Bright moon out of Tianshan

Just as he was having fun, Xiao Jian suddenly heard faint footsteps, he hurriedly sneaked up to Ding Wuxia, and said in a low voice: "Old Ding, someone is coming, quickly hide!" He dragged his brother-in-law into the water and swam into the sand. Hidden in the reed bamboo on the edge of Ting.I quietly probed to look, and saw more than [-] black-clothed soldiers with swords on the other side of the river, speeding along the bank.

He stared intently for a while, then said in a low voice, "Old Ding, he looks like an enemy!"

Ding Wuxia said: "The enemy is also normal, we are actually very close to the enemy now, maybe we came out to explore the way."

Xiao Jian said: "It's not bad to come out to explore the way. Just wait, I'll catch one and ask. I'll lend you some clothes." He forcibly tore off his top and wrapped himself up indiscriminately, and wanted to dive away.

Ding Wuxia was startled and said: "You, you...they have a lot of people! Tiantian, you haven't put on your clothes yet! Chunguang... that... leaked..." But he didn't hold back, and he disappeared into the water trace.

Xiao Jian got out of the water and came ashore, and with his clothes disheveled, he spread out his light kung fu and rushed over, quietly approaching the group of people, hiding behind a bush, stretched out his hand to pick up a few stones, and flicked towards a patch of miscellaneous trees. It was silent at first, and then the sound became louder and louder, and it bounced into the bushes with a "chi" sound. Sure enough, a group of people suddenly stood still, and the leader shouted: "Who?"

He then threw stones at the other two clumps of miscellaneous trees. The group of soldiers couldn't figure out where the stones came from.Xiao Jian aimed at a single person, followed him with lightness kung fu, and shot him like the wind from behind, knocking him down silently, and directly carried him on his shoulders, the stones in his hand kept popping out, disrupting the enemy's movement in the dark night. Listening, and then turned around and slipped away through the bushes.

Ding Wuxia saw that he really brought a person to swim in the water, he was both surprised and happy, and said: "Get here, torture to extract a confession! Xiao Jian, will you torture someone?"

Xiao Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know how, I'm not good at it, you should do it."

Ding Wuxia wondered: "I'm also born kind, and I'm not good at it."

The two were politely giving way to each other, Kong Rong showed pear-like respect for relatives and friends, but he heard a hoarse but ironic voice on the shore say: "Throw it over, this general is best at extorting confessions by torture!"

Xiao Jian trembled and threw the man into the water with a splash. He quickly picked him up and looked up. In the night and under the moonlight, it was the tall and mighty figure of General Yang Baozhen standing on the bank.

Xiao Jian thought something was wrong in his heart, so he had to forcefully throw the person in his hand, but Yang Baozhen stretched out his hand to catch it.He held the person upside down in his hands, with a sneer on his lips, looked at Xiao Jian and Ding Wuxia who were motionless in the water, and after a while he snorted coldly: "I haven't come up yet, wait for the general to come in personally to invite you ?”

Both of them were disheveled, so they had no choice but to go ashore like this, and hurried over to get dressed.Fortunately, the dark night was so deep that it could barely cover up a bit of embarrassment.When he was fully dressed, Yang Baozhen said, "Go back to the camp!"

After turning back to the camp, Ding Wuxia followed General Yang to the tent, Xiao Jian wanted to pretend to be confused and took the opportunity to return to his tent, before slipping away two steps quietly, he heard Yang Baozhen say: "Xiao Jian, where are you going?"

Xiao Jian apologized and said with a smile: "This subordinate is planning to go...to make it easier, what orders does General Yang have?"

Yang Baozhen said: "Convenience? Hold on first, come here!" Xiao Jian had no choice but to follow him into the tent of the Chinese army, but Gao Huai was still awake, and read a book by a candle inside, neatly dressed. When he saw everyone coming in, he took the book Putting it down, he glanced at Xiao Jian and Ding Wuxia, and said, "Why did you bring them here?"

Yang Baozhen said: "Let me be caught by the general." He put the captured man on the ground and kicked his acupuncture point sealed by Xiao Jian. The man panicked and was framed by two soldiers with knives , I heard Yang Baozhen shout: "Come here, give him the punishment!"

Hulala came in with a group of people, including the lieutenant general's own soldiers, and tortured them in front of everyone to extract a confession. The prisoner said that he was a soldier of Zhao State who came out to investigate the enemy's situation.Yang Baozhen faintly felt that something was wrong, and said: "You are not like a Zhao countryman! Hit!" The soldier beat him hard with a leather whip.I searched him and found nothing.After a moment of stalemate like this, Xiao Jian suddenly said from one side: "He must be from Beiyan."

Yang Baozhen wondered, "How do you know?"

Xiao remonstrated: "The cook at home, Yun Niang, who steams my buns for me, her husband is from the country of Yan, and she only speaks with this accent."

