Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 124

Chapter 124

After lunch in the middle of the day, the soldiers looked for a warm place to take a short nap.

Xiao Jue was talking to the deputy commander in the martial arts field, and ordered to go down to the content of the day training for the next month. Lin Shuanghe came over and took a fan forward to him, beckoning him to take a step to speak.

Xiao Jue finished explaining the matter, and walked towards Lin Shuanghe, impatiently saying, “Didn’t you go to the hospital to help?”

Lin Shuanghe has nothing to do for the rest of the day. The weather has been cold recently. Shen Muxue used a cauldron to boil the decoction to dispel the cold and warm his stomach and distribute it to everyone. Lin Shuanghe volunteered to help because of lack of manpower. He paid attention to his son-in-law all his life. He felt that the soldiers of Liangzhouwei didn’t take a bath and had a dirty smell.

“I originally planned to go, but I ran into someone on the way. A visitor came to Liangzhouwei.” He said.

Xiao Jue: “Who?”

A meaningful smile appeared on Lin Shuanghe’s face: “Xu Pingting…the close-knit maid.”

…

In the room, the young maid stood in front of the door with a smile, and asked the young servant to open the boxes one by one in the room and said: “These are all the gifts selected by the young lady and given to the fourth son.”

Today’s prime minister Xu Jingfu is so powerful that half of the officials in the court were his students. He lived for most of his life, has an excellent reputation, and the emperor also trusts him. If there is any regret, he will be childless. Later, I found a famous doctor for personal diagnosis and treatment. When he was in her fifties, his wife, Lao Bang Hanzhu, finally gave birth to a daughter, Xu Pingting.

Only when he was old did he get such a jewel in his hand. The Xu family was almost obedient to Xu Pingting, even if the princess was less than her pampering. Xu Pingting was seventeen this year, and she gave birth to a beautiful little beauty, but she was extremely domineering and difficult to resist.

Chu Zhao is Xu Jingfu’s most proud student. He often goes to Xu’s house for dinner. After coming and going, he has become acquainted with Xu Pingting.

“Sister Mo Dai is struggling,” Ying Xiang smiled and handed a cup of tea, and said: “Drink some tea to warm up.”

Mo Tai glanced at Ying Xiang, and said with a smile, “No matter, the servant girl is not used to drinking Liangzhouwei’s crude tea.”

Ying Xiang was not annoyed, still smiling, and took the tea away again. Mo Tai looked at Ying Xiang’s back, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, and Hu Meizi cursed in his heart.

This kind of Hu Meizi, with the Fourth Young Master Chu every day, knows if she will use seduce methods on her master. Although Miss Xu is young and beautiful, Yu Chenghuan is definitely no better than this slut when it comes to pleasing her. It was not that Xu Pingting had never thought of driving Ying Xiang away from Chu Zhao, but it was a pity that Chu Zhao, who had always been gentle, categorically refused, and finally Xu Xiang personally came forward to expose the matter.

Isn’t it just a minion who needs such care? Mo Tai was dissatisfied, but could not vent to Chu Zhao.

She looked around Chu Zhao’s house, and shook her head after a while and said, “The place where the fourth son lives is really shabby. The slave and maidservant stayed here for a while, and felt cold in their hands and feet. There is no charcoal fire here, look. In the past two months, the fourth son has suffered.”

“It’s okay,” Chu Zhao replied warmly, “the new recruits here are all like this.”

“How can they compare with you?” Mo Tai said, “You can’t confuse yourself with that lowly person.”

A coldness flashed in Chu Zhao’s eyes, and he raised his head again, with a gentle appearance. He asked, “Ms. Mo Moss is here, but what’s the matter?”

“It’s okay,” Mo Tai said with a smile: “It’s just that the lady hasn’t seen the Fourth Young Master for a long time, and she missed it a little. Hearing that Liangzhou is extremely cold in winter, she ordered the servants to bring the convoy to send some warm clothes to the Fourth Young Master.”

She bent down, took out a fur coat from the box, held it in front of Chu Zhao, and said, “This is what the young lady personally asked the merchants to collect. The dress can keep out the cold. Do you want to try it?”

Furs are smooth and clean, soft and light, and they are very valuable at first glance.

