Xuzhou.

Yang Chao has been here for a month.

"A total of 10 million taels of bonds were sold."

"Well, there's more."

Twisting and squirming in front of each other, looking at Dong Xiaowan who was talking about him left and right, Yang Chao nodded casually and continued to ask.

"The second stick daughter-in-law said that she had to seize the opportunity to print 10 million taels."

"Well, there's more."

Yang Chao didn't raise his head and continued to look at the battle report.

"But Concubine Wang Pu said that she couldn't print more, and she had to pay it back."

"Well, there's more."

"And, and—"

Yang Chao raised his head and interrupted her, "You haven't said why you came." I think you just want to come to me. ”

Dong Xiaowan lowered her head and didn't speak.

Yang Chao said: "Are you okay at home? ”

Dong Xiaowan said: "It's all good, my father and mother said that you don't need to worry about them, let you fight well, my father said that fighting is the same as fighting iron, you have to round your arms and fight hard, my mother said that fighting is not the same as fighting iron, you have to pay attention to it, and if you can't fight, you can run." The princess said that you should be careful, the Tartars are all barbarians, you have to use strategy, you can't fight hard. Yuanyuan and incense fan pendant, let me send you a peace charm. ”

"That's all?"

Dong Xiaowan nodded, and shook her head again: "The main thing is that we can't tell how many bonds to issue, so everyone asked me to ask, and I will go back after asking." ”

The concubine's careful thoughts, Yang Chao was clear.

I have been away from home for more than a month, and I said that I was not worried that it was false, but I said that I came to Yang Chao under the pretext of work, saying that someone else asked her to ask, but Yang Chao didn't believe it at all, except for Dong Xiaowan, no one else had this kind of caution.

"Forget it. Huang Yuan, what do you say about bringing female dependents into the camp without authorization and how to punish them according to military regulations? ”

Huang Yuan had just sent a few battle reports, nothing important, not enough because the Qing army appeared on the other side of the canal and wandered for a while.

Faced with Yang Chao's question, Huang Yuan was a little difficult to answer.

"Honestly, do you want to kill your head!"

Dong Xiaowan immediately grew her mouth. Decollation! She didn't expect that.

Huang Yuan hurriedly said: "No, no, no, it can't be to the extent of killing your head." ”

Yang Chao said again: "What is that?" ”

Huang Yuan sighed: "Forget it, my lord, Mrs. is also here to ask about work." ”

Yang Chao shook his head: "If it's a military regulation, it should be implemented, let's say it." It's not a headshot, or it's a board that the official admits it. ”

Huang Yuan sighed: "It's the Metropolitan Governor of Confinement." ”

"Confinement!"

Yang Chao couldn't help but feel cold in his teeth, there are no more than four kinds of punishment measures in the army, the lightest punishment is running, and then the board is beaten. Then there is confinement, and the most serious is the direct beheading, which is the second most serious punishment, which shows how heavy it is.

But at this time, Dong Xiaowan breathed a sigh of relief, killing the head was just bluffing, she didn't believe that anyone dared to kill her man, what she was most worried about was playing the board, as for the confinement, she knew, isn't it just the small black room, what is there to be afraid of.

"How many days?"

Yang Chao asked.

Huang Yuan said: "Three days! ”

Yang Chao didn't just have a toothache. My head hurts, and the most serious confinement is only ten days, and I don't dare to close it if I don't do it well, but three days is really a kind of torture, three days, no one talks to you, and you can't even hear the voice, you have to be in the dark, lonely and miserable.

"Alright. Take me inside. These days, don't look for me if you don't have important military affairs. Don't look for a chance to let me go, unless the Tartars hit Xuzhou, as for other problems. Let the front-line generals take the camera action. ”

After speaking, Yang Chao stood up, shook his head and sighed, and glared at the concubine.

He walked to a corner of the barracks, where there was a very sturdy hut.

The hut is enclosed with round giant logs, and there are three layers of giant trees. Every two layers of giant trees are smeared with thick mud, and there is not even a trace of movement outside, and every day except for opening a small hole below and stuffing food, eating, drinking, and Lazar have to be solved inside.

Yang Chao walked in by himself, walked to the only small bed by the bright light, and signaled that the soldiers could go, at this time Yang Chao was still calm, and even nodded politely to the soldiers.

But when he saw the wooden door of the later generations closed, and then the five fingers were missing in the pitch black, Yang Chao's heart couldn't help but drum.

"What's there, isn't it just confinement, that's what people who are not strong in spirit are afraid, I'm not afraid!"

Yang Chao cheered himself up, and then lay down directly, it was a big deal to sleep with him for three days, and he hadn't slept well since the war.

I slept so soundly, but when I woke up, it was still pitch black.

"How many days have passed?"

I don't know!

Sit still.

"I don't know what's going on outside, it should have been a day, at least a day, sleeping so soundly, half a day is definitely not enough."

Sit still.

"It's been a long time. It should have been two days. ”

Sit still.

But couldn't sit still.

Stand up and jump, jump, twist your waist, and exercise your body.

"Ha, hi!"

Hit the handle twice.

I didn't dare to jump around in the dark house, and I hit myself at every turn.

Jumping and striking, I tired myself, and suddenly I heard a noise.

