Rebirth of a Star General

On the way to the martial arts field, He Yan was still thinking about what Lin Shuanghe just said.

The snake-patterned black jade in her hand was as cold as water, which made her mind awake a bit in the winter. Yesterday, he was drunk and snatched away Xiao Jue's jade. To be able to do such a shocking thing, it seems that he really can't drink casually in the future.

He Yan thought about it and walked to the edge of the martial arts field.

Xiao Jue was standing in front of a person, wearing the black armor of the Nanfu soldiers, bowing his head and saying nothing. When he got closer, Xiao Jue said coldly, "This is your formation?"

That person is probably his deputy commander-in-chief, the leader of the Nanfu army, who looks tall and mighty, but in front of Xiao Jue, he looks like a child who made a mistake, bowing his head and saying, "This subordinate knows it's wrong. Maybe everyone is not used to the snowy weather in Liangzhou..."

"Not suitable?" Second Young Master Xiao glanced at him and asked, "Do you need me to teach you how to adapt?"

He Yan clearly saw that a good burly man was shocked by what Xiao Jue said, and said, "This subordinate will bring them to train well!"

"The daily training is doubled," Xiao Jue said calmly, "Next time, there is no need to stay in Liangzhou Wei."

"Yes!" The man walked away again, and He Yan craned his neck to look at the other side of the martial arts field. After seeing the man go down, he scolded the few Nanfu soldiers standing in front of him and started again. I started to practice the army formation, and I didn't feel stunned.

Xiao Jue had different attitudes towards the Nanfu soldiers and the recruits of the Liangzhou Guard. He rarely showed up to the recruits of the Liangzhou Guard, and he was more alienated and polite to Shen Han. Only when dealing with Nanfu soldiers did he truly show his usual appearance, casual, cold, like a governor who would scold people if he disagreed.

Was she so disgusting when she was General Feihong? He Yan silently examines himself in his heart.

Just thinking about it, Xiao Jue had already turned around, and when he saw her, he was silent for a moment, and then asked impatiently, "What are you doing here again?"

He Yan smiled apologetically, stretched out her palm, a black jade lay in her hand, and she said, "The Governor seems to have something left with me last night, and I specially sent it back to the Governor."

"Return?" Xiao Jue chewed on her two words playfully, bent down and stared into her eyes, pulled the corner of her mouth, and said indifferently, "My good daughter is so considerate."

He Yan: "..."

Why does this man hold such revenge? Besides, even if he was called his father, it was Xiao Jue who took advantage of her. How to say it out of Xiao Jue's mouth, it seems that she has done something heinous.

He Yan tried his best to keep his face calm, and only said: "The governor really knows how to joke. This black jade looks very precious. The governor should not lose it in the future, just keep it well." She picked up the jade and reached out. Xiao Jue's waist.

Xiao Jue took a step back and looked alert: "What are you doing?"

"Tie it on for you." He Yan looked innocent, "Isn't this jade pendant tied around your waist?"

In Xiao Jue's mind, what Lin Shuanghe said yesterday, "she likes your waist" suddenly appeared.

He Yan was about to step forward, Xiao Jue raised his hand to block it, and gave her a complicated look: "I'll do it myself."

"Oh." He Yan didn't know why, so he handed the jade pendant to him. Seeing Xiao Jue put the jade pendant on again, the black jade fell on his dark blue robe, which looked very beautiful.

She looked seriously, but Xiao Jue squinted her eyes when she saw her like this, turned around immediately, and pulled down her robe.

Was he stung by a bug? He Yan was surprised.

In the martial arts field, there was the sound of the soldiers shouting orders. He Yan followed him to the edge of the building and looked down. The Nanfu soldiers were already very organized, and their morale was also excellent. For such a heroic soldier, he almost killed him just now. Cursing and crying, what's wrong with Xiao Jue? It's too picky?

If he took over the Fuyue Army, he wouldn't have to eat all day long, and he wouldn't have enough time to scold people.

He Yan looked at it, and then said what was in her heart. She said, "They practiced very well, and you were too fierce just now."

