Chapter 66

The boat traveled for two more days, then entered the Yangtze River, went south along the river, and walked for a while, and then returned to Changsha.

In the evening, the fleet stopped at a water station along the way for the night.

It got dark. Mu Fulan closed the porthole, turned on the lights, stayed by Xi’er’s side, and watched him write.

Xier wrote a few words and slowly stopped writing.

Mu Fulan thought he was tired. “Tired? You don’t have to write when you’re tired. Go to sleep.”

Xi’er shook her head, looked at Mu Fulan, and said in a low voice, “Mother, if General Yuan hadn’t come, we’d still be in that place, wouldn’t we have been locked up by bad guys now?”

Mu Fulan’s heart skipped a beat.

She smiled: “How is it possible? Besides, haven’t we already come out?”

She paused.

“Okay, why would Xi’er think about this?”

The child hesitated and said, “I had a dream last night.”

“I dreamed that Mr. Xie was my father. There were bad people in that city, and they locked up my mother and me. At the beginning, my mother told me, don’t be afraid, Xi’er’s father will come to save us. Yes. I waited, waited, and waited for a long time, but I didn’t see Lord Xie coming. I asked my mother again when Daddy would come, and you didn’t say anything. Later, Lord Xie still didn’t come, and General Yuan came. Now, he took me out of the city, but mother, you are gone, I wanted to find you, but General Yuan covered my eyes, he wouldn’t let me turn back, I woke up when I was in a hurry…”

“As if it were real.”

The child said softly, with a sad look in his eyes.

Mu Fulan’s heart throbbed, and she took him into her arms and hugged him tightly.

“Xi’er, don’t think about it! Remember, this is just a bad dream! Dreams are fake, and the things in the dream will never happen!”

“It’s nothing. We’ll be back to Changsha soon.”

“Thank you sir, he is not your father either!”

She looked into the child’s eyes and said word by word.

Xi’er quietly leaned against her arms, silent for a moment, as if relieved, and laughed.

“Mother, what you said is. Mr. Xie, he is not my father, and what happened in the dream is naturally not true!”

Mu Fulan smiled and nodded.

At this time, there was a faint sound of speech outside the boat. After a while, the maid came to call, and Daoliang Tuan had something to see her.

Mu Fulan asked the maid to accompany Xi’er and came to the bow deck by herself.

Liang Tuan said: “Master Weng, we have received news that Jiedushi sent troops to Pucheng and ran for thousands of miles. Now that the siege has been resolved, I know that General Yuan has taken Master Weng, and ordered me to go back.”

Mu Fulan didn’t speak at first, she seemed to be in a trance, and after a while, she smiled slightly.

“That’s the best way. I’m very grateful for your hard work this way. You all have a good rest tonight. I’ll ask someone to prepare some food for the road. It’s not too late to leave tomorrow.”

Liang Tuan said: “This is the responsibility of the humble post, so how can it be thanked by the lord. The rebels may make a comeback, and the Jiedu envoy will be injured again, and the humiliation will be cleaned up a little. This will lead people to set out on the road. Thank you for the kindness of the lord. ”

“Let’s say goodbye to the humble post. I’m bothering the weng master. On behalf of the humble post, I also say goodbye to the young master.”

He knelt down on one knee, respectfully.

Mu Fulan was slightly startled and paused for a while. In the end, she didn’t ask any more questions, she just nodded: “Alright. You wait a moment, I’ll have someone prepare some food for you.”

She turned around and was about to give orders to go down when she saw Xi’er running out of the cabin door.

“Why is he injured, my lord? Will he be okay?”

Xi’er ran to Liang Tuan, grabbed his sleeve, raised her head and asked anxiously.

Liang Tuan hurriedly comforted him: “Don’t worry, little son. He said that Jiedushi was injured by an arrow when he was breaking the siege. Fortunately, it was not the key point…”

Xi’er released her hand and turned to Mu Fulan.

“Mother, we’re not very far from there. Mother, please help the adult to heal the injury first. He’s all right. Let’s go back to Changsha, okay?”

His eyes were red and pleading.

Liang Tuan’s heart moved slightly.

What the young master meant was not what he wanted. It’s just that he could see that Jiedu made the relationship between the two couples confused, so he didn’t dare to say anything rashly. Seeing that the young master said it first, he hesitated for a while, and then said boldly: “Hexi is in a tense situation and cannot be separated from the adults. There is a rebellion here, and the adults are afraid that they will have no time to respond. If Lord Weng can wait for the adults to heal from their injuries go…”

He glanced at Mu Fulan and stopped.

Mu Fulan was silent for a moment, then motioned to Liang Tuan to wait, took Xi’er’s hand, and led him to the cabin.

After a while, she came out again and said apologetically, “I’m afraid it will be inconvenient for me to go back again. And the military doctor has more experience in trauma than I should. The only thing, please go back and tell Jiedushi on my behalf, the weather is getting warmer, please When he is busy, he must remember to ask the military doctor to change his medicine in time.”

She handed Liang Tuan a recipe she had just written.

“This is a prescription for oral administration, which helps to dispel decay and regenerate muscles in the injured area.”

Liang Tuan knew that she was not coming back, so he had to take it and put it away, saying goodbye and leaving.

Mu Fulan stood at the bow of the boat, watching the figures of Liang Tuan and his group disappear into the night.

She has a gut feeling. That person ran thousands of miles to relieve the siege this time, perhaps it was related to her mother and son.

so what.

At this moment, when this idea flashed, in the bottom of her heart, there was an overwhelming sense of loneliness.

