"You said that in ten days, Ku Keduo will lead an army of 100,000 to attack the city?"

In the imperial study, which was illuminated by candles as much as day, Chu Lingzhao sat in front of the table and asked in a deep voice, his tone was full of coercion, so that ordinary people could not resist at all, but Hu He was a little unaffected.

He didn't kneel down to Chu Lingzhao, and because he couldn't stand steadily because of the poison, Chu Lingzhao gave him a seat, he sat crookedly on the chair, as if he had no bones, if he didn't know his physical condition, others would think that he was deliberately like this, maliciously provoking His Majesty today!

"Yes!"

Hu He replied calmly, as if this was not an important matter at all, and he could say it casually in such a tone.

Chu Lingzhao frowned, the army of 100,000 was not a small number, and it had almost exhausted all the strength of the Hu people, if it was not for the complete certainty of this battle, the Hu people would never dare to do it so easily.

There are only 30,000 Gu family troops stationed at the border all year round, and if you want to resist these 100,000 Hu people, you must transfer troops from all over the country, and the best thing is to transfer the hussar army in the northwest.

If the hussar army leaves, there will be a hole in the northwest defense line, and if the Hu people still secretly collude with other countries, this tune, the northwest will be tantamount to giving it to others.

Even if what Hu He said is true, in ten days, even one person will not be able to catch up with the border pass, let alone tens of thousands of troops.

If you don't immediately deploy troops, I'm afraid that the border pass will be difficult to defend, and Lu Guogong will also ...... Unpredictable!

The timing of Hu He's rebellion was too tricky, so that he had no time to collect evidence and consider, so he could only make a choice as soon as possible.

"Where did the Hu people get the confidence to win?"

"The purpose of the Hu people is not to swallow the Yuanzhao Kingdom in one bite, but the city north of Xunshan, the civil strife in the imperial city, and the strong attack of Ku Keduo, in this situation of being attacked, Your Majesty must be happy to exchange a few cities for decades of stability in Yuanzhao."

Hu He replied, he calculated very accurately, whether it was Chu Lingzhao, Lu Ji and An Jia, they were all pawns on his chessboard, if he didn't rebel now, Chu Lingzhao would give up a few cities, and even give Hu Ren some unfair compensation.

But even if it is a rebellion, this war is inevitable.

"Your Majesty, the grass people ask to lead their troops into battle!"

Lu Ji, who had been silent standing next to him, knelt down and took the initiative to speak, Chu Lingzhao was not in a hurry to make a decision, his eyes were still as deep as a knife falling on Hu He: "Are you sure that Hu Tatar believes in you like this and will let you know all the combat deployments?" ”

As if he had anticipated Chu Lingzhao's doubts, Hu He raised his hand and touched his empty eye sockets: "If he doesn't believe me, he won't take me back to Yuanzhao." ”

"That was before you surrendered, and now? Can you guarantee that he won't inform Hu He of the change of plans? ”

"Shouldn't Your Majesty be afraid that they won't change their plans?"

Hu He asked rhetorically, in one sentence.

If Hu Tartar was worried that Hu He would fight back, and felt that the attack was not appropriate, and suddenly changed his plan, it would just give Chu Lingzhao and them time to make a response.

Chu Lingzhao fell silent again, he believed that what Hu He said was true, but he didn't dare to believe Hu He.

He hated the current state of being led by the nose, even if Hu He was now highly poisonous and in great pain, it still made him feel uncontrollable.

After all, finding a man named Hu He used to be called Gu Jiong, who was the first prodigy who was once famous, and now he has disrupted the peace between Yuan Zhao and Hu Ren with his own strength.

What if he was to transfer Lu Ji out of Kyoto so that the Hu people could do better?

This conjecture uncontrollably drilled into Chu Lingzhao's mind, and now his eyes were still foggy, he couldn't see the future direction of Yuan Zhao clearly, and he didn't know if he would step into the abyss if he took one step.

