In the first year of Showa, on the tenth day of the first month, the grain and grass provided by the imperial court for disaster relief finally arrived in the border city, Duanmu Xuan and the seventh prince Mu Yi, together with the county guard, the county lieutenant, the county order, and the county Cheng, supervised the grain and grass, appeased the victims, and persuaded the villagers who had received the grain and grass to go home, and the city was quiet and quiet.

On the eleventh day of the first month, Duanmu Xuan and Mu Yi rode out of the city early in the morning to inspect the military camp with grain and grass.

Duanmu Xuan, who got the letter, stayed awake all night, could it be that Wu Jin and the little brothers really died in this snow disaster, the more they thought about it, the more worried they became, and they pulled Mu Yi up before dawn, ate something simply, and got on the horse and went out of the city.

"Ziheng, are you in such a hurry, but is there something wrong?" Mu Yi had never seen Situ Yan, so naturally he would not be as attentive as Duanmu Xuan.

"The scouts returned, and no one survived. Tens of thousands of soldiers and generals in the Northwest Army, nearly a thousand war horses, how can there not be a single one alive? Duanmu Xuan is not just worried about Situ Yan, as a general, tens of thousands of soldiers will be gone if they say no, how can he feel better in his heart.

Mu Yi was also shocked when he heard the news, if this is the case, I am afraid that Ziheng will be in big trouble this time, the emperor will definitely be thunderous and angry, and this life and death are just a thought.

The two of them worked hard under their feet, urging the horses to whip up, and finally came to the first military camp two hours later, looking at the collapsed houses and silent tunzhuang, not to mention people, even a living thing was not visible.

"Mo Feng, go into the tun to find out if there are any alive?" Mo Feng led the order to take someone to investigate, and he returned after three quarters of an hour.

"Back to the young master, I only found a dozen people who are still alive! Not a single horse survived! Mo Feng was also surprised by the scene he saw, but he didn't expect that Juntunli was even worse than the border city.

"Arrange someone to appease, let's go!" Dozens of people left only two people with grain and grass to help the living, and then rushed to the next military tun, so that they found down, each tun had dozens of living people, and there were only a dozen few, and the horses were all lifeless.

In fact, it was not that the horses did not survive, but that these people slaughtered the horses in order to survive. This has not been spared. But this is not the time to investigate, Duanmu Xuan and Mu Yi are bent on finding Wu Jin and his sister first, so they only left the guards to appease these people, and rushed all the way to the farthest military camp.

Situ Yan was playing outside with the snow wolf at this moment. These days when the snow closed the yard can suffocate the snow wolf, and it is easy to look forward to the snow melting, although the temperature is very low, but where can the snow wolf be trapped. Early in the morning, Situ Yan shouted from the kang. For this silent comrade-in-arms. Situ Yan is understanding and tolerant, of course she will accompany her to go out for a walk.

She would have thought that two big troubles were coming her way.

Wu Jin, who was at home, had just fed the horses with Lu Ming, and heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the two of them were happy, and they ran happily to the tunkou, this sound sounded like a large army transiting, and I thought that it was the official of the imperial court for disaster relief, although Lu Ming was the biggest official here. But Wu Jin has the greatest prestige here, so the two of them should go out to greet him.

From a distance, I saw more than a dozen horses galloping over, and the two of them were busy kneeling on the ground and saluting, and when they stopped closely, they reported to their homes, "Lu Ming, the commander of the first Wu Wu of the second tun of the fifth team of the humble Xiao cavalry battalion, has seen the adults." ”

"First soldier Ding Wu Jin has seen my lord!"

Duanmu Xuan and Mu Yi had recognized Wu Jin long before the horse stopped, and the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile, finally this Wu Jin was fine, thinking that if the little brother was really Wu Jin's sister, then there would be no accident. Seeing the two of them kneeling down and saluting, they hurriedly got off their horses to help, "Chief Lu Wu, please get up." Brother Zhongxian, we haven't seen each other for a long time? ”

Where would Wu Jin have thought that someone would call him here. Hurriedly looked up, "Zichu, Ziheng, how could it be you?" This look is even more surprising, how could the two people in Lu'an County come to this northwest border city at this time.

"Bold, dare to call the name of the Seven Princes. You're getting impatient! "The personal guards of the Seventh Prince have never seen Wu Jin, and when they saw a small military household, they were disrespectful to the prince, and they were about to take people down with their swords.

"Stop, don't retreat!" Where can Mu Yi hurt Wu Jin, and he hurriedly stopped.

"The villain is ignorant, please forgive the Seven Princes!" Wu Jin knew Zichu's identity at this time, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to ask for guilt.

