Scorching

Leng Zhuo has been watching the troops led by Xia Runie drifting away, standing on the tower, unwilling to leave.From the moment Nangong Mo passed away, Leng Zhuo knew that the court was about to change, and Xia Runei could no longer be by his side.Leng Zhuo sighed softly, the hand holding the jade flute trembled slightly, Bai Feng and the others were still playing this morning, and wanted to take over the western affairs, but Leng Zhuo had already planned, whether it was Jingguo or the Bai family, Nie'er, who of them I can't even touch you, even if it's your enemy and someone I admire.

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After Xia Runie and others left the imperial city, they rushed to the west at high speed. They stopped several times on the way and were attacked. Fortunately, there was no loss.Fifteen days later, Xia Runie and others arrived in the west smoothly, but there were many familiar faces among the people who greeted them.

"Ru Nie, long time no see, don't come here without any problems." A warm voice sounded, caressing Xia Ru Nie like a spring breeze in this September sky, the tiredness caused by the rush for many days seemed to gradually fade away with the passing of the voice. disappear.This voice is so familiar.Xia Runie's lips moved, and she couldn't make a sound for a long time, she didn't know how to address the person, "Don't mind going over, just call me 'Shu Yuan'."

Qi Shuyuan smiled slightly, looking at the disbelief in Xia Runie's eyes, his admiration for Leng Zhuan grew a little more in his heart.Would you rather be hated and hated than let go easily?

Among the people who greeted them were Qi Shuyuan, Ren Yi, Xing Zhi, and other generals who had followed Xia Ruene, as well as several capable generals of Nangong Mo, all of whom were well-known to Xia Ruene. He was deeply moved, he never thought that Leng Zhuo would arrange Qi Shuyuan and others here.He used two years of freedom in exchange for the lives of Qi Shuyuan and Qi Shuhan, just hoping that they would not lose their lives. After all, they passed him by, and they were still so young, but how could he have expected that Leng Zhuo was not only harmless? Instead, they appointed them. Although the affairs in the west were heavy, it was still a fortress of the Ye Kingdom. What's more, the scenery here was so beautiful.Compared with being the lord of a country, Qi Shuyuan is more suitable to live here and be a counselor.

Xia Runie nodded to Qi Shuyuan, then walked in front of those old generals, bowed and said, "My adoptive father passed away, and I wish the seniors mourn. Adoptive father, he will die without complaint!" Everyone in the west , as early as five days ago, he knew about Nangong Mo's martyrdom. Several old generals who had fought with Nangong Mo for decades even fell ill sadly.

"General, people's lives and deaths depend on their own destiny. What's more, Nangong Mo died with the enemy and did not live alone. We are proud of him." Although the voices of several old generals were old, they were strangely powerful. Iron-boned generals would rather die than submit, "General, get in."

inside the tent.

Xia Runei sat where Nangong Mo used to sit, looking at the things on the case, the familiar handwriting reminded Xia Runei of missing Nangong Mo: "Shu Yuan, tell me about the current situation."

"Yes." Qi Shuyuan walked to the case, pointed to the map on the table and said, "Our army confronted the enemy in three places, and the most intense one was the army in the middle of the grassland, which was from the Tamu tribe. The other two places we fought against the enemy. The army has a slight advantage, but [-] days ago, these foreigners got the support of Yasukuni. Our army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties. But the strange thing is that the enemy did not take the opportunity to break through the border seal of our country, but stationed in place. During this period, Many generals of our army were either captured, killed or wounded and returned.”

"The Yasukuni has always been independent and does not provide any foreign military aid. What do you want to do by supporting the foreign race this time?" Xia Runie frowned and asked in a low voice, "Who is the leader?"

"Lu Moya, the fourth prince of Jingguo. This man is extremely good at fighting and has great ingenuity. Unfortunately, he is a concubine and has not been favored by the emperor of Jingguo." Qi Shuyuan answered eloquently. Obviously, he has been investigating for a long time.

Xia Runei wanted to ask something else, but was interrupted by a voice outside: "Report! Yasukuni suddenly increased its troops and attacked our defense line with all its strength. Our army was invincible and retreated steadily."

After hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Xia Runie, waiting for his order.

"Xue Ye, you and a few veteran generals will bring 1000 troops to the western battlefield for support."

"Order."

"Ren Yi, Xing Zhi, you two and the rest of the generals will lead 1000 troops to the east for support."

"Yes."

"Xuehen, Shu Yuan, you two will follow me to the frontal battlefield to see what Yasukuni is capable of."

"it is good."

……

Prairie Central.

The two armies fought hard, but the soldiers of Ye State retreated steadily due to heavy casualties and a sharp drop in numbers.

