Chapter 977: Twists and Turns (3)

Doufu felt that his life was really miserable, and every time he met Su Ren, there would be nothing good. Not to mention anything else, the news he got from Su Ren's mouth was enough to make him feel white. What is it like in his hometown Yingchuan, if he wants to say that he doesn't know, don't say that the emperor doesn't believe it, he himself doesn't believe it. Forced buying and selling, murder and destruction of corpses, collusion between officials and businessmen, and so on, almost all the things written in the laws of the Han Dynasty were done except for the one article of rebellion.

The bushman not only wrote a letter, but even went back to say it for this purpose. On the surface, the family nodded and agreed, and when he left, it was still the same. In the past, the bushman was also frightened by this, for fear that he would be brought to the emperor by that imperial history, causing trouble and affecting his official position. However, after a year, two, three, five, or ten years, the worries have long since faded.

Bow your head, the sword in your waist was given by the eighth uncle in your hometown, and I heard that it was one of the swords used by King Goujian of Yue back then. The jade pendant was given by his nephew, congratulating him on his 50th birthday, just by virtue of the material and feel of the jade pendant and the carving, he knew that it was worth a thousand gold and that he was light-hearted. The robes on the body, the armor on the outside, the hairpin on the head, the fast boots on the soles of the feet, and even the close-fitting silk tunic were all given by the clansmen. I didn't think there was anything about these things before, but after listening to Su Ren's words, I felt uncomfortable wearing these things again.

The bushman wanted to find a fast horse and rush back to Yingchuan, and teach the culprits of the imminent extinction of his own family a hard lesson, hoping to reduce the emperor's anger a little. However, he lost the prisoner ordered by the emperor, and after weighing it again, the bushman had to stay. As long as you are willing to pay for Yingchuan's affairs, there may be room for conversion, Su Ren lost this matter, even if he grew ten heads, it would not be enough to cut off.

The last time it was in the Yellow River, this time it was the Yellow River. The bushman wanted to cry without tears, and rushed to be the first handsome soldier to rush forward, but was stopped by Li Xi: "Lord Weiwei, why worry? This place is surrounded by water on three sides, and all of them are thousands of cliffs, only this one way to go, wait! There are times when they beg us. ”

Bushman glared at Li Xi, this kid was originally a little lieutenant of the Imperial Forest Army, but he didn't expect to follow the emperor to the north once, and he turned into a material general, thinking that he was born and died hard, and now he is just a guard lieutenant, although the official position has been ranked in Jiuqing, there is no comparison between real power and material officer generals: "General Li is naturally not in a hurry, the old man received the order to send Su Ren to Chang'an after ten days, is the crime of overdue to you or me?" ”

"Hehehe, the old general said he was laughing!" Although Li Xi said modestly, the expression on his face was not modest: "Your Majesty actually sent the commander army here, naturally I have already thought that it will be this situation, maybe the will is on the way, from here to Chang'an is only four hundred miles, the fast horse will arrive in one day, three days later, the old general and wait for three days, if Your Majesty's will has not arrived, how about ordering people to attack the mountain immediately?" ”

Li Xi brought a lot of soldiers and horses this time, and it seems that there are 5,000 soldiers. Among them, there are more than 1,000 Royal Forest Army, not to mention hundreds of thorny horse thieves, even if there are 10,000 troops, don't want to rush down easily. Win Guangji personally led people to see the bureau laid out by the official army, the defense was tight, and it was very much like a soldier, so the chance of breaking through was very small.

Seeing that time was constantly passing, the bushman became more and more anxious. The affairs of Chang'an, the affairs here, and the affairs of the hometown are not easy to handle, and they all carry risks. When the old man first came, he also made some assumptions, if he was unfortunately killed when he rescued Su Ren, maybe the emperor remembered that for the sake of his previous loyalty, he might leave a trace of blood for the Guan family. It's a pity that Li Xi didn't give him this opportunity.

Three days is a test for anyone, both up and down the mountain. Neither side could relax their vigilance, and the people under the mountain were worried about the sudden rush down and escape, and the people on the mountain were worried about the sudden attack at the bottom of the mountain. They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, and there is only one life, and they will never be given away unless they have to. Today is the third day, the day agreed between Li Xi and the bushman, and the day agreed between the army under the mountain and the people on the mountain.

Riding on his horse, the bushman kept urging the horses to go faster. Li Xi waved his hand and fanned away the dust raised by the bushman's horse: "The old general doesn't need to worry, it's only a day until noon today, it's still early, and it's not good to startle the snake." ”

The bushman reined in his horse and turned back to open his mouth, but he didn't speak. Suddenly, he said angrily: "Bold Li Xi, dare to make good use of His Majesty's Dragon Banner, do you know that this is an arrogance!" ”

Li Xi turned his head. The five-clawed golden dragon flag was fluttering in the wind, majestic, and in an instant, it compared all the flags around it. Li Xi was not afraid, nor worried, he laughed twice: "Oh, the dragon flag is given by His Majesty!" It's not easy to fight, old general, don't misunderstand, I don't have anything to trespass, and I don't dare to do evil behind Your Majesty's back! ”

In the last sentence, Li Xi said it lightly, but the bushman was terrified when he heard it. Suddenly, he had a bad premonition, why was Su Ren suddenly snatched away when he saw that he was about to arrive in Chang'an? And what did Su Ren say before he was taken away? Also, he has also fought in wars, and the trick to fighting a war is to fight a war in one go, and Li Xi is also a soldier and a person, but he has to wait here for three days? Could it be ......

