long friend

Su Yan returned in vain, and was so angry that he ran to Xiangzhou desperately. He had just met Qi Xuan furtively, and when he turned his face, he received a battle report saying that the Turkic army was approaching Yanmen Pass. Fortunately, Yan Nandu had turned back. Hastily went north from Xiangzhou to Yanmen directly.

As a result, just two days after the fight, the Turks retreated as if they had taken the wrong medicine, and something went wrong in Luoyang: a group of Jianghu people took the wrong medicine for some reason, and fought in the suburbs of Luoyang, almost causing a big mess.Xiao Yan meant that this matter was not easy to handle, so he asked Yan Nandu to take a look. Su Yan is very sensitive to this topic now, if it wasn't for the military orders, he wished he could fly to Luoyang with his wings.

Yan Nandu left happily, but he had to explain a lot of affairs before he could go to Qi Xuan.After several delays back and forth, the matter in Luoyang was settled, but Su Jin disappeared like a slippery fish.

Su Yan only slept for ten hours in a few days, his eyes were blue and black, and he was depressed. Yan Nandu forcibly carried him back to Guangwu City, so that this person would not explode on the spot and demolish the house.This matter was too absurd - the expected reunion of brothers turned into Su Yan's exhaustion and Su Jin's ignorance, he almost said it was destined.

Yan Nandu sighed, feeling that his young master's life was really miserable: his wife passed away early, so it's fine if his parents didn't care about him, but he finally got a biological brother, and he didn't care about meeting him at all.

The miserable Su Yan opened the envelope from Jinling with a look of bitterness and hatred, looked at the black and white letters inside for a long while, and threw it aside casually.He sat quietly for a while, feeling puzzled, and tore up the edict again.

Yan Nandu witnessed all this from the side, and said: "Young Master, what is written in it? You are so angry."

"Routine inquiry." Su Yan tossed it aside indifferently, "Your Majesty has been ill recently, so he stopped the court and ordered King Zhao to supervise the country. You copied Mingquan Villa before, didn't you send the list of gold, silver, pearls, jade, and rare treasures to Taiwan?" Has the city gone? Now His Royal Highness King Zhao suspects that we have embezzled it privately, and wants me to give an explanation."

Yan Nandu couldn't understand: "What do you mean? What should I do with the money?"

Su Yan said: "He doesn't care what you do, we didn't honor him, this man relied on His Majesty's trust, the courtiers all flattered him, felt that he would be enthroned soon, and threatened to cut the military pay - anyway, there has been no war recently."

Yan Nandu was immediately indignant: "The Turkic camp is almost at the gate of the city!"

Su Yan: "There are no casualties. In the eyes of those adults, no matter how heavy the smell of gunpowder is, it is not a war."

Yan Nandu grew up in Kunlun Mountains, and he was born as a commoner in Jianghu, he didn't understand the dangers of officialdom, so he couldn't help but Qi Qiran said: "Young Master, you know a lot?"

"It's all His Majesty the Sixth Prince's orders from ear to ear." Su Yan couldn't help but smile a little when he mentioned him, and even felt a lot more relaxed. "He thinks I'm very stupid, and I don't deal with courtiers all the year round. I believe what others say. , so I have been back to Jinling for half a year, and he often nagged these things in my ears—it must be subtle.”

Yan Nandu touched his favorite knife, and said casually: "I really care about you... I heard that His Majesty's successor has not yet been decided. What do you think of this Sixth Highness?"

Usually, such important matters are discussed in the military tents. It is not very serious. This day Su Yan was in a better mood, so he followed Yan Nandu's words and said: "He will be a good emperor, but if there is no chance, I just I can regret it for the rest of my life.”

Yan Nandu: "How to say?"

Su Yan rested his chin on the desk, thought for a long time, and said: "Ah Chen has a tenacious heart, is very tolerant, and understands the truth of taking a step back. But he is not very good at fighting for himself, and His Majesty's eyes may not fall on him. What's more He is a concubine, and his mother and concubine's family has no power or money, so he is the most inconspicuous one in an ordinary wealthy family."

