Seeing Gu Xiao dodging, Xu An became alert. Although he was recruited into the patrol army by General Gao, in the past few years, even if he may not recognize all the patrol soldiers, as long as he is a patrol soldier, he will have an impression. , but the young soldier behind Lao Jin had no impression of him at all.
Alerted, Xu Anzi wanted to ask another question, but was blocked by Lao Jin.
"General Xu...this...I..." Lao Jin pretended to be embarrassed and spoke hesitantly.
Seeing Lao Jin's troubled expression, Xu An's alertness disappeared and he said bluntly: "What's wrong with you and me, Lao Jin, just tell me if you have anything. Xu An is not one of those inexperienced people, so please say it with ease." .”
"He...I...well, I don't dare to deceive General Xu. This boy is my cousin from my hometown. He studied hard for ten years, but he still lost his name. My family knew that I was under the command of General Gao, so they asked him to join me." I, he... was a scholar before and couldn't use weapons, so I simply let him work as a cook in the kitchen tent, which can make a living."
Lao Jin is an honest man, and everyone on patrol knows that. Even iron-faced generals like Xu An also know Lao Jin's temper. If Lao Jin brings his cousin into the army to receive soldiers' pay, maybe Xu An will still He was scolded, but he just wanted to be a chef and rely on his craftsmanship to eat. Xu An didn't want to embarrass Lao Jin anymore.
What's more, there are unwritten rules in the army, that is, you would rather offend the general than the cook. The most you can do if you offend the general is a slap in the face, even if it means beheading, leaving a scar as big as a bowl. Eighteen years later Another good guy.
But if you offend the cook, march and fight, and not be able to eat a mouthful of hot rice, even if you have won a battle and have a military banquet, you will still eat stones, sand, and even food that makes you salivate, and then you will be a dumb person eating it. Coptidis Coptidis is indescribable.
"Hahaha, I'm talking about Lao Jin, why are you still worried that I will reprimand you? There is no need to be secretive about such a trivial matter. You... don't know how to deal with it first, right?"
Xu An looked up to the sky and smiled, but when he saw Lao Jin's expression of embarrassment, he didn't know that he was ashamed of lying. He was only worried that he had not reported the matter of bringing his cousin into the camp privately to General Gao, so he asked.
Lao Jin had a panic on his face: "How dare you, little one? The general has been visiting as distinguished guests these past few days, and he has never found a chance to report it to the general."
Xu An is in a good mood today, not because he was promoted to deputy commander, but because he discovered that the boss he had always looked down on was actually a general who was both smart and brave. This was undoubtedly the most important thing for Xu An. Make him feel comfortable.
Regardless of the years of depression and grievances, how could it not make people happy if they were wiped away today? If it were not for the military law of not drinking when marching, Xu An would really want to get drunk, but Fang Shu is happy today.
This little thing about Lao Jin was no longer a problem in Xu An's eyes. Hearing Lao Jin talk about taking his cousin to be a chef, Gao Deng reported it to Gao Deng and pushed Lao Jin away who was still trying to stop him. Jin walked in front of the young man, raised his big hand and patted the young man on the shoulder.
"Boy, work hard with your cousin and learn good cooking skills. When you return to your hometown in the future, you will also have a skill by your side. Lao Jin, I will take care of your cousin's matter. I will go and talk to the general. Say." Xu An turned back to Lao Jin and smiled.
He just patted the young man's shoulder, but the second shot was in vain. Looking back, he saw that the young man was covering his shoulders and fell to the ground. Only then did he remember that this young man was a scholar. He who was in the army would inevitably have a heavy hand. He retracted his hand and said awkwardly: "Lao Jin, I, Xu An, am a rough man. Don't be offended."
Lao Jin said with a smile: "How dare you, little man? By the way, General Xu, you just came out of General Gao's tent, where are you going?"
As soon as he said this, the smile on Xu An's face disappeared. He looked towards a camp in the distance with murderous intent in his eyes and murmured: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot something important. Lao Jin, you will send some sheep later." The rabbit leg meat goes to General Gao's tent, General Gao wants to entertain distinguished guests."
