After the news spread that Dong Zhaozhi died of serious injuries, the people of Chenzhou burst into tears and fell into endless grief. However, Boss Xiong, Tong Dahai and others were overjoyed.
In Feixiong Villa, Xiao Jianqiu was holding a jade bowl and looking at it carefully. A ray of moonlight shines through the window and reflects on the jade bowl, adding to its warmth and transparency.
Boss Xiong and Tong Dahai stepped forward and truthfully reported the information they had gathered to Xiao Jianqiu.
Xiao Jianqiu looked indifferent and stared at the jade bowl intently.
After a moment, he said calmly: "Based on the current situation, you are so forgetful? You must know that you can never draw conclusive conclusions without seeing it with your own eyes."
Boss Xiong and Tong Dahai looked at each other, and then told Xiao Jianqiu that they had arranged the chess pieces and were paying close attention to Dong Mansion's every move.
Xiao Jianqiu frowned slightly and waved his hands at the two of them. Village Master Xiong and Tong Dahai retreated knowingly.
After the two left, the mysterious masked man appeared again.
He stood in front of the window and said to Xiao Jianqiu: "I have sent people to kill Xiong San. In addition, you must properly handle the transportation of gunpowder and check whether Dong Zhaozhi is really dead."
After Xiao Jianqiu nodded, the mysterious masked man disappeared.
In the Dong Mansion, the housekeeper Xue Yizhi was helping the Dong family take care of Dong Zhaozhi's funeral.
He does everything by himself, inside and outside the house, inviting friends, purchasing items.
Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing saw that Butler Xue was too busy to rest, so they also stepped forward to help.
Xue Yi bowed deeply to the two of them, expressing his gratitude to them on behalf of the Dong family.
After finishing some chores, Xue Yi told Fu Tianpeng that he was going to the coffin shop to choose a good coffin for the master.
Fu Tianpeng asked Xue Yi to just go out and do things, and he and Zhao Xueqing would naturally take care of everything here.
The market was silent in the dark night, and Xue Yi hurried to the coffin shop.
He tapped the knocker hard twice, then lightly again.
Soon the door opened, and an old man with a frosty face and hair as white as snow came out.
When Xue Yi saw the old man, he put his arms in front of his chest, and then said: "A clear blue water surrounds the green mountains."
The old man clasped his palms together and said: "The green mountains never change the mood of the setting sun."
After the two made an incision, the old man introduced Xue Yi into the house.
Xue Yi said to the old man: "Dong Zhaozhi is dead, take advantage of the chaos and act quickly."
The old man nodded, patted the coffin and said, "It seems you have already made a plan."
Xue Yi snorted and told the old man to quickly choose a good coffin for him and ignore other matters for the time being.
The old man said no more and asked Xue Yi to pick out the coffin.
At this moment, Zhang Jun, who had been frustrated by repeated defeats, was thinking about how to avenge his past humiliation. General Cao Cheng took the opportunity to make a speech. He told Zhang Jun that there was no one in charge of Chenzhou for the time being, and the marshal could station in Chenzhou to take care of government affairs. Rest your troops and horses. As long as the marshal makes political achievements, are you afraid that he won't be able to reverse the criticism from outside?
Zhang Jun was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately ordered Sima of the Chinese Army to gather his troops, marched to Chenzhou overnight.
After arriving in Chenzhou, Zhang Jun straightened out his military affairs and went straight to the Dong Mansion.
When Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing saw Zhang Jun, they both looked at him with surprised expressions.
Zhang Jun lightly twirled his beard and looked calm.
He told Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing that Mr. Dong was loyal to the country and worked hard to govern. However, he did not want to be plotted by the gangsters. He was a minister in the same palace and he must seek justice for Mr. Dong. In addition, now that Chen Zhou is not qualified for the government, he must also help coordinate important military and political affairs to prevent criminals from taking advantage of the situation.
Seeing Zhang Jun's impassioned speech, Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing praised him for his "disregarding personal interests".
Zhang Jun nodded slightly after hearing this, looking very proud.
Zhao Xueqing said to Fu Tianpeng in front of Zhang Jun: "Brother Tianpeng, with Marshal Zhang sitting in charge, Chenzhou must be peaceful and orderly."
