Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Chu Qing held the dagger in his hand. Although he knew that the dagger was useless in his hand, it somehow relieved him of a large part of his discomfort.
Qin Wuzhou was still thinking hard about how to comfort Chu Qing, when he heard Chu Qing ask, "Have you finished your homework today?"
"..." Qin Wuzhou was silent for a while, then replied, "No."
"Write quickly." Chu Qing slowly clenched the dagger in his hand, as if he could draw courage from it.
In the tent, Chu Qing continued to refine the plan for their entry into the city tomorrow, trying his best to ensure that there were no omissions or mistakes.
Qin Wuzhou kept writing vigorously, but when Chu Qing was concentrating on writing, he would secretly glance at Chu Qing.
The sky gradually darkened.
Qin Wuzhou lit the lamp, and the tent was peaceful. Qin Wuzhou hated that time could not stop at this moment forever.
As night fell, the two of them prepared to rest after a simple dinner.
When the barracks were allocated earlier, because Shao Tie had personally learned Qin Wuzhou's martial arts, he naturally thought that Qin Wuzhou was Chu Qing's personal bodyguard, but he took it for granted, so he didn't tell Chu Qing about this part of the barracks arrangement.
When Chu Qing was about to undress and go to bed, he found that Qin Wuzhou was still in his tent. He asked suspiciously: "You have passed your homework. If you don't go back to your tent to rest, do you still have questions to ask me?"
"Commander Shao arranged us in a tent." Qin Wuzhou looked at Chu Qing under the dim light, and the soft light illuminated Chu Qing a little softer.
Chu Qing was speechless at the rough Shao Tie, but since that was the case, there was no other way, so let's sleep together.
"You..." Before Chu Qing could finish speaking, Qin Wuzhou interrupted her.
"I slept on the floor."
"..." Chu Qing felt that Qin Wuzhou's mind was not clear today, "Is the tent divided into floor and bed?"
It was rare for Qin Wuzhou to speak faster than his brain, and he looked at the ground in embarrassment.
"You can sleep next to me." Chu Qing opened the curtain of the tent, and there was a chill outside, "Autumn is getting deep, and we sleep together to be warm, and there is no defense between us, you just make it through the night .”
Qin Wuzhou silently made the bed for Chu Qing and himself, but what he was thinking about was how to make Shao Tie continue to misunderstand, and he was willing to "make do with it" all the time.
After the lights were turned off, the two were lying together, and Chu Qing realized that it would be so awkward to have another person sleeping beside her.
After a while, Chu Qing asked tentatively, "Are you asleep?"
"No." A deep voice sounded, Qin Wuzhou felt that he would not be able to fall asleep tonight, the bitter plum fragrance was so strong that his clothes were stained with this pleasant smell.
"I don't seem to be sleepy at all." Chu Qing thought maybe he wasn't used to it, so he simply chatted with Qin Wuzhou to cultivate his sleepiness, "Your hometown is in Qin State, so does Qin State have any special customs?"
"The customs of Qin State are relatively conservative, nothing special." Qin Wuzhou remembered that once before, Chu Qing took his tea bowl to drink water by mistake.
Chu Qing then asked: "Do you like drinking? I refined several good wines in the wine cellar of Jianyang City. Let's have a drink together..."
Qin Wuzhou thought that Chu Qing was a little drunk with only a few glasses of fruit wine before, and this purified wine might not be poured in just one glass, but Qin Wuzhou still replied: "Okay."
The young man beside him breathed evenly, obviously fell asleep, Qin Wuzhou used the faint moonlight to trace the outline of Chu Qing with his eyes, he did not dare to stare at Chu Qing so indulgently during the day.
Even when she fell asleep, Chu Qing's breathing was still shallow, and her sleeping posture was upright, as if she was going to court in the morning.
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midnight.
There was a commotion in the camp, and the lights outside the camp were bright.
Chu Qing sat up, rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and woke up as quickly as possible.
"What happened?" Chu Qing hurriedly put on his coat.
Qin Wuzhou frowned, listened for a while, then turned to Chu Qing and said, "Someone has escaped."
Chu Qing's dressing hand paused, the thing he didn't want to happen, unexpectedly happened, he wanted to sigh, but the breath was tight in his chest.
Seeing that Chu Qing stopped, Qin Wuzhou took the belt and half knelt on the ground. When his wrist was wrapped around Chu Qing's waist, he realized that Chu Qing's waist was so thin.
He quickly tied the belt for Chu Qing, and was about to tie the knot when Chu Qing held down his hand.
"Let me do it," Chu Qing knew Qin Wuzhou's knot-tying skills very well, and thoughtfully prevented him from exposing himself to his shortcomings, "Hurry up and get dressed, and I will tie the knot for you later."
Qin Wuzhou felt Chu Qing's cool hand covering his hand, and he tried his best to restrain his unnecessary movements. In fact, he would tie a knot when he could see it, but he didn't clarify.
When Qin Wuzhou finished dressing, Chu Qing quickly tied the belt for him.
When the two stood in the middle of the camp, Shao Tie was holding a knife and was furious. There was a soldier kneeling beside him. Chu Qing clearly remembered that this soldier was in the investigation team that entered the city today.
"Fourth Prince, I'm sorry to disturb your rest." Shao Tie explained to Chu Qing, "This person fled in the middle of the night, and was caught by the soldiers who found him."
In front of Chu Qing was the [-] imperial guards neatly arranged in the camp. The more he wanted to avoid many things, the more he couldn't escape. Chu Qing could only force himself to face them.
"What is the crime of soldiers running away?" Chu Qing looked at the Chu soldiers in front of him and asked loudly.
All the soldiers replied in unison: "Death crime."
The combined voices of 500 people were deafening, and almost all of them cast condemning eyes on the bound soldier.
