Retreated.

The ministers were still unsatisfied with this morning's court, and they were unwilling, and they scattered one after another, and did not forget to cast resentful glances at Su Lie and Huang Zhao before leaving, which means: You kid will look at it, as long as you don't get out of the officialdom, there will be a day when you lose your head!

Walking out of the hall like a walking corpse, Su Lie took the initiative to go to the Criminal Department to get the thirty military sticks.

Huang Zhao followed him step by step, and no longer dared to complain about his cowardly words and deeds today. In fact, when Su Lie was besieged by a group of ministers and spurned by the emperor, he was far more heroic than when he fought against thousands of troops on the battlefield. If it were replaced by Huang Zhao, I was afraid that not only would he not be able to protect the 3,000 soldiers, but even the entire Great Wall guard army would be affected......

After the torture, Su Lie left the palace with the support of Huang Zhao. This place was hell for him, and he just wanted to get away from it as soon as possible. The emperor seemed to be merciful, and only sentenced him to thirty sticks, and a strong military general like him could certainly afford it, but the executioner suffered the benefit of unknown people, and the strength added to the sticks was ten times greater than before, and only thirty sticks made him open and difficult to walk.

"Let's go quickly," Su Lie said to Huang Zhao, "I'm afraid the brothers are all anxious to wait." ”

"General~" Huang Zhao's throat choked, and he tried hard to keep the tears from falling, "You are injured like this, how about finding a place to rest for a while before leaving?" Otherwise, in case something goes wrong......"

"Farewell, there are still a lot of official business to deal with, and I can't wait to rush back to Jiayuguan. Besides, do you want to stay here and be looked down upon? ”

"This ......" Huang Zhao was speechless, after the general said this, he couldn't wait to get away from this ghost place, and hoped that he would never have to come back.

Su Lie said as he staggered: "The battle on the Great Wall is temporarily suspended, the imperial court really doesn't need to use so many soldiers and horses, and it is better to disband some of them, lest they not die under the enemy's sword, but turn their own people into unjust ghosts." ”

"Hmm!" Huang Zhao nodded heavily.

"Moreover," Su Lie added, "Your Majesty said that since there is no war west of the Great Wall for the time being, the guards will be allowed to develop commercial trade within a certain range, so as to activate the trade network between different regions." So my idea is that after we go back, we will start to build trade routes to facilitate other countries, such as the countries of the Western Regions, to come to Chang'an to do business transactions. Isn't this also serving the country? ”

"General, please forgive Huang Zhao for being narrow-minded, it is really difficult to agree with your determination."

"Oh? So what's your idea? ”

At this time, the two of them had walked out of the palace wall and walked on the path leading to the temporary military camp.

Huang Zhao's face turned pale, and the long-suppressed anger burned his mind again, making him dazed, and he said angrily: "According to the general, the emperor is so mediocre that he listens to the slander of his ministers, so he is not worthy to sit in that dragon chair!" ”

"Shhhh What nonsense is being done here? Su Lie was startled, hurriedly stood on his feet and looked around vigilantly, and then blocked Huang Zhao's mouth that loved to express his opinions.

Huang Zhao said: "The general can rest assured, the last general has learned the lesson of the hall, and he will not speak wildly regardless of the occasion." ”

"Hmph, it's good that you know!" Su Lie flicked his sleeves angrily, not wanting him to support him anymore.

Huang Zhao loyally did not let go, and continued: "There is no one here, the general, please listen to the last general's heart, and then he will be punished, and even cut off the head of the last general, the last general has no complaints, just want to vomit as soon as possible!" ”

Su Lie knew what he was going to say, and forbade him to say at this time, he would go to other places to find other people to vent in the future, which would be even worse, so he had to give in: "Then you can say it quickly." ”

Huang Zhao said: "The Great Wall Guards are a solid team comparable to the Great Wall of Steel, what a pity it would be to disband nearly half of the soldiers and horses at once!" Besides, the general has won the hearts of the people, and his prestige is far away from the king of the continent, if the Great Wall is used as a base to unveil the pole and call on people of insight in the world to fight against the faint king, he will definitely be able to sit in the palace that is being eroded by snakes and rats, and revitalize my great rivers and mountains with benevolence! ”

"Presumptuous!" Su Lie shouted angrily and stopped.

"Huang Zhao, you kneel down for me!" He commanded sharply.

Huang Zhao was terrified, hurriedly obeyed the order, and crawled at Su Lie's feet.

Su Lie's face was as cold as ice, his eyes were burned with anger, and the anger was still stronger than in the main hall.

"You shameless and reckless man, do you know what you're talking nonsense? When you joined the Great Wall Guards, how did you swear to be loyal to your country? Now he is willing to degenerate, and he wants to become a troubled minister who has been reviled through the ages? Huang Zhao, let me tell you, quickly put away your dangerous thoughts, and mention them to anyone in the future! Otherwise, you are not only harming yourself, but also your family, thousands of soldiers and their families, do you understand? ”

"Huh?" Thinking of this powerful relationship, Huang Zhao also shuddered. But his stubborn personality did not allow him to give in at this time, and he still argued aggrievedly: "If the king is defeated, he will inevitably be implicated, but what if the uprising succeeds......"

"How dare you say that? Do you really want me to use military law? There is no if, and the other meaning of what is is impossible! Even if the Great Wall Guards can be captured, how does it compare to the strength of the 100,000 forbidden troops in Chang'an City? Not to mention a few princes who support their own troops! If all walks of life converge, the Great Wall Guardian will be as fragile as an egg, and it will be easy for others to crush it. Huang Zhao, instead of being a chaotic minister and thief, causing chaos in the world, wars raging all over the world, and countless casualties among ordinary people, I am more willing to develop border commerce for the benefit of the people! ”

"But do you really believe that faint king? If he can live up to the Great Wall Guards once, there must be a second and a third time! When we really develop the business road in all directions and make the King Continent more prosperous, will what is waiting for you change from the current persecution and conspiracy to the addition of officials and knights? ”

"Shut up! If the purpose of my contribution to the country is to increase the rank of official and knight, why do I still have to guard the Great Wall? My wish is to do what I do now, and I don't have to think about what will happen in the future. Even if you want to, you can't do anything, you can't change any ending, do you say? ”

"Yes...... Yes......" Huang Zhao wanted to say no, but he couldn't find words that could convince the general.

Su Lie's cold face softened, and he stretched out his hand to pull him up and said, "You and I are like brothers, you don't want to see me suffer, and I naturally don't want to see you suffer." Now that I've decided that it's a dead end with no exit, don't mention it to anyone again, or I won't be able to keep you. ”

"Yes, General!" Huang Zhao kowtowed, stood up and grabbed Su Lie's arm again, this time Su Lie didn't shake him off.

The way back to the camp seemed to be getting longer than it had come, and the two of them rested as they walked, and by the time they saw the light of the fire burning in the camp, it was already dark.

The two sentries guarding the entrance of the camp saw that the general and the deputy general were coming from afar, and hurriedly greeted them together, but when they saw that Su Lie was seriously injured, they were so shocked that they couldn't speak.