Shen Lie didn't have many friends, and even fewer close friends. Liu Zhaojiang was one of them. When Xia Zhaoxue suddenly mentioned him, Shen Lie didn't understand and said, "We know him."
"Are you familiar with him?" Xia Zhaoxue asked again.
Shen Lie nodded, "Shang Ke, Brother Xia also knows him?"
Xia Zhaoxue smiled lightly and continued to go up with Zhili on his back. As he walked, he said, "I don't think I know him, but I have heard of him. Has Liu Zhaojiang's father, Liu Mo, been in Juezhou for the past six months?"
"No, both father and son are in Cangjin now."
"Cang Jin," Xia Zhaoxue said, "Okay..."
Shen Lie followed him, not knowing what he meant by "good", so he saw him smile slightly and said, "I will go to Cangjin and join the army again."
Shen Lie was stunned.
The man on his back was also stunned: "Senior sister and second brother, are you going to join the army?"
"Well," Xia Zhaoxue nodded, looked at Shen Lie, and said, "Hide it for me and don't tell Liu Zhaojiang and his father."
"What about my little senior sister?" Zhili asked hurriedly, "Do we also want to hide this from my little senior sister?"
"What's there to hide from her," Xia Zhaoxue said, "it's not a shameful thing for me to join the army."
He doesn't want to be known by Liu Zhaojiang and his father Liu Mo simply because he has an embarrassing status now, and he doesn't want to bother others, nor does he want to bother himself.
And since Ah Li is his sister, he should let her know where he is to avoid worry.
"Brother Xia is going to start as a pawn?" Shen Lie said.
"Um."
"No, how can this be possible?" Zhili was a little excited, "Senior sister and second brother, the soldiers in the barracks, especially those who have just entered, will definitely be manipulated and bullied."
"What does it mean?"
"But you have been a general!" Zhili said anxiously, "This is too strange. Don't you feel that there is a gap in your heart? Back then, you were a young general who bravely championed the three armies and became famous all over the world. Now you have to start all over again. To be a pawn in the barracks that everyone can bully, this, this..."
"There are new soldiers everywhere, and there is no difference between me and them," Xia Zhaoxue smiled lightly, "I'm just starting over from scratch."
As for the gap, what he has seen, heard and felt in the past two years has already made him accustomed to the word gap.
What's more, a person who has nothing has the right to talk about the gap, and even if it is a gap, what can he do?
Shen Lie looked at him, not knowing what to say.
Both Juezhou and Cangjin are located in the south of Piyang Road, only a hundred miles away from Hanling Pass.
The Songyang Camp led by Liu Mo was affiliated with the Chimen Army. Three years ago, it merged with the Dading Army led by Weng Ying and became the Left Army of the Dading Army.
It was also this left army that later turned out two traitors, Jin Jianfeng and Jin Jianyi.
The Jin brothers colluded with Tao Lan and rebelled on the battlefield. They cooperated with the Beiyuan army inside and outside to outflank the Dading army.
The situation was critical and at the critical moment, Xia Zhaoxue stood up and was willing to die. He led two thousand elite soldiers of the Xia family to deal with the rebels. At the cost of annihilating the entire army, he dragged the Beiyuan army for half a month, allowing General Weng Ying's army to fight with the rebels. The Northern armies joined forces and the Battle of Shaoguang came about that would shock the world in the future.
Jin Jianyi was later captured alive and executed late in Yangmen Pass. All six Jin family clans were executed. The Jin family's Tangguan garrison was disbanded and reorganized, and 8,000 of them were given to the Chimen Army, which suffered heavy casualties.
The Chimen Army was also the only army among the entire Left Army that did not rebel.
Shen Lie understood why Xia Zhaoxue chose Song Yangying now.
But……
Shen Lie turned his eyes and looked at the old man who had walked away, with the dying girl lying on his back.
What would happen to her if she woke up and found out?
After a long separation, we meet again, and then we are separated again. The cold winter is not over, but the warm spring is coming. She has traveled thousands of miles across mountains and rivers, and only...can she only get together with her brother for a few days?
What's more, separation is the difference between life and death, the separation between yin and yang.
When we get together, we look like strangers and only speak a few words.
She must be very sad in her heart.
…
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Xia Zhaoyi didn't sleep for long and woke up at three quarters of the hour.
The sky has turned dark, and the interior is bright and spacious, filled with lamps, and there are pearl and jade lamp holders in the four corners. The aroma of medicinal herbs in front of the door floats in, filling the room with a dense mist, making it warm and refreshing.
Old Sect Master Pei was sitting at the Eight Immortals table reading a book, while a young disciple lay sleeping next to him.
With his whole body falling apart and his head hurting heavily, Xia Zhaoyi struggled to get up and said, "Old Sect Leader Pei."
The old sect leader, who was fascinated by what he saw, turned around, saw the girl with pale lips, and said, "Why did you wake up so quickly?"
Putting down the book, he stood up and went to the door, where there was a row of small red clay stoves. He picked up the kettle by the nearest door.
The boiling water was poured into the cup. The old sect leader walked to the bed and handed it over. Xia Zhaoyi gently pinched the ears on both sides of the cup and said, "How did I come back?"
"Your master carried you all the way back." Old Sect Master Pei moved a small crescent moon stool to the side of the bed and looked at her kindly, "How do you feel about your body?"
"My master carried me?" Xia Zhaoyi was surprised.
"right."
Xia Zhaoyi blinked his eyes and suddenly smiled lightly.
The master has always been unkind. She has been by his side since she learned how to understand. He has never carried her on his back, and he rarely even held her hand.
She has grown up, stumbled, and relied on her own hands and feet for everything. Because of this, her temperament has become independent earlier than many people her age.
"You haven't answered yet, little girl," Old Sect Master Pei said, "How do you feel physically?"
"It's very uncomfortable, extremely uncomfortable, but this is normal," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Where are the others? Are they all back safely?"
"Well, I'm just resting." Old Sect Master Pei said.
Xia Zhaoyi felt relieved, lowered her head and blew softly. The smoke from the cup drifted away, and the clear water reflected two small red and swollen bumps on her forehead, both of which were above her left eyebrow.
"These pills, your master told you to swallow them all," Old Sect Leader Pei pointed to a small box beside the pillow, "There is a single serving amount inside."
Xia Zhaoyi lowered his head and looked.
"And," Old Sect Master Pei continued, "Ah Li, do you have a twin sister?"
Xia Zhaoyi paused and looked up at Old Sect Leader Pei, "Did my master say something to you?"
"This is it." Old Sect Leader Pei took out a small roll of paper from his sleeve, opened it and handed it over.
There are eight columns in the letter, about 120 words, and it is written to Sect Master Pei. He asks Sect Master Pei whether the person who is going to Qianqiu Palace is a distinguished guest of Yuanhe Sect, why he is going, and whether he is a girl.
Looking for her twin sister, and whether the girl’s surname is Qiao.
"It's really strange," Xia Zhaoyi looked at the letter and said, "This person asked you so many questions, but didn't leave any information for you to reply to. He just kept asking. Even if you wanted to answer him, how could he know."
"The person who sent the letter said that he will send the letter again in three days." Old Sect Master Pei said.
"The person who sent the letter," Xia Zhaoyi was curious, "did he send someone to deliver it?"
