Zhu Nao

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.Then go to Fu County.

The so-called Xie Wuji's going to get married is actually just a misinformation among the people.The Marquis of Qingyang did send someone to discuss the marriage with Xie Wuji, and Xie Wuji did send an envoy to Qingyang, so there were such rumors.But in fact, things are not as people imagined.

Time back to a few days ago.

Inside the barracks, Xie Wuji was listening to the spies reporting the information they had inquired today, when he suddenly heard the commotion outside, not knowing what happened.Not long after, a soldier hurried in: "General."

Xie Wuji asked: "Who is making noise outside?"

The soldier's expression was a little strange: "It's... the daughter of the Marquis of Qingyang."

Everyone in the tent was stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other in blank dismay.Marquis of Qingyang?daughter?woman? ?

The soldier didn't change his words, obviously it wasn't a slip of the tongue.

Xie Wuji frowned and said, "Have you confirmed your identity? How many people have you brought? What is she doing here?"

The soldier's expression became more and more strange, and he stammered: "I have confirmed the badge and seal, and the identity should be correct... She only brought four servants, two men and two women. She said... said she came... yes... ... looking for the general..."

Xie Wuji was slightly taken aback.The current world is extremely chaotic, the daughter of the Marquis of Qingyang dared to run out of Qingyang with only three or four servants, it must be called bold.The soldiers were vague and hesitant, presumably there were some words that were hard to say in front of everyone.

Xie Wuji is dealing with official business right now, after thinking for a while, he said: "Find an empty yard, and temporarily house them, entertain them with delicious food and drinks. Let's talk about it after I finish my work here."

The soldiers took orders and went out in a hurry.

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When it was getting dark, Xie Wuji came out of the house and headed towards the courtyard where the Marquis of Qingyang's daughter was placed.

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In the yard, Zhu Jiao was losing her temper at Xie Wuji's guards.

"What the hell do you mean? General Xie? I am a daughter's family, and I ran to find him at the risk of danger. Why did he refuse to even see me? Why did you stop me? Are you planning to put me under house arrest?! You Why do you do that?"

The guards were helpless, and tried to persuade them: "Miss Zhu, please wait a little longer, the general has military affairs to deal with, and will come to see you when he is done."

Zhu Jiao's face was full of disbelief: "It's almost dark, why is he so busy? You let me go out, and I will go find him myself!"

The guard said: "Miss Zhu, if you want to leave the barracks, we will escort you out. But this is an important place for the barracks, so Miss Zhu is not allowed to walk around in the barracks."

Zhu Jiao was furious: "I won't leave the barracks! Since I'm here, I must see Xie Wuji!"

While talking, footsteps sounded outside.The person who came walked very fast, and appeared at the gate of the courtyard in an instant.

Zhu Jiao saw a tall and handsome man approaching, she was already very surprised from a distance, but when she got closer, she found that he was very handsome, especially the tear mole under his eyes was very attractive.The words she was about to have an outburst came to her lips, but they suddenly froze, and she couldn't help but froze in place.

When several guards saw the person coming, they hurriedly saluted him: "General."

Zhu Jiao was shocked: "You are General Xie?!"

She originally thought that the general who fought on the battlefield would be a rough and rough man, but she never expected that Xie Wuji was so young and handsome, his face was instantly stained with red frost, and his eyes began to evade, not daring to meet him again.

Xie Wuji took a few steps closer to her, Zhu Jiao suddenly felt a strong sense of oppression, and couldn't help backing away.Only Xie Wuji said lightly: "The girl is the daughter of the Marquis of Qingyang? I don't know how to call it?"

"Yes..." Zhu Jiao finally came back to her senses, and her momentum was involuntarily much weaker than when she faced the guards before, "My name is Zhu Jiao."

Xie Wuji narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked Zhu Jiao up and down.Zhu Jiaoshang is a young girl, she looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, she is already very beautiful.Her attire can actually be described as sloppy, with mud spots all over her body, and her face is also dirty. It seems that she suffered some hardships on the way here from Qingyang.But even so, it can be seen from her bright eyes and slightly self-willed demeanor that this girl was indeed born in a wealthy family, she was not deeply involved in the world, and was spoiled since she was a child. No such person can be found.

Xie Wuji asked politely: "Why did Miss Zhu come to Fu County?"

