Wife is General Ghost Face
Chapter 30 Don't You Forget?
001
It was already the beginning of August when the group hurried back to the camp.
The weather in July and August is very hot. As soon as Xu Jun stepped into the area near the camp, the heat was about to melt. Cicadas were screaming endlessly. It seemed that there was hot steam coming out of the ground, and even the air was full of thick air. Strong hot breath.
Not only Xu Jun, but even the lieutenants who have stayed here all year round couldn't help pulling their sleeves to fan the wind when they came back here again.
The location of their garrison is much hotter than that of Jingshan City, and it is like this every year.
When the people passed by the city, they had to stop and pour two large bowls of cold water at the roadside stalls, and then went to the army again under the scorching sun.
After returning to the camp, everyone dispersed without stopping, and went to various places to make arrangements in advance.
General Ghost Face and the others were constantly busy, but Xu Jun felt a lot more relaxed. After returning to the camp, he had a good rest all afternoon and one night, and only started to get busy the next day.
Returning to the camp again, the atmosphere in the army has obviously changed.
In the past, soldiers in the army were always training in full swing. Listening to the chanting and roaring, one could feel a bit of enthusiasm.
But it's different now. Now the military is making arrangements for the next thing. It's a lot quieter, but the atmosphere has become more dignified.
After the army started to reorganize and arrange all aspects, Mr. Xu also became busy here. He was in charge of all the accounting matters of the entire garrison. Apart from food and grass, he also supplemented and maintained all kinds of weapons and armor.
After Xu Jun arrived at the barracks, these things have been roughly gone through. Now that the war may start again soon, the weapons and armors will naturally need to be reorganized and distributed.
In addition, Xu Jun has to quickly collect all the things that can be collected in the field.
If the crops in the field were not harvested before the war started, no one would have time to take care of them once the war started.
This busy, everyone was busy for more than half a month, almost non-stop for half a month, and they didn't even have a chance to meet.
General Ghost Face went to many places and checked all the divisions of the entire garrison. In the end, he also sent additional people to watch over Xia Guo's side.
When all the arrangements and preparations were almost on the right track, before Xu Jun had time to take a breath, another matter was put on the schedule.
He had been away for more than a month this time, and now he came back just in time for the army to pay his salary.
The military pay is carried out according to the shift every month. There are many and complicated things, but fortunately, it has become much easier now because of the change in the way of statistics.
But even so, the changes brought about by the veterans in the army every month, such as retirement, casualties, rewards and punishments, will cause headaches for everyone in the warehouse for a long time.
It will be several days before Xu Jun finishes all these things.
After paying all the soldiers' salaries in the army, Xu Jun took his share and went back to the room in a good mood.
Since he entered the camp until now, he has received his monthly salary for several months, and he basically has no use for the money, all of which are treasured and hidden in the cabinet under the bed.
Although the money was not much, it was not as good as what his parents gave him when he was at home, but it was earned by him and had a very different meaning, so he was also very precious.
After entering the room, Xu Jun dragged out the cabinet from under the bed and carefully opened it. After putting the newly received money in it, he carefully closed the cabinet and pushed the box back.
Xu Junzheng was happy, and there was a sound of Ping An knocking on the door, "Young master, there is a message from the army to tell you to go to the general's side of the school field as soon as possible. It seems that the food sent by the imperial court has arrived."
When Xu Jun heard this, he hurried to the military academy.
On the school grounds, Lin Xu, who arrived ten days earlier than expected, got off his horse and cupped his fists at the ghost-faced general in front of him, "General."
Lin Xu came this time and brought the military rations that General Ghost Face asked for before. After he got off his horse, he handed over the ledger that he had brought with him, and asked General Ghost Face to check it.
After Lin Xu's troops arrived here, many soldiers on the school grounds came to help unload the goods, and there was a lot of people coming and going here for a while.
The soldiers next to him handed Lin Xu some water to relieve fatigue. Lin Xu drank some water, took a short rest to relieve fatigue and heat, and then stood on the school grounds with General Ghost Face.
"How about Xia Guo?"
"There has been no movement." General Ghost Face said.
It has been nearly a month since the news of Jin Yi's killing spread, and it has been almost a month since they returned here. They have been nervously preparing for the battle, but there has been no movement from Xia Guo.
The news of Xia Guo's dispatch of troops could not wait for a long time.
For such a situation, everyone in the army speculated a lot, but General Ghost Face was not surprised.
After hearing this, Lin Xu thought about it, and immediately figured it out.
"Xia Guo hasn't moved. It seems that Jin Yi is not as important as he expected." Lin Xu said.
Jin Yi is dead, and no matter how many benefits he promised before, they have turned into bubbles.
It is worth considering whether it is worthwhile for a soldier of a country to send troops for a dead person.What's more, this dead person belongs to another country.
General Ghost Face said nothing.
If Xia Guo did the opposite, it would not be impossible for them to sneak attack while they had this idea of relaxing their guard.
"General."
In the distance, a young man ran towards this side with his clothes in his hands, followed by that urgent yell.
After Xu Jun ran here quickly, the excited expression on his face softened a little because he saw Lin Xu next to him. After he stood up, he put down his clothes and took a step back, imitating his father Xu Lan, clasping his fists and screaming obediently. Said: "Master Prime Minister."
Lin Xu turned his head and took a second look.
Xu Jun and Xu Lan are indeed worthy of coming out of the same nest. They look and behave very similar. Although Xu Jun is still young and lacks a bit of composure, he can already see a bit of Xu Lan's 'No.1' 'The bearing.
Lin Xu nodded, and Xu Jun straightened up, walked to the side and stood up, and secretly glanced at the ghost-faced general.
The man under the ghost's face spread his hands, and handed the account book that Lin Xu handed him to Xu Jun before, "I accepted yours before."
Hearing this, Xu Jun quickly took over the account book and began to look through it.
Seeing that the account book had indeed replenished his rations for one month extra as the ghost-faced general had promised, Xu Jun became excited, his face, which was already slightly red from running all the way, became even more reddened, and his eyes were even more reddened by Excited and shiny.
Grabbing the ledger, Xu Jun looked at General Ghost Face excitedly. He wanted to say something soft and nice to thank General Ghost Face, but because Lin Xu was still standing next to him, he couldn't be presumptuous, so he could only look at General Ghost Face excitedly.
"Speak up if you have something to say." A deep voice came from under the ghost's face.
"Thank you, General." Xu Jun hurriedly imitated the posture he had just shown to Lin Xu, and bowed down to bow to the ghost-faced general with fists folded.
Seeing him like this, General Ghost Face couldn't help but take a second look. Xu Jun had never been so obedient in front of him before.
"Hahaha……"
Xu Junzheng was excited, and a slightly cold laughter came from the side.Xu Jun looked up and saw Prime Minister Lin Xu smiling happily.
Xu Jun moved to the side and stood next to General Ghost Face. He didn't understand what happened to the Prime Minister?
Lin Xudao: "Mr. Xiao is indeed an interesting person."
The title of Mr. Xiao is only used by people in the army. Lin Xu is the prime minister, how do you know?
Xu Jun tilted his head, and wanted to look at Lin Xu from the front of the ghost-faced general. As soon as he moved, the ghost-faced general made a move. He stretched out his hand, held Xu Jun's head that was about to poke out, and pushed him back .
"Aren't you going to check the number?"
When Xu Jun heard this, he quickly ran to the group of soldiers who were unloading the goods with the ledger in his arms. After a while, Xu Jun's voice came from the crowd.
Lin Xu looked at Xu Jun running around in the crowd, ignoring the cold aura from the people around him, and the indifferent smile on his face was a little more real.
