Snake Tale

The two returned to the camp and discussed military and diplomatic matters with Feng.The three of them sat around the brazier and hadn't finished talking, when they heard the noise of people outside the tent, Feng Wei turned his head and looked, and said very naturally: "It's the soldiers who have returned." Before the words finished, Shen Yuzhu had already stood up, lifted the tent and stepped out.After taking half a step, he felt abrupt, stepped back and said "Excuse me" with a smile to the two, and left in a hurry.

Duanmu Yong couldn't help laughing, Feng Wei raised his eyebrows, and said: "Seeing that he is usually calm and calm, I don't know if he is still a sweetheart."

Duanmu Yong picked up a piece of charcoal with an iron clip and put it into the brazier, pointing to the red-hot charcoal and said with a smile: "People's temperaments are different. Just like this charcoal, some charcoal will be ignited at a single touch, the fire is dazzling, and sparks are flying everywhere. It burns out in a short time; some charcoal is extremely difficult to light, but once lit, it burns quietly and quietly for a long time..."

Feng Wei said: "In this way, who would not choose the latter?"

Duanmu Yong said: "That may not be the case."

"Oh?"

The expression on Duanmu Yong's face was ironic and sighed, and he smiled slightly: "If you can have a spring full of flowers, who would choose this worthless charcoal?"

Shen Yuzhu walked towards the gate of the city with the crowd, and saw the Qi army surrounded by the crowd.The faces of all the soldiers were filled with triumph and triumph, but Luo Yi, the leader of the army, still had a calm and steady demeanor.He was perched on top of the steed, holding the helmet in one hand, and turned his face to talk to the adjutant beside him who was full of excitement.His armor was mottled and broken, covered with knife marks and blood; his hair was in a mess, his clothes and face were full of dust, sweat and blood, and he looked dirty and barbaric, just like the group of rough soldiers covered in yellow mud There is no difference - but in Shen Yuzhu's eyes, he feels that his appearance is so vibrant and radiant, especially when he raises his eyebrows when talking with people, his blue eyes are like fire, and he is so handsome. shake.

Luo Yi turned his head and saw Shen Yuzhu who was beyond the crowd, his eyes lit up, he couldn't help smiling, and the cold and stern aura all over his body couldn't help but disappear.He rode his horse through the crowd and came towards him, leaned slightly and shook hands with his fingers, and said with a low smile, "You——you're back? When did you arrive in the city? Have you seen Feng Wei?"

Shen Yuzhu smiled and said yes.In fact, Luo Yi didn't quite understand what Luo Yi said, he just raised his head and looked at him with a smile, put his palms on his knees, and said softly, "What about you? Does it still hurt?"

Looking at his gentle and joyful eyes, Luo Yi felt a warm current surge in his chest, and was speechless for a moment.During the days when Luo Yi was bad at walking, as long as he called out to him, sometimes even as long as he raised his eyes, Shen Yuzhu would come to him docilely.In terms of stature, he is actually a little taller than him. Whenever he wants to accommodate Luo Yi who is sitting in a wheelchair, he always bends his knees in front of him, talking to him with a smile on his back, without avoiding the dust.At that time, there was such a gentle and focused expression on his face.Luo Yi knew that Shen Yuzhu seemed docile, but he was actually smart and sober; but for some reason, after getting close to him, he often showed an innocent and childish look in front of him—just like the young deer at this moment, who were defenseless. The black eyes stared at him wholeheartedly, with a lingering feeling of nostalgia, as if urging him to do whatever he wanted with him.After Luo Yihan's battle, although his muscles and bones are faintly aching, his fighting spirit has not faded away. As he stroked Shen Yuzhu's slender fingers, he felt another burst of blood rushing, and the flames in his eyes became more and more blazing. Pulled onto the horse, galloped the horse to a secluded place where there was no one else, so that he could show off his animal desire everywhere——

At this moment, cheers came from behind.Luo Yi looked back, but it was the local people who heard about the victory of the division brigade and came to reward the army with a pot of rice.He patted Shen Yuzhu's hand and said softly, "Wait for me a moment." Shen Yuzhu nodded and stepped back.

Luo Yi dismounted from his horse, turned around and quickly walked towards the common people who were supporting the old and the young, bent down to support the old man who was about to kneel down, and said with a humble smile: "What is the old man doing! It's so embarrassing to the younger generation—"

The old man is the head of the local village, with a weathered face, goose skin and white hair, all teeth lost, and a very strong accent, talking to him endlessly excitedly.Luo Yi listened patiently with a smile on his face, and responded kindly from time to time.When everyone is overjoyed and crowds around, they all feel that the so-called military and civilian love is deep and harmonious, and there is nothing more than this.

