main tent
Two cups of freshly brewed Longdanchun tea are steaming hot, and the fragrance of tea permeates the tent. Pei Che took a deep breath, the fragrance of the tea permeated his heart and spleen, Longdan is indeed the king of tea, the fragrance in the mouth is mellow and aftertaste, even the fragrance of tea is so intoxicating, in the future Xuanyuan and Murong Shuqing will get married, they want to drink Good tea made easy! Two big men were sitting at the desk, one by one, with clear tea in hand, and each had his own thoughts. There was not much time for such a relaxed and comfortable time in the main tent. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea. , sighed comfortably: "Cang Yue's descending book has been delayed again and again. Now that You Xiao is dead, they must not be able to use any tricks. As long as they sign the descending book, our army will be able to return to the court."
Fortunately, Xuanyuan came back after escorting Shu Qing back to Beijing, otherwise You Xiao would take advantage of it. They may be slightly inferior to conspiracy and trickery. If you are fighting on the battlefield, how can You Xiao be Xuanyuan's opponent.
"Well, the court has already sent Fang Tong to preside over the surrender. You and I just need to prepare the army." As he spoke, Xuanyuan's eyebrows were full of joy, and he couldn't hide it.
Tsk tsk, when have you seen him so happy? Pei Che couldn't help but tease: "This time it's your turn to be anxious? You have today too." Murong Shuqing should not have agreed to marry him so quickly. Xuanyuan ignored them and threatened to break off the marriage several times. Now I know that Don't worry, he should really suffer a little.
The corner of his mouth twitched, Xuanyuan Yi was in a good mood, and he didn't care about Pei Che's teasing. Tomorrow is the day when Shu Qing leaves the palace. If there is no accident, he will be able to return to Beijing within a month. This time, no one can stop him from marrying Qing’er, not even the emperor. He does not believe that Xuan Tiancheng is serious. Will take the risk of the world, and rob the wife of the minister.
The two chatted, and a loud announcement sounded from outside the tent, "Report! A man outside the tent claimed to be from the Murong family and asked to see the general."
Murong's house? Xuanyuan Yi's hand holding the tea was obviously stunned, Pei Che secretly laughed, do you need to be so excited? Xuanyuan now thinks that when he hears the word Murong, his mind is already swaying, and he shakes his head amusingly. Pei Che just lowered his head and sips the tea, missing the deepness in Xuanyuan Yi's eyes.
"Let him in." Was it someone sent by Qing'er? Did something happen to Beijing? Yesterday, there was news from the talents he stayed in the capital that there was no suspicious change in the palace. At this time, the people from the Murong family came, could something happen
"Yes."
The teenager's voice just fell, and a shadow hurriedly opened the curtain and entered the tent.
Seeing the person coming, Xuanyuan Yi recognized that he was the bodyguard who had been protecting Shu Qing at Linfeng Pass. Xuanyuan Yi was eager to know what had happened, and without greeting, he said urgently, "Fan Feng, what's the matter?"
"Master has a letter, and the explanation must be handed over to the general." Fan Feng's hoarse voice, uneven beard, and tired look all indicate that this letter was sent from the capital to Linfengguan at the fastest speed. Shu Qingji Don't write to him. Could it be that something happened to her
Taking the letter from Fan Feng, Xuanyuan Yi replied casually, "Thank you, go and rest."
Fan Feng was still standing in the tent motionless, with no intention of leaving at all. Could it be that Shu Qing still has a message? Xuanyuan Yi asked in a low voice, "Is there anything else?"
"Please read it immediately, General, and burn it after reading it."
Burn it after reading it? How to be cautious? Not only Xuanyuan Yi was puzzled, but even Pei Che, who was purely watching the fun, noticed that something was wrong.
Xuanyuan Yi quickly tore open the envelope, there was only a thin letterhead inside, opened the letterhead and only glanced at it, Xuanyuanyi's complexion changed greatly, his normally steady and calm aura was obviously hurried, and even the hand holding the letterhead trembled slightly , his eyes staring at the letterhead remained motionless, as if to stare out a hole in the letterhead.
"Xuanyuan, are you alright?" Pei Che couldn't see what was written on the letterhead across a large desk, but judging from the faintly printed ink marks, there were only a few sentences, what exactly was written on the letter, Can Xuanyuan lose his temper
Pei Che got up and approached, but Fan Feng suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of him. Pei Che only saw that he took out a fire book from his sleeve and handed it to Xuanyuan, and he seemed to come back to his senses. He didn't take the fire book, and his dark eyes still fell on the letterhead.
