Chapter 12: The Horseshoe and the Outcast
Looking at Xiao Maha, who was being watched closely in front of him, he sat on horseback, walking at the end of the team, and a happy smile pulled out from the corner of his mouth.
Looking up at the still gloomy sky at an angle of forty-five degrees, I felt a little depressed for no reason, and couldn't help frowning and muttering to myself: "The damn eldest grandson Hongluo is not dead, and Wei Pohu has not been wiped out, Xiao Maha is already in my hands, and the wheel of history has been kicked by me, has it deviated from its original track, and has there been a change that I can't control?" Can my dreams come true? ”
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the neat and serious procession, his happy heart suddenly relaxed, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in his heart: "I'll go, what are you afraid of laughing at the Buddha's demon hand?" Big fists are the last word, and more than ten years of preparation are not just for today? What is a little Yang Jian afraid of? ”
Suddenly, Happy Eyes lit up, his eyes narrowed, and a wicked smile pulled out of the corners of his mouth. Xiao Maha, who was looking back, saw a happy smile, and couldn't help but feel a sudden burst in his heart, a little creepy. The already nervous mind became more vigilant, staring closely at the joy.
Although he was born beautiful and handsome, kind and lovely, he was very shrewd and deceitful, not only scared off 20,000 Chen * troops with the strength of 1,700 people, but also provoked himself to obediently listen to his mercy with words. Looking at the fox-like smile of happiness, how could Xiao Maha not be wary.
Xiao Maha was stunned, and tragedy happened.
"Herod", Xiao Maha's horse suddenly neighed, and before he could react, he suddenly raised his front body, and Xiao Maha, who was not paying attention, naturally rolled off the horse again and fell into disgrace again.
All the marching Northern Qi soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. The soldiers of the Chen State, who had surrendered, tilted their heads to one side and had a fever on their faces.
Xiao Maha jumped up from the ground, his face was red, his eyes were bloodshot, his snort became thicker and thicker, glaring at all the Qi troops, and a surging and tyrannical killing intent was gradually released from him.
Xiao Mahaqi is nearly 1.80 meters tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a lion nose and a wide mouth, coupled with a dark beard and dark face, which is already a bit fierce and bluffing. At this time, his murderous intent was awe-inspiring, and his angry eyes were even more terrifying, and the approaching Qi Jun's face couldn't help but change drastically, and he laughed, not daring to look at him again.
The soldiers laughed, and they woke up with joy, and when they saw that Xiao Maha's fierce surname was exposed, they wanted to make a move, and they were shocked, and shouted loudly in their mouths: "Quiet! ”
All laughter came to an abrupt end, and everyone stopped, all stunned to look at Happy.
Happy beat the horse and galloped to Xiao Maha's side, and whispered, "General Xiao hasn't forgotten our agreement, right?" And he did not look at him again. Happy glanced at everyone solemnly and coldly, pointed at the horsewhip, and asked in a light tone: "What is the duty of a soldier?" ”
"Obey orders!" Answered reflexively in general.
"Very well, it is a violation of discipline for you to laugh and talk while you are in the procession. From now until returning to Xuyi City, except for queue orders, no one is allowed to speak, even during the break-break time for eating, drinking, and Lazar. Whoever violates it, give me chaff for a month! ”
Happy eyes scanned everyone coldly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was very warm and bright and compassionate, his voice was not loud, and his tone was not stern, but in the ears of all the Qi soldiers, it seemed to be from the Nine Hells as cold as cold, making their backs tingle, and the spirits shivered. Everyone's faces became serious, their lips were pursed, and they didn't even dare to glance at them casually.
A few days ago, Xing Xing punished a soldier who was hanging his son in this way. When the firefighters of the logistics were cooking, they were happy to let the soldiers stand by the stove in a military posture. When the meal was served, everyone drank soup and meat, and the soldier could only stand in the middle of everyone hungrily, swallowing his saliva incessantly. When everyone had finished eating, the soldier was able to eat, a veritable chaff.
The evil of joy was much more than that, he made the soldier eat with the dog, not in the same basin, of course, but with the same thing.
You can imagine what it would be like for a person to be fully aroused by their appetite and stomach cravings, and then let you eat the same thing with a dog.
