"Take him away quickly, I'll stop them."
"Subordinate, follow your orders."
When the black shadow completely disappeared from sight, he slowly turned around, swung the sword in his hand, shook off the blood that had not yet solidified, and walked towards the fire...
In the 17th year of Yili, there were several tables of diners sitting in a tavern in a border town of Kang State. Because the tavern is located next to the city gate, people who come in and out every day basically clean up here, so the business is quite busy.
"Sir, what do you need?" As soon as the waiter saw someone coming in, he approached him with a look of attentiveness.
"Here's a roast chicken to take away. A plate of peanuts to eat here." After saying that, he turned around and found a table by the window to sit down. Taking off his cloak, he revealed a slightly green face, with an irregular burn on his left eye, directly covering a quarter of his cheek.
"Sir, here are the peanuts and roast chicken you asked for. They are ready too. Should you pack them now or wait?"
"Wait a minute, it will get cold after a while and it won't be fragrant anymore."
"Okay, sir, please use it with ease."
"Wait a minute, I almost forgot, come and fill this gourd with wine." The young man stopped the waiter who had just turned around, "Remember to ask for the best."
The waiter took the gourd from the young man's hand, said yes and went to drink. The young man was chewing peanuts and looking out the window at the bustling crowd on the street. It was hard to tell what his emotions were and what he was thinking. I saw him eating slowly and calmly, with an indifferent expression.
Suddenly the crowd outside the window began to become noisy and quickly moved to both sides. The middle of the street suddenly became cheerful. People stood on both sides with different expressions. Following the gradual sound of horse hooves, they discussed in a low voice, "They are really majestic. If I It would be nice to join the Jinmae Army too.”
"You don't even look at what you are like. You have become the front army. Then I am not the leader of the front army. When you see me, you have to respectfully call me general!"
When the middle-aged man who spoke before heard this, he glared angrily at the man next to him, and veins suddenly popped out on his arms. Seeing the situation, the man who was bickering staggered back a few steps and leaned against the other man, but the middle-aged man loosened his fist. , snorted coldly and said: "Li Er, don't you be so arrogant there, you have the guts to wait for the front army to leave and then try to compete!" He walked to the other end of the street.
The middle-aged man named Li Er pursed his lips and muttered to the others: "Look at him, isn't he just joking? Is it useful?"
"You said you, it's not like you don't know what kind of temper Li Si is. You still said that. If nothing else, his martial arts is better than yours! It's okay if he didn't hit you just now. You're still talking nonsense here. ."
The gradual sound of horse hooves suddenly stopped, and the residents in the town also held their breath and stopped making any sound.
Buzz~~
A high-pitched trumpet broke through the sky, startling a flock of birds, and then a man in a dark robe jumped from his horse and took a few steps into the air, landing outside the city gate.
He took out a folded square post from his sleeve, opened it slowly, cleared his throat and read: "We are the seventh phalanx of the army in front of the formation. We have come to garrison this border city on the orders of the king and the general. We have soldiers and horses. If we don’t enter the town, please ask the city lord to provide us with items to set up camp. The city lord accepts the order!”
After the man in the robe finished speaking, he stood upright outside the door, waiting for the city lord to come and receive the order. In the town, the residents standing on both sides of the street looked at me and I looked at you, and they started discussing in a low voice again.
"I have long heard that the army in front of the formation has strict discipline. I didn't expect that the army would not even enter the city gate."
"That's right, I still want to see their heroic looks!"
"Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. Such an army is truly worthy of admiration."
"If I have the chance, I will definitely let my kid join the army and join the Jinqian Army."
"Me too, me too."
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After a while, the city lord and a group of guards arrived on horseback. They dismounted about a hundred meters away from the city gate. The city lord trotted all the way to the man in the robe alone, bowed and took the square post, "The villain is giving birth today because of my humble wife. I apologize for being a little late."
"What are you talking about, City Lord? Please worry about the supplies for setting up camp, City Lord."
"The little one will be sent to the adults before tonight."
"Thank you." The man in the robe thanked him and turned around and left. The city lord turned around and threw the square post he took to one of the guards and said, "If you arrange this matter, it must be done before tonight. If it is done well, everyone will be rewarded. If it is not done well, no one will get any good fruits." ."
"yes."
A group of people dispersed one after another.
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Pedestrians were still discussing the front troops in groups. Among the crowd was a young man in a cloak, his whole body trembling slightly. The scars on his face became more ferocious due to the frown on his face. He looked at the direction in which the man in robes was leaving. After being stunned for a while, his tightly clenched right hand relaxed slightly, and his expression became easy-going again. Carrying the roast chicken and wine gourd, he quickly left in the opposite direction of the city gate, turned around a few familiar intersections, and entered a room.
The room is not big, just suitable for one person. It faces south and the sun shines through the window, so the room is quite bright. There is nothing extra, just a bed, a table and a few sundries.
