Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 132 The Magical Use of Human Heads

"Fang, you, a fugitive and traitorous general, dare to come to my place to be a lobbyist, don't you want your head?"

At Anxiong Pass, in the general's office, Fang Zhengqi, who was tied up with five flowers, stood in front of a burly general wearing armor. This man was Xu Fengzhi, the general at Anxiong Pass.

After leaving Yanguan, Fang Zhengqi and his two followers galloped all the way and arrived at Anxiongguan at noon on the second day.At this time, the guards of Anxiong Pass had sealed off the pass city and entered a wartime defensive state, strictly prohibiting the entry and exit of merchants to prevent the spies and spies of the Song Army from mixing in.

But Fang Zhengqi is from Lingnan, and his accent is the same as that of the local villagers, so he was not embarrassed by the defenders. He spent some money and bribed a small school guarding the city gate to make it easier for him , This was able to be mixed into the pass city of Anxiong Pass.

After he settled down in the guest house, he immediately prepared a post and dropped it at the gate of the yamen office of the guard Xu Fengzhi, but he didn't wait for Xu Fengzhi to greet him with courtesy, but a group of soldiers broke into the door, tied them up, and escorted him to the yamen In the office, I saw Xu Fengzhi in full body clothes.

As a lobbyist, it is not a good sign to be tied up to meet the lobbying target, but although Xu Fengzhi appeared to have a fierce attitude, he did not cut him off without asking a word, at least it shows that this person is not that person. A kind of person who can't get in the way of oil and salt.

At that moment, Fang Zhengqi calmed down a bit, and said with a smile: "General Xu, you and I used to be officials in the same dynasty. In front of me, they are tying people up and screaming for beating and killing?"

Xu Fengzhi snorted coldly, and tilted Fang Zhengqi: "If I don't show friendship at all, how can you see my face? You would have been hacked as a spy long ago!"

Fang Zhengqi lowered his head and pondered for a while, recalling Xu Fengzhi's words, then suddenly raised his head and laughed: "So it was General Xu's kindness!"

At this time, Fang Zhengqi had already understood that Xu Fengzhi tied him up and took him to the government office. This action seemed rude and vicious, but it really saved his life. Otherwise, if the city was shut down and spies were interrogated, no one would do anything to him. Bao's fresh face and lack of documents such as passing documents are likely to be caught by the inspectors and hacked with a knife. On the contrary, he is the safest in the government office.

Of course, he didn't think that Xu Fengzhi was really talking about friendship, and it was nothing more than a setback.

Xu Fengzhi did not deny Fang Zhengqi's hint, but his face was still stern. He stared at Fang Zhengqi coldly and said: "I don't need to ask you to know what your purpose is for posting. You dare to come here to persuade me to surrender because you treat Xu as a A rat who surrendered without a fight?"

He was known as a famous general in the Southern Han Dynasty, he was more or less arrogant, and he always thought highly of himself. The enemy regarded him as a person who surrendered without fighting. In his opinion, this was an insult and contempt, so he was very upset.

Fang Zhengqi showed a smile, and said slowly: "General Xu's words are wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Xu Fengzhi said solemnly, his face darkening.

"Even if he is a person who dares to fight, he may not be a mouse person." Fang Zhengqi was tied behind his back and could not move. He just pouted at a wooden box on the table and motioned Xu Fengzhi to open it.

This wooden box is the head that Fang Zhengqi brought with him from Yanguan, Xu Fengzhi's soldiers who were arrested just now sent him to the government office together, and placed it on Xu Fengzhi's desk.

"What's there to see in the things you brought? I'm not the kind of person who is greedy for money and power!" Xu Fengzhi snorted coldly. He thought that the things contained in the wooden box were just treasures, gifts or gifts for bribes. Song people used the documents to promise rewards, so they looked very disdainful.

"General Xu, I'd better take a look." Fang Zhengqi said with a slight smile.

Xu Fengzhi opened the wooden box with some curiosity, saw the human head inside, and recognized it as Liu De, the strict guard general and the only general of the Southern Han clan.

His pupils condensed suddenly, and his eyes radiated a murderous intent. He held the handle of the saber at his waist with his right hand, and said coldly: "Using a human head as a gift is very fresh. I am both a warrior and a With a slight reputation in Lingnan, how can he be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? If Song people want to use this to intimidate this official, it is a wrong idea!"

"The general misunderstood, this is not a threat." Fang Zhengqi laughed twice, paused every word, and said slowly: "It is the future!"

Xu Fengzhi's face suddenly showed doubts, obviously he didn't understand what the words meant, how could a human head be a future?

Fang Zhengqi finally attracted the other party's attention with a human head, and quickly took the opportunity to say:

"The government of Liu's court is incompetent today. The king is only willing to use eunuchs, and even wantonly castrates civil servants and generals. This has been unheard of for thousands of years. How can such a court and the country of Cuoer last long? Even though General Xu has always been known as a famous general , but standing in such an absurd place, how can you build a career and be famous in history?"

Xu Fengzhi remained silent, why didn't he understand that Fang Zhengqi's words were true, and that the absurdity and weakness of the Southern Han court were well known to everyone.

He never planned to be buried for this ridiculous court. Although the two generations of Liu's monarchs treated Xu Fengxi well, they were not so kind and affectionate that he needed him to repay him.

But on the other hand, he was not willing to surrender without a fight. Such an action would have lost his dignity as a warrior, and it would also have lost some of his reputation as a "famous general" of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Fang Zhengqi took two steps closer, and lowered his voice extremely low: "I came here at the order of His Royal Highness Tianshui County King of the Song Dynasty, and brought this human head to meet the general. He wanted to use this human head to let the general understand : After the Great Song ruled Lingnan, the clan of the Southern Han Dynasty and the original high-ranking officials and dignitaries will definitely be wiped out without leaving any of them!"

Xu Fengzhi raised his head abruptly when he heard the words, he already understood Fang Zhengqi's implication, and couldn't help but his heart moved, and his face immediately softened a lot.

Fang Zhengqi's voice continued to ring in his ears: "...Only by sweeping away those mediocre people occupying high positions can we make room for talented people like generals."

Hearing this, Xu Fengzhi couldn't help but feel his eyelids swell a little. Fang Zhengqi didn't make any specific promise of promotion and reward, but it happened to hit a sore spot in his heart.

He has led the army in the Southern Han Kingdom for a long time. Although he has a little reputation, he is barely regarded as important, but he is often excluded by those stupid and incompetent people on weekdays. It might not be a happy thing to show what you have learned in your chest.

(End of this chapter)