One of the female generals of the Yang family

【Chapter 3】Daliao Poison Master Zizhu Flute Song

The sudden cold wind blew the curtains of Yang Xun's tent. He sat in front of the low table, approached a lighted lamp, and wrote something on the scroll with a pen.The guard outside the door got up and passed the message, "Xu Jiu, the cook, please see me."

Yang Xun frowned slightly, he was really surprised that the cook came to him, he knew in his heart that something must happen, he said in a loud voice: "Come in."

I saw Xu Jiu dragging a man who bowed and lowered his head to walk in together, the two of them knelt in front of Yang Xun, kowtowed, "military teacher."

"When will the kitchen find me?"

Xu Jiu raised her head slightly, "This is Jiamu's vegetable farmer. When delivering vegetables just now, he accidentally mentioned something. Hearing something strange, he came to report to the military division."

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

"The dead in the land of Jiamu will be sent to the cemetery for burial. The nearest road to the cemetery is the road at the foot of the mountain twenty miles away. The funeral procession that just passed by the barracks chose this It’s really strange to walk in a different way.”

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Xun stood up abruptly, coughing a lot.Xu Jiu occasionally raised her eyes to look at this weak military adviser, she really didn't understand how all the brave members of the Yang family would be sick.

"The person who sent the funeral?" Yang Xun straightened his expression, walked around the table, suddenly understood, and said in a loud voice: "Come here, please come to my place." Everyone knows that he never leaves the house at night, because His body was weak, and he was afraid of catching a cold, which would drag down the entire army. Even though Yang Tai was a general, he had to make an exception and come to see him in the camp.

After a while, Yang Tai, who was not wearing armor but dressed in normal clothes, walked into the tent, his face showed worry, he was slightly relieved to see that Yang Xun was in good health, and saw two people from the kitchen standing in the tent, he said in doubt : "What happened?"

"The funeral procession just now is a bit strange, brother, you have to be careful. This little brother said that there is a shorter road from Jiamu Town to Jiamu Cemetery, but this group of people chooses the distance, which shows that they have ulterior motives. .”

Yang Tai frowned, lowered his head and thought for a while, "Brother knows, let's deal with it now."

In front of the kitchen tent, Qin Xue paced slowly, saw Xu Jiu had already brought the vegetable farmer, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's a good thing that you asked the vegetable farmer what the funeral song was, otherwise, you wouldn't have discovered such a big hidden danger." Xu Jiu looked happy, secretly congratulating her luck for the achievement she had just made.The vegetable farmer smiled from ear to ear while holding the reward, nodded and said in agreement: "Brother Qin deserves some of the credit for today." Fang wanted to hand some money to Qin Xue, but she raised her hand to stop her, "I'm just curious. , not as smart as the two of you, what happened today was still in your imagination."

The two were praised, and they were even more happy.Qin Xue turned around slowly, her smiling face turned worried in an instant, now Yang Tai will definitely order the whole army to prepare for a surprise attack, but she doesn't know that there is a person in the team who is good at inflicting poison, although he will send someone to chase the funeral procession of more than a dozen people , but they don't know that they will also change their clothes immediately to prepare for unexpected events, so that it will be difficult to be recognized again.

Thinking about the current situation, the enemy is still in the dark, and the Yang family's army is in the open, and everything will be at a disadvantage.Ji, he is not only a formidable poisoner, but also a smart person. If he wants to poison, he will succeed, and then the whole Yang family will be in danger.

Qin Xue recalled that what he had heard from Xu Jiu before, that the Yang family's army would suffer from the plague every time they came here, it should also be related to the Daliao Poison Master.

The urgency of the delay is not to guard against the Liao army's surprise attack, but to guard against the re-entry epidemic in the army.Qin Xue anxiously walked to Yang Xun's tent, thinking of how to remind him, if he saw him blindly, he would definitely be puzzled, how did she know the things that the Yang family in Jiamu didn't understand .And she didn't want others to know that she had lived in Daliao territory for several years.

While hesitating, an eagle blew across the night sky. In the far distance, shadows could be seen flying by. Their wings occasionally blocked the moonlight above their heads. The soldiers on duty at night also looked up. It was still a young eagle. Its strength is not enough to allow him to glide for too long, but it persistently hovers above the Song army garrison, its eyes emit a dark yellow light, and it seems to be able to see everything.

