dead in winter

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At this time, a lady came out of the carriage. She was dressed in coarse linen clothes. She had a beautiful face and her willow eyebrows were slightly frowned.

A rough sackcloth still can't hide the exquisite curves of the figure, so that people can tell at a glance that the status is not ordinary, either rich or noble, and the demeanor displayed by that kind of behavior is far from what ordinary women can do. I don't know why flee here

Shadow Two thinks to himself

After the three of them got off the carriage, they entered directly through the side door of Guanyi Court. It can be seen that they were acquaintances. The carriage was dragged to the stable by the staff who came out, and the carriage was also carried there.

Lin Qingyu came to his senses at this time, leaned over and asked

"Miss Ying'er, is there something wrong with these three people?"

He saw Ying Er staring at the three men with a serious face, and panicked.

"Maybe I was wrong"

Ying Er came back to his senses, the figure of the lady in his mind was still lingering, as if he had seen it somewhere, he shook his head, but he still couldn't remember where he saw it, so he could only increase his vigilance Keep an eye on the whereabouts of the three

After the two rested, they continued to walk along the road to beg along the road, looking haggard, seemingly suffering, but in reality everything was under consideration

Xu Kang leaped vigorously, sat on the tall horse, glanced at the dozens of carts of grain and grass behind him and the sergeant with a calm expression, his face was serious, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In recent days, there have been some dissatisfied protests in the Japanese army, and they have become more and more intense. I don’t know who started the incident. They bluntly said that King Jing doesn’t treat them as human beings. King Jing is not worthy of being emperor. King Jing is cruel and so on

These things were suppressed by him so that he dared not vent them out, lest King Jing would notice them and give them to death, which made the originally loyal and united army panic and chilled the sergeants

Xu Kang is like a farmer who wants to fight to the death while guarding the last acre of land, loyally guarding King Jing's last bit of land and never letting go

He also knows that King Jing has been completely abolished. The ridiculous reason comes from Queen Jing. Just because the woman died, King Jing followed up from the bottom of his heart and was abolished completely.

But Xu Kang can't let go, the idea in his heart does not allow him to do so, so he can only stick to this city, like the last giant python entrenched here, it's a pity that there are too many people who come to kill him, who can predict How will it be in the end?

Similarly, for some unknown reason, in the past few days, the camp of the old general Lin Shangwu, who has been standing still, has experienced frequent fluctuations.

From that day on, King Jing did not discuss matters, and Xu Kang was in charge of all the powers. He huddled in the dark study room by himself and never went out, but his eyes and ears were all over the territory.

While Xu Kang held the power in his hands, he was also terrified, feeling cold all over his body.

When I was alone in my early years, I was not afraid of death

But now there is still a sweetheart by his side, the only treasure in his life, Xu Kang dare not be negligent, and can only act cautiously

Now the opportunity is here

This transaction was not all for the meat requested by the Huns. In fact, there were some grains and the like, which were loaded into dozens of carts. The fact that so much grain was given to the Huns for nothing has already aroused strong anger among the subordinates. Dissatisfied, there is a shortage of food in his own territory, but he still wants to give it to the Xiongnu. People in the army are panicked. These days, they have become lazy and get up late. Can frown endlessly, cry secretly

Just because if these people are punished, the rest of the soldiers will be chilled, and then the morale of the army will be exhausted, and the territory will be destroyed without attack;

But if these people are not punished, then Xu Kang's position as a general will become more and more unstable, and soon someone will do more outrageous things to explore his bottom line

The best way is for King Jing to show up and appease the soldiers

But Xu Kang underestimated the cruelty of King Jing after the death of Queen Jing. Not only did he send his personal guards to throw the leading generals in front of everyone and behead them one by one, but he also made people chop their flesh and blood into mud and mix them with meals. Inside for everyone to eat

eat or kill

After the group of people finished eating with trembling hands and feet, Xu Kang grabbed Qing Yuan's waist and didn't want to delay any longer, he had to arrange for him to leave immediately

The territory has been guarded by the guards at various levels long ago, and the security is so strict that not even a fly can fly in. It is more difficult to sneak out than to go to the sky. The only way is to

Xu Kang quietly glanced at one of the heavily guarded grain trucks, his expression softened, and then he shouted

"It's ready to go, let's go now"

"Yes!" All the soldiers shouted in unison, these people are all Xu Kang's confidantes, they can be trusted

A group of women on the side of the road stared at the full load of grain on the truck with hunger and thirst. I think I didn't live long enough

Xu Kang felt uncomfortable when he saw it. Although he proposed this proposal, he didn't mean it. He just hoped that the Xiongnu could help them share some of the pressure. It is true that it is wrong for King Jing to support himself, and Xu Kang is not a good person. But in his heart, the civilian soldiers in this territory are equivalent to his relatives, but now he is risking his relatives to be tortured by hunger to deliver food to the Huns. This invisible slap on his face made him feel ashamed

