Yu Liang was stunned for a moment, suddenly laughed and said, "no wonder my soldiers of the 15th battalion are sleepy at night and go to bed early. It''s because of the good doctor, miss!"


    Zhuo Xi stretched out a finger and shook it. "I''ve said it many times. I''m not a miracle doctor! I''m just a little pharmacological. So I''m also curious. It''s reasonable to say that your 15th battalion should not do anything. Why didn''t you sleep in the third watch last night? "


    Yu Liang said angrily, "my subordinates really slept until the fifth watch! The little beast has legs and can run and arms and can fly. If it is judged by the little beast that it was done by his subordinates, his subordinates will not accept it. "


    Zhuo Xi sighed, "in fact, what does it matter if you obey or disagree? It doesn''t matter whether you say it or not. I have known for a long time that your loyalty to the Lord only comes from your loyalty to that woman. I don''t have time to show you evidence and reason with you. I just want to ask, where did all the recruits you secretly recruited go when you were stationed in the suburbs of Beijing? "


    Yu Liang''s face became paler and paler when he heard the speech. At last, there was no support under his knee. He sat down on the ground and looked at Zhuo Xi in despair. His face was dead silent. His lips trembled, and it took him a long time to spit out a word, which could hardly be heard, "subordinates can''t say. Girl, do you know? "


    Zhuo Xi stared at him carefully and smiled gently, "just yelled at you. Where else do I not understand?"


    Yu Liang suddenly raised his eyes and said with a tragic smile, "hahaha, the original flaw is here. Lord, good, have negative trust! " When he drew out his knife from his waist, he would poke it into the pit of his heart.


    Zhuo Xi drank "stop!", One side of the figure flashed. It was a rain. With a clang, he knocked down the knife in his hand. He was stabbed into his chest by the tip of the knife.


    Yu Liang raised his blood red eyes, "why don''t you let me die, girl?"


    "Isn''t it too cheap for you to die like this?! Jian Yi, tie him up first. Let''s try again later! "


    "Yes," Jianyi replied. Tie Yu Liang up. Yu Liang didn''t resist.


    "Rain, where are the remaining soldiers of the 15th battalion?"


    "Master, they are all in the wing room of the left courtyard."


    "Take me there."


    "Yes."


    ”Oh, wait a minute, Jianfeng, you go to the back kitchen and bring some white noodles“


    Jianfeng looked at Zhuo Xi suspiciously for a while. Seeing that she had no desire to explain, she had to salute.


    Zhuo Xi arrived at the left yard with the rain. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw a group of black crows, neatly arranged and ready to go.


    Seeing them coming, a small soldier at the head of the platoon ran up, "Qi Chang, the 300th man of the 15th battalion, met his wife. Yes, sir. The two hundred men of the fifteenth battalion are all ready to start at any time. " He raised his eyes and saw Yu Liang tied behind him. He was shocked, "General Yu, you..."


    Zhuo Xi sneered, "this is the purpose of my coming today." She cleared her throat and shouted to the crowd, "General Yu''s adultery with the enemy bandits has been proved. Now you are led by Qi Chang and return to Liangzhou camp as planned."


    There was an uproar at the bottom. Many soldiers whispered and discussed. Others shouted, "General Yu has always been loyal. How can he have an affair with the enemy bandits?"


    "Oh, if you don''t believe me, you should believe him?" Zhuo Xi motioned Yi to let Yu Liang come forward, "tell me yourself, do you have another master?"


    Yu Liang gritted his teeth, stared at the people in front of him, and then lowered his head in shame.


    Zhuo Xi smiled, "I''ve given him a chance to tell himself. Now you all believe it? " She paused and said to Qi Chang, "let''s go now. Don''t miss dinner time."


    Qi Chang arched his hand and said, "take command in a humble position!"


    "However, when I was in Kyoto, I heard that there was a custom in the northern army, that is, when the army has no head, step on white flour, dip in grain, and then start, you will bring good luck and save military merit. Maybe the vacant position of General Yu will fall on someone one day. "


    As soon as he said this, there was another uproar. A leading soldier laughed and asked, "madam, isn''t this fun?"


    Zhuo Xi also smiled, "it''s just fun. As a woman, I don''t know anything about military affairs. I just heard that general Yu had an accident. I''m just afraid that there will be an accident on the way. You don''t have a competent person to command, so I can borrow that strange custom to ease my heart. If you don''t want to, you can not step on it. "


    The soldier laughed again, "it''s just stepping on the white face. Madam is not afraid to spoil the food. We have something to be afraid of? Everyone said, "isn''t it?"


    "Yes! Yes! " The sound of the rose one after another, mixed with all kinds of laughter.


