Zhang Lu did not lead Zheng Anping to the hall, but directly to the wing where he lived. After entering the wing, Zhang Lu hurriedly closed the door, and the two of them bowed to each other. There was a jar of fire simmering in the side room, puffing out a small flame. Zheng Anping's painful expression caught Zhang Lu's attention and asked: "The injury is still not healed?"
Zheng Anping took off his leather armor and unbuttoned his shirt. Zhang Lu pulled Zheng Anping to the fire, looked at it, and said, "Is this a new injury?"
Zheng Anping pointed to the two scars on his upper chest and said, "There are two more scars that have been healed."
Seeing that Zheng Anping was still wrapped in layers of cloth, Zhang Lu said, "Why are you here?"
Zheng Anping said: "I was attacked by thieves last night and suffered five wounds on my body. Fortunately, I was protected by armor, so I was not seriously injured. Brother Ma San... is already dead!"
Zhang Lu was also a little surprised and said: "Who attacked at night?"
Zheng Anping said: "There are about twenty people, two people and one horse, and more than ten riders. When they arrive at the camp, they suddenly disperse. At that time, everyone wants to ride, but they don't expect the infantry to be lying in the dark. When the cavalry are mobilized to guard, the infantry will They suddenly rose up and attacked the camp. Our postmen were first wounded by them. When I saw the infantry for the first time, I shouted and went forward, and the rest of the people followed, so I was hit especially hard. After being hit, the third brother fought bravely to fight for the first time. Climb up, the thieves and crossbows are gathered into one body, blood will flow like a stream, and you will die immediately!"
Zhang Lu asked very sensitively: "The third brother ascended for the first time, why did he ascend?"
Zheng Anping said: "The camp uses a cart as a fence. When thieves arrive and cannot enter, they shoot them with a crossbow next to the cart. After the first shot, when the string is stretched, Brother Ma rises up, overturns the cart, and wants to board the cart to get out. Ten arrows pierced it. We bravely stepped forward, but the thieves retreated."
Zhang Lu said: "Who does the thief want to attack?"
Zheng Anping was stunned for a moment and said: "Who do you want to attack? But if you attack five of us, they will be fine."
Zhang Lu said: "Who will be after you?"
Zheng Anping thought for a while and said, "There are only two mother and son behind me."
Zhang Lu said: "Why are there two people, mother and son?"
Zheng Anping was a little embarrassed and said: "There is a small town outside the city. There are a mother and a son in a hut on the edge of the town. The mother makes a living by leaning on the door, and the son is still young, only four feet tall. Your army will destroy the small town. . The two of them returned to the king and served on his left and right."
Zhang Lu said: "Who will attack the girl who leans on the door? There must be someone else!"
Zheng Anping said: "Why do we have him?"
Zhang Ludao: Where is Lord Xinling? "
Zheng Anping said: "I haven't seen it yet."
Zhang Lu said warily: "Everyone is getting up, but Lord Xinling is not there?"
Zheng Anping explained: "There are hundreds of chariots in the front, and Lord Xinling must be there. The five ministers and other people were ordered to guard the chariots. On top of them are the mother and son, but in the rear formation, there are only short brown infantry."
Zhang Lu said: "After the camp was established, where were the mother and son?"
Zheng Anping said: "They were in the camp with me and others. Among the accomplices... Mr. Zhongyue, Mr. Guo... None of these things were seen by Mr. Xinling and Mr. Zhang Yu."
Zhang Lu said: "Mr. Zhang Yu returned home the day before yesterday. Didn't the young master know?"
Zheng Anping said: "Unknown. Mr. Zhang Noi has returned to the country?"
Zhang Lu said: "The day before yesterday, the king's envoy Huayang conveyed the message. Mr. Zhang Yu returned as the envoy of the young master, and another person accompanied him as a guard... Hum, what a good plan!"
Zheng Anping said: "What's the plan?"
Zhang Lu said: "There must be someone who wants to harm Lord Xinling, and he is aware of it. He pretends to be a guard and enters the Liang Dynasty at the same time as Zhang Yue. He sets up a false flag in Huayang and beats drums to lure the enemy to show himself. The enemy's traces have been revealed, and nothing more has been lost. What a plan!"
Zheng Anping said: "Sir, is this a plan? Is the enemy's attack planned? Are we all planning on it?"
