Chapter 15: The Expected Encounter (Full)
Mayday is like a child's face, and it changes when it says. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ infoYesterday the sun was shining, but today it was cloudy and it was raining heavily. It was a majestic rain, and the sound of rain like sifting beans resounded throughout the world, and the muffled thunder faintly from the clouds made the atmosphere even more depressing. The raindrops fell, hitting the avenue that had been covered with a thick layer of dust like a person's numb face. The yellow water droplets that scattered in all directions fell little by little to the corner doors of the houses on both sides of the avenue, and slid down quietly, leaving a trail with a few particles.
The three-day training session was terminated by the onset of heavy rain. The soldiers, along with their generals, honestly stayed in the house that Guo Chang had prepared for Li Sheng and the others. Despite the lack of training, the new recruits were still unable to return home. Li Sheng ordered them to get along with each other as a team in accordance with the formation system at all times and in any place without an order. In his opinion, only by letting the new soldiers get along with their comrades for a long time can they integrate into the entire army as quickly as possible. This is very important. Cultivating a sense of identity and tacit understanding among soldiers is obviously more important than exercising the soldiers' own individual combat ability. After all, armies come to war in groups.
Guo Village, which is located on the thoroughfare, was quiet under the heavy rain. There are no pedestrians on the road, and there are very few people who go out of their homes. Under the ravages of the heavy rain, more people are hiding in their homes, staring at the gray outside in a daze. If you have a little thought, talk to your family and talk about recent events. For the more difficult ones, you have all kinds of tools ready to fight to protect your home.
Li Sheng was not in his own house, but in the only inn in the village. He didn't do anything else, that is, let people take care of him, a pot of cloudy wine, a few plates of side dishes, and there he held a book and thought it alone. On the one hand, he really passed the boredom on this rainy day, and on the other hand, he was doing what was ridiculed as useless and waiting for the rabbit.
There's no way around it. After coming to the ground, getting God's favor and having such free time, Li Sheng finally began to plan for the realization of the dream in his heart. He clearly understood that his goal had nothing to do with the land. When he came here, he could only stay at the inn.
"In that case, then I'll wait for him at the inn." Li Sheng thought so. He immediately inquired about the fact that there was only one inn in the village, and he quickly made this move of waiting for the rabbit. This may seem a little strange to Luo Zhao and others, but as far as Li Sheng himself is concerned, it is an excited wait. He didn't know exactly when the person he was waiting for would come, so in addition to sitting in the fixed position in the inn on time when he arrived at the west, he also spent a little money to let the inn's children pay attention to such a person--about the appearance of a military general! He is about eight feet tall, with a white horse and a silver gun, and he looks very handsome.
Of course, Li Sheng didn't talk to Luo Zhao about this matter. Because he doesn't think it's time yet. Although everything in front of him is still under his own control.
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It's finally happening. The man described by Li Sheng appeared outside the gate of Guo Village, but he was weakly supported by another petite body. They had obviously walked in the rain for a long time, and both the man in the white robe and the silver-armored man and the red-robed and green-armored girl who was helping him forward were all wet. They came step by step, stumbling slightly as they walked, little by little the crimson liquid dripping from them, faintly leaving a trace in the place where they passed. They were injured after the fight and fled here, as can be seen from the scars on their bodies. I think the reason why they are weak is also because of the serious injuries on their bodies.
They are outsiders. Outsiders have nowhere else to go in this strange place, so they naturally have to find the inn as soon as possible. However, it is obviously not necessary to find an inn in this small village, because it is just by the avenue at the entrance of the village. After seeing the huge "stack" character written in Lishu, the two of them obviously breathed a sigh of relief.
The man had no strength left, and he was wounded much more than the woman. It can be said that in terms of the degree of injuries on his body, it is already a miracle that he can walk here without fainting. Therefore, the task of calling the door was done by the maiden who was holding him.
At this time, it was already late at night, and the door of the inn was naturally closed. The owner of the shop lives in the back, so it's hard to hear the knock at the door. Fortunately, there is still a dutiful guard ahead, otherwise I am afraid that even if the girl knocks on the door, no one will pay attention.
Because of the injury, because of the exhaustion, the girl's voice has become obviously hoarse, and it does not seem so pleasant. In her anxiety, the voice naturally became louder. Soon woke up Xiao Er, who had fallen asleep. At this moment, most people are in a dream, and the feeling of being woken up from a dream is not so pleasant. Although he understands the truth that the customer is the boss, he has just woken up from sleepy eyes, but Xiao Er has a reluctant look in his heart.