After a short while, Xu Jun, who was running around in the crowd holding the ledger, came back excitedly holding the ledger.
Xu Jun ran to stand in front of the ghost-faced general, looked at the account book he was holding in his arms, and then at Lin Xu who was beside him, and said in a sweet voice, "General, it's been a month longer. "
"Yeah." Looking at Xu Jun who was obviously very excited, General Ghost Face pretended to be calm.
"General, there are two months." Xu Jun leaned forward, his voice extremely sweet.
"Ah."
The ghost-faced general was silent, but Lin Xu, who was at the side, couldn't help but smile after seeing the reddish pinna behind the ghost-faced general's mask, "This is what the general came here for you."
In the past, the ghost-faced general did a lot of things for the emperor, but he never asked for anything. On the contrary, the emperor always wanted to send things here, but the ghost-faced general almost never asked for anything.After all, this was the first time he asked for something in so many years, and it was for Mr. Xu.
When Xu Jun heard the words, he laughed even more happily, and felt even more flattered in his heart, "Thank you, General."
"Cough." Pointed out by Lin Xu at the side, the person under the ghost's face was a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and then said in that cold and deep voice, "Didn't you say that the army is not enough for food?"
Xu Jun nodded while holding the ledger.
The person under the mask glanced at him, looked away, and looked calmly at the soldiers who were still unloading.
Seeing this, Lin Xu on the side waved to the accompanying soldier and asked him to take out a separate item from a pile of goods.
It was a box as tall as a person. The box was exquisitely crafted and seemed to have some weight. It was carried by three people.
"There is one more thing, the emperor asked me to give it to the general." Lin Xu looked at Xu Jun who was at the side, and as expected, Xu Jun's eyes were immediately attracted.
After the things were brought over, Lin Xu motioned for the person next to him to open the box.
Inside the box is a musket, with a silver-white background and black patterns, the same style as the mask General Ghost Face used when he was outside.
From the point of view of texture, even if Xu Jun doesn't understand weapons, he can tell that this musket should be a good weapon, and this musket is basically made according to the musket that General Ghost Face used for nearly ten years before, so it should be very handy.
"This is the birthday present that the emperor asked me to give to the general." Lin Xu said.
Hearing the last sentence, Xu Jun looked at the ghost-faced general beside him in surprise, birthday?
"Is it the general's birthday?" Xu Jun asked.
The ghost-faced general didn't know his age when he got up, and everyone in the army knew little about him, so it turned out that his birthday was at the end of August?
Lin Xu looked at the surprised expression on Xu Jun's white face with satisfaction. He ignored the ghost-faced general who was already looking badly, and said deliberately: "This is specially ordered by the emperor to be built for the general."
Hearing this, the surprise on Xu Jun's face was indeed a little more tangled.
Lin Xu looked at Xu Jun's appearance, but another smiling tiger appeared in his mind. Think about Xu Lan's humble and unchanging appearance in front of him in the past, and look at the words written on Xu Jun's face in front of him. In a good mood, Lin Xu is in a good mood.
002
Seeing that Xu Jun next to him was already eager to try, he wished he could pounce on him and ask the ghost-faced general about it. Lin Xu said goodbye to the ghost-faced general understandingly, "Then I'll go to rest first. Come find me."
The person under the ghost's face nodded, and the lieutenant next to him immediately stepped forward to lead Lin Xu to a resting place.
Lin Xucai turned around, and before he had gone far, Xu Jun stood up in front of the ghost-faced general over there and asked, "When is the general's birthday?"
The ghost-faced general didn't check the accounts, but looked at Xu Jun in front of him, turned slightly and looked aside, "Don't be lazy."
"How old is the general?"
Xu Jun looked around the ghost-faced general, and finally his eyes fell on the mask on the ghost-faced general's face.
Because of the mask on his face, Xu Jun couldn't tell how old this person was now, but he could only guess from his figure that this person was probably older than him and not as old as his father.
But it seems that some people seem to be quite strong even when they are old.
Xu Jun froze suddenly. Could it be that the general is a grandfather?
Think about what happened before, and think again that General Ruoguimian is an old man with a gray beard...
"Don't think wildly." Looking at Xu Jun's face, General Ghost Face guessed that something strange must have occurred to him again.
He didn't know where this person came up with so many strange ideas, which made him quite helpless every time.
"Is the general fifty?" Xu Jun asked cautiously and anxiously.
Although the person under the ghost's face was already prepared, he couldn't help but choked when he heard the word 'fifty', "No."
Xu Jun heaved a sigh of relief, and patted his chest exaggeratedly.
Seeing Xu Jun like this, General Ghost Face wanted to play tricks on this man for a moment, wanting to see what would happen if he told Xu Jun that he was over fifty.
"How old is the general?" Xu Jun asked.
"Go and count." Ghost-faced General staggered the topic.
"I can only order it after they are all unloaded." Xu Jun leaned forward softly, "General?"
Or is this person really already a grandfather?
"It's not grandpa." Ghost-faced General said.
"...Uncle?" Xu Jun obviously hesitated.
"Seven out of twenty."
Xu Jun heaved a sigh of relief, if seven out of twenty, he would only be a few years older than him.
Only after he breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Jun leaned closer again, "When is the general's birthday? Or is it impossible to say?"
"No."
"Then tell me, the general!"
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
"I remember, I will prepare a gift for you in advance next year."
General Ghost Face looked into the distance, not daring to look at the person standing beside him looking at him.
"If you don't tell me, there will be no gifts next year." Xu Jun softly threatened, "There will be no gifts this year either."
"Ah."
Xu Jun's eyes were full of anticipation.
General Ghost Face took Xu Jun's hand, put it in his palm, let him spread his fingers, and wrote two numbers on his chubby palm.
After getting the answer he wanted, Xu Jun counted with his fingers that there were still a few days left. After the calculation, Xu Jun withdrew his hands, turned around and ran away without speaking to the people next to him.
Looking at the back of Xu Jun running away, the people under the ghost's face were somewhat looking forward to and somewhat disappointed.
At night, Lin Xu came to visit.
In the meeting hall, Lin Xu and General Ghost Face each had a cup of tea in front of them, and some materials they had obtained from Jinyi before.
Most of these materials are about Xia Guo. After Jin Yi died, they thoroughly investigated all the people who had contacts with Jin Yi.
"The general is in charge of the military affairs." Lin Xu explained Jin Qi's intention, "The general will decide how to make a decision."
General Ghost Face nodded, it has always been like this.
When the voice fell, Lin Xu said again: "Some time ago, there was a sudden news from Daning that he wanted to form an alliance with us. Xu Shangshu has been busy negotiating with Daning about the alliance for a while, but it doesn't seem to be very serious. smoothly."
Daning is another big country next to Dayu. It was originally a rich country comparable to Dayu.It's a pity that Dayu's previous emperor was fatuous and ruthless. Since he ascended the throne, he has been fighting with the neighboring country Yuan, which caused the people of Dayu to live in poverty for more than ten years.
Some time ago in Daning, the former emperor Lin Hong who should have 'died of illness' suddenly came back to life, regained the throne, and is reorganizing Daning.
However, Yuan Guo has been chasing after him, and Lin Hong is seriously ill now, and the new emperor he supports is still a baby, so the whole Daning is still in chaos.
Especially when they investigated Jin Yi some time ago, they also found that Xia and Yuan Guo seemed to be entangled endlessly.Under such circumstances, whether or not to form an alliance, Dayu naturally had to consider the stakes.
