When Gu Jiao woke up, there was still blood in her eyes that couldn't fade away.
The blood mist that filled the sky in the dream seemed to spread to this room, and even the moist white pearls on the curtains turned into blood-red agate.
The tip of the nose is suffocating and nauseating, and there are broken corpses on the beams.
Click, click.
Drops of thick blood dripped on her expressionless cheeks—
"Jiaojiao!"
"Jiaojiao!"
As if someone was calling her.
"Jiaojiao! Jiaojiao!" Xiao Jingkong climbed onto the bed and shook her shoulder with her little hand, "Jiaojiao, why are you ignoring me?"
The blood dripping corpse was blocked by a small face, everything in the dream came to an abrupt end, Gu Jiao blinked, and completely woke up from the nightmare.
She looked at her small clearance with wide eyes and worried, and replied hoarsely and calmly, "Clearance."
Xiao Jingkong took a long breath: "I was just worried about you."
Gu Jiao lay flat on the soft bed, raised her hand, and took the little guy into her arms: "I'm fine."
Xiao Jingkong suddenly got a loving hug, and was extremely shy.
The little hands covered the reddened little face, and the little feet and feet swayed with nowhere to rest.
Jiaojiao really likes me the most!
"Uh... Jiaojiao... Jiaojiao, you are holding a little tight..."
He, he, he is about to breathe out.
Little fool, why are you here? Why did you come to collect the corpse for me even though you knew it was a trap
"Jiaojiao... let's go home... I'll take you home... "
The boy's blood-soaked body tightly protected her in his arms, just as she had held him when he was young.
His hot blood stained her yellow spring road.
He put her on the bamboo raft to return home, but he himself fell on the riverside where the war was pervading.
Dayan's youngest God of War... Fallen! -
After breakfast, Gu Jiao went to Heifeng Camp as usual.
She first went to the major training grounds to inspect. The generals were all training their troops seriously, and the Black Wind Riders were also accepting their missions with all their might.
Little Eleven still didn't stop making noises even after he had beaten more than a dozen horse trainers. He was so energetic that all horses would dislike him.
Even the most feared blasting training for horses, it quickly became addictive.
The well-behaved horse group was disturbed by it, and the training ground became the scene of a large-scale car accident.
In the end, King Heifeng came out and suppressed Xiao Eleven with force, and Xiao Eleven went to training honestly.
It's just that it looked honest, and when it passed by a black wind rider, it raised its horse's hoof and kicked the horse's butt!
horse:"… "
Why so cheap! ! !
The price of cheating was that Xiao Eleven was repaired by Heifeng King again. In the end, he could only limp to training, which can be said to be very miserable.
"My lord! My lord!"
Master Hu trotted over energetically. Today, he learned how to behave well, and he got a feather fan in his hand out of nowhere.
While fanning for Gu Jiao, he smiled and said, "Why are you here so early? It's not long before the genius came on!"
"I'll take a look." Gu Jiao said.
Master Hu said with a smile: "As soon as your order was issued yesterday, it really rectified the evil spirits of the Heifeng Battalion with a thunderous momentum! The generals who were promoted by you all hold you in awe, where is there any reason not to train seriously? Just put a hundred hearts on it!"
Some of the generals she promoted were old members of the Xuanyuan family, and some were new blood added later.
Their serious military training is not because of their respect for her, but because of the military discipline and traditions that have been carried over from the Heifeng Battalion.
Strict self-discipline, but also strict governance.
She has an empty name now, and everyone doesn't really believe in her, it's their duty to obey orders.
Seeing that Gu Jiao's expression did not waver at all, Master Hu couldn't help but wonder, did he not hit the right place with his flattery
He smiled and said, "It's so hot, sir, let's go to the tent and rest for a while."
Gu Jiao put her hands behind her: "I'll find Wen Renchong."
Having said that, he turned and headed towards the reserve camp.
Master Hu tried to stop him but didn't stop him: "Hey, my lord! My lord!"
"Oh, go do something for me." After Gu Jiao explained, she went to Wen Renchong.
The weapons and armor that were piled up in the yard when she left yesterday are nowhere to be seen today.
It seems that Wen Renchong repaired them overnight.
He is a highly executive.
Wen Renchong sat in the room repairing the armor that was delivered this morning.
Gu Jiao walked over.
Wen Renchong looked up at her.
Gu Jiao glanced at the shadow on the ground and said, "I didn't block the light."
Wen Renchong buried his head and continued to repair the armor.
"Want to help?" Gu Jiao asked, "I used to be a doctor, and sewing is also my strength."
Wen Renchong frowned, as if he was a little impatient with this young man, but he didn't know how to drive him away.
