With so many guards, Du Shiyi has always been left by Wang Jun's side, so naturally he will not mix with those guards, so he didn't recognize this young sergeant at first. However, Hou Xiyi's name, which was by no means like an ordinary sergeant, immediately aroused his previous memory, because he saw him kneeling on one knee and did not dare to raise his head, he quietly stepped forward to take a look, and immediately recognized that it was indeed the little soldier he had seen. At this time, I only heard Wang Jun ask coldly: "This name doesn't look like it was used by martial artists, who gave it to you?" ”

"Yes...... Zhang Yuanjun before. ”

Hearing that it was Zhang who said, Wang Jun immediately raised his eyebrows. Whether Zhang Jiazhen or Zhang said, he didn't have a good impression of these guys who were gilded with martial arts, but in fact they didn't have any military exploits at all. Especially Zhang Shuo, he actually wrote a book accusing him of indiscriminately killing and descending in Heshuo, so that Ba Tu Gu and Tongluo were shocked and chaotic at this moment, facing such a pawn who was named by Zhang Zhang, even if he himself was also a Ming Jing and the first, not a military attaché, he had to sneer and knock and said: "Since you are a guide, you should know what to do and what not to do when leading the army on the road. Remember your twenty military sticks first, can you be convinced? ”

"The handsome man is fair."

"Rise up and look for the way before your head"

Seeing Hou Xiyi, who was looking down, immediately saluted and bounced up, but he jumped on the horse neatly and returned to the front, Wang Jun stared at his back for a long time, and then said thoughtfully: "Look at his age, I'm afraid he is only sixteen or seventeen years old?" ”

"Although he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, he has a very sharp eye, and more importantly, he can read and write." Du Shiyi responded, and when he saw Wang Jun looking at him suspiciously, he immediately owed a debt and said, "Wang Dashuai, I didn't recognize him at first, but he just signed up by himself, and I just remembered." When Wang Dashuai and I entered the city together, we walked through the Xiping Gate of Youzhou City, and it was he who inspected the place. Because my place is still stamped with the big seal of Jingzhao Yin, all the way to the state and county are unimpeded, no one has asked a word, only he said that it should be issued by the Jingzhao Mansion Hu Cao Shen military, suspecting that my copy is a forgery. It was his team that came to check again, so he let me into the city. I heard that he was brought back by Zhang Yuanjun when he was inspecting Pingzhou, and was originally placed in the Governor's Mansion as a guard. ”

Du Fu originally remembered this Hou Xiyi, and wanted to look at Wang Jun's likes and dislikes, and then explain his origin clearly, but he didn't want Du Shiyi to know about it so coincidentally, so he took a hole at the moment, and hurriedly interjected: "His mother is from Korea, and later settled in Pingzhou with his father. He escaped from the governor's mansion because of his xìng feelings, disobeyed the control, and made many mistakes, so he was sent to the Xiping Gate of Youzhou City by Chen Sima, and this time I don't know why he was chosen as a guide again. ”

Wang Jun didn't expect that a mere pawn would have a lot of background, so he smiled and said: "But it turned out to be a young man who was ambitious, but he was dethroned." ”

Du Shiyi still remembered the seriousness of this young pawn, it can be seen that Wang Jun seems to disapprove of it, and Du Fu emphasized that he has half Goryeo blood, so he will not say more after thinking about it. Along the way, he had the heart to watch all the way, seeing Hou Xiyi running back and forth, those reports about the road conditions ahead, the military and the people's situation were all in order, and he couldn't help but feel that this young man who looked younger than himself was quite orderly.

