This mountain is mine

Chapter 257 Unexpected Gains

"Tian Qing, what are you? You were not worthy to lick the soles of the Zhang family's shoes before. How dare you treat me like this...I want to see His Highness, you can't do this..."

Zhao Chi's face became more serious, You Liming waved to the attendant in the tent, and the attendant hurried out to investigate the situation.

"Lieutenant Tian, ​​who is this making a lot of noise in the barracks? It's so noisy." The attendant screamed, but he didn't dare to make it too loud, so as not to annoy His Highness even more, and he was very respectful towards Tian Qing.

However, he arrogantly glanced at the thin young man whose shoulders were being buckled, his face flushed, "Who is this, who is clamoring to see His Highness, what is it, His Highness can meet casually, even for Captain Tian Yelling and yelling is very disrespectful."

The young man's face turned red and pale, and he was about to speak when the soldier who was pulling his shoulders kicked him hard, "It's not for you to interrupt, shut up!"

The young man didn't dare to speak again, Tian Qing glanced at him, Fang Gongqian apologized to the attendant, and then explained in a calm tone,

"This is Zhang Sanlang who escaped from the city yesterday and came to join His Highness the Crown Prince. Eunuch Liu also knows that the lower official came from a humble background. Zhang Sanlang was the son of the Zhang family, the richest man in Fangling, and he had such an attitude when he met the lower official. , The lower officials are used to it and don't care."

This Eunuch Liu is the prince's close servant, as the saying goes, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, let alone the prince, Tian Qing has never had any ill relations with others, even calling himself a "lower official" is very natural, without any pretentiousness. The attendant also felt quite ironed in his heart.

Eunuch Liu took a look at Zhang Sanlang, his eyes flashed, "Fangling Zhang's family?"

Tian Qing smiled and said: "Does Eunuch Liu also know? It was the Zhang family who colluded with the Xixia prince Li Yi before, and the emperor was kind and lenient."

"Where is Captain Tian taking him?"

Tian Qing said honestly: "He escaped from Fangling, he said he knew a lot of news inside, the officer was going to take him down to inquire, so that he could report to His Highness, when he passed by this tent, he also said that he had an old relationship with the crown prince. , suddenly yelled and alarmed His Highness, I will go to accompany His Highness right now, and I will trouble Eunuch Liu to report."

Eunuch Liu glanced at Zhang Jian again, then turned around and walked into the tent, and reported to Zhao Chi in a low voice.

When You Liming heard about Fangling's Zhang family, his heart skipped a beat, and he secretly scolded why Zhang's family hadn't died yet, he had already forgotten about Zhang's family, and now he is taking advantage of the Prince's displeasure to come out to make trouble.

Previously, it was You Liming who guarded the Zhang family, and the Zhang family took advantage of the crown prince's influence and became the richest man. Zhang Mian raised a lot of money for the prince, and Zhang Qin was responsible for secretly inquiring about the news. The news made the crown prince and Yang Xun feud, and the Zhang family was also abandoned by You Liming, who originally planned to kill the grass and roots.

Later, Zhang Qin died, and Zhang Mian was exiled to the Northwest even though he was punished lightly. He probably died long ago, so You Liming forgot about it.

Now that Zhang Jian was at the door, You Liming didn't dare to hide anything and told everything.

Zhao Chi was even more angry, "You mean that Zhang Jian is arguing to see Gu in front of Tian Qing? It's not clear what happened between this family and Xixia spies?"

The first sentence is for Eunuch Liu, and the latter sentence is for You Liming.

After asking, he threw the pen holder on the table directly at You Liming.

Don't blame the prince for being angry, Tian Qing is someone close to the emperor, and he specializes in doing some secret things for the emperor. Although his official position is not high, he can face the emperor directly, and the emperor will believe what he says.

He thought, if Tian Qing listened to Zhang Jian's words, talked nonsense in front of the emperor, and poured dirty water on him, he would have to spend some time explaining and be treated coldly.

You can't even wipe your butt clean, what's the use of such a person!

You Liming kowtowed again and again to admit his mistake, complaining endlessly in his heart, wishing to kill Zhang Jian immediately.

At this time, he calmed down, he had already made a mistake, and he had to think about how to make up for it, organized his words, and said: "I beg Your Highness to give you a chance to make amends."

