Royal Road - Chapter 35

[Chapter 35]

“The corpses in the courtyard belonged to Wang Hu and Wang Leopard?” Hearing the report of the servant below, Liang Feng couldn’t help frowning.

Whether it was Tian Chang or the brothers of the Wang family, Liang Feng had never had any murderous intentions, and in his eyes, those guilt did not constitute a capital crime at all.

However, he forgot that this was not a society ruled by law more than a thousand years later, but the Western Jin Dynasty where subjects could usurp the throne and princes could control the state.

In this era of the collapse of rituals and music, even a small heart of “disobedience” can lead to such terrifying troubles.

What’s worse is that they are too negligent to take precautions around them.

He had no habit of being served, and the Liang Mansion was so short of manpower that he had already cut down the number of servants in the inner courtyard several times.

As a result, the security measures that are full of loopholes have provided opportunities for those with bad intentions.

It seems that his previous ideas are still a bit naive.

Liang Feng sighed lightly and ordered, “Drag the body out and bury it.”

Logically speaking, for such a vicious servant who betrays his master, flogging the body or hanging his head is not too much, but now the weather is getting warmer, more than With that ethereal deterrent effect, epidemic prevention is more important.

Lvzhu also came over at this time, not only wiped his face, but also changed into new clothes, and with an expression that he wished to drag people away, he persuaded: “Master, you should take a bath! Doctor Jiang ordered to take a quick rest. That’s it

!”

This person who smelled of blood was really uncomfortable, Liang Feng followed his kindness: “Go to the hot water…”

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Back in the camp, the soldiers who greeted these soldiers were not only the doctors who diagnosed the disease, but also the freshly boiled ones. hot water.

This was originally intended to be used for city defense, but now it has been poured into wooden barrels, allowing the soldiers to cleanse their bodies with blood.

There are also clean bandages and concentrated saline, both for healing.

After being instigated by the team just now, seeing these thoughtful arrangements, the soldiers were naturally pleasantly surprised, and felt more and more that they were following the right person.

Yi Yan did not stay to take a bath, but got up and went to the side courtyard where Liang Feng temporarily lived.

At this moment, servants were arranged to stand guard at the entrance of the courtyard, but no one would stop Yiyan. He strode to the door and pushed open the door.

A steam of wet water rushed towards him, and the air was filled with the fragrant fragrance of petals and herbs. Behind the screen, there was a faint sound of water.

Yi Yan’s footsteps stopped immediately. He hadn’t washed up yet, and his body was covered in dust and blood. It seemed that just walking into the room gave the air a stench.

However, Liang Feng had already heard the voice outside the door and asked, “Is it Yi Yan? The trilogy has returned to the camp?”

“Already returned to the camp.” Yi Yan involuntarily stepped forward and replied loudly.

He was a little tired from being soaked in the hot water, so Liang Feng asked vigorously, “How about the casualties?”

“Two people injured their legs, a few people were slashed on their backs, and the rest were minor injuries.” Yiyan replied.

Of course, he didn’t count himself.

Liang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, this was much better than expected.

With Jiang Da around, these minor injuries shouldn’t be a problem, and they can finally keep these precious troops.

“What about the enemy? How many died?” he continued.

“Kill more than 70 bandit soldiers, and the enemy chief will give them their heads.”

Seventy people?

That’s more than half of it!

Why is the casualty rate so high?

Liang Feng asked, “What about the others? Escaped or surrendered?” After a

pause, Yiyan said coldly, “Only two were caught, and the rest fled.”

It was a little different from what he imagined, but In the first battle, there will always be some omissions.

In the future, it seems that all matters need to be sorted out in order to facilitate implementation.

Liang Feng nodded lightly: “It’s not bad to have this victory. This time you have made a great contribution, and ordered that all the fields allocated by the soldiers will be exempted for three years.” Unexpectedly,

Yiyan refused this time: ” This should be announced by the lord himself.”

Oh?

Did he remember letting himself be gracious?

Liang Feng couldn’t help laughing, this kid is really not the stunned young man he used to be, it seems that the recent history books have not been heard in vain.

“Well, let’s wait for two days. I will review the parts myself and issue rewards. By the way, what about the captured bandit soldiers? Have you asked about the origin of this bandit?”

