Chapter Eighty-Eight: He Promised to Come Back
Gu Jue looked at her innocent smile and was very eye-catching, and reached out and pinched her face fiercely, and a shallow red mark was suddenly left on her snow-white cheeks.
And Yu Zhiyan gradually woke up because of the pain, and a pair of sleepy eyes wandered around, and then rubbed his aching cheeks.
Gu Jue suddenly regretted in his heart, he couldn't escape if he wanted to escape now, so he only stepped on the table and jumped on the beam.
Yu Zhiyan, who woke up, didn't feel sleepy, just got up from the bed, and then took out a wooden box from the cabinet, which was full of folk playthings, and wanted to come to these rare antiques bought back in these days.
She didn't find it interesting to play for a while, so she just put everything back in.
Gu Jue saw everything she did clearly on the beams of the house, and she only thought it was very interesting. However, she walked to the table, and immediately pulled a blank piece of paper and sketched it haphazardly, and in a few moments, she pasted the painted thing to the pillar.
When he took a closer look, he couldn't help but become more and more angry, it turned out that she actually painted him, although it was only a few scribbled strokes, but the painting was very similar. As if he was afraid that others would not recognize him, his name was written on it in small letters.
Then she found the delicate saber out of nowhere, and flew at the man on the pillar, and the cold blade pierced through the silk paper in an instant, and his body was cut in half.
The more Yu Zhiyan thought about it, the more angry he became, so he only walked over and chopped it with a knife again, but in a moment, the piece of paper had been shattered into halogen powder.
"Okay, you actually dare to murder General Ben." Gu Jue's voice mixed with anger came from the beam of the room, "What crime should you be guilty of." ”
She was slashing happily, but she didn't expect that there was someone hiding on the beam, and she was so frightened that she took half a step back, and the knife in her hand fell to the ground.
She raised her head, but saw Gu Jue sitting on the beam of the room, wearing a bright red python robe, embroidered with auspicious cloud brocade beads and inlaid jade with gold thread, very conspicuous, she only hated herself for not realizing it just now.
"I didn't expect General Gu to be a gentleman on the beam, and he wasn't afraid that others would see him and laugh at him." Yu Zhiyan craned his neck and said angrily, "Don't come down quickly." ”
Gu Jue still stayed on it, and he didn't feel annoyed when he heard her sarcastic voice, "This Chengguo Mansion belongs to this general, and it can't be done where to sit." It's just that if General Ben hadn't stayed here, I wouldn't have known that you would be so vicious. ”
Seeing that her secret was revealed, she only felt ashamed and ashamed, grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it in the direction of Gu Jue, but she smashed it too hard, and it rebounded all of a sudden, although it didn't hit him, those broken porcelains fell on Yu Zhiyan's body.
Maybe it was because of the pain, maybe it was because of the grievances that had been pressing on her heart for a long time, Yu Zhiyan's tears rolled down, she pointed at Gu Jue, "You are really ruthless, you knew it was like this, why bother in the first place." ”
Seeing her crying, Gu Jue hurriedly jumped down from the beam, looked at her deeply, and then gently hugged her head and kissed her on the lips.
Yu Zhiyan only hesitated slightly, and had already wrapped his arms around his neck, gently and painfully entangled with her, sucking each other.
Gu Jue felt her response, his body shook, and he hugged her tighter, and in a trance he hugged her and stumbled towards the bed, so close to the distance, but he heard a crackling sound, and he didn't know how many things fell.
As soon as her quilt fell onto the soft couch, she heard Bao Xiao'er's voice coming, "Madam, what happened?" ”
"It's okay, I dropped a teacup, I'll clean it up tomorrow." Yu Zhiyan hurriedly said, but saw that the black shadow outside the window really walked away slowly.
The palace lights are swaying, the glass light is turning, and the queen mother, who is in her prime, slowly wakes up from her sleep, but she is facing Feng Huang's eyes, and time seems to sink into eternal silence at this moment.
