Gu Jiao came out of the Fengyuan and caught a glimpse of a small figure poking his head behind the big tree.
Gu Jiao walked over: "Clear space?"
Xiao Jingkong was stunned for a while, then grabbed his little head and walked out: "Ah, it was discovered."
Gu Jiao touched his little head: "Are you waiting for me?"
"Hmm... um!" Xiao Jingkong hesitated for a moment, then nodded seriously to admit it.
He raised his immature face and blinked at Gu Jiao with big eyes. The thick and curled eyelashes made him look like a little eyelashes.
"Jiaojiao, are you going to fight again?"
He asked distressedly, "Why do you always go to war?"
Gu Jiao didn't know how to answer this question.
She squatted down on one knee in front of him, and suddenly found that the small clearance had finally grown taller. In the past, she could easily see the top of his head in this posture, but now she is really looking at him.
Can watch you grow up.
very nice.
Gu Jiao took a leaf that had fallen on his shoulder and said softly, "Everyone has their own duty to do, save the dying and the wounded, protect the country and the people, it is their duty."
Xiao Jingkong seemed to understand, but after thinking about it, he clenched his fists and said, "Then my duty must be to protect Jiaojiao! I want to learn martial arts! I want to grow up! I will fight in the future! Jiaojiao doesn't have to go. It's gone!"
Gu Jiao touched his little head and said with a smile, "It's not fun to fight a war."
Xiao Jingkong frowned and said, "But fighting is very hard, I don't want Jiaojiao to work hard!"
Gu Jiao said, "I don't work hard."
Xiao Jingkong couldn't bear her, she was so wronged that she almost cried.
Gu Jiao hugged him for a while before coaxing him back into the room to sleep.
When the little guy fell asleep, Gu Jiao took the carriage to the National Teacher's Hall.
In the Purple Bamboo Forest, the National Teacher was sitting in the main room playing chess.
After the fall of the prince and the Han family, and the fact that the fake monarch came to light, the National Teacher Hall naturally recovered its innocence and lifted the blockade.
Mr. Meng has left, and the National Teacher is playing against himself.
The disciple who was originally on duty went to work, and Ye Qing sat beside Xun, respectfully waiting for Master to send him.
"No more." Master Guo Shi suddenly put the chess piece in his hand back into the chess box.
Ye Qing hurriedly moved over to sort the black and white chess pieces, and then installed the chessboard.
At this moment, Yu He's report came from outside the courtyard: "Master, Master Xiao is here."
"Let him come in." said the National Teacher.
Gu Jiao entered the small bamboo hut.
It was getting late now, and a feather fan glazed lamp was hung under the corridor. The transparency of this glaze was almost the same as that of the glass in the previous life. At first glance, it far surpassed Liang Guo's craftsmanship.
"When did you hang it up? It's so pretty." Gu Jiao said.
"It was hung on the Moon Festival." Ye Qing invited Gu Jiao into the house, "Usually it will be hung up at the end of the month and then taken down."
On the Moon Worship Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of Dayan is to admire the moon and hang lanterns.
Gu Jiao sat down opposite the Master Guo Shi: "Master Guo Shi has worked hard to come down to earth, yet he actually celebrates this kind of folk festival."
The national teacher glared at her speechlessly.
"Play chess with me." He decided not to care about her.
"Okay."
For the sake of misunderstanding you for so long, I will accompany you to the next game.
Ye Qing took out the chessboard that he had managed to tidy up and rearranged it, and went to make a pot of fruit tea.
The fruit tea has its own fruity fragrance, but it is not too sweet, which is very suitable for Gu Jiao's appetite.
"You are black." said the national teacher.
"Okay." Gu Jiao didn't refuse, she went ahead with black, and she landed a piece on the small eye in the upper right corner of the chessboard.
The national teacher looked at this chess piece, and his expression was in a trance.
"Why don't you quit?" Gu Jiao asked with a wink, "You won't, won't you?"
"Who said that this seat can't be done?" Master Guo Shi coldly picked up a white stone and landed it on the chessboard.
"I'm here to get a small medicine box." Gu Jiao said, "I bid you farewell by the way."
These days, Gu Changqing had been hiding in the custody room and secretly practising pirated secrets of the dead. Gu Jiao kept her small medicine box in the secret room with her eyes closed.
