Chapter 447: Sacrifice (1)
(For more days, I want to say a few words from my heart to my book friends, mainly guilt, apology, and explanation.)
I think the worst thing is not to break the change, but to break the change without saying a word. This is really not a contempt for the reader, on the contrary, it is mainly an escape that does not know how to explain. 1. Because there are too many apologies, there is a kind of psychology that I can't speak. 2. In the later stage of the training of Lu Xun Academy of Literature, I went to several places in Henan, running back and forth, and the journey home after the end was a lot of tossing and turning, as well as the friends I met all the way to the home to receive and so on. I was in an impetuous mood and was very dissatisfied with the writing of several chapters...... Every time I think about it, I apologize when I rewrite a chapter tomorrow and upload it, but tomorrow has tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow, and it drags on for several days.
And I actually showed up in the book friend group to explain. And many readers don't read "work-related" and chapter book reviews, so when they are not updated, they can't find a better place to notify for a while.
1. In the future, if there is a temporary interruption, I will say in the book review area, and the chapter of the last update is in the book review. 2. Starting tomorrow, resume the update, at least three times a day, to make up for your mistakes a little.
Finally, I have to apologize, I'm really sorry for everyone. Now that I'm home, I don't have any travel arrangements in the near future, and the update will return to normal.
The west wind is tight. April 8, 2015)
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After returning to the big tent of the Chinese army from the riverside, Zhou Xian heard Guo Shao say: "You can live in it for the time being, this is where I used to sleep." ”
Just like this, a lonely man and a widow live in the same room? Zhou Xian first felt a burst of shame and surprise, and asked casually, "Then where does General Guo live?" ”
Guo Shao said: "I'm just outside here to deal with official business, and I can ask the guards to spread some hay and get beds, blankets and quilts for a while. ”
Zhou Xian was silent for a while. Thinking about the reason why Guo Shao wanted her to live with her, it may be that she feels that she is not complete in the barracks full of men, and her current identity is just a courtesan, so there is really nothing wrong with this arrangement.
However, it is inevitable that a woman will think a lot when she encounters such a thing, and this seems to be the woman's instinct. She first guessed in her heart whether Guo Shao had "indifferent thoughts" about her, and if she easily agreed to be in the same room with him, there would be no reason for any insults at that time...... Who told you to sleep in a tent with a woman?
She silently observed Guo Shao's expression, and found that there was something completely different from Li Yu and the palace female eunuchs in his eyes, the eyes of a man with desire and desire; She understood the lust in it, Guo Shao needed herself, even the most primitive desire, but that desire was enough for a woman to become different in his eyes.
The demand at this moment is different from the ambition that Guo Shao showed when he was by the river. Under his territorial expansion ambitions, he obviously did not seem to consider whether Li Yu and the subjects of the Southern Tang Kingdom were willing; But at this time, Guo Shao's desire was very forbearing, gentle and cautious, with pity in his eyes.
Zhou Xian's heart throbbed, and she felt a little hot on her face. But soon another thing came to mind: the mission to assassinate Guo Shao. Most of the warmth disappeared in an instant, and Zhou Xian also felt a chill from an unknown corner.
According to the scene when they met, she felt that Guo Shao had already sensed the malice of the Southern Tang Kingdom's envoy, and the biggest danger came from Zhou Xian...... Now he's letting her live together.
Zhou Xian glanced sideways slightly, the place where Guo Shao handled official business and the sleeping place were separated by a wooden curtain, without any obstacles. She could imagine that when he was asleep outside in the middle of the night, the people inside were really unfortified against him. Her eyes became a little puzzled, because Guo Shao's mind was actually very meticulous, he should consider this obvious risk, right?
She was thinking wildly, and she inadvertently forgot to clearly respond to Guo Shao's arrangement. I heard Guo Shao say: "Let's do it, I'm going to go out now, you rest here." ”
Zhou Xian nodded, Guo Shao glanced at her, and said gently: "Don't be afraid, no one will come to this tent to threaten you, I will be back soon." ”
This kind of advice made her faintly feel the warmth of being protected, and her face was slightly red at the moment, and she responded with a "hmm".
Guo Shao walked out of the door without looking back, Zhou Xian saw him leave, paced a few steps in the tent, and then reached out and gently opened the curtain in the middle and walked in. This was originally Guo Shao's living place, and Zhou Xian felt a masculine aura at first sight.
The smell is not a smell, but a feeling. Completely different from the trivial things of women, this square inch is very simple and neat, two simple sets of clothes are stacked on a box, and in the box next to it are placed a toothbrush, green salt and a towel, and there is a pillow and futon on the bed, and a book is placed. There is nothing else, no decoration, everything has a purpose.
Zhou Xian stretched out her jade-white fingers and couldn't help but caress them lightly on these things, as if she saw how a man lived. This is a living person, not a symbol to be removed.
After a long time, she heard Guo Shao's voice outside, and couldn't help but leave the living place and walked to the exit of the tent. In the wet and cold winter, there were two thick cloths hanging at the door to keep warm, Zhou Xian picked a corner and looked out, and saw Guo Shao.
He was surrounded by several guards, as well as a large group of soldiers who were cooking on the fire. He was picking up a wooden spoon and scooping a spoonful of soup from the iron pot on the rocky stove, tasting it with relish, smacking his lips, turning his head and smiling, "A little salty." ”
A soldier next to him with a nervous and excited face stammered, "We cooked the marinated meat in it." ”
Guo Shao smiled: "No wonder. It doesn't matter if it tastes good or almost, the water needs to be clean, and it's not good to eat bad stomach. ”
A young general nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice: "Eh! Huh! The people around him laughed again.
