Scenery of the North Chapter 3 Take a step back
Lu An looked at the scenery in front of him for a while, such a scenery may not have so many opportunities to see it again in the future, and then went down to the city and came to Su Mu's side.
Su Mu saw Lu An coming, and without saying a word, he took out a steamed bun from the cage drawer on the side and threw it directly into Lu An's hand.
Lu An reached out to take it, and then almost threw it.
"Xiao Nizi, do you want to burn me to death, how can I eat this? The key is that he is still undercooked, obviously there is one out of the cage, give me an underripe?" Lu An said angrily.
"It's punishment for not coming to breakfast, and you're going to eat this at noon today. After Su Mu finished speaking, he ignored Lu An and continued to do his own thing.
Lao Bai snickered on the side, Lu An shrugged his shoulders, took the little steamed bun and walked away.
Looking at the city wall, Lu An finished eating this steamed bun, and then suddenly realized that he didn't know what to do.
In the past, in order to live a good life, I carried a gun, a knife, and a sword, and trained myself with ordinary soldiers, or in other words, I trained myself harder than ordinary soldiers.
It's good now, being so stirred up by the beard, knowing that it's about to end, I don't want to lift a gun, hold a knife, or even hold a sword anymore at this moment.
picked up the sword hanging from his waist, drew the sword out of its sheath, and found that the sword body was already full of holes, and even the sword body was a little bent. Lu An touched the sword body with his hand, it was cool, stabbed, and a little prickly.
This sword has only been with me for 3 months, I didn't expect it to become like this, and I didn't pay attention to it, Lu An sighed, this should be the 5th weapon he used badly, 2 knives, 3 swords.
In terms of weapons, it is much better than Wu Guo, it is said that Wu Guo's swords, each one is made of fine iron, and the strength and toughness are much better than those of Ning Guo, after all, it is a country famous for weapons.
Just as Lu An was sighing, the bearded man came out of nowhere, holding a steamed bun in his hand, eating while walking, and came directly to Lu An's side.
Seeing Lu An sighing at the sword, as soon as he saw this broken sword, he knew the reason.
"You are a loser, how many weapons have you used in the bad old man? 5th and 6th? If this battle is fought for a few more years, the family will be defeated by you. Hu Yong said angrily.
"It's not that you're stingy, Wu Guo's swords have been put away by you, and then I don't know where to go, in two years, I have killed hundreds of people, you don't even give me a good knife and a good sword, just let me use some tattered weapons, if one day when I fight, I am killed because the sword is broken, then I will not let you go." Lu An said fiercely.
Once, when Ye Yu was broken with the fourth weapon, he specially came to Hu Yong to ask for a good sword and a good sword, and he sharpened his mouth for a long time, but our General Hu threw it away, and it was another Daning iron sword. He also said: "Of course, our Daning's soldiers use Daning's sword, and our sword is much better than Wu's sword." ”
Lu An has always been obsessed with this, but he didn't expect to be ridiculed by Hu Yong now, and continued: "Look at it, this is the sword you gave. ”
When Hu Yong heard Lu An say this, he suddenly remembered that it seemed that this was indeed the case, so he didn't answer directly, took the steamed bun handed by Su Mu and ate it.
Lu An stared at Hu Yong directly and did not speak.
After a long time, Hu Yong coughed, then unsheathed his sword, stuffed it directly into Lu An's hand, and said, "The reward in the palace is made of black iron, which is hard enough." With that, he turned around and left.
Lu An watched this operation blankly, and before he could react, Hu Yong had already walked away.
The sword in his hand was reversed, compared with the previous ones, it was a lot heavier, giving people a thick feeling, Lu An drew the sword out of the sheath, at first glance, the sword body was a little black, the smooth sword body exuded a kind of ghostly light, the slender sword body felt extraordinarily heavy, plus the black scabbard, giving people a very simple posture.
Lu An was very happy, turned around and glanced at Hu Yong who was far away, and saw that he was walking very freely, and couldn't help but praise that the iron rooster had lost its hair.
