Chapter 154: Remnant
Under the angry and helpless eyes of a group of people, Li Li left the Zhao Mansion with the cloth that they were extremely eager for.
Zhao Lin watched Li Lian leave, watched a group of people stare at Li Lian angrily and helplessly, and finally just let out a long sigh.
I was also lamenting in my heart, "When did the men of the Zhao family start to become so cowardly!" ”
"Old lady..."The old servant returned to Zhao Lin's side after sending Li Li out of the Zhao Mansion, "That person is already gone!" ”
"Are you sure?"
"The old slave saw with his own eyes that the man had left and walked away, and he thought that he would not come back!" The old servant bent down and spoke softly.
"Those people... Have you seen them all? When Zhao Lin said this, he felt a little uncomfortable, those were all loyal servants and slaves of the Zhao family, and there were even many collateral of the Zhao family.
"I've seen them all." The old servant said softly, "Everyone was killed with one blow, and they didn't know how they died until they died. ”
Zhao Lin nodded, and the impression of Tian Yu in his heart rose by two points again, and then he suddenly thought of something bad, and raised his head suddenly, "Could that be... Where did it come out? ”
"Probably not! Although the people there are also murderous and don't blink, they don't need to train themselves so secretly, and, in other words, if he is really from there, he will not obey Tian Yu's orders! ”
"That's right, that's right."
Zhao Lin let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand to let the old servant leave, and then raised his head to look at Zhao Kuang not far below, and then looked at his eldest son Zhao Ci with a pleading face, and shook his head in his heart.
"Zhao Kuang!" Zhao Lin's bland words made Zhao Kuang, who was still depressed, suddenly excited.
"Grandpa..."Zhao Kuang knelt directly on the ground, consciously waiting for the old lady's fate.
"Do you know what's wrong?"
"My grandson knows it's wrong!" Zhao Kuang replied weakly, "Grandson shouldn't make grandfather angry..."
"Bang!" A crockpot flew over and shattered directly on Zhao Kuang's forehead!
"Bastard thing" Zhao Lin slapped the table and scolded angrily, "You also deserve to be called Zhao Jiazi?" ”
Zhao Kuang was so frightened by Zhao Lin's words that he trembled, although he, the head of the Zhao family, was the same as his father Zhao Ci, and he existed in name only, but after all, it was the position of the head of the family, and the little old lady couldn't live for another thirty years.
But if Zhao Kuang is said by Zhao Lin to be unworthy of being the son of the Zhao family today, then there is no need to wait for Zhao Lin to live for another thirty years, and those brothers of the same clan behind him can get him from the position of the head of the Zhao family!
"Grandpa..."Zhao Kuang hurriedly climbed two steps forward, crying and begging Zhao Lin for mercy, "Grandson really knows that he is wrong, he really knows that he is wrong!" ”
Zhao Lin, who was already angry, was even more angry when he saw his grandson Zhao Kuang's appearance, if it weren't for the fact that his body bones were really unfavorable, Zhao Lin would really want to run over and slap this unlucky thing to death now.
"Cry fart!" Zhao Lin slapped the table case angrily, "People in their thirties, you are still crying here, what kind of system have you become!" ”
"Master!" Zhao Kuang's father, Zhao Ci, really couldn't stand it, he also felt that his son was too embarrassed today, but even if he was embarrassed, it was his own child.
"What, he cried and you were distressed?"
"Master, although this kid has also experienced the military formation, but now it is different from the past, what kind of battle did we have before, ten people go to three back, that is a great luck.
This group of children relied on their own identity, and they were also alive and well in the army, so now that they are back, it is inevitable that they will be a little out of calculation.
But the children are still good children, they just lack your teachings now, I hope, you have to put your body first! ”
Zhao Lin looked at Zhao Ci who was kneeling in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh, it was really not as good as the generation, his generation walked on thin ice, and it took a lot of hard work to rush out, Zhao Ci and their generation will also die if they are not careful, but in the third generation....