Lao Jin was secretly frightened when he heard the words of offering wine and meat from General Xu An. Who knew that Xu An, the iron-faced general, had always looked down upon his own general, so how could he have entered the general's camp just now? In one visit, he changed so completely. What on earth did his general say to him?
In the fog, Lao Jin didn't know what kind of medicine General Xu was selling in his gourd, but after thinking about it, General Xu would not give orders nonsense. He quickly looked serious and wanted to respond, but suddenly remembered that the mutton soup had been poisoned by gourds, and hesitated. He said: "As ordered, Lao Jin will go and prepare now, but..."
Xu An knew what Lao Jin was thinking, and he only thought about what Gordon had told him. He didn't take Lao Jin's hesitation to heart at all. After casually saying "Don't forget", he focused his eyes and looked at the people in the military camp. He was standing in the tent, showing slight murderous intention, and walked away quickly.
Watching Xu An go away, Lao Jin, who had not revealed his secret, breathed a sigh of relief, then turned bitter and muttered to himself: "What should I do now? I'm going to get slapped with a brick wall."
When he was in a dilemma, the young man behind him had already patted away the snow all over his body. After hearing the words of General Xu just now, the young man understood clearly what Lao Jin was worried about.
After whispering a few words in his ear, Lao Jin's eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement. Without waiting any longer, he led the young man to the kitchen tent.
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In the general's tent, Gao Deng sat on the general's throne with a solemn expression. Over the years, his reputation as a bastard general and a fool general has not only resounded throughout Yanbei, but even those in the court regarded him as his elder brother. As for the person who ascended to heaven, he has worn the mask for so long that he has almost forgotten his true face.
"You are messing around and being dissolute. You are such a bastard. I still have the things in Wan Jun's hands. I want to get them back no matter what. I know you are different from your brother. If things are done properly, your brother, I can forget about it." Gordon Thinking of that person who said ninety-five words, I couldn't help but frown slightly.
Withdrawing his thoughts and looking outside the tent, Gordon only hated his brother for being ignorant and unable to distinguish right from wrong, so he ended up in a nest with these people. The current Holy Lord is the wise king of all ages, how could he not notice it? His brother still thought he could hide the truth, but actually Together with those people, they intercepted and killed Wan Jun...
And my sister, who was taken by her elder brother since she was a child, spoiled her temper, and ended up being buried in Liuzhuang.
The family was poor since childhood, and the three brothers and sisters depended on each other for life. Nowadays, life has gotten better, but they are forever separated. Gao Deng hated the Golden Sword Sect. He did not expect that they would be so bold and arrogant, entering Mo County openly and hurting so many people. Life, he actually wanted to use the vicious plan to destroy the county to cover up the crime.
If the Holy One had not determined to eradicate this thief, I really don't know how to keep pretending. Do I really want to lead the patrol and massacre the people of Mo County?
Judging from the Holy Spirit's words, "A lost son will win a son", if he were not determined to eradicate these bandits, he might really allow himself to cooperate with that group of people and commit such an outrageous thing, and then he would really be in a dilemma. .
Gao Deng felt a chill in his heart and a chill down his spine. He thought that he couldn't bear to slaughter innocent people, but if he resisted the order, even if he had military power, he would be like Wan Jun... It would be better if he just gave up the military power and was escorted to Beijing. He was not Wan Jun. Jun, and there is no way to follow the dragon's power.
Thinking of General Wan, I wonder what order he resisted, why the Holy One insisted on taking Yang Huchen's life, and what exactly Wan Jun had in his hands that even the Holy One was afraid of. Gao Deng didn't know, and he didn't dare to think about it. The most important thing at the moment was The first thing is to take down the young man in snow clothes.
He was still afraid of the two masters next to him before, but now he has taken advantage of them. The two masters left with peace of mind. Now there are only about fifty people left beside him. At this time, there are already ten times as many soldiers in the patrol. , thinking of this, I can't help but feel confident.
What's more, these soldiers had been allowed to eat and drink together with the guards brought by the young man before, and they had already been made to relax. Now all they had to do was invite Wang Heng to the big tent and capture him. The people under his command were leaderless, and they were naturally captured.
