The Beacon Record of the Eight Parts of the Dragon [Xiao Feng x Murong Fu colleagues]

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes."

——Eastern·I'mrunningoutofgags·undefeated

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Geng Drum in the army knocked five times hoarsely.

In the distance, a chicken was singing unrelentingly, bringing up the sound of chickens one after another, breaking through the thick night before dawn.

In the silence, a black figure in night clothes shuttled between the military tents, rose and fell briskly, and then disappeared into the shadow of a certain tent. After looking around, seeing no one on the left and right, he jumped up to the top of the tent lightly, He opened the skylight above his head and jumped down.

I can't see my fingers in the tent.He landed without making a sound, and then he stood up straight, took out a fire pocket from his arms, lit it up, and lit an oil lamp on the table.

He stared at the beating lights and thought for a while, then slowly reached behind his head, and untied the black cloth covering his face.

At this time, the tent door was suddenly lifted.A man broke into the door, engulfed in wind and frost.

When he came in, he didn't rush to say hello, he walked to the table in three steps at a time, picked up the cold cup of tea on the desk, and gulped it down his throat.

It was Qiao Feng who came.He drank the tea in one gulp, put the cup down heavily, wiped his mouth, only then noticed the night clothes on Murong Fu, and he understood it after a moment of stunned.

"Did you go to the front to scout?"

"En." Murong Fu folded his arms on his chest, leaned against the side of the couch, frowned and looked at him a few times.Qiao Feng wasn't wearing armor, but his face and body were splattered with blood, his chest heaved and he was slightly out of breath, obviously he had just returned from fighting all night.

"Since it's on the battlefield, why don't you wear armor? Is it because it's not tough enough?"

"I'm not used to wearing those clothes, they're very heavy and I can't use my hands and feet." Qiao Feng answered honestly.

Murong Fu knew that he was brave and skilled, but fighting on the battlefield was much more dangerous than boxing in the rivers and lakes, so he gently reminded him and let him go immediately.

"Brother Qiao must have rushed to rescue Gao Zunyu before Kuiye. Didn't Captain Gao get frightened?"

"Don't mention it." Qiao Feng became slightly angry when he heard the words, "Gao Zunyu was attacked by Xia's army just after setting up camp today. He was willing to put down his figure, knowing that he couldn't beat him, so he sent someone to run for thirty miles. Come to Liu Qianju to move the rescuers."

"Guo Cheng won't go?" Murong Fu seemed to hold back a smile but didn't dare to.

"Where is he willing to go?" Qiao Feng shook his head and smiled helplessly. "By chance, you have gone out of the camp again. Otherwise, Liu Qianzhi would dare to let me lead the army alone."

It seemed that he hadn't finished speaking, but he stopped suddenly and smiled embarrassingly.Murong Fu lowered his head and thought about it, his heart suddenly became clear.

Gao Zunyu was suspicious and jealous by nature, and he was about to leave Lingzhou City that day. He was afraid that Liu Changzuo would steal the credit, so he hurriedly sent envoys to tell him, "Wang Yongchang has been sent to Zhaoan", and Guo Cheng was not allowed to enter the city, wasting what was at his fingertips. Great opportunity to break the city.Guo Cheng was so angry that he withdrew his troops. At this time, Gao Taiwei himself was blocked by the Xixia people more than 100 miles away, and he didn't arrive until today.

The Jingyuan Army belongs to the Western Army, and most of the soldiers are from the northwest frontier. They are brothers and sisters, and they all have a deep hatred for Gao Zunyu.Seeing him in distress at this time, who would go to rescue him.Liu Changzuo entrusted him with this job at this time because he trusted Qiao Feng, but it was more because of his status as a member of the Jianghu, he was able to stay out of the matter.Qiao Feng readily accepted.Murong Fu knew that Qiao Feng was a rough man, but he didn't expect him to be so benevolent and kind. After trying to understand this truth, he couldn't help being moved.

"Brother Qiao is wronged." He just said simply.

"This battle was fought very happily," Qiao Feng laughed. "It was only after dawn that the Xixia people were forced to retreat. Although Taiwei Gao was not frightened, it did not take advantage of him."

He vividly talked about how a sniper arrow shot off Gao Zunyu's head just now, knocking off the iron head on Gao Zunyu's head, scaring him so much that he couldn't sit still, Murong smiled.

After talking for a while, Qiao Feng suddenly slapped his forehead.

"I was talking about half of the gossip, and I almost forgot the business. At dawn, Liu Qianxia wants you to go to the tent, and follow him to Gao Zunyu's camp to see you."

"What time is it?" Murong Fu looked up at the sky outside.At some point in the sky, the morning stars are shining more and more dimly, and a slight egg blue color is revealed behind a long cloud, and it seems that it is already dawn. "I just want to ask him to report the scout's resolution. Brother Qiao, let's wash your face casually here, and go back to life before eating breakfast together." He gestured to the wooden basin on the shelf in the corner of the military tent.

There was no hot water, but Qiao Feng was careless by nature, so he didn't take it seriously, he responded, walked over in strides, swiped the water to scrub the blood and dust off his face.Murong Fu threw a hand towel, he took it, wiped his face and asked: "Is this trip going well?"

"I didn't dare to go too deep, for fear of revealing my possessions. Their southwest corner is weakly defended. I went to the top of the city and turned around the side."

Murong Fu responded, reached out and took off the black cloth scarf wrapped around his hair, untied the hair tie, untied the bun, took out a bone hairpin from his bosom, and held it in his mouth.

