Nanming Engineer

Chapter 91 Arrogant
"Messenger?" Wang Huan frowned upon hearing the sound, and asked the messenger who was out of breath, "Whose messenger is it? How many people are there?"

"I don't know who the messenger is. There are 50 or [-] people. Mr. Chen is stopping him at the mouth of the valley. Please go and have a look." The person who reported the message was a member of the Ma Chongming clan who usually followed Chen Ergou. Chen Ergou is Wang Huan's brother. Although he is not an official, the refugees call him Mr. Chen according to Wang Huan's title. This makes Chen Ergou feel embarrassed and proud at the same time. He becomes more active in doing things and works hard. Making himself worthy of this title, Wang Huan saw that this would improve his enthusiasm for work, so he let him go.

Wang Huan frowned into the word "Chuan". After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't feel that he had anything to do with each other in Yuzhou. He couldn't guess what envoy was coming, so he had to go to Taniguchi to have a look first.

After walking a few steps, he called another follower and said: "Go and call Mr. Ma Qian over, and ask him to bring all the soldiers in Longevity Valley to look for me at the mouth of the valley."

He had some ominous premonition in his heart. Those who come will not come if they are not kind. Now is the critical period for the production of silver mines. Don't be targeted by those who are interested.

Ma Xintian is currently on the other side of the Longevity Valley, where Wang Huan has plotted a large piece of land, ready to level it out, and use it as a training ground for soldiers after the construction of the city is completed.Ma Xintian was taking all the soldiers and some refugees there, pulling stones to level the field.

There were only ten soldiers following Wang Huan, because the Longevity Valley was full of refugees who had been trained to be obedient by him, and there was no danger, so Wang Huan didn't need to run around with hundreds of people all the time.But at this time, there seemed to be fewer people. Wang Huan is a master who is not afraid of death but also cherishes life. After sending someone to call Ma Xintian, he still felt uneasy, so he called nearly two hundred refugees working on nearby construction sites to follow him. Behind him, he went to Taniguchi mightily.

Longevity City is not far from the entrance of Longevity Valley, only four miles away. Everyone walked quickly, and they arrived in a short time. From a long distance, they could see the tall Guanlou that had been formed in the distance, the building was three feet high, The whole body is rammed loess, without bricks, but it is also very majestic. The city wall is one foot wide and can accommodate five people in parallel. It is more than enough to place some guarding equipment. Although it looks very simple, it is practical. Without heavy siege equipment, it is impossible to attack at all.

This Guanlou was the first to be repaired by Wang Huan. With it, before the Longevity City was completed, it was a dangerous barrier that could resist potential enemies.

Wang Huan looked at Guanlou, which was getting closer and closer, and felt joyful in his heart. The more he looked at it, the happier he was. The men stood in the middle of the city gate, and the men he sent to guard the gate stood timidly on both sides, with panicked expressions, and there were faint voices of shouting and cursing, mixed with a lot of foul language, and The sound of the horsewhip twitching against the flesh was indistinct because of the distance.

Wang Huan frowned, and his smile disappeared without a trace. No matter how strange the situation looked, the uneasiness in his heart surged up again, and he couldn't help but speed up a little.

At the gate of the building, there are several tall wooden poles standing upright, which were originally used to hang lanterns and torches for lighting at night.At this time, a man was tied behind his back, his hair was disheveled, and the sackcloth on his body was stripped, with welt marks all over the place. Blood oozed from the welt marks, staining his whole body red, which was shocking.

The beaten man gritted his teeth. Although his expression was painful, he tried his best not to let out a scream. He just stared fiercely at a man with a short beard surrounded by a group of knights with his eyes wide open.

The man in the fine clothes was not tall, about thirty years old, with a long horse face, a hooked nose and slightly raised eyebrows, a pair of small eyes that could not be seen when squinting, high cheekbones, and an inch-long mustache , was neatly built, and the whole face was full of meanness and ruthlessness.At this moment, he was condescendingly condescending, looking at the beaten Chen Ergou and said coldly: "Little thief, do you know what you did wrong?"

Chen Ergou gritted his teeth and remained silent, just staring at him with a cannibalistic look, his face full of arrogance.

The burly man holding the whip was wearing a tight-fitting arrow gown, his face was full of pockmarks, he stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat that dripped from his face from lashing the whip vigorously, turned his head and smiled flatteringly: "Boss, this little thief is very stubborn, why not?" He didn’t say anything either.”

"Huh! I think you didn't eat! Did you fucking spend all the money I gave you in a brothel?" The man in the Chinese suit said with a cold face, "Try harder!"

"Yes!" The pockmarked man in the arrow robe laughed, the pockmarks on his face trembled, and he said respectfully: "Young one, this boy is so whipped that I can't speak."

The knights who surrounded the man in the fancy clothes laughed together: "Li Mazi, I'm afraid you used up all your strength on the girls' bellies last night, so you're bored now, go back quickly and let the brothers come."

The pockmarked man's face was bluish and red, and he was suffocating with resentment, but he didn't dare to turn around and curse back, his face was so dark that water would flow out, he tightened the whip in his hand fiercely, let out a low growl, and fixed his eyes on Chen Ergou's body, with all his strength, raised the whip high, and was about to whip it over.

"call out!"

There was a sound of breaking through the air like lightning, and a flower of blood exploded on the pockmarked man's shoulder. He felt a sharp pain spread from his shoulder to his whole body. With a shake of his hand, the whip fell to the ground, and he yelled, A feathered arrow was stabbed on his left shoulder, and he fell to the ground, howling and rolling.

