Minister

77【Six Years of Jiankang】

On December [-]th, King Qin's troops were divided into two groups. One group stayed in Fengyi with the soldiers who came to support, and the other group went south to return to Beijing.Wei Chi assembled the remaining [-] soldiers, arranged for people to collect Geng Zhuqiu's body, and made preparations for the squadron.

At noon, after saying goodbye to Fengyi's county magistrates one by one, Wei Chi left the west gate, and the troops slowly headed towards the capital.Less than a hundred miles away, there was a commotion at the end of the team. King Qin reined in his horse and stopped, and saw a small group of cavalry leading a strong man coming over.

"Drink? Why are you here?" Wei Chi smiled and looked at Tu Huzi who was tied up.The cavalry around laughed coaxingly when they heard this.

"This kid has been following behind for a long time, and he didn't go back even if he was asked to go back, so he was simply tied up!" A small hundred households headed by laughed.

"Who is this?" King Qin raised his eyebrows and asked Wei Chi.

"Xiaomin is the people of Fengyi - Tu Huzi." Tu Huzi has sharp ears.

"What are you doing here?" Wei Chi signaled King Qin not to worry, and asked him after getting off his horse.

"Xiaomin has thought about it and is willing to follow the adults." Tu Huzi suddenly knelt down with a serious expression.

The more than two hundred former departments were very happy, they had a very good impression of this young man, and they were very grateful to him for being able to send charcoal in a timely manner.

Wei Chi walked up to him and helped him up: "If you think about it, it's not difficult to keep you, but you won't be able to come back just after you leave."

Tu Huzi nodded: "Think it over, I have my elder brother to take care of me at home, I really want to join the army."

Seeing his serious expression, Wei Chi knew that he was not joking, so he asked someone to bring wine and put it on the ground: "Once the rope on your body is cut, you will no longer be a commoner. If you think about it, will the broken rope be continued?" Up."

Wei Chi drew out the sword at his waist: "Have you thought about it?"

Tu Huzi grinned: "Master Wei...sometimes you really talk like a bitch."

Tu Huzi felt his ears turn cold, and Wei Chi swung his sword against him, almost breaking out in a cold sweat: "Oh! Master Wei, you are avenging yourself!"

Wei Chi kicked him: "Hmph! Go over and drink the wine, let's go!"

The sergeants around laughed again, seeing that Tu Huzi pretended to be embarrassed and picked up the wine jar and 'rolled' out.

King Qin couldn't help but also smiled, and when the troops moved forward again, he couldn't help asking Wei Chi, "Where is that man?"

Wei Chi thought for a while: "How about His Royal Highness Prince Qin taking him back to Jade Dragon?"

King Qin shook his head: "He has no military status, since you agree, don't care about my business."

Wei Chi twitched his lips: "The embryo of such a good general should be given to His Highness, but His Highness doesn't want it, and I will not be polite."

King Qin glanced at Wei Chi: "A gentleman doesn't take what others like, what do you think?"

Wei Chi smiled now: "Your Highness is very good at talking, but I still have to leave it to His Highness to enlist in the military." Wei Chi pointed to Hu Yanglin beside him: "I have already thought about it, and I will be assigned to him. Your Highness does not want this matter." shirk."

The King of Qin sighed: "If that's the case, I still can't push it... You are smart and calculating! This is a favor! This king has written it down."

Wei Chi laughed haha: "Just write it down. In the future, King Yan will come and pay it back."

Hu Yanglin was smiling, but his face turned blue inadvertently, and he found an excuse to go around to the rear army.

Near dusk, the surrounding mountains suddenly became clear, and after a few more steps, a large area of ​​water broke through the mountain road.Walking on the cliff just feels like walking on water.After walking for half an hour, the army arrived at the foot of the mountain. If it hadn't been for the construction of plank roads, I'm afraid that the endless waters have cut off all paths!

"This is?" Wei Chi was deeply shocked by the magnificent scenery.

"Could this be... Gu Island?" Xue Zhu was also surprised by the vastness of the waters.

Under the sunset, the waters are endless. Is it really just a lake?It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the sea!

King Qin pointed to the little blurry shadow in the lake: "That's Gu Island, and this is Jinghu Lake."

