Looking at the mountains and rivers

The night was as cool as water, covered with stars, Wei Changxuan and Yang Yan lay side by side on the bed of carved nanmu, breathing silently.The bed was very spacious, but Yang Yan still cuddled close to Wei Changxuan's side like when he was a boy. He was wearing silk obscene clothes, and when he raised his arms, most of his arms were exposed, gently embracing Wei Changxuan's body. neck.

Wei Changxuan opened his eyes and looked at the exquisite carvings on the top of the bed. After a long time, he suddenly heard Yang Yan say in a low voice, "Can't you sleep?"

"Ah."

Yang Yan opened his half-closed eyes, stood up slightly, and said in a low voice: "I always feel that you have pretended to be a lot of things when you come back from this expedition."

Wei Changxuan gently rubbed his head: "I'm fine, maybe it's because I haven't slept in such a comfortable bed for a long time, but I'm not used to it."

Yang Yan held his chin and asked, "Did you often have trouble falling asleep when you went out to fight?"

Wei Changxuan thought for a while: "Sometimes yes," he sighed lowly, "especially on the first day of battle, after I came back I didn't fall asleep all night."

He slowly bowed and sat up, and said in a low voice: "It was the first time I killed so many people. I didn't think about anything when I killed it. When I returned to the camp, I realized that the blood all over my body was cold."

Yang Yan didn't speak, but put his hand on his shoulder silently.

"I couldn't calm down in my heart. I thought about many things, including those people I killed and my comrades who died." He held his head and remained silent for a long time. "Later I thought of you, and my heart slowed down. It's slowly getting quieter."

Yang Yan asked in a daze, "Do you miss... me?"

Wei Changxuan nodded, and he smiled bitterly: "I don't know why, after leaving Jian'an, I always miss you." In fact, every night, most of the soldiers in the same battalion would talk about their relatives, and they liked it more. However, Wei Changxuan always has nothing to talk about.He could only lie on the cramped camp bed with his arms pillowed on his head, thinking over and over again of the helpless young man far away in Jian'an.

Wei Changxuan didn't say these words, and Yang Yan was silent for a moment as if aware of it, then he called him suddenly: "Wei Changxuan."

When Wei Changxuan turned his head, he saw his clear eyes, bit his lower lip slightly and said, "Kiss, okay?"

Wei Changxuan was slightly taken aback, he lowered his head and caressed Yang Yan's side face, and replied softly, "Okay."

He gently kissed Yang Yan's lips, and felt that Yang Yan was trembling slightly after pecking lightly, he backed away slowly, stared at Yang Yan and said, "Yexi, do you know what we are doing? "

He thought that Yang Yan would probably show a ignorant look, but suddenly mist filled his eyes, as if he was about to cry, he nodded: "I know." Then, he repeated, "I know. "

Wei Changxuan kissed him again. He eagerly touched Yang Yan's face, kissed his forehead, eyes, and finally his lips.Yang Yan remembered that Wei Changxuan didn't drink alcohol tonight, but his breath was hot and hot. Their lips touched each other, and Wei Changxuan called him in a low voice: "Yexi."

Yang Yan wanted to respond blankly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Wei Changxuan's tongue stuck into his mouth, and he could only hold Wei Changxuan's lapel tightly, and lay down on his back involuntarily.

Wei Changxuan held him down and kissed him for a long time before slowly standing up. He gently wiped Yang Yan's red and swollen lips with his thumb, and hugged him into his arms again.Yang Yan's chest was still heaving violently, and he couldn't speak for a long time. He and Wei Changxuan's chest pressed against each other, and he felt that the heartbeats of the two gradually merged together. He couldn't help closing his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Wei Changxuan Changxuan, in fact, since you left, I haven't slept peacefully for a single day."

He had a strong nasal voice, with a bit of aggrieved tone, which made Wei Changxuan feel pain in his heart, and he kissed his ear: "I know." He paused, then said suddenly, "Yexi, when I have my own How about I take you over to my house?"

Yang Yan was startled, and seemed to be a little puzzled: "Take me to you?"

Wei Changxuan noticed the hesitation in his words, and immediately said: "Aren't you willing?" He held Yang Yan's shoulder and said in a solemn tone, "Perhaps you don't know yet, this battle of Yanyu, the Northwest feudal town was damaged. Seriously, your grandfather's power is not as good as before. I still remember how cruel Yang Jue was to you before, if he no longer fears your grandfather now, I'm afraid he will be against you again. After all, I don't trust you here .”

