"Let's go take a look." Guo Ning handed the wooden bowl to Lu Han and strode outside the camp.
The camp is very small, so there is no camp gate at all. The team sent by Tudan Governor stayed at the gap in a wooden fence to the north of the river beach. Guo Ning turned a corner and saw them.
The children had just eaten the pancakes and seemed to have endless energy. They ran ahead of Guo Ning, and then ran back, hurriedly reporting: "Liu Lang, those people brought two pigs! Big pigs! There are several more. sheep!"
Since arriving in Anzhou, the people around Guo Ning have gradually dispersed. Now, there are only a dozen people left in the entire camp, which inevitably looks desolate. But when these children started to cheer, they became noisy like dozens of people, making Guo Ning's ears buzz.
"Okay, okay, I got it!" Guo Ning put his arms around Lu Shu's shoulders with a smile and asked him to lead his companions back: "You guys should share the remaining pancakes. Tell your sister, we will eat tonight OK."
The children went away cheering.
When the children left, Guo Ning turned around, and the smile disappeared from his face.
He only glanced at the boxes of gifts with the corners of his eyes, as if he didn't notice them at all, but just stared calmly at the gift-giver standing in front of the queue.
"This is a close family member of Governor Tudan, called Cui Xiannu." Wang Shixian said softly behind Guo Ning.
Guo Ning seemed unknown, and there was no trace of respect on his face.
Cui Xiannu wore a footless futou on his head, a round-collared robe, and a red belt around his waist. His clothes were more gorgeous than ordinary local officials. People like this are truly third-rank officials in front of the prime minister. Even in Zhongdu City, they will not easily succumb to outsiders with the power of the Tushan family.
When he arrived in Anzhou, he often traveled with Tudan Langjun. He was always surrounded by flags, titles, minions, and whips. How could he notice a broken army on the front line?
At this time, he was hurriedly sent out by Lang Jun to a dilapidated camp to show his kindness to a little person whom he had never heard of before! He felt very unhappy and felt that something was really wrong with the world.
Just as he was thinking this, Cui Xiannu saw someone striding towards him.
The man was tall, with broad shoulders and long arms. Even though his career had left deep marks on his face, and his beard was unkempt and unkempt, he could tell that he looked very young, in his early twenties at most. His eye sockets were deep, and his eyes became more and more sharp. His gaze swept across, and Cui Xiannu's heart suddenly trembled.
After Xiao Haohu's death, Tu Danlang Junhuo sent people to inquire about the situation. Cui Xiannu was with him both front and back, and his ears were filled with Guo Ning's evil deeds.
This is this person, Guo Liulang from Wusha Castle!
This is the murderer who broke into hundreds of Xi troops alone, killed Xiao Haohu in full view of everyone, and then retreated calmly!
That Xiao Haohu was a powerful figure who led the army to escape from the Mongolian army's pursuit. Even Tudan Langjun was afraid of him. But this Guo Ning... attacked and killed Xiao Haohu as soon as he got angry, and it was no more difficult than killing a chicken!
Who would have thought that there are such people in the wilderness? If this person can be used by Lang Jun, is he probably not a fierce general who can run amok? If he becomes Lang Jun's opponent, how much trouble will it cause?
Guo Ning's eyes glanced at Cui Xiannu's face, and his eyes came into contact unexpectedly. Suddenly he felt a chill running down his spine and shivering all over, so he didn't dare to show a reserved attitude and quickly stood up straighter before lowering his head.
"Excuse me, Mr. Cui, for making this trip. I have accepted the gift. Please pay homage to Tudan Governor on my behalf. Thank you very much for your generous gift."
Guo Ning's calm voice reached his ears, and Cui Xiannu still bowed his head, waiting for Guo Ning's next words.
But after waiting for a long time, there was nothing. All around were the sounds of strong winds on the desolate river beach.
This guy just said that lightly? Nothing else?
Now that I know that my husband has given me a generous gift, should I express myself flattered on the spot and then ask for help? I heard that this man was originally just a member of the Army of Wushabao in Changzhou. He was just a humble guy. How dare he take advantage of him like this?
Listening to his flat tone and saying "Thank you"...it doesn't look like he really means thank you!
Cui Xiannu tried to put a smile on his face and wanted to say a few words, but he couldn't help but feel unhappy. After a while, he gave a loud "hum", slightly cupped his hands and said, "That's it, farewell."
When he turned around and started to start, he was still hoping that Guo Ning would know that he was rude and catch up to save him. But after walking for more than ten steps, my ears were so straight that they almost hurt, but I didn't hear any movement from Guo Ning.
A group of more than ten servants followed Cui Xiannu towards the end of the river bank towards the slope.
Guo Ning did not see them off, but just stood there, watching their figures disappear behind the continuous withered yellow reeds.
Wang Shixian didn't expect Guo Ning to treat guests like this, so he asked immediately: "What? Liu Lang, do you have a grudge against him?"
"I have met Mr. Cui." Guo Ning replied calmly.
"oh?"
"At the beginning of December last year, I went to Wocheng County to see the governor of Tudan, hoping to present a plan to unite Anzhou's defeated troops and establish a military division. In the end, I gave my disciple five taels of silver, but I only met Cui Cui. Sir. And he kicked me out after only hearing a few words from me... Presumably, he was too lazy to listen to the nonsense of a mere soldier. At this moment, it seemed that he didn't even remember seeing him. Pass me...isn’t it interesting?”
Wang Shixian could only shake his head.
Guo Ning looked at the cage placed on the gravel beach: "Brother Shixian, come and help me."
Wang Shixian hurried over to help carry it.
The little finger of his left hand was cut off by Xiao Haohu. With a little force, the wound hurt like tearing, and he couldn't help but scream. Lu Han was watching from a distance, and now he took Feng and the stout woman and ran over to help.
Everyone was exhausted and sweating before packing up the many gifts.
The pigs and sheep were happily dragged to the back fence by the children. The boxes and cages are all placed in Guo Ning's house.
There are four cages. The first one contained several swords, guns and weapons, as well as a horn bow and dozens of long arrows. In the second cage, there are iron tools such as sickles, axes, hammers, iron pots, etc., as well as two pieces of cloth and a pack of paper, pen and ink. The third and fourth ones are filled with corn, rice, salt, and black beans.
It was obvious that Tu Shanhang had worked hard. He responded immediately after Xiao Haohu's death, and the gifts he took out were all specially selected, good things that Guo Ning really needed right now. In today's world, such useful objects are better than any gold and silver treasures.
It's a pity that Guo Ning will not be impressed by him. The Guo Ning back then was indeed full of enthusiasm to serve Daikin, but the Guo Ning now is very different from before.
Wang Shixian looked very tempted. With a smile on his face, he took each gift in his hand and looked at it, tut-tutting.
It seems that no matter what the frontier Hu people are, they have one great advantage, that is, they are outspoken. He felt that the imperial court was unreliable, so he spoke out without hesitation; now he was very interested in the benefits provided by the imperial court, and he did not hide it.
After he politely took a long knife for himself, he asked: "I also know that Cui Xiannu and other high-ranking evil servants are nothing. However, Liulang, if you treat him like this, you are not afraid that he is just a single assassin." Are you talking nonsense in front of me?"
"Just because he was like this, I was afraid that he would say less." Guo Ning weighed the iron pot in his hand and handed it to a child: "Go and give it to your sister Lu."
The child was less than three feet tall and staggered away with the iron pot on his head.
Guo Ning continued: "Such a slave of a noble family is used to being flattered every day. If I treat him so coldly, he must be dissatisfied. And if he is dissatisfied, he will spread the word about how unruly and unruly I, Guo Liulang, am. It will only be used by the governor. In this way, the people from the Yu family in Xinqiaoying will be happy, and they will feel free to come to my place to contact me."
"But I don't know what good things Yu will send." Wang Shixian said expectantly: "Yu Jingchun dared to leave us that night. If he knew what he was doing, he wouldn't give us many gifts and treat us properly. apologize?"
Guo Ning scratched his chin: "I think Yu will be more generous. When the supplies they give arrive, I will have the confidence to recruit people."
"Recruiting people?" Wang Shixian perked up: "What kind of people? How to recruit them?"
Guo Ning raised his hand and drew a big circle, showing his intention to Wang Shi: "With this place as the center, in Suizhou, Ansu, Baozhou, Xiongzhou, and Anzhou, there are small groups like you and me that are entrenched in the same place. There were no fewer than seventy or eighty troops defeated. Even if Xiao Haohu killed them once, there would still be many left. And I, Guo Liulang of Changzhou, have always had some reputation among them."
"That's natural."
Wang Shixian understands this very well. Last year and the year before that, the imperial army retreated twice, and Guo Ning served as a vanguard in both cases, cutting off the enemy's rear for the Pao Ze brothers. Although the army was in a trance at that time, many people had no time to report their names, but after settling down for a while, who had not asked about Guo Liulang who was running rampant on the battlefield?
There are thousands of stragglers who owe Guo Ning a favor!
"In the past two years, I just sat on the bank of the Xiangjun River, pinning my hopes on the court to cheer me up. This idea is really stupid. Many brothers Paoze saw it and probably didn't agree with it." Guo Ning laughed at himself. Di shook his head and continued: "Now that I have killed Xiao Haohu, the incoming commander of the Anzhou capital, and I have broken up with the old man sent by Tudan Governor... They will see it and they will be happy. .”
Having said this, Guo Ning picked up Tieguduo, stood outside the door, and looked into the distance for a moment. Somehow, he felt that the vegetation in that direction was shaking a little strangely. He looked at it carefully for a while, but there was nothing really suspicious about it.
Turning around, he smiled confidently: "Brother Shixian, the reason why I refused to recruit those three hundred Xi troops that day was because I had a better choice."
In the direction of Guo Ning's sight, a few meters away from the Xiangjunhe camp, a tall, fat monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes suddenly shrank his head and hid his figure in the deep grass.
This sudden movement startled the dozen or so people surrounding him, and they quickly followed him on their knees.
After a while, a lean man asked: "Brother, what are you hiding from?"
The fat monk smiled and said: "Guo Liulang is a dog, and he is very alert. I, the monk Luo, rushed over to check out the situation. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if he discovered it at a glance?"
