From Luobinfang to Yanqingfang, it almost crosses the entire Los Angeles. On the wide street connecting the east and west of Los Angeles, a magnificent horse-drawn carriage galloped slowly from west to east, and the rolling wheels ran over the remnants of snow on the ground, as if it had also been a dusty memory.

The interior of the car is warm, but the atmosphere is a little oppressive.

I only heard Xiao Di say slowly: "This matter has to start with a rebellion in Wu twenty years ago. I remember that year was the twenty-third year of the Great Qi Jianwu, and I had just turned seventeen years old, and I was stationed in Haizhou with my father. Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued: "Yes, it is Shaoyang's hometown - Haizhou. ”

The two of them whispered "um", they both know that Haizhou is located in the east of Daqi, the land is connected to the Wu country, and then to the east and south is the land of the barbarian tribe, because of its unique location, it has always been called the southeast lock key, and it has been an important military town and a strategic place since ancient times.

Xiao Di continued: "I remember that it was the early spring when it was warm and cold, and one night around the third watch, my father and I were woken up by a rush of footsteps, and then we heard someone shouting softly outside the door, tapping the military tent with his hand. My father and I could hear the voice of Wu Jun, a lieutenant of the Chinese military colonel. His father's face sank, and he knew that something was wrong, so he immediately ordered him to come in, and got up while putting on his clothes. Seeing Wu Jun come at night, I was young and honest at that time, and I couldn't suppress my curiosity, so I also got up and followed my father to the big tent of the Chinese army. ”

"Wu Jun? it can't be—" Xiao Yuanying couldn't help but interject.

It is the current commander of the forbidden army, the faithful Hou Wujun. But at the time he was just an inconspicuous junior officer. Xiao Di glanced at Xiao Yuanying and said, "When I followed my father to the big tent of the Chinese army, I couldn't help but be shocked when I saw two people standing in the tent. One person was dressed in armor, tall and burly, and it was Wu Jun, the lieutenant of the military academy on duty that night. The other man, dressed as a chamberlain, was thin and thin, pacing back and forth with his head down, looking at the situation with great anxiety.

As soon as the guard lifted the curtain, Wu Jun saw us at a glance, and came up with an arrow, bowed his hand, and briefly explained the matter. It turned out that when the soldiers were on patrol that night, they found a man with a suspicious face, so the soldiers took him into custody and guarded him. When asked about the origin of his name and the reason for the situation, the man was always silent, but insisted on seeing his father by name.

Seeing that the man was very popular, the soldiers did not dare to specialize, so in desperation, they reported the matter to Wu Jun, the lieutenant of the Chinese military academy who was on duty that night. Wu Jun's interrogation was also fruitless, but he vaguely felt that the man had a great background, and there was a lot of involvement behind him, so he didn't dare to delay, so he took the man to the Chinese army's tent overnight to see his father. ”

When Long Shaoyang and Xiao Yuanying heard this, they were curious and couldn't help but sit up straight.

Xiao Di said unhurriedly: "Wu Jun led the man to his father, only to see him staring at his father up and down, suddenly let out a loud cry, hid his face and wept, and then he was about to salute his father, but he was already supported by his father. At that time, the charcoal in the gilded brazier in the tent was burning, as bright as day, and I looked intently at the man, and saw that he was about thirty years old, with clear eyebrows and fair complexion, and the appearance of a southerner, but he looked frightened and unkempt, and the hem of his robe was torn open one by one. The tent was warm, but the man couldn't help but shiver...... The more I looked at it, the more I wondered, and I felt that the man's appearance and outfit were strange everywhere, which was very inappropriate.

After a long time, the man stopped crying, but his lips trembled and his speech was slurred, and his father invited the man to sit down, and ordered the guard to serve a cup of tea. The man took it tremblingly, took a few sips, and slowly calmed down before revealing his identity. When Wu Jun and I heard this, we couldn't help but be surprised, if we hadn't heard it with our own ears, we would not have dared to believe our ears. If it were a normal time, I was afraid that I would never guess that the person was him. Guess who that man is?"

Xiao Yuanying shook his head.

Long Shaoyang groaned slightly, and suddenly said, "Brother Xiao, it's Wu Guogong, right?"

"Not bad. At first, the man claimed to be Wu Guogong, said that the country had changed greatly, and asked his father to send troops immediately to quell the rebellion. This change was hasty, and the stakes were very high, Rao is father had experienced the world for a long time, and he stood up suddenly in shock, staring at the man in surprise and suspicion. But the man looked at his father without turning his eyes, and did not dodge. Seeing that his father was skeptical, the man reached into his arms and took out a square seal carved from white jade.

"I glanced at it, and saw that there were several seal inscriptions engraved on it, but I didn't know what was written, but I felt that it was crooked and covered with the bottom of the seal. On the pedestal was carved a phoenix in the form of a vivid shape, with an elegant posture and ready to fly - I later learned that it was the heirloom jade seal of the Wu Kingdom. When his father saw the jade seal, he was very shocked, and hurriedly bowed his hand, apologized repeatedly, and comforted him with words of comfort, so that he could speak calmly. When have I ever seen my father treat people like this? When I saw this, I believed that that person was Wu Guogong.

Later, I heard from my father that before that night, he and Wu Guogong had several encounters with Wu Guogong in the birthday banquet of the first emperor, the annual tribute and other court ceremonies, and they also knew each other's eyebrows, but they never talked much about deep friendship. The first time I saw him, I felt familiar, just because of the change of elbows and armpits, the incident happened suddenly, and the person was dressed in a suit, all kinds of situations are really incredible, it is really impossible to connect the two, and now make up your mind, to retreat as advance, to wait and see the changes, it is inconvenient to recognize each other rashly. ”

When the two of them heard this, they both felt that the old general was as careful as a hair and handled things properly, and they couldn't help but secretly admire.

