after being kidnapped by the general

The person from Karasuma came by coincidence, just in time for a thunderstorm that day.

Yuanli didn't want Karasuma people to step into Ji County, so he took them to another idle farm in the suburbs, set up tables, chairs, drinks, and built a bonfire on the open space of the farm.

In order to prevent sudden rainstorms, Yuanli also built many rainproof cloth tents at the place where Karasuma people feasted.

People who saw these cloths were taken aback for a moment.

He Lang tugged at Yang Zhongfa, and bewilderedly motioned him to look at these cloths, "Master Yang, is it because you are afraid that the rain will come that Lord Inspector made these cloths?"

Yang Zhongfa was sweating all over from the sultry weather. He fanned himself with his sleeves. He was puzzled when he saw Bupeng. He didn't think too much about it, and said, "My lord, I hope it will rain. .”

"Alas," He Lang sighed, "The spring rains have been delayed, and the ground is cracked. If there is no more rain, people will be cut off from food and grain, and our war horses will have no fodder to eat."

After speaking, he looked up at the weather.The weather was dry and extremely dull. The sand on the ground was blown up by the wind, so it didn't look like it was going to rain.

Alas, Mr. Yuan's cloth is probably for nothing.Rain is so easy to look forward to.

As soon as they mentioned this matter, they felt heavy in their hearts.Yang Zhongfa shook his head, followed Chu Hechao to his respective seats and sat down.

The Karasuma people came to meet the governor, but because they were worried that the Karasuma people would take the opportunity to make things difficult for Yuan Li, Chu Hechao brought two generals to help.

All of Yuanli's own subordinates attended the banquet, including Zheng Rong and Zhou Gongdan who had defected to Yuanli's name not long ago, and also got the last seats.

Yuan Li sat alone in a high position, but this time Chu Hechao was sitting at the bottom left of him.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the right was respected, so foreign relatives were also called "right relatives", but in social occasions, the seat was respected by the left.

Not long after, Gu Lichi and four Karasuma-sama rushed over with their own soldiers.

Before they got close, they were stopped by Gong Bin and Lu Hui, both of whom were centurions in Yuanli's personal army. They looked serious and spoke forcefully, telling the Karasuma people to take off their armor and weapons.

The Karasumas exchanged glances with each other and removed their armor and weapons.

Gong Bin and Lu Hui said again: "All your personal soldiers can't go in either."

Dadan frowned, as if he was about to get angry, "What do you mean? We are here to visit the governor, not to plead guilty. Is this how the governor treats guests?"

But the soldiers blocking the way were not afraid, and their tone was even more insistent, "My lords, please obey your orders."

The two sides were at war with each other for a while.

The Karasuma people came here this time to show off the new governor, but just by looking at the tough posture of the governor's personal soldiers, they can know that the governor is by no means a weak character for others to bully.

Gu Lichi, who had been silent all this time, raised his hand, leaving most of the guards outside, and only brought a dozen or so strong men inside.

From a distance, Yuanli saw their figures.

These Karasuma people came aggressively, and their walking posture was also very arrogant.

Yuan Li finally saw the appearance of these Karasuma people when he walked up to him.

Even though the Karasuma people moved to Youzhou, they did not change their nomadic nature.Every day, the livestock herding is exposed to the wind and the sun, and each of them has dark skin and a rough air.

The leader is Gu Lichi, who is only in his 30s and is in his prime.He has curly and thick hair, a Karasuma cowhide hat on his head, deep facial features, a high nose bridge, but thin lips that are ungrateful, an ambitious and extremely greedy look.

Yuan Li glanced at him up and down, then settled on his left arm.

The place where there should have been an arm was empty, and that was thanks to Chu Hechao cutting it off with a single knife.

There was a slight smile on the corner of Yuan Li's mouth, and he glanced at Chu Hechao from the corner of his eye.Chu Hechao was looking at Gu Lichi coldly, when he noticed Yuan Li's gaze, he turned his head to look, his eyes were deep.Yuan Li exchanged a glance with him, then looked away as if nothing had happened.

Gu Lichi and the four Karasuma-samas walked into the arena to salute, each of them being perfunctory.Gu Lichi didn't even move a bit, a pair of poisonous snake-like eyes emerged from the curly hair, with a gloomy look, he grinned, "I have a disability, Lord Inspector is generous, you probably don't mind that I can't salute."

"Of course I don't mind," Yuan Li smiled, and said magnanimously, "but I'm worried about you. Gu Lichi, if you can't even do a salute, how can you ride a horse and shoot arrows, how can you command the huge Karasuma What about the Horde?"

