After Black Moonlight failed to escape [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 259 Young General (3) (1)
The plot of the novel "Rising Moon in Fades" is very complicated, it mainly revolves around the life of the protagonist Zhuo Yushen, Jiang Chiqiu had difficulty sorting out the plot clearly for a while.
The character Jiang Chiqiu does not appear many times in the novel, and most of the time the author only uses a few sentences to describe Jiang Chiqiu's victory in a certain battle.
And the reason why he became the black moonlight of the protagonist Zhuo Yushen is also very simple——
Although the protagonist Zhuo Yushen is the prime minister's son, his personality is not similar to the prime minister's.
After being demoted by the emperor to serve in the border areas, Yu Shen lost confidence in the court.
But even though Zhuo Yushen didn't like the current Holy Majesty in his heart, he was even relegated for contradicting him.
However, traditional literati concepts are at work, and Zhuo Yucan still admires Jiang Chiqiu, who is loyal and devoted his life to the "Son of Heaven", and thinks he is a loyal minister with ideals and integrity...
In the world of "The Moon in the Moonlight", Zhuo Yushen's "blackening" did not happen overnight.
Although he has a traditional literati heart, but in today's troubled times, this thing is not worth much.
Zhuo Yushen is also a smart person, he knows what his father Zhuo Xingmo's ultimate goal is.
On the one hand, the protagonist Zhuo Yushen did not agree with his father's approach out of traditional ideas.
But on the other hand, he couldn't refuse such a temptation from the bottom of his heart...
Zhuo Yucan is a complicated person, and as his own thoughts become more and more complicated, Jiang Chiqiu's "simplicity" becomes more and more valuable to the other party.
The reason for Zhuo Yushen's final "blackening" is very simple. During these years, he has been constantly brainstorming, and Jiang Chiqiu's image in his heart has become more and more perfect.
And one day, when he finally came out of his brain, and found that Jiang Chiqiu was different from what he imagined, Zhuo Yushen's personality completed the final transformation.
So probably after watching the plot, Jiang Chiqiu found that he didn't seem to need to do anything special in the future?
He only has to work hard to play the role of "loyal minister" well, and leave everything else to Zhuo Yushen himself.
Seeing Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo come in, Jiang Chiqiu temporarily put the plot aside.
He stepped forward and bowed silently to Zhuo Xing: "Master Prime Minister..."
After saluting to the other party, Jiang Chiqiu turned around and saluted the man supported by the eunuch as if he had seen the emperor just now.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late with the escort." After saying these words, the man being supported remained silent for a long time.
Jiang Chiqiu still maintained the posture just now, and after a pause, the prime minister suddenly stepped forward and said to Jiang Chiqiu: "Master General, please hurry up first. Your Majesty...he is in a slightly special state at this time , I'm afraid I can't talk to you."
Jiang Chiqiu, who has watched the plot, knows that the emperor who was frightened by the prince's men just now "lost his soul" and fell into a short-term state of insanity.
But despite knowing this, Jiang Chiqiu still pretended to be surprised and looked up at the emperor, and asked Zhuo Xingmo very uncertainly, "Lord Prime Minister... Your Majesty, what is he?"
Although it was said in "Rising Moon" that the emperor was frightened like this, this book was written from the perspective of Zhuo Xingmo after all.
After seeing the emperor's current state, Jiang Chiqiu really wasn't sure whether the emperor was frightened into such a state, or the Prime Minister was responsible for his present state?
Jiang Chiqiu thought so in his heart, but he didn't show it.
Seeing this, Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo suddenly sighed heavily.
"Your Majesty, he... not long after he was rescued, he has become like this. He still has to be handed over to the imperial physician for a look."
"Okay." Jiang Chiqiu paused for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said to Zhuo Xingmo, "Your Majesty was indeed frightened, maybe it will be better to take care of it."
Jiang Chiqiu and Zhuo Yucan were colleagues in the Qing'an Academy, and he was the son of Shangshu, so the prime minister naturally knew Jiang Chiqiu before that, but he had never paid attention to Jiang Shangshu's youngest son before.
In Zhuo Xingmo's previous impression, Jiang Chiqiu was just a editor with a good literary talent.Zhuo Xingmo really didn't expect that Jiang Chiqiu would be able to lead more than 1 people to defend Baofan City in the Mu Dynasty.
Speaking of this...he needs to thank Jiang Chiqiu.
When Jiang Chiqiu wasn't paying attention, Zhuo Xingmo narrowed his eyes a little and said, "General, hurry up and rest, this time defending Baofan City is all thanks to you... I, Mu Chao, will still rely on you in the future." Such a talent!"
This sentence Zhuo Xingmo said was quite sincere.
Zhuo Xingmo and Jiang Shangshu are the same age, and at the same time, the Zhuo family is also a century-old family like the Jiang family.However, unlike Jiang Shangshu, who has a gentler personality and is extremely loyal, Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo is quite ambitious.
It was precisely because of his ambition that he made the next choice without thinking for a few seconds after seeing the emperor in a bad state.
That's right, Zhuo Xingmo's goal at this time has quickly changed from becoming a powerful minister to winning the throne.
In fact, Jiang Chiqiu still appreciates someone like Zhuo Xingmo who has goals and ambitions if he escapes from his own identity.But now when he became a chess piece for this person to achieve his goal, Jiang Chiqiu's mood was not so happy.
Now the emperor "lost his soul", and the entire palace was suddenly controlled by the prime minister who came out of nowhere.
Jiang Chiqiu returned home according to the other party's arrangement, and when he saw Jiang Chiqiu's back disappearing outside the palace hall, Zhuo Xingmo whispered Jiang Chiqiu's name.
"Jiang Chiqiu...I didn't expect Jiang's family to have such a person."
From Zhuo Xingmo's point of view, Jiang Chiqiu's gaze was very innocent, and the other party didn't seem to have any doubts about his presence here and his sudden control of the palace.
Isn't such a general who can fight without doubting himself exactly what he needs.
Just today, the moment Zhuo Xingmo saw Jiang Chiqiu in the hall, he was destined to become Zhuo Xingmo's pawn.
Jiang Chiqiu returned home in a carriage.
After this battle, Jiang Chiqiu's state was different from usual.
The current Jiang Chiqiu is not like the previous two times, as long as he closes his eyes, he will recall the scene just now.
On the contrary, he seemed to have become numb to killing, and Jiang Chiqiu who sat in the carriage only felt tired.He doesn't want to do anything but sleep.
The distance from the imperial palace to Shangshu's mansion was not far, but after slowly shaking in the carriage for a while, Jiang Chiqiu unexpectedly fell into a deep sleep.
When they arrived at the Shangshu Mansion, Jiang Chiqiu still didn't come out after the carriage came to a complete stop.Although the driver was a little anxious, he didn't dare to call Jiang Chiqiu.
Although this family member has been in Jiang's family for more than 20 years, he has even known Jiang Chiqiu for a long time.But Jiang Chiqiu's identity is no longer that of the young master or editor...so he suddenly didn't know what he should do.
Fortunately, at this time, Jiang Chiqiu's father appeared here.
"Chi Qiu, are you okay?" Jiang Chi Qiu finally opened his eyes slowly when he heard a man's familiar voice in his sleep dream.
Although he didn't sleep for a long time, after waking up, Jiang Chiqiu was really stunned. He subconsciously stretched out his hand and opened the curtain. After seeing the familiar figure and the courtyard, Jiang Chiqiu finally reacted. Come here, I am now home.
Such a discovery reassured him.
At this time, Jiang Chiqiu was still wearing the clothes just now, and there was still blood on his silver-white armor that hadn't been wiped clean.
Jiang Shangshu froze here after seeing Jiang Chiqiu like this, but the next second he found that even though Jiang Chiqiu was wearing armor, his eyes were still the same as usual.
After seeing Jiang Shangshu, Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but have a sore nose.
He paused for a moment, and then softly called out to the other party: "Father, I'm back."
After saying this, Jiang Chiqiu stepped out of the carriage.
"Chi Qiu!" The man called Jiang Chi Qiu's name, and then gave the boy a big hug.
Jiang Chiqiu is already dead, and in this era, the relationship between father and son is always very alienated.
Jiang Shangshu is a strict father, he may not have hugged his son for ten years.But at this moment, he hugged Jiang Chiqiu tightly, and repeated over and over again: "As long as Chi Qiu is fine... as long as it is fine..."
The man patted Jiang Chiqiu on the back, and finally let go of the boy slowly.
After Jiang Chiqiu returned home, the first thing he did was to take a shower and change clothes.
Although he no longer had nightmares like before, after taking off his battle armor, Jiang Chiqiu still washed his body with hot water over and over again, as if this could wash away the feeling of blood splashing on his body .
It wasn't until the water in the bathtub was completely cold that Jiang Chiqiu finally came out and changed into a simple green shirt.
The material of the clothes is a little rough, but Jiang Chiqiu has always liked this kind of clothes.
After changing into the green shirt, Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help reaching out and gently touching the material.His heart finally calmed down a little - after putting on familiar clothes, Jiang Chiqiu had the illusion that he had returned to the carefree time in the past.
But whether it was Jiang Chiqiu or the entire Mu Dynasty, everything was rushing in another direction.
To be honest, at the beginning, whether it was Jiang Chiqiu, the officials in the court, or even those in the city who did not choose to leave the common people, they all felt that the chances of winning this war were not high.
It was only later that Jiang Chiqiu found out that when he heard the news that he had been appointed by the emperor as a general to defend the city, his mother, who was already in poor health, fainted here on the spot.
——At that time, everyone thought that Jiang Chiqiu would definitely die this time.
And now that Jiang Chiqiu has returned home safely, the woman who loves her youngest son very much is even more reluctant to leave Jiang Chiqiu's house again.
But in troubled times, everyone is involuntary.
After resting at home for two days, Jiang Chiqiu received another imperial decree - Jiang Chiqiu was officially appointed as the city guard general of Baofan City, with a first-rank official residence.
If it was in the past, this is really a beautiful job.But now it's a troubled time, and there is no rebel army in the world who doesn't want to attack Baofan City.
When Jiang Chiqiu's parents and sister Jiang He Xiamo received the imperial decree, their faces were sad, but he himself did not react - after all, everything that happened now was recorded in "Shengyue Fading".
Jiang Chiqiu became the general guarding the city, so naturally he can no longer live at home, nor can he run around.
A few days later, the young general in silver soft armor was sitting in the barracks.The night outside the window was already dark, but Jiang Chiqiu had no intention of resting.
At this time, there were pens, inkstones and an oil lamp on the table, and Jiang Chiqiu's wrist was hanging on the paper, unable to fall down for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, a drop of ink finally fell from the tip of the pen.
After seeing the blurred black spots on the paper, Jiang Chiqiu finally came to his senses.
——Jiang Chiqiu wanted to write a letter to Ming Zhouzhi, but this was the first time he picked up a pen and didn't know what to write.
Jiang Chiqiu and Ming Zhouzhi seldom talked about things related to the war before. Jiang Chiqiu didn't know whether the change of his identity would affect his relationship with Ming Zhouzhi.
He didn't know if he would mind if he killed so many people tomorrow.
"Hey..." After a pause, Jiang Chiqiu finally put down his pen.
As the former editor of Qing'an Academy, Jiang Chiqiu's handwriting is quite beautiful, and his literary talent is naturally excellent.
Jiang Chiqiu started to write down his daily life in the army during the recent period, and finally asked anxiously at the end of the letter if he and Ming Zhouzhi could still talk about everything as usual.
It's not unreasonable for Jiang Chiqiu to be entangled, after all, in his impression, the national teacher seems to have always deliberately avoided suspicion with the important officials in the court.
But Jiang Chiqiu didn't expect that Mingwuzhi would reply him a letter the next day. This letter was very long. In the letter, he related his recent life and the affairs in Zhufengguan to Jiang. Chi Qiu said it again, but didn't mention anything about the court.
It all seems to be back to childhood.
Ming Zhouzhi didn't say it clearly, but there was a message between the lines - the relationship between him and Jiang Chiqiu was still the same as before, and there was no change.
For Mu Chao, the prince's rebellion was just the beginning.
In just one week, news of the rebellion came from all the counties and counties in the Mu Dynasty.All of a sudden, the originally huge empire immediately fell apart.
During this period, countless people lost their homes and countless lives disappeared.
The Mu Dynasty, which was barely stable before, suddenly turned into a hell on earth.
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Jiang Chiqiu at the moment. There are troops stationed in every county and county, and they will complete the suppression task now.Those teams that haven't yet become popular can't fight in Baofan City.
Despite the large number of troops stationed in the Mu Dynasty, no one in Baofan City dared to take it lightly.
After all, everyone knows that the military discipline of the Mu Dynasty is lax, and many people can't even eat enough...
From the day he was named a first-rank official, Jiang Chiqiu would also go to court.
At this time, the atmosphere above the court hall was very strange.
When Jiang Chiqiu raised his head, he could see that the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe was sitting on a dragon chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.After seeing his current appearance, Jiang Chiqiu even suspected that the corner of his mouth was about to drool...
This was not Jiang Chiqiu's malicious conjecture, but that the man sitting on the dragon chair was really dumbfounded.
On a few steps under the dragon chair, Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo, who was wearing a dark purple official mansion, was standing here to convey the "emperor's meaning" to everyone.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhuo Xingmo completely regarded the emperor as a puppet now, but no one pointed it out.
——Zhuo Xingmo is a real power minister.
Zhuo Xingmo was not only the prime minister himself, but even Zhuo Xingmo's eldest daughter was a royal concubine.
Therefore, as early as more than ten years ago, Zhuo Xingmo's influence had already spread over the entire court.
Now no one dares to question Zhuo Xingmo, and no one has the time to question him.
At this time, all the people in the court hall were sad. They were planning for their future while listening to the battle situation in various counties.
Maybe Jiang Chiqiu was the only one here who wasn't nervous.
After all, the future development of Mu Dynasty was carefully written in the book "The Full Moon".
If Jiang Chiqiu remembers correctly, this episode has nothing to do with him for the time being.But after a while, when the Mu Dynasty is completely in chaos, Jiang Chiqiu will officially enter the stage of history.
However, although Jiang Chiqiu did not guess wrong, he accidentally overlooked one point - the protagonist of this novel called "Shengyue Fading" is not himself, and the story of the novel revolves around Zhuo Yucan's experience.
Therefore, some things that are "not very important" and related to Jiang Chiqiu are naturally left out in this novel.
After finally waiting for a holiday, Jiang Chiqiu and Jiang Shangshu were both at home.
In the past, Jiang Chiqiu would usually sleep until the sun was high, but today after breakfast he went to the study, and together with Jiang Shangshu, he looked at the battle map of the current Mu Dynasty.