Yang Baozhen suddenly squinted at him and sneered: "Is there someone in your family who steams buns for you? Hehehe, as a reward for you today, I took out his intestines and steamed buns for you." Carrying the knife over, he prepared A small incision was made in his abdomen, and then the intestines were pulled out bit by bit, but the man could not die for a moment.The soldier thought he had heard about the torture, his expression changed drastically, and he told the truth immediately, he was indeed a soldier of Beiyan, but he couldn't explain why he came here, he only said that he was following the orders of his superiors Followed to check the terrain.

Yang Baozhen said: "Drag it out and cut it." Turning his head to look at Gao Huai, he said, "Let me just say, our troops are not inferior to Zhao Guo, but why are we so passive this time? It turns out that Beiyan also came to intervene. Aren't they afraid that His Highness will take advantage of the situation?"

Gao Huai smiled and said: "They are afraid of my brother, so they simply avoided their edge and joined forces to bully us. This is also normal. After all, breaking through the Yellow River defense line is beneficial to Zhao Guobeiyan."

Yang Baozhen continued to sneer, and said: "Yes, Zhao Yuancai and Wei Mingzhen are now sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Isn't there a folk saying that half of the sister-in-law belongs to the brother-in-law, and half of the brother-in-law may belong to the brother-in-law. The two should have a good relationship Intimacy is the way to go." Xiao Jian and Ding Wuxia heard his eccentric words, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Yang Baozhen's eyes suddenly turned to Xiao Jian and Ding Wuxia, and said: "Now it's your turn. After all, what are you doing out in the middle of the night?"

When Xiao Jian heard his first sentence, his heart skipped a beat, thinking that he was going to punish him twice, but when he heard the second sentence, Fang felt a little relieved, and said: "General, it's hot, we want to go to the river. Take a bath here. Ding Wuxia didn't want to go, but I forced him to go."

Yang Baozhen said: "Bath? Did you sneak out to take a shower in the middle of the night? Or is there some other ulterior motive?"

Xiao Jian could only say: "There is no other activity, just taking a bath, but all the subordinates... came back in time, and the progress of the march was not affected."

Yang Baozhen smiled, but there was a hint of gritted teeth: "It didn't affect the progress of the march? Do you think the march is a joke? If there are 10,000+ people in the army running around in the middle of the night, this general doesn't have the time to arrest people. Come on, Drag these two people out, each with twenty army sticks!"

Xiao Jian became anxious when he heard this, he has internal strength, and he is not afraid of being knocked down, but this Ding Wuxia is weaker than Xiao Yao since he was a child, if these twenty sticks come down, don't he lose half his life?He hurriedly stopped in front and said: "General Yang, Ding Wuxia is really the one who forced him to go. His twenty military sticks should be counted on me." As he said, he looked at him as if he was asking for help. Looking at Gao Huai, I dreamed that he could speak up.Unexpectedly, Gao Huai reached out and picked up his book again, pretending to look at it, obviously thinking that he should type it, and planned to stay out of it.

Ding Wuxia stretched out his hand and tugged at Xiao Jian's clothes, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Jian, begging for mercy is useless, let's suffer together, we can't die anyway." Xiao Jian said decisively: "No! Even if you can't die, But it beat you into the room and is useless, what about my sister? I will take this stick for you!"

Gao Huai's book fell on the desk with a "slap", and he turned his head in the candlelight, not daring to look at the two of them, presumably trying to hold back a smile.But Yang Baozhen laughed strangely without concealing it: "Xiao Jian, when did you hear that being beaten by the army stick would be useless? If you say that, this general has long been useless. The three men and two women in the family are five This child was born for me by someone else? Besides, aren't you afraid that you will be beaten up and useless? "

Xiao remonstrated: "Your subordinates are not married, so what does it matter if they are useful or not? But after being beaten, my subordinates also have a doubt. General Yang went to the riverside alone in the middle of the night, why?"

Hearing this, Yang Baozhen suddenly brightened his eyebrows and brightened up. He was lively and happy. He stretched out his hand and sat down on a chair. Why did the general go to the river? To be honest, it doesn’t matter. It’s hot today, so I just went to take a bath quietly! I didn’t expect that our heroes saw the same thing and found a place.” He stretched out his hand and made a timely gesture. The gesture interrupted Xiao Jian's words, and he continued: "You have to say, why can't the general wash but the subordinates can't? This is a long story. This general only allows the state officials to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps. It has been decades since the Dragon Cavalry Army knew about it, and no one dared to comment. As for the reason? It’s okay to tell you, this general’s power was obtained by the army stick.”

"When I first joined the army, I started hanging out with General Xie. At that time, it was May and June, and the weather was hot. I was a clean person by nature, so I slipped out to take a bath every night. As a result, I often walked by the river and got wet shoes sooner or later. , was sued to General Xie. General Xie ordered him to hold him down and beat him with 18 army sticks. He was stripped naked and beaten. That shame! That shame! But after the stick injury healed, General Ben thought that he had already been beaten anyway, and he had lost his life, so he might as well wash it off. Then he went again, and was beaten with 360 military sticks. I have such an unrepentant temperament, hurt Okay, let’s go on. I got No. [-] times over and over again, and I received a total of [-] army sticks. I have to put it together and die a few times. General Xie, he finally lost his patience. This will be rare for me. , he was reluctant to kill me because of such a trivial matter. Finally, he said that he was desperate for me and he didn't care about me. If I am above [-] people, no one will dare to control me anymore."

