Act Seventy-Four: Cobwebs
Before Lian Mu recognized Akzati, he had only a lot of resistance to the Chiyan warriors. After all, those forty Chiyan warriors were just one sword away from ending the life of the future Frost Sword Commander.
And now, Akzati, who once saved Lian Mu's life, actually stood in the camp of the Chiyan warriors and Gu Yina. This made Lian Mu gradually have some doubts that were difficult to sort out for the time being, and also invisibly affected Lian Mu's judgment and choice of the current situation.
Right now, even Gu Yina, a beautiful woman from the Northern Desert who has gathered wisdom and beauty, can't see through what this newly turned Frost Sword Third Division Commander is thinking. Especially after listening to his invitation just now, his blue eyes gradually became more confused.
Lian Mu didn't speak, just waited in silence for the elegant woman in front of him to reply. Whether it is from the skin color, temperament or conversation, Lian Mu can't connect this beautiful woman from the Northern Desert with the barbarian, perhaps because of this, Lian Mu has to be more patient with Gu Yina than usual.
With light steps, she came to the desk where Lian Mu had sat before, and quietly tugged at Lian Mu's pretended calm heartstrings. The blue eyes flashed with inexplicable melancholy, and he turned from the man's eyebrows to the paper and pen on the desk, and finally looked around the entire military machine pavilion.
Guina pondered.
Lian Mu waited patiently.
The snow outside the window is getting heavier and heavier.
The people downstairs didn't know what was going on upstairs.
Time, I don't know how long it has passed, she opened her mouth and asked Lian Mu: "As far as I know, among the three divisions of the frost sword today, the Law Division has been completely controlled by the Shuguo family, and the previous pro-health division has also been infiltrated by the clan, but according to the internal transfer that Lian Da said when he was downstairs just now, I believe that the pro-health division should have been taken back by the lord of Yunji now." Just looking at the Hanjia Division that Lian Da can decide now, the four deputy commanders, counting the second son of the Liu family who is about to take office, three of them are from families. Now although the Lian Great Commander nominally commands the three divisions of the Frost Sword, in fact, one division belongs to the clan and the other division belongs to the royal family, even if it is the Hanjia Division under your own command, now it seems that I am afraid that you may not completely listen to the arrangement of the Great Commander, right?"
"It seems that the general knows more than I thought. Lian Muhan smiled, slowly came to the desk and looked at Gu Yina: "From the Mingguang Armor to the Cold Armor Army, and then to the Frost Sword now. The families of the Shu Kingdom were always worried that the army guarding the Yun clan would one day draw their swords against them, so since the young master Yun Fan left, the power of the clan had already infiltrated the royal forbidden army in secret. ”
Gu Yina: "Commander Lian is willing to share your difficulties with me, an outsider, to be honest, I am really moved, but I am moved, when it comes to the affairs of my family and country, Gu Yina thinks that we still need to be cautious and cautious." ”
Lian Mu: "Although Lian Mu does not have the absolute right to speak in the three divisions of the frost sword now, he has the right to enter and exit the three divisions at will and transfer the right to read relevant archives. Didn't General Gu Yina always want to know the secret behind the fire in Qi Temple? Although Lian Mu didn't know it, he could find a way to help the general find out. ”
"I don't know how many times I've heard this from the mouth of your frost sword. Gu Yina smiled, "Actually, what secrets are hidden behind the fire in the Qi Temple, it is not so important to me now, compared to the fire in the Qi Temple, I want to know what the Lian Commander wants, and the sentence "Save the country" alone cannot convince me." ”
Lian Mu avoided Gu Yina's gaze, and looked at the vast snow outside the window between words: "What I want is actually very simple. ”
Guina: "How simple it is, let's hear it. ”
Lian Mu: "Uproot the infiltration of the family of the kingdom against the royal forbidden army over the years, and return the military power to the royal power." ”
Between the words, Gu Yina saw a firm determination in Lian Mu's eyes, but these alone still couldn't make Gu Yina believe what Lian Mu said, she slowly came to Lian Mu's side and said to him: "This matter, it doesn't sound simple at all. ”
Lian Mu: "But with the help of General Guina, it will be extremely simple. ”
Gu Yina: "Why do I want to help Commander Lian? ”
Lian Mu: "I can provide General Guina with what you don't have and what you need. ”
Guina: "What do I don't have, and what do I need?"
