Ryugu Castle in late August was already a little cool.

There was a clanging sound in a simple courtyard.

"Xu Guangou, can this horseshoe really run fast on the ice when it is branded?"

Outside the blacksmith shop-like straw hut, several soldiers squatted or stood looking at the busy people in the straw hut and asked.

"yes." The shirtless, busy man in the hut replied.

"Then this winter we can set foot on the Liangma River and enter the camp of the Western Thieves?" The soldiers laughed.

"Absolutely." The man said, reaching out to take the horseshoe handed by several blacksmiths, looking at it carefully, and throwing it back, "The thickness is not uniform enough." ”

A few blacksmiths bowed their heads and went back to rebuild.

The man walked to the horses in Baoding and squatted down, picked up a horse's leg with a neat movement, pulled the anvil on the side with one hand and put it on the horse's hooves, and the hand over there had already scooped up the red-hot soldering iron.

Although the military horses are basically slapped, everyone is used to looking at the horseshoe, but there are not many people who see the horseshoes with their own eyes, and these soldiers can't help but neigh twice.

"It hurts," someone couldn't help but say.

Xu Sigen looked up, this was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old little soldier, thin and pale, and his military uniform looked very inappropriate on his body, but his eyes were very energetic and excited, just like the moment when their brothers finally got their way into the barracks and put on the military uniforms they were issued with.

"It doesn't hurt, how can it be fast." He smiled and said, while branding the horseshoe, the soldering iron on this side was put back, and the shovel on the other side had already been clamped under the armpit and pedaled a few times to trim the horse's hooves. In the dazzle, the four hooves were burned like this.

"Lord Xu is really a good craft." Everyone praised one after another.

Xu Sigen stood up with a smile.

"yes. Lord Xu. It's really a good workmanship. ”

There was a strange sound of yin and yang outside the door.

The smile on Xu Sigen's face sank, and everyone turned their heads and watched two or three generals walk in.

This is the people of the official hall, and the soldiers hurriedly bowed their heads and retreated.

"Lord Xu." One of the generals said, accentuating the word "adult," he said, "It seems that you are having a good time doing here." ”

"If you don't wear official robes, you can't greet the adults." Xu Sigen said, "This is a certain matter. ”

Insider's business.

Xu Sigen is in charge of the affairs of the soldiers. But he didn't really want to brand the horseshoe himself, but he was reprimanded and punished.

"Xu Sigen." A general shouted, "We're not here to talk nonsense with you, tell me how many military horses you've injured recently?" ”

Xu Sigen hummed.

"Twenty-five." He said.

"You still have the face to say!" Another general shouted, stepped forward and glared, "Let you take care of the affairs of the soldiers and horses, not let you abuse the soldiers and horses!" ”

"It can't be said to be a waste, we have played the best heavy iron palm." Xu Sigen said, "This winter, our soldiers and horses will be able to run faster and farther. Twenty-five horses for the lives of countless thieves is worth it. ”

Several generals glanced at each other.

But there's really no way around it. It's indeed a horseshoe played by this kid, and it's really useful, although it was said that you could kill the enemy without a horseshoe before, but now it's not a bad thing, after all, the loss of horses is small, and the more horses you can equip.

It's no longer appropriate to argue about merit on the horse's shoes as before.

He had confidence in the horseshoe matter, but they didn't.

"Let's do a good job here." A few people threw down a U-turn and left.

Xu Sigen didn't pay attention to it and continued what he was doing.

When he walked to the door, one of the generals thought of something and turned his head.

"Xu Maoxiu." He shouted suddenly.

Xu Sigen's hand stopped, and his body stiffened slightly.

The general laughed.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, your names are so similar, I always call them wrong." He said, "But this Xu Maoxiu impressed me too deeply, it's the first time I've seen a reward for dying because I didn't use the battle, if you say so, how many soldiers lying on the ground outside Dragon Valley City will get up..."

Xu Sigen's hand holding the shovel clenched, and the green tendons on it burst out.

The general's words in his ears continued.

“… I just can't get used to this kind of shit...."

Xu Sigen raised his foot suddenly.

A loud shout sounded in the courtyard, and everyone didn't see anyone clearly, this general had been knocked away.

But that wasn't the end of it, the man lunged at him, his fist raining down.

The courtyard was suddenly in chaos.

Fortunately, it was quickly pulled away, the general's face had been broken, the corners of his mouth, nose and eyes were bleeding, he raised his hand to wipe it, and immediately roared angrily and was about to pounce, but was stopped by two or three people.

And Liu Kui, who was being pulled on the other side, also had a wound on his face.

"Come on, come on, bastard, watch Lao Tzu beat you to waste." He shouted.

The official roared continuously.

"There is a fight in the army, and there is no good fruit to eat."

"You can't mess around with this guy."

"He doesn't want a future, broken jars, we can't be like him."

Everyone stopped and said, looking at Liu Kui again.

Liu Kui's beard was unkempt, his clothes were disheveled, his face was full of alcohol, and his eyes were drunk.

Now he still doesn't regard himself as a soldier when he drinks and makes trouble in the army, and he has already told the people of the Liu family, and he will be sent back in the next few months.

If you are expelled from the army for the second time, even if you are in your own home, you will inevitably be spurned waste.

"I'm a shame on you with my fist." The general had to throw down a sentence with hatred and was dragged away.

"Waste, you can just beat your own people with your fists." Liu Kui shouted, spitting at the group of people, "Wait, wait for you to beat me!" ”

The generals left, and the onlookers pointed at Liu Kui.

