Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 443 83 Temperance is not Huanwen-4

The sky was already twilight, and the courtyard where the guests of Shisanlian Badzhai lived was still shrouded in flames and smoke.The soldiers of the water village have already sealed the entrance of the courtyard with bows and crossbows, so that the unscrupulous guests cannot rush out, but the curses in the courtyard are getting louder and louder.

In order to avoid 'harassing' family members, the courtyard for entertaining guests is separated from the residences of ordinary villagers. This courtyard was built according to the maximum number of congratulatory guests when holding ceremonies such as succession and alliance. It was originally only 50. Multiple rooms.Who would have thought that in just over half a month, more than 3000 people actually came.The guest rooms are narrow and simple, these quacks have nowhere to live, ordinary guests can only live in thatched huts, everywhere is messy, feces and urine are flowing, and the stench is suffocating.The hinterland of the general village of the Thirteenth Chain Village is vast, and many people wanted to move to other places to live temporarily, but they were stopped by the people in the water village, and they had long held back their anger.Zhao Xingde was assassinated yesterday, and several guests were also poisoned and injured, which made most of them feel restless. In the middle of the night, they found out that Thirteen Lianhuanzhai regarded their group as spies. The author's embellishment immediately made many guests angry.

Amidst the noise, a rough voice was particularly loud, "Damn it, if you don't speak clearly, I will burn this bird place with a fire!" This voice caused laughter from the audience, There was a burst of echoing: "Thirteen kings and eight nests were burned!" For the "chaotic" people, the sound of cursing and threatening was louder and louder. In addition to the profane greetings to the eighteen generations of the host's ancestors, there was a burst of loud laughter from time to time.

"Fourth brother Xia, do these turtles really dare to set fire?" Zhu Cheng, the little leader of the village guard, turned pale, and he looked towards the northeast with a guilty conscience.Secretly regretting that I should not have coveted the space, I asked for a yard near the guest house.There are overgrown grass and trees in the village, and the lake has been quite windy for the past few days. Once the villains start a fire, the fire may not be able to stop.Thinking of the seven or eighty-year-old parents in the family, there are four dolls in the house, and only one woman takes care of them. Once there is a fire, she panics and doesn't know what's going on.

"They dare!" Xia Mao'er stared, spit on the side of his head, and said viciously, "It's 'grandma'!" He stretched out his hand and pulled out the sharp knife at his waist, calling, "Follow me in and have a look Who the hell dares to set the fire on fire!" His team of Zhai Ding immediately responded.Not everyone in Zhai Ding was as brave and fearless as him. At this time, if anyone had a guilty conscience and refused to agree, he would definitely be punished by Xia Sidang's family.

At this time, Lu Mingyu and Zhao Xingde were rushing over.Both stayed up almost all night, their eyes bloodshot.Still more than a hundred steps away from the checkpoint, Lu Mingyu frowned, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

"Lu Mingyu come out!" "Aren't you harboring evil intentions!" "We've all been robbed of the Thirteenth Lianhuan Village!" "I've already seen it, he seems to be dominating the Jingxiang Waterway!" "I am the one who assassinated Mr. Yuan Zhi Look at the people from Lianhuanzhai!" "He's 'grandma', 'grandma', there is a kind of don't want to rely on crossbow arrows, and see the truth underwater with grandpa!"

Hearing the bursts of obscenities, Zhao Xingde's expression darkened slightly.Although these reckless heroes also have a passion for blood, they are also used to being free and unruly.In the future, in order to fight a decisive battle with the Liao army, orders and prohibitions should be the top priority.While frowning and thinking, he had already arrived at the checkpoint. When Zhu Cheng, who was holding a crossbow in his hand, saw Lu Mingyu, he hurriedly said loudly: "Boss, there are some turtle grandchildren clamoring to burn the village. Brother Xia has already brought People went in to arrest them, but there are few of us..." He couldn't say anything for a long time, but anyone could guess that there were two or three thousand heroes from all walks of life gathered in the guest's courtyard, Xia Mao'er and the others not only didn't Taking advantage of it, but stuck in it.

"What?" Lu Mingyu's face froze, and he said sharply, "Let's pass the order, gather the whole village and prepare iron cannons. If Leader Xia is damaged in any way, or if these people dare to do something wrong again, I will blow them to death! "Although he was born as a Confucian scholar, he has been a gangster for nearly ten years.The people on the boat are most taboo about setting fire. Lu Mingyu couldn't help cursing and saying, "I'm so courageous! If you dare to set fire to my Thirteenth Chain Village, I want to see if it's your fire or my cannon!"

As soon as Zhu Cheng heard that he was going to use artillery, he said with joy on his face: "I obey!"

Although Lu Mingyu turned into a bandit, his knowledge was much greater than other pirates. He knew the power of artillery from Zhao Xingde's article, and immediately tried every means to buy off the Xiang army, and bought three useful artillery from the Yuezhou city defense Well, Xiang Jun received the money, so he scrapped the matter.Zhu Cheng was on duty in the general village, and had seen the power of artillery trial shooting. If an ordinary house was bombarded, it would collapse immediately. Don't look at those turkey grandsons shouting happily, later the artillery and crossbow bolts will kill past.The courtyard of the guest house was full of people, who dared not cry and beg for mercy.

"President Lu," Zhao Xingde's expression changed suddenly, "Heroes from the southeast gathered here for the great cause of fighting against the Liao Dynasty. If they fight against each other, wouldn't it make loved ones hurt and enemies happy!" His voice was a little hoarse , "Let Zhao go in and persuade one or two, so that both sides can turn hostility into friendship."

"Mr. Zhao!" Shi Jingkui said anxiously, "Your injuries are still unhealed, so you can't take any more risks!" Du Chuijiao also said: "These gangsters are used to being cruel and ruthless. Won't you repay your kindness with revenge?"

"I've made up my mind," Zhao Xingde said hoarsely, with a slightly cold face, "These people are here for the great cause of resisting the Liao Dynasty, and they came here just because of their reputation. How can Zhao make the heroes of the world chill!" He turned around and cupped his hands at Lu Mingyu, "Please Chief Lu waits for a while, and Zhao will go back." He said this, and Lu Mingyu became embarrassed, he already regarded himself as Zhao Xingde's confidant, but when things came to an end, he became angry, and he was used to being a member of the Thirteen Lianhuan Village The boss, he actually made his own decisions.

Lu Mingyu was also a scholar, so he knew that this kind of behavior was extremely disrespectful to Shangguan.He was filled with remorse, and immediately bowed down and said, "Mr. Zhao, please forgive me, it's Lu who did something good." He hesitated for a moment, and then persuaded, "Mr. Go to the dangerous place yourself. In case there are assassins again..." Zhao Xingde shook his head, looked at the inn in the distance and said: "Zhao is just a common man." He patted Lu Mingyu on the shoulder, He smiled and said, "The heroes of my Great Song Dynasty always have loyalty in the majority. If this is considered a dangerous place, what is the battlefield where the two armies clash?"

Seeing that Zhao Xingde was so determined, Lu Mingyu had no choice but to send a few capable subordinates to escort him in.Du Chuijiao and several other sergeants were also accompanying him.On the other hand, soldiers and horses from all over the village were still concentrated, and three iron barrel cannons were also pushed out from the warehouse. The muzzles of the black holes were lined up and aimed at the largest guest room courtyard.In case things change, first use cannons to fire into the sky to demonstrate, forcing these bandits to send Mr. Zhao out, and at most promise to send them out of the village.If anyone dared to harm Mr. Zhao, Lu Mingyu was determined to kill them all and pay for Mr. Zhao's life.

Although the Thirteenth Chain Village was just a group of bandits, compared to other gangster villages, Lu Mingyu managed his subordinates in an orderly manner.After Zhu Cheng passed down the order, each head of the family and the small leaders immediately gathered in the village and prepared to fight against the villainous guests.There was a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping everywhere in the water village. The farmers plowing the fields put down their hoes, the fishermen put down their fishing, and the small boats patrolling the periphery also rushed back.The old and the weak, women and children were full of anxiety, watching the young and strong men holding swords and shields, spears, three-pronged forks, bows and crossbows and other weapons, and gathered in groups.

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A thin layer of mist shrouded the surface of the water, and a boat lowered its white sails. The boat gently swayed on both sides and sailed slowly on the lake.The boat sailed deep into the water grass, and it was difficult to see clearly under the water, so the boat had to stop.The lake here has different depths, and if you are not careful, you may run aground.

"General Yang, will this water thief really speak up?"

"Don't worry, my lord. As the saying goes, there are two tigers in one mountain. This is the lair of water thieves. If we stop here, they will definitely not take it lightly if we stop here. Someone will come up to speak in a short time. This is better than taking the risk of 'disorderly' searching among the aquatic plants."

Chen Dong nodded, suppressing the anxiety in his heart. "Yuanzhi, Zhao Yuanzhi." He murmured.Hearing that Zhao Xingde was going to this area to attract heroes from all walks of life, Chen Dong immediately put aside the matter in Ezhou and rushed to Yuezhou to meet Zhao Xingde.There are many things that he needs to discuss with Zhao Xingde first.Yue Fei had no choice but to send Yang Zaixing to escort Chen Dong with a hundred townsmen.

On the one hand, if Zhao Xingde comes for Kansai, then Ezhou can get a strong support from outside.Although the Neo-Confucian Society regards Zhao Ke as Zhengshuo, it does not reject cooperation with Xia Guo, and it is beneficial to both sides to fight against the Liao Dynasty together.Since ancient times, it is rare to attack the southeast from the middle of Shu.Therefore, the scholars in the southeast were not as worried about Xia Guo as they were in the Xijing camp, but they used more thoughts.On the other hand, all the military power was entrusted to one person, so Chen Dong and many other people in the society were not at all worried.But although the Neo-Confucianism Society is making a lot of noise in the southeast, there are no people who know how to fight in the society.Zhao Xingde's sudden arrival is like giving charcoal in the snow. He has been in the army for a long time, and he once defeated the Liao army in Liaodong.Although Zhao Xingde advocated the unification of military orders in his letter to Chen Dong and recommended Yue Fei as the commander-in-chief of the army, Chen Dong was convinced that Zhao Xingde was not greedy for military power.He secretly thought, if part of the military power is entrusted to Yuan Zhi, on the one hand, the general's military power can be divided a little bit, so as not to be overthrown by Tai Ah; They will work together to fight against the enemy and will not hinder each other.

At this time, the wind in the lake was quite cold, Chen Dong stood on the bow of the boat, but he didn't seem to notice it.He was full of thoughts, only to see the water ripples from the hull of the boat spread out in circles and disappear into the tangled water plants.The depths of the desolate aquatic plants were still silent. After the soldiers called out loudly a few times, flocks of gulls and herons were startled, but no one answered.