"Brother, you died so miserably." The melodious and rhythmic cries echoed across the deserted battlefield.

Dead bodies strewn across the wilderness, and a young soldier in a straight-clad shirt and a crooked helmet crawled over the corpses. Every time he passed a corpse, he stopped and wept a few times, groping for the corpse.

This was another historical conflict between the Zhao State and Great Xia, and the scale was not large, and the two sides dispatched a total of several thousand people, but also left a hundred and ten people to die here.

The young man's name is Wu Gan, and he is a servant of the Dingyuan City Xiang Army.

The servant army has long been in the Zhao army, and it is necessary to serve the soldiers in the army on weekdays, transport baggage and act as a death squad in wartime, so when there is a war, the fastest and most dead are the servants.

The boy did not volunteer in the army, and lived in a place called Dafeng Village since he was a child. Dafeng Village is a cottage where a gang of bandits gather, robbing homes and houses, blocking roads and robbing money. The boy was still in his infancy, and he didn't know who left him in front of the walled door.

When someone picked it up, there was nothing else except a jade pendant around his neck. Although they were all bandits, such a chubby, jade-like person fell in front of him, but he couldn't bear to ignore it, and was bitten by the tiger and leopard in the mountain.

So, someone in the village was kind-hearted, brought it back, and handed it over to the family in the village to take care of. This family eats two bites, and that family lives for a few nights, but it is slowly growing up.

Because there was nowhere to come, the people in the village gave it the nickname of the stone pendant. No matter how old he is, this child was born with beautiful eyebrows, smart and clever, and some learned people in the village gave him the name of Wu Qian.

But soon, the people in the village found that this young man, who seemed harmless to humans and animals, had a bad stomach, beat stuffy sticks, drugged, stole chickens and dogs, lifted tiles and pry windows, and was all fine.

It's no wonder that there are a bunch of killers around him, and the truth that those who are close to ink are black is also applicable to Wu Gan.

Every time they saw Wu Gen pass by with that innocent face, the people in the village were pleased. Dafeng Village will eventually have a successor, such a bad material, and he is born to be the material for the wicked.

As the second generation of bandits, Wu Gen originally thought that in a few years, he would be a rudder mover and a military advisor, and he would be regarded as one of the four beams and eight pillars in the village, and he would not have to go out to fight for his life, and his life future would be bright.

It's just that when he was fourteen years old, this dream was shattered, and the officials and soldiers of Dingyuan City came.

An attack was like a devastation, the stockade was swept away, some people were killed, some were captured, and the bandits scattered like birds and beasts.

Wu Gan was caught by the official army.

This is actually because of his greed, taking advantage of the panic, he ran to the public treasury of the village to loot, got a lot of property, and finally wrapped a burden that was taller than himself.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were here, they were also a little anxious, hiding in a muddy quagmire behind the stockade, leaving only a reed tube to breathe outside.

It's a pity that this clumsy method was discovered by an official and military commander named Zhang Yuan, after all, the huge burden is very conspicuous even in muddy water. An arrow came, and Wu Jian had to walk out of the mud in embarrassment.

Zhang Yuan saw that he was still a doll, but he was not ruthless, so he was arrested and made his own servant.

In today's battle with the Great Xia Kingdom, most of the people who died were people from the Zhao Kingdom.

It is not surprising that whoever makes the soldiers of the Great Xia State brave is no wonder in the name of a great country. Zhao Guoli was weak, mostly on the defensive, and was attacked in a hurry, and many soldiers died.

Wu Gen had already escaped, although he was a servant, but Zhang Yuan saw that he was young, but he also took good care of him, and escaped back on horseback with his neck.

The two sides dismissed the troops, and the corpses of those soldiers were collected into the ground, and the servants were abandoned, in case the Great Xia Kingdom killed a horse pistol again.

Back in the camp, Wu Gen took leave with Zhang Yuan, saying that he was too frightened and wanted to rest early. When he agreed, he turned around and returned to the battlefield to collect the belongings of the dead.

