Chapter 5 Taiping Inn
The next morning, when the first warm rays of sunlight were refracted on Xu Wei's cheeks through the huge white cloud, he was somewhat disturbed by this dazzling light to a dream he began to have the night before when he was hungry and comatose in the cold wind, at that time he was dreaming that he was in the bedroom where he used to be during the day, sitting at the desk, looking through the book (the end of the Qing Dynasty, the way of falling in love), imagining that the woman of ancient times would definitely be fascinated by his kind of graceful, handsome and chic in modern times, and it happened that the college entrance examination had been successfully concludedHe also knew that his final exam results enabled him to enter the university he had longed for for a long time, Nanyang City Culture University, and the score line was stuck in one of his favorite majors. The admission of international business management is online, because he is very eager to enter a huge multinational company in the future, and finally become a veritable senior manager, just when he was a little carried away at this time, his mobile phone suddenly rang, it was a call from his girlfriend Wang Ting, who had been away for a while, saying that she missed Xu Wei very much during this time, and now she was at the door of his house, and wanted him to come out and open the door, so Xu Wei stood up from his original seat and was about to walk out of the bedroom...
With a thud, a large basin of unexpected cold water completely drove Xu Wei back to reality from his dream, he raised his arms that had been raged by the cold wind all night to a little stiff, and used the strength of breastfeeding that he did not often have on weekdays, and wiped his eyes vigorously with his palms, and finally forced them to fight reluctantly..."Still dreaming, it's almost noon, if those Taiping troops are all like you now, our Qing Empire will be able to completely subdue them." The strong man general sneered at Xu Wei, who was still in a daze, with a slight contempt.
"Hmm... It's almost noon, I think it's still early!" Xu Wei replied to the strong man reluctantly and hastily while stretching his waist.
"Shut up for me, I'm almost dying, I still dare to be hard-mouthed, when we go back to the prince's mansion, there must be you good-looking!" The strong man seemed to be particularly angry at Xu Wei's confrontation, so angry that even his own not very white cheeks looked particularly red.
"Subordinates, hurry up and assemble in the center of the camp, hurry!" At the order of the strong man leader, all the soldiers immediately rushed out of the barracks where they had been stationed, and stood very neatly and quickly in the formation they had formed during the previous night's march.
Wow, it turns out that those Qing soldiers are so strict and disciplined, it seems that the current officers and soldiers are so majestic and imposing, in fact, these customs have been passed down from generation to generation in ancient times before this... When Xu Wei saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Go on your horse and keep going!" The strong man leader gave another order, and all the soldiers packed up the camp equipment they had brought before, and the leader, as always, rode the horse to the front of the army, most of the officers and soldiers in the middle carried the camp equipment they carried this time, and a small group of officers and soldiers at the back surrounded the prisoner cart loaded with Xu Wei, and began to continue the long journey to the capital...
This journey back to Beijing was extremely long, and the march was almost overgrown with wild grass around the road, and there was no trace of anyone else in sight, and the soldiers were very tired after a long journey back and forth in the past few days, and some people would suddenly faint to the ground from time to time during the march, so the rhythm and efficiency of rushing back to the capital were also seriously affected. This made the strong man leader look unusually unhappy, and from time to time he loudly insulted the soldiers behind him for being stupid and incompetent to truly contribute to the rise of the Qing Empire.
"Cut, you torture your soldiers so hard to serve you, even if they are all robots, sooner or later they will be completely ruined by you, a dead fat man..."Xu Wei also muttered about this from time to time.
....... I don't know how much time has passed, and I don't know where I am now, but I find that the sky has gradually darkened, the original blue sky has become dark blue, the scene of white clouds, now only the enchanting floating clouds, the soldiers' marching pace is obviously not as neat and powerful as in the daytime, and now they all seem to have lost a battle, with their heads bowed, walking straight forward aimlessly. Xu Wei, who was sitting in the prison car, because he didn't eat or drink anything all night last night, and he was hungry and thirsty from the time he was woken up early in the morning to the time when night fell, so he had begun to realize that he might be sleepwalking, opening and closing his eyes from time to time...... He sensed that he might be really dying.
"General, something is wrong, that prisoner seems to be really about to see the emperor. A soldier who was in the army around saw Xu Wei who was dying in the prisoner car at this time, and shouted loudly in the direction of the strong man leader in front of him.
"What, that stupid man is dying?" the leader of the strong man in front of him asked loudly, "That's easy to do, immediately find someone to take cold water and pour it on his body, can't let him go to see the first emperor so easily, he is our repeat offender, and when the time comes, we must let the prince personally interrogate their group of envoys of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." ”
Then a soldier turned out a pot of white water that seemed to be drinking from behind his back and threw it straight into Xu Wei's face..."You idiot, this is the water we want to drink, what are you using it to splash people?" A soldier next to him couldn't help but curse the soldier who splashed water when he saw this scene.
At this time, Xu Wei was temporarily "rescued" from the first emperor by the splash of water.
"What's the matter, why is it so noisy in the back!" came the question of the strong man leader.
"Report to the general, Shen Fei poured the drinking water that our soldiers drank on the prisoner's body. The soldier who had insulted the soldier Shen Fei before replied.
"Forget it, I thought it was a big deal, and such a trivial matter still had to be reported to me and let me deal with it?"
The strong man said a little angrily.
"I'm sorry, General, we'll settle the matter right away. The soldier immediately became very timid, fearing that his life would be at the risk of his life.
So the two soldiers muttered a few words to each other, and then continued with the army as if nothing had happened before.......
I don't know how long it took, the night has gradually darkened, and the leader of the strong man who took the lead found that if there was no suitable place in front of him where the entire army could settle down, then tonight would put the entire army in a very embarrassing situation, because he was afraid that in this dark time he could not see his fingers, he would be tricked by some Taiping Tian** team who had already been ambushed, even if they could not return to the capital smoothly.
Just as the strong man was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, a slight light suddenly appeared in front of him, and he rode forward a little further, and found a house that seemed to be an inn in front of him.
"Guys, there's an inn not far ahead, we're hurrying now, we're going to get there before it's getting dark. With that, he whipped his mount with his whip, forcing the horse to quicken his pace, and the large army behind him gradually quickened to follow. At this time, Xu Wei seemed to be unconscious in the prison car......
It seemed that it was not long before their army reached the door of the inn, and the sky was completely dark, and even the stars that had appeared the night before had disappeared without a trace tonight.
The brawny leader stepped down from his mount and moved a little closer to the inn, taking a closer look at the building in front of him. This is an inn that seems to have been experienced for a little time, the store does not seem to be too small, it can accommodate hundreds of people, and the exterior is made of mahogany. The leader of the strong man took a few steps forward, raised his head, and by the faint light of the two torches set up at the door, he saw the name of the inn written on the door frame with a horizontal plaque written with a brush, the Taiping Inn.
"Taiping Inn, is it the inn where the Taiping Army is located?" asked the strong man leader at this time
"Except for the last of the prisoners who stayed there to watch him, the rest of you, follow me into the inn and have a look!"
So, the strong man leader walked forward with his head held high, and pushed open the door of the inn...