Chapter 13

At night, after killing Pan Jinlian, who was unskilled but addicted to the dish and frequently provoked him, again and again,

and ensuring that she, who was exhausted, would sleep until dawn, Zhang Jie quietly opened his eyes.

"Bandits, they must be suppressed whenever they are, they must be suppressed!

Days without bandits are the good days!"

Zhang Jie thought of the few partners and instructors of his family's caravan who died at the hands of bandits, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Since when could small bandits ride on the head of a transmigrator like him and poop?

Doesn't he, a transmigrator, have face?

In order not to lose face for the many transmigrator predecessors who punched immortal emperors, kicked demon gods, roamed the heavens and the earth,

and were invincible, and also not to be mocked by other Zhang Jies,

Zhang Jie decided to send those ignorant bandits on their way tonight!

Zhang Jie took his hands off the two Mount Everests and then slowly got up.

He took out the night clothes he wore when he killed Ximen Daguanren and his personal attendant Dai An from the interlayer of the wardrobe,

and also took the long sword that his father, Zhang Dahu, who had already departed for the heavens, specially asked a master craftsman in the city to forge when he was young.

"Father, today, I am going to use it to kill people."

Stroking the long sword in his hand, a trace of nostalgia rose on Zhang Jie's face.

"Set off!"

Zhang Jie, who already had experience once, opened the window and jumped down with ease.

"Dark night and high wind, it's a night for killing!"

Zhang Jie looked at the dark night where you couldn't see your fingers because the moon was covered by layers of dark clouds,

and couldn't help but sigh.

On such a beautiful night, how could he not kill a few enemies to help the fun?

He tapped his toes lightly, and his whole body shot out more than ten meters.

In this pitch-black night, he, in black night clothes, merged with the night,

like a Yaksha or ghost patrolling in the middle of the night.

A short while later, Zhang Jie arrived at the city wall of Yanggu County.

On the city wall, which was four or five meters high, several meters wide, wrapped in bricks on the outside, and rammed earth on the inside, there were more than a dozen guards watching.

These soldiers were dressed in leather armor, wearing leather hats, and holding long spears, looking quite majestic.

But Zhang Jie, who was familiar with the Great Song, knew that these guys were just flower-fisted and embroidered-legged flower frames.

Ever since Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng signed the Chanyuan Alliance with the Great Liao, which was about brothers,

except for occasional conflicts with Western Xia, the Great Song had been peaceful for nearly a hundred years.

With long-term peace, even the border troops defending against the Great Liao on the edge of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun,

and the Forbidden Army responsible for guarding the capital, the emperor, and the lords around Bianliang, had their combat effectiveness decline seriously,

let alone the city guards of a small county like Yanggu.

These soldiers, let alone fighting against Liao soldiers or Western Xia soldiers,

couldn't even do the most basic suppression of bandits and protection of the borders and people,

they could barely set up flower frames to show their existence.

However, they were very skilled at eating, taking, carding, and asking, making things difficult for the people, setting up checkpoints on the road, and collecting road tolls...

And when mentioning Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng and the Chanyuan Alliance, one must mention the Fengshan sacrifice at Taishan that he ruined.

After signing the Chanyuan Alliance with the Great Liao as brothers (this younger brother was obviously our Great Song),

Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng hoped to highlight imperial power and consolidate his ruling position through Fengshan,

and at the same time transfer the negative public opinion brought by the Chanyuan Alliance.

After all, since our Great Song was founded by Emperor Taizu, although the Northern Expedition of Emperor Taizong occurred,

donkey cart drifting and other events, it was still a country equal to the Great Liao.

How did it become the younger brother of the Great Liao when it reached you, Emperor Zhenzong?

For this, he did not hesitate to forge auspicious signs, and under the planning of Prime Minister Wang Qinruo and others,

claimed that heaven sent down "Heavenly Books," held a ceremony to receive the Heavenly Books, and changed the reign title to "Dazhong Xiangfu" to create momentum for the imperial sacrifice to heaven and earth.

In October 1008, he set off from Bianjing, rode a mountain sedan to Taishan, and performed the Fengshan ceremony.

After the imperial sacrifice to heaven and earth, he changed Qianfeng County to Fengfu County, added the title of Mount Tai God as "Rensheng Tianqi King,"

and carved a stele inscription on Taishan to record the Fengshan event.

But what's even funnier is that his Fengshan was regarded by later generations as a farce.

Because he lacked the achievements and auspicious signs required for Fengshan, he relied solely on forging Heavenly Books.

This Fengshan directly lowered the sanctity of Fengshan, and subsequent emperors never held the Fengshan ceremony again.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Li Zhi, and others expressed shame to be with Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng.

Taishan issued a roar like the Western Chu Overlord, Lu Bu,

and the incarnation of Kamen Rider He Rundong, the crying god Bu Jingyun, who had "no strength to truss a chicken":

"Don't come over!"

