Chapter 161 Young General: It's getting late, and the mountains and rivers are already winter
Chapter 161 Young General: It's getting late, and the mountains and rivers are already winter
The two of them sat in the yard, talking and chatting until they fell asleep without knowing when. They didn't know how the topic started and where it ended, it just ended without any result.
When they woke up the next day, they found the two of them sleeping in the yard. Seeing them wake up, the brothers of the Lin family joked, "The general and the military advisor are still drinking and chatting happily in the middle of the night. They usually fight each other when they meet. I didn't expect that their relationship can be so good."
"Haha, that's right. I thought the general and the military advisor would draw their swords and kill each other after watching for a while. It's really like the sun is rising from the west. This is the first time I see these two people so peaceful."
The truth is that Chang Qing usually tries to be lazy whenever he can and throws all the responsibilities onto Chun Heming. Every time Chun Heming does something, he curses and when he is very resentful, he will kick any dog that passes by him.
Chun Heming would suffer from a literary illness from time to time, always thinking about imitating the things of the ancients, such as sworn brotherhood and farewell with tears on the clothes, which made Changqing very annoyed.
In short, the two of them usually either disliked each other or quarreled with each other, and rarely sat together so calmly.
But everyone knows that these two are brothers who are friends for life and death. Although they say what the other person is like, whoever happens to someone will be the first to stand up.
"You two have so many things to do, and you don't do your work every day. I think you are just here for nothing. Go run ten laps." Chang Qing directly used his authority as a leader, looked at the resentful eyes of his neighbor brothers, and smiled softly: "If you two dare to make noises again, go run twenty laps."
"General, spare our lives. We will run away now."
The Lin brothers ran ten laps with bitter faces, and then came to the military camp with resentment.
"What's wrong with the two generals? You look so miserable so early in the morning."
“Hahaha, it’s really hard.”
Normally everyone is a brother, and Lin Pingan and Lin Sui don't put on airs. It was just that today they happened to be in a rage with each other, so they simply doubled the amount of training, making everyone and them suffer.
Someone wiped away tears while running: "How could you be so mean? You could see that they were in a bad mood, but you had to provoke them."
The person who spoke first also had a bitter face and swung his palm to hit himself hard on the mouth.
"I let you be cheap, let you be cheap, now it's all right, wait, that's not right, why do you blame me alone, you were laughing so happily at that time."
When Chang Qing went there in the evening, he was shocked to see everyone collapsed on the ground exhausted. "What's wrong with you? You all look so listless."
"General, I don't know what drug General Lin and the others took wrong. They doubled the training workload today. The brothers are almost crying. Later, the two of them even said they want to compete."
Chang Qing: “…”
She probably knew the reason. If nothing unexpected happened, the reason should be that the two men had teased her and Chun Heming this morning, but Chang Qing was determined not to take the blame.
She waved her sleeves lightly and stopped looking at her brothers who were complaining.
After a while, a group of people formed a circle. Lin Pingan stood in the middle and took off his shirt, exposing his arms. He said arrogantly, "Five of you, come here. Today I will teach you a lesson on how to be a good person and let you know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."
The others were ready to go and stood up one after another, and followed Lin Ping'an's instructions and attacked together.
No one felt ashamed about outnumbering others. After all, Lin Ping'an's strength was there for all to see. They were no match for him alone. Seeing him provoking everyone like this, a group of people became interested and prepared for a group fight.
As expected, Lin Ping'an swept the five men.
After he threw a few people away, he snorted and laughed: "You soldiers want to defeat me. I always tell you not to be lazy and train well. Now you are suffering."
"General Lin, you are too strong."
"Oh, our general has a lover." Someone noticed the sachet that Lin Ping'an carried with him. It looked delicate and small, and it was obviously something that belonged to a girl.
Their General Lin was usually careless and looked domineering wherever he went. How could he wear these things? He even disdained them as effeminate in the past, but now he actually carried them with him for the first time.
Lin Ping'an rarely refuted, and his ears turned red.
"What's wrong with having someone you like? When I get back, I'll invite everyone to the wedding and let you meet your sister-in-law. She's so pretty, the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."
Someone in the crowd said loudly: "General Lin, is he really that good-looking?"
"Nonsense, in my eyes, she is the most beautiful girl, kind-hearted, no one can compare to her, stop talking so much nonsense, I'm about to get married and you guys are still single, you're quite proud of it!"
Those who don't have wives: "..."
Suddenly I hated General Lin in front of me. The barracks were full of men. After staying there for a long time, I felt it was a sin to see that all the brothers around me had good looks.
Lin Ping'an's words aroused the anger of the crowd, and everyone rushed forward. Some held his hands, some held his legs, and they just tried their best to squeeze on him.
Lin Ping'an carefully protected his sachet, and everyone was considerate enough to avoid the place where he hung the sachet, and they were all laughing and making a lot of noise.
But in the end, everyone got serious and competed with each other. Chang Qing also took action in the end. Looking at the people who were knocked down, he said in a very pretentious way: "Being invincible is too lonely."
Someone narrowed his eyes slightly: "What should I do? I always feel that the general is a little bit..."
He carefully considered his words, but since he didn't know the word "pretentious", he couldn't describe how he felt. He could only say, "I deserve a beating."
"I think so too, but we can't beat the general. Alas, the general is showing mercy. I don't know when I can become as powerful as the general."
Everyone spent a happy night, and after breakfast the next day, they arrived at Robber Bay.
Robber's Bay is different from Longhu Mountain. In the past, there were often people stealing cattle and horses here. There were also bandits who robbed everywhere, so the name Robber's Bay came into being.
Chang Qing knew very well that these people in Robber Bay were just thrown to them by the people behind the scenes. He hoped that they would just do their job honestly after taking these people and not cause any trouble.
