"Oh..." The woman put her hand in front of her mouth, took a breath, and rubbed it gently. She was wearing a black bear fur, and the black hair on her cuffs made her hands extremely white. "I heard Mr. Li talking like a scholar. How did you end up in a place like this?"
Li Bochen was silent for a while and said in a low voice: "I have a brother who served as a soldier in Wuliang City and died in the battle a few years ago."
"Ah... come to pay homage to my brother. Which department in the city did your brother belong to when he was alive?" After the woman said this, she turned and looked at the mountains in the distance. It is true that the bones of soldiers who died in Wuliang City are buried in the Siheng Mountains, and it is true that people often travel thousands of miles to pay their respects.
"Forward army, rush to plunder the camp." After saying these five words, Li Bochen regretted finding this caravan. Although this boss is a woman, she is very thoughtful and cautious, and seems to not let go until she knows her true identity. And the Benlu battalion he was talking about was actually the battalion he led when he was the commander three years ago.
Even though I didn't experience it in person, the memory is really imprinted in my heart and I can relate to it. A few days ago, when the monsters attacked the city, the former army rushed out of the city to block the enemy in the snowy field to buy time for the defenders in the city. Almost all of them died in the battle.
Li Boxen suddenly felt lonely in his heart, so he sighed and turned around to walk away. But the woman's eyes lit up slightly and she smiled again: "It's a coincidence. When my husband was still there, he was also a soldier in the rush battalion. You see I'm older than you, so call me Sister Hong. Mr. Sun, take him with you. .”
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Although Li Bochen doesn't like dealing with people very much, he is not bad at it. He helped load the goods in the inn courtyard in the morning, and soon got to know the four guys. He knew that the caravan belonged to the Yishenghe Trading Company in Zhangcheng, Qingzhou, Sui Dynasty. The current owner of the business is Ye Yinghong, a 25-year-old widow. .
The four guys were all hot-blooded, but they spoke respectfully when talking about the widow. The old man wearing crystal glasses before was named Sun Que, and he was the shopkeeper of the shop. Li Bochen briefly mentioned Sun Que's attitude towards his female boss, but the guys hesitated and didn't say much.
Li Boxen just wanted to ask more questions to avoid getting into trouble. Since they refused to speak, he didn't ask further questions. So they set off at noon, with four waiters driving four carts. The old shopkeeper sat in the front cart, and he and the landlady each rode a horse.
When I left the town, I encountered a garrison inspection, but it was no surprise. After another morning of walking in the gorge with mountains on both sides, we gradually found that the road became wider and wider, and a large mountain with clouds on top loomed in front of us.
Li Bochen's heart beat slightly. He used to bring people to patrol this area when he was on duty, so he knew that the mountain was Wujing Mountain. The man in red in the dream last night asked him to lead Yin soldiers to help her at Wujing Mountain Pass today, and that was where he was talking.
At this time, he was a little hesitant. The purpose of going with the caravan was to eat, but when they arrived at Wujing Pass, the worst-case scenario was that they might get into trouble. The six people in Yi Shenghe's caravan are not bad. If they are implicated, he will feel unhappy.
So he led the horse to Ye Yinghong and whispered: "Sister Hong."
The hostess looked at him with a half-smile but said, "If I'm not mistaken, are you leaving?"
Li Bochen was stunned. This was indeed what he was thinking - he wanted to find an excuse to fall behind, and then he could catch up after they passed the Wujing Pass. In this way, even if an accident occurs, these people will not be implicated. But how did Ye Yinghong know?
He thought so and asked.
Ye Yinghong smiled again and led the horse to one side, a little further away from the convoy. Li Bochen thought about it and followed him.
"You must be a deserter." Ye Yinghong rode her horse and walked slowly, turning to look at him, "I came to the caravan probably to leave the town. Now that I'm out, I have to leave."
For a moment, Li Boxen almost touched the dagger in his arms, but he was relieved after hearing her words. There are indeed deserters in Wuliang City every year, some are recovered, and some are successful. She felt that her status was much better than knowing that she had offended Mr. Chebei.
He calmed down and whispered: "Why does Sister Hong think I'm a deserter?"