"This time not only the rebellion happened in Raogu County where your brother lives, but even Zhouqing City where the Jiang family is located is also in chaos." Jiang Shangshu suddenly rubbed his brows and sat down on a stool beside him.
From Jiang Chiqiu's point of view, Jiang Shangshu is not young, and he is not yet 50 years old, so he can only be regarded as middle-aged at best.
But in this era of extremely backward medical conditions, 50 years old already means that he is no longer young.
Sitting on the chair, Jiang Shangshu coughed a few times, following the sound, Jiang Chiqiu suddenly found that his father's temples had turned gray at some point.
"Zhouqingcheng..." Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but read the name.
Zhouqing City is the second largest city of the Mu Dynasty, and it is also the foundation of the Jiang family.
Except for Jiang Shangshu, the rest of the Jiang family have been living in Zhouqing City.
After Jiang Chiqiu came to this world, he had only been there once, so he couldn't remember what it was like there.
He only remembered that he was on the way to Zhouqing City and found out about the famine.
Zhouqing City... Zhouqing City?
Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but recite these words silently several times in his heart, and at the same time, Jiang Chiqiu also quickly searched for the plot related to Zhouqing City in the book "Shengyue Fading" in his mind.
Seeing his son standing here without speaking, Jiang Shangshu couldn't help coughing a few times, and then asked him: "Cough... Chi Qiu, what are you thinking?"
Jiang Chiqiu did not answer Jiang Shangshu's question, but subconsciously put his hands on the table behind him.
"No... nothing." Jiang Chiqiu shook his head slowly while continuing to recall the plot related to Zhouqing City.
Jiang Shangshu himself wanted to ask, but he coughed again the next moment and couldn't say a word.
If it was normal, seeing his father coughing so badly, Jiang Chiqiu would definitely go to give him some relief.
But now Jiang Chiqiu stood there without moving.
This was not because Jiang Chiqiu didn't care about his father, but because Jiang Chiqiu remembered something more important.
He remembered the description of Zhouqing City in the novel "The Rising Moon"!
"The Rising Moon" is a novel of one million words. The story is about the change of power in these troubled times.
Logically speaking, Zhouqing City is the second largest city in the Mu Dynasty, so it should take up a lot of space.
But this is not the case.
There are hardly any records about Zhouqing City and the Jiang family in "Shengyue Wanshan"...or there are, but it only takes up a very insignificant amount of space.
The rebels in Zhouqing City broke into Jiang's family, the richest family in the city. They first robbed food and money, and finally they wanted to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces.After grabbing the things, he set a fire and burned Jiang's house down.
But people are not as good as heaven, the area of the Jiang family mansion is really too big, after the fire was ignited, the wind direction in the city suddenly changed.
So this fire not only burned Jiang's house, but even Zhouqing City.
——When the story of "The Rising Moon" officially started, the city had already been completely burnt down. How could there be any plots about this place in the future?
After thinking of this incident, cold sweat broke out on Jiang Chiqiu's back.So this is the end of Zhouqing City?
Although he was born in Baofan City, he also grew up here.
But the people in Zhouqing City are his relatives after all...Jiang Chiqiu couldn't ignore all these happenings.
After thinking of this, Jiang Chiqiu suddenly turned around and walked to Jiang Shangshu's side.
He bent down, first poured a glass of water for the man, and then hurriedly said: "Father, since there is chaos in Zhouqing City, why don't we bring the family members from the city to Baofan City first. No matter what you say, Baofan Fancheng is a capital city, and I... am still the general guarding the city, no matter how you say it is safer than Zhouqing City."
Jiang Chiqiu's tone was very urgent.
Jiang Shangshu rarely saw Jiang Chiqiu like this, so after seeing Jiang Chiqiu's reaction, he was also a little surprised.
"This..." the man hesitated and said, "Zhouqing City is the foundation of our Jiang family, how can we bring everyone here?"
People in this era have a strong sense of family, so even if people from the Jiang family have served as officials in Baofan City for generations, they still have to return home when they get older.
Seeing that Jiang Shangshu was still hesitating, Jiang Chiqiu said again: "Father, you may not know that the number of defenders in Zhouqing City is only a thousand. It will take a day to get there!"
Jiang Chiqiu's words obviously made Shangshu hesitate.
Although the man has been a civil servant all his life, he also knows that the current situation is very turbulent, and he understands that his choice may rewrite the fate of the entire family.
So after being silent for a while, Jiang Shangshu slowly stood up while supporting the chair.
He glanced at the apricot tree outside, and finally made up his mind and said to Jiang Chiqiu: "Okay, then Chiqiu, send someone to hurry back to Zhouqing City and call them here."
Jiang Chiqiu saw that the man's hands were tightly clenched into fists when he spoke, and he seemed to have made a lot of determination.
It's just... the current Jiang Chiqiu can't tell whether it's too late or not.
As the general of the defending army, Jiang Chiqiu had been living in the army.
But ever since he asked someone to go back to Zhouqing City that day, Jiang Chiqiu's mood suddenly became extremely uneasy.
Therefore, after confirming that the vicinity of Baofan City was still peaceful recently, Jiang Chiqiu went back home every night.
——In the past, Jiang's dinner table was rarely as silent as it is now.
However, after the chaos in the Mu Dynasty, the Jiang family no longer talked about gossip casually as before when they were eating.
At this moment, the people at the table looked very serious, even Jiang Chiqiu's little nephew and niece felt that the atmosphere was a bit unusual.When they first came to Baofan City, they were very outgoing and cheerful, but they didn't even speak.
But at this moment, when the dining table was silent, Xiao He who was sitting next to Jiang Chiqiu suddenly burst into tears with a "wow".
Then under her influence, the slightly older Xiao Rao also cried.
"Grandpa and grandma... Huh, I want to find my parents."
After hearing the cries of the children, Mrs. Jiang who was sitting on the side hurriedly picked them up.
"Xiao Rao Xiaohe, don't cry... Your parents are busy, and when they are not busy, of course they will come back to see you. At that time, our family will live in the Shangshu Mansion and will not go anywhere." The woman said He comforted the child while wiping away tears.
"Really?" Xiao He sniffed and asked, "Grandma won't lie to me, will she?"
"Of course not, grandma misses your parents too... We haven't seen each other for many years." Speaking of this, the woman's voice couldn't help but become lonely.
After hearing what his mother said, Jiang Chiqiu mechanically picked up the food in the bowl, but he couldn't get it to his mouth no matter how he delivered it.
What Xiaohe and Xiaorao said reminded Jiang Chiqiu of something he had neglected.
The novel "The Rising Moon" records recent famous battles, as well as various famous generals.
At that time, Jiang Chiqiu didn't find anything wrong when he read it, but now after being reminded by his nephew and niece, he finally remembered... It seems that he has never seen his brother's name in the novel "Shengyue Fading".
With Jiang Xianwen's military talent, he should not be ignored by history.
The chopsticks in Jiang Chiqiu's hand suddenly fell to the ground.
At this moment, the crying of the nephew and niece had stopped, and the room became extremely quiet, so the sound of Jiang Chiqiu's chopsticks falling to the ground was particularly obvious.
"I'm sorry..." Jiang Chiqiu squeezed out a smile a little stiffly, he bent down to pick up the chopsticks, and when he got up, he suddenly said to his family in a panic: "I just remembered that my brother's military ability and martial arts are far away. He is higher than me. So I think...why wait until tomorrow to tell His Majesty to transfer my brother back to the capital?"