Fan Feng impatiently lit the corner of the letter with a fire stick. Pei Che thought that Xuanyuan would be angry, but he didn't say a word, and let the letter be swallowed by the flames in his hand.
It was not until it was confirmed that all the letterheads were turned into ashes that Fan Feng took a step back, left a "farewell", and turned around and left the main tent.
Pei Che said anxiously, "Did something happen to the Murong family?" Or something happened to Shu Qing, otherwise Xuanyuan wouldn't be like this.
Taking a deep breath, Xuanyuan Yi clearly calmed down and replied in a low voice, "It's okay."
He didn't want to say, and Pei Che couldn't do anything, "I'll go see if the soldiers in each battalion are ready."
Pei Che walked out of the main tent, leaving only Xuanyuan Yi and the scent of tea in the room. Xuanyuan Yi stood by the desk for a long time, looking at the wisps of ashes scattered on the ground, he only felt a coolness coming from his heart.
I am in the sea.
There are only four words on the letterhead, and the handwriting of the beautiful and beautiful is indeed from Shu Qing's hand, but what did she mean by giving him these four words? Haven't they promised each other for life? Didn't she say she would wait for him to go back? Shouldn't she be in the palace now? Why did she go to the sea, and what happened in the palace? At this moment, Xuanyuan Yi was enveloped by a fear he had never experienced before. He was puzzled, he was powerless, he was angry, he was terrified, and his heart was chilled. She was always so cold, so calm, so indifferent, he thought he had entered her heart, but now he suddenly realized that he didn't understand what Murong Shuqing was thinking at all
"Xuanyuan, I don't think Cang Yue is quite right. The letter has been signed, but the army has not yet left Linfeng Pass. I'm afraid they have other plans." Pei Che said while observing Xuanyuan Yi secretly. Today is the first time. It has been ten days. After that day, Xuanyuan has been in a bad mood. The generals only felt that General Xuanyuan was in a bad mood these few days. But Pei Che keenly felt that he was not just angry, he was irritable, and he was easily dazed, just like now, after he talked for a long time, Xuanyuan didn't respond at all.
"Xuanyuan? What's the matter with you, you've been haunted for the past few days?"
"It seems that the surrender of the book is just their plan to delay the army. Let our army relax its vigilance. Cang Yue acts insidiously, and our army has to guard against it. You will send orders to the entire army later.
Pei Che thought he wasn't listening at all, but Xuanyuan was not as lost as he thought. Did he see it wrong
"General!" Li Ming hurriedly rushed into the tent and interrupted the two of them. Xuanyuan Yi's face became even darker, and Pei Che scolded in a low voice, "What is so urgent?" This kid has been in the army for so many years. Why is it still so frizzy
"There is news from the capital, Miss Murong..." Li Ming's face was slightly blue, and there was panic and worry in his eyes when he looked at Xuanyuan Yi.
Xuanyuan Yi hurriedly stood up from the main seat, staring at Li Ming nervously with a pair of eagle eyes. Although he did not speak, Li Ming took a step back in shock.
Li Ming was dumbfounded and did not speak, and Pei Che was also anxious, "What happened to Murong Shuqing?"
"Miss Murong... in the palace..." The always cheerful person suddenly stammered. Pei Che had a bad premonition. After a long time, Li Ming finally said, "I passed away."
"What?" Shu Qing passed away? "It's impossible!" He had already guessed that something must have happened to Shu Qing, but he was actually - dead? This... how could this be? While Pei Che whispered, he immediately looked at Xuanyuan Yi next to him.
"You all go out." The two of them were very close, and Pei Che could clearly hear Xuanyuan Yi's suppressed voice shaking. He clenched his teeth so that blue veins appeared on the resolute Che's face, and his whole body was full of difficulties. control of hostility.
"Xuanyuan..." Pei Che was really worried about Xuanyuan Yi. In less than a month, they should get married. At this moment, Murong Shuqing died inexplicably. They have known each other for many years, and Xuanyuan's personality is clear to him. He is very affectionate and righteous, and he has absolutely moved his heart towards Shu Qing.
"Get out!" The heart of the guard outside the tent was trembling with a roaring roar. Pei Che didn't dare to stay for a long time, and dragged the already frightened Li Ming out of the main tent.
After leaving the main tent, Li Ming asked with a trembling heart, "Is the general okay?" I have been with the general for many years. Terrible.
