A wooden bird was caught by a personal guard before it flew into the general's tent. He fiddled with the little thing several times in his hand, but couldn't make any difference. Just when he was about to take it to the military spiritual master for a look, someone suddenly whispered, "Give it to me."

The guard looked up and saw Shen Yi walking in from outside, and hurriedly presented the wooden bird with both hands.

Shen Yi took it and touched the stupid bird's head. The guard was stunned and thought he heard General Shen sigh.

The wooden bird was attracted by the magnet left by General Zhong Chan. Shen Yi held it and walked into the tent carefully. The light in the tent was dim. Several military doctors came in and out silently. A pungent smell of medicine wafted into his nose, mixed with a hint of blood.

Yao Zhen was standing aside and turned to look at Shen Yi with a serious expression.

In order to delay time during the naval battle that day, the main ship where Gu Yun was was hit by the enemy and disintegrated on the spot. The golden box exploded into a dazzling scene on the water. Fortunately, although Gu Yun was deaf and blind, he reacted quickly. After sensing something was wrong, he immediately ordered his men to abandon the ship and jump into the sea.

Thanks to his timely jump, he was not roasted when Eagle Armor pulled him out of the water.

The Western Army's ocean supply line was cut off, and the upper reaches of the Neijiang River had already been controlled by Gu Yun's additional troops in the southwest. Both supply lines were cut off, and they had no choice but to retreat to the Japanese waters.

If the head coach had not been seriously injured, this battle would definitely be a perfect victory that would go down in history.

This time, Gu Yun prepared all the props such as battle reports and family letters in advance, and kept it a secret from both inside and outside. Even in the Liangjiang camp, the news was suppressed. Except for a few high-ranking generals, personal guards, military doctors and the few eagles who rescued him, no one knew anything.

One can imagine how much pressure Shen Yi and Yao Zhen are under this time.

Shen Yi: "How is it?"

"You've come just in time, everyone is awake," Yao Zhen whispered, "General Gu was very foresighted in transferring you here, Brother Ji Ping, if you weren't here, I would probably feel like the sky is falling."

Shen Yi smiled bitterly and said, "No, the first time is strange, the second time is familiar... You take a rest first, I'll say a few words to him."

Yao Zhen nodded, waved his hand and led the military doctors to leave. Shen Yi walked over quietly and lifted up Gu Yun's hand that was hanging weakly on the bed.

As soon as the bed curtain was lowered, people came in and out of the tent, but Gu Yun was completely unaware of it. It was not until then that he felt the thick calluses on the claw in his hand from the wind-cutting blade that he realized the person was Shen Yi.

There were few intact bones and flesh on Gu Yun's body. His body was full of steel plates, and he was fixed in place, unable to turn his head. He fell asleep for a while and was awakened by the pain for a while. As soon as he opened his eyes, cold sweat began to flow down his forehead. Even with his eyes open, he couldn't focus. The military doctor said that people are prone to damage their ears and eyes in a huge earthquake. He had made things worse for himself more than once. Now his eyes are only slightly sensitive to light. Let alone a glass mirror, even a clairvoyant would probably be of no help.

"I don't know if it can get better." Gu Yun thought silently in his heart, "Will I really not be able to see anymore in the future?"

Shen Yi's nose felt sore when he saw his blank look, and he wrote on Gu Yun's palm: "There is a letter from Linyuan Pavilion."

Gu Yun blinked.

Shen Yi took apart the wooden bird and prepared to write to him, but when he glanced at the contents of the note, his face tightened.

Gu Yun waited for a long time but he didn't say anything. He tapped on the back of Shen Yi's hand with his fingers in confusion.

Shen Yi was a good-tempered person. Apart from a few half-serious growls when he was playing with Gu Yun, he rarely got really angry. At this moment, he sat steadily on the edge of the bed. His hand holding the wooden bird suddenly began to tremble. His chest rose and fell violently several times. With a "click", he broke the head of the wooden bird alive.

"What is this?" he thought to himself. "What is this! For whom do we risk our lives and our lives? For whom do we devote our lives and our lives? Is this fucking meaningful?"

