Wolf Dysprosium

It was several days before Bai Ni saw Lei Shizhi again.

Since Lei Shizhi arrived in Beidu, he has been busy day and night, and rarely visited her.Bai Ni didn't understand why Lei Shizhi put her by his side, and it was difficult for her to find out anything from Lei Shizhi's mouth.

But when they met this day, she keenly noticed that Lei Shizhi seemed to be a little different.

He brought some wine to Bai Ni's room, as before, he drank by himself while Bai Ni drank tea.Bai Ni leaned back on the couch, closed her eyes and rested her mind, not looking at him.

Lei Shizhi still wears a golden mask today, that mask is a golden tiger with sharp fangs and bright eyes.Bai Ni opened her eyes for the first time after being captured, and what she saw was the ferocious broken face of one of the thunder masters under the candlelight. At that time, she was so frightened that her pupils shrank instantly, and her whole body was on guard.Lei Shizhi took two steps back, touched his face as if suddenly realized, and said with a low smile: I forgot, this appearance is scary.

After that, every time he came to see Bai Ni, he would wear this mask on his face.

Lei Shizhi drank two glasses of wine and hummed a melodious tune.Bai Ni recognized it, it was "Three Smiles of Swallows", a song that Liang Jing and Pan Lou had once enjoyed.Lei Shizhi hummed and hummed, laughed and laughed, and couldn't help saying: "Bai Ni, General Bai, and Jin Yan are also in Beidu, do you know?"

Bai Ni finally opened her eyes, her gaze swept over her coolly.

Lei Shizhi was very satisfied with her surprise, and smiled again: "You are brought out by Jin Mingzhao, what do you think of Jin Mingzhao?"

"Be bright and aboveboard, with iron bones." Bai Ni replied coldly.

Lei Shizhi put down his wine glass, and tapped the golden mask on his face: "Bright and upright? Iron-boned? Then do you know that if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be the general of Jin Qiang?"

Bai Ni didn't believe it at all: "What's the use of lying to me?"

Lei Shizhi continued: "In the 13th year of Yuankang, the Jinqiang invaded Baique Pass, with [-] soldiers, broke through the border and entered Dayu, and rushed to Fenghu City. Fang Yingjing, the commander of the Northwest Army, led his troops to defend to the death, and persisted with the Jinqiang army for three months. The Jinqiang army's rations were cut off, and it was about to withdraw. At this time, the Jinqiang army rations were replenished. As long as the Jinqiang army replenished enough rations, they would have the strength to attack Fenghu City. Fenghu City could not hold on at that time. , the most direct way is to cut off the Jinqiang army rations, and burn down the army ration warehouse."

He paused and asked, "Do you know about this?"

"I know." Bai Ni looked into his eyes under the golden mask, "General Fang Yingjing chose the most agile men in the army as forward scouts, sneaked into the territory of Jin Qiang, and went around behind the Jin Qiang army to burn food. Including you, that army There are five scouts in total."

Lei Shizhi couldn't help being stunned: "How do you know?"

"After General Jin took over the headquarters of the Northwest Army, he ordered us to familiarize ourselves with the history of the Northwest Army."

Lei Shizhi nodded: "I'm really good at superficial skills."

Bai Ni suddenly slapped the low table on the couch, stood up angrily, and said with a forceful voice like gold and stone, "Lei Shizhi! General Jin went to Jinqiang to look for you, and he tried to save you!"

Compared with her fury, Lei Shizhi was too calm.He nodded and admitted what Bai Ni said: "Yes, he went to find me."

Twenty years ago, Lei Shizhi and the other four set off to Jinqiang to burn food, and each of them volunteered to fight.Lei Shizhi is the captain of the scout team, and General Fang Yingjing personally promised that when he returns, he will write a letter of merit to the court and promote Lei Shizhi as the deputy commander of the Northwest Army.

This was Lei Shizhi's long-awaited feat. He was very grateful and kowtowed to Fang Yingjing several times before leaving.

Traveling day and night all the way, the five arrived at the Jinqiang military camp after a few days.The military camp was heavily guarded, and several people wandered around, but they were still unable to enter.Seeing that the army was about to move, Lei Shizhi was eager to make contributions and decided to force his way in.He ordered two people to light small fires on the east and west sides to attract the attention of the Qiang army, and ordered them to pretend to assassinate the leader of the Qiang army, causing commotion, while he sneaked into the granary alone and set fire to it.

When the fire was half burned, he was captured by the Qiang army who rushed over.

The Qiang army told him that the other four had committed suicide when they were captured, and he was the only one left.It is impossible for Lei Shizhi to choose to commit suicide. Before leaving, Yingjing promised that if he was caught, Fang Yingjing would exchange his life with other captured Jinqiang soldiers in the camp.Why change? "You are a rare talent, and even hundreds of thousands of ordinary soldiers will fight to save your life."

