Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 78 The Soul Comes Back (1)
Ami dipped the soft silk in her hand into the warm water of the copper basin. After the silk was stretched and soaked, she took it out, twisted the water, unfolded it, folded it into a small square piece, and carefully wiped off the dirt on Duanmucui's face. Blood.

From time to time, tears rolled down her face, and she had to suspend her hand movements to wipe away the tears.

It was very quiet in the main tent, only she and Yang Jian, Yang Jian sat on the couch behind the case with his back to her.The candle flames on the case danced weakly, like the last ray of life that was about to die.The candle fainted slightly, trying to envelop Yang Jian's lonely and tired back with all his strength.

Someone outside the tent reported in a low voice: "General Zhuchang has arrived and was stopped outside Anyi City."

The hub has arrived?

Ami was startled, her back seemed to be frozen, Yang Jian said lightly: "Please."

The footsteps of the approaching people went away, Yang Jian stood up with the cloak, seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be talking to Ami: "Before I came, I invited Zhuchang to go with me, and I will attack Chongcheng in three days. I think I should let him see you." See Duanmu, who knows..."

Who would have expected such an accident for Duanmu's business?
"Then what should we do?" Ami was at a loss, her voice trembling slightly.Even if she is not familiar with the world of the battlefield, she also knows that it is absolutely inappropriate for Zhuchang to see Duanmucui at this moment, "Do you want to..."

While speaking, she grabbed the white cloth, trying to hide Duanmucui.

"What do you want to do?" Yang Jian laughed at himself, "Zuchang is not a fool, the dignified General Xiqi, was blocked from Anyi, how can he not guess that Anyi has changed? When he entered the city, he saw chickens and dogs jumping all over the city. Wouldn't you be suspicious? Zhu Ji is unruly and fierce, and he will definitely ask someone to question him. Duanmu Yingbing guards will not dare to reveal it if I show you, but the lingering in the mournful words on the face of Shang's eyes can't be fake Yes. They are all people who are used to seeing life and death on this battlefield, so they must have already guessed five or six points."

He paused, and was about to say something more, when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes outside the tent.

The sound of the hoofbeats was still far away at first, but in a short while it was approaching, the horses were panting sharply, the saddle bridle was muffled, and there was a moment of commotion outside the tent, as if someone was trying to stop it: "General..."

Without saying a word, it was thrown away, hit the ground heavily, and the armored soldiers hit it.Yang Jian laughed and said, "The sound of the hooves is as fast as a turbulent stream, and the person who comes is as violent as a rainstorm. Ami, even if you don't see the person's face, you can tell the priority by the momentum."

Ami's eyes widened, she didn't understand why Yang Jian was explaining to her the military's behavior at this moment.

Before he could react, the curtain was pulled down with a thud, and the wind and sand outside the tent rushed in. Yang Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, and in a blur, he saw Zhuchang's tall figure standing outside the tent.

I was speechless for a while, and after a while, I saw Zhuchang drop the curtain in his hand and strode towards Duanmucui's place.

Ami was a little flustered, and subconsciously avoided it.Hub Chang stopped suddenly, fixed his eyes on Duanmu Cui's pale face, stretched out his trembling hand for a long time, and lightly touched her face with the back of his hand.

The tentacles were cold, Zhu Chang's throat rolled, his eyes closed, two lines of hot tears silently rolled down his face, and he said in a muffled voice, "I knew it."

In the silence, Yang Jian's calm to almost indifferent voice sounded: "What do you know?"

Hub Chang withdrew his hand, smiled miserably, and did not answer.

"Attack Chongcheng in three days. How about the battle plan? The soldiers and guards in the battalion have been drilled well? Where is the cloud car? Is there enough food and grass? Who will be the forward? Who will control the troops?"

Zhu Chang was furious, and turned his head suddenly: "Yang Jian!"

"how?"

"Duanmu's body is not cold, you are here to say these irrelevant things!"

"It doesn't matter?" Yang Jian sneered, "General Zhuchang must be cautious in his words and deeds. What you say is irrelevant. In my opinion, your life is at stake. You invited the battle card of Chongcheng, and the prime minister's order to attack the city in three days. , at this very moment, shouldn’t you be in full swing and set up the sand table to summon your subordinates to plan a war?”

Zhu Changhu's eyes were wide open, and the anger in his eyes was about to burn Yang Jian: "Yang Jian, Duanmu is dead!"

"She is dead, how did you know?" Yang Jian's face was as cold as ice, "The battle is imminent, and the general will not leave the tent. You were supposed to plan in the camp tonight. How did you know that Anyi had changed? How did you know that Duanmu was assassinated?" ? You're not supposed to be here, so you don't know anything."

