"Old General!"
As soon as Ge Shuhan fell down, the mansion suddenly rushed to the sky, and all the wives and maids surrounded him. Li Jinglong, Hong Jun and others were squeezed out of the crowd instead. Seeing the chaos in the scene, Hong Jun frowned deeply and was still looking inside.
"Quickly, doctor—"
"Oops! Come quickly! Ma'am is not well!"
Li Jinglong: "Go and show the old lady."
Ge Shuhan is in his sixties, he doesn't listen to anyone, he only listens to his wife, and the husband and wife are very affectionate. Right now there is a large army besieging the city outside, and Ge Shuhan suddenly fell ill again. It is really an internal and external trouble.
"Block the news." Li Jinglong hurriedly ordered to the captain of the guard, "Don't let it out, tell the outside world that the old general is in a meeting to discuss countermeasures, go!"
The maid helped Mrs. Ge Shuhan into the room, Hong Jun went in to check the pulse, and said: "The condition is not serious, but I'm scared, just make some calming soup and drink it."
The people in the mansion were all relieved, the old lady said: "Are there any enemies outside? What about the general? You go and have a look?"
Hong Jun replied: "The old general is not in the way. It should be because he came and went in the wind and snow yesterday, suffered from the wind and cold, and was overwhelmed with worry, so he fainted for a while. Please don't worry."
Only then did the old lady calm down, grabbed Hong Jun's hand, and said, "You are all good boys, I heard what the master said."
Hong Jun held her hand and heard her ramble a lot. Anyway, Li Jinglong didn't come to urge her, so he chatted with her for a while. After listening to it, I found out that Ge Shuhan's wife was once a rich and well-clothed eldest lady. When she was fourteen years old, she fell in love with Ge Shuhan's heroic appearance in armor and followed him until now. In the meantime, he fought and marched with the army, and never complained.
During this period, Ge Shuhan had ups and downs, and his wife was always with him. He was fighting outside, and she stayed in the city to wait for him to come back. . More than 20 years ago, Daying in Feng County couldn't wait for the army's salary, and almost mutinied. It was she who sold the jewelry and dowry and went to Chang'an to walk around.
She and Ge Shuhan had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son went to Luoyang, the younger son was sent to the south to garrison, and the daughter married to Jizhou. Ge Shuhan has never married a concubine in his life, and his wife has always been put first in his family. No matter how angry he is, as long as his wife persuades him, he can immediately calm down.
"This time it's not as good as the master's defeat of the Turks." The old lady said, "the city was besieged for three months, and then there was no food in the city. The master even saved the army rations for me to eat, but he doesn't have enough to eat, so how can he have the strength to fight?" What? You say yes?"
Hong Jun held her hand and replied, "It will be fine this time, don't worry."
The old lady said "Yes", she didn't know what monsters and ghosts were surrounding the city at this moment, and she was talking about how many injuries Ge Shuhan had suffered and how many bloody battles she had.
Hong Jun was annoyed by his brother Shu Han at first, after all, he was too tempered with Li Jinglong, but when he was said that, he couldn't help but respect him in his heart. What is more respectful is their husband and wife relationship of more than forty years.
"How long have you been together?" Hong Jun asked.
The old lady thought for a while, and her mood gradually improved, she said with a smile: "Forty-two years."
Married him at the age of fourteen, when Ge Shuhan was in his twenties, now the old lady is fifty-six. Hong Jun couldn't help thinking that for more than forty years, it's almost a lifetime. I just don't know if I will have such a life, there is a person who can rely on and accompany each other until I grow old.
"Do you love him?" Hong Jun couldn't help asking again.
"I met him when I was very young." The old lady laughed and said to Hongjun, "I also forgot how old I was that year, he was as old as you. I still called him brother... I found out later that he is a Turkic man whose surname is Geshu."
Hong Jun also laughed. For some reason, he really wanted to hear the old lady's story about their love. It sounds so beautiful. When can I have it
The old lady chanted for a while, and then fell asleep. Hong Jun gently pulled out his hand, beckoning the maid not to wake her up, and walked out of the room slowly. Li Jinglong was waiting in the corridor, Hong Jun was taken aback, the two looked at each other, Li Jinglong seemed a little lost in thought, obviously he heard what the old lady said outside.
"It's not easy." Li Jinglong said looking at the snow in the courtyard.
"Yeah." Hong Jun said, "That's great."
Hong Jun was very longing for that relationship, and he was still a little dazed after listening to it, but Li Jinglong laughed, looked at him, then sighed, and said: "Let's revisit it slowly, the situation is a bit wrong, you can see it first Look."
