General Chu

That night, they slept peacefully in the general's mansion, while the distant northern border was filled with gunpowder and smoke.

Two days later, the postman finally arrived in Tianliang, and crawled all the way from the gate of the palace to report.Just as all the officials of the upper court were present, the postman hurriedly knelt down and presented a beacon order. He was still panting vigorously because of the violent running, and said vaguely, "Your Majesty, two days ago, a million troops came. My frontier claims to destroy Chu.

"Can you see clearly? What is written on the battle flag?"

"week!"

A word out of the mouth made the chaotang, which was slightly noisy, quiet down instantly.Everyone withdrew their casual expressions and held their breath to look at Xu Liwenyuan, waiting for him to make a decision—send someone, or a few people, to negotiate a peace, to admit their mistakes, kneel down, put on an obedient posture, and say, I was wrong Yes, I was wrong.

There were hundreds of people in the huge hall, but it was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.Mo Wen glanced back at the postman who was kneeling on the ground, seeing his chest heaving violently, he suddenly felt distressed.He withdrew his gaze, then took a step to the left and stood up, leaned over, plucked his shirt, knelt down straight, and said slowly in his mouth, the war is about to break out, and he wishes the king's ministers to lead troops to meet the enemy.

The drizzle slanted and fell on his flying hair.

Xu Liwenyuan watched silently, watched him kneel down, and listened to his words of asking for a fight.For a moment, inexplicably, I felt a little more disgust for war in my heart.

He asked, does Zhong Aiqing have other solutions?Those who can retreat from the enemy will be rewarded with [-] silver vehicles, and civil officials will be promoted to at least ministers and military officers to be generals.

Everyone was silent, and no one came out to speak. After a long while, Li Jinghua said softly in the first place, "It's useless. Since the emperor dared to bring the team over the mountains and rivers, he would definitely not be willing to return without success."In addition to moving south again to face the battle is the only option.

Xu Liwenyuan was in the upper position, looking at his right and left arm in silence for a long time.

At the magnificent practice banquet, Mo Wen is the protagonist but seems to be an insignificant person, being pushed farther and farther away from the center of the banquet by the crowd.

Standing behind the crowd, he suddenly thought of something and was inexplicably sad, so he secretly took a small cup of pear blossom wine from the table, hid it in his sleeve, walked to a place where no one was there, and paid respects to the northwest.

"General Mo." Wu Jizhou appeared behind him at some point, looking at him calmly.I don't know if it's an illusion, but Mo Wen always felt that the old man in front of him had an air of otherworldliness.No matter how big things happened outside, he always remained expressionless, three points kind and seven points indifferent.

Putting this indifferently in the majestic Chu Palace made Mo Wen vaguely feel that this country will not collapse, and the next step will be a grand and prosperous world.

Near noon, when the wine was over and the banquet was over, Xu Liwenyuan hurried back to the Chengqing Hall, saw Mo Wen as he wished, and said with a sigh of relief, I thought you would leave without saying goodbye.

Don't ask any questions, and hand over a cup of sober tea.Xu Liwenyuan smiled and drank it lamely with his hand.

Only then did Mo Wen know that he was not very drunk at first, and the silence in front of everyone just now was not tired, but just a lack of interest.

At some point, laughter was all over his face, and he said to Mo Wen that as long as you are the lonely king of Chu people, you are bound to win. The young man has learned to hide his thoughts perfectly, and his face is calm.

Mo Wen let Xu Liwenyuan hold his hand, leaned on the armrest, and said softly, "It's not like you are going to meet someone else who is thinking about you behind your back."He spoke too lightly, and his expression didn't show any seriousness, as if he wasn't the one who was going to fight more with fewer enemies.

"Ming Rong, I know that the people in the land where the war broke out are in dire straits, and I also know that the city that was destroyed is full of corpses. I understand better than anyone else that you want to protect the hearts of the people, but many things cannot be solved by fighting. You are not the only general, if you are suspected by the officials in the future, how should I deal with it?" Xu Liwenyuan leaned forward, half leaning on Mo Wen's chest.Mo Wen stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around him, giving him a little leverage.

"Your Majesty, I am a general and what you say is what politicians should consider. If one day all the ministers jointly ask me to back down, I will resign as a general and enter your harem. If you hate me, I will return to Saibei go."

He knew, always knew what the consequences of his actions would be in the court where everyone could not agree, but he never bothered to care.He disdains power struggles.

What Mo Wen didn't make clear is that as long as you don't worry that I'm eyeing this country covetously or that I have plans for you, it doesn't matter what the officials think.He didn't say it was because it wasn't necessary, and those who didn't come didn't need to worry about being able to stop what should come.

Xu Liwenyuan looked up into his eyes, trying to find a little bit of hesitation.But he didn't succeed, those black eyes were as calm as ever.

He didn't even know whether Mo Wen expressed his dissatisfaction with politicians at this moment intentionally or unintentionally.

Mo Wen leaned on his back, candlelight poured down along the gap between Xu Liwenyuan's hair, he squinted his eyes, looked at the person in the red dragon robe, and unconsciously missed a few breaths.The blood in his body couldn't help rising a few times, but his words were not so enthusiastic. He said, although you and I still have different positions after all, there are many things that cannot be investigated.It's good that I can still look at you like this now.

