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In terms of official position, as the general of Jingwu, he commanded all the troops of Jingwu. It can be said that one person is under [-] people. If it weren't for Jingwu's prime minister being Zhuge Wanling, it would be difficult for anyone to restrain him. His might.

In terms of family history, his family was originally a gentry family that had been passed down in Wu State for hundreds of years, with a long history and profound heritage, otherwise it would have been impossible to create such a famous general as Gao Changgong.

What's more, he still has that face that no one would believe even if he stood on the side of the road and said that he hadn't seduced a young woman from a good family.

In the few years after he became an adult, many people around whispered whether his father had been cuckolded... Although his brothers and sisters can be said to be very extraordinary in appearance, but they can grow into him. Tian's stunning appearance is really unparalleled in the world.

The eldest daughter of the Sun family, for his sake, has stayed in her boudoir and refused to get married, and even went on a hunger strike for three days in order to fight against the marriage arranged for her by the family.

The youngest daughter of the Lin family, influenced by a scholarly family, is a good painter, but only because he passed by on a tall horse after his triumphant return. Since then, she has never painted winter plums and autumn chrysanthemums. At home, I traced his face from memory.

There are also the third daughter of the Wang family and the eldest daughter of the Huang family...

The people eagerly called him "Jingwu God of War", while Huaichun women and even women whispered in circles that he was "Beautiful God of War".

In the world, there are few people who can be more prominent than him, and no one is more handsome than him. If he really wants to get married, he is afraid that he will already have children and grandchildren. If he is more affectionate, he may even have a wife and concubine. in groups.

But he just didn't want to.

But what is very interesting is that most of the women were relieved to hear that Gao Changgong had rejected the family's in-laws for him several times.In their hearts, they only felt that if Gao Changgong really got married, wouldn't it mean that they would have no chance at all?

Passionate is always infatuated. Although most women know deep down in their hearts that it is impossible for them to have a promise with this beautiful god of war in this life, but many times, they just don't want to think about it.

Zhuge Wanling continued: "Isn't this very good? If you get married, the eldest daughter of the Sun family doesn't have to be a living widow in the boudoir, and she can marry generously. And the eldest daughter of the Lin family You can also repaint her winter plum and autumn chrysanthemum, but your portrait is hard to find outside, and I doubt if she continues to paint other paintings, will she still be able to sell for such a high price."

Chapter 44 Slap and Exit

Gao Changgong was agitated in his mind. Hearing Zhuge Wanling's faint sarcasm, he said angrily: "She doesn't look like a painting at all, okay? There have been no wars in the past few years. I haven't rode a horse swaggering through the city gate for a long time. She I just met me once, what can I remember, and I paid a thousand gold. From now on, I will simply put a sign on the top of the city, saying that Jingwu General Gao Changgong is a thousand gold. Then why do I need to ask you for military salary? ?”

"That's just right." Zhuge Wanling smiled lightly, "The national treasury is tight, and Linjiang flooded again, and we need relief. If you really do this, I can spend less money to support the army, and I don't need the money." I have a headache."

"Go!" Gao Changgong snorted, "If you want me to pay from my father, just say it, pretending. But I can declare that although my family is an aristocratic family, compared with those few families, it is just a little rich and easy. If you want to cut meat from a fat pig, you have to treat them equally, otherwise I can't force my father to go to court and cry."

Qin Ke lowered his head and asked Abu in a low voice: "Why didn't he get married? Even if he is too good-looking and has a high position, it is not difficult to find a suitable girl... No, it should be said that he has such good conditions No matter how you say it, there should be countless girls throwing themselves into their arms. The big strong man in my village is pretty handsome, and he also helps the county government's catcher with some errands. I don't know how many daughters want to marry him."

Abu was snickering, and when he heard Qin Ke's question, he shook his head: "I don't know."

"do not know?"

"I don't know." Abu nodded emphatically, "Many people say that Brother Chang Gong has too high a vision and no one is worthy of him, but I know that Brother Chang Gong is not that kind of person, and there may be many, many reasons... ..."

