Chapter 156: Sending troops to Hanjing

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, Chenzhou.

It was already the end of the unitary hour, and the street vendors began to close their stalls, and a thin and tall horse stepped into the city in the afterglow, and stopped in front of the stalls, and the people on the horse threw a piece of broken silver to the stall, and said in a dumb voice, "Here are two rice dumplings." β€œ

The peddler said with a high mouth, wrapped the two zongzi with lotus leaves, found a copper plate and sent it over, and said with a smile: "It's a little hot, you take it carefully, this is the seven copper plates that are looking for you." β€œ

The man on the horse wore a hat, held the reins of the horse in one hand, and freed one hand to take the rice dumplings and copper plates.

The peddler's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the man's hands were very small, and they were still very white and tender, but he was in a hurry, and his palms were strangled and worn out, and some were red and swollen.

"Thank you!"

The man immediately said thank you for leaving, and the peddler looked at the figure of the man leaving, and couldn't help muttering: "Good girl's house, don't stay at home, run outside to toss yourself into this, what are you doing?" β€œ

The peddler just said it casually. Then he focused on closing the stall, and that sentence drifted away in the wind, and no one cared.

The man wearing the hat peeled off the two zongzi on horseback while hurrying and ate them, and spent an hour crossing Chenzhou and arrived outside the gate of the Chenzhou Captain's Camp.

The gatekeeper stopped the horse, and the man turned over and dismounted, but did not take off the hat, but only whispered: "On the orders of His Royal Highness, I came to find his former personal soldier Achai." β€œ

The gatekeeper asked responsibly: "Since it is on the order of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, do you have a certificate?" β€œ

"There is no certificate, but Ah Chai recognizes me, as long as he comes out, he will know the truth at a glance." Without evidence, the gatekeeper refused to believe it, and the man immediately added, "If the matter is urgent, I will stand here, and you will pass it on, and if it is confirmed that I am false, you can arrest me and deal with it at will." β€œ

The man spoke so earnestly that the two looked at each other, but decided to go in and pass the word, and a quarter of an hour later, Ah Chai walked to the gate of the camp in a hot sweat. He had just finished a day's practice.

There was no need for him to ask, the man wearing the hat opened the curtain to let him see his face, Ah Chai showed surprise, and the man said lightly: "Let's talk about it when we go in." β€œ

Ah Chai led people into the camp tent, and when he arrived at a place where there was no one, he asked in a low voice, "Young Master Shen, why are you here?" Aren't you and the overseer in Yuanfeng County? β€œ

Chenzhou was too far away from Yuanfeng County, and the news didn't spread so quickly, only knowing that Yuanfeng County was defended, and the grain and grass of the enemy army in Yuexi were burned, and they didn't know that Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou had set off to return to Hanjing.

Shen Bai said softly: "Lord Guogong has returned to Yuanfeng County, and the border gate is safe now, so Brother Gu and I will leave for Beijing." β€œ

A Chai accident. Knowing that it was impossible, he still glanced in the direction of the camp gate expectantly, and asked, "Has the superintendent also come to Chenzhou?" β€œ

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "I'm the only one, and the matter of my coming here is confidential, and I can't let others know about it for the time being." β€œ

Coming alone and covering up your whereabouts is a little wrong with that.

The surprise in Ah Chai's eyes converged, and he took Shen Bai to his camp first.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and as soon as Shen Bai entered the tent, he lifted his hat and picked up the teapot and poured it violently.

Seeing that she had lost a lot of weight, Ah Chai looked very tired, and couldn't help asking, "Young Master Shen has been in a hurry for the past few days without resting?" β€œ

Shen Bai drank half a pot of tea in one go, barely quenching his thirst. Put down the teapot and replied, "Time is pressing, and there is no rest, what about the captain?" β€œ

Shen Bai asked very naturally, but Ah Chai's expression was stiff, Shen Bai tilted his head, looked at him keenly and asked, "What's wrong?" β€œ

Ah Chai shook his head and said, "The captain has something to do and will come back in a while." β€œ

In the previous life, Luo Hui gave Shen Bai the impression that he was brave and good at fighting, but he was taciturn and very rigid, except for training in the army all day long, he was not interested in anything, and he had no relatives and friends, how could he suddenly leave the camp?