Qin Xue hurriedly hid in the shadow of the tent, her heart beating violently, as if she was about to rush out of her body.She recognized this eagle, which Yeluquan kept beside her half a year before she left Daliao. When this little thing opened its eyes, it should have seen Yeluquan's face first, but Yeluquan lifted the mask in front of it. While covering the cloth, he broke in suddenly, the little thing looked towards the voice, and put her appearance into his eyes first.In the future, she will always be very special to her. Even though she knows that Yeluyan raised it and she has never petted it for a day, it still has inexplicable feelings for her.

Now, it must have been instructed by Yeluquan to come here.And it is here, then Yelu Spring is not far away.Thinking of this, Qin Xue looked towards the stream outside the barracks, and she could see the sparkling light through the moonlight.At the same time, the sound of the flute slowly sounded, playing Jiamu’s courtship song. Before marrying a woman, the man took the purple bamboo to the woman’s house and played the song to win the woman’s heart, thus impressing the woman and causing ripples in her heart , can't wait for the man to take her away.If a woman thinks the sound of the flute is pleasant, she can leave with the man that night and have a grand wedding ceremony the next day.

This is a song loved by both men and women in Jiamu. It expresses the man's desire to marry a woman as his wife, and also expresses the woman's admiration for the man who is about to become her husband. It is a straightforward courtship song. It shows that the man wants to completely win the woman's heart and keep her lifetime promise.

A hand was suddenly placed on Qin Xue's shoulder, which made her startled suddenly, and looked at the man in black who suddenly covered her mouth and nose.

The man nodded to her and slowly let go of his hand.

"Nangul." Looking at the person in front of her, Qin Xue became more certain of her guess, and said softly, "Is he here?"

Nan Gul nodded, "The prince knows that Qin Xue has not yet found a way out of the barracks, so he asked his subordinates to help you."

"I won't go to see him." Qin Xue looked at the patrolmen who occasionally passed by, and signaled Nan Gul to hide in the deepest shadow.

Nan Gul suddenly knelt down and said: "The prince said that if Qin Xue is not invited, one of his subordinates' arms should be fed to 'Jiulu'." While speaking, he looked up at the young eagle still hovering in the sky.

"He named this little thing 'Jiulu'?" Qin Xue also looked at the young eagle who had seen her, but it suddenly rushed down and alarmed the guards, Qin Xue hurriedly raised her hand to signal it to stay away from her.The young eagle didn't dare to approach, but also didn't want to leave, occasionally neighing to express its dissatisfaction.

"That's right, the prince said, the first Liao dialect you learned was 'Jiulu'." As he spoke, he lowered his head and gave a small smile. After being stared back by Qin Xue, he dared not be presumptuous again.

Qin Xue recalled some things when she was a child. She was forced to call Yeluquan 'master', but she refused to speak up. She vaguely remembered that the first Liao word she was willing to learn was 'bastard'. I learned it from the mouth of a woman who was sold to Daliao as a slave.That day, she was led to meet the steward of Yeluquan's house, and she happened to see Yeluquan passing through the courtyard. The steward motioned her to greet her master, and she said the word, 'Jiulu'.

Because it was the first time to speak Liao dialect, the pronunciation was not standard. The supervisor didn't understand what she meant to insult Yeluquan, so he just slapped her and said the words taught her again, but she still insisted on saying something. Jiulu', Yeluquan was smart, understood what she meant, although he thought it was very funny, but he didn't spare her, ordered someone to hang her up, and gave her fifteen lashes, the reason for the punishment was the word "bastard" Her pronunciation is not accurate, she needs to study hard in the future, and tell him again'.

Staring at Nan Gul who was kneeling in front of him, Qin Xue slowly helped him up.She understood that Yeluquan kept his word, if she didn't go with Nangul, Yeluquan would cut off one of his arms.

"Okay, I'll accompany you there, you have to remember, I saved your arm, and this kindness will be returned to me in the future." She looked coldly at the creek in the distance.

"Yes, Nan Gur must remember Qin Xue's great kindness." Nan Gur had a surprised smile on his face, as if he didn't expect Qin Xue's character to agree to himself so easily.

