Will Ming

Chapter 510 Seven Wang Fubao

State

Since Dou Jiande became king, the state has become more and more important.There is a row of courtyards behind the government office of the state government. On the surface, it looks like ordinary houses, but no one in the whole state is willing to live in this place. There is no other reason. Below this seemingly ordinary house is the state. dungeon.

The two rows of houses in the front and back of this big courtyard are torture rooms, that is, the place where prisoners are tortured. If you open the door of a room at random, you will see all kinds of instruments of torture hanging on the wall facing the door.It can be said that there are all kinds of torture methods that can be thought of here. If someone can tell what torture tools are missing in this room, then the state chief arrester Wu Bushan will laugh happily, and then spend a lot of money to use the torture tools or torture tools that are not there. This is one of his collection preferences.Of course, if the person who questioned the lack of torture equipment could not come up with new things or ideas, Wu Bushan would never mind asking this person to taste all the torture methods in each room from beginning to end.

Wu Bushan is the chief arrester of the state, which sounds like a very prestigious official name, but in a place like the state, he dare not publicize his official position at all. The state is the capital of the Great Xia and the seat of the Great Xia court, not to mention that he is from the sixth rank. Small officials did not dare to show off their power, even senior officials of the third and fourth ranks did not dare to be presumptuous.

When Dou Jiande was not in the state, if there were only two people in the city, no one would dare to object to it.

One is the original version of the Nayan Song Dynasty in Daxia, which was left behind by the state.Although this person has a bad temper and hard temper, he is indeed capable.At the beginning, Dou Jiande was able to lay such a large foundation, because Song Zhengben wrote a development strategy for Dou Jiande.Including where to fight first, and where to fight again, and it's not just about military affairs, but more about civil affairs. After all, Song Zhengben was a literati, and he thought more about the policy of governing the country.Because of such a huge contribution, Dou Jiande named him Nayan, loyal to the country.

When Dou Jiande was not in the state, almost all government and military affairs were handed over to Song Zhengben. This person has real skills, but he is not an official.He doesn't know how to be flexible, has a cold temper, and he will take revenge. When he was a petty official, he bullied and humiliated those who had humiliated him. After he made a fortune, he killed all of them, and at least he killed the three clans.

Ever since Dou Jiande appointed him to stay in the state, Song Zhengben, who is highly respected, has become more perverse and domineering. The Great Xia court has become his voice, and no one dares to object to whatever he decides.Whenever someone opposes him, he will always find some excuse to kill him.

But even so, there was still a person in Zhou Song Zhengben who he dared not and could not afford to provoke.

This person is a woman named Dou Hongxian.

Dou Hongxian is Dou Jiande's younger sister, and Dou Jiande's doting on her has reached the point where it can't be more.Even if someone has the guts of an ambitious leopard, no one in Da Xia territory would dare to provoke Princess Dou.From this point of view, Dou Hongxian is a domineering woman, but in fact she is a gentle and pleasant girl with a calm temperament. Although she is outstanding in martial arts, her favorite thing is embroidery. People also call it Dou Xianniang.

From childhood to adulthood, there was only one thing that Dou Jiande didn't mean to follow his sister Dou Hong's line.

That was the marriage between Dou Hongxian and Wang Fubao, because Wang Fubao accused Dou Jiande of killing Shi Zan and other old heroes who followed Dou Jiande in public at the court, and also opposed Dou Jiande's premature proclaiming emperor, so he was ordered by Dou Jiande to be imprisoned in the dungeon of the state capital .

Because of this incident, Dou Hongxian often quarreled with Dou Jiande.It was also because of her that Dou Jiande didn't kill Wang Fubao immediately to vent his anger.

Dou Jiande is a very contradictory person. He always trusts others easily and is magnanimous. He has never killed a prisoner for many years in battle. Song Zhengben and others chose to serve him because of his magnanimity after being captured. Because of this character, Dou Jiande has never lacked followers.

But for those old subordinates who followed him when he was in the most difficult time, he never lenient when he killed people.Shi Zan followed Dou Jiande when Gao Shida was the head of Gaojibo. Because he knelt down and could not plead for Wang Fubao, he blocked Dou Jiande's way and begged him to forgive Wang Fubao once. The enraged Dou Jiande ordered his guards to pull him out and cut off his head. .And Yin Qiu, this person's qualifications are older than Shi Zan, even older than Wang Fubao, when Dou Jiande funded Sun Anzu's army, Yin Qiu followed Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande personally led an army of [-] troops across the south of the Yellow River. His vanguard general Su Dingfang committed suicide in an ambush in Yuncheng. The deputy general Yin Qiu led hundreds of people out of the siege and fled back to the camp. The upset Dou Jiande didn't listen to him at all. Explain, and ordered Yin Qiu to be dragged out and quartered by five horses.

The contradiction in this person's temperament can be seen from this.

