Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 223

Chapter 223

For several days, there was heavy snow in the city of Shuojing day by day, and the streets were much deserted.

In Xu Mansion, He Xinying stood in front of the study and knocked on the door, saying, “Come in.” He Xinying walked in.

“I made some red bean sweet soup in the kitchen. It’s too cold outside.” He Xinying smiled and took the small bowl in her hand out of the basket and put it on Xu Zhiheng’s table. NS.”

Xu Zhiheng’s gaze fell on the small white porcelain bowl on the table. In the porcelain bowl, the red bean sweet soup gave off a sweet and greasy aroma, and the brown soup made him suddenly think of the bowl of tonics sent by the He family a long time ago.

It was also with such a color, such a sweet smell, and the decoction was very effective. After He Yan drank it, after three days of high fever, he could no longer see it.

Xu Zhiheng raised her head subconsciously, and He Xinying was looking at her tenderly. The eyebrows were similar to He Yan. Xu Zhiheng’s heart jumped suddenly, and he stood up subconsciously, and his sleeves accidentally touched the soup bowl on the table. , Tian Geng spilled all over the floor, staining his clothes.

“Husband is okay?” He Xinying was startled, and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe the soup on Xu Zhiheng’s body, while calling the maid to come and clean up.

“Nothing.” Xu Zhiheng breathed a sigh of relief when the sweet soup was spilled, and took the veil and wiped the water stains on his body.

“This bowl is spilled, I’ll go and ask someone to bring a bowl over.” He Xinying said hurriedly.

“No need.” Xu Zhiheng shook her hand and smiled and pulled her to sit down beside him, “I am not hungry.”

The woman’s hands were warm and soft, which slightly dispelled his anxiety these days.

He Xinying sat down next to him, thought for a while, and said to Xu Zhiheng: “I heard Liu’er say that my mother was a little ill when she came in, and she has been ill in bed. I want to go back and take a look at my mother, my husband. How many days can I have free time? Why don’t you go to the Hejia with me?”

He Xinying always felt that the military book had been kept in her room. If one day Xu Zhiheng makes people search the entire mansion on a whim, he will be easily spotted. Moreover, this book of war was inexplicable, and she herself couldn’t figure out what was going on, so she might as well go back to the He’s house and ask Mrs. He, her mother always knew more about the eldest sister than she did.

“Do you want to return to He’s house?” Xu Zhiheng paused and asked He Xinying.

He looked at He Xinying’s gaze, with a little scrutiny. He Xinying’s heart jumped, and she took his arm with her hand, “I’ll go back and have a look, and I’ll be back the next day. Husband, can you accompany me back? My mother may not see you for a long time.”

He Xinying hadn’t suffered much since she was a child. When she married home, Xu Zhiheng knew that she was a little arrogant when she was in the He family, but after entering the Xu mansion, she was always behaved. This is different from He Yan’s temperament. Although He Yan never causes trouble and guards herself, it is absolutely impossible for her to act like a baby like He Xinying.

Xu Zhiheng said: “I have been very busy these few days, I am afraid I don’t have time to accompany you back to the house. In this way, I will ask someone to take you back, and after a while, I will be free, and I will accompany you again.”

He Xinying showed an aggrieved expression in a timely manner, and said: “…Okay.”

Xu Zhiheng smiled and held her hand, his thoughts had already drifted to other places.

It is impossible for him to go to the He family now, not to mention the He Yuansheng brothers, who knows what idea He Rufei is fighting now. He arranged an eyeliner in his house to try to catch the handle… and He Xinying, Xu Zhiheng thought, although He Xinying is his wife, but his surname is He, who knows if He Rufei has passed her anger, That’s okay, since He Rufei can put his eyeliner in his own house, how can he know that he won’t be scheming?

This time, let He Xinying go home to explore the bottom.

…

In the middle of the night, it started to snow again.

