When Xu An heard the general ask him to speak, his upright temper could no longer be restrained, and he immediately spoke: "Yan Qingchuan is obviously..."
"Hiss... I'm telling you, Old Chen, your hands are getting heavier and heavier."
Before Xu An could finish his words, he was interrupted by a grinning Gordon, who smiled and cursed at the medical officer who was dressing his wounds next to him.
The medical officer, Old Chen, was also an old man in the army. Naturally he knew Gao Deng's habits. He put on a smile and said: "General Gao, don't be afraid of the pain. This knife cuts into your bones. You are still rushing on your horse. If it weren't for Old Chen and me, I'm afraid you would be hurt." General, this arm is going to be useless... By the way, you usually walk the dog and play with the birds, how could you be so seriously injured."
Seeing Gao Deng sending his soldiers to capture Yan Qingchuan, Xu An felt anxious. He swallowed half of the sentence interrupted by Gao Deng's opening, like it was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't bear to listen to Gao Deng and the medical officer Lao Chen. If you are talking nonsense there, you should immediately interrupt: "General, Yan..."
"Old Chen, are you getting too old? Your eyesight is dazzled. You are usually very nimble with your hands and feet. Why are you so slow today?" Xu An's expression had long been seen by Gordon. The moment he opened his mouth, he spoke again. Interrupt verbally.
Old Chen laughed and said, "Is General Gao going to dismiss Old Chen? If I return to my hometown, if the general is injured again in the future, he won't be able to heal me..."
While the two were chatting and joking, Lao Chen moved his hands a little faster, applied medicine to the injury on Gordon's shoulder, and re-bandaged it with fine cloth. Then he glanced at Xu An in the hall, and then told Gordon: "Okay, that's it. Okay, don’t use weapons again within a hundred days, remember.”
After stretching his sore waist from sitting for a long time, Gordon smiled and said, "Don't worry, Old Chen, I will still use this arm to hug the girl. You don't need to tell me, I will take good care of her."
When Old Chen heard this, he stroked his beard and laughed, bowed and was about to retreat. Suddenly he remembered Gordon's instructions, so he turned back and reported: "General told Old Chen to feed that man medicine on time, and Old Chen has done so according to General's instructions." , now that the time is coming again, I will go give him medicine."
Gordon smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I'll go see him later."
Only then did Lao Chen retreat, and in front of the main hall of the County Sheriff's Department, he seemed to remember that General Gao and General Xu had something to talk about, so he winked at the few soldiers in the hall knowingly. Everyone immediately understood and retreated, leaving only Gao. The two of them are included.
Looking at Lao Chen's vision, Gao Deng had no satisfaction in his eyes, but a little fear. When there was no one else in the hall, he withdrew his gaze and quietly said to Xu An, "Okay, let's talk. stop."
Xu An's face had already turned red due to the words he was holding back. At this moment, as if he had finally found an outlet, he vomited out: "Who is Yan Qingchuan? The only son of the Grand Master Yan Ruohai, Yuqiansi, Xiaoqi The commander of the battalion, the red man in front of the Holy Majesty, the imperial envoy carrying Shang Fang's sword, the general captured him, what do you want?"
Gordon's small eyes fixedly looked at Xu An, the deputy commander, who seemed to have turned back into the straight-necked general last night. He narrowed his eyes, smiled, and spoke softly.
"I know who Yan Qingchuan is better than you."
When Xu An heard this, he became even more anxious, and his tone couldn't help but rise a little higher: "Since the general knows it well and still dares to capture him, isn't he afraid of His Majesty..."
Halfway through the words, I suddenly felt a shiver in my heart, as if I had thought of something. As if I had been struck by lightning, I stood stunned on the spot and murmured: "Impossible...how could...why..."
Seeing that Xu An finally figured out the reason, Gao Deng stood up immediately and walked slowly down the hall until he was beside him. Coldness flashed in his small eyes, and he whispered softly: "Just figure it out, Commander Xu." You should know what to say and what to keep deep in your heart for the rest of your life."
Suddenly looking sideways, Xu An looked at Gao Deng, stared at it for a moment, his eyes flickered and said: "This kind of thing is unfounded by the general's words, and it is really hard for the general to believe it."
