Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 157

After dark.

Xiaoqing is on guard at all times. This is the fourth night she has spent in the barracks. She has to be on guard for all kinds of situations around her at any time and anywhere. Xiaoqing on this day is still on guard after nightfall. In such a state, even though she knew that Fan Xian and his people near the camp had completely protected the place.

In the quiet night, the sound of insects and wind ripped through the tent, but at this moment, Xiaoqing heard a slight sound of footsteps.She woke up immediately, sat up randomly, then took a deep breath, and continued to listen... The footsteps were getting closer and more and more, it was not a person!

The rustling sounds were numerous and complicated like the sound of an army of insects walking on the sand.

Xiaoqing understood that this was the footsteps of an uninvited guest. Even if Fan Xian sent people to exchange information with her, it would be impossible to send so many people. Besides, Shi Chanli was already protecting her around during the day. Basically, all the information from the team and the team had entered Fan Xian's ears, so it was impossible for Fan Xian's people to appear again at night.

Who are these people?
What Fan Xian said flashed through Xiao Qing's mind.

"No matter what happens, no matter what accidents occur, make sure you survive as soon as possible!"

Because of this sentence, Xiaoqing didn't care about this matter anymore, she held her breath and concentrated, and pulled up a corner of the tent. At this time, she gasped and was stunned!
This is a troop of soldiers!
They were not wearing Nanqing's clothes, they were obviously soldiers from other countries. They didn't ride horses, but just quietly entered the enemy camp. Each of them held a scimitar in their hands. The scimitar was as sharp and bright as the crescent moon in the sky. .

At this time, it can be seen that more than a dozen of them walked into a nearby tent immediately, several of them communicated with each other, and entered it instantly, and then Xiaoqing could clearly see blood-red blood spattered on the ground. On the curtains of the tent, she was amazed!

But at this moment, she got tangled up.

Not to mention, the entire Qing Kingdom team would be decapitated. She would definitely survive if she ran outside now, but what about the people in front of her?Tao Xu, who admired Master Fan Xian, died here... After four or five days of getting along, Xiaoqing had a good impression of this man, so he really couldn't bear to let him die like this.

but……

Xiaoqing clenched her hands tightly, she didn't know what to do at this time.

Seeing that those soldiers were about to enter the next camp, Xiaoqing's tears were forced out at this moment.

She saw with her own eyes the villains in Xiuyu Hall who were slaughtered in the dark, and she also saw all kinds of people being mutilated to death. At that time, she had nothing to do, but now she just gently wakes up the surroundings If you have more people, you can let their names, at least there is room for hard work.

she……

All in one go!
"Killer!" Xiaoqing roared loudly!It was this roar that instantly ignited a killing battle in the camp outside the wilderness!

Soldiers in the era of war are different from those who defend the city of Kyoto in normal times. They are in a state of fighting at any time. Even if they sleep at night, they are always with their swords and swords. The soldiers in the middle rushed out directly.

In an instant, the two sides fought together.

At this time, Fan Xian, who was on the tree, had already woken up. He looked at everything that happened in front of him, and didn't make any decisions right away.

"My lord!" Wang Qinian asked from the side.

Fan Xian didn't speak, but just looked down calmly. At this moment, the question that had troubled him for many days arose in Fan Xian's mind, that is why the second prince would be so blatantly under his nose and put This business trip was sent out.

Because of that.

Fan Xian could tell at a glance that the people in front of him were people from Xihu. The reason why they came here was because of this encounter. They wanted to rob!They want to rob the property of Neiku!They didn't even do a few people to spy on it, and they didn't even prepare for a pre-investigation time.

Fan Xian has been moving around. If Xihu's army passed by and found this caravan, he could explain it. But these Xihu people simply appeared out of nowhere. They didn't even appear to find this caravan. Fan Xian was looking at this group of merchants in a 360-degree surrounded state. He had no doubts about the strength of these people from the Overwatch Council. He knew that even flies couldn't fly in. Of course, it was impossible for a soldier from Xihu to come. To investigate, the people under him don't know at all.

So there's only one explanation for all this, and it's a ruse.

The Xihu army rushed into the camp immediately, and Fan Xian could see clearly that they didn't open the carriage at all, but directly entered the carriage behind, and under the support of a handyman, they directly surrounded the camp. Two of the carriages were caught, and at the same time, the killing ahead began.

Those who drove the carriage or surrounded the carriage didn't even know what was on the carriage, so they drove the carriage and left.Of course Fan Xian knew that those were carriages filled with official silver from the Qing Dynasty.

