"Meet Grandpa Guo, Zhongjun." Laixi lifted the curtain and entered the tent, looked around, and then gave a salute.

"Come to Xi'er, hurry up, get up and speak." It was obvious that Lai Heng was overjoyed. Song Qingping looked at Lai's happy face and dusty appearance, so she immediately commanded outward:

"Come on, prepare a table of wine and food!" The soldiers outside the door promised to go.

I saw that Lai Xi was still with his head down, his face turned sideways, and he couldn't kneel on the ground with his fists hugged.

"Mao Shoudeng, Wang Jincai and the two defected, and the crime of coming to Xi is also, please punish the grandfather of the country!"

Lai Heng got up and glanced at Song Qingping, laughed and said:

"It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, how can you be swayed by your happiness, get up quickly!" Lai Heng smiled and helped him up with his hands, and brought him a stool.

"Grandpa Guo, that king... Wang Jincai, he did not go to the Qing army. ”

"Oh, is it? So where is he now? Lai Heng's eyes lit up and he asked, which was a bit unexpected for him.

"From the point of view, it should have fled to the mountains of Wangzhou." Song Qingping interjected.

"There are Qing soldiers blocking the way in front, and then I am afraid that Langwu will chase the soldiers, and there is no raft, Wang Jincai is at the end of the road!" Song Qingping stroked her beard and smiled.

"What the Chinese army expected!" Lai Xiwang Qingping nodded, and sat down sideways, but stopped talking.

When Lai Heng saw it, he immediately gestured to Song Qingping with his eyes, and Qingping understood, so he said to Lai Xiyan:

"I'll urge them to eat the food, you and Grandpa Guo will talk about it first, and I'll come when I go." Then he patted Laixi on the shoulder and went out of the tent.

"Thank you, Zhongjun!" Laixi bowed slightly.

"From now on, I'll call the military division." Lai Heng looked at Qingping's back with a smile and said to Lai Xi.

After a short pause, Lai Xi expected Qingping to go away, so he "pounced" and bowed to Lai Heng, who hurriedly held him up and asked:

"Why is this the case?"

But seeing that Laixi bowed his head and kneeled on the ground with his fists and refused to get up, he whispered in his mouth:

"Lai Xi was deeply favored by the grandfather of the country and did not repay it, but he worshiped Wang Jincai as his father-in-law, and he really didn't know how to deal with himself, he was really ashamed of the grandfather of the country, and he was ashamed of the grandfather of the country...... Whining...... Come to rejoice in the death penalty. At this time, Laixi was already in tears. But Rang said:

"Alas, come to Xi'er, I know your difficulties, you get up, tell me what happened to you at Wang Jincai, and it's not too late to cry."

It turns out that the leader of the pro-soldier who is happy and black is happy, as well as Gui Huaiyuan, Li Keming's pro-soldier Laifu, these three sons are all orphans brought by Laiheng's hometown, and they grew up in the children's camp, just because Li Laiheng saw that they had a good heart, and a little literacy, and they were also very clever, so they were asked to go out to practice three years ago, and at that time, the wind of rebellion in the army was flourishing, and it was just a chess piece that Li Laiheng placed in the armies.

Li Laiheng patiently listened to Laixi's words, and knew that Wang Jincai took the initiative to recognize him as his godson, so he felt more and more that Laixi was really a person with a temperament, and the slightest doubt in his chest was gone, so he immediately said to Laixi:

"It's good if you can come back, if Wang Jincai doesn't go to the Qing army, I will let him go, since you are back, you can stay with me."

"Yes, Laixi... Come and thank Grandpa Guo for his grace!" At this time, Laixi turned sadness into joy, turned over and bowed again, and at this time, Qingping led a table of meals into the account. The soldier who came with him in front of the tent to wait for him couldn't help but feel suspicious and uneasy when he saw that the grandfather of the country had treated the visitor like this.

Lai Xi went out of the tent and immediately took off two burdens and put them into the tent, and Lai Heng saw that it was very heavy, knowing that it was the hundreds of taels of gold and ingots that Wang Jincai gave him. Then he smiled and said:

"Wang Jincai, this guy is quite generous!"

Qingping heard this, glanced at the two blankets, and said while arranging the wine and food cups:

"yes, it's a pity that he has money and has nowhere to spend it now."

Soon the wine and food were put on the table, and Heng Qingping also had a drink.

After a while, he saw that Laixi had eaten almost like a whirlwind, so Laiheng asked:

"Where are the other three people who came out of Wang Jincai's place that day?"

Lai Xi asked, immediately put down the cup and chopsticks and replied:

"One person is Wang Jincai's henchman, Huguang Wuling, was killed by the small one and threw himself into the river, and the other two are the personal soldiers under the account of General Langwu, who was found by me when he was undercover at Wang Jincai, and the villain felt that the two were good, so he bowed to the two. After parting that day, he should go to General Lang's camp. ”

Lai Heng Qingping glanced at each other and thought, "This kid is good, it's a good material!"

"Well, good!" Lai Heng nodded immediately, and said to Lai Xi in front of Qingping and the two personal soldiers standing beside him:

"From this day forward, you will be the leader of my own soldiers, are you willing?"

"The villain is willing to whip and stirrup for the grandfather of the country, and he is willing to die!" Get up and bow again.

"Okay, good, it's rare that you're so faithful, get up quickly, have another drink and rest." The soldiers standing on the side immediately sifted the wine glass for Laixi.

I saw Lai Xi take a cup and drink it all, and then said:

"Grandpa Guo, military advisor, I will retire first when I come to Xi." After saying that, he turned around and followed another soldier out of the tent.

"Finally home, I wonder how Min'er is doing now? And Wei Shunli, hehe, I don't know if this kid has grown taller. "Lai Xi walked out of the Chinese military tent, and his heart had flown to the boy boy camp......

