Chapter 31 Chapter 31: Soulless Night Run (3)

"Dirty?" The veteran smiled like an owl, and turned back to the shed. The corporal leader turned around and left with his men. Bai Yi saw their backs disappear by the side of the horse haystack, and then slowly approached the shed. "It smells so strong of lime, what is this place for?" Gu Yueyi lowered his voice extremely low. Bai Yi shook his head.A cart outside the shed was filled with lime, and one side of the Gebu shed was supported by several bamboo poles erected on the cart. "What's inside?" Xi Yan asked, there was obviously something buried in the lime.

Bai Yi's face was tense, and he silently pounded the lime with the hilt of his saber.Something was exposed from the lime, and Bai Yi's hand holding the sword trembled slightly, then stopped.It was a shriveled human head, with blue tattoos still visible on the top of the shaved head, obviously it looked like a Li Guo soldier.The human head closed its eyes tightly, and the pain before death remained on its face.Xi Yan also moved the handle of Jingdu's sword, and more heads were exposed.Neatly packed into this pile of lime were hundreds of heads, dried and preserved to prevent them from rotting.Every face was gray and white, eyes were tightly closed, and the pure dead silence carried a chill, penetrating into everyone's heart.

The three quietly looked into the shed from the side of the cart.It was a fairly spacious space, dozens of soldiers were covered with white cloth, some of them stripped off the armor of the corpses one by one, removed the ironware and ornaments on them, and then dragged the corpses naked to the side of the shed. corner.In the corner were some sergeants with iron axes. A corpse was dragged up, and the ax immediately fell down, cutting off the neck.Those who held the iron ax seemed to be veterans for many years. They were experienced in their hands, like chopping wood. Sometimes a single ax cut through the spine, and they had to make up another blow, and they were merciless.

The heads were rolling on the ground, and the veterans were chopping and chopping, with blank expressions. "What are you doing?" Bai Yi strode in, the anger between his brows could kill. The leader of the Chu Wei veteran who paid for the corpse was startled, and was about to rush over to get angry when he saw Bai Yi's pale face.He knew Bai Yi, and there was no one in the Chu Wei Army who didn't know this famous general, and no one dared to resist his majesty.The old soldier's legs gave way, and he half knelt down, trembling and afraid to answer. Xi Yan stretched out his hand slightly, blocking the gap between Bai Yi and the veteran: "You can probably guess that the armies of Chun, Jinbei, and Chen all have a practice of rewarding the number of captured heads. You Chu Weiguo didn't This rule, but the head is still valuable, he cut off the head of the corpse, and took it to the military camp of other countries in exchange for rewards."

The veteran trembled: "Forgive me, General! I never dare to spoil my brother's corpse... It's just some dead captives... Someone bought these heads..." Xi Yan glanced at Gu Yueyi, but Gu Yueyi avoided his gaze.The Jinbei Army has the matter of buying a leader to receive a reward. It has been a practice in the army for many years, and the officers also acquiesce, and Gu Yueyi can't do anything. "The ears are still cut off," Xi Yan pointed to a bloody human head that had not yet been plastered with lime, "Can the ears be sold separately?" The veteran dared not speak.

"Our rule in Tang Dynasty is to count the number of enemies killed by a pair of ears and receive rewards. So I said we don't count by heads, we count ears," Xi Yan laughed self-deprecatingly, "General Gu doesn't have to Feel ashamed." "Soldier!" Bai Yi shouted. "Bai Yi!" Xi Yan frowned, "It's not a big deal in the military." As soon as the words fell, the black-clothed soldiers had already strode in, sweating all over their heads, and knelt down on one knee as soon as they pressed their sabers. "Judging the military judge!" Bai Yi said coldly.

"But..." The soldiers were slightly taken aback, "The imperial envoy from the imperial capital just arrived...waiting for the general outside." "The imperial envoy of the imperial capital?" Bai Yi was startled. "Yes! It's His Majesty's imperial envoy. We learned from Mr. Xie, the staff officer, that the general is coming to inspect the supply camp today, so we didn't dare to delay and immediately escorted the imperial envoy. The brothers were looking for the general around, and I heard the general the sound of." "Take me there!" Bai Yi ordered.

He didn't care about talking to Xi Yan and Gu Yueyi, and strode away with his soldiers.Xi Yan and Gu Yueyi exchanged glances. "Should we also go to see the Imperial Envoy?" Gu Yueyi asked tentatively. "With Bai Yi's personality, he rushed to meet the imperial envoy, probably forgot about us. We'd better not join in the fun. In this battle, the one who stands out is General Bai, and the one who announces the good news to His Majesty is Bai." General, the imperial envoy is here, and it is still General Bai who wants to see him. Bai Yi is already impatiently waiting for the emperor to approve his seal. He wants to lead troops into Beijing for supplies, and he is still thinking about going to the Zhenghe Hall Meet the emperor." Xi Yan snorted coldly, "He never thinks of others, marching and fighting is also a monopoly, he wins the victory, and he loses the defeat. Even if he has generals, he is still annoying! "

Gu Yueyi was slightly taken aback, and laughed: "General Bai is not such a greedy person, but he was indeed the one who led the army to victory, and he should be the one who met the imperial envoy first. He was anxious and wanted to know something Will he be able to enter Beijing sometime? However, General Bai is indeed a bit arrogant, making people afraid to get close to him. He is defiant if he puts it too loudly. But I am not surprised when others say that. General Xi is an old friend of General Bai for many years. I thought that General Xi was also dissatisfied with General Bai."

"I've been dissatisfied with him for many years," Xi Yan smiled, "but I'm used to it." He turned to the veteran kneeling on the ground, shook his head and sighed: "Using the job of the supply camp to make money from the dead is a despicable thing after all. But I also know that you brothers are not easy, and your hands are covered in blood. Dead body smell, earned two dirty money. How much is a human head?" "Seven and a half cents, when it's cheap... only five..." The veteran's voice trembled. "It's really not expensive." Xi Yan said in a low voice, "Then I'll tell Bai Yi, and I won't punish you severely. You guys are responsible for the burial of these heads that haven't been sold yet. Besides, you don't have to sleep at night. , to patrol the camp for a month. If other wounded soldiers die in the future, you should bury them properly, and if you find a cheap corpse..."

Xi Yan tapped the back of his neck with the hilt of his sword: "My temper is much better than Bai Yi's." He turned and walked out of the shed.Gu Yueyi followed behind him, and said in a low voice: "The corpses outside the city are still left there to rot, bury the corpses of a few wounded soldiers..." "It's useless," Xi Yan smiled wryly, "it's just a punishment, otherwise Bai Yi might not be able to let them go."