Scarface put Su He in prison, and then came to give orders to Li Zhiyun. Li Zhiyun asked: "No one saw it, right?" Scarface shook his head.
Li Zhiyun asked someone to prepare a pot of charcoal fire, put a handful of chrome iron into the fire, and then brought the fire box into the cell. He walked into the cell with his hands behind his back and saw Su He tied to a wooden pillar, staring at him with hateful eyes.
"I heard that you didn't speak up?" Li Zhiyun smiled, turned around and walked to the brazier, picked up the red-hot chrome iron and came to Su He. He gestured and said, "If you put this thing on your chest, it will swell." Oil and smoke will come out from the ground. Of course, you will faint from the pain. But it doesn't matter, I will ask someone to pour cold water on you to wake you up, and then do it again! This cycle repeats, making you worse than death, and finally collapses completely. Don't tell the truth! How about it? How about we give it a try?" He said, about to stick the chrome iron to the other person's chest.
"No, no!" Su He screamed in fright, "I said! I said!"
"Isn't this the end?"...
After Li Zhiyun left the prison, he found Liu Gan and Huang Qi and said to them: "According to Su He's account, Xue Qiang will take action tonight. He will first rob the warehouse and then attack the north gate. Liu Wuzhou will send three thousand soldiers to hide outside the north gate. In the dense forest, once Xue Qiang opens the north gate, he will quickly enter the city and occupy Xihe City." Next, the three of them studied the response plan...
In the evening, a close aide found Xue Qiang in Xue's mansion and said anxiously, "Su He hasn't come yet!" Xue Qiang frowned and said, "Where has he been?"
"Is it possible that you went to meet your sweetheart?"
"How long has it been since you still have such leisure? Send someone to find him quickly!"
At night, the lights dimmed the whole city. A breeze blew, bringing the coolness of the night. In the courtyard of Xue Mansion, hundreds of people stood in the darkness. They stood quietly under the dim light of the stars and moon, waiting for that fateful moment. The weapons in their hands were various. Although some held swords, more people held wooden sticks, hoes, hunting forks, and even kitchen knives.
Time passed slowly, and the city that had been noisy all day finally became quiet. The lights in the windows were extinguished one by one, and the half-moon rose above the head.
Xue Qiang, who was standing on the steps in front of the hall, ordered in a low and majestic voice: "Let's go!" Then, the door of the mansion was opened, and under the leadership of several close associates, the team walked out of Xue's mansion and headed along the street towards the warehouse.
Hundreds of people came to the warehouse, but there was no one here, not even a guard. However, the warehouse door was locked. A confidant ordered: "Break the lock!" Someone came over with an ax and broke the nose of the lock with force.
The door to the warehouse was pushed open, and several people lit the torches they carried. The leading henchman held a torch and entered the dark warehouse. When he shined the torch, he found that the warehouse was empty.
"No, we were fooled! Get out now!"
As soon as everyone exited the warehouse, countless torches suddenly lit up around them, lighting up the night like day. Hundreds of officers and soldiers holding shields formed a wall and surrounded the robbers. There were also many archers standing on the roofs of the surrounding houses.
Huang Qi stood behind a shield, sneered, and said loudly: "You are surrounded! Put down the weapons in your hands and surrender!" The gangsters were panicked for a moment, and the leading henchman shouted frantically: "Fight them. !" After saying that, he raised the steel knife and rushed forward.
Huang Qi ordered: "Fire the arrows!" Then the shield hand squatted down and the archer stepped forward. On the ground and on the roof, countless arrows were shot out. Amidst the wailing, hundreds of people fell to the ground after being hit by arrows...
After solving the hidden dangers in the city, Liu Gan ordered the north gate to be opened, and according to the contact signal provided by Su He, three lanterns were hung on the tower. As soon as the three thousand soldiers ambushing in the woods outside the city saw the signal, they immediately rushed out of the woods and entered Xihe City through the city gate.
Liu Wuzhou's soldiers had just entered halfway when the city gate suddenly closed, cutting the team in half. The army that was stopped outside the city didn't know what happened, and was in a dilemma for a while.
In the city, countless soldiers suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides of the urn, and they threw down the torches in their hands. Immediately afterwards, thousands of arrows were fired, and the soldiers trapped in the urn city were hit by arrows one after another...
After dealing with the enemies in the city, Huang Qi ordered the city gates to be opened and led his troops to fight out of the city. The two sides fought hard for a while, and Liu Wuzhou's army fled in panic after leaving hundreds of corpses behind...
In front of the governor's office, Xue Qiang was tied up and escorted over. The surrounding soldiers held torches, illuminating the dark night. Xue Qiang's head seemed to be injured, and blood was dripping from his forehead. He looked at Li Zhiyun with horror on his face, and Li Zhiyun stared at him coldly.
Hu Qiaoling, who was standing next to Li Zhiyun, pointed her halberd at him and cursed: "You bitch! You have a day too!" She grabbed the sword of a guard next to her, rushed forward, and stabbed Xue Qiang's soft abdomen with the sword. When she pulled out the sword, a stream of dirty blood burst out like a fountain and splashed all over her face.
Xue Qiang fell to the ground like a piece of rotten wood, vomiting blood, his eyes turned white, and he died. Hu Qiaoling knelt on the ground, holding the sword high in both hands, crying bitterly: "Father, mother, my child finally avenged you today!..."