Guo Shao looked at the soldier who spoke before: "I see that you are a little familiar, it seems that your name is Yao Er?" Where is your hometown? ”
The soldier hurriedly said: "The villain's family is in Kaifeng Mansion, it's really ...... I really didn't expect Guo Dashuai to remember me! At this time, Guo Shao stretched out his hand to straighten the crooked shoulder scarf around the soldier's neck, patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Do it well." ”
Then he pointed into the distance and spoke to a civil official. Zhou Xian looked in the direction and saw some grass huts outside the camp, and knocked for a while before guessing that it might be a thatched house built by the soldiers. Sure enough, I heard the voice of the civil official coming from afar, "The lord is at ease, and the generals have been arranged to be responsible for everything, and they are very careful to prevent diseases." ”
Zhou Xian saw that what she heard was all small things in the barracks, but the small things gave her a lot of feelings, and she thought: It is impossible for Li Yu to defeat Guo Shao.
In such a troubled era, Zhou Xian is no stranger to war, but her previous knowledge comes from the words written on paper in the song, and this time she really felt that war was like this in the barracks. The words and deeds of the chief general and many small things affect the whole army, not just military orders; The war was carried out by ordinary soldiers. Guo Shao's performance is to treat the soldiers as human beings, his smile, his tone, and his actions of helping a lower-class soldier tidy up his clothes all seem so sincere...... Zhou Xian thought to himself that if he was a pawn, he would be willing to die for a military general like Guo Shao.
Just then, I saw a young woman approaching the tent; She lowered her head, but immediately attracted Zhou Xian's attention, mainly because there were almost no women in the army. Zhou Xian also immediately recognized that it was the woman Guo Shaoxuan came to serve her.
Zhou Xian immediately lowered the curtain and turned to leave the door. After a while, the woman opened the curtain and walked in, and saw Zhou Xian bending her knees slightly and said, "I've seen the lady." ”
"What's your name?" Zhou Xian asked at this time. She really didn't know the woman's name before, and she wasn't interested in knowing...... Perhaps it was Guo Shao's attitude of patiently talking to a pawn that affected her, and she also had a subtle change in her mentality towards a courtesan. People were really able to influence each other before, and it was easy.
The woman said timidly: "The slave's stage name is Yun Niang. ”
Zhou Xian didn't ask, she understood that ordinary women who are courtesans would not easily say their real surnames.
Yun Niang said again: "There is a general named Lu Chengyong in this camp who allows the slave family to enter and leave the Chinese army, and before it is dark, the slave family comes to collect the dirty clothes that have been changed on the road and wash them by the river outside the camp. ”
Zhou Xian didn't think much about it, then turned around and picked up his package, took the changed clothes to Yun Niang, and the two said a few more words, asking each other about their respective situations. In this kind of place, it is very inconvenient for women to bathe, and the weather is cold, but Zhou Xian loves to be clean, so he often changes his clothes.
…… The camps of tens of thousands of troops were not crowded together, otherwise it would be inconvenient to get water, sewage, and choose a place. The area of the Chinese army camp is not large, and Yun Niang quickly went out of the camp gate, and there was a small river outside. At this time, it was almost dusk, Yun Niang rushed to work quickly, the river water was cold, it was really not a pleasant job.
At this moment, another woman also came to the river with a wooden basin, and went straight to the stone next to Yun Niang to wash her clothes. Yun Niang turned her head and recognized that it was a courtesan who was sent together, but she didn't know her name.
This time, a group of courtesans were sent, some of whom already knew each other, but there were also some unfamiliar faces. However, everyone was sent to the enemy's military camp on this trip, the future was uncertain, the mood was depressed and afraid, there was no interest in talking along the way, Yun Niang did not know the name of the woman next to her; It's just very familiar, and what impresses her the most is that when Zhou Junda came to pick someone, this woman took the initiative to serve the woman chosen by the general.
The woman was absent-minded in her laundry, as if she was just pretending, and she glanced back behind her.
Yun Niang was curious, thinking that someone was coming behind her, and she also glanced at it. I saw an old soldier not far away pacing by the river with an expressionless face, as if he was a sentry soldier...... It seems that she has come to watch the laundry women, afraid that they will run away; But it was not very similar, because the soldier was at least forty or fifty years old, his face was numb, and there was no sign of probing his brain.
The woman next to her opened her mouth and said in a low voice: "Where is the person you serve, do you want to sleep for Guo Shao, the commander of the Zhou army?" ”
Yun Niang glanced at her at a loss, shook her head and said, "I don't know if she will sleep or not, she was arranged to live in Guo Dashuai's tent." ”
The woman had a happy expression on her face, looked back again, quickly handed over a handkerchief, and said, "Put it away, stuff it in your underwear." When I saw the little lady you served, give her a handkerchief. ”
Yun Niang didn't know what it was, but she was inexplicably scared. The woman couldn't help but stuff it into her hand, suppressed her surprised expression, and said coldly: "If you are searched for this thing by Zhou Junwufu, all the people related to it will die, and you won't be able to escape!" It's better to do what I say. ”
Yun Niang said in a trembling voice: "I don't know anything, if you take things back, I will never report you......"
The woman said, "I can't help you, because it is precisely you who are by that lady's side, and only through you can you have a chance." If you don't do it, you won't be able to get out of it either, hum! ”