Chapter 118 Chu Zilan(1/2)
After the Rida Muzi incident, Liangzhou Wei was very busy for a while.
After the new recruits who died in battle were buried and erected a monument, they would also have to register their military registration names. When they returned to Shuojing in the future, they would pay the mourning and silver for the new recruits. The dead recruits were sentries, and most of them were still very young. They died in battle less than a year after they came to Liangzhou Guards, and their friends who were with each other day were also very depressed for a while.
However, even though the depression is depressed, life still has to continue. Especially after this, Liangzhou Guards are not as safe as before. Xiao Jue instructed Chief Instructor Chen to start practicing a new array drill. If he really encounters an enemy, the recruits can only kill the enemy and win by learning the layout of the military formation.
The soldiers of the Southern Palace did not all arrive in Liangzhou. When Xiao Jue rushed back from Qingnan, he brought 10,000 soldiers of the Southern Palace. The Jiuqi Camp was still in Qingnan and had never followed him. Now Liangzhou City has become the target of public criticism and is really not suitable to show off.
The daily training of the Nanfu soldiers is different from the daily training of the Liangzhou Guard. As Xiao Jue said, the duration and total amount of the daily training are three times that of the Liangzhou Guard. Whenever the new recruits of the Liangzhou Guard see the daily training of the Nanfu soldiers, they can't help but sigh and admire them.
For a moment, the empty martial arts venue became lively. At the foot of Baiyue Mountain and by Wulu River, soldiers were everywhere.
He Yan's injuries are also healing day by day.
Lin Shuanghe's medical skills are much more exquisite than Chen Muxue. He originally thought that such injuries would not be cured if they were not lying for a year or two. Now at this speed, in two months, He Yan feels that he can still go to the martial arts venue to jump around.
Song Taotao put the soup in front of He Yan, and after watching He Yan drink it all, he took out the bowl. The little girl couldn't cook by herself, so she went to the leader to rob the soldiers and relied on her eldest lady's identity to feed He Yan. He Yan sometimes had the illusion that he seemed to be eating soft food, but at first he was a little embarrassed, but after many times, he became accustomed to it.
After all, the soup is delicious, and it would be even better if the little girl didn't look at her like her baby.
There was a faint voice from the other end of the room, which seemed to be Liang Ping, and was a little excited.
He Yan thought about it on the bed for a while, then got up and got out of the bed with a stick.
She took out the silver wire from her sleeve and stabbed it into the lock. She did more of the lock prying, and became familiar with it. Fortunately, Xiao Jue turned a blind eye to her behavior and never changed the lock to a more complicated "Shi" shape. Xiao Jue's important official documents on weekdays are probably not in this room, so he is so loose.
He Yan pushed open a small crack in the middle door and saw someone kneeling in front of Xiao Jue. It was Du Mao who had not seen for a long time. Since the Ridamuzi incident, the identity of the spy of Lei Hou was exposed. As a relative of Lei Hou, Du Mao, the original recommender, disappeared. He Yan could understand that since Lei Hou was a traitor, no one can guarantee that Du Mao was innocent.
Now that Du Mao appears here, the grievances have been cleared.
In addition to Du Mao who was kneeling, there were also a group of teachers standing in the room. He Yan saw Liang Ping step forward and begged: "Governor, Teacher Du and Lei Hou have not seen each other for many years. Lei Hou is a traitor, and he really doesn't know. Please ask the Governor to open the Internet."
"Yes, Governor," Ma Damei couldn't help but speak, "Teacher Du has been in Liangzhou Guard for ten years and has never made any mistakes. If Lei Hou had not deliberately concealed it, it would not have been the current situation. Please give the Governor a slight punishment for the sake of Teacher Du's hard work for so many years."
All the coaches agreed and pleaded for Du Mao.
Du Mao came to Liangzhou Wei in his twenties, a bitter and cold place, and stayed there for ten years. He had nothing to play in the garrison every day. At most, during festivals, the instructors gathered together to drink and drink. What he did on weekdays were either training troops or defending the ground.
The coaches had a deep friendship, so naturally they didn't want to see Du Mao lose his life by being implicated by Lei Hou. They couldn't bear it, so they came to plead for mercy.