"Isn't it true that as the ancestors said, they are not rich for three generations?"
Zhao Lin suppressed the muttering in his heart, then looked at Zhao Ci and Zhao Kuang who were kneeling on the ground, and then looked at the guys who shrunk into a ball in the distance and seemed to be honest but were actually watching the play, and the anger in his heart was even stronger, "Zhao Kuang, as the head of the family, is so short-sighted, temporarily put down the position of the head of the family, and think about it behind closed doors at home." ”
As soon as Zhao Lin's words came out, there were bursts of exclamations, and Zhao Kuang, as the party concerned, suddenly lost his strength and fell to the ground like a puddle of mud, tears flowed out uncontrollably.
When Zhao Lin saw Zhao Kuang's appearance, he was even more disgusted in his heart, and at the same time, he was also reflecting on himself, in recent years, he has always cared about fighting for life and death with several other major families, thus ignoring the teaching of the young people in the clan.
After Zhao Lin threw his sleeves and left, the rest of the people also left one by one, when passing by Zhao Kuang who was paralyzed on the ground, the young people were all laughing and excited, and the old man was smiling and saluting Zhao Ci and Zhao Kuang.
And everyone, from beginning to end, never commented on the tragedy that happened in the Zhao family today, as if no one had ever died outside the door.
"Get up, don't be embarrassed here!" Zhao Ci walked to Zhao Kuang's side and kicked him on the ass, "Isn't it enough to be embarrassed?" ”
Zhao Kuang raised his head and looked at his father with godless eyes, "Dad, it's gone, there's nothing!" ”
Looking at Zhao Kuang who was holding his thighs and crying, Zhao Ci was angry and pitiful, when he first got the position of the head of the family, he didn't want to live such a nominal life in the clan, so he went out of the Zhao Mansion again in a rage, and then went to the west with the army of King Wei.
Although he didn't get ahead in the end, he made a lot of friends outside, broadened his horizons, and when he returned home to see his father Zhao Lin, who was still strong, and Zhao Kuang, who had grown up, Zhao Ci's heart to be the head of the family was even weaker.
So he simply resigned, handed over the position of the head of the family, and followed Zhao Lin to deal with various families with peace of mind, although Zhao Lin couldn't accept many of his methods, but as the one with the heaviest killing spirit in the Zhao family, he was also unique, so as not to make other families feel that they had no successors to the Zhao Mansion.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Lin handed over the position of head of the family directly to Zhao Kuang, the so-called "rising star" of the Zhao family, two years ago, after Zhao Kuang came back.
But who would have thought that in just a few years, the gap between the two generations would be so big.
"Okay, Kuang'er, what are you grieving about!"
"The position of head of the family is gone, gone!" Zhao Kuang's tears couldn't be stopped, he could even imagine his miserable days in the future.
"Who said that?"
"What grandpa said, what grandpa said just now!"
"What about the new head of the family?" Zhao Ci slapped Zhao Kuang in the face, stunned Zhao Kuang and stopped his crying, "Did your grandfather tell you who the new head of the family was!" ”
"It's... It's..."Zhao Kuang was stunned for a long time before he reacted, "That's right, my grandfather didn't say who the new head of the Zhao family was, could it be that my grandfather wanted himself..."
"Confused! How old is the old lady, have you ever seen a man who is almost ninety years old and head of the house? Zhao Ci hated iron and steel, pointed at Zhao Kuang's nose and scolded angrily, "Once the position of the previous head of the family is deprived, it will be temporarily held by the head of the old family before there is no new head of the family, who is the head of the old family?" ”
"It's my grandfather... No, it's you, father! As soon as Zhao Kuang wanted to say that the old family master was Zhao Lin, he saw Zhao Ci raise the slap, and quickly thought about it and changed his words and said, "Yes, the previous head of the family is your father, that is to say, our family is still the descendant of the Zhao family!" ”
Zhao Ci couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhao Kuang finally reacted, knowing that this guy was still saved, although he didn't know why his military career had not changed his habit in the past few years, but the nominal career of the head of the family in recent years had made his brain grow by two points.
