It's still the same old locust tree. Under the tree, the chessboard has been removed, and there are two blue and white porcelain lamps on the stone table. Next to the stone table, on the small charcoal stove, a copper kettle hissed and steamed.
As the sun turned to the west, the heat in the sun could no longer resist the cold of winter. Li Weisheng put a piece of felt on his knees, sleeves and hands, staring at the copper pot in a daze. []
A sound of footsteps came from behind. Li Weisheng came to his senses, picked up the copper kettle with a piece of soft cloth, and poured hot tea.
In front of him, the smiling Zhuo Bufan sat down, sniffed the aroma of tea in the air, and quickly picked up the tea. He drank a lot of wine and was just thirsty.
"Wow, it's so hot!" Zhuo Bufan was too anxious to drink the hot tea, sucking in the cold air and showing pain on his face.
Li Weisheng couldn't help but laugh, which surprised Zhang Sheng next to him. The usually calm gentleman rarely smiled so much.
Zhuo Bufan blew hot tea and looked at Zhang Sheng next to him. Before Li Weisheng could say anything, Zhang Sheng had already resigned.
"This man is quite clever." Zhuo Bufan said approvingly.
"He's a good young man, a distant relative of Zhang Xianzhong. I'm afraid he came here on orders, but I think he is a trustworthy person." Li Weisheng also picked up the tea cup and said casually while drinking.
Zhuo Bufan put down the teacup, stared at Li Weisheng and asked, "Sir, I am sure you are right when you know people. I wonder if I, Zhuo Bufan, can be trusted in your eyes?" At this time, Zhuo Bufan did not use the old boy. title.
Li Weisheng remained silent and did not answer Zhuo Bufan's question. Instead, he asked: "In this war, you were the one who helped the Chinese army get out of trouble after pretending to be defeated."
Zhuo Bufan blinked and asked, "What do you think?"
Li Weisheng shook his head and stopped asking. He put down the tea cup and said, "You really shouldn't have come this time. Zhang Xianzhong is much more powerful than you think. Moreover, since I have assisted the eight kings, I am both emotional and reasonable." We should all take you down." After saying that, Li Weisheng looked at Zhuo Bufan with bright eyes. For his grand plan, Zhuo Bufan in front of him was the biggest threat. It was the accident that made him hesitate to persuade the Eight Kings face to face. , it is naturally a good choice to solve the threat of Zhuo Bufan.
Zhuo Bufan rolled his eyes and said: "Hey, old boy, stop bluffing. If you wanted to take me, you would have done it in the palace just now, why wait until now to fall out. Hey, old boy, come with me, there is no room for you here." "
Li Weisheng's face darkened at the words that could not be tolerated. He was silent for a while and sighed: "Things have not yet reached the point where nothing can be done. Our army is at its peak. It will not take long for the climate to be formed. The officers and soldiers do not have to worry about it. There is still a chance for a great cause."
Hearing this, Zhuo Bufan crossed his legs and said with a smile: "Old boy, do you believe it or not, with just 100,000 troops, I can make them disappear with 5,000 soldiers and horses!"
Li Weisheng stared at Zhuo Bufan with wide eyes. He wanted to refute but felt a little guilty. Somehow, he could not see through Zhuo Bufan. More than a year ago, this kid dared to chase and kill him with thousands of new soldiers. Although the Tatar elite cavalry was in a special situation at the time, more than a year has passed and who knows what condition this kid is in now.
Zhuo Bufan hasn¡¯t finished speaking yet: ¡°Besides, is what you say now really effective?¡±
Li Weisheng couldn't help but feel sad. As a counselor, if he doesn't get along with the decision-makers or loses trust, he is really worthless.
Looking at the evil-smiling Zhuo Bufan in front of him, and thinking of his incredible appearance this time, Li Weisheng suddenly felt uneasy and said in a voiceless voice: "You, what did you do?"
Zhuo Bufan smiled, stood up and said, "It's nothing, but you'd better be prepared to escape tonight. I will arrange for someone to wait outside."
