The dim oil lamp illuminated the general's tent, and the person lying on the ground was motionless.
The person standing nearby took a cautious step forward and put his finger to the tip of his nose.
The next second, he bounced back as if he had been electrocuted.
"die… "
“He’s really dead!”
Xie Bufeng really strangled him to death with just one hand!
The cold light from the weapon illuminated Xie Bufeng's cheek.
But the young man was only concerned with wiping the medicinal jade and did not even raise his eyes.
All the soldiers who had been sleeping just now woke up, looked in the direction of Xie Bufeng with horror, and subconsciously retreated.
At this moment, the young man in front of him was no longer "the prince of Yongdu", but a real Shura in the world.
Half a cup of tea later, officers and soldiers were brought into the tent.
The first time he saw the soldier lying there with his eyes wide open, he couldn't help but be shocked even though he was used to seeing life and death on the battlefield.
"You...according to the military..." Before the scolding could be uttered, the young man, who had just finished wiping the medicinal jade, slowly raised his head.
"I killed him." Xie Bufeng said calmly.
Xie Bufeng's gaze went to the corner of the tent, where a bag full of things lay quietly.
He casually wrapped the medicine jade around his wrist, smiled and said, "According to military law, deserters will be executed immediately.
"… "
After hearing his words, everyone suddenly woke up and turned their eyes to that corner.
The luggage had been packed and the people had put on thick clothes... It really looked like they were going to escape overnight.
The boy's body was generally immersed in darkness and half illuminated by the light, making it difficult to discern his expression.
Xie Bufeng suddenly stood up and walked straight out of the military tent.
His foot slowly rolled over the corpse's wrist.
At the end, he just said: "What's more, he wanted to steal something he shouldn't steal."
Xie Bufeng was right. The first rule of Wei Dynasty's war law was that deserters would be executed immediately.
But before him... no one had ever really done this.
Besides, even if it was reasonable, he shouldn't have just walked out of the tent as if nothing had happened.
But the fact is, no one present dared to stop Xie Bufeng.
Even the officer who was brought here just now took a step back involuntarily—
A few years ago, he once entered the palace and saw the emperor from afar.
However, even the emperor on the throne did not have the aura that Xie Bufeng had now.
The cold wind at the border ruffled the boy's long curly hair.
The sound of horse hooves from the south was also blown over.
Changyuan Town is not far from Yongdu, and many important supplies during the war were transported directly from there.
Xie Bufeng had already adapted to living alone, but at this moment he felt extremely lonely.
The young man found a sheltered place outside the military tent and slowly sat down, hugging his knees.
The sun rose slowly from the other side of the Gobi Desert, and the sky was dyed a light red.
Before the morning bugle could be blown, Xie Bufeng suddenly heard the sound of footsteps.
The young man looked up and saw a stranger in armor standing in front of him.
The man had a red ribbon on his arm, which represented his identity... He should be a soldier from Yongdu who was responsible for escorting supplies.
"Your Highness, these are all sent by Concubine Lan. Please check them first to see if there is anything missing."
The man saluted Xie Bufeng and unloaded a wooden box from the carriage.
He turned his head and looked back, then thanked Bufeng again and said, "If there is anything missing, you can come to the easternmost camp to find me before noon today and take the message back to Yongdu."
Afraid of staying too long and attracting attention, he waited for Xie Bufeng to answer and then left in a hurry.
The boy paused, then slowly stood up and opened the box.
—The wooden box is not big, but it is packed very carefully.
The four sides of the box were padded with cotton clothes, and various kinds of medicines were sandwiched in the middle.
Seeing this, Xie Bufeng’s fingers paused.
The sun has not risen completely yet, and the temperature is the lowest in the day.
Although this place was sheltered from the wind, Xie Bufeng's body still trembled slightly.
He should have changed into cotton clothes immediately, but the boy's hand stubbornly passed over these things and fell on the porcelain bottle.
His heartbeat was a little flustered.
