There was a faint sound of thunder in the distance, and the haze covered the air.

The vicinity of the stronghold of Guzhen is very desolate, but in recent months, there has been a daily "clanging" on the northern slope, countless people and soldiers are building a castle, and the hillside is full of dust and smoke.

Guo Shao looked at the gate of the stronghold barracks for a while, and somehow, he always felt uneasy today. When he looked up, the sky was cloudy, and it was unusually hot and humid without sunlight. Luo Yanhuan on the side said slowly: "It's going to rain, it's hot before the rain, and the sweat keeps rising." ”

As soon as the words fell, the lightning between heaven and earth shone brightly, Guo Shao raised his heart, and sure enough, after waiting for a while, there was a loud "click" sound. This thunder didn't wake him up, but there was an inexplicable panic coming up, and he always felt as if something was going to happen.

Dark clouds surged in the sky, and the wind blew. After a while, the raindrops with the size of beans will fall obliquely, and the people on the top of the mountain are scattered to find a place to hide from the rain, and countless people are walking around on the mountain, compared with the invisible momentum between heaven and earth, like ants.

The wind and rain were shaking, and the ground was splashed with water mist mixed with dust that had not yet been soaked, surging in the wind layer by layer.

"Whoa......" The pouring rain whistled and tilted down in the wind as if it were angry, and it was as rapid as a rushing drum and trumpet. The air was soon filled with layers of rain curtains, and the noise of rain and wind was pervasive, and there was a commotion.

Guo Shao felt a little trance, as if there were thousands of troops shouting in this noisy and hazy and gloomy scene. No, not the thousands of troops that can be seen, but the countless souls who have died in the war after war, weeping and wailing in the wilderness and among the mountains and rivers.

He took a long breath and thought about it: After the Hujie army succeeded in Qingniling, they fought for Qingniling for the reinforcements of the Shu army; The way back is too difficult, and he has already withdrawn all the main forces of the Hujie army to Guzhen. It is unlikely that the Shu army will chase through Qingniling, and Guzhen should be a relatively safe rear.

In that case, where does the panic come from?

Guo Shao turned around and left the camp gate, and walked straight from the rain in the direction of the Chinese army. The subordinate generals in the back shouted: "Guo Du envoy." He ignored it, let the rain soak the armor and the fabric of his clothes, and walked calmly.

After walking for a while, I walked into a group of buildings with blue tiles and earthen walls that served as the headquarters of the Chinese army. I saw Jing Niang and Qingxu watching the rain under the eaves, Qingxu stretched out her hand to the edge of the eaves, and then played with the rain left on the tiles, she looked bored. Seeing Guo Shao coming straight from the rain, he looked at him curiously with Jing Niang.

Guo Shao walked under the eaves and stood in a puddle of water. He looked at Qingxu and said, "I have already sent someone to Mount Emei to find your master, it has been a month or two, and the Shu army has been here twice to transport money to redeem people, why hasn't Chen Shu come yet?" He finally couldn't help but add, "Your master should care about your life or death, right?" ”

Qing looked at him innocently: "My master is either sleeping or traveling around. The people you send may not be able to find him. ”

Guo Shao asked again: "How can I find him?" ”

Qingxu said: "There is a Taoist temple in Mount Emei, and the master often settles there. If you let me go, I'll wait for him in Mount Emei, and the master will always find me before. When I saw Master, I said that you and Yuzhen saved my life and asked him to come to you. ”

Guo Shao didn't answer, and said in his heart, I'll let you go, if Chen Shu doesn't come, where can I find someone?

Qingxu asked again: "What are you looking for my master to do?" ”

Guo Shao persuaded with good words: "Shu and China are still at war, Shu Dao is very dangerous, and you are very safe with Jing Niang now." ”

Qingxu said: "You can send me to Huashan, and when the master comes back from Mount Emei, he will go to Huashan, and he will come to me." ”

Guo Shao ignored it, turned around and went in to change clothes. Anyway, Chen Luan's disciple is in my hand, and he has at least one hole card; If you don't have anything in your hand, and you ask him in the future, you don't even have anything to do with it, how can you meet people?

He took a cloth robe and put it on, and thinking that there could be no war on this rainy day, he did not even put on his armor, and asked the guards to hang it on a wooden shelf to dry. He took out a letter from his package, read it again when it was raining or so.

A letter written by Xiang Xun after returning to Beijing. mentioned that the imperial court had launched a full-scale war against the Southern Tang Kingdom. Guo Shao was stationed in Guzhen this time and failed to participate in the Battle of Huainan immediately, but now he has no expectations for military exploits...... If it was before attacking Shu, he would definitely be in a hurry to make meritorious contributions. But since the last time I thought about Queen Fu, I didn't have much thought. Later, even the Shu army sent ransom goods, but he was not interested in asking, and directly asked Zuo You and the generals to divide them.

I was just worried about it before, but in the past few days, somehow, my mind has been very trance and inexplicably anxious. It always felt like something was wrong.

