Devil’s Advent

Chapter 80

It was already afternoon when Zheng Fan returned to Hutou City with his team, and the troops disbanded at the gate of the city. The original five centurion troops plus the servants assembled from various families near Hutou City all went back to the city. Each family, each finds its own mother;

To be honest, for Zheng Fan, who led troops for the first time, he really had the illusion of "a dynasty collapsed".

Fortunately, Zheng Fan can also see that this is not his army, his future army is still under the leadership of A Ming and Fan Li, and it will take about four or five days to advance to Hutou City. get here.

At the gate of the city, there was a clerk with a few documents. There was no need for Zheng Fan to go to the yamen again, and he directly handled the handover there.

In fact, this is just a form.

Qianguo's control and guard against military power and military personnel are very strict, and it can even be said to be abnormal. Even in wars, civilian officials are often assigned to command military officers as assistants.

But in Yan State, especially in Beifeng County, except for Zhenbei Army, the rest are basically private soldiers of various families;

No matter how many procedures you get, no matter how sophisticated the tiger amulets are, you can't change the fact that people grew up from which food they ate;

Of course, the Zhenbei Army is actually the largest one among them. It is not an exaggeration to insist that the 300,000 Zhenbei Army are all private troops of the Li family.

After returning to the house, Fangcao had led the servants to prepare for the wind and dust. Zheng Fan was not in a hurry to eat, but went straight back to his backyard. The water in the soup pool had been put away. After taking off his clothes, Zheng Fan He smashed it in with his own son.

Even in later generations, in China, most people can take a hot bath at home, but it is only a matter that has only been realized in the last ten or twenty years.

Many years ago, bathing, especially in winter, was done in the bathhouse.

In those days, going out to take a bath, or really just going to take a bath...

But it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, and it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality. As a modern person, when I go back to ancient times, what I look forward to and desire the most is to take a comfortable bath every day.

"Gudu Gudu......"

The stone continues to float on the soup pool,

Zheng Fan propped his arms on the edge of the soup pool and closed his eyes.

From Hutou City to returning, after so many days, eating is not much of a problem, just wanting to take such a beautiful bath has become an extremely extravagant thing.

"When I go to the south in the future, I have to build a soup pool at home."

"Gudu Gudu......"

At this time, Fangcao's voice sounded from outside:

"Master, someone from the yamen has sent a message."

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand to touch his face, and asked:

"What's up?"

"The envoy invites the master to the banquet."

"Recruiter?"

Zheng Fan was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Which envoy?"

Zheng Fan clearly remembered that when Shatuo Queshi knocked on the door, he smashed the carriage on the archway, and the carriage and the horses in front were smashed to pieces.

The red snow wolf that was a gift was also smashed into original wolf meat sauce.

"Uh...it should be the original recruiter. A few days ago, the slaves saw the convoy returning to the city after the recruiter patrolled the border."

Xu Wenzu is not dead?

Zheng Fan frowned slightly, and shouted to the outside:

"I see."

"Slaves leave."

When Zheng Fan came out of the soup pool, Si Niang opened the door and walked in when he was changing his clothes. Unlike Fang Cao, she had no scruples whether Zheng Fan was taking a bath or not.

After all, they are all from their own family, and they know what is right and what is wrong.

"Master, Xu Wenzu is still alive."

Apparently, Si Niang went to investigate after receiving the report from the yamen, and then came back to give Zheng Fan the exact report.

"Tell Liang Cheng to get ready. If it doesn't work, let's retreat to Meijiawu."

"Okay, my lord."

Yes, Zheng Fan didn't plan to go to the banquet anymore.

Going to the Hongmen Banquet once is a good thing, but if you go every other time, there will probably be no people left.

Zheng Fan cherished his life, he didn't want to throw away his life just for a meal.

After leaving the back house, Zheng Fan walked into the front hall, where a table was covered with dishes.

Zheng Fan sat down alone, poured himself a drink, and then picked up chopsticks to eat.

not long,

Fangcao came to the front hall again, and before she could say anything, a hearty laugh came from behind:

"Lieutenant Zheng has worked hard all the way, hard work all the way!"

This is the voice of Comrade Deep Sea.

Zheng Fan got up immediately, no matter what he was thinking, he walked to the entrance of the hall and bowed to Xu Wenzu who was striding here from the gate:

"See you, my lord, for a humble position!"

"Hey, don't, don't, don't be polite, don't be polite."

Xu Wenzu lost weight,

And much thinner,

But because of the thick foundation,

So still fat.

Xu Wenzu grabbed Zheng Fan's hand, and looked around for a while, just when Zheng Fan thought that the big fat man was going to take out his dagger and die with him,

Xu Wenzu said:

"Here, is it convenient to talk?"

"My lord, don't worry, everyone in the house is my own."

"Okay, that's good."

