Chapter 229 Bad news comes to Pengcheng
Cheng Su's departure did not bring much change to life. Life at home was the same as before. Except that Li Yaoguang and the others, who knew the inside story, would pay special attention to the news in the North, there seemed to be no difference.
Every few days, Li Yaoguang would make a trip to Chengen's Mansion to visit him. The days passed by in an ordinary way. In the blink of an eye, a month passed and it was already late autumn.
On this day, Li Yaoguang and Gu Qing had agreed early that they would not go to Xinhai Pavilion. All morning, Li Yaoguang greeted Li Qifeng, who was in the courtyard copying peripheral novels for Xinhai Pavilion to earn money, and went out with Yaoyao. The two sisters were ready Went to visit my aunt and the others.
They left early without eating, so the two sisters saw a stall selling wontons on the way and ordered a large bowl to share between them. Fearing that it would not be enough, Li Yaoguang ordered two more plum and vegetable sesame pancakes from the bakery next door. They ate deliciously.
After filling his stomach and settling the bill, Li Yaoguang took Yaoyao on the road again. He saw the candied haws seller buying four bunches. Li Yaoguang didn't like eating this stuff, but he still bought an extra bunch and used it to coax his aunt like a child.
Passing by a pastry and preserved fruit shop, I went in and spent a few taels to buy some pastries and preserved fruits that my aunt and the others loved to eat.
The two sisters were shopping while walking. Yaoyao was nibbling on candied haws. On the road, they saw an old man selling flowers. Li Yaoguang, who was worried about what gifts to bring to honor his master, quickly spent eight taels of silver to buy two pots of fine epiphyllums and came to visit him. It's just a courtesy.
Both sisters were not empty-handed. They arrived at Cheng'en Gong's Mansion with large and small bags. They entered through the familiar corner door and gave the gatekeeper a few Tongbao. They were led into the mansion with great gratitude. Then they entered the backyard. Li Yaoguang prepared He took his sister to visit his wife first, but halfway there he met Lu Fang who hurried over after hearing the news of his arrival.
When he saw her, Lu Fang hurriedly came up and grabbed Li Yaoguang to leave, which made Li Yaoguang very surprised.
"Hey, Mr. Lu, Lu Fang, why are you so impatient? Watch out for my flowers!"
Without looking back, Lu Fang directed Shu Qi beside him to hug the two pots of flowers in her arms and kept moving, "Don't make any noise, I have something urgent to come to see you for."
Li Yaoguang: "What's so urgent?" Is the house on fire? "Hey, where are you taking me? I haven't met my wife yet, and my sister!"
Lu Fang then stopped and looked at the little girl holding the candied haws in her hand and running behind her in fear with her short legs. Lu Fang sighed, slapped himself on the forehead, and then ordered Shu Qi.
"Shu Qi, go and take this little girl to the guest house at the back and hand it over to Mrs. Cheng."
Shu Qi didn't dare to delay. He held the flower pot in both hands, tilted it from side to side in a funny way, and responded hurriedly, beckoning the little girl to go. Yaoyao refused and glared at Lu Fang with a defensive look on her face.
"My sister and I."
Lu Fang's head was as big as a bucket, and he had no choice but to compromise and said to Li Yaoguang: "Ancestor, something big is really going on!"
Seeing this, Li Yaoguang waved away Lu Fang's restraint, turned around and squatted down to eye level with Li Qiyao to comfort the little guy.
"Yao Yao, don't be afraid. Don't you know brother Lu Er? Sister has something to discuss with brother Lu Er. You follow brother Shu Qi to find your aunt first, and your brother Yi and brother Yangyang, okay? Sister will be with you in a moment. Come.”
The little girl looked at her sister, then at Lu Fang beside her, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, then sister must come."
"Come, definitely come."
After comforting the little girl, he assigned Shu Qi to hand over the large and small bags and flowers she had brought. After watching the little girl take a step back, Li Yaoguang followed Lu Er back to his yard, and sent him away with a serious face. As a middle-class person, when the surroundings finally calmed down, Li Yaoguang couldn't wait to light up the empty courtyard and asked the inexplicable guy in front of him.