The soldiers kneeling on the ground desperately shouted to everyone in front of them: "Almost everyone in He County has died, and there is a terrible disease. You will regret it! You will definitely regret it!"
Shao Tie frowned and kicked the soldier on the ground, kicking him to the ground, unable to speak anymore.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Chu Qing felt that everyone had a heart of fear, and in a short time, they could only fear death more than fear disease.
"Tomorrow we will enter the city to rescue the people of He County. This is also a battle against natural disasters and epidemics." Chu Qing pointed to the soldiers on the ground, "Are you worthy of the people of He County who fled before the battle? Are you worthy of the hard work and support of the people of Chu State? Are you worthy of the family members who are far away in Jianyang City, who are proud of you and wish you health and safety?"
Facing Chu Qing's questioning, the soldiers lying on the ground did not make a sound.
"People are alive, why? Since you have chosen to join the army, you must have your own ideals and ambitions, live dignifiedly, and die with dignity. Don't lose everything like him." He said clearly and loudly. The hearts of the soldiers kept echoing and asking questions.
Standing behind Chu Qing, Qin Wuzhou looked at the young man in front of him and forced himself to face everything. With a kind of heart-wrenching bravery, he propped up the precarious state of Chu with arrogance.
Although Qin Wuzhou really wanted to hug Chu Qing into his arms and tell him that you don't have to face these cruel and cold realities, I am willing to shield you from the wind and rain and conquer cities and territories for you.
But he has no position to do so, regardless of the military confrontation between Qin and Chu when they settled their blood feud, even if he puts everything down now, it is just insulting Chu Qing, who knows what he needs, and he will never bear it I am unable to accept the protection of others, and my life and death are controlled by others.
Qin Wuzhou chose to stand behind Chu Qing to witness his growth step by step.
"Execution." Chu Qing turned his head to Shao Tiedao, his voice seemed to be icy.
Shao Tie didn't expect the fourth prince to be so straightforward. He was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and asked, "The execution scene is very bloody. You are a prince, so you should avoid it for a while, so as not to stain your eyes."
"Do it." Chu Qing's eyes were extremely determined.
Shao Tie often went to the battlefield when he was young, and he had long since lost his sense of murder. He held the knife, and under the light of the camp fire, the knife in Shao Tie's hand reflected the warm light of the fire.
Chu Qing really wanted to look away, but now, what about the future?After entering the city, he will experience more. Does he have to move away every time?Afterwards, troubled times are approaching, and kindness and softness can only harm himself and his close relatives. When necessary, he needs such a cruel heart.
Shao Tie's strikes were quick, and when he raised the knife, a human head rolled to the ground, and blood spurted out from the fracture. Under the pressure of the human body, the blood spilled far away.
Chu Qing pinched her palm and forced herself to watch the entire execution process without even realizing that her palm was already dripping with blood.
"Let's all go back and rest." Chu Qing turned around and went straight back to the tent.
Qin Wuzhou followed Chu Qing closely, he looked at Chu Qing as if nothing happened, took off his clothes, and was about to go back to sleep, but it was Chu Qing's seemingly normal behavior that made Qin Wuzhou feel uneasy and distressed.
"Are you... are you okay?" Qin Wuzhou asked a little closer.
"I'm fine." Chu Qing even smiled at Qin Wuzhou, but the smile was uglier than crying.
Getting closer, Qin Wuzhou smelled blood, and he pulled Chu Qing's hand in front of him, the palm of which was already bloody.
Qin Wuzhou was a little angry when he saw it, but he could clearly feel that Chu Qing's hands were trembling uncontrollably. Suddenly, he couldn't utter the words of reproach, leaving only a lot of sourness and worry.
Chu Qing watched Qin Wuzhou take care of his wound without saying a word, remembering the time when the wound was cut by paper, Qin Wuzhou should be angry with him now.
"Don't be angry," Chu Qing said slowly, "I didn't mean it."
Qin Wuzhou had already taken the medicine and began to bandage him.
"Stop talking." Qin Wuzhou carefully avoided the wound, "You don't know, but your voice is already unbelievably hoarse."
The moonlight is cold and the autumn wind is bleak.
Qin Wuzhou finally couldn't help it, hugged Chu Qing in his arms, and whispered: "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault."
"The law of the Great Chu is like this. If such a person is left behind, it will really harm the entire army." Qin Wuzhou comforted the whole army with the tone of someone who has come before, "You have done a good job, much better than I did at the beginning, the battlefield, Epidemics, never tell people kindness, if you can't be hard-hearted, the one who pays the blood price will be yourself."
Chu Qing buried her head on Qin Wuzhou's shoulder and said sullenly, "If I hadn't brought them here..."
"No," Qin Wuzhou said resolutely, "If you don't come here, no one in the entire Great Chu would be willing to come, and no one would be able to stop this natural and man-made disaster. As you said, he would be the only one who died?"
"Yeah, I understand the truth, but I can't get out of this hurdle, maybe I overestimate myself." It was the first time that Chu Qing showed his vulnerability in front of Qin Wuzhou.
Qin Wuzhou felt a little dampness on his shoulders, but when Chu Qing raised his head, he couldn't see any traces, only the end of his eyes were slightly red.
Then, Chu Qing smiled miserably at Qin Wuzhou: "Knock me out, otherwise this night will be really difficult."
Qin Wuzhou used his hand as a blade to hit Chu Qing on the back of the neck. Chu Qing lost consciousness, his body had no support, and he fell powerlessly into Qin Wuzhou's arms. Qin Wuzhou looked at Chu Qing's bloodless, extremely pale face , hugged him in his arms, and tightened it tightly, as if treating the most precious treasure in the world.
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感谢在2022-05-2923:08:18-2022-05-3008:35:01期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦——
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