"If I were you, I would straighten my clothes and saddle right now, go back to the camp to plan for the battle, and concentrate on attacking the city without any other distractions. When Chongcheng is captured, it's up to you to go crazy, drunk, die, or live."

Zhuchang was silent for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yang Jian, you are so cruel. You know, Duanmu is almost my first wife."

Yang Jian sighed: "Of course I know. But Zhuchang, you are a general first and foremost. If the siege was not imminent, I would let you get drunk and cry here. Unfortunately, if the war is about to break out, you will be the life of the entire battalion. It is the trend of the battle between the two parties, the relationship between them, I believe you know it without telling me, how can you waste time here? Go back, forget that you have been to Anyi tonight, the day the city is broken, the prime minister will see you alone and tell you Duanmu passed away, then you will be shocked to hear the bad news, and lose your shape in pain. Before that, everything will be as usual."

"I think, if it were you who died, Duanmu would not be needlessly sad. He would definitely go into battle and sacrifice the blood of the gun to your dead soul."

"Duanmu was killed by Chaoge Xizuo. If you want to avenge her, the best way is to pull down Chongcheng."

"That's all for now, whether to go or stay, you decide for yourself."

Yang Jianguo didn't say a word anymore.

Zhu Chang stood stiff for a long time, suddenly drew the knife out of its sheath, wrapped Duanmu Cui's hair with one hand, and slid across the blade, where the sharp edge passed, it brought a faint fragrance.

She took a wisp into her arms, said nothing more, turned around and strode away.

Walking to the tent, he stopped suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Yang Jian, if you catch the perpetrator, don't kill him, wait for my return."

After finishing speaking, he went without waiting for Yang Jian to answer.

The hooves sounded again, but this time, neither urgent nor slow, chaotic and scattered, aimless, it seemed that the sound was knocking on the heart.

Ami's heart felt sore, she covered her face with her hands, and tears slowly trickled down between her fingers.

That night Yang Jian stayed in Anyi and did not return to camp.The next day Gao Bojian heard that Yang Jian was here, so he rushed to meet him, but was stopped by Yang Jian's sarcasm.He knew that the news of Duanmucui's death should not be spread to the outside world. On the one hand, it was sealed, and on the other hand, people were sent to dig deep into the cellar and put Duanmucui's coffin in it.

It must be known that during the Yin and Shang dynasties, wealthy households dug cellars to store ice in winter for cool drinks in summer. Even though Anyi was small, there were houses that stored ice, and most of the ice stored came from Qimu’s family. cellar.

This day and night, Zhan Zhao was quietly in the military tent. During the night, two guards came in to check.Since then, soldiers and guards walked around outside the tent, but no one came in again.

Zhan Zhao first heard Duanmucui say, "Wait, I'll let her come to you", and besides being shocked, he was not without joy, so he didn't really think that Duanmui was dead, and felt no great pain in his heart.Unexpectedly, for the past day and night, I have been alone and quiet, thinking carefully about the past and the past with General Duanmu for many days, and the details are still in front of my eyes. Since she said "Let her come to you", it can be seen that she and Duanmu are not alone.Over the past many days, I have been hostile to General Duanmu to sit at night talking face-to-face, the friendship between the two of them has never been lost, and I actually watched her die in front of my eyes.

Amid the turmoil of his heart, he suddenly thought: Are she and Duanmu really two completely different people?Isn't she the Duanmu back then?Except that she doesn't remember me, every frown and smile, temperament and behavior, which one is not the same as Duanmu?Over time, I gradually got to know her, how is it different from Duanmu later?All kinds of things about her, such as Duanmu's early years, are so difficult, I watched helplessly, but I couldn't do anything.

For a while, I couldn't help myself, thinking of the pitiful place, I was stunned and burst into tears.I don't know how long it has passed, when he suddenly heard the light movement of the curtain, his thoughts turned like lightning, he knew that someone had come in, so he dodged to hide in the inner room, leaving a line of the curtain between the inner and outer room, and peeked out.

The person in the lead was a soldier dressed in ordinary clothes, no different from the patrolling outside, the strange thing was that the person who followed was actually Qi Mu Yiluo.

When he looked at Qi Mu Yiluo, he saw her eyes shifting, her face was vigilant, she was completely different from the previous foolishness, Zhan Zhao felt strange, because he thought: after only one day and night, she will be cured?
While thinking about it, Qi Mu Yiluo said in a low voice: "I did as you ordered. Since Duanmucui is dead, he should kill Gao Bojian for me."