Chen Han moved his lips and said nothing in the end. It was not that he had a deep relationship with Du Mao, but that even if he had only less than a year of time to spend together, Chen Han knew that the second young master Xiao in front of him was definitely not someone who would change his mind for a few words.
Sure enough, Xiao Jue ignored what others said, looked at Du Mao, and said, "What are you planning?"
He Yan still remembered that when he first came to Liangzhou Wei, the coach named Du Mao had a good relationship with Liang Ping and often argued with Liang Ping. Among the coaches, he was quite young. Now, in just a few days, he seemed to have grown ten years old, with sporadic strands of white hair growing on his temples, and his expression became much older.
Du Mao spoke, his tone was filled with fatigue that could not be concealed: "Du Mao is willing to accept the punishment."
"Du Mao!" Liang Ping called his name anxiously.
"I didn't know Lei Hou's current identity and rashly recommended him to the garrison. This is a dereliction of duty." Du Mao said: "It is also the governor who should punish me."
"You are indeed dereliction of duty." Xiao Jue said calmly, "Because of you, many new recruits died in Liangzhou Guard."
The coaches who wanted to continue to persuade him stopped talking and did not dare to speak.
"The dead will not be resurrected." Xiao Jue said: "Do you understand?"
"Du Mao understands."
The room was silent, and Liang Ping looked at Du Mao in despair.
"I won't take your life."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was stunned, and He Yan was also stunned.
Xiao Jue said: "You go."
"Governor..."
"From today on, you will no longer be the coach of Liangzhou Guard." Xiao Jue stood up and walked out of the house, "I don't have to come back in the future."
His figure disappeared outside the house. After a moment of silence in the house, Ma Damei came to her senses and pulled Du Mao, who was still kneeling on the ground: "Okay, okay, the governor can be considered a way to open your mouth to you, get up quickly."
Du Mao stood there blankly and suddenly burst into tears.
The comfort of everyone in the room and Du Mao's crying made He Yan feel a little painful in his forehead. She grabbed her clothes and put them on her body, and followed her out with a stick. As soon as she went out, she was shivering by the wind and snow outside.
Where is Xiao Jue? He Yan looked around. This man had just left the door and disappeared now. Will he fly?
"Look for me?" Someone's voice came from behind, scaring He Yan so much that he took a deep breath and almost grabbed the stick in his hand.
She turned around and saw Xiao Jue standing behind her, staring at her with her eyebrows raised, and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"No, it's okay." He Yan made a gesture to look at the sky, "The weather is very good, I'll go out for a walk."
Xiao Jue glanced at the sandy snow grain outside and mocked: "I thought you didn't eavesdrop enough just now. I want to ask me personally if you have something to do."
He actually knew that he was eavesdropping? This was embarrassing. He Yan scratched his head, "The governor is so good at hearing."
Xiao Jue bent his lips, "Not as good as you."
"After saying that," he asked, "what should I do?"
What did you do to him? He Yan didn't know, but just followed him out subconsciously. She lost her words for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "Governor, you are still merciless to Teacher Du."
It is the same thing that the coaches have a close personal relationship with Du Mao, and it is the same thing that Du Mao made a mistake himself. He Yan thought that with Xiao Jue's temperament, Du Mao could not escape death. Unexpectedly, he was just expelled from Liangzhou Guard in the end.
Xiao Jue laughed, as if she thought her words were funny, "Say mercy?"
"Yes, if it were me..."
"What if it were you?"
He Yan suddenly couldn't say it.
What would happen to her if she were? She had encountered this situation from a soldier to a deputy general to a general. In fact, General Feihong was not much more kind than Xiao Jue under his rule. However, most of the time, others subconsciously ignored it, just because she would not have the inhumane "great achievements" like Xiao Jue.
If it were her, would she order Du Mao’s life to be taken?
"If it were me, I wouldn't." He Yan said: "Taking Du Mao's life seems to be strict in military orders, but it is actually hurting people's hearts. Liangzhou Guards have just passed the incident of Ridamuzi, and people's hearts are as if they are dispersed, and Liangzhou Guards are like a pile of loose sand and it is difficult to stand up."
Xiao Jue looked at her with a little surprise: "Not bad."
He Yan said proudly: "I said it long ago that I am the number one guard in Liangzhou. I am very smart. How about it? Governor, can you let me enter the Jiuqi Camp?"
Xiao Jue bent the corner of his mouth: "No."
