Enough to stagger and continue, Zhou Qingqing helped the drunken Qin Zhen back to the felt tent. Outside the wilderness, in the middle of the night, she laid out the Luo Gu on the couch, and put a fox fur aside, so that he could lie down slowly.

Qin Zhen's cheeks were red, his eyes were slightly closed, his mouth was babbling, and he occasionally frowned, which seemed to be a little uncomfortable. Zhou Qingqing turned on the bean-sized oil lamp, squatted on the edge of the couch, and untied his clothes.

She took off the old medicine, but fortunately, the wound had long since healed and scabbed, but it was still red and swollen, and carefully applied the new medicine to him and bandaged it. He was tying his clothes, but he grabbed his hand.

Qin Zhen half-opened his eyes, and his eyes were drunk and blurry red: "Do you want to go back to Jinling, and don't want to stay in Western Qin?" ”

Zhou Qingqing said angrily: "If you don't drink, you don't listen, don't shout that the wound hurts tomorrow morning." ”

Qin Zhen grabbed her soft cunt, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and said with a smile: "When I repel Beizhao, I will let you go back and let you reunite with your younger brothers and sisters." ”

Zhou Qingqing was stunned: "Is this true?" ”

Qin Zhen closed his eyes, a light smile pulled up at the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Think beautifully!" ”

When these words fell, he tilted his head slightly, let out a heavy breathing sound, and fell asleep.

Zhou Qingqing was so angry that he almost crushed his silver teeth, raised his fist and waved it at the person on the couch with a bluff, and then put it down again. What he said just now, knowing that he was just joking, but she took it seriously for a moment.

In fact, how can she go back, she is not only the princess of Western Qin, but also the princess of the Southern Zhou Dynasty who is friendly between the two countries. If Qin Zhen really let her go back to Western Qin, it would be the time when the two countries negotiated peace and abolished.

She sighed faintly, blew out the oil lamp, climbed into the couch and slept aside. It's also strange to say that the two have only shared the same bed for a few days, and she has an inexplicable habit of sleeping with this person. About she is really a life-saving person, because she cherishes her life, so she accepts her fate.

There was moonlight pouring down from the top of the tent, and the wind blowing, faintly as if there was a wolf howling in it, and further north it seemed to be the grassland, which was the home of wolves.

The wilderness is no better than the house, and the morning light shines on the top of the felt tent, and it illuminates the whole tent, and awakens the sleeping man from his dream. When Zhou Qingqing opened his eyes, he was facing Qin Zhen's face with a little scum.

His eyebrows and eyes are too good, and the hangover does not affect his handsomeness. He smiled at the corners of his mouth, and with a pair of deep dark eyes, he looked straight at the person in front of him. Seeing Zhou Qingqing open his eyes, he asked, "After I got drunk last night, was it you who changed the medicine for me?" ”

His voice was deep, with the husky nature of the morning. Zhou Qingqing didn't know if it was because of his voice, or because of the breathing of the two of them, he couldn't help blushing. She deliberately lowered her face to cover up the shyness that she was not used to, and said stiffly: "It's not me who changed it, is it difficult or a ghost?" ”

Qin Zhen sneered and pinched the tip of her nose: "Of course I know that you changed it for me, I actually wanted to ask if you took advantage of my drunkenness to look at the places where I wasn't injured when you changed the medicine for me?" ”

Zhou Qingqing was annoyed and angry: "Qin Zhen! ”

Qin Zhen laughed: "Okay, I'm going to show you anyway." ”

Zhou Qingqing simply turned over and ignored him. Qin Zhen chuckled behind her, and learned that Suo Suo got up to change his clothes, and this time his voice had already returned to seriousness: "I want to discuss the battle with General Yu and Feng Xiao, you are hungry and eat something by yourself, if you feel bored, just walk around the camp casually, let the guards follow you, so as not to meet the soldiers who don't know you and be rude to you." ”

Zhou Qingqing turned over to look at his back, because he was lying and he was standing, it seemed that this person was getting taller and taller, although he was not wearing armor, he was also heroic.

