55. Night Raid
"Qingqing, just one bed, you see that I have to go to school tomorrow, just let me make up for the night?" Mu Gui came to Qinghe to please her, with a smile on his face that could make his subordinates stunned, and the whole person was touched by a little bit of the edge of the bed, if she was gently pushed, the whole person could fall, but she didn't seem to care, but pulled Qinghe's arm, "It's over tonight, I'll give you an answer tomorrow, okay?" ”
Mu Gui didn't have a particularly clear answer in her heart, but she couldn't help but soften her heart when she saw a touch of tiredness in Qing He's eyes, and would rather be wronged and persuade Qing He to go to bed first, the two of them are different, one is a general who marches and fights on the battlefield, and she has not suffered any hardship or tiredness, and the other is an ordinary civilian woman, who has spent more than a month of the most difficult and arduous work, and today she has walked for most of the day, Mu Gui seems to be fine, and Qing He is so tired that his eyelids can't help but close.
Qing He's whisper of "um" answered, and she lay down sideways, with her back to Mu Gui, and gave her most of the bed, and after a while, Qing He fell asleep, and she could hear her long breathing evenly.
The night was very quiet, except for the occasional grinding sound of patrolling soldiers walking back and forth in their armor. Mu Gui leaned down, very carefully brushed away the hair that Qing He slightly blocked his face, and looked carefully from his forehead to his chin. It's less than three months, but for her, it seems like three years have passed, and in a place like the battlefield where people live with their heads in their hands, people often miss the person they care about the most in their hearts even more, and she can only rely on her thoughts to survive the most painful days.
At that time, she was seriously injured and dying, and she was taken over by Cao Yi in the capital, Cao Yi was conservative, and he was over fifty years old since her mother vigorously opposed women as generals, and just got the opportunity to come to the army to show her strength and suppress Mu Gui's arrogance. And she was lying on the bed, as a woman, she had to invite someone from Takicheng to take care of her, and the woman went in and out of the barracks, causing a riot in the hearts of the army, and was caught and reprimanded by Cao Yi.
If there is anyone who can best understand the princess of the Jin Kingdom who is sitting there talking today, it is undoubtedly Mu Gui. It was because of understanding that she was afraid.
Mu Gui's fingers brushed between Qing He's eyebrows, and the fingertips were a little rough calluses, which was the result of years of martial arts, and there were no more green jade fingers that women were proud of, but instead of the power that men feared.
As a woman, she has the ability to embarrass a man, which is a disaster in itself, not to mention that both of them are in the upper echelons, which is easier to attack. As the saying goes, "for the monarch, the height is not cold", she walks on thin ice, and she can't know who is the enemy and who is the friend, feelings can be good or bad, can make you like heaven, but also make you go to hell instantly, she has been hurt, and she understands the pain. When she grows to the age of twenty-three, except for her two mothers, no one will be like Qinghe, who has no mustard to give and does not seek anything in return, even if she is just a child at that time.
His only two relatives were forced to go away, leaving her alone in this capital to go away, enduring the shocking eyes of the ministers since she was a child, and over time, it seemed that she had put on a layer of armor, Mu Gui felt that if it wasn't for the accident that made her lose her memory, maybe the real her would have missed this good woman.
"Qingqing, you wait for me, and when I finish solving this qiē, I will stay away from these places with you, like my mother, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and live this life peacefully."
Qing He in her sleep seemed to be able to feel the heat on her face, something slightly cool touched her cheek, she reached out in a daze and stroked it, turned around and fell asleep again.
Mu Gui's pitch-black pupils stared at Qing He for a few breaths, and then he sighed reluctantly and turned around and carefully left the tent. She waved her hand to find Chen Kaiyang, who had been waiting for a long time, and her eyes swept away, and the latter suddenly looked abrupt and withdrew her snooping gaze.
"Are you ready?" While speaking, someone had already handed over the silver shining close-fitting armor, Mu Gui took the red tasseled hat and held it in his hand, waved his long arm, and said coldly, "Go with me." ”
"General, or did it the original plan, three thousand people attack them at night?" Chen Kaiyang made a gesture of "extinguish", his eyes puzzled. He thought that the general would change his plan tonight, after all, he had long realized that this Xu girl seemed to have an unshakable position in the general's heart, but he didn't expect that the general would really come!
"When did I talk about another plan?" Mu Gui swept over him, "I don't think I heard what you said for the time being, you and I acted separately, I brought a thousand harassments, and then let Li Mingyu bring a thousand rear wings to fake an attack, and you attacked from the flanks, do you remember what I want you to do?" ”
Chen Kaiyang nodded, "Burn down the granary, never fall in love with war, and retreat immediately once you succeed!" ”
"Just remember, let's go."