"I think it's just being restrained after being reluctant to get married..." Qin Ke laughed softly, and when he looked up, he asked strangely, "What's wrong with you, what's on my face?"

Abu's expression was stiff, he smiled reluctantly, turned his head away, and ran away in a hurry as if he had seen a ghost.

Qin Ke was wondering, when he suddenly heard Gao Changgong's voice that seemed to be squeezed out from behind his teeth: "You little brat, you can speak well..."

Qin Ke's face froze, how could he forget this?With Gao Changgong's physical fitness, at such a distance and in such a quiet cave, even if he whispered, how could he escape Gao Changgong's ears?

"Hey hey hey." Qin Ke forced a dry laugh a few times, then raised his voice and shouted, "Abu, wait for me! I'm a little anxious, I have to get out!"

It's a pity that it was too late. Just as he was smearing oil on his feet and wanted to flee in a hurry, Gao Changgong was much faster than him. He held a spear in his right hand, so he just stretched out his left hand, but when he swung it, there was a sharp wind sound .

"Clap clap clap..."

A series of slapping sounds suddenly sounded in the cave, as dense as rain hitting plantains, and for a while, I didn't know how many slaps sounded.

Abu approached Zhuge Wanling, with a sad expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "It's really not that I'm disrespectful, it's really..."

Qin Ke's ghostly crying and wolf howling covered his muttering, and the corner of Abu's mouth twitched, remembering the scene when he was "punished" by Gao Changgong, and now he still has some fresh memories.

He shuddered, wondering if Qin Ke could bear it.

When the sound of "啪啪啪" stopped, Qin Ke stopped howling, but at this moment, the tears and snot on his face were almost completely mixed together, and the hot feeling spread from his buttocks, as if it had been painted Countless layers of chili oil were poured on it, and a spoonful of hot oil was poured on it by the way.

"You bastard!" Qin Ke cried, feeling that he couldn't even take a step, and every time he took a step, his butt hurt like his own, "I just said something by the way... "

Gao Changgong raised his right hand, put it in front of his body, and blew on it proudly with his mouth: "I just slapped your butt more than 100 handily."

Qin Ke limped along, staring fiercely at Gao Changgong's back while walking: "Is God of War amazing? Sooner or later, I'll kick your ass to death!"

Gao Changgong's footsteps became lighter. At this moment, he jumped up and down like a child: "Oh, I'm really afraid of death. I'm waiting! See if you can get close to me when you are 70 or 80 years old .”

Qin Ke raised his leg angrily and wanted to kick Gao Changgong, but halfway through the kick, he stopped stiffly.

I saw that Gao Changgong did not turn his head, but the chuckle still reached his ears, and his left hand was still dangling lightly in the air, dangling, as if it would come over at any time, and give his ass a few hundred more palm.

"A hero doesn't suffer from immediate losses!" Qin Ke gritted his teeth authentically.

Qin Ke walked slowly, clutching his buttocks, and the entrance of the cave was slowly getting bigger and higher, and it became more spacious.

The cave dug by the mountain-eating ants is not too long. After all, after Qin Ke and others gradually penetrated into the mausoleum, they no longer knew how far they had traveled in the mountains. It takes a lot of time.

After finally calming down, he was also a little bored, looking around.

After about a while, his eyes once again fell on the back of Zhuge Wanling walking slowly in front of him.

Zhuge Wanling walked steadily, and every step he took was not as rigid as Abu, nor as casual as Gao Changgong.

Every movement of his seems to have been calculated countless times.Raise your legs, go down, and land on the ground, bringing up the fine dust on the ground. Your eyes are calm, but it seems that you can see the boundless ocean in the distance through this cave.

There is nothing in his eyes now.Qin Ke thought, and then felt more and more elusive about this person.

Although everything that happened in the mausoleum was chaotic, Wang Xuanwei, giant python, stone formation, these things were far beyond everyone's expectations, but in the end they were able to escape from such a chaotic situation. Everything has been calculated in advance?

