Ning Chen Ling Xiao

Chu Yifeng and his party had already set off for five days without knowing it, marching for six hours every day, marching at dawn, and marching at full speed, although the daily rush time was not long, it did not delay the schedule.

At the beginning, Wu Ji asked if the six-hour daily march was too short. Ling Xiao's answer was simple: sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping firewood.

Wuji had already learned about Ling Xiao's skills, so he didn't ask much. Ling Xiao chuckled inwardly. He used to travel for ten hours a day back then. It was to support Chu Yifeng in the north. Now his wife is by his side. Looking for What's the rush.

Ling Xiao is not in a hurry, and Chu Yifeng is not in a hurry either. This time they brought five thousand elite soldiers, and it would be unrealistic to really run for their lives. Besides, all the horses they ride are good. Good for the overall itinerary.

It's just that Ling Xiao is a little dissatisfied, the food is too bad.

No matter how good the big pot of rice is, it is still big pot of rice, and the imperial court can’t afford a meal of food and grass with meat. It’s good if you don’t go hungry, but Chu Jun has always had the habit of eating together. Chu Yifeng will eat whatever the soldiers eat What, Ling Xiao Wuji and Fu Jieqin had to follow suit.Normally Ling Xiao would have thought of a way, but this is the most awkward in the march, every day on the road everyone sits up and down in the same place, even if you want to start a small stove.But after a few days of hard work, Ling Xiao obviously felt haggard.

Ling Xiao set up the temporary camp tent, nailed the tent to the ground with big nails, and pounded it firmly with a hammer. Chu Yifeng happened to come over and saw it, and hurried over and said: "You let me fix it."

"It's okay, it's done." Ling Xiao rolled up the long curtain and tied it, then turned his head and said, "What did you do?"

Chu Yifeng smiled: "Hehe... When I set up the camp, I saw how many families there were there. I took a piece of silver and went to the farmer's family over there to exchange something. Look..."

Ling Xiao took Chu Yifeng's tight cloth bag and opened it: a bag of pecan kernels.

"I peeled it myself, and it's clean." Chu Yifeng was a little embarrassed, "I see you haven't eaten well these days...just wait until you get to the barracks."

Ling Xiao took a piece of walnut and fed it into Chu Yifeng's mouth, chuckling: "This is considered a violation, right? The hickory nut has a thick shell, how did you peel it?"

Chu Yifeng chewed with his mouth puffed up, and said vaguely: "Don't... don't just say it out, I used the door of his house to squeeze it, and after peeling these doors of his house...it fell off."

Ling Xiao laughed, and Chu Yifeng was also a little embarrassed: "I gave their family another one piece of silver to let him repair the door, you can eat... I'll go over there and have a look."

Ling Xiao carried the bag of walnuts into the tent, chewed and cleaned up the things in the tent, the smile on his face couldn't be hidden, alas, let's be more bitter, a person like Chu Yifeng will make mistakes for him, so it's nothing to suffer , well, hickory nuts are delicious...

In the evening when Chu Yifeng came back from his patrol, Ling Xiao helped him take off his robe, and said with a smile: "You are too serious, this is not in a military camp, thanks to your good health, if you are not in good health, you will go on patrol several times a night Already froze to death."

"Be careful." Chu Yifeng got into the quilt, and felt Mrs. Tang buried in the mattress under his feet, and a warmth spread from the soles of his feet in an instant. Chu Yifeng squinted his eyes and smiled, "It's so warm..."

"I knew you were cold when you came back..." Ling Xiao turned off a few lights, came over and lay down, and hugged Chu Yifeng on his side, Chu Yifeng kicked Mrs. Tang under Ling Xiao's feet, and said with a smile: "It's much warmer already." Well, from now on, you can sleep first, and wait for me to do something..."

Ling Xiao smiled and didn't speak, and when the two of them were about to fall asleep in a daze, the soldiers outside the tent came to report: "Young Lord, someone broke into the barracks alone at night, and an old friend who claimed to be Young Lord had important business to discuss. It has been captured by General Fu."