"What happened?" He had never heard of Murong Shuqing suffering from a serious illness, so how could he have passed away in just a few months? There's definitely something suspicious about it.
Li Ming shook his head and replied gloomily and irritably, "I don't know either, but Miss Murong has indeed passed away, and Xiang Xiang has taken her body back to Qi's house." He didn't like Murong Shuqing before, but he was with her last time. After getting along for a while, I finally felt that she was worthy of being a general, but this kind of thing happened before the wedding! A good person, how can you say that he is gone
There was a muffled bang in the main tent, fearing that the desk was hacked by Xuanyuan Yi. Pei Che looked back at the tent behind him, a strange feeling in his heart, the letters from a few days ago, Xuanyuan's strange emotions over the past few days, and the fact that he kicked them out without asking the details just now, this is not like Xuanyuan's business style, what's going on
Sawdust splashed everywhere in the main tent, and blood dripped onto the wreckage of the desk along the palm of the hand, leaving mottled bloodstains. What he hurt was not his hands, but his heart was hurt the most.
No wonder you said that you were in the sea, and it turned out that you made up your mind to use "death" to free yourself, but have you ever thought about me? Have you thought about discussing it with me? Do you think of me as someone who will accompany you all your life? Murong Shuqing, you can leave as soon as you say it, how free and easy, how can you be so cruel, so ruthless
Within two days, the news of Murong Shuqing's death quickly spread throughout the barracks, and the generals were overwhelmed with sighs. It was a pity that such an elegant woman had died in such a sweet way. The general should be the most distressed, but no one dared to go. For comfort, I can only push Pei Che to go. He was a military advisor and a friend of General Xuanyuan, so naturally he couldn't shirk. After standing a stick of incense in front of the tent, Pei Che finally bravely entered the main tent.
The tent was in a mess, just as he had guessed, the desk had been split by Xuanyuan with his palm, and the dried blood was scattered on the ground, indicating that Xuanyuan had injured himself. Looking up, he didn't see Xuanyuan Yi's figure, Pei Che said anxiously, "Xuanyuan?"
"Come here." The response was so hoarse that it was almost impossible to hear Xuanyuan Yi's voice. Pei Che looked to the right and saw Xuanyuan Yi with his back to him, standing in front of the topographic map, half bent, like is studying the terrain.
Pei Che hurriedly walked over, only to walk to his side, Xuanyuan Yi asked again, "What else is going on in Cang Yue?"
"Cang Yue's army is slowly retreating, but it is obviously not active. If our army withdraws now, I am afraid they will kill a carbine." He replied, but Pei Che's eyes were fixed on Xuanyuan Yi for a moment. Although his eyes were full of tiredness, he was still quite energetic. After only two days, his already thin cheeks were sunken, the wounds on his hands were wrapped around with cloth, and the dried blood had already coagulated. The exhaustion and haggard are obvious, but fortunately he has calmed down a lot at this time, Pei Che sighed: "Xuanyuan, you should go back to Beijing first, Linfeng Pass is guarded by me and the generals, it is not so easy for Cang Yue to make a sneak attack. "
If I don't go back now, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with Shu Qing's burial.
Xuanyuan Yi didn't answer Pei Che's words, and said to himself: "Cang Yue's famous general and military general died three years ago, Cang Yue has no generals who can compete with our army, You Xiao acted insidiously, he should be trying to win by surprise. Now You Xiao is also dead, Cang Yue has no head coach, it is impossible to confront our army again. You just need to be careful and let the soldiers be vigilant, Cang Yue can’t do anything messy this time.”
"Yeah." Pei Che always felt that Xuanyuan was a little strange today, but he couldn't say why. After talking about the deployment and defense of each battalion, Xuanyuan Yi finally raised his head and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow I will return to Beijing, and I will leave it to you."
"Okay." Pei Che breathed a sigh of relief, Xuanyuan was finally willing to face the fact that Shu Qing had left, and finally survived.
Turning his head to look at Pei Che, Xuanyuan Yi patted Pei Che on the shoulder hard, and said in a deep voice, "In the future... I've worked hard for you."
In the crimson eyes, Pei Che had never seen a cautiousness, and a trace of guilt flashed past. Pei Che's heart tightened, grabbed Xuanyuan Yi's arm, and said anxiously, "What do you want to do? It has something to do with Shu Qing, right?" There must be an inside story about Shu Qing's death. It started to get weird, what was Xuanyuan going to do
After being silent for a while, Xuanyuan Yi's frowning brows were slowly loosened, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he replied: "Che, if I were like Qing'er and left you, you would bury my bones in It's close to the wind."