Now that Gu Changqing has left, she should also go out with a small medicine box.
Master Guo Shi snorted: "It's rare that you still come to say goodbye to me."
Gu Jiao dropped a black spot: "Why didn't you clarify?"
The hand of the national teacher holding the chess piece paused.
Ye Qing was at a loss for this question, but after a brief thought, Master Guo Shi understood what Gu Jiao was referring to.
"No need," he said.
The tragedy of Xuanyuan's family has already happened, and it is not just a word that I leaked that can be exchanged for so many lives of the Xuanyuan family.
What's more, it was indeed his oversight that year, and he actually let a fine work of the Jin state infiltrate the National Master Hall, and became his most trusted disciple.
Master Guo Shi didn't ask her how she knew the truth. After he left a child, he said lightly: "Tianshan Pass and Yanmen Pass are not far away, so the armies going to Jin and Liang countries may have a chance to meet you. Beware of Gongsun Yu of Jin State and Chu Feipeng of Liang State. Both of them are great generals with great military exploits."
In the dream, Xuanyuan Qizi, Qingfeng Daoist, and Mu Qingchen were all damaged in Gongsun Yu's hands!
As for Chu Feipeng, he was also a tough one, that is, he led the army to encircle and suppress the black wind cavalry trapped in Liangshan, and the black wind cavalry fought to the last person, and finally all died under the arrow rain of the Chu family's army.
Even if the national teacher doesn't say it, she will pay special attention to them.
The national teacher said it, which proves that the national teacher is sincere and considerate for her.
"I will pay attention." Gu Jiao said.
Master Guo Shi was accustomed to seeing her always choking people to death, and suddenly being so obedient, it made people wonder what to do.
"You lost." Gu Jiao looked at the chessboard and said.
Ye Qing was stunned for a moment, then craned his neck to look at the two of them' chessboard.
Really the national teacher lost.
Ye Qing was even more surprised.
Master's chess skills are very consummate, Meng Lao is invincible, and he lost to Xiao Liulang.
Judging from the situation of fighting on the chessboard, there is no such thing as a master letting his son.
So Xiao Liulang's chess skills are really superb.
Ye Qing looked at his master again, there was no surprise in his eyes, as if it was expected.
Master... Have you ever played chess with Xiao Liulang? Or did Master know Xiao Liulang's chess skills from Mr. Meng Lao
Ye Qing couldn't understand the relationship between Master and Xiao Liulang more and more.
At times, he had the illusion that they had known each other very early on.
Gu Jiao stood up: "Okay, the chess is over, I should go, Shengdu's safety - there is the Laoguoshi Palace."
Master Guo Shi said calmly: "Okay."
This is the third purpose of her coming to the National Teacher's Hall, asking the National Teacher to promise to keep the overall situation of Shengdu.
Everyone left, and Shengdu became an empty shell.
Lord Guoshi and Xuanyuan Li are good friends, and the Hall of Guoshi was created by the master of the Xuanyuan family's shadow. No one can tell how loyal the Lord Guoshi is to the monarch.
So Gu Jiao needs a personal guarantee from him.
Master Guo Shi looked at Gu Jiao for a moment: "I will defend Shengdu and wait for your return."
Gu Jiao raised her finger dashingly and stepped into the boundless night.
The autumn wind blew into the purple bamboo forest, and the glazed lanterns under the corridor swayed gently.
In the study, the portrait of the general wearing black armor and holding a red tassel spear was blown away with a snap.
Only this time, the person in the portrait has a face.
…
After coming out of the National Teacher's Hall, Gu Jiao went back to the Guogong's mansion. After she had packed her things, she had to go to the military camp. She would set off with the army tomorrow morning.
An Guogong was waiting for her at the entrance of Fengyuan, and Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun also peeked at her in the room.
Anguogong came to say goodbye to Gu Jiao. Gu Jiao was about to go to the battlefield, and he was about to leave. On the surface, he was going for peace talks, but in reality, he was covering his aunt and aunt, and by the way, he also met Xiao Heng's biological father.
He always had to see what kind of person his future in-laws would be.
- He had heard from Gu Chengfeng that Xiao Heng married her in the identity of another person, so strictly speaking, this marriage could not be counted.
