Urban Night Returner

border.When the grain cart arrived, there was cheering.

Shen Mobai was so jolted by the carriage that his bones were about to fall apart, he got out of the carriage with a sore back and a sore back, and saw dozens of sergeants coming up to meet him, the leader walked up to Luo Jing, and said with a smile on his face: "The general is back? Yesterday We have run out of food, and the commander-in-chief is talking about it. Everyone is afraid that the road will be difficult to walk in the rainy season, and I thought the general will arrive in a few days. It is really great now!"

Luo Jing glanced at him indifferently, and nodded to the grain truck: "Vice General Zuo. The Ministry of Industry intentionally made things difficult, so it took seven days to load the truck and set off. Fortunately, there was still time on the way. The commander is in the tent?"

The man nodded and said with a smile: "Yes. The commander-in-chief is afraid of running out of food and the army's morale will fluctuate. He is preparing to plan a surprise attack. When the general comes back, it will be even more powerful." As he spoke, he looked Shen Mobai up and down, "General, this yes--"

Luo Jing didn't intend to introduce him, but said to Biquan: "Take Mr. Shen to the camp." Then he said, "Vice General Zuo should hurry up and take stock of the food and grass. It's easy to rot in this weather. I'll go See you handsome."

Shen Mobai had never been so indifferent to others before, seeing that the left deputy general was still looking at him, he nodded to him.There was no embarrassment on the face of the left deputy general, as if he had already gotten used to Luo Jing's attitude, he nodded to him with a smile on his face.Luo Jing's face darkened: "Hurry up and go with Biquan! This is a military camp, not a place for you to wander around!"

Although Shen Mobai knew that he shouldn't be serious with him, but being accused of being a horse like this, he still couldn't help saying: "I didn't—" But before he finished speaking, Biquan had already dragged him to the camp, saying: " Let's go, don't get in the way here." Naturally, Shen Mobai couldn't match his strength, so he had to follow along.No matter how good-tempered he is, he couldn't help feeling a little sullen.Seeing his expression, Biquan sneered, "I advise you, stay away from Zuo Mu in the future. He's just pretending to play tricks on weekdays, and I hate these guys the most. If you get involved with him, you'll be offended." Don't say I didn't warn you."

Shen Mobai couldn't help but said: "What are you pretending to do? If he doesn't believe it, why did he bring me here?" He stayed in Changzhou well, but was suddenly brought here by Luo Jing, even though he knew he couldn't reason with him , but couldn't help but say a few words.

Biquan's face sank: "I'd like to remind you, you don't mind if you don't appreciate it, you will have to suffer if you offend me in the future!" While talking, Biquan had already reached a tent, Biquan shoved him in: "Stay there, don't come out and wander around, this is a military camp!" After speaking, Gu Zi left.

Shen Mobai really can't help laughing.However, he is peaceful by nature, and he has never known what anger is in the past 20 years. Although he was unhappy at this moment, it dissipated in a moment, and he began to look at the tent.The camp tent is very spacious, but there are no furnishings, only a camp bed and a few thin blankets piled up.Shen Mobai stretched out his hand to feel it, the weather was already a little damp.There is a brazier next to it. It must have been since Luo Jing left the camp to supervise the grain.Shen Mobai shook his head, took out flint from his luggage, and lit the fire.The firewood was damp, emitting thick smoke, and it was easy to ignite it, which choked him to the point of tears. He coughed for a long time before he stopped, and moved the blankets on the bed one by one to dry around the brazier.He was so busy that his forehead was sweating slightly, when the tent door was opened behind him, Luo Jing and Bi Quan walked in together.Although Luo Jing is busy with travel and dust, and has not had time to undress and wash up until now, there is no trace of fatigue on his face, but his eyes are shining with excitement.Shen Mobai glanced at him, only to feel that his whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of blood, and the evil spirit was overwhelming, so he flinched back involuntarily.Luo Jing didn't notice his operation, only glanced at the brazier, then opened his arms and asked Biquan to change his clothes.Biquan just met him outside the tent, and seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, he asked with a smile, "Your master is rewarded by the commander, so happy?"

