Born short-lived

The front line of the northern border has long been completely blocked, and the news inside cannot be found out, and there is no way to start when the reinforcements arrive.For a few days in a row, they fought several times in the surrounding wilderness, but they didn't get any good results.

Dong Sheng looked at the sand table on the table, and his brain throbbed again, as if there was a nest of grasshoppers in the back of his head, jumping around while arguing.

In the past six months, the number of headaches has become more and more frequent, and each time lasts longer and longer.

He took a deep breath and pressed his throbbing temple.

What a shame.

And he probably knows the sequence, when the headache is over, he should be sleepy.

——This is a sign of spiritual overdraft.

"The incense you want... Hey, are you alright?" Yun Xiao, who came back from outside the tent, bumped into his pale face with an incense burner in his hand. Seeing this, he hurried forward and made a gesture to help him, " If not, take a break."

Dong Sheng put one hand on his arm and gently pushed it: "It's okay... I'll ask you."

Yun Xiao stopped and looked at him. "Have you ever heard of ghosts that transform into human spirits?"

Yun Xiao shook his head: "These are two completely different species, and the eight poles can't be matched together, but..."

"but what?"

"...Hey, it actually happened 1000 years ago. At that time, someone tried to breed spirit ghosts. At the beginning, they used living people as the medium, but they failed." Yun Xiao seemed to remember something terrible. With a disheveled look on his face, "Later, there was a kind of person in Jianghu, called a breeder, who used spirit ghosts to breed spirit ghosts."

"However, the breeders can only cultivate a limited number of spirit ghosts, so it didn't pose any serious problems. It's just that the court later ordered them to be expelled because they felt it was harmful." Yun Xiao sighed, "But these are all caused by Dong Wen's death. What happened in the future, I just heard about it, and I don’t know the specifics.”

Dong Sheng stared at the sand table thoughtfully, a shadow was cast under the long eyebrows that entered his temples, his eyelids were motionless, after a long time, the small fan-like eyelashes fluttered slightly, and asked in a low voice: " How's the situation in that city?"

Yun Xiao took out a small fire pocket from his pocket and ignited it, lit the tower incense in the bronze furnace, threw two handfuls to extinguish the fire pocket, and said to himself: "A few civilians have contacted relatives from other places. , has been sent away. This incense is Shenshui with dragon saliva, and a little bit of sorghum, and I added some borneol according to your wishes... I went to Zhuo's house after passing away, and I will come back in the afternoon. I have this incense Come on, you should sleep for a while, and then you will be refreshed."

Dong Sheng obviously didn't give face very much: "I'm asking outside the defense line."

After the accident, he asked Yunxiao and Ruoshui to go outside the defense line to investigate the situation. Originally, they expected to come back in two or three days, but they didn't expect to return to camp the next day.

Yun Xiao paused with his hands, and slowly stuffed the used fire pocket back into his pocket with a sullen face, and said in a low voice: "No one who met the spirit ghost came back."

Dong Sheng took a deep breath, the hand holding the edge of the sand table couldn't help trembling slightly, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where are the civilians?"

"..." Yun Xiao looked at him with a complicated expression, "I haven't seen it much before."

It's nothing new for Sha'an Rakshasa to cross the border and massacre the city, let alone this time it was the striker of the spirit ghost.

"Where is the living?"

Yun Xiao was silent.

Dong Sheng clenched his hands suddenly, and shouted in a low voice: "I ask you to live?!"

"They were all gathered by the people of Sha'an," Yun Xiao frowned after finishing speaking, and took a step forward, "But you know, you must not act rashly now, otherwise the loss outweighs the gain. With our current deployment..."

As for what to do together, I will understand when I think back to the woman who turned into a spirit ghost in full view last time.

Dong Sheng punched the sand table violently, and the whole table creaked in pain, almost breaking his leg.

Yunxia silently stood beside him.

The crimes that were attempted thousands of years ago are now being put into practice.

Dong Sheng slowed down for a while, then lowered his head in relief.There was never any excess flesh on this man's body, and this drooping head seemed to put the weight of his whole body on the two arms supporting the table. An unmistakable sense of vulnerability.

But this feeling of fragility only existed for a moment. After Yunxiao blinked, he saw that he had changed his breath and straightened up, as if he was fine, tidying up the sand table that he had hammered to pieces just now, but his face was still very pale. Unsightly, he fiddled with it and ordered: "What you know can't be passed on to the camp. The less people know, the better. Now the morale of the army can't be disturbed."

It's not just a question of the morale of the army. The so-called good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles. Once this matter spreads to the capital and spreads, the pressure from the imperial court alone will be enough.

"Has the letter to His Majesty and the High Priest arrived?"

"Delivered." Yun Xiao said, "The Jiang Clan's envoy should arrive in two days."

"Okay..." Dong Sheng said in a deep voice, and was silent for a long time before continuing, "Anyway, spirit ghosts like last time have to catch a few live ones for the Jiang people."

Yun Xiao nodded: "I understand this."

"Also," Dong Sheng said, "Do you know where the civilians are probably detained?"

Yun Xiao thought for a while, then nodded with certainty: "Well, the peripheral ones can be confirmed... Wait, you don't think..."

He raised his eyes to meet Shang Dongsheng's dark eyes, which were as calm as stagnant water, and said badly in his heart, and wanted to take back his words but felt that it was inappropriate, so he wanted to slap himself, and said frightenedly: "You... ..."

However, what he was most worried about was punctured by Dong Sheng lightly, and there was some light in his eyes that were still dark under his brows. Although his voice was deep and slow, there was a kind of irrefutable He resolutely said: "Since Sheng is a citizen of my Hua Xu, can you not save him?"

The shadow of the person in front of him and the long-term memory slowly overlapped, Yun Xiao's breathing suddenly stagnated, a feeling so familiar that it hurts that he was almost out of breath.

Maybe there are some people, even after thousands of years, even if they forget everything, they are still not easy to understand.

Some people are born to die, so they are even more fearless.

"There are at least hundreds of thousands of people locked up in the outskirts of the camp, and each of them has no power to restrain them. Even if you can surprise them and pierce their defenses, how can you guarantee to bring so many people back?" Yun Xiao said in his eyes Blood shot out, like a ghost about to eat people, his voice was trembling with anxiety, "I know you are not afraid of death, but you can't make jokes like this, how sure are you that you can get these 10 people out of Sha'an?" Steal it from the camp?"

Yunxiao's heart was beating like a drum, and he opened his mouth like a cannonball. He was afraid that if he said a word slowly, he would not be able to hold this person: "People are in their hands, and if they attack by force, they will jump over the wall in a hurry. And there are too many people. It's too cumbersome, I say you..."

Dong Sheng raised his hand leisurely, motioning for him to stop: "Yun Xiao, sometimes, instead of worrying about whether you can do it or not, it's better to think about what to do."

Yun Xiao was at a loss for words for a while, his face flushed from holding back, he hesitated to speak several times, and finally looked at the donkey-like prince and knew that it was oil and salt, so he gritted his teeth and remained silent.

At a young age, he is like a stone in a latrine, exactly the same as the prodigal thing thousands of years ago, and he is really a throwback to his ancestors without knowing the benefits.

Yun Xiao cursed in his heart.

"Dong Sheng, that..." Xiangsheng outside the tent lifted the curtain and came in without even saying hello, and the two of them turned their heads to look at him in unison.

"..."

Inexplicably, I felt an indescribable embarrassment in the air... Besides, why did Yun Xiao's eyes look a little cruel? ?

"Cough," Xiangsheng coughed dryly, "Well... Mrs. Zhuo and Mr. Zhuo are here, you go and see them."

Dong Sheng smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

Xiangsheng nodded, he didn't want to stay in this weird place after finishing his work, he was about to turn around and leave, but he turned back uneasy, hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "You will pay more attention later. , Mrs. Zhuo is a little...can't help being scared."

Dong Sheng raised his eyebrows expressionlessly.

An urgent confidential letter entered Gyeonggi directly from the East China Sea, and only three days later, another batch of military supplies was issued by the Ministry of Households and shipped to the East China Sea from the straight road.

It happened to be night when we arrived, Zhou Zirong got up from the bed after hearing the news and went to the side gate of Chengguan to meet him.

The convoy escorted in the night didn't even turn on any lights, and the five carriages were all covered with black tarpaulins, and the outsides were tied with three-finger-thick iron locks.

The cold moonlight spreads on the bluestone road outside the city, faintly reflecting the wheels, which are obviously made of wood, but exude a coldness that belongs to some kind of metal.

The escorts were all dressed in black robes, and they walked silently, floating beside the rolling wheels like ghosts, and from the cracks in the lapels, you could faintly see the stiff armor plate with cold light.

There was not much movement when Zhou Zirong came out, he only brought Yuan Li and the [-] "elite soldiers" trained by Yuan Li's subordinates, and the city gate also specially greeted them, and Zhou Zirong selected the guards for this night's vigil.

Therefore, the usual procedure was omitted, and the door was opened silently.

Zhou Zirong turned over from the black-maned spirit horse, and a leader of the escort team with a black cloak floated over without touching the ground, most of his face was covered in the shadow of the cloak, he bowed to Zhou Zirong, and said in a low voice: "My lord."

Zhou Zirong gave a "hmm" and nodded politely: "Thanks for your hard work, special envoy."

Usually, most of the military escorts are drawn from the local army. If the military supplies are transferred from the imperial city, they are at most people from the garrison army. But this time, all the people selected are from Xuantian Pavilion.

The scale of this military supply looks quite small, but the ostentation is very large.

As for Dong Zeyuan, a woman who never kills a chicken with a butcher's knife.

Zhou Zirong moved the corner of his mouth and smiled at him, glanced at the carriage beside him with his eyes, and asked, "Can I have a test?"

The black cloak stepped aside a little: "My lord, please leave."

Zhou Zirong walked to the carriage, lifted a corner of the black cloth with his fingers, and glanced into it calmly.

I saw golden dark flowers flowing on the neatly stacked square hard metal blocks inside.

Zhou Zirong smiled silently.

The cost of building the Great Wall of the East China Sea was supported by previous rewards, and the second batch of gold mines signed with Aldan had already arrived, so there should still be a large surplus in terms of funds for the reconstruction of the Great Wall.

However, the "military supplies" delivered this time were enough to support the military expenses of the half-year war.

Logically speaking, the Great Wall has sufficient funds, and it should be no problem to complete it before the end of the ban, so it is unlikely that there will be any major conflicts with Panyang.

Zhou Zirong turned to the man in the black cloak: "Does Your Majesty have any other wishes?"

The black cloak said: "His Majesty's oral order: I hope the prince will do things cheaply."

Zhou Zirong was startled for a moment, and then his smile returned to his face, but the blackness in his eyes deepened quietly in the shadows.He leisurely covered back the black cloth that had been removed, and carefully tucked the corners into the seam where it fit the iron lock.

"Only oral instructions?"

The black cloak nodded: "Only oral instructions."

So that means, you can handle things yourself, and if you mess up, you will be responsible, and it has nothing to do with me.

Zhou Zirong smiled again, shook his long sleeves, and bowed to the black cloak: "There is a special envoy, and the latter ones, just leave it to the last general."

The black cloak didn't respond right away, the young prince in front of him was looking at him with a smile on his face, but there was something incomprehensible hidden in the originally clear outline, which made the gentleness who knew it was deliberately disguised, also in the moonlight. There is something unfathomable under the color that people dare not touch rashly.

Zhou Zirong was not in a hurry, and quietly waited for his reply.

The black cloak was silent for a while, and finally bowed his head and said, "Then I'll return to Beijing first to return to my life."

Zhou Zirong smiled and said, "Congratulations to the special envoy."

When the people from Xuantian Pavilion closed up, Zhou Zirong led the carriage back.

"General," Yuan Li rode behind him, "What should we do next?"

Zhou Zirong took out a folded piece of paper from his arms and handed it to him, and said in a deep voice, "Please contact me with the chambers of commerce and water transportation listed above. I want to meet you in a few days."