If it is an alliance, it is basically equivalent to being in an antagonistic relationship with Yuan Guo.
They didn't have much friendship with Yuan Guo originally, because the terrain was not connected, and they didn't have much contact, so it was not worthwhile for them to have such an enemy for Daning inexplicably.
Moreover, if Xia and Yuan have contacts, if the two countries gather together to deal with Dayu and Dayu, even if Dayu has sufficient troops, countless lives will inevitably be killed and injured.
After listening to Lin Xu's words and reading the materials in front of him, the face under the mask of General Ghost Face frowned. Although he was not timid to fight, he didn't want to go to war unless necessary.
"We all believe in the general's decision, so please trouble the general." Lin Xu stood up and bowed to the ghost-faced general.
As his prime minister, he may not have to do this to General Ghost Face, but his obeisance is sincere.
The ghost-faced general has been stationed at the border for more than ten years, and it is precisely these ten years that Jin Qi has the opportunity to display his ambitions and Dayu has time to develop.
Everyone in the world said that Dayu had a good emperor, and that Dayu was able to achieve its current prosperity, but they didn't know that half of Dayu's prosperity was due to the person in front of him.
Xia Guo's repeated crimes and failures, and the inability to break through the Dayu Border Pass defense line in ten years, did not rely on the hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers, but the pressure of the man in front of him.
Xu Jun stood furtively at a far corner outside the meeting hall, stretched his neck and looked towards this side, the two people in the room were discussing the next thing.
Xu Jun looked into the conference hall through the window from a distance, and after seeing that there was no one he was looking for in the conference hall, he sneaked back again.
It was night, and the training of the army had already stopped.
The soldiers gathered together in twos and threes, chatting and laughing, enjoying this rare moment of rest.
Xu Jun walked around in the meeting room, dining room and a few places where everyone frequented during breaks. After searching around, he couldn't find the person he was looking for.
After going around half a circle and still not finding anyone, Xu Jun grabbed the soldier next to him and asked Tao Chi's whereabouts.
After learning where Tao Chi was, Xu Jun immediately ran towards it.
Seeing someone from a distance, Xu Jun rushed over immediately, "Taozi!"
Tao Chi, who was taking a bath in the thatched cottage by the well, was taken aback, and quickly pulled the cloth beside him to wrap himself around his body, "What are you doing?"
Listening to the movement here, people's heads also appeared in the nearby thatched huts, and the lieutenants Xu Jun was looking for basically took a bath here.
The army was busy getting ready for defense, and the most busy were the lieutenants. Except for those who had to go back to their respective places to garrison, the rest of them had been running around in the army recently.
No, I have been so busy today that I finally have time to wash up and eat.
"Taozi, you will go to the city with me tomorrow." Xu Jun slammed on the thatched door with his whole body.
"City?" Tao Chi was puzzled, "If you want to go, you can go there yourself, it's so close, it's not like you haven't been there before, I'm very busy."
"If you don't worry, if you are afraid that those bandits will trouble you, you can take a few more people with you." Another lieutenant general said.
"No, I'm going to buy gifts." Xu Jun said.
"Gift?"
"A birthday present for the general." Xu Jun said.Time is running out, he must prepare as soon as possible, "I want to buy a lot of things, but I must keep it secret and not tell others, so Tao Zi, can you go with me?"
"General?" The lieutenants were surprised.
The general even told Xu Jun about his birthday?
Everyone didn't care about taking a bath, and came out with towels around them.
The ghost-faced general is a special existence to them, and they have been with the ghost-faced general for a long time, but they never know when the ghost-faced general's birthday is.
Now hearing Xu Jun talking about it, everyone is also interested.
"Are you going?"
Going to buy a gift for General Ghost Face?Everyone felt somewhat unreal.In a place like the military camp, men gather together, even if it's a birthday or something, it's just a pot of wine.
"Tao Zi, can you accompany me?" Xu Jun begged softly.
"You can go by yourself..." It's not that Tao Chi doesn't want to go, but why is he going?
"I definitely can't take it by myself."
The lieutenants looked at each other in blank dismay, what exactly is Xu Jun going to do?
All the lieutenants looked at each other, and in Anqing City thousands of miles away, there were also two people staring at each other.
The Anqing local army was stationed in the camp. At night, after Xu Lan and Xu Ming finished their meal, they moved their stools and sat in the yard looking at the night sky.
"It's been a month, right?" Xu Lan asked.
"32 days."
"Did he have an accident on the road?"
"It should have arrived at the barracks safely. I heard that they have already started preparing for the battle."
After Xu Ming finished speaking, Xu Lan didn't speak any more.
The two looked at the sky in unison. After a long while, Xu Lan's mournful voice came again, "Then why hasn't he sent anything?"
Before Xu Jun left, he agreed to send them things when he went back. It has been more than 30 days.
Xu Ming was silent, he lowered his head and counted with his fingers. Recently, he has counted with his fingers several times a day, counting that Xu Jun has been away for a few days.
"Maybe the gift is still on the way?" Xu Lan pouted pitifully.
"It's possible." Xu Ming convinced himself.
After another period of silence, Xu Ming suggested: "Why don't I write a letter and ask him?"
"No!" Xu Lan refused without thinking.
He didn't want the gift that he forced Xu Jun to buy him at all, he wanted the gift that Xu Jun took the initiative to buy him, just like his mother.
Thinking of Xu Jun's mother, the two of them thought of Russula, and when they thought of Russula, the two people who didn't receive the gift immediately died.
With red eyes, the two silently counted the time with their fingers and waited.
Xu Jun will not forget them, right?
003
Coming to this city that I haven't seen for a while, the biggest feeling of a group of people is not familiarity, but warmth.
The hot air that was about to turn into a solid body rushed from all directions, making a group of people sweat profusely, almost sticking out their tongues and panting.
Standing on the street baked by the scorching sun, a group of lieutenants all looked at Xu Jun, "What do you want to buy?"
This group of people may not be younger than Xu Jun, but they are all a group of genuine bachelors. If the brothers celebrate their birthdays on weekdays, it would be a matter of a pot of wine. Suddenly, they have to buy gifts for others They really don't know what to do.
Everyone was dumbfounded, Xu Jun went straight to the vegetable market.
In Anqing city.
When the servants of the Xu family and Xu Lan rushed into the house in a hurry to find someone, the father and son of the Xu family still maintained their previous posture and looked out the door motionlessly.
Recently, the two father and son moved a small stool and sat by the door whenever they had time, and the people in the camp were no strangers to it.
"Master, Master..."
The two turned their heads to look at him almost immediately when they heard the sound, and the next moment, they both stood up excitedly.
"Has the item from Mr. Xu arrived?"
"where is it?"
"Show us quickly!"
The servant shrank his neck and dodged backwards, then he handed over the letter in his hand, "Master, there is a letter from Madam."
Hearing that it wasn't Xu Jun who sent something, the two of them immediately sat back down in frustration.
"Master?" The servant was a little embarrassed holding the letter in his hand.
"What happened?" Xu Lan was weak.
Seeing this, the servant opened the letter and read it. After reading it, his expression became very strange.
"Huh?" Xu Ming looked over.
"Master, Madam said..." The servant organized his vocabulary in a tangled face, "Madam said, the emperor has been living in our house for nothing for a month, so let Master go back and take care of it."
The letter said that since the emperor's daily necessities were withheld by Prime Minister Lin Xuke to fill up the military rations of the border army, he has lived directly in the Shangshu Mansion, and it has been more than a month so far.
"Oh." Xu Lan looked weary.
"master?"
"I'm not going back."
"But Ma'am..."
