Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Outside the Great Wall, in the "black land" that has been burned every year, the fresh buds of pasture protrude from under the thin snow that is about to melt.Yunnei Pingchuan, north of Hetao and south of Yinshan Mountain, ushered in the first rain in the early spring of the second year of Qinghe.

This rain brought vitality to the cultivated fields of the "Little Jiangnan outside the Great Wall", but it inevitably delayed the progress of the construction of Xinyun Inner City.Not only were the busy Beimo soldiers able to rest, but the Han cartographers and craftsmen who participated in the construction of the city also sought shelter from the rain.

When Xieyang, a herdsman, was driving his flock of sheep past the city wall, a Han Chinese cartographer in cape cape and hat bought goat milk for him to drink.

"A bowl of freshly squeezed ram's milk." The man spoke fluent Beimo dialect, and stuffed the copper plate into his hand.

Xie Yang was stunned, carefully scrutinized half of the other party's face hidden under the bamboo hat, and said in a broken voice, "Qian—"

Lou Yexue raised her face slightly, and nodded to him.

Xie Yang immediately took him away from the city wall, entered his tent, and hurriedly said: "Why did Mr. Qian suddenly appear in Yunnei City? Still dressed like this."

Lou Yexue didn't answer, but instead asked him: "How did you come back?"

So Xieyang exposed his identity because he was in a hurry to send a message to the Jingbei Army and failed to save the sheep. He was chased and killed by the Oirat cavalry all the way, and he was wounded and fled to the frozen glacier. The stories of those who were rescued by them are described one by one.

At the end he said: "After he recovered from his injury, he left the Dou Narrow Valley camp, intending to continue lurking in the Oirat army, but he dared not go back to his original team, so he went to seek refuge with his relatives living in Qile and Lin, thinking that maybe he would recommend him. It will be safer. Unexpectedly, when I first arrived in the capital, I heard that Hu Guyan had defected, and Altan and His Royal Highness King Yu were fighting hard, so I followed the army going south to this Yunnei Pingchuan, and found a sheep herder in the army Errand."

Lou Yexue stared at the Yebushou ranger in Beimo's skin, judging how much trust he deserved, and then said after a while: "I'm here to rescue Huo Dun. He's still in the prisoner camp? This time Al Frank led the army to go south , Did you also bring the prisoner camp?"

"I didn't bring a prisoner camp. But Huo Zongqi is indeed in the Wala Army."

"How to say?"

Xie Yang showed an indescribable expression. "It's said that President Huo's banner has descended to Beimo, but the chief guard of the king's tent, Wudan, didn't believe him, so he asked Al Tan to put it under his command, and sent people to watch it all the time." He hesitated, and asked He said, "Lord Qian Zong, did Huo Zongqi really surrender to the enemy?"

...a single-minded fool!Did you think that I left Qi Le and Lin in order to drive a wedge between Hu Guyan and Al Tan, and abandoned him, so I arbitrarily launched the original plan to surrender without any response?Lou Yexue closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and quickly opened her eyes: "It's not true. But the situation is changing rapidly, and now it's not the right time for him to use his trick of false surrender. Without me to pave the way for him, not only Wu Dan would not believe it, Altan will never believe him either. He must leave the Oirat army immediately to avoid being killed by Odan."

Xie Yang said anxiously: "Then how should we rescue Huo Zongqi?"

Lou Yexue asked: "Go and find out first, where is his residence, and who does Wu Dan send to monitor him?"

Xie Yang took the order and left.Half a day later, he came back dripping wet, and reported: "Mr. Huo lives in the tent group in Asuwei. I'm just a shepherd, so I can't get close to him. But I found out that the person monitoring him is Hesi, He is an Asowei who is very trusted by Odan."

Hess?This name sounds familiar... Lou Yexue recalled that when Huo Dun was a prisoner, the guard in charge of guarding him was this Hesi, a mixed blood Asowei.In order to find a chance to contact him, Huo Dun deliberately provoked Hess, who was severely injured by the opponent, and only then did he meet him disguised as a Han Chinese doctor.

Lou Yexue groaned for a moment, and said slowly: "Nowadays around Yunnei City, there are only three Ye Bu Shou spies who can still be contacted, including you. It is not easy to save Huo Dun."

