The crackling sound of burning firewood in the hearth covered up the painful murmur, Qin Rui clenched his teeth tightly, and after a while, he took the stick away.

Seeing the bright red birthmark on his palm disappear, leaving only a deep bloody wound, Qin Rui sweated on his forehead in pain, but couldn't help showing a hearty smile at the corner of his mouth.

Qin Rui has always been very concerned about his brother status.

Not only because of her short stature, but also because of what Dr. Su said.Also because such an identity is very dangerous, when he accidentally exposed his birthmark at the inn, he attracted officers and soldiers.

If he reveals his identity again in the barracks... then Qin Chu's situation will be even more difficult.

But now it was all right, he no longer had to worry about holding Qin Chu back.

The wound on his hand grew very slowly, and Qin Rui was afraid that it would turn red when it grew out, so he burned it deeply at the beginning, and then he was always careful when the wound scabbed over.

Fortunately, what he was worried about didn't happen. Ten days later, only an ugly scar remained on his palm.

But he was scalded too deeply, probably injured his bones and muscles, and his hands have not been very flexible after the wound has healed.Qin Rui thought it would be like this for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect to recover slowly after a few days.

It has been nearly 20 days since Qin Chu left.

These days, he is still the same as at the beginning, following Lao Qi back to the tent at night, and was "stunned" by him.Then, after Lao Qi fell asleep, he sneaked back to Qin Chu's tent, and waited until the early morning to pack up his bedding and return carefully to Lao Qi's place.

Lao Qi thought he was still alert at night, but Qin Rui's movements were too small, so after so many days, Lao Qi couldn't find anything wrong.

But this day Qin Rui couldn't be the same as before. He came back from the kitchen, passed by Qin Chu's military tent, and saw a group of people surrounding the military tent from a long distance away.

Qin Rui thought it was Qin Chu who had come back, so he hurried over and saw that this group of people were tearing down Qin Chu's tent.

"What are you doing!" Qin Rui didn't even think about it, and immediately rushed over to push away the people next to the tent one by one, and blocked the front of the tent with open arms, "This is my brother's army tent! He's coming back soon, you guys Why tear it down!"

The soldiers who obeyed the orders didn't dare to be tough, they didn't want to do such a wicked thing, they all stopped to look at the armored leader behind them, and asked: "Lieutenant Zhang, we..."

That Captain Zhang glanced at Qin Rui and said in surprise, "I didn't expect this Qin Chu to bring a child with him."

After he finished speaking, he smiled and said something, the voice was too low and Qin Rui couldn't hear it clearly, but it seemed that it was my brother...

Then he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and tear it down. He's not in the army now, so naturally he can't take up space with such a big tent. He'll tear it down and put it up again, and move all the weapons in our army tent over here."

A flash of hostility flashed in Qin Rui's eyes, and he pushed away the soldiers who surrounded him: "He fought desperately outside with the enemy, and you're tearing down his tent here?"

Xiaowei Zhang laughed when he heard it: "It's still fighting, so it's not bad to give people's heads. No one lives in the tent now, and no one will live in it in the future. What are you keeping it for? Demolish it!"

Of course Qin Rui would not let them do anything.

This was his and Qin Chu's home, he wouldn't even let the seventh child in, how could he tolerate being demolished their tent?

But when Lao Qi and Lao San heard the news, they rushed over to stop Qin Rui.

The seventh child grabbed Qin Rui and walked away, while the third child explained in his ear: "This Captain Zhang's family is quite powerful, and he only made some meritorious service in the barracks. If you got into a fight with him, you'd be even more upset Yet!"

Qin Rui gritted his teeth and didn't speak, but he didn't struggle anymore.He stared ahead with a pair of pitch-black eyes, watching the captain command people to tear down Qin Chu's tent.

The contents of the tent were thrown out, and then a little bit collapsed, from a shelter to a limp rag.

Qin Rui opened a pair of black eyes, watching all this quietly, looking at everyone around the tent.

The third child and the seventh child who were holding him hardly dared to look into his eyes, because the child's eyes were like those of a crawling wolf. No one knew whether he was giving up or wanting to jump over and bite someone's throat.

Xiaowei Zhang concluded that Qin Chu would not come back this time, so he didn't pay much attention to Qin Rui's side. He turned his head and smiled with his subordinates: "So what if this Qin Chu is named a general, even if it is difficult to seize the city." I don’t even know, let him go and he went without saying a word.”

