Broken Iron Clothes

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The rain had just stopped, but in a blink of an eye it was the day before the expedition. Jiang Shiqing couldn't sleep well, turned over and subconsciously looked for someone, but when he stretched out his hand, there was nothing.

Five fingers grasped the empty pillow and paused for a while before realizing that the residual heat on the side of the couch had dissipated, and Jiang Shiqing's heart was empty, and he woke up with a start.

The battlefield mixed with gunpowder smoke and blood mist suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, he sat up in panic, his eyes searched the corners of the room, until he found Yuan Mucheng's baggage that was still placed in front of the cabinet, his hanging heart was slightly settled.

The door squeaked softly, Yuan Mucheng pushed the door open and entered, just now he raised his eyes to look at the bed, and then met the eyes with lingering fear.

He could see that Jiang Shiqing was afraid.

Thinking of that pitiful look in his heart, he closed the door casually, and when he was about to walk towards that person, Jiang Shiqing had already walked in front of him with bare feet and approached him.

Jiang Shiqing grabbed Yuan Mucheng's robe, regained a trace of peace of mind from his embrace, and hid tightly in the warm breath that enveloped him, unwilling to leave.

The western region was his nightmare, and now that Yuan Mucheng really wanted to go there, the fear in his heart suddenly poured out, and finally got out of hand today.

Yuan Mucheng got away from the busy military affairs, and suddenly realized Jiang Shiqing's dependence, so he hugged him intimately for a long time, then rubbed the back of his head, and said softly: "It's only a moment, don't sleep for a while?"

Jiang Shiqing said, "I can't find you."

"I just went back to Prince Jingping's mansion, and I have to go back and take care of it before I leave," Yuan Mucheng whispered in his ear, "I'm in Huaichuan, I'm still here."

But Jiang Shiqing was so obedient, he didn't talk too much when leaning against him, like a frightened kitten, it burrowed into the soft fur of the big dog's belly, and its cocked tail was still swaying outside to invite pets.

Yuan Mucheng smiled next to him with his head down, stretched out his hands to wipe away the fine sweat from his neck, then gently pulled his earlobe, and said in a tone of teaching: "It's not hot now? I don't even wear shoes."

Jiang Shiqing didn't answer, but only sweated half of his body in his arms, and then gradually recovered from the horror of half-dream and half-awake.

He let out a long breath, stood up straight, and asked, "Are you busy today?"

"Don't be busy," Yuan Mucheng said, "The elder sister has already left with Xuan and the army. I will start from here, and I will meet her in about five days. I have already arranged for the baggage team. Tomorrow you The people who have left will follow the team, and when they pass the Bianwu River, they will withdraw from the team and go south to Hegu to wait for your news."

Jiang Shiqing nodded absently, with some depression still remaining in his eyes, Yuan Mucheng stretched out his finger to press the corner of his mouth, pushed it up, and made a smiling face, which made Jiang Shiqing smile a little.

Seeing his mood warming up, Yuan Mucheng said: "Is it true that I don't want to say something to that idiot Xu Guo? He saw that Lin Song stayed, and now he thinks that he can stay too."

Jiang Shiqing shook his head: "He said that he is still unwilling to leave. Tomorrow he will be filled with medicine and hid in the convoy. When he wakes up, it should be too late to turn around."

Jiang Shiqing was eager to send away everyone beside him, not even keeping Xu Guo who was closest to him on weekdays. Although Yuan Mucheng knew that this was Jiang Shiqing's preparation to get away, he still panicked.

Thinking about it, he straightened Jiang Shiqing's head, pinched the man's chin, and said in a cold voice, "Huaichuan, promise me again, will you be safe?"

Seeing Yuan Mucheng's solemn face, Jiang Shiqing also lowered his tone and said, "I'm not in good health, but I will definitely live to see you."

But Yuan Mucheng's face was heavy, and he explained to himself: "I greeted at the Dudu's mansion, and I also thanked Wen's mansion. There are thirty soldiers by my side, and twenty of them will stay in Prince Jingping's mansion at any time. At your command..."

Putting his fingertips on his lips to stop talking, Jiang Shiqing looked at Yuan Mucheng and smiled: "I can assure you, I will go to you, I don't need to keep so many soldiers, and with Yi Qinchen's help, I won't be alone. "

Jiang Shiqing tiptoed up to kiss his lower lip, then cupped his face and said softly, "Xiao'an, as long as you live, I will live."

