There was a moment of silence in the camp where the medicine was boiled.
Miss Jun looked at Zhu Zan and pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something but felt she had nothing to say.
"Silly." She finally rolled her eyes and turned around to pick up the medicine pot.
"Don't pretend to be stupid." Zhu Zan hummed and followed, watching Miss Jun slowly pour out the brewed soup.
The concoction is rich and dark, and the bitter and slightly sweet smell instantly fills your nose.
"Why am I pretending to be stupid?" Miss Jun said, her face a little blurry in the steaming white smoke, "Didn't your father tell you that the engagement was fake? It's just a stopgap measure, don't think too much about it."
Zhu Zan snorted.
"I've seen a lot of tricks like yours," he said.
Miss Jun put the medicine bowl into the tray.
"What's the trick?" she asked casually, taking out an herb from the medicine box and carefully chopping it up with a knife.
The soft and crisp sound of tinkling tinkling in the camp does not make people feel irritated, but makes them feel inexplicably calm.
This serious order seemed like he was making trouble unreasonably.
Zhu Zan stared, but couldn't get angry. After all, he was preparing medicine for his father.
"Retreat in order to advance." He gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to welcome me, you still reject me. I deliberately told my parents that you are doing this for the sake of righteousness. The Crown Prince's wife is even more of an expedient. You don't take it seriously and don't care about being raped."
Once your reputation is exhausted, my parents will sympathize with you and like you more, and you will get what you want."
Miss Jun sprinkled the chopped herbs into the medicine bowl and looked up at him.
"What wish? What reward?" she said.
"Why are you pretending?" Zhu Zan said, "Be serious and talk about serious things. Don't be so unserious."
Miss Jun laughed.
"Okay, don't worry, I don't covet you." She said, "Why can't I serve the country and the people righteously? Am I not that kind of person?"
Zhu Zan laughed twice.
"Are you that kind of person?" He asked, "You would do such a thing for no reason?"
Miss Jun tilted her head and thought for a while.
"Thinking about it, it's really not the case. If it weren't for your parents to escort the people in Bazhou Hejian, I would go there even if I didn't have money, but as for Yizhou..." She said slowly and shook her head, "I probably won't go.
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"Do you think so!" Zhu Zan shouted, "You still say it's not because of me?"
Miss Jun laughed.
"Zhu Zan." she shouted, "enough is enough for you."
"Enough is enough, I know very well the little thoughts of women like you." Zhu Zan said with a solemn expression.
Miss Jun ignored him, picked up the tray and walked out.
Zhu Zan followed her.
"I'm very grateful for what you did to my parents. If you have any conditions, just ask for anything you want."
"There's just one thing. Don't even think about it if you commit yourself to me."
"Even if my parents agree, I won't agree. Don't think that you can force me by winning over my parents."
Miss Jun rolled her eyes.
"Little Zhu Er," she said, turning her head to look at him, "Don't worry, I don't have a crush on you. Can you please stop being so nervous about your own life? Don't make a fuss with me. Let me give it to your father first."
Can you treat the injury and send medicine?"
Zhu Zan snorted.
"Who told you to call me Zhu Erxiao?" He immediately reacted and said with a glare.
Miss Jun rolled her eyes at him again, raised the curtain and walked out.
Zhu Zan followed him out, looked at the woman's back, smelled the strong aroma of medicine spreading all the way, and stood there and exhaled.
"You don't like me?" He reached out and pinched his chin, raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Who believes this? Who can look down on a person like me?"
As he finished speaking, he saw someone stopping not far away from the corner of his eye.
He raised an eyebrow and looked over.
"Your Majesty..." Lei Zhonglian blurted out, then shook his head hurriedly, with a bit of nervousness, "No, no, Your Majesty."
Zhu Zan looked at him without saying anything.
"Master, do you still remember me?" Lei Zhonglian said, with a look of reverence.
Although he admired Ling Jiu Gongzi a bit at the beginning, he didn't have a close relationship with him. In addition, his image at that time was really...
Now that he knew that Ling Jiu was the eldest son of Duke Chengguo, and heard that the eldest son stopped the Jin army in Xiongzhou of Baozhou and retreated to protect the people, he admired him even more.
You must know that the prince does not have as many soldiers and horses as they do, and he does not have the sharp weapons they have. He has personally experienced how difficult it is to stop the gold thieves and protect the people from retreating.
Zhu Zan looked at him and narrowed his eyes.
"Of course I remember you." He said, "It's you again."
Lei Zhonglian was slightly startled.
"Look at what you are looking at, and then give me money." Zhu Zan said angrily, swung his sleeves and strode away.
In fact, meeting him is not as good as being famous. It is better that the reputation and respect of Duke Chengguo and the Crown Prince remain in the legend.
Lei Zhonglian stood there and thought.
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Spring is warm, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the severe cold of winter has been swept away, the spring breeze has become less pleasant, and a strong wind blows the dust.
Horse hooves trampled on the road, and a group of people and horses marched in a mighty manner, with colorful flags fluttering, and the uniform red armor was particularly bright in the sunlight.
The front cavalry, the infantry, and the rear baggage vehicles and grain and grass chariots accompanied them in a mighty manner.
Teams of fast horses galloped ahead, running back from time to time to convey where they had arrived.
