"Uncle, behind Li Luo is the current emperor and Prince Taibaochun, so we can't afford to offend him."
"Hmph, I am also a member of the royal family. Speaking of which, Prince Chun wants to call me brother. If I teach Li Luo a lesson, he can only watch."
"Yes, yes, uncle, let's talk about it when I go back to Zhuocheng." Dou Sheng hurriedly advised.
King Huai was just a harsh person and said that if he really came to Prince Chun, he would only nod and bow.
Dou Sheng pointed to the body on the ground and said, "Zhong Guo, send someone to clean up quickly and take all the women in the tent out. I have agreed to them that whoever dares to say a word? I will keep her from living the next day."
"Yes." Zhong Guo was greeted with a hand and hurriedly greeted a few people, carrying the corpse and taking the woman back to the camp. The tent was messy. King Huai felt annoyed again and whispered: "This idiot caused me to lose four trusted guards, and all this account must be recorded in their Prince Chun's mansion."
Dou Sheng smiled and said, "Uncle, when we get back, we are still afraid that we will not have four guards? Not to mention four, there are four hundred."
When King Huai thought of this, he became happy and nodded repeatedly and said, "No, good, Li Chengye earned his son fame. I am not a fool. I have to make more money this time, and I will point to this little money to support my old age in the future." After saying that, the two looked at each other, with sneering smiles on their faces.
"By the way, you have to hand over a few more people to count, don't forget." King Huai suddenly remembered and said.
"Uncle, I'm so happy. I've made it perfect. Uncle, Li Luo still wants to give you face. He doesn't dare to do anything to you for such a big thing." Dou Sheng said flatteringly.
"Haha, I am his emperor's uncle. Can he still arrest me? Besides, I have the imperial edict given by Emperor Wanlong. Even if his father comes, he dare not do anything to me. You can rest assured. Let's have another drink." The two of them returned to the table and started drinking again.
Three days later, the army arrived at the Quanzhou border. Dou Sheng found three people from his subordinates, cut off his head and presented it to Li Luo, saying that he was a traitor that day. Li Luo just responded and did not ask any further questions. He followed Liu Ce to investigate the appearance of the mountain.
As soon as I entered Huluzhou, the scenery of the prefectures was far from that of the Central Government, and was closer to the Western Government. Every time I went, Li Luo would first walk around and remember these mountains, rivers, landforms and marching routes in his heart.
Li Luo's riding skills are already quite exquisite. Except for a few Muzhou warriors like Hu Chajing, no one in the army can beat Li Luo in riding skills.
Hu Cha Dongchan was extremely dissatisfied. On that day, he was in the military supervision tent, and his only affection for Li Luo was gone. He wanted to humiliate Li Luo and exasperate, but he didn't expect that he would lose to Li Luo in the military competition. The Muzhou cavalry all started to make a fuss, and even his brother was laughing.
Hucha Dongchan was so angry that he wanted to pull out the Xingsu sword that Li Luo had lent to her and cut Hucha Jing who was giggling on the side.
Liu Ce's heart was extremely complicated. Several generals from Youzhou's division often talked about it. Li Luo was diligent in his studies, talented, and sincere in dealing with others. He did not have the airs of a prince, but he was too young. If he grew up a few years later, he might be another prince Chun of Dagan.
During this Western Expedition, many of the things that happened during the march were hidden from Li Luo. There were many cursing and few praises in the counties and counties that were passed by. I didn’t know what it turned out to be when I returned to Zhuocheng. Emperor Wanlong was afraid that he would be uneasy in the palace.
The army was just barely put together. If it weren't for King Huai's troubles everywhere and causing everyone to share the same hatred of the enemy, the friction between the Muzhou cavalry and the Youzhou army would be inevitable, and it would be just a form of a Western Expedition.
Liu Ce and Li Luo stood on a hill. Looking at the terrain below, Liu Ce sighed slightly in his heart, as if he was a little relieved, but more regret and resentment. Just as he was sad, he suddenly heard Li Luo say, "General Liu, do you think I am timid and afraid of trouble and dare not punish King Huai?"
Liu Ce was shocked and hurriedly replied: "No, General, there is nothing wrong with your approach. The emperor can investigate the king of Huai, even the Taibao master can investigate it, but if you want to investigate it, you may cause gossip."
Li Luo sighed slightly, "I never care about these false reputations, I scold you and say it. It's just that King Huai is my emperor's uncle and has never been valued in the court. When I saw the royal family bowing, no matter who they were, they were proud and domineering after they came out. It was really annoying to see it, but I was sad to think about it. I also know what kind of character King Huai is. I tolerate him until now because he is my emperor's uncle. Let's put him idle until now when I arrive in the Western Palace."
Liu Ce opened his mouth and swallowed something in his heart. Li Luo smiled and said, "General Liu, they are all soldiers on the battlefield. How can they say their heads? Oh, don't be on their waists, maybe they will die in battle at any time. If you have anything to say, just say it. Even if it's a presumptuous word, I will never care about it today. General Liu can say it happily."
Liu Ce was stunned, his face turned slightly red, and he pondered for a moment: "General, if the last general says, he may be suspected of spreading rumors and causing trouble."
Li Luo smiled, shook his head, didn't care, and said, "General Liu, please see it yourself. If you want to say it, forget it if you don't want to say it, I won't force it." After that, he turned around and looked at the terrain carefully.
