Chapter 20 No Passage to the Pass
"Oh......" The woman stretched out her hand to her mouth and sighed, rubbing it gently. She was wearing a black bear fur, and the black fur on her cuffs lined her hands extremely white, "Listening to Mr. Li talk like a reader." How did you get to such a place?"
Li Bochen was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "I have a brother who was a soldier in Wuliang City, and he died in battle a few years ago. β
"Ah...... Come and worship your brother. Which part of the city was Brother Ling from when he died?" the woman said, turning her face to look at the mountains in the distance. The soldiers who died in battle in the city of Wuliang will indeed bury their bones in the Siheng Mountain Range, and it is true that there are often people who come from thousands of miles to worship.
"Front army, rush battalion. After saying these five words, Li Bochen regretted finding this caravan a little. Although this owner is a woman, she is very careful and cautious, and she doesn't seem to let go if she doesn't find out her bottom line. And the plundering battalion he was talking about was actually the battalion he took with him when he was the commander three years ago.
Even if I didn't experience it, that memory was really imprinted in my heart and I felt it. A few days ago, when the demon beasts were attacking the city, the front army rushed out of the city, blocked the enemy in the snow field, bought time for the defenders in the city, and almost all of them died.
Li Bochen suddenly felt lonely in his heart, so he sighed and turned around to walk away. But the woman's eyes lit up slightly, and she smiled: "It's also a coincidence." When my man was still there, he was also a soldier in the plundering battalion. Seeing that I'm older than you, call me Sister Hong. Mr. Sun, take him with you. β
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Although Li Bochen doesn't like to deal with people very much, he is not bad at it. He helped load the cart and load the goods in the inn courtyard in the morning, and soon got acquainted with the four men, and knew that this caravan belonged to the Yishenghe firm of Zhangcheng in Qingzhou, Sui State, and the current owner of the business was called Ye Yinghong, a twenty-five-year-old widow.
All four men were strong-blooded, but the widow spoke with respect. The old man with crystal glasses before was called Sun Ke, and he was the shopkeeper of the firm. Li Bochen briefly mentioned the attitude of Tisun towards the female owner, but the guys were hesitant and didn't say much.
Li Bochen only wanted to ask more clearly so as not to get into trouble, and since they refused to speak, he didn't ask either. So he set out at noon, and the four men drove four chariots, and the old shopkeeper sat in the front car, and he and the female proprietor each rode a horse.
When I went out of town, I encountered a garrison inspection, and there was no danger. After walking for a morning in the gorge with high mountains on both sides, I gradually found that the road was getting wider and wider, and a large mountain with stratus clouds on the top of it loomed in front of me.
Li Bochen's heart skipped a slight beat. In the past, when he was on duty, he would also bring people to inspect the area, so he knew that the mountain was Wujing Mountain. The man in red in last night's dream asked him to take the Yin soldiers to help her at the Wujing Mountain Pass today, and that's what he said.
At this time, he was a little hesitant. Walk with the caravan to eat, but when you reach the Wujing Pass, the worst-case scenario is that you may be drawn into a trouble. These six people in the Yishenghe caravan are not bad, and if they are implicated, he will not be happy in his heart.
So he led the horse to Ye Yinghong's side and said in a low voice, "Sister Hong." β
The female proprietor looked at him with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, are you leaving?"
Li Bochen was stunned. He really had this in mindβhe wanted to find a reason to leave himself on a journey, and then catch up with them when they had passed through the Wujing Pass. In this way, even if there is an accident, these people will not be implicated. But how did Ye Yinghong know?
Thinking so, he asked.
Ye Yinghong smiled again, took the horse to the side, and moved a little away from the convoy. Li Bochen thought about it and followed it.
"You're a deserter. Ye Yinghong rode her horse and walked slowly, turning her face to look at him, "I should have come to the caravan to get out of town." Now that I'm out, I'm leaving. β
For a moment, Li Bochen almost touched the short dagger in his arms, but he was relieved to hear her words. It is true that there are deserters in the city every year, some of them have been recovered, and some have succeeded. She felt that she was like this, and it was much better than knowing that she had provoked that Chebei Gong.