Shen Bai kept a heart in his eyes and thought to himself. Seeing that Shen Bai's palms were worn out and his hair was shiny, Ah Chai said tentatively: "Lord Captain will not come back until later, I will send hot water to give Young Master Shen a bath and rest." β€œ

This is in the army, I'm afraid it's not very convenient to take a bath, Shen Bai was about to say that he would go back to the inn to live, and when Luo Hui came back to the inn to find her, Ah Chai said first: "I know that Young Master Shen has a hidden disease, Young Master Shen don't worry, I will guard outside the tent and not let anyone in." β€œ

This is the same as when Shen Bai was in the Hanjing Lieutenant Camp.

Shen Bai bent his eyes and smiled, let down his guard, and said, "Thank you." β€œ

Ah Chai quickly asked people to send hot water and clean clothes, Shen Bai took off his clothes, he didn't dare to sit directly in the bathtub, the weather was too hot, he had been on the road for a long time day and night, the inner thighs had been worn out of the skin, the underwear was stuck to the wound, it was difficult to take it off, and he didn't know what the pain would be when he was soaked in hot water.

Shen Bai didn't dare to sit in directly, so he could only wet his body with a handkerchief.

Although Ah Chai was guarding outside, maybe someone would break in, Shen Bai didn't dare to delay, and quickly scrubbed and changed into clean clothes.

Ah Chai helped her put away the clothes she had changed and washed. Meals were specially reserved for her.

He was too tired from the journey, Shen Bai had no appetite, and only drank a bowl of porridge and threw himself on the bed to rest.

I don't know how long it took, I heard a noise outside in a daze, as if I had returned to the tower of Yuanfeng County, and there were enemy troops from the west of Yuexi attacking the city, roaring and wanting to rush in.

His heart tightened, and Shen Bai forced himself to open his eyes.

The sound of shouting and killing in her ears dissipated, and it was pitch black in front of her, and she lay peacefully in the tent, without any danger.

Shen Bai breathed a sigh of relief, felt that her mouth was very dry, got up and was about to pour a glass of water to drink, she heard footsteps outside, she drank a sip of water and walked out of the camp tent, and saw Ah Chai hurriedly walking towards the main camp tent by the moonlight, and followed behind, Ah Chai was so anxious that she didn't notice that there was a tail behind her.

The moon was hanging high in the treetops, and when it had passed, the lights were still on in the main camp tent, the guards outside retreated, and Ah Chai went directly into the camp tent, Shen Bai didn't have the heart to wrinkle slightly, strode over, and just arrived at the door when he heard a very painful and depressed snort.

Lifting the curtain and entering, the blind monkey and Ah Chai were standing by the bed, helping Luo Hui to bandage, and the sweet smell of blood filled the air.

Shen Bai twisted his eyebrows and asked softly, "What are you doing?" β€œ

The three of them were all startled, Luo Hui struggled to sit up, his eyes glaring at Shen Bai fiercely, and his killing intent was awe-inspiring.

Seeing that it was Shen Bai, Achai breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "It's Young Master Shen, it's okay." β€œ

The blind monkey's reaction when he saw Shen Bai was the same as when Bai Ri Achai saw Shen Bai. All surprised.

The blind monkey asked in surprise, "Young Master Shen, why are you here?" β€œ

Shen Bai said what he had said to Ah Chai before, walked to the bedside, and saw a blood hole in Luo Hui's shoulder, and the blood that flowed out was a little black, obviously poisoned.

But the wound was not large, only the size of a little thumb, and the wound was very small, which should have been injured by jewelry such as beads.

Ah Chai just went to get the medicine, pressed the medicine on Luo Hui's shoulder, and wrapped it with gauze to help him.

This poison is a bit powerful, Luo Hui's lips turned white in pain, and Shen Bai said curiously: "Captain Luo can pick ten with one when he is in the camp of Captain Hanjing, and his skills are very good, why was he suddenly injured today?" Who is so bold as to dare to murder the imperial court officials? β€œ

The wound has been bandaged, Achai helped Luo Hui put on his underwear, Luo Hui sat up, regained his composure, and said lightly: "No one is plotting to kill me, just a little injury." β€œ

Luo Hui dismissed Shen Bai's statement, his expression was cold, his lips were pursed, and he obviously didn't want Shen Bai to ask too much about this matter.

Shen Bai looked at the blind monkey and asked, "Captain Luo is injured like this, and Lord Vice Wei doesn't care?" β€œ

The blind monkey was also thinking about Luo Hui, and said vaguely: "Young Master Shen really misunderstood me when he said this, seeing that the captain was injured like this, I immediately tried to find a way to help him deal with his wounds, I care about him, how can I not care?" β€œ

Just treating the wound, don't care about the person who hurts people in the back?

