The dead enemy in the previous life gave me joy

At this time, it is still winter, and the whole land has no life. Unlike the wet winter in the south, the north is cold, dry and windy. The irrigation will come in, and the blow will make the face hurt, and people can't help but tighten their bodies and shudder.

In the early morning, the carriage finally set foot on the northbound road again. Chu Chu was wrapped in a thicker robe and huddled in the carriage. The bones of the original owner were weaker than he imagined. , the soft skin on the face is about to be frozen and cracked.

Lu Ruo was applying the wood hibiscus ointment in the small porcelain bottle to him little by little with his fingers, otherwise he couldn't imagine what kind of face he would reach his destination.

Arriving at Qingmi means arriving at the border town of Sichuan Kingdom, and after leaving the city, you will be able to face Panning, the border city of Wangling Kingdom. The two cities are separated by an open field, which was the battlefield where the armies of Gu Zhai and Tao Jiang fought in the past.

A mighty team of chariots and horses entered from the south gate of Qingmi, and the people along the street knelt down and bowed down. An old man was the first to see Gu Zhai who was riding first, and he stood up respectfully and asked loudly, "Master General, are we here?" Don’t you need to start a war with the Ling Kingdom again?”

Gu Zhai rode on the horse, and replied: "The holy majesty personally sent the surrender officer to Bianyi, and he will surrender Ling Kingdom in a short time."

The old man led a lot of people to kneel and kowtow to the carriage behind, and shouted in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, and thank you for your compassion."

Gu Zhai's light words drew everyone's attention to Chu Chu who was sitting in the carriage. Chu Chu, who was sitting in the carriage, felt very uncomfortable. The common people are not at fault, the common people are not at fault, the soldiers are not at fault, then whose fault is it, the emperor of Sichuan who initiated this campaign, or who, he kept asking himself in his heart.

The carriage drove all the way into the General's Mansion. The General's Mansion is not the General's Mansion in Shangjing, but it used to be the city guard's mansion. Since the start of the battle in Chuanling, the original city guard was transferred away, and this small border town was taken over by Gu Zhai.Gu Zhai ordered people to re-expand the original city guard's mansion. In name, it was the general's mansion, but in fact it was the camp where the Sichuan army was stationed, and it was heavily guarded.

As soon as he settled down, Gu Zhai sent a person to inform him. Even in the general's mansion, that person was also wearing light armor. He looked like a member of the army. Chu Chu felt very familiar, like the Gu Zhai he had seen in his previous life. Lieutenant General Xie Lan.

The day for offering sacrifices to Weng Shu was set in three days, and after that, we had to wait to see the reaction from the Ling Kingdom. They had been delayed on the road for so long. Counting the days, the news of the confession to Yuchuan should have been sent back to the Ling Kingdom.

Xie Lan turned around and closed the door for Chu Chu, then went to look for Gu Zhai, and did not show any emotion until seeing Gu Zhai.

"Your Majesty is too negligent of the general, so he sent you such a 'sick man', and his subordinates don't seem to be able to take charge." He cupped his hands, bowed respectfully and saluted Gu Zhai who was standing in front of the defense map .

Gu Zhai answered him: "It's more like what I want if I can't be in charge. What I want is someone who can control and stand in front of us to face the Ling Kingdom."

"You have good eyesight, but this brain still can't learn to turn around and talk about how to find out that he is a 'sick boy'."

"It's not that the last general is talking big. I have followed you for so many years. Although I am not as powerful as you and not as quick-witted as you, I am more accurate than adults in judging people. My son, but that grown-up is different, the general listens to that one, his breath is uneven, even though he tried his best to cover it up, he still finds it difficult to speak long sentences, so it is concluded that he must be physically weak, since he entered the mansion, he has not exerted much effort Doing something that consumes physical strength must be caused by oneself, so it can be concluded that there is a disease."

"Nonsense, I don't think people's accuracy will be as good as yours, but if you dare to arrange me as soon as you return to Beijing, I think it's because you are used to being unrestrained in this army. Do you want to punish you to lead the army?" After joking with Xie Lan, Gu Zhai and Xie Lan corrected their attitude and told him, "There must be no problems in the grand ceremony three days later, and all aspects must be prepared. If Lingguo insists on pretending to be stupid, I will still give you the order to attack. .”