"General, the soldiers are unable to defend against the enemy, what should we do?" After killing an enemy, a soldier rushed to the side of the general who was still fighting.

"Don't worry, other generals will come to support you." If Xia Runie was here, he would definitely recognize the owner of this voice, it was Qi Shuhan.

"Kill!" As soon as Qi Shuhan finished speaking, he heard the roar of the army from behind, Qi Shuhan turned his head, and the soldiers ran past him with high spirits.And behind these soldiers are Qi Shuyuan and Xia Runei.Qi Shuhan didn't greet them, but continued to kill the enemy.Xia Runie's appearance naturally attracted Lu Moya's attention.

"Nangong Mo is dead, but such a young man is sent here. Is there no one left in Ye Kingdom?" Lu Moya was riding on the horse, watching from a distance, but as if he suddenly thought of something, he immediately ordered, "Withdraw the troops."

"Yes."

Yasukuni withdrew its troops, but Ye Kingdom felt no joy.

Xia Runie and the others returned to the camp with heavy complexions, but saw a woman at the entrance of the tent, with a sly gleam in her nimble eyes.The woman turned her head and saw Qi Shuyuan and Qi Shuhan following a stranger. Although she was puzzled, she didn't ask any questions when she saw the dignified faces of these people, but when she thought of the purpose of her coming, she ran up to them again, wanting to speak but not asking. end.

"What's the matter?" Qi Shuyuan asked softly, and at the same time Qi Shuhan explained to Xia Runei on the other side: "She is called Su Enxi, and she is a descendant of the Su family in Yunguo. She has helped us, so..." Xia Runei listened After explaining this, he nodded slightly to Su Enxi as a signal.

"That..." Su Enxi struggled several times before she spoke, "There is a shortage of food and grass, and it can last up to ten days."

"What?" Qi Shuhan asked, but Xia Runei and Qi Shuyuan didn't show anything after hearing this.

Xia Runie said in a clear voice, "Miss Laosu is here." Then she entered the tent.Qi Shuyuan said to Su Enxi: "Don't worry, go down and rest first." Then he entered the tent with Qi Shuhan.

Su Enxi glanced at the tent worriedly, then walked back to her residence slowly.

"Ru Nie, what about the food and grass?" Qi Shuyuan immediately had a worried look in his eyes after entering the camp.

"Don't worry, the food and grass will arrive within five days. Recently, more troops will be sent to patrol the transportation route to prevent the enemy from attacking." Xia Runie smiled lightly. After hearing the news, Qi Shuyuan and Qi Shuhan also breathed a sigh of relief. The two looked at each other, seeing joy in each other's eyes.

"Shu Yuan, that girl..." Xia Runie put aside other matters temporarily and asked.

"Huh? Enxi." Qi Shuyuan didn't realize that whenever Su Enxi was mentioned, there was always such a strong smile on the corner of his mouth.

a month ago.

Qi Shuyuan went into the city to purchase military supplies, and after all the purchases were completed, the sun was already setting, so he planned to stay overnight in an inn.

"The shopkeeper, come to the room." Qi Shuyuan took out the broken silver, put it on the cabinet hall, took the key from the shopkeeper, and was about to go.

"Treasurer, come to a room." An energetic female voice sounded.

"Sorry, girl, the last room was just occupied by this gentleman." The shopkeeper pointed at Qi Shuyuan's back embarrassedly.

"Young master." Qi Shuyuan naturally heard the conversation between the woman and the shopkeeper, and before he could turn around in the future, he felt his sleeve robe being pulled.Turning around, a very cute girl who was only seventeen or eighteen years old came into view. The woman looked at Qi Shuyuan beggingly, "Can you give me the room?"

Qi Shuyuan looked at the woman for a while, then smiled softly and said, "Here's the key." After speaking, he turned and left.

When the woman came to her senses and ran to the door of the inn, she found that Qi Shuyuan had already gone far away, and shouted, "Master, your rent!"

Qi Shuyuan waved his hand, but the woman was stunned, the amethyst jade bracelet on her wrist... The woman's eyes widened in disbelief.

From that day on, the woman searched for Qi Shuyuan everywhere, and finally found Qi Shuyuan's figure in a forest one day.Just about to go up to say hello, but found that Qi Shuyuan and others were lying in ambush there, waiting for something.

The woman ran along the path to the forest at the end of the country. After running not far, she found an army escorting food and grass. Although these people were dressed in ordinary clothes, they didn't look like people from Ye Kingdom.The woman thought again that this road leads to the Yasukuni Barracks, so she immediately understood.The woman rolled her eyes, took out a porcelain vase and a pair of flints from her waist, and tied the porcelain vase with a rope to hang it on the tree beside the road that the team must pass not far away. After everything was ready, she gently Fired the rope.

