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Yu Chigong didn't answer, Qin Qiong said: "How can an ordinary blacksmith be so careful, after finding out about the Turk's looting plan, he knocked Neiying unconscious and hid it in the wine cellar, and took Zhongming to see it? But I don't understand , why do you want Zhongming to help you solve this matter. Want to test us? Who instructed you to test us? Luo Cheng has long seen that you want to inquire about us..."

Yuchi respectfully said: "General Qin forgives the crime, respecting morality has absolutely no intention of probing, treating Zhongming is indeed out of sincerity."

Qin Qiong said: "You left in a hurry before departure that day, and you must have informed your subordinates to send reinforcements to Liu Wenjing."

Yu Chigong smiled: "I didn't expect that General Qin would have noticed it."

Qin Qiong said: "I was still wondering at first, who is Li Ji? Is it your boss?"

Yuchi said respectfully: "Master Li will come to visit even in the daytime, this time he will make it clear that Jingde dare not make irresponsible remarks about Master Li."

Qin Qiong said: "The time you really showed your flaws, it was Liu Wenjing who took a look at you. You two obviously knew each other that day, but you pretended not to know each other."

Yu Chigong sighed, and explained: "The Turkic people outside the Great Wall have been raging for a long time, and even Tang Guogong has nothing to do. Although Bingzhou has a strong army, it is too difficult to capture the Turkic Khan. He has been robbed repeatedly and cannot resist, so we have to try Save the people and reduce losses."

Qin Qiong asked again: "Now? Why should you be transferred?"

Yuchi Gong said indifferently: "The Turks invaded Jinyang, and there will be a bitter battle in the coming year. Firstly, Jingde must return to Jinyang to assist, and secondly..."

"Secondly." Qin Qiong said leisurely: "I can't pretend anymore, I'm afraid Zhong Ming will see it through."

Yuchi smiled respectfully and remained silent.

"Forget it, there will be a period later." Qin Qiong said.

Yuchi Gong suddenly said: "General Qin, stay."

Qin Qiong raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Chigong, Yu Chigong said: "Turkic soldiers and horses are invading. I asked you two to help me. It was an old friend of Jingde, Master Li Jing, who told me that he wrote a letter and asked me to look for Zhongming. I hope that Brother Chao Luo will tell you the truth."

"Li Jing?" Qin Qiong pondered for a while.

Yu Chigong then explained: "That's the man who received Zhongming's two taels of silver at the fortune-telling booth that day. Now he has gone to Jinyang and joined Tang Guogong."

Qin Qiong understood, and said, "Just explain to Luo Cheng?"

Yu Chigong hesitated, Qin Qiong said: "I don't care about Zhongming, goodbye."

Qin Qiong wanted to leave, Yu Chigong said again: "Brother Qin."

Qin Qiong knew what Yu Chigong wanted to say, and laughed, "Zhong Ming is actually very smart."

Yuchi said with a smile, "Yes."

Qin Qiong said: "The reason why he was confused for a while was because he had preconceived ideas and didn't regard you as an outsider. He would believe whatever you said. Otherwise, he would have seen through your little trick a long time ago. Luo Cheng and I will not expose you, but If you want to lie to someone, you'd better lie to the end, otherwise... Hehe, if you offend him, you'll have to suffer in the future."

Yuchi Gong: "..."

When Lu Zhongming returned home, he felt that life was gloomy. Luo Shixin looked indifferent and was playing with a knife.

When Lu Zhongming came back, he lay down on Hu's bed, squirmed into the quilt, and did not move.

Luo Shixin didn't take it too seriously, and didn't bother to talk to him.

Not long after, Lu Zhongming poked out half of his head from under the quilt, looked at Luo Shixin, and asked, "Where's Brother Qin?"

Luo Shixin: "Shopping for vegetables."

Lu Zhongming: "Yuchi is leaving."

Luo Shixin: "Where are you going?"

Lu Zhongming: "Be a soldier."

"A good man doesn't serve as a soldier, and a good iron doesn't make nails." Luo Shixin smiled self-deprecatingly, he didn't know whether he was laughing at Yu Chigong or himself.

Lu Zhongming said to himself: "I still haven't asked many questions, why did I leave here?"

Lu Zhongming lay on his stomach and gradually fell asleep again. He vaguely heard Qin Qiong come back and said something to Luo Shixin. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Qin Qiong making noodles and Luo Shixin making dumplings.

"Dumplings—!" Lu Zhongming became energetic immediately, rolled up his sleeves and came over to help.

A stick of incense passed.

"Please, don't make a promise..." Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong begged bitterly.

