Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 72
"Am I right?" Duanmu Cui looked straight into his eyes, "I'll apologize to General Gao, I'm afraid he will make a big fuss and something will happen again. What are you talking about for no reason, you are someone from Duanmuying, If you say 'slow down', who wants to listen? Can you make trouble with Gao Bojian? When the incident broke out, Shangfu blamed it, and I will take care of it again? You are all such heroes, and you are so arrogant. If you collapse and go to the top yourself, if you collapse innocently, why don’t you smash me to death first?”

She was suddenly very tired, unable to arouse the interest in talking anymore, turned her face to the inside, and waved her hands: "Go down, don't leave a single one behind."

It would be fine if she really lost her temper, but suddenly she was so calm and expressionless, as if she was talking about other people's affairs, which made Zhan Zhao feel a dull pain in his heart, feeling sad for no reason.

In the deadlocked silence, the people in the tent retreated in twos and threes.When Ami passed by Zhan Zhao, he hesitated whether to take Qi Mu Yiluo away.Zhan Zhao saw what she was thinking, nodded, put two fingers on the sleeping point on the back of Qi Mu Yiluo's neck slightly, got up and handed Qi Mu Yiluo to Ami.

Ami didn't speak, and ordered the maid at the side to come and support Qi Mu Yiluo, and after walking two steps, she realized that Zhan Zhao hadn't followed.

When he looked back at Zhan Zhao, Zhan Zhao just shook his head at her.Ami was a little anxious, but she didn't dare to speak loudly, she just pouted at Duanmucui, signaling Zhan Zhao not to cause trouble again.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, gave her a reassuring look, and still stood still.

Ami was startled, then guessed that he still had something to say to Duanmucui, hesitated for a moment, and stepped out of the military tent, thinking: Zhan Zhao just saved the life of the general last night, no matter how angry the general is, He will not do anything to him.

In a moment, except for Zhan Zhao, everyone else retreated completely.The silence in the tent was abnormal, Duanmucui raised his head, stared blankly at the button pattern on the top of the tent, turned his head after a long time, and saw someone was still in the tent out of the corner of his eyes, he was startled, before he could think about it, he quickly reached out and wiped away the tears from the corner of his eyes. wipe off.

Zhan Zhao walked over slowly and sat down beside the bed.Duanmucui looked up at him: "Why don't you leave?"

The circles of her eyes were slightly red, and they became clearer after washing with tears. She did not lose her temper. Her long satin-like hair hung softly over her cheeks, and she was nestled in the quilt fur. The jade-colored jaw seemed to be gently lifted.

Zhan Zhao felt strange tenderness in his heart, and said softly, "It's my fault, don't take it to heart."

Duanmucui looked at him in surprise, Zhan Zhao smiled, he saw himself in her eyes, the light sunlight filtering through the slightly translucent tent roof, soft and warm, just like his current calm state of mind.

In the rare quietness, he suddenly thought of a sentence: the piano is in the palace, so it is better to be quiet.

"I forgot for a moment that you are a general. Although you are not an emperor, you can still move your whole body with one hair, up, down, left, and right, in all directions, like a city to be defended, like a fortress to be defended, you can't push back against the top, you can't push the bottom. I forgot that you have many things. The difficulty is that I am not good." After a pause, a trace of bitterness crossed the lips, "You are right, you can't help, but add to the chaos."

Duanmucui was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at him, a strange emotion slowly poured into her whole body from Baike.She didn't find it strange that Zhan Zhao spoke like this. On the contrary, it seemed that she had been so close to him a long time ago.Even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, he is also her source of warmth. Hugging each other quietly can forget the troubles of the world and ignore the hustle and bustle of the world.

After a long time, she realized that she was out of order, and her body tensed up instantly. She tried her best to suppress the surge in her heart, and said to him from left to right: "That girl... who is it?"

She has never met Qi Mu Yiluo, so it is not surprising to ask this question.

"She's Miss Qimu."

"Oh."

After a brief conversation, there was another long silence.After a long time, Duanmucui whispered: "Do you want to keep her?"

"If the general doesn't make it difficult..." Zhan Zhao carefully chose his words, "Miss Qimu is not a bad person, she was bullied like this...I really don't want her to fall into the hands of someone like Gao Bojian..."

Duanmucui looked at him, thoughtful: "Zhan Zhao, I remember you told me that you lived away from the world before, but only recently left your hometown, hoping to do something in this chaotic world, right? ?”

Zhan Zhao didn't understand why she changed the subject suddenly, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

"How much do you know about the girl from Qimu's family? Just a little friendship, and you are willing to stand up for her?"

Zhan Zhao met Duanmucui's inquiring gaze, and smiled faintly: "It's all about helping the poor and helping the needy."

Duanmucui shook her head slowly: "Zhan Zhao, you can't live here, so go back.

"Before I was 13 years old, I stayed in the Xiqi Palace. The Yushan and Duan tribes were collected by the prime minister and placed under the banners of the generals. The army valued family background, and the status of Yushan and Duan tribe soldiers was low. If you make a mistake, you will be flogged and killed; in addition, the tribe has no owner, and the lord appointed by the prime minister ignores the people in the tribe. The Yushan and Duan tribes are going from bad to worse. Small tribes dare to come to rob and commit murder.

"Later, an incident occurred in the army. A soldier of the Yushan tribe was dissatisfied with the tyranny of the chief servant and killed him by mistake during the quarrel. The elders of the tribe where the chief servant was not relentless. The elder was angry and hanged twelve soldiers of the Yushan tribe one after another, which finally triggered a mutiny among the soldiers of the Yushan tribe. On the second day, the punishment of Dabi was carried out.