"Antler wood, horse traps, iron owls...they are complete. I saw more than a dozen trebuchets. I have never seen kerosene. Maybe it's because I haven't done enough research. I'll go again tomorrow night." He held the hairpin in his mouth, His speech became a little vague, and he concentrated on thinking about the countermeasures, and slowly combed his hair with his fingers.

"I'll go with you." After Qiao Feng washed his face, he looked around for a while, and saw that there was only a pair of toothbrush set, he picked up the teapot and shook it, and there was still half a pot of residual tea, so he took cold tea to make do with it and rinsed his mouth.

"We have bed crossbows in our army, but we haven't prepared any siege equipment. I'm afraid that Lieutenant Gao came to attack the city without a siege engine, that would be a big joke." Murong Fu thought for a while, then said .

He seemed to be unable to figure out some reason, sighed, tied up his hair with a bone hairpin two or three times with his backhand, washed his face with residual water, and brushed his teeth.

"Brother Qiao," he finished packing, raised his head to look at Qiao Feng, and raised his hand towards the door as a "please" gesture of course: "I want to change clothes."

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After breakfast, the two went to the big tent of the Chinese army.

It was a frosty morning.The entire barracks is slowly waking up.

In order to resist the weather, they walked very fast, almost trotting all the way.

After walking against the wind for a while, Qiao Feng suddenly turned his head and asked, "Do you still have a grudge with Guo Cheng?"

"Advance and retreat together, live and die together, what kind of grievances can there be?" Murong Fu responded lightly.

Judging by his tone, it seemed that he didn't want to say more, so Qiao Feng didn't answer any more.

They walked in silence for a while, but they heard Murong Fu suddenly say:

"Don't think that Guo Cheng is not serious or serious. He knows what's going on when something happens. Even if he wants to be annoyed," he smiled, "...he still doesn't get annoyed with me."

Qiao Feng was taken aback.Murong Fu didn't look at him, he just went on talking to himself:

"My younger brother is from Tokyo, and I heard some rumors when I was in the court. Liu Qian is the descendant of the general family. He is full of loyalty. He has always only known bloody battles, and he doesn't care about the gains and losses of fame. I don't know which gentleman's slander the officials have listened to. I think he is "pedantic", so I want Gao Taiwei to restrain him. Gao Zunyu is the uncle of the queen mother of the dynasty. His eyes are high above the top, eager for success and jealous. I just want to find an excuse to seize the military power of Qian. If Guo Cheng and I disobeyed orders and committed suicide and entered the city that day, let alone Lingzhou City, we may not be able to break it. Even if we leave this city, we will not get it Okay. To put it mildly, it means 'strive for merit', and to put it more seriously, it means 'not to submit to dispatch'. Didn't Brother Qiao hear, 'If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse for it'? Blame it on me and Guo Cheng It's a small matter, I'm afraid that when the time comes, Gao Zunyu will read a book in front of the officials..." He hesitated to speak, and sighed softly.

"...It's not just the military power that was taken away from Liu Qianzhi." Qiao Feng finished the sentence for him.

Murong Fu said nothing, just nodded slightly.

Qiao Feng let out a long sigh.He grew up so big, he roamed the rivers and lakes, he was happy to be kind and angry, he was open and aboveboard, and he had nothing to say to others.Even if he entered the army, he was surrounded by fellow soldiers who were utterly devoted to each other. He had never seen such a turmoil in the officialdom, and his people were sinister. Hearing this, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

"The way of the rivers and lakes is nothing more than the words 'walking chivalrously and righteously'. It sounds nice to say, but in practice, it is nothing more than stopping violence with violence and preventing killing with killing." He bowed his head in thought for a while, and said slowly . "I've seen intrigues and power struggles. But compared to this murderous officialdom, it's still nothing."

Murong Fu raised his head and glanced at him quickly, then turned his head to stare ahead, and said softly:

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It is enough to sit upright in this body and have a clear heart in this life. Brother Qiao, what are you worrying about?"

While speaking, he had already walked to the front of the Chinese army's tent.

Murong Fu lowered his head, and was about to lift the tent to go in, when Qiao Feng suddenly stretched out his hand and gently grabbed his arm.

Murong Fu was startled, looked up at him and said, "What else?"

Qiao Feng pointed backwards, Murong Fu looked in the direction of his finger, but Bao Dong, whom he hadn't seen for a few days, waved to them again and again.At this time, seeing Murong Fu turned his head, he hurriedly called out "Young Master", and rushed over panting.

"Brother Bao?" Murong Fu immediately left Qiao Feng behind, and hurried forward to meet him.Seeing that Bao BuTong came back safe and sound, he immediately felt relieved.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Is the third brother's business trip going smoothly?"

Bao BuTong rushed to stand still, didn't have time to speak, and panted for a while, while panting, he took out a letter from his bosom, and put his hands in front of Murong Fu.

"What the young master ordered, my subordinates have done it."

Murong Fu's expression moved slightly, he read Zhan Xin twice from beginning to end, pondered for a while, and folded it into his arms.

"Brother Bao, it's been hard going here." He sighed. "It's a good thing if this matter is settled, but now I don't know how to take care of it."

He didn't make sense of what he said, and Bao Budong was confused and didn't dare to ask each other. He only understood that the young master was thanking him, so he bowed obediently.

"I'm still waiting to go to see Captain Gao with Qian Ju. Third Brother Bao will go back to the camp to rest. I'll meet you later." Murong Fu said, then turned around and went to the main tent of the Chinese Army.