As far as the marriage of the two is concerned, the two have to discuss it carefully.
The two didn't say much about the injury and parting. Gu Jiao explained some precautions for his rehabilitation on the road, and he also told Gu Jiao to take care when he went.
Gu Jiao said, "I will, I'm still waiting to see you stand up."
A smile flashed in the eyes of Anguo Gongfu, and he wrote on the armrest: "Definitely."
I will definitely stand up and send you a wedding in a beautiful way.
So you must come back safely.
…
Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun didn't want to leave.
The two little men said that they would stay in Shengdu and return to Zhao Kingdom after Gu Jiao won the battle.
Gu Jiao disagreed: "I'm gone, your brother-in-law is gone, and your aunt and grandpa are gone, who will take care of you? Not to mention Nan Shi Niang and Lu Shifu, it is not easy for them to come here, no more. trouble them."
Gu Yan said, "We can take care of ourselves!"
For the first time, Gu Xiaoshun didn't listen to her sister's words: "That's right! We are adults!"
Gu Jiao pinched the faces of the two of them: "Sir? The hairs don't even grow together, hum."
Gu Yan: "I'm half a day younger than you!"
Gu Jiao made up her mind that the three little men must follow her aunt and aunt back to Zhao Kingdom.
Gu Yan said with a gloomy expression: "It's okay if you don't let us stay, you can at least bring this."
After all, he took out a box and put it on the table.
"And mine." Gu Xiaoshun took out his own.
These are the hidden life-saving weapons that Master Lu made for them.
Gu Jiao squinted and looked at the two of them: "You two have learned to negotiate, who taught you words?"
If they let her accept this from the beginning, she would definitely disagree.
But the two of them made a more extreme request first, which was insignificant in comparison.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and hummed: "No one teaches, self-taught and talented."
Gu Jiao's mouth twitched, it seems that these days, you two have been eavesdropping on us doing bad things. You have learned all these little tricks!
Gu Jiao finally accepted it.
Because only in this way can they feel a little more at ease.
After finishing packing, Gu Jiao went to her aunt's house for the last time.
Auntie fell asleep.
Gu Jiao didn't wake her up, she walked over and placed a jar of preserved candied fruit on her aunt's table.
Then she came to the bed and whispered in the sleeping aunt's ear: "You can only eat three a day, not too much. When you have eaten all, I will be back."
August night, a little cool.
After Gu Jiao pulled the quilt on her aunt, she crept out of the house.
The armor made a rubbing sound, she hurriedly held it down, looked back at her aunt, took a breath, turned around and closed the door.
In the darkness, Empress Dowager Zhuang slowly opened her eyes.
Her eyes were red.
A tear fell, and he closed his eyes as if nothing had happened.
…
Yin Shi, Heifeng Camp began to pull out camp.
The 50,000 cavalry is about to embark on a journey to the west.
The imperial decree for the expedition was given three days ago, but Gu Jiao sent the order to prepare to open the camp ten days in advance, so everything was already prepared. Of all the troops, the Heifeng Camp was the most calm and orderly.
When Gu Jiao came to her tent, Master Hu waited early. Seeing her coming, Master Hu walked over with small steps.
The weather turned cold, and the palm fan in his hand was still not thrown away.
He bowed his hands in a salute, and said, "Sir, the six commanders have just come to report that the three battalions have been assembled and are ready to listen to your orders."
Gu Jiao said, "Take me to see it."
Master Hu hurriedly said, "Yes."
All training grounds were occupied by war horses and cavalry, with 10,000 horses in the vanguard battalion, 25,000 in the assault battalion, and 15,000 in the reserve battalion.
The reserve battalion is mainly for baggage, logistics, medical and spare black wind riders.
This time, due to the disparity in strength, even some black wind riders under the age of three were brought along, and the youngest had just turned two and a half years old.
When the horse trainer saw Gu Jiao approaching, his face was black.
Obviously, he rejected this arrangement.
Master Hu coughed lightly and explained, "There is no way, there is too much baggage. In order to maximize the combat power of the adult horses, the fodder must be pulled by these ponies."
The two-and-a-half-year-old horse is already ready to work, but this is not ordinary work, but a thousand miles, full of unknown dangers.
