Chapter 126: The candidate

September 9th, Double Ninth Festival.

That afternoon, Zhang Hu rushed to Luocheng with reinforcements.

Zhang Rui was very happy and asked someone to kill pigs and sheep to celebrate.

After drinking a few drinks with the generals, Zhang Rui called his grandson Zhang Hu to the study.

When he arrived at the study, Zhang Hu took out two letters from his arms, one of which was from Zhang Shen and the other of which were from two girls.

Looking at the letters written by the two girls to him, Zhang Rui showed a satisfied smile on his face, but he did not read them, but put them away and watched them carefully when he was sleeping.

"How is your father?"

Zhang Rui put away the smile on his face and asked Zhang Shen about his recent situation. At the same time, his hands were not idle, so he tore open the envelope he wrote to him.

"My father is fine, but there have been too many things recently, which make him frown every day." Zhang Hu did not hide it and answered truthfully.

Zhang Rui looked down at the letter and asked casually: "Oh, what are you worried about? Tell me?"

Then Zhang Hu told everything.

Just so happened that Zhang Rui finished reading the contents of the letter.

"Two grandmothers were assassinated, you are trying to protect them. Grandfather is very grateful. Tell me, what do you want?"

When he learned in the letter that two girls were assassinated, his heart was hanging on the tip of the knife, fortunately, Zhang Hu tried his best to protect the safety of the two of them.

Zhang Rui was very grateful, so he promised his grandson Zhang Hu that he would give him as long as he had it.

"Grandfather, this is what grandson should do, grandson doesn't want anything."

Zhang Hu shook his head and said.

"Okay, very good, I am worthy of being my grandson, and I do nothing but rewards."

Zhang Rui was very happy and very satisfied with this eldest grandson.

Then he said, "Okay, go out and drink and eat meat with your uncles."

"The grandson leaves."

Zhang Hu said goodbye to Zhang Rui, left the study room, and went to the outer hall.

...

The next morning, Zhang Rui asked someone to call Zhang Ji, Zhang Hu, Sheng Changning to have breakfast together.

During the meal, Zhang Rui talked about an interesting story about Sheng Changning.

This is the thing. They fought with the Song army before, and the corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into a river.

This child had seen such a tragic scene for the first time and was so scared that he wet his pants on the spot. If Zhang Rui hadn't comforted him, he would have fainted long ago.

However, this child was also suffering. He was defeated by the time he was defeated, and even Zhang Rui couldn't take care of himself.

God blessed the child, and the child was also smart. He followed the defeated soldiers and then turned into a refugee and begged all the way back to Luocheng.

Sheng Changning lowered his head shyly, and Uncle Zhang Ji laughed out loud, but it was all kind-hearted laughter.

"Xiaohu, grandpa remembers your mother said that your grandfather is the prefect of Shu County?"

Zhang Rui picked up a chopstick and put it in Zhang Hu's bowl, and asked.

Zhang Hu thought for a while and said, "This is the case."

Zhang Rui stopped eating and continued, "Grandpa gave you a task. Do you have the confidence to complete it?"

Zhang Ji and Sheng Changning looked at Zhang Rui curiously, not knowing what he was selling.

Zhang Hu put down the bowls and chopsticks, patted his chest, and said, "Grandpa, as long as it is your order, even if the grandson fights this life, he will complete it for you."

"Haha, it's not that serious, it's just a small matter, there's no need to fight to the death."

Zhang Rui looked at such a sensible grandson with relief.

"Son, grandpa wants you to go to Chengdu and ask your grandfather to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Then we will work together to deal with the Song army outside the city."

Zhang Rui slowly expressed his purpose.

This was also when Zhang Rui saw Zhang Hu’s arrival that he remembered that he and his grandfather were in-laws.

After hearing this, Zhang Hu asked, "Grandpa, when will the grandson set off?"

"I am in a hurry to follow the power, clean up and leave immediately!"

In order to defeat the enemy as soon as possible, Zhang Rui asked Zhang Hu to set off as soon as possible.

In addition, he looked at Sheng Changning beside him and said, "Changning, you can clean up too and go with Xiaohu."

Sheng and Zhang looked at each other and said in unison: "I understand."

Zhang Rui looked at the young faces of the two of them and instructed: "Remember, be careful along the way and don't trust anyone.

Also, if your grandfather disagrees, he must leave him as soon as possible and not get stuck in it."

The two of them replied, then stood up and said goodbye to Zhang Rui, and returned to their residence to pack their luggage.

An hour later, the two of them packed their luggage and left the city from the south gate with gold, silver and treasures.

In order to prevent the Song army from discovering outside the city, they chose to go around from the left. Although the distance was twice as long, it was very safe.

...

In Fu County, a 500-person Song army grain transport team was parked in an uninhabited village to rest.

"Brothers, thieves have been attacking the grain transport team recently. Let's finish eating and leave here soon."

The captain of the Song army stood up and urged his subordinates who were burying the pot and cooking.

This is not alarmist. In the past half a month, the grain transport team has been attacked in almost every ten years.

None of the grain transport teams came back alive.

As a result, every time Chengdu sends money and grain to the front line, these generals are afraid of choosing themselves.

Ye Xuan had a headache, but the food and grass on the front line had to be fully supplied. For this reason, he threatened and tempted him, and the captain reluctantly agreed.

Along the way, the captain was frightened, afraid of encountering a team that robbed food.

The soldiers said in unison: "Yes!"

After a while, the food was filled with fragrance and everyone was rushing to pick up the food with their bowls and chopsticks.

At this moment, a cannon sounded, and the fighting sounded from far to near.

The Song army soldiers who were eating threw away the dishes and chopsticks, held the weapons in their hands tightly, and were extremely frightened.

"School...College, what should I do if the robbers of grain are coming?" The deputy lieutenant held the long sword in both hands and asked the boss beside him.

The captain was also panicked, but he calmed himself down and ordered his panicked subordinates: "Brothers, you can't leave, fight with these thieves who killed thousands of swords."

"Fight." Anyway, I couldn't survive anymore, so the deputy lieutenant gritted his teeth and agreed loudly.

"Fight, fight..."

The soldiers raised their swords and guns in their hands and tried to fight the thief to the death.

...

"Brother, these Song soldiers are really vulnerable. They haven't let their muscles loose yet and they all die."

Zhu Dian came to Yu Gui in blood and looked down on these grain transport teams.

Yu Gui put away his knife and said, "Stop complaining, hurry up and ask your brothers to clean the battlefield and leave here as soon as possible."

"Okay, brother."

Zhu Dian responded and asked the brothers to speed up the progress.

After a while, Yu Gui led his people to leave the village, leaving only the burned grain and corpses all over the ground.
Chapter completed!