The words were extremely low, but to Yu Zhanzhao's ears, it was like a thunderbolt in the air, he felt his hands and feet were cold, and he stood there dumbfounded.

Although the mind was full of chatter, when the two answered, they did not miss a single word.

"Anyi casts a net of heaven and earth, and Yang Jian sits in charge. It will not be easy to kill Gao Bojian again."

"You agreed with me. If I kill Duanmucui, you will kill Gao Bojian. How can you go back on your word? And I can't stay in Duanmuying any longer. If they suspect me..."

There was a crisp sound of joints, Zhan Zhao was startled, he withdrew his mind, and when he looked out anxiously, he saw Qi Mu Yiluo limp on the ground, the man's hand was being removed from Qi Mu Yiluo's neck.

This happened suddenly, Zhan Zhao knew that the other party was nothing more than crossing the river and tearing down bridges to kill people and silence him, he was furious, and was about to snatch the general out, when suddenly someone outside the tent said respectfully: "I have seen the general."

Then came Yang Jian's low voice.

Knowing that Yang Jian was outside the tent, Zhan Zhao stopped abruptly.

But the guard was not afraid, dragged Qi Mu Yiluo's body to a corner, covered it with a curtain, straightened his clothes, and went out generously.Zhan Zhao turned his mind and guessed eighty-nine points: this person is pretending to be a guard of the Duanmu camp, even if he went out and bumped into Yang Jian, it can be presumed that he entered the tent to check, and then left in a big way.Don't say that Yang Jian may not have entered the account, even if he did, and found Qi Mu Yiluo's body, if he wanted to find that person, where would he go?As soon as he left without a trace, the hatred of General Duanmu's death may not be repaid.

Zhan Zhao's heart was broken, and he didn't want to stay any longer, he grabbed the giant gate standing beside him, shouted angrily, and snatched it out of the tent.

A person came out of the tent that was supposed to be empty at first, and all the soldiers and guards in the field were stunned.Yang Jian had already passed by, but stopped when he heard the sound, saw Zhan Zhao's figure clearly, his eyes turned ruthless, and said angrily, "Come on the halberd!"

From the moment Zhan Zhao got out of the tent, his eyes were fixed on the seemingly unremarkable soldier and guard. Regardless of Yang Jian, with a low shout, Qing Feng pulled out of his sheath, and a silver arc in midair hit the man like a snake's kiss. Back heart.

That person is not an ordinary person, he dodges like an eye in the back of his head.Zhan Zhao didn't allow him to escape, turned his wrist and walked away, his move was not mature, he changed from a direct strike to a horizontal slash, he could stop that person on the spot with his own eyes, when the sound of wind suddenly came from behind his head.Zhan Zhao knew something was wrong, while the arrow under his sleeve shot like a bead, he turned around to dodge, the giant que's sharp blade stuck tightly to the tip of Yang Jian's three-pointed and two-edged halberd, sparks shot out, gold and stone When they hit each other, there was already the sound of the man being hit by an arrow from the other side.

Zhan Zhao looked calm, and said: "Yang Jian, that person just now is the secret work of the court song that poisoned General Duanmu. If you have the heart, if you think about it carefully, you will know that what I said is true. Don't get entangled with me and get away. The real murderer, hurry up and get someone to catch him!"

Before the words were finished, he exerted force on his arm and blocked Yang Jian's war halberd away.Although Yang Jian didn't fully believe in him, he knew that he would rather be in vain than let him go, so he hurriedly shouted: "Catch that man!"

The guards in the arena were ordered to rush towards the person who was hit by the arrow, Zhan Zhao smiled, and while Yang Jian was slightly distracted, he retreated quickly and got mixed into the guards.

The clothes on his body are different from those of the soldiers and guards. He doesn't want to hide his eyes and ears, but just wants to take advantage of this moment.Sure enough, amid the chaos, Yang Jian's pursuit slowed down a bit. Seeing Zhan Zhao's figure hidden behind the tent, Yang Jian shouted anxiously: "Seal the camp!"

Yang Jian had fought against Zhan Zhao yesterday, knowing that he is extremely skilled in martial arts and has a lot of tricks, since he disappeared, it was difficult to track him down, so he found another way and urgently ordered the camp to be closed.After last night, the guards were heavily guarded, there were fence guards outside the camp, and there were also archers on the platform.

Zhan Zhao Yu Yang Jian Simou also guessed eighty-nine points.Just now he took advantage of the chaos, just temporarily disappeared, just like yesterday, just took advantage of the chaos and sneaked back to his military tent, really wanted to break out of the encirclement and leave, it was not easy.

