The voice sounded familiar yet strange. Li Bochen reacted for a while before realizing that it was the commander named Fang Junfeng.
Hearing Fang Yu sneer again: "Death in battle? You are a Sui man, and you want to go to Li State and die in battle? Is this considered a hero? If you have the guts, go and fight against the Demon Kingdom."
Fang Junfeng seemed to be at a loss for words in the room, but after a while he still said: "From the accent you speak, you are also from the Sui Dynasty, right? Why did you betray the emperor and abandon the country and come to work for this man named Li? Isn't it just for glory and wealth? Are you worthy of asking me?"
Fang Cheng said angrily: "You!"
He heard another sound, as if he was about to draw a knife. Li Boxen sat up suddenly, but before he got out of bed, he heard another clang, and it was Fang Bao who sent the knife back. He just said: "If the general hadn't kept you, I would have divided life and death with you now!"
Li Bochen breathed a sigh of relief. I don't know if Fang Cheng listened to what he said in the past, but now his mind is indeed a little restrained. He got up to look for some clothes, but the short brown shirt that Xiaoman left for him had been cut by Wei Zongshan last night, and the left sleeve was torn, so he put it on the bedside and changed it.
After leaving the door, Fang Bao saw him, his expression still indignant, and said: "General, this man doesn't know how to praise me. I talked to him in a nice manner before, but he scolded you!"
Li Bochen smiled: "Brother Fang was wronged. But I don't blame him - I wanted my driver to do a good job, but I was knocked unconscious, tied up, and scolded. Brother Fang, open the door."
Fang Chu took a deep breath, walked to the door, unlocked it, and couldn't help but said: "General, be careful of this person repaying kindness with vengeance and assassinating you."
Fang Junfeng said inside the door: "I don't care about this!"
When the door opened, he saw Fang Junfeng sitting on the edge of the kang with his hands on the belt around his waist, and Xie Yusheng also sat beside him. Both of them had straight faces and glared at Li Bochen.
Li Bochen smiled and said: "General Fang, Brother Xie, you have offended me a lot."
Fang Junfeng snorted heavily.
Li Bochen smelled a slight smell of urine in the room, so he walked to the toilet and took a look, and saw that the two of them had peed. He picked up the commode and walked out, saying, "Brother Fang, get them both some food. I think they're feeling much better."
When he reached the door, Fang Yu saw what was in his hand. He was startled and hurriedly grabbed it, saying: "General, how can you take this!?"
Li Bochen didn't argue, he just handed it over to him and said, "It's nothing."
After saying this, he walked past the door and glanced at the two people in the room. Judging from the posture of the two of them just now, they must be waiting for him to stand up and reprimand once he speaks. But now that he has punched nothing, he must feel very uncomfortable.
He stopped talking to them and went to the well to get a basin of water to wash himself. Then he went to the stove to fill a bowl of overnight rice with well water and sat down on the steps in front of the main room to eat. After a few sips, Fang Bao came back from the west wing with the empty toilet bucket and took it to their house.
At this time, the door of the room was still open, and the two people stared at Li Bochen without blinking. Their expressions changed from the initial anger to a little confused. Perhaps they had never seen such a "King Li".
Fang Yu was very sensible, so he didn't say anything at this time. He also took two large bowls of rice from the stove and stuffed a pickle into each bowl. He also fetched an earthen jar of well water and placed it at the door for them.
When he walked to the door again and stood holding the knife, Li Bochen said: "You two, at least have something to eat. If you want to fight with me, you have to be strong."
Fang Junfeng looked at the two bowls and an earthen pot in front of the door, his throat twitched, but he just said: "Humph. It's really hard for you, Li Junhou, to accompany us to eat these things. But who can you show this to? ?”
Fang Cheng wanted to curse again when he heard this. But after glancing at Li Bochen, he just sneered and said, "Do you think I did it for you? Do you know what my general did in the past?"
"You Sui soldiers are here to show off your power. My general used to be the commander of Wuliang City, and he was serious about killing monsters. Have you heard about Chebei Gong's son Sui Buxiu being captured by monsters? Do you know who rescued him? It was my general!"
"When it comes to suffering, I'm afraid he suffered more than you. Later, he saw the governor Sui Yilian in Zhangcheng harming innocent civilians and helped him, so he had to go into exile in the Li Kingdom. You say he is not a hero? Then you Yeah?"
Both of them were stunned when they heard this. Fang Junfeng didn't say anything. Xie Yusheng glared and said, "Is it true or false?"
Fang Cheng sneered: "Believe it or not!"
Fang Junfeng thought for a while and frowned: "Your surname is King Li, but you used to be the commander of our army?"
At this time, Li Boxen took down half a bowl of rice, stopped to take a breath, and said, "General Fang, do you want to hear? I'd better tell you."
Fang Junfeng curled his lips, as if he wanted to say "I don't want to hear it," but he didn't say it.
Li Bochen held the bowl and said: "I didn't know that my Li was this Li before. At that time, the Li Kingdom fell, and my mother took me to the Sui Kingdom. I thought I was from the Sui Dynasty. When I grew up, I knew that the north and the devil The country is in a lively war, so I join the army like you two and want to serve the country."
"I stayed in Wuliang City in Beiyuan for six years. I killed more than a hundred monsters and became a commander. At that time, there were many former Li people in Wuliang Army, but since they were dealing with monsters, Li people and Sui people What's the difference? They're all human beings. Year after year, the dead are buried together, so it's hard to tell them apart anymore."
He paused for a moment when he said this, and seeing that the expressions of the two of them seemed to be a little calmer, he continued: "After that, I came to Li Country and learned about my life experience, but suddenly there was something I couldn't figure out."
"——How did Beihara lose it?"
"It was lost when the Five Kingdoms conquered Li. However, I won't say who is right or wrong about this matter. General Fang, you just said that Fang Cheng worked for me because he wanted glory and wealth, but you misunderstood him. I didn't come here to be a prince because I wanted to fight for power. I robbed you two and the armored chariot because I didn't want to do it for myself - have you ever thought about it, the demon kingdom now occupies half of the Sui Kingdom? If one day they come to Li Jing, this pile of loose sand will be like this, wouldn’t it be given to them in vain?”
"So I took this car because I wanted to have some capital in my hand to fight the monster one day. But with just a few people like me, if the demonic army comes, I'm afraid it will be like a splash. It’s gone. Brother Fang really wants glory and wealth, why don’t you run to the south and join forces with the demon army instead?”
He took a few more mouthfuls of rice, looked up, and saw Fang Junfeng getting up and walking to the door, taking the rice bowl and earthen pot away. He gave a bowl to Xie Yusheng and whispered: "Eat first."
Xie Yusheng must have been extremely thirsty, so he quickly picked up the earthen jar and drank a sip before taking the bowl to eat. Fang Junfeng refused to drink the water. He just held the bowl and thought for a while, and said: "General Li, I can't find anything wrong with what you said. But no matter what, Fang has been eating military rations for more than ten years. What do you call It’s absolutely impossible for me to turn to you today.”
Li Bochen smiled: "When did I tell you to vote for me?"
Fang Junfeng was stunned: "Huh?"
Li Boxen said: "If you two want to stay, I naturally ask for it. But if you don't want to, I never said that I have to force others to do something difficult. All I ask for is what you have in your head - General Fang is the commander of the car, and Brother Xie is the machine." Worker, he should be familiar with the structure and operation of this armored vehicle. I happen to have a person here who wants to understand this thing, and I just want to ask you two to teach him."
Fang Junfeng frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "General Li, I'm afraid this is impossible. The mechanism technique in the armored car is a secret. Not to mention that Brother Xie and I can't know everything. Even if we know it, it will be leaked once we tell it. A capital crime for military aircraft.”
Li Bochen put down the bowl, sighed and said: "Don't you two understand? I want this car to deal with monsters, not people. General Fang, you said you are eating military rations, then what are you eating military rations? Why? To make a living, or for your own glory and wealth? I listen to you, and I am also a person who has read books. Don’t you know the small details and the great righteousness? General Fang, defend the country and protect the country - when it comes to defending the soil, you are not originally guarding it. The land of the Sui Kingdom. When it comes to defending the country, where are we defending? The Xuantu that should belong to our Li Kingdom, or the Human Kingdom under the iron heel of the Demon Kingdom?"
Fang Junfeng didn't speak for a while. Xie Yusheng took a few mouthfuls of food and couldn't help but frown and said, "Captain, I think what he said makes sense."
Li Bochen cleaned all the rice in the bowl, stood up and said: "You two can think more. In fact, if you really don't want to speak, I will send you away in three days. However, it is best to take advantage of the situation after you leave. Take this chance and run away. If you want to return to the Xuan Tu Army, I'm afraid that when the monster comes, you and I will die here."
