CHAPTER XIV
"General."
When the servants saw her coming, they all bowed down and saluted.
She walked straight towards Li Shuxing's side hall, Chu Yu often came to Li Mansion to find Li Shuxing when he was a child, and he was already familiar with the grass and trees here, and the Li Mansion was almost arranged, and he was about to carry Miss Zhou into the mansion with a sedan chair.
Chu Yu pushed the door and walked in, Li Shuxing was lying on the bed, the incense burner in the house was burning with soothing incense, wisps of white smoke were rising, the candle flame was dim, and Li Shuxing was awakened by the sound of pushing the door.
He sat up and was a little surprised to see the person coming: "Ah Yu, why are you here?"
Chu Yu walked over with a smile: "What?" Can't I come before the bride is married?
Maybe it's because I drank wine just now, and it rained a little more, and my face was a little red, but I didn't see a little drunkenness.
"Ah Yu... I..."
"Li Shuxing, you're getting married, but I'm the last one to know.... And you didn't tell me about such a big thing as marrying?" She forced herself and smiled.
Li Shuxing didn't speak, just looked at her.
"You took her for a purpose, didn't you?" She asked.
"......" Li Shuxing was silent, and only spoke after a long time: "No."
"You really want to marry her, right?" She asked him again.
"Yes." This time he answered her question without hesitation.
"That's right, you and Zhou Yinyu grew up together since childhood, childhood sweethearts, your two families are world friends, and marrying her is also a good match, it's much better than me, a poor general who has nothing."
"And she is beautiful," she looked at him, "gentle and virtuous is a good girl, anyone will like her, and if you marry her in the future, you must cherish her."
She turned around and held on to the door, as if she was going to fall down at any moment, and said, "I wish you happiness."
She wanted to leave, but Li Shuxing's heart seemed to be pinched and hurt, and shouted, "Ah Yu."
She didn't look back, only a thin back to him.
She straightened her back, turned her back to him, and said: "Li Shuxing, there has always been only power between us, you will only give up all the people around you who have no use value for you for the sake of power, you and I have known each other for so many years, and I now know that you are no longer the Li Shuxing I know, and you have become a slave of power."
After saying that, she left resolutely, leaving Li Shuxing alone to stand there for a long time.
At night, Chu Yu sat alone on the roof playing the flute, the melodious flute with a hint of sadness gradually drifted away, tears flowed down unconsciously, and her heart was like a needle pierced on it, which made her very uncomfortable.
Mother, is this the case in people's hearts?
Chu Yu sat on the roof alone all night, and she didn't know what she was sad about.
The next day, the emperor mentioned that Bilzamu had invaded the city of Jianzhou, and asked who would like to lead the troops there.
At this time, Chu Yu directly stepped forward to ask for an order: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to take the army to repel the enemy, invade Bilzamu alive, and swear to defend the city of Jianzhou."
Her words were very pleasing to the emperor, and let her leave three days later, that is, the second day of Li Shuxing's marriage, it seems that the emperor wanted her to witness Li Shuxing's wedding, and Li Shuxing's marriage to Zhou Yinyu must have nothing to do with the emperor.
"Obey."
After retreating, Chu Yu walked out of the main hall.
"Ah Yu."
She turned to see Li Shuxing, who was wearing an official uniform in front of her, who had already walked down the long steps and gradually approached her.
The two walked side by side on the way home, both silent, as if nothing had happened yesterday. ”
As soon as he left the palace gate, Li Shuxing suddenly said: "You accepted the order to go to fight the enemy because of me, right?"
Her footsteps paused, and she stopped to look at him: "Lord Li, you are too worried," her tone became a little detached, with a little indifference in respect, "I took the order to go to fight the enemy, this is the task given to me by the emperor yesterday, it has nothing to do with you, and it is also my hometown, where I grew up, I want to protect it and protect the people there."
"Maybe it's really me who is overthinking." Li Shuxing's eyes darkened.
"I don't know if I can come back alive this time, but if I am still alive, I will definitely come to see you and your wife at that time."
"Ah Yu," he looked at her, "the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, you have to protect yourself."
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to throw my life away." She said.
She was just about to leave, but Li Shuxing stopped her: "Ah Yu, in fact, he didn't mean to use that sword back then, he just ......"
"Let the past pass, it doesn't matter." She looked back at him.
After saying that, she turned to leave, and Li Shuxing watched her go farther and farther, until she disappeared from sight, and then turned to leave.
