Chai Duo, who was in a coma, didn't know that he had escaped, but if he could choose, it was hard to say what he would choose.

He was now completely trapped in a nightmare, mumbling in his sleep from time to time.

During the few days in Canglang, Chai Duo has deeply felt what kind of dangerous and treacherous place this is.

One day, I woke up early and saw the army training.

The swords flashed with a sharp and cold light, and every move was filled with blood... Chai Duo didn't know how he could tell, but he knew for sure that these people had killed people, and more than one.

Different from Changjun.

There were no soldiers who were forcibly captured and cowered in military service, nor were there young men who had to follow the ancient system and join the camp...

——This army is completely different from them.

After all, they are all very vicious people.

Since then, he has been hiding in the tent obediently, and would never go out unless necessary, for fear that he would offend someone by accident and the other party would cut his head off from his body...

At the same time, he kept changing what he had originally planned to say to the leader of the Canglang Army, and lowered his posture more and more.

In Lord Chai's opinion, the leader who could suppress a group of vicious people already looked like an evil ghost and a demon. Even if that person had three heads and six arms and an eye on his forehead, Chai Duo would not be surprised.

He prepared himself mentally and went out to meet the enemy, but found that he still underestimated the other party's brutality.

Blood rushed to his face (Chu Lu: I just didn't have time to clean it up), and the huge sense of oppression that followed (Chu Lu: Cavalry has a high degree of oppression, not to mention a team of them) made his legs tremble (Chu Lu: the vibration of the horse's hooves hitting the ground was transmitted... right?), he turned over and got off the horse (Chu Lu: It was clearly a friendly gesture), causing the heads of the people beside the saddle to shake (Chu Lu: ...? ?)...

——Human, human…human heads?!

This thing was simply the last straw that broke the camel's back. It broke the nerves of Lord Chai, who had been in deep fear and tense for days. His eyes rolled back and he fell into darkness completely.

…

…………

In fact...

In Lord Chai’s eyes, “human heads” are just a few jars of pickles.

On the way back, the townspeople were so welcoming that they tried to give them something every time they passed by.

The soldiers naturally refused, so they started throwing things instead. At first they were restrained and only threw light objects, but after they discovered that their general could catch anything he threw, the objects they threw became more and more diverse.

...Forget about the eggs last time, they even started throwing away the jars of pickles.

Chu Lu felt that he had to find a solution as soon as possible, otherwise he might be crushed to death one day.

Before Chu Lu could come up with a solution, a soldier came to report that the imperial envoy, Lord Chai, had woken up. After all, the person was most likely frightened out of his wits, so he should go and check on him.

Chu Lu thought about it and looked at himself again. He had taken off the blood-stained armor early in the morning and had it washed. He now changed into a set of casual clothes and tidied himself up a little before changing clothes. The blood on his body was also washed away.

This way it won’t scare people...right?

"thump!"

As soon as Chu Lu came in, he saw Lord Chai struggling to get up. Before he could say anything, the other party bowed down to him.

Chu Lu: "..."

You have to know that the floor of the tent is not slate, but ordinary mud. You can imagine the force of the noise that was made so loud.

Chu Lu was silent for a long time, then he made a gesture of offering his hand to support him, "Why do you have to do this, sir? I am unworthy of it."

The reason why he didn't go over to help was because if he got a little closer, the other person would look like he was ready to attack again at any time.

"You deserve it, you deserve it... The general has recovered three states in succession, and he is truly a pillar of the country and the pillar of the state... It is a blessing for Chang to have such a general... Everyone in the court is deeply grateful for it... Duo is just humble. Although he came here on the emperor's order, he also feels the righteousness of the general's recovery of the land. You deserve it, you deserve this gift..."

Although Chai Duo spoke haltingly, his words were very meaningful.

Chu Lu was not surprised. He saw that Chen Yin, who had already arrived in Beijing, was not the person in charge of the army.

This imperial envoy has been here for several days. If he still can't figure it out, he would be a fool.

As for the envoy Lord Yue who "didn't see it" before, although there were reasons such as Chen Yin deliberately spreading rumors and Chu Lu avoiding it with his personal soldiers, whether he "really didn't see it" or "pretended not to see it", only Lord Yue himself knows... After all, compared with the meager affection of the deceased clan sister, it is more in their interest to have a royal bloodline standing in their camp.

And called him "General"?

Although Chang's court promised a lot of official titles, for the soldiers here, those things were not as good as a meal.

Their sense of identification with Chang was not strong enough. Even if one asked a random soldier the name of the army, the answer he would give would definitely not be the "Canglang" given by the court, but their original name "Beiding".

——Conquer the territory in the north.

This is not an ambition to recover lost territory, nor is it an ambition to expand territory.

They are just a group of abandoned and plundered... stateless and homeless people who are forced to take up arms and defend their homes.

Given the Beiding Army’s attitude toward the court’s rewards, one can imagine how carelessly they handled those official titles.

Originally, because of "Xie Lu", the military system of Beiding was inherited from the previous dynasty, which was different from Dachang. And the positions given by the Chang court were just empty titles with no power or duties. Even because Beidi had long been in name only, there were no official salaries. It was truly just an empty title... The army just made a few random comments and fooled around with it.

Since they were just filled in randomly, they naturally didn't dare to make fun of the general. Chu Lu was sure that no matter what position he held, "Xie Lu" was not among them.

This man was supposed to be an imperial envoy from the imperial court, so his stance was naturally on behalf of the southern Dachang court. However, the other party now called him "General".

Chu Lu looked at him thoughtfully——

He is not very courageous, but he is very smart.

While Chu Lu was thinking for a moment, Chai Duo was almost scared to death by his imagination.

He just wanted to slap himself in the face.

Listen to what was just said?!

The imperial court, the imperial decree... can you say this in front of the "rebels", no no, the "righteous army"? ! Do you think you are not dying fast enough?

This was clearly a statement that he had prepared countless times beforehand.

After all, it would be more appropriate for him to put himself in the right position as an envoy, subtly reveal his affection and preference for the Canglang Army, and hint at the possibility of cooperation, rather than surrendering to a stranger who he doesn't know the details of as soon as he meets him.

But, but!!

He didn't know before that this was a ruthless man who carried a human head with him!

What if the other party is not happy with his words and directly draws a knife, and makes the head on his neck into a decoration and hangs it on the horse's back? !

Chu Lu had no idea that the man on the ground had so many thoughts in just a split second.

According to his original plan, if the person sent by the Dachang court this time is someone who knows the current situation, then he would not mind adding one more decoration here and keeping it well. After all, if someone really died here, Chen Yin had just arrived in the capital and had not yet established a firm foothold, so it would be more or less troublesome.

I just didn't expect that "knowing the current affairs" is "knowing the current affairs". This is really a bit too timid...

Chu Lu thought about it, and spoke in a slightly softer tone than before, "Master Chai, there is no need to be like this, please stand up and talk."

Chai Duo: "..."

The anger he had just held in his heart suddenly eased.

Fortunately, fortunately, it doesn't sound like he's angry...

His life was saved for the time being.

but……

He bit his tongue hard and managed to straighten out his words, "General, you are extraordinary and heroic, you are indeed the reincarnation of a star general... your appearance is not something that ordinary people can see. Your humble servant, your humble servant... just kneel down and speak..."

Chu Lu:? ? ?

Kneeling down to say it? What's wrong with you?

Chai Duo:......

To be honest, he... he really can't get up at the moment.

My whole body was limp, and I thought if I moved I would fall to the ground.