It was freezing cold, He Yan got up in the dark. The room was dark and even an oil lamp was never lit. Fortunately, she was used to being a blind man in the past. Even if she did not light the lamp, she would not fall when walking around the room. After getting dressed, he took out a dagger from the drawer and went out the door.

There was a lot of snow. To facilitate her movement, she wore a thin layer of cotton under her night gown. When she left the house, her nose almost froze. A charcoal fire was burning in the Xiangxiang stable, emitting a faint flame. The courtyard was quiet inside and out. He Sui and his son and Qingmei were sleeping soundly, and there was no movement in Chiwu’s room. He Yan quietly opened the door and walked out.

There was snow all around, and the long street was covered with silver and white. Lanterns hung under the eaves of the two streets along the street. The lanterns were red and very lively. In two months, the Chinese New Year will be around the corner. The New Year’s atmosphere is there now, although it is still a bit cold.

He Yan sighed, and a cloud of white mist gushed out in front of him. It’s strange to say that Liangzhouwei’s winter is much colder than Shuojing, but at that time, training every day, sweating profusely every day, but forgetting the cold. Now here, it’s really cold stomping.

She had only taken a few steps, and when the street was about to end, she saw a carriage parked. He Yan was stunned for a moment. In the empty street at night, there was such a carriage abruptly in the road, it was like seeing a ghost. He Yan squinted his eyes and took a closer look. There was a coachman sitting in front of the carriage. When he saw her, he took off his hat.

“Fei… Fei Nu?” He Yan said in surprise, “Why are you here?”

Feinu didn’t speak, but the carriage curtain was opened, and a person walked down from above. He was in black gold and clouded brocade clothes and had a pretty figure. When he saw it, it was Xiao Jue like a painting in a snowy night.

He walked over, his boots stepped on the snow, making a rustling sound. He Yan waited for him to approach and asked, “You won’t sleep at night, what are you doing here?”

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows, and said disapprovingly, “Then what about you? What do you do when you go out in the middle of the night?”

“I…” He Yan was speechless for a while, “I can’t sleep, come out to relax.”

Xiao Jue sneered and stared at her in time: “Miss, do you come out to relax and wear night clothes?”

He Yan scratched his head, knowing that this person is very clever and cheating is not easy, frowning and saying: “I’ll come out to do something…” She looked at Xiao Jue, and suddenly glanced back at her, “You’re going to be the day.” Follow me and never let it go in the middle of the night? Xiao Jue, even if I’m your fiancee, you don’t have to chase so hard.”

Xiao Jue: “…”

“What are you thinking about,” he seemed speechless, “you went out in the morning and bought a dagger in the blacksmith’s shop in the west of the city. Say it,” he said lazily: “Go out so late, kill or set fire?”

“When I bought the short sword, didn’t I get rid of Chiwu?” He Yan was also puzzled, “How did you know?”

When doing these things, she has always been very cautious, knowing that being discovered by Chiwu will draw suspicion, but finally got rid of the big man.

“It’s not Chiwu,” Xiao Jue said, “I just know it anyway.” He glanced at He Yan’s short sword pinned to his waist, a little disgusted, “I didn’t give you money, can’t you buy a good sword? ”

“What does this have to do with the sword?” He Yan said, “The important thing is the person who uses the sword and the sword technique. My sword technique is good, and I don’t need a good sword to add light to myself.”

Xiao Jue nodded and said, “Be diligent and thrifty.”

“…The words are good,” He Yan asked, “How do you feel like you are scolding me?”

The snow outside kept falling, and it quickly covered her hair with a thin layer of frost and snow. Xiao Jue pulled her down the eaves of the street and stood on the outside, blocking most of the wind and snow. Question: “I haven’t said yet, it’s so late, what are you doing with your sword?”

Seeing that he couldn’t hide it, He Yan sighed and told the truth, “I was thinking, He Rufei must have a different relationship with the Utuo people. He Rufei is cautious, it is difficult to get a handle, I I want to go to the He’s family and look for other evidence. It would be great if He Rufei can catch the evidence related to the Utuo people.”

