Chapter 0102 Go

The other side of the barracks.

On the battlefield, Yuan Baifu's horse had its leg cut by the enemy. The horse's injury was not serious, but because of the pain, when the battle was most stalemate, the horse raised its body high and threw Yuan Baifu, who was still fighting bravely, off the enemy.

It is normal for this to happen during a war, but for soldiers, horses are like a part of their bodies. Some people have a stronger relationship with horses than with their comrades, because at a critical moment, your comrades may not be able to rush to your side, but your horse will definitely seize the opportunity to save your life. …

However, Yuan Baifu's situation was completely the opposite. His horse threw him off. When all the generals were boasting about their tacit understanding with their horses, his horse threw him to the ground just because of a minor injury.

Although Yuan Baifu was not injured, he still felt very uncomfortable after returning to the military camp.

After taking off his armor, Yuan Baifu walked with heavy steps to the clay stove. He poured himself a glass of water irritably, but after taking a sip of the water, he found that the water was cold.

Yuan Baifu: “…………”

Yuan Baifu held the cup half filled with cold water, staring at it intently, not knowing what he was thinking. At this moment, his personal guard came to him and said, "General Yuan, General Qu is here."

Yuan Baifu was stunned. Why would Qu Yunmie come here? Since they stepped out of Yanmen Pass, Qu Yunmie had never come to see him once.

He stood up subconsciously, but the person who came in after opening the curtain was not Qu Yunmie, but Qu Jin. ...Yes, if it was Qu Yunmie who came, the personal soldiers would call him "The King is Coming". Since Qu Yunmie became king, no one would call him General Qu anymore.

In fact, even before Qu Yunmie became king, he did not allow his subordinates to call him General Qu. General Qu was his father, and General Qu was his brother. He kept these two titles to commemorate them. As for Qu Yunmie himself, he let his subordinates call him by his title, such as General Mie Lu, General Zhenbei, etc.

When he was young, Qu Yunmie liked to give himself many cool titles. None of these titles were given to him by others, nor were they conferred by Nan Yong himself. However, he had the ability to make these second-rate titles famous, spread across the country, and let the people recognize his identity. In the end, he forced everyone, even the court, to admit that the title belonged to him, and even begged him to accept the imperial edict from the court.

So this is a bit strange. Why did Yuan Baifu subconsciously think that Qu Yunmie had come when he heard the name General Qu?

No one knew, and Yuan Baifu would not think about it. He only asked Qu Jin: "Why are you here?"

Qu Jin was not a subordinate of Qu Yunmie, nor was he Yuan Baifu's. Qu Yunmie arranged him to serve as the Left Commandant under Wang Xin. The Left Commandant and the Right Commandant were the most powerful people besides the four army commanders, and the Left Commandant's status was higher than that of the Right Commandant. So when Wang Xin was sent to lead troops to Qingluanling, Qu Jin replaced him. Qu Jin has been leading the rear army these days.

He had been punished with a military stick by Gao Xunzhi for his rude remarks. Even though he had a high position, he could not escape the fate of staying in bed for several days. When he recovered, Qu Yunmie's injuries had also improved a lot. After much hesitation, he decided to go to Qu Yunmie in person to apologize.

Qu Yunmie did not hold his fault against him. After all, Qu Yunmie himself was a person who was particularly easy to offend others with words, and they both had the surname Qu. This might be the characteristic of the Qu family. So Qu Yunmie asked him to go back and make amends for his crime, and fined him one year's military salary, which would be deducted from his military merits.

In fact, this means that he was not punished at all, because with Qu Jin's status, even if he did nothing the whole time, he would still get a lot of military merit. This is why people dream of becoming a general. In addition to being very impressive, the speed of accumulating military merit will be much faster than that of low-level soldiers. Low-level soldiers must kill enemies with their own hands, and they can only move up a little bit by killing many enemies, while the generals who lead these soldiers do not have to do this. They will get as much merit as their soldiers kill the enemy.

This was the preferential treatment that Qu Yunmie gave to Qu Jin, but Qu Jin did not realize it. Or maybe he realized it but he just didn't care. Now he only remembered what Qu Yunmie said to him when he went to apologize.

"Whether I am being reckless or not, when is it your turn to criticize me? Could it be that when I was seriously injured and unconscious, you were no longer the left commander, but became my military advisor?"

"My parents are also your elders! If you can't even tell the difference between close and distant relatives, senior and junior, and superior and inferior, then you should go back and copy the Qu family genealogy three hundred times! Also, I will fine you one year's military salary, which will be settled together with your military merits after this war. You should remember this lesson!"