The young man put the roast chicken and wine gourd on the table, sat at the table and looked out the window. I haven't seen him move more for a long time. He didn't even take off his cloak. He didn't have any unnecessary expressions. It was impossible to tell whether his mood had changed. After a long time, the young man finally stood up, took off his cloak, hung it by the door, stood by the door for a short while, and then sat back at the table.
He sat blankly, looking at the roasted chicken and wine gourd, his expression became strange, his brows furrowed for a while, his teeth clenched for a while, and he regained his composure after a while, clenching his fists as if they were about to hit the table hard. , but finally let it go gently.
He stood up and stared at the wall, as if he wanted to penetrate it. His eyes gradually became dry, and he wanted to scream out to vent his emotions, but he also controlled himself not to make too much noise. He punched the air randomly and didn't stop until sweat seeped out of his forehead. Thick breath rushed out from his mouth and nostrils, and slowly his heart seemed to calm down a little. He fell down on the bed, exhaled a few more breaths, and closed his eyes.
His consciousness gradually blurred, and his breathing calmed down. He was about to fall asleep, but suddenly the man in black robes he saw at the city gate appeared in his mind. His body trembled, and he let out a cry of surprise before he woke up.
Put one hand on your chest and one on your forehead, look at the ceiling with your eyes, and sigh softly... The east window was suddenly pushed open, and a wrinkled face appeared. There, his eyes glared and he said: "Little thief, I have already sent someone to notify the government. The officers and soldiers will be here soon. You still have time to escape now."
The young man sat up and said softly: "Aunt Zhao, it's me."
"Oh oh oh, it's Xie Le. Didn't you visit your dad today? Why did you come back so early? Look at me, I'm old and my eyesight is not good. When I heard some movement, I thought there was a thief, hahaha. "
"Thank you, aunt. I was busy with other things just now. I'm getting ready to go now."
"Okay, okay, hey, it's hard for you to live alone, so I'll go back first."
Xie Le looked at Aunt Zhao's slowly leaving back, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. It was precisely because there were people who cared about him that he tried his best to control his emotions and not to cause trouble to the people around him.
Some people say that when you are irritable, you will feel less depressed by talking. Xie Le calmed down his emotions again, stood up and took a long breath, straightened his clothes lightly, picked up the wine pot and roast chicken on the table, and walked straight out of the city.
Soon, Xie Le arrived at the city gate. The soldiers on both sides would verify the identity of everyone entering and exiting, quickly compared the information on the sticker provided by Xie Le, and then let them go after confirming that it was correct.
It was past noon, but the sun was still unforgiving, and heat waves were rolling on the stone slabs under his feet. Xie Le squinted at the direction of the sun, lowered his head and hurried on.
At this point, there was almost no one on the road, except occasionally a few strong men returning from cutting firewood. After walking about two hundred meters, after a bend, the stone road disappeared.
It was replaced by an unpaved gravel road, and the occasional hot wind blew dust everywhere, as if the temperature had risen a few degrees higher. Xie Le took out a face towel, covered his mouth and nose and continued on his way quickly.
There were faint sounds of horse hooves ahead, and Xie Le thought to himself that it must be the city lord's troops transporting supplies to the front army.
The convoy was very long and not moving very fast. With Xie Le's speed, he caught up in a short time.
There are tents on the carriage, wood for guardrails, food and grass, and even some spare swords and weapons. It can be said that everything is available.
The man who was leading the way on horseback made a gesture to the soldiers beside the horse, and the order was quickly passed on. The entire convoy transporting supplies stopped, and Xie Le also stopped on the side of the convoy. The man on horseback immediately dismounted and trotted forward to the horses of the other two men on horseback. He bowed to the two men respectfully and said:
"I am Wu Wenlong, the general of the city guard of Yunbian City. I have been ordered by the city lord to deliver supplies to you. Twenty carts of wood, twenty-five carts of grain and grass, and fifteen carts of other miscellaneous goods, totaling sixty carts. Please review it, general."
The man on horseback on the left nodded: "Send this batch of supplies to the back of the barracks."
"yes."
Wu Wenlong took a few steps back, turned around, came to the front of the motorcade and began to give instructions.
Xie Le carefully looked at the two people riding in front of them and found that the man on the right was the man in black robes this morning. The man on the left who had just spoken looked from his armor and it seemed that he was the general leading the army this time.
The general felt Xie Le's gaze, his eyes were focused, and he placed his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist. The pressure was something Xie Le had never felt before. The sweat on his palms began to increase again, and he couldn't help but clenched his hands. , trying his best to suppress the shaking of his body, but he still trembled.
Wu Wenlong, who was instructing his subordinates, noticed something strange, glanced at Xie Le, and quickly stepped forward, held down Xie Le's head and kneeled Xie Le, whose legs were trembling, to the ground.
