Chapter 147 Chapter 21 Take Care of You

The wind whimpered, the snowflakes rolled, and the night was as dark as thick ink. The army of the Southwest Township was standing in front of the camp gate, and the front was notified. The camp gate slowly opened, and the dark door was as ferocious as the bloody mouth of a wild beast. .He Xiao was riding on the horse, standing beside Chu Qiao, the saber was quietly hanging on his waist, and there was a light blue light that shone implicitly, which was especially bright under the moonlight. "My lord, shall we report to His Highness now?" He Xiao asked in a deep voice, but Chu Qiao shook her head quietly. The cold wind blew the broken hair on her forehead like winding tentacles. She frowned slightly, looking at the brightly lit campsite with deep eyes, deeply Said in a low voice: "No need, if things are complicated, there will inevitably be many twists and turns. It is better to cut first and then play."

He Xiao hesitated, frowned and said, "Will His Highness be angry?" "I don't know." Chu Qiao said lightly, "I'll do it first." After all, the soldiers on guard saluted her in unison, but she rode her horse into the camp as if she hadn't seen it, followed by more than a thousand soldiers from the Southwest Township who had narrowly escaped death. , The team swept across the camp like a tornado, horseshoes burst out, like rolling thunder, snowflakes fluttered, and a thin snow mist filled under the horseshoes. Many soldiers who had fallen into a deep sleep were awakened, thinking that the enemy was attacking the camp, they hurriedly dressed, and rushed out of their tents with weapons in hand. As soon as they came out, their heads were filled with snow foam. The officers and soldiers of the town government envoy rushed towards Dongying aggressively, and their faces suddenly showed surprise.A veteran in his forties was still undressed, his trouser belt was half tied, his wrinkled face twitched, and he frowned and said, "Why are these guys so angry? Probably something is going to happen, it should be Inform His Highness immediately."

At the same time, Yan Xun's big tent was already lit up, and guards on duty rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army, and the sound of footsteps disturbed the sleeping man. "Do it!" Chu Qiao snorted coldly, and more than twenty hooks were thrown out like arrows off the string, hooked on the tent with a whiz, the soldiers whipped their horses at once, and the horses kicked up with a long hiss , and flew away in all directions.In the next second, the huge camp tent was torn into pieces, Cheng Yuan hadn't put on his clothes yet, but he still stood in the big tent with his chest upright, holding his sword, when he saw Chu Qiao shout angrily: "Lord Chu! what do you mean?"

"General Cheng, you falsely pass on military orders, collude with the enemy bandits, and kill people with a knife, what a cruel method!" He Xiao said angrily, the bones of the hand holding the knife crackled. Cheng Yuan frowned and asked pretending not to know: "What are you talking about? I don't understand." He Xiao wanted to speak again, but Chu Qiao stopped him with her hand, and said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense with him." "Master Chu, I think this is a misunderstanding, can you say something..." However, before she finished speaking, Chu Qiao suddenly drew out the long sword at her waist, and said coldly, "Kill him!"

As soon as this remark was made, the officers and soldiers of the Southwest Township's government immediately rushed forward, and Cheng Yuan's bodyguards rushed forward in a hurry, each of them stood in the cold north wind with white lips and blue lips before putting on their armor, and they raised their hands. With a saber, he could only stab the horse's body. Before the blood spurted out, his head had already been chopped off.The sharp shout broke the silence of the whole army, and Cheng Yuan shouted loudly: "Reinforcement! Reinforcement! The Southwest Township's envoy has rebelled again!"

The nearest guards were already coming at full speed, and the sound of their footsteps was like a raging flood, pounding heavily on everyone's hearts. Jiang Chong, the head of the guard of the Third Guard of the Second Army, came with his troops. He really wanted to rush into the battle, but he saw Chu Qiao standing tall and straight in the chaos, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of the Second Army, you have to fight with me!" Am I, Chu Qiao, an enemy?" Jiang Chong was stunned for a moment. How could he not know who Chu Qiao was? After the Battle of Beishuo, Chu Qiao was well-known to every household, and he took it as a matter of pride in his life to be able to fight side by side with her. Now seeing her standing in the southwest Before the town government envoy, he was stunned for a moment, quickly rectified the guards, and shouted loudly: "Lord Chu, what's going on?"

