Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 38 Conspiracy

The sky is getting darker and darker, the black clouds are drifting closer and closer, and occasionally you can hear the roar of thunder, but the hearts of everyone, apart from apprehension, are more peaceful, as if they have let go of some kind of burden, waiting for the fate. sentencing.

Ma Qiao knelt down first, saluted with a long bow, and said: "Ma Qiao, the criminal minister of the Dezhou Guard Commander, see His Royal Highness Prince Fu."

This is a decent way of saying it. Although the red-clothed army is playing the slogan of Feng Tian Jing Nan, calling themselves the King of Fortune Zhu Changxun, but as long as you have a little common sense, you will know that if this person is really the son of King Fu, then when you are in Tongzhou City, absolutely Instead of beheading all the officials, big and small, in Tongzhou City, we should try our best to win them over and prepare for entering the capital.

This is an ostrich-like approach, but it's just for peace of mind. Of course, Zhu Qian understood the mentality of these officials, smiled slightly, raised his arms indifferently and said: "Master Ma has worked hard, please hurry up!"

Ma Qiao stood up respectfully, raised his head slightly, and observed Zhu Gan from the corner of his eye, only to realize that the leader of the rebellion was so young and handsome, and the bright light armor made him look even more heroic, so he immediately gave it to him The evaluation of a Confucian general, but what this guy did did not have the style of a Confucian general, but a bit unconstrained.

How would he deal with him, Ma Qiao stood aside feeling worried.

Zhu Gan didn't seem to be aware of the complicated thoughts of the commanding officer. He looked at the officials who were tied up with a half smile, stepped forward and pulled the rope with his hands, curled his lips and said, "Tie people up after the hemp rope is soaked in water." The effect is better, the harder you struggle, the deeper you penetrate into the flesh, the more painful it is. Didn’t you say that you should worry about the world? Come on! Water these ropes, you can’t even taste this pain, why? I can feel the suffering of the people.”

Countless people were stunned by Zhu Gan's strange request before entering the city, but seeing Zhu Gan's back with the red-clothed army entering the city gracefully, they had to follow suit, as long as he liked it!

Zhu Gan walked on the streets of Dezhou City excitedly, but his face was very calm. He looked around, and there were many curious ordinary people on the streets on both sides, wanting to see what the red-clothed army looked like. Surprisingly, there was not a trace of depression, and occasionally traces of the house being burned could be seen, but the fire had already been extinguished at this time.

The common people didn't seem to have the slightest fear of the red-clothed army, but there was a hint of joy in their numb expressions. Perhaps they thought that the red-clothed army would come, and they would not suffer so much, and they could live a good life.

The expression on Zhu Gan's face also became a little stiff. He no longer waved his hands, but instead had a calm face. Why are the red-clothed soldiers popular? Because they have food and money, but if they can't give them what they want, the red-clothed soldiers He would also be cast aside, but he didn't plan to stay in Dezhou City for too long, he just rested here temporarily.

But first of all, all the silverfish in this place must be found out, and all the people's fat and people's anoint they have scavenged, and the people's flesh and bones that they have blackmailed from the people.

The red-clothed army entered Dezhou City for three days, recruiting soldiers wantonly every day, and the common people finally realized the difference of the red-clothed army. , who can afford a pen, who wants to be a soldier!

As the saying goes, good iron does not make nails, and a good man does not serve as a soldier. Isn't this just nonsense?What's more, these scholars who can only afford a pen can't even kill chickens, so let's talk about killing people.However, due to the favorable conditions of the Red Army, there are still many down-and-out scholars who choose to join Qizhong.

Most of this group of scholars are still forced into reality. Of course, many of them are for the so-called dream of joining the army and making contributions. Although this dream runs counter to the sages of Confucius and Mencius they have learned, they cannot resist the temptation after all. Want to change!

These proud scholars, as well as those who were specially selected to be physically strong, were dragged out of the city together. Watching the training of the red army, they just stood there dumbfounded, and they all felt extremely disdainful, and even some were arrogant. The audience laughed.

But after they tried to pass the strictness of this station, they realized what hell is. At the beginning, many people made jokes on their faces, but as time went by, the scholars couldn't hold it anymore, and both of them His legs trembled, his whole body trembled, and he really wanted to relax, but just as he moved, he was noticed by the supervising lieutenant standing aside, and the arm-thin wooden bar was violently pulled up.

It's not that these captains have good eyesight, but that when they become a whole, as long as one of them moves too much, it will be very conspicuous.

On the first day of dismounting, these newly recruited recruits were trained to the point of bruising, and most of them were beaten with wooden sticks. Of course, some of them wanted to resist because of their physical strength and martial arts skills, and they would be surrounded by the law enforcement team. He was beaten on the ground with sticks, and then he was pressed to the ground and took off his pants without saying a word. The crackling was just a meal of killing power.

