Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 4 Probing

Zhuozhou has been known as the No. [-] state in the world since ancient times. It is not only an important gateway to the capital, but also a thousand-year-old city. Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty Liu Bei, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Zen Sixth Patriarch Huineng, Lu Zhaolin, one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, and poet Jia Jia The islands and so on all come from this, which can be described as outstanding people.

As more and more fleeing people flocked to Zhuozhou, Qian Ming, the prefect of Zhuozhou at this time, had ordered martial law, and warned the guard Yu Tai to impose a curfew in the name of strictly preventing small and small disturbances. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to approach or enter Zhuozhou City.

The people who were blocked outside the city were uncharacteristically. Instead of crossing Zhuozhou to the capital, they gathered under the city of Zhuozhou. Some families built thatched huts and started cooking outside the city, as if the outside of Zhuozhou had become a paradise. , no longer have to worry about the threat of the post-golden cavalry.

At this time, Yang Ling, Zhu Gan and others had arrived at the city of Zhuozhou, looking at the tall city gate and the closed city gate, thinking of attacking this city, a sense of powerlessness arose in their hearts.

"Junior Sister, I have already informed the Lord Buddha and Mother Buddha immediately, can't you wait a little longer? What's more, your plan of coercing the emperor to command the princes is very child's play in my opinion. I think this person is just a poor man." Scholar, don't you look like a relative of the emperor..."

With a rough voice, Xu Mao spoke without hesitation in front of Zhu Gan.

Glancing at Zhu Gan who was being carried by someone on a stretcher, Yang Ling had her own plan in mind. That day she took advantage of the laundry stall to carefully inspect Zhu Gan's clothes. It wasn't that the clothes were yellow, It was because the clothes had been washed to a whitish color, and she had carefully identified the yellow color of the clothes, which turned out to be Zhe Huang, a dye specially used by the royal family.

She didn't tell her senior brother about this, but secretly hid it in her heart, which was also the fundamental reason for her firm determination.

He said in a slightly hostile tone, "Senior brother! Although you and I are of the same lineage, we have two masters. If you don't like it, you can go to the northwest. No one will pull you..."

Xu Mao clenched his waist knife tightly, his whole body was tense, and he said angrily: "Junior Sister, I am doing this for your own good, are all women so unreasonable?"

"For my own good, it is also for my own good to lead the escape that day, Xu Mao, if you are not the adopted son of Lord Buddha, I should kill you that day."

Compared to Xu Mao's tall and handsome Yang Ling, who was petite and slender, at this time she showed her masculinity and looked at Xu Mao without fear. Xu Mao was so scared that he took two steps back, looking resentful, and looked up. The legs will go.

Zhu Qian had a smile on his face, but he was a little wary in his heart. Did the two of them deliberately act for themselves?What is the purpose.

Glancing at the tall Zhuozhou City, he sighed: "This Zhizhou seems to be a waste bag, so many people gathered under the city uncharacteristically, and there is nothing to do..."

Yang Ling glanced at him and said with a sneer, "He wants to be a tortoise, thinking that nothing will happen like this, a silverfish riding on the heads of the common people and domineering, he is the first to deal with him after entering the city."

Zhu Gan was stunned. Regarding the White Lotus Sect's anti-Ming Dynasty, he had never been very clear about their purpose. Anyway, it would not be very noble. It was like a dog skin plaster stuck to Ming Dynasty's back.So he regarded the White Lotus Sect as some careerists, and he was wary enough of this woman, when he heard her expressive words, he just smiled indifferently.

Pointing to the top of the city, he said, "Women like you can fly high and high, isn't it easy to fly over such a city wall?"

Yang Ling rolled her eyes, giggled and said with a coquettish smile: "Grandpa was joking, Ling'er asked herself if she dared not be a heroine, and only real fairies can achieve those high-level abilities in legends, Ling'er is not a fairy... "

Looking at her smiling side face, her skin is as white as jade porcelain, and the golden light is coated with a layer of halo, which is very dazzling, as if it is the most beautiful work of art, like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world, not like a fairy. fairy.

Her beauty easily hit the fragile string in Zhu Gan's heart. He was so infatuated, he refused to look away, and said in a low voice in a deep intoxication: "The beauty conceals the past and the present, and the lotus is ashamed of the beauty. Miss Ling'er, really Peerless. If Ms. Ling'er says a word, it doesn't matter if Zhu decides to open the Zhuozhou City for you."

