General Chu

That year, the Emperor Zhou shouted to Mo Wen from a distance: I hope to see you again during the Hajj next year.

As a result, Mo Wenyuan was on the battlefield in the second year of the pilgrimage, so he missed it.Their second meeting was not on the Hajj.In February of the fourth year of Yonghe, the Chu Palace received an imperial edict from Zhou Tianzi.There are only a few simple words on the crimson wooden sign: Chu Zi has an audience.

In the court hall, after the envoy who delivered the letter turned and left, Li Yuanzi glanced back, and then knelt down without warning, keeping his face close to the ground and not getting up no matter how others called.

Xu Liwenyuan got off the dragon chair and stood in front of the officials, sighed slightly, and said, what should come always comes, sooner or later.Ai Qing blamed herself too much.

Li Yuanzi kowtowed three times suddenly, then stood up with his bleeding forehead, and said in a deep voice, this life is my life.

Standing in the main hall in a black robe, the three-headed phoenix on his chest looked around. He silently looked at his courtiers as if he saw something else through them.After a long while, he said, to have such a promise from Aiqing is better than a lonely king who is rich in the world.

Mo Wen stood beside him and cast a smiling look.When they had nothing to do with each other, they were able to stand together in order to deal with outsiders, let alone now.

Actually, he was not very nervous about meeting Emperor Zhou Xu Liwenyuan this time, on the contrary, he was relieved.Because it's finally here.The challenge of bringing the Chu people back to the Central Plains is indispensable, and it is both a challenge and an opportunity.

He stopped and stopped all the way to the north, just like this, he brought this calmness into Haojing and into the presence of Emperor Zhou.He calmly walked to the court meeting specially set up for him, bowed to salute, then swept his shirt and knelt down, and said loudly to the superiors, Chu Zi kowtowed to my king.

It has been more than a year, and more than 500 days and nights have not been seen. Zhou Tianzi seems to have lost weight, and his brows are less aggressive and more lazy.

Xu Liwenyuan looked up at him, thinking that he might not have to be carried out today.But as soon as the superior person opened his mouth, he knew he was wrong.Because Zhou Tianzi said, I don’t know what Chu Zi brought today or what he is going to do to atone for his sins?

Xu Liwenyuan's eyes dimmed, he lowered his head, and said that the subject did not know what crime he had committed.

"Why don't you admit it if you dare to do it?"

"Please tell me clearly, my king."

The superior finally sat up straight and looked at him, and asked with a smile, did Li Yuanzi teach you to deny it?After a pause, he said again, did he teach you that executing prisoners alone is always based on your mood and there is no need for any honest reason?

Xu Liwenyuan was silent, and heard the person in charge say lightly, flogging, and execute immediately.

Hearing the footsteps of the guards approaching, Xu Liwenyuan's first reaction was not to struggle or to defend himself, but to look back at Mo Wen.

Mo Wen kept looking into the hall without moving his gaze away for a moment.The first time Xu Liwenyuan turned his head, his eyes met, and both of them were speechless.

Probably Mo Wen will never forget that meeting in the rest of his life.If it is said that when the Hushi army heard the order to slaughter the city from him back then, what he saw in his eyes was a raging fire, then what he saw in Xu Liwenyuan's eyes at this moment is the turbulent undercurrent under the magnificent sea. .

The guards in the hall quickly dragged Xu Liwenyuan to the open space in front of the hall, Mo Wen brushed past him but did not look back.To be precise, I dare not.

He stood facing the hall with tense muscles, and he didn't even dare to squint to see how painful his beloved was. However, the more he was like this, the better his hearing was, and he could hear even the slightest sounds clearly.

Seeing Xu Liwenyuan being dragged out, Zhou Tianzi suddenly shouted at the officials playfully, don't ask if it's here today?

The officials automatically moved out of the way so that the two people who were far apart could see each other clearly.Seeing Mo Wen, Zhou Tianzi lifted the bead on his forehead and asked again, General Mo, do you hear that the people under the lonely hand are swinging the whip well?

Mo Wen gently, lightly pulled the corner of his mouth towards that playful face.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the punishment of flogging was thirty lashes.This sentence has been in prison for as long as 300 years, but not many people have actually seen the execution.I only heard that one whip leaves a layer of blood and skin.This is the first time that the emperor has been flogged since he came to power, and the victim is Xu Liwenyuan.

That day was the time when Mo Wen's hearing ability was at its best in his life, but he didn't actually hear any screams, not even a muffled groan.All I could hear was the whirring wind of the whip.

When the execution was over, he turned his head, and with just one glance, he almost couldn't stand up.

Xu Liwenyuan struggled to climb down from the bench, but because he couldn't feel the existence of his lower limbs, he fell down and fell hard.

They were arranged to stay in the palace that night.Mo Wen leaned against the door with a long sword in his hand and waited for the imperial physician to administer the medicine. He finally dared to approach and hold Xu Liwenyuan's hand after the imperial physician and maids had left.

Xu Liwenyuan looked at him and smiled, and said softly, it doesn't hurt.

Mo Wen smiled, but after Xu Li Wenyuan fell asleep, he left the palace alone and ran to practice swords in the bamboo forest on the outskirts of the city.Where the sword energy passed, bamboo fell, trees fell and leaves fell.