Zhao Xueqing said goodbye to the Dong family, said goodbye to Zhang Jun, and left the Dong Mansion with Fu Tianpeng.
After leaving Dong's Mansion, Fu Tianpeng asked Zhao Xueqing confused, what on earth was she doing?
Zhao Xueqing pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.
Fu Tianpeng had no choice but to follow her and continue walking forward.
When he arrived at the west gate, Fu Tianpeng discovered that the gate was not closed late at night.
Zhao Xueqing glanced at him and signaled him to be silent.
When they arrived at the city gate, the patrolling soldiers showed their weapons and shouted: "Stop, what are you doing?"
Zhao Xueqing took out the gold medal from her waist and flashed it in front of the soldier's eyes.
When the soldier saw it, he immediately leaned down to kowtow and said to Zhao Xueqing: "It turns out to be General Zhao. Please forgive me for my blindness."
After the two left the city, they hid in a hut leading to the mountain road.
Fu Tianpeng was restless in the hut. Zhao Xueqing didn't say a word along the way, which made him feel confused.
Zhao Xueqing chuckled and pointed to the sky with her delicate hands, signaling Fu Tianpeng to go outside and look at the stars.
Fu Tianpeng went out with the knife, leaned against the tree, and casually picked up a grass root, looking very bored.
An excruciating hour passed, and the sound of ruts was heard in the mountain road. After Fu Tianpeng heard the sound, he immediately hid.
At this time, he saw three grain trucks parked beside the mountain road, and a dozen men in black were carrying cloth bags from the trucks with ease.
Then, four more people appeared from the side road, and the leader was Xue Yi.
After he ordered someone to open the coffin, the man in black quickly packed the contents of the cloth bag neatly into the coffin.
With the help of the bright moonlight, Fu Tianpeng could see clearly.
What Xue Yi transported was the gunpowder they had been tracking so hard.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Fu Tianpeng clenched the handle of the knife tightly, wishing he could go forward and kill Xue Yi.
Zhao Xueqing reached out and caressed his back, calming Fu Tianpeng's anger.
After understanding the situation, Zhao Xueqing and Fu Tianpeng left quietly.
Not long after the two returned to Dong Mansion, Xue Yi also came in from outside.
He told the Dong family that the reason why he came back late was because he stayed in the coffin shop to discuss some details with the shopkeeper in detail.
The Dong family nodded and said that Butler Xue was interested.
Three days later, Xue Yi followed the Dong family to carry the coffin out and chose a geomantic treasure land to bury Dong Zhao.
After Zhang Jun heard the news, he was about to attend the funeral in person when he received a letter from Qin Hui, asking him to go to the waters under the jurisdiction of Kuai Ma Gang to meet the grain ship.
On the mountain road, the funeral procession of the Dong family was walking slowly. At this time, a group of men in black flashed out from the side of the road and stopped the funeral procession.
Xue Yi came out with a knife, pointed at the gangsters and said, "Where did the thieves come from who dared to rob the Dong family's funeral procession."
The gangsters sneered and said, "Stop talking nonsense and leave the coffin for me."
Xue Yi was furious when he heard this. He jumped up in the air and fought with the gangsters.
A gangster drew his sword and stopped Xue Yihou.
The remaining gangsters, each holding a sword, surrounded the coffin. They stepped forward together and cut off the coffin rope.
After the coffin landed with a bang, the Dong family fell into grief.
They cursed the bad guys and refused to let the dead rest in peace.
However, when Dong Zhaozhi came out of the coffin, everyone present seemed to have lost their souls.
When the Dong family saw Dong Zhao, they stopped crying and shouted in unison: "Master."
Dong Zhaozhi nodded slightly and stared at Xue Yi with a cold gaze.
Xue Yi saw Dong Zhao come back from the dead and thought he had seen a ghost.
However, with the help of the moonlight, he could actually see Dong Zhaozhi's figure.
He pointed at Dong Zhaozhi tremblingly and asked: "Old... Master, are you not dead?"
Dong Zhaozhi snorted coldly and said: "You are an evil thief who colluded with the Jin people for evil purposes. Come on, take him down for me."