"I'm dealing with traitors. Don't act rashly for now. Once this matter is over, I will give everyone an explanation." One side is the Southwest Township envoy who committed the crime of treason, and the other side is Cheng Yuan who fled during the Battle of Beishuo. Both of them are sensitive topics in the army. Jiang Chong thought for a moment, and immediately sent an order: "Immediately block the theater, If any party wants to escape or spread the flames of war, they will be killed immediately!" Seeing that Jiang Chong was no longer trying to rush in, Chu Qiao immediately felt relieved. Seeing the momentum getting bigger, she raised her long sword and said to He Xiao: "Let's go, we can't solve it within a stick of incense, and it will be difficult to do so in the future." Great opportunity."

After all, the last guard of the Southwest Township envoy also rushed into the battle. There was a sudden sound of killing, horseshoes roared, and the crowd was surging. Cheng Yuan's guard screamed in despair, but there was nowhere to hide. Jiang Teng held the sword to protect Beside Cheng Yuan, he shouted loudly: "Protect the general! Protect the general!" As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp arrow suddenly shot at him, piercing his whole body through a transparent hole. The guards of less than a hundred people fell to the ground in unison, and were trampled into blood foam by the horseshoes. The huge noise and the sound of weapons clashing were deafening, and the Southwest Township envoy surrounded Cheng Yuan and others. , Bows and arrows were shot in rows, corpses fell in a pool of blood, and a piece of dense metal was neatly inserted on top of those corpses like a forest.

Shouting is no longer effective, Cheng Yuan's eyes are red, in his imagination, the Southwest town government envoy no longer exists at this moment, no matter how angry Chu Qiao is, he is still a toothless tiger, more than a hundred guards are enough to deal with this Difficult woman.It's just that he didn't expect that the envoy of the Southwest Township not only survived, but also dared to attack his big tent directly. This woman is too crazy. Could it be that he is going to die here today? "Your Highness has an order! Everyone stop fighting immediately, and any private fighters will be dealt with according to military law!"

The voice of the messenger sounded from the outside, Cheng Yuan was overjoyed, but Chu Qiao seemed to have never heard of it, pierced a soldier's chest with a sword, jumped off the horse, pulled out the sword, and the blood splashed immediately, showing his decisiveness in such a decisive way. She wanted to get rid of him and then quickly determined. The snow-white camp was like a huge meat grinder, blood and mud mixed together, and the ground was in a mess. The sound of fighting and slashing echoed in the dark sky. The depression and anger of the past few days finally broke out. The officers and soldiers of the Southwest Township They charged with their swords, and within a short while, all obstacles had been removed.