"A place like Cangqingzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At least five times as many troops as the defenders are needed to take the city. He took those thousands of people with him, isn't he going to die..."

Qin Rui heard it clearly. He clenched his fists and looked up at the third and seventh child: "Is he right? Is it what he said?"

The two lowered their eyes and did not look at him, nor did they answer.

Zhang Xiaowei's subordinates seemed to say something again, Zhang Xiaowei immediately raised his head and laughed: "You are right, he is a brother who may not die, brothers are also scarce in the Xiongnu side. !"

Qin Rui's mouth almost oozes blood, and he can't help but want to rush up and bite the man to death.

At this moment, a series of hurried hooves suddenly came from the entrance of the barracks.After entering the barracks, the sound of horseshoes did not stop, let alone slow down, and became more and more rapid.

Everyone thought that something big happened, and they were wondering when they heard the man on the horse shout: "It's captured! It's captured! General Qin has taken Cangqingzhou back!"

Qin Rui was taken aback for a moment, and his heart stopped suddenly when he mentioned the mid-air.

His body froze on the spot with all his strength, staring blankly at the soldiers who were about to come to announce the good news.

Xiaowei Zhang, who had just uttered nonsense just now, was also on the spot, and none of the people present reacted when they heard this surprising news.

It was Qin Rui who reacted the fastest, he didn't care about the faces of Xiaowei Zhang and the others at all, he broke away from Lao Qi with all his strength, and rushed towards the horse's hoof.

"Where's my brother! Why didn't my brother come back? Why are you alone!"

The person who came back to report the letter was Lao Wu, who immediately smiled when he saw Qin Rui.

He was surprised at first: "Xiao Rui, have you been running around all this time?" Then he said, "General Qin is waiting for you in Cangqingzhou, let's go into the city together."

Only then did Qin Rui feel slightly relieved.

But the worry just now faded away, and the desire to see Qin Chu became impatient again.

He followed Lao Wu's horse's hooves, raised his head and asked, "When are we going? Aren't you going back today? I'm going to go with your horse!"

The fifth child had never seen such an anxious child like Qin Rui, but he still shook his head at him: "I have to report the battle situation to the general, please wait patiently."

Speaking of this, Lao Wu also saw that Qin Chu's original military tent had turned into an open space.

He glanced lightly, nodded to the pale-faced Xiaowei Zhang, and said: "The general must be very happy to know that you have dismantled the tent and rushed to Cangqingzhou in advance."

Zhang Xiaowei, who said this bluntly, turned from pale to green.

He was sure that Qin Chu would lose this battle, so he dared to tear down Qin Chu's tent.When the time comes when the capture of the city fails and so many soldiers are filled in, Qin Chu, an empty general, will be a sinner in the barracks, which cannot be overstated.

But now Qin Chu actually won?

The seizure of the city this time was just a test. To put it bluntly, it was to let Qin Chu, the airborne general, lead thousands of cannon fodder to go on a journey, and by the way, see the enemy's reaction and judge their confidence.

It's only been 20 days, and nothing has been found out, yet they are told that Qin Chu has brought down the city?

Using thousands of troops to seize the city is not only a victory, but the leader of the army is still a brother?

Xiaowei Zhang thought of what he said just now, and felt his face turn red.

This was beyond everyone's expectations.

The entire military camp fell into a strange state. They were delighted at first that Cang Qingzhou took it back. This is a great military exploit, and there will definitely be a reward from above!

Even if the reward has nothing to do with them, it is much better to be stationed in the city than it is now!

But in retrospect, they found it ridiculous.

During this period of time, there were rumors that Qin Chu was his brother, and they were sincerely worried every day, thinking that the siege would definitely not have a good result.

Now the good result has come down head-on, but it happened to be taken away by the people they scolded every day.

This taste is not good, and I want to take advantage of it, but also feel that I can't make up for it.

Damn it, Qin Chu captured the city, so Qin Chu must be right. They are simple and enthusiastic, so there must be nothing wrong with it. The one who made the mistake was the one who spread the rumors in the first place.

To actually say that a dignified general is a brother who violated military regulations, how fucking malicious!

Suddenly, many people walked to Xiaowei Zhang's tent and couldn't help cursing a few words.

Qin Rui doesn't care about these things at all, he only has one thought every day: "When are you going to Cangqingzhou?"