No matter how long the road is, there will be an end, and so will the cave.

After walking for about a stick of incense, Qin Ke's pupils flickered slightly, and he saw it. From the other side of the cave, he finally saw a bright light.

"It's the exit!" Qin Ke looked at the ray of light, and was a little joyful. He could finally leave this dark place. At this moment, even the burning pain on his buttocks seemed to be invisible.

He couldn't wait, even though he was limping, he overtook Zhuge Wanling and Abu in a very short time, and continued to run forward.

"Reincarnation!" Gao Changgong lazily laughed at him, "The hole won't suddenly grow two legs and run away."

Qin Ke ignored him, mustered up his strength, and rushed out of the cave at once.

It was indeed a bright light. They spent a whole night in the mausoleum. The mountain was already bright, and this brightest ray of sunlight slipped in mischievously from the entrance of a person-high cave, gently covering the on his eyelids.

Qin Ke felt that he couldn't open his eyes, so he could only squint slightly. This cave did not directly lead to the outside world, but entered a tomb.

This mausoleum is very small, just over a foot long and wide. Compared with the Ye Wang Mausoleum that Qin Ke walked through just now, it is like the difference between a royal palace and a rabbit hole.

The simple adobe brick walls and ceiling have a natural color of earthy yellow. The ground has been covered with dust for a long time, but it has not yet leaked due to rainwater penetration, and it looks very dry.

The wooden coffin of the owner of the tomb was obviously not specially made, and it didn't even have bright red or deep black paint on it, so it looked like a simple wooden box.

"Hey. This master seems to be quite fond of books." Gao Changgong then also entered the tomb, looking at the bright sky outside the entrance of the person-high cave, squinting his eyes and not in a hurry to go out, but walked lightly to the door of the tomb At both ends, there are two bookshelves, on which bamboo slips are piled up like a mountain, and even a lot of dried lettuce leaves are mixed in the middle to prevent insects.

Obviously, the owner of the tomb is a book lover, and he sleeps here to keep his book lover company.

Although it is simple, there is such a small study-like tomb. It is probably a famous private school teacher in the village or nearby, or some old man with high morals and respect. Pit is much better.

Abu also came out and flipped through the bookshelves: "Annotations to the Six Classics, this is a political book, and it's quite new."

He raised his head, and was a little surprised to find that Qin Ke was staying where he was, without saying a word, like a deer at a loss: "Ah Ke, what's wrong with you? Do you know the owner of this tomb?" His voice suddenly came out. A bit remorseful, "Oh, that's really embarrassing, although we were just making excuses, we still bothered this Mr...."

Qin Ke didn't speak, but his eyes were complicated as if thousands of words were hidden in it.

Chapter 45 The Familiar Tomb

How could he not recognize this tomb?Speaking of which, he used loess to beat the wall of the tomb into adobe bricks one by one, and mixed dry straw and charcoal ash into it, because this would make the tomb stronger.

He specially learned that bookshelf from that grumpy carpenter Wu in the village. In order to learn that bit of carpentry skills, he often took his feather duster on his hands.

He thought about going outside to buy some red paint, but then he thought that Master didn't like the smell of wax paint, so he thought about using logs directly, and using camphor wood to smoke, which would make the wood decay later .

This is his master's tomb.

It is the grave in his heart.

Zhuge Wanling was the last one to come out. Qin Ke suddenly turned his head and met Zhuge Wanling's peaceful and harmonious gaze, but he couldn't help clenching his fist with his right hand, and his nails pierced his flesh like sharp knives.

What a coincidence, everything is a coincidence...

Gao Changgong smiled, brushed past Zhuge Wanling, looked at the deep cave, raised the spear with both hands, and inserted it into the cave, with just a shake, the spear whizzed as it rotated.

