"That time, you took action without waiting for military orders. Although you had merit, I couldn't reward you. I just gave you a penalty equal to your merits and demerits. Don't you have any resentment in your heart?"
"What did the military advisor say? It's enough if he can save his wife. It doesn't matter whether he is rewarded or not. Dongfang Ao is willing to be punished even if he can do something for the military advisor."
He Ran patted him on the shoulder and said: "I don't reward you because I know that you saved my wife out of friendship with me, so I also treat this as a matter between brothers and do not reward each other with military merit."
, but keep this favor from you in my heart."
"Military advisor..., this..., you make me don't know what to say. The military advisor treats me with great kindness, so what does it mean if I do this little thing for the military advisor? I, Dongfang Ao, refused to obey anyone before, but since I followed
After becoming a military advisor, I admired him from the bottom of my heart. I felt it was a blessing to die for the military advisor. The military advisor praised me and treated me as a brother, but since I was a brother, I shouldn’t talk about what I owed or not. Never mention it again in the future.
This incident has made me restless now."
He Ran laughed and said loudly: "Okay! I won't mention it anymore!"
Dongfang Ao was much more calm now.
He Ran picked up the tea cup and said: "You are not allowed to drink alcohol before the battle. From now on, I will use tea instead of wine to wish you further military exploits during this trip."
Dongfang Ao stood up and drank it all in one gulp, then put down his tea cup and saluted, "Thank you so much, military advisor. I will go and prepare now."
He Ran handed him the geographical map and said, "Be more careful and go ahead."
After Dongfang Ao led the army and set off, Mrs. Nuanyu found that He Ran spent more and more time alone, and no longer dealt with government affairs, but military affairs were approved without delay.
In the middle of the night, Mrs. Nuanyu woke up from her dream. When she reached out to hug He Ran, she hugged him empty. She sat up in surprise and saw a figure in front of several cases through the moonlight. She was so frightened by the dream that her heartbeat was beating.
She couldn't help shouting tremblingly: "Ran'er?"
He Ran heard her call and said hurriedly: "Why are you awake? Are you having a nightmare? Go to sleep, I'm here."
Mrs. Nuanyu put on her clothes and lay down, sat next to him, and said distressedly: "It's been a busy day, don't think about it, be careful of being exhausted."
He Ran hugged her gently and said: "Tomorrow Dongfang Ao will cross the river to fight, but there is no news from the Ax Duan Gorge. The secret envoys to convince the two princes should have arrived a few days ago. I am really worried.
Something will happen over there."
"Maybe the news is on the way. It may arrive tomorrow. There's no point in worrying here. Go and rest first." Mrs. Nuanyu pushed him gently.
"I really can't sleep. I'm tossing and turning on the couch, which makes it impossible for you to sleep either. Sister, go to sleep. I'll stay for a while." He Ran said and helped her up.
"I can't sleep with you like this. Go to the couch, lie down and think, maybe you can fall asleep in a while." Mrs. Nuanyu pushed him towards the couch.
After lying down, He Ran sighed and said: "According to the news sent back in the past two days, there is really going to be trouble in Fan Bang. I wonder if King Fan can still lead his troops to join us on the agreed date."
"Didn't you say you no longer need to rely on them?" Mrs. Nuanyu knew somewhat.
"Well, of course it's best if they can come, but if King Fan can't come as promised, it means that the situation on his side is already very bad. It's easy for us to get an ally. Alas, the nomads are the most brave, and the Fan people
Recently, he has suffered repeated defeats, and King Fan's reputation has been greatly affected. Previously, his subordinates were very dissatisfied with his idea of moving to the Central Plains. It is hard to say whether King Fan can still control the prairie under the current circumstances."
Mrs. Nuanyu was silent for a while, then she lay down again and lit the lamp.
"Sister, what are you doing?" He Ran asked doubtfully.
Mrs. Nuanyu didn't say anything. She took out the brocade box containing the colorful stones, closed her eyes and silently blessed her for a while, then scattered the fine stones, looked at them for a while and began to press the colored stones with her hands and close her eyes to meditate.
He Ran sat across from her with his clothes on, holding his breath and looking at her.
After a while, Mrs. Nuanyu opened her eyes and shook her head sadly at him. He Ran moved over and hugged her and said: "It's all my fault, causing you to lose this magic power. Don't be sad, God's will is inevitable.
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Mrs. Nuanyu suddenly fell into his arms and choked up, "I have figured it out a long time ago since I lost my divination ability, but I am really sad that I can't help you at this time. In the past two days, your face has become much haggard."
He Ran patted her gently and said: "I know, I know, sister, don't cry. When encountering such a major war, I will definitely have to spend some energy. When the news comes from the Ax Duan Gorge, no matter it is good or bad, I will
This makes me feel at ease, and all I have to do next is implement the strategies I have thought of, and then I won’t have to be like this now.”
Mrs. Nuanyu was still unwilling to accept it and said: "God is playing tricks on people. Before I lost my divination ability, divination was nothing at all, but it just refused to let me help you."
He Ran smiled and said: "God, this is also a kind of fairness. If the Nuan Yu fortune tellers who are all right in fortune-telling join forces to reincarnate the evil star, will others still be alive?"
Mrs. Nuanyu did not smile, but said with a hint of resentment: "You are acting for God by implementing the New Deal to save the people from the fire and water. Shouldn't you get some help?"
He Ran kissed her on the forehead and said: "Sister, don't wishfully think that saving the people from fire and water means acting for God. Didn't I say that people are born to suffer? This world may be a prison where God punishes people. The guilty ones
Talents are sent here to be reincarnated. If the people here are allowed to live a comfortable and peaceful life, God will be unhappy."
"Is this true?" In Mrs. Nuanyu's view, the place where he lived before was full of fantasy, and the people there may have understood some of God's will, so she asked this question.
"I was just guessing." He Ran said with a smile.
Mrs. Nuanyu glared at him angrily, thought for a while and said: "Never mind it, you don't care about the people's affairs if you don't want to. We can just live well by ourselves. What if what you said is true?"
It’s really better to have one less thing than one more thing.”
He Ran sighed: "People are free in the world, so why should anyone care about it? It is only because some scum are greedy and are not greedy enough to plunder and plunder that war breaks out, which leads to the emergence of the strong man who builds a country for the king. This freedom is
The free people are reduced to paying donations and taxes and letting them be driven. The ignorant people are grateful to the kings and respect them as gods, thinking that they have received their great gifts. The people suffer not because no one is in charge, but precisely because there are too many people in charge.
"
"The people in our valley are almost ignored, and taxes are so low that they are not worth mentioning. They live very comfortably."
"That's because I've killed all the evil people, but it's not easy to kill all the evil people in this world. If things continue to develop in this way, there will be more and more evil people. People's hearts are not old, and evil deeds such as cunning and despicableness are rampant.
, it’s getting harder and harder for good people to survive.”
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Doesn't that mean we don't have to worry about it? Go to the bed and rest." Mrs. Nuanyu put away the brocade box and pulled him onto the bed.
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