In the past few days, Jiang Yingnian has always been in a state of indescribable anxiety.
On the one hand, he chose to hide Qu Yin by his side, which was a psychological battle in itself. He wanted to pretend as if nothing had happened in front of everyone, and then wait for an opportunity to let her go in a reasonable way.
But since there is this matter in the name of "receiving gifts", no matter what the actual situation is, the Eastern Camp cannot hide this rumor.
He was worried that it would spread to the north and reach someone's ears.
On the other hand, the imperial court sent a letter to Xiang Ju'an, and suddenly wanted to reward Xiang Ju'an for his merits. However, Xiang Ju'an had already reached the highest official position, and the reward was entirely up to him. As for this reward,
, Emperor Shu unexpectedly also gave some shares to Jiang Yingnian and other disciples who entered the camp.
In other words, the reward this time is just in the name of reward, and the power of sharing the reward is still in the hands of Xiang Ju'an. The general meaning of Emperor Shu's decree is: all the soldiers have meritorious service in guarding the border, but I can't see all the places.
I also hope that the general will grant rewards to people with lofty ideals for me.
Xiang Ju'an received the order and revealed it to everyone without reservation, making it clear that he was prepared to appoint two direct generals to his subordinates.
Two generals, General Huanrong and General Huanqi, are specially given.
After Jiang Yingnian heard this, he felt itchy in his heart. Who wouldn't want such an honor? But there are more wolves than meat, so only two places were given. There are so many lieutenants in the army, so how outstanding do you have to be to be worthy of this important task?
Not only did he want it himself, he also had the idea of another spot.
After Ju An found out about the reward, he sent someone to the north. Jiang Yingnian thought about it and sent an urgent message to the north overnight.
He didn’t say much in the letter:
Ayu, I haven't seen you for a few days. Are you okay? I am sending you a special letter to ask about this. The general plans to select two people as his generals to defend the honor and defend the cavalry.
I am very moved and also care about your thoughts.
It is better to work together with you than to work alone. I hope that one day we can win the respect of the general and enjoy this honor together.
Yingnian.
Then he waited expectantly for the reply from the other side.
The north also quickly replied to the letter. Jiang Yingnian paid attention every day to see if the messenger who delivered the letter had arrived at the camp. The messenger had just arrived in the east and before he could dismount, Jiang Yingnian hurriedly greeted him and asked if there was a letter from him.
He took the letter and hurriedly opened the envelope. When he saw Guan Jiyu's handwriting, he couldn't help laughing.
There are only a few numbers in the letter: Just as you expected, for the glory of Nanqin and the glory of Jiangfu Qingziying, we must do our best to defend the honor and ride bravely!
Jiang Yingnian held the letter to his chest, unable to calm down for a long time.
It was the first time he had such a wonderful feeling, and he found it incredible.
Jiang Yingnian asked himself that he was not a highly motivated person. In the past, he had no interest in anything that required fighting for.
Those things that people in Qingziying like to do, such as fighting for reputation, are what the people in Qingziying like to do, and he doesn't care about them.
But this time when Jiang Yingnian heard that Xiang Ju'an said that he planned to choose two people to win this honor, Jiang Yingnian was immediately tempted. His first reaction was: It would be great if these two places were given to him and Guan Jiyu.
Naturally, Guan Jiyu would not refuse. She has been competing for first place in major competitions since she was a child. She is eager to have this opportunity.
Jiang Yingnian was both excited and a little worried. He remembered that He Lanlan was also very good, even better than him in many places. What if Guan Jiyu and He Lanlan were finally chosen?
Once this setting was formed, Jiang Yingnian felt uncomfortable at all, so he could only work hard secretly and take all the trivial matters in the army seriously, big and small.
As for Han Zhen, since he dedicated the "big gift" to Jiang Yingnian, he has been getting close to Jiang Yingnian intentionally or unintentionally.
Jiang Yingnian saw that he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. In order to prevent Han Zhen from discovering the clues, he told Qu Yin: "Even if you are pretending, you must pretend to be like him."
