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Since then, the mountains have been high and the rivers have been long, one in the south of the Yangtze River and one in Chang'an.

Chen Hen suppressed the rebellion at the front, and Li Yan was at the rear.

No one in Chaoli knew that there was a scene of imprisonment and rebellion between the two of them.

From the perspective of others, it's just the friendship between the former emperor and the marquis, who put their backs and vitals in each other's hands.

Chen Hen didn't dare to be presumptuous to him any more, and sent back to Chang'an one by one serious notes.Sometimes in the name of General Wu of Zhenyuan Mansion, and sometimes in the name of Xu Yushi in Yushitai, but never in the name of Marquis Zhongyi.

At the end of the book, it seems that he said it casually, and it seems that he is unwilling to waste the blank line or two. With a little thought, Chen Hen asked about Li Yan's diet and daily life.

Li Yan probably blamed him, and did not reply a word, but sent out his orders in a regular manner.

But Li Yan never treated him badly in serious matters.

No matter whose name Jiangnan sent back, Li Yan agreed to everything; Jiangnan's military pay accounted for half of the national treasury, and it was Li Yan's willingness to go his own way in exchange for it despite the objections of his courtiers.

The oars of warships on the river and the shadows of candles, the blue lamps in the Yangju hall are cold, there are no blue birds to send messages, only the horsewhip raises light dust on the road to send official documents.

Just like this, a year passed, and it was four years in Yongjia.

Chen Hen used the eighteen cities in the south of the Yangtze River as bait for a year, and unknowingly split the rebels in central Fujian into several places. good idea.

For the last remaining city, he arranged for Qingpi, which was not even named on the map, where his mother's family was located.

In the past year, the Jiangnan army has been half-defending and half-retreating, step by step leading the rebels into the urn.At this time, it was the time when the rebel army was in full swing, and Qingpi was also the most dangerous place.

Chen Hen thought that he had to go there himself.

He didn't dare to let Wu Duan or Xu Xing know that he knew his fate, and he was afraid that he would harm them if he was not careful.

With less than half of the people under his command, Chen Hen replaced the armor he had been wearing for a year, and crossed the river in plain clothes at night.

It's just that he didn't expect that Xu Xing would know about this early on, and would follow him all the way quietly.

At that time, Chen Hen was standing on the deck of the boat and blowing the wind—he couldn't make a listless look in front of the soldiers, and he couldn't lie on the railing, so he just patted the railing all over.

Xu Xing walked up behind him with his hands behind his back: "Master Hou is taking people, where are you going?"

Chen Hen was taken aback by him, and after seeing the person clearly, he said, "Why do you..."

"It's windy on the river at night, bring clothes to Lord Hou."

Chen Hen ignored him, turned around and put his hands together, sat on the railing, dangling his feet and said: "It's going to be winter again soon, you should pay attention to your body."

"You should too..." Xu Xing paused, Yue Mo was still not used to saying such things, "Be careful."

Chen Hen obviously didn't listen, and responded casually: "Yes."

"Actually, the layout is almost done for more than a year. How about..." Xu Xing paused before continuing, "May the emperor call you back?"

Chen Hen shook his head.The mission was not done, it was his fate.

"You don't want to go back, or the emperor doesn't want you to go back?"

"I don't want to go back."

Xu Xing repeated the old tune from a few years ago: "I said earlier that you shouldn't be such a loyal prince."

But Chen Hen nodded in response: "I think so too."

"You are not the only one in the hands of the emperor." Xu Xing raised his eyes to look at him, and said softly, "Actually, if you resign..."

Chen Hen didn't listen to his words very clearly, he casually took out a broken tile that he picked up casually from his sleeve, threw it into the water, and played with it.The broken tiles thumped and thumped for a while before they finally fell into the water.

He said: "Even if I become a slave in Yeyouting, it is better than being a loyal Marquis here."

He was enslaved in Yeyouting, wandering around the palace all day, grinding ink for Li Yan when he was happy, and smearing ink on Li Yan's face when he was unhappy.

Things are not what they are now, how comfortable he is.

Chen Hen was originally sitting on the railing of the boat, but when he turned over suddenly, he almost fell into the river.

