choke element

Chapter 13 Convergence

"Let's go and have a look." Guo Ning handed the wooden bowl to Lu Han, and strode out of the camp.

The camp is very small, so there is no camp gate at all.The team sent by Governor Tudan stopped at the gap in a wooden fence on the north side of the river beach.Guo Ning turned a corner and saw them.

The children had just eaten pancakes, and they seemed to be exhausted. They ran ahead of Guo Ning, and then rushed back, hurriedly announcing: "Liu Lang, those people brought two pigs! Big pigs! There are several more pigs!" sheep!"

Since arriving in Anzhou, the people around Guo Ning have gradually dispersed.Now in the entire camp, there are only a dozen people left in total, which inevitably looks bleak.But when these children were jubilant, they were as noisy as dozens of people, making Guo Ning's ears buzzing.

"Okay, okay, I got it!" Guo Ning hugged Lu Shu's shoulders with a smile on his face, and told him to take his companions to the back: "You guys share the rest of the pancakes. Tell your sister, we will have dinner tonight." OK."

The children went cheering.

When the children left, Guo Ning turned around and the smile disappeared from his face.

He only glanced at the gift boxes with the corners of his eyes, as if he didn't pay attention to them at all, but just calmly watched the gift giver standing in front of the queue.

"This is the trusted family member of Inspector Tudan, called Cui Xiannu." Wang Shixian said softly behind Guo Ning.

Guo Ning seemed unknown, and there was no trace of respect on his face.

Cui Xiannu wore a footless headdress, a round-neck gown, and a red belt around his waist. His clothes were more gorgeous than ordinary local officials.People like this are really third-rank officials in front of the Prime Minister's family. Even in Zhongdu City, relying on the influence of the Tu Shan family, they will not easily succumb to outsiders.

When he arrived in Anzhou, he often traveled with Mr. Tu Shanlang, and he was always surrounded by flags, badges, minions, and whips. How could he notice a defeated soldier on the front line?
At this time, he was sent out by Lang Jun in a hurry to a dilapidated camp to show his affection to a little man whom he had never heard of before!He felt a little unhappy, feeling that there was something wrong with this world.

Just thinking about it, Cui Xiannu saw a person striding towards him.

The man was tall, with broad shoulders and long arms.Even though the travel and dust left deep marks on his face, and his beard was messy and untrimmed, he looked very young, at most in his early twenties.His eye sockets were deep, and his eyes became more and more sharp. As his gaze swept across, Cui Xiannu's heart trembled suddenly.

After Xiao Haohu's death, Mr. Tu Danlang hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation. Cui Xiannu accompanied him back and forth, and his ears were filled with Guo Ning's vicious deeds.

This is the man, Guo Liulang of Wushabao!

This is the murderer who broke into hundreds of Xi troops alone, killed Xiao Haohu in full view, and then retreated calmly!
That Xiao is a fool, but he was a formidable figure who led the army to escape from the Mongolian army's pursuit, even Tu Danlang was afraid of him.But this Guo Ning... Killing Xiao Haohu in a violent attack is no more difficult than killing a chicken!
Who would have thought that there were such characters in the wilderness?If this person can be used by your lord, is he not a mighty general who can run amok?If he becomes Lang Jun's opponent, how much trouble will it cause?

Guo Ning glanced at Cui Xiannu's face, and unexpectedly met his gaze.Suddenly he felt a chill down his back and his body trembled, so he didn't dare to put on a reserved attitude, he quickly stood upright, and then lowered his head.

"Trouble old man Cui to make this trip. I have accepted the gift, please pay homage to Inspector Tudan on my behalf, thank you for your generous gift."

Guo Ning's calm voice entered his ears, Cui Xiannu still bowed his head, waiting for Guo Ning's next words.

But after waiting for a long time, there was nothing to say.All around is the sound of gusts of strong wind on the desolate river beach.

This guy, just such a fluffy sentence?Nothing else?

Knowing that my husband gave a generous gift, shouldn't he express his flattery on the spot, and then ask for his service?I heard that this person was originally just a member of the first-class army in Wushabao, Changzhou, a mere lowly guy, how dare he be so big?
Listening to his flat tone, saying "thank you"... In my opinion, it doesn't seem like he really means thank you!
Cui Xiannu tried to squeeze a little smile on his face, and wanted to say a few more pleasantries, but he couldn't hold back his unhappiness.After a while, he hummed heavily, cupped his hands slightly and said, "That's it, take my leave."

When he turned to start, he still hoped that Guo Ning would know that he was impolite and catch up to persuade him to stay.But after walking more than ten steps, my ears were almost aching, and I didn't hear the slightest movement of Guo Ning.

A group of more than ten servants followed Cui Xiannu to the direction of the slope at the end of the river beach.

Guo Ning did not see them off, but just stood there, watching their figures disappear behind the continuous withered yellow reeds.

Wang Shixian didn't expect Guo Ning to treat guests like this, so he immediately asked, "What? Liulang, do you have any grudge against him?"

"I've seen this Mr. Cui." Guo Ning replied calmly.

"Oh?"

