In a blink of an eye, it was the cold winter wax moon, and the back garden of Afang Palace was full of plum blossoms facing the cold wind, and the brown branches were dipped in star-dotted soybean-sized buds, just like a young girl who was about to transform, smiling faintly in the face of the wind and snow.

The cold days of Sanjiu can give me gentleness, the snow is sunny, and the plum is fragrant everywhere. A group of richly dressed young men and girls walked along the cedar-covered roads and admired the silver dress of the pavilions, the youngest of whom looked to be only five or six years old, and the oldest of whom was probably only ten years old, most of them were children of the royal family, and some of them were generals and prime ministers. One of them, with a delicate face and starry eyebrows, wearing a mink jacket, looked like he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and he should be the oldest boy in it, pointing to a tall tree and shouting, "Look! ”

The other teenagers and girls also looked up when they heard the boy's shout, and saw that there seemed to be a small head exposed between the branches of the tree that was originally covered with snow, and a pair of small dark eyes turned up and down to look around, and kept making a "squeaking" sound, but it turned out to be a small sparrow that did not fly away.

"Hahaha, see if I don't knock it down, Gao Xiang quickly bring this son's slingshot!" One of them, a chubby boy of thirteen or fourteen, excitedly shouted at the eunuch who served beside him.

"Whoa!" The eunuch named Gao Xiang immediately went to fetch the master's slingshot and handed it to the young man.

"Haha, big brother, I bet the third brother will definitely not hit!" On the other side, the little boy in snow-white mink squinted his eyes and said to the eldest boy.

"Hmph, Gongzi Gao, don't look down on people, wait and see me shoot down that bird and take it to my father to receive the reward, you just watch!" As he spoke, the fat boy pulled up his slingshot and aimed it at the squeaky bird in the tree, which was still looking innocently at everyone with a pair of small round eyes, not knowing that he had become prey.

"Hu Hai, stop!" Just when the fat boy was about to let go, he was stopped by a scolding.

Everyone turned around to see who dared to obstruct this usually domineering Hu Hai Gongzi, who was usually very domineering in the harem, and Hu Hai also turned his face a little annoyed, but the original annoyed expression had long disappeared when he saw this person's appearance. Standing in front of everyone and scolding Hu Hai to stop is the belated Princess Yingxi, at this time Yingxi is not a little girl more than five years old, but a girl who is about to reach the cardamom season, the beautiful face that is out of the world is already known to everyone in the harem, she looks like her mother Mrs. Bian Ji, who was once the favorite concubine of King Yingzheng of Qin, but unfortunately she died not long after giving birth to Yingxi, so far King Qin gave her to Gongzi Gao's mother Luo Ji to raise, fortunately, Xiao Yingxi looks pleasing, everyone loves it when they see it, Luo Ji also loves her as her own daughter. In the blink of an eye, Ying Xi is also more and more like her mother, but although Bian Ji is beautiful and has a softness in her bones, Ying Xi is different, as the daughter of the royal family, she is born with a cold arrogance, but in the harem, she prefers to be like an innocent little girl.

"It turned out to be Sister Wangxi, Sister Wang came just in time, can I give you this bird as a gift?" Hu Hai looked at his beautiful sister with some flattery.

Ying Xi shook his head, looked at Hu Hai, blinked and said: "If you knock down the bird, it will die, it's not fun, if any of you can catch this bird alive and give it to me and let this bird play with me, it would be good!" Ying Xi's eyes are like magic, those dark brown eyes are like two deep springs that make people can't see the end at a glance, just want to sink into them, the narrow eyelashes are like a weak butterfly fluttering its wings, and the innocent smile on the white face makes those teenagers and girls look stunned for a while, and it took a long time to react.

"Since it is what Princess Yingxi wants, I will take it for the princess!" This young man who spoke loudly was none other than Wang Wu, the son of the great general Wang Ben.

Hu Hai also wanted to show off in front of Ying Xi, but look at this big tree that is several feet tall swallowed saliva in his throat, if he fails to catch the bird and falls off from it, his ass will definitely bloom and make a fool of himself in front of everyone, I am very optimistic about their actions, and wait until the last opportunity to go. So Hu Hai also stood aside and watched unhurriedly as several boys in their teens climbed the tree to catch the bird, and the most agile of them was Wang Wu.