“He Family?” Xiao Jue frowned slightly, “Are you planning to go alone?”

“Well, I was the He family in my last life,” He Yan approached him and whispered in a low voice, “He is familiar with both inside and outside of He’s house. I also know secret passages that others don’t know. It’s easy to sneak in. Go alone. Absolutely no problem.”

“No,” Xiao Jue interrupted her without thinking, “it’s too dangerous.”

“No, what’s dangerous.” He Yan retorted, “He family’s guards, I can fight ten of them. By this time, they have already fallen asleep. The house He Rufei lives in now is the house I used to live in. I know the hidden compartments on the bookshelves and the mezzanine in the wooden drawers. I know everything. I will leave as soon as I finish finding things, and it’s not a mistake. I’ve done a night attack on Uto’s tens of thousands of enemy camps, a He’s family, nothing. I’m scared.”

“He Rufei originally had doubts about you now, so he must have more guards in the mansion. It is not a good time to go to He’s house now.”

“After a long time, I am afraid that all the evidence will be ruined.”

Xiao Jue’s eyes fell on her, and after a while, he said: “I will go with you.”

“What?” He Yan immediately refused, “You went with me, but it became a burden. I can get away by myself, and it is very inconvenient to have one more of you.”

“Then you don’t go.”

“Xiao Jue,” He Yan angrily, “Why don’t you make sense!”

“Um.”

This person can’t get in? But if you want to quarrel with him here, you won’t even want to get out after the neighborhood is woken up. He Yan held a stalemate with him for a while, and finally defeated, gritted his teeth and said: “Okay, but I really didn’t expect that, everyone else said that Young Master Xiao is cold and unkind, and I didn’t expect to be so clingy in private.”

“To each other,” Xiao Jue looked at her with his breasts folded, “Who makes Miss He have the habit of going to other people’s houses in the middle of the night.” He leaned slightly and looked at He Yan condescendingly, his tone of voice was gnawing indifferent. “I’m afraid that something will happen and the wife and debtor will pay.”

This person quarreled with others and probably never lost. He Yan was also said to have lost his temper, and said viciously: “Forget it, if you want to follow along, let’s go along, but I can say it in advance. It’s really here in the He family. , Don’t regret it.”

Xiao Jue smiled and reached out to her waist, He Yan hurriedly protected her belt, “What are you doing?”

He took a deep breath: “What do you think I am going to do?”

“In the middle of the night, there are so many things you can do for lone men and widows.” He Yan whispered, “Then who knows what you are going to do?”

“He Yan.” Xiao Jue said calmly.

“I was laughing.” He Yan smiled flatteringly.

“Your sword is too bad, change this one.” He took off his saber and handed it to He Yan.

“Isn’t this Yinqiu?” He Yan was taken aback. Xiao Jue had already stuffed the Yinqiu sword into her hand. She knew that Qiuqiu was precious and wanted to return the sword to him, “What do you do for me?”

Xiao Jue glanced at her and raised the corners of her mouth: “Change this one, so that others don’t say that I am shabby in the Xiao family and shame me.”

“What other people,” He Yan said quickly: “Bah, baah, we go to He’s house today, and we will definitely not disturb anyone. How can anyone else see?”

Before He Yan finished speaking, Xiao Jue had already pulled out the dagger around her waist and walked forward on his own, “Take it.”

He Yan had no choice but to keep up.

Feinu parked the carriage on the side of the road, and the three of them left together, rushing in the direction of the He family.

The He Mansion is located in the west of the city. The house looks like it is not as elegant and elegant as the Xu family, but it is also grand. Feinu was guarding the reception outside the house. He Yan took Xiao Jue to the backyard wall, and when he reached one place, he stopped and said in a low voice: “Here, this is my secret passage.”

Xiao Jue stared at the hole in front of him that could only barely allow one person to crawl through, and asked calmly, “What do you call a secret passage is to drill a dog hole?”

“Shhh,” He Yan put his finger on his lips, “Small down. This dog hole is not an ordinary dog hole, I dare say that no one in the whole He family knows.”

