Mask of Rebirth

Two years later, on the banks of the Jinsha River in Beiling:

The first heavy snowfall of this winter lasted for half a month, and the outside of the tent was already three feet frozen, but the inside of the tent was warm.

Xue Tian happily entered the camp with a few carps in his hands. He was tall and round, with a black face full of flesh, and he was always angry and fearful.But this smile is also approachable, even the guard guards dare to say something to him boldly, "The general is back."

"Well, go, bring in two more braziers, don't freeze my virtuous brother."

"Yes, General."

Xue Tian lifted the curtain and entered the tent, he smiled and said, "My dear brother, what am I doing?"

There is a person leaning on the soft couch in the tent, wearing a hemp shirt, cotton boots, and a wolf fur body. He looks like a butcher in the mountains, but looking at that face, it has a completely different feeling, as delicate as if it was carved out The facial features, water chestnuts are clear and flawless, and the tall and straight figure is heroic and heroic, just like a living Pan An.

At this time, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his eyes were full of smiles, "Sure enough?"

"As you said, I drilled a row of holes along the bank. I really let you talk. As soon as the ice fell, the fish jumped up like crazy, and they were all fat and big. Brothers tonight It's time to eat meat."

"It seems that there is fish soup to drink tonight."

"The fish soup is too boring. It's better to eat these few while roasting them, and drink some wine to get drunk. It will taste better."

The man threw the scroll on the table, showing a playful look, "I can guarantee that if you get drunk tonight, tomorrow you will be thrown into the Jinsha River by Lu Guo's army to feed the fish!"

"Hey, joking, joking, the military order is like a mountain, and I don't dare to drink if I borrow ten heads. After a while, I will ask someone to turn this fish into soup and make it up for you. You look thin, as if I don't give you food. .”

"I was born with it."

"If you want to eat fish and meat all day long like me, I don't believe that you don't gain weight."

As soon as the voice fell, I heard the guard outside the tent shouting, "General, urgent report!"

Xue Tian glanced back at his virtuous brother, saw him put the mask back on his face, and then shouted, "Come in!" When the guard came in, the two first saluted Xue Tian, ​​and then turned to face the man on the couch He cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Wei!"

"kindness."

Xue Tian took the military newspaper and opened it, and immediately frowned, showing displeasure, "Hmph, what a mess."

Wei Ziyang never read or asked much about the military newspaper. If it was not confidential, Xue Tian would tell him. Sure enough, he heard Xue Tian shouting angrily, "Why is he here? Is there no one in the court?"

"Who?"

"Who else is there, the Ninth Prince!"

Qin Mu!Wei Ziyang shook his hand and spilled two drops of tea.

It turned out to be him?It's been two years, I don't want to have another chance to see you again!

Wei Ziyang really has to thank Qin Mucai for being able to survive until today. If it weren't for the three life-extending elixir, he would have entered Jiuquan long ago.

Speaking of which, it was his fate. That day, because of the freezing weather, Lou Han could not dig a grave as a tomb, so Lou Han placed his body in a karst cave in the back mountain of Jinchan Temple, which was protected by the extremely cold air in the karst cave. His body was seven days later when the monks in the temple found him. At that time, Su Li looked like an incorruptible living dead.

According to the abbot of the temple, it is precisely because of taking the three life-sustaining medicines that the symptoms of suspended animation appear, and it is precisely because of the suspended animation that the toxicity can be restrained from continuing to attack. Baojin Huandan also has no power to recover.

Wei Ziyang fasted in the monastery for a year and his health has recovered for most of the time. He also took a lot of things lightly. He wanted to get away from the secular world and escape into Buddhism, but the host explained his thoughts clearly, "How can we escape into Buddhism when the world of mortals is gone? You better go down the mountain."

It seems that there was a definite plan long ago, Wei Ziyang accidentally rescued Qin Guo's army commander Xue Tian from the dead within a few months after he went down the mountain, and came to this military camp with him, becoming a guest of honor.

Since then, he completely abandoned Su Li's identity, and returned to his previous life name, Wei Ziyang, to become the military advisor behind Xue Tian incognito.

Xue Tian is grateful to Wei Ziyang, not only trusts him very much, but also entrusts him with important responsibilities, and rarely hides anything from him in the military.On weekdays, he is even more taken care of, and his food and clothing are treated the same as himself, and he even lives in the coach's camp together.Because Wei Ziyang didn't want to show his true colors to others, no one was allowed to enter here without Xue Tian's permission on weekdays. Even if the deputy commander came, he had to be notified by the defenders before he could enter.

Some people in the army have expressed dissatisfaction with this, especially the deputy commander-in-chief Xu Heng. However, Xue Tian is in power and is a relative of the emperor. Whoever dares to refute his decision can only let Wei Ziyang People stay in the barracks.

In fact, as a modern person, Wei Ziyang does not know how to march and fight, but he can always come up with strange and weird countermeasures when facing the army of former enemies.The tactics and strategies that I have seen in my previous life when I have nothing to do are vividly used.After he started to make plans, the war turned around immediately. The army of the Lu Kingdom, which was originally in dire straits, was now like a donkey circling around the mill. After several battles, it was still circling around the Jinsha River, restrained and unable to move at all.

Now the armies of Qin and Lu have been confronting each other here for a month, and the snow-capped river bank is full of black horses and tents on both sides, stretching for several kilometers, it is really spectacular to look at.

"A dude who knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long, he knows nothing about marching and fighting!"

Because of the grace of saving his life, Wei Ziyang was naturally grateful to Qin Mu. Hearing what Xue Tian said, he didn't even think about it and defended him.