Lei Shizhi naturally believed it. His wealth and glory for the rest of his life depended on Fang Yingjing, so he had to believe it.

Such a wait is half a year.Jin Qiang soldiers took pleasure in humiliating him, his body was covered with criss-cross wounds, and when someone saw his heroic appearance, they wanted to cut his nose and face, and carried him out bleeding dripping, for the military prostitutes in the camp to watch.He was also asked to learn Jinqiang dialect, and he thought he was Da Yu's dog, and he fell on the ground to eat some vaguely shaped and disgusting food.

Lei Shizhi gritted his teeth and endured it. He waited for Fang Yingjing to rescue him. As long as he went back, he would be the deputy commander of the Northwest Army.

People kept telling him that Fang Yingjing was defeated again, that Fang Yingjing abandoned the city and fled, that Fang Yingjing was killed by quacks on the way to escape, and so on.Not long after, the Jin Qiang army invaded Fenghu City. When the Northwest Army resisted, they had to retreat and set fire to half of the city wall. Soon after, they invaded again, but were forced to retreat again... After repeating this for half a year, new news finally came: Liang Jing transferred a young general about the same age as Lei Shi from the Northern Army. He acted vigorously and rectified the military discipline of the Northwest Army as soon as he arrived.

The Jin Qiang army didn't know who the god descended from the sky was, they only knew that the Northwest Army and the people of Fenghu called him "General Jin".

Lei Shizhi immediately understood: Jin Mingzhao is the only young general with the Jin surname in the Northern Army—but how did he become a general who can command the Northwest Army? !

But Bai Ni remembered that time when she was ordered in danger.She was just a ten-year-old girl in Fenghu City at that time, and she packed her bags with her parents to escape from Fenghu City.The gates of the city were closed tightly, and the people in the city could not get out. It was said that the Jinqiang army was about to destroy the city and slaughter them. Everyone panicked, stepped on the ground and cried.Among the fleeing refugees were many soldiers still wearing military uniforms and carrying long swords and knives. They were all ashamed, and regardless of what others thought, they beat the city gate desperately and cursed loudly.

The city was closed for three days and three nights, and the dry food in Bai Ni's hands was also taken away.She has some martial arts skills, but her parents are weak and timid, so she has to shiver under the city gate.After finally waiting until dawn on the fourth day, the city gate finally opened a crack.

The gap opened wider and wider, but many soldiers in bright armor poured in from outside the city, dividing the dense crowd into two sides, leaving a central avenue.

Jin Mingzhao led an army of more than [-] people, and he had already set off from the Northern Army when he learned that the battle in Fenghu City was critical.He was originally here to assist Fang Yingjing, but when he arrived in Fenghu City, Fang Yingjing was already gone.Fenghucheng's words are not easy to keep, and what Jin Mingzhao is facing is the mess of thousands of wailing.

On the day he entered the city, he reined in his horse in front of the city gate, stood on his horse and said three things to the people who were crowding the city gate.

One is to show his identity: he is a disciple of General Jian Liangying of the Northern Army, and he was ordered to fight against the enemy. The more than [-] people behind him are all elites of the Northern Army. Qiang was expelled from Baiqueguan, and he apologized with death.

The second thing is about the situation outside the city.Fang Yingjing, who had abandoned the city, was killed on the road, but the one who killed him was not a serious Jianghu man, but a bandit in the mountains.Even the chief general can be killed, let alone ordinary people?Now the mountains and roads outside the city are full of bandits of unknown origin. If someone insists on escaping from Fenghu City, the gates of the city are wide open and they can leave at any time, he will definitely not stop them.

The last one is extremely simple: all soldiers of the Northwest Army who fled the battlefield during the battle, regardless of the reason, just need to step out of the Fenghu City Gate and kill them without mercy.

After he finished speaking, he continued to ride to the Northwest Army headquarters.Behind him was a long line of armored soldiers, all fully dressed, walking neatly and quickly, and killing strictly.

Afterwards, some people who did not believe in him still fled, and never came back after escaping.The soldiers of the Northwest Army returned to the military headquarters, and Bai Ni's parents took her back home.The people still didn't believe in Jin Mingzhao at that time, they were just afraid of him and the knife in his hand.

Unexpectedly, there would be great victories one after another. Two months later, the Jin Qiang army was forced to retreat outside Baique Pass.The people of Fenghu City cheered happily. Everyone in the city knew that General Jin Mingzhao Jin had arrived from the Northern Army. He would be the commander of the Northwest Army in the future and would never leave again.

