The Blood Crown

The servants lit the charcoal fire and laid out the mattress. The house, which has not been lived in for 20 years, finally has the warmth of the world.

Yuan Nanyu went to bed first, looked around the window curtain, touched the mattress with his hands, and said with emotion: "I used to think this couch is very big, and we often squabbled on it, but now I can only stretch my legs. "

Yan Sikong walked over, he was wearing a plain white undershirt, his shoulders were thin, and the fabric on his chest was a bit empty, his black hair was hanging down like a black cloud, covering only a narrow side of his cheeks.

Yuan Nanyu frowned: "Second brother, why are you so thin?"

Clothes are bloated in winter, and you can't see it at all at ordinary times.

Yan Sikong sat on the side of the bed, said indifferently: "I wasn't fat in the first place."

"No, you used to be much stronger." Yuan Nanyu held Yan Sikong's shoulder, feeling like he was grabbing a bone, "You are too thin now, do you eat well?"

Yan Sikong smiled and said: "Of course there is. You practice all day, you move more and eat more. I can't compare with you."

Yuan Nanyu still didn't believe it, so he grabbed Yan Sikong's wrist and checked his pulse. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but he couldn't.

Yuan Nanyu frowned: "Your pulse is too weak, it wasn't like this before..." He said impatiently, "Are you injured?"

Yan Sikong wrote lightly: "These years have been wandering and moving, and I have been exhausted. Naturally, my body cannot be compared with when I was in the prime of life."

"No." Yuan Nanyu said decisively, "Second brother, don't forget that my master is Yaogu Que, what are you hiding from me?"

Yan Sikong stared at Yuan Nanyu's stubborn eyebrows, and said helplessly: "The fire I set off... how can I get out of it."

Yuan Nanyu suddenly lifted Yan Sikong's loose skirt, Yan Sikong froze, but did not stop him.

Seeing the large burn marks on Yan Sikong's back, Yuan Nanyu's face changed instantly, he opened his mouth, and said in a trembling voice: "...what else."

Yan Sikong whispered: "There are some on the legs and hands."

Yuan Nanyu's trembling hands touched the hideous scar, his eyes were red.

Yan Sikong smiled lightly: "It's also a coincidence, the clothes can cover it, so it doesn't get in the way, your injury is still on your face, wouldn't it be more..."

Yuan Nanyu hugged Yan Sikong's shoulders, feeling his heart ache like twisting.

Yan Sikong felt sore, he patted Yuan Nanyu's hand: "It's okay, the pain is gone."

Burning pain is the death penalty in the world. Yuan Nanyu has suffered it himself, but a small piece on his forehead is enough for him to have nightmares for several years. He dare not think about what kind of pain Yan Sikong has suffered. He cried Said: "It was I... who left you in the enemy camp."

"It's not your fault." Yan Sikong said firmly, "I went to burn Chen Yu's granary, not to save you, because you were already safe at that time, if the battle is over sooner, there will be fewer casualties, and I will also I don't want to see Dasheng soldiers killing each other, Yu'er, that's my decision, it has nothing to do with you."

Yuan Nanyu shook his head, feeling extremely uncomfortable: "How do you live these days, can there be a good doctor to heal you? Can there be good medicine to relieve your pain?"

"It's all over." Yan Sikong comforted, "She Zhun prepared me the best burn medicine from Medicine Valley, and I'm fine now."

Yuan Nanyu wiped away tears: "Show me the medicine."

Yan Sikong took out the medicine bottle from his simple luggage. Yuan Nanyu opened the medicine bottle and smelled it: "This should be prepared by my second uncle. It is indeed a good medicine for burns. In the future, you can mix the medicine internally and apply it externally. I will match them all, and I must take good care of your body."

Yan Sikong smiled and said: "Okay." He stretched out his hand and rubbed Yuan Nanyu's face, "You are now a general, why are you still crying like you were a child, and if you spread it, you will be laughed at died."

Yuan Nanyu said in a hoarse voice: "I only do this in front of my second brother." The world is big, and now only in front of his second brother can he let go of all precautions.

Yan Sikong said softly: "Don't cry, I'm fine now."

Yuan Nanyu couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart: "Second brother, you are good at everything, but your fate is not good."

Yan Sikong smiled wryly, "You are right."

"But we can't accept our fate." Yuan Nanyu held Yan Sikong's hand tightly, "When the golden dog is driven away and Chen Yu is defeated, no one in this world can hurt the second brother at all."

Yan Sikong lowered his eyes: "...OK."

Yuan Nanyu hesitated: "Is Second Brother worrying about Feng Ye?"

Yan Sikong couldn't help laughing mockingly, but didn't answer.

Yuan Nanyu sighed: "Eldest brother and him have done too many wrong things, and what they get now is their own fault. But I see you... lovers torture each other, and I feel very uncomfortable."

Yan Sikong said coldly: "He and I have long since reached the end of our relationship. How can there be a lover. Could it be that he asked you to be a lobbyist?"

"No." Yuan Nanyu quickly argued, "I can be stubborn and charge for him, but I will never help him persuade the second brother and embarrass the second brother." He whispered, "In his own heart I know it too, so I never mentioned it, just ask me to accompany you well."