Xu Lan silently turned to the side without looking at the servant, because Xu Jun's things hadn't come, so he didn't go back.
When it was almost noon, Xu Jun, who took out a piece of paper that had already been written and bought it side by side, was suddenly shocked.At that moment, he always felt as if he had forgotten something.
"What's the matter?" The lieutenants who followed Xu Jun, all holding a bunch of things in their hands, turned sideways to look at Xu Jun.
Xu Jun tilted his head and thought about it, then looked at the piece of paper in front of him seriously, what did he forget?
He has made a list of everything he needs to buy, and he has bought everything that needs to be bought. He has explained everything about the cashier, and Sima He is watching over there.He also ate and drank water well in the morning, and he did everything he should do, so he should have forgotten nothing.
After thinking about it carefully, Xu Jun shook his head after still not being able to think of anything, and stopped thinking about it.
Well, forget it.
Xu Jun continued to walk forward, leading a group of lieutenants who were called to carry things behind him, and continued to sweep the street.
In the camp, General Ghost Face sat alone quietly in the conference hall and after finishing all the matters, he raised his head and called someone from outside, "Go and call Tao Chi over."
"General, Deputy General Tao is not in the camp."
"Other lieutenants are also fine."
The soldier standing at the door hesitated a little, "General and lieutenants are not in the camp this morning."
General Ghost Face raised his head, "Where's the person?"
Where did the lieutenant generals go when they were not in the camp waiting for orders?
"General, the lieutenants have all gone to the city."
"Go for what?"
"This... This subordinate heard that it was Mr. Xiao who called them early in the morning, saying that he seemed to be going to the city to buy some gifts. I don't know the specifics, but Deputy General Tao and others said that he would be back at noon."
The ghost-faced general who was frowning was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and when the soldiers at the door were dripping with cold sweat, the ghost-faced general said calmly, "Go out."
"Yes." The ghost-faced general was not angry, but the soldier was a little puzzled.
When did the ghost-faced general have such a good temper?
When he went out, he slightly raised his head to take a look at the situation inside the house, only to find that the people in the house were staring at the window in a daze.
And I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the ghost-faced general in the room seemed to be smiling.
But General Ghost Face wears a mask all the year round, and outsiders can't see his face at all. Whether he is smiling or not, no one knows except himself.
In the border garrison camp, after dealing with military affairs, General Ghost Face went back early to wash up, packed up his things, and sat in the meeting hall to wait.
However, after noon, the person he was waiting for still did not show up. Instead, the soldiers outside the door asked if they had a meal.
Thinking that Xu Jun and the others only went in the morning, they probably didn't come back so soon, General Ghost Face ate by himself.
After eating, he returned to sit in the middle of the meeting hall, fearing that people outside would not find him, so he purposely dispersed all the guarding soldiers near the meeting hall and opened the doors and windows.
However, time passed bit by bit, until the sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers outside the door came to ask him if he would have dinner in the meeting hall at night, but he did not wait for the expected person.
Looking at the soldiers who came in to inquire, the man under the ghostly face lowered his head and looked at his palm, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.
"General?"
"Just dine in the meeting hall."
"Yes." The soldier retreated, and soon, he brought a dinner.
General Ghost Noodles, who had been sitting in the meeting hall all afternoon, finished his food without taste, and then sat and waited for a while, then turned off the lights and went out.
At this time, the sky had already darkened, and the soldiers in the battalion gathered around the school field to rest after finishing their dinner and washing.
I don't know if it's because the weather is so cool today, there are so many people on the school field.There are also several groups of people wrestling together, having a good time.
No one could wait for a long time, after General Ghost Face left the conference hall, he passed the school grounds and walked towards his place of residence.
Ignoring the soldiers around him who saw him saluting, the people under the ghost face were rarely unhappy.
Half an hour after passing the school grounds, there was a commotion among the haystacks beside the road, and the voice of a person talking could be heard vaguely. The voice was very familiar, and General Ghost Face recognized the voice almost immediately.
After he paused for a moment, he took two steps towards that side. As he got closer, the voice became clearer, and he could gradually understand what the man was saying.
Just like the last time I saw Xu Jun in this haystack, Xu Jun seemed to be hugging the rabbit again and feeding the rabbit in this haystack.While feeding, he was also talking to the side to let the rabbit eat more.
The ghost-faced general stood outside and waited for a long time, and Xu Jun, who was squatting inside, found him, "General."
"Ah."
Xu Jun looked at the people standing aside, and the general didn't speak after seeing the ghost face, so he turned around and continued to feed his rabbit.
When they came back before, they rushed on horseback, the rabbit was bumped all the time, and they could hardly eat anything along the way. After returning, they lost a lot of weight, which made Xu Jun feel very distressed.
After that, Xu Jun immediately bought a lot of vegetables and radishes, planning to raise the two rabbits to be chubby.
But after he came back, he has been busy for nearly a month, and basically didn't have much time.So until now, these two rabbits still haven't been able to gain weight.
"Eat more." Xu Jun squatted in the haystack, watching two rabbits grazing at his feet.
The little rabbit likes green grass very much, and has been eating hard from his feet all the way to the other side.Xu Jun looked at the little rabbit, only to find that the ghost-faced general had been standing where he was just now.
"Is there something wrong?" Xu Jun was puzzled.
The person under the ghost's face looked at Xu Jun, then at Xu Jun, and shook his head.
Seeing this, Xu Jun squatted on the ground and moved forward to hug the rabbit that ran to his feet back, and let it continue to graze with another rabbit.
"I'm leaving." Seeing that Xu Jun turned his head and continued to stare at the rabbit, ignoring himself, General Ghost Face turned around and walked away.
Xu Jun kept staring at the two rabbits until the two rabbits were almost full, then he stepped forward to catch the two rabbits and prepared to leave. When he got up together, he found that he met the ghost-faced general who seemed to be passing by. .
"General?"
"Ah."
Xu Jun looked blankly at the person who appeared in front of him again, "Are you okay?"
The person under the ghost's face opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound for a long time.
Xu Jun glanced suspiciously at the person in front of him, holding the little rabbits in each hand, and prepared to go back to rest.
He turned around after walking about ten steps, only to see General Ghost Face still standing there looking at him.
Xu Jun was at a loss, today's general is really strange!
Xu Jun walked across the school yard with the rabbit in his arms, and walked towards the place where he lived. He was not surprised at all when he ran into someone with a black iron ghost mask.
"What's wrong with you, General?" Xu Jun asked softly, did he lose something?So looking everywhere, he passed by him many times tonight.
General Ghost Face was silent, only looking at Xu Jun eagerly.
"It's getting dark, General, go back and rest!" Xu Jun suggested.If you lost something, you can ask Tao Chi and the others to help you find it tomorrow morning. It is not easy to find things at night.
After finishing speaking, Xu Jun looked at the person in front of him, and saw that the person in front of him just stared at him quietly and did not speak. He hid the rabbit in his hand behind him. Could it be that he wants to get the rabbit back again?
That's no good, I said it and returned it to him, how can I play tricks?
Even if he is a general, he can't play tricks!
The little rabbit seemed to have noticed something, kicked his legs, and burrowed into Xu Jun's sleeve.
"I'm going back to sleep." Xu Jun held the little rabbit nervously, turned sideways and slipped away against the wall, for fear that General Ghost Face would come and snatch his rabbit.
Passing by, Xu Jun held the rabbit in his arms and trotted for two steps. He didn't slow down until he was sure that the people behind him didn't catch up.
The ghost-faced general looked eagerly at Xu Jun who had slipped away, and watched him run away from Xu Yuan.
It was already the beginning of August when the group hurried back to the camp.
The weather in July and August is very hot. As soon as Xu Jun stepped into the area near the camp, the heat was about to melt. Cicadas were screaming endlessly. It seemed that there was hot steam coming out of the ground, and even the air was full of thick air. Strong hot breath.
Not only Xu Jun, but even the lieutenants who have stayed here all year round couldn't help pulling their sleeves to fan the wind when they came back here again.
The location of their garrison is much hotter than that of Jingshan City, and it is like this every year.
When the people passed by the city, they had to stop and pour two large bowls of cold water at the roadside stalls, and then went to the army again under the scorching sun.
After returning to the camp, everyone dispersed without stopping, and went to various places to make arrangements in advance.
General Ghost Face and the others were constantly busy, but Xu Jun felt a lot more relaxed. After returning to the camp, he had a good rest all afternoon and one night, and only started to get busy the next day.
Returning to the camp again, the atmosphere in the army has obviously changed.
In the past, soldiers in the army were always training in full swing. Listening to the chanting and roaring, one could feel a bit of enthusiasm.
But it's different now. Now the military is making arrangements for the next thing. It's a lot quieter, but the atmosphere has become more dignified.
After the army started to reorganize and arrange all aspects, Mr. Xu also became busy here. He was in charge of all the accounting matters of the entire garrison. Apart from food and grass, he also supplemented and maintained all kinds of weapons and armor.
After Xu Jun arrived at the barracks, these things have been roughly gone through. Now that the war may start again soon, the weapons and armors will naturally need to be reorganized and distributed.
In addition, Xu Jun has to quickly collect all the things that can be collected in the field.
If the crops in the field were not harvested before the war started, no one would have time to take care of them once the war started.
This busy, everyone was busy for more than half a month, almost non-stop for half a month, and they didn't even have a chance to meet.
General Ghost Face went to many places and checked all the divisions of the entire garrison. In the end, he also sent additional people to watch over Xia Guo's side.
When all the arrangements and preparations were almost on the right track, before Xu Jun had time to take a breath, another matter was put on the schedule.
He had been away for more than a month this time, and now he came back just in time for the army to pay his salary.
The military pay is carried out according to the shift every month. There are many and complicated things, but fortunately, it has become much easier now because of the change in the way of statistics.
But even so, the changes brought about by the veterans in the army every month, such as retirement, casualties, rewards and punishments, will cause headaches for everyone in the warehouse for a long time.
It will be several days before Xu Jun finishes all these things.
After paying all the soldiers' salaries in the army, Xu Jun took his share and went back to the room in a good mood.
Since he entered the camp until now, he has received his monthly salary for several months, and he basically has no use for the money, all of which are treasured and hidden in the cabinet under the bed.
Although the money was not much, it was not as good as what his parents gave him when he was at home, but it was earned by him and had a very different meaning, so he was also very precious.
After entering the room, Xu Jun dragged out the cabinet from under the bed and carefully opened it. After putting the newly received money in it, he carefully closed the cabinet and pushed the box back.
Xu Junzheng was happy, and there was a sound of Ping An knocking on the door, "Young master, there is a message from the army to tell you to go to the general's side of the school field as soon as possible. It seems that the food sent by the imperial court has arrived."
When Xu Jun heard this, he hurried to the military academy.
On the school grounds, Lin Xu, who arrived ten days earlier than expected, got off his horse and cupped his fists at the ghost-faced general in front of him, "General."
Lin Xu came this time and brought the military rations that General Ghost Face asked for before. After he got off his horse, he handed over the ledger that he had brought with him, and asked General Ghost Face to check it.
After Lin Xu's troops arrived here, many soldiers on the school grounds came to help unload the goods, and there was a lot of people coming and going here for a while.
The soldiers next to him handed Lin Xu some water to relieve fatigue. Lin Xu drank some water, took a short rest to relieve fatigue and heat, and then stood on the school grounds with General Ghost Face.
"How about Xia Guo?"
"There has been no movement." General Ghost Face said.
It has been nearly a month since the news of Jin Yi's killing spread, and it has been almost a month since they returned here. They have been nervously preparing for the battle, but there has been no movement from Xia Guo.
The news of Xia Guo's dispatch of troops could not wait for a long time.
For such a situation, everyone in the army speculated a lot, but General Ghost Face was not surprised.
After hearing this, Lin Xu thought about it, and immediately figured it out.
"Xia Guo hasn't moved. It seems that Jin Yi is not as important as he expected." Lin Xu said.
Jin Yi is dead, and no matter how many benefits he promised before, they have turned into bubbles.
It is worth considering whether it is worthwhile for a soldier of a country to send troops for a dead person.What's more, this dead person belongs to another country.
General Ghost Face said nothing.
If Xia Guo did the opposite, it would not be impossible for them to sneak attack while they had this idea of relaxing their guard.
"General."
In the distance, a young man ran towards this side with his clothes in his hands, followed by that urgent yell.
After Xu Jun ran here quickly, the excited expression on his face softened a little because he saw Lin Xu next to him. After he stood up, he put down his clothes and took a step back, imitating his father Xu Lan, clasping his fists and screaming obediently. Said: "Master Prime Minister."
Lin Xu turned his head and took a second look.
Xu Jun and Xu Lan are indeed worthy of coming out of the same nest. They look and behave very similar. Although Xu Jun is still young and lacks a bit of composure, he can already see a bit of Xu Lan's 'No.1' 'The bearing.
Lin Xu nodded, and Xu Jun straightened up, walked to the side and stood up, and secretly glanced at the ghost-faced general.
The man under the ghost's face spread his hands, and handed the account book that Lin Xu handed him to Xu Jun before, "I accepted yours before."
Hearing this, Xu Jun quickly took over the account book and began to look through it.
Seeing that the account book had indeed replenished his rations for one month extra as the ghost-faced general had promised, Xu Jun became excited, his face, which was already slightly red from running all the way, became even more reddened, and his eyes were even more reddened by Excited and shiny.
Grabbing the ledger, Xu Jun looked at General Ghost Face excitedly. He wanted to say something soft and nice to thank General Ghost Face, but because Lin Xu was still standing next to him, he couldn't be presumptuous, so he could only look at General Ghost Face excitedly.
"Speak up if you have something to say." A deep voice came from under the ghost's face.
"Thank you, General." Xu Jun hurriedly imitated the posture he had just shown to Lin Xu, and bowed down to bow to the ghost-faced general with fists folded.
Seeing him like this, General Ghost Face couldn't help but take a second look. Xu Jun had never been so obedient in front of him before.
"Hahaha……"
Xu Junzheng was excited, and a slightly cold laughter came from the side.Xu Jun looked up and saw Prime Minister Lin Xu smiling happily.
Xu Jun moved to the side and stood next to General Ghost Face. He didn't understand what happened to the Prime Minister?
Lin Xudao: "Mr. Xiao is indeed an interesting person."
The title of Mr. Xiao is only used by people in the army. Lin Xu is the prime minister, how do you know?
Xu Jun tilted his head, and wanted to look at Lin Xu from the front of the ghost-faced general. As soon as he moved, the ghost-faced general made a move. He stretched out his hand, held Xu Jun's head that was about to poke out, and pushed him back .
"Aren't you going to check the number?"
When Xu Jun heard this, he quickly ran to the group of soldiers who were unloading the goods with the ledger in his arms. After a while, Xu Jun's voice came from the crowd.
Lin Xu looked at Xu Jun running around in the crowd, ignoring the cold aura from the people around him, and the indifferent smile on his face was a little more real.