Zhao Chi snorted coldly, after all, he was someone who had followed him for many years and was able to use him easily, and he didn't interrupt You Liming.

"Your Highness, before the army besieged Fangling for ten days, no one escaped from the city. Now that His Highness came, he came out, and he was released from the city in a good way. Everyone else left, but he yelled at His Highness. It's an old acquaintance, I must have thought His Highness was benevolent and approached with an excuse..."

"If he really knew the inside story, how could the defenders inside let him out...His Highness entrusted this person to the little one..."

"To deal with these troublemakers, kill chickens to make an example to monkeys, and let the people in the city understand that it is futile to play tricks in front of His Highness. These traitors will not shed tears when they see the coffin..."

Zhao Chi waved his hand, You Liming came out with a sullen face, Tian Qing said respectfully: "Master You..."

Zhang Jian suddenly said excitedly: "Master You, my second brother Zhang Qin..."

You Liming's face darkened even more, "Shut up and make noise here, I don't know what to say!"

Zhang Jian struggled a few times, You Liming asked him, "Who let you out?"

As he spoke, he pouted at the soldier who was covering Zhang Jian's mouth behind Zhang Jian, and the soldier let go of his hand. Zhang Jian didn't dare to speak loudly, and only whispered: "It was Yu Miaomiao, Zhao Man's wife who let the grass come out."

You Liming snorted coldly, and continued to look like that, and said: "The rebels' small tricks dare to come to His Highness to shame people."

Turning to Tian Qing, the tone was slightly slow: "Lieutenant Tian, ​​this secret work has ulterior motives, and the rebels should be shocked by the shock of killing, otherwise why would they face the son who died last night."

Zhang Jian was about to speak, but his mouth was gagged again, he couldn't speak.

Tian Qing nodded, looking stunned, and said: "Could it be that the rebels in the city came out of the city as ordinary people and wanted to escape? His Highness Mercy did not pursue those ordinary people yesterday. If this is the case... what a sinister idea !"

You Liming didn't realize that he was just making excuses, but he made Tian Qing think of so many things, but he really thought about Tian Qing's words, and felt that it made sense, so he hurriedly cupped his hands at Tian Qing with a serious face: "Tian Xiaowei is sure enough. It is thoughtful, I will report to His Highness first."

Tian Qing made a gesture of invitation to him, You Liming nodded, and said viciously: "Kill this thief, drag him to let the traitor take a look."

Zhang Jian was dragged down with his mouth covered, he was sobbing as he struggled, but he was no match for the soldiers behind him, he rolled his eyes during the struggle, and looked at Tian Qing with a pleading look.

Tian Qing lowered his eyes, looking at the distant sky with a calm expression.

Zhang Jian did tell him a lot of news. For example, both Bi Kuo and Li Pengju were taken back by Zhao Man. The words mocking the imperial court were written by Li Pengju. Li Sijin also has a very good relationship with Yu Miaomiao. According to the prince, Li Sijin, who was traveling abroad, was arrested to threaten the Li family.

Does he still think he doesn't know about the Zhang family and the prince?

Zhang Jian was indeed not wrong, but, who told him to bump into him.

You can't blame him for taking advantage of it.

If he wanted to blame, he could blame why the Zhang family had climbed up to be the prince, but they were given up again. If he wanted to blame, he could blame You Liming for wanting him to die. If he wanted to blame, he could blame himself for being too stupid.

He, Tian Jiu, just took advantage of the situation to fuel the flames.

The clouds in the sky were getting darker and darker, it was already noon, but it seemed like it had just dawned, Tian Qing let out a breath slowly, flicked the dust that didn't exist on the crow-colored jacket, and then sprayed it on his own Go to camp.

The soldiers and horses outside the city will provide reinforcements, but in Fangling City, Zhao Man's reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, so people must be in panic. Apart from those who are loyal to Zhao Man, there are many people who are in this place of exile. Life and death are critical, and people's hearts are hard Unexpectedly, Liu Tingzhou wanted to arrest Yu Miaomiao and pay for his crimes, and it was even harder for others to say.

The Tian family has lived in Fangling for more than a hundred years, and has been exiled here since the founding of the Song Dynasty. He knows that if the people here are in a hurry, they can do anything.

There is a war in front of the city gate, and if there is chaos inside, it will be bad.

He had to let the people inside have to be of the same mind with Yu...'s sister, so that they couldn't be messed up.

Therefore, those who come out must die.

……

Zhang Jian died, and was picked up on a flagpole to demonstrate against the people in Fangling City.

Because the corpse was with its head down, the people on the city wall couldn't see his face clearly. Yu Miaomiao saw that the man was thin and definitely not Zhao Man, so she felt a little relieved, but she was a little surprised who it was and used it to demonstrate to them. .

When the opponent left Zhang Jian at the gate of the city, Zhou Xiuwu ordered someone to cover him and dragged him back himself.

Looking at Zhang Jian, he couldn't remember who this person was, but some of the people who transported arrows to and fro recognized him, and immediately exploded.

"Isn't this the scholar who just left the city yesterday? He scolded his wife earlier, why is he being..."

"It's Zhang Jian, a student in the academy, go and tell Mr. Li Dalang."

"The people who have left the city and surrendered are actually killed. They are all the people of Song Dynasty. Are they crazy!"

"..."

Zhang Jian's death spread quickly in Fangling City.

The Lian family wanted to go out at first, but now their faces turned pale. The Zhang family also contributed to the prince in the past. Now I heard that the prince led the army to attack the city, and the Zhang family was the first to be killed!
Then they even know about Zhang Jian, and if they go out, it will be a big "death".

……

Because of anger, Fangling City was twisted into a ball, which had never been so united.

Yu Miaomiao looked at Zhang Jian's body, but she didn't feel much sentimentality, Zhang Jian was just a little more familiar with her than a stranger.

To feel emotion, she should feel even more emotion to those who died protecting her.

After seeing the bloody and fighting all morning, she became numb, really numb.

He ordered people to bury him, and then returned to the city gate.

In the past, when she climbed the gate of the city, what she inspired was the morale of the soldiers. Now she is pregnant with Liujia, except for her belly, her face is thin and pointy. She is a weak woman, standing at the forefront of the battlefield, and it is the common people who are moved.

Previously, she was only for her husband, but now she has been sublimated to become a commoner.Everyone took care of the wounded soldiers, sent medicine, hot soup, and thick clothes, and became even more active.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiuwu said in a deep voice, "This prince has done a good thing."

It was only then that Yu Miaomiao realized that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who attacked the city. Before the attack yesterday, he had been intimidated by his reputation.

From this point of view, Yu Miaomiao thought coldly, Zhang Jian died well.

She did let people out yesterday sincerely. She didn't know that Zhang Jian was among the people who left the city, and she didn't expect the prince to kill him.

I just lost my mind.

"Madam, eat something first, I don't know when they will retreat."

Yu Miaomiao nodded, seeing Lu Lingzhi's lips trembling and her body trembling beside her, she sighed in her heart, and squeezed her arm hard.

Lu Lingzhi turned her head to the side, and suddenly cried "Wow".

Zhou Xiuwu frowned, and Yu Miaomiao waved at him. She wanted to cry too, but she couldn't cry. It's not the time to cry yet, so let this little girl cry for her.

Lu Lingzhi's crying soon stopped, and Yu Miaomiao comforted her softly, "Lingzhi, let's go down."

Lu Lingzhi wiped away her tears subconsciously, and looked at Zhou Xiuwu subconsciously. Seeing his impatient and disgusted face, she felt even more uncomfortable. Yu Miaomiao patted the back of her hand, but she didn't speak. Helped go downstairs.

After eating hastily, Lu Lingzhi followed Yu Miaomiao to climb the tower again, with a pale face, to deliver steamed buns and water to the soldiers who stayed on the tower.

After noon, heavy snow fell silently, and the mountain peaks in the distance were soon covered with a layer of white snow. Only under the city wall, warm blood flowed, and the snowflakes were scalded as soon as they hit the ground. Blood was scattered everywhere, and the ground was even more messy.

Yu Miaomiao wore a fox-fur cloak, and kept his responsibilities. Standing on the wall, surrounded by soldiers, a majestic man in silver armor came on a white horse. The man looked up at the top of the city, and Yu Miaomiao Looking at this person from a distance, although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could guess that this person must be the prince Zhao Chi who poisoned Zhao Man.

(End of this chapter)