The people on the horses were all startled, and someone shouted: "It's a crossbow arrow! Protect the shopkeeper!" Immediately, several horses were driven by the knight, and they covered the man in the fine clothes, blocking him tightly.The man in the fancy dress was also startled, his squinted eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at a group of people standing more than ten feet away.

Wang Huan slowly put down the mountain-destroying crossbow in his hand, and sighed inwardly, the power of this continuous crossbow is really not that great, and it just shoots people in the head at such a short distance.

"According to the shield!" A knight yelled, and a man who looked like a leader hid himself behind the horse's neck and shouted loudly: "Who dares to shoot an arrow at someone? Could it be that they want to plot rebellion?"

He was very nervous, because standing beside Wang Huan, there were nine men in leather armor holding four-foot-long crossbows, aiming steadily at them without moving. Once the bursting weapon is activated, nearly a hundred arrows will be shot like locusts, and at least half of the dozens of people on my side will be shot into a sieve.And behind the crossbowman, there are hundreds of people in black, staring at this side with sticks.

Wang Huan ignored him, handed the crossbow in his hand to a soldier, strode up to Chen Ergou who was tied to the stake, drew out the dagger in his arms, and cut the rope.

Chen Ergou had been beaten so badly that he couldn't stand up, and fell down as soon as his body became limp. Wang Huan caught him, and the hand was wet and slippery, which was the slippery feeling of blood. Less than an inch of good meat.

"Brother Huan, I'm sorry, I've embarrassed you." Chen Ergou forcefully opened his eyes, leaned on Wang Huan's shoulder, and said in a low voice.

With tears in his eyes, Wang Huan gently supported Chen Ergou's waist, and said in a deep voice, "Don't talk, go back first and then talk!"

Chen Ergou nodded weakly, Wang Huan helped him, and walked back slowly. A few refugees had already rushed out, picked up Chen Ergou lightly, and helped him away.

A few knights saw that Wang Huan was no one else around, they didn't listen to what they said, they were furious, and they were about to gallop out. It flew over the scalps of those knights, and they were so frightened that they immediately reined in and stood still, not daring to move.

Wang Huan's face was frighteningly dark, and he looked coldly at the terrified refugees standing on both sides of the city gate. They were all led by Chen Ergou, who was here to repair the final touches of the gate tower and to take care of the guards at the same time. people.

"Why didn't you come forward to resist when Chen Ergou was beaten?" Wang Huan said through his teeth, his eyes were so cold that they almost froze, and murderous aura overflowed.

A bunch of refugees were scared out of their wits, they looked at each other, and no one dared to talk to them. Finally, they all knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowing.

Wang Huan's face turned from black to red, and his anger became more and more intense. His eyes were bloodshot, and he said coldly: "Go down, each of you will receive thirty lashes, and you are not allowed to eat today."

When the refugees kneeling on the ground heard this, they didn't dare to say no, they didn't dare to lift their heads, and just kowtowed vigorously.

"You can't blame them." A slow voice came, with a flat tone, as if talking about a very trivial matter: "They dare not."

Wang Huan paused for a moment, then turned around slowly, facing the man in fine clothes who was speaking, his expression had recovered, neither happy nor worried, as calm as autumn water.

The man in Chinese clothes was protected by a pile of shields, feeling full of security. He shook his mustache and said leisurely, "Who are you here? How dare you hurt my guards."

Wang Huan looked at him, silently, looked up and down for a long time, then waved his hand, and shouted to the refugees who followed: "Go to the Guanlou!"

Immediately, more than a dozen refugees responded loudly, and rushed up the Guanlou from the steps on both sides.

The man in the fancy dress was puzzled, looked around, frowned, and said in an emphatic tone: "I am Xu Qianli, the master shopkeeper of Yuzhou Silver Ware Shop in Daming Dynasty, under the orders of Master Zeng, the commander-in-chief, I have something important to do with Shizhu Consolation Envoy Qin Liangyu Xiangshang, who are you waiting for? Dare to hurt my guard, block my way, and delay my errand, can you bear it?"

In the end, Xu Qianli was already stern and majestic. From his point of view, the young man in front of him didn't know what was going on, but he actually had a soldier with a crossbow arrow, and there were hundreds of people with sticks. They were probably the children of the natives of this place. , although there are more people than on my own side, the people have always been afraid of officials. As long as the name of Zeng Ying behind him is revealed, this person will naturally retreat, so there is nothing to worry about.

Wang Huan listened to him quietly, and saw that he had finished roaring, grinned at the corner of his mouth, and laughed out loud.

"Who am I? He turns out to be a businessman." Wang Huan chuckled, but the laughter was indescribably weird and as unpleasant as a ghost's voice, which made people shudder.

With a laugh, Wang Huan straightened his face, his facial expression changed so quickly that people were caught off guard, and he said calmly: "Business is the end of all peoples, this is the ancestral motto of Emperor Taizu, how come today, he has become the commander-in-chief of a province?" Messenger, what a strange thing!"

Xu Qianli quit, his horse face stretched longer, and the muscles on his face convulsed. He pointed at Wang Huan and wanted to yell at him, but he didn't know how to swear, because what Wang Huan said , is indeed a fact.

However, the guards under him were not so reasonable. When they saw that the mountain native dared to hurt others and insulted the big shopkeeper, they immediately screamed in disorder.

(End of this chapter)