"I'm here to find you!" Zhu Jiao hurriedly raised her chin, her eyes widened, and she said surprisingly, "General Xie, I want to ask you, why don't you marry me?!"

Xie Wuji: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Some time ago, Xie Wuji sent envoys to Qingyang, but they didn't go to Qingyang Hou to discuss marriage.Those envoys dealt with Qingyanghou for a long time, showing Xie Wuji's sincerity in making friends with Qingyanghou, and even proposed that Xie Wuji was willing to sworn brothers with Qingyanghou, and asked Qingyanghou to send troops first to help deal with the cult.However, they never mentioned the marriage - the meaning was very clear, Xie Wuji had no intention of this marriage.

Unexpectedly, the daughter of the Marquis of Qingyang came to question her by herself!

The guards in the yard had never seen such an embarrassing battle, and they didn't even dare to breathe, trying to weaken their sense of existence.

Xie Wuji was speechless for a moment, and said: "Miss Zhu, don't misunderstand. The enemy is now at hand, and Xie is busy with military affairs all day long. Besides, soldiers and horses live in a precarious life. Therefore, Xie does not want to delay the girl."

Zhu Jiao seemed to have expected him to say this, and immediately said: "I am not afraid of being delayed by you! You will not regret it if you marry me! I am so beautiful, and I know everything about poetry and poetry. You are upset I can comfort you when you are in trouble; I can also take care of things that you are too busy for; I, I have also learned how to ride and shoot! I can go to the battlefield with you to kill the enemy!"

The guards had never seen such a bold woman before, and they were shocked, but they didn't dare to speak out.Standing like wooden stakes one by one, for fear of being angered accidentally.

Xie Wuji was speechless again.Although he has read many military books, he really doesn't know how to deal with this kind of situation.

Zhu Jiao thought of something, and quickly added: "By the way, I'm not competitive, I'm not jealous! If, if you don't like my background, I..." She gritted her teeth, "I can be your concubine too , you can have a few children with me. If you marry eight or ten, eighty or one hundred, I won’t say a word—in short, if you want my father to send troops to join forces with you, you must Marry me first, otherwise nothing will be discussed!"

Everyone had already been shocked by Zhu Jiao's earth-shattering words, and some careful people noticed the strangeness in her words - this Qingyanghou is a relative of the emperor, why did she say that Xie Wuji would look down on her What about his origin?

In fact, in the current situation, the identities of the royal relatives have indeed become very embarrassing.After the death of the little emperor, the Zhu dynasty survived in name only, and it is still uncertain who will win the country in the future.If the Zhu family's children can rejuvenate the dynasty, then the royal relatives will still be the royal relatives.But if the country changes hands, Marquis Qingyang will become a remnant of the previous dynasty, and whoever gets involved will be unlucky.Therefore Zhu Jiao thought that Xie Wuji's refusal to agree to the marriage had something to do with her background.

Xie Wuji didn't say anything, but looked her up and down sharply.Although he was handsome, he had an aura of calmness and prestige. Zhu Jiao felt chills all over his body when he saw him, she clenched her teeth and braved up to respond to his gaze.

After a while, Xie Wuji asked: "Miss Zhu came to Fu County, did Marquis Qingyang know about it?"

Zhu Jiao's eyes flickered, and she said: "I...I have always admired General Xie. I heard that you refused to agree to the marriage, so I ran here. My father doesn't know."

Xie Wuji repeated word by word: "You said you came here because you admired me?"

His tone sounded emotionless, but there was an inexplicably strong coercion that made Zhu Jiao unable to breathe.

"I...I..." Zhu Jiao hesitated twice, suddenly angry and anxious, "Is it not possible? Do you think I am shameless and shameful? But I just admire you! You are the ever-victorious general, I I like people as majestic as you the most. At the beginning when all the princes and armies withdrew, only you and Chengdu Yin dared to break into the capital to serve the king, why should I admire you?!"

Paused, as if to strengthen himself, he yelled louder than before: "So why don't you marry me??"

Xie Wuji: "..."

Zhu Jiao is still a little girl after all, it is difficult to control her emotions.She was furious, but she couldn't help but her eyes were red, and she turned her head away and rubbed her eyes.

Faced with such a situation, Xie Wuji felt a little overwhelmed.He really didn't know how to deal with it.

After a while, Xie Wuji chose to ignore her questioning, and only said: "Miss Zhu is out alone, the Marquis of Qingyang will be worried. I will order someone to escort you back to Qingyang tomorrow."