"Your Highness has an order! Everyone stop immediately!" The messenger was still shouting, Chu Qiao kicked Cheng Yuan to the ground, the blood flowed windingly through the ancient long sword, condensed into drops of blood and fell on the white snow, at this moment, so many people The faces of Xue Zhiyuan flashed before her eyes one by one, the handsome face of Xue Zhiyuan, the young soldiers who died in the Beishuo city to save her, the soldiers who died in the battle of Beishuo because the Beishuo army fled, and Yan Yan. Xun's eyes gradually filled with suspicion... She raised the long sword without saying anything high-sounding, her eyes turned cold, and she slammed it down at the man's neck! Cheng Yuan's pupils dilated in an instant, and he opened his mouth wide in horror, but he didn't make a sound. Under such a strike, he had no room to escape at all. Besides, he had already lost his fighting power with several arrows in his body. Seeing that the long sword was about to pierce his throat, at this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly came through the air, at such a fast speed that it almost sparked in mid-air. With a burst of hot numbness, the long sword deviated and stuck firmly in the snow, only drawing a bright red bloodstain on Cheng Yuan's neck. "Your Highness! Your Highness, save me!" Chu Qiao's eyes almost burst into flames, she drew out her sword and stabbed again, but before she could make a move, another arrow shot, this time it was not the sword in her hand, but aimed at her He Xiao who was beside him left.He Xiao held the knife to block, and was concentrated by the force, his body continuously stepped back seven or eight steps, but before he could stand still, another arrow shot to the door! Chu Qiao swung her sword to split, but saw that the arrows in front of her were tricky, with strange angles, continuous, she held the sword to resist, her movements were smooth and agile, like a beautiful dance in the wind.In a trance, she seemed to be back many years ago, in the deep palace, where the two children bent their bows and blocked each other, but the arrows were broken at that time, not today, the arrows flickered, piercingly cold, shining coldly. head. When everything was calm, Cheng Yuan had fled far away. Yan Xun was dressed in black fur, sitting tall on the horseback, holding a golden crossbow in one hand, and a sharp bow and arrow in the other. Behind him are the imperial guards of the Black Eagle Army, everyone's armor is cold, and they look at the messy battlefield with cold eyes. The strong wind blew through them, and the snowflakes rolled up on the ground slowly swirled upwards, making a whoosh sound. "Ah Chu, what are you doing?" Yan Xun's voice is very calm, so calm that people don't know what he is thinking, his expression is extremely indifferent, as if standing in front of him is not the bamboo horse Qingmei who has lived with him for eight years, a drop of blood from Chu Qiao She rolled down her cheeks and slid into her snow-white neck. She looked up at him and at Cheng Yuan standing beside him respectfully, distorting the facts with outrageous words. Inch by inch was covered by heavy snow, his lips moved, but he couldn't speak at all. She always thought that there was no misunderstanding between them, and there was never any need for verbal whitewashing, but now she suddenly found that if she didn't argue or explain, she would really become a traitor with ulterior motives.This is really a wonderful irony. He Xiao took a step forward, telling the whole story of the incident, only hiding the fact that Xia Jun deliberately let them go, and saying that they discovered something wrong early and broke out of the siege. Yan Xun has been listening quietly, listening to He Xiao and Cheng Yuan attacking each other, listening to the officers and soldiers of the Southwest Township's government yelling angrily, without saying a word.The soldiers around gathered more and more, and the wind became stronger at night. The weather was so cold, Chu Qiao stood in place, her hands and feet were numb from the cold, and the voices from all around gradually faded away. She seemed to be unable to hear it anymore. I saw Yan Xun's eyes, so dark and so bright, but why they were covered with a layer of frost, and I couldn't see clearly anymore. "Achu," Yan Xun's deep voice sounded slowly, not very loud, but all the noisy voices around him stopped immediately, I saw him looking deeply at Chu Qiao, and asked in a calm tone: "Yes?" Really?" Chu Qiao looked at him quietly, and he was also looking at her, his eyes pierced through the long years, tracing back their past, everything disappeared, it seemed that only his eyes remained.From the first sight of the hunting ground in Daxia, the turbulent years have connected these two lives that should have had no intersection at all. Many times, Chu Qiao is thinking that she has spanned thousands of years, traveled through Did the incalculable space come just for him?Therefore, no matter the hardships, no matter the difficulties and adversities, they stand together, shoulder to shoulder, stumble