"My lord, Qianye has escaped." According to Zhou Lang's intention, Ah Qi took some money to give to Qianye, went to the firewood room and saw that there was only a pile of cut ropes in the firewood room, and the tied Qianye was missing And fly.

Zhou Lang was drinking medicine, and when he heard Ah Qi's words, he was choked up and coughed desperately. Qian He, who was holding a bowl, patted him on the back to help him breathe.

Qianye's ability to run was within Qianhe's expectation, after all, it's not uncommon for the following to be held accountable for such a crime and take their lives.

"Where did he go?" Zhou Lang asked.

Ah Qi, "When I was looking for it just now, I heard a patrolman say that at dawn, a servant left the city under the pretext of buying. That person—it should be Qianye without a doubt."

Zhou Lang felt more at ease when he heard that Qianye had run out of the city.He wanted to send Qianye away because he was afraid that Qianye would stay by his side and harm him. Now that he ran away by himself, it would save him the trouble of pursuing it.

Seeing Zhou Lang's pensive look, Ah Qi suggested, "My lord, do you want this servant to tell the general and send someone to arrest him?"

"No need."

"That……"

Zhou Lang also thought about it, "Let's leave what happened last night."

Ah Qi has worries in his heart, and Qianye's temper, I'm afraid he won't let it go.

Linghuyin didn't know where he got the news that Zhou Lang was sick, and he came to visit in person. When Zhou Lang heard that Linghuyin was coming, he was about to get up to greet him. Seeing that his face was pale, Linghuyin refused to let him get up. , "You don't have to get up, you don't feel well, just lie down."

Zhou Lang got better after taking the medicine, but the military doctor told him not to see the wind, so Qian He and Ah Qi closed the doors and windows of the house tightly and refused to let Zhou Lang go out.Zhou Langping was always bored in Japan, and now he can't even get out of bed, so he can only lie on the bed and read the military book that he has read many times.

It was still noon outside, but candles were lit in the room because Zhou Lang was reading in bed.

"I heard from the military doctor that you had a cold." Linghuyin said.

"It's just a minor illness. I didn't expect to alert my brother to come here in person." Zhou Lang sat up a little while supporting the bed.

Linghu Yin walked to the bed, "It's not too cold in this weather, why are you still caught in the wind and chill?"

Naturally, Zhou Lang couldn't say that he was drugged and drenched in cold water in the middle of the night. "I fell asleep while reading in the yard last night. I got sick this morning."

"Oh? What book are you reading?" Linghu Yin saw that Zhou Lang still had a book in hand.

Zhou Lang closed the book and handed it to Linghuyin. Linghuyin only glanced at the title, "Do you want to learn the art of war?"

Zhou Lang was just too bored, "It's just that I have more free time on weekdays, so I just found this book."

Linghu Yin had an exquisite mind, so he could naturally hear the meaning of Zhou Lang's words.Zhou Lang is a literati, so it's not easy to move around in the barracks, and he stays in the yard all day, so it's naturally very boring.But there is really no place for recreation here. The only nearby towns are still far away. He is used to such a boring life, but Zhou Lang has none.

"Life in the army is hard, it's hard for you."

Zhou Lang smiled, "What do you say, brother? I admire the men in the barracks for protecting their families and the country, but I am a useless literati who spends all day wasted in my room."

"You think so?" Seeing Zhou Lang's earnest gaze, Linghu Yin's heart skipped a beat.

Zhou Lang didn't understand what Linghuyin meant.

"In the court, culture is more important than military, and many literati look down on soldiers in the army." Linghu Yin felt bitter in his heart when he said this, "Although my father spent half his life in the army, he devoted himself to the emperor, but he didn't wait until he was old and the war was chaotic. After all four times, he was reused. But today I heard you say it, and I feel admiration—”

Although Zhou Lang is a literati, he is different from those pedantic scholars whose vision is trapped in this world. "Those literati are still reading the books of sages and sages, and they don't know such things as the suffering of people's lives. Military generals forget their lives in their homes. I naturally admire it."

Linghu Yin looked at Zhou Lang and remained silent for a long time.

Zhou Lang looked away from Linghuyin, "What is brother looking at me for?"

Linghu Yin suddenly raised his lips and smiled, "Young Master Zhou..." He usually calls you Young Master Zhou, but today he feels it is too unfamiliar, "I didn't think it was called before, but today, when I hear it, you call me brother, and I call you Zhou." Young master, you are really unfamiliar."

Zhou Lang didn't expect that Linghuyin would suddenly struggle with addressing.

"I'll call you Brother Zhou from now on."

Zhou Lang called Brother Linghuyin because he was Linghurou's elder brother, but Linghuyin suddenly changed his name to Brother Zhou, but he felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it.

Linghuyin sat down and tucked the quilt up for Zhou Lang, "Brother Zhou recuperates well, and when you recover, I'll take you around the barracks."

Zhou Lang had been trapped in the courtyard for half a month, and he was tired of being bored, but he didn't dare to walk around the barracks by himself, for fear of causing some trouble, his eyes lit up a little after hearing what Linghuyin said.

Linghuyin thought that Zhou Lang was brilliant in the past, but he didn't expect him to have such insight, so every word and every word he said just now entered his heart.

The culture of emphasizing literature over military affairs has existed in the court since long ago. I only heard that there was a rebellion by military generals in the previous dynasty, so the emperor was close to civil servants and alienated military generals. His father devoted himself to the emperor all his life. In the end, when he went to battle to kill the enemy, his wife was favored by the emperor. It is really chilling that the emperor blindly shielded his favored ministers.

