after being kidnapped by the general

When Zhan Shaoning woke up, he had already forgotten what he said last night. After learning that he was assigned a task by Yuanli, he was quite happy.If I can prove my ability, I can straighten my body even if I am taken in by others.

He was full of energy, gearing up to prove that he was not someone who came here to eat and drink for nothing, so he took Xiao Ce and ran out that day.

Liu Jixin and Wu Kai were naturally with them.

Zhan Shaoning is very good at dealing with people. In less than ten days, he has become brothers and sisters with many powerful landlords in Jixian County. He bought enough medicine with less money than Yuanli planned, and completed Yuanli's confession brilliantly.

At the same time, what he and Xiao Ce did and said every day were sent to Yuan Li's ears one by one.

Just like Yuan Li's worst guess, among Zhan Shaoning and Xiao Ce, Zhan Shaoning, who seems to be in charge, is actually Xiao Ce who is in charge.

Once Zhan Shaoning made a decision, Xiao Ce would gently ask, "Your Master, are you sure you want to do this?"

As soon as Zhan Shaoning was asked this question, he began to doubt himself, flinched, and turned to ask Xiao Ce hesitantly, "Uncle Xiao, if it were you, what would you do?"

A real mastermind will never train Zhan Shaoning as a puppet like this.

Zhao Ying also sent up the news he got after bribing Zhan Shaoning's trilogy with a lot of money.

The remaining [-] or so members were Zhan family's private soldiers, but in the process of fleeing for their lives, because Xiao Ce's repeated ingenious tricks saved them from the crisis, they were gradually subdued by Xiao Ce.Compared to following Zhan Shaoning's words, Xiao Ce's words convinced them more.

In the memories of the first episode, Xiao Ce denied and questioned Zhan Shaoning's judgment many times when he first ran for his life, and Zhan Shaoning became indecisive because of this.After leading his subordinates into a crisis and losing dozens of people, Zhan Shaoning no longer made decisions alone, and fully obeyed Xiao Ce's words.

After learning about this, Yuanli made up his mind instantly.

Xiao Ce is really dangerous, it would be convenient for him not to stay in Yuanli, but now he wants to stay in Ji County with Zhan Shaoning, such an ambitious person who wants to control the master and acts extreme, must not stay.

But Yuan Li is about to leave Ji County, he doesn't have time to deal with Xiao Ce in a graceful and unobtrusive manner, and it's not easy to go over Zhan Shaoning and do it directly.He also didn't have time to explain to Zhan Shaoning. Zhan Shaoning had only been in Ji County for ten days, and now he especially trusted Xiao Ce, and he relied on Xiao Ce more than he trusted Yuan Li. Effect.

Therefore, Yuanli planned to warn Xiao Ce before leaving Ji County, so that Xiao Ce could not make trouble in the rear.

The night before going to the battlefield, Yuanli hosted a banquet at the Chu Palace to thank Zhan Shaoning for coming and for raising medicinal materials for him.

At the banquet, everyone sang and danced, very happy.

Halfway through the journey, Yuanli suddenly raised his wine glass, and said to Xiao Ce in a loud voice: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for escorting Shaoning all the way to Youzhou, so that people like Shaoning didn't suffer from disasters, and came to my side to help me, This is my blessing, and it is also the blessing of Youzhou."

Zhan Shaoning blushed immediately from the praise, and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Xiao Ce picked up a glass of wine, stood up and said neither humble nor overbearing: "It is Ce's duty to escort the young master to avoid disasters. You are young, even if you are a little reckless, but you are talented, you will definitely become a general in the future! Thank you, Mr. Yuan, for not giving up. Please, Mr. Yuan, teach you a lot, Ce thank you, Mr. Yuan."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Ce picked up the wine glass and drank it down.

As soon as these words came out, Zhan Shaoning's face that had just turned rosy turned pale again.

Yuan Li laughed, and said softly: "You are a strange counselor. Judging by your tone, it seems that Shaoning is not your master, but your nephew."

Zhan Shaoning couldn't help but nodded, "Yuanli, Uncle Xiao and I have always had a good relationship, and I treat him like a family member."

"Impossible," Liu Jixin stood up, laughed loudly and shook his head, "Master Shaoning, you don't understand! As counselors, we dare not call ourselves patriarchs and elders. Compared to being your elder Those who gain your trust are our greatest ambitions."

