"Let's go take a look." Guo Ning handed the wooden bowl to Lu Han and strode outside the camp.
The camp was very small, so there was no camp gate at all. The group of people sent by Tudan Governor stayed at the gap in a wooden fence on the north side of the river beach. Guo Ning turned a corner and saw them.
The children had just eaten the pancakes and seemed to have endless energy. They ran ahead of Guo Ning, and then ran back, hurriedly reporting: "Liu Lang, those people brought two pigs! Big pigs! There are several more.
sheep!"
Since arriving in Anzhou, the people around Guo Ning have gradually dispersed. Now, there are only a dozen or so people left in the entire camp, which inevitably looks desolate. But when these children get excited, they become as noisy as dozens of people, which makes Guo Ning's ears
There was a buzzing sound.
"Okay, okay, I got it!" Guo Ning put his arms around Lu Shu's shoulders with a smile and asked him to lead his companions back: "You guys should share the remaining pancakes. Tell your sister, we will eat tonight
OK."
The children left cheering.
When the children left, Guo Ning turned around, and the smile disappeared from his face.
He only glanced at the boxes of gifts with the corners of his eyes, as if he didn't notice them at all, but just stared calmly at the gift-giver standing in front of the queue.
"This is a close family member of Governor Tudan, called Cui Xiannu." Wang Shixian said softly behind Guo Ning.
Guo Ning seemed unknown, and there was no trace of respect on his face.
Cui Xiannu wears a footless futou on his head, a round-collared robe, and a red belt around his waist. His clothes are more gorgeous than ordinary local officials. A person like this is truly a third-rank official in front of the prime minister. Even in Zhongdu City,
Relying on the power of the Tudan clan, they will not easily succumb to outsiders.
When he arrived in Anzhou, he often traveled with Tudan Langjun. He was always surrounded by flags, title cards, minions, and whips. How could he notice a broken army on the front line?
At this time, he was hurriedly sent out by Lang Jun to a dilapidated camp to show his kindness to a little man whom he had never heard of before! He felt very unhappy and felt that the world was really screwed up.
question.
Just as he was thinking this, Cui Xiannu saw a person striding towards him.
This man is very tall, with broad shoulders and long arms. Even though his career has left deep traces on his face, and his beard is messy and unkempt, his face can be seen to be very young, in his early twenties at most. His eye sockets are very large.
Deeper, his eyes became more and more sharp, and his gaze suddenly made Cui Xiannu's heart tremble.
After Xiao Haohu's death, Tudanlang Junhuo sent people to inquire about the situation. Cui Xiannu accompanied him both front and back, and his ears were filled with Guo Ning's evil deeds.
This is the man, Guo Liulang from Wushabao!
This is the murderer who broke into hundreds of Xi troops alone, killed Xiao Haohu in full view of everyone, and then retreated calmly!
That Xiao Haohu was a powerful figure who led his troops to escape from the Mongolian army's pursuit. Even Tu Dan Langjun was extremely afraid of him. But this Guo Ning...he attacked and killed Xiao Haohu as soon as he got angry, and he was no better than him.
Killing a chicken is even harder!
Who would have thought that there is such a person in the wilderness? If this person can be used by Lang Jun, I am afraid he will not be a fierce general who runs amok? If he becomes Lang Jun's opponent, how much trouble will it cause?
Guo Ning's eyes glanced at Cui Xiannu's face and met his eyes unexpectedly. He suddenly felt a chill running down his spine and shivered, so he did not dare to show a reserved attitude and quickly stood up straighter.
He lowered his head again.
"Excuse me, Mr. Cui, for making this trip. I have accepted the gift. Please pay homage to Tudan Governor on my behalf. Thank you very much for your generous gift."
Guo Ning's calm voice reached his ears, and Cui Xiannu still bowed his head, waiting for Guo Ning's next words.
But after waiting for a long time, there was nothing to say. All around was the sound of strong wind on the desolate river beach.
This guy, just said this lightly? Nothing else?
Now that I know that my husband has given me a generous gift, should I express my flattery on the spot and then ask for help? I heard that this man was originally just a soldier from Wushabao in Changzhou, a mere humble guy, how dare he take advantage of me like this?
Listening to his flat tone and saying "Thank you"...it doesn't look like he really means thank you!
Cui Xiannu tried to put a smile on his face and wanted to say a few more words, but he couldn't help but feel unhappy. After a while, he let out a heavy "hum", cupped his hands slightly and said, "That's it.
That’s it, farewell.”
When he turned around and started to start, he was still hoping that Guo Ning would know that he was rude and catch up to save him. But after walking for more than ten steps, his ears were so straight that they almost hurt, and he didn't hear any movement from Guo Ning.
A group of more than ten servants followed Cui Xiannu towards the end of the river bank, towards the slope.
Guo Ning did not see them off, but just stood there, watching their figures disappear behind the continuous withered yellow reeds.
Wang Shixian didn't expect Guo Ning to treat guests like this, so he asked immediately: "What? Liulang, do you have a grudge against him?"
"I have met Mr. Cui." Guo Ning replied calmly.
"oh?"
"At the beginning of December last year, I went to Wocheng County to see Tu Shan, the governor, and wanted to present a plan to unite Anzhou's defeated troops and establish a military division. In the end, I gave my disciple five taels of silver, but I only met Cui Cui.
