Chapter 30: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
The main tent of the Chinese army, Bu Tong was guarded by the left bank, and Tang Xuanlin and the others were nervously tied wrists, and secretly gritted his teeth, "You shouldn't pity him, you deserve his name as a thief for a hundred years, and there is no corpse." β
Tang Xuanlin smiled at her with a reassuring smile.
Left Bank frowned when he heard this, "What are you talking nonsense about little girl, you don't know what my general is ......?"
Before he finished speaking, Lie Zhanhu came in, swung back left and right, and the left bank let go of Bu Tong's sword and stepped forward, but the blade was towards Tang Xuanlin.
Bu Tong was shocked, looking at Tang Xuanlin's head stalking, his heart was not good, he stepped forward and didn't know where the strength came from, pushed the left bank to the side, stretched out his arms like a little hen guarding his cubs, and firmly protected Tang Xuanlin and them behind him.
"No, who dares to touch him!"
Tang Xuanlin's stunned eyes flickered and turned his head to look at the lively Lie Zhanhu,
"General Lie, are you still watching there? Is it enough to make a show now? β
Lie Zhanhu strode forward, carrying Butong aside like a chicken, triumphantly,
"I'll just say that you have a lot of relationship, and you still don't admit it?"
Left Bank looked at it mockingly, and swung his sword to cut the rope, "Sister Bujia, the general is a spy who is worried about the people in the army and the court, so he made a deliberate appearance, why can't you see it?" β
A tear rolled in Butong's eyes, these people who were in the mood to joke about the catastrophe were still in the mood? Trying to calm down, "Then I'm going to ask you, how can I see that?" Where can you see it? β
Left Bank tilted his head, "Who are you going to be in the camp of the handsome?" I don't know it, but I understand it. β
The man with a hood covering his face behind Tang Xuanlin suddenly lifted his cloak and stepped forward, waving his palm on the left bank's head, and a familiar voice sounded, "How dare you bully my sister, do you know this, can she know?" β
Saying that, Bu Yiyang saluted Lie Zhanhu, and by the way, he rescued Bu Tong from his big hand and hid behind him.
"General, you too, you can see it when you see it, why scare my sister, she is an adult, and the little girl is timid and small, what should I do if I am frightened?"
Bu Tong tilted his head from behind Bu Yiyang to look at him, "Are you really my eldest brother?" Why are you with Xuan and Master Tang? β
Bu Yiyang touched his nose, "Lord Tang found some evidence of the deeds of the Zhenguo Gong and the Ministry of War, and I came to see it, and asked me to come to the camp to find the general, and I came." β
Bu Tong raised his eyebrows, and looked like Tang Xuanlin over the layers of people, only to see that the person slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, as if he was smiling faintly, Bu Yiyang followed Bu Tong's line of sight and looked over,
"I don't know, when Tong'er had a friendship with Lord Tang, and he maintained it like this, but it scared me, and I had no choice but to be tied hand and foot, if the left bank's subordinates didn't count, what would it be good to hurt you."
The left bank was stared at with a big head, and quietly looked down at his armor and didn't dare to squeak, and the battle tiger waved his hand,
"The thoughts of your daughter's family, you don't have to ask more as an elder brother, only when your sister protects him, can you see what he has done to protect your sister? The moment I recognized you, only the Left Bank noticed, and you should all these things be just a sentence of friendship? Sit down, and if you are innocent, your sister will be angry and beat you. β
Bu Yiyang stepped forward and sat down in a daze, and then looked back at the left bank,
"A'an, what does the general mean by this?"
Left Bank, who was also puzzled, shook his head, "I don't know. β
Tang Xuanlin sat down and coughed lightly,
"General Lie, yesterday my son took down the steward of a town and country, and searched out the twelve golden orders written by His Majesty from his residence, and the person has been detained, what is the general's plan?"
Lie Zhanhu squinted his eyes slightly and pondered, "Zhenguo Gong? Sheikh Cloud? β
Bu Yiyang hurriedly responded, "Exactly, general, the military power of the Zhenguo Mansion is falling, and the general has long been eyeing the general, and now the army is running out of food and water, forcing the general to have no choice but to take the hat of a 'rebel' to suppress it." β
Lie Zhanhu's eyes stopped on Bu Tong's side, Bu Tong's big watery eyes were shining brightly, and they fell straight on Tang Xuanlin's face, and he didn't move away for a moment, Bu Yiyang looked at his sister opposite very badly, and coughed a few times but didn't react, so he had to sigh and look away.
Lie Zhanhu reached out and touched his chin,
"What is Miss Bujia's opinion?"
Tang Xuanlin raised his eyebrows slightly when he looked at it, and Bu Tong's heart trembled unexpectedly, and then he woke up,
"I don't have any opinions, I just think that this Zhenguo Gong is really powerful, obviously he has no real power in his hands, and there is a bastard son who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, how can he have such a scheming skill, and he actually calculates that the general is desperate."
Tang Xuanlin knew that Bu Tong said this on purpose, and took out a letter from his chest,
"General, please take a look, this is a letter written by a person named Sun Xiao, a person named Sun Xiao, a protΓ©gΓ© of Sun Qingshan, to Zhenguo Gong, saying that on the day of the Yuan Festival, the rebels need to clear the list of officials."
"Rebel purge list? Could it be that those men predicted when I would lead my army into the city, and disguised themselves as my men and horses to eradicate dissidents? Lie Zhanhu sat up straight.
Tang Xuanlin looked at Bu Tong's sleepy appearance and smiled lightly, "General, I'm afraid that as soon as the Beiguo Gong's personal soldiers arrive, even if the general is still in the camp, there will be a team of sergeants claiming to be under his command in Kyoto City, wantonly slaughtering civilians, attracting the Beiguo Gong's men and horses to confront the general." β
Lie Zhanhu slapped the book case with one palm, "Vertical son dares!" β
Bu Tong was awakened, looking at Lie Zhanhu's appearance, he reluctantly continued, "The general has been on the battlefield for a long time, why should he be angry for such a small night, he must have a plan to deal with it." β
"That's right," Bu Yiyang's eyes lit up, "Don't worry, general, my family Tong'er is quite proficient in the art of war, and she wrote me half a book of war before, which is very subtle, she must have an idea." β
"Book of War?" The Left Bank came interested, "What military book?" β
Bu Yiyang turned around and bragged to him, Bu Tong looked at the gazes from Tang Xuanlin and Lie Zhanhu, and smiled awkwardly, "Fur, it's just fur." β
As a result, he was modest, and the two people opposite him showed a faint smile, and Butong hurriedly straightened up.
"Tong'er has a humble opinion, it is better to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, and take advantage of the time of these few days to find out where the team raised by the Lord Zhenguo is, so that as long as the general's men and horses do not move, there will be no other soldiers in the city, and naturally there will be no rebellion."
Lie Zhanhu frowned, "Since you dare to train your troops privately, such a disobedient and disrespectful thing must be extremely careful, and most of them will not be easily found, besides, the next Yuan Festival will only come in six days, and most of them will be fruitless." β
Bu Tong looked at Tang Xuanlin, who was there with the old god, and smiled happily,
"Master Tang will have a way, right?"
Tang Xuanlin and Bu Tong looked at each other and smiled, "The general can rest assured, my subordinates are already checking, and in the afternoon of three days, the general disguised himself to ten miles outside the city, there is a tea pavilion, and he will come with news at that time." β
Lie Zhanhu was a little suspicious, Bu Yiyang nodded at him,
"General, Master Tang is credible."
Bu Tong fell into a terrible memory, ten miles of tea pavilion outside the city, isn't that the place where he committed suicide in his previous life?
Seeing this, Tang Xuanlin got up,
"If there is no other matter, then I will escort Miss Bu back to the house, and if it is too late, don't be noticed by the house."
"Master Tang," Bu Yiyang interrupted him, his eyebrows and eyes distant, "I'll take my sister back to the house, so I won't trouble Lord Tang." β
Bu Tong glanced at his brother behind his back, fell into the eyes of Lie Zhanhu, couldn't help laughing, and commanded the left bank to send everyone away.
In the end, Bu Tong couldn't say a word to Tang Xuanlin, Bu Yiyang took her back to his yard and handed her over to the anxious Chun Tao, and instructed by the way,
"In the future, I will have little contact with that Tang Xuanlin, although he has not been in the office for a long time, but this person is ruthless and ruthless, but he is not a gentle person, not to mention, not to mention ......"
I don't like others to say that he is not good, Bu Tong is a little depressed, "What's more?" β
Bu Yiyang stepped forward and whispered, "What's more, he is a eunuch, he used to be a steward in the Four Princes' Mansion, but he was just born with a good skin, and he can't be a husband, why should his sister provoke him?" β
Bu Tong was displeased, "Brother's words don't make sense, Lord Tang saved me and has a great favor with me, so I have to repay it well, how can I take it out and talk about it because of some ineffective defects." β
After Bu Tong finished speaking, he didn't care about what Bu Yiyang said later, he just said: "Chun Tao, let's go." β
Then he turned and went back to his room.
Leaving Bu Yiyang Wu in place for a long time without reacting......
Chun Tao followed behind Bu Tong and muttered, "Miss, did you scare me today?" That Lord Tang came to you, I only then knew that you didn't go to Dongchang at all, to say that what Gongzi said is also right, that person is really not a gentle person, the day before yesterday in the alley, he killed someone with just a slight movement of his legs......"
The words stopped abruptly, because the moment Chun Tao opened the door for Bu Tong, he saw a figure in black cloud brocade standing there, who else could it be if it wasn't Tang Xuanlin who Chun Tao was complaining about.
Bu Tong smiled and went over to hug him, "Xuanlin, I didn't have a good word with you this night, I'm almost suffocated." β
Chun Tao wanted to cry and stood at the door without tears, at a loss.
Tang Xuanlin smiled and stretched out his hand to hand over a paper bag,
"When I went out of the city today, I bought a roast goose from a stall on the outskirts of the city."
Although I was afraid, although the scene in the alley the day before yesterday was vivid, although I had just said bad things about others, but the tempting aroma of food wafted out, Chun Tao couldn't help it, and reached out to take it, "Thank you Lord Tang for always remembering, I'll go and prepare a hot bath for Miss." β
Chun Tao quickly hugged her roast goose and slipped away, and Bu Tong pulled Tang Xuanlin to sit down, "If you always come at night, Chun Tao is afraid that she will become a ball." β
Tang Xuanlin smiled and reached out to pull a little of Butong's collar, "Injured?" β
Bu Tong stretched out his hand to touch it, and there was no bleeding, but when he encountered the masked left bank for the first time, he was resting on the side of his neck with a sharp blade, and there were some reddish indentations on this side.
"It's okay, it's all the brainless one, I will definitely tell my brother in the future and slap him again."
Tang Xuanlin's distressed gaze moved away, "Are you frightened today?" β
Butong grinned,
"Not really, the people under General Lie treated me politely, but when you came, I was shocked."
Tang Xuanlin suddenly put away his smile, "Tong'er, I was also when Lie Zhanhu said that he was going to take us to the camp for interrogation, and I saw him make a look at Yi Yang at the same time. β
Bu Tong was stunned, "Why don't you just let your brother come out and explain?" β
Tang Xuanlin smiled, rarely looking a little naΓ―ve, "I was in a hurry, I forgot about it." β
In a hurry, that is to say, Tang Xuanlin, who was so arrogant, knelt down in front of the soldiers without hesitation for himself, out of a subconscious instinct of protection......
"Tang Xuanlin, thank you."