“It’s from Qingyangzhai! The one who attacked the lord before was also their army. Five days ago, this group of bandits arrested Tian Shang, and after being instigated by him, they came to attack Liangfu, and the brothers Wang Hu and Wang Bao served as inner responders.

” Yan really “trialed” the two survivors well, and knew very well that the Wang brothers had already died.

However, in his opinion, just dragging people to bury it is impossible to relieve the hatred. It is time to hang all these thieves with their heads and ashes!

Unexpectedly, he had such a “relationship” with this group of bandits, Liang Feng suddenly became vigilant and asked, “How many bandits are there on the mountain?

” The refugees who came.”

“What? They also kidnapped the refugees?!” There was a clatter of water, and Liang Feng sat up, “Is there any spare energy left in Buqu? Can you take down the cottage?”

“My lord!” Yi Yan couldn’t help it

He frowned, “It’s just some refugees, why waste troops for them? What if the tribe is dispatched and someone else attacks Liangfu?” I

just suffered a big loss from Tian Chang, so it’s possible that I’m still fighting for those lowly people. Refugees fighting to the death?

Yiyan knew that his lord had a good heart, but he never thought that this person was so kind!

If the trilogy is dispatched, what will the Liang residence do?

Who will protect his safety?

Behind the screen, Lu Bamboo exclaimed in a low voice: “Lang Jun, your hair hasn’t been dried yet, so you can’t go out like this.”

However, she didn’t stop the figure.

Dressed in a robe and with wet hair, Liang Feng walked out of the screen, and said to Yi Yan with a sober face, “That’s not the truth. Qingyang Village must be destroyed. Serious injury, eradicated in one fell swoop! Those refugees are innocent people, and we cannot just watch them fall into the hands of thieves. If we want to stop the good people from thieves, we must give them a way out!”

It seemed like a loss-making business to use family soldiers to save the refugees, but he couldn’t sit back and watch those ordinary people trapped in the den of thieves.

Not to mention that the escaped bandit soldiers are likely to return to the villa and force these refugees from the thieves.

If the refugees become rogues, Qingyang Village will never disappear, and in front of them, there will be a mortal enemy who will never be killed.

Moreover, the refugees are not completely useless. Now the village is very thin, whether it is farming or training soldiers. It is better to gather some refugees and use these manpower in the most appropriate places.

This significance is much more important than simply repelling the bandits.

Unprepared, Yi Yan was pinned in place.

The man in front of him didn’t dry his body, his robe was half-open, revealing his fair skin, as well as the faint bruises on his chest and abdomen.

The wet hair was draped over the shoulders, black and soft, and a few strands got into the collar, wetting the thin coat.

That person is beautiful, beautiful to the extreme, but it doesn’t make people feel the slightest blasphemy.

Just because his eyes were sharp and his expression solemn.

What moved him so much was human life, the life of innocents.

As if his eyes were burnt, Yi Yan quickly lowered his head and whispered, “Tomorrow, I will attack Qingyang Village for the master.

” It’s not like Liang’s residence, you still have to be careful. By the way, if there are refugees who don’t want to come, it’s better to let them go, and don’t use force to force them.” Liang Feng couldn’t help but warned again carefully.

Although Yiyan handled this encounter very well, it was not at all difficult to attack the camp and gather refugees, and it was always right to ask more.

At this time, Lvzhu was already chasing out with a cloth towel: “Lang Jun, you have to dry your hair so you don’t get caught in the wind!”

It was only at this moment that Liang Feng realized that Yi Yan was still in the same embarrassed state, and he couldn’t help saying: “Yi Yan , you should also take a bath, and let Dr. Jiang treat the wound well, and don’t be careless.”

Whether it is tetanus or bacterial infection, it can kill people, and injuries in this era are not a joke.

Yi Yan didn’t say anything, and after bowing his head again, he exited the door.

Looking at the figure who was pulled by the green bamboo to the side of the couch and began to wipe the long hair, he took a deep breath and strode towards the barracks.

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Early the next morning, Yiyan set off with his troops.