Guo Shao turned around and saw that the inkstone was thrown in the corner, so he beckoned the guards on duty at the door and shouted: "The inkstone over there, go decorate some water and mix ink, I want to write a letter." ”

"Whoa." The soldier replied.

The inkstone was reused and unwashed, and it was already stained with dry ink, and it was ink when you took some water. Guo Shao put the pen and paper in place, and then pondered writing a letter to Xiang Xun, preparing to mention the queen in the letter and ask about the queen's current situation.

He writes like that, with sentence breaks. This is not that he is worried that others will not be able to read and break sentences, and the literal use is not classical Chinese, but spoken words, which has broken away from the rules of literary sentence breaking. He doesn't use punctuation either, and when he writes to a pause in his tone, he puts an ink dot on it, and the person who reads the letter should read it through anyway.

After a while, Jing Niang came in. She stepped forward to greet her, Guo Shao didn't raise his head, and pointed to the left with a brush, he just remembered that there was a round stool there. Seeing that he was writing attentively, Jing Niang couldn't help but be curious, and glanced at it quietly, just one glance, and found that there were many ink dots scrawled on it, and her expression was stunned.

Guo Shao noticed her gaze and didn't care, anyway, he was a military general, and his literacy was pretty good. He said in his heart: In fact, I have read more books and learned more knowledge than the readers of this era, but I have not studied ancient texts exclusively.

Jingniang said: "Qingxu has nothing to do here all day long, and wants to go to Huashan, I think I will send her to Huashan, and Fuyaozi will often go to Huashan......"

"You must not let go of the void." Guo Shao blurted out without the slightest hesitation.

Suddenly, Jing Niang was silent, and he came back to his senses: Jing Niang didn't know his own considerations, and saying this would definitely make her feel very strange.

But after waiting for a while, I didn't hear Jing Niang ask why she couldn't let go. Guo Shao couldn't help but glance up at her, and said in his heart that she didn't ask to save an explanation, because it was difficult to explain. But he is not at ease: Qingxu is a woman, and the only person who can take care of Qingxu at all times is Jingniang, who is the most convenient; And Qingxu also trusts Jing Niang, as long as Jing Niang can stabilize her, she can save a lot of trouble.

Guo Shao couldn't help asking: "You don't ask me why I want to keep Qingxu?" ”

Jing Niang's voice was no longer as casual as just now, and her tone was very cold: "If you want to do this, naturally you have a reason, I just need to obey orders." ”

Guo Shao said: "You are not a general in the army, only soldiers can obey orders as a matter of responsibility." ”

Jing Niang did not answer.

Guo Shao looked up at her face and frowned: "You won't let her go privately in order to repay Qingxu's kindness, right?" ”

Jing Niang said: "You don't trust me? ”

Of course, trust is divided into severity and degree, Guo Shao now trusts Jing Niang and there is no danger to him, but there are some things that he doesn't say to anyone, and he can't say it clearly...... Jing Niang doesn't understand the importance of Qingxu, what can she do if she lets it go?

Guo Shao sighed, a little annoyed in his heart, and said, "Anyway, you must not let go of Qingxu!" In the future, if you and Qingxu want to leave the Chinese army, you must let me know; I will order the generals on duty to be optimistic. ”

Jing Niang said coldly: "You don't need the guards to watch, I can obey your wishes better than them." As long as you give orders, I will obey. ”

Guo Shao heard it strangely, raised his head and looked at Jingniang carefully. She is tall, there is really no woman's twist between her posture and demeanor, and after she is not a Taoist saint, she even loses her pretentious appearance, and her temperament is very much like a soldier. At first glance, the facial features do not have the coquettishness of a woman, but they are serious and firm, and the eyes are the brightest; Guo Shao had an illusion that there was some extreme emotion in her eyes.

He was stunned for a moment, and he felt in a trance that he was facing a professional strong woman. Jing Niang actually looked him in the eyes, and in this era, it was quite rude for a woman to do this...... Guo Shao couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that after seeing the female Taoist priests and the group of nuns under her subordinates being brutally killed, she had psychological problems?

At this time, Jing Niang said coldly: "You don't believe me because you don't know what kind of person I am." ”

Guo Shao frowned and said, "Ling Zun is a military general? ”

Jing Niang said: "No. My father used to be in the Southern Han Dynasty, just a doorman, and I also served by my father's side. ”

Guo Shao groaned: "Father? He's dead? ”

"Yes. A few years ago, my father's lord offended a powerful relative, and he sent dozens of Assassins to besiege the mansion. My father fought hard and died in battle. ”

Guo Shao showed the respect of the deceased and praised his loyalty. Jing Niang said expressionlessly: "You can let me do anything, let alone just take care of Qingxu." Jing Niang suddenly became quite weird. As she said, having known her for so long, Guo Shao felt that he really didn't really know her.

"Anything?" Guo Shao gently put the brush on the inkstone, and looked at Jingniang from beginning to end, groaning, it seemed that it was difficult to understand her words and deeds today.

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