Chapter 144: The capital is far away from the world (2)

With a "squeak", Ji Zhen stepped past a dead branch. He looked at the thin snow under his feet and inexplicably recalled the situation when he first met Chen Jiao. It was also in such weather that there was thin snow on the ground in late winter and early spring, and it was a bit cold.

"What's wrong? Zhen'er?" Li Xi was walking in front, but felt that Dao Ji Zhen had stopped, so he turned around and asked.

"It's nothing." Ji Zhen raised his head, smiled, and said, "I just stepped on the dead branches."

Li Xi smiled relievedly and said, "It's fine. Has the list of outbound troops been decided?"

Ji Zhen nodded and said, "It has been decided. I am responsible for the direction of Dingxiang. If I get sick, I will start from Dai County and attack them. If the plan goes well, I will meet together at Langjuxu Mountain near the Shanyu Royal Court and launch a general attack."

"Have you chosen all the other deputy generals?" Li Xi asked again.

"I want to let General Li Guang follow me and use him as the vanguard." Ji Zhen said.

Li Xi glanced at Ji Zhen in surprise and said, "How could you pick him? I remember that General Li was demoted to serve the people because of his mistake in the last battle."

"I know the skills of General Li very well." Ji Zhen shook his head and said, "What happened last time was not his responsibility. In addition, he was eager to fight, so I think it would be fine to help him this time."

"What about the others?"

"In addition to the former general being served by General Li Guang, I want Han Shuo to be the left general, Zhao Shiqi to be the right general, and Cao Xiang to be the latter general." Ji Zhen pondered for a moment and said.

Hearing Cao Xiang's name, Li Xi frowned and said, "Are you really planning to let Ping'an Hou go to the battlefield?"

"I still know the ability of Shu Gu." Ji Zhen replied, "This time I went out of the frontier. Your Majesty plans to abandon the general of the guard. In fact, we are a bit stretched to use people. He is a trustworthy and capable person. So..."

"But his identity is different after all. I'm worried that you will take him out. If something happens, no one can afford this responsibility." Li Xi frowned and said.

"Nothing will happen." Ji Zhen said, "He is just a senior general. I will pay attention. Don't let anyone catch the handle."

"...Forget it." Li Xi sighed and said, "You have grown up too. As long as you know many things, you can understand them." Li Xi said, and reached out to pat Ji Zhen on the shoulder and said, "For the years, thanks to your confrontation with the Wei family, we have reduced a lot of pressure."

Ji Zhen looked at Li Xi's hand slapped on his shoulder and felt Li Xi's sincere care, and suddenly felt a little complicated.

Li Xi still muttered, "But, although you are all focused on fighting, your marriage cannot be careless. If you really think that Li Yan is good, it will be fine if you marry a wife. What is important is that you will be harmonious and live a peaceful life in the future." Speaking of this, Li Xi suddenly remembered and said, "By the way. I recently asked for a new sword, which was cast by a famous teacher. You can accompany me to see it later. If you like it, take it."

Ji Zhen followed Li Xi to the study silently. The sword that Li Xi said was hung on the edge of the bookshelf. Ji Zhen stepped forward and took it off. The long sword was unsheathed, and it turned out to be full of light. At a glance, you knew it was not an ordinary person.

Li Xi looked at Ji Zhen holding the sword and smiled, saying, "It's very suitable for you. It seems that there is no need to think about it anymore, you can take it back."

Ji Zhen looked at the sword, and the light reflected from the sword body shone on his face, making his eyes look very deep. Ji Zhen smiled bitterly on his face and said, "Brother, treat me so well."

"Although Gillian left you behind back then," Li Xi turned around to sort out the books. He said. "However, over the years, I have always loved you as my brother." Li Xi turned his head, still had a gentle and elegant smile on his face, and said, "And you have not disappointed my expectations, very excellent."

"That's you, you are a good teacher." Ji Zhen took the sword back into the scabbard and sighed, "My martial arts and knowledge are all the things you do in my life, and you sneaked into the Marquis' Mansion every night. If you didn't have the eldest brother, I wouldn't be like today."

"That's your own efforts. It has nothing to do with your elder brother." Li Xilang laughed, "Okay. Don't talk about this. This battle is crucial, you must fight well. It's related to whether you can replace Wei Qing and become the general that Your Majesty attaches importance to. As long as your Majesty feels that you can replace Wei Qing, I believe that the good days of the Wei family are over."

"I don't think there is any need to worry about this. Your Majesty, after all, he still likes my sister." Ji Zhen sighed, "Otherwise, this time the Wei family used Princess Yangshi's marriage as an excuse to lift Queen Wei's confinement order. "

"Yes. Your Majesty was determined after all. He didn't agree to let Wei Zifu host the wedding. Unfortunately, Chen Zhang's plan was in vain. He wanted to use Princess Yangshi's marriage to add more help to the Wei family, but His Majesty gave Princess Yangshi to Gongsun Jingsheng. He couldn't say anything about his suffering." Li Xi snorted coldly and said. He was very unhappy about the matter of being plotted against by Chen Zhang.