Chu Zhao stood up, put the fur on his body, smiled and thanked: “It’s very warm, thank you Missy for me.”

Mo Tai covered his mouth and smiled: “This is a slave and maidservant that can’t be replaced. If you want to thank you, the fourth son should tell the eldest lady himself.” She seemed to remember something, and asked Chu Zhao: “When is the fourth son going to return to Shuojing? ”

“It’s been these two days.”

“Looking at Liangzhou, it’s really not a place for people to stay. If the eldest lady is here, she will definitely feel sorry for the fourth son. How about leaving tomorrow? If you leave earlier and return to Shuojing earlier, you can also see the lady earlier. “She smiled slightly, “Before the slave and maidservant left, the master still told the eldest lady about the fourth son.”

Although she was searching, her tone was unquestionable, and she had already made the decision while laughing. Chu Zhao could not refute it.

Chu Zhao paused for a moment, raised his head, and said with a smile: “Okay, I will leave tomorrow, I miss Mr. too.”

“That’s great.” A flower suddenly blossomed on Mo Mo’s face, urging Xiao Si to take out the contents of the box one by one.

“This box is full of warm clothes. The slave and maid will take it out for you first. After the arrangement is finished, we will help you pack up the salute for tomorrow’s departure.” She said, “I also hope that the fourth son will not blame the slave and the maid for troubles.”

“How come?” Chu Zhao smiled: “It’s too late for me to thank you.”

Ying Xiang stood behind the curtain, looking at the moss in the room, her eyes drooping, she stood still for a moment, and walked away.

…

It was dark early in the winter evening. The lights were on in the room.

Lin Shuanghe lay on his back, spit out the skin of the melon seeds, and said, “What’s the matter with Xu Pingting’s maid? From day to night, she doesn’t let Chu Zhao leave? People who don’t know think she is Miss Xu. The performance of this declaration of possession is too obvious. I now feel that Chu Zilan is a bit pitiful.”

Xiao Jue was sitting at the table reading the military text, and heard the words: “If you are poor, you can go and rescue him.”

“Forget it,” Lin Shuanghe sat up, with his hands resting on the back of his head, “Who can blame this? It’s not Chu Zilan herself. Who told him to look good and have a gentle temperament. Such a man is originally In the capital, everyone is vying for it. He also rushed to please Xu Jingfu himself. It was expected that Miss Xu was attracted by Miss Xu.”

Xiao Jue grinned: “It’s his ability to really be the son-in-law of the Xu family.”

“Yes,” Lin Shuanghe was deeply impressed by Xiao Jue’s words: “He was pushed out and bullied in the Shi Jin Bo’s mansion, but later on, if it wasn’t for Xu Jingfu’s relationship, how could he be recorded in the name of his aunt? If he really married the Xu family “Miss,” Lin Shuanghe said, “Boss Shi Jin’s Mansion, Chu Zilan will be the master in the future!”

The world says that women tend to be inflamed, and if they find a good husband, they can rely on a big tree to enjoy the coolness. How can they be different from men? When there are real interests in front of you, all the choices are just for a better life. The so-called likes or dislikes, reconciliation, and trueness are not important anymore.

I don’t know whether it is Xu Pingting’s sorrow or Chu Zilan’s sorrow.

“I think the maid said that taking care of him was fake and that it was real to monitor him.” Lin Shuanghe spread his hands, “Chu Zilan don’t even think about going to bed tonight.”

“Chu Zilan?” Cheng Lisu’s head came in through the window, “What’s wrong with him? Didn’t he go to see the moon with my eldest brother tonight?”

“What look at the moon?” Lin Shuanghe asked.

“I’m going to see the moon at the foot of Baiyue Mountain. I originally wanted to see my elder brother to watch my newly learned puppet show. My elder brother said that he would go to see the moon with the fourth son of Chu tonight, and he could only change to tomorrow.” Cheng Lisu looked at Lin Shuanghe. , Looked at Xiao Jue again, “Uncle, what did you just say, what do you mean?”

Xiao Jue put his head back out of the window, closed the window and said, “Go back to sleep.”

Cheng Lisu smashed the window outside to no avail, so he had to leave for a while.

