Chapter 45: The Coming Offense
Night......
Tang Xuanlin took two people back to Kyoto City, the man was sent back to the camp, and everyone who gathered slowly dispersed, leaving only Butong and Left Bank to stay by the kitchen stove, watching the last bit of fire faintly shine on the way to be extinguished, and began to be in a daze in the swaying of the firelight.
"You say, why does Lord Guo also target my general? It was useless for him to fight for military power. Left Bank's eyes glazed over, and he spoke.
Bu Tong looked at the appearance of the charcoal fire burning out, his eyes were already straight, and his chin rested on his knees and replied,
"The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. Besides, it doesn't have to deal with the generals? But if it is confirmed by Xuanlin, it must be that the Ministry of Rites colluded with Sun Qingshan of the Ministry of War, intending to help him seize military power and be loyal to the master above. β
Left Bank said "um", "I think about it, although I think something is wrong, but it is only for the sake of military power, my general is really miserable, loyal to his duty and loyal to the monarch and patriotic without the slightest mistake, but in the end he has become a thorn in the side of those who play with power all day long." β
Bu Tong raised his head a little,
"Because now that the ministers are in charge, the situation is divided, and the generals are not relying on each other, and they have not joined any party, they will naturally be targeted."
Left Bank looked depressed, "It's true that the situation is unstable now, the leader is about the Dongguo Gong faction, although Lin Xiangguo doesn't have much real power in his hands, but there are many protΓ©gΓ©s, and they should not be underestimated; Then there are the three gates of the south, west, and north kingdoms, inherited from generation to generation, in charge of money and silver, is it difficult to do it, Ah Tong wants my general to be inclined to ......"
Butong, who was suddenly awakened, got up and shook his head,
"My father and uncle are not in a party, but the three families have always been close, so they are very close, and they are calculated as a faction by some scheming people in the DPRK, but in fact, the power in the DPRK and China is not the Duke of Dongguo."
Left Bank nodded, "It's clear that Lord Xiangguo is here, but he was robbed of power by such a person, and he only ended up with an empty name." β
Bu Tong thought of the iron-clad old man, and couldn't help but sigh,
"Lin Xiangguo is actually the backbone of the country, and he shouldn't be in such a situation."
The left bank seemed to be a little sleepy, and his eyelids were half-closed, "Lin Xiangxiang is afraid that he has no intention of fighting for power, and he opens a school every spring to teach his children, and the peach and plum are all over the world, and the heart of the old Xiangguo is much more faithful than we think." β
Butong nodded,
"Brother Left Bank, go and rest, you have to get up early tomorrow to make the medicine for the morning."
Left Bank got up in a daze and went to the tent, "Then I will go, I haven't closed my eyes for the past two days, I really can't hold it, my camp is next to you, just call me if you have something." β
Bu Tong agreed to watch him leave, and after thinking about it, he added new wood to the charcoal fire that was about to burn out.
There are many things, you need to be alone to calm down and think clearly, the Ministry of Rites is still the book, why don't you have half an impression of this person?
Lord Guo? Which Guo-sama?
Bu Tong regretted that he was too eager in his previous life, ignoring a lot of fatal details, and now he thinks about it carefully, and he only feels a chill down his spine.
Honeysuckle stepped forward at some point, put a piece of cashmere felt on Butong's body, and whispered concern. "Miss Bu, it's getting late, why haven't you gone to rest yet?"
Butong smiled and motioned for him to sit,
"There's so much going on during the day, my head is a little messy, so I'm here to take a break."
Honeysuckle faced the bonfire on his side, half of his face hidden in the night, a little unreally, "Miss Bu, the villain is curious during the day, where did you get the prescription for treating the pox epidemic?" β
Bu Tong looked up at him with a smile, "Why do you ask that?" β
Honeysuckle didn't seem to expect Bu Tong to ask such a rhetorical question, and was a little stunned and then explained. "It's just that I heard from the medical officers that Miss's prescriptions and prevention methods are quite regular, and the villain thought, is someone giving Miss an idea?"
Butong was instantly alert, but he still had a smile on his face,
"It's just a piece of earth in the countryside, how can there be any guidance from a master, honeysuckle, then again, where did you come to Master Tang?"
Honeysuckle laughed deeply, and it was a little incomprehensible, "Miss Bu has seen outside, why did you suddenly call 'Adult' because of your friendship with my family's overseer?" β
Butong lowered his head, looking like he was pulling into the wool felt, but in fact, he secretly put his hand into his sleeve pocket and pinched a signal left by Tang Xuanlin.
"Brother Honeysuckle misunderstood, I met your family when I talked about the art of war with His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and I don't have a friendship, I just know each other."
Honeysuckle naturally didn't believe it, "Why bother, Miss?" None of us are outsiders. β
Bu Tong smiled and didn't answer, and suddenly saw several black shadows flashing into the camp, got up and shouted,
"Somebody there!"
Those black-clothed people didn't shy away from it, so they walked out with such a big grin, standing with a horizontal knife, Bu Tong turned his head and called,
"Where is the Guardian Guard?"
No one answered, Bu Tong looked at Honeysuckle who was slowly getting up next to him with some astonishment, "It's you ......"