Hong Jun was very surprised, followed Li Jinglong quickly through the corridor, and entered the door of Mo Zhigen's room.
Lu Xu was lying in front of Mo Zhigen's couch, holding his little finger. When Hong Jun saw Mo Zhigen's face, he secretly thought that it was not so serious yesterday. What's wrong
Seeing Hong Jun coming, Lu Xu hurriedly stepped aside and pointed at Mo Zhigen. Obviously he had been worried for a long time, but he couldn't find anyone.
Hong Jun tried Mo Rigen's forehead and said, "Mo Rigen?"
"Cold..." Mo Zhigen replied.
Mo Zhigen only used some rice soup last night, and today's meal was placed on the table, only moving a little bit, and it looked like it was probably fed by Lu Xu.
He was still naked, covered by a quilt, exposing his arms and shoulders, and the trauma had all healed.
"Give him another medicine?" Li Jinglong asked.
"I've taken two." Hong Jun replied, "I can't eat any more, I'm afraid my body will burn if I eat too much."
Mo Zhigen was half asleep and half awake, and was always afraid of the cold. Li Jinglong said: "It's not like the wind and cold, it's like being bitten by a snake. I don't know if it was infected with corpse poison after being scratched by the dead ghost."
"The wound didn't fester." Hong Jun frowned, "No, you..." He suddenly remembered that more than one person was injured yesterday, and said instantly, "Chang Shi, what about you? How is your injury?"
Li Jinglong took off his clothes, turned his back to Hongjun, and opened his robe to let him see his scars. There were several obvious stab wounds on the back muscles and an arrow wound on the arm, all of which had healed.
Li Jinglong said again: "There is one more thing, let's take a look."
Hong Jun put on Mo Rigen's unlined clothes first, Lu Xu looked at Hong Jun worriedly, Hong Jun was in a state of confusion, and said, "I'm going to get him some medicine."
Lu Xu followed stubbornly, Li Jinglong left the house, and asked Hong Jun to take Lu Xu to ride to the main street of Liangzhou City. The army of ghouls outside the city did not launch a siege, but the rumors of Liangzhou people had spread all over the sky, and they were in panic all day long. The city is shrouded in a strange and terrifying atmosphere.
Hong Jun wanted to go to the pharmacy, but Li Jinglong led them into an alley, and stopped by a house, which was the Qin Mansion. Qin Liang was lying on the couch, while his daughter Qin Xuan and his wife were standing by.
Hongjun: "!!!"
"Come and take a look." Qin Xuan said anxiously. She had delivered a letter to the general's residence earlier, and Li Jinglong finally came.
"Exactly the same." Hong Jun murmured.
"What's the same?" Qin Xuan asked.
Hong Jun looked at the wound Qin Liang left yesterday. He used Jinchuang medicine for the trauma, and it was basically unharmed, but his face was ashen and defeated, which was exactly the same as Mo Rigen's situation.
Qin Xuan and Mrs. Qin asked questions, Hong Jun was very worried, he only said a few words of comfort, and then said to get the medicine, left Qin's mansion, and went to the traditional Chinese medicine hall in Decheng. Liangzhou City is a place that must pass through the Silk Road, and there are abundant medicinal materials, including Lihun flower seeds from the Western Regions, and expensive medicines such as snow lotus. However, Hong Jun looked at the medicine drawer and didn't know what medicine to mix.
At this time, he only hated that he had learned too little in the past, why didn't he and Chongming study medical science well? In case there is something wrong with Mo Zhigen... Hong Jun looked at a loss, and he had already thought of how to go to Shiwei to inform Mo Zhigen's family and let them come and see him. At this moment, Li Jinglong patted Hong Jun on the back, Said: "Don't be afraid, do your best first, and I will help you in everything."
Hong Jun nodded, grabbed the medicine to protect against cold and activate blood, and came out of the medicine hall, but Li Jinglong motioned to wait a while, sat down in the restaurant outside the alley, and ordered food.
The name of this restaurant is "Yuyang Xiaojiu", and it is famous for its mutton dumplings. In the cold weather, the store scoops a large spoonful of herbal soup stewed from cold herbs and fish bones. The dumplings are wrapped with mutton and red and white radish shreds. It is chewy, the filling juice is clear and sweet, the mutton is tender and fragrant, and the medicinal soup can keep out the cold, it is simply delicious in the world.
However, Hong Jun really couldn't eat it, and he was very worried. After taking two bites, Lu Xu suddenly burst into tears and couldn't help wiping his tears.