“When I was a child, I pretended to be a man, but I didn’t have much strength. I was with other boys, always worried about leaks. The family was afraid that my exposure to too much would cause trouble, so they locked me in the house. Before I entered the Xianchang Pavilion, I drilled out of this dog hole every day before dawn and climbed to the Donghuang Mountain in the capital to help the monks in the temple fetch water and chop wood. At first, the skins of the hands were worn badly, and later they gave birth to cocoons. After that, you can hit a punch with a rock hanging on your wrist.”

“The teenagers at Hyunchang Hall are very good at every turn, but if I hadn’t secretly climbed the mountain to practice privately, I’m afraid that I would have a worse life in Hyunchang Hall.”

“Ah,” she moved in her heart, “couldn’t it be that I did too much work for the monks in the temple at that time, so the Buddha saw my sincerity and gave me a chance to come back to life. No wonder everyone always said If you want to make good relationships, don’t you think?” She turned her head to look at Xiao Jue.

Xiao Jue squeezed his forehead and forbeared, “So, you mean, you want me to drill a dog hole?”

“Right.” He Yan said: “I said earlier, you must follow me, don’t regret it, it’s not that you didn’t remind you.”

“Don’t drill.” Xiao Jue frowned slightly and turned his head, as if disgusted by one more look, “I’m over the wall.”

“Don’t, there are organs around the wall of the He family. He Rufei must have been rearranged now. I don’t know where it is. If you trigger the organs, we will give up all our previous efforts.” He Yan looked at him, “Then. Or you, like Feinu, wait for me outside and I can go in by myself.”

“no.”

“Master, do it well,” He Yan said helplessly, “This is not okay, that’s not okay, what on earth do you want?”

Xiao Jue stared at the dog hole blankly for a moment, suddenly raised the corner of his robe, knelt down, and turned his head to He Yan and said, “You go first.”

This time, He Yan was really shocked, “Are you really going to drill?”

“Hurry up.” Xiao Jue couldn’t bear it.

He Yan was originally looking forward to using this dog hole to let Xiao Jue retreat, but he didn’t expect that this person would actually drill down. For a time, he was filled with emotion, saying that Xiao Jue’s sacrifice was too great. If the soldiers of the Nanfu Bing of Jiuqi Camp knew that their captain would come to drill the dog hole without sleeping in the middle of the night, they would definitely kill her.

However, this wasn’t that He Yan was deliberately embarrassed. This dog hole of the He family was digged by herself. The He family doesn’t like raising dogs. He Yan personally fed the stray dogs outside. This is much safer than what Xiao Jue said over the wall.

“Then you follow me.” He Yan whispered: “Move lightly.”

She herself didn’t care about the embarrassment of drilling a dog hole. After all, she had drilled since she was a child. She hadn’t drilled for a long time. She was kind to blame. Once she was wrong, she went in like a loach. Xiao Jue endured forbearance and crawled in.

The wall of He Mansion is thick, and this hole was made by He Yan when he was young. It is not too big. With his adult figure, it is a bit narrower. When he has just got out, he hasn’t stood still, and he will see the faint lantern. Under the light, a group of yellow things “swish” over.

When Xiao Jue was about to make a move, He Yan had already whispered in a pleasantly surprised voice: “Er Mao!”

The man named “Er Mao” ran up to He Yan, rolled and pulled He Yan’s legs, very affectionate. He was originally a yellow dog.

Xiao Jue: “What is this?”

“I raised it.” He Yan whispered: “I thought Ermao was kicked out after I died, but I didn’t expect it to be there.”

To be precise, He Yan picked up a stray dog back home and named it Da Mao. The He family didn’t want to see dirty stray dogs, but at that time He Yan had no friends. When he was alone, it would be nice to have a yellow dog as a companion, so he begged Mrs. He to leave Da Mao in the house. Da Mao later gave birth to a litter of puppies, but it was too cold and none of them survived except Er Mao. The Ermao who survived was still dumb.