After a short while, Xu Jun, who was running around in the crowd holding the ledger, came back excitedly holding the ledger.
Xu Jun ran to stand in front of the ghost-faced general, looked at the account book he was holding in his arms, and then at Lin Xu who was beside him, and said in a sweet voice, "General, it's been a month longer. "
"Yeah." Looking at Xu Jun who was obviously very excited, General Ghost Face pretended to be calm.
"General, there are two months." Xu Jun leaned forward, his voice extremely sweet.
"Ah."
The ghost-faced general was silent, but Lin Xu, who was at the side, couldn't help but smile after seeing the reddish pinna behind the ghost-faced general's mask, "This is what the general came here for you."
In the past, the ghost-faced general did a lot of things for the emperor, but he never asked for anything. On the contrary, the emperor always wanted to send things here, but the ghost-faced general almost never asked for anything.After all, this was the first time he asked for something in so many years, and it was for Mr. Xu.
When Xu Jun heard the words, he laughed even more happily, and felt even more flattered in his heart, "Thank you, General."
"Cough." Pointed out by Lin Xu at the side, the person under the ghost's face was a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and then said in that cold and deep voice, "Didn't you say that the army is not enough for food?"
Xu Jun nodded while holding the ledger.
The person under the mask glanced at him, looked away, and looked calmly at the soldiers who were still unloading.
Seeing this, Lin Xu on the side waved to the accompanying soldier and asked him to take out a separate item from a pile of goods.
It was a box as tall as a person. The box was exquisitely crafted and seemed to have some weight. It was carried by three people.
"There is one more thing, the emperor asked me to give it to the general." Lin Xu looked at Xu Jun who was at the side, and as expected, Xu Jun's eyes were immediately attracted.
After the things were brought over, Lin Xu motioned for the person next to him to open the box.
Inside the box is a musket, with a silver-white background and black patterns, the same style as the mask General Ghost Face used when he was outside.
From the point of view of texture, even if Xu Jun doesn't understand weapons, he can tell that this musket should be a good weapon, and this musket is basically made according to the musket that General Ghost Face used for nearly ten years before, so it should be very handy.
"This is the birthday present that the emperor asked me to give to the general." Lin Xu said.
Hearing the last sentence, Xu Jun looked at the ghost-faced general beside him in surprise, birthday?
"Is it the general's birthday?" Xu Jun asked.
The ghost-faced general didn't know his age when he got up, and everyone in the army knew little about him, so it turned out that his birthday was at the end of August?
Lin Xu looked at the surprised expression on Xu Jun's white face with satisfaction. He ignored the ghost-faced general who was already looking badly, and said deliberately: "This is specially ordered by the emperor to be built for the general."
Hearing this, the surprise on Xu Jun's face was indeed a little more tangled.
Lin Xu looked at Xu Jun's appearance, but another smiling tiger appeared in his mind. Think about Xu Lan's humble and unchanging appearance in front of him in the past, and look at the words written on Xu Jun's face in front of him. In a good mood, Lin Xu is in a good mood.
002
Seeing that Xu Jun next to him was already eager to try, he wished he could pounce on him and ask the ghost-faced general about it. Lin Xu said goodbye to the ghost-faced general understandingly, "Then I'll go to rest first. Come find me."
The person under the ghost's face nodded, and the lieutenant next to him immediately stepped forward to lead Lin Xu to a resting place.
Lin Xucai turned around, and before he had gone far, Xu Jun stood up in front of the ghost-faced general over there and asked, "When is the general's birthday?"
The ghost-faced general didn't check the accounts, but looked at Xu Jun in front of him, turned slightly and looked aside, "Don't be lazy."
"How old is the general?"
Xu Jun looked around the ghost-faced general, and finally his eyes fell on the mask on the ghost-faced general's face.
Because of the mask on his face, Xu Jun couldn't tell how old this person was now, but he could only guess from his figure that this person was probably older than him and not as old as his father.
But it seems that some people seem to be quite strong even when they are old.
Xu Jun froze suddenly. Could it be that the general is a grandfather?
Think about what happened before, and think again that General Ruoguimian is an old man with a gray beard...
"Don't think wildly." Looking at Xu Jun's face, General Ghost Face guessed that something strange must have occurred to him again.
He didn't know where this person came up with so many strange ideas, which made him quite helpless every time.
"Is the general fifty?" Xu Jun asked cautiously and anxiously.
Although the person under the ghost's face was already prepared, he couldn't help but choked when he heard the word 'fifty', "No."
Xu Jun heaved a sigh of relief, and patted his chest exaggeratedly.
Seeing Xu Jun like this, General Ghost Face wanted to play tricks on this man for a moment, wanting to see what would happen if he told Xu Jun that he was over fifty.
"How old is the general?" Xu Jun asked.
"Go and count." Ghost-faced General staggered the topic.
"I can only order it after they are all unloaded." Xu Jun leaned forward softly, "General?"
Or is this person really already a grandfather?
"It's not grandpa." Ghost-faced General said.
"...Uncle?" Xu Jun obviously hesitated.
"Seven out of twenty."
Xu Jun heaved a sigh of relief, if seven out of twenty, he would only be a few years older than him.
Only after he breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Jun leaned closer again, "When is the general's birthday? Or is it impossible to say?"
"No."
"Then tell me, the general!"
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
"I remember, I will prepare a gift for you in advance next year."
General Ghost Face looked into the distance, not daring to look at the person standing beside him looking at him.
"If you don't tell me, there will be no gifts next year." Xu Jun softly threatened, "There will be no gifts this year either."
"Ah."
Xu Jun's eyes were full of anticipation.
General Ghost Face took Xu Jun's hand, put it in his palm, let him spread his fingers, and wrote two numbers on his chubby palm.
After getting the answer he wanted, Xu Jun counted with his fingers that there were still a few days left. After the calculation, Xu Jun withdrew his hands, turned around and ran away without speaking to the people next to him.
Looking at the back of Xu Jun running away, the people under the ghost's face were somewhat looking forward to and somewhat disappointed.
At night, Lin Xu came to visit.
In the meeting hall, Lin Xu and General Ghost Face each had a cup of tea in front of them, and some materials they had obtained from Jinyi before.
Most of these materials are about Xia Guo. After Jin Yi died, they thoroughly investigated all the people who had contacts with Jin Yi.
"The general is in charge of the military affairs." Lin Xu explained Jin Qi's intention, "The general will decide how to make a decision."
General Ghost Face nodded, it has always been like this.
When the voice fell, Lin Xu said again: "Some time ago, there was a sudden news from Daning that he wanted to form an alliance with us. Xu Shangshu has been busy negotiating with Daning about the alliance for a while, but it doesn't seem to be very serious. smoothly."
Daning is another big country next to Dayu. It was originally a rich country comparable to Dayu.It's a pity that Dayu's previous emperor was fatuous and ruthless. Since he ascended the throne, he has been fighting with the neighboring country Yuan, which caused the people of Dayu to live in poverty for more than ten years.
Some time ago in Daning, the former emperor Lin Hong who should have 'died of illness' suddenly came back to life, regained the throne, and is reorganizing Daning.
However, Yuan Guo has been chasing after him, and Lin Hong is seriously ill now, and the new emperor he supports is still a baby, so the whole Daning is still in chaos.
Especially when they investigated Jin Yi some time ago, they also found that Xia and Yuan Guo seemed to be entangled endlessly.Under such circumstances, whether or not to form an alliance, Dayu naturally had to consider the stakes.
If it is an alliance, it is basically equivalent to being in an antagonistic relationship with Yuan Guo.