Lian Mu: "Exactly. ”
Gu Yina: "Commander Lian now wants to use our hands to suppress the family of the Su Kingdom, and the current Shu Kingdom, anyone with a discerning eye can see that everything is decided by the family clan. If we come out and offend them, wouldn't that be tantamount to offending the entire country?"
Lian Mu: "I will share all the information obtained by the Frost Sword with the information of General Gu Yina during the battle, and use this as an excuse to mobilize the entire Hanjia Division to cooperate with you in your actions." ”
Gu Yina: "This is not what you Frost Sword should have done a long time ago, why has it now become a condition for Commander Lian to negotiate with me?"
Lian Mu: "As General Gu Yina said, the frost sword is almost the frost sword of the nobles of the Su Guo family, and since this is the case, with the temper of the Shu Guo family, how can they share intelligence information with the barbarians?"
Gu Yina: "If they do this, they are not afraid that once the military plane is delayed, the entire country will be in dire straits?"
Lian Mu: "If they had been worried, they would not have thought of infiltrating the royal forbidden army. The thoughts of the Su Guo clan are far more complicated than we guess here. ”
Gu Yina: "Having said that, how do I know how much of what Commander Lian said now is true and how much is false?"
Lian Mu: "That depends on how much General Gu Yina believes me." ”
Gu Yina smiled: "I want to hear some valuable news, and then think about whether the words of Commander Lian are worth my risk." ”
Lian Mu looked at Gu Yina deeply, as if he had been waiting for her to say this, and then said slowly: "There is less than half a month to go, and the army of the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom will appear in the territory of Jibei. ”
"Xiji Thousand Thunder Country?" Gu Yina frowned when she heard this: "How many are there, where did they come from, Jingwei Pass?"
Lian Mu: "One hundred thousand people, the Juelong Mountain Range." ”
Gu Yina: "Is Commander Lian joking? The Juelong Mountain Range is high into the clouds, the mountain is steep, it is covered with snow all year round, there is no grass, and there is no place to climb. ”
Lian Mu: "Of course, it is impossible to cross the Juelong Mountain Range, but what if the mountain is opened?"
Gu Yina: "The Absolute Dragon Mountain Range is the remains of the primeval demon god, and it is impossible for a conventional sword to break through its stone walls. Even if the Thousand Thunder Country finds a way to open up the mountain, how can it dig through the mountain for more than ten or twenty years?"
Lian Mu: "The general has heard of the Lava Chopper. ”
Gu Yina: "The Black Heaven Sect's secret art smelting, unless you are wearing the armor of the Red Yan Warrior, it will be difficult to resist the sharp blade of this lava slashing knife. ”
Lian Mu: "Now the army of the Thousand Thunder Kingdom is equipped with this terrible weapon to break through the stone wall of the Juelong Mountain Range. And in addition to that, they brought 70,000 armor-piercing war bears. ”
Gu Yina: "Commander Lian is really calm. ”
Lian Mu looked at Gu Yina puzzled: "What did the general say? ”
Gu Yina: "The army of Xiji Thousand Thunder Country is about to fight, and the Great Commander still has the leisure to talk to me about the conditions here, are you really saving the country like this?"
Lian Mu: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside." ”
Gu Yina: "The muddy water inside the Su Kingdom is not easy to stir, and the Lian Commander can think clearly." ”
Lian Mu: "General Gu Yina agreed to my invitation, right?"
Gu Yina: "Don't misinterpret what I mean, the Grand Commander said this only out of concern for the Grand Commander, and I didn't say that I wanted to participate in the internal disputes of the Su Kingdom, but ......"
Lian Mu: "But what?"
