"I just asked the leader of the caravan. We can arrive at the boundary of Wen County at noon tomorrow." Zhao Yun walked behind Lu Bu and reported.
Both of them were wearing the simplest burlap clothes. Apart from their majestic appearance, they really didn't have the demeanor of the generals who used to take the heads of admirals among thousands of armies.
Lu Bu said 'hmm' and said no more.
The time was quite different from Lin Mo's estimate. Tomorrow was the sixteenth day. The extra day was due to the troubles made by tax collectors along the way. Fortunately, there was no delay.
"Zilong, don't hesitate when you take action tomorrow." Lu Bu turned his back to Zhao Yun, his voice was very low, but it was not difficult to hear that his restless heart was about to move.
"Don't worry, Marquis Wen."
Zhao Yun's eyes were firm, "They are not innocent people, they are just officials who are fishy, so they will be killed as long as they are killed."
Lu Bu didn't hesitate anymore. He knew that Zhao Yun actually didn't want to do this, but how could things in the world go as he wished? If possible, he wouldn't even want to leave Jiuyuan.
Moreover, there were only two of them taking action this time. If Zhao Yun had any trace of womanly kindness, he might have put both of them into a desperate situation. I believe he would be able to rescue them.
Lu Bu, who was standing on the bow of the boat, felt the river wind slap his face. For the past ten days, every day had been like a year. His only thought was to avenge Zhang Yang, and he had not even had a good night's sleep.
Of course, in addition to the thought of revenge that kept him awake, there was also a common problem among northerners. Most of them got seasick, and Lu Bu was no exception.
After walking on the fast Yellow River for half a month, Lu Bu was so shaken that he vomited. It was not easy to stand up straight in this state. I really don't know how that kid Gan Ning managed to survive on the water for so many years.
He began to understand a little bit why Lin Mo had to spend a lot of money to train Gan Ning as a water master in such an embarrassing situation. Even he couldn't bear it, let alone the soldiers under his command.
If it hadn't been for the caravan dumping all the cargo on the ship at Xiajin Ferry, based on the previous speed of the ship and the stops at the ferries along the way, one trip would usually take three months.
In that case, Lu Bu himself would probably fall ill before arriving in Wen County.
This scene can barely be regarded as Lin Mo replicating Lu Meng's crossing of the river in white, but I have to say that the effect is very obvious, and it did allow them to safely pass through Cao and Yuan's defense lines and arrive thousands of miles away. Wen County.
This ferry in Wen County is actually more than thirty miles away from the county seat, which is considered quite far away.
But there is a special post road, so the problem is not big.
Zhang Wang has been waiting here for two days. He came here on the 22nd. Today is the 24th, but he is still very patient.
After all, it's not the past. I was just waiting for a pariah son-in-law. What I'm waiting for now is the future of the Zhang family, so of course I have to be patient.
"Sir, a ship is coming!" the two sergeants brought by Zhang Wang said excitedly, pointing to the merchant ship going upstream not far away.
"This untouchable is finally here." Zhang Wang breathed a long sigh of relief.
He blurts out the word "untouchable". The prejudice in people's hearts is like a big mountain. No matter how hard you try, you can't shake it.
Even if he was now the Marquis of Lanling, Zhang Wang would never forget that Lin Mo was a pariah.
This is normal, just like a wealthy family looks down on Lu Bu. Even if he becomes a big man and has his feet in the two states, there will always be people who make excuses for his status as a refugee from Bingzhou.
After the merchant ship docked at the ferry, two burly men got off the ship.
"My lord, is it him?" the sergeant asked.
Zhang Wang just glanced at it and shook his head.
He had never met Lin Mo, but after the poetry meeting, people in many places were selling Lin Mo's poems paired with portraits. Zhang Wang had seen his portrait, which was far different from the two rough guys who got off the boat.
Although both of them are handsome, the physical difference is obvious at a glance.
However, after the two of them got off the boat, no one got off the boat.
Could it be that the untouchable hasn't arrived yet?
After waiting for a while, the boatman of the merchant ship took the red rabbit horse and the jade lion from the ship.
Then Zhao Yun walked towards Zhang Wang with Lu Bu behind him.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhang Wangzhang, the Prime Minister of Wen County?" Zhao Yun stepped forward and bowed politely.
This is just a ferry for merchant ships. Very few people take boats to the Central Plains by water, so there are only three people standing on the ferry.
Zhang Wang, who was standing in the middle, glanced at Zhao Yun. He looked pretty good. He held his hands in front of him, narrowed his eyes and said coldly and proudly: "Who are you? How do you know me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed, and before Zhang Wang could react, the two sergeants on the left and right clutched their throats and fell straight to the ground.
At this moment, Zhang Wang's heart was racing with ten thousand grass and mud horses. Zhao Yun, who was gentle and polite one second, was killing people the next moment. The contrast was so great that he couldn't react at all. He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and instinctively He wanted to ask two sergeants for help.
But they found that they had stopped moving a long time ago and were too dead to die.
"What a good man, don't kill me. I'll give you all the money I have. Give it to me, don't kill me." Zhang Wang was numb. He had never seen such a person before, and he was so scared that he couldn't even speak.