Hu He didn't say anything more, Lu Ji wanted to knock on his mouth to get useful information, he would speak, it was completely for Su Zhan's sake, as for Chu Lingzhao's belief or not, it was not within his consideration.

"Your Majesty......"

Lu Ji still wanted to continue to ask for his life, but was interrupted by Chu Lingzhao raising his hand: "Aiqing retreat first, let me think about it, at the latest tomorrow, I will definitely give an answer to love!" ”

This matter is related to the Jiangshan Sheji and thousands of Li people, and Lu Ji also knows how difficult Chu Lingzhao's decision is, so he can only suppress the words that come to his lips, and instead say: "The grass people retreat!" ”

After speaking, he helped Hu He to leave and went straight to the Tai Hospital.

When they arrived, Yue Yan and Su Li were personally guarding the stove and boiling medicine, the stove made a gurgling sound, and the bitter smell of the medicine was rich and choking.

"General!"

Su Li and Yue Yan were shocked at the same time, but they didn't expect Lu Ji to come with Hu He in person.

Hu He's poison attack was very serious, and Yue Yan also poured him a bowl of painkillers, but his situation was even more complicated than Chu Huai'an's, and Yue Yan didn't dare to test him easily.

It didn't take long for Zhang De, who was interrogated to death, was sent over by the people of Dali Temple, and Yue Yan poured him a bowl of the latest medicine and waited for the cure.

The wound on Hu He's body was only bandaged once, I don't know if it was the influence of the soft soul incense, the wound was a little inflamed and festering, Yue Yan untied the gauze and cleaned it all over for him.

In this process, Su Li also helped Lu Ji change the medicine once.

Some of the previous injuries on the school field have actually scabbed, but they still look a little shocking.

Su Li focused on changing the medicine without saying a word.

This is the most common way for her and Lu Ji to get along, in fact, it is no different from other soldiers, on the battlefield, it is lucky to survive, everyone will help their comrades change the dressing and bandage, and they will also block the knife for the other party at critical moments.

It's just that Su Li is a woman, so there is a possibility of other feelings.

Hu He was extremely able to endure pain, and after drinking the painkillers, his eyes kept falling on Su Li, and he swept cold and inquiring inch by inch, decomposing the skin and flesh, and seeing it thoroughly inside and out.

After reading it, he abruptly commented: "You are not as good-looking as her!" ”

Su Li's fingertips paused, turned his head to look at Hu He, Hu He raised his eyebrows, as if he was afraid that Su Li would not understand, and deliberately explained: "I'm talking about Lu Zhan's mother-in-law, you are not as good-looking as her." ”

He accentuated the sound of the word 'Lu Zhan', and his tone was almost mocking, and he just said bluntly that Su Li was not qualified to let Ah Zhan change his surname Su.

Su Li still didn't know the relationship between him and Lu Ji, but from his tone, he could already tell that he should have had an excellent relationship with Lu Ji and Su Zhan's biological mother before.

"Gu Shao, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend, and letting Ah Zhan temporarily change his surname is also an expedient measure." Su Li pointed out his identity and bowed.

Before Hu He could react, the knife in Yue Yan's hand that was scraping off the carrion for him fell to the ground.

Yue Yan hurriedly squatted down to pick up the knife: "It's okay, it's just that my hands are shaking, and I'll use wine to disinfect it." Yue Yan said eagerly, rushing out of the room with a knife, Su Li naturally couldn't let her run around alone, and immediately stepped up to follow.

When they left, the house was quiet, Lu Ji put on his clothes by himself, and turned his head to look at Hu He: "There is nothing between me and her, you don't have to deliberately talk and stab her." ”

"Since you don't care at all, what's wrong with me stabbing her? What do you do when you're in a hurry? Hu He asked rhetorically, he was not actually targeting Su Li, but the fact that there was a woman beside Lu Ji made him very unhappy, especially since that woman was still living in person as Ah Zhan's mother.

He didn't want Su Zhan to carry something too heavy, but he also didn't want Su Zhan to know nothing.

If the protected can live happily without knowing anything, how can the person who died for protection rest in peace?