Gu Yina: "But if you want to openly cooperate with us as the Frost Sword Grand Commander, these are actually easy to say. ”
Lian Mu pondered: "If I openly cooperate with General Gu Yina, it is equivalent to telling the family of the Shu Kingdom that it was the Lord of the Yun Ji Kingdom who instructed me to do so. ”
Gu Yina: "Actually, I think so, too. ”
Lian Mu: "But this is really my decision. ”
Gu Yina: "If the Grand Commander can now make the entire Frost Sword, then it is not a big problem for us to reach an agreement on this matter in private, but the question now is, the information you said is related to the common interests of us and the Shu Kingdom, is it appropriate for you to use our common interests as a condition for negotiation?"
Lian Mu: "The dream country is the dream country of the Yun family. ”
Gu Yina: "We owe only allegiance to the Prince. ”
Lian Mu: "Yun Fan will succeed to the throne sooner or later." ”
Hearing this, Gu Yina smiled.
What made her feel ridiculous was not Lian Mu's words, but Lian Mu's calculations, which she had seen through between the words. After a short conversation, Gu Yina realized that the Great Commander of the Frost Sword was not as unbearable as she imagined, but it was also not as clever as she imagined.
Lian Mu continued: "Only when the Su Kingdom is still there, Yun Fan can continue to be the lord of the Shu Kingdom, you are loyal to him, and we protect the Yun Clan's royal family, this is not a conflict." ”
Gu Yina: "What Commander Lian means now is that we are in the same boat, right?"
Lian Mu: "The dream country should be the dream country of the Yun family, not the dream country of the nobles of the family, the reason why I privately discussed this matter with General Gu Yina is actually because I don't want the lord of the Yun country to be targeted by the Su country family." ”
Gu Yina smiled slightly: "Let me think about it again." ”
Lian Mu: "General, isn't my sincerity enough?"
Gu Yina: "To be honest, from this morning to now. I know what you want, but if you want to talk about cooperation, you can't impress me with that alone. ”
Lian Mu: "The 100,000 elites of the Xiji Thousand Thunder Country are about to come to the city, is it possible that the general is still worried about such a trivial matter as the fire in Qi Temple?"
Gu Yina: "I can't do this kind of trivial matter, how dare I conspire with the Commander to do great things?" As the Great Commander said, with your current authority, in fact, it should be easy to investigate these things, although it may take some time, but it will definitely be able to find out. If the Grand Commander can give me the story behind that fire, maybe we can sit down and talk again. ”
After saying this, Gu Yina didn't pay attention to Lian Mu's expression anymore, and turned to leave. As a result, unexpectedly, just as she was about to leave the Military Aircraft Pavilion, Lian Mu suddenly blocked her way.
In the blue eyes, there seemed to be anger:
"Commander Lian, what are you going to do here?"
Lian Mu changed his previous respectful attitude: "What Lian Mu said to the general here today, I hope the general will not tell the third person, and at the same time, I also hope that the general will think clearly, so as not to inadvertently hurt the harmony." ”
Under her eyes, the murderous intent was faint: "Is Commander Lian threatening me?"
Lian Mu replied with murderous intent: "If the general thinks so, then it should be regarded as Lian Mu threatening the general." ”
......
Downstairs, Meng Jian, who was hugging the "Eroding Heart", suddenly found that the spear in his hand seemed to be making a slight roar, he didn't know what was happening, and looked at Xia Hui and Han Jian suspiciously, but he didn't know that Akzati and others also discovered the strangeness of this gun at the same time.
Meng Jian glanced at the spear and cast a plea glance at Xia Hui: "What's the situation." ”
After Xia Hui and Han Jian looked at each other, they said to Meng Jian with a solemn expression: "It's killing intent." ”
Meng Jian: "Killing intent?"
Han Ji: "It's the killing intent of the Great Commander." ”
Meng Jian: "Huh?"
Before Meng Jian could carefully ponder the words of the two, Akzati on the side had already gotten up and was about to go to the Military Aircraft Pavilion to find out, Xia Hui and Han Jian saw that they did not stop them, but hurriedly followed, Meng Jian saw that everyone was gone, and immediately followed behind them.
When everyone came to the door of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, a crisp slap came from it, and everyone was stunned, but they saw Lian Mu covering his face and opening the door, and sent Gu Yina out of the Military Aircraft Pavilion respectfully.
