Ye Gui

It was evening when we arrived at the bottom of the mountain, the sky and clouds were far away, the forest behind the transparent barrier was pitch black, and the grass on the hillside turned yellow and spread to the foot of the mountain.

It's like an eternity.

Lin Tong blew his whistle, two fine horses galloped from a distance, snorted and rubbed against Lei Yan's hand, Di Gui jumped on one of the horses, the horse was startled, its front hooves kicked up, neighing continuously.

Lei Yan grabbed the rein and patted it reassuringly, smiling, "Digui, it's afraid of you."

The emperor ghost has been sleeping on Lei Yan's shoulder. Lin Tong knew that he was a demon, and he didn't have a good impression of the demon, so he chose to ignore it.

"General, let's rest in the town for one night and return to Yanming City tomorrow morning?" Lin Tong asked.

The two souls of vigor were replenished, the previous stiffness had disappeared, and Lei Yan felt the same as before.He was thinking about King Shan's conspiracy in his heart, fearing that it would affect his father Lei Ting and the government, so he got on his horse and said, "Let's go back overnight."

Yanming City is located in the northwest of Shenyu Kingdom, two hundred miles to the west is the border of Qinyang Kingdom, and to the north is the tundra wasteland, which is the military fortress of Shenyu Kingdom. According to the armistice agreement, the two countries conduct mutual market trade on the border, and exchange what they have.

However, it has only been more than [-] years since this generation of King Qinyang came to the throne ten years ago, and he hastily promulgated the Market Change Act, restricting Shenyu Kingdom caravans from entering Qinyang Kingdom. If they want to do business in Qinyang Kingdom, they must apply "Shi Yi Talisman", and high tariffs will be imposed, and the merchants who make a living on this for a while will be miserable.

Business is not the foundation of the country, but it involves a lot, the government and businessmen colluded, there were too many performances, the king of Shenyu Kingdom was weak, and he simply compensated some cloth and tea treasures, so that Qinyang Kingdom lowered the tariff and let go of the border market.

But Qin Yang did not settle down. Instead, he sent troops to station in the border fortress. Shenyu Kingdom did not dare to take it lightly, and also sent General Lei Ting to station in Yanming City. This station lasted for ten years. He frequently harassed him, sometimes pretending to be bandits and robbing merchants, and sometimes blatantly sending assassins to assassinate the general.

Lei Ting asked to play many times, and simply sent troops to wipe out the Qin Yang army on the border in one fell swoop, so as to prevent future troubles forever.

Zhong Yi, the head of the Shenyu Kingdom, was worried that the two countries would go to war because of this.He just wanted to live a peaceful and stable life, so he rejected his memorial.

Lei Ting was so angry that he walked out of the hall and cursed, "You are deceiving yourself!"

Destiny is hard to break. In ten years, we can't fight as fast as we can, and we have to guard against sneak attack and assassination day and night. Lei Ting is used to holding a gun and riding a horse on the battlefield, so he just feels aggrieved.

At that time, Lei Yan didn't understand these things. He didn't like to study with the national teacher and Taifu in Tianlu City's imperial palace. He always hoped that after Ji Xia, when his father returned to his life, he would hug him on the horse and whip him quickly. Hurry back to Yanming City for training.

In the second half of the night, the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to slack off, and they also cheered up when they handed over their shifts.Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are shining, and two horses can be seen galloping from a distance.

"It's the little general and Brother Tong!"

"Open the city gates!"

When Lei Yan entered the city, he reined in his horse, jumped off the horse and ran up the city wall. This was his habit. Whenever he entered the city, he would definitely climb up the city wall.

The guards on the city wall were all taken aback when they saw him. They had never seen Lei Yan's real face, but just now, from a distance, his demeanor and movements were that of a general. They didn't dare to take it lightly, so they stopped him and asked, "Who are you?" ?”

Lin Tong caught up: "Presumptuous! This is the little general!"

"Little...little general?" The guards recognized Lin Tong. Lin Tong was the adjutant of the little general. Since he said so, he must be the little general.

"No wonder they." Lei Yan pushed away the guards blocking him, and strode to the city wall.The far-sighted place is the direction of Qin Yangguo, and the world is dark and silent.

He walked up to the turret and had a panoramic view of the entire Yanming City. At this moment, the city was dark, only the stars and candles were left, and most of the people had already fallen asleep.

He was relieved, his father was not here, he was the guardian of this important border city.

"Lin Tong!" he shouted.

Lin Tong stepped forward: "The subordinate is here!"

"In the past few days, the investigation of people entering the city has been strengthened, and more guards and patrols have been sent at night." He was worried that the news that his father had been detained in Tianlu City had already spread. If he wants to lead his troops to capture him, then Qin Yang may take advantage of it.

He thought for a while and continued, "Who else knows the news that the general was urgently called back and has not returned?"

"Only my lieutenants and the general's lieutenants know about it."

"Don't spread the news. If anyone asks, just say that my father is not feeling well and is recuperating."

"Yes!"

"Let's keep an eye on Tianlu City. At this time... is King Heng in Tianlu City?"

"My father's letter said that King Heng is helping out."

Lei Yan nodded, King Heng is the fifth son of the king, he grew up with him, and loves him as brothers, and married his sister Lei Yu as the princess the year before last.Lei Yan could feel a little more at ease with him.

"Hmph! Letting go of the basics and chasing after the end, not to mention whether the good king really has the intention of rebelling, he recalled the general who was on duty at the border. Even if the good king really rebelled, there are so many generals in the court, which one can't go to rehabilitate?" Lei Yan sneered, "Is it okay to know about the general at this time?"

The most rare loyal and pure minister in the court, Si Zhongyi is probably worried that other generals will secretly collude with King Shan, and only Lei Ting can reassure him.

Lin Tong knew that he was talking about the king, Si Zhongyi, and talking about the king was a felony, so he looked back, and there was no one else around.

"General, I am more worried about your health than the great general."

Thinking of Bai Yin, Lei Yan smiled, "It's all right." He patted Lin Tong on the shoulder, "Let's go home."

He walked a few steps and stopped: "Where is the Emperor Ghost?"

Lin Tong was taken aback by his smile: "Ah? What are you talking about, General?"

"I didn't see the Emperor Ghost just now, where did he go?" Lei Yan looked around, "Forget it, he will always look for the smell, let's go back first."

The General's Mansion is in the northeast corner of the city, the entrance is brightly lit, and the words "Zhen Guo General's Mansion" are written on the boxwood plaque.The guard stood on both sides of the gate holding a long gun. Seeing the two men coming, he saluted and said, "Brother Tong!" Looking at Lei Yan, he didn't dare to recognize him.

Lei Yan had shown his true face to others just now, and now he didn't want to hide it anymore, so he simply ignored everyone's curious eyes and walked into the mansion.

Lin Tong handed them the reins, and whispered: "This is the little general! Pass my order, and no one is allowed to talk about the little general's appearance! I heard you stick thirty! Go!"

"Yes!"

The General's Mansion was sparsely populated, except for Lei Ting Leiyan and a few adjutants and lieutenants, the rest were some cooks and sweeping servants. There were a lot of empty courtyard rooms inside and outside the mansion given by the emperor.

Lei Yan wrapped himself in the quilt, the past few days had been upside down, so he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

He fell asleep lightly, and in his dream, Hakuin turned into a nine-tailed white fox for a while, a mermaid for a while, and a big white snake for a while, spitting out bright red letters and wrapping around his body...

"Ah Yan, I want to take your essence... If you take your essence, you will be mine!"

He was getting tighter and tighter, Lei Yan struggled desperately, but couldn't break free, only felt that his bones were about to be crushed by him, the big white snake looked at him pitifully with tears in its eyes, and suddenly made a "click" softly.

He couldn't bear it and yelled: "Get the fuck out of me!" When he woke up, it was already dawn, and it turned out that he was wrapped too tightly in the quilt.

He sat up and found that Digui had turned into the size of an ordinary snow leopard, lying on the ground next to the bed, looking at him blankly: "Ah Yan, are you alright? Did you have a nightmare?"

Lei Yan pressed his forehead: "No, where did you go last night?"

Suddenly a small black shadow ran past Di Gui's feet. Di Gui squinted his eyes and made a loud noise in his throat. With a light flick of his broad feet, the little black figure was turned over and lay on his back on the ground. It moved, and it was a big black mouse.

The mouse closed its eyes and pretended to be dead, trembling non-stop.

It was the first time Lei Yan saw a mouse trembling like this. He ran out of bed and squatted on the ground to watch. The mouse opened its eyes a little and carefully observed its surroundings.

"I haven't been back for more than half a year. All the mice in the mansion have become spirits? So smart!" Lei Yan laughed.

Hearing this, the mouse turned over, but didn't dare to run. It stood upright with its small paws folded together: "This young man has good eyesight! Please save me! If you don't save me, I will be played to death by him!"

"..." She is really a master.