They may go and never come back.
The baby horses were very excited and jumped after the king for a while. The young ones still didn't know what was waiting for them.
Gu Jiao took a deep look at the ponies jumping around and said, "Leave the horses under the age of three."
Ma Wang: "...!!"
The horse trainer glanced at Gu Jiao in astonishment.
Gu Jiao didn't seem to notice his eyes, she patted Ma Wang's neck, and turned around to inspect the other battalions.
She could feel the unfamiliar eyes cast at her, and even if she took the position of commander-in-chief, she was not really accepted and recognized by them.
They never listened to her orders because they respected her, it was just their duty to obey her orders.
It was 90 hours after Gu Jiao's inspection.
After the fall, the night has not faded so badly, and the sky is still dark.
Gu Jiao and Heifeng Wang stood at the vent where the cool wind was howling. She patted the armor on Heifeng Wang's horse and asked softly, "Are you ready, boss?"
The sixteen-year-old Heifeng King was full of aura, and his fighting spirit was everywhere.
The war horses on the training ground felt the fighting spirit of the Black Wind King, as if they were summoned with infinite fighting spirit in an instant, and their eyes and breathing were different.
The cavalry looked at their mounts in amazement.
A situation like this... has never happened before.
However, this is not the most shocking.
I saw the newly appointed Commander Xiao in front of him grabbed something from the saddle of the Black Wind King and stretched out his hand to Master Hu, who was beside him.
"Bring the flagpole."
Gu Jiao said.
"Eh, eh! Yes!"
Master Hu hurriedly held the prepared empty flagpole with both hands, "Sir, here, you mentioned it to me last time, I'm ready."
He actually didn't understand what the adults wanted the flagpole to do
Hadn't the flag of Dayan been carried by the cavalry of the vanguard battalion long ago
In the next second, Gu Jiao spread out the cloth in her hand with a snap!
No, that's not cloth!
It's a flag!
Black border and white background, in the middle is an eagle soaring for nine days!
"Flying Eagle... It's the Flying Eagle Flag!"
In the cavalry camp, someone couldn't help but exclaimed.
The Flying Eagle was originally the emblem of Heifengying, and then gradually evolved into the emblem of the entire Xuanyuan family.
Since the Xuanyuan family was destroyed, all the flying eagle flags were destroyed.
Gu Jiao put the flag on the flagpole, held the flagpole with both hands, and neatly turned over.
She didn't say a single extra word, but just carried the Xuanyuan family's handsome flag with a firm look in her eyes.
The eyes of the Xuanyuan family's old department were all wet.
A sixty-year-old veteran sitting on the back of a horse suddenly burst into tears.
"Wen Renchong, I'm leaving, what are you looking at!"
Outside the reserve camp, a soldier reminded Wen Renchong, who was looking somewhere in a daze.
Wen Renchong did not answer.
He stared blankly at the boy on the horse.
The boy's shoulders were still immature, but he resolutely carried the handsome flag of the Xuanyuan family.
He bears a burden that should not be shouldered at this age, and he is going to defend the country that Xuanyuan guards with blood.
And what are you doing!
Wen Renchong, what are you doing!
"Wen Renchong, stand up, don't lose to me, I'm only sixteen, don't lose face if you lose to me!"
"Wen Renchong, I, Xuanyuan Sheng, are not admired by everyone. You'd better not betray my trust!"
"Wen Renchong your motherfucking eyes! The arrows all shot to your forehead! Don't you know how to hide!"
"Wen Renchong... kill... don't... die here..."
Wen Renchong's memory was swept away, and for a while, he couldn't tell Xuanyuan Sheng from the boy on horseback.
The handsome flag of the Xuanyuan family fluttered in the wind under the sky, making a hunting sound.
Gu Jiao said sternly: "All the black wind riders obey the order, I will go on the expedition with the princess, and follow the order to kill the thieves! I don't know the risk of going here, life and death are uncertain, you can stay if you don't want to go! I will never punish!"
No one is left!
Gu Jiao withdrew her gaze and held up the handsome flag in her hand, her eyes full of murderous intent: "Let's go!"
This paragraph is a bit difficult to write, Calvinka is bald, insomnia and doubts about life.
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(End of this chapter)