Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 434 Invitation

In Wang Gong's private house in Shanzhou, the singing voice is melodious and the dancing posture is graceful.

Everyone ate and drank while enjoying the music and dance performance.

Shan Shuai Wang Gong is cruel and suspicious, and all the officials and generals under him are trembling, as if walking on thin ice.But if there is any advantage, it is that Wang Shuai loves singing and dancing very much, and often invites everyone to have a banquet and enjoy it together.

Today was the day, and even Zhe Silun, who was stationed outside the city, invited him.

The orchestral gold and stones in the field, the voice of the throat echoes in the clouds, and the white clothes are fluttering, and the pearls are vivid.

After singing a song, the singer goes down to change her clothes, and then comes to salute the guests one by one.

The singer said to herself that she was originally a concubine in the palace of the first emperor, but now she is a benevolent one, and she was graciously released and married to a lowly official.Xi's husband was dismissed from office again, and had to go to and fro at the banquet of the rich and powerful to obtain wealth.

After hearing this, everyone sighed.

Wang Gong smiled and said nothing, but his eyes were always on the singer's graceful figure.

Concubine in the palace, although he may not have seen the sage a few times in his life, but this identity alone, the strict etiquette and talent training he received in the palace made him feel itchy.Well, even if it's just a maid of honor or Cai Nu, it's still an official of the seventh or eighth rank, so it must be very fun to play.

She has a husband?Wang Shuai wouldn't care about such small things, he would kill someone and throw him into the river, who knows?

"Enjoy yourself today, everyone, drink this cup to the full." Wang Gong said with a smile in a relaxed mood.

"Drink this cup full."

The singer rested for a while, and then began to sing "Yizhou Song", which was popular in the first year of Kaiyuan.

Zhe Silun felt a little ridiculous while listening.

To the east of Xiashi, the army gathered, drums and horns contended, and bows were like thunderbolts.

In the city of Shanzhou, the house was full of guests, the singing voice was melodious, and the warm wind was intoxicating.

Is this really the same world?

After a long time, the cups and plates were messed up, and the singer had already sung "Yizhou Song" for the third time.

The guests took their leave one after another, and the singing girl gave a salute and thanked them one by one.

Wang Gong couldn't hold back, he was so drunk that he wanted to go up to hug the singing girl.Zhe Silun grabbed him and said with a low laugh: "Thanks to Wang Shuai for the banquet, I am very grateful, how about fighting together in two days?"

"Why not?" Wang Gong said patiently, his eyes still rolling on the singing girl.

"I heard that Lingbao Town general Zhu Jian is good at beating guns, why don't you invite him over and let me open my eyes." Zhe Silun said again.

"Okay, okay." Wang Gong wanted to shake off Zhe Silun, but unexpectedly he held on tightly. Seeing that the singing girl had gone out, he said angrily, "If Zhu Jian dares not come, I will kill his whole family."

Perhaps because of disappointment and anger, the voice of the last sentence was a little louder, and some guests who had just walked to the door heard it.They didn't dare to look back, and walked away at a faster pace.

Zhe Silun let go of his hand in satisfaction.

Rumors circulated in private are always faster than official orders.

Before Wang Gong's order to let Zhu Jian go to the military mansion to "strike the gun", the news that Wang Shuai wanted to "kill his whole family" came quickly.

Some of them are sincere reminders from relatives and old friends, some are spreading rumors from those who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and some people who are fueling the flames are faintly playing tricks in secret.

Zhu Jian was too anxious to sit still.

In these years, there is so much suspicion from top to bottom, either the superiors will act first and resolve the crisis in the bud, or they will be killed by the subordinates and the family will be wiped out.

Zhu Jian thought carefully about Wang Gong's temperament and his past actions, and he felt that the possibility was very high, so he called "Mr. Zhu" immediately.

"Mr. Zhu" is not the village teacher who taught people to read and write as he claimed at first, but a serious Bozhou recorder who joined the army and a member of Zhu Quanzhong's clan.