Bai Ni's house sells noodles and sells them along the street in a small shed.Because the stall is not far from the military headquarters, Jin Mingzhao often goes to her house to eat mutton noodles.Even Bai Ni was dragged into Mang Yunqi's team by him: Your girl has good skills and courage, and she will become a hero among women in the future.

Thinking of the past, Bai Ni's heart ached and sad.After Jin Mingzhao forced the Jinqiang army back, on the one hand, he prepared for Mang Yunqi, and on the other hand, he began to look for Lei Shizhi, his former fellow apprentice.

He personally led a small team including Bai Ni to sneak into Jin Qiang, followed the Jin Qiang army's retreat route, and finally caught up with the Jin Qiang team.

But he failed to rescue Lei Shizhi after all.

When Jin Mingzhao saw Lei Shi in the prison car, his eyes were red, and his hands like iron claws grabbed the iron chain rustlingly.Lei Shizhi was tortured until he was out of shape, curled up in the prison car, covered with a blanket of blood that stinks to the sky.When the brothers and sisters met, they both sighed and sighed. The first time Lei Shizhi saw Jin Mingzhao crying at him, he thought it was funny, and he was a little moved: I didn't expect that it was you who came to save me.

"Why didn't you go with the general?" Bai Ni was puzzled.

"You won't understand. Obviously, I have the position of deputy commander of the Northwest Army at my fingertips, but now I have to rely on Jin Mingzhao for charity!" Lei Shizhi laughed hoarsely, "I was rescued by him, what have I become? He originally I am a member of the Northern Army, and now I have made such great achievements in the Northwest Army. If I go back, what am I?! In the future, everyone who mentions me, Lei Shizhi, will add: I was rescued by him, Jin Mingzhao people."

"...So what?" Bai Ni took a few steps, restrained by the chains on her feet, unable to get closer, she couldn't understand, "He is the one who saved you today, and life and death will be on the battlefield tomorrow, and you will save him too. You pretended to be weak and refused to come back, and lied to him that you were dying, and you didn’t want to drag him down. Do you know how he made it all the way back to Fenghu City? He even erected a tomb for you, he said You are a hero of the Northwest Army. You risked your life and sneaked into the enemy's rear. Before he knew that you had become General Jin Qiangxi, he always missed you! He will go to that grave to worship you every Qingming Festival!"

Lei Shizhi laughed again for a long time: "Really? I don't know."

He waved his hand, got up and left.The spring breeze outside is warm enough.There are tall trees and lush green grass in the house, Lei Shizhi suddenly remembered that Jin Mingzhao ran away with him on his back, but he struggled and jumped off his back.He lied to Jin Mingzhao that he was about to lose his anger, and when he saw the Jin Qiang people chasing him behind him, he pretended to urge Jin Mingzhao to leave.

Of course Lei Shizhi remembered that the night was full of stars, clear and windless.With tears in his eyes and red eyes, Jin Mingzhao led several people in night clothes to kowtow in front of him and called him "Ziye".

This is the word given to him by General Jian Liangying, and he is expected to establish an eternal career and stand upright.He was lying on the ground, pretending to be dying, watching Jin Mingzhao leave with tears.After that, no one called him "Ziye" again.

Since then, there has been no "Ziye" in the world, and there has been a "General Xi" of Jin Qiang.

Very suddenly, Lei Shizhi suddenly remembered the last question Jian Liangying left for them when he left Jian Liangying to serve in the Northwest Army: If the city is at stake and your partner is in a dead end, how do you choose?

He remembered that Jin Mingzhao answered without hesitation: First solve the city's predicament, and then rescue immediately after the city is relieved.Jian Liangying asked again: What if the city falls into heavy siege again once you save yourself?Jin Mingzhao replied again: Resolve and save again.Jian Liangying was laughed angrily by him, slapped the table and reprimanded: Choose one of the two!

Jin Mingzhao stubbornly refused to choose: there is no choice between the two, the city must be preserved, and the companions must be saved.

Jian Liangying: You have no way to save them.

Jin Mingzhao: I have.I am Jin Mingzhao.

Lei Shizhi remembered that Jian Liangying lost his temper and scolded Jin Mingzhao for not distinguishing between serious and serious. Jin Mingzhao looked at himself and said, if Ziye is in a dead end, can you save Master?I know you will definitely save them, anyway, I won't choose between the two, I will save both.

Lei Shizhi didn't understand why he would suddenly think of this long past 20 years later.He was a little embarrassed and a little uncomfortable, but those strange emotions were quickly blown away, the spring breeze didn't understand, and the water marks were born but disappeared.

He also remembered that he did not answer Jian Liangying's question.

***

"I didn't expect that General Naxi and your father still have such a relationship." He Lansone lay on the roof tiles with his legs crossed, and the clouds like cotton piles in the tile-blue sky were pushed by the wind.

