At this time, it was not yet time to get up and drum, and the camp was still quiet. But in a small corner of the tents, a soldier knelt in horror to his two superiors. kept kowtowing, and his forehead was broken and he still didn't realize it.

"Dou Tong! Hello bold! Team Lin was the first to speak, and was extremely annoyed by the soldier's audacity.

"Lin team rated, the old lady in the family was anxious to find a doctor and medicine, and the army was not allowed to enter and exit, Dou Tong had no way but to do so." Dou Tong still kowtowed between words: "Dou Tong is brave, he has committed such a big crime, and he no longer expects to be able to escape military law and survive in the world." I only ask for the leader of the hundred people and the Lin team, and after Dou Tong ambushes the public, don't tell the old lady of Dou Tong's death, Dou Tong has already broken the law, and Dou Tong has no complaints about the law. ”

"If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place." Li Yanzhao looked at this filial son who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, sighed faintly, and said, "How can paper hold the fire?" In order to treat your mother's illness, how much money did you borrow from the army? You are guilty of breaking the law, and this matter is light, but who will pay this debt? After a long time, can your mother not know? Confused, confused! ”

Dou Tong, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, couldn't help but stop when he heard this, raised his head and looked at Li Bairen who was talking in astonishment. I couldn't help but feel remorse in my heart. For a while, he left the camp without permission, thinking that he would not be discovered, but he thought that he was acting secretly and was unknown, but he was discovered by these two of his superiors, and he checked everything clearly. Now it's not a pity to die, and my mother's illness is expected to be cured, but Dou Tong is most at ease with my mother, if she violates military discipline and ambushes the public, how can she bear this matter? If you break the law, you will naturally not have even a little meager pension, but how do you live with her and Xiaoyi, two weak women? In order to treat her mother's illness, she owes a lot of debts, can Xiaoyi get married? Even if it is a military robe, who would marry her and then bear this ass of debt to himself?

Dou Tong couldn't help but burst into tears. Looking up at Li Yanzhao, his eyes were already full of despair. There is nothing more painful in life than to watch the people you hold dear to suffer and be powerless.

Dou Tong is now suffering from this pain. He didn't think deeply about it before, and his rash action with luck brought serious consequences to him and his family, he felt that his death was not a pity, but after his death, what should his mother do? What about Xiaoyi? They were the most cherished people in the world!

Li Yanzhao finally sighed, and then leaned down, wanting to help Dou Tong up. And Dou Tong also stood up slowly with Li Yanzhao's support, and his face was numb. And the skin on his forehead is still oozing blood, which is unbearable.

"If you have an urgent matter at home, why don't you report it to me?" Li Yanzhao looked at Dou Tong's wooden appearance in front of him, suddenly felt heartache, and said quietly: "If you report it to me, or if I go to talk about a few days of vacation for you, or if I go to find a doctor for your mother, how can these incidents happen?" ”

Dou Tong hung his head and stood aside, hearing what Li Yanzhao said, he couldn't help but feel a trace of remorse in his heart. However, the mistake has been made, and it is too late to regret it. Seeing the ashen appearance of his face, Li Yanzhao stopped talking and was silent for a long time before patting Dou Tong's shoulder: "I'll go to the Governor of Qianren and ask for a day off." How about you go with me to your house and see if your mother's condition improves? ”

Dou Tong was still outside the spirit object at this time, but when he heard what Li Yanzhao said, he still arched his hand and said: "Obey the orders of the hundred people." ”

Li Yanzhao took Dou Tong back to his tent to sit temporarily. He instructed the Lin team to guard outside the tent, and he went to the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp, and when he arrived outside the tent, the drum sounded at the right time. After the thumping drums fell silent, the whole camp gradually began to change from silence to noise.

