My years as a soldier

It wasn't until Cao Yi died that He Tiantong finally spoke out again.

"Come on, things are over now, pack up and go back." He said to Chen Fan, and yawned, "It's a big night, it's enough to make these troubles happen. But fortunately, my son It's okay, don't delay here, you and I can't afford to freeze Shizi to death."

"Yeah." Chen Fan responded.Looking at this posture, He Tiantong wanted to ask him to clean up the mess again.

Chen Fan glanced at Hu Jiuzhang first.Seeing the chief speak, the soldiers who followed didn't get much benefit after all, and they followed the cool breeze all night. At this time, most of them were not interested, and they all looked indifferent, and they didn't bother to restrain Cao Yi's body. , only Hu Jiuzhang was half kneeling there, with his head down, wondering what was going on in his mind.

Chen Fan got off his horse, but didn't go to Hu Jiuzhang's side.He immediately went to the small group of people who were looking after Li Muyun.

"How is the son?"

Chen Fan took the torch, looked forward, and found that Li Muyun had already woken up.

I don't know who brought out the quilt from the small temple, and it was already wrapped tightly by Li Muyun.But even so, Shizi's complexion was still not pretty, even under the orange-yellow firelight, he could still see the light blue color on his sickly face.

As soon as he met Li Muyun's eyes, Chen Fan quickly handed the torch to his subordinates, knelt down on one knee, joined hands and saluted Li Muyun as a standard military salute.

"Chen Fan, the bad commander of Chang'an County, the villain, pays his respects to the prince. Is the prince okay?"

When Chen Fan bowed down, he purposely turned half of his body sideways so that Li Muyun could see the situation in the courtyard.Not for anything else, but for Li Muyun to say a good word for Hu Jiuzhang, that unlucky bastard who keeps saying "Brother Cao" when He Tiantong is liquidating later.

"I'm fine..."

Li Muyun's voice was fluffy, and he sounded weak, but he still looked proudly at Chen Fan.This is probably the natural nobility of the heirs of the royal family, right?Chen Fan sighed secretly.

"Where's Old Hu?"

When Li Muyun said this, Chen Fan was taken aback by the question.He thought for a long time before joining his hands and responding to Li Muyun, "Hu Jiuzhang is fine, now that Cao Yi is dead, the son need not worry."

Chen Fan spoke softly, but before he finished speaking, he heard a series of hurried footsteps behind him.Immediately afterwards, He Tiantong fell to his knees in front of Li Muyun with a thud, his appearance was filled with panic.

"He Tiantong, the county captain of Chang'an County, please pay your respects to King Su's son! Don't be afraid, Mr. Cao Yi, who has already subdued the law on the spot. I will send someone to send the son back to the mansion for safekeeping so that the son will not suffer any more. damaged!"

He Tiantong said it righteously, but when he said the word "return to the mansion", Li Muyun's face suddenly showed a strange look, and He Tiantong was stunned.

"I was going to leave Chang'an this time, but now you ask me to go back, what do you mean?"

For Li Muyun, it is engraved in his bones to speak like a high-ranking person. He said with a cold face that he didn't need to make too many ups and downs in his tone, and he already made He Tiantong tremble three times.

"The lower officials are terrified." He hastily put his hands together and bowed down to Li Muyun, "The lower officials don't know what your son wants, so don't you plan to go back to your residence?"

"Where I'm going is none of your business."

Li Muyun still had a cold face, as if strangers should not enter.

He Tiantong's hot face was posted on his cold butt, no matter how sophisticated a person is, he would lose face, let alone this He Tiantong who has such a good face.

Seeing that He Tiantong stood there in a daze, Li Muyun squinted and smiled instead.

"Lieutenant He, I know that you have worked hard. This escape is all thanks to Captain He's rescue. Your contribution will never be forgotten by Su Wangfu."

Li Muyun's understatement brought He Tiantong's interest back to a climax in an instant. He just gave a big stick, and then threw out a sweet date, calling He Tiantong yes, no, no, no. No, after a bit of tweaking in my heart, I still had to accept the good son Li Muyun gave me.

It's not that He Tiantong is sloppy, it's just that what Li Muyun said is right on his vital point.

He Tiantong's trip tonight is all to make Su Wangfu remember his love.Now that the son of the world has promised himself, his goal has been achieved.

"Where is this saying, my son!"

He Tiantong put on a smiling face again in a flash, "I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do. As long as the son is okay, this trip will not be in vain."

"Don't worry." Li Muyun understands He Tiantong's plot, "I will not forget it, and Su Wang's Mansion will never forget it. Now that the thieves have been eliminated, County Captain He doesn't have to stay here to accompany me to cool off, earlier. Go home and rest. Don't publicize this matter, just report it back to the palace tomorrow morning. My concubine mother will be in a good mood when she sees you."

Li Muyun said casually, but He Tiantong frowned suddenly as he listened.

"Since the son mentioned the concubine, the next official thought there was something troublesome, so he asked the son to explain it."

"speak."

"Since the son will not follow the official back to the palace, what if... the princess doesn't believe the official's words, what should I do?"

He Tiantong frowned and squinted in distress, Li Muyun only sighed softly.He had already expected that the other party would ask about this.

"Lieutenant He County, all the things I brought out before I left were confiscated by the thief and put into the carriage. You ask someone to take out the things in the carriage."

"Hey!"