The people camped on the white sand by the lake, and a small group of local villagers was brought by the patriarch to meet King Qin, Wei Chi and others.The village household registration here is extremely strict, and non-local people will not accept refugees at will.The taxes here are all paid by the imperial court, and the villagers are responsible for cleaning the plank road and supporting the generals on Gu Island, so they are very familiar with the officials.Neither Xue Zhu nor Wei Chi dared to ask about the messenger, but just listened silently to King Qin talking to the patriarch.After everyone finished talking, Wei Chi couldn't hold back: "This lake is really big, but it looks really calm."

The old patriarch stroked his beard and bowed with a smile: "This lake is strange. Sometimes the mountain wind is strong, but there are no waves, and sometimes the sky is clear but the waves are turbid. Small people don't take it easy. The boats that go into the water are meant to transport food on the island, and they are big boats weighing ten thousand catties, and smaller boats are prone to accidents."

Wei Chi felt a chill in his heart, but he still couldn't show it on his face, so he laughed and gave up.

After finishing business, it was getting late, Wei Chi sat alone on the edge of the camp - this place was a cliff, quite high, the lake water under his feet hit the cliff, flashing low-level spray.At this moment, Jinghu Lake is quiet, and the sunset glow makes the water surface red, with the snow-capped mountains and sunset, it is too beautiful to behold.But Wei Chi believed the old man's words, although the lake was beautiful and quiet, but there was not a single water bird flying on the lake, as if living things were not allowed to pass through here.

"Master Wei," Xue Zhu walked over carefully holding the rock, and also picked up a rock to sit on: "I secretly inquired, I think that young man wants to sneak down to the lake..."

Wei Chi sighed: "He is from Fengyi, so he shouldn't know how powerful this lake is."

"We gave him the paperwork for paying food, but we didn't give him the paperwork for customs clearance..."

This is indeed a pass, without corresponding documents, the boatman here will not send you to Gudao.And this kind of document is a secret of the Ministry of War, it is very likely that it is a talisman, and it cannot be copied for a while.The young man must have had to go down to the lake without it.

"I asked about it. Indeed, during that time, the village lost a small boat, and we are still investigating... I think if he failed to land on Gu Island, it might have been an accident." Xue Zhu suddenly smiled. : "Shaohu, I suddenly feel that we are lucky."

Wei Chi also smiled strangely, and raised his eyelids to look at the lake. The blurry island is inlaid in this beautiful picture. The guard on the island is a very famous guy. In fact, it is very likely that he can recognize this document. It's fake... We are really lucky.

Wei Chi stood up suddenly, picked up a white stone, and threw it into the lake suddenly. The stone was like a grain of dust falling into the sea, and it was sucked in without a sound.

"No wonder General Geng is so angry! Gudao is indeed very close to Fengyi!" Xue Zhu looked at Wei Chi's back: "The first emperor built Gudao first, and then built Fengyi. Forgot to design Fengyi's new city. It can be seen that this place can be attacked, retreated or defended, with continuous aid and food, and no one can take it away. It is really a powerful place."

"However... it was almost captured." Wei Chi took over the conversation: "I talked with King Qin a few days ago, and the emperor probably didn't want to tolerate those veterans anymore. In such a battle, victory can destroy Monan. The meritorious service of the world, the next best thing can disarm the warlords, and also get the benefit of digging a sore, just shed a little blood, it seems that the emperor is very willing."

"Are both General Wang and Monan hurt?" Xue Zhu asked.

"That's not counting..." Wei Chi sat down and stared blankly at the bright lake surface: "If you want to talk about injuries and defeats, they are the common people, from Monan and Central Plains."

"Going back just in time for the Chinese New Year... But how many family members will not be able to pass the New Year this year, and their flesh and blood will never be separated?"

"Qiu Shi, do you like being an official?" Wei Chi suddenly turned around and asked.

"I think I like it!" Xue Zhu smiled: "More or less, something can always be changed."

Some things have changed more or less, but how much blood, tears, and sacrifices have been made during this period?

"Do you know Saul Hahan?" Wei Chi suddenly asked: "The eldest princess of Monan is a very strange woman. She told me that she wants to give Monan a peaceful and prosperous world, where everyone is free and every family is prosperous."

Xue Zhu let out a sigh, stood up slowly and walked to Wei Chi's side: "You are very similar to her."

Is it similar?Wei Chi thought to himself that it was actually not the same.The mountain wind quickly swept the setting sun into the bottom of the lake, and then the calm and magnificent lake surface suddenly turned dark, and the water also had a strange fishy smell.Xue Zhu was momentarily made dizzy by the miasma, and grabbed Wei Chi's arm with one side of his body.

