At that moment, Jin Xi took Guan Xuan out to Zhang Luo, and after a while, he was carried in by a few people. The three large red lacquer trays on several cases are all sauced meat cut into fist-sized sauce, beef, mutton, donkey meat, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and sauce, all of which are packed in clay bowls, and can be used at will according to the different tastes of each person. The two smear baskets were filled with white bread and yellow bread, both steaming hot, stacked on top of each other and mixed together. Shang Cheng was already so hungry that he grabbed a bun before he could stabilize it, and he was so hot that his mouth was cold, and he was shaking the bun back and forth with both hands, and saw Jin Xi and Guan Xuan come in with a big wine jar, and praised: "Lao Jin's military supplies are really a good means!" It's only been a long time, and so many things have been obtained. And wine? ”

"It's not just wine, it's good wine! Shangzhou's 'three days drunk'! Jin Xi lined up the bowls on several cases and said with a smile, "Where is my ability, it is the bandits who prepared for us, tomorrow is the day of marriage, and the two stove rooms in the back are full of delicious food, but we don't have people who can fiddle with the craftsmanship on the stove, I'm afraid we won't be able to do the meeting." However, there are a few good roast lambs, so I picked one that is medium-rare and let them roast it and send it over. As he spoke, Guan Xuan had already poured the wine from a jar into three square pots, and set up an iron frame on the charcoal stove, put all the pots on the iron frame, and turned on the fire to heat it slowly.

Shang Cheng swallowed the bun in two bites, took a cake and dipped it in the sauce and munched on the beef, and asked vaguely, "What about our soldiers?" Have you eaten? ”

If it is replaced by another commander, this is a good time to flatter sycophants, what kind of obedient words such as "loving soldiers like children" and "cherishing soldiers", Jin Xi can send a basket, but the young boss in front of him doesn't like this set, Jin Xi has to say honestly: "Except for the vigilant guard, everyone else is eating." I have already explained that the two of them should hurry up and finish eating and go and exchange the brothers who were searching around. ”

Shang Cheng looked up and thought for a while, and said, "No need to change shifts, let our people come back." In the cold season, the few bandits who leaked out could not run far, and early tomorrow morning I sent my order to the villages near the left, asking them to strengthen their guard and guard, and all suspicious persons were escorted to the village. Whoever dares to hide bandits, the Lu family is a precedent. Jin Xi agreed, put down the food in his hand and went out to make arrangements. Sun Zhongshan sat by the fire and slowly broke the cake, and said worriedly: "My lord, I always think about the military newspaper in my heart. I know that adults also have a hard time doing this, and the credit for exterminating the heavens is far greater than that of the bandits' den in Pingdujiadian, and the adults are afraid that the sergeants will suffer losses, so they have to lie about it. But after all, we only have one hundred and twenty heads, but now we have to invite almost three hundred military merits, if the above is seriously pursued, once the crime of false merit is confirmed...... "He raised his eyes and looked at Shang Cheng, and couldn't bear to say the following words: In case of an accident, Shang Cheng is only afraid that it will be difficult to escape the punishment of the national law and the military law, even if he leaves a life in the end, he will not be able to keep the rank and official position that he has earned so hard.

Shang Cheng was not worried about his future at all, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said, "Don't worry about this. Dazhai and the border army command yamen are all the credit of Bai Xuan, and they will not come out to make trouble. The Wei Mansion may be suspicious, or it may send someone to investigate, but we have a bandit den, which is a real field exploit, but it is just a reward for doubling the head when reporting the merits, and if something happens, at most I will be reprimanded, and I will be deducted for a few months...... Punish me for half a year. He stretched out his hand to test the temperature by the full wine bowl, and he didn't drink it immediately because it was too hot, and continued, "I think that in order to be safe, the Wei Mansion will probably approve our results, and then find another reason to teach me a lesson." After speaking, he took a sip of the bowl, the strong smell of spices made him frown, put down the bowl and said to Guan Xuan, who was pouring wine in a circle: "Lao Guan, don't get it, sit down and eat." This house is full of reckless and murderous men, not so poor and exquisite, everyone who wants to eat and drink is hot.

Although Shang Cheng said it very vaguely, Sun Zhongshan was a person who understood in the end, and he quickly figured out the truth: Wei Fu may not be completely unaware of the matter of breaking through the sky in West Malaysia, but first, it is difficult to justify this matter, second, the "dead man" broke through the sky and did not openly raise the banner to gather, and third, the local bandits were not reported, and the Wei Mansion had no reason to invent an order to suppress it. Now that Shang Cheng has led his troops to level the Dujiadian and cut through the sky, he has actually helped the Wei Mansion eliminate a big hidden danger. With only this favor, the Wei government could not hold Shang Cheng accountable for lying about his military exploits. Thinking about this layer of joints, his heart, which had been hanging in the air, slowly fell, mixed with a few idle words with Qian Laosanbaokan, turned his face and quietly glanced at Shang Cheng, and happened to touch Shang Cheng's eyes, and both of them smiled.