He looked at Karasuma-sama who were following Guli naked again, and said slowly: "Are all Karasuma-samas also convinced by your rule?"

Gu Lichi squinted his eyes, and the flesh on his face trembled.

When the faces of the Karasuma people changed, they were about to yell out in anger.

Yuanli smiled apologetically at this moment, picked up a glass of wine, stood up and paid respects to Gu Lichi and the other Karasuma-sama, "I am still young, I was just joking with you, if you say something unpleasant, everyone Don’t take it too seriously. Come on, everyone, please sit down, let’s raise our glasses and drink together.”

The Karasuma people's words were stuck in their throats. They are all people in their 40s and 20s. They care about a young man who is less than [-] years old. It is only a joke if it gets out, not to mention that Yuanli said this Just kidding.They were very aggrieved, Gu Lichi stared at Yuanli for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud, "You are indeed the general's sister-in-law."

Leader Karasuma's voice was hoarse, like a poisonous snake spitting out a snake letter and "hissing". He looked at Chu Hechao, then at Yuanli, and smiled strangely, "You two are worthy It's family."

After speaking, he walked to the table first and sat down, which happened to be the first one on the bottom right, directly opposite to Chu Hechao.

Seeing Chu Hechao's face, Gu Lichi's expression twisted for a moment, his right hand was clenched tightly, and he quickly regained his composure.

Seeing that the leaders were all seated, Lord Karasuma Zuo Sang, who was closely following Gu Lichi and from Youbeiping County, snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and said in a strange tone: "Since the governor knows that what he said is not good, let's not say a few words." .”

Yuan Li raised his eyebrows, but he could tell that there was something wrong with Gu Lichi's mental state.

Gu Lichi's emotions are a little sensitive, but also very fickle, and his external attack power is very strong.It is also easy to understand that it is unacceptable for a person with sound limbs to lose his arms, let alone for nomads like the Karasuma people who worship the strong.

Yuanli can also see that not all of these Karasuma adults who surrendered to Gu Lichi are convinced by Gu Lichi's leadership. At least from the last negotiation with Dadan, it can be seen that Dadan, a late hero, is not so reconciled Under the name of Guli Chi.

This is very good, very good, Yuanli wished that the interior of their Karasuma people would be more chaotic.

After a drink together, the banquet officially begins.The servant came forward to pour the wine, and the food was placed on each table one by one.A bonfire is lit as a lighting tool when the sun is about to set.

Gu Lichi regained his composure, and took the lead to say: "A few days ago, I heard that the old thief Huyan Wuzhu was beheaded by the general. Dare I ask the general, do you know if the head has been preserved to this day?"

Chu Hechao put down his wine glass, "There is no need to bother to preserve the head of a thief, it was directly taken away by wild dogs."

Gu Lichi smiled, "What a hero, he ended up being snatched away by wild dogs. The general is no less brave than he was back then."

Chu Hechao pulled his lips silently.

Gu Lichi looked at Chu Hechao with hatred for a while, then turned his head to look at Yuanli, and smiled strangely, "It is said that when the old thief Huyan Wuzhu was shouting outside the Great Wall, he also humiliated the governor. What about you. He said that your uncle and sister-in-law are incestuous, and that brothers end up with brothers, so the general will be enraged and kill the old thief Huyan in one go, right?"

He recited a few words emphatically, intending to deliberately disgust people.

Yuan Li was taken aback, it was the first time he knew about this.

Subconsciously looked at Chu Hechao.

Chu Hechao's thoughts were exposed in public, as if his coat had been pulled out. He moved his fingers without a trace, raised his head without any change, and raised his eyelids, "You know it will anger me, but you still say?"

Gu Lichi suppressed the fear in his heart, and said with a smile: "I also think this is too much. The general and the governor are both men, and they are not as rude and barbaric as the Huns. With the character of the general and the governor, it is absolutely Such dirty things don’t happen.”

Every word he said made people angry, He Lang said directly: "You know, Karasuma people have always been smarter than the Huns. They know what to say, and they will die if they say something. Let us hear such unbearable rumors, and its fate will not be much better than that of the Huns."

Chu Hechao lowered his eyes to drink, and kept silent as if agreeing.

Dadan rolled his eyes, and immediately went up, "I heard that Lord Inspector put in a lot of effort to kill Huyan Wuzhu. I heard that it was a sunny day on the battlefield, but there was thunder and white fog. Mi Man, dare to ask the general and the governor, what is going on here? Is it really the same as what the common people said, that God struck the Huns to death with lightning?"

