[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

Dong Muhe suddenly regretted it.

He regretted why he believed the youngest son's words at the beginning, thinking that the youngest son was lustful and insulted Yanshu's first wife, Helianshi.He thought carefully these days, and it was clear that Hu Hanxie had set up a trap. He first lured his favorite young son into the trap, and then let the bribed cronies guide him in his ears when the youngest son asked him for help, so that he could easily Hu Hanxie's thief ship landed on the ground.

If I had known it earlier, I would have killed this villain, otherwise I shouldn't have sent troops to fight against the Zhou Dynasty, and lost [-] strong members of the clan in vain.When he was captured, a large number of young and middle-aged men in the clan suddenly died in battle. At this time, the pack of wolves on the grassland will definitely lie in ambush, watching, and will swallow the wolf immediately when the time comes (the news of his death is sent back to the grassland). This piece of fat.And the wolf who can swallow this piece of fat the fastest is probably the cunning white wolf (Hu Hanxie).

If he hadn't sent the eagle shooter to shoot and kill the general of Zhou Ren with poisoned arrows, I'm afraid his tribe could still send someone to redeem him, but now the chance is very...

"Hey! Come out!!" A soldier under Jia Lian's command rudely pushed Dong Muhe away, waking Dong Muhe up from his contemplation.

Dong Muhe was a little flustered, he knew that when he arrived at the capital of the Zhou people, whether his result was life or death, he would come out soon.

Although he knew that this Zhou soldier would not answer his words, Dong Muhe was upset and still asked the Zhou soldier where he was going to take him in his half-familiar Mandarin.

"General!" The soldier looked at Jia Lian with enthusiasm.

Emperor Wen of Zhou Dynasty had granted Jia Lian the title of General Zhaolie of the fifth rank, so the name of the general was worthy of the name.

On the battlefield that day, countless soldiers shouted Jia Lian as the general. Although Jia Lian did not intend to do so, it also became a crime of usurpation. , Coupled with the unauthorized killing of Hun captives, bloodthirsty, and harm to peace, these three things can easily be used by civil officials for impeachment.

Before the news spread, Emperor Wen of Zhou issued an edict first: "The edict said: I rule the world with literature, and put an end to chaos with force. And the military commander Rong will be the pillar of the court and the backbone of the country. Today, the military marquis Jia Lian is young Promising, strong in martial arts, well versed in the art of military strategist, joined the army for fourteen years, and contributed to the army, but his achievements were not appreciated. In the first battle, Hu Hanxie, the right sage king of the Xiongnu, led his troops to the north and made a detour to make a square. , raided Zuo Guli King Gao A Duo's tribe, beheaded [-] Xiongnu cavalry. He also fought against Xiongnu Youri King Dong Muhe's tribe, killed another [-] Xiongnu elite cavalry, and captured Dong Muhe alive. Afterwards, he led the tired soldiers to fight against Yanmen day and night, Killed more than [-] enemies and defeated the Huhan Xie tribe. Such a young man is indeed the blessing of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The victory is counted among the divisions, and the captives who jumped the beam are defended; Huan Ning, my heart is joyful. Today, I am specially conferring the position of General Zhaolie, the fifth rank, to lead the post of deputy commander of the forbidden army, and stay in the palace. I will give you a bullfighting suit, a sable fur cloak, a sword, a green jade pen holder, and a hundred years. Three stalks of ginseng, thirty bolts of makeup satin... Qinzai." Counting and affirming Jia Lian's various achievements, he stopped the mouths of the civil servants.

The emperor affirmed and appreciated Jia Lian's achievements, and whoever you dare to provoke is not giving the emperor face. If you don't give the emperor face, don't blame the emperor for pointing you to a place with poor mountains, bad waters and sparsely populated roads.

"Thank you for your hard work. Go home and gather in a certain mansion after three days' rest." Jia Lian patted his own soldiers on the shoulder. He has become a high-ranking general, and as a rule, he can receive his own soldiers to guard him.Therefore, he also gathered the 170 and eight subordinates who were still surviving in his family, plus some other volunteers and brave soldiers, to gather two hundred personal guards.

Jia Lian gave some of the soldiers who live in the capital or nearby three days of family leave, even those whose families are not in the capital, can use these three days to rest and recuperate.And Ran Feng and Chi Cang were not from the capital, and they had nowhere to go, so they followed Jia Lian all the time.

