Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 79

In mid-February, Hebei is still very cold, with the dry and cold wind blowing endlessly, the bare branches of willows and poplars swaying, and there is no trace of greenery in sight.However, countless small buds have already appeared on the branches. As soon as the weather warms up a little, they will sprout new green and show their charm, restoring life to this suffering land.People in Hebei have recovered from the shock of the great changes. Some have returned to their ruined homes and tried to rebuild their gardens, or they have wandered around various states and counties with their families, selling their energy for food and surviving day by day.Shops have also reopened. Although many bodies have not been buried and the rubble in many towns has not been cleared, people have no time to care about this. They selectively forget about that nightmarish experience and rush for their own tomorrow.

Tomorrow is always more important than yesterday.

Many people died in Dingxing County as well. Many villages were killed so that there was not even a single live chicken left, and then they were burned to ashes. Thousands of people died!Even the county town was besieged, and the two sides fought a fierce battle. Fortunately, Jiannu suffered retribution here, and the three Niulu were almost killed. Attacked by the Ming army and angry civilians, few managed to flee Dingxing.Thousands of Jiannu Tartars died here, not to mention how proud Dingxing people were, when they met people from other places, they would brag about how brave they were in this battle and how many Jiannu they killed , It’s all blown up to the sky, not to mention, because of this battle, Dingxing County has become famous, and there are a lot of merchants who come here to do business, it’s a bit of a waste of money.

"Clap clap clap clap..."

The sound of firecrackers sounded outside the city gate, a bit denser than popping beans. The soldiers guarding the city gate and the civilians who entered and left looked away, only to see a guy riding a bay red horse with four hooves sprinting towards him. Dragging a string of frighteningly long firecrackers, they are crackling and exploding lively. Wherever they go, there are little flashes of light, and red confetti splashes like rain, which is lively enough.The bay red horse was so frightened by the movement behind it, it galloped desperately, and under the control of this ridiculous guy, it rushed straight into the city gate. Everyone hurried to the two sides, and the firecrackers exploded in front of them. The choking gunpowder smoke hit their faces, and a few firecrackers even exploded near their ears. Their faces were burning with pain. The cleaner in charge of cleaning the street looked at the street that he had finally cleaned and was covered with paper scraps in a blink of an eye. Crying without tears, it looks like I have to scan it again.Only the devil knows how long the string of firecrackers is. The bay red horse dragged it around the county town without finishing it, and ran back again, crossing the streets and alleys, so arrogant!The guy on the horseback didn't know that he was disgusted with gods and ghosts, and cheered triumphantly: "Dingxing folks, I, Hu Hansan... no, I, Yang Menglong, am fucking back!" The cheers shook the sky. The ringing sound was heard by half the people in the county, which shows how happy this guy is!

Hearing the cheers, everyone who was originally furious burst into smiles. They were so familiar with this guy, and only he could do such a dumbfounding and dumbfounding thing.Amid the sound of firecrackers, everyone cupped their hands and shouted, "Little General Yang, are you back so soon?"

"Little General Yang, a trip to the capital will open your eyes, right?"

"Little General Yang, has the emperor appointed you a great official? That's true, don't forget about us!"

"Little General Yang, seeing how happy you are, did you encounter some great happy event in the capital? Tell us to make everyone happy?"

boom!
The exaggeratedly long string of firecrackers finally burned to the last one, and the baby's fist-sized marijuana made a loud noise, and the large and small red papers flew three or four feet high, flying all over the sky, which was quite spectacular.After the bang, the world finally became quiet.Yang Menglong reined in his horse, his head was covered with bits and pieces of confetti, but his smile was so bright that he bowed to everyone and shouted loudly: "Hello, everyone! I haven't seen you for more than ten days, everyone is okay. Bar?"

A chubby bun shop owner brushed off the red confetti on his forehead and said cheerfully: "Everyone is doing well, but without General Xiao Yang around, I always feel uneasy!"

Yang Menglong said arrogantly: "What's wrong? Who dares to stab you and tell me, I promise not to kill him!"

The crowd laughed again.

Several scholars yelled: "Little General Yang, where is Master Fang? Why didn't you come back with you?"

Yang Menglong said: "He is sitting in a sedan chair, and I am riding a horse. Of course he can't outrun me, and he is still dawdling behind. You wait here first, and you will probably see him in two or three hours."

The scholars asked again: "Has Mr. Fang been promoted? Where will he be promoted?"

Yang Menglong said: "Of course he has been promoted! Now he is the magistrate of Nanyang, and he will soon go to Nanyang to take up his post. I will meet you later. Please remember to call him the magistrate of Fang, but don't call him the magistrate of Fang anymore. He will eat people." !"

A yamen servant came in and asked, "What about you? General Yang, how many levels have you been promoted to?"

Yang Menglong patted his chest, and said: "I am now the commander of Wuyang Guard, in charge of the security of three counties, with two to 3000 troops under him, hehe! Don't call me Little General Yang anymore, call me Little Yang Shuai , I’m actually quite handsome, too.”