Xie Yang thought about it, and frowned: "If there is an assault team, maybe I can try my best."

"How far is Asuwei's tent group from the stable?" Lou Yexue asked suddenly.

Xie Yang was slightly startled, and replied: "Not far, the two areas are next to each other."

Lou Yexue said: "I have a plan called 'fishing in troubled waters' - when it rains, the war horses will no longer be raised in the open air, but will be kept in the stables to avoid the rain. Poisoning, scaring the horses and causing chaos. And I disguised myself as a veterinarian, and followed you through the tent area of ​​Asowei to heal. I met Horton in the chaos and brought him out. However, you need to clean up the surveillance His Hess must at least subdue him."

Xie Yang felt that this plan was feasible, although he didn't know what kind of person Hesi was, but as the great Ming sword "Night will not be harvested", he would definitely fight with all his might.

The two agreed to go their separate ways, one to contact the other two at night, and the other to prepare poison for livestock and disguise as a veterinarian.

In the middle of the night, the rain became heavier and heavier, and all the Beimo soldiers except the patrol team hid in the dome tent to avoid the rain.Under the cover of the rain curtain, two spies secretly approached the stable with poison in their pockets, and poisoned the bean cake forage.

Some of the war horses had a seizure after eating the added night grass, foaming at the mouth, hissing and roaring, kicking everywhere, and the stables were suddenly in a commotion.A spy also threw a poisonous snake in a tree hole, and the horse smelled the snake, and it went crazy like an explosion.

The Aso guards closest to the stable heard the sound, and the detachment chased the horse that broke through the stable door, checked the situation in the stable, found a poisonous snake slipped in, bitten several war horses, and immediately sent people to the veterinarian.

Xie Yang, who was chopping fodder, volunteered to take the job, rode away in a hurry, and after a while, he brought a veterinarian with a medicine box on his back, as if he was eager to take a shortcut, and passed through the middle of Asowei's dome tent area.

The patrol stopped loudly, Xie Yang took off his felt hat, revealed a pure Beimo-like face, and said loudly in Oarat language: "It's too late to detour, many war horses will be bitten to death by snakes! Veterinarians have antidote! "

War horses are not only the precious wealth of Beimo people, but also their comrades-in-arms who charge forward with them. The relationship between men and horses can be described as deep.Upon hearing this, the leader of the patrol team waved him to let him go, and said: "Master Wodan's tent is on the west side, remember to avoid it."

Xie Yang responded well, led the veterinarian and continued to gallop, stopped near the two side-by-side dome tents, dismounted and whispered to Lou Yexue, who was disguised as a veterinarian: "The tent on the right ahead is the tent where Huo Zongqi lives. Wait for me Get into the left tent first, and put Hess down."

Lou Yexue nodded.Xie Yang checked the poisoned dagger on his body one last time, and walked into the left tent with food and drink.A quarter of an hour later, he walked out of the tent and whispered to Lou Yexue who was hiding in the shadows, "It's done."

The two immediately sneaked into the tent on the right, and saw Huo Dun dressed as a Beimo general.

At that time, Huo Dun couldn't sleep at night, he was wiping his sword under the oil lamp, frowning and thinking.Suddenly saw two unidentified Beimo people barging in, and when the sword edge stabbed out, I heard one of them yelling: "Old Huo!" Eyes were wet for a moment.

"It's too late to explain, follow me." Lou Yexue ordered.

Huo Dun put his sword back into its sheath without saying a word, took off his leather robe and armor, changed into the servant clothes Lou Yexue brought, and walked out of the tent with them.The three led two horses, avoided the patrols, and gradually approached the edge of the tent area.

There is a fence gate in front, Xie Yang repeated his old trick, and said, "I'll bring a veterinarian to cure the horses of snake poison, so I'll go to the stables in front."

The soldiers guarding the gate questioned: "Han Chinese veterinarians?"

"Yes, in the middle of the night, I only found this one."

"What about him?" The soldier pointed to Huo Dun who was crouching behind Lou Yexue with his head bowed.

Xie Yang said, "It's a veterinarian's apprentice, his helper."

