"Uncle, behind Li Luo is the current Holy Emperor and Taibao Prince Chun. We can't afford to offend him."
"Hmph, I am also a member of the royal family. Speaking of which, Prince Chun wants to call me brother. I teach Li Luo a lesson, and he can only watch."
"Yes, yes, uncle, we'll talk about it later when we get back to Zhuocheng." Dou Sheng quickly advised.
Prince Huai was just talking with a stern look and a soft heart. If he were in front of Prince Chun, he would only dare to nod and bow.
Dou Sheng pointed to the corpse on the ground and said: "Zhong Guo, send someone to clean up quickly and take all the women out of the tent. Tell them that if anyone dares to say a word, I will keep her alive."
Until the next day.”
"Yes." Zhong Guo saluted and hurriedly greeted several people. Those who carried the body carried the body and those who took the woman back to the camp. For a moment, the tent was in a mess. King Huai felt bored again and cursed in a low voice: "This fool has caused harm to people."
The king has lost four of his close guards, and this account will be recorded on their Prince Chun's house."
Dou Sheng smiled and said: "Uncle, when we get rich when we get back, are we still afraid that we won't have four guards? Not to mention four, there will be four hundred."
When King Huai thought of this, he became happy, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, Li Chengye has made fame for his son. I am not a fool. I will make more money this time, and I will use this money to support my retirement in the future."
"After saying that, the two of them looked at each other with evil smiles on their faces.
"By the way, you still have to hand over a few people to make up the number, don't forget." King Huai suddenly remembered and said.
"Uncle, don't worry. The clothes I made are perfect. Uncle, this Li Luo still wants to give you face. He doesn't dare to do anything to you for such a big matter." Dou Sheng said flatteringly.
"Haha, I am his uncle. How can he arrest me? Besides, I still have the imperial edict granted by Emperor Wanlong. Even if his father comes, he won't dare to do anything to me. Don't worry.
Come on, let's have another drink." The two returned to the table and started drinking again.
Three days later, the army arrived at the border of Quanzhou. Dou Sheng found three men from among his troops, cut off their subordinates, and presented them to Li Luo, saying that they were rebels that day. Li Luo just responded without asking any more questions and followed Liu.
Plan to go out and explore the mountain topography.
As soon as he entered Hulu Prefecture, the scenery of the prefectures and counties was far different from that of Zhongfu, and closer to Xifu. Everywhere he went, Li Luo had to walk around first, remembering the mountains, rivers, landforms, and marching routes in his heart.
Li Luo's riding skills were already quite superb. Except for a few Muzhou warriors like Huchajing, no one in the army could beat Li Luo in riding skills.
Hucha Dongchan was extremely unconvinced. When he was supervising the army tent that day, his good impression of Li Luo was gone. He wanted to humiliate Li Luo and get angry, but he didn't expect that he lost to Li Luo in the equestrian competition in the army.
, Muzhou Youqi all booed, and even his brother laughed and laughed.
Hucha Dongchan was so angry that she wanted to pull out the Xingxu sword that Li Luo lent her and kill Hucha Jing who was giggling at the side.
Liu Ce's heart was extremely complicated. Several generals from the Youzhou Department often talked about it. Li Luo was diligent in learning, had extraordinary talents, and was sincere in his treatment of others. He did not have the airs of a prince, but he was just too young. If he had grown up a few years, he would have said
Maybe it will be another Prince Chun of Dagan.
During this western expedition, Li Luo kept many things secret from Li Luo. In the counties and counties he passed, there were many scolds and few praises. Even when the news came back to Zhuocheng, he didn't know what happened. Emperor Wanlong was afraid that he would not be at ease in the palace.
.
The army was barely together. If King Huai hadn't caused trouble among them, causing everyone to share the same hatred, friction between the Muzhou Rangers and the Youzhou Army would have been inevitable, and it would have been nothing more than a Western Expedition.
Liu Ce and Li Luo stood on a hill, looking at the terrain below. Liu Ce sighed slightly, as if he was a little relieved, but more regretful and angry. In the midst of sadness, he suddenly heard Li Luo say
: "General Liu, do you think I am too timid to punish King Huai?"
Liu Ce was shocked and hurriedly replied: "No, there is nothing wrong with what you did, General. The Emperor can investigate King Huai, and even the Taibao Lord can investigate. But if you want to investigate, General, I'm afraid it will cause gossip."
Already."
Li Luo sighed slightly and said: "I never care about these false reputations. I will scold and say what I say. It's just that King Huai is my uncle, and he has never been used in the imperial court. When I see anyone in the royal family bowing to him,
After he came out, he was arrogant and arrogant again. It was really annoying to look at, but it also makes me sad to think about it. I also know what kind of character King Huai is. It is only because he is my imperial uncle that I have tolerated him until now. When I got to the West Mansion, I
Let him sit idle."
Liu Ce opened his mouth, thinking about something in his heart, but swallowed it back. Li Luo smiled and said: "General Liu, they are all soldiers on the battlefield. What do you think of the head? Oh, don't put it on your waist. You might die in battle anytime."
Come on. If you have anything to say, just say it. Even if it is outrageous, I will not care about it today. General Liu can say it happily."
Liu Ce paused for a moment, his face turned red, and he muttered: "General, if I tell you, I might be suspected of spreading rumors and causing trouble."
Li Luo smiled, shook his head, and said without caring, "General Liu, you can see for yourself. If you want to say something, just say it. If you don't want to say it, forget it. I won't force you." After saying that, he turned around and looked at the terrain carefully.
