Chapter I
Li Wuyan was very happy, because when he gathered in the state capital, the government actually gave everyone five taels of silver. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info used two taels to get through the relationship before, but I didn't expect it to be earned back so quickly now, oops, it seems that being a soldier is not a bad errand. Li Wuyan carefully hid the silver in the inner mezzanine of his clothes, and the people next to him couldn't help but sneer when they saw Li Wuyan's actions, and then called friends and walked to the restaurant in Qingzhou. This is a common phenomenon, almost all people either plan to go to the restaurant or visit the kiln after the silver is in hand, and only a few people hide the silver like Li Wuyan and leave in a hurry. Li Wuyan didn't care about the ridicule of others, but despised those people in his heart. I don't have any planning for my property, I have wine today and I am drunk today, and I am estimated to be a little minions for the rest of my life.
Although it was gathered today, the day of departure was tomorrow, and Li Wuyan had nothing to do and decided to buy a little bean cake for the little donkey to eat. Animals with pack luggage were allowed on the way to the military palace, but they were responsible for the food they ate. The bean cakes that the little donkey eats every day are also a lot of expenses, but there is no way, Li Wuyan's rib injury has not fully recovered, and Fan Zhutou told him not to do some heavyweight sports. Therefore, in order to keep his body from falling into a hidden disease, Li Wuyan could only send the copper coin out with tears.
But speaking of this, Li Wuyan found a place that puzzled him: this time, it seemed that he was the only one in the entire team with a bunch of luggage, and the others basically traveled lightly, and some even brought nothing, as if he had become an outlier. Are they all planning to buy more groceries in the local area? What a waste of money, what a stupidity! Li Wuyan despised these people fiercely again.
It seems that because of Li Wuyan's strange behavior, some people began to notice him, and they began to follow him since he left the meeting place. Li Wuyan found out early that someone was following him, and he deliberately made a lot of detours, and finally confirmed that there were a total of three people following him. He thought about it carefully, he didn't seem to have offended anyone, could it be that the other party was interested in his money? But no matter what, Li Wuyan still plans to make it clear to the other party, after all, these people will be comrades-in-arms standing behind him in the future, how can the relationship not be better? He deliberately went around to a small alley, and then turned around and was just about to talk to the other party, but he didn't expect the other party to rush up and surround him, and one of the people with a scar on his brow said to him viciously: "Boy, quickly hand over the silver that was issued before!" Brothers don't want to be rough, and you don't want to go to Hexi with a limp leg! ”
He seemed to be the leader of the three people, and the other two just surrounded Li Wuyan without speaking. Li Wuyan didn't want to hurt the harmony, so he smiled and said to the leader: "Oh, brothers, everyone will be comrades-in-arms in the future, what can't you say with a friendly attitude?" If you are in dire need of money, you can tell my brother, brother, I can't borrow you a little. For everyone's sake, I'll give you no interest. ”
However, the other party didn't seem to intend to accept Li Wuyan's love, and the three of them glanced at each other, and then laughed out loud. The leader wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, wiped away the tears that flowed from laughter, took out a dagger from his waist and pointed it at Li Wuyan and said, "Your own people? Who is he with you and is his own person? Get the money out quickly, or don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind. ”
It seems that there is nothing to talk about, Li Wuyan couldn't help but sigh. He swayed left and right to approach the leader, and the man felt a little inexplicable, not knowing what Li Wuyan wanted to do. Suddenly, Li Wuyan hit the bridge of the man's nose with a quick jab, and the man staggered back several steps after being beaten, and involuntarily dropped the dagger and squatted down to cover the bridge of his nose. Of the remaining two, one was still stunned in place, but the other reacted and kicked directly at Li Wuyan. It's a pity that he may have been too nervous to calculate the distance, and his feet fell down before he reached Li Wuyan, and even didn't stabilize his body for a while because of too much force, and leaned forward and took two steps. Li Wuyan swayed to the left and right again, and while the man was still stabilizing his body, he hit him on the chin with an uppercut, knocking the man directly to the ground, not moving.
Because Fan Zhutou said that he couldn't do weight exercises, Li Wuyan's two punches were in accordance with the standard of light exercises, but he didn't expect the other party to be so unbeaten, and one person fell down at once. Li Wuyan touched his fist in some surprise, then turned around and looked at the last person with fierce eyes. The rest of the people looked at the two companions who had been knocked to the ground, then at the unharmed Li Wuyan, and then made a strange starting gesture with a serious face. Li Wuyan was still thinking about what kind of school the posture of these two hands supporting the ground and kicking the ground with both feet was there, and suddenly the man shouted, ran away, and disappeared all of a sudden.
Li Wuyan looked at the flying figure dumbfounded, shook his head and smacked his lips, then turned around and walked to the side of the leader, squatted down and looked at him with a smile and said, "Now we can have a good talk." ”
The head seemed to be unconscious in pain, so he kept his head down and covered his nose and screamed, not responding to Li Wuyan. Li Wuyan wanted to reach out and pat him on the head to see if he was still reacting. Suddenly, the man quickly picked up the dagger on the ground and stabbed it directly at Li Wuyan. Li Wuyan didn't expect him to make this move, and hurriedly stretched out his left hand to block the dagger. The man was overjoyed, and stabbed it harder, but unexpectedly, it was stabbed on a hard object. Because of the force of the shock, he suddenly felt numb, and he couldn't help but release the dagger again, and then there was a sudden sharp pain in the position of his temple, and his eyes went black.
Li Wuyan stood up and glanced at the lead that peeked out of the punctured sleeve with palpitations. Fortunately, he listened to Fan Zhutou's words and maintained physical exercise and did not be lazy, otherwise his left hand would probably be useless this time. He looked down at the person who was knocked unconscious by the weight movement that he couldn't hold back for a while, and couldn't help but shake his head, eh, it is estimated that this comrade-in-arms relationship will never be restored. He led the stupid donkey who was watching the play with grass on the side and prepared to leave the place, but after thinking about it, he stopped and searched the two people who had fainted on the ground. Since my comrades-in-arms can't do it, then I should always be compensated, right? But after looking for a long time, I only found some broken silver, and I don't know where the five taels I sent before went. Forget it, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, let's leave you some wives. Li Wuyan carefully hid the broken silver, and then led the donkey away.
Li Wuyan wandered around for a while, until the sky gradually darkened, and then he found an inn and asked for a firewood room to rest. Before it was completely dark, he unloaded all his luggage from the donkey's back. Then, while eating the dry food he had prepared, he felt the wounded part of his ribs. Well, it's okay, even if you come to the weight exercise in the afternoon, it's not a big deal. Li Wuyan felt that his injury might be healed soon, much sooner than expected. However, he did not relax, and continued to do the rehabilitation exercises taught by Fan Zhutou, until he was a little out of breath, and then laid out the mat to rest.
The next day, Li Wuyan woke up early. After eating dry food, he did some simple exercises, then carried his luggage back on the donkey's back and led the donkey to yesterday's rendezvous. On the way, Li Wuyan saw many drunk people lying on the side of the road, and he took a closer look, aren't these all future comrades-in-arms who just met yesterday? Do you want to give your back to these people? Li Wuyan couldn't help but feel a little worried about the future.
When he arrived at the assembly place, Li Wuyan was surprised that several people had arrived earlier than him. But they were all huddled in one place with dark eyes and futons, shivering, and they didn't know what they were muttering. Li Wuyan wanted to go up and say hello to them, but when he saw this scene, he felt a little bored, so he found an open space to close his eyes and recuperate.
Scattered people kept coming in, but there was still only one point of the people present. Seeing that it is about to reach the departure time agreed yesterday, but the number of people at the meeting place is estimated to be less than half of yesterday's, what kind of name is this? Li Wuyan was about to go to someone to ask about the situation, when he suddenly pushed a board car from the gate, and it was full of drunk people. The two soldiers on the cart found an open space, then raised the front of the cart, and the people on it rolled down like logs. One after another, they woke up from the pain, almost all of them staggered to their feet and yelled. But the two soldiers took out two whips and beat them severely, and the group instantly became honest again. Then the two soldiers cursed and walked towards the drunks who had fallen to the ground and still hadn't woken up, and kicked them hard, but only one of them woke up with his face covered, and the others were still snoring. The two soldiers kicked them a few more times, and one even spat at them, but the drunken man didn't react, and they shook their heads and left.