"Are the two adults down here?" A person dressed as a villager walked over here: "It's getting dark, the two adults should stay away from the lake!"

Wei Chi supported Xue Zhu and climbed up cautiously.Xue Zhu was still in shock: "I laughed, I laughed!"

"What's there?" Wei Chi smiled and said, "If it weren't for natural dangers, how could we block powerful enemies? Hehe... But, doesn't this lake freeze?"

The villager scratched his head: "I never heard that it freezes, but the winter waves come later, but... I heard from the old man that it is not uncommon. This lake is long. In the past, when there was no seal, the barbarians would not like it." Coming here, after all, the mountains are high and the water is deep. But after Jiaxing was built, the place was indeed very rich and produced well salt. The barbarians had to use their brains. Fortunately, the emperor was wise and built Gudao and Feng. Yicheng, the barbarians can no longer toss about, haha."

There are no sailors in Monan, so they can't get through.Fengyi is also an iron city, it is very difficult to take it down.Back then, the late emperor tried his best to take back the two thousand miles north of the Great Wall, and his calculation was right.Today, only less than [-]% of the troops defending the Great Wall are used to guard the border, but the border is unprecedentedly stable. The former emperor is indeed a genius.With this east wind, Jiaxing, which was backed by the old Great Wall, prospered. His taxes can not only support the city defense in the north, but also meet the needs of the imperial court. It is really a good deal.

"Send Master Xue back to rest first, and I'll sit down for a while." Wei Chi handed Xue Zhu to the villager, took a torch, and walked along the shore of the lake.

"Hey! Master Wei! Don't wander around, be careful of being eaten by fish!" Xue Zhu was very uncomfortable by the smell.

"Okay!" Wei Chi shook the torch in his hand: "I'll be back in a while."

After walking half a mile along the campsite, the terrain began to become steeper, and the white beach was far away, and the black waves rolled with white foam and sprayed thinly on the cliffs along the coast.Wei Chi climbed up a few more steps, and felt that the rock was a little loose. Knowing that he could not go outside, he touched a small tree and sat down next to it.The stones beside him were all sharp-edged. It seemed that this place often collapsed. Wei Chi touched one and held a torch to light it. After a closer look, he found that it was limestone.Seeing this, I can't help but think of Pu Dacheng, the guard on Gu Island. This old guy has been on Gu Island for more than ten years. How much money has he earned?The dark lake surface could not see the distance clearly, and the place called Gudao became more and more mysterious.After squatting by the stone for a while, he felt that the fog on the lake was getting thicker, and Wei Chi had to stand up and prepare to go back to the camp.Just as he was about to leave, he was caught by the dead tree beside him. With the help of the flickering torch, these tree branches seemed scary with their teeth and claws.Wei Chi stuck the torch on the ground, bent over to untie the corner of his clothes, but no matter how hard he pulled, he couldn't remove it.Wei Chi wiped the sweat from his forehead, sighed, and thought of the little official named Xing Yun who delivered the letter.

"Feng Yi has defended it." Wei Chi didn't know who he was saying this to.

After thinking for a while, Wei Chi took out his dagger, carved this sentence on the small tree by the light of the fire, and then cut off the corner of his clothes with the knife.

Sudden!Wei Chi felt the rocks under his feet tremble slightly, the sound of booming came from far and near, and the cold breath rushed towards his face—a landslide?Wei Chi secretly sighed that it was bad!

Wei Chi grew up in the mountains. Although he was afraid in his heart, he knew that there was absolutely nothing to panic at this time, so he just stood firm and prepared to go down the mountain.After only taking a few steps back, Wei Chi felt a burst of snow slag rushing towards his face, and he didn't care about anything else for the time being, so he quickly covered his face with his palm.Between his fingers, he suddenly saw a shadow flashing in front of his eyes, but it was strangely clear in the darkness. The withered dwarf tree flew madly towards the edge of the cliff on the rolling ice slag. Wei Chi could even see the tree clearly. The robe whose corner was cut off by myself,

Feng Yi defended it! ! ! !In a trance, Wei Chi heard the sound of the wind as if it was shouting—then the dead tree seemed to be carrying light in the darkness, soaring high, and then disappeared into the water.

Wei Chi was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he looked at his feet. He saw that a step away was already a broken wall. Just now, the place where he sat was completely destroyed by Liushi.Wei Chi raised the torch but could no longer find the original trace.