The soldiers got the order from Botong, agreed, turned around and went to pass the word. He walked to the door and was about to open the door, Xiang Botong called him from behind, pointed to the room where he lived and said: "When you pass the word, remember that there is a sequence, the room where a certain family lives is too small, and too many people will seem too crowded when they come in at once." ”

The pro-soldier thought that he was also an old man under Xiang Botong, so he naturally understood what his company commander meant when he said this, and hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, the company commander knows what to do." ”

Hearing the soldier's answer, he nodded approvingly to Broadcom, and then waved him to go.

After the soldiers went out, they worked about a pillar of incense, and Xiang Botong's two most trusted confidants in the Eighth Company, who were also his three brothers, the deputy company commander Gao Jian (this person was a noble cousin of the third battalion commander), and the second platoon deputy platoon commander Cao Bao came together.

The two of them entered the house, and just about to salute Xiang Botong, they were grabbed by Xiang Botong and said: "My own brother, and I am in my brother's residence, so I don't need these false courtesies." ”

After speaking, Xiang Botong glanced at another soldier in the room and said, "You go outside the door and watch, no one is allowed to come in without the order of the company commander." If the other deputy company commanders and deputy platoon commanders arrived, they said that the company commander was discussing military affairs with the senior deputy company commander, and asked them to wait in the next room first, and when the company commander and the senior deputy company commander had finished their discussions, they would discuss the matter with them. ”

The soldier agreed to go out, and Xiang Botong pulled Gao and Cao into his bedroom in the inner room.

Entering the bedroom, Xiang Botong first asked Gao and Cao to sit down, and then the two of them, who had been a little confused by his series of actions and had questions written on their faces, said in an almost word-for-word tone: "Two brothers, how has my brother treated you in the past few years?" ”

Xiang Botong's question was asked very suddenly, but Gao and Cao did not hesitate, and immediately replied in unison: "My brother treats me like a brother and sister, and treats me the same as Brother Boyuan." ”

After speaking, the two seemed to guess the reason for Xiang Botong's question, and after exchanging glances with each other, Gao Trance came forward, hugged his fist at Xiang Botong, and said: "Brothers and elder brother have worshipped, everyone is a lifelong friendship, if my brother has anything to say, even if it is a sea of swords and fire, the brothers also follow my brother to break through." ”

What he asked for was this sentence, he nodded, and said: "Thank you two brothers for being so righteous, brother, I do have a matter of life and death to discuss with your brothers now." ”

Xiang Botong discussed with Gao and Cao in the bedroom for about half an hour, and during this period, another deputy company commander of the Eighth Company and several other platoon commanders also arrived one after another. The soldier who was guarding the room had faithfully fulfilled his duty, and before giving new orders to Broadcom, he had invited the later officers to a nearby room, and said that they would be patient, and that the company commander would soon come and consult with them about military affairs.

Although the officers were puzzled by being called to sit and wait in the middle of the night, the emphasis in the army was to "obey orders." Since Xiang Botong has made such an arrangement, these officers have cooperated very well in carrying it out, whether they can understand it or not.

Several officers waited there for a long time, and it was not until after the time that Xiang Botong appeared in front of them with Gao and Cao. After everyone saluted, Xiang Botong motioned for everyone to sit down, and after a long silence, he spoke: "You are all old men in the 'Flying Dragon Army', and you haven't known Xiang for a day or two. Even the latest three platoon commanders to join the 'Flying Dragon Army' were the 'Flying Dragon Village' at the beginning of the fourth year of Qingli. Like Brother Gao and Brother Cao, they have been friends with Xiang for many years, and they worshiped Xiang as early as the 'Five Tiger Village'.

After getting along all these years, Xiang Mou did in the previous 'Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion' and the current 'Flying Dragon Army', I think you all know very well. Although Xiang is not the most capable in martial arts, and Xiang is not the smartest in terms of wisdom, but if it is about heroically killing the enemy, and not afraid of death, Xiang and Xiang, including Xiang Mou's own brother Boyuan, are definitely no worse than anyone else. It is precisely by relying on bravery, fearlessness, and scars on their bodies that Xiang Mou and Boyuan were able to rise from a big-headed soldier to a company commander commanding more than 100 people and a platoon commander commanding dozens of people in just three years. Xiang Mou thinks that he is worthy of this position, and he is also worthy of those masters in the 'Feilong Village' and the 'Qingyuan' of Liangxiang City. ,

However, my brother Xiang has been fighting for so many years for the 'Flying Dragon Army' and those masters in the 'Qing Garden', and now the Twelfth Master of the Yellow Sea is for the daughter of a pirate captive, and he has to severely deal with Boyuan with military law, which is really chilling!

Yes, Boyuan did rob the girl back. But although Boyuan used a rough method, he didn't rob the girl for a while, but he really fell in love with the girl. It's just that because I drank too much wine, my mind was a little unclear, and I didn't think about things so comprehensively, so I used the most inappropriate way of directly robbing people. Second, although he did have the intention of forcibly taking the girl back after snatching her back, it was just drunken and disorderly, and it was definitely not his intention. Moreover, because of the appearance of the guards, he did not succeed in the end, and the girl had nothing to lose except for some fright.

Besides, she was nothing more than the daughter of a captive. And what a captive is, a captive is a trophy. According to the current rules of our 'Flying Dragon Army', these captives and their families are either imprisoned in a hard labor camp for ten or eight years, working as cattle and horses every day, and there is no chance that they will come out again. Either they were arranged to be serfs in various homeless villages, planting land for more than ten years for those masters of the 'Qingyuan'.

