"I had hoped that when the child in your belly was born, even if I couldn't hear him call me uncle, at least I could see him and hug him." Liu Che's eyes fell on my slightly swollen belly, and It's not obvious, but the clothes are much looser, and there are some traces. "It looks like it's too late."
My heart twitched, and I tried to comfort him with a forced smile: "No..." But in fact, looking at the situation, I knew it was not optimistic.
The old military doctor said, only in the morning and evening. I don't know if this glance at him will be the last.
"This child will be very happy in the future. He has so many excellent fathers and a most special mother." Liu Che frowned pretending to be distressed, "What should I do? I can't find any other words of praise besides special." describe you..."
I chuckled, then quickly fell silent again. He was just trying to amuse me.
"Yingyu..." He took a few deep breaths, calmed his heartbeat, and looked dignified. "Some things, if I don't say them again, I'm afraid it will be too late."
My lips moved, and I whispered: "Speak, I'll listen."
"I used to have three dark forces in the imperial capital. One has grasped the criminal evidence of all the ministers in the court, the second has the secrets and movements of the important officials of the neighboring courts, and the third has the secret information of the Jianghu martial arts. The masters of these three sects I have already explained that after I leave, they will completely obey your orders. In addition, the ministers of the court, who were originally attached to me, I cannot guarantee their absolute loyalty. Who can use them and who cannot, I don’t think I need to say more Yan, you also know it in your heart. I know that because of your position, you are worried that Xu Li will be unfavorable to Shen Dongli and want to get rid of him, but now is a very good time. If you are not sure of winning with one blow, don't move Xu Li easily. Tao I have observed this person, and he is indeed capable of important tasks. Since you believe in him and love him, it is useless for me to talk too much. At the beginning... I insulted Qiao Yu, and I have never had the opportunity to apologize to him. People have classes, but there is no distinction between high and low. Not to mention feelings. I don't have as much love for you as he does. What's more, as you said, I also used the same method to control the other three doors, so what right do I have to insult Qiao Yu."
I smiled lightly. "Don't worry, he didn't blame you."
Liu Che also laughed, coughed lightly and said, "Of course, if it wasn't for you, he wouldn't take it to heart. His father, Qiao Zheng, is dead, and the secret door is torn apart. Let him lead the secret door, even if he doesn't do those things." Dirty and dirty things always require someone to protect you at all times. Weiyang Palace is unpredictable, and all the open and dark arrows are pointed there, I... I don’t trust you." Speaking of this, he lowered his head and laughed at himself, "I admit, I just think that in a critical moment, at least he will be your sword."
I said softly: "I know, I know everything." I know that you are doing it for my own good, so regardless of other things, I have no way to criticize your cruelty. Because we are all the same people.
"Also... I'm sorry... I couldn't give you a beautiful landscape." Liu Che smiled wryly, looked up at me, and asked, "Sister, am I... useless?"
He finally called me "Sister", I resisted the sore nose and the throbbing pain in my heart, bit my lower lip hard, and laughed in a trembling voice: "No, Ah Che is very capable, but we were not born The best of times."
"The best era needs to be created by myself. I don't have enough time. If there is an afterlife... Sister, I will fight for you, and you will be my queen, okay?"
With red eyes, I smiled and said, "Fool, where is the afterlife?"
He said sadly: "Then when you were in the palace, you told me about your next life, was it just perfunctory?"
I was taken aback for a moment, forgetting whether I had ever said this before. I always make promises casually, and most of the time it's just perfunctory. I forget when I say it, but some people have to remember it for a lifetime. Maybe I should remind myself in the future, don't promise what you can't do easily, rather than let people hate you for a lifetime, it's better to let him down for a while.
Regarding the promise of "next life", I kept silent.
He smiled lightly as if he hadn't expected it, lowered his voice and said to me: "Sister, the last secret, please listen to me."
Seeing what he said in a mysterious and dignified way, I restrained my mind and leaned forward, but unexpectedly my lips felt cold, his lips touched mine and brushed gently, I looked back at him in a daze, speechless .
He is like a cat stealing fish, smiling contentedly. "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me or you don't agree, I'll just believe it. I will remember your taste. In the next life, I will definitely meet you before them and catch you!"
