Chapter 16: Exhaustion
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"In this way, there is a discord between the concubine of the Du family and the head of the Du family......"
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Guan Linhai squinted vaguely in the guest seat, as if discussing with Frank, who was uncomfortable fiddling with his saber in the main seat.
In addition to the two people who were sitting, there were two people standing at the desk, but they were the two captains who were doing the preliminary auxiliary management work in the left and right Sige military fields, Karen and Guan Tietang.
Frank was silent and looked at Karen, who immediately said, "It was not Du Sige himself who had a direct dispute with the Du family's hands, but Captain Qiao Ximing Qiao. He didn't hesitate to make a move, and he also cut off the arm of another lieutenant, which might have made a bigger fuss if Du Sige hadn't come out later. ā
Frank pressed his thumb on the handle of the knife: "Qiao Ximing is Du Tianwen's person, and behind his shot, there must be Du Tianwen's meaning." ā
Guan Linhai nodded: "Not bad! Not to mention what Captain Qiao did, but they just stopped training today, just before the arrival of the Du family, this time is really too coincidental." Moreover, they went to the back room together, but Du Tianwen waited until the matter broke out before returning to the military field, which was obviously a well-designed game. ā
Karen bowed her head extremely respectfully, not refuting the inferences of the two family heads.
"However, this Captain Qiao seems to be really as you said, the murderous spirit is not light!
Frank frowned and shook his head: "What he has on him is death, which is different from murderous energy...... Based on the way I saw him before, he didn't look like such an impulsive person. Karen, what did the man with the severed hand do?"
"My lord, that captain took advantage of Captain Qiao's unpreparedness, and used his ability to hide his breath and tried to sneak attack from behind, which made Captain Qiao furious, so he cut off his right hand. ā
"Sneak attack from behind?" Guan Linhai thought thoughtfully: "This Qiao Ximing is carrying a swaddling baby behind his back, could it be because this captain has misplaced the target of the attack, so he ......"
"Highly likely!"
"But it doesn't matter, the two of them did such a scene, and they did achieve their goal. Not to mention that the original four hundred reserve sergeants have returned to their hearts, half of the people sent by the Du family are now in their hands, and two of the four new captains have been seriously injured, and the control of the Zuo Sige military field is still firmly in their hands. ā
"Act decisively, it seems that the Du family is not so useless. Frank nodded, but said a word of praise.
Guan Linhai smiled: "This Du Tianwen's image of the son, I'm afraid that he deliberately put on a layer of disguise, after all, after him, Du Qisheng gave birth to a younger brother, if he behaves too sharply, then Du Qisheng will not be able to tolerate his existence." ā
"Hmm......" Frank's eyes flickered, and after a while, he looked at another person, Guan Tietang, and asked, "What about the situation in the right Sige military field?"
Guan Tietang immediately replied: "The 100 gray troops before Qin Sige were all official soldiers, and yesterday the Qin family had 500 soldiers, and now there are 600 in their hands, and the captains who came forward to manage them have already been assigned, and they are practicing in the military field every day, and the discipline is very strict." ā
"What about the reservists?"
"The previous purchase didn't seem to go well, and they didn't seem to have the idea of continuing to train reserve sergeants, and now there are only a hundred reservist sergeants in the right Si Ge military field, doing chores in the military field every day. ā
"What about Qin Ziyu?"
"Military drills are generally done by those captains, and Qin Sige does not come forward, according to the gray military captain, Qin Sige has been practicing. ā
"Cultivation?" Frank and Guan Linhai glanced at each other: "This Qin Ziyu's temperament has inherited the tradition of the Qin family, but it is ......"
Frank's thumb pushed out the hilt of the knife again: "For the general but not the army, if it is not all the team within his family, such an attitude is really useless for the leader!"
Guan Linhai suddenly laughed: "Didn't you like his temperament before?" Besides, Du Tianwen hadn't been to the military field a few times, and all the military drills were lost to Qiao Ximing. ā
Frank shook his head: "These two are different. Everyone knows that behind Qiao Ximing is Du Tianwen, as long as Qiao Ximing can convince the public, then Du Tianwen will naturally have control over the army. ā
"And the Qin family's gray army has already had its own system, and it is actually the name of the head of the family that obeys. Although Qin Ziyu is the only heir to the next head of the Qin family, it is only for now, Qin Yulin can sit in the position of the head of the family for at least ten years, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no one more during this time, and it is not wise not to control the rights of the army in advance. ā
Listening to this tirade, Guan Linhai smiled helplessly: "You are still good at the management of the army, I won't intervene." In this way, you are more optimistic about Du Tianwen now?"
This topic is already considered confidential, but Karen and Guan Tietang are both confidants, and they are not shy about it, they just stand quietly on the sidelines and listen to the discussion between the two family heads.
"No!" Frank decisively denied: "Although Qin Ziyu is now relying on his father's Yu Yin, he can still be regarded as his own strength, and even if Du Tianwen is ambitious, the road he has to take is several times more difficult than Qin Ziyu, which cannot be solved by acting in one or two scenes." ā
Guan Linhai didn't object, nodded and said, "However, there is not much time left for us to choose, this choice must be made before recovering Xinfan Town, otherwise it will not be of much significance." Brother Chang's meaning is mostly not the Qin family or the Du family, but Du Tianwen, the concubine. However, this choice is a bit risky. ā
"Wealth is in danger, but if it is too dangerous, it is not good. ā
Frank frowned, "So what do we do?"
