It was late at night and the campground was quiet.
Li Chongyi did not take off his armor and lay down with his clothes on. Two giant axes were buckled on his arm guards through the machine brackets to ensure that he could enter combat mode at any time. This made Wang Pu, who was resting in the same tent with him, very nervous, for fear of Li Chongyi.
If he had a dream or rolled over one day, give him such a big ax and his life would be gone.
Suddenly, there was a sound of birds spreading their wings.
Li Chongyi, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes. He suddenly stood up, which frightened Wang Pu. He thought to himself, could he be sleepwalking? He was so startled, what was he doing?
"You continue to sleep, it's okay."
Li Chongyi said something, stood up and walked out of the tent. He curled up his two fingers and whistled, and saw two arrows shot out in the northeast direction. The two arrows hit the target almost simultaneously, one after the other.
"Report!"
"Report!"
A Jinyiwei Xiaoqi flew over, holding a dead homing pigeon in his hand. He knelt down on one knee and presented it to Li Chongyi with both hands. Then, Li Chongyi also ran over, also holding a dead homing pigeon in his hand.
The corners of Li Chongyi's mouth raised slightly, not as a smile, but as a sign of anger.
"action!"
"promise!"
Li Chongyi responded and took off the horn from his waist. As the desolate horn sounded, unarmored guards emerged from the tent. As if there was a rehearsal in advance, they surrounded the entire camp.
Two teams of Jinyi guards rushed into the two tents respectively. After a while, two people who were tied into rice dumplings were taken out.
One of them was Ma Zhou. Two royal guards pressed down on their shoulders, making them unable to even lift their heads. They fell to the ground with their faces covered with dust.
The commotion disturbed the sleeping Zhenla delegation, and everyone was frightened. Prince Moto and Yan Duolu, the princes of Zhenla, came out of the tent tremblingly, not daring to get close, and peeked from a distance, praying secretly in their hearts, never
It was a mutiny. If it were a mutiny, the manpower available on our side would not be enough to kill the armored man by himself, let alone the five hundred soldiers he had.
Li Chongyi ignored it, threw a carrier pigeon in front of Ma Zhou, and said solemnly: "Ma Zhou, my eldest brother praised you very much and granted you permission to graduate early. He also sent you to follow me to Zhenla Kingdom. What a shame.
Trust, but you betrayed my elder brother and conveyed news to others. Ma Zhou, are you worthy of my elder brother?"
Ma Zhou was a man of backbone. He tried to hold his head up, glanced at Li Chongyi, and said, "Now that you have discovered it, I have nothing to say. What do you want to do?"
"Ha!" Li Chongyi smiled cruelly and said, "You have to die!"
His eyes instantly turned red, and he roared: "Those who betrayed my elder brother, and those who disappointed my elder brother, will all die!" As he spoke, his right hand reached out and picked up the businessman-looking man next to Ma Zhou.
, pinched his neck, stared and asked: "Do you think I can't find you if you are hiding in the tent of the Zhenla Mission? You are looking down on me!"
The man was pinched until his face turned red. Seeing death approaching, he shouted with all his strength: "Don't kill me, I'm a bad guy..."
There was a crisp click, and the man's head drooped. He was already dead.
Li Chongyi threw this man on the ground as if he were discarding a piece of garbage.
"I have no interest in knowing who you are. If you want to harm my brother, you should die!"
Everyone was so frightened that they killed him at will without even giving him a chance to defend himself. Who would have thought that Li Chongyi, who usually had a submissive attitude around Li Mu, would turn into such a ruthless person after leaving Li Mu.
Especially when he kills people, his red eyes look like a hungry wolf that chooses people to eat in the dark night. People will shudder after just one glance, fearing that his next target will be their turn.
"It's your turn, Ma Zhou."
Li Chongyi bent down, grabbed Ma Zhou's neck collar, and lifted him up. Li Chongyi's big hands covered his neck, and before he could pinch him, Ma Zhou already felt like he was suffocating.
He asked himself that he and Li Chongyi have known each other for more than a month. Although they are not familiar with each other, they have said a few words to each other. But now it seems that in his heart, there is no affection at all, or in other words, maybe there is such a trace of affection.
But when he 'betrayed' Li Mu, this feeling only added fuel to the fire.
"You have betrayed my brother's trust, and I don't want to leave your body intact!"
Li Chongyi slammed Ma Zhou to the ground and swung his giant ax to chop him off!
"stop!"
