"Wake up, wake up!" Early in the morning, Qu Gao was woken up from his sleep. However, he drank too much last night and became extremely dizzy. He only turned over and fell asleep again.
"oops!"
The man suddenly kicked him hard on the buttocks, and he got up in pain. He looked angrily at the person coming, and when he saw it was Shi Min, his anger was half gone, but he still asked unhappily: "General, are you there?"
What's the order?"
Shi Min said coldly: "Your martial arts are really bad. I really don't know how Zhang You died in your hands. From today on, you will get up at Mao o'clock every day and practice martial arts for two hours. I will train you personally."
Practicing for two hours every day? Are you kidding! Qu Gao wanted to argue, but seeing that Shi Min's expression was serious and not his usual friendly look, he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to get dressed and follow Shi Min to the martial arts field to practice.
In the second month of spring, Shi Min led his generals to attack the three cities of Xuchang, Xiping and Runan, while Qugao stayed behind in Luoyang.
Not long after Shi Min went on the expedition, Shi Hu of Zhao State sent people to Luoyang. Qu Gao, as a subordinate of Shi Min, greeted the envoy. Only then did he find out that Shi Min had received the military order to capture Xiangyang years ago, but kept it secret. Qu Gao never heard about it.
A little bit of wind.
"Qu Lang, isn't it possible that General Shi Min is attacking Xuchang, Xiping, and Runan under the guise of attacking Xiangyang secretly?" After the envoy left, Jianyi asked Qu Gao worriedly.
Qu Gao recalled that when Shi Min went on an expedition, he repeatedly told him to be optimistic about Luoyang. His words were fair and aboveboard, and he did not seem to be deceiving him. He believed Shi Min without any reason, and he did not have any doubts in his heart. He said: "No! General Shi disdains this."
Waiting for tricks.”
"Qu Lang, it's not good!" Yang suddenly rushed in in panic.
"Why are you so nervous?"
Yang said: "Since the beginning of spring, our grain transport caravan from Xiangyang has been robbed repeatedly from Nanyang to Luoyang. I ordered the caravan to change its route several times, but the group of robbers appeared and disappeared, no matter where the caravan went.
You can always run into them on every road, and we haven't gotten grain or rice for more than a month now. If this trade route is interrupted, Luoyang will be without grain and rice."
Qu Gao was shocked. The spring plowing has not yet started, and the harvest will take half a year. This grain road is the lifeblood of Luoyang and must not be lost. He just doesn't know what kind of force the person who robbed the grain is. "Is it a mob bandit? Or a hooligan?
Riding? Or... the southern forces?" Qu Gao asked.
"I don't know! According to people who escaped from the caravan, there were about ten riders in a group, wearing black armor and covering their faces with black cloth. It was unclear whether they were Hu people or Han people. I only knew that they came and went like the wind and robbed food and property.
He left without knowing where he was hiding," Yang said.
"It's the wandering cavalry again!" Ever since the barbarians invaded China, Qu Gao has been deeply disgusted with these barbarian cavalry who come and go without a trace. They burn, kill and loot everywhere. Everywhere they go, there is a disaster. Qu Gao
When Gao was escorting Zhu Yan's caravan, he also encountered a ranger. That time Zhongli Chi and Tian Hong were killed in the battle. Qu Gao wished he could cook these rangers alive. Therefore, he set up another caravan and
He led the Eight Swords personally to escort him out of the city.
This caravan rushed from Luoyang to Xiangyang, and did not encounter Huqi robbers along the way. Qu Gao personally went to the foot of Xiangyang City and saw that Xiangyang was not at war, and he really felt relieved. After getting food and rice easily from Xiangyang,
The group of people continued to escort the caravan north.
When we arrived in Nanyang, it was almost dusk. It was inconvenient to do business in the dark night, so we had to find a place to camp and rest. Qu Gao looked around and it seemed that it was not far from the place where Zhu Yan was buried. Now that he hadn’t seen her for so long, he took him with him.
They followed the caravan and set up camp not far from Zhu Yan's burial site.
In order to prevent Hu Qi from attacking, Qu Gao gathered the grain and rice goods in the middle, and the caravan guarded around the goods. Ba Jian and himself guarded the outside. After the caravan was arranged, Qu Gao took Ba Jian to the tomb of Zhu Yan to offer sacrifices.
sweep.
In the mountains and fields, there are a lot of weeds and dust in spring, but Zhu Yan’s tomb is clean, and there are several plates of sacrifices placed, as if someone had been there not long ago. Qu Gao thought to himself, Zhu Yan founded the caravan, although
The Yang family recruited some new people, but some of them were Zhu Yan's old tribe. Perhaps they were traveling on this business road, and when passing by, they offered sacrifices and sweeps. In this way, Zhu Yan could see his caravans coming and going here every day.
It's not lonely either.
"Ayan, are you okay?"
"After you left, I often felt lonely."
"You have spent your whole life trying to promote my Qu family to a noble family. Now I have done it, but you are no longer here."
"Ayan, do you know that even the Jade Face King is full of praise for you, saying that you are the most courageous and talented woman he has ever seen in his life!"
"What I'm wearing today is your favorite red wedding dress. Take a look at it. It's not wrinkled, is it?"
"I often think that if I hadn't asked that night in the backyard of Nanyang Prince's Mansion, 'Are you willing to come with me?', maybe you could have spent your whole life in peace in the Prince's Mansion, right?"
"Today's sunset is also beautiful."