Seeing that the matter was almost over, Ji Zhen bowed and said, "Brother, I will go to discuss this food and grass transportation with Lord Sang later. Let's say goodbye first."

"Yeah. Go."

Ji Zhen left Li Xi's mansion, but did not go to Sang Hongyang's place, but turned his horse's head and headed towards Huaili. Ji Zhen stopped the horse in front of an ordinary man's house in Huaili and went forward to knock on the door. An old man with white hair and hair opened the door. When he saw Ji Zhen, he immediately showed a look of surprise on his face and said, "Young Master, you are here."

"Old Master Kong." Ji Zhen bowed and greeted.

"Come in quickly. Will come in." The old man, Kong Che, immediately opened the door and said to Ji Zhen.

While snatching the reins, Kong Che took the horse to the stable for Ji Zhen, and said, "Miss, I'm going to buy vegetables. Madam is in the room, Master, just go there yourself."

Ji Zhen nodded and walked towards the inner room. He pushed open a door. The room that had not seen the sun for a long time suddenly became brighter. The people in the room were not used to this and suddenly shined, so they reached out to cover their eyes. She lowered her hand and looked at Ji Zhen in confusion for a while. Then she put all her attention in her arms and murmured: "Child, my child."

Ji Zhen walked to the woman with a slight hand, squatted down, and whispered: "Mom, I'm about to go to war."

Ji Qing, who was called his mother by him, only lived in her own world. She held the doll in front of Ji Zhen and said, "Do you want to hold my child? He is very obedient. Very beautiful."

Ji Zhen looked at the dirty doll, his nose felt sore, he smiled, and said, "No need."

"Oh." Ji Qing was still a little impressed by the boy who often came to visit him, but she was just a little impression. She turned around and focused on her own doll, humming a lullaby in her mouth, and slapped the doll's back regularly with her hands.

Ji Zhen reached out to clean up Ji's messy hair and said, "Mom. I just came back from my elder brother. He is really good to me."

"Brother?" Ji Qing suddenly laughed foolishly when she heard this and said, "Brother is not good. Brother, I want to take me home. Let me tell you secretly. I hid the child and put it in the stove, so my brother was not discovered by my brother." Speaking of this, Ji Qing suddenly felt a headache. She shook off the doll in her hand, covered her head, and said, "Child, in the stove. Child..."

Ji Zhen knew that this was a sign of Ji Qing's illness. He immediately picked up the doll on the ground and handed it to Ji Qing's hand, saying, "The child is here. Here."

"Ah." Ji Qing smiled happily on his face. He snatched the doll and said, "Child. My child."

Ji Zhen stroked his mother's hair with some sadness. The hair should have been black, but because of the torture of heart disease over the years, it had turned into strands of silver threads. Ji Zhen whispered: "Mom, I'm here."

When the Lord's father Qing entered the door, he saw this sad scene. She coughed lightly and walked to Ji Zhen. She said, "My brother, you are here."

Ji Zhen turned his head and looked at the master's father Qing. He smiled and said, "Sister Qing." He noticed that the master's father's hands were red with cold, so he said, "Sister Qing, go buy a servant and come back to serve you and your mother. Don't do those chores by yourself."

The Lord's father Qing put his hand away and said, "No need. No matter how bad the days were, I have survived. How expensive it is? Besides, those people don't know the roots and bottom of it. It will be bad if they get into trouble. It will be inconvenient when you come. If you are spread, it will be bad."

Ji Zhen wanted to say something, but he whispered, and finally said, "Let's go out first. Let's have a good rest for my mother."

The master's father Qing also nodded and left with Ji Zhen.

"Why are you here again today?" asked the master father Qing, "I thought you wouldn't have come before you go to war."

"I am about to leave and feel a little restless. So come and see my mother." Ji Zhen explained.

"Mom is nothing. She has been much better in her spirit recently than before." said the master father Qing, "I won't make a fuss anymore. Look at her, she can talk to you quietly just now."

"Well. I can see that she is much better." Ji Zhen couldn't help but remember when he first met his mother again. At that time, the Lord's father Qing and Ji Qing lived in extremely poor conditions. Although the Lord's father Yan left, he arranged everything with all his heart. But the calculations were always worse than the heaven's plan. The money he left behind was always used up. In addition, they had to prevent Li Xi from pursuing it, so life was very hard. Ji Qing, who lacked care, became more and more serious.

"Maybe she will be completely cured when you come next time. Then, she can talk to you." The master father Qing comforted.

Ji Zhen smiled and did not refute the words of Lord Father Qing as a foolish saying. He had learned from Kong Che that Ji Qing's illness was sometimes better and sometimes worse. Her heart disease was her son, but later it turned into Lord Father Yan's death. It was just that she was unwilling to accept that reality, so she forced her memory to the time when she lost her child and was imprisoned by the Ji family.
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