All joking aside, He Lanlan quickly returned to his seriousness and asked, "You and the general are going to the capital. What do Emperor Shu say?"
Guan Jiyu shook his head and said, "I didn't follow him into the palace." She thought of Xiang Ju'an's words after drinking that night, and sighed, "I'm afraid the general must have suffered a lot of cowardice when he met the emperor this time.
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Guan Jiyu looked at Helan Lan and said: "Helan, in the final analysis, it is because of our affairs in the north. Do we really want to continue to build that border wall?"
"What did the general say?" He Lan picked up a stone and drew it on the ground a few times, saying, "As long as the general does not order me to build a border wall, I will not stop."
He thought for a while and said: "I know that doing this will make it difficult for the general to do it in front of Hechiliu. Not only the general, but also Emperor Shu and all the civil and military officials will face the pressure from Hechiliu."
Guan Jiyu listened silently. He Lanlan's idea was very bold. His behavior was regarded by everyone as "unkind" and "betrayal of his friendly country". Even if he was spurned by thousands of people, he still persisted to the end.
He Lanlan's voice was light and airy, but Guan Jiyu could feel the firmness in his heart.
He said: "Jiyu, you know how difficult it was when we conquered the Yanjiang Corridor. We protect the rivers and mountains and must not let the territory in our hands be compromised. Think about it, the general has been stationed in the north for many years.
It’s his face that he only took the Yanjiang Corridor until now. If we lose the Yanjiang Corridor in our hands, wouldn’t that be a slap in his face?”
Eastern border.
Since Han Zhen arrived at the eastern camp, he often went to various places in groups of five or six, euphemistically saying that he would assist the general in patrolling every corner of this turbulent area.
No matter what Jiang Yingnian's purpose was, Han Zhen couldn't stop him even if he wanted to patrol, so he would just follow him every step of the way.
From the beginning, wherever Han Zhen went, Jiang Yingnian followed.
Within a few days, Jiang Yingnian discovered that Han Zhen was just a man in name only. All his actions seemed to be pretentious. He arrested all the faces he didn't recognize at the border.
Seeing that Han Zhen often captured local refugees by mistake, Jiang Yingnian said with a speechless face: "Master Han, you capture so many refugees for me every day, can you give me food? My eastern army has limited food and grass.
You arrest these unimportant people, and I still have to take care of them. I’m afraid it won’t work like this, right?”
Han Zhen was refuted by Jiang Yingnian and still pretended to be calm. However, in order to become familiar with everything here, he still went out on inspection every day.
After following him for a few days, Jiang Yingnian was too lazy to monitor him anymore.
On this day, Jiang Yingnian was dealing with trivial matters in the army. He saw Han Zhen swaggering into the lobby and pouring himself a cup of tea with great dignity. Han Zhen drank it very grandly, for fear that no one would notice him. After swallowing the tea, he still
He said "ha" on purpose.
Jiang Yingnian put down the brush in his hand, glanced at him sideways, and said, "Master Han came back quite early today? Have you finished visiting all the places in the east?"
Han Zhen continued to add tea to himself and said mysteriously: "I have caught a big fish, so I will naturally close the net."
Big fish? Jiang Yingnian didn't take it seriously and asked casually: "Who did you catch today? Don't catch the wrong one again and let others think that our eastern army only plays this kind of catching game all day long."
"Hmph." Han Zhen sneered and said, "If you caught me right, Mr. Jiang will know if he goes to see it in person?"
Han Zhen's tone was extremely confident, and Jiang Yingnian couldn't help but become curious, what kind of "big fish" did this guy catch that could make him so arrogant?
So he put down what he was doing and followed Han Zhen to see the "big fish".
Although it was not summer yet, the weather in the east was getting hotter and hotter. Han Zhen didn't know when he built a prison cage, about one person tall, and placed it behind the camp.
There was no shade in the cage, so it was exposed to the sun.
"Master Jiang, please look at this -" Han Zhen made a "please" gesture.
Jiang Yingnian stepped forward and his eyes fell on a girl lying in the cage. Her body was covered in scars and even her clothes were damaged beyond appearance.
The girl curled up, basking in the sun, and had lost consciousness.
He raised his eyebrows and turned to question Han Zhen: "Master Han, don't tell me, this is the 'big fish' you keep talking about? This is obviously a young girl. Isn't your attack too harsh?"
Han Zhen shook his head slightly, picked up a branch from the ground, and poked the girl in the cage. The girl's body moved slightly after being poked so roughly.
"Master Jiang, look." Han Zhen knelt down and gently lifted the hair from the girl's face, as if he was slowly taking apart a treasure.
"Master Jiang has been at the northern border before, so he is probably very familiar with this appearance, right?"
Jiang Yingnian couldn't help but frown. He was made nauseous by Han Zhen's frivolous actions, so he walked to him and was about to stop what he was doing, but when he saw the exposed face, he suddenly
Stunned.
A tapered chin, deep eyes, and a high bridge of nose.
Liveliness is the unique appearance of the Guyi clan.
Quyin...
It’s Quyin!
Jiang Yingnian was shocked. That day he let her go and asked her to go back to Guyi. Who would have expected that she would run to this eastern region alone?!
But it's still unclear whether Han Zhen knows her identity.
Jiang Yingnian's face was calm, and she pretended to be calm and said: "What did I think it was? She is indeed a girl from the Guyi clan, but in terms of beauty and appearance, she is a bit lacking."
