Moth

After the archery competition, the Jiangbei Camp has regained the order it had when General Chi Lihao was in power. Liu Changzhou's "Mountain and River Map Error Correction" and "Moon Night Archery Competition" really have to be convincing.

Sha Xing's original inflated ambition was to completely extinguish his ambitions. In fact, people who have been guarding the border for many years don't pay much attention to such things as status, because no matter how big an official or how high a status is, it doesn't matter in the far north of Daqing, which is inaccessible. It matters, no one cares.

There is a kind of real to extreme desolation in the frontier fortress, which is called "Jinyi Night Walk".

Wearing brocade clothes, how can I walk at night, even if the brilliance flows, no one will see it, leaving me sad and sad.

Sha Xing watched the Jiangbei camp grow from the initial one battalion to the current scale of nine battalions. He saw off crop after crop of iron-boned loyal souls, and how deep his relationship with this land and this group of men was. Nature is not the same.The little general who descended from the sky has become an established reality, and his mind was muddled, so he insisted on giving the little general an insult. Looking back, it was a bit ridiculous.

What's more, handsome talents are often found, and general talents are hard to find in a thousand years. Isn't it a good job to get the best talents in the world and teach them?After his slight dissatisfaction disappeared, he was still the original old lieutenant who was single-minded.As the saying goes, forty knows one's destiny, and he has already reached the age of not being confused. Isn't it ridiculous that he is still hot-headed to compete with a young man in his twenties for a snail's name?

Back in the camp, I checked myself, and found that what the little general said was really good. He hadn’t patrolled in person for a long time, except for a cold stone mountain that stretched for thousands of miles, which was still in his memory. Time was given back.He pinched his fingers and calculated, and sure enough, Jiangbei Daying had not fought a real battle for seven or eight years.

On the surface of Beifang, there is a peaceful scene of sending swords and guns into storage and horses releasing Nanshan. Whether Beidi harbors evil intentions is still unknown.On the contrary, this little general was kicked by the emperor to this place that was almost isolated from the world, with a few intentions: either purely to train him, or to divert the tiger away from the mountain, or to appease the traitor first and then get rid of it quickly.

But...he had never heard of such a person in the Daqing court before.

Sha Xing pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out why, but the messenger outside the camp suddenly reported loudly to General Liu asking him to go over and discuss something important.He stroked his beard, took a sip of water and smashed it a few times, put on his helmet and left the tent.When he reached the general's tent, he suddenly heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

He walked over quickly and opened the door of the general's tent—it was rare for the young general to sit upright behind the desk. On the open space of the general's tent, there was a naked upper body man kneeling in front of him. There was a row of scattered rough firewood in front of him. It expresses the meaning of "pleading guilty to the thorn".

The person kneeling on the ground was actually Jiu Shuai Han Xiao.

Liu Changzhou glanced up at Sha Xing, nodded, and pointed to the chair beside him to signal him to take it easy.

"The predecessor of Jiangbei Camp was the original North Guard Patrol Team, with less than 5000 people. The last battle between Beidi and Daqing was exactly 12 years ago. When [-] Beidi enemies invaded, Daqing's defense line was completely defeated. The late emperor So he ordered General Xili to build the current Jiangbei camp. Within three years after the end of the battle, the Ministry of households and other places received food and salaries, and the military equipment was updated. All of them took the Jiangbei camp as the top priority. , after the Civil War relentlessly put its hands on other people's doors, and these things began to change."

"The first arrears of military and food payments happened five years ago. The first soldier mutiny in the Jiangbei camp, hundreds of people died in vain. At that time, the humble staff had just arrived in the Jiangbei camp. General Xili once told me in private However, it is said that sooner or later the Jiangbei camp will be completely abandoned by the imperial court, and the debts of the household department will become more and more serious. But the old general is very sure that Beidi will make a comeback one day sooner or later. At least for 50 years, the Jiangbei camp will not be shaken a bit. "

"After the first time, as the old general said, the salary of the household department and the weapons of the military department are getting less and less. The old general is so worried that ringworm attacks several times at night."

