Before the beginning of winter, the north wind blowing from the Hezhong Plain was already icy and biting, and many barriers were erected in Lingxiao Pass to resist the coming cold.
At the beginning of the day, the sky and the earth were chaotic, and as far as the eye could see, there was a deep blue-gray, not a shadow whispering, and the mist wandered over the vast field, and the clusters were melting, just like the elves who had strayed into the mortal world, and the soldiers who had just unloaded their duty on duty reached out to grab it boredly, and in an instant it turned into clouds and smoke and dispersed, leaving only the white gas from the mouth and nose swirling in front of them.
Winter is coming.
As soon as the weather is cold, people will unconsciously become lazy, there are only two columns of guards patrolling in the huge Chu army camp, all yawning, full of sleepiness, occasionally raising their heads to look at the sky is not on alert, but silently calculating how long it will take to usher in the next group of guards.
At this moment, a corner of some inconspicuous tent was lifted on the edge of the camp, and after a moment of silence, a hazy black shadow suddenly flashed out of it, slipped along the fence all the way to the corner, and then skillfully pulled up one of the loose planks, and got out with a low body, and the guards passed by in a procession, unaware of the anomaly.
Golden opportunity.
The man quickly opened his shirt, took out a carrier pigeon from a thin cotton pocket, tied a finger-thick bamboo tube to his paws, and then slammed it into the air, and the carrier pigeon fluttered twice, and immediately disappeared into the fog, and the sound of flapping its wings was only a little heavier, and it was not heard after passing through his ears.
There was still silence all around.
The man rubbed his hands, buttoned up his shirt and turned around to play with the fence, preparing to return the same way, but as soon as he got into the camp, he crashed into the bottom of his eyes before he straightened up, and he was frightened when he shivered, and when he looked up, King Ning's cold and sharp figure was half hidden and half appeared in the fog, and the aura of slaughter was overflowing, just like the underworld Yama.
"The king, the prince......"
His knees were weak and he fell directly to the ground, and before he finished speaking, he was already shaking like chaff, Chu Jun glanced at it coldly, as if there were ten thousand ice edges inserted into his heart at the same time, almost making him faint on the spot.
"This king didn't expect that during this truce, Captain Yang would also get up early and be greedy for darkness."
"Humble ......
Humble ......"
Before Yang Feng could make up a reason, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him, and he looked at it closely, the person who came was King Ning's personal guard Qianchao, and the long sword that had never left his hand was pinned to his waist, and instead of a snow-white carrier pigeon, with short hair and thin tail, it was very familiar.
His face turned pale in an instant.
Chu Jun opened the bamboo tube, spread the small paper inside in his palm, stared at it for a long time, and then stuffed it back untouched, and then re-tied the rope, and as soon as the big palm was loosened, the white pigeon spread its wings again.
What is he doing here?
Yang Feng was stunned on the side, and before he could discern Chu Jun's intentions, Qian Chao had already drawn his sword out of the sheath, only to see a flash of cold light, and the sharp tip of the sword was accurately placed at the major artery in his neck, and he could splash blood in five steps with just a slight stroke, and he sweated like pulp in an instant, kneeling there like a statue, not daring to move a bit.
"The battle of Danfengdu is really you playing ghosts!
killed so many brothers, and made our army have to retreat to Lingxiao Pass, such a collaborator with the enemy and betraying the country, what crime should you be guilty of!
” Yang Feng tried to defend himself, but his words were very pale and weak: "Lord Wang, I don't know what it is, wronged!"
” Chu Jun turned a deaf ear, and his voice like a wind knife and frost blade slowly spread out in front of his forehead: "This king gives you two choices, confess to the main envoy and continue to exchange correspondence with him, and when this matter is over, leave your whole body." ” Yang Feng shook violently when he heard the last two words, and he didn't beg for mercy or say anything else, as if he had stiffened.
"It's interesting."
Chu Jun saw that he was no longer doing useless work, and knew that he had recognized the reality, so he finished the rest of the words with an expressionless face, "Although there are not many people in your Yang family, there are always nine clans in bits and pieces, if you insist on not complying, you would rather die than protect the mastermind behind it, and this king can only let them bury the 20,000 brothers who died." ” Right in the middle of the heart.