Lu Zhongming's dumplings were made in a mess, with crooked melons and jujubes, while Luo Shixin's dumplings were all white and fat. Lu Zhongming insisted on making dumplings, but Luo Shixin said, "You can eat what you make yourself."

So it was night, and the three of them got together to eat dumplings. In the end, it was Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin who ate the dumplings made by Lu Zhongming separately, and the dumplings Lu Zhongming ate were all whole.

Lu Zhongming said Yu Chigong's words while eating, Qin Qiong exchanged glances with Luo Shixin, and said, "Let him go."

"Maybe one day he will appear in front of you again." Luo Shixin said casually, "You will become a great general."

Qin Qiong echoed: "That's right, maybe if you come back again, you will be a first-rank official."

Lu Zhongming was silent for a long time, shaking his head, he believed that Yu Chigong would get along well, and believed that they would meet again soon, but when Yu Chigong left, his heart always felt empty.What's more terrible is that this kind of life of eating dumplings and drinking wine every day, and living a small life with Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong actually feels pretty good.

Yu Chigong couldn't stand it even after leaving, what if one day we were separated from Qin Qiong Luo Shixin?Lu Zhongming didn't even dare to think about it, it was too scary.In the future, if there is a chance, I have to go back and order the elixir, and we will eat together, and we will be together forever.

Well, it must.

"What are you fooling around with?" Luo Shixin asked inexplicably.

"I'm not laughing at anything." Lu Zhongming burst into tears.

At night, with a clear moon and thousands of miles away, Lu Zhongming woke up instantly when he heard a soft sound on the window pane.

A figure flashed by outside the window, Lu Zhongming hesitated to chase after him, but the figure had disappeared.

Yu Chigong put down his bow, jumped out of the courtyard wall, Luo Shixin was wearing a pair of black military trousers, apparently just got up, stood at the entrance of the alley, and said coldly: "Stop."

Yu Chigong was carrying a package, draped over one shoulder, and stopped in the alley.

Luo Shixin fisted with his left hand, and stretched the palm of his right hand a little, and said coldly: "Luo Cheng is not talented, and the family can't allow you to come and leave whenever you want. I want to ask Brother Yuchi for some advice."

Yuchi Gong smiled, clasped his fists at Luo Shixin, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Luo, today I have something important to do with my lower body, how about seeing you again in the Tang Palace?"

Luo Shixin said coldly, "Don't you dare?"

Yu Chigong said: "Yang Guang avoids Yangzhou. Tuli Khan sees the weakness of the Central Plains, and the war of Koryo is still undecided. He will enter the pass in large numbers and go south to plunder. I implore Brother Luo to let this matter go for a while."

Luo Shixin said indifferently: "Where are you going?"

Yuchi Gong replied, "Go north."

Luo Shixin narrowed his eyes, and Yu Chigong said: "I don't know if I can come back after this trip. There are frequent wars in the Central Plains, and the rebels from all over the country can no longer control them, but the Turkic people must not enter the customs, otherwise the land of the Central Plains will be closed. He has a destiny, hope Goodbye."

Luo Shixin was vigilantly aware of something, and asked, "Are you going to assassinate the Turkic Khan?"

Yu Chigong didn't answer, just bowed, bypassed Luo Shixin and left.

Lu Zhongming lit the lamp and held the bow that Yu Chigong gave him. The longbow was completely black, with gold in the scales.With a flick of a finger, the sound of gold and iron buzzed, and four ancient seal characters were engraved on the bowed waist: ****

Lu Zhongming didn't know these four words...

The next day, Lu Zhongming took the bow and asked Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong.Qin Qiong couldn't see it either, and Luo Shixin couldn't see it even more.

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were pasting Spring Festival couplets outside the door, Luo Shixin bowed his body, Qin Qiong stepped on Luo Shixin's back, and pasted the scrolls.

"You can take it if you give it to you." Qin Qiong said.

Luo Shixin bowed, looked up at Lu Zhongming, and said, "It's not easy to treat you so well."

Qin Qiong clapped her hands and said with a smile, "That's right, my brothers haven't given you anything yet."

Lu Zhongming handed them two scales and said, "Here, this is for you."

Luo Shixin: "???"

Qin Qiong took a look and put it away, while Lu Zhongming held the bow and sat outside the door to read the Spring Festival couplets he wrote.

Qin Qiong praised: "It's really a good word."

Lu Zhongming said: "When I was a soldier, did you celebrate the New Year in the barracks?"

"How can there be such a year." Luo Shixin said casually: "They all lived on the battlefield, and we have to be careful not to lose our heads."

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "I escaped with the two of you, so I lived like this. I wouldn't even have to think about it before. I don't know if I can live like this for a few more years."

"It can be a long time." Lu Zhongming said with a smile: "Everyone will be successful and famous, live a lifetime, and then stay in bed, with children and grandchildren everywhere, and naturally die of old age."

Luo Shidao: "After the Chinese New Year, we can't stay here anymore."

Qin Qiong glanced at Luo Shixin and motioned him to stop talking, but Lu Zhongming was thinking about the future and didn't hear it for a while.That night, every household in Xiadai County of Yanmenguan set off firecrackers to celebrate the New Year.

Nearly half a month later, when the ice and snow melted, news came from the north that Liu Wenjing had lost the battle against the Turks, and the Turks were about to invade on a large scale.Many soldiers and horses were dispatched from the Central Plains. For a while, the people in Dai County were in danger and became nervous.

Sui soldiers went from house to house to pull strong men, and let untrained men take up weapons and go to Yanmen Pass to fight against the Turks.

The Lantern Festival had not yet passed, and the east of the city was more than half empty. Every household was worried about the Turkic invasion. Many people had already left their family businesses and went south to escape.

"Where are you going?!" The Sui Bing Commander was patrolling the perimeter, shouting loudly at the people, and shouted angrily, "Go back, everyone! Come out one more step, and you will be killed!"

Sui soldiers firmly guarded the exit of the city, and many people had turned over the earth and tried to escape. Sui soldiers shot arrows in the throat, and some people screamed and fell down the wall.

It just so happened that Qin Qiong went out to buy vegetables this day, and when he saw it on the way, he was furious and shouted: "What are you doing killing the people! You are still not officers and soldiers! A bunch of bandits!"

When Qin Qiong yelled under the city wall, Sui soldiers surrounded him one after another, and the people couldn't bear it any longer. The two sides were at war, and when the conflict was about to break out, Lu Zhongming finally found Qin Qiong and quickly caught up.

"Don't quarrel, don't quarrel." Lu Zhongming said: "Everyone go back, don't run outside, it's even more unsafe outside now."

Lu Zhongming looked around, climbed onto a cart, and said to the people: "There is news from the south that the Turks have invaded the entire Bingzhou, and now the official roads outside are full of Turkic guerrillas. It is useless to leave Dai County. You can't go far. You will have to be robbed. There are rebels in the east, nowhere is safe, stay in the city and listen to me."

"Who is that kid?" Sui Bing asked.

"A local fortune teller." The subordinate said, "It's a Taoist priest."

Lu Zhongming raised his hands outward again, and drove them back like ducks. The people heard what Lu Zhongming said was reasonable, and they dispersed for a while.Lu Zhongming turned his head to look at Captain Sui Bing, seeing his viciousness, he wanted to exchange a few words with him, but he gave up the idea, and went home with Qin Qiong's shoulders on his shoulders.

"Why did you come out?" Qin Qiong asked.

"Brother Luo said there was chaos outside." Lu Zhongming said, "Let me find you and go home."

Qin Qiong sighed and asked, "What should I do? Can this battle be won?"

"I don't know." Lu Zhongming shook his head, he really didn't know, he didn't remember such a small battle at all.Ask Qin Qiong: "Do you want to go?"

"Where are you going?" Qin Qiong said: "In the whole world, there is no place to live."

What Qin Qiong said is true, the land of the Central Plains is now full of wars, and there is no place to stay.Anyway, with ability, it is enough to protect himself, Lu Zhongming is not worried about the three of himself.

But when he got home, he heard Luo Shixin arguing with the Sui soldiers.

"National calamity!" Sui Bing said, "I don't care who you are! Take up arms and join the army immediately!"

Luo Shixin also exploded, and said angrily: "If you say you won't go, you won't go! What right do you have to command me? My brother didn't come back! Not going anywhere!"

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin went in and saw two Sui soldiers who had come to conscript, all in armor and holding weapons.

Lu Zhongming was afraid that if Luo Shixin moved his hands, blood would splash five steps in the courtyard, and he would have to scrub for a long time later, so he hurriedly said, "Brother Luo, don't do anything! You have something to say!"

"Your brother is back." Sui Bing said, "Go now."

Qin Qiong clasped his fists and said, "Master Jun, my brother has a bad temper. I'll persuade him later, please go first."

The Sui soldiers didn't want to really do anything, after all, people in the city were in a state of panic at this time, and it was very easy to stir up civil uprisings, so they gave them a resentful look and said, "Come to the barracks to report earlier."

Sui soldiers left, Lu Zhongming closed the door, and the three of them looked at each other in the yard.

