Zhou Fei felt that she had a very long dream.
It seems that from the moment when Li Jinrong suddenly called her and Li Sheng to Xiushantang, whether going down the mountain or encountering those people and things, she just imagined them out of thin air. The dream came back, and when she opened her eyes, she was still in her hut covered with green bamboo, the bed was always damp all year round, the chair fell down and no one helped her, and there was a pile of useful and useless things spread out on the table. The inkstone that has never been washed in time has become hairy over the years, and is about to grow a charming umbrella mushroom. There are a few movable tiles on the roof, allowing her to jump up the beam and escape at any time...
Until she smelled a pungent medicine.
Zhou Fei tried to move, and felt as if her shoulders had been taken off her shoulders. Even her chest and arms felt an unbearable pain. She couldn't help but snorted, and inadvertently grabbed a hand beside her. , came across something cold.
Wangchun Mountain.
The chaotic memory exploded in her heart with a bang, and the reasons were clearly arranged. Zhou Fei suddenly sat up... but failed, she fell back on the pillow and nearly fainted again.
At this moment, the door squeaked open, and a sneaky head came in, glanced around, and said in a low voice, "I haven't woken up, I don't see any movement."
"Li..." Zhou Fei just made a sound, her throat seemed to be split open by a blunt axe, she endured the pain of the wound and forcibly cleared it a few times before saying, "Li Yan, get in here."
Li Yan said "Oops", almost tripping over the threshold, and rushing in after hearing the words: "A Fei!"
This person's babbling must not be immature and ignorant, but his nature.
Zhou Fei had a headache when she heard her call, but fortunately, a familiar voice rescued her: "Li Dazhuang, if you shout again, you will have your mouth sewn up."
Li Yan: "..."
Zhou Fei was taken aback, followed the voice to look over, and saw Li Sheng who had been away for a long time.
Li Sheng had already sorted himself out of his dignified face, but he washed away the dust, but he couldn't wash away the haggardness. The last bit of soft flesh on the young man's cheeks was also boiled dry, and the skin was hard. The skeleton of a man has grown into the appearance of a man, which is a little strange at first glance.
The unfamiliar Li Sheng gave her a steady nod, and walked in unhurriedly behind Li Yan.
Li Yan's two mouths were barely enough to play, she was so busy that she flew up and down, and said to Zhou Fei without breathing, "Sister, if Li Sheng hadn't met Auntie, they would come back temporarily, and our bones will grow on our bones now. Maggots!"
Zhou Fei got goosebumps at her prospect.
"The bastards of the puppet dynasty run very fast. If they fall into the hands of the aunt in the future, they will definitely chop them up and stew them for the dogs..."
Zhou Fei was very difficult to pick out the useful ones from the large and small carriages full of her mouth: "You said Cao Ning..."
"Run!" Li Yan said angrily, "You said that fat man, such a big fat mountain with long legs, can run faster than the drill monkey, and the uncle's people have already reached the bottom of the mountain. , this can make them escape!"
Zhou Fei: "…"
She was struggling to help Wang Chunshan to sit up. Hearing this, she froze on the spot and asked in a dazed way, "Who? My father's person?"
Li Sheng silently poured a glass of water, stretched out two fingers, pinched Li Yan's back collar and pulled her away, handed the glass to Zhou Fei, and swept his eyes on the unfamiliar long knife.
"Thank you," Zhou Fei took it over, paused, and added, "...Brother."
Li Sheng lifted his clothes and sat down on the small bamboo stool next to him, and explained in a logical manner: "The Xingjiao Gang has always been in contact with the Jokhang court, this time the Xingjiao Gang took the lead, and the troops from the south followed, and we went back to catch up. On the way, I happened to meet my uncle's person - General Feiqing Wen Yu, do you know?"
Zhou Fei not only knew it, but also knew it.
"We're going fast, so we took a step ahead. General Wen and the others were supposed to arrive later. As soon as we went up and down, we were just able to catch the turtle in the urn for the second Cao. I didn't expect that when we rushed up, the second Cao seemed to have noticed something. , Falsely dashed down the mountain with a single move, and almost... let them run away." Li Sheng's voice was very calm, but his hands were on his knees, and his four fingers were pressed back and forth on his thumbs, as if to calm down something. Yes, after a pause, he said again, "It doesn't matter if you don't catch it, we will recover this debt sooner or later."