Gu Yun's heart tightened, fearing that something unexpected would happen. He did not bother to think about his blindness and spoke with difficulty, "Why... ahem..."

There was a wound on his throat caused by shrapnel, which almost damaged a major vein. It almost overlapped with the old scar. Although it was not so severe that he could not see clearly, he had great difficulty speaking, like a broken bellows.

Broken Bellows asked, "Does the court still insist on negotiating peace?"

Shen Yi's eyes were bloodshot as he wrote in Gu Yun's hand: "Linyuan Pavilion sent someone to monitor the foreign affairs group and found that some of them were secretly negotiating terms with the Western envoys, and a group of people with unknown identities and origins infiltrated the foreign affairs group."

Gu Yun heaved a sigh of relief and moved his neck impatiently: "What am I thinking...Hasn't the list of the foreign affairs group been delivered? There is no reason to suddenly add people. If that were the case, they could just be stopped outside the station. It doesn't matter."

Shen Yi: "Because of this war, the Foreign Affairs Corps had no reason to come to the front line. They were waiting in Pengcheng and asked the court for permission. Li Feng said it would not be good to return without success, so he ordered them to rest in Pengcheng for a while and wait for the court to allocate the reward materials to the front line of Liangjiang, which would be considered as..."

Gu Yun slightly raised one of his long eyebrows. Shen Yi paused with difficulty and wrote stroke by stroke on his palm: "Reward the troops."

These two words were too sensitive to all the old members of the Black Iron Camp. Gu Yun twitched noticeably, and was then forcibly tied back to his original position by the steel plates on his body. Cold sweat immediately flowed down his temples.

Shen Yi hurriedly held him down: "Zi Xi!"

As a result of this, the bandage on Gu Yun's chest was obviously bleeding. The smell of blood broke through the heavy medicinal smell and spread in the air in a thick and colorful way, making his face even paler.

Shen Yi had the illusion that he was slowly evaporating.

And he still refused to faint obediently.

He even had to create the illusion of being able to handle things with ease both internally and externally.

If a person risks his own life, what can he gain in vain before and after his death?

Even if your achievements are recorded in history, you will be nothing more than a tablet in the future.

Later kings and nobles would think of it and make up two idle anecdotes, or even deliberately make a few disparaging remarks to show their broad knowledge and uniqueness.

When common people think about him, they mostly like to make up some far-fetched anecdotes and scandals, linking him up with one inexplicable red-sleeve after another throughout his hectic life, eloping with him a hundred or eighty times, and only having good luck with women after his death.

Shen Yi: "I will write a letter to Miss Chen right away. I...I will resign with you and go home. You can just take His Highness with you. I will heal my wounds and treat my illness. I don't care about the Li or Zhang family! I..."

Gu Yun sighed and gently held his hand.

Shen Yi's breathing became so disordered that he could not speak for a moment. Where Gu Yun could not see, he made an expression as if he was about to burst into tears, but he did not dare to tremble or sob too loudly for Gu Yun to notice. He did not dare to make a loud cry, but silently inhaled through his mouth, and had to use his steel armor to catch his tears.

Gu Yun still felt it, but did not expose it. He patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "It's not a big deal, no need to get upset... Any news about Chang Geng?"

"Yes." Shen Yi wrote tremblingly, "His Highness said that you don't have to worry about anything else. If there are bad guys who intend to cause trouble, just kill them as you please. Even if the sky in the capital falls, he can hold on."

Gu Yun smiled weakly.

Blood loss can make people's brains unclear. He has to spend several times more energy and go all out to concentrate and figure out what's going on here: "I was wondering why... the battle hasn't even ended yet, and someone wants to deal with me first... cough cough, it turns out that the capital has changed, and someone is desperate. There will definitely be another battle between us and the foreigners. I can't leave now, so I can't help him too much... You let the foreign affairs group in, and then detain them immediately, keep them under strict supervision, and cut off their connection with the capital. If the Westerners are also... cough cough... playing a role in this... why not use their own trick against them..."