What a serf is, that is a slave. Even the lowliest tenants in the homeless villages have status and are better off than them. It can be said that these serfs were not treated better than each other except that they did not have to be handcuffed and shackled when they were not working, as was the case with the former.

Xiang can be sure that being able to become a serf is probably the girl who was robbed by Boyuan Before being favored by Boyuan, Zuihou was also the most haode.

However, if she really becomes Boyuan's woman, then with Boyuan's character of pity and cherishing jade, although it is impossible to let her be the main house, there is no problem in accepting her as a concubine. Judging from Boyuan's performance in the 'Flying Dragon Army', his future prospects are unlimited, and he can be a concubine, and his situation is not known how many times better than being a serf. Therefore, if the quality of the girl's future situation is taken as the standard, Boyuan snatched her not only did not harm her, but saved her and even her family. ”

"According to what you say, Brother Boyuan has really done a good thing this time!" Gao Jing interjected at this time.

"What about doing good things?" Xiang Botong said helplessly, "After doing a good deed, I was not still treated as a thief by the Twelfth Master who coveted beauty, not only was he beaten and locked up with a blue nose and swollen face, but after being escorted back to the salt field in a few days, he would be punished according to military regulations." When the time comes, you will not be able to escape from your official position and beat the military stick, and you will not be able to escape except for military service and hard labor. ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Botong paused deliberately, and saw that everyone was listening attentively to what he was saying, so he sighed heavily and continued: "Alas, dismissal, playing boards, and doing coolies are all easy to say, who made Boyuan anxious for a while, did bad things with good intentions, and violated military regulations." But the problem is that Xiang Mou just looked at the meaning of the Twelfth Master, I am afraid that Boyuan this time is by no means as simple as suffering a little flesh and skin or serving a few years of hard labor. ”

"Big brother, what do you say about this, is it just because this is not a fault at all, the twelfth master still wants to cut off the head of Brother Boyuan?" Cao Bao asked pretending to be surprised.

Xiang Botong nodded when he heard this, and said: "Although the Twelfth Master didn't say it directly, looking at his eyes and expression, I'm afraid that if he doesn't kill Boyuan, he won't give up." ”

"In that case, eldest brother, you should beg the Twelfth Master?" Cao Bao continued, "Although your official position is not high, eldest brother, after all, you are still an old man of the 'Flying Dragon Village', and you have made a lot of contributions to our 'Flying Dragon Army'. Even if the sins of Brother Boyuan will not be spared because of this, at least his life should still be worry-free. ”

"Brother Leopard, do you think Brother Fool didn't ask for it?" Xiang Botong innocently defended, "Brother, I rushed over after hearing the news, when Boyuan had just been tied up by the guards and had not been taken into custody alone. After the elder brother asked the reason for the matter, he felt that there should be a turning point, so he went to plead with the Twelfth Master. What's the matter, no matter how hard my brother and I beg each other, the Twelfth Master is unmoved. Not only did he not reduce Boyuan's guilt, but he also reprimanded me. said that my subordinates are ineffective and my godbrother has no way, and it is really incompetent to be this company commander. After a few days, I will see the twenty-sixth master, in addition to convicting Boyuan's crime, I will also ask my brother about the crime, and at the same time, we will also strictly control our eighth company, if it really doesn't work, we will break up and rebuild. When the time comes, I'm afraid that our brothers will be divided into other companies, and it will be difficult to get together and talk. ”,

Speaking of this, Xiang Botong sighed heavily again, and continued: "It is reasonable for me to be implicated in Xiang Botong because of my own brother's affairs, and I can't blame others. But if I let my brothers suffer because of this, and even tear up more than 100 people in the Eighth Company, that would be my sin to Broadcom. ”

After speaking, Xiang Botong stood up and wanted to make amends to others. Except for the two henchmen, the other officers had already been deceived by Xiang Botong's statement that was three points true and seven points false-except for Xiang Botong, only Cao Bao, the deputy platoon commander of the second platoon who was present at the time, knew the actual course of the incident, and the other officers did not know the reason at all, so they believed what Xiang Botong said.

Now, everyone is deeply sympathetic to what happened to Xiang Botong and his brother, but they are also uneasy about the possibility that Balian will be broken up. At this time, seeing that Xiang Botong wanted to bow to himself to make amends, everyone would naturally not accept his gift, Cao Bao was even more fast, and without waiting for Xiang Botong to bend down, he had already grabbed his side, stretched out his hand to hold Xiang Botong's arm, and said: "This matter is not the fault of the eldest brother, how can the brothers accept the gift of the eldest brother." ”

As he spoke, he helped Xiang Botong to sit down on a chair, and said angrily: "Why are these twelve masters so unreasonable, not only do they want to take Brother Boyuan's life with a small mistake, but also dispose of Brother Xiang, who is not at fault, and even our eight companies will not let go, and they want to dismantle it quickly." ”

"Brother Leopard, don't talk nonsense," Xiang Botong pretended to reprimand, "The Twelfth Master naturally has the reason of the Twelfth Master to do this, how can we as subordinates complain about Shangguan." ”

Cao Bao was lectured to Botong for two sentences and stopped talking, but his expression was still not good-looking.

At this time, I heard Gao Trance say: "According to my brother, the reason why the Twelfth Master seized Brother Boyuan's little mistake to make such a big article is that he wants to use this matter to neutralize our 'Flying Dragon Army'." ”