Nightfall Chapter 33: Night in the Wasteland

Volume II, Winter Lake, Chapter 33, The Night of the Wasteland

Ignoring the excitement in the wilderness, Ning Que took the Tmall girl back to the camp, opened the curtain and walked into the tent, glanced at the luggage piled in the corner, and looked at Moshan Mountain, who was concentrating on describing the scriptures. Said: "Isn't my dark horse tied out of the tent before? How can I let it slip out."

Mo Shanshan put down the brush in his hand, looked back at him, and explained with a blank face: "You will tie him up when he comes back in the morning. After you leave, I will be left alone in the tent. There was a constant call for kicks, and it looked like I wanted to go out and play, so I untied the rope and let it play on its own."

Ning Que looked at her completely at a loss as to what to say, and scratched her head and said, "If it wants to go out, just let it go. Why doesn't this sound like something wrong? It's a horse but not a human." /

"The big dark horse is very spiritual, I can understand what it wants to express." After Mo Shanshan said this, he did not want to explain more about the matter, turned around and picked up the brush on the inkstone, ready to continue copying the book Post.

Tmall female excitedly ran up to her and said, "Sister, what you said is true. Da Hei is more than spiritual. It's too powerful. Do you know that many people outside are chasing him."

Mo Shanshan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What happened?"

Tmall woman turned out the **** horse and won the race meeting. She explained it carefully and then said: "As for what happened in the end, brother, he blindfolded me, so there is no See."

Mo Shanshan looked towards Ningque.

Ning Que wondered how to tell the pictures?

He raised his hand to cover his lips and coughed slightly, pretending not to see Mo Shanshan's gaze, he walked out of the tent by himself. Standing on the hard winter wasteland, looking at the Tang Jun banners and the heavily guarded camps not far from the west, he began to think about other issues, where should he start to find the horse thief leader?

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As the representative of Tang Guo in this negotiation, General Shu Cheng brought his followers and subordinates from Chang'an city all the way from the city of Chang'an. The security was in charge of 300 elite iron cavalry from the Northeast Frontier, with flags and occasional horses. The hissing sounded, the camps were in order, and the densely arranged place was Tang Ying.

In the camp at the center of Tang Camp, General Shu Cheng took off his helmet and stroked his gray hair at will. He sat after the case and motioned to his subordinates to get some food. He drank a lot at the camp, but he didn’t eat. Way to get full.

General Shu took a chopstick to eat food, and was silent.

The close relatives next to him noticed the general’s thoughtful look, thinking it was about today’s horse racing event, making the general a little unhappy after hearing some gossip in the king’s account, and after a little thought, he harmonized and persuaded:" General, our cavalry is good at combat. They are really not good at this kind of pure racing stuff. If you lose, you lose. No one can stop her if the old aunt wants to gossiping."

"That kind of old lady knows a fart."

General Shu ridiculed that as a general of Tang, in the king's account, he respected Nimadi as the sister of the Lord of the Moon, and he should also pay attention to some words. In this private camp, there is no mood Give that aunt the slightest face.

Seeing that the general is indeed not upset about this, the subordinates think of another thing, glanced at the soldiers patrolling outside the account, lowered their voice and tentatively asked: "General, are you worried about Tuyang City?"

In the summer, the imperial court decided to assist the Yanbei Expedition. It was presided over by the general of the East Town Army of the Tang Dynasty, Xiahou, but no one thought that when the Central Plains began to negotiate with the prairie barbarians, His Majesty had ordered the military to intervene in this matter. General Shu Cheng came to the royal court. Although he came by order, he would inevitably irritate the frontier army. When passing through Tuyang City, General Xiahou actually used an excuse to patrol the side, and he refused to meet him. .

"If I were General Xiahou, I wouldn't be happy."

General Shu Cheng smiled slightly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, took the towel and wiped his face at random, and said, "Don't guess what, I am really thinking about things, but it has nothing to do with the two things you guessed."