Suddenly, a strong sense of powerlessness enveloped Li Weisheng. He looked at Zhuo Bufan who was walking out and couldn't laugh or cry. He did not doubt what the young man in front of him said at all. He had always been quite confident in the general strategy, but facing Zhuo Bufan, he I always feel like I have nowhere to go.
Zhang Sheng walked in. It was getting late and the yard was getting colder. The heat of the small stove was gradually unable to dispel the growing cold.
Li Weisheng was wrapped in a blanket and sat there motionless. Zhang Sheng didn't say much, he just stayed with his husband and stood like that.
The sky has turned dark, the moon has not yet appeared, the stars are shining, and the old locust tree under the cold moonlight looks even more lonely. Li Weicheng, who was hidden in the night, sighed and said to Zhang Sheng in a hoarse voice: "Zhang Sheng, do you have a family?"
Zhang Sheng was shocked when he heard this and replied without hesitation: "The student is outstanding and has no worries."
Li Weisheng nodded: "Then, are you willing to follow me to the end of the world?"
Zhang Sheng knelt down on one knee and said firmly: "Students have to meet a teacher to feel enlightened. No matter where the teacher goes, students will follow him to the death."! "
Li Weisheng stood up with difficulty, paused for a moment on his numb knees, and said happily: "That's great, there's no need to prepare anything. Go out and have a look, someone will take care of you. If nothing happens, you and I will leave here tonight." That¡¯s all.¡±
Zhang Sheng was about to do as he was told, when suddenly there was a noise in the city, and there seemed to be faint screams and hisses. Then, there was a sound of horse hooves, and a large group of people rushed towards this direction. Immediately there was the sound of dull and neat footsteps, obviously accompanied by a large group of infantry. I don¡¯t know how many people there are.
Before the two of them could react, the large group of cavalry had already rushed outside the courtyard. Zhang Sheng gently opened the courtyard door and quickly closed it. He turned around and said nervously: "Your Majesty's personal guard! You are here with bad intentions."
Li Weisheng's face turned pale, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Although I still don't know what Zhuo Bufan did, I have an intuition that the Eight Kings may be detrimental to me this time.
Zhang Sheng's expression also changed slightly, and he suddenly returned to the room quickly, and quickly came out to guard Li Weisheng's side, with a red-tasseled sword in his hand.
A large group of people stopped outside the courtyard, obviously heading here. The other party didn't say anything, so they didn't know exactly what they wanted to do. After a while, Zhang Sheng called out a boy, a servant who usually did menial work, and ordered him to go out and find out what the visitor meant. The boy obviously felt that something was wrong and was reluctant, but it must be okay to go out and ask questions, so Zhang Sheng forced him to open the courtyard door.
"What are you doing?" Before he could finish his words, there was a burst of bow strings. The boy didn't even let out a miserable groan, but he fell upside down into the hospital with the crossbow that was driven into the door panel by Duo Duo, and was killed immediately. .
Zhang Sheng kicked the door panel, dropped the door rail, turned around and said hurriedly: "Sir!"
Li Weisheng's face turned pale. He was so cruel and didn't even give him a chance to speak.
"Kill!", outside the hospital were Zhang Xianzhong's personal guards, who were known for their toughness and ruthlessness. In the past, when Zhang Xianzhong was bloodthirsty, everyone was soaked in a pool of blood after killing countless people. At this time, the killing order was given, and the soldiers with red scarves and broadswords rushed forward crazily.
¡°Woo~~~¡±
There was a strange sound of sharp blades slashing through the air, and a silver light flashed in the starlight. The cavalrymen who were rushing around the formation screamed and fell to the ground. The silver light actually turned around and passed by the soldiers who were attacking the courtyard gate, and brought up a large piece of blood mist. Then he flew back to the darkness of the back street.
At this moment, the Guards who were suddenly attacked from behind quickly turned around, and a strong bow shot into the darkness, but there was no movement at all. However, nothing could be seen in the shadows across the street under the stars. For a moment, it was strange and dangerous. The feeling made the soldiers who stormed the courtyard stop.
