871 Soldiers and Horses in the Dark (Supplement 6.09)
Lin Yao was a useless person. When he first raised his army, he had great ambitions and wanted to conquer the world.
But not long after, uprisings, rebellions, and divisions were everywhere. Lin Yao was defeated not long after, and he has been hiding in Peifeng City for these years.
Master Zhi absolutely does not believe that Lin Yao can have an army that dares to leave the city.
So now that there is an army, it should be Li Xiao's own.
Although Cai He never mentioned the word "army", he always appeared as a wealthy businessman.
But on the Zhiye side, from the moment Cai He showed up, he knew that this person was Cai He, the Cai He next to Li Xiao.
Therefore, the more the commander thought about this army, the more he felt that this must be Cai He's trick. After all, he was a counselor.
in this way……
Come on, old man, if you want to play tricks with me, then I won’t be fooled by you.
"It's okay!" Zhiye shouted, tapping the bowl with his chopsticks, "We eat what we have, and the army won't touch us!"
The big men paused and then agreed.
The fatter Konoe was very anxious: "Master Zhi, this is not child's play!"
The attendant who had been twisting Master Zhi's psoas muscles said quietly: "Master Zhi, how about I go outside and take a look?"
Master Zhi nodded, turned his head and said seriously: "Remember to be careful, if you see something is wrong, come back immediately, son."
The follower frowned.
The porridge that Mr. Zhi just swallowed almost didn't come out of his nose. He suppressed a laugh and coughed: "No, no, I didn't mean it, I just kept forgetting it."
The attendant glared at him angrily, got up and left, angry.
The fatter Konoe came out with him.
It was only when I left the house that I really heard the sound of horse hooves.
Not only the sound of horse hooves, but also the sound of wheels.
The follower frowned and walked towards the source of the sound.
The fatter guard felt something was wrong, so when he quickly followed him, he turned back and looked northwest.
"Where are you looking?" the attendant asked.
"That's not right," said the fatter guard, "the sound of horse hooves I just heard came from the northwest, this side..."
As he finished speaking, the wind light beside the carriage was already visible in his field of vision.
"Sir!" The fatter Konoe changed his voice, "It's my husband!"
The guard who went to call Mr. Cai He was riding in front. When he saw the entourage and the fatter guard, he speeded up.
The attendant looked at the fatter Konoe with a playful look on his face.
The fatter guard ignored him, so he looked away and ran forward.
The guard reined in his horse and said, "Sir is here!"
After glancing at the Zhi Ye's entourage behind him, Konoe lowered his voice: "Sir, you are going back to Liujing Mansion, so take the Zhi Ye with you."
"What? This guy is not easy to persuade!"
"Be polite first and then attack with soldiers. If it is difficult to persuade, then soldiers and horses will enter the village and drive them away!"
"Soldiers and horses?" The fatter guard looked towards the carriage behind him.
The carriage was slowly stopping, and the coachman brought down a stool for Cai He to step on.
There were only carriages and a few guards, but no soldiers or horses.
The fatter Konoe looked away and understood: "Is it in the dark?"
"It must be in the dark."
"So..." the fatter Konoe slapped his forehead, "I'm just scaring myself."
"What?"
"I'm telling you," the fatter guard immediately poured out his bitterness, "that master, he is drinking porridge and soaking his feet right now, and he is not polite at all when he wakes me up, but I am not his subordinate, this business transaction
A person might not treat his partner’s bodyguard as his own slave..."
Konoe coughed quickly.
The fatter guard turned around, and the attendant who had been left behind for a long time had a bad look on his face: "I said, you two have been whispering for too long. Are you talking about my master?"
bad words?"
"No, no!" the fatter Konoe said hurriedly.
"What bad words?" Mr. Cai He walked over quickly and said, "Where is Mr. Zhi?"
"Huh." The follower snorted coldly and looked to the side.
"Brother," Mr. Cai He's entourage came forward and said gently to him, "my husband heard that Mr. Zhi was coming, so he dropped everything he was doing and came over. He didn't dare to neglect."
"When we traveled across the state, we heard long ago that Peifeng was a poor place, but now we are here, poor and poor!" the attendant shouted.
At this time, a person walked out of the house to see what was going on.
Everyone looked at it.
"Master Zhi sent me out to take a look," the man said, "Oh, isn't this Mr. Cai He?"
Cai He cupped his hands at him and raised his feet to walk away.
As soon as the soles of my shoes stepped onto the bamboo rafts by the lake, I felt a tremor in my feet.
Mr. Cai He frowned and raised his eyes to look northwest.
Not only him, but everyone else also heard the sound of horse hooves there.
Seeing Mr. Cai He's expression, the fatter guard was startled, stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, these soldiers and horses have been in the northwest, and I have heard of them before."
"Northwest..." Mr. Cai He muttered.
"yes."
"Not good!" Mr. Cai He's expression changed, "It must have something to do with her!"
"Who?" the guards asked hurriedly.
"Quick!" Mr. Cai He shouted to the man at the door, "Let Mr. Zhi come out quickly, there are robbers here!"
With that said, he picked up his robe and ran away.
The people in the house were happily drinking wine and eating fish. When they saw Cai He running towards him, the branch master burped and patted the wooden bed beside him: "Ah, it's sir! Your guard just found a jar of wine for me.
Son, the taste is quite good! Come on, sir, come sit down with me!"
"Master Zhi," Mr. Cai He raised his hand, "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Master Zhi, please pack your things and leave."
"Why are you leaving?"
"There... there are horse thieves!" Mr. Cai He said, "Wanshan Pass has been unmanned since then, and there are horse thieves all year round! My men just came back and said that a group of horse thieves are coming from the northeast!"
Everyone in the room fell silent.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally, your eyes return to Master Zhi.
The boss is not sure if this is Cai He's trick.
They have a wide range of information. They have been traveling south and north for so long. They have heard about horse thieves in Wanshan Pass, and Cai He's anxious expression now seems not to be fake.
"Then," Zhiye asked, "how many troops does the other party have?"
"It's still unknown, but the sound of horse hooves... should be quite a lot."
A big man in the room said seriously: "Master Zhi, this is not a trivial matter. We must find out. How many horse thieves can there be? They can't survive more than a thousand people. If there are more than a thousand people, they are not horse thieves, they are deserters, right?"
The master looked at him and nodded: "Yes, you are right."
Looking back at Cai He, he saw Cai He frowning, thoughtfully.
"Sir?" Zhi Ye said.
Cai He's reaction was a little slow, and he was still a little stunned and panicked. He raised his head and bowed hastily: "Master Zhi, please pack up first so that you can leave easily. I will send someone to take a closer look to see how many people there are."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
After coming out, Cai He walked very quickly and called several guards, asking them to check immediately.