Qu Yin was given to him, and he became Jiang Yingnian's.
Even if it is fake, it must be acted out as real.
Qu Yin had many wounds on her body, and Jiang Yingnian could not find anyone else to help her apply medicine, so he had to do it himself.
He was still very uncomfortable talking about doing this kind of thing. Qu Yin was even more embarrassed. He could apply medicine on other parts of his body by himself, except for the one on his back, which he couldn't reach or see, so he had to grit his teeth and let it go.
Jiang Ying was tired in his years.
Jiang Yingnian was blushing, scratching her ears and cheeks, holding the medicine bottle at a loss as she didn't know what to do.
To Jiang Yingnian, that fair and tender back looked like it was covered with thorns, and he couldn't get rid of it.
There were several times when he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart and threw the medicine bottle aside. But when he thought that if Qu Yin didn't apply medicine in time, her wound would inevitably fester and become difficult to treat. Jiang Yingnian gritted his teeth and said,
He picked up the medicine bottle again.
Qu Yin always looked hopeless and said: "General Jiang, why do you have to embarrass yourself like this? You might as well just kill me with a knife."
Jiang Yingnian said: "I will not kill people randomly. You are not wrong. I can never kill you."
Quyin is silent most of the time. She seems to have changed. She is no longer the noisy little girl she used to be.
Jiang Yingnian didn't dare to take off his shirt at night. The room he lived in was not big, and there was no place to make a bunk on the floor if he wanted to sleep, so he had to crawl into bed silently and lie down on the same bed as Qu Yin.
He slept with his clothes on all night, and before going to sleep, he said to Qu Yin seriously: "I know it is inappropriate to do this, but under special circumstances, I hope you can understand. I know you are not married, and I will never tell anyone else."
Defile your reputation."
Qu Yin just slowly turned his head, glanced at him, and whispered: "Now that my life is in danger, do I still care about my reputation?"
In the darkness, Jiang Yingnian was silent and said, "It's not just you, I'm also thinking about myself."
Qu Yin didn't say anything, but he continued: "It would have been fine in the past, but now that I have someone I like, I care about these things even more."
Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door. Jiang Yingnian immediately became alert and asked: "Who?!"
"Master Jiang, it's me." Han Zhen's voice came slowly.
Jiang Yingnian sat up and said, "It's so late, what can I do for Mr. Han?"
Han Zhen had that unique disguised laughter again and said, "Let me take a look at you and see if you still like the gift I gave you?"
Jiang Yingnian was stunned for only a moment, and then like lightning, he took off his outer shirt and even his inner clothes, leaving him naked with only his pants on, and then he went to open the door.
He smiled evilly and asked Han Zhen: "Master Han is really energetic. Unlike us who have women in the room, how can we have the energy to wander around? After all, he is the most attractive person in Wenrou Township!"
When Han Zhen saw that he was shirtless and his waistband was loose, he felt relieved.
Han Zhen looked into the room again. He was about the same height as Jiang Yingnian. Jiang Yingnian couldn't completely block his view. Seeing Han Zhen's actions, he was lying if he said he wasn't nervous.
Jiang Yingnian couldn't help but use his body to block it again, and said: "Master Han, you agreed to give it to me, and it is my thing. If you look at it like this, I am not very happy."
Han Zhen had no choice but to take a few steps back and said: "I am only concerned about whether Mr. Jiang is satisfied with this woman. I don't want to come suddenly and disturb Mr. Jiang's interest."
After saying that, Han Zhen withdrew. Jiang Yingnian breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door and turned around. Only then did he see that Qu Yin had taken off his clothes at some point, leaving behind his close-fitting bellyband, and deliberately tied the back
Turn your back to the door.
This silent cooperation is the most realistic.
Jiang Yingnian said: "It's enough for me to deal with him alone, you don't have to do this..."
Qu Yin put on his clothes and said indifferently: "That person is very cunning. If you don't do enough tricks, how can you deceive him?"