Zhu Canjun has been wandering around these days, carefully observing the geography of mountains and rivers in Shaanxi, and the points where troops and food were stationed, and secretly wrote them down.

After all, if you enter Guanzhong in the future, whether you go to Shanguo or Hezhong, it is a matter of urgency.

"Zhu Canjun, the king of Dongping County—what the adoptive father said..." Zhu Jian sat in the study with a disturbed, even more ferocious expression.

"I have no problem." Zhu Canjun answered casually, and then felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "What is General Zhu's intention? How could the King of Dongping go back on what he promised?"

"Then I'm relieved." Zhu Jian forced a smile after making up her mind.He and Wang Gong seemed to have to die. If they could kill this person, they might succeed in ascending to the throne and sit on the throne of Jiedushi.

Xia Jun will always retreat. In the future, with the support of the King of Dongping County, if he is more respectful, it will be fine.

If the Xia army is really powerful, it is better to strike a balance between Zhu and Shao. There is no unparalleled road, and they can always be fooled.

Zhu Canjun, who had just returned from Hucheng, was a little uncertain about what Zhu Jian was thinking at this time. What was he going to do?
Several secret letters from the Duke of Dongping had been delivered to him.He read out the code words in it, asked him to act according to his own circumstances, and encouraged Zhu Jian to rise up at the critical moment, kill the Xia thief general, burn his accumulated millet, cut off the Xia thief's return route, and cooperate with the main army to pursue and encircle him.

To this end, Zhu Canjun also devised several plans, such as ambush Lu Huaizhong and others through a banquet, and then raided the summer bandit camp late at night, seizing dangerous locations, etc.—in the narrow Hangu Road in Shanguo, the dangerous There are too many places, after all, Hangu Pass can be built in more than one place, and the effect is almost the same.

Even if the Xia bandits re-opened their way back, the morale of the army would be shaken, and it might take a long time for Dongping Junwang's army to catch up and win the Xia army.

It is also very possible to take the opportunity to win Shanguo!

As for how to explain to Wang Chongying, it is actually not difficult at all, as long as you have to replace the dead ghost.

Thinking about it carefully, the plan is really good, but what does Zhu Jian want to do now?
"General Zhu, are you going to start an incident immediately? No, it's not yet time." Zhu Canjun asked tentatively.

"Come here, let Zhu Canjun take a good rest here. Daily expenses are indispensable." Zhu Jian suddenly ordered.

The personal soldiers agreed with a loud bang, and soon more than ten people came in to watch over Zhu Canjun.

Zhu Canjun was a little panicked, and scolded: "Zhu Jian, are you crazy?"

"I can't wait any longer. Either kill someone or be killed! You wronged Zhu and joined the army. After the incident is over, I will come to make amends." Zhu Jian sighed and strode out the door.

……

There was a fierce shout of killing near the south gate of Shanzhou, and as the gate opened, the killing sound became clearer.

"Rush! Rush in!" Zhu Jian, who came with three hundred soldiers, took the lead, her heart pounding.

Regardless of the fact that there are so many cases of lower and lower levels these days, it seems that killing a Jiedu envoy is no different from killing a chicken.But when it comes to your own operation, you always feel this kind of inconvenience, as well as the huge risks involved.

It can be said that every game is a gamble.If it succeeds, everyone will be happy, and it will be known far and near. If it fails, it is estimated that it will die in obscurity, and the whole family will be implicated, and it will be known by some people in this town.

But the matter has come to this point, and Zhu Jian has no way out.

Even if they fight in Lingbao, most of them will be defeated, so it is better to give it a try, and if they succeed, they will be Jiedu envoys, and Weifu will do it on his own.

Wang Gong served as Jiedushi for only three or four years, and his father Wang Chongying only served for six years, which is not even as long as Zhu Jian's time in Shanguo. Why?
At the gate of the city, Zhu Jian saw his sons Zhu Lingde and Zhu Lingxi, who were soaked in blood. They brought dozens of generals, and even armed dozens of servants, armed with rifles, bows and guns, showing a murderous look.Unprepared to attack it in the middle of the night, the guards at the gate of the city have been killed.

