Chapter 134 Beware


Chapter 134 Beware

Zuo Jiqian’s appearance here surprised Zheng Fan, but he was not surprised at all.

After the assassination at the funeral of former commander-in-chief Xiao Dahai that day,

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

he and Zuo Jiqian knelt down under.

Because of Zuo Jiqian's family background, Marquis Jingnan also chatted with Zuo Jiqian about his family life.

You said that Zheng Fan was not envious at all at that time. That is naturally impossible. After all, whether 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.

However, looking back now, Jingnan Hou and Zuo Jiqian were chatting about the old man of the Zuo family that day. During the conversation, although there was a clear sense of superiority and inferiority, there was still a sense of family status. harmony and respect among each other.

Nima,

What kind of emotion did Marquis Jingnan feel at that time?

Zheng Fan thought,

Maybe he was looking at a little quail that was about to finish playing?

Zuo Quail is now imprisoned inside. In fact, it is not considered imprisoned. The physical treatment of the prisoners here is actually okay, and no one is going to abuse or harsh them.

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

This kind of 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 receiving?"

"The whole family is demoted as slaves."

Zheng Fan nodded. , if he was sentenced to genocide, Zuo Jiqian would not be able to appear here now.

The prisoners who can be escorted here are all whose family members were held as slaves.

His Majesty the Emperor was merciful and gave them the opportunity to fight again to win freedom for their families.

But for those who have exterminated their clans and whose children are serving as officials outside, you will have no chance of surviving.

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

This was a big purge. The Zuo Jiqian in the fence couldn't help but remind Zheng Fan of the history before the Soviet-German War. The Soviet Union was also busy purging its own generals at that time. This was also considered by later generations. One of the reasons why the former collapsed in the early days of the war.

However, Dayan does not need to worry about this in particular, although Zuo Jiqian, the garrison of Ji Tui Fort, is now "prostituted" here.

The Zhenbei Hou Mansion suppressed the barbarians for hundreds of years. Zheng Fan, as a former civil servant in Beifeng County, knew the relationship between the Zhenbei Army and the Hou Mansion. It could be said that it was impenetrable and impenetrable.

As for the Jingnan Army, it was handed over to Tian Wujing shortly after Emperor Yan ascended the throne more than ten years ago. Over the years, the generals promoted by the Jingnan Army were all decided by the Marquis of Jingnan.

Dayan's two most elite field legions will not be affected by this move to clean up the family. Even if there is, it will be almost negligible.

So, it seems that these three brothers have been wearing a pair of pants since at least more than ten years ago, or even earlier.

“Master Zheng, Master Zheng!”

When Zuo Jiqian saw Zheng Fan starting to be in a daze, he immediately became anxious.

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

The members of the Huo family were kept privately by Xu Pangpang who opened a back door for himself. Although it is not easy for a group of clan members to break up and fall apart, given the pros and cons, it is estimated that many military leaders will still be against it. They are interested.

The war is imminent. Whoever has high-quality soldiers under his command and has immediate combat capability will be able to earn military merits early. The seven hundred people of the Huo family are like a well-trained small army. Ah, they need to kill the enemy to regain freedom for their families, and they also need to rely on them to gain military merit. Not every military leader has such a strong desire to possess and control.

But for Zuo Jiqian,

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

Zheng Fan believed that

this was not another backdoor left by Xu Pangpang for himself, purely because... unsalable.

First of all, although Zuo Jiqian is from the Zuo family and the foundation of the Zuo family is not in Yinlang County, Zuo Jiqian was the former guard of Ji Tui Fort. The Zuo family came out to serve in Ji Tuibao.

If the Huo family is a group of fools with dark eyes,

Then Zuo Jiqian and others are just idiots with open eyes and thoughtful thoughts.

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

After you take me in, will you make the decision or will he?

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

He really hopes he can sell it!

If he couldn't sell it, then he and the more than 200 Zuo family members around him would really have to become civilian husbands.

How do civilians earn merit? How can the women, children, old and young in the family regain their freedom?

Does it depend on ten or twenty years of hard work?

Zuo Jiqian also knew why he was unsaleable. Over the past few days, he had gone from being slightly reserved at the beginning to swearing to the sky in the end, almost kowtowing to acknowledge his master, but those officials in the past were more Among his older and younger military leaders, no one dared to accept them.

Zheng Fan, Zheng Fan can do it!

Zuo Jiqian knew Zheng Fan’s background,

Although his clear background was wrong,

but,

it didn’t matter,

North and South If the words are reversed, there seems to be no difference.

Don't blame Zuo Jiqian for being so low-spirited. If Zheng Fan doesn't accept them, they will really have to become civilian husbands.

