Chapter 127 Unpredictable

On June 15 of the eighth year of Zhenghe, the battalions of the Xiangyi army rested for three days in Jialu Village, the flood receded, Zhao Ta appointed a guard general, led the army back to Yincheng, he led more than ten horsemen to leave quietly halfway, and the army was replenished by Zhao Ren in Yincheng after replenishing the supply of ammunition, and went north to Xinqin for reinforcements non-stop.

The Song and Xia wars for many years, the forbidden city is closed, the trade route is cut off, and the prosperous border trade declines, but there are also caravans that are not afraid of the soldiers, and open up the joints to travel between the two countries to earn high profits. Now that the summer soldiers have invaded the border, the two sides have been fighting fiercely for ten days, and all the forts on the border are closed to protect themselves and take strict precautions. Outside Tongjin Fort, there is a caravan overnight, of course, the benefits of the owner of the village are not less, otherwise they will not get this place to stay, although it is in the wild, but after all, next to the fort, the heart still feels stable.

The caravan was not small, with more than sixty pack horses, more than forty camels, and more than fifty guards and men, who cleared an open field in the wasteland, set up tents, settled the cattle, lit several bonfires in the camp, and the handymen set up pots and stoves to boil water for cooking.

The sun is still scorching, and hot people can't wait to be shirtless, but as soon as the sun sets, it becomes cool and breezy, and it becomes the weather of early autumn, "Second master, it's cold, put on your clothes!" Zhao Xin put a robe on top of him.

"Oh, thank you!" Zhao Ta turned his head and smiled at him, at this moment he had already changed his battle robe, wearing a cyan cardigan short coat, brown trousers on his lower body, a pair of soap-colored cowhide boots on his feet, and a white turban wrapped in his hair, his current identity is the young owner of this caravan.

"Second master, sit here, it's cold and there are mosquitoes, it's better to be next to the fire!" At this time, Zhang Qu also came over and invited the prince to sit by the bonfire.

This fire is already burning very strongly, there is a sheep roasting on it, and a person is rolling up his sleeves and brushing the seasoning on it, "Brother-in-law, the craftsmanship is good, it's so fragrant!" Zhao Ta snorted, sat on the felt mat spread on the ground and said with a smile.

"Hmph, you're here, I still have to serve you!" Lu Xiaoyao glanced at the prince and said dissatisfied.

"Uncle, I'll do it!" Zhao Xin stepped forward and said solemnly.

"It's all arranged by this kid, don't call me uncle in the future, call me brother-in-law like him, save trouble in the future!" Lu Xiaoyao unceremoniously handed the guy in his hand to Zhao Xin, glanced at the prince and said.

"Uncle... Brother-in-law, the second master was also for your own good, otherwise you and Sister Xiao would not be together! Suddenly changed his name, Zhao Xin was still a little unaccustomed.

"You stupid... Fool, that kid sent you to me as a hostage back then, what kind kind of kindness did you have to treat him! Listening to Zhao Xin speak for the prince, Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but expose Zhao Ta's old bottom.

"No, the second master wouldn't do that, my brother-in-law was injured at the time, and it was inconvenient to see people, so I was asked to serve my brother-in-law, right, second master!" Where is Zhao Xin willing to believe, shook his head and said.

"Yes, yes, that's what happened, he has bad intentions and provokes our relationship!" Zhao Tan held back a smile and said busily.

"You, you don't look stupid, why do you follow him with all your heart, let him sell you one day, I'm afraid you will still be happy to go with people!" Lu Xiaoyao was so angry that he almost turned his back on it, and he hated that iron could not be made of steel, and he pointed at Zhao Xin's head and said.

"Ha Luha, it's hard to buy money and you're willing, you didn't have any good intentions back then, you taught Zhao Xin something, really I don't know the way? It's just that the master is a step above the level and didn't let you succeed! Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Second master, what my brother-in-law and sister Xiao teach are all useful things, such as preventing assassination, how to identify poisons, how to disguise, how to track enemies, how to arrange mechanisms, etc. The words of the two confused Zhao Xin, and he said in surprise. …,

"You are so stupid and cute, the master of the road gate can be said to have taught you all the bad water in his stomach, but if you think about it the other way, those things can save people, and they can also harm people!" Even Zhao Tan was angry with Zhao Xin, and said with a wry smile helplessly.

"The second master doesn't often say, 'The way of good and evil is in the heart', you can eat the dead when you eat, and you can choke people to death when you drink water, you can't stop eating and drinking water!" Zhao Xin did not agree with the words of the prince.

"Hehe, move a stone and hit your own feet, my things are all small ways, as soon as you make a move, you will ambush tens of thousands of corpses, and the blood will flow thousands of miles, compared to you, I am a good person who can't be better!" Lu Xiaoyao saw that Zhao Ta was also deflated, and said with a wicked smile.

"Hehe, the chivalrous sword strikes, that is the justice it represents; Xiaoxiao committed murder with weapons, and it is always difficult to escape justice. I led the army to exterminate the Kou, that is to defend the country and protect the people, for the sake of national righteousness, it is not as simple as being a good person, and I will leave a name in history in the future! Zhao Tan sneered.

"Alas, I mean you can't do dirty things, but you can always find a reason for righteousness!" Lu Yao said sullenly.

