Han official!

Chapter 110 Burning City
The north gate of the inner wall of Shuqili is the back gate, the two schools on the left and right are bullet rooms, and at the entrance of the left school there is a solid storage building made of red willows and soil.

The residents near the fermentation room all fled in panic, leaving only a few five people at the door to quickly knock on the cauldron.

"Bang bang——"

Not long after the cauldron had sounded, the five men at the door of the ammunition room saw Guo Jie rushing towards them, and were so scared that they ran out and closed the inner door tightly from the outside.

Guo Jie pointed to the nearby storage warehouse and said, "Mang Tong, go break the lock on the storage warehouse door and rescue Xijun, who is imprisoned inside. I will go to the bomb room in the left academy, and Wei Guang will go to the bomb room in the right academy to look for Wei Junru."

In the bomb room, Wei Junru broke free from the hemp rope, pulled out a wooden hairpin hidden in her bun, pressed it against her delicate neck, gritted her teeth, and prepared to pierce her neck to commit suicide.

She is not the weak-willed girl in the storage room.

She is a female rider.

He has a strong and resolute character.

Even if he committed suicide, he would not be easily humiliated.

It takes a lot of time to master the art of driving a chariot, and even more so, it takes years to master the art of driving a chariot.

Wei Junru is good at driving a chariot, even better than the general's charioteer. She has suffered a lot to learn how to drive a chariot. She can persist in driving the chariot for years, even though men cannot.

It lies in Wei Junru's steadfast and resolute character.

Wei Junru's beautiful eyes stared at the door of the ammunition room: "Whoever rescues me, no matter how ugly, short, or of low birth, I will marry that person and repay the favor."

She is not a pretentious noble lady who looks weak and delicate all day long and seduces some men.

It is believed that it is normal for a man to spend money to please his wife.

Wei Junru must repay a favor.

The grace of saving life.

She should be repaid with her chastity, which is worth a lot of money.

Live with that person for the rest of your life.

If your husband is a bastard, he will lie down all day and do nothing.

Wei Junru was willing to use the stipend to support her husband for the rest of his life without any complaints.

"hehe."

The door to the bullet chamber that Wei Junru was expecting was kicked open. No one appeared. She smiled miserably: "Well, the wooden hairpin that I used to preserve my chastity has been put to good use. It can be considered a worthy death."

She stretched out her jade hand and stabbed the wooden hairpin fiercely towards the fragrant and tender neck.

I must keep my innocence even if I die!
"boom!"

Just when Wei Junru was completely hopeless and despairing, the door of the bomb room was suddenly kicked open.

Sunlight filtered through the doorway and shone onto the ground of the left school, forming a beam of light that illuminated the simple bullet room with only a bean-shaped lamp and a cattail mat.

In the light from the doorway stood a majestic and imposing man.

The man was of strong build, wearing a suit of red fish-scale armor, a crested crown on his head, holding a knife and a sword, and rushed into the ammunition room like a soldier galloping on the frontier.

Wei Junru stared at the man infatuatedly.

It's like a dream.

Not only was she rescued, but she was saved by a mighty and majestic military marquis.

Everything seemed like a dream.

Guo Jie rushed into the ammunition room and saw a young lady standing inside. He was immediately breathless.

Extremely stunning.

Wei Junru was wearing an ordinary linen skirt, but no matter how ordinary the skirt was, it still couldn't hide her radiant side.

She is tall and plump, with skin as smooth as jade, an oval face, a high nose bridge, slender eyebrows, and a pair of bright eyes, which are extremely classical and beautiful.

A word suddenly popped up in Guo Jie's mind.

The country is peaceful and the people are safe.

That’s right, Wei Junru has an oval face with oriental beauty.

Like the Kingdom of Women in the 1986 version of Journey to the West, and also like the Star God Kangjin in Black Monkey.

A face that represents peace and prosperity.

What is even more eye-catching is.

Wei Junru was tall, a full eight feet, or more than 1.8 meters, which was very rare in the Western Han Dynasty.

Guo Jie had never seen a man eight feet tall, let alone a young lady.

Wei Junru's legs were so long that the woman replaced her gauze skirt with a linen skirt, which could only cover the knees and a little below, revealing a large area of skin on her smooth calves, and above that, her plump thighs were faintly visible.

Extremely ecstatic.

Guo Jie was able to control his lust for women, otherwise, he would not have stabbed Madam Xie to death with a knife.

Now, when Guo Jie saw Wei Junru, who had a face that symbolized peace and prosperity for the country and a pair of beautiful legs, he couldn't help but breathe faster.

Fortunately, Guo Jie controlled his emotions in time and suppressed his desire for women.

Guo Jie asked, "Are you Wei Junru?"

Wei Junru nodded her oval face and said, "I am Wei Junru, I don't know who you are."

She had met many generals and marquises from both the Northern and Southern armies.

It is rare to see someone with such a majestic appearance as the man at the door.

Guo Jie took off the two-foot-long sword from his waist and threw it directly over: "Guo Jie."

