Return the Sword

"I thought that a girl of your age would turn pale with fright when she saw such a scene." Wei Wan's voice suddenly appeared in Xue Zhao's ear.

Xue Zhao recovered from the shock, straightened his expression and said, "When the country is in trouble, we should wear armor to fight the enemy. Shouldn't we all have to get used to it?"

"I know, but what I heard is different from what I saw with my own eyes, not to mention...you are still a girl." Wei Wan suddenly laughed: "It's men's business to wear armor and fight the enemy."

Wei Wan is a key protected area, and there was a fierce battle under the city, and the few people who could climb to the city wall through ladders were easily knocked down by the soldiers defending the city, so it was very leisurely, looking at Wei Wan Xue Zhao suddenly felt at a loss: "Do you think I'm not worthy to do the same thing as men?"

"Of course not, why do you think so?"

"I feel so." Xue Zhao couldn't tell. She looked at the sky and turned pale, and her expression was not very good, and she didn't know what she remembered.

Wei Wan smiled slightly: "Instead of being troubled by being a woman, it is better to eliminate the trouble by being a woman. The world is big, and all living beings are suffering. Others can say whether they are worthy or not."

But how could it be so simple, Xue Zhaogang wanted to refute, but then thought again.That's right, if the person in front of him really cared about what others said, how could he dare to kill his brother and seize the throne.After all it is different.

"It seems that the predicament of Dunhuang City can be broken in a moment." Xue Zhao turned to the other side.

"That's the truth, but..." Wei Wan looked at Xue Zhao and said, "Wei can't let Miss Xue go into battle to kill the enemy, but I still want Miss Xue's help to outwit her."

"how do I say this?"

"As the girl said, the fake former city lord in the Yuezhi people's camp is really worrying. Wei wanted to make people assassinate him, but he sneaked in once and took a big risk the second time. Miss Xue is With a capital accent, you can pretend to be a defector and help Wei Mou to spy on him."

Could it be that this huge Dunhuang city can't find someone with a capital accent?She was given such an errand for no reason, but Xue Zhao didn't believe that there was no ghost in it.But by coincidence, what he said earlier seemed to be put into practice. Xue Zhao didn't ask any more questions, but simply agreed: "What do you need me to do?"

"Come out at night, and deceive it with the arrival of the imperial army, so that it can stay permanently."

The corner of Xue Zhao's mouth twitched: "City Master Wei really thinks too highly of me, the difficulty of this job is even higher than climbing to the sky."

"If there is an angel's golden seal, would Miss Xue still want to say that?" Wei Wan beckoned, and a blue-clothed man came up to him holding the case, with a wooden box on it, with a copper seal on the turtle button, a festival, and a white feather. Hongying.

Xue Zhao didn't know what to say anymore, if it was a fake, then Wei Wan is really brave, but if not, then there are people in Wei Wan's court?She suddenly raised her head, knowing that Wei Wan's appearance was brilliant, but this time she looked at it with a different feeling, she pursed her lips, and said straightly: "Since the symbol of this angel is here, where is the angel? "

"It's only two or three miles away from Yulin. There are only wreckage left on the carriage. It's just an angel patriotic. These things are well protected and have not been damaged."

The implication is already clear.

"To keep the enemy army stationed, may we ask the city lord to plan how to dispatch the general?" Xue Zhao no longer had the courage to ask any more. The angel died for the country, and he knew that the angel was going to Dunhuang, but he didn't know what the court was going to do. What to do, but admit or deny the position of the city lord of this guard?

"Let's say that the imperial court regards Dunhuang as a thorn in its side, and this time it's just to destroy the thieves. After the incident is completed, the tribute given to the Yueshi in Dunhuang city can be equal to that of the imperial court..."

Xue Zhao didn't wait for Wei Wan to finish, and interrupted, "How can this happen?"

Wei Wan was not annoyed, and just said: "Just saying that, does Miss Xue think I will lose?"

"Of course not."

"Then please."

The fierce battle under the city was in full swing, and the Yuezhi king watched his cavalry decrease little by little, and his heart was bleeding. Longevity is God, and the Yili River does not support people. The dead cavalry really didn't know how to wait for the grassland grass to grow green. How many times can Huang be cultivated.Thousands of people died, and seeing that the horses on Shen Mu's side were finally tired from running, he was overjoyed, and quickly organized another [-] cavalry to attack. Unexpectedly, when Shen Mu's men arrived under the infantry formation, They all got off their horses, and together with the thousand heavy crossbows, three thousand archers threw them, causing countless casualties on Yueshi's side.

The Yuezhi people didn't organize the cavalry to shoot back with arrows. It wasn't because they didn't want to, but because their bows and arrows had already been used up when they were circled by Shen Mu. The Yuezhi people traded with the Central Plains, but iron was not among them. There are not many arrowheads with iron arrows.

[-] soldiers left the city gate, and the Yuezhi retreated after leaving nearly [-] corpses behind.

This battle was fought from Mao time to Xu time, that is, from sunrise to sunset.The celebration banquet that Wei Wan rewarded the soldiers mainly used the dead horses of the Yuezhi people as ingredients, and it was not a boast. In this weather, eating horse meat is really the first-class enjoyment.But because there were too many horses, all the big restaurants, small restaurants, and cooks in Dunhuang City were recruited.

Fortunately, the common people were able to share a bowl of horse meat soup at the celebration banquet.Therefore, Fang Hui was not surprised that Xue Zhao was also at the banquet, he only thought it was fate.

"I was looking for a girl this morning, but I didn't expect to see anyone, but now I see it here." Fang Hui saw that there was no one around Xue Zhao, so he cupped his hands and sat down.

The celebration banquet was held in the open space under the city tower, the meat was taken fresh, and the cauldron was set up, and the smell of meat was everywhere.

Xue Zhao didn't know why he refused Wei Wan's invitation to sit at the same table. It was probably because of Shen Mu taking off his bloody helmet and smiling at Wei Wan, or Wei Wan's admiration in his eyes as Shi Jian cleaned up the blood scum on his body. meaning.That scene was too dazzling.Although they are defending against foreign enemies, they are also killing people. How can they be so happy... If the enemy is dead, don't the comrades also sacrifice?

Was she the only one who didn't like the bloodshed?But if there is no bloodshed, where will peace come from? After all, in this battle, Dunhuang is just defending.

Xue Zhao was interrupted by Fang Hui, and only nodded slightly in response: "Yes, Brother Fang."

"Miss Xue looks sullen, but what's bothering you?"

Xue Zhao felt a little familiar when she heard this, and suddenly remembered that this person had said it, she shook her head: "It's nothing."

This is what I don't want to say, Fang Hui is a little embarrassed, but the other party is a girl after all, so it's not easy for him to ask.

The wine in the glass was a bit muddy, took a sip, it smelled faintly of pears, it's not the season to eat pears, this wine is not good, but fruit wine is always rare, presumably it was because the Yue family retired temporarily, and didn't want the soldiers to waste their lives because of the wine .Xue Zhao drinks a lot, and there was only half a jug of wine on the table, and it all went into her belly in a short while.

Fang Hui next to him was obsessed with his own little cup and did not dare to snatch it from Xue Zhao.He didn't know what happened, it was a happy night, but the girl didn't look very happy.Very confused, very confused.If you think about it carefully, the other party is from the Central Plains, so there is a reason to explain all this.The imperial court and Dunhuang do not share the same hatred...

Although it was fruit wine, he was still a little drunk. This was not at home. Xue Zhao didn't think about it, and after drinking, he said goodbye.

Fang Hui stayed: "It's still early."

Xue Zhao waved his hand, but it was an overpowering gesture.

"Then I'll see the girl off." Fang replied.

"No need." Xue Zhao said, "Brother Fang has only been here for a long time, so there is no need for that."

Fang Hui saw a lot of acquaintances in the crowd, it was really inappropriate to leave at this time, so he said: "Miss Xue, see you tomorrow."

Xue Zhao humbly responded, but did not answer.

Walking on that street, you could see a large number of people rushing towards the city tower before, but later it became more and more deserted. The white moonlight shines on the black eaves, and a layer of black glaze is very attractive.

People are in a foreign land, and tiles are frost in a foreign land.

Xue Zhao suddenly got two poems, and she didn't know what kind of mood she was in. The flat bluestone avenue gave her a feeling of deep feet and shallow feet.

Squinting her eyes, Xue Zhao looked at the buildings on the left and right. Xue Zhao still remembered that she had to turn left. Everyone gets drunk if they are not drunk, so she had to go back quickly.However, she made a mistake in her busy schedule, slipped her foot, and fell into the ditch beside the road.

Now, there is no need to wake up from the wine.What sorrow, what reflection, what mood, these are not important in the stench of the nose, Xue Zhao kicked his feet, and crawled out quickly with his hands and feet. At first glance, the stains on his body were still Some colorless scum is hard to see.

Wei Wan was standing at the gate of Wei Mansion, waiting for Lan Yi to open the door.Although the City Lord's Mansion is good, it was lived by someone else after all, not as good as this Wei Mansion, everything from purchase to decoration has been handled by him, and if I don't look at it for a few days, I always feel panic in my heart.Outsiders don't know that Wei Wan has this kind of temperament, even Shen Mu and Shi Jian know it, and they also say that Wei Wan has a childish temper, and she can't stop joking.Only Wei Wan knows that wandering on the verge of life and death for many years makes it difficult for him to sleep peacefully in other people's places, even if he used to be, he is also tired these days, so he must sleep peacefully.And these, can't let people other than yourself know.

After all, Wei Wan, he should be invulnerable to fire and water, and invulnerable to weapons, how could he be superstitious?Fortunately, it was lively tonight, Shen Mu and Shi Jian were both in high spirits about his early exit, and didn't say much.

Now only a few blue-clothed people are left in the Wei Mansion to look after the yard, so when Wei Wan knocked on the door, there was no one answering for a while, and it was a long time before they heard more hurried footsteps, and the door opened a crack. Seeing Wei Wan, a man named Lan Yi said "Your Majesty" and nodded to the Lan Yi next to him. Both of them opened the door. Wei Wan took a step forward with his left foot and was about to go in. How could he know that he was temporarily defenseless , suddenly bumped into a soft but not foul-smelling thing in his arms.