This man was really stubborn. He Yan was about to argue for himself a few more words when he saw him turn around and continue walking forward. He Yan followed him with a stick and asked, "Where are you going?"
"The martial arts field."
"Do you want to see the training?" He Yan said: "I'll go too!"
After she was injured, she naturally could not follow Rishuang. Apart from lying on the bed, she was walking around with a stick outside the house, which was really boring. Even though Song Taotao and Cheng Lisu followed the loophole and came to talk to her, the two of them, one only remembered which girl gave birth to beautiful women in the capital, and the other had no idea of anything but eating, drinking, having fun, and He Yan talked to them with great difficulty. The only Lin Shuanghe who could say a few words was also invited by Shen Muxue to the clinic to help boil medicine for the injured soldier.
Therefore, when Xiao Jue said he would go to the martial arts venue, He Yan was a little impatient.
The snow was a little lighter, and it was not as cold as before. He Yan couldn't walk fast with a stick and complained: "Governor, wait for me!"
This righteous tone made Xiao Jue pause and asked, "I am your servant?"
"No," He Yan came to his senses and explained: "I mean, we can go slowly and talk about something else by the way. Haha, did the other end of Leihou say why Rida Muzi came to our garrison to find fault? Didn't the Western Qiang Rebellion be put down by General Feihong long ago, where did the Qiang people come from so many soldiers?"
Tens of thousands of soldiers, there are so many people in the Qiang tribe now? He Yan was very familiar with the situation of the Qiang tribe, and always felt something was wrong.
"It's not the Qiang people," Xiao Jue rarely answered He Yan's question, "It's the Utu."
"Utuner?" This time, it was really beyond He Yan's expectations.
Xiao Jue glanced at her, took her surprised expression in her eyes, and said indifferently: "What do you think?"
Is this a test of her? He Yan asked: "Is Rida Muzi a Utu?"
Xiao Jue was speechless for a moment before saying, "He is not a utu, but except for Rida Muzi and a few of his confidants who had fought with you before, the rest of the soldiers were all ututus."
"Is the governor sure?"
Xiao Jue walked forward slowly: "Confirm."
"If it was really a utu," He Yan's voice had already been solemn, "that the ututu was not just a Liangzhou guard."
"How do you say this?"
"The Uto Kingdom has raised troops in recent years and is powerful. It has always harassed the people at the border, which is already a temptation. Now that we are here in Liangzhou, we hide ourselves in the dark on the grounds of the Qiang people, in order to use the name of the Qiang people to do something wrong in the Great Wei."
"The governor might as well think about it. If you really went to Zhangtai at that time and couldn't rescue him, and waited for the ukulele to occupy the Liangzhou Guard and then seize the city, Liangzhou City was occupied by the ukulele, just like tearing a hole in the border of the Great Wei Dynasty. They could go west and drive straight in, and go along the river to the capital."
Xiao Jue raised his eyes: "That's all?"
"The Great Wei may have adultery and treason," He Yan said: "This person has a ukulele privately and is an old acquaintance with the governor."
Xiao Jue: "Continue."
"You can arrange your confidants in Liangzhou without knowing it, and you can also spread false news in Zhangtai. This person has a good status and a wide connection. Knowing that the governor is in Liangzhou, you will be as solid as a god. You will first transfer the tiger away from the mountain to lead the governor away. This person must be very afraid of you. So," He Yan looked at Xiao Jue: "Maybe there is such a person with a high status in the court. He has fought with the governor in the past but has not received any benefits. If there is such a person, most of them will be what he did."
Xiao Jue's eyes were fixed on her and said simply: "Then you might as well tell me who is this person?"
He Yan felt it was really inexplicable. Although she and Xiao Jue had a classmate, it only lasted for a year. Then they didn't see each other for many years, one in the south and the other in the north. Xiao Jue was deeply trapped in the court because of Xiao Zhongwu's affairs, but she was alone and promoted by military merits. She stayed in the border camp every day. Because of the messy things in the court, she didn't know much. How could she guess who that person was?
Even if you take the exam, this is too difficult. Not everyone is like him. You can sleep as the number one in Xianchang Pavilion.
Thinking of the previous incident in Yuan Bao Town, He Yan casually said, "Xu Jingfu?"
Xiao Jue was stunned.
To be continued...