The road from Nanyang to Liaodong County was relatively peaceful, and the group arrived at Liaodong County smoothly.
It’s almost the same as when I went to Bianjing. After more than two months, Liaodong County is still... sparsely populated...
(The dog’s head saves life)
These people were all taken away by Yunzhou County. Zhao Jun and his party did not dare to stay in Liaodong County longer. The main ones were two people with guilty consciences.
The daily traveling speed was much faster than the previous time in Nanyang.
When Ye Yin was still wondering why there were so few people in Liaodong County, Wang Huai'en quietly told her about the "good deeds" done by Yunzhou County and almost laughed her to death!
He couldn't help but tease Zhao Jun, saying why are you so damaging?
Zhao Jun is very convincing!
"Hey! If they can't afford it, why don't I be allowed to raise it?"
In exchange, Ye Yin gave Ye Yin a big eye roll!
Not daring to visit the county officials along the way, everyone speeded all the way to Liaoyun Pass at twice the speed of the previous time.
Late October, early November.
During this time, it has begun to snow lightly in Liaodong County, including Yunzhou County. Within half a month, everyone has begun to prepare for the winter.
Li Wei, the guard of Liaoyun Pass, was happily eating mutton hot pot in his cell.
This way of eating came from Yunzhou County, and it is said that it was a way of eating invented by King Yun himself.
The hot pot base and mutton are also from Yunzhou. They are specially sent by Yunzhou County. They are not gold or silver, so Li Wei accepted them even if they were a little bit of food.
I happily picked up a piece of steaming mutton and dipped it into the red sauce on the side!
Put it in your mouth.
Hmm~
The exciting feeling erupts from the mouth, and the explosion makes people gasp for breath and can't help but eat another piece!
Just two words! Enjoyable!
"Hey! Here comes the beef roll!"
"Quick! Put it over here!"
Lieutenant General Peng Li gently kicked open the door and walked in carrying a large plate of beef rolls rolled into thumb-sized rolls.
Li Wei quickly greeted him and asked him to place him in a free space on the table.
After placing a large plate of beef rolls on the table, Peng Li unceremoniously sat on the other side of the table.
While picking up a piece of hot mutton and eating it, he started chatting with Li Wei.
"General, I heard that King Yun is already on his way back to Yunzhou County and will arrive at our Liaoyun Pass soon."
Li Wei paused for a moment before eating the meat, and then continued to eat without caring. While eating, he said:
"What's the point? King Yun is a vassal king after all. He can't always stay in Bianjing. He went back this time just for the wedding. Now that the wedding is over, it's natural for him to return to his fiefdom."
Peng Li looked around, and then he couldn't help but lower his voice a little and whispered:
"But I heard that there seems to be a conflict between King Yun and the Taiwei. This time, even the Dengwen drum that has not been sounded for a hundred years was beaten. Several generals in the northwest suddenly proposed to resign and return to their hometowns, and they were all Taiwei. A line of people.
There must be something related during this period! "
Li Wei tapped him with chopsticks, shook his head and said: "You guy, isn't this already obvious?
Why did he say it so obscurely and create a conflict? It wasn't because the Taiwei fell in love with King Yun's horse and sent people to seize the horse and beat King Yun's men. King Yun also had a bad temper and just knocked on the drum. In order to clear up the trouble, the Taiwei gave up his military power to the Holy Emperor in exchange for peace.
Is there anything bad to say about this?
Didn't you see that the Taiwei was not punished after the attack?
This is a deal! "
After hearing this, Peng Li couldn't help but tsk his tongue: "Tsk tsk, this lieutenant is really powerful. Just steal the prince's horse and hand over some military power and that's it?"
Li Wei glanced at him and asked funnyly: "Are you envious?"
Peng Li nodded quickly: "Who wouldn't be envious of this!"
But Li Wei moved his chopsticks, picked up a roll of beef rolls, put it into the pot and scalded it while saying: "I'm not envious, his behavior is no different from chronic suicide.
