"Let's talk about it first, how can the prince's concubine be the princess of the kingdom? What is the relationship between her and Brother Candle? ”

Little aunt? If Zhao Wuxian didn't say it, even if I wanted to break my head, I wouldn't have guessed this relationship next year.

"Candle's grandfather was the person in charge of ceremonies in the Jin Kingdom, and was responsible for receiving the kings and dignitaries of other countries. Seven years ago, he sent Candle Chun's father and fifteen-year-old Candle Chun to Lu to learn Zhou etiquette from the doctor Shao Zhengmao. At that time, He happened to be studying etiquette in Lu Guo, and they became friends after a while. Because the country of Yi borders the country of Lu, Gongzi He invited their father and son to the country as guests. ”

"Candle Chu met Mi Cao in the Di Guo Palace?"

"Exactly. When Candle Chu was a guest in the palace, he accidentally met Mi Cao, the little princess who was most favored by the monarch of the country at that time. Two years later, Candle told me that he was going to the country of Yi to marry his beloved, and the two of us were very drunk that night, but before we could wake up, we saw the messenger sent by the king of the country. ”

"What is the messenger coming for?"

In order to win over the Jin Candle family, the monarch of the State of Yi gave his second daughter to the father of the candle as a stepmother. In this way, Mi Cao inexplicably became Candle's little aunt. Although the country is a small country, it is close to the state of Lu, and the etiquette system is strict. Candle Chu's desire to marry Mi Cao came to naught. ”

I didn't expect that there was such a past between Candle Chu and Mi Cao, and I sighed in my heart: "That Mi Cao should be her princess in the country of Di at the moment, how could she be reduced to the country of Qin?" What did you mean when you said that Candle Chu had been looking for her for five years? ”

In the same year, the state of Wu captured the state of Yi, captured Mi Cao's father, and made Prince Ge the new monarch. Gongzi He and Mi Cao are from the same mother, and they have been favored in the palace for many years, and Prince Ge has always held a grudge, so the first thing he did after he took the throne was to drive Gongzi He out of the country and marry the thirteen-year-old Mi Cao Xu to the more than fifty-year-old doctor Xiang. ”

"Giving a thirteen-year-old girl to a white-haired old man, this prince is too ruthless! And then? ”

"Later, I was going to ask you, and when Candle Chu learned about this, she immediately ran to the country to find Mi Cao, but she was nowhere to be found at that time. Candle later left behind the identity of the grandson of the Candle family and traveled all over the world in order to find her again. ”

is a good thing of being a talented woman, but in the end, he fell into such a sad field by mistake, one wandered the world, and the other was sold into slavery.

I told Wuxian how I met Mi Cao in the slave market and how I exchanged Mi Cao for innocence. When Wuxian heard the end, she couldn't help but sigh: "If that's the case, it's no wonder she hates you." ”

I nodded and glanced at the room where Mi Cao was resting: "She and I have actually only met a few times, but each time we are-for-tat, and we are incompatible. Perhaps, it's the two of us who are born to fight each other! ”

The fates of Mi Cao and I are like two extreme sides, one white and one black, one yin and one yang, diametrically opposed. She was born noble and was favored by the Emperor in her childhood, but she was reduced to slavery; I was born in a humble and slave life, but in the end I was favored by the general and Gongzili.

"Mi Cao has suffered a lot over the years, but fortunately, Brother Candle has always been in love with her, and life has been dependent on blessings and disasters since ancient times, maybe today's events are just the time when Mi Cao is happy to come."

"Speaking of people who are in love, I would like to ask you about Gongzili. I heard that on his wedding day, he also asked people to bring your old clothes into the house? ”

"Did Ming Yi tell you?" I can't imagine that the cold sorcerer also likes to talk about other people's things behind his back.

"The future monarch of the Qin State treats you so much, why don't you want to marry him? If you get married that day, relying on the military power in the hands of the Wu family and the favor of your husband, if you give birth to a son, you will definitely be able to compete for the throne of Qin. Such a good thing will not be rejected by any woman. After saying that, Wuxian looked at me with a smile, as if trying to find the answer to my question from my face.

"Why didn't I think of what you said before?" I clapped my hands and laughed, "What a great honor it would be for a fatherless and motherless beggar to become the mother of a king!" The general will soon marry your noble daughter of the Zhao family, so why should I embarrass myself? I raised my hand and took a sideburn and stood up, "I'll ask Gongzi Li now, he is still willing to take me into the house." ”

"Are you serious?" Wuxian looked stunned, stood up and grabbed my arm, "You are usually stubborn and untamable, why are you so obedient today?" Although the prince treats you well, are you willing to be only a concubine in the inner courtyard of the high wall? ”

I brushed his hand away and put on a straight face: "Whether it's good or not, you're talking about it, I have my own decision." With that, he climbed down from the roof.

"Don't go!" Zhao Wuxian jumped down from the roof and stopped in front of me.

"If I don't go, Mi Cao will be dragged out and beheaded later, and then you will go with Brother Candle to accuse you?" I looked at Wuxian's serious face and finally couldn't help laughing, "Hongyun'er, I'm here to save people, not to get married, can you let me go?" ”

"You're teasing me?" His face froze, and he couldn't hide his embarrassment.

"Who told you to tease me first!" I snorted softly and ran around him.

Mi Cao is trapped in the Prince's Mansion, all because of me, and this matter should be ended by me. Although she burned the barn this time, the grain and grass in the city were safe after all, so when I went to ask Wu Feng and Gongzili, Gongzili readily agreed, but Wu Feng asked that before the end of the war, Mi Cao was not allowed to step out of the door for half a step.

That night, Candle Chu carried three heads to see Wu Feng and Gongzili, I don't know what they said between them, but this matter can be regarded as a good conclusion. It's just that Mi Cao has a deep grudge against me, and after knowing that I asked for her favor, she was furious with Candle Chu. Five years may not only change Mi Cao's appearance, but also her heart. She was now like me begging from place to place, hating everyone in the world, hating their contempt, hating their pale mercy, and I was luckier than she was that I had never stood on the clouds, and therefore could not feel the pain of falling into the valley.

Candlestick is by Mi Cao's side day and night, trying to make up for what she has lost in the past five years. But I know that it takes time for all pain to leave, and the more intense the pain, the longer it will take.

In the last battle, the prince lost at least 10,000 soldiers, so after the barn was burned, he never launched any more attacks on Yongcheng, but shifted the focus of the battle to the upcoming reinforcements.

Siege reinforcements, 60,000 against 30,000, he does still have hope of victory, but what we have to do now is how to dash his hopes......

After a ten-day stalemate with the enemy, news finally came from the eastern and western reinforcements. The 10,000 elite soldiers transferred from Mianzhu had quietly lurked in the dense forest northwest of Yongcheng according to Wu Feng's orders, while Gongzili's 20,000 reinforcements were camped five miles away from Yongcheng, facing the army of the prince from afar.

Wu Feng and the other three main generals discussed the battle overnight, trying to defeat the army of the prince with less and more with more. After all, Zhao Wuxian and I were envoys, so we didn't directly participate in their discussions, and sat in the backyard chatting around.

"I haven't seen the people you brought with me since I entered Yongcheng, but they have gone out of the city?" I asked as I carefully removed the strip of cloth from my fingers.

Wuxian handed me the herbs he had pounded at hand, and said in a low voice: "They have now become the guards of the prince in the army, as long as there is any action here, they will kill the prince and disturb the hearts of the enemy army." ”

"The military spirit of the Bashu coalition army has never been condensed in the body of the crown prince, whether he is dead or alive is very important to Gongzili, but for the two countries of Bashu, it is not. As long as Yongcheng is captured, even if there is no prince to conquer, they can force the land and the city from Qin Bo. "This time, the Qin army will inevitably have to face off with the Bashu coalition army, once the city gate is opened, it means that all the people I care about will go to the battlefield to fight the enemy in close combat. Just thinking about it makes me shudder.

I looked down at the index finger of my right hand, a piece of meat was bitten off by Mi Cao Shengsheng that day, although the wound has healed in the past few days, it is still a bloody piece, not to mention archery, even bending my fingers will feel great pain.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking!" Wuxian carefully helped me wrap the strip of cloth on my fingers, "I want to thank Mi Cao for biting you like this now, otherwise you will have to stand on the leather cart and rush out of the city to fight the enemy army tomorrow." He tied the final knot, looked up and asked curiously, "What did you say to General Wu last night?" Why did he start collecting cattle in the city early in the morning? ”

I pressed my bandaged fingers, pretended to reach his ear, and whispered, "Secret! ”

"I'll know tomorrow." He snorted coldly, pulled out the saber at his waist, and wiped it back and forth with a white cloth in the dim flickering light. The three-foot diamond-patterned long sword emitted a fierce cold light under the light of the firelight, just like the expression of its owner at this moment.

I picked out the black lacquered ape-topped bean lamp on the table with a skewer, which made the flame burn more vigorously. "I want the general to order people to tie daggers to the horns of the oxen and reeds to the tail of the oxen, and to open the gates of the city tomorrow when the prince begins to attack the reinforcements from the east, so that the herd of cattle with their tails on fire will rush into the enemy line. When the time comes, the 10,000 elite soldiers hiding in the dense forest in the northwest will attack the enemy's flank and rear with the light of fire, and launch a surprise attack together with the 200 leather carts in the city and the remaining 6,000 soldiers, hoping to take the prince by surprise. ”

Zhao Wuxian listened to my words, silently stopped the movement of his hand, he stared at me through the light, and muttered, "Ah Shi, you are really a terrible opponent. ”

"You've said that before." I squeezed his stiff hand and smiled, "When this battle is won, I will go to the wine cellar of the General's Mansion to bring wine for you, and then we will get drunk again." ”