After walking for more than two miles, the outlines of two thatched huts appeared on the mountainside in front of him, and the smoke of cooking repeatedly drifted in the mountains in the twilight, which made Wei Qing's heart move, and he couldn't help but think of the time he had spent with his family when he was a child.

"General Wei, there is the old man's thatched hut in front, and I am going to grieve the general today." Xiao Sui pointed to the grass hut not far away and said to Wei Qing.

Wei Qing said: "Uncle Cheng stays overnight, Wei Qing is fortunate to have a place to live in the deep mountains and mountains, how can he be wronged?" ”

"Father, you're back!" Before arriving at the thatched house, a beautiful girl greeted her, although it was a cloth dress, but her face was beautiful, like a hibiscus out of the water, with a natural freshness to carve. Seeing Wei Qing in armor accompanying him, tall and heroic, standing aside with firewood, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Father, who is this?" ”

Xiao Sui smiled and said: "Lan'er, this is General Wei Qing of the Han Dynasty, he got lost in the mountains, and he will stay at our house tonight." ”

Xiao Sui said to Wei Qing: "General Wei, this is the little girl Tianlan. ”

Miss Xiao stepped forward and bowed and said, "Tianlan has seen General Wei!" ”

When Wei Qing saw Miss Xiao step forward, she felt her heart beat faster, and her palms sweated, and the pretty woman Wei Qing had also seen a lot, but there was no situation today, Wei Qing smiled and covered up the embarrassment: "Wei Qing is so disturbed!" ”

Wei Qing smiled, and also crossed a circle of ripples in Xiao Tianlan's heart, and couldn't help lowering his eyes. Xiao Sui didn't notice anything unusual, and said with a smile: "Lan'er, you go to the back room and greet General Wei with the rice wine brewed for your father." The girl smiled in response, and went to the back room.

Xiao Sui said: "General Wei, don't dislike the coarse tea and light rice in the countryside." ”

Wei Qing put down the firewood and arched his hand: "Uncle Domeng stayed overnight, Wei Qing is already grateful!" ”

Xiao Sui smiled heartily: "General Wei, please!" ”

Entering the house, Wei Qing saw that although the house was simple, it was well organized and clean. A wooden table near the window has long been rubbed smooth, at a glance you know that it is a thing for many years, two or three small fried on the table, although it is an ordinary country vegetable and vegetable, but the color and luster match is very pleasing to the eye, so that people can see it and have the heart of lifting the chopstick.

The girl brought rice wine and put it on the table, the old man opened the seal, only to smell a mellow fragrance, Wei Qing couldn't help but praise: "Good wine!" ”

Xiao Sui smiled and said: "General Wei is really a person who knows the goods, this jar of rice wine was brewed by the old man three years ago, buried under the back eaves, and now it is mellow strength, come, General Wei, full!" ”

The girl said on the side: "Father, I don't know that General Wei is here today, and there is less food, so I will go and prepare some more." ”

Xiao Sui poured wine and said, "Lan'er, the dried hare meat a few days ago is stewed over again, and it will be served with the general." ”

The girl pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay." ”

Wei Qingli said: "There is Miss Lao Xiao! Raising his eyes, he just met Xiao Tianlan's gaze as clear as spring water, and when his eyes met, Tianlan hurriedly bowed his head and left.

After drinking two bowls of wine, Xiao Sui asked, "General Wei, the old man suddenly asked, is the Han army a sneak attack on the Hu army on this trip?" ”

Wei Qing was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Why did the old man say this? ”

Xiao Sui smiled slightly and said: "Junji Mountain is dangerous, steep and difficult to walk, but the northwest is connected to the Dragon City, the holy land of the Hu people, and the army must not be hunting on horseback, right?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Qing hurriedly left his seat and leaned over and arched his hand: "Uncle Xiao has a favor to Wei Qing, Wei Qing doesn't dare to hide it, but this matter is very important, and I hope that Uncle Xiao will not reveal it!" ”