The old man's excitement calmed down a bit, and tremblingly, he took out a jar of long-preserved wine, poured it full, and insisted on personally blessing it to the general.The kindness is hard to give up, Luo Yi took it with a smile, and was about to drink it all down, when his eyes suddenly went dark, and the muscles and bones that were sore before suddenly felt a sharp pain like a pinprick, he almost couldn't stand still, his hands trembled, and he couldn't hold it. He couldn't hold back the wine bowl, and dumped half the bowl of wine on the ground!

The people who were chatting and laughing couldn't help being surprised for a while, and suddenly their voices became silent, dumbfounded, and they really didn't understand what the general meant by this move?Luo Yi only felt severe pain in his knees and bones, and his heart sank like falling into an ice cellar. He instantly realized what had happened to him——Shen Yuzhu was right, the prescription was just a way to gouge out the flesh and heal the sores, and the violent medicine backfired. It broke out again at this moment!

At present, the Qi army has repeatedly won many battles and is in the limelight. Once the coach's injury is discovered, all previous operations will be in vain. How can the consequences be imagined?Luo Yi was perseverant and quick to adapt, endured the severe pain all over his body, his expression remained unchanged, and slowly poured the remaining half bowl of wine on the loess.Facing everyone's astonished eyes, he helped the old man to sit slowly on the ruined wall, secretly concealing his weakness that might collapse at any time, and said in a deep voice: "Old man, you respected the wrong person!"

Luo Yi's eyes slowly turned from the faces of everyone present, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice:

"The old man said just now that this jug of wine is a treasure that he buried in the ground with his own hands for 30 years-everyone, do you remember what day was 30 years ago?"

Everyone's hearts moved, but they heard Luo Yi slowly say: "That's right, that year, Duke Huan held an alliance in Kuiqiu, and bowed three times to thank the emperor for the meat. Beijing, wandering in various countries; Yi Di went south, and repeatedly invaded our Central Plains with iron hooves. In that famine year and disaster month, who extended a helping hand to wipe out the enemy and restore China's clothes? The world’s unworldly achievements? That is the glorious history that every Qi people remembers in their hearts. It has been 30 years! To be short, even if we have never been fortunate enough to participate in that kind of prosperity, we must have heard our fathers—like this old man—proudly mention—what a sight it was to call ourselves Qi people at that time An infinite thing! How can we forget the strength and glory of the past? This pride has long been integrated into our blood!"

Everyone imagined the prosperity and glory of the past, the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, and the coming of various countries to the dynasty, all vividly before their eyes.The old man beside him was even more excited, his snow-white beard and hair were trembling non-stop, and he raised his withered hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Luo Yi paused for a long time, taking advantage of the sharp pain in his body to subside, he whispered in a painful tone: "However, who would have expected that in the past 30 years, the former overlord of Kyushu would be bullied by Yan Kingdom in the barren land. We have come to such a state! Those rough and brutal savages have united with a group of ungrateful philistines, grinding their teeth and sucking blood, coveting our wealth and land. They wage wars, trample our crops, burn our houses, whip and beat us. Brothers—they took the crying baby from the arms of the desperate and crying mother! They drove our gray-haired parents like cows and horses! How many days and nights do we still think about? relatives, lost in the captured city, separated from each other, don't know whether to live or die, don't know if we can meet again in this life..."

Everyone thought of their homesickness and the deep sorrow of the separation of siblings and friends. They couldn't help but feel sad and choked up, and some people couldn't help crying. Thinking of the atrocities committed by the enemy invading their homeland, they gritted their teeth and clenched their hands involuntarily. fist.

Luo Yi clenched his knees tightly, looked around, looked at everyone's expressions, and said slowly: "There are always outsiders laughing at us, saying that the people of Qi are all slick businessmen who only know how to protect themselves, but this national calamity is open to the world. It shows the blood and bravery of Qi people. Merchants lose their homes and run around, old and weak, women and children go to battle with their families—how can they say that they have no clothes? Be in the same robe with their sons! Let them laugh at you! Teach them how hard it is to offend me! This is the tribulation of the whole country, it is also a trial of heaven, it is a protracted and difficult test-the enemy is far more numerous than us, and the enemy's materials are far more than us. We may If you fail, you may be injured or sacrificed, but one thing will never change—Qi people will never give in!"

Inspired by this, everyone held their heads high and chests high, with blood gushing from their chests, and they were very excited.Luo Yi's voice became more and more impassioned: "We will fight to the end at all costs - even if our country is burned to scorched earth, even if we shed the last drop of blood, we will win in the end! Qi will eventually be restored!" He His eyes were like lightning, he looked around everyone, infected the soldiers and civilians present with a kind of fanatical passion, and said with a sigh: "I swear day and night, as long as I can drive the enemy out of my homeland, I am willing to give everything - cut off my legs, I will give you everything!" And arms to throw spears; cut off my arms, and I've got a torso to hold back swords for my comrades; cut off my head, and I've got teeth to bite my enemy's throat—"

He pointed his halberd at everyone, and asked sharply, "Tell me—brothers! Am I the only one who thinks so!"

