Chapter 518 (Parallel) Natural disaster or man-made disaster?
Author: Wen Qing
What happened back then was a pain for the entire government.
Cui Rong rarely hears people mention Cui Bo. She is still young, and most of the time she mentions it and forgets it.
But she kept Qiao Si's words in mind.
She has not been prickly since she was a child.
Until, a banquet.
She heard the little girls chattering about father and mother.
Only then did Cui Rong realize it.
Other people's fathers can play shuttlecock with them.
Her father didn't.
Cui Rong had never met her grandfather, let alone taught his second uncle to read.
Does daddy want to be by his side like grandma?
Cui Rong asked stupidly.
"Cui Rong, don't you understand what death is?"
"Your father died a long time ago and has turned into nothing. You are just a wild child, do you understand?"
Cui Rong was furious: "Nonsense!"
"Your father is a dirtbag! My father is a hero!"
"What's wrong with heroes? Their lives are short-lived. I can't even play tricks with you."
There was mist in the little girl's eyes. She clenched her fingers, very angry.
But it seems that what they said is right.
Dad is a hero in the world, but he is not her hero. She has only seen him in portraits. She has never spoken a word to him, and has never been hugged or kissed by him.
She is such a pitiful little person.
Cui Rong was so sad that she was so angry that she threw all of them to the ground and beat them up. The shadow guards protected her. The girl didn't have any injuries on her body. They beat them ten to one, but she still went back to her house crying.
Her shoulders twitched.
Cui Bo followed behind, his heart hurting from being crushed.
Watching her grow up day by day, she was not confused again, but fortunately she was not in danger.
In this way, he stayed by Qiao Si's side every night. He also watched Cui Yun strategize and the new emperor ascended the throne.
Year after year.
Until that day it rained heavily.
Qiao Si stood in front of the window, with him by her side.
Vaguely, he heard Taoist Priest Sanqing's voice.
"It's time to go back."
He suddenly looked towards the source of the sound, but unfortunately he saw no one. At the same time, the surrounding scene became blurry little by little.
The scene collapsed and dissipated...
In the end, all that was left to him was Qiao Si's soft and bitter voice.
"It's another year."
at the same time.
Cui Bai, who was unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes. Then there was the unmodified sound of surprise in the sky.
"Major General, you have been unconscious for two days and finally woke up."
Two days?
But it felt like he had experienced half a lifetime.
Cui Bai was unusually silent
The Major General was well-known for being gentle, but he felt something was wrong when he was acting like this. He hurriedly said, "I'm going to ask the military doctor to come over and take a look at you."
As he walked out, he couldn't help but mutter: "It rained heavily yesterday, and a message just came from Shancheng, saying that the landslide was so severe that many people were buried. The general is still guarding you in the tent.
After learning the news, we sent several troops to support us."
This sentence was like a thunder.
Cui Bo stood up without hesitation and strode outside.
He remembers.
On the second day after the disaster, Shancheng was destroyed and Akagi almost missed.
Cui Yang's military camp is far away from where he lives.
Cui Bo got on his horse, whipping his whip with one hand and holding the reins with the other. The horse's hooves splashed mud on the ground.
"Father!"
He entered the account: "My son has something to discuss with his father."
"Very urgent?"
Cui Yang wondered: "Do you know that the disaster area in Shancheng is serious? As a father, you still need to..."
Cui Bo interrupted: "The Dongshan side of Shancheng is so remote that so many people shouldn't have died. But there was a big construction project a while ago, and it was said that a Taoist temple was going to be built. The wages are also high, and the young men in Shancheng who rely on their strength to make a living go there.
Forty percent. Is your son right?"
He looked straight at Cui Yang.
"Do you think this is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"
"Did you just wake up and are you confused?"
He didn't need Cui Yang to respond. He just said a word to him cautiously.
"urgent."
Cui Yang looked at him deeply. Cui Bai was never a person who didn't know the importance of things.
Both of them are military commanders. They can detect the slightest sign of trouble, so they don't have to worry about people listening to their conversation.
Cui Bo knew that the situation was urgent and stopped talking nonsense.
"Where is the lieutenant beside the general?"
"Nature is in the disaster area."