    Zhuo Xi smiled and asked Jian Yi to put the newly moved white face on the threshold of the courtyard door.


    The soldier took the lead in stepping up, carried a marching package, and jumped twice on it, making white flour bags everywhere“ Ha ha, fun! that ''s ok! Take some white flour to do meritorious service! "


    The soldiers behind also stepped up one by one. Some older soldiers stepped on it and left. For fun, they stepped on more feet. Soon, the outside of the white cloth bag slowly turned black.


    Suddenly, Zhuo Xi pulled a soldier in front of her and asked gently, "this little brother, I suddenly remembered that there was a sister married in Liangzhou city. Would you please take something to her house later?"


    The soldier nodded, "madam, it''s a piece of cake. Just tell me."


    Zhuo Xi nodded, "you wait here for a moment."


    The soldier stood still.


    Zhuo Xi ordered Jian Yi again, "it''s dark. Come quickly and turn it over so that they can have more luck!"


    Yi Yi changed the white bread with a sound.


    Zhuo Xi watched carefully. After the last soldier left, she pulled him out again, "this little brother..."


    The little soldier waited for her to go on.


    She immediately stepped back and shouted, "catch them both!"


    Between easy and between the wind and rain immediately rushed up. The last soldier and the one standing in front looked at each other, pulled out his waist knife and fought with them. But where are their opponents? Soon they were tied up!


    The soldier asked, "madam, what''s wrong with the children?"


    Zhuo Xi ignored and ordered Jian Yi, "open their marching package and check it carefully!"


    "Yes!" The three men of Jian Yi moved quickly and quickly found a bamboo tube from the package. At the moment of opening, a black object flew out. The rain on one side immediately waved his hand and shot it down. When it fell, everyone knew it was a bat.


    The soldiers who had gone out of the backyard heard the movement behind them and came back to watch. They saw a bat. A man shouted, "Heisan, no wonder you never let us touch the bamboo tube. You thought there was some treasure in it. It was such a small beast!"


    The black three said stiffly, "I just have a pet. What''s the matter? What royal law have you violated? "


    Zhuo Xi sneered, "I''m only responsible for finding you out. As for whether you have violated the king''s law and how to deal with it, we have to wait for the Marquis to come back and decide. Jian Yi, take them all down! "


    Heisan shouted, "why catch us? We disagree! "


    Zhuo Xi sneered again, "you know what the bat is for. Want to know why so many people step on white bread and only catch you two? " She looked around and found that all the soldiers were wide eyed and curious, "because only the soles of your two shoes stepped on the white bread! Here, when I went to look for clues yesterday, I found that there was something strange in the mark at the trigeminal intersection and questioned it loudly, so I specially ordered someone to sprinkle red mud there. If you didn''t have a ghost in your heart, how could you be stained with red mud? "


    People suddenly realized.


    Another quick witted, "madam, I''m wronged. I''m just worried about the marquis. I went out again all night."


    "Hehe," Zhuo Xi had to hehe, "bring Yu Liang up."


    Yu Liang was pushed over and scolded loudly, "Heisan, Liu He! I really didn''t expect that there was a traitor in the general''s team, and I didn''t expect that it was you two! You don''t know. If you drank the last with your brothers last night, you were all drugged by your wife and slept until dawn, where would you still have such spirit? Patrol in the middle of the night? If you don''t have something in mind, how can you miss the last bowl of lotus seed soup? "


    There was a ghost in their hearts, but they still argued: "my brothers don''t like to drink that lotus seed soup, can''t they..."


    "Hahaha," Qi Chang jumped out, "don''t you know? When the last lotus seed soup was presented last night, we all went back to the house to pack up. Boy, don''t you know that the damn fat cook took bowl by bowl to our room and watched us pour bowl by bowl before he left. He also said that this lotus seed soup is filled with tonic. Drinking it can make you powerful at the critical moment. If you don''t drink, you''ll lose a lot. "


    Heisan and Liu he have nothing to say. They were not in the room. Naturally, they didn''t drink lotus seed soup. They didn''t know that they had exposed their feet at that time.


    Zhuo Xi said again, "of course, it''s ok if you''re not in the room, but you all go to the trigeminal intersection at the same time. Dare you say you don''t have any conspiracy?" She waved her hand, "forget it, I''d better wait for the Marquis to judge you. I''m so tired. Take them both down. " The rain promised and pushed them to the wood house one by one.


    Zhuo Xi motioned Yu Liang to come up and smiled, "General Yu, don''t you want to say anything?"


    Yu Liang said angrily, "even if I ate all the 18 punishments in the army, I wouldn''t say anything!"


