Just after noon, Liu Jiangsheng was nibbling on the meat patties in his hand and chatting happily with several personal soldiers, when suddenly the prison door thirty paces away opened, and two jailers hurried over, followed by a thin young man in a coarse cloth short coat, and then the prison door knocked heavily on it. Liu Jiangsheng hurriedly put the half-eaten cake straight into his mouth, and then walked quickly to meet it.

Seeing this, one of the jailers who was at the forefront hurriedly walked up to Liu Jiangsheng first, and said respectfully: "Liu Du has been waiting for a long time!" Then this little brother will be handed over to the envoy, and I will go back to hand it over! ”

"Thank you! It's been a long time......" Liu Jiangsheng nodded, swallowing the last bite in his throat, and picked up a wide robe and covered the young man in the crook of his arm.

Xu was stuffy in the dark prison and didn't see the light for too long, Wang Jingguo staggered a little uncomfortably, although the autumn sun was not violent, but his eyes couldn't help but squint. The moment he regained his vision, he only saw the tall Liu Jiangsheng smiling at him.

"It seems that you are Yasukuni!"

Wang Jingguo was stunned for a moment, and asked the seemingly strange but kind-hearted man beside him, "Who are you?" Also from Wangjiazhuang? ”

Liu Jiangsheng touched Wang Jingguo's messy hair and said, "Hey, how do you know!" ”

Wang Jingguo rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "My father is from Wangjiazhuang!" That's what Sister said when she opened her mouth, and I naturally knew it. ”

"My name is Liu Jiangsheng, and Brother Yuan asked me to pick you up."

Wang Jingguo seemed to remember something, and gradually lowered his head in despair and whispered, "Where are you going?" My house is gone......"

At this time, the soldiers brought a horse, Liu Jiangsheng carried it with one arm, threw the thin Wang Jingguo on the horse, and then stepped on the horse, pulled the reins, and said with a smile: "Go home." ”

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At night, the south post station of Chuzhou City.

At this time, in the camp of the forbidden army, bonfires were lit everywhere, and the surrounding soldiers were either sitting on the ground, or looking up at the sky, some were building pots to cook rice and meat, and some were gagging, so happy! Just because after Li Yuan and his entourage returned to the camp in the afternoon, they announced an exciting good news to the soldiers and soldiers, and they will leave for Beijing tomorrow.

In the handsome tent, the three Li Yuan brothers and the generals had already drunk happily. Only Xu Kuangheng didn't drink a drop of wine, and somehow didn't say a word.

"Erhu, thanks to your timely arrival today, otherwise how could He Jingzhu compromise? Come, big brother respects you! ”

Since he got drunk in Wangjiazhuang last time, Li Yuan ordered Luo Erhu to temporarily ban alcohol, and Yangzhou and his party went back and forth, and today they successfully saved Wang Jingguo, Luo Erhu can be regarded as a great contribution. What made everyone laugh and cry was that the first reward that this black guy asked Li Yuan for was to allow him to drink wine tonight.

Luo Erhu was already full of wine at this time, and his face was flushed with drunk, and when he saw him drinking a bowl, he pulled Li Yuan and Liu Jiangsheng, and began to describe with flying eyebrows: "Hehe! Big brother and second brother, don't you know, after I got the order that day, I immediately went south, and many post stations along the way never stopped, but it was a pity that two good horses ran and died! So I entered Yangzhou City, and I couldn't walk back without horses! Just before I left, I saw the carriage of my eldest brother's old father-in-law, so I simply untied the reins......"

Seeing that the three brothers of Li Yuan were laughing and talking on the main seat, and the generals were also staggered, toasting each other in twos and threes, Xu Kuangheng suddenly got up, walked to Li Yuan, and respectfully bowed his hand and said: "Yu Hou, there is an injury on the lower body, and it is inconvenient to drink, so I will retire first!" ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan seemed to nod casually, and smiled naturally: "Oh, Mr. Xu, I told you in the morning that you don't need to go to the banquet if you are injured, go and rest!" If it weren't for your bitter tricks today, I'm afraid Wang Jingguo and the others would have died in vain! I thank Mr. Xu for Sister Yao, for Yasukuni, and for the people of Chuzhou! The grace of the gentleman, in mind. ”

Xu Kuangheng's pale face immediately showed a hint of joy, and he made another gesture: "Yu Hou's words are serious!" In the next determined to follow Yu Hou, when you do your best, never give up! ”

"Then please go and rest, sir! Tomorrow we will leave for Beijing! Li Yuan didn't continue to answer, but just smiled and called the soldiers outside the account: "Left and right, help Mr. Xu go down to rest!" ”

Witnessing Xu Kuangheng's back disappearing into the dark night outside the account, Li Yuan had a stiff smile on his face, and for some reason suddenly retracted it, and then sat down with a sinking face.

