"Woo--Woo-Woo-Woo" the horn sounded again on the battlefield, and the enemy army changed its formation. The entire infantry square formed a triangle as it advanced, like a sharp knife with teeth, slowly
Pressed on the county soldiers.
In the middle of the military formation is a young military general, with silver armor and white robes, and a sharp edge like frost.
In an instant, Li Xu regained consciousness from confusion.
He knew that he had no reason to be angry. He was an official now, and those who were killed, insulted, and harmed were thieves. Although they looked similar to his parents, even though he could see the shadow of his past in them,
But officers and soldiers catching thieves has been a matter of course since ancient times.
He also knows that he can't do anything. Unless he rebels, he has no power and no way to save so many people. Even if he saves these people at all costs, he has no power to resettle them. Unless he also imitates Shi Zihe.
Become a bandit and lead a group of innocent people to rob and kill even more innocent people!
Looking at Qin Shubao's concerned eyes, Li Xu felt that his body was weak and sleepy. This was a complete feeling of powerlessness. Back then, he was powerless once in Su Chuanbu. Today, under the same situation, besides being angry, he still felt
Nothing can be done.
"Zhongjian, have you been too tired recently?" Qin Shubao smiled and helped Li Xu find the steps. At that moment, he could clearly feel the anger on Li Xu. But the young man in front of him had amazing concentration and became angry very quickly.
He was controlled by himself. This made Qin Shubao value the other party even more, because at the same age, he would never be as mature as the other party. As a person who has experienced it, Qin Shubao understands that if he feels that everything in the world is unstoppable, it can only mean that
You haven't grown up yet. When does a person understand that his own power is limited, will he truly mature?
"Well! I'm a little tired, and I'm not used to the atmosphere here!" Li Xu answered so lowly, as if he was crying from his soul. He couldn't explain to Qin Shubao why he lost his composure. People's views on things are different from their personal experiences.
Experience is closely related. Qin Shubao's father was not a small businessman who was on the verge of losing his family fortune. He would not understand the hardship of ordinary people in the city, nor would he understand why Xuzi would hurt others.
"There are too many people here, it's noisy. If Shixin's family wasn't in a hurry to hire people, I wouldn't have come!" Qin Shubao echoed Xu Zi's words very generously, with a calm and friendly smile on his face.
"I want to go back and have a drink first. If Brother Shubao doesn't mind, I'll take the first step!" After the anger, Xuzi felt not only helpless but also disappointed. When he was watching the barbaric behavior of the herdsmen in Su Chuobu,
Having read the books of sages, he firmly believed that the same thing would not happen in the Sui Dynasty. At that time, he also asked the caravan to bring some books from the Central Plains, hoping that after reading the words of the sages, the barbaric herdsmen would be influenced by the Central Plains.
Influenced by the elegant style. But now, Xuzi, who smiled wryly, finally understood how naive his original thoughts were. Remove those prosperous appearances, and the people of the Central Plains are actually as cruel and barbaric as the people outside the Great Wall.
After receiving Qin Shubao's affirmative answer, Li Xu slowly led his horse, turned around and walked back. Just after taking a few steps, the crowd around him suddenly became confused, and a louder noise came from behind. The onlookers and buyers were excited.
They shouted and rushed towards the prison door waving their money bags.
"What's going on?" Xuzi turned his head in surprise and saw that another batch of goods had been replaced on the wooden platform not far away. To be precise, only one person had been replaced this time. One was in ragged clothes and was weak.
The girl's hands and feet were shackled. Her head was lowered weakly, and her body was trembling out of fear.
"The official sold the wife of a gangster, and she is only 28 years old. She is a virgin, and she is innocent!" Old Xu, who joined the army in Sicang, saw the crowd in the audience and shouted harder and harder.
"Buy it back as a slave and concubine as you like, the daughter-in-law of the bandit leader Shi Zihe!" As if to let the audience see the appearance of the goods clearly, he tugged on the iron chain in his hand. With a crash, the girl was dragged forward by him and staggered.
After a few steps, she almost fell. A kind-hearted soldier stepped forward to give her a hand. The girl raised her head and thanked her the moment she stabilized her body. Her eyes flickered, full of desolation and fear.
The gaze was like a knife, piercing Xu Zi's heart. He suddenly remembered the little wolf Gan Luo. When he killed the female wolf and brought it home from the cave, Gan Luo opened his eyes and saw a pair of
Fearful, desolate and begging eyes.
"How much, how much!" In my ears, countless people shouted loudly.