And as the spear shook faster and faster, the roar in the whole cave became louder and louder. Taking advantage of this force, Gao Changgong suddenly tightened his right hand and slapped on the inner wall of the cave, and suddenly there was a burst of collapse in the depths of the cave. There was a sound, and the soil at the entrance of the cave was also shaken off quickly, and this cave of unknown length and depth was sealed.

He clapped his hands, brushed off the dust on his body, and said, "What should I do now?"

Zhuge Wanling didn't look at the coffin, and walked out of the tomb slowly: "Where's the Qingzhou ghost rider you sent?"

Gao Changgong followed up slowly, looked at the sun and sighed, "Go back and catch up on sleep", and then smiled and said: "Guess?"

Zhuge Wanling stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and looked at him quietly, his eyes were not harsh, but just calm, but this kind of calm made the person being watched feel as if he was transparent, and he couldn't find it. to a sense of security.

After a long time, Gao Changgong waved his hand helplessly: "Come on. When I didn't say anything, I had already arranged the manpower before I came. Indeed, if Qingzhou Ghost Riders want to enter the Mohist territory in a whole batch, it is impossible to quietly. So according to your I split them into groups of three, and in the name of 'messenger', they entered the Mohist family from different passes, with a total of fifty riders. Although there will be more detours, they can also be avoided. The eyes and ears of the Mohists gathered around here. As long as the fire is lit and the smoke waves are used to signal, they will know what to do."

Zhuge Wanling nodded, and continued to walk forward: "In that case, let's find some dry firewood and let them disperse from different passes directly by setting off the smoke."

Gao Changgong was stunned: "What do you mean? Let my people work hard for seven days, and finally get together, and now let them pat their butts and disperse?"

"If they can get here, the effect will be achieved." Zhuge Wanling said softly, "Even if the 50 Qingzhou Ghost Riders gather together, they will not be able to compete with Wang Xuanwei's [-]-man team."

"You want...to use them as suspects?" Gao Changgong guessed a little, "Then what do you use up your energy to split up the ghost riders to hide? Isn't it better for this kind of thing to be as loud as possible? I can send a thousand-man team , in the name of training soldiers directly broke into the territory of the Mo family, anyway, even if the Mo family is angry, they know that their biggest enemies are Tang and Cang Hai, at most we send envoys to pretend to be a grandson to apologize."

Zhuge Wanling answered the wrong question: "The current military advisor of the Mohists is Sun Boling. When it comes to tactics, he will not be under Wang Xuanwei."

"Are you afraid of him?" Gao Changgong nodded, "It's a pity that he is a man with disabled legs. Although he is famous, he has never had the opportunity to see him in front of the battle."

Zhuge Wanling said: "Wang Xuanwei is not a fool. Before he brought the Black Cavalry Centuries here, he would not fail to communicate with Sun Boling. This is his prudence and his second hand. As long as there are some problems on his side , Sun Boling can also respond. If I guess correctly, our way back will not be too smooth, at least there is a team of thousands of black riders waiting on the way we must pass." He looked at Gao Changgong, "Even if you , it’s hard to get it in front of the Black Knight Thousands, okay?”

Gao Changgong smiled and clicked the words: "You usually do this kind of thing to please, and I am only responsible for killing the enemy."

Zhuge Wanling didn't bother to talk to him: "With Sun Boling's ability, it is not difficult to detect the changes of the Qingzhou ghost cavalry and then contact the overall situation to detect the movement of the entire Qingzhou ghost cavalry. However, it is impossible for him to mobilize too many soldiers and horses in a hurry. The [-] infantry used to defend our army did not have the ability to catch up with the Qingzhou ghost cavalry, he only had black cavalry. Fifty Qingzhou ghost cavalry, if broken up, would become a dozen targets, and Among the dozen or so goals, each of them may include you and me, you say, what can he do?"

"If it were me... then it must be Chen Bing Pengcheng directly. No matter what, it is always a matter of peace of mind and effort. After all, if he divides his troops and takes the initiative to attack, there will be no way to stop me if there are fewer people, and there will be no way to guarantee coverage if there are too many people." Every goal." Gao Changgong muttered.

