Chapter 202 Xiao Yun’s madness and concerns after the war
"Who is attacking here!"
Phoenix's voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the tower. When the arrow penetrated the palm of his right hand, he held the arrow with his left hand, pulled out the arrow at the same time, and shot it at the attacker.
"ah!"
A scream came, and Dugu Yongye immediately ordered people to catch the assassin.
Xiao Jinyu then turned her attention to Phoenix, but seeing the blood pouring out of her right palm gradually turning black, she immediately strode over and used a silver needle to force out the poisonous blood.
"Brother Qing, it turns out you still remember me!"
Seeing her nervous look, the young man's pale face showed a hint of joy.
"Whatever you said, of course I will remember you. Even if you grow up and change your appearance, I will still be able to recognize you!"
"It's you, why are you blocking the arrow with your bare hands? Can't you just tell us to avoid it?"
Fenghuang shook his head and asked seriously: "If Gao Changgong dies, you will definitely be sad, right?"
Xiao Jinyu was stunned for a moment and said nothing. She saw that the young man's face had become thinner, and gradually showed a sharp and heroic spirit in the past beauty. His outline and facial features became more three-dimensional and sculptured. He must have gone through a lot of training in the past six months. , the skin that used to be fair became slightly darker.
"So, I didn't think too much about it, I just didn't want you to be sad!" He added again with a smile.
For some reason, Xiao Jinyu felt that Fenghuang's smile was a little bitter. The thirteen-year-old boy had already hidden a lot of worries!
Seeing that the poison was spreading very quickly, Xiao Jinyu asked Gao Changgong while applying the silver needle:
"Chang Gong, is that bottle of medicine I gave you before still there?"
Only then did Gao Changgong remember that the bottle of medicine Xiao Jinyu had given him during the previous peace talks in Yubi City was originally intended for this young man, but he had not been able to meet this young man in the past few months in Jinyang.
"exist!"
He responded and immediately handed the bottle of medicine to Xiao Jinyu's hand. Xiao Jinyu poured out the pills and brought them to Phoenix's mouth.
"Phoenix, eat it, and if it isn't a very special poison, it won't hurt you anymore!"
"good!"
Phoenix swallowed the pill in Xiao Jinyu's hand without any hesitation.
Just after he swallowed the pill, his originally pale face gradually revealed a wisp of crimson, and the blood dripping from his palm gradually turned red.
Xiao Jinyu immediately tore off the silk, applied healing ointment to him, and finally wrapped the wound with silk.
She performed all these movements smoothly and skillfully.
Dugu Yongye and Gao Xiaowan both looked shocked when they saw them.
"I didn't expect that Mr. Xie's medical skills were so superb..."
Dugu Yongye sighed with emotion and then stopped talking. There was a hint of appreciation and suspicion for "Xie Zhen" in his eyes...
But he is a smart man, and there is no need to get to the bottom of many things. Keeping a certain distance or a sense of mystery is good for each other!
While I was meditating, a soldier came to report:
"Provincial Governor, we've been caught!"
"Bring him here!" Dugu Yongye looked solemn and then said, "No, the wind and snow are too heavy on the tower. Bring him to the interrogation room and we will interrogate him personally!"
"yes!"
The soldiers noticed the word "we", and it was not just Dugu Yongye, but several people on the tower: Gao Xiaowan, King Lanling, Xie Zhen, Xie Yuxuan and even the young man who caught the arrow with his bare hands would participate.
After several people arrived at the interrogation room, they saw an unkempt man lying on the ground twitching, with black blood flowing from his mouth due to a poisonous arrow in his arm.
Although his face was extremely ugly, Gao Changgong still recognized him.
"Xiao Yun? Why are you here?"
"Don't let him die, cut off one of his arms!"
"No, no, don't cut off my hand, I'm afraid of pain!" The man roared suddenly, trembling and looking around, "Where's Xiao Jinyu, isn't she a miracle doctor? Let her save me, let her save me! "
Xiao Jinyu was about to walk over when Phoenix strode over and stepped on Xiao Yun's chest. At the same time, he grabbed a halberd and stabbed him hard on the arm where the arrow was shot.
Blood spurted out, and Xiao Yun let out a long scream.
Phoenix took off the silk fabric again and dropped the blood drops from his palm into Xiao Yun's mouth.