"Grandpa Guo, Grandpa Guo." Song Qingping saw Lai Heng looking at the direction of the tent's departure in a daze, and shouted a few times.

"Oh, what's the matter? Yu. ”

"Now that we have learned of Wang Jincai's whereabouts, it is best to send troops to arrest and eliminate the troubled side with lightning speed, if we wait for ......"

Lai Heng shook his hand lightly and interrupted him:

"Although Wang Jincai is hateful and should be killed, he has not brought many people and horses, and at the moment he has not taken refuge in the Manchurians, so he will go with him for the time being. You and I don't have more people to go to arrest at this time, and the Qing soldiers don't know when they will attack, which is the point. ”

"Yes, Grandpa Guo." Qingping saw that Lai Heng didn't feel unreasonable when he said this, so she didn't say anything more. I wanted to wait to decipher the "Book of Heaven", but I suddenly felt that there was something in my heart, and I was really unhappy, so I said:

"Grandpa Guo, we used to buy grain in the Jingxiang area, but now Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Yiling and other places are full of heavy guards, obviously, these places are no longer possible. If you go to the direction of Huguang Wuling, you need to lay down the Yidao where Li Qinxiang is stationed, but according to the following estimates, Li Qinxiang's soldiers and horses should be no less than 20,000, and it seems impossible to take Yidao City in the short term. Now the plan, foolishly think that ......" Qingping lowered her voice as much as possible, and then paid attention to the outside of the tent, moved to Heng's side, and then said:

"According to the meaning of the following, the only way to go west along the river and go to Chongqing Prefecture in East Sichuan Province to buy grain is the best policy, although waterway transshipment is more time-consuming, but there is no other way."

After listening to this, Lai Heng pondered for a while, glanced at Song Qingping and said:

"Taking the waterway to Chongqing Mansion is time-consuming and laborious, and there are many bandits along the way, and the most important thing is that it takes too long to go back and forth, and I am afraid that the distant water will not save the thirst."

"That's no way out."

"Qingping, then according to what you said, who is the right person to send, and how many people do you need?" Lai Heng asked with a frown.

"Under Gui Huaiyuan's account, all the sailors at the Xiling Gorge Ferry were dispatched, and Li Yong was asked to carry gold and silver all the way to supervise the army, and 2,000 military horses were allocated from Guiying to still guard the ferry to prevent the Qing army from going ashore from there. Just call Li Yong at dawn, what do you think? ”

When Laiheng heard this, he really didn't want to ask Li Yong to go, so he smiled and said:

"How about not sending Li Yong and sending someone else?"

Song Qingping knew Laiheng's intentions, sighed, and said:

"Grandpa Guo, this purchase of grain is really important, and it takes a general to go to ensure safety. Besides, Gui Huai still needs a letter from you. ”

After hearing this, Lai Heng shook his head helplessly and said:

"That's... Okay, I'll write it right away, but I don't know when they will be able to return tomorrow when they will buy food? ”

"If it is smooth, it is estimated that it will take half a month at the earliest." Qingping thought for a moment and said:

"Now Liu Wenxiu, the righteous son of the 'Eight Kings' (referring to Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of another peasant rebel army), has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses still entrenched in the area of Chongqing Prefecture, and Li Yong needs to be warned to be careful and not to fight with him unless he has to." Before the words were finished, the sound of bangzi beating in the camp came clearly, and the three watches were about to end.

At this time, there was a sound outside the tent, and Heng Qingping came out of the tent to watch, and saw that it was a small team of soldiers on duty at night who were handing over and changing guards. Qingping called out in a low voice, and immediately came over.

"You are the guards of the grandfather of the country, you have nothing to do on weekdays, just practice, and now that the 'loyalty battalion' is on the front line, the burden on your body is heavy, do you understand?"

"Yes, the Chinese army." The soldier replied respectfully.

"Then do you know what is the importance of our stationing in this Baiyang Village?" Qingping asked again.

"Return to the Chinese army, protect Maolu Mountain, and defend the country." The pro-soldier continued to answer.

"Now it's more than that. This is the most important place for our army to store food, and it is related to the lifeblood of the officers and men of the whole army. After a pause, Qingping looked at the pro-soldier and whispered earnestly:

"Go, send more people to watch the granary here, and Grandpa Guo can leave two of them."

"This..., I'm afraid of Zhang..." Qingping knew that he might be afraid that Zhang Shun would blame him, so he asked him again, "What's your name, I'll tell Zhang Shun tomorrow not to let him blame you." ”

"Yes, thank you Zhongjun, the little one is the seventh in the family because of his short stature, so everyone calls me Bantam Wang Qi."

After Wang Qi finished speaking, he turned around and left the two of them, and then took the rest of his soldiers to patrol the village at night.

Qingping watched the backs of Wang Qi and the others leave, and felt a little excited, after all, there are still so many people who care about Li Laiheng's life and death. He turned to enter the tent, but another chill hit his heart inexplicably. He tightened his clothes, and at a glance, he saw Lai Heng sitting cross-legged on the bed, his eyes closed, his hands in the shape of a Buddha holding flowers, and the translation of the 'Book of Heaven' was placed in front of him.

Qingping's footsteps were light, and she didn't dare to disturb Lai Heng, so she approached the book case and took a pen to interpret the 'Book of Heaven'.

After about half an hour, Qingping was about to get up and relieve herself, when she suddenly heard a "coo" sound behind her.

Qingping's heart suddenly sank, "Oops, it's bad! When he turned to look, he saw Lai Heng lying on his back on the bed, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. Qingping panicked and shouted outside the tent:

"Come on, come on, come on!"

"Go and get the doctor, go get the doctor!"

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