Jun Jiuling - Chapter 756

[Chapter 37 Ice and Fire II]

The night wind in the capital in February is still chilly, but this does not stop the lively night market.

The restaurants and tea shops during the day have been closed to thank guests, but the restaurants are brightly lit at night. With the night lights, the whole street is filled with the aroma of wine, balsamic powder, and the charming smiles of the women are looming.

The streets are full of vendors, the hot fire, and the bright swaying lanterns, even if it is approaching midnight, it also attracts many people to linger.

The drunk people who ate in the restaurant sat under the mutton soup shed on the street again, drinking hot mutton soup while letting the night wind blow and sobering up very comfortable.

“Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao.” Someone passed by him, stopped and asked, “How is the battle in the north?”

The war in the Northland that started in the first month, after more than a month of wear and tear, is no longer the most concerned thing for the people of the capital, and sometimes even forget that the war is still going on.

The official official who was called Brother Zhao snorted, and it seemed that he thought about it seriously before he remembered it.

“It’s nothing, it’s a stalemate with Jin people at the border.” He said, with a bit of indifference to seeing things in the world, “I think this is the case with Da Jin and Da Zhou, no one can do anything about it, every year at the border Just make a fuss.”

There were diners next to them with sheep soup and nodded.

“It’s not,” he said, “Although it is said that the Jinmen once broke through the Central Plains, but our Dazhou is different from Daqi. The wild and small land in Daqi is comparable to Dajin, and it is not surprising that it was destroyed. Even if we are caught off guard for a while, it is not that we have no strength to fight back.”

“That’s right, the soldiers who have been raised for more than ten years, they are not free to eat.” Many people also nodded, with a relaxed expression, “When Duke Cheng brought him to the capital, we saw with our own eyes that really good soldiers.”

The mention of Cheng Guogong in the words made the atmosphere stagnate.

Cheng Guogong is said to have defected to the land of the golden people, and may lead the golden people to fight.

Then, the praise of Cheng Guogong is so powerful, isn’t it because the man who praised Jin is so powerful?

This is really disconcerting.

“A soldier is a soldier, and a general is a general.” The little official surnamed Zhao said with a smile that you don’t understand anything, and said slowly, “The reason why Duke Cheng is so famous is because of his bravery. He ran away. The soldiers didn’t run, and without the soldiers, what would he be?”

That’s right, everyone nodded their heads in a hurry.

“Besides, isn’t there also Uncle Qing He.” The owner of the sheep soup said while stirring the cauldron, “You are young, you only know Duke Cheng, don’t forget that Uncle Qing He was famous back then. It’s just that they are stationed in the south, and everyone is not very concerned about it.”

This makes everyone feel more at ease.

“Don’t worry about those things, we don’t need to worry about it.” Someone said with a smile, grabbing the bowl of mutton soup drunkenly, “The emperor is not in a hurry, we are at the feet of the emperor, this is the safest. place.”

They don’t care about other places.

Everyone laughed, and suddenly there was a noise from the side.

“Come and see, Sister Xiao is swimming in the river at night.”

Xiao Jie’er is a popular girl in the newly promoted Jiaofang Company. She has attracted countless young masters and young masters to make a lot of money and smile. It is difficult for ordinary people like them to meet each other.

Hearing that she was traveling on a flower boat at night, the street suddenly boiled like a pot of water, crowding to both sides of the river.

But seeing the colorful boats in the river prosperous, during which the women are surrounded by beads and jade piles, the bamboo strings sing and dance like a fairy mountain, and the river is full of people. From time to time, some people are squeezed into the river, causing a lot of laughter, and some people throw silk flowers and fragrant fruits on the colorful boats. .

In the end, the rich man who did not know which house simply threw a big money into the river, attracting countless people to jump into the river to fight for it, and almost blocked the flower boat from swimming away. The flower boat screamed and screamed, which was fascinating. What is this evening.

Compared with the outer city night market, the inner city where the palace is located has fallen into the silence of the night, like two worlds.

But at this time, the lights in the Hall of Qinzheng were still bright.

