After three rounds of drinking, Xiao Chen and Duan Tianming were already so drunk that their faces were red and their necks were thick.
The food on the table is also clean, and even the plates seem to have been spared from washing.
Wang Zheng chuckled: "Would you like to make two more dishes and drink?"
Xiao Chen waved his hand: "No, the people along the coast are still in fear of the Japanese pirates invading them all day long."
The commander walked in with a teapot, filled the tea bowls for the two of them with a smile, and placed the teapot on the table.
"Then drink some tea to quench your thirst and relieve your hangover." Wang Zheng pushed the tea bowl in front of Xiao Chen.
He was tired and tired. Now that he had eaten and drank enough, coupled with the hot weather, Xiao Chen felt a wave of sleepiness coming over him.
He stood up and grabbed Wang Zheng's body with hazy eyes: "Brother, if you have anything to say, we have a long way to go, and we have plenty of time to talk. Brother, I am very sleepy now, and I have to go on a journey at night. Can you find a place where we can meet
Get some sleep?”
"Yes, yes." Wang Zheng nodded awkwardly, stood up quickly, and pointed to the two deck chairs at the door of the hall, "The cool breeze is blowing at this door, so it is very comfortable to sleep. There are just two deck chairs, Brother Xiao and
Commander Duan, if you don’t mind it, can you sleep here?”
"What's there to dislike?" Duan Tianming muttered, walked to a recliner in confusion, and lay down on it.
Xiao Chen didn't even say anything and lay down on the recliner.
In a short time, the snoring of the two people had already echoed in the hall.
Wang Zheng shook his head with a wry smile and looked at the soldiers at the door: "I'd like to say hello to everyone. Don't come to the hall today. Let Brother Xiao have a good sleep. See how tired they are."
The commander behind him hunched over and said, "Sir, what about us? Do we want to find another place to enjoy the cool weather?"
"What are you looking for? Are you relieved to leave Brother Xiao here? We will sit in the hall and watch him wake up."
"Yes, yes." The commanding officer said hurriedly.
In the evening, the sun gradually shifted to the west and had already set.
Although it was June, it was extremely hot at noon in Baoding, but as the sun went down, there was a hint of coldness in the air.
Xiao Chen had a dream, dreaming that he was back when he was a child.
While trying to pick up a vegetable leaf in front of someone's house on the street, I was chased by a vicious dog.
I kept running and running until I reached a small river.
When I turned around, the vicious dog was still following closely behind me.
Without any choice, Xiao Chen jumped into the river.
In the dream, he didn't know what season it was, but the cold river water made Xiao Chen feel bitingly cold.
Xiao Chen couldn't help but shudder and opened his eyes.
He was still lying on the recliner, but the difference from before was that he was covered with a cloth.
He raised his head and looked at Duan Tianming next to him. He was still snoring and was covered with a cloth.
Beside the table not far away, Wang Zheng and the conductor were each sitting in a chair, with their heads lowered and taking a nap.
Needless to say, after the two fell asleep, Wang Zheng covered them with clothes as the sun went down.
Looking at the cloth on his body, Xiao Chen felt warm in his heart.
Although I have never enjoyed the care of my parents since I was a child, the people I associate with when I grow up care about me from the bottom of my heart.
Xiao Chen took off his cloth, sat up, and thrust his foot towards Duan Tianming next to him.
"The sun has set, it's time for us to set off."
"Huh?" Duan Tianming got up in a flash, "So fast, I haven't slept enough yet."
As he spoke, he raised his right hand and wiped the irritation from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.
Wang Zheng inside heard the sound at the door and immediately opened his eyes.
Seeing that the two of them had gotten up, they walked over with a smile.
"It's still early, you can still get some sleep."
"I'm not going to sleep anymore. We are still thousands of miles away from Zhejiang. The emperor is concerned and the people are suffering. We cannot delay deliberately." Xiao Chen stood up and handed the cloth in his hand to Wang Zheng.
"Then let's eat before we leave. I'll ask the kitchen to start immediately. The food will be served quickly." After taking the cloth, Wang Zheng took it casually in his hand and looked at the two of them.
"No, the lunch meal hasn't been digested yet." Xiao Chen smiled, "The commander still has hatred for Zhao Wuming?"
After thinking for a while, Wang Zheng shook his head: "After so many years, he should be an old man in his fifties now. As he grows older, the mistakes he made when he was young will probably not be made again in the future. As long as he changes his mind, I will not do it again.
