Chapter 219

"Ah, ah ah!"

He couldn't feel the pain in the dream, but the fear of being on the verge of death was very clear.

Shen Jing Bin's forehead was covered in cold sweat, his eyes closed tightly, his two hands raised in mid-air, struggling in vain.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, save me..."

The little servant Xunhua who served Shen Jing Bin heard the movement and hurriedly trotted over to push him, "Young Master? Young Master, wake up."

Shen Jing Bin sat up from the couch abruptly, gasping for breath.

Xunhua asked with concern, "Did the Young Master have a nightmare?"

Nightmare? Shen Jing Bin's brain cleared up a bit, and he hurriedly lowered his head to look at his chest.

No wounds, no blood, and no dagger.

He let out a long sigh, thank heaven and earth, it turned out to be just a nightmare, it scared him to death, he thought he was really killed by a woman.

Xunhua brought the hangover soup on the case to Shen Jing Bin and said with a grin, "Young Master, did you dream of a fox spirit? You were shouting beauty, beauty just now!"

Shen Jing Bin drank a few sips of hangover soup to suppress his shock, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"A fox spirit is not quite it, but it was indeed a beauty."

Xunhua's eyes lit up, "What did she look like?"

Shen Jing Bin tried hard to recall, strange, why couldn't he remember suddenly.

He raised his hand and knocked on Xunhua's forehead, not in a good mood, "Why ask so much? Anyway, it must be a beauty."

As he spoke, he stretched, looked outside the tent, and found that it was already bright.

"What time is it?"

"Back to Young Master, it's Chen hour."

"Have Jiang Li and the others returned?"

"Not yet, it's been a whole night, and no news has come back, I don't know if they were killed by those lowly people."

Xunhua curled his lips, "I thought that Jiang Li was so amazing, but he's not that great, it's a pity that Lord Li is so reluctant to let him go."

Shen Jing Bin thought so too, an embroidered pillow, good-looking but useless.

Since Jiang Li's mission failed, he had to have a showdown with Xianling Li and Xianling Lin, he couldn't wait any longer.

So many people consuming here, wasting time and manpower.

It's better to burn the mountain with fire, and he can go back to report to his uncle early.

Shen Jing Bin put on his boots and asked casually, "Where are Lord Li and the others?"

Xunhua answered, "Looking at the wounded over there."

He suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, Young Master, a strange thing happened last night, Xiong Er died, and then lived."

Shen Jing Bin was a bit confused by this, and gave Xunhua a chestnut, "Speak properly, if he died, he died, if he lived, he lived, what do you mean by died and then lived?"

"Young Master, be gentle."

Xunhua covered his painful head and said with a bitter face, "Didn't Xiong Er get stabbed by a poisonous needle before, and he hasn't gotten better after being treated for so many days..."

Shen Jing Bin knew about this.

Speaking of Xiong Er, he couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.

Xiong Er was a servant of his uncle Prefect Su's family, who was big and burly, and liked to dance with knives and sticks. Prefect Su felt that Xiong Er was a talent, so he sent him to the army.

Xiong Er was also promising, a few years passed, and he became a centurion.

Although he was just a low-level military officer, Prefect Su intended to promote him and promised to release his slave status after a while.

This time Shen Jing Bin led troops to suppress bandits at Yugui Shan, Prefect Su was worried, so he sent Xiong Er to his side.

First to protect Shen Jing Bin; second, to monitor him, so that no big mistakes would be made.

As a result, a big mistake was made.

Just arrived at Yugui Shan, Shen Jing Bin didn't even figure out the path up the mountain, and rushed to lead over a thousand soldiers to charge up, wanting a quick victory.

At that time, Xiong Er tried his best to persuade him not to be anxious and to find out clearly first.

Unfortunately, Shen Jing Bin acted arbitrarily and didn't adopt it.

Later, as expected, Shen Jing Bin was defeated like a mountain, and lost more than half of his people.

Xiong Er was seriously injured by the poisonous needle in the trap to save him.

Regarding this, although Shen Jing Bin was a bit guilty, he didn't take it too seriously.

It's just a servant, if he dies, he dies; although his uncle valued this servant, compared to his own nephew, what did it count for?

"... Last night Xiong Er was already dead, almost carried into a coffin, but guess what? Jiang Li's wife insisted he wasn't dead, and in the end, she actually saved Xiong Er back!"

Xunhua vividly told the whole story.

After listening, Shen Jing Bin rubbed his chin.

He couldn't tell, that Lady Du looked ugly, but her medical skills were quite good.