If these words were put in the usual way, Jiang Shangshu would definitely object.
He is a very upright person, so the eldest son stayed in Raogu County for more than six years, and he never thought of using his power to transfer him back.
But now after hearing Jiang Chiqiu's words, Jiang Shangshu actually nodded.
As an important member of the court, he naturally knew how dangerous Raogu County was.At this time, the instinct of the father overcomes the sense of duty as a courtier.
Seeing his father nodding, Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He stretched out his hand and gently touched his little niece's head, and whispered: "When your parents come back, we will stay at home together, and then we don't have to go anywhere..."
After listening to Jiang Chiqiu's words, although the little niece didn't know whether she understood or not, she finally blinked slowly at him to show that she understood.
Although Jiang Chiqiu's idea was good, the reality did not develop as he imagined.
Also tonight, just as everyone was about to go back to their rooms to rest after dinner, a man in battle armor suddenly appeared at Jiang's house.
He knelt down directly on the ground, and kowtowed several times before everyone could react.
"Cough cough cough... what's wrong?" The man's posture frightened Jiang Shangshu. After coughing a few times, he hurried forward to help him up, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Shangshu's heart was already very disturbed.
It wasn't until Jiang Chiqiu got up that he realized that the man who suddenly appeared in front of Jiang's family was actually crying.
"Zhouqingcheng... Zhouqingcheng..." He was so excited that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence for a while.
Seeing the man's appearance, Jiang Shangshu, who was gentle and elegant, couldn't help urging him regardless of his image.
"What happened to Zhouqing City? Tell me!"
Seeing this, the man finally sucked his nose, and said the following words: "We are still late..."
"Going late?" Jiang Shangshu repeated.
The man took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, Jiang Shangshu, it was already getting late when we arrived at Zhouqing City. I have already persuaded Mr. Jiang and the others to leave Zhouqing City and come here... But I didn’t think it was a step too late.”
Hearing this, Jiang Chiqiu already had the answer in his heart.
——My own efforts did not change the plot written in the original novel of "Shengyue Fading".
The man continued to say: "We wanted to leave the next day, but we didn't expect that someone would break into Jiang's house that night. They robbed the food and returned the gold and silver treasures. After the robbery, they... also set it on fire." Jiang family."
After hearing these words, Jiang Shangshu's face instantly turned pale.
The man fell back on the chair, and Jiang Hexia, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, hurried forward to support his father.
Jiang Shangshu rubbed his eyebrows in pain, "And then? How is Jiang's family?" He continued to ask.
"Jiang's family..." The man hesitated for a moment, he didn't dare to look Jiang Shangshu in the eyes, "The fire was really too big, I was the only one who escaped from the people who went to Zhouqing City with me."
"What did you say?" Jiang Chiqiu had never seen his father lose his composure like this. These four words almost consumed all the strength of the man.
After asking this sentence, Jiang Shangshu coughed again, and this time he directly coughed up blood.
But when he heard the man's words, the soldier who came to deliver the letter knelt here blankly, repeating with a dull expression: "It's gone...all are gone, Zhouqing City has been burned..."
The room immediately became chaotic, Mrs. Jiang went forward to wipe the blood from the man's lips with a handkerchief, and the two children were frightened by Jiang Shangshu's appearance, and immediately began to cry.
Unlike Jiang Chiqiu, Jiang Shangshu grew up in Zhouqing City.
Even his parents, brothers and sisters still live in that city.
This incident hit him too hard, and Jiang Chiqiu also saw... his mother's hands were shaking too.
Although Mrs. Jiang's home is not in Zhouqing City, many of her relatives also live here.
"Sister Hexia" perhaps only Jiang Chiqiu, who knew the plot of "Shengyue Fading" in advance, is still sensible. He looked at Jiang Hexia and said, "You can bring Xiaohe and Xiaorao into the room."
"Okay... okay." Jiang Hexia said blankly.
Although she, like Jiang Chiqiu, has lived in Baofan City since she was a child, but the Jiang family is also her relatives. The news came so suddenly, the girl seemed to have lost her soul.
Fortunately, she still had reason. After hearing Jiang Chiqiu's words, Jiang Hexia gently took the two little guys away and returned to the room.
After Xiao He and Xiao Rao left, the room suddenly became quiet.
Seeing his father's blood that seemed unstoppable, Jiang Chiqiu hurriedly shouted to the servants beside him: "Hurry up and find the imperial physician!"
After finishing speaking, the servant immediately ran away from here.
——At this time, the news of Zhouqing City had spread throughout the entire capital.
The whole city became worried because of the destruction of Zhouqing City. They were afraid that the next Zhouqing City would be here.
So although Jiang's family has become a mess, Jiang Chiqiu, as the general guarding the city, cannot stay at home any longer.
On that night, Jiang Chiqiu rode back to the south gate of Baofan City - this was the largest gate in the entire Baofan City.
At this time, the city gate was crowded with people who wanted to leave. After hearing the sound of horseshoes, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked towards the sound.
The war horse that Jiang Chiqiu was riding was brought from the Western Regions, so the horse was also extraordinarily tall.
At this moment, Jiang Chiqiu was wearing the battle armor, and his long hair was tied up high with a black ribbon.
This kind of Jiang Chiqiu is already hard to remind people of Jiang Chiqiu, the editor of Qing'an Academy, he looks like a general.
Although Jiang Chiqiu didn't say a word, everyone present became quiet after seeing him like this.
At this time, the night had gradually darkened, but the bright moon was still hanging high in the sky.
They saw Jiang Chiqiu quietly glanced at the people here, and then suddenly said: "According to what was written in the Damu Guoling, if you want to leave Baofan City now, I will naturally not stop you, and I will not stop you." I have no right to stop everyone."
Jiang Chiqiu used a little internal energy when he spoke, so everyone here could hear his words very clearly.
Jiang Chiqiu paused for a moment and continued: "But I still want to tell everyone that Baofan City is the capital of the Mu Dynasty. As a general defending the city, I will and will definitely keep it, no matter what price I pay. ——Just like what I did a while ago. So if you still trust me, why not stay here and guard your homeland..."
According to the records in the book "The Full Moon and the Fading Moon", Jiang Chiqiu did indeed save the city as he said.
The boy on the horse didn't have any fancy rhetoric, and he didn't use force to stop those who wanted to leave.
In this way, the scene was quiet for a while.
Then Jiang Chiqiu saw that some people turned around and returned to Baofan City.
Such a scene made Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief...
Immediately afterwards, the people who were originally standing at the gate of the city turned around and returned here after some hesitation.Although there were still sporadic people who still chose to leave Baofan City, Jiang Chiqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that most of them turned around and walked back.
Fortunately, the hearts of the people in Baofan City are not disturbed.
Jiang Chiqiu didn't sleep all night again.
Even though his own home was already in chaos, Jiang Chiqiu still guarded the city gate for half the night, and then he returned to his tent, and looked at the topographic map near Baofan City with his lieutenants.
After all these things were done, the sun rose again.
He didn't close his eyes all night, and when he looked up to see the sun, Jiang Chiqiu's eyes were particularly sour.He couldn't help stretching out his hand to rub his eyes, and then remembered his father who was in a bad state last night.
After hesitating for a while, Jiang Chiqiu decided to go home and take a look at his father when there was nothing to do in the army.
And this time Jiang Chiqiu went back, but he didn't stay at home too much.After returning home to confirm that his father was fine for the time being, and chatting with the imperial physician, Jiang Chiqiu hurried back to the barracks on horseback.