Don't look at the way the Ding family seems to be powerful now. Even His Majesty wants to give him three cents.
But now the Ding family is not as good as before. You joined the army late, but you didn’t know that the Ding family twenty years ago was really powerful. Nearly half of the soldiers and horses in the world were controlled by people. The entire Song Dynasty was in a state of chaos. On the teetering edge.
But since Jin Shang came to power, coupled with the unexpected death of the old head of the Ding family, and now Ding Nie came to power, the entire Ding family has been weakened by Jin Shang.
The power currently available to the army is less than half of what it was when the old patriarch was in power, and it is already on the verge of reaching its end.
You see, this time he surrendered so much military power in order to solve the horse snatching issue. Once His Majesty takes full control of these military powers, he will definitely continue to pursue him fiercely and force him to hand over more military power.
And when he has almost handed over military power, or he can't help but want to talk to His Majesty...
By then one can imagine his fate. "
Peng Li understood the underlying meaning of Li Wei's words and couldn't help but sigh:
“Then it’s better to be like us.
The Ding family's tree is big and attracts the wind. We can just live our own small life and guard the Liaoyun Pass, and we can live a comfortable life.
It's better than the Ding family's fearful life. "
Li Wei nodded, picked up a piece of beef again and put it into the pot to cook, saying: "Hey! You're right, our life is so good. We guard Guancheng, and we have two small hot pot meals if we have nothing to do. If you can't have a little drink, as long as you don't delay the business, your life will be much more comfortable than that of some big shots.
Don't look at the glory of those big shots, they may not be as happy as we are.
Come on, come on, why are you talking so much? Eat beef! Wow, this beef is really good!
That is to say, over in Yunzhou County, it is illegal to kill cattle in our customs. Even the rich and powerful in Beijing cannot eat much beef a year, and they have to use death from illness as an excuse. "
After hearing what Li Wei said, Peng Li nodded and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the meat and said:
"Yes, this is my first time cutting beef. General, you don't know that this beef actually has snowflakes on it!
The guy who brought the meat said it was snowflake beef, the best in beef. I haven’t tried it yet... eh? What about beef? "
Peng Li, who was about to pick up a piece of beef, was shocked to see that the large plate of beef rolls that was full just now was actually empty. Looking up again, he was shocked to see that the last piece of beef had just been cooked by Li Wei and was about to stuff it into his mouth!
"General! Shut up! My subordinates haven't eaten yet!
It took me half an hour to cut this meat! "
"ha?"
Seeing that Li Wei had been discovered, his hand speed suddenly became a little faster. Just as he was about to resolve the battle quickly, Peng Li became anxious!
Just use chopsticks to grab it!
The two of them fought over the last piece of beef!
at this time……
"General! General! King Yun and the others are back and are waiting for the switch outside the pass!"
The guard's voice suddenly came from outside the door. As soon as he finished speaking, the guard who opened the door and came in was shocked to see his general and deputy general fighting for a piece of meat with their chopsticks flying.
The meat was flying up and down in the fight between the two pairs of chopsticks. At the moment he came in, the two of them made a move, and the meat flew up.
The guard subconsciously opened his mouth, and the meat fell directly into his mouth.
I chewed it subconsciously!
It's meat! It’s quite delicious!
When Peng Li saw this scene, he slumped back on his chair in despair!
Good guy, I worked hard for more than half an hour, but I didn't expect that I didn't even eat the last piece of meat.
Seeing this scene, Li Wei suddenly laughed unkindly.
Then he picked up the handkerchief prepared on the side and wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's not like there's no meat left. You can just cut it yourself later."
Let's go, King Yun and the others are back, I should go and greet them. "
Peng Li rolled his eyes at the culprit who had caused him not to eat any meat, and then stood up helplessly, sorted out his clothes, and then followed Li Wei to greet King Yun and his party.
The guard who came to report the news followed the two of them and couldn't help smacking his lips, wondering what kind of meat it was just now. Why hadn't he eaten it before? It was so delicious!
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(End of chapter)
