"Ah Shi, wake up...... Wake up! When I opened my eyes again, Wu Feng was sitting next to me, looking anxious. My eyes were open, but I hadn't woken up from the nightmare I had ever had. The heads of the people rolling in the grass, the severed limbs of the soldiers, the still warm blood, everything in the dream terrified me to the extreme, and I swooped down and hugged the man sitting in front of me.

"What's wrong with you?" Wu Feng touched my head and asked softly.

I looked up from his arms, looked around, and found myself sitting in the study, the bloody battlefield long gone.

"But a nightmare? I'm afraid of it. Wu Feng put his arm on my shoulders and looked down at me.

I nodded and asked very seriously, "General, have you ever killed someone on the battlefield?" ”

Wu Feng obviously didn't expect me to ask such a question, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "The child is stupid, naturally he has been killed." Otherwise, how would I live to this day, and how would I defend the country? ”

"Are the soldiers going to cut off the heads of the enemy on the battlefield?"

"This ...... Naturally, it is wanted. Today's wars are no longer wars of the aristocracy, and in order to expand their armies, countries have recruited commoners and even slaves into the army. If they want to get rid of slavery or reduce taxes, they must make meritorious contributions on the battlefield. And the merit of war is measured by the number of heads of the enemy. For every person killed, a head was cut off and hung on the body. It is not uncommon for a person to have three or four heads on his body on the battlefield. Soldiers of the same army sometimes fight for heads. ”

"In the general's ranks, but that's the rule?" I asked with a frown.

"When the two armies face each other, killing the enemy is the primary task, and cutting off the head is easy to delay the fighter's plane, so in our army, the credit is based on the enemy's left ear." After Wu Feng finished speaking, he said, "Why did you think to ask this today, but what did someone say to you?" ”

"Nothing. I'm just thinking that 100,000 Qi soldiers died in the Battle of Ailing, and the heads cut off by the Wu army are probably going to be stacked into a small mountain. "Ten thousand, twenty thousand, or one hundred thousand dead on the battlefield is just a number for those who live in peace, and it doesn't feel much. But what I saw in my dream made me really feel the cruelty of war and the despicability of human life.

"Your face is white like this, do you want to go back and rest first?" Wu Feng said worriedly.

"No, isn't the general going to test me today?"

"Okay, then tell me what is written on these bamboo slips?"

I thought for a moment, repeated what I had seen, and finally asked, "Is the Zigong mentioned in this secret report the Duanmu Ci mentioned by the general before?" ”

"Zigong is Duanmuci's cousin." Wu Feng let go of his brow, which had been frowning slightly, and gently tapped the table with his left index finger, which was his usual action when he was happy, "I didn't expect you to find a way to read the secret report in just half a day, it seems that I really underestimated you." Then Xiao'er thinks, why did King Yue agree to send troops to help Wu? ”

"If the state of Wu is defeated, the country of Yue will naturally benefit. And if the state of Wu wins, then with the temperament of the king of Wu, he will definitely turn to attack Jin and seek the name of the overlord. When the time comes, the elite division of Wu will be consumed in Qi State, and the soldiers of the whole country will be trapped in Jin State, and Goujian, the king of Yue, will be able to immediately capture the empty Wu State as long as he sends troops. For Duanmuci, the battle of Ailing, no matter who wins or loses between Qi and Wu, will be beneficial to the Lu State sandwiched in the middle. ”

"Then what did he rely on to successfully lobby Shikoku?"

"The human heart, he took advantage of the human heart. From Qi to Wu, from Wu to Yue, and then to Jin, they are interlocking, one mistake is wrong everywhere, and the reason why he succeeds depends on his ability to perceive people's hearts. He took advantage of the ambition of Qi Xiang Chen Heng, the complacency of Wu Wangfucha, the forbearance of King Goujian of Yue, and the mind of Zhao Ying of Jin Qing sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. ”

I finished speaking in one breath, but Wu Feng just looked at me thoughtfully. I didn't know if I was right, and I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, hoping that he would say something.