On the other side, although Hu Yong walked very steadily, his heart was dripping blood, his face was full of regret, and he kept silently thinking in his heart, impulsive, impulsive......
Lu An put away his sword and hung it on his waist, today is really a good day.
Su Mu saw the excitement on Lu An's face from a distance, and knew that Lu An must have encountered something good, so he immediately ran over.
He put his hand on Lu An and asked, "Have you picked up the silver?" ”
Lu An saw that it was Su Mu, it seemed that he was overjoyed, he was seen through so easily, and threw the sword in the direction of Su Mu.
Su Mu was startled, hurriedly caught it, and looked at it, "This is a little familiar, isn't this a bearded sword? Why did he send you?"
Lu An nodded.
"Isn't it just a sword, look at you like a fool, I don't understand what you're thinking, it's better to pick up 100 taels of silver. Su Mu looked disgusted.
"Pick up 100 taels? This barracks is full of poor eggs, where to pick it up, it's good to see a few copper plates, it's the same as a money fan all day long." Lu An glared at Su Mu.
"After picking up the money, then we can use the money to buy sugar gourds, I have eaten them once before, and the taste is amazing, and the taste is really unforgettable." Su Mu looked yearning.
When Lu An heard this, he thought to himself that this little girl's family was also very poor when she was a child, and she couldn't even afford sugar gourds, although her own family was also very poor, but she had eaten it a few times, and then touched Su Mu's head and said, "When this is over, I will buy you several strings of sugar gourds." ”
When Su Mu heard this, he nodded happily several times.
At this moment, a personal soldier of Hu Yong came running in the distance, came directly to Lu An, and said, "Lu An, the general has something to tell you, and I will wait for you in the general's mansion." ”
Lu An was puzzled, he had just finished chatting with me, and now that he had something to tell me, could it be that he wanted the sword back?
The soldiers looked at Lu An standing still, and didn't react, thinking that Lu An was unhappy to go, and asked tentatively: "Then I'll go back and say that I didn't find you?"
At this time, Lu An reacted and said, "No, let's go." Picked up the sword in Su Mu's hand and walked directly towards Hu Yong's mansion with his own soldiers.
It is said that it is the General's Mansion, in fact, it is a slightly larger private house, the hall is used as a temporary conference room, plus a few small rooms, there are many people, there are basically people busy here all night, and it is also very close to the city, there is something Hu Yong can go to the front line in a while, General Hu Da is the first soldier, and he goes into battle to kill the enemy, not once or twice, Lu An has been to this general's mansion several times before, it is noisy, and the people inside are all looking at the sky with their eyes, Lu An doesn't like it, and he hasn't been there since.
This time, as soon as the bearded man left, he specially sent someone over to call him over, and he didn't know what was going on.
When he arrived in the mansion, Lu An felt a little unusual, so quiet, and asked, "Why is it so quiet here today? Where did those nostrils go?"
The soldiers replied: "I was driven away from here by the general this morning, saying that they were annoyed by their daily twittering and noisy, and asked them to quarrel elsewhere." ”
When Lu An heard this, he burst into a smile, it seems that the bearded man is the same as himself, and he can't stand them for a long time, they were still a little useful before, but now that the war is about to end, hurry up and let his ears be a little clearer.
The soldiers took Lu An directly to the hall. At this time, there were already 2 people in the main hall, one was Hu Yong, the main general of Saibei City, and the other was Jiang Tian, the deputy general of Saibei City.
When Hu Yong saw Lu An arrive, he waved his hand and signaled his soldiers to retreat.
Lu An said politely: "Meet General Hu, General Jiang." ”
When Lu An finished speaking, Hu Yong waved his hand and said, "Pretend, get up." ”
Lu An didn't speak and kept looking at Hu Yong.
Hu Yong was furious by Lu An's eyes, and then saw Lu An clenching the sword at his waist, coughed awkwardly, and said, "It's a serious matter to call you here, not what you think." ”
Hearing this, Lu An calmed down a little, before Lu An thought that this bearded man would not really regret his heartache and want to take the sword back.