This time, it was almost noon.
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The character Jiang Chiqiu does not appear many times in the novel, and most of the time the author only uses a few sentences to describe Jiang Chiqiu's victory in a certain battle.
And the reason why he became the black moonlight of the protagonist Zhuo Yushen is also very simple——
Although the protagonist Zhuo Yushen is the prime minister's son, his personality is not similar to the prime minister's.
After being demoted by the emperor to serve in the border areas, Yu Shen lost confidence in the court.
But even though Zhuo Yushen didn't like the current Holy Majesty in his heart, he was even relegated for contradicting him.
However, traditional literati concepts are at work, and Zhuo Yucan still admires Jiang Chiqiu, who is loyal and devoted his life to the "Son of Heaven", and thinks he is a loyal minister with ideals and integrity...
In the world of "The Moon in the Moonlight", Zhuo Yushen's "blackening" did not happen overnight.
Although he has a traditional literati heart, but in today's troubled times, this thing is not worth much.
Zhuo Yushen is also a smart person, he knows what his father Zhuo Xingmo's ultimate goal is.
On the one hand, the protagonist Zhuo Yushen did not agree with his father's approach out of traditional ideas.
But on the other hand, he couldn't refuse such a temptation from the bottom of his heart...
Zhuo Yucan is a complicated person, and as his own thoughts become more and more complicated, Jiang Chiqiu's "simplicity" becomes more and more valuable to the other party.
The reason for Zhuo Yushen's final "blackening" is very simple. During these years, he has been constantly brainstorming, and Jiang Chiqiu's image in his heart has become more and more perfect.
And one day, when he finally came out of his brain, and found that Jiang Chiqiu was different from what he imagined, Zhuo Yushen's personality completed the final transformation.
So probably after watching the plot, Jiang Chiqiu found that he didn't seem to need to do anything special in the future?
He only has to work hard to play the role of "loyal minister" well, and leave everything else to Zhuo Yushen himself.
Seeing Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo come in, Jiang Chiqiu temporarily put the plot aside.
He stepped forward and bowed silently to Zhuo Xing: "Master Prime Minister..."
After saluting to the other party, Jiang Chiqiu turned around and saluted the man supported by the eunuch as if he had seen the emperor just now.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late with the escort." After saying these words, the man being supported remained silent for a long time.
Jiang Chiqiu still maintained the posture just now, and after a pause, the prime minister suddenly stepped forward and said to Jiang Chiqiu: "Master General, please hurry up first. Your Majesty...he is in a slightly special state at this time , I'm afraid I can't talk to you."
Jiang Chiqiu, who has watched the plot, knows that the emperor who was frightened by the prince's men just now "lost his soul" and fell into a short-term state of insanity.
But despite knowing this, Jiang Chiqiu still pretended to be surprised and looked up at the emperor, and asked Zhuo Xingmo very uncertainly, "Lord Prime Minister... Your Majesty, what is he?"
Although it was said in "Rising Moon" that the emperor was frightened like this, this book was written from the perspective of Zhuo Xingmo after all.
After seeing the emperor's current state, Jiang Chiqiu really wasn't sure whether the emperor was frightened into such a state, or the Prime Minister was responsible for his present state?
Jiang Chiqiu thought so in his heart, but he didn't show it.
Seeing this, Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo suddenly sighed heavily.
"Your Majesty, he... not long after he was rescued, he has become like this. He still has to be handed over to the imperial physician for a look."
"Okay." Jiang Chiqiu paused for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said to Zhuo Xingmo, "Your Majesty was indeed frightened, maybe it will be better to take care of it."
Jiang Chiqiu and Zhuo Yucan were colleagues in the Qing'an Academy, and he was the son of Shangshu, so the prime minister naturally knew Jiang Chiqiu before that, but he had never paid attention to Jiang Shangshu's youngest son before.
In Zhuo Xingmo's previous impression, Jiang Chiqiu was just a editor with a good literary talent.Zhuo Xingmo really didn't expect that Jiang Chiqiu would be able to lead more than 1 people to defend Baofan City in the Mu Dynasty.
Speaking of this...he needs to thank Jiang Chiqiu.
When Jiang Chiqiu wasn't paying attention, Zhuo Xingmo narrowed his eyes a little and said, "General, hurry up and rest, this time defending Baofan City is all thanks to you... I, Mu Chao, will still rely on you in the future." Such a talent!"
This sentence Zhuo Xingmo said was quite sincere.
Zhuo Xingmo and Jiang Shangshu are the same age, and at the same time, the Zhuo family is also a century-old family like the Jiang family.However, unlike Jiang Shangshu, who has a gentler personality and is extremely loyal, Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo is quite ambitious.
It was precisely because of his ambition that he made the next choice without thinking for a few seconds after seeing the emperor in a bad state.
That's right, Zhuo Xingmo's goal at this time has quickly changed from becoming a powerful minister to winning the throne.
In fact, Jiang Chiqiu still appreciates someone like Zhuo Xingmo who has goals and ambitions if he escapes from his own identity.But now when he became a chess piece for this person to achieve his goal, Jiang Chiqiu's mood was not so happy.
Now the emperor "lost his soul", and the entire palace was suddenly controlled by the prime minister who came out of nowhere.
Jiang Chiqiu returned home according to the other party's arrangement, and when he saw Jiang Chiqiu's back disappearing outside the palace hall, Zhuo Xingmo whispered Jiang Chiqiu's name.
"Jiang Chiqiu...I didn't expect Jiang's family to have such a person."
From Zhuo Xingmo's point of view, Jiang Chiqiu's gaze was very innocent, and the other party didn't seem to have any doubts about his presence here and his sudden control of the palace.
Isn't such a general who can fight without doubting himself exactly what he needs.
Just today, the moment Zhuo Xingmo saw Jiang Chiqiu in the hall, he was destined to become Zhuo Xingmo's pawn.
Jiang Chiqiu returned home in a carriage.
After this battle, Jiang Chiqiu's state was different from usual.
The current Jiang Chiqiu is not like the previous two times, as long as he closes his eyes, he will recall the scene just now.
On the contrary, he seemed to have become numb to killing, and Jiang Chiqiu who sat in the carriage only felt tired.He doesn't want to do anything but sleep.
The distance from the imperial palace to Shangshu's mansion was not far, but after slowly shaking in the carriage for a while, Jiang Chiqiu unexpectedly fell into a deep sleep.
When they arrived at the Shangshu Mansion, Jiang Chiqiu still didn't come out after the carriage came to a complete stop.Although the driver was a little anxious, he didn't dare to call Jiang Chiqiu.
Although this family member has been in Jiang's family for more than 20 years, he has even known Jiang Chiqiu for a long time.But Jiang Chiqiu's identity is no longer that of the young master or editor...so he suddenly didn't know what he should do.
Fortunately, at this time, Jiang Chiqiu's father appeared here.
"Chi Qiu, are you okay?" Jiang Chi Qiu finally opened his eyes slowly when he heard a man's familiar voice in his sleep dream.
Although he didn't sleep for a long time, after waking up, Jiang Chiqiu was really stunned. He subconsciously stretched out his hand and opened the curtain. After seeing the familiar figure and the courtyard, Jiang Chiqiu finally reacted. Come here, I am now home.
Such a discovery reassured him.
At this time, Jiang Chiqiu was still wearing the clothes just now, and there was still blood on his silver-white armor that hadn't been wiped clean.