"When you didn't come back, there were more than 670 people going to and from the post, and there were only a hundred people left," Li Yan said in a low voice, "The forty-eight people in the forty-seven villages left behind... the seniors in the forty-seven villages suffered more than half of the casualties. ."
Li Sheng corrected: "Seven or eight out of ten."
Zhou Fei expected it, otherwise a person like Li Yan who would not be a teacher in ten thousand years would never have appeared at the forefront at that time. But listening to Li Sheng at this time, it was still shocking.
For a while, the three people in the room were silent.
After a while, Li Sheng changed his voice and said, "Auntie is back, you don't have to think about these things. I heard that my uncle will come back after a while."
Zhou Fei finally heard some good news, her eyes lit up: "Really, he wants to go home?"
Li Sheng didn't see Kai Huai very much, he nodded perfunctorily, then frowned and said, "I'm afraid there's going to be a war."
Even though many people think that the Cao family's name is not right, they still stand firm in the northern half of the country, so they don't know any other skills, and they are sure to be able to fight. When Emperor Jianyuan went south, he was just an ignorant young man, but now he is in the prime of his ambitious years. With the dedicated efforts of Liang Shao and Zhou Yitang, his power has gradually grown. He radically reformed the administration of officials and the tax system. Presumably not for the sake of peace.
Although the two years between the north and the south were reluctantly peaceful, everyone knew that there would eventually be a battle between the two sides.
In the last battle, the two sides took Hengshan as their base.
This time, forty-eight villages became the man who lit the artillery fire.
Will the fire of war burn to the middle of Shu
Zhou Fei couldn't help thinking of the empty secret passage on Hengshan Mountain, and felt that many things in the world were familiar, and every piece seemed to be a replica of what happened before.
If the big boss came back a little later, wouldn't there be only an empty mountain left here
Will the 48th Village become another Hengshan where every family is closed during the day
and also…
The rest of Zhou Fei didn't dare to think about it.
Wen Yu came up at this juncture, although he almost blocked Cao Ning, and his success was down, but it was too coincidental.
Behind this General Feiqing is Zhou Yitang, not the Cao Ning who made her want to stab her to death as soon as she met her. She couldn't neutrally analyze the good intentions and malice behind her.
"Miss Wu and the others are back." Li Sheng said again, "I wanted to see you together, but just now she was invited by my aunt to speak. I heard that Senior Brother Chenfei..."
Zhou Fei sighed.
Li Sheng's thumb-pinching action suddenly accelerated by three points. After a long while, he exhaled very lightly and restrainedly, and said, "Understood, you can rest."
After he finished speaking, he slammed Li Yan away like a sheep. Li Yan was originally reluctant, but her brother glared at him and reprimanded him, "Have you practiced yet?", and immediately ran away in despair.
I don't know how long this chaos will inspire her.
However, Li Sheng paused for a moment at the door. He stretched out his hand to hold the door frame and turned his head against the light. For a moment, he seemed to have broken some taboo, and blurted out to Zhou Fei, "Your knife is very good."
Zhou Fei was stunned for a moment, and thought he was talking about Wangchun Mountain. The habitual "take it if you like it" was enough to touch the tip of her tongue. She came back to her senses, but she was really reluctant, so she had to keep this sentence in her mouth over and over again. circling.
Unexpectedly, Li Sheng said again: "Your aptitude and understanding of qigong practice are indeed stronger than mine. For so many years, I have been chasing hard, but I can't always catch up, and I am very unwilling."
Zhou Fei: "…"
Li Yan: "..."
The two of them stared at Li Sheng like a ghost in one door and the other outside. The hero saw the same thing and thought that Li Sheng might have taken the wrong medicine.
Li Sheng waved his hand impatiently, as if he wanted to turn those annoying gazes away, and said bluntly to Zhou Fei: "But thinking about it, in fact, there are so many unwillingnesses, except for self-deception, it's useless. The only useful thing is to practice hard. You don't have to be too proud of what you said today, but now you are ahead, but it may not be ten or twenty years from now."
