Jiang Qing

Without such a natural barrier as a line of valleys, Qin Chengze easily penetrated into the hinterland of the north and set up camp by the river.

The morale of the Liang army was high, but Qin Chengze did not take advantage of the momentum to lead his troops to attack again after crossing the first-line valley. The generals of the Liang army were anxious, but Qin Chengze just sent people to search for Mei Shao's body in the river.

Another day of salvage was over, and the Liang soldiers came to report to Qin Chengze as a routine.

"Your Highness, the body still hasn't been salvaged." Liang Bing glanced at Qin Chengze's rosy cheeks reflected in the bonfire, and the jumping flames swayed in his glazed eyes, making it impossible to see through the background of his eyes.

"Actually, the Li army has already hung a white cloth, maybe they have found the corpse...we still..." Liang Bing faltered and said his conjecture, he didn't understand why Qin Chengze was so obsessed with finding a general of the Li country The corpses, especially when the white cloths of the Shenyang Army were hung up, Qin Chengze actually ignored the current good situation and hesitated here.

Qin Chengze concentrated on sharpening a bamboo stick, and the long strips of bamboo fell down along with his movements and clustered around his feet.

He didn't respond, and Liang Bing didn't dare to leave without permission, so he stood there waiting anxiously. After about a stick of incense, someone came and said something in Qin Chengze's ear, and Qin Chengze's eyes lit up all of a sudden. , the alienated eyes turned into a playful color, and regardless of Liang Bing still standing, he directly talked with the general who came to pass the message.

"The news is true?"

The general glanced at the Liang soldiers standing aside, seeing that Qin Chengze had no intention of covering up, he said directly: "Bai Bingchen died in the Golden Temple, and all the ministers saw it with their own eyes. Later, when his ashes were sent to the White Mansion, the White Mansion There was also a conflict with the eunuch in the palace, and Bai Jianye knelt at the gate of the imperial city that night, asking for an explanation, but His Majesty didn't even see him."

Qin Chengze intercepted their correspondence, and saw that there were no major military affairs in it, and there were gossip in the words, so he knew that only the two of them could understand these letters, especially when Qin Chengze and Mei Shao were resisting like a raging fire, Mei Shao I was in the mood to write words reminiscing about the past, and asked Bai Bingchen if he remembered how they met when they reunited.

Qin Chengze didn't believe that they sent letters just to flirt at such a time, but after some investigation, he only knew that Mei Shao followed Li An into Pingdu, so he even asked Li An some past events on the sidelines. get useful information.

The undecipherable letter has always been a thorn in Qin Chengze's heart. He remembered that Mei Shao had done something to blame him in the Yanzhou hunting ground, and he always felt that Mei Shao's scheming shouldn't be so easy. .Even if Mei Shaoxin shot the arrow himself, Qin Chengze was still worried, so he asked someone to salvage the corpses of these days.

Even if Li Jun hung up the white cloth and the report of Mei Shao's death spread to Pingdu, Qin Chengze still doubted it until the news of Bai Bingchen's death came.

Bai Bingchen died in Pingdu, but there was no movement from the Li army. Only then did Qin Chengze believe that Mei Shao was really dead. If he was still alive, Bai Bingchen would not be brought down so smoothly by Cao Bai.

Now that Li Guo's two phases are lost, it is a good time to send troops to the south, and Cao Bai sent a letter at this time to tell him that he can move.

Qin Chengze raised his eyebrows, grabbed the prepared rabbit, neatly put it on a bamboo stick, and roasted it on the fire.

"If that's the case, let's order the follow-up troops to come from the north of the Yixian Valley. We will move tonight, and we will all be there at noon tomorrow. Let's visit Li Guo." Qin Chengze nodded to the general, "You go to the formation."

"Yes." The general took the military order and left. Qin Chengze slowly smiled at the Liang soldiers who were searching, "It's been hard these days, so there's no need to search any more. Take a good rest with your brothers and prepare to set off tomorrow."

Liang Bing got the words, saluted hastily, turned his head and walked a dozen steps before standing still and shivering, feeling cold in his heart.

Thinking of Qin Chengze's rare and gentle smile, he felt chills down his spine, and belatedly realized that if the good news hadn't come from Pingdu, the person strung on the bamboo stick might have been himself.

