By the Xiao River, Lu Lie had already turned into a human body, and someone was sending him back for rescue. As for Bahong, he was also in a miserable condition. He didn't know what methods Li Qi used. His body was covered with wounds like fish mouths, and he also passed out.
The threshing grass was inevitably damaged, and everyone had already gotten used to it. The tents were set up again, and the banquet went on as usual. It's just that it's really rare to be beaten like this by Gucao. Everyone looked at Wu Gen and Li Qi a little strangely. .
According to the habits of the shepherds, these two people were at the lowest level. Now that they had beaten two children of ten thousand families into a coma, they were indeed an outlier.
The people attending the banquet grew up in big families, and they were all human beings. After this incident, their eyes towards the two of them became much kinder.
Wu Gen had already changed into new clothes and applied medicine to the wound on his chest. He was currently eating and drinking with his bald head, completely ignoring everyone's joking looks.
Gu Yangsi came over with a wine glass and raised his hand to raise the glass. Facing this person, Wu Gen couldn't help but be rude, so he had to stand up and drink with him.
"You shouldn't have beaten Lu Lie so hard. His family occupies the largest territory among all the ten thousand families. If you walk in the Iron Hand Province in the future, you will inevitably bump into the Lu family, which may cause some trouble. "
Gu Siyang whispered, glancing at the woman not far away, "Besides, you also offended Murong Yuqiang. As you know, offending a woman is troublesome, very troublesome. More importantly, the Murong family also has a close relationship with The lord is related by marriage, although you are similar to the second young master, after all you are an outsider, how can you compare to someone else?"
Wu Gen glanced at the other party meaningfully, "Hey, you are also from the Wanhu family. It sounds like you have nothing to do with them. This is only the second time we meet, why do you mention it to me like this?"
Guyang Si rolled his eyes at Wu Gen, "Do you think I'm helping you? I want to help the Second Young Master. You are his, so naturally I have to say a few more words."
Speaking of this, Gu Yangsi sighed, "Although each of us came to Hanlu City on the orders of our family, thinking of persuading the lord to take back our orders. But I am different from them. If we can achieve our demands peacefully, It’s the best, after all… After all, if you break your skin, many people will die.”
Wu Gen glanced at Gu Yangsi, who was a little sad, and sighed softly, "The trees want to be quiet but the wind is not stopping. Some things can't be avoided if you want to. After all, the positions of the two sides are very different, and there is almost no possibility of peace."
Gu Yangsi sighed and said: "Just do your best, someone always needs to give in. Forget it, let's not mention this, we are not the ones who can make the decision. That's it, I will try to persuade Lu Lie and Murong Yuqiang Let’s wait and see if we can laugh away our grudges.”
Wu Gen spread his hands and said with an indifferent expression, "Whatever, it's best if they are willing to reconcile. If not, just beat them up."
Gu Siyang patted Wu Gen's shoulder gently and said helplessly, "I can see it too. You are a very proud person at heart. You can't tell that in your heart you think that the children of our family are like chickens and dogs." He turned around and returned to his seat.
Without Lu Lie and Ba Hong, the atmosphere of the banquet quickly became lively. People from several families took turns coming forward to toast Ji Ye. Even Murong Yuqiang went through the motions with a straight face.
Ji Ye took the opportunity to chat with a few people and ask about the current situation of the other party's family. Laughter broke out from time to time during the banquet, which wiped away the unhappiness of the threshing grass.
Finally, the banquet ended in peace, and everyone prepared to return to Hanlu City. Because Wu Gen was injured, Ji Ye did not let him ride a horse and arranged a carriage instead.
Sitting on the carriage, Wu Gen was about to take a nap when suddenly the curtains were opened and Murong Yuqiang stood beside the carriage. His face was still as cold as ice, and he stretched out his hand, "Where's my hairpin?"
"Hairpin?" Wu Gen was startled and reached out to touch his arms. Only then did he realize that because Lu Lie had burned all his clothes, the hairpin had long gone. "Miss Murong, that hairpin of yours is really ugly. Why don't you give it to me next time?"
"You... hum." Murong Yuqiang swung the curtains, turned around and left.
