"Long story short"

Liu Ximing saw that Dou Yuquan's face turned from joy to doubt, and he hurriedly explained.

"We met the assassin in Hezhou City, fortunately everyone is fine, Uncle Tang Shi has already told me about your family, now that the thief has found him, maybe he has also found you, he specially instructed me to take you back to the village, this place is not suitable for a long time, you quickly pack your things and set off with me."

When Dou Yuquan heard the news of the assassin, maybe it was because he had aroused some memories, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden, but after all, he was a person who had escaped death, so he immediately adjusted his emotions, said "Wait a minute", and pushed open the door of the inner room and went in to pack his things.

After only about one or two minutes, Dou Yuquan put on a black gauze hat and came out of the room with a small burden on his back, "Let's go."

"That's all you have?" , Liu Ximing looked surprised, are you kid going on a trip that you can just go.

Dou Yuquan grinned: "In the past two years, I have been used to hiding in Tibet, everything is packed up, and all the valuables are here." ”

Liu Ximing felt a little sour in his heart, this guy is also a hard-working person.

However, it was very convenient in this way, and the group rushed to the dock non-stop, which may be the reason why Liu Ximing moved too quickly, and no one stopped him along the way, and he got on the passenger ship smoothly.

Dou Yuquan followed Liu Ximing to the cabin on the second floor, and when he saw that there were still four guards in the cabin, he immediately asked in surprise: "Did you meet them again on the way back?" ”

Liu Ximing shook his head: "It's not them, it should be done by Huangjia Buzhuang in the city, that Huang Hongyi hated the incident at the beginning of the year, and deliberately found the water bandits in Bailongzhai to rob and kill, but we beat him back." ”

Dou Yuquan took a closer look at the four people, and found that although their faces were not good, they should not worry about their lives, and when he heard Liu Ximing say that he had beaten the bandits back, he said to Liu Ximing with surprise: "I don't want Brother Liu to be brave, I have also heard of this Bailongzhai, these bandits often rob business travelers at the junction of Dingyuan County and Nanchong County, and the county government has not succeeded in encircling and suppressing them several times, so I don't want to be repelled by Brother Liu." ”

Liu Ximing hurriedly waved his hand: "Where is it, this is also thanks to the fact that they only sent two boats, about fifty of them, otherwise we would have to explain there." ”

Dou Yuquan turned his head to look at the number of people in the cabin, and found that there were only a dozen people, and he was immediately a little impressed by Liu Ximing.

Unexpectedly, the friend he made on his temporary initiative was not only wealthy, but also so fierce in the combat power of his family soldiers, he somewhat understood why Tang Xiuyuan asked Liu Ximing to take him away.

It will take a while from Shunqing to Liujia Village, and Liu Ximing simply pulled Dou Yuquan to tell him about his experience with Tang Xiuyuan in detail.

When he heard that there were troops involved in the pursuit of Liu Ximing and others, Dou Yuquan's hands obviously clenched the corners of his clothes, and now there were outsiders on the ship, so in order to avoid having ears on the wall, Liu Ximing did not ask Dou Yuquan the specific reason.

By the time the passenger ship arrived at Liujia Village, it was almost 11 o'clock, and it was dark except for the little lights on this side of the village.

Liujiacun also built a wooden watchtower near the wharf, and the sentry upstairs saw two lights parked at the wharf in the dark, and knew that there should be a ship coming.

He hurriedly rang the gong on the watchtower, and with a clang-dang sound, a group of soldiers of the Longxiang Regiment immediately ran to defend the gate under the wooden wall.

"Whoosh"

A rocket was fired near the dock, faintly illuminating the ship's figure.

The last time the thieves attacked, some bows and arrows were dropped, and when the police house was discussing night defense, I don't know who said that it was too dark at night to see the enemy, so someone came up with the idea of using rockets to illuminate them, so now the watchtowers on both sides of the village are equipped with these things.

Li Biao hurriedly yelled in the direction of the gate: "I'm Li Biao, second brother, they're back." ”

In the middle of the night, Li Biao's voice spread far away, and the Longxiang group behind the city gate heard that it was indeed Li Biao's voice, and everyone cheered.

The crowd hurriedly opened the gates, and the group all marched out in a line, running to the dock with torches.

"Meet the second brother", the ten people raised their right hands in unison and drew an arc and made a military salute.