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Borrowed by the gust of mountain wind, a small team of about ten people quietly appeared on the Shanglin Mountain Road. They stopped at a place halfway up the mountain, watching the flow in the night from a distance——an army marched at night. Pass.

"Why did they move?" A questioning voice thought softly, and then fixed his gaze on a person who was still rubbing his eyes.

"How do I know?" Li An yawned, glanced at the man who was wrapped tightly by his side, with only one pair of eyes left, and said lazily: "I was woken up by you in the middle of my sleep. It's not the roundworm in Qin Chengze's stomach, so how do you know what's going on in him?"

Seeing that the man didn't speak, Li An bent his elbow and poked his arm, teasingly said: "Can you hold it? If you can't hold it, just say, there is nothing to pretend in front of me. If you want to die, you will look half-dead and half-alive. I’ve seen it before, it’s not impossible to live again after death.”

Mei Shao turned his head slowly, the huge hood covered his forehead, revealing most of his face was paler than the color of snow.

"Something's wrong." Mei Shao's voice was hoarse and weak, "He tried so hard to find my body before, and he still didn't believe it even after hanging up the white cloth in the army. There's no reason why he suddenly believes it now."

Mei Shao asked in a deep voice, "He really didn't ask you anything?"

"It's really nothing." Seeing his seriousness, Li An also thought about it carefully, and said: "I haven't had much contact with him recently, and he doesn't talk about military affairs very much. He always asks people confusing things. Every day he asked about my brother-in-law's privacy, and later asked me how I brought you back to Pingdu, anyway, I think he might have some problems with his mind."

"But I didn't say anything, and it was basically vague. I think he couldn't help it. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, if we don't grasp this great opportunity now, will it be delayed until the beginning of next spring? Are you still Spend less time, ride the horse with the injury, and don't leave any trouble." Li An knew that he was crazy and desperate, and he didn't expect that he would dare to show his heart in front of Qin Chengze this time, so that he could let him live. He shot an arrow.

The winter water was cold, although Chu Yan had been waiting downstream, Mei Shao was injured and soaked in the water for some time, and when he was fished out, his whole body was cold, no different from a dead person.

Afterwards, Mei Shao stayed in a hidden place for a few days before she could get out of bed. Hearing movement in Qin Chengze's army, she insisted on seeing it with her own eyes. It was useless to persuade her, so she followed her.

"You really dare to play this game under Qin Chengze's nose. If you make a mistake, you will die, and I will not be able to save you then." Li An remembered his surprise when he heard the news of Mei Shao's death, and still endured it. He couldn't stop saying a few words, "I thought that after you and Lord Bai were together, your temper became better, but who knows that you still have the same virtue as before."

Mei Shao coughed twice, his forbearing voice was shattered by the mountain wind, "I have fought against Qin Chengze, I know how good his archery skills are."

His dark eyes fell on the army moving below, he sighed extremely tiredly, and said softly: "Zang Yu, I'm tired and don't want to toss about anymore. This battle has been fought for too long, and it made me panic. If it doesn't end anymore, there are still countless entanglements waiting. Since he moved, let's make a break tomorrow. If it continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the flowering period in Pingdu."

"Okay." Li An restrained his smile, and said: "But with your body, it will be troublesome if you go, you can't do anything, you can at most watch from the mountain."

A smile finally appeared in Mei Shao's eyes, and said, "I'm not going, what should I do if I don't have someone to meet me?"

Li An glared at him angrily, and said helplessly, "I'll go and run errands for you. Anyway, when the fight starts tomorrow, Qin Chengze will know my real purpose, and there's nothing to hide, that's—"

He deliberately emphasized: "I'm just afraid that General Mei is from Li country, and I'm from Jiang country. I don't know if General Mei can let me take care of him..."

Mei Shao hesitated for a moment, Li An pretended that he was really thinking about this question, and wanted to scold him angrily, but seeing Mei Shao tilted his head slightly, he asked softly, "You've been at the border for long enough, don't you come back?" Is Chaotang really okay?"

After all, Li An is now the king of the Jiang Kingdom. Although the land of the Jiang Kingdom is not large, he frequently intervenes in the affairs of other countries. I am afraid that he will be criticized.