"What the hell are you calling at such a late hour! Don't you know that our shop closes as soon as it's over? He swore and pulled back the door, only to find two men standing outside the door, as wet as water ghosts. Then, from the light in the hall of the inn, he vaguely saw a faintly stained bloodstained spear head hitting his chest straight into his chest.
"Mom!" The shopkeeper screamed, took a few steps back in shock, and sat down in a panic: "Guest...... What exactly do you want to do, officer? He stammered, the fear on his face unmistakable.
"Clean up the house for us." The girl commanded in a hoarse voice. She also wanted to talk to this person, but the severity of the injuries suffered by the man outside at the moment forced her to use some quick means to solve the problem in front of her. For her, the people outside are her only relatives in this world, and she doesn't want to see her relatives suffer there. She was definitely in no mood to greet anyone until he was properly accommodated outside.
"Yes!" Looking at the iron spear head that was approaching a few points, the shopkeeper clearly felt the cold meaning coming from that sharp place. Because he was afraid that something would happen that he absolutely did not want to see, the shopkeeper had no choice but to agree.
After a busy time, the man who came with the girl was placed in the guest room on the second floor of the inn and was carefully cared for by the girl. During this time, the shopkeeper came up a few times, nothing more than to help deliver hot water, to fight or something, and he didn't say anything else to the girl. Although the resentment in his heart was still not small, but seeing the girl's beautiful face and a few pieces of silver that she had rewarded casually, the dissatisfaction in his heart slowly dissipated. Basically, no one will be angry with a beautiful girl, and basically there is no such thing as disliking money, especially those who want to do the business of the shopkeeper, they don't care much about other people's attitudes towards them.
However, the shopkeeper's heart was still very curious about the "vicious" customer who suddenly came to the door. He noticed that the woman, who had always behaved very fiercely, seemed very gentle when she faced the man alone, which made him look vaguely stunned.
"It can't be a young lady who eloped with her brother." The shopkeeper had some ill-intentioned thoughts in his heart. Although he was in such a simple village, he had listened to the guests in the inn for a long time, and his little character had become cunning, and his mind was full of bits and pieces of garbage.
"Probably, that's it." The shopkeeper tried his best to recall that he had just seen the two of them clearly, and his heart became more and more sure of his conjecture. In the room he had just exited, he had already seen the faces of the two of them after they had been cleaned up. That's really a handsome man and a beautiful woman. Looking at the two outstanding people, even if he had no culture, he couldn't help but think of the words he had heard someone say: "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" - undoubtedly, these two people really deserve such a title.
However, the shopkeeper still felt that something was wrong in his heart when he looked at them.
What is wrong, the shopkeeper was stunned for a long time, only to suddenly realize that the wrong thing was the outfit of the two of them, to be precise, the man's outfit: white robe, silver armor, spear, handsome appearance. Although there is no white horse, and there is one more girl who travels with him, everything about him is very similar to the person General Li told him to pay attention to. It is very likely that he is the person General Lee is looking for. "If that's the case? Am I not developed? Thinking of this, the shopkeeper's face couldn't help but show a happy smile. He seemed to see a large amount of money rewarded by Li Sheng.
The future is so wonderful. The shopkeeper now understands the importance of those two. He regarded them as his god of wealth, and his hands and feet suddenly became sharp. He was busy running before and after, and through a series of means, he served the injured two people comfortably. That's what he's good at, and that's what he makes the girl happy. Perhaps because of the practice of martial arts, the girl took care of people, although she had a heart, but she seemed powerless. She was not very thoughtful in many aspects, so she had no choice but to rely on the "care" of the shopkeeper. When everything was settled, the girl's delicate face finally showed a relieved smile.
If so, the night passed.
Early the next morning, the owner of the inn had just woken up, and the shopkeeper quickly took a leave of absence from him: "Boss, Master Li Sheng asked me to go to his side." β
"Oh!" The shopkeeper nodded, and told him uneasily: "Be careful, don't make the adults angry." People have real power. "For this diligent fellow, he is still more concerned.
"Yes, boss." The shopkeeper nodded, quickly took a coat and rushed into the vast rain curtain.
