snowstorm

Buying things for the road was an excuse, so they just bought something in town.The twilight in the north in winter came very early, and when the sky began to dye red, they started to rush back.

On the way back to the barracks, I passed the forest full of dead branches and leaves.

"Qiaoer, I'm not in a good mood right now." Walking to the middle of the woods, Lu Jue stopped, looked at Xie Qiao and said.

Xie Qiao was taken aback.

Lu Jue reached out to caress his face and said, "Qiao Er, do you still remember what you said when you were young?"

'I can blow the leaves. When Brother Huaiyu is sad, I will blow it to you, okay? '

The words he said when he was young seemed to echo in his ears, and Xie Qiao felt that his heart was completely soft.He is naturally willing to do anything for Lu Jue.But——Xie Qiao looked around, and there were dead branches and leaves everywhere. It was too difficult to find evergreen leaves in winter in the north.

He was about to say something when Lu Jue stretched out his hand in front of him.Xie Qiao opened her eyes wide in surprise: she saw a green leaf in Lu Jue's white as jade palm.

"There was someone selling orange trees on the street just now, and I picked them." Lu Jue said.

It's rare to see Lu Jue's childish behavior. Xie Qiao held the leaf in his hand, raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Jue, with a playful smile on his face: "How much money did you leave for others?"

Lu Jue wasn't embarrassed to be exposed, and said, "Ten copper coins."

Xie Qiao couldn't help laughing out loud, he rarely dared to pinch Lu Jue's face, and said: "Brother Huaiyu, ten copper coins are exchanged for a leaf, you are at a loss."

Lu Jue let him move, so he simply folded his arms and leaned on a dead tree, raised his white chin to Xie Qiao, and said, "Ten copper coins are exchanged for one piece of music for the little prince. I earned it. Play it."

Xie Qiao chuckled, and brought the thick green orange leaves to her lips.

Dead branches, fallen leaves, sunset.Chilling, barren, cold and false warmth.The two of them were shrouded in the strange paleness of the winter world.

The sound of the leaves is so real and alive.

There is no need to suppress anything anymore, there will be strong love overflowing in the clear and delicate song.That voice hit Lu Jue's ears and eyes together with Xie Qiao's eyes looking closely at him at this moment.

Lu Jue listened and watched, and his noisy and restless heart became strangely quiet.It's a pity that there is no flute or qin here, otherwise he would be able to sing Xie Qiao's music.

The homing crow flew through the woods, and finally took away the last ray of the setting sun.

……

When Lu Jue and Xie Qiao returned to the barracks, torches had been set up everywhere in the barracks.

"I'll leave tomorrow." Xie Qiao finally said after looking at the torch not far away.

Lu Jue was taken aback, rubbed his head, and said, "That's fine."

Xie Qiao smiled and said, "It's almost the Chinese New Year. Brother Huaiyu, wait for me in Jizhou. After I have dealt with the affairs of Yanzhou, I will come to Jizhou to celebrate the New Year with you." Well, Lu Jue is in Jizhou during the New Year, so naturally he will be there too.

Lu Jue raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, I'll wait."

"Report!"

Xie Qiao was about to say something when he saw a soldier striding over.

Lu Jue's heart trembled, his brows were slightly frowned, and he said, "What's the matter?"

The soldier then said: "General, the spies have come to report that bandits have been found on the border of Jizhou, and the scale is larger than before!"

Lu Jue glanced at Xie Qiao, and Xie Qiao nodded with understanding.

Lu Jue waved his hand at the soldier, and then strode in a direction.

Xie Qiao stood there, watching his back getting further and further away.It would be a lie to say that he wasn't worried. His sweetheart went to a place where swords and swords were in the shadows to fight with his life and blood—not to mention that this banditry was so special, how could he not be worried?

However, he couldn't stop Lu Jue.Even if he possessed all of Lu Jue, he couldn't stop Lu Jue at this moment, let alone say "don't go" to Lu Jue.Having said that, it is an insult to Lu Jue.

No matter in the past, present, or future, all he can do is always put on the armor for his general, send him to the place where he is close to death, and wait for his return with fear.

Xie Qiao sighed slightly, he looked at the deep night sky in the north, and walked into a tent: since he decided to leave tomorrow, he should talk to Gu Wang now.

As soon as Xie Qiao walked to Gu Wang's tent, he saw Ling Daoyuan rushing out of the tent wearing a battle armor with anger on his face.When he saw Xie Qiao when he left the tent, he was stunned for a moment and left with a cold snort. After walking a few steps, he turned back and looked at Xie Qiao with a complicated look mixed with sympathy. He elbowed Xie Qiao, and the corner of his mouth With a jerk, he said, "You can get along with Gu Wang for a month, you really are a talent for his grandma."

After that, he swaggered away.

Xie Qiao: "..."

The corner of Xie Qiao's mouth twitched: Ling Daoyuan, who has always been unhappy with him, said those words to him, Mr. Gu and his grandma are talented.

Xie Qiao entered the tent, and saw Gu Wangzheng sitting on the couch, he looked at Xie Qiao: "What's the matter, little prince?"

Xie Qiao said, "Let's set off tomorrow."

Gu Wang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded flatly.

Xie Qiao was really curious about what happened just now, so he asked, "Master Gu, have you had any trouble with Ling Daoyuan in the past few days?"

There was a flash of light in Gu Wang's clear Danfeng eyes, but his face was still paralyzed without any expression. He said calmly, "I get along very well with him, and we have a good relationship."

The corner of Xie Qiao's mouth twitched: "Are you sure?"

Gu Wang nodded, with a firm tone: "Naturally. I can feel that he has a good impression of me."

Xie Qiao: "..."

Xie Qiao didn't intend to meddle in other people's business, so naturally she wouldn't ask too many questions.He informed Gu Wang that he was leaving the next day, and returned to Lu Jue's big tent.

At this time, Lu Jue was mobilizing troops in the barracks, and he could hear the rapid movement of troops outside from his tent.Soon, the outside became quiet. The sound of "stepping" horseshoes is getting farther and farther away.

Lu Jue left.

Xie Qiao sat on the side of the couch and looked up at the ceiling: since he is gone, he will not be able to sleep tonight if he misses him, so it is better to just wait for him all night.

Long winter nights.As dawn approached, Xie Qiao was dozing off with his hands on his forehead in his coat.The first light in the morning cast into the big tent, Xie Qiao suddenly opened his eyes: It's already a night, Lu Jue and the others should come back.

As Xie Qiao thought about it, there was a burst of noise outside the tent, the sound of footsteps and horseshoes interspersed.Xie Qiao shrank his pupils, got up quickly, put on his coat and walked outside the tent.

Xie Qiao opened the tent door in the big tent, and saw soldiers in battle armor leading their horses back and forth. Most of them still had bloodstains and fighting spirit on their faces, and they were newly tired.Xie Qiao observed the joy on their faces, and finally put his heart into his stomach: It seems that Lu Jue is fine and everything is going well.

He still had a coat on his shoulders, before he could put it on, he strode out, trying to find Lu Jue.

Just a few steps away, a particularly obvious noise came to my ears, the sound of footsteps, voices and the sound of heavy objects falling were mixed together, Xie Qiao frowned slightly, and walked towards the direction of the sound.

After abducting a large tent, Xie Qiao found the place.I saw a person lying on the ground, tied tightly. Although that person was wearing Dasheng's clothes, his facial features were different from Dasheng's. Lu Jue was standing next to that person, and Ling Daoyuan was on the other side.

"Despicable! You Dasheng people are so despicable! It's disgusting!" The man was tied up and thrown on the ground without stopping, cursing and speaking in a strange accent.He struggled hard on the ground, his face was flushed from suffocation, even the veins burst out, and the ropes tied to his body were stretched tightly.

Ling Daoyuan kicked him hard, and said, "You fucking scold me for taking your arm off, do you believe it?"

The man stared at Ling Daoyuan fiercely, with hostility and killing intent in his eyes.Not surprisingly, Ling Daoyuan couldn't be provoked, so he unceremoniously patched the man's body again.Lu Jue didn't intend to stop him by the side.

Xie Qiao smiled and walked over there with his hands behind his hands.When Lu Jue saw him, a subconscious smile appeared on his face. Although his face was tired, his dark eyes shone brightly in the dark morning.

He walked up to Lu Jue and stood still, looking at the man lying on the ground raising his eyebrows. Just as he was about to ask something, he saw the man on the ground suddenly stop struggling. He raised his neck, opened his eyes wide, and stared at Xie Xie. Qiao, the interaction between Xie Qiao and Lu Jue naturally couldn't escape his eyes.

"You...you..." He moved his body desperately towards Xie Qiao, and suddenly cursed: "You are such a shameless bastard! You climbed into General Dasheng's bed as soon as you got off the king's bed! You Dirty little boy! Your Majesty should have listened to me and killed you long ago!"

Xie Qiao narrowed her eyes dangerously, but a trace of doubt rose in her heart.

"Damn!" Hearing this man's swearing words, Ling Daoyuan was furious. He was about to make a move when he saw Lu Jue strode forward with a blank face, grabbed the man fiercely, and removed the man's chin neatly with his hands. , raised his leg and bent it suddenly towards the man's abdomen, the man's face turned pale from the pain, his jaw was removed again, and he could no longer speak.He just stared at Xie Qiao fiercely with hatred, and yelled something "ahhh".

Ling Daoyuan swallowed when he saw Lu Jue's actions: This was the first time he saw Lu Jue being so ruthless...

"This is my Dasheng's barracks," Lu Jue said while grabbing the man's collar and staring closely at his eyes, "you'd better be sensible. No matter what your status is in Beiliang, now He's just a captive." He narrowed his eyes dangerously: "Don't think I dare not kill you."

At this moment, the sun had completely risen, sweeping away the dimness in the early morning, the man crossed Lu Jue's shoulder, and met Xie Qiao's cold eyes, at this time the sun happened to shine on Xie Qiao's face, and Xie Qiao's face was clearly visible .When the man saw Xie Qiao's face, he was taken aback for a moment, and even his hatred was relieved a lot, but his pupils were constricted, and there was a clear disbelief on his face.

Xie Qiao frowned slightly as he looked at the man. At this moment, an indelible doubt rose in his heart.And a sense of foreboding.

After Lu Jue taught him a lesson, he threw the man to the ground, frowned and ordered, "Press him down and watch him strictly."

"Yes!"

After finishing speaking, Ling Daoyuan dragged the man down, and the man was dragged further and further away, but his eyes never moved away from Xie Qiao's face.Lu Jue's face was even more cold, but Xie Qiao looked at the man and narrowed his eyes secretively.

The author has something to say: the foreshadowing is all over, so in the next chapter, Xiao Xie and Mr. Gu set off for Yanzhou~

than heart~