Border Month

In the spring of the 18th year of the founding of Dayin, General Gu Jinghan of Zhenbei was ordered to return to the court. He came from the snowstorm at the border, carrying old wounds from ten years of battle and silence. He was decisive in killing at the border, and the barbarians called him "King of Hell", but he couldn't ride a horse, drink, or socialize with adults in full robes. He had only one thought: to guard the border so that his father and younger brother would no longer be oppressed. Shen Duchuan is the youngest bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and the eldest son of the Shen family in Jiangnan. He is noble and elegant, can write good strategies and play the piano well. He has seen too many people, but he has never seen this one - standing in the crowd, like a knife with a hidden edge, taciturn and cold, but when he looks in the direction of the border, there is a layer of warmth in his eyes that no one else can see. They met in a bookstore in spring, side by side on a horse farm on the outskirts of the city, and sat silently opposite each other in a wonton shop under the moonlight. Gu Jinghan taught Shen Duchuan how to ride horses, and Shen Duchuan told Gu Jinghan about the border farming policy. They agreed that when the border was settled, they would go watch the lonely smoke in the desert and the sunset over the long river together. But in the court, some people wanted him to have great achievements and shock the master, while others wanted him to surrender and stand in line. The emperor is jealous, the prince is wooing, the third prince is worshiping, and there is a knife hidden in every glance. Shen Duchuan's father, Shen Wenyuan, only said one thing to his son: "You have less contact with him." Later, the barbarians invaded again, and Gu Jinghan went out to fight. Shen Duchuan Shuzhuhe - he is not afraid of war, he is afraid. I'm afraid that person won't come back. Gu Jinghan went anyway. Five thousand soldiers and horses, food and grass reduced by half. Shen Duchuan stood at the gate of the city, put the sachet he sewn with his own hands into his hand, and said, "This is the peace charm I wrote. I heard it is very effective." Gu Jinghan held the sachet tightly, looked at him for a long time, then got on his horse without looking back. After three years of bloody battle, they finally won a tragic victory. Gu Jinghan's class teacher was ambushed on the way, hit by several arrows and fell off a cliff. The searchers only found his armor and the blood-soaked sachet. Later, someone brought a letter from the border, saying that it was fished from the river under the cliff. The letter read: "Duchuan, there is a river under the cliff, and the water flows south. They say that if you follow this river, you can float back to the Central Plains. Duchuan, it's really cold at the border, but I wear your sachet, and my heart feels warm. Duchuan, I can't wait for you anymore." Shen Duchuan took the letter and stood in front of the window all night. The next day, my hair was completely white. He went to Gu Jinghan's empty house every day and sat there all afternoon. The pot of orchid brought from Jiangnan died, and he buried it in the yard. Fifteen years later, Shen Duchuan died of illness. Before he died, he had someone carry him to Gu Jinghan's house. He held the faded sachet and said softly: "Jinghan, I'm here to find you." It is said that someone later saw them in the Gobi outside Yumen Pass. Two people stood side by side in the setting sun. One pointed at the beacon in the distance and said something, while the other listened attentively with a smile on his lips. I got closer, but there was nothing. Only the wind carries the yellow sand and blows across the empty Gobi. In the distance, the long river is perfectly round and the sunset is red. The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass. Once that person is gone, there will be no return date. Intention: Why can't I retreat even though I am successful?