The seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The entire Xujiazhuang of Horseshoe Lake suddenly became empty.
The last batch of villagers, escorted by Qinglong Camp, first went to the mountain hunting village outside the inner city.
"Xu Mu, don't die in the inner city! We haven't driven piles yet, and we haven't given birth to ten children yet..."
"Li Dawan, you are cursing me." Xu Mu looked funny.
Li Xiaowan hurriedly covered her mouth, covering it for a while, but couldn't help but let go, and then said many things that made people panic.
Even Si Hu, who was next to him, couldn't listen anymore and walked aside while picking his nose.
"Puppy Fu, remember to miss me when you go there. If I don't see you every day, I won't be able to sleep."
"Brother Tiger is like a fool, I won't dump you."
Li Dawan, who was nearby, wiped away his tears, picked up the snowball, and chased Si Hu all the way.
"Xu Lang, stay here and be careful." Jiang Caiwei stood silently for a long time before walking to Xu Mu's side.
"When Xu Lang was away at Zhuangzi, I took Lu Feng to the back mountain to see. There was a mountain road that could lead down the mountain. I tied white hemp and made a sign. Maybe Xu Lang... might be able to use it."
Xu Mu silently raised his hand and hugged the little maid's wife in front of him.
"I will wait for Xu Lang over there. When Xu Lang comes, I will make chicken soup and boil a pot of wine for Xu Lang."
"I can't die, I've been killed so many times." Xu Mu smiled.
Jiang Caiwei raised her head and looked at Xu Mu's face seriously.
"It doesn't matter, Xu Lang will not be alone. Wherever Xu Lang is, I will be there."
Xu Mu stood there, holding Jiang Caiwei's body, unwilling to let go for a long time.
"Xu Lang, take care of yourself."
The carriage gradually moved away until it disappeared into the wind and snow. The sound of the hooves of the two hundred horses gradually became inaudible.
"My lord, I have nothing to worry about anymore." Jia Zhou walked to Xu Mu's side with his hands behind his back.
"Wenlong, you also leave together."
"Senior Zhuge and I are in the same car. It's okay."
Xu Mu raised his head and found that the three old men on the balcony were still drinking wine happily.
"This is for my lord." Jia Zhou hesitated and took out a brocade bag from his sleeve. It was bright red and embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks.
Xu Mu's eyes widened in shock. He had just sent away two people who had expressed their feelings to each other, so there wouldn't be another one coming.
"Wenlong, I, I absolutely cannot accept it."
"My lord misunderstood... but I wanted to leave a tip bag for my lord, but I couldn't find the tip bag, so I spent money to buy one from a village woman."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"My lord, please remember that if something goes wrong when you enter the court, you should take another look."
"Thank you Wenlong."
Jia Zhou smiled and nodded, "Lord, if my guess is correct, the young marquis' people will be here in the next two or three days."
"That's why."
"Settle the country and have a good year."
"If it can't be determined, with the temper of the Marquis, Chunji, the people of the world, will not be plunged into panic."
"I, Jia Wenlong, am waiting for my lord to make a name for himself in thirty states in the world."
Jia Zhou hugged him and turned around. After a while, he disappeared into the wind and snow.
"It's snowing heavily, let's close the wine stalls!"
On the balcony, three old men also carried their belongings and hurried down.
Xu Mu held the Yuanyang brocade bag and carefully placed it close to his body. He raised his head and stood silently in the snow for a long time.
…
As Jia Zhou said, on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Ying led thousands of men and horses and rushed all the way to Mati Lake.
Xu Mu was suddenly a little unaccustomed to it. Gu Ying, who always wore strong clothes, now turned into an armored warrior.
However, there were still faint traces of blood on the robe and armor.
"Don't laugh, little boss. This is what the master meant." Gu Ying said with a smile, "The master said that he didn't care about life and death this time, so he asked me to dress more seriously. In the future, when I go to the underworld of reincarnation, it will be like a battlefield. A good man."
He said it calmly, but it made Xu Mu uncomfortable to hear it.
"Brother Gu, maybe we met someone on the road."
"We met." Gu Ying's tone became a little cold, "I don't know which battalion they were from. They probably wanted to stop me, so I went straight to the knife."
"Is everything okay?"
"No, I have always remembered the military formations taught by my master without fighting. My little boss, you don't know yet, but my master has sorted out the riding skills for you to go to the border and taught you a lot. general."
"I'm ashamed of myself." Xu Mu laughed dryly.
A seventeenth-level Tieba veteran who hangs out on military forums all the year round and is stuck in a trap he cannot extricate himself from. Of course, except for the occasional click on a splash screen link.
"Brother Gu, how is the Marquis' health now?" After hesitating for a moment, Xu Mu asked.
After hearing this sentence, Gu Ying's eyes darkened.
"While eating breakfast yesterday, the master suddenly coughed violently and coughed up a bowl of blood. Fortunately, the miracle doctor Li Wang'er was at the camp and saved his life. My little boss, I, I also heard something."
"whats the matter?"
"The master asked Li Wang'er if there was any magic medicine that would make him feel more energetic these days."
"Then what did the miracle doctor say?"
"Li Wang'er said that if he thought of something, the master might be able to live until spring, but after taking this weird magic medicine, he can only live for two days. After the effect of the medicine wears off, the master will become seriously weak and die immediately."
Xu Mu fell silent immediately. He knew without even thinking that Yuan Tao would definitely choose to take this magical medicine.
"My brother, I only fight for the last time."
Thinking of Yuan Tao's words from afar, Xu Mu felt even worse in his heart.
"Stop talking about this, I want to cry when I talk about it." Gu Ying let out a long sigh, raised his head, and his nasal cavity changed slightly.
"Little boss, the master has told you to go to the camp." Gu Ying got off his horse and handed a piece of drawing with still wet ink into Xu Mu's hand.
"Brother Gu, don't you want to go?"
"Don't go, I have something to do. I don't have much time. I hope my little boss will leave as soon as possible."
"That's easy to say."
Gu Ying raised his hand to say goodbye, turned around, and quickly got on his horse again. Thousands of figures on horseback rushed away at Gu Ying's urging.
Xu Mu slowly opened the map drawn in white, noted the location clearly, and then crumpled it into a ball.
"Brother Mu, I'm hungry, Xi Niang left again."
"Open your mouth."
"It's very food, it doesn't taste good. Forget it, I swallowed it all anyway."
"Si Hu, you should also choose a scholar's robe." After hesitating, Xu Mu spoke.
When the time comes to actually enter the court and participate in any meeting among the ministers, Si Hu cannot wear a fat and elegant outfit, for fear of attracting attention.
"Brother Mu, why am I wearing that thing? Do I have to recite poems? Otherwise, why don't I recite a poem to Brother Mu first?"
"Read it."
"A flower girl costs three taels, and ten camellias cost one tael. I will use camellias as gifts for the flower girl, and I will save another two taels tonight."
"Which bitch taught you..."
"Brother Mu, it's Zhuge who is lame."
"Don't pay attention to this old thing from now on." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead, "You wear a strong suit on the inside and wear it on the outside. When you fight, you tear it off, and others will be afraid when they see it."
Si Hu thought for a while, then suddenly laughed innocently. He didn't care about being hungry, turned around and ran to Zhuangzi to rummage through the cabinets.
…
Xu Mu held his sword and stood in the wind and snow for a while, then turned around.