Yan Nandu let out an "oh", obviously not very interested in the emperor's heir.

These words made Su Yan fall into thinking. He repeatedly remembered Xiao Qichen's appearance. When he was a child, he escaped coquettishness, and when he was young, he was gloomy and silent. When he met him later, it seemed that he had encountered a little light, and his pride and persistence flooded rapidly.

Until he grew into what he is now: scheming, but with an innocent face, he followed Xiao Qiyu's side with a slick face, as if he didn't think about his own affairs at all, but somehow won over a lot of people's hearts.He knows his strengths and weaknesses, and he doesn't hesitate to use it, even...

"Emotions are the same for me." Xiao Qichen said, with a very indifferent expression, "I don't know love and hate, and I don't understand why a person is willing to die for another person, but I can use it."

These are words that Su Yan always thinks about, and it hurts so much. He has to admit that Xiao Qichen's words and deeds are reasonable, but he dare not agree.

In the end, if Xiao Qichen was just his best friend, like Xie Hui, why would Su Yan care about what he did and what he said?Want to take it to heart?Want to brand him right and wrong?

The elbow that was propped on the edge of the table suddenly retreated for no apparent reason, and then he lost his balance for a moment. Su Yan was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

The Chinese army tents are built on the spot, and the ground is often uneven.The table case here is placed in a flat place, but the left hand side is always tilted up, and the table top is inclined.With Su Yan's movement, the entire table suddenly tilted at a greater angle with his sliding elbow, almost tipping over.

The inkstone at hand made an untimely "click", leaped happily into the air, and stained Su Yan's body with ink.

Yan Nandu stopped wiping his beloved knife and looked towards him: "What's wrong?"

Busily tidying up the messy desk case, Su Yan was busy rescuing the few confidential documents, shaking his head and ignoring his question.Although Yan Nandu thought it was funny, he didn't dare to show it, he put down the knife and went to tidy up with Su Yan.

After finally tossing and tossing, Yan Nandu asked again: "What did you think of just now?"

He is several years older than Su Yan, and he is a well-known confidant brother in the army except for Shen Chengjun, who loves to worry about all the family's shortcomings.Shen Chengjun is more or less close to strangers, Yan Nandu is completely tolerant and warm, wishing that all the soldiers in the army would come to chat with him if they have troubles.

Su Yan glared at him angrily: "Don't worry about it."

Having said that, Yan Nandu could only pout, picked up the knife that he never left, carried it on his shoulder and went out.As he walked, he said, "If you're in a bad mood, come and play a few games with me. Hey, you haven't seen Su Jin..."

"What happened to him?" Su Yan asked, "Have you fought against each other?"

Yan Nandu exaggerated: "The outside of Lin'an City is earth-shattering."

Su Yan narrowed his eyes, and then smiled politely: "Ah Jin must have won, otherwise you can't help showing off."

Yan Nandu snorted, turned around immediately, and saved face for himself: "I didn't win, and I didn't lose—but Ah Jin's skill is really good, it's just a sword, in his hands it's as if he's alive.”

The implication is obvious, "Why are you such a useless brother."

Su Yan didn't argue with him, picked up a bald writing brush on the ground and threw it towards Yan Nandu.The other party laughed and ran away, leaving Su Yan alone in the Chinese army tent, chewing over and over again the few words he provided about Su Jin.

He really doesn't know Su Jin well, and everything depends on what he hears.

Su Yan put away those pens, inks, papers and inkstones according to his own habits. The sand table in the middle of the military tent had not been touched for a few days, and it was still standing in the formation where he, Yan Nandu and Jin Yi were playing around.A little further inward, the screen blocked the view, and behind him was his bed, which was hard and narrow, engraved with his hundreds of nights of dreams.

He sat by the bed, took a sip from the water bottle, and returned to the question that disturbed his thoughts just now - Xiao Qichen.

Xiao Qichen really couldn't figure it out, Su Yan lowered his head and stared at the tip of his shoe.

His boots were worn out, but his clothes were new.He is still growing, and he has grown a little every year since he was 15, and gradually he is a head taller than his father.If things go on like this for a long time, only when the clothes from the previous year are short again, will Su Yan feel after a long absence: "So I'm still young."

The battlefield can make people grow up quickly, and it can also make people grow old quickly.

Su Yan felt that he was a bit prematurely aging, longing for stability, but also pursuing excitement, youthful vigor and inexplicable greed for life and fear of death have always stuck together.

He found the pouch and spread it out in his palm—it was another old thing on his body besides the boots.

The calming incense in it has been used up long ago, and now I am very tired from this battle every day, and I don't need medicine to help me sleep.Su Yan opened the overworn pocket of the purse, and poured out two small stones from it.

He looked at it, and suddenly smiled, his heart was filled with a wonderful sweetness, even the tip of his tongue was dipped in honey.

One black and one white, so match.

It seemed that it was the first time that he thought of Jinling City among the brocades in the yellow sand thousands of miles away.His thoughts spread along every street in his memory, and finally crossed the glazed tiles of Chenglan Palace, enveloping the owner inside.

So his thoughts inevitably pulled.

Why did he care so much about Xiao Qichen's thoughts, and would be very angry when he disagreed with him?Would he still be like this if he was someone else?For example, Xie Hui, the two of them have been arguing for a long time, but they have never flirted with each other because of this, let alone ignoring each other for several days and worrying about how to mend it.

And he was restless because of the other party's uneasiness, and he was full of joy because of his smile. Although Su Yan never noticed, he really cared about Xiao Qichen's mood - his complexion was bad, whether he didn't have a good rest or was bullied; Is it something interesting? What's the matter with a cold face, don't be angry...

He has never cared about another person like this before.He didn't like Li Rong, but even if it was his parents, Su Yan would never shake himself for other people's emotions.

There was an answer ready to come out from the bottom of his heart, Su Yan reached out and put the kettle on the table, suddenly he couldn't say it.

He had just sent Li Rong away, how could he sense... his heartbeat so quickly?

As soon as these two words appeared, they tore apart the chaos covering Su Yan's head like a giant ax that opened up the world.He felt that the world suddenly became clearer than ever before, and outside the March Pass, the city was full of flowers.

Xiao Qichen said: "That's when you have never met someone you like. Do you know what it feels like? That person is... just like the ancient poems say, white as snow on a mountain, bright as a moon between clouds. Afraid of climbing high, I was afraid that he would go far away, so I cared about every single emotion, and when I met him and looked at me, I could be excited for the whole day!"

He almost forgot where he was, and a Xiao Qichen with his teeth and claws squeezed into his heart, and he smiled and stuffed a piece of candy and a painting, and this has been making noise non-stop for nearly ten years.

The smile on the corner of his lips lasted for a long time, and Su Yan restrained himself again. He rubbed his cheeks, and suddenly thought in a low voice: "But what can I do?"

He seemed to understand too late that Xiao Qichen's heart belonged.

In an instant, Su Yan was like an eggplant beaten by frost again. After a sigh, he fell on the bed and turned over, trying to let himself sleep.It is not a good thing to have big emotional ups and downs, and it will greatly affect his judgment.

But in the middle of this nap, the messenger rushed in like the wind, and hurriedly said: "Commander! The scouts are here to report! The Turks are preparing to attack the city, and the leader is Ashina!"

Su Yan immediately put on his armor in a well-trained manner, stepped out of the army tent and got on his horse. Someone handed him his usual longbow.He grabbed it, turned his back and glanced to his side.

It was the first time he went to the battlefield so absent-mindedly, and the contradiction between guilt and joy began to torment him.

Qingming has not yet arrived, and the northern border is still severely cold.It had just snowed that day, and when the leader arrived at Yanmen Pass, the sky began to clear.

