(3)
Regular city patrols are a boring job.
From the bustling and bustling center of the imperial city with scattered houses and regular streets, step by step towards the outer city and city walls, towards dilapidation and desolation, there is an innate sense of loss that quickly fills the body and mind, which will soon make people feel this way. Tired of this job.
What's more, this is a sinecure in itself.
Under the Imperial City, no matter what kind of gang leader you are, the leader of a noble family, or a famous aristocrat, there will always be someone with a higher status, talent, and ability than you. Even if you are already invincible, There is also the "Emperor" sitting on the battlefield, who dares to openly make a mistake?
Therefore, the so-called patrolling the city is mostly just a show, spreading the majesty of the emperor, and the dirt hidden inside, the weak and the weak that really need to be supported, and the evil that really needs to be attacked, will often be gone before the army passes by. Disappeared without a trace.
And they, the brave soldiers in silver helmets and steel armor, could only smell the clues left by the old gangsters and sigh secretly. Sometimes it was the shrill screams of women, sometimes it was men or children who were beaten to half disability and squatting. Dying on the roadside.
"The emperor's army is coming!"
The soldiers looked straight ahead, turning a blind eye to everything ominous. No one thought they couldn't see it, but they were used to it.
Bai Feng had thought about enforcing the law impartially when he went out to patrol the city several times before. However, the indiscretion of his subordinates and the people's distrust of him made all the delayed justice come to naught.
The situation this time seems to be slightly different.
A man ran from the end of the procession to the front. He was so excited that he jumped up and down. He grabbed the reins of Bai Feng's horse and pushed the little girl who was responsible for leading the horse aside: "I'll lead the horse for Brother Bai!" He said I didn't need to explain, because the others didn't want to investigate the matter at all: "You didn't tell me before you set off, which made me run all the way. I should be allowed to do this kind of rough work."
"You guy!" The little girl who was pushed to the side grinned angrily. She calmed down after the general on the saddle waved his hand, and then followed silently behind him.
"Everyone who knows me, Su Qing, knows that I have never been a pampered person with nothing to do. You can let me do any dirty work. I will do it more neatly than anyone else!" His words It was obviously very noticeable, although to a battle-hardened soldier it was like an earworm.
Everyone standing around Su Qing looked at him with disdain. The little girl behind him wanted to draw her sword and stab him. Even the horse being led felt a little noisy and struggled to shake its head.
"Oh! Oh~oh~" Su Qing hurriedly comforted: "My wife abandoned me and my master disliked me. Now, do you even want to look down on me as a beast?"
After saying that, the soldiers around him were so amused that they chuckled.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to be aroused, Su Qing immediately continued: "Am I a useless loser? Tell me, am I going to spend the rest of my life in endless pain? I haven't gotten my wife back yet. She spent all the hard days with me, worried all day long, afraid that her enemies would come to her door... One day, a madman came to her, and just because she refused to say where I was, her fingers were cut off! You know, she has been obsessed with piano art in her life, this is simply more humiliating than killing her. It's all useless to me!"
When the soldiers saw a despicable and miserable man crying like this, they couldn't help but become more interested. Someone asked: "Brother, if you have something to say, let's talk about it over a drink tonight. We are still patrolling the city, so don't lose General Bai Feng's." face."
"Let him say it." Bai Feng immediately retorted: "Don't you all like to hear it? It's an honor for us that the thief Su Qing opened his heart today!"
When Su Qing heard a tall hat being placed on her head, she was so startled that she coughed several times and vomited out blood. The two beards around her mouth were dyed red: "Xiang Chuchu, I miss her so much... But I can't just stay like this. Go find her, look at me now, even I look down on myself!"
Everyone booed.
Not long after, an old woman suddenly fell down in the middle of the road and blocked her way, begging hard and saying: "My lords, when the common people were passing by here just now, a thief snatched away the baggage, which contained the silver I used to treat my daughter-in-law. My legs and feet are not in good condition. Please help me recover my burden!"
"Go, go!" the soldier standing in front of the old woman replied: "We are His Majesty's personal guards. Such petty thefts are not our responsibility. Find other guards!"
Bai Feng was about to speak but stopped, and inadvertently looked at each other with Su Qing. The two seemed to have a clear understanding of each other.
"General Bai Feng, leave this matter to me." Su Qing bowed his hands and said in respect: "I am familiar with all the gangs here, and I am not afraid of them hiding people!"
"Thank you, Brother Su." Before Bai Feng could finish his words, Su Qing jumped up the wall and chased after him, making everyone gasp in surprise.
"It's amazing!" The little girl who had been hiding behind finally regained control of the reins: "Brother, isn't he critically ill? How can he still be so agile? It's incredible."
Bai Feng said: "A'ke, don't look at him looking like he's about to die. Most likely, he's just faking it."
After a while, Su Qing dropped from the sky with the baggage and returned it to its original owner. "I got the stuff back, man. I will execute him on the spot. I will take off his pants and tie him to a tree stump. He will definitely remember it for the rest of his life." .”
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The old woman thanked her repeatedly, then took the baggage and hurried home.
When Yu Ke saw Su Qing returning, he didn't fight with him this time. He took the initiative to hand over the reins and asked, "Brother Su, can you teach me to climb over the wall?"
"Huh, so studious?" Su Qing said with a smile, "I'll think about it after I get back."
Yu Ke walked away slightly disappointed.
After the army reached the city walls, they began to divide their troops and search along the official road to see if any savages had formed a gang and set up camp here. Bai Feng took this opportunity to break away from the army and went deep into the dense forest privately. At the intersection of the river bank, he found There are traces of camping.
Neither Su Qing nor Yu Ke knew what Bai Feng wanted to do, and no matter how confident he appeared, they couldn't help but be cautious.
"Come out!" Bai Feng shouted, and Yu Ke and Su Qing stood ready.
On the other side of the river, two tall and short shadows came from a distance, becoming increasingly clear.
"Brother Bai!"
"Mr. Bai!"
A pair of filthy-looking men and women appeared in front of everyone. Their hands were black, their hair was messy, their clothes had varying levels of damage from the cuffs to the sleeve elbows, and only half of their skirts were left. They had obviously lived in the wild for a while. Due to time.
"It's Mr. Fu and Sister Ayu!" Yu Keden immediately dropped his sword and greeted each other: "You finally showed up! I thought..."
Bai Feng echoed: "I haven't told anyone about this matter. I'm afraid that if the secret is leaked, it will be exposed to the Taiping Taoists."
"Ahem!" Su Qing covered her mouth and leaned over to take a look: "You guys are too ungrateful! It smells so bad and you don't wash it off. Don't come over here. I can't forgive you for staining my clothes."
"Isn't this Mr. Su?" Fu Wentao and Ayu said in unison.
"You are as outspoken as ever." Fu Wentao said with a smile: "By the way, Brother Bai, I have been hiding outside the city these days. I thought I would never have the chance to come out in this life, but fortunately I still I met another like-minded person, Brother Bai, please take a look."
Fu Wentao pointed to the bushes behind Bai Feng. There was a big locust tree there. He couldn't tell what was happening at first, until later he heard the sound of fallen leaves rustling there.
A well-proportioned and stocky monk was walking out slowly. He was holding a gold-lacquered Zen staff, with a golden Buddha bell hanging from the end of the staff. It would make a sound when he walked.
"Young Master Bai, you're fine," he said.
