During free time, the daylight was fast. As two fast horses passed by Yanbei Street, the daylight gradually receded from Yanbei City, leaving only the empty long street and the setting sun, which made the two people control the horses for a long time.
The few pedestrians on the street looked sideways. If the people at the border were not used to seeing armored sergeants, they might have thought that there was another war at the border.
Maybe he was not surprised, but for a moment, the pedestrians on the street looked back and continued their way home. No matter in wartime or in peace, life must go on for them.
Despite this, a hint of panic in the expressions of these people still fell into the eyes of Gu Xiao, who was riding past. His sword eyebrows were furrowed and he murmured to himself: "If the world is not in trouble, it would be difficult to travel in this world."
Although the young man sighed in his mouth, he became determined in his heart. Although he had little strength, he must still try and change the situation in Yanbei. He must not let these innocent people die in this game of chess.
The horse's hooves stepped through the last ray of the setting sun, and the sunlight finally dissipated. Under the first light of the moon, the two of them had arrived at the intersection of Shanfu Street. More than a hundred soldiers, whose expressions did not change and their fatigue remained unchanged, were guarding outside Shanfu.
"The spearmen are in front and the swords and shields are behind. This street is not spacious. If there are not many times the number of enemies, otherwise, if you want to break through the hundred-man army formation and break into the general's mansion, you will have to pay a high price. It seems like this , this Shan Bin is not a fool..." ap.
The young man looked at the appearance of more than a hundred soldiers and couldn't help but secretly praise him. Then he couldn't understand how a general who could train such a military appearance could easily become a treasonous general.
Yu Lie, who turned over and dismounted, saw the young man under the moon, staring at the hundreds of soldiers in front of him, seemingly lost in thought. He only thought that he was frightened by the appearance of his own general's soldiers, and secretly wondered in his heart that this young man was just a fool and had never seen the world. , just a hundred people scared him into this...
It seemed that he had completely forgotten that this young man was the one who captured the leader of the two patrols and returned, so how could he be intimidated by these hundreds of soldiers.
"Brother Mu, don't worry. These soldiers are just my general's personal soldiers. It's not because of your arrival that they are on guard outside the general's mansion. It's because the general's safety must be guaranteed under this city seal, right?" Yu Lie didn't know. The young man's mind was self-righteous and he opened his mouth to express relief.
The young man was brought back to his mind by Yu Lie's words. Seeing that he had misunderstood him, he didn't care. As Yu Lie's wariness gradually disappeared, it became safer for the young man.
Turning over and dismounting, the young man followed Yu Lie's words and said with a little worry on his face: "That's good. This is the first time I've seen such a majestic soldier. It's true..."
Hearing the young man's praise, Yu Lie's guard retreated slightly, he laughed immediately, put his arms around the young man's shoulders and said, "When Brother Mu joins my general, in the future he will lead troops to fight like brothers. Once he gets used to it, he won't I’m scared by these soldiers again.”
"I hope so." The young man responded with a smile, but when his starry eyes turned to the surroundings in the street, he didn't see any fear. He just kept looking at the streets outside Shan's mansion, keeping every place in mind so that he could prepare in advance for the next visit.
The general and the young man walked side by side through the hundred-man army formation, and within a moment, they arrived in front of the Shan Mansion. What Yu Lie didn't expect was that Shan Bin was wearing a broad robe and standing outside the door of the mansion.
Yanbei commanded the general and came out of the house to greet him in person. Yu Lie didn't react for a while until Shan Bin turned around and spoke.
"Lao Yu, is he the young hero you mentioned?"
Yu Lie hurriedly released his hands holding the young man's shoulders, knelt down and shouted in military salute: "The last Yu Lie, please see General Shan."
Kneeling on one knee, Yu Lie kept winking at the young man beside him who had never saluted, and was really worried about him.
Gu Xiao looked at the top general in Yanbei City in front of him. Although he was not as tall and brave as Wan Jun and Yang Hucheng, he still showed the majesty of a general. Although he only wore a wide robe, he covered the streets with soldiers. The power.
