Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 129
"Hey! Hey! Don't sleep!"

Xiangyong, who was in charge of guarding on Tuqiu City, was sleeping soundly leaning on a pillar, but was suddenly woken up by his companions, and he couldn't help saying angrily.

"What's the noise! ​​Don't you know that I'm newly married? I can't sleep at night. What's wrong with asking me to sleep a little longer during the day?"

The companion hurriedly said: "It's not that you are not allowed to sleep, you look outside the city."

Xiangyong rubbed his eyes, lying on the battlements and looking out, a long convoy came up the distant field.

There was a door panel on the leading chariot, and a tall and thick man was tied to the door panel.

The man had a rag stuffed in his mouth, his hands and feet were tightly bound, coupled with his extremely angry expression, his eyes were about to tear apart, even from such a distance, one could feel his full anger and resentment.

"It's broken! Could it be that the thieves on the mountain kidnapped our Tuqiu people and planned to come to ask for money to redeem them?"

"But I don't think it looks like it! Look at the back of the convoy, there are still old and weak women and children. How can there be bandits who drag their families along?"

Xiang Yong thought about it for a while, and when the convoy approached, he suddenly saw the flag with the word "Zai" flying high on the chariot.

He was terrified all over.

"Bad! This is Dr. Zai's car! Quickly, go and inform the officials in the city that the lord is coming!"

Zaiyu's chariot drove to the bottom of the city, and he looked up at Tuqiu's low city wall.

This is less than four meters high, more than half shorter than Qufu's Jiancheng.

At this height, if someone sieges the city, you don't even need to use any siege equipment, just find a few first-time warriors to carry a few ropes and climb up.

But this is also impossible.

In order to prevent the doctors from rebelling, the "Zhou Li" restricted the height of the city walls except for the doctor's fiefs.

No matter what level a doctor is, the height of the city walls in his fief must not exceed eighteen feet. That is to say, the walls of ordinary cities can be no more than four meters high, which is already the limit.

Although the officials of most countries don’t take this regulation seriously, the State of Lu is a state of etiquette after all. Therefore, except for Sanhuan’s old nest, Liyi, Feiyi, and Yiyi, all other cities have no rules. over eighteen feet.

It would be fine if my Zaizi hadn't been sealed in Tuqiu, but now that I'm here, how can Tuqiu's defense be so unbearable?

Zaiyu was thinking about how to build an imperishable city, when he suddenly heard a question from the city wall.

"Dare to ask the people under the city, but is it Dr. Tuqiu's car?"

Jai Yu looked up, and happened to see an ugly smile covered with sweat.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Xiang Yong stammered: "Nervous? I, do I have it? But from your tone, you should be the master, right?"

Jae Yu didn't answer either, just stared at him and nodded.

Xiang Yong felt guilty, and kept talking back and forth.

"I don't know that the lord is coming today, but the officials in the city have not greeted them far away. I have just sent someone to inform them, and I ask the lord to wait for a while.

By the way, if you don't dislike it, you can sit on the tower first. I have prepared some drinks here to quench your thirst.

Of course, if you don't want to, you can..."

Zaiyu and Zigong beside him looked at each other, and they both saw confidence in each other's eyes.

There are ghosts in it!

Zaiyu raised his whip and shouted loudly, "Enter the city!"

When Xiangyong saw him, he shouted anxiously: "Master, wait a minute! The people in Tuqiu know that you are coming today, so they specially set up a banquet for you. You must not know the way, right? Come, let me lead the way for you."

He hurried down from the top of the city.

He just came to Zaiyu's driver's side, and before he took the reins from the driver, he heard a choking sound, and felt his neck a little cold.

Xiang Yong was trembling all over, slowly turned his head, with a smile uglier than crying.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Zai Yu didn't talk too much nonsense: "The local government office, you should know how to get there, right?"

"I……"

Xiang Yong wanted to say that he didn't know, but he looked at the sword on his neck and nodded with difficulty.

"Okay! You come up and lead the way."

Xiang Yong hurriedly climbed into the car, raised his arm, and just about to think about it, he heard Jae Yu behind him speak again.

"The local granary shouldn't be on fire, right?"

Xiang Yong shivered, and immediately pointed out the correct path to the government office, hoping to avoid this problem by pointing the way.

Unexpectedly, Zaiyu asked again: "I said, the local granary should not be on fire!"

Xiang Yong blinked and looked at Jae Yu. After thinking about it for a long time, he said, "It's on fire..."

"Um?!"

The sharp sword on his neck sent another three points forward.

Xiang Yong hurriedly answered: "It's on fire, but it's not completely on fire!"

At this moment, Shen Shun at the side didn't understand: "What do you mean? Half of the granary can still be burned down?"

Xiang Yong didn't dare to speak too clearly, he was also afraid of being retaliated afterwards, so he could only speak black words with Jae Yu.

"The local granary started to burn when I knew you were about to take office. The first thing to catch fire was this year's new grain.

Those old grains were damp, so those fires were specially avoided.

Counting from the day when the granary caught fire, the fire has been burning for five full days.

But it has not been completely burned. If you come two or three days later, it is estimated that there will be nothing left. "

Hearing this, Zai Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he took office, he knew that this situation might happen, so before he took office, he specially didn't send anyone to Tuqiu to inform them to welcome them.

Unexpectedly, these guys were quite alert, and they took the lead in 'setting fire' without his reminder.

Zai Yu nodded, and asked again: "Do you know that the flames spread from that place in the city?"

When Xiang Yong heard this question, he was tangled and didn't know how to answer it.

When Zaiyu saw it, he was not in a hurry, but asked, "Do you know how to write the word dead?"

"I..." Xiang Yong was about to cry, and he knelt down directly to Zaiyu: "Doctor, lord! I, I dare not!"

"It seems that you really don't know how to write dead characters. Ban, teach him how to write dead characters!"

With maltose in his mouth, Gongshuban happily took out a pen and paper from his sleeve, and said, "You are so stupid! Let me teach you, there are four ways to write death..."

Before Gongshuban finished speaking, Zaiyu lifted Xiangyong from the ground, pointed to Ji Sheng who was tied behind the door panel with disheveled hair and flushed face with anger, and said.

"I'll give you one last chance. If you don't tell me, I'll lock you in the same room with him tonight. He's Dongyi, Dongyi, do you know that he can eat people!"

"I, I, I..."

Xiang Yong was so frightened that he lost his mind. He glanced at Ji Sheng, then thought about the whole family, and could only grit his teeth.

"I heard that mulberry wood, elm wood, and poplar wood are all good materials for lighting a fire. Doctor, I can only say this, and I really can't explain more."

　I want votes. After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?
　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)