Xu Wenzu went straight to the table, sat down, poured wine for himself, and drank three glasses in a row. After drinking, he hid his face in a gaffe, and there was a sound of "crying".

Perhaps it was because he was too fat, but his crying and sobbing sounded like normal snoring.

"Lieutenant Zheng, old man, this old man almost thought that he would never see you again in this life."

"Why did your lord say that?" Zheng Fan also sat back at the table, and wanted to reach out to hold Xu Wenzu's hand, but seeing that his hand was full of things like tears and snot, he hesitated, and still didn't take it.

"My lord, I really didn't expect that after I came back, I could still see my lord. I always thought... I thought..."

Zheng Fan was forcibly brewing emotions, intending to urge some tears to come out, but perhaps because he just drank some wine, he forced out:

"Hic!"

When the belch started, Zheng Fan immediately lowered his head.

After so many days of blowing sand in the desert, my acting skills have regressed too much.

Fortunately, Xu Wenzu didn't pay attention to this detail, but stretched out his hand actively, trying to grab Zheng Fan's hand, but Zheng Fan's hand retracted, and instead caught a roast chicken that Zheng Fan offered to hand over.

Xu Wenzu, who was holding the roast chicken, was stunned for a moment,

Zheng Fan said emotionally:

"My lord, you have lost weight."

"It's not Zhadi, it's not Zhadi!"

Xu Wenzu was stabbed in the sad place, lowered his head, and bit down on the roast chicken in his hand, chewing vigorously while shouting:

"Three days, I was lost in the desert for three days, and one of the two horses was exhausted, so I finally came back!"

Zheng Fan's mind was running fast, and at the same time, he saw a few silk threads entwined at the beam above the hall.

This meant that Siniang and Liang Cheng were already guarding outside, which meant that Zheng Fan didn't have to worry.

"My lord, how did you survive? After being humbled, you cried for days and nights before the wreck of the carriage.

At that time, when I saw the carriage where my lord was hiding being lifted up by the barbarian, I almost went mad;

Seeing that barbarian smash the carriage on the archway again, the humble job has gone completely mad, holding a knife, ready to fight the barbarian desperately!

The lord's kindness to the humble official is as heavy as a mountain. In this life, except for the princess, the adult is the most generous and benevolent to the humble official!

At that time, Centurion Yang Wenzhi was also loyal and courageous, and he even drew his sword and was willing to accompany the humble officer.

Lu Yao knows that horsepower can see people's hearts for a long time, and Yang Wenzhi's character as a centurion makes the humble official admire him even now.

Unexpectedly, that barbarian thief actually wanted to assassinate the current prince after knowing that there was no way out.

If the prince was killed within the range of the Hou's Mansion, wouldn't it be just an excuse for the people in the court to slander my Hou's Mansion? In addition, the humble official was already mad because of the 'death' of the lord, so he held the knife without hesitation. Rush up and fight the barbarians. "

Speaking of which,

Zheng Fan took the initiative to open the bandaged wound on his abdomen to show Xu Wenzu,

"Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, the barbarian thieves were punished, and the prince was not dead, and he was rescued by luck.

Only Centurion Yang Wenzhi was smashed to pieces by the barbarian punch, and even the whole body could not be recovered, alas. "

After hearing Zheng Fan's words, Xu Wenzu saw Zheng Fan's wound again, combined with the news from the Hou Mansion that he had received after his return, he immediately said:

"Lieutenant Zheng, I'm sorry for you."

"Half of the life of a humble official belongs to the princess, and the other half is given by the adults, which is what a humble official should do.

That is, my lord, you haven't told the humble official, how did you survive? "

"Sigh... It's also good luck. I happened to have a stomachache at the time, so I got out of the car to find a place to go out."

"..." Zheng Fan!

Your uncle,

How is your life so good!

I specially asked Sha Tuo Que Shi to throw you to death,

So you said you just went to WC?

It would be fine if there were other reasons. After hearing this reason, Zheng Fan really wanted to pick up a knife and chop off the fat man in front of him!

"My lord, the blessings are equal to the sky!"

Zheng Fan bit out these words one by one.

Immediately afterwards,

Zheng Fan immediately calmed down and continued to ask:

"My lord, since you have nothing to do, why don't you come to look for a humble job?"

In fact, Zheng Fan knew exactly why Xu Wenzu didn't come to him.

I was in the Hou's mansion at that time, unless Xu Wenzu revealed his identity, he couldn't enter the Hou's mansion at all.

In the team, Yang Wenzhi, who had been in charge of Xu Wenzu's inside line, was cut off by Si Niang many times, and he couldn't take care of him anymore.

The most important thing is that Xu Wenzu's status as a recruitment envoy cannot be seen by the Hou's mansion!

"well."

Xu Wenzu sighed.