"General," Li Luo turned around in surprise, and Liu Ce seemed to have used great strength to say: "The general will not say anything, but the general can see."
"Oh, what should I say?" Li Luo asked.
"The general has heard about King Huai's actions in the army. There are spies from the Youzhou Army all over the central army area. Dou Shuai's spy report is in vain. If the general agrees, I will take the general to see it next time.
"
Li Luo looked at Liu Ce, wondering what was going on. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Okay, you can come find me then."
"Yes." Liu Ce saluted.
After returning to the camp, Li Luo guessed that what Liu Ce wanted him to see was, no wonder, robbery by force.
The next day, at noon, the army was about to leave Quanzhou. Liu Ce suddenly rode up and bowed his head in front of Li Luo and whispered.
It turned out that there was something Liu Ce wanted Li Luo to see today. Li Luo nodded, took the horse, and was about to go out with Liu Ce. Liu Ce suddenly asked Li Luo to change into casual clothes. Seeing how mysterious Liu Ce was.
, Li Luo couldn't help laughing, but he still changed into casual clothes and left the camp with Liu Ce without asking his personal guards to follow him.
Liu Ce ran in a hurry without saying anything, having made up his mind not to talk today.
Both of them were good horses, and soon they left the camp. Liu Ce took Li Luo around a small road and headed towards the rear of the army. On the way, Liu Ce checked the marks left by the Chinese spies from time to time.
Li Luo secretly noticed that what Liu Ce said was true, and the entire perimeter of the Chinese army was indeed under the surveillance of spies from the Youzhou army.
After about a cup of tea, Liu Ce reined in his horse and whispered to Li Luo behind him: "General, we're here."
"Huh?" Li Luo looked up and saw that at the edge of the woods ahead, there were several middle-aged men and women dressed as villagers standing by the woods waiting anxiously. Li Luo and Liu Ce were hiding behind the trees. If they were not careful, the people outside would
Definitely couldn't see it. When Li Luo saw it, he didn't know what he meant. He looked at Liu Ce in confusion. Liu Ce responded: "General, please wait a moment."
Li Luo nodded and waited with Liu Ce behind the tree. After a while, he saw a carriage sneaking away from the military camp and driving towards the edge of the forest. There were two riders beside it, but the waiters looked...
Liu Ce, from the Youzhou Army, snorted coldly, extremely dissatisfied.
When the carriage arrived at the edge of the forest, the curtains were opened, and two people's heads popped out from inside. They looked around and saw the villagers standing by the forest. They turned around and said a few words, then jumped out of the car. They were wearing
In casual clothes, Li Luo looked at it and said in surprise: "King Huai's bodyguard? The people next to him must be Dou Sheng's men?"
"That's right, it's a cover-up!" Liu Ce's murderous intent was revealed in his words, and then disappeared.
Li Luo endured the doubts in his mind and looked attentively.
At this time, two women walked out of the carriage. They looked to be no more than 20 years old. After one of them got off the car, she saw two villagers and rushed over. The three of them hugged each other and cried bitterly. It looked like they were from this family.
's daughter.
Another woman was talking to the guard of King Huai next to her, but she saw the guard waved his hand extremely impatiently, pushed the woman away, reached out and pulled out a roll of straw mat from the carriage, threw it on the ground, and seemed to point at everyone.
After cursing a few words, he got into the carriage and drove away.
At this time, two other villagers hurriedly ran over and opened the straw mat. Li Luo saw clearly that it was a woman's body. The two people were so frightened that they fell to the ground and took a closer look at the body in the straw mat.
They were too far apart and couldn't hear what a few people were saying. They seemed to be relieved again. The clothes of the woman on the straw mat were extremely awkward. Even from a distance, you could tell that she looked like she had put them on after she died.
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Among the three people who were hugging each other just now, the older man suddenly pushed the woman who got out of the car to the ground, shouted and cursed her in a loud voice, saying something about immorality, shamelessness, etc. After that, he stepped forward and kicked her violently.
Fight.
The middle-aged woman next to her hurriedly tried to dissuade her. She was scolded by the middle-aged man and stood there dumbly. The man continued to hit her. The woman next to her suddenly walked over and opened her arms to protect the crying woman sitting on the ground.
A middle-aged man started arguing. The man became more and more aggressive and was about to take action.
At this time, the two people who were inspecting the body came forward and tried to dissuade him for a few words. The man then stopped, pointed at the woman who stopped him and cursed. From time to time, he also pointed at the woman sitting on the ground and said something, but it seemed that he was speaking in dialect.
Except for the first few sentences, neither Li Luo nor Liu Ce understood the rest.
I could only hear the woman's pitiful cries intermittently. The sound was not loud, but it had a heartbreaking feeling.
The man cursed for a while, and after being dissuaded by the two men, turned around and walked back. The middle-aged woman was scolded by the man just as she was about to pass by. She looked helplessly at the woman on the ground, and finally followed him away without looking back.
Several people walked into the woods and disappeared, leaving behind two weak women and a corpse.
The woman who stopped the middle-aged man sat down and gently patted the crying woman from time to time, as if to comfort her companion.
After a while, the woman stopped crying. Seeing this, another woman helped her sit down under a nearby tree. She got up and looked at the corpse on the ground. She looked around and dug out a body from behind the tree.
I dug up a dead branch as thick as my arm and dug it up from a slightly higher place. I knelt down from time to time to lift the soil out with my hands.
Suddenly Li Luo said coldly: "Give me your knife."