The next day, Zheng Anping had breakfast and went to Liangxi Station to wait. This time, he found signs of being broken into. After checking around, I found no items stolen, which gave me some peace of mind. But this made him determined to bury Masan as soon as possible, and then hand over Liang Xiyi to free himself from his responsibilities.
During this process, the other three people also arrived one after another. They inspected various places in turn, but found no theft. They guessed that outsiders might have come in casually and exited when no one was there.
After the inspection, the four people sat down together to discuss the burial, and they all agreed to arrange it as soon as possible. Everyone unanimously decided not to wait any longer. Zheng Anping went home immediately and urged the wizard to arrange the burial as soon as possible.
Zheng Anping ran back to Zhongzhong, found the wizard, and asked him to predict the time of burial, telling him that it would be best within the next few days. The wizard said: "How dare you disobey the Young Master's order. However, the auspicious day for burial will be ten days later. I wanted to repay the Young Master, but the local leaders informed me. The Young Master has already issued an order, and there is no shortage of official business every day, so I didn't see him. also."
Zheng Anping said: "We have all set up a city to control the city outside the Great Wall. He owns the Liangxi post. Brother Ma's death will not last long. We only have three days, and we should get up two days after tomorrow."
The wizard said in surprise: "Two days after tomorrow? Tomorrow is too urgent, and it is difficult to prepare for everything. What if the sun rises the day after tomorrow and wakes up the spirits of everyone?"
Zheng Anping said: "Good! What can we do? I hope the wizard will show you!"
The wizard said: "The child supports the coffin personally and treats others with restraint."
Zheng Anping said: "The four of us are responsible for supporting the coffin; however, we still need four people to help!"
The wizard said: "Wei Shu already knows. All other matters are all on Wei Shu. I hope you won't have to work hard!"
Zheng Anping resigned, ran back to the inn, and recounted the story. Seeing this, everyone was happy and nervous. Qi Shuai has taken home all the gifts given by Lord Xinling, and has to go back to get them. So it was agreed that Zheng Anping would stay vigil today (the last day, no room for error), and the other three would go back to prepare. Tomorrow, three people will be on duty, and Zheng Anping will go home to prepare. Tomorrow night we must gather together to stay together all night and prepare for the burial.
After the three people left, Zheng Anping lit the oil lamp and sat outside the mourning hall. The wind is blowing coldly outside, and although it is also very cold indoors, the wind can be reduced to some extent. Although he was wearing a silk robe and armor, he could hardly keep out the cold. Running back and forth was a little better, but sitting down made it even colder.
In order to keep warm, he lit a fire, put it on, and began to cook porridge slowly. Not to drink porridge, just to have this warmth.
The shadows of the sun gradually move and the sky becomes darker. Zheng Anping divided the porridge several times and drank it all. Take the dishes, bowls, etc. outside to the ditch, wash them clean, and carry them back. As soon as he entered the door, he stopped suddenly and saw four people standing in the hall, all wearing short brown clothes. Zheng Anping wanted to exit, but the door closed behind him, and two people flashed out from behind the door.
Zheng Anping's whole body tensed up, his hands gathered strength, and he was ready to fight. Among the four people in the hall, the first person waved his hand and asked the two people behind Zheng Anping to leave, while he came to Zheng Anping alone. Zheng Anping stepped back slightly, leaning against the door, holding Ge in his hand, and stared at him warily.
The man walked a step away, leaned down and saluted, "Do you dare to ask Mr. Zheng?"
Zheng Anping did not dare to neglect and asked: "Who do you respect?"
The man said: "I'm the third one!"
Zheng Anping looked at him blankly and asked, "Why did you quarrel with me? Third brother, please tell me clearly! I should apologize!"
Zhan San said: "Master Zheng, don't you know?"
Zheng Anping asked: "How do you know this?"
Zhi San said: "Three people outside Guanyi died. Does the young master know?"
Zheng Anping said: "Brother, are you talking about assassinating Lord Xinling?"
Zhisan said: "Of course."
Zheng Anping said in as calm a tone as possible: "I was injured and almost died!"
Zhi San said: "Brother, would you like to tell me the details?"
Zheng Anping said: "There are three sons, one old and two strong. They carry wine and hold pictures, thinking they are working for the army. I recognized that he was a Qin swordsman, so I shouted a warning, went forward with bare hands, stabbed him in the chest and lungs, and hit him in the back of the head. , several deaths. Fortunately, no one died, it’s almost heaven!”
A person next to him said: "No! Do you know that he is a Qin swordsman?"
Zheng Anping said: "Two days ago, I was guarding the abandoned city. There were five people, each wearing a pair of swords, one short and one long. They raised their hands and stepped as one. They hid under the bridge. When Wei's reinforcements arrived, they were startled. Among the five people, one was hit by my crossbow arrow. The next day, I saw five people outside Guanyi and arrived at Guanyi. Their appearance and body shape were all unremarkable, so I knew they were Qin scholars who attacked the abandoned city at night. When they arrived at the tent, , are three of them, so they all know each other.”
Shansan said: "Brother Zheng, can you resemble his form?"
When Zheng Anping saw that the three generals were calling him "Brother Zheng" instead of "Mr. Zheng", he put down the Ge in his hand and said: "This man has two swords, one short and one long, placed diagonally on his waist. For those with swords and spears, use The gold is no more than ten taels, and the sword is more than a catty; the long sword is still a unique skill of Qin, which is not available in other countries. The swordsman who wears two swords cannot be compared to the swordsman of Qin. His actions are consistent with the front and back, and his movements are as good as those of Qin. It doesn't fit. You can't do this without leaving the military camp." So he imitated the gait of the five people he saw that night and took two steps.
Zhi San said: "It's the third son, why did he die?"
Zheng Anping said: "I was stabbed in the body, hit hard on the brain, and fell to the ground unconscious. No one else knew about it. Later I heard that he committed suicide by disfiguring his face..."
Shansan said: "Brother Zheng knows that these five sons are not Qin swordsmen, but knights."
Zheng Anping was shocked and said: "Since you are a knight, how can you assassinate Lord Xinling?"
Zhan San said: "Can Lord Xinling have no hatred?"
Zheng Anping said: "I have heard that the deeds of chivalrous people are not punished unless they are evil, and they are not righteous. Lord Xinling's benevolence and righteousness are spread throughout the sea, and there are no evil deeds. How can I hate them?"
Shan San said: "I heard that Lord Ling is loyal on the outside but has evil intentions on the inside, which will harm the country, the country, and the ancestral temple. Therefore, we should get rid of him!"
Zheng Anping asked: "Where did you come from?"
Zhi San said: "The person who said this has been in the temple for a long time. He is well versed in political affairs, sophisticated in the world, and experienced in planning. What he said is that the King of Wei is a wise lord. He is the son of Wei and a powerful minister. He stands beside the king. The king's suggestion must be remonstrated to stop him. There were three thousand guests at his door, and they all fled. However, I heard that one person, Lord Xinling, went in and out of the palace without any restrictions. The king was worried about his life. He couldn't eat anything sweet, and he couldn't sleep on a warm bed, so he worked hard to kill him. .”
Zheng Anping said: "What I know is different. The king of Wei was weak and often unresolved, so he always relied on Lord Xinling to make a decision. Now that Qin has defeated the Mang family, Lord Xinling stepped forward urgently to save the defeat. The king therefore gave him the authority to govern the city for fifty miles. Brothers, friends, and brothers respect each other and have never harmed each other!"
Zhi San said: "If you can't manage a city for only a few miles, how can you get fifty miles?"
Zheng Anping said: "How can it be strange for this saint to do what is near and far away?"
Zhan San couldn't help but laugh and said: "Guan Ruoyi Gui, why don't you wait today!"
Zheng Anping said: "It is the hope of the people to organize households to bring order to the people. Now that we have it, how can we abandon it?"
Zhi San said: "Brother, do you know how satisfying it is to conquer the world? Brother, do you know how empty it is to stand in a dry place?"
