At the beginning of November of the fifth year of Tianfeng.

After ten days, Qin Shen and the others finally walked hundreds of miles and arrived at Wuquan County, counting it, they only walked less than 100 miles a day, which was not a little faster than him walking alone.

However, he was extremely satisfied with the picturesque and radiant safe arrival.

You know, in ancient times, I don't know how many celebrities and beauties died in the carriage and horses, of course, it is also possible that those celebrities are depressed and easy to get sick on the way to decentralization, and those women are too much to miss and are easy to be sad, which is so, compared with them......

Thinking of this, Qin Shen couldn't help but look at the picturesque and showed a relieved smile.

The two girls felt his gaze and gave him a sweet smile in return.

When he came to the place where he grew up, he handed over the military medal and was naturally respected by all the soldiers at the city gate, and he saluted, and even wanted to escort him to Wuquan Pass, so he was so surprised that he hurriedly stopped it, but he had to stop greetings.

Then the soldiers and the people who heard the news surrounded him, and it was impossible to move an inch.

Picturesque has only seen him once down, how have you ever seen him stars holding the moon? At this moment, seeing that he was so admired in Wuquan, while his heart was happy, he also felt that even as his maidservant, he was also honored.

"Get out of the way! Handle the case on a bad trip! Evade quickly! ”

Half a moment later, when Qin Shen was surrounded by the local area and felt a headache, a few thick scolds suddenly came from outside the crowd, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Oops! I'm back, General! I...... We still think you ......" As soon as Cao Jinfu stepped in from the separated crowd, before he had time to take a closer look at him, he quickly stepped forward and hugged him, crying bitterly.

Qin Shen looked behind him and smiled helplessly at the others.

Qu Han, who was indifferent as before, smiled and saluted him, and then shrugged his shoulders and expressed helplessness.

The rest of Xue Yu and the others looked at him with excitement and enthusiasm in their eyes, but everyone had already experienced countless lives and deaths along the way, and they learned to suppress their emotions, but they didn't rush up like Cao Jin.

"Nonono! I'm not dead yet, but it's too early to mourn. Qin Shen saw that he still refused to let go, so he patted him on the shoulder and laughed and teased.

"General, what are you talking about? Don't I ......?"

Cao Jin said that he let go of him dissatisfiedly, and when he saw that it was really old tears, he wiped his nose and tears with his hands, and continued to blame him unrelentingly in Qin Shen's strange gaze: "Could it be that my old Cao is actually ...... in your heart?"

"Huh? The appearance of these two ladies is very tight, even compared to the top brand of the Qinglou......"

As he spoke, his gaze was attracted by the chuckle of the picturesque two women looking at him, and his voice also changed in surprise, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qin Shen's harsh words.

"What nonsense! They are serious women, what are you comparing indiscriminately? ”

Cao Jin was stunned for a moment, and looked up at him frowning to express dissatisfaction, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, secretly thinking that this is probably the general's woman, and it will be his general's wife in the future, so it is better to be less troublesome!

His mind was racing, and he said clearly: "Don't worry, general! I was also so happy that I lost my mind for a while, so I didn't choose to say anything. ”

Then he confessed to the picturesque painting.

The two daughters also rarely saw their own officials acting in a powerful manner, and they put away all kinds of expressions in their hearts, and replied with a dignified salute to show that it was okay.

Qin Shen also knew that everyone had always been smiling and laughing, and he was even more open-mouthed, and then looked at the untouched traces of true feelings on his face, and it was not good to say anything more, so he looked around quietly, looked back and said: "This is not a place to talk, let's talk while walking." ”

Cao Jin nodded and dispersed the crowd, and the group got on their horses and walked towards the city.

"Why did you come so quickly?" On horseback, Qin Shen asked inadvertently.

Several people looked at each other for a moment, but no one answered.

Qu Han looked at everyone's reactions and smiled helplessly, and explained: "I'll wait for nothing to do, so I'll make an appointment to come to the city to eat and drink to relieve my boredom." ”

"I'm afraid it's your idea again." Qin Shen glared at Cao Jin angrily.

Cao Jin laughed a few times, salivated and said: "Winter is coming, the Huns have long been hiding in the tent to eat wine and meat, Du Wei remembered that we have worked hard for a whole year, so he allowed me to rest for a few days." ”

Qin Shen nodded.