As soon as Lu Xu cried, he recruited Hong Jun. When Hong Jun cried when he was a child, he would be reprimanded by Chongming, and the more he cried, the more he would be beaten, so he endured it. Thinking of Mo Rigen, he didn't know where to go for help, and immediately Feeling panicked, he stretched out his hand to comfort Lu Xu, and couldn't help crying.
Li Jinglong: "..."
"I said, Mo Zhigen will get better." Li Jinglong said, "Do you believe me? Hong Jun, what I promised you, which one has not been done?"
Hong Jun regained his confidence in an instant after being told this, thinking that it seemed to be the case. Li Jinglong had promised himself so many things, and he had done them all, and he had never broken his promise.
"I believe it." Hong Jun said, "But he doesn't believe it."
Li Jinglong and Hong Jun patted Lu Xu's head together and asked him to eat. It took a while for Lu Xu to calm down.
"Is it delicious?" Li Jinglong said.
After eating delicious food, Hong Jun still felt a little better. Now he was even more entangled. He was worried about Mo Zhigen, but he didn't dare to express his worry, lest Li Jinglong would feel angry because he didn't believe him.
"Just treat it as if we used to investigate the case." After lunch, Li Jinglong leaned on the second floor of the restaurant and looked out at the street with people coming and going. Transfer."
Hong Jun seemed to understand, and Li Jinglong said again: "Hurry up and eat, how can you have the strength to investigate the case if you don't finish eating?"
Lu Xu also understood, so he and Hong Jun finished the dumplings in the bowl. After getting out of the street, Li Jinglong said again: "Don't rush back to dispense the medicine, let's go to the market first."
Hong Jun followed Li Jinglong, and saw Li Jinglong bought a pair of sheepskin-lined snow boots for children in the market.
Hong Jun asked: "What are you going to do?"
Li Jinglong replied: "You will know later."
Then Li Jinglong bought another thick padded sheepskin bag, borrowed scissors, cut a few holes in the sheepskin bag, tied the bag with a rope, and tied it, frowning: "There is no way for your feet. You Go get me two little sleeves."
Hongjun: "..."
"Buy some more thick ropes." Li Jinglong ordered, "Buy some stronger ones."
After all the shopping, the three of them went to the garrison in the city. There were more fallen soldiers, covering no less than forty barracks. Everyone had the same symptoms as Mo Zhigen and Qin Liang.
Hong Jun was shocked, but when he looked at Li Jinglong again, Li Jinglong was not surprised at all, as if he had expected this to happen.
The military doctors looked at it for a long time, and they all said that they were injured and had a fever, but they couldn't explain why. The soldiers were all shivering with cold, and their bodies were icy cold.
"Give them this medicine." Hong Jun gave the prescription to the military doctor, who prescribed a similar medicine to Hong Jun, so he adjusted a few medicines and asked someone to grab the medicine and decoct it.
"How many people are sick?" Li Jinglong said.
A lieutenant general was unwilling to answer, obviously out of fear of affecting the morale of the army, but Li Jinglong spread out his hand. Inside was a wooden plaque from the general's mansion, which came from nowhere.
"Thirteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five people." The deputy general said, "There are still people who are falling ill one after another."
Li Jinglong: "..."
Yesterday Ge Shuhan led 20,000 cavalry out of the city, that is to say, all the wounded soldiers fell ill yesterday. Liangzhou claims to have 50,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and a total of 80,000 soldiers in the city, and they are still capable of fighting.
Li Jinglong got on the horse again, this time Hong Jun stopped asking, and followed to the tower.
The cold wind is bitter, and the city is besieged by hundreds of thousands of dead ghosts. It is like a sculpture in this ice and snow field. Its body is covered with white snow, and it is one with the snow.
"What do you think they are doing?" Li Jinglong said.
"Like waiting." Hong Jun replied with a frown.
"What are you waiting for?" Li Jinglong turned his head and stared at Hongjun.
Hongjun: "..."
Hong Jun suddenly understood Li Jinglong's thinking, why didn't the city besieged by hundreds of thousands of dead ghosts for a whole day and night? Are you waiting for reinforcements? Not necessarily, what are they waiting for? Wait for the soldiers in the city to die of illness
"Do you think Mo Zhigen, Qin Liang, and more than 10,000 soldiers were poisoned, or was the disease spread by the dead ghosts?" Li Jinglong asked Hongjun, "This is very important, Hongjun."
Hong Jun suddenly fell into hesitation, frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Jinglong replied: "Intuition."