Ignoring his own soldiers who were still excited because the general patted him on the shoulder, Jia Lian reached out and grabbed Dong Muhe's arm.

Jia Lian first led the army to kill his own generals like bloody gods of death, and then ordered his own clansmen to be killed without blinking. Dong Muhe had a deep fear of such a cruel and cruel devil.Seeing Jia Lian pinching his hand, he turned pale with fright, thinking that Jia Lian was going to take his own life.But he felt a huge force, pulling his body forward.

Dong Muhe staggered, and suddenly his foot missed the ground, and he lay on the ground with a plop, and fell a dog gnawing shit.His nose just hit a stone and broke a hole, and his front teeth were also broken, which caused him to burst into tears.With blood all over his face and mouth, coupled with the fact that he hadn't bathed for several days, and his whole body was covered with dirt, he looked like a beggar on the roadside, even more desolate than a beggar.

But when he saw the scenery in the courtyard clearly, the tears that reached his cheeks were so frightened that he forcibly suppressed them back.

I saw that from the gate of the mansion to the gate of the inner house, the doors were opened wide, all white paper was pasted, the filial piety shed was raised high, the archway in front of the gate was erected, the sacrificial table was placed in front of the table, and bamboo curtains were hung behind the table. There is a big word "Dian" pasted on it.The mansion is covered in silver, and there is an endless stream of guests coming and going to pay their respects.

A total of three mourning flags were set up outside the filial piety shed. The larger one was three feet six, wrapped in white cloth, and the sail was four feet long and seven feet wide.There is a strip of white cloth on the left and right, seven feet long and nine inches wide, placed in the middle of the filial piety, fluttering in the wind.

Under the mourning flag, Jia Lian took off the long sword at his waist, and signaled Ran Feng behind him to take off the weapon like Chi Cang.This is a custom. The mourning flag is also called the dismounting flag. Those who see this flag will dismount and remove their armor to show respect for the dead.

On the right is the whole banner, which is two feet high, and the sail is five feet long and three feet wide.When they saw Zheng Yifan, they had to take off their ornaments, but Jia Lian, Ran Feng, and Chi Cang just went back to Jia's mansion to wash their bodies and then went to Niu's mansion, so they didn't have any ornaments on their bodies.

"Master Lian, this way please." The steward Niu of the Niu Mansion led the way.

On the trees planted on both sides of the courtyard, white silks were hung, fluttering in the wind.

In the mansion, there is a post at three steps, and a sentry at five steps. All Niu Jin's personal guards before his death were all dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, with solemn expressions on their faces.

And on the door frame of the front hall facing the gate, there are also two white silks hanging on it.There is a mourning hall in the hall. You can clearly see that there is an incense table in the mourning hall, on which there is a black spiritual tablet. solemn atmosphere.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the door closed, causing the other guests who were still crying in mourning outside the mourning shed to look sideways.

Jia Lian didn't say anything, but fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, and without saying a word, he knocked on the head three times.

"Auntie, brother, I'm sorry that Lian failed to bring uncle back!" Jia Lian lowered his head, waiting for the reproach from Niu's family.

Mrs. Hei hurriedly stepped forward to support Jia Lian, and said with an open-minded face: "Lian'er, Auntie won't blame you, and I have to thank you for avenging my husband. A real man should die on the battlefield. This is the responsibility of the entire government." Glory!" Mrs. Hei was born in a general family and married a general, so she has long been mentally prepared that every time Niu Jin goes to war, it will be his last.

"The general will inevitably die before the battle. Husband is a general. I have long expected that there will be a day when the horse leather shroud will be returned. Lian'er doesn't need to worry about it. Besides, according to his temperament, he can be alive and kicking on the battlefield for so long because of the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Moreover, If it weren't for You Lian'er, you speak well in front of the emperor, I'm afraid the boss can only reduce the title according to the rules, it's hard to talk about the marquis, even the earl is in danger, how can I continue to attack the Duke of Zhen!" Although Mrs. Bai looks weak , but also a sensible person.

"Brother, I don't blame you, brother. The old man always said that he would rather die in battle than dying in bed!" Niu Jizong slapped Jia Lian on the back, and said boldly without seeing his sad face.

Jia Lian felt that if Niu Jizong hadn't been hindered by the presence of outsiders, he would have clapped his hands and praised: "Good death!!"

"Brother Lian, the ancestors don't blame you!" "Brother Lian, it's not to blame for rejuvenating the country!" "It's not to blame for Xingjia!"

Three and a half children and a child who was still sucking his thumb were chattering around Jia Lian.

"..." Jia Lian knew that the Niu family was different from other families since he was a child, but it was only at this moment that he really felt the difference between them, and his painting style was very open-minded.

"By the way, who is this guy?" Finally someone found Dong Muhe who was lying on the ground like a dead dog.

"This guy is the Xiongnu who ordered the eagle shooters to use arrows smeared with poison on the battlefield to assassinate uncle Dong Muhe." Before he finished speaking, Niu Jizong kicked Dong Muhe without hesitation, knocking Dong Muhe over. on the ground.Already eleven or two years old, Niu Jizu, who obviously inherited the unique blood of the Niu family, stepped forward and disrupted Dong Muhe's bun with a single slap.Dong Muhe couldn't say that he resisted the king of the great Xiongnu of the generation, but he didn't even dare to utter a word.

"This is the sacrifice that Lian prepared for uncle." Jia Lian gave Dong Muhe a cold look.If it weren't for the sacrifice of Dong Muhe's head in front of his uncle's spirit, he would have killed Dong Muhe when he killed the Hun captives.

"Good! Good! Auntie did not hurt you wrong!" Mrs. Hei clapped her hands and applauded.

Madam Bai also showed joy on her face, but she was delicate and thoughtful, so she asked, "Lian'er, does the emperor know that you brought this thief here?"

"Don't worry, Auntie, Lian has already mentioned this matter to the Emperor, and the Emperor agrees." Jia Lian will not cause trouble for the Niu family, and has already reported this matter to Emperor Wen of Zhou on the way back to Beijing.

He lowered his head a little and looked at the six-year-old Niu Chengde who was still sucking his thumb, his eyes were full of innocence, "Auntie, brother Chengde is still young, why not..." and asked his servants to take him out of the mourning hall to avoid him.

Mrs. Hei understood, "Lian'er's words are reasonable. My sister might as well let Xiao Wu go out and eat two pieces of pastries to pad his stomach." Among the five sons of the Niu family, the eldest son Niu Jizong and the third son Niu Xingguo were born to Mrs. Hei, while the second son Niu Jizu , Niu Xingjia, the fourth son, and Niu Chengde, the fifth son, are all descendants of Mrs. Bai.

"No need, how can the descendants of the Niu family have any reason to be afraid of things? Six years old is not too young. The eldest is already hunting with his father at this age." With a wave of her little hand, Mrs. Bai decided to let the six-year-old relative After a while, the son witnessed the scene of the vendetta with his own eyes.

"Niu Gong sacrifices, the ceremony begins!" Steward Niu sang joyfully.

Mrs. Black and White and brothers Niu Jizong all knelt back to the left side of the mourning hall.

"Jia Lian, what are you going to do!?" Dong Muhe could only understand a little bit of what they said just now, but this seldom understandable speech made him terrified.

Ran Feng stepped forward and took off Jia Lian's black robe, revealing his filial piety.

Chi Cang held the white silk and wrapped it around Jia Lian's forehead, then took the sackcloth from Steward Niu's hand and put it on for Jia Lian.

For Jia Lian, Niu Jin is his father, and the two aunts, black and white, are his mother.As a son of man, what's the harm in wearing hemp and filial piety?

Jia Lian's solemn and murderous face made Dong Muhe tremble, got up in a panic, stumbled to the gate, kept knocking on the door, and shouted in his half-baked Mandarin: "Help! Help! Kill! kill!"

Jia Lian's face was indifferent, and he looked at him with cold eyes like looking at a dead man.

He strode forward, grabbed Dong Muhe's hair, and after twirling it in his hands, ignored Dong Muhe's screaming in pain, and dragged him to the incense table with strides.

"There are guests offering sacrifices, and filial sons salute." Steward Niu shouted competently.

Above the mourning hall, there is a brazier.

The five Niu Jizong brothers were kneeling beside the brazier.

When Jia Lian dragged the yelling Dong Muhe to the incense table, the five Niu Jizong brothers bowed to the ground.

"Uncle Niu, my nephew is here to avenge you!"

"Jia Lian! You, you, you, you can't kill me! I am the king of the Great Huns...You, you...kill me, my people will never let you go!" Dong Muhe said sternly.

Jia Lian let go of Dong Muhe's hair, and slapped him with his backhand.

This slap was extremely loud.Dong Muhe staggered around twice, sat down on the ground, his ears were buzzing, half of his face was swollen like a steamed bun, and he was completely dizzy.

"Bring the knife!" This was said to the steward Niu, and all the weapons on their bodies were left at the mourning banner.

Niu Jizong jumped up all of a sudden, ran to the inner hall with big strides, and came out with a precious sword in a short while.

Jia Lian grabs Dong Muhe's collar, pulls him up from the ground, and prepares to take the sword and cut off Dong Muhe's dog's head, and sacrifice the blood to Niu Jin.

"Jia Lian! I am a life-and-death friend of Da Shan Yu Nai. If you kill me, he will definitely recruit 50 Xiongnu elites to join forces with Xianbei, Turks, and Rouran to attack the Zhou Dynasty! Even if you don't want your own life, you will Think about the lives of tens of millions of people in the Zhou Dynasty!" Dong Muhe threatened.

"Bah! Do you think your life is so important? I'm afraid that Hu Hanxie has long wanted to get rid of you." Thus annexing your tribe.

"Don't take yourself so seriously. No matter whether you die or not, there will be a battle between Da Zhou and the Xiongnu." As long as the severe winter is over, the war will rise again.

"Ah Lian! Let brother come!" Niu Jizong did not hand over the treasured sword to Jia Lian.

"Let my brother kill this thief with his own hands to avenge my father!" His request was reasonable.

But since hearing what Niu Jin said before he died, Jia Lian has changed, he is a little more city-like, more thoughtful, and is no longer as naive and straightforward as before.

Jia Lian hooked Niu Jizong's neck, put his head against Niu Jizong's head, and asked viciously, "Brother, are we brothers?"

"Of course." Niu Jizong blurted out without thinking.

"Whenever I get into trouble, Uncle Niu will chase and beat me with a thick stick, but he will help me calm down the trouble every time; all the officials in the court and the royal relatives don't like me very much, yes Uncle Niu suppressed all dissatisfaction and silently protected me. You and I grew up together and became brothers. Although we are not brothers of the same origin, we are better than siblings. Uncle Niu is your father and my father. Do you have any objections?"

"No!" Niu Jizong shook his head.

Niu Jin always said before he was alive: "If the Jia family hadn't been close to me, and the emperor and Mr. Wang were watching, I would have taken Lian back home and raised him as a son!" The soldiers led the horses and brought out the pair of Xuanhua Bagua swords, and went out to shoot He Qi, who was on the opposite side, for three hundred rounds.

Jia Lian said softly: "Brother, in this mourning hall, no one can kill this dog thief except me. Although the Xiongnu will not send troops immediately because of him, they will definitely use his name to make trouble. If you kill him, you will be implicated by him, I am afraid that the civil servants in the court will write a letter to hand you over. Uncle Niu was killed by this old dog, and this old dog will die when it dies, so it cannot implicate you."

"I'm different. If I kill him, the emperor will definitely keep me. In addition to my master, the civil servants can't do anything to me."

Dong Muhe understood what he heard, his eyes suddenly darkened.

He believed that based on his relationship with Da Shanyu Yi Zhixie, although he might not necessarily raise troops to avenge him, he would definitely demand that Zhou Chao hand over his murderer.As long as it is true what the devil said, he might not even have the chance to take revenge.

Niu Jizong was stunned.

"Brother, one person, two brothers."

Before Niu Jizong could react, Jia Lian pulled out the treasured knife in Niu Jizong's hand, easily cut Dong Muhe's throat, blood flew, his dark hands covered his neck tightly with cracked hands, he opened his mouth weakly, and hissed in the air. Hissing sound.

With a backhand knife, it pierced Dong Muhe's heart fiercely.

"Noisy guy." Jia Lian pulled out the sword suddenly, and a pool of still warm heart blood splashed on Jia Lian's face and body.

The filial piety clothes and the linen clothes were immediately dyed red, and in the plain white of the mourning hall, there was a touch of enchanting bright red.

Dong Muhe fell into a pool of blood with his mouth wide open in pain and a regretful expression, his body convulsed for a while, and then he died of exhaustion.