Cui Yang was suspicious: "What did you ask him for?"
Cui Bo: "Catch him."
He was extremely indifferent: "Kill again."
"Tomorrow at noon, thousands of enemy soldiers will swarm in. The battle will be raging and smoke will fill the sky. The killing will be endless. General Jin will be dead in a different place."
His words made Cui Yang's face darken.
"nonsense!"
"Father, you can go check it out. Something happened in Shancheng. In addition to Chicheng, have the nearest cities sent people to provide support?"
Cui Bai continued.
"Vice-General Qu Jing had second thoughts and had been bribed by the enemy soldiers. Taking advantage of the chaos in Shancheng and before General Jin's body was cold, he actually opened the city gate to welcome the enemy's attack. Once Shancheng was defeated, his father went to support him and was killed. Chicheng's troops were outnumbered. , the city wall was destroyed. My son felt ashamed and risked his life until Jin Zhong, the son of General Jin, arrived. Then he dared to close his eyes."
"Before this, each city did not send a single soldier."
what does that mean?
Protect yourself wisely?
Wrong, I didn’t see those people coming when Shancheng collapsed.
And the soldiers who went to the disaster area were tired all day and night, how could they defeat the enemy?
"Shancheng is the first line of defense on the border, and Chicheng is the second line. If both lines fail, how can those cities survive alone? But they all remain silent and pretend to be dead. Guess who ordered it?"
"After the third prince was sent as a hostage, my father should still take care of him secretly."
He kept this matter secret, so how did Cui Bai know?
When he mentioned Ji Li, he thought again of the tragedy at the Huai'an Palace.
Now maybe it just reappears.
It's just that Emperor Ghe was even crazier.
Seeing Cui Yang's sudden change of expression, Cui Bo laughed to himself.
"Thousands of soldiers, not one of you, your son, General Jin, is alive."
Cui Yang remained silent for a long time, his eyes darkened. The general's coldness and murderous intent were unmistakable.
It's ridiculous that he believed it.
Cui Yang felt his Adam's apple rolling in sadness.
Now that the enemy is in the open and they are in the dark, they are well prepared. They will not be as powerless as Cui Bo said.
He quickly found General Jin.
General Jin was about to express his bitterness about the landslide.
Cui Yang: "I captured Qujing alive."
"Tell me, why is he missing? Why did you catch him?"
"Peel off the skin and cramp, and hang it on the city wall."
General Jin:???
Cui Yang only told him that Qu Jing had collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. He didn't mention anything else, and General Jin became furious!
Their tacit understanding was that Cui Yang pointed a knife at him, and he bet that Cui Yang would not hurt him at all.
Therefore, he believed it without asking the reason.
"We must annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop!"
"No."
Cui Yang: "It's enough to force him back and severely damage his vitality."
General Kim: He doesn't understand.
"The Third Prince is still in their hands."
General Jin understood now.
But he didn't know that this was just rhetoric. The third prince was protected by people sent by Cui Yang, so there would be no hindrance.
In order to get rid of him, Emperor Jie did not hesitate to cooperate with the barbarian enemies.
But if the barbarian enemy is injured and he is safe, the former will definitely jump over the wall in a panic.
There is always something to be unhappy about for Emperor Gou.
General Jin looked at Cui Bai who was silent and said: "When we wait for this great victory, you will definitely drink with me."
"I'm afraid it won't work."
He had to return to Shengjing and didn't want to delay for a moment.
General Jin looked at Cui Yang.
Cui Yang: "I will be seriously injured this time. I can't drink."
General Jin:???
"If you don't want to be honest with me, why bother beating around the bush and curse yourself!"
Cui Yang: "The injury is too serious. I have moved my muscles and bones, and I can no longer hold the sword."
"I am ashamed of the armor I wear, and my virtue is not worthy of it. I want to return to Beijing to plead guilty and resign as a military commander."
My son is going back to accompany his daughter-in-law.
He has been thinking about Xuan Shu Yu even more these days.
A foolish king is in power, and in this world, he is still a fool!
Parallel space opens.
Cui Yun here saw Yang Yang and started fighting.
All the imperfections in the main text VS the perfection in the parallel.
Chapter completed!