Jiang Yingnian also quickly got dressed, and the two of them returned to their respective places, sharing a room and sleeping on the same bed in silence.
After a long time, Qu Yin took the initiative to speak and said: "I don't know what it means to be like this now? I am actually in the same bed with the person who killed my brother..."
Jiang Yingnian knew that she still couldn't let go. She watched her brother being killed in front of her eyes in the main city of Yanjiang Corridor. This kind of thing would not be easily forgotten by anyone.
He chose silence. The whole room was eerily quiet, and he seemed to hear the sound of singing tears falling on the pillow.
Qu Yin continued: "General Jiang, do you know that I once admired you?"
She spoke extremely calmly, as if she was recounting someone else's story, and said: "When I first met you, you were so high-spirited that no one in your Xuli army dared to chase you. Only you, who was alone with only a long bow,
Just dare to chase after me regardless."
Jiang Yingnian even slowed down her breathing for fear of disturbing her rare speech.
In the darkness, the two people could only hear each other's breathing. Jiang Yingnian listened to the song and said slowly: "That day, even if I fell into your hands, you did not make it difficult for me at all. You gave up all your horses.
Me, you said it wasn’t fun here and told me not to come here again. I was stupid at the time, but your serious words with a frown touched my heart."
Qu Yin's tears were still flowing. She couldn't help but swallow a little more, and continued: "I was still very naive at that time. I thought that as long as I persuaded my brother to let our Guyi Army stop disturbing Xuli, we could put an end to these things.
It's a contradiction...but how did I know that you came here to take his life."
Jiang Yingnian's heart was hurt, but he could only say calmly: "There is nothing we can do about it. Did you know that I also have an older brother? My eldest brother was captured by your Guying soldiers when he was going to the northern border.
Kill! I can’t let go of such hatred.”
Qu Yin closed his eyes and could no longer restrain the grief in his heart. He shook his shoulders and cried: "Are you really sure that your eldest brother was killed by the Guyi soldiers? As far as I know, although the eldest brother has disturbing Xiang
The intention of keeping the army safe is only to disrupt the army, but never to kill the people of Xuli!"
A thunderbolt seemed to flash over Jiang Yingnian's head. After a while, he asked, "Are you really sure?"
Qu Yin calmed down and said feebly: "My brother just wants to dampen Xiang Ju'an's spirit. He has just ascended the throne, and he knows that Xuli and Hechiliu in the west have had an alliance for many years. How could he take the risk?
Where are you attacking Xuli?"
"It's only because my brother is so young and energetic that he wants to provoke Xiang Ju'an, so he is labeled as such." She turned her head and said to Jiang Yingnian: "The discipline of Guyi's army is strict, how can there be stray soldiers?
Crossing the border and running into Xuli territory? Jiang Yingnian, I don’t think your eldest brother’s death was caused by the so-called Guyi soldiers.”
Quyin's last words made all the blood in Jiang Yingnian's body flow backwards. It was like a huge stone was pressed on his chest, making him unable to breathe.
Jiang Yingnian opened his eyes wide in horror. There was darkness in front of him. He couldn't see through it no matter how hard he tried.
He went to Beizhong, was admitted to the concentration camp, and entered Xiangju'an camp at the border pass.
Ridiculous, his self-described path of revenge is simply ridiculous.
He suddenly remembered that Guan Jiyu once told him that the people under Du Yuanqiao looked strange.
There were so many doubts, and he felt that everything was full of doubts for a moment.
But he was confused and couldn't tell what was wrong.
At this moment he is just a loser who is defeated easily!
Jiang Yingnian couldn't help but laugh painfully, the expression on his face had never been so distorted.
It's ridiculous, he can't find the right enemy for revenge.
Qu Yin was shocked by Jiang Yingnian's sudden laughter. Even after calling his name several times, Jiang Yingnian still didn't respond.
He sat up suddenly, picked up the bent bow on the table, rushed out like crazy without even putting on his shoes, and shouted frantically to Xiang Ju'an's room: "Go to hell and guard the border, I quit!"