Zhang Lu said: "You are not the only one, all the disciples are also involved in the calculation, but you don't know it. You are brave enough to go forward, and you are all injured. Although you are unwise, you will be blessed later!"
Zheng Anping said: "What blessing?"
Zhang Lu said: "You were injured when you defended Lord Xinling. Lord Xinling would rather ignore it! There will be retribution from the country's nobles."
Zheng Anping said: "Mr.
Zhang Lu said: "It's okay for Ma San to be buried as a commoner by ordering him to be buried as a scholar. Are the other three also common people?"
Zheng Anping said: "I am also a commoner, and there are more than three of us."
Zhang Lu asked again: "As I said before, if you were to block Lord Xinling's sword, how would it look like?"
Zheng Anping said: "Do you know this, sir?"
Zhang Lu said: "Some military envoys came to the village to rest their horses and chatted."
Zheng Anping said: "My face changes when I see you here! This is a long story. When I enter the post, I will be conquered by Lord Xinling and the Jin Dynasty..."
Zhang Lu said: "Doctor Jin Bi? Are you also in the army?"
Zheng Anping said: "Of course! In the military affairs of the emperor, the emperor paid all his duties to the officials without any forethought. The emperor settled in the rear army and governed with ease."
Zhang Lu said: "Since we can rule with ease, why are there assassins?"
Zheng Anping said: "At this time, your Majesty arrived at the army for the first time, but all the gentlemen have not yet arrived. General Mang also stayed in the army to assist. I and Dr. Jin Bi arrived at Xizhong first, and your Majesty came back all night. I sent five of my soldiers to report to the army together with Mr. Mang Shen. After leaving the Great Wall, it was already dawn. Mr. Shen set the limit of five miles and left one person as an envoy. The third brother was just outside Xiaoyi City. I was the last one, and I was there. A ruined city outside the river."
Zhang Lu said: "This is the ancient city management system. Uncle Guan rebelled against Zhou Gong and was defeated and killed. The city was named Quan. There was a small town five miles away, and the remaining people might be in charge."
Zheng Anping had no intention of listening to these histories and continued: "It was night, and five men, each armed with two swords, came along the river. I think no one who can hold two swords can do it except a Qin swordsman. I'm really afraid. That's right. In the midst of hesitation, the Wei army arrived to meet the emperor. I stood up to warn the swordsman, but the swordsman retreated, and one of them seemed to have been hit by my crossbow arrow. The Wei soldiers showed me the talisman, and then entered the Great Wall to welcome Lord Xinling. Xin Lingjun. Lord Ling then rode out of the city with Doctor Jin Bi and went straight into the army."
Zhang Lu said: "Are the three of them covering the Young Master?"
Zheng Anping said: "Yes. I'm here to lead the way. After the handover was completed at the abandoned city, Lord Xinling returned to camp with all the troops. I had nowhere to go and didn't dare to live outside the city for a long time, so I moved to the small city and lived in Zheng's daughter's place." "
Zhang Lu said: "It's late at night, how did you know that there is a daughter Zheng?"
Zheng Anping said with some embarrassment: "Brother Lai knows it. ... I just want to sleep for a while, nothing else!"
Zhang Lu smiled and scolded: "One sleep is enough, what else is there to do? What can I do in the future?"
Zheng Anping said: "One day, when I was drawing water from the river, I saw five swordsmen coming along the road and looking towards Xiaoyi. ... It was really a comet in the head!"
Zhang Lu said: "Where are the five of them going?"
Zheng Anping said: "It seems to be going to the hut."
Zhang Lu said warily: "Thatched cottage? The one where Lady Zheng lives?"
Zheng Anping said: "Of course! I saw the swordsman going to the hut and then rushing towards the abandoned city. Lord Shi and General Mang led the army and found the solution. I told the Qin swordsmen that five swordsmen were in Xiaoyi , General Mang then ordered his soldiers to search for it, but he found my armor and crossbow, but no swordsman was found. Not long after, two sons came out, one old and one young, saying that the elders in the city were responsible for wine and labor for the army. The soldiers were led to the front of the camp. When I was in the tent, I was wearing my armor. Seeing that the two men looked like two of the five swordsmen, I shouted a warning, realizing that I was the only one wearing armor in the tent, so I stepped forward and was wounded by the two swords, and then I fainted. .”
Zhang Lu said: "Is Mr. Xinling okay?"
