Song Dynasty

Chapter 137 The Poisoner ([-])

The door opened suddenly, and golden sunlight shone in, illuminating the small basement.

This place was originally the house of a large family in the city. Because of the large area, a lot of bluestone was used to build the walls and houses, which are extremely strong.In addition, the place is quite large, and now it has become Kong Yanzhou's camp for the Chinese army.

In fact, this basement was originally a kitchen, and the reason why it was set up on the ground was because the temperature here was very low. Even in May and June, there were still inexplicable gusts of wind.The food is placed here, and it is not easy to perish.

At this moment, it has become a dungeon for prisoners.

Lu Benzhong, who was sleeping on the ground, woke up instantly when the bright sunlight hit him.

In a dream just now, he dreamed that he had returned to his hometown in Huaixi and was enjoying the attentive service of his wife and concubine.When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was still that prisoner.

There is no red sandalwood bed, no windows full of splendor, and no colorful fruits and mellow wines on the bedside table.Some are just empty and cold stone slabs, with a musty smell, and a few cockroaches running fast on the ground.There was a stench coming from the toilet in the corner.

There are also two heavily armed guards with hideous faces standing in front of them.

A humble soldier stretched out his foot and kicked his body, cursing rudely: "What time is it still standing dead, get out, General Kong wants to see you."

"But have you received Wang Daosi's letter from Feige?" Lu Ben jumped up in the center, and asked anxiously, "Has the Sizhou Army withdrawn?"

"Remove your mother!" Another soldier pushed him back again: "Don't be so wordy, just go if you are told."

Like the other soldiers of the Confucian Army, after days of hard work, the two guards were covered in dirt, their tattered clothes had been glued to their skin by dried blood, and the sour smell of sweat emanating from their bodies made one want to vomit, even covering their bodies. The stench of defecation in the toilet was suppressed.

Their eyes on Lu Benzhong were full of murderous intent. If it weren't for Kong Yanzhou and his surname Lu, Mr. Donglai would have been torn to pieces long ago.

Lu Benzhong thought of his situation, immediately came to his senses, and said: "Yes, yes, I will go to see General Kong right away, and I will wash my face first."

Borrowing the sunlight, there was a terrified and haggard face in the wooden basin, completely lacking the demeanor of that famous Huaiyou back then.

After leaving the basement, Lu Ben felt nervous in the center: The Sizhou army has not withdrawn, this is a bad situation... Wang Shen is a wolf-eyed man, with great ambitions, if he is willing to give up Qichun's fat with just a few words from the old man? eat.As for my life and death, that Du Gongmei's disciple doesn't care about it, and he must be the same if I were me... The old man will have to find a way to survive.Ants still steal their lives, and only by surviving can we talk about other things.A certain person was too big to make such a big mistake, and he regretted it too much.

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Yes, the biggest problem with this person in Luben is arrogance.He felt that he was a famous person all over the world, an official appointed by the imperial court, and the head of the famous Huaiyou family, as long as he didn't meet the Jurchen barbarians.No matter who it is, treat him with courtesy.Otherwise, if you make him unhappy, the political consequences will be serious.

But he has forgotten that although he has a great reputation, he has no actual strength at hand.Once you encounter that kind of murderer who completely ignores the consequences, it is a scholar who meets a soldier.

Originally, after Kong Yanzhou was defeated and returned to Qichun, Lu Benzhong should have escaped before him.However, Old Man Lu felt that Kong Yanzhou couldn't stay here anyway, and he would definitely find a way to withdraw to the south of the Yangtze River to feed the army in the future.But it never occurred to him that Kong Yanzhou didn't run away, and he seemed to stick to Qichun, so he didn't know why he was crazy?

In this way, Lu Benzhong was trapped in the city and could not escape.

Later, after thinking about it, Old Lu immediately understood that Kong Yanzhou was afraid of the Jurchens who were still living in the south of the Yangtze River. He was scared of being beaten by the Jin army, otherwise he would not have let all his soldiers shave their heads bald and pretend to be savages .From Kong's point of view, when crossing the river now, if he meets Jin Bing, he will undoubtedly be delivering food.Left and right have to wait for those invading troops to return to the north before talking about other things. As far as the current situation is concerned, they can only stay in Qi and Huang.

It is also due to Lu Benzhong's bad luck.With so many people crowded into the old city at once, there was a sudden shortage of food.The hungry people started to commotion and competed with each other for food, even the rats, snakes and insects in the city were dug out and eaten up.

The plump pigeons that Lu Benzhong used to communicate with Wang Shen were naturally targeted by Kong Yanzhou's remnants who were so hungry that their eyes turned green. They didn't dare to offend old man Lu, but it was okay to steal a few of his pigeons to eat.

With this theft, Wang Shen's letter was discovered.

As a result, Lu Benzhong was locked in a dungeon.

The strange letter he wrote to Wang Shen earlier was inspired by Kong Yanzhou, deliberately exaggerating the power in the city many times, and persuading Wang Shen to withdraw.

Judging by the tone of the soldier's speech, Wang Shen naturally did not retreat.It doesn't matter to Lu Benzhong, whether Wang Shen retreats or not has nothing to do with improving his current situation.

Now, Kong Yanzhou has completely turned his face.This is a butcher, beware of him harming the old man.

Harm the old man... If Kong thief still wants to leave a way out, he would not dare to lend him ten guts.

In the past few days, Lu Benzhong was imprisoned in the cell, and he was extremely embarrassed, but Kong Yanzhou still didn't get rough on him, which reassured the old head Lu a little.

As he walked, he lowered his head and thought about how he would fool that beast until he saw Kong Yanzhou.For Kong thief, he is naturally crushed by IQ.

At this moment, boom, there was a loud noise in the distance.

Hearing that the voice came from the direction of the Shuiximen Sizhou army attacking the city, Lu Benzhong couldn't help turning his head to look west.

However, a cloud of white smoke rose up and formed a mushroom in the air, which seemed to be very powerful.

The sound of gongs and drums sounded everywhere in the old city, and the soldiers and civilians shouted in panic: "Sizhou army has attacked the city!"

"Assemble the troops, assemble the troops!"

"Huo Gong, Huo Gong, the West City Gate is on fire, hurry up!"

I saw Kong Yanzhou running towards the gate with a group of soldiers with a dark face and wearing all over his body: "Follow up, Zhiniang thief, Wang thief is so annoying, he actually dug a tunnel overnight."

He gave Lu Benzhong a hard look, and ordered: "Take him to my room and wait until I kill Wang Shen before I come back to take care of this old man."

So, Lu Benzhong was taken to Kong Yanzhou's room.

Old man Lu was locked up in the dungeon for a few days, feeling oppressed in his heart, not only was he very hungry, but he was hungry for books.

Seeing a shelf of books in the room, he didn't care about the many books at the moment, and immediately pulled out a book and started reading greedily.There was a sound of tsk-tsk in the mouth: "I would rather eat without meat than not read. If I don't read for three days, I feel disgusting. Nonsense, when did Layman Dongpo write this poem, I have never seen this collection before."

"Don't listen to the sound of beating leaves in the forest. Why not scream and walk slowly. Bamboo sticks and straw shoes are light than horses. Who is afraid? A cloud of mist and rain will make your life. Wonderful, wonderful!"

(End of this chapter)