Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 57 Who do you think of me, Lin Yi?
Lin Yi and the others walked not far, and found that there was one person missing beside him, Zhang Hua was gone, and asked the people around him, and they all said they didn't see him.

Because of Zhang Hua's bad deeds, since he followed Lin Yi, he dared not commit crimes and made meritorious deeds. People's views on him have changed, but his popularity is still not good.

So with him or without him, I don't care too much.

Lin Yi ordered the team to stop and called for the soldiers who had been patrolling the night before. One of the guards said that Zhang Hua went out to take a shit last night at about three o'clock, but he didn't come back after all this.

After daybreak, everyone was busy setting up their camps, and forgot about him.

"Having not come back for so long, this kid either became a deserter, or was captured by the Tartars." Erhu said.

He Tao shook his head, "If he wanted to be a deserter, he would have fled a long time ago. There are no Tartars nearby. Last night, thieves attacked the village. Could it be related to them?"

"This kid is very skilled. Ordinary thieves can't deal with him yet. Maybe he's relapsed." Wang Jian knew Zhang Hua better, and he was his veteran.

Lin Yi looked at Wang Jian: "Brother Wang, do your best for me, bring a few brothers who entered the village last night, and bring this kid back."

After Wang Jian took the order, he flew away with He Tao, Er Hu, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and a dozen others.

The reason why Wang Jian brought He Tao and Erhu was because these two were the most familiar with Zhang Hua, and they were all of the same banner before the frontier soldiers entered the camp.

After half an hour, they entered a village.

The whole village was searched, but there was no one there.There are still smoke coming from several private houses. This is because the thieves entered the village last night and couldn't find anyone to do it.

Under the leadership of Gan Bao and others, they galloped towards a forest more than ten miles away.

As soon as we arrived at the edge of the forest, a person came out in a hurry, looking back while walking.

Er Hu's eyes were sharp, and he shouted: "Zhang Hua? You are indeed here..."

It was Zhang Hua who came, but as soon as he saw Erhu and Wang Jian, he ran away without saying a word.

"Don't run, you boy, stop, or I will shoot the bow and arrow." Erhu said and took down the bow and arrow.

At the same time, He Tao, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and others drew their swords and guns and began to surround them.

"To live!" Wang Jian yelled.

Soon Zhang Hua had nowhere to escape, and was finally forced by Erhu with a bow and arrow. He Tao threw him to the ground, then untied his belt and tied his hands.

At this time Wang Jian also came over, and Erhu kicked him, "Tell me, what bad things did you do last night?"

"I... I didn't do anything..."

"Nothing, why did you see us running?"

"You guys chased me first..."

"You're fucking dishonest, aren't you? Why are you here? Whose orders are you following?" Er Hu and He Tao spoke to each other like interrogating thieves.

"I had a stomachache yesterday... I came out to get some herbal medicine..." Zhang Hua hesitated, some of the words were inconsistent.

"Stomach hurts. Is there no medicine in the military camp? This place is dozens of miles away from the camp. You have been looking for herbs all night, right? Damn, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will shoot you to death with one arrow!"

As the two tigers squeaked, they fully drew the bow, and the arrow hit his throat.

"I said, I said..." Zhang Hua felt that he couldn't hide it no matter what, so he told the truth.

Wang Jian, He Tao, Er Hu and others exploded in popularity. He Tao and Er Hu just punched and kicked, and Zhang Hua rolled around on the ground like a dog barking.

Finally, Wang Jian waved his hand to stop them from fighting.

Zhang Hua, with a bruised nose and swollen face, begged: "My lord, brothers, you beat me up, you cursed me out, and you killed me with no head. ?”

Zhang Hua knelt down as he spoke, with snot and tears, but no one felt sorry for him.

Wang Jian scolded: "You coward, dare to act or not, you still have the face to cry!"

"My lord, no matter what, please."

"It's useless to tell me, talk to Mr. Lin!"

"Master Lin must kill me, no matter what, you can't ignore it, for the sake of our brothers..."

"Shut your stinking mouth, who is your brother!" Erhu glared and spat at him.

When Zhang Hua saw it, he regretted it a lot, but he could only resign himself to his fate.

In the end, Wang Jian felt that it was inappropriate to take Zhang Hua away like this, so he decided to go to the woods to see the victim...

"Baochang, there were indeed thieves in the village last night. They found nothing, and finally burned down a few houses and left."

Early in the morning, Ergou, who was in charge of the exploration in the village, came to report to Baochang Wang Dafa.

At this time Wang Dafa was surrounded by dozens of ordinary people. These men, women, children, women and children were all from the same village. Last night when they heard that the thieves were coming, they were so scared that they had nowhere to hide, and finally followed the security chief to seek refuge here.

"These damned..." someone cursed.

"Master Lin is really good at predicting things, thanks to Master Lin, otherwise we will all suffer."

"Yes, Mr. Lin is a good official... these days, who cares about the life and death of the common people? The soldiers and bandits are even worse. It's hard to find a good official like Mr. Lin in the world. Their camp is not far from us. , Chief Bao, we should thank him."

"Yes, thank you. If you want to go to us, hurry up. If it's too late, they will kill the Tartars."...

At this time, the common people talked to each other, and Wang Dafa waved his hand to calm everyone down.He decided that he couldn't go to all of them, and he had to pick a few fast-legged representatives.

Everyone rushed to sign up and wanted to follow Chief Wang Bao.