He paused for a long while over the porcelain bottle before picking up the thing.
Were these medicines prepared by my mother through Wen Qingci
Is he still worried about himself
Even though they were on the cruise ship, he didn't even look at the medicine Wen Qing gave him.
But now an emotion called "expectation" is spreading in Xie Bufeng's heart.
He took a deep breath and slowly spun the porcelain bottle in his hand.
The next moment, the densely packed words on the bottle caught Xie Bufeng's eyes.
He had stayed with Wen Qingci in the Imperial Medical Bureau for more than half a year, and had already engraved Wen Qingci's words in his heart.
Xie Bufeng recognized it at a glance: the words on the porcelain bottle were not written by Wen Qingci.
This was probably written by some imperial physician at the request of Concubine Lan.
The boy's fingers lost strength and the porcelain bottle instantly fell from his palm and landed on his thick cotton coat.
An inexplicable feeling of loss enveloped him.
After a long while, Xie Bufeng finally took out the cotton-padded clothes from the wooden box.
A cool breeze blew by, and he suddenly smelled a faint bitter fragrance.
The boy subconsciously clenched the cotton coat in his hands, trying to find clues to verify his guess.
But then, my fingertips felt a familiar chill.
—The clear blue medicinal jade is illuminated by the faint morning light, making it look extremely clear and moist.
Xie Bufeng leaned against the edge of the tent, looked up and smiled at himself.
An indescribable feeling of bitterness arose in my heart.
What on earth were I expecting
Stop being so self-indulgent.
He is like this to everyone, he is not special.
How could Wen Qingci go to so much trouble just for a rabbit
With the house outside the palace as a cover, Wen Qingci has been going out of the palace frequently in recent times.
He would stay in his mansion for a while, then change to a low-key carriage and head to the clinic in the corner of Yongdu.
The carriage swayed gently, and Wen Qingci closed his eyes, carefully sorting out his thoughts.
After returning to Yongdu, he gained a deeper understanding of the art of incense.
As far as Wen Qingci knows, incense balls with added adhesive are different from ordinary incense seals and have a shorter shelf life.
Generally speaking, the best use period is only one year.
In a blink of an eye, I have been in the palace for more than half a year. If these incense pills were really made by the original owner, then they will soon expire and cannot be used anymore.
If the person who poisoned the food wants to continue, he should come to restock the stock soon.
The location of this "replenishment" is most likely related to the medical clinic in Yongdu.
After all, this is the most direct place to get in touch with the Valley of Divine Medicine.
During this period, Wen Qingci came to the clinic many times.
He had already deeply imprinted the scenery along the way and the time required for the journey in his mind.
Thinking that they were about to reach their destination, Wen Qingci opened his eyes.
However, the next moment, the carriage suddenly stopped ahead of time.
Through the wall of the carriage, he heard the coachman ask in slight surprise, "Miss Su, why are you here?"
"I'm here to see Doctor Wen."
"This..." The coachman was a little embarrassed.
Just as he was hesitating about what to say, the curtain of the carriage was suddenly lifted by someone from the inside.
Before we knew it, it was already the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the sunlight in Yongdu had become much warmer.
The faint light shone on the moon-white clothes, softening Wen Qingci's facial features in an instant, making him less cold and more gentle.
Even though they had been seeing each other every day recently, the coachman was still stunned when he saw this scene.
The clinic is located in a back street and there are not many people around.
Seeing that the destination was approaching, Wen Qingci simply got off the carriage.
The girl standing opposite him blushed slightly.
She was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that Wen Qingci was no longer just an imperial physician.
"The commoner Su Yuzheng greets Master Hanlin."
The girl in light green smiled at him and nodded slightly in greeting.
After saying that, she blinked her round, deer-like eyes and walked towards Wen Qingci.
"Miss Su, please don't be so polite. Just treat me as an imperial physician," Wen Qingci paused and asked her, "Miss Su, what is the important matter that you came to see me for?"