He could only say lightly, "No."
Gu Jiao sat down on the threshold, with her elbows on her knees, and looked at him with one hand on her head: "I went to see Li Shen and Zhao Dengfeng yesterday."
"What are you trying to do?" Wen Renchong frowned.
"To win over the old part of the Xuanyuan family." Gu Jiao said unabashedly.
Heifeng Camp, which has been ruled by the Han family for more than ten years, cannot be said to be weak, but the Han family has dismissed too many outstanding soldiers, and many old members of the Xuanyuan family have left one after another.
Wen Rinchong, Li Shen, Zhao Dengfeng and Shi Zhongkui, who had died in battle, were originally the four great generals of the Black Wind Camp, and some people called them the Four Heavenly Kings in private.
Now there is only one Wen Renchong left, who has also become a blacksmith.
If Gu Jiao wants to revive the military heart of the original Heifeng Camp, she must gather these old Xuanyuan family members.
"There is no Xuanyuan family anymore." Wen Renchong said calmly.
Gu Jiao said, "I ask every day, do you want to go back to the Pioneer Camp? If you don't answer, I'll come back tomorrow."
Wenren said indifferently: "How many times do I tell you to understand, even if you ask for one year, two years, five years, I will not agree."
Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows: "You mean you will stay in Heifeng Camp for one, two, five years... and never leave."
Wen Ren hurriedly stood up and went to burn the boiler: "You should go!"
Gu Jiao got up and brushed the hem of her clothes: "See you tomorrow!"
Wen Ren rushed to pull the bellows without looking back.
Gu Jiao walked around the camp again before returning to her tent.
Master Hu also came back.
"Is it done?" Gu Jiao asked.
"It's done." Master Hu came to the military camp for so many years, and it was the first time that he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
Gu Jiao weighed the purse handed over by Master Hu, but she didn't count it, so she pinned it on her waist.
Master Hu is very happy, the adults are trusting him! He Populus finally has a chance to stand out!
"My lord! My lord! How are you and Wen Renchong talking? Has he promised to go back to the Pioneer Camp?" he asked with concern.
"Not yet." Gu Jiao said.
Master Hu's face darkened: "Why is he so unprofessional?"
Gu Jiao got up and walked out.
Master Hu said in surprise: "Sir, you just came back, where are you going?"
Gu Jiao said, "Go find Li Shen and Zhao Dengfeng!"
Master Hu thought of the experience he had almost vomited yesterday, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "Then, do you want to follow him?"
Gu Jiao said lightly, "Come if you want."
I don't want to come-
But you say that, dare I not come
The first person she went to see today was Zhao Dengfeng.
She deliberately mentioned the two in front of Wen Rinchong just now, just to see Wen Rinchong's reaction.
Wen Renchong's reaction was calm.
Either he hadn't heard the rumor that Zhao Dengfeng colluded with the Han family, or he knew that the rumor was false.
Judging from Gu Jiao's observation of Wen Renchong, the former is unlikely.
"Yo, isn't this the official from yesterday? Why did he come to my Immortal Crane Tower again?"
In the wing room on the second floor, Zhao Dengfeng embraced the beauty, leaning on the window sill unrestrainedly and looking at the young man on horseback.
"Are you here to persuade me to go back to the military camp? Who wants to go back to those days of licking blood? Why don't you do this, little general, how about you come to my Immortal Crane Tower to be the second owner?"
Master Hu was angry, pointed at him with a feather fan and scolded: "The surname is Zhao! How did you talk! You are still a little general? This is the new commander of the Heifeng Battalion, Lord Xiao! I told you yesterday!"
Gu Jiao snorted: "Master? This is a good idea."
Zhao Dengfeng jokingly looked at the young man who was leading him by the nose: "Really? As long as you have enough money, it's not impossible for me to give you half of the Crane Tower."
Gu Jiao looked up at him: "You don't need to divide, I bought your Immortal Crane Tower!"
Zhao Dengfeng was stunned for a moment, then laughed hahahahaha: "Do you know what you are talking about? My Crane Tower is the number one restaurant in town. Do you have a mine at home, little general—"
Before he finished speaking, he saw the boy on the horse throw a token at him.
He caught it with a backhand, looked closely, and was stunned.
Gu Jiao asked seriously, "Is this enough? If it's not enough, I'll ask someone to fetch it."
Before going out this morning, An Guogong asked Steward Zheng to give it to her. She had never used it, and she didn't know how much money she could get.
Zhao Dengfeng choked, and asked incredulously: "The order of the owner of Minghe Qianzhuang... You... who are you from Minghe Qianzhuang?"
