The Rebirth Of The General Who Always Sees Himself As A Replacement

Two days later, Gu Heyan and Mu Zhiming bid farewell to everyone in the barracks, and headed east day and night, one by one, and met a post station on the way, rested there for a night, set off again in the early morning of the next day, and walked until evening, crossed the An oasis behind the Gobi Desert suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

Looking down from a high place, you can see a huge crescent-shaped clear lake, and a small city hidden in the populus euphratica forest. The vegetation here is lush and full of vitality.

Mu Zhiming and Gu Heyan reined in their horses and looked from a distance, Mu Zhiming said: "It should be here."

"En." Gu Heyan nodded.

Mu Zhiming said: "This place is bigger than I imagined."

Gu Heyan said: "It's not like a village, it's like a town."

Mu Zhiming nodded: "That's right, let's go and have a look."

The two rode their horses to the lake, and met a woman fetching water by the lake. Her clothes were unique, similar to the brocade clothes of the Jin Dynasty, but the furs and braids used to keep warm were somewhat like the clothes of the Gouji Kingdom. Mu Zhiming and Gu Heyan looked at each other, they got off their horses in tacit agreement, and walked towards the woman while holding the reins.

The woman poured the water into five or six large leather bags, put her hips on her hips, breathed lightly, wiped off her sweat, tied up all the water bags with hemp rope, and was ready to take them home, when she heard a buzzing sound in her ear. The sound of the horse, the woman looked up in confusion, and saw two handsome young men walking towards her.

A young man dressed in plain white brocade clothes and a cloak with crane dance and cloud patterns walked faster, stood in front of her in a few steps, and saluted politely: "Girl, may I ask if there is an inn or something in the village ahead?"

The woman seemed to be used to seeing travelers from far away, she was not afraid of strangers, she asked kindly with a smile: "I don't know why the two young masters came here?"

Mu Zhiming replied: "I came here to collect herbs. I heard that there is a herb called "Locking Soul" growing near the border. My friend's father is seriously ill and needs this herb to treat his illness."

"So that's how it is." The woman nodded, "Since the war between the two countries started, there have been no herbal pickers here for a long time. There is a small inn in the town, but it has been idle for several months. Let me take the two young masters there. .”

"Thank you very much." Mu Zhiming cupped his hands in thanks, "Miss, please put the water bag on our horses, we will show our gratitude."

The woman did not refuse: "Then trouble the two young masters."

Mu Zhiming said that he would not bother, and stepped forward to carry the water bags for the girl. Gu Heyan passed him without saying a word, and easily picked up the water bags and put them on his horse's back.

The three of them walked towards the town along the crescent-shaped lake. Looking from a distance, they could see the smoke from the cooking on the loess-built houses in the Populus euphratica forest, quiet and peaceful. Mu Zhiming said with emotion: "This place is so close to Gouji. Not long after Da Jin and Gou Ji just broke up and fought, how can this place be so clean?"

The woman said: "It is only because it is close to Gouji that it can be clean! The bandits are afraid of Gouji and are afraid of encountering soldiers from other races, so they never dare to come here to harass."

"Didn't people from the Goji clan come to plunder?" Mu Zhiming wondered.

"They won't come, we have that stone." The woman replied with a smile.

Mu Zhiming and Gu Heyan looked at each other, becoming more and more puzzled: "Stone?"

"Yes." The woman nodded, "That stone."

Saying that the three of them had walked to the front of the town, the woman pointed to a place: "It's that stone."

Mu Zhiming and Gu Heyan looked there together, and saw a large stone about one person tall and two wide standing in front of the low loess city gate. There were many characters engraved on the stone, but the stone seemed to stand here. Over the years, those words have been eroded by yellow sand and wind, and have become blurred.

"As long as there is this stone, the Goji people will not come here to plunder." The woman said firmly.

"But... how can a stone resist foreign plunder?" Mu Zhiming was puzzled.

"I don't know about that." The woman shook her head, "I heard that a hundred-year-old woman in the village knew about it, but when someone asked her, she just repeated things like how the world has changed, whether this time is not that time, and then began to sigh, Seems to be thinking of something sad."

Mu Zhiming looked at the big rock while listening to the woman's words, seeing that there was nothing strange about it, he was really confused, but he had no clue for a while, so he had to follow the woman into the town first.

The three of them first sent the water bag to the woman's house, and then the woman led them to the inn.

It is said to be an inn, but it is actually a simple two-story loess kiln house. The owner has had no customers for several months and has been closed for a long time.

Mu Zhiming and Gu Heyan arrived here in the evening. After the boss finished cleaning up, it was already the dead of night. Mu Zhiming sat at the wooden table and yawned with his head on one hand. The boss quickly came down from the second floor, friendly and enthusiastic. Said: "Guest officers, the room has been tidied up. You two have been waiting for a long time. Go and rest."

"Excuse me, where is the room?" Mu Zhiming stood up.

The boss replied: "Go upstairs and turn left and the first room is there."

Gu Heyan frowned slightly: "A room?"

The boss nodded: "Guest officer, don't worry, our room is very big, and there are two beds."

Gu Heyan fell silent.

Mu Zhiming saw that he looked strange, thinking that he didn't want to live in a room with him: "Brother He, if you hate living with others, then you go to rest first, I'll wait and let the boss clean up another room. "

Gu Heyan raised his eyes and glanced at Mu Zhiming, then stood up: "No...it's okay..."

After rushing for two days, Mu Zhiming and Gu Heyan were both tired and didn't talk much anymore. After arriving at the room, they closed their clothes and went to bed. When Mu Zhiming woke up the next morning, he found that Gu Heyan was not in the room. Lu got up to tie her hair in doubt, and was about to go downstairs to look for Gu Heyan when the door was pushed open and Gu Heyan walked into the room with a basin of clear water.

"Brother He, where have you been?" Mu Zhiming asked him with a smile.

"Look around." Gu Heyan lowered his eyes and put the basin of clear water on the wooden table, "You can use this water to wash up."

"Thank you, Brother He." Mu Zhiming thanked him again and again, and when he walked to the basin of clear water, he realized that the water was actually warm, neither cold nor hot, just the most comfortable temperature.

Mu Zhiming was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Gu Heyan, but after Gu Heyan put down the basin of clear water, he sat on the edge of the bed and wiped his sword with him, as if he didn't want to talk to him, so Mu Zhiming could only look away angrily.

After washing and tidying up, the innkeeper delivered breakfast, warm millet porridge and pancakes, and they were able to refresh themselves for the day. The two went downstairs to find the innkeeper, and asked about the big stone next to the city gate The innkeeper shook his head and said, "I only know that the Goji people will never come to the village to plunder because of that stone, but I really don't know why."

Mu Zhiming thanked him, bid farewell to the innkeeper, and said to Gu Heyan, "Brother He, according to what you see, why can a stone resist foreign plunder?"

Gu Heyan shook his head.

Mu Zhiming smiled and said: "I'm also confused, why don't we go to Shitou to have a look together, how about it?"

Gu Heyan replied: "Okay."