"General," Li Luo turned around in surprise, and Liu Ce seemed to have used great strength to say: "I won't say the last general, but the general can see."
"Oh, what do you mean?" Li Luo asked.
"The actions of King Huai are heard in the army. The central army is full of spies from Youzhou Army. Dou Shuai's investigation and reporting is useless. If the general agrees, the last time will take the general to see it next time."
Li Luo looked at Liu Ce, and didn't know what to do. After thinking for a while, he immediately said, "Okay, come and find me then."
"Yes." Liu Ce said politely.
After returning to the camp, Li Luo guessed that what Liu Ce wanted to see was no wonder that it was a robbery or something.
The next day, at noon, the army was about to leave the Quanzhou territory. Liu Ce suddenly flew over and came to Li Luo and whispered.
It turned out that Liu Ce was trying to let Li Luo see something today. Li Luo nodded, led the horse, and was about to go out with Liu Ce. Liu Ce suddenly said that he asked Li Luo to change into casual clothes. Seeing Liu Ce so mysterious, Li Luo laughed unconsciously, but he still changed into casual clothes and did not ask his personal guard to follow him. He left the camp with Liu Ce.
Liu Ce ran all the way, without saying anything, and made up his mind to just read and not talk today.
Both of them were good horses under their seats, and soon they left the camp. Liu Ce took Li Luo around a small path and headed towards the rear of the army. On the way, Liu Ce checked the marks left by the spies of the central army from time to time. Li Luo secretly paid attention that what Liu Ce said was not false, and the periphery of the central army was indeed under the surveillance of the spies of the Youzhou army.
After about a cup of tea, Liu Celeb stopped his war horse and whispered to Li Luo behind him: "General, we are here."
"Hmm?" Li Luo looked up and saw that there were several middle-aged men and women dressed in villagers standing by the forest waiting anxiously. Li Luo and Liu Ceyin were behind the tree. If they were not careful, the people outside would never see it. Li Luo saw it, and looked at Liu Ce in confusion. Liu Ce replied: "General, please wait for a moment."
Li Luo nodded and waited behind the tree with Liu Ce. After a while, a carriage sneakily left the barracks and drove towards the forest. There were two cavalry beside him. Seeing that the Youzhou Army were serving, Liu Ce snorted coldly, extremely dissatisfied.
When the carriage arrived at the Linbing, the curtain was lifted, and the two people's heads were poked out from it. They looked around and saw the villagers standing by the Linbing. They turned around and said a few words, jumped out of the car, but they were wearing casual clothes. Li Luo looked at it and said in surprise: "Guardian of King Huai? The person next to him should be Dou Sheng's troops?"
"No, it's covered up!" Liu Ce's murderous aura appeared in his words and then he disappeared.
Li Luo patiently confronted the questions in his heart and looked at them intently.
At this time, two women walked out of the car. Seeing that they were only twenty years old, one of them got off the car and saw two villagers pounced over. The three of them hugged each other and cried bitterly, looking like they were the daughter of this family.
Another woman was talking to the guards of King Huai next to her, but saw the guards waved their hand impatiently, pushed the woman away, reached out to pull out a roll of straw mat from the carriage, threw it on the ground, as if pointing at everyone and cursing, getting on the carriage, and leaving.
At this time, two other villagers hurried over and opened the straw mat. Li Luo saw it clearly. It was a woman's body. The two of them fell to the ground in fear. They looked at the corpse in the straw mat. They were too far away and could not hear what the few people were saying. It seemed that they were relieved. The woman's clothes in the straw mat were very awkward. Even if they stood in the distance, they could see that they had only worn them after they died.
Among the three people who were hugging each other just now, the older man suddenly pushed the woman who got out of the car to the ground, shouted loudly, saying that he was unfair and shameless, and after that, he stepped forward and kicked and beat him up.
The middle-aged woman next to her hurriedly dissuaded her, and was scolded by the middle-aged man a few words. She stood there and the man wanted to beat her again. The woman next to her suddenly walked over, opened her arms, protected the woman sitting on the ground crying, and argued with the middle-aged man in front of her. The man became more and more fierce and was about to take action.
At this time, the two who checked the corpse stepped forward and dissuaded for a few words. The man then stopped and cursed at the woman who stopped him. From time to time, he also pointed at the woman sitting down on the ground and said something, but it seemed that he was in a dialect. Apart from the first few words, neither Li Luo nor Liu Ce understood.
I only heard the woman's miserable cry intermittently, but the sound was not loud, but it felt heart-wrenching.
The man scolded for a while, and after the two of them were persuaded, he turned around and walked back. The middle-aged woman was about to pass by, but was scolded by the man. He had no choice but to look at the woman on the ground, and finally he followed her and did not look back.
Several people walked into the woods and disappeared, leaving behind two weak women and a corpse.
The woman who stopped the middle-aged man sat down and patted the crying woman from time to time, as if comforting this companion.
After a while, the woman stopped crying. Seeing this, the other woman helped her sit under the tree beside her, got up and looked at the corpse on the ground, searched around, and turned out a dead branch as thick as an arm from behind the tree, found a slightly higher place and dug it up with the dead branch, and knelt down from time to time to lift the soil with his hands.
Suddenly, Li Luo said coldly: "Give me your knife."
Chapter completed!