Shen Yi said nothing.

Gu Yun: "...Ji Ping?"

Shen Yi suddenly asked: "Do you think it's worth it?"

Gu Yun was stunned.

Shen Yi's eyes quickly passed over the blood on his chest, and he leaned close to Gu Yun's ear, speaking into the deaf man's ear word by word: "You are thinking that there will definitely be another war between us and the foreigners, while others are thinking about how to bring down a great general like you. Do you think it's worth it?"

Of course, it was impossible for Gu Yun to have no grudges in his heart, but unfortunately he had no choice but to have such an angry Shen Yi by his side. When the two of them were together, no matter what they originally thought, when they were together, there had to be one person responsible for getting angry and one responsible for staying calm. Shen Yi took the role of the former first, and Gu Yun had to play the latter with a calm mind.

Gu Yun: "You spent five taels of silver to buy Miss Chen that broken hairpin, is it really worth it? Aren't you still being cheated?"

Shen Yi: "I am a bitch to the woman I like, and I should be treated as such. I am not ashamed, so who are you being a bitch to?"

Gu Yun replied slowly: "As expected, there is no filial son by the bed of a long-term patient. You, an unfilial thing, have even learned to curse."

Shen Yi: “…”

Gu Yun had been busy with military affairs for half his life, and he had thought of leaving many times. Shen Yi had thought of "never caring about this bastard again" many times. He shook off Gu Yun's hand, turned around and was about to leave, thinking to himself: "You love to die."

Gu Yun: "Ji Ping!"

He grabbed at the air aimlessly with his hands, but grabbed nothing. His fingers were almost deformed from being bandaged and bandaged, and he couldn't even close his fingers. His pale skin was covered with scars, which showed through the lifeless bandages. Shen Yi felt very uncomfortable and immediately lost his attitude.

Shen Yi: "Don't move!"

Gu Yun said softly: "In the past two days... there must be envoys from Japan who have contacted us secretly. Chongze is a civil servant after all, so we have to rely on you..."

Shen Yi was heartbroken: "Okay, stop talking, I know."

Gu Yun was interrupted by him, but he was not angry. He didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly he laughed. After panting for a while, he said to Shen Yi: "Stick to one family and one country, and become a famous general. A hundred years later, the people will make you a god and build a temple for you. How nice it is to live on incense."

Shen Yi taunted, "What do you want to be named? We already have a door god, so how about a window god? Or a bed god?"

"It's all the same," Gu Yun laughed softly, "Anyway, no matter which temple they worship... they all pray for the same thing... uh, promotion, wealth, a happy marriage... and a baby."

When Shen Yi heard this, he thought, well, aren’t these a liar, a matchmaker, and the Goddess of Fertility?

He suddenly felt even more sad and angry, and didn't want to associate with such a person at all.

Gu Yun breathed weakly and said, "Master Shen, give me the flute in the bedside box."

Shen Yi sighed and took out a small box that he had treasured beside the pillow in the commander's tent. Inside was a white jade flute with a restrained luster, a thick stack of sea-patterned paper of unknown origin, and several wind-cutting blades engraved with different people's names.

This small box seemed to contain all of Gu Yun's love and righteousness.

"I won't die." Gu Yun held the cold jade flute with his fingertips, thinking firmly in his heart, "If they didn't blow me up on the spot, I won't die. Chang Geng's Ur bone has not been dissolved yet, and there are so many people in the capital who want to cause trouble for him. How can I..."

How could it be possible? He didn't have time to think before he fell into a coma of exhaustion again.

Thousands of miles away, at three o'clock in the night, at Fang Mansion.

Fang Qin sat in the room with a gloomy face. He was silent for a long time, then slowly raised his head and asked, "Really? Did you hear it with your own ears?"

The servant kneeling before him trembled uncontrollably and nodded rapidly.