He almost asked this question when he saw Lao Wu, with such an eager look, he looked like a child.

In Qin Rui's eager anticipation, the army finally marched slowly towards Cangqingzhou.Because the destination is not too far away, the army did not rest at night, but rushed all night.

On the way, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The soldiers who had been silent in the rumors all raised their heads and held their heads high, with "I can't see you idiots" all over their faces.

And he clamored that Qin Chu was a brother, and that he couldn't beat him at first glance, so he took advantage of the time to eat and came over, and began to insinuate how he was treated under Qin Chu's subordinates.

Don't blame them, but Lao Wu inadvertently revealed a piece of information, Qin Chu led thousands of people to attack the city, but in the end only a hundred people were sacrificed. Although the others were wounded, their lives were saved.

This is a great thing in war.

They are not afraid of dying when they go to the battlefield, but everyone wants to survive in the end so that they can hold their wives and children when they return home.

Along the way, people kept inquiring about Qin Chu's battle. They were either surprised or admired.

Only Qin Rui found Lao Wu secretly and asked him if Qin Chu was injured.

It was impossible to say that there was no injury at all, but as soon as he said that there was an injury, Qin Rui was immediately worried to death.The fifth child was questioned by the child for a long time, and finally only threw him a sentence: "You can see for yourself when you wait."

Along the way, Qin Rui was excited and looking forward to it, but also worried and apprehensive, and almost wiped out all the complicated emotions in his life.When he couldn't help feeling anxious, the team finally arrived at Cangqingzhou.

But it was very surprising that Qin Chu was not in the city.

Qin Rui waited from day to night, but never got to Qin Chu.

In the end, Qin Rui couldn't bear it any longer. He sneaked to the gate of the city. He wanted to ask the soldier guarding the city where Qin Chu had gone, and he wanted to wait here for Qin Chu to come back.

If Qin Chu was outside the city, as long as he stayed here, he would definitely be the first to see Qin Chu!

But Qin Rui slipped to the city gate, didn't see Qin Chu, but heard Xiaowei Zhang spouting nonsense again.

"The city has been captured, but Qin Chu is not here. Isn't he guilty? He really is a brother, afraid of being punished, he dare not come back?"

Qin Rui stood under the city wall, looked at Xiaowei Zhang on the stairs, and thought calmly, how could he push this man off the city wall without a trace.

He thought of something, but before he could implement it, there was a sound of uniform horseshoes outside the city gate.

Qin Rui didn't care about other things, and immediately looked up, and saw a man in iron armor on a horse, leading a group of cavalry into the city gate.

This person has long hair and a crown, and his figure is straight, like an unsheathed saber, exuding a cold bloody smell from the beginning to the end.

Then came the indifferent voice that seemed to be quenched by ice water: "Who do you say is the brother, and who is colluding with the enemy?"

This is a very dangerous man, the aura on his body will subconsciously make people raise their guard and stay away.

Xiaowei Zhang, who had just uttered wild words, took a step back with a pale face the moment he saw him. Without Qin Rui's tricks, he almost fell down the stairs by himself.

The people around were also silent, and no one dared to speak out.

But Qin Rui was not afraid at all. He looked up at the person on the horse, with no fear or guard in his heart, only full of intimacy and the satisfaction of getting what he wanted.

He almost couldn't care about anything, jumped up and waved to Qin Chu the moment he saw Qin Chu: "Brother!"

Qin Chu was still staring at Xiaowei Zhang indifferently, but when he heard the call, he immediately looked towards Qin Rui, who had also quickly ran to his horse.

Looking at the child standing in front of the horse, Qin Chu was slightly stunned for two seconds, and subconsciously asked, "Qin Rui?"

It's no wonder that Qin Chu didn't dare to recognize him. It's only been more than 20 days since he saw him. Qin Rui's stature has changed a bit, and even his trouser legs are a little short.Perhaps because of growing too fast, the child looks thinner and weaker.

"Brother, brother, why did you come back!"

No matter how many people were watching, Qin Rui habitually stretched out his hand for Qin Chu to hug.

Qin Chu couldn't help laughing, and bent down to grab Qin Rui onto the horse.

No matter how tall he is, Qin Rui is always a little carrot in his eyes.

He took Qin Rui all the way to the city, and then reported to the general, about the landscape around Cangqingzhou and the situation of the enemy's garrison.

I just briefly explained that the various matters of the barracks will be packed tomorrow, and the generals will have to discuss it carefully.