all the way, never give up, and firmly trust each other. She nodded deeply, her eyes were still calm, but her heart gradually became hotter, like a gambler who has bet all her money, and then said: "It's true." Everything around was suddenly so quiet, only Yan Xun's face was left, he narrowed his eyes slowly, moved his lips, and said something, but Chu Qiao didn't seem to hear it, the voice was so loud, It was roaring and echoing in her ears, and she could hear it clearly, but the words seemed to have turned into some meaningless symbols, making it impossible for her to tell what the meaning was. Yan Xun asked: "In that case, why didn't the Southwest Township envoys suffer heavy casualties? According to your statement, the enemy mobilized more than 3,000 people, received information from General Cheng in advance, and prepared a siege. Then why did your casualties be so high?" so small?" "Your Highness, this subordinate thinks that all this may be a misunderstanding. This subordinate offended Master Chu in Beishuo, was deceived by the traitor, and accidentally injured Master Chu's subordinates. General Xue is a good friend of Master Chu. His dead subordinate It is also responsible, Master Chu has prejudice against me, and it is inevitable." The younger generation of generals who have just been promoted by the First Army have also raised their own questions. Why did the battle of the Southwest Township envoy end so quickly? They escaped so easily. The noise became louder and louder, as if a swarm of flies had gathered in her ears, Chu Qiao couldn't speak, did she say that Zhuge Yue let her go because of old feelings?There are so many people talking, once this matter is publicized, will Zhuge Yue be punished by Da Xia?And now she also lost the strength to argue, she looked at Yan Xun, her eyes finally died inch by inch, her voice was like misty clouds, she smiled coldly, and said, not without self-deprecation: "You don't believe me?" Yan Xun said, "Give me a reasonable explanation." Reasonable explanation?Cheng Yuan's troop dispatch order, the southwestern town government envoy killed eight people and injured more than twenty people, isn't that a reasonable explanation?Must annihilate the whole army to prove the authenticity of the matter?Chu Qiao couldn't help laughing, the huge disappointment and pain in her heart were scraping like a sharp blade, she bit her lower lip tightly, her heart was almost bleeding, she smiled bitterly, and asked: "Yan Xun, you and I have known each other for so many years, we Have you ever done anything against you?" Yan Xun frowned and remained silent. Chu Qiao continued to laugh, the cold wind was blowing on her face, the corners of her mouth seemed to be stiff, her eyes were like cold pools that were gradually freezing, with few clear shadows, and finally turned into rotten plum blossoms, her eyes flashed over everyone, one by one, Like the bleak autumn wind blowing, suspicions and rifts have arisen, everything has changed, Yan Xun has become the King of Yan, he is no longer the downcast prince who had nothing at the beginning, now there are so many people standing by his side, and she is no longer It's the only one from yesterday. "Everything I said, the sky can bear witness, and the sun and the moon can serve as lessons. If you don't believe me, kill me for treason." After she finished speaking, she no longer looked at the expressions of the people around her. She just walked wearily, her body staggered slightly, and almost fell down. He Xiao and others grabbed her, but she pushed her away.The girl's figure is so thin and thin, her neck is so white that it seems that the blood vessels inside can be seen, the jackdaws fly over her head at night, making sad calls, and everyone is left behind by her, she walks quietly, as if In such a decisive way, he was forcing him to make a decision, whether to stay and shout, to kill the traitor, or just to catch up to her and hug her, telling her that she was wrong, how could he not believe her? But he didn't have any, he just stood there quietly, surrounded by tens of thousands of people, the light of the torch shone on his cheeks, there was a bright light, bright and dazzling.He looked at her with calm eyes, did not catch up to her, did not speak, and did not kill anyone, time quietly flowed between them, heavy snow fell, the distance between them became farther and farther, thousands of rivers and mountains rose from the ground, In a blink of an eye, it seems that nearly ten years have passed.From the first acquaintance, to hand in hand, from leaning on each other to fighting side by side, the words of the past are still lingering in my ears, and the oath that once weighed more than a thousand gold is so cheap when I think about it today. Yan Xun, we used to share misfortune and good fortune, we depended on each other in life and death, we went through the hardest days in our lives together, we agreed to go back to our hometown together, we agreed to rebuild Yanbei together, we agreed In order to take revenge together, we agreed to trust each other and never leave... However, the world