Devil’s Advent

Zheng Fan was a little surprised that Zuo Jiqian appeared here, but he wasn't surprised at all.

After the assassination at the funeral of former general Xiao Dahai that day,

Jingnan Hou sat on the threshold in front of the mourning hall,

He and Zuo Jiqian knelt below.

Because of Zuo Jiqian's family background, Jingnan Hou also chatted with Zuo Jiqian about family affairs.

You said that Zheng Fan was not envious at all at the time, that is naturally impossible, after all, no matter in ancient times or in later generations, with a good family background, no matter what you do, you can get twice the result with half the effort.

But, looking back now, Jingnan Hou and Zuo Jiqian talked about the old man of Zuo's family that day. Although there was a clear sense of superiority and inferiority in the conversation, there was still a sense of harmony and respect among the families.

Nima,

What kind of emotion was in Hou Jingnan's heart at that time?

Zheng Fan thinks,

Presumably looking at a baby quail that is about to finish playing?

Zuo Quail is now being locked up inside, but in fact, it’s not considered a lockup. The prisoners here are actually treated well, and no one abuses or harshly treats them.

But what really punishes them instead of punishment is probably the great sense of gap between the masters of the past and the prisoners of today.

This gap is enough to drive people crazy.

Zheng Fan looked at the captain beside him and asked:

"What kind of treatment is the Zuo family?"

"The whole family was reduced to slavery."

Zheng Fan nodded. If he was sentenced to extermination, Zuo Jiqian would not be here right now.

The criminals who can be escorted here are all criminals whose family members were enslaved.

His Majesty the Emperor was merciful and gave them the chance to renew their struggle for the freedom of their families.

But those who exterminated the clan, and the children of the family are officials outside, you have no chance of surviving.

After all, there is only one Marquis of Jingnan in the entire Great Yan, and at the same time, His Majesty the Emperor only trusts this Marquis of Jingnan.

This is a big purge, and Zuo Jiqian in the fence reminds Zheng Fan of the history before the Soviet-German War, when the Soviet Union was also busy purging its own generals. one of the reasons.

However, Dayan didn't need to worry about this, even though Zuo Jiqian, the guard of Ji Tuibao, was "sold out" here.

The Zhenbei Marquis Mansion suppressed the barbarians for a hundred years, Zheng Fan, a former civil servant in Beifeng County, knew what the relationship between the Zhenbei Army and the Marquis Mansion was.

As for the Jingnan Army, the Yan Emperor was handed over to Tian Wujing not long after he succeeded to the throne more than ten years ago. Over the years, all the generals promoted by the Jingnan Army have been decided by Jingnanhou.

Dayan's two most elite field armies will not be affected by this cleansing of the elite, even if there is, it is almost negligible.

So, from this point of view, at least ten years ago, or even earlier, the three brothers have been wearing a pair of pants.

"Master Zheng, Master Zheng!"

Zuo Jiqian became anxious when he saw that Zheng Fan was in a daze.

Zheng Fan withdrew his mind, looked at Zuo Jiqian, and sighed helplessly.

The members of the Huo family were kept privately by Xu Pangpang who opened the back door for him. Although a group of clansmen is not easy to disintegrate and disintegrate, there are advantages and disadvantages. It is estimated that many military leaders will be interested in them.

The war is imminent, whoever has high-quality soldiers and who has immediate combat power can earn military merits earlier. The 700 members of the Huo family are a well-trained small army. They need to kill the enemy To regain freedom for my family members, I also need to rely on them to obtain military merits, and not every military leader has such a strong desire to possess and control.

But for Zuo Jiqian,

Look at the hundreds of people sitting on the ground behind Zuo Jiqian,

Zheng Fan believes that

This is not another back door Xu Pangpang left for himself, it is purely because of... slow sales.

First of all, although Zuo Jiqian belongs to the Zuo family, the foundation of the Zuo family is not in Yinlang County, but Zuo Jiqian is the former guard of Ji Tui Fort, and the people who were sent along with him were those who accompanied him from the Zuo family to Ji Tui. Fort's part.

If the Huo family is a group of idiots with black eyes,

Then Zuo Jiqian and his group are simple-minded and thoughtful people.