Ever since Emperor Zhenzong's Fengshan, Taishan, like the Luo River, had to sit at the children's table for dinner.

Since Sima Yi violated the oath of the Luo River, there was no credibility to speak of,

and the Luo River, whose reputation could be described as stinking: Sima Yi, I thank your whole family!

Emperor Guangwu of Han Liu Xiu, who made the last oath of the Luo River and treated almost all meritorious officials well, also expressed that he had something to say~

Zhang Jie shook his head lightly, shaking the disdain for the successive officials of our Great Song out of his mind.

Now is not the time to think about this; suppressing bandits is more important.

Zhang Jie came to a corner of the city wall where only two small soldiers were on duty, stared slightly,

let his internal energy run along the route of the Cloud Ladder, and then exerted force under his feet,

easily crossing the city wall of more than four meters and appearing outside Yanggu County.

Zhang Jie: Thanks to the Wudang Nine Yang internal energy and Cloud Ladder sent by the old iron from Heaven-Dependent~

In The Heaven-Dependent Dragon-Slaying Saber, when Zhang Cuishan carved characters on the stone wall,

facing the coercion of the Golden-Haired Lion King Xie Xun, he used the Wudang Sect's light-body stunt "Ladder Cloud Vertical,"

supported his feet, jumped more than a zhang, and then borrowed force on the mountain wall with his right foot, jumped up two zhang again,

and the judge's pen in his hand carved "Wu Lin Supreme, Precious Saber Dragon-Slaying.

Order the world, dare not follow. If Heaven-Dependent does not come out, who will compete?" on the stone wall.

Although Zhang Jie's internal energy was not as deep as Zhang Cuishan's, he had stronger physical quality to support it,

jumping up more than a zhang, it was easy.

"Renjia, was there a black shadow flying over the city wall just now?"

On the city wall, Xiao Bingyi, who couldn't sleep and was watching the six directions and listening to all directions to pass the boring time,

pushed his colleague Lu Renjia, who was dozing off beside him.

"Where is there any black shadow? You must have seen it wrong."

Lu Renjia, whose eyes were blurry and almost went to play chess with Zhou Gong, replied perfunctorily.

"Impossible, I absolutely couldn't have seen it wrong."

Xiao Bingyi patted his chest and said that his eyesight was as sharp as the soldiers of the small days who ate fish oil during the second global big mix-up,

and he would absolutely not see it wrong.

"Then it must be some kind of black cat."

Lu Renjia, who was shrouded in sleepiness, still replied perfunctorily without sincerity.

"Black cat? Where is there a black cat that is several feet big?"

Xiao Bingyi was speechless; even the civet cat in the civet cat changing the prince was not that big!

"You don't care what it is."

Lu Renjia said it didn't matter.

The world is big, except for eating, only sleeping is the biggest.

Even if the Heavenly King came, he couldn't stop him from sleeping!

At this time, Xiao Bingyi mysteriously leaned into Lu Renjia's ear and whispered:

"I think this black shadow is probably the fierce person wanted by the yamen."

"What? That fierce person?"

In an instant, the sleepiness on Lu Renjia's face disappeared, his eyes became vigilant,

and at the same time, he held the long spear in his hand tightly.

Facing that fierce person with super-strong bare-handed martial arts, only the two-meter-long spear in his hand could bring him a trace of warmth.

"Shh! Keep it down!"

Xiao Bingyi covered Lu Renjia's mouth to prevent him from screaming.

"Hoo~"

Lu Renjia took several deep breaths to suppress the fear in his heart.

"Don't you want your life? Is this kind of fierce person something our brothers can provoke?"

Lu Renjia thought of the miserable death of Ximen Daguanren and felt his legs trembling,

almost wanting to leave first; not wetting his pants was already his good mentality.

According to his distant cousin from the third uncle's family of his second aunt who worked in the yamen,

that Ximen Daguanren and his personal attendant were beaten to death by that fierce person with his fists!

"Didn't I tell no one but you?"

Xiao Bingyi said he was also very afraid of this fierce person.

Lu Renjia looked around and saw no one else, so he whispered:

"You and I, brothers, do this and that, that and this.

Let this news rot in our brothers' stomachs."

"Hmm!"

Xiao Bingyi nodded in agreement.

Such a fierce person, their brothers couldn't afford to provoke.

And even if they reported it, what could their brothers get?

Nothing more than a pitiful bounty.

What?

You say the bounty given by the Ximen family is not small?

This bounty is distributed from top to bottom; maybe the County Magistrate doesn't take it,

but don't the County Commandant, their team leader, and deputy team leader take it?

As for fulfilling their duty as city guards to catch the thief?

Lu Renjia and Xiao Bingyi spread their hands: a few hundred wen a month, what kind of life are you playing for?

Promotion and wealth belong to the superiors, but the little life is your own!