Xu Liwenyuan prepared a lot of persuasion, spun a few times in his throat, and then swallowed it back into his stomach.

He took a deep breath, climbed off Mo Wen, walked to the table, picked up a memorial, and said slowly, Mo Qing doesn't know how much I hate that I was not by your side when I was young, never I've heard your nonsense when you were young.Staring into your eyes now is like looking at a deep lake, no matter how hard you look, what you see is always the sparkling lake.

Mo Wen was silent, unable to answer, the hall fell silent for a while.The flame on the candlestick swayed slightly, and the shadow reflected on the wall flickered.

When I was young, Mo Wen thought about it with my heart, and my thoughts drifted farther and farther away, and my eyes fell on the full moon outside the window inadvertently.Then it stayed on it for a long time.

As long as he looked at the moon, Xu Liwenyuan looked at his profile for as long as he could, and finally couldn't help but say first, the moon was so bright on the night when he sent you off last year.Has been lit into my heart.

last year?Mo Wen couldn't remember, only a little bit of memory that there was a lot of snow that day.

One year, most people can still remember clearly what happened a year ago, and they can count it in detail, but in Mowen, many of them are already blurred shadows.It seems free and easy, but it is just a step by step forgetting.

As the night darkened, a group of guards passed outside the hall with lights on.

Mo Wen turned around, discussed and said, the palace gate should be unlocked soon, and I should go.

Xu Liwenyuan was a little dazed, but he couldn't find a word to persuade him to stay, so he said, when will we leave tomorrow?Are winter coats enough?

"Leave at dawn." Mo Wen explained casually, turned around and walked out of the hall.

Mingrong.Xu Liwenyuan didn't know what he wanted to say, but he still blurted out the whisper.

Mo Wen stopped and said softly, if I can't come back, you can marry Princess Jin.That day when we passed by the state of Jin, she stared at your back with her eyes shining brightly.On the other hand, Jin is the vassal state most valued by the emperor, so it must be inconvenient for him to embarrass you.Also, I have always known that Zhou Tianzi treats you differently than others, but I hope that you will not bow to him until the last moment, this is my selfishness.I didn't ask for anything from you, and I don't have much selfishness. I hope you can agree.

"Finished?"

"Yes, it's over."

Xu Liwenyuan blamed him for not promising to return, but this is really what Mo Wen wanted to say most at the moment.

"It's more exposed outside, let me send it off..." Before the words finished, the man in the black robe had already walked a long way.Thousands of angry curses flooded into my heart in an instant, and it was difficult to get up and down in my throat.But he tried many times, but he couldn't say it.

The long sleeves hung down, covering Xu Liwenyuan's clenched fists.

As soon as the footsteps stepped out of the Chengqing Hall, there was a clang sound behind him.Mo Wen tightened his clothes and walked quickly towards the palace gate.

The marble floor oozes coolness.From the feet all the way up to the ends of the hair.Mo Wen raised his head to look at the continuous palace walls, and suddenly felt that the Chu Palace today is extremely magnificent.

Back at the mansion, Su Yingmiao was not there, so Mo Wen was practicing sword in the courtyard alone.Unfortunately, the already bald withered plum has become even more bald.

After practicing the two sets of sword skills, Mo Wen put away his sword and was about to go back to the room. Turning around, he suddenly saw a shadow flashing behind the tree in the backyard.

"stop!"

Su Yingmiao didn't turn her head back, and rushed towards her room with lightning speed.The sharp blade pierced through the air and stabbed straight at the door in front of him. He subconsciously blew on the shattered hair falling from his forehead and thanked himself that he was not injured.

Mo Wen walked over from behind him and asked, what are you doing?sneaky.

Su Yingmiao insisted not to look back, and casually said something perfunctory, why did you come back today?If you didn't come back suddenly, do you think I would still be sneaky like this?

Mo Wen frowned and said in a low voice, to tell the truth.

Su Yingmiao pursed her lips, turned around little by little, reluctantly said, you, don't want to covet my roast duck.

Mo Wen blinked and emphasized that we will go out tomorrow, and this time it will be a strong enemy.

Su Yingmiao gave him a disdainful glance, stepped into the room, took out the roast duck from her arms and carefully put it away, then spared no time to tell Mo Wen, so what, bring 3000 people to force back the [-] soldiers of Zheng Guo Where have you been?I find that you are getting more and more cowardly.

Mo Wen walked in, sat empathetically far away from his roast duck, and said, if everyone in the Hushi army had the same personal qualities, I wouldn't be worried, but the truth is not.Moreover, the power of individuals in large-scale battles is very weak. If you are a lieutenant general, you still want to eat when the time comes.

Su Yingmiao stood between Mo Wen and Roast Duck and said righteously, how many years have you and I been flamboyant, and if you want to play, you can just make a general. Don't tell me that you suddenly pretended to be the so-called common people in your heart, and you just pretend to be so big. You don't feel overwhelmed with so many people.In addition, if the two of us join hands in the thousands of troops, if we enter the land of no one, we will run away. Don't tell me that you are ready to die for the country, isn't it ridiculous?

Mo Wen smiled and went back to his room without saying anything.

What Su Yingmiao said is actually correct, he was like that before, and he was not bad at all.Somehow it became what it is today.

It took him 20 years to become the commander-in-chief of the tiger eclipse army, allowing him to live recklessly, and it only took three years, how could he collapse like this.