After asking the sergeant on duty outside the tent to enter the tent to report, Li Yanzhao stood outside the tent and waited for about a stick of incense, and then Du Jie, the thousand-person governor in the tent, shouted: "Captain Li Bairen, please come in." ”

Li Yanzhao opened the curtain and walked into the tent as he said, only to see that Du Jie, the governor of thousands of people, was also dressed in a robe and iron armor. At this time, he was wearing the six-rank military attache belt around his waist. Li Yanzhao stepped forward and bowed to him with his fists. Du Jie seemed to have just gotten up, with a slightly worried look, and nodded to Li Yanzhao to return the salute, but asked: "Li Bairen came to the governor early in the morning, and I don't know what happened. ”

Li Yanzhao got up, and respectfully hugged his fists and said: "In the subordinate army, there is an old soldier whose mother is critically ill and needs to be treated urgently. My subordinates had the courage to ask the governor for a day off, and I took the soldier home to find a doctor for his mother. ”

When Du Jie heard this, he walked to a few cases and knelt down, then spread out a blank piece of paper, sharpened the ink, took a pen and dipped it in the inkstone, and then wrote seriously on the paper.

After a while, Du Jie, who had finished writing, took his seal letter, solemnly stamped it twice on the paper, and then handed the paper to Li Yanzhao: "You can go by yourself later, and return to the camp before sunset." ”

Li Yanzhao took the paper with both hands, but saw that it was a fake note written by Du Jie himself. So I hurriedly dried it, folded it carefully and put it in my arms. He hugged his fists again and said: "Last night, the subordinate Lin team led the patrol camp to be on duty at night, and it was very hard to sleep all night, and the subordinates asked the governor to allow him to return to the tent to rest today." ”

Du Jie nodded and said, "The matter of your department's drills should not be wasted. Arrange the drill properly, and do as you ask. ”

Li Yanzhao hugged his fists again and thanked him, then withdrew from the big tent and turned back to return to his tent.

At this time, the soldiers got up not long ago. After tidying up the bunks, they fetched water and washed. Li Yanzhao marched all the way through the camp, and the cavalry he encountered saluted him one after another. He also nodded in return. In a short time he returned to his tent. The Lin team, who was waiting outside the tent, said that today the governor of the thousand people had allowed him to return to the tent to rest, and there was no need to practice with the team anymore. Team Lin thanked him again and again, then said goodbye to Li Yanzhao and returned to his account. Li Yanzhao lifted the curtain of the tent, and everyone in the tent had already finished sorting out the tent. Seeing Li Yanzhao coming into the tent in full armor, he had a confused look on his face.

Li Yanzhao explained to everyone: "I have to go out for a day today, and everyone will practice as usual with the team, and they must not slack off. After speaking, he looked at Dou Tong sitting in the tent and said, "Go." As if he had thought of something, he turned back to the people in the account and said, "Everyone must keep their mouths shut about Dou Tong." When everyone heard this, they all promised.

Li Yanzhao led Dou Tong out of the account, and then found the account led by Team Chen. said that he was not here today, and the Lin team led the camp to patrol the camp yesterday night and stayed awake all night. I asked Team Chen to lead the team to practice today. Chen Quan had already heard a little about Dou Tong. At this time, the hundred people opened their mouths to invite, and they did not allow anything. After settling everything in the camp, Li Yanzhao took Dou Tong to the stable, each led a horse, and walked to the camp gate, Li Yanzhao showed the handwritten fake note of Du Jie, the governor of the thousand people, to the guards, and the two soldiers saw that they were the newly mentioned 100 people in the camp, so they roughly read the fake note and the sealed letter, and handed the fake note back to Li Yanzhao, and then opened the camp gate.

At this time, it was already daylight, and the guards guarding the camp had been rotated to Zhao Chengzhi's foot soldiers. Seeing the two of them open the camp gate, Li Yanzhao led Dou Tong out of the camp, and then turned over and got on his horse. The two of them rushed towards Guangwu County City one after the other.

After half an hour, the two horsemen entered the west gate of Guangwu County, the two got off their horses, Dou Tong led the way in front, Li Yanzhao also led the horse, followed Dou Tong silently, and went straight to the north of the city along the west side of the city wall. At this time, Guangwu County was similar to most cities, and the south of the city was mostly inhabited by wealthy families, who were either rich or expensive. However, in the north of the city, there are mostly poor people and military households. The bell and drum tower in the center of the city and the main street that runs through the east and west of the city have undoubtedly become a clear boundary, and the south is respected and the north is inferior.