Even if he has been removed from all positions, who among these military chiefs would dare to take him in?

After taking him in, is it you who decide or he who decides?

Therefore, it is not difficult to explain that Zuo Jiqian was so excited after seeing Zheng Fan. As a slow-moving product, he was very anxious!

He really hoped that he could sell it!

If you can't sell it, then you and the more than 200 members of the Zuo family around you will have to really go to work as civilian husbands.

How do civilian husbands earn meritorious service? How can the women, children, old and young in the family be freed?

Rely on ten or twenty years of effort to pile it up?

Zuo Jiqian also knew why he was unsalable. For so many days, he went from being a little reserved at the beginning to swearing at the sky at the end, and he almost kowtowed to admit his master. Military leaders, no one dared to accept them.

Zheng Fan, Zheng Fan can!

Zuo Jiqian knew Zheng Fan's background,

Although his clear background is wrong,

but,

It doesn't matter anymore,

Swap the words north and south, and there seems to be no difference.

It's no wonder Zuo Jiqian is so humble, if Zheng Fan doesn't accept them, they will really have to become civilian husbands.

Zheng Fan pointed at Zuo Jiqian,

The lieutenant, Xu Wenzu's confidant, is naturally aware of the close relationship between his lord and this Zheng Shoubei,

So I opened my mouth and reminded:

"My lord, want them?"

In tone, with hints.

It probably means: My family, I won't cheat you, you should think about it again.

Ah Ming and Si Niang, who turned into a man, stood behind Zheng Fan, and they would not express their opinions.

Anyway, even if the lord brought Lu Bu back to the fortress, it would not be a headache for the two of them, and they were not in charge of military training, and they were even quite happy to see Qicheng Blind Bei and Liang Cheng going to have a headache.

The relationship between the seven demon kings, aside from the slacker Mo Wan who fights his father, the other six, more or less have the feeling of a harem competing for favor.

In fact, Zheng Fan thought so too, anyway, he didn't train soldiers by himself, and he had great confidence in Blind Bei and Liang Cheng.

The advantage of being a leader is here, you only need to know what to do next, not how to do it.

"I want it."

"Thank you Brother Zheng, thank you Master Zheng!"

At this time, the group of Zuo family children behind Zuo Jiqian seemed a little bit unbelievable that they and others were really bought, and immediately came over excitedly to salute Zheng Fan through the fence.

To be honest, Zheng Fan was really embarrassed to accept their gift with peace of mind. A month ago, they were his colleagues stationed together in the fortress of Yan Kingdom, but now they are in such a situation.

Of course, it is difficult to be pitiful, because any human emotion is limited, and it has been exhausted long ago on the way back to Nanwangcheng from Yanjing.

can only say,

Under the tide of every great era, there will always be many poor people buried.

"Okay, since your lord wants it, I'll ask someone to approve it for you."

"Thank you." Zheng Fan said.

At this time, Si Niang, who was standing behind Zheng Fan after changing her appearance, took the initiative to go forward and accompany the captain to call the clerk to do the formalities. At the same time, Si Niang gave the captain a money bag with gold in it.

The captain was a little surprised, but he was flattered to accept it.

This is a detail, but also a life experience. In the palace, Zheng Fan would still hesitate to give Wei Gonggong some money. I have been the proprietress of many clubs.

At this moment, Zheng Fan walked to the fence where the Huo family was.

Sometimes, you can't help but admire the blind man's long-sightedness, although it would seem weird to describe a blind man with long-sightedness.

But it was precisely because the blind man participated in the whole process and revised the construction plan when the Sixth Prince's people came to help build Green Willow Castle, that made the construction style of Green Willow Castle very strange.

The one in the fortress is alright, but outside the fortress a piece of flat land was purposely cleared and barracks were built.

Therefore, Green Willow Fort can accommodate more people to live in. There is no room to live in the fortress, and they can live outside. After all, Zheng Fan and others never thought that one day when the enemy forces invaded the border, they would change the name of Green Willow Fort according to the fort. It is called "Zheng Tuibao".