The two of them sat quietly like this for a long time, and Wu Feng said slowly: "Xiao'er, it's a pity that you are a woman......"

What does he mean by this, am I right? I was about to ask, but he said, "Okay, you go down first!" ”

"No!" I had no choice but to bow and retreat. When I got to the door, I remembered Si'er's matter, so I walked back and asked carefully, "General, can you let Si'er move in with me?" ”

He smiled faintly: "If you are happy, it's all up to you." ”

"Great, General Xie!" I didn't care about etiquette, I lifted my skirt and ran out, and a faint sigh came from behind me. But I was in a hurry to tell Si'er the good news, so I didn't take it to heart.

Within two days, the general sent someone to move me and Si'er's belongings to a small courtyard on the east side of the house. In the middle of the courtyard is a green meadow, with a red maple planted on the right side of the house, and a quiet well under the tree. There are three rooms in the house, one of which I share with my four sons, and the other two are vacated for my brewery.

It was night, the moon was in the sky, and the crystal stars hung on the canopy of the sky and shimmered charmingly. Si'er and I lay on the grass in the middle of the courtyard, listening to the low chirping of summer insects, looking at the moon in the sky and the clouds drifting in the wind, chatting without saying a word.

"Ah Shi, I heard from grandpa, the cypress woman gave birth to a son to Gongshixi again, are you free tomorrow? Why don't you come with me to take a look? Si'er asked.

"Okay, tomorrow the general will enter the palace to meet the monarch after breakfast, and I will go with you then." As I spoke, I raised my hand high to cover the round moon in the sky, and then slowly parted my fingers, watching the moonlight trickle down from my fingers, "Time flies, I was only four years old when I first met her. At that time, she had just been widowed, and she hadn't married Gong Shixi yet, and you hadn't come yet. ”

Now she's the mother of three. Ah Shi, you said that in two years, will the general marry you out? ”

"Why do you ask? I'm not married. ”

Si'er turned his head to look at me and asked with a seriousness that he had never felt before, "Ah Shi, you like generals, right?" ”

I had never thought about this question before, and I was suddenly asked by Si'er, first stunned, and then nodded seriously.

"I knew it, but the general is so much older than you."

"What does it matter! I heard from my mother that when she was sold to my father, he was already 60 years old. ”

"Oh, that's just as well." Si'er nodded seriously, and asked again: "Ah Shi, do you remember Yu An?" ”

"Of course you remember, you've been waiting for him?" I gently shook Si'er's hand.

I only heard her sigh and say, "Fortunately, you still remember him, otherwise I always think it was a dream I had when I was a child." You say, he hasn't come to see us for so many years, will he faint on the road and freeze to death again? At the end of Si'er's voice, it was so low that it was impossible to hear.

I circled two fingers and flicked her forehead: "What do you want to do!" If Yu An is destined to die, why did God let us save him again? Besides, he made a seven-year covenant with us, and there are still two years to go! ”

"Yes, he's so good, God must be reluctant to let him die." Si'er laughed and laughed as he spoke, and the two pear vortices on the corners of his mouth made people happy when they looked at it.

"Si'er, if Yu An comes to you in the future, you will marry him! When the time comes, I will definitely embroider you with the most beautiful wedding dress in the world. ”

"Hehe, why don't you marry him too. Then we won't have to separate. Si'er took my hand and said happily.

"Dead girl, don't be ashamed! I want to get married, and I want to drag me to be your concubine! I smiled and scratched her with my hand, she was the most afraid of itching, and the ghost screamed, got up and ran away.

I smiled, patted the grass on my body, and went into the room.

At this time, we don't know our future fate, but like ordinary girls, we are weaving sweet and magnificent dreams in our hearts one after another. It's always happiest when you have a dream......