The conversation between Yu You and Li Zhaoliang is wonderful.
Yuyou said bluntly, "I want to live..."
Li Zhaoliang said coldly: "Why do you think I will let you live?"
Yuyou said calmly: "I left you a life."
Li Zhaoliang gritted his teeth and said: "My life is saved by myself and has nothing to do with you."
Yu You sneered: "If my sword moves one inch forward, you will definitely die."
Li Zhaoliang snorted coldly: "But after all, you have no chance to move forward an inch. But now I can crush you to death at any time."
"Yeah?"
"yes!"
"Then try it!"
"..."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was determined to go in and protect the fish, but before he could break into the barracks, he saw Li Zhaoliang walking out of the room with a dark face.
The two of them bumped into each other.
Li Zhaoliang didn't say a word of apology and left the barracks door with his head down.
Kou Ji hurriedly broke into the barracks to watch the fish swim.
"Are you OK?"
Seeing Yuyou lying on the bed intact, Kou Ji asked with a puzzled look.
Yuyou laughed softly: "It's okay..."
Kou Ji asked suspiciously: "How did you save your life from Li Zhaoliang?"
Yu You glanced at the roof and said with a half-smile, "I'm not allowed to say..."
Kou Ji was stunned, looked at the roof, and his face darkened.
Kou Ji had already guessed how Yu You could save his life from Li Zhaoliang.
That's because someone is helping him.
The person who helped him was dumb tiger.
Only the dumb tiger can force Li Zhaoliang back.
What makes Kou Ji depressed is that Mute Hu is obviously his, but he doesn't listen to his orders, doesn't listen to his instructions, and even does something unusual and hides it from him.
"Take good care of yourself..."
With a casual remark, Kou Ji left the barracks.
After leaving the barracks, Kou Ji looked back at the barracks and glared hard.
White-eyed wolf...
After Yuyou's injury improved, Kou Ji no longer needed to wait on him in the barracks.
After several days of consultation, the veterans of the Baosai Army and the other three armies selected a place to raise horses.
It was a barren and vast grassland not far from the outside of Baozhou City. There was a low mountain next to it, and a stream gurgled down the low mountain.
It is said that there was a big war in this place and many people died.
The people who reclaimed the wasteland dug several mass graves in it.
They did not dare to farm where the dead were buried, so the place became deserted.
Now it is just used by Kou Ji to raise horses.
After choosing a place to raise horses, the old pawn took Kou Ji there specially.
Then he explained to Kou Ji one by one the plans for the horse breeding land.
Generally speaking, it is mainly free-range breeding, which follows the nature of horses and allows them to gallop on the grass.
But on the other hand, it also established a place for the horses to stay when it is windy, rainy, or snowy.
In addition, some high-quality fodder is prepared daily for the horses.
Nearly thirty horse protection shelters have been set up around the horse breeding land.
Each horse guard station will be assigned a hundred soldiers to handle it, for a total of 3,000 people.
Including those who look after the forage farm, train horses, guide horse production, and take care of the horse farm, there are more than 5,000 people in total, truly one horse and one person.
This shows that the soldiers of the Baosai Army and the other three Xiang armies attached great importance to the tasks assigned by Kou Ji.
After Kou Ji visited the horse farm, he allocated a sum of money and gave it to the old soldier to build a horse breeding land.
Someone will transport it to Baozhou later.
Later, Kou Ji left several more guards of the Kou Mansion to help raise the horses.
It was not that Kou Ji could not trust the old pawn, but that Kou Ji was afraid that after he left Baozhou, someone would be interested in these horses and take the opportunity to use his power to seize the horses from the old pawn.
In order to protect these horses, Kou Ji left more than a few guards behind.
He first wrote to the imperial court and promoted the former training envoy of the Baozhou Regiment and the commander of the Baosai Army.
Then he took the opportunity to move Yang Wenguang and Di Qing, who had just established their merits, to Baozhou.
Yang Wenguang defeated the Liao army at Yanmen Pass and was praised by the imperial court as having the style of his ancestors. He was promoted to be the training envoy of the Baozhou Tao regiment and the commander of the Baosai Army.
Di Qing performed meritorious service in defending the city of Prefecture, and was promoted to the rank of captain, and served as a battalion commander in the defense army.
With these two people staying in Baozhou, no one can use official power to force the old soldier and others to hand over Kou Ji's horse.
After Kou Ji arranged the horses in his hands properly.
After staying in Waqiao Pass for several days, Xiang Minzhong and Wang Zeng slowly arrived in Baozhou.
The reason why they didn't rush to Baozhou was probably to give Kou Ji time to place the horses in his hands.