Ever since Wen Qingci sent Xie Bufeng to the border, Concubine Lan no longer came to see him as often as before.
Wen Qingci was really surprised when he suddenly saw Su Yuzheng.
The girl bit her lip, then suddenly turned to Wen Qingci and said, "… I have heard a lot of rumors about Doctor Wen recently, but I believe you are not that kind of person."
Wen Qingci: “…”
After saying this, Su Yuzheng felt something was wrong.
Those rumors are not good stories... I wonder if Wen Qingci will be angry when I mention this
Fortunately, Wen Qingci just smiled and didn't say anything more.
He slowly shifted his gaze and looked towards the clinic a few meters away.
This street is a one-way street, and Wen Qingci did not see any other carriages along the way.
So Su Yuzheng was just waiting here for me
But why did she know I would come here...
As an imperial physician, it was not surprising for Wen Qingci to appear in the clinic.
But the clinic in front of me is too inconspicuous. If I just guess, no one would choose to stay here.
Wen Qingci is very low-key every time he comes here.
Logically speaking, Su Yuzheng would never know the existence of the clinic.
Just as he was about to enter the clinic, Wen Qingci suddenly stopped and looked at Su Yuzheng with a casual smile: "I wonder how Miss Su knew I was coming here?"
"Well," Su Yuzheng didn't think much about it, she answered directly, "I happened to hear my aunt mention it a while ago, saying that this clinic belongs to the Divine Doctor Valley, so I wanted to try my luck."
aunt.
Hearing these two words, Wen Qingci clenched his palms instantly.
Isn’t Su Yuzheng’s aunt Concubine Lan
How did Concubine Lan know that this clinic was related to the Valley of Divine Doctors
If my understanding is correct, even the emperor should not know about the existence of this clinic.
Su Yuzheng's unintentional words seemed to unintentionally push Wen Qingci towards the truth.
Wen Qingci originally just wanted to exchange a few words with her, so he used the excuse of being busy to say goodbye to her.
But after hearing this, he changed his mind.
"... Indeed," Wen Qingci paused, hiding his doubts, and directly admitted the matter. He turned to Su Yuzheng and said with a smile, "Miss Su, if you have nothing to do, you may come in and have a cup of tea before leaving."
There is a tea room behind the courtyard. Wen Qingci would rest here every time he came to the clinic.
There were a lot of things piled up in the tea room - all of which were brought by his senior brother from the valley.
Among them are rare medicinal herbs, various tonics, and his own brewed tea.
The owner of the clinic can be considered a member of the Miracle Doctor Valley.
Wen Qingci chatted with him several times and learned that both the deceased old valley master and the original master's senior brother were very kind to him.
The white tea floating in the porcelain cup exudes a bitter herbal aroma.
Su Yuzheng took a sip and couldn't help frowning.
But Wen Qingci seemed not to notice the bitterness and just savored the fragrance of the tea.
He did not ask Su Yuzheng how Lan Fei knew that this clinic was related to the Valley of Divine Doctors.
Instead, he paused for a moment, lowered his eyes, smiled, and asked her, "I wonder what rumors Miss Su has heard about me?"
As he spoke, Wen Qingci's gaze involuntarily fell on the amber eyes of the person opposite him.
Unlike Lan Fei, Su Yuzheng is obviously a person who cannot keep secrets.
Wen Qingci planned to use Su Yuzheng to convey what he wanted to say to Concubine Lan.
Wait for her to come to you on her own initiative.
Su Yuzheng saw that Wen Qingci's pair of black eyes, like glass, were no longer as calm as usual.
Instead, it exudes a strange sense of nostalgia and... sadness
The girl paused, clenched the teacup in her hand, and whispered everything she had heard.
The smile on Wen Qingci's face gradually faded.
—
Even Xie Bufeng himself did not expect that he was born to be on the battlefield.
Perhaps at the beginning the Northern Di just wanted to plunder some supplies as they did before, so as to survive the difficult years after the white disaster.