Zhu Jiao immediately said anxiously: "Unless you promise to marry me, I won't go back!"

Xie Wuji paused, pretending he didn't hear: "It's getting late, Miss Zhu, please rest."

Zhu Jiao: "...you!"

After Xie Wuji finished speaking, he turned around and left, Zhu Jiao yelled "General Xie" and "Xie Wuji" several times behind him, but he pretended not to hear.The merciless back made Zhu Jiao stomp her feet desperately behind her.

After walking for a while, Wu Cong who was following Xie Wuji looked back and found that they had left Zhu Jiao's sight range.Wu Cong couldn't help but said: "I heard that Miss Zhu Jiao is the most beloved daughter of the Marquis of Qingyang, I didn't expect to have such a temper..."

After a pause, he added in a low voice: "Unexpectedly, Marquis Qingyang wanted to marry her to the general..."

During this period of time, the Marquis of Qingyang intends to marry Xie Wuji. Although Xie Wuji did not agree, he already has a certain understanding of Marquis Qingyang's children.Marquis Qingyang did not only have one daughter, but Zhu Jiao was the only one who was a descendant and was favored very much since she was a child, so she developed an arrogant and willful temperament.

The envoy of Marquis Qingyang also mentioned earlier that if Xie Wuji agrees to this marriage, Marquis Qingyang is willing to lower his value and marry his daughter to Xie Wuji as a concubine.Originally, everyone thought that Marquis Qingyang would randomly bring out a daughter to curry favor with Xie Wuji, but they didn't expect that it was the most favored Zhu Jiao. This also showed Marquis Qingyang's sincerity in the marriage.

And Zhu Jiao dared to come from Qingyang to Fu County with only three or four servants in this chaotic world, and even directly asked Xie Wuji to marry her. I really don't know whether to call her capricious or heroic...

Wu Cong was feeling emotional, but Xie Wuji said coldly: "Immediately send someone to Qingyang to check whether this woman's identity is true. In addition, let people contact the servants she brought to see if they can ask What's coming out?"

Wu Cong was taken aback for a moment, and asked: "The general means that she is afraid that she will come here with ulterior motives?"

Xie Wuji didn't bother to answer, and just gave him a look of "What do you think?"

Although northern women are not as graceful as Jiangnan women, they are still from a noble family and should have been educated in the etiquette of the Central Plains.For Zhu Jiao to be able to do this, it was too abnormal.

Wu Cong hurriedly said: "Yes." He couldn't help but secretly sympathized with Zhu Jiao: she must be considered unlucky to meet someone as incomprehensible as Xie Wuji...

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The next day, Xie Wuji and Wu Cong talked in the house.

After discussing several important matters, Xie Wuji suddenly asked: "Is there any news from Chengdu Mansion?"

Fu County is far away from the land of Shu. If something happens in Shu, it may take a month for the news to reach Fu County.So until now, Xie Wuji had only heard the news that the Changsha Army had raided Shizhou and Shizhou City had been breached.

Xie Wuji was very surprised when Shizhou fell.You must know that if the Changsha army successfully takes Yunyang, it will take over the mouth of the river, and the Changsha government has such an excellent navy as Huang Dongxuan, and the situation of the Chengdu government will become very bad!Therefore, in the past few days, he has been paying close attention to it, and will ask about the new situation in Shu every day.

Wu Cong replied: "It's not new news. Someone heard from Shu merchants yesterday that before Shizhou fell, Zhu Fuyin temporarily changed generals and transferred Han Feng to be the commander of Shizhou. As a result, Han Feng was unpopular in Shizhou first. The Changsha army launched another sneak attack, and in just one day, Shizhou was destroyed with almost no resistance."

Xie Wuji was secretly startled, and thought for a while: "He actually asked Han Feng to guard Shizhou first?"

Wu Cong thought that Xie Wuji didn't approve of this appointment, so he couldn't help sighing: "Yes. If this news is true, Zhu Fu Yin has really misused people. I don't know why he valued Han Fengxian so much. Back then, he did not hesitate to argue with the general because of that person, but now Another Shi Zhou was paid for him..."

From Wu Cong's point of view, Zhu Nao still doesn't understand things on the battlefield, thinking that the more famous the general, the easier it is to use.In fact, this is not the case at all. Changing generals before the battle is a major mistake, and changing someone like Han Fengxian is the second biggest mistake.This led to the fall of Shizhou.