Li Yanzhao followed Dou Tong through the Shuncheng Trail in the west of the city, where the hawkers shouting and hawking, the farmers who hoeed out of the city, the women who carried baskets to buy vegetables, and the children who laughed and played through the streets and alleys added a touch of vitality to the city that woke up in the twilight. However, Dou Tong, who lowered his head and led the horse to hurry, had no intention of appreciating these. His heart was extremely depressed, and he never felt that everything around him made him nostalgic as he was now, but he had made a mistake, where was there a chance to redeem it?

Dou Tong thought regretfully that if he could go back to the past and start over, he would definitely not make such a move with luck again, but now, for his own luck, not only is he about to face severe punishment, but he also has to be involved with the four robed brothers who let him out of the camp at night in the army. Dou Tong thought about it, and couldn't help but feel remorse in his heart.

Fortunately, he still has a humane official, knowing that his time is short, and before facing the severe punishment of military law, he specially took him home to see his mother again. He couldn't help but look back at Captain Li Bairen, who was following him. I saw the young hundred-man leader leading the horse and following him unhurriedly, occasionally looking at the lively scene on the street, showing a look of envy, and from time to time looking up at him, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

The two walked through the bustling streets to the north of the city, and walked through a few alleys in the middle of a military settlement, and after turning around, Dou Tong stopped in front of a slightly simple hut with a thatched roof.

Hearing the neighing of horses outside the house, the door creaked open a small crack, and a young girl poked her head out and asked, "Who?" ”

Li Yanzhaoguan was about fifteen or sixteen years old, her hair was combed into a hanging bun, her tied tail jumped playfully, and her skin was ruddy, as if it could be broken by blowing. A pair of big black eyes turned, and when she saw Li Yanzhao leading the horse outside the door and looking at her, she couldn't help but be ashamed, and turned her face away gently, but saw her brother who was also holding the horse. The girl couldn't help but exclaim: "Brother, didn't you just come back last night?" ”

Dou Tong was tying the horse's reins to a wooden beam standing in the earth outside the door. While bolting the horse, he raised his head and said to the girl looking at the door of the room: "Xiaoyi, our head of 100 people heard that my mother was seriously ill, and specially asked me to lead the way back to visit my mother." After saying that, he pointed at Li Yanzhao and said, "This is our Li Bairen chief." ”

When the girl at the door of the house heard this, she opened the door, and then saluted Li Yanzhao: "The little woman has seen Li Baichang, and thanks the hundred people who came to visit her mother in a busy schedule." ”

Li Yanzhao bowed slightly and said, "Little lady doesn't have to be polite. ”

Dou Tong took Li Yanzhao's horse rein, which was also tied to the wooden beam, and then took two steps forward, leading Li Yanzhao into the house with his sister.

After entering the house, Li Yanzhao only felt that the furnishings in the room were extremely simple. Against the wall was a low wooden bed, apparently in use for a long time. Even the red paint that had been painted on it had turned a little purple, and a woman was lying on it. There is a table in the room, on which are placed several pairs of washed dishes and chopsticks. The bowl is the kind of coarse porcelain bowl that can be found everywhere on the street. There are a few futons next to the tables. There was a wooden box in the corner, but there was nothing left in the room, and it was very shabby.

Li Yanzhao walked to the side of the bed and saw that the woman on the bed was covered with a shabby thick quilt and a wet towel on her forehead. Her face turned red, and Li Yanzhao gently reached out and touched her face, but felt that the woman's face was hot.

"Did you call Lang Zhong to come for treatment last night?" Li Yanzhao asked the brother and sister.

After shouting, Lang Zhong said that it was getting late, and it was inconvenient to conduct a consultation. So my brother left the consultation fee and talked to my mother again, but when I woke up in the morning, I was no longer there. When Brother Fang Cai and Li Baichang came, the little woman was about to go out to invite Lang Zhong. Dou Yi replied.

"This matter can't be delayed, Dou Tong, where is Lang Zhong's residence? Go with me. The little lady, please take care of the horses outside the door, and I will go back with Brother Ling. Li Yanzhao heard Dou Yi recount what happened, and his expression became serious.