Chapter 31 On the Reward of Meritorious Deeds
The Black Har Gang that had been rampant in the Black Wood Forest and Grass Beach for decades was completely wiped out, so that a group of cadets could easily be eliminated, and as the cavalry returned to the standard camp safely, the news swept across the large and small grass beaches like an autumn wind, blowing into all corners of Lingbo Mansion.
When the head of the bandit leader hung in the castle tower, the story of that battle became more and more wonderful because of the circulation, the beauty of the fairy student soldier, the fierce and cunning old bandit leader, such a strong contrast, so that people can perform with all their hearts, so Mei Ying soon became the idol of the youth of Limbo City. The invitations of the family are like snowflakes that have arrived in advance, so that the sergeants guarding the gate of the guard standard will be accompanied by smiling faces every day.
For the first time, the cavalry won glory with their exploits, and the cadets repeatedly recalled on the way back to the camp by boat, that the battle could only be summed up in simple terms, that the fight to the death was not even as hard as it was when it was trained, and that the so-called well-armed and well-trained bandits, compared to the stakes, could only move, dodge, and block in front of the bow and arrow, and the slow speed was negligible.
In a simple battle, the truth was deviated from due to differences in positions, and the people hiding behind the curtain, whether they were angry or excited, when the results of the battle were unintentionally spread to the boil, and the unexpected, sustained enthusiasm of the civilians made the situation evolve beyond expectations, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, all sides put on a high posture in front of the stage.
The rewards of Ningze City Guard's Mansion, Lingbo's Deputy General's Mansion, and Xiangyun County Palace's Mansion came one after another, and the reward order was posted on the wall next to the gate of the standard camp, and the notices of Xiangyun cities were also pasted. Today's standard battalion lives up to the expectations of the Li people, and takes advantage of the victory to exterminate the remnants of the habitual bandits, which is really the son of Xiangyun Zhongyong. ”
"Xiangyun bloodline, a word occupies the righteousness, this reward is unacceptable. When the director of the standard camp saw the reward order, he pulled up his face, thought for a while and smiled helplessly: "No one can deny that the student is the orphan of the soldier who died in the battle in Xiangyun County. ”
The old man's eyebrows were twisted into a ball, looking at the windfall that flew in, which could make the standard camp buy a lot more family business, and think about the gloomy face of the boss of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is taboo to accept the property of the vassal king privately, and only after a while did he spit out a sullen breath, and his tone became unquestionable: "Receiving this reward is undoubtedly an acknowledgment of the fact that the county government has allocated more money and food, and what kind of army will destroy the remnants after encirclement and suppression, this credit seems to be not small, but it is the county government paving the way." Anyway, it is inevitable to be punished, first accept the real benefits, I will come forward in this matter, sugar rooster, hehe, everyone knows that I love money as life, I can reduce some suspicion, maybe a few words of scolding will pass. ”
"That's all you can do, old man. The principal was not hypocritical, and he relaxed a lot after agreeing, with an intriguing smile on his face: "This matter is over, I should meet those two boys when I come down, hehe, the wealth is moving."
"Hei Har robbed for decades before he accumulated a big family business, and he didn't believe it when he killed Lao Tzu. The two boys had a good idea, hehe, they dared to hide it. ”
Gao Yuan rarely spoke on the way back to the camp, and the joy of tactical success could not relieve the tension, and he always felt that the eyes of Coach Qiu and the officers were full of suspicion, and he was worried all the way back to the standard camp, Coach Qiu They did not ask, and finally stabilized their minds after dozens of days, but Li Changgong came to the door.
"There is a ghost in my heart, and it is not as comfortable as when I was a poor egg before. Li Changgong was not in the mood to appreciate the elegance of the room, he sat on the stool with a low brow and a drooping face, and his voice was full of struggle: "More than 100,000 silver, half of the young master has become a rich man, I really can't bear to hand it over." ”
Gao Yuan scolded in a low voice: "Get out, maybe it's me who has half of it, and I have to count it at that time." ”
"Whether to pay it or not, I have been panicking in my heart, I don't dare to spend one or two, I am uncomfortable to death. ”
Gao Yuan is not like this, there are nearly 200,000 silver tickets hidden, and a lot of jewelry, but whenever he buys pocket items, he subconsciously has to pretend to be pitiful, and he is about to lose interest in buying things when he comes and goes.
Ambushed behind the bandits' lair that day, the two of them had not heard the shouting of killing, and after the back door was opened, a group of people, seven or eight men and women, ran in the direction of the dense forest in a panic.
"The bandits have found out in advance!" Takagaki raised his bow behind the tree, and was still hesitating whether to make a move, when he saw a young bandit rushing over with two women, and several knife-wielding bandits following closely behind.