At the critical moment, Wang Pu rushed over and hit Li Chongyi with all his strength. The giant ax deflected and passed over Ma Zhou's head. A cool breeze blew behind his head, almost scaring him so much that he wet his pants.
"Let go!" Li Chongyi stared at Wang Pu with red eyes, as if he would chop him into pieces if he heard the word "no".
Wang Pu hugged Li Chongyi's arm tightly and said: "Big man, you can kill that person just now because his identity is unknown. But Ma Zhou, you can't kill him! He is not only someone your elder brother values, but also
He is still"
Wang Pu stood on tiptoe and whispered something in Li Chongyi's ear. Li Chongyi looked at Ma Zhou again, and his eyes became complicated.
Seeing that he was still hesitating, Wang Pu knelt down and took off the note from the pigeon's leg and handed it to him. He stamped his feet anxiously and said: "Big man, don't be confused. If you kill him, you will cause trouble to your elder brother."
!Do you want to harm him?!"
Hearing these words, Li Chongyi was moved. He took a deep breath, put the ax back, took off the dry food bag from his waist, threw it to Ma Zhou, and said, "Let's go!"
Ma Zhou opened his mouth to say something else, but Wang Pu hurriedly stopped him and said: "Ma Zhou, you and I are classmates, that's why I saved you like this. If you talk too much, General Chang He will not be able to save your name."
, if you really take it seriously, do you care about being a Zhuluhou?"
Ma Zhou pursed his lips, picked up the dry food bag on the ground, saluted Wang Pu, turned around and walked back along the original road.
Li Chongyi exhaled a long breath and said: "Dig a hole, bury it, and go back to your tent to sleep. According to the itinerary plan, there should be no delay!"
"promise!"
Everyone responded loudly, and a team of Jinyi guards dug holes to bury the people, while the rest went back to their tents. The people from the Zhenla envoy who were watching did not dare to stay any longer, and they all went back to their tents.
Li Chongyi got into the tent, took off his arm armor, put two axes beside him, lay down and closed his eyes. Wang Pu then got in, secretly glanced at Li Chongyi's appearance, moved over, and whispered: "
Big man, you are too impulsive. You can't do this, you will ruin your brother's affairs."
Li Chongyi was not righteous and said: "Yesterday, I found out that these two people were guilty of something, and I caught them today. During the trip to Zhenla, the eldest brother did it all for the people, involving his family and life. If the news leaks out, it will reach those dogs.
What should I do if I harm my eldest brother?"
"Ouch..." Wang Pu slapped his thigh anxiously and said: "Big man, no wonder your elder brother is worried about you and warned me three or five times. I understand now that you have good intentions, but this
This is not how things are done. Let me ask you, do you think you are smarter, or is it your elder brother?"
Li Chongyi opened his eyes and sat up, saying: "Of course it's my eldest brother, my eldest brother is extremely smart!"
"Isn't that enough?" Wang Pu sighed heavily and said, "Do you know why your eldest brother asked Ma Zhou to come with him? In fact, there was no need to let him come at all. He was only allowed to come because of his identity!
"
"He is a guest of General Chang He's house, and General Chang He... do you know who General Chang He is?"
"I have no idea!"
"Oh," Wang Pu sighed and said patiently: "Although General Chang He is not as good as General Li Jing, General Li Ji and others have outstanding military achievements, he has been with His Majesty for a long time and is an old general of the Prince of Qin.
When His Majesty revolted, it was General Chang He who guarded Xuanwu Gate as an internal response. Today, he is also guarding Xuanwu Gate. Think about it, Your Majesty entrusted his own safety to him, how much trust you have in him.
In other words, he is His Majesty’s confidant!”
Li Chongyi frowned and said: "So, when my eldest brother asked Ma Zhou to go with us, did he guess that he would convey the news to General Chang He, and then reveal it to His Majesty through General Chang He's mouth?"
"exactly!"
Wang Pu sighed: "Master Hou is the smartest person I have ever seen in my life. He knows that there are many people in the valley and there are many eyes watching his every move secretly. He can't hide the fact that he pretended to spread the imperial edict."
, Your Majesty will know sooner or later. So he kept Ma Zhou as an informant for Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will know about this place and not think of other things. How can I miss you today... Oh, you!"
"Then I'll get him back!"
Li Chongyi was about to stand up as he spoke, but Wang Pu stopped him and said, "What's the point of looking for him now? Since Ma Zhou knows that you have seen through him and want to kill him, how can he dare to stay? Even if he stays, how can he dare to stay?"
Continue to deliver the message? Even if you force him to deliver the message, how will he write the message he delivers? What has been done is like water that has been thrown out and cannot be taken back."
