Jiaohua

Chapter 941 Was Provoked (One More)
It was the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month when Shen Lie arrived at Panyu Sandou Ridge.

In the desolate northwest, the land is covered with frost, snow and loess. Liang Jun and Zhai Jinsheng pretended to be drinkers and waited here for two days, finally waiting for Shen Lie's figure.

The tavern was full of people, a group of rough and big men, knocking on wine bowls and singing loudly, in a harmonious manner.

After picking Shen Lie into the tavern, the clerk brought warm tea.

Shen Lie took off the bamboo hat on his head, put it aside, and took a sip of tea. This northwest tea, even the water was a bit dry, and it felt rough in his throat.

"The general is here, do you have an answer?" Liang Jun asked.

"Yes." Shen Lie put down the teacup with a calm and gentle voice.

Liang Jun nodded, with a bit of lament on his face: "But Pan Yu is not convinced, and I'm afraid the situation is not good."

Shen Lie looked at him with quiet black eyes, waiting for him to speak.

"There are not many people left," Liang Jun continued. "More than half of the men have joined the army, and all the strong women have gone. The rest are all widows, old and young. It would be unimaginable for those horse thieves to pass by themselves."

"Has the horse thief been there during this time?"

"Not really, but the end of the year is approaching, so I might go."

Shen Lie didn't speak, thinking about the topography of that area on the map.

"By the way," Liang Jun took out six letters, "Master, the letters from these ten days."

Shen Lie picked it up and looked around, but there were no girls.

However, it hasn't been long since the last letter was sent. Due to the geographical distance, she sent letters, sometimes even once a month.

But what was outrageous was that among the six letters, three were from Ji Xiahe.

The time of sending, the difference between the last two letters is only one day.

There are priorities, and thinking of sending another one so soon, maybe it is urgent, Shen Lie opened the latest date, although the latest date was more than 20 days ago.

While Shen Lie was slowly reading the letter, Liang Jun and Di Jinsheng looked at Shen Lie.

Shen Lie suddenly sneered, the deep eyes under his brows showed a faint coldness, and there was a joke that Liang Jun had never seen before.

Liang Jun's heart tightened: "General, what happened..."

"Ji Xiahe provoked me." Shen Lie put away the letter, said nothing more, and opened other letters.

Liang Jun and Zhai Jinsheng looked at each other.

"How...to provoke?" Zhai Jinsheng was rarely so curious.

Shen Lie didn't answer, even if it was Liang Jun and Di Jinsheng who had been with him to the extreme, he didn't want to mention this to them.

The previous letter was much more normal, mentioning the first big fish that bit the bait, Li Xiao.

Li Xiao's bait was personally released by Ji Xiahe and Wei Dongyou after arranging, and they sent someone to send a letter to Liujing Mansion Inn, but Li Xiao beat him up and took the letter away.

In addition to Li Xiao, there were Xie Zhong and Qian Fengrong who Shen Lie had specially told him to inquire about before.

In the letter before that, Ji Xiahe said that he was confused and confused, and that all the people who came to him all day long were swarms of dogs, and he almost knelt down and called his father because of some small favors.

Shen Lie put it away and opened the other letters.

Seeing that his expression had returned to calm, Liang Jun said, "It seems that the three letters written by Brother Ji are not of any serious importance."

The word "important" made Shen Lie's cold and handsome appearance a little softer.

It is true that there are no important matters, but the first one I read, there are important people.

"Where is the army now?" Shen Lie asked.

"The river valley three miles away."

"Let's go." Shen Lie got up and said.

Liang Jun was taken aback: "General, this will not stop for a while, the tea is still hot."

Shen Lie took long strides and was almost at the door: "Go back and reply."

Liang Jun and Zhai Jinsheng chased out the door, while Shen Lie was taking off the reins.

The one in charge of watching the horses is the daughter of the tavern keeper. When Shen Lie came, she was wearing a bamboo hat. She only thought that Shen Lie was handsome and handsome, but she didn't want to look at them too much.

Now there is no bamboo hat, and the handsome face under the sky makes the shopkeeper's daughter, who is used to seeing rough men, unable to look away.

Shen Lie's eyes swept away inadvertently, and landed on her boots.

The shopkeeper's daughter lowered her head and smiled embarrassedly: "Well, these shoes were given by someone on the road."

"Is there another booklet?" Shen Lie asked.

The voice became clearer and deeper, and the shopkeeper's daughter was heartbroken: "Yes, yes, it's at my father's place. My father looked at it a few times, said it was nonsense, and told me not to look at it, but after he took it away, he had to turn it from time to time. I'm addicted!"

"That's the brochure sent by people from Beiyuan." Shen Lie said.

"Yes, they are wicked!"

As soon as the words were finished, the shopkeeper's daughter felt a little embarrassed, after all, she was still wearing the shoes given by others.

As if seeing her thoughts, Shen Lie said indifferently: "The shoes are pretty good, they are thick and warm, and they can be worn casually, so take advantage of them."

"Yeah, I think so too." The shopkeeper's daughter followed suit.

Shen Lie stopped talking and led the horse outside.

Liang Jun and Zhai Jinsheng led their horses out from behind, saw Shen Lie chatting with the shopkeeper's daughter from a distance, and chased after him to ask.

Shen Lie saw what he saw when he went to Cangjin and Juezhou on this trip.

"It's so insidious," Di Jinsheng frowned, "This is really killing people."

"I really want to see that booklet, and see how shameless they are." Liang Jun said.

"Boasting that the soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are strong and strong, and have a bold temperament, they belittle our border guards everywhere. Except for the books and boots, there are often eloquent people who incite people among the people, causing chaos." Shen Lie said as he walked.

"This is really too much."

"Excessive?" Zhai Jinsheng shook his head. "You fight against each other on the battlefield. They are all trying to seize territory and bite the other party's flesh and blood. Who would care about the mere word "excessive?"

"No," Liang Jun said solemnly, "I can't let them mess with my people like this. I must find a way to fight back against them."

At the intersection, Shen Lie put on the hat, Di Jinsheng and Liang Jun got on the horse first, and when Shen Lie got on the horse, Liang Jun said: "General, the history of today's history after a hundred years must have an article written by me, Liang Jun. I want to expose his ugly face. However, winners and losers, history books are only written by the winners, and Bei Yuan must not take my great China!"

Speaking of the last four words, Liang Jun's eyes turned red when he thought of the hatred of the country and the family.

"No," Shen Lie said, "don't worry."

Dai Yu returned to the team early, and when Shen Lie and the others arrived at the river beach valley, Dai Yu was cursing and punishing people.

The recruit system has been implemented on the day of leaving Ningsi, more than half a month ago.

The former team leaders were promoted one after another, and soldiers were selected as the new team leaders before promotion.

The whole army implements the responsibility system, and the subordinates make mistakes, and the officers directly under them are punished together, and the punishment is doubled.

In order to prevent the subordinate officers and soldiers from maliciously framing, the directly subordinate officers have a written self-identification opportunity, which can only be written.

This move was proposed by Shen Lie himself.

This can kill a large number of illiterate soldiers.

The few people who were fighting today quarreled because of this incident, and finally started fighting.

Now everyone is walking obediently, their legs are sore, and tears are coming out.

(End of this chapter)