"If you understand, wipe the snot and tears on your face, and don't embarrass Lao Tzu here!" Zhao Ci's angry shout made Zhao Kuang completely sober up, and then embarrassed to clean the filth on his face with his sleeves.
"From today on, study and practice martial arts, Lao Tzu sees that you have been in vain in the past few years, from today on, Lao Tzu will teach you personally, but wherever there is a little dissatisfaction with Lao Tzu, you kid will be whipped, don't think about your mother to save you, she dares to be verbose, Lao Tzu will blast her out!"
Zhao Kuang heard that his gentle and elegant father had said such cruel words, so he naturally didn't dare to go in and out of his left ear and out of his right ear like before, so he hurriedly agreed.
After Li Wei left the Zhao Mansion, he went straight back to the county guard's mansion and found Tian Yu who was still drinking tea and chatting with Wang Pan, but he didn't shy away from anything, walked directly to Tian Yu's side, and handed the cloth forward.
"General, I've got my stuff back."
"Are the people of the Zhao family honest?" Tian Yu didn't open the cloth in a hurry, but asked happily, "I heard that some young people of the Zhao family always complained. ”
"General rest assured!" A smile appeared on Li Wei's face, a very weird smile, "Even if the Zhao family wants to do something now, he can't do it!" ”
"Oh?" Tian Yu smiled, "It seems that Hanlong boy, you are very fast." ”
"It's been too long since I've been active, and it's true that my hands have grown a lot." Li Wei was very humble at this time, "By the way, when the kid came, he found that there were a lot of rats hidden around the county guard's mansion, although I don't know why they were hiding around the county guard's mansion, but for the sake of safety, the kid stunned them." ”
"Bang" Li Wei just finished speaking, Wang Pan, who was squinting and drinking tea soup on the side, directly threw the soup bowl in his hand, and then quickly stood up and ran to Tian Yu and knelt on the ground.
"The villain pleads!"
Tian Yu looked at Wang Pan who was kneeling on the ground with a smile on his face, "What is the Wang family master doing here?" ”
"The villain pleads!" Wang Pan still just said that.
"Hehe, I heard that the head of the Wang Pan family and the boy of the Kuai family in my county guard mansion are some... Trade? ”
"Yes!"
"Is the deal done?" Tian Yu's tone became very flat, and he gently stroked the table in front of him.
"I haven't done it yet!"
"Didn't you go on?"
"The villain is guilty!" Wang Pan lowered his head deeply, Wang Pan and Kuaimeng's transaction, the previous few things were done very happily, Kuaimeng relied on Tian Yu's new arrival, Wang Pan had not fully figured out their strength, and won several families in a row under the power of the fox and the tiger.
And Wang Pan also took the name of the county guard, and in a short period of time, the Hu family and the Zhang family, whose strength was not inferior to his own, took into his arms, and suddenly blocked the mouths of some old people in the family.
But when the two of them were about to take the final step, Wang Pan finally saw the strength of the county guard, or perhaps the family of Nanyang County finally saw the strength of the county guard.
There are only a hundred soldiers, which is not a problem at all, which is why a group of young people in the Zhao family are clamoring to turn their faces with the county guard mansion today, and it is also the reason why Wang Pan came here to look at ease.
Tian Yu naturally knew the little caution in Wang Pan's heart, but these were not important to Tian Yu, he didn't care what Wang Pan thought in his heart, and he didn't care if the strength in Wang Pan's hand could be used by him.
"Wang Pan, the head of the family." Tian Yu walked in front of Wang Pan, and then helped Wang Pan up, "Now there are some things, I don't know if the head of Wang Pan's family can help the old man." ”
"Lord Tian Yu said that the villain must do his best!"
"Later, the old man will ask someone to send you a list of some people in the past, I heard that the news of your Wang family is first-class in Nanyang County, I want to come to each family, there are always your people."