The soldier stepped forward to check suspiciously. Xieyang's cold sweat was mixed into the rain, and Huo Dun secretly grasped the hilt of the sword in his sleeve.

At this moment, a cavalry came galloping and shouted: "Why hasn't the veterinarian arrived yet! You, hay cutter, have you brought the veterinarian!"

As if Xie Yang was granted amnesty, he replied repeatedly: "Here, come, these two people beside me are."

The soldiers guarding the gate did not suspect him and let him go.

The three of Xieyang followed the cavalry on horseback and galloped hundreds of feet away to a remote place. Lou Yexue and Huo Dun exchanged winks, intending to kill the cavalry right here.

A sharp arrow suddenly shot towards Lou Yexue from the darkness. Huo Dun was startled, and the sword edge came out of its sheath with a clang, and shot down the arrow.

A figure emerged from the night ahead, with a strong bow in hand, and three arrows pointing straight at them.

Xie Yang recognized the other party, and said in shock: "Hesi! Are you alive?"

The mixed blood Asowei Hesi stared at them like a preying falcon, and said with a sneer, "If I don't follow the plan, how can I catch you all?"

"You guys go first!" Holding his sword, Huo Dun raised his breath, and was about to fly off his horse and rush towards Hess.

Lou Yexue, whose face was sinking like water, suddenly reached out and grabbed Huo Dun's arm, saying in Chinese: "Since we want to catch them all, why are there no ambush soldiers? If this strong man wants to let us go, we appreciate it and are very grateful." , I also hope to inform you of your identity, and there will be rewards in the future."

Xie Yang was surprised and puzzled, and said urgently: "He is a member of Asuwei and Wo Dan's confidant, how could he let us go? I will fight him, you go first!"

Hesi shot the felt hat off Xie Yang's head with an arrow, and immediately said to Lou Yexue: "Are you in charge? Do you dare to dismount and talk to me alone?"

Now it was Huo Dun who grabbed Lou Yexue's arm firmly.Lou Yexue patted the back of his hand reassuringly: "I have the courage to have as much secret as this strong man has. Let go, Lao Huo."

Huo Dun knew how stubborn his close friend was, once he made up his mind, Nine Heads of Bulls would not be able to pull him back, and he had no choice but to let go when Lou Yexue frowned and shouted, "It's urgent and time is tight, what a mother-in-law."

Lou Yexue dismounted, walked towards Hesi step by step under the threat of the arrow hole, and said calmly, "Let's chat."

Hesi slowly put down his bow and arrow, looked him up and down, and sighed softly in Chinese: "I didn't expect the new Chief Ye Bu Accept to be a frail scholar!"

Lou Yexue keenly grasped the word "new term" and asked, "Could it be that you have some relationship with the former Chief Ye Bu Shou?"

Hess shook his head: "I don't know the chief officer, neither the new one nor the old one. I only know a secret agent who never accepts after she dies."

Lou Yexue: "Who is she?"

Hess: "...it's my mother."

While speaking, the rain stopped unconsciously.Hess took out an old small bundle from his pocket and handed it over.Lou Yexue opened the fur skin and took out a token.The token is diamond-shaped and pitch-black in color, with a looming dagger surrounded by clouds and smoke on the front, and the words "Yu Er Shi Qi" engraved on the back.

Lou Yexue recognized at a glance that this was indeed Yebushou's exclusive token, not a forgery.But this old format is now obsolete. After he became the chief officer, he replaced all the tokens that Yebu received with new ones.

"Affiliated to Yulin Guard, Second Squad, No. 17 spy." Lou Yexue said softly, and then unfolded a roll of parchment the size of a palm under the token.

There are only a few words on the parchment, which are the last words of a female spy who was seriously injured during the mission and tried to return to the team after escaping from death, but found that the whole team was wiped out and lost contact with Shangfeng.She was ashamed that she had been saved by a herdsman in the northern desert, and after trying to return to the team, she found out that she was pregnant with the other's flesh and blood. In desperation, she could only hide her name and raise the child.But Yebushou's identity is always a mission she can't forget. She kept this token and the thoughts of her homeland until she died in depression.

