Haiyan

The soldiers in Chu Guan have not stabilized their morale yet, and the leaders of the Guangming Army are still unwilling to obey King Dingxi. Chang Sheng knows that although they are silent now, they are just looking at his face. It is not an easy task for them to truly accept the expeditionary army. He will not force these people to treat Li Su like Yin Kang. After all, no one can replace Wei Shuyou's position in their hearts. Guarding these remaining bright troops, what Chang Sheng can do is to try not to let outsiders see any suspicions between the two armies.

Last time he had a showdown with several big leaders about his relationship with Li Su in the conference hall. Although these people didn't say anything afterwards, Chang Sheng could clearly feel that Jiang Xingguan was gradually alienating him from them. After all, the Guangming Army originally belonged to Wei Shuyou. After he took over, he took the initiative to lead the Guangming Army to obey the orders of King Dingxi. During this time, others will inevitably not feel his selfishness.

But the fact is that it is not the case. Selfishness does exist, but he will not use it indiscriminately on the overall situation. These years, Li Su has been silent and dormant in a corner that he doesn't even know. Now that he has returned, the Everyone's strength is obvious to all. Liang Xiao has led [-] troops to camp outside Baizhi Pass not far from Bianjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although the follow-up troops have not yet made efforts to keep up, everyone knows that the Eastern Han Dynasty is already over.

The [-] expeditionary force is astonishing both in terms of combat effectiveness and numbers, and coupled with the mystery that Zhongzhou has brought to the world, there will only be more and more people who secretly speculate on Li Su's real purpose, and have no good intentions Of course, there will be no less.

But Changsheng understood that in the end, only one person could sit in this world, and Bei Lu naturally couldn't admit defeat, but what about Li Su, does he also want to be the master of this world?

The blood of gold not only flows in Yin Ping's body, Li Su is also the host of the blood of the emperor. Standing in front of Ba Ye, everyone knows what the choice will be, but only Chang Sheng understands that Li Su really wants Yes, what is it.

"Wang, a few days ago, many spies from unknown backgrounds went to investigate our background. Mr. Ruan's intention was to give them some news. After all, we have already fought against the Eastern Han Dynasty. Instead of hiding it, we should It’s better to let them understand our strength once and for all.”

In the main room, He Chu, the golden-armored Arhat, presented the letter while talking: "This is a letter from Mr. Ruan through Raven two days ago. Except for Chen Situ's private complaints about the king about Guo Yun, the golden armor Everything is fine in the palace, please rest assured, the king."

Li Su motioned him to put the letter aside first, and then continued to write something on the few memorials in his hand without raising his head, saying: "Do as he said, don't give too much to the spies in Donglu. , just click it, if the spies from Beilu want to know something, even if they release the news, there is no need to guard against it. It is human nature to catch him off guard. In addition, let Ruan Qiusong be on guard against those old foxes in Zhongzhou, and don't let them make trouble when the king is away, especially Chen Mian. Don't offend him openly. The king will keep him Still useful."

He Chu nodded, and continued: "General Liang sent a herald to ask when we will leave Chuguan for Baizhiguan. The emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty has now retreated into his shell and has not sent troops to fight. The [-] Jinjia army Don’t dare to fight lightly.”

Li Su said indifferently: "Don't worry, let Liang Xiao cut off all ties between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty first, so as to prevent their joint forces from counterattacking back. Once the seventh day of the lunar new year is over, we will break out and advance."

He Chu: "Yes!"

"Xiangyi." Li Su finally raised his head to greet him, and ordered: "Send these letters as soon as possible according to the address above. After another year, the tigers and wolves we have raised these years should also be released." Out to hunt."

Xiang Yi smiled, took the letter and said: "If the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty knew that the five princes behind them would join forces to rebel, Zhao Yuqiang would probably vomit blood in his dreams at night."

Li Su said coldly: "Zhao Yuqiang is ruthless. There have been civil strife these years, and he is a vicious master. He actually picked up and rebuilt the Lutai that was blown to the ground by Yin Ping four years ago. Those who did not follow Yin Ping back then Not to mention that the slaves who escaped together were squeezed out by him, even the people in his hands were not spared. In the past few years, it was enough to provoke public resentment. Digging his own grave, this king said he was number two, no one would dare to compete with him for number one."

Everyone laughed, and Xiang Yi said: "Heaven reincarnates, the Western Han Dynasty will always end in his hands."

Gao Wei said: "Aren't there eighteen tribes in the hands of the Western Han Dynasty besides the Central Army? With 50 soldiers and horses, it is very difficult for Beilu to deal with them."