In fact, in his heart, even if the other party sneaked out, he didn't really blame him, but if he disappeared for so long, everyone was fine, and he was used to it, which would make him lose for a while.

Avoiding this topic, Qin Shen glanced behind him and said to Cao Jin: "You are familiar with the county seat, you might as well lead me to find a secluded courtyard and settle the two of you." ”

"Hey! Why look elsewhere! Cao Jin said with a grin, looked at him and said, "Has the general forgotten that I rented a courtyard to house Arjuna in the county seat?" The place was so spacious that even ten more women could fit it, but ......"

After hesitating for a moment, he said embarrassedly: "It's just that the place is a little simple, I'm afraid the general and the two ladies are not very satisfied." ”

Qin Shen thought for a while, nodded and said, "They are not very picky people, but it is already satisfying to have a tile to cover their heads, so it is okay, with them by their side, I believe that your Arjuna will no longer be as lonely as before." ”

Cao Jin was overjoyed when he saw that he agreed, and when he heard this, he squeezed his eyebrows and said, "That's very good!" The general came to visit him that day, and I happened to accompany you. ”

Qin Shen smiled, squinted at him and questioned, "I'm afraid this is an idea you made up a long time ago, right?" ”

Cao Jin shook his head again and again in denial, and only said that he had a temporary intention, and there was no such thing!

The group came to the courtyard rented by Cao Jin, and less than a moment after knocking on the door, Arjuna, who was dressed in simple and prosperous clothes, asked the person who came, opened the door lightly, and invited the person in.

In all the processes, he was polite and polite to everyone, but he was always lukewarm to Cao Jin.

Qin Shen shook his head secretly, only explaining what he hadn't seen.

Arjuna answered, and led the picturesque to the backyard to see the house and tidy up the house.

Everyone said a few words in the front hall, Qin Shen went to the backyard accompanied by Cao Jin, looked at the figure of the three women who were already busy, and called the two of them to advise, so that if they were in trouble, they should report the names of their officials, and then returned to the front yard under the reluctant eyes of the two women, and led everyone to Wuquan Pass.

"Why don't you see Xiaoliu?" Out of the city, Qin Shen finally asked the words that he had been holding back for a long time.

When everyone heard this, the previous joy dispersed, and their faces were gloomy, and after a while, Qu Han sighed and said: "From the first battle of Wuquan to your return today, Xiaoliu has not returned, I'm afraid it will ......."

Qin Shen was silent, he already knew the cruelty of war, but he didn't expect this day to happen to his close brother!

Death in battle, this seems to be a matter of course under war, but it is so difficult to accept!

"And what about the casualties of the brothers in the army?"

"On that day, we were scattered by the Huns, and many brothers were left alone with their lives, and only more than 400 people were able to escape and return."

More than 400 people?

Hearing this, Qin Shen's chest ached as if he had been hit hard, and his face turned pale.

How could he have suffered such heavy casualties since he was in the army?

Nine people annihilated more than 20 Huns, killed half of the new soldiers in close combat, and in the next two months patrolled the outside of the cavalry, he has always beaten the Huns all over the ground to find teeth and his own almost no casualties, and the night attack on the enemy camp lost dozens of people......

He expected that he would come back half of this time, but he didn't expect that nearly three of the dead would be gone!

And all of this, it was an order initiated by him, and-

Those disgusting intrigues!

Qu Han looked at him with such a dejected appearance, and said with relief: "Brother Qin doesn't need to blame himself too much, this is a crime of war, and it is really not your fault, alas, speaking of which...... Even you, we thought we were in ...... for the unexpected."

"yes!" Cao Jin interrupted quickly: "Brothers want to go out of the customs to find you, Brother Qu said that there are Huns outside the pass, and we are the defenders, if all the customs are not in accordance with the military regulations, let us rest assured that he will go out of the customs alone, fortunately after a few days, Brother Qu caught the Huns outside the pass, and asked from him that you have sneaked into the mountains, which saved us from worrying a little about waiting for the return of the general." ”

After speaking, he buried his head and muttered again.

"Who's to say I'm going to blame you for not coming to me?" Qin Shen had just finished calming his mind, and when he heard his muttering, he couldn't help but stare at him and choked a word.

