Born of Worry

Lin Ruxuan first stepped into Daizhou City, which had been ravaged by war for several months. He could hardly bear to see or hear. Displaced people could be seen everywhere. Everywhere he looked, there were destroyed and collapsed houses.

Although he had dispatched all the accompanying military doctors the day before, there was still a long queue outside the medical hall, and there were countless civilians who came to treat the sick and wounded.

Soldiers came and went, carrying and clearing debris, bricks and stones, and more corpses, including those from the Dayin army, Tahan Hu people, and ordinary people who died of hunger and cold.

Lin Ruxuan walked all the way, but the frown between his brows could not be relaxed. For some reason, he felt a strong disobedience, as if something very important was missing in this city, but for a moment, he couldn't think of it. out what.

"General! General!" At this moment, a woman ran out from the shelter for refugees by the side of the road. She stumbled and knelt at Lin Ruxuan's feet, her eyes full of sadness, "General! Please, please!" Save my child!"

He suddenly realized that there was something missing in this lifeless city—there were no children, there were no children in the arms of adults, there were no children among those who were alone, there were no children crying, and the dead , nor the body of the child.

The woman shook his leg, "General, please! They took our children away, please save them!"

"You mean... Tahan, stole all the children in this city?"

"Yes..." The woman nodded desperately, with tears rolling down her eyes, "I haven't seen my child for several months, she's only two years old! She's only two years old, General! Please, please We must save her!"

As the woman cried out, more and more people who had lost their children began to gather and knelt down one by one: "I beg the general to save our child!"

Lin Ruxuan clenched his palms into fists and spat hard: "These bastards!"

"Get up first," he helped the woman up, "you all get up! Don't worry, I will find your children for you, don't worry!"

"Thank you, General! General must save them!"

"I will, I will! You go back first, go back and wait, don't run around, I will rescue your children."

When Lin Ruxuan returned to the barracks, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness lingering in his heart. He really wanted to know who the military adviser opposite him was, who was so cruel and cunning that even an ignorant child would not let him go.

"General Lin, are we really going to save those children?"

Lin Ruxuan let out a long sigh: "Otherwise, is it still up to you and me to save or not to save now?"

"But general!" Yang Qingping said anxiously, "It is not certain whether those children are alive or not. Even if they are alive, they must have been hidden in Yanmen Pass. One child ruined tens of thousands of troops?"

"Hundreds of children!" He slapped the table suddenly, "That's hundreds of children! It's not any other livestock! Nothing, there can be no children! That's the hope of the people in the city, do you know that!"

"But……"

Lin Ruxuan shook his head, "If we don't save them, this city will be considered dead." With a wry smile, "If we don't save them, the people will think that our Dayin army is heartless. Everyone in the world will know! Without the trust of the people, how can you fight? If you lose the hearts of the people, what's the use of winning more battles?!"

"General!"

Lin Ruxuan waved his hand, ignored him, but said, "Shen Ji! Are you there, Shen Ji!"

The woman in black appeared out of nowhere, cupped her fists and said, "What is the general's order?"

"I need your information. I want to know where those children are now."

"Understood. I'll give you an answer by tomorrow night."

He punched back, "Thank you."

"what……"

Li Ye woke up from the dream, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, took a few deep breaths to calm down, saw that there was still light in the room from the corner of his eye, turned his head to look at Li Xian, frowned and said, "Why are you still awake?" ?”

Li Xian wrote something on his desk, dipped his brush in the ink, and didn't look up, "Did you have a nightmare?"

"Yeah, I had a nightmare." Li Ye fell down again and closed his eyes, "I dreamed that Lin Ruxuan died."

Li Xian stopped writing, "It's just a dream."

"I hope." Li Ye sighed softly, "Hurry up and go to bed with me, how many times have I told you not to stay up late, stay up so late every day, this body can take it so well?"

"I can't die."

"You have to torment yourself to be reconciled?" Li Ye turned upside down again, "Did you not drink your medicine at night?"

"I'm all right."

"Okay? Then don't cough if you have the ability."

Since Mo Wen left, the enchantment around the palace has also disappeared, not only can't resist the cold anymore, but also let in ghosts.However, Li Xian didn't know how to cherish himself, he refused to add more clothes when the weather was cold, he contracted a cold as expected, and took medicine for a few days before he gradually recovered.

Li Ye felt that he was simply crazy. In the past few months, he had hardly had a good rest for a day. He woke up very early every day, but slept very late, and he didn't know what to write at his desk all day long.Not only that, but he actually changed the vacation system from half-term vacation to ten-day vacation. Although these ministers secretly complained, but after all, they caused Mo Wen to violate the rules of heaven. How dare they disobey the emperor again.

"Go to sleep first, I'll be fine in a while."

