The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Bai Yu was so angry that he didn't even eat dinner, and kept crying until Chunyu Xuan came to coax him.Yan Xun didn't pay attention to it all the time, but the sergeant guarding in front of the Chinese army's tent couldn't stand it any longer, and said to Chunyu Xuan: "General, that young master has been crying for a long time, the stone lion should be relented."

Chun Yuzhen didn't know whether the "stone lion" he was referring to was a general term or a specific one. He only knew that Yan Xun was a metal stone lion, or the kind that had been frozen in the ice cellar for 14 years.

Bai Yu cried and complained to Chunyu Yu, "I'm also kind, I caught such a fish, roasted it and gave it to him, but he still said that about me!"

Chunyu Xuan asked, "What are you talking about?"

Bai Yu repeated it with sobs.

After Chunyu Xuan listened quietly, some pity gradually appeared in his eyes.It's just that this pity doesn't seem to be directed at Bai Yu.

He sighed, "Don't cry, let me tell you a story."

The Yan family is the century-old general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Since the founding general Yan He, every generation must be famous.Yan Xun's father, Yan Jun, was a well-known general during the late emperor's reign.

So Yan Xun was trained as his father's successor since he was a child. When he was first brought into the military camp by Yan Jun, he was only 12 years old.

A 12-year-old child is not as tall as a war horse, and can't hold any swords or guns. Of course, he can't go to the battlefield immediately.

When Yan Xun was young, he liked to eat preserved deer in the capital.When he followed his father to the west for the first time, he thought he was going to some fun place, so he asked his mother to put a large bag of preserved deer in his luggage.Yan Xun's mother didn't think too much about it, her son loved to eat, so of course she wanted to buy it for her.

When they arrived at the front of the two armies, Yan Xun's bag of preserved deer was soon discovered by Yan Jun.Yan Jun didn't say anything at the time, and Yan Xun finished eating the preserved deer with peace of mind.

But the young Yan Xun never expected that after the war ended and Yan Jun led the troops back to Beijing, his childhood would come to an abrupt end so unexpectedly.

He was locked in the house by his father. Apart from the bed, tables and chairs, military books, and pens and ink, there were only five boxes of preserved deer in the room.He can't go out, the only thing he can eat every day is these preserved deer, and the white water sent by his servants.

Yan Xun was locked up and ate dried deer for two whole months without any other food.In the end, even when he reached the point where he could immediately spit out the word deer preserves, Yan Jun would not let him out until he finally ate all the deer preserves.

After eating and vomiting, Yan Xun lost a lot of weight in those two months, and almost got sick.

His mother hugged him and cried for half the night, had a big fight with his father, and was so angry that he took him back to his natal home.

"I'm one year older than the general, and I played with him all the way. I remember that the general never said that he likes to eat anything after that." Chunyu Juan's expression was gentle, but his words were sad.

Bai Yu stared at him blankly, everyone was dumbfounded.

Chunyu Xuan said: "The words that the general told you are what his father said to him when he was a child. I know that he really shouldn't impose the grievances he suffered on you, but I think you can understand a little bit now Some of him. Isn't he?"

Bai Yu wiped away her tears and nodded vigorously.

Seeing that he stopped crying and began to eat, Chunyu Xuan felt relieved and got up to leave.As soon as he went out, he bumped into a figure in white robe and silver armor.

Just as Chunyu Xuan was about to speak out, Yan Xun waved his hand and turned to leave.

Chunyu was stunned for a moment, then asked the guard at the door, "How long has the general been standing here?"

The guard said: "General, not long after you went in, the great general came."

"……understood."

On the second day, Gao Yi received Yan Xun's order to send Bai Yu home.

"Where is your home?" Gao Yi asked him.

"On Tianchuan Mountain."

"On the mountain?" Gao Yi asked curiously, "Your parents are hunters?"

"I... have no parents." Bai Yu whispered, "I was raised by my master."

Gao Yi didn't ask any more questions.He doesn't know how to comfort others, and seeing Bai Yu's calm expression, he doesn't seem to need others to comfort him.

The distance was not too short, so Gao Yi prepared two horses, led a gentle one, and asked Bai Yu, "Can you ride a horse?"

Bai Yu shook his head: "It should be fine if you walk slowly."

Gao Yi gave a "hmm" and helped him get on the horse.

Chun Yujing watched from a distance, but still couldn't hold back the turbulent questions in her heart, "General, did you really let him go like this?"

Yan Xun glanced at him, and suddenly said without thinking, "He's only 16 years old."

"What's wrong with being 16 years old? When we were his age, the enemy's heads were chopped off." Chun Yujing shook his head and sighed, "The past can't be recovered."

Yan Xun showed a gentle smile, and said softly, "If I had a choice, I would really like to try digging a hole in a frozen lake in winter to fish and eat when I was 16."

Chunyujing froze for a moment, then turned to look at Yan Xun.The smile on the corner of his mouth is so lonely, like a tree with all its leaves, so desolate that it makes people feel sad.