"Hiss~~", there was another sharp sound, this time no silver light was visible, but the soldiers and cavalry in the front row fell again, screams and neighs were heard, and several frightened horses also ran wildly. The horse seemed to be able to sense the strangeness on the other side of the street, and actually rushed backwards into the crowd, hitting someone and flipping it over.
The courtyard door suddenly opened, and Zhang Sheng rushed out with a person in his arms. The sword in his hand flew and chopped several people. He threw it with all his strength and threw the person he was holding onto the horse's back. The sword stabbed the horse's buttocks, and the horse neighed and galloped away. go. At the same time, Zhang Sheng grabbed another ownerless frightened horse. The frightened horse neighed, but it was unable to break free from the seemingly weak Zhang Sheng's control.
"Leave him alone! Don't let the people on the horse run away! Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!" Someone in the guards suddenly shouted, and then, a burst of strong bows and sharp arrows enveloped him like a rain, and the soldiers who had already rushed dozens of steps were The horse neighed miserably and rolled to the ground. At this time, no one noticed that another person rushed out of the courtyard. Zhang Sheng lifted him onto the horse and jumped on the horse's back at the same time. As the two rode, the sword light flew over a dozen people and headed towards the narrow street across the street. Lane rushed away.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!", yelling hysterically, the crossbowman who had just reacted was half a beat too late, the bow string crashed, countless arrows rushed into the night, and the two of them disappeared into the night. .
In the moonlight, an angry horse suddenly rushed out of a narrow alley. Zhang Sheng immediately opened his eyes wide and tried his best to distinguish the dim road ahead. The sound of clothes rushing in the wind kept coming to his ears. At the same time, someone kept reminding him in the darkness. own direction.
"Go forward!Turn leftGo forward!"
Behind him, shouts of killing followed, and soon they fell into a mess of yelling and hissing. I don¡¯t know how many people and who were sniping at the pursuers. At this moment, Zhang Sheng could only open his eyes wide and run wildly in the dark to protect the husband on his chest.
At first, there were arrows flying through the air from time to time. Soon, those fighting men were far behind. Zhang Sheng's eyes lit up, and a puff of water vapor rushed towards his face. In front of him, he actually reached the shore of Xicheng Water, which was Chaoxian County Wharf. .
Several figures suddenly passed by the horse, and their speed was actually faster than the galloping horse.
"Don't stop! Follow me!"
A masked man turned his head and shouted to Zhang Sheng, who was hesitant, and then rushed towards the trestle leading to the water.
Zhang Sheng?Riding his horse, the horse's hooves hit the wooden trestle and rushed over quickly. On the other side of the trestle, a wooden boat docked. On the boat, Zhuo Bufan and others had been waiting for a long time.
The angry horse stopped suddenly. Zhang Sheng flicked his legs and jumped off the horse with Li Weisheng in his arms. A masked man next to him touched his palm, and the angry horse suddenly lost its voice and fell to the side of the trestle.
Zhuo Bufan was overjoyed, came forward to welcome Li Weisheng, supported Li Weisheng and said happily: "Old boy, are you okay? I didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to strike so quickly. Fortunately, you are okay! That's good, that's good!"
Li Weisheng was so shocked that he didn't bother to ask what was going on. He turned around and looked at Zhang Sheng gratefully. He took Zhang Sheng's hand and waited to get on the boat. Unexpectedly, he pulled but there was no pull. Zhang Sheng held Li Weisheng's hand tightly, and a trace of blood suddenly seeped out from the corner of his closed mouth.
"Sir, student, I'm afraid the student won't have the luck to follow you anymore." As he spoke, blood gushed out from Zhang Sheng's mouth, his body swayed, and his eyes gradually became unfocused: "Ming Xin Zhi En Tong is reborn. If there is an afterlife, when there is an afterlife, the student will definitely hold the grass in his mouth and tie a ring and still follow the teacher!"
¡°Pounce~~¡± Zhang Sheng looked up to the sky and spat out a mouthful of blood, then fell straight forward.
Li Weisheng's eyes were about to burst, and he hugged Zhang Sheng with all his strength. Behind Zhang Sheng, seven or eight arrows penetrated deeply, and the blood had already penetrated through the back of Zhang Sheng's cotton shirt.