The subordinate frowned slightly, thinking that the agreement between the two parties had been reached, and the next thing was the Central Plains coalition forces to discuss next year’s Northern Expedition and the specific affairs of assisting the Imperial Court of the Left Account. This should be a matter of course. If the general is not upset The loss in the horse race is not about worrying about Tuyangcheng's anger, so what is he thinking?

"I'm thinking about that **** horse." General Shu Cheng said with a smile.

The subordinates suddenly realized that they finally understood the general’s intentions. After a little thought, they said, "Shan Yu seems to be very interesting to the steed, but since the general loves it, I will think of some ways to inform you of your meaning later. The steward at Wang Zhang, I believe Shan Yu will not hesitate to give horses to show his closeness to the empire."

General Shu Cheng looked at his subordinates and sighed helplessly, and cursed: "I don't know what is thinking in my mind. Where do I want to seize the big dark horse? It can only cause trouble."

Looking at the look on his subordinates’ faces, the general shook his head, looked at the blue sky outside the curtain, and frowned slightly and said, “When I saw that big dark horse today, I felt a bit familiar. I always felt like I’ve seen it before. Fair."

General Shu Cheng threw the towel on the table and said with a reminiscence of emotion: "I just remembered the previous moment. Last spring, when I visited the Academy on behalf of the military, I saw it in the Imperial Academy. This big dark horse."

The subordinates were stunned, thinking about the black lightning that galloped in the wilderness, the violent black storm, and wondered if that incredible horse came from the empire?

"Before you saw how violent the big dark horse is. Last spring, all the candidates who were selected to ride the big dark horse were thrown off during the college admission test. The daughter of General Yunhui's family was no exception. At that time, I was patrolling and watching over the meadow. I thought that no one could surrender the horse. Then I saw a young man walk into the racecourse."

General Shu Cheng squinted slightly, recalling the scene at the time, and said leisurely: "The big dark horse suddenly became very honest in front of the young man. I felt a little strange at the time, but when the young man's voice moved after Chang'an City , I realized that the war horse is more psychic, and he knew that the young man was better than everyone else."

The subordinate asked curiously: "Who is that boy?"

The general looked back, looked at him and said: "Ning Que."

"Ning Que..." the subordinate murmured and repeated, suddenly his expression was shocked, and he said in surprise: "Are you talking about the Ning family who moved Chang'an?"

"I don't like dancing and writing ink." General Shu exclaimed, "I only know that Ning Que was admitted to the academy last year, and this year he entered the second floor and became the master's direct disciple. I also know that Ning Que left Chang'an City. At that time, the country horse farm sent him this **** horse."

The subordinate asked: "Then... why does this big dark horse appear in the royal court?"

As soon as he uttered the words, he knew that he had asked a stupid question. Such a horse without a horse, naturally, could not be too far away from its owner. The horse is in the royal court and the natural person is also in the royal court.

"Ordinary people don't know that Ning Que is ranked thirteenth on the second floor of the academy, but of course the military department knows that his pseudonym Mr. Thirteen is staying at the frontier of Yanbei, but I didn't even think that he would come to the royal court in person."

General Shu frowned slightly and said to himself in a low voice: "Even the academy attaches so much importance to this agreement. Is it really so troublesome for those deserted people in the north? Or is there no secret to this matter?"

After thinking for a moment, the subordinate asked puzzledly: "General, since Ning Que came to the palace, why didn't he show up and meet the general in the camp?"

General Shu was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Master’s direct disciple, what kind of character he is. He doesn’t show up naturally because he doesn’t show up. I probably don’t have that much face. I just think this Things seem to be getting more and more interesting."

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When the dusk falls, the fire is lit, the whole sheep hangs upside down, and the wine smells, the night falls on the wasteland.

People from all corners of the world gathered in the Wangting Tribe, and there were also many herders from the surrounding tribes who made a special trip to participate in the Gem Conference. Under the light of the fire, people were talking excitedly about what they saw during the day. In those pictures, it was argued about where the samurai was the most powerful and whose arrow skills were the most exquisite. Of course the most mentioned is the violent black steed, and countless people are wondering who its owner is.