Liu Jixin looked at Xiao Ce who was beside him, "Brother Limou, am I right?"

Xiao Ce's eyes flickered, "What brother Changyue said is what I think in my heart."

Zhan Shaoning froze, then became thoughtful.

Yuan Li took the opportunity to ask: "Shaoning, how do you plan to arrange those parts?"

Zhan Shaoning subconsciously looked at Xiao Ce, and Yuan Li said in time: "These people have worked really hard to escort you all the way, Shaoning, as the master, you must take good care of them."

Zhan Shaoning couldn't think of going to see Xiao Ce after being told this.He hadn't made his own decision for a long time, he licked his lips nervously, and tentatively said, "Yuanli, I want them to join your part, and train and do things with your part, what do you think?"

"Of course." Yuan Li nodded happily, "Shao Ning, if I want them to get familiar with Ji County as soon as possible, can I break them up and resettle them? Otherwise, I'm afraid that they will be huddled together alone for a long time, and troubles may arise. "

Zhan Shaoning nodded again and again, looked at Yuanli gratefully, "Yuanli, you are so kind."

Yuan Li smiled slightly, and glanced at Xiao Ce from the corner of his eye.

Before Xiao Ce could say a word, Zhan Shaoning and Yuan Li had already made a decision.He frowned for a moment, and then concealed his expression, making it impossible to see whether he was happy or angry.

During the banquet that followed, Liu Jixin kept urging Xiao Ce to drink, and all kinds of rhymes and allusions came out of his mouth, which was really irresistible.After the banquet was over, Xiao Ce was already drunk and dizzy.

He followed the crowd to bid farewell to Yuanli and Zhan Shaoning, rubbed his forehead and walked towards the room, but his vision became more and more dizzy, making Xiao Ce a little bit confused about the way.

Some doubts flashed in Xiao Ce's mind.

Is this wine really so powerful?

But before he thought about it deeply, his mind became even more chaotic.Xiao Ce staggered, and unknowingly came to a dry bridge. He seemed to have stepped on something on the sole of his foot, or seemed to be pushed by something, and fell straight off the bridge.

The severe pain hit, and Xiao Ce fell into a coma instantly.

Day two.

Zhan Shaoning bid farewell to Yuanli outside the gate with red eyes.

Yuan Li patted him on the shoulder, sighed, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao will definitely get better."

Last night, when Xiao Ce was drunk and returned to his room, he passed the dry bridge, but he accidentally dropped his foot, fell from the bridge into the dry mud under the bridge, and broke his leg. The person was carried into the room.

Speaking of this incident, apart from being sad, Zhan Shaoning also felt a little funny.

Zhan Shaoning had heard the incident of drinking and breaking his leg as a joke several times in the past, but he never thought that this incident would happen to Xiao Ce, who has always been smart and astute...

This kind of humor even dilutes Zhan Shaoning's worries, making him a little dumbfounded.

Yuan Li encouraged: "Shao Ning, since Mr. Xiao has broken his leg, you have to take good care of him. Now that he is seriously injured and needs to recuperate, you should work hard on yourself and don't bother Mr. Xiao to recuperate."

Zhan Shaoning took a deep breath, patted his chest and said, "Yuanli, don't worry, I will take good care of Uncle Xiao, and I will definitely not bother him. Even if Uncle Xiao is not around, I will definitely take care of Chu Palace for you."

Yuan Li was very pleased, and raised his hand to give him a high five, "Then it's settled!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Li got on his horse, smiled and waved to Zhan Shaoning, and led the team of 500 people away gradually.

A few days later, Yuanli finally arrived in Zhuolu County, Shanggu County.

Some scouts had detected their movements a long time ago, and went back to report to Chu Hechao and others.When Yuanli arrived at the barracks, he saw Yang Zhongfa and He Lang waiting in front of the barracks with anticipation.

After seeing the figure of Yuanli and his party, the eyes of the two people lit up, and they ran forward enthusiastically, "Young Master Yuan, you are back! We all miss you!"

Yuan Li got off his horse, and his robe flew out in a sassy arc. He joked, "Are you thinking about us, or what we brought?"

Yang Zhongfa said with certainty: "People must be people! You don't know how many times the general has talked about you during the few days you left!"

Yuan Li pretended to be surprised, and then looked around, pretending to be puzzled: "Then why haven't you seen the general come to greet me when I come back?"

Yang Zhongfa sneered, "The general will come later, he will come later."