"Then what should we do!" Li Chongyi panicked and said, "I ruined my brother's business!"
"The matter has come to this, and we can't do anything about it. When Ma Zhou returns to Chang'an, when the Marquis sees him, he will definitely know what happened here, and he will definitely be able to do something about it." After saying that, Wang Pu looked at Li Chongyi and said: "
Big man, let's continue on our way, but we need to restrain our temper, the murderous spirit is too strong."
Li Chongyi had no response to Wang Pu's persuasion, and just murmured: "I caused trouble for my eldest brother again. Alas, I'm so useless. I can't do such a thing well. I'm really useless."
When Wang Pu saw this, he said nothing and silently returned to his bed and got into bed.
…
Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest!
After getting up early in the morning, Li Mu came out of the house and was shocked by the snow scene in front of him. This was the first time he had seen such heavy snow in Chang'an for so long. There was ten centimeters of snow in the yard, and he almost lost his boots when he stepped on it.
.
"Madam, look, it's snowing!" Li Mu jumped into the yard and shouted into the house, as excited as a child.
Bai Qiaoqiao put on her mink, poked her head out from behind Li Mu, took a look, and said angrily: "Husband, when we were in Mayi, the snow was much heavier than this, and I never saw you so happy."
Li Mu thought to himself, the person you saw was not me. When I crossed over, I was already in the Turkic camp. It was just in time for the snow to melt, but not in time for it to snow. Besides, the Turkic camp did not allow snowball fights.
ah.
Li Mu grabbed a handful of snow, made a snow dumpling, squatted at the door of Li Siwen's room, and shouted: "Siwen, get up quickly, it's time to eat!"
Seeing his childish look, Bai Qiaoqiao shook her head helplessly and went back to the house to freshen up.
"Brother, you got up so early..." Li Siwen heard the sound and yawned as he came out of the guest room. Before he could open his eyes, a snow dumpling hit him in the face. The snow on his face was
It melts into water and flows down your neck into your clothes, instantly making you feel energetic.
"Brother, I will fight with you!"
Li Siwen bent down and grabbed a snow dumpling to fight back. The two of them went back and forth and had a snowball fight in the yard. At this time, they heard someone pushing the door open and coming in. The two brothers exchanged a tacit understanding and each grabbed a snow dumpling.
The heavy snow dumplings were hiding on both sides of the gate.
"Kick me!"
Li Mu shouted loudly, and the two brothers smashed their snow dumplings together.
Snap! Snap!
The expected two consecutive blows did not happen. Instead, there was a red mark on each face of the two people. Because the person who came in was Dugu Jiu, the moment he opened the door, he noticed that there were people on both sides of the door and raised the sword in his hand.
After blocking for a while, the snow dumplings thrown by the two people were blocked back and hit themselves in the face.
"Retarded,"
Dugujiu snorted coolly and walked straight to the kitchen. He hadn't eaten anything all night and was a little hungry.
"Hey, Xiaojiu, who are you calling mentally retarded? Is that how you call your elder brother?"
"Yes, that's what you say about my eldest brother?"
The two of them chased after Dugu Jiu to comment, but Dugu Jiu ignored him. Li Mu became angry and rushed up to Dugu Jiu, grabbed the snow and stuffed it into his neck. Dugu Jiu had never been treated so "frivolously" by someone, and he was a little panicked for a moment.
Although he could easily knock Li Mu away, he couldn't do it after all, so he was restrained.
When Li Siwen saw Dugu Jiu being pinned down by Li Mu, he suddenly became curious and thought to himself that he hadn't seen the true face of this masked guy yesterday. Isn't this a good opportunity? I want to see what you look like!
Soon enough, while Dugu Jiu was struggling and facing upward, Li Siwen reached out and took off Dugu Jiu's mask.
"Let me go, cool..."
When he said 'release', Dugujiu was still wearing a mask. After saying 'release me', the mask had been taken off by Li Siwen. Without the [voice-changing mask], his tone instantly returned to his original appearance.
The "boy's voice" turned into a "girl's voice", and Li Siwen finally saw Dugujiu's appearance. He was stunned and the mask in his hand fell to the ground.
Li Mu also stopped violently. Dugujiu raised his hand and touched his face. The mask was gone. He blushed to the root of his neck. He pushed Li Mu away in embarrassment, picked up the mask on the ground and put it on his face. He disappeared in a flash.
Li Siwen stared blankly at the direction in which Dugujiu disappeared, swallowed, and said confusedly: "Brother, is he a boy or a girl?"