Gu Yinglian stretched out her hand and slowly stroked his eyebrows, "Now that you belong to the mourning family, we are in this deep palace, growing old together." ”
Feng Huang's eyes were deep, and he only smiled faintly, but he didn't say a word.
At this moment, Sun Xi's panicked voice came from outside the hall, "Queen Mother, an urgent letter from the border for eight hundred miles." ”
Gu Yinglian didn't even have a neat dress, so she hurriedly asked Sun Xi to send it in, and when she opened it, her face suddenly looked shocked, and the letter in her hand slowly landed.
Feng Huang slowly held her shoulder, but heard her say: "The Huns attacked two cities in a row, how is this good?" ”
Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the court is unstable, which is tantamount to the best opportunity for the Huns. I also heard that the Xiongnu had been in drought for several years and starved to death countless horses, which made them more and more eyeing the fertile Central Plains.
What the Queen Mother didn't know was how Gu Jue bullied their princess, which made the royal court of the Huns more and more unbearable, so they attacked the city, burning and looting all the way.
Feng Huang saw that the Queen Mother's face was pale, as if she could fall down at any time, so he hurriedly held her shoulder, and then said, "Weichen is willing to go to fight against the Huns." ”
Hearing this, Gu Yinglian's face changed suddenly, and she looked at him suspiciously, as if she was thinking about his thoughts, but she saw that his face was full of calmness, and she couldn't tolerate the slightest doubt.
Sun Xi is an extremely shrewd person, he naturally knows that once Feng Huang goes on the expedition, if he becomes famous, he is afraid that he will naturally cover himself in the limelight in front of the Queen Mother, which he never wants to see.
At the beginning, he also ordered people to oppress him everywhere, so he naturally asked himself to settle accounts with the queen of autumn.
Sun Xi didn't have time to close the door of the palace before, and the icy cold wind drifted into the inner hall along the veil, and it was suddenly bitterly cold, and the hall was also cold.
"King Nanjing, such a major event is naturally decided by the Queen Mother, how can you call the shots?" Sun Xi said in a sharp voice, his voice was full of anxiety, for fear that the Queen Mother would really do this.
Gu Yinglian hurriedly asked someone to prepare her clothes, and then said: "Immediately wear the will of the mourning family, and everyone in the court will enter the palace to discuss this matter." ”
All the ministers entered Beijing overnight, and some faintly heard that the Xiongnu had occupied two cities, which had been reduced to a Shura slaughterhouse, and that anyone who resisted would be killed immediately.
When the Queen Mother came to the Jinluan Palace, everyone was already whispering somewhere, and all of them looked frightened.
After everyone knelt down and kowtowed, the Queen Mother looked outside along the curtain, but she didn't see Gu Jue's person, and immediately asked the eunuch in charge of delivering the letter.
The eunuch trembled with fright, and hurriedly said: "Back to the Empress Dowager's words, the person sent by the slave was sent to the wrong place, and General Gu slept in the mansion tonight." ”
The Queen Mother was furious again, and she endured it all at this time.
At this moment, Gu Jue also came in a hurry, his official robe was messy, and his hair was loose and loose, which immediately aroused the criticism of the ministers.
Gu Yinglian saw that the woman's lip prints on his face were still faintly visible, so she became more and more angry, and she just wanted to ask someone to kill Yu Zhiyan in the mansion.
And the queen mentioned whether to fight or peace, all the courtiers were single-minded in peace, and only Gu Jue asked to go on the expedition.
Until the sky turned white, an edict was issued, and Gu Jue was ordered to quell the rebellion of the Xiongnu.
Everyone in the world knows that Gu Jue has a brutal temperament, and he handed over all the elites of the six armies to him, and he doesn't know how much chaos he will make in the future, but although the ministers have objections, they don't dare to make trouble, after all, no one has the ability to deal with the murderous Huns.
After the dispersal of the court, the courtiers discussed the affairs until late at night, and then Gu Jue was called to his palace by his sister.