King Ning's iron-blooded and ruthless name has long been spread throughout the army and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if the imperial court has abolished the punishment of joint sitting, he can completely make the people of the Yang family pay a painful price for his actions, Yang Feng has no doubt about this, he immediately fell to the ground as if he had been pulled out of his spine, and he couldn't afford to retreat.
Seeing this, Chu Jun waved his hand and asked people to take him down, and the rest of the matter will naturally follow up, and he doesn't need to worry about it anymore, but when he left, he remembered something, and immediately stopped his pace and asked, "How is Huaiyuan?"
” Qian Chao replied in a low voice: "Go back to the prince, count the days, the day before yesterday should be in the royal capital." ” Chu Jun bowed his head slightly, and instructed: "If there is a letter, tell him to take care of his injuries, and he doesn't have to worry about this." ” "Yes, I understand."
That being said, but at the moment of the great enemy, there are spies in the army, how can Xie Huaiyuan put his mind at ease and recuperate from his injuries?
Returning to the royal capital is really a last resort, if he can, he will definitely not throw away the 50,000 Kwantung Army he brought, and it is really not a good thing to be unfamiliar with the place and change generals before the battle.
The fish passed the ruler, and the geese had a few lines, and finally fell into the Xie family's house after flying over countless mountains, rivers and lakes.
On today's high-ranking family, the Ye family is naturally the first to blame, followed by the Xie family, the head of the family Xie Miao is an upright person, once assisted the Emperor Taishang to quell the chaos, and worked diligently in the imperial court for so many years as a secretary, and was quite loved, so when the news of his young son Xie Huaiyuan's return from injury spread, it immediately attracted many people to visit.
There are many cars and horses in front of the door, and the guests are like clouds, but the bedroom in the backyard is exceptionally quiet.
Xie Huaiyuan put down the letter, rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly, and was about to lean on the head of the bed to rest for a while, when there was suddenly a small movement outside, listening to the footsteps that were as light as a butterfly and with a hint of arbitrariness, the corners of his mouth suddenly rose slightly, and then he sat up energetically.
Presently the man came down from the porch into the room.
"Cousin, I've come to see you—" Deliberately raising the volume, pretending to be concerned, it was clear that it was all for people outside, Xie Huaiyuan smiled helplessly, and looked at the person wearing a set of smoky skirts from a distance, only to feel that the quaint furnishings in the room were all burning because of her, floating and haloing.
"Come in, no one outside can hear us."
"Not sooner."
Lu Mingrui pursed her lips, casually pulled out a chair and sat down in front of the bed, and looked at him for a long time before saying, "Where is the injury?"
” Xie Huaiyuan said lightly: "It's just a small injury, it's not worth mentioning." ” "I think so, the Kwantung Army is so powerful, and you are good at arranging troops, how could you be broken by those stupid barbarians?
Their old man is just blind and nervous, no, I have to go to the palace for the night today, my mother has to pull me over for a run, I told her that you must be fine, she still doesn't believe it, hey!
” Lu Mingrui exaggerated while thinking about it, her small mouth kept moving, and the pink and tender was very attractive, Xie Huaiyuan watched quietly from the side, his eyes were full of connivance, but he was inexplicably a little blurry.
"If you want to be on duty at night, you should leave early, it's not safe to be late."
"Hmm."
Lu Mingrui didn't notice that he was chasing her, so she brushed her clothes and got up, "You are so good, I will take you to the Phoenix Tower to eat roast lamb leg in a few days, the boss there is from the Western Regions, and the meat and spices are all transported from there, but it is authentic!"
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But I don't have much silver in my pocket, and I can't eat the whole sheep, so I can only eat a leg, so don't dislike it. ” "Got it, let's go."
Xie Huaiyuan's voice was as gentle as ever, but it vaguely seemed to be suppressing something, Lu Mingrui only said that he had too many words that annoyed him, so he waved at him and left.
There is a road is the head of the Vermilion Bird Bridge, on the side of Wuyi Lane, the most antique is the house of the Xie family, although it suffered a fire more than 20 years ago, but after the restoration, it added a bit of elegance.