"At the beginning of December last year, I went to Wocheng County to see Tudan Governor, and I wanted to present a plan to unify the defeated troops in Anzhou and form a capital army division. In the end, I gave Menzi five taels of silver, and I only saw this Cui. Sir. And he kicked me out after hearing me say a few words... Presumably, he was too lazy to listen to the nonsense of a mere first-class soldier. At this moment, it seems that he doesn't even remember seeing Pass me...isn't it fun?"

Wang Shixian could only shake his head.

Guo Ning looked at the cage placed on the gravel beach: "Brother Shixian, help me."

Wang Shixian hurried over to help carry it.

The little finger of his left hand was cut off by Xiao Haohu, with a little force, the wound hurt like a tear, and he couldn't help crying out.Lu Han was watching from afar, and now he brought Feng Shi and the stout woman over to help.

Several people were tired and sweated before they packed up the many gifts.

Pigs and sheep were happily dragged to the back fence by the children.The boxes and cages are all placed in Guo Ning's room.

There are four cages.Inside the first one, there are several swords, guns and military equipment, as well as a horn bow and dozens of long arrows.In the second cage, there are iron tools such as sickles, axes, hammers, iron pots, etc., as well as two pieces of cloth and a bag of paper, pen and ink.Inside the third and fourth are corn, rice, salt, and tempeh.

Apparently, Tu Danhang has put in a lot of effort.After Xiao Haohu's death, he reacted immediately, and the gifts he took out were all specially selected, good things that Guo Ning really needed right now.In today's world, such useful objects are better than any gold and silver treasures.

It's a pity that Guo Ning will not be moved by him.Back then, Guo Ning was full of enthusiasm to serve Daikin, but now Guo Ning is very different from before.

Wang Shixian looked very tempted, he took all the gifts in his hand and looked at them with a smile on his face, and praised them.

It seems that no matter what the Hu people in the frontier, there is one great advantage, that is, they are outspoken.He felt that the court was unreliable, so he said it without any scruples; he was full of interest in the benefits offered by the court at the moment, and he didn't hide it.

After honestly taking a long knife as his own, he asked: "I also know that a high-ranking villain like Cui Xiannu is not a thing. However, Liu Lang, if you treat him like this, you are not afraid that he will kill the governor in vain. Are you talking nonsense in front of you?"

"I want him to do this, but I'm afraid he will say less." Guo Ning weighed the iron pot in his hand, and handed it to a child: "Go, bring it to your Lu family sister."

The child was less than three feet tall, and with the iron pot on his head, he staggered away.

Guo Ning continued: "This noble family slave is used to being flattered every day. If I treat him so coldly, he must be dissatisfied. And if he is dissatisfied, he will publicize how rebellious and unbearable I am, Guo Liulang. It’s only used by the Inspector Dan. In this way, the people at the Yu’s side of the Xinqiao Camp must be delighted, and they dare to contact me with confidence.”

"But I don't know what good things the Yu family will send." Wang Shixian said expectantly: "Yu Jingchun, how dared to leave us that night. apologize?"

Guo Ning scratched his chin: "I think Yu's hands will be bigger. When the supplies they give arrive, I will have the confidence to recruit people."

"Recruiting manpower?" Wang Shixian cheered up: "What kind of manpower? How to recruit?"

Guo Ning raised his hand and drew a big circle to show his intention to Wang Shi: "Suizhou, Ansuzhou, Baozhou, Xiongzhou, and Anzhou with this place as the center, small stocks like you and me occupying the same place There are no less than seventy or eighty places to defeat the soldiers. Even if Xiao Hao has killed them once, there are still many left. And I, Guo Liulang in Changzhou, have always had some reputation among them."

"That's natural."

Wang Shixian couldn't understand this all too well.Last year and the year before, the imperial army retreated twice, and Guo Ning was always at the forefront, defending the Paoze brothers against the enemy.Although the soldiers and horses were in a trance at that time, many people did not have time to announce their names, but after a little settlement later, who has never inquired about Guo Liulang who was rampant in the battlefield?

There are more than a thousand stragglers who owe Guo Ning favors!
"In the past two years, I just sat on the bank of the Feijun River and pinned my hope on the imperial court to cheer up. This idea is really stupid. Many brothers in Paoze saw it, but Yuemo didn't agree." Guo Ning laughed at himself. Shaking his head vigorously, he continued: "Now I have killed Xiao Haohu, who is about to take office as the commander of the Anzhou capital, and broke up with the house boss sent by Tudan Governor... They will be happy seeing it. .”

Speaking of this, Guo Ning mentioned Tie Guduo, stood outside the door, and looked into the distance for a while.For some reason, he felt that the vegetation shaking in that direction was a bit weird, and after looking at it for a while, there was nothing suspicious about it.

Turning around, he smiled confidently: "Brother Shixian, the reason why I refused to recruit the three hundred Xi troops that day was because I had a better choice."

In the direction of Guo Ning's line of sight, a few miles away from the camp at the Feijun River, a tall and fat monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes shrank his head suddenly, hiding his figure in the tall grass.

This abrupt movement startled the dozen or so people around him, and quickly followed him.

After a while, a lean man asked, "Brother, what are you hiding?"

The fat monk said with a smile: "Guo Liulang is a dog, and he is very alert. I, Monk Luo, hurried over to check on the situation. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if he spotted it at a glance?"

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