Detective in the Red Chamber

Chapter 599 Farce

Since Luo Zhun was able to take over the position of envoy of Xuanfu of Wuxi on the cusp of this storm, he would naturally not lack courage.

However, as a student officer, he still lacks experience and decisiveness.

When he learned that the gentry in the city led the people to force the palace, he actually tried to force the other party to retreat in shame with righteousness.

result……

"I heard that those mountain savages were originally prepared to be recruited by the imperial court, but it was General Sun who was greedy for merit and forced them back!"

"Isn't that right, even the family's ancestral graves have been dug up, can the mountain barbarians not be in a hurry? He got the credit, and it's not us Wuxi people who suffer?!"

"I heard that he hasn't shown up for several days. Could it be that he has escaped?!"

"The designation is to escape! This Qiu Ba from the capital, how can we care about our Wuxi people's lives?!"

"The last Xuanfu envoy was also from the north. If he hadn't insisted on taking away the barbarian's silver mines, how could the barbarians have made a fuss for no reason?"

"That's right, that's right! We Wuxi people were really hurt by these northerners!"

"Although the old man is not from Wuxi, he is also a southerner. Don't fall into the tricks of the northerner and lose his life for nothing!"

"The man surnamed Sun ran away, but he left behind a lot of wounded soldiers. I heard that they all went to the ancestral grave of the mountain barbarian..."

There is so much chatter, how can anyone listen to Luo Zhun's great principles?

Seeing that someone actually wanted to attack the wounded soldier, Luo Zhun finally couldn't hold back his demeanor, and roared with a thick neck, "Bold! Are you going to make trouble?!"

Seeing that the old man finally got his spirits up, those guards who didn't work hard also hurriedly raised their hands, posing with beards and staring eyes.

Although no one really stepped forward to punish the rioters, the noise at the gate of the yamen gradually calmed down.

Luo Zhun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and was about to show some serious reasoning, but he didn't expect someone under the steps to say loudly, "Everyone, don't talk nonsense. The imperial court sent officers and troops here to protect the environment and the people. That General Sun How can you abandon the people of this city?"

Having said that, the man took a few steps forward and bowed to the end, "I also ask my father to quickly invite General Sun out of the station, so that the common people can see and hear!"

This person is one of the three leading gentry, Liang Jingcheng, the patriarch of the Wuxi Liang family.

Just now he had been watching coldly among the crowd, and now he suddenly jumped out, seemingly speaking for the government and helping Luo Zhun, but in fact he cornered Luo Zhun!

As originally planned, Sun Shaozong led some troops three days ago, bypassing the barbarian coalition forces in front of them, and went deep into the Wuxi mountain area to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.

If Luo Zhun had exposed the matter from the very beginning, it would be fine.

But now that they are being used against the generals, even if Luo Zhun tells the truth again, how many of these rabble-rousers will believe them?

But as soon as he showed some dilemma, Liang Jingcheng's expression on the opposite side changed drastically, and he exclaimed in horror, "What? Could it be that General Sun has really abandoned the city and fled?!"

There was an uproar in the surroundings, and then those "people from the south and people from the north" made a loud noise again.

In a modern society with developed technology, there are still regional disputes between the north and the south, let alone the ancient times with a strong sense of locality?

Under the agitation of the crowd, someone proposed to call more people to the military camp to find out.

Luo Zhun jumped up anxiously, shouting orders to the guards to maintain order, but with Liang Jingcheng and other local nobles standing in front of them, how could these local subordinates obey their orders?

At most, it's just putting on airs from a distance, and pretending to be an errand.

Seeing hundreds of rioters entangled each other, they really marched towards the barracks. Along the way, there were many ordinary people who didn't know where to go, and they were bewitched to join the team.

If this scene is about to break out, what kind of morale will there be?

No matter what happened to Sun Shaozong, Wuxi City was doomed!

"Stop, Mother Dut, stop for me!"

At this critical juncture, suddenly a dozen or so people bumped out from all around the street, each with a weapon in their hand, they stopped these hundreds of mobs abruptly.

The leader among them was a tall, thin man in his 30s. I saw him standing in the middle with raised eyebrows, and was about to cheer up and yell loudly, but suddenly someone among the mob yelled, "It's not good, the officers and soldiers are furious. Killing the good and taking the credit!"

It can be said that a single stone stirred up thousands of waves, hearing the words "kill the good and take the merit", the crowd suddenly became chaotic, some wanted to run away, some wanted to come forward to argue, and some picked up the stone from the ground in resentment Bricks and tiles, just wait for the officers and soldiers to smash them over.

Finished!

This is the complete end!

Luo Zhun, who came up from behind and wanted to save the situation, immediately felt his legs go limp, and he sat down on the ground completely disfigured.

Whether it was the officers and soldiers dispersing the people, or the mob besieging the officers and soldiers, the 'fact' that Sun Shaozong fled without a fight will surely spread throughout the city!