After finishing speaking, he said cautiously: "Mr. Yuan, did you encounter any unsatisfactory things on the way? Are you in a good mood today?"

Yuan Li was puzzled by the question, "I didn't encounter any trouble, and I am very refreshed today. Master Yang, what do you mean by asking this?"

He Lang put his hand on Yuanli's shoulder, and said familiarly: "It's okay, Master Yang is just wondering why you came so late, and worried about what happened to you, Mr. Yuan, on the road. Mr. Yuan, Ji County How is it now? Since I came to Northern Xinjiang, I haven't been to the general's fiefdom, and I haven't even stepped into the gate of Chu Palace..."

Taking advantage of He Lang and Yuan Li's conversation, Yang Zhongfa hastily recruited a soldier, and whispered to him: "Go tell the general, Mr. Yuan is in a good mood today."

A few people surrounded Yuanli and walked towards the camp. He Lang said with a smile: "I saw the figure of Mr. Yuan's motorcade from a distance, and I know that you will inevitably be hungry after a day's journey. The army has prepared meals for you. Feel free to open your eyes." Appetite."

Yuan Li half-jokingly said: "Aren't you being too warm to me today?"

Yang Zhongfa hurriedly said: "This is just to cleanse you up."

Yuan Li glanced suspiciously at Yang Zhongfa, then at He Lang, "Master He, you..."

He Lang suddenly buried his head on Yuanli's shoulder and took a deep breath, interrupting Yuanli's words, "No wonder I smelled a fragrance from the beginning, it really is the fragrance from Mr. Yuan's clothes. Mr. Yuan's clothes are Didn’t you also use that soap to wash it? I like the smell very much, He has the cheek to beg Mr. Yuan, can you give me a copy of the soap too?”

After finishing speaking, He Lang lowered his head and sniffed again, thinking in bewilderment, it's really strange, how come Yuanli still smells so good while he's on his way?

Yuanli looked helpless.

It's hot in summer, and along the way, their team stinks like hell.Taking advantage of the running water in the rest place last night, everyone got some water and wiped their bodies roughly, and Yuan Li even changed into clean clothes.

If it wasn't for last night, Yuanli would be so stinky that He Lang couldn't hold him anymore.

"fragrant?"

Another familiar voice came coldly.

He Lang was so frightened that he immediately raised his head and released Yuan Li with an upright expression, "General, the last general didn't say anything."

Yuan Li suppressed a smile and turned to look at Chu Hechao.

Chu Hechao didn't wear any armor, probably because it was too hot. He only wore a layer of dark single clothes, with long sleeves rolled up to the elbows perfunctorily, exposing his wheat-colored forearms with strong muscles.At this time, his handsome face was dripping with sweat and was looking at He Lang with a little displeasure.

Yuanli was also very hot, but as soon as he saw Chu Hechao, he could feel that Chu Hechao was hotter than him.Many places on Chu Hechao's clothes were already soaked with sweat, turning into darker patches.

Chu Hechao's eyes quickly turned around Yuan Li, and Yuan Li smiled at him, with red lips and white teeth, especially eye-catching among a group of disgraced generals and soldiers.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken, He Lang said embarrassingly, "General, I was just joking with Mr. Yuan."

Chu Hechao didn't care too much, turned around and walked back, "Come here."

Turning around, Yuan Li saw that the clothes on his back were even more wet.The clothes from the neck to the back were soaked with sweat and crinkled to the body.The back is conveniently long-legged buttocks, and the boots are tightly stretched on the calf, full of terrifying explosive power, this kick is probably capable of kicking a person to death.

Chu Hechao turned around suddenly, looked at Yuanli deeply, "What are you looking at?"

Yuan Li raised his head and couldn't bear to say, "I didn't see anything."

Chu Hechao looked at him for a while, then suddenly smiled.He leisurely walked up to Yuanli, stood there lazily, his tall body seemed to be carved out, and his arrogance came out again, "If sister-in-law likes to watch, just say it straight, I stand still, you can Feel free to look."

His jaw was tense, beads of sweat were dripping from his Adam's apple on his neck, and he said with a joke: "After all, I also know that my sister-in-law will not grow up to look like me, so I will inevitably feel envious in my heart."

Yuan Li hesitated to speak, and finally said honestly: "General, your boots are open."

Chu Hechao: "..."