Bear a grudge against him."
"A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit. The dangers of human nature cannot be affected by age. If possible, I will pay him back the hole he dug for you back then."
"Don't." Wang Zheng said hurriedly, "We still have to put the overall situation first. Deal with the Japanese pirates first and let the people's lives return to normal. If he doesn't target you, just let him go. At his age, there is no way
A few years to live."
Facing Wang Zheng, Xiao Chen winked: "What if he dug the hole he dug for you back then and dug it for me again?"
"Alas." Wang Zheng sighed, "If that's the case, then he is digging his own grave. Just give him back everything you earned with interest."
The sun has completely set.
There was a cool breeze, and the slender willow branches on the willow trees swayed back and forth in the wind.
Xiao Chen led the magic machine and disappeared into the night like the wind.
The commander who was standing at the gate of Daning Dusi slowly turned around until the last dust raised by the team disappeared.
Wang Zheng beside him still raised his head and looked at the direction where the team disappeared, as if he could still see figures.
"This Lord Ziyi is really generous. Hearing that Zhao Wuming had a dispute with you, Sir, he actually wanted to help you." The commanding officer said with a sigh.
Hearing this, Wang Zheng withdrew his gaze towards the distance and rolled his eyes at the other party with dissatisfaction: "You mean, I won't be upright?"
"Justice, justice." The commanding officer hurriedly said with a smile on his face, "You are responsible for the food of more than 300 people at once, and you don't even blink. There is no one in the world who is more righteous than you.
.”
Wang Zheng grinned and took a deep breath.
"I don't feel bad about the food for the 300 people. It's just that these 300 horses eat the best fodder. Usually, our own army horses in Daning Dusi eat a little bit of good stuff and a little bit of bad stuff mixed with ginseng."
.This is all fine fodder, I feel really sad.”
"In the opinion of the following officer, we just need to entertain the brothers from Dongchang. It's not impossible to feed the horses some fodder. My lord, it would be better for you to specifically instruct the soldiers to feed the horses in Dongchang with concentrates. Look at what you are doing now
He looked distressed, and my subordinate also felt distressed."
As he said this, the conductor pursed his lips and looked sad.
"Shut up and say you have no brains. You are getting more and more brainless. Dongchang is counting on these troops and horses to rush on. The earlier they arrive, the earlier the people will be free from Japanese pirates. We just want to save some horse fuel.
, regardless of the lives of the people?"
Wang Zheng shouted loudly, raised his palm and tried to swipe it away.
The slap landed on the other person's head, then he took it back and glared at the other person fiercely.
He turned around and walked towards Daning Dusi.
"Didn't I say that because I felt sorry for you?" the commanding officer who was following behind muttered.
"From now on, say what you should say and shut up when you shouldn't. Just three sentences have revealed your true identity, which is really embarrassing to Daning City. If you weren't my cousin, I would have kicked you out of Daning City a long time ago.
.”
"No, please don't. If you drive me away, where should I go?"
"Go wherever you like." After saying this, Wang Zheng quickly walked into the door.
"Then why don't I try not to speak as much as possible from now on?" He muttered in a low voice, and the commanding officer hurriedly followed.
Zhejiang, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Dusi Hall, Zhao Wuming, dressed in armor, is sitting on a chair in the hall, holding a white silk handkerchief in his hand and wiping the long sword in his hand.
He is tall, tall, and has dark skin.
Coupled with the hairy beard on his face, he looks like a rough man no matter what.
Although he is over fifty years old, he is wearing heavy armor, his heart is not beating, he is not breathing, and his eyes are piercing.
From the appearance alone, no one could tell that he has so many crooked intestines and is especially good at digging holes to bury people.
"How much money did the Hangzhou government give to me at my birthday party yesterday?" Zhao Wuming asked the guard standing next to him while wiping his sword.
"Replying to the commander, the Hangzhou prefect personally paid two hundred taels of tribute. Hangzhou Prefecture did not." The guard replied.
"Two hundred taels?" Zhao Wuming stopped what he was doing and snorted coldly, "There is no movement in the wealthy Hangzhou Prefecture. The prefect wants to use his personal two hundred taels to fool me? The officials newly appointed this year are still...
I really don’t understand etiquette anymore.”
After a moment of silence, he raised his head again.
"Give the two hundred taels of silver to the magistrate of Hangzhou and return them. Tell me that I am an upright official and will not accept any money."
