Chapter 34 Return of the Hero
As the young man entered the gate, he threw the silver spear aside with a swish.
He ran to Li Ji and knelt on his knees:
"How is Lord Li?"
Li Ji quickly stood up and helped the young man up.
"Good brother, you are back ."
The young man stood up and threw himself into Li Ji's arms, and Li Ji hugged him.
At this time, two teenagers , burst into tears.
When inspecting soldiers on the battlefield, they will be punished with fifty military sticks.
What is laid down is not hatred, but friendship.
It is a life-and-death bond that cannot be exchanged for anything.
Li Ji and the young man hugged each other and cried. Ye Fan and Ye Chen hurried forward to persuade them.
Ye Fan held the young man:
"Captain Shan, you're glad you're back. Don't make Lord Li too sad."
All the soldiers present were moved. These young men were touched by the brotherhood that lasted for life and death.
Liu Xiu was happily enjoying the delicious clay pot chicken in the inner room when he suddenly heard someone crying outside.
She lifted the door curtain and walked out. It turned out to be the captain of the Danzi Camp who had returned from his injury.
She walked up to Shan Xiongxin generously and bowed gently.
When Shan Xiongxin saw that it was Mr. Liu's daughter, he hurriedly and shyly returned the greeting:
"Hello, Miss Liu! We are sorry to disturb you!"
Liu Xiu said loudly:
"Captain Shan, I'm glad you're back."
She looked at Li Ji and continued:
"Sir Li, as the new army's supervisor, has a lot of responsibility on your shoulders. I was too harsh in some places, so please forgive me, Captain."
When Shan Xiongxin heard this, he thought to himself, Miss Liu doesn't understand my feelings.
I treat Lord Li like a brother, so how can I always hold a grudge against him?
He fell to his knees, kowtowed and said:
"Miss Liu, I know you have a deep affection for Lord Li. But I, Shan Xiongxin, will never be a traitor."
Li Ji reached out and pulled Shan Xiongxin up, comforting him:
"Miss Liu hopes that there won't be any rifts between us brothers. She's doing this for our own good."
Shan Xiongxin cried, "I know, Lord Li, do you think I can hate you?"
After he finished speaking, he took off his sword from his upper body and slashed it across the back of his left hand.
Liu Xiu's face changed suddenly with fright.
She saw Shan Xiongxin dripping blood into the wine bowl in front of him.
Li Ji took off his sword without saying a word, and with a single slash, a stream of blood splashed out.
With a loud crash!
The blood instantly fell like drizzle from the sky, evenly sprinkling into the soldiers' wine bowls.
When Ye Fan and Ye Chen saw Li Ji's behavior, they did not dare to delay and picked up their swords and cut their wrists with blood dripping.
The soldiers present followed suit, cutting the backs of their hands with their swords and dripping their blood into the wine.
Shan Xiongxin said: "Lord Li and I do not want to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but we wish to die on the same day of the same month of the same year."
The soldiers present shouted in unison:
"I don't want to be born on the same day, but I want to die on the same day."
Li Ji raised his voice, and a sense of awe rose in his voice.
"Brothers, the Great Sui Empire is full of war and war; heroes are fighting for supremacy, who will win?"
He picked up the wine bowl, looked at the soldiers present, and said loudly:
“Life and death, sacrifice for the sake of justice! Come, cheers to the future!”
Li Ji raised his hand and a large bowl of blood wine poured into his mouth with a splash.
The soldiers knelt on the ground and raised their bowls to their eyebrows.
He tilted his head back and drank all the wine in the bowl.
Liu Xiu's blood boiled with excitement.
The crazy actions of this group of sunny teenagers actually moved the sixteen-year-old dreamy girl to tears.
She glanced at Li Ji, then turned to Ye Fan and said:
"Captain Ye, please pour me a glass of wine."
Ye Fan was stunned, waiting foolishly for Li Ji to speak.
Li Ji winked and Ye Fan poured a bowl of water for Liu Xiu from the kettle.
Liu Xiu's face changed and he shouted, "Pour the white wine!"
Li Ji hurriedly said, "Ye Fan, quickly pour some wine for Miss Liu."
Ye Fan glanced at Liu Xiu and picked up the wine jar tremblingly.
At this moment, there was a sound of wine splashing, and all the soldiers present immediately filled their wine bowls.
Liu Xiu's cheeks, as white as jade, were blushing.
She said loudly:
"I am inspired by your heroism. Come, I will sacrifice my life to toast you heroes with a bowl of wine!"
She shook her hair that was messed up by the wind, picked up the bowl of wine with her left hand, covered it slightly with her right hand, and then drank it all in one gulp.
When Li Ji saw Liu Xiu force himself to drink a bowl of white wine, he felt extremely upset.
"Xiu, this is a matter between us men, just say what you want to say. Why take it so seriously!"
Liu Xiu put down his wine bowl and looked at the soldiers. "Captain Shan, Captain Ye, heroes, please continue drinking..."
Liu Xiu turned and walked into the inner room.
"Miss Liu, walk slowly!"
Ye Fan saw Liu Xiu had already walked into the inner room.
He helped Shan Xiongxin sit down in his seat.
He went on to say, "Lord Li has devoted his whole heart to the brothers. We must not be ungrateful."
"Everyone knows that our mission is to suppress bandits and protect our homeland - Plain City."
He stood up and said, "I'm going to say this today. I swear to follow Master Li until death."
He glanced sternly at the soldiers present and said in a resounding voice:
"In the future, if anyone deserts again during the fight against bandits, I will chop him into pieces!"
The soldiers shouted in unison: " We swear to be loyal to Lord Li until death! We are willing to live and die with Pingyuan!"
"Okay, I'm done. Let's drink! Come on!"
In half an hour, two large pots of chicken nuggets had been eaten by the soldiers.
Ye Fan went to the warehouse and brought back a jar of white wine, which was also drunk by the excited soldiers.
The soldiers then divided the tortillas from the two iron pots and ate them.
Dipped in the fragrant chicken soup, the corn tortillas were fragrant and crispy, and the soldiers praised them endlessly.
Finally, thanks to the rewards from the system, the soldiers in the camp were rewarded.
When Li Ji did the calculation, it turned out to be incredible.
Ten chickens are eaten in one meal, and these dozens of roosters are not enough to eat several times.
After the soldiers left, Ye Fan arranged for several chefs from the kitchen to come and clean up the dishes and the place.
After cleaning up, Ye Fan turned around and walked back to the camp headquarters.
Li Ji came to the inner room, poured two cups of water from the kettle, and drank them in one gulp.
He suddenly remembered that Liu Xiu drank a bowl of wine, and wondered if he was drunk?
He picked up an empty cup and poured a glass of water for Liu Xiu.
When he arrived at the door of the side room, it was already closed.
Following the leek leaf-sized gap, he saw a graceful figure lying on the soft bed.
Her dark hair cascaded down the bed frame, and her outer coat had fallen to the ground.
An arm as thin as a broken lotus root node was exposed outside the sleeve. A breeze blew across the goddess's jade peak from the window, spreading the elegant body fragrance of the girl.
Li Ji thought he had come to the fairyland of Penglai, which was also like the illusion of the Yaochi Lake.
His hand holding the water glass kept shaking, and a few cold drops gradually sobered him up.
He quietly pushed open the half-open side door, picked up Liu Xiu's coat, and gently covered her breasts with it.
He looked at it quietly for a while. The cup of water was placed where she could reach it.
Then he turned around and closed the door and left.
"Lord Li!"
Li Ji was startled. He wanted to go back to his room to rest, but then he clearly heard Liu Xiu's call.
Just like the sound of nature.