Thanks to his martial arts and pretentiousness, he didn't expect that there would be such a powerless time.He understood that Xu Liwenyuan didn't want him to act recklessly, but it was too difficult for him to watch his sweetheart's flesh and blood bruise with his own eyes, really too difficult.

All kinds of elixir and supplements have been transferred from the imperial hospital to the emperor's side hall in a steady stream.Zhou Tianzi personally ordered people to be beaten to death, but he was not stingy with healing things.One day, on a whim, he suddenly wanted to see how well his little leopard had been trained, but he found that the leopard broke free from the rope and sneaked out at some point, but he didn't even notice.

He froze for a moment, and ordered to the valet behind him, search, dig three feet and find him for me.

After returning to Chu State, the two chose to detour to Jin Qi and then returned to the city from Sui State.

The carriage was jolted, and even though four layers of quilts had been laid, Xu Liwenyuan was often woken up, and then he frowned and took a deep breath.When he realizes that Mo Wen is by his side, he will try his best to smile again, and in turn comfort Mo Wen a few words.

Mo Wen looked at his pale face and asked, do you know that your smile is ugly?

Xu Liwenyuan hooked Mo Wen's fingers like a fool and said softly, why, you dislike me when you see that I don't look good?

Only two of his hands were not injured in his whole body now, so he still wanted to tease him.Mo Wen shook his head helplessly and said, do you want to sleep a little longer? We will arrive in Jin State soon, and I will wake you up when we arrive.

The people sent out had almost searched Haojing, and the only thing missing was a mouse hole and a pigeon's nest. Even so, Zhou Tianzi still didn't believe that Xu Liwenyuan, a little Chu, dared to leave Haojing without his order.Until the Marquis of Qi sent the news that a suspicious person was found on the border of Qi State, and he escaped after being rounded up by many people.

Zhou Tianzi was stunned in the hall, and suddenly laughed loudly after a while, and gritted his teeth again after laughing.Two days later he gave the order: Facchu.

The national teacher stood beside him and bowed to salute. The war wasted money and money, and Chu Zi did not make a big mistake. Such a mobilization of troops will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other princes and states. Can my king think about it?

"Isn't it a big mistake for him to take in the fugitive courtiers of Gu's subordinates without authorization, and ignore the law to kill his slave Zheng? Gu just loves him, and he is not blind. But now, if this leopard is not trained properly, he will go away."

The national teacher nodded with a smile, and replied, yes.

It was March at that time, and it was another season of poplar flowers.The land of the Zhou Dynasty was still peaceful, and no one would have imagined that a war between the North and the South would break out soon, and this war would affect every nation and everyone living on this land.

When Xu Liwenyuan returned to Tianliang, less than [-]% of his injuries had healed, and he was able to quietly live in the General's Mansion.Twelve Shaoqing continued to supervise the country.

During that time, he used too many tonic medicines, and because of the wound, a heater was set up in the room, which made him always drowsy.He slept soundly, Mo Wen, but suffered from an insomnia problem, even if he fell asleep, he would wake up very quickly, repeatedly trying to sleep all night.

One night, someone rang a copper bell and walked down the long street. Xu Liwenyuan was woken up, and stretched out his hand to the side in a daze, grabbing the air.Two candles were burning on the candlestick outside. He carefully avoided the wound and got up by himself. He stood by the door and asked in a low voice, do you like armor so much?Like to wake up in sleep and can't help but want to come and touch two to relieve the pain of lovesickness?

Mo Wen hurried over to support him and asked, why did you wake up?

"It doesn't count as waking up, it's just that when I was confused, I wanted to hug you and reached out to find that the pillow was empty."

He is too good at blaming others, and his attitude is obviously cold, but he has a coquettish tone when he speaks, which makes people feel uneasy.

Mo Wen wanted to help him back to the bed, but Xu Li Wenyuan stood still, asking, what are you going to do?Take a sword and travel a hundred miles north to Haojing to take the life of the emperor?Then what?Even if you claim to be number one in the world, can you really escape from the thousands of troops?

"Chenfeng, I'm not just a swordsman, but also a general. This silver armor is called Luochuan, which means the flowing water of the curved water. When the battle is in full swing, the soul of the armor can lead people to a way out of the hail of bullets. Shang Wen Someone who wears it and stands in front of the three armies can retreat hundreds of miles from the enemy, and the silver armor is on him, so what use is it if I can't even protect a single person."

That was the first time Mo Wen called his small characters, and he didn't expect it to be in such a scene.Xu Li Wenyuan paused, leaned forward and hugged Mo Wen, and said in a hoarse voice, I know that you, as an invincible general, are not born to endure, but Mingrong, Chu has just experienced a war and needs to be repaired.Give me ten years, we walked through Haojing side by side.Repay ten times the injuries suffered today, and bring the Chu people back to the Central Plains.

Mo Wen closed his eyes forcefully, kissed the top of the hair of the person in his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, don't get hurt anymore, I won't allow you to have any more scars on your body, not even one.

The moon hangs in the sky outside the window, and the moonlight shines brightly on the earth.At that time, they didn't know that Zhou Tianzi's army had assembled and was about to rush to Chu, a hundred miles away.