The people who took the carriage fled directly. Fan Xian saw them leaving very quickly, of course he knew that these people were planned, so he didn't neglect, and directly said to Wang Qinian behind him, "Find someone to follow them."

"Yes!" Wang Qinian immediately turned around to make arrangements.

At this time, a burst of fireworks suddenly came out. After the fireworks appeared from a distance, Fan Xian smiled coldly. He seemed to understand something, and he didn't care about it. He continued to look down. After the barbarians fighting in the middle saw the fireworks above, this was an order, so they immediately dispersed.

The army of the Qing Kingdom had already been beaten to the point of confusion. They were originally caught from under the quilt to fight with others. He was so agile that he didn't catch it alone. Just as he was about to pursue him, Tao Xu shouted loudly, "No need to pursue!"

At this time, the soldiers immediately stood where they were, and the military orders during the war were like a mountain, and they could argue afterwards, but during the battle, the military orders should not be violated arbitrarily!They immediately stood in place.

"Count the corpses!" Tao Xu was already furious at this time, but he knew what his duty was, not to kill the barbarians who came to murder and steal the goods, but to send the goods safely to Qing's internal warehouse. Although Tao Xu was very angry at this time, he still didn't do anything, and then ordered, "Count the goods!"

Tao Xu sat beside Xiaoqing, and he said softly, "Did it scare you?"

Xiaoqing looked at the man in front of him, the tenderness radiating from him was the clearest person besides Master Fan Xian, what this man showed gave Xiaoqing a feeling of kindness, she Tilting his head and looking at Tao Xu in front of him, he asked, "I found out early, you didn't suffer heavy losses, right?"

Tao Xu smiled miserably, as if he didn't want to worry the girl in front of him because of anything, he shook his head, "There is nothing to lose."

This time, Xiaoqing felt relieved.

At this moment, a soldier ran to Tao Xu's side, "Boss!"

"Wait." Tao Xu stopped his report, turned his head and whispered to Xiaoqing behind him, "I'm going to deal with some things, if you have anything, just call me."

Seeing Xiaoqing nod his head, Tao Xu left with peace of mind, took the soldiers beside him to a place where Xiaoqing couldn't hear the voice, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"In the camp, nine soldiers died tragically, among them, Da Zhou and Little Monkey..." Tao Xu interrupted the soldiers while they were reporting.

"Just talk about other things." Tao Xu Tieqing's face, although he has experienced countless times of beatings and killings, but when the people around him died heroically, he still felt very painful in his heart, but now he understands that the pain is not Any role, the only useful thing is to complete this mission.

On the battlefield, there is no love and emotional expression of those children, only life and death, the living lives, the dead dies, simple and easy to understand, and he is a leader, he is the leader of this group of people, he can't do anything If you act impulsively, otherwise the entire caravan will not be able to complete the task.

The soldier said in a low voice, "The official bank has been robbed."

"That's their purpose!" Tao Xu snapped.

at this time.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

The camp was still brightly lit, and all the soldiers stood on the spot. At this time, there were also Xihu people who had been killed, and their bodies were piled aside. There were at least a dozen or twenty people.

Tao Xu walked slowly in front of the soldiers and said loudly, "Did you see that! This is the Xihu people!"

All the soldiers stared at Tao Xu without saying a word.

"They are demons who drink human blood and eat human flesh! They don't have any sympathy and pity. In their eyes, we are all food!" Tao Xu said, "It's only three days away from Xihu , But just when everyone was letting down their vigilance, they came! Even if they killed twice as many people as us, they would still take our silver and our goods!"

"Are you going to continue to take it lightly?" Tao Xu asked, his voice filled with righteous indignation, "They killed our brother, I know, I saw it too, but our task is to bring back what is needed for Qingguo to the inner treasury The goods, the importance of these goods and these raw materials are not understood by each of you! They will be the source of life for the people of the Qing Kingdom, and they will be the food and grass for every battle we will fight in the future! It is a weapon! It is a battle armor!"

"Even if we kill all of us! This batch of raw materials must be sent to the destination!" Tao Xu said, "I am already mortal! I can't afford such a big crime, but So what? These are the soldiers of the Qing Kingdom! The soldiers are not afraid of life and death! Once they enter the barracks, they belong to the country! I am Daqing, and I will live forever!"

"Long live forever!" Obviously, his words have infected everyone present.

It was not only his soldiers who yelled out eternal existence, but also the people from Boss Shen's business brigade next to him.