She was a little uneasy: "You drank so much wine last night, doesn't the wound hurt?" ”

Qin Zhen laughed: "My injury should have been healed a long time ago, but I have been tired and have not been able to take care of it well, so it still hurts a little today." Don't worry, that little wine last night is nothing. ”

Zhou Qingqing snorted: "I don't know who is unconscious, and I'm embarrassed to say that little wine!" ”

Qin Zhen turned his head to look at her from top to bottom: "If you hadn't sneaked away, I wouldn't have been found out that I was substituting water for wine, so I was drunk last night, and it all depends on you." ”

Zhou Qingqing snorted: "You will be a scoundrel." ”

Qin Zhen smiled, bowed slowly, and stole an incense on her forehead while she was unprepared: "Isn't this more scoundrel?" ”

Zhou Qingqing glared at him, then turned inward. When he walked away, the flush on her face gradually faded, and she got up from the couch. There was prepared water in the tent, she washed it, ate some dry food at will, and then opened the door and went out.

At this time, it was early in the morning, and yesterday's singing and dancing were gone, leaving only the soldiers in a hurry and the tense atmosphere of the war about to start. The tents all looked similar, and Zhou Qingqing didn't know that Qin Zhen was discussing with people in that tent, so he had to listen to him and walk around the camp casually. The guards outside the account took the initiative to follow her, obviously Qin Zhen had explained.

Zhou Qingqing saw these two guards who looked straightforward, and couldn't help but accuse Qin Zhen of taking Nie Jin away.

It wasn't until noon that Qin Zhen returned to the camp. Maybe it's really a good physical foundation, I drank so much wine last night, and the injuries on my body are okay, and the whole person is still in good spirits.

Zhou Qingqing was preparing food for the two of them, and couldn't help but wonder: "Lord Wang, does fighting a war particularly excite you?" ”

Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "You really think I am what you rumored to be in Southern Zhou?" Like a bloodthirsty wolf? ”

Zhou Qingqing pouted and said, "Otherwise, you are still sick on the road, and you will come to the camp as soon as you come to the camp?" ”

Qin Zhen smiled and picked up a piece of dried bun and took a bite: "At the moment of the great enemy, if I, the coach, are still sick, do you think it will not affect morale?" ”

Zhou Qingqing nodded knowingly: "But you do like to fight, don't you?" ”

Qin Zhen shook his head with a smile: "In your eyes, I am such a cruel man?" He paused, and instead of answering, he asked, "Does my father-in-law like to fight?" ”

Zhou Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was talking about his father: "Although my father is a famous general in Southern Zhou, what he hates most in his life is fighting. He once told me that if the foreign enemy does not invade and the internal thief does not cause chaos, he would rather be a cloth clothed people. He never fought for conquest, but for the peace of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. ”

Qin Zhen nodded thoughtfully: "There was once an elder who said the same thing to me. At that time, I was still old, and I was taught by my father and uncles that I only wanted to be able to conquer the world when I grew up and expand the territory of Western Qin. But the words of that elder have benefited me a lot, the country is for the people, and what the people are willing to do is what the royal family should do. Later, when I went deep into the market, I realized that the people were just looking for food and clothing to live in peace. Since then, I have ceased to be passionate about fighting. He smiled and continued, "You may think it is strange, since I don't like to fight, why did I fight all the way to Qicheng in your Southern Zhou? ”

Zhou Qingqing looked at him curiously, waiting for his answer.

Qin Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Just like you said, there will always be foreign enemies invading, internal thieves are in chaos, I am a person who doesn't like to be passive, so I have to let you Nanzhou dare not make any moves, so that you can rest assured that you can withdraw your troops and make peace with you." After that, he was silent for a moment, and then said, "This time the Northern Zhao is the same, I want to let Queen Luo know that our Western Qin will definitely not tolerate the slightest violation." ”

His expression was arrogant, and his tone was firm, as was his usual flamboyance. But Zhou Qingqing couldn't help but have a slight change in his opinion of him, thinking that he was brutal and warlike, but it turned out that like his father, he was a person who hated fighting. Now that I think about it, it is reasonable that he proposed peace with Nan Zhou at the beginning.