"Shh! Dengtuzi, you are ashamed and ashamed, who asked you to open this city gate, you should rest yourself!" Yurong was shy, her face was flushed, she waved her sleeves lightly, bringing a faint serenity , hit Zhu Gan on the chest, turned his head and left.

When she walked away, Zhu Gan's idiotic smile slowly subsided, as calm as water, and touched the bandaged wound on his arm, neat and generous, but his wound hurt a little, under her careful care, there should be no inflammation!

At night, the city became very quiet because of the curfew. It was like a dormant monster in the dark, and it seemed that it would open its huge mouth at any time.On the contrary, the hustle and bustle outside the city makes people who toss and turn and can't sleep in the city yearn for it.

A dilapidated tent in the valley was quietly stained with a layer of silver by the moonlight, and there were strong men walking back and forth around the valley to keep watch.

Yang Ling sat cross-legged, and although the sound of opening the curtain was very soft, it still woke her up. Her body bowed and tensed like a cat, and she held the Yanling Saber at her waist.

Xu Mao felt something, coughed and hurriedly retreated, saying, "Junior Sister! The matter is settled..."

Yang Ling breathed out like a pillar, like a whale spitting out water, took a breath and panted like a cow, completely unable to see the posture of a delicate woman, after everything calmed down, she said: "Come in!"

Xu Mao waited outside the tent for almost half a stick of incense, his face was full of displeasure, but after entering the tent, he quickly changed his face, and said with a cheap smile: "Junior Sister! I have sent people to go to the common people They will all stay here, if the gates of the city are not opened and food is not released to help the people, people will definitely be dissatisfied. When we take the lead, there will definitely be people who will rebel with us..."

Yang Ling didn't even look up, the peasant army was trapped in the gorge, and the Jin army invaded and plundered the fortress. Chongzhen transferred the fierce general Cao Wenzhao, and let the White Lotus Sect see the hope of revival. To take on the task of narrowly escaped death, I ask myself that I am not afraid of death, which shows her courage.

For Xu Mao, the adoptive son of the Buddha, she looked down on her from the bottom of her heart. She didn't succeed enough to fail, and she didn't hope that the anger of the people would break into the city. Her real killer move was that there were people in the city who responded. , That's why she delegated authority and let Xu Mao run errands.

He nodded calmly, and motioned Xu Mao to sit aside: "That man's identity is quite weird. I tested him a few times, but he always behaved mediocrely, but according to my feeling, he must be planning something, waiting to attack the city." When you snatch the door, you have to show him to me, and you must not let him lose a single hair, otherwise I will only ask you."

"Why bother, if he really dares to make a move, I'll kill him with one knife." Xu Mao pulled out a knife with a rough voice, and said unkindly.

Yang Ling just glanced at Xu Mao with a sneer, and said every word like an order: "I don't want to repeat what I said a second time, and... the people can use bribes, but they can't cheat. Give them what they want, remember, take care of your people, I don’t want to kill them all after the siege.”

kill……

A low voice of orders suddenly sounded outside the tent, Xu Mao rushed out, and saw more than a dozen people tied up with ropes, with rags stuffed in their mouths, and behind each of them stood a thick swordsman, following them With the order, the knife light opened, blood spattered, and heads rolled down one by one.

Xu Mao roared, turned around suddenly, and looked at Yang Ling angrily. In his eyes, the seemingly delicate woman in front of him was like an asura from hell, more poisonous than the mandala in the barren land, but Sadly, he fell hopelessly in love with her.

Zhu Gan was not far away, and there were some people watching the fun in Shanbiaokou, but in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen heads rolled to the ground, and one even landed right next to his stretcher.

Looking at Yang Ling's gaze, Zhu Gan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to lift the head, and threw it away with some displeasure.

Killing Liwei?It's a pity that it's not a good time, you should wait, the people's grievances have not accumulated yet, killing people now will only be taken for granted, and will not appreciate you, even your senior brother, he will only hate, but will not be afraid.woman!There is a trick, after all, it is too late.

Yang Ling never glanced at Xu Mao from the beginning to the end. He smiled at Zhu Gan and murmured softly: "Are you still refusing to give me something? Are you too mediocre, or you don't have anything at all."