At this moment, Tao Xu turned around again, and directly bowed to Boss Shen, "This time, it was the last general who failed to protect his duty. Don't blame Boss Shen. After entering Qingguan, I will bring people here. Returning the lost silver and making up for the mistakes, I can still give Daqing some compensation! I am worthy of the soldiers of this life, and I am ashamed of Qing Guo!"

Shopkeeper Shen grabbed Tao Xu's outstretched hands and said, "Boss Tao, don't talk like that. Things about Xihu people always happen. I have always encountered more or less people when I ran this business route. The robbers here are all Xihu bandits. This old man has been on this road for seven or eight years. Every time there will be losses, you don’t have to worry about it. When I arrive at the transfer department of Danzhou City, Report it and no one will blame you."

Tao Xu glanced strangely at shopkeeper Shen in front of him, and said without saying anything, "Then thank you shopkeeper."

"It doesn't matter." Shopkeeper Shen's eyes were rather meaningful, and he said to Tao Xu in front of him, "A female guard like Tao Tou'er, when she saw it, she sighed, and she didn't dare to let Tao Tou'er bear the crime. We often see this kind of behavior, so we might as well give in and don't blame ourselves."

Fan Xian looked at everything in front of him from above, of course he understood.

This move is impeccable.

Conceptually, there is no problem at all.Here the Xihu people act recklessly, and they belong to outside the Qing Kingdom. If they want to transport from here, they will definitely be hijacked. This is not a matter of the number of times.

After all, the Xihu people can also have a rough grasp of the delivery time of the inner warehouse. It is impossible for the inner warehouse to bring a large number of soldiers to guard every delivery, right?Even with a large number of soldiers, the Xihu people wouldn't grab it?Of course it's impossible, it's just that the Qing Kingdom will pay more soldiers.

If the sacrifice of a soldier is calculated in taels of silver, one will cost tens of taels or even a hundred taels of silver. According to the current method, money is used to eliminate disasters, but this time, the Xihu people suddenly killed people, which no one expected.

Fan Xian understands that this business is good because it is very safe. If the other party meets anyone casually, the second prince can make it clear. After all, it is impossible for the Qing Kingdom to have an extradition treaty to enter Xihu to investigate others. people?Therefore, before Xihu was destroyed, this kind of robbery would always be the most conservative. How he would share the loot with Xihu would be the details of their agreement.

Therefore, the Second Prince was not worried at all about Fan Xian's investigation of the business traveler.

Unless, Fan Xian could directly enter the territory of the Xihu people and catch those who robbed the money, then maybe he could find clues about the transfer of silver by the second prince.

The second prince never thought that Fan Xian would dare to start a war with the Xihu people with just these few people, so he didn't even bother to compete secretly with Fan Xian. As long as this group of merchants could arrive at Danzhou Port on time, his silver taels would be enough. It's something that went into the pocket.

Fan Xian sat on it, watching Tao Xu, who had finished comforting everyone in the camp below, walked to the corner. Although he was a big man, he couldn't help but feel sad. Fan Xian could tell that among the bones below, there were also some His brother, his friend, the kids he raised.

It is impossible for the truth to come out of Fan Xian's mouth, so Fan Xian will not have any communication with the other party. Xian heard his evaluation of himself with his own ears, and he didn't want to destroy the other party's ideal Fan Xian, so he could only avoid Tao Xu and act, after all, he was not what he thought.

Sometimes, Fan Xian's methods are more unbearable than anyone else's. When people in the world mention the name of Poetry Fairy, they will think of Ban Xian's poetry anthology, and they will think of the peach blossom in the dream for 3000 years, Fan Xian who will never change in Nine Rivers and Fourteen States. Xian, but he forgot about Fan Xian who appointed the vice president in the darkest Overwatch Council in Qing Kingdom.

So Fan Xian didn't want to spoil his fantasy, so he chose to avoid it.

Fan Xian avoided Tao Xu, but he did not avoid this matter. At this time, Fan Xian was not waiting for something, but had already started to deal with the matter in front of him. Fan Xian was a person who did the opposite. He wouldn't be afraid of the confrontation between Qingguo and Xihu, he had already thought of countermeasures before he took action, and besides, Fan Xian only now understood His Majesty's intentions.

Just as Boss Shen said, among the three routes for transporting treasury from the Northern Qi Dynasty to Danzhou City in the past seven or eight years, the one going through the West Hu was frequently robbed, but His Majesty the Emperor of Qing did not directly decide on this route. It was something Fan Xian hadn't figured out all along, and it was when Fan Xian was about to deal with the Xihu people that he suddenly realized it.

This matter has to start with Xiuyutang's private army at that time.

