After eating Tang Rou's simple meal, several people were entertaining under the lamp, and an old couple and wife who were in charge of their lives also came over to join in the fun, and they did not disperse until they were sleepy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao went to bed early, beating and killing in his dreams from time to time, but Liu Qi couldn't fall asleep over and over. It was supposed to be a rainy night of falling flowers, but Sha Tongtian did not help to ignite the flame of his homesickness, making him annoyed and irritated when no one was around. Suddenly, he sat up in a cold sweat, and couldn't help thinking: I'm here, my home is in Changyue, and my father is still fighting in front. If I make a name for myself here, won't it affect my family? Thinking of this, he could not sleep any longer, got up hot, and went to the hall to put on a poncho.

Walking to the door, he heard Xiao Xuzi buzzing and crying, and Tang Rou was full of impatience, scolding and comforting.

This is another homesick person, and she must want to know what happened to her blind girl.

He couldn't help but stand by the door, knocked on it, and said through the door: "Xu Xiaoyan, don't cry." When I'm done with the next battle, I'll take you back to Changyue. ”

When he had finished speaking, he went out with his knife and danced in the rain.

The wind and rain were shining, and the sound of knives was sharp. A kind of knife anger that came out of his own heart was accompanied by a few neighings, surging in the courtyard. Xu Xiaoyan had already followed, shivering in the rain to see his knife marks as bright as a wash. After a long time, she asked from afar: "You said you were going to take me away, you weren't lying to me, right?" ”

Liu Qi put away the knife, and the night was as quiet as ever, only the wind and rain remained.

He turned back to the door and said with certainty, "Not lying to you!" ”

"Where are you going?!" Xu Xiaoyan asked happily, and the whole person was already thrown into Liu Qi's arms like a swallow.

"Go back to Changyue, look at your mother!" Liu Qi couldn't help but wrap his body around her, and in an instant, all the pity turned into tenderness, he really didn't know what Xu Xiaoyan was doing, he was as pitiful as a straw, he just felt that it shouldn't be like this.

The two people with tears in their eyes hugged each other tightly, and they couldn't tell whether they were comforting each other or admiring each other.

Liu Qi hugged his delicate body, and at this moment, his heart was so pure that there was no lust.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Xu Xiaoyan was still reluctant to get into the tarpaulin he had taken off his shoulders and went to open the door with him, but Tang Rou came out of nowhere and ran in front of them to open the door. Two sergeants came from outside the door, one of whom was an officer. Liu Qi is not their boss, nor does he have a particularly convincing prestige, and they are quite old because of their age, so they will not come to find them. Seeing them, Liu Qi knew that something was wrong.

He let people into the yard, and while pushing Xiao Xuzi into the house, he asked, "What's the matter?!" ”

"Chen Shaowu killed a few people. The pursuing soldiers went to arrest them, and the brothers fought with them. We don't know what to do? The officer said, "The more people surround them, the more they surround." Lu Liangchang asked us to hold on and go find someone by ourselves. After a few of us combined, we decided to come over and tell you. ”

Liu Qi was taken aback, scolded twice, and said angrily: "Kill someone on the first day you come back?!" Is there still a royal law?! ”

"Chen Shaowu is from the county. When I was looking for a place to live, I let five or six brothers live there. Who knows, when he arrived at his house, he learned that his mother was trampled on a horse by a big family with the same surname. The brothers ate and drank from his house, and when they came to someone's house, they were not careful, and when they were drunk, they touched it, and they might have killed someone because of it. ”

Liu Qi asked again and listened to them talk about the experience of fighting with more than a dozen county officials.

These soldiers don't care how they behave on the battlefield, but when they come back to the locality, they regard themselves as battle heroes, and they are all wearing hard armor.

After the fight, it was bad.

In such a sensitive period, the officials were afraid of a mutiny, and they did not bring people to surround them tightly, waiting for orders from above.

Liu Qi didn't have time to wake up, so he pulled the horse in Xu Xiaoyan's admonition by the door, and immediately went out with them.

Far away, the torches were shining in the alleys on the street, Liu Qi led people to break through a few places, and when he met a petty official, he immediately showed that he didn't know it, and said: "It's my soldiers inside, what's going on, you talk about it!" ”

The petty officer looked at him, judged his age, and didn't believe that he brought these arrogant soldiers, but when he saw the two old soldiers behind him, he took a step to speak, and spat out to Liu Qi: "They ran to people's houses, molested women, and beat good people. The people reported to the official, saying that if the government ignored it, they would lead others to seek revenge. No, the brothers in the porter rushed out to see what was going on, but they couldn't imagine that a group of people came to Hula, and even the people from the government government beat them? ”

Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the other party didn't mention the dead man, the matter was much smaller, so he said "Hi" and said, "What's wrong with me." Isn't that a big deal of a fart?! Go back, and I'll take care of it." ”

He thought for a moment and added, "Why don't you settle the knot in private and let me meet the sufferer." ”

When he said this, he took it into his empty arms, and the meaning could not be clearer.