The head of the Fang family of this generation suddenly laughed. After a moment, he covered his face with one hand, his shoulders shrugged, and it was unclear whether he was crying or laughing. Fang Qin had designed Lu Chang to take this path, and had thought that King Yan was ambitious and might take this path one day, but he never expected that the one who took the first step was actually his own father.

When every scholar first read the four lines of Mr. Hengqu's "Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, inherit the lost knowledge of the past sages, and create peace for all eternity" when he was young, he was moved and thought that one day he would become an unparalleled patriot and be able to carry the country for eternity. However, this little bit of blood and sweat will always be worn away by fame and fortune, wasted time, and the unpredictable world, and after so many years, he will fall into a "rut" for his whole life...

Throughout history, there have been countless talented people, but how many of them are true patriots?

That night, Fang Qin sat in his study all night. The next morning, he instructed his confidants to secretly send his wife and children away.

When the first cockcrowed at four o'clock in the morning, Fang Qin thought he would rush out, drag King Yan up, and tell him everything about the impending rebellion.

Unfortunately, he imagined this process in his mind hundreds and thousands of times, but it never happened.

It is difficult to be both loyal and filial. He knew that he was destined to never become a great man, so he had to be faithful to his father.

Five days later, an ambiguous rumor flew into the capital and reached the ears of ambitious people of all sizes - a few days after the foreign affairs delegation that was supposed to be going to reward the troops arrived at the Jiangbei camp, the Jiangbei camp was suddenly closed for unknown reasons.

The news received by the Fang family was more detailed. Academician Fang received a note from his student with just two simple words written on it: "Match done."

At this point, Grand Secretary Fang heaved a long sigh of relief. It was obvious that he had not expected it to be so smooth. The Westerners who had been eyeing him covetously had helped him so much. He was filled with indescribable excitement, because "half of the country" had been won, and his ambitious ambitions were about to be realized.

At the same time, the Ministry of Rites proposed to hold a grand celebration for Li Feng's birthday. Fang Qin took the lead in agreeing with it. Even the Yanwang Party did not come out to cause trouble on such an occasion, and they all agreed to hold a grand celebration.

The previous Emperor Yuanhe came here once a year, and only gradually became more restrained and frugal during the Long'an period, so the procedures were ready. In order to ensure that the flattery did not backfire, the Ministry of Rites had already begun secret preparations. Once the emperor approved, everything started to operate in an orderly manner. On the day of the day, envoys from the northwest presented their gifts one after another, fireworks filled the sky from the nine gates, the Jinwu could not help but ring bells and drums, and it was extremely lively.

The emperor was going to leave the palace to offer sacrifices to heaven and report to his ancestors that he had not grown a year older in vain, but had made some achievements. This time he had learned his lesson, and was closely followed by the thirteen imperial guards. He did not bring any unreliable civil or military officials with him, only the crown prince. Prince Yan, who was in charge of the military affairs office and all the officials, accompanied him.

Offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, worshiping ancestors, everything was in order, and no more troubles occurred. Li Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, put aside the shadow left by the last time, and ordered to return to the palace.

The emperor returned to the palace on foot, and the imperial guards and the imperial guards outside the imperial city were handing over to each other. At this moment, something changed.

Someone suddenly yelled, "There's an assassin!"

Before he could finish his words, several boomerangs from Japan came through the air, went straight through the crowd of officials, and brushed against the sleeve of an old Hanlin with a cold light. The old Hanlin fainted without a word, his eyes rolled back. The two teams of guards inside and outside reacted at the same time, some shouted "Protect the emperor" and some shouted "Catch the assassin".

Unexpectedly, a royal guard suddenly jumped up and slashed at the prince with a knife. Chang Geng was closest to the prince, so he suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the prince's belt, and dragged him back.

In the chaos, someone shouted: "The Imperial Guards have rebelled!"

The commander of the Royal Guards who was on the main escort mission was confused and blurted out, "Bullshit!"

At this time, someone dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Guards took out a small crossbow from his bosom and fired at Li Feng's sedan chair. Li Feng almost fell off the sedan chair. The commander of the Imperial Guards thought to himself, "The Imperial Guards are plotting a rebellion and they want us to take the blame. How unreasonable!"