The young man looked at Shan Bin, and the general also looked at the young man. He was wearing a green shirt and a black box, with sword-shaped eyebrows on his temples, and his eyes were focused on the stars.
Although the green shirt was already worn, the momentum around the young man was like a sharp sword unsheathed, irresistible... Shan Bin was in a daze for a moment. No matter his facial features or his demeanor, he looked exactly like the same person, a person he had not seen for many years. The person who appears in Shan Bin's mind.
"Could it be...that I'm blinded? Or is there really reincarnation in this world?" Shan Bin unconsciously asked
He murmured in a low voice, suddenly remembering something extremely important, and his eyes froze slightly.
Yu Lie, who was kneeling in military salute, saw his general staring at the young man in fascination. He couldn't help but secretly wonder in his heart. He heard that after the general entered Yanbei City, he became obsessed with gold and silver women. Could it be that he is attracted to men again now? Although raising prostitutes is the most popular thing for wealthy families,...
Thinking of this, Yu Lie suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body. He couldn't help but look at the young man's handsome face. He stepped back and whispered to himself: "This boy is actually handsome, not as rough as the people from the North..."
Gu Xiao was also surprised and confused as to why Shan Bin stared at him without saying a word. After thinking for a moment, he spoke first, breaking the silence in the place. He lifted up his clothes and wanted to salute first.
"Kusamin Muichi, pay your respects to the general..."
But before he could kneel down, a hand was already wrapped around his arm.
"There is no need to be polite. Yu Lie has reported the whole incident to me truthfully. You are not only Yu Lie's savior, but also saved a general on my behalf. I will reward you well."
Yu Lie, who was kneeling beside him with the military salute, was very excited when he heard General Shan lift him up like this. But when he looked sideways for a moment, he saw his general holding the young man's arm with one hand, staring at the young man's face with burning eyes, and he couldn't help but think in his mind. Thinking of his guess just now, he quickly lowered his head and stopped looking.
Yu Lie had gone astray, but Gu Xiao became suspicious. Both Gao Deng and the Fu brothers had tried to be on guard when they first met him. Shan Bin was also a general in Yanbei. Could it be that Yu Lie's recommendation alone made him suspicious? Unsuspecting, so intimate, why on earth.
"General, you are serious. When we were outside Yanbei City, I made it clear to General Yu that the rescue was just a coincidence and I did what I could." Gu Xiao used the same rhetoric he used to deal with Yu Lie before, Replied respectfully.
But Shan Bin was not Yu Lie. Not only did the young man's words fail to convince Yu Lie, but they made Yu Lie more sure of his suspicions. He wanted to ask questions for a moment, but his eyes turned slightly and his words changed: "Anyway, our Yanbei Army is here." When you are employing people, no matter what you think in your heart, you must give me a chance to reward you, right?"
Gu Xiao was about to enter Shan's house to investigate, but he had no excuse. He didn't expect that General Shan would take the initiative to speak. He was about to agree, but he looked at Shan Bin's scrutinizing eyes, became wary, and looked to his side pretending to be suspicious. Yu Lie seemed to be hesitant.
When Yu Lie saw this, he said that the young man had never seen such a scene before. He was about to get up and speak, but remembered that the general had not let him get up, so he knelt down again.
When these things fell into Shan Bin's eyes, he knew that in order to thoroughly investigate the young man's background, he needed to be kept, so he opened his mouth to let Yu Lie stand up and signaled with his eyes.
"Brother Mu, since my general has spoken, don't refuse. Why don't you do this..." Yu Lie, who understood, was persuading, but he heard a "cuckoo" sound, interrupting the three people's conversation. .
It turned out that Gu Xiao had entered the city in the morning, and up to this time, no water had come in. The ride was bumpy, and his stomach was empty. The sound of "gurgling" just now was caused by Gu Xiao's hunger.
"Yu Lie, you are really guilty. Brother Mu is your savior after all. How can you let him come to see you alone when he is hungry? Come on, come, prepare a banquet quickly. I want to entertain Brother Mu." Shan Bin and others Also, even if he has not been taken seriously by Wan Jun for many years, he has been involved in Yanbei officialdom for many years. He rolled his eyes slightly and spoke immediately to get rid of the embarrassment.