Zheng Anping said: "Later I heard that Lord Xinling broke through the tent with his sword, and the rest of the people rushed forward. The assassin was surrounded, but he destroyed his face and committed suicide. Later Lord went up to Xiaoyi and returned to the back gate to rubble. In the pile, the bodies of the remaining three swordsmen were seen. All five swordsmen died in Xiaoyi."
Zhang Lu said: "Where Xiaoyi lives, if the remnants of the Guan family are connected to the rangers, there may be some."
Zheng Anping said: "Mr. Zhongyue also said that although the assassin wields two swords, he is not a swordsman of the Qin Dynasty, but a chivalrous man. How do you know this? Swordsmanship is not something that the army has."
Zhang Lu said: "That's what Mr. Zhongyue said."
Zheng Anping said: "When you go out, knights will assassinate you; when you return, knights will assassinate you again. How can a knight hate your emperor like this?"
Zhang Ludao: "A chivalrous person puts justice first, takes responsibility as his ministers, and will not die even if he is killed. It is not the soldiers who hate the emperor, but the master who hates the emperor."
Zheng Anping asked: "Sir, do you know who he is?"
Zhang Lu said: "There are swords, crossbows, and more than ten cavalrymen. How can we hide and raise them normally? If they are not noble relatives, they are members of the clan."
Zheng Anping said: "Why does your noble family have enmity with the young master?"
Zhang Lu said: "When the young master comes out, whose power will he take away?"
Zheng Anping said: "General Mang!"
Zhang Lu said: "Who else is there?"
Zheng Anping thought for a while and said, "I don't know."
Zhang Lu said: "King Wei!"
Zheng Anping was shocked and said: "King Wei? Would you rather Lord Xinling than his younger brother?"
Zhang Lu said: "Lord Xinling, his benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world, he is a man of integrity, he is courteous to the virtuous and respectful of the capable. Does the king of Wei have such a thing? But he is favored by both inside and outside. The world knows that there is Lord Xinling, but who knows the king of Wei?"
Zheng Anping said: "If the assassin is sent by King Wei..."
Zhang Lu said: "Although the king hates the Lord Ling, he will not do anything to assassinate him. What is it? The king has the world, not to support the scholars. Whoever nourishes the scholars is like a general?"
Zheng Anping said: "General Mang is very close to you, and his son is also very close to you. If you try to stab him, Lord Xinling will definitely die!"
Zhang Lu said: "The enemy of the Mang family who believes in Lord Ling is not his enemy, but wants his power. If he kills him at close range, the Mang family will be on the run! How can he be so powerful! So he kills him in the name of a Qin scholar."
Zheng Anping said: "Mang wanted to stab the young master, but I saved him. Is he offending the general?"
Zhang Lu said: "General slaughtering you is like slaughtering a dog's ears! But you have the great merit of protecting the Lord, so you can't do it with your ears!"
Zheng Anping was a little nervous and said: "The war is over and we have restored all of his subordinates. Isn't it just fish and meat!"
Zhang Lu said: "I heard about the peace talks between Qin and Wei. The ten cities presented by Wei were reduced to eight, and the second one was due to Huayang's contribution. You all have agreed with me, and you have all been given a rank of nobility: what a lot you get. I have a protector again. For his merits, if he is given another title, he will still be the eldest uncle. When he comes to suppress the thieves at night and is severely wounded, or if he is given another title, he will be the commander without a camp! Even if he does not get a battalion, he cannot retreat. If he is the eldest son... Be gentle up and down, retreat in everything, and don't be brave!"
Zheng Anping said: "Sir, I should remember your kind words!"
Zhang Lu said: "Your Majesty will offer sacrifices tomorrow, please prepare them!"
Zheng Anping said: "Why prepare?"
Zhang Lu said: "Brother Ma and you are brothers. We should mourn him with the courtesy of brothers. The children in the middle have returned, but they all have no merit. The day can be white in the middle. Please ask for four liters of white cloth and break the money. Brother. He surrendered to him completely. He tied his hair with a straw rope instead of a cloth. He bowed down outside the hall to express his condolences!"
Zheng Anping said: "When Mr. Zhongyue presented the coffin, he said that your Majesty knew that we were serving alone and it would be inconvenient. He would give us mourning clothes the next day to express our condolences!"
Zhang Lu said: "Mr. Xinling is indeed a thoughtful man!"