He boarded the city gate, and the army could be seen looming in the distance.Su Yan frowned and asked the scout: "How many people are there on the other side? Is it a feint? Is there an ambush?"

The scout bowed his head and said, "Yes! Commander-in-Chief, there are about 8000 people, led by Ashina, all of whom are cavalry, and it seems that there are no siege ladders and catapults accompanying them. The situation of the enemy army is unknown, why they came here suddenly, and the purpose is not yet clear. Find out."

Su Yan suppressed the fire: "8000 people? Are they here to perform juggling for our army?"

Everyone started laughing in low voices, Su Yan turned his head and scolded: "Don't laugh! The enemy's intentions are unclear, and our army should treat them more seriously. Uncle Jin, please ask your other team to stand by behind the green mound and make a surprise attack at any time. I just know that you are leading the army behind the city gate. If you switch the switch to meet the enemy, you will be the vanguard to support me. Yannan, defend the city."

His arrangements are reasonable, Shen Chengjun is still guarding Yunmen Pass by himself and has not returned for a long time, but fortunately, he knows how to return to the team, and the addition of an experienced and capable general is like adding wings to a tiger.

The three of them took orders, and Jin Yi and Fang Zhi went to dispatch troops.Su Yan looked at the Turks marching slowly forward in the distance, and suddenly hissed, as if biting his own tongue.

Yan Nandu asked: "What?"

"Look at Yannan," Su Yan pointed at the army with irregular formations, "It's not that Ashina and we have dealt with each other before. WTF?"

After looking at it carefully, Yan Nandu said: "The whole army will not be kicked out in time, I'll go and have a look."

What he said meant that he wanted to go outside Longshan Mountain alone, but Yan Nandu was very good at lightness kung fu, he often regarded himself as a half detective.Su Yan had been taught once, and he acquiesced in his behavior that clearly violated military discipline. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "You must be careful when you are alone."

"Come back faster than them." Yan Nandu smiled, supported the city wall with his hand, and flipped out lightly.

He has shown off this skill many times, and the familiar defenders are not surprised, they still stand upright.Su Yan was not as annoyed as before. Just as he was about to remind everyone to stay awake, he suddenly heard a low "Huh" beside him with excellent hearing.

He turned his head and stared at the scout, and without any warning, he launched an attack: "Which captain of the scout are you?"

The scout soldier froze in place at a loss, and Su Yan's voice was neither loud nor low, at most attracting the attention of the nearest defender.He stared straight at the scout, and repeated: "Which captain?"

Not a difficult question to answer, but the scout let out an odd laugh in his throat.Su Yan's mind froze, and just as he held the hilt of the sword with his fingers, suddenly the scout raised his face, his face was strange, with a high nose and deep eyes.

"Dangerous!" Su Yan only had time to think so.

He was very close to the scout, when the scout suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed him in the heart.

The blade of the sword blocked the dagger, but Su Yan still heard the sound of the sharp blade cutting through his clothes.It lightly cut the gap between the two armors, and inserted it straight into Su Yan's ribs.

There was a sharp pain, he forcibly held back, and raised his hand to force the long sword out of its sheath, regardless of the fact that the knife had not been drawn out.

The "scout" said a few words in Turkic, and before realizing the anomaly, Liang Jun soldiers who surrounded him restrained him, pulled out the dagger stuck in Su Yan's flesh and blood, and stabbed himself in the throat cleanly!

The corpse rolled and fell down the city wall of Yanmen Pass, Yan Nandu in the distance turned his head and retreated quickly with a breath in his hands.

As the blood dripped down the loess, Su Yan felt his vision becoming more and more blurred. He heard the slight sound of running water, and the pain throbbed from his abdomen, pulling his thoughts back and forth on the verge of waking up.

He was supported by both hands, and then he heard Yan Nandu's voice: "What's going on?!"

"It's okay." Su Yan thought, his vision completely darkened.

The author has something to say: Yannan: how fat four!