Pei Che was shocked, "Xuanyuan! What nonsense are you talking about?" Did he want to die for Shu Qing? Impossible, Xuanyuan is not such a cowardly person. Before he could figure out what the smile on the corner of his mouth meant, Xuanyuan Yi had already pushed away his hand that grabbed his arm, turned his back and stopped looking at him, "I'm tired, you go out."
With a stomach full of doubts and worries, Pei Che walked out of the main tent and thought about it all night. He seemed to have some clues in his heart, but he was not sure. On the second day, Xuanyuan Yi returned to the capital with only fifty elite soldiers.
The night gradually darkened, and for some unknown reason, Pei Che had been restless since the morning. Pei Che walked back and forth in the tent no less than a few hundred times. Li Ming couldn't stand it anymore. "The general has already returned to Beijing, can you sit down? People can't be resurrected from the dead, so let's mourn by the way."
"Master!" The door curtain was thrown open, and a wounded soldier rushed into the barracks, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Cang Yue went back on her word, ambushed the general along the way, the general was alone, and the arrow fell. Cliff!"
"No reason!" Li Ming roared and jumped up from his chair.
This person was one of the fifty elite soldiers Xuanyuan brought out in the morning. Pei Che's face turned pale, Cang Yue refused to retreat, was it Xuanyuan Yi? How could he ignore this! Grabbing the teenager's arm and pulling him up from the ground, Pei Che said anxiously, "Lead the way!"
"Yes."
In order to prevent Cang Yue from attacking in the chaotic night, Pei Che took Li Ming and 5,000 elite soldiers to Hushan, 500 miles away.
When the group arrived, they saw the remains of Cang Yue soldiers everywhere on the top of the mountain, with long arrows pierced on the ground and trees. It could be seen that they originally wanted to capture Xuanyuan Yi alive, but they were defeated. tactics.
Five thousand soldiers were divided into two groups, and they searched at the bottom of the cliff. Finally, a young general found the general's shirt and shouted: "The general is here."
Pei Che and Li Ming rushed over, only to see a figure in a shirt lying on the stone ground with a few stones behind him. Pei Che quickly removed the stones and carefully turned him over. Only the long arrow pierced through the chest, the blood had soaked the shirt, and he fell from the Baizhang cliff. His face was slightly deformed, and the sharp angle of the rock left several scars on his face. In such an unknown night, it was almost impossible to see his appearance, but that shirt was indeed Xuanyuan Yi's. The strong smell of blood permeated the bottom of the cliff. Pei Che stretched out his hand and touched his wrist tremblingly. The cliff with more than 5,000 people was so quiet that he could not hear breathing. After a long time, Pei Che stood up, shook his head, and sighed. The voice said: "The general has... died in battle!"
"General!" A neat and loud cry echoed at the bottom of the silent cliff, and Pei Che suddenly said, "Send the general back to Linfeng Pass and be buried next to the frontier camp."
Buried in the frontier? ? Li Ming hurriedly stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "The general is the general of the East, how can he be buried in Linfengguan at will? If the imperial court is to blame..."
Before Li Ming could finish speaking, Pei Che replied in a loud voice: "This is the oath made by the general officer when he worships the general. To convict, I, Pei Che, will bear it with all my strength!"
"Yes." All the generals were moved by General Xuanyuan's loyal and patriotic heart, and no one said more.
Li Ming loaded the corpse into the carriage, and Pei Che turned to the young general behind him and said, "I sent an 800-mile expedited military report. General Xuanyuan Yi was ambushed by Cang Yue and fell off a cliff while he was returning to Beijing to return to his life."
"Yes."
Looking up at Xingdou, Pei Che finally smiled a long-lost smile. Xuanyuan split the desk yesterday, and the palm of his right hand was clearly injured. The corpse just now also had an injury on his right hand, but it was a scratch caused by a stone. This corpse is not Xuanyuan Yi at all, so the person who died in the palace must not be Murong Shuqing. Xuanyuan, I finally understood what you said and left like Shu Qing...
Under the dark night, the sound of horses' hooves was heard everywhere, and a dark light and shadow quickly shuttled through the forest, galloping in the direction of the East China Sea. Che, I'm sorry. He failed to protect his woman and let her be free in this way, and he really couldn't let her go. He was going to ask that woman, in her heart, what was he
In April of the 234th year in the east corner, the famous general Xuanyuan Yi was ambushed by Cang Yue and died at Linfeng Pass.