Rune

Chapter 3 Talisman

On the second day, before dawn, there were several bonfires in the camp at Yuxiakou, which were very conspicuous in the dark.

Xu Baiyan rode a lean horse and entered the camp without haste.

On the back of the skinny horse was a cloth bag, the outline of the bag was reflected by the flames, it seemed that there were many round things inside, the bottom of the bag was already soaked in a puddle of red, dripping down.

During the day and night of his duty, he killed several horse thieves, because Daqin's military merits are counted on the basis of the head, so after beheading the horse thieves, Xu Baiyan cut them carefully for a long time. The spit on the inscription was wiped clean.

It is very reasonable to cherish public property.

And after killing the horse thief, Xu Baiyan didn't go after the caravan on purpose, he carried a bag of human heads and told them that he had just protected them.

Usually at this time, the merchants would definitely be grateful to Dade, and then spend a lot of money to reward the soldiers.

But Xu Baiyan always felt that being a frontier soldier was what he was supposed to do, it was just his job, and he didn't need to be rewarded.

Of course, if the people in the caravan saw it and came to thank him, then he would definitely not refuse.

"Yo, Lao Xu is back?" a voice said.

Xu Baiyan is not very old, but his character is always mature, so everyone calls him Old Xu.

Naturally Xu Baiyan would not be angry, he nodded with a smile: "Well, I'm back."

The soldier who spoke was wearing armor, obviously going to take over, tilted his head, and looked at the bag on the horse's back.

"several?"

"twelve."

"How much can I change?"

"Two points of military merit; half a penny." Xu Baiyan replied with a very happy smile.

Back in the barracks, Xu Baiyan took off his clothes and went directly to bed. He wanted to sleep for a while before the night broke.

This is a one-person barracks, and only Xu Baiyan has this kind of treatment in the entire Yuxiakou, because Xu Baiyan is easy to talk, and he never pushes back when asked him to take a shift or something, and this kid has a good temper, and he never gets annoyed when he jokes with him, everyone They all like him very much.

The most important thing is that almost all the military merits in this battalion throughout the year are earned by him.

Soon, light snoring came from the barracks, and the snoring continued until the sun came in through the hollowed-out window, and Xu Baiyan got up.

After getting up, he stretched comfortably, then dressed and went to the stream, fetched several buckets of water, and poured all of them into a large tub in his room.

Xu Baiyan has to take a bath five times a month, because he always goes to work, and his body will inevitably smell of blood.

The stream in October was frozen all night, and it was so cold to the bone. He didn’t burn firewood to warm it up, so he just lay naked in it, took a thick sponge, and scrubbed it carefully. The scar on his back hadn’t been filled for a long time. That's right, but the old scars are piled on top of each other, even though they have healed long ago, they are still shocking.

Soon after Xu Baiyan took a shower and dried himself, he began to change his clothes.

But it was not the military clothes that I usually wear.

He took out a box from under the bed and opened it carefully, trying not to let the ashes from the bottom of the bed fall into it.

And in that box is a set of school uniforms.The outer lining is white, the lining is blue, and there are light blue edges on the cuffs and neckline.I don't know how many times it has been washed. Even the white clothes can still be seen to be whitish, but they are also extraordinarily clean.

Xu Baiyan put the school uniform on his body very carefully, facing the slightly uneven mirror, tidied it up for a while, until the marks on the neckline were aligned, then nodded in satisfaction.

Then he went out and led a horse.

This horse is not a military horse either, it has never been trained, it will only be ridden by Xu Baiyan when he enters the city, and he is kept in the camp at ordinary times.

There is no way, the army horse is too fierce, the hair is full of blood, it can't be washed clean, it's fishy.

In the camp at the side, several high-ranking and three-thick soldiers came out and saw Xu Baiyan.

"Why, are you going to town today?"

"Well! On the sixth day, go to the city."

"Go to school?" Several big men shouted.

"Of course." Xu Baiyan responded with a smile, lightly got off his horse, and headed towards Yucheng.

Soon, the sound of hooves disappeared from sight.

A soldier looked in that direction: "Hey, tell me, why does Lao Xu want to learn to write talismans?"

"Nonsense, become a talisman master, who in this world doesn't want to be a talisman master."

"Look at what you said, the talisman teacher said that he would become the one right away? Besides, Lao Xu he hacked people and wrote talismans. He is not that material."

The other person shook his head helplessly: "Since he has decided to learn his temper, who can stop him?"

"But...Old Xu is stubborn, not stupid. He knows that he is not suitable for writing talismans, so why does he run to the city every now and then?"

"Perhaps, he was deceived by the 'teacher' he called."

"Nonsense, who can fool him?"

"."

The two looked at each other and shrugged.

"Never mind, drink!"

"drink wine!"

(End of this chapter)