Fengning four years, early winter
After entering the twelfth lunar month, the night in Jiapingguan City came earlier than usual, and the weather was even colder. The people here stopped wandering around in the streets looking for cold, and went home early to hold the heater to keep warm.
However, some people with relatively special professions do not think so. The darker the sky and the colder the weather, the more suitable it is for them to move. No, there is a bold "master" ready to start work.
Zhenguo Gongfu is located in the center of the entire Jiapingguan City. It can be said without hesitation that Jiapingguan City was built around Zhenguo Gongfu.
In fact, a long, long time ago, dating back to the time of Emperor Xianwu Ying, this place was nothing but desolate ruins. Due to years of war, the people here were displaced and were bullied by foreigners all year round. If the Duke of Laozhen hadn't volunteered to guard the area, severely taught the foreigners a lesson and scared them, this place would have been occupied by foreigners long ago.
Emperor Xianwu Ying was a wise king who knew people well and made good use of them. Regarding the bad situation in Jiaping Pass City, he felt like a mirror. Since his old brother had the ability to defend this place, he would not let Daxia's first line of defense be so easy. After being breached, the place was simply handed over to the Duke of Laozhen. In addition to guarding the pass, he was also responsible for resettling the people. Although they could not live a life like the people in Xijing, at least food and clothing must be guaranteed. Otherwise, if foreigners don't invade, Daxia will be in chaos internally.
The Duke of Laozhen received the order and formally entered Jiapingguan City with an army of 200,000 people. Also coming with him was the old Wuding Hou family. Wu Dinghou's mansion is related by marriage to the Daxia royal family, and with his outstanding military exploits, he has long been a thorn in the hearts of some people in Xijing. If Wudinghou Lai stays in Xijing and does not leave, I am afraid that it will not be long before someone shows up to participate in the performance. . Fortunately, Wu Dinghou had a very keen sense of smell in this regard, or in other words, he had this awareness after marrying the sister of Emperor Xianwu Ying. Therefore, when he noticed something was wrong, he took his whole family and followed his good brother to this barbaric land that was called barren by the nobles of Xijing.
According to the old Wu Dinghou himself, it doesn't matter if there is no grass growing, and it doesn't matter if it is barbaric. The most important thing is to be able to save the lives of the family. What's more, the value of military commanders is reflected on the battlefield, not in the capital. When they are in Xijing, they must be careful not to make a wrong step, otherwise they will be targeted by the officials who are afraid of chaos in the world. That would be a fatal thing! But Jiapingguan City is different. This is their territory and they have the final say.
Therefore, with the joint efforts of Laozhen Guogong and Lao Wudinghou, after decades of transformation, Jiapingguan City has transformed from a desolate border pass into a lively and prosperous town. Compared with Xijing, it is still far behind. Far, but much better than before. In terms of city defense, although it is not impregnable, foreigners do not dare to invade easily because most of the people in the city are from the military. When a war breaks out, they can throw down their hoes and wave their long knives to defend their homes.
Duke Zhen Guo and Marquis Wu Ding used military methods to manage Jiaping Pass. The Shen family's army had strict military discipline. This was a fact known to everyone in the entire Great Xia. Therefore, Jiaping Pass had these two military bosses in charge. There are very few violations of law and discipline.
However, one cannot speak too fully. There are indeed some brave guys who think they are talented and want to challenge the authority of Zhen Guo Gongfu and Wuding Marquis Mansion. This situation becomes even more serious after the death of the old Duke Guo and the old Marquis. It is obvious that this generation of Zhen Guogong and Wu Dinghou are too young. Apart from their outstanding military achievements, they have not made much achievements in other aspects.
Therefore, there was a bold person who wanted to explore the way to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion while the moon was dark and the wind was high.
Not long after dark, a sneaky figure appeared outside the wall of the Zhenguo Palace. He carefully looked around and found that no one was following, monitoring, or paying attention to him, so he took it out of his arms. He took a roll of rope and threw the five-claw hook into the wall of the Zhenguo Palace. He wanted to follow the rope and climb into the Zhenguo Palace.
But what the hero never expected was that his every move was under the surveillance of several pairs of eyes, so that as soon as he hung up the rope, he was surrounded by several men in black.