Therefore, repeating the old trick this time, he should not stay outside for too long, and must find a hiding place in Duanmu Camp as soon as possible.

He used Lin Li's military tent as a cover for the time being, and walked away from time to time. Suddenly, he saw a new military tent not far in front of him. He didn't seem to have seen it in the past two days. They all looked up, Zhan Zhao took advantage of his ignorance, his figure was like a ghost, but seeing the curtains slightly rising and falling, Zhan Zhao had already entered the tent.

This military tent is strange, it is empty inside, as if the military tent has surrounded a piece of land, Zhan Zhao was surprised, he walked and looked in the tent, suddenly felt that his feet were empty, he was not in a good mood, he wanted to lighten his body It was too late to mention it, and it fell straight down.

Zhan Zhao always thought he had been tricked, Dantian raised his breath, and rolled away as soon as he hit the ground, with a pile of straw on the top. Chisel into square ice cubes.

His eyes were dim, and after a while, Zhan Zhao slowly realized that he was in a cellar, with white curtains hanging down around him, and a huge coffin in the middle, with the coffin lid half closed, and the cold air wafting out from the coffin.

Zhan Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and he walked over slowly, feeling the chill as soon as he touched his body, he stretched out his hand to push the coffin lid, but it was extremely heavy.Zhan Zhao pursed his thin lips tightly, and pressed his palm against the coffin lid, his internal energy was exerted, then he heard muffled sounds, the coffin lid moved away frequently.

For a moment, the cold was so strong that Zhan Zhao could barely open his eyes, he paused for a moment, and then he saw that the ice cubes were piled up all around the coffin, and when he looked inside again, there was a bang in his head, and he felt his body suddenly hot and suddenly cold , his lips were murmured, and he couldn't say a word.

Duanmucui was looking at him with wide-open eyes, ice flakes covered her eyelashes, her lips were purple, she seemed to move, but there was no sound.

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a long time, then suddenly realized that a heart almost jumped out of his chest, and somehow he carried her out of the coffin, hurriedly took off the clothes on his body to wrap her around, looked around again, and pulled her The curtains were all pulled down, regardless of whether the sound of falling would attract the attention of those outside the tent, they wrapped Duanmucui layer by layer, probably not wrapped into a white bear.

The curtain was wrapped, and without hesitation, he stretched out his hand to cover her cheek, breathed out, and his heart fell back to the ground. After thinking about it, he put his palm on the back of her heart, and the internal force poured into her body.

After an unknown amount of time, her body finally trembled uncontrollably, her long eyelashes were covered with a layer of frost, her jaw was knocking, and the sound of rattling was intermittent.

Zhan Zhao fixed his eyes on her without turning his eyes away for a moment, the sound of teeth clinking, to him, seemed to be the most beautiful sound he had ever heard in his life.

Duanmucui finally raised her head to look at him, her mouth was flattened, and she almost cried, "Zhan Zhao, if you come a little later, I'll freeze to death."

She flung herself into Zhan Zhao's arms and cried loudly. The force of the pounce was so fierce that Zhan Zhao, who had been up all night without sleep, was almost thrown over by her. He swayed, Fang Zi stabilized himself, and gently stretched out his arms to encircle him. She rubbed her chin against her wet hair, and a smile gradually formed on her lips.

She cried and scolded Wen Guweiyu, scolding Wen Guweiyu very creatively, sitting together with each other, the whole family has eighteen generations to the next, plus relatives, friends and neighbors. None are exempt.

Zhan Zhao couldn't say anything.

Finally, when she got tired of scolding, Zhan Zhao sighed, "You can't keep your voice down. People from all over the world will be attracted by being so loud."

Duanmucui was puzzled, raised his face to look at him, and wondered: "Why is it louder?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, he just looked up at the place where he fell, there were gradually voices and silhouettes there, and there were also the tip of the knife, poking down from the breach from time to time.

He smiled faintly, lowered his face, Duanmucui was rubbing his hands together and exhaling, seeing him lowering his eyes, he asked again: "Why is it louder?"

She was deaf to what was going on outside the window.

Zhan Zhao smiled, shook his head and said, "Not much."

After thinking for a while, he said softly, "It doesn't matter if you speak louder."

While talking, the top cover of the cellar was lifted with a whoosh, the top was brightly lit, and the short ladders were lowered on the four walls. Those who couldn't wait, danced with knives and held halberds, and jumped down while shouting.

(End of this chapter)