Shen Bai slandered, knowing that at this time, a blind monkey in front of Luo Hui would not tell the truth, and said warmly: "Captain Luo is injured like this, it will be a little unnatural when training soldiers, what if it is discovered by the soldiers?" β€œ

Luo Hui said calmly: "It won't be discovered." β€œ

Luo Hui's tone was very firm, and he said that if he would not be discovered, he would definitely not be discovered.

Shen Bai was silent. After looking at Luo Hui for a while, he looked away, stretched his waist, and said lazily: "Since Captain Luo has said so, then I won't be nosy, I haven't rested yet, go back and sleep, let's talk about it tomorrow." β€œ

After Shen Bai finished speaking, he turned around and left, and the blind monkey gave Ah Chai a look, asked Ah Chai to take care of Luo Hui first, followed Shen Bai out of the camp tent, and called in a low voice: "Young Master Shen stays!" β€œ

Shen Bai stopped. The blind monkey caught up, looked at Shen Bai curiously and asked, "Young Master Shen suddenly arrived in Chenzhou, but what's the matter?" β€œ

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "Captain Luo is injured now, even if there is anything, we have to wait until he recovers from his injury, Lord Vice Wei should find a way to recuperate Captain Luo's injuries first." β€œ

Shen Bai didn't tell the truth, but let the blind monkey's heart not fall, he chased after Shen Bai and asked: "I heard that Lord Guogong escorted the Yuexi envoy group back to Yuanfeng County, Young Master Shen came back from Yuanfeng County, have you seen Lord Guogong?" β€œ

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Naturally, I saw it." β€œ

The blind monkey's eyes lit up and he asked, "How is the health of Lord Guogong?" When Young Master Shen was in Yuanfeng County. Have you seen the two deputy generals Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue? They haven't left Yuanfeng County all these years, do they have any new injuries on their bodies? β€œ

The blind monkey has been a personal soldier for Zhenguo Gong for many years, and he had a good relationship with Sun Yiguang in the Zhenbei Army Barracks, if he hadn't hurt his eyes, he should have been present in this battle between Yuanfeng County and Yuexi.

Shen Bai could understand the blind monkey's mood very well, suppressed other emotions and replied patiently: "Uncle Gu's health is very good, this time when he returned to Hanjing, the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital also helped him recuperate from those old diseases that fell on the battlefield, Uncle Sun and Uncle Li are still young, if they are not in charge of this war, I am afraid that there will be chaos." However, the two of them are very bickering in private, arguing like two old urchins. β€œ

The blind monkey's still intact eye was bent and laughed in a low voice, as if he had seen the picture of Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue scolding each other.

Shen Bai thought for a while and added: "The two uncles miss Captain Zhou and you very much, but they know that you have brought a lot of soldiers now, and they are happy for you, if there is any big war in the future, maybe they can cooperate with you and Captain Zhou again." β€œ

Shen Bai made up this remark, but the blind monkey was very happy to hear it, and said duplicitously: "These two old guys know about fighting all day long, so I don't want to see them." In this world, it is better to be peaceful and peaceful. β€œ

Shen Baiwen smiled and responded: "Yes, it's better to be peaceful and peaceful." β€œ

After Shen Bai finished speaking, she looked at the blind monkey quietly, her eyes were clear and clear, and the bottom of her eyes was soft and moist, obviously friendly and kind, but the blind monkey didn't dare to look directly at her, and lowered her head with a dodgy look.

He still didn't want to tell Shen Bo why Luo Hui was injured.

Shen Bai didn't force it, and went back to the camp to continue sleeping.

The next day, Shen Bai was woken up by the sound of the horn of getting up, Achai guarded Luo Hui all night and did not come back, Shen Bai sat up and heard that the soldiers outside were already practicing.

Shen Bai didn't sleep very well this night. I always dreamed of a lot of war scenes in a daze, sometimes she was killing, sometimes she was watching Gu Hengzhou killing, no matter which one it was, the picture was bloody and abnormal, after waking up, Shen Bai's body was full of cold sweat, there was still some discomfort in his stomach, and the tip of his nose seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood.

Sitting on the bed for a while, Ah Chai came back with breakfast, according to the habit of the captain camp in Hanjing, he did not enter the account directly, asked at the door, and only came in with breakfast with Shen Bai's permission.

