At the beginning of April of the first year of Showa, in the border city of Dunhuang County in the northwest of Wu Kingdom, Duanmu Xuan sat in the study of the General's Mansion and was discussing the "Dragon Boat Dragon Boat Race" with his subordinates.

"General, there is little water in the northwest, except for Moon Spring, only Xinghai Lake can be crossed." An adjutant general pointed to the map and showed it to Duanmu Xuan.

"Moon Spring is a sacred spring, and the boat race is afraid of disturbing the gods, so choose it in Xinghai Lake, after all, the emperor was born in the south of the Yangtze River, and every year he will conduct a dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival." This is the real reason why Duanmu Xuan insists on dragon boat racing, to put it bluntly, he does what he likes and fights for a good reputation in front of the emperor. In the past, Duanmu Xuan's personality didn't disdain to be so welcome, but now he wanted to think about Situ Yan and Wu Jin, thinking that he could create more opportunities for Wu Jin, so he insisted on doing this.

"Team Wu was born in the south of the Yangtze River and knows very well the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival 'Dragon Boat Race', so this matter will be handled by Team Wu!" Duanmu Xuan didn't look at Wu Jin, but stared at the adjutants below with cold eyes, he could see that if this matter was to be handed over to Wu Jin, these people would definitely oppose it.

Wu Jin thought that he was just following the battalion commander to the General's Mansion today to go through the motions, but he didn't expect Duanmu Xuan to hand over such a big matter to him. couldn't help but be a little frightened, and just as he was about to refuse, he heard several teams around him take the lead in shouting, "General, the Wu team is from a good background, and the dragon boat race needs to invite dragons and worship the gods, I'm afraid that there is a suspicion of disrespect to the gods!" Sure enough, as Duanmu Xuan expected, the thorny one immediately jumped out.

"Yes, please think twice, General!" Where would these people let Wu Jin take this great credit, now that there is no war in the northwest, it is not easy to earn military merits, if even this kind of thing allows Wu Jin to take the lead, how can they swallow this breath. And because of the Tunxue incident before, Wu Jin had already been out of the limelight, and these people had long looked at him unpleasantly. Although they had heard that the general and Wu Jin had some friendship in private, after all, the two were from different backgrounds, and Wu Jin was still a remnant of the previous dynasty. Thinking that even if the two are somewhat related, the friendship will not be deep. So at this time, I was even more reluctant to let Wu Jin monopolize this credit.

Duanmu Xuan's face sank, he didn't expect his decision to come out, and these people couldn't wait to jump out. "What is the background of Team Wu, don't this general and the emperor know? Since the emperor appoints him as a team and values his talents, if you are not satisfied, you can play it in the court, or do you think that the emperor is dizzy. Saw the wrong person? ”

This is a bit heavy, and the people who just made a big fuss were busy kneeling down to plead guilty, and even Wu Jin knelt down.

"Since you don't mean that, then this is the case!" Duanmu Xuan made a final decision, and this matter finally fell on Wu Jin's head.

When he returned to Juntun in the evening, Wu Jin told his little sister Situ Yan about the matter, "Yan'er, I always feel that this matter is inappropriate, but Ziheng is also thinking about me this time." At that time, so many people watched, I couldn't even say no? ”

"Brother, don't worry, if only the elder brother does this alone, there is something wrong, this dragon boat race is done well, it is a credit, if it is not done well, it is disrespectful to the gods, if it is a natural disaster or something, then the elder brother will not become a sinner for the ages."

Situ Yan was a little strange that Duanmu Xuan was not thoughtful, but he also knew that this person did not have any bad intentions. They had to figure out how to deal with it themselves.

When the little sister said this, Wu Jin's already restless heart became even more worried, "How is that good?" 'Dragon Boat Racing' is a game, and it is not difficult to do. I'm afraid that some people will disobey the yin and make some conspiracies and tricks, and they can't prevent it? ”

"In this matter, the brother can show weakness, ask the battalion commander to come forward to take it, and you can only help as a deputy. In this way, even if something happens, there are people who will bear it, but they have to ask Brother Ziheng for help in this matter. After all, the military order is like a mountain! "Without Duanmu Xuan's consent, even if the battalion commander wants to interfere, he won't dare.

"It's okay, we weren't careful enough about what we did before, so we need to be cautious about this!" Wu Jinju drew inferences from one another, and after listening to Situ Yan's words, he also understood that he could not be greedy for merit, and everything should be done slowly. Situ Yan was very happy to look at Wu Jin like this, Wu Jin's growth was only good for him. After all, even if you are careful in everything, you may not be able to start and finish well, let alone Wu Jin, who is not good at scheming.

