Chapter 5 Promises (2b)
"This old thing!" Li Xu said with a smile. was used by Zhang Xutuo again, and the price was only less than fifty meat and good wine in the roadside tavern, but he promised to help him do such a big thing. Is it easy to deal with Laihu'er, and immediately invaded Pyongyang but had to be ordered to be a teacher, and this uncle was so angry that he couldn't find a place to send it. At this time, to take advantage of him, isn't the word "looking for death" engraved on the door of his head.
"Does Lord Zhang's entrustment make Lang Jun very embarrassed?" Shi Lan listened to Li Xu's scolding and asked with concern.
"It's hard, but it's not necessarily a way out! Come the old general, hey! Li Xu thought carefully for a moment and shook his head with a wry smile. Although he was being used, he was not angry at all about Zhang Xutuo's actions. On the contrary, there is a joy in his heart at the moment that arises from being able to do things for others.
The relationship between him and Zhang Xutuo is not close, only between friends and superiors. But Zhang Xutuo's method of asking for help made him not feel the burden of having to help between friends, nor the pressure of his superiors when he assigned tasks to his subordinates. "Plucked" the goose feathers that came to protect the child, and it was brought out on the wine table. The scope seems to be very general, but there are a lot of cats behind it.
In order to avoid the settlement of accounts after the autumn of the imperial court, the boss Pei Caozhi and the civil officials of Qi County had to prepare a large amount of congratulatory gifts for His Majesty to congratulate him on "pacifying Liaodong". From Licheng to Luoyang, all the way to the mountains and rivers, if a large number of soldiers and horses are sent to escort thousands of miles, it is inconsistent with the national law. If there are fewer escorts, I'm afraid it will be cheaper to be a rogue along the way. Therefore, since the teacher who came to nurse the children passed through this place, it is better to ask him to take the gift back to His Majesty the Emperor along the way. There were a full 100,000 sailors escorting them, and no matter how bold the bandits were along the way, they didn't dare to fight the idea of this batch of gifts.
And the above actions are only the first task that Zhang Xutuo wants to complete with the hand of Xuzi. The second task is for him, the soldier of the Great Sui Mansion, to come out and "apply" for a batch of armor and weapons to his nominal boss to protect his son. There were not enough blacksmiths and tanners in Qi County, and there were not many qualified armors in a short period of time. Even if it can be made, the quality of the products made by local craftsmen is not comparable to that of the armor equipment supervised by the imperial court in batches. As long as Xuzi "plucked" a single hair from Laihu'er, the equipment of thousands of brothers would be settled. At the same time, the 150,000 yuan that made Pei Caozhi and others vomit blood was more or less recovered!
"Is it difficult for the old general to get along with Laihu'er? Does he have something he likes? β
"The old general is a good and honest official, and his prestige in the army is no less than that of Yuwenshu. What worries me is not that I give him a gift, but that it is useless to give a gift! Thinking about the embarrassment of being sandwiched between the two old military leaders under the Tiger Prison that day, Xu Zi's brows couldn't help but twist into a big pimple.
If he hadn't come to Hu'er to use him as a gun that day, Yuwenshu would not have been in such a hurry to seize the military power of the Xiongwu Battalion. And the right and wrong in this are not as clear as using and being used.
"Who is Yuwenshu, is his official very big?" Shi Lan was very curious and continued to ask.
"You don't know Yuwenshu?" Li Xu raised his head suddenly, and his eyes widened in surprise. Shi Lan was so frightened by his sudden question that she quickly flashed her eyes to the side, and soon, she turned her little face back and defended in a wry manner: "I, I rarely inquired about outside things before." Later, I went up the mountain with my father, and I didn't have a chance to hear about the people and things outside the mountain! β
After listening to Shi Lan's answer, Xuzi knew that he was reckless. When I was in Ueya-gun, didn't I know anything about things outside the county? As for the understanding of Yuwenshu, Laihu'er and others, they also slowly accumulated after entering the military.
A person's vision often affects his judgment. It was precisely because of the misjudgment of the situation in the world and the opponent that Shi Zihe lost his life in Qi County. For the same reason, the Beihai group of thieves was fooled down the mountain by Li Mi in a daze, and they were beaten by the elite of Qi County in a daze.
It was as if a curtain of light was opening in front of him, and looking at Shi Lan's eyes with a strong desire to learn, Xuzi realized that he had made the same mistake as others. He had no reason to laugh at the loneliness of Shi Lan, Guo Fangzhu and others, because he was only fifty steps and a hundred steps compared to others.
