Not long after, the coachman brought another large pot of hot pickled meat soup and rice. He Qizhou saw from a distance that the coachmen were still eating dry naan at noon, and just had more clear soup at night, because He Qizhou could see clearly that from
After half a pot of soup was poured out of the pot, it was served, and the meat for the soup was still in the pot.
Zhu Gui might have seen what He Qizhou was thinking, and sighed: "It's not that we suppress their food, they only have so much money to take over, and they have to be responsible for our food, so the less we come, the more they still have to pay for it."
If you can make more money, don't think they have any thoughts in their minds. Being able to drink broth is already a very happy thing for them."
He Qizhou said: "I know it is indeed much harder here than in the Central Plains and Jiangnan."
"But some people are happy to be alive!" A cavalryman curled his lips at the bonfire. He Qizhou turned around and saw that Cang Bing's food was also served. There were broth, barbecue, and even vegetables. More than a dozen of them were sitting cross-legged.
south of the fire;
There are two completely different kinds of food at the escort's place. On one side is the young man, sitting on a wooden folding chair. There is a small table in front of him, and several dishes have been placed. Four people are sitting on the mat next to him.
, there was rice and vegetables on the big plate, and there were two people standing guard on the top of the slope. They must also be the young man's followers. There was another person who was the young man's cook, and it seemed that he was still busy at the bottom of the slope.
He Qizhou finally got a clear look at the young man from close range. He was medium to short in height, in his mid-twenties, and was wearing an ordinary gray robe. Compared to the people around him, he was fairly fair-looking, and his eyes were not much bigger than He Qizhou's.
, Shangfa looks calm and kind, but his eyes always feel a little lustful.
Following his squinting gaze, He Qizhou discovered that among the six people on the other side of the bonfire, there was a woman wearing a tight-fitting dark green horse costume and a pleated skirt that made it easier to get on and off the horse. She had seen her from afar on the road before, but now she was wearing a tight-fitting dark green horse costume.
After putting on the gauze, a beautiful face is revealed. The exposed skin is slightly hazel, which must have been exposed to the sun when running around frequently. Under the thick eyebrows, a pair of big eyes are bright. The whole person looks heroic. He is sitting on a long bench at this time.
He picked up the soup and rice in the bowl.
At the other end of the bench was a middle-aged escort in his forties. From a glance, he knew he was the escort's head escort. He was holding a bowl with a sad face, and two plates of unknown meat were placed between the two of them.
Zhu Gui said that he saw that the noble man asked his subordinates to deliver it. There were also three escorts eating slowly. The most special thing was a woman in coarse cloth squatting on the ground with a bonfire on her back, a few feet away from the crowd.
Eating outdoors.
He Qizhou paid special attention to this person on the road because she was the only female coachman in the entire convoy. Except for being taller, her dress was no different from the poor girls he saw along the way, but that person did not follow the coachman.
When eating down below, he didn't sit down openly like other escorts. Instead, he hid in a corner in a solitary manner. I don't know why.
He Qizhou was looking at the people around the bonfire. There were also people over there who looked at the young man who turned around, especially the female bodyguard. She stared at He Qizhou for a while as if she had discovered a treasure, and even called him to stand in the corner.
The female groom looked here together.
The female groom turned around and put up her veil again. She seemed a little surprised when she looked over.
He Qizhou has never looked in the mirror on the road. This journey has made him lose a little weight, and he is a little taller. The slightly childish fat on his face has disappeared unconsciously, and his face has gradually become more angular, coupled with his natural whiteness.
, he is much more handsome than half a year ago.
The white men from the northwest here are all the sons of officials, and many of them are not fat, while most of the others are dark and thin. People like He Qizhou are really rare. He Qizhou is somewhat used to this kind of gaze, so he just thinks it is
Others were curious about him as an outsider. Someone next to the young man in gray robe also looked at He Qizhou. The man stood up and walked to Baihu Chairun. After muttering a few words, he returned to his seat.
"Zhu Gui!" Chai Run suddenly shouted loudly, which seemed to startle the two women.
"Here you are!" Zhu Gui, who was still drinking soup, was startled and immediately responded in an unclear manner, with a mouthful of soup leaking onto the hem of his military robe.
"Call your people over here!"
"Yes!" Zhu Gui hurriedly stood up and cursed secretly: "Bullshit!"
He Qizhou could only follow them and walked quickly to Chai Run. He followed Zhu Gui's example and stood up straight first, then raised his hands and saluted. He was just a step slower than the three people in front of him, and because he was afraid that the salute would be too slow.
He cupped his hand in a hasty manner, but Chai Run suddenly became furious. He stood up and shouted at Zhu Gui: "Zhu Gui, why did you lead the troops? You don't even know how to salute?"
Zhu Gui hurriedly replied: "Sir, please calm down. This Brother Zhou is not a lowly subordinate. He was personally introduced by Chief Liang of the Guards Battalion. He has only been a soldier for one day. If there is any lack of etiquette, I will be punished by a hundred people."
Mr. Hu, please calm down!"
"What kind of guard camp?" Chai Run asked, his tone completely losing the arrogance he had just now.