The junior official shook his head and looked at the hand he had inserted into his arms, but still said: "The order from above is difficult to shave." ”

Liu Qi withdrew his hand pretending to touch the money, and changed his face to anger: "I treat you as a brother, but what do you say." Are you any older than me?! Excuse me, where was he when I climbed the ravine with the emperor? I've brought thousands of people to fight in the south, and what is he doing?! Just said that General Fan's cavalry general Liu Qi was there, and asked him to climb over immediately. ”

The petty official reluctantly let him get angry, probably a pity that he couldn't get a bribe, shook his head and sighed, and said: "This is all a matter from above, and it is useless for you to yell at me." ”

Liu Qiju poked him twice condescendingly: "I don't know if it's useful or not." I know that these people are all soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in wars, and they come back to celebrate their merits and receive rewards. Lao Tzu punished them, no one dared to be crooked, if you were replaced, there would be a bloody conflict at the beginning, and a mutiny would be a mutiny. I see that you are a reasonable person, brother, so I told you this. ”

The petty official pondered for a while, eliminated the exaggerated elements, and still felt that it made sense, so he let him in and sent someone to contact him.

As soon as Liu Qi entered, he saw more than a dozen sergeants gathered in the alley, pretending to be heroes in their speech, and there were a few civilians next to him, who should be Chen Shaowu's family, timidly cowering in the corner, listening to a few sergeants comforting him.

"Chen Shaowu! You come out! The officer behind him shouted.

Immediately, a sergeant who looked honest came over beside his family, and Lao Yuan bowed his head.

"What's going on?! Which is your mother? Is she in the way? Liu Qi asked, he thought about himself and others, thinking that his aunt and father were arbitrarily beaten and scolded, and he was afraid that he would rush over to settle the account if he didn't want his comrades-in-arms, so he naturally couldn't be stern, but showed a little mildness, "Don't let her be cold." ”

"She's hurt internally, but that's okay! I did it all by myself. I got drunk and ran outside his house and yelled. Seeing that I was fighting with them, a few brothers went to help. I am the only one who is in trouble, and it has nothing to do with my family or my brothers. Chen Shaowu lowered his head, except for raising his head twice gratefully, almost like a woman who made a mistake.

Liu Qi saw that he didn't look drunk at all, and he didn't look like that kind of irrational prick, and he didn't believe that he was in trouble alone, so he put this aside and asked him what he was most concerned about: "Is there a dead person?!" ”

Chen Shaowu shook his head. A drunken sergeant next to him said, "There is one who is pretending to be dead." I didn't even touch it, I shouted a few times, 'You want my life,' and then he didn't get up. Then there was a shout that there was a dead man. He learned so vividly that people immediately laughed along.

Liu Qi couldn't help but sigh, knowing that it was difficult to handle such a case in the local area where only injuries were not killed, and there was cause and effect, unless it was a nonsense sentence. Only by starting with the rectification of military discipline in the army can the military settle such a matter. But at present, there is no military law to follow, that is, to export it yourself, that is: "If people don't mess with us, we will ignore him." If you provoke it, you have to win. "If we start with this, a large-scale purge is even more impossible. Before the soldiers coaxed, who would dare to make harsh decrees at this juncture?

He could only comfort Chen Shaowu by patting him and saying, "Don't be afraid. With me here, I won't let you be wronged. Go and see your mother and see if you want to find a place to settle down? ”

Chen Shaowu was so moved that he burst into tears. There was a thin old man in a tattered shirt next to him, and immediately shouted at him: "Kneel down for the chief, kneel down and kowtow!" ”

Before Chen Shaowu could make any moves, a mansion came over with a lantern, saying that Master Kong Jian had come with the bitter master and had an interview with Major General Liu.

Seeing Liu Qiying, he dressed up and waved his hand to call people, and several sergeants changed their usual slackness, straightened their swords, and were unusually solemn, following closely with pomp.

The bitter master Chen Degong was rich and powerful, so he took care of it afterwards, and he really looked unwilling to take a break.

But in fact, before he came, Kong Jian, the commander of the county's soldiers and horses, had already done ideological work for him, and he was just to maintain his identity, so as not to turn over his previous grievances and be unfavorable to himself.

This kind of posturing will not stand up to the test.

Seeing Liu Qi come over majestically with a fully armed sergeant with clanging spurs, he relented and compensated Chen Shaowu a small amount of money to let his mother recuperate. After finishing, Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt very sleepy. When he turned around and restrained the sergeants to pay attention in the future, some of the sergeants breathed a sigh of relief, and some of them said enthusiastically that the general is the general.

Chen Shaowu took the money given by Liu Qi and went back, and as soon as he put it in his father's hands, his father was taken aback. Immediately, he stared at the money, unable to control himself, and whispered again and again: "The Chen family in Dongtou will have to go back sooner or later." Sooner or later, I have to double my need to go back, and I'm afraid, alas, ......! Son. You don't want this money yourself, sir? ”

Speaking of this, he looked at his son, gritted his teeth, pulled away, and caught up with Liu Qi, who was leaving.

The old man asked his son to kneel down first, and then he stretched out his hand and said sonorously: "General! You are a good person, and sooner or later you will enjoy great blessings and great wealth. I have handed over my third son to you, and let him pull a horse and kick you to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. Although he may not be able to capture the flag, he will definitely be obedient like a dog. If he does not listen to you, you can pick on his tendons and pluck his skins, even if you do as you please. ”

The three of them met their eyes.

Liu Qi was stunned, almost didn't know what to do, and when he reacted, the old man had already left his son, throwing a rotten robe, and strode away.

Liu Qi sent Chen Shaowu, who didn't know how to treat his master, and went back to sleep by himself.

Xu Xiaoyan actually prepared a place for two people to sleep and waited for him to come back, and gave Liu Qi a sneeze when they met, which made Liu Qi love and pity. With the jade man in his arms, Liu Qi slept exceptionally peacefully when he turned around, and didn't wake up until midnight.

After waking up, Xu Xiaoyan followed him more delicately, causing Tang Rou and Zhao Guo's eyes to be different.

Tang Rou scolded a lot of "fox spirits" in the firewood room, and asked Zhao Guo repeatedly: "Do you men all eat this set, as long as the seduction of women can't resist it." ”

They were eating breakfast together, which had been long late, when there was a knock at the door like a drum, and they were so impatient that they slammed it open, and then two lines of sergeants went in along the corridor and spread out along the courtyard.

An official strode in and said loudly: "Liu Qi is deeply favored by the country but does not want to repay it, poisons the people, and is involved in a mutiny. Today, I am commanded to investigate, and if anyone acts rashly, he will be killed! ”

There were more than a dozen soldiers standing in a courtyard, exuding a cold and solemn atmosphere, which was quite scary. As soon as she heard that they had come to fetch people, the old woman, who was sitting there with the soles of her shoes, immediately jumped up and ran into the east room in a panic. Afterwards, the couple gently closed the door, not even daring to show their heads.

There was a palpitating silence.

Mutiny?! Where did the mutiny come from?

Liu Qi quickly went over the incident in his head, eliminated the incident of last night, and suddenly thought of the warning given by Fan Yinghua before he came back, and he didn't believe that this was the emperor's intention, if someone was secretly making trouble, if he was arrested, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not die in vain.

He chewed the food in his mouth silently, and looked at Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Rou, and Zhao Guo.

They have shown all sorts of horror.

Liu Qi put the rest of his eyes on the knife hanging on the wall, but he was still hesitating in his heart: if he killed it, would it affect other people?

"Who is Liu Qi?!" The white officer asked impatiently, "Catch them all!" ”

Xu Xiaoyan's face turned pale, and she grabbed Liu Qi's hand tightly, and eased it when no one else could react: "But he didn't do anything?!" Can you still sit here and eat after the mutiny?! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Guo echoed loudly, and then asked Liu Qi: "What should I do?" ”

The officer was a little vigilant when he saw Zhao Guo bend half of his body, but he still reiterated with a sneer: "As for whether he is guilty or not, he will only know until he has been tried." If you resist, you will be killed! With that, he raised his right hand to the soldiers who came up behind him.

What to do?

Liu Qida was nervous in his heart.

If they take it away, I'm afraid that Zhao Guo and they won't even know where they are being taken.

Thinking of this, he knew that he had also been recognized by the officer, and it was the same whether he signed up or not, so he broke free of Xu Xiaoyan's hand and pushed her to Tang Rou's side, then nodded affirmatively, stood up and asked, "I am Liu Qi." Whose order did you come? Why should I go with you without evidence? ”

"Yes! Without evidence, who knows if you are a rebel of the Long Moon?! Zhao Guo felt that it made sense and said with a smile.

The officer smiled wickedly, and didn't intend to let Liu Qi be a ghost, so he waved his hand down on the spot.

Of course, Liu Qi knew what this meant, and reminded Zhao Guo with a loud shout, and slammed to the wall, the knife was already in his hand. Zhao Guo tacitly lifted the table, lifted it up like a doorway, and hit the two soldiers who came in, making a "bang" sound. One soldier was knocked to the ground. The officer also shouted, drew his sword in his hand, and stepped on the pear wood table. Although Zhao Guo's strength was great, his momentum was exhausted, and he was stepped on by his feet, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back with the table that was already rotten, and the whole tiger's mouth was rubbed painfully, and the table leg in his hand was broken off with a "click".