Li Su said: "Iron Futu has [-] troops, Yin Ping only sent [-] to cross, and the combined Shence Army has [-], and only [-] dare to compete with them. It's a pity that there is no progress in crossing these days. The follow-up troops should be sent to cross these days."

Everyone was silent, and everyone had a question in their hearts, but no one dared to ask—— Wang, if we join forces with the King of the North to overthrow the Han Dynasty, will the power of the two lands belong to us or to the king? King of the North?

Li Su just finished reading the letter from Ruan Qiusong, waved his hands to the five or six people below, and said, "Okay, let's go down if you have nothing to do, and those who celebrate the New Year, take a good rest for a few days."

After everyone retreated, the main room quickly became quiet. Li Su stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brows. He only felt that his eyes were sore and numb. It might be because he didn't have a good rest. Since he came to Chuguan, his whole body He lost a lot of weight, and he could clearly see the protruding spine under the cloth from behind, as if something was pressing on it, he suddenly bowed tiredly and lay down on the desk in front of him. .

It has always been like this these years, and he often feels a little powerless. In the four years since he arrived in Zhongzhou, he has experienced too many ups and downs and difficulties. Their belief is the blood of gold, but Li Su did not have the great achievements of King Tie Erqin, so suddenly fell from the sky, those old foxes wanted to push him from that position many times in private, but he knew that he could not be pushed down from that position. These people are in control of moving forward step by step. He wants to hold all rights in his own hands, from conquering the seven tribes of the Huangqi Desert to recovering the Feng Clan in Chaxi Valley and the Yi Clan in Hailingchuan, to cleaning Chao Gang and overthrowing the old imperial power Shuffle the cards, these years, every step of the way is walking on thin ice, but fortunately he is now in power, and he returned to Changsheng at the most difficult time, and he felt that everything in the past was worth it. There are only two relatives, Ruan Qiusong and Ah Cheng, who can support him to walk down. Apart from the tenacity and unwillingness in his bones, what's more, he knows that there is someone waiting for him far away. If he takes a step forward, he will You can reach out and touch that person, but if you step back a little bit, waiting for him will be beyond redemption.

The tragedy of four years ago will never happen again, he wants to lead him to a prosperous and prosperous world together.

The wind was blowing faintly, and he was used to the climate in Zhongzhou. Li Su was a bit unfamiliar with such a cold day. There were many braziers lit in the room. Although he was physically strong, he had always been afraid of the cold since he was a child. If it wasn't because he was too tired right now, he would definitely grab the thin blanket beside him and wrap it around his body.

Time passed by slowly, and in the silence, Li Su's eyes, which had been closed for a short time, suddenly opened, and a trance flashed in his eyes, and he felt bad, and was about to get up and pick up the big fur to go out, when he heard a few quiet The sound of footsteps came in from outside the door. Li Su thought it was a leader of the Golden Armored Army who came in to report again, and was about to think of an excuse for him to come back at night, but the man outside didn't give him time to think, and he didn't wait for the soldiers at the door to call. According to legend, the door was pushed open in an instant, and a gust of cool wind hit his face in an instant. Li Su couldn't help squinting his eyes, and saw that the person who came was carrying a strong cold air, as if it instantly suppressed the dense heat wave in his room. .

"What's the matter with you, didn't you agree to meet in the teahouse, I've been waiting for you for almost an hour!"

Chang Sheng threw the hood on the chair beside him, his shoulders were covered with white snow, his nose and cheeks were red from the cold, at this moment he was frowning slightly, his eyes were filled with dissatisfaction, "I'll click After drinking a pot of tea for a long time, if the boss didn’t know me, he would think that I deliberately used two copper coins to fool him with the free peanuts!”

Li Su was stunned for a long time after being yelled at, and quickly stood up and walked in front of him. He reached out and patted the snow on his fur, and said with a smile, "Is it freezing? The snow outside is still so heavy." Woolen cloth?"

Chang Sheng continued to be dissatisfied: "I said what's the matter with you, and you didn't tell me if you didn't come, which made me sit stupidly for an hour, and drank four or five pots of water. It's so difficult to find a latrine on the street Yes, don't you know it's really hard to hold back your urine?"

Li Su hurriedly rubbed his hands in the palms of his hands, lowered his head and let out a breath, and explained: "Fang Cai Xiangyi and the others suddenly asked me to report something, and they were delayed because they came and went, isn't it cold? Come on, let me warm you up first, okay?"

Chang Sheng let him stretch out his hand to rub his face and hands. He wanted to complain again, but when he saw Li Su's sunken eye sockets, his anger disappeared without a trace. With deep pity, he glared at him softly and said, "Warm it up, it's not too cold."