Xiao Di said again: "Then Wu Guo is fair to recover his emotions and say slowly." It turned out that Wu Guogong had a cousin who coveted the position of the lord of the country, and he had long been disobedient, and had been secretly uniting the opposition forces in the army, conspiring to mutiny and seize power. In the afternoon of that day, Wu Guogong and his ministers had a drink to welcome the spring, and they were happy for a while, greedy for a few more cups, and they didn't feel drunk and ignorant. Unexpectedly, Wu Guogong's cousin took the opportunity to attack, because the rebels had already prepared, and the inside and outside should be combined, and it became a prairie fire for a while, and when the defending army was stunned, they had to rush to the battle, and soon retreated under the fierce attack of the rebels. At this time, Wu Guogong had been woken up by the attendant, and in a panic, most of the alcohol disappeared. At that time, when night fell, seeing that the rebels were about to attack the palace city, Wu Guogong was helpless, and hurriedly ordered people to set fire to several palaces, causing chaos inside and outside the palace. He took the opportunity to disguise himself as an inner servant, fished in troubled waters, and fled outside the palace alone, and then rushed all the way to Haizhou to ask for help from me. When I arrived at the Haizhou military camp, it was already the third watch.

"It's a big deal. Wu is a subordinate of our Great Qi Domain, and the southeast barrier, if it is not pacified by lightning speed, the southeast border will have the worry of war, and in this way, it will inevitably damage the prestige of our Great Qi Central Plains. What is even more worrying is that the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xiliang and other countries have long coveted our Great Qi, and if the two countries unite with the Southern Barbarian States to take advantage of the opportunity to move and provoke incidents, our Great Qi will face an unfavorable situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy.

When my father had heard this, he stood up, twisted his beard with his hands, and paced back and forth in the tent. The charcoal in the gilded copper brazier was burning vigorously, reflecting the father's figure on the tent, only to feel that the shadow moved with the person, as if it were real and illusory. Wu Jun and I both knew that my father was contemplating, and no one dared to disturb his thoughts with a loud voice.

"Father paced back and forth for a long time, then turned to Wu Jun and said: 'General Wu, you immediately send an order, the front, center, and right armies, order 50,000 horses, the army will cook food on the fourth watch, and set off on the fifth watch, and the front army of 20,000 horses will follow me to Wucheng to quell the chaos. The 20,000 men of the left army moved to the eastern front of Haizhou after dawn to prevent the rebels from taking advantage of the chaos to disturb the border. The rear army of 10,000 horses was stationed in the camp of the Chinese army, and responded in the center. There must be no mistakes. Then he turned to me and said, "Long'er, hehe, I was still called Di Shaolong at that time." You set off immediately, lead a hundred Chinese army guards, escort Wu Guogong west into Los Angeles, and explain everything to Your Majesty. My heart was pounding, my blood was surging, my forehead and palms were already dripping with a layer of fine sweat, listening to my father's errands, I was busy opening my mouth to agree, and my voice was so loud that even I was startled.

"The arrangement was completed, and my father said a few words of relief to the Duke of Wu, and then he walked over to me, and he hesitated when he knew that I had taken over this great task, and reached out and patted me lightly on the shoulder twice, and nodded meaningfully to me—my heart was much more settled. Then he turned and strode away, thinking that he was preparing for the march of the army. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Di's face suddenly turned a faint red, and his eyes also lit up, looking very excited.

I only heard him continue: "Seeing my father walking out of the big tent, I didn't dare to delay at the moment, so I asked the guards to prepare a set of clean clothes and change them for the Duke of Wu, while summoning the guards of the Chinese army, I picked a hundred strong and mighty first-class warriors, and chose a horse to give to the Duke of Wu. The guards formed up and protected me and Wu Guogong in the middle. When everything was ready to stop, everyone took torches, turned over on their horses, clamped their legs between their horses, and the horses neighed and went away. I saw a firelight under the dark sky, moving leisurely from east to west.

"Our group traveled non-stop, day and night, and did not dare to delay for a moment, and rushed to Los Angeles. Fortunately, we took the march with us to defend the army, and it was not a problem to supply dry food, water and grass along the way, and replace the horses. Rao is like this, the road is far away, after a few days, people are tired and tired, and dozens of war horses are tired and fall to the ground one after another. That Wu Guogong has been pampered since he was a child, when has he been through such bumps and rounds? He has already boiled his face yellow and thin, his eyes are deep-set, and he is extremely sleepy, and he almost fell from his horse several times...... On the seventh day, the majestic and sturdy walls of Los Angeles were already in sight. The faces of the people were full of joy and joy, and my heart was also full of joy. Happily, when I went to the city to see Your Majesty, I handed over my errands and was able to visit my mother by the way.

"Everything went very smoothly after that. On the side of Luocheng, when the first emperor heard about it, he was furious, and immediately sent a six-hundred-mile urgent message to his father to quickly quell the rebellion, and ordered the border defenders to step up their patrols in case of accidents. After seeing the first emperor, I rushed out of the palace to see my mother. After my mother heard this, she sighed and comforted me that my father could handle it and didn't need to worry about it. In the next month or so, I accompanied my mother Fuqin to study in the house, practicing martial arts and practicing swords, which seemed to have nothing to do with the battlefield fighting and cold light iron clothes thousands of miles away. Ay...... Looking back now, how happy and carefree those days with my mother were, and it was really a great joy in my life!" he said with a long sigh of relief.

Xiao Yuanying listened to it tightly, he had known Xiao Di for a long time, and for the first time he found that he was so talkative and talkative, which was very different from the ordinary few words. When he looked up, he saw a smile in his eyes, showing that he still remembered the past and was fascinated.