He walked back to the kitchen with the bowl in hand. Hearing Fang Yu lock the door again, he also walked to the door of the kitchen and whispered: "General, these two people are so disrespectful, do you really want to let them go?"
Li Boxen said: "Otherwise - will you still eat?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
Li Bochen said: "Then I'll eat them all."
Fang Yu said anxiously: "I didn't mean this -"
Li Bochen laughed: "Maybe we will have to catch a lot of people in the future. Are we going to kill everyone who is not willing to follow us? Why not make a good relationship."
Fang Cheng frowned and opened his mouth, but he only said: "Alas!"
After he finished eating, Fang Yu called four more soldiers to guard him. Li Bochen then explained to him and went home as usual. As he was walking on the slope, he saw many farmers getting up at the bottom of the slope and walking towards the fields. Perhaps because of the "big victory" last night, people are no longer as panicked today as before.
He entered Chang's house and saw the few people in charge before. Now that I saw him from a distance, I immediately welcomed him with my hands in my hands and called him kindly. Li Bochen greeted them and went to find Chang Qiuwu. He came today to find some carpenters. When he saw Chang Qiuwu, he seemed a little worried. Li Bochen said a few words to him, but he listened absently. Li Boxen said: "Fengzhi, what's going on? The injury last night hasn't healed yet?"
At this time, the two of them were walking in the corridor to Chang Xiu. Chang Qiuwu stopped and whispered: "Junhou, thank you for covering up for me last night. But there are some things that I have to say whether you believe it or not. of."
Li Bochen smiled: "What are you talking about?"
Chang Qiuwu said: "We did know that Wei Zongshan had arrived in the camp in the first few days. We didn't tell you because - Lord, don't be angry - I wanted to teach you a lesson."
After he said this, he first looked up at Li Bochen.
Li Bochen's expression did not change and he said: "I'm here, you say it."
Chang Qiuwu sighed: "My ancestors and I thought that you were still young. You used to be in the Infinite Army, so you naturally have courage and force, and your character is naturally firm. This is what makes you so scary. You If you are more cowardly, you can probably listen to everything you say. But if you have your own opinion and are not afraid of tigers, ordinary things are easy to talk about, but when it comes to some big things, if you don't pay attention, you will be in trouble."
"Your Majesty, we have done these things before——"
Li Bochen interrupted him and said, "What do you think after last night?"
Chang Qiuwu thought for a while and said: "To be honest, Junhou impressed me last night. But to be honest - I don't know if you will have such luck and think things through so carefully in the future. "
Li Boxen said: "Oh, Fengzhi, I think so too."
Chang Qiuwu was stunned for a moment, as if he suspected that he heard wrongly.
Li Bochen added: "Grandpa and you are right to worry. I am indeed young and impulsive. But Fengzhi, do you think I am a headstrong person? In fact, if you have any ideas, you can tell me, there is no need to act like Just like last night, there was no reason for resentment."
"But I can understand that grandpa is also doing it for my own good - then don't mention it again. You told me about Wei Zongshan last night, and then you blocked his blow for me. I will always be with you for this kind of friendship. Keep it in mind. Now that we both know it, don't let grandpa know what you said to me anymore—let's go."
Chang Qiuwu sighed, thought again and again, and then said: "Junhou, I...sigh. We really did something stupid."
Li Bochen just smiled and patted his arm.
After the two of them took a few steps, Li Boxen glanced at Chang Qiuwu and saw that he had a very relaxed expression on his face.
He sighed inwardly. Is Chang Xiu worried that he has no brains in doing things? In fact, you should be worried about Chang Qiuwu. Perhaps he has been pampered since childhood, but now in his forties, he seems to be simpler and kinder than himself.
In fact, only half of what he just said was true.
He could understand Chang Xiu's worries about him, but he didn't believe that he would really discuss everything with him in the future and stop trying to "control" it. Chang Xiu is wily and resourceful. He is the kind of person who is easiest to trust himself and least likely to trust others.
He couldn't help but feel a little sad. When I first entered Changzhai and met each other a few days ago, I felt that I finally experienced the hard-to-find family affection. At that time, Chang Xiu's eagerness when he saw that he was injured was probably true.
If there wasn't such a "lord" thing, maybe he would be a very good grandpa. But mixed with other things, it turned out to be just as I had feared before, and this kind of family affection gradually changed its flavor. If either you or Chang Xiu could take a step back, both the world and the sky would be brighter. But Li Bochen knew that it was impossible for him here, but what about Chang Xiu?
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