"Tell me, why are you here and why do you want to assassinate King Lanling?"
After asking this question, Phoenix's foot had moved to a position and stepped on his broken arm.
"You shameless person, you wanted to molest my brother Qing at first, but you just got your revenge today!"
Xiao Yun grimaced in pain and could not say a word at all, but a soldier next to him knelt down and said: "This beggar was found in Luoyang City a month ago. At that time, I thought he was pitiful, so I begged Duan Chengshou to take him in. I asked him to be a city defender, but he turned out to be an assassin. It was my fault that I almost killed King Lanling!"
The soldiers were filled with guilt and trembling. They looked at King Lanling and then at Dugu Yongye.
"Duan Siwen again?" Dugu Yongye asked suspiciously.
The soldier lowered his head and did not answer.
At this time, Xiao Yun's screams finally stopped. Phoenix lifted him up again and asked sternly: "Tell me, if even one word is false, I will cut off your second arm!"
"It's Wei Chijun of the Zhou Kingdom. He, he wants me to kill King Lanling and reward him with thousands of gold coins and ten thousand households in the city..."
Before Xiao Yun finished speaking, he heard a click, which was the sound of a leg bone being broken.
Xiao Yun screamed like a slaughtering pig again, and Xie Yuxuan couldn't help but sigh in her heart: How cruel! So cruel!
"Who gave you the face? You are such a coward, and you can still meet Wei Chijiong, the general of the Zhu Kingdom of Zhou. Do you think I am as stupid as you?"
Xiao Yun was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat. After a long time, he shivered and replied: "It's Mutipo... General Mu sent me here. He said he would give me three choices, or kill Xie Zhen. Either kill Prince Lanling, or destroy the reputation of Princess Lanling Xiao Jinyu..."
"Haha, I don't know Xie Zhen, and I haven't seen Xiao Jinyu, so I can only attack Prince Lanling... Speaking of which, if it weren't for Prince Lanling Gao Changgong, Xiao Jinyu's maid should be mine, and she should be be mine……"
"I'm sure you won't believe it. I've been dreaming about her these past few days. I've dreamed that she had sex with me several times and was pregnant with me..."
I don't know if it was due to excessive excitement, but Xiao Yun's face was distorted several times, but before he could finish a sentence, Phoenix pierced his throat with a halberd...
The last two words were stuck in his throat. Xiao Yun's eyes widened unwillingly, and his pupils dilated to their maximum size until they were filled with deathly gray.
"Killing someone like you makes my hands dirty!"
After Fenghuang said something, he looked at Xiao Jinyu, but saw Xiao Jinyu's face was filled with contemplation, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Should I not kill him? Do you have anything else to ask?" he asked apologetically.
"No, just die! I'm just feeling a little emotional. It turns out there are such people who don't know their mistakes until they die, and don't know any regrets until they die!"
"If you die, just bury it!"
…
Hongnong City, in Yuwenhu’s camp.
Wang Xiong's body had been covered with white cloth and put into a coffin. All the Northern Zhou generals, including Yu Chijiong, Yu Wenxian, and Da Xiwu, looked defeated.
Yu Wenxian looked at Wang Xiong's body and wept, and said angrily: "Although our army suffered heavy casualties, the Qi army only numbered 40,000 to 50,000, and our Zhou army still has the power to fight with them. We will fight to the death with the Qi army after dawn!" "
Da Xiwu advised: "It's not appropriate. Luoyang's army has been defeated and its morale is still low. If we don't return quickly at night, if the Qi army takes the initiative to attack tomorrow, I'm afraid our army will not be able to return even if it wants to. I have been in the army for a long time. For The situation is clearer than a young man like Yu Wenlangjun who has not experienced much. How can this situation send several battalions of our Zhou Army soldiers into the tiger's mouth? "
"Please also ask Otsuka Zai to withdraw the troops and preserve the strength of our Zhou Dynasty soldiers!"
Unlike the Baibao Xianbei Su Guards of Qi who only marched and fought, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were not professional sergeants. They farmed in peacetime and went on wartime expeditions. The 200,000 troops recruited for this expedition were already the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty. If all the country's troops are destroyed here, then the Zhou Kingdom will be at its wits end!