"Who is it?" Chu Yifeng opened his eyes, Ling Xiao thought for a moment and smiled: "Who knows? Maybe it's someone who beats the autumn wind. If you're tired, don't get up at night. I'll go and have a look, and I'll tell you when I come back. "

Ling Xiao stood up, took his robe and put it on, and pressed the quilt to prevent Chu Yifeng from getting up: "Anyway, there is only one person here, it doesn't matter, I will tell you if there is something really wrong."

Chu Yifeng couldn't hold back Ling Xiao, so he nodded, "Call me immediately if you need anything."

"Understood, go to bed quickly." Ling Xiao put on his robe, rubbed Chu Yifeng's head and smiled.

After leaving the tent, Ling Xiao's face darkened, and he hurried to Fu Jieqin's big tent. Inside, Fu Jieqin saw Ling Xiao coming, got up and smiled, "Young Master is here, I wanted to tell you tomorrow, but I don’t think this person really looks like him, so I’d better be sure.”

Fu Jieqin asked his own soldiers to bring that person up, Ling Xiao fixed his eyes and smiled: "So it's you." Turning around, he said to Fu Jieqin: "General Fu doesn't know, this person used to be my grandfather's disciple A son of the Qing Dynasty, he was friends with me when I was young, it seems that he knew that I was going to the battlefield and came to follow, it is no big deal."

Fu Jieqin smiled reassuringly: "So that's how it is. I didn't know that I offended the person who offended Old Lord Ling. That person should go with Young Lord."

"There's no offense, General Fu should be more cautious." Ling Xiao smiled, "It's already late at night, the general should go to bed earlier." After speaking, he took the man away.

Ling Xiao brought the man into his tent, ordered him to keep quiet, and walked around the screen to look at Chu Yifeng on the couch. Ling Xiao approached, Chu Yifeng opened his eyes in a daze, and murmured: "Who is it?"

"My grandpa's son is a Qing Ke, and he can't get along and follow me and wants to beg for food." Ling Xiao gently kissed Chu Yifeng's forehead, "I'll talk to him for a while, I came too hastily, I don't know what's going on at home..."

"Yeah." Chu Yifeng was relieved all of a sudden, nodded and rubbed his eyes, Ling Xiao tucked the corner of the quilt for him, and said, "Go to sleep, you have to wake up early tomorrow, go to sleep..." Chu Yifeng nodded Ling Xiao guarded his head for a while to make sure he was fast asleep before turning around and coming out.

"What are you doing here?!" Ling Xiao said angrily in a low voice, "You are a criminal! I don't know anyone in this army who has seen you. What if someone recognizes you?!"

Zhu Yu smiled: "With the young master protecting me so much, what am I afraid of?" He also saw that Ling Xiao was angry, so he slowed down his voice and said seriously: "I will hurry up after explaining the matter in the imperial city." Come here, I am willing to serve the dogs and horses this time in the fight against the Huns, and act as an envoy to serve the little duke."

"You..." Ling Xiao was even more confused. This Zhu Yu had helped him several times, and he didn't ask for anything. This time, he even risked his life to follow here to serve. Yu is helping him without complaint or regret. What is even more puzzling is the snobbery behind Zhu Yu. Why does he think he can act as an envoy to negotiate with the Huns?

Zhu Yu also saw Ling Xiao's doubts, hesitated and said: "To be honest, I have some old friends with the current Da Shanyu of the Xiongnu, I dare not say that I can persuade him, but it is okay to meet and talk. "

Ling Xiao's phoenix eyes raised slightly, "It's okay to meet and talk", it is not easy to do this, although Zhu Yu grew up on the border since he was a child, it is impossible to make friends with the Xiongnu Da Shanyu, the eldest prince at that time Bar?

"I heard that Xin Shanyu is a formidable character with a bad temper, and it's not an exaggeration to say that he can kill people like hemp." Ling Xiao said lightly, "It's the Da Shanyu who came to kill his father, how can you Made friends with this violent lion?"