With some surprise, Gordon withdrew his gaze and looked sideways outside the hall. He saw no one else. After thinking for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind and took out a deerskin bag from his armor.
With great respect, he slowly untied the rope tied to the mouth of the deerskin bag, took out a bright yellow letter, placed it in his hand, and held it in front of Xu An.
With just one glance, Xu An's eyes widened, and before he had time to think about it, he knelt down in front of Gordon with a "plop" and shouted
Long live. The letter has not been opened, but it is stamped with the emperor's seal. Needless to say what it represents.
He didn't dare to raise his head and just looked at Gao Deng spinning his feet in front of him. After a while, he heard General Gao say: "Okay, let's get up."
Then he looked up and saw that Gordon had put away the letter with the emperor's seal and reached out to support him.
Xu An stood up and said with confusion: "General, I still don't understand. Please give me some advice."
After thinking for a moment, the serious look on Gordon's face disappeared, and he smiled again and said: "Well, you will know about this action sooner or later. Why don't I tell you now, so that you don't have random thoughts in your mind."
Xu An was even more confused: "What are you doing? Didn't we send troops to search for the whereabouts of the bandit leader?"
Looking towards Xu An, Gao Deng was silent for a moment and then asked: "Old Xu, let me ask you, what is peace in the world?"
Xu An was stunned by General Gao's sudden change of subject. It wasn't until Gao Deng asked again that he came to his senses and replied with a frown: "There is peace in the world when there is no war and chaos and the people live in peace."
Gordon asked again: "Do you think the world is peaceful now?"
Xu An did not hesitate this time: "Of course, our country, Qiyun, is strong. No matter whether it is the Northern Jin Dynasty or the Southern Tang Dynasty, we dare not invade. The people can make a living, and naturally the world will be peaceful."
Gao Deng smiled bitterly for a moment, then suppressed his smile and said seriously: "What if the Northern Jin Dynasty goes south to invade Qi again, will there be peace in the world?"
Xu An didn't expect so much, and was speechless for a while. After a long time, he finally said: "Yanbei has strong soldiers and horses. It's not like the Zhao Kingdom back then. Let alone the Northern Jin Dynasty who wanted to go south, even if they thought about Yanbei, they would You need to ask me, the one hundred thousand son of Yanbei, whether he is willing to have a sword in his hand."
"If we wait until then, why not take advantage of it first, go out to Yanbei, cross the Yingjiang River, capture the Jin capital first, and then attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. By then, the world will be unified, wouldn't it be true peace for all ages?"
Although Gao Deng's voice was soft, every word was like a drumstick beating on Xu An's head, causing the commander to murmur and read: "Leave Yanbei...cross the Yingjiang River...take the capital of Jin...defeat The Southern Tang Dynasty...unification of the world...peace for all eternity..."
I muttered to myself several times, and I couldn't help but think of the tragic situation of the people in the northern border who were displaced and starved to death during the Qi-Jin war. I couldn't bear to say with my eyes: "Who doesn't want to make achievements for eternity in the army... But we have to suffer together in the war." It's... the common people, not to mention, has General Gao ever heard of the legend among our Yanbei Army?"
Gordon kept looking at Xu An's expression with his small eyes. Seeing his hesitation, he said coldly: "Are you talking about the rumor?"
Even though he was a strong general in the army like Xu An, he trembled slightly when he thought of the utterances in the army. He calmed down and said, "The colorful and poisonous formation is proud of the wild geese in the north. The soul of the general who has not returned will not return, and he has killed millions of military soldiers." , the crescent moon is still bloody."
Listening to Xu An's slow words, Gao Deng actually had a hint of timidity in his eyes and said, "Yes, it is said that when Emperor Lin retreated from the Northern Jin Dynasty, he met an immortal. Emperor Lin went out to chat with the immortal for several days and revealed his concerns. In order to deal with the affairs of the common people, and then get their help, we should correspond to the ten counties of Yanbei and set up ten large formations in the Yanbei Mountain to prevent those who are aggressive and militaristic from starting a war again."
Xu An sighed: "That's right. If we fight again, this formation will not hurt the enemy, but the Yanbei Army first... Don't you know...the Holy One?"
Thinking of the Holy Spirit's bold words, Gordon suddenly felt timid: "So what, even if this legend is true, there is a way to crack it."