Chu Yu, who was walking on the street, was stunned and collided with an old man in rags.
"Oh, who is so short-sighted? Walk without looking at the road?!" The old man shouted.
Li Shuxing sat by the lotus pond and recalled the scene when he first met Chu Yu.
When the Ye family was wiped out overnight, the young Chu Yu came to the Li Mansion with the head of the Li family, when he broke the eldest lady's favorite jade ring because of his hand trembling, so he was punished, Li Shuxing was punished to kneel beside the lotus pond, and was whipped by the servant with whip thorns, full of whip marks, people couldn't help but feel distressed, he gritted his teeth, and did not shout out in pain, his hands were clenched tightly, Chu Yu couldn't stand it, a stone bullet flew over and hit the hand of the servant who was beating Li Shuxing, this move The head of the family saw it all, but he could only open one eye and close one eye, Pretend not to see it.
Chu Yu stepped forward, looked at the scars on his body, and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Li Shuxing raised his head and looked at Chu Yu in front of him, his throat was a little dry and he couldn't make a sound.
"My name is Chu Yu, what's your name?"
A low voice sounded: "Li Shuxing."
"Why did they beat you?"
"Because.... I accidentally shattered Madame's favorite jade ring. ”
"Do they always bully you?"
He didn't speak, just looked at her.
Originally, he was only punished alone, but Chu Yu also knelt down and was punished with him, and she said to him: "Don't be afraid, from now on, I will protect you, and no one will bully you again."
In this Li Mansion, Chu Yu taught him how to survive, not to be merciful in the face of everything, Chu Yu told him to learn to be patient first, and then trample all the people who bullied him under his feet when he has the ability in the future.
Li Shuxing changed because of the people in front of him, and he lived strong because of the people in front of him.
Thinking of this, Li Shuxing felt a pain in his heart.
He didn't know if he would regret his current choice in the future, but he finally failed her.
A welcoming team came to the door of Zhou's house, the red embroidered shoes on her feet were made for her by her mother, Zhou Yinyu looked at herself in the bronze mirror and happily asked the maid to dress her.
Although her mother did not approve of the marriage, as long as she liked it, as long as she was happy.
Li Shuxing turned over from the horse, wearing a red wedding dress that was particularly bright, but there was no trace of joy on his face.
Zhou Yinyu, who wore a red wedding dress and combed red makeup, walked out of the Zhou Mansion with the hand of the maidservant, she knew that when she left the house, this would only be her maiden home in the future, and the Li Mansion would be her home, and from today she would be Li Shuxing's wife, and the red hijab could not hide the joy in her heart.
He had fantasized about what he looked like when he got married, and when he really waited for this day, the person in front of him was not her.
Chu Yu stood in the crowd of people who came to attend Li Shuxing's wedding and watched them finish worshipping, she picked up the wine glass and drank it all, Yuan Ying saw her and asked, "Why do you want to come because you feel uncomfortable?"
She said: "Because he has only been married once in his life, he will not have a chance if he misses it."
"You said that the friendship of more than ten years has changed, and he said that it has changed."
"Yuan Ying, the world is impermanent, people's hearts are fickle, you can't decide it, besides, it's love and righteousness, it's friendship, he and I are just friends."
"No matter what the relationship is, since he makes you sad, I won't let him go, okay, it's going to leave tomorrow, you have to be careful."
"Well, don't worry, but don't embarrass him."
"Okay, I promise you, I won't embarrass him."
On the day of the march, An Ning watched Chu Yu leave, Li Shuxing stood in the crowd and looked at the people on horseback in front of the long line, he had a lot of things to say to her, but he didn't step forward after all.
It took three full days to rush to Jianzhou, and as soon as they entered the city of Jianzhou, the people were waiting there to meet them.
She has been on the battlefield many times to kill the enemy, a border god who can kill ten people alone, she has led the soldiers to life and death, life and death, and she can return safely every time, whether she can go back alive this time, she herself is not sure.
We all know that the knife under Bilzamu's hand is extremely sharp, and anyone who is cut by this knife will not escape death, and many people have died under his knife.
After entering the city, the people warmly invited them to their homes for dinner, but Chu Yu refused.
Inside the big tent, Chu Yu looked at the map on the table, this is the all-round map of Jianzhou City, at this time, the soldiers on the side said: "General, there are more people in Bilzamu than ours, I'm afraid the probability of winning is very small."