Since he came to Qi County, he has rarely cared about the world's major affairs. Previously, in the army, his eyes were only limited to a few focal points related to him. The ninth uncle was killed by Zhang Jincheng, and Xu Maogong became the Wagang military division, and this kind of news that can be learned with a little attention was only known to him at the last moment, and it always made him scramble. If you had paid more attention to the official residence newspaper, or exchanged all kinds of rumors about officialdom and the people with your colleagues, many things would not have been handled so passively.
There are also Tang Gong Li Yuan, Liu Hongji, by the way, there is also the Xiongwu Battalion, and even Ah Yun who is far away, in an instant, Xu Zi almost resents his laziness. Because of frustration, because he didn't want to recall, he almost deliberately forgot about the people he had interacted with, and might continue to associate with in the future. In fact, one day in the future, these people will meet him, and many people's actions may affect his fate and future.
Thinking of this, Xuzi's gaze gradually shrank into a line, as sharp as a knife. He was almost about to stretch out his arms to hug Shi Lan, the little girl, but it was the other party's unintentional words that made him wake up like a dream. After that, the mountains outside the body are still mountains, and the trees are still trees, but the scenery in the eyes is by no means the same.
"If I shouldn't ask, I don't ask, okay?" Shi Lan was taken aback by Xuzi's continuously changing face and gaze, and said timidly. The man in front of him suddenly changed almost instantly, and his body, which was already almost two heads taller, seemed to grow a lot taller in an instant. The shoulders have become wider and the body has become stronger.
"It's okay, I'm reminded of something else." Li Xu smiled and replied. "Yu Wenshu is the first favorite of His Majesty today, the most powerful general in the Great Sui Army, and the title is Xu Guogong. His Majesty has conquered Liaodong three times, and he is the former army commander! β
When it comes to the people of the Yuwen family, Xuzi finds that his emotions are still a little fluctuating, but they are not as strong as they were at the beginning. The loss of control of the Xiongwu camp hit him hard, but then he also learned a lot of things that he would have to master in life. Especially after coming to Qi County, he stayed away from the center of the court and those wealthy families, but it made him understand more about his life and see the battles in the officialdom more clearly.
"You mean, he defeated the first two times, that, your emperor is still willing to use him?" Although he had the heart to give advice to Xuzi, when it came to Yang Guang, Shi Lan still didn't have half a taste of respect in his mouth.
Although he knew that what others accused was all the truth, Xu Zi was still not used to someone using this tone to count Yang Guang down. "Your Majesty is a man of affection. And only the first time was a fiasco. The second time, the second time is a retreat! β
"What about the third time? Win? Or lost? Shi Lan's voice was vaguely provocative. I didn't realize that before I knew it, the communication between the two had deviated from the original topic.
"This time, it's a big win!" Li Xu thought about it and replied with difficulty. Is that really the case? He didn't dare to look into Shi Lan's eyes. I just think it's full of sarcasm and mockery.
"I lost the first time, and then the emperor was not convinced, and I came a second time. Then come to the third time, fortunately this time I won, otherwise I don't know how long I will fight! The topic of Liaodong made Shi Lan completely expose the wildness in his bones, and every word came out from between his teeth, sounding like a poisonous snake spitting out letters.
"As long as you hit the first time, you have to fight a second time. Your Majesty, it's actually very difficult!" Xu Zi didn't raise his face and explained loudly. "If we don't fight, neighboring countries may take advantage of the situation to cause chaos. There are also heroes from all over the world, and some thieves with evil intentions will also flock to it! β
"It seems that everyone is in turmoil because the emperor lost the battle!" After all, he was still a little afraid, Shi Lan turned his head away again and shouted angrily. She didn't want to upset Li Xu, but she couldn't hold back the fire in her heart. The so-called chaos of everyone, if everyone can have a way to live, who wants to make trouble?
The reason why my father rebelled was because he could no longer support his family with his craft. Although his father's goals became more and more ambitious after his rebellion, the reason was never because of the emperor's failure to conquer Liao.
It turns out that there is such a big gap between the two of us. In an instant, Shi Lan found that there was a mountain between him and Xuzi, high and thick, and unclimbable. Li Xu was completely wrong about the reason, he didn't know the mood of death when everyone first picked up the knife. He didn't understand, he didn't understand what a dying struggle was......
"I know most of the people who rebel because they don't have food. But what they brought with them did nothing except make more people unable to live! Li Xu moved over Shi Lan's shoulders and looked into the other party's eyes emphasized.