A few boys climbed halfway and were a little scared and couldn't go up and down, so they sat directly on the tree and cried, Ying Xi looked at this crying boy both angry and funny, she pursed her lips and looked at Hu Hai who was watching the excitement on the side, thinking that this Hu Hai was arrogant and arrogant in the harem on weekdays, so he turned his eyes and said to Hu Hai: "Brother Hai, you see that none of them are useful, now is the time for you to show your skills, if you catch that little bird, Xi'er will kiss you!" ”

Hu Hai was originally waiting for these guys to open the way for himself first, he had long remembered where to step on and how to climb the safest, at this time, when he heard that Ying Xi took the initiative to come to him, thinking of the feeling of this little beauty's delicate cherry mouth on his face, his blood boiled, and he pulled his cuffs and said: "Sister Wang, don't worry, see how Brother Wang can help you catch the bird!" After saying that, he hugged the big tree and climbed up along the route of the boys just now, and when he saw that there was no place to put his feet, he stepped directly on a boy, and the boy fell directly down as a stepping stone.

Seeing that Hu Hai was about to climb to the treetops, Ying Xi immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "This princess will also go and catch it herself!" After speaking, he didn't care about the princess's demeanor, but saw that she was agile and climbed the big tree without much trouble.

At this time, Wang Wu had already reached the little bird, "Wang Wu, quickly hand over the little bird to this son!" Hu Hai said loudly from the other side of the treetops.

Wang Wu was a little hesitant, he originally wanted to please Princess Yingxi, but this Hu Hai couldn't afford to offend, after all, he was only the son of a general, and Hu Hai was indeed the son of a great king, and it was possible to become a future king. "Hey, Wang Wu, what are you still rubbing over there, quick, give me the bird!" Hu Hai's tone was extremely arrogant, Wang Wu hesitated again and again, and finally handed the bird in his hand to Hu Hai.

"Hahaha, Sister Wang, do you see it, my son has caught it, hahaha!" Hu Hai was excitedly holding the bird with both hands, but before he had time to laugh louder, he felt a gentle push from someone behind him, and before Hu Hai could grab the trunk with his hands, he only felt that his body was unbalanced and fell, and he fell to the ground with a dog eating, and the struggling hand was also released, and the bird fluttered its wings and flew out. "Hahahaha~!" The young and young girls watching below all smiled and bent over, seeing that this usually arrogant and domineering Hu Hai Gongzi was so ugly, everyone didn't take advantage of this to laugh enough. Hu Hai finally sat up with the help of the eunuch and saw Ying Xi with an innocent and innocent look and said: "I'm sorry, Brother Hai, just now Ying Xi knew that you caught a bird and was so happy that I wanted to run over to take a look, how do you know that I accidentally bumped into you, and you didn't grasp it steadily, it's all Ying Xi's fault, it's Ying Xi's fault, so Brother Hai fell down, Brother Hai, is it still painful in your body, Ying Xi is really distressed!" ”

Seeing that the little beauty did look innocent, those beautiful eyes were misty and full of grievances, as if she was really about to cry, Hu Hai lost her temper and only blamed herself for being unlucky, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Brother Wang doesn't blame you, you see that Brother Wang usually learns martial arts, and his body is strong hahaha!" ”

Hearing Hu Hai's words without reproach, the expression on Ying Xi's face gradually softened, and he said with a smile: "It's good that Brother Wang is fine!" ”

Just when the excitement was about to subside, a eunuch came with a bamboo slip, this eunuch was Zhao Gao, the favorite minister of King Qin, Zhao Gao saw that all the princes and princesses were present, so he cleared his throat and shouted: "The king's edict, Princess Yingxi is unparalleled in virtue and art, and the special envoy Princess Yingxi is hostage in Wei, and tomorrow he will set off with the envoys of Wei to be good for Qin and Wei!" ”

"Whoa!" A flat answer, no one knows what Princess Yingxi is thinking at this time.