Dozens of zhang away, a group of people arrived in front of the dense forest in a moment, a bandit rushed forward to lead the way, seeing that it was less than a few zhang away from the woods, Fang showed the luck of life, he felt a stinging pain under his feet, and raised his leg with a scream, it turned out that the pointed wooden stick buried in the ground pierced his foot.
"There is an ambush!" the bandit screamed and called the police to his accomplices, but his words became a signal for Gao Yuan and Li Longbow to make a move, and the two long arrows left the bowstring and instantly shot into the bandits' chests.
The young bandit became the target of his attention, and two long arrows were shot from the front in the left and right directions, but he pulled his hands and blocked the two women side by side in front of him, and used the young woman's delicate body as a shield, blocking the two long arrows, and he would not live a few more breaths.
"Bastard!" Gao Yuan deliberately deviated the long arrows away from the women, and couldn't bear to shoot them to death, Li Longbow probably had the same thought, but the result was to let them die early, the two were annoyed, the young bandit only retreated about ten steps, two long arrows roared into his back, and when he fell to the ground and was still struggling, two sharp arrows shot into his body, and the four arrows in the body of the two leaders were no longer powerless, and they didn't even see the enemy's face before they died.
Each of the bandits on the ground made up a few arrows, and after waiting for a while, no one moved, Li Changgong still opened his bow and arrows and was ready to fire, and made a shameless call from his mouth: "Gao Yuan, you are bold, go up and have a look." Takagaki glared at him angrily, resisted the urge to curse, put down his bow and drew his long knife, and slowly moved out of the edge of the dense forest step by step.
The long knife turned around, nervously and carefully examined each corpse, and after confirming that the bandits were dead, Takagaki approached the two young women, and found that the round eyes were hollow, allowing the long arrow to penetrate the chest, and they died early, and the wooden box that was held in his arms before he died fell and cracked on the ground beside him, scattering a pile of jewels and jade, emitting a dazzling treasure light.
"Come here!" Gao Yuan didn't feel that his mouth was dry, the tragic death of the beautiful woman, the dazzling jewelry, all made him anxious, and he didn't turn his head back and shouted Li Longbow, who knew that the kid was lying in the woods and didn't come out, and he didn't have the courage to look at the corpse of the woman who died under his arrows up close. Gao Yuan scolded angrily in his heart, picked up the jewelry with both hands and put it into the wooden box indiscriminately, to see if there was nothing missing, and ran back to the woods with the two boxes to escape.
"Get rich, hahaha, share the spoils!" When Gao Yuan picked up the jewels, Li Longbow's eyes were straight, and when he saw him running back, he threw down his bow and arrows and jumped over. Many years later, the two recalled this scene, and Li Changgong joked more than once: "Lao Tzu was so stupid at the time, take the opportunity to give you an arrow, and not all the treasures and military exploits belong to me." Takagaki kicked and sat under the tree, threw two wooden boxes to him, and scolded angrily: "Look at how many there are, I guess everyone is coming soon." ”
"A fart, one person and a half, each with a destiny. Li Changgong opened the two wooden boxes, a pile of jewels and a stack of silver tickets, let him pull from them, all of them were divided into two halves, and then shouted excitedly in a low voice: "Quick, you take it first, or wait for those boys to come, we will both die." ”
The soldiers fought the battlefield, and the property obtained from the enemy did not require the return of the public, and it would be another matter if they searched out when the bandits' nest was confiscated, and the two of them coincidentally believed that these did not belong to the scope of the return. Gao Yuan's eyes rolled and grabbed a stack of silver tickets, Li Changgong could see it clearly, this is the second half, the larger the amount, the more hidden it should be, this is his idea, and pointed to a pile of jewels at random, and selected the loot.
The silver ticket was put into the bag of underwear, and the jewelry was hidden in the bottom compartment of the military bag, and the two began to discuss after being excited, and finally agreed that they could not enter the bandits' lair, so that even if people found out in the future, they would avoid the crime of collecting the savings of the bandits. After the agreement was made, he hid behind a tree and waited, and he didn't even bother to look at what was going on in the bandit's nest, so as not to increase the psychological pressure.
It turned out that the two leaders found that the bandits left behind all began to have stomach troubles, even the women who were taken captive were no exception, suspicious by nature and particularly sorry for their lives, he thought for a while and came to the conclusion that someone sneaked attacked, poisoned in secret, the bandits were finished, and they were busy finding the two beautiful girls who brought the seduction of Heihar, and briefly recounted a few words, swept away Heihar's savings, and took a few cronies to flee from the dense forest behind the village, and the result was better than the ambush Gao Yuan and Li Longbow.