Xiao Sui got up and helped Wei Qing up: "General Wei, don't worry, the old Han ancestor was originally a Zhao person, and then he and his clansmen hid in the mountains to avoid the dispute between Chu and Han. A few years ago, the old man passed away clumsyly, and the old man spent his days with the little girl Tianlan, the old man was not only to escape the world, but also how could he re-enter right and wrong, General Wei can rest assured! ”

Wei Qing said: "The Huns burned and looted on the border of our Han Dynasty, and the people were miserable. ”

Xiao Sui said: "General Wei is worried about the people, and the old man admires it. The old man has been in the mountains for many years, and he knows a shortcut to the Dragon City, and he is willing to help the general! ”

Wei Qing was overjoyed, and then took out the map in his arms, spread it on the table, and said: "Uncle, please see, this is the map of Junji Mountain, can you ask the old man for some advice." ”

Xiao Sui picked up the map and looked at it carefully, looked at it, found a black charcoal, cut its head thin, and carefully marked the path on the map, in order to avoid the army from detouring, Xiao Sui made a mark at the fork in the road that was easy to go wrong.

Wei Qing took the map and thanked him repeatedly, and Xiao Sui stopped and said: "The old man is in the countryside, and he can help the general and the old man to be happy." As he spoke, Tianlan brought hot hare meat, and Xiao Sui smiled: "It's just right!" Come, General Wei, let's get drunk today! ”

At night, sure enough, the wind was strong, the rain was pouring in, listening to the sound of the rain hitting the shed, Wei Qing's heart had never been so peaceful, and he was full of expectations for the upcoming battle.

Early the next morning, Xiao casually took Wei Qing back to Nanpo, and on the way, he happened to meet a team of soldiers who came to search for Wei Qing, and learned that the army had been safe all night. After Wei Qing said goodbye to Xiao Sui, he returned to the camp with the soldiers.

After returning to the camp, Wei Qing immediately gathered his personnel to redeploy and followed the route Xiao Sui pointed out to Dragon City.

Three days later, the army successfully went out of Junji Mountain, and more than 100 miles away from the foot of Junji Mountain is the Dragon City, the holy land of the Huns. Wei Qing sent a team of spies to Longcheng to investigate the situation, and the army camped at the foot of the mountain to stand by. A day later, the spies came to report: the military minister Shan Yu led the army to attack the Han army, and the rest of the troops also went to reinforce and had not yet returned.

Wei Qing had to report and make arrangements immediately. It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, Wei Qing led the army to march at night, attacked Longcheng, killed the Huns by surprise, and killed more than 700 Huns at the moment. After the successful sneak attack on Longcheng, Wei Qing immediately withdrew his troops, and inevitably fought head-on with the main force of the Huns who returned to the camp.

On the way back, Wei Qing thought about the Xiao father and daughter in the mountain, if the Xiongnu could not find the trace of the army, in case they wanted to search Junji Mountain, so they were afraid that they would harm their father and daughter, and if they were brought back to Chang'an, they would also be protected. After making up his mind, Wei Qing ordered the army to march as planned, and he took two soldiers to the grass hut and joined the army on the southern slope of Junji Mountain at the appointed hour.

When Wei Qing arrived at the grass house, he saw Xiao Sui lying on the kang with a yellow face, and the appearance of the meeting a few days ago was very different. From Xiao Tianlan's mouth, Wei Qing learned that not long after he left, Xiao Sui accidentally fell down the hill while chopping firewood in the forest, broke his left leg, and had many scars all over his body. In the past few days, there has been no water, and people have fainted from time to time, and it seems that they will not last long.

Halfway through, Xiao Sui opened his hollow eyes, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he couldn't speak, "Father, General Wei has come to see you..."

Wei Qing felt unspeakably sad in his heart, and said with a strong face: "Uncle Xiao, Wei Qing is here!" ”

Xiao Sui saw Wei Qing on his side, and tried his best to sit up, and said vaguely: "Wei... Guards... Army..."