Following this shout and question, the crowd shouted in unison, like wildfire falling into the wilderness, and immediately ignited a prairie fire that covered the sky and covered the earth.Luo Yi smiled and said: "That's right! This is the blood of Qi Guoerlang!" He pointed to the jug, and said: "That's why I said that the old man's wine was toasted to the wrong person - the one who deserves this good wine, not some general , but to sacrifice the thousands of heroic spirits who have been buried in this land——but to every person of Qi who fought bloody battles!"

A general stepped forward, raised the altar of fine wine high, and threw it all under the blue sky.He mustered his halberd, smashed the empty wine jar to pieces with a "bang", and shouted loudly: "Drive away Yangou! Revive Daqi!"

Everyone's hearts were shaking, and the crowd was full of enthusiasm. They swung their fists fiercely at the vast sky, and shouted angrily in unison one after another: "Drive away Yangou! Revive Daqi!"

Luo Yi sat among the crowd, trying his best to endure another wave of piercing pain.He braced himself up and said so many words, his limbs were already sore and tired, his whole body was shaking, and cold sweat rolled down, soaking the heavy clothes and leather armor.However, when the crowd was excited and everyone was shouting and crying, they couldn't see any strangeness in his expression.This is the moment when morale is unprecedentedly boosted, so he gritted his teeth and tried his best, without saying a word, and even pretended to be calm and complacent, arousing everyone's common hatred and hatred, and covering up his gaffe in the frenzy of everyone's tears— — But in the midst of the din, Luo Yi realized soberly that at this moment, he didn't even have the strength to bend his knees!

He thought in his heart, the cusp of the storm is the moment when a thousand junctures are at stake, how should it end now?

At this moment, Feng Wei pushed the crowd aside and stepped forward, respectfully bent down and smiled: "General, Jimo's envoy has just arrived, please go and receive the secret first by name!"

Earlier, the people of Qi shouted in unison, and the sound waves were like overwhelming mountains and seas, straight to the top of the Nine Heavens Xiaohan.Feng Wei and Duanmu Yong who were in the camp heard the sound and stepped forward, hearing the thunderous voices of the crowd, they couldn't help but stop and watch.But I saw a person pushing aside the crowd and rushing to the front, holding Feng Wei's hand and said in a hurry: "Master Feng! Yi Yi him—he—"

There was a lot of noise around, and Feng Wei couldn't hear what he was saying at all, he just said in astonishment: "Yuzhu, what's wrong with you? I've never seen you look like this..."

Shen Yuzhu shook his head, picked up Feng Wei and rushed forward.It turned out that when he saw Luo Yi pouring wine from outside the crowd, he noticed something strange.He and Luo Yi have been together for a long time, the abnormality in a moment of gesture can deceive Qianmu Zhaoming, but how can it deceive him?His heart was hanging in the air, but Luo Yi's face became paler and paler, his face was covered with sweat, and he was trembling as if suffering from malaria.He knows that Luo Yi has always been able to endure pain. At that time he was forced to take Ji Suo Dan, and when he was extremely sensitive to pain, he was able to pretend to be nonchalant. Now that he is so difficult to support in front of everyone, he can't imagine how much he is suffering. Heartbreaking pain!However, he was very anxious, but he also knew that at this juncture, he must not expose Luo Yi's weakness to others, so he waited for Luo Yi to cover up and put on airs, so he hurriedly brought Feng Wei to the rescue.At his behest, Feng Wei deliberately pretended that the envoy had a confidential letter and asked the general to pick it up alone, so that Luo Yi could get out as soon as possible.

Luo Yi and Feng Wei looked at each other, knowing his intentions, and nodded.One person led a horse and walked up to him, Luo Yi raised his eyes, met the eyes of that person, and saw Shen Yuzhu's worried eyes.

Before Luo Yi could make a move, Feng Wei walked up to the high place, and said with a loud smile to the crowd: "Soldiers! Today we have conquered two cities, and our fathers and villagers gave us wine as rewards. It's really a very happy day! I have a plan, why don't you follow me to the school field now and hold a small competition? The young and strong brothers come to fight and compete, and the winner will get the honor of carrying the flag in the next battle! Folks Let's also drink wine and eat meat together, gather around the campfire, and look at Da Qierlang's demeanor—let's eat and drink enough, so we can gather enough strength to go and kill that Beiyan dog thief as soon as possible!"

Hearing these words, the already high-spirited people burst into smiles and cheered happily. Everyone rushed to sign up and flocked to Feng Wei's place.Almost no one noticed that the general behind the crowd was quietly helped onto his horse and walked away.