Gu Xiao was secretly happy in his heart. He did not feel ashamed at all for being rude because he was hungry. Instead, he secretly thought that he was hungry just in time to resolve the repeated temptations outside the General's Mansion. From now on, he had an honest reason to enter the Shan Mansion.
He thought so in his heart, but his face was extremely "ashamed". He smiled sarcastically and came to Yu Lie's rescue: "To make the general laugh, we entered Yanbei this morning. Yunxiang Pavilion followed General Yu's instructions and prepared a table mountain. Jane, it’s just that I was too sleepy and fell asleep without having time to taste the delicious food..."
Shan Bin laughed with a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold, and he kept scanning the young man's face: "Haha, that's easy. Brother Mu wants to taste the delicacies of Yanbei, so why go to Yunxiang Pavilion? I, the chef of the mansion, have great skills Although it’s not as good as Yunlai Inn, it’s much better than Yunxiang Pavilion. Come on, come in first, and let’s eat and chat.”
"Brother Mu, please hurry up, lest the general punish you, and Yu cannot bear it..." Yu Lie said in agreement.
Gu Xiao refused to refuse again. When Yu Lie saw this, he led the way, while Shan Bin walked with his arms and entered Shan's mansion...
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Shan Bin lowered the wine cup, narrowed his eyes slightly, wiped the wine from his beard, and smiled at the young man: "I was just eating and drinking, and I didn't know where Brother Mu was from."
Gu Xiao only focused on eating until his mouth was full of oil. The chef in the general's mansion was indeed not an ordinary person. He never thought that these ordinary meats would be so delicious after being cooked by the chef. When Shan Bin opened his mouth, he wiped the greasy corners of his mouth and replied with fists. He said: "General, I am from Xia Liangzhou."
"Liangzhou, a good land... Hey, if my memory is good, our former Northern Commander Wan Jun seems to be from Liangzhou." Shan Bin opened his mouth and looked at the young man tentatively.
But what caught Shan Bin's eyes was the scene of the young man turning back to him and eating fiercely with chopsticks. It seemed that Wan Jun's name did not affect his appetite. Seeing this scene, Shan Bin couldn't help but secretly thought: "This boy It seems that I have overthought it. If I were under Wan Jun, I would be cautious at this time and would never be like this..."
Just as he was thinking to himself, Shan Bin was brought back from his thoughts by the young man's reply.
"The name of General Ten Thousands is known to everyone in Liangzhou..." The young man opened his mouth, discarded his pair of chopsticks, looked at the plate of delicious food in front of him, reached out to grab it, and chewed the last part of the sentence. Shan Bin and Yu Lie couldn't hear the words clearly.
"That's true. Not to mention Liangzhou, everyone in Qiyun knows the name of General Wan... By the way, where are Brother Mu's parents and what do they do for a living?" Shan Bin spoke in a relaxed tone, as if he was an old friend. It was commonplace to chat, but Yu Lie, who was sitting next to him, heard a hint of interrogation, and then turned his eyes to the people sitting next to him.
The young man seemed to be completely unaware, but he was still eager to eat and answered casually: "I have no father or mother."
The moment he spoke, he suddenly put down the steak in his hand, raised his eyes to look at the general sitting on the seat, and said in the same relaxed tone: "General Shan guards the border and can be regarded as the parent of the people of Yanbei."
What seemed like casual chatting and compliments made the general sitting a little distracted. The handsome face of the young man sitting below him, as well as those familiar eyes, even the dimple on his lips when he smiled and the words he spoke, were all... Shan Bin seemed to be dreaming back to many years ago.
The proud man of heaven said the same thing when he handed Yanbei's general's seal into his hands.
"Guarding the border, you must remember Shan Bin, the father and mother of the people!" In a daze, Shan Bin looked at the young man sitting down and murmured a few words.
Gu Xiao looked at Shan Bin sitting on the seat, but felt hesitant in his heart. From the way he spoke, he did not look like a traitor, but his move to seal the city was an irrefutable fact.
"What on earth is he going to do?" Gu Xiao thought to himself and looked up again.
