Chapter 251: Don't trust hearsay
. The wind was whistling, and Yu Tingwan snuggled in his arms, seeing the urgency between the lines.
Riding a horse is not like driving a carriage, it is very bumpy. But the faster it gallops, the surrounding scenery quickly recedes. The sound of horse hooves came from the silent forest, and dust was everywhere. The flocks of birds were startled and fluttered their wings.
It was not the direction back to Ze County.
It was not the official road, and there were no passers-by.
They were all unfamiliar scenes.
There was a small path through the forest, and it was downhill along the path.
Yu Tingwan was a girl after all. It was nothing at the beginning, but after a long time, she couldn't sit still in one posture.
"How long will it take to get there?"
Wei Zhao freed up a hand and rubbed her sore waist.
"Before the mountain sets."
Wei Zhao: "Go to Wuyang City. I bought a house there a few years ago."
After thinking about it, he smiled.
"You will like it there."
Yu Tingwan was about to ask him why he was so sure.
Wei Zhao: "The gold, silver, jewelry and various rare items looted from corrupt officials in Ze County are all stored in the dark room there."
He is the real boss behind the money houses and pawn shops in Wuyang City. Once the things pass through those two places, they will be on the open road.
Then... Yu Tingwan really wants to take a look.
Wei Zhao: "Take a good rest when you get there."
Yu Tingwan:...
I understand.
After resting enough, wait until dawn to hang out?
Obviously, making love is the most normal thing, but after his repeated reminders, Yu Tingwan finally felt a sense of urgency.
But it's still early now.
Wei Zhao: "It's almost noon. There will be a lake in front in an incense stick. You can grill fish. In half an hour, you will pass the official road. There is a tea shop that also sells food. What do you want to eat?"
"You grill for me?"
Yu Tingwan doubted and felt that Wei Zhao could not do this job.
"Is there a problem?"
"...Yes."
But as long as she is not allowed to grill, it will be fine.
The girl's cooking skills are really limited to edible.
She really wanted to try Wei Zhao's cooking.
"My husband, are you familiar with this area?"
Wei Zhao nodded: "We pass by here on the way to and from the border."
The Wei family army prepared enough dry food. But dry food that is easy to store will choke your throat after eating for a long time.
If time is tight, if there is a tea shop ahead, they will send people to arrive one day in advance and ask the store to prepare a large number of buns, steamed buns and dry food for the soldiers to eat on the road.
Wei Zhao will not treat the Wei family army badly.
If there is enough time, they will stop by the lake to rest. The soldiers fished, hunted, and finally gathered together to barbecue.
Yu Tingwan could not imagine what Wei Zhao looked like when he led the Wei family army in armor.
But...
"I heard about you a long time ago."
Wei Zhao raised his eyebrows.
He was a little interested.
"Tell me about it."
Yu Tingwan: "You want to listen?"
Yu Tingwan suggested: "You'd better not listen."
Wei Zhao: "Are you scolding me?"
"That's not the case."
"Some people say that you are a bit arrogant. You haven't even grown all your hair yet. You are a good son of a noble family, but you go to the battlefield. You don't know how much you are worth and you want to be in charge of the Wei family army. You are bound to be beaten and cry for your parents."
Yu Tingwan: "It's hard to hear, but you won the battle, which is also a slap in the face of those who doubted you. They turned around and changed their faces, praising you for your ability and inheriting the mantle of General Jingyuan."
Wei Zhao didn't care about these.
After all, no one believed that he had this ability at the beginning.
At that time, within a year of his uncle's death, the border was in urgent need of help.
Emperor Ying Qian then set his sights on the Wei family army, but the Wei family army only obeyed the Wei family's descendants. It's not that the court can just send a general who came out of nowhere and make them fight for their lives.
Wei Zhao offered to go to resist the enemy.
But he was cursed by all the officials.
They scolded Wei Zhao for not knowing the severity of the situation! The Wei army should be allowed to submit to the imperial court and be used by the emperor.
What a shameless person.
Wei Zhao didn't think about it anymore and asked, "What did you think at that time?"
Yu Tingwan: "I?"
She recalled her mentality at that time and said truthfully, "I didn't care."
"I couldn't know you at that time. Hearing these things, I couldn't eat more or work less."
Yu Tingwan: "But later, I cared."
This time, unlike Wei Zhao's question, she said it without reservation.
"Some people mentioned that you didn't blink when you chopped off heads on the battlefield. After chopping them off, you would keep the heads for company."
Yu Tingwan: "I didn't know whether it was true or false at that time. I just thought it was normal for people with abilities to have some quirks."
Wei Zhao: ...
Rumors are flying everywhere.
However.
He admitted, "I did collect the heads of enemy generals."
Yu Tingwan: ? ? ?
Wei Zhao didn't care: "I gave them to the emperor of the enemy country as a gift."
Yu Tingwan asked, "Didn't he want to kill you?"
"Yes." "
I couldn't kill you."
Wei Zhao: "I was so angry that I got sick."
Yu Tingwan: ...
It's really annoying.
Wei Zhao: "Anything else?"
Yu Tingwan cleared his throat.
"Not long ago, someone on the street said that you don't like women."
"I know that you can't trust hearsay."
Wei Zhao: ...
It's good for the girl to have this understanding.
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The lake surface was shining slightly, the sand and stones were clearly visible, and the lake water was emerald green.
Fishing was no problem for Wei Zhao.
Yu Tingwan saw a few wooden houses not far away.
"Does anyone else live here?"
Wei Zhao cleaned the fish's internal organs and built a bonfire.
He was very pleasing to the eye when doing this.
Yu Tingwan found a clean and smooth stone to sit down and watched him take out two porcelain bottles that were less than the size of a palm, one for oil and the other for spices.
It can be seen that he was well prepared.
Wei Zhao always did things without leaking a drop of water and was meticulous.
The man lowered his eyes and brushed the oil. His hands were slender and beautiful, and his movements were neither hurried nor slow.
"The Wei family army is good at fighting, but the soldiers are not a copper wall and iron wall, there will always be casualties. Some of the bodies are gone, and some are left with only broken arms and debris."
Thousands of dead bones are buried on the border.
Not far from the military camp, countless graves stand year after year.
Wei Zhao's eyes darkened.
Soldiers fought hard on the battlefield and died in the end, but not many people remembered their sacrifice.
"Every time we return to Beijing, there are many wounded."
"Not every place has a post station, and not every night there is a place to stay."
It is a place where few people go, with no village in front and no shop behind.
The Wei family army are all rough people, and it is nothing to sleep on the ground.
But Wei Zhao didn't want the wounded to suffer.
"It's okay to have many mosquitoes in the hot summer, but it's hard to endure the cold winter. In recent years, there have been many wooden houses built one after another, specially for them to rest."
There was some surprise, but not much. If Wei Zhao was not good, the Wei family army would not follow him so much.
In Yu Tingwan's impression, other military camps do not treat people as human beings.
It's okay to die, there are conscriptions every year.
There is no shortage of people.
There are many rules inside, and they are all inhumane.
Seeing that the soldiers are sick and injured, and the condition is serious, they are still alive, but they are left alive and die on the road. No matter.
After all, in the eyes of those people, they are a burden.
Compared with other military camps, the Wei Family Army is like heaven and hell.
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