After a while, Jin Xi arranged all the affairs to stop and turn back. In addition to bringing back half a shelf of goats that were charred on the outside and tender on the inside, he also brought back two small sandalwood boxes, which were placed on several cases and uncovered, and in the boxes were small silver ingots, which were shining and shining, and they were neatly stacked. Several people in the room were a little surprised when they suddenly saw so much gold and silver, and they all stopped eating and drinking and stared at the box.

Shang Cheng stretched out his hand and picked up a golden slug and asked, "Searched from the heavenly house?" Have you found his secret room? ”

Jin Xi said: "It's not a secret room. He dug a hole under his bed and hid a box of money and these things. It was a bandit who led us to find it, and he wanted to exchange this for his own life. ”

Shang Cheng threw the golden coup back into the box, reached out and grabbed another white flour cake, and said with a smile on both sides: "Just this little thing, you also want to buy a life?" His life is too cheap. ”

Jin Xi said: "This is not his money to buy his life, but he wants adults to believe in him." He said that he knew where he had hidden all his savings for many years, and that he was willing to take us to the money as long as the adults were willing to spare his life. ”

Shang Cheng dipped half of the bread in the sauce, filled his mouth and chewed with his cheeks, and said indifferently: "It's up to him whether he says it or not, don't worry about spending money to buy a life." The day he became a bandit, he should have known that sooner or later there would always be a time when his head would be cut off. ”

Jin Xi hesitated for a moment, and then said, "...... The bandit said that there was ten times more money hidden there than in the stockade. ,......As soon as he said this, he was stabbed by two cold gazes behind Shang Cheng's eyes, and a cold air suddenly rose from under his feet, and the following words could no longer be spoken.

"Ten times? What about a hundredfold? Shang Cheng said with a calm expression and a flat tone, "If one party who kills people and plunders goods can use money to atone for their crimes, then what do you need national law for?" ”

Seeing Jin Xi's embarrassed face, in the face of Shang Cheng's question, Sun Zhongshan relieved him on the side and said: "My lord, Sun Whistle actually doesn't mean that if you have money, you can act unscrupulously, what he means is that since this bandit is willing to atone for his crimes, why not spare his life and set an example for other bandits, so that they know that changing evil and returning to righteousness is the right way out." This is also in line with the style of the imperial court. After all, Yanshan has been plagued by bandits since the Middle Tang Dynasty, and it is close to the grassland, and the bandits are flowing on both sides, and it is very difficult to suppress them. In order to eliminate the plague of bandits, the imperial court has always been both suppressed and appeased, and both suppressed and appeased......"

Shang Cheng cut off his words: "You don't need to set an example!" Xi Ma Zhi did not say anything about caressing. Whoever dares to make waves in West Malaysia, the Dujiadian bandits' den is their example! Don't forget your identity, we are border troops, soldiers, and our duty is to resist the appeasement of foreign captives, and to defend the villagers and elders in this land! Whoever dares to make waves here, there is only one way to die waiting for them. ”

He suddenly raised his voice to speak, and his tone was very stern, Qian Laosan and Guan Xuan, who were comparing them with gold and silver ingots, were a little stunned, and then saw that Sun Zhongshan and Jin Xi were all full of purple swelling and their bodies were straight...... The two of them didn't understand why Shang Cheng had such a big temper, and he had already stood up straight unconsciously.

Bao Kan also stood up with everyone, handed Shang Cheng a patty with beef in half, and whispered to himself, "Why hasn't the stone come back?" You won't look down on the little lady again, right? ”

This is inexplicable. Shang Cheng was shocked in his mind, and he had already woken up, Bao Kan was waking himself up. It is the national policy of the imperial court to suppress and appease both, although the words he just said are heartfelt, but he is undoubtedly working against the imperial court, although it will not cause disasters if it is passed out, but if he meets someone with a heart, such as the Yanzhou Lu family, he will immediately offend the Yanzhou Lu family...... All in all is not a good thing. Thinking about it, he had already changed his breath: "Actually, I also know that the two of you are kind-hearted, with the intention of saving people's lives and building a seventh-level floating slaughter, and you want me to make less tillers." Where am I a cruel and murderous person? If these people don't do evil, or if they are sincere in their rehabilitation, I can also leave them a way to live. These bandits can't be spared! Pay equal attention to one by one, 'suppression' in the front and 'stroke' in the back, first there is 'suppression' and then there is 'stroke'. If you don't give the bandits a little color, they don't know how sharp the captain's knife is! Come! ”

As soon as he spoke, two border soldiers standing guard at the door immediately stood in front of the door.

"Order: Raise the torches, and in two quarters all the soldiers and soldiers will gather in front of the gate of the village, and I will use the heads of the bandits to pay tribute to the brothers who died in battle!"

…… After finishing everything, the hour is almost at the end of the day. Shang Cheng didn't let everyone look for a place to live, they all called back to the "council room" to discuss the battle report one by one, and they had to come up with something decent tomorrow morning. After deliberating for a while, and after reaching a consensus on most of the details and the entire battle situation, everyone publicly recommended Sun Zhongshan and Guan Miao to write a beautiful article. The two discussed until the second half of the night, and it was close to dawn that they took out a beautiful report with a lot of weight, handed it to Shang Cheng to sign the letter with him, and sent two horses straight to Beizheng as soon as it was dawn.