"Sell it to a brothel, and everyone will take turns to take revenge at night!" The atmosphere in the audience boiled instantly, with spectators and buyers pushing and shouting at each other.
They don't care about the beauty or ugliness of the girl on the stage, nor whether she is guilty or not. What they care about is the name Shizihe. Think about it, last night they slept with the daughter-in-law of the bandit leader Shizihe. Isn't that as proud as defeating the bandit leader himself on the battlefield?
What about Qin Shubao and what about Luo Shixin? Do they have such luck and courage?
"At least, at least five hangings. No, whoever pays more, I, I will sell it to him!" Lao Xu, who was responsible for handling the prisoners, did not expect that people would be so enthusiastic. He first instinctively quoted a high price, and then quickly changed his mind.
, strive for maximum benefits.
With the tacit approval of the government, there were people in the surrounding counties and counties. Unmanned and mature girls could be sold for two ounces of gold at most, and even those with a more beautiful appearance could only be sold for three ounces of gold at best. Lao Xu gave it to a bandit
The price quoted by Wu Diao was far higher than the market price. Therefore, many voices of dissatisfaction immediately arose from the crowd.
"Bah, she's not a peerless beauty. She's selling it for this price!" Someone squeezed their wallets and turned to leave.
"It's just a female prisoner! It's not like gold was struck there!" Someone echoed in extremely vulgar language.
At the same time, more people were attracted by the fresh gameplay that Lao Xu said, and quoted better prices. "I'll add three hundred cents!" "I'll add five hundred!" "Liu Diao!" "Liu Diao"
One hundred Wen!" In the blink of an eye, the girl's worth had risen to more than Qipiao.
"Shi Diao, Lao Xu, leave this person to me." Xuzi couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly. The girl on the stage, like Gan Luo, floated from the river of destiny. He couldn't refuse, no matter what came with it.
Whether it is happiness or disaster. If he turns around and walks away without doing anything today, he knows that he will never be at peace in his life.
Wow, countless pairs of eyes turned back. Ten coins, even in a place like Licheng where food is expensive, is enough for a family of five to spend seven or eight years! How could a rich man be so wealthy? Could he be a prodigal from a wealthy family?
With full of suspicion, everyone saw a young man with a curly beard and broad back leading a black horse, striding apart from the crowd and walking step by step under the wooden platform.
"It's General Li. Do you really want to buy this woman?" Lao Xu nodded and bowed, letting the spectators in the audience understand the identity of the visitor. It was Li Zhongjian who had become a general at the age of eighteen. No wonder he dared to pay this price.
.But he doesn’t need to buy it. If he likes this woman, he can just ask Zhang Juncheng to take her home after the war. Why wait until now and spend more money?
"Old Xu, open the lock. I will take this man away. Then you send someone to my house to get the money!" Xuzi ordered in a deep voice, ignoring the confused glances around him.
"Alas, alas!" Lao Xu agreed repeatedly and looked at Qin Shubao. Ten slings of money are ten thousand, which is enough to push a small cart to move. No one would carry so much with him, so he did not plan to immediately
I received the cash. But the identity of the woman in my hand was shady. Anyone else could buy it, but Li Lang would be a disaster if she bought it.
This woman was captured by Qin Shubao. On the battlefield, she once claimed to be Shi Zihe's kidnapped daughter-in-law, and personally killed the dying Shi Zihe. However, after being reported by other prisoners, this woman was Shi Zihe's daughter Shi Erya. Shi Zi
He was poisoned when he went to Pei Changcai's place for a banquet. He had already died when the army attacked the Xujiawopu ancestral hall.
The county magistrate Zhang Xutuo, who saw through the other party's tactics, could not let the bandit leader's biological daughter go, but he couldn't bear to kill her. So he pretended to be confused and ordered Lao Xu to sell her to a wealthy family as a slave. In this way, he pretended to be confused.
, which is equivalent to leaving a way for the other party to survive, and at the same time, it saves Qin Shubao and others some trouble.
"Old Xu, since Li Lang is going to buy it, you should sell it to him. Don't ask him for ten slings, let him count it for five slings!" Qin Shubao smiled at Lao Xu and ordered.
"Alas, alas!" Lao Xu stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, "Grandma, the sun is quite poisonous in this winter." He muttered to himself while untying the chains on the woman's feet.
.But he was puzzled by the iron chain in his hand, and handed the key, one end of the iron chain and the government-stamped deed of betrayal to Li Xu's hand.
"General Li, take it. This woman is very fierce. Since you bought it, you must discipline her well!"