Li Wuyan, like everyone else, watched this scene in amazement. But the soldiers around him seemed to be very accustomed to it, either yawning boredly, or talking about something in twos and threes, as if it was not a big deal. This scene was repeated over and over again, and even in the end, a few people walked in with their feet shackled and their heads in their hands, and were whipped all the way in by several soldiers. In the end, there were about as many people on the ground and as there were standing people as they had yesterday, and a soldier stepped forward and whispered to the leader this time, and then shook his head. The leader nodded, and the soldier announced that he would begin his journey to Hexi Road.
Li Wuyan led the donkey and walked on the road, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time. The impact of the scene just now on him was too great, and no matter how you look at it, I feel that the attitude of both sides is too exaggerated. And now, surrounded by a large group of soldiers in official uniforms, the number of people may be more than their own group of people who are going to be soldiers, what is this to be a soldier, how do you feel like a prisoner?
Li Wuyan really couldn't figure out the situation, so he decided to find someone to ask. He looked around, and suddenly spotted a familiar figure in front of him. Taking advantage of the break, Li Wuyan led the donkey and stepped forward and patted the man's shoulder. The man turned around viciously, and after finding out that it was Li Wuyan, he almost knelt down on his knees, but fortunately, Li Wuyan quickly helped him. The person who was sitting on the ground resting on the side saw that his eldest brother reacted so much, and looked up curiously, then supported the ground with his hands, trembling and stepping back several steps in a row.
Are you that scary? Li Wuyan thought helplessly. In order to ease the atmosphere, Li Wuyan smiled and asked in a kind tone: "Yo, brother, we met again, how is it, how was yesterday?" ”
It turned out that Li Wuyan was looking for the leader who planned to blackmail him yesterday. But he didn't expect that the head almost knelt down when he heard this, and Li Wuyan, who was harmed, could only help him again. The man shook his hands and said with a weeping face, "Big ...... Big brother, yesterday was not good for us, because we had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai. But you also beat it, and you took the money, and you ...... What the hell do you want? ”
After the head finished speaking, a few tears really squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, Li Wuyan was afraid that he would really cry, so he hurriedly took the hand that opened his shoulder, and said funny: "Forget about yesterday's affairs, I didn't come to settle accounts after the autumn." I just saw that you two were the only ones in this group who were more familiar with each other, so I wanted to ask you about something. By the way, what about your other brother? ”
When that person heard that Li Wuyan was not looking for him to settle accounts, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But when he heard Li Wuyan mention another brother, he said hatefully: "That stinky boy ran away with our money, don't let Lao Tzu catch him, or ......" Speaking of this, he suddenly changed to a sullen expression, sighed and said: "Forget it, I don't know if I have my life to come back, it's really cheap that kid." Damn, that's Lao Tzu's life-saving money. ”
Li Wuyan saw that he was about to cry again, and couldn't help but comfort: "Why be so pessimistic, it's not that you won't be able to come back after going to the battlefield, why do you make yourself uncomfortable?" ”
Unexpectedly, Li Wuyan's comfort, this head cried directly, and he shouted: "How can you come back if you go to be cannon fodder?" I'm going to die. ”
When the people around heard this, they couldn't help but stir. This attracted the attention of the soldiers on the periphery, who stepped forward and shouted loudly. Li Wuyan hurriedly turned around and apologized to the soldiers, and he was relieved until the soldiers returned to the periphery. At this time, he remembered what the head had just said, hurriedly grabbed him to his side, and asked calmly: "What do you mean by being cannon fodder?" Make it clear to me. ”
The head snorted and said with some surprise: "Didn't the imperial court recruit us mercenaries to the battlefield just to be cannon fodder?" Why, don't you know? ”
"Mercenaries? How did I end up in the mercenary ranks? Li Wuyan paused for a moment, then grabbed the man's collar and said viciously: "Next, I will ask you a few questions, and you will answer them all honestly for me, otherwise I want you to look good!" ”
"Yes...... Yes, big brother! ”