Before leaving, Gu Yina coldly dropped a sentence:
"Shameless. ”
Everyone looked at Lian Mu and Gu Yina in confusion, and everyone didn't know what kind of expression to make for a short time. When Akzati saw this scene, although there was no expression on his face, his eyes were murderous. Meng Jian, Han Ji, and Xia Hui, who were on the side, were nervous, but Lian Mu was smart, so he directly avoided Akzati's gaze, looked at Gu Yina's back with a respectful face, and said, "Walk slowly! Be careful on the road!"
Gu Yina ignored it, but said to Akzati without looking back: "Leave them alone, let's go." ”
Everyone didn't know what had just happened inside, but at this time, Lian Mu's attitude made Meng Jian, Xia Hui, Han Ji and the others feel extremely embarrassed, especially the scene where Lian Mu was holding the hot palm print on his face, and insisted on sending Gu Yina and the others out of Yao Pavilion, which made many frost sword guards walking around on the first floor immediately see Lian Mu's embarrassment.
Han Wei looked at Xia Hui suspiciously, and in his ears was Lian Mu shouting to Gu Yina and the others who were drifting away: "Come and play often when you have time!"
Hearing this, Han Yu smiled. He asked Xia Hui, "What is our Grand Commander doing?"
Xia Hui shook his head, and then stood side by side with Han Yu with Lian Mu in the wind and snow. At this time, the "Heart Eclipse" in Meng Jian's arms no longer made a low roar, and he stood behind Lian Mu, not daring to speak, and not knowing what to say.
Lian Mu looked at the figures of Gu Yina and the others who disappeared in the wind and snow, and said to himself: "Good person!
Han Yu snorted coldly, thinking that he had misheard, and cast a surprised look at Xia Hui again. And Xia Hui was equally surprised, and asked Lian Mudao: "Just now, in the Military Aircraft Pavilion, the Grand Commander didn't do anything to others, right?"
After hearing this, Lian Mu frowned: "Am I that kind of person?"
Xia Hui: "Then what is this slap print on your face?"
Lian Mu: "There are mosquitoes biting me, General Gu Yina kindly helped me fight mosquitoes, but I didn't control the strength, don't think about it, ruin people's reputation!"
"Where did the mosquitoes come from in the winter?" Meng Jian smiled secretly, but was discovered by Lian Mu, turned around and knocked on the door of his head twice: "Just laugh, let me hear it, look for a fight!"
Han Ji on the side snorted coldly again, which made Lian Mu a little unhappy, but in view of Han Ji's family background, Lian Mu endured it. So the four of them had different hearts and stood proudly in the wind and snow outside the Yao Pavilion.
After a long time, Han Yu asked Lian Mu: "What did the Great Commander and that Northern Desert beauty talk about in the Military Aircraft Pavilion?"
Lian Mu seemed to have been waiting for Han Ji to ask him this, so he said slowly: "I didn't talk about anything, I just told her about the invasion of Xiji Thousand Thunder Country, hoping to exchange her trust, but it seems to have failed." ”
Han Ji: "This matter, can't you say it when you are on the second floor, why do you have to go to the Military Aircraft Pavilion to discuss?"
Lian Mu: "The last time I introduced Meng Jian to you in the Military Aircraft Pavilion, I was beaten by Pu Jia, and I didn't have an appetite for eating for several days. ”
Han Yu was puzzled: "Last time?"
Xia Hui added: "That time he was not there, I was here. ”
Lian Mu thought for a while: "Yes, you weren't there that time. ”
Han Yu wanted to continue to ask, but he couldn't find a suitable reason, so he had to give up for the time being, but Lian Mu asked him at this time: "I remember that you didn't have a duty outside today? Why did you suddenly run back?
Being asked by Lian Mu, Han Yu suddenly remembered: "I almost forgot about important things!"
Lian Mu: "What's the matter?"
Han Wei: "This morning, on the Gumeng Bridge at the junction of Bright Moon City and Mirror Moon City, our brother found a carriage. A horse-drawn carriage from the country of Luo. ”
After hearing this, Lian Mu frowned: "The carriage from the Luo country?"
Han Yu: "Well, it's still an empty carriage. ”
Xia Hui: "Since the Mexican State occupied the three cities in the north of Ji, the roads to the south of our country have been blocked by the Mexican country, except for the carriage of the Bai clan of the Yan country can pass unimpeded, who can let the army of the Mexican country let this carriage and let them enter the territory of our country?"