When Han Xiao said this, he let out a long sigh, exhaling the freezing weather, but there were beads of sweat dripping down his face abnormally, and there was also a fine and dense layer of water on his scarred back.He went on to say: "It's also a moment of confusion in the lowly position, encouraging the old general to smuggle salt from the south of the Yangtze River, and sneak into the Beidi and Daqing caravans to do business with the people of Beidi. If they can support themselves, at least a few people in the Jiangbei camp can still exist." The scene of the year."

"The old general only said one thing to me, he said, 'Screw up to those sons of bitches in the Ministry of Finance, say that I support myself, and I hope they can turn a blind eye to this matter' After discussing with the old people from the Ministry of Finance, they only put forward one condition, saying that they would have a foot in our smuggling chain. Later, under the sole control of the humble staff, an underground organization for transferring salt was secretly established in Huarong. The 'that foot' who came here is the leader of the entire underground organization, Hu Qing, who is crippled."

Hearing this, Liu Changzhou continued: "The salt transferred from that underground organization was acquiesced by the old general? Then you sold it to Beidi at a high price?"

Han Xiao nodded: "That's right. A few days ago, Mr. Fang took charge of this organization. No one in the court knew about it. After the incident, the old general came to me privately and said, 'I think this old bone is going to end'. A few days after that, there was a non-existent rebellion, and that’s what happened after that. The old general’s biggest regret before he left was nothing else. He was the Jiangbei camp that was raised for him, and he turned out to be a monarch. It is sad to use it as a tool to weaken the power of others."

Liu Changzhou leaned back, lowered his eyelids, and reviewed the events before and after.

Throughout the incident, the Ministry of Finance has always been in the position of a white wolf with empty gloves. Part of Han Xiao's profits from the salt exchange must have flowed directly into the Ministry of Accounts through the hands of the lame Hu. , it doesn't matter anymore.Cannibals have short mouths and short hands, those old things will inevitably cover up this matter with other things in the court, but with Zong Yi's keenness, it is impossible not to notice the abnormality.

The news from Guanyu Pavilion confirmed Zong Yi's thoughts, and it happened that the policy of reforming grain fields encountered these old things blocking the way, so Zong Yi avoided the obvious picket agencies and directly sent unknown Guan Yuge intervened to draw out this thread. As soon as Hu Lizi entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the correspondence was enough to make those people die hundreds of times.The Household Department should not be so bold to bring Chu Lihao out. After all, the smuggling of Chu Lihao is to pay for the salary, and the Household Department is purely dishonest in the whole incident.

Moreover, Zong Yi tacitly agreed that the Ministry of Households defaulted on the payment of the Jiangbei Daying soldiers. He was unkind first, and it would be disgraceful to be involved.

So... Zong Yi should know who the real mastermind behind the smuggling is, he just borrowed the death of a few high-level officials from the household department to shake the tiger across the mountain and say hello to Chi Lihao.As for Zong Yi's punishment of Xi Lihao, it is probably true that the old general left before his death the phrase "one emperor, one courtier".

The emperor is always suspicious.

There was a moment of silence in the general's tent, and Liu Changzhou first disrupted the inexplicably heavy atmosphere with a laugh.He moved his neck back and forth for a while, and then let out an "hey", walked out from behind the desk, kicked away the pile of thick firewood that looked so ridiculous, but carried a loyal nine handsome and a piece of sincerity, and patted On his shoulder, he gave a thumbs up very generously and said, "Awesome."

He helped Han Xiao up with both hands, and smiled just right: "I also said that the old landscape map clearly did not have the bird path, but Jiu Shuai was able to find it. It was because he wanted to escort the salt team to Beidi to avoid people's eyes and ears. It's from your heart, isn't it?"

Han Xiao himself breathed a sigh of relief, his face still very serious, and said: "No, the old general and I chose that road together. It is remote and hidden, and the other coaches will not pay special attention when patrolling. It is also General Liu who is careful. I found out in less than a month after I arrived." Unexpectedly, the corner of the young general opposite him slowly flattened his mouth, patted him on the shoulder very abruptly, and said something puzzling: "Jiu Shuai, Thank you."

