Chapter 87 Condolences
Yuan Xi led more than 200 cavalry and rushed to Quyi Camp, which was 150 miles away from Yinguan. Jiao Tong led more than 2,000 people, hanging behind Yuan Xi, and maintaining a distance of more than 10 miles to prevent any accidents from supporting Yuan Xi.
After four hours of running, when the sky was dusk, the military camp with a white flag was finally in sight.
The terrain in the west is high, and you can see the scene in the camp after more than a mile. I saw the white flag waving in the wind, and all the soldiers of the three armies were covered in white. From time to time, crying sounds came, and people suddenly felt compassion.
"Haha...Young Master, look, tens of thousands of people were wearing white clothes, and the entire camp was full of white flags, not like disguised. It seems that Yuan Mai is really dead!" Yang Xiu pulled the horse and took the reins and said to Yuan Xi excitedly.
"It seems that the fourth brother is indeed dead!" Yuan Xi replied with a serious expression, then glanced at Yang Xiu, "Don't show happiness, try to be sad as much as possible, otherwise, Qu Yi's subordinates will see the flaws, what should we do?"
"Yes, I have to look sad, what the young master taught me!" Yang Xiu quickly admitted his mistake and tried hard to make a sad expression, but it was not natural to look at it. Rather than being sad, it was more gloating.
Yuan Xi took his men down the hillside and headed straight to the camp gate. When he saw the door, he burst into tears, and his tears were pouring out, with a sad expression: "My fourth brother, you died so unfairly! The second brother made a big mistake and let the Huns break into Yanmen from under my nose, which made you lose your life. Brother is so worried!"
Yang Xiu rode his horse in front and looked sad and said to the soldiers guarding the gate: "Go and inform Lord Tian Feng and General Qu Yi, and he said that when he heard that Mr. Mai was unfortunately distressed, Mr. Xi was very sad and came to pay tribute to the fourth son!"
Before the soldiers could report, Qu Yi, dressed in white, had already come out with Hao Zhao and others. After holding his wrists, he shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Mai visited his friend in Mayi, but unfortunately he was ambushed by the Huns and shot into the heart by an arrow. Although the military doctor tried his best to rescue him, he was unable to recover and went west. I have already compiled a letter and sent someone to Yecheng to report this bad news to my lord."
After hearing Qu Yi's statement that he had already compiled a book on his father, Yuan Xi felt a little nervous and asked tentatively: "I don't know which tribe the Huns who ambushed the fourth brother? Have you ever sent someone to investigate? You must state in the letter that your father knows it, and send a large army to pursue the Huns and avenge the fourth brother."
Looking at Yuan Xi's false appearance, Qu Yi sneered in his heart. Stop crying and pretending to be compassionate. Unfortunately, your acting skills are not smart at all. They are much worse than your brothers. Not to mention that they are completely bright, they are also as bright as the bright moon and the light of fireflies.
"I have never investigated it. According to some speculation, if this group of people is not under the command of Zuo Xianwang Hu Chuquan, or the subordinates of You Xianwang Goubei, the Huns are in the same spirit. If they want to avenge their son, they will not care about which one he is. When they see the Hun barbarians, they will just start killing!" Qu Yi led the way in front, led Yuan Xi and his party to the Lingfang.
After hearing what Qu Yi said, Yuan Xi felt relieved and said, "What General Qu said is that you have been guarding the border for many years and have fought with the Huns for nearly a hundred battles. You know the shortcomings and advantages of the Huns. If your father is willing to send a large army to conquer the Huns, you should lead the general to fight on the war, which is perfect!"
Qu Yi continued to sneer in his heart, thinking that no matter how much you compliment me, it would be impossible to get out of this camp again. If you succeed, the king will fail, you will be a move. Don’t blame me when you are in the nine springs. Good fortune is the basis of misfortune, and misfortune is the basis of good fortune. If you want to blame, blame you for being born in the Yuan family!
"If the lord was willing to hand over the important task to Qu Yi, I would naturally do my best to fight against the Huns and avenge Mr. Mai, even if I had died, I would never refuse. If the lord had not pleaded for me during his birthday party, if Mr. Mai had not pleaded for me, I, Qu Yi, would have become a ghost under the knife!"
Qu Yi led Yuan Xi to the spiritual tent, and pretended to play against Yuan Xi along the way. Although the words were false, if you think about it carefully, Yuan Mai did save his life at the beginning. No matter what his purpose was, this was an irreversible fact. He really owed him a life.
Yuan Xi suddenly felt that Qu Yi was not as terrible as he thought. He looked easy to talk. Since Yuan Mai could win over him, why can't I try to win over him? If Qu Yi was a brave general, he would no longer have to be afraid of his elder brother and third brother from now on.
He said apologetically: "Oh... it's all my fault for this. He is too competitive, he is not self-aware, and he is narrow-minded. General Qu didn't say anything at that time, but he just said that his archery skills were not as good as the little overlord Sun Ce. He was originally a real thing, but the third brother was arrogant because of his favor, and his father was doting on him. In addition, he drank alcohol, so he took his anger on General Qu."
"Actually... in fact, Xi also wanted to stand up and say a few fair words for General Qu at that time, but his fourth brother robbed him first. But in my heart, I never felt that this was General Qu's fault. If my father decided to avenge his fourth brother, Xi was willing to join forces with General Qu to attack the Huns together, you will lead two teams, and I will not ask!"
Qu Yi is already thirty-seven or eight years old. He has been fighting on the battlefield for many years. He has seen swords and swords and has seen through intrigues. He naturally knows what Yuan Xi said this.
I thought to myself, if Yuan Mai was a real villain, you Yuan Xi would be a hypocrite. That day, your father was angry and wanted to kill me, and you were all silent. Who dared to speak for me? You are pretending to be good people here now, do you think I am mentally retarded?
"It is of course the best thing to be able to fight alongside Mr. Xi. As long as the lord has his order, he will be willing to listen to Mr. Xi's orders!"
Qu Yi said hypocritically and pointed to a big white tent in front of him. He saw white cloth wrapped around him, white flags floating on the top of the tent, and soldiers in white stood in hand holding spears and swords around the tent. Obviously, this is the spiritual tent.
Qu Yi stopped and said to Yuan Xi: "This is the spiritual tent. Mr. Mai's body and coffin are in the tent. Mr. Xi will go in and say goodbye to Mr. Mai. After all, it's a brother!"
"My fourth brother, you died so unfairly!" Yuan Xi nodded and then burst into tears. There was no bright lotus when Zhuge Liang was mourning, so he could only cry like a woman. "It was because of my brother's dereliction of duty. I didn't notice that the Huns had sneaked into Yanmen, which made you ambush and lost your life. I felt guilty for my brother, and I had no face to see my father!" While crying, I opened the tent and walked into the spiritual tent.
Seeing Yuan Xi enter the tent, Yang Xiu and his subordinates also wanted to follow him, but Qu Yi waved his hand to stop him: "Stop, Mr. Xi said goodbye to Mr. Mai, brothers, we should not go in and disturb us."
Yang Xiu was a little nervous, not understanding what Qu Yi sold in the gourd, and argued: "Master Mail is the lord's son after all. As a member, we should bid farewell to the young master for a long time. General Qu stopped us and refused to let us in. I'm afraid it would be unreasonable?"
Qu Yi glared at him: "Let Master Xi and Master Mai live alone for a while. Wait for a while, it will not be too late for you all to visit Master Mai's body together!"
Chapter completed!