However, the weakness of the Wei Dynasty's army prompted their ambitions to expand.
Conquering Changyuan Town would obviously not satisfy them as they were already full of fighting spirit.
Just a few days after Xie Bufeng arrived in Changyuan Town, the real war began.
In the evening, the bugle call sounded.
The Beidi troops rushed out of the city gate and headed towards the location of the Wei Dynasty garrison.
The Guangchi Camp where Xie Bufeng was located was the first to fight.
The army of the Wei Dynasty had neglected training for many years, and the military quality of its generals was not high, while the Northern Di had always adopted a straightforward approach without any detours.
Therefore, both sides fought this battle without any plan, and it was a head-on confrontation.
It was still hot in Yongdu, but the air at the border was already chilly.
The cold wind, accompanied by the fragments of green grass, slid past Xie Bufeng's cheek.
The Northern Di war horses are short in stature but extremely maneuverable. They not only move very fast but are also extremely flexible.
It is undoubtedly a nightmare on the battlefield.
But there was not the slightest fear in Xie Bufeng's heart.
At the moment he rode forward, the boy had only one thought in his mind -
kill.
Xie Bufeng smiled slowly. He didn't think he could return to Yongdu alive, so he just wanted to take a few more people with him to be buried with him.
"… Is Xie Bufeng crazy?"
"How can he run so fast!"
The soldiers of Guangchiying basically went to the battlefield to die. After the war started, the soldiers had more or less fear and unwillingness in their hearts.
They couldn't help but slow down their horses' pace, which made Xie Bufeng seem even crazier and faster.
Horses are very smart. With a neigh, the other war horses that were originally following slowly behind suddenly quickened their pace.
The situation suddenly got out of control.
"What happened to them?"
"No...I don't know..."
In the Beidi army, some soldiers couldn't help whispering.
Although they were interrupted by the general's gaze the next moment, the sudden abnormality still distracted them.
Immediately afterwards, the black warhorse came like a ghost, bringing with it the soldiers of Guangchi Camp.
The military is free to choose the weapons they are good at using.
It has come to a life-and-death situation, and Xie Bufeng no longer cares whether the fact that he knows martial arts will be exposed.
He chose a heavy sword, held it tightly in his hand, and headed straight towards the Beidi army.
In the first battle, Xie Bufeng didn't care about the battle situation or the outcome at all.
Driven by murderous intent, he acted entirely on instinct.
The battlefield was already noisy, filled with the sound of weapons clashing.
It is even more wonderful in Xie Bufeng's ears.
Killing releases the evil thoughts in people's hearts.
Along with evil thoughts comes endless fear.
The territory of Beidi was extremely large, surrounding the entire Wei Dynasty in a semicircle in the north.
Part of Suzhou, where Xie Bufeng had stayed before, bordered the territory of Beidi.
The languages on both sides are somewhat similar.
"Run, run—"
"Stay away from this man with a heavy sword!"
Xie Bufeng slowly laughed.
He suddenly discovered that he liked listening to these fearful voices.
This battle was a chaotic one to begin with, not to mention that Xie Bufeng had already gone deep into the enemy territory and no one could command him.
The boy simply let himself go and followed those fearful voices.
Those who were already afraid of Xie Bufeng found that they were praying for him to go away one second, and the next second the boy appeared beside them like a ghost, and then swung his heavy sword...
People who are afraid of death will never try their best.
Xie Bufeng's actions were unhindered.
The most terrifying thing was that an arrow suddenly pierced his shoulder and blood gushed out from there instantly.
But the boy not only didn't frown, he didn't even stop moving.
The Beidi soldiers did not know who he was, nor had they heard of any legends about him.
In their eyes, this young man had no sense of pain and was like a god of death.
Accompanied by the neighing and screaming of war horses, one opponent after another fell under his sword and became corpses.
An atmosphere of fear spread instantly.
Xie Bufeng was like an eagle that smelled blood, completely immersed in the desire to kill.