"Sir, this is General Han's personal guard camp."
"Well - then you should take good care of him in the future." Chai Run's tone softened completely. Not to mention his length, even soldiers from the Guards Battalion could walk sideways in their granary. How could he dare to offend Han Chong's people?
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"Zhu Gui, you have also seen that most of this convoy is made of hay by you, and the drivers will not really care about it. I will leave the night watch to you. Oh, don't bully the newcomers!
"
"Yes." Zhu Gui could only agree, then turned around and muttered: "Son of a bitch!"
Chai Run vaguely heard something and shouted: "Don't go, don't go, what did you just say?"
"Sir, he just said to us, 'We also need to look at the military rations!'" He Qizhou saw that Zhu Gui was shaking with fear because he failed to control his volume, so he hurriedly turned to answer for him.
"Why do I seem to hear four words?"
"Maybe Brother Zhu spoke too quickly. Anyway, we will pay attention to the entire convoy!" He Qizhou said.
"Let's go, Zhu Gui. You can start patrolling now. If anything goes wrong, I'll ask you."
"Yes, yes, you bitch!" Zhu Gui perfectly controlled the pronunciation of the next five words this time, allowing only He Qizhou and others around him to hear.
Just as the four of them let out a long breath and were about to leave, the wealthy young man suddenly said: "Brother surnamed Zhou, it seems that you are not a local. It is not easy to join the army at such a young age. Are you interested in drinking?"
Two cups can also be used to keep out the cold at night."
"I'm not very good at drinking, and I have to stay on duty tonight. Thank you for your kindness, sir." He Qizhou's face felt slightly hot when he said this, but he still wanted to leave quickly.
"Wei Chenliang, why are you making things difficult for a new soldier?" The female bodyguard suddenly started to complain for He Qizhou.
He Qizhou secretly complained in his heart, isn't it because you looked at me twice? Well, I definitely can't leave now. I'm a little hungry anyway, so it would be good to drink a few drinks to warm up.
"Miss Feng, this is your fault. Mr. Wei is considerate of us soldiers, why are you embarrassing him?" Chai Run said: "Come on, what do you call Zhou? You haven't thanked Mr. Wei for his kindness.
"
The middle-aged man sitting next to the female escort also said: "Girl, this is your fault. How can you talk like this?"
The female escort seemed to have a hot temper and said: "You haven't eaten two bowls of meat yet, don't waste it!" After saying that, she stood up and went back to her tent. The bench suddenly lost its balance. Fortunately, the middle-aged man
The escort was very good at the next step. He did a deep squat to stabilize his body, so he didn't sit down on the ground in a panic. Only the two bowls of meat were knocked over to the ground.
The veiled female groom also hurriedly picked up the wide cloth skirt and quickly followed the escort surnamed Feng.
He Qizhou innocently sat down where the female escort had been. After Zhu Gui returned to the tent, he could only bless the poor pretty boy secretly. Out of sight and out of mind, he might as well go hang out with the carriages and horses below for an hour.
Chai Run snickered secretly, if Mr. Wei took action himself, let alone the commander of the personal guard camp, even Han Chong's own son would have to suffer the consequences of being dumb.
It is an ironclad rule that you are not allowed to drink when you are on a mission in the army, and you are not allowed to drink when you are an escort. However, obviously the nobleman brought a lot of wine. Soon someone brought several cans of wine from the car. Look at the exquisite appearance of the clay pots.
, He Qizhou knew that this wine must be good, and he couldn't settle down to have a good meal along the way. Today he should treat himself as a reward. Of course, he still had to pretend.
After the first sip of the wine, I drank half the bowl, and then I deliberately sprayed a small part of it towards Chai Baihu opposite. The wine was a strong alcoholic drink. After the liquid was sprayed into the bonfire, a flame half a foot high suddenly shot up.
Chai Run, who was closest, was so frightened that he almost fell off his chair. This caused everyone to burst into laughter, and Chai Run also laughed twice. Anyway, he thought he was laughing at the recruit who couldn't drink.
He Qizhou regretted that he sprayed too much, but he deliberately stood up and said: "It's not like I don't know how to drink, please don't waste it, sir."
Mr. Wei said calmly: "I think this little brother is pretty and pretty, and he has some good eyesight. Why are you so disrespectful?"
"Then, sir, why don't you take a few sips, I'm the only one drinking?" He Qizhou seemed to be tongue-tied.
"Okay! For this Zhou..."
"My name is Zhou Qi"
"Fill a bowl each for me and Brother Zhou Qi. Brother Zhou, don't spray any more this time!" Wei Chenliang said.
"Okay! Do it!" He Qizhou imitated the pretense of a person who doesn't know how to drink, raised his glass and said to Mr. Wei.
"Do it!" Wei Chenliang is a good player at the wine table. Even if he drinks five or six bowls of such a strong drink, he won't hesitate. Then he just waits for the pretty boy to make a fool of himself.
He Qizhou didn't want to waste any more this time. He slowly drank a bowl of about three taels of fermented wine, secretly shouting for good wine, and thinking in his mind that this person's surname was Wei, and he was probably related to Wei Boyan, the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou.