Chapter 13: The Moon is Dark and the Wind is High on the Night of Murder
Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Gu Xiao returned to Yan'an Mansion again, and almost half a month has passed.
In the past half a month, he has been in this Yan'an Mansion almost all the time, except for his own mansion and military camp, it can be said that he has never been anywhere. Even if there were some gentry who wanted to win over the new general, he basically refused politely.
In this regard, these local gentry in Yan'an Mansion naturally thought that the new general was not interested in these, and some people heard that the Jade Rakshasa Lian Nishang, who was very famous in the entire Yansui Town, was now locked up in the backyard by this general, and they all thought that the new general was now obsessed with this Jade Rakshasa.
In fact, what these people think is also what Gu Xiao wants! In all fairness, Gu Xiao admits that he is certainly not a saint who does not eat fireworks in the world, but he is definitely not a hungry ghost. Removing the true body on the Star Continent, this is already his third reincarnation in this kind of world.
Among so many reincarnations, the first time, he had three women by his side, and the second time there were six or seven women. And after experiencing the first life as Dongfang Sheng, he has long lost that possessive demand for women. Because after understanding what love is, Gu Xiao now begins to try to understand the magic of love.
Even though he knew very well that he had fallen in love with Gu Shuang'er, the love between him and Gu Shuang'er had almost ended before it had fully begun. He didn't know why he and Gu Shuang'er had become like this. There is no interest in knowing.
Because, he never regretted it!
What's the use of regretting? If you can't do it, you can turn back time. Do you make what you think is the right choice?
Everyone has the right to choose, since they have chosen their own path, they must bear the consequences of their choice! He had already understood this, so he hadn't known what regret was for a long time. He will suffer because of his choice, but he will never regret it!
"Kill!" In a military camp outside Yan'an Mansion, thousands of soldiers stood under the leadership of their respective leaders. Keep practicing.
In the barracks, thousands of soldiers are constantly stabbing with guns! These thousands of soldiers were full of energy, constantly practicing with their hearts, and the spears in their hands kept stabbing out. It's as if there really is an enemy standing in front of you. Thousands of soldiers and horses formed a huge phalanx. Between their huge phalanxes, there were still a few people who were constantly patrolling. Once these grim-looking instructors find out that someone is doing something wrong, it will immediately hit them with a stick.
If someone dares to be distracted, the head will be a blow to the head!
If someone tries to quit by being injured, it is impossible! Because, once injured. Then you can only feel sorry for yourself! Unless you are seriously ill, or even the night before. You have been blowing a cool breeze all night, so you have to take medicine and continue to practice at the same time.
At the top of the playground, Gu Xiao looked at the thousands of soldiers and horses below who were practicing strictly, and immediately nodded with satisfaction.
Who would have imagined that the army at his feet was just a rabble almost a month ago, and most of them had not even touched a weapon!
As soon as he arrived in Yansui Town to take office, Gu Xiao was led by Cheng Guo to see the thousands of soldiers and horses nominally assigned to him, but when he saw it, it was all a group of military households who didn't even know how to hold a knife. At that time, Cheng Guo was still a little embarrassed, but said that the soldiers and horses in Yansui Town were basically like this.
In this regard, Gu Xiao believes that because Cheng Guo is not so ignorant after he has just shown goodwill.
And he knows very well that since the Tumubao Change, the Ming Dynasty has been implementing the policy of using literature to control the military, and the military household and even the entire military attache system have been suppressed for more than 100 years. During the Zhengde Dynasty, the military attache power rose because of the Emperor Zhengde, an emperor who liked military affairs, but soon, since the death of the Zhengde Emperor was unknown, the entire military attache system was suppressed again.
After so many years, no one can say how many years the military households of the whole country have been owed military salaries and rations by those sub-civilian officials, anyway, it must be an astronomical amount. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the escape of military households was extremely serious, and the military household system established by Zhu Yuanzhang had completely collapsed.
After taking over those soldiers and horses, you can barely call them soldiers and horses! After all, in the official face, they are indeed a soldier.
Gu Xiao's first order was to order all those who didn't want to be soldiers to go home, and then there were only two or three hundred left of the three thousand soldiers and horses. After that, Gu Xiao immediately recruited simple people from the people as soldiers again, scattered the soldiers and horses he brought, and supplemented them.
Under this model of bringing the old with the new, these 3,000 soldiers and horses finally took shape after spending a month, and they already had the foundation to become an elite army of soldiers and horses.
Of course, in this process, a lot of money was spent, but fortunately, Gu Xiao copied the cottage where he practiced Ni Shang, and in the process of suppressing bandits, he also got a lot of silver. Even though these silver taels did not completely fall into his own hands, and only a part of them were shared, they were already quite considerable.
Fortunately, with the support of this part of the property, he was able to support the good soldiers and horses he had trained.
Since ancient times, there has always been a saying that the poor are rich and martial, as an old Qiu Ba who has been fighting on the battlefield for I don't know how many years, Gu Xiao never expected to be able to train an elite soldier and horse by relying on his own experience, and it was precisely because the training of soldiers and horses was indispensable for the support of silver that he chose to copy the cottage of practicing Ni Dress.
Because in the cottage where you practice neon clothes, there must be a lot of silver.
"Alright, that's all for today." At noon, Gu Xiao saw that the soldiers and horses below had almost practiced, and immediately raised his hand, signaling that the soldiers and horses could stop.
Trample! Trample! Trample!
After leaving the barracks, Gu Xiao immediately set off to return to the mansion, and he had a feeling that in the past few days, it was estimated that it was time for Wang Jiayin and them to come to the door. Because according to the secret reports of his own soldiers, there have been some strangers wandering around the General's Mansion in the past few days.
Moreover, Lian Nishang has also been secretly in contact with some people.
All these signs indicate that it is not far from the time when Wang Jiayin and others come to the door. That's why he's going home so early today. After all, if a guest comes to the door, and he, the host, doesn't even entertain him, wouldn't it be too rude.
"Lian Nishang, when will the guests arrive?" As soon as he entered the door, Gu Xiao saw Lian Ni Dress, and immediately asked with a smile.
Lian Nishang was shocked when he heard this, what did he mean by this? Could it be that Brother Wang, they are here, and they already know about him?
Instinctively, Lian Nishang suspected that Gu Xiao was cheating her, but after noticing the look on Gu Xiao's face that seemed to be smiling and everything was under his control, he immediately gave up this idea. Because she knew that this person already knew it.
"What do you mean by that?" Lian Nishang still planned to test a little, and asked rhetorically at the moment.
Gu Xiao said with a smile: "Since the guests have already arrived, wouldn't it be too rude for me as the host not to entertain them?" ”
"Humph! You dream! Lian Nishang sneered.
Gu Xiao said: "Then let's wait and see!" ”
At night, the cold wind howls.
At this time, it was already October, and it may not seem like much in other places, but in this Yansui Town, almost everyone felt the cold of winter. At the door of the General's Mansion, the cold wind was howling, and the soldiers guarding the door were all subconsciously curled up in a ball.
It's just that no one noticed that above the sky, under the bright moonlight, several black shadows rushed straight into the General's Mansion.
The bright moon, the cold wind, and the dark shadows are intertwined at this moment.
This is really a veritable night of murder in the dark moon and high wind! (To be continued.) )