When the imperial envoy's team travels, the government will naturally entertain them warmly along the way. At the beginning, the local officials were quite restrained. After all, Prince Yi's rebellion had just passed, and no one dared to make a big show of it. But after leaving Gyeonggi-do, the local officials gradually began to show off. I heard that the imperial envoy is the most popular Mr. Xiaofang in the imperial capital recently. Almost sticking out his tongue to lick.
Fang Jie seemed to enjoy it very much. Although he insisted on not accepting a copper coin as a congratulatory gift, he had to attend the banquets of local officials and gentry almost twice a day. As a result, the speed of the team slowed down even more. Zuo Qianwei Lang asked Ye Jinnan to find Fang Xie three times, hoping to avoid some entertainment and speed up the trip, but Fang Xie only said that he could not refute his good intentions, and seemed not to care at all if the news reached the imperial capital. Those people on the stage will pounce on and bite even more frantically.
Later, Ye Jinnan simply proposed to go directly to the Yangtze River by water. Then transfer from the Yangtze River to Luoshui, and from Luoshui downstream, you can reach Yongzhou in less than a month.
Fang Jie just disagreed, saying that he couldn't get on the boat.
It took only a month to reach Weijun, Jiangbei Province, north of the Yangtze River. Ye Jinnan's patience was almost at the limit at such a speed. After staying in Luocheng, the Zhicheng city of Weijun, Fang Jie was invited by the two adults, the sheriff and the magistrate, before he settled down. Of course, Ye Jinnan was also among the guests, but he was annoyed to simply say that his health I didn't go if I felt uncomfortable.
The imperial envoy's team lived in a compound provided by a local squire, not a post station. Such a large piece of property would be too valuable if it were placed in the imperial capital. Ye Jinnan walked into his room and asked the soldiers to remove the armor, and then lay alone on the bed and sulked.
Fang Jie's performance these days made him almost unbearable. Soldiers are all bloody, so I despise such unhappy people the most. But he is not a stupid person, he has already seen that Fang Jie did it on purpose. Reminiscent of General Luo Yao's confession, it is not difficult to see Fang Jie's purpose clearly. But the more this is the case, the less eager he can be to urge him. If he urges too quickly, it will make people feel guilty.
When I was lying in the room feeling depressed, the door creaked and was pushed open from the outside. Ye Jinnan turned his head to look, and found that it was Lu'ou on crutches.
Lu Ou's injury was too serious, if not for his better physical fitness than ordinary people, that hard fight would have killed him. After recuperating for so long, he was barely able to walk on crutches by himself. During these days, he has obviously lost weight, and his face is ashen as ugly as a zombie.
And the most chilling thing was the bare left wrist that was still bandaged.
One hand, just like that, was smashed into a pulp by Fang Jie with bricks and stones. Until now, Lu Ou has not adapted to life without a hand.
Sometimes he would habitually raise his arm to pick up the teacup, and every time at this time, that bare arm would stab into his heart like a knife.
"General... If we go on like this, it will take at least two months to get to Yongzhou."
Lugu sat down in the chair and put his cane aside.
"If you don't take a good rest in the house, walking around like this won't do the injury any good."
Ye Jinnan sat up from the bed and said.
"Anyway, I'm already a useless person, what do you care about all these things?"
Lu Ou smiled wryly: "I've already made up my mind. After I go back, I will resign from the general. I will find a mountain village to live in seclusion and plant a few acres of Susukida. Although it is hard work with one hand, it is still no problem to support myself."
Hearing his sad words, Ye Jinnan also felt uncomfortable. Lu Ou is a well-known desperate Saburo in the left avant-garde. In several campaigns against barbarians, Lu Ou took the lead and never feared. This is a ruthless general who kills like hemp, but now that he has become so decadent, it is inevitable that people will not be embarrassed.
Ye Jinnan got up and poured a cup of tea for Lu Ou, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Why bother to think about leaving, with your ability, you can accomplish a lot even by training recruits. In a few years, the general will naturally promote you .”
"hehe… "
Lu Ou smiled: "I don't have the face to stay anymore."
He raised his head and looked at Ye Jinnan and said: "I know that I was too reckless in the incident in the imperial capital, and I didn't know the background of the red-sleeve move. It is true that I was too arrogant and unrestrained in our hometown, and I didn't restrain my temper when I arrived in the imperial capital. For a moment. I don’t really hate Fang Jie for being crippled. What I hate is that I don’t have the ability to lose the face of the general. We left forwards can make mistakes and be punished, but we must not suffer. I remember... I would rather kill Fang Jie during the red sleeve move, and then have his head chopped off by the court than now, at least I will die without being a coward."
"You are still too stubborn."
Ye Jinnan shook his head: "Take a good rest, don't go to those messy things, the general won't blame you."
"No wonder it's nothing..."
Lu Ou smiled self-deprecatingly: "Let's not talk about this anymore. The general didn't go to Fang Jie, so ask him why he walks so slowly?"
"He is an imperial envoy."
Ye Jinnan sighed.
"Imperial envoy... What a great status."
Lu Ou sneered, stood up and walked out: "I'm going back, there's nothing else to do. But if Fang Jie continues to move forward in a few days, I plan to go back to Yongzhou alone."
"You look like this, how can you go by yourself?!"
Ye Jinnan said anxiously.
"I've tried my best not to think about anything along the way, but if you face people who beat you into a cripple all day long, you still have to pretend that nothing happened?!"