"Are you fighting?" Luo Shixin asked the two of them.

Lu Zhongming said: "Let's fight, the army is in chaos, and there is nowhere to go."

Qin Qiong nodded and said: "Eat first, then we will have the strength to fight."

So the three of them ate lunch, and Qin Qiong asked Lu Zhongming to eat more. After all, once he entered the barracks, he would go back to the life of lying in bed every day to avoid exhaustion. Lu Zhongming tried his best to eat three bowls of rice and went to report Sometimes I burp violently.

There were people everywhere outside the barracks, all of them were ordinary people who had been arrested and joined the army. Sui soldiers pushed and shoved them, and gave them weapons. They didn’t have any armor. people.

"You! Come here!"

Sui Bing cursed and said, Lu Zhongming was pushed into a team, took a big hatchet without a wooden handle, and was pushed into the phalanx to train soldiers.Qin Qiong received a sword, Luo Shixin took an iron chain, and flew away.

Lu Zhongming walked over with the knife in his hand, causing a burst of laughter.

"Lu Daochang! You are here too!" Some people laughed.

Lu Zhongming smiled and said: "Isn't it? Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country, and the Taoist leader has to go to battle."

This remark caused a burst of laughter again. There were more than 200 people in that team, and they all squatted on the ground to chat.Another person asked: "Master Taoist, let's do a fortune teller, can we survive?"

Lu Zhongming smiled and said: "I said yes, do you believe it?"

Everyone laughed again, Lu Zhongming said: "Seeking the Tao, cultivating the Tao, is not to avoid death, but to realize the Tao."

"Can enlightenment make you immortal?" someone asked.

Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "Enlightenment will make you not afraid of death."

At that moment, the audience burst into laughter again. A Sui soldier came over and said loudly, "Stop lying there to confuse the crowd! Everyone stand still! Assemble! Go behind and defend the city wall!"

The Sui soldier saw that Lu Zhongming was struggling to carry the sword, so he wanted to drive him out. Qin Qiong hurriedly said: "Master Jun, this is my younger brother. The three of us are together."

Sui Bing looked at Qin Qiong, and Luo Shi said: "If you want to live together, if you want to die together, you take him out and we don't fight anymore. Just go home."

Seeing what Luo Shixin said, Sui Bing said, "Then stay here."

After finishing speaking, Sui Bing gathered all the people together and began to train soldiers. First, he talked about what to do and how to fight the Turkic people, and taught him some techniques of parrying and parrying. This group of people didn't even have war horses, and with rusty knives and iron swords, they were about to go up to fight with human cavalry, and they were like cannon fodder.

During the break, the militiamen were still practicing their moves speciously. Qin Qiong came over and asked, "How to fight."

Lu Zhongming sighed helplessly.

"I can't beat it." Lu Zhongming said.

"Is it okay to use the same move last time?" Luo Shixin asked.

"Red phosphorus?" Lu Zhongming frowned and said: "It's not feasible...there is no wind now. And this battle is not up to us, no matter how many ways there are, we can't implement it."

"The Turkic people are good at assaulting plains, not at attacking cities." Lu Zhongming said, "If I were to defend this city, I would have all the civilians throw away their weapons, immediately bulldoze the walls, and then pour water on the walls. .”

"Good way!" Qin Qiong said as soon as she heard it: "What's next?"

"Defend to death." Lu Zhongming said: "Daixian County was not their strategic goal in the first place, it was just a step in the process of occupying Bingzhou. Keep it for ten days. When Shangdang and several cities in Jinyang lead troops to help, the Turks must go. .”

Luo Shidao: "What if Jinyang doesn't come to rescue him?"

Lu Zhongming said: "Then..."

"Qiqiao bleeds to death." Qin Qiong said helplessly: "I'll go to the city guard and talk to him."

Luo Shixin picked up his weapon and said, "I'll accompany you to talk."

Qin Qiong: "I talk with my mouth, not with a stick!"

Luo Shixin was embarrassed, Lu Zhongming couldn't help being funny, Qin Qiong turned and left.He has been in the army for many years. Although he has become a deserter now, he is still well versed in the way of negotiating with the army system.It must be able to convince the generals of the defenders.

Lv Zhongming held a big knife and practiced chopping with Luo Shixin, and within half an hour they were exhausted, Sui Bingtong knew: "Go back and practice separately today, remember the number clearly, and prepare to come over tomorrow morning."

So everyone scattered like birds and beasts, and went home to work to accompany their wives. Before Qin Qiong came back for a while, Luo Shixin asked Lu Zhongming to go back to sleep first, and waited for him outside the school grounds.