Legend of the Orchid

Zhao Tingjie left in the evening. When he left, Li Zhonglan opened her eyes in a daze and lay motionless on the bed. If it wasn't for the clear tear stains on her face, she would have died a long time ago.

Ting Jie didn't come back that night, and Zhong Lan lay down until late at night before shaking her numb legs nervously, and then slowly curled herself up into a ball, retracting deeply into the thin quilt.

He wanted to go back to Tokyo, but he didn't want to continue to live in the Prince's Mansion. At this time, he regretted so much that he left the former house to Ting Jie to take care of it, so that he didn't even have a place to live when he wanted to leave.

The house in the suburbs should be ok to live in, but it hasn't been cleaned for a long time, so it will probably be very dirty. I don't know if Ah Wen's parents will still hate him when they meet him again?

Dry eyes filled with tears again, Li Zhonglan waited and waited, and seeing that Zhao Tingjie never came back, she began to organize her clothes. The army might cross the river tomorrow, but he didn't want to follow up. He was determined to tell Tingjie about himself tomorrow morning. to go.

In fact, there is no need to say, he just left.

Before dawn the next day, Zhao Guangyi ordered his camp to cross the river because he was worried about a sneak attack by the enemy on the other side. That's good.

But there is a panic everywhere, where is the shadow of the court steps?He had no choice but to walk forward with his luggage on his back, and sure enough, he saw the royal family of the Zhao family waiting by the river.

Zhao Tingjie and Zhao Tingmei were busy commanding the soldiers to cross the river together, Li Zhonglan could only watch silently. In the dim light of the fire, Tingjie walked up to Zhonglan several times, but as if he didn't see each other, he kept giving orders in a low voice, let Wave after wave of soldiers boarded and rowed in an orderly manner.

In the dark night, dozens of wooden boats swam neatly to the opposite bank. In the silence, there was only the sound of oars stirring the water, like a stream flowing down a mountain stream.

When the first fleet was about to dock, the sky was suddenly covered with black arrows, like a huge black bird instantly spreading its huge wings, roaring towards the fleet like a thunderstorm.

The soldiers on the boat were caught off guard, screaming and falling into the river with arrows. Although many soldiers were only injured, the people in the Central Plains were not good at water and would just flop around in the water, causing more people to drown.

Zhao Guangyi was so angry that he ordered the archers to board the ship to fight.

After the archers fired their arrows in unison, the other side was eerily quiet, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in the hearts of the soldiers.Sure enough, when they landed, the enemy infantry began to attack. The poor archers were unable to fight at close range, and they were killed again.

Zhao Guangyi heard the sound of fighting on the other side, and shouted angrily: "Infantry board the ship!"

Zhao Tingjie stopped and said, "No, we don't have many boats, if we are ambushed again, there will be no boats to cross."

Zhao Guangyi ignored them at all, and arbitrarily asked to continue boarding the ship. As a result, the fighting on the other side was not over yet, and the third group of ships was shot by random arrows again, causing countless casualties.

Since the Northern Expedition, the Song army had never been in such a predicament. Zhao Guangyi lost face, but he could only stomp his feet in anger, because there were not many ships left, and even if he wanted to fight, he had no chance.

In desperation, the emperor resentfully ordered to build the ship again, and the trip was delayed for the first time because of the fiasco.

Zhao Tingjie went to work again and didn't even look at Li Zhonglan. Li Zhonglan gritted his teeth and was about to leave in anger, when one of Zhao Tingjie's attendants came to him and told Li Changshi to wait, and the tent would be set up immediately.

Zhong Lan speculated that this was the meaning of Ting Jie, and even though he was unhappy, he waited patiently for the tent to be set up, and then put down his luggage again.

It seems really difficult to leave.

At dawn, a military officer came to ask Li Zhonglan to go to the discussion camp, saying that it was His Majesty's intention. Li Zhonglan thought it was Zhao Guangyi who saw that he had packed his bags and thought he was going to be a deserter, so he came to Xingshi to question his crimes. went.