Hearing what he said, Yang Yan only bit his lip hesitantly, and didn't make a sound.

"Yexi," Wei Changxuan shook him lightly, "Don't you want to be with me?"

Yang Yan's expression moved slightly, and he lowered his head: "Of course I want to, but I'm afraid it's not easy to get out from here."

Wei Changxuan breathed a sigh of relief: "So you were worried about this. I was thinking that as long as the government no longer values ​​Duke Tuoba, they will no longer treat you as a hostage. Maybe we will find a way to take you out."

Yang Yan lowered her eyelids and nodded lightly in his arms, after all, Wei Changxuan didn't let Wei Changxuan see his face in deep thought.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wei Changxuan rode his horse to the Chen residence.Chen Yan was still sick, and his illness was mostly caused by the grief of Chen Shao's death in battle. At this moment, his face was haggard and his spirit was very poor.When seeing Wei Changxuan, he raised his eyebrows a little: "I heard about what happened in front of the palace yesterday, since you have been appointed Captain of the Habayashi Guards, and I am not in good health these days, Habayashi Wei will Temporarily leave it to you to take the lead."

"Me?" Wei Changxuan was slightly startled, then leaned over and said, "I'm afraid I don't have enough qualifications for the last general."

Chen Yan sneered and said, "I was only 19 years old when I led the guards of the feather forest. If you dare to lead troops to kill the enemy in front of the battle, why are you afraid that you can't control the children of a few families in Jian'an City?" I have already met the commander, if you don’t understand anything, just ask them.”

When Wei Changxuan heard about it, he had no choice but to bow his head and say, "The last general takes orders."

Chen Yan was silent for a moment: "There is one more thing for you to do."

Wei Changxuan raised his head: "What?"

Chen Yan waved his hand, and immediately a servant handed over a blood-stained bamboo tube. Wei Changxuan recognized what it was at a glance, and his pupils shrank violently as if burned by the blood.

"This is Chen Shao's suicide note," Chen Yan said wearily, with his head down, "you can send it to Li Shangshu's residence."

When he saw Chen Shao write that letter that day, Wei Changxuan never expected that one day he would send it out by himself. With that small bamboo tube in his arms, as if a boulder was falling, he came to Shangshu's mansion with heavy steps.

The Shangshu Mansion is located in the south of Jian'an City. When Wei Changxuan arrived, he didn't see Li Lao Shangshu, but was welcomed in by the steward of Li's mansion. The steward had already guessed that he was the newly promoted captain of cavalry by looking at his armor, and said with a smile: "My master is not in the mansion today, if the general has anything to do, just tell the villain to do it."

Wei Changxuan carefully took out the bamboo tube from his pocket: "This is General Chen Shaochen's suicide note, please give it to your lady."

The steward's face changed slightly, he waved his hand with a wry smile, and refused to accept it: "General, I'm telling you the truth. A few days ago, the news of General Chen's death for the country just came out. I don't know how the news got the lady. She really fell ill. , as if in a bewilderment, but it frightened the master and wife. Later, the whole house concealed the matter, only saying that General Chen was guarding the border and could not return for the time being, so the lady's illness improved slightly. Now At this time, how dare the villain show this to the young lady?"

Wei Changxuan was a little anxious: "But, Chen Shao won't come back," his voice trembled violently, "He's...after all...won't come back..."

The steward sighed: "Who doesn't know, we can only hope that day after day, Miss will forget General Chen one day."

Wei Changxuan didn't speak, but he gritted his teeth and said: How could he forget, how could he forget it.

The steward saw that his complexion was not good, so he had to laugh dryly: "General, my young lady's illness is going up and down these days. It's better not to hand over General Chen's suicide note to her."

Wei Changxuan didn't take back his hand, he directly stuffed the bamboo tube into the hands of the steward: "Take it to your lady, maybe she will get better."

The steward looked puzzled.

"Chen Shao said in this letter that if anyone says that he died in battle, the news must be false. He also said that when he returns, he will marry your young lady." Wei Changxuan said in a low voice, " Your lady will definitely recognize Chen Shao's handwriting." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left without stopping.

It wasn't until he walked out of Shangshu's mansion that he took a deep breath. There was a faint voice from the courtyard behind him. It seemed that someone was singing softly. There was only one sentence over and over again: "The decline is declining, Hu Bugui?"