Li Ye babbled a few more words, but there was no sound.Li Xian touched the black dragon paperweight - the slightly arched back of the black dragon made two grooves appear on the body of the dragon, which can be used as a paperweight and a pen holder - the defect of the dragon's tail was still obvious, and he would bear it every time he saw it. I can't help feeling distressed.Mo Wen didn't leave anything behind, the most precious thing was probably only this paperweight.

And that bow... I don't know when it will come in handy again.

He rubbed the center of his brows tiredly, not because he was sleepy, but because he didn't dare to sleep. When he closed his eyes, what was left in his mind was Mo Wen.

He has to keep himself busy, busy again, so busy that he has no time to think about other things, so tired that he can fall asleep when he touches the pillow, and it is best not to even have a dream, so he can force Mo Wen's figure to temporarily withdraw from him s life.

It turns out that without knowing it, the love has already reached this point.

He smiled wryly, put down his pen, but still had no intention of going to sleep.

My mind is very chaotic, no matter how many times I copy the book, I still can't calm my mind.

He slowly got up, walked to the window, opened the window, the night wind blew in, it was very cold, he couldn't help covering his lips and coughed twice, but still stared at the night sky persistently.

"Are you there?" He suddenly lowered his eyes and asked softly.

And no one responded.

"I know you're here." His fingers unconsciously traced a small piece of carving on the window sash, "Why don't you leave? Is there anything worth nostalgic about in this palace?"

There was a thin layer of dust on the window sill, and a word was slowly rubbed out on the dust: him.

"He?" Li Xian smiled and shook his head, "But you know he's no longer here, why bother to torture yourself like this."

There is no writing on the dust anymore.

Li Xian, why are you torturing yourself?

He was taken aback for a moment, but he was at a loss for what to do with his own question, so he just lowered his head and gently wiped away the handwriting with his fingers.Walking to the side of the bed, I saw Li Ye occupying most of the bed, and couldn't bear to wake him up, so I felt wronged and slept on the narrow one.

"Brother Ghost," he closed his eyes, and said again, "Blow out the lamp for me."

... the night is dark.

In the first year of Shenlong, the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.

It's New Year's Eve again.

Unable to withstand the ravages of war, Weiyang is still the same as in previous years. The streets are still noisy and the night sky is still colorful, but there is no longer a dragon that secretly carries the emperor in the dark to overlook the whole city.

Things are wrong.

The imperial palace, Yulongdian.

"Come on, Xiao Xian, let's drink." Li Ye's peach blossom eyes have already been stained with three points of intoxication, "Dumpling wine, dumpling wine, how can you not drink after eating dumplings, come, drink! This is the one I just got from Kisaragi. Bought it back."

When Li Xian heard the word "like the moon", he asked, "Is she back?"

"I came back early, how could I not come back during the Chinese New Year?"

"Third brother," Li Xian watched him eating and drinking without even moving his chopsticks, "You are getting more and more greedy."

"Really?" Li Ye smiled, "The dumplings are really delicious. You don't drink alcohol, come and eat a few dumplings. It's too awkward not to eat or drink during the Chinese New Year."

Li Xian took the chopsticks, picked up a dumpling, dipped it in vinegar, and put it in his mouth, but he didn't know if he was stimulated by the smell of vinegar, so he coughed twice, covered his mouth, and ate the dumpling.

"Cough and cough, I told you to take medicine, but you didn't listen." Li Ye taught him a few words, picked up a dumpling from the plate and put it in Li Xian's bowl, "Here, eat this."

"But, put copper coins again?"

This time Li Xian did not repeat the mistake he made three years ago, he took a light bite, and sure enough he bit something hard again.He picked out the copper coin and said with a smile: "Third brother, why, this lover is not here, and you want a younger brother?"

Li Ye was a little embarrassed, and just lowered his head to drink.

"How can fate be determined by a coin." He swallowed the dumpling and put the bowl and chopsticks away, "Eat slowly, I'll go out for a while."

"Oh."

He went out of the house, dragged Qin Yu, who had been lingering at the door for a long time, to a place where no one was around, and asked with a frown, "Why are you here?"

"Your Majesty," Qin Yu did not say any nonsense, and only handed a letter to Li Xian, "Urgent report."

Li Xian's heart sank when he saw him like this, and when he saw that the letter was written by Lin Ruxuan, his heart sank even more. Looking at the contents of the letter... the hand holding the letter trembled.

"This letter was written on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month..." He forced himself to calm down, "How is Daizhou now?"

Qin Yu's face darkened slightly: "General Yang is defending."

"Defend... Be sure to let me guard it! Immediately, notify 'Xuan Wu' to help, if you can keep it for a moment longer, you must wait for me to arrive!"