When he entered the inner hall, he saw that the young emperor had already slept, and the queen mother was leaning on the soft couch, and when she heard the sound, she hurriedly raised her head and burst into tears.
"Donglang, no matter if this battle is only allowed to be won, not lost." The woman showed her weakness at this time, "I handed over the soldiers and horses to you, that is, I entrusted the lives of Jiangshan Sheji, my mother and son to you." ”
Gu Jue also knew that only if he won could he deter the forces of the DPRK and China that were about to move, and only then could he keep his sister's position.
At this time, the fire candles in the hall were extremely dim, and Gu Jue's body seemed to be shrouded in the clear light of the early cold moon, "Sister, I only have two things to ask for before leaving. ”
The Queen Mother wiped a handful of tears, "Say it." ”
"First, after Donglang leaves, you must be kind to the cigarette. Second, if Weichen dies on the battlefield, my sister will immediately kill Feng Huang. Gu Jue said solemnly, "If my sister doesn't agree, the Sixth Army won't send it." ”
Gu Jue knew very well that Feng Huang was too cunning, and if he didn't have himself by his sister's side, he would eventually cause a big disaster.
The Queen Mother finally nodded, "Okay." ”
Gu Jue still left, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye to Yu Zhiyan, and went directly to the barracks outside the city.
Until the sky lit up slightly, Gu Jue rode to the barracks, where the soldiers were already standing majestically in the cold wind, waiting for the arrival of him, the main general.
In the neighing of the war horses, they began to kill cattle and sheep to sacrifice the flag, and then bowls of liquor were sent to all the soldiers.
Gu Jue didn't expect that the person who saw him off was actually Feng Huang, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of anger in his heart, no wonder, he is now King Nanjing, and it is more than enough to see off all the soldiers on behalf of the emperor.
Gu Jue didn't have the heart to pay attention to this complicated memorial, just waiting for the guards who went to the Chengguo Mansion to deliver the letter, and he didn't come back yet, he just wanted to leave behind the hundreds of thousands of troops and say goodbye to Yu Zheyan.
Feng Huang walked among the soldiers, and in the silver helmet and iron armor, he was the only one wearing the snow fox cloak, which was left behind and independent. It was as if a blade stained with blood had stained the whiteness of his body.
Everyone looked sideways at this fairy-like man, only a thin figure, keeping his head down, as if he was afraid of being discovered.
This soldier is too short to stand at the front of the line, and it is difficult for people to ignore him.
The scenery walked intently past the crowd, and when he came to the little guard, he slowly stopped, and then turned his head to look at him.
Everyone was stunned for a while, but they saw Feng Huang slowly walk in front of the guard, and suddenly took off the iron helmet of the little soldier.
I saw that the green silk hidden under the thin man's helmet suddenly loosened, and it was actually a woman.
Everyone involuntarily took a breath, it turned out to be an extremely beautiful woman, standing opposite Feng Huang, a pair of golden boys and girls.
"Who wants you to be nosy." Yu Zhiyan couldn't help but be annoyed, but turned his head to look at the jade platform, Gu Jue was watching the soldiers slaughtering cattle and sheep with a calm face, and he didn't notice this at all.
"You want to go into battle with him?" Feng Huang spoke in a dumb voice, with a faint hint of anger, "Don't you want to live anymore?" ”
Yu Zhiyan saw that there were more and more people looking here, so he wanted to snatch the armor in his hand. But Feng Huang obviously didn't intend to make her happy, so he pulled her arm and walked outside.
And Gu Jue, who was sitting on the altar, saw that Feng Huang next to him didn't know where he went, so he hurriedly raised his eyes to look for it, and when he saw Feng Huang pulling a soldier here, he couldn't help but be stunned.
However, when he got close and saw clearly that it was Yu Zhiyan, he walked over with a bold knife and pulled Yu Zhiyan's hand out of him at once.
In front of hundreds of thousands of troops, Gu Jue hugged her tightly at once, he hugged her very tightly, very tightly, as if he was afraid that he would lose her as soon as he let go.