A sentence from Guo Jie.

It also made Wei Junru's eyes sparkle.

She was filled with joy.

It turned out to be Guo Jie who fought a tiger with his bare hands and beat the tiger to death!

Wei Junru was different from Xijun in Chang'an. She did not like handsome men, nor did she like Confucian scholars like Sima Xiangru who talked about poetry and sang music all day long.

She quite liked warriors like Guo Jie.

"Sister!"

Wei Guang didn't find anyone in the right school, so he hurried to the left school. Seeing Wei Junru in the ammunition room, he said with red eyes, "Thank goodness my elder sister is safe. Otherwise, I would have massacred Shuqili and killed all the looters in the town to avenge my elder sister."

He saw that Wei Junru's skirt was too short, so he hurriedly took off his trousers and wanted to lend his trousers and socks to Wei Junru.

Unexpectedly, Wei Junru had a look of disgust on his face.

Wei Junru's beautiful eyes moved as she looked at Guo Jie standing at the door. A rare blush appeared on her oval face: "Mr. Guo, could you lend me your hakama and socks?"

Benli's hakama socks?
Guo Jie was stunned.

"Sister!"

Wei Guang complained unhappily, "Why would I wear a stranger's hakama instead of my uncle's? Could it be that my elder sister has taken a fancy to Brother Guo Jie?"

He was overjoyed.

He deliberately complained a few words to remind Guo Jie that Wei Junru seemed to have taken a fancy to him.

"hehe."

Guo Jie shook his head and smiled, then took off his hakama and socks and threw them in, closed the wooden door of the ammunition room, and stood guard at the door with Wei Guang.

Mang Tong smashed open the storehouse and came over with a group of young ladies wearing cloth skirts and wooden hairpins. They were all sixteen years old and seemed to be from poor families. They had numb faces and were used to suffering.

"Mr. Guo."

Mang Tong's silent face showed a rare hint of joy. "The daughters that the three elders of the county kidnapped and sold were all daughters of common people. They were starving and had a very hard life. Many of them were sold to Shuqi by their parents for only half a stone of corn. I tell you about the prosperity of Jincheng Village. The villagers can eat their fill three times a day!"

Mang Tong's expression was filled with excitement, "As long as they have enough to eat, these young men are willing to go to Jinchenglu."

The roots of the people of Jincheng.

Yes! Even in Chang'an, not everyone can get married.

Hundreds of villagers got married and had many sons.

Completely take root in Jinchengli.

Guarding the Jincheng neighborhood is no longer just about repaying Guo Jie's kindness.

Also to protect his wife and children.

Guard the villagers' own homes.

I will only face death with equanimity!

"good!"

Guo Jie's face was filled with joy. He glanced around the ammunition room and found a L-shaped house with two catalpa trees planted at the door. The courtyard wall was a tall rammed earth wall, not the fence wall of the surrounding residents.

He turned to look at Wei Junru who pushed open the door of the ammunition room and walked out. She had changed her skirt into hakama socks, which made her legs look even more slender, with perfect curves, long and straight. He couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Guo Jie calmed himself down and led everyone into the Quzhi mansion, locked the gate tightly, and moved a couch from the palace to block the door.

"Mr. Guo."

At this time, a military official came hurriedly with more than ten material officers, stood at the door of the ammunition room and shouted anxiously, looking for Guo Jie.

Guo Jie heard a familiar voice and saw through the crack in the door that it was a military official from the county government office. He moved the couch behind the door open and let the military official and ten personnel officers in.

There were eleven more people in the Quchi-shaped house, and the military official took ten material officers to start building fortifications.

Blocking the gate of the L-shaped house.

Guo Jie and the other two stood beside the chicken coop in the yard, discussing countermeasures to resist the three elders of the county and the five men and county soldiers brought by the chief.

But he saw that the numb Xijun still had a dull look on her face. Suddenly, under the leadership of Wei Junru, she started to work, fetching water, killing chickens, washing rice, going in and out of the kitchen, moving out the big pot, and cooking directly in the yard.

Wei Junru scolded, "At this critical moment of life and death, my concubine and I cannot sit and wait for death, let alone cry. Even if it's just a small task like cooking, we must contribute our strength."

Mang Tong glanced at Wei Junru, his face filled with astonishment: "Your sister is so tall."

He thought about his seven-foot-tall body. He used to be quite proud of it, but now he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

He is not as tall as a woman.

Mang Tong said for no reason: "Wei Guang's eldest sister is very suitable for Guo Jun."

This was not just nonsense, but sincere advice.

Gan's father followed Zhang Qian to the Western Regions.

Jinchenglu lacks a guest to train soldiers, but the military power cannot be handed over to others to control the soldiers in Jinchenglu.

If Guo Jie married Wei Junru and handed the soldiers in Jinchenglu over to her, he would be in control of them.

Unfortunately.

Guo Jie is already married, and Wei Junru will not be his concubine.

I will never abandon my Yishuo.