"People are doing it, the sky is watching, we sometimes do things inevitably give people a handle, criticized by others, but as long as we do it without being worthy of our hearts, why bother about right and wrong, the merits have their own posterity to comment!" Zhao Ta said, "We plundered Yulin, killed thousands, destroyed thousands of hectares of fertile land, and looted countless property, someone must impeach me for losing benevolence and doing the things of beasts, but if we don't destroy the survival of the Xia people, the Xia people will still commit crimes in the coming year, kill my people, rob my wealth, for the peace of the border, the people are happy, I am willing to bear the name of this beast, why care about the bullshit of those so-called benevolent and righteous people!" ”

"Alas, I believe what you said, if the second master goes out of the fortress this time to let the people in the court know the way, they will definitely say that you have no purpose, you are in a private situation, and you collude with the barbarians, but they don't know that the second master of the road will risk his life and go deep into the tiger's den, if it is done, how many soldiers will be spared, and how many lives will be spared!" Lu Xiaoyao sighed and was convinced, he had lived in the palace for so many years, how could he not know that although the prince of Lu Dao acted perversely, he had not harmed a good person.

"Don't fight, the second master and brother-in-law are good people, the meat is roasted, eat it quickly!" Zhao Xin put the roasted meat under the blade, put it on a wooden plate, and handed it to the two people.

"Okay, but you two threw Wu Erlang in Yeli as a hostage, this thing is not kind, he is a straight intestine, and it is inevitable to offend people when he talks and acts, I don't know what kind of offense Lu Dao suffers!" Zhao Ta untied the dagger in his waist, cut off a piece of meat and chewed it in his mouth.

"Second master, you have wronged me and Mr. Lu!" Zhang Cheng, who has been listening to the arguments between the two, can't interject, but he also knows that Mr. Lu Daolu is an old man in the house, a person who can be trusted by the prince, otherwise he would not hand over such a big matter to him, so he didn't persuade him, and became a dumb person, and now he heard the prince talk about another one, he couldn't help but say, "The second master doesn't know, although the party is brave, but also a lot of bold and honest people, Mr. Wu is not good at words, but he can be upright, and he is very good at Yeli's spleen and stomach, the same words, from Mr. Wu's mouth, Yeli has long believed three points, The two of them are now drinking hard every day, and when they are drunk, they lie in the same tent, how can Yeli embarrass him! ”

"Hehe, then the two are still very close!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, "I'm afraid it's the two of you who are playing tricks when drinking, making people see the flaws and making people look down on them, but Erlang is a wine that makes people feel sincere!" ”

"I really can't hide anything from the second master, that Yeli is not a woman, he doesn't love money, but he is addicted to alcohol, and the amount of alcohol is amazing, even if he can drink half of the soju in our house, where can we accompany him, and Mr. Wu can still resist one or two!" Zhang Qu shook his head and smiled bitterly. …,

"It seems that I will inevitably get drunk when I meet Yeli this time, but if I can subdue Yeli, this deal will not be a loss!" Zhao Ta looked at the two of them and said, "Today, the bright moon is in the sky, how can there be meat without wine, do you want to drink two glasses too?" ”

As soon as Zhao Ta's words fell, the two of them had already grunted again and again, and it seemed that they had been irritated by Yeli, and they couldn't stand it when they heard the word wine!

"Second master, with this Yaxing, the subordinates appoint themselves to prepare wine, and we will not accompany them!" Zhang Qu got up and arched his hand, Lu Xiaoyao also turned his head and left, and went to find Lin Shuo, Shang Hu and a few other of his personal disciples, and there were only Wang Ye and Zhao Xin left by the fire.

"Zhao Xin, have a drink with me!" Zhang really sent someone a small jar of wine and a few improvised side dishes, and Zhao Tan greeted Zhao Xindao, who was still busy.

"Why does the second master have something happy tonight, he has to drink!" Zhao Xin removed the roasted sheep from the fire, plucked some artemisia grass and threw it into the fire to disperse the mosquitoes that had gathered, and then sat down next to the prince and said.

"Isn't it a happy thing to win big victories one after another?" Zhao Ta poured two bowls of wine, handed a bowl to Zhao Xin and said.

"It should be, but according to me, the second master seems to have something on his mind!" Zhao Xin took the wine and took a sip and said, "Second Master, since I have known you, you have not been idle every day, and the age of your teens seems to be heavier than Master He's thoughts, and you don't brow all day long!" ”

"There are thousands of things, there are always things that can't be done, and there is a heart that can't be finished!" Zhao Ta drank all the wine in the bowl, "Don't say it, I don't want to think about it, I'll have a good drink today!" ”

"I'm afraid that the second master just said it, this time the responsibility of leaving the country is heavy, and life and death are unpredictable, can you let it go?" Zhao Xin poured wine for the prince and said.

"Then you know that there are many dangers, don't you also follow without hesitation!" Zhao Ta tore off a leg of mutton and nibbled on it.

"The second master has always done things with careful consideration, otherwise he wouldn't have taken us to take this risk!" Zhao Xin said with a smile.

"But I want to tell you, in fact, I am not completely sure this time, there are five or five different successes and failures, will you still go with me?" Zhao Ta looked at Zhao Xin and asked.

"Yes, the second master will take us to be deeply grateful and righteous, even if there is an abyss ahead, not only I will, but everyone in the Xiangyi army will also jump down with the second master!" Zhao Xin said.

"Hehe, I'm talking about you, is there only kindness between us?" The moon rose, hanging in the air as big as a disk, Zhao Ta raised his glass to invite the moon, and drank it all!

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