The servants had no money, and only five pounds of rough grain per month. The property that Wu Gen brought out from the village was confiscated, and now he is hanging the pot and beating the bell, and he is so poor that he rings.

These servants did not dare to hide in the camp on weekdays, and the only property they had with them was Wu Gan's idea of making money from the dead.

Touching a corpse, there were gradually more copper coins and broken silver in the bag that Wu Yan was carrying behind him, and all those who seemed to be worth some money laughed at.

However, Wu Gen also preached morality, and whenever he found the corpse of money or goods, he would put three branches and three stones next to it as a sacrifice. sprinkled a handful of soil again, and kept chanting in his mouth, "Into the soil is safe, not in love with the yang world." ”

After searching for a long time, looking at the bag that only contained a small half of things, Wu Yan was a little deflated.

Suddenly, Wu Gan's eyes lit up, and there was a person lying on his stomach in front of him, looking at his exposed white beard, which should be a veteran of the army for many years. This kind of person has been fighting in the army for many years, and he has already become a soldier, and he must have a lot of accumulation.

Crawling to his side, as usual, Wu Yan howled a few times, turned the corpse over, and then put his hands up and down on it, and pinched it little by little along the clothes outside.

The corpse's face was covered with blood, and it was impossible to see it. I touched it all the way to my waist, but I still found nothing.

"Poor ghost, he doesn't even put money on his body, and he has no money to spend when he goes down to the underworld." Wu Yan scolded and put his hand under his crotch to see if he had been captured. Some people in the military like to sew pockets on their underwear, and valuable things are hidden inside.

"Huh?" Wu Gan's body stiffened, his hand stopped, and the corpse was still hot.

"Dog's day, stealing a living with Mo Ye." The corpse sat up, blowing his beard and shouting and scolding.

"Ah, it's a corpse." Frightened, Wu Yan screamed, took off the iron helmet on his head, grabbed it and smashed it on the corpse's face.

No wonder he was surprised, it was really this guy with a bloody face, and he sat up suddenly, and the two of them were face to face, and there was only a distance of less than a foot in between.

"Rabbit cub, so vicious, he actually kills people and takes money." The corpse fell down in pain, covering its face and rolling on the ground.

grabbed the knife on the ground next to him casually, pointed to the corpse that was still screaming in pain, Wu Gen also understood, this person was not dead, and asked tentatively: "Is it still yang, or ......" Could it be that this person has a big life, passed out, got a breath of yang qi, and came back to life.

The corpse wiped his face and wiped the blood stains on his face, "Fart back to yang, Lao Tzu and you are the same livelihood, at first I thought it was someone from the Great Xia Kingdom, and Lao Tzu pretended to die here for a long time, and he didn't dare to come out." ”

Rubbing his dark eyes, he said indignantly: "Sun Tzu, it's really ruthless, and you almost died here." No, you're going to have to pay me for the medicine and give me half of what is in your pocket. ”

Wu Gen looked at the other party with a smile, and the knife in his hand pulled a knife flower, "Lao Tzu beat his son, it has been righteous since ancient times, and he still wants to ask for money." No matter how verbose you are, even if you are doomed, I will get rid of you, a disobedient son. The knife in his hand rested on the opponent's neck.

Glancing sideways at the blade that flashed with cold light, the man's body shrank, and secretly met a ruthless man, and a smile comparable to the sun bloomed on his face, "This big brother, no, uncle, is abrupt, and he doesn't know adults with eyes." I thought about it carefully, this injury was smashed by a toad falling from the sky, and it had nothing to do with adults. ”

"It really doesn't matter."

"Absolutely."

Seeing that the misunderstanding was resolved, the two sat down and talked to each other.

After some conversation, Wu Gen learned that this old boy was also a servant of Zhao State, surnamed Inexplicable, and had been in the army for 20 years. Today, I have the same thoughts as myself, thinking about touching some dead people's money and things.