In the end, a circle of vacuum was almost formed around him and no one dared to approach him.
The only advantage of the Wei Dynasty army is its large number of people.
Today, influenced by Xie Bufeng, the Wei Dynasty team, which was originally on the defensive, showed some changes and fighting spirit.
In the end, the battle situation was different from what everyone imagined.
The once unstoppable Beidi army retreated back to Changyuan Town.
In this battle, Wei Dynasty actually won!
The military bugle sounded, and when returning to the camp, everyone consciously made way for Xie Bufeng.
The boy's originally brand new silver armor had long lost its original color.
It was completely soaked in blood—from its enemies as well as from its own.
Xie Bufeng fought this battle too crazily and brilliantly.
The image of the heavy sword waving in the air was engraved in everyone's mind.
Countless pairs of eyes were watching this scene, and no one could erase Xie Bufeng's glory and military exploits.
The Wei Dynasty inherited the old system of the previous dynasty.
The previous dynasty had conquered the world through one war after another a hundred years ago, so a very strict military merit system was established back then.
After clearing the battlefield, a horrible fact was laid before the stationed general—Xie Bufeng had made unparalleled military achievements in this war.
When the general thought of this, his palms broke out in cold sweat.
If news of Xie Bufeng's incident were to spread back to Yongdu, it would probably make the emperor angrier than a defeat in the war.
The Gobi Desert fell silent in an instant. In just half an hour, the logistics team had cleared the battlefield, and the place was as clean as if nothing had happened.
After finally winning a victory, the soldiers began to cheer and celebrate, but Xie Bufeng was not interested in it at all.
He didn't expect that the first war he experienced would end like this.
And I... actually survived
Xie Bufeng brought a pot of wine, walked to the stream and sat down.
He had just taken two sips when a slight sound came from beside the boy.
—A lone lamb also came to the stream to drink water.
He suddenly remembered that he had picked up the lamb in the past, and it seemed that he had picked it up in the same way.
"come over."
The boy put the wine jar aside and touched the lamb's head.
The soft and warm touch suddenly made him think of Yongdu and that person again in the evening.
Xie Bufeng couldn't help but slowly tighten his arms.
Because he used too much force, after a few seconds the lamb in his arms began to struggle wildly due to the pain.
The boy finally fixed his eyes on it and slowly loosened his arms.
The lamb struggled away and ran to the other side of the stream.
The boy looked at the setting sun in the distance and slowly narrowed his eyes.
At this moment, another thought suddenly came to Xie Bufeng's mind.
—Return to Yongdu.
Once the flame fueled by desire is lit, it cannot be extinguished.
The thrill brought by killing and victory activated Xie Bufeng's originally numb heart.
He suddenly realized that he should not have waited, but should have gone and snatched it!
*
Within two days, the battle report from Changyuan Town was transmitted back to Yongdu.
Along with this, there was also news that Xie Bufeng was rewarded.
After hearing the battle report, everyone except Wen Qingci was shocked.
"What did you say?!" The man on the dragon throne widened his eyes and suddenly started coughing uncontrollably. After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice, "Send me the battle report!"
“Yes, Your Majesty…” The person delivering the letter had shaking hands.
Wen Qingci, who was originally standing aside, stepped back and gave up his place.
He pretended to be nonchalant as he packed up his medicine box. At the same time, he saw out of the corner of his eye that the emperor was reading the battle report very quickly. The color of the paper became worse with every word he read.
At last, the emperor once again pressed his hand heavily on his forehead.
He took a deep breath, took out the bindweed pill he carried with him and swallowed it.
But the next second, he started coughing uncontrollably again: "Cough cough cough... Eunuch Xian..."
The old eunuch immediately handed over the handkerchief.
This time the emperor's cough was more severe than before. By the time everyone reacted, there were already blood spots on the bright yellow silk handkerchief.
The fear of death and failure came over me in an instant.
(End of this chapter)