“Your Majesty.”

An official trotted all the way in.

In the hall, Huang Cheng and other five important cabinet ministers couldn’t help but walk over a few steps.

The emperor on the throne also stood up.

“How? Is there any news?” he asked eagerly.

The official was sweating profusely in this cold night, and he didn’t know whether he was running too fast or impatient.

“There is.” He panted, “The reinforcements from the Fifth Route have arrived in Puyin, with nearly 100,000 troops.”

Huang Cheng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

“That’s it.”

“Very timely.”

“Enough to fight, enough to fight.”

Everyone said, and the emperor sat back on the chair with a sigh of relief.

“Where’s Uncle Qinghe?” He asked again after thinking of something.

The official hesitated.

“Qing Hebo has no new news for the time being,” he said.

The previous old news is that there is no news, that is, I don’t know whether to live or die.

No new news?

Does that mean you still don’t know how to live or die?

The faces of the people present were a little unsightly.

“But don’t worry, Your Majesty.” The official said hurriedly, “Uncle Qing He also arranged for everyone to assist in the attack when he issued the order to dispatch troops. At this time, the troops were already in place.”

That’s good, that’s good, even if Qing Hebo can’t be rescued by then, this battle will be enough for the Jinren to deal with.

The Golden Man and the Tartars are greedy and cowardly, they are afraid of being beaten with one hand, and they can get rid of it if they give some favors on the other hand.

The emperor looked at Huang Cheng.

“Is the golden man’s messenger contactable?” he asked.

Huang Cheng leaned over and said yes.

“I’ve already contacted, and I’m waiting for a reply.” He said without hesitation.

The emperor nodded.

“No matter what they say, come down and talk,” he said.

Should you come down under any conditions?

This is too much to lose the prestige of the country, and there are officials frowning on the side.

“Your Majesty.” He couldn’t help but speak.

The emperor interrupted him impatiently.

“It’s not all promises, the Jinren kid will coax them first, so that the people will not suffer,” he said.

Probably because he was nervous and anxious by the sudden war, the emperor was more arbitrary than before, and he was very rude to officials who raised objections.

Forget it, let’s see how Qing Hebo’s siege is going. The official leaned over and responded.

The emperor looked at several important officials in the hall.

“Also, the matter of Qing Hebo’s siege must be kept a secret.” He said, “Only the few of you know about it, and you must not spread it.”

The officials looked at each other.

Do you want to hide such a big thing?

“This kind of news can’t be spread now, so as not to affect morale and disturb people’s hearts, and cause riots to make it easier for the Jin people to take advantage.” The emperor said.

What’s more important is that Qing Hebo was appointed by him. If such a waste is trapped in the first battle, it will inevitably hurt him and be scolded as a waste.

“Yeah.” He sighed, “I feel ashamed that the people were so frightened in the first month of the New Year.”

There is some truth to this, but sometimes being frightened is also a wake-up call.

Several court officials had complicated expressions, and here Huang Cheng had already bowed down respectfully.

“Your Majesty Shengming,” he said, and after speaking, he subconsciously glanced at the young man standing beside him.

There are still people who shouldn’t be present on such an important occasion, but this time he didn’t say His Majesty’s Holy Spirit first, but just stood aside and listened to the record earnestly and attentively.

But the emperor was not in the mood to care about whether he was holy or not at this time, and it was not a glorious thing, and no one was stupid.

He glared at Huang Cheng a little angrily.

“There is no expedient solution,” he said.

The other officials were not good at saying anything else, so they leaned over and said yes.

Ning Yunzhao stopped writing and bowed his head slightly, hiding the ridicule and deepness in his eyes.

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The land near the capital city is much warmer than the northern land. There are grasses on the ground tentatively burrowing out in the misty morning light.

The stout horse hoof stepped over it, leaving a pit, the dust was raised, and the green grass was trampled.

The man on the horse suddenly reined in his horse and stopped in the neighing sound, and the armor on his body collided and made a clattering sound.

These are two soldiers dressed as sentries, looking at the front in surprise at this time.