Although the barracks have been built and the population limit has been raised, Blind Bei is not in a hurry to violently attack the peasant soldiers. He has long guessed that there will be elite soldiers with their own levels sent to their door for free.

Therefore, Zheng Fan can also eat the two or three hundred people from Zuo Jiqian and the seven hundred people from the Huo family.

Digestive problems, he doesn't care.

Oh, by the way, there seemed to be a sand sculpture of the Huo family who was aggressively provoking me earlier?

When Zheng Fan came back again, he found that the sand sculpture had been pressed to the ground by an old man with half-white hair. His face was swollen and there were blood stains at the corner of his mouth. He should have been slapped twice.

After the old man saw Zheng Fan walking back again, he continued to press the young man under him with one hand, and put the other hand on his chest, and said sincerely:

"My lord, please accept us."

The prestige of this old man should be very high, and the more than 700 members of the Huo family behind him immediately imitated the old man's movements and saluted Zheng Fan.

The bastard young man under the old man twisted his neck and stared at Zheng Fan with an expression of dissatisfaction.

Zheng Fan believed that if Liang Cheng was standing here instead of himself,

Liang Chenghui walked over with a knife indifferently, and hacked the bastard Huo family youth to death in front of everyone in the Huo family.

If the person standing here is blind,

The blind man would laugh and say:

"You can kill him yourself, or twenty of you will be randomly selected to kill him."

Then add another sentence;

"Oh, if he committed suicide, he will randomly kill thirty of you."

But Zheng Fan didn't have such bad tastes, anyway, whether it was from the Zuo family or the Huo family, they would be handed over to the blind man and Liang Cheng to reform them in the end.

Why do you have to get your hands dirty?

"May I have your name?"

"Respond to your lord's words, the criminal Huo Guang."

"..." Zheng Fan.

"Huo Guang?"

"It's Huo Guang, my lord, but if your lord likes it, the sinners can thank you for changing your name, and I will be called Huo Guang from now on."

"No, no, no, what should I change to the name my parents chose? That's all right, you guys are ready to go and follow me later."

"Thank you for taking me in."

Huo Guang breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, his family members were not worried about selling them. Many military leaders came here to take them down, but they were all told not to allow it by the clerk.

When listening to their exchange, Huo Guang learned that this was actually the meaning of Lord Zong Bing.

Apparently, this is the commander-in-chief of Nanwang City who is saving himself and others for his cronies.

This is a good thing for the Huo family, at least it will be easier to earn military merits with the cronies of the commander-in-chief, and at the same time, the probability of being pushed up as cannon fodder will be smaller.

bow your head,

Glancing at the young children of the family,

This kid is a direct descendant, but he can't tell the difference in his mind. The Huo family is gone, so what's the big temper?

…………

The number of soldiers exceeds the standard and is not in compliance with the rules;

But in front of contacts, the rule is that the Qing Linger in the red curtains, shouting "Pursue art not sell body" that's all.

Zheng Fan declined the kindness of the Nanwang City defenders to send a hundred cavalry to escort him back to Green Willow Fort. At the same time, Cui Willow Castle did not send barbarian cavalry because there was no prior notice.

that's all,

Zheng Shoubei led two people, one A Ming and one Siniang, to escort nearly a thousand prisoners to Cui Liu Castle.

Moreover, these prisoners did not have any shackles on them.

Zheng Fan was riding the horse leisurely, as if he was not at all worried about the "Great Chu Xing King Chen Sheng".

A Ming and Siniang rode behind.

The procession was very orderly,

The Zuo family was in front, and the Huo family was behind. They even lined up automatically. Although they didn't go forward, they at least looked orderly.

Their families are all under the control of the imperial court, and they can only rely on military merit to gain freedom for their families, so the possibility of escaping is not high.

Because they still have ties, because they still have hope.

Even if they wanted to flee, where would they flee?

Fleeing to the mainland of Yan State? Isn't that courting death? Let's first talk about whether they can pass the level of the Jingnan Army in Yinlang County. Besides, there is an old man from Beifeng County in the interior digging their roots with a hoe.

Flee south?

If it were normal, it would not be impossible, but these prisoners are not stupid, they are from aristocratic families, so they are not stupid ordinary people, of course they know what His Majesty the Emperor sent them here to do.