"fierce?"

"Yeah," He Yan said, "If it were me, I would have been scared to death."

Xiao Jue smiled again, with a slightly mocking smile, "I don't think you think I'm fierce."

"That's because I'm used to being scolded." He Yan looked down at the Nanfu soldiers: "Feng Ya Formation."

Xiao Jue said, "How is it?"

"It's been a good practice. It's just that the snow has been slippery recently, and the soldiers on the left in the last row can't keep up."

"Apart from Fengya Formation, what other formations do you know?" Xiao Jue asked casually.

"Well, it's a lot," He Yan pointed out, "Saxing formation, Yuanyang formation, Yuli formation, Heyi formation..." She said more than a dozen times in a row, and seeing Xiao Jue's gaze fixed on her, Suddenly he stopped and asked, "You... see what I'm doing?"

Xiao Jue turned around, put both hands on the railings on the platform, and smiled lazily: "Look at you, female general star."

He Yan: "..."

She simply said cheekily: "I'm so powerful, the Governor will not consider giving me a promotion? To be your right hand? If we combine our two swords, we will definitely be able to kill the world!"

Xiao Jue sneered, "Who is 'us' with you?"

"Don't keep keeping people from thousands of miles away, learn more from me, I'm generally approachable."

Xiao Jue was too lazy to care about her, and He Yan had to speak, when someone's voice sounded behind him: "Master."

It's Feino.

"Young master," Fei Nu glanced at He Yan, "there's some movement over Lei Hou."

Xiao Jue nodded: "Got it." He turned around and walked downstairs, probably going to the dungeon. He Yan wanted to follow, but took a step and then stopped.

Forget it, Xiao Jue would know if there was anything really going on, and at the moment he followed him eagerly, not obstructing Xiao Jue's eyes. Why don't you go to Chu Zhao and ask if she did anything out of the ordinary to Chu Zhao when she was drunk yesterday.

If there is, you have to queue up to apologize.

Thinking of this, she waved at Xiao Jue: "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you with the Governor. Let's see you later."

Fei Nu twitched the corners of his mouth, looking at this familiar person, has anyone invited her to go?

Xiao Jue was already used to He Yan's rogue appearance, and stepped down the steps: "Let's go."

...

When He Yan went to Chu Zhao's house, Chu Zhao was practicing calligraphy.

Yesterday, she came in a hurry, and it was night again. She only drank in the yard and didn't notice where Chu Zhao lived. She just didn't think it was gorgeous enough. Looking at it today, it wasn't just not gorgeous enough, it was simply rudimentary.

In addition to the table and bed, there are only two chairs in the room, and there are not many carvings. However, the fourth son of Chu was quite content with himself. He also put incense in the house and hung up a gauze tent, so the original simple house seemed to have a bit of hermit elegance.

Ying Xiang saw her and said with a smile, "Young Master He is here to find our son?"

"Well," He Yan said, "I...come here to deliver some snacks to the fourth young master of Chu." She raised the box. The box contained the scallion pastry that Lin Shuanghe gave her in the morning. He Yan wanted to leave a little hungry. But it was not good to come to Chu Zhao with empty hands, so it was barely considered a greeting.

"The fourth son is practicing calligraphy," Yingxiang smiled and said, "Young Master He, please come with your servants."

He Yan followed her inside and saw Chu Zhao sitting at the table writing.

Standing behind Chu Zhao, she couldn't help but read aloud.

"There is no dust in the green mountains, and no clouds in the blue sky. There is only one moon in the sky, and only one person in the mountains."

"I hear the sound of pine trees at this time, the sound of bells at this time, the sound of brooks at this time, and the sound of insects at this time."

As soon as the words fell, Chu Zhao also wrote the last stroke, turned around, saw that it was her, and said with a smile, "Brother He is here."

He Yan circled around the words he wrote and said with admiration, "Young Master Chu's writing is really good."

