Han Xiang

Chapter 31

"Uh, I'm going to have nothing to do recently, I read "The Art of War by Sun Tzu." Qiao Rui smiled awkwardly.

Yuan Shu nodded affirmatively: "For a general, strategic strategy is the first priority, followed by bravery. Sun Bofu is only twenty years old, and he is so used to fighting. If you don't improve in time, it will be easy for the younger generation to catch up."

"The last general is dull and dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with Sun Bofu."

Qiao Rui hurriedly clasped his fists modestly, then changed the subject and said, "General Wu."

"Because of the preliminary decision of Kuaiji, Sun Ce asked Wu Jing to ask for money and food to support the army, but now that Ji Ling is using troops in Xiaopei, the dowry for Lu Bu is gone," Yuan Shu said with a change of expression.

Seeing this, Qiao Rui hurriedly bowed on one knee, and his tone was very sincere: "The last general's ineffective command caused the grain ship to be burned, and I'm here to plead guilty to the lord."

"Why are you here again? Why don't you get up quickly? You are not to blame for this matter. Didn't you say that you will be convicted after Long Xiang returns?" Yuan Shu frowned.

Qiao Rui knelt down and stood up, clasped his fists and replied, "Report to my lord, the guilty general Long Xiang has returned, and the last general is here to ask for instructions."

Yuan Shu was a little surprised, and thought that after half a month of dawdling, this guy finally returned to his birthday?

Seeing the dark sky outside the window, he got down from his seat and helped Qiao Rui up, saying: "It's getting late today, take him to the hall tomorrow morning, let the ministers discuss it, and then it won't be too late."

"Long Xiang made a big mistake. The last general has already executed the military law in front of all the generals in the afternoon. Twenty army sticks beat him to a bloody mess. Now Long Xiang only has half his life left. I'm afraid he may not be able to explain how much tomorrow."

Qiao Rui watched Yuan Shu's face while talking, and when he saw the regretful expression on the other side's face, he knew that Long Xiang had something to do with it.

"You still say that the imperial servants are weak? I remember that this child is only in his teens, right?"

"This year is 16 years old. His father was the captain of the last general. A few years ago in Fengqiu, in order to cover the retreat of the main force, he led his troops to fight and died. He left behind such an only son."

Yuan Shu understood now that Qiao Rui was turning a corner to plead with the general, so he stroked his beard and asked, "I heard that this son is always in the rear in every battle, and he hasn't won any military merit yet?"

"The last general felt guilty about Long Yuan, and raised him at home for two years as his nephew. Later, I was worried that Long Xiang would be injured if he fought hard on the battlefield, so I incorporated him into the rear army, and he would have no chance of getting military merit. " Qiao Rui lowered her head in embarrassment.

Yuan Shu said with a serious expression: "It is said that loving a child is like killing a child. You have to learn from Sun Jian in this regard. See how good Sun Ce is now? A fierce general is fed with blood."

"I will know my mistake at the end." Qiao Rui clasped his fists and bowed again.

"It's also my fault that I listened to Han Yin and made an exception and promoted Long Xiang to be the military commander. It seems that this child is almost a general, and he should behave well in the world. If his virtue is not worthy, there will be disasters. The ancients did not deceive me." Yuan Shu shook his head with emotion.

Qiao Rui didn't know what it meant, so he raised his head and asked in a low voice: "How to deal with Long Xiang, please let me know."

"According to Han Yin's letter, it should be that Chen Yu has planned for a long time. Long Xiang himself has few soldiers and inexperienced, so he can avoid the crime of improper death. In addition, this person is the orphan of a loyal minister, and you beat him with twenty army sticks. That's all for it."

"never mind?"

Qiao Rui's eyes were wide open, and he couldn't believe his own eyes.

Yuan Shu nodded and added: "The mud can't support the wall, it seems that the army Sima is not competent, and more than half of the soldiers in the army have been lost, how about being a Quhou?"

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness. In the end, I will definitely train him well and cultivate him into a man who can be made in the future."

Qiao Rui was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thought that it would be good if he could save his life, and it didn't matter whether he had a mere military position or not.

"Go back, don't force yourself too much, remember that loving a child is like killing a child." Yuan Shu urged again.

"Yes."

Qiao Rui nodded solemnly, and said in his heart that since the lord has such an attitude, there may be no hope for Long Xiang to be promoted in the future. After he recovers from his injury, he will persuade him carefully, and maybe he will be able to get ahead in a different way.

It was already dark when Qiao Rui returned home, Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked the kitchen to prepare meals, and called the children who had already eaten, to talk and eat with Qiao Rui.

"The general is back. You are not at home these few days, and I always feel empty."

While pouring wine, Mrs. Chen signaled her children to speak with her eyes.

The eldest sister, Qiao Wei, was the first to speak: "My son sees his father's brows relaxed. It should be Long Xiang who has settled the matter? You have been worrying about this man for several days, and it is reasonable to beat him with twenty army sticks."

"Twenty army sticks? Will the flesh be smashed?" Qiao Wan swallowed her saliva.

Qiao Wei said disapprovingly: "Li Huwei said it lightly, it must be because his own people didn't play hard, can the twenty army sticks bleed?"

Hearing this, Qiao Rui put the glass up and swallowed the drink with a solemn expression.

"What you don't know is that when enforcing the military law against Long Xiang, I invited the generals of the other battalion to watch the ceremony for my father. Not only were the twenty army sticks not fake, but their force was even heavier than usual. Now Yunqi's back is tied with cloth Meat, probably not a good piece of meat."

"what?"

Qiao Wan put her hands away when she heard this, and a picture immediately appeared in her mind, and the younger brother Qiao Ni who was next to her swallowed fiercely, obviously also quite frightened.

I vaguely remember that when Long Xiang was studying with him, he followed Qiao Er without saying a word every day. Why did such a big change happen just after a year of separation?
Among the three siblings, only the eldest sister, Qiao Wei, was the calmest. Although her heart throbbed after hearing this, her pretty face did not change color.

"That's his own fault. If he had trained his skills well before, how could he have caused such a disaster? Instead, he caused his father to worry."

After hearing this, Qiao Rui pointed to his forehead: "Things are over, this kid Yun Qi almost commanded the army, but his mind is extremely flexible, you don't know that the twenty army sticks were actually requested by him, right?"

"Begging to fight yourself? Is he out of his mind?"

Qiao Nu scratched his head with a puzzled look on his face, while the two sisters looked at Qiao Rui in unison, because they wanted to find out the reason.

Qiao Rui stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "Yunqi was punished first with the army stick, and his background was lonely and pitiful, how can the lord have the heart to punish him severely? Just send him back to Quhou and let it go."

"My lord is so easy to talk to?"

Chen's face was full of doubts, and he said to Yuan Shu's personality, how could he be sympathetic to the low-level martial arts?Could it be because of your husband?

"I'm also a little surprised as a husband." Qiao Rui nodded slightly.

Mrs. Chen didn't want Qiao Rui to waste human affection on Long Xiang, so she held up her wine glass and said softly: "Longyuan used to cover it with a deadly battle in the past, but today the general exempted his son from the death penalty. The past kindness is wiped out, and the general only needs to treat it as an ordinary thing in the future." Generals don’t need to be as caring as they used to be.”

"Why?" Qiao Rui frowned.

Pressing Qiao Rui's chest, Chen Shi explained softly: "One person's heart is so big. If the general wants to allocate more points to outsiders, the concubine and the children will have less points. It's like not going home these days and nights. They are all very worried about the general, and the boy is getting older, so I should think more about his future."

"Mrs. worked hard to take care of the children. I will pay more attention to my husband in the future."

When Qiao Rui nodded in response, his eyes fell on the youngest son, Qiao Ni, and instantly remembered Yuan Shu's phrase "Loving a son is like killing a son", and immediately waved to Qiao Ni.

"Yun Qi's stick injury is quite serious, tomorrow he will take some ointment from the mansion, and follow his father to visit him in the camp."

"Ah?" Chen and Qiao Ni exclaimed at the same time.

(End of this chapter)