Zha Gong's evolutionary path

On Changqing Mountain, warblers fly and grass grows, and spring is harmonious.

Li Xiran put down a sack of lively wild game, and said to Yan Shuli who was squatting by the water to wash his palms, "Extend your hand."

Yan Shuli hesitated a little, so the man squatted over and grabbed his wet palm involuntarily.When his eyes touched a wound the size of a copper coin on the tiger's mouth, his eyes darkened.

Yan Shuli smiled and said: "It's not a problem, I usually do farm work, and there are many cases of accidental injuries with knives and axes, just wash it off."

Li Xiran looked up at him, then lowered his head again.

Yan Shuli suddenly felt a heat in his palm, and a soft and moist tip of his tongue gently licked his tiger's mouth, tingling and numb.

Yan Shu's face burned.

He wanted to withdraw his hand, but Li Xiran grabbed him tightly.The two tugged slightly by the stream, Li Xiran was very stubborn, Yan Shuli finally had to give up and let him go.

The man not only licked the blood from the wound clean, but also pursed his lips lightly along his wrist, and the wet feeling ran up his arm and throat along the tiger's mouth.

Yan Shuli's scalp felt numb, and he tried his best not to let his legs go weak.

He whispered: "Brother Li, thank you, I'm fine."

"We were wounded in the army, and when there was no wound medicine around, we would use saliva to help clean the wound, which is more effective than water."

Li Xiran took his palms and looked back and forth for a while, confirming that there was no other injury, and still holding on to Yan Shu, "You rolled down the hillside in order to save me, and I want to make sure that your wounds don't get infected and worsen."

Yan Shuli lowered his head and said, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't chased that pheasant to such a deep place, Brother Li wouldn't have been ambushed by those bandits..."

Li Xiran shook his head: "Those people are not bandits."

"Aren't they bandits?" Yan Shuli was stunned. "They were dressed in such rags and carried strange weapons. Aren't they robbers who blocked the road and robbed money? I saw more than a dozen of them rushing over together, and their legs were so frightened that their legs went limp... ..."

Li Xiran said coldly: "Where are there bandits who act in such a uniform manner? All of them have naked eyes, agile movements, and their attacks are going to the point. These people are from the other side of the mountain." He spat, "Go down!" Let me run into them again, Ben—I won't let them go."

Yan Shuli said timidly: "Brother Li is saying, are those people soldiers from Qi, Qi? Why did they come here? Did Shu Liu drag you down..."

Li Xiran looked at him, his eyes became softer, he patted his shoulder lightly, and comforted him: "No, you didn't drag me down. Fortunately, you sounded the warning in time, otherwise I fell into their trap just now, I'm afraid It’s impossible to find a bargain.”

Yan Shuli let out a long breath, and patted his chest, "Brother Li is so powerful, even without me cheering and cheering, even if there are ten more people, I wouldn't be afraid!"

"That's different, I really took it lightly." Li Xiran picked up the bag of game again, and said, "Let's go, before those people catch up."

"Brother Li, are you going back to the camp...?"

"Soldiers from Qi State dared to invade Changqing Mountain in broad daylight. I must find out what their intentions are." Li Xiran frowned, "Yanliang has been fighting Qi State for several years, and the other party has been suppressed and unable to fight back. In the past two years, they have become fierce and dare to bite us. I heard that they have a newly promoted general, could it be that guy's idea..."

Yan Shuli said happily: "Whatever general he is, with Brother Li and you here, Yan Liang will definitely be fine!"

"You." Li Xiran patted his forehead with a solemn expression, a pair of peach blossom eyes that did not match the nature of soldiers' killing and killing, showing a doting smile, "If all the people and soldiers in Yanliang, there are people like you How good it would be to have faith. Let's go."

Yan Shuli blinked, and said reluctantly, "Then... when can I meet Brother Li again?"

Li Xiran thought for a while, "Seven days from now, Big Brother Li is still waiting for you at the old place."

"Well, it's a deal!!"

Watching Li Xiran's back disappear halfway up the mountain, Yan Shuli immediately took it back with a smile on his face, and put on a thoughtful expression.

He carried the results of a day's hunting in the mountains with Li Xiran, and hurriedly walked towards the south of the mountain.

After walking for about an hour, passing through a wild osmanthus forest, a simple forest hut came into view.

"Mom!" He yelled outside the house.

The door of the wooden house opened after a while, and a village woman in her fifties with a sick face slowly appeared at the door.Yan Shuli went forward to meet her, and thoughtfully held her arm, and the two entered the room together.

After closing the door, the sick-looking peasant woman suddenly changed into a radiant expression, and her attitude towards Yan Shuli immediately became respectful: "This subordinate has seen the Major General."

Yan Shuli threw the prey on the foot of the table and waved his hand.

The peasant woman whispered, "Did Jiu Qi and the others succeed?"

"Nearly killed this general." Yan Shu left the road, but there was no complaint in his tone, but a bit of a smile, "This plan worked, and Li Xiran was no longer wary of me. He gave a general overview of their camp's recent movements. Tell me a little bit, although not all of it, it is enough for us to make a preventive plan."

"The military master surnamed Li is really cautious. When the major general was away, he visited twice in person. He said he was giving some food and clothing to his subordinates and taking care of our mother and child. In fact, he was to confirm the major general's fabrications. Is there a real person in his background." The peasant woman said, "Fortunately, the major general predicted the enemy's attack first and did not leak any water, so he tricked the military master into going. Yanliang's lower-ranking soldiers all have this kind of cautious quality, which shows that they That general who conquers the North named Lin, is well-mannered."