Ye Yinghong laughed again and pointed at his chest: "Although you tore off all the military rank marks and deliberately scratched some clothes, the cotton-padded uniforms of soldiers in Wuliang City are still a little different from those worn by ordinary people. I heard my husband say , in order to make it easier to wear the armor, the arms and waist of military cotton uniforms will be narrower than those worn by ordinary people, and the buttons will be denser. Before he went to Wuliang City, I helped him sew and mend for two or three years. Remember this It’s ripe.”
Li Bochen could only smile bitterly. Things understood from memory are indeed different from things understood only through experience. Of course he remembered what ordinary people in the Sui Kingdom were like in general, but when it came to details, he could not remember them as clearly as the original one.
Continuing to deny it at this time is unmanly and not in his character. Li Boxen smiled: "Since Sister Hong knows, why do you still help me?"
Ye Yinghong was silent for a moment, then walked forward at a small pace for a while. The hostess's appearance is that of a middle-aged man, but now she is wearing a black bear fur, which makes her face look white, and she is riding with a knife, which adds a bit of heroism. Looking at it this way, Li Bochen feels that she is a very good person. What an outstanding woman.
The horse stepped across a shallow stream that was frozen, and she spoke: "My man was in the rushing camp of the front army of Wuliang City before he died. He was a hundred generals and died in the battle four years ago. You said your brother was a Ben raider?" The person who looted the camp, that brother is you, right? Since you are his comrade, I will help you."
She paused and then said: "His name is Zhou Xu, and he may have been your commander."
Li Bochen shook the reins—what a coincidence. Of course he knew Zhou Xu... He and Zhou Xu once served as the Hundred Generals of the Rushing Camp, and later he became the commander of the Rushing Camp, and Zhou Xu became his Hundred Generals.
Zhou Xu is in his thirties and has always boasted about having a beautiful wife who is more than ten years younger than him. The one he should talk about is Ye Yinghong. Unfortunately, within a few months of Li Bochen becoming the commander, Zhou Xu died in battle on the snowfield. That time it was because he led the Benlu battalion to the plain to protect the craftsman battalion building the new castle, and ended up encountering hundreds of monsters. Zhou Xu blocked his claws and his body and head were separated on the spot.
Although personal soldiers should sacrifice their lives to protect the general, Li Bochen was not yet nineteen years old at that time. It was his first time to be a commander and have personal soldiers. Zhou Xu died for him, which really shocked him. That battle was finally won, and dozens of demonic beasts were killed. It was the first victory of the Infinite Army that year. The then-capital commander Yi rewarded them, and Li Bochen received 10,000 yuan, but he entrusted all the money and his usual salary to be brought to Zhou Xu's family.
Ye Yinghong was actually Zhou Xu's widow... Li Bochen realized that it was really time for him to leave this caravan. This woman's husband died to save her in the past, and now he must not drag her into danger again.
So he reined in his horse, jumped down, and offered his hand to Ye Yinghong: "Sister Hong, thank you very much. Then let's say goodbye."
Seeing that he didn't even want the horse, Ye Yinghong was stunned: "Are you going to leave like this? Do you have anything to eat or drink?"
Li Bochen didn't want her horse, but he did want to bring some more food and drink with her. However, just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a chill in his body, as if a cold wind penetrated his body and blew straight forward.
He felt a shiver in his heart, knowing that this must be the Yin spirits following him passing through his body. This place is less than one mile away from Wujing Mountain Pass... Is it the tiger in the dream who is leading his "sinisters" away?
He immediately said seriously: "Sister Hong, you go forward quickly, don't delay at the mountain pass, and don't ask why!"
He usually talks to people in a friendly manner, as if he is just a handsome young man in his early twenties. But after six years of struggling in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in Beiyuan, once he gets serious, he can't hide his iron-blooded killing spirit.
Ye Yinghong was startled by his tone, and the horse under him neighed and took two steps back. But since she was able to support a career on her own after her late husband passed away, she naturally made a decision. Just thinking about it, gritting his teeth and looking at Li Bochen again, he galloped to the side of the convoy in front and said something. After a while, the guys whipped their whips and crackled, and the convoy accelerated forward, raising snow and dust.
