The devil is coming

Chapter 423 Assassination
The next day's lunch was indeed eaten at Sun Lianren's place. Of course, only Zheng Fan and Sun Lianren could eat it, because Siniang was nearby and could help Zheng Fan test the poison with silver thread. But despite this, Uncle Zheng could eat it. It’s not much, so it just makes sense.
Sun Lianren was indeed very enthusiastic, and even took the initiative to let his concubine come out to take a nap with Uncle Zheng.
Uncle Zheng naturally refused and continued on his way.
From what I saw and heard along the way, I could clearly see the Fan family's penetration and control over the area from Lianhe to Mengshan.
If you dare to do smuggling, you must have official background support, otherwise you will be found out sooner or later and beheaded as a sacrifice to the flag.
Here, from the boatmen to the water village to the captains, commanders, centurions, and guards of various forts, they all basically share a share of the Fan family's smuggling chain.
Those who share the same mother as you may not be as close as brothers;
But those who are related to your interests can often be "cowardly".
It's ridiculous, but it's also very realistic.
As the commander-in-chief and earl of Yan State, Uncle Zheng actually brought a troop of soldiers and horses and was treated as an honored guest in Chu State.
The next journey took another two days. Because the mountain roads were rugged and many places were impossible to ride on horseback, the marching speed could not be faster.
Zheng Fan also thought about sending troops from here, but he just thought about it. Why did the Savage King forcefully attack the Snow Customs instead of taking the road to Shengle City?
It is possible to walk, but the logistical supplies, various guarantees, efficiency, etc. required for large-scale military operations make it impossible to choose this road as the main attack direction.
Even Zheng Fan and his 1000 men marching together sometimes seem a little difficult, let alone more troops and horses. If the main force comes, if nothing else, once the Chu people attack with an elite army in front, they can directly overwhelm your entire army. It's stuck, preventing you from moving forward or retreating.
"Uncle, after passing Mengshan Mountain, you can reach Xiayong. My Fan family is in Xiayong."
"What you mean by this is that you want me to be a guest at Fan's house?"
"Since my uncle is here, how can I not welcome him? In fact, the head of my family has already welcomed me respectfully."
"Ha ha."
This Fan family is quite courageous. If it were an ordinary big businessman's family, it might be okay to cater to the situation and flatter them a little, but with this kind of money and such an attitude, it would be impossible without some courage.
Perhaps from the Chu people's point of view, this kind of Chu traitor is a heinous crime, but from Zheng Fan's point of view, the Fan family is quite cute.
For such a knowledgeable "dog", you feel a little embarrassed if you don't reward it with some bones. You are even embarrassed to chew the meat off the bones, so you have to leave more for it.
Tonight's campsite is in a horse farm, yes, a horse farm in the mountains.
Here is a depression between two mountains. It is a rare plain in the mountains. There are not many horses in the horse farm. Because this is a transfer point on the Fan family trade route in the Mengshan area, it will be much more convenient to have this horse farm.
Although there are some people from the Fan family here, the Xueguan soldiers under Zheng Fan are still camping as before under the command of Jin Shuke.
The perimeter security and the guarding of the commander's tent from all directions were done in a very orderly manner.
Zheng Fan was still sitting in the tent, and Siniang was making noodles.
This scene gives me the feeling that in later generations a man would go home and lie down on the sofa while his wife was busy cooking.
The experience of entering Chu in the past few days is indeed much different than originally imagined, but after entering the lower realm and paying a visit to the Fan family, the next step is to officially leave the rugged environment and be able to ride a horse.
A Ming opened the curtain and walked in.
He was like a drug addict, yawning and very listless.
"Your Majesty, San'er sent someone here to deliver a message earlier, saying that there is no sign of the Chu army mobilizing in Xia Yong."
Zheng Fan nodded, indicating that he understood.
Si Niang looked at A Ming and said, "I gave you some Xuewang over at the racecourse. I'll wait for the master to eat some noodles later. Do you want me to give it to you?"
A Ming said "heh",
Just about to speak,
Suddenly,
He and Siniang stared at each other at the same time.
at the same time,
The magic pill in Zheng Fan's chest suddenly trembled.
"Buzz!"
"Lord, be careful!"
Siniang spread her hands, and the threads quickly stretched out to the top of the tent. At this moment, a huge arrow penetrated the tent and headed directly downwards.