When the group finally arrived in Lulong County, Pingzhou, the snow became heavier and heavier. Wang Jun is also the ambassador of the Hebei Army, and now that Andong has protected Xue Tai has been captured, among the officials who stayed behind, the highest official position is only Changshi Lu Huai, so naturally he welcomed Wang Jun and his party into the house with the courtesy of the following officials. I don't know if it's because of Wang Jun's temper, or because of real habits, the banquet was not rich, and Lu Huai didn't sing and dance during the banquet, but while entertaining with wine and dinner, he explained the military situation of the various countries under the jurisdiction of the Andong Protectorate, which really made Wang Jun very satisfied. After he was full of wine and food, Lu Huai had to arrange for Wang Jun and Du Shiyi and other officials to rest in the official residence, and at this moment, one of Wang Jun's confidant guards walked up quickly.

"Dashuai." After saluting, he glanced at Lu Huai and asked with some hesitation, "Hou Xiyi, who violated the military regulations before, please march the law." ”

After a while, Wang Jun drew along the road, noting down those military obstacles and military strength and people's feelings, where do you still remember this stubble, after being stunned for a while, he suddenly felt that this son was very uninteresting, and said angrily: "According to the number of twenty, you go to prison." ”

Lu Huai didn't expect Wang Junlian to go on patrol this time, and his subordinate soldiers actually made mistakes and had to march the military method, and he couldn't help but feel terrified when he looked at Wang Jun's rough face for a while. And Du Shiyi saw Wang Jun's guard take the order to leave, and couldn't help but be angry and funny at Hou Xiyi's little guy who didn't appreciate it. What Wang Jun said was to write down twenty military sticks, not that he couldn't redeem his merits, and he could return to Youzhou when he was to be executed. However, the military stick was requested by Hou Xiyi himself, and Wang Jun had already spoken, so he could only shake his head secretly in his heart. After thinking about it and finding that Chibi was behind him, he beckoned to him, and after waiting for someone to step forward, he whispered a few words.

In the courtyard in front of the Duhu Mansion, in this snowy day, Hou Xiyi, who was wearing only a pair of pants on his upper body, was standing there with his head bowed without saying a word. Until the guard, who had just gone in to report to him, came out and commanded those who were watching him from the left and right: "Wang Shuai ordered me to be imprisoned." He raised his head at the sound, and then fell on the torture bench without saying a word. Although this is not the first time he has been subjected to military law since joining the army, it is the most unjust this time, so he can't help biting his lip, but before the heavy military stick falls on his body, he only hears a voice from the side.

"Wait" Chi Bi, who came out in a hurry, saw the sergeant with the stick frowning and looking at him, so he stepped forward and arched his hand, and said in a polite tone of discussion, "This eldest brother, although the twenty military sticks were said by Wang Dashuai himself, but now there is a return journey, if he is supported by the cane on his back, legs, and hips according to military law, I am afraid that he will not be able to ride a horse on the return journey, and I ask the eldest brother to be more sympathetic to his youth." ”

Du Anzhi just heard that there was going to be an execution outside, curiosity and fear in his heart, so he also quietly followed, at this moment he saw Chibi discussing with people, and found that the young soldier who was about to be tortured naked on the torture bench seemed to be about the same age as himself, he was moved by compassion for a while, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but step forward quickly, and said deeply to the sergeant holding the stick: "Just when Rui Xue is in the water, please also ask this eldest brother's subordinates to be merciful." ”

Chibi and Du Anzhi were both servants of Du Shiyi, and those guards also knew each other, and they looked at each other for a while at this moment, and the guards who went to report to Wang Junhou who were ordered to be sentenced looked at the half-grown child on the torture bench who was tall and could not hide his childishness, and after thinking about it, he opened his mouth and ordered: "It is really not good to return with a cane on the hips and legs. Well, the back of the cane, pay attention to it. ”

Hou Xiyi didn't expect someone to intercede for him, and he looked up to see who it was, when the military stick fell on his back, although it was quite painful, but it was much lighter than the military stick he had received before. There are several strokes of the beard, although occasionally when it falls on the same part, it still brings a hot feeling, but it is completely within the tolerable range.