Chu Zhao's words are different from Xiao Jue's. Xiao Jue's words are sharp and vigorous, with a cold and hard willfulness. Chu Zhao's words are very beautiful and gentle, just like the feeling he gives people. He also wrote poems so indifferently and elegantly, it was hard to imagine that he would be on top of Xu Jingfu.

But thinking about Xu Jingfu, if He Yan was not close to Xiao Jue now, and heard Ding Yi's words before, Xu Jingfu was just an honest and upright old prime minister in her heart.

"Brother He came to find me, but what's the matter?" Chu Zhao got up, put away the pen and paper, and took He Yan to the only table in the room to sit down. Sir, pour tea."

Ying Xiang smiled and went to get tea, He Yan said, "I didn't come to you for any business, but I just drank Chang'an Chun from Fourth Young Master Chu last night. I felt bad about it, so I sent some snacks." She motioned to Chu Zhao to look at the table. On the dim sum box, but I was too embarrassed to open it, after all, it looked too simple.

"Thank you." Chu Zhao was very considerate. "I just wanted to taste the difference between Liangzhouwei's dim sum and Shuojing. Brother He brought it at the right time."

He Yan cleared his throat and said, "I almost forgot to ask Fourth Young Master, I drank here last night, and I drank two more glasses, didn't I cause Fourth Young Master any trouble?" She scratched her head, "I am drunk and like to mess around. Speaking, if you say something, Fourth Young Master, don't take it to heart."

Chu Zhao looked at her and smiled, "Brother He specially came to me today, didn't he just want to ask this question?"

Look, he is indeed the proud disciple of the Prime Minister of the Dynasty, this delicate mind, she has nothing to say.

As if seeing He Yan's embarrassment and embarrassment, Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother He was here last night and did nothing, just drag me to discuss the art of war. It's just that I don't know the art of war, so I can't talk to He. Brother He's asking for advice is a waste of Brother He's effort." He looked at He Yan and sighed again, "It's just that I'm surprised, Brother He knows so much?"

He Yan: "..." She silently reviews herself in her heart, and will never call others a peacock in the future. Judging from her drunken appearance, she is a peacock, right? It's too embarrassing to show off how many books you read when you drink too much.

"Fourth Young Master won the award." He Yan covered his face with his hands, "I'm really embarrassed to say that."

Ying Xiang came over with two cups of tea, put one in front of He Yan, and said with a smile, "Young Master He, try it."

He Yan took a sip and couldn't help sighing, "It's so sweet."

"The tea in Shuojing doesn't have the bitterness of Liangzhou," Yingxiang put another cup in front of Chu Zhao: "Young Master He just likes it."

He Yan looked at the tea in front of him, and suddenly thought of another thing, so he looked at Chu Zhao and asked casually, "Did the fourth son of Chu always live in Shuojing before?"

"Yes."

"Then Shuojing's new things, you should know a lot." He Yan looked at the ups and downs of the tea in the cup, and said, "I've been in Liangzhou for more than half a year, and it's hard training here every day, and it's very boring. Since I was injured, I simply didn’t have any training for a day. I stayed in the house all day, and it was about to get moldy. I finally got a friend from the capital.” She moved closer and looked at Chu Zhao with burning eyes, “Four Can you tell me about the interesting things that happened in the capital in the past six months?"

"Interesting thing?" Chu Zhao was taken aback.

He Yan nodded: "It's more fun."

"That's a lot to say," Chu Zhao said warmly, "Which aspect does Brother He want to hear?"

"Which aspect?" He Yan thought for a moment, "I'm afraid it's not particularly interesting for ordinary people, let's talk about the official family in the capital, for example, when a master steals someone's wife and arrests him, who's son is not? I actually picked it up... something like this?"

Rao is that Chu Zhao has always had a good temper, and he choked on what He Yan said.

He said slowly: "I don't know very well about these private affairs of the house. I'd better pick some that I know and tell Brother He to listen."

He Yan nodded hastily.