I smiled, and the corners of my eyes were bent, but tears fell down, dripping on the back of my hand, with a slap, and it was very hot. Instead, he was smiling all the time.
After all, we all have the surname Liu, but we are actually very similar. When the pain reaches 12 points, you have to be 12 points uncomfortable, crying and acting like a baby, deceiving others to sympathize and love you; more uncomfortable.
I took a deep breath and wiped my face, and when I heard Tao Qing begging to see me, Liu Che glanced at me and said, "Don't cry, you are pregnant, let him see it, think I'm bullying you, what should I do."
I glared at him, and he smiled and handed me a clean handkerchief to wipe my face, "Wipe your face. I won't see him anymore. If there is anything, you can make up your mind." By this time, he had thoroughly Let go of power.
I nodded, helped him to lie down, tucked the quilt for him and turned to go out.
Tao Qing came forward when he saw me, looked down at me for a moment, he must have seen the wetness in my eyes, but he didn't say much, just stretched out his hand silently to hold mine, soft and strong, let me My heart suddenly settled down, and I found support.
I cleared my throat, looked up and asked him, "What's the matter?"
He bowed his head and smiled at me without answering, until he returned to his tent, he said: "The arrangements are in order, so as not to alarm the other party, after nightfall, Qiao Yu will be the first to act, and the three of Dong Li, Mo Wei and Han Xin will be taken away." Rescued, but it may be difficult to return directly to the camp. The most dangerous place is the safest. The three of them will go directly to Baiyang Valley to join us. And our side has raided Baiyang Valley since Zishi. Tang Si led Qingqi Sneak attack from behind to seize the high ground, Bai Fan launched a frontal attack, I will support from the side, and it is expected to completely break through Baiyang Valley before the sun sets tomorrow!"
I wrung my fingers and asked, "How sure are you?"
Tao Qing thought for a while, and replied: "Seven points are personnel, and I have done everything. The other three points, it depends on God's will."
I smiled and said, "I trust you. It's just Xu Li, how to arrange it?"
"Xu Li will not obey my dispatch. Bai Fan is still the nominal commander. He will let Xu Li be in charge of the rear."
I frowned. "As far as I know, your performance on the battlefield in the past three months has been enough to frighten all the soldiers. It should be no problem to mention you as the main general. You need the legitimate right to deploy troops. You can't go through Baifan for everything. This is too detrimental to efficiency."
"Don't be in a hurry, wait until this battle is won." Tao Qing still held me with his left hand, rubbed my heart with his right hand, followed my eyebrows and eyes, held my face, and gently Slightly raised, the ball of my thumb was rubbing against my cheek, and my lips were printed on my forehead. I closed my eyes to feel his touch, and my heart was so peaceful that I could only hear each other's breathing and heartbeat. "wait me back."
"Well, I'll wait for you." I leaned on his chest and said softly.
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Not long after dark, Liu Che braced himself up and put on a formal dress to boost the morale of the three armies. Under the leadership of Tao Qing, Tang Si, and Bai Fan, the army sneaked into Baiyang Valley with ease under the cover of night.
Watching the army disappear behind the mountain, my heart became more and more heavy. There were a few muffled thunders in the sky. Judging from the sky during the day, there must be another heavy rain at night.
rumbling—
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Suddenly a panicked voice came from behind me. I hurriedly turned my head and saw Liu Che's body swaying, and he sat down with a pale face. My heart tightened and I took two steps forward. Supporting him, they shouted to the left and right: "Shut up! Go to the military doctor!" It was the first time the two saw Liu Che's illness with their own eyes. I asked another soldier to help me bring Liu Che back to the tent.
"Ache, Ache, wake up!" His complexion had turned from pale to sallow, with beads of sweat rolling down his face. I kept wiping off his sweat and calling his name, his breathing was heavy and rapid, His eyes were closed, his lips were slightly parted, and he was shouting something.
"Military doctor! Where's the military doctor!" I turned around and roared, the soldier shook and knelt down, "I don't know..."
"Find it if you don't know!" I was mad, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Find it for me!"
"Yes, yes..." The man stumbled and ran out, Liu Che called out weakly: "Sister..."