Jin Yan taught him to play "Three Smiles of Swallows", He Lansone stuttered and said he was tired after playing for a while, so he stopped.

He asked Yue Lianlou to deliver a note to Bai Ni saying he was safe, Yue Lianlou waited for Bai Ni to read the note and ate the note, Bai Ni said in the note back to Jin Yan: This Yueer is a lunatic.

Yue Lianlou heard a lot about Lei Shizhi and Jin Mingzhao from Bai Ni, compared the two with Jin Yan, and made his own judgment: "Love can't be obtained, love becomes hate. Oh, I understand this matter ,me too."

Ruan Buqi sneered: "You hate the hall master?"

Yue Lianlou shook her head: "It's the hall master who loves me and also hates me." He laughed while talking, no one knew what he was laughing at.

Jin Yan didn't take Yue Lianlou's nonsense at ease, and said while wiping the flute: "I didn't know why Dad didn't like to mention Jin Qiang's generals before, but now I understand that he feels uncomfortable. General Jian also feels uncomfortable." It's uncomfortable, when the two of them sit together, they always have to talk about some sighing things. If it weren't for General Xi's familiarity with the defense of the Northwest Army and the terrain of Baiqueguan, Baiqueguan would not be what it is now."

After a moment of silence on the roof tiles, He Lansong said: "General Xi is afraid of scaring Bai Ni, so he always wears a mask when he sees her, so he shouldn't be a very vicious person."

Jin Yan: "Who knows."

The more they chatted, the more frustrated He Lansone simply turned over and got up, and kissed Jin Yan on the face: "Stop talking, let's go horse racing."

But Jin Yan grabbed his hand: "Bai Ni was brought to Beidu by General Xi. Afterwards, General Xi was going to Bishan City to witness the alliance. Maybe Bai Ni would also go to Bishan City. I want to see Bai Ni, I want to go Bishan City... Helansone, your elder brother, can you help me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two heard the neighing of a horse outside the door.Then someone knocked on the door: "Heaven's decree——"

The two landed in a hurry, and the person who came was Awa, the king of Yunzhou.

Awa hasn't seen He Lansone for a long time, so he was naturally affectionate. As soon as we met, he rushed over to hug him: "You have been on this long vacation for a long time. I heard that you have reconciled with your elder brother? If you reconcile, then return to my side to be on duty." ah!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Jin Yan again, and smiled: "Hi, Jin Yan. Have you eaten well recently? Did you sleep soundly? Have you ever thought about me?"

He Lansone pushed him away: "What order? Why are you here to award it?"

Awa coughed lightly, held up the decree embroidered with gold thread in his hand, looked at Jin Ye with a smile and said, "It's for my little slave, of course I will issue it."

The geese returning from the south flew across the sky of the northern capital, casting shadows on He Lansone and Jin Yan, which disappeared in an instant.Jin Yan knelt on the ground to listen to the order, and it took a long time before he raised his head: "I... I will follow you, to Bishan?!"

***

"The northern geese return from the south, and the spring grass is green again. It's spring in Beirong now." The city wall of Bishan City is towering, a low table is placed on the wall, and gold-plated silver bells are hung around the sun-shading shed, and the sound is clear and melodious.There was new tea on the low table, the old and the young sat on the floor, laughing and chatting from time to time.

The shadow of the geese skimmed over the land of Dayu, the long Liexing River, the city walls and sheds, and slid to the farther north.

"What's the fun in drinking tea on the city wall?" Liang Anchong stroked his white beard that reached to the skirt of his clothes, "Can the third prince talk to Liang?"

"There is an old man in the north. I miss him, so I come to have a look." The young man beside him said with a smile, "There is no need to have any fun. It is already a great pleasure to miss someone in your heart. Thinking about what he is doing at this time, What to wear, what to say, I can think about it for a day."

Liang An was amazed: "Who is this old man?"

The young man didn't answer, just looked at the distant sky.

Liang Anchong cursed secretly.Cen Rong, the third prince of Emperor Renzheng, looks very similar to his mother, Concubine Hui. He is born with fox eyes and smiles all day long.

Liang Anchong pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Could it be your old friend who suggested to you that all the land in Jiangbei should be assigned to Beirong?"

"Master Liang is interested in this person?"

"Everyone has a love for talents. Besides, the talents in the court are dying, and I am anxious day and night, and I can't sleep well." Liang Anchong said in a low voice, "The people who offer advice are bold and decisive, and they are absolutely extraordinary. It's worth it, it's worth it."

"With Grand Master Liang's words, I feel relieved, and I have the opportunity to recommend to Grand Master Liang." Cen Rong raised his teacup with a smile, and his smile grew stronger, "Maybe...you know him too."

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