He looked down subconsciously, and sure enough, he saw a hole in the boot.Chu Hechao's face darkened, and when he raised his head again, he saw the corner of Yuan Li's mouth curled up.

Chu Hechao: "...Sister-in-law, is it funny?"

"How could it be?" Yuan Li coughed and tried his best to suppress his smile, "The general has a clean sleeve and is dedicated to serving the country and the people. I only admire him for being so poor. How can he find it funny?"

Chu Hechao's expression changed back and forth.He probably felt a little ashamed, and Yuan Li enjoyed seeing the change in his face.Suddenly, Chu Hechao's expression softened, and his voice became much gentler, "It's nothing, it's worth making my sister-in-law happy."

After saying this, the corners of Yuan Li's mouth froze, a little horrified, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

A group of people came to the tent, and the sun was blocked outside as soon as they entered the tent. Although it was not much cooler, it was not so hot and agitated.

Food has been prepared in the tent. The meals in the army are rough and not very delicate, but everyone here is used to it. After sitting down, they pick up their bowls and chopsticks to eat.

Yuanli didn't have much appetite, so he stopped after a few mouthfuls.

As soon as he stopped his chopsticks, Chu Hechao also stopped, and then everyone else put down their chopsticks.

Yuan Li's eyelids twitched, feeling something was wrong.

"General, I'm a little tired, I want to go to rest first..." Yuan Li lifted the table and prepared to get up.

"Sister-in-law," Chu Hechao said in a low voice, and stopped him in time, "I have something to tell you."

Yuan Li took a deep breath in his heart, sat back and turned to look at him, "What's the matter?"

Chu Hechao's expression was subtle, as if he couldn't speak, he glanced at Yang Zhongfa and He Lang.

Yang Zhongfa was thinking about what to say when He Lang jumped out, "Young Master Yuan, our army is about to run out of food."

Yuan Li was shocked: "How could it be? The food delivered earlier is enough to feed [-] troops for another two months!"

He Lang was looked at so harshly by him, so he couldn't help saying everything, "The weather is getting hotter, and once a soldier is injured, it will be very dangerous. The general saw that there were almost no grains of white rice in Zhuolu County, so he used They persuaded the Baimi crowd to surrender on the grounds of food. Some of the Baimi crowd couldn’t bear it, so they opened the city gate for us, but the situation in Zhuolu County was extremely serious. Except for the Baimi crowd, there was no food, and [-]% of the ordinary people starved to death. The general then took the food from the general to help these people, and at this moment, porridge is still being distributed in Zhuolu County."

He Lang has been under Chu Hechao's command for two years, not to mention that only [-]% of the people died of starvation this time, they have seen even worse cases where a whole city was slaughtered, but they never took out a grain of food in the past .

The reason is nothing more than other, because their food is not enough to eat by themselves.

Chu Hechao's army has a lot of military regulations, which is different from other armies.Other armies would go to grab the spoils after the battle, looting the whole city to feed the war.However, they had never done anything to plunder the people's cities, so there was very little food to maintain the army, and they could only rely on the imperial court's military salary, let alone helping other people.

And this time, it was the first time that He Lang saw Chu Hechao so confidently taking out a lot of food to subdue the enemy and help the people.The scene of the cartloads of grain being delivered to Zhuolu County made He Lang tremble in his heart.

Mother, what made the general do such an irrational thing?

After seeing Yuanli come back, He Lang finally figured it out.

Oh, that's because the general has a sister-in-law, the God of Wealth, behind him.

After Yuan Li heard it, his face remained calm, but he was greatly relieved in his heart.Zhuolu County is the Zhuolu County of Youzhou, and the people in it are also the people of Youzhou. For the sake of the peace of Youzhou, even if Chu Hechao does not do this, he will resettle these people who have been ravaged by the rice crowd.

He thought it was something bad, but it turned out to be this kind of thing.Yuan Li could only feel relieved that this method could not only avoid casualties on his own side but also save the common people, the attitude of these people almost surprised him.

"How much food did the general take out? How much food is left?" Yuan Li relaxed, raised his water glass and drank, and asked casually.

Chu Hechao's face remained unchanged, but his eyes flickered for a moment, and he said concisely: "There is still half a month's ration left."

Yuan Li spat out a mouthful of water with a "poof": "..."

Half a month? !

He looked at Chu Hechao in disbelief.

Chu Hechao, you are truly a "prodigal son"!