He spit out the words that stuck in his heart in one breath. Although there was a kind of strange joy, he also had a kind of shame that he had stripped away in public. The last sentence and every word flew out with wings. After flying, Li Sheng He couldn't stay any longer, he turned around and left, giving Zhou Fei no room to answer.
Li Yan was afraid that she would know too much and be silenced by Li Sheng, so she also ran away.
The unreliable siblings didn't even close the door for her.
As a wounded, Zhou Fei stared lonely for a moment with the small courtyard outside the door, which was stained with autumn colors. She was shivered by the small wind. , go to the gate in person step by step.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard a flute.
The flute is not good, the high notes can't go up, the low notes can't go down, and the transitions are a little hoarse, but the flute player has two brushes. , can also turn corruption into magic, holding such a shoddy thing, occasionally can play a few tricks with ease, revealing a little harmless slickness.
Zhou Fei leaned against the door frame, looked up, and saw Xie Yun sitting on the top of the tree, leaning against a branch very relaxedly, automatically following the wind, very comfortable.
Zhou Fei waited for him to finish playing a piece of music, before asking, "What piece?"
"Li hate is born in the building of hate." Xie Yun smiled, "How many times have I heard people sing on the road, why do you ask?"
Zhou Fei pondered it carefully, and it seemed that it was indeed a passage from "Lie Hate Tower", but when others played and sang it, it was a bittersweet parting. When he came to him, the tone was light and light, and the endings were even very playful. So it's not like "Li Hate", it's a bit like "Get out", she didn't hear it for a while.
Xie Yun looked at Zhou Fei with a smile and asked, "I'll see you, will you let me in the girl's boudoir?"
Zhou Fei: "No."
Xie Yun heard the words, jumped down from the tree, folded up his long sleeves with a smile on his face, and gave a fake bow: "Alas, I've had a bad ear voice recently, and I've been listening to people and I've missed words—since the girl has invited me, I'll be disrespectful. , thank you very much."
Zhou Fei: "…"
Under her astonishing gaze, Xie Yun entered the room in a grand manner, grabbed the long knife in Zhou Fei's hand by the way, pulled her wrist to the bedside, and said to the guest: "Lie down and lie down, let's take the two of us. Friendship, why do you have to greet me at the door?"
His mouth is mean, but his eyes are quite orderly, and he doesn't glance around - although there really isn't anything to look around in Zhou Fei's house.
Zhou Fei observed silently for a moment, and suddenly found that he has a very interesting characteristic. The more troubled and uncomfortable he is, the more he likes to play with his own face. On the contrary, when he is in a relaxed mood, he can say a few serious words. talk.
Xie Yun noticed her gaze: "What are you looking at me for? I'm so handsome and handsome, I'll be paid for seeing too much."
Zhou Fei said, "I don't have any money, so you can see for yourself."
Xie Yun was stunned by her counterattack that was in line with her own style: "You..."
"You" for a long time, he didn't pick up the words, he couldn't help laughing first.
Immediately, his smile faded, and he gently rubbed his flute: "Do you have anything to ask me?"
Zhou Fei wanted to ask too many questions.
For example, why does Cao Ning seem to know him very well? What happened to the "Pushing Cloud Palm" in Gu Tianxuan's mouth? Since he has a unique skill, how could he have been chased by a bunch of Jianghu Xiaoxiao before? What exactly is Haitian Yise he is looking for
However, these words poured into her mouth, and she swallowed them one after another. She could see that Xie Yun asked this question, but she couldn't hide it. In fact, she didn't want to say it. The nonsense is waiting for her to be blinded, and the questions are in vain.
After a long time, Zhou Fei asked, "Are you going to fight?"
Xie Yun's obscure eyes fell on her, as if shocked that she had asked such a question. After a while, he said, "Cao Ning is not the son of the queen."
Zhou Fei: "…"
Xie Yun answered the question, she did not understand the cause and effect relationship for a while.