Jiang Shangshu froze here after seeing Jiang Chiqiu like this, but the next second he found that even though Jiang Chiqiu was wearing armor, his eyes were still the same as usual.
After seeing Jiang Shangshu, Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but have a sore nose.
He paused for a moment, and then softly called out to the other party: "Father, I'm back."
After saying this, Jiang Chiqiu stepped out of the carriage.
"Chi Qiu!" The man called Jiang Chi Qiu's name, and then gave the boy a big hug.
Jiang Chiqiu is already dead, and in this era, the relationship between father and son is always very alienated.
Jiang Shangshu is a strict father, he may not have hugged his son for ten years.But at this moment, he hugged Jiang Chiqiu tightly, and repeated over and over again: "As long as Chi Qiu is fine... as long as it is fine..."
The man patted Jiang Chiqiu on the back, and finally let go of the boy slowly.
After Jiang Chiqiu returned home, the first thing he did was to take a shower and change clothes.
Although he no longer had nightmares like before, after taking off his battle armor, Jiang Chiqiu still washed his body with hot water over and over again, as if this could wash away the feeling of blood splashing on his body .
It wasn't until the water in the bathtub was completely cold that Jiang Chiqiu finally came out and changed into a simple green shirt.
The material of the clothes is a little rough, but Jiang Chiqiu has always liked this kind of clothes.
After changing into the green shirt, Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help reaching out and gently touching the material.His heart finally calmed down a little - after putting on familiar clothes, Jiang Chiqiu had the illusion that he had returned to the carefree time in the past.
But whether it was Jiang Chiqiu or the entire Mu Dynasty, everything was rushing in another direction.
To be honest, at the beginning, whether it was Jiang Chiqiu, the officials in the court, or even those in the city who did not choose to leave the common people, they all felt that the chances of winning this war were not high.
It was only later that Jiang Chiqiu found out that when he heard the news that he had been appointed by the emperor as a general to defend the city, his mother, who was already in poor health, fainted here on the spot.
——At that time, everyone thought that Jiang Chiqiu would definitely die this time.
And now that Jiang Chiqiu has returned home safely, the woman who loves her youngest son very much is even more reluctant to leave Jiang Chiqiu's house again.
But in troubled times, everyone is involuntary.
After resting at home for two days, Jiang Chiqiu received another imperial decree - Jiang Chiqiu was officially appointed as the city guard general of Baofan City, with a first-rank official residence.
If it was in the past, this is really a beautiful job.But now it's a troubled time, and there is no rebel army in the world who doesn't want to attack Baofan City.
When Jiang Chiqiu's parents and sister Jiang He Xiamo received the imperial decree, their faces were sad, but he himself did not react - after all, everything that happened now was recorded in "Shengyue Fading".
Jiang Chiqiu became the general guarding the city, so naturally he can no longer live at home, nor can he run around.
A few days later, the young general in silver soft armor was sitting in the barracks.The night outside the window was already dark, but Jiang Chiqiu had no intention of resting.
At this time, there were pens, inkstones and an oil lamp on the table, and Jiang Chiqiu's wrist was hanging on the paper, unable to fall down for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, a drop of ink finally fell from the tip of the pen.
After seeing the blurred black spots on the paper, Jiang Chiqiu finally came to his senses.
——Jiang Chiqiu wanted to write a letter to Ming Zhouzhi, but this was the first time he picked up a pen and didn't know what to write.
Jiang Chiqiu and Ming Zhouzhi seldom talked about things related to the war before. Jiang Chiqiu didn't know whether the change of his identity would affect his relationship with Ming Zhouzhi.
He didn't know if he would mind if he killed so many people tomorrow.
"Hey..." After a pause, Jiang Chiqiu finally put down his pen.
As the former editor of Qing'an Academy, Jiang Chiqiu's handwriting is quite beautiful, and his literary talent is naturally excellent.
Jiang Chiqiu started to write down his daily life in the army during the recent period, and finally asked anxiously at the end of the letter if he and Ming Zhouzhi could still talk about everything as usual.
It's not unreasonable for Jiang Chiqiu to be entangled, after all, in his impression, the national teacher seems to have always deliberately avoided suspicion with the important officials in the court.
But Jiang Chiqiu didn't expect that Mingwuzhi would reply him a letter the next day. This letter was very long. In the letter, he related his recent life and the affairs in Zhufengguan to Jiang. Chi Qiu said it again, but didn't mention anything about the court.
It all seems to be back to childhood.
Ming Zhouzhi didn't say it clearly, but there was a message between the lines - the relationship between him and Jiang Chiqiu was still the same as before, and there was no change.
For Mu Chao, the prince's rebellion was just the beginning.
In just one week, news of the rebellion came from all the counties and counties in the Mu Dynasty.All of a sudden, the originally huge empire immediately fell apart.
During this period, countless people lost their homes and countless lives disappeared.
The Mu Dynasty, which was barely stable before, suddenly turned into a hell on earth.
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Jiang Chiqiu at the moment. There are troops stationed in every county and county, and they will complete the suppression task now.Those teams that haven't yet become popular can't fight in Baofan City.
Despite the large number of troops stationed in the Mu Dynasty, no one in Baofan City dared to take it lightly.
After all, everyone knows that the military discipline of the Mu Dynasty is lax, and many people can't even eat enough...
From the day he was named a first-rank official, Jiang Chiqiu would also go to court.
At this time, the atmosphere above the court hall was very strange.
When Jiang Chiqiu raised his head, he could see that the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe was sitting on a dragon chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.After seeing his current appearance, Jiang Chiqiu even suspected that the corner of his mouth was about to drool...
This was not Jiang Chiqiu's malicious conjecture, but that the man sitting on the dragon chair was really dumbfounded.
On a few steps under the dragon chair, Prime Minister Zhuo Xingmo, who was wearing a dark purple official mansion, was standing here to convey the "emperor's meaning" to everyone.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhuo Xingmo completely regarded the emperor as a puppet now, but no one pointed it out.
——Zhuo Xingmo is a real power minister.
Zhuo Xingmo was not only the prime minister himself, but even Zhuo Xingmo's eldest daughter was a royal concubine.
Therefore, as early as more than ten years ago, Zhuo Xingmo's influence had already spread over the entire court.
Now no one dares to question Zhuo Xingmo, and no one has the time to question him.
At this time, all the people in the court hall were sad. They were planning for their future while listening to the battle situation in various counties.
Maybe Jiang Chiqiu was the only one here who wasn't nervous.
After all, the future development of Mu Dynasty was carefully written in the book "The Full Moon".
If Jiang Chiqiu remembers correctly, this episode has nothing to do with him for the time being.But after a while, when the Mu Dynasty is completely in chaos, Jiang Chiqiu will officially enter the stage of history.
However, although Jiang Chiqiu did not guess wrong, he accidentally overlooked one point - the protagonist of this novel called "Shengyue Fading" is not himself, and the story of the novel revolves around Zhuo Yucan's experience.
Therefore, some things that are "not very important" and related to Jiang Chiqiu are naturally left out in this novel.
After finally waiting for a holiday, Jiang Chiqiu and Jiang Shangshu were both at home.
In the past, Jiang Chiqiu would usually sleep until the sun was high, but today after breakfast he went to the study, and together with Jiang Shangshu, he looked at the battle map of the current Mu Dynasty.
"This time not only the rebellion happened in Raogu County where your brother lives, but even Zhouqing City where the Jiang family is located is also in chaos." Jiang Shangshu suddenly rubbed his brows and sat down on a stool beside him.