Although the village is very large, it is very convenient to find Li Sheng, who lives in the village chief's house. When the shopkeeper ran wildly in the rain for nearly a quarter of an hour, when he found Li Sheng, Li Sheng was eating the most important breakfast of the day with his soldier brothers.
"Lord, the innkeeper said that he had an urgent matter to see you." The pro-soldier on duty reported to Li Sheng.
"Want to see me?" Li Sheng, who had just drunk a mouthful of porridge, didn't have time to swallow the contents of his mouth, so he nodded vaguely and agreed: "Let him come in." β
"Yes." The pro-soldier agreed. He led the shopkeeper in and saw Li Sheng, who was eating with the soldiers.
"What's the matter?" Li Sheng asked. Because he didn't see a very important person, he didn't have enough etiquette. Facing the shopkeeper who came in, he just talked to him while eating.
"Yes." Seeing this patron who is likely to bring him great wealth, the shopkeeper was slightly excited. He took a deep breath, calmed his sharp heartbeat, and then said the matter: "A couple of men and women came to our inn in the middle of the night last night. The two men seemed to be military generals, and the man in them was dressed very similarly to the one the adult had confessed, except that he did not have a white horse with him, and he was also seriously injured. I don't know if this is something that adults are looking for, but I am afraid that adults will miss it, so I have to come to see them early in the morning. β
"What? Is there really someone like that on your side? Li Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and said eagerly. However, because he still had something in his throat, as soon as he finished saying this urgent word, he choked and coughed very much, until he spit out what he had just swallowed and drank a sip of water, which was a little relieved. He attached great importance to the situation that the shopkeeper said, and as soon as he eased up, he eagerly grabbed the shopkeeper and asked, "You said he was injured?" What do you think? Is the injury serious? Do you want us to send someone over? β
Although Li Sheng always looks like he is weak and weak, but in fact, he has a lot of strength with good martial arts, and now that he is so excited, his strength to grasp the shopkeeper is inevitably greater. The strength of the iron tongs was added to the arm that was still quite thick, so that the little second brother, who had never thought that he was not in good health, couldn't help but muttered in pain: "My lord...... My lord, let it go. I'll tell you whatever you want. It's true...... Let it go! β
"Huh? Let go? Why should I let go? Li Sheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and instinctively retorted. It was only before he said this that he realized that something was wrong. At the moment, he didn't want to say anything more, just let go of the shopkeeper's hand, smiled awkwardly, and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry." β
"Excuse me? My lord, I'm sorry to tell me? The shopkeeper's head became like rice cereal on the spot, and he couldn't let go of anything. He stayed over there, knowing that Li Sheng had called several times before he came to his senses in confusion and asked stupidly, "My lord, do you have anything else?" β
"What's the matter?" This time it was Li Sheng's turn to be stunned. However, he did not stay for long, but quickly understood and restated his own question.
"My lord, he is indeed injured, covered in blood, and looks terrible. But whether he was seriously injured or not, I really can't tell. After all, I've heard people talk about the difference between external and internal injuries. The shopkeeper gasped and said obediently. He could already see from Li Sheng's excited performance that he attached importance to that person.
"Is that so......" Li Sheng muttered uneasily, and then made up his mind: "Then I'll go over a few military doctors." Well, with injuries on your body, you have to be careful. He said this, but at last he was talking to himself.
Called the only two soldiers in the team who knew how to heal this time, Li Sheng followed the shopkeeper, and the group of four broke into the rain curtain like this. Everyone ran in a hurry under Li Sheng's urging, so that no one heard Luo Zhao's unusually concerned call from Luo Zhao, who rushed to the door later.
"Lord, what the hell is going on?" Seeing Li Sheng, who seemed to have disappeared on the corner without hearing it, Luo Zhao turned around helplessly and asked a few soldiers who were having breakfast with Li Sheng with a strange expression.
"My lord, he said he was going to see a very important person, and that person was injured and was staying in the inn in the village." A small, ordinary-looking soldier calmly spoke what he knew.
"Someone important?" Looking at the chaotic rain curtain outside, Luo Zhao fell into deep thought, he undoubtedly connected Li Sheng's "weird" behavior during this period of time with this other abnormality shown in front of him. "Looks like the final outcome of the whole thing is about to be revealed." He muttered, his gaze widening.