Wei Qing hurriedly helped: "Uncle, Wei Qing is here, Wei Qing is here!" ”

"Please... Please... Quite... Shine... Look at... Lan'er..."Xiao Sui's every word seemed to be overdrawing the last bit of strength, and in the end, there was almost no sound.

Wei Qing nodded tearfully and said, "Don't worry, uncle, I will take care of Miss Xiao." ”

Xiao Tianlan burst into tears, stepped forward and held Xiao Sui's hands and cried, "Father, you can't leave Lan'er!" ”

There seemed to be teardrops in Xiao Sui's godless eyes, he smiled and put Tianlan's hand in Wei Qing's hand, tilted his head, and slowly closed his eyes with a reassuring smile.

"Father... Father! Xiao Tianlan suddenly cried bitterly.

"Uncle..."Wei Qing burst into tears, he and Xiao Sui had known each other for a short time, and his voice and smile were still in front of him, but he didn't expect that in just a few days, he was separated forever, how could this situation not make him sad?

"Father... Father! Xiao Tianlan's heart hurt as if it was torn apart, all these years since her mother passed away, only one old father was left to rely on each other, and now there is no one relative in this world, and she fainted in extreme sadness.

"Miss Xiao..."Wei Qing hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Tianlan, "Go and fill some water!" Wei Qing hurriedly shouted to the soldiers outside the door.

After feeding some water, Xiao Tianlan slowly woke up, "Miss Xiao..."Wei Qing said with concern.

Xiao Tianlan opened her eyes, met Wei Qing's concerned gaze, and saw that she was leaning on Wei Qing's arms, she suddenly felt embarrassed, and hurriedly sat up and thanked in a low voice: "Thank you, General Wei." ”

"General Wei, it's time to go, I'm afraid I'm going to miss the rendezvous if it's late." The soldier heard Xiao Tianlan wake up and went inside to remind Wei Qing. Wei Qing nodded and said to the soldiers: "I know, you are waiting for me outside." ”

Xiao Tianlan saw the soldiers' urging, and expected that Wei Qing must have something to do, so he said to Wei Qing: "General Wei has done it in advance, don't delay it here." ”

Wei Qing said: "Miss Xiao, Wei Qing's trip is to pick up your father and daughter to go to Chang'an together, but I didn't expect Uncle Xiao to encounter this disaster." ”

Xiao Tianlan said sadly: "General Wei is kind, Tianlan has thanked you." Now that her father has passed away, Tianlan doesn't want to go anywhere, she just wants to accompany her father here. ”

Wei Qing said in a good voice: "Miss Xiao's filial piety can be felt, Wei Qing is only afraid that soon the Huns will be chasing the soldiers here and will harm the girl, Wei Qing promised you that in the future, you will return here with the girl to worship Lingzun, okay?" ”

Xiao Tianlan was originally a reasonable person, but when he heard Wei Qing's words, he knew that the situation was serious, and his father entrusted himself to Wei Qing on his deathbed, so he also nodded and said, "This is the only way for now." ”

Wei Qing called the soldiers, dug a big pit under the back eaves, and simply erected a tomb, Wei Qing kowtowed in front of the tomb and said: "Uncle Xiao, Wei Qing has your help to break the Dragon City, but you died suddenly, although Wei Qing is heartbroken, but now that the chasing soldiers are coming, I can only take Miss Xiao out of this place first, and Wei Qing will see you again in the future." ”

"Father..."Xiao Tianlan kowtowed with tears: "My daughter has failed to fulfill her filial piety, and my daughter will come to incense in the future, father, you will walk on Huangquan Road alone..."

"Miss Xiao mourns, don't hurt your body." Wei Qing couldn't bear it in his heart, and comforted him in a good voice.

Xiao Tianlan wiped away her tears and choked up: "General Wei wait for a while, Tianlan can pack a few clothes and leave." After saying that, Wei Qing nodded lightly, his eyes were full of concern, and he responded softly: "Okay!" ”