Jiang Tian looked at the inexplicable conversation between the two, and then saw the sword on Lu An's waist, and immediately understood the meaning. immediately came up to help Hu Yong relieve the siege and said: "Lu An, there is a big event this time, so I called you over, and our General Hu is not a stingy person, he has never regretted it." ”
Hu Yong immediately continued: "General Ben has always been a man of words, and this time there is indeed a big event. ”
Jiang Tian answered, still relieving the embarrassment a little.
Deputy General Jiang Tian was born a few years ago, this person is proficient in arranging troops, Qimen gossip, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then in the past few years, with his own talent and learning, the official position has soared, and he came to Saibei City to assist Hu Yong a year ago. In the eyes of Wu Jun, Ning Guo has two generals, one Wen and one Wu, which is the biggest obstacle to Wu Poning, the text refers to Jiang Tian, and Wu is of course Hu Yong. It's just that Jiang Tian is a little young now, so he is temporarily a deputy general, but this person's vision is far beyond Hu Yong, so although Hu Yong is the main general, many details are under Jiang Tian, and the two join forces to sit in Saibei City, which is also the biggest reason why Wu Jun has not been able to attack for a long time.
Wu Jun once said that if in another ten years, there would be Jiang Tian, and Wu would be in great danger. It can be seen how terrible this person is in terms of strategy, so everyone in Ning Kingdom has great expectations for him.
Hu Yong pointed at Jiang Gan and signaled that it was up to you to talk about the matter.
Jiang Gan nodded, and then said to Lu An: "If nothing else, this battle should be over soon." ”
Then Lu An nodded, making sure that he already knew.
Jiang Tian immediately turned his head to look at Hu Yong, Hu Yong pretended not to see it, and Jiang Tian could only sigh.
"I didn't expect that General Hu told you about such an important matter, so I don't have to bother to talk about the reason. Jiang Tian continued.
Lu An still nodded.
"Let's get down to business, there is news from above, that is, our side wants to negotiate with Wu Jun. Jiang Gan said.
"Negotiations? We are negotiating with Wu and seeking peace? We have been fighting for two years, so many people have died, and now we are going to sue for peace?" Lu An said.
Jiang Tian shook his head, flicked his sleeves and said, "It is we who give them a chance to live, not to seek peace." ”
Hu Yong also said at this moment: "Listen to General Jiang, now everything in the layout of Saibei City is up to him." ”
Lu An clenched his fists, and then released them again, his face was also cloudy, I don't know what the idea of these two people is fighting?
Lu An calmed down for a moment and said, "What does that have to do with me?"
Jiang Tian's face was overjoyed, and some discussed, and said: "There are two things, the first thing is that you need to go to the Wu army camp. ”
When Lu An heard this, his eyes immediately popped out.
"I'm going to Wu Jun?" Lu An shouted directly.
Hu Yong and Jiang Tian both nodded.
Jiang Tian said: "Why are you going, first, in the entire Saibei City, there are people who can make General Hu and me trust, except for you, and even General Hu trusts you more than me." ”
Hu Yong immediately said: "General Jiang said that he was laughing, there is nothing to do. ”
Jiang Tian shook his head and continued: "Second, in terms of ability, at a young age, you can survive in the city for two years, who else can there be in the military camp except you, I think General Hu is not as good as you at your age." Third, in terms of cleverness, you can maintain a mentor and friend relationship with the generals and soldiers of a city, and deal with human feelings and sophistication very well. Fourth, in terms of the sense of crisis, you have a better grasp of danger than anyone else, and more than once helped Saibei City discover Wu Jun's conspiracy in advance. These reflect your resilience, resourcefulness, courage, and understanding to the fullest, so we feel that you are the best candidate for this mission in Saibei City. If it weren't for the urgency of time, I wouldn't be willing to let you, a piece of jade, do such a dangerous thing. ”
After Jiang Tian said this, he looked at Lu An with a strange look, a look of envy and pity.
Lu An didn't pay attention to this look, but after hearing these words, he said: "But I'm afraid of death." ”
Hu Yong chuckled, and said this sentence again.