Before Xie Wuji had time to say anything, there was another commotion outside.Listen carefully, there is a woman's shouting—it's Zhu Jiao again!

Xie Wuji frowned, Wu Cong hurriedly went out to check the situation.

After a while, Wu Cong came back: "General, Miss Zhu is here again, saying that she won't go back to Qingyang, she wants to talk to the general."

Xie Wuji said coldly: "Call her in together with the guards guarding her."

Not long after, Zhu Jiao and several guards came in together.

Because Zhu Jiao was angry, her little face was flushed and her cheeks were puffy.The guards looked embarrassed.

Zhu Jiao said: "Thank you, General..."

Before she had time to speak, Xie Wuji interrupted her indifferently: "Miss Zhu, wait a moment." He looked at the guards and asked sternly: "The important place of the military camp, who allowed you to put outsiders here?" ? If the military plane is leaked, what should you do?!"

Those guards immediately knelt down on the ground: "This subordinate is not doing well, please punish the general."

Zhu Jiao was stunned.The redness on her face receded, and she stammered: "I forced my way in, it has nothing to do with them..."

The guards did not allow her to run around, but she was the daughter of Marquis Qingyang after all, and the guards did not dare to hurt her.So when she was in a hurry, she willfully used the dagger as if to self-mutilate, the guards had no choice but to retreat all the way, and let her rush to Xie Wuji's house.

Xie Wuji looked at her like nothing, and said coldly: "Everyone gets twenty army sticks. Go out!"

The guards withdrew immediately.

Zhu Jiao didn't expect such a thing to happen, she was stunned in place, her face full of bewilderment.

When Wu Cong saw the little girl's expression, he couldn't bear it, but he didn't show it on his face.In fact, Xie Wuji's twenty army sticks were not so much used to punish the guards, but rather as a warning to Zhu Jiao, telling her not to act recklessly in the barracks.In the future, if she wanted to play tricks again, she would not be able to succeed.

Only then did Xie Wuji cast his eyes on Zhu Jiao, and asked, "Is there anything Miss Zhu wants to talk to me about?"

Zhu Jiao's lips trembled a little.She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, but her voice was still slightly trembling when she spoke: "General Xie, what do you want to marry me?"

Yesterday Xie Wuji was used to her straightforwardness, so he asked calmly, "Why do I have to marry you?"

Zhu Jiao was aggressive: "General Xie always wants to marry a wife and have children, why can't he marry me?"

Xie Wuji continued to ask: "Why do I have to marry a wife and have children?"

Zhu Jiao was stunned: "You, don't you plan to marry a wife and have children?"

Xie Wuji replied calmly: "Since I have long been ashamed of my ancestors, I don't need to continue the incense to explain to my ancestors."

Zhu Jiao was stunned again.Naturally, she had heard that Xie Wuji had a bad relationship with the Xie family. Everything he has now is his own achievement and has nothing to do with the Xie family.He described marrying a wife and having children as a task to be accounted to the ancestors, which shows that he is really a person who is devoted to military affairs and has no heart for romance.Even if you start a career but don't start a family, it's not careless...

There was a moment of silence in the room, Zhu Jiao couldn't help but muttered: "You...you are a real person, you don't suffer from marrying a wife, so what can you do if you marry one?"

Xie Wuji: "..."

Zhu Jiao had completely torn up her face and threw it to the ground, she straightened her neck and said: "I admire you so much, you should do your best, take pity on me. You let me serve you for a few years, if you still If you dislike me and drive me home, I will never let you down!"

Wu Cong on the side couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth.To be honest, Zhu Jiao never relied on these words to come out of her mouth, it is really not convincing...

Xie Wuji stared fixedly at Zhu Jiao's eyes.Zhu Jiao looked at him at first, but after a while, unable to withstand Xie Wuji's invisible coercion, her eyes couldn't help but dodge again.

Xie Wuji said slowly: "Miss Zhu, you want me to marry you, give me a reason that can convince you."

Zhu Jiao is nothing more than a set of nonsense, but she can't tell the real and reliable reason.Under the wide sleeves, her slender hands silently clenched into fists.

After the two stalemate for a while, Zhu Jiao suddenly brought up another irrelevant topic.

"General Xie," her voice was weak, but her eyes were full of suspicion, "Can you tell me what kind of person that Zhu Fu Yin in Chengdu is?"