Loyal heart travels a long way

Chu Dancheng didn't sleep well that night.

He also couldn't remember what exactly he dreamed about, only the image of Gu Zhiyao crying and crying to himself with blood all over his face was lingering in front of his eyes.

The moment he woke up, he knew it was a ridiculous dream. Gu Zhiyao had never cried because of pain.Although Gu Zhiyao is not a person who regards "a man does not cry lightly" as his credo in life, he is not a crybaby either.

The few times Yao'er shed tears in front of her was because she felt sorry for herself, or because she felt sorry for Chu's family.

Even so, Chu Dancheng still couldn't help panting for a while, his chest heaving up and down violently.

He buried his face in his hands and took a deep breath, unable to recover for a long time.

It has been a few days since Gu Zhiyao left for Mobei.Because the war is tight, I can't pass letters to myself every day. I only sent some letters home along with the battle report when I first arrived. I haven't sent any news back in recent days.

He was already worried when he went to Mobei, worried that he would encounter danger there.

In fact, it is inevitable to encounter danger. How can a war go smoothly?Now he just wants to find the collaborators as soon as possible, and then go to Mobei to find Yao'er.

Human feelings are not considered on the battlefield, who may live today and die tomorrow, but he is willing to be with Yao'er, even if there is any emergency, the two of them can face it together.

Chu Dancheng was completely sleepy now, sat up and sighed, raised his right hand to pinch his brow, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes were fully awake.He couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply got up to take a good look at what was going on.

"Four...eight treasures." Originally, he wanted to call Sixi to come in to serve him, but Chu Dancheng paused, and changed his words to eight treasures.

The battlefield is dangerous, Babao is just a servant who waits on him, Gu Zhiyao didn't mean to. n. P went to Mobei to be served, and secondly, he didn't want Babao to follow him into danger.

Gu Zhiyao had good intentions, and Babao knew it in his heart, but he had to complain, when Gu Zhiyao came back, he might have to read his little master as something.For Babao's behavior, Chu Dancheng has always been indulgent. Yao'er lacked such kindness since he was a child, and he would like to see someone treat Yao'er like an elder.

In order for Yao'er to be less talked about when he comes back, let's give Babao more work on weekdays, so as to save him space and throw all the complaints on Yao'er.

Babao was guarding outside, and when he heard Chu Dancheng's voice, he rushed into the room to serve him. After turning on the light, he served mouthwash, "Master, it's not yet Mao, why is it so early."

Chu Dancheng shook his head, took the mouthwash, washed himself up, drank a cup of cold overnight tea, and woke up from a nap: "Go to the study."

Well, I can't sleep again.Babao was also quite helpless, since Gu Zhiyao went to Mobei, Chu Dancheng only slept for a little over three hours a day.It's only been a few days, and now it's a blue shadow, looking energetic, but even the iron body can't stand it.

Babao couldn't persuade this great master, if it wasn't for Mama Sun staying in Qizhou to serve Chu Lin, I really wanted to call Mama Sun to persuade this person.

Chu Dancheng entered the study and began to study the affairs of Mobei. Babao waited beside him and made hot tea for Chu Dancheng.

Chu Dancheng didn't feel sleepy now, but felt very awake.He looked at the message in his hand, pondered it carefully, and really made him discover something this morning.

"Set the car," Babao saw Chu Dancheng's attitude of forgetting to eat and sleep in the study, so he asked someone to put the table in, and simply let Chu Dancheng have breakfast in the study, but he didn't want the dishes to be ready, but Chu Dancheng stood up in a hurry and put on the car. Putting on the court clothes, "I want to enter the palace."

"Entering the palace?" Babao was stunned, "It's not yet Chen's time, master, you are too early, the Holy One probably hasn't woken up yet."

"I'll get up when I get there." Chu Dancheng ignored Babao's persuasion, just put away all the things on the table, found a box in it, held it in his hand, and was about to walk out.

Babao had no choice but to nod his head and ran out in a hurry to call the handlebar style.

Chu Dancheng was not in a hurry to go out, so he called Sixi to the door of the study, told him to do something, and then went out

……

An Zimu had just received an urgent report, and before he had time to get someone to pass it on, it happened that Chu Dancheng was outside asking to see him.

"Du Xuan." An Zimu had just washed up and hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so he simply passed on Chu Dancheng and the person who delivered the urgent report, and it would not be too late to eat after everything was settled.

When Chu Dancheng came in, he happened to go in with the messenger who delivered the urgent report. He recognized that it was the clothes from the barracks in Mobei, and knew that this was another news, which should be a good thing. A nightmare, his brows twitched.

An Zimu took the informant from the eunuch and shook it off, letting Chu Dancheng talk about the matter first, while listening and reading.

"Your Majesty," Chu Dancheng stepped forward and reported slowly, "Before I received a battle report from Chengdong, it said that there was a Han general in the Tatars. He was a former general of my Chu family. His name was Congjian. impression?"

"I've also heard a little bit about Cong Jian. At that time, the emperor was still on the throne, and he was an old man." The emperor paused, "The former emperor was more gentle. Later, Cong Jian disappeared, so this matter is now Just leave it alone."

Chu Dancheng raised his eyebrows, and acted in a gentle manner... It is well known that the current emperor is decisive in his actions. What he said meant that he was dissatisfied with the actions of the late emperor.

He no longer entangled in this, and continued directly with the emperor: "Cong Jian has a firecracker in his hand, and I wondered if it might have been passed down from the Tian family, so I checked more about the princes who had firecrackers in their hands." .”

"The firecracker is a rare item from the West. There are only three people who own it. One is King Zhu, one is King Fengrui, and the other is Emperor Xian. The firecracker in the hands of the late emperor should be in the Your majesty, should you keep it here? I thought that King Fengrui was in Beijing, far away from the Tatars, but now it seems that is not the case."

Chu Dancheng paused for a moment, then said again: "There was a man named Fengrui King in Dali Temple before. Not long after the Chinese New Year, this man's whole behavior seemed to have changed. I investigated him carefully some time ago. , and found that this person is more like someone else disguised himself. I thought it was the manpower of King Fengrui, but now it seems..."

"It seems that Cong Jian may be someone who used to be in Dali Temple," An Zimu answered, "You suspect that Ziqiong's nail in Dali Temple went to Mobei and killed the old general and his wife. It is possible, but Is there evidence?"

Chu Dancheng nodded: "I heard that Prince Fengrui bought a lot of iron chains before, the emperor might as well send someone to find out where these iron chains are."

"Iron chains?"

Chu Dancheng nodded, "Tung oil is flammable and cannot be transported in wooden barrels. Most of the iron barrels are used, and if the tung oil is shaken too much, it is easy to cause thunder, explosion or run out of water. Therefore, if you want to transport tung oil over long distances, The lightning needs to be led to the ground with iron chains."

An Zimu nodded, "I'll send someone to investigate, let's see how the battle in Mobei is going."

Chu Dancheng nodded after finishing what he wanted to say, and finally read the battle report to the emperor.

Unexpectedly, after this reading, he found something was wrong. Chu Dancheng read the battle report, and his hands tightened more and more, almost tearing the battle report to pieces.

The battle report said: Gu Zhiyao took people to rob the Tatars of grain and supplies. The other party had gunpowder in their hands and ignited it in the mountains, causing a cloud of smoke and dust, and the trees that were difficult for the two to hug were blown down.But Gu Zhiyao is missing.