Chapter Seventy-Nine: Opium Smoking Incident!
Han Zheng heard the other party's words, and noticed the other party's shy eyes floating over from time to time, Han Zheng smiled silently, he was not the first brother, he could naturally see the evasive affection in the other party's eyes.
In fact, Han Zheng was a little puzzled by Li Ying's performance, he and the other party rarely spoke, he was busy with things in his army recently, and the only two conversations between the two were also completed in a hurry, I don't know how the other party could have such an expression, is it because he saved the other party once?
However, for a man, it is of course a pleasant thing to have a beautiful girl who likes him, regardless of whether he likes each other or not, this is a common problem of men, and since it is a common disease, Han Zheng naturally cannot be ruled out.
But thinking of his current situation, Han Zheng could only smile bitterly, he was really a little full of thoughts about that, so many things had to be done by himself, how could he still be in the mood to think about these messy things...
Han Zheng shook his head, suppressed some complicated thoughts in his heart, shook his head, and quickly put this matter behind him, noticing the other party's somewhat puzzled eyes, and then said: "Well, it was indeed me who was negligent before, and I have been busy with other things. In this way, there is no way to help you send the letter for the time being, but you can wait for this ship to come back, it is not bad for these few days, if it goes well, after the ship returns, it will continue to go out, and I will arrange it to go back and take you home by the way. ”
When Li Ying heard the other party's words, she was a little happy and a little stunned.
Naturally, she is happy to go home, after she left home, she has experienced so many things that she has never thought about, and she is still in the fantasy stage, she urgently needs the comfort of her parents, and she has no news for so long, and her parents are probably worried that they can't eat.
However, looking at Han Zheng in front of her, the girl's feelings always made her a little reluctant, and the life here is completely different from everything she has experienced before, there are things to do here every day, although it is not as comfortable as at home, but it is for her to find another kind of fulfillment, and it seems to have found her own value here.
Especially thinking of the soldier who was wounded in the battle that helped save him, and hearing the other party's thanks in some local dialects, I felt that everything I had done was worth it.
Of course, the deepest reason in my heart is that there is still Han Zheng here, if I leave this time, I don't know when I will be able to meet the person in front of me again, and I think that I don't know if the other party likes me, and I feel more and more reluctant.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the other party also likes you, what should you do? Can you convince your father? And will the father accept that the other party is a small officer?
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Ever since Li Ying heard Han Zheng's words and thought about her daughter's thoughts that others didn't know, she felt that her heart was completely messed up, and she didn't know how she could think of these messy things, but she couldn't control herself from thinking about this man sitting in front of her.
Han Zheng wouldn't know the other party's chaotic mind at this time, although he felt some of the other party's thoughts, but he couldn't guess the other party's state of mind at this time, how could a man guess his daughter's thoughts?
In Han Zheng's heart, even if the other party showed some liking for himself at this time, after all, the two sides had little contact time, and they just thought that as long as the other party went back, how would they remember themselves, but it was just because he saved the other party at the time, so the impulse of his daughter's family was just that, time would wash away everything.
"You've been tired for a day, and you're helping to keep accounts and sweeping, hurry back and rest, don't be tired, or you will go back, and you don't know that you have been wronged in my small place." Han Zheng saw that after the other party heard his words, he kept his head down and didn't know what to think, his face was red for a while, and white for a while, thinking that the other party was tired, so he said a joke that was not a joke.
"Well, then don't disturb Han... You rest, I'll go back first." When Li Ying heard Han Zheng's words, she stood up again, and before leaving, she couldn't help but glance back at Han Zheng, and left with a complicated heart.
Han Zheng saw the other party leave, and only then did he sigh a little melancholy, but Li Ying aroused Han Zheng's feelings.
"I don't want to live a life of my wife and children, but this era can't accommodate a warm family and a quiet dinner table after all, I just hope that I can sacrifice a generation in exchange for the prosperity and strength of the country, don't let the descendants of the motherland enjoy a normal and ordinary life like themselves, no war, no gunsmoke ・・・・・・"
"Hey, I'm really thinking too far, let's develop myself first and then talk about the rest." Thinking of this, Han Zheng said to himself a little self-deprecatingly, and he didn't rest, turned his head and walked to the desk in the room.
That's the right thing to do・・・・・・
Han Zheng was not idle after all, although this is only a small county town, but with the development of various work, coupled with the coordination of the relationship between the garrison and the local area, things are rushing towards Han Zheng.
And then, Han Zheng encountered a problem that he had been ignoring, and it was this incident that made Han Zheng launch another action.
Not for anything else, it was because Wang Xian took his gendarmerie team to find out this thing that made Han Zheng angry and sad when he was carrying out a routine lights-out inspection at night.
It turned out that when Wang Xian led people to check the room, when he walked through one of the rooms of Li Feng's camp in the north, he found that the four people in the room were gathered together, and there was a smoking gun in the middle.
Wang Xian was trying to remind a few people to pay attention next time and rest quickly, but after the four of them found Wang Xian and the others, their faces turned pale in an instant, and they knocked over the things on the table to the ground in a panic.
Wang Xian noticed that something was wrong, so he looked at the ground, but he was shocked to find that there were smoking guns and a few balls of opium lying on the ground, and those things clearly told Wang Xian what had happened.
Wang Xian's face changed greatly, and he directly sent his subordinates to rush into the barracks and control these soldiers!
