Chapter 45: A Casual Encounter
"Who did the imperial court send to quell the chaos?" In the farm outside Shengzhou City, Lu Hao asked Xu Chen.
"Li Lun, a member of the Li family in Pingliang. Xu Chen waved the letter in his hand and said.
Now that it has been a few days since Wang Ce dealt with it on the Golden Palace, Wang Ce's original prediction was not wrong, and the imperial court did send a general from a military general family to lead the troops to quell the rebellion. Now this person named Li Lun is already rushing to Yangzhou.
"Hehe, I've already arrived in Huaiyin County, there is nothing in the grain and grass, and even the soldiers and horses are only 5,000, this Li Lun really thinks that he is dealing with a gang of bandits and grass bandits!" After Xu Chen finished reading it, Lu Hao took the letter. Naturally, what was written on the letter was not only Li Lun's movements, but all the actions of the imperial court regarding this counterinsurgency, Wang Ce, who was far away in Chang'an, would send the information to Shengzhou as soon as possible.
"It's understandable that you are sincere in your meritorious service. For fear of touching the fragile nerves of the second child, Xu Chen didn't dare to say anything, just snorted.
It's just that, despite being cautious, Lu Hao still said indignantly: "I think this guy is in a hurry to reincarnate, and he has to take five thousand lives for nothing!"
Xu Chen didn't dare to joke anymore, lest he be complained by Lu Hao again.
"By the way, how is the training over there?" Xu Chen hurriedly diverted the topic.
"We've been training for the last few months and we've got over 1,000 people at the moment. Lu Hao replied.
Since coming to Shengzhou, Xu Chen and his family still follow the practice in Yuzhang, selecting young orphans from the city and the countryside and training them. Now, after a few issues, Xu Chen's troops have exceeded 1,000 people.
"No, this person is a little deficient in the war that followed!" Xu Chen frowned slightly and said.
"That's no way, the school-age orphans in the counties near Shengzhou have basically been taken in by us, those who are too old, their behavior has been formed, and if they want to change, it is very time-consuming, and we don't have that time. If the scope of the collection is expanded, I am afraid that it will arouse the vigilance of the local government, and the matter will become a big problem, and it will be difficult for the teacher to explain. Since the last time he talked to his eldest brother, Lu Hao has resumed the work at hand, although his opinion in his heart has not changed.
"That's just a matter of waiting, once the war spreads, whether it is to expand the ranks by joining the army to quell the rebellion, or to gather the displaced people, there are many opportunities to gather a large number of people......"
Regarding the current situation, Xu Chen was a little uneasy, the group of mysterious people who were supposed to arrive in more than ten days have now passed more than a month, but there is still no movement. This made some of Xu Chen's previous arrangements a little redundant, and the lack of enemy intelligence made Xu Chen unable to be targeted, and this feeling of restraint really gave Xu Chen a headache.
Yes, in the face of an unknown and powerful enemy, Xu Chen couldn't think of how to face it, escaping seemed to not solve the problem, but it could delay a lot of time, and time was very important to Xu Chen, because that meant hope, the hope of living!
But the people in Zhuangzi had just settled down, and they were obviously not happy to see a panicked escape. But the most important thing is that Xu Chen is not sure whether it is safe to choose to escape this path at this time. The other party has spread a big net, who can guarantee that it will be safer to flee Shengzhou than to stay in Shengzhou?
Xu Chen wasn't sure, so he didn't move, still waiting in apprehension......
Fortunately, God didn't let his anxiety last long!
On the afternoon of this day, outside the west gate of Shengzhou City, a man and a woman walked in the distance.
"Senior brother, there is a city ahead! Finally, I can go take a bath and rest well! I have been tired these days!" The girl Ling'er looked a little excited, a few days ago, they had been on the road in the mountains, and they were sleeping in the open air, so naturally they were not comfortable.
"If we use flying, we will not be free from these sins. Senior Brother Ma behind him said.
The girl turned her head, glanced at him, and retorted: "Hmph! I'm stupid! If I use flying, then how can I play? Anyway, this time I want to have a good time, don't want me to go back so soon!"
After Ling'er finished speaking, she turned around and walked away, leaving Senior Brother Ma behind, and one of them shook his head and sighed bitterly.
"Senior sister, there is Jiangning City in front!" Senior Brother Ma last went out a few decades ago, and Shengzhou was still called Jiangning at that time.
"I've finally come to a big city! I've walked around the mountains all the way, and I've met small towns, and they're not lively at all!" the girl grumbled, pouting.
"It's not lively and it's so crazy......" Senior Brother Ma thought in his heart, but then he reacted, the small town can play like that, so won't this time be delayed for a longer time? For a while, Senior Brother Ma didn't have much hope for the task assigned by the senior uncle and the master, and just asked the eldest lady in front of him not to have an accident.
The accident mentioned here naturally does not mean that Ling'er will be in any danger, but Senior Brother Ma is worried that Ling'er will cause some headaches again because of her rarity and strangeness......
"Senior brother, come and see!"
The girl's excited voice sounded, but Senior Brother Ma was shocked: "Oops!
Senior Brother Ma hurriedly ran to Ling'er's side, only to see the girl standing at the door of a wine shop, which was just an ordinary orchid wine shop, but there were two swarthy black men standing at the gate.
The reason for the girl's surprise was naturally the fact that these two black men had never seen before. Kunlun Domain is full of yellow-skinned people, the girl has never seen people of other colors since she was a child, on the way to Yuzhang, there are uncles and ancestors and the head of the family watching, all the way fast, how can there be time to wander around?
"Senior brother, what kind of monsters are they? Why are they all black...... No! Teeth! Look! Teeth are white! I thought they even had black hearts!"
"Senior sister, they are also people, people from another continent to the west. Senior Brother Ma explained helplessly.
"Are they, people, too?" haha, I thought they were monsters running out of the ground!" the girl smiled innocently.
Senior Brother Ma lamented again in his heart: "Trouble is coming again!"
Sure enough, the two Kunlun slaves at the door of the wine shop gradually turned their eyes.
The Kunlun Domain has its own language, but when walking outside, of course, it is more convenient to speak the language of the outside world, but fortunately, for those who cultivate, it is only a matter of a moment to master an unfamiliar language.
Therefore, Ling'er's words under the excitement are all in the official dialect of the Tang Dynasty, and the two Kunlun slaves in front of the wine shop have lived in the Tang Dynasty for many years and are also familiar with the language of the Tang Dynasty.
These days, there is a food shortage in the south, the business of the wine store is already light, and the two Kunlun slaves have nothing to do.
They glanced at each other, and then at Senior Brother Ma, a thin scholar in white, Kunlun Nu thought that these two people did not pose any threat to him. The only thing to worry about is the identity of these two people, after all, looking at these two people with handsome looks and extraordinary manners, they are from big families at first glance.
But the owner of this wine shop is also not small, although it is not possible to do it, but to scare and scare the little girl and get the field back, the two Kunlun slaves still dare to do it.
"Uhh
"That's it, you dare to laugh at our brothers, your skin is itchy, isn't it?" another Kunlun slave also spoke.
"Looking at the little girl's hippie human flesh, don't say it, it's quite watery!"
"That's right, that's it, if you little lady comes over to accompany our brother and son, let's not care about this matter today!"
The two Kunlun slaves had obscene smiles on their faces.
However, the girl Ling'er was at a loss, turned her head and asked, "Senior brother, what do you mean by being happy?"
"It's not interesting!" Senior Brother Ma's face was gloomy and terrifying, he had a way to make the two savages in front of him die violently on the street, although it would consume a little aura, but these two dogs dared to tease Ling'er, which Senior Brother Ma absolutely could not tolerate!
"Yo he, it's still a chick!" said a Kunlun slave in surprise.
Immediately, the other Kunlun slave glanced at Senior Brother Ma with that obvious disdain, and then then smiled lewdly at Ling'er: "Little lady, this kid next to you is too useless!
"That's right, custody makes you feel the joy of being a woman......"
Senior Brother Ma's right hand had already been raised, and the silver-white flying sword was already dancing in his sleeve, and it only took a moment to pierce the foreheads of these two Kunlun slaves.
"Bastard thing!"
Just when the tragedy was about to be staged, someone stood up again! A beautiful woman in red walked out of the wine shop and scolded the two Kunlun slaves fiercely: "Don't get out of the way yet!"
When the two Kunlun slaves saw this person, they hurriedly retreated into the corner in front of the gate like a mouse seeing a cat.
"Two, the little woman's discipline is not strict, so that the house slave collides with the two, here I would like to match the two of you!" The red-clothed beauty apologized to Senior Brother Ma and Ling'er.
"If the two of you don't dislike it, it's better to go into the shop and have a glass of water and wine, and the right to be a little woman to make amends to the two......"
The beauty in red was still talking, but Senior Brother Ma ignored it, just turned his head and left.
Senior Brother Ma's style made the woman in red frown slightly, but fortunately, the girl Ling'er on the side became interested: "Okay! What is delicious for you?"