Siniang's silk thread did immediately jam the crossbow arrow that was supposed to be used when defending the city, but the arrow was actually wrapped with a layer of something. The silk thread was very sharp, and it would naturally hit it when intercepting it. The thing was cut open, and what followed was a splash of fishy liquid.
"Fire oil!"
Zheng Fan immediately shouted: "Back off!"
immediately,
Zheng Fan kicked the ground with both legs, and the magic pill on his chest also exerted force at this time. The father and son pushed back together.
The tent was not strong and was knocked open by Zheng Fan and rolled out.
Over there, A Ming turned his back and stood in front of Siniang without hesitation. Siniang cut off the connection between the silk thread above and herself and began to retreat quickly.
"boom!"
The kerosene ignited directly when it met the charcoal fire in the tent, and the entire tent was ignited instantly.
As for Zheng Fan, fortunately, Siniang blocked the arrow with early warning, and with the help of the magic pill, he left the "fire scene" in advance.
Siniang also escaped under the protection of A Ming. Siniang herself was fine, but the clothes on A Ming's back were already burning.
After coming out, A Ming immediately put his back on the ground and rubbed crazily to extinguish the flames on his body.
After extinguishing,
A Ming lay on the ground feeling helpless.
Because he preferred being shot with arrows to this kind of burn.
How easy it is to take out the arrows, pull them out, and one, two, three, and four will jingle;
But for this burn, I have to ask Siniang to help clean out the sand, dust, and clothing debris embedded in the wound on my back later. Otherwise, when the skin and flesh grow back, my body will be like a sandwich cake.
Oh, this is definitely a terrible experience.
"There are assassins!"
"Protect uncle!"
"Protect uncle!"
A group of soldiers immediately swarmed over. As soon as Zheng Fan got up, he was immediately protected by three layers of his own soldiers.
The soldiers on the periphery quickly formed a formation to push forward, with the front row holding swords and the back row holding bows and arrows and loading crossbows.
The Fan family members on the other side of the racecourse were also alerted by the news. Under the leadership of Fan Yongxin, they came over immediately, but were directly stopped by the surrounding soldiers.
And here,
Si Niang first scolded:
"Xue San, that loser!"
immediately,
Gritting his silver teeth,
Look upward,
The body pounced forward, and the whole person actually pressed directly against the cliff. Using the silk threads released from the whole body to wrap around the edges, the whole person climbed up quickly.
It is clear,
The previous bed crossbow came from the cliff!
At the same time, two other people emerged from the soldiers and climbed up the cliff with Siniang like spiders. They were people from Tianji Pavilion.
After Zeng Shulang, the elder of Tianji Pavilion, took refuge with Zheng Fan, he led his disciples to take charge of the defense construction of Xuehaiguan and the transformation of siege equipment. At the same time, in order to express his loyalty, two of the last three guardians of Tianji Pavilion were , this time he entered Chu with Zheng Fan’s team.
The only one left was Zeng Shulang himself, who did not follow.
Jin Shuke's reaction here was slower than Siniang's. After all, he still had to summon the sergeants, but the tasks were quickly assigned.
"You are here to protect me, brother Ke Yandong. You take the people to the west side. The rest of you, follow me to the east side. The assassin is on the mountain!"
quickly,
The soldiers below immediately divided into three parts,
500 people stayed to protect Zheng Fan and at the same time be wary of the Fan family.
The rest of the people were divided into two groups, led by Jin Shuke and Keyandong respectively, and surrounded them from both sides and went up the mountain.
For a time,
The sound of armor was solemn.
……
"Niuzi, come on, we don't want this crossbow anymore."
"Master of the village, how can we not want it? This is the treasure of our village. How can we not want it? No, I have to take it back!"
"Fart, let me go now. If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave!"
"Don't go, don't go. This bed crossbow is more popular with me than my mother-in-law. I won't leave. Village leader, take a look again. Is the official Yangou dead? Is he dead? He should be dead. I guess it’s almost cooked by now.”
"Master of the village, it's not good. There are swallows and dogs rushing up on the mountain road on the west side."
"Master of the village, there are also swallows and dogs on the mountain road on the east side!"
The man known as the leader of the village had a strong physique. Even though it was winter, he was still only wearing a piece of off-shoulder leather. After hearing the report from his subordinates, he immediately yelled at the subordinates who had previously used the bed crossbow:
"Niuzi, let's go, don't ask for anything, otherwise everyone will die here!"