Zhou Lang didn't know the hidden truth of this past incident, he was still thinking about finally being able to go out for a walk, the smile on his face couldn't hide, "I'll be fine tomorrow."

Linghu Yin saw that his eyebrows and eyes were smiling, and his lips were full of charm, and the drunkenness when he looked at Zhou Lang's eyes that day came out of his memory again, "No hurry."

"General." Changqing's voice suddenly came from the door.

"What's the matter?" Linghu Yin's expression returned to a condensed look.

"Yun Zang is back."

When Linghu Yin heard this sentence, although there was no expression on his face, Zhou Lang saw something flickering in his eyes.

If it's something else, Linghuyin will stay and have a meal with Zhou Lang, but that Yunzang...

"Brother, let's deal with it first."

After listening to Zhou Lang's words, Linghuyin's coldness faded a little, "Well, take a good rest."

Zhou Lang responded, and Linghuyin and Changqing left together.

The next day, Linghuyin really came again. Last night, Zhou Lang slept wrapped in a white bear skin and sweated a lot. He got up early today, and when Linghuyin came, he had already washed up. alright.Seeing that his complexion was much better than yesterday, Linghu Yin decided to take him out for a walk.

Now is the time to get up early and practice, and the soldiers outside the night watch have already arrived at the changing of the guard, so there are not many people. Zhou Lang only went for a walk when he got lost last time, and he didn't have time to see many places. Linghuyin took He didn't talk about shopping, but also taught him how to recognize the way.

The walls of the cities built on the border were high and thick, and curved in a loop. Zhou Lang looked up and saw that many of the walls were built with arrow towers and outposts.

Linghu Yin led him up the city wall, and when he looked down from a high place, Zhou Lang thought of the word impenetrable for no reason—when he was walking down there, he felt that there were twists and turns, and he couldn't find his way, but when he looked down from a high place, he felt Those city walls are the best fortifications, coupled with the well-arranged arrow tower sentry posts, even if the enemy breaks through the city walls, the soldiers retreating into the city can well switch from defense to offense according to the terrain.

Listening to Linghuyin's explanation, Zhou Lang felt that Linghuyin was an immortal general.

Outside the city wall was the endless loess, but Zhou Lang saw a few nimbly moving shadows on the loess.

Linghu Yin followed Zhou Lang's gaze, "That's a scout from Beidi Kingdom."

Those people were so far apart that Zhou Lang couldn't tell if they were people or what at a glance.

"Beidi's army is stationed at the foot of Yelang Mountain, fifty miles away." Linghuyin said.

Zhou Lang is not familiar with the terrain here, but he knows that fifty miles is not far away.

The Beidi Kingdom is called barbarians because they are uneducated. Every July and August, when the grass grows best, they will come to plunder with their strong cavalry.There used to be many towns in the frontier, but because of Beidi's successive years of invasion, many cities became empty cities and buried under the yellow sand.In recent years, Beidi's new emperor ascended the throne, his ambitions expanded, and his attacks became more and more frequent.The emperor couldn't bear the disturbance, so he built the city wall and ordered Linghu and his son to guard the frontier.It's just that recently there was a famine in the country, and refugees caused chaos, so Linghuyin's father was transferred to quell the civil turmoil.

"Is there going to be a war?" Although Zhou Lang was born in the comfortable Lin'an, he also knew the ferocity of the Beidi barbarians. It was rumored that wherever they went, they would order the massacre of the city, and women and children would not be spared.

Linghu Yin nodded, "After a while, when their horses get fatter, they will come."

Zhou Lang knew that there might be a war when he came, but he felt that the battlefield was far away from him after half a month of comfort.

"Bring a bow and arrow." Linghu Yin stared at the shadow moving under the city.

The soldiers stationed on the city wall came over with a bow.

Zhou Lang was startled when he saw Linghu Yin drawing the bow and arrow.The black shadow shaking under the city was about half a mile away from them, and they were also agile, picking up mounds to hide every time.

Linghu Yin's eyes suddenly froze.

There was the sound of an arrow piercing through the air, and the scout poking out his head from behind the mound in the distance was pierced through the skull by an arrow, and fell to the ground without moving.

Linghu Yin took the bow and arrow and handed it to the soldiers on the city wall.

Zhou Lang was dumbfounded, "Brother's arrow technique is much better than piercing Yang with a hundred steps."

Hearing Zhou Lang's praise, Linghu Yin bent his lips, "It's windy on the city wall, let's go down and take you to look elsewhere."

Zhou Lang nodded and followed Linghuyin down.

They had been on the city wall for half an hour, and when they came down, there were already many patrolling soldiers in the city.When those soldiers saw Linghu Yin, they would come over and salute. Linghu Yin waved his hand and let them go.

"It seems that my brother has a lot of prestige in the army." Zhou Lang walked with Linghu Yin all the way, and saw that every saluting soldier treated Linghu Yin with great respect.

Linghu Yin said, "If the general has no prestige in the army, how can he fight?"

What Zhou Lang wanted to say was not this, "Prestige can mean that others are afraid of you, or they can mean that others respect you."

"Then tell me, are they afraid of me or respect me?" Linghu Yin stopped.

When Zhou Lang smiled, there was a bit of cunning in the peach blossom eyes, "Both respectful and fearful."

Linghu Yin, "Then do you respect me or are you afraid of me?"

Zhou Lang chatted with Linghu Yin all the way, and they were both very relaxed. Now hearing Linghu Yin's question, he brought out his glib tone in front of women in the past, "I admire you."

He said this in a tone that was almost a joke or just a joke, with clear eyes that seemed to be speaking from the bottom of his heart.

At that moment, Linghu Yin heard a sudden heartbeat in his chest, as if it could already be heard by others.

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