After encountering the five thousand private army, Fan Xian did not make any decision at the first time. Before that, Fan Xian had also considered the issue of the establishment of the private army. Firstly, the position of the Overwatch Council could not support such a situation. There are a lot of troops, and 5000 people said they were stationed in Fan's mansion. It is estimated that they were killed by the Kyoto garrison on the charge of treason before they arrived, so Fan Xian also understands that this private army cannot be treated casually. .

The sensitivity of the private army is very strong. If there is a little carelessness, Fan Xian will be charged with treason. If this hat is put on, the second prince and the crazy woman in Xinyang will probably have to jump up and go to Fan Xian. He splashed dirty water on his body, so he couldn't slack off in the slightest. When dealing with the private army, he had to be more cautious and cautious.

After much deliberation, Fan Xian had no good solution at all, so he followed Chen Pingping's suggestion and handed over the problem to His Majesty the Emperor in a secret letter, and directly stated clearly in the text that this is the private army under Xiuyutang, the military order It is related to Xinyang.

However, the emperor's answer was not as clear and easy to understand as Fan Xian's. The emperor's answer was a golden helmet and gold armor.

Fan Xian didn't know what it meant. The old man was still messing around with himself in the superstition, so he didn't understand. He could only arrange the private army temporarily and go north to investigate.

After investigating the current Fan Xian, he also understood what happened, so a few days ago, through Deng Zifei, he communicated with the commander of the private army at the junction of Nanqing and Beiqi, that is, Wu who helped Fan Xian investigate the case underground at Xiuyutang. Career, transferred the team directly to the road to Xihu.

Five thousand private troops doesn't sound like much, but their equipment is very good, and even each of them has three horses. Their food and grass alone are enough to last for a year.So Fan Xian knew that their marching speed was much faster than that of the regular army, and Fan Xian didn't need so many people, so he only dispatched [-] people to support them.

Everything is understood.

For the shipping time of seven or eight years, it takes two trips in spring and autumn in one year alone, and the lost silver alone has reached an astonishing number. Fan Xian knows that His Majesty the Emperor of Qing Kingdom has ears and ears all over the world. Eyes, can he not know?Of course he knew, so the golden helmet was not for Fan Xian to fight the Second Prince, but for the Xihu people.This is also an extraordinary trust and an extraordinary promotion.

He is giving Fan Xian military power!
What is this behavior?
I am fighting with your son, you give your son military power, and you also give me military power?Am I the prince's whetstone or the second prince's whetstone?Or old man, are you really not afraid that your illegitimate son will break the knife of your second child?Or do you want the eldest, second, third, and fourth of your family to unite and break my whetstone?

It is normal for Fan Xian to speculate on the Holy Will, he shook his head, unite?so funny.

When Fan Xian and His Majesty were fighting each other over their actions, there were hurried footsteps running over from afar. Fan Xian looked down from the treetops. It was Mu Tie who was in a hurry. Fan Xian jumped down immediately. , arrived on the ground, and then took Mu Tie into a place far away, where the business traveler would not find it, and then asked, "Didn't you be told to keep an eye on the camp? Why are you back?"

Su Wenmao was out of breath. It seemed that after running to death, he walked quickly for a while. At this time, he put his hands on his knees and said, "Don't worry, the second prince is here with his troops!"

"What's the situation?" Fan Xian asked cleverly.

"I don't know, the day before yesterday, His Royal Highness the Second Prince was sick and went out of the tent directly. There were nearly 1 troops, and the vanguard rushed out. It seemed that they were in a hurry, but the more they followed, the more they realized that something was wrong! Their destination was right here. , seems to know that the adults are already here with the caravan, without stopping!" Su Wenmao said.

Fan Xian suddenly chuckled at this moment, he understood, he understood everything.

"My lord... this..." Su Wenmao frowned and looked at Fan Xian in puzzlement.

"Second brother, second child." Fan Xian shook his head with a smile, looked at the sky and said, "Since you are like this, don't blame me for being rude. If you have to come out today to kill me, I would be willing to play with you .”

At this time, Fan Xian let out a breath of enlightenment. He turned his hearing to the west direction in front of him. The sound of the horse's hooves was like thunder falling from the sky, and the force struck down, even the ground shook!

Then Fan Xian glanced at the shopkeeper Shen in the business team, and laughed suspiciously.

After a long time, the sound of the mighty horse's hooves gradually came, and the stones on the ground shook.