"I have 30,000 soldiers and horses under my command, and I have enough to spend with Bilzamu."
"But if you really want to fight, you won't need so much
"Tomorrow you will take more than 3,000 troops to attack their camp, and let Bilzamu think that we do not have enough men and let him relax his vigilance, and I will lead people to raid them from the other side, then it will be a good time for us to win." Her confident voice echoed through the tent.
On the second day, everyone acted according to the original plan, and when they saw the destruction of Bilzamu's camp, Chu Yu said, "Tomorrow I will die as if I were going home."
In order to celebrate today's victory, Chu Yu cut his finger and dripped blood into the wine jar, and everyone dripped blood into the wine one by one.
Chu Yu poured wine for everyone and raised his glass: "Brothers have drunk this bowl of wine, we will go all out tomorrow."
"The undead are above," she raised her glass, "whoever takes my homeland, kill!" Whoever messes with my brother, kill! Whoever messes with my own heart and nature, kill, kill, kill!" With that, she threw her head up and drank it down, and threw the glass to the ground, and the sound of the glass shattering began one after another.
A golden armor reflected the light, and she raised a flag and shouted: "Wei Xing, I prosper, Wei dies, I die!"
"Wei Xing, I prosper, Wei dies, I die!"
"Wei Xing, I prosper, Wei dies, I die!"
"Wei Xing, I prosper, Wei dies, I die!"
In the silent valley, only the loud voices of the warriors could be heard echoing in the mountains.
There was an instant sound of fighting at the top of the cliff, the sound of sword collision, the sword in Chu Yu's hand stabbed straight into Bilzamu's chest, Bilzamu dodged away, and after a few rounds of fighting, Bilzamu slashed her leg, and her sword also stabbed him in the chest, and the two fell off the cliff.
The commander ran to the cliff and shouted, "General!"
When Bilzamu's men saw that the leader was dead, they all lowered their broadswords and surrendered.
The commander immediately sent people down to find Chu Yu who had fallen off the cliff.
When the emperor learned the news, he also sent some people to look for her, and Li Shuxing panicked when he learned that General Chu and Bilzamu both fell off the cliff and their whereabouts were unknown.
When she awoke, she saw herself at the bottom of the cliff, and she was in pain, and she gritted her teeth and looked at the dead Bilzamu, who struggled to climb to a rock.
She didn't know how many times she had passed out, and when she woke up again, she saw a hungry wolf approaching her in front of her, it seemed that she smelled blood, and now, she couldn't struggle, because she was just about to move, but she found that her legs couldn't move, her legs were numb, she closed her eyes and gave up struggling.
At this time, a figure came to mind, Li Shuxing, but thinking about him again, he is no longer alone, now, he has a wife, he should live a very happy life, think about it like this, there is no one to worry about in this world, no, there is another person, the person she has waited for ten years but has no news, that is her most important relative in this world, and the person she can't let go of the most.
She opened her eyes without the pain of being torn by the wolf for a long time, looked at the person who was killing the hungry wolf with a sword, and gradually couldn't see the person's figure clearly, lost consciousness, fell asleep, and only heard the man's cry in a daze: "Ah Yu!" Slowly swallowed up by darkness until the man's voice could no longer be heard.
She walked back to the Bing Mansion step by step along the road in her memory, pushed open the door, looked at the familiar Bing Mansion, and saw Bing Xuanyue sitting under the gazebo sewing clothes, she remembered that the clothes were made for her by her mother, she walked to her mother step by step, and her mother saw her stand up and called, "Yu'er."
She looked at the woman in front of her and called excitedly and happily: "Mother."
The woman hugged her, "Alas, good boy.
"Mother."
"Mother is here."
"Where have you been all those years? Why didn't you come to me?" She asked.
"My mother has a lot of things to do, so I didn't go to you, but my mother misses you very much."
"Mother, I miss you too, I thought you wouldn't come."
"How could it be, my mother said that she would come, and she would definitely come."
"Yu'er, you have to learn to take care of yourself in the future, your mother can't be by your side for the rest of your life."
"Mother, I would have taken care of myself a long time ago."
"My mother is not by your side, watching you grow up, my mother is sorry for you."
"As long as you come to me."
"By the way, you see the clothes that my mother sewed for you, do you like it?"
"I like it."