"Yes!"

Lin Ruxuan...

About this matter...how can he...tell third brother...

two days ago.

"You take this soldier talisman. If I can't come back, you can hand it over to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will deal with it."

"No matter what, we must defend Daizhou City until reinforcements arrive."

According to the information given by Shen Ji, those children captured by Tahan were not in Yanmen Pass, but in a pass called Yanmen Village, and Cao Han’s subordinates who were not traitors were also detained there Heavy troops were sent to guard.

And as the new year approached, although these guards were not Han Chinese, they were influenced by the Han people to celebrate the New Year, so the guards relaxed a little.On this day, Lin Ruxuan finally seized the opportunity to attack Yanmen Village at night.

At this moment, he was leading [-] elite riders, lurking on a high slope not far from Yanmen Village.

That's right, he only brought 5000 people with him. Almost all of these 5000 people were prepared to die.

"General, shall we go?"

"Wait a little longer." The two lowered their voices, Lin Ruxuan looked forward, there were still a lot of fires in the village, there should be many people who hadn't rested yet, he didn't dare to act rashly.

After about half a cup of tea, there was a sudden commotion in the village.

Because of the distance, Lin Ruxuan couldn't see clearly what was going on inside, but could only vaguely hear scolding, and there seemed to be the sound of fighting.

After half a cup of tea, the gate of the village was suddenly smashed open, and several people rushed out, shouting: "Brothers! Run!"

"General, you are a brother of Yanmen! There is no unparalleled road! Can we go?!"

Lin Ruxuan stood up suddenly, got on his horse, and shouted: "Go!"

"kill--!!"

Five thousand elite cavalry swooped down from the high slope, and the formation formed was no less than ten thousand. The guards of Yanmen Village were also dumbfounded for a moment. Lin Ruxuan rode his horse and swung his spear, shouting loudly: "Da Yin Lin Ruxuan is here! Thief, take your life!"

"It's Dayin's army! It's Dayin's army!"

Those Yanmen soldiers who had been imprisoned for several months, their eyes were red with excitement for a moment, snatched the swords, guns and sticks from the enemy, and shouted: "Kill!"

"Save the child!" Lin Ruxuan took the lead and rushed into the Yanmen Village. At this moment, he saw a loud arrow flying into the sky. His eyes darkened, but he had already made up his mind. , drink again, "Save the child!"

"General, this way!"

With the help of Yanmen soldiers, they successfully found those children, and fought with the defenders while protecting them to evacuate, but these children were only two years old, and the older ones were no more than ten years old, and they had been frightened silly for a long time. Eyes, crying, they had no choice but to take a child on the horse and continue to fight.

But after a long time, there was loud shouts outside the village, presumably the Tahan rescuers had also arrived, Lin Ruxuan's gaze sank slightly, and the spear in his hand became fiercer, he pinched his horse's belly, and rushed to the forefront again: "Brothers! Come out with me! "

"Kill it out!!"

With a silver spear in his hand, he changed the shooting method, dashed several times, dismounted the horse non-stop, but from the corner of his eye, he saw a brother next to him who was overwhelmed by the onslaught, and fell to the ground with both his horse and his wounded.He squinted his eyes slightly, and tried his best to rescue the child who fell from the horse, but he didn't have time to defend his back, and a deep bloody gash was cut on his back.

"Next!" He ignored the injury, shouted loudly, and threw the child to the lieutenant general, then he got up suddenly, stepped on the horse's back, and jumped up, using Qinggong to go straight to the opposite general, with his toes on the He landed heavily on the horse's head, then flew back into the air, the silver spear swept flat, his body turned behind the opponent, his left hand clasped the top of his head, and with a hard twist, his entire head was actually twisted off.He held the head, shouted again, kicked the corpse off the horse, changed his footwork, and used all his marksmanship, sweeping or picking or stabbing or spinning, unexpectedly making it impossible for people to get close for a while.

When the Tahan soldiers saw the main general being killed, they were horrified, but someone shouted:

"Whoever kills Lin Ruxuan will be promoted to a third rank!"

"General!"

"Let's go!" Lin Ruxuan ignored the shout of the lieutenant general, and took another step into the enemy group.Seeing his figure being submerged, the lieutenant-general, with tears in his eyes, roared angrily, "Withdraw—!!"

Lin Jiajun protected the children and led the Yanmen soldiers all the way out of Yanmen Village.

When they returned to the camp for an inventory, less than [-]% of the [-] elite riders returned, and only [-] of the [-] Yanmen soldiers escaped.

More importantly, their general...

I'm afraid there will be more bad luck than good luck.

The author has something to say: Note: "Xuanwu" is a department of the Xuanjia Army, not the real mythical beast Xuanwu...