"Grandpa, Wang Gong lives in the old house tonight, and there are not many soldiers." Zhu Lingde said, wiping the blood off his face.

"Okay, soldiers are precious and fast, as long as Wang Gong's head is cut off, we will be safe. Let's go!" Zhu Jian didn't talk nonsense, and immediately led a total of 400 people to kill Wang Gong's old house.

In the middle of the night, Shancheng was awakened by the sound of horseshoes and fighting.

The experienced civilians closed the windows tightly, which was caused by a sergeant.

Regardless of whether the rebellion is successful or not, someone will take the opportunity to loot.They don't care about Wang Gong's life or death at all, they only care about their own life.

There was some uneasiness in the barracks.

Everyone heard the commotion outside, but the commanding general didn't live in the barracks, and he didn't have an order to dispatch troops from Yu Housi, the capital of the military mansion, so no one dared to act rashly.

After sending someone out to investigate, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not as good as foreign enemies invading. Some people rebel and rebel, it's none of my business!
After the new commander-in-chief took over, in order to attract people's hearts, he had to give out a lot of rewards. Everyone then went back to sleep and waited for the reward tomorrow morning.

Outside the old house where Wang Chongying once lived, the rebels from Lingbao had already knocked down the gate.

Dozens of servants of the Zhu Mansion rushed in first, followed by more than two hundred soldiers, and there were hundreds of people watching from afar, to prevent Wang Gong from escaping.

The sound of killing spread to the backyard, Wang Gong rushed out of the bedroom with disheveled hair, barefoot, and rushed to the garden under the guard of more than ten soldiers.

As soon as he entered the garden, there was a rain of arrows covering his head and face, and two or three of his own soldiers lay down. Wang Gong was so frightened that he turned back again.

Sergeant Lingbao had already killed the front yard.

Zhu Lingde was wearing armor that was smuggled in, and the blade of his long sword was dripping with blood.

He had already seen Wang Gong.

After laughing excitedly and cruelly, Zhu Lingde ordered to shoot the arrow.

A row of sergeants stepped forward, firing their bows at once, and Wang Gong ran away with his head in his arms, screaming around him.

"Kill this thief quickly!" Zhu Lingde strode forward, holding the sword in both hands, and slashed down. The last guard who blocked him also fell down.

Wang Gong was so frightened that he hid behind the pillar, still scolding endlessly: "Zhu Jian, you are a wolf! How will I treat you? Why are you making trouble?"

No one answered him.

Zhu Lingde swung his sword and slashed repeatedly, while Wang Gong ran around the pillar.

"It's not too late to rein in the horse. My father is Pu Shuai, who has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands. If you kill me, can you escape the pursuit?" Wang Gong said out of breath.

Still no answer.

It's all over here, there's nothing to say.Wu Fu does things, why consider the consequences?Just do it.

Soon several more soldiers came forward, and Wang Gong could no longer hide.

Zhu Lingde slashed down with his sword, Wang Gong screamed in despair, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it.

The two-handed epee easily cut off the arm, and it was deeply embedded in Wang Gong's body, and blood gushed all over the ground.

Zhu Lingde took another axe, pointed it at Wang Gong's neck lying on the ground, and slashed it down.

Killing, that's it.

On Qilijian Pass Road, in the camp of Fengxiang Army, the sound of drums is rumbling.

A large group of sergeants put on armor and armed, filed out of the battalion and lined up.

In the city of Weijin Ferry Pass, more than [-] riders led their horses out of the camp and headed towards Shancheng.

Zhe Silun sighed secretly.

Zhu Jian made trouble, and he also contributed behind the scenes.This matter has developed to the present, and it is a mess.

But Shanguo is too important, and it would be great to be able to stand up for the dead ghost.As for how to argue with Wang Chongying about the new Shaanshuai candidate later, that's another matter.

"Let's go!" The gate of the camp was wide open, and the army, lighting torches, headed towards Shancheng like a long dragon.

(End of this chapter)