"Niang Xipi's!"

But he only heard the leader of the army man curse, suddenly tore off the tie around his neck, and threw out the tightly wrapped cloak, revealing his black dragon swallowing cloud robe.

A dozen or so men with knives followed suit, revealing the official uniforms of the Dragon Guards underneath, and shouted in unison, "The Dragon Guards are ordered to run errands, who dares to spread rumors and make trouble?!"

The long street was suddenly quiet.

The name of the Dragon Guard is much more famous in the local area than the official army. Although it is not a good reputation, it is very suitable to use it to suppress the field at this time.

Seeing that the tall and thin man had controlled the situation, he put on an even more condescending look, and secretly gave left and right winks.

Immediately someone nearby raised his voice and said, "My lord is Li Qianhu from the Huguang Qianhu Office. He came to Wuxi City secretly because he was entrusted by General Dangkou to investigate the barbarians and spies in the city!"

Thousands of households came here in person? !

Ordinary people don't know the pros and cons, but Liang Jingcheng and other local gentry don't know the extravagance of this dragon guard guarding thousands of households?

Although the Huguang Qianhu Office's trial Qianhu is only a fifth-rank official, it is the emperor's eyes and ears in Huguang. Even the governor, chief envoy, and inspector may not dare to offend him!

Liang Jingcheng, who originally wanted to ask a few questions, quickly retreated into the crowd.

But Luo Zhun saw his life turned from desperation, but he didn't need others to help him, so he jumped up from the ground, trotted to the front, cupped his hands and said, "Li Qianhu came at the right time!"

Immediately, he couldn't help but wondered, "But I don't know who this rogue general is?"

Then Li Qianhu returned the salute first, and then said in a loud voice, "General Zhou, the bandit general, is an important general drawn from Shu by the imperial court. He was ordered to lead [-] officers and troops to clean up the chaos in Wuxi!"

"Because these barbarians are scattered in the mountains and it is really difficult to clear them up, the general and Sun Xianfeng made a clever plan to attract snakes..."

"grown ups!"

Seeing that he was eloquent and talked about such military secrets in front of everyone, a hundred households beside him hurriedly reminded him.

That Li Qianhu woke up suddenly, let out a haha, swallowed all the rest of his words, then lowered his face, pointed at the crowd and shouted, "Come on, let those barbarians who were secretly causing trouble just now Spy, take them all for me!"

In two strokes, he suddenly agreed, and rushed into the crowd aggressively.

The people who were excited just now were like lambs at this moment, allowing the dragon guards to come in and out without hindrance, and locked up the few people who provoked trouble just now.

After all, no one is deaf, even if there are some stupid people who can't guess what the so-called trick is, but the [-] officers and soldiers can hear clearly.

Even if these many officers and soldiers could not completely wipe out the mountain barbarians, it would be easy for them to suppress the people of Wuxi City.

So who would dare to fight against the Dragon Guard at this moment?

However, those 'spies' who were caught were not willing to be caught without a fight, and they all desperately shouted for injustice, among them, the one who struggled the most was naturally Liang Jingcheng.

He heard him yelling, "I am wronged, I am wronged, my lord! Liang just came to rescue Lord Luo, how could he be a barbarian spy? Besides, Liang has a reputation and a reputation for raising people!"

Hearing that he was complaining again, and took out his fame as a talisman, Li Qianhu frowned and approached him, looked him up and down a few times, then suddenly raised his hand and drew a scabbard, Liang Jingcheng's teeth flew flying!

Liang Jingcheng screamed, and was hit by the scabbard again, his straight nose collapsed and his eyes turned black. When he was about to scream again, his throat was already covered with blood, and he could only make some muffled noises.

"Noisy!"

Li Qianhu hung the scabbard back on his waist as if nothing happened, and turned to Luo Zhun with a smile, "Lord Luo, can I borrow your court for a while?"

"It's okay to use it, but it's okay to use it!"

Luo Zhun reluctantly agreed, and personally led the Long Guards to the Xuanfu envoy's yamen.

Seeing that Li Qianhu was about to go to court to ask questions, Luo Zhun couldn't help leaning forward and asked sourly, "But I don't know when General Zhou will arrive? It's really hard for me to hide it."

Unexpectedly, when Li Qianhu heard this, he shook his head and smiled wryly, and then leaned into Luo Zhun's ear and said, "There is no such thing as a rogue general, they were all made up by Sun Qianhu, otherwise how dare the subordinate officials put this military country?" Is it important to announce it to the public in the street?"

"Make up..."

Luo Zhun almost screamed, but fortunately Li Qianhu covered his mouth in time.

After a while, Luo Zhun regained his composure, and said in a trembling voice, "Then the [-] officers and soldiers are also fake?"

Li Qianhu nodded, "Naturally."

Luo Zhun couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly, "This is such a big lie, if it is exposed again..."

"rest assured."

Li Qianhu patted himself on the chest, "The hundred or so catties of an official still have some weight, no one will believe it, I will leave the provincial capital to live a happy life, but Baba came here to kill himself!"

This is true, the Long Guard is the emperor's eyes and ears, so there is no reason to risk his life to participate in the suppression of the rebellion. It was precisely because of this consideration that Luo Zhun believed in the [-] officers and soldiers.

Thinking of this, Luo Zhun couldn't help but change his face, and solemnly bowed to Li Qianhu and said, "Sure enough, you are a loyal minister! I was in the provincial capital in the past, and I heard a lot of words that slandered Li Qianhu in official circles. Now I know Your lord's loyalty!"

Li Qianhu also hurriedly bowed back solemnly, "Don't dare, for the sake of the country, Li is obliged to do so!"

At the same time, he couldn't help but slander in his heart that if it wasn't for that Sun Shaozong was also the official inspector of thousands of households, and Te Niang took out Eunuch Qiu's handwriting, I wouldn't bother to come to this damn place!

Chapter 600 The Final Chapter of the Southern Expedition

Six... six hundred chapters, and there is no leader yet?Is this book insulated from local tyrants? !

Wuxi City is open on three sides, but the east side is a hilly depression covered with dense forests.

The north, south, and west sides were naturally the focus of the Barbarian Alliance's attack. The main forces of the four tribes of Kangxi Man, Daixi Man, Huaxi Man, and Xunxi Man were almost all stationed here.

As for the hills and depressions in the east, although it is not conducive to the formation of the army, it is not easy to leave it empty, so it was entrusted to the weakened Tong Ximan.

On the sixth day of December, at the end of Shenshi, in the east of the city.

Man Muha, the young leader of Duosi Village, was holding the copper rod horsewhip that he looted from somewhere, and stood guarding outside the big tent of the Chinese army with a gloomy expression. No matter how he rushed in regardless, he lacked a bit of courage after all.

Suddenly, the heavy felt curtain was lifted from the inside, and then two short and stout figures walked out from the big tent.

Man Muha hurriedly lowered his head to hide the resentment on his face.

Those two people didn't even look at him, they took off the reins and rode away.

Seeing the two of them out of Tongximan's camp with resentment, Man Muha opened the felt curtain, rushed in angrily, and said angrily, "Abba! You are the leader of Tongximan now anyway, how can you Let a few kangxi scumbags come and drink?!"

Sharif, the leader of Dosi village, is only in his early thirties, because he often had contact with the Han people outside the mountains in his early years, his manner and speech are much more refined than those of the barbarians.

However, in the barbarian coalition army, this may not be a good thing, and it is easy to be regarded as weak and deceitful.

Because the two Kang Ximen spoke rudely just now, Sharif also had a gloomy face, but seeing his son so irritable, he calmly sat back behind the table.

"Dad!"

Man Muha became more and more anxious, he pushed the felt curtain away with his backhand, pointed to the outside and said, "Look for yourself, what kind of bullying has Tong Ximan been like? That Kuilun clearly made our Tong Ximan Warriors, treated as lowly slaves!"

After the felt curtain was opened, the movement of countless knives and axes outside filled the tent immediately.

But it turned out that after being arranged in the forest depression in the east of the city, the other clans gave Tong Ximan all the errands of rushing to make ladders and supervising the construction of bumping logs.

The two Kangxi barbarians just now, who were ordered to come to ask for equipment, even shouted at Sharif like a servant calling a servant.

You must know that just a few days ago, Duosizhai was just elected as the co-owner of Tongxi Man!

The pleasure of climbing to the top has not subsided, but how can Man Muha accept the humiliation of being kicked on the nose and face?

Seeing his beard and hair trembling in anger, Sharif sighed helplessly, and asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"

"of course……"

Man Muha blurted out three words at first, but then suddenly got stuck, and after a long while, he blushed and said, "I listen to Dad!"

Although he is young and energetic, he is not a fool after all.

Now among the Tongximan, the most powerful Walenzhai and the richest Wuerzhai have all suffered disasters, and although Duosi Village has driven ducks to the shelves and become the co-owner of Tongximan, it is still far away. It is not as prestige as the original Walenzhai.

With such external and internal troubles, how can we have the capital to fight against the other four races?

"listen to me?"

Seeing that his son was still somewhat rational, Sharif felt a little relieved, but when he thought about the current situation, he couldn't really be happy.

He shook his head and sighed, "If someone had listened to me back then, Tong Ximan wouldn't have come to this point."

Hearing that his father brought up the old story again, Man Muha couldn't help but lose his voice.

Back then, when the Five Clans Alliance was discussing about setting off a rebellion, Sharif had argued against it in front of the leader Yahamo.

The reason is that Tong Ximan is too close to the Han people. Once the Han people retaliate, they will definitely bear the brunt.

And once the power is frustrated, Tong Ximan, who was originally the last among the Wuxi barbarians, will be in an even more embarrassing situation.