"Wait! There is a traitor in the Imperial Guards, trying to assassinate the Emperor, capture him!"

After the Imperial Guards were divided into two parallel departments, in order to blackmail each other, the two sides had no communication and were in a competitive relationship. One side was responsible for the main guard duties, while the other side was responsible for coordinated supervision. Of course, the one who coordinated would suffer a loss. They had to follow along all the way, doing the same work, but they could not show their faces in front of the emperor. How could they be content?

The main guard believed that there was an assassin hiding in the Royal Guard, the auxiliary guard believed that the main guard had ill intentions, and the Royal Guard believed that the Imperial Guard had mutinied. Under the deliberate instigation of someone with ulterior motives, the three parties suddenly fell into chaos.

Almost all the capable generals in the court had been transferred by Gu Yun to garrison in various places. Now, the only ones stranded in the capital were either cowards or malicious conspirators, and the scene was suddenly in chaos.

Fang Qin and the others saw the right opportunity and deliberately rushed to Li Feng in a panic, rushing forward and saying, "This place is dangerous, Your Majesty, please leave quickly."

A group of unfamiliar guards followed. Fang Qin said, "Your Majesty, please step down from the sedan chair! We swear to protect Your Majesty until our death."

In his panic, Li Feng didn't pay attention to many details and grabbed Fang Qin's arm: "Where is the prince?"

Fang Qinchong winked at the guards beside him and said to Li Feng, "The prince is protected by someone. I just saw Prince Yan over there. I'm afraid he has been dispersed for a while. You go first. I will send someone to look for him immediately."

Li Feng said angrily: "Spread to the Northern Camp! Lawless people..."

Fang Qin agreed, and immediately assigned his people to pretend to run out to "deliver the message." This was also what they had thought of long ago. They couldn't let the guards react, and they had to isolate the emperor early and cut off his connection with the guards and the North Camp.

Fang Qin urged Li Feng by both coaxing and deceiving him. The people around him changed into the clothes of the imperial guards and rushed forward. Li Feng did not notice it for a moment, and by the time he reacted, it was too late.

At this time, unusual movements also occurred on the front line.

The Pope received news from a traitor who had infiltrated the Foreign Affairs Corps. A coup had taken place in Daliang. The delegation sent by Daliang Imperial Capital to the garrison to reward the troops actually brought an assassination mission. They planned to recreate the scene in the Northwest Black Iron Camp 20 years ago. Gu Yun was seriously injured and might even be dead. The garrison was forcibly blocking the news, but the internal situation was in chaos, so it was a good opportunity to counterattack.

Under normal circumstances, the Pope might not have believed such news easily, and at least would have sent people to verify it from other angles. However, he no longer had this room.

The Daliang navy cut off their two important communication lines with the country, but on the one hand, the fighting between the factions in the Holy Land has reached a climax, and on the other hand, the originally honest colonies have started a wave of rebellion starting from the Nanyang Islands. They are simply unable to split themselves, and now they can only take the Far East route through the Japanese.

The Pope fundamentally did not trust the Japanese and always felt that those jackals could bite back at any time, so he was eager to break his own deadlock.

No one understood better than him that the Western navy's prestige on the water was supported by abundant energy. Without a large amount of purple gold as a backing, it would be nothing more than a pile of scrap metal.

Mr. Ya made strict strategic deployment in a hurry and sent people to the Japanese shogunate to request cooperation.

The Japanese man took it with a nod and bowed, politely sent the person away, turned back into his own yard and closed the door.

A dusty Japanese warrior came in from the back door at some point, took off his bamboo hat, and whispered, "I saw General Gu."

"So Gu Yun is not seriously injured, nor is he dead, right?"

"I can't be sure. I only saw Gu Yun passing by, and I am not qualified to talk to him. But the garrison was well organized, with artillery fire, and there was no chaos. It seemed that they were ready to attack at any time. I didn't see the so-called "assassination group" either. If there was any, it may have been secretly controlled."

"I know. Good job."