After a while Qin Chu came out.

Qin Rui was still sitting on the horse obediently waiting for him, Qin Chu didn't get on the horse, and led the horse for a walk around the city.

He didn't expect Qin Rui to run to the gate of the city to meet him.

Before the expedition, some people reluctantly saw him off, and when they returned, some people waited eagerly.Although the person waiting for him was just a child of a few years old, and although Qin Rui had nothing to do with him in essence, Qin Chu still felt a different kind of warmth.

"Did you sleep well these days?"

As Qin Chu walked, he raised his head and asked Qin Rui who was on the horseback.

The child was stretching his neck to look at all the layouts in the city. Hearing this, he nodded vigorously: "I sleep well every day, and I haven't caused any trouble. I'm still helping out in the kitchen. The chef in the kitchen even praised me."

Qin Rui's words were filled with the tone of asking for credit, he really felt that he had done a great job.I pinched myself faint every day, although I often ran out in the middle of the night, and even tried to kill Lao Qi; I was really good in the kitchen, but intentionally hurt two helpers.

The little flaw in the back was thrown out of the blue by Qin Rui long ago. He was a sweet and good baby in front of Qin Chu.

Qin Chu didn't think too much about it, he just felt that the child had grown up a bit after not seeing him for a few days.He showed a slight smile, and led Qin Rui to his residence.

Qin Rui on the horse was dissatisfied, he kicked his feet, pulled the rein, looked down at Qin Chu, a little aggrieved: "Brother, why don't you praise me!"

Qin Chu: "..."

Qin Chu immediately withdrew his grown-up evaluation.

He stretched out his hand and patted Qin Rui's shoulder, and praised dryly: "Well, you're quite obedient."

This compliment was perfunctory, but Qin Rui was very satisfied, and walked forward again with a flattering smile.

The journey was not long, so Qin Rui sat on the horse and looked around.He had been in the city for a day, but he had always thought of Qin Chu in his heart, and it was the same as if he hadn't come, so that now he realized that the style and appearance of Cangqingzhou was different from that of the imperial city.

He looked around curiously along the way, pointing to something and asking Qin Chu from time to time.

Qin Chu accidentally turned on the question-and-answer mode, and if there was something he didn't know, he would find out Noah for cheating.

After walking around the city, they walked into a wide courtyard, where there were pitched tents, each of which was occupied by the soldiers that Qin Chu had taken away before.

The moment he saw the tent, Qin Rui's mood suddenly fell. He thought of Qin Chu's tent that had been forcibly torn down.

Qin Rui thought that they would also live in the tent now, but Qin Chu carried him off the horse, led him to a row of houses in front, pushed open the door of the main house, and led him in.

The house is very large, and it is divided into two rooms inside and outside, and there is a connected side room next to it.

Qin Rui stood in front of the door with his eyes wide open. He squeezed Qin Chu's hand, raised his head and asked him, "Brother, do we want to live here?"

Qin Chu nodded: "I will live here for a long time."

Hearing this, Qin Rui immediately jumped up for joy. He let go of Qin Chu's hand and ran in. First, he poked his head around and took a look at the inner room and side room, and then walked around every part of the room like a puppy patrolling the territory. .

He was obviously very happy, but after patrolling once, he ran back suddenly and plunged into Qin Chu's arms without saying a word, just hugging him like this.

Qin Chu was jolted by him, he was a little confused, he really didn't understand why the child was so happy one second, but seemed to be crying the next second.

But taking care of cubs for such a long time, even if Qin Chu is not good at it, he has learned to get used to it now.

He touched the back of Qin Rui's head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qin Rui raised his face from his arms, revealing a pair of red eyes.

He opened and closed his lips, as if he was afraid of disturbing the dream, and asked Qin Chu cautiously: "Brother, is this our home? Do I have a home?"

Although he was born in the palace, he didn't have a stable place to live. After he escaped, he fled every day.After finally meeting Qin Chu, he got a tent that could shelter him from the wind and rain.

But after Qin Chu left, the tent was torn down.

Just when he thought he was going to wander again, Qin Chu led him into such a strong and spacious house.

Qin Rui felt scared at first, and then felt unreal.

He thought, how could he have a home?He clearly should have been wandering and alone all the time, getting used to the warmth and coldness of the world, and finally turned into a monster who didn't care about anything.

It seems that he has always lived like this, and will continue to do so in the future.