"They were all forced. If you don't rebel, you won't survive at all! Shi Lan's eyes were immediately filled with tears, she didn't want the person opposite to see how disappointed she was at the moment, lowered her head, wiped it hard, and then retorted desperately: "But why did so many people rebel, my father, your master, and your friends?" β
The man in front of her was silent in an instant, and Shi Lan knew that she had won the debate, so she raised her head, wanting to give the loser a smile as comfort. saw Li Xu glaring at him, and there was already fire in his eyes.
Suddenly, she felt so frightened that she just wanted to turn around and run away from the door.
Suddenly, he felt that he was also terrified, just as Shi Lan looked at him.
He already had two masters and a friend who had become enemies, and in the future, he didn't want to face Shi Lan again on the battlefield. This little girl is too wild, and her mind is too heavy, you can never guess what she thinks again. But Xuzi already believed that the person who colluded with Wagangshan was not her, and he didn't want to be completely wrong in his judgment.
"If no one rebels, the emperor will never know that the people need to eat!" Shi Lan looked at Li Xu, her eyes were very clear and sad. She knew that her words just now hurt Xuzi, but at this moment, she suddenly felt that she didn't want to play anymore. If this continues, the appearance of the man in front of him will never be forgotten. She struggled hard in the rush of manly air and caring gazes, but the strength from her shoulders was so heavy that she couldn't break free at all.
"Let go of me, push me away! Please, hit me too! Shi Lan shouted in her heart. She suddenly hoped that Li Xu would treat herself roughly like her father did to her mother. In this way, she has 10,000 reasons to regain the hatred in her heart, and 10,000 reasons to continue to use the "hypocrisy" in the heart of the man in front of her! However, Asahiko didn't do anything but hold her shoulders firmly.
"Erya!" Finally, she heard his voice fall from mid-air, peaceful, but like thunder. The gentle thunder hit people from head to toe without half of their strength. "I know you are saddened by the deaths of your father and brother, and I am saddened by the same. But they can't do that, and sooner or later they will be killed. Even if he doesn't die from the imperial court, he will die from the mountain fire. Forget about that and stay in my house. With me, you won't be hurt in any way! β
"No, no, you're talking nonsense!" Shi Lan understood that what Xuzi said was true, but refused to accept this explanation. His father couldn't even manage his own family, let alone commanding thousands of troops to seize the world. In the past six months, the achievements of the man in front of him told him that the imperial court did not need to exert more efforts, as long as there was a famous general like him who led the troops to recruit and suppress, most of the heroes in Henan counties had no room for resistance.
But does his father deserve to die? Even if my father had other people's blood on his hands, what about my brother, myself, and the brothers who had just joined the gang. They are about to starve to death when they are full, so why can't they resist?
After several fruitless struggles, her strength turned to tears. "What am I to you in your house? The girl who bought the house, or the lady who snatched it back? β
The hand on her shoulder suddenly let go, and she knew she had asked the point. The difference in their identities made it impossible for him to give himself a name at all. From the day he decided to stay in the Li Mansion, Erya understood the cost. At the time, she knew she didn't care. And now, she doesn't know what she really wants?
If he takes the opportunity to leave now, he must not be able to keep it. This man's weakness is too obvious to be easily caught. Erya clearly knew that her chance to escape her fate was in front of her, and she took a step, but forgot to turn around.
Taking a step forward, she stepped into Asahiko's arms. His arms clung to his thick waist, and his fingers were clasped until the joints turned white.
"Silly Erya, after I write a letter to my father, I can marry you!" Suddenly relieved from the shock and disappointment, Li Xu, who was full of tenderness and happiness in his arms, stretched out his hand, touched Shi Erya's head, and muttered promises.
The parents replied that they should marry the daughter of a bandit? Even if it's temporarily married as a concubine, it's fine. Anyway, I don't want to marry a wife for the time being, so I don't have to worry about her being bullied.
When she first accepted her, Xuzi knew that she might not be all because she liked her, and among the factors that decided to keep her, there might be seven points of desire. And now, he didn't want her to take any more risks, to die again, not at all.
Before he could come up with a proper solution, the body in his arms suddenly stiffened again, and then became completely soft and boneless. "You, don't go to your heart. I don't care, I really don't care! Shi Erya sobbed and raised her head, her lips red as wine.
Asahiko lowered her head and drank.
Shi Erya heard that her heart was melting, did she really care? She didn't know it herself. Can I leave? She didn't know. Even if the promise made by the other party at this moment will never be fulfilled, it is very touching. If the promise was hypocritical, she hoped she would never see the day it was revealed.
What if, before the day the truth was revealed, he had avenged his brother. Is it possible to go with the wind with a promise of happiness?
She responded violently, wild as fire.
Drinker's note: VIP tickets, fainting and begging for tickets.
[Remember the URL . δΈδΊChineseη½]