What's more, he even sent away his relatives, but he couldn't save these innocent people. He really is a failed egoist

Taking a deep breath, Xu Kang no longer looked at how those people looked at him, the feeling like needles pricking reminded him all the time

He is not a good general

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With an order, the whole convoy began to move forward

Walking to the checkpoint, a group of guards guarding here stepped forward, Xu Kang calmly took out King Jing's documents from his arms and opened them for him to read, the visitor nodded indifferently, and then sent troops to investigate one by one Xu Kang watched the scene indifferently as he started to transport the grain trucks

After a round of investigation, the guard found nothing wrong. He walked quickly from the end of the queue. When he reached the central convoy, he suddenly paused and glanced suspiciously at the grain truck with several large barrels.

It was full of rice, and he just opened it up and looked at it one by one, but found nothing unusual. Why did he hear a crashing sound just now?

The guard commander squinted his eyes, and looked at Xu Kang, who was sitting on a tall horse. The burly and tall man didn't move at all, but it was strange

He hooked his lips, stretched out his hand in an unclear manner, and told his subordinates to come over with swords

Xu Kang's heart sank gradually, and he tightly clenched the rein in his hand

A sword was inserted into the barrel, and the sword did not turn red when it was pulled out. The guard leader's expression remained unchanged, and he stabbed several wooden barrels one by one, but still found nothing unusual. He couldn't help but glanced at the clean sword in his hand. On the surface, I thought, could it be that I was wrong?

Xu Kang rode over, jumped off the horse and strode over, frowned and said

"But what abnormalities did you find out, Commander? It's getting late, if there are no abnormalities, then don't delay our trip, otherwise the king will blame you, is it your fault or this general's?"

What he said was blunt, without any empathy.

The commander of the guards shook the sword in his hand, with a gloomy face, obviously concerned about King Jing's majesty, glanced left and right at his subordinates, and said in a low voice

"Of course I dare not neglect the general, if there is no abnormality, let him go!"

The subordinate hurriedly ran to the front to give instructions, Xu Kang glanced coldly at the guard commander, snorted coldly and got on his horse

The car moved forward in a hurry, and after slowly traveling out of the camp for dozens of miles, Xu Kang was relieved, his back was soaked with fine sweat

The official road along this road is also safe and nothing unusual happened.

This place is not too far from Guanyi Court, and they arrived before the sun set in the afternoon. Because King Jing became more and more suspicious, they couldn't stay long after sending them off, so they handed over the silver taels and entrusted them to the Escort Bureau Take care, and then rush back overnight

Xu Kang asked the soldiers to take a step first, and he arrived later. Because of his high prestige in the army, although he was puzzled, no one raised any objections. They all nodded, looked hurried, and left quickly. a whip

The sound of horseshoes hitting the ground is getting farther and farther

Xu Kang took a deep look at the backs of their departure, it was particularly blurry in the night

Putting on his cloak, he strode towards one of the grain trucks, and quickly opened the lid of the vat inside. The people inside were already panting. Xu Kang hugged him out distressedly, and looked at his body anxiously, as if I want to tear off his skirt immediately

"Where is it hurt?"

Qingyuan touched the stubble on his face, and said softly, "I'm fine."

When the guard commander passed by in the early morning, he inadvertently made a slight sound, which was noticed by the man. The rice bucket was simply made specially, with a large compartment in the middle. Kankan passed over Qingyuan's head, almost piercing his head

But Qing Yuan didn't want to tell Xu Kang to make him worry unnecessarily. He had been squatting in the bucket for a while now, his legs were soft and his feet were numb, and his stomach was unbearably hungry. He had already limp into a ball and didn't want to move

"I'll take you to your room first"

Xu Kang kissed him, carefully picked him up with one hand, took off his cloak and wrapped him tightly, only revealing a pair of eyes like water, looking at his warm eyes, couldn't help but kissed his eyes again. Mou, said in a deep voice

"My friend has already come and will take you to Youzhou tomorrow morning"

He had already seen the two huge holes pierced in the barrel, and his heart throbbed. Fortunately, Qingyuan was fine, otherwise Xu Kang might raise his sword overnight and kill the guard commander at all costs.

Time was running out, the more late he was, the more Jing Wang suspected him, so he could only run quickly to the back attic with a calm expression

Qingyuan nodded, looking at him with gentle eyes, and did not make a sound, just caressing his face carefully, as if to engrave it in his mind, remember carefully

[The author has something to say: the car can't drive directly on the road, unfortunately, only part of the plot can be cut off]