The dungeons in the state capital are not accessible to ordinary people who want to come in. In the 32 dungeon stone rooms below the punishment room, those who are eligible to come in for a while and then be dragged out to beheaded are all court officials.

Locked in the first dungeon from the left is Dou Jiande's favorite general, the most accomplished general in the state army, and the champion general who once had a marriage contract with Dou Hongxian. Wang Fubao.

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The dungeon is dark all year round, and even in the daytime, if you don’t come down with a lantern, you will fall down.Perhaps it seemed too gloomy, so densely packed oil lamps were lit in the dungeon aisle.But the dim yellow candles set off the place even more imposingly. Even in the heat of summer, the place looks chilly and uncomfortable.

Because of Dou Hongxian, Wang Fubao didn't suffer in the dungeon.

The dungeon he lived in was the largest one, with simple furniture inside, and because Dou Hongxian would visit him from time to time, the guards in charge of the dungeon respected him very much.After all, before King Xia killed him, such a great general was worthy of respect just because of his military merits.

Wu Bushan is not a good person, and the chief arrester who is cautiously tucking his tail between his legs is the master in this place.Therefore, Wu Bushan in the state prison and Wu Bushan on the bright side are two people. On the bright side, Wu Bushan is cautious and tactful, but when he returns to the state prison, he becomes vicious and vicious.

Many officials who have offended King Xia or Song Zhengben will always be imprisoned in the dungeon of the state capital. Some of these people are just minor mistakes and will be released soon, and some are destined to die in it, and many Dou Jiande are not easy to deal with blatantly. Those who are beheaded can only "die of sudden illness" in the prison. These are all masterpieces of Wu Bushan.

Pei Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said in front of Dou Jiande more than once that Wu Bushan is a talent.

Wu Bushan is indeed a talent, at least he knows who deserves to die and who doesn't.

One of the most contradictory things he has ever done in his life is that he has been kind to a person he thinks absolutely deserves to die and King Xia will never tolerate him, and he has always been in awe.

"I heard that the Lord was defeated in the south of the Yellow River..."

Wu Bushan filled a glass of wine for the bearded man sitting across the table, and said in a low voice.

The man in plain clothes who was dazed looking at the plate of cooked meat on the table suddenly raised his head, his tiger eyes were full of shock.This man has a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a full beard, and a tall and strong figure. Although he is wearing a commoner suit, it is difficult to hide his aura. This is only a person who has experienced countless battles and killed countless people. There will be momentum.

Wang Fubao was really shocked when he heard the news, but soon he smiled wryly and shook his head, picked up the wine glass and drank it down.

"Although no definite news has come from the south, and the King of Xia has not sent anyone back, the news has already spread. Some people say that General Su Dingfang was ambushed by Xu Shiji, the Yanyun Village military adviser, in Yuncheng. General Su Dingfang led the army. Fighting for several days was outnumbered and killed, General Yin Qiu came out, but was killed by King Xia because the battle was not good enough to rescue him..."

Wu Bushan took a look at Wang Fubao's face, poured him another glass of wine and continued: "One month later, when King Xia was about to cross Hebei and return, he was stuck by Xu Shiji's troops. After stealing the back route of our Xia army, all [-] to [-] troops were routed, [-] to [-] were killed, most of the rest were captured, and very few escaped."

Wang Fubao's eyes suddenly changed, he looked at Wu Bushan sternly and said with a sneer: "President Wu, if it's just hearsay, you can't know such details."

Wu Bushan's complexion changed, and he smiled embarrassingly: "General, don't look at me like that, you know how courageous I am. These things are indeed not based on hearsay. I have a brother of the same clan who served in the army going south. Captain, he escaped on the day of the defeat on the bank of the Yellow River, he didn't dare to catch up with King Xia's team, but fled all the way back incognito, not daring to show his face, and now he lives in my house."

"You tell me this, are you not afraid that I will say it?"

Wang Fubao looked at him and asked coldly.

"What are you afraid of!"

Wu Bushan sighed and said: "General, you are not that kind of person, besides...the defeat that day was so tragic that day, it is said that the accumulation of dead bodies almost stopped the flow of the Yellow River, and the river for dozens of miles was red. King Xia fled westward along the Yellow River with less than 3000 people. If Zhishilang and Wang Bo hadn't brought the remnant soldiers to meet him, it would have been difficult to break out of the siege. Although my brother is a deserter, he is also kind, isn't it? It is rumored that something bad happened to King Xia, and some people say that King Xia left the team with dozens of personal guards and returned across the river."

"King Xia will be fine."

Wang Fubao said firmly.

He was silent for a while and asked, "Did Song Zhengben send someone to meet him?"

"Major General Dugu led troops out of the city a while ago, but I don't know if he is going to meet King Xia."

Wang Fubao heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Young Master Dugu is a mature and prudent person, Song Zhengben did not choose the wrong person this time."

"Congratulations, General!"

Wu Bushan lowered his voice and said: "I heard that the generals in the court are discussing secretly, waiting for King Xia to come back.