Yang Zhongfa was immediately amused, "Isn't it just what the common people said, that thunder was aimed at the Xiongnu pile, which also surprised us at that time."

Dadan's expression was not very good, "You can only deceive the common people with your words."

"Look at you people from Karasuma, you tell me when you ask me, but you don't believe me when I tell you," Yang Zhongfa said, "You are really difficult to serve."

"We want to know, it's just that we admire the achievements of the general and the governor," Gu Lichi took over the conversation, and turned to look at Yuanli, "How about the bag of salt that I gave the governor earlier? You probably haven't tasted such a thing before." Good salt."

Hearing this, the expressions of Chu Hechao and Yang Zhongfa changed subtly, and Yang Zhongfa almost choked on himself with a sip of wine.

Yuan Li tensed his expression, and said very sincerely: "The salt you sent is indeed delicious that I have never tasted before. The salt for today's banquet is cooked with the salt grains sent by adults. I am really curious, Gu Lichi, where did you get your salt?"

Gu Lichi shook his wine glass, a little proudly, "This salt is better than the salt you sold to Dadan back then, Mr. Governor, don't ask where this salt comes from, you just need to know that this salt is only available to us .If you want it, I can sell it to you at a lower price."

As he said that, Gu Lichi gave a salt price that was more expensive than when Yuanli sold salt to Dadan.

Dadan looked at Yuanli maliciously, he had said long ago that he would repay the humiliation of that day, and the opportunity came soon.

What he gave to Yuanli and Chu Hechao back then, he wants nothing left to take back!No, he wants more back!

Yuan Li almost couldn't hold back his smile, he raised his hand to drink, and gave Liu Jixin a look under the cover of his sleeve.

Liu Jixin immediately frowned, stood up and respectfully bowed to Gu Lichi, and said in puzzlement, "The business of selling salt is managed by the imperial court, but now my lord wants to sell it to my lord at such a high price. This is selling private salt. Now that the situation is chaotic, could it be that your lord wants to... rebel?"

At the end, Liu Jixin gasped and looked at these Karasuma people in astonishment.

The word "rebellion" was like a landmine, and Karasuma was caught off guard in an instant, and even Gu Lichi's face turned blue.

Who dares to bear such a pot?

The salt that people in Karasuma usually buy and sell is basically private salt, but no one has ever brought this matter to the public.Dadan pointed at Liu Jixin in surprise and anger and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Zhuzi, then why didn't you say that your master once sold my private salt!"

"My lord must have misremembered," Liu Jixin retorted slowly, "Why did my lord ever sell your private salt? My lord just exchanged salt with you for someone and some things."

Dadan was so angry that he blushed and his neck was thick. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't play tricks with you literati. We are not selling private salt, and we are just exchanging salt with you!"

"So that's how it is," Liu Jixin suddenly realized, and shook his head with a smile, "Your Excellency, you should make it clear next time. My heart is almost jumping out of fright."

Yuan Li said in agreement: "Chang Yue is right. But everyone, don't worry, it's good to make it clear, and you don't have to apologize. Tell me, how much salt do you have?"

Dadan clenched his fist tightly and took a few deep breaths before saying how much salt there was.

These salts are not much, because Yuanli is to prevent them from reselling, so the amount given to Zhang Mi every time is just right.

After they talked, Yuanli asked them what they wanted in exchange.

Karasuma people want nothing more than cloth, food and tea. After hearing this, Yuanli looked at Gu Lichi, "Your Excellency said in the letter, if this bag of salt is not enough for me, then give me another bag of salt." ?”

What he clearly said was to send half a bag of salt!

But at such a time, it is obviously embarrassing to be entangled in such a trivial matter, Gu Lichi nodded expressionlessly.

Yuan Li made a final decision: "One bag of salt still doesn't taste good, let's talk about it after eating the two bags of salt sent by the adults."

The period of probing each other ended here, Dadan was not satisfied, but sat down angrily under Gu Lichi's eyes.But Karasuma people's purpose of giving Yuanli a blow is not as simple as that.

While eating, Gu Lichi looked at Zuo Sang.Zuo Sang immediately said loudly: "Good food and wine, without singing and dancing, it's too ordinary. I would like to let my warriors come out and compare with the governor's men, so as to make everyone happy."

In such a scene, Karasuma took the initiative to provoke, and if he did not accept the call, Yuanli, the prestige of the governor, would not want to stand up.But if you apply and lose, then don't even try to deter these Karasuma people.

Yuan Li had expected them to be like this a long time ago, and when he heard what they said now, he just thought in his heart, and it really came.

He put down his chopsticks and asked with a pleasant face, "Who is the warrior you are going to send?"