They didn't have much friendship with Yuan Guo originally, because the terrain was not connected, and they didn't have much contact, so it was not worthwhile for them to have such an enemy for Daning inexplicably.
Moreover, if Xia and Yuan have contacts, if the two countries gather together to deal with Dayu and Dayu, even if Dayu has sufficient troops, countless lives will inevitably be killed and injured.
After listening to Lin Xu's words and reading the materials in front of him, the face under the mask of General Ghost Face frowned. Although he was not timid to fight, he didn't want to go to war unless necessary.
"We all believe in the general's decision, so please trouble the general." Lin Xu stood up and bowed to the ghost-faced general.
As his prime minister, he may not have to do this to General Ghost Face, but his obeisance is sincere.
The ghost-faced general has been stationed at the border for more than ten years, and it is precisely these ten years that Jin Qi has the opportunity to display his ambitions and Dayu has time to develop.
Everyone in the world said that Dayu had a good emperor, and that Dayu was able to achieve its current prosperity, but they didn't know that half of Dayu's prosperity was due to the person in front of him.
Xia Guo's repeated crimes and failures, and the inability to break through the Dayu Border Pass defense line in ten years, did not rely on the hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers, but the pressure of the man in front of him.
Xu Jun stood furtively at a far corner outside the meeting hall, stretched his neck and looked towards this side, the two people in the room were discussing the next thing.
Xu Jun looked into the conference hall through the window from a distance, and after seeing that there was no one he was looking for in the conference hall, he sneaked back again.
It was night, and the training of the army had already stopped.
The soldiers gathered together in twos and threes, chatting and laughing, enjoying this rare moment of rest.
Xu Jun walked around in the meeting room, dining room and a few places where everyone frequented during breaks. After searching around, he couldn't find the person he was looking for.
After going around half a circle and still not finding anyone, Xu Jun grabbed the soldier next to him and asked Tao Chi's whereabouts.
After learning where Tao Chi was, Xu Jun immediately ran towards it.
Seeing someone from a distance, Xu Jun rushed over immediately, "Taozi!"
Tao Chi, who was taking a bath in the thatched cottage by the well, was taken aback, and quickly pulled the cloth beside him to wrap himself around his body, "What are you doing?"
Listening to the movement here, people's heads also appeared in the nearby thatched huts, and the lieutenants Xu Jun was looking for basically took a bath here.
The army was busy getting ready for defense, and the most busy were the lieutenants. Except for those who had to go back to their respective places to garrison, the rest of them had been running around in the army recently.
No, I have been so busy today that I finally have time to wash up and eat.
"Taozi, you will go to the city with me tomorrow." Xu Jun slammed on the thatched door with his whole body.
"City?" Tao Chi was puzzled, "If you want to go, you can go there yourself, it's so close, it's not like you haven't been there before, I'm very busy."
"If you don't worry, if you are afraid that those bandits will trouble you, you can take a few more people with you." Another lieutenant general said.
"No, I'm going to buy gifts." Xu Jun said.
"Gift?"
"A birthday present for the general." Xu Jun said.Time is running out, he must prepare as soon as possible, "I want to buy a lot of things, but I must keep it secret and not tell others, so Tao Zi, can you go with me?"
"General?" The lieutenants were surprised.
The general even told Xu Jun about his birthday?
Everyone didn't care about taking a bath, and came out with towels around them.
The ghost-faced general is a special existence to them, and they have been with the ghost-faced general for a long time, but they never know when the ghost-faced general's birthday is.
Now hearing Xu Jun talking about it, everyone is also interested.
"Are you going?"
Going to buy a gift for General Ghost Face?Everyone felt somewhat unreal.In a place like the military camp, men gather together, even if it's a birthday or something, it's just a pot of wine.
"Tao Zi, can you accompany me?" Xu Jun begged softly.
"You can go by yourself..." It's not that Tao Chi doesn't want to go, but why is he going?
"I definitely can't take it by myself."
The lieutenants looked at each other in blank dismay, what exactly is Xu Jun going to do?
All the lieutenants looked at each other, and in Anqing City thousands of miles away, there were also two people staring at each other.
The Anqing local army was stationed in the camp. At night, after Xu Lan and Xu Ming finished their meal, they moved their stools and sat in the yard looking at the night sky.
"It's been a month, right?" Xu Lan asked.
"32 days."
"Did he have an accident on the road?"
"It should have arrived at the barracks safely. I heard that they have already started preparing for the battle."
After Xu Ming finished speaking, Xu Lan didn't speak any more.
The two looked at the sky in unison. After a long while, Xu Lan's mournful voice came again, "Then why hasn't he sent anything?"
Before Xu Jun left, he agreed to send them things when he went back. It has been more than 30 days.
Xu Ming was silent, he lowered his head and counted with his fingers. Recently, he has counted with his fingers several times a day, counting that Xu Jun has been away for a few days.
"Maybe the gift is still on the way?" Xu Lan pouted pitifully.
"It's possible." Xu Ming convinced himself.
After another period of silence, Xu Ming suggested: "Why don't I write a letter and ask him?"
"No!" Xu Lan refused without thinking.
He didn't want the gift that he forced Xu Jun to buy him at all, he wanted the gift that Xu Jun took the initiative to buy him, just like his mother.
Thinking of Xu Jun's mother, the two of them thought of Russula, and when they thought of Russula, the two people who didn't receive the gift immediately died.
With red eyes, the two silently counted the time with their fingers and waited.
Xu Jun will not forget them, right?
003
Coming to this city that I haven't seen for a while, the biggest feeling of a group of people is not familiarity, but warmth.
The hot air that was about to turn into a solid body rushed from all directions, making a group of people sweat profusely, almost sticking out their tongues and panting.
Standing on the street baked by the scorching sun, a group of lieutenants all looked at Xu Jun, "What do you want to buy?"
This group of people may not be younger than Xu Jun, but they are all a group of genuine bachelors. If the brothers celebrate their birthdays on weekdays, it would be a matter of a pot of wine. Suddenly, they have to buy gifts for others They really don't know what to do.
Everyone was dumbfounded, Xu Jun went straight to the vegetable market.
In Anqing city.
When the servants of the Xu family and Xu Lan rushed into the house in a hurry to find someone, the father and son of the Xu family still maintained their previous posture and looked out the door motionlessly.
Recently, the two father and son moved a small stool and sat by the door whenever they had time, and the people in the camp were no strangers to it.
"Master, Master..."
The two turned their heads to look at him almost immediately when they heard the sound, and the next moment, they both stood up excitedly.
"Has the item from Mr. Xu arrived?"
"where is it?"
"Show us quickly!"
The servant shrank his neck and dodged backwards, then he handed over the letter in his hand, "Master, there is a letter from Madam."
Hearing that it wasn't Xu Jun who sent something, the two of them immediately sat back down in frustration.
"Master?" The servant was a little embarrassed holding the letter in his hand.
"What happened?" Xu Lan was weak.
Seeing this, the servant opened the letter and read it. After reading it, his expression became very strange.
"Huh?" Xu Ming looked over.
"Master, Madam said..." The servant organized his vocabulary in a tangled face, "Madam said, the emperor has been living in our house for nothing for a month, so let Master go back and take care of it."
The letter said that since the emperor's daily necessities were withheld by Prime Minister Lin Xuke to fill up the military rations of the border army, he has lived directly in the Shangshu Mansion, and it has been more than a month so far.
"Oh." Xu Lan looked weary.
"master?"
"I'm not going back."
"But Ma'am..."