Luo Jing laughed: "What kind of reward is it? It's just that the commander-in-chief is about to launch an ambush. Besides, you didn't change your mind when I told you to call the general in the camp?"

Seeing that he was in a happy mood, Biquan dared to say a few more words, and said with a smile: "When it comes to fighting, the general is so happy."

Luo Jing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Naturally! These northern barbarians have invaded every year, burning, killing and looting. Now, if we want to kill their arrogance, we should let them suffer! Fortunately, we came back in time and caught up with this A battle! Look, this time I'm going to bring you back the head of a general!"

He spoke so excitedly and naturally, Shen Mobai couldn't help shivering on the side, stretched out his hand to pinch the bodhi pearl in his clothes, and recited the Buddha's mantra in his heart several times before he felt better.Biquan changed Luo Jing's clothes, walked over to feel that the blanket beside the brazier had dried up, pulled out a blanket and spread it on the bed, saying: "General, take a rest, we still have a few hours before dinner."

Luo Jing came all the way to push the cart with the sergeants to open the road. He was indeed tired. The blanket had just been baked and warm, and his eyelids felt a little heavy. He immediately fell on the bed and said, "Get my light armor ready. , wake me up in an hour."

Biquan agreed, and dragged Shen Mobai out: "The general wants to rest, come with me."

Shen Mobai was dragged out by him again in a daze, and brought to a narrower and simpler tent behind.Biquan searched here and there, found a few blankets and threw them to him: "You sleep here. I'll get your luggage for you later. This is a military camp, you are not allowed to wander around, especially at night, if you are caught The patrolman took it as a spy and hacked it up, and no one will save you." Then, he took out a set of cowhide light armor, sat on the ground and wiped it carefully.Shen Mobai hugged the blanket in a daze for a moment, then said: "Is there... a fire?"

Biquan sneered without raising his head: "Only the generals have fire in their tents. It's not the twelfth lunar month, so what kind of fire do you want?"

Shen Mobai didn't dare to say another word, and silently picked out a place among the sundries in the tent and spread the blanket by himself.This tent was where Biquan lived, but he was probably resting in Luo Jing's tent, there were sundries piled up here, plus no one came to clean it up for several months, it was covered with a layer of dust, and some things were even moldy.Shen Mobai really couldn't bear to see it, after spreading out the blanket, he packed up his things.Seeing his diligence, Biquan's face softened a little, and he wiped his leather armor and said: "I tell you, I always hate these ghost stories, this time it's because it concerns the deceased old lady, so I believe you Yes. Although you are here, don't mention these pretentious things in front of the master. As long as you don't upset the master, you won't be treated badly."

Shen Mobai argued: "I never pretended to be a ghost. The matter of supporting the spirit was witnessed by the general with his own eyes. Since he believed it, even he thought it was true, and I didn't make it up."

Biquan thought of the weird situation that night, and he couldn't help but ponder in his heart.People in the army are used to seeing life and death, so who would believe those ghosts and gods, but he had indeed witnessed the incident that night with his own eyes, so he couldn't refute it for a while, so he said: "You just need to listen to me and don't talk too much. "

Shen Mobai thought of Luo Jing's angry appearance, and felt a little afraid in his heart, so he nodded immediately: "Thank you for your warning, my lord."

He was gentle, gentle and courteous, and it was difficult for Biquan to get angry with him. Then he thought about how his general dragged his life to the frontier to endure hardship, regardless of whether he wanted to or not. After a long time, he said, "You live in Zhongshan with your master, what about your parents?"

Shen Mobai shook his head and said, "I don't have parents."

Biquan himself suffered from the early death of his parents, and thought of Shen Mobai as an orphan, he couldn't help getting closer, nodded and said: "So you are also a poor person."

Shen Mobai thought for a while, and said: "Is it pitiful to have no father or mother? Isn't it also very pitiful for the snakes and insects in the mountains to not know their parents?"

Biquan was dumbfounded, and after a while he said angrily: "That's a beast, are you comparing people to beasts?"

Shen Mobai hesitated and said, "All beings are equal..."