The thin man called Niu Zi also nodded immediately, stopped packing the crossbow on the bed, and said instead:
"Mom, Yangou came so fast."
Instead of going down the mountain from the east and west sides, everyone chose to continue going up the mountain. The biggest feature of Mengshan Mountain is that mountains are connected with mountains. If you can't go down this mountain, it will be the same if you go down the opposite mountain.
However, just after everyone had taken a few steps up, they suddenly heard a scream.
The village leader looked back and found that Niu Zi, who was walking at the back, was holding his neck.
When a brother next to him wanted to reach out to give Niu Zi a hand, he was shocked to find that Niu Zi's head actually left his neck and floated away.
This scene was really terrifying, because no one could see clearly what happened.
Immediately afterwards, Siniang's figure was revealed. She had just climbed up and was obviously still out of breath, but Siniang's eyes were full of murderous intent.
"A man who dares to touch my mother!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two more threads shot out, directly piercing the bodies of the two bandits in front. They had no armor at all, so it was extremely easy for the threads to enter.
"what!"
"what!"
The two bandits immediately screamed.
Then,
The two puppets crawled out from the cliff and jumped forward without hesitation after landing, like two cheetahs.
The leader of the village was heartbroken.
He jumped down with the knife and slashed at Siniang.
Siniang did not escape, and now he is also rising with Zheng Fan. With her apparent sixth-level strength and her experience and ability as a demon king, how could she not even be able to defeat a bandit leader?
"Shh! Shh! Shh!"
For a time,
Silk threads gathered together to form a surface in front of him.
The village leader's sword dented when he slashed, and his strength was lost. When the village leader wanted to draw his sword, he found that he couldn't pull it out at all.
Fortunately, the leader of the village was decisive. He immediately abandoned his sword and retreated quickly, avoiding the subsequent encirclement and suppression by silk threads.
After the two guardians of Tianji Pavilion used their puppets to kill the two bandits, they rushed to the next target without hesitation.
There were less than twenty people in this gang of bandits. They had not lit any lamps in order to hide themselves, so in the dark, they were rushed by Siniang and the two Tianji Pavilion protectors in this way. They were so frightened that they lost their charter. The remaining People started to run away like crazy.
However, because of this delay, they were unable to run up the mountain immediately, and were intercepted by the Snow Customs soldiers who came from the mountain roads on the east and west sides.
Where are these bandits from these elite opponents who have been on the battlefield?
What's more, they were still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, and a piece of them was cut down immediately. If Jin Shuke hadn't screamed for survival, there might not have been a single person left alive.
After the village leader finally escaped Siniang's attack, he was held by two soldiers with knives before he could take a few steps. The two soldiers who followed him kicked him down and hit him on the head, completely killing him. He was pressed to the ground and no matter how hard he struggled, it was to no avail.
Since then,
Except for three or four of the assassins who were captured alive, the rest were all killed.
Siniang walked up to the village leader, her eyes full of murderous intent.
These two years,
Siniang rarely comes to the front to fight anymore, and most of the time she stays behind to take charge of money and food matters, but this does not mean that Siniang's temper has been smoothed.
The devil is the devil after all. How could the domineering thoughts in his heart be dissipated as soon as he said so?
Jin Shuke was obviously a little afraid of Siniang at this time. After all, even if she didn't look at Siniang's strength, just because she was the one who slept with her uncle, and because she was everyone's mistress, Jin Shuke didn't dare to Disrespectful to Si Niang;
But at this time, he still had to bite the bullet and reminded:
"Mr. Feng, should I leave it to my uncle for interrogation?"
When Si Niang heard this,
The sharpness in his eyes gradually faded away,
Nod slowly.
Beside Siniang, the two guardians of Tianji Pavilion raised their heads. They were also wearing Snow Customs armor. They were no different from ordinary soldiers on weekdays, but at this time, they were like two spiders with their limbs on the ground, raising their heads. At first, his face was covered with blood, but he was still showing a flattering smile to Siniang.
……
"So, those who attacked me were a group of bandits?"
Faced with this result, Zheng Fan was a little surprised.
Siniang, who had just finished interrogating the bandit, reported back:
"Yes, Lord, my subordinate has been punished. What he said should be true."
Zheng Fan knew how the devil used torture to torture people.
Siniang added: "There is no collusion with other forces. They are pure. They know that you are from Yan, my lord, so they want to assassinate you."
"So pure?"
