This kind of coldness is not a deliberate expression of indifference, alienation and rejection. He seems to be born like this. The occasional smile is the gentleness he is willing to release.·
Lin Zhonghu stuttered and hesitated: "I'll bring hot water..."
Shen Lie said nothing and turned around.
Du Xuan was unhappy: "Let's go."
Lin Zhonghu nodded and followed with hot water.
The bucket for bathing was behind a screen painted with a bamboo forest and pine breeze. The water in the bucket was almost full. After the hot water was prepared, Du Xuan tested the water temperature and said, "Master, the water temperature is ready."
Shen Lie arranged the clothes at hand and said softly: "Yeah."
The candlelight in the room reflected his quiet handsome face, and the light was like a layer of cold jade.
I said I was organizing things, but actually I was thinking about something.
The topography of the village, the nearby mountains, the mysterious soldiers and horses building fortifications behind them, there must be tens of thousands of troops stationed in the grain storage warehouse of Puluwu, and the overall turbulent situation in Huazhou.
It was as if there was an increasingly taller mountain appearing in front of him. It was filled with ice, snow, severe cold, sharp and cruel. He needed to lead the sixty people around him to climb over it.
The candle made a "pop" sound, and a thin and light sliver of candle oil burst out, and the deep black bottomless eyes lightly raised and looked towards it.
His frontal lines are also excellent, and his muscles are perfectly oriented. His trousers cover the half-hidden fish line. His abdominal muscles are not as ferocious and thick as those of Dai Yu and others. His complexion is cold and white, and his skin is intact.
Du Xuan came out from behind the screen with an empty bucket, and Lin Zhonghu followed him. He looked up at Shen Lie and found that there were no scars on his back on this side.
No, Lin Zhonghu's eyes fell on Shen Lie's shoulders.
In front of the strong left shoulder, there was an inch-long wound, as if stabbed with a dagger. The color was very light, fading to light pink, but it was still obvious.
Du Xuan suddenly stretched out his hand to pull the tiger in the forest and glared at him angrily.
The tiger in the forest came to his senses and quickly lowered his head.
"Master, please rest early," Du Xuan came over, "It's getting very bright."
"Um."
Du Xuan resigned and left, but under the influence of Lin Zhonghu, he couldn't help but look at Shen Lie's scars.
Du Xuan never looked at the scars on Shen Lie's body in detail, as did several of their personal followers.
Shen Lie doesn't have a scarred physique, and minor injuries rarely leave traces. Those that do leave traces are serious injuries.
The wounds on his back were inflicted by his biological mother Guo Hanyue when Shen Lie was still in the Shen family.
The stabbing on the shoulder was stabbed by a servant in his sleep after he was brought to Guo's house.
The other party was too cruel, and the target was Shen Lie's heart. If Shen Lie hadn't been sleeping lightly and woke up when he heard the footsteps, he might have died under the opponent's dagger.
Who sent this servant has not yet been discovered. The assassination was unsuccessful and the servant committed suicide on the spot.
After the assassination, Shen Lie, who didn't like to talk, became even more silent. As well as the wound on his shoulder, he almost didn't let any doctor take over easily. First, he was on guard, and second, he didn't want to show too many people the wound on his back. arrive.
He has never mentioned a word about this matter to the Shen family in Yunliang. It seems that he is still willing to stay in the Zuilu Guo family than in Yunliang.
Coming out of the bedroom, Du Xuan closed the door, turned around and saw Lin Zhonghu still looking at the door. Du Xuan said in a strong voice: "Don't be too troublesome!"
After scolding him, I gave him a blank look, picked up the bucket and left.
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Dozens of miles away, at the foot of Changshan Mountain, dense forests cover the sky, and large-scale military tents continue to grow in a continuous line, all the way to the depths of the mountains and forests of Daqiu Lake, with no end in sight.
In Tao Yinhe's tent, he was lying on a camp bed with stone slabs tied to his feet. His muscles and bones had been injured for a hundred days. It was obvious that he could no longer march and fight in the past few months.
Mr. Wang was sitting cross-legged not far from Tao Yinhe, and was thinking about Tao Yinhe's next itinerary.
Turning into a cripple with temporarily disabled legs, Mr. Wang abandoned Tao Yinhe completely. He made all arrangements overnight, and when it got dark, he sent someone to take Tao Yinhe back to Zhengbei in the dark.
Another light cavalryman came back to report that no troops or horses had been seen in Shuangpo Gorge.
Mr. Wang was amused and said with a smile: "Interesting, where did this go?"
"Continue to wait?" the cavalryman asked.
"Wait," Mr. Wang said, "just go and wait."
Tao Yinhe picked up the tea cup, leaned on the soft pillow and took a slow sip: "Mr. Wang rarely makes such a mistake."
"No," Mr. Wang said with a smile, "They will definitely go to Shuangpo Gorge, it's just a matter of time."
"Sooner or later? But we won't stay here forever."
"Who is it with General Tao?" Mr. Wang looked at his feet with a smile, "Of course General Tao will not stay here forever."
Tao Yinhe swallowed his temper and said coldly: "Okay, that means you won't stay here forever."
"Well, we will launch an attack at midnight tonight."
Tao Yinhe didn't answer and raised his hand to drink up the remaining tea.
"After successfully capturing the entire Wuqu, we will leave from the mouth of the Guozhuang River."
Tao Yinhe paused: "Why Guozhuangjiangkou?"
"There are many corpses over there, so no one will go there easily."
"Aren't you afraid of the plague?"
"It's so scary," Mr. Wang raised his hand and put it on his chest uneasily, "but there's nothing you can do if you're afraid. General Tao, it's difficult to lead troops on the march and fight! I also want to break my body like General Tao.
Legs, I can have some free time away from the army and go back to have tea and wine with my beautiful concubine as my companion."
Broke your leg, your grandma’s leg!
Tao Yinhe was the best-tempered general around Zhao, and he couldn't help but irritate him in his heart.
Mr. Wang Guwang, who is now at the height of his power in Zheng Guogong's palace, his biggest hobby is to be a troublemaker.
He has no pursuit. He has no interest in fame and fortune. On the contrary, he saves money better than anyone else. No matter how many holes there are in the clothes on his body or the curtains of the carriage, he can still wear them and use them after patching them.
He was not interested in beauties and wine either. The concubine he had just called was Tao Yinhe. He had the good fortune to have a glimpse of it in Zheng Bei. All three of the three beauties were ugly. Even if they were ugly, they were pretentious.
I don't want to look at it a second time.
What Mr. Wang pursues is spiritual enjoyment. For example, now, seeing Tao Yinhe having a bad life makes him happy.
What he likes most is to bully people, fool people, and play tricks on people.
Okay, to a certain extent, they are similar to their family's eldest son, Zhao Yu.
That is, striving to become the most unique troublemaker in troubled times.
Of course, their journey south from Zhengbei is not just about "having fun".
Tao Yinhe was still convinced by Mr. Wang's ability to secretly contain and balance the forces of all parties, and his ability to deal with situations in an adaptable manner.
But for character, forget it, bring him down.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves could be heard again outside the tent.
If scouts and messengers encounter emergencies, they can enter directly without permission from the account.
The young soldier ran in quickly as soon as he got off his horse: "Report! A large number of hidden troops were found in Shuangpo Gorge! The other side attacked first, and our army was defeated in a confrontation. Two people were killed and six were injured!"