At this moment, someone shouted: "Hurry up and save someone, someone has hanged himself..."

"Who hanged himself?"

"Old Zhang's daughter-in-law, sister-in-law Xiaohong, go and have a look..."

After Chief Wang Bao led people to arrive, Xiaohong had already been let down from the tree. Because of the timely discovery, Xiaohong was rescued again.It's just that his eyes are dull, his hair is messy, his face is scratched, and his clothes are disheveled.

The honest old Zhang whimpered beside him.

Wang Baochang pulled Lao Zhang to a place where no one was around, and said, "Old Zhang, why are you crying? What happened?"

Only then did Lao Zhang tell the story...

Lao Zhang has only one son, his wife died early, married a daughter-in-law, and his life is tight.The son also died a year ago.

The daughter-in-law, Xiao Hongren, is beautiful and also very virtuous and filial. The father and daughter depend on each other for life, and Lao Zhang treats her like his own daughter.

Last night when they heard that the thief was coming, the father and daughter were also panic-stricken. They tidied up the things and clothes at home, Xiaohong carried a burden on his back, and Lao Zhang fled here with a cart.

But they were left behind after all. At this moment, a soldier ran over in the dark to help him. The father and daughter were very grateful.

After settling down in the forest, the soldier left, but unexpectedly, Xiaohong slept until midnight, and someone got under the bed.Desperately resisting was of no avail after all, and the thief ran away at dawn.

But Xiaohong found a waist card next to her, with her name and troop number engraved on it, and the name happened to be the soldier who helped them last night.

Xiaohong hanged herself when she couldn't think about it...

In the end, Lao Zhang cried and said to Wang Baochang: "It is said that Mr. Lin is a good man, how could he have such soldiers under his command?"

"Old Zhang, don't get excited. Hasn't he been rescued? That's luck. I don't know if the thief is Mr. Lin's subordinate."

"Why don't you know? Could it be that the badge can still be fake?"

"Old Zhang, the waist card can be lost or picked up. How can you slander Master Lin with just a waist card? Besides, even if Master Lin's subordinates did it, Master Lin didn't know about it. It's not the fault of Master Lin. Master Lin is the benefactor of our whole village, we all have to be grateful to him, if he hadn't got the news in advance and sent someone to deliver a letter to help, we would all suffer, the consequences would be disastrous."

"Baochang, you're right. It's not that I, Old Zhang, are unreasonable. But Mr. Lin knew that the thieves were coming to clean up the village. Why didn't he bring a team to protect us and drive the thieves away? If that's the case, we Is it still so difficult?"

"Oh, old Zhang, I don't know what to say. Mr. Lin is on official business to kill the Tartars. He passed by here. The team is far from our village. How can we change the itinerary without authorization? It is said that they There are not many people, so is it easy to deal with thieves? There are as many as a cow’s hair, all over the place, and the tens of thousands of troops of the imperial court have been besieging and suppressing them for many years, but it is of no avail. Lord Lin is powerless to kill the thieves. God.”

When the Baochang said this, Lao Zhang was speechless.

"Old Zhang, don't mention this in advance. If the Tartars come, they are worse than the rogues. I will hide here for a while. When the adults lead the troops to kill the Tartars, I will definitely deal with the rogues." Hurry up and persuade Xiaohong, let her think about it, and don't do stupid things anymore. I will take a few folks to thank Mr. Lin, if it is too late, it will be too late."

"Okay then, Chief Bao, I'll listen to you..." Lao Zhang wiped away his tears and left.

Wang Baochang sighed, and left the forest with a dozen representatives of the village...

Wang Jian and the others did not see the security chief, but quickly found Lao Zhang and Xiao Hong.After the persuasion of Lao Zhang and the villagers, Xiaohong's mood has stabilized at this time.

Wang Jian asked Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and others to wait beside Zhang Hua while he brought He Tao and Er Hu to see Lao Zhang and Xiao Hong.

Wang Jian has repeatedly apologized to the two, and said that after meeting Mr. Lin, he will definitely punish Zhang Hua severely and give them an explanation.

Then Wang Jian took He Tao, Erhu and others to escort Zhang Hua away from this forest...

Not long after Wang Jian and the others left, Lin Yi welcomed a group of special guests. Chief Wang Bao took a dozen villagers with backpacks to thank their benefactor, Mr. Lin.

Wang Dafa and the others traveled more than 20 miles and brought some souvenirs. Lin Yi felt a wave of heat in his heart and enthusiastically asked them all to sit down.

Wang Baochang and the others felt that Lin Yi had no official airs, was approachable, and was no longer polite. The chatterbox opened up, and they chatted with Lin Yi.

At this time, Wang Jian came back with Zhang Hua and others. Wang Jian did not dare to hide and explain what happened. Lin Yi was furious when he heard the words.

"Wang Baochang, you came to thank Lin. Lin is very grateful, but my subordinates did such evil last night, but Baochang didn't say a word. Who do you think I, Lin Yi?"

Seeing that Lin Yi was angry, Wang Dafa quickly explained: "Your Excellency, calm down. Wang has no intention of coming here this time except to thank you. What happened last night was purely accidental. Your Excellency must not mind it."

A stern look flashed in Lin Yi's eyes: "Since this is the case, Lin will never protect the calf, please trouble the security chief and invite Lao Zhang and Xiaohong's daughter-in-law here. I will severely punish this traitor in front of you! "

(End of this chapter)