Zheng Fan immediately made up the knife and said:

"The humble officer once told the old lady about the matter of the lord, and talked about the loyalty of the lord to the Houfu. At that time, the humble official thought that the lord had already sacrificed his life for the Houfu, so naturally the Houfu could not let the Houfu forget the deeds of the lord;

only…………"

"Just what?" Xu Wenzu asked immediately.

"It's just that the old lady only replied with the words "humble job."

"Which three words?"

"knew."

"Got it? Got it... got it."

Xu Wenzu's face revealed a look of enlightenment,

Immediately threw away the half-eaten roast chicken in his hand,

Kneeling off the table facing north,

He solemnly kowtowed three times,

Zheng Fan was so frightened that he immediately stood up.

"Old lady Ende, old lady Ende!"

"My lord, what is going on?"

Zheng Fan asked while helping Xu Wenzu.

Damn, I can't make it up anymore, come and help me figure it out!

"Lieutenant Zheng, it was the old lady who protected me, it was the old lady who protected me, the old lady knew that I had been here, and she also knew why I came, so she protected me and arranged for me to leave, that's why I came here." Those three words I told you."

Hearing this, Zheng Fan immediately revealed a solemn look on his face,

road:

"The old lady has a clever plan."

"yes."

Xu Wenzu sat at the table again.

Suddenly lowered his voice again, and said to Zheng Fan:

"Lieutenant Zheng, when you come back this time, do you have instructions from the Hou Mansion to convey it?"

this line,

Really like it,

Have you received any instructions from home?

Zheng Fan shook his head and said, "My lord, it's not because I don't trust you because of my humble position, but...it's..."

"But what?"

"It's the humble job that has been assigned a new task by the princess."

"A new mission?"

"Yes, the princess asked the humble officer to go to the south. If there are no accidents, the transfer order from the Ministry of War should come after a while.

In addition, the princess also used other channels to equip the humble staff with a group of troops and armaments that had nothing to do with the Zhenbei Army, and let the humble staff take them to the south. "

Zheng Fan now has a feeling that he can launder as much black money as he can by taking advantage of this opportunity.

"South? This is... Is this the princess planning for the future?"

"I don't know, I don't know. I said that I want to stay with the princess, but the princess doesn't allow it. The princess said that the soldiers of the Li family only know one thing: the military order is like a mountain!"

"Oh, it seems that it is really a layout."

Xu Wenzu shook his head, sighed, and said:

"Lieutenant Zheng, don't worry. When you go to the south to take up a job, I will provide you with all conveniences. Anyway, the fat will not flow to outsiders."

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord!"

"Lieutenant Zheng, it stands to reason that I shouldn't come to your house in person so abruptly, but I really can't sit still. Look, this is an edict issued by His Majesty yesterday..."

As Xu Wenzu said, he reached out and took out a piece of paper from his pocket. This must not be an imperial document, but a copy.

Zheng Fan took the Edict of Guilt and read it again.

At the beginning, I walked through the basic etiquette, how difficult it was for me to establish a country, and praised the feats of previous emperors;

In the middle, it talks about how exhausted I was, how I worked hard, and how difficult it was after I succeeded to the throne;

at last,

is speaking,

Xiaoxiao in the north is becoming more and more reckless, more and more unscrupulous, and has already become the confidant of Yan Kingdom! This is his dereliction of duty as an emperor, and it is because he did not do well that he came out of this country!

According to the official explanation, this Xiaoxiao in the north must refer to the barbarians.

But the barbarians have been beaten by the Yan people so much that their mothers don't even know each other, so how can they be regarded as a confidant's trouble?

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the Xiaoxiao in the north here is talking about the Zhenbeihou Mansion!

Zheng Fan held the paper, took a deep breath,

Excitedly said:

"This is not an edict of guilt, it is clear, it is..."

"Gauntlet!"

Xu Wenzu and Zheng Fan said in unison.

court,

His Majesty,

Yanhuang,

It's time to attack the Zhenbeihou Mansion!

"That's why I said that the princess asked Captain Zheng to go to the south because he wanted to keep a little incense for the Li family. Captain Zheng, you should be more careful when you go to the south this time. In the future... "

Having said that, Xu Wenzu gritted his teeth,

continued:

"Hou Fu, it is impossible to lose!"

"In the south, I won't go to the lowly position. This Emperor Yan is too deceitful!!!"

Zheng Fan stood up, tore up the "edict of guilt" and threw it on the ground.

"Lieutenant Zheng, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

Xu Wenzu got up immediately and put his hands on Zheng Fan's shoulders.

Snot, tears, greasy………

Zheng Fan took a deep breath, took a deep breath, don't get angry, don't get angry, don't get angry!

"Lieutenant Zheng, this is the princess' arrangement for the future. Captain Zheng, you must not disappoint the princess' expectations."

"Princess, old lady..."

Zheng Fan knelt on the ground,