This is a country road. At this time, there is a person lying on the ground in the morning mist, with a basket on his back.

They are very familiar here. Not far away is Luojia Village. Although the people on the ground are curled up, they can’t see their faces, but they have recognized the basket and the broken fork that fell to the side.

“Isn’t this a lame man?” said one of the guards, with a bit of joking, “Why are you lying on the ground? Could it be that what you found this time wasn’t cow dung, but gold?”

He raised his voice when he said this, but the man on the ground remained motionless and seemed to be asleep.

Something was wrong, and the two sentries rushed forward.

“Luo lame, are you ill?” they asked, and just before they got close, they reined in their horses and let out a low cry.

The person lying on the ground is not curled up, but has no head at all.

what happened?

The two sentries jumped off their horses, looking horrified.

“Head.” A sentry shouted, pointing to the big tree beside him.

A head was tucked into the dry branches, and it looked like it had been thrown at random.

This method is so cruel.

Who would have such a grudge against a disabled villager who picks cow dung?

“Scythe cut.” A sentry half-knelt on the ground and looked at the lame man’s neck and said in a low voice, swallowed again, and raised his head, “Cut down with one knife, such a sharp sickle is not common…”

Yes, even their army does not use this kind of sickle, but I have seen this kind of sickle.

The faces of the two sentries turned pale.

Golden Cavalry.

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The village in front was slumbering in the mist, very quiet.

The sound of the horse’s hooves was extraordinarily loud.

“Slow.” A sentry stopped his horse. “The situation is not right.”

He jumped off the horse, took off various weapons from the horse and hung them on his body.

Yes, villages are different from towns. The villagers get up early to work, and it is impossible to sleep until the sun rises. What’s more, there are no cocks and dogs.

The two sentries swallowed, dropped their horses, clenched their spears, and walked slowly towards the village.

The village was dead silent.

The door to the nearest house was wide open, and two sentries entered.

“Luo Lao Qi.” They shouted, subconsciously lowering their voices.

Even if the voice is lowered, it can be heard in the house.

But no one responded, two sentries winked, touched the door, one stood by the door, and the other kicked the door.

As soon as he touched the door, it opened, and the sentinel almost fell, but fortunately he immediately stabilized his body and stood in the room to see the person lying on the ground at a glance.

Bloodstained.

Not only on the ground, but also on the bed, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com A woman was holding two children stacked on top of each other, and the mattress was stained with blood.

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Footsteps sounded in the village, the doors were opened one after another, and all they saw were dead people without exception.

Some are in the yard, some are in the house, everywhere.

The whole village was slaughtered overnight.

The two sentries stood in the village, their legs trembling slightly, their faces bloodless.

It’s not that they haven’t seen dead people, but it’s the first time they’ve seen such a terrifying scene.

How is this going?

“Is it a bandit?” a sentry murmured.

The other turned around.

“No matter what, go and report to your lord,” he said.

This kind of massacre of the whole village can no longer be reported to the government only, and the local garrison also has to intervene.

As soon as he turned around, a person appeared in his sight.

The sentry couldn’t help but exclaimed.

Anyone who has just seen the dead people in the half-village will be frightened by the sudden appearance of the living people.

This is a man coming out of an alley.

Are there any survivors?

The sentry breathed a sigh of relief.

“Fellow, what happened…” he hurriedly shouted.

As soon as the words came out, the sentinel next to him grabbed his arm, and the sound of his companion’s teeth colliding was also heard in his ears.

“Gold…Gold…”

Gold what?

The sentinel’s line of sight also saw the person standing in front of him.

This man was short and stocky, wearing copper nails and cotton armor, holding a fine iron sickle in his hand, and a strange smile appeared on Tie Kui’s face.

Golden Soldier!

Is he dreaming?

Why did Jin Bing appear here?

The sentinel’s eyes widened, and subconsciously he was about to pull out the bow and arrow behind him, but he was still a step too late, a cold light flashed before his eyes, and the golden soldier had already rushed over, and the long sickle slashed straight.

Blood splattered.

(One update today.) (To be continued.)

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