Afterwards, Qu Jin was blasted out by Qu Yunmie. Xiao Rong watched Qu Yunmie teach someone a lesson. He couldn't help but ask, "Does the Qu family still have a family tree?"

Qu Yunmie slowly turned his head and said, "It has been passed down for four hundred and sixty years, a total of twenty-eight generations. Our Qu family's ancestors were also officials, and one of them was the prime minister of Longcheng State."

Xiao Rong looked confused: "I have never heard of Dragon City Kingdom."

At this point, he suddenly realized, "Is Longcheng a small city in the former Beiping County, now Liaoxi County? Because it is close to Shaohai, some people say that they have seen a flying dragon in the sky above the sea, so it is called Longcheng."

Qu Yunmie snorted lightly, which was considered as his agreement.

But Xiao Rong's reaction afterwards made him frown: "Such a small place can actually become a feudal state? Hahahaha, this prince must be very unpopular. How is this different from direct exile, hahahahaha——"

Halfway through his laugh, Xiao Rong suddenly stopped talking because he had seen Qu Yunmie's dark face. Pursing his lips, Xiao Rong spoke seriously, "Although the place is small, it is a wonderful place. The auspicious sign that appeared hundreds of years ago, who would have thought that it was reflecting the situation today? Dragon City has never had a true dragon emperor. It can be seen that it appeared for the ancestors of the Qu family and for you, the king. It is a bit late, but it finally caught up. Eh? What a coincidence, it just happened to match the situation of the Qu family."

Qu Yunmie: “…………”

You are really good at talking nonsense. ...

Just like that, no one cared about Qu Jin who was kicked out. In fact, they shouldn't have cared. After all, Qu Yunmie's words were not too harsh, and what he said made sense. The person who made the mistake was Qu Jin, and he deserved the scolding.

However, Qu Jin did not think so. He went to find Qu Yunmie. He thought he was going to ask for forgiveness, but deep down in his heart, he hoped that Qu Yunmie could help him get back his face. Gao Xunzhi ordered him to be punished, but he was not convinced. The only person in the entire army who could give orders to Gao Xunzhi was Qu Yunmie.

Gao Xunzhi had a relatively high opinion of Qu Jin, because Qu Jin was not like Zhang Biezhi who always got into trouble, in fact he never got into trouble. He was also very steady in his external performance. He did not use his status as a member of the Qu family to suppress other generals, nor did he go around telling people about his relationship with Qu Yunmie to make people look at him differently. Therefore, Gao Xunzhi always thought that Qu Jin was a good person.

In fact, Qu Jin is really good. He has only one problem: he is always grateful for a little while and resentful for a big while. ...

Qu Jin came to see Yuan Baifu. At first he was just polite to him, but then slowly, their topic changed.

Qu Jin expressed his dissatisfaction with Gao Xunzhi and Qu Yunmie. He tried to get Yuan Baifu to join him in fighting against the common enemy. He didn't know where Wang Xinyong had gone, but he knew that Wang Xinyong should have gone to carry out some special mission, and this kind of mission was previously done by Yuan Baifu.

Qu Jin became more and more excited as he spoke, and his dissatisfaction even escalated into resentment. There was one thing Xiao Rong didn't know. Although Qu Jin also had the surname Qu and was somewhat capable, this was only to the Zhenbei Army. Outside, he was not even as famous as Dongfang Jin. He stayed in Wang Xinyong's army, and he was as transparent as Wang Xinyong.

Therefore, there is no record about Qu Jin in history books.

Therefore, Xiao Rong did not know that Yuan Baifu had an accomplice when he rebelled. That person was Qu Jin. His surname was Qu, and he was also a member of the Qu family. Moreover, he was much better than Qu Yunmie, who was bent on revenge. He was calm and easy to get along with. If the Zhenbei Army must be loyal to the Qu family, then why couldn't they be loyal to Qu Jin?

If they follow Yuan Baifu, some people who are still loyal to Qu Yue will not be able to get over this hurdle. But if Qu Yunmie himself has problems and they have to give up Qu Yunmie and support another member of the Qu family, then their sense of guilt will be much less.

However, Qu Jin had no idea of ​​betrayal. He and Qu Yunmie were from the same clan. People from the same family could belong to several forces. Of course, this kind of situation could happen, but it was very rare. Everything Qu Jin had now was given to him by Qu Yunmie. How could he possibly think of going out on his own?

The reason why he came to find Yuan Baifu was, firstly, because Yuan Baifu was very nice to him on weekdays. Qu Jin himself could not explain why, but among the four generals, he always liked Yuan Baifu the most; secondly, he hoped that Yuan Baifu could stand on his side, and Yuan Baifu's past words and deeds also showed that he was a rational person and he would stand on the side of justice. Qu Jin thought that what he said made sense.