Yu Wenhu looked sullen and very annoyed, but under Da Xiwu's advice, he had to retreat at night and returned without success. A nationwide conquest came to an end, and Yu Wenhu's prestige was greatly reduced.
Some people even sighed with emotion: "If I had listened to Governor Wei's words and not rushed eastward to attack Qi immediately after getting my mother, I would have fallen behind morally and would not have ended up in such a disastrous defeat. I heard that In this expedition, Zhou State lost half of its troops!"
Yuwenhu became even more angry when he heard the rumors, and secretly hated Wei Xiaokuan for being a crow's mouth. If it hadn't been for him, Zhou Jun would not have been defeated so miserably!
…
At the same time, the story about King Lanling entering the battle with 500 elite cavalry and defeating the 100,000-strong army of Zhou Dynasty and the song on Jinyong City have become legends that people talk about.
After the Zhou army retreated, the entire city of Luoyang was boiling. The people who had been shrouded in fear for more than half a month came out on the streets, wanting to see the heroic appearance of King Lanling, or to listen to another song that could destroy the enemy's morale. Drum music to cheer for our soldiers!
Cheers resounded from every corner of the streets and alleys in Luoyang city.
Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong visited some injured soldiers. Part of this was caused by Xie Yuxuan, but fortunately there were not many casualties, especially with the medical treatment given by Xiao Jinyu, many of the wounded were slowly recovering.
The soldiers were full of gratitude and respect for Xiao Jinyu, who was Xie Zhen. Some even sighed secretly: "I thought that the sons of the gentry were all aloof and would not take the lives of humble people like us seriously, but I never thought that this Xie Zhen The waiter is so approachable. ”
"Yes! It's just that the relationship between him and Prince Lanling seems to be very unusual..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? King Lanling is also a god-like figure and a hero of the world. It is normal for the two of them to appreciate each other like the sun and the moon..."
After saying this, the soldiers who were discussing privately became silent and stopped talking.
…
After hearing the news of the retreat of the Zhou army and the great victory of the Qi army, Gao Zhan couldn't help but be overjoyed and wanted to drive to Luoyang himself to reward the meritorious people!
After finishing all the affairs in Jinyong City, Gao Changgong took Xiao Jinyu to a mansion in Luoyang. It was also a temporary residence he bought and renamed Lanling Palace.
Xie Yuxuan, Gao Yanzong and others checked in and each found a room to rest.
Prince Lanling took Xiao Jinyu to a warm pavilion and watched the snowy scenery outside the window.
After two consecutive days of heavy snow, the weather finally cleared up. Looking out from the Nuan Pavilion, you can see the ice on the branches melting under the sunlight, just like the white clothes gradually fading and the raindrops falling.
Seeing that Xiao Jinyu had nothing to do and actually picked up a medical book to read, looking attentive and wondering what she was studying, Gao Changgong took a heater and put it in front of her and asked suddenly: "Ayu, since I've been with you, I I seem to think about it from time to time...even more than before. I seem to be different from before. Do you think I am sick? "
"No, you are in such good health that you don't have any diseases. Don't scare yourself. Even if you suffered some skin injuries on the battlefield, you can recover quickly with the medicine I gave you..."
After talking about this for a while, Xiao Jinyu seemed to have thought of something, looked at him and asked, "But what do you mean, what do you often think about?"
Gao Changgong looked slightly embarrassed and stopped talking.
Xiao Jinyu understood immediately, smiled in his heart, stood up suddenly, looked solemn, and said: "Chang Gong, it is not a good thing to engage in lewdness during the day. Don't imitate your emperor of Qi."
"..."
Gao Changgong was stunned for a moment, and said a little disappointedly: "Okay, then I'll restrain myself!"
Xiao Jinyu glanced at his depressed expression and almost chuckled. After walking a few steps in the Nuan Pavilion, she suddenly looked at him again and said:
"It's too cold and I'm a little tired, so I won't watch anymore!"
After a pause, she said again: "Chang Gong, please carry me into the house!"
Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile, but seeing that she was serious and calm when talking about such things, without any sense of shyness, he sighed secretly in his heart, and he picked her up without ceremony and strode over to her. In the bedroom.