Zheng Anping said: "People gather together to form settlements, settlements form towns, towns gather to form states, and states gather to form the world. When they gather together, there are differences between superiors and inferiors, relatives and sparseness, so how can etiquette and righteousness exist? How can it be withered? Keep it safe!"
Zhi San said: "Just like my brother controls the countryside, just like Brother Zeng controls the world, how could his pleasure be exhausted?"
Zheng Anping said: "Brothers, if you discuss politics with your brothers, please take a seat and talk around the fire."
Zhan San looked at the people around him and said, "Forget it, let's listen to what Brother Zheng has to say!"
Zheng Anping built a fire in the courtyard, and several knights sat down around the fire. Zheng Anping said: "Brothers are here, each armed with a sharp sword. Do you want to take my life?"
Zhan San smiled, took out an iron vertebrae from his sleeve, threw it on the ground, and said to everyone: "Everyone has his own blade!" So everyone took out various sharp blades from their sleeves: long, short, etc. Curved, straight, light, heavy, etc.
Zheng Anping looked at it and said with a smile: "Brothers are here with swords in their hands, how can they be merciful?"
Zhi San said: "We all thought that you relied on your strength to win, lured the guests in, surrounded and killed them. Now I know that you drank them to death, and your skills were inferior. Everyone is his own master, and my brother is a true righteous man. We must observe his creation. no?"
Zheng Anping took off his leather armor, took off his shirt, and exposed his chest. The two hideous wounds on his shoulders and chest stared at everyone like a pair of devil's eyes, and everyone was shocked. The large wound on his left chest looked like a gaping mouth. Zhan San said: "Brother is truly a hero, even though his body has been wounded several times, he is still awe-inspiring."
Zheng Anping tied his clothes again, put on his armor, and said, "Brothers, when you come now, you will surely learn something. I am willing to hear it."
Zhi San said: "Brother Hou ordered us not to harm your life. We are not convinced and will try it ourselves. If you are a loyal person, why not make friends! How can you stay in this world if you are a coward and a coward! What you see now is really He is a hero! He is covered in wounds, but no one cares about him!"
Zheng Anping didn't expect that the third class of pigs turned out to be Hou Ying's people. Recalling the situation when they first met, if a fight really broke out, someone would be killed. I am afraid that Brother Hou will not be able to resolve the feud. But he didn't say anything and asked: "Brother, what do you do for a living?"
Zhisan said: "Kill for a living!"
Zheng Anping looked at the sharp knives in front of everyone's knees and suddenly understood that these people were actually a group of butchers. These sharp knives were used for skinning, shaving, deboning, and cutting meat. But I don’t know what the use of this iron vertebra is. Then he said: "Brothers, do you dare to make pigs, cattle and dogs your business? Brother Yu has used all his weapons, but Brother Pig's spine..."
Zhi San said: "This is a pig-butchering weapon. The rest of the people butcher pigs, they all tie them up with ropes and kill them. I don't do that, but if I hit them on the head, they will all die instantly."
Zheng Anping said: "Brother Pig is really powerful." Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he asked: "Brother, when you go to the countryside, you will see a lot. If I want to get calves or piglets, I will do it for you." no?"
Zou San said: "Why is that so difficult! The price of calves is high, about four to five hundred yuan; piglets are a little cheaper, about one or two hundred yuan. But if you get enough money, you will have to sacrifice it."
Zheng Anping said: "I can add a few tens of dollars, and I hope you will find the best one. But when slaughtering, you still need your help."
Zhan San said: "If you want something better, of course, but if you want to pay more, you don't have to!"
Zheng Anping said: "It's just a drink." Then he changed the subject and said: "Are the three brothers in the tent also brothers and other peers?"
Zhisan stopped talking, and a person next to him said: "He is not just like us, he is also a local hero. We know his deeds and admire his righteousness."
Zheng Anping said: "How can I behave like the Qin people when I am a brother and a peer?"
Zou San clapped his knees and said, "There is a reason for this!"