Like-minded people, smell the same.

Soon, the two of them laughed and laughed, like old friends for many years. After discussing for a long time, it was finally agreed that each person would find his own, and how much he could get was all up to his ability.

The two slowly got up and walked in opposite directions. After just a few steps, he turned around quickly, and the knives in his hands intersected heavily, and sparks flew everywhere.

"Old fox."

"Wolf cubs."

Seeing that he couldn't plot against his opponent, Mo Xin took a few steps back and threw the knife in his hand, "Brother, today both of us are seeking wealth, and we can't fight to the death, so it's better to expose it and concentrate on making a fortune." ”

"Yes." Wu Gen didn't want to fight with anyone, so he only scavenged this money today, and it wouldn't be beautiful to take his life.

The two turned over the battlefield and hurried back to the camp at night.

The camp of the Dingyuan City Xiang Army was set up outside the city, and although Wu Gan had been here for a while, he had never entered Dingyuan City once.

Zhao Guomin is divided into three classes, according to the three-grade scale, which are nobles, middle-aged people, and common people, and only middle-aged people can buy houses and settle down in the city.

The same is true in the army, the middle man and above can serve as an officer, and the common man can only be a military commander for a lifetime.

Wu Gen and Lao Mo didn't dare to enter through the main entrance, so they found a dog hole and got in. When they were about to separate, the two were full of pity for each other, and their words were earnest, which meant that they hated each other late and had been friends for a long time.

Since then, as long as the two have leisure, they will mingle together.

Mo Xin has been in the army for a long time, and he has a lot of experience, and all kinds of crooked and evil ways are clear, which makes Wu Gen admire. Especially when he learned that the other party had participated in more than 50 battles and was unscathed, Wu Jian worshipped him as a god.

You must know that Dingyuan City is located at the border of Zhao State, and there is friction with the border army of Daxia State from time to time, and it also needs to take on the responsibility of suppressing bandits and robbers and protecting the territory and the people.

In the battalion, the life of the servants was very difficult, not only did they not have enough money, but they often did not have enough to eat. Even five catties of millet per month are often deducted.

A half-sized child like Wu Gan is often hungry when he can eat it, and his eyes are often green.

On this day, under the unbearable hunger, Wu Gen secretly found the person in charge of the house in the army, bought half a chicken at a high price, and hid in the camp and ate it.

This is also something that the army knows well, and the tun chiefs and qu chiefs also turn a blind eye to this, after all, the owner of the house makes money, and there will be filial piety.

It's just that this main thing is quite dark, and the same thing is more than twice as expensive as outside.

He was eating happily when he heard footsteps behind him. Wu Gen turned his head to look, but it was the treasurer of the battalion.

This person's surname is Zhou, he is in charge of the public treasury in the camp, he is quite greedy, and the grain of the servants passes through his hands, and he will always deduct some for various reasons, which can be described as a goose plucking, and there is a black mole on his face, and a pinch of hair grows on it, so he has a nickname of Zhou Mao.

"Yes, I have a lot of money in my hand, and I can even buy chickens." Monday fur smiled and twisted the black hair on his face.

Wu Yan hurriedly got up, although this person did not have a high official position, he was a middle-aged person.

According to the law of Zhao State, when a person sees a Chinese person, he must serve him respectfully, otherwise he will be beaten lightly, or he will be sent to the government to punish the crime of disrespect. Moreover, nobles, middle-aged people, etc., can be used to atone for their crimes if they kill them. And if the common people hurt the nobles, they will be killed, and the three clans will be exterminated.

"Treasurer Zhou, please use it." Wu Yan rubbed the oil on his clothes, and handed over the chicken with only its head left.

Smack, Zhou Zhou Mao reached out and knocked out the chicken in Wu Gan's hand, "You are a little servant, how can you have the extra money to buy chickens, are you stealing?" ”

Wu Yan glanced at the chicken on the ground with a sad face, "Treasurer Zhou, you have wronged me, you really bought it with a partner." ”

"Fart, even I don't want to eat this chicken on weekdays, where did you get the money, go, go to your camp account to check it, no wonder there is a lot of silver in the treasury in the past two days." As he spoke, he couldn't help but drag Wu Yan to the tent.

When he arrived at the tent and drove out the people in the same tent, Zhou Mao rummaged through Wu Gan's bed.

Wu Gan's heart was in his throat, and he regretted it in his heart, he knew that he didn't hide the money in the account.

After looking for a long time, Zhou Mao didn't find anything valuable, and he threw the quilt to the ground suspiciously, and there were a few crisp crashing sounds.

"Huh?" On Monday, Mao picked up the quilt and tore it hard, the reeds flew around, and more than two dozen copper coins fell out of the quilt.

Wu Jian hurriedly spoke, "Treasurer Zhou, there are silver taels in the public treasury, this is really the copper money I saved." ”

Monday Mao frowned, and shouted loudly, "Bold, you are a servant who has no salary, and you actually have money and property to hide privately, it must be from the wrong way and confiscated." Without saying anything, he shoved the copper coin into his sleeve.

Wu Yan still wanted to argue, but Zhou Mao's eyes glared, "No matter how verbose it is, the military law will serve." With that, he walked away.

Crying and looking at the mess all over the ground, Wu Yan wanted to cry without tears, and the money he had worked so hard to scavenge from the dead was given to Zhou Zhou Mao in vain.

Listlessly walking out of the camp, Wu Jian ran to the horse pen and lay down.

When he was depressed, Mo Xin's voice came, "Shi Shen'er, the money is gone, come here to talk to the horses." ”

Looking up, Mo Xin was holding a chicken leg in his hand and dangling in front of him. Wu Yan snatched it and stuffed it in his mouth, "Old Mo, where did you get so much money, I see that you don't eat and drink spicy food on weekdays." ”

Mo Xin grinned at the big yellow teeth, "Mountain people have their own tricks. ”

"Say, if you don't say it, I'll report it to Zhou Mao today."

"You child, I kindly brought you chickens, but you will take revenge."

"I don't care, anyway, I don't have any money, so I have to pull a cushion."

"Yes, tell you, but God knows that you know and I know, if it leaks out, it will be a loss of heads."

Mo Xin squatted down and told Wu Gen his secret.

It turned out that this old boy had two rats, one male and one female, and after training, these two rats would steal. Generally, Mo Xin let the male rat out, and when he stole something, the male mouse would follow the smell and return to the female mouse, and even the silver lost in the warehouse was also Mo Xin's doing.

Wu Yan grabbed Mo Xin's collar, "Good boy, you did a good thing, but I was the one to take the blame, that Monday Mao kept saying that I stole silver, but it turned out that you did it." ”

"Don't worry, since I told you, my brother will have a bite to eat in the future, and you will be indispensable." Mo Xin was not panicked, and said slowly.

"That's pretty much it. I was born as a bandit, and today I was robbed by Zhou Mao, and I said it, the person who lost my ancestor. I'm the one who hates black and black the most in my life, and if I don't clean him up, I'm uneasy. ”

Wu Jian let go of Mo Xin, his eyes rolled, "That's right, there is, old Mo, there is a mark on the treasury silver." ”

"Yes, these treasury silvers have imprints, which are completely different from those circulating outside."

"Okay, Lao Mo, the rat borrowed me for two days."

"What are you going to do, I can tell you, although the silver is good, you can't steal too much, and a small fight will not attract attention, if it is big, you and I can't afford to pay for it."

"Don't worry, there will be no accident, I will let Zhou Mao eat taro that day, and choke him to death with his heart and lungs." Wu Gen's delicate face was a little hideous, and his tongue gently licked his teeth.

Mo Xin shivered inexplicably and stayed away from Wu Gan.