He originally thought that things would be easy to deal with once the group was in chaos.
What would happen if you threw thousands of mice into a barn?
And these loyal soldiers are not good at it. Every one of them came here hungry. Some of them were so hungry that they even gnawed on the corpses of dead people.
In addition, after traveling with him for these months, their temperament has changed drastically. They have become more and more bully, cowardly and fawning in the face of the weak, fearful, aggressive and cruel to others, and do all kinds of evil.
If such a group of people lost their order and rushed in all directions to attack the unprepared villagers, Xie Zhong would find it spectacular just thinking about it.
As a result, they didn't disperse or run around!
And if they don't mess up, it will be easier for those who want to capture them. After all, this group of soldiers has not even led him to win a few battles, and now they have become headless flies. For the well-trained regular army of the Daping Dynasty,
That's not like the wolf catching the sheep or the eagle eating the chicken.
Once they are captured, his troops heading north will easily become the next target.
"Damn it, damn it!" Xie Zhong muttered.
I was forced to lose more than two thousand soldiers and horses and the food supplies that I had worked so hard to grab, but at least I had to see some benefits and rewards. This was like throwing the treasure directly into the water without even making a sound.
He shook his head and continued to light the stove and fan himself, waiting for the tea to be ready.
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A heavy rain suddenly hit the entire Hengping.
At the foot of Luxiangling Mountain at the junction of Hengping and Jinzhou, a horse team of about ten people galloped past in the heavy rain.
The innkeeper who had been waiting at the back door for a long time finally saw the visitor and came forward with an umbrella: "Second Miss!"
After entering the spacious backyard, under the huge rain cover, the leader jumped off the horse lightly, took off the bamboo hat on his head, and revealed Zhang Xuebai's charming face under his wet hair.
"Xia Yuda? Why is it you?" Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile.
"There are not enough manpower here, so I came here from Mingtai County."
Xia Zhaoyi nodded and said with a smile, "I've been waiting for a long time."
Gao Zhou and others also got off the horse, and Xia Yuda hurriedly called everyone in.
The inn closed early, and in the backyard, Tang Taosheng himself was enjoying tea and soup.
Xia Yuda sent a waiter over to tell others that they had arrived. Tang Taosheng immediately arranged for people to help bring hot tea and hot water, and at the same time ordered the chef to prepare wine and food.
"Second Miss, should those letters be given to you now or after you return to your room?" Xia Yuda asked.
"Are there many letters?"
"There are ten letters."
Xia Zhaoyi frowned: "That's quite a lot."
She looked at Gao Zhou Zhanning and the others who were chatting, thought for a while, and said, "Please send me the food and hot water to my room. I'll go back to my room to read the letter first."
Hearing this, Zhan Ning frowned and said, "Second Miss, you have been traveling for days, so you might as well rest tonight."
"Yes," Shi Guoxin also said, "Second Miss, we are not in a hurry."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled lightly: "The sooner I can finish this, the sooner I can rest. You guys can chat slowly."
Knowing that Xia Zhaoyi likes to keep everything simple, the guest room prepared for her is refreshing and clean without too many decorations.
There is a refreshing fragrance on the bed, a light and elegant fragrance. The quilt is thin in summer, with cold light moon snow silk on the outside and fine light silk quilt on the inside.
Xia Yuda delivered the letter. Xia Zhaoyi was lighting the second lamp in the room. Seeing that she had not changed her clothes, Xia Yuda said: "Second Miss, you go take a bath and change your clothes first, otherwise you will get sick."
"Okay, I'll go there later," Xia Zhaoyi said. His eyes fell on the letter Xia Yuda put on the desk. He paused and asked, "Is there a... Shen Lie letter?"
Xia Yuda shook his head: "No."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Yeah."
I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart because he didn't write to her.
"The latest letter was also sent eight days ago. If General Shen wants to send a letter to the second lady, I'm afraid it's still on the way." Xia Yuda added.
Too.
Xia Zhaoyi took a deep breath and lowered her eyes to look at the candlelight in front of her.
The most obvious issues of distance and time were forgotten in her mind. The feeling of disappointment that arose in her heart just now was so arrogant and unreasonable that it completely ruined her mood.
Sure enough, the relationship between men and women should not be touched.
She clearly knew all along, yet she still stepped in.
I still want to come to Luxiangling in Hengping...
It's two days longer than the original journey, just to try our luck here and block the traffic jam of the person coming back and forth from the west to the east.
"...Second Miss?" Seeing Xia Zhaoyi in a daze for a long time, Xia Yuda couldn't help but speak out.
Xia Zhaoyi paused slightly, looked at him calmly, and smiled warmly: "Go and do your work."
She raised her hand and covered the outside of the candlestick with the moonlight peach branch lamp paper, and the light was spread farther and wider. She gathered all her thoughts and went back to her desk.
When Xia Yuda saw that she was getting down to business, she resigned and left.
Not long after, hot water was delivered, followed by meals.
There were many people coming in and out. They looked up at the Suchuan Cuidie screen standing in the room. The clear figure of the girl behind the screen seemed to have always been in the same posture and never changed.
The candle flame hit the candle oil under the lamp paper, and suddenly there was a crisp crackling sound, which made Xia Zhaoyi, who was holding his chin with one hand and looking at it crazily, come back to his senses.
She lowered her eyebrows and found that the ink stain on the pen she held in her hand was almost dry.
Many things in this world are easy to know but difficult to do.
And the most terrifying thing is to do it even though you know you shouldn't.
Compared with being ignorant and fearless and making mistakes, struggling soberly is more difficult.
The word love is really a poison.
After closing his eyes, Xia Zhaoyi brought up all his thoughts and ordered himself not to think about it again. He lowered his head and read the letter again, preparing to reply.
The heavy rain continued until the next morning, and Xia Zhaoyi was awakened by the sound of children beating and scolding outside.
Several children were fighting very fiercely. They were all eleven or twelve years old and wanted to beat each other to death.
The heavy rain had just passed and the ground was covered with mud. Xia Zhaoyi went to the window and saw a dozen mud babies in the distance pinching each other in the pit, kicking each other, and holding each other's hair.
There were quite a few adults nearby, all watching the fun and laughing, but no one tried to stop him.
None of her people went out, but there were many diners at the entrance of the inn.
Xia Zhaoyi glanced at it for a few times, then went back to bed and prepared to continue sleeping.
But a familiar voice suddenly sounded: "Yo yo yo, this is a beating to death!"
Xia Zhaoyi was facing the bed. Hearing the words, he opened his eyes, his bright eyes turned slightly to the side, he looked slightly behind him, and he raised his ears.
"Haha, let's fight. It's best to kill one or two. It's fun to watch!"
A chubby man passed by with his hands behind his hands and cheerfully made sarcastic remarks.
Although he was not very virtuous, he did not stop to watch the excitement like other bystanders.
Passing through the crowd, he walked straight towards the largest inn in the countryside.
Xia Zhaoyi got out of bed and went behind the south window sash, looking through the slightly opened window slit with lowered eyebrows.
Seeing this familiar face that was twice as rounded, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and it turned out to be him.
Although the faces of the three brothers are exactly the same, they are easily identifiable.