As soon as he entered the discussion camp, he was surprised to find that all the generals and school lieutenants gathered together. When he entered the tent, they immediately greeted him with a smile, which really flattered him.

Emperor Zhao Guangyi sat in the center, looking at him a little strangely, not as if he wanted to be held accountable, but his eyes stuck to him, making him very uncomfortable, as if he was not wearing any clothes.

Zhao Tingmei and Zhao Yuanzuo's uncle and nephew stood together, smiling at him, which was normal, but Zhao Defang was so sullen and blushed, which made Li Zhonglan puzzled.

Among the enthusiastic gazes, only Zhao Tingjie kept his face dark and didn't look at Li Zhonglan, which made Zhonglan angry again in an instant, and greeted the emperor with a sullen face.

"Li Aiqing, how is your health recently?" Zhao Guangyi asked with fiery eyes, and the other party's clean and white body in the clear pool yesterday appeared in his mind.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. Your subordinate is fine." Li Zhonglan said respectfully, but she was very tired of Zhao Guangyi's hypocrisy in her heart.

"That's great!" Zhao Guangyi raised his mouth slightly, trying to force a smile, but failed. He frowned and said, "As Aiqing saw today, the Northern Han army set up an ambush on the opposite bank. It's a big loss, Ai Qing possesses unique skills, I don't know if she can confuse the enemy soldiers on the other side, if she can cross the river smoothly, defeating the Northern Han Dynasty will be just around the corner!"

Li Zhonglan sneered in her heart. It turned out that everyone was so enthusiastic because they asked him for help. Sure enough, they did not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. It’s not unavoidable to strike a stone with an egg, and everyone saw it in the Battle of Baimaling, where Li Changshi almost lost his life, which shows that crooked ways are not suitable for fighting in the army, and we should think of some normal strategies.”

Li Zhonglan's chest was about to explode when he heard this, and Zhao Tingjie scolded him without uttering a single dirty word, which is simply unreasonable!

The other people present also showed surprise after hearing this, and they all guessed that the two had quarreled, so the words of the county king should not count. Li Changshi will still help, right?

"The county king is worrying too much! Li still has this ability!" Li Zhonglan said angrily, but with a resentful smile on his face, "The large number of enemy troops in the Battle of Baimaling was also thanks to Li's 'devious ways', Only then did he block the attack of the first hand and lead the charge for our army, seeing that the enemy army on the other side is not too powerful, Li should have no problem making a move."

"That's great!" Zhao Guangyi said loudly suddenly, probably because he was afraid that Zhao Tingjie would obstruct him again.The other soldiers also nodded in satisfaction, and cast appreciative glances at Li Zhonglan.

Zhao Tingjie gave Li Zhonglan a cold look, as if saying, "I don't care about you if you die!"

Li Zhonglan felt depressed, rolled her eyes heavily, quickly adjusted her expression, and said to Zhao Guangyi with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have a merciless request!"

"I love Qing, but it's okay to say it!" Zhao Guangyi also laughed.

Li Zhonglan glanced at Zhao Tingjie, and said proudly: "Please apologize to Mr. Li."

After thinking about it, for the sake of Ting Jie's face, he added: "For what you just said."

"Yes." Zhao Guangyi was happy to see the young lovers quarreling, so he "resolved" his nephew and said, "Jun Wang, what you said just now was indeed too much, why don't you hurry up and apologize to Li Changshi!"

Zhao Tingjie turned his head angrily, his eyes were as sharp as a sword, which made Li Zhonglan's heart ache, and he said coldly, "Today is special, I don't care about you!"

After all, he did not apologize, but walked out of the camp quickly.

Li Zhonglan knew what was special about today, and there was some warmth in his heart, like ice water splashing into boiling oil. For a while, water droplets splashed everywhere, chopping, crackling, bumping up and down, shaking him so that his center of gravity was unstable, so he could only lean against the table In order to support the depressed mood.