"Are you asking this?" Li An didn't think it was a secret, and said directly: "At the beginning, Yu Liang supported me to ascend the throne of God, just because he wanted a puppet emperor with little power. His wish?"

"Aren't you afraid that when you go back, Jiang Guo will change hands again?"

"My vengeance has been avenged. Master Yibuyi doesn't make any difference to me. You are afraid that Jiang Guo will not be as easy-talking as me if he changes his master." Li An raised his eyebrows, as if he understood what he meant, and said "Don't worry, Yu Yan is there. She doesn't want to be controlled by the Yu family for many years. I just gave them a place and time to make a break. She wants Yu Liang to withdraw from the court even more than I do. The internal affairs of their Yu family are still left to the public." They figure it out on their own, so I don't have to worry about it."

"Your queen?" Mei Shao asked after thinking about it.

Li An jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "Don't, don't, don't talk nonsense, she and I get what we need, and I haven't touched her, so don't be in the military." Nonsense..."

Mei Shao smiled slowly, and said intentionally: "The matchmaker is getting married, carrying eight palanquins, worshiping the queen who has no bridal chamber flowers and candles? Do you believe this? Or do you say that the customs of Jiang and Li are different, I am ignorant and ignorant Why don't you go back and ask Prince Sheng?"

"Mei Chongjin!" Li An couldn't hold back all of a sudden, if it wasn't for Mei Shao's injuries, he would have jumped on Mei Shao's horse, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense to Yixiong..."

"Oh..." Mei Shao responded meaningfully.

Li An was very angry, but Mei Shao is a person who can't beat or listen to scolding. He held back for a long time, and had to close his folding fan together, and lightly tapped Mei Shao's shoulder, "Did you hear... If you talk nonsense, Tomorrow, I won’t go to meet you for you.”

Mei Shao saw the luggage department of the Liang soldiers below, estimated in his mind the time when they would arrive at the Liang camp, reined in his horse and turned back, focusing on answering Li An's words.

"If you don't go, don't go. Anyway, it's your brother-in-law who lures the enemy. It's okay if you don't go to meet him."

"You plot against me!" Li An called out and followed. "Even if I didn't take the initiative to mention it just now, you will still find a way to get me to accept it, right? You are scheming, cunning, old... disrespectful..."

Li An cursed in a low voice, hanging his head, and followed behind, as if listless, without the vigor he had when he came here just now.

"I'm younger than you." Mei Shao couldn't hear anymore, and said directly: "Then are you going?"

"Go!" Li An gritted his teeth bitterly.

Hearing that Li An was still grinding his teeth, Mei Shao's depressed mood suddenly became more relaxed. At the critical moment of life and death, he could still trust each other. There were not many friends who gave their lives. He entrusted the most important battle to Li An, Li An He also accepted it with a smile like a joke, but Mei Shao knew that since Li An agreed, he would do it.

"Thank you." Mei Shao looked back and gave him a gentle smile.

Mei Shao stretched her eyebrows and smiled lightly, making her pale face overflow with light.

Even though he knew that this man was so wicked that people couldn't take his eyes off him, Li An was still taken aback for a moment, then turned his head away and cursed in his heart: Bai Bingchen is not here, who is he laughing at?

Thinking this way in his heart, the original rambling scolding stopped, and Li An awkwardly said: "I am helping my brother-in-law, not helping you... Besides, I said thank you, which is light and light, and there is no thank you gift. "

"When you win, I'll treat you to a wedding wine." Mei Shao smiled boldly, walked out of the mountain path, and rode away.

Li Anmeng froze, raised his whip to catch up, and threw his face regardless of the wind, and said in surprise: "You and Mr. Bai... have your dates been fixed?"

Mei Shao's brows and eyes were soft, and his eyes were full of yearning and hope. His joyful voice was split by the wind and echoed in the mountains for a long time.

"When the pear blossoms in Pingdu are in full bloom, it is a good time. It is advisable to return to the capital and leave the pear blossoms in vain."

The author says:

No prize quiz——

Meimei's secret letter: "Do you remember the first time we reunited after a long absence?"——What does he mean?