Then, she listened to the fourth son of Shi Jinbo's mansion repeating all the officials, big and small, in Shuojing, but the so-called "interesting" was really not heard at all. It's nothing more than that whoever has been promoted again, and whoever's salary has risen by two stone. Whoever wrote the memorial is too ugly to be disliked by the emperor, and the wife of the so-and-so got a rare piece of fabric for the imperial concubine to beg for favor.

The fourth son of Chu was good-looking, good-natured, and patient. Unlike Xiao Jue, who would get impatient soon, but when talking to him, He Yan was almost impatient.

She endured and endured, and drank two cups of tea. Before she heard what she wanted to hear, she couldn't bear it any longer, so she interrupted Chu Zhao: "Fourth son of Chu, you are in Shuojing, but you know the current General Feihong. ?"

As soon as these words came out, Chu Zhao's actions stopped. He took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "Why did you suddenly talk about him?"

"I'm in Liangzhou Wei every day, and the instructors are always discussing in private, who is the more powerful General Feng Yun and General Feihong. I can see General Feng Yun every day now, it's nothing strange, but I have never seen General Feihong before." She smiled, "You know, General Feihong and I are both surnamed He, maybe we were a family in our previous life, I just want to hear about him, is there anything strange about him, is it true? So powerful?"

Chu Zhao looked at He Yan, shook his head and said with a smile, "General He and I are officials of the same dynasty, and we are not very familiar with him. I have only met him a few times, but he is very nice and powerful. The Western Qiang Rebellion was very brave."

"What about now? Has he been promoted in the capital?"

"This is a third-rank military general, and he will be told behind his back if he rises too fast," Chu Zhao said, "but His Majesty admires him very much. Commander Xiao Du."

He Rufei... Has it reached this level?

He Yan's smile was slightly stagnant.

Chu Zhao asked, "What happened to you?"

He Yan picked up the cup, took a sip in disguise, and said, "I just sigh, the same surname is He, and he is not a few years older than me, but his achievements will never be reached in my life."

"Brother He doesn't have to belittle yourself," Chu Zhao comforted her with a smile. "General Feihong is also a hero who sacrificed his life on the battlefield. Besides, you are young now, so you may not be worse than him in the future."

These words did not comfort He Yan, she raised her head again, with that heartless smile again, "Is it just that? What about the others? General Feihong's age should also be engaged, don't you like it? The girl? It would be too miserable to say that, the two famous generals of Dawei, Feng Yun and Feihong, have been alone for a lifetime?"

Chu Zhao was stunned for a moment, then chuckled lightly: "I don't know about that, but so far, there is no news of General Feihong's engagement."

He Yan nodded.

"What," Chu Zhao looked at her with a smile, "Brother He has sisters in his family, so he wants to..."

"No," He Yan quickly waved his hand, "I only have one younger brother, so I never thought about that. That is General Feihong. How can we ordinary people like us climb high? I don't dare to think about it."

Chu Zhao nodded thoughtfully.

...

In the dungeon, Xiao Jue sat on a chair and looked at the prisoner.

More than ten days have passed, and Lei Hou is shockingly thin, and he seems to be two people from ten days ago. He didn't sleep well either, his whole body seemed to be tortured by nightmares, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken. The originally tall man turned a lot hunched over.

Fei Nu sent the letter and whispered: "The person who was with Lei Hou has been found. The letter came from Jiyang."

"Jiyang?" Xiao Jue raised her eyebrows.

"good."

"Xiao Huaijin," Lei Hou said, his voice seemed to have been scorched by fire, extremely hoarse, as if he would not be able to make a sound the next moment, his lips were full of cracked bloodshots, he said, "I have already followed your instructions. Yes, write a letter to the person who will meet you, according to the agreement, you can let my wife and children go."

Xiao Jue glanced at him and smiled: "In your eyes, I am such a person who keeps promises?"

"You!" Lei Hou's face changed drastically, and he suddenly burst into flames, but his hands and feet were shackled, and he made a rustling sound when he moved. When he moved, he didn't reach Xiao Jue, and instead fell to the ground.