"She didn't do anything wrong, and she was very good to Ah Zhan."

"Ah Li will be better than her to Ah Zhan if she lives!" Hu He roared.

Su Zhan had defended Su Li in front of him, he could understand that Su Zhan was young and didn't know those things, but Lu Ji couldn't, he was the person in the world who couldn't defend other women in front of him!

Lu Ji pursed his lips and lost his voice, Hu He thought of Su Li's name, and suddenly pulled out a wicked smile: "There seems to be a pear character in her name, you won't treat her as a stand-in for Ah Li, right?" ”

"I didn't!" Lu Ji's categorical answer was not enough, and he immediately added: "She is different from Ah Li!" ”

"Is it because their people are different or their status in your heart is different?" Hu He asked, pressing step by step, without waiting for Lu Ji to answer, he cut off Lu Ji's back road, and accentuated his tone: "I always thought that you would only love Ah Li alone in this life, but I didn't expect that you could tolerate other women in your heart!" ”

If this is said by someone else, it really makes no sense at all, but Hu He can say it rightly, he is the only one in the world, he can accuse and speculate about Lu Ji like this, and only he can ask Lu Ji not to marry for the rest of his life for Gu Li.

"I really only love her one in my life, and this heart has never lived in anyone else."

Lu Ji poked his heart and replied, his expression resolute, with a sincerity that no one could doubt.

Hu He sneered, noncommittal, glanced at the window, and sure enough, he saw the person standing outside the door walking away silently.

Su Li pulled Yue Yan to the side, Yue Yan's hands were very cold, her body couldn't stop shaking, she seemed to be in a great panic, and she didn't notice what was going on around her at all.

"Sister Yan, what's wrong with you?"

Su Li held Yue Yan's face and asked, tears soaked from the bottom of Yue Yan's eyes, his eyes were a little out of focus, and he muttered unconsciously, and it took a while for Su Li to hear what she said: "How can he be Gu Zhi, how can he be Gu Zhi......"

Her voice trembled violently, and tears kept pouring out, hot and burning.

She was earlier than Su Li in the border barracks, if Gu Jiong had also been in the barracks, she should have known Gu Jiong when she calculated the time.

Su Li didn't know what had happened between them, and she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only give Yue Yan a hug.

After a long while, Yue Yan stopped trembling, Su Li could clearly feel that her shoulders were more wet than soaking, Yue Yan sobbed uncontrollably, and finally spit out a sentence: "Ah Li, he must hate me to death!" ”

The words fell, and the tears broke down again.

Yue Yan said that sentence in despair.

It's like loving someone so much, but you can never get a response.

This feeling is the same as Su Li standing outside the door just now, hearing Lu Ji and Hu He's question and answer.

For the first time, she knew that Ah Zhan's mother's name also had a Li in it.

Lu Ji said that he would only love Ah Li alone in this life, that Ah Li was the one who conceived and gave birth to Ah Zhan in October, the person who died for five years but never lost a color in Lu Ji's heart, and he was also a completely different person from her.

Su Li has never asked for much, but Hu He's words just now made her feel that she didn't even have the qualifications to ask for it.

The love she expressed may be a heavier shackle for Lu Ji.

"It's okay, it'll pass."

Although she knew that this sentence was very weak, Su Li still comforted Yue Yan like this, because she couldn't ask the details to uncover the scar in Yue Yan's heart again.

"Ah Li, you don't understand ......"

Yue Yan lay on Su Li's shoulder and said, I don't understand these two words, which made Su Li's heart stab again.

On the night of the second sister's reburial, Lu Ji seemed to have said such a thing to her.

She really didn't understand.

It was a time she had never participated in, and the grievances and hatreds that had occurred during that time were a seal in their hearts, trapped in scarred and bloody souls, and she couldn't ask or touch them.

She couldn't find out a little bit of the past, and naturally she couldn't understand what those past meant.

Su Li didn't speak again, patting Yue Yan's back gently, waiting for her emotions to slowly calm down.

When she finally stopped crying, Su Li's feet were already a little sore, Yue Yan stood up and wiped the tears on her face: "Ah Li, I'm sorry, I'm out of shape." ”

"It's fine."

Su Li said calmly, hiding all her joys and sorrows.

Yue Yan really didn't notice her mood swings, she still remembered what she had just said, she found spirits to clean the blade, and then roasted it over the fire before going back to continue to scrape Hu He's flesh and heal his wounds.

Lu Ji sat next to him in his clothes, watching Yue Yan's movements intently, without looking back.

Su Li leaned against the door and didn't go in, she had never felt as clearly as she was at this moment, because she and these three people didn't have that common memory.

She knew that Hu He noticed that she hadn't gone far outside the door, and those questions were deliberately asked to her, and Lu Ji's alertness would not be lower than Hu He's, and those answers were also deliberately told to her by Lu Ji.

He won't love her, this answer has long been set, and she will never be able to wait.

He will not give her the name of the general's wife, Ah Zhan's mother is only one, and the general's wife is also only one.

Looking at it, Su Li hooked her lips and smiled, she is already twenty-two years old, and when she is at the age of worrying about getting married, she loved someone when she was young, but she ended up running away with scars and despair, and now she loves someone again, but she is destined to die without a problem.

She remembered that Chu Liu and Zhao scolded her for being hard-hearted, and she was destined to be lonely and widowed.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a violent coughing sound from the next room, it was Chu Huai'an who woke up, Su Li immediately collected his thoughts, and saw that Yue Yan couldn't smoke yet, so he walked straight to the next door.

"Hou Ye woke up?"

Su Li asked softly, Chu Huaian had already supported himself to sit up and lean against the head of the bed: "Damn!" It hurts to death! ”

He was really in a lot of pain, his face was still pale, and his forehead was full of fine cold sweat.

"The county lord has developed an antidote for people to take, and in a few hours, if there are no adverse reactions, you can drink the antidote."

Su Li said and poured a cup of hot water and handed it to Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an was so painful that he didn't have the strength to raise his hand, Nunu's mouth, Su Li fed him directly to his mouth, Chu Huai'an drank two sips, and frowned: "What's wrong with your eyes?" ”

Su Li blinked, looking dazed: "It's not much." ”

Chu Huai'an stretched his neck and stared at the corners of her eyes for a long time, and then leaned back weakly: "The corners of your eyes are red like this, and you still say it's okay?" ”

“…… The smell of medicine is too bad and it is smoked. ”

I didn't expect Chu Huai'an to notice such details at this time, Su Li paused before finding a reasonable excuse to answer.

This excuse is actually very convincing, but Chu Huaian didn't believe it.

The smell of medicine can smoke the eyes like this, and there is a ghost!

Chu Huaian rolled his eyes silently, after drinking the painkiller, his body was in a sore, soft and painful torment, he collapsed like mud, did not ask, and changed the topic: "Did you find out any clues about the day I vomited blood?" Did someone use the medicine for the second time, and why did it become like this after I drank it? ”

"Lord Zhao hasn't been to the Tai Hospital recently, and I don't know the progress of his investigation yet, but the second medicine is because there is a problem with the box of ointment that Madame brought with her when she came to see you."

"That box of refreshing ointment? I wiped it before and it didn't happen. ”

"It may also be an unintentional conflict, but I think there may be some problems with the Imperial Doctor Liu who prescribed medicine to his wife." Su Li said seriously, Chu Huai'an nodded, no matter who is suspected of having a problem now, someone should be asked to check it.

"Every time I wake up in the past few days, I'm thinking about a question, it stands to reason that people who have been hit by the soft soul fragrance will just be weak, and then the flesh and bones will be eroded and painful, and they won't vomit blood, if I didn't vomit blood that day, maybe it would be much later before I was found to have been poisoned, and if the life and death situation continued that day, Lu Ji was very likely to die, if someone deliberately wanted me to vomit blood, how do I think this is more like an early warning?"