"The elders of the Yushan Tribe and the Duan Tribe knew that something was wrong, and seven elders entered the palace overnight to meet me. That night there was a strong wind and rain, lightning and thunder, and I..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled wryly: "At that time, I was feeding silkworms and growing mulberries with the prime minister's daughter, Yi Jiang, and there was still a silk weaving frame in the bedroom.

"The seven elders have been kneeling outside the sleeping hall. I was sound asleep in the middle of the night, when I suddenly heard screams from outside the hall. After waking up, the guards escorted me out of the hall to have a look.

"As soon as I left the palace gate, an elder got up and pointed at me and cursed at me, saying that the two great tribes were about to be wiped out, but I ignored it and was not worthy of being the leader of the tribe. I was anxious and told him that it was the soldiers of the tribe who made trouble , should be punished, what does it have to do with me...

"The elder was furious, accusing me of abandoning the tribe, saying that it would be a disaster if I kept it, it would be better to kill him, and he rushed towards me as he said that. The guard kept yelling to stop him, and finally raised his knife and dropped him, stopping him in the middle cut off..."

She suddenly choked up, grasping the quilt tightly with both hands.Zhan Zhao felt as if his heart was overwhelmed, and he didn't say a word, he just stretched out his hand to cover the back of her hand, noticing that the back of her hand was trembling slightly, he hesitated for a moment, and held it tightly.

Duan Mucui didn't raise his head: "The elder didn't die immediately after being cut in half. He propped his arms on the ground, and crawled towards me with his upper body. There was a trail of blood behind him, washed by the heavy rain, and the whole outside of the hall was like a pool of blood. Even The guards were frightened and watched him crawl over and grab my ankle..."

Zhan Zhao's eyes were sour, and he suddenly said, "Stop talking."

Duanmu Cuizhi acted as if she hadn't heard it: "I was so frightened that I screamed and kicked and tried to shake him off, but I couldn't shake him off no matter what. He was staring at me, and he could still talk at that time He said that the young master was able to stay because the members of the Yushan and Duan tribes were still there. If the Yushan and Duan tribes disappeared, the young master would have no value in Jiang Ziya's heart. Don't think about your tribe, but also think about yourself...

"I also said a lot, I can't remember. Later, the guards reacted and slashed him with a knife. His blood splashed on my face, and everything I saw was blood red...

"After waking up, his words were always in my ears, as if he was dead and turned into a ghost, talking to me all the time. I covered my ears and didn't listen, and the voice could actually penetrate into my brain. I..."

She paused for a moment, as if the feeling from that time reappeared.

"Later, before dawn, I ran to the prime minister's bedroom and pleaded for the lives of the eight hundred tribesmen. The prime minister was very upset, and blamed the Yushan and Duan tribesmen for being unruly, and said that it would be good for me to play with Yijiang. , I should not be in charge of this matter. I didn't know what happened at the time, and I knelt down on the ground and asked the prime minister to give me a general order. From then on, I will be in charge of the soldiers of Yushan and Duan tribes. The prime minister was stunned. He thought for a long time and said that I could not lead the army. I insisted again and again. He went to discuss with Xibohou. Military power is limited to the Yushan and Duan tribes, and I cannot recruit soldiers from other tribes. Later, the Shuhe tribe also joined in, but the Shuhe tribe was too small, so the prime minister didn’t say anything.”

"Later..." her tears gradually fell, "I led the army all the way and kept fighting. I was very afraid of losing the battle, because once I lost the battle, I was afraid that the prime minister would question that I could not lead the army, and I was afraid that he would take away my military power... But Later I found out that even if he won the battle, the prime minister was not necessarily happy...Yang Jian told me that the prime minister was not happy because he was afraid that the power of Yushan and the Duan tribe would continue to grow...not to be defeated or to be defeated, Zhan Zhao, how will we fight this battle..."

She couldn't control it, and cried out in Zhan Zhao's arms.

"No wonder I'm not allowed to attack Chongcheng, but transferred to Anyi. Even if I become powerful, I won't be in trouble with Shangfu, so why keep guarding against me..."

Zhan Zhao heard her muttering: "Jiang Ziya, you cheapskate, future generations will always respect you as Tai Gong Wang, Zhao Lie Wu Chengwang, only I know you are a cheapskate..."

Future generations?

Zhan Zhao's heart trembled, he didn't have time to think about it, he sat up straight in an instant, and looked down at Duanmucui.There was a very familiar star-like light in her eyes, which disappeared in an instant, and Zhan Zhao blurted out: "Duanmu?"

Duanmucui's whole body was shaken, her eyes were distracted for a moment, and then she sat up straight subconsciously, stretched out her hand to support her forehead, and frowned slightly.

"Just now I said..." She pursed her lips, as if trying to think, "In this troubled world, the owl lives like a lamb, Zhan Zhao, you have a very good heart, I hope you can uphold this honesty and kindness, don't think about it." What kind of meritorious deeds do you want to get involved in this bloody storm and lose your own nature." After a pause, a smile slowly rose from the corner of his lips, "If possible, take Ami away. If she is still like this, I will It may not be possible to keep her a second time."

Zhan Zhao didn't speak, he didn't hear what she said at all, his mind was buzzing, only thinking about one thing.

Just now, Duanmucui came.

(End of this chapter)