Just after the drought in Mozhou and Yuanfeng County, the imperial court collected food from all over the country for disaster relief, and the food in the school captain's camp was a little worse than before, Rao was Shen Bai, and there were only two white-flour steamed buns and a small plate of pickles for breakfast.

Shen Bai sat down to eat, and casually asked about Luo Hui's injury, and Achai said that Luo Hui was fine, and he went to train early in the morning.

Shen Bai didn't ask any more questions, eating quietly, Ah Chai changed the topic and asked Shen Bai if he wanted to go around the camp, Shen Bai shook his head and refused.

Luo Hui has only been a lieutenant in Chenzhou for more than half a year, and the people in the camp may not fully trust him, if someone wants to put their own eyeliner in the camp, it is also easy, and now there is no movement in Hanjing, and the less Shen Bai shows up, the better.

After breakfast, Ah Chai went to practice as usual, and when it was almost noon, the blind monkey secretly brought a chicken called Hua Ji and a small jar of plum wine.

This was bought by him for Shen Bai with his military salary, half to please and half to thank.

Shen Bai calmly accepted the chicken and wine, and sat alone in the camp tent and tasted slowly.

However, as soon as the chickens were halfway nibbled, something happened in the camp.

Both the blind monkey and Luo Hui were taken away. Ah Chai hurriedly found Shen Bai and said that the two were taken away by the people of the state capital, because the state capital was assassinated last night, and after the murderer was caught, he identified that he went to assassinate the state capital at the behest of Luo Hui.

When he came back from Donghengguo, the new governor of Chenzhou had not yet taken office, and after asking Achai Shen Bai at this time, he learned that the new governor was called Zhao Li, and Zhao Dingyuan was an uncle and nephew.

Come to think of it, Luo Hui is also the old department of Zhenguo Gong, he was appointed as the lieutenant of Chenzhou, and the position of the Chenzhou Prefecture is not to be done by a royal trustworthy person, how can those people in the capital rest assured?

Luo Hui has no relatives or friends alive, and he has no grievances with Zhao Li, why should he send someone to assassinate Zhao Li for no reason?

It is very intriguing that such a thing suddenly happened at this time.

Ah Chai had been following Gu Hengzhou in the Hanjing Lieutenant Camp before, but he only knew how to bury his head in practice, and he didn't know how to deal with all kinds of human affairs, and he was so panicked when he encountered this kind of thing, he could only ask Shen Bai for help.

Shen Bai was not panicked, Luo Hui was the lieutenant of Chenzhou under the order of Emperor Hengde, and he and Zhao Li were at the same level, even if Zhao Li now had sufficient human and physical evidence to accuse Luo Hui of being the mastermind behind the scenes, he couldn't do anything with Luo Hui.

Shen Bai took a sip of plum wine and asked Ah Chai, "Do you know the assassin who assassinated Zhaozhou Mansion?" β€œ

Ah Chai whispered: "I heard that it is a woman, and that woman does not know martial arts. is still very weak, the state capital is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for her, a weak woman, to assassinate Lord Zhao. β€œ

Shen Bai repeated his question just now: "So you know that assassin?" β€œ

Chai lowered his head, acquiescing to the fact that he knew the assassin.

The plum wine was sweet and not intoxicating, Shen Bai was a little greedy, drank another glass, and asked: "What the hell is going on, it has come to this point, if you don't plan to tell the truth, no one will be able to save them, you should know very well that you have been by Brother Gu's side for so long, even if the people from the Zhenge camp have violated the royal law." They will never be favoritistic. β€œ

Shen Bai said that there was a bit of a threat in the back, and Ah Chai hurriedly said, "Lord Captain has definitely not broken the law. β€œ

Shen Bai put down the wine glass and looked at Ah Chai fixedly, after a while, Ah Chai finally couldn't bear it, and said truthfully: "That assassin is a dusty woman, she was inadvertently rescued by the captain three months ago, seeing that she is pitiful, we raised a little money for her and helped her buy a small courtyard in the city to live in, and she is also very grateful." Half a month ago, she suddenly didn't come for two days, we thought it was strange, so we inquired about it, only to know that she was entangled by the previous benefactor, was seriously injured, and couldn't get up from the bed. β€œ

This thing sounded normal, there was nothing suspicious, Shen Bai asked, "What does this have to do with Lord Zhao?" β€œ

Ah Chai shook his head and said distressedly: "I don't know exactly why, anyway, this girl is a good person, there must be some misunderstanding in this." β€œ

