Chapter 7769 Reason
Tujia Village.
After a long silence, Zheng Erniang finally calmed down.
No matter what I think in my heart, at least it has calmed down on the surface.
"Sister Zheng, many years have passed and you are still the same as before, but I am already old."
Ling Rushui, the Minister of War, sighed slightly.
Over the years, Zheng Erniang has stayed in the village and has never gone out. In fact, she has not experienced much hardship. Although she is already in her forties, she looks like a girl of eighteen or nineteen, as if Time seemed frozen on her face.
Ling Rushui, the Minister of War, is two years younger than Zheng Erniang, but he already has white hair on his head, gray temples, and his face is full of vicissitudes of life.
"Ling Rushui, if you want to get too close, don't say anything. I just want to know why he left without saying goodbye, and why there has been no news for so many years? I have written so many letters to the court, why has the court never replied? ”
Zheng Erniang’s face was indifferent, as cold as frost.
"I will explain these to you one by one."
"Don't say anything else for now. Tell me, is he still alive?"
Asked about this sentence , Zheng Erniang's mood fluctuated again, the kind of uncontrollable fluctuation.
“He is still alive.” Ling Rushui sighed.
"Haha, he is still alive as expected. Good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years. He is a disaster!"
Zheng Erniang laughed for a while, and then tears flowed from her eyes again.
"He's still alive...how is he still alive?"
She muttered to herself for a while, then suddenly raised her head and asked, "Where is he?"
< br>"He is on Qiye Island on the sea."
"Qiye Island? If he hasn't appeared for so many years, is he just staying on Qiye Island?"
"Yes, he stayed on Qiye Island for twenty years..." Ling Rushui said.
"Then why didn't he show up?"
"It's not that he didn't want to come back, but that he couldn't come back. Three months after he arrived at Qiye Island, he was struck by a strange... The toxin..."
"After being poisoned, he can't see, his ears can't hear, and his body can't move. Except for his brain, he can still think about things, just like a dead person," Ling Rushui continued.
“He, he is like this.”
Zheng Erniang said in a daze, most of the anger that was originally filled with her suddenly dissipated, and the extremely complicated emotions came in a flash.
This was a situation she had never imagined.
She thought about that man abandoning his wife and son, and thought about that man being plotted by the court, but she never thought about that man's situation.
“Fortunately, there are people around him who take care of him. He has survived all these years, and recently they finally helped him detoxify. But after all these years, even if he can see and hear, he still can’t speak. I can't stand up." A flash of pain flashed across Ling Rushui's eyes.
Which normal person can bear that kind of boundless pain?
What's more, that person is his eldest brother, the Tanhua Lang who was extremely proud in the past.
"He, how is he now?"
All Zheng Erniang's resentment disappeared in an instant, but she was extremely anxious.
"It's not very good. I still can't move now. I can barely speak a few words. He asked me to bring the jade pendant to you." Ling Rushui said.
“I want to see him.”
Zheng Erniang knows that there are still many questions here, but she has no desire to know urgently now.
Now, she just wants to see him as soon as possible!
"Okay, this time I will take you to see him. There are some things that you will know when you get to Qiye Island." Ling Rushui said.
"Brother Ling, do you have anything else to do when you come to my cottage?" Zheng Erniang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, sat up, and then said slowly.
Ling Rushui was excited when she heard Zheng Erniang's name.
This means that Zheng Erniang has accepted him.
That’s what Zheng Erniang called him back then.
"There is something. The imperial court wants to recruit Tujia troops to go north to help Marshal Yue." Ling Rushui said. "According to the previous contract, the Tujia army can be dispatched, but all expenditures will be borne by the court..."
"In addition, you are responsible for solving the recent famine of the Tujia people. "Zheng Erniang thought for a while and said.
"These conditions are easy to talk about." Ling Rushui said.
"Then what are you waiting for? Take action, you go talk to my son, I will pack things, and when everything is ready, we will hit the road."
Zheng Erniang stood up, she had already I can't wait, more than twenty years have passed.
At this moment, thoughts surge in like a tide.
She couldn't wait any longer.
"Okay, I'll let someone else talk to your son. I'll wait for you outside now."
Ling Rushui is a decisive person. He has arranged several plans early in the morning.
And Zheng Erniang’s current actions are also within his plan.
Zheng Erniang packed her things very quickly. She didn't have many items, but only prepared a few pieces of clothing, and then followed Ling Rushui on horseback and left.
The person who stayed in the village to talk to Zheng Xiong in detail was Ma Fujun, a member of the Ministry of War.
Ma Fujun is a versatile man in both civil and military affairs and is a rising star in the Ministry of War. The imperial court has high hopes for him when he is appointed here.
"Brother Zheng, I will accompany you on this trip north." Ma Fujun said with a smile.
At this time, all conditions have been negotiated, and Zheng Xiong has also let go of his heavy worries.
He is not afraid of war, but he is afraid of some affairs within the clan.
"Our Tujia army will be assembled soon, in two days at most." Zheng Xiong laughed a few times and said.
"So fast?" Ma Fujun was slightly surprised.
"Of course, our Tujia people have never languished in martial arts. We are always training our bodies." Zheng Xiong said proudly.
"How many people can be gathered? It's best to be in the prime of life. It's better not to include the old, weak, sick or disabled." Ma Fujun asked.
"Of course we are in our prime. We Tujia people are very honest. In this area, we don't cheat as long as we are..."
Zheng Xiong paused and said: "Probably. Gather about 8,000 people, no more.”
"Okay, eight thousand is enough."
Ma Fujun nodded.
If it is eight thousand elite soldiers, it is enough to deal with tens of thousands of ordinary troops.
The Tujia Army is recognized as a special and powerful army. Don't underestimate them because they rarely go to the battlefield. If you use them well, they can definitely be used as a surprise force.
"Master Ma, how can we get to the north with so many of us?"
What Zheng Xiong is most concerned about is how will 8,000 people travel?
"Let's get food and grass first, and set off together..."
"Walking to the dock, we will take a boat to the north." Ma Fujun said.
"Let's take a boat..."
When he heard that he was going to take a boat, Zheng Xiong's expression changed slightly.
He is a good man on land, but he is not so easy to use on this boat.
He once took a boat ride, and that time he almost vomited all the food in his stomach.
“Can you not take the boat?” Zheng Xiong said.
"That won't work. We can't go north quickly without a boat."
Ma Fujun continued: "Don't worry, we have new medicines that are designed to treat seasickness."
(End of this chapter)