"Hmph, Crown Prince? He doesn't do anything other than hugging those concubines and concubines all day long. He can't compare with the eldest prince in terms of martial arts, the third prince in essays, and the seventh prince in terms of filial piety. He became the emperor, and I was the first to lead troops against him!"

This Xue Tian is really fearless, Wei Ziyang shook his head helplessly, "He just wants to be an idle prince and doesn't want to fight for power. I heard that he is not bad. Besides, he was born in the royal family, sitting It is not normal to enjoy the glory and wealth, and there is no need for the elder brother to call him a playboy."

"Then what should I say about him?"

"En~~ rich second generation!"

"Ah? The second generation rich?" Xue Tian looked puzzled.

"Otherwise, you can call him Gao Fu Shuai, we are very popular." Qin Mu really deserves this title. "In the future, those big brothers who speak unscrupulous words should not talk nonsense, so as not to be charged with disrespect by someone who wants to hear it!"

As night fell, Qin Guobing had already fallen asleep peacefully after eating and drinking.Unexpectedly, within an hour, there was a rush of gongs coming from the outpost, "The enemy is attacking, prepare to fight!"

The flames lit up everywhere in an instant, and the black crowd flocked to the riverside.

The drowsy Xue Tian hurriedly put on his armor and rushed out of the commander's camp cursing. Wei Ziyang, who was lying on the other side of the bed, was safe, yawned lazily, and turned a page without haste. The book, I was fascinated by it.

It didn't take a while for Xue Tian's deafening laughter to be heard from outside the camp. The laughter was so terrifying that even the tent shook a few times, "Hahaha, brother, I finally know why you asked me to dig holes in the river Now, it turns out that fishing is fake, but setting traps is real, and those gang of thieves all fell into the river to feed the fish one by one. You are really amazing!" Xue Tian thought of those people falling into the river like dumplings. Feeling extremely refreshed, he slapped Wei Ziyang on the back, almost slapping him internally.

The Jinsha River is tens of feet wide, so the people of the Lu Kingdom naturally couldn't see what tricks the enemy army on the opposite side was stirring up on the river. When they sent people to sneak attack, the holes dug out were already covered with ice floes and covered by heavy snow. He walked forward, not wanting to fall alive and drown more than half of them.The remaining survivors were almost all shot into hedgehogs by the archers of the Qin State. Only two or three escaped back to the other side, and Xue Tian did not let them all be killed. Wan Lu's coach is about to suffer from insomnia again.

"The temperature has dropped sharply in the past few days, and the river is covered with thick ice. People and horses can pass through it. How could the Lu people be so stupid that they didn't take advantage of this to carry out a sneak attack."

"Hahaha, you deserve it! Another few hundred people have been lost for no reason. If the little emperor Lu Yang finds out, he will be furious!"

Those two words made Wei Ziyang frowned slightly, and there was a dull pain in his heart, and it took him a while to bear the feeling back, "Now teach them a little lesson, and they won't dare to disturb our dreams again , you can sleep well tonight."

Wei Ziyang's words really came true, the enemy army did not make any movement that night, and the enemy army did not come to harass again in the next few days as if they had learned their lesson.

Xue Tian was thinking of taking this opportunity to relax for a few days, or simply go to the nearby mountains to get some wild game to fight teeth, but who knows that the rich second generation that Wei Ziyang talked about actually arrived at the camp ahead of time.

Qin Mu didn't inform anyone in advance, a luxurious carriage and three hundred soldiers, when the sentinel sent a letter to Xue Tian, ​​the prince's carriage and horses had already arrived outside the camp.

Xue Tian was startled and almost fell off the chair, so he quickly put on his armor and went out to meet him, "My dear brother, you just wait here, and I will take credit for you in front of the prince in a while, and I will definitely ask you for a reward."

"Brother, I have already said that I am not in the mood to be an official."

"You just listen to me, those people who have official positions can save themselves from gossiping!" Xue Tian hurried out after speaking.

Wei Ziyang looked anxious, and looked at the carefully crafted silver mask, and finally put it on his face.

Xue Tian and Qin Mu are not close friends, they only met a few times in court and then the rituals passed. The last time the two met was five or six years ago, when Qin Mu was only two years old. early teens.

Although he is only around twenty, Qin Mu's reputation is not very good. It is rumored that he is not good at writing, not good at martial arts, and not good at power, so he can only rejoice.There are a large number of child lovers and concubines hidden in the mansion, singing and dancing every day, so they are happy and happy.Over time, the people of the Qin Kingdom thought that the Ninth Prince, who was most favored by the emperor, was a dou who couldn't get up.

What Xue Tian despises most is his kind of young master, so it is natural that his words are not respectful when talking about it on weekdays.While rushing out, he was thinking about whether to give him a blow and bring him back, so as not to cause trouble here.

"See the Ninth Prince! The prince is a thousand years old!" The generals came out to greet the soldiers, the deputy commanders, the commanders, the soldiers and the generals of each army, a total of hundreds of people, knelt on the ground in a black mass.

It was obvious that Xue Tian had come late, if he were to be the picky master, he would be charged with disrespect.

"Be flat!"

Xue Tian followed the deep voice, and was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that there would be such a big change in just a few years.Introverted, deep, without any exaggeration.If you look carefully, you will find that the face of the Ninth Prince Qin Mu is actually the most similar to the current emperor among the nine princes. He stands majestic and dignified in front of others, and his every move is quite poised.

Xue Tian rushed forward to meet him, and knelt down on one knee holding the Black Tiger Order in his hand according to the etiquette: "The last general Xue Tian sees the Ninth Prince!"

"General Xue has worked hard, please get up!"