Wu Gen opened the curtains and looked at his back, muttering softly: "You are so stingy, I will give you dozens of them next time, no?"
Is it just a matter of a few taels of silver? "
Murong Yuqiang paused for a moment, her chest rose and fell sharply, and she walked towards her bay-red horse without looking back.
"Hey, if you are not capable and have a bad temper, you are destined to never get married. Which man would marry you because there is black smoke on his ancestral grave." Wu Gen lowered the curtains and cursed Murong Yuqiang fiercely.
After returning to Hanlu City, Wu Gen recovered from his injuries and took Li Qi back to his home camp in Xingshan, regardless of Ji Ye's pleas.
As soon as he returned, Wu Gen began to expand his army. On the one hand, Zhang Wuyang and others were sent to Liangxi Village on Yanxing Road to recruit people who were willing to join the Fearless Army. Thanks to Hua Yanlin's tacit approval, this recruitment was quite easy, with nearly 800 people coming.
On the other hand, Wu Gen began to send people to the surrounding areas to eliminate some small groups of bandits. These people were plundering because they could no longer survive. Since the Fearless Army has the endorsement of the Ji family, there are still some people who are willing to ask for a better background, so they naturally join the Fearless Army.
Sometimes, the Fearless Army would accidentally go to a small family, using the excuse that the family had connections with the rebels, and wait for an opportunity to collect some hush money to fund the military. Because the military expenditure provided by the Ji family is limited after all, if Wu Gen wants to expand the scale, he must save some money in advance.
On the other hand, the other Northern Army on Guanxing Mountain had a much more comfortable life. They are affiliated with Ji Yan. In addition to normal military expenses, Ji Yan also subsidizes them from her own treasury. Whether it is food, weapons, or horses, they are much better than the Fearless Army.
Under Wu Gen's instruction, the Fearless Army began to harass the Northern Army intentionally or unintentionally. For this reason, the two armies had countless frictions.
After experiencing inexplicable harassment by ants and insects for half a month, having diarrhea for ten days, and often seeing female ghosts wandering around in the middle of the night, thousands of households in the Northern Army couldn't bear it anymore, so they took the initiative to send Wu Gen part of the military supplies, and at the same time, they The camp was far away, fifty miles away from Wu Gen's camp, and the army had just settled down.
During this period, Wu Gen was also invited by Ji Ye or Guyang Si to attend banquets in Hanlu City several times. Once, he even met the injured Lu Lie and Ba Hong at the same banquet. However, there was no conflict between the two parties. They sat far away from each other and ignored each other.
On this day, Wu Gen was sitting in the camp on the top of the mountain, watching the fearless army training below. The Fearless Army has now expanded to 1,800 people. This is the largest number of troops Wu Gen has ever led in his life. Naturally, he feels a little complacent. Now, no matter which thousands of households he bumps into, he has the confidence to give them a try.
Wu Gen had excellent eyesight and suddenly saw some horses galloping down the mountain. He was still wondering if Ji Ye had asked him to go drink in the city again.
While he was muttering, Wu Gen's expression froze. It was Ji Ye who came, and it was Ji Yan, the ambitious female leader of his family who only wanted to be the female leader.
This crazy girl is definitely up to no good. He quickly ordered to go down, said he was sick, turned around and rushed to the Wangbei Building specially built for him. He ran to the second floor and lay down on the bed, covering himself with a quilt and pretending to sleep.
After a while, the sound of thumping footsteps came from the wooden stairs, as well as Zhuo Ke's anxious voice, "Third Young Master, my village master is really sick and has been bedridden for many days." After hearing this, Wu Gen Momo put a scarf on his head.
The heavy footsteps still continued, and Zhuo Ke shouted again: "The leader of the village has a hard sore on his body. I'm afraid it won't be convenient for the three young masters to go up without putting on his clothes." Wu Gen sighed and had to silently remove his shirt. Take it off.
"The village leader's sores are on the lower body, it's really inconvenient." Zhuo Ke's voice was filled with tears.