Li Su smiled, and suddenly asked: "Then have you gone back to the toilet?"

Chang Sheng was taken aback, then gave him a hard look, and snorted: "Nonsense, I'm suffocating, if I don't solve it, I'm afraid I will be suffocated."

Li Su suddenly lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead, frowned and muttered: "It's so cold."

Chang Sheng asked: "Didn't you say that I will give them a vacation these few days, why did you come to talk to you again, is there any problem with Liang Xiao?"

Li Su had already turned around to get Daqiu, and said, "It's nothing, just some trivial matters. It's Chinese New Year, and no one would look for trouble at this time." After he dressed himself, he picked up the hood and put it on carefully for Chang Sheng After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly clicked his tongue twice, and said in disgust: "How do you usually wear it out when it's so ugly?"

"..." Chang Sheng glanced at him inexplicably, and shouted: "It's enough to block the wind, so there are so many words, and it's not for you."

Li Su chuckled, and said, "It's okay, I like it even if it's ugly." He said, holding Chang Sheng's hand, and walked out, asking, "Are there many people on the street today?"

......

This is the first New Year that Changsheng and Li Su have spent in a real sense.

The last time we planned to celebrate the New Year together was in Kyoto City five years ago. Unfortunately, not long after the Winter Return Festival had passed, he and Yin Ping led the troops to resound the Hokuriku Battle Song throughout the land of Kyushu. Speaking of which, This kind of companionship feels a bit like something in the previous life.

This new year is not very prosperous. Although there are still many lanterns hanging, they are almost all strange colored lights. Even the red strings wrapped around trees and most of the festive things that should be displayed in the new year are almost No, if it weren't for everyone coming out, it would be hard to think that this is the New Year. There are shouts and hawkers on both sides of the street, and people are wearing bright colors, except that the red that should be there is missing.

It stands to reason that every family should set off firecrackers and fireworks on New Year's Eve, because King Dingxi ordered that other than firecrackers, such gorgeous things as fireworks are absolutely not allowed to appear this year. The reason of death.

Changsheng and Li Su walked side by side on the busy street, and felt that such a peaceful and comfortable life was really a bit dazed to those who watched it. After four years of war, these common people can still maintain such an optimistic attitude to enjoy every new year. , It is really distressing and sad.

An elderly woman in the front is pushing a small cart and standing in the snow, shouting. There are a few simple wooden frames on her cart, and rows of handmade blessings are hung on the wooden frame. She is already very big, with white and silver hair all over her head, she is wrapped in a heavy cotton-padded coat, and her face is as old as bark that has been cracked for a hundred years. The bags were placed one by one, and then slowly and with some difficulty, she sat down on the small stool next to her with her knees supported, and continued to yell.

Since there are peddlers around, her quiet voice was easily covered by other people. A few children in new clothes ran over happily and reached out to touch her lucky bags. Touching, the two sides exchanged a few words, and saw that the old woman smiled very kindly, and then took a blessing bag for each of the children and handed it over. The children happily looked at their blessing bags, and then looked at them Looking at her friend's lucky bag, she didn't give any money, so she ran away and saw no one. After the children left, the old woman suddenly took out a blackened hard steamed bun from the very old sack on the back of the car. Then he took out a broken bowl and begged for some water from the person next to him, then broke the steamed buns into small pieces and put them into the water, waited for a while, and then slowly began to eat with his head down .

Chang Sheng didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly walked in front of the car. Li Suge stood aside and watched the two old men play chess with rare interest, but he didn't notice Chang Sheng for a while. Putting down the broken bowl in his hand and preparing to say hello, Chang Sheng stretched out his hand and squeezed those poorly crafted blessing bags, and suddenly remembered the one that his wife gave him when he was nine years old. Those things were locked together in a black box, and I was reluctant to take it out to see.

"Do you want it?" The old man said with a smile, his voice a little hoarse.

Chang Sheng smiled and asked, "Did you do it yourself?"

The old man said: "Well, whichever you like, you can choose yourself."

Chang Sheng: "So much, how long have you been doing it?"

The old man said embarrassingly, "I'm getting old and my eyes are not very good. I have been making such a small thing for more than four months. If I were young, I would have finished it in half a month."

Chang Sheng was stunned, then asked again: "How much?"

The old man said: "It's not expensive, one copper plate is enough."

"..." A copper coin, I can't even afford a pot of tea. There are more than [-] lucky bags in total. After four months of hard work, I can only earn more than [-] Wen.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the old man thought he didn't want him anymore, and looked at Chang Sheng nervously and scared for a while, but he didn't dare to speak easily, for fear that he would really leave if he made a sound.

