Lights on the other side

Chapter 43

In Lincheng, it is just a small city belonging to Beiyi, square and square, with high walls built on flat ground.

The army entered the city at noon, and the people looked at them in silence. Perhaps this rebellion was only the intention of the upper echelons.Yun Liujin found a place near the barracks to settle down, and then found more than a dozen people to set up a defensive barrier.

Li Ruoci stood on the watchtower, looking at the vast plain in the distance, a spy came to report and whispered something in his ear.At this moment, he saw Yun Liujin waving to him from below.

"Li Ruoci, do you want to go shopping in the city?"

Seeing that Li Ruoci didn't respond, Yun Liujin continued: "There are many specialties in Lin, I want to eat sugar melon."

Sometimes Li Ruoci really felt that Yun Liujin didn't come to fight, but came to visit the mountains and rivers.

"I'll go down later."

He turned his head and said to the spy, "Go ahead."

By the time the two of them wandered around the city, it was already after noon.

"There are so few people, do you think they are taking a nap?" Yun Liujin said looking at the somewhat deserted street.

"Probably because I was a little scared when I saw the army running on the street in the morning."

"Yes, after all, we are still rebels in their eyes now."

They found a small tea shed to sit down, and Yun Liujin put down the few candied melons he bought just now.

"Here's one." Yun Liujin threw it into Li Ruoci's arms.

"Isn't it because King Duan has won half of the country now, and he still hasn't become emperor." Li Ruoci picked it up, and patted his clothes to prevent sesame seeds from falling on him.

"He is a descendant of the orthodox Zhao family, so he naturally wants the most orthodox throne, preferably in Jiangcheng."

Yun Liujin smiled, and said again: "After he becomes emperor, within half a year, people will keep silent about how he got the throne, and then live their own lives. Whose is it different to the common people? It’s nothing more than a question of whether or not to meet the Ming Lord, how can the common people have the leisure to pay attention to those.”

Li Ruoci chuckled lightly after hearing these words: "You will think of this, why don't you think about his attitude towards Lian Yetian after he seized the world?"

"Ha, of course he will immediately stand on the side of the three days, and keep silent about his family history."

Yun Liujin broke off a piece of sugar melon and put it in his mouth, said: "But it doesn't matter, Lian Yetian has already used him to extend his influence to the north, as for the future, who knows?"

"That's right. Up to now, there is no winner between the two sides, and it's not yet decided which side the balance will fall in the end."

"Speaking of it this way, I think Duan Wang is a bit interesting." While speaking, Yun Liujin had already eaten a sugar melon, he clapped his hands and shook off the crumbs.

"Prince Duan? I don't know him." Li Ruoci had only met him once, and his impression of him was that his face was slightly feminine, but he spoke with a calmness that didn't match his age.

"He is the ninth son of Emperor Dezong. His mother seemed to be a servant of some concubine. She died after giving birth to him. He was not favored since he was a child, and he was weak and sick. When he grew up, his fief was also in the most remote south. He It is really not easy to be able to fight against the imperial court today."

"It is said that the world is unpredictable. In the past, how could people think it would be him?"

As Yun Liujin spoke, his eyes fell behind Li Ruoci. As soon as Li Ruoci turned his head, he saw two men in short shirts coming out of the door. A stake was erected at the door. The wooden hammer began to smash on the pile.

"Huh? What are they doing?" Yun Liujin became interested.

The two walked over and stopped to watch. Under the wooden hammer was a piece of dough, which changed shape under the hammer.Yun Liujin pointed and asked, "You two big brothers, what are you going to do?"

One of the men stopped, took a breath, and said, "Cake."

Yun Liujin said strangely: "I have never seen this practice before."

The other man smiled and said, "It tastes better if you smash it, it's strong and tasty."

After smashing one piece of noodles, the man before went into the house to get new noodles, taking advantage of the gap, the rest of the men chatted with Yun Liujin.

"The two sons are not locals, are they?"

"No, I came here to play, it has a lot of history in Lin."

"Oh, that's right, Gucheng, Gucheng, my grandpa's grandpa lived here, and they did this too, haha."

"So business is going well?"

"Yeah, it's a time-honored brand, whether it's from the city or from outside, they only recognize ours."

"That's fine."

"But it's not working recently."

The man sighed, and said again: "Let's not talk about the war in the past half a year, just talk about the recent incident in Beishan outside the city. How many people dare to go up the mountain to cut firewood?"

Yun Liujin asked: "How do you say this?"

The man frowned, and said: "It's been a month, and a goblin has come out of Beishan, probably a woman, because it only looks for men, and I don't know what to catch. Ten days ago, the little girl in our shop The six sons met the monster when they went up the mountain, but he ran fast and came back, but he was quite frightened, and now he is still lying on the bed."

"That's a real disaster."

"No."

Seeing that the man had talked so much to him, Yun Liujin couldn't resist buying it, so he brought a catty of cakes, wrapped in paper, and wrapped in blue printed cloth outside.

On the way back, Yun Liujin said: "Oh, it's a bit expensive, I'm out of money."

Li Ruoci folded his arms and ignored him.

"How about we go up the mountain to fight monsters?"

"Are you too busy?"

"I'll give this to you when I get back." Yun Liujin raised his hand, and put the printed blue cloth bag on Li Ruoci's head.

"No." Li Ruoci patted his hand down mercilessly.

"Don't be so heartless, you said I was eaten by a monster, you can help me collect the corpse."

"That's not necessarily the case. I heard that person just now said that she is a female goblin. He might still want to drag you up the mountain to marry you. If that's the case, why should I save you?"

"Then I will confess you and say that there is a handsome young man under the mountain who is still unmarried and waiting for you."

"Then I'm afraid she will not be blessed."

The two of them went back to the barracks while they were talking. The sky had already darkened, and the barracks had already started to cook. The fire was dotted with black pots.A cooking soldier ran over and said to them, "Both young masters, do you want to eat together?"

"Okay, it's been a long time since so many people ate together." Yun Liujin walked over, lifted his clothes, and sat on the floor.

He distributed the snacks and cakes he bought in the afternoon to the people around him, and then began to eat from the same pot with the soldiers.

Li Ruoci shook his head and sat down too.

The night became thicker, and the stars in the sky and the fire on the ground suddenly came alive.A middle-aged soldier on the opposite side suddenly sighed and said, "In a few days it will be the Shangyan Festival."

The flames danced on everyone's faces, and a man with a loud voice said, "If you don't go up to Yan, what are you talking about?

"We're still fighting. We'll go back when we win."

"Home is better than this, it's freezing cold."

"Do you have a wife and children? Why don't you go back arguing?"

"I miss my parents, can't you?"

People chattered miscellaneously, and after a while this topic was brought over.Li Ruoci silently added firewood to the fire. He suddenly remembered the last Shangyan Festival, the Feast of Thousand Fishes, the silver bells in the hands of the dancers, the jars of plum wine on the long table, and the two homeless people. people.Speaking of which, it was his first holiday, and indeed some things were fleeting illusions.

After eating, he and Yun Liujin went to the camp.

"Hey, I forgot to tell you. In the morning, the spy told me about the situation on the other side. There are 190 and eight people from Sanxuntian. Counting some small sects, such as Ruoye Jiangli, there are a total of 310 people."

"Yeah." Yun Liujin walked ahead without looking back, it seemed that he didn't care much.

"The coach is Li Mo'er from Sanxuntian." Li Ruoci continued.

Yun Liujin's footsteps stopped.

"Ah."

Later he replied in a low voice.