Just when Luo Zhao was pondering Li Sheng's recent situation, Li Sheng had already walked into the inn where he had been staying at a few o'clock under the leadership of the shopkeeper, and came to the room of the two strange guests.
"Maybe I'm going to meet that person." Thinking of this, Li Sheng couldn't help but take a deep breath. He wanted to calm the excitement in his heart, but somehow, the heart in his chest beat faster. He was nervous, nervous about how he would open his mouth after meeting the man so that he could keep him. After all, that person was a military general that he loved very much.
This is different from meeting Liu Bei. Although he also admired Liu Bei very much, he did not have any mentality that Liu Bei had to meet the various requirements. Because of the gratifying mentality of having cooperation, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, he really has nothing to ask for from Liu Bei, so he can have that kind of attitude towards Liu Bei. As for the current person, because he was eager to win him over, he knew that he had already made an agreement with Liu Bei, and he understood that he was a trustworthy person, so he had all kinds of worries about gains and losses in his heart. He felt embarrassed when he asked for this person at the moment.
"The wall is thousands of feet, and if there is no desire, it is rigid. That's a good thing to say. Li Sheng stood for a long time, smiled bitterly, and finally knocked on the door of the guest room.
"Who?" The man inside asked unceremoniously, and then the door opened, and a sharp iron spear head and a beautiful and cold face poked out. "Who are you looking for?" The girl frowned and swept over the faces of Li Sheng and the others, her face was very delicate, and there was still a bit of naivety between the heroes and the martial arts, but because of the bad mood at the moment, the words she said were not cold: "I don't seem to know you." β
"It doesn't matter if you don't know, important things are needed by your wounded. I heard that someone was injured here, so I came over to take a look. Li Sheng said very enthusiastically as if he didn't see the other party's cold eyes.
"You're a doctor?" The girl's brow furrowed even tighter, and a hint of doubt appeared on her face. She didn't believe what Li Sheng said. Because she could see that Li Sheng was not an ordinary person, he had a very strong murderous aura, and he seemed to be a soldier and a general like herself. "It can't be someone from Woniu Mountain, right?" She was worried. After all, for now, he and the people inside are not out of the sphere of influence of Woniu Mountain.
"No, I'm not." Li Sheng shook his head honestly. He knew the other party could see it. "I'm just the guy stationed here. I heard that you are also a military general, and you are injured, so I brought someone over to see if there was anything I could do to help you. β
"Oh? Is that so? The girl was still suspicious. She stared at Li Sheng tightly with a pair of big watery eyes for a while, and after understanding that he really didn't mean anything else, she finally let Li Sheng and the others in a relieved manner: "Please help my brother take a look." Be careful, though, he's still asleep. She spoke, her voice slowing and suddenly becoming gentle.
"Okay." Li Sheng led his two soldiers into the room, and immediately saw the man lying on the couch: now he was just lying flat, because he was injured and naturally did not wear armor - the armor was placed on the wooden frame next to the couch and the silver Zhangba spear, and a white plain clothes were casually attached to his body, although it was very loose, but it just showed the strength under the looseness. He was undoubtedly very handsome, and his handsomeness was revealed when his sister cleaned all the blood stains from his face. It's just that unlike the usual handsomeness that is almost beautiful, his handsomeness carries more masculinity, and people will never associate his gender with other places.
Seeing Li Sheng and them coming in, he seemed very calm. This made Li Sheng very important, because Li Sheng knew how small his voice was, and he knew that such a subtle voice would not be discovered by the people inside, that is to say, he didn't know his arrival at all.
"Even in the face of unexpected situations, you don't change color, Zilong, you really seem to be as powerful as the legend." Seeing it, Li Sheng quickly recognized his identity: because he felt from him that he was not inferior to Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, and knew that this person had the same level as Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun was the only one with this level of white robes, silver armor, and silver guns.
"Finally seeing you." Li Sheng looked at the black eyes that lay on the couch with his open eyes, and his face showed a hint of excited joy. He finally met with the general he wanted to meet the most, and he had woken up.
"Who are you?" When Li Sheng's face showed excitement, the man lying on the couch was also considered to be Zhao Yun's person to speak. Although he still had that calm expression on his face, Li Sheng clearly heard a hint of turbulence in his words. This shows that he is not as calm as he seems on the surface, because he doesn't understand what happened in front of him, he naturally doesn't know that Li Sheng and his sister personally put them in, in such a strange place, he consciously thinks about everything in a bad way, maybe he thinks that his sister has been harmed by Li Sheng and them. He thinks that Li Sheng has this strength, after all, they are all injured now, and their strength is not as good as before.