    Zhuo Xi was surprised. "There are 18 punishments in the army? However, if you want to be punished, first bring the soldiers of the 15th battalion back to Liangzhou City safely and hand over to the city guarding soldiers. "


    Yu Liang was surprised and asked, "girl, do you want me to continue to lead soldiers back to Liangzhou?"


    Zhuo Xi stood up impatiently. "I said, can I has the final say in appointing officers in the army? Besides, the five elements have been excluded by you. Now you are their commander and minister. Who will take them if you don''t take them? If you want to resign, you have to wait until the Marquis comes back! Go, go. "


    Yu Liang also said, "deputy commander Wu is not..."


    Zhuo Xi had asked Jian Yi to untie the rope for him, strode out, and said, "General Yu just joked with you. Stop playing and get out of here."


    When he reached the door of the inn, surprised Yan had already taken his cloak and waited outside. They went out together. Walking out of the dilapidated thatched courtyard, she couldn''t help looking at the sky. Jing Yuan, you just use the spies planted by my rival as loyal ministers, and you want me to pretend that I don''t know anything, so I''m not afraid to cold my heart?


    Zhaojialing is a small town. It is said that a long time ago, it was just a small gully between Wuliang and Zisang. At first, several hunters lived. Later, the two countries coexisted peacefully for many years, and the border was OK. The number of people exchanging trade between the two countries gradually increased, and some slowly fell to zhaojialing. If there are temporary ones, there will be permanent ones. Slowly, zhaojialing has changed from a small village to a small town. Now it is a big town.


    The former hills and valleys have long lost their desolation and poverty ridges. When Zhuo Xi saw the big town surrounded by the long city wall after a long desertification no man''s land for more than ten hours, it was very difficult to accept the name "zhaojialing". It is reasonable to say that the place named "Ling" should be lush with trees and dense forests, but in fact, they are desolate and barren land with poor ridges all the way. Only when Lao sun, who was driving the bus, told her that Zhao Jialing was coming, did she seem to see some green.


    Yes, she has been here for more than half a year. The overall feeling of this era is desolation and poverty. Even in the prosperous city of Kyoto where she settled before, she only felt that it was a rural town with a slightly dense population and slightly developed commerce, not to mention the smaller, more dilapidated and poorer countryside she saw when she went south. Some towns even have no commercial atmosphere. People need to be familiar with each other in order to have some limited barter business. Of course, she also knows that this is her view of this era from the perspective of modern commerce. It is a wrong logic to measure whether a society dominated by agriculture is developed by the development of commercial economy. In her opinion, the concept of a hundred hectares of fertile land and ten thousand stones in autumn harvest, which they are proud of, is a ridiculous pride of small-scale peasant economy, but she doesn''t know that this is the basis for the development of such an agricultural society. Therefore, in her view, this cool country is like a country assembled by groups of small rural areas. Only when the carriage bumps heavily through the Chengguan Road with deep ruts can she feel the irreversibility of ancient rural urbanization - no matter which dynasty or region, it is always the economic foundation that determines the superstructure.


    Of course, the particularity of this town lies not only in its slight prosperity and dense population, but also in its political status. Zi Ran said that Zhao Jialing is the first barrier against purple mulberry, but the reverse is the same. It is also the first barrier against purple mulberry. Zhao Kuo, the city Lord of Zhao Jialing, received a double reward. He was not only awarded by the state of Wuliang, but also recognized by the state of Zisang. It can be said that both Zhao Jialing and Zhao Jialing belong to the two countries. This formed Zhao Jialing''s strange independent status. Both countries suppress, guard against and spy on each other. The final result is that no one can send troops to this town. As for spies and the like, it depends on who is more capable. So there is no army in this town, only the private escort of the city owner maintains law and order. This model has been maintained for several years, and the monarchs of the two countries are deeply satisfied with this situation.


    After reading the last volume of information on the table, Zhuo Xi took a long breath and threw the bamboo tube down heavily. These materials of Zhao Jialing had already been collected and placed in front of her case when they opened from Qingyun town. In recent days, Zhuo Xi has read these bamboo slips in the car for days.


    Surprised Yan hurriedly picked up those bamboo tubes.


    She opened the curtains and looked at the rows of houses covered with grass and adobe, which were arranged neatly and regularly. This is an ancient border town built under the command of obvious administrative power. It can be seen that this is a catering street from the big flags flying "wine" in the past. She thought maybe the whole town had divided the functional areas, so she said to the old sun, "stop ahead and we''ll find the largest restaurant for dinner."


    The party entered what looked like the tallest and largest restaurant. It''s the highest. In fact, the roof is higher than others. It''s still a thatched house with only one floor. The thatched roof and the adobe wall are exposed by the wind and sun. Zhuo Xi finally knew where the desolation in her heart came from. It was the ubiquitous thatch, which publicized the sadness that wheat was abandoned after it was mature.