“... Yes! Wang Pan, who hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth and responded, "The villain originally handed over all these manpower to the adult!" ”
"No, no, you just keep an eye on the candidates you give to your husband, and you don't have to worry about the rest!" Tian Yu smiled slightly, "Go ahead, bring all your people back, it's still quite cold at night, if you stay outside for a night, you will be prone to a cold tomorrow." ”
"No..."Wang Pan responded, and then saluted and retired, "Thank you Lord County Guard, the villain retires!" ”
After Wang Pan left, Li Li returned to his seat, and then opened the cloth and looked at it carefully.
Li Wei saw that Tian Yu was serious, so he thought about retiring, "General Guorang, if there is nothing to do, the student will retire first." ”
"What? Sleepy? Tian Yu smiled, looking at his appearance, he should be in a good mood.
"It's fine." Li Wei has become a little silent now, not restrained in front of Tian Yu, but really become a little silent, no longer as "broken-mouthed" as before.
"If it's okay, wait." Tian Yu took the cloth into his arms, took out the bamboo slips that Kuaimeng gave him before, and continued to look at it, "You have to go to the Wang family for the old man in a while." ”
"No!"
Tian Yu saw that Li Wei was very relaxed, and couldn't help but remind, "The Wang family is different from the Zhao Mansion, and their people are similar to you. ”
"Amon has told the students that they have understood."
Tian Yu still wanted to remind, but seeing Li Li's indifferent look, and thinking about the fact that Li Li easily stunned the spies in ambush around the county guard mansion just now, he put his mind at ease and didn't say more.
After half an hour, Tian Yu rolled up the bamboo slip, and then reached out and took a piece of cloth that had been cut from the side, and picked up the pen to write.
Soon a cloth with various names appeared on the table, Tian Yu gently dried the ink on the cloth, and then folded it and reached out to Li Liu, who was waiting aside.
"Go ahead, be careful."
"No!"
Wang Pan, who had left the gate of the county guard's mansion, hurriedly ran to several places he knew, and when he saw his subordinates who had fallen to the ground unconscious, the chill in his heart was even more terrifying.
After swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, he hurriedly tried to find a way to wake up those people, and when he asked them that they didn't know how they were unconscious until now, the last bit of luck in Wang Pan's heart was gone.
"Damn, Lao Tzu still underestimated Tian Guorang." Wang Pan hammered his thigh hard, and then ordered, "Go and wake up the brothers, and then continue to hide, waiting for the order of a certain family, remember, you must hide it well, success or failure is in one fell swoop!" ”
"No!"
Wang Pan returned home, just entered the gate and got the news of the Zhao family, the Zhao family's slaves, a total of more than 140 private soldiers, were killed overnight, and even the children of the side line were killed more than 20 people, if it weren't for the backyard female children and the Zhao family's descendants were safe and sound, the family of Nanyang County thought that this night, the four major families were one less.
After Wang Pan knew the news, he also let out a long sigh, although he had guessed when he heard the conversation between Tian Yu and the young man before, but when he heard the result with his own ears, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid in his heart, "Tian Guorang, a famous general!" ”
Wang Pan instructed the private soldiers and domestic slaves in the family to loosen the light and the darkness tightly, and more than doubled the light patrol and secret guards, until he himself felt that this should be foolproof, so he returned to his room, cleaned up and prepared to sleep.
Wang Pan, who had just laid down, felt a burst of sleepiness, after all, he had been busy all day, and Wang Pan, who was in a daze, was just about to fall asleep when he felt that someone was gently pushing him.
Wang Pan, who was thoughtful, woke up suddenly, opened his eyes suddenly, and at the same time stretched out his right hand to the side of the bed, about to take out the short knife hidden beside him.
"Don't touch it, the short knife was taken by someone!" A leisurely voice came, which made Wang Pan's heart even more shocked.
Wang Pan looked up, and could only barely see an outline through the faint moonlight, and couldn't help but ask softly, "This good man, I don't know why you came here late at night?" ”
"On the orders of the general, I will send you something." When Li Jun said this, he took out the cloth that Tian Yu had written before from his arms and handed it to Wang Pan.
Wang Pan hurriedly stretched out his hand to turn things into results, and at the same time asked hesitantly, "Are you the little general in the county guard mansion before?" ”
"A certain family is not a general!" After saying this, Li Li turned his head and left, no longer caring about Wang Pan, who was in shock on the bed.
"Congratulations to the villain.... Regards... Send ..."Wang Pan wanted to say something but found that Li Li had disappeared, if it weren't for the cloth in his hand, Wang Pan really felt that it was a dream just now.
Li Li played with the short knife that was searched from Wang Pan's room, and went straight back to the county guard's mansion, this time he didn't go to see Tian Yu again, because when he came out, he saw that Tian Yu was already yawning, and he thought it was time to sleep now.
After returning to his room, Li Li did not wash and sleep directly, but closed the doors and windows tightly, extinguished all candlelight sources at the same time, and finally sat on the ground, leaning against a corner with his eyes closed.
I remembered a sentence that Wang Yue once said, "As an Assassin, don't always think about going to bed, the bed in the Assassin's room is used to attract the attention of the enemy. ”
Li Wei gradually controlled his breathing, controlled his movements, and slowly fell into sleep, but he only needed a little movement in this sleep, and he could open his eyes and make the right action as soon as possible.
This year, a few families are happy and a few are sad, and a few are in tears, but the night will still pass.
The early morning in Nanyang County, accompanied by the fragrance of porridge in the city, told the people that a new day was coming again.
Everyone almost repeated yesterday's actions, and the entire Nanyang county town fell into chaos again, but this time the people were no longer as busy and overwhelmed as yesterday, they didn't know how long this happy day would last, but for the current Nanyang county town, it was best to see hope.
Hou Qian had already left before the morning came, and this time the matter was very important, and he handed it over to the others, and he was not at ease.
In a dense forest forty miles outside the city of Nanyang County, a group of men dressed in tattered leather armor and holding missing blades were vigilant around.
In the innermost part of the forest, a circle of people sat around a campfire, waiting for a pot of gruel.
"Captain Wu, how long has it been since we had porridge?" A man who stared at the crockpot in front of him seemed to be bursting with light swallowed saliva and said, "The hungry brothers are going to eat Guanyin soil these days, can we eat enough today?" ”
The leader of this group, that is, the so-called Captain Wu, also looked at the gruel in front of him, and a smile appeared in his eyes, but he quickly restrained himself, "Don't always think about eating and drinking nonsense, and when the porridge is ready, send it to the brothers who are patrolling outside first!" ”
"No!"
A group of hungry guys whose eyes were about to glow at this time all agreed without hesitation, in their opinion, giving the best food to those hard-working subordinates was the most appropriate thing.
Captain Wu also smiled with satisfaction when he saw this scene, and then asked the man with a goatee next to him, "What news is there in the green forest recently?" ”
"Hehe" Goatee showed a lewd smile, "Since Scar let us slaughter, all of them are honest, at least now no one dares to fight the idea of Nanyang County." ”
"Well, that's fine." Captain Wu was relieved, but he still kept admonishing, "Keep an eye on those guys, don't let them be deceived!" ”
"The last general understands!" Goatee said, "The last general will stare at them deadly!" ”
"Well, this new county guard from Nanyang County seems to be a good person, at least with him, Nanyang County should slowly recover."
Captain Wu's words resonated with everyone, and when they got the news that Nanyang County had begun to release grain, they rejoiced all day.
Although they are all wanderers who can't return home, there are still their families, friends and various memories in that city, and they hope that the Nanyang County City that gave birth to them and raised them will be better, so for a period of time, even if they have a very difficult life every day, none of them choose to give up.
"Report!" Just when a group of people were waiting for the gruel to be cooked, a soldier who was patrolling outside ran over, "Captain Qiqi, General Hou Qian is back!" ”
From the joy on the soldier's face, it can be seen that Hou Qian's status in the hearts of this group of people is still quite high.