cannot go smoothly according to your and my ideas. You once said that I was the last person you believed in in this world. , I know you didn't lie to me, but you didn't know it at the time. After experiencing those things, you have already forgotten how to trust. Except yourself, you no longer trust anything you can't control.Among them, including the Datong Association, including the open-minded Mr. Wu, including the wonderful and gorgeous girl Yu, including Ah Jing who has followed you for many years and knows you too much in the past, including the southwestern town government envoy who is only loyal to me, of course. Including me, including this Chu Qiao who has made many military exploits but is inextricably linked with you. Tears poured out of Chu Qiao's eyes line by line. She untied the heavy coat and let the precious cloak fall to the ground. At this moment, the famous general who shocked Simon and frightened the entire Great Xia Dynasty disappeared. Just a lost girl with pale cheeks, thin and thin, deep eye sockets, the arms that once swung Fang Qiu were hanging weakly on both sides, the radiant eyes were dim, and strong sorrow like sea water flowed out, tears Rolling down her pale and thin cheeks, being dried by the cold wind, it was cold and painful. It wasn't until this moment that she suddenly realized that her love for Yan Xun was so deep and piercing.After so many years of accumulation, those emotions have already penetrated into her heart like smoking marijuana. She didn't realize it when he was engaged to Zhao Chun'er, and she didn't realize it when she was forced to go to Bian Tang to separate from him. She didn't notice it when life and death were on the line, and she didn't notice it when she was independent of Beishuo City, because at that time, no matter how far apart they were, their hearts were together, and she knew that he loved her so much. So deep, even if he is forced to stay with others, even if they are separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, even if death is imminent, they will never see each other. But at this moment, he was standing behind her, watching her staggering figure walking alone, and she suddenly realized that no morality, no belief, no moral justice, it turned out that nothing was as heart-wrenching as his doubts! Her love and loyalty are like mountains and seas, even if blood is turned into ashes, it shouldn't change.As long as the trust is still there, even if one day he stands in a hostile position with the justice of the world, she can forgive him without hesitation, even if he falls into a sea of ​​blood and feud, even if he falls into Abi Hell, even if he is heinous and tortured... Whatever the world rejects, she will not betray. Therefore, when he gave up the Southwest Township's envoy in Zhenhuang City, she didn't even have a trace of anger.When he gave up on Yanbei again, she completely forgave him in an instant.Then, he killed He Lianling, the officers and soldiers of the Southwest Township's envoy, and shielded Cheng Yuan. Whose fault was it that he went farther and farther along this road?Is it those unbearable experiences?Is it that monstrous blood feud?Is it years of depression and madness?Or was it she who failed to hold him? With a flash of his figure, he walked into a quiet and dark tent, and the snow-white tents stood up like white steamed buns.The soldiers all went to Cheng Yuan's camp to watch the excitement, but stayed here, as dead as a tomb. Chu Qiao's feet swayed, and she fell down on the snow. She stretched out her arms to support the ground, but she couldn't get up. The deep and suppressed cry suddenly sounded like a whimpering little beast. She knelt on the ground, holding the snow in her hand, and it hurt like holding a knife. Sad, tears meandering down, crying uncontrollably in the snow. Yan Xun, how can you not believe me?How can you doubt me? The snow was getting heavier and heavier. The woman was dressed in white, lying on the snow, covering her mouth and weeping in a muffled voice. The snowflakes fell on her shoulders and gradually piled up so high. On the second day, Chu Qiao personally made a request to Yan Xun, left the eastern war zone, and returned to Yanbei with the Southwest town government envoy, and went to Shangshen Huihui to build water conservancy, develop farming, and carry out the post-war reconstruction work that had been planned long ago. Yan Xun was stunned for a long time looking at the respectful and humble memorandum, and then he silently signed the word "Nuo". The strokes of this word are not many, but he wrote it for a long time. The sun suddenly brightened and shone brightly. It sprinkled all over the snow, but it showed the desolation of the Northland even more. On the day Chu Qiao left, the sky was cloudless, and the haze of a few days ago was gone.Except for Ping An, no one from the whole army came to see her off, and neither did Yan Xun. She was riding on the horse, looking up at the blue sky, and there were white eagles circling in the sky, their shrill cry echoed in the sky for a long time. Yan Xun, I'm leaving, take care of yourself.