"Wuyangwei?" A businessman probably traveled all over the world and had a lot of knowledge, so he immediately discovered the problem: "Where is Wuyangwei? I have been to Nanyang Mansion, and I only know that there is Nanyangwei, which manages five thousand households. Tell me where is the Wuyang Guard!"

Yang Menglong became more and more proud: "My Wuyang Guard was specially approved by the Ministry of War. I will lead a large number of elite soldiers and strong generals to Wuyang to open the guard and guard one side for the emperor. How about it, okay?"

The businessman cupped his hands with a smile, and said, "Xiao Yang Shuai is really brave to open a new guard! It's just that starting a guard is not a trivial matter, and it will cost a lot of money, food and manpower. I don't know that Xiao Yang Shuai is ready. No?"

Yang Menglong said: "Everything is ready, just send people and money!"

"Hahaha----"

Several guys who were drinking tea spurted out their nostrils, and everyone laughed so loudly that tears came out of their eyes.No money and no one is everything ready?Thanks to Yang Menglong's confident appearance, it makes people want to laugh.

Yang Menglong watched everyone laugh, and he laughed too, very calm.But then he couldn't calm down:
"Xiao Shuai Yang, let me tell you that during your absence, Miss Xiao and Mr. Fang have gotten very close, and we are all sweating for you!" A man with unusually flexible eyes and thin lips, You can see that the aunt who is very eloquent squeezed in and started gossiping.

Yang Menglong was taken aback, then regained his composure, and said nonchalantly, "Did you make a mistake? Miss Xiao and Mr. Fang have long since broken up, and they have never seen each other. How could they get so close?"

The aunt said: "It's true! Mr. Fang has given Miss Xiao a lot of gifts during this time. The two of them traveled together, recited poems and painted paintings. I really envy others!"

Now everyone is not calm, and they all chatted: "Yes, I saw them go out to the city together yesterday for an outing!"

"Yes, yes, I saw it too. I was the one guarding the city gate yesterday. There is absolutely no mistake!"

"The day before yesterday, I also saw that Mr. Fang gave Miss Xiao some ancient books and a famous painting, and Miss Xiao happily accepted it!"

"And the day before yesterday..."

"Little Yang Shuai, you have to hurry up. Miss Xiao is one of the most beautiful women in the world. She is gentle and kind. You can't find such a woman with a lantern. If you let Mr. Fang get it, you just wait. Cry and faint in the latrine!"

Yang Menglong still said calmly: "Everyone, worry too much. Miss Xiao and I are just ordinary friends. If she can find her own happiness, I will only be happy for her. Besides, Mr. Fang is also a rare young talent. Miss is a match made in heaven, they..." As she spoke, her baby face distorted, a murderous aura erupted from her body, and she suddenly let out a wild howl: "Fang, you bastard, how could you Dare to dig the foot of Lao Tzu’s wall!? If you don’t beat me all over the place, I’ll write the Yang character upside down!” While roaring, he turned his horse’s head and roared: “Get out of the way!” He rode the horse and rushed towards the county government office. A wave of air swept past, almost sweeping everyone away.Everyone rushed aside in a hurry, watching Yang Menglong gallop towards the county government with excited expressions, all of them looked like they were watching the show.Someone shouted: "Bet, bet! If you bet on Mr. Fang, you will lose [-], if you bet on Mr. Yang, you will lose [-], if you bet on Mr. Wang, you will lose [-]. Hurry up and place your bets!" Place the bet, fortunately Yang Menglong didn't look back, otherwise he would be vomiting blood in anger.

The county office is still the same, Fang Yizhi left in a hurry, and didn't have time to hand over to the newly appointed county magistrate, plus the current situation is chaotic, the new county magistrate is still floating on the way, so everything in the county office is as usual, Miss Xiao My younger brother and Qi Hu's grandfather and grandson have lived here for so long and no one cares about them.Yang Menglong reined in his war horse at the gate of the county government office, threw the reins, and rushed in without hesitation. The two government servants instinctively wanted to stop him, but he swung his arms aside and rushed in.The yamen servants all recognized him, and they were stunned, he was so murderous, who in the county yamen has such a great ability, who can actually make this pistachio so angry?He is miserable, he must be miserable!

Yang Menglong broke into the back hall, and was still some distance away from Xiao Yufang's residence, when he heard a man's voice floating out from the back garden: "Miss Xiao, Wansheng really loves you so badly that he is infatuated with you." , but you are so indifferent to Wansheng, Wansheng really has no fun in living!"

It's not Fang Yingqiu's voice!

Yang Menglong was stunned for a moment, and under the absolutely impossible situation, the anger surged up to eighteen feet again.It turned out that Fang Yingqiu wasn't the only one who wanted to pry into his wall. How could he never know that there are so many people who are not afraid of death in this small county town!

(End of this chapter)