When the two old men arrived in Baozhou, they didn't look good on Kou Ji.
When Xiang Minzhong saw Kou Ji, he clicked his lips and sighed: "Boy, you are in trouble..."
Wang Zengze said angrily: "Shilang Kou is such a powerful official."
Kou Ji heard what they were saying and asked suspiciously, "What happened?"
"What happened? You did something yourself and you didn't know it?"
Wang Zeng asked with a cold snort.
Kou Ji said guiltily: "I didn't do anything?"
Wang Zeng said angrily: "Then tell me, where are all the people who come to you to ask for horses?"
When Wang Zeng was angry, he spoke louder than usual, spitting Mo Xingzi in Kou Ji's face.
Kou Ji took a few steps back, wiped the spittle from his face, and asked, "Has someone found your head?"
Xiang Minzhong said pitifully: "It's not that someone found our heads, but the imperial court issued a document asking me and me to escort you to Beijing."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said in shock: "It's not that serious, is it?"
Wang Zeng cursed loudly: "If someone asks you for a horse, you won't give it if you don't give it. Why do you want to hurt people's lives?"
He also killed hundreds of people in one go.
Those are people, not animals.
Is it something you can kill at will?"
The corner of Kou Ji's mouth twitched and said: "You are not..."
Wang Zeng glared and said, "Can you compare with me?"
Kou Ji reluctantly shut his mouth.
Wang Zeng snorted coldly: "I kill people, and I kill with justification. Even if I kill someone, not only will others not find fault with me, but they will also praise me and say that I killed well."
And you?
Killing them all in one go without even giving a reason.
Now people have joined forces to sue you to the court, and the court has issued a document to take you back for questioning."
"I have merit! I have shed blood for the imperial court, you can't do this to me!"
"Gong is merit, fault is fault, they cannot be compared."
Seeing that Kou Ji was about to speak, Wang Zeng said with a dark face: "Don't play dumb for me, quickly tie yourself in front of my horse and let me escort you to the capital."
Xiang Minzhong said at this time: "There's no need to bind yourself. After all, the little guy has made contributions to the court and can be considered a meritorious official.
It is unsightly to be in chains."
Wang Zeng said with a dark face: "The rules of the imperial court cannot be broken."
Xiang Minzhong hesitated for a moment and suggested, "How about I draw a set of shackles for Kou Xiaozi?"
"Draw a set?"
Wang Zeng looked puzzled.
Xiang Minzhong said with a smile: "Yes, draw a set..."
Wang Zeng's eyes fell on Kou Ji, who looked confused, and a slight smile appeared on his lips, "Then draw a set..."
No matter how stupid Kou Ji was, he still heard the unkindness in the tone of the two old men.
Immediately, he stretched out his hand and said helplessly: "You'd better wear shackles and chains on me."
Xiang Minzhong shook his head and said, "That's not possible. If we say one thing, we will draw another thing. What qualifications do you, a prisoner, have to impose conditions on us?"
Later.
Xiang Minzhong asked someone to get some pen and ink, and with Kou Ji's depressed eyes, he drew black lines on Kou Ji's neck and wrists.
The two old men looked at Kou Ji's depressed face and laughed.
Kou Ji wanted to strangle these two disrespectful guys to death.
The two old men scolded Kou Ji and sent someone to the Chinese army's tent to send a message to Cao Wei, asking him to order all his troops and prepare to return to the court.
Cao Wei, however, acted as if he had not heard what they said and did not take any action. He waited until the next day before ordering the entire army to return to the court.
The two old men did not react at all, as if Cao Wei had not violated their words.
Although Wang Zeng was on the same level as Cao Wei, Wang Zeng did not have the responsibility of supervising the army.
But Xiang Minzhong is involved in political affairs. As long as he leaves the capital, he can act as a supervisor at any time even if he does not have any title.
The abnormal behavior of the three people made Kou Ji feel that there must be something going on here.
But Kou Ji didn't ask. He hid this doubt in his heart and planned to ask again later.
Kou Ji was about to leave Baozhou, and Kou Ji felt a little reluctant to leave.
He first went to see the horse breeding land, and then went to see where the military dependents in Baozhou lived.
Finally, we lingered in the camp for a long time and gave Yang Wenguang and Di Qing some instructions before embarking on the return journey.
Because Yu You was seriously injured and could not travel far, Kou Ji did not take Yu You with him, but instead entrusted him to Di Qing's care.
The way back is much easier than the way here.
Not because someone built the road, but also because the return trip was slow.
In the past, we could travel forty or fifty miles a day, but now we only travel ten miles a day, no more, no less.