Biquan felt that what Shen Mobai said was simply not human, regretted that he wanted to get close to him just now, lowered his head to wipe the leather armor, and ignored him again.Shen Mobai saw that he was silent, so he stopped talking, packed his things, and was very tired, and it was difficult to sleep in front of Biquan, so he had to sit against the tent.Feeling his body getting cold, he couldn't help pulling the blanket around him, and gradually fell asleep.In my dream, I went back to the Zhongshan temple, the master was still sitting in front of the wooden fish as before, and when I chanted the Buddha's name, I still didn't forget to turn around and tell: "Mo'er, put a little more vegetable oil in the cabbage, it tastes better..." And He was angry and funny: "Master, it is a violation of the precepts to eat and drink." So the master raised the gavel and hit him on the head...

Shen Mobai woke up suddenly, it turned out that it was not the mallet, but his own head that hit the tent.Biquan came in from the outside, took a bowl of brown rice with a few salted radishes covered on it, and put it in front of his eyes: "Eat as soon as you can. When the general comes back from victory, there will be a tooth festival in the camp. You can eat something good. "

When Shen Mobai was on the mountain, he was used to vegetables and rice, so it was nothing, and he was hungry, so he ate as soon as he picked it up.Seeing that he was eating deliciously, Biquan snorted softly, looked out of the camp with a worried look on his face.Shen Mobai followed him to look out, the sky was already dark: "Where did General Luo go?"

Biquan glanced at him: "You fell into a deep sleep, the general has already set off, and you are still sleeping like a dead pig!"

Shen Mobai didn't know about the world, but he had seen pigs in the farmhouse, and he felt that the fat ones were cute, and they were indeed invulnerable when they slept, so they didn't realize how serious the phrase "dead pig" was, and continued to eat.Biquan stabbed him, seeing that he didn't respond at all, he couldn't say anything more.For some reason, he always disliked Shen Mobai.Firstly, I don't like his words that see gods and ghosts, and secondly, I don't like his gentle appearance.He wandered around since he was a child, and all he saw were people in the streets and alleys. Later, when he followed Luo Jing, he saw rough men in the military camp again. He couldn't explain why he always felt a bit stabbing in Shen Mobai's delicate and gentle attitude.Just now, I felt that being an orphan had a bit of sympathy, but I was completely dismissed by his nonsense, and I didn't like this person even more.But at this time Luo Jing went to battle, his life was at the knife's edge, his heart was like frying while waiting alone, it would be better if one more person said a few words.So I don't go out, just walk back and forth in the camp.

Shen Mobai was eating, seeing Biquan's anxious appearance, he freed up one hand to pinch his fingers and said: "You don't have to worry, the general will be fine."

Biquan shot him a look: "You know again? Say these sarcastic remarks!"

Shen Mobai said softly: "The general is indeed fine, and he will surely return with a big victory this time. I'm not cool, I just figured it out."

Biquan couldn't believe it, he sneered, and just about to sneer, someone outside the tent laughed and said: "So Mr. Shen also understands divination and calculation." The tent door was opened, but it was the left deputy general who walked in.

Biquan used to dislike this person.Zuo Mu has been with Ding Lancha for four or five years, and he has little time to charge into battle. He often calculates "wartime" for Ding Lancha, and sometimes he even has to calculate where to send troops, which is ridiculous.However, the soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous, and everyone goes to the battlefield with their heads up. They would rather believe it, and they all say that he has good fortune.Ding Lancha also trusts him very much, and he counts any military achievements, so his promotion is quite fast.Only Luo Jing didn't believe him.One time, Zuo Mu's calculation was unfavorable, but Luo Jing insisted that the opportunity to fight was fleeting, so he insisted on leading the army alone, but he returned with a small victory.Although it was a small victory, it also violated Zuo Mu's words, so he was even more regarded as a confuse.The two have always been at odds with each other, although Zuo Mu still looks happy in front of him, he has never had any personal friendship with Luo Jing, it is unprecedented to come to the camp like this.

Although Biquan hated him, but he was only Luo Jing's personal follower, Zuo Mu was a lieutenant general, despite his status, even though he was disdainful in his heart, he could only stand up and salute on the surface: "General Zuo."

Zuo Mu smiled and nodded, but looked at Shen Mobai: "I don't know if Mr. Shen is studying Zhouyi, astrology or tortoise divination?"

Shen Mobai was still holding the rice bowl in his hand, hesitantly shook his head and said, "Neither of them."

Zuo Mu was very curious: "Then what kind of calculation technique does Mr. Shen practice?"

Shen Mobai lowered his head, and after a while he said in a low voice: "When the teacher was dying, he entrusted him not to tell outsiders. Please don't blame Mr. Zuo."

There was a slight disappointment in Zuo Mu's eyes, but he still had a slight smile on his face: "Mr. Shen is too polite." He chatted with him.Shen Mobai seldom talked to him like this, and he was answering something seriously, but seeing Bi Quan's expression of hesitation, he gradually swallowed the words back.Zuo Mu realized that it was not good to stay for a long time, so after saying a few words, he left.As soon as he stepped out of the tent, Biquan snatched Shen Mobai's job bowl and put it on the table with a cold face: "I told you not to talk to this person, don't you have ears?"

Shen Mobai was silent.Biquan was about to scold him a few more words, when he suddenly heard the commotion outside, he immediately swallowed back the last words, pricked up his ears to listen carefully, and suddenly jumped up: "It's the general who is back!" He was just about to greet him out of the tent Go, the sound of horseshoes, already outside the tent.Luo Jing lifted the curtain and strode in, threw the things in his hand at Biquan's feet: "Here, promise your head!"

Biquan jumped forward with a cheer: "The general has won a big victory?"

Luo Jing's armor was splattered with mud and blood, and his face was smeared so that people could not distinguish between ghosts and ghosts, but he was full of spirit: "Naturally! The commander-in-chief's clever plan is to use fake grain trucks to lure the barbarians into the quagmire, and drive their former troops into the quagmire." Killed a loser, and broke it in half! That head belonged to the former general."

Biquan didn't care much about this head, but was busy checking Luo Jing up and down: "The general is injured!"

Luo Jing moved his arm nonchalantly: "It's just a flesh wound. This battle has killed the Beiman's spirit, so it's a joy!"

Shen Mobai huddled in the corner of the tent, the head was thrown to the ground by Luo Jing, and it just rolled in front of him, the bloody and broken neck was facing him, a pair of eyes protruded, so terrifying, it made him look smart Shivering, he stretched out his hand to pinch the bodhi bead on his chest, and began to recite scriptures in a low voice.Luo Jing caught a glimpse and raised his eyebrows: "What are you mumbling about?"

Shen Mobai whispered: "The curse of rebirth..."

Luo Jing's face darkened, he pushed Biquan away and strode over, picked up Shen Mobai: "You recite the mantra for him?"

Shen Mobai grew up in the mountains since he was a child, and all he saw besides the master and the woodcutter were pheasants and wild deer. After going down the mountain, he lived in Luofu by accident, because he could stop the young master from crying at night, and the whole house went up and down. They were all polite to him, but they never knew the dangers in the world, let alone aroused fear.It's just that since he met Luo Jing, he really understood the meaning of the word fear.At this moment, Luo Jing's gaze was cold, and the blood was still splashed on his face. In his eyes, he was like a hungry wolf in the night. He couldn't help but feel fear in his heart, and whispered: "The man is dead..."

Luo Jing shoved him to the ground: "Do you know that these northern barbarians attacked my border, plundered my women, killed my people, and robbed me of my wealth! I wish I could kill them all, but you read to them What a rebirth curse! What kindness and love! You clearly don't know what is good or bad! Biquan!"

Biquan quickly responded: "General—"

"Take him to a prisoner camp and lock him up with those northern barbarians! Lock him up for a few days, and when he sees someone come and recite the mantra for him!"

Biquan responded, and came up to drag Shen Mobai up, but hesitantly said: "General...the graveyard of the old lady..."

Luo Jing also hesitated for a moment, then remembered that everyone was rushing to fight, but this person recited the mantra of rebirth for the enemy, and said in a deep voice: "Drag it on! Maybe we won't find someone who understands Feng Shui again!"

Seeing what he said, Biquan dragged Shen Mobai outside without hesitation.Just as he walked to the tent door, suddenly a soldier rushed in: "General, general! The commander summoned all the generals to the tent of the Chinese army as soon as possible. An imperial envoy has arrived!"

Luo Jing raised his eyebrows: "Imperial envoy?"

The soldier's face was serious: "Yes. They are here to issue an order to cease fighting."

Luo Jing raised his eyebrows: "A truce? Why a truce!"

The personal soldier shook his head: "This subordinate only heard a few words vaguely outside the tent. It seems that the commander-in-chief had a dispute with the imperial envoy. Others, this subordinate did not hear."

Luo Jing didn't care about Shen Mobai at this time, rushed out of the tent and went straight to the Chinese army's big tent.Before the others arrived, only Ding Lancha was pacing back and forth in the tent.Luo Jing didn't care about anything, he saluted and said: "General, I heard that the imperial envoy is here?"

Ding Lancha smiled wryly: "Did you hear what it said at six o'clock? Yes, not only did the imperial envoys come, but they also came to issue a truce and declare us to return to Beijing."

Luo Jing said urgently: "We obviously won the battle, and we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and teach the Beiman a good lesson. Why do we have to stop fighting and return to Beijing at this time?"

Ding Lancha looked exhausted: "You don't know something. Some people in Beijing wrote that our army is short of food and grass, and we will not be able to fight for a long time. If we are defeated, the enemy will be driven straight in. Why not propose a truce at this time, spend some money, buy quiet Please be safe."

Luo Jing only felt a wave of anger rushing straight to his chest: "Bastard! Which bastard's book is this! Buy Jingqiuan, buy Jingqiuan, send the people at my border to buy Jingqiuan! General, you will be outside, Your order is not accepted, we will not return to Beijing!"

Ding Lancha smiled wryly and shook his head: "If you treat me like that, you are willing to give up halfway? But we are at the border, and the food and grass are the heaviest. You are raising food on the spot in the states near the border this time, and someone is obstructing it. Going deep into the enemy's rear, the other side will cut off our food and grass... Although joining the army is to prepare horse leather shrouds, but knowing that it is not good, I teach these tens of thousands of soldiers to die, which is not what I want. Fortunately, we have a big victory at this time. If we go to talk about peace again, the northern barbarians will definitely not refuse. Although it is known that these barbarians have no trust, they will come again next year at the latest, when the straw is yellow and the horse is fat, but at least the border will be stable for a year or so."

Luo Jing's disappointment was palpable: "But for a year and a half... the people at the border border donated food and clothing to our army. Is it for the safety of the year and a half?"

Ding Lancha motioned him to keep quiet, and heard no movement outside the tent, then said in a low voice, "Do you know who the person blocking the battle is?"

Luo Jing had an idea, and said in a low voice: "Could it be... King Zheng?"

Ding Lancha sneered and said, "Of course it's not him himself, but his confidant—Bi Anping, Lianghuai Liangdao."

Speaking of the name Zheng Wang Zhao Qi, everyone in this dynasty knows everyone.He was favored by the late emperor since he was a child, and he is capable of both civil and military skills. If it wasn't for his mother's humble background, he might be the one sitting on the dragon throne now.Although the first emperor abided by the ancestral precepts and established the eldest son as the crown prince, he made him the king of Zheng, made him the fief of Zhengzhou, the richest city in the dynasty, and gave him the right to have 500 relatives in the army.Today, he has a gentle temperament, and this court puts filial brother first, so he has a lot of trust in this brother, so that although King Zheng has no real power in the court, he has the ability to call the wind and rain, and now he has extended his hand to the border war. It's unpredictable.

Luo Jing was silent for a moment, then said: "Commander, is this the only thing..."

Ding Lancha cheered up: "No. It's just that we are too far away from the emperor at this time, so we can't speak. When we return to the capital, the commander-in-chief will go to the emperor face-to-face, prepare our troops, and fight again in the next year!"