Lu Mingrui's mother is Xie Yun, the daughter of the Xie family, and she has a good relationship with her brother Xie Miao, so she often takes her here to play, but after she became a big girl, she came less, and today she strolled in the familiar pavilions and pavilions, and couldn't help but stay for a long time, just when two maidservants passed by slowly with tea.
"Alas, when do you think the third young master's leg will be good?"
"I think it's difficult, don't say it's going to the battlefield in the future, I'm afraid it's a problem to even go out, don't you see your wife and you're so worried that you can't sleep at night?
Sitting on the edge of the bed and shedding tears, the old man couldn't persuade him. ” The voice soon drifted away, but Lu Mingrui froze by the flowers and couldn't move.
When he was in the barracks, he had to sneak over to talk to her about everything, and he drove her away as soon as he opened his mouth today.
She said that he was fine, and he actually responded, with an indifferent and uninhibited face, as if there was no problem at all......
She's stupid.
The goldfinch on the embroidered shoes shook violently, almost spread its wings and flew away, and the eager beating sound extended from the end of the corridor to the front of the door, Lu Mingrui stopped his steps and breathed a sigh of relief, and then pushed open the door and broke in, looking into the depths of the carved shelf bed, just to meet Xie Huaiyuan's surprised gaze.
"Ruirui, why are you ......?"
Before the words fell, she had already stepped over and lifted the brocade quilt covering his body.
There was silence for a moment.
Lu Mingrui uncovered the bandages on Xie Huaiyuan's legs one by one until a bloody wound was revealed, revealing that the jade finger paused in mid-air and then carefully landed on the edge of the calf.
It's hot.
Xie Huaiyuan didn't seem to want her to see this bloody scene, and reached out to cover the wound, "Ruirui, it's just a small injury, you go and ...... it."
"Are you blind to me?"
Lu Mingrui suddenly raised his head, his eyes were already red.
She is a doctor, and it is impossible not to see in the full light, he is clearly pierced through the fibula with a sword, so he is bedridden!
With such a serious injury, he actually told her that she was fine, and promised her to go to the restaurant for dinner in a few days, did he understand that he might not be able to stand up for the rest of his life?
Lu Mingrui's heart was depressed for a while, as if she was blocked by something, which made her breathless, but Xie Huaiyuan stroked her soft hair, and said softly: "It's really nothing, I don't let you see, I'm afraid that you will be scolded by your aunt." ” "If you can't be cured, you will be scolded by her."
Lu Mingrui seemed to be ruthless, snorted violently and shouted outside, "Go and bring the medicine box and boil another basin of hot water!"
” She was going to heal him again.
"Ruirui, you don't have to ...... it" Before he finished speaking, a wave of dizziness hit, Xie Huaiyuan suddenly grabbed the bed rail, so as not to fall, who knew that the nephrite jade Wen Xiang next to him also greeted him at the same time, which could support his extremely heavy body due to high fever, he was a little reluctant to let go of his hand, and the cold sweat on his forehead slipped down drop by drop, making the peach blossom on her front strong and intoxicating.
"Brother Yuan?"
Lu Mingrui called him softly, his face was slightly impatient, and after he came back to his senses, the corners of his mouth pulled slightly, and he said in a low voice: "It's okay." ” "Lie down."
Now that Xie Huaiyuan is seriously injured, Lu Mingrui can't care about being angry with him, first helped him lie down, and then squatted at the end of the bed to clean up his injuries.
Xie Huaiyuan was also allowed to fiddle with her, whether it was sutured or medicated, he didn't say a word until she forcibly ordered him to rest, and he silently closed his eyes.
Midnight.
I don't know when the burn will subside, but my mouth is a little dry, Xie Huaiyuan opened his eyes from his sleep, and was about to call someone to serve tea, but he found a person lurking on his left hand, wrapped in his wide robe and sleeping soundly, and the exposed half of his face was slightly agitated, and it was charming pink.
His blood was surging, and he finally put aside the restraint and restraint in his heart, and kissed her hair gently.
If he could, he wanted her to sleep here for the rest of her life.