It was like heaven and earth, she was alone, only Boyue on the bow, like a pair of cold eyes, looked at her under her feet Lingling.

But even so, she didn’t want them to remember the past, Xi’er’s dream.

In this way, the man can’t remember, and Xi’er can’t remember, in this life, it’s enough to be happy with each other.

…

Although King Pingyang’s rebel army’s way to the north was blocked, they did not dare to fight the Hexi army head-on.

Xie Changgeng did not continue to pursue and fight, and temporarily set up camp.

On this day, after discussing matters with the general, he sat alone in the tent, and his eyes fell on a secret letter in front of him.

The letter was sent from Shanghai. In addition to telling him that Empress Liu was very dissatisfied with the fact that he ignored him and sent troops to Pucheng without authorization, he also told him another thing.

At the beginning of the rebellion between King Pingyang and King Lu, someone secretly reported to Empress Liu, saying that there had been messengers against the king who had entered and left Changsha before, suspected of secretly fornicating and participating in the rebellion. However, King Qi quickly came forward and tried to protect the innocence of Changsha.

When the military doctor entered, he saw Jiedushi looking at the letter in his hand with a gloomy expression, and said cautiously, “Sir, it’s time to change the medicine.”

Xie Changgeng slowly accepted the letter and unbuttoned his clothes.

The military doctor leaned over and changed his medicine. When peeling off a piece of gauze, I accidentally tore off a piece of flesh that was stuck to it.

Blood flowed out.

The military doctor was startled and hurriedly apologized: “Don’t blame my lord! The villain’s skills are not good. If the master is here, the injury of the lord will surely heal faster.”

Xie Changgeng frowned and ordered him to hurry up.

The military doctor was busy speeding up the action. At this time, a notification sound came from outside the tent, saying that Liang Tuan had brought people back to the camp.

Xie Changgeng’s eyes moved slightly and asked him to enter the account.

Liang Tuan entered, and after saluting, he stood aside and reported the whereabouts of Mu Fulan and his party, saying that they should be able to reach Changsha in the future.

Xie Changgeng said nothing.

Seeing that he didn’t speak, Liang Tuan looked at the blood-stained gauze he had just removed, and remembered.

“Master Weng knows that your lord is injured…”

He paused.

“…I am very concerned, and asked me to tell the adults that the weather is getting warmer. Please remember to change the medicine in time when you are busy.”

He took out the recipe and presented it.

“Master Weng kept this recipe, saying that it has the effect of removing rot and regenerating muscles, and it can help adults heal.”

The military doctor was overjoyed, “Excellent! I’ll take care of it…”

“go out!”

Xie Changgeng said suddenly.

The two were stunned, looked at each other, dared not speak any more, and retreated according to the words.

In the large tent, Xie Changgeng was left alone.

He picked up the recipe and stared at the graceful handwriting on it, his expression stiff, and slowly, the corners of his tightly closed lips showed a sneer.

He really owed her in his previous life.

Marrying the Mu family’s daughter, from the first time he went to see her in Changsha, he gave in repeatedly.

Even he himself can’t believe it, until today, for a woman, he has done so much.

What she gave him back was such a thin recipe.

He squeezed his fist slowly, and rubbed the piece of paper on which the recipe was written into his palm little by little until it formed a ball and threw it under his feet.

…

Half a month later, Xie Changgeng arrived in Shangjing at the urgent call of Empress Liu.

This is the first time after a year, he has entered Beijing again.

The Shangjing Palace is still majestic and majestic, but the imperial court is no longer the one it used to be.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty have been shocked by the news one after another these days.

First, King Lu of Pingyang rebelled, and emergency reports from all over the place flew in like snowflakes. It was hard to learn that the rebels of King Pingyang were blocked by the Hexi army in Pucheng. The southern line was temporarily safe, and there was no time to breathe a sigh of relief. An incredible piece of news came.

Pingwei general Liu Hu, the nephew of Empress Liu who was sent to assist the King of Qi to resist the rebels of King Lu, accidentally learned that King Qi was actually the one behind the rebellion of King Pingyang and King Lu. Some time ago, he took the initiative to invite Ying and lead his troops to the east to resist the actions of King Lu’s rebels, but it was just a trick. Liu Hu was shocked. He couldn’t escape at that time, and was caught by King Qi’s men and held hostage.

No one would have imagined that King Qi, who was highly esteemed and had always been regarded as the head of the clan and a model of loyal ministers, would also have a different intention and acted wickedly.

It was as if the pillar supporting half of the imperial court collapsed overnight, and the entire imperial court exploded.

This is not enough, and then, there was news that King Runan, King Zhao and other vassal kings also followed the King of Qi to revolt one after another, and sent a letter to crusade against the dictatorship of Empress Liu, claiming to restore the royal family.

The civil and military officials seemed to have no heads and were terrified. After learning that Xie Changgeng arrived in Beijing today and was about to enter the palace to see Liu, they all waited outside the palace gate. When they saw him appearing, they seemed to have seen the backbone and rushed up. Compete to greet him. Some people scolded the King of Qi for his dignified appearance, and some praised Xie Changgeng for his great achievements for the court.

At this moment, among the officials surrounding him, no one remembered the origin of his criticized background.

Xie Changgeng, the envoy of Jiedu in Hexi, has become the last straw for the crumbling court.

Xie Changgeng’s face was serious, his eyes were straight ahead, his footsteps did not stop, he passed through the officials surrounding him, and went straight into the palace.