"If nothing else, they should be so pure. They are bandits from the Whirlwind Village. Their nest is in Mengshan. They should have seen our team a few days ago."
"Oh, it's kind of interesting."
Zheng Fan shook his head. He originally thought that a certain force had taken action against him. It might be from the Chu State, or it might be from the Qian State. Even if he had a more sinister guess, it was not impossible that he was from the Yan State.
But suddenly things became so clean, which was really a bit uncomfortable.
A Ming, who was sitting next to Zheng Fan, said:
"Hey, Si Niang, can you help me take care of the wound on my back? It's really painful for me to control the wound from healing right now."
The wound was not cleaned, so it had to be controlled so that it could not heal. This meant that the injury remained in condition and the pain naturally continued.
And if it recovers, it will be even more sore if the skin is broken and the inside is cleaned later, so A Ming would rather endure it now.
"Siniang, please help A Ming take care of his wounds. I'll go see the assassin."
"Yes, my lord."
When Zheng Fan walked out of the tent, it was already dawn.
Fan Yongxin asked to see him several times, but Zheng Fan refused. Zheng Fan even slept in while Siniang was interrogating the prisoner.
may,
I really have experienced a lot of battles,
You must have gained it through experience, right?
After all, he is not dead,
It was A Ming who was injured again.
So I don't have any disturbance in my mind and can fall asleep quickly.
Therefore,
At this moment, it is already noon.
Because of the assassination last night, the security around the camp was very high. No one from the Fan family was allowed to approach, and any offenders would be killed directly.
Zheng Fan walked into the tent where the bandit leader was imprisoned.
Before I even walked in, I could already see the blood spots on the tent from the outside.
After walking in, I found that the bandit leader was lying there in a bloody state.
In fact, this village owner is also pitiful.
When Siniang was just interrogating him,
In fact, what he said early on was, "There is an injustice, there is a master, and there is a debtor. One person does the work, and the other person is a man. I can't change my name, but I can't change my surname." This was done by me, and no one else instigated it.
then,
Siniang didn't believe it, so she tortured, tortured, tortured, tortured, tortured...
At last,
Seeing that there is really no second answer,
The leader of the village was so tortured that he could no longer bear it and started calling Grandma Feng Siniang.
Only then did Siniang confirm that her first answer was the real answer.
at this time,
Seeing Zheng Fan come in,
The leader of the village weakly opened his eyes and glanced at Zheng Fan. He seemed to have guessed Zheng Fan's identity. The fourth mother was not here, so he became a little more forceful. He pulled the corners of his mouth and revealed a " Disdainful" look.
"Why are you killing me?"
"Kill...yangou."
"Presumptuous!" Jin Shuke, who followed Zheng Fan in, scolded.
Zheng Fan raised his hand to stop Jin Shuke, nodded and said:
"He's quite a man."
I have been in Chu for a while, but I didn't expect that the first crisis was actually brought to me by this bandit.
"How about this." Zheng Fan smiled and said, "Can I give you a good time?"
Obviously, the leader of the Whirlwind Village was frightened by Siniang's methods before. Now when he heard Zheng Fan's words, a look of relief appeared on his face.
even,
He also said something soft:
"I accept...your love."
"You're welcome."
Zheng Fan said to Jin Shuke: "Go and ask the people at the racecourse for some wine and feed him, and then send him on his way."
"Yes, uncle."
After giving these instructions,
Zheng Fan walked out of the tent. The smell of blood disappeared from his nose and he couldn't help but stretch.
At this time, Fan Yongxin shouted from the outside: "Uncle, uncle..."
Zheng Fan waved his hand to signal the soldiers in front to let him go.
Fan Yongxin came over with two Fan family members and said immediately:
"Uncle, the villain deserves to die. The villain deserves to die. My uncle was frightened last night. The villain deserves to die."
"it's okay no problem."
Since this matter has nothing to do with the Fan family, Zheng Fan is too lazy to pursue it. After all, the Fan family has performed very well along the way.
"But uncle, don't worry. This morning, the guards from the previous forts have ordered troops to encircle and suppress the whirlwind village. The news just came that the whirlwind village from top to bottom, including the old, weak, women and children, has no chickens or dogs left. Please calm down, please calm down."
Zheng Fan heard this,
He reached out and patted Fan Yongxin on the shoulder.
Fan Yongxin was flattered and squatted down a little more.
Zheng Fan turned around,
He glanced at the tent stained with blood;
"Ah."
(End of this chapter)