Lian Mu: "Is there anything in the carriage that can identify its owner?"
Han Ji: "Nothing. ”
"At this time, there will actually be a carriage from the Luo Kingdom appearing in our Bright Moon City. Lian Mu muttered to himself, as if he remembered something, but he was not sure, so he asked Han Ji again: "Where is that carriage now?"
Han Ji: "Let's have the East Courtyard of Guang Yuan. ”
Lian Mu: "You take me to see." ”
Han Yu: "No." ”
Between the words, Lian Mu seemed to remember something, and was about to go to the East Compound to investigate the carriage, but he didn't take a few steps and came back and said to Meng Jian: "You go and put my gun back, don't carry it all the time, you are not tired, I look tired." ”
Speaking of this, Lian Mu subconsciously touched his face that was slapped by Gu Yina, and Meng Jian couldn't help but smile when he saw this: "No." ”
Lian Mu immediately stretched out his hand and pretended to hit Meng Jian, but Meng Jian hid behind Xia Hui, so Lian Mu said to Xia Hui again: "I almost forgot, these days, is there any news from Mo Yan's side? Didn't I hear that he stared at Lu You's action, he closed the net a few days ago, why haven't I seen him in the past few days." ”
Xia Hui: "I won't tell you that Lao Mo is missing." ”
Lian Mu: "Missing? If he is missing, who is taking care of the northern part of the city now?"
Han Ji: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be Mo Yan's apprentice Zhou Kang who is in charge of maintaining the daily work. ”
Xia Hui glanced at Han Yu and sighed to Lian Mu: "Lao Mo is a routine disappearance, maybe he will appear in a few days." ”
Lian Mu: "I don't want him to appear again in a few days, at the latest tomorrow night, I want to see his people in the Military Aircraft Pavilion, this matter will be handled by you, do you hear?"
Xia Hui frowned, and wanted to refuse, but when he thought about whether this would be too embarrassing for Lian Mu, he waved his hand and said, "No." ”
In fact, Xia Hui didn't really do what Lian Mu said. Because Xia Hui knew that Mo Yan would naturally come out when he wanted to come out, and if he didn't want to be found by others, then no one would be able to find him.
The vast white snow, the sky and the earth are the same color.
After arranging the things that should be arranged, Lian Mu went to the east compound of Guangyuan under the leadership of Han Yu. Meng Jian and Xia Hui stood in place, watching them go away.
"This snow, it's getting heavier and heavier. Xia Hui muttered to himself, Meng Jian, who was about to turn around and leave, thought that Xia Hui was talking to him, so he responded: "After this snow, spring is not far away." ”
Meng Jian's words made Xia Hui laugh.
She knew that Meng Jian was from the south and had never seen spring in Jibei, just like she had never experienced what it was like to be like spring all year round. However, this did not affect Xia Hui, who grew up in Jibei since he was a child, to get to know this "relational household" from the south again, especially in this brief conversation, he suddenly remembered that this recruit did not know the compulsory swordsmanship of the frost sword.
Xia Hui: "Meng Jian." ”
Meng Jian: "Humble duty." ”
Xia Hui: "Will you be busy later?"
Meng Jian was puzzled: "Not busy." ”
Xia Hui: "You don't know how to practice the Frost Sword Compulsory Sword Technique, right?"
Meng Jian: "Deputy Commander Xia is talking about frost cutting?"
Xia Hui: "You go and put this black gold spear away, I will teach you this sword skill later, as a member of our frost sword, you can't do this." ”
Xia Hui's words warmed Meng Jian's heart. Since joining the Frost Sword, Lian Mu has basically been calling him like a human being, and it can be said that Xia Hui is the first person to treat him as a member of the Frost Sword: "Then I'll go to the martial arts arena to find you, or ......?"
Xia Hui: "You don't have to go to the martial arts arena, it's here." ”
Meng Jian: "At the door of Yao Pavilion?"
Xia Hui: "That's right, because I want everyone to know that I taught you frost cutting." ”
Meng Jian: "......?"