The old nest of Qingyangzhai is on the nearby Daqing Mountain, more than 20 miles away from Liangfu. How can ordinary soldiers walk for a long time, but Liangfujia soldiers have the habit of long-distance running. Such a distance can only be regarded as an outing. .

In a fierce battle yesterday, although not many people were injured, a few of them exerted too much force and injured their waists.

In addition, Liang Mansion also needed to be guarded, so Yi Yan only brought ten family soldiers and twenty young men from the farm to accompany him.

Compared to the family soldiers who have seen blood and killed people, these young warriors are a lot less imposing, and because of this, they don’t even dare to show their air, and they follow closely behind the family soldiers without falling behind.

It only took an hour for the team to arrive at Qingyang Village.

Yiyan did not immediately order troops to attack, but sent a sentry to check.

After a while, the scout rushed back excitedly: “The team is right, we didn’t find any guards, and the stockade is quite quiet. Maybe the bandits haven’t woken up yet!”

Yi Yan looked coldly at the descending soldiers who were leading the way.

Trembling with fright, the man hurriedly knelt down and said, “General, spare your life, the little one didn’t lie. Yesterday, the village was full of people. Even if there were people who escaped, it wouldn’t be too many.”

Yesterday’s battle was really scary .

Broke his courage, now there is absolutely one thing to say, and I dare not speak falsely.

Those little leaders are basically dead in this person’s hands, even if they escaped, they wouldn’t be a powerful character, and they wouldn’t dare to resist the soldiers of Liangfu!

Only then did Yi Yan turn his gaze back, and said to the soldiers behind him, “Go up the mountain!” The

30-person team would make noise no matter how hidden it was.

However, they walked very fast, and the bandit guarding the gate had not yet reacted, and the team had already rushed to the gate of the cottage.

Looking at the sentry upstairs in the corner of his eyes, Yi Yan said coldly, “Sun Jiao!”

Sun Jiao took a step forward and drew his bow and arrow.

With just a few whizzes, the panic-stricken sentry was shot downstairs.

Yi Yan waved his hand lightly: “Longlong, come on!”

A Jie man immediately brought four or five people to the gate of the village, one of them crouched at the base of the wall as a footstep, the other held a short knife and stepped on his companion’s shoulder quickly Climb up the wall.

In the blink of an eye, two or three people jumped into the village, and after a few screams, the wooden door of the village creaked open.

“Attack!”

Following this order, the soldiers of the family had already picked up their spears and strode towards the gate of the village.

Qingzhuang’s footsteps followed slightly scattered, but it did not affect his momentum at all, like a sharp knife, piercing into the village.

At this moment, the only bandit soldiers left in the village had already bombed their nests, and those who fled back yesterday had seen the power of those long spears.

Screaming, kneeling and begging for mercy, and fleeing over the wall, to name a few.

However, Yi Yan didn’t show mercy, and wherever he went, there was blood.

It only took less than a quarter of an hour, and there were no more bandits in the village who could breathe.

Yi Yan shook the long spear in his hand and shook

off the blood on the tip of the spear. He turned his head and asked, “Where are the refugees?”

All those caught are locked in the cowshed in the west. There are also more than a dozen farmers and women who have been raised in the backyard.”

Yi Yan did not talk nonsense, and asked Sun Jiao and Laolong to lead people to find them separately.

In a short time, driven by the two corps chiefs, these people got out of their cages one after another and gathered on the square of the cottage.

Seeing those timid and bony refugees, Yiyan frowned and said loudly, “I am ordered by the lord to attack Qingyang Village! Now that all the thieves have been wiped out, you can follow me down the mountain and join my lord. Leave now!”

This group of captured refugees could not tell who came, but the bandits caught fire and saw the corpses all over the ground, and their legs went weak.

Suddenly found that this group of people did not seem to be bandit soldiers, and everyone was a little stunned.

A bolder peasant asked, “Here, where is the lord of this general?”

“The lord of Liang’s house, the Marquis of Shenmen Ting!” The farmer trembled.

However, he was also kidnapped up the mountain by the mountain bandits, and it was a bit of a wink that he could avoid participating in the robbery by virtue of his good farming.

Just after looking at it for a while, he found that the temperament of this group of strong men and the mountain bandits was somewhat different.