Under this kind of merciless cruelty, the recruits recruited in the city of Texas fell asleep with so much complaints that they mixed into the red army, and those with ulterior motives had no time to plot. I didn't want to think about it any more, and fell into a deep sleep.

Ever since the Red Clothes Army broke through Dezhou City, Zhu Gan has been staying in the army outside the city. He didn't bother to ask about some trivial matters, and handed them over to Ma Qiao, the commander of the Dezhou Guard. At this time, he was thinking Now, what should the Red Clothes Army do next.

And in Dezhou City, in a remote and dark alley, a group of people were also thinking.

Wherever there is water transportation, there is the Cao Gang. Zhu Gan killed the Cao Gang in Tongzhou to the point of utter anger, and even privately, the leader of the Cao Gang ordered 10 gang members to take the head of the bandit leader in red. , the bounty is [-] taels, and Dezhou is next to the Grand Canal, and it is also an important water transport town. The water gang here has been eyeing the Red Army from the very beginning.

The red-clothed army recruited troops, and many Cao Gang gang members also mixed in, but who knows that it has been three days, and there is no news yet, and the camp stationed outside the city is even more heavily guarded, and it is strictly forbidden for idlers to approach Once the offender is caught, he will be imprisoned in a water prison, and what is more, his head will be beheaded on the spot.

At this time, there was silence outside the alley, occasionally the footsteps of patrolling soldiers from the Red Army could be heard, followed by the sound of watchmen beating their clappers. In the dim room, several people were discussing in whispers.

The one sitting at the top is the sitting hall in Caokou, Dezhou. Under the dim oil lamp, his skin is slightly yellow and his body is thin. He looks like a slender fish. His voice is hoarse: "It's been three days There is no news at all, could it be that something happened."

The person on the right held a big cattail fan, shook it lightly a few times, and said in a deep voice: "Before entering the city, the thief in red put on a friendly face and asked the people to send vegetables to the barracks. Now it has changed completely. If you go in during meal time, you will be arrested and beheaded even if you get close, I really don’t know where such a big rule comes from.”

The other person on the left was holding a folding fan, tapping his palm lightly, glanced at the opposite person from the corner of his eye, and said disdainfully: "The Caokou in Tongzhou is many times bigger than ours, the most prosperous canal There are members of our Cao Gang in the street, there are so many brothers there, cannons, bird guns, everything, the result! It’s not being killed by the red thief, crying for father and mother, if you want me to say it’s discipline, not serious Such discipline, how can there be combat effectiveness, the discipline of this red-clothed thief is very good, once the order from above is given, the soldiers below will swear to die."

Suddenly, there was a sound of light footsteps. Although the sound was very soft, as if the wind was blowing, it was still noticed by the people in the room. into the darkness.

Before the sound came, a figure appeared. This man was standing in the middle of the room. He was like a small mountain. The moonlight fell on his back, making his shadow very long. It could be vaguely seen that the man was wearing clothes. Wearing a bunt of coarse linen and bare feet, he looked like a fisherman coming out of the water.

When everyone saw this person, their hearts felt inexplicably tense, the cold-faced slave is here, his master Bai Luosha must be here.

"Chen Laoer, you old bastard, you still want to do something earth-shattering! Our Cao Gang has existed since the day the Grand Canal was dug, how many dynasties have changed in between, why, because Let's keep a low profile and never touch things that shouldn't be touched!" Light footsteps sounded again, and a slender shadow suddenly fell into the room.

Under the moonlight, her black hair hangs straight down to her waist, and the silk clothes cling tightly to her body, outlining her plump breasts into an unusually round shape. With her light twists, the black hair hanging down her waist is as light as a willow. rippling, and she has a face that charms all living beings.

That fair complexion seemed to be plated with a layer of mercury under the moonlight, shining with a cold and quiet light, and a pair of dark eyes revealed a refreshing coolness, and her lips were slightly raised sexy, seductive. Different but ghostly, ghostly and cold.

"My subordinates refer to the head of the Black Cloud Hall." The big shots in the Dezhou Cao Gang knelt down like ants in front of a cold and stern enchantress.

The woman called Bai Luocha happily accepted their gift, and then said with a sneer: "I just went south, and I have already found out the news about the thief in red. It has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect. The leader of the thief is Zhu Gan. A scholar who is fleeing, but that man is very demagogic, and now the thief is quite powerful, how to take his head needs to be discussed carefully, from today onwards, you will be under my control for the time being."

"Your subordinate obeys the order. We are the Cao Gang, and we are willing to go through fire and water without hesitation." Several people showed a respectful and apprehensive look.