A tall, burly soldier with a swollen face walked out of the soldiers behind the Karasuma people. At first glance, this man was about two meters tall, with a fierce look and fierce eyes.

Zuo Sang laughed loudly, and said loudly: "This is Tamuta, a warrior of my tribe. He has a lot of strength. I don't know if Lord Inspector has anyone under his command who can fight Tamuta?"

Yang Zhongfa's expression turned serious, he stood up and said, "I'll come with you!"

Gu Lichi smiled leisurely, "Don't worry, General Yang. This is a contest between us and the governor. You, a general from Northern Xinjiang, should not get involved."

Yang Zhongfa sat down again with a sullen face.

Chu Hechao was very calm, "Hold on, Yuanli won't necessarily lose."

Sure enough, Yuan Li's expression didn't change, he looked at his subordinates and asked, "Who wants to fight this warrior?"

Wu Kai and Wang Er stood up at the same time, clasped their fists together and said, "This subordinate is willing to give it a try!"

Yuan Li nodded and said: "No hurry, come one by one. Wu Kai, then you go to play the lead first."

Wu Kai responded resolutely, and he strode up to Tamuta.

Both of them are thick-backed and strong-backed, and they look like people of great strength.Tamuda didn't dare to underestimate this person, and put on a serious posture. Wu Kai was also extremely focused, and said cautiously: "Please."

Wu Kai knew that he must not lose, otherwise he would lose Yuan Li's face.He was ready to risk his life to defeat Tamuta.

The two quickly fought together, Tamuda raised his hand and attacked Wu Kai's chest, Wu Kai turned over and dodged, hugged Tamuta's waist and wanted to overthrow him, but Tamuta's lower body was too stable , he did not tilt.

Tamuta took the opportunity to hammer Wu Kai's back heavily, Wu Kai snorted, and immediately went to attack Tamuta's legs.

Several footprints were left on the ground by their strength. The two were evenly matched, their faces were bloodshot from the beating, and it was impossible to tell the winner for a while.The people present looked at them closely, Liu Jixin, Zhan Shaoning and the scribes looked calm, and they kept shouting to Wu Kai from the bottom of their hearts.

rush!hard!Fucking attack on the lower plate!

You can't lose, Wu Kai, you must not lose.

Perhaps their prayers had an effect, Wu Kai finally knocked Tamuda to the ground forcefully, and pressed Tamuta tightly to prevent him from getting up.

"Okay!" Yang Zhongfa stood up excitedly and clapped continuously, his hands flushed red, "Okay!"

Wang Er also looked excited, wishing to go up and join Wu Kai, and shouted excitedly: "Zu Sheng, good job!"

In contrast, Karasuma's face was a bit ugly.Unexpectedly, Zuo Sang, who did not expect the personal soldiers to lose, gave Tamuda a hard look, and said: "The governor's subordinates are indeed as good as clouds, but I still want to compare other things with the governor's people."

He looked around, "You can't run a horse here, just ride a horse, so let's compare the arrow skills of these two warriors."

Hearing this, Wu Kai showed a somewhat panicked expression.

When he took out the target and stood in front of the target with a bow and arrow in his hand, Wu Kai panicked even more.

It was Tamuda who was competing with him. Because of the defeat just now, Tamuda held his breath in his heart. He used all his skills in archery. A total of ten arrows hit the bull's-eye.

As soon as he finished shooting, Karasuma applauded loudly, and then looked at Wu Kai heavily, waiting for Wu Kai to make a move.

Their gaze put a lot of pressure on Wu Kai, Wu Kai gritted his teeth and aimed at the target, the sweat on his head almost covered his eyes.He nervously wiped his eyes on his shoulder, re-aimed again, and finally shot the first arrow.

But the first arrow didn't even touch the edge of the target, and shot directly to the ground.

The scene fell silent, and then Karasuma laughed wantonly, "Hahahaha, is this the ability of Lord Inspector's subordinates?"

"Keep your voice down, don't let the Inspector overhear, what if this strong man just let Tamuta on purpose?" someone loudly said on purpose.

"You might as well say that he was drunk. Such a big target was shot directly outside. This is the military officer of Youzhou, and he is a capable man under Lord Inspector. Who would have thought that he would be so strong."

Wu Kai was apprehensive, he took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and shot the next nine arrows.But the result was extremely ugly, only three of his ten arrows hit the target, and all of them just hit the outer ring of the target.

After shooting, Wu Kai's eyes were red, he just felt ashamed to face Yuanli, and came to Yuanli in dejection and knelt down to plead guilty.