"I'll go over and take a look." Shen Jing Bin dressed neatly and walked toward that side grandly.

In the open space outside, hundreds of soldiers wearing armor were drilling; seeing Shen Jing Bin coming, they all stopped their movements immediately.

If eyes had substance, then Shen Jing Bin should have been shot into a hedgehog by countless sharp arrows by now.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you practice quickly? Do you want to lose another battle?"

Shen Jing Bin was arrogant, and walked into the large tent by himself.

Behind him, someone spat at his back, "Damn, waste!"

Shen Jing Bin naturally didn't hear this, he stood at the door of the large tent, first poked his head in to look, and then moved toward the inside with a look of disgust, covering his nose.

Cough, cough, Shen Jing Bin coughed twice.

Xianling Li, Du Ruo, and Doctor Ke were surrounding Xiong Er to check his condition; hearing this pretentious reminder, they all turned their heads to look.

Not sleeping all night, Xianling Li's eyes were full of red blood, and his expression was very tired.

"Why did General Shen run here?" Xianling Li smiled without warmth, "It's all bloody here. Aren't you afraid of blood? How come, you woke up from a sleep and became dizzy, and can't even tell north, south, east, and west?"

Doctor Ke lowered his head and looked for his feet in embarrassment.

Du Ruo almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

Xianling Li's impression of her had always been calm and self-restrained; she didn't expect him to have such a poisonous tongue, which showed how much he disliked this General Renyong.

Shen Jing Bin also knew that he didn't do this thing properly.

After all, as the main official, he should be responsible for the lives of these soldiers, at least he should come to express his condolences.

Toward Xianling Li's sarcasm, Shen Jing Bin didn't get angry, laughed and said, "Isn't it because I heard Xiong Er's injury has improved, so I came to take a look."

As he spoke, he took two steps forward, his gaze falling on Xiong Er on the ground.

Xiong Er's condition was much better than yesterday; his heartbeat was normal, his breathing was stable, and he was no longer a dead face without blood.

The rotten flesh around the wound had also been dug out, medicine applied, and bandaged.

But he was still unconscious.

Shen Jing Bin couldn't tell why, and asked, "How is he? Can he live?"

"General Shen, don't worry, I just took his pulse, the snake venom in his body has been cleared by more than half, and if he takes medicine for a few more days, and then recuperates slowly, he can get better."

Doctor Ke smiled and pointed to Du Ruo, "Thanks to this little brother's secret recipe."

"Little... brother?" Shen Jing Bin raised his eyebrows.

Xianling Li gave him a warning look.

The camp was full of men, and Du Ruo, a little wife, mixed here for a night; it wouldn't sound good if it spread out.

Du Ruo smiled and didn't say anything.

Shen Jing Bin still gave Xianling Li face and didn't expose her on the spot, but turned the topic to another matter.

"Lord Li, Jiang Li hasn't returned yet, I guess he is already doomed. This matter cannot be delayed any longer, I have decided, I will burn the mountain with fire later."

Xianling Li and Du Ruo changed their expressions at the same time, "No!"

Xianling Lin was soothing the wounded on the other side, and just walked over when he heard Shen Jing Bin's words, and his reaction was equally intense.

"Can't burn with fire! This official absolutely disagrees!"

Shen Jing Bin's thin face pulled like a loofah, "I say two lords, that's enough, although the parents' officials should love the people like children, those people are not your own sons and daughters after all, is it necessary to protect them so much?"

Xianling Lin's lips moved a few times, wanting to say something but stopped.

Du Ruo's expression was firm, "Jiang Li won't have an accident, he promised me he would return safely."

"Heh, it's already bright, where is he?" Shen Jing Bin waved his hand impatiently, "Alright, this matter is settled, I am the main official for suppressing bandits, I have the final say."

After saying this, he turned and walked out.

To burn with fire, he had to make preparations first, such as fire oil and saltpeter.

As for how to deal with the aftermath, that was the local office's business, not his business. After he destroyed those bandits, he would immediately take his troops back to Fengyang Prefecture.

Xianling Li chased out and called Shen Jing Bin, gritting his teeth, "General Shen, if you insist on burning with fire, this official can't stop you. But this official hopes you can give Jiang Li and the others more time, at least wait until noon."

"If noon comes and they still haven't returned, it won't be too late for you to use fire."

Shen Jing Bin looked at the sky and nodded.

"Fine, I'll sell Lord Li this favor, and wait until noon!"

Anyway, ten days had passed, and it wasn't a few hours more.