Yuan Mucheng clasped his hands tightly, and used his arms to hide Jiang Shiqing's soft body that belonged to him in his arms.

"Huaichuan, let's go out of the city, okay?"

"it is good."

The two tight bodies on the horse's back galloped out of the city facing the long wind. Jiang Shiqing was surrounded by Yuan Mucheng, and when he leaned back a little, he bumped against his chest.

They are intimate, bright and willful in front of others.

In the end, Yuan Mucheng stopped his horse at a hillock, and the sky looked clear when he saw the sun, but the boundless blue was intermittently blocked by the clouds across the sky like a long bridge.

Yuan Mucheng pointed to the wide and long avenue under his feet facing the shining light from the gap in the clouds.

"This road runs another three miles, you can go west or north," Yuan Mucheng put his arms around Jiang Shiqing's waist, and put his face close, "Tomorrow I will lead the troops to pass by here, so don't come and see me off. "

"I was afraid that if I saw you tomorrow, I couldn't help but go crazy, so I carried you on the horse regardless, and ran away sullenly."

Jiang Shiqing leaned back, pressed his cheek and asked, "Where are you going?"

Yuan Mucheng enjoys this quiet moment, and even hopes that the flowing sea of ​​clouds will freeze.

He just wanted to stay a little longer.

"I want to take you to meet my father, worship my mother, enter my Yuan's house, be my Yuan Mucheng's wife, share the same robes with me when I was born, and share my coffin with me after death." Yuan Mucheng turned his face to Jiang Shiqing and breathed, With a deep voice, "Huai Chuan, I really want to take you away."

Jiang Shiqing said, "I know."

He took Yuan Mucheng's hand to touch his chest, and with his fingertips he could vaguely feel a ring-shaped object through his clothes.

Jiang Shiqing pressed Yuan Mucheng's finger there, and said: "This is the bracelet that Mr. made. When we meet again, I will put it on with my own hands. At that time, we will not talk about life and separation, but only death."

Jiang Shiqing was clearly making a promise, but Yuan Mucheng felt indescribably sad when he closed his eyes and felt the shape of the bracelet and the temperature of the man in his arms.He hadn't felt such reluctance for a long time, and he felt that he had taken everything with him when he left, but left everything behind.

Now he fully understands that as long as his Jiang Shiqing is still there, he can't take anything with him, but in fact, he doesn't want Jiang Shiqing to go through the cruelty and blood on the battlefield again. He wants to run away with that person, but it's not to the battlefield.

"You are Jianghuaichuan, and your name is Yichuanfengyue. Your life cannot be only revenge and killing. I want to show you something better," Yuan Mucheng said, "So I will wait for you, and if I can't wait, I will wait for you." Keep waiting, you can't forget to come and find me."

Jiang Shiqing was moved, and he raised his hand to caress his side face, and said, "You sent me the sunset on the grass, the bright moon in the sky, I can think of you when I look up, day and night, non-stop."

Yuan Mucheng smiled and said, "You want me, and you have to love me even more."

Jiang Shiqing also smiled: "Ordinary people."

"I want to say I love you too," Yuan Mucheng chased after Jiang Shiqing's itchy face and hid aside, and whispered in his ear, "I love you Jiang Huaichuan, I love you very much."

Jiang Shiqing smiled lightly and turned her head to kiss him, her lips and tongue hooked obsessively and intoxicated, her nose and breath were so chaotic that they couldn't distinguish each other, and the intertwined feelings collided in the lingering.

I love you too, Xiao An.Jiang Shiqing gasped.

They were stunned in the mountains, rivers and grasslands, Yuan Mucheng looked at him and hugged him, picked him up and put him down, only thinking about Jianghuaichuan, everything he saw was Jianghuaichuan, and everything he heard was Jianghuaichuan.

It is him who is reluctant, it is him who loves, and it is him who kisses.

Until the last ray of light before the sunset on the west mountain, the sky was reflected in purple, and they fell in each other's eyes, which were also purple.

Jiang Shiqing leaned lightly in Yuan Mucheng's arms and looked at the sky, remembering that this was the sunset that Yuan Mucheng gave him, and the bright moon would be ushered in soon.

They are so in love with the sun and the moon that rotate every day, and they will never change.

Jiang Shiqing leaned against him for a while, his body was wiped clean, Yuan Mucheng carried him to the horse, and chased after the sunset.

The heavy sound of horseshoes resounded alone in the sky and the earth. Riding on the love they placed on the sun and the moon, they disappeared after a round of the moon.

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The wind and sand covered the armor with the afterglow, and nearly 8000 horses and horses marched eastward under the rays of the sun.

When the dusk fell, the leader gave an order, and everyone stopped on the way, lit a fire with wood, and passed water bags to each other to quench their thirst.

The leader is named Wu Xiao, in his early thirties, although he has experienced many years of wind and sand in the Shengzhou camp, his spirit is still the same as before.

Wu Xiao tied the reins, went to the crowd and shouted: "Brothers, there aren't many wild animals hunted today, it's hard for everyone to chew more grass roots to satisfy their hunger."

This is a team of the Weiming army who followed Wu Xiao's rebellion. The food and grass they brought had been exhausted within a few days, and they could only meet their food and clothing needs while walking.

"Wu Shoubei, let's go east this way, what should we do if the soldiers from the other side of Ruoja City don't want us?" The man said, reaching out to hand over the freshly pounded herbs.

Due to the burning of the army rations, Wu Xiao suffered a serious injury on his arm. Along the way, he could only rely on this herbal medicine to relieve the pain, but the injury was about to fester soon. Now that the gauze was torn off, all he saw was mixed with the herbal medicine Pus and blood.

Wu Xiao took the herbal medicine, gritted his teeth, and pressed it on the wound. After taking two gasps, he turned his head and pulled the grass root he was chewing, and gave a military salute to the people beside him.

Others stepped forward and blocked: "How can this be!"

Wu Xiao's lips were bloodless, and his eyes were still sharp. He said: "Whether it is forced to go east because of the burning of military rations, or because of loyalty to the country, I want to submit to the imperial court. In short, brothers are willing to follow me all the way. It’s all hard for everyone, if the imperial court doesn’t accept us, I will definitely seek a way out for my brothers, and I will die!”

"Since the brothers have followed you, we will go wherever you go. At the beginning, the defense clearly made a lot of military achievements, but was suppressed by Feng Han, so we could only guard the military rations in the camp. , the brothers are all seeing it, and following you is something we are convinced by ourselves."

"That's right, His Majesty's order to recall Feng Han has been delivered before his eyes, but Feng Han turned around and beheaded the postman. Now Feng Han is embracing his troops and resisting the order. In the name of the army, General Yi will soon lead troops to suppress the rebellion, we don't want to be rebels!"

"Jacheng is far to the east, but it is also the place we have been loyal to for half our lives. If the word 'rebellion' is so imprinted on the name and cannot be erased, wouldn't it be a disgrace to our ancestors?"

Wu Xiao turned his head and looked to the east, there would be dawn in the morning light, and it suddenly made people worship like faith.

They are loyal to the place where the sun rises, and the direction they walk is home.

He touched his chest and said to himself, "I'll take you home."

With a strong impulse pouring into his mind, Wu Xiao was attracted by the east, and his faith in his heart was warm and pious. He faced the east and shouted: "Brothers, the sun rises in the east, let's chase the sunrise and continue eastward, I will take you home! "

"go home!"

The sound of trumpets and drums seemed to resound through the clouds from the east, calling for returning soldiers, and also agitating the inexhaustible morale of the river and sea.

When the sun rose, 20 people gathered in the palace, the sound of broken bowls was everywhere, and the shouts were like thunder.

There were three cannon blasts, music was played, all the officials saluted and sent the army out. Yuan Mucheng led the army in iron armor and set off. The military flag flying above the city tower matched the mighty marching brigade.

Liu Zhaoyu stood on the tower, with his subjects and soldiers under his feet.He looked at Yuan Mucheng's figure alone, and watched him go away again.

The music is still playing, and the streets and alleys are full of people.

Standing on the side of the tower, Jiang Shiqing looked at the figure leading the army away, clutching the warmth that had long gone cold in his hands, and said in his heart over and over again.

Goodbye, Xiaoan.

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"When I was born, I shared the same robe, and after death, I shared the same coffin" adapted from "Wo Nong Ci" "I and I were born in the same quilt, and died in the same coffin!"

"Don't talk about life and separation, only death" The original sentence comes from "The Three of Us" "From then on, there is no life and separation, only death."

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