This is a collective opium smoking incident, even though Wang Xian usually sees people laughing, but the fierceness in his bones is also frightening to everyone, especially when he is the captain of the gendarmerie these days, he is fully exerted, and is nicknamed the king of laughter by the soldiers.
When several soldiers saw Wang Xian's face, they knew that they were finished, and at this time, in front of Wang Xian, they didn't even dare to speak, so they lowered their heads and waited for the next unknown fate.
Wang Xian knew the seriousness of this kind of thing, and he also knew that Han Zheng had repeatedly emphasized in the army that it was forbidden to smoke opium, otherwise he would be expelled from the army, and severe punishment would be imposed, but he had never implemented it, because he had not found the phenomenon of opium smoking.
Therefore, after Wang Xian controlled these soldiers, he directly put away the evidence on the ground, then took a deep look at the four of them, waved his hand and asked the gendarmerie soldiers under him to tie up these people, and asked people to notify Han Zheng to come over.
Han Zheng had just laid down at this time, and Han Zheng was really tired in the past two days, so he fell asleep when he returned to the boat.
Han Zheng trains with the soldiers during the day, and occasionally goes to classes for the junior officers at night, these young soldiers have a good memory, and they study seriously, for half a month, most of them have been able to write some simple letters and read basic written orders by themselves, which makes Han Zheng tired these days, but the mood is very good.
However, things often don't go as expected, and when you're happy, you don't know when, God will make a fuss, and then make you angry.
Han Zheng was surrounded by soldiers in Han Zheng's guards, and there would be people on duty at night, so the other party was woken up by the guards as soon as he arrived at Han Zheng, and he woke up dimly, and he didn't care at first, but after listening to the report of the guards standing guard outside, Han Zheng was shocked and knew the seriousness of the matter.
The pajamas, which were originally a little hazy, were suddenly dissipated by the shock, and there was no sleepiness at all, Han Zheng's face was deep and afraid, so he directly put on his clothes, and walked out with the guards.
"Battalion commander..." Xiao Fengzi and the other two guards who were guarding outside saw Han Zheng come out together, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Han Zheng.
Han Zheng stopped a few people who wanted to report the situation, and just said, "Let's go." ”
The three of them noticed Han Zheng's gloomy face, coupled with a cold voice, although they did not reprimand loudly, but the three of them did not dare to say a word, followed Han Zheng closely, and silently walked towards the second team camp where the four people were.
Today's night is darker than before, although it is already the end of February, the three people who followed Han Zheng feel that tonight seems to be even colder, I don't know if it is because of the weather or Han Zheng.
At this time, no one knew the self-blame in Han Zheng's heart at this time, although he repeatedly emphasized that soldiers should not be contaminated with opium, but since he came here, the world has been troubled, so he has ignored the opium problem here, and always wants to take action after handling the matter at hand, but what he didn't expect was that it was too late after all, so Han Zheng blamed himself and blamed himself.
The money he gave to these soldiers was sufficient, and at the end of the month there would be a day off for them to relax, they all had no family here, and they had money in their hands, and they would inevitably be looked at by those people in the smoke houses on the street.
The soldiers under him were young and had no culture, so how could they hold on to their temptation and curiosity by these people?
At first, he may hesitate because of Han Zheng's emphasis, but people will always have luck in their hearts, coupled with the malicious inducement of others, it is inevitable to take the first step, and then they will go further and further.
When Han Zheng arrived, torches had already been lit in the camp of the second team, illuminating the surrounding places as bright as day.
Li Feng also waited for Han Zheng's arrival with a gloomy face at this time, this kind of thing happened in the team, he couldn't escape the blame, how could he still sit still?
The soldiers of the second team probably knew some things and got up one after another, but they were driven back to their respective camps by the officers, but no one could sleep, some were happy, some were nervous, and some were confused.
The four opium smokers were quietly tied up and knelt on the ground, their heads bowed, trembling all over.
Wang Xian and Li Feng, as well as Xiang Jie, who had just heard the movement, rushed over, and when they saw Han Zheng coming, they all had ugly faces and hurriedly greeted them with a heavy heart.
Nothing like this happened that did not grieve among several officers.
"Battalion commander, battalion commander..." Several people shouted Han Zheng and surrounded him.
Han Zheng just nodded, glanced at Li Feng and didn't speak, but Li Feng said with some shame: "Battalion commander, I blame me for not knowing about this in advance, and my subordinates are willing to be punished!" “
Han Zheng nodded expressionlessly, still didn't say anything, just came to the four of them alone and stopped, and then his expression eased a little.
"Don't kneel, all of you, get up, come on, untie a few of them, my soldiers, I don't want to kneel so spinelessly." Xiang Jie just wanted to speak, but Wang Xian and Chen Feng stabbed him with their arms at the same time to stop each other.
In the process of untying the four of them under his subordinates, Han Zheng kept looking at the four of them, as if he wanted to engrave the appearance of the other party in his mind.
Although the four of them were pulled up and the rope was untied, the four of them still didn't dare to look up at Han Zheng at all, they only felt ashamed of the battalion commander now, and they had no face to see Han Zheng.
Seeing that the ropes of the four people were untied, Han Zheng said in a somewhat gloomy voice: "Tell me honestly, how long have you been smoking?" Well? ”
The four of them didn't dare to look up, and when they heard Han Zheng's question, they said with some trepidation, "It's been two weeks..."
"Two weeks..." Han Zheng muttered, but then he changed the subject.