"Oh, I was wondering who it was. Isn't this our famous General Xu? I heard that General Xu has been very busy rescuing people recently. How come he has time to come to us?"
The sound of horse hooves rang out, and people rushed out soon. The leader was carrying a machete on his shoulder. His eyes sank slightly as he looked at Xu's army.
"I've been very busy lately. I heard that things around Robber Bay have been a bit uneasy these past few days, and many merchants have been killed. This general wanted to come and take a look."
Chang Qing looked at this group of people who had become abandoned. In fact, he should have guessed long ago that the reason these people separated from Longhu Mountain was to throw them out one day to shut up the court.
In general, both of them knew what was going on. The leading bandit was silent for a while, then he started laughing: "I heard that General Xu's martial arts are unparalleled in the world. I have long wanted to learn from him. I didn't expect to have this opportunity today. I hope General Xu can teach me more."
The gap in strength between the two sides was too huge. On one side was the Xu family army, which was well-trained and invincible on the battlefield and had good equipment. The mutants were made up of some rioters, and even the knives in their hands were made by themselves in the mountain village.
Chang Qing also gave the bandit a chance, but after the two of them fought for one move, the bandit felt his palms shaking and he almost couldn't hold the knife.
He looked up at Chang Qing in surprise. He didn't expect that such a weak-looking boy could be so strong. Even though he had never underestimated the boy, his performance was still beyond his expectations.
He suddenly burst into laughter, thinking that the leaders of Mount Longhu were in trouble.
Will the young general just destroy the bandit and let it go?
Will not.
From the first moment he saw this man, looking at him sitting on the tall horse, watching everything with a cold expression, he knew that this man would not give up.
Although he was not clear about the game of those big shots, he knew that the young general was no ordinary person. He was worldly-wise but not worldly-wise. Since he had come this time, he must have made full preparations.
It doesn't matter, he is just a life. His family will grow up in peace and wealth, and they don't have to suffer from hunger and cold like he did before. In the future, they will study hard and pass the imperial examinations. Then he can rest in peace in his grave.
In the end, the bandit leader could only see the cold light of the knife in the sunlight and watched the blood gushing out. He tilted his head to one side and saw the young man in white clothes slowly walking towards him. Fang slightly raised his sleeves, and the bright sunlight poured down, making it impossible for him to see the young man's face.
He suddenly laughed, and blood oozed out of his mouth, making his entire face a bloody mess. He couldn't tell whether this was a good or bad outcome.
"I, I used to want to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy..."
He spoke very softly, but Chang Qing heard it. In fact, she had no sympathy for these bandits at all, and could not feel the slightest bit of compassion for them, no matter if they were forced to do so or if they just liked to become bandits.
Similarly, she would not point fingers at those who were forced into a helpless situation. She said this because she knew her own strength and had more choices than others when facing many things.
The bandit leader's last sight was a bloody mess. He could no longer see anything, so he lay on the ground with his eyes open, feeling a rare sense of peace in his heart.
A few years ago, he did want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but in the end he chose to become a bandit and swung his knife at the people.
Later, when the young general's reputation spread throughout the world and he died, his glorious battle achievements spread out for a long time. He and his brothers displayed the stolen wine in the mountain stronghold for three days and did not return until they were drunk.
He didn't know the young general, and had never even heard of his name, but that didn't stop him from being happy.
When I’m drunk, I can’t help but have some fantasies sometimes. If I had joined the army at that time, would things have been different?
When he woke up, he saw all the drunken brothers in the village, all staggering on the ground. One of the brothers looked at him drunkenly, picked up the wine jar and shouted loudly: "Brother, drink, drink..."
Every time he saw this, he didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior.
Even if he died one day, he was not at all surprised. He was a bandit who killed people and robbed people, so he was not a good person. He deserved to be killed.
There were not many bandits in Bandit Bay. Except for those who surrendered, all those who resisted were killed.
Chang Qing walked into the bandits' lair and carried out more than a dozen boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. Some of the jewelry was even stained with blood. There were also some rich people and women imprisoned behind the village.
The rich men kept them for extortion, requiring the families to pay large sums of money to redeem the people, otherwise they would be killed. As for the women, their fate was more miserable. Most of the bandits in the mountains were men, and many of them were kidnapped and forcibly taken away.
When they saw Chang Qing, those people shrank back.
Chang Qing even saw a girl in tattered clothes inside, who was obviously torn apart by someone. She looked terrified. When she heard footsteps, she raised her head slightly, ready to be covered in blood.
The ones who came were not the robbers that scared her, but a young man as bright as the breeze and the moon. There was a bloody smell on the young man, and his face could not be seen clearly under the dim candlelight.
Changqing found a piece of clothing, walked over, helped the girl put it on, and closed his eyes slightly.
"It's okay, we are here to save you. It was just a nightmare and now you are awake."
The girl was slightly startled, her fingers tightly clenched her clothes, and tears suddenly fell.
If it had been a few seconds later, if someone hadn't suddenly appeared and called the bandit out, she couldn't imagine what would have happened. She only knew that she probably wouldn't have survived, and her family would never allow her to suffer such a disgrace.
Chang Qing also knew that as a man, it was not appropriate to stay here any longer, so he went out and asked someone to find a few village women to calm the girls down.
After a while, the girls' suppressed cries were heard.
She stood outside in deathly silence, looking at the cold swords placed in the village in the dim light. The swords were gleaming, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood that lingered for a long time.
Only when he heard the noise inside die down, the women comforting the girls softly, and the desire to die among many people disappeared, did Chang Qing raise his foot and leave, walking out of the Bandits' Bend.
This attack on the Bandit Bend did not take much effort or time. Looking at the surrendered bandits, Chang Qing had someone record the crimes they had committed over the years, and then put them in jail first.
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