Xu An was shocked and asked: "Is there any way to break this kind of immortal formation?"
Confidently: "Not bad."
Everyone was curious, and Xu An couldn't help but say: "Back then, when General Wan got the Holy Spirit's will and sent out all the Yanbei Army, he couldn't even find this formation, let alone have a way to break it."
Gordon narrowed his small eyes, shot out a bright light, and said coldly: "It's not that he can't find it, it's that he doesn't want to find it."
Xu An felt like he was falling into a whirlpool, getting deeper and deeper. General Wan had guarded the border for Qi Yun for many years, and his loyalty was evident. How could he resist the order? He asked in confusion: "What do you mean by what the general said?"
"There are many, you don't need to ask, I will only tell you one thing... I heard that back then, Emperor Lin once sent someone to record the method of setting up and breaking the formation on a picture. As long as you find the picture, you can do it yourself.
We can break through this formation, and then..." Gordon's eyes flashed and he spoke slowly.
Hearing this, Xu An murmured to himself, as if he had understood something from Gordon's previous words, and murmured to himself: "It's recorded on a picture. General Wan doesn't want to find... dismissed from office and escorted to Beijing..."
Suddenly enlightened, he suddenly raised his eyes, met Gordon's cold eyes, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Is that picture..."
Just as he was about to leave his mouth, Gordon glared at him and swallowed the second half of the sentence. Gordon said in a cold tone: "You guessed it right, that picture has always been in Wan Jun's hands. On the surface, he sent troops according to the order, but he disobeyed it, but the Holy One is the emperor, how could he hide it?"
Xu An suddenly realized and asked quickly, "Where is that picture now?"
Gordon sneered and said, "This man of ten thousand men may seem careless, but he actually has exquisite thoughts. In order to deceive others, he hid Emperor Lin's picture in the ordinary defense map."
"So...the Holy Spirit meant..." Xu An finally understood.
"If Your Majesty finds this picture, he will be able to send troops out of Yanbei. In the future, he will defeat the Northern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty, and unify the world... to recreate the prosperous age of victory." At this point, Gao Deng's eyes were full of anticipation, as if he had seen that day. 's arrival
"Since Wan Jun has been dismissed from office, the picture is already in the hands of the Holy One, but why..." Xu An didn't know.
Gordon snorted coldly: "Didn't I just say that, Wan Jun Linglong thought, there is more than one defense map in the Yanbei Army. Outsiders don't know it. They only know that the defense map is related to the Yanbei Army's defense. How do you know what is in this map? Mysteriously, when Wan Jun left Yanbei, he seemed to have expected that he would have this day, and had sent Yang Huchen to guard the map. Now Yang Huchen has escaped from Yanbei City with the map and is missing."
Xu An sighed after hearing this: "Yanbei is so big, Yang Huchen has followed Wanjun... He has been with Wanjun in Yanbei for many years. He is not only familiar with the terrain of Yanbei, but also knows how to use troops. If he deliberately hides, the Yanbei army will be wiped out." Come out, where can I go to find it?"
When he finished speaking, Gao Deng saw a pair of small eyes and said with coldness: "It's a pity that Wan Jun never told Yang Huchen what was hidden in the picture. I'm afraid Yang Huchen didn't know what secrets were hidden in the picture in his hand. Although it was hidden His whereabouts were revealed, but someone discovered him."
"What, Yang Hucheng has been found, where is he?" Xu An said in shock.
Gordon turned to look outside the Sheriff's Department and said coldly: "He can't escape Yanbei..."
Xu An immediately understood and hurriedly asked: "Is he in Mo County?"
Recalling that Wang Heng and Xu Mo had worked hard before, but they had benefited from it, Gao Deng did not answer Xu An, but couldn't help but laugh and said: "Otherwise, we will mobilize the troops and mobilize the patrol troops, what do you think we are going to do. "
Not daring to ask any more questions, Xu An just thought to himself: "But... but the bandit leader, did he just let it go? How does all this have anything to do with the capture of Yan Qingchuan?"
Perhaps he could see Xu An's thoughts. Gordon didn't say anything more, but stretched out his hand to caress the secret letter hidden on his chest and said, "The lost son Fang Shengzi!"
Suddenly, a strong wind blew through the county magistrate's office, causing Xu An, who was injured, to shiver for no reason...
