During the execution, everyone was beaten and screamed. After being beaten a few times, Li Hao asked Yang Wenyuan to pull Gu Tingye away first.
Then he asked all the other onlookers to disperse, and Li Hao signaled the executioners to pay attention to the severity of their actions. Of course, they actually knew this.
After all, those who were beaten were all the children of the Lord's Mansion. If they were to be beaten badly, they would not be able to withstand revenge like Gu Tingye's side.
Therefore, in front of this group of skilled executioners, the people who received a hundred canes were basically injured in the flesh and blood, but the muscles and bones were not injured.
Li Hao, who was sitting and waiting, saw that the beatings with the stick were finished, so he ordered people to carry them down to rest, and said: "You need to recover from your injuries first, and don't be in a hurry to come to me. Just come here after your injuries are healed."
As for Gu Tingye, I will go back and talk to him, but after all, he is the Du Yuhou in charge of military law. As long as there is reason and evidence, I cannot interfere at will. It is best for you not to get into trouble with him in the future. "
Then seeing that everyone wanted to answer the question, he comforted and appeased them, but did not give them the chance to refuse to come to him.
After he finished speaking, he left directly and returned to his barracks, leaving the people lying on their stomachs holding their breath and not speaking out.
After Li Hao walked for a while, he returned to the barracks and saw Gu Tingye, Yang Wenyuan, and Cheng Guosheng in the tent, which was a little strange.
But seeing Li Hao come in, Gu Tingye said directly: "Today I offended someone so hard that you ended up being a good person. You have to remember this feeling."
Seeing Gu Tingye directly mention this matter in front of the two of them, Li Hao understood that not only Yang Wenyuan, but also Cheng Guosheng seemed to have joined in.
Then he continued: "This is not for me alone, but for everyone's good. You have contributed to the Imperial Army, and everyone will thank you silently."
Then he said to Yang Wenyuan and Cheng Guosheng: "Brother Yang and Brother Cheng are really troublesome. I would like to thank them for their help."
After the two listened, Yang Wenyuan said first: "As Brother Li just said, we did it for everyone's benefit, so we are naturally bound to do it."
Cheng Guosheng also echoed: "That's true. We just did what we should do. They are really outrageous and should be taught a lesson."
Then Li Hao communicated with the two about what happened during the march these days.
Gu Tingye saw that the three people were chatting happily, so he interrupted in the middle. He said to Li Hao: "There is one thing that I forgot to tell you.
Didn't you ask me to inquire about the man named Xie Youde last time? He is now a fifth-grade guerrilla general and was promoted by Andingbo.
Now that Guosheng is with us, when we get to Fuzhou, I think he will find out. "
Cheng Guosheng also said: "I have dealt with Xie Youde before at home. He is not a shrewd person, but he is somewhat respectful to my family. It is not difficult to get him to obey orders."
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "That's good, but this matter is not urgent. After all, we don't know the specific situation of their bandit suppression at the moment.
Let's wait until then, but after arriving in Fuzhou, we must first ask Brother Cheng to say hello and prepare things to avoid inconvenience. "
Cheng Guosheng agreed: "Okay, then when we get to Fuzhou, I will go find Xie Youde."
After that, the four of them chatted for a few more words. Cheng Guosheng and Yang Wenyuan left first, but Gu Tingye stayed alone.
So Li Hao asked: "Why are you still here? Is there anything else?"
After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "Good guy, I can't stay if nothing happens. Just after I finished helping you, you have this attitude and want to get rid of me."
After hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said: "Of course not, you can stay as long as you want, I don't have any objections."
Gu Tingye said: "Forget it, I don't want to stay here with you. I really have something to say. I received news today from the people of the Shitou Cao Gang."
After hearing this, Li Hao asked: "Oh, what did Shitou say?"
At this time, Gu Tingye took out two letters from his sleeves, handed them to Li Hao, and said, "One of them is from Shitou, and the other is from the sixth girl of the Sheng family.
I have already read the letter from Shitou. You can open the letter from Miss Six by yourself. "
Li Hao reached out and took it, then opened Shitou's letter and read it.
In Shitou's letter, it was mentioned that the old lady and the sixth girl had been safely sent to Youyang. However, they did encounter a group of water bandits in the middle section, but no one in the Sheng family was harmed, so they were all taken down. , and then handed the people over to the command camp on the side of the canal.
Then after arriving in Youyang and watching the old lady and Minglan being picked up by the Sheng family, Shitou led people south to look for traces of the bandits. It was on the way south that this letter was given to Caobang.
However, in the middle of the letter, Shitou mentioned in passing that he met the Qi Duke's boat on the river, and then had an exchange with it, which made Li Hao frown.
However, Gu Tingye suddenly said jokingly from the side: "Why do you think Young Master Qi likes your cousin so much? You don't seem to be happy about it."
Li Hao replied: "This may not be a good thing. Qi Heng is not tempered and has no responsibility. He is only for his own happiness without thinking about other people's situations. He is not a good match, at least not for my cousin. match."
After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "I didn't expect you to think so of Qi Heng. He is a noble son that everyone in Bianjing City praises."
Li Hao replied: "Then I still despise him."
After saying that, he opened the letter sent by Minglan. There was nothing in the letter. He just thanked Li Hao for sending someone to escort him. The rest was to ask Li Hao to pay attention to his safety.
After reading the letter, Li Hao asked: "Apart from these two letters, Shitou didn't bring anything else, such as how to contact me."
Gu Tingye said: "I didn't say this, but I have told the visitor that we will go directly to Fuzhou this time.
Let him pass the news to Shitou through the Caobang, and then let Shitou come to us directly. "
Li Hao nodded after hearing this and said, "That's okay. After all, our target is big and he is easy to find."
After making sure that Gu Tingye had no other problems, Li Hao kicked him out.
In the next two days, Li Hao would visit Zhu Liangzu and the others every day. Seeing that their injuries were indeed fine, he felt relieved.
On the third day, Li Hao asked Xu Ning and Gu Tingye to be found and said, "I just went to see Zhu Liangzu and the others. The injuries they sustained were not serious, so I won't waste any more time.
Find a way to get them a few cars and let them lie on the cars and follow the army.
The other thing is about the auxiliary soldiers. Let’s replace them this time so that they can be served by their own family members.
As for their current subordinates, let their deputies take over. "
After hearing this, Xu Ning asked: "Does that mean all the auxiliary soldiers are transferred? Those who have not been punished with the rod are also transferred."
Li Hao replied: "Tune it in. It's best to treat everyone equally. Also remember to ask their carriage to follow me directly, so that they won't have to find excuses to go back later."
Gu Tingye and Xu Ning both agreed with this. After all, they finally found a way to take them out alone, so how could they put them back.
So they went down to arrange things. On the fourth day, the imperial army continued to go south. The only difference from before was that there were a few more carriages.