After he left, Lin Shuanghe touched his chin and asked, “My sister He and Chu Zilan have an appointment to see the moon tonight? Are they developing so fast?”

Xiao Jue continued to read the military text, and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

“No,” Lin Shuanghe got up from the collapse, “I have to go and see.”

He walked directly to the middle door of the two rooms, patted the door and said, “Brother He? Brother He! Are you there? Brother He? Just say it.”

He attached his ear to the other end, and there was no sound in the door.

Lin Shuanghe took a few more shots, but still did not answer. He stepped back two steps, and said to himself: “My sister He didn’t know that Xu Pingting’s people are here, have you gone to see the moon by yourself?”

“Huaijin!” he shouted.

Xiao Jue was shocked by his words, and said impatiently: “What are you doing?”

“My sister He may have gone to see the moon alone,” Lin Shuanghe walked up to him, “Go and find it.”

“No.” Xiao Jue said indifferently: “If you want to go, you go.”

“I really want to go, Baiyue Mountain is so big, and I don’t know the way. What if there is a bad guy on the mountain, like the previous Ridamuzi incident? , You don’t regret it after being killed?”

Xiao Jue: “No regrets.”

“Why are you like this?” Lin Shuanghe simply sat down on his table, blocking the military text, and he persuaded me painstakingly: “Look at my sister He, how pitiful. Chu Zhao didn’t know she was a woman. She is gentle with everyone. But it is the first time Sister He has met such a gentle person. Her daughter’s thoughts are delicate and she is naturally easily moved. But her identity cannot be exposed, so she can only hide this love in her heart. The sweetheart asks her. Seeing the moon, she must be very happy, but she doesn’t know that her sweetheart is the son-in-law recognized by others. She must be very cold and sad when she is alone on the mountain now. Can’t you just take a look at her? Comfort and comfort her?”

Xiao Jue’s thoughts on him were unbelievable: “She likes Chu Zilan, and when she hits a wall, I will comfort him? What’s the reason?”

“Now is your good time!” Lin Shuanghe encouraged him: “Now is the best opportunity to take advantage of the emptiness!”

Xiao Jue sneered: “Then I won’t even go.”

“Good, good,” Lin Shuanghe said: “Let’s not talk about feelings. She is your soldier, and you are her boss. Sister He also helped you save Liangzhouwei some time ago. You should always care about your subordinates.”

“I’m her boss, not her father.” Xiao Jue said Liangliang, “Besides, she has legs, so she will come back if she can’t wait.”

Lin Shuanghe was silent for a moment and asked him, “Do you think she is the kind of person who gives up before waiting?”

Xiao Jue had a meal with his pen hand.

A scene of a young man running on the martial arts field with a sandbag on his back appeared in front of him.

He Yan is not a person who gives up lightly. Sometimes she is very clever and cunning, but sometimes she is stubborn and persistent. It’s hard to tell whether this is persistence or stupidity, but Lin Shuanghe is right. With her temperament, she is likely to wait on the mountain overnight.

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Seeing Xiao Jue’s attitude loosened, Lin Shuanghe immediately added fuel and jealousy, “Think about it, she is only sixteen years old, a little girl, it’s not easy to get to this point in Liangzhouwei. Let Chu Zilan do this again. The blow is too pitiful. You should do good deeds, go up the mountain, and bring her back. She is grateful to you in her heart, and she must be sincere in her life for you in the future.”

Seeing that Xiao Jue did not move, Lin Shuanghe added the last fire: “Ms. Xiao was the most merciful and soft when she was alive. If she saw Sister He, she would definitely help.”

“Shut up.” Xiao Jue couldn’t bear it, grabbed the large cloak on the side, stood up and walked outside the door, saying: “I’ll go.”

Lin Shuanghe looked at his back with great satisfaction: “This is a real man.”

…

At the foot of Baiyue Mountain, there is a huge boulder. Walk down the stone platform until the end, you can hear the sound of water waves.

Bow your head, under your feet is a magnificent river, raise your head, the moon is thousands of miles, shining all over the mountains and rivers.

He Yan sat down at the end of the stone, the sound of water rushing, and slapped the reef in the distance again and again. Like the ancient sound of Shen Shen coming across the distant time and space, it is long and long.