The moonlight fell on the ground, and the sound of the flute still did not stop. A man in scarlet was sitting on a rotten log by the stream, with his back to the two people who were walking.

Nan Gul stopped slowly, bowed, and signaled Qin Xue to go forward alone, while he turned around to observe the surrounding movement.Qin Xue walked forward slowly, staring at the familiar figure with complicated thoughts.The sound of the flute stopped abruptly when she approached. The man did not turn around, but sighed softly, and patted the empty seat beside him with a little dissatisfaction, signaling her to sit beside him.

Qin Xue sat down slowly, did not look at the man, but stared at the stream shining silver in front of her, and said softly: "Yeluquan, I am no longer your slave. Do you remember our agreement, if I have If I can escape from there, you will set me free."

Yeluquan smiled lightly, looked at the beautiful face of the woman beside her, and the slightly curly black hair at the temples, reached out and stroked her cheek gently, with skillful movements, as she often did.Qin Xue slightly turned her head to the side, although her movement was not obvious, Yeluquan still noticed her, her fingers paused in place, and he slowly withdrew them.

His eyes looked at the dark color in the far distance, and there was a good-looking smile on the corner of his mouth, and the slightly actuated eyebrows made his whole face extraordinarily vivid and attractive.He raised his voice softly, with a very charming voice, "It's been six years, you've been trying to escape every day, it's really heartbreaking, no matter how much I care about you, you can't seem to see it, you only think about it Leaving makes everything I've done seem extra ridiculous."

Qin Xue didn't speak, her face was slightly cold, but her hands were trembling, and she was clenched into a fist, trying her best to cover it up.

Yeluquan still didn't look at her, his eyes glanced at her clenched hands, he smiled helplessly, and continued: "I know you're gone, I'm naturally sad, but I really like the way you chose. That day, I never wanted to be with me." Sitting at the table, you suddenly wanted to invite me to drink, so I knew you wanted to escape again, thinking that you would put the drug into the wine, so I asked Nanguer to replace the jug you brought, how could I have thought that, You drank the antidote in advance, but applied the drug to your lips."

While speaking, he slowly took Qin Xue's hand, still staring into the distance, "I can still recall your soft lip line that night, and the faint smell of wine on your body.

As he said, the tip of his nose was already close to Qin Xue's neck, he sniffed it lightly, and laughed aloud: "Now, why is there a smell of vegetables and charcoal fire, so if you leave me, you can only cook and wash vegetables of."

"That's better than a slave." Qin Xue didn't find it interesting, and said coldly.

Yeluquan finally looked at her, with complex expressions in his eyes, and sneered, "How long has it been since my subordinates have treated you as a slave, don't you know? Everyone in the courtyard thinks that you will be my princess and a family member. My mistress, but who else would dare to disrespect you?"

Qin Xue gently pushed his hand away from him, got up and walked to the stream, staring at the slowly flowing stream and the hazy hills in the distance, her heart fluttered, "But, it's too late."

"Because of Qin Nan?" Yeluquan's words hit the pain in Qin Xue's heart. The pain was not all because of Qin Nan's death, but because he could no longer remember his appearance. She no longer remembers the appearance of that younger brother, only this name and that hatred are left in her heart.

"Yes, because of Qin Nan." She said indifferently. After years of forbearance and training, she has learned to control her emotions well. No matter how angry and painful she is, she can still talk about it without changing her face.

He wrapped himself in his arms with both hands, and pressed his cold cheeks against his somewhat warm neck. When he wanted to kiss her neck, he felt the forbearance she was trying to release, but he didn't do it. Instead, he hugged her more and more. tight.

"I begged my mother, and she said, if you want, the yard is yours, and I can be yours too." After a long time, he whispered in her ear, without changing his posture, staring at her without any emotion. In Lianyi's eyes, there was a little unwillingness in his heart, which seemed to be mixed with great expectations, hoping that the woman in front of him would nod gently, no matter how lightly.

"Thank you Empress Dowager Xiao for your love, but, since I chose to leave, I don't plan to go back." Qin Xue felt a squeeze all over her body, as if her entire skeleton was about to be strangled, and her chest was extremely painful. , Yeluquan's arms squeezed the blood in her whole body, and seemed to want to rub her whole body into her body.