Guo Jie knew that Wei Junru was his Xun Guanniang and Qin Liangyu. He clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "I have my own plan. Our immediate priority is to hold off the three elders of the county and the chief of the prison. Yi Zong should be arriving with the thief catcher and the prison officer. As long as we hold out until Yi Zong arrives, the predicament will be resolved."

He suddenly remembered one thing.

Guo Jie looked at the military officer who was chopping down a jujube tree and asked, "Chong Huangrou went alone to the residence of the three elders of the county. When you left the residence, did you see a handsome man holding a two-foot sword?"

The military clerk shook his head and said, "There was a sound of pounding cauldrons in Shuqili, and the three elders of the county were carried out of the department by their sons. The clerk took the opportunity to run out with the material officer and search for Guo Jun. They didn't see Chong Huangrou. Perhaps he didn't go through the main gate and sneaked in quietly."

"Bump the door!"

Outside the Quzhi Mansion, shouts were heard suddenly. The three elders of the county, along with many members of the Du clan from the Western Road, armed with short bows smeared with violet poison, surrounded Guo Jie who was inside.

Villagers came out of the houses in the town one by one, holding plows and hoes, and many villagers held short swords. They surrounded the Quchi courtyard and trapped Guo Jie and others.

"Guo Jie?!"

The three elders of the county, carried by their son, came to the inner wall next to the Quzhi courtyard and saw the Chang'an official in the courtyard. They saw that the official was Guo Jie.

Angry and happy.

The three elders of the county gnashed their teeth and said, "Guo Jie is courting death. It's not your fault, Old Man. You brought firewood and piled it around the courtyard wall, then lit a fire and burned everyone in the courtyard to death."

His legs were broken by the wheel hub, and whenever he thought of what happened at the Zhicheng Gate, he couldn't sleep at night.

I never thought that there would be a day when I would get my revenge.

Tian Dian was shocked. "Father, no! Half of the captured Xijun are inside the mansion. In addition, there is a beautiful concubine who will be offered to the King of Dai or Prime Minister Dou Ying. The three elders of the county will be in your pocket. Moreover, if Xijun is burned to death, how will I explain it to my uncle?"

If a concubine was sold to the State of Dai, the profit would be at least nine to ten thousand coins.

It's like exchanging a wife for a cow.

The business made a lot of money.

Human life is cheap.

It is far less valuable than Niu Jingui.

That concubine must have at least thirty or fifty cows.

If the Quzhi house was set on fire, nearly a hundred cows would be lost.

How could Tian Dian be willing?

"Snapped!"

The three elders of the county thrashed Tian Dian with their poison sticks and cursed him, "Your eldest brother is dead. From now on, the entire Shuqili will be your family property. Burning a few concubines to death is nothing. If you dare not obey your father again, Shuqili will be handed over to your younger brother in the future."

He thought of his eldest son's tragic death and felt heartbroken.

It was not until the eldest son, a village official, died that the three elders of the county realized how beneficial their eldest son's caution was.

The eldest son is dead, it is too late to wake up.

Compared to the second son who is always hesitating for some petty gains, the eldest son's cautious nature makes him more suitable to inherit the family fortune.

It’s a pity that he died tragically at the hands of Guo Jie.

Today, new and old grudges are avenged together!
Tian Dian still couldn't bear to leave his wife and concubine, but in order to inherit Shuqili, he had to bring a lot of firewood and pile it at the base of the wall of the Quchi house.

Waiting for the order from the three elders of the county, he immediately set fire to the house and burned to death everyone in it.

"Brother."

Wei Guang had a fearless look on his face: "Mang Tong and the others will charge out. Then, brother, you will ride on Stanley and take my sister with you. We will escape from Shuqili together. When we see Yi Zong leading his men, we can come back to rescue him."

No one knew where Yi Zong was going on his way to Shuqili, or when he would arrive.

By the time Guo Jie came back, Wei Guang, Mang Tong and others had already turned into corpses.

The people of the Du clan in the West Road hold short bows coated with violet poison in their hands. Unless they have the ability of iron skin and bones, they can't defeat them.

Otherwise, you will be shot by the short bow and fall to the ground to be slaughtered.

"Tian Dian!"

Guo Jie shook his head and shouted outside, "Think it over before you decide whether to set the fire. Burning the city is a serious crime punishable by beheading and throwing it into the streets."

Tian Dian's face turned panicked, and he said hurriedly: "Don't light the fire, take the bean-shaped lamp away quickly."

Without Tian Dian's words, the villagers hurriedly extinguished the bean-shaped lamps and did not dare to light the firewood placed at the door.

"It doesn't matter."

The three elders of the county said calmly, "The Du clans of the Western Road are guests of the Dou clan, a relative of the emperor. They only committed arson and can atone for their sins by paying some money."

"hehe."

Guo Jie sneered and said, "That's true. Don't forget that the chief official in charge of criminal law in Chang'an is Zhang Tang."

A sentence about Zhang Tang.

The three elders of the county were immediately silenced.

(End of this chapter)