Han Zhen smiled and said: "When I caught this woman, the first thing I thought of was you, Master Jiang. I thought you would prefer this type of women from the north after staying in the north for a long time." He looked at it carefully again.
Looking at the girl in the cage, he said regretfully: "It's a pity that Mr. Jiang is too discerning to look down on this gift, so I have no choice but to keep it for myself."
Jiang Yingnian teased: "Master Han really has a unique taste. You just meet a foreign girl and you are attracted to him?"
He said this, but in his heart he didn't know how disgusted Han Zhen was.
Han Zhen looked at the handsome appearance, but he didn't expect that he was such a wolf in human skin!
A beast in clothes, a beast in clothes!
Jiang Yingnian continued to test: "But today Master Han is arresting just an ordinary girl. Maybe she only lives near the Zhenyu Kingdom in the east. Why should she be caught and beaten so hard? Those who advocate rebellion are the middle and upper classes of the Guyi Dynasty.
What does it have to do with Guyi’s army and ordinary people?”
Han Zhen said with a smile: "Everyone in the world of Xuli knows that the Guyi clan is the old enemy of our dynasty, and everyone will kill them. If the Guyi clan can be caught, even ordinary people, they should make their men slaves
, I don’t think there is anything wrong with women being prostitutes.”
Hearing what he said, Jiang Yingnian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Han Zhen didn't know that this was the princess of the Guyi royal family.
It's just that the people in the army are multi-faceted, and they are basically all people who have fought together in the north. Even if Han Zhen doesn't know about it, there is no guarantee that others will see it and won't spread the word.
Jiang Yingnian yawned, knelt down and reached out to pinch Qu Yin's chin, looked at her face left and right, and said: "It's just that this little face is too dirty, and the clothes on her body are not clean. She should look better after washing them."
a lot of."
He looked back at Han Zhen with a mischievous smile and said, "Didn't Master Han just say that you would give it to me? Think about it carefully, I haven't eaten meat for a long time since I arrived at the border camp, so why not give it to me to try?
Would you like to try something new?"
Naturally, Han Zhen did not refuse. He knew that Jiang Yingnian was not someone to be trifled with. After he was ordered to inspect the eastern camp, Jiang Yingnian never gave him a good look. He made things difficult for him at every turn and often treated him with strange connotations. Han Zhen
I felt uncomfortable, but for Xiang Juan's sake, there was nothing I could do.
Now that I have such a "treasure", although I can't keep it for myself to enjoy, it would be a good thing if I could please Jiang Yingnian because of it.
Han Zhen looked very graceful and reluctantly agreed to give this lonely girl to Jiang Yingnian.
Jiang Yingnian pretended to be impatient and said: "In that case, please ask Mr. Han to open the cage quickly so that I can bring the beauty back home as soon as possible."
He stared around and whispered to Han Zhen: "There are some unmarried women in this military camp. I have to take such a good thing back early, for fear that I will have many nightmares at night and be missed by others."
A flash of understanding flashed across Han Zhen's face. He was also a man. He understood Jiang Yingnian's changes in attitude very well. He could not win over Jiang Yingnian through anything else. This was something he could always get.
Han Zhen opened the cage without hesitation. Jiang Yingnian stepped forward, bent down and picked up the weak girl on the ground, and walked away from Han Zhen.
After entering the room, Jiang Yingnian carefully placed Qu Yin on the couch, found a handkerchief and wet it in the basin. Before he could turn around, something cold was pressed against his waist.
He raised his hands and turned around slowly. Quyin's forehead was dripping with sweat, his hair stuck to his cheeks, and the small braids on his head were all loose and disheveled.
Her face was pale, and her eyes, which were once very smart, were now covered with red bloodshot eyes, and she was looking at him in horror. What she held in her hand was a hairpin, which was shaking uncontrollably because she was too nervous.
"It's me." Jiang Yingnian said to her calmly.
Qu Yin didn't seem to react. He opened his mouth slightly and couldn't speak for a long time. He didn't put down the only weapon in his hand.
After she heard these words clearly, the panic in her eyes gradually dissipated, and her trembling hands seemed to have been drained of strength and hung down weakly.
Qu Yin twitched the corners of his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "General Jiang, you are fine."
When Jiang Yingnian saw Qu Yin now, it was impossible not to feel uncomfortable. She, a pampered and smart royal princess, was now worse than a beggar.
He frowned and said, "Didn't I ask you to go back? Why not?"
Qu Yin asked back: "My brother Wang is no longer here, so why should I go back? The Guyi royal family is already in disarray, where is my place to stand?"
Jiang Yingnian was speechless, and only murmured for a long time: "Then you shouldn't come to this place. This is the most dangerous place now."
A battle between the two armies would have resulted in death and injury. He was worthy of anyone, but as soon as he saw Qu Yin, he felt an unspeakable uneasiness in his heart.
Qu Yin is not a vicious person. She is ignorant of worldly affairs and should not have gone to a cruel and merciless battlefield.
You shouldn't even think that he is a kind person.
Who can be kind and soft-hearted when they are on this battlefield? He, Jiang Yingnian, came with a family feud. How could he let go easily in the face of Guyi King Qumo?
Jiang Yingnian handed her the handkerchief and said, "Wipe it."
Qu Yin did not refuse. She took the wet handkerchief and wiped it hard on her body. The dried blood on her neck was wiped away, and the fine wounds were exposed one by one on her fair skin.
Jiang Yingnian turned away and said softly: "You can make do with it for the next few days. Stay here with me first. After these few days, I will find a way to send you away."