Yan Shuli said: "He wholeheartedly wanted to lure me into the army, but unexpectedly, I lured him to confide in information step by step, ha. It's really a mantis catching cicadas, and the oriole is behind."

He thought of Li Xiran's appearance, and the corners of his lips evoked a smile unknowingly.

The peasant woman observed her words and expressions, and said: "The young general has a lot of heart for the military master surnamed Li. But on the days when he went hunting in the mountains with him, every time his subordinates saw the young general, they would always look happy. The young general appreciates him so much, Is it possible for that person to be used by me, Da Qi?"

Yan Shuli said angrily: "He has a very rigid temper, and he talks about a set of theories of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. I don't expect..."

He suddenly recalled the feeling of being grabbed by that man's wrist and licking his wound, Li Xiran's warm breath sprayed on his palm, obviously there was no more intimate contact, but his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

He shook his head in confusion, trying to get rid of the strange palpitations, and said: "He, Shu Liu, a mountain villager, and an ordinary non-commissioned officer met by chance. At most, it was a while later. To persuade this man to surrender Li Xiran, it is harder than climbing to the sky, it is best not to have such expectations."

"The tone of the major general seems to be very regrettable."

Yan Shuli smiled, "It's true that he speaks sharply and thinks carefully, but it's a pity that he has a different way of thinking."

The peasant woman said: "There is one more thing to report to the general. The doctor named Moyi arranged by the general has successfully mixed into Yanliang's recruit team. According to the general's instructions, he was told not to contact any Qi people. No one can do it." Find out about him."

Yan Shuli nodded, "Moyi is a very important pawn, and unless it is absolutely necessary, you can't take his step."

"When does the major general plan to go back?"

When the peasant woman asked this question, she thought that Yan Shuli's goal had been achieved this time, and it was time to go back and continue to rectify the military affairs and arrange the next step of the battle.Unexpectedly, their major general was stunned when he heard the words, and after a while he said: "I still have some things to finish."

The meaning of his words was quite vague, as a subordinate it was not easy to ask about the commander's affairs, so the woman pretending to be his mother stopped asking.

It's just that the time when the major general appeared in Changqing Mountain was much longer than in the past year, and sometimes it seemed that he just wandered around the mountain with nothing to do.

Yan Shuli asked himself, the information that Li Xiran could obtain was pretty much the same, why was he still looking forward to meeting that person again in seven days?

He didn't even hesitate to spend a few more days of hard life in this wild forest.

"Are you leaving?" He made an appointment with Li Xiran to meet him in seven days. Yan Shuli wanted to spend a while with him without distraction, but a heroic figure in silver armor and red robe waited for him.

In front of him, Li Xiran was always dressed as a villager, but today he was rarely wearing a battle armor.

The silver armor was in good condition, shining sharply in the sun; the red robe was as dazzling as a flame, making Li Xiran's slender and straight figure even taller, and his handsome face full of vitality.

Behind him was a tall maroon horse, its hooves pawing the ground lightly, and its brown tail flicking back and forth in the air.

He looked at Yan Shuli apologetically, took the astonishment in the other's eyes as dissatisfaction, and said apologetically, "I know I promised to stay with you for a few more days, but the military situation is urgent... There is a lot of movement in Qiguo, I heard that people have been assembled to attack the border, so I can no longer stay in Changqing Mountain and stand still."

"You're just a small officer patrolling the mountains. Why do you have to go to such a dangerous thing on the battlefield!" Yan Shu was inexplicably upset.

Naturally, he knew that his deployment was to make a feint attack on Yanliang's southwest border, and he also knew that Yanliang's general who conquered the north was about to face a big enemy and was preparing to lead his troops to the southwest border.It's just that he never thought that Li Xiran, an ordinary soldier who patrolled and hunted in Changqing Mountain every three days, would also be transferred to the front line to fight.

Although he is nimble, his sword has no eyes on the battlefield. If he is injured, or dies at the hands of Qi State soldiers...?

Li Xiran said with a smile: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. I am originally one of Yanliang's soldiers. If others are on the battlefield, I naturally cannot fall behind."

After thinking for a while, he took out a lotus-shaped jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into Yan Shuli's hand.The jade pendant was hooked with a string of exquisite golden bells, and the long snow-white tassels fell under it, and one could tell at a glance that its value was extremely low.

"I'll take this for you. It's my apology for regretting the contract." Yan Shuli wanted to refuse, but Li Xiran gently pressed the back of his hand to stop him.The man squinted his eyes and chuckled, "Take it well for me, I'll come back safely from the battlefield, and I'll be the first to look for you."

Yan Shuli said: "I'm not a daughter's family. If I hold such a delicate jade pendant, I'll be laughed at!"

Li Xiran raised his hand to gently stroke his cheek, the burning heat of his palm made Yan Shuxin's head shake.

He subconsciously wanted to back away, but he seemed to be haunted by the warmth in the man's eyes, unable to move a bit.Holding the jade pendant in his hand foolishly, he watched Li Xiran get on his horse.

"This jade pendant is my family heirloom. I took it to the battlefield. It would be a pity if it was lost. You keep it for me. Brother Li will definitely thank you when he comes back."

Afterwards, Yan Shuli thought countless times, he was really stunned, how could Li Xiran, an ordinary soldier, hold such a precious heirloom jade in his hand?

He has known him for more than two years, why has he been unable to notice that behind Li Xiran, the man named Lin Gongru also happened to be named "Xiran"?

Maybe Lin Gongru didn't intend to hide him from the beginning, it was because he was too conceited that he fell into it unknowingly.