She looked at him silently and did not speak again.

It was about her eyes that were different from usual, and Qin Zhen touched her face a little strangely: "What is on my face?" What do you think I do? ”

Zhou Qingqing joked: "You look good." ”

Qin Zhen laughed: "Stinky girl, do you know that you will kill me?" ”

Zhou Qingqing also smiled, thought about it, and asked tentatively: "What will happen if Beizhao breaks through the eastern defense line this time?" ”

"Although the Eastern Border Army of Northern Zhao is only 50,000, plus the 20,000 that Qin Luo is about to bring, it is only 70,000, which is not as good as the 100,000 army of Northern Zhao Wave to the west. But from Northern Zhao to Western Qin, after a long journey, the combat strength of the 100,000 army will inevitably be inferior to our Eastern Army, which is ready to attack. If Empress Luo can really break through my eastern defense line, then the whole world will soon be theirs. After saying that, he laughed, "However, this is simply not going to happen." ”

Zhou Qingqing asked: "After all, Western Qin has never fought against Northern Zhao, so you are so confident?" ”

Qin Zhen said: "I don't have any confidence at all, how can I still be the martial king of Western Qin?" He stuffed the remaining bun in his hand, clapped his hands and said, "I will deploy troops with General Yu and them in the next few days, if you are interested, you can come and listen." ”

Zhou Qingqing's eyes lit up with a hint of brilliance: "Can I?" ”

Qin Zhen smiled: "Although there are no women in the Eastern Territory Army, we in Western Qin do not exclude women from going to the battlefield. Qin Luo has been in the south for many years, and the defense line on the southern border is impregnable, and no one dares to underestimate her as a woman. ”

Zhou Qingqing followed him to the camp to discuss the war, General Yu Feng Xiao and Nie Jin were already here, and they didn't seem surprised to see the people following behind Qin Zhen. Instead, Nie Jin quietly asked beside her, "Miss, what are you doing?" ”

Zhou Qingqing whispered back to him: "Look at the excitement!" ”

The terrain of the eastern border is special, the camp is an open place, surrounded by continuous mountain ranges, continue to the east, the mountains will shrink sharply, forming a winding canyon, to enter the territory of Western Qin, only through this canyon. From the perspective of topography, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Western Qin can be regarded as occupying the right time, place and people.

Western Qin set up a total of three lines of defense, the first one was at the entrance of the canyon, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides directly met each other, which was the easiest to break through; The second is in the canyon, where the troops are deployed on the mountains on both sides, and the terrain is used from top to bottom, which is convenient for the use of stones and bows and arrows, and it is also the most difficult one; If Northern Zhao breaks through the first two roads, it will enter the territory of Western Qin, and the army will face off and fight against each other.

Several people were drawing a battle map, Zhou Qingqing didn't understand it very well, but he knew that the arrangement of troops was very delicate and complicated, and most of them were from Qin Zhen's hands, so he couldn't help but be a little impressed by him.

As the Northern Zhao army approached, the atmosphere in the camp became more and more tense, and Qin Zhen became more and more busy, either arranging troops or patrolling the front defense line, Zhou Qingqing could not follow him from time to time, and after three days, when the two met, there were only a handful.

On the night of the fourth day, the Northern Zhao pioneer cavalry arrived, and the war between the two countries officially began.

A few miles away from the war, Zhou Qingqing couldn't sleep □□ himself, and when he woke up, he found that Qin Zhen was not on the couch. I lay in the dark for a while, but I still couldn't sleep after all, so I simply got up and went out. Compared with the previous days, the campfire in the camp burned more vigorously, as if it was about to start.

She came to Qin Zhen's account and saw that the lights were on inside, and as soon as she opened her mouth to let the guards report, Qin Zhen's voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

Zhou Qingqing opened the curtain and pushed the door in, several people inside were analyzing this and that battle map with grim expressions, Qin Zhen looked up at her and lowered his head to continue to study the battle map.

Zhou Qingqing occupied the spot for a moment with some boredom, Qin Zhen finally laughed and beckoned to him: "What are you doing at the door, sit next to me." ”

Only then did Zhou Qingqing move over.