From Jiang Chiqiu's point of view, Jiang Shangshu is not young, and he is not yet 50 years old, so he can only be regarded as middle-aged at best.
But in this era of extremely backward medical conditions, 50 years old already means that he is no longer young.
Sitting on the chair, Jiang Shangshu coughed a few times, following the sound, Jiang Chiqiu suddenly found that his father's temples had turned gray at some point.
"Zhouqingcheng..." Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but read the name.
Zhouqing City is the second largest city of the Mu Dynasty, and it is also the foundation of the Jiang family.
Except for Jiang Shangshu, the rest of the Jiang family have been living in Zhouqing City.
After Jiang Chiqiu came to this world, he had only been there once, so he couldn't remember what it was like there.
He only remembered that he was on the way to Zhouqing City and found out about the famine.
Zhouqing City... Zhouqing City?
Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but recite these words silently several times in his heart, and at the same time, Jiang Chiqiu also quickly searched for the plot related to Zhouqing City in the book "Shengyue Fading" in his mind.
Seeing his son standing here without speaking, Jiang Shangshu couldn't help coughing a few times, and then asked him: "Cough... Chi Qiu, what are you thinking?"
Jiang Chiqiu did not answer Jiang Shangshu's question, but subconsciously put his hands on the table behind him.
"No... nothing." Jiang Chiqiu shook his head slowly while continuing to recall the plot related to Zhouqing City.
Jiang Shangshu himself wanted to ask, but he coughed again the next moment and couldn't say a word.
If it was normal, seeing his father coughing so badly, Jiang Chiqiu would definitely go to give him some relief.
But now Jiang Chiqiu stood there without moving.
This was not because Jiang Chiqiu didn't care about his father, but because Jiang Chiqiu remembered something more important.
He remembered the description of Zhouqing City in the novel "The Rising Moon"!
"The Rising Moon" is a novel of one million words. The story is about the change of power in these troubled times.
Logically speaking, Zhouqing City is the second largest city in the Mu Dynasty, so it should take up a lot of space.
But this is not the case.
There are hardly any records about Zhouqing City and the Jiang family in "Shengyue Wanshan"...or there are, but it only takes up a very insignificant amount of space.
The rebels in Zhouqing City broke into Jiang's family, the richest family in the city. They first robbed food and money, and finally they wanted to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces.After grabbing the things, he set a fire and burned Jiang's house down.
But people are not as good as heaven, the area of the Jiang family mansion is really too big, after the fire was ignited, the wind direction in the city suddenly changed.
So this fire not only burned Jiang's house, but even Zhouqing City.
——When the story of "The Rising Moon" officially started, the city had already been completely burnt down. How could there be any plots about this place in the future?
After thinking of this incident, cold sweat broke out on Jiang Chiqiu's back.So this is the end of Zhouqing City?
Although he was born in Baofan City, he also grew up here.
But the people in Zhouqing City are his relatives after all...Jiang Chiqiu couldn't ignore all these happenings.
After thinking of this, Jiang Chiqiu suddenly turned around and walked to Jiang Shangshu's side.
He bent down, first poured a glass of water for the man, and then hurriedly said: "Father, since there is chaos in Zhouqing City, why don't we bring the family members from the city to Baofan City first. No matter what you say, Baofan Fancheng is a capital city, and I... am still the general guarding the city, no matter how you say it is safer than Zhouqing City."
Jiang Chiqiu's tone was very urgent.
Jiang Shangshu rarely saw Jiang Chiqiu like this, so after seeing Jiang Chiqiu's reaction, he was also a little surprised.
"This..." the man hesitated and said, "Zhouqing City is the foundation of our Jiang family, how can we bring everyone here?"
People in this era have a strong sense of family, so even if people from the Jiang family have served as officials in Baofan City for generations, they still have to return home when they get older.
Seeing that Jiang Shangshu was still hesitating, Jiang Chiqiu said again: "Father, you may not know that the number of defenders in Zhouqing City is only a thousand. It will take a day to get there!"
Jiang Chiqiu's words obviously made Shangshu hesitate.
Although the man has been a civil servant all his life, he also knows that the current situation is very turbulent, and he understands that his choice may rewrite the fate of the entire family.
So after being silent for a while, Jiang Shangshu slowly stood up while supporting the chair.
He glanced at the apricot tree outside, and finally made up his mind and said to Jiang Chiqiu: "Okay, then Chiqiu, send someone to hurry back to Zhouqing City and call them here."
Jiang Chiqiu saw that the man's hands were tightly clenched into fists when he spoke, and he seemed to have made a lot of determination.
It's just... the current Jiang Chiqiu can't tell whether it's too late or not.
As the general of the defending army, Jiang Chiqiu had been living in the army.
But ever since he asked someone to go back to Zhouqing City that day, Jiang Chiqiu's mood suddenly became extremely uneasy.
Therefore, after confirming that the vicinity of Baofan City was still peaceful recently, Jiang Chiqiu went back home every night.
——In the past, Jiang's dinner table was rarely as silent as it is now.
However, after the chaos in the Mu Dynasty, the Jiang family no longer talked about gossip casually as before when they were eating.
At this moment, the people at the table looked very serious, even Jiang Chiqiu's little nephew and niece felt that the atmosphere was a bit unusual.When they first came to Baofan City, they were very outgoing and cheerful, but they didn't even speak.
But at this moment, when the dining table was silent, Xiao He who was sitting next to Jiang Chiqiu suddenly burst into tears with a "wow".
Then under her influence, the slightly older Xiao Rao also cried.
"Grandpa and grandma... Huh, I want to find my parents."
After hearing the cries of the children, Mrs. Jiang who was sitting on the side hurriedly picked them up.
"Xiao Rao Xiaohe, don't cry... Your parents are busy, and when they are not busy, of course they will come back to see you. At that time, our family will live in the Shangshu Mansion and will not go anywhere." The woman said He comforted the child while wiping away tears.
"Really?" Xiao He sniffed and asked, "Grandma won't lie to me, will she?"
"Of course not, grandma misses your parents too... We haven't seen each other for many years." Speaking of this, the woman's voice couldn't help but become lonely.
After hearing what his mother said, Jiang Chiqiu mechanically picked up the food in the bowl, but he couldn't get it to his mouth no matter how he delivered it.
What Xiaohe and Xiaorao said reminded Jiang Chiqiu of something he had neglected.
The novel "The Rising Moon" records recent famous battles, as well as various famous generals.
At that time, Jiang Chiqiu didn't find anything wrong when he read it, but now after being reminded by his nephew and niece, he finally remembered... It seems that he has never seen his brother's name in the novel "Shengyue Fading".
With Jiang Xianwen's military talent, he should not be ignored by history.
The chopsticks in Jiang Chiqiu's hand suddenly fell to the ground.
At this moment, the crying of the nephew and niece had stopped, and the room became extremely quiet, so the sound of Jiang Chiqiu's chopsticks falling to the ground was particularly obvious.
"I'm sorry..." Jiang Chiqiu squeezed out a smile a little stiffly, he bent down to pick up the chopsticks, and when he got up, he suddenly said to his family in a panic: "I just remembered that my brother's military ability and martial arts are far away. He is higher than me. So I think...why wait until tomorrow to tell His Majesty to transfer my brother back to the capital?"
If these words were put in the usual way, Jiang Shangshu would definitely object.