She picked up the garment and put it in front of her and tried it on, "The size hasn't changed." ”
Her stomach rang, and her mother smiled and said, "Hungry? My mother will make you something to eat. ”
"Well, I want to eat green onion noodles."
"Okay, my mother will make it for you."
She followed her mother to the kitchen, watched her mother skillfully cut green onions, cut noodles in the pot, after doing this, the noodles finally came out of the pot, and her mother brought the noodles to the table and said, "Eat it while it's hot." ”
She sat down, picked up chopsticks and ate the noodles made by her mother, the taste was still the same in her memory, and the person in front of her was still the person in her memory, and she felt extremely happy at this moment.
Her mother looked at her and smiled and asked, "Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious."
"Eat more if it's delicious."
"Child, the mother is leaving, and she must take care of herself in the future." With that, she turned and walked out.
Chu Yu got up and said, "Mother, where are you going?"
The mother didn't answer her again until she walked farther and farther away, and the figure disappeared from sight.
She chased after her, fell to the ground, and did not catch up with her mother.
When she woke up, she was already lying on the bed, a blank mind gradually emerged from the previous memory, she looked at the simple room, she lifted the quilt on her body, got out of bed, but there was a pain in her leg, she fell to the ground.
"Ah Yu!"
At this time, a man dressed in white and wearing a jade head walked in when he heard the sound, saw her sitting on the ground, hurriedly dropped the things in his hand, walked over and picked her up, and put her on the bed.
"Zhou Ci...... Looking at his long hair raised in the jade pavilion, he said, "What kind of place is this?" Where's my armor?"
"In a village on the edge of Jianzhou City, you were too seriously injured, so I found a quiet village to live in, which is convenient for recuperation, and I will help you take off your armor to prevent your injuries from recuperating." The pitch-black pupil moved, and he explained unhurriedly.
He examined the wound on her leg, and sure enough, the wound was open again.
"Does it hurt?" He asked as he took apart the gauze and put on a new one.
She shook her head.
"You lie down and rest for a while, and I'll decoct the medicine for you."
"Zhou Ci." She opened her mouth to stop him.
He looked back at her, waiting for her next sentence, only to say, "Nothing." He was stunned for a moment, then turned and went out.
She lay on the bed, looking at the beams and rubble above her head, wondering what she was thinking.
While eating, Zhou Ci kept carrying vegetables into her bowl, and after a while, a small mountain had been piled up in the bowl.
"Eat more, you have lost weight after a year." He said.
Chu Yu saw staring at the meat in the bowl opposite him, swallowing saliva and looking at her child, she smiled and hugged the child, and fed all the meat in the bowl to the child.
The woman knew at first glance that she liked children, and said with a smile, "You like children so much, why don't you have one with your husband?"
The woman's words made the two of them stunned, but it was only for a moment, and Chu Yu smiled again and looked at the woman without speaking.
Chu Yu lay on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, at this time Zhou Ci walked in and closed the door, they pretended to be husband and wife outside, and the woman only arranged one room.
After putting on his coat, he sat on the couch, and was about to lie down, when Chu Yu threw over a blanket and said, "Add more quilts when it's cold, be careful of catching a cold."
With that, she lay down and turned her back to face the wall.
Zhou Ci stared at her somewhat thin back with a blanket for a long time, and then lay down and closed his eyes for a while.
Chu Yu woke up early the next morning and saw that she was covered with an extra blanket, and the couch next to her was empty, thinking that Zhou Ci should have gone out, she walked out of the house with a cane, and saw the child who was already waiting outside the door, she walked over: "Why did you get up so early?"
"I want to fly a kite with my sister." The childish child's voice sounded in my ears.
"Okay." Chu Yu agreed.
"By the way, you haven't told my sister what your name is?"
"My name is Mo Yan."
"Mo Yan ......," she read the name, "It's a good name."
Zhou Ci came out to ask them to eat, but saw a big and a small one flying kites, Chu Yu had a smile on her face, she hadn't laughed like this for a long time, she kept pulling the rope in her hand, she couldn't bear to call them, he looked quietly for a while, and then said, "It's time to eat."
Sometimes Chu Yu saw a woman holding her child's hand, a little distracted, thinking of her mother, more than ten years, she still didn't come to her, sometimes she would think: She didn't come to her, maybe she was in trouble, right? I thought that as long as she waited, waited, maybe she would come to her, right?
He saw her standing there alone staring at a mother and daughter in a daze, and did not step forward, but just stood behind her and watched her silently.