He froze and said in a low voice, "Why does Sister Hong think I'm a deserter?"
Ye Yinghong smiled again and pointed to his chest: "Although you tore all the military rank markers and deliberately scratched your clothes, the cotton clothes of the soldiers in Wuliang City are still a little different from those worn by ordinary people." I heard my husband say that in order to facilitate the wearing of armor, the arms and waists of the military cotton clothing will be narrower than those worn by the people, and the buttons will be tighter. When he hadn't gone to Infinite City yet, I helped him sew and mend for two or three years, and I had already memorized it. β
Li Bochen had to smile bitterly. What you understand from memory is really different from what you have experienced before. Of course, he remembered what the ordinary people of the Sui Kingdom looked like, but when it came to the details, he always didn't remember as clearly as the original one.
At this time, it is not his character to continue to deny the manly temperament. Li Bochen smiled: "Since Sister Hong knows, why do you want to help me?"
Ye Yinghong was silent for a moment, and strode forward for a while. The appearance of this female proprietor is that of a middle-aged person, but now she is wearing a black bear fur, her face is snow-white, and she is riding a horse with a small knife, adding a bit of heroism.
The horse stepped over a shallow stream that was frozen, and she spoke: "My man, before he died, he was in the plundering camp of the army in front of the Boundless City. He was a hundred generals, who died in battle four years ago. You say your brother is from the plundering camp, and that brother is yourself, right? β
She paused, and then said, "His name is Zhou Xu, and he may have been your chief." β
Li Bochen shook the reins - the world is so coincidental. Of course he knew Zhou Xu...... He once served as a hundred generals of the plundering battalion with Zhou Xu, and later he became the commander of the plundering battalion, and Zhou Xu became a hundred generals of his personal army.
Zhou Xu is in his thirties, and he has always boasted that he has a beautiful wife who is more than ten years younger than him, and this is Ye Yinghong. It's a pity that within a few months of Li Bochen becoming the commander, Zhou Xu died in battle on the snowfield. That time was because he led the plundering camp to the original to protect the artisan battalion that was building the new castle, and as a result, he encountered hundreds of demon beasts. Zhou Xu blocked a claw for him, and his head was separated on the spot.
Although the pro-soldiers should have sacrificed their lives to protect the commander-in-chief, Li Bochen was not yet nineteen years old at that time, and it was the first time he was a commander and had a pro-soldier, and Zhou Xu died for him, which really shocked him. That battle was finally won, killing dozens of demon beast heads, which was the first victory of the Infinite Army that year. At that time, the commander Ling Yi rewarded them, and Li Bochen got 10,000 yuan, but he brought the money and the salary he usually saved to Zhou Xu's family.
Ye Yinghong turned out to be Zhou Xu's surviving person...... Li Bochen realized that it was indeed time for him to leave the caravan. This woman's husband had died trying to save himself, and now he must not put her in danger again.
So he stopped his horse, jumped down, and bowed his hand to Ye Yinghong: "Sister Hong, thank you." So let's leave it at that. β
Seeing that he didn't even want a horse, Ye Yinghong was stunned: "Are you going like this?"
Li Bochen didn't want her horse, but he did want to bring some more food and drink with her. However, just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a chill in his body, as if a cold wind had penetrated his body and blown straight forward.
He felt a pang in his heart, knowing that it should be those Yin spirits that followed him were passing through his body. It is less than a mile away from the Wujing Pass...... Is it the mountain monarch in the dream who is taking his "Yin soldiers" away?
He immediately said with a straight face: "Sister Hong, you go forward, don't delay at the mountain pass, don't ask why!"
He usually spoke with people and was kind, as if he were just a handsome young man in his early twenties. But in the end, after six years of crawling and rolling in the sea of corpses and blood in the northern plains, once he gets serious, the iron-blooded killing qi can't be hidden.
Ye Yinghong was taken aback by his tone, and the horse under the seat also neighed and took two steps back. But since she can support a career alone after her deceased husband goes, she naturally has a decision. Just thought about it, gritted his teeth, and glanced at Li Bochen again, beat the horse and galloped to the front convoy and said a few words. Moments later, the men snapped their whips, and the convoy kicked up snow and dust and accelerated forward.