Liu Kui wiped the blood from his nose absently.

"What are you seeing, haven't you ever seen a fight? Look at Lao Tzu beating you again! He shouted.

The onlookers pouted and walked away with disdain.

"Maniac"

"Neuropathy"

"Waste"

A low voice came intermittently.

Liu Kui didn't care, and turned around on the ground with his head down. Then he found something precious and pounced. It turned out to be a wine gourd. He grabbed it, wiped it happily, opened the lid and poured it down, the wine mixed with blood flowing down the corner of his mouth.

Xu Sigen put down the shovel in his hand and walked over.

"You're such a piece of shit." He said.

"It's not bad to be a piece of trash." Liu Kui said, glaring at him, "Yes, I'm not as good as you, Lord Xu, who is immersed in his work, waiting for promotion and fortune." ”

Xu Sigen reached out and snatched his wine gourd and slammed it on the ground.

The gourd was shattered, and the wine was splashed.

"Xu Sigen. You're fucking crazy! Liu Kui roared and jumped up and grabbed Xu Sigen.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door, and the horse's hooves sounded sharply.

"Urgent, Beijing."

The shouting passed in a flash.

Beijing Emergency?

Xu Sigen's expression froze, and he immediately pushed Liu Kui away and rushed out, looking at the direction of the emergency report and chasing after him, until he saw the urgent report rushing into the official hall, he gasped and stood on the side of the road, his eyes were still staring at the official hall.

"Die."

Liu Kui's voice sounded behind him.

"Last time, last time you chased after you. But how? Nothing! People still drink wine and eat meat, and they are happy! ”

"Not necessarily, not necessarily." Xu Sigen shook his head and said.

"Not necessarily. That's what you said last time! Liu Kui shouted, "It won't come true at all, it's useless!" ”

"Not necessarily, not necessarily." Xu Sigen still shook his head and repeated, his expression firm.

Not necessarily!

Not necessarily!

"Fourth master, fourth master."

Behind him came shouts, and the sound of hurried horses' hooves.

Xu Sigen turned around in disbelief and saw a horse galloping over.

This is a scene that appears countless times in dreams....

Is it true this time? Is someone really coming? Is it really done?

"Fourth master, uncle's letter." The man turned over and dismounted, handing over a letter.

Xu Sigen swallowed his saliva, hesitantly stretched out his hand, grabbed the letter, and opened it tremblingly.

Fan Jianglin doesn't know much, and Xu Sigen can't recognize a few words, so his brothers know each other, and the letter is written simply and clearly, with only one word on a piece of stationery.

Say.

say

It can be said

I can say that

To say...

Xu Sigen held the letter in his hand, and his always straight back bent down, only to feel heartbroken, and he had to reach out to cover his chest.

He knew it, he knew it, he would definitely be able to do it, and his sister would definitely be able to.

"Say, what does that mean?"

In the official hall, Jiang Wenyuan looked at the paperwork in his hand and looked stunned.

"My lord, this is a question for you to answer." The soldier said.

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Wenyuan threw the documents in his hand on several cases.

"What question do I answer! What do I have to reply! He roared, "The rewards and punishments are unknown, the rewards are greedy, and the court is hoodwinked? I? Want me to answer this? What do you mean? ”

The soldier shuddered twice at the yell.

"It means that Your Majesty has accepted Lu Zheng's impeachment against your lordship, and Your Majesty wants to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the five people in Maoyuan Mountain."

But he still lowered his head and stammered the words that had been explained in the tense.

Maoyuan Mountain five!

Jiang Wenyuan glared at the soldier in front of him, and couldn't wait to swallow him in one bite.

"What are the five people of Maoyuan Mountain? What does it have to do with me! He yelled.

"My lord, I look at what the document says is Fan Shishi, Xu Maoxiu, these people..."A staff member said in a low voice, "My lord, they really made a big fuss." ”

Those few people?

Jiang Wenyuan was stunned, and after thinking about it, he remembered what it was, and seemed a little incredulous, so he reached out and grabbed the document and looked at it again.

“… The five heroes of Maoyuan Mountain defended the city and died, loyalty shook the sky....... the scholars were boiling, and the people of Li were in turmoil....mourning five people died in vain... Jiang Wenyuan is stubborn and unsympathetic... caused the Son of Heaven to be deceived by it... For example, Jiang Wenyuan, who deceived Shengcong and deceived the king, must not stay..."

He couldn't stand it anymore when he saw this, and once again angrily threw the paperwork on several cases.

"Lu Zheng! Lao Tzu has to kill him! He shouted.

"It's not Lu Zheng's business now, the key is those five people." The staff said hurriedly.

Those five people...

Jiang Wenyuan walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps.

"Okay, I have a little ability, I actually went to the capital," he said breathlessly.

Don't regret it, my lord.

The voice of the young man sounded in his ears, Jiang Wenyuan suddenly stopped and looked at the hall, where there seemed to be a young man looking over with a stubborn face.

Don't regret it, my lord.

Jiang Wenyuan raised his foot and kicked away the several cases at his feet.

"Okay, your surname is Zhou!" He roared, "You can impeach, can't Lao Tzu refute it?" ”

Accusation of impeachment, there is more fierce than this, he Jiang Wenyuan has come all the way to this day, and he is not a delicate little lady raised in the boudoir, he has never seen any words, guns, lips and arrows.

Let's see who regrets it in the end! (To be continued......)