Zhu Nao

Let's talk about Qingyang Barracks.

When Xie Wuji was dealing with military affairs, a voice came from outside, saying that the guard guarding Zhu Jiao asked to see him.Xie Wuji put down what he was doing and said, "Come in."

After a while, the guard came in and saluted Xie Wuji: "General."

Xie Wuji asked: "What's the matter?"

The guard said: "Half an hour ago, Miss Zhu slipped out of the courtyard over the wall."

Xie Wuji frowned: "Where did she go?"

The guard said: "We followed her secretly all the way and found her walking around. Due to the heavy defense everywhere, she had no place to go in, so she went to the school grounds to peek at the training. Now she has been staying near the school grounds for half an hour. gone."

"School?" Xie Wuji frowned involuntarily.

Zhu Jiao has been in the barracks for a few days, Xie Wuji can naturally see that she has ulterior motives here, it is definitely not as simple as simply admiring him.And he didn't know what the forces behind Zhu Jiao were, and what she was thinking, so he ordered the guards to observe her secretly to find out her purpose.

Unexpectedly, after Zhu Jiao slipped out, she went to the school grounds.

This school yard is where the soldiers train, and it is not particularly secret.If you want to inquire about the news, you can only see the state of the soldiers on the school field, so as to roughly understand the strength of the army.

Xie Wuji thought for a while, and asked, "Has she had any contact with anyone? Did she inquire about something?"

The guard shook his head: "That's not true."

Xie Wuji was thoughtful.What exactly is Zhu Jiao planning to do?

At this moment, another voice was heard: "General, the Qingyang envoy has arrived and is asking to see the general outside the camp."

Xie Wuji frowned.He ordered someone to go to Qingyang to report Zhu Jiao's safety, and counting the time, the person who came to pick Zhu Jiao up should have arrived.

However, Xie Wuji was not in a hurry to meet Qingyang's envoy, he only ordered Wu Cong: "Go and entertain those people first, and see what their intentions are here."

"Yes." Wu Cong replied, and hurriedly went out to receive the envoy.

Xie Wuji gave another order to the guards: "Go and bring Zhu Jiao back to me."

He used the word "catch" instead of "please", and the guards got an order and hurried to the school grounds.

Not long after, a woman's shouting and cursing came from outside the house, and after a while, Zhu Jiao was carried into the house by a guard.

Before entering the house, Zhu Jiao couldn't help struggling, trying to get rid of the restraint of the guards.But when she was in front of Xie Wuji, she immediately faltered.After being put down by the guards, she could only smile at Xie Wuji with a guilty conscience: "Hehe... Thank you, General Xie..."

Xie Wuji ignored her gags and overtures, and asked coldly: "Miss Zhu, do you know the rules in the barracks?"

Zhu Jiao didn't dare to say anything.In the past few days, Xie Wuji specially sent her a copy of military laws and regulations, which was more than ten pages thick, in order to prevent her from messing around in the barracks in the name of innocence.He seemed to be afraid that she could not read, so he sent someone to explain to her one by one.Right now, she just wants to shirk that she doesn't know.

Xie Wuji said slowly: "Miss Zhu, do you know what crime it is to spy on the military?"

Zhu Jiao was embarrassed: "I didn't..."

She knew that Xie Wuji was very taboo about spying on the military situation, and those who violated the order would be punished with severe punishment, and lightly with a hundred sticks.And with this hundred army sticks, it is basically dead. It would be better to end it with one knife.The reason why she still slipped out was because she was very curious about the military camp, and wanted to see how Xie Wuji, the legendary ever-victorious general, managed the army, and how it was different from the Qingyang Army.And she also took some chances, thinking that she was Qingyanghounv after all, even if she was caught, Xie Wuji would not really do anything to her.

However, ever since she saw Xie Wuji, the words "pity the fragrance and cherish the jade" have no relationship with Xie Wuji.

Xie Wuji suddenly raised his voice and scolded: "Zhu Jiao! Who did you order to spy on our army?!"

Zhu Jiao was so frightened by his sudden attack that she trembled suddenly, she was so dumb that she couldn't speak.

Xie Wuji didn't push her, just looked at her with cold eyes.

Zhu Jiao was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, how did she experience this?When she realized that something was wrong, feelings of grievance and fear welled up together, and tears soon rolled in her eyes: "I didn't, I wasn't...I..." She stuttered, and she was so flustered that she couldn't even speak clear.

"What are you not?! Since you know the military order, why are you still running around in the camp?! What is your intention?!"

Zhu Jiao was so frightened that she backed away again and again, faltering and hawing, at a loss.

Seeing that she still refused to speak, Xie Wuji felt disappointed, and said coldly: "Okay. You are unwilling to speak, and you are a rich man, so you can't be punished with sticks. Then you can only wrong those servants you brought to bear on behalf of the master." Already!"

He turned his head and ordered: "Go and bring Miss Zhu's four servants, each with a hundred staffs!"

Zhu Jiao was anxious now, and she didn't care about being afraid, she rushed forward and grabbed Xie Wuji's arm, and said loudly: "No, no, you can't hit them!"

Those who were willing to follow Zhu Jiao from Qingyang to Fu County were all the people closest to Zhu Jiao, and some of them grew up with her.How could she see them tortured?

Xie Wuji was unmoved, and the guards had already turned around and went out to arrest him.

Zhu Jiao was so anxious that she wanted to pull back all the guards who were going to arrest people, but she couldn't do it alone.She could only rush forward and grab Xie Wuji's lapel: "You take back the order, quickly take back the order!"