"Brother Zhongxian, when you and I met, you didn't know my identity, so what's wrong! But I deceived first, and I forgot that you don't mind? ”

Where does Wu Jin dare to mind, his mind is in a mess at this moment, and he only thinks about getting as far away from these two as possible. I bowed my head and forgot to reply.

"Brother Zhongxian, this is my cousin, the sister-in-law of Duke Liangren, General Dingyuan of the Northwest Army, Duanmu Xuan!" Mu Yi pushed Duanmu Xuan in front of him, hoping that he would help him out of the siege.

"Zi Chu, didn't you introduce me so far from the relationship between me and Zhong Xian, I am still Brother Zhong Xian's Zi Heng Xian. I only hope that Brother Zhongxian will not give up! "Just kidding, Duanmu Xuan still wants to chase Wu Jin's sister, how can it be possible to make the relationship between the two 108,000 miles.

"The villain doesn't dare! I've seen General Dingyuan! Wu Jin finally came back to his senses at this time, no matter what intersection he had with the two before, now that the identities of the three of them are very different, he is no longer worthy of being called brothers and sisters with the two. As for why the two of them appeared in Lu'an County at the beginning, he is not worthy of asking a military household now.

Lu Ming was even more surprised, he didn't expect Wu Jin to be an old acquaintance with the seven princes of the dynasty, but it was obvious that Wu Jin didn't know the identities of the two of them, but it seems that these two people despised him because of Wu Jin's current identity, and it seems that Wu Jin's hard life is over.

Because only his own house could still live at the moment, Wu Jin had no choice but to invite the two and a group of guards home.

These people originally thought that the place where Wu Jin stayed was at most a grass hut, but only did they realize that not only was the grass hut gone, but even the sound of horses neighing could be heard in the distance.

"Brother Zhongxian, how come you have so many war horses here?" Not only Duanmu Xuan was curious, but even Mu Yi was very puzzled.

Wu Jin saw that the two of them were interested in horses, and the little sister worked so hard to save these horses, all for herself, even if she didn't want to see these two people again, she could only bite the bullet at this time, and took the two of them to the backyard to see the horses first, and explained how to save the horses and save people, of course, there was no mention of Situ Yan here, this was also discussed by the two at the beginning, after all, Situ Yan herself is a good name, and she is a daughter, it is useless to ask for those credits, and Situ Yan does not disdain to compete with her own brother for this time.

"Brother Zhongxian. You've done my little brother a great favor, if it weren't for your 400 war horses, I'm afraid that my dereliction of duty this time would be in danger of falling to the head! This kindness should be reciprocated! Duanmu Xuan's thanks came from the bottom of his heart. The entire Northwest Army did not have a single war horse left. He was really afraid that the emperor would be angry and behead him.

And this way, although there are not many living people, at least there are still alive, but there are no horses and livestock, and he is worried about how to explain to the court. Now there are Wu Jin's four hundred war horses, at least he, the cavalry battalion of the Northwest Army, is not a light general. The emperor's anger can also be less.

Lu Ming had been listening to the side, and when he saw that Wu Jin didn't mention Situ Yan, he knew that the two brothers and sisters had already discussed, and it seemed that the credit was given to Wu Jin alone. He would not expose the matter at this time, and gave Ding Gouwa and the others who were standing by the door a look, asking them not to talk nonsense.

Duanmu Xuan looked at the room, there was no little brother, there were many people at this time. It was inconvenient to ask each other, so he sent all the people in the house out first, leaving only Wu Jin alone, so that the three of them could also talk.

"Brother Zhongxian, we met in Lu'an before, it wasn't that my brother deliberately concealed it, but the relationship between Wu and Wei was tense at that time, and it was really difficult to mention it for the sake of Brother Zhongxian's safety!"

Wu Jin's current identity, even if he doesn't like it in his heart, he won't put it forward. What's more, he didn't take it to heart about the two of them concealing their identities at the time, "General, the villain understands." Please general no need to explain! ”

"Brother Zhongxian. No matter when, I, Duanmu Xuan, regard you as a good friend and confidant, how can you be friends with different identities! ”

"The villain is guilty, and he can't make friends with the general, and I hope the general will forgive me!" For identity, Wu Jin insisted very much.

"Brother Zhongxian, the two of us cherished you that day. Only when we really intersect, although you and I have different identities today, our friendship remains the same! ”

"The villain Xie Seventh Prince appreciates, but the villain is just a military household, if he talks with the two adults, he will only fill the trouble for the two adults, it is better to bury this friendship in his heart, if he can have a chance to rise to the top, he will renew the brotherhood with the two adults!"