…
Xie Yuxuan happened to want to go to Nuan Pavilion to ask Xiao Jinyu about something, but she saw Lu Yu hiding in a corner outside Nuan Pavilion with a sly look on his face and peeking, so he walked up to ask what he was doing. Unexpectedly, Lu Yu saw this When he reached her, before she could say anything, he suddenly covered her mouth and pushed her back.
Xie Yuxuan was furious and almost kicked him in the vital part. The pain made him grin, but he never let out a scream.
"It's so cruel. I don't even dare to scream. Forget it, I won't go in!"
"Tell me! What happened inside?"
Lu Yu finally endured the pain, pulled her far away, and scolded: "A breakup is better than a new love, don't you understand? You have grown so big by eating so much food for nothing!"
Xie Yuxuan glared again.
"Do you dare to say it again?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, I'm leaving, leave now!"
After saying that, Lu Yu ran away quickly, leaving Xie Yuxuan alone looking in the direction of Nuange and thinking deeply.
…
The weather was too cold, so Gao Changgong ordered several barrels of hot water to be brought for her to bathe in. However, when he saw that there was still an arrow mark on the soft and smooth skin on her chest, he couldn't help but feel distressed.
After washing away all the fatigue from his body, he tore off the "mask" on her face, wrapped her in a thick quilt, hugged her on the warm bed, and then slowly approached her body and hugged her tightly. .
"Is it still cold?"
"It's not cold. Chang Gong's body is very warm. Being with you makes Ayu feel at ease."
Gao Changgong smiled, then hugged her body and covered her lips. At first it was just a taste, but then it became more and more uncontrollable.
When he kissed her arrow wound, he became very cautious again. The ice scattered outside was still melting little by little, making her feel as if her body was melting into the boundless sea of clouds.
There is no end to the joy of a reunion after a long separation.
When the rain stopped and the sunset dimmed the windows, Gao Changgong gently caressed her snow-white and pink cheeks, kissed the tip of her exquisite nose, and asked, "Are you tired?"
Xiao Jinyu really felt that her body was weak, and she could only lean on him softly, and sighed: "Chang Gong is truly worthy of being a military prodigy, and he is tireless..."
Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile: "Then take a rest."
Xiao Jinyu looked at him.
"Chang Gong doesn't want me to go out to meet people?"
"You have been tired for so long. You have saved everyone's lives. Why don't you go to see someone? Just stay with me for these two days."
"Two days?"
Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile when he saw Xiao Jinyu's clear eyes like dark jade with a trace of panic.
"Ayu, come and talk to me!" He suddenly said seriously, "I want to talk to you more."
"You haven't said as much to me as my uncle Gao Zhan!"
Seeing the serious look on his face, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, what do you want to say?"
Gao Changgong hugged her tightly, looked into her eyes and said, "Ayu, if we have a child, we will withdraw from the court, okay?
I don't want to see you hurt anymore for me. "
Xiao Jinyu sighed in her heart, and couldn't bear to offend him, so she nodded.
"However, this time, we will definitely be able to bring Lu Lingxuan to justice!
When the time comes, we will rush back! "
Gao Changgong was silent for a moment and said: "Okay!"
Xiao Jinyu suddenly looked at him and said solemnly: "Chang Gong, there is one more thing, you have to promise me!"
"you say!"
"In the future, if His Majesty asks you about your breach of the formation in the Battle of Mangshan, or why you are not afraid of thousands of enemy troops going deep into the enemy camp, just say it is for me!"
"I originally did it for you..."
Before Gao Changgong finished speaking, Xiao Jinyu interrupted again: "I'm serious, Changgong, don't talk about state affairs as your own family affairs. Although the world of Qi State belongs to your Gao family, it is not your world, unless …”
The sarcastic smile on Gao Changgong's lips suddenly froze. He suddenly thought of what Gao Yanzong said, "The fourth sister-in-law seems to have the ability to predict future events." Could it be that Ayu had predicted something?
Because of the saying "The family affairs are cordial, it happens unexpectedly", Gao Changgong in the previous life was jealous of Gao Wei, and soon gave him a glass of poisonous wine. Although this may be one of the small reasons, Xiao Jinyu cannot let go and needs to Try to eliminate all hidden dangers for him.
Unless...he is really allowed to become the head of the Gao family in Northern Qi!
(End of chapter)