Lu Ou suddenly roared, "I'd rather die than be tortured like this again!"
"I… "
Ye Jinnan was stunned, and shook his head: "I was negligent. In that case, I will arrange a few people to escort you back first. It will be better for you to recover by taking the water route."
"I'm leaving today."
Lu Ou looked at Ye Jinnan and said, "I don't want to stay any longer."
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Four cavalrymen in the armor of the left vanguard escorted a carriage and left the compound. The speed of the group was very fast, and they galloped out in the direction of the Yangtze River directly after leaving the city's official road. Dust and smoke rose, and soon the group disappeared from sight.
In the carriage, Lu Ou, who was sitting by himself, opened the curtain and looked out the window, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
He wants to rush back to Yongzhou first, he has had enough of the journey. Seeing Fang Jie's nonchalant face every day, he wished he could rush up and tear it to pieces. If Fang Xie had been more complacent and rampant, perhaps he would not have had such a strong hatred now. But Fang Jie simply turned a blind eye, as if he didn't exist in Fang Jie's eyes.
Fang Jie clearly saw him, but completely ignored him.
This made Lu Gu even more resentful.
He seldom got out of the carriage when he was in the carriage, he just didn't want to see Fang Xie. He thought that Fang Jie would be like himself, and would be particularly displeased with each other. But this kind of performance that the other party obviously didn't take him seriously made Lu Ou suddenly feel like a clown.
That's why he went to find Ye Jinnan, and let Ye Jinnan soften his heart and let him leave first. He wanted to rush back to Yongzhou to meet Major General Luo Wen, and he knew that Luo Wen and Fang Jie also had a feud. As long as he lighted another fire in front of the major general, the major general would never tolerate Fang Xie going to Yongzhou to be presumptuous.
As long as there is a major general in charge, Fang Jie will never get any benefit in Yongzhou.
It would be best if the major general was more ruthless and let Yongzhou become Fang Jie's grave. He even thought that if the Major General was afraid that the Major General would not dare to do too much, then he would find someone to kill Fang Jie secretly and blame the Major General. At that time, in order to protect the young general, the general will naturally not stand by.
As long as I return to Yongzhou...
There was a sneer on the corner of Lu Ou's mouth.
The carriage drove quickly on the official road, and after about ten miles out of Luocheng, pedestrians gradually became scarce. Thirty miles away from Luocheng is Mangdang Mountain. Before Taizong attacked Jiangnan, 200,000 migrant workers were recruited to open the mountain and practice Taoism. They forcibly split Mangdang Mountain and shortened the distance from Wei County to the Yangtze River by dozens of times. If the army to conquer the South is frustrated, the reinforcements can go directly to the river from this official road from the mountain.
Back then, it took a full two years to start a mountain and practice Taoism. Two hundred thousand civilians accomplished such a feat relying on their hands and shoulders.
Seeing that it was not far from Mount Mangdang, Lu Ou's mood eased a little. As long as you pass Mangdang Mountain, you will arrive at the ferry of the Yangtze River, take a boat to the west and go upstream for 150 miles, then turn into Luoshui and head south all the way, and you can return to Yongzhou in 20 days.
He lowered the curtain of the car window, closed his eyes and rested.
Perhaps it was because he had been so aggrieved and angry that he hadn't had a good rest. Now that he was away from that devilish young man, he felt more at ease, so he fell asleep soon. Lu Ou also had a dream, dreaming that he returned to Yongzhou, and there was a fairy with white hair and childlike face waiting for him at home, and gave him an elixir, after he swallowed it, he watched his left hand grow out again, perfect.
Then he saw Fang Jie suddenly appear, knelt down in front of him, weeping bitterly and begged him to let him go and forgive his mistakes. In the dream, Lu Ou stomped Fang Jie under his feet with a wild laugh, and then slapped Fang Jie's face hard one after another with his newly grown left hand, until Fang Jie's face was bloody. There was also the little head of the red-sleeved trick, who took off his clothes and knelt down to beg for his life.
He couldn't help laughing out loud, laughing more and more complacently.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a muffled bang, and then the carriage vibrated violently, followed by a burst of earth-shattering. Lu Ou who woke up suddenly rolled over with the carriage before he had time to hold him. He hadn't come out of sleep yet. After waking up in mid-morning, the compartment of the carriage fell to pieces, and he fell out of the compartment and fell hard to the ground.
Lu Ou struggled to stand up, but his wound was hurt by the rolling, which made him almost out of breath, and he recovered for a while before sitting up from the ground.
When he raised his head and looked around, he immediately opened his mouth wide in horror.
The four elite left guards who were protecting him had already been nailed to death by feather arrows, and they were not vigilant at all before they died. You must know that these four people are veterans who have experienced many battles, and they are more sensitive to the prediction of danger than those well-cultivated quacks. They rolled over in the sea of swords and blood, and each of them had at least ten lives in their hands.
Even the driver who drives the cart is a veteran.
But just as he fell asleep, five veterans of the left front guard were nailed to death by feather arrows almost at the same time, and they didn't even have time to utter a cry.
Then his carriage was hit by something and immediately overturned, throwing him out of the carriage.
Just when he was looking around in surprise and panic, he saw the boy in black robe holding a hard bow in his hand. The boy walked towards him slowly, with a smile on his lips. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the bright smile on the boy's face was as scary as a letter spit out by a poisonous snake.
For a moment, Lu Ou couldn't believe what he saw, and his pupils shrank suddenly.
Isn't it like this in the dream? !