Duanmu Xuan's side was also regretting it at this time, as soon as he encountered Situ Yan's matter, he would lose his sense of proportion, and impulsively let Wu Jin take this errand, at that time, he only felt that it was an opportunity to make a name for himself, and when he calmed down, he felt that something was wrong.

"Mo Feng, I'll fix a letter immediately, you sent it to Juntun to Zhongxian overnight, I didn't think about it!"

"Yes, the young master is concerned about chaos, and he is less calm in the past!" Mo Feng had long felt that something was wrong, but this was what the young master meant, and he didn't have much to say as a guard, but now the young master himself could feel that something was wrong, and it didn't cause a big disaster.

"yes!" Duanmu Xuan sighed, and then he wrote to Wu Jin.

By the time Mo Feng delivered the letter, Situ Yan and Wu Jin had already thought of a way and were repairing the book to Duanmu Xuan, just in time to ask Mo Feng to bring the letter back.

Duanmu Xuan read the reply letter written by Wu Jin, and couldn't help but secretly praise it, thinking that this idea must have come from Situ Yan, if it was Wu Jin, he would have proposed it directly during the day, and he would not send the letter again at night.

"Zhongxian thinks more carefully than I do. In this way, early in the morning, Mo Feng passed on the order of our army to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to be presided over by the battalion commander of the 'Dragon Boat Dragon Boat Race', and Wu Jin assisted from the side! ”

"Yes. Young master, Miss Situ really expected things like a god, when she went down, Young Master Wu and his subordinates had just returned from the battalion commander's house, thinking that they had already given a gift! Mo Feng thought about the situation when he went, and admired the brother and sister even more.

"Yes, Yan'er is just too calm, I don't know who can move her heart and shock her soul?" Duanmu Xuan sighed a little, he would also have times when he was not calm for this little woman, but Situ Yan never seemed to be flustered, which made his heart a little sour and his mouth a little bitter.

Wu Jin took people for the "Dragon Boat Race" and was busy for more than a month, although there were other teams to help, but the general had orders, and the battalion commander was not good at using others excessively, so Wu Jin was just more affected. Moreover, the battalion commander also saw that the general intended to promote Wu Jin, and if he interfered too much, he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain to the general, so although he presided over this matter, it only became an ornament.

And those who wanted to make a small move, seeing that the general had transferred the matter to the battalion commander, naturally it was not easy to make any more moves, so they had to swallow their anger. However, I still want to compete for the limelight of destroying Wu Jin during the race.

Things are going well, Wu Jin is too busy these days, and he rarely even returns to Juntun. The affairs of the tun were all handed over to Lu Ming. Finally, nothing happened, and it lasted until the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

On this day, before dawn, Situ Yan brought wrapped zongzi, mugwort and soaked realgar wine, as well as a gift to Wu Jin. Riding a mule cart driven by a bolt to Xinghai Lake to watch the "dragon boat race".

The affairs of the family, she entrusted all the affairs to Sun Wang, the bearded son of Sun last night. Originally, Situ Yan didn't want to go, but Duanmu Xuan sent several waves of people to invite her early in the morning, and she didn't have many excuses, so she had to go out hard.

It was just at the right time that we arrived at Xinghai Lake. Looking at the lake from a distance, it is like a moon piano playing lightly, and the ripples of the water are rippling, reflecting the large and small boats in the lake, which makes the mood change. There are even a few painting boats parked in the lake, although they are not as good as the multiple buildings in the capital city in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are also exquisite in carving rare and exotic beasts.

There is a dragon king temple by the lake. Although there is no thunder sound temple incense victory, but the Dragon Boat Festival is an auspicious picture, praying for a bumper agricultural harvest, smooth wind and rain, to go to evil spirits, to fight disasters, and to bless everything well Pilgrim believers are also many. And this year, we caught up with the "Dragon Boat Race" on this Xinghai Lake, which attracted a lot of rich people to go with their families, just look at the cars and horses parked by the temple, you can get a glimpse of one or two.

"Miss, it's still lively here, it's a bit like a temple fair in Lu'an County. Would you like to come down and have a look around too? The bolt drove the mule cart to the side of the dragon temple and stopped, looking at the crowd in full sight. I can't help but sigh a little. Since he escaped from Lu'an with the eldest young master last year, and was sent to this bitter cold place in the northwest before he was stable in the capital for a few days, he has never been so happy, and this kind of emotion has also infected Situ Yan. made her also have some ambition to go shopping.