Thanks to Xu Xing's quick reaction, he quickly grabbed his hand, pulled him back, and asked him angrily, "What are you doing?"

Chen Hen lowered his head and suppressed a smile, and said obediently: "It's the wind that blows me."

Xu Xing frowned, and pulled him off the railing: "It's getting late, Lord Hou, go back to sleep."

This place should be his doom.

In a few more lifetimes, he should be robbed near Qingpi.

In fact, he was also an opponent in his destiny, and it was He Xing who attacked the city this time.

One miscalculation, Chen Hen miscalculated when the rebels came, and was caught off guard by He Xing who came from the northeast of the water.

Originally, it was to lure the enemy into the city, but now He Xing turned his back on the enemy. The whole city was full of women and children who could not evacuate in time.Even if you get the chance, you never dare to fight rashly, just stick to it.

Due to the miscalculation of the time, the siege of the rebel army was so tight that no one outside could receive any letters, and those inside could not deliver any news. No one knew the situation of the battle in Qingpi.

The soldiers and civilians in the city guarded hard, and barely survived for two months.

This fellow He Xing never wore armor on the battlefield, he straddled his horse, stood on the other side of the city wall, and persuaded Chen Hen to surrender with his clear voice singing along with the sound of a pipa on weekdays.

Advise him not to support him hard, saying that he should not be here as a civil servant, it is better to sit in the back and enjoy himself at leisure.

Chen Hen stood on the city wall, clasped the long sword around his waist with his right hand, his face was pale, and he didn't listen to a word.

The people on both sides relied on the pawns to shout. At this time, when He Xing finished speaking, the people on Chen Hen's side asked him what he wanted to reply.

Chen Hen frowned, and said softly: "Just tell him: 'A dog with a broken spine dares to bark and bark in front of our army. I have never seen such a shameless person.'"

The two armies scolded and fought in front of the battle. This sentence is best used.

This side just finished spreading the word, and He Xing's face was offended. As soon as He Xing raised his hand, the army behind him rushed up like a tide.

Chen Hen drew his long sword backhand: "Defend the city."

This fight lasted for a long time, until the middle of the night, the two armies stopped fighting temporarily.

A torch was lit under the city wall, and Chen Hen was biting a muslin cloth to wrap his wound on his hand.Xu Xing came down from the tower, saw him by the light of the torch, paused, walked over, took the muslin, and bandaged his wound.

"It's not a good idea to keep going like this." Chen Hen also leaned over to look at his wound, "It doesn't matter on our side, it's just the people who haven't had time to evacuate."

"What do you think, Lord Hou?"

"When the time comes, I'll let a few lieutenants accompany you, and you lead the people in the city to Xunzhi's side."

After wrapping up the wound, Xu Xing raised his eyes, with fire in his eyes, looked at him and said, "What about Lord Hou?"

"I'll break."

"This matter will be discussed at a later date."

To discuss it later, Chen Hen didn't think of discussing it with him at first, but said: "Xu Zhenmian, I didn't want you to come with me..."

"Don't think I don't know what you're going to do." Xu Xing suddenly grabbed his hand, "How dare you?"

"Okay, okay." Chen Hen pulled out his hand, moved two steps to the side, and said perfunctorily, "Then let's talk."

There was a long silence.

Probably because he felt that what he just said was a bit serious, Xu Xing said, "I didn't mean to..."

However, Chen Hen remembered that the time he dragged He Xing into the river was also near here.He thought, this place might be his doom.

Feeling moved for a moment, Chen Hen whispered: "Xu Zhenmian, if I die here..."

Xu Xing raised his eyes to look at him, only to hear Chen Hen continue: "Don't tell the emperor in the booklet, don't let him know."

"What nonsense?" Xu Xingqiang smiled to himself, and patted the back of his hand to comfort him, "Master Hou just waited for the rebellion to be suppressed, and returned to Chang'an to listen to the reward."

Chen Hen didn't seem to hear his words at all, he lowered his head, and said still: "You, or Xunzhi, or Su Yuanjun, if you can help me collect a corpse at that time, that would be great."

"I don't pay too much attention." Chen Hen pursed his lips, "Just don't let me soak in the water all the time. When it is burnt to ashes, it's good to sprinkle it in any river, lake or sea, but don't sprinkle it in the Yellow River, the Yellow River The water is turbid, you know, this is an insult to civil servants."