Qu Gao chatted with Zhu Yan word by word until night fell, and the spring breeze of the second wind carried a chill. Ba Jianyi covered Qu Gao with a black fur and advised: "Qu Lang, it's time to go back."
, the girl also needs to rest."
Qu Gao said goodbye to Zhu Yan, returned to the camp, and gathered around the fire. The fire was filled with black charcoal and billowing with thick smoke, making everyone cough.
"Qu Lang, why did you bring this cheap black charcoal to make a fire?" Jian Er coughed a few times and asked with a grimace.
Qu Gao piled up the flames and said slowly: "After tonight, we will arrive in Luoyang tomorrow. The group of rangers haven't taken action yet, and I'm afraid they won't be able to find us."
Jian Er said "Oh", seeming to understand Qu Gao's intention. He increased his vigilance and looked around, but found no trace of those wandering riders.
"There is no rush. Since we are black-armored rangers, we will do it when the moon is dark and the wind is high and the lights are burned out. Now we are all on guard. They dare not attack and rest peacefully." After Qu Gao put down the last piece of charcoal, he went inside.
The lights were turned on in the tents, and everyone else went into their tents to rest.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of horse hooves came towards here. Although everyone was closing their eyes and concentrating, they listened to the six directions, and when they noticed that there was a cavalry approaching, they all held their own positions. The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and Qu Gao raised his body.
Dressed in black fur, he walked out of the tent, holding Lu Li Sword in his left hand and Thirty-Six Slashes in his right hand. Looking at the speeding knights, the murderous aura in his body suddenly surged, and his eyes seemed to spit out fire.
"Leave your property and spare your lives!" The black knights rushed to the front of the formation, and the leader shouted loudly, and then more than ten knights stopped together, with their spears drawn out, pointing at everyone.
Seeing this, the Eight Swordsmen each drew their swords out of their sheaths, and were about to fight, when they suddenly heard Qu Gao shouting: "Stop!"
"Jun'er, do you want to rob my caravan?"
Both parties were shocked when they heard the words. Qu Gao lit a torch, and the firelight reflected on his handsome face. The man headed by the black rider hurriedly dismounted and knelt down: "Uncle!"
Speaking of which, this team of rangers was created by Qu Gao! In the spring hunt last year, Zhong Lijun was appreciated by Zhang You for his bravery and promoted to captain of ten. Qu Gao personally went to the weapons bureau to build for him a fine iron caltrop spear with a ten-standard cold light essence.
He also blackmailed ten good horses from Shen Yi before fully equipping this ten-man team. At that time, Qu Gao thought, since the Hu people's stragglers are like ghosts and ghosts, coming and going without a trace and committing all kinds of evil;
The Jin people could also use the same method and return the favor. They also used wandering horses to disperse the northern lands. When they encountered the scattered Hu people, they would attack them head-on. When they encountered the Hu people's army, they would retreat and wander around, allowing the Hu people to have a taste of this.
The taste of gangrene of bone!
Unexpectedly, Zhongli Jun actually accomplished this. Although his face was covered with a black scarf, his figure was still that of an immature young man. Qu Gao looked at Zhongli Jun and asked in a cold voice: "Jun'er is very capable.
, I taught you to use your wandering horses to disturb Beard, but you repeatedly robbed my caravan!"
"How dare my nephew!" Zhong Lijun hurriedly explained: "This caravan traveled to and from Xiangluo without a name. My nephew only believed that it was a profiteer by a treacherous businessman who collaborated with the enemy, so he stopped and robbed it many times. If he knew that it was his uncle, he would have escorted him all the way.
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"I don't dare to measure you!" Most of the anger in Qu Gao's heart has disappeared. This is no wonder Zhong Lijun. He and the king secretly planned to open up this grain road, and no one else knew about it. In order to avoid causing trouble, he never raised a flag.
Zhong Lijun accidentally robbed him of food for more than a month, but there was no place to explain the matter. "You robbed seven teams of my food, rice and property. Where did you put them?" Qu Gao
asked.
Zhongli Jun pointed forward and said: "A hundred steps ahead of my aunt's tomb, there is a small hill. My nephew dug a cellar there and hid all the grain, rice and property in it. If there are victims, I will give them some.
They are destined to flee south." After saying that, he stood up and said, "I'm going to get it and return it to my uncle!"
"No need! Since you snatched it with your own ability, you can use it yourself." Qu Gao was still a little angry at first, but when he thought that Zhu Yan's caravans were all equipped with martial artists, Zhong Lijun's ranger team could engage in business.
The team had some skills in grabbing the grain, rice and property. Seeing Zhong Lijun become a master, Qu Gao couldn't help but feel proud in his heart. After all, he had cultivated it himself. The greater his skills, the happier he would be.
Zhong Lijun was obviously shocked when he heard that Qu Gao kept those batches of goods for himself, and then said: "Uncle is now in a high position, and the rewards are so generous!"
Qu Gao heard this and said displeased: "You know that I surrendered to Zhao, and you also know that I became the king of Luoyang, but you think I am a traitor?"
Zhongli Jun shook his head repeatedly and said: "I know that my uncle surrendered to Zhao for Xiangyang, and I also know that my uncle will endure the humiliation and bear the burden and will return to Xiangyang one day!"
Qu Gao felt a little better. In this case, the food robbery was over. When Qu Gao saw Zhong Lijun, he could not help but recall the old things in his heart. Nowadays, all that is left is sadness and regret. "Ayan's tomb,
You clean it from time to time, right?"
Zhongli Jun nodded "Yes". Qu Gao praised: "You are serious."