On the side, Sha Xing, who was listening to the scriptures, blushed—in the same team, some people have carried so many secrets for the long-term existence of the entire camp, but there are still people who are calling for the name of a general who has no practical effect Make a big joke.

The tiny bit of sadness and resentment that Liu Changzhou had been pent up in his heart suddenly disappeared—there was always someone who stood unswervingly in an insignificant position and continued to rack his brains for this country and this nation in his own way , Working hard regardless of future, regardless of personal safety.

He sometimes wonders, is it really as Su Yu said, "A scholar dies for his confidant"?This answer is officially overturned today.A soldier, his most worthy death is to die from his original intention. Even though he knows that there will be betrayal and disappointment along the way, he still does not change his original intention until he dies.This kind of feeling made him suddenly feel that he was not alone. At least some persistence that seemed meaningless now, when he met like-minded people, suddenly became invaluable.

This is why he wants to thank Jiu Shuai.

At this time, a huge shock wave suddenly came from the northwest of Jiangbei Camp, accompanied by a muffled roar of thunder, which made the roof of the general's tent start to rustle.

The three of them looked at each other, and ran out of the tent door at the same time. The herald brought three horses with great insight, and they rode away. Then, it gradually disappeared.

Following the direction of the sound source, I came all the way to the southeast foot of Hanshi Mountain. I saw that the originally empty snow field at the foot of the mountain was full of large and small stones, and the stones were falling down one after another. The gap between them was tightly sealed.The outer layer of Hanshi Mountain is covered with snow, and under the snow layer is a pale blue stone surface, but the inner core of the shaken stone is a red color like chicken blood. If you look closely, there is something embedded in the inner core. A strange-shaped thing, as if it was sucked tightly into the stone, as if it had been squeezed for years and years.The mountain that was inexplicably torn apart showed a huge red flat stone surface, not as smooth as a mirror like Qingliang Mountain, but a particularly regular sloping pattern, extending faintly from the top, with some kind of white on it. small crystal points.

Liu Changzhou frowned and looked around for a long time, then turned his head and asked very speechlessly: "You two old seniors, what's going on? Earthquake or something?"

Han Xiao got off his horse, walked over and squatted on the ground, picked up two stones, and threw them to the other two sitting on the horse without looking back, saying: "This is the road chosen by me and the old general. , The old general and I shoveled it out. The entire Hanshi Mountain is extremely coherent, like a whole huge rock, without any gaps or connections, which is naturally unreal. But...it has never been like this before."

Sha Xing also got off his horse, bent down and touched some rocks, and asked in doubt: "Hanshi Mountain has been covered with snow for many years, how could these rocks still be warm to the touch?"

As soon as the words fell, the small white crystal spots on the huge stone surface gradually began to extend and elongate, and countless crystal clear and small vines hung down from the entire stone surface, completely covering the entire red mountain rock into a magnificent scene. The beautiful ice curtain, reflecting the red color of the stone surface, is extremely coquettish and strange.Then, on the ice curtain made up of countless tiny vines, countless flowers the size of a baby's palm popped out of hell, each with five crystal clear and thin petals, which were cut by the Creator at the edge of the petals. Carefully outline the silver-white edges, making the whole flower look almost like an ice sculpture.

The wind in the frontier is not stronger than Qingping, it rolls over from the north very domineeringly, and the flowers on the entire stone wall bloom even more arrogantly when encountering the wind, unexpectedly pulling out hundreds or thousands of layers of petals from the center of the flower, unscrupulously Facing the wind, the white lines of lace completely cover the original ugly red stone surface.

Even the well-informed Liu Changzhou was too shocked to say anything.

He borrowed a little strength from the saddle, turned over to a big rock closest to the flower curtain, and took a look. He was so shocked that the shit was gone—on those petals that were clearly transparent from a distance, there was a very shallow layer in the details. A faint red halo, and those red halos are not the color of the petals themselves at all, they seem to get between the transparent petals, shuttle back and forth among the petals like electricity.There are flowing red lights on those white vines, pouring out continuously from the side of the mountain, as if... the blood of Hanshi Mountain is flowing.