Wu Jin bowed deeply to the two, so that Duanmu Xuan and Mu Yi didn't know how to persuade them, after all, the difference in identity is too big, even if Wu Jin is a good person, the three of them have nothing to do with the transaction, but a dignified prince, if he really has a relationship with the military household, I am afraid that tomorrow it will become the evidence of the crime of the prince and others.

"Since Brother Zhongxian insists on this, it is inconvenient for us to force it, but now that Brother Zhongxian has made meritorious contributions, we will report your merits to the court, and he will be rewarded for his daily rewards, and at that time it may be the time when Brother Tai said that he is making steady progress!"

Duanmu Xuan saw that Mu Yi had already determined the identities of several people, and he knew that he couldn't force it, but in addition to Wu Jin and his sister, he couldn't help but ask urgently, "Brother Zhongxian's family still has relatives?" ”

"My father failed to escape the snow disaster, he has passed away in a crane immortal, and there is a housemate at home who depends on each other, but the housemate is not a military household, but a good family!"

"I wonder if his sister is still in the house?"

Wu Jin couldn't help but be stunned, listening to Duanmu Xuan's meaning, it seemed that he and Xiaomei were old acquaintances, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely, with the identity of the two, how could they meet, but think about it, he was just a showman, and he was not a brother and brother with the two, and he was suspicious again.

Duanmu Xuan was waiting for Wu Jin to reply, and when he saw him looking in his direction in a daze, he knew that he was in a hurry to ask just now, which aroused Wu Jin's suspicions, and he coughed hurriedly and pulled Wu Jin's thoughts back.

"Back to the general, the villain's sister is not at home now!"

"Oh! Could it be that you went to the border city? Duanmu Xuan was anxious, but he didn't dare to show it again, causing Wu Jin to be suspicious, so he had to give Mu Yi a look, the two had a small friendship, and since he was careful to understand, Mu Yi helped Duanmu Xuan ask.

"The housemate is with the Tibetan mastiff, a bloodhound, and she should be in the military camp at this time! I wonder if the adults have seen the housemate? ”

Duanmu Xuan didn't answer Wu Jin's question, but he heard it clearly, Wu Jin mentioned the Tibetan mastiff, and the whole person jumped up directly from the kang, it couldn't be wrong! Situ's little brother must be Wu Jin's sister, the Tibetan mastiff is difficult to encounter in Beijing, even in the northwest, things will never be so coincidental, I was happy, and I was a little anxious, "That Tibetan mastiff is snow-white, no variegation?" And unusually strong? ”

Even if Duanmu Xuan didn't answer Wu Jin's question, he could be sure that this Duanmu Xuan was really an old acquaintance with Xiaomei, but how the two met, he didn't know, and it was not easy to ask each other. And looking at the questions of these two, I came here today not only to inspect, but I can't help but worry about my little sister, I am afraid that my little sister is upright, and she has a grudge against the two of them for a while. In a hurry, he knelt down, "The two adults, the little sister is young, she has been forced to leave home since she was a child, and she has no parents to rely on teaching, it is the villain's dereliction of duty to discipline the elder brother, if there is anything offended, please also ask the two adults Haihan, if you want to be punished, the villain is willing to bear it!" Please raise your noble hands and leave a way for your sister! ”

Wu Jin's actions, Duanmu Xuan and Mu Yi were stunned, but soon knew that Wu Jin had guessed that he and Situ Yan were old acquaintances, and there was a misunderstanding, thinking that he was here to seek revenge, and just about to persuade Wu Jin, he saw Situ Yan with an angry face, pushed the door and walked in.

Situ Yan was already angry, and after entering the door, she saw her brother kneeling on the ground, and one of the two people sitting was the rich second generation surnamed Duanmu she had seen before, and she was even more sure that this Duanmu Xuan was here to find fault, and she couldn't help but feel even more angry, "A big man, it's really shameless to find a fault and find a helper in a fight!" She directly regarded Mu Yi as Duanmu Xuan's accomplice, and she didn't show any good looks at Mu Yi.

But she couldn't be impulsive, thinking about the guards outside the door, in order not to affect Wu Jin, she forcibly suppressed her anger, took a deep breath and stepped forward. Just now, she saw a lot of people coming to her family, and she thought they were sent by the imperial court, so she rushed back because she didn't worry. Originally, I just wanted to hide and peek, but I didn't want to see Mo Feng who exited the door, thinking that Mu Xuan was here to find fault, so he hurriedly entered the house. And Mo Feng was happy to see her, so he didn't report it, and directly let Situ Yan into the house.

Where did she think that it would cause her and Duanmu Xuan to have a misunderstanding. At this time, Situ Yan hardened her head, stepped forward, and knelt on the ground with Wu Jin.

"Minnu, I've seen two adults! The folk girl does things by herself, please let the two adults go and let her brother go! (To be continued.) )