Liangjie Village Inn, official road pavilion.
Li Mu hurried to the inn and handed over the horses to the accompanying cavalry. He came to the pavilion alone and was only allowed to come up after being inspected by the blood cavalry guards and the palace guards.
Luo Chuan just smiled and watched him walking all the way. He waited until Li Mu jogged over and gave a military salute before pointing to a gold star on his shoulder and jokingly said, "A military commander has become a captain. How can I not see Master Li Mu for a few days?" It's a big step up. I was right, your official career is indeed very smooth."
After Li Mu paid a solemn military salute to the old coachman again, he sat down opposite Luo Chuan and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to the young master. Otherwise, considering the background of a villain, how could he be like this?" Come and sit in this seat."
"Soldiers from Lijun, your military achievements are all achieved by your own sacrifices. Others are just some external help." The smile on Luo Chuan's face gradually faded, "I have sent people to pick up the families of Ergou and Pan Zi. Come to my place, but Daliang’s place is..."
"Well, my subordinates already know," Li Mu smiled and lowered his head, "Daliang fled south from Qing County to Deli County during the famine years. The entire family died on the way, but he The boy had a hard life, and he waited all the way out of the city to join the army. After that, he lived a good life for a few years. Now... I gave his share of the pension to the person who was kind to him back then. As for us soldiers, we have settled all the funeral arrangements early on, so you don’t have to worry, sir.”
Luo Chuan nodded silently.
Li Mu looked at Luo Chuan's expression and then suddenly smiled and said, "Sir, I just saw the one hundred blood knights. I didn't expect the prefect to be willing to give up. It can be seen..." He did not finish his words, After a pause, he continued, "My subordinate's trip north this time is not entirely to send pensions to Ergou and Pan Zi's family, but... to take up his post!"
Luo Chuan looked up at Li Mu in surprise, then frowned slightly, "Cangyan Army?"
"Exactly," Li Mu sat down closer to Luochuan and whispered, "This time the Military Affairs Office made an astonishing move. General Gan Yuanzhong led most of his troops to move south to Taiming, and General Du Uehara Leading most of the troops to go south to Baitong one after another, Baitong's assistant general Zhao Gui became the temporary general and led an army of 30,000 people to go north to temporarily guard Uehara, but the one who went north to Taiming... was a general!"
Luochuan looked at the old coachman, who was a little surprised and said, "How can General Lu go north?!"
Li Mu shook his head, "Of course the one going north is not General Lu, but Chen Jingzhi, who is known as the most brave under his command. This General Chen was originally the subordinate general of General Lu. It stands to reason that based on his civilian background, all kinds of honors and favors are probably "It's not exhausting, but the position of general is already at its peak. This time, before going north, he was personally appointed as a general by the prefect," he said after taking a deep look at Luochuan, "and what General Chen led his troops to the north to guard was not Gan Yuan, but...Cang Yan!"
The old coachman frowned in thought, and then asked, "What about Zhao Wuji who originally guarded the western battlefield of Cangyan?"
"We ordered General Zhao to lead 30,000 troops to garrison Ganyuan," Li Mu said solemnly.
After a moment of silence in the pavilion, Luo Chuan asked Li Muchao, "So Captain Li is going north to Cangyan to take office this time. Is he going to be transferred to General Chen Jingzhi to serve under him?"
Li Mu nodded, "Exactly, the Cangyan Army is guarding the western battlefield with 50,000 troops. The person I will be transferred to take over this time is the Zhenyun Camp, the most elite 5,000 troops left by General Zhao, including Five hundred cavalry, the prefect personally ordered the cavalry led by his subordinates to be expanded to... an elite two thousand!"
Luochuan nodded slightly and said nothing.
Li Mu then stood up and left, "Young master, please take a rest. My subordinates will take a short rest in the post station before heading north."
"Li Mu," Luo Chuan called to Li Mu who was turning around and took two steps away. When he saw the latter turning around, he sighed and said slowly, "Follow me to Cangyan... have you thought about it?"
Li Mu nodded solemnly, "Li Mu understands what the young master wants to say. In this world, a good man will risk his life to be a wise master." He said with a simple and honest smile like a farmer on his face, "Follow the young master, Li Mu will not His death will be in vain.”
After speaking, without waiting for Luo Chuan's reply, he punched his chest, performed a military salute, turned around and strode away.
In the pavilion, Luo Chuan stared at his leaving figure but just murmured to himself, "Isn't it enough for me to go to Cangyan? Why bother with Li Mu..." He was vaguely angry, "What's wrong with Li Mu?" There is...!"
The old coachman who naturally heard his words was silent for a long time and said slowly, "From the time when Li Mu risked his life to protect you back to Licheng, your mark has been engraved on him. If he didn't come to Cangyan, he would be able to escape that moment. What happened? I said that woman is not a generous person," he sighed, "In this case, it would be better to follow us into Cangyan."
"I said that what I wanted to do was to be a wealthy and idle man. He also knew in his heart that once the second young master takes the throne, what if I hold all the Cangyan Army in my hands? What's more..." Luo Chuan lowered his head and frowned, "I thought I could just get away with it now. What on earth does he... want?"
The old coachman was speechless.
The beautiful woman who had been quiet for a long time on the other side slowly spoke, "Where are you going after escaping? The northwest Wuzhou that is doomed to endless war? Or the southeast Jiangzhou where there are many nobles?" She shook her head and looked at Luochuan with a smile. , "I think Cangyan is the most suitable place for you to go. Just think of it as a separate family. It's Luo Tianen who owes you."
Seeing that Luo Chuan still had a serious face and said nothing, the beautiful woman stood up and glanced at him and said coldly, "She keeps saying she wants to do something for the human race, but now why can't even the people of this place afford it? That's the case, and what's more? How do you want to carry the world on one shoulder?"
Luochuan was startled, and then the nameless anger in his chest disappeared without a trace. When he looked up at the back of the beautiful woman, he saw her who had just walked out of the pavilion, walked back and sat down.
Because a businessman in the distance was coming to the pavilion led by several blood knights.
I saw that the businessman was quite old, short and slim, with a pale face and no beard. His eyes were narrowed into slits when he smiled. When he entered the pavilion, without waiting for the report from the blood knight, he knelt on the ground with a pop and saluted, "Master, I can see you." Sir, I am really worried about you in Gudao. It’s great to see that you are okay now!”
Luo Chuan looked at the short, thin old man in front of him who was kowtowing with a half-smile, and waved his hand to let Xueqi ride off, "It's you."
The short, thin old man waited until the blood knight had gone far away before he slowly stood up. His body was still slightly bent. From a distance, he looked like he was trying to please, but his face no longer looked humble at all, instead he looked at him with a smile. The old coachman sitting next to Luo Chuan said, "General Xu, farewell outside Jincheng. It seems that your style is still the same now."
The old coachman snorted and ignored him.
Luo Chuan looked at him curiously and asked, "The old gentleman came to see me so openly and revealed his true appearance. Aren't you afraid that I... won't let you go?"
The short and thin old man's smile remained the same, but his body was slightly lowered, "Young Master is joking, of course you have already understood that my master is... very friendly to you!"