Gu Jiao thought for a while, and said, "Uh, young master?"
- I don't have a mine at home, but I have a bank at home.
Gu Jiao said to Hu Yang, "Master Hu, you stay and go through the formalities, and I'll find Li Shen."
Master Hu is still immersed in the huge shock brought about by this wave of operations. Could this be the rumored inhumanity
Him: "Ah, this..."
Zhao Dengfeng said coldly, "I won't sell it!"
Gu Jiao said, "You told me to let me be the boss, don't go back on your word."
Zhao Dengfeng clenched his fists and sneered: "What if I do the opposite?"
Gu Jiao said very seriously: "Beat you."
Zhao Dengfeng: "..."
-
Li Shen was not at the dock today.
Gu Jiao asked the foreman nearby to find out that he was probably going to buy medicine for his mother.
"Where does his family live?" Gu Jiao asked.
"Just live there, sir, go straight ahead, and go east at the crossroad, and you can see his house. The people in that alley have all moved away, and only the two of them still live, it's easy to find. "
"Thank you."
Gu Jiao successfully found a small dilapidated yard along the route pointed by the foreman.
The courtyard door was closed, and Gu Jiao raised her hand and knocked on the door: "Excuse me, is anyone there?"
No one responded.
Gu Jiao thought for a while, pushed the door and walked in.
The things in the yard are very old, but not messy. The water tanks, hoes, chicken coops... are well placed, and the clothes on the clothesline are also neatly dried. They have been washed and turned yellow and patched. One after another, but very clean.
"Niuwazi, are you back?"
An old voice came from inside the house.
Niu baby
Li Shen's nickname
Gu Jiao walked into the main room and walked towards the room on the right.
"Cow boy."
An old woman who was blind sat on the ground, looked like she had fallen, and then couldn't get up again.
She tried to hold the chair with both hands, but it was in vain.
Gu Jiao hurriedly stepped forward and helped her to sit on the chair.
"You're not a bully," the old woman said.
Her eyes were invisible, but she could still smell the smell on her son's body.
"I'm here to find Li Shen." Seeing the old woman's vigilant look, Gu Jiao added, "I'm his friend."
The old woman touched the armor on Gu Jiao's body, and the guard in her cloudy eyes dissipated. She smiled and said, "My friend Niuwazi, he went out to get me medicine, he will come back soon, you sit for a while, and I will give it to you. Pour tea."
Niuwazi is really Li Shen's nickname.
Gu Jiao said to Mother Li, "Sit down, I'll come by myself."
Mother Li smiled kindly: "Okay, you're welcome, the tea is on the table in the main room."
Gu Jiao went to pour the tea. Even the tea bowl was cracked in their house, and there were only two benches. Apart from that, there was no furniture in the main room.
It is not an exaggeration to describe this family with four walls.
Gu Jiao went to the stove again. The cupboard was empty and there was no leftovers. There were a few sun-dried corn cobs and half a rotten pumpkin on the ground.
There are only half a bucket of old rice in the rice jar, and there are bugs all over it.
Gu Jiao took the water and went to Li's mother's house: "You drink tea."
"Oh, you came to my house and asked you to pour me tea, you blame me for being a blind woman..."
"Nothing."
-
"Just so much money is enough to catch three medicines."
Pharmacy, the man said to Li Shen impatiently.
"Third, just three." Li Shen emptied his pocket, grabbed three medicines, and went home.
When he entered the door, he clearly noticed that someone had come in the yard.
A hint of vigilance flashed across his eagle-like eyes, and he flew into the house: "Mother!"
His mother was lying on the bed and sleeping, but was startled by his voice.
"Niu Wazi, what's the matter with you?" Mother Li turned her head in the direction of the voice.
Seeing that his mother was safe, Li Shencai's expression loosened, and he came to the bed with the medicine bag: "Mother, our family... is someone here?"
Mother Li smiled and said, "Yes, your friends from the military camp have come. At first, I thought it was the debt collectors who came again..."
In order to cure Li's mother's eyes, Li Shen borrowed loan sharks abroad, and from time to time there are debt collectors.
"He also left something for you." Mother Li took out a bundle from under the quilt on the inside of the bed and handed it to Li Shen.
"Is it silver?" she asked softly.
Li Shen felt that it was silver when he took it in his hand. He opened the bag, and in addition to a pile of white silver ingots, there was also a letter from Heifeng Camp.
The letter explained the origin of the money, which was his retirement payment. When the Han family was in power, some people were rich in their own pockets and swallowed 90% of his retirement payment.
Here's the pension he deserves, and the interest that should be paid to him over the years.
(End of this chapter)