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you collect the corpse or not, the most important thing is—"

"Don't let the emperor know that I'm dead." Chen Hen seemed to be self-conscious, "Actually, I also know that if I die, I can't hide this matter from the emperor for long. I only want to hide it from him until the war is over, not because of me , just affected the situation of the battle."

Xu Xing was silent.

"Pillow sleep." Chen Hen nudged him with his elbow, "It happens that you are here, can I ask you one more thing?"

Xu Xing let out a breath of foul air slowly, nodded slightly: "Say it."

"If one day I can't hide it from the emperor, let him know that I'm dead. Don't let anything of mine fall into his hands." Chen Hen thought for a while and added, "If my body is burned to ashes , don't fall into his hands."

"Why?" Xu Xing chuckled, "So you and the emperor are not in the same heart?"

"I have one heart with the emperor, but a dead man has no heart." Chen Hen said, "I don't keep anything, and the emperor will soon forget about me. If I leave something for him, he would like to take it with him every day. How about that?"

Especially for things like ashes, if Li Yan dared to carry them with him, and put them on the bedside when he slept at night, Li Yan would not feel uncomfortable, but he still felt uncomfortable.

He doesn't want to.

I don't want to be missed by Li Yan all the time.

But think about it, Li Yan wished he could lock him on the couch with a chain, if he knew that he was dead and left something behind, he would use whatever means to get it into his hands.

"If you let me fall into his hands, I'll never let you go." Chen Hen said softly, "If he insists, you can tell him for me—"

"'In life I gave him myself. Now in death I ask him to make me clean.'"

Chen Hen couldn't understand him any more, if Li Yan heard this, Li Yan would be so angry that he would draw his sword and kill someone, so he wouldn't care about anything else.

The last time I coaxed Xu Xing to talk about it later, in fact, Chen Hen had arranged everything.

On the day the city was broken, several lieutenants dragged Xu Xing away, a literati who had always been sick. Even if it was for the people in the city, he should go.

And Chen Hen swung his sword to fend off the enemy on the other side of the tower, smoke and dust dazzled his eyes, and he didn't even look back.

Fighting and retreating in the city, Qingpi faces water in the north, and later turned to water warfare.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Chen Hen suddenly remembered the fate of cause and effect, this is his fate.

He deserves to die here.

It was too late to think about anything else, and it was another hard fight.

He Xing didn't change his mind, and he still wanted to recruit him.Pressing every step of the way, the soldiers around him fell one by one, and Chen Hen was forced to the point of desperation.

Probably He Xing ordered him to be captured alive. After the defeat, Chen Hen was brought onto He Xing's boat again.

The night had passed by then, and the dawn would break.

The long sword in his hand was taken away and thrown into the river. Chen Hen was injured all over his body and couldn't stand still. He was lifted and thrown onto the board of the boat.

He Xing squatted down in front of him, held his collar, met his gaze, and called him softly: "Sir?"

You don't even need to think about what he's going to say, it's better to persuade him to surrender.

Chen Hen felt pain all over his body, propped up with both hands, propped up half of his body, as if begging him: "Can I... bid farewell to the old master?"

He Xing let go of his grip on his collar, wiped the blood on Chen Hen's face, and carefully wiped his fingertips clean.He smiled, and after a long while, he raised his chin as if grateful: "Go."

Chen Hen leaned on the side of the boat, forced himself to stand up, moved towards the bow step by step, and finally fell on the bow.

Looking northwest to Chang'an.

He knelt down on his knees, adjusted his hair crown, and straightened his skirt.With a shake of his hands, the dust was shaken out, scattered with the wind in the night, turning into stars all over the sky.

In fact, he hasn't knelt down to Li Yan for a long time.

After three kowtows, tears washed away the blood that He Xing had just smeared on his face.

He Xing took a step and stood behind him, holding his hand to help him up: "Sir."

While kneeling, he drew out the dagger tied to his leg. Chen Hen used his strength to stand up, covered it with his sleeve, and sent the dagger in from He Xing's back.

Warm blood splashed all over his hands, and Chen Hen jumped into the river with He Xing again.

When I fell into the icy river, I woke up from my dream.