Chapter 44: Lingji
The midday sun shone on Bai Hanyan's eyes, and she felt the passage of time in front of her eyes.
Bai Hanyan got up and walked to the window to push open the window, squinting at Wang Jin's main house, although the door was closed, but it was not locked, and he wanted to find out the secret of Ma Zhenbing.
Knock knock, someone knocked lightly on the door a few times, Bai Hanyan looked at it and said softly, "Come in." ”
The door was opened, and Ma Zhenbing walked in with a medicine bowl, looking up at her with a smile on her face: "Master Han, your medicine has been boiled." ”
Bai Hanyan smiled at him, got up and walked to his side to take the medicine bowl, raised her head and drank it all, bitterness spread in her lips, she frowned, and thanked Ma Zhenbing: "Steward Ma, thank you for bandaging my wounds." ”
Ma Zhenbing scratched his head, pulled his lips and smiled: "It's Han Gongzi who is polite, the old man often says to be helpful on weekdays, and we naturally have to keep it in mind as subordinates." ”
"Your lord is indeed a good official." Thinking of his death, Bai Hanyan sighed slightly.
"Yes, the lord is a good man, and he can't let go of the Buddha statue of Lingji until he dies, and he has told me many times to always burn incense and worship him." Speaking of Wang Jin, Ma Zhenbing is still a little sad.
A glint flashed under Bai Hanyan's eyes, she suddenly thought of something, raised her eyes and asked him, "What time is your lord's daily worship on weekdays?" ”
Ma Zhenbing lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said, "It's about every night, it's the dead of night, maybe the master likes to be quiet." ”
"Sub-hour." Bai Hanyan muttered in a low voice, why did Wang Jin burn incense in the middle of the night?
"What did Childe come up with?" Ma Zhenbing looked at her and couldn't help asking.
Bai Hanyan shook his head, but suddenly asked, "What about Duan Immortal?" ”
"Didn't he just get out of your room?" Ma Zhenbing thought they were in a mood.
"I'm asking where he is now?" Looking at the look in his eyes, Bai Hanyan was a little annoyed.
Ma Zhen Bingji immediately reflected, pointed to the gate, and said, "I just saw that he seems to have gone out for a walk." ”
Bai Hanyan nodded, raised his legs and went out to look for him, Ma Zhenbing looked at her back, and suddenly stopped her: "Han Gongzi." ”
Bai Hanyan turned back in surprise: "Steward Ma, what's the matter?" ”
Ma Zhenbing seemed to hesitate, thought about it and comforted: "Actually...... Duan Immortal is still very concerned about you, you were unconscious at the time, Duan Immortal was so anxious that he cut the door bolt in half with a single sword, you ...... Quarrels are not all at the head of the bed, but at the end of the bed ......"
"Steward Ma." Bai Hanyan interrupted his words with a sloppy mouth, stared at him with a sinking expression, and said, "You are too wide." ”
With that, he raised his legs and left, leaving Ma Zhenbing alone in the house.
On the small soil slope behind Wangjiapu Village, a few wild peaches grabbed the tail of the flowering period, and worked hard to bloom with the last touch of magnificence, and there were a few petals left on the branches, still like a little beating flame.
Bai Hanyan walked all the way, and saw a man leaning under the peach tree not far ahead, his eyes slightly closed, looking like he was closing his eyes to recuperate, and his long body covered the falling peach blossoms, which blended with the crimson robe, full of beauty.
couldn't help but Bai Hanyan stopped, for some reason, she felt that there seemed to be a sadness in him.
Is it because of Lingji?
"Have you seen enough.?" Duan Changge closed his eyes and whispered.
Bai Hanyan ignored his words, walked to his side and stood with his hands in his hands, raised his eyes to look at the scenery under the dirt slope, and said lightly: "I saw her." ”
Duan Changge didn't open his eyes, his face was heavy and tired, and his eyebrows, eyes and hair color were set off by the remnants of the petals, adding coolness.
"Really?"
Bai Hanyan looked back at him and said softly: "She asked me to bring you a message." ”
Duan Changge slowly opened his eyes, his expression was indifferent as usual, his eyebrows and eyes were clear, he didn't seem to care, and said calmly: "What words?" ”
Bai Hanyan looked at his eyebrows, there was a touch of unknown variegation in his eyes, and he sighed before he said, "She said that if you meet, you don't have to show mercy to her subordinates." ”
Duan Changge let out a low laugh in his throat, his starry eyes shone brightly, but he didn't say anything again.
Bai Hanyan stared at him for a moment, and said word by word: "Aren't you going to tell me what happened five years ago until now?" ”
Duan Changge turned his head to look at her, the wind was blowing, and the remnants of flowers on the tree were unwilling to fall, he hooked his lips slightly and said, "In what capacity do you come to ask me, Tuiguan?" Questioning this officer, you are not qualified to do so. ”
Bai Hanyan raised his legs and walked to him and sat down, turned his head to look at him into his eyes, and smiled: "I came to ask you as a friend." ”
Duan Changge looked at her quiet gaze and was slightly stunned, then sneered, and said, "I, Duan Changge, have never needed friends. ”
Bai Hanyan pulled his lips, showed a smile, and did not answer.
"But it doesn't hurt to tell you."
Duan Changge lowered his eyebrows and looked at the falling flowers, stretched out two fingers to pick up a piece of residual flowers, and smiled lightly: "It's just the matter of Chen Sesame and rotten grain, I'm about to forget it." ”
After a pause, he lowered his eyes elsewhere and said slowly: "Lingji, she is the princess of the Fan and Wu clans. ”
"What?" Bai Hanyan stood up suddenly, his eyes slightly widened and he couldn't help but be surprised: "Lingji is the princess of the Wu clan who rebelled five years ago!" ”
The laughter on Duan Changge's face deepened, as if he was laughing at her fuss.
Bai Hanyan pursed his lips and looked at him, and said in a deep voice: "The Wu clan is famous for its smelting of bows and arrows, and its arrows are sharp enough to pierce thick shields, which has always been used to deter Fanbang, but the patriarch of the Wu clan is conceited and arrogant, and does not take the Son of Heaven in his eyes, which makes Long Yan furious and sends 50,000 troops to exterminate it, I remember the general who led the troops at that time...... It is the Dragon and Tiger General Duan Changge! ”
"Not bad." Duan Changge chuckled, looked back at her, and praised: "I didn't expect you to know quite a lot." ”
Bai Hanyan looked at him with shocked eyes, thinking of Lingji's hateful eyes, no wonder they wanted to kill each other, because what straddled them was an indelible sea of blood feud!
"And what about what I don't know?"
Duan Changge's thick eyebrows slanted his fingers, his starry eyes were condensed, and his thin lips were almost pursed into a line, but he didn't show a trace of pain: "Five years ago, the patriarch of the Wu clan was arrogant and arrogant at any time, but he never had a rebellious heart, and the emperor did not want to conquer the Wu clan, but he coveted its smelting method. So he issued a secret decree, let me infiltrate the Wu tribe, secretly get the method of smelting bows and arrows, and frustrate the sharp spirit of the Wu tribe, as long as the Wu tribe is willing to give in, the emperor does not want to make a big move. So the Holy One instructed me two to sneak in with me. ”
Bai Hanyan's eyes sank slightly, and after thinking about it, he opened his lips and said, "One of them is Wang Jin?" ”
Duan Changge glanced at him with praise and said, "These two are Wang Jin and Cheng Xiao. ”
"Cheng Xiao?" Bai Hanyan couldn't figure out why Cheng Xiao was still with Lingji since he participated in the encirclement and suppression.
Duan Changge looked at her, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I'm afraid you can't guess Wang Jin's identity." ”
Bai Hanyan's heart moved, could it be ......
"He was originally from the Wu tribe and has been seeking a career in the Celestial Empire, but this time he went with me to resolve this crisis between the two clans, but he ...... Something went far beyond his expectations. ”
"What's the matter?"
"For example...... Popularity. Duan Changge sneered, as if mocking people's ambitions.
"Under Wang Jin's recommendation, I successfully infiltrated the Wu tribe as a doctor, and then, under Wang Jin's arrangement, after a peach blossom overflowing rain, I pretended to meet Lingji, she fell in love with me at first sight, and I did the same to her."
Duan Changge's eyes were covered with a layer of sadness at this time, and Bai Hanyan's heart trembled slightly, it turned out that they had such a beautiful encounter.
"I didn't expect her to have an old illness, so I cured her, and under her recommendation, I entered the Wu royal family."
"Do you really know how to heal?" Bai Hanyan couldn't help but be a little surprised, she always thought he was a liar.
Duan Changge glanced at her, and then said: "I originally wanted to use Lingji to set out the method of smelting arrows, but I never thought that Cheng Xiao was bad. ”
"What's wrong with him?"
"He was so meritorious that he sneaked into the smelter in the middle of the night to see his smelting methods, and he was caught, and the identities of me and Wang Jin were also involved."
Bai Hanyan couldn't help but be angry, this Cheng Xiao was really not enough to succeed, and there was more than enough to lose.
"And then?"
"Later, the patriarch of the Wu tribe was angry, so he sent troops to besiege and kill us, and at that time, we were outnumbered and would surely die. At the last moment, it was Lingji, who threatened his father with her life to release us. ”
"She's a woman with the most affection." Bai Hanyan couldn't help but sigh.
"yes!" Duan Changge sighed: "In the end, she persuaded her father to tell me the method of smelting, hoping that this crisis between the Wu Clan and the Celestial Empire could be resolved. His father finally agreed, it turned out that the sharp arrow was not made of any special method, but a kind of stainless steel, this kind of iron and stone can only be found by their people, and they cannot tell each other, but he promised that every year the Qiang people will make offerings to the Celestial Empire for peace. ”
Duan Changge paused, clenched his fists, and his expression changed fiercely: "After I return to the court, I will inform the emperor of this time, and mediate from it, hoping to resolve this killing." However, at that time, King Zhao was ambitious, so he secretly instigated the emperor, saying that the Wu people were very high, and it was inevitable that they would not have a rebellious heart in the future, and they would take the opportunity to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. ”
Bai Hanyan sighed heavily, it turned out that there were such twists and turns, presumably Duan Changge must have hated Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, otherwise he would not have captured him alive when he wanted to kill the emperor.
"And then?" Bai Hanyan couldn't help but ask.
Duan Changge closed his eyes, the remnants of the flower in his hand were forcefully wrung out of the juice, and he said in a low voice: "Later, I took 50,000 iron horsemen to trample the entire Qiang tribe to the ground, and she knelt down and begged me to spare his father, but I didn't agree."
"You killed her father in front of her!" Bai Hanyan really felt sorry for Lingji at this moment, his beloved killed his father, what a great pain it was!
Duan Changge's face was pale, but his voice was very calm: "The emperor's order can't be done, I have no other way, it's just that Lingji ...... I couldn't get a killer. ”
Bai Hanyan remembered that Ling Ji had said that Duan Changge's love was only enough for him to soften his heart once.
"How did you save her?"