Gao Yi took Bai Yu out of the barracks and went all the way.

Just as Yan Xun was about to open his mouth to arrange today's affairs, he saw a report: "General, the emperor sent an imperial envoy to deliver an order, and he has arrived at this moment."

"Imperial envoy? Who is it?" Chunyu Jing asked.

In the large tent, Yan Zun lazily nestled in a chair to warm himself up by the fire, "I have been the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for three years, but I have never been to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to serve, I just run errands for the emperor!"

"Even if the emperor wants you to go to the sky to pick the moon, you have to honestly build a ladder." Chunyu said, "Besides, it's so boring to stay in the Ministry of Punishment. You can't wait to run around."

Yan Zun laughed, "Brother Yunhui, you still understand me. My brother, why hasn't he come?"

Yan Xun was wearing a white robe and silver armor shining in the sun, and he was wearing a pair of snow-white tiger-head chiseled golden boots, with sharp spurs.He is a standard general in stature, eight feet tall and majestic, full of vigor and power.

When he came in, although he didn't look unhappy, Chunyu Xuan and Yan Zun still became nervous unconsciously.

"Why are you?" Yan Xun frowned.

Yan Zun jumped up, "Brother, don't be so quick to dislike me, I am here to serve as a soldier this time!"

Yan Zun brought 20 shi of military rations, 500 million taels of salary and hundreds of carts of fine wine.He said: "The emperor said that the right to drink should be given to the army to keep out the cold. Why don't you hurry up and distribute it to everyone?"

"Have you got a drink?" Chunyu Jing was the first to yell.

Yan Xun glanced at him, couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, get out, share the wine with them. If anyone gets drunk and pissed off, he will drink horse urine for a month according to the military law."

Yan Zun stuck out his tongue in disgust, took out another roll of yellow silk, and said, "The emperor has a secret order for you."

Yan Xun was at a loss when he saw the emperor's handwriting on the secret decree.

The emperor said that he wanted him to send all the white jade back to Shangjing, the capital.

Yan Xun's expression changed, and he repeated in a low voice, "...Bai Yu?"

Chunyu Yu glanced at him quickly, curled up his fingers, and quickly let go.

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Gao Yi pointed to the distance and said: "Is that your home? You just said that there is a poplar tree in front of the house."

Bai Yu nodded, "That's right there."

He soon felt that something was wrong.His family has a dog named Rhubarb, and if he walks this distance on weekdays, Rhubarb should have smelled him and ran out to greet him.Why hasn't there been any movement since today?

When he rode his horse through the poplar grove, he saw the ruins of a small lonely yard... in front of him.

Bai Yu was able to go home with great difficulty, and was always in high spirits along the way.But when he saw the current appearance of his house clearly across a stream, he felt as if he had fallen into icy water, and his whole body was cold.

The walls of the small courtyard, which had been newly built not long ago, were only left with jagged earthen walls blackened by the fire, and there were only square holes in the window lattices, and there were broken bricks and tiles everywhere. It had been burnt down, and the house could clearly be seen to be empty.Wild birds heard the noise and flew out of the window opening with a flutter.

The fire has obviously spread to the surrounding forests. Fortunately, the heavy snow has cleared and the snow in the forest has not yet melted, which did not cause a mountain fire.

Gao Yi was also stunned.The scene in this small courtyard is already like this, that Bai Yu's master...

Bai Yu's heart was beating fast, she rushed to the yard and stood there blankly, her legs were weak and her hands were cold.

"Master, Master!" He called out helplessly.

Facing the hut was a small main hall, where a tea table and two chairs were placed, and a large cabinet was placed by the window. The door of the cabinet was open, but there was nothing in it.

On the left side is a bedroom, which is connected to the study room. There are no books on the bookshelves, and there are no clothes in the closet.

On the right side is another bedroom, which is connected to the kitchen, the same as the left side, Bai Yu took a look and did not see the corpse, so she was slightly relieved.Taking a closer look, there was nothing in the room except the burnt-out tables, chairs, benches and beds.

"Don't worry, could it be your master who moved it away?" Gao Yi said.

Bai Yu shook his head, "If Master wants to leave, he will definitely tell me. Besides, even if he moves away, why burn the house down?"

"Then, did you meet a thieves? Or is it an enemy seeking revenge?"

Bai Yuqiang calmed down and thought carefully.If it's a thieves and thieves, they just rob and steal and leave. Why waste time setting fire to the house?

What's more, the whole courtyard was burned to ruins, so it could be seen that it wasn't just a small fire, but a lot of wine or oil was used to ignite it.Such painstaking efforts should not only be for property.

Bai Yu looked around the room, trying to find some clues, but everything had been burned, and he couldn't find anything.

But sometimes no clue is the biggest clue - there is nothing in this room, there were many books on the bookshelf, but now there is not even a scrap of paper left.Even if the books were burned, there should be many ashes.

Thieves and thieves, I have never heard of someone robbing other people's books.

At this moment, in the bushes not far away, several figures flashed past in a hurry.