He Rufei removed all the traces of He Yan one by one. He Yan thought that he would never see Ermao again, and he didn’t expect to see it again. However, Ermao usually lives in the backyard and catches mice by himself. It is estimated that He Rufei didn’t want to get rid of it, but simply forgot the dog.

“It seems to recognize me.” He Yan looked at Ermao, who was constantly wagging his tail at him, and exclaimed: “I had been classmates with you, Lin Shuanghe, and Yanhe for so long, and none of you recognized me. The eyesight isn’t as strong as Ermao.”

Ermao Chong Heyan stuck out his tongue and laughed.

Xiao Jue closed his eyes and said patiently: “Now is not the time for you to reunite.”

“I know.” He Yan made a “sit down” gesture to Ermao, and the yellow dog sat down obediently, “Ermao, you stay here to let me out.” She turned to Xiao Jue and said: ” Come with me.”

The He Mansion is very large, and He Yan walks very vigilantly. Every time he goes, he must hide in the dark and search for people everywhere. Although she hadn’t entered the He Mansion a few days ago, she secretly wandered around outside the He Mansion. The number of people in the He family was much larger than when she was still there. You don’t need to think about it to know that it was He Rufei’s handwriting.

Perhaps it was He Rufei who believed that the He family had a little more subordinates to support the “General Feihong” style, or it was a guilty conscience.

The yard where He Rufei lived, that is, the yard where He Yan originally lived, was the deepest and innermost one in He Mansion. Xiao Jue asked in a low voice, “Why is it so far?”

“Because Young Master He Da is ugly and eccentric because of his natural appearance.” He Yan said, “I don’t like too much contact with people.”

In her yard, there are already few people serving, and they are very biased. It would be fine if He Yan had been a quiet temper since she was a child, but children always had many fantasies. She was originally lively and curious about everything. Because of this identity, he can only stay in the yard and play alone. After a long time, even if he is not withdrawn, he will be raised with loneliness.

A child can’t do this or that, and even the maids can’t wait on them personally, let alone play games together. After a long time, they can have fun by themselves. For example, taking a tree branch to draw a picture on the sand, every room in the He family’s yard can be accurately drawn by her, because she has walked through her mind thousands of times.

He Yan once suspected that after she joined the army, she was always extremely sensitive to the terrain, and that she would never forget it once she walked. In fact, she learned from her childhood experience.

“The layout of the mansion has changed.” He Yan whispered: “We have to be careful.”

The night was already very deep now, and the people who watched the night were all in the outer courtyard. Seeing that he was about to reach He Rufei’s yard, He Yan became more and more nervous.

Turning around a long corridor, He Yan paused when he was about to walk forward, and suddenly he silently pulled Xiao Jue into an empty tea room.

Xiao Jue was about to speak, He Yan covered his mouth: “Shhh, someone.”

The sound of people’s footsteps sounded procrastinately outside. It was probably the little boy who went to the hut at night and passed by the door, and the sound gradually faded away. He Yan breathed a sigh of relief when there was no more noise outside, and was stunned when he turned his head.

The moon came out at some unknown time, and through the window, a gleam of light shone on the ground. Xiao Jue was pushed to the wall by her, with his back leaning against the wall. He Yan was nervous for a while, and almost his whole body was lying on him, but he was motionless, his hands slightly backward, as if deliberately avoiding, He Yan held his hands. His mouth looks like a hooligan who is insulting others.

She was startled, and subconsciously withdrew her hand.

The young man looked at her indifferently, suddenly bent his lips, and silently said, “Taking me a favor?”

He Yan almost choked and shook his head again and again, “No, no, I was too anxious just now, not on purpose.”

The man nodded with a smile, his eyes clearly written unbelief.

He Yan had a hard time talking, no matter what, anyway, she didn’t mean to Xiao Jue anymore, and she didn’t care about once or twice. He glanced out through the crack in the door, saw no one, whispered: “Let’s go.”