Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 87 Thirty Canes

Captain Gao didn't expect Shen Xun to attack him directly, and was knocked to the ground by a punch.

"Stop! How dare you commit treason?" Qin Yi wanted to come over to stop him, but one of his legs was still tied with a wooden board, so he didn't dare to move too much.

Shen Xun sneered: "Who is committing a crime? You have to understand that I am not his subordinate, how can I allow him to slander me?"

A small battalion lieutenant, who is actually only one level higher than Shi Chang, actually slandered himself as a deserter. This is absolutely intolerable.

"Then you can't hit anyone!" Qin Yi frowned and released the aura of a powerful official in his previous life.

Shen Xun didn't buy it at all. He grabbed Captain Gao and dragged him to the General of the Left Army.

At this moment, Captain Gao's nose was bleeding profusely, and before he could recover from the numbness and pain, he was dragged into the house.

Li Mao, the general of the left army, was looking at a map. He looked up and frowned when he heard the voice and asked, "What's going on?"

Shen Xun left Captain Gao and clasped his fists towards General Li: "General! I am Shen Xun, a subordinate of Marquis Chen Wu. I came back from delivering food and grass this morning. I don't want to be slandered as a deserter by Captain Gao. Please help me, General."

Li Mao only heard the word "food and grass" and stood up and asked excitedly: "Where is the food and grass? How much is it?"

"Two hundred dan of rice, more than three hundred dan of fodder, and a sack of salt." Shen Xun answered with his eyelids drooping: "As soon as the food and fodder entered the city, the general's men sent them to the Protectorate."

Li Mao's eyes darkened and he walked out: "I'll go take a look!"

He walked to the door and stopped, turning his head to look at Captain Gao on the ground: "What's wrong with him?"

Shen Xun had no choice but to repeat himself: "I came back from delivering food, but was accused of being a deserter by Captain Gao. I had no choice but to come and ask the general for help."

Li Mao was silent for a moment, then shouted, "Come here! Drag Gao Zan out and give him thirty sticks!"

The guard standing at the door immediately agreed, came in and dragged the man out for execution.

Captain Gao was stunned and quickly said, "General! I am innocent!"

General Li ignored him and went straight to the Protectorate.

He was afraid that if he delayed any further, the 200 dan of grain would be distributed by the general to other people.

After all, there were about 3,000 soldiers in the city, and the 200 dan of food was not enough for all of them to eat a few meals.

Shen Xun did not leave, but stood by and watched the guards press Captain Gao against a stone and spank him.

Once he found the guards slacking off, he would remind them loudly: "Chen Wuhou and I will bring back 200 dan of grain and grass!"

Everyone understood what he meant as soon as they heard it, and the rods they raised fell even harder.

After thirty strokes of the cane, Captain Gao had fainted from the pain.

Qin Yi was also standing nearby, but his eyes were always fixed on Shen Xun.

He vaguely remembered that his elder brother Shen Zhao died of illness on the way to the war. He did not expect that in this life, not only did he not die, but he also made many contributions following Chen Wuhou. This was not a good thing.

If the army returns to the capital, once Chen Wuhou rewards people according to their merits, Shen Xun will surely be promoted along with his family. By then, he will be in an even more passive position.

Qin Yi's eyes were slightly cold.

No! I must stop the rise of Chen Wuhou and Shen Xun, otherwise I will never be able to make a name for myself.
Because his career as a clerk has been cut off, he can only take the military path, and Shen Xun is the stumbling block on his road to advancement.

"Qin Yi, why are you staring at me?" Shen Xun noticed the malicious gaze and immediately turned to him, "Why? Do you want to avenge your brother-in-law?"

Qin Yi immediately lowered his eyes and walked slowly towards Captain Gao.

After a while, Captain Gao's personal soldiers arrived, carried the man on the carriage and hurried back to the barracks.

Shen Xun saw that they had all left, and returned to the small house he had just started from. He saw that the doors, windows and roof of the small house were all gone, leaving only a bare wall frame. At this moment, there was still some snow and traces of feces and urine inside the wall frame.

"Shen Xun! What are you doing here?" Chen Wuhou's personal guards came and pulled him away: "Wuhou asked us to collect military rations. Hurry up, or it will be gone!"

Shen Xun was puzzled: "We will be going back to the hill soon, why are we collecting military rations here?"

There is still a lot of food and water on the hill, enough for our entire camp to eat and drink. Why do we have to collect rations here?
The guard snorted and whispered, "When the general learned that the gods had given us food and grass, he asked us to stay in the city, and he led the guard battalion to camp over on the hill."

Shen Xun understood immediately.

He said nothing more and followed his bodyguard brother to the Protectorate to collect military rations.

The general and his personal guard camp lived here, together with his staff and retainers, there were more than 500 people.

The remaining left and right generals led their soldiers to station in various places in Wulei City, each with more than a thousand subordinates.

After a while, all the tribes went to the Protectorate to collect food and fodder, which were then distributed to each camp and team. By the time Shen Xun got his hands, there were only about two pounds.

He put two pounds of rice into his backpack, quietly returned to the original wall frame and started cleaning.

Chen Wuhou also came over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "How can we live here? You should go to my tent!"

Shen Xun shook his head and whispered, "This is the place where the community gods are worshipped. I'll clean it up."

Chen Wuhou's eyes lit up, and he immediately summoned a dozen soldiers to help him.

Afterwards, they pulled in a cowhide tent and propped it up inside the wall frame.

"Hey, Ah Xun, I will live here with you from now on. If the community god appears, we won't be in a rush."

Chen Wuhou already regarded Shen Xun as his future son-in-law, and said without any hesitation: "I know you can communicate with the community god, so you can rest assured. As long as I am here, I will protect you and will never let outsiders know your secret."

Shen Xun was speechless, but he still had to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Marquis Wu, for your care."

"Why are you being so polite?" Chen Wuhou stroked his beard and smiled, "When you return to the court, you will marry my Ah Jiao. Then we will be a family. Why do you need to be so polite?"

As they were talking, someone came to invite Wu Hou and Shen Xun to go to General Li's tent.

When the two men walked into Li Mao's residence, they saw him sitting on a Hu bed, talking to an aide.

Seeing the two people coming in, he motioned to them: "Sit down."

Chen Wuhou and Shen Xun sat at the bottom, listening to the general speak.

General Li looked at the two of them for a few seconds and slowly said, "Chen Jun, are the food and grass you brought back really given by the community gods?"

Chen Wuhou clasped his fists and said, "General, it was indeed a gift from the community god."

General Li frowned: "Why didn't you say it before?"

Chen Wuhou said innocently, "Last time it was too sudden. We accidentally got a batch of bows and crossbows and food, but we thought they were left behind by the Xiongnu, so we didn't report it to the general."

General Li waved his hand and said, "Well, then tell me if the community god is really on that hill?"

"Well, how would I know?" Chen Wuhou blinked and said, "The gods are everywhere, so they may not appear in a fixed place."

General Li pondered for a moment and then asked, "How did you establish contact with the community god?"

Just as Chen Wuhou was about to answer, he was stopped by General Li.

"Let him speak." General Li pointed at Shen Xun who had been silent.

(End of this chapter)