Let's not talk about even if he gave up his family to seek his own freedom, fled to Gan country, and then not long after, the army of Yan country came over again, so why did he run away?

In fact, it is because they also know in their hearts that they also have a touch of pride in their hearts as Yan people, or... self-confidence. It's not that they still have a sense of belonging to the emperor and this country after their family is broken. That's really nonsense. But there is one thing they believe in, that is, the Zhenbei Army has been transferred from Beifeng County, and they are destined to go south to fight against the Qian Kingdom.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

Especially Zuo Jiqian's appearance, perhaps because Zheng Fan was too influenced by the old version of "Three Kingdoms", he always felt that Zuo Jiqian might look like that.

But Zheng Fan wasn't worried, anyway, he could detect some of it, so the blind man Bei would naturally be able to detect it too.

However, Zheng Fan didn't like this atmosphere very much.

As soon as you wake up, you are on the land of Dayan, where you start the game. After you get used to the customs here, you will always have a little affection. In addition, although Yan State is derogatoryly called the Yan barbarian by the other three countries, Yan State is indeed It is different from the Liao, Jin, Yuan and Qing in the history I am familiar with. You can say that it is not so cultured, but it is really not so barbaric. At least Zheng Fan can be substituted into it.

But now, with the beginning of the horse stepping into the door, the barbaric and primitive atmosphere permeating this country has become more and more intense.

"Guess what the Lord is thinking now?" A Ming said to Siniang.

"In hypocrisy, it's like a poet walking on the frontier, there will always be countless melancholy."

"Then do I have to write poetry next?"

"This is the problem. We can also recite the poems that the Lord can recite. He can't recite the pleasure."

"Too."

"Actually, the lord is really pitiful. When I was at home, I was ravaged by you. I went to the capital and was educated by the Marquis of Jingnan."

"As for you, you have habitually picked yourself out again."

"At least, I can bring some physical and mental comfort to the Lord, can you?"

"..." A Ming.

"Actually, I've been thinking, would it be better if we woke up in the dry country?"

Ah Ming laughed when he heard what Siniang said.

road:

"Copying poems, drawing pictures...the master should not be bad, pretending to be a literati, it is really not good, go to the imperial examination, take your time, at least you can have fireworks with your left hand and March with your right black yarn official hat."

"Yeah, on a day like that, I can have a lot of leisure time, and I can also concentrate on raising skinny horses in Xiahang."

"Then after the Lord has gained a reputation, he earns money while walking up the court, and then trains a new army."

"Well, this is the rhythm."

"Then, the lord led the army to the north with the hope of the whole army. Here, on this border, we met the Marquis of Zhenbei and Marquis of Jingnan, and met the current Dayan?"

"hiss………"

Siniang suddenly felt that the picture was so beautiful, it was breathtaking, and then there was no more.

"Although the most touching thing in this world is tragedy, probably no one wants the end of their life to be a tragedy."

"Too."

At this moment, Si Niang suddenly thought of something, and said:

"There is one thing, I have some doubts."

"explain."

"During these days in the capital, the Lord slept alone every night."

"After going through that family education, although he looks like a normal person, the Lord's mood swings are still relatively large. It is inevitable that he will not have that kind of interest and mood?"

A Ming is analyzing from the perspective of a man.

"Huh, I understand this truth."

"Yes, you should understand."

"But, haven't you noticed?"

"Find what?"

"In the past few days in the capital, although I have been busy collecting the corpses of the Tian family and erecting graves, I still have a lot of free time."

"Well, what then?"

"Did the Lord shoot you?"

"..." A Ming.

A Ming's eyes suddenly froze.

"You understand what I mean?"

"Understood."

A Ming made a gesture to ride his horse to catch up with Zheng Fan who was in front of him, but the rein was grabbed by Si Niang beside him,

"What are you going to do?"

"Take care of your master's body and mood, chat more with him, and do your duty as a subordinate."

"Don't be in a hurry."

"Are you in no hurry?"

"I'm in a hurry too, but I still have to wait."

"Why?"

"Because I think the lord is deliberately...preventing us this time."