But for him, of course, it is a military stick that can be endured by gritting his teeth, in the eyes of Du Anzhi on the side, it was just a red mark at first, but after six or seven strokes, it was already red and swollen, and then it was broken and bloody. But even so, the young sergeant lying on the torture bench still gritted his teeth and did not cry out in pain, which made him admire this person's toughness and be intimidated by the cruelty of military law. It was easy to get twenty beatings, and seeing that Hou Xiyi's back had been crisscrossed with scars, and blood beads were overflowing, he suddenly remembered the scene when he was beaten in the past.

Looking at Hou Xiyi's pale face, sweaty forehead, and lips only bitten slightly, Chibi knew that these injuries were just scary to look at. You must know that when the Cui family rarely moves the family, the weight of those bamboo boards is absolutely different. The light twenty boards can walk immediately, and the heavy ones lie down for three months and half a year. Therefore, he sincerely thanked the two guards who were sentenced to prison and execution, and then pulled Du Anzhi away. The latter also frequently looked back at Hou Xiyi, who was helped up from the torture bench, and asked with a puzzled face: "Didn't we bring Jin Chuangyao?" Weishenme doesn't leave him some? ”

"After being tortured in the army, we will naturally apply gold and medicine, so we don't have to do much." Chibi explained, and then looked at Du Dianzhi helplessly, "It's Twenty-One Langjun, why did you run out?" ”

"I ...... I just think he's pathetic ......."

"Military regulations are like national laws, only about right and wrong, regardless of human feelings." Chibi shook his head and sighed, thinking in his heart that even so, that little guy deserved it. If you are not so stubborn, you will be punished when you arrive in Pingzhou, and when you go back to Youzhou, Wang Junxing may forget it directly

Even if he deliberately reduced his strength, when Hou Xiyi was helped back to the room, he was still sweating profusely, and the soles of his feet were weak and weak. Lying on the bed, he waited until the guards gave him rough medicine and left, and then he bit a handkerchief tightly in his mouth, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden. It's rare to go back to his hometown to see this October snowfall, but because he violated military regulations, he went to Youzhou happily because Zhang said a word? Staying in Pingzhou and having family and friends is far better than looking at people's faces in a foreign land. This time, the team just recommended him as a guide, and as a result, he might have to burden others.

It wasn't until he quietly shed tears that he suddenly thought of the two people who had just interceded for him and quietly retreated. Although he didn't see it clearly on the torture bench, he barely looked up to see the two of them after the execution, and found that one of them he was still deeply impressed, and it was one of Du Shiyi's servants when he entered the city before. Although the other person is not very familiar, you can see the appearance of the two side by side, and there is a chance that they are fellow travelers.

Although there is a burning sting pain on the back, if the hip and leg are injured, riding a horse on the return trip is simply another torture, not to mention that the twenty back flowers just now are really light. Unexpectedly, he embarrassed others for a while in Xipingmen, Youzhou, and complained about it, but others didn't remember the villain...... He shouldn't have slandered himself before, that Du Langjun was really a kind person

And when Wang Jun learned about the incident during the execution from the guards, he only narrowed his eyes slightly, and then waved his hand and ordered people to retreat. If Du Shiyi came to him to ask for mercy, it would naturally be a lack of military law, but since he just asked the servant to ask for a leniency, not to mention that the injury to his hips and legs was not conducive to walking, he couldn't say anything. But Du Shiyi is really just for compassion when she protects a mere pawn like this?

Thinking that Du Shiyi went to appease the Tongluo military horses because of Zhang's words when he was in the state before, and finally succeeded in the horse, but now he has only arrived in Youzhou for a short time, and he also takes special care of the old people promoted by Zhang Shuo, he can't help but sneer. In the end, he is a child of the family, I am afraid that Zhang Shuo has a better momentum now, and he has more hope of worshipping the prime minister than himself in the future, right? Thinking about it, his appreciation for Du Shiyi's remaining little bit gradually faded into one and two.