At noon, the sky is cloudless, the sun is blazing, the steam is steaming, the dust is blowing against your face, heat waves are rising from the ground, and thousands of mountains are blazing. Qinbei Pavilion
Yang Zhizheng was leading his team on a hillock. Under the scorching sun, the ground was hot to the feet. Eleven soldiers were carrying heavy gold and silver burdens. Their backs were covered in sweat. Their clothes were already soaked with sweat. Their feet were wearing hemp shoes. It's almost blistering.
When they reached the top of the mound, they saw a pine forest. Seeing the shade of the trees, the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore. They ran to the shade of the trees, threw away their picks, and sat down against the pine trees.
"What are you doing? Get up!"
Seeing how angry the soldiers were, Yang Zhi waved the cane in his hand and shouted.
"Tihar, the sun is so fierce today, it's already noon, it's time to rest!"
The soldiers couldn't bear the heat. Now that they had the shade of a tree, they couldn't rest anywhere. Besides, it was already noon, so it was time to rest.
"Don't you even look at where this place is! There are wastelands in front and behind, and there is only a forest here. What if there is a thief hiding in it? Get up and hurry up!"
Yang Zhi whipped the soldiers with a cane.
"Death in the sun is death, and beating us to death is death. If you can, beat us to death!"
Those soldiers were no longer afraid after being beaten too many times. They were all shouting and unwilling to leave even if they were beaten all over the floor.
"Yantiha, let them take a rest if the sun is so harsh. They will not be able to leave if they fall down from exhaustion in these barren mountains."
The old captain wiped his sweat and panted, saying that it was easy to faint from heat stroke while driving under the sun in this weather. If a few soldiers were to fall down, they would be stuck on the road.
"What do you know? This place is called Huangnigang. Usually there are many thieves cutting the paths. Now the weather is hot and there are few merchants. The thieves have no one to rob. How can they rest here? Get up quickly!"
Yang Zhi didn't care so much. The terrain was wrong and he had to leave early.
Yang Zhi beat him for a long time, but the soldiers still refused to get up.
"Yang Tiha, how can a strong man cut the path in the peaceful world? It's noon now, it doesn't hurt to take a rest!"
The two Yuhous also spoke to persuade.
"If you don't get up, eat my twenty army sticks!"
Yang Zhili ignored the two Yuhous and pointed at the soldiers to scare them.
"How dare you! You are just a Tiha. You are walking empty-handed all the way. We are carrying a load weighing 100 kilograms. Not only are you inconsiderate, but you are either beating or scolding us all the way. You are the king of heaven, why don't you treat us as human beings?" You want to beat us to death! We will fight you!"
The eleven soldiers jumped up, glared at Yang Zhi with poles in their hands and shouted, they had been fed up with the anger along the way. No matter how harsh the officers were in the past, they were not even one-tenth as harsh as Yang Zhi. If they tolerated them any longer, they would probably be killed. I won’t survive in Tokyo.
"You beasts dare to rebel? If you want to die, I will help you!"
Yang Zhi drew his sword and pointed it at the eleven soldiers and cursed.
"stop!"
The old governor roared and rushed between the two parties.
"Yang Tiha, what are you doing? Your military order calls for an hour's rest at noon. Now that it's noon, you should rest as ordered!"
The old governor looked at Yang Zhi and exclaimed, he had warned Yang Zhi long ago that such harshness would change sooner or later, and now it has happened as expected.
"Old Du Tuan, Ren Jingjing. Yang Zhi was either beating or scolding us all the way. We are pigs and dogs and we wouldn't be treated like this. We won't pick this thing anymore. If he has the ability, he will pick everyone to go to Tokyo. We Go back to Daming Mansion to find the magistrate to plead guilty!"
The soldiers looked at the old governor and said, they knew that it would be a serious crime to abandon the enemy and go back, but instead of being beaten to death by Yang Zhi, it would be better to go back and be punished. Their crime was to assassinate Qianli.
"Don't be angry. This birth date is very important. Thanks to your efforts, as long as you arrive in Tokyo safely, you will be rewarded!"
Seeing that the soldiers were agitated, the old governor quickly calmed them down. Money was a trivial matter, but birthdays were important. It was Grand Master Cai's birthday. How could he not receive congratulatory gifts from his daughter and son-in-law? This is not only a piece of money, but also a piece of heart, and it is also a face in front of outsiders. It was lost once last year, and it must not happen again this year.
"I'm afraid I won't have the money to spend it!"
The soldiers were a little excited after hearing the heavy reward, but they still stared at Yang Zhi.
"Yang Tiha, you also passed the military examination, how come you don't know how to show sympathy to the soldiers! Although I am just a nanny, I have seen generals leading troops in the Taishi Mansion, not even the military governor of a town. You who criticize the soldiers harshly, you are so cruel that not even the thieves in the mountains can compare with you!"
The old governor pointed at Yang Zhi and said, he reminded Yang Zhi many times along the way to be considerate of the soldiers, but Yang Zhi refused to listen, and now he has actually mutinied. If the soldiers gave up their choice, how could they give birth certificates? Yang Zhi has only three heads and six arms, but how many burdens can he carry?
"Everyone cares, you are from the Grand Master's Mansion. You don't know that this world is dangerous and strongmen are everywhere. This birthday plan is of great importance and you cannot just stay here."
Yang Zhi put away the Pu knife and looked at the old governor and said.
"When thieves come, where can you hide? On and off guard, where can't you take action? If thieves come, you still have to rely on them to protect your load? Can you deal with the thieves alone?"
The old governor pointed at the soldiers and said to Yang Zhi.
Just when Yang Zhi was in a dilemma, a group of people came down from the post, pushing several Jiangzhou carts, and were quickly heading up to the post.
"Isn't this the bad guy coming!"
Yang Zhi blocked the way of those people with a simple knife.
"Are you the gangsters on duty?"
Everyone drew their swords and looked at Yang Zhi.
"Forget it, you are the bad guys, right?"
Yang Zhi stared at the people and said, he saw that all of them had strange looks, some were strong men, some had a fierce face, some had a bookish look, and one had a birthmark on his face just like him. What a good person.
"We are merchants from Haozhou, selling dates to Tokyo. The weather is hot, and there is only a forest on the hillside, so we thought of taking a break."
Chao Gai looked at Yang Zhi and said. He looked at the group of people. Except for Yang Zhi, there seemed to be no troublesome people. He already had the plan in his heart to seize and then silence them.
"Who are you and why are you blocking the road!"
Wu Yong saw Chao Gai's thoughts and quickly stepped forward and asked.
"It turned out to be a businessman."
Yang Zhi put away the knife and moved out of the way.
"We all know that the sun is scorching hot and people have to rest when pushing their carts. How can we bear it while carrying the load?"
When the soldiers saw the merchants coming to the woods to cool off, they all started shouting.
"Everybody sit down, everybody sit down!"
The old governor said to the soldiers.
"Yang Tiha, are you still on your way?"
The old governor looked at Yang Zhi who came back and asked.
"Get some rest. There's no point in making a fuss. Let's go when it gets cooler."
Yang Zhi knew that he couldn't call the soldiers now, so he had to speak. There were too many people to talk to him, otherwise he might have started to take action now, but there would be no way to end it.
Seeing that Yang Zhi was silent, the soldiers all found a comfortable place to lean against a tree to enjoy the cool air.
Chao Gai and others were not resting nearby. A few people laughed and talked. Some interesting things on the road aroused the interest of the Junhanmen, and they would interject a few questions from time to time.
Yang Zhi didn't hear anything wrong, so he felt completely relieved. He really believed that these people were passing merchants.
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