Qinghe was awakened by the noise, she subconsciously turned over, but touched the empty bed and a cool bunk. She opened her eyes instantly, and there was no trace of anyone sleeping outside, all kinds of signs proved that the person who coaxed her to sleep had not gone to bed to rest at all, and he didn't know why, and even deceived her again when Qing He was still angry.
Qing He's heart was a little uneasy for a moment, she turned over the quilt and got out of bed immediately, put on her clothes and shoes and lifted the curtain out of the tent, the guard at the door nodded respectfully, but it was obviously no longer the two last night.
"The general is going to the school field again?"
"Miss Hui, our duty is to guard the general's main account."
"General Mu taught you? Watch me talk. Qing He drank coldly, and the soldier subconsciously raised his head.
Qinghe is not just a woman who is easy to bully, if she is not ruthless and ruthless to herself and others, she would not have spent five years in Kaiyang City, and a woman's family has supported a piece of the sky. She has an innate ruthlessness, and when she hardens her heart, she often looks very sharp in her eyes.
The soldier guarding the door thought he had seen the general in a trance, stood in a standard posture, shouted "yes" at the top of his throat, and immediately rolled down in a cold sweat and wet his vest.
"I, I ......"
He stammered and didn't know what to say, but Qing He just hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, like a cool breeze, spoke in a very gentle tone, and raised his hand to flick the soldier's somewhat uncompetitive clothes, "You see that you are scared, I am not your general, can it be that I will eat you?" You've worked so hard, I'd like to invite you to drink a bowl of mung bean soup to cool off the heat and relieve fever another day. ”
Qing He turned around and slowly walked back the same way.
Xiao Bing stared at the emaciated back, and he didn't know why he suddenly panicked in his heart, and he didn't retract his gaze until the figure disappeared completely.
Qing He lay back on the bed made of wooden planks, covered with a layer of quilt and soft fur, and slept much more comfortably. Obviously, he fell asleep last night with his eyes closed, but Qinghe couldn't fall asleep this time, even if his eyes were sore when he closed them, he still didn't feel sleepy. simply lay down and began to count the bits and pieces of her acquaintance with Mu Gui, at that time she was not a general, she was a Erbai who liked to stick to her and couldn't get rid of it, which made people very unhappy, annoyed and loved.
But since when did her Erbai begin to distance herself from her, not clinging to her in everything, learning the long-awaited ability to think independently, slowly recovering her own style, and then ...... and she drifted away.
When? I guess it started with that unexpected ascent up the mountain.
Qing He laughed self-deprecatingly.
After tossing and turning for a long time, although her eyes were closed, her facial features became more and more acute. She could hear the noise and the neighing of war horses through a thick layer of cotton cloth, as well as the hoarse roars of many people, although she couldn't really hear it, but Qing He, who had vaguely guessed a few points, sank in her heart, and that little uneasiness also turned into substance, like a sharp sword inserted into her heart, and it hurt raw.
Erbai――
Qinghe stumbled and rolled over and got out of bed, she didn't even bother to put on her clothes, she even rushed out, and this time the guards outside the door didn't stop her again, because there were no guards outside the door.
All of them rushed to an open field in front of them, where wails were everywhere, and they could only smell the faint smell of blood on the tip of their noses when they got closer.
War.
These two words were like a drum beat on Qinghe's eardrums, making her dizzy, and she seemed to have a membrane in her sight, looking at the people who were carried away on stretchers on the ground there, they were holding the places where they couldn't stop the blood, making gasping sounds and irrepressible wails.
"Erbai, where is Erbai-" Qing He pushed aside the few soldiers who wanted to help in front of her, grabbed one of them and grabbed the collar and shook it, "Where is Erbai!" ”
"Miss Xu, who is Erbai? We don't have a ......" Before she finished speaking, she was immediately interrupted by Qing He, and she quickly changed her words.
"Mu Gui, where is your general?"
The soldier who was asked had only just arrived, and before he could figure out what was going on, he shook his head blankly, and then his neck loosened, and it turned out that it was Qinghe who let go of his hand without strength.
Qing He took a deep breath and persuaded himself over and over again.
Calm down...... Calm down...... There aren't too many people here...... The battle was not fierce......
After hinting like this many times, Qinghe really breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes gradually became clearer.
She was about to turn around, but she seemed to hear a voice, which was calling her!
"Qingqing—"