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date="2021-11-25"

title="Section 24"

weight="151928"

series = ["General’s Gown"]

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Come. The old man was stern, and the old god was on the ground with his eyes closed and felt the direction of the wind for a while, and he dug a handful of sand, took a fingernail, and squeezed it in his mouth.

"It's almost there, there are still twenty miles away, go faster, and you will be there in half a day."

After saying this, the old man got up from the ground, bowed to Helian Rongchuan, and spread out both palms.

Helian Rongchuan snorted, and a boy in white clothes with a round face and round eyes stepped forward and put a small bag full of heavy gold in the palm of the old man.

The old man weighed his face solemnly, bowed again with satisfaction to Helian Rongchuan, rode on the mule without looking back, and ran away.

The white-clothed boy was named Wei Jin, he was lively and clever. Seeing the old man running away, he was a little worried and said, "His Royal Highness, you just let this old man run away?"

Helian Rongchuan raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise?"

Helian Rongchuan climbed up the camel again, looked into the distance, changed his tone, imitating the old man's hard-bodied Monan accent: "The earth is 坼, ten thousand ghosts come out. The whole Monan is cursed, no way to go, no way to go. ..."

□□'s camel seemed to be disgusted by his weird accent, and he slapped his nose with some impatientness. Helen Rongchuan wrinkled his nose. The smell of this camel is too great, and it is far from his big black horse to ride. But in the Gobi and the desert, no matter how good a BMW is, it is not as secure as a camel.

"He talked all the way, saying that Monan is cursed, and he is unwilling to go, what can I do? The knife rests on his neck forcing others to go? One more ration, my eldest baby will lose a bite. Eat."

Wei Jin silently glanced at Helian Rongchuan, then touched his neck, saying that a few days ago, he was enjoying tea while thinking about new prescriptions, and he didn't know who suddenly rushed. Entering the Imperial Medical Bureau, grabbing the back collar with one hand and grabbing the medicine box with the other hand. To put it bluntly, he was forcibly stuffed into this inexplicable Monan disaster relief team.

And how sacred is your big baby? Why can't hear you chanting it eight hundred times all the way? Eat lamb well, you miss your big baby, and drink well, you miss your big baby again. If you are not willing to eat or drink along the way, you have to leave it to your big baby.

How edible is your big baby?

Of course, these can only be secretly poked and scorned. For the sake of face, Wei Jin is still the youngest envoy of the Imperial Medical Bureau, who is clever and quiet.

The camel horse team continued to move forward slowly, a long row of shadows projected on the pale saline-alkali Gobi, the hot sun pulled these shadows longer and longer, and longer and longer, and finally when the sun was about to set, The towering Qinchuan city wall appeared in front of everyone.

Helian Rongchuan looked at the solid Qinchuan wall, even after a major earthquake, there were almost no cracks in the Qinchuan city wall, and his heart was a little more settled. However, when turned around, saw that all the camel horse teams were blocked outside the icy city gate.

"Whoever enters the city, report it quickly!"

Helian Rongchuan took a step back, akimbo, tilted his head, and squinted. He saw the serious little sentry on the wall, wearing a black armor.

This used to be the armor that made him scorn the most, but now, Helian Rongchuan feels extremely kind and cute.

He knew that it was this kind of armor that protected Yan Changqing on the battlefield.

Xuanjia Army.

It seems that Yan Changqing is really here.

Love the house and Wu, Helian Rongchuan thought, Yan Changqing has a cold personality. It is no wonder that the soldier he brought out has such an ice face, his eyes are softer, and he doesn't care about the bad attitude of this little sentry for the first time. He smiled and said, "Go ahead." Tell your general, there are noble guests!"

Speaking of this, he took out a small bag that had been prepared for a long time, wrapped the inner and outer three layers of silk, tied the stone and threw it hard, and passed it to the little sentry. The little sentry looked down and disappeared from the tower with a serious face.