"Excuse me"

Liu Ximing also returned a military salute and asked a little seriously: "Who is the night officer tonight?" ”

"Report, Song Baoyi, the officer of the 203rd team of the third song of the Longxiang Regiment." Song Baoyi, the officer of the 203 team, immediately stood up and stood out.

203 is the internal number of the Long Xiang Regiment, and Liu Ximing knew that this was the person from the third team of the second tun of the third song, and the head of the song was Shao Derong.

"What do you say about the night watch?" Liu Ximing asked with a straight face at this time.

"Be on duty at night, and be cautious. If you call the door, if you claim to be a friendly soldier, you must check the code of the day, and then compare it with the fire light to confirm that there is no other ambush before opening the door......"

Song Baoyi carried it on his back, but his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he hung his head in shame.

Liu Ximing immediately took over the conversation, turned his head to Li Biao and said, "He can't carry it anymore, you can carry it." ”

Li Biao was also depressed at this time, who told him to forget the rules on a whim, "If there is no code to deal with, immediately ring the gong to warn, and prepare for war." If you encounter passers-by, even if you ask for help, you should not open the city gate ...... privately. Violators of the order will be punished according to the severity of the fault, and the light will be reviewed, the whole group will be reported, and the whole village will be beheaded, and the whole village will be warned. ”

After several wars, the military regulations and military discipline of Long Xiang's guards have been continuously improved, especially after the big war in September, Liu Ximing specially arranged for Li Jingsi to serve as the regimental judge.

Under his instructions, Li Jingsi successively formulated more than a dozen military discipline documents, such as the "Regulations on Night Duty," "Regulations on Operations," and "Regulations on Marching," and also made clear the rewards and punishments under various circumstances.

However, these military methods have only been implemented for a long time, and it is normal for the people of the Longxiang Regiment to make mistakes, and Liu Ximing is just using the topic to play and kill chickens to show the monkeys, so that he has not really thought about what to do with them.

Listening to Li Biao's intermittent back, all the people in the Long Xiang Regiment present were sweating a little on their backs.

Liu Ximing saw that Li Biao had finished reciting the regulations on night duty, glanced at everyone, and said sharply: "Since there are regulations in front, Li Biao and Song Baoyi violated the regulations, and each of them wrote a review book and read it in public tomorrow." ”

After speaking, he patted Qi Baoyang on the shoulder with his hand, turned his anger into a smile and said: "I can understand the feelings of the brothers, but this is not a reason for violating discipline, next time I will remember it for a long time." ”

Song Baoyi quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "Oh, second brother, I will never do it again next time." ”

Liu Ximing nodded, and beckoned everyone to hurry into the village, as for the boatman, anyway, the money has been settled, and he is willing to stay at the dock for a night or go back to discredit it is up to him.

Dou Yuquan was already a little stunned when he was on the dock, and followed Liu Ximing and the others to walk forward for more than ten zhang, and suddenly found that a city wall was built here, and he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Although Liu Ximing kept telling him on the road that he would definitely be able to keep him safe when he arrived in Liujia Village, Dou Yuquan only bragged about Liu Ximing before, and he didn't take it completely to heart.

He can also be regarded as a well-informed person, what can a small village be safe or not, thinking about it, Tang Xiuyuan feels that Liujia Village is remote, and it is not easy for those people to find out.

But now look at this posture, this Liujia Village is really not comparable to ordinary villages, what is the situation at the wharf, I can't see it clearly at night, but the distance from the wharf to the city wall is all paved with stones.

When the dragon group opened the city gate, another hardstone road stretched straight into the darkness in the light of the fire.

After passing the city gate, the group of people who had greeted them on the dock no longer saw each other off, only Liu Xi ordered a dozen people in their group to walk along the road alone with torches.

Seeing that the black and swarthy in front of him couldn't see clearly, Dou Yuquan walked for a while and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Ximing, where does this road lead?" ”

"Hahaha", Liu Ximing smiled, pointed to the depths of the village and said: "The front is where the village is located, this road is almost seven miles long, and it will take a while to get there." ”

Dou Yuquan was a little surprised: "Why is your village so big?" Then what have you done to build the wall so far away, that you will not be exhausted by then? ”

Liu Ximing patiently explained to him: "Liujia Village has grown from scratch, from the original 100 people, to more than 3,000 people today, who knows how many will be in the future, if you don't circle more land, how to live in it then." ”

"As for what you said, my village is full of mudflats on both sides, and I only need to defend both ends, and there is no major problem at the moment, and in another year or two, the population will increase, and the number of guards will increase further, and then it will not be a problem."