The owner of the **** horse did not hear people’s excitement. He did not drink and eat meat for pleasure, but stole a prairie herder’s clothes from nowhere. Under the cover of night, he headed west from the Dahe State Camp He dived, approached Tang Ying quietly, then turned to the south and sat down behind a high ground.

I don't know how long it took, a figure leaned in from Tang Ying's direction. From the speed of movement and body shape, it could be seen that this person appeared extra vigilant and careful.

"I have never figured out how to make a picture with a wooden stick outside the camp, how can you tell that it is your own person? What if the urchins on the grassland did it at will?"

Ning Que looked at the man and said, although there is no fire behind the meadow, through the sky full of stars, you can still vaguely see the opponent's face and clothing. It is an extremely honest-looking Datang cavalry.

The Tang Jun didn't answer his question, his eyes were full of suspicion, and he didn't seem to understand why this guy would have leisurely feelings to say such nonsense in this situation.

Ning Que stretched out his hand, and the Tang Jun stretched out his hand. The two seemed to shake hands. They only heard a soft crack, and the two waist cards were gently closed in one place.

Through the starlight, the Tang Jun clearly saw the lines of Ning Que's waist card, his expression suddenly changed, he hurriedly bowed his hand and bowed, lowered his voice and said in awe: "I didn't expect an adult to come in person."

"You don't know who I am, how do you know that I am an adult." Ning Que asked with a smile.

The Tang Jun's honest face showed a simple smile, and said: "It is clearly written on the waist tag. The adult is the guest of the department, and of course he is a humble adult."

Ning Que glanced at this person and asked with a slight surprise: "The Tianshu is a cultivating yamen, but I don't see a trace of thought power fluctuations in your body. Could it be that you have already reached the realm of Dongxuan?"

"If the humble post is a strong man in the cave profound realm, how can it be so hard to follow in the wasteland.",

The Tang Jun smiled and explained: "Although the Tianshu Department is responsible for the management of practitioners, the staff are not all practitioners. There are more ordinary people like low-ranking officials."

Ning Que left Bishuiying and went deep into the wasteland. The reason was the news that the national teacher Li Qingshan passed through Tianshu. Tianshu must cooperate with his actions. Of course, he will find a way to leave him a line near the palace. people.

He looked at the other person and said: "Stop gossip and talk about business."

Tang Jun responded with a simple smile: "If you want to talk gossip, you can gossip, and if you want to talk business, you can talk business."

Ning Que was stunned, and smiled and thought that he was indeed a member of the Tianshu Department. On weekdays, he probably had a lot of contact with practitioners with eyes on the top of his forehead. There was no common ordinary people's awe of practitioners. Respectful, but the speech and actions are so smooth and free, this attitude is really wonderful for dealing with practitioners.

He asked directly: "Do you know my mission on this trip?"

Tang Jun answered honestly: "I don't know."

Ning Weixing nodded and said, "That's good, because what I want to ask has nothing to do with the task."

This time it was Tang Jun's turn to be stunned. His honest and honest face showed an expression of admiration, thinking that he was indeed a distinguished guest secretary of the Tianshu, and the shameless request to use the power of the court to do private affairs was so natural. .

Ning Que continued to ask: "How many people are there in Tangying?"

"The cavalry and heavy soldiers, and some handyman, about 500 people."

Ning Que looked at Tang Ying, where the flags were flying and the tents were densely packed, and frowned, "It's not like there are so few people in the camp."

The Tang Jun explained: "One rides three horses, so the space needed is relatively large."

"How well do you know the situation in the camp?" Ning Que just asked casually, thinking that Tang Ying, who had hundreds of horses, was just an ordinary cavalry.