Feng Huang's voice came lukewarmly at this time, "General Gu, it's time to go, if all the soldiers have to say goodbye to their families for such a long time, I'm afraid that the Huns will kill the capital." ”
His words really angered Gu Jue, he glared at him fiercely, and was about to get angry, but was stopped by Yu Zhiyan.
She said coquettishly: "Donglang, is it okay for you to take me, you are surrounded by men, naturally you are not well served, you only treat me as a maid." ”
Gu Jue's hand rubbed the hair of her sideburns, and when she saw her armor, she naturally knew what she was thinking, and the person who reported the news in the house had not come back, so it turned out that she was hiding here.
"No, it's too dangerous, fold the cigarette." Gu Jue's voice choked, and his throat rolled, "The fifteenth day in two months is your birthday, and I will definitely come back before that day." ”
Yu Zheyan's reddish eyes looked at him deeply, full of reluctance, seeing that he couldn't go with him, he had to agree.
She threw herself into his arms again, buried her face deep in his chest, nodded vigorously, tears welling up, "If you don't come back that day, I will ignore you again." ”
When Gu Jue saw her like this, he became more and more reluctant to her, and he could turn his head, but saw Feng Huang looking at them, and his slender eyes seemed to be trying his best to hide the ninja's anger.
Soon the drums and horns of the earth-shattering position sounded, and Gu Jue turned his head to look at Yu Zheyan, but he still got on the war horse.
When the army went on the march, it raised bursts of dust everywhere it passed, and the frightened birds flew by, only to find that the army was like flowing water, with no end.
At this time, Gu Jue ordered several guards who had sent Yu Zhiyan back to the house to come over, respectfully led a short horse, and invited her to get on the horse.
Feng Huang, who was standing beside her, suddenly spoke, "You go back in the carriage with me." ”
Yu Zhiyan was still annoyed that he had exposed his own affairs, and he didn't pay attention to him, only stepping on the stirrups and wanting to go up, but heard his lukewarm voice sounding behind him, "I originally wanted to take you to see Moshu together." ”
She thought that because of Gu Jue's trouble, Feng Huang would never allow herself to look at Moshu, but after listening to his words, she was overjoyed, and she was so busy that she took back her feet.
Feng Huang's carriage was personally rewarded by the Queen Mother, and it was covered with regretful blankets and a few stoves in it, and it was very comfortable to sit in.
Yu Zhiyan heard that Gu Jue was going to go on an expedition yesterday, so he hurried over from the mansion, and he didn't sleep all night, so he leaned on the warm mat and fell asleep after a while.
In her sleep, she faintly felt a warmth on her body, and when she opened her hazy eyes, it was Feng Huang who took off the big coat on her body and covered her thin body.
The sounds outside the carriage gradually became lively, and there was a faint sound of children fighting, and the shouting of street vendors.
She couldn't help but guess, but she was afraid that she had already entered the city.
And at this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly, and there seemed to be a horse barking outside, followed by a man's voice, "Feng Huang, I haven't come out to salute when I see this king." ”
Yu Zhiyan only felt that the voice was very familiar, and when he thought about it carefully, it was the voice of the king, that person had always been arrogant, and he could even kill a woman who had been with him for several years, and he was obviously a ruthless person.
She slowly opened her eyes, and there was already anger in her voice, "You are all princes, is there still a high and low." ”
Feng Huang's eyes were still so light, as if the fury outside was not coming at him. He smiled faintly, "If you don't want the matter of you being with me to reach the ears of the Queen Mother, just hide in the car." ”
She had no choice but to nod her head, and watched Feng Huang come out of the curtain first.
Fortunately, there is a gap in the curtain Shanghai, and I can clearly see the situation outside. I saw that King Xian was hugged by people and got out of the sedan chair, he was still wearing the clothes of a dragon, and his face was also filled with deep disgust.