"Won't the people at home help make some?"

The old man paused, tears welled up in his drooping eyelids, and said in a trembling voice: "No one, when the war started a few years ago, my old man sent all four sons to the battlefield. I haven't come back, I haven't even sent a letter, and I dare not ask..."

Chang Sheng felt extremely uncomfortable, so he quickly changed the topic, took a deep breath, took out the money from his pocket, and handed it to her palm: "Just this."

After he walked for a long time, the old man seemed to realize that the round thing in the palm was golden. She had never seen what it was, so she hurriedly asked the peddler next to her, and the peddler suddenly exclaimed with bright eyes: " Old woman, you have picked up a great bargain, selling a gold pearl for a lucky bag, I don't think you have to worry about food and clothing these few years..."

Seeing that Li Su was looking seriously, Chang Sheng didn't have the nerve to disturb him for a while, anyway, he didn't understand these literary things, so he hung the colorful fortune bag he bought just now on Li Su's waist, and said, "En, nice."

Li Su looked down for a while, then smiled and said, "When did you buy it?"

Chang Sheng: "Just now, I went around and found nothing good. I just bought it casually. By the way, where is the hairpin flower I gave you?"

Li Su was taken aback for a moment, then cast an uneasy glance at him, and said angrily, "What!"

Chang Sheng said angrily: "You didn't throw away the things I gave you, did you?"

Li Su snorted coldly, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked away. Chang Sheng quickly followed, and said reluctantly: "Hey, that's the first time I gave you something, and you agreed to wear it for me to see." Woolen cloth!"

Li Su remained silent, walking faster and faster, as if he was afraid that he would mention this matter.

"Didn't you say back then that as long as I agreed to your conditions, you would wear it for me to see? Why are you like this? I agreed a long time ago, and you threw it away without showing me it!"

Li Su paused, and said impatiently, "What conditions?"

Chang Sheng said angrily: "You still want to pull up your pants and deny recognition!"

He didn't pay attention to the occasion when he spoke, and his voice was a little louder. As soon as he spoke, people passing by around him frequently looked at the two of them, with expressions of surprise and disgust.

Chang Sheng: "..."

Li Su: "..."

After a long time, when he finally saw the sarcasm in Li Su's eyes, Chang Sheng suddenly kicked him hard, "Don't think about me giving you anything in the future!"

Li Su grabbed his arm and pulled him back, and said with a smile, "Who told you that I lost it?"

Chang Sheng was stunned, disbelieving: "Can you keep it and live to this day?"

Li Su raised his eyebrows and hummed.

A malicious smile suddenly flashed in Chang Sheng's eyes, he stood on tiptoe and pressed his mouth to his ear and said softly, "Why don't you wear it to me tonight, okay?"

Li Su's face turned cold as expected.

There were bursts of firecrackers not far from the long street. It was a group of children making noise around it. The current situation is tense, and such a festive scene seems to dare not be too indulgent. The wind blows against the ground of the long street. The two people's robes were rolled up and entangled together, and it took a long time before they were separated.

When going to dinner, Chang Sheng specially ordered a jug of wine, which made Li Su disgusted and said, "You want to drink again?"

Chang Sheng nodded: "It would be boring without wine on a day like this."

Li Su laughed and said, "Just your drinking capacity?"

Chang Sheng took a cup to fill up for the two of them, and said, "Don't underestimate me, maybe I can drink better than you."

Li Su said lightly: "I seldom drink alcohol."

Chang Sheng curled his lips and said: "That's right, nobleman, drinking tea is enough, it's different from us barbarians."

Li Su nodded irresistibly, and Chang Sheng scoffed at him for being skinny and shameless.

The two chatted one after another, the sky was almost completely dark, the night was still like daylight set off by the lanterns, torches and lively crowds all over the street, Chang Sheng was really good at drinking, Li Su didn't drink much, almost He drank it all by himself, and he didn't feel drunk. Li Su couldn't help being interested, and asked, "Why did you suddenly become so good at drinking?"

Chang Sheng glanced at him, then suddenly leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "When I miss you this year, I will drink away my sorrows, drink and drink, the amount of alcohol will be fine."

He was grinning when he said it, originally he wanted to make Li Su happy, but he didn't expect that the man would not see any joy on his face after listening to it, but frowned and didn't answer.

"......What's wrong?"

Li Su took a deep look at him and asked, "Have you finished eating?"

Chang Sheng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect him to be so ignorant all of a sudden, but he was also used to this person's incomprehensible style, so he said bitterly: "Okay!"