However, he did not expect that since this Tang Army cavalry was a nail placed in the Northeast Army at Tianshu, what he did all the time was to observe any movement in the Tang Camp, so he listened to his question. , Nodded without hesitation, and replied: "Able to master."

Ning Que glanced at him, thinking that luck was really good, and asked: "Is there any special circumstances in the camp in the past five days? For example, are there any injured cavalry...even generals?"

The Tang Bing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No."

Ning Que said after a moment of silence: "Is there anything worth noting about the logistics of food and medicine?"

Tang Bing was about to answer no. Suddenly he thought of one thing, and he twisted his eyebrows and thought about it for a while, and said: "There are indeed situations where the food consumption in the tent seems to be a lot more than usual. , This is not surprising, but there are also some problems with the inventory of medicines in the camp."

Not waiting for Ning Que to continue to ask questions, he actively added: “Military drugs are the key monitoring area of ​​the department, so I think there are some problems. The drugs that are consumed for no reason are not only the drugs for hemostasis and muscle growth,” Some powders for Querdingshen, but these drugs should not be used these days."

Listening to these words, Ning Que's eyes gradually brightened, knowing that his guess seemed to be in the right direction. He looked at the brightly lit Tang Ying and asked: "Where is the tent? Can you figure out who is inside?"

"The three hundred cavalrymen who escorted General Shu into the wasteland this time all came from Tuyang City. The tent is the military tent of a certain general of the Northern Army in the east. The guard is heavily guarded, and ordinary cavalry like me can't get close."

Ning Que frowned slightly, his gaze slowly swept across the continuous camp tents, as if he wanted to see the military tents, and said: "So guarded, is there any way to sneak in and take a look?"

The Tang Bing didn't even think about it, he shook his head and said, "Unless you break in."

Then he looked at Ning Que and added very seriously: "My lord, although you are a respected Master Keqing, your realm is of course strong, but there will be some problems if you break into the barracks, even if you can break in. Many people will definitely die in the camp. How can you explain to the court afterwards?"

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There is no way to sneak in, so there is only a hard drive. However, although he is now a student of the academy, he still regards himself as a member of the emperor *** team, and he wants to face his colleagues. , Could never be his active choice, so he had to find another way.

As the stars became thinner in the dead of night, the guy who had been planted in the Northern Army at Tianshu slipped back to Tangying quietly, and only Ning Que was left behind the meadow.

On the cold ground lies sparse yellow grass, which looks like a beard born from a malnourished old man. Ning Que lies on the sparse grass, looking at the stars in the night sky above his head. I don't know what I am thinking.

A shadow suddenly covers the starry sky above my head, as if the real dark night is coming.

Ning Que looked at the black horse's face that was close at hand, and looked at it with thick lips, which seemed to be pleased with a smile. He couldn't help but smiled and cursed: "The whole royal court wants to catch You, how dare you come back and see me."

The big dark horse arched his shoulders lightly, looking very docile, even quiet, as if telling him, as long as you are not angry, what is the point of other people saying to it?

Ning Que stood up, patted off the sand and grass behind him, lightly punched the **** horse on the neck, shook his head and said, "People are afraid of being famous because they are afraid of being strong. Pigs become strong and easy to be killed and eat meat. If you have to make such a big show, don't you worry about being snatched away after being too famous?"

The **** horse opened his mouth for the first time, and Bai Shengsheng's horse teeth looked a little sorrow under the stars, as if he was sneer, an indescribable glamorous, arrogant fool.

Ning Que stared at its eyes with a sneer and said, "You mean that even if you are snatched away, you will be offered as a treasure, and you will not be treated like an invincible horse like me. The mule calls?"

The **** horse gently kicked his feet, silently digging at the floating soil on the wasteland under his feet, and cautiously used silence to represent recognition.

Ning Que sneered again and again, stretched his fingers to the middle part of its two strong hind legs, and said: "I don't know why the Southern Army didn't castrate you back then, nor did the country horse farms castrate you, I don't know how you escaped. The fate of being an eunuch, but in short, you should know very well that I have no plan to cut you off."

"But my kindness doesn't mean that everyone is kind. With your violent and stinky temper, if you fall into the hands of Shan Yu or the princess, do you really think you can keep your precious eggs?"

A cold winter wind blows across the meadow.

Fear suddenly appeared in the black eyes of the **** horse. I don’t know if it’s because of cold or other reasons. The hind legs screamed and clamped quickly, but because of the huge and powerful horse buttocks, it couldn’t be completely. Close together.

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Ning Que completed another spy connection in his life through the deep night, sorted out the situation of Tang Ying, and took time to educate the big dark horse. He did so many things. There were countless fires burning on the meadow, and people only did one thing in the tents of the king's court, which was like drinking.

The wasteland is like a paradise in the spring, but in the midwinter season it is as miserable as the underworld. The cold wind roars, the snow flakes come at any time, and the cold is extremely cold, so people living here like to drink to warm their bodies, especially spirits. .

The people of the Central Plains and the prairie barbarians by the fire have been tossing between the two things of trade and war for thousands of years. The recent invasion of the border and the counterattack of the Central Plains allied forces killed many people on both sides. Where Maybe because the upper-level figures reached a peace agreement, the hatred formed by the blood would naturally disappear?

With complex emotions, the people in the Wangting tribe began to fight wine with the people of the Central Plains. The wine rushed into the chest and abdomen, failed to dissolve the hatred, but amplified the emotions, so the wine fight became a competition. The competition turned into a fight, and the fight eventually turned into a group fight. The king court and the soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order in the temple had just calmed down a scuffle before rushing to another place. The scene looked extremely chaotic.

There are a few tents lonely on the edge of the meadow, very close to Tangying, but not within Tangying's range. They are not affected by the chaos by the fire in the distance, and they still look extraordinarily quiet, just like life People in it.

The girls from Dahe Country saw a lot of novel things at the Gam meeting. They were quiet and self-sufficient, and returned to the camp in the evening. Mo Shanshan sat quietly in the tent for a whole day, nothing Laying on the case, she hung her wrist on the paper and kept copying something, she didn't seem to know what boredom means.

At this moment, the curtain was lifted. Jue Zhihua walked in with a young girl. She looked at Mo Shanshan and said gently: "Mountain Lord, there are guests who come to visit."

Mo Shanshan slowly stopped writing, put the brush in the clear water urn and swung it, then turned around.

The girl was wearing the uniform of the Temple Tianyuyuan, but there was a sense of pride in her eyes that was difficult to conceal. After she entered the tent, she kept looking around, trying to make her expression appear as much as possible. It was calmer, but she still felt a little nervous as the girl in white clothes turned around by the case.

Because this is the first time she has seen the legendary bookworm.

Mo Shanshan looked at her indifferently and said, "Who are you?"

The bookworm is used to speaking in this direct tone. She doesn't like to talk nonsense. She is used to an indifferent look, because she feels that making facial expressions is a very hard thing. She is used to looking sloppy and rude because... …

Her eyes are not very good.

But like Ning Que, who didn’t know that someone had eye problems at first, the female student at Tianyu Academy felt severely despised or even humiliated, and her nervous mood became a little irritable, but she still didn’t dare rude.

Same sentence again. This is the first time she has seen the legendary bookworm. The bookworm is more proud and rude. It is very good for them, who have been getting along with another idiot day and night. Understand and accept.

The female student of Tianyu Academy saluted in awe and said: "Princess Chenjia invites Sister Mo to tell you tomorrow."

Mo Shanshan looked at her quietly, thinking about the old friend who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, thinking about the old friend who was in the carriage above the meadow when there was blood and fire, and said after a moment of silence: "I know Up."

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(Tonight, please don’t talk to me about quality, it will be revised in the future, tonight, please talk to me about dreams and the honor of my father’s generation. Glory is my life, I don’t believe it, but the glory of my family seems to be true I'm going to die soon.)