Happy or more "considerate" subordinates, the amount given is very sufficient, and the hungry are sure to be full. If you don't eat it, you will be happy to say, "It's a shame to waste", and you will eat and go for the next three days. There are ten dogs in the battalion [***], all of them are fat and fat, and they are happy to find special companions to accompany the soldiers who violate military regulations.
Seeing that all the soldiers were serious, the whole team re-embarked on the journey, and happily smiled brightly at the surprised and confused Chen * sergeants, and jumped off the horse. He ignored Xiao Maha, whose eyes were fading, and walked straight to the horse that Xiao Mahe was riding.
Happy paced around the horse, carefully examined the ground and the horse, and said to himself, "Strange, how can this horse suddenly be frightened?" ”
Xiao Maha looked at the slightly thin and defenseless figure not far in front of him, his eyes flickering. You only need to restrain your happiness, you can get out and regain your freedom, Xiao Maha s face was faintly full of murderous intent, his fists clenched, relaxed, clenched again, relaxed again, and so on and so on.
"Ah, I see!" Just as Xiao Maha was about to make a move, a happy and excited voice sounded, and a playful smile flashed in his eyes when he glanced at Xiao Maha.
happily apologized: "General Xiao, it's this horse that is not good, and it caused you to be embarrassed, sorry!" You see, it was this sharp stone that pierced the horse's hoof! ”
Xiao Maha looked in the direction of Xingxing's finger, and the horse's right front hoof was stamped on the ground, and there was fresh blood on the hoof hair.
He sighed happily, gently stroked the horse's mane, and said slowly: "I'm afraid this horse will be wasted, and there is no sorrow for the horseshoe!" ”
When Xiao Mahazheng was wondering what Xing Xing meant, a happy voice came again: "General Xiao, let's go quickly, get to Xuyi City early, let's try it early!" With that, he took the wounded horse and strode after the large army in front of him.
Looking at the happy back, Xiao Maha's eyes were firm, and he said in a low voice: "I, Xiao Maha, am a dignified husband, and I will definitely defeat you openly!" ”
On the afternoon of 28 April, Gao Xing and his entourage walked into the military camp outside Xuyi City in the afterglow of the red sunset.
Happy to tell all the soldiers to rest well, not to abuse the soldiers, respect Xiao Maha, and hurriedly ran out of the barracks to his home.
When he came to the door of the Inner History Mansion, he suddenly stopped happily, and there was no reason in his heart. was originally quietly in the Shifu, but now it is even quieter and depressing.
With some trepidation, I knocked on the door happily.
"Oh, young master, you're back! Thank goodness, ma'am, the young master is back! Gao Fu, who opened the door, was happy to see the person coming, first stunned, and then overjoyed, excitedly pulled the happy sleeve and dragged it to the courtyard, his words trembling, some incoherent.
"What? Xing'er, Xing'er is back? Where's my interest? Zheng's voice came from afar in disbelief, his voice was a little hoarse and trembling and distorted, and it was even more frightened.
"Xing'er-" Seeing the joy of a military uniform, the running Zheng clan screamed excitedly, and the speed under his feet became even faster.
"Shh The sound of the cloth tearing was accompanied by Zheng's exclamation, but she ran in a hurry, stepped on the skirt, and her body was about to fall.
"Mother!" Happy eyes are quick, and in the next moment, he has already held Zheng Shi up, leaving only an afterimage in place, which makes Gao Fu on the side stunned.
"Xing'er, you, finally back, back, back! Why did you secretly leave home for so long, do you know how worried your mother is about you? You're just going to die for your mother! Zheng hugged Happy and couldn't cry silently, tears fell like rain, and soon wet Happy Shirt.
"I'm sorry, mother, Xing'er knows that she is wrong, I shouldn't let you worry about me! Punish me. Zheng's warm tears seemed to flow into his heart, burning like boiling oil, making Gao feel distressed. Feeling Zheng's excitement and concern, strong love, looking at Zheng's red and swollen eyes, haggard and pale and a little sickly, just a few days after not seeing a lot of thin face, happy eyes slightly red.
In his previous life, he was alone, and he was used to being alone, and he had no concept of home at all. When he went out this time, he just left a letter saying that he would go out to train the soldiers and return in a few days, but he didn't expect Zheng to be so worried. While apologizing with self-reproach and comforting the Zheng family, he made up his mind in his heart to protect this family from now on and prevent his mother from being afraid of him again.