A gloomy look flickered in Zhu Yu's eyes, and he shook his head and said, "It's not convenient for me to tell the young master about these things, Qiang Hu...he is not like the outsiders say, his mother is the Da Yan family of the old Shanyu. Unfortunately, the tribe of Da Yan's natal family rebelled a few years ago, and the old Shanyu hated them from then on. He is a pervert... he beat and scolded Da Yan day and night. A piece of meat was bitten off, and the Qianghu had been assigned to the tribes in the west by Lao Shanyu long ago. After knowing this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he joined all the tribes in the west to fight back and kill Lao Shanyu...he deserves to be blamed."

Knowing these secrets, it is possible to have a good relationship with Xin Shanyu. Ling Xiao looked at Zhu Yu fixedly, and said for a long time: "Since you have a good relationship with Xin Shanyu, how do you know whether you are here to help me or to replace me?" Shan Yu came to be an undercover agent? Mr. Zhu Yu, don’t blame me for being suspicious. This matter is related to my family and life, so I must be more careful.” Ling Xiao has never shown any kindness to Zhu Yu, and he is really not sure that Zhu Yu Neng will really help. he.

"How could I collude with the enemy and treason?" Zhu Yu smiled wryly. Seeing Ling Xiao's suspicious eyes, he knew that this statement was untenable. He had also rebelled with Zhang Ji before. Zhu Yu hesitated and sighed, and said softly: "Forget it, I know it's not so easy to convince the young master, I'll just say it all."

Zhu Yu and Ling Xiao sat down and laughed lightly: "I'll tell you about the things from childhood to adulthood, and the young master probably understands it. Speaking of which, the Shoukanghou Mansion has saved my life..."

"Young Master is well-versed in the present and the past, so he should know about the calamity of fighting for the reserve back then, right?"

Ling Xiao nodded: "The fight for the crown prince began with the fourth prince. The fourth prince, a virtuous king, was favored by the sage, and tried to usurp the throne for a moment. Since then, the disaster of the princes' struggle for the crown began, and it ended when the second prince, King Jing, was crowned prince. .”

Zhu Yu smiled wryly, and sighed: "Back then, the virtuous king received all the honor and favor. He was crowned king at the age of 16 and married at the age of 17. Back then, the mansion of the virtuous king was also glorious. Unexpectedly, the honor and favor were too much and disasters came. Everyone in the world said so. But does the young master know the truth? In fact, King Xian didn’t have the slightest desire to compete for the heir. He was obsessed with flowers, birds, fish and insects. He was envied by King Jing just because he got the favor he shouldn’t have. The house slave hid the forged letter in the study of the virtuous king, and hid the privately made dragon robe in the cellar of the virtuous king's mansion..."

Zhu Yu's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he said in a low voice: "The King Xian didn't know that at the time of the incident, the young master thought about it carefully, if the King Xian really intended to rebel, how could he not be in a hurry when the forbidden army came to search? Find out? How could Zhang Ji want to come to rescue him and write back saying that there was never such a thing? The poor king and princess were put into the clan's mansion just like that, and they were bribed by the king of Jing before the emperor gave a Qingbai to the jailer. Strangling to death made the illusion of suicide, how can the young master know the heinous injustice? The virtuous king and princess were less than 20 years old at that time..."

Ling Xiao didn't move but was shocked in his heart. What Zhu Yu said was very different from what happened back then. If what he said was right...

Zhu Yu tried his best to calm himself down, and suppressed his choked sobs and said in a low voice: "The virtuous king once left behind a baby son, and the sage felt that the benefits of the virtuous king were not completely wiped out, but only deprived the little prince of the throne and relegated him to his concubine." King Enjun still ordered people to send him back to his fief, who knew that King Jing was still not satisfied, and even sent killers to intercept him on the road..."

"At that time, the virtuous king once studied under Lord Shoukang Hou. After the accident, no one in the court interceded for the virtuous king. People who were close in the old days wanted to draw a clear line with the virtuous king's mansion. Only Shoukang Hou knelt down to plead for the virtuous king. Check, it's a pity that King Xian and his concubine have been slaughtered by King Jing before they can judge... Later, when the slaves in King Xian's mansion were sold... Shou Kanghou was not afraid of the suspicion of the Holy Master and King Jing, and bought the little prince The nanny and his personal servants ordered them to accompany Xiao Shizi to the fiefdom. On that day, Xiao Shizi's nurse pretended to be his son and was beheaded by King Jing to save Xiao Shizi. Afterwards, Lord Shoukang sent It is only through the protection of people in the dark that the King Xian's flesh and blood can be preserved..."