In terms of location, the only junction between the Mo family and Jingwu is Ziwu Valley, so it is also called the North-South Passage by most people, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has been controlled by Jingwu for so many years.

But Pengcheng is a city specially set up by the Mohists to guard against and monitor Jingwu. It is only a hundred miles away from Ziwu Valley, and the surrounding plants and trees cannot escape the eyes of the defenders.

But he smiled again, "However, since you arranged this way, you must have expected that Sun Boling would not be a person willing to sit in the city. I guess he will take the initiative to attack and track down our cavalry."

"No, he's not a man who will be fooled." Zhuge Wanling smiled lowly, "Sun Boling always pays attention to avoiding the real when using troops, and rarely divides his troops to attack at the same time, as long as he can report from various passes. It is even more impossible to act rashly if we infer the layout of the Qingzhou Ghost Rider."

Gao Changgong was startled, and couldn't help laughing: "Interesting, more and more interesting. I really can't wait to see what scheme you have planned."

When the two talked about these things in detail, they didn't deliberately avoid Qin Ke and Abu. Of course, even after listening, Qin Ke was actually at a loss.What's more, he has something on his mind now, so he didn't listen to these words at all.

Along the way, Qin Ke didn't say much, and Abu also noticed Qin Ke's strange behavior, but he only thought it was because he felt sorry for breaking someone's tomb, so he felt guilty.

"It's okay, Ake, after this matter is over, although Brother Chang Gong and Mr. Zhang are not suitable to come to the territory of the Mohist family, I can still come, and we will fix it together when the time comes." Abu said.

Qin Ke shook his head and followed them all the way down the mountain path.Gao Changgong raised his gun to cut thatch. Although the fine steel spear is not a standard agricultural tool, after all, the sharpness of the spear tip is so sharp after being forged by the foundry master, but it is also very handy.

In a short while, he was holding a large bundle of thatch and piled it into a haystack, just waiting for the torch to be lightly thrown, and the thatch that had already withered would rise into a huge flame in an instant.

Zhuge Wanling shook his head to signal him not to worry, and said softly, "Abu."

Abu trotted all the way to Zhuge Wanling's side, and said respectfully, "Sir, is there anything I can do?"

"Go and cut some thatch with Chang Gong," Zhuge Wanling said.

"Ah? Isn't that enough?" Abu was slightly taken aback, "And I don't have anything in hand..."

But Gao Changgong saw what Zhuge Wanling meant, laughed, patted Abu on the shoulder with one hand, put his arms around him and said, "If I tell you to go, you can go, why, can't I just let you stay with me?"

"But there is thatch here..."

"I think the thatch over there looks better, um, the smoke must look better too."

"..." So what does the beacon smoke used as a signal have to do with whether it looks good or not?Abu thought dumbfoundingly.

Zhuge Wanling watched Gao Changgong go some distance away, then turned his head and looked at Qin Ke, who had been silent all this time, their eyes collided again, but Qin Ke dodged away somewhat embarrassedly.

"I know you have something to ask me, you can say it now." Zhuge Wanling said gently.

Qin Ke suddenly raised his head and met Zhuge Wanling's gaze again, but this time he did not dodge, but stared stubbornly.

Zhuge Wanling was not in a hurry and just waited calmly.

After a long time, Qin Ke lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Who are you...?"

Who are you.

This is a very interesting question. People will be asked "Who are you" countless times in their lives, and as people experience and change their thoughts, they will have different answers. This is identity.

But Qin Ke is not an old pedant who is obsessed with philosophy. He is not interested in those seemingly inexplicable questions such as "who am I" and "where am I going?" Just because he wants to know the fact of one thing.

One, there are facts about Zhuge Wanling.

Zhuge Wanling didn't seem to be surprised by this question that seemed a little out of his mind. He looked at Qin Ke calmly for a while, and said slowly, "Zhuge Wanling."