Honeysuckle no longer looks as respectful and cautious as in the daytime, with a little cunning in his eyes, "Yes, it's all because they showed their feet so early, if I can talk to the young lady more." β
Bu Tong's subordinates pinched the signal tightly, and only waited until the right time to throw it out, Honeysuckle suddenly stopped his eyes on Bu Tong's hand, "Miss, don't be impulsive, I still estimate the love of the same door now, but I just stunned them, if Miss called back the person who should not be notified, the villain could only slaughter the camp and escape with Miss as a hostage." β
Bu Tong had to slowly loosen the signal back, and his eyes fell on the tent door on the left bank,
"Honeysuckle, there are all sick and refugees here, why do you embarrass them, just tell me if you need anything."
Honeysuckle smiled and grinned very unfamiliarly, "Then I want Miss to help, kill Wang Wu and a few witnesses, and personally take the rest of the patients into Tokyo City." β
Bu Tong glared at him sharply, "Honeysuckle! Are you crazy?! β
This is to reverse black and white, murder and destroy evidence, if he succeeds, Tang Xuanlin will not only be falsely accused, but he will also take the patient into the city, and the Nanguo Mansion will not be able to escape responsibility.
Honeysuckle glanced at the man in black, the black people dispersed, and soon brought back the trembling informant and the unconscious Left Bank, took out the embroidered spring knife and handed it to Bu Tong, "Miss Bu, you come to choose, is it to keep your brother's best friend, or those flamboyant witnesses?" β
Wang Wu and the others were stunned for a moment, and asked towards Bu Tong in astonishment, "Sir, what's going on?" Isn't he from an official family? β
Bu Tong thought quickly,
"Isn't that obvious enough? Someone was bought by a traitor. β
Wang Wu and the others looked at Bu Tong in surprise, and then looked at the man in black opposite, and suddenly gritted their teeth, "Sir, you just save that official, we have long been ready to die of illness, and now we have to be rescued by Miss, it is already a blessing for three lives, just ask Miss to go to Dongyi City to protect our family, we have no regrets, and this body is like this." β
With that, a few people got up and fought with those men in black who were caught off guard, how could the common people fight the well-trained people with swords in their hands? Soon fell behind, and two people were injured, Bu Tong couldn't help but shout,
"Stop it! Where is January? β
January quickly appeared in front of Butong, followed by an unfamiliar figure, and explained in a low voice,
"Sir, it's February."
There were even unexpected surprises.
Bu Tong asked him softly, "How long can you resist it?" β
January's eyes swept over the people in front of him, "The two pillars of incense are fine." β
Bu Tong nodded and stretched out his hand to throw out two signals in a row, so that Tang Xuanlin would arrive earlier, right?
Honeysuckle looked up at the fireworks that exploded overhead, and then turned around with murderous intent on his face, "The two pillars of incense are solved, Tang Xuanlin can't come back, there are only two of them." β
January and February shot quickly, took the lead in protecting the villagers and the left bank to Bu Tong's side, with these people as the center of protection, Bu Tong lowered his body to look at the left bank, this person slept like a dead pig, hurriedly pinched people, slapped his face, if he could wake up the left bank, it seemed that he could hold on until Tang Xuanlin came back.
The villagers tightly guarded Bu Tong and the left bank behind them in a circle, Bu Tong looked up and saw the flesh on a person's arm, and he didn't care about calling the left bank again, and pulled the man to say urgently,
"Come here, I'll show you the wound."
The man shook his head stubbornly, "Sir, we have rough skin and thick flesh, and this little injury is often present when we work on weekdays, and it is fine." β
Blood fell on the ground drop by drop, Bu Tong's heart began to desolate a little bit, and the last casualties of the dead soldiers in the previous life to protect themselves were vivid.
How can he be, ask others to sacrifice so much in order to protect himself, a kind of guilt slowly grows, Bu Tong began to have some doubts, is it right or wrong to be reborn in his own life, and then stir up this storm?
When the head is in a mess, February's physical strength has been hung in many places, January is quite sensitive, but while avoiding the attack while protecting everyone, seeing that it is about to be unable to deal with it, the villagers in the outer circle continue to be injured, Bu Tong is really a little scared, and Honeysuckle looks like he wants to kill all the insiders......
Suddenly, a silver arrow pierced the night, and nailed a black-clothed man who was wielding a knife towards the villagers to the big tree next to him, Bu Tong looked up in surprise, but saw a person with an arrow and a knife approaching from not far away, squinting at Honeysuckle beckoning everyone to lower themselves,
"No wonder my sister looks at you wrongly, you are really a mole." Bu Yiyang stood with his head held high, his momentum was outstanding, and he stepped forward against the wind,
"With me here, you better run away."
After saying that, the burden on his body was scattered, and the wide knife was inserted into the soil under his feet, and two silver sticks were exposed in the baggage, twisted together to meet the gun, and Bu Tong saw Bu Yiyang with a spear for the first time, and shouted with some excitement,
"Brother, we're here."
Bu Yiyang glanced at her, "My God, I almost didn't recognize it, what kind of dress are you?" β
Bu Tong looked down at his apron and bloodstained dress, it was indeed a little too miserable, and he looked at Bu Yiyang bitterly,
"Brother, that man bullied me."