Captain Wu was also a little stunned by this news, and stood up from the ground at once, "Where is it?" Where is Big Brother Hou? Take me there! ”
Hou Qian waited outside the dense forest for the soldiers, looking at the soldiers who were still standing straight even if the leather armor on their bodies was tattered to the point that they could not hide their bodies, and looked at the soldiers with yellow faces and thin muscles but still eyes full of hope.
Hou Qian's heart suddenly wanted to cry, it was this group of guys who guarded Nanyang County for four months, among these people were the subordinates before General Hou Yin, the soldiers before Deputy General Wei Kai, and the guys who were just ordinary people.
For a common purpose, the group got together and watched over each other for four months.
"Lately, how are you doing?" Hou Qian looked at the immature face in front of him, opened his mouth, and finally just said this.
"It's fine! And I heard that I can drink porridge today. The soldier, who was just a child, grinned, "Thank you, General Hou Qian, for listening to Captain Wu, you found a way to send us this food over there." ”
"You've suffered, really, hard." Hou Qian patted the soldier's shoulder, trying not to let his tears fall, "Don't worry, it will be fine soon, in the future, we can all eat well, sleep peacefully, and find you a mother-in-law to live!" ”
"Hehe" The child's eyes lit up when he heard that he had eaten and slept peacefully, and when he heard that he was going to give him a mother-in-law, his little face turned red all of a sudden, just a smirk where he was.
"Brother Hou, Brother Hou!"
In the distance, Captain Wu's loud voice came, and his tone was filled with joy and anxiety.
"Wu Xian!" Hou Qian also had a smile on his face when he saw Captain Wu rushing over, "You stinky boy, you're still alive!" ”
Wu Xian, who was punched hard by Hou Qian when he came up, did show a sincere smile, "Brother Hou, it's good to see you again!" ”
"Good, good!" Hou Qian didn't know what to say for a while, "It's good to see that you are all alive!" What about the little old man, why didn't that kid come out! ”
When Wu Xian, who was originally smiling, heard the name of the "little old man", he lost his smile, bit his lip and said, "A while ago, the bandit Scar on Anzhong's side knew that the garrison of Nanyang County was now empty, so he thought about taking advantage of the weakness.
I waited for two battles with him in Yuyang, although in the end Scar and a group of people were slaughtered, but we also suffered a lot of losses, the little old man carried a knife for me, and finally did not survive, and was buried in Yuyang like other brothers. ”
After Hou Qian heard what Wu Xian said, he closed his eyes even more painfully, although he knew that Nanyang County could be safe and secure during this time, thanks to their gang of people who were outside to shelter Nanyang County, but when Hou Qian really saw this group of people and knew these things, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.
"What about the others, Luo Xiang, Ye Kai, Fei Qi, and the young general." Hou Qian suppressed the discomfort in his heart and continued to ask, "Are they okay?" ”
"The young general's health is still not getting better as before, Luo Xiang went to Zhenping, Ye Kai is in Wuyin, Fei Qi... Fei Qi went to Fancheng and there was no news! ”
"What is Fei Qi doing in Fancheng!" Hou Qian was stunned, "What is he going to do!" ”
"He's going to avenge the general." Wu Xian said in a deep voice, "We all know that the general was deceived by Zong Ziqing, Guan Yu used us again, and Cao Ren even slaughtered us, but Guan Yu and us were using the relationship, Cao Ren and us were hostile, although they were hateful, but we didn't hate them so much."
But Zong Ziqing is different, this liar has been deceiving us from beginning to end, we don't know who he is obeying, and we can't afford to provoke him if we know, so if we take revenge, we can only find Zong Ziqing's guy. ”
Hou Qian's eyes flickered, "Have you found Zong Ziqing?" ”
"Where is it that simple?" Wu Xian smiled bitterly, "This guy has not been heard from since he escaped, but Fei Qi said that this guy has been lying to me around Guan Yu and Cao Ren, so if you want to find him, you can only find a way from Fan Cheng." ”
"Does the Major General know?"
"Got it, the young general also went to Fei Qi overnight in the hope of persuading him, but Fei Qi didn't listen and insisted on going, and in the end the young general had no choice."
"Hey" Hou Qian could only sigh, Fei Qi is General Houyin's personal general, he has followed the general for more than 20 years, he has followed Houyin since he was a teenager, and he has never hesitated for so many years of birth and death.
General Houyin died, and everyone was sad, but the craziest was only Feizi, a madman, who was a person who could make enemies of the whole world for the sake of General Houyin.
"Then Fei Qi is gone, where he was before, is he replaced by the major general?"
"Yes, the major general is now stationed in Xi'e, which is the closest to Nanyang County."
Hou Qian nodded, after the death of General Hou Yin, the three captains under his command, Wu Xian, Luo Xiang, Ye Kai, and his personal general Fei Qi escorted the major general Hou Ling to escape from Nanyang County, after Cao Ren left, they ran back and scattered around the county town, guarding Nanyang County from four directions.
One is to protect the people of Nanyang County from being harassed by some rogue bandits, and the other is also to be closer to their families, there are still people they care about in Nanyang County.
Hou Qian followed Wu Xian to the depths of the dense forest, saw the big pot of gruel mixed with wild vegetables, and looked at the soldiers around him who were swallowing saliva, and his heart was even more unbearable.
"Wu Xian, send someone to inform the major general, as well as Luo Xiang and Ye Kai, just say that a certain family is waiting for them here, and there is something important to discuss with them!"
"No!" After Wu Xian promised to go out to give orders.
Looking at Wu Xian, who was in a hurry, Hou Qian hurriedly stopped him, "Wait, eat first and then go, don't worry!" ”
"Hey, hey." Wu Xian turned his head and smiled innocently, "That's for the soldiers, they've been tired for so long, mine isn't well, don't worry!" ”
After finishing speaking, Wu Xian ran out and arranged for someone to inform the major general and the other two lieutenants, and the goatee who had followed Wu Xian before took the cooked porridge to the soldiers.
Hou Qian waited for the arrival of others in the dense forest, and at the same time thought about the people who were still in Nanyang County, thinking that they would soon get better.
Time always passed very slowly in the waiting, and it was not until a day and a half later, that is, the next night, that all the three people who Hou Qian was waiting for.
"Major General!" Hou Qian walked up to a thin young man, "Are you feeling better?" ”
Hou Ling is very thin, and his face is a little sallow, this is a perennial illness, but if anyone dares to despise him because of his appearance, it will be a big loss, Hou Ling's name as a young general is not just because he is the son of General Hou Yin.
It's more because Hou Ling itself is brave enough, and it is a very magical thing to say that a sick man is brave, but this word is well deserved in Hou Ling.
During the defense of Nanyang County, Hou Ling killed no less than dozens of enemy soldiers by his own hands, this is a person who is ruthless to the enemy and even more ruthless to himself, Hou Qian once saw Hou Ling bite a strong man who was several times stronger than him to death.
"Uncle Qian!" Hou Ling was also very happy to see Hou Qian, "Is Nanyang County Okay?" Aunt and sister, are they okay? ”
"It's fine!" Hou Qian nodded vigorously, "The new Nanyang County Guard is at least a righteous gentleman on the surface, and he is good to the people, he gives porridge every day, although he can't be full, but the people's life is indeed much better than before."
Madame and Mademoiselle, I went to see Madame and Mademoiselle before I came, although the state is still a little low, but the health has indeed improved, and they all miss you. ”
Hou Ling also nodded, "The nephew you sent the food you sent before also received it, and today thanks to these grains, our soldiers have eaten a serious meal, and their morale is even better." ”
When talking about those grains, Luo Xiang, who had a fierce face, and Ye Kai, who had an indifferent face, both of them had their faces softened a little.
"A certain family invited a few people here today, just because I want to discuss something with a few people." Hou Qian went straight to the point.
"Uncle Qian, you say, let's listen."
Hou Qian glanced at the few people around him, straightened his face, and said, "Tian Yu, the new county shou of Nanyang County before, found a certain family, and he wants to meet us!" ”
"Why?" Hou Ling's face was sad or joyless, he just wanted to know Tian Yu's purpose, "Is it to persuade him to surrender or do you want to say something else?" ”
"I don't know about this matter, he just said that if we don't want to be thieves for the rest of our lives, we will believe him once." Hou Qian said solemnly, "It's not clear whether this person is a true gentleman or a hypocrite from a certain family, so a certain family can't call the shots, so I can only come to discuss with you!" ”
Hou Ling fell into contemplation, Luo Xiang just looked at Hou Ling silently, although he was unruly with a face, but he was obedient, he would do whatever Hou Ling asked him to do, as for whether the result was life or death, good or bad, he would not consider it.
And Ye Kai closed his eyes, he was also waiting for the result of the order, he knew his identity, he could suggest, but he didn't say much, in their small circle, there must be no more two voices.
Hou Ling thought for a long time, and then said, "That Tian Yu, did you say anything else?" ”
"He said he would keep us!" Hou Qian replied truthfully, "A certain family didn't believe it either, and told him that we were already a rebel set by the imperial court, and if he wanted to keep us, it would be against the imperial court, but he didn't listen." ”
"Is he sincere?"
"I don't know!"
Hou Ling turned his head to look around, looked at the three captains beside him, and looked at the soldiers who were secretly watching them from a distance, this group of people was a hero of Nanyang County, no matter what decision he made today, this group of guys would not hesitate to believe in themselves.
It is precisely because of this that Hou Ling is so embarrassed, he doesn't want this group of poor and lovely guys to be hurt again, and he doesn't want them to live so miserably, many of them, they are still children, their parents, their relatives and friends, are still in Nanyang County, waiting for them to go home.
"Where to meet him? Is the county guard of Nanyang County? ”
Hou Qian saw that Hou Ling agreed, and he was inexplicably relieved, and at the same time a little flustered, afraid that his arrival would bring them bad things.
"No, Tian Yu said, let us go to Shilipo outside the city tomorrow night, and he will have people wait for us there!"
"Okay."
The time of the day and the night passed quickly.
Shilipo, ten miles north of Nanyang County, is a small hill that is not high, so it is called Shilipo.
The ten-mile slope is not high, not steep, don't say what ambush is hidden, that is, if there are more people, it will be discovered, so this place is not a good place to ambush, but a good place to meet.
Li Li came to Shilipo very early, and he still had the smell of blood on his body that had not dissipated, and the smell of blood that had just killed people at that time.
"It's all here, don't hide." Li Wei, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly opened his eyes and looked to the side, "Five people, the footsteps can be heard from afar!" ”
As Li Wei's voice fell, Hou Qian and others, who had just arrived, appeared in front of Li Wei, and as the distance got closer and closer, the atmosphere between them became more and more weird.
"Small.... "Hou Qian recognized this young man by the moonlight, they had met once.
"So-and-so is not a general." Li Qian interrupted Hou Qian's words, stood up directly, and walked in front of them, "Who can call the shots?" ”
Hou Ling walked out from behind, "Villain Hou Ling, I've seen.... Hero? ”
Li Wei looked at this young man who was about the same age as himself, and sighed slightly in his heart, "A certain family is named Han Long!" ”
"I've seen Han Longgongzi!"
Li Jun took out a piece of cloth from his arms, "You are more familiar with Nanyang County than me, there are a lot of weapons and armor here, go and get it, someone there will tell you what to do in the future." ”
Li Jun was about to leave after speaking, and the waiting order who took the cloth suddenly asked, "Young Master Han Long just killed someone?" ”
"I'm afraid that you won't be able to do something wrong, so I'll help you solve those troubles on the way here."