"The worst plan?" The chestnut horse under his seat neighed and raised its hooves to kick a few times restlessly. Gu Junwen pulled the reins hard and it calmed down. "General Wang, I'm here to persuade you to return to the camp with me. It's not a wise move to attack Tanzhou at night."
"No, General, you misunderstood. I have never thought of a night attack." Wang Biao's eyes were as calm as a pond, staring straight at Gu Junwen. That expression added a hint of shrewdness to his honest face.
"You guys?" Gu Junwen glanced around. Under the torchlight, he saw many silent faces. Silence, like clay sculptures or stone statues. "You want to surrender to the enemy!"
"Wang Biao! What do you want to do!" The man and the horse were gradually surrounded. Gu Junwen looked around vigilantly and shouted loudly.
"General Gu, please be patient. I just want to ask you to meet someone." Wang Biao raised his hand to signal his subordinates to put away their weapons, and tried to force a smile.
"Okay." The reins in his hand were soaked with sweat, and Gu Junwen lowered his eyelids slightly, "Lead the way."
"I'm sorry." With his eyes blocked by the cloth, his other senses became more sensitive, and the sounds of sand and stones rubbing against each other and the sound of horse hooves were endless.
Gu Junwen tried to identify the surrounding environment, calculating silently in her mind. The path under her feet changed from grass to sand, and then to stone bricks. The wind became quieter, the atmosphere became solemn, and she felt like she was being brought into a courtyard.
"Lift your feet, the master is waiting for you in front." Wang Biao's rough voice came. A little light appeared through the cloth strips. Gu Junwen was pushed hard by someone, staggered across the threshold, and was immediately surrounded by warmth.
"Young General Gu, I've long heard of your great name." A clear and elegant voice sounded, accompanied by a few low coughs.
"It's you." With her hands no longer shackled, Gu Junwen tore off the cloth strip and adjusted herself to the light in the room. She slowly looked forward and was stunned.
The man in front of me wore thick leather boots, a dark blue gown, a white fox fur cape on his shoulders, and his hair was casually scattered. Because of his constant coughing, two red clouds flew on his face. He was no longer young, and the years had mercilessly left marks on his temples and forehead.
"Uncle Huo Chengping." Gu Junwen clenched his fists unconsciously as he digested the surging memories. He didn't know how to react for a moment.
The brave general in the original owner's memory, who rode on a horse with a spear in hand and roared in the west wind, was no longer the same. He was sick and old, and time was particularly cruel to him, tearing him apart and reassembling him into another person.
"Xiao Junwen, I haven't seen you for many years." Huo Chengping raised his eyebrows and smiled. Gu Junwen passed through the clouds of memories and saw the unbridled young man again.
"Uncle Huo, what do you want to talk to me about?" Looking at the guards of foreign descent around him, Gu Junwen tried hard to suppress his surprise and asked calmly.
"Tongtong, what is this? Do you want to kill me?"
"Host, don't be anxious, let me take a look." System 101 was terrified, tapping the controller with both hands rapidly, flipping through the plot.
"Just give it to me." Gu Junwen's mind moved, and the script appeared directly in front of her. She seized the opportunity and read it hastily.
"Most of my relatives and friends are now ghosts. I am still very surprised to see you." Seeing Huo Chengping handing her a bowl of hot tea, Gu Junwen did not respond. She didn't know how to start.
"You don't have to tell me. My brothers would be shocked even in the afterlife if I were in this state. I don't know how long I can hold on with this sick body. Maybe tomorrow I can go see the general." Without waiting for a reply, Huo Chengping laughed first.
"Peace reigns over the land, and the wind blows in all directions. Uncle Huo, when you led the Thirteen Guards of Youdu to march to Tanzhou, did you remember the name my father gave you?"
"Of course I remember, I dare not forget it for a moment." Gu Junwen discovered for the first time that someone was exceptionally calm when he was extremely excited. Huo Chengping's eyes immediately turned red, and his emotions fluctuated greatly, making his body tremble like a leaf in the wind.
But Huo Chengping's eyes were full of indifference, as if he had forgotten everything.
"Then why you?"
"You are tired, go down and have a rest." Huo Chengping raised his hand, and two soldiers as big as a hill immediately stepped forward and drove him away silently with their eyes.
"General Gu, please come this way."
"Are you okay?" Wang Biao came out from the corner and looked at Huo Chengping who was coughing and seemed to be unable to breathe.
"Not bad." Huo Chengping held the teacup and took a gulp of tea. "He looks like a general."
"She looks more like the wife." Wang Biao looked in the direction where Gu Junwen left.
"I know you don't want to involve him." Huo Chengping stood up and walked over slowly. "But he has already found out about Poppy. He will be involved sooner or later. It's better for me to protect him behind me now. He will have to take revenge himself eventually."
"Have you found another clue?"
"Yes." Huo Chengping covered his cough, "I was able to save my life when I went after Chen Ze. The general and the others were in Huaiyue Valley, and he was the only one who came back alive."
"You mean Gu Junwen knows?" Wang Biao scratched his head, looking puzzled.
"If he doesn't know, then things will be even more troublesome. You know, all the brothers died, but there is not even a monument left."
"Yes." Wang Biao closed his eyes and sighed heavily, "Qi Sheng stipulated that soldiers who died without merit could not have a monument erected. The general's battle was neither wrong nor meritorious."
"That day will come." Huo Chengping wrapped his cloak tightly around him. "The day will eventually dawn."
At this time, the eastern sky was dim and seemed to be turning pale.
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