He is a very upright person, so the eldest son stayed in Raogu County for more than six years, and he never thought of using his power to transfer him back.
But now after hearing Jiang Chiqiu's words, Jiang Shangshu actually nodded.
As an important member of the court, he naturally knew how dangerous Raogu County was.At this time, the instinct of the father overcomes the sense of duty as a courtier.
Seeing his father nodding, Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He stretched out his hand and gently touched his little niece's head, and whispered: "When your parents come back, we will stay at home together, and then we don't have to go anywhere..."
After listening to Jiang Chiqiu's words, although the little niece didn't know whether she understood or not, she finally blinked slowly at him to show that she understood.
Although Jiang Chiqiu's idea was good, the reality did not develop as he imagined.
Also tonight, just as everyone was about to go back to their rooms to rest after dinner, a man in battle armor suddenly appeared at Jiang's house.
He knelt down directly on the ground, and kowtowed several times before everyone could react.
"Cough cough cough... what's wrong?" The man's posture frightened Jiang Shangshu. After coughing a few times, he hurried forward to help him up, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Shangshu's heart was already very disturbed.
It wasn't until Jiang Chiqiu got up that he realized that the man who suddenly appeared in front of Jiang's family was actually crying.
"Zhouqingcheng... Zhouqingcheng..." He was so excited that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence for a while.
Seeing the man's appearance, Jiang Shangshu, who was gentle and elegant, couldn't help urging him regardless of his image.
"What happened to Zhouqing City? Tell me!"
Seeing this, the man finally sucked his nose, and said the following words: "We are still late..."
"Going late?" Jiang Shangshu repeated.
The man took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, Jiang Shangshu, it was already getting late when we arrived at Zhouqing City. I have already persuaded Mr. Jiang and the others to leave Zhouqing City and come here... But I didn’t think it was a step too late.”
Hearing this, Jiang Chiqiu already had the answer in his heart.
——My own efforts did not change the plot written in the original novel of "Shengyue Fading".
The man continued to say: "We wanted to leave the next day, but we didn't expect that someone would break into Jiang's house that night. They robbed the food and returned the gold and silver treasures. After the robbery, they... also set it on fire." Jiang family."
After hearing these words, Jiang Shangshu's face instantly turned pale.
The man fell back on the chair, and Jiang Hexia, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, hurried forward to support his father.
Jiang Shangshu rubbed his eyebrows in pain, "And then? How is Jiang's family?" He continued to ask.
"Jiang's family..." The man hesitated for a moment, he didn't dare to look Jiang Shangshu in the eyes, "The fire was really too big, I was the only one who escaped from the people who went to Zhouqing City with me."
"What did you say?" Jiang Chiqiu had never seen his father lose his composure like this. These four words almost consumed all the strength of the man.
After asking this sentence, Jiang Shangshu coughed again, and this time he directly coughed up blood.
But when he heard the man's words, the soldier who came to deliver the letter knelt here blankly, repeating with a dull expression: "It's gone...all are gone, Zhouqing City has been burned..."
The room immediately became chaotic, Mrs. Jiang went forward to wipe the blood from the man's lips with a handkerchief, and the two children were frightened by Jiang Shangshu's appearance, and immediately began to cry.
Unlike Jiang Chiqiu, Jiang Shangshu grew up in Zhouqing City.
Even his parents, brothers and sisters still live in that city.
This incident hit him too hard, and Jiang Chiqiu also saw... his mother's hands were shaking too.
Although Mrs. Jiang's home is not in Zhouqing City, many of her relatives also live here.
"Sister Hexia" perhaps only Jiang Chiqiu, who knew the plot of "Shengyue Fading" in advance, is still sensible. He looked at Jiang Hexia and said, "You can bring Xiaohe and Xiaorao into the room."
"Okay... okay." Jiang Hexia said blankly.
Although she, like Jiang Chiqiu, has lived in Baofan City since she was a child, but the Jiang family is also her relatives. The news came so suddenly, the girl seemed to have lost her soul.
Fortunately, she still had reason. After hearing Jiang Chiqiu's words, Jiang Hexia gently took the two little guys away and returned to the room.
After Xiao He and Xiao Rao left, the room suddenly became quiet.
Seeing his father's blood that seemed unstoppable, Jiang Chiqiu hurriedly shouted to the servants beside him: "Hurry up and find the imperial physician!"
After finishing speaking, the servant immediately ran away from here.
——At this time, the news of Zhouqing City had spread throughout the entire capital.
The whole city became worried because of the destruction of Zhouqing City. They were afraid that the next Zhouqing City would be here.
So although Jiang's family has become a mess, Jiang Chiqiu, as the general guarding the city, cannot stay at home any longer.
On that night, Jiang Chiqiu rode back to the south gate of Baofan City - this was the largest gate in the entire Baofan City.
At this time, the city gate was crowded with people who wanted to leave. After hearing the sound of horseshoes, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked towards the sound.
The war horse that Jiang Chiqiu was riding was brought from the Western Regions, so the horse was also extraordinarily tall.
At this moment, Jiang Chiqiu was wearing the battle armor, and his long hair was tied up high with a black ribbon.
This kind of Jiang Chiqiu is already hard to remind people of Jiang Chiqiu, the editor of Qing'an Academy, he looks like a general.
Although Jiang Chiqiu didn't say a word, everyone present became quiet after seeing him like this.
At this time, the night had gradually darkened, but the bright moon was still hanging high in the sky.
They saw Jiang Chiqiu quietly glanced at the people here, and then suddenly said: "According to what was written in the Damu Guoling, if you want to leave Baofan City now, I will naturally not stop you, and I will not stop you." I have no right to stop everyone."
Jiang Chiqiu used a little internal energy when he spoke, so everyone here could hear his words very clearly.
Jiang Chiqiu paused for a moment and continued: "But I still want to tell everyone that Baofan City is the capital of the Mu Dynasty. As a general defending the city, I will and will definitely keep it, no matter what price I pay. ——Just like what I did a while ago. So if you still trust me, why not stay here and guard your homeland..."
According to the records in the book "The Full Moon and the Fading Moon", Jiang Chiqiu did indeed save the city as he said.
The boy on the horse didn't have any fancy rhetoric, and he didn't use force to stop those who wanted to leave.
In this way, the scene was quiet for a while.
Then Jiang Chiqiu saw that some people turned around and returned to Baofan City.
Such a scene made Jiang Chiqiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief...
Immediately afterwards, the people who were originally standing at the gate of the city turned around and returned here after some hesitation.Although there were still sporadic people who still chose to leave Baofan City, Jiang Chiqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that most of them turned around and walked back.
Fortunately, the hearts of the people in Baofan City are not disturbed.
Jiang Chiqiu didn't sleep all night again.
Even though his own home was already in chaos, Jiang Chiqiu still guarded the city gate for half the night, and then he returned to his tent, and looked at the topographic map near Baofan City with his lieutenants.
After all these things were done, the sun rose again.
He didn't close his eyes all night, and when he looked up to see the sun, Jiang Chiqiu's eyes were particularly sour.He couldn't help stretching out his hand to rub his eyes, and then remembered his father who was in a bad state last night.
After hesitating for a while, Jiang Chiqiu decided to go home and take a look at his father when there was nothing to do in the army.
And this time Jiang Chiqiu went back, but he didn't stay at home too much.After returning home to confirm that his father was fine for the time being, and chatting with the imperial physician, Jiang Chiqiu hurried back to the barracks on horseback.
This time, it was almost noon.
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