Noon is the hottest time of the day, but the temperature at Longmen is not at all. The roaring Yellow River is at the foot of the river, and the neat army is in front of you. Everything in front of you is just like the weather right now, slaughter!

Thorn stood at the front of the team with a big knife in one hand, Ying Guangji on the left, Su Ren on the right, and the officers and soldiers on the opposite side who were pressed layer after layer by layer by black. The three of them didn't look like they came to negotiate with the officers and soldiers, but more like righteous men who died generously.

Li Xi and the bushman drove their horses over, and because of the terrain, they could only talk to the thorns on an equal footing by sitting on the horses: "The biggest horse thief in the Western Regions is a cloud, the god king on the plateau, oh, and the hussar general!" Three, it's polite to be below! ”

"Humph! If you have something to say, you can let it go, and if you dare to say a word that you don't like, the knife in your grandfather's hand doesn't recognize people! ”

Li Xi nodded with a smile: "Your Majesty's dictation!" Looking up at the three of them, Thorn and Ying Guangji did not react in the slightest, Su Ren only glanced at him, and Li Xi continued: "The horse thieves are rampant, stirring up Gyeonggi, plundering the important ministers of the imperial court, and ordering Er and others to release the hussar general immediately, otherwise the army will destroy the jade and burn!" ”

Thorn laughed: "What a big breath! If you have the ability, come here! ”

Su Ren grabbed the thorn that was about to rush out, and coughed: "General Li, I'm afraid you are mistaken, General Ben and Brother Jing and Gongzi Ying are ancient friends, and the two of them heard that I was passing through here when I returned to Chang'an, so I came here on purpose for a while, and I didn't say anything about plundering!" In addition, although Brother Jing is a horse thief, he has also made a contribution to my Han Dynasty, and now he is always guarding against the Western Huns and the people of the Western Regions in the Western Regions, for my Han, he came thousands of miles only for love, and there was no disturbance to the people along the way, I don't know who said that Brother Jing stirred up Gyeonggi? ”

Although Su Renxi's words were not long, what he said was reasonable and well-founded, and it didn't sound wrong. Without waiting for Li Xi and the others to react, Su Ren continued: "Besides, this winning son, His Majesty also saw it when he was outside the Saiwai, and General Li should have been present at that time!" His Majesty didn't do anything to Ying Gongzi, could it be that General Li Xi was going to be embarrassed? ”

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, Su Ren's words were big or small. If he is really unfavorable to win Guangji, either it is not easy for him to trap the emperor by falsely passing on the holy decree, or the emperor does not count his words and goes back on his word.

Su Ren smiled slightly: "I want to ask General Li, seeing that you didn't come here three days ago, right?" There is no need to hide it, you and I are both people with troops, I can still see clearly when we are stationed, at least I have stayed here for more than ten months with my observation, and I was still in Jinyang at that time, right? And General Li can predict what happened today, which is indeed incredible, and there is even His Majesty's will, which is amazing! ”

"So you kid wants to frame the old man?" The bushman was not slow to react, and when he heard some ways from Su Ren's words, he immediately grabbed it, turned the gun and pointed it directly at Li Xi: "I was here before the tenth month, saying that you want to ambush the old man or for today's business?" If you can't say it clearly, even if you fight for this old life, you have to find Your Majesty to give you a comment. As soon as he turned around, the bushman drew his sword and pointed it at Li Xi: "Tell the truth!" Who sent you? ”

"You, you!" Li Xi couldn't help but take two steps back. In the end, he is a general who has just risen, and he can't compare to Bush Fu and Su Ren, who have been in battle for a long time and have a higher reputation in the army. As soon as Li Xi retreated, the morale of his soldiers immediately dropped by three points. Hold your foot: "Hmph! Ben will come on the orders of His Majesty, with the dragon flag as proof, what does it matter when he comes, the key is to catch these horse thieves and anti-thieves! ”

"Fuck you! Who's the thief? The bushman was furious, and now at this time, what he was most unaccustomed to hearing was the word anti-thief, and his eyes widened and his whole body exuded a murderous aura: "You dog, you pretended to pass on His Majesty's will, and were instructed by others to murder the general and the hussar general, why did you still fight when the matter was revealed?" ”

"Kill the ......" Thorn shouted, and the horse thief behind him immediately shouted without any hesitation, and for a while, the frightened officers and soldiers retreated again and again.

The bushman shouted: "Li Xi pretended to pass on the holy decree, privately fought the dragon banner, and was instructed by someone to ambush the hussar general, the first hero of the Han Dynasty, brothers, do you want to follow?" ”

No one answered.

"Do you want to follow?"

"Don't ......!" First a few people, then dozens of people, when the shouts drowned out the roar of the Yellow River, the cold sweat on Li Xi's body was already soaking his back.

The tide is over! This was Li Xi's last sentence when he left, thanks to his quick opportunity, if it was a little bit at night, it was very likely that he would die here. Ying Xiao is very terrifying, when everyone kills the red eye, they can't tell the enemy from me, let alone him, the general. After running out for five miles in one breath and making sure that no one was following, Li Xi wiped the sweat from his head and turned his head to look at the dragon gate.

"General, what's next?" The deputy general stood beside Li Xi and looked at the dragon gate with Li Xi's eyes.

Li Xi was speechless for a long time, and was silent for a while: "Let's go!" President Chang'an said again, we haven't been able to complete His Majesty's errand, so let's wait for punishment! ”

"But ......, how do you explain this?" The adjutant general was a little worried: "The five thousand army is over like this?" Escaping without permission is punishable by military discipline! ”

"Humph! Who is not necessarily cut in half! Turned around suddenly: "Leave immediately, and keep rushing back to Chang'an!" Walk! ”