Looking at the mountains and rivers

"Pashapasha."

It was the sound of snow particles hitting the window paper. Wei Changxuan felt that it was already very cold. It was always so cold when it snowed in winter.Yang Yan was afraid of the cold, and would snuggle up to him in this kind of weather, flipping through a dull and dark book by his hand.

"Yexi." Wei Changxuan called softly. He wanted to raise his hands to wrap around Yang Yan's thin shoulders, but his two arms seemed to be extremely heavy, and he couldn't lift them up.

"Wei Changxuan." Yang Yan's voice was low, as if choked up.

Wei Changxuan didn't know why, so he eagerly wanted to touch his face, and said in a low voice, "Yexi, don't cry, I'm here."

"Wei Changxuan!"

He suddenly opened his eyes, the light piercing into his pupils made him dizzy for a while, and then a head stretched out in front of him, it was Yu Chi Feng's face, he looked both surprised and happy: "Are you really awake?" Asked like a gun, "Do you know how many days I have been in a coma?"

Wei Changxuan tried to stand up, but he couldn't move at all. His left arm was firmly tied to his side by a splint, and his right hand was also wrapped in a thick bandage. His legs were even more heavy. Living.

Yu Chifeng held him down and said, "Don't move around, the military doctor finally connected the bones for you, and ordered you to rest, if the bones are displaced, you will suffer a lot."

Wei Changxuan had no choice but to lie down again, his lips moved a few times, and after a long time of effort, he only uttered a few syllables vaguely.

Yu Chifeng was lucky enough to know what he wanted to ask, so he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Ashinanur is dead, Yan Yu has retreated, you have made great military exploits this time, you might become a general when you go back. "

To his surprise, Wei Changxuan didn't look happy at all, but slowly lowered his eyelids, as if in a daze.

"Also, my father sent a letter a few days ago to order me to take the troops back to Anyang as soon as possible, and I will leave tomorrow." Yu Chifeng said, sat down on the side of the couch, and lowered his voice, "You know Well, the city has not been peaceful for the past two months!"

Wei Changxuan looked at him with a slightly puzzled expression.

"I heard that Zuo Servant shot Li Zhi and joined forces with Pinghu Jiedu envoy Cao Yuanbai in an attempt to rebel, and they have already been captured. Most of Li's descendants serve as important pivots in the two provinces. After this incident, the court was shaken. This turmoil In the past, more than half of the important positions in the DPRK and Central Committee have been replaced, and now the one in charge of the position is Taiwei Xie Xie."

Wei Changxuan was slightly shocked, obviously very surprised.

"You also find it strange? Although Taiwei Xie is very popular with the emperor, he is not from a big family after all. I heard from my father that he has been very friendly with His Royal Highness Mu Wang recently. This time, he also relied on Mu Wang's support to serve as Zhongshuling. Said I really didn't expect it. I only knew that His Royal Highness King Mu was the grandson of Lord Tuoba. Everyone said that he was blind and weak since he was a child, and he was inconspicuous. Now, it seems that he seems to be very capable, and he was appointed to the Northwest Not to mention the general guard, even the newly appointed officials in the DPRK are almost all his people."

After he finished speaking on his own, when he lowered his head again, he saw that Wei Changxuan had slightly closed his eyes, and seemed to have fallen asleep again, but there were faint vertical lines between his brows, and his expression was uneasy.

At the end of the summer of the seventh year of Yong'an, the Battle of Panmenguan ended with the defeat of Yan and Yu. The two armies formed an alliance at the Kulun River, and Yan and Yu retreated.The most brilliant person in this campaign was naturally Wei Changxuan, who was called "Wujisur" by Yanyu people. He not only led thousands of people to recapture Panmen Pass, but also shot and killed Yanyu's right general A in the chaos. Sinanur caused the Yanyu army to be in chaos, and they retreated in a hurry.This year, the young general was only 22 years old.Later, his story was even written into a novel by leisurely literati, and it was passed down in libraries in the market. The most exciting part of this story is this "Jianlian Seizes the General".

November 27, Ganzhou City.

In the darkness of night, Balieyan walked out of the official post alone, his face was so gloomy that it was scary. When a group of battalion patrol soldiers passed by him, they all respectfully saluted, for fear of accidentally offending the guard.The centurion leading the team was quite obedient, raised his head cautiously, and said with an apologetic smile, "General, I heard that the imperial envoy from the capital is here again?"