Word spread quickly about the team's actions.
The soldiers guarding the city in Tang County saw soldiers and horses approaching from a distance, and were frightened and frightened. Fortunately, they soon learned that they were soldiers and horses of Duke Cheng who had withdrawn from Yizhou and were stationed at Anyangkou.
"So it was Duke Cheng Guo who broke camp?"
Officials from Tang County rushed to the city gate wall to look outside.
They all learned the news when Duke Cheng Guo entered Dingzhou from Yizhou. As subordinate officials, they immediately went to express condolences in person, but like all the officials and generals in Dingzhou Prefecture, they were turned away.
No one saw Cheng Guogong.
Everyone speculated that Duke Cheng Guo might be seriously injured, especially since the prince Cheng Guo arrived a few days ago. According to people who peeped outside the camp, they saw that the prince's eyes were red and he was frowning every day.
Maybe I won't be able to become a Duke.
The death of Duke Cheng Guo had a huge impact, so these people delayed it as much as they could, and covered it up whenever they could.
Can't it be delayed now?
The officers and generals standing on the city wall looked nervously as the soldiers and horses on the road got closer and closer, and their expressions became more and more surprised.
This pair of men and horses looked so majestic and well-groomed, but there was no trace of desolation or abandonment.
"It's not that he is a defeated general."
"Aren't all Duke Cheng's soldiers dead and disabled?"
Many people on the city wall were talking in low voices. Looking at the soldiers and horses getting closer and closer, they felt the pressure on their faces.
That kind of coercion was baptized from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
"Quick, quick, welcome the Duke." A general shouted subconsciously.
Saying these words made the people around him a little confused.
According to the original discussion, they did not plan to let Duke Cheng's troops enter the city. After all, they still didn't know how the court would judge Duke Cheng's behavior, especially since they heard that Duke Cheng was seriously injured and was about to die.
There is no need to offend the imperial court over this dead man.
But now that I don't see him, all my previous thoughts are gone.
Duke Cheng Guo is still Duke Guo Cheng. This military appearance makes people fear and admire him.
Others immediately made a decision and went down to greet them, but saw that the army did not stop at all and roared around the county seat.
The direction to go is Dingzhou Prefecture.
Officials in Dingzhou also knew immediately that Duke Cheng's army was leaving camp.
There were soldiers and horses standing outside Dingzhou City early. Behind them, countless people gathered from all directions. All the people looked nervously into the distance.
The ground roared, horses' hooves thundered, and a group of people gradually appeared in everyone's sight.
They were tall and straight, with fine armor, carrying crossbows and long knives with quivers on their backs. They lined up and came with majesty like a mountain.
There are many Sheng flags in the queue, and three pole flags are raised high.
A stick with a yellow heart and a red border, with the words "Shun'anjun" written on it.
A stick with big red gold letters reads "Qingshan Army".
The middle one surrounded by these two flags is a large flag with black characters on a white background and a flame beside it. The inscription has only one word, Zhu.
Cheng Guogong, Zhu Shan.
It is the banner of Chengguo Gong Zhushan.
As several horses galloped back and forth, the men and horses got closer and closer. After a while, the horns sounded, and the army stopped. Except for the swishing of the sheng flag, no sound was heard.
Another horn sounded, the military formation separated on both sides, and a large vehicle slowly drove out. The large red flag was erected on this vehicle.
As the car drove out, a person sitting in the car also stood up.
He is wearing heavy silver armor and is tall, but he is not as fierce as other generals, probably because of his fair complexion.
Seeing this man standing up, the originally noisy crowd outside Dingzhou Prefecture suddenly became silent, and seemed to be frozen inside and outside. All eyes were fixed on this man walking steadily out of the car, and took over the car that was carried by the soldiers on the side.
The big sword was easily held up, and the big sword was slammed on the ground.
The ground seemed to be shaking.
"I, Zhu Shan, am back." Wen Chun's voice sounded.
With this sound, the quiet crowd suddenly became excited, with countless people shouting and laughing, and some even knelt down one after another.
"Dong Chengguo!"
"My lord!"
There were shouts and tsunamis, and the whole world was boiling.
Looking at this scene, the officers present had complicated expressions.
"By returning without dying this time, Duke Cheng's prestige will be even greater." A civil servant sighed softly.
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Listening to the cheers and looking at the ecstatic and fearful expressions of the officials in front of the people in front of them, Miss Jun had a broad smile on her face.
Someone coughed heavily behind her.
"What the hell are you coming up with? My father never shows off in front of others." Zhu Zan said dissatisfied in a low voice, "It's too exaggerated."
"It's not exaggerated." Miss Jun turned to him and smiled, "I think it looks good."
He pointed forward again.
"Everyone thinks it looks good, how beautiful and shocking it is."
This is how Duke Cheng should appear, not the one who is seriously injured and weak. Although Duke Cheng's staff say that this can capture people's hearts better, Miss Jun feels that people's hearts are never captured by tragedy.
"Only by being strong and unstoppable can we win people's hearts." She said, looking up at Duke Cheng Guo standing majestically in front of the military formation.
We must let everyone know that Duke Cheng will survive a hundred battles and is invincible.
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Today is Monday, I really cried when I heard this.
Just ask for a vote, thank you, thank you. (To be continued)