Seeing this, He Tiantong quickly beckoned someone to move things into the car.After a while, I saw two armored soldiers carrying the big rattan box that was stuffed to the brim, and respectfully placed it in front of Li Muyun and He Tiantong.

"Master, here are the things."

It was He Tiantong who got up personally, opened the rattan box for Li Muyun, and saw a white cloth bag wrapped in coarse cloth on the top of the box.

Li Muyun stood up straight with the help of the military doctor at the side, and glanced inside the box.

"Lieutenant He County, open that cloth bag."

"Well."

He Tiantong opened the cloth bag in response, and saw four or five small items that Li Muyun carried with him laying inside intact. Those items seemed plain and unpretentious at first glance, but the exquisite carvings on the corners were by no means ordinary craftsmen Comparable, those who know the goods can tell at a glance that this is Datang's top goods.

Li Muyun randomly picked out a jade pendant and handed it to He Tiantong.

"I keep this thing with me all the time, and my concubine will recognize it when she sees it. If she doesn't believe you, you can show her this jade pendant, and she will understand everything."

"This……"

He Tiantong's eyes were fixed on the white jade pendant in Li Muyun's hand, and he wanted to evade it, but as soon as the jade pendant touched his palm, He Tiantong's mouth, which had just opened, changed its tone.

"Remember, lower officials!"

After saying this, the jade pendant went into He Tiantong's wallet.It is still placed in the chest placket, so it is not to mention how well it is kept.

A pendant sent He Tiantong away, and Li Muyun became tired.With the help of the military doctor, he lay back in the bedding, just lying in place, but he was not in a hurry to change places.

Chen Fan volunteered to take care of the aftermath, and He Tiantong didn't bother to talk to him, so he happily went back with the reward, and even took Jing Zhaoyin's soldiers away with him.Only Chen Fan and his bad guys were left to deal with Fan San who fell to the ground, and Cao Yi's horrific corpse.

What surprised Chen Fan was that Fan San was still alive after being stabbed by Cao Yi.I don't know if Cao Yi was merciful, or if he was already too seriously injured to kill him.

But he didn't die, and Chen Fan, a bad guy, couldn't make up for it here.He had no choice but to call someone to help Fan San take care of his wounds, and finally the living and the dead were carried back to the city with the broken wooden planks picked up from the small temple.By the time Chen Fan finished his work, it was already early morning.The wind in the countryside has become extraordinarily cold.

Li Muyun, who was lying on the ground, was carried back by Hu Jiuzhang to the campfire in the small temple, but Hu Jiuzhang's complexion did not turn better from the beginning to the end.

After he settled Li Muyun, he went back to the courtyard to look for Chen Fan.

"Brother Chen, you said this..."

"You want to talk about Cao Yi?"

"Ah."

Hu Jiuzhang's eyes were lowered, but the brows were tightly locked, as if something was always on his mind and he couldn't figure it out.

"Why didn't he kill someone?"

Hu Jiuzhang raised his head suddenly, his eyes were directly on Chen Fan's face.

"It's all come to this point, why doesn't he kill people? If he wants to escape, there are always a lot of opportunities to escape."

"If it was you, would you kill him?"

Chen Fan didn't open his mouth to answer the question, but asked Hu Jiuzhang instead.

"Yes. It's just that I don't know if I can kill it or not."

"If it were me, I would do the same." Chen Fan decided, he looked at the silver moon shining in the sky, as if he had fallen into the past.

"But I dare not say that I can get out of here unscathed. After all, Cao Yi's skill, I dare say, is also top-notch in Datang."

"But why didn't he run away? Or...he didn't want to live anymore?"

"This..." Chen Fan sighed softly, his eyes were also serious, "Jiu Zhang... As a soldier, there are actually only two choices. You can only choose one of them, not both."

Chen Fan said quietly.

"The first one is to fight for yourself or others; the second one is for Datang. I dare not say it to others, but I myself chose the first one back then, and I don't regret it until now. .I think Cao Yi...he should want to have both. He chose to stay for Ding Xiaozhan, and chose not to hurt people's lives for the sake of Datang. Can't do it. In the end, he is the only one who dies..."

Chen Fan let out a long sigh, with some inexplicable sadness in his eyes.

"Jiu Zhang, if you had the chance to return to the army, how would you choose?"

"Me?" Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help being stunned. He never thought that he would have the opportunity to return to Beiting to continue fighting on the border.But if the old mother at home is safe, he thought, he would have to go back to the regiment no matter what.You have to say goodbye to the big guys one by one. The five years in the military will be truly complete.

"For me... If possible, I would like to choose both, but if I have to give up one anyway, I think my choice and Brother Chen's will be the same."

Hu Jiuzhang said calmly.When he looked at Chen Fan's face, he saw a slight smile on the corner of Chen Fan's mouth.

"Why, kid, isn't Datang worth your life to protect?"

Chen Fan asked back jokingly.

"Da Tang is too far away from me, Brother Chen."

Chen Fan smiled, and Hu Jiuzhang also showed a little smile on his face, but there was a bit more bitterness in that smile.

"What the hell is Datang? I still can't figure it out... Do you think that Datang is the old emperor in Chang'an City? But I don't even know what he looks like. Or, Datang is me, Tang Qian Millions of people? But you, me, and Cao Yi, aren’t we also people? Officials don’t take people’s lives seriously. Even if we fight for millions of people, we will benefit in the end. Isn’t it those officials above? I don’t know who I have protected... Besides, those officials...do they really need people like us to protect? I can’t even see it..."