Those halos became lighter as they extended down the mountain, as if the blood of the mountain nourished these light spirits.

He reached out and grabbed a flower, through the petals he could clearly see the lines on his palm, and there was indeed warmth in his palm.

Many years ago, when he was still an unlucky teacher in Qinghe County, he once invited all his subordinates to spend New Year's Eve in the yamen. He remembered Lu Hanzhang at that time, "clear water is like blue, clean as frost and dew , Contemptuous of the world, stand alone", only after getting along for a long time did I realize that under the fragile and vulnerable appearance of that person, there was a bubbling arrogance in his heart that should not be underestimated.

A gentleman is proud, and this is what he looks like now.

Then, the young general slapped himself on the side very funny... because he found that whenever the name Lu Hanzhang and this person popped up, he would miss him endlessly.

And the last thing he needs right now is probably a long-term relationship with his children.

There are flowers that can be folded straight and must be folded, don't wait until there are no flowers to break the branches.

So Liu Changzhou listened to his ancestor's words very much, and used his thumb and forefinger to pick up a flower stem and break off a flower with his cheap hands. Unexpectedly, this flower had not lived a breath in his hands, and it was broken into a pile of fine pieces in a blink of an eye. The fine powder, and then little by little weathering disappeared.In the end, there was only a faint chill of ice and snow left on his palm, other than that, there were no other traces.

It seems to be interpreting some kind of helpless fact... The fragrance disappears, and the beauty is unlucky.

Liu Changzhou's heart skipped a beat—what's the omen?

"Is Lu Hanzhang okay? I can't rest assured until I see him well...I need to see him now."

This idea appeared too hastily, which caused him to be a little unsteady when he got back on the horse. Before he could step on his feet firmly, he whipped the horse's buttocks, staggered, and almost fell off the horse's back. Seeing the two coaches inexplicably, he hurriedly followed the little general back.

When approaching the gate of the camp, there was a long line of food and grass at the gate.However, the master master and the soldiers guarding the gate seemed to have some kind of quarrel, and the two sides stood at the gate of the city gesticulating, very unfriendly.

Liu Changzhou stretched his arms and whipped the two men's heads with a horsewhip from a long distance away, and yelled condescendingly: "Screaming, what a shame!"

The gatekeeper explained it upside down for a long time before Liu Changzhou finally understood - the pass in the hand of the master transporting the grain and grass clearly stated the name and place of origin of the soldiers transporting the grain and grass, but this time there was an extra one people.The gatekeeper tied the man up and took him into the firewood room behind the city gate where the soldiers who were changing guards were resting, but the masters kept arguing, saying that the man was the official of Huarong's food and grass supply, and he was regarded as the bread and butter of the Jiangbei camp. .Helplessly, the gatekeeper only recognizes the pass, and nothing else.

The two sides quarreled at the gate of the city.

Without saying a word, Liu Changzhou strode into the city gate and pushed open the firewood door.When he saw the man sleeping on the haystack with his hands bound and without any image, the inexplicable anxiety just now was slightly relieved.

They haven't seen each other for three months, and they are busy with each other. There is only a family letter with Jin Dou's footprints under his pillow, which makes him dislike it and can't help opening it every day. At this moment, he finally sees himself. ...

A slightly messy long hair covered half of a handsome face, there was a faint cyan trace under the closed eyes, the head was slightly buried in the haystack, and the light feathers on the side of the neck were dimmed a bit.The bound hands are folded behind his back, his legs are slightly curled up, his appearance is obviously useless, but it makes people feel that he is quite comfortable, and the slight undulation of his shoulders proves that he is just extremely tired and sleepy. Just fell asleep.

This appearance hit Liu Changzhou's eyes, causing his throat to choke instantly, and for a moment, thousands of words were suddenly condensed into three words: He lost weight.