In the military tent, Qin Xue couldn't fall asleep for a long time, thinking back to the shock he had just struggled to break free from Yeluquan's embrace, the warning in a cold voice made him, who had never been emotionally disturbed by anything, frowned .

"Yeluquan, I respect that you are a person who means what you say. Since you promised to give me freedom, don't disturb my life anymore, let alone threaten me with your arms or life. I don't care about Nangul's hand. I don't care, I promised him to come to see you, I just want to say these words to you, you remember clearly, in the future, I will be a citizen of Song Dynasty, helping the Yang family repel the enemy army of Daliao, we are no longer masters and servants, but It's the enemy."

In the early morning of the next day, before the sunlight entered the tent, Qin Xue opened her eyes slightly, her mind was confused, the corners of her eyes were a little wet, she might have had some unhappy dream, she was lying on the side of the bed, not feeling sleepy at all.She hasn't figured out a solution to what happened yesterday, but Yeluquan's sudden arrival disrupted her plan, and she wonders if the people who were sent to chase the funeral procession yesterday will gain anything.

Suddenly, the sound of gongs in the army sounded, and the knocking became more and more rapid. There was also commotion outside the tent, and human voices came slowly.The soldier in the kitchen who was in the same tent as Qin Xue turned over slightly and sat up angrily, "I've never had a good night's sleep, so what's the matter?"

Qin Xue jumped off the bed, stared at the little soldier who was still muttering, and shook her head lightly, "If you want to sleep peacefully, what would you do in the army? It's only Xiaoshi who likes to complain, can you hear what other people said?"

"That's because you haven't heard it before. They said that you look too much like a woman, and they don't talk to you for fear of being tainted with femininity. It's my bad luck that I was assigned to a tent with you."

Qin Xue knew what these people had said, and didn't care. They were right, she was a woman, she must have a feminine air, these were all facts, why should she be angry.She smiled and looked at the sleepy Xiaoshi, seeing that he was willing to talk to her like this, she knew that he was a man with no plans, and she felt safe living with him.

"You complain, I'm going to see what's going on."

When Qin Xue was about to squeeze into the crowd, Yang Tai hurried past, and a soldier shouted: "The general is here, get out of the way."

As the crowd made way, it could be seen that the pillar with the flag of the Great Song Dynasty was cut off in the middle, and the body of a soldier was hung on the remaining half of the flagpole, and one arm was brutally cut off. It looked really terrifying.

Qin Xue staggered back a few steps, supported her arm, and said softly, "Yeluquan."

She stopped moving forward, turned around and left in a hurry. On the way, she met Xiaoshi who hadn't greeted her. He was staring at the movement ahead with all his attention.

Qin Xue understands that Yeluyan's move is to warn herself that what he can't get will be destroyed, what he said will count, and he will give her freedom when he says he will give her, but he wants to remind her that he never He didn't say how long this freedom would be. He had already tried to give her half a year, which may have reached the limit of his tolerance. Those freedoms, he felt, should come to an end.

Qin Xue stopped suddenly, and heard the shout of the person behind her, and slowly heard it, "Second Young Master is here."

Yang Yong, the second son of the Yang family, rushed into the army with a whip, followed by a woman. Qin Xue took a few steps quickly, and saw the woman's face clearly. She was indeed a "flower girl" from Jiamu Town's "Five Girls of Shaoyin", Hua Jieyu.This woman is good at breaking formations and solving hexagrams. According to the technique of the five elements, she can outline the only ecstasy formation in the world.

The so-called ecstasy formation method also means that the divination person calculates when the fog will rise, and uses the human eyes to be unable to distinguish the direction when the fog rises, thereby striking the enemy hard and annihilating it in one fell swoop.The key to this trick is how to keep your own army from being disturbed by the fog, as if entering a fog-free realm.Hua Jieyu is good at training troops in this technique, letting them listen to the bell and kill the enemy with their eyes closed.

Now that the Yang family invites such people to help, the odds of winning this battle will be a little higher.

The corpse of the soldier on the flagpole had already been lifted down, Hua Jieyu was invited into Yang Tai's tent as a guest of honour, and everyone was ordered to disperse slowly.Qin Xue suddenly came up with a plan to remind Yang Xun of being poisoned in the army.

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