Qin Zhen sat in a chair that was half a length and not long, and General Yu and the others were opposite him. He looked up at the man standing next to him, and gave up half of his place to her.

Outsiders were present, Zhou Qingqing was a little uncomfortable, Qin Zhen quietly took her hand and pulled her to sit down, but the whole person did not raise his head, but listened carefully to Feng Xiao's analysis.

After Feng Xiao finished speaking, he looked up expressionlessly, looked at the two people sitting next to him with an indistinct expression, and then moved away without a trace.

When the sky was about to dawn, a soldier from outside came to report: "Report to the prince, the first line of defense outside the canyon is almost impossible to hold!" ”

"What?" General Yu was shocked.

Qin Zhen looked as usual, and only asked lightly: "What's the situation now?" ”

The soldier said: "The 10,000 cavalry of Northern Zhao are like dead soldiers, and their fighting methods are extremely ferocious, and they are very familiar with our army's combat methods. General Sun has been wounded, and he is still fighting to the death. ”

Qin Zhen nodded with a calm face: "General Yu, you immediately follow what you just discussed, if you can't hold it outside the canyon, you will retreat, and if you hold it to death, it will only make the losses worse, and the Northern Zhao army is still behind." You rearrange the army on the mountain, and send two thousand archers up the mountain. ”

General Yu had two nervous sweats dripping from his forehead, and he clenched his fists and said, "My subordinates will do it." ”

Qin Zhen sneered: "It seems that I underestimated Beizhao." ”

Feng Xiao said: "We have 20,000 soldiers outside the canyon, if Beizhao is broken by these 10,000 cavalry, I am afraid that the morale of the other party will rise greatly." ”

Qin Zhen said: "Those 20,000 soldiers are just to test the combat power of Northern Zhao, since it is more powerful than I expected, we must adjust the battle plan at any time, and we can't lose soldiers in vain." ”

Feng Xiao nodded: "When the Northern Zhao army enters the canyon, it will be very beneficial to us that the enemy is clear and we are in the dark." ”

Qin Zhen said: "That's right, now the mountains on both sides of the canyon have been fully armed. But if I'm not mistaken, they'll definitely choose to act at night to reduce our lethality. ”

Sure enough, for the next four nights, Beizhao tried to break through the canyon, although they repeatedly failed, but strangely, although they were in a disadvantageous position, they seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of the canyon, and not only that, but also seemed to be very familiar with the organs and soldiers deployed on the mountains on both sides. Their failure was not so much a failure to tackle key problems, but rather a deliberate consumption of the stone formations and bows and arrows that Western Qin had set up on the mountain.

At this time, everyone knew that there must be spies in the army, and the rank must not be too low, but they didn't know who it was, and the enemy was at present, and they had no time to investigate carefully.

In the past few days, Qin Zhen has barely closed his eyes, because the serious injury has not yet healed, his face is inevitably pale, and when he was discussing with Feng Xiao to change the next battle plan, Nie Jin came in from outside the Changwai.

He held a pigeon in his hand and said expressionlessly: "Lord Wang, I found a pigeon in the sky above the camp tent, although I didn't find anything on this pigeon, but this is a very typical carrier pigeon, and it does not grow in this area, I think this is how the news spreads." ”

Qin Zhen frowned, looked at the pigeon that was killed by an arrow, and suddenly smiled: "Presumably, this pigeon has been appearing for a long time, and no one has been discovering it, but the Nie guards are careful, this time thanks to the Nie guards." He paused and lowered his face, "When I defeat Bei Zhao, I will find out the spy again, I want to see what kind of person the spy buried in my Qin Zhen army is in Bei Zhao." ”

After he said this, he rubbed his forehead as if he was extremely tired, and Zhou Qingqing hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, you should go back to the account and sleep for a while, you haven't closed your eyes for a few days, even the iron man can't stand it, not to mention that the injuries on your body are not healed." ”

Qin Zhen nodded, took her hand and returned to his account.

He went to the bed, closed his eyes and said, "You boil some water, I haven't washed it for a few days, and it's not very comfortable to lie down." ”

Zhou Qingqing sighed, and found that the buckets in the account were out of water, so he led the two wooden barrels to fetch water. There are several wells in the camp, which are recently a short walk from the tent.

By this time the night was dark, and there was no sound except for the soldiers on the night watch and the burning bonfire. Zhou Qingqing walked near the well, and saw a soldier-like person lying on the side of the well, thinking that he was also fetching water, but suddenly found that there was no bucket beside him.

"What are you doing?" She screamed strangely.

The man seemed startled and turned to look. Under the moonlight, Zhou Qingqing saw his face clearly, and only vaguely remembered seeing this person, but he didn't know who it was. But when he saw his frightened face, he had already guessed that there was something wrong with this man, so he shouted: "Someone! ”

Her voice resounded through the sky, and immediately woke up the people not far away. The man had already drawn his sword and leaped towards her, but she had two buckets in her hand, and swung them to block them. But the man's other hand, holding a handful of powder, sprinkled it at her, this time she avoided it, only felt a tingling in her eyes, and suddenly she couldn't open it again.

At this time, someone had already heard the sound, and the man could not speak, jumped back, and disappeared into the night.

"Princess...... Princess...... What happened to you? ”

Zhou Qingqing covered his painful eyes and sat on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "That person may have poisoned the well water." ”

Someone shouted: "Go and call the doctor, the princess is injured." ”

"Qingqing-" Qin Zhen's voice seemed to come from a few zhang away, but the next moment, Zhou Qingqing fell into the arms of a familiar breath, "How are you?" ”

Zhou Quan trembled in pain, grabbed his shoulder and said, "My eyes ......"

Qin Zhen picked up the person with a blushing face, and ordered as he walked into the account: "Quickly call the doctor to come to my account." ”

Zhou Qingqing kept covering her eyes, and when she arrived at the account and was placed on the couch, Qin Zhen carefully pushed her hand away, but saw that her closed eyes were red and swollen.

"I've seen the poisoner...... But I don't know the name. Zhou Qingqing endured the pain and said.

Qin Zhen frowned, and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief dipped in some tea: "Does it hurt?" ”

Zhou Qingqing hissed: "I really know that person, it should be a lieutenant or a captain." ”

Qin Zhen snorted lightly: "Don't talk about this, ask how your eyes are?" ”

Zhou Qingqing was stunned for a moment and pursed her mouth: "It hurts!" I don't know what that powder is? You can't be blind! ”

Qin Zhen dipped her in tea again: "Don't worry, the doctors in our Western Qin Army have excellent medical skills, and it is not so easy to make you blind." After a pause, he whispered, "It's me who is not good, I shouldn't have let you go out to fetch water." ”

He was a flamboyant and arrogant man, and a trace of self-reproach was rarely heard in his voice.

Zhou Qingqing disagreed: "If I hadn't gone out and met that person who was poisoning, I'm afraid there would be a big problem tomorrow." ”

Qin Zhen was silent and said softly: "Okay, you have made a great contribution this time." ”

Within a moment, the doctor hurriedly came in, followed by Nie Jin, who saw his young lady's swollen eyes, and was immediately frightened: "Miss, how are you?" ”

Although Zhou Qingqing was in a lot of pain, he still reluctantly shook his head: "It's okay, it's just that my eyes are a little poisonous." ”

The doctor knelt on the edge of the couch, took the silk silk in Qin Zhen's hand and sniffed it, then looked at Zhou Qingqing's eyes, which were already a little dark, and said worriedly: "Lord Wang, the princess is the world's strange poisonous soul hooking grass." ”

"What?" Qin Zhen and Nie Jin spoke in unison, and their faces were white and white.

The doctor hurriedly said: "Don't worry, prince, if this □□ is taken, she will definitely die within an hour, the princess is just sprinkled with her eyes, there is no big problem, within half a month, she will definitely be able to see the light again." ”

Qin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief at this time, but he didn't have a good breath and said: "In the future, I will finish talking in one breath, so as not to misunderstand." ”

The doctor sneered, "The little one understands." ”

Just when the doctor was dispensing medicine, General Yu came to report: "Lord Wang, several wells in the camp have been checked, all of them have been poisoned, and they can't be drunk for the time being, I have sent someone to fetch water from the river a little farther away, but I am afraid that the camp will be troublesome in the past two days." ”

Qin Zhen snorted: "You order, from today onwards, all the water and food in the account must be tested to ensure that it is non-toxic and reused." ”

General Yu said: "My subordinates received it." ”

The doctor prepared the medicine and respectfully handed it to Qin Zhen: "Lord Wang, you have these medicines boiled well, and scrub them for the princess twice a day." The princess's eyes are temporarily fragile, so don't try to open them, lest they be irritated again. If the pain is severe, wipe your eyes with tea. ”

When the doctor left, the worried Nie Jin said tentatively: "Lord Wang, if you don't rest, I'll take care of the young lady." ”

Qin Zhen glanced at him lightly: "Qingqing is my wife, I should take care of it, you go back to the camp to rest, I still have to bother the Nie guards these days." ”

Nie Jin hesitated for a moment, and when he saw him looking at Zhou Qingqing with a worried expression, he had to leave silently.

Zhou Qingqing's eyes hurt badly, because he suddenly couldn't see, he felt very insecure, and clutched the hem of Qin Zhen's clothes tightly.

He held her hand and chuckled: "You heard it all, the doctor said that your eyes will be fine in half a month." I'm watching you here, you can sleep in peace, it doesn't hurt so much when you fall asleep. ”

Zhou Qingqing finally let go of the hand that was tugging at his clothes, but he was still holding it in his palm.

The pain in her eyes was unbearable, and it should have been difficult to sleep, but I don't know if it was the temperature of his palm that reassured her, she turned over uncomfortably a few times, and then fell asleep in a daze.

Naturally, I still can't sleep well, maybe because of the pain in my eyes, I have nightmares, and I whisper painfully in my dreams from time to time. Half-asleep and half-awake, after a while of burning eyes, there will be a moment of coolness, someone is carefully wiping her.

Zhou Qingqing knew that it was Qin Zhen.

When I woke up, I didn't know when, but I could hear the sound of walking and talking outside the account.

"Is it dawn?" The pain in his eyes continued, and Zhou Qingqing didn't dare to open his eyes, nor could he open them.

Qin Zhen's voice came from the side of the bed, and he hummed: "It's dawn, I boiled the medicine, just cooled, I'll rub it on you." ”

Only then did Zhou Qingqing smell the smell of herbs in the account: "You haven't slept all night?" ”

Qin Zhen wrote lightly: "The Northern Zhao army is still attacking, how can I sleep?" ”

Zhou Qingqing smiled secretly, thinking that this person was as thick-skinned as a city wall on weekdays, and at this time, he must have asked for credit to take care of himself for one night, but he didn't expect to mention it.

Thinking of last night's confusion, he didn't know how many times he wiped himself, and he couldn't help but be a little moved: "Actually, the prince can let people take care of me." ”

Qin Zhen said: "The camp is full of men, even if there are a few women in raccoon clothes, they are all rough people, and they can't take care of people." ”

Zhou Qingqing said: "It's really not good to let Nie Jin come, don't look at Nie Jin is also a rough person, but he is actually very careful." ”

Qin Zhen said impatiently: "I take care of my woman myself." After speaking, he pushed the slightly propped person onto the couch, "Shut your mouth and lie down, and let me give you medicine." ”

Zhou Qingqing snorted, but after all, his eyes were important, so he had to lie down honestly. Qin Zhen carefully rubbed the medicine on her, and gently tied a clean white silk handkerchief to her eyes, and said seriously after tying it: "From today onwards, where I am, you will follow me, and you are not allowed to leave me for half a step." ”

Zhou Qingqing asked funny: "Then what if you are complimentary?" ”

Qin Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, if he was another woman who couldn't see with his eyes, he would probably be resentful, he was a princess, he was like no one, he joked: "Of course you have to be next to me, you can't see it anyway." ”

"What if I'm out of courtesy? Can you see it? ”

"I don't look at it."