"Huh?" Cao Jin looked up at him suddenly, and said in disbelief: "You can hear this?" ”

Qin Shen didn't care about him anymore, and arched his hand: "Thank you Brother Qu for caring and stabilizing the situation, if there were no old and serious people like you watching them in the army, I don't know what they would be like." ”

He still has a lot of experience for this, at first, when he was still peaceful, his soldiers were proud to be under his command, and they regarded themselves as his personal soldiers everywhere, not to mention that when he just killed the red eye, his main general was nowhere to be seen, and I was afraid that Dou Yi would be upset when he made a fuss.

Qu Han was humble, and everyone stopped mentioning the heavy matter, and the atmosphere finally rose again, Xue Yu looked him up and down, and couldn't help but praise: "I have never seen a general wear this kind of strong suit before, tsk, it is really a heroic and extraordinary talent." ”

Not again! Qin Shen glanced at him with a tired taste, and was about to laugh at him for a few words, but suddenly remembered something, his face turned gloomy and he snorted coldly: "You still dare to take the lead, say, did the poem come from you?" ”

"This ......" Xue Yu looked at his face with some fear in his heart, and looked at Qu Han with bone-lint eyes.

Qu Han smiled indifferently and said, "Why should Brother Qin have the same knowledge as him, and it will be beneficial to you to spread it." ”

"Benefits?" Qin Shen said casually: "What's the benefit? ”

Qu Han hesitated for a moment, and said calmly: "The current emperor loves talent, so you will be safer." ”

"Huh?" Qin Shen's eyes flashed, and he turned his head to look at him with a puzzled expression, "What do you mean by Brother Qu?" ”

"Oh." Qu Han's expression did not change in the slightest, and explained: "What I mean is that, as Mencius said: those who are good at the top must have those who are very good at the bottom. Looking at the scholars today, the following will inevitably cherish the talented people more, and look at the world, the farmers and the industry and commerce and all classes, only the celebrities are respected by the world and have been lightly punished. ”

Saying that, he glanced at him and continued: "Brother Qin has made new contributions now, it is inevitable to climb up, and it is inevitable to fight. In this way, others will respect or even fear you and will not dare to act rashly, and you will be safer. ”

Qin Shen nodded with a look of realization, and said with relief: "What Brother Qu said makes sense, but we and other martial artists don't need those vain names, huh...... Speaking of credit, what is the matter with this big Hun who killed more than 10,000 enemies? ”

Xue Yu was afraid that he would point at him again, so he hurriedly argued: "This is General Dou's intention, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Dou Yi?

What does it mean that he exaggerates the credit and then puts it all on himself?

After thinking about it for a while, I had no clue, so I had to put down my thoughts, and I just waited to see Dou Yi and find an opportunity to ask him what he meant.

Everyone talked and laughed and came to the gate of Guannei, Dou Yi and others were already waiting here, naturally they had a lot of affection and sincere greetings, and then they held a feast in the army to celebrate his safe return, and during the banquet, they diligently persuaded each other to talk about the aftermath of the war and the escape, but he didn't have a chance to ask about the merit until he was drunk......

The next day, the sun rises three poles.

Dizzy, Qin Shen woke up, sighing that the wine of this era was too easy to get on the head, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think of the gentle and considerate care of the picturesque for more than ten days.

If only they were there, how nice it would be to help press the head!

Alas! Gentle Township, Hero's Tomb!

That's true!

Just when he was full of emotion, someone knocked on the door lightly, and only listened to the report: "Qin Qianren, Dou Duwei invites you to go to the tent to discuss matters." ”

How did you just come back and there was something! Qin Shen replied cowardly, reluctantly got up and changed into a military uniform, and cleaned up.

As soon as he stepped into the camp, his eyes swept and he was slightly surprised, and his face was not shocked, and he walked forward without stopping, but he couldn't help but set off a monstrous wave in his heart-

It's coming so fast!

I saw three people sitting in the tent, in addition to Dou Yi, there was also Wang Law Enforcement and another man in his forties, and judging from Dou Yijing's last seat, that person's status was obviously higher than him.

"Subordinate Qin Shen pays a visit to Captain Dou." Leaning over and saluting, he squinted his eyes and secretly looked at the two of them.

The other person has a shrewd face, a hooked nose, and narrow but shining eyes, although he is looking at himself with a light smile at the moment, it also makes him understand that this kind of person is a good hand at hiding a knife in a smile.

And Wang Law Enforcement was dressed in a strong suit, with a gloomy face and no expression, and there was an indescribable indescribable intimidating spirit, and he was staring at him at this time, and he couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart.