A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 122 Xiuzhi kills General Cunxiao and seizes the flag

There is the Sanguan Temple beside Shenheyuan.

The three great emperors enshrined in the temple are the Heavenly Emperor of Shangyuan, the Earthly Emperor of Zhongyuan and the Water Emperor of Xiayuan.

The Heavenly Official bestows blessings, the Earthly Official forgives sins, and the Water Official relieves disasters.
Usually the incense is very strong,

High-ranking officials and dignitaries also came in an endless stream to burn incense and pray for blessings and ward off disasters.

It is only ten miles away from Luojiabao.

Located on the bank of Shenheyuan in the north of the Hehe River, it faces the river and is opposite the Zhongnan Mountain that looks like a painting. Below the plateau is the Hehe River winding westward. The scenery is beautiful.
But at this moment, this peaceful place outside the world,

But it was occupied by 3,000 rebellious Qiang cavalry.

They ambushed the government troops at the general's camp, beheaded over 300 of them, and then marched south.

When they got here, it was already dark, so they simply broke into the Sanguan Temple, slaughtered sheep and barbecued them, and ate and drank to their heart's content. Some people also insulted the young women they had kidnapped.

In front of the Three Officials statue,

They committed rape, murder, and all kinds of evil.

A Qiang cavalryman carried Xiuzhi to the Sanguan Temple and gave her to the chieftain with a flattering smile. Due to carelessness, five of his men were killed and two were injured.

He had no choice but to give up the plump and beautiful young woman and give her to the chief to atone for his sin.

He was lying there with his hair loose, drinking and eating meat with big mouthfuls. There were a few women he had kidnapped around him, crying and wailing.

"Five riders lost, two injured? Ten miles ahead?" The man beside him snorted coldly, "How many are there on the other side?"

That person didn't dare to tell the truth.
"There were at least dozens of them lying in ambush on the north side of the bridge. We were ambushed as soon as we crossed the bridge."

"Only a few dozen people?"

He snorted, "Waste," he looked at Xiuzhi, whose face was red and swollen from the slap marks, but she had a pretty face and a plump figure, and most importantly, she didn't cry or make a fuss.

Compared to the crying and disgusting village women around me,

This woman was to his liking.

"Hmph, since you found me a beautiful woman, I won't punish you." He called over a nephew and said, "Take three hundred cavalrymen and have them lead the way. Go over and see who's so blind as to block our way. Kill them!"

The nephew beside him also hugged them left and right, pinching and touching them, and said reluctantly: "It's getting dark, why don't we let them live one more night, and then we will go there tomorrow morning and kill whoever stands in our way."

"Just go if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? You won't be able to sleep well until you figure out who's blocking your way. Go now."

Doraba had no choice but to drink up the wine in the glass and get up to leave.

He waved his hand to drive away the crying village women nearby.

He hugged Xiuzhi,
"What's your name?"

His Chinese was not very clear, and Xiuzhi lowered her head and said nothing.

"Come, drink with me."

He poured himself another cup and also poured one for Xiuzhi.

Xiuzhi took it and drank it in one gulp. When the wine went down her throat, she choked and started coughing, tears coming out.

Since she was captured, she has been mentally prepared for death and is still worried about her two children. She hopes that Alang has found them and that he will continue to treat the two children well after her death.

"Good job, the way you drink is quite free and easy. I like it more. Come again."

Laughing beside him,
He filled two more cups. Not only did the woman stop crying, she drank happily, which was exactly to his liking.

One cup, two cups, three cups,
Xiuzhi welcomes everyone who comes.
She drank one cup after another. She was not used to it at first, but she got used to it later and it didn't matter anymore. She even thought it would be better to get drunk. When she was drunk, she would not know anything, and she would not have to be consciously insulted or consciously die.

Just die drunk.

I feel a little dizzy.

But it has always been clear,

After seven or eight glasses of wine,

On the contrary, the person beside him was drunk.

"No more drinking. If you drink more, you won't be able to enjoy me, my beauty. Come, let's have some fun."

I had been drinking all the way here, perhaps because I was a little worried, not knowing if I could make it out of this encirclement.
I can only drown my sorrows in alcohol.

