Chapter 717 My Two Elder Brothers, Give Me Some Face
The doctor that Du Jiajun found was truly skilled; his technique for treating wounds was extremely efficient.
"For the next seven or eight days, please be careful not to let the wounds get wet. This medicine is very effective for wounds caused by metal. I will leave three bottles for you."
After speaking, the doctor left behind three small porcelain bottles, bowed to Twenty-Nine and Li Dalang, packed his medical kit, and went out.
Whether it was because someone was watching outside or it was just a coincidence, the doctor had only been gone a short while when soldiers came carrying his equipment.
The two auxiliary soldiers who arrived were taciturn. They put down the porridge bucket, the vegetable bucket, and more than a dozen sets of bowls and chopsticks. One of them said, "Just leave it when you're done eating. We'll come back to collect it later."
The porridge bucket contained ordinary white porridge, which was quite thick;
The vegetable bucket contained watery, salty stewed vegetables.
Twenty-Nine wasn't picky about food at all. She got up first and ladled herself a bowl of porridge. While stirring the porridge with a long-handled ladle, Twenty-Nine suddenly looked up at everyone with a look of surprise and said, "There are still eggs at the bottom of the pot."
Li Dalang and his soldiers were not the kind of people who were picky. For someone like Wang Dadan, who couldn't even get a proper meal every day back home, this plain porridge was already a top-notch meal. Why would they be picky?
The dozen or so people were all big eaters, and they ate the whole bucket of porridge, leaving nothing but the bottom of the vegetable soup in the vegetable bucket.
If it weren't for the chicken's shell being so hard to chew, it might have been chewed up and eaten by someone.
"Go take a nap, and let the third brother keep an eye on things."
Li Dalang made these arrangements, while the three members of the Bad Guys who had removed their face masks while eating earlier seemed completely unconcerned, sitting on the ground against the wall with their eyes closed.
However, all three of them had their weapons lying nearby.
He slept soundly until sunset, and when there was a knock on the door, Li Dalang immediately opened his eyes.
The third brother, who had the best kung fu and hadn't been injured at all along the way, sat on the chair closest to the door. He got up and opened the door. The soldiers who came in against the light outside bowed and said, "Gentlemen, the general invites you to the council hall."
Soldiers are the fastest to act. In just a few breaths, Li Dalang and the dozen or so members of the Bad Guys got up and followed the soldier who had come to deliver the message to the council hall.
Although this outpost wasn't exactly a place with guards every ten steps and sentries every three steps, Li Dalang had observed along the way that it was a good place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
And after walking only a few steps, they already saw two watchtowers.
With Li Dalang's eyesight, he could naturally see that there were at least two soldiers holding bows and arrows on the watchtower. Just imagine how big this place must be to need to build a watchtower.
There are watchtowers in each ward of Chang'an City because Chang'an City is so large, with 108 wards and nearly a million people. Watchtowers were built for management and security.
Before Li Dalang could figure it out, they arrived at the council hall.
However, there was a small problem at the entrance of the council hall; the soldiers on guard at the door prevented the three of them, including Twenty-Nine, from entering.
"Disarm your weapons."
Yes, although it was within the Du family army's territory, no matter how much they cooperated, it was still someone else's land. When they came out of the thatched hut, Li Dalang and the three members of the Bad Guys were all carrying their own weapons.
Li Dalang and his men were soldiers, and they used standard-issue long swords, which they carried at their waists.
Of the three members of the Bad Guys, only Twenty-Nine uses a long sword, while Twenty-One uses double hammers. Twenty's weapon is even less common; it is a double-headed crescent scythe.
So when the soldiers demanded that the three men, including the twenty-ninth, put down their weapons, things became complicated.
Once we lay down our weapons, we'll be without support. Who knows if the Du family army will take a dislike to us?
These weapons are their only means of support, their tools for survival!
But if they don't lay down their weapons, the Du family army also has its pride in their territory. Disobeying them is disrespectful to the Du family army.
The guards repeated, "Disarm your weapons!"
The atmosphere was indeed tense, and it seemed that they might attack each other at any moment, resulting in bloodshed.
Li Dalang looked at the group of people locked in a stalemate ahead. Twenty-nine was wearing a mask, and the eyes on the upper half of his face looked like he was smiling, but his hands were on the hilt of his knife.
"Cough cough," Li Dalang's two sudden coughs attracted the attention of the group.
Li Dalang took a few steps forward and approached the group. He took off his long sword from his waist and placed it on the table. He nodded to Twenty-Nine, and after passing Twenty-Nine, Li Dalang was allowed to pass and entered the council hall directly.
With Li Dalang setting an example, Wang Dadan, Gao Haiping, and the others followed suit, and in no time, there were more than a dozen long knives on the table.
Twenty-nine chuckled twice. He glanced sideways at the soldier on guard, then turned to Twenty-one and Twenty behind him and said, "Alright, I'll give Brother Li some face."
Twenty-nine reached down and unfastened the long sword from his waist. "My two brothers, please give me some face. We must finish this mission eventually."
Seeing this, Twenty-One and Twenty-Two exchanged a glance, remembering what their superiors had said when they left the alliance: "You two have some skills, but you'll need to use your brains on this mission."
I'm sending Twenty-Nine out to follow you two. If anything happens, you two listen to him. Twenty-Nine may not be strong, but he's very clever; he'll definitely make sure you two don't suffer."
Therefore, Twenty-one and Twenty reached behind their waists, took off the double hammers and double sickles hanging from their waists, and placed them on the table under the tense gaze of the soldiers.
When the three members of the Bad Guys entered the council hall, Li Dalang and the others sat down properly and picked up their teacups.
The council hall was quite large, a large hall that could accommodate dozens of people. The general sitting at the head of the table was the one who had met Du Jiajun on Shen Jiafu's ship earlier.
Twenty-nine looked up to find Li Dalang and saw an empty seat next to him. He walked over without any hesitation and plopped down. "Brother Li?"
Li Dalang was easy to talk to. Seeing the three of them come in, he knew that the Bad Guys had finally backed down.
“We’ve been waiting for you,” Li Dalang leaned over and whispered to Twenty-Nine, “General Du at the head of the table is a relative of General Du Da’s family.” Li Dalang then pointed to the left of the two people sitting at the front of his seat, “Commander Wang was sent by the Emperor.” Li Dalang then pointed to the person on the right, “a relative by marriage of the Shen family, the head of the Chai family, a local powerful family.”
"Heh, this is interesting."
General Du, who was sitting at the head of the table, saw that the last group of the Bad Guys had also entered, so he gave a look to his deputy standing next to him.
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