Not to mention the men with long spears, even the young men behind them didn’t look evil, but instead they all had ruddy complexions and neat clothes.

Now that the world is so chaotic, going out and fleeing the famine is really bad luck.

It’s better than being kidnapped by bandits again!

After hesitating for a moment, he knelt down: “The villain is willing to follow the general down the mountain!”

After this kneeling, the rest of the hesitant refugees knelt down one after another, and various voices roared into one.

Yi Yan ignored the group of refugees, turned his head to the soldiers and said, “Where is the warehouse in your village?”

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As he watched the troupe come out of the courtyard wall, Liang Feng returned to the room and fell asleep again in a daze. past.

It was really too much consumption yesterday, especially killing two robbers with this body made half of his body aching.

The good times of easy one-vs-five are gone forever, let alone exercise, let’s talk about getting better first.

After a long sleep, Liang Feng opened his eyes and found a small radish kneeling in front of the couch with a straight head.

Liang Rong didn’t know when he came, so he looked at himself with tears in his eyes, as if his father was about to die.

“Rong’er is here?” Liang Feng coughed lightly, trying to stand up.

Unexpectedly, this action immediately pulled his shoulders, causing him to take a deep breath.

“My son

heard that my father was caught by the gangster yesterday!” Liang Rong sobbed and grabbed Liang Feng’s sleeve, “Is my father injured?”

Liang Feng did not tell Liang Rong the details, but asked Chaoyu to appease the little guy, saying that he was busy with business, so that Liang Rong did not have to come to greet him.

Unexpectedly, this little thing heard about the robbers from nowhere, and came to block the door early in the morning.

It is also the harmonious relationship between father and son that allows Liang Rong to run into his bedroom smoothly.

Liang Feng stretched out his hand and touched the soft black hair on Liang Rong’s head soothingly: “Didn’t Rong’er see it? It’s a good father, how can anyone get hurt? Yesterday, some bad guys attacked Liang’s house, but they were all driven away by the family soldiers. Rong’er doesn’t have to worry about it.”

“Are those bad guys very powerful? How can we beat them? Rong’er also has to learn and protect Grandpa!” The tears in his eyes had not faded away, but Liang Rong had already bitten his teeth tightly. Grateful, said harshly.

Liang Feng couldn’t help laughing.

But the little guy is a little aggressive, which is not a bad thing.

“These Rong’er will naturally have to learn in the future, such as horse riding, archery, and leading troops to fight. But now, does Rong’er have time to accompany his father for a meal?” Liang Feng smiled and pinched Liang Rong’s tender beep. Little face, jokingly.

How could Liang Rong refuse this kind of request, he immediately nodded vigorously.

It seems that this kid has been staying here since he got up. I am afraid he is starving, right?

“Green Bamboo, go to the kitchen to get some morning food, prepare more goat milk, and steam an egg custard.” He ordered the kitchen to make the egg custard as a complementary food for Liang Rong, and the little guy liked it very much.

After a while, the hot food was served.

Unlike ordinary people, Liang Feng did not let the nurse wait for Liang Rong to eat, but let him do it himself.

Liang Rong has a stubborn temper and is reluctant to use a spoon. He uses short chopsticks just like the little adults.

It may be because the activity was too intense yesterday, and Liang Feng was actually a little hungry. In addition, he needed to replenish his strength. He drank a bowl of goat milk and put down his chopsticks after a small bowl of bean porridge.

Liang Rong ate the food in front of him. Since Liang Feng said that eating more can help him grow up faster, he has stopped being picky eaters.

Such an obedient performance was naturally praised by Liang Feng again.

He comforted the little guy again and promised that he would be taught horsemanship and archery immediately, Liang Rongcai obediently followed Chaoyu and left.

Without interruption, Liang Feng’s mind naturally focused on attacking the cottage.

After all, it was Yi Yan’s first time leading a military expedition, and he was only about 30 people. If something happened, it would be bad.

However, it was faster than he imagined. The first group of people went home just after noon.

“Are these confiscated?” Liang Feng looked at the seven or eight carts parked outside, all kinds of cattle, horses, and animals, and was stunned.