Hiding a windfall and pretending to be a beggar, every time Gao Yuan and Li Changgong met in the past dozens of days, both of them had words of suffering, and when the guards came to call the principal, the panic premonition in his heart turned into a realistic fear.
The main room is very small, a desk and a few rows of bookshelves take up most of it, the two old men sit at the table, first praise the two of them for their exploits, especially Gao Yuan's tactics, let the chief call it a classic sneak attack battle, and in the future, it will be used as a combat example to each new soldier, saying that Gao Yuan's face is red, I am afraid of death and I don't want to attack well, that is so wise and brave. Li Longbow's archery skills are also highly praised, and he will definitely become a rare marksman in the future, a flying general in the army, and he is excited to think about it.
"Alas, the standard camp treats everyone badly, and the reward has dragged on for dozens of days, and there is really no silver. ”
Just when the two of them were intoxicated by the praise, the two old men's voices changed, and they began to cry tirelessly, cursing Hei Har, whose head was hanging on the city tower.
"I was expecting to exterminate this gang of bandits and confiscate some silver taels to alleviate the difficulties, but who would have thought that this damn Heihar would make Lao Tzu angry when he died, and he had accumulated less than 10,000 taels of silver for the bandits for decades, and no one believed him when he said it, didn't he, Gao Yuan?" the comptroller sighed and suddenly asked.
"How can there be only 10,000 taels!There are-" Li Changgong felt bad when he said it, he lowered his head with a red face and didn't say anything, Gao Yuan was no better, Hei Ha'er was not a poor bastard, hundreds of thousands of silver, listening to the old man's words, his face showed disapproval, Li Changgong was the first to speak, it was undoubtedly a thief who did not recruit himself, and he hurriedly lowered his head to look at the mottled patterns on the floor.
The two old men looked at each other and smiled, and the principal said at the right time: "I've been too busy for a while, and I forgot to let you hand over the loot, that's a big feat, the more silver, the greater the merit, hehe." ”
"I heard that the new building is not very satisfactory, I just want someone to inspect the situation to see what is unreasonable, and it happens to run into you two, so I will go to your room, so as not to waste time with someone again. ”
The words of the master in charge are obviously for the two of them, after all, it is not a raid from the bandits' nest, and the old man is not easy to ask for it openly, and the threat in the master's words is much more explicit, hehe, look, it is not a disguised search.
Gao Yuan and Li Longbow were defeated, and in front of the two cunning old men, they couldn't even hold on, and walked out of the small room with their heads down, followed by the smiling old man. When they returned to the room and turned out the silver tickets and treasures, the two of them turned their backs and handed them to the old man with trembling hands, but they did not dare to keep a single one.
The old man in charge of the old man did not count, put the silver ticket in his arms, grabbed the bed sheet of the high wall and wrapped it in the jewels, and smiled like a fox who had become a fine in the old forest.
"This random arrow recipe should be regarded as compensation for the two of you, a priceless treasure, the two boys have made a lot of money, this is a secret that money can't buy. ”
The old man left, Gao Yuan and Li Changgong sat paralyzed on the bed, hundreds of thousands of silver tickets, and jewelry of immeasurable value, in exchange for a book of broken secrets, or shared by the two, sugar rooster, if it weren't for the standard camp, believe it or not, the brothers will chop you into pulp.
In the first battle of Hei Mu Lin, Mei Ying killed the bandit leader Hei Har, and naturally took the first place, Gao Yuan's tactical setting was successfully ranked second, Li Longbow shot many people and ranked third, and the standard camp rewarded Mei Ying with 500 taels, Gao Yuan 300 taels, Li Longbow 200 taels, and other students each with 100 taels.
An ordinary family in the Qinghui Empire has fifty or sixty taels of silver every year, and the students are elated when they receive the silver, one by one, only Gao Yuan and Li Changgong twist and do not want to receive the reward, laughing is more ugly than crying, the difficult brother was a rich man with tens of thousands of dollars in money a few days ago, but now he wants to thank the reward for a few hundred taels of silver.
"Hey, it's too little, then I'll put it away for you. Mei Ying thought that Gao Yuan cared about the ranking of his military merits, so she couldn't help but say that she had received the silver for him, and winked with a smile: "Gao Yuan, men are too stingy and will be looked down upon." ”
Without the silver ticket and jewelry, and causing the beauty to misunderstand, Takagaki wanted to cry without tears, but he couldn't explain it yet, which would only make things worse. Hei Mulin, Hei Ha'er, Hei Laozi's heart, the pay is too disproportionate to the gain, the complete gain outweighs the loss, he is depressed and has to pretend to be smiling to please him, his mood is more uncomfortable than his brother Li Changgong, at least that kid doesn't have to sing and dance under the coptis tree.