That's right, it's an early warning, it was precisely because of Chu Huai'an's poisoning that they were able to find out about the soft soul incense, and they were able to save Lu Ji's life.

If it weren't for this, Lu Ji might have died, and the game carefully laid out by the Hu people would probably have already begun to close the net.

Could it be that Hu He did it?

Su Li frowned and thought about it, the corners of her eyes suddenly became hot, and she looked up in fright, Chu Huaian rubbed the corners of her eyes with a dissatisfied expression: "How can you say that the business can't divert your attention?" ”

After saying this for a long time, the corners of her eyes were still red, and they did not fade at all.

seems to be full of grievances, deliberately pretending to be nothing in front of him.

He knows her too well, even after five years, he can easily see through her disguise.

He was in a cold sweat with pain all over his body, his fingers were cold, his fingertips were slippery, his body was painful and weak, and he rubbed his arm twice and hung down, but he didn't give up, and he still had to raise his hand.

The emotions that had been tried to restrain came again, Su Li's eyes were hot, and he hurriedly pressed his hand: "It's really okay." ”

As he spoke, his voice was already a little hoarse.

Chu Huai'an's eyes sank when he saw it, and suddenly his backhand grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms with a fierce force: "The bully is full of lies if he can't use his strength now, isn't it?" ”

He asked through gritted teeth, as if his manhood had been questioned.

It was clear that he was fragile and powerless now, but Su Li was reluctant to break free of his embrace.

No one in this world lives easily, everyone has their own grievances and hatreds, and when others can't take into account her feelings, there can be someone who can see that she is wronged and sad, which is really an irresistible thing.

The tip of his nose was sour, and Su Li leaned against his chest and did not speak.

Chu Huai'an didn't have much strength, gently rubbed her head, and pretended to be relaxed: "Do you think you can deceive the master?" These eyes have seen more girls than you have ever worn! ”

Yes, you've seen so many girls, and there's still only that one you want.

Just like Lu Ji, he has only had one girl, and he only needs that girl.

Many people have said to Su Li before that she is rebellious, more stubborn than men, not a likable person, at that time she didn't care, what Mr. taught her has always been that women should be self-improving, self-esteem, self-love and self-cherishing, she never felt that she was doing anything wrong, and now she has been frustrated one after another, and finally realized that she is indeed not very likable.

If she had been a little more reserved like other women, shyly and timidly waiting for others to like her, perhaps she would not have suffered so much.

If she is a little weaker like other women, delicate and waiting for the protection of others, she can hide in the arms of Ruyi Langjun now.

Such a big responsibility for the family and the country is really not something that she can bear as a weak woman.

After lying on her stomach for a while, Su Li straightened up her emotions and straightened up: "How does Master Hou feel now, in addition to the soreness and unbearable pain in his body, is there any discomfort?" ”

"I'm feeling very sick right now."

"But palpitations? Or angina? Su Li asked nervously, and Chu Huai'an looked calm: "If you don't say what happened, it makes me itchy and very uncomfortable." ”

“……”

Su Li walked straight out of the room and turned in, Yue Yan had already helped Hu He reapply medicine and bandage his wounds.

"Master Hou woke up, and there are painkillers pressing the pain for the time being, and there is no other discomfort yet."

Su Li said softly, very calm, Hu He was helped up by Yue Yan and sat on the chair, lifting his eyes to look at Su Li, as if he didn't expect Su Li to be so calm after hearing those words.

Su Li ignored his gaze and leaned against the door frame to look up at the night sky.

She didn't know about their past, and they didn't know what happened to her in the past, and although she knew that her personality might not be likable, she didn't intend to change it at this time.

Her journey has not been easy, and many people who love her have been separated from her, but she will continue to walk, even if she is alone.

After Yue Yan diagnosed Chu Huai'an's pulse, he fed him and Hu He a round of painkillers, added some soothing medicine to the medicine, and after drinking the medicine, they quickly fell asleep.

When the sky was slightly bright, Chu Lingzhao sent someone to call Lu Ji away, almost as soon as Lu Ji left on his front feet, Hu He opened his eyes keenly, his eyes were clear, as if he had never fallen asleep.