"Master Lu, tell me, what song did you sing today?"
"Which song should I sing?" Lu Fang rolled his eyes at Li Yaoguang angrily, "Hey, I'm doing this all for you!"
"Why is it for me? How do you say this?"
Lu Fang sat down angrily and stopped covering up. Thinking that the matter was urgent, he hurriedly got straight to the point with Li Yaoguang.
"It's a matter of confidentiality. I'll make a long story short. Here's what happened. Yesterday, the imperial court just received the battle report from the front line. Pengcheng was besieged and was in danger!" "What? Real or fake?"
Li Yaoguang stood up in shock, forgetting his identity for a moment, and grabbed Lu Fang's chest and skirt with both hands and asked.
Lu Fang ignored these details and said solemnly: "The matter is absolutely true, but it is very important and the court cannot mention it to the outside world. For this reason, my father stayed in the palace last night and did not return until this morning. My eldest brother just went to bed after telling me this, and I was going to look for you. The concierge said you were here, and I just lost my temper..."
I see!
Li Yaoguang sat back on the chair, his heart completely confused.
Escorting the grain and grass was a matter of confidentiality. To ensure the safety of the grain and grass, they were disconnected from their uncle along the way. However, judging by the time, her uncle should have already transported the grain and grass into Pengcheng.
I was just glad at the beginning that maybe it wouldn't be long before my uncle would be able to return home safely and be reunited, but unexpectedly, the bad news suddenly came.
Li Yaoguang didn't want to believe it no matter what, "Is the news accurate? Do you have any way to find out whether the grain transport team has entered Pengcheng?"
Lu Fang wanted to tell Li Yaoguang that he was not sure, but he didn't go in. Unfortunately, when Li Yaoguang's trusting eyes looked at him, Lu Fang couldn't say it out.
After a long silence, he finally nodded.
"There is an urgent military report eight hundred miles from the front. It is precisely because of the arrival of the army's food and grass in Pengcheng that the enemy launched a frenzied siege. But don't worry, Pengcheng is one of the few strongholds in the Northland today. There is no room for failure. The imperial court will probably send troops to rescue. ”
"Ha!" Li Yaoguang sneered, "Do you believe this?"
She didn't believe it anyway.
If Emperor Dajing and the imperial court were bloody, why did they escape in the first place?
Li Yaoguang knew very well the urinal nature of the Dajing court and the emperor, and did not dare to place any hope on them. He couldn't help but ponder in his heart.
"Lu Fang, the 800-mile express received yesterday does not mean that Pengcheng has just been surrounded?"
"Yes, it hasn't been five days since we were surrounded until the news was sent."
"That's it..." Li Yaoguang made a decision instantly, "I want to go to Pengcheng."
"What the hell?" When Lu Fang heard this, his expression suddenly changed, "What nonsense are you talking about, little girl!"
Li Yaoguang didn't look at Lu Fang's discolored face, but said firmly: "Lu Fang, you're not talking nonsense, I'm telling the truth."
Her uncle didn't have a golden finger like her. Once he fell, it would be unpredictable.
She was sent away by herself in the first place, so that her aunt would not be a widow, and that her cousin would not be an orphan. Although she was greedy for life and feared death, she did not feel guilty because she dreamed of returning home in the middle of the night, so she had to go.
"Lu Fang, I have to bring my uncle back."
Seeing that Li Yaoguang was so anxious, Lu Fang scratched his head and tried to persuade him.
"Don't bother me, my aunt, can you stop making trouble? I'm telling you this just because I don't want you to be kept in the dark. Don't be frightened when you hear the news. I'm not asking you to die! And fighting is a It’s about men, you little girl, do you know that the journey to the Northland will be difficult and dangerous? If you don’t do it right, you will lose your life! You still escaped from the Northland in vain, are you stupid?”
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"Brother Lu, I'm not stupid, and I thank you for your concern, but just because I escaped from the North, I have experience, so I want to go back to fish for people."
"You! You are stubborn! Even if you are lucky enough to have a safe journey without making any mistakes, by the time you arrive, the city may have been destroyed. Don't make trouble!"