Wei Jin carried the small medicine box on his back, and came over curiously: "His Royal Highness, what are you throwing?"

Helian Rongchuan pretended to smile mysteriously: "What? This is the baby I prepared for my big baby."

Wei Jin: "..."

When Wei Jin heard Helian Rongchuan say "My big baby", her brain hurts. In order to control herself not to complain, she had to remain silent.

Helian Rongchuan continued to smile: "Believe it or not, when my big baby sees the baby I gave him, he must run over with tears and excitement to open the door for me in person?"

Wei Jin reluctantly nodded her head, trying to maintain a polite but graceful smile.

Before long, a tall and handsome figure appeared on the tall tower. A black light armor with narrow waist and narrow sleeves is majestic and beautiful, with long satin-like jet black hair neatly tied into a bundle, and the tail of the hair flutters slightly with the wind, gently brushing over the man's cold silver-white mask. Under the mask, a pair of black and white eyes, clear and sharp, were searching downward.

"Hey! This way! This way!" Helian Rongchuan stepped back, waving his arms vigorously: "It's me!"

Yan Changqing's eyes fixed on Helian Rongchuan. The eyes of the two crossed.

Although Helian Rongchuan had been in dreams and memories of the person countless times before, but now seeing him under the city wall, Helian Rongchuan still feels that his heart is like the first time he saw Yan Changqing. Pang pounding.

Helian Rongchuan showed a bright smile and said loudly: "It's been a long time! General Yan, how are you?"

While winking at Wei Jin, as if showing off her rare treasure, the meaning couldn't be more clear.

Wei Jin on the side felt that her chin was almost falling to the ground in shock. Silver...Silver silver face Yan Luoyan Changqing, is the big...big baby of his second Royal Highness?

Yan Chang watched Helian Rongchuan's face quietly. The afterglow of the setting sun gently reflected the golden and furry light on the side of the man downstairs, making him look so handsome, full of the wildness and vitality of life.

He really is alive!

Live like that healthily.

A ripple flashed in Yan Changqing's dark eyes, and he turned and disappeared into the tower.

Helian Rongchuan turned around and glanced with a triumphant look at the little imperial doctor who had not recovered from the shock: "Have you seen, my eldest baby is excited to open the door for me himself!"

However, Wei Jin raised her head and looked at the direction of the city wall, and pointed at the back of Helian Rongchuan with a face of fear, saying that it was unsatisfactory: "You...you look behind you!"

Helian Rongchuan suddenly turned his head, Yan Changqing did not know when to appear again on the high wall, facing him, steadily pulled a purple shirt longbow, the silver arrow fingers flashed with cold light.

The arrow aimed at was the figure of Helian Rongchuan.

Helian Rongchuan: ...? ? ?

Helian Rongchuan was confused, and was about to step forward a few steps to ask what happened. However, as soon as he took his foot forward, he heard the sound of breaking through the air, and a silver arrow shot into the ground where he was resting. inside.

Helian Rongchuan raised his head in astonishment. Before he opened his mouth, he heard a few "swishes" in his ears. On the land less than an inch away in front of him, he even shot into a row of sharp silver arrows!

The smile on Helian Rongchuan's face finally solidified, and he looked up in shock.

Yan Changqing looked at Helian Rongchuan's astonished expression downstairs, lowered his bow and arrows, his fingers trembling slightly.

"You are not welcome here." He said.

The wind was too strong, and Helian Rongchuan thought he had heard it wrong: "What did you—say?!!!"

Yan Changqing closed his eyes in pain. The little sentry on the side trumpeted his mouth with his hands and said loudly:

"My general will let you go!"

"roll!!!"

This time, everyone downstairs heard clearly.

Helian Rongchuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

roll?

Why? !

He was about to ask again, but the figure on the tower disappeared. All the sentries raised their bows and arrows in unison, aiming at everyone in the camel horse convoy outside the city gate.

"The general has an order. If you don't retreat, you don't have to kill!"

Helian Rongchuan stood downstairs in disbelief, like a child who was at a loss and doing something wrong.

After a long time, Helian Rongchuan gave an order, and the hungry camel horse team unloaded the heavy relief supplies that they had carried all the way, and the big and small sacks were piled up into hills in front of the city gate.

Helian Rongchuan looked up unwillingly, but could only see a row of cold bows and arrows on the wall. Never see the familiar figure again.

The Camel Horse team finally turned around, took a heavy step, and left Qinchuan City.

It wasn't until the Camel Horse team was far away that Yan Changqing returned to the tower and stood quietly, watching the familiar figure in the distance gradually disappear into the night. The wind whipped up the yellow sand, causing a wave of waves in his black mercury-like eyes.

At this moment, Yan Changqing didn’t know that with the rising of the moon, the mighty camel horse team at the end of the skyline slowly stopped. A man riding on a tall camel was also facing away. He looked over.

The wind and sand gradually ceased, and the man's amber-like eyes were filled with fearless, unhesitating brilliance.

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Although Qinchuan City is built on the Gobi, it is backed by snow mountains. In early summer, the glaciers melted and merged into clear river water, gently surrounding this oasis in the Gobi like the snow-white arms of a lover girl.

The people of Monan call this river that has bred countless oasis creatures the White Wolf River.

The terrain of Monan is high, and the sky appears lower. The deep indigo blue night is drooping, dotted with countless silver-white stars in the sky, which is extraordinarily magnificent and bright.

For some reason, Yan Changqing felt that the stars tonight were extraordinarily low and bright. The gurgling water of the White Wolf River is shimmering by the stars in the sky, as if all the stars have jumped into the clear water, like a milky way.

Ten thousand tents are drunk, the stars are crumbling,

Guimeng was separated by the Langhe River, and was shattered by the sound of the river.

For no reason, Yan Changqing stood by the river and suddenly thought of these two poems. Under the sky full of stars, inside and outside the city of Qinchuan, the countless simple felt tents erected to avoid earthquakes are not exactly the scene described in those poems?

The difference is that under the Ten Thousand Tents Vault, no one has the leisure to be "drunk". In front of almost every felt tent, there are one or two gurgling medicine jars tumbling. In the vast expanse of steaming heat, many people walked out of the felt tents, folded their hands against the towering snowy mountains in the distance, and bowed their heads religiously and respectfully.

Before death, all beings are equal. Whether poor or rich, noble or poor, everyone in Qinchuan City looks solemn, sincere and awe when they bow and pray.

Yan Changqing has never believed in the so-called ghosts and gods, but now, he sincerely expects the gods and gods of the heavens to bless that person.

The night is long, the mountains are high and the road is long, just hope that everything is well for him.

Do not come back.

With open palms, Yan Changqing looked at the small silk packet sent by the little sentry today with a little bit of starlight. The small bag is very strong, but the knot is out of order, completely in the style of Helian Rongchuan. The inner and outer three floors are open, and there is only one thing inside.

A shiny silver three-sided arrow.

Yan Changqing recognized it at a glance. This was the arrow he shot towards Helian Rongchuan on the edge of the cliff in Qixia Village that day, with a little barb.

How painful it should be to pull it out of the flesh and blood.

A trace of guilt and distress surged in Yan Changqing's heart.

He picked up the arrow with his finger and looked at it carefully. It's strange, it's obviously an arrow that hurt him, why does Helian Rongchuan want to wipe it so clean and bright? It seems that after being rubbed countless times, the sharp edges and corners of the arrows have become a little blunt.

Yan Changqing stroked the arrow lightly with his fingertips, and suddenly felt that the side of the arrow seemed to have a little bump.

Facing the shining flames outside the tent in the distance, Yan Changqing could see clearly that a crooked character was slightly engraved on the side of the three-sided arrow.

