Hundred Mile Brothers: Awakening Chapter 6: Keeping the Promise
"Everybody's heard! everybody's heard!" shouted loudly.
"The emperor has decreed that our previous behavior of switching on and off the mutual market was a wrong act of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and it must be changed this time. The main culprits such as Su Lie and Sheng, who sent out the wrong traitors, have been dismissed from their posts and questioned, but because they have probably died on the battlefield, they will not be overly investigated. Now, the Great Wall is under the full authority of Chief Pei. ”
Baili Shoujo tilted his head and looked at the big fat man holding the huge microphone, not having the slightest interest in his order. That microphone doesn't actually have the function of increasing the sound, it's just hollowing out a bowl and shouting from the small hole to the direction of the big hole, and in the end, it still relies on the big voice of the dead fat man.
Since Baili changed his name to Baili Shou because of his promise, he can be regarded as joining the Great Wall Guards, but he can only be regarded as an external staff, in fact, he is a volunteer without subsidies. Most people are reluctant to do this kind of work: "What? In that case, why do you want us to do it? Wouldn't it be better for you to protect yourself, and if we go into the Great Wall, let you protect it?"
However, Baili Shou is different, his purpose is no longer simple, what he wants is to find an opportunity, and go deep into the Western Regions to find Xuan Ce when the Great Wall switch is out to fight, not just to fight back against the demon seed and the enemy country.
Now Baili Shou is no longer so simple and not good at falsification, his mind has been buried deep in his heart, if it is easy for people to see his true thoughts, he doesn't have to stay here.
The big fat man's gaze swept over the expressionless Baili Shouyue and the others, and no matter what he and the others thought, he directly led everyone to brag about that Chief Pei, saying that he had any martial arts and heroic skills, and it made Baili Shouyue's ears hurt. He didn't expect that most of the soldiers would be so eager to brag about the merits of Chief Pei, and it is estimated that most of them have never seen him at all.
"People, after all, are like this. Thinking of this, Baili Shouyue shook his head helplessly, and at the same time showed a bitter smile. At this moment, a sturdy figure suddenly appeared, and as soon as the big fat man saw him on stage, he immediately respectfully asked everyone to focus on this person.
"It turns out that he is Chief Pei. Although Baili Shouyu was very disdainful of these officials, he was also quite curious about this Chief Pei who could become the leader of the border pass. After all, in his opinion, no matter how mediocre the emperor was, he would not send someone who had no ability to guard such an important place as the Great Wall. So he looked at Chief Pei carefully.
This Chief Pei looks like a literati, if it weren't for the fact that he had several scars on his face and was wearing armor, normal people would think he was a literati when they met him. Baili Shouyue listened to the people around him, it turned out that this Chief Pei was the same as the previous General Su Lie, and he was ······ This Chief Pei seems to be a protégé of General Su Lie.
"Protégé?" Baili Shouyu couldn't help but think of the previous rumors, it seemed that the chief Pei in front of him had succeeded in taking the position by reporting General Su Lie.
"What's that!" Baili Shouyu scolded in his heart, in his opinion, what a shameless act it was to betray his division commander to obtain his own benefits. Besides, Su Lie's reputation is good, and whether this is betrayal or slander is still inconclusive.
Although this Chief Pei looks pretty good, his speech is also very decent, and he seems to be very popular. But the more he watched it, the more unbearable he became, and he finally squeezed through the crowd and walked to the open space on the side. He looked back at the crowd again, and secretly sighed in his heart: "If we are really incompetent, no matter how hard we try, it will be useless······
"My agreement this time is not just for Xuan Ce, I want to find him. I still have to defend our homeland, and if the Emperor sends a useless leader to lead us, the Great Wall will be in great danger. So······ If he is a useless person, then it is fine, if he is really a person who harms the generals, then for the sake of the Great Wall, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, he must not be kept!"
Thinking of this, Baili Shouyu has already made up his mind, and will go to check the details of this Chief Pei at night.
The moon is gone, and the night is deep.
Baili Shouyu clinged to the wall of the Great Wall, and slowly moved to the big tent where Chief Pei was. Although he knew that he could be invisible, he would not venture in, and in such a quiet night, even if he couldn't see it, he could hear it. Baili Shouyue was tall and strong, and if he walked directly inside, it was estimated that the sound would attract several groups of vigilant patrols. So he lowered himself and crept closer to the tent.
The voice of the big fat man in the morning came from inside again: "Sir Pei, today's emperor's reward decree has officially come down, and the soldiers below also seem to be very convinced of you." In addition, most of the demon seeds seem to have retreated, which is really a joy for everyone, hahahaha. ”
Baili Shou leaned outside the tent, and peered in by the faint light. I saw that there was a golden and silver silk full of rewards on the seat, except for a holy decree, and I don't know whether it was looted or rewarded. Seeing this, Baili Shouyue smiled secretly: "I don't know if you can have a good conscience with these military rewards?"
"Seal everything up. Chief Pei's tone was very dull, and he could clearly hear the sadness in it. Baili Shouyu listened, and immediately showed joy: "Very good, it seems that you also have your troubles!"
The big fat man obviously didn't quite understand what Chief Pei meant, and just looked at him in dismay. Seeing that he didn't move, Chief Pei glared at him and said, "Let you seal them all, didn't you hear?" The big fat man let out an "oh", and then he reluctantly smashed the gold, silver and jewelry into the iron box next to him.
"Remember to seal them up, the tighter the better. Chief Pei put his legs across the table, and at the same time leaned only on the wooden chair, lying very comfortably, as if thinking about something. Seeing that he frowned, Baili Shou didn't know what he was worried about, so he couldn't help but get closer.
"Sir······ The big fat man reluctantly closed the iron box, but he was unwilling and confused to ask Chief Pei.
Chief Pei sighed and didn't look at him, as if he was talking to himself: "These military exploits are not ours, and I can't use them." ”
"So what?" said the big fat man, arguing fiercely, "although these are all the work of that traitor······"
"What did you say?" Chief Pei suddenly dropped his legs, slapped the table and pointed at the big fat man and shouted. The big fat man was drunk by him like this, hurriedly held his head in his hands, half-squatted down and said, "No······ Nothing ······."
"Hehehehe······" Chief Pei suddenly laughed sarcastically. Baili Shoujo could hear that he was mocking himself.
"You must think I'm hypocritical, right?" Chief Pei looked at the big fat man with a sad face, and said slowly: "Yes, it was I who reported my commander, General Su Lie, and I reported my division commander······ That's why I was able to take his place······"
As he spoke, two lines of tears slowly fell from his eyes. Chief Pei didn't make any move to wipe it, just coughed a few times, and then said in a hoarse voice: "But this is my agreement with the general······ If it is someone else who slanders him, then the duties of the Great Wall guard will fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives. ”
The big fat man almost lowered his head, but his eyes kept staring at Chief Pei wide, and the doubts in his eyes had long disappeared, replaced by a feeling that seemed to be pondering something.
Baili Shouyue seemed to understand something, and said in his heart: "Could it be that there is another secret in this, or is this guy acting by himself?" No, no······ I'll have to look at it again. ”
"It's a promise. Chief Pei wiped his tears and said, "My promise to the general." Since the opening of the mutual market, there have always been troubles in the market, and there have long been people in the court who have bad intentions and want to profit from it by replacing the general. The general and I are to blame for this······ Never bribe them······ We don't have the money to bribe them······" He choked up as he spoke.
"The general's friend, Lord Shisen, delivered a message to him. At that time, a demon seed appeared in Guan City, and Thousand Cave City and Jade City were also attacked by demon seeds. The general knew that the catastrophe had come, and in that case, sacrifices had to be made. The general chose to go to atone for his sins, leaving me to continue guarding the Great Wall. Yes, there are really not many people that the general can trust. But he didn't know what a difficult choice it was for me······"
"Do you know the promise?" Chief Pei suddenly walked to the big fat man's side and pulled him up, the big fat man's small eyes rolled around in his eyes, and he finally obeyed Chief Pei.
Chief Pei sighed: "This is my promise to the general, guard the Great Wall, even if I die, the Great Wall must be defended." As long as the Great Wall is there, the hometown is there. These are all earned by the general's desperate struggle, and even if I have not promised him, I will defend for him. Do you understand?"
"Commitment ······" Baili Shouyu's eyes were also moist, he no longer had the intention of killing Chief Pei, he knew that he didn't know how he left, just wandering and wandering aimlessly, and before he knew it, he came to the city tower.
Tonight, the moon is dark.
"Xuan Ce, where are you, I'······ I remembered my promise again. I'm going to ······ this time."
"General, where are you, don't worry. I will definitely keep my promise to you. ······ by all means."
"Keep the promise. ”