Gu Zhai added: "Also, we only need to play a supporting role during the grand ceremony, and don't steal the limelight from the recruiting officer."

Three days later, the Wengshu Ceremony.

Every household in Qingmi City obeyed the order of the General’s Mansion and hung up white ribbons. After the salute was over, the people kneeling on the long street saw two soldiers in the General’s Mansion each leading a long line of sacrificial uniforms. Walk out slowly.

After the two got closer, the people found that one of the leaders in plain white robes was a general they admired, and on his left was a man in the same plain clothes, carved in powder and jade, like a celestial being. people.

Chu Chu never thought that there would be such a day when he would be able to make a sacrifice for himself with nothing in his body, making good fortune and playing tricks on others. Maybe God really entrusted him with the great cause of saving the Ling Kingdom, "Heaven will send a great responsibility to the people, You must first work hard on your heart and mind, and work your muscles and bones."

The mighty sacrificial team walked out of the city gate and moved forward. After walking for a certain distance, Gu Zhai motioned for the team to stop, and told Chu Chu that the sacrifice could begin.

Chu Chu looked confused, and began to sacrifice?How to start, he tilted his head as if asking Gu Zhai.

Gu Zhai said lightly: "Didn't the recruiting officer write a sacrificial speech, just memorize it as it is."

After finishing speaking, Gu Zhai had nothing more to say to him, as if he really wanted to leave this matter to him, as if he was saying, you are the protagonist today, and I am just a supporting role.

Chu Chu thought of the article "Qingqing Zijin, caressing my heart" and felt that he was crazy, and he would really go to hell if he believed him, he actually believed that Gu Zhai would kindly arrange everything, huh.

Looking at the battlefield in front of him, recalling the past and the soldiers who died on the battlefield, Chu Chu took the lead in singing the mourning song alone. Do not belong to people.

The sad dirge sung from Chu Chu's mouth should obviously be against harmony, but no one felt it was wrong at this moment. Gu Zhai beside him was a little surprised, and that little surprise was quickly buried in endless mourning, Assimilate him.

The soldiers of the two teams were all infected by this sadness, and they imitated Chu Chu's sad tune word by word.

The soldiers of Chuan Kingdom didn't hate Tao Jiang, on the contrary, they respected the courageous and resourceful fighters more than the brave and intrepid fighters. Wars were never won by recklessness, and General Weng Shu of Ling Kingdom could With one's own strength, under the iron cavalry of their Sichuan country, they have resisted for so long, and they have already won the respect of the soldiers of the Sichuan country.

The long sacrificial team sang in unison, and the voice was carried far away in the whistling wind.

The guards and soldiers of the Ling Kingdom heard the Sichuan army singing a mourning song at their door, and quickly reported to the deputy general in charge of the city.

Chu Chu was secretly anxious. He didn't know how the Mausoleum Council would react to such an incident. He only hoped that the news had already been sent back to the Mausoleum State, so that there would be no short-term confrontation.

Suddenly the gate of Ling Kingdom opened, and Chu Chu watched a familiar figure jump out of the city.

The little black horse, Bai Yinjia, was confirmed to be Chai Lian, his deputy general in his previous life. Fortunately, he left the city alone. The little black horse stopped [-] steps away from them, and just quietly joined the sacrificial team confronted.

The man in silver armor jumped off the little black horse, thrust the banner in his hand into the sand, and knelt on one knee in front of them, expressing the sincerity of the Ling Kingdom's surrender. At that moment, the wind and sand were still in his eyes , even his breathing stopped.

"Xia Chai Lian, General Weng Shu's left deputy general, the spies of the Sichuan Kingdom are really powerful. I think you already know the news of the general's death. Well, we knew that it would not be long before we knew your intentions. , to become your vassal country, there is only one request, I hope that Sichuan Kingdom will not wantonly slaughter anyone in our Ling Kingdom, and we are willing to pay tribute and worship every year." The voice was sonorous and powerful.