Sir. He only heard me say a few words before he kicked me out... Presumably, he was too lazy to listen to the nonsense of a mere soldier. At this moment, it seemed that he didn't even remember seeing him.
Pass me...isn’t it interesting?”
Wang Shixian could only shake his head.
Guo Ning looked at the cage placed on the gravel beach: "Brother Shixian, come and help me."
Wang Shixian hurried over to help carry it.
The little finger of his left hand was cut off by Xiao Haohu. With a little force, the wound was so painful that it felt like tearing. He couldn't help but scream. Lu Han was watching from a distance behind him, taking Feng and the stout woman with him.
Run over to help.
Everyone was exhausted and sweating before they packed up the many gifts.
The pigs and sheep were happily dragged to the back fence by the children. The boxes and cages were placed in Guo Ning's house.
There are four cages. The first cage contains a number of swords, guns and weapons, as well as a horn bow and dozens of long arrows. The second cage contains iron tools such as sickles, axes, hammers, iron pots, etc.
There are two pieces of cloth and a pack of paper, pen and ink. In the third and fourth, there are corn, rice, salt and black beans.
It was obvious that Tu Shanhang had worked hard. After Xiao Haohu's death, he responded immediately, and the gifts he took out were all specially selected, good things that Guo Ning really needed right now. Today's
In the world, such useful objects are better than any gold and silver treasures.
It's a pity that Guo Ning will not be impressed by him. The Guo Ning back then was indeed full of enthusiasm to serve Daikin, but the Guo Ning now is very different from before.
Wang Shixian looked very tempted. He took all the gifts in his hands and looked at them with a smile on his face, and praised them.
It seems that no matter what, the frontier Hu people have one great advantage, that is, they are outspoken. He felt that the court was unreliable, so he said it without any scruples; now he was very interested in the benefits provided by the court, and he did not hide it
.
After he politely took a long knife for himself, he asked: "I also know that Cui Xiannu and other high-ranking evil servants are not a thing. However, Liulang, if you treat him like this, you are not afraid that he is just an assassin."
Are you talking nonsense in front of me?"
"Just because he was like this, I was afraid that he would say less." Guo Ning weighed the iron pot in his hand and handed it to a child: "Go and give it to your sister Lu."
The child was less than three feet tall and staggered away with the iron pot on his head.
Guo Ning continued: "This kind of slave of a noble family is used to being flattered every day. If I treat him so coldly, he must be dissatisfied. If he is dissatisfied, he will make a big statement about how unruly and unruly I, Guo Liulang, am.
It is only used by the governor. In this way, the people from the Yu family in Xinqiao camp will be happy, and they will feel free to contact me."
"But I don't know what kind of good things Yu will send." Wang Shixian said expectantly: "Yu Jingchun dared to leave us that night. If he was wise, he would not give us many gifts and treat us properly.
apologize?"
Guo Ning scratched his chin: "I think the Yu family will have more hands. When the supplies they give arrive, I will have the confidence to recruit people."
"Recruiting manpower?" Wang Shixian perked up: "What manpower? How to recruit them?"
Guo Ning raised his hand and drew a big circle to express his gratitude to Wang Shi: "With this place as the center, in Suizhou, Ansu, Baozhou, Xiongzhou, and Anzhou, small groups like you and me are entrenched in the same place.
There were no fewer than seventy or eighty troops defeated. Even if Xiao Haohu killed them once, there would still be many left. And I, Guo Liulang of Changzhou, have always had some reputation among them."
"That's natural."
Wang Shixian understands this very well. Last year and the year before last, when the imperial army retreated twice, Guo Ning served as a vanguard, blocking the enemy for the Paoze brothers. Although the army was in a panic at the time, many people had no time to report their names, but they later settled down a little.
Later, who has never asked about Guo Liulang who was running rampant on the battlefield?
There are thousands of stragglers who owe Guo Ning a favor!
"In the past two years, I just sat on the bank of the Xiangjun River and pinned my hopes on the court to cheer me up. This idea is really stupid. Many brothers Paoze saw it and probably didn't agree with it." Guo Ning laughed at himself.
He shook his head and continued: "Now that I have killed Xiao Haohu, the incoming commander of the Anzhou capital, and I have broken up with the old man sent by Tudan Governor... They will see it and they will be happy.
.”
Having said this, Guo Ning picked up Tieguduo, stood outside the door, and looked into the distance for a moment. Somehow, he felt that the vegetation in that direction was shaking a little strangely. He looked at it for a long time, but there was nothing really suspicious about it.
Turning around, he smiled confidently: "Brother Shixian, the reason why I refused to recruit those three hundred Xi troops that day was because I had a better choice."
In the direction of Guo Ning's line of sight, a few meters away from the Xiangjunhe camp, a tall, fat monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes suddenly shrank his head and hid his figure in the deep grass.
This sudden movement startled the dozen or so people surrounding him, and they quickly followed him on their knees.
After a while, a lean man asked: "Brother, what are you hiding from?"
The fat monk smiled and said: "Guo Liulang is a dog, and he is very alert. I, the monk Luo, rushed over to check out the situation. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if he discovered it at a glance?"