Jiang Tian's face was as usual, probably knowing that Lu An would say this, so he ignored him and continued: "Since you are allowed to go, then I must tell you the key points of this matter first, and you will be impulsively sent to death when the time comes." ”
"Wait a minute, I haven't agreed yet, why are you telling me this?" Lu An hurriedly stopped.
Jiang Tian said directly: "Your biggest role is to accompany me as my entourage. ”
"Are you going too, does it give you courage?" Lu An said in surprise.
Jiang Tian nodded.
Hu Yong said directly: "The second thing is to ensure that you and General Jiang come back alive. ”
Hu Yong suddenly looked at Lu An with an elder's eyes and said: "This matter, that's it, you and General Jiang are in the Wu army camp, you don't have to say anything throughout the whole process, General Jiang will say the whole process, you just need to ensure General Jiang's safety." ”
"Then why don't you bring more people with you?" asked Lu An.
Hu Yong replied: "We have just been in contact with Wu Jun, the other party agreed to meet, but there is a request, it can only be in the Wu army camp, and no more than 3 people, in order to show sincerity, we agreed, and then I and General Jiang thought about it, there is no difference between going to 2 people and 3 people, and this matter is confidential, the fewer people who know, the better, so we decided that you and General Jiang will go alone." ”
Lu An's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd.
"I went to the Wu army camp to protect General Jiang. Lu An said.
"You know that General Jiang is a Confucian general, this time when he went to the camp of the Wu army, he was not good at fighting, killing and killing, this time is to reflect your role, if not, then it is the best. Hu Yong continued.
"Then why don't you go? In this way, as long as you go alone, your mouth can speak, and you can fight, General Jiang is strategizing in the city, and he will be able to ensure that you come out alive." Lu An said with Hu Yong in his arms.
Hu Yong replied embarrassedly: "Because I am the enemy of Wu State, I have done too many things that can make them kill me directly, and I hate me to the core, and it is not good for me to go to the big thing, maybe I will be shot outside before I even enter the Wu army camp." Besides, in terms of talent, courage, and resourcefulness, it is true that General Jiang threw me several streets, and there is no way to do it. ”
Hu Yong crackled a bunch of words, Lu An was unfeeling, and then asked: "What are the consequences if this thing fails?"
"For Ning and Wu, there may be countless casualties. Jiang Tian said seriously.
"I'll think about it. After Lu An finished speaking, he turned his head and walked out of the hall by himself, sitting on the threshold outside.
Hu Yong and Jiang Tian looked at each other, Jiang Tian signaled that Hu Yong could get ready, Hu Yong was surprised, you are so confident that he will agree?
Jiang Gan said: "He may be afraid of death himself, but he is actually more afraid of the death of others." ”
Lu An thought carefully for a long time, got up and said, "Inform me at any time." Then he left without looking back.
Hu Yong and Jiang Tian looked at each other and smiled, so they took their own actions.
Lu An walked all the way back, feeling that the steps were getting heavier and heavier, and his brows were getting tighter and tighter, and he always felt that he was impulsive again just now, and he actually agreed to this kind of thing, this is not to let himself die, it is really regretful that his intestines are blue. Picked up his fist and wanted to hammer the wall, but he was afraid of pain, so he immediately retracted and could only hammer the air twice.
glanced at the sword on his waist, and suddenly realized, is this the bearded man just deliberately gave me this sword, and then lead me to the set, the play between the two people is really seamless, it is really two old foxes.
I couldn't help but sigh non-stop, I only blamed myself for being too young, good things really can't be taken casually, and said to the sword: "Then this time I can only rely on you." "Walk back with a head shaking along the way.
Unconsciously, he went to the cooking place again, Su Mu saw Lu An coming back, and asked, "It's over so quickly, and I specially called you over, what did you say?"
Lu An beckoned to Su Mu, meaning to say.
When Su Mu saw that it was so mysterious, he immediately became curious, threw down the kitchen knife and ran out.
He squeezed his eyebrows at Lu An and said, "What's a good thing?"
When Lu An heard this, he almost scolded directly, but he still held back, squeezed out an ugly smile at Su Mu, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Take a step back, maybe they want me to be famous in the world." ”
Su Mu looked confused.