Before she died, she called her 15-year-old son to the bed, told him her true identity, and left a will:

"Mother repayed her body and the rest of her life to your father, because he is not only her benefactor, but also the person she fell in love with. After your mother dies, don't hold a sky burial. Put the ashes in the altar and keep them safe. In the future, if you meet people who are not accepted by Da Ming at night, give them your mother’s token and ashes. Tell them that mother is ashamed of her family, country, king, and robe. But mother has never betrayed her. The country has been waiting for the call-up that does not accept at night. It is a pity, mother can't wait...

"You can inherit your mother's token and go to Yebubu to serve Daming; you can also pick up the bow and arrow your father used when he was in Asowei and become a prairie boy. Everything depends on your own choice. But, mother I want you to promise one thing - no matter what, you must not kill Ye Bushou, they are all mother's comrades in arms - not one of them!"

It wasn't until the 15-year-old Hess made a poisonous oath that his mother died suddenly.Hess didn't tell anyone about this matter, even his father was kept in the dark.Two years later, his father followed his deceased wife away, and Hesi himself became the elite of Asowei, but he always kept this little burden, waiting for the day when his mother's last wish would be fulfilled.

A night who is married to a barbarian is not accepted!At the same time, she is also a Yebushou who never forgets her mission until death... Lou Yexue's heart surged with emotions, the initial anger and contempt gradually subsided, and a more complicated feeling of embarrassment emerged.

He took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "What's her name? Where is she from?"

"Sun Xiuzhu is from Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi, but I don't know which village she was born in."

Lou Yexue nodded: "That's enough, we can find out. I will bring her ashes back to my hometown, bury her in the name of the fallen soldiers, apply for a pension for her, and send it to her parents and brothers——You want Is this pension?"

Hess knew that this was not a question of whether he wanted a pension, but whether he would like to inherit his mother's identity - after all, Yebushou doesn't pay attention to blood, and its members also have foreign races, as long as they have an insignia Heart.

But he still shook his head resolutely: "I am Asowei. I only serve one person in this life, and that is Holy Khan Altan!"

Lou Yexue didn't say anything again to persuade her to stay, and after putting away her burden, she nodded slightly: "Thank you for your love, we will see you again by fate."

He turned around and took two steps, Hess suddenly called out to him: "Wait!"

"Anything else?"

"I want to... ask you about someone."

"who?"

"...Unig."

Lou Yexue suddenly turned around, her eyes were stern: "I advise you not to inquire about him, it is best not to mention him in this life!"

Hess met the poisonous arrow eyes without hesitation: "I think if you have a chance, please give him a few words for me, just say... that I was played around by him at the beginning, I think I will But I was not as innocent as he thought. I already guessed his intentions when he was going to see Holden. I didn't expose him, and I even took the initiative to respond to Holden's provocation and beat Holden on purpose. Injury, in order to cooperate with this scene, to see what you guys want to do."

Lou Yexue raised her eyebrows unexpectedly: "You guessed it then?"

"The guess is not accurate, but it has not missed the target. I am also very contradictory... Unig doesn't have all the pictures, it's okay to use me, but you can't use the Holy Khan who treats him sincerely, so I promised Lord Odan to persuade him to marry the Holy Khan .”

Hesi paused for a moment under Lou Yexue's murderous eyes, and said in a low voice, "I saw the dawn of friendship between Da Ming and Bei Mo from Unig. I hope that one day in the future, I will be able to step on my mother's door in a fair manner. To her hometown, say to her family: I, Azakhs, am her proud son!"

Lou Yexue remained silent.

Hess suddenly smiled: "Before I met Unig, I thought that this wish would never be fulfilled in my lifetime. But now, I have hope. Please tell that honorable lord—Hess still said to him In other words, I hope he can cherish Sheng Khan's sincerity."

Lou Yexue turned her face away with twisted corners of her mouth, and left without looking back.

On the bumpy horseback, Horton couldn't help being curious, and asked, "What did that Hess say to you?"

Lou Yexue got goosebumps against the wind, and replied angrily, "Stupid words!"

The rain stopped, and the long night in the field was coming to an end. They rode their horses to the southeast, and the dawn was ahead.