Qin Rui couldn't believe the current situation. He was eager to ask for proof. He pulled Qin Chu's clothes and asked, "Can I stay here forever? Will someone drive me away?"

Qin Chu was surprised that he would ask such a question.

He led Qin Rui into the room, sat down on a chair, picked him up, and replied seriously: "No one will drive you away, we will live here well."

Qin Chu had already made a decision that he would not bring Qin Rui back to the imperial city, so this would be their long-term residence.

Hearing Qin Chu's words, Qin Rui was relieved, he knew that Qin Chu would not lie to him.

However, Qin Chu was keenly aware that Qin Rui's question was not normal. He looked down at the child and asked, "Why would you ask such a question? Who drove you away?"

Qin Rui's eye circles that had just faded turned red again.

In fact, he doesn't like to cry at all, and he hasn't cried much since he was born.The only few times I just used tears to ask for some sympathy, just to survive.

But after following Qin Chu, he often felt wronged, and he would show whether he was going to cry or not in front of Qin Chu at every turn.

Qin Rui wanted to hold back, but failed, so he just hugged Qin Chu and acted like a baby.

He said sullenly: "Brother, our tent is gone, it was torn down."

Qin Chu frowned. Before he left, he specifically explained why someone would tear down their tent?

He picked up the child and asked, "Tell them, is there anyone still living in the tent?"

Qin Rui nodded: "I said it, but they must dismantle it. They still said, still said..."

Speaking of this, Qin Rui pursed his lips and paused for a while, then suppressed his strong viciousness, and continued in a normal child's tone: "They also said, brother, you will never come back again!"

Qin Rui buried his face in Qin Chu's arms again.

He is a person who really hates tearing down tents, and he is even more angry with these words.Even though he believed in Qin Chu, he still couldn't help being afraid when he heard these words.Countless times he felt his own weakness, he couldn't stop the people tearing down the tent, and he couldn't go to the battlefield to save Qin Chu.

"Don't cry."

The warmth of Qin Chu's palm came from his back. Qin Rui didn't actually cry, but he didn't look up.

If crying could make Qin Chu like him more, what's the point of crying in front of Qin Chu?He wanted to become stronger to protect Qin Chu, but he didn't want to show his strength in front of Qin Chu.

He just wanted Qin Chu to love and protect him forever.

Qin Chu comforted Qin Rui for a long time.

It's not accurate to say it's comfort, because Qin Chu doesn't know how to comfort people at all, he can only tell Qin Rui over and over again that he won't let anyone kick him out.

In the end, he was still a little short of words, so he staged a good show of squeezing stones with his bare hands, and promised Qin Rui that whoever dares to drive him out will end in this way.

Qin Rui wanted to pretend for a while, but he couldn't help laughing, which broke the atmosphere.

Qin Chu took him to a hot dinner again, and he wanted to sleep separately from Qin Rui, but Qin Rui thought it was cold.Qin Chu was also afraid that he would fall out of bed in the middle of the night, so he slept together as before.

The next day, several generals in the barracks got together early in the morning to discuss the next battle.

This victory in the city was indeed inspiring, and it brought a glimmer of victory to the war that was originally at a disadvantage, so several generals were discussing in full swing.

Qin Chu didn't speak, just sat there quietly and listened to their talk.

He has always been like this. Although his official position is neither low nor low, he is considered the second in command in the barracks, but he rarely speaks out.Before, a group of generals only regarded him as an empty general, and no one paid any attention to this situation, but now they stopped after expressing their opinions and looked at Qin Chu.

The aged general said: "What does General Qin think about the war?"

Qin Chu poured cold water on them: "The follow-up battle is still serious. The enemy troops who occupied Cangqingzhou before are just the advance troops to explore the way, and the real leaders are still behind."

These words were obviously not very flattering, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly dropped.

But no one could refute Qin Chu's words, and the capture of the city also proved that the general Qin Chu had real skills, and no one dared to mention the rumors about his brother before.

After the discussion was over, Xiaowei Zhang, who usually talked eloquently, didn't say a word this time, and quickly retreated against the corner.

When he was about to leave the meeting room, a chopstick flew over with a "swoosh" and plunged straight into the stone brick in front of his toes, half of the chopsticks missed the stone brick.

Captain Zhang was startled, and heard a cold voice behind him: "You stay."

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Qin Rui: I managed to play a little tricky again today~

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