Liu Gan pointed at Xue Qiang's body and ordered: "Cut off this thief's head and hang it on the city wall! All his children will be killed, his wife and concubines will be brought into the government as slaves, and all the family property will be confiscated!..."
After eradicating Xue Qiang and his associates, Li Zhiyun said goodbye to Liu Fan and Huang Qi and set foot on the road to Jinyang again.
On this day, the team arrived at Jinyang City. Li Zhiyun looked up and saw two large seal characters engraved on a stone plaque above the city gate: Jin Yang. The font was simple and vigorous. In a moment of interest, he chanted casually: "The country will perish as soon as you smile, why bother with the thorns to hurt you? The little pity's jade body lies all night long, and it has already reported that the Zhou army has entered Jinyang..." The scar-faced man on the side asked: "King Chu, what poem are you reciting?"
Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "There is an allusion in this poem. It is said that Gao Wei, the empress of the Northern Qi Dynasty, had a beloved concubine named Feng Xiaolian, whose body was as soft as a bone. Gao Wei liked to ask Feng Xiaolian to take off her clothes. It is coiled on the table like a snake, please look at it from the ministers who are close to you."
"What? Let your wife strip naked and show it to other men?" Scarface yelled, "Is there something wrong with his head?"
"That's why Gao Wei lost his empire, and later generations wrote poems to satirize him!..."
While the two were talking, the scout they sent came back and reported: "Report to King Chu that King Qi is waiting for His Highness in front of the General Manager's Mansion!"
"Okay! Let's enter the city then!" After Li Zhiyun said that, he drove his horse forward and led a large group of people into Jinyang City. As they marched on the street, Li Zhiyun took a look and realized that Jinyang was indeed a big city. Its bustling level was not far behind that of Chang'an.
Under the leadership of the scout, the team arrived in front of the general manager's house. Li Zhiyun took a look and saw three people standing on the steps in front of the mansion. They were all dressed in military uniforms. The one in the middle looks to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, not too tall, with a stocky and strong body, and is wearing a marshal's uniform. Could it be that this is his fourth brother Li Yuanji?
Sure enough, when the man saw Li Zhiyun, he waved and shouted: "Fifth brother, fifth brother..." Li Zhiyun quickly dismounted and walked towards them. The fourth brother ran down the steps excitedly, rushed to him, put an arm around his neck affectionately, and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, you are here! I am almost suffocated to death here alone! I'm going to die!" , go to my house!"
Li Zhiyun broke away from his arm and said, "Fourth brother, you have to introduce me to me, right?" At this time, the two people next to him also came down the steps. The fourth brother slapped his forehead and said: "Oops, I almost forgot!" Then he pointed at the man in his twenties, fair-skinned and tall, and said: "This is the right-guard general Yu Wenxin." Then he pointed at another person. He said, "That's Sima Liu Dewei of the General Manager's Office."
Li Zhiyun also introduced his two subordinate officials and Scarface to his fourth brother. After the introduction, the fourth brother took his hand affectionately and said, "Let's go! I asked my servants to make a lot of delicious food for you!"
"Then my men and horses..."
"Don't worry, they are in charge!"
Seeing the two princes entering the palace, Yu Wenxin turned around, cupped his hands to Scarface and others, and said with a smile: "Generals, please lead the troops into the military camp! A banquet has been prepared for all generals. Take the wind and wash away the dust!" The three of them quickly returned the greeting. Scarface said: "General Lao Yuwen is here!"...
The General Manager's Mansion is also the Prince Qi's Mansion. Fourth brother took Li Zhiyun's hand and walked to the back hall. As they passed through the atrium, Li Zhiyun saw a person standing by the back hall door. Wow! This man is so tall, more than two meters tall, with well-developed muscles all over his body and is very strong. But he looks very ugly, with bulging eyes, a lion nose, thick lips and a big mouth, like a gorilla, which looks a bit scary.
Li Zhiyun looked at him in horror and whispered: "Fourth brother, who is this person?"
"This is the strongman I found." The fourth brother said, "This guy is very strong and can lift twenty-jun stone locks. I asked him to practice wrestling with me."
As they talked, they walked into the back flower hall and saw an Eight Immortals table in the middle of the room, which was already filled with various dishes. Sitting at the table was a woman in her forties. As soon as she saw Li Zhiyun, she quickly stood up and said hello: "Fifth Young Master, are you here?"
"you are?……"
The fourth brother hit him on the shoulder and said, "What, you forgot? She is my nanny Chen Shanyi!"
"Oh, is it the wet nurse? Hello! Hello!"
After Li Zhiyun sat down, the wet nurse asked with a smile: "Fifth Young Master, how are the Emperor and the Queen?"
"well!"
"Where's your mother?"
"That's fine!"
"Fifth Young Master, your mother is a very good person! She has a heart like a Bodhisattva and is very considerate of us servants..." After sitting down, the wet nurse began to talk. Li Zhiyun felt that this woman had a kind face and had a good impression of her.
At this time, the servant had poured the wine. The fourth brother picked up the wine bottle and said, "Nanny, please stop being so nagging. The fifth brother and I still have a lot to say. Fifth brother, come! Let's finish this bottle first." liquor……"