Ling Xiao was so shocked by the inside story back then that he couldn't speak. He also doubted what happened back then, and many things in the past were unreasonable. Now that Zhu Yuyi explained it, it all made sense. So... Ling Xiao Xiao closed his eyes and sighed: "Are you the young prince of the past?"

"Yes." Zhu Yu nodded, "Chu Yichen, speaking of me and King Ying are brothers..."

Zhu Yu smiled bitterly: "Do you believe what I said?"

How ironic, it makes sense to say a lot of things like this, why did the virtuous king of Zhenlong rebel recklessly that day, why Lord Ling would feel nostalgic every time he mentioned the virtuous king, why did Zhu Yuhui unite with Zhang when the crown prince was in charge of the country? After the mutiny, why Zhu Yu and Ling Xiao have no relatives and no reason but helped him several times...

Ling Xiao said softly: "I believe... Zhu Yu, it is true that the crown prince harmed your parents back then, but Feng'er was not born that day, so you can't..."

"Don't worry, little lord." Zhu Yu interrupted Ling Xiao and said softly, "I'm not an unreasonable person. I have a wronged person and a debtor. The prince who killed my parents has nothing to do with others... Besides, Linghou and Lord I have a great kindness, I will not make it difficult for the young master, I wish Yu Yu left a life in the world just to avenge his parents, I know that the prince is the uncle of the young master and the father of your sweetheart, but once It is impossible not to avenge such a bloody revenge."

Ling Xiao nodded, because of Wei Hua and Chu Yifeng's reasons, he really had a little love for the prince, so he wanted to seek power for Chu Yifeng, but he never dealt with the prince harshly, but he knew he couldn't intervene in Zhu Yu's matter. Not only because Zhu Yu is now powerful behind him, but even from a conscience point of view, if one day it falls into Zhu Yu's hands, he will not be wronged to die based on the karma the prince has done to the family of three.

Ling Xiao has done a lot of things against his conscience in order to climb up, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with him, but with Ling Xiao's cold heart to judge, the crown prince's death Zhu Yu can't offset him ten thousand times debt owed.

Zhu Yu calmed down and continued: "The crown prince felt relieved after killing my nanny brother, but I can no longer go to the fiefdom. The nanny took me to the north. I depended on the nanny for life. A few years ago I went to Zhang Ji after sending the nurse to die. Zhang Ji had been kind to my father. After I handed over the token, Zhang Ji promised to help me. He also knew that he would not have a good death after the crown prince ascended the throne. Unexpectedly ...Young Lord knows everything after that. As for the matter with Da Shanyu, I am sorry that I am inconvenient to say, I can only say that I will do my best to assist Young Lord to put down the chaos in the north in order to repay the life-saving grace of Shou Kanghou. "

Ling Xiao groaned slightly, and said softly: "I will not interfere in the matter between you and the prince, I will not harm him or help him, to put it bluntly, this is the great crime committed by the prince himself back then, and what to do is up to you I don't care about things... It's just that you can't let the King of England know about these dirty things. He is still young... I don't understand. There is one more thing I will discuss with you. After the dust settles, are you willing to join the King of England? "

Ling Xiao is not a person who takes advantage of the fire, he really wants the power behind Zhu Yu, but it is also to protect him, Ling Xiao does not trust Zhu Yu, but he believes in Lord Ling, who can make Ling Chunqiu desperately protect him. People are not really as miserable as the outside world says.

Ling Xiao looked at Zhu Yu squarely: "Whether you want to follow the king of England or not, I promise you today that if the king of England ascends the throne one day, he will bring the ashes of the virtuous king back to the imperial mausoleum, and let him have incense to worship, so that the soul of the emperor will not be left outside." drift."

Zhu Yu endured the pain for half a day and the tears flowed down her face. After sobbing for a long time, she got up and said, "I will follow the King of England to the death."——