Because he was afraid of restraining the troops to fight, he only explained to Yiyan a few ways to attack the camp, and did not let him focus on wealth and food.

In fact, in order to capture the mountain, setting fires is within Liang Feng’s acquiescence. As long as the fire is controlled, it is enough not to hurt the imprisoned refugees.

However, after only half a day of hard work, he just pulled back a pile of loot, and it was still food and grass. Even Liang Feng was taken aback.

It was Wu Chang Sun Jiao who was in charge of transporting the supplies. It was the first time he met the master alone. He replied a little embarrassedly: “There are some valuables in the back. The team is saying that he will escort him personally.

” For many families, there is nothing in this world that is better than making money from war.

Liang Feng suddenly asked, “Didn’t Yiyan let you share some property?”

Sun Jiao suddenly became nervous and shook his head again and again: “The team is saying that these belong to the boss, and it should be handled by the boss.”

Liang Feng’s heart Immediately let go.

If you indulge in plundering by private soldiers, the character of the team will soon fall to the bottom, and it will be difficult to control it at that time.

It is of course possible to distribute loot, but it must be controlled by his commander.

This will bring the team back together.

No longer entangled in this question, Liang Feng turned to ask: “Where are the refugees? Are they all rescued?”

“All rescued! Eighty-six people in total. Follow the team, and they will be there soon.”

“Well, take me with you .

Go and have a look.”

Although he had seen many images of refugees in film and television works, the real refugees still made Liang Feng frown.

These people have not undergone artistic processing. They are all skinny and scrawny like African refugees.

Most of the women looked numb, lowered their heads, and said nothing.

There were no old people or children in the team at all. I don’t know if they were killed by mountain bandits or starved to death on the way to escape.

After a moment of silence, Liang Feng said, “Take them to a nearby stream, and take advantage of the heat at noon to wash off the bugs and lice on their bodies.”

Treating the refugees like this seemed like a big deal.

But his own team was running every day to bathe in the river, and Sun Jiao also knew that the master might not be too dirty, so he led the group of refugees down.

Liang Feng turned his head to Lvzhu and said, “Go and call Ah Liang.”

After a while, Ah Liang came to the main courtyard.

Seeing the cartload of grain, he couldn’t help but smile: “My lord, is this the seized grain? It’s good!”

Liang Feng coughed: “I’m afraid this food is not enough. From the stockade of the bandits, more than 80 refugees were brought back. I plan to place them outside the farm.”

Aliang suddenly turned into a bitter face: “Lang lord, there is not much food in the warehouse, why are you still gathering refugees? These refugees can’t work for a short time. The land, it is estimated that the drought came out to escape the famine, what if we ate so much food in vain and escaped back?”

Liang Feng pondered for a moment, then shook his head: “Now that the summer harvest is almost over, it is unreasonable to escape from the famine. It is estimated that they have suffered a military disaster. If there is no one to rely on, even fleeing back will be in vain. Now the Liang Mansion has a part and a field, as long as the Tianfu is similar to the villagers, it should not be difficult to keep them.”

There is some truth in what he said .

, more than a hundred bandit soldiers came, and Liang Mansion could easily repel them. Isn’t he a reliable tyrant?

What’s more, the Liang family said that they have the identity of Tinghou, and how much Tian Fu charges depends only on the mind of the owner, and is not under the control of the government at all.

There are countless refugees who are dependent on wealthy families in troubled times, and these people may really become the yin households of Liangfu.

Ah Liang hesitated for a moment: “What about the food? What should I do?”

“Let’s use up some of the rations in reserve first, so that this group of people can recover as soon as possible. There are a lot of wasteland outside Liang’s house, and there are some woodlands that can also be cut down. The trees have been reclaimed. Just this time, there are a few more cattle and iron plows that can plough the land, so it should not delay the summer planting.”

“It’s another big expense…” Ah Liang finally sighed, admitting down.

Liang Feng smiled: “What are you afraid of, Yiyan will return with other spoils later. As long as there are people, there will always be money and food. You arrange for someone to set up a hut outside the village, build a shack, and register the refugees. Name. From now on, the Liang Mansion will be divided into two villages, the inner and outer, and they will be managed separately.”