Ah Chai finished speaking firmly, thinking of the previous concealment, he felt a little guilty, and said in a low voice: "I didn't want to tell Young Master Shen before, but I didn't want Young Master Shen to be upset because of this little thing, after all, you are also tired after driving for so long." β€œ

Shen Bai didn't listen to these excuses, and asked sharply: "Captain Luo likes this girl?" β€œ

Ah Chai opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute, and after a while, he lowered his head and said, "Captain Luo has been more pure-hearted than Inspector Gu over the years. This girl is really nice, although Captain Luo has never said that he likes her, we can all see that he is emotional. β€œ

Luo Hui's temperament was already as restrained and cold as Gu Hengzhou, but after he broke his arm on the battlefield, he became more and more cold, exuding cold air from the inside out like an iceberg.

Now that he finally met a girl who could get into his eyes, Ah Chai and the blind monkey naturally spared no effort to match them, this mentality is the same as Sun Yiguang's hope that Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai will achieve positive results as soon as possible.

Shen Bai could probably guess the entanglement behind it, she didn't blame Ah Chai, and after thinking for a while, she said to Ah Chai: "It's inconvenient for me to come forward now, you go to the state capital prison and ask Luo Hui and the blind monkey, who are reliable in the lieutenant camp now, give me a list immediately." β€œ

Ah Chai also learned a lot in the Chenzhou Captain's Camp, and asked Shen Bai in surprise: "Aren't you going to save the captain?" What does Young Master Shen want these lists for? β€œ

Shen Bai poured himself another glass of wine and said meaningfully: "Now it's not just them, there are many people tied to a rope. β€œ

Ah Chai couldn't understand Shen Bai's words, Shen Bai said softly: "Do as I say, I have been with Brother Gu for a long time, when have I ever hurt you?" β€œ

After Shen Bai finished speaking, the doubts in Ah Chai's heart disappeared, and he walked out of the camp according to Shen Bai's instructions.

Two hours later, Ah Chai came back, he didn't write a note, he reported the names of eight people to Shen Bai according to his memory, and Shen Bai asked Ah Chai to find these eight people.

Luo Hui killed the enemy bravely, and he also took a fancy to all the tall and powerful people, as soon as these eight people came in, the camp was immediately cramped, these people didn't do anything, Shen Bai felt a strong sense of oppression.

These people didn't know Shen Bai, so Ah Chai helped to introduce: "This is Shen Bai, the concubine of the prince of the dynasty, and he is also a classmate and friend of the prince of Zhenguo and His Royal Highness the Prince." β€œ

These people followed Luo Hui's temperament, and did not look down on her because of Shen Bai's identity, and bowed without being humble or arrogant.

Shen Bai didn't care about these false forms. He said calmly: "You are all trustworthy people of Captain Luo, and now that Captain Luo is in prison, if you want him to come back safe and sound, please follow my arrangements for the time being." β€œ

Shen Bai looked very young, white and thin, and suddenly appeared here and said that he wanted these people to listen to her arrangement, and these people's first reaction was not convinced.

Shen Bai also knew that these people in the army only talked about righteousness and force, and Shen Bai didn't have time to establish friendship with them now, let alone have the ability to convince them, so he preemptively said: "When I was in Tai Academy, I didn't learn martial arts well, and I definitely couldn't beat you, but I have a good brain, I can see that you are all courageous and capable, I know that there is a good opportunity to make contributions now, do you want to hear it?" β€œ

Shen Bai's tone was deliberately demagoguery, one of them frowned dissatisfiedly, and said angrily: "Now that Captain Luo has been wronged, it is the most important thing to avenge Zhaoxue for him, what do you mean by making meritorious contributions here?" β€œ

Shen Bai's eyes lit up, and he said sonorously: "I mean, Captain Luo wants to save and build his merits, you can have both, you can understand?" β€œ

These eight people were all seeing Shen Bai for the first time. I didn't believe that Shen Bai had such great ability, Ah Chai said beside him: "Young Master Shen has already tried to be a Tanhualang in the Imperial Palace last year, and he also accompanied His Royal Highness the Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Dongheng Kingdom, and this time the Yuanfeng County and Yuexi War also had his credit, he said that he could definitely do it, you don't have to doubt his words." β€œ

With Ah Chai's words, deep thought flashed in the eyes of several people, and the person just now asked, "So what does Young Master Shen plan to let us do?" β€œ

Shen Bai bent his eyes and said calmly: "I want you to lead troops to Hanjing with me." β€œ

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