After that, the gang of gangsters who had besieged Dong's family turned around and came together to besiege Xue Yi.
Xue Yi slashed at everyone's heads, then rolled over and disappeared deep into the jungle.
After Xue Yi left, Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing came to Dong Zhaozhi.
Dong Zhaozhi cupped his fists and saluted: "Thank you two knights for allowing Dong to find out the evil thief lurking around him in time during this chaos."
Zhao Xueqing smiled and said: "Master Dong, I still have some good gifts to give to Master Dong."
Dong Zhaozhi said with a smile: "I have Qingfeng in my sleeves, Miss Zhao cannot ruin my good reputation."
Zhao Xueqing chuckled and said: "Master Dong, the things I give you are incomparable to gold, silver and jade."
After that, she asked all the experts to escort Dong Zhaozhi away from the fast horse caravan.
At Kuai Ma Bang Pier, the old man who was at the coffin shop earlier led a group of men and horses and robbed Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun was furious and said to the old man: "You are bold thieves who dare to rob the imperial court of food and grass. I think you are tired of living."
The old man pulled out the big snowflake stick from his waist, pointed at Zhang Jun and cursed: "If you don't want to die, get out of here."
Zhang Jun saw that the old man was rude to him, so he immediately asked the soldiers to fight with the thieves.
The two groups fought each other, hand to hand, until the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
The old man danced the big stick of snowflakes, the stick moved like wind, and the golden snake danced wildly. The Song soldiers in front were injured and died from the impact. For a while, they could not resist and retreated one after another.
Zhang Jun saw that the army was defeated like a mountain and he cursed his soldiers.
The old man swung his stick and hit him on the head.
Zhang Jun felt the wind blowing above his head, and he quickly reined in his horse and retreated.
The old man made a "boy's greeting", and the snowflake stick hit the ground heavily. For a moment, dust and smoke flew everywhere on the ground, and gravel flew everywhere.
Zhang Jun was unable to defeat the old man and was about to escape with the remaining soldiers and the defeated general.
At this moment, someone behind me heard a cold shout: "Why, is Marshal Zhang retreating again?"
Zhang Jun turned his head when he heard the sound. When he saw the person standing behind him, he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
It turned out that Dong Zhaozhi, Fu Tianpeng, Zhao Xueqing and others came in with soldiers.
When the old man saw Dong Zhaozhi, his face was also full of astonishment.
He stammered and asked: "Are you not dead?"
Dong Zhaozhi waved his sleeves and said coldly to the old man: "I'm not dead, but you, a thief who has done many evil things, deserve to die."
The old man laughed loudly and said: "Dong, if you don't let me live, I won't let you have an easy time either."
After saying that, the old man ordered his gangsters to set fire to the grain cart.
Seeing this, Zhang Jun said to the old man: "Stop, tell me what you have to say."
The old man's strange eyes rolled up, and he squeezed out a stream of saliva from his gapped teeth. He said viciously to everyone: "We have lost food and grass, and you all have to be beheaded. Those who know how to do it, let us leave."
Hearing this, Zhang Jun hurriedly ran to Dong Zhaozhi. He begged hard: "Master Dong, the right way is to keep the green hills there, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood. Let's let him go first and settle the score with him later."
After listening to Zhang Jun's words, Dong Zhaozhi retorted with a serious expression: "Master Zhang, what are you talking about? This group of criminals has committed all kinds of evil in Chenzhou. Letting them go now will not be a violation of the dignity of the Song Dynasty and the imperial court." Are you ignoring the law? If the word spreads, Dong Zhaozhi’s personal dignity is so small, won’t he make his neighbors laugh out loud?”
Zhang Jun nodded, and he told Dong Zhaozhi that this was the case, but the situation was critical and some changes should be made.
While the two were quarreling, Zhao Xueqing unsheathed her sword and said to the old man: "When did the people of Wujian Hall keep their word? Even if you burn down the grain truck today, I won't let you go."
When the old man heard this, he gritted his teeth in anger.
He immediately asked the gangsters to set the grain truck on fire.
Zhao Xueqing signaled everyone to retreat quickly.
With a bang, the old man and all the gangsters present disappeared into thin air.
