

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

This goddamn eldest grandson Sheng, is trying to harm her on purpose!

However, Changsun Sheng just shouted outside and didn't intend to send anyone over.

This is to...

Murder with a knife?

Zhou Jinyu gritted his teeth and wrote down the comparison.

Sun Zhihai came to his senses at this time, he looked at Zhou Jinyu coldly: "Master Zhou, don't you want to explain something to the subordinate?"

When the two officials heard the words, they also stood up with their knives.

Zhou Jinyu stepped back and said, "Brother Sun, if I told you that I don't know anything, would you believe me?"

Sun Zhihai said coldly, "What do you think?"

Zhou Jinyu said helplessly, "I don't believe it."

Sun Zhihai took a knife from his subordinate, then Zhou Jinyu took a step back, and he took a step forward.

Zhou Jinyu said: "Well, Master Sun, have you ever heard that confession is lenient and resistance is strict?"

Sun Zhihai snorted coldly: "Bah! Today I fell into your hands, I admit it, but before I die, I will drag you, a bastard, to be buried with me!"

As Sun Zhihai said, he raised his knife and rushed forward. Zhou Jinyu dodged, then reached out to grab his arm, and hit his elbow with a blow.

Sun Zhihai yelled in pain, Zhou Jinyu kicked him in the stomach, and Sun Zhihai bent down in pain.

Zhou Jinyu snatched the knife from Sun Zhihai's hand, then drove it to his neck, and said to the men who were about to approach, "Don't come over!"

Those people really didn't dare to go forward.

In the ear, the voice still shouted: "Sun Zhihai, I was ordered to come here, so you come out quickly to die."

Zhou Jinyu wanted to cry at this moment, but this eldest grandson Sheng wanted to die here.

Sun Zhihai suddenly shouted: "We can't survive, don't worry about me, kill her! Kill her!"

Those people obeyed the order in an instant, and immediately stepped forward with a knife, no longer caring about Sun Zhihai's life or death.

Zhou Jinyu had no choice but to finish Sun Zhihai with one knife, and then rushed towards those people with the knife in hand.

She mobilized all her internal energy, and after a few moves, everyone fell to the ground.

There is no more life left.

Looking at their corpses on the ground, Zhou Jinyu shook his head helplessly: "If you die in my hands, you can still have a good time. If you are caught by Changsun Sheng, you will have to suffer for a while, so don't blame me."

She said, turning to leave.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw Meng Han, the head of the cottage.

Almost everyone in the cottage behind Meng Han was dispatched.

Meng Han's eyes were full of coldness, but he evoked a smile: "I just felt that you have a problem."

Zhou Jinyu nodded, and threw the knife to the ground: "You have a good eye."

Meng Han said coldly: "Take her down!"

All the thieves came forward, Zhou Jinyu naturally knew that she couldn't beat them, the so-called two fists were hard to beat with four hands, now there are hundreds of people, how can she fight?

So, he was caught without a fight.

Meng Han took the knife and approached her neck.

Right at this moment-

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

At this time, behind these bandits, a group of soldiers suddenly poured out. The soldiers shouted slogans and walked forward in unison.

Without taking a step, he shouted, full of momentum.

The bandits looked at each other, and Meng Han's eyes were a little flustered.

Among the soldiers, one was riding a tall horse, wearing armor, just stood on the horse, and waved: "Stop!"

The soldiers stopped.

Zhou Jinyu thought to himself that what the eldest Sun Sheng just did was to kill someone with a knife, and wanted Sun Zhihai to kill her.

Seeing that she was still alive now, he definitely wouldn't just let her go.

Sure enough, I heard Changsun Sheng say: "If you don't keep one, give it to the general, kill!"

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Thousands of soldiers rushed up in an instant, and the bandits greeted them with their swords raised.

Even if the members of the Cao Gang were able to fight, they would be beaten to death and injured in an instant in front of a well-trained army.

Only Meng Han was left, still holding a knife in his hand, threatening Zhou Jinyu.