Although the battle of Chuanling ended here and there was no more fighting, it was undoubtedly a good thing for the people on both sides, and it was also what Chu Chu had always wanted in his heart, but for some reason there was always a bit of bitterness.

Watching Chai Lian kneel down to those who robbed them, no matter he or any Ling countryman would feel great shame and humiliation, he calmed down his heart and looked at Gu Zhai, but at this time Gu Zhai was unmoved , as if he was going to leave everything to him, but, obviously, his touch was captured by his peripheral vision just now, why?

Chu Chu felt that it might be his own illusion, Gu Zhai beside him still didn't move, he couldn't let Chai Lian just kneel like this, and walked towards him alone no matter what Gu Zhai thought of him.

Chu Chu has a poor physique and is very thin. It was very difficult to walk in the wind and sand. Several times, people suspected that he was going to be blown away. It took a long time, but he finally walked to Chai Lian step by step.

"Xiaohua, stop kneeling, get up." Chu Chu said to Chai Lian in a low voice.

Chai Lian raised his head suddenly, trying to find the shadow of the old man in the person in front of him, but it didn't look like it, the figure and appearance of the person in front of him had nothing to do with it, and even the phrase "little flower" seemed to be a hallucination he had misheard .

"Chai Xiaohua, how long do you want me to wait for you?" Chu Chu frowned.

You can't be wrong, although this person doesn't look like the general at all, but the expression of frowning just now is exactly the same as the general, and the phrase "little flower", only the general would call him that.

Chai Lian got up and patted the sand on his lapel, straightened his silver armor, knelt down on the ground again towards Chu Chu, with tears in his eyes, "I thought no one would call me 'Little Flower' in this world, I thought the general You left us behind."

"I'm sorry for making you face so much alone. I'm back. I said I wouldn't leave you guys behind. How could I break my promise?" Chu Chufei urged him to stand up, fearing that people not far away would notice something strange. "When I first met you, you were a little soldier who was so hungry that you were about to pass out. I stole a chicken leg from the kitchen and gave it to you. I asked you your name. You asked me to call you 'Lian' and explained to me that it was 'The ripples formed by the wind blowing on the surface of the water', and I joked that you are a 'little water flower'. I kept calling you that, and later I promoted you to be my lieutenant general. went."

"Is it very powerful to be called Xiaohua?" Chai Lian replied angrily.

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if tens of thousands of years had passed.

It can't be delayed for too long. Fortunately, Chai Lian and him have been like brothers in the previous life, so he doesn't have to explain as much to him as he did to Yu Chuan.

The sacrificial team here has been waiting for a long time. Earlier, Chu Chu dared to walk towards the deputy general of the Naling Kingdom. Standing behind him, Mei Su, Lu Ruo and others regretted that they had not caught him in time, and they were already anxious. , I was afraid that something might happen to the young master. If Gu Zhai hadn't stopped him, they would have followed him a long time ago. At such a critical moment of negotiation on the battlefield, they couldn't act arbitrarily even if they wanted to protect Chu Chu, lest there would be more accidents.

Under the eyes of everyone, it was Chu Chu who approached the enemy on his own initiative. Even if the emperor wanted to punish him for failing to protect Chu Chu, he couldn't be too harsh on him.

From a distance, he saw the black horse start to move in the wind and sand. Yu Liangju was twenty paces away, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of them.

The two rode together, and Chai Lian held the reins and steered the horse, carefully guarding and sending Chu Chu back.

Gu Zhai was deeply astonished, how can Weng Shu's lieutenant be such an obedient character, who can tolerate strangers riding his horses generously, their relationship is so close?

But Gu Zhai didn't see any reluctance on Chai Lian's face, he secretly thought about what Chu Chu had done to gain Chai Lian's trust so easily.

Everything that happened today was not in line with his expectations, and this "little sick man" surprised him more and more.

The author has something to say: [1] From "Mencius Gao Zixia" "Born in sorrow, die in peace".

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Gu: During the grand ceremony, we only need to play a supporting role, and don't steal the limelight from the recruiting officer. (Wife protection get)