"Well, dragon boat racing is all about entertaining people. Plug, you don't need to take care of me, I'll take a look around, you go find the eldest young master first! ”

"Miss, there are a lot of people here. It's safer for the minions to follow you! ”

"It's okay, I'm wearing men's clothes, I'm young, where can outsiders see it, you go, it's rare to have such an opportunity!" Situ Yan thought that the bolt was just a child, and he had suffered a lot with Wu Jin these days, and he had also suffered a lot to protect him, so it was rare to be more idle today.

The bolt had long been accustomed to Situ Yan's temperament, and she knew that the eldest lady really didn't want him to follow, so she had to help her out of the car and go to find Wu Jin. Thinking that after seeing the eldest young master, we will come to find the eldest lady together, anyway, this is the only place around Xinghai Lake that can be seen.

Situ Yan only arrived at Xinghai Lake, and Duanmu Xuan had already obtained the letter, but he always made people wait on the way to Xinghai Lake. So before Situ Yan could walk a few steps, the two had already met.

"Little brother, long time gone!" Duanmu Xuan blocked Situ Yan's way, saluted and said hello, and then carefully looked at what his beloved was wearing today, although it was a muslin men's dress, but the subtle orchids contrasted more elegantly, "Little brother, your crescent white clothes are very elegant and indifferent to your temperament." ”

"Brother Ziheng laughs, a clumsy and clumsy thing, it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, but Brother Ziheng's brocade clothes are graceful and luxurious, and countless celebrities have admired it from a distance!" Situ Yan and Duanmu Xuan met, and there happened to be a lot of women around them secretly sending Qiu Bo here. This ridicule is also appropriate.

Where would Duanmu Xuan care about those vulgar fans who threw themselves into their arms, and they could get Situ Yan's praise and even have a few more smile lines on their faces. Seeing Mo Feng behind him, he shook his head again and again, and thought to himself, "The young master is not saved, as soon as he sees Miss Situ, he is confused, and he can't even hear such obvious sarcasm." But at this moment, Situ Yan was looking at him, and he couldn't even remind him, so he had to sigh secretly.

"The clothes are only for covering, not worth mentioning, the race has only started at noon today, and I will accompany my little brother to walk around here first."

"How dare General Lao, the county guard and the county lieutenant are still waiting for you, just leave my brother to accompany you!" Wu Jin didn't know when he came over, and just happened to relieve Situ Yan.

Duanmu Xuan glanced at the competition pavilion with some dissatisfaction, and secretly scolded these two people for not knowing each other, which ruined his good deeds. But at this time, he still had to invite the dragon to sacrifice to the god with the county guard, and he couldn't go if he didn't go, so he had to say goodbye to Situ Yan with apologies.

"Yan'er, take a look around with you for your brother, there are a lot of people today, and you are alone for your brother!"

"Brother presides over the big event, where can I accompany me here, I won't go far, just look around here, and I'll go to the competition pavilion to find you in a while!"

"It's okay, don't walk around, if something happens, shout loudly, and the brotherhood will come immediately!"

"Brother, don't worry, with so many officers and soldiers around, where can something happen? By the way, brother, wait a minute! Situ Yan saw Wu Jin turn around to leave, hurriedly stopped him, took out an incense piece from his arms, and tied it to Wu Jin's waist with his own hands.

"I'm too busy these days, and I didn't have time to make a new dress for my brother, so I made this incense piece with my own hands to drive away evil spirits and keep my brother safe and smooth!" During the days when Wu Jin was away, Situ Yan was also busy not touching the ground, not only in the tunxue, but even in the military tun, Lu Ming would also come to her from time to time to ask for advice.

Wu Jin looked at the little sister who bowed her head to tie incense pieces to him, which was the same as the one that the little sister gave him 3 years ago. The previous one had already been confiscated by the government when he raided his house, and he was still sad for a long time at that time. I didn't expect to get the peace incense pieces made by my little sister again, and my heart was full of warmth. But looking at the thin little sister, she is more sad. If it weren't for him, how could Xiaomei accompany him to suffer in such a place. But he also understood that the little sister didn't want him to mention this, so he had to suppress the bitterness in his heart, and forced out a smile to thank the little sister gratefully, "Yan'er, thank you!" ”

Situ Yan smiled and shook her head, she could see the sadness in Wu Jin's eyes, but now she didn't feel anything bad, and she didn't want to mention what had happened, people can't always think about the past, more to look forward, holding Wu Jin's hand to cheer him on, "Brother, come on!" 'Race' must win! ”

"Ahh Certain! Waiting for Wu Jin to take the incense pieces and happily turn around and leave, Situ Yan walked leisurely, after all, she preferred to be alone at this time, and did not want to take care of other people's feelings in this spare time. She will also be tired and tired, and she will also need to rest quietly by herself. (To be continued.) )