Tao Xu stood up and walked to the edge of the camp. With the help of the rising sun in the morning, he could see clearly that the people who appeared were the army holding Qing Guo Daqi. At this moment, Tao Xu's heart warmed up. He saw The moment the army appeared, his eyes were moist, and he knew that reinforcements had arrived!He knew that this was the royal army, and it was here to support him!

The army slowly stopped, and the flag of the Qing Kingdom was inserted directly into the ground, and then fluttered in the wind.The second prince appeared in front of him wearing a silver helmet and silver armor. He jumped down and walked into the camp. All the people looked at the person walking in in awe. They all knew who it was, not I know or have met the second prince, but I saw this silver helmet and silver armor, which is the symbol of the royal family.

The second prince walked in, handed the helmet to Ye Linger who was beside him, then walked around with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Who is in charge here?"

"Your Highness!" Tao Xu was a centurion in the army. He was appointed by the second prince, so he had met the second prince, and immediately walked to the second prince's side when he heard the second prince's call, and directly Kneeling on the ground, he saluted as a soldier, "The humble Tao Xu, I have seen the Second Prince Hall..."

Before the words came out, the second prince kicked Tao Xu directly in the face.

Tao Xu was not prepared for this sudden kick. He didn't even react. He knelt down on one knee and respectfully said to the second prince, "The humble Tao Xu, I have met His Royal Highness the second prince!"

The second prince's expression was unusually cold. He looked at Tao Xu and asked coldly, "Are you guilty of collaborating with the enemy and treason?"

Tao Xu was startled. How could he know what the crime was for such a big crime?Immediately said, "Humble duty is dedicated to my duty, and I was ordered to escort the official silver and raw materials of the inner treasury to Danzhou Port. I don't know what crime is committed. I hope His Highness will make it clear!"

"That's why I don't know." The second prince sneered, "It doesn't matter, you have the guts to do this, of course you came prepared, if that's the case, don't worry about me beating you up!"

After finishing speaking, he said to the people behind him, "Take this centurion's military position, and charge thirty army sticks, waiting to be punished!"

"Yes!"

Three people walked out of the team behind them, and they immediately answered. They directly set up Tao Xu in front of him, put him on a chair with a blank expression, and then took off his pants.

"Wait a minute!" A crisp voice sounded, it was none other than Xiaoqing.

The second prince had never seen Xiao Qing, so it was impossible for him to think of Fan Xian based on Xiao Qing, but the second prince still looked at Xiao Qing suspiciously, and before he could speak, the lieutenant beside him had already stood up, He slapped Xiaoqing on the face and said angrily, "Who are you! How dare you talk to His Royal Highness the Second Prince like that!"

Xiaoqing's face turned red and swollen after being slapped, but she didn't move a step, she just stood there blankly, she looked at Tao Xu who was about to be punished by the staff behind her, she had no choice but to do this thirty If the baton goes down, half of Tao Xu's life will be gone. She can't just watch Tao Xu being beaten to death like this!

Although Tao Xu didn't really save her, she could feel the warmth, as Fan Xian had told her.

"Those who treat you well must repay you double!"

At this time, Xiaoqing was neither worried nor afraid!She stood there and said, "I don't understand your laws and regulations, and I don't understand your military regulations, but arresting people indiscriminately, isn't it the duty of us soldiers of the Qing Dynasty?"

"Qingguo?" The second prince looked at Xiaoqing in front of him. He seemed to find it hard to believe that she was also from Qingguo, but he turned around indifferently and left here.

Xiaoqing seemed to want to say something, but was immediately surrounded by a group of people, Ye Linger walked over slowly at this time, she looked at Xiaoqing and asked, "What is your relationship with him?"

"I..." Xiaoqing was dumb, and then said after a pause, "I was kidnapped, and he rescued me on the way, he is a good man! You can't treat him like this!"

"I don't know if he's a good guy or not. Neiku lost his silver. The other party was able to accurately find our camp and information. Apart from him, I can't think of any reason why Xihu could find the location of Qing Kingdom so easily. "Ye Ling'er said, "If you are not a close relative, you should leave as soon as possible. Hiding a woman while marching is also a felony."

Xiaoqing was stunned, unable to say a word, and stood where she was.

How can she, a woman who has no experience in the world, win against these people who know the military camp like the back of their hands?She was so choked up that she couldn't say a word.Just at this moment, the person next to him had already started to perform the stick duty.

One stick after another, bloody and bloody.

The second prince walked into the camp and asked sharply, "Where's shopkeeper Shen?"

"Where is Shopkeeper Shen!" The deputy general shouted, but no one responded to their shouts.

(End of this chapter)