"It really deserves to be punished!" Gao Changgong's rather angry voice sounded behind him.
"Daddy." "Husband." Gao Xing and Zheng turned to look at Gao Changgong at the same time.
"You are so bold, you dare to lead troops to Shiliang City without permission!" Gao Changgong glared at the happy.
Happy heart said badly, and hurriedly glanced at Gao Changgong, signaling that he Zheng was by his side. Gao Changgong didn't seem to see it, and continued to reprimand angrily: "You dare to lead more than 1,700 soldiers who don't have much combat power to the Shiliang battlefield to help Wei Pohu, you don't want to die?" Do you know how worried your mother is about you? She washed her face with tears all day long, and she didn't think about tea and dinner, if you want to come back a few days later or die, how do you teach her how to live? ”
"What? Xing'er, you actually went to the battlefield? You, you—" Zheng's eyes widened in surprise, she was already very weak after a long period of worry, improper diet and rest, and at this time, her mind went through several twists and turns, and she couldn't hold her breath on her chest, and she fainted all at once.
"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?"
"Madame, ma'am!" Gao Changgong couldn't care about the reprimand anymore, and hurriedly rushed forward, shaking Zheng's body.
"Fu Bo, quick, go and invite Langzhong, invite the best Langzhong in the city!" Happy shouted to Gao Fu on the side.
Soon after Gao Xing and Gao Changgong helped Zheng into the room, Gao Fu led Lang Zhong forward. After the inspection, after learning that the Zheng family was fine, but he was too excited, his body was weak, and he could be fine after a few days of cultivation, he was happy that the father and son were relieved.
After settling the Zheng family, Gao Changgong glared at him happily and said, "Come with me!" ”
happily obediently followed Gao Changgong and entered the study together. Gao Changgong sat down, and was about to speak, when he was happy to have poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Daddy, moisten your throat first and then teach me a lesson, otherwise your mouth will be so sad!" ”
"Humph!" Gao Changgong was angry for a while, he wanted to say something but couldn't say it, and the anger in his heart disappeared a lot.
I was glad to see that Gao Changgong's face softened, and he hurriedly moved a chair to sit in front of Gao Changgong, and said with a smile: "Daddy doesn't have to be angry, the child is not bold, but acts after careful consideration, I won't joke with my own life!" ”
happily poured himself tea, took a sip of it, and then continued: "This time I went to Shiliang City, those soldiers have also seen it, Daddy, you will definitely lose our agreement!" ”
Gao Changgong snorted and said disdainfully: "Let's talk about it when the time comes, I heard that you caught Xiao Maha, what are you going to do with it?" The tone of the latter sentence was solemn and serious, and there was a lot of disbelief and curiosity in it.
Happy smiled: "I'm going to submit him!" ”
"Xiao Maha has always been martial and brave, how did you catch him? Besides, he is not a random apostate, so how do you descend him? ”
"Children have their own plans, and Daddy will wait and see." Happily smiled mysteriously, served tea for Gao Changgong, and happily continued: "Daddy, how is the county school recently?" ”
Gao Changgong's brows couldn't help frowning, and he said with some distress: "Somehow, the news of me in Xuyi County has spread widely, and countless homeless people have flocked here. But Xuyi is such a small place, how do you let me arrange them? More than a dozen porridge farms have been set up in the city, but the number of displaced people continues to surge. In just a few days, the entire Xuyi County is afraid that there will be no less than 50,000 displaced people! As the war approaches, the number of people will definitely increase, and I am afraid that things will change for a long time! ”
After hearing this, his eyes lit up and he smiled: "Don't worry, Daddy, these homeless people are good, what a lot of resources that is!" ”
Gao Changgong looked at Xing Xing in puzzlement, coughed happily twice, actually drank the tea slowly, and moved his body to lean his entire back comfortably on the back of the chair.
"Say it quickly, or the family law will serve!" Gao Changgong looked happy like this, and he didn't get angry, and shouted angrily.
Happily sneered, he sat up straight, and quickly leaned into Gao Changgong's ear and whispered.
Half an hour later, he happily came out of the study, his face was full of smiles, and Gao Changgong, who was in the study, had a very complicated expression on his face, shock, surprise, and suddenly a trace of admiration.