After making up his mind, Gao Deng calmed down his thoughts and spoke softly outside the tent.
"Here comes someone."
"Here." The armored men came in in response. These people had stern faces and indifferent eyes. It was obvious at a glance that they were all the best among the best.
"You guys are lying outside the tent, just waiting for me to break the cup as a signal, swarm in and capture the man alive." Gordon's tone was calm and he gave the order calmly.
A group of soldiers took orders and retreated silently.
Gao Deng stood up, walked outside the tent, looked at the reddish night sky, and murmured: "I think the messenger has arrived. What the master said is true. Before going outside, you must first settle down inside, and one day we will recover the Shan Dynasty." .”
Under the night, the firelight reflected the sky, and what was reflected by the same firelight was not only the sky that was burned red by the beacon tower. At this moment, in the kitchen tent, next to the firelight of the stove, two people were talking in low voices.
Gu Xiao looked at the rat vomiting black blood from the corner of his mouth next to the bowl of mutton soup, and was secretly glad that fortunately the patrol did not ask the soldiers to make fire and make food according to the marching time, otherwise the small school would have poisoned him. All were poisoned.
Lao Jin was equally lucky. If General Gao really drank this soup, he would never be able to atone for his sins. At this time, in the kitchen tent, Lao Jin had already kicked out the other waiters, leaving only himself and the young man.
Turning to look at the young man, Lao Jin dispelled all doubts in his heart. He could not imagine that the person who ordered him could be so cruel and ruthless, and he said with lingering fear: "Young knight, this... the general is going to hold a banquet. Now in these mutton soups, all the people are being eaten." That gourd was poisoned. Didn’t you say that there are still people who ordered him in the army? Why don’t we report it to the general and conduct a thorough investigation and capture."
Gu Xiao lowered his voice and replied: "Catch traitors and doubles, and catch thieves and stolen goods. Not to mention that Gouzi is dead. Even if he is not dead, we have no evidence that he poisoned him. He just came in front of your general and ordered it." If someone bites you back, how do you defend yourself?"
Lao Jin suddenly realized: "What the young hero said is absolutely true, so what should we do next?"
Gu Xiao said with a smile: "I think the person who instigated it hasn't realized that the matter has been exposed. Just now I heard from the general that your general is going to have a banquet. Why don't we try to use the trick to prevent him from bringing on himself?"
"Yes, yes, then he can't deny it, but now..." Lao Jin had already obeyed the young man's words, but he looked at the messy stove in front of him. All the mutton soup meals were no longer edible. What should I do? I couldn't help but ask the young man for advice.
Hearing this, the young man frowned slightly and thought for a moment. He heard the words of the general he met outside the tent about "mutton legs and rabbit meat." He had an idea in his mind and said, "Send someone to pour these inedible mutton soup foods. The further away the better, take apart these stoves by the way, I'll be right back."
Lao Jin didn't know what kind of medicine the young man was selling in the gourd, but he had no other choice at this time. He had to follow the young man's advice and ordered a group of cooks to take out the poisoned mutton soup and pour it in the snow outside the camp.
He followed the young man's instructions, took apart the stove, and waited for the young man to return.
Not long after, everything was done. Lao Jin stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his face. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps outside the tent. Looking sideways, he saw that the young man had opened the curtain and entered, carrying several snow rabbits in his hands.
Seeing this scene, Lao Jin's eyes lit up. He was so flustered that he forgot that the Yanbei Mountains were full of game, especially hares, which lay dormant day and night and were the best food. He immediately spoke.
"That's great, kid. Lao Jin will show you his skill at roasting rabbits. Come and show me his skill."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the young man had handed the bone-cutting knife on the table into his hand, and the young man's voice rang in his ears.
"Go skin the snowshoe rabbit and gut it."
Lao Jin couldn't help but stood dumbfounded on the spot. Since he became General Gao's cook, this was the first time someone asked him to do such a job as a cook.
However, looking at the young man's expression, he seemed to have a plan in mind, so Lao Jin didn't care about this and quickly took the knife and started to do it immediately.
Some people died, but not completely...