Zhao Yun placed the Qingzhi Sword in front of Zhang Wang and said calmly: "Do you recognize this sword?"
Zhang Wang's chest rose and fell violently, and he didn't dare to move. He just glanced down and saw the word "Qingzhi" engraved on the sword that was still dripping with blood. He suddenly felt his scalp numb, "Qingzhijian, you, you." Is it Changshan Zhao Zilong?"
For a moment, Zhang Wang only felt that his heart was broken. How could he not know Zhao Yun's reputation? The battle at Xiaoguan shocked Cao Ying. Thousands of Cao soldiers could not help him, and even snatched Cao Cao's Qingzhi sword.
This is a fierce general of the world who walks in and out of thousands of troops like watching flowers and fish.
The question is, why is he here? What about the untouchables? Why did Zhao Zilong come instead of the untouchables?
"Master Zhang, Marquis Wen doesn't have the patience like me, so you answer whatever he asks. If you say a wrong word, your head will fall off and you won't even know it hurts." Zhao Yun always speaks in such a slow and leisurely manner, as if he is talking to You make sense.
Marquis Wen?
At this moment, Zhang Wang's eyes fell on Lu Bu behind Zhao Yun. Looking at the city wall-like body and a pair of eyes that chose and devoured others, this pressure alone was enough to make people suffocate.
"Marquis Wen, please tell me everything you know." If Zhao Yun is a nightmare, then Lu Bu is definitely a nightmare.
Although he was extremely curious in his heart, shouldn't Lu Bu be in Xiajin at this time, but he didn't dare to talk too much. The scene just now scared him out of his soul.
"Besides Sima Yi, who else killed Zhang Yang?" Lu Bu knelt down and looked coldly at the trembling Zhang Wang.
"No, it's all done by Sima Yi alone, but it may be Sima Fang's instruction." He's in big trouble, he's in big trouble. Zhang Wang's heart is about to jump out of his throat now.
He didn't know why Lu Bu was here, and he didn't know how Lu Bu knew that Sima Yi was behind this matter, but his answers were all heartfelt and instinctive, and he didn't dare to deviate from a word.
Lu Bu nodded, "Zhang Yang has no enmity with him, so why do you want to harm him?"
The energy and blood in Zhang Wang's body were stagnant. If the truth were revealed, wouldn't he even be involved? But looking at Lu Bu's eyes, he did not dare to hesitate at all and said immediately: "It's Cao Cao! Cao Cao promised Sima a huge profit." Home! I know so much, please spare my life, Marquis Wen!"
Zhang Wang got up and kowtowed desperately to Lu Bu.
That's enough. All the questions he wanted to know were answered. Lu Bu stood up again and said nothing.
Zhao Yun took back the Qingzhi Sword and said slowly: "It's pretty much what Yunwen guessed."
Then, he helped Zhang Wang up and said, "Master Zhang, don't be afraid that Marquis Wen may ask you for help. As long as you do a good job, you will be safe. If you are playing tricks, the whole Zhang family will accompany you." Let’s hit the road together.”
With the gentlest voice and the harshest words, Zhang Wang felt that Zhao Yun was simply a devil.
The point is, people don't say this just for fun, he can really do it.
He nodded immediately and said, "No matter what Marquis Wen orders, I will definitely do it!"
You can think with your toes and know what Lu Bu wants to do. He must be settling accounts with Sima Yi and Sima Fang.
The Sima family was a great benefactor to Zhang Wang, but it was useless. The lives of the seventy-eight members of the Zhang family depended on the two of them. Of course, it was the Taoist friends who died but the poor Taoists.
In this way, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun went to Wen County as Zhang Wang's guards.
In fact, if they are really arrogant, even if the two of them join forces and want to rush into Wen County, kill all the Sima family and then leave arrogantly, they will never be able to do it.
You know, there are 2,000 permanent troops stationed in Wen County, and their combat strength is of course very weak. They can't stop them from having bows and arrows. Under random arrows, there will always be times when they lose sight of one thing.
Don't have any plans to sneak into the city. Outsiders can't get in without household registration cards. What's more, if you are holding a weapon and leading a war horse, people will have to stop you immediately if you are just a stone's throw away. A hail of arrows greeted.
Therefore, Zhang Wang's presence is very important to ensure that Lu Bu and Zhao Yun enter the city with weapons and horses without alerting anyone.
When entering the city, the sergeants around him were saluting Zhang Wang, but he did not dare to say a word. With the distance between the three of them, Zhang Wang did not doubt that the other party could kill him in the blink of an eye.
Just now at the ferry, Zhao Yunlu's hand had told Zhang Wang that he had this ability.
"Sima's family is in the east of the city. I am very close to it, but his house is very big. There are three hundred soldiers in Guangfu. They are all wearing armor and carrying sharp swords. It is difficult to deal with them."
At Zhang's house, Zhang Wang took Lu Bu and Zhao Yun to the side hall, closed the door to prevent anyone from coming in, and began to talk about the situation of the Sima family.
Three hundred soldiers, which sounds like a small number, is because the serfs of the Sima family are not included.