"Don't think that the dirty things you and the Queen Mother did can hide from this king." Xianwang's voice was cold, "Sure enough, like your mother, she is extremely lowly." ”
Yu Zhiyan clearly saw Feng Huang clenching his hands tightly, trying his best to endure the anger in his heart.
"You can slander me, if you ruin the reputation of the Queen Mother, it will be a capital crime." Feng Huang raised his head and looked directly at King Xian, without the slightest fear.
Sure enough, the king was angry by his words, took out the horsewhip in his arms and beckoned to Feng Huang's body, and the guards who offered the king knew that something bad was wrong, and they were busy persuading the king to stop.
It turned out that although the king hated Fenghuang, he was also passable on face, but today just because the queen asked him to practice for the army, but his serious eight hundred prince was thrown aside, so he held a grudge, and because he ate some wine, he took the opportunity to make trouble.
Yu Zhiyan saw that Feng Huang had been whipped a few times, obviously he could have avoided more, and even the tail of the whip cut through the side of his face, and there was a faint line of blood on the bruised whip marks.
He did it on purpose, Yu Zhiyan clearly noticed it, but what he was for, she didn't know.
Soon the king left, Feng Huang also got into the carriage, there were faint blood marks on his chest, thinking that his knife wound had not healed, and the wound was torn open again.
But he didn't care at all, and when he saw that Yu Zhiyan's gaze had been falling on his chest, he couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, "These injuries are fine." ”
Yu Zhiyan raised his head and looked at him, "Feng Huang, what are you planning for, you can almost use your own life as bait to win the trust of the Queen Mother." ”
Feng Huang turned his head to look at Yu Zhiyan, and sure enough, the woman who knew him best in the world was this woman who hated him to the bone.
"I want the greatest power in the world." Feng Huang didn't hide anything from her, "One day I will make those who have bullied the Nan'an Royal Mansion pay the price." ”
There was silence in the carriage, and they could seem to hear each other's breathing.
I don't know how long it took, the swaying carriage finally stopped, Yu Zhiyan just got off the carriage to see Moshu, but saw the nurse holding Moshu into the carriage.
Feng Huang's voice was light, "Moshu will stay with you these days." ”
Hearing this, Yu Zhiyan was overjoyed, "Really, Feng Huang." ”
Feng Huang hadn't seen her smile so brightly for a long time, as if all the gloom had dissipated in an instant, "It's naturally true, it's just that Mo Shu is used to this nurse, and she will go with you." ”
Soon Gu Jue went out on the expedition for more than a month, Yu Zhiyan was accompanied by Mo Shu, and the days were very comfortable, but the minions in the house saw that Gu Jue was not there, and there were several incidents, Yu Zhiyan was not soft, and it was all down for a while, and the servants in the house gradually respected her.
Bao Xiao'er seemed to like Moshu very much, and fed him spoonful by spoonful with the newly made longan porridge.
Moshu is very greedy, his bulging mouth is almost stuffed, and he still keeps waving his little hands to ask for it.
This kid is really very powerful, Feng Huang and Yu Zhiyan's outstanding places have been followed by him, and the villain is hard to hate.
And the border also came with good news, after Gu Jue went, he fought a bloody battle with the Xiongnu in the city for thirteen days, and then recovered a city.
Hearing that Gu Jue was already pursuing the victory and recovering the lost territory along the road, where he went, the Huns fled in despair, and did not even dare to fight, but only hid in the homes of ordinary people, taking the opportunity to make trouble.
For example, people today praise Gu Jue for his courage and good fighting, and those who want to pull the young emperor off the dragon chair also keep their mouths shut.
However, every time Gu Jue ordered someone to send an urgent letter to the palace for 800 miles, he would give Yu Zhiyan a letter to his family, only saying affectionate words, and never mentioning the bloody wind and rain on the battlefield.
Every time it was a thick stack, scribbled by himself, and some of the papers even had blood stains on them, and I didn't even know when he wrote it.
After Bao Xiao'er finished feeding Moshu, she slowly coaxed him to sleep.
At this time, the messenger came over again, Yu Zheyan put on her clothes, and hurriedly walked to the door, she was still carrying a cloth bag in her hand, which was a few clothes made for Gu Jue.
However, the soldier who delivered the letter did not bring her any letters, but just said with a smile, "Madam, there is a great victory at the border pass, General Gu drove the Huns away, and now he is leading his troops to attack the Xiongnu's nest." ”
Yu Zhiyan didn't expect it to be so fast, and only asked, "Then when will he come back?" ”
"General Gu asked his subordinates to bring you a letter, saying that he would come back from the border on your birthday." The soldier who delivered the message lowered his voice, "General Gu asked you to take the guards from the mansion to wait for him outside the city, he can't enter the city." ”
Yu Zhiyan was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly rewarded the soldier with a few taels of silver before letting him out of the house.
Soon the days passed, and the people in the house knew about Yu Zhiyan's birthday, only Yu Zhiyan lived with her fingers broken every day, she only thought that Gu Jue would lose weight after staying at the border for so long.
Until the day of her birthday, as soon as she was at dawn, she asked Bao Xiaoer to bring her newly made dress and change it on her body.
During Gu Jue's absence, she didn't bother to dress up, and today she suddenly changed her temperament, which made Bao Xiao'er a little inexplicable, but she only watched her ride out of the house on horseback, without even leaving half a word, not even the guards.
The day of Yu Zhiyan's birthday was extremely cold, and even if Yu Zhiyan wore it thickly, the cold wind still penetrated.
Outside the city, the willow trees have been planted for 100 years, and their leafy branches provide occasional shelter for pedestrians, and during the day vendors often sell freshly caught fish below.
Today, however, it was particularly lively, because there was a woman standing under the willow tree by the city wall, and the woman was dressed in red, which was more delicate than the sunset in the sky.
Everyone began to be curious about the identity of the strange woman, that is, someone came forward to ask, but the woman smiled and did not answer, only looked into the distance, as if waiting for this person.
Until Lao Su sold all the fish in the basket, and the woman sold out the chickens and ducks in the bamboo basket, the man who was waiting for Yu Zhiyan still did not come back.
It was getting dark, and the cold wind of the city wall was blowing like a knife on Yu Zhiyan's face, and there was no warmth on her body, and nothing was numb from the cold.
Soon the city gates were about to be closed, and the soldiers guarding the city came and persuaded them: "I am afraid that the girl and others will not be able to come, so you should go into the city, and it is always safe for you to stay here alone." ”
Yu Zhiyan still refused their kindness, and just stood there, letting the knife-like cold wind beckon to whoever of them.
And at this moment, she felt a burst of bright light slowly leaning over, and her heart trembled, and she raised her head suddenly, "Donglang." ”
"It's me." Feng Huang walked over slowly with a lantern, and his voice was hoarse, "Come back with me." ”
Yu Zhiyan was unmoved, only raised his head and asked him, "Why are you here?" ”
"Today is your birthday." Feng Huang's eyes were full of pain, "Originally, I was going to give you some gifts, but I didn't know that you were not in the house, but I only inquired in the city, and I heard that there was a very beautiful person standing outside the city, so I came to take a look." ”
Yu Zhiyan said softly, "I'm waiting for Donglang to come back, you go back." ”
Feng Huang pulled her frozen body over, "What time do you have to wait, do you know how cold it is on the wrists outside this city, and how many soldiers have frozen to death, not to mention you as a woman,"
"I said I had to wait for Donglang to come back." Yu Zhiyan's face was full of stubbornness, "If I can't see him, I will never leave." ”
Feng Huang knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he took out the wine jug from his body and slowly handed it to her, "If you don't want Gu Jue to come back and collect your body, drink some wine to warm up." ”
Yu Zhiyan did not refuse his kindness this time, she took two sips, and the cold air in her body suddenly dissipated, and finally she poured it down one by one, until Feng Huang sent her back to the Chengguo Mansion, Gu Jue still did not come back.