Meng Han smiled and yelled at her: "Master Zhou, it seems that I am not the only one who wants you to die."

Zhou Jinyu smiled wryly, and said, "Master, look at what I just said, you have a really good eye."

Meng Han snorted, suddenly changed his mind, and pulled Zhou Jinyu back.

They fled all the way to a cave, hid in it, and covered it with weeds, and there seemed to be no trace.

But Changsun Sheng's men chased after him, and when they saw that the man disappeared suddenly, they immediately searched the mountain.

In fact, with Zhou Jinyu's strength, if he only dealt with Meng Han, it would be no problem at all.

But since Meng Han didn't kill her, there was no need for her to do it first.

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Sure enough, Meng Han said, "It looks like I'm going to die."

Zhou Jinyu echoed, "That's right, it seems that I am too."

Meng Han snorted: "You deserve it."

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Zhou Jinyu was noncommittal. Originally, the letter she wrote to Changsun Sheng had already stated that he could use this matter to make meritorious service. If he could wipe out the bandits, then Emperor Tianshun would definitely reward him.

Unexpectedly, Changsun Sheng was an idiot who wanted to kill her too.

But it doesn't make sense.

After all, Changsun Sheng was Wei Huanian's uncle, and she was Wei Huanian's husband-in-law. She couldn't figure out what good would it do Changsun Sheng if she died here?

Zhou Jinyu said to Meng Han: "I said, actually, I and your leader Xiang Nantian are sworn brothers. My name is Zhou Jinyu. Haven't you heard of it?"

Meng Han laughed: "When you sworn brothers, it usually doesn't end well."

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Well, it seems that this statement does not sound unreasonable.

Zhou Jinyu smacked his mouth and said, "Anyway, we might not be able to survive, so I won't talk nonsense with you. I want to know, who killed the Cao Gang?"

Meng Han paused and stopped talking.

Zhou Jinyu asked, "You don't know?"

Meng Han said, "I know."

Zhou Jinyu continued: "Who killed me, Brother Xiang?"

Meng Han suddenly spoke, with a wry smile in his voice: "It's Wei Jian."

Zhou Jinyu was startled.

Emperor Tianshun...

Wei Jian killed Xiang Nantian?

At this time, someone outside suddenly shouted: "General, there is a cave here!"

Zhou Jinyu and Meng Han looked at each other, bad, they were discovered.

Zhou Jinyu said: "Is there a way out of this cave? Just this one entrance?"

Meng Han shook his head: "There is no way." He said with a wry smile, and suddenly took out something from his bosom.

The thing was wrapped in a rag, and he threw it into Zhou Jinyu's hand at once, and suddenly there was something heavy in Zhou Jinyu's hand.

Meng Han said: "I'll go out and lure them away, this one, you keep it."

Zhou Jinyu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Meng Han smiled bitterly: "Aren't you going to open it and have a look?"

Zhou Jinyu opened the rag with doubts, but there was almost no light in the cave, and she couldn't see anything clearly because it was dark.

Meng Han said: "If you can get out alive, go to the Town God's Temple on the West Street of the capital, and give this to a beggar named An Buhuai."

Just as Zhou Jinyu was about to refuse, Meng Han continued: "There is a sum of gold in Niangniang Temple, a lot of gold, if you can get out, help me get it."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and left.

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

She never imagined that the person who wanted to kill her just now wanted to save her.

Is it because she mentioned Xiang Nantian's relationship just now?

Zhou Jinyu thought, Brother Xiang, Brother Xiang, I never thought that I would be able to survive because of you at this time.

But is this a way of life?

After Meng Han went out, those soldiers would definitely come in and search?

Zhou Jinyu had nothing to say now.

Anyway, going out is death, staying in the cave is also death.

Just don't go out.

Thinking of this, she turned around, took the heavy thing that Meng Han gave her, and groped towards the end of the cave.

At first, the cave was spacious, but it became narrower as she walked back. After walking a few steps, she suddenly found that there was some light coming in.

Where there is light, there is a way!

Zhou Jinyu was almost overjoyed!

People say that there must be a way for a car to reach the mountain, and she can be regarded as a boat that is naturally straight when it reaches the bridge.

Thinking of this, Zhou Jinyu immediately stepped forward and saw that there was indeed an opening at the end of the cave, but the opening was blocked by some stones.

However, the faint light that could only be seen at first turned into several rays of light that penetrated through the gaps.

She didn't care about other things at this time, and directly used the strength in her body, turned her fists into palms, and exerted force at the same time, hitting the gambling stone wall.

Those stones flew out in an instant, although not all of them were opened, but it was enough for her to climb out.

Zhou Jinyu bent down and went out from the hole.

The light was so dazzling that she could hardly keep her eyes open.

However, to her surprise, the place she was standing at this time turned out to be a courtyard.

A boxy yard.

She looked around, feeling a little familiar.

This turned out to be the Empress Temple!

But those monks have all been killed by bandits, and this place has also been sealed up by the government.

She then blocked the entrance of the hole with the stones shaken out by her internal force.

This yard is the backyard of the Empress Temple. When she came to worship Buddha with Wei Huanian last time, she had come here with the fat monk. At that time, she didn't see the stone gate hidden behind the weeds.

Unexpectedly, these monks have a secret way?

Coming out of the backyard is the front yard. The incense in the Buddhist hall has been cut off, and there are several plates of tributes on the table.

The melons and fruits on the plate have lost their moisture and are a little dry.

Zhou Jinyu wasn't very hungry at the moment, so she didn't have to come and grab food from the Buddha.

But the Buddhist hall is already in disarray, which is obviously caused by those bandits rummaging here in search of gold.

At this time, she was still holding the heavy thing that Meng Han gave her before leaving.

She directly lifted the rag, and when she opened it, it turned out to be a turquoise seal the size of a palm.

And when she turned over the seal and saw the six big characters on it, she was shocked.

There is no other reason, this turned out to be the seal of the former Great Zhou Emperor.

She suddenly thought of what Meng Han had said to her in the cave, that it was Emperor Tianshun Wei Jian who destroyed the Cao Gang.

Could it be that Emperor Tianshun discovered that the Cao Gang was actually involved with the Northern Zhou Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Zhou Jinyu didn't dare to think about it any more, but kept putting away the seal.

Holding this thing in her hand, she suddenly felt that it was like a hot potato. After all, she was holding the seal of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He wanted to cut off her head directly, without any friendship.

After Zhou Jinyu put away the jade seal, he glanced at the Buddha statue of the Tathagata Buddha. The Buddha was sitting upright on the altar, and he was still peaceful.

When Zhou Jinyu saw the face of the Buddha, his panic subsided in an instant, and he made a secret decision in his heart, waiting for her to find a place to dispose of this jade seal.

She didn't have the guts to meddle in the rebellion.

However, she suddenly remembered the bandits she met at the Niangniang Temple last time. They were looking for gold, and Meng Han also said that the Niangniang Temple had a lot of gold.

But later she sent someone to check, but found nothing.

Could it be that the gold is still in the temple now?

But gold is not gold, she didn't have time to think about it, the most urgent thing now is to find a place to hide as soon as possible.

Now that cave leads directly to the Niangniang Temple, if the officers and soldiers find out and find it, she will die.

Thinking of this, Zhou Jinyu immediately opened the temple door and walked into the overgrown forest.

There is no other reason, Niangniang Mountain is very big, so big that a person can hide well.

As long as she went into the mountains, Changsun Sheng would not be able to find her in a short time if he wanted to find her.

She hid in the mountains until night, but the soldiers chasing her still hadn't left. Even though they had put out the torches and looked for someone in the dark, Zhou Jinyu could still notice that those people hadn't left yet.

She hid in the mountains overnight, and the next day, she realized that there were many fewer officers and soldiers. She hid in the dark and waited and watched.

At this point she had no strength left.

Stomach also started growling.

The soldiers gradually began to evacuate when they saw no one could be found on the second night.

Zhou Jinyu vaguely heard someone say: "You guys keep looking, the general has orders, you must find the things!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

Zhou Jinyu wondered, something?

Are they looking for something?

Not to find yourself?

"The general said that that thing might be in Zhou Jinyu's hands. We must find her. If you want to see people, you need to see the dead body!"

Zhou Jinyu suddenly realized that what Changsun Sheng was looking for was this jade seal from the Northern Zhou Dynasty?

She cried out in her heart, Meng Han, Meng Han, are you trying to harm me?

She took out the jade seal, and originally wanted to throw it away.

But he also felt that Changsun Sheng worked so hard to find this jade seal, maybe it could be used as a bargaining chip to save his life?

So, she found a tree hole, hid the jade seal, and made a few marks on the tree.

There are too many similar trees in this place, if she can't guarantee that she will not remember the way when she comes to look for it next time.

And it was night at this time, even if she had good eyesight, she couldn't remember these trees that were almost the same.

Then, she took a deep breath and decided to take a gamble.

So, she stood up, and walked out with a gesture of death.

Not far away, there are still a few soldiers looking for it.

Zhou Jinyu walked over step by step, and then suddenly appeared behind those soldiers, and asked, "Excuse me, are you looking for me?"

The soldiers were startled when they heard someone talking suddenly, and immediately turned around, looking at the person who appeared suddenly, and looked at each other.

Zhou Jinyu was amused by their appearance, and she asked, "Are you soldiers afraid of ghosts?"

The torch was lit instantly.

Those few people shouted into the distance at the top of their voices: "I got it! I got it!"

Zhou Jinyu spread his arms and said lazily, "Why are you panicking? Didn't I catch you?"

So, she didn't resist at all, and was suppressed by the soldiers in front of her.

A group of people who cheered rushed over in an instant.

The leading general glanced at her, and immediately ordered: "Come on, chop it up on the spot!"

Zhou Jinyu said calmly, "Wait a minute."

The general was taken aback and asked, "What else do you have to say?"

Zhou Jinyu just looked at him and asked with a smile, "Are you looking for something?"

The general was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked, "Do you know where that thing is?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded and said with a smile, "Of course I know."

The general forced him to ask, "Quickly tell me where it is!"

Zhou Jinyu narrowed his eyes, and replied: "That thing is in my hands now, and I have hidden it. If possible, I would like to make a deal with your general, how about it?"

The general pondered for a while, but finally couldn't make up his mind, so he ordered: "Take her back to see General Changsun first!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Jinyu let them hold him down and went down the mountain.

Those people disliked her walking slowly, pushing and shoving her very rudely, but Zhou Jinyu still went her own way, walking slowly.

After descending the mountain, Zhou Jinyu was thrown directly onto the horse's back. The group of people had already left Yong'an County and came to a mansion. It was the mansion of Changsun Sheng, which was heavily guarded.

Zhou Jinyu was led by the general to the main hall, in front of Changsun Sheng.

Changsun Sheng had obviously been notified, and he was anxious at this moment. If he could not find the Yuxi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he would not be able to get the support of the King of Lingnan. He finally got the news that the Yuxi was in the hands of the Cao Gang at this time.

But the Cao Gang was completely wiped out overnight, and the person behind the scenes, no need to guess, knew that it must be the hidden guards of Emperor Tianshun.

Now that the matter was urgent, he had to get the jade seal of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so that he could force the King of Lingnan to send troops as a pretext for the restoration of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Seeing Zhou Jinyu coming in, Chang Sun Sheng just looked at her coldly.

However, before he could speak, Zhou Jinyu came forward crying, hugged his arm, and cried out suddenly: "Uncle! I was almost hacked to death by those bandits! Uncle, I can see you!" It's your turn! You have to decide for me!"

Grandson Sheng: "..."