Wang Wu just stood quietly and watched Yingxi secretly, and there seemed to be more tranquility and coldness in those originally bottomless beautiful eyes, which he had never seen before.

The general died in a hundred battles, the strong man returned in ten years, buried the bones under the city, and the drums of war were ringing every year.

On the battlefield, the two armies were fighting fiercely, a young general with a halberd rode into the enemy camp, the halberd was danced by him, and in an instant, a row of horseback soldiers was cut by him, the enemy general saw this and immediately ordered to retreat, as soon as he heard the order, the enemy immediately fled in a panic in the direction where he came, the young general saw the enemy fleeing so wolf, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, capture the Wei general Meng Ling alive, and we can return triumphantly!" "Catch Mengling! Catch Mengling! The soldiers behind also responded and followed the young general in pursuit of the place where the enemy had retreated.

However, when the young general followed him into a valley, there was no trace of the enemy, and he looked around, how could the enemy, who had just been beaten and fled, disappear so quickly? Looking at the yellow sand raging around this valley, the exit in front is even narrower and difficult to accommodate thousands of troops and horses to pass through, if the enemy army passes from here, at least one by one must line up to pass, the young general frowned slightly, looking at the situation is a little wrong, the valley seems to be surprisingly quiet, but in the calm seems to hear some slight rustling sound, as if it is the sound of the wind rolling up the yellow sand, he looks at the exit again, not good, this is a tuyere, it will not be long before a strong wind will roll up, and then the wind and sand will definitely bury the soldiers' vision, If the enemy kills the horse pistol again at this time, I am afraid that everyone will be buried in this valley today, "Quick, retreat!" The young general shouted.

It's a pity that before the soldiers had time to escape, there were suddenly more war drums around the valley, "Hahaha, Wang Wu, you have fallen for my plan, and this time you will not let you have no return!" Standing on the top of the valley holding the Lingqi and laughing at the leader of the enemy army who had fled just now, Meng Ling, "Archer, release the arrows!" Meng Ling gave an order, and suddenly projected tens of millions of arrows from above the valley, many Qin soldiers were directly pierced through the chest by sharp arrows before they had time to escape, Wang Wu ordered the soldiers to be careful to exit this valley while dodging the flying sharp arrows, but just after dodging the attack of the sharp arrows, a strong wind blew, and the yellow sand in the valley flew everywhere in an instant, "Close your eyes and lie down!" Before Wang Wu finished shouting, some soldiers were blinded by the yellow sand that blew up, and ran around, the originally strong army was attacked by the wind and yellow sand and became broken, Wang Wu knew that maybe he might die young and be buried under this yellow sand in this battle, but he was so unwilling, hateful Mengling Lao'er, sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, at that moment, he somehow remembered Princess Yingxi again, although she had been a proton in Wei for six years, he originally thought that this time he captured Mengling and could exchange it for the princess, Yingxi, Did she know that someone had been thinking about her for the past few years?

Just when Wang Wu thought that he was going to die, a voice shouted: "Meng Ling has been captured by me, and the rest of you should not surrender quickly!" Suddenly, the original reversal seemed to be reversed in an instant, and there was a sound of fighting on the valley, and a group of ragged and unkempt people who came out of nowhere were also smeared with black on their faces, and the black-faced people led by them quickly tied Meng Ling's hands together, and then held a dagger to Meng Ling's neck, and the other black-faced people took the opportunity to slaughter those unsuspecting Wei troops, and the other soldiers heard that Meng Ling was captured, and the flag was also down, buzzing like headless flies, When they were scattering and fleeing, they found that they had been surrounded by a team of military horses.

In the camp, a burly man with a beard and beard and wearing battle armor smiled at the young man who was still kneeling on one foot with his hair scattered: "Hahaha, Ziye, well done, I didn't see the wrong person, if you hadn't captured Meng Ling alive this time, I'm afraid that Wang Wu's army would have been wiped out long ago, hahaha, I will definitely take credit from the king for you when I return to the court this time!" ”

And the young man with scattered long hair kneeling on the side said in a deep voice: "This is just what Ziye should do, if it wasn't for General Shan pleading in front of the king that day, there would be no Ziye today, Ziye also wants to thank the general for his reconstruction, in front of the king, yì re-requisition of us prisoners and slaves who have committed crimes can go to the battlefield to make meritorious atonements, and Ziye also thanks the general for them!" After speaking, the young man kowtowed to Shan He.