Yang Chao couldn't help but be overjoyed, could it be that the time was faster than he expected, it had been three days.

Very disappointed, it was a meal delivery.

"No, it's only been half a day for such a long time! It's dinner, right? ”

Confinement, except for isolation, everything is provided as usual, and three meals a day are not deducted at all, but it is not unreasonable that this black house can subdue the strongest people.

I ate in the dark, I didn't dare to eat more, Yang Chao didn't want to really here, the smell here was bad enough, if it was mixed with the smell of feces and urine, it would be too **.

What should I do after eating, sleep, or don't dare, the most afraid here is the difficult time, don't sleep blindly when you are not sleepy, make yourself extremely tired, and then sleep to sleep for a longer time, this is the experience summed up by the old fritters who have been confined.

Continue to toss, jump, boxing and practicing martial arts.

When I was tired, I endorsed it, four books and five classics, and the art of military strategy.

Then I think back to the gains and losses of my life, do you think about my body three times a day, Confucius said, but it seems that no one can do it, and the disciples and grandchildren of Confucius can't do it at least.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep. But when I wake up, I feel even more lonely, and I think nonsense.

"What is going on outside, I don't know if there is any urgent military situation ahead, ordinary Zhao Kang can handle it by themselves. If there is a big situation, I heard that the Tartars have occupied an area in Shanxi again, and at the same time they have obtained 100,000 new flags, will they all be sent to Shandong. And I can't deal with it here, Zhao Kang, can they deal with it. ”

Dong Xiaowan didn't know what was wrong. Will you be sad because you are confined and confined, will you be looking for death and tired of life? Will you be crying with the officers, what if you hit the officers, what if you are injured by the officers? ”

"It's not that I want to go out, it's really that I can't do without me outside, forget the confinement in the back, make up for it in the future, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the soldiers."

Yang Chao thought and stood up. Follow the direction of memory and walk towards the door.

Dong Xiaowan was indeed crying, after he heard the soldiers speak clearly, he began to cry, it turned out that confinement was such a terrible punishment, I just heard it casually in the past, and thought it was a little joke at home, what is the difference between this and locking the child in the house.

But an officer who had been locked up in confinement told her that people in it wanted to die, and they would think all kinds of nonsense. Everyone's situation is different, some will hit their heads against the wall, some will bite their own flesh, and some will cry and make a fuss.

But it didn't work. The outside can't hear it at all, even if it does, the guards outside will never dare to open it, and if the guards don't have a military order, if they release people without permission, they will have to sit back.

Dong Xiaowan will self-harm when she hears that someone is inside, and she will hit her head against the wall. They will eat their own flesh, they will scratch themselves all over the body, and some people will even kill them directly, so they can't help but feel fear.

I didn't expect that her private arrival would make Xianggong suffer such a big torture, she couldn't help but want to cry.

begged Huang Yuan and others to give an order, but these people didn't dare, and if they let people go without permission, they would have to sit back, even if Yang Chao was the chief they respected, but it was okay to die for the chief, let them suffer the crime for the chief, forget it.

Wearing a gorgeous Yunjin phoenix tail skirt, holding a Hangzhou silk handkerchief in his hand, he kept wiping his tears, and walked around, hoping to find an officer who was willing to mention him to be confined, but he really couldn't find it.

Then Dong Xiaowan began to scold, scolding these officers for having no conscience, and all of their consciences were eaten by dogs, but no one paid attention to her.

"Let me out. Lao Tzu has important military affairs. You dogs, let me out quickly. ”

"The military law was formulated by me, and Lao Tzu wants to revise it."

"At the door, let me out, Pontus promises not to let you take your place."

Yang Chao touched the door, and at first he just knocked on it, but no one paid attention to it, he knew that he couldn't hear it outside.

After making a fuss for a long time, he gave up, returned to the house, continued to exercise, continued to sit on the bed, continued to think nonsense, continued to memorize the four books, five classics and six arts, continued to study the art of war, and even tried to construct a whole city complex in his mind.

But it's not good, I can't calm down at all, there is an inexplicable turmoil in my heart, like an itch like growing grass, I really want to tear my chest and turn my heart out and scratch it.

So I don't know how long it took, Yang Chao began to be irritable, afraid of hitting the door, and didn't care if he could hear it outside, a strong wish, a strong order, coercing and enticing people outside to let him out.

There is no time here, Yang Chao fell asleep again, and sleeping is the greatest happiness.

But crazy dreaming, you can't sleep at all, and you don't know how long you have been asleep when you wake up, maybe it's a day, maybe it's just a few breaths, maybe it's a big dream, maybe it's just a dozing.

I don't know when, Yang Chao found that he didn't think about anything anymore, he sat dumbfounded, completely numb, as if he had merged with the darkness, and had become nothingness, and life had no meaning.

What is the meaning of fighting, what is the meaning of national righteousness, what is the meaning of saving lives, and what is the meaning of human life.

Yang Chao felt confused, negative, and tired, but he was not sleepy at all, his brain was swollen and hot, and he wanted to open his skull to dissipate heat.

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and the sunlight outside shone in, and at that moment, Yang Chao's tears couldn't help but stay. (To be continued.) )