Yue Yan brought hot water to clean Hu He's face, he didn't refuse, and there was a strange atmosphere circulating between the two.

The unkempt hair was pulled back to the back of the head and tied up with a cloth band, revealing a deep-contoured face, but the skin on that face was barely an inch good, covered in all kinds of hideous and twisted imprints.

Upon careful identification, it can be seen that it was the burning of prisoners of war by the Hu people, but in addition, there is also a brand of malice imprinted on the face.

Seeing these scars, Yue Yan's hands trembled uncontrollably, tears couldn't help but gush out, Hu He's eyes looked at Yue Yan sharply, Yue Yan was so frightened that he took two steps back, a little unsteady on his feet, Su Li stepped forward, supported her, and took the handkerchief in her hand.

Xu is emotionless, Su Li's movements are much sharper than Yue Yan's, she quickly helped Hu He wash his face, and then took the knife from Yue Yan's hand and prepared to help him shave.

As soon as the knife touched his chin, Su Li's wrist was buckled, even if he was suffering from the pain of the soft soul incense, his hand strength was amazing, after all, Su Li's wrist was injured, and he pinched it painfully and frowned.

"I don't mean it badly, I just want to help you shave your beard."

"I don't need to!"

Hu He refused directly and shook off Su Li's hand, but Su Li was not afraid, stared at him and asked, "Gu Shao doesn't need it or is he afraid to face his original face?" ”

His face was almost ruined, and he couldn't see his original appearance at all, but Su Li's words stung him.

He squinted slightly at Su Li, Su Li stared at him, held his chin and began to help him shave.

Hu He's beard was very hard, and there was a small clattering sound when the knife was scraped, and no one spoke anymore, and there was a strange warmth in the room.

Su Li's hands were very skillful, and he didn't hurt Hu He at all, and after a while, the place covered by the thick beard revealed his true face.

It's rare that his chin hasn't been hurt a lot, and if you block the upper part and only look at the chin, you can vaguely see that this is a very handsome man.

He was many years older than Su Li, and when the Gu family was destroyed, Su Li had not yet remembered, so he had never seen his demeanor, and he couldn't help but be a little distracted when he looked at this chin, and his hand was suddenly beaten.

"Men and women can't kiss!"

“……”

Hu He reminded him seriously, and Su Li was speechless: "Gu Shao, you are like this now, can I still have any ideas to take advantage of you?" ”

"Who knows, after all, when you get together, won't your face be ruined?"

“……”

When it comes to speaking viciously, Su Li thinks that she can't compare to Hu He.

Without further ado, she used a handkerchief to help Hu He sweep away the stubble on his neck, and Yue Yan brought over a box of ointment, which was probably specially used to remove scars, and there was a faint fragrance as soon as it was opened.

"I don't need this!"

Hu He directly refused, Yue Yan's eyelashes trembled helplessly, Su Li directly snatched the ointment and dug up a big lump of paste on Hu He's face.

Hu He: "......"

Is there something that makes this woman mistakenly think that I can't kill people?

Hu He's eyes narrowed dangerously, Su Li wiped it correctly, and persuaded in his mouth: "Gu Shao should not stare at me like this, it is better to close his eyes and recuperate, anyway, no matter how fierce the staring is, you will not really do it." ”

“……”

Lu Ji, you can't teach your son, and even the way you look at women is rotten!

Hu He roared in his heart, but let Su Li help him apply ointment all over his face.

After the ointment was applied, Su Li went out to wash her hands, and Yue Yan sat on the edge of the bed nervously.

I haven't seen him for five years, and he is unrecognizable, Yue Yan doesn't know what to say or what to say.

"Gu ...... Brother Gu ......"

As soon as Yue Yan got up, Su Li's exclamation suddenly sounded in his ears: "Be careful! ”

The change happened in an instant, Hu He subconsciously hugged Yue Yan into his arms, and Su Li rushed in from outside the door to block Yue Yan!