This question silenced the atmosphere in the room.
After a while, Guan Linhai narrowed his eyes: "The time for the black wood forest to clean up is almost up, right?
"If you lose, then what Brother Chang said is not that he may not be able to say!"
......
When he returned to Zuo Sige's Mansion with Du Tianwen, Qiao Ximing had been closing his eyes in the chariot to recuperate, and although Du Tianwen, who was sitting opposite him, felt bored, he didn't bother him.
When he came out of Guan Xin's room, although Qiao Ximing's expression did not change much, his complexion was pale and abnormal.
Although it is not broken or standing, the broken base san did leave vitality in Guan Xin's body, allowing him to have the introduction to enter the military level, but the injuries to his body are still serious, and it can even be said that there are countless hidden injuries, and the doctor who invited him only prescribed a prescription for recuperation, but it took a full nine months to recover.
This kind of time cost is too expensive, and Qiao Ximing, who is in urgent need of a sergeant, can't wait. Therefore, after Guan Xin accepted Biao Yandu's gift, Qiao Ximing did not hesitate to use his vitality to treat his injuries.
This method is not simple, not only does it require extremely high vitality control skills, but at the same time, a large amount of vitality loss will also cause a heavy physical burden on the casting party, which is why Qiao Ximing's face became pale.
In just half an hour, the vitality he used had almost reached the limit of his body.
Du Tianwen originally wanted to mock him with words similar to overindulgence, but the groom next to him whispered two words in his ear and stopped talking.
When he arrived at Zuo Sige's Mansion, Qiao Ximing's face was not much better, so Du Tianwen said, "Let Xiao Honghua cook you some ginseng soup, right?"
Little Red Flower is one of Qiao Dingtong's two younger sisters, the other is called Little Orchid, the two are twins, one has a reddish hair color and the other has a blue color. After being brought back to the house by Deputy Butler Du, he was simply assigned to Qiao Ximing to be a maid, but according to his cold temperament, the two girls actually had nothing to do every day, but they were very idle.
Qiao Ximing shook his head: "No need, just take a rest." ā
A few traces of worry flashed in Du Tianwen's eyes, but he still nodded and said, "Okay, then you can rest early today!"
Qiao Ximing nodded lightly, didn't say more, turned around and went back to his room, the little red flower and the little orchid at the door stood timidly, and then as soon as the door closed, the two girls breathed a sigh of relief, but thinking that there was a young master of the Du family nearby, they immediately interlocked their fingers again, and they didn't dare to move nervously.
Fortunately, Du Tianwen didn't stay long, just watched it for a while and left, and the two girls were completely relieved.
This unfamiliar environment, coupled with the absence of their brother's company, really made the twins a little worried. However, although Qiao Ximing was cold, he didn't have any strange requests, and Qiao Dingtong said good things when he came to see them, which made them a little less afraid.
But tension is inevitable after all.
......
In the room, Qiao Ximing was already lying down with his swaddling clothes in his arms, his eyes were closed, and his eyebrows were frowning from time to time.
At the end of this day, he was indeed tired, not only to treat Guan Xin's physical fatigue, but also to have violent fluctuations psychologically because of Captain She's sneak attack.
The serpent-like sting provoked a flash of memory fragments, and after falling asleep, it began to dance like a demon in a dream:
In the year 216 of the abandonment of the boat, the 14th of the seventh month, the age of 12.
In the dark of the night, thunderstorms were blowing, and the lightning was like the silver spear of the god of the boat, mixed with the torrential rain and shining with a terrible light, and the people of the whole city hid in their houses, listening to the roar from the sky with fear.
Only in the largest mansion, the figure flickered.
Listening to the terrible cry that was not obvious under the roar of thunder, the boy curled up in the haystack of the stables, his body trembling.
Dozens of minutes ago, the woman handed the swaddling clothes into his hands with a reluctant smile.
"Take your sister and hide, promise me that you won't let anyone find you, okay?"
Ominous and fearful emotions spread in the boy's heart, but he could not refuse the woman, nodded, and ran to the stable in a panic to hide.
Lightning and thunder, a glare of lightning, through the cracks in the door wall of the stables, twisted like countless demons and monsters. The boy covered the baby's ears and gritted his gums to relieve the tremors of his body.
Every minute of the night was as hard as being around the drunken man, and even if there was no rude and ugly shouting, or wanton whipped by the pimp, the fear that came from the heart was not a penny.
The boy didn't know what was happening in the mansion, but the gloomy feeling of being covered by the thunderstorm filled his eyes with tears of fear.
"It's okay, it's okay...... Qian'er ...... obediently"
The thin voice trembled, but he didn't know whether to soothe the wrinkled little face in the swaddling clothes, or to comfort his heart.
Fortunately, despite the thunder, the baby in the swaddling clothes is still very well-behaved.
Until, the footsteps at the door of the stable sounded!
"Did you find it?"