Shu Blossoms

Chapter 643 Resolving the Danger of Hongdu

"Brother, Xiao Yucheng bullied me and punished me to be a low-ranking soldier." Zheng Wei tearfully diverted Zheng Heng's anger, Zheng Heng immediately looked at Zheng Wei carefully when he heard this, and saw that her small face was black and red, it turned out to be green like green jade. The hand is only a little calloused on the palm, and now it is dry and rough. At first glance, it doesn't look like a daughter's hand at all.

Zheng Heng scolded her distressedly, "You said that your daughter doesn't stay at home well, she has to run around like a fake son, and she deserves to suffer!"

After scolding her, when he looked at Xiao Yucheng behind him, there was reproach and sullenness in his eyes.

Xiao Yucheng, who was behind him, started to feel a headache at this time. He was not afraid of Zheng Heng, but the future uncle still had to please him. If he was offended, he would add fuel and vinegar to the eldest princess, and go to His Majesty with the eldest princess' temper to forcefully make the marriage a mess. It is also very possible!

"Brother." Xiao Yucheng watched Zheng Wei suffer all the way, and said with guilt in his heart: "I didn't take good care of the Princess!"

He was so sincere, Zheng Heng realized that it was rude to vent his anger just now, took Zheng Wei's hand, and said in a deep voice: "General Xiao, the journey was dangerous, you are already a great favor to my family, I know just now It's Wei'er messing around, don't take it to heart. We'll talk about family matters later, deal with the immediate matter first!"

After finishing speaking, Zheng Heng let go of Zheng Wei's hand, and walked in front of Sun Yanzhi, "The last general has met General Sun, and the subordinates have finally waited for General Sun!"

"General Zheng, you've worked hard! It's because His Majesty issued a new edict halfway through, so he temporarily changed the marching direction."

"Have Han Shiying been caught?" Zheng Heng and Wang Xu welcomed Sun Yanzhi and the others into the city, while the army stayed outside the city.

Sun Yanzhi shook his head, "I didn't expect Han Shiying to be so cunning. Before the army formed an encirclement, they reacted and forcibly broke out. However, although he was not able to stay in this battle, the army under his command also suffered heavy losses. !"

"General, where has Han Shiying gone now?" Zheng Heng heard that Han Shiying led people out of the siege, and couldn't help feeling worried, "There are many people in Dazhou who are loyal to General Han Dazhou. Great general."

Sun Yanzhi also had a solemn face when he heard the words, "They came to report that Han Shiying ran to the north. I would have sent someone to intercept his way back to Jiujiang. I wonder who he will go to first?"

"We'll discuss this matter later, and first arrange the affairs of Hongdu County properly, so that we can fully deal with the brothers of the Han family!" After Zheng Heng finished speaking, he saw Yang Zongzhou who hurried up to meet him.

"General Sun, you are finally here. It's great. Hong Du has been saved. This governor is finally worthy of His Majesty's trust!" Yang Zongzhou was so excited that his eyes filled with tears. He took Sun Yanzhi and the generals directly. When he arrived at the governor's mansion, he warmly hosted a banquet.

Seeing this, Zheng Heng hesitated to speak. Hongdu County was besieged for more than half a month. Many people had no food in their homes and began to starve. There are many reasons to evade, but it is really an excuse, but only two days of rations were barely released, so the guards and soldiers need to eat enough to have the strength to defend against the enemy, so they stopped rations again.

It was only after he discussed with Wang Xu that he recruited men to temporarily participate in the city defense battle in order to receive some food.As fathers and sons, these men often save their rations for their children and parents.

They fought hard in the front. Although Yang Zongzhou didn't dare to play and sing every day, Yang Zongzhou's son was not idle, and all the troubles came before Zheng Heng's eyes. Throw it on the tower to be a soldier defending the city.

It's a pity that this man is a dou who cannot be supported. He was frightened by the battle of Han's army to attack the city even if he didn't come back. They ignored him in the corner, and turned a blind eye to Mrs. Yang's overt and covert care.

I just lamented in private that Yang Zongzhou only had this one son, and I am afraid that his son will start to go downhill.

It was Wang Xu who was surprised by Zheng Heng, he thought that Zheng Heng would break up with Yang Zongzhou in a fit of anger, after all, Zheng Wei was capable of doing this, but Zheng Heng endured the hypocrisy with Yang Zongzhou.

Zheng Heng shook his head and said with a smile, "You underestimate Wei'er. Although that girl loves to cause trouble, she is the best at observing her words and expressions. She coaxes the elders of the family to teach her as if she has smeared honey on her small mouth. Every time my mother gets angry, she can't stop Even if she is punished, she will never take immediate losses, and immediately admits her mistakes, and when A Niang calms down, she will not care about her mistakes, and she will succeed. If you think she has suffered, then she must have other plans. On the contrary, I look gentle on the face but accept death, and I don’t look back when I get hit by a bloody head. It’s just that I have seen a lot of life and death on the battlefield these years, and I know that many things are not urgent. You can look at it slowly, maybe it will be different. the result of."

So, this time Yang Zongzhou flattered Sun Yanzhi, so extravagant, although he was dissatisfied, he didn't say much, and took Zheng Wei out of the Governor's Mansion directly, just thinking that he would talk to his uncle about it when he returned to Beijing, and Hongdu was in danger now. Yes, there is always a way to get food.

Zheng Wei saw Zheng Heng's displeasure, and asked quietly after leaving the Governor's Mansion, "Brother, did that Yang Zongzhou offend you?"

Zheng Heng led her through the city without saying a word. The devastation along the way was unbearable. Finally, they stopped in a small alley. Their arrival alarmed the people in the alley, but the people just looked at them indifferently and continued to concentrate get down to business.

Zheng Wei stepped forward curiously, and saw a white-haired old woman carefully putting some bark and weeds into her arms, then staggered into a small yard.

Going further, a woman was beating a tree root with a stone, Zheng Wei couldn't help asking curiously, "Sister-in-law, what kind of herbal medicine is this? But someone is sick?"

The woman answered softly, "The little rice the man brought back is not enough for the whole family, but with some tree roots, bark and weeds, everyone can drink half a bowl."

Zheng Heng pulled Zheng Wei away, and sighed: "There are men in the family who are helping to guard the city, and I can give them a little from the food Yang Zongzhou gave. If there is no strong man in the family, I am afraid that the family will not see rice grains for a long time. gone."

Zheng Wei also understood why Zheng Heng's face was so ugly in the Governor's Mansion just now, she thought for a while and asked softly: "Brother, do you want them to have rice in the pot for dinner?"

"Of course you want to? Could it be that you want Xiulizhuang to help?" Zheng Heng guessed, "It's useless, I have already gone there with the sign you gave me before, and Xiulizhuang also donated all the stored food , It’s just a drop in the bucket.”

Zheng Wei thought for a while, "There is no Xiuli Village, isn't there one in the Governor's Mansion? In a year of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the Governor's Mansion should release food for disaster relief!"

"But Yang Zongzhou was talking nonsense and said that we are already stretched to feed us soldiers, and there is no room for food!"

"It makes sense, you 2000 people have to eat a lot of food a day!"

"Nonsense, since Yang Zong didn't even want to give the soldiers rations on Monday, Brother Wang used a trick to force him to submit, and the little rations he took out at the beginning were not enough for the soldiers. These people save their rations to us, and their life will not be so difficult now!"

(End of this chapter)