Yang Baozhen looked at Xiao Jian with a smile: "Xiao Jian, if you can endure 360 ​​military sticks like me, no matter whether you suffer separately or together, this general will also give you the right to sneak out to take a bath. You. Or when you are so prosperous and have outstanding military exploits, you can squeeze this general down, and you can also walk sideways in the dragoon army and no one cares about it, not to mention taking a bath, you can kill people! How about it?"

Xiao Jian listened silently, and said for a long while: "This subordinate is no match for the general. I don't want to suffer so many military sticks. I won't have any meritorious service for a while. This is my brother-in-law's military stick." I got it, I won’t dare in the future.”

Yang Baozhen said: "That's right, Lizi can be taught, don't imitate this general's temperament of not hitting the south wall and not looking back. Look at you, you have a sense of responsibility and affection, and you have captured such an enemy and brought such an enemy. This general is not an unreasonable person. If it belongs to your brother-in-law, then let him be spared, so that he will not be useless. Someone, drag Xiao Jian out, twenty army sticks."

Hearing that what he said was reasonable, Xiao Jian turned himself into a hero who knew the current affairs, and followed the soldiers who were executing the execution dignifiedly.Ding Wuxia stamped his feet anxiously, but he didn't dare to go up to stop him.

He was pushed down and beaten, and the muffled sound came into the tent, Ding Wuxia was startled, but he couldn't hear Xiao Jian's cry of pain, he didn't dare to go out to have a look, but Yang Baozhen looked satisfied Looking at the color, he said triumphantly: "The stinking faults of the children of this family must be corrected! Especially the grandson of that old man Xiao Run, he can't be forgiven lightly! Heh heh heh, I have survived like this, and now it's my turn It's their time!"

Gao Huai turned to look at him, and interrupted him: "General Yang, there is no news about Luoyang City, and we don't know how Wang Ying was defeated. We must send someone to investigate clearly to see if there is any Bei Yan. How many soldiers and horses are here, I guess, much more than we expected! Besides, the people he sent from Beiyan have already infiltrated here, we have to act faster."

Yang Baozhen said: "Actually, I planned to go to Xiao Jian in my heart. Although he is a second minister, he has quick reflexes and high martial arts skills. He is the most suitable for this sneaky business. He beat him again. I'm afraid it will take several days." If you can’t move, then send Han Lin there first.”

Gao Huai thought: "Why do you keep saying the words after the second minister? Since you want to use him, why didn't you resist hitting him just now?" Then he said: "Then let Han Lin go, Divide the troops into small groups, so that they can retreat and transfer in time." Turning to Ding Wuxia, he said, "You go to see your brother-in-law tonight, this is the ointment, use it for him." He casually threw a bottle of Ouchi's imperial medicine When the healing ointment passed, Ding Wuxia hurriedly reached out to catch it. Hearing that the fight outside was over, he took advantage of the situation to leave and hurried over to take care of Xiao Jian.

Xiao Jian was taken back to his tent, and when he was hit by the army stick, he secretly used his internal energy to protect his tendons, it was a traumatic injury, but the pain was severe.Lying there sweating coldly, Ding Wuxia cautiously gave him medicine, Xiao Jian said: "It's not a big problem, what medicine should I take? It will be fine in a few days."

On the second day, he was arranged to lie on a broken car and follow the march. Gao Huai rode over on the way and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Xiao Jian hated him for not speaking for him last night, so he got up arrogantly, put his face in his arms and pretended to be asleep.Gao Huai didn't think it was a stick, he rode his horse and followed the cart, and said with a smile, "If you don't get beaten honestly, there are still good things waiting for you. This beating is all over. However, I... still want to order you around , wait until you are better."

Xiao Jian stopped pretending to be asleep when he heard it, and said, "What's the matter? Come and listen to me?"

Gao Huai said: "Your qinggong is good. When you are well, quietly go out with me to see the enemy's situation. Although Han Lin has gone, I still want to see it myself." He thought back and forth, and said slowly: " It’s my first time to lead a team, so I don’t have any experience, so I can figure out some things by myself and rest assured.”

Xiao Jian hurriedly said: "I won't be in pain tomorrow, I will definitely not be in pain tomorrow."

Gao Huai asked, "Have you used that medicine?" Xiao Jian dared not say that it was useless, so he said, "I have used it, and the medicine is very effective. Thank you, Third Highness!"

Gao Huai frowned slightly, and said: "The medicine has a strong mint and musky smell. You can smell it from a long distance after using it. I'm so close to you, why doesn't it smell at all? Have you used it? "Xiao Jian had nothing to say, so he had to say for a long time: "You are still far away, why don't you come and lie down and smell it?" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he blushed first.Gao Huai was stunned, he didn't expect to come to visit his injury kindly, but was molested by him instead.With a cold snort, he rode away.

Xiao Jian was extremely embarrassed.