Xu Lan silently turned to the side without looking at the servant, because Xu Jun's things hadn't come, so he didn't go back.
When it was almost noon, Xu Jun, who took out a piece of paper that had already been written and bought it side by side, was suddenly shocked.At that moment, he always felt as if he had forgotten something.
"What's the matter?" The lieutenants who followed Xu Jun, all holding a bunch of things in their hands, turned sideways to look at Xu Jun.
Xu Jun tilted his head and thought about it, then looked at the piece of paper in front of him seriously, what did he forget?
He has made a list of everything he needs to buy, and he has bought everything that needs to be bought. He has explained everything about the cashier, and Sima He is watching over there.He also ate and drank water well in the morning, and he did everything he should do, so he should have forgotten nothing.
After thinking about it carefully, Xu Jun shook his head after still not being able to think of anything, and stopped thinking about it.
Well, forget it.
Xu Jun continued to walk forward, leading a group of lieutenants who were called to carry things behind him, and continued to sweep the street.
In the camp, General Ghost Face sat alone quietly in the conference hall and after finishing all the matters, he raised his head and called someone from outside, "Go and call Tao Chi over."
"General, Deputy General Tao is not in the camp."
"Other lieutenants are also fine."
The soldier standing at the door hesitated a little, "General and lieutenants are not in the camp this morning."
General Ghost Face raised his head, "Where's the person?"
Where did the lieutenant generals go when they were not in the camp waiting for orders?
"General, the lieutenants have all gone to the city."
"Go for what?"
"This... This subordinate heard that it was Mr. Xiao who called them early in the morning, saying that he seemed to be going to the city to buy some gifts. I don't know the specifics, but Deputy General Tao and others said that he would be back at noon."
The ghost-faced general who was frowning was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and when the soldiers at the door were dripping with cold sweat, the ghost-faced general said calmly, "Go out."
"Yes." The ghost-faced general was not angry, but the soldier was a little puzzled.
When did the ghost-faced general have such a good temper?
When he went out, he slightly raised his head to take a look at the situation inside the house, only to find that the people in the house were staring at the window in a daze.
And I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the ghost-faced general in the room seemed to be smiling.
But General Ghost Face wears a mask all the year round, and outsiders can't see his face at all. Whether he is smiling or not, no one knows except himself.
In the border garrison camp, after dealing with military affairs, General Ghost Face went back early to wash up, packed up his things, and sat in the meeting hall to wait.
However, after noon, the person he was waiting for still did not show up. Instead, the soldiers outside the door asked if they had a meal.
Thinking that Xu Jun and the others only went in the morning, they probably didn't come back so soon, General Ghost Face ate by himself.
After eating, he returned to sit in the middle of the meeting hall, fearing that people outside would not find him, so he purposely dispersed all the guarding soldiers near the meeting hall and opened the doors and windows.
However, time passed bit by bit, until the sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers outside the door came to ask him if he would have dinner in the meeting hall at night, but he did not wait for the expected person.
Looking at the soldiers who came in to inquire, the man under the ghostly face lowered his head and looked at his palm, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.
"General?"
"Just dine in the meeting hall."
"Yes." The soldier retreated, and soon, he brought a dinner.
General Ghost Noodles, who had been sitting in the meeting hall all afternoon, finished his food without taste, and then sat and waited for a while, then turned off the lights and went out.
At this time, the sky had already darkened, and the soldiers in the battalion gathered around the school field to rest after finishing their dinner and washing.
I don't know if it's because the weather is so cool today, there are so many people on the school field.There are also several groups of people wrestling together, having a good time.
No one could wait for a long time, after General Ghost Face left the conference hall, he passed the school grounds and walked towards his place of residence.
Ignoring the soldiers around him who saw him saluting, the people under the ghost face were rarely unhappy.
Half an hour after passing the school grounds, there was a commotion among the haystacks beside the road, and the voice of a person talking could be heard vaguely. The voice was very familiar, and General Ghost Face recognized the voice almost immediately.
After he paused for a moment, he took two steps towards that side. As he got closer, the voice became clearer, and he could gradually understand what the man was saying.
Just like the last time I saw Xu Jun in this haystack, Xu Jun seemed to be hugging the rabbit again and feeding the rabbit in this haystack.While feeding, he was also talking to the side to let the rabbit eat more.
The ghost-faced general stood outside and waited for a long time, and Xu Jun, who was squatting inside, found him, "General."
"Ah."
Xu Jun looked at the people standing aside, and the general didn't speak after seeing the ghost face, so he turned around and continued to feed his rabbit.
When they came back before, they rushed on horseback, the rabbit was bumped all the time, and they could hardly eat anything along the way. After returning, they lost a lot of weight, which made Xu Jun feel very distressed.
After that, Xu Jun immediately bought a lot of vegetables and radishes, planning to raise the two rabbits to be chubby.
But after he came back, he has been busy for nearly a month, and basically didn't have much time.So until now, these two rabbits still haven't been able to gain weight.
"Eat more." Xu Jun squatted in the haystack, watching two rabbits grazing at his feet.
The little rabbit likes green grass very much, and has been eating hard from his feet all the way to the other side.Xu Jun looked at the little rabbit, only to find that the ghost-faced general had been standing where he was just now.
"Is there something wrong?" Xu Jun was puzzled.
The person under the ghost's face looked at Xu Jun, then at Xu Jun, and shook his head.
Seeing this, Xu Jun squatted on the ground and moved forward to hug the rabbit that ran to his feet back, and let it continue to graze with another rabbit.
"I'm leaving." Seeing that Xu Jun turned his head and continued to stare at the rabbit, ignoring himself, General Ghost Face turned around and walked away.
Xu Jun kept staring at the two rabbits until the two rabbits were almost full, then he stepped forward to catch the two rabbits and prepared to leave. When he got up together, he found that he met the ghost-faced general who seemed to be passing by. .
"General?"
"Ah."
Xu Jun looked blankly at the person who appeared in front of him again, "Are you okay?"
The person under the ghost's face opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound for a long time.
Xu Jun glanced suspiciously at the person in front of him, holding the little rabbits in each hand, and prepared to go back to rest.
He turned around after walking about ten steps, only to see General Ghost Face still standing there looking at him.
Xu Jun was at a loss, today's general is really strange!
Xu Jun walked across the school yard with the rabbit in his arms, and walked towards the place where he lived. He was not surprised at all when he ran into someone with a black iron ghost mask.
"What's wrong with you, General?" Xu Jun asked softly, did he lose something?So looking everywhere, he passed by him many times tonight.
General Ghost Face was silent, only looking at Xu Jun eagerly.
"It's getting dark, General, go back and rest!" Xu Jun suggested.If you lost something, you can ask Tao Chi and the others to help you find it tomorrow morning. It is not easy to find things at night.
After finishing speaking, Xu Jun looked at the person in front of him, and saw that the person in front of him just stared at him quietly and did not speak. He hid the rabbit in his hand behind him. Could it be that he wants to get the rabbit back again?
That's no good, I said it and returned it to him, how can I play tricks?
Even if he is a general, he can't play tricks!
The little rabbit seemed to have noticed something, kicked his legs, and burrowed into Xu Jun's sleeve.
"I'm going back to sleep." Xu Jun held the little rabbit nervously, turned sideways and slipped away against the wall, for fear that General Ghost Face would come and snatch his rabbit.
Passing by, Xu Jun held the rabbit in his arms and trotted for two steps. He didn't slow down until he was sure that the people behind him didn't catch up.
The ghost-faced general looked eagerly at Xu Jun who had slipped away, and watched him run away from Xu Yuan.
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