"Poison." Now that he said that, Hong Jun replied without thinking.
Li Jinglong said: "I also think it is a poison, a poison that can turn a living person into a dead person, and then into a war dead ghost. You wait here, and I will catch a few and come back and try."
"No no no." Hong Jun said, "Don't go!"
Li Jinglong said: "I am not affected by this epidemic."
"But you will be trampled to death!" Hong Jun said, "A hundred thousand troops!"
Li Jinglong said: "You are responsible for meeting me."
"No!" Hong Jun said, "I'll accompany you."
Li Jinglong grabbed Hong Jun's collar and said, "You must not have any accidents!"
Hong Jun pulled away the sleeve rope and let him look at the back of his hand, Li Jinglong was stunned for a moment.
There is a wound on the back of the hand from yesterday, which has healed.
Li Jinglong frowned and said, "Maybe it's because there are not many scars."
Hong Jun glanced at Lu Xu, and said in a low voice, "This disease is only effective for humans. I'm a demon, so it's different."
"Mo Zhigen..." Li Jinglong realized that Lu Xu was beside him, and he signaled with his eyes, Hong Jun replied: "He is not, he is a mortal body after all."
Li Jinglong finally had to give in and said, "Then you must..."
Hong Jun looked at Li Jinglong with a smile in his eyes, Li Jinglong stopped being mother-in-law and said, "Let's go."
Li Jinglong and Hong Jun put on the saddles on the horses and got on the horses, but Lu Xu chased them out and shouted: "Me! Me!"
"Go back!" Hong Jun said to Lu Xu.
In a hurry, Lu Xu pulled down his single clothes to show Hong Jun. Hong Jun and Li Jinglong were stunned. Lu Xu also had a scar on his collarbone, which had obviously healed for a long time.
"Are you okay?" Hong Jun looked at Lu Xu in surprise.
Lu Xu took a shovel from the city gate, put it on his back and wanted to follow, but Li Jinglong couldn't explain clearly for a while, and shouted: "Someone, hold him!"
The soldiers swarmed up, but Lu Xu was angry. With a "shua", he passed through the gap between the soldiers' bodies. Hong Jun felt a blur in front of his eyes, and Lu Xu had disappeared.
"Why so fast?" Hong Jun noticed Lu Xu's shot for the first time.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xu stopped in front of the two horses and shouted, "Me!"
Li Jinglong said angrily: "No!"
"I will protect him." Hong Jun said to Li Jinglong, he could somewhat understand that Lu Xu wanted to save Mo Zhigen, Li Jinglong frowned deeply, Hong Jun said: "If you are sick, I am also anxious."
When Li Jinglong heard this, he said helplessly: "You are my boss, let's go!"
So Hong Jun carried the prepared thick rope on his back, and the three of them galloped on horses, constantly approaching the phalanx of the army of dead ghouls, and the plain outside the city was silent.
Li Jinglong said in a low voice: "I'll lure one over, you see the opportunity and trap it with five-color light."
Hong Jun said: "Chang Shi, do you think... are you sure, you can attract 'one'?"
The three stood on horseback, looking at the unmoved phalanx nearly ten feet away. Li Jinglong said, "How about I shoot an arrow first?"
Li Jinglong aimed at one of them. Hong Jun had never practiced fighting on horseback, so he felt that fighting on the ground was relatively easy.
Li Jinglong aimed and lowered the bow and arrow, aimed and lowered it several times in a row, and finally made up his mind to shoot it with one arrow.
At that moment, Hong Jun raised his heart in his throat.
There was a "dang" sound in the distance, and the head and helmet of the first dead ghoul soldier in the phalanx were shot off.
However, the army was unmoved.
Hongjun: "..."
"One more time." Li Jinglong shot another arrow, and then shot another head, but there was still no movement.
Hong Jun: "???"
Hong Jun suddenly remembered that a whole row was neatly arranged, and he used his throwing knife to make such a horizontal cut... a knife, it seemed very useful? !
Li Jinglong saw the Mo Dao in Hong Jun's hand, and said, "It's not good."
Hong Jun said: "If they are waiting in line without an order, if they cut them a few more times, they will all be finished? The military order is like a mountain, right?"
Li Jinglong hesitated for a moment, did not stop Hong Jun, and said, "You cut it off."
The atmosphere was really weird, Hong Jun concentrated his energy on his wrist, and the Mo Dao after the Immortal Slashing and Flying Dao merged into one suddenly radiated light and became almost transparent.
Li Jinglong: "How many knives can you make?"