Seeing that "Zhao Yun" was wary of himself, Li Sheng, who was slightly saddened, didn't say anything anymore, he just shouted to the outside world: "That young lady, your brother has woken up, now it's up to you to explain the current situation." β
As soon as the words fell, Li Sheng saw the girl running in like the wind. She was not eager to explain anything to Li Sheng, but because of her brother's awakening. When she saw her brother's slightly recovered appearance, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, patted her chest gently, and said crisply: "Second brother, are you okay?" How does it feel? β
"Okay." The man on the couch smiled weakly and nodded slightly. He didn't seem to want to worry his sister because of his own affairs, so he deliberately changed the topic: "Xiao Yun, you haven't told me who these people are?" β
"Second brother, they said they were the guards here, and they brought two soldiers who said they knew how to heal, and they wanted to take a look at it for you, second brother?" Xiao Yun said, carefully helped the man up, found a pillow from the side and gently let him lean on.
"The guards here? Is it the village warrior or the official army? The man still had some questions.
"We are a team under Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Because a few days ago, a branch of the Runan Yellow Turban came to Xiyang, Jiangxia County, and committed the crime of slaughtering the village, so we sent troops to Runan to crusade. Li Sheng saw the man's puzzled look, so he briefly explained what happened.
"I see." The man nodded slightly, which slightly reduced his suspicion.
Seeing that the matter had already been said, Li Shengzi didn't plan to say anything more. He motioned for the two medical soldiers who had come with him to come forward and help the man check on him, while he himself walked outside lightly, and with him came the girl with the famous name "Xiao Yun". Because the examination required nakedness, it was not good for her as a woman to watch from the sidelines, even though it was her brother, although she had not seen it before.
"Thank you so much." As soon as she came out of the house, Xiao Yun said such a heartfelt word of thanks to Li Sheng, who was staring at the rain curtain outside. She glanced at Li Sheng secretly, and somehow felt a little inexplicable affection for the man in front of her: "Now there seem to be fewer and fewer people like him." She muttered silently in her heart. It is a sign of benevolence to send troops to retaliate for the slaughter of the people under his rule, and to send people to the door to treat the wounded in the pouring rain just when they hear that someone has been injured. She knew that the other party didn't know her and her brother, and she also knew that there was nothing on her side that was worth the other party's plot, and the other party sent someone over, which was completely an act of sending charcoal in the snow, and few people would be indifferent to such behavior. Especially in these troubled times, in a world where most people are morally degraded.
"You're welcome." Li Sheng smiled faintly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Since it is fate to meet, you haven't asked for the name of the young lady yet?" β
"Miss?" Xiao Yun was obviously stunned, then reacted, and smiled innocently: "I've grown so big, no one has ever called me like that!" My name is Zhao Yun. β
"Zhao Yun?" Li Sheng was stunned, "No!" Isn't Zhao Yun a man? How did you become a woman? Her name is Zhao Yun, who is the person in there? Li Sheng was very annoyed, he felt as if the world was in chaos in an instant. For a while, his face became not so good-looking.
"What's wrong? My name is Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart when she saw Li Shenglai's ugly face, and couldn't help but ask nervously. She didn't know why she cared so much about someone she had just met.
"Nothing?" Li Sheng shook his head lightly, controlling the panic in his heart. "I heard that there is a person with a white horse and a silver spear, who picks up the two fierce generals of Hebei on the boundary bridge, and then subordinates to Lord Gongsun Zhan, I don't know ......" He squinted at Zhao Yun, stopping the topic, waiting for her next answer.
"That's not me!" Zhao Yun gently waved her slender hand: "That's my second brother!" Although the two of us have the same pronunciation of the name, but the words are different, I have grass head, and he does not. The girl explained with a smile. She was very relaxed, staying by Li Sheng's side, she somehow became so talkative. Although they didn't get along for a long time, she really trusted him. Because he gave her a sense of peace and comfort, and this feeling was the first time she had found it since she left her hometown.
"I see!" Li Sheng nodded silently, but his mood became happy. He looked at the girl's delicate face and smiled slightly, but there was his own peculiarity under the smile: he didn't know if he was laughing for the girl's pleasure, or because his idol was not a womanβmaybe both.