Before the hero could realize how he had exposed his whereabouts and how he was being targeted, he was knocked unconscious by the palm of the man in black standing behind him. He only felt that his vision went dark, and then he lost consciousness. .
After seeing the little thief fainting, the other men in black were not idle either. They were gagging, tying hands, and stuffing sacks. By the way, some people ran over to collect the ropes hanging on the wall. After taking a look at it, I curled my lips in disgust. It was really overestimating one's capabilities to even climb the walls of Zhen Guogong's mansion with such quality. After tying the sack, the slightly taller man in black picked up the sack and made a few gestures to his companions, who then left quietly. The whole process was very short. If it weren't for the shallow shoe prints left behind, it would be as if it had never happened.
"Uncle Yan, we are back!"
"Where is the person? Caught?"
"Of course. Isn't this a piece of cake for us? If we can't catch even a little thief, our boss will probably have to destroy us and then let us go back to work and rebuild. Then again You are back. You are also a god. Just one glance during the day and you knew that this guy was a trespasser. Let us guard him there at night. We thought you were talking nonsense, but we didn’t expect this guy was. It’s really here. The old saying is true, the old is the hotter. Mr. Yan can’t hide his secrets in the future. If he has any good experience, he can pass it on! However, I also admire this hero. You know , since the old Duke was responsible for guarding Jiaping Pass, no one has dared to pay attention to our mansion. This is the first one, and he should entertain us well." The man in black carrying the sack patted him carelessly. The thing on the shoulder was not afraid of the person inside suddenly waking up, "Old man Yan, how should I deal with this thing?"
"Throw it into the dungeon of the military camp behind you first, don't stay in the house, it's too bad luck!" The man called Old Uncle Yan is a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a brown cotton robe, with his hands clasped in his hands, smiling. He looked at the young people standing in front of him with interest and said, "It's too late today. The eldest young master and eldest lady have already rested. It's not a big deal. There is no loss in our house. Let's talk early tomorrow. The two of you haven't had a proper rest for several days because of the chaos over Jin's side, and it's finally over. Don't bother them again for such a trivial matter."
"yes!"
"Wait!" Old Uncle Yan stopped a few young people who were about to walk back. "I know you have just come back, so I should let you have a rest, but if you are in good spirits and feel that the long night is too boring, just ask first Look, it doesn’t matter if you can ask or not.”
"The one who knows us is Uncle Yan!" The tall man tugged at Old Uncle Yan, "We just have this idea. If we can ask, it will save our boss the trouble. As you know, our boss I don’t like these things anymore.”
Uncle Yan watched the young people walking further and further away, gradually blending into the night, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
It was already early the next morning when Shen Cha learned about the news that Zhenguo's mansion was almost stolen. These days, news from Jin's side came one after another, and they were all very important news. Not only did she not pay attention to it, Her brother had not slept for several days and nights. They were relieved when Jin finally had an ending. She thought she would have a good rest for two days, but she didn't expect that as soon as she got up, she received a message from her personal guard. She didn't recover for a long time. To be honest, as long as she could remember, the Zhenguo Palace had been Nothing like this happened.
As one of the heads of the Zhenguo Palace and the Shen Family Army, whether it is what happens in the palace, in the army, or in Jiaping Pass, they will be sent to her as soon as possible. Generally speaking, she summarizes and organizes the information, collects some urgent and important information, and then sends it to the desk of Zhen Guogong and Shen Jiajun Commander-in-Chief Shen Haolin.
"A thief?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, put down the comb in her hand, turned around and looked at the guards standing at the door. Since the previous generation of the town's Duke Shen Tianhang, her father guarded the first line of defense in Daxia. Since Jiaping Guancheng, except for the Liao and Jinhui who have always been eyeing Daxia, who often come to cause trouble, those thieves, horse bandits, etc. have long been beaten into obedience and do not dare to come out to act as monsters. The title of Zhenguo Gongfu is so fast. She originally thought this was the norm, but she didn't expect that one day a thief would come to her house on his own initiative. Shen Cha found this incident very interesting and she was very interested.
"It's a thief. Uncle Yan discovered it during the day. It happened that Ying San and Ying Si came back from Liao, so they were sent to guard by Uncle Yan. They thought that Uncle Yan was too old to be blind, but they didn't expect that. I was really blocked by them.”