Wu Gen was startled and grabbed the cloth pants on his legs.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Ji Yanfeng rushed in, opened the curtain in front of the bed, and stared fiercely at Wu Gen who was hiding under the quilt and trying to take off his pants.
"Fortress leader? Wu Gen, you really think this is a bandit's den. Get up, I want to see what kind of disease you, the leader of the village, have got, and why you can't see anyone." Ji Yan said angrily, stretching out her hand. He had to pull Wu Gen's quilt.
"I can see people." Wu Gen pulled his quilt tightly and blinked.
"Then why are you hiding from me?" Ji Yan pulled the quilt hard and suddenly understood something, "You are not a human being."
Damn it, how could this quilt withstand the tearing of the two of them, and reed flowers and goose feathers flew everywhere for a while.
Zhuo Ke covered his eyes and couldn't bear to see the white flowers on the bed.
"Rogue, bad guy." Looking at the shirtless Wu Gen, Ji Yan screamed and ran outside the house, "Wu Gen, put on your clothes and get out."
After a moment of burning incense, Wu Gen and Ji Yan were sitting in the living room on the first floor, looking at each other angrily. Zhuo Ke carefully served the tea and ran outside in a hurry.
"Wu Gen, let me ask you, why did you use despicable methods on my men, rob them of their belongings, and drive them so far away? What shameful deeds are you doing here." Ji Yan crossed her hands in front of her belly and tilted her head. Looking at Wu Gen on the side.
"Third Young Master, you must not put this shit basin on my head. We are very close to the Young Master's subordinates. It is normal to have occasional quarrels on weekdays. There are always disputes in the army. If they are all Sheep are generally honest, so why fight?" Wu Gen picked up the tea cup angrily and spit out the tea as soon as he took a sip, "Zhuo Ke, get out of here, I want to burn your village leader to death."
There was silence outside the door. Zhuo Ke was sitting on the stone steps in the courtyard, and he thought it was an old bird that was calling.
"Captain of the village? Wu Gen, I think you are just a bandit. You are now a member of the Northern Army Qianhu, not the bandit leader of Bailing Province." Ji Yan seized on Wu Gen's loophole again and used the topic to play on it.
Putting the tea cup heavily on the table, Wu Gen said dissatisfiedly: "Ji Yan, the two camps on my mountain and down the mountain have names, one is called Dengming Village and the other is called Dizhu Village, why can't I call them the leader of the village. If you continue to make trouble unreasonably, I will go to your brother and accuse you of meddling in other people's military affairs without permission."
Ji Yan pursed her lips and suddenly lost her momentum, "Wu Gen, it's not that I'm making trouble out of nothing. I really have some secrets. Do you know why we want to form an army in Xingshan?"
Wu Gen blinked, "Could it be related to your Ji family's family affairs, or Ji Ye would have told me already."
Ji Yan turned to look at Wu Gen and sighed softly, "Yes, you are smart. Less than five hundred miles north of Xingshan is Wuling City, and the lord of this city is my uncle Ji Bi. I This uncle was pampered by my grandfather since childhood, but he couldn't practice cultivation, so my father inherited the position of head of the family.
Later, my father felt guilty, so he gave Wulin City to him and asked him to be an idle city lord. He would collect all the taxes around the city, but he was not allowed to raise troops. My uncle is quite smart. He buys houses and land everywhere, and his life is quite comfortable. My father has been ill in the past two years, and as he gets older, he travels to Hanlu City more often, thinking of living in Hanlu City forever.
However, when the two of them met, they would quarrel endlessly. My father found him upset and would drive him away every time he came for a few days. We are stationing troops in the mountains not to prevent him from rebelling, but to take precautions because we are afraid that someone will use his name to cause rebellion. "
Wu Gen shook his head, "I don't care about your family's affairs. I will leave in two years. But my 3,000 posts are not full yet. Ji Yan, why don't you assign your subordinates to me? This will save the money." I go everywhere to suppress rebellions and recruit people.”
"You have a beautiful idea." When Ji Yan heard this, she jumped up as if her foot had been stepped on.
The two were arguing when suddenly Ha Ying rushed in with excitement on his face and said, "Master of the village, the Chu army is sending a letter, and Yang Houzheng is back."