"Up to four swords." There is no problem with the magic weapon, but Hongjun's mana and cultivation cannot keep up. This sword is extremely powerful, almost destroying the world, even cutting off mountains.
"One knife each in the southeast and northwest." Li Jinglong had changed his mind and said, "Shoot!"
Hong Jun yelled, his wrist deflected, the tip of the knife swept an arc, his hands parted, and he slashed horizontally in front of him.
Suddenly, the saber aura erupted, and it was the first time Li Jinglong clearly saw Hong Jun draw the saber. He saw the saber aura rolled up a thousand layers of snow, whistling and rushing towards the phalanx of dead ghosts, and sank into the first place with a "swish". A platoon of soldiers, and then the entire phalanx of nearly 2,000 people collapsed.
However, at the next moment, all the dead ghosts outside the city moved!
One hundred thousand war dead ghouls charged towards the center!
Li Jinglong roared: "Quick retreat!"
Hong Jun said: "I'll make it up..."
"Stop making it up!" Li Jinglong yelled, "Go! Protect Lu Xu!"
In an instant, the army surrounded him like a tide, and Hong Jun realized that he was still taking Lu Xu with him, so he turned around and ran away. The phalanx quickly drew together, and Li Jinglong held the Wisdom Sword and swept left and right. The light of the heart lamp was actually stronger than that of the Immortal Slayer Flying Knife. When he was cut by the sword energy, the army of dead ghosts suddenly turned upside down.
Lu Xu shouted: "Catch! Catch!"
Lu Xu took off the noose on Hong Jun's back and jumped off the horse. Hong Jun was frightened out of his wits and shouted: "Lu Xu! Don't run around!"
At that time, I saw Lu Xu holding a rope in his left hand and a shovel in his right. He stretched out his arms and started running on the snowy ground. His speed was like a flying falcon in the snow, which was as fast as a galloping horse. Li Jinglong had no time left. Thinking about it, shouted: "Take one!"
"Live!" Lu Xu shouted, "Half!"
Hong Jun: "???"
"Not half!" Li Jinglong didn't expect that the conversation between himself and Mo Rigen would be overheard by Lu Xu, and he shouted, "One! One!"
So Lu Xu ran on the ground, Li Jinglong and Hong Jun galloped on horseback, followed by an army of nearly ten thousand dead ghouls, and launched an earth-shattering chase outside the city. There was a commotion at the city gate. Cheer to the trio.
"Hongjun, five-color divine light!" Li Jinglong turned around and shouted while galloping. Hong Jun was on the horse, turned sideways, released five-color divine light, and with a loud noise, blasted the frontmost team of chasing soldiers into the sky.
"Stop!" Li Jinglong shouted.
While running, Lu Xu turned around and set the noose towards the pursuers, and dragged one down. The dead ghost waved its hands and feet and was dragged bumping in the snow.
"One more!" Hong Jun said.
Li Jinglong hurriedly shouted: "No need, no need!"
Hong Jun made another move, and Lu Xu caught another one, and then the three of them turned around the mound and caught the third one. Hong Jun dragged three thick ropes, and three war dead ghouls were tied to the ropes, dragging them in the snow.
"You guys are addicted!" Li Jinglong shouted, "Enough! Let's go!"
Hong Jun shouted: "Lu Xu come up quickly!"
Lu Xu jumped forward in a few steps, stepped on the rope, and flew behind Hong Jun again, sitting firmly. The three of them dragged farther and farther like a sled. Iron cavalry chased after him.
"Oops." Hong Jun immediately dragged the three captives, and his speed gradually slowed down, "I won't keep chasing like this!"
Li Jinglong yelled: "Turn around and strike at the glacier!"
Hong Jun turned sideways subconsciously, swung the knife away, and the knife's energy sank into the glacier, and the ice shattered suddenly, and the pursuers fell into the river one after another, fell to the bottom of the river, struggled unceasingly, and were carried downstream by the river.
The two stood on horseback to observe, and saw tens of thousands of cavalry rushing into the river in an endless stream. They didn't seem to have the slightest ability to distinguish. They just filled in the glacier without knowing how to detour.
The corner of Li Jinglong's mouth twitched. Looking at the scene in front of him, there was a low growl in the distance.
"It's that voice again."
The ghouls who died in battle suddenly stopped in a well-trained manner, retreated one after another, and left the river. The three caught also staggered, dragging the rope and walking staggeringly in the direction of the sound. Hong Jun dragged the prisoner down, and went around with Li Jinglong outside the west gate to return to Liangzhou City.