I didn't expect to meet a woman who can drink so much.
He drank seven or eight more cups at once, which made him feel dizzy and drowsy.

He pounced on Xiuzhi,
Pull and tug,

He fell to the ground due to the drunkenness and could not get up again.

Completely drunk, sound asleep,

Xiuzhi also began to feel dizzy, but she was still somewhat lucid.
Looking at this ugly and vulgar Qiang bandit leader,
Suddenly, I don't know where I got the courage from, I actually drew the sword that Pang Qiang had placed beside me.

Outside the Sanguan Hall,

The Qiang cavalry were eating meat, drinking wine, and raping women, making a great noise and uproar.

In the Sanguan Hall,

The statues of the Three Officials are solemn and majestic, while the others are lying drunkenly on the ground and sleeping soundly.
There were no other Qiang cavalry guards in the palace.
Xiuzhi drew her knife,

The blade is as bright as snow and extremely sharp.

She held the knife in both hands and looked at the Qiang bandits, who were rebelling and burning and killing people along the way.

These hateful traitors,
Taking courage from the alcohol,

Xiuzhi finally swung her knife,

While sleeping drunk, the man beside her was slashed in the neck, blood splattered everywhere, but Xiuzhi was not frightened, instead she seemed to be more excited and more awake.
He opened his eyes and opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.

She continued to push.
One or two cuts, just like chopping grass,
Finally, she cut off the big head of the neighboring beast, just like watching the scene when A Lang was slaughtering the pig on the beam.
Lift up the head of the neighbor,

Xiuzhi was confused.

What's next?
Just when she was at a loss, a Qiang soldier walked in from outside.
He was also shocked to see Xiuzhi standing in front of the statue of the Three Officials with a bloody head in her hand.

Xiuzhi panicked and raised the knife in her right hand to rush over.

"It's me, Cunxiao!"

At the critical moment, the Qiang soldier grabbed her hand and growled.

Xiuzhi looked at it doubtfully.

"Xiuzhi, I, Cunxiao,"

It was then that Xiuzhi was surprised to find that the other person was Cunxiao, the eldest of Alang's four Qiang slaves. Usually they stayed in the outer courtyard, and Xiuzhi stayed in the inner courtyard, but she could often see them. However, she was a little afraid of these Qiang people, so she had little contact with them and had not even said a few words to them.

But I still recognized it after looking closely.

"You, have you rebelled too?"

"No, Alang asked us to come. Who did you kill?"

"The leader of the rebellious Qiang," Xiuzhi said.

Cunxiao took a breath of cold air, he didn't expect this woman to be so tough, "Hurry and follow me."

Xiuzhi threw down the knife but refused to throw away the head.

Cunxiao tore off Pang Yidi's cloak and wrapped the head, and also took Pang Yidi's good knife. Finally, he rolled up the flag and stuffed it into the cloak.

He took Xiuzhi around to the back of the hall, climbed over the wall and then carried Xiuzhi on his back.
He laughed lewdly and asked Xiuzhi to pretend to struggle and scream.
They walked towards the dark corner.
When the Qiang soldiers saw this, no one came to stop them.

Such scenes can be seen everywhere here. Cunxiao's armor is the same as theirs, and he looks the same. No one would have thought that he would be a Qiang who works for the Tang people.

The bold and careful Li Cunxiao carried Xiuzhi to the periphery. They both kept their mouths shut and walked out carefully.

Finally, I arrived at the place where Cun Ti and the other two were waiting outside.
"withdraw,"

Cunxiao and his men quickly mounted their horses and left under the cover of night.

After walking for a while,
Suddenly a patrol officer called out,
Cunxiao also responded in Qiang dialect, saying that he was ordered to go on patrol.

The two groups approached.
Cunxiao and his men launched a sudden attack.

The battle was over soon.

A five-man patrol team was killed by four people.
Xiuzhi was stunned and frightened.

Cunxiao and his men calmly began to search them, taking out their money, stripping off their clothes and armor, chopping off their heads, and leaving their bodies headless.
He left with heads, armor, horses, etc.