Ba Lieyan snorted coldly: "If it wasn't for them, why would we have delayed until this hour?" He paused, and then said, "Bring the horses, we have to patrol the camp tonight."

The centurion rubbed his hands and smiled dryly: "General Wei has just inspected the battalions."

"General Wei?" Ba Lieyan raised his thick eyebrows, as if laughing out of anger, "He has time to patrol the camp, but he doesn't have time to meet those annoying imperial envoys like flies?"

This was still outside the official post, and Balieyan's voice was so loud that the centurion shook his head and waved his hands anxiously.

After Balieyan got angry, he calmed down again: "Where is he now?"

"I heard from the city guards that General Wei rode out of the north city gate after finishing his tour of the camp, and he didn't allow anyone to follow him."

Ba Lieyan sneered again: "It seems that his bones have grown well, not only can he ride a horse, but he can also sneak out for a stroll. In this case, it is better to send him back to Jian'an as soon as possible, so as not to have Qin every few days. envoys came to urge him, as if we had detained him."

"This... I'm humble, so I'm going to find General Wei and come back."

"No need," Balieyan waved his hand, "I'll go and have a look."

The grassland in the early winter was already bleak, and at night the north wind was even biting. Ba Lieyan rode his horse all the way out of the city, secretly thinking that this kid had just recovered from his injuries and ran outside to suffer from the cold.

To his surprise, Wei Changxuan was not shivering in the winter night as he expected. He was lying on his back on the horse with his hands on his head, looking at the dark sky above his head.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes, he lazily got up from his horse and nodded slightly to Balieyan: "General Balie."

Balieyan steered his horse up to him, and raised his head, only to see that the night was vast, with only a few sporadic stars casting a thin gleam through the clouds.

"An edict came from the capital again, asking you when to leave. I told them as before that your injuries are still unhealed and you have to wait a while longer."

"Thank you, General Balie." Wei Changxuan's voice was a little lazy.

Ba Lieyan frowned: "However, how long are you going to stay here? The Forbidden Army has been dispatched two months ago, and the rest of the seriously injured soldiers have returned to Jian'an to recuperate one after another. As a general, you still refuse to return. The capital city will inevitably attract criticism. Besides, this borderland is not as prosperous and lively as Jian'an, and it will be even more bitter and cold in winter. If you don't go back and be the commander of the imperial army, but you want to stay here, is it because you want to eat? Are you full?"

To his teasing, Wei Changxuan just responded with a wry smile. He has become more and more familiar with Ba Lieyan in the past few months, and he knows in his heart that although this Donghu General is not forgiving, he is a rare and straightforward person.

"Drinking?" Balieyan took off the wine bag from his waist and shook it lightly.

Wei Changxuan nodded: "Okay."

It is cold in the north, and there is no barbarian who is not good at drinking, especially the spicy local shochu, which can last a winter.As soon as Wei Changxuan opened the wine bag, he smelled the rich aroma of the wine. He took a sip and said with a light smile, "It's a good wine from the Northland. I remember it's called... Yu Shaobai?"

"Yes, have you had a drink?"

"We were still at Yunxia Pass," Wei Changxuan rubbed the rough skin outside the wine bag, "One night, I don't know where Yu Chifeng got a bag of wine, and he, Chen Shao, and I took the bag out of the bag. I drank all the wine." When Chen Shao was mentioned, his smile gradually froze.

Ba Lieyan said in a low voice: "Chen Shao is the youngest son of Huining Jiedushi. I have heard about his death in battle. What a pity." You are so desperate to avenge him, but why do you still look sullen after Ashnanuer died."

"I was just thinking about something..." Wei Changxuan held his wine bag in silence for a long time, then turned his head and asked, "General Balie, why did you join the army?"

As if he didn't expect him to ask this question, Ba Lieyan was slightly taken aback, and then replied: "I was originally Tuoba Duke's servant, but it was Tuoba Duke who looked up to me and asked me to go to the battlefield with him. the army."

"So that's how it is," Wei Changxuan nodded lightly. "When I was young, I thought very simply. I just wanted to listen to my adoptive father, and when I grew up, I would be filial to him and take care of him. After that, I entered the Mu In the palace, as a companion for the young master, I wanted to protect him and prevent him from being bullied. But later, the adoptive father was killed, and the young master was also killed by his elder brother. After these things, I finally Realizing how small we are, in the eyes of those people, we are just ants, we can be trampled on at will, but who would be willing to be an ant! I went to the battlefield because I was not reconciled."

"Is that why you joined the army?"

"Yes, I want to show off my ambitions and make contributions. I don't want to be looked down upon. But I didn't expect," his voice suddenly became low, "my best friend... died there."

"Things in this world always seem to be like this. You are struggling to move forward, but you are always getting farther and farther away from where you want to go. Sometimes I feel that I am really stupid. I watched my relatives and friends die in front of my eyes. But I can't do anything. And the person I want to protect his safety the most doesn't need my protection at all."

Ba Lieyan listened to what he said in silence, and said in a low voice, "I have heard about what happened between you and King Mu when you were young."

Wei Changxuan was a little strange: "Where did you hear about it?"

"My wife, you should know her, her name is Lorraine."

Wei Changxuan was surprised: "Aunt Luolan!" He looked at Balieyan in disbelief, "I thought that the person who had been waiting for her on the grassland for many years should be a passionate seed, but I didn't expect it to be General Balieyan you."

Although Ba Lieyan was very dark and the night was heavy, Wei Changxuan still vaguely felt that he was blushing.He coughed dryly: "She has been missing you all the time since she came back. If she hadn't been pregnant, she must have come to Ganzhou to see you."

Hearing the news that Luo Lan was pregnant, Wei Changxuan was taken aback for a while, and then laughed again: "That's great."

A little bit of starlight above the head is gradually blocked by dense clouds, and the new wind sweeps the snowflakes across the wilderness, which is a common climate in northern Xinjiang.The two of them did not avoid the snow, they just dismounted, lit a torch and stuck it in the frozen soil, and exchanged wine bags back and forth to drink silently.There were a few intermittent crackling sounds mixed in the wind, faintly coming from the top of the city.The voice was hoarse and jerky, like a whimper, and it sounded very lonely in the middle of the night.

Wei Changxuan turned his ear to the direction of the sound of the hu jia, and sighed softly: "You don't hear the sound of Hu jia, the saddest, it really is so."

"It's the guards who are homesick." Ba Lieyan said in a low voice, looking at Wei Changxuan's face, "What about you, really don't want to go back?"

Wei Changxuan shook his head, just drinking.

"Loran often talked about King Mu's childhood. She raised him from a young age, and her feelings were naturally very deep. A few years ago, she went to Jian'an with Duke Tuoba, and she was full of thoughts about visiting the fourth prince. I was even worried. She will stay in the capital again and never come back. But she will come back soon, and she said the same thing as you, she said that the young master has grown up and doesn't need her anymore." Barryan paused, "Lorraine Said, this little boy looks weak, but his heart is harder than anyone else. No one can change what he decides, and no one can really understand his heart. If there is, that person will only be you."

Wei Changxuan's hand holding the wine bag trembled slightly, he took a deep breath, and said: "Aunt Luolan probably doesn't know yet, that Taiwei Xie, who has a close relationship with the young master, is the one who killed my adoptive father. The culprit. I know what he did is right. He has grown up and no longer needs to be accompanied. He is King Mu. Of course, what he needs is an arm that can assist him in the court. Although I understand this, I still will not be reconciled. I don't want to go back to the capital because of this reason." He lowered his head, "I originally thought that maybe I could kill Ashina Nur, avenge Chen Shao, and the massacred people in Ganzhou. I was driven by hatred to fight this battle, but I didn’t feel relieved when I killed him, as if after losing the hatred, I didn’t even know the meaning of living.”

"You're not right," Ba Lieyan frowned, and said heavily, "It's painful to lose your loved ones and best friends, but you can't just think about hatred. The meaning of life should never be hatred."

"What should that be?" Wei Changxuan raised his face and asked, he was a little drunk, the light from the torch shone on his pupils, sometimes clear and sometimes hazy.

Ba Lieyan was a little dazed for a moment, he looked down at Wei Changxuan as if he was looking at another young man many years ago.The difference is that the young man's eyes never showed confusion, he was always so firm and resolute.Even after many years, Balieyan can still think of the figure of that man holding a spear, and the look in his eyes when he finally left.

"General Ba Lie?" Seeing that his expression suddenly became very complicated, Wei Changxuan was a little strange.

Balieyan hesitated for a moment: "For some reason, looking at you, I suddenly thought of someone."

"Who?"

"A colleague from the past," Ba Lieyan said in a low voice, "I thought I had forgotten him, but just now, for a moment, I felt that you were very similar to him."