The woman ran away quickly, and soon heard a "boom", followed by the panic of the enemy's rescue supplies. She was happy, but found that Qi Shuyuan and others had rushed from the mountain road.Qi Shuyuan was also taken aback when he saw the woman, but when he thought of the noise just now, he ordered someone to investigate, while he walked up to the woman: "Girl, we meet again."

"Ah, it's you, what a coincidence, heh...heh." The woman tried her best to hide her embarrassment with a smile.

"Brother, all the food and grass of the enemy army have been burned." Qi Shuhan ran back to Qi Shuyuan's side to report, but when he turned his head and saw the woman, he shouted, "Su Enxi, why are you here?"

"Ah?" Su Enxi smiled helplessly, "Ah...you are here too." The corners of her eyes twitched again following the words.

"Shu Han, who is this?" Qi Shuyuan looked at Qi Shuhan, waiting for his answer.

"She is Prime Minister Su's wife. You have seen her a few times before, she is the one who pushed me into the river!" Qi Shuhan said through gritted teeth.When he thought of what Su Enxi had done to him, he became furious.

Qi Shuyuan tried hard to recall, but had no memory: "Sorry, Miss Su."

"It's okay, it's normal that you don't remember me, but you must remember my brother, he often mentions you to me." Su Enxi gave Qi Shuhan a slash, then smiled, "Just call me 'Enxi' .”

……

"Persuaded her to go home many times, but she refused, so I had no choice but to keep her in the camp. When I have a chance in the future, I will personally send her home." Qi Shuyuan said helplessly.

"A very energetic girl." Xia Runie replied.Looking at Qi Shuyuan's expression, Xia Runie breathed a sigh of relief. If Qi Shuyuan and Qi Shuhan could find their home, he would be happy for them from the bottom of his heart.

Yasukuni Barracks.

"Fifth brother, how is it?" Sitting in his tent, Lu Moya asked the person in front of him.

"As the fourth brother said, the one who will take over from Nangong Mo is his adopted son Xia Runei, that is to say..." Before the fifth prince could finish speaking, Lu Moya signaled him not to continue.

"Leng Zhuo is really willing to part with it." Lu Moya's face was slightly grim in the dark tent, "Go and rest first."

……

"Shu Yuan, have we never won the confrontation with Yasukuni?" Xia Ru'ne turned to the formal topic again and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, what's the problem?" Qi Shuyuan and Qi Shuhan sat opposite Xia Runing, Xuehen and the newly returned Xue Ye stood behind Xia Runing.

"I'm here to take over the post of adoptive father. Presumably, Yasukuni has learned about it and will definitely investigate my details carefully. With Lu Moya's ambition, he will find ways to quickly defeat our army. If I don't expect it, within seven days , Yasukuni will definitely send troops again and let our army win a complete victory." Xia Runei analyzed carefully, looked at their puzzled eyes, and added, "The purpose is to wipe out our army in one go, so as to threaten the court and even Drive straight in from the west and capture the imperial capital!"

"What do you mean?" Qi Shuhan said impatiently, but was stopped by Qi Shuyuan.Several people lowered their voices carefully.

"If that's the case, let's do it this way..." Xia Runie arranged for the four people present, and did not forget to ask some details.

It was already late at night after Xia Runie finished the arrangement.He paced to the entrance of his camp, but stopped suddenly, and the bright white moonlight shone down, making the armor glisten.Xia Runie looked up at the moon, and what she thought of was coldness.

For Xia Runie, he is very unaccustomed to the days without coldness, but he never and would not admit it.Lengzhuo is the sun, bringing endless light and warmth to Xia Runie.Sudden departure, although harmless, is nostalgia, the familiar atmosphere and temperature have already been deeply burned into Xia Ru's bones, no matter what, he can't forget it.Also, it took him three years to realize Leng Zhuo's meticulous care and love. After leaving Ye Kingdom for three years, even though they met each other again, they ridiculed each other. There are also sins.

People in the world often say that there is no woman who can not love the emperor's favor, but it is a pity that all of Leng Zhuo's love is only given to Xia Ruxie.And Xia Runie is also sinking continuously.

In fact, Xia Runie didn't know how to treat Leng Zhuo all the time, because they all bear different fates. Even if he could stay by Leng Zhuo's side, even if Leng Zhuo had always treated him so well, it's a pity that it's not like Xia Ruo Ru Nie; but, even if it doesn't matter, Leng Zhuo will definitely not let Xia Ru Nie down, and he will never betray him; but later, due to a combination of circumstances, the couple who love each other go their separate ways.