Luo Erhu's gaze beside him was on his eldest brother from beginning to end, and at this time he also put down the wine bowl and asked in a low voice: "Big brother, why don't you look good?" Didn't you get hurt last night? ”

Li Yuan angrily pushed Luo Erhu and said, "You black guy, are you looking forward to your eldest brother's disability?" I was unscathed last night. ”

Liu Jiangsheng, who had been silent all the time, seemed to be recalling something, and said after a while: "Brother Yuan, but because Mr. Xu is day-"

"Jiang Sheng, what do you think of a person who dares to tear apart his old wounds and sprinkle coarse salt?"

This unexpected problem is only a tenacious man like Luo Erhu, who answered without thinking: "Big brother, I've heard about this!" Mr. Xu seems to be weak, but he never thought he was really a man! I admired it tightly in my heart......"

Liu Jiangsheng was stunned for a while, and said in confusion: "What Brother Yuan meant, but you didn't know what Mr. Xu did in the hall in advance?" ”

Li Yuan smiled indifferently: "If I knew that he had this bitter trick, how could I almost do it?" Didn't you hold back then? ”

At this, the brothers smiled at each other, and then patted each other on the shoulder. During the day in the public court, Liu Jiangsheng had been observing Li Yuan's expression, and when he saw something unusual, he immediately glanced at the soldiers on the left and right, which belonged to the two brothers and had cultivated a unique tacit understanding in the past 20 years.

At this time, seeing Luo Erhu approaching curiously, Li Yuan simply spread it out and said, "I'll talk to you two in detail." The coarse salt on Mr. Xu's wound today must have been secretly taken from the salt cart handed over by the government before, and it was not difficult for him to take some stolen goods as a judicial member of the army. But Mr. Xu had arrived at our tent two days earlier, and he had been wounded, and he had never left since......"

"What does Brother Yuan mean that Mr. Xu was ready to examine his injuries in public today two days ago? Even kosher salt ready? ”

"Exactly! And for the past two days, we have not known it! Ma Liu didn't smuggle salt last night, and Mr. Xu didn't hesitate to hurt himself, but he was able to conjure up evidence, and even He Jingzhu was bluffed! With this scheming, with such ruthlessness, in addition to admiration, I am really a little afraid of him......"

Luo Erhu clasped his palms together and grinned: "Big brother, what are you afraid of him doing?" Why are you so suspicious? I think this Mr. Xu is dedicated to serving the eldest brother, if he hadn't broken his knife wound and sprinkled salt on it, he wouldn't have been able to scare He Jingzhu and Ma Liu! It's really brave and strategic! Big brother, you will have a good military advisor under this account in the future! ”

Liu Jiangsheng also seemed to agree, nodded and said, "Brother Yuan, after arriving in Chuzhou, Mr. Xu has been running around for you!" Now, that kid from Yasukuni has also been saved, and Mr. Xu has contributed a lot! What's more, he has abandoned his official position and is willing to follow you back to Jinling, I think he is indeed loyal to you! We can't doubt the gentleman's affection! ”

After hearing this, Li Yuan smiled noncommittally, and said lightly: "I naturally keep in mind his merits this time, he treats me with affection, and I will repay him with affection!" But today is really not happy, and if he is determined to follow me, why did he not make it clear to me beforehand? ”

In fact, when Li Yuan witnessed the scene of Xu Kuangheng tearing open his wound during the day, his first reaction was only deep admiration and gratitude, and he had no other complicated thoughts. From the first time he met this person by coincidence in the prison, to the time he took the initiative to ask Ying to find out the news, and then to the leading bloody battle on Araki Ridge, coupled with what he did today, it has proved Xu Kuangheng's extraordinary intelligence and ability.

And Li Yuan also had a good conversation with him, and finally succeeded in recruiting him, but after thinking about it carefully, for example, today's self-assertion, although he has made key contributions, but this feeling of being completely kept in the dark by his subordinates has made Li Yuan faintly worried, but he is really unclear.

After coming back to his senses and looking at the two good brothers around him who were silent for a long time, Li Yuan sighed lightly: "Maybe I shouldn't have misunderstood Mr. so much, maybe I'm suspicious!" ”