"clear."

Yan Changqing's heart throbbed violently, and with a touch between his fingers, there was indeed a word on the other side of the three-sided arrow.

"Sichuan."

With a "pop", Yan Changqing placed the three-sided arrow on the big rock by the White Wolf River, turning his head away from it.

boring!

It seems that the arrow shot that day was still too weak. You should shoot a few more shots, let him suffer more, and see if he has any leisure time and then go to engrave any words!

He thought about it so viciously for a while, somehow, Yan Changqing turned around again, hesitated for a moment, picked up the arrow and wiped it carefully, carefully wrapped it in silk, and re-wrapped a strong and elegant Knot.

If you are unlucky, the meeting on the tower today is the last time he saw Helian Rongchuan. Helian Rongchuan's gradually freezing smile, astonished and hurt eyes, kept appearing in Yan Changqing's mind.

Every time he thinks of this, Yan Changqing feels melancholy and sour.

But three days ago, from the moment he entered Qinchuan City, he had no other choice.

As the head of the twelve counties of Monan, the once prosperous city of Monan became a hell on earth within a few days of the earthquake. It was not the earthquake that completely destroyed this so-called "Pearl of the Desert", but the time epidemic that suddenly broke out in the city after the earthquake.

On the collapsed street, beside the grass piled up by bones, there were leaning over and retching, or pale, skinny patients. The food for disaster relief that had been so longed for has finally arrived, but many people in the city died before they even had a bite.

It was also this sudden epidemic that caused the Beirong army that invaded Monan to take advantage of the fire and suffered. Many soldiers of Beirong were also infected with this strange time epidemic. The medicine and stone were ineffective. They withdrew one after another, fleeing in a hurry. But the claws of the plague didn't let them go. Tens of thousands of soldiers in Beirong died on the way to retreat, and the other half died in the hands of the Xuanjia army seeking annihilation.

Yan Changqing finally understood why the Bei Rongdu Marshal Abdul Lie would say that reluctantly before his death.

The earth 坼, all ghosts come out. The whole Monan was indeed cursed by this menacing epidemic.

Yan Changqing never regretted entering Qinchuan City. As the general of the State of Yan, he has the responsibility to save the people from water and fire. Even if unfortunately died here, he would not hesitate.

However, he must not let Helian Rongchuan get involved. He owed that person too much, and he was full of guilt deep in his heart. He must not let Helian Rongchuan also fall into a dangerous quagmire just because his heart was soft for a while.

sorry.

I can only use this method to protect you.

Unconsciously, Yan Changqing walked farther away from the felt tent. The bonfire set up outside the felt tent, when viewed from here, seems to have become small fireflies.

The gentle night wind blew over the lush green grass by the river. It's very quiet here, there is no one. Only the white wolf river gurgling by the feet brings refreshing, sweet coolness in the faint white mist.

Yan Changqing thought for a while, took off his black light armor and close-fitting shirt with confidence, and untied the belt. His hair is very long and supple, like the top black satin, now being loosened and hanging freely around his waist and neck, Yan Changqing suddenly felt that it had been heavy, and his tight heartstrings relaxed a little.

Yan Changqing dived his entire body into the clear river water, swimming quietly like an elegant and free fish.

During the day, he is the admired and uncompromising general. Only when there is no one in the night can Yan Changqing occasionally let go of the heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, and occasionally indulge in a willful manner for a short while, like a child without thinking about anything.

Especially in the few days after entering Qinchuan City, he was too tired and depressed, but he couldn't show anything. Today, the scene of forcibly rejecting Helian Rongchuan downstairs made him clenched his teeth to hold on, and was about to suffocate.

If this tension continues, Yan Changqing really doesn't know how long he can hold on.

Perhaps only the clear and cold river water can temporarily soothe his tired body and mind.

Yan Changqing is very water-based. After swimming a long distance, he bounced his head out of the water.