I quickly turned around and held his hand, saying repeatedly: "I'm here, I'm here!"
He twitched the corners of his mouth, his eyes were half-opened, as if he couldn’t open them with all his strength, he could only look at me like this, his breathing was fast and slow, light and heavy, his lips opened and closed, and I put my ears on him to listen explain.
"Sister...wooden...box...holy...decree..." I vaguely recognized these words, raised my head and scanned the room for a week, saw the wooden box inside the head of the bed, hugged it in my hand, and asked him: "Is it this one? "
He closed his eyes lightly.
I opened the wooden box, saw the bright yellow silk cloth inside, took it out and spread it out, glanced at it, and immediately understood.
This is his last edict - to pass on the throne to Liu Yingyu. There is also a small box in the wooden box, which is Chuan Guo Yuxi.
Trembling, I took these two things, and looked down to see a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but it was an indelible sadness.
I threw the wooden box aside, held his hand tightly, and looked at him helplessly, not knowing what to do or what to say, my voice was blocked in my throat, I couldn't say a word, only choked up.
"Che... Ache..." I tremblingly stroked his cheek, the skin under my palm was drenched with sweat, but it was shockingly cold. The thunder outside came one after another, and the sound seemed to be exploding in my ears, and the heavy rain was pouring, almost piercing through the tent.
The day my adoptive father left was also in the same weather. He rubbed my head and said with a smile: "Yu'er, from now on... the foster father is gone... you must live well... live well..."
"Even if you are alone, you have to... live well..."
Father-in-law, he would let me put on thick clothes and hide in his arms to keep warm in winter, even if he himself only wore single clothes; There is no rice in the sky. He always said with a smile: "Yu'er eat more, foster father is not hungry."
"Yu'er dress warmly, foster father is not cold."
"In the future, when the adoptive father is gone, what should Yu'er do?"
"Even if she's alone, Yu'er has to live well..."
But I'm not alone. I used to have relatives, Ah Che, he is my younger brother, he treats me well, he will act like a baby to me, he will take care of me, protect me, he calls me "Sister" At that time, I was really happy. Yifu, Yu'er is not alone...
"Sister, I will accompany you from now on."
"Sister, I will protect you."
"Sister..."
I clenched his hand tremblingly, feeling once again that something was being snatched away, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't grasp it.
"Ache..." I bit my trembling lower lip, looked at his face, shook my head, and lay down beside his hand in pain, with tears dripping down my pillow and mat.
By this time, I couldn't even utter a complete sentence, and I didn't know how to scold the death god, leaving my only family member behind.
"Military doctor, where is the military doctor..." My voice was hoarse.
Only then did the old military doctor rush in, and before he could say much, he sat down to diagnose the pulse and administer the needles. I stood aside and looked back and forth, my knuckles turning white from the twisting of my ten fingers.
The old military doctor frowned, and pierced the acupuncture points one by one with silver needles. I saw Liu Che's expression softened, and I breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked, "Is he alright?"
The old military doctor supported the edge of the bed and stood up, bowed to me to the end, "Forgive me for my incompetence, I can only... hold on for a while."
My eyes went dark, my feet swayed, and I barely stopped.
"A moment... is it..."
Slowly lowering his head, his eyes wandered, and finally fell on Liu Che's eyelids.
My younger brother, Ah Che, was originally very elegant, but everyone was deceived. This kid has a pair of sly eyes.
"Yingyu, let's play a game. If you lose, let me kiss you."
"Then what if you lose?"
"Ah..." He said aggrieved and reluctantly, "Then I'll let you kiss me..."
"Why did you agree to my request when I called you Sister, and why did you ignore me when I called you Yingyu?"
"Call me sister and you are my younger brother, call me Yingyu who are you?"
"Then sister, if Ah Che calls you Yingyu, don't ignore him, okay?"
I sat down against the edge of the bed, gently pinched his fingertips, and whispered in his ear: "This time, even if you call me Yingyu, I will agree to you."
His eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he heard my words, I stared closely at his eyes, the eyelashes trembled like a butterfly struggling in a spider web, I tried my best, but I couldn’t escape my fate bondage.
His breathing stopped slowly in my hand.
Until the end, he couldn't call me "Sister" or "Yingyu".