Chapter 35: Involvement
In late spring and early summer, it is rare to see sunny days in Nam-gun, and it is always rainy and rainy. The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the inaccessible places are even quieter. Who would have thought that in the depths of the foliage, there is a courtyard that has endured decades of wind and rain.
Few people know that General Yuan, who terrified the enemy, lived here for twenty years, and even less did anyone know that the old general who lived in the Yuan Mansion in the city was just a stand-in wearing a mask. And the real person is alone in this deep mountain, taking off the silk and satin, wearing cloth clothes, and living the most ordinary and real life.
On the stone table in the courtyard was a jar of wine and a wine bowl, and a thin layer of rainwater was attached to the wine bowl, indicating that the owner had been away for a long time and had not returned. Chu Jun pushed open the lightly covered fence door and walked in, looked around in the courtyard, and sat down at the stone table.
The aroma of wine in the altar was strong, which made people want to smell it, but Chu Jun was indifferent. He suddenly thought of the little girl who was about to move half of the cellar in the past, and forced him to talk to her with a wooden face, when he was still young, he didn't know that she just wanted someone to chat and quarrel normally, and not to talk about "atonement", "spare life", and "damn" at every turn. Until now, her heart has not changed, and her casualness makes everyone around her feel no pressure, but she is willing to give her her heart.
Including himself.
Yuan Zan returned from collecting medicine, and when he saw the blue-clothed man in the courtyard from a distance, he was not half surprised on his face. He unhurriedly unloaded the bamboo basket, wiped the dew on his clothes with a hand towel, and went back to the house to get a jar of good wine and a wine bowl before sitting down on Chu Jun's right hand.
"After your father died, your whereabouts are unknown, and I knew that you would come to me one day, but I didn't expect you to come at this time." Yuan Zan poured a full bowl of wine for Chu Jun, and when he put it in front of him, he suddenly remembered that Chu Jun had not drunk since he was a child, and said with a smile, "I'm old, I don't remember anything." ”
The off-string sounds couldn't be more obvious.
Chu Jun remained silent, waiting for Yuan Zan's next step.
"I had someone secretly protecting me all the way to Nanjun, and the first person I thought of at that time was you. Whatever you're looking for me, thank you in advance. Yuan Zan took the wine bowl and drank it all, swallowed it and sighed, but did not speak.
Chu Jun understood why, because the fire that burned for two days and two nights in the imperial capital was a nightmare for all of them, which meant that a unilateral massacre led by the ruler had officially begun, and the end was already doomed from the beginning.
Yuan Zan is the luckiest of all.
In the study room on the second floor of the bamboo house, Ye Yu stands behind the table and outlines the outline of the distant mountains on rice paper with a pen in one hand. Lin Chen stood beside her, watching her turn the ink dots into red with a few strokes, recreating the spring scenery of this courtyard.
"The people outside the mountain are too difficult to understand, so it's better to drink and paint here, which is good." Ye Yu glanced at Lin Chen with a smile on the corner of his lips, "I've asked you and me to go through the window several times, are you still used to it?" ”
Lin Chen smiled: "In the past, I also liked to appear in someone's house unknowingly, or stand behind him. ”
"You're trying to kill someone, I'm just trying to scare people." Ye Yu raised his eyebrows, walked to the window, looked back at Lin Chen and smiled, "Now I'll teach you how to be scary." ”
In the courtyard, Yuan Zan had already drunk half a jar of wine, and he felt a lot of emotion when he saw that Chu Jun, who had high hopes for the former emperor, had now ended up in such a field. He let down his guard and said bluntly: "The first emperor saw early on that Jun Mubai was not a thing, and he suppressed it so many times and didn't make that kid realize, I see, Da Chu had to lose in his hands...... If...... Alas, the people are gone, and it's useless to say this. ”
Chu Jun was about to speak, when he heard a familiar voice behind him, and the corners of his eyes raised slightly.
"Veteran general, who do you say is gone?"
Even Yuan Zan, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, couldn't calm down when he heard this voice, and the wine bowl fell to the ground at that moment, and the whole body jumped up from the stone bench with a shock, staring at the person in the second-floor window.
Ye Yu was very satisfied with this effect, tilted his head and said to Lin Chen: "Look, you are not as scary as me. As she spoke, she held out her hand to look at him. Lin Chen understood, carefully picked up the painting on the table, and handed it to Ye Yu. Seeing that she unfolded the painting outward, she said to Yuan Zan in a brisk tone: "I remember that I broke one of your paintings before, and this should be an apology." ”
Yuan Zan couldn't hear what Ye Yu was saying at all, and when he reacted, he was about to kneel down with his knees bent. Chu Jun received Ye Yu's meaning, and immediately grabbed Yuan Zan's arm and helped him to stand up. Ye Yu came down from the second floor, walked in front of Yuan Zan, and saw that he had not recovered yet, so he said to Chu Jun and Lin Chen: "You go around here to see if there is a river, I want to eat fish." ”
Unexpectedly, Yuan Zan reacted faster than these two people, pointed in one direction and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, over there, over there." ”
Night Feather understood Yuan Zan's mood. As a last resort, she didn't want to disturb him, it was really strange, even if she wanted to leave it alone, there were always people who put cold arrows behind her back to disturb her peace.
It's just madness.
"I'm here today, you can say whatever I ask, and don't say a word else." Night Feather gets straight to the point.
"Yes." Yuan Zan's jaw is headed.
Ye Yu felt angry in his heart when he saw Yuan Zan's respectful appearance, but now was not the time to care about this, so he took a deep breath and asked, "Do you have a talisman in your hand?" The Great Chu army was slaughtered in Shangyang Valley, why exactly? ”
Yuan Zan was stunned for a moment, and immediately revealed the inside story. He said that before his death, the first emperor had secretly ordered him to enter the palace and gave him a military talisman that could command a million troops. That army was stationed at the border for many years, and only listened to the orders of the person holding the talisman or the first emperor. Because Jun Mubai decided to attack Dayu, he wanted to transfer troops through him in order to increase his strength. Because he was afraid of suspicion, his deputy general Zhao You went with a military talisman, and Zhao You was afraid that he would accidentally be single and secretly change the way, but the escort army did not expect an accident in Shangyang Valley.
The vague outlines of the past were now slowly becoming clear in Nightfeather's mind, and she was anxious to confirm one thing: "Who is the one who leads this army?" ”
"Yan Ji."
Very well, so it's all right. It turns out that this drama has been open since a long time ago.
Night Feather's face was still light and breezy, but there was a dead silence in his eyes. If it was involved for that long, it would be impossible for her to stay out of it. And this tracking or chasing along the way can already show that someone wants to break the dead situation that has been silent for many years and force her to make a choice.
Yuan Zan suddenly knelt straight in front of her, his voice no longer steady, and he could tell the choked sobs in it if he listened carefully. Ye Yu looked at him, and his words echoed in his ears like a spell - save Da Chu.