Chapter 22: The inner flame is finally extinguished
"Chihu, if you want to go wrong, just rush to you, the general's personal guard level, how many rich people and rich daughters have to wait in line for you, you are more than enough for them, not to mention Chunchan, I just thought about it...... I won't talk to you more! ”
Qinglong thought that if he talked to Chihu too much about the other slaves and maids oppressing that girl, it would make his heart even more blocked, think about it or give up, although Chihu looks rough on the outside, but he is actually delicate, and likes to bury things in his heart, stuffy in his heart, far less open-minded than him, it's just that, don't say it, let him go.
"Qinglong, you said that I wanted to come to Chunchan, is the second lady willing to give her to me, we run with the general to the Zhiqiu Courtyard all day long, and there are few days to go to her Snow Willow Courtyard on weekdays, I guess she will definitely not, Qinglong, what do you say?"
Chihu and Qinglong walked towards the watchtower, thinking about Chunchan, the second lady has always been powerful, he is a big man who looks a little stunned, you can imagine how trembling Chunchan is to serve her every day, no, Qinglong gave him a start, he dared to think about it.
"Red Tiger, you are stupid, you are going directly to the general to ask for someone, the general spoke, can the second lady eat the bear's heart and leopard guts? But Chihu, I'm afraid you're unrequited love, what's the matter, I haven't seen you say a word to Chunchan, did you receive the sachet or mandarin duck insoles that the girl gave you? I've never seen anyone give you a token. ”
Qinglong raised his eyebrows, and looked at Chihu playfully, this kid turned out to be really spring-hearted, looking at the appearance of scratching his ears and cheeks, he really wanted to go to the general to ask for someone, this is too far, isn't it even the name of the child born to him and Chunchan?
"Qinglong, you...... But sooner or later, you'll just wait and see. Chihu smiled embarrassedly at Qinglong, too, he and Chunchan didn't say a word, but, even so, he had to be tough on his mouth, and he couldn't let Qinglong see him laughing.
The two of them chatted while walking, and in a blink of an eye they came to the small door connecting the watchtower that was opened in the front yard of the general's mansion and the wall of the west cross courtyard.
There are a total of five watchtowers in the General Mo's Mansion, at the beginning of General Mo Lin's great move, in the left direction of the general's mansion five into the quadrangle, opened up the whole and the general's mansion of the five into the quadrangle of the general grand and wide west across the courtyard.
A total of five watchtowers were set up in the west courtyard, the first watchtower was set up one hundred meters away from the beast head gate of the Weichi General's Mansion, and one was set up every three hundred meters thereafter, and the second watchtower was set up in the second courtyard, the second watchtower was set up in the glazed courtyard of the eldest lady, the third watchtower was set up in the third courtyard, the third watchtower was set up in the Xueliu Courtyard of the second lady, and the fourth and fifth watchtowers were set up in the fourth and fifth courtyards, and the fourth and fifth watchtowers were set up in the Zhiqiu Courtyard of the third lady.
Each watchtower has four directions, the front faces the beast's head gate of the courtyard of the general's mansion, the back faces the entire west courtyard, the left faces the courtyard of the ladies, and the right faces the wall of the entire west courtyard.
Five watchtowers have night vigil soldiers take turns to be on duty every night, the small door opened by the whole courtyard wall of the general Wei Chi's mansion is the only passage, this small door is closed during the day, in order to prevent the soldiers from entering the general's mansion and the lady's courtyard, at night two soldiers wearing armor hold spears at the door to ensure the safety of the general's mansion and the lady's courtyard, and when the morning dawns, you have to open the small door, return to the west courtyard, and then lock the small door again.
At the beginning, General Mo Lin painstakingly built the whole project of the huge, cumbersome West Cross Courtyard, it can be said to be a wise move, the front yard of the West Cross Courtyard also set up the east and west wings, the ear room is used for the soldiers' living place, the fourth and fifth into the courtyard to open up a vast martial arts training ground, for the soldiers to practice martial arts during the day, enhance their physique, so that they can go into battle at any time to kill the enemy.
The entire West Cross Courtyard is completely isolated from the General's Mansion, so as not to have too much contact between the soldiers and their wives, and indecent things happen, although the Tang Dynasty is open, but if the soldiers and their wives have something shameful, they will still insult the door and be laughed at by others.
Hearing that such scandals have happened repeatedly in other generals' mansions, General Mo Lin established the West Cross Courtyard, compared to the soldiers who always go in and out of the General's Mansion during the day, from the perspective of privacy and security, the West Cross Courtyard opened up separately is better, and the Mo General's Mansion has set a precedent, and the rest of the Generals' Mansions have followed suit.
Qinglong and Chihu climbed up the watchtower, and the four night vigil soldiers were wearing armor and holding spears erected on the four sides of the watchtower, staring in four directions with blazing eyes.