Wei Changxuan almost unconsciously instigated the gale under his crotch, because he was wearing the armor of a general, and no one dared to scold him on the road, allowing him to rush all the way to the south courtyard of Mu Wang's mansion, and then plunged into it. Yang Yan's house.

Yang Yan stood up in surprise when he heard the movement, but Wei Changxuan couldn't help but hugged him tightly.He was slightly taken aback, and he heard something wrong with Wei Changxuan's breath, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"

Wei Changxuan held him in silence for a moment, and then he told about the matter of going to the Minister's Mansion. His voice was low and deep, as if filled with indescribable sadness: "I only now understand that the most painful thing is the Not death, but those who are alive, full of longing, but can no longer wait for the person they are waiting for."

Yang Yan listened quietly, and after a long time said in a low voice: "Wei Changxuan, you promised me that you would never leave me again, but it was actually a lie, right?"

Wei Changxuan was startled, he couldn't help loosening his arms, and looked down at him: "Yexi..."

"Chen Shao is your best friend. He died on the battlefield or was killed by Ashina Nur. This hatred has already been planted in your heart." Yang Yan said in a low voice, "I know, if one day, Yan Yu If you go to war with our country again, you will still go to the battlefield. You want revenge, and you will even open a bloody path for revenge. Your ambitions, your military achievements and glory are all on the battlefield, and you will eventually go, right?"

Wei Changxuan didn't answer for a moment.

Yang Yan lowered his head: "You are so sad now because you are afraid that in the future, I will be like Miss Li, waiting in Jian'an, but I can't wait for you to come back, is it?"

Seeing tears falling from his eyes, Wei Changxuan couldn't help stretching out his hand to wipe them away, he said softly, "Yexi..."

But Yang Yan opened his hand: "If you don't come back, I won't wait here, I will go to the battlefield to find you." He suddenly grabbed Wei Changxuan's lapel, "I will take you with my own hands." return."

In the inner courtyard of the palace, in the midsummer season, the servants guarding outside were kneeling on the hot corridor holding their breath, while there were bursts of laughter from men and women in the inner room.

Today's Mu Wang Yang Jue spends most of his time in the small building above the water, surrounded by huge ice cubes, the coolness is oppressive.There are bead curtains hanging on both sides of the small building, from the outside you can vaguely see women of various colors in tulle interspersed with them, all of whom are concubines that Yang Jue loves.Occasionally, Yang Jue got excited, so he would touch these beauties through the gauze curtain, and when he touched the one he liked, he would hug and beg for love. At this time, even if there was a big thing, he didn't bother to take care of it.

This day when He Yan came in from the outside, he ran into this incident by accident, so he had to endure the heat and wait outside for a long time before his master finished.The bead curtains on both sides were slowly rolled up from the inside, and Yang Jue was sitting in the small building wearing only obscene clothes, surrounded by many beautiful concubines, some of whom were feeding him ice-cold grapes. Some of them wiped him carefully with cloth towels.He Yan almost had a headache when he saw it, so he coughed and said, "My lord, I have something important to report to you."

Yang Jue frowned, obviously feeling disappointed, but also knew that he was never a person who makes fuss over trivial matters, so he waved his hand, dismissed all the concubines, and said: "What's the matter, let's talk about it."

"These days, the Captain of the Habayashi Guards has been coming to our South Campus quite often."

Yang Jue wondered, "What is the captain of the Habayashi guards?"

"It was the companion of the fourth son, Wei Changxuan, who went to the northwest to fight with the imperial army a few months ago, came back and was named a general, and now he is in command of Habayashi Wei in the capital."

"Oh?" Yang Jue narrowed his eyes, "It's just a little riding captain, what do you want to do with him?"

"My lord," He Yan took a step forward, "now that most of the guards on the left and right have moved to the eastern capital, and Jian'an City relies on the guards of the habayashi. Although his official position is not high, he should not be underestimated. It's hard to guarantee that they don't hold grudges, if the fourth son colludes with this Captain Cavalry, it's unknown if it will be detrimental to the prince in the future."

"He dares!" Yang Jue slapped the table and stood up, "What are they? If that little blind man wasn't a hostage, I would have killed him a long time ago. How could he have been allowed to live until now?"

He Yan said with a smile: "What the lord said is true, but these days, I am thinking about it, even if the fourth son is a hostage, he may not be able to kill him."