Zheng Fan pointed at Zuo Jiqian,

The school captain who was Xu Wenzu’s confidant naturally knew the close relationship between his master and Zheng Shoubei,

So he reminded:

"Sir, do you want them?"

There was a hint in his tone.

The general meaning is: My family, I will not cheat you, you can think about it again.

A Ming and Siniang, who were disguised as men, stood behind Zheng Fan. They would not comment.

Anyway, even if the Lord brings Lu Bu back to the fortress, it will not be a headache for them two. They are not responsible for training troops. They are even quite happy to see it become a headache for Blind Bei and Liang Cheng.

The relationship between the seven demon kings, leaving aside the lazy guy Mowan who fights for his father, the other six have more or less the feeling of competing for favor in the harem.

In fact, Zheng Fan thought the same way. He was not training troops by himself anyway, and he had great confidence in Blind Bei and Liang Cheng.

Here is the advantage of being a leader, 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 disciples behind Zuo Jiqian seemed a little uncomfortable. He could believe that he and the others had actually been bought by someone, so he excitedly came over and saluted Zheng Fan through the fence.

To be honest, Zheng Fan was really embarrassed to accept the courtesy from them. A month ago, they were still his colleagues, stationed together in the fortress of Yan State, but now they are in this situation.

Of course, it is difficult to feel pity, because any human emotion is limited, and it was already consumed on the way back to Nanwang City from Yanjing.

It can only be said that

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

"Okay, since your Excellency wants it, I will ask someone to approve it for you."

"Thank you for your hard work," Zheng Fan said.

At this time, Siniang, who was standing behind Zheng Fan and had changed her appearance, took the initiative to accompany the captain to call the secretary to complete the formalities. At the same time, Siniang gave the captain a money bag. There's gold in it.

The captain was a little surprised, but he was flattered and accepted it.

This is a detail, and it is also life experience. Zheng Fan would still hesitate in the palace whether he should give some money to Eunuch Wei, but in Siniang's place, who should be given money and how much money should be given, she had no idea. Erqing, after all, is the proprietress of countless clubs.

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

Sometimes, you have to admire a blind man's long-term vision, although it would seem weird to describe a blind man with a long-term vision.

But it was precisely because when the Sixth Prince's people came to help build Cuiliu Fort, the blind man participated in the whole process and modified the construction plan, so the architectural style of Cuiliu Fort was very weird.

The one in Baozhai is okay, but a piece of flat land was specially cleared outside Baozhai and barracks were built.

Therefore, Cuiliu Fort can accommodate more people. If they can’t live in the fort, they can live outside. After all, Zheng Fan and others never thought that one day the enemy troops would occupy the fort. The defender renamed Cuiliu Fort "Zheng Tui Fort".

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

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

He doesn’t care about digestion problems.

Oh, by the way, there seemed to be a bad guy from the Huo family who was provoking me in a very awesome way?

When Zheng Fan came back, 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 on the corners of his mouth. He should have been slapped twice.

After seeing Zheng Fan coming back, the old man continued to press the young man under him with one hand, and put the other hand on his chest, saying sincerely:

"Please accept us, sir."

This old man should have a high prestige. The more than 700 Huo family members behind him immediately imitated the old man's movements and saluted Zheng Fan.

The young man under the old man was still twisting his neck and staring at Zheng Fan with an unconvinced expression.

Zheng Fan believes that if he were not standing here at this moment, if it were Liang Cheng,

Liang Cheng would very coldly walk over with the knife, in front of everyone in the Huo family In front of you, chop this useless young man from the Huo family to death.

If the person standing here is a blind man,

the blind man will smile and say:

"Kill him yourself, otherwise 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 taste. Anyway, whether he was a member of the Zuo family or a member of the Huo family, he would eventually be handed over to the blind man and Liang Cheng for reform.

Why should I dirty my hands?

"What's your name?"

"My lord, I'm a sinner, Huo Guang."

"..." Zheng Fan.

"Huo Guang?"

"It's Huo Guang, sir, but if you like it, the offenders can thank you for changing the name. From now on, it will be called Huo Guang."

"No, no, it's the name chosen by my parents. What should I change? Okay, you are ready. Get ready and follow me later.”

“Thank you for taking me in.”

Huo Guang breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, his family has no worries about selling it. Many military leaders are here to get it. I tried to get them off, but they were told by the clerk that they were not allowed.

When listening to their exchange, Huo Guang learned that this was actually what the commander-in-chief meant.

Obviously, this is the commander-in-chief of Nanwang City who is leaving 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 by following the confidants of the General Soldier, and at the same time, the probability of being pushed up to be used as cannon fodder will be smaller.

Lowered his head,

glanced at the young members of the family,

This kid is a direct descendant, but his brain can't tell the difference. The Huo family is gone, so why is he so angry?

…………………… Just don’t sell yourself.”

Zheng Fan declined the kindness of the Nanwang City garrison to send a group of hundreds of cavalry to escort him back to Cuiliu Fort. At the same time, Cuiliu Fort did not send any barbarian cavalry as there was no prior notice.

In this way,

Zheng Shoubei took two people, one A Ming and the other Si Niang, to escort nearly a thousand prisoners towards Cuiliu Fort.

Moreover, these prisoners have no shackles on them.

Zheng Fan was riding leisurely on his horse, seemingly not worried at all about the "Great Chu Xing King Chen Sheng".

A Ming and Siniang were riding behind.

The team marched in an orderly manner,

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

Their family members are all controlled by the imperial court. They can only rely on military merit to gain freedom for their families, so the probability of escaping is low.

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

Even if they want to escape, where will they escape?

Flee to the interior of Yan country? Isn't that asking for death? First let's talk about whether they can pass the Jingnan Army in Yinlang County, and then there is an old man from Beifeng County in the interior digging their roots with a hoe.

Escape to the south?

If it were normal times, it would not be impossible, but these prisoners are not stupid. They come from a good family, so they are not stupid ordinary people. Of course, they know what His Majesty the Emperor is doing by sending them here.

Let’s not even mention that even if you leave your family to seek freedom and escape to the Qian Kingdom, and then not long after, the Yan Kingdom’s army attacks again, how can you still escape?

Actually, it’s because they know in their hearts that they also have a sense of pride as Yan people, or...confidence. It’s not that they still have a sense of belonging to the emperor and this country after their family is broken. , that is 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. These Qian Kingdom people... can they eat and live?

Of course, nothing is absolute.

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

But Zheng Fan is not worried. Anyway, he can detect some of it, so naturally the blind Bei can also detect it.

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

As soon as I woke up, I was in the land of Dayan. I started here. After getting used to the customs and customs here, I will always have a little emotion. In addition, although the Yan Kingdom was despised by the other three countries as the Yan Manzi, , but the Yan State is indeed different from the Liao, Jin, Yuan and Qing Dynasties in history that I am familiar with. You can say that it is not that cultured, but it is really not that barbaric. At least Zheng Fan can fit in.

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

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

“Being pretentious is like a poet walking on the frontier, there will always be countless melancholy.”

“Do I have to write poetry next?”

“ That’s the problem. We can all recite the poems that the Lord can recite, so he can’t find pleasure in copying them.”

"Yes."

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

" As for you, you habitually took it out again."

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

"... ..." A Ming.

"Actually, I have been thinking, would it be better if we woke up in Qian Country?"

A Ming smiled when he heard Siniang's words,

said:

“Copy poems and draw pictures... The Lord should be good at it too. Pretending to be a scholar is really not good enough. If you take the imperial examination and take your time, at least you can have fireworks on your left hand and a black gauze official hat on your right hand.” I can also concentrate on raising thin horses in Xiahang.”

"Then after the Lord becomes famous, he earns money while moving up the court, and then trains a new army."

"Well, this is the rhythm."

" Then, with the hope of Quan Daqian, the Lord led his army to the Northern Expedition. Here, on this border, I met the Marquis of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Jingnan, and met the current Dayan?”

“Hiss……”

Siniang suddenly felt that this scene , so beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful, and then nothing happened.

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

"Yes."

Siniang suddenly thought of something at this time , said:

“There is something, I have some doubts.”

“Tell me.”

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

"After experiencing that family education, although the Lord seemed to be fine, the Lord's mood fluctuated. It’s still relatively old, so it’s inevitable that you won’t have that kind of interest and mood, right?”

A Ming is analyzing this from a man’s perspective.

“Huh, I understand this.”

“Yes, you should understand.”

"But, didn't you find it?"

"What did you find?"

"During these days in the capital, although I have been busy collecting the bodies and erecting tombs for the Tian family, in my spare time , it’s quite a lot.”

“Well, what next?”

“Did the Lord shoot you?”

"..." A Ming.

A Ming's eyes suddenly condensed.

“Do you understand what I mean?”

“I understand.”

A Ming was about to ride his horse to catch up with Zheng Fan, but he was blocked by the four people around him. My mother grabbed the reins,

"What are you going to do?"

"Care about the body and mood of the Lord, chat more with the Lord, and do your duty as a subordinate."

"Don't say goodbye first. Urgent.”

“You’re not in a hurry?”

“I’m anxious too, but I still have to wait.”

"Why?"

"Because I think the Lord is deliberately...preventing us this time." (End of Chapter)

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