"Uncle Yan was a scout when he was young. He had sharp eyes, a sharp nose, and accurate judgment. If he hadn't been injured and had to retire, he would still be showing off his talents in the army! Those boys are good at everything. It's just that people's abilities are a little bit worse. You should really talk to Uncle Yan and leave you all to him for a good training. By the way, where is the thief? Where is he being held?" Although she is a daughter, Shen Cha has been a child since she was a child. She grew up in the army and led troops on the battlefield at the age of twelve. She didn’t know or care about those girls’ clothes, jewelry, rouge and gouache. Even her yard and bedroom were full of masculinity. None of it looks like a little daughter's boudoir should look like. She arranged her cotton robe and tied up her long hair, then turned to look at the private soldier Mei Zhu standing at the door of the bedroom, "Does the Duke know about it too?"
"General, the thief was imprisoned in the dungeon by Seventeen or Eighteen. He has been questioning him all night, but there is no result yet. According to the news from Huqiu, the Duke of Guo has not yet gotten up." Private soldier Mei Zhu stood up straight. , "General, are you going to see the Duke? Have dinner with the Duke?"
"No rush, let's go to the dungeon first."
Shen Cha put on his cloak, took off the soft whip hanging on the wall, and took Mei Zhu to the dungeon of the military camp behind him. When they arrived, Ying 17 and Ying 18, who were in charge of guarding and interrogating, had just finished a new round of torture. The brave and talented hero failed to carry it through and fainted again. .
"Boss!"
When Shadow Seventeen and Shadow Eighteen saw Shen Cha, they immediately threw away the whips in their hands and knelt down on one knee. The other pawns also quickly knelt down and said they were seeing the general.
"Get up!" Shen Cha frowned slightly as he looked at the thin man who was beaten to the point where his appearance was completely unrecognizable, "How are you doing? Did you ask me anything?"
"No!" Ying Shiqi came over and shook his head at Shen Cha, "Shiba and I took over in the second half of the night, and Fifth Brother and the others were in charge of the first half of the night. I heard that he fainted three times. This kid's bones He is not as hard as usual, his mouth is not as tight as usual, and he still refuses to say a word even though he is like this. Boss, I am afraid that the person who comes here is evil, I don’t think it is a common petty theft!"
"Really?" Shen Cha sneered, and asked Mei Zhu to get a basin of hot salt water, and poured it directly on the man's face. The effect was obvious, and the man woke up instantly. "Go on. If he faints, just do what I just did. Also, don't give him food. He's so stubborn, it doesn't matter if he's hungry for a few meals."
"Yes!" Ying Seventeen and Ying Eighteen looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Speaking of which, their leader was in a good mood today and still had the patience to waste time with this little thief. According to past experience, their leader did not have such patience. If he couldn't ask, he would not ask. As soon as the whip went down, this person died. It seemed that something good should have happened yesterday.
"By the way, let's go see if Xiao Wu wakes up. When he wakes up, let him have breakfast to see the Duke of Guo. There should be a result on the situation in Liao." Shen Cha gave a few more instructions and stopped looking. He took one look at the little thief and walked away with Mei Zhu.
"Hey, Brother Seventeen, the sun rises from the west today?" After Shen Cha's figure disappeared into the dungeon, Ying Shiba walked up to Ying Shiqi and poked his arm, "Boss's mood That’s right, what’s going on, did she make it clear to the Duke, or did she accept the Marquis?”
"Go, stop wondering. It definitely has nothing to do with this. Don't you know who our leader is?" Ying Qiqi touched his chin, looked at the whip hanging on the wall, and picked one. Gen seemed to be quite pleasing to the eye, and he shook it gently and said, "Our leader has always been slow in the field of love and love, and he is not enlightened at all. She still thinks that the Marquis loves her as a brother and sister. Woolen cloth!"
"Isn't that right!" Ying Shiba also picked a handy whip. They were all brought out by Shen Cha. Shiba is good at using all kinds of weapons, but this whip is even better, and he can swing it like a tiger. . He shook the thief who was looking at them twice in the air and said, "Hey, I don't know when we will be able to enjoy the wedding meal of the boss!"