They deliberately took a detour on their way back.
They saw from afar that a group of Qiang bandits had entered Luojiabao and Guozhuang, and were still searching towards Gaojiabao. They rushed back to Fengjia Manor first,

Li Yi was wearing rhinoceros armor and patrolling with a wooden shield in his hand, constantly encouraging the civilians and strong men who were guarding the place.

Hearing that Cunxiao and the others had returned, he quickly took Heizi to the gate.

Li Yi is high above,
I was surprised to see four people outside the door, Jiu Ma, and the familiar Xiuzhi also appearing there.

"Open the door quickly."

After they entered,
Many people gathered around.
By torchlight,
Cunxiao and the other three were very proud and pointed at Xiuzhi, saying, "We rescued Xiuzhi from the Sanguan Temple, ten miles ahead."

"On our way back, we encountered five rebel patrols and killed them all. We brought back their heads, armor, weapons, and horses."

"Oh, and this one,"

Cunxiao took a blood-soaked cloak and shook it open.

A blood gourd rolled out from inside.

He picked it up and held it high.
"Ah Lang, do you know who it is?"

Li Yi looked at a big head with a big beard and loose hair.

"Who?"

"Beside the place!"

Li Yi took a deep breath, unable to believe it.
"You're saying this is the head of Pang Yidi, the leader of the three thousand rebellious Qiang people?"

"Ah."

"You are awesome," was the only comment Li Yi could make.

"Hey, it wasn't me who cut off Pang's head. It was Xiuzhi from your courtyard who cut off Pang's head by herself."

Then he shook out the rolled-up flag from his cloak and said, "This is the big flag of the neighboring land."

Then, he recounted what happened in front of everyone.

Everyone looked at Xiuzhi.
At this time, Xiuzhi, after a thrilling escape,

Running ten miles, the evening wind blows,
I was completely drunk.

It must be said that she was born with a good alcohol tolerance. She drank six or seven glasses of wine. Although the alcohol content of Tang people's rice wine was not high, it could still make people drunk.

"I, I cut off his head while I was drunk. Ah, Alang, have you found Shuanzizhu?"

"We found it. They found it. Su Jun is sleeping with it now." Li Yi didn't expect that Xiuzhi not only escaped and survived miraculously, but also cut off the head of the rebel leader. He couldn't believe it.

But he didn't care whether it was true or not. The important thing now was to use this to boost morale.

He raised the head, looked around at everyone, and shouted with disdain: "The Qiang bandits are really just a group of barbarians. A mere woman can behead them."

"Cunxiao and his four companions entered and exited the enemy camp as if it were no man's land!"

The crowd cheered,

Sure enough, it was a lot easier.

Li Yi asked Sanniang to take Xiuzhi to rest quickly.

Then he took Cunxiao and the other three aside and questioned them in detail.

"You said that several hundred rebel soldiers have already reached Luojiabao and Guozhuang at the foot of the plateau?"

"Well, there are probably several hundred of them. They will probably reach the top of the plateau soon."

As he was speaking, someone on the manor wall cried out, "The village below the plateau is on fire."

Li Yi and others quickly climbed up the wall,

Sure enough, two or three miles away, at the foot of the plateau, flames began to appear in Guozhuang, Luojiabao and Gaojiabao, shining brightly in the dark night.

Li Yi could even see at a glance that his Wuji Thatched Cottage was also on fire.

His thatched cottage was covered with yellow grass, and it was easier to burn than other people's earthen caves.
Ji Sujun came over and comforted Li Yi: "As long as the green mountains remain, there is no fear of running out of firewood."

Li Yi could only comfort himself in this way.
Facing the approaching enemy, Cunxiao and his men were excited because Xiuzhi had cut off the rebel leader's head and had sneaked into the enemy camp to rescue Xiuzhi.
Looking at those flames now, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured over my head.

Li Yi remained calm.

"Everyone, brace yourselves and guard the manor well. The soldiers will arrive at dawn, and the rebels won't be able to keep their arrogance for long!"

Li Yi asked the four great kings to stay in the manor.
The enemy has arrived, so there is no need to go out for reconnaissance. Liu Heizi said to the four of them, "When the fight starts, protect A Lang!"

Cunxiao patted his chest loudly, looking very domineering.

(End of this chapter)