As long as you are willing, if you give the serfs armor and weapons, they are soldiers, and they can go to the battlefield to kill at any time.
This is also the reason why the aristocratic family can contribute troops and horses to the princes.
"Can you invite Sima Fang and Sima Yi over?" Zhao Yun asked.
Zhang Wang was about to cry but had no tears, "General, I am just a county magistrate. How can I have such great honor to invite them here."
Lu Bu had no expression on his face and said coldly: "It doesn't matter, just do as Yunwen said."
"If you can't invite Sima Fang and Sima Yi, then you should invite the county magistrate and county captain, right?" Zhao Yun asked again.
"This is not difficult, they are all here, but..." Zhang Wang looked at Lu Bu with some embarrassment.
"It's okay, I'll go with you."
After Zhao Yun finished speaking, Lu Bu didn't look at him at all, closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If you are playing tricks, I will kill your whole family, and I will do nothing else in my life. I will keep chasing you as long as I live."
"Don't you dare! I absolutely don't dare!" Zhang Wang waved his hands repeatedly, how dare he provoke these devils.
In this way, Lu Bu stayed in Zhang Mansion, while Zhao Yun accompanied Zhang Wang to invite the county magistrate and county captain.
Although Zhang Wang didn't know why he had summoned the county magistrate and county captain, it was obvious that they had come prepared. Just by saying "Do as Yunwen said" just now, he knew that the untouchable must already have a strict plan of.
Things went smoothly, and it was agreed that the two of them would come over for dinner that night.
After returning to Zhang Mansion, the three of them were locked in the side hall, waiting quietly for dark.
This kind of waiting was the most unbearable. Zhang Wang's clothes got wet twice and he was under great pressure.
Of course, it didn't mean he didn't do anything. For example, Lu Bu had asked Zhang Wang to draw the topography of Sima Yi's house and mark the location of each person's room to ensure that he could complete the killing task as quickly as possible.
It finally got dark, and the county magistrate and county captain arrived as promised. A group of five people went to the banquet hall and then closed the door and strictly ordered anyone to come near.
Before the county magistrate and county lieutenant had a chance to take a sip of good wine, they were killed by the Qingzhi Sword.
This scene made Zhang Wang, who was already frightened and pale, feel that his liver and gallbladder were split. Are you a devil? You kill people at every turn.
The county magistrate and county lieutenant died in their own homes, how should they explain this matter?
But he didn't dare to say anything. Zhao Yun killed people too simply. He really didn't doubt that if he said a wrong word, all seventy-eight members of his family would be killed immediately.
"Okay, the county magistrate and the county captain are both dead. You immediately move the soldiers and horses out of the city and rush to Huai County, saying there is a war there."
Zhang Wang was confused. Of course he knew what Lu Bu and the others' purpose was. He was just worried that when the Sima family killed people, the two thousand soldiers and horses in the city would surround them.
It doesn't matter, you can just say that there is no need to kill people for this kind of thing.
After Zhang Wang took out the military talisman from the county magistrate's body with a mournful face, he went out to deliver the order under the protection of Zhao Yun.
Since the order was for a rapid march, two thousand soldiers and horses were gathered in just one hour and all rushed to Huai County.
At this point, the entire Wen County has almost become an empty city. Except for the patrol soldiers responsible for maintaining public security, there are no more city defenders.
"Marquis Wen, they have all been transferred." After going out to confirm once, Zhao Yun handed over his hand and reported.
Lu Bu nodded and walked slowly out of the hall.
"General, can you let me go? I promise not to tell anyone what happened today." It doesn't matter whether the Sima family is dead or not, as long as it doesn't implicate myself.
Zhao Yun stepped forward and came face to face with Zhang Wang. He sighed and said in a deep voice: "Master Zhang, remember my face and seek revenge from me in the next life!"
After saying that, a cold light flashed and a human head rolled down.
The expression on Zhang Wang's head was one of shock, not panic or ferociousness. It was obvious that Zhao Yun did not lie to him. Indeed, even if his head fell off, he wouldn't even know the pain.
In his heart, Zhao Yun didn't want to kill him, or even the county magistrate or county captain, but there was nothing he could do about it. He had to transfer the defenders away from the city, and he also had to make sure that no one knew they had been to Wen County. The only way is to kill people and silence them.
Late at night, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun were walking on the empty and long streets. The sound of horse hooves echoed melodiously, and a few dog barks could be heard from time to time.
Lu Bu felt the blood boiling in his heart, brother, I can avenge you.
After going around in circles, he came to the door of Sima's house. Zhao Yun was still there. He politely stepped forward and knocked on the door.
But before the servant could see his appearance clearly, he died under the Qingzhi Sword.
Then, the two of them took out a ferocious mask from their arms and put it on, dragging their weapons backwards, and strode into Sima's house.
The killing begins
I would like to explain again that going up the Yellow River to Guanzhong is the only feasible way at the moment, and this route can be found on the map. I am responsible for everyone and did not make any random decisions out of thin air.
I have already posted the map as an easter egg, and it needs to be reviewed and approved.
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