Li Su gave Qian and the two went out together. Chang Sheng saw that the outside was still lively, and said to him: "Let's go over there and see, it seems that there are quite a lot of people, maybe there is something interesting."

Li Su didn't want to go there, saying that he was a bit tired, and urged him to go back quickly. Chang Sheng saw that he was indeed tired, the light blue under his eyes was clearly illuminated by the light, and suddenly he felt very uncomfortable Yes, replied: "Then let's go."

When they went back, they agreed that Li Su would send Chang Sheng back to the room first, and he would go back to approve the official documents sent today, but as soon as Chang Sheng entered the room, Li Su followed behind.

"Didn't you say you want to go back?" The room was not lit yet, and the whole room was pitch black, with only a faint light coming in from the outside, reflecting his extremely handsome face.

Li Su stood still and looked at him with slightly lowered eyelids without blinking. Chang Sheng was puzzled, "Hey, what's wrong with you?!"

Li Su was silent for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand to gently embrace him, and said, "I made you wait so long."

Chang Sheng was taken aback, and subconsciously asked: "What?"

Li Su didn't speak, and suddenly kissed him on the tip of the ear, and said softly with deep guilt: "I thought I would come back to you soon, but I was dragged by those things and couldn't move, it was my fault , I should keep writing to you so that you won’t have to wait for me for so long without hearing from me.”

It was only then that Chang Sheng remembered what he said to him during the meal just now - this year, when I miss you, I will use alcohol to relieve my worries, just drink this amount of alcohol and it will be fine.

He stretched out his hand and hugged Li Su's waist tightly, and asked in a low voice: "Then why didn't you write to me in the next year, except for the letter you wrote to me when you just left?"

Li Su sighed: "The situation in Zhongzhou is too complicated. I really can't be distracted. I just want to come to you sooner after it's resolved. In the hands of the Four Great Terracotta Warriors, I only have less than 10 soldiers and horses. Even if I really come, those old foxes in the court will soon make moves behind my back when I am not around. I was defeated by them so easily. Only when I hold everything in Zhongzhou in my hands can I rest assured and bring these [-] people to you without any worries. I can't afford to gamble, and I can't afford to delay, I not only want to grasp the rights that should belong to me, but also help you accomplish what you want to do, so I have been patient this year..."

Chang Sheng nodded, he knew what kind of bloody wind was behind Li Su's understatement, how difficult it was for him to live alone in that strange place in the past few years, he couldn't imagine, and he wasn't going to ask in detail, It is enough to see that everything is fine with him now.

"En." Chang Sheng said, with a low voice: "I also wanted to write to you this year, but I held back, because I didn't know how to send the written letter to you, and secondly, I was angry with you. All of a sudden there was no contact."

Li Su suddenly pulled him out of his arms, bowed his head to accept a long and thin kiss, Chang Sheng said out of breath with red mouth, "Are you going back to your room later?"

Li Su raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want me to go back?"

Chang Sheng shook his head without thinking, "I don't want to!"

Li Su laughed, his voice became louder and louder, so frightened that Chang Sheng quickly covered his mouth with his hand, and shouted: "What are you doing, everyone outside will know that you are with me in a while!"

Li Su said: "It's okay, anyway, you have already spread the news about our previous affair, which of the soldiers in Chuguan didn't know?"

Chang Sheng sighed, "So you go back?"

Li Su said seriously: "Well, there are still things to deal with, you can go to bed first, and I will come to you later."

Chang Sheng: "Are you going to sneak in?"

Li Su straightened his eyebrows, and said angrily: "This is my king's territory, do I need to sneak around somewhere?"

Chang Sheng snorted coldly: "Okay, you just don't have to be afraid of being seen."

Li Su reached out and tapped his forehead, and said: "It's getting late, I'm leaving first, you should rest earlier."

Chang Sheng suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Wait!"

Li Su came back to his senses, and looked at him quietly in the unlit room: "?"

Chang Sheng smiled viciously, "Didn't you say you should wear pearl flowers to show me at night? How about I go to your room?"

Li Su slammed his face down, turned his head and walked away quickly. Chang Sheng was about to chase him, but suddenly heard a loud noise, accompanied by an unconscious low cry, and was about to tell him to be careful of the threshold when he Seeing that figure suddenly staggered and disappeared instantly, Chang Sheng stood in the dark room and couldn't help laughing out loud.

The author has something to say: I wrote a long Weibo post about Wei Shuyou, including his original setting and why he was taken off the line, all written in it, if you are interested, you can go to my Weibo to read it, @金晓V