Yan Sikong breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Yuan Nanyu's character was one that valued love and righteousness, and was easy to soften his heart, so he suddenly felt that his tone was a little harsher just now, so he comforted him: "Second brother didn't mean to blame you, but tonight, I just want to relive my childhood with you, and I don't want to talk about anything else."

Yuan Nanyu nodded, smiled softly and said, "I have a lot to say to my second brother."

The two lay side by side on the couch, recalling the past, the night when they returned to the old house after 20 years, it was laughter and tears that accompanied them to sleep.

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Zhuo Letai's actions became more and more serious. Since Huangshui was frozen, he picked countless ice stones from the river and transported them to the suburbs of Guangning in batches. Horses, but the effect is not great. The real threat to them is the big ice cubes that cannot be cut or pierced by swords, but are about to smash on their city walls.

Yan Sikong pondered for many days, finally thought of a plan, and brought it up during the discussion.

"Building the city wall?" Liang Huiyong asked puzzled, "It's freezing cold, the city wall built is not strong, and the time may not be enough."

"It's not a real city wall, but a defensive wall stack, which doesn't take much time."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not quite understanding what Yan Sikong was talking about.

Yan Sikong took out a scroll from his sleeve, and spread it out: "I have drawn the blueprint, as long as I follow the construction, it can be completed in at most [-] days."

Several people gathered around to take a look, and they were all stunned.

According to Yan Sikong's drawing, it is necessary to build three wall stacks about two feet long on the original city wall. After the construction is completed, the facade of the city wall will be in the shape of a "mountain" character.

They have never seen such a strange city wall in their life.

"This..." Liang Huiyong was puzzled, "Is there such a city wall?"

"It didn't exist before." Yan Sikong said, "Now it does."

Feng Ye pondered for a moment, then said: "Firstly, these three wall stacks can protect the original city wall from part of the cannonball attack, and secondly, no matter where the enemy troops attack the city, as long as they enter the range of the wall stacks, they will be attacked from all sides. .” He took a deep look at Yan Sikong, without concealing the admiration and desire in his eyes, “A clever plan.”

Yan Sikong avoided Feng Ye's eyes.He knew that Feng Ye must be the first person to understand his intentions. Although the two often disagreed with each other when leading troops in battle, they could understand each other's thoughts as quickly as possible. honed in combat.

Yuan Nanyu suddenly realized: "So that's the case, and this kind of wall pile is much easier to repair than the city wall, second brother, what a plan!"

Yan Sikong nodded and looked at Liang Huiyong: "General Liang, what do you think?"

"Okay." Liang Huiyong's eyes lit up, "It's not too late, we need to fix it right away, before the Jin soldiers attack the city."

"It must be done quickly. If it is really too late, at least the structure must be built and then poured with ice water. They are only useful for this time."

Feng Ye said: "Mr. Liang, the soldiers and horses of my Feng family army are also at your disposal to repair the wall."

Liang Huiyong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Wolf King." He took the blueprint and left in a hurry.

"Second brother can think of building a city wall like this, it's really unprecedented." Yuan Nanyu praised without hesitation, just like when he was young, he was proud of every bit of Yan Sikong's excellence.

Yan Sikong smiled wryly and said: "There is no one before, this is the Simplified Wengcheng, but it looks a bit weird."

"To repair the Wengcheng, the shortest is three months, and the longest is a year. According to the method of the second brother, it will not take a month."

Yan Sikong nodded: "However, don't rush to praise me, no one knows that a war is really going on, this thing is not very useful."

"It will definitely work." Yuan Nanyu said firmly, "Even if we can't defend against their cannon stones, as long as the golden dog gets close to our city wall, it can't escape from our front, from the top of the head, from the side, or from the back." Bows and cannon."

Feng Ye also said: "I also thought that these three 'mountain'-shaped wall stacks can greatly enhance the defense of my city wall, and it is more flexible than the Wengcheng. This battle is just to test its effectiveness. If it is useful, it should be followed by the world."

Yan Sikong cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to the praise of the Wolf King, I hope this wall can protect my Guangning Guard."

Yuan Nanyu said: "Second brother, please give these three walls a name."

Yan Sikong said: "Then call it 'Mountain' Wall."

Feng Ye said: "Mountains are so majestic and unshakable. With this 'mountain' guarding Guangning, it must be indestructible and unbreakable."

Yan Sikong could feel Feng Ye's hot, focused, and wanton gaze, but he never looked back, he got up and said, "Yu'er, I'm going back home first."

"Okay, I'll send someone to take you off."

Feng Ye also stood up: "I used to be a guest of Yuan Mansion, and now Yuan Mansion has a master again, when can I be invited to visit?"

Yan Sikong lowered his eyebrows and did not speak.

Yuan Nanyu looked a little embarrassed. One was his brother and the other was his king. He held the hilt of the sword and said, "Wolf King, the humble house is simple, and now..."

"I don't care." Feng Ye stared straight at Yan Sikong.

Yan Sikong sighed inaudibly: "The wolf king is willing to condescend to come to the humble house, and my two brothers will be the landlords."

He knew that Feng Ye did it on purpose, not because he was afraid of Feng Ye's aggressiveness, he just didn't want to embarrass Yuan Nanyu.