"Cao Zhongkun was usurping the throne. He didn't pay much attention to it before. He hired a prostitute to be the outer chamber, and only when he was pregnant with Cao Ning did he take him back as a concubine. This is quite disgraceful. That woman died after giving birth to Cao Ning. This Cao Ning was sick in the womb, and his body and appearance were different from ordinary people since he was a child. You can see it. Is it because his life is not good, or someone moved his hands and feet back then, these are not allowed. But I know." Xie Yun said, "It is said that because of his background and appearance, Cao Zhongkun has not liked him since he was a child, and Cao Zhongkun himself does not want to admit this son... But this person is not mediocre. He quit his biological father and asked to go to the army to practice. Cao Zhongkun didn't like him, and he probably wouldn't feel bad about him when he died, so he let him go. Who knows that although this son can't practice martial arts, he is quite good at the art of war, and has made great achievements in succession, and has a prestige in the army. growing."
Zhou Fei was still at a loss as she listened to these palace secrets with difficulty.
"Cao Ning got into Cao Zhongkun's eyes with military merit," Xie Yun said, "Cao Zhongkun knows how he came to power, and has always held the military power firmly in his hands. He is not afraid of his son's military merit, but the prince is afraid - you remember a few years ago. Have you ever heard the rumor that Cao Zhongkun was seriously ill? At that time, Beidou took the opportunity to attack, and the Northern Dynasty court was also cleaned. Everyone knew that it was just a test of the fake emperor, but I doubt it was true. The age of the fake emperor is there. He can ascend to the honor of the ninety-five, it does not mean that he can live forever - if you are the crown prince and have a younger brother who is full of military skills, what would you think?"
Zhou Fei finally vaguely understood something: "You mean..."
"The prince can't tolerate him. Conversely, Cao Ning may not have no idea about the prince. Cao Ning seems to have returned in vain when he sent his troops south to Shuzhong, but after this battle, if the north and south start a war on this, right For him, it is a great benefit." Xie Yun said, "On the contrary, it is Dazhao. Although he also wants to recover the northern land and return to the old capital, it may not be a good time to start at this time, because the new policy has achieved initial results. It's time to gather strength. Second, once Cao Zhongkun dies and the new emperor takes over the old capital, there will be a turmoil in the north. Wouldn't it be more secure to take advantage of the situation? , he is more willing to wait for the opportunity to provoke civil strife in the Northern Dynasty."
Zhou Fei pursed her lips.
Xie Yun was too smart, she just asked a question, and he saw clearly the doubts in her heart. At this time, he said it, and in a few words, he pushed the stone from her chest away.
Zhou Fei asked, "Don't you think I think too much?"
Xie Yun laughed quietly: "Kou Dan and Ma Jili betrayed one after another. You were seriously injured, yet you are still willing to entrust those things to me... I think you think too much."
He said, took out the small silk cloth bag that Zhou Fei had stuffed into her hand that day, and put it by her pillow: "Okay, I can finally retire and return the thing to its original owner, so I'll bring it to you quickly. , so you won't be able to explain it when Miss Wu comes over."
After Xie Yun finished speaking, as if he had left a burden, he stood up and wanted to go: "When I asked your name, your brother was not happy. If I disturb your rest again, he is going to come and bombard me, so let's go."
Zhou Fei stopped him subconsciously: "Hey..."
Xie Yun took a step and lowered his eyelashes, his eyes were almost gentle for a while.
Zhou Fei didn't want to let him go, because there were still a lot of unfinished questions. For example, even if he was a master, he had been hiding it for some reason, why was it suddenly revealed that day
To save her
The phrase "I can actually take you away" in Sword, Light and Sword, and the finger printed on her cheek in Chunhui Town...
Zhou Fei looked at Xie Yun, and suddenly felt a little aggrieved, because she really didn't know how to speak, and Xie Yun's grandson seemed to be planning to pretend that nothing happened!
Xie Yun: "What's the matter?"
Zhou Fei held it back for a while, and then said, "Where are you staying?"
"The guest room in your village." Xie Yun said with a smile, "Your land is really beautiful, and it is very comfortable in autumn and winter. I plan to stay for a while. Hurry up and heal your wounds, and show me the scenery of the middle of Shu."