I made an appointment with Chu Zhao to see you at Xu Shi. I don’t know when it is now, but there is still no sign. She found the pavilion that Chu Zhao said, but there was no wine, food and snacks in the pavilion, and she didn’t know what was going on.

Maybe she should go down to find Chu Zhao, but once she got here, once she sat down, she never wanted to get up again.

The four forests are covered with snow, and a vast expanse of white covers a mountain, and the whole river is flooded with moonlight, which is clear and refreshing.

This is the most beautiful moonlight, and also the most beautiful snow color. He Yan felt tired and sat with his knees hugged, looking at the end of the river.

She likes the night more than the day, and the moon more than the sun. Just because in the years of “He Rufei”, the mask did not leave the body, but the mask was sultry and thick, young and naughty, always in the dead of night, secretly taking the next stick of incense time.

No one can see the real face under the mask, except for the moon outside the window.

She stretched out her hand, trying to catch the moonlight hanging in the distant mountains and rivers, and the moonlight gently fell on her hand, as if it would stay for her forever.

“What are you doing?” someone’s voice came from behind.

He Yan turned his head, and saw the young man in Fox Qiu Jinyi walking from deep into the night. He was very tall and showed cold beauty.

It’s Xiao Jue.

He Yan was startled, and subconsciously looked behind him, Xiao Jue saw her doing this, and said, “Chu Zilan is not coming.”

“Why?” He Yan asked.

Xiao Jue glanced at her: “A person from the capital can’t leave because of something, let me speak.”

He Yan nodded, then looked at him in surprise again: “The governor would actually preach for the Fourth Young Master Chu?”

Xiao Jue and Chu Zhao are incompatible with each other. It is incredible that Chu Zhao asked Xiao Jue to spread the word. It was even more shocking that Xiao Jue came here to find her after hearing his words.

“You can still care about this, it doesn’t seem to be very sad.” He said, sitting down on the other side of the boulder.

The night breeze in winter blows and makes people extremely cold. He Yan asked, “Why should I be sad?” As soon as the voice fell, he sneezed.

Liangzhouwei’s strong suit, although it is a cotton-padded coat in winter, it is cold enough to blow it out at night. She sat sadly, her face pale and cold, like cyan jade, with a fragile transparency.

Xiao Jue was silent for a moment, and then stood up.

He Yan was about to raise his head, and put a fox fur on his head, turning her eyes dark. When he got out of the fox fur, Xiao Jue had already returned to the original position and sat down.

Qiu Yi was slightly warm, and the wind and snow arrived outside in an instant. He Yan was stunned for a long time before saying, “Thank you.”

Xiao Jue turned his head and glanced at her.

The young girl has her hair tied up, wearing his black fur, her shoulders are extremely narrow, she looks very thin. She used to be lively and chattering all day long. She only found the noise and headaches, but when she was quiet, it seemed to change. Became another person.

It makes people feel uncomfortable.

Xiao Jue lowered his eyes to look at her. After a while, he bends the corners of his lips, “It’s really ugly to look at your bitter and deep hatred.” After a pause, he said: “Can’t bear Chu Zilan?”

“What?” He Yan was inexplicable.

“When you were about to die, I never saw you so frustrated,” he said lazily, “seems to like it very much.”

He Yan didn’t understand what he was saying.

“You will die like this before you leave. What will you do when he leaves tomorrow?” Xiao Jue looked at the river in the distance.

“Tomorrow?” He Yan was startled, “So soon?”

She remembered that Chu Zhao told her that it was these few days, but he did not say that it was tomorrow.

Xiao Jue glanced at her with a faint smile, “In a hurry?”

“No,” He Yan said: “I was just a little surprised…” After thinking of something, he said sadly: “Yes, he wants to catch up with Xu… Uncle Xu’s wedding banquet, so he has to leave as soon as possible.”

He Yan asked Xiao Jue: “Does the governor know the young master of the Xu family in Beijing?”

Xiao Jue: “I’ve heard it.”

“Xu Zhiheng is getting married, and the fourth son of Chu hurried back to catch up with his wedding banquet.” He Yan’s voice was dry.

“Xu Zhiheng who got married is not Chu Zilan,” Xiao Jue wrinkled his eyebrows, “Look at how you look like now, still want to enter the Jiuqi Camp?”

He Yan grinned reluctantly, just about to speak, Xiao Jue waved his sleeves and threw something into her arms.

He Yan looked down and saw that it was a bunch of candied haws, which had been placed outside for a long time. It was as cold as ice cubes, amidst the snow and white, it was red and bright.

“Where did this… come from?”

“Song Taotao’s.” Xiao Jue said: “Got a bunch of them easily.”

He didn’t know how to coax a little girl. When he left, he asked Lin Shuanghe. Lin Shuanghe replied: “If someone else coaxes a sad girl, of course it will take a lot of twists and turns to take her to see the lanterns, flowers, and stars. Buy jade, buy beads, buy gold hairpin, but you are different. You just need to sit there and use your face.”

Xiao Jue was speechless, and when he finally passed by Shen Muxue’s room, he saw the candied haws bought by Song Taotao in the door by the window, and he took a bunch of it.

The last time I saw her eating this, she looked very happy.

He Yan picked up the candied haws, opened the rice cake paper on top, licked it, the candied haws were icy cold, a little bit of sweetness came along the tip of the tongue, and the sweet person felt astringent in his heart.

I suddenly remembered what I said to Chu Zhao before.

She asked Chu Zhao, “What is the name of the new Grandma Xu?”

Chu Zhao replied: “His name is He Xinying, the second lady in the second room of the He family. She is a cousin with the previous grandma of He Da. I have seen it once. She has a naive and gentle temperament, and she can be regarded as a good match for Uncle Xu. ”

“He Xinying…” He Yan murmured, “You know, what was the name of Grandma Xu before?”

Chu Zhao was stunned, hesitated for a while, and shook his head: “The former grandmother Xu lived in the simplest form, and was not in Shuojing before. I have never seen her before, and I don’t know her name.”

He didn’t even leave his name.

The world remembers General Feihong, He Rufei, Xu Zhiheng, and even Xu Zhiheng’s newly married wife, but no one remembers He Yan.

She thought that after so long, she also knew Xu Zhiheng’s true face, and she would no longer feel heartache. But the moment he heard that he was about to marry his wife, it still felt strangely painful. It seems that the persistence and trust of many years ago collapsed overnight, and even the lies did not bother to stay.

Only her stupidity and unwillingness remained.

She raised her head to look at the moon, the moonlight gently flowing over the barren mountains and rivers, over the snowy forests, over her desolate and lonely years, and over her eyes under the mask.

The moon knows her secret, but the moon cannot speak.

“You know,” she said, her voice softly: “What is the name of Xu Zhiheng’s new wife?”

Xiao Jue lazily said, “How would I know.”

He Yan laughed self-deprecatingly, and then asked, “Then, do you know what the name of Grandma Xu was before?”

The turbulent river waves beating against the rocks, as if the years were roaring through the long past.

He glanced at He Yan faintly, his eyebrows were incredibly handsome in the moonlight, those autumn-shui-like eyes floated with a trace of ridicule, and he said quietly: “Why, the same name, I want to be Xu’s grandmother?”

He Yan was startled.

“You know… you know her name…” Her heart was pounding wildly.

“He Yan.”

The waves fell on the reef and were broken into fine droplets, which flowed into the river and sea, and it was impossible to tell where each wave came from.

But……

The name He Yan was remembered.

He Yan suddenly raised his head and looked at him.

“You know…no, have you met Grandma Xu?”

She said in her heart, it’s impossible. She and Xiao Jue were classmates for only a year, and they went to different things. Returning to Shuojing again, she became Miss He Da, no longer “He Rufei”, and married her husband very quickly. She didn’t even go out a few times, let alone mention foreign men. When he married into Xu’s family, the newlyweds soon became blind and stayed in the house all day long, almost isolated from the world.

How did Xiao Jue meet her?

unless……

“I have seen it.”

The young man sits lazily, his eyebrows and eyes are plentiful, and the mountains and rivers are not as good as the bright light in his eyes.

For a moment, his voice overlapped with the voice of a certain night.

It was also this kind of night, this kind of mountain scenery, the rain continued to patter, and her world was dark and dull, only a slight difference from the desperate situation.

Xiao Jue said: “She owes me a candy.”