It feels like you are on an outing.
However, in comparison, Kou Ji walked slower.
It's not that he doesn't want to go fast, it's that the donkey carrying him seems to have a bad temper and always goes against him.
Either they stopped in the middle of the road and didn't move, or they abandoned Kou Ji and went to have a hearty meal in the fields by the roadside.
Kou Ji was made to look like a playboy who wasted money on people's fields.
Unfortunately, others can't help him yet.
Liu Heng wanted to step forward to help him, but Wang Zeng and Xiang Minzhong, who were sitting in the carriage drinking and eating meat, blocked him back.
In their words, Kou Ji was a criminal, and he was not wearing shackles and chains. Giving him a donkey to ride on was already a great gift. To help him further was against the rules.
Kou Ji could only curse fiercely in his heart.
You two old men wait for me. When you two old men die, I will ask the historian to fill the history books with dirty information about you two.
I will also take people to dig your two graves...
"Wang Zeng, that boy looked at us with a sinister look on his face and laughed secretly. Is he thinking about how to retaliate against us?"
"should be……"
"While we can still suppress this kid, we must get our money back with interest."
"Sir, it's too hot. Go take off the prisoner's coat and let him cool down... so that he won't die from the heat before he reaches Bianjing City..."
"..."
After a while, Kou Ji, who had his coat taken off, became furious.
"Don't bully others too much!"
"Um?!"
"Why don't you pull it out cleanly? There is still a Yujue missing."
"Um!"
"..."
The donkey refused to leave and was bullied by two shady old men. Kou Ji was really miserable.
In order to coax the donkey to walk obediently, Kou Ji went to the field on the roadside to find some of the donkey's favorite vegetables and hung them in front of the donkey's head.
As a result, the donkey ran very fast.
It was uncomfortable to sit on the donkey's back for a long time, so Kou Ji made a temporary seat with a parasol and placed it on the donkey's back.
He found a blanket and stuffed it inside, burying himself in it and feeling extremely comfortable.
Then……
Before he could feel comfortable for a while, Xiang Minzhong took possession of his donkey.
Kou Ji was driven onto Wang Zeng's carriage.
As soon as Kou Ji got on the carriage, he snorted at Wang Zeng to express his dissatisfaction.
After being slapped twice by Wang Zeng, I immediately felt relieved.
"Boy, don't be ignorant... I and Mr. Xiang are trying different ways to torment you for your own good."
Kou Jipi said with a smile: "This is the first time I heard that torturing people is also good for others."
Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji and snorted: "Stupid! You killed everyone in Baozhou, but you didn't think about the consequences?
How many people are currently sharpening their knives and waiting to impeach you?
If you return to Bianjing City comfortably, I and others will not be able to find an excuse if they want to defend you.
If you return to Bianjing City in misery, I and others can use this as an excuse to protect you."
Kou Ji asked suspiciously: "Is someone really impeaching me?"
Wang Zeng rolled his eyes and said, "You have killed so many people and no one has impeached you. That would be strange."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Can't my grandfather protect me? Can't the official family protect me?"
"well……"
Wang Zeng let out a long sigh and said quietly: "They still have time to take care of you."
"What's the meaning?"
Kou Ji tilted his head and asked.
Wang Zeng's eyes fell on the Forbidden Army soldiers not far ahead, "I don't believe it, you can't guess anything from Cao Wei's reaction?"
Kou Ji pondered: "Are you talking about the dismantling of the Xiang Army?"
Wang Zeng nodded and said: "That's right... Since the imperial court benefited from the abolition of the Criminal Division, officials seem to have seen new ways to manage politics.
After learning that the military system was corrupt and that nearly millions of military expenses of the Xiang Army had been embezzled, they became extremely enthusiastic about dismantling the Xiang Army.
Ever since the issue of Baozhou Baosai Army was submitted to the imperial court, officials have never stopped petitioning for the abolition of Xiang Army."
Kou Ji thought about it: "The dismantling of the Xiang army is related to Wu Xun's interests, so they are united to exert power over the imperial court?"
Wang Zeng nodded, "The warriors now do not miss any opportunity to show their power.
The purpose was to force the imperial court to give up its plan to dismantle the Xiang army.
During the period when we left Beijing, several censors were injured one after another because of the issue of dismantling the Xiang army!
Those who injured them were all members of the Xiang army.
After they wounded the censor, they committed suicide.
The imperial court had no choice but to get to the bottom of the matter.
In addition, there have been more incidents of Xiang troops injuring civilians in various places."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "So cruel?"
"Taking someone's way of wealth is like killing your parents..."