Xie Wuji looked at her condescendingly, his eyes didn't loosen a bit.He said lightly: "Miss Zhu, this is the military camp, and this is the military order."

Zhu Jiao beat him hard, trying to force him to take back his life, but her flamboyant fists and embroidered legs had no effect on Xie Wuji.Xie Wuji caught her fist with his palm, and Zhu Jiao staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground.

She raised her head and looked at Xie Wuji who was as majestic as an iceberg, filled with grievances, and tears began to fall down.

"How could you do this to me? How could you do this to me!...Do you know me...me!"

She wanted to say, do you know why I worked so hard to come here?Why do I have to marry you so shamelessly?I'm not afraid that my father will join forces with the cult to deal with you, I'm not hoping that you can eradicate the cult!I don't hesitate to take myself as a hostage, just to change my father's decision, and you still treat me like this!

But just when the words were about to blurt out, she held back abruptly.

But after getting in touch with Xie Wuji in the past few days, she knew that Xie Wuji was a ruthless person. If Xie Wuji really knew about Qingyanghou's involvement with the cult, he might send troops to deal with Qingyang immediately.Even though Zhu Jiao couldn't approve of her father's decision, it was her father after all, and she couldn't bring her family into injustice.

Xie Wuji watched her hesitate to speak, secretly disappointed.He walked forward and knelt down in front of Zhu Jiao, but he didn't help Zhu Jiao up, but only looked at him deeply: "Miss Zhu, what do you want to say to me?"

Zhu Jiao's whole body tensed up, she froze for a moment, then shook her head vigorously: "No!"

Xie Wuji said nothing.

Zhu Jiao was flustered by his gaze, afraid that she might say something wrong if she stayed any longer, so she pushed him away and got up and ran outside.

She just ran two steps, but she heard Xie Wuji calmly say: "Miss Zhu."

She didn't stop, when she reached the door, she was about to step out when she heard Xie Wuji say: "Just now Qingyang's envoy arrived. I'm waiting outside the camp to pick you up."

Zhu Jiao was stunned, and her footsteps also stopped.

She was in a hurry, and she didn't know if her father had changed his mind when she left this time?Do you want to take her back because you are worried about her safety or do you still want to join forces with the cult?A sense of hatred and contempt for the cult suddenly rose in her heart, but she also thought of Xie Wuji's repeated cold treatment to her in the past few days. After all, the latter's grievances were even better.

She said viciously: "Then I'll go back with them! Since you hate me so much, General Xie, I won't be in your way anymore. Are you doing what you want?!" After finishing speaking, she quickened her pace and rushed out .

Xie Wuji watched silently from behind and did not stop him.

However, when she ran to the gate of the yard, she bumped into Wu Cong who happened to be entering the yard.Wu Cong was startled when he saw Zhu Jiao whose face was full of tears, and looked at Xie Wuji behind helplessly: "This... general, general?"

Xie Wuji didn't explain, just asked: "What did the envoy of Marquis Qingyang say?"

Wu Cong looked at Xie Wuji, then at Zhu Jiao.Under the signal of Xie Wuji's eyes, he said honestly: "Uh, they said that Miss Zhu is young and ignorant, causing trouble for the general..."

After a pause, he braced himself to resist Zhu Jiao's resentful gaze, and continued: "They also said that the Qingyanghou couple were worried about their daughter's safety and had been unable to sleep for many days. I hope the general will send Miss Zhu back as soon as possible. As long as Zhu The girl is safe and sound, the Marquis of Qingyang is willing to send troops to help immediately, and all soldiers and horses are at the command of the general."

When Zhu Jiao heard that her parents were worried that she would not be able to sleep, her heart tightened and she felt extremely guilty.But when she heard the second half of the sentence, her father was willing to send troops to help Xie Wuji free of charge, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

Based on what she knew about her father, he was by no means such an easy-talking person.Even if he is willing to send troops to help, he will definitely negotiate a lot of conditions with Xie Wuji so that Qingyang can benefit from the war and not lose troops in vain.But these words are so cheerful, I'm afraid they have other plans...

After all kinds of entanglement, most of her anger has disappeared, and in the end, righteousness prevailed.She gritted her teeth, stomped her feet, and turned around again.

Xie Wuji looked at her with scrutiny.

Zhu Jiao wiped away her tears vigorously, her tone was vicious, as if she wanted to bite off a piece of meat from Xie Wuji's body: "If I don't leave, I will rely on you! Don't even try to trade me for troops. If you don't marry me , I will hang myself in your barracks, see if my father will send troops to help you!"

To her surprise, Xie Wuji didn't stop her when she was about to leave, and he didn't force her to leave when she came back. His eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking—it wasn't regret or emotion anyway.

Although Zhu Jiao had made up her mind, she still couldn't help being angry and wronged, and asked: "Xie Wuji, why are you so cruel to me? Can't you pity me?"

Xie Wuji still looked at her condescendingly, and there seemed to be some indescribable complexity in his deep eyes.

He asked softly and slowly: "I pity you, who can pity me?"

Zhu Jiao was stunned for a moment.It was hard for her to imagine these words coming out of Xie Wuji's mouth. Does a person as powerful as Xie Wuji need others to pity him?

But suddenly, somehow, she thought of some questions that she had never thought of before.

A person who can command an army of tens of thousands, a person who is still willing to bend even when his father compromises with the cult, what exactly is he carrying and shouldering...