The young man sat on the chair, looking down at him condescendingly, as if he was admiring his embarrassment, and after a while he said slowly, "I just said, think about it."

As a prisoner, one must have the self-awareness of being a prisoner. Lei Hou finally realized that from the moment he stepped into Liangzhou Guard, he was doomed to be a prisoner. He is not this man's opponent. At the age of sixteen, the other party can drown 60,000 people in Guocheng, and he can kill Zhao Nuo without changing his face. His cruelty and means are unmatched.

"I beg you." He knelt down slowly and kowtowed to Xiao Jue, "Let go of my wife and children."

The man looked at him for a moment, then said slowly in his direction, "Okay, I'll ask you again, do you and your correspondent communicate only by letter?"

"Yes, yes!" Now that he had decided to surrender, his purpose was only to let Xiao Jue let go of his wife and children, so he said it all, hoping to get a trace of tolerance from the man in front of him, he said: "We I will send a letter every other month. The person I received was in Shuojing before, and then in Jiyang. That's all I know. If you want to find him, just go to Jiyang to find him, and you will definitely find it!"

"Jiyang City..." Xiao Jue pondered for a while and looked at him: "Jiyang City does not allow foreigners to live for a long time. What kind of city does your correspondent enter?"

"I don't know." Lei Hou said, "I only know that he lives in the Cuiwei Pavilion in Jiyang."

"Cuiwei Pavilion." Xiao Jue stood up and said, "I see."

"Xiao Huaijin... Dudu Xiao!" Lei Hou stopped him, crawled two steps like a dog, and said in his direction: "I have already said it, I have said everything I know, can you let my wife go? Son?"

The handsome young man stopped at the door, without looking back, his voice was ironic: "No hurry, I don't know what you will think of in a few days, and it will not be too late to let him go at that time."

He turned and walked out.

Outside the door, Chiwu was standing at the door waiting.

Seeing him, Chi Wu said, "Master, the news from Luan Ying has come."

Xiao Jue: "Speak."

"The whereabouts of Chai Anxi have been found. Chai Anxi is now in Jiyang."

"Jiyang?" Xiao Jue turned around.

Chiwu didn't know what happened in the dungeon just now, he hesitated: "What's wrong."

Fei Nu came out from behind with a solemn expression, "The messenger Lei Hou mentioned is also in Jiyang."

"Young master is suspicious..." Fei Nu was surprised, "The person who secretly communicated with Lei Hou is Chai Anxi?"

"I haven't seen anyone, so I can't be sure."

"However," Chiwu couldn't help asking, "Jiyang is the territory of the vassal, and people outside the territory are never allowed to live there for a long time. Even if you want to stay for a short time, you must have a passing order. Even if we can't say it, we will go , how did Chai Anxi get in? Can you stay in Jiyang for so many days? Is there any fraud?"

"Who knows, that Lei Hou didn't say anything." Fei Nu glanced at Xiao Jue's face and asked cautiously, "Master, do we need to think of a way to go to Jiyang first."

"It's easy to say," Chiwu poured cold water on him, "when the master was there, he passed by Jiyang and stayed there for a few days. King Mengji was stunned that he would not let the master's soldiers enter the city. , I have to go to the government office to get the pass order, and report it to the palace, we must not be publicized when we go here, what should we do?"

"No hurry." Xiao Jue played with the longevity lock in his hand: "Wait a few more days."

Chiwu and Fei Nu looked at each other, Fei Nu saw the longevity lock in his hand, remembered what Lei Hou had just said in the dungeon, and asked: "Master, Lei Hou's wife and children are still being watched by our people... continue or..."

There were people in the capital looking at Lei Hou's wife and children. Although they were locked up these days, they didn't do anything to hurt them. The news from Jiyang came, and looking at Lei Hou's appearance, it didn't seem like he could squeeze out any more news. How to deal with his wife and children is still a problem.

Xiao Jue's eyes fell on the longevity lock in his hand, he laughed and threw it to Chiwu.

Chiwu: "Master?"

He turned around and walked forward, lazily saying, "Let it go."