"I'm sorry, Old Xu. I'm sorry, Brother Shubao!" Li Xu took the pile of groceries handed over by Old Xu, said hello to Qin Shubao first, and then gently led the woman down the wooden platform.
Shi Erya, who had carefully seen everything that had just happened, no longer resisted, lowered his head, and walked slowly behind Li Xu. The onlookers made way for a passage, and the generals sent by the imperial court would always be in their hearts.
There is a trace of awe.
After only a few hundred steps, Xu Zi was sweating profusely. After leaving the market, he turned around and opened the handcuffs for Shi Erya. Although he did not kill the woman's brother, it was not his idea to sell her into slavery.
But Xuzi still felt guilty. He didn't understand why he felt this way, and he didn't know why he was so impulsive just now. When he saw the helpless eyes of the other party in the crowd, he was already a little confused.
"Let's go!" he whispered. Before the other party could express his gratitude, he quickly jumped on his mount, knocked his legs in the stirrups, and ran towards the city gate.
The sound of tiny footsteps came from behind, vague but very clear. Li Xu knew that Shi Erya was chasing him, so he had to hold Hei Feng back.
"General, don't you want me to be your slave?" the man who caught up asked breathlessly.
"You shouldn't be a slave in the first place!" Li Xu jumped off his horse and turned around and said. "Let's go, don't be a bandit anymore. There is no future in robbing families and homes."
"But my rendition contract is still in the hands of the general!" As if sensing Li Xu's embarrassment, Shi Erya smiled softly and reminded. The smile on her face soon entered her heart with her breathing. She felt
His heart also started laughing, like a knife piercing the depths of his soul.
"Oh!" Li Xu touched the back of his head in embarrassment, then found out the deed of betrayal as quickly as possible and stuffed it back into Shi Erya's hand. After doing this, he found another two hundred dollars in the purse behind the saddle.
The remaining money, together with the wallet and a piece of money, were also handed to Shi Erya, "Take the money, too, to buy some food on the way!"
"What's your surname, general?" Shi Erya raised his head and asked.
"My surname is Li! I'm new here!" Xuzi replied incoherently. He didn't want to be remembered as a benefactor forever. In a daze, he always felt that the gods had done it by his own hand, just like when he left behind
Gan Luo. As for what the gods in the dark want to do with his hands, Xu Zi doesn't want to make it too clear. He is an official and the other is a thief. It is enough for both parties to remember this.
"Little girl Shi Lan, thank General Li for surviving!" Shi Erya held her purse and knelt down. Her eyes were bright and her fiery gaze swept over every inch of the skin of the boy who was not many years older than her. He was tall and tall.
The bridge of his nose, his thick eyebrows, the beard that had just begun to thicken shortly after he was born, the hard corners of his lips, his strong arms... He was different from every man he had ever seen. Although he was young, he felt very safe.
reliable.
"Girl, please get up quickly!" Li Xu saw the other person kneeling to him and quickly reached out to help him. The moment their skins touched, a strange feeling came to his heart. It was warm and delicate, and he had not felt this way for a long time.
Tasting it, Asahi gradually forgot the taste.
Somehow, he looked into the other person's eyes and whispered: "Don't think about revenge anymore. On the battlefield, you will either be killed or the enemy will be killed. After that, no one will be anyone's enemy. Besides, Qin Shubao's martial arts skills
Very tall, you are definitely no match for him!"
"I have never hated General Qin!" The woman opposite was always calmer than Xuzi imagined. She had prepared all the words when he said the first sentence. When the kind words were over, she immediately gave him an affirmation.
's reply.
As for whether this statement is true, no one can judge.
"That's good!" Xuzi nodded, relieved. Everything he had to do was done. He thought about it and realized that there was nothing missing this time, so he jumped on the horse again.
"Is the general just leaving like this?" Shi Lan raised his head, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
"I, I still have something to do in the city!" Li Xu felt that his heart was beating wildly again, and quickly turned the horse's head. "You can hire a car at the gate of the city, girl, go slowly!"
After a rather decent farewell, he finally fled away like the wind.
"Turns out he's a reckless boy who doesn't understand the world!" Shi Lan held her purse in her hands and watched Heifeng's back disappear into the city gate. Such young people are rare, so she silently calculated, her eyes slowly becoming desolate.
She never hated Qin Shubao, not at all. But she lost her father, her brother, and everything she once owned in one night...
A tear slipped from the corner of her eye and slid across her dirty face, revealing the fair skin under the dust. Then it mixed with the blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, slowly rolled down her chin, and fell on the cold ground.
Shi Lan wiped his face vigorously, raised his head and walked towards the city gate. (To be continued)