    Zhuo Xi closed her eyes and tried not to look at these earthy yellow walls. She turned her eyes to the scattered tables and chairs in the store. It was dark. I don''t know how many people''s oil fingerprints were pressed on it, how many wine and vegetable hot soup were sprinkled on it, and even the fresh blood of various organisms might have been sprinkled on it. She closed her eyes again, forget it, don''t look or think. This is a very strange psychological hint. She immediately remembered the human flesh black shop in an adapted journey to the west, so that when she saw the waiter coming to greet him, she would carefully stare at the look on his face, as if she wanted to see a flower.


    Until the waiter, who had laughed like a flower, had a stiff smile on his face, and I didn''t know what the gorgeous owner meant by staring at him. He looked awkwardly at the girls next to him. The younger girl touched the woman in Chinese clothes. She was surprised to find a seat and sat down. He hurriedly placed the wooden cards with the names of the dishes and asked the Chinese woman to choose. Of course, he mainly put the expensive varieties near her. Sure enough, he saw that she picked up seven or eight nearby wooden cards, and then he walked away with satisfaction.


    Xiaoli and Xiaoji Xiaoguai chattered about what they had seen and heard along the way. What? The Wangfu stone at the gate of the city really looks like a woman, the Wannian pine next to her looks like a late returning husband, the name of the medicine written at the door of a medicine shop just passed by is missing two strokes, and so on.


    Jian Yi and Lao sun finally came in. Zhuo Xi motioned them to sit down and called Jian Yu and Jian Lei to have dinner together. Jian Yi had the highest position among them. Xiao Li cleverly moved his seat back and gave him the seat next to Zhuo Xi. Jian Yi was also impolite. He pressed the soft sword between his belly and took a warning look at all the people present, and then sat down next to Zhuo Xi. After sitting down, he whispered to Zhuo Xi, "the man who has been following us has also come, sitting on the outermost table."


    Zhuo Xi squinted and looked at the door. Because it was against the light, some could not see clearly. Instead, he looked at the strange tunnel, "how is it him?"


    Zhuo Xi asked, "do you know?"


    "It''s the white childe." Surprised, he covered his mouth and whispered, "no, it''s the prince."


    "It''s an old acquaintance. Please invite him over for a drink." Suddenly, he thought of his arrogant look. Where can ordinary servants answer? He said, "forget it. Let''s talk after dinner."


    Jian Yi Qi said, "master, do you know?"


    Zhuo Xi nodded and asked Xiao Li, who kept talking, to explain what happened on the road to him. But it made Jian Yi more strange. "Master, the bow and crossbow you said can really shoot a hundred steps?"


    Zhuo Xi rolled her eyes and didn''t want to explain to him that 100 steps is 100 meters. What''s strange. The sniper rifle she used to use has a range of 3000 meters and is not affected by the wind.


    Jian Yi touched his nose and asked Xiao Li, "have you tried it? Is there really a hundred steps? "


    Xiao Li giggled, "of course, sister Xiao soul''s one is more powerful and can reach 120 steps."


    His eyes were straight. "Xiao soul also has one?" He looked at the rest of the people and found that no one looked envious, especially Lao sun''s Old God. He was even more depressed, "Lao sun, even you?"


    Zhuo Xi laughed at his sour tone and said generously, "if you want to try, go to the carriage and get it later. But when trying, remember to take back the three edged short arrow. Between rain and thunder, you can also try "


    The three of them were overjoyed.


    A voice sounded sarcastically, "the girl doesn''t say that she has military life. How can she give this new weapon to others so generously?"


    Zhuo Xi turned her head. Wang Qi was still standing behind her in white. He smiled, "it''s really fate that such a remote neighbor can meet an old friend. Why don''t you sit down and drink together? "


    At this time, the waiter brought the plate. Wang Qi gave way. Xiao Li hurriedly helped bring the dishes to the table, and moved back a seat. Jian Yi stood up and saluted Wang Qixing, "please, Mr. Wang, in the counselor of Baihui army in xialiangzhou."


    Wang Qi also saluted, "it''s a man in the army. It''s rude. " Well, since he is a man in the army, he can''t keep his mouth shut. However, he looked at the vacant seat beside Zhuo Xi, looked at the rest of the people, and frowned.


    Zhuo Xi took out a handkerchief and slowly wiped the chopsticks in her hand several times. She said, "Mr. Wang Qi came all the way to find me, but the girl in your family has something to bring me?" It''s inconvenient to have no napkins here.


    Wang Qi smiled bitterly and no longer hesitated. He lifted his clothes and sat down beside her. "The girl is really smart, but she''s not from my family. I''m just entrusted by my old friend to protect her."