"Hey, I just don't want people like you to be buried in my Great Qin, Ziye, get up quickly!" Shan He immediately grabbed Ziye's arm with both hands and helped him up, "Don't worry, as long as you have made many achievements on the battlefield, I will definitely invite you to take credit in front of the king, and then you will not only no longer have to be a slave, but you can also be awarded an official title to continue to serve Daqin!" ”

"Yes! Purple Night will definitely live up to the general's trust! Zi Ye raised his face to look at Shan and said, although his face was still black at this time, but the eyes that were as black as ink jade were wrinkled and shining, Zi Ye thought that he finally had the opportunity to wash away his grievances for his father!

There was a light cough outside the tent, and a man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, well-dressed armor, pressing the sword on the left side with one hand, and his right arm was wrapped in cloth but still high-spirited, walked into the camp tent and said to Shan: "Uncle Shan, thanks to Uncle Shan's timely arrival this time, otherwise the life of the little nephew and the lives of these thousands of soldiers would have been buried under the wind and sand!" That old man Mengling is really cunning, it is the little nephew who is negligent! ”

Shan said with a peaceful expression: "General Wang doesn't have to be humble, Meng Ling is the general of Wei State, experienced in a hundred battles, and General Wang is just a newborn calf but has long been invincible on the battlefield, bravely killing the enemy, this time his plan is just expected, General Wang doesn't have to blame himself anymore, now Meng Ling has also been captured, you and I will definitely have to pay tribute when we return to the court!" ”

Wang Wu nodded: "What Uncle Shan said is very true, Wang Wu should learn more from his uncles in the future!" ”

After hearing this, Shan also nodded and praised: "Okay, good, my Great Qin can have so many brave juniors, why worry about the king's ambition to dominate the world!" ”

"Hey, who is this?" Only then did Wang Wu notice the ragged and unkempt people around him, who looked very much like those slaves who had been sent to the Great Wall.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce, General Wang, his name is Ziye, he was originally a slave who built the Great Wall, didn't the king recruit a group of prisoner slaves as an army some time ago? This person is also among them, and the capture of Meng Ling alive this time also depends on this person's great merit, hehe, General Wang, don't you want to thank the old man, you should really thank him! ”

As soon as Wang Wu heard that it was the man in front of him who had caught Meng Ling, and when he heard that he was just a lowly slave, his heart was suddenly full of contempt, and he snorted coldly in his nose and did not answer.

"Zi Ye is just a guilty body, how can he be compared with General Wang, Zi Ye was able to capture Meng Ling alive is just a fluke, if it weren't for General Shan's army as the backing, how could it be so easy to capture Meng Ling, General Wang is brave and good at fighting, Zi Ye really doesn't dare to be arrogant." At this time, Zi Ye's eyes were cold, but his tone was very humble.

Shan looked at Ziye with an appreciative expression on his face, and secretly thought in his heart that this person was broad-minded, brave and resourceful, although he was born as a slave, he was not humble or arrogant, he was a material that could be made, and he would be able to become a good general in time!

After Wang Wu left, Shan Ji left Ziye behind, and Shan He asked, "Do you know what my intentions are to keep you?" ”

Ziye replied: "The general must have something important to do here for Ziye. ”

"That's right, in fact, General Ben not only came to receive General Wang's joint capture of Mengling, but the king also gave me a secret order."

"Secret order?"

"That's right, the king ordered me to rescue Princess Yingxi from Wei no matter what method I use, but at this time, the battle of Qin and Wei is extremely dangerous, and Wei will definitely be wary of us, so I am afraid that Princess Yingxi will be even more vigilant, I think about it, I think that only you are the most suitable to find a way to sneak into Wei and secretly rescue the princess, and when the time comes, as long as you take the princess out of the border of Wei, my army will join you outside, as long as the princess is rescued, the king will no longer have any scruples to go to Wei!"

"Since the general has a comprehensive plan, Ziye will definitely bring the princess out, and she will not give up!"

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