Qinglong took the lookout glass and looked around at the roof on the beast head gate of the general's mansion, the white moonlight sprinkled on the glazed green tiles on the beast head gate, reflecting the cold green light, so that the entire glazed roof can be seen at a glance, even the small bird standing on the tiles is clear, Qinglong and Chihu looked at the huge general's mansion, sighing in their hearts, looking calm on the surface, and secretly staring at how many pairs of tiger-eyed eyes.
"If a person in black dares to climb on the roof, immediately shoot an arrow through the heart and shoot to death, and then beat the drum to reinforce, today the third lady has just given birth to a major general, the number of coveted thieves must have increased in the past few days, and we must not relax our vigilance, and we must not change shifts today, in case the thieves have a chance to take advantage of the shift change, do not nap late at night, if there is a mistake, the military law will deal with it!"
"Subordinates obey!" Hearing this, the four armor-clad Night's Watch soldiers immediately straightened up, clenched their spears and replied loudly.
Qinglong and Chihu explained carefully to the four night vigil soldiers, and then went down to the watchtower and returned to their resting place, the east and west wings of the front yard, originally all the soldiers' living places were ear rooms, but they were the general's personal guards, and the general Nian had followed them for many years, and set up the east and west wings for them in the front yard of the west cross courtyard as a bedroom.
Originally, the green dragon slept in the east wing, and the red tiger slept in the west wing, but it was really an insoluble mystery, don't look at the left dragon to kill the enemy, brave and good at fighting, in fact, the courage is very small, a person does not dare to sleep at night, every time late at night to rub to the west wing opposite the red tiger, regardless of the red tiger's resolute opposition, into his bed.
Chihu often laughed at him for his leopard gall during the day, rat gall at night, and the number of times he came to sleep late at night, Chihu was helpless, and it was not a long-term solution for the two of them to have a bed in total, and Qinglong would give him the bedding when he fell asleep, and after a long time, he could only let Qinglong move directly from the east wing to the Luohan bed, and officially share a room with him, fortunately, the wing room is big enough, and the two of them do not feel crowded when they are in the same room.
When they reached the west wing, the copper kettle had already reminded them that it was the first hour of the hour, and in two hours they would have to get up at dawn.
The two of them hurriedly untied the saber from their waists, put the saber on the pillow, and Qinglong rubbed the ointment given by the general on the bloody hand of the red tiger, and after wiping the two of them, they lay down with their clothes.
"Hey, Red Tiger, didn't you say those assassins were here to die? If they want to break in all day long, how can they break into the General's Mansion? Besides, even if he breaks in, it will be a dead end, ten thousand arrows through the heart, all kinds of torture, what do these people think?"
Qinglong kept chattering from his mouth like a tongue twister, he had personally captured a few assassins, and he had also interrogated them with his own hands, and the capital punishment was exhausted, whether it was unable to bear the punishment and summon the people behind the scenes, or those who refused to spit out, they were directly thrown away and fed to the dogs, leaving a corpse and a horse leather shroud, hum, it was impossible.
"But we follow the general to fight, life and death are up to the sky, in case one day a miss, the life will be gone, so ah, the soldiers do not dare to have a home, which woman is willing to marry the soldiers who go to the battlefield from time to time, this may have to be widowed one day, in case there are children, the orphans and widows will not be punished, although the soldiers are high per month, but the people are gone, what is the use of the high cases?"
Qinglong said to himself, after finishing speaking, he saw that Chihu did not speak, there was silence in the room, and then carefully reviewed what he said, and quickly slapped his mouth a few times, which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, what is this talking about! I have to change this unobtrusive problem!
"Hey, Red Tiger, don't take it to heart, I didn't say this to you, what I just said is an ordinary soldier, you see we are all the general's personal guards, our level is much higher, plus the general is stable every time he fights, and now the world is also stable, the number of battles is decreasing, and the soldier can also marry a wife and have children to live a peaceful life, then you can also ...... with Chunchan"
Qinglong sat up from the bed, and anxiously explained to Chihu on the opposite bed, he heard Chihu snoring in the dark, so he lay down with confidence, and muttered again: "Fortunately, I fell asleep so early, I didn't hear all this nonsense I said, oh what am I talking about!"
Thinking that Qinglong knocked on the door of his head hard, it must be that there are too many things today, and his brain is chaotic for a while, so he will talk nonsense, otherwise he will be listened to by Chihu, and he will have to think nonsense again.
After a while, Chihu heard the slight snoring of the green dragon, so he stopped pretending to snore, turned over, looked at the moonlight outside the window and entered the house, and looked at the bright moon in the sky, the bright moon seemed to be shy, half of it hid in the clouds, and only half of its face was exposed.
is also, he is a soldier with the army, he only eats today's meal, but he doesn't know tomorrow, and no matter whether Chunchan will like him or not, even if he likes him, he can't hurt that girl.
If that girl saves enough money to redeem herself, leave the general's mansion, marry an ordinary people's family, and live a life together, if she follows him, in case he has three long and two short, let her be widowed, how can he bear it, Qinglong is too right.
He slowly closed his eyes, he was a little happy and excited when he saw Chunchan tonight, and he even discussed with Qinglong how to ask the general for that girl, he shook his head, and then grinned at the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly.