The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 63 I Didn't Even Sit Here!
"By God's blessing, the emperor ordered that there is a Huai County medical girl, Xu, who is gentle and honest, and has a commendable character. She was brave enough to stand out during the snowstorm and plague in Huai County. There are countless survivors. She and her father practiced medicine to save people. Baohuai County Common people, I have heard a lot, and today I specially bestow a mansion in Wuzhou City, with a hundred taels of gold, a thousand taels of silver, and a pair of Ruyi jade as a reward for his merits. Something that saves lives."

Eunuch Chen's voice is not very pleasant, even a bit harsh, especially when he read the imperial decree aloud, but no one present found his voice unpleasant. At this moment, everyone feels happy, not because of the emperor's reward and praise , but for Xu Qingluo's situation after this imperial decree.

As long as there is this holy decree, from now on, no one will be able to talk about Xu Qingluo's character, and no one will be able to slander Xu Qingluo's behavior at will.

Xu Liang just wished he could kneel down and kowtow to thank the Holy Grace right now, wished he could see the emperor kneel down three times and kowtow nine times in person, just kept talking about His Majesty's Holy Grace.

"Kin this!"

"Xu's Qingluo, accept the order."

Eunuch Chen closed the imperial decree, and the creases on his smiling face opened. It seemed that his attitude became better after seeing Xu Qingluo's appearance. It's a pity that everyone in the Xu family was immersed in surprise and didn't notice it. .

Xu Qingluo's brows and eyes were also bright. When she heard the imperial decree, her heart was agitated. It was not Xu Liang's endless gratitude to the emperor, but her gratitude to Lang Sheng. How could the emperor notice her merits? When she thought of Lang Sheng, she said she would help her, but she didn't expect to help her like this, and her eyes were tinged with waves for a while.

There is no special reward for accepting the emperor's will, but one has to kneel down and salute. Although she doesn't think so of the emperor himself, for this imperial decree that can help her a lot now and in the future, so what if she salutes reluctantly.

Knowing that Xu Qingluo had no intention of violating these rules, he supported the soft couch with one hand and forced himself to get off the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long, Xu Qingluo—"

Lang Sheng pressed Xu Qingluo's body with one hand: "Eunuch, Luo'er was seriously injured to help defend the city together, so I'm afraid I won't be able to salute, how about I salute on her behalf?"

As Lang Sheng spoke, he wanted to kneel on one knee to accept the order to thank Xu Qingluo.

Chen Huan was sure that Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng must have some unusual relationship. Could this edict be passed on by someone with a normal relationship?
"General, please hurry up. What is the status of the general? His Majesty bestows a person who can accept the order without kneeling. How dare the old slave let the general kneel down to accept the order."

Chen Huan wanted to support Lang Cheng, but it was a pity that Lang Cheng had already knelt down resolutely. The man knelt down on one knee, but he was still awe-inspiring: "It's okay, this is not Lang Cheng receiving the order, but Lang Cheng receiving the order on behalf of Luo'er. Luo'er is really unable to move now, so Lang Cheng can only thank His Majesty on her behalf."

Lang Sheng said without hesitation.

If Xu Qingluo accepted the decree without kneeling because of her injury, Chen Huan would still be in danger, but with Lang Cheng helping her to kneel, even if it was an imperial decree, the dignified first-rank general knelt in front of him on one knee, Chen Huan I still felt quite at ease in my heart, and didn't say that Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo were out of order, and handed the imperial edict in his hand to Lang Sheng with a smile: "The general is very polite, no wonder your majesty has defended the general so much, this time it is also your majesty." Mercy, knowing that Huai County has suffered a catastrophe, I have granted the general's request to delay returning to Beijing for [-] days, and send the people of Huai County to Wuzhou City for resettlement first, and hope that the general's trip will go smoothly."

Eunuch Chen smiled at Lang Sheng and said, although some people disliked Lang Sheng in the court, Chen Huan, as an internal eunuch, was very happy to make friends with a powerful general who commanded the army.

Xu Liang and Lang Sheng sent Chen Huan away together. Before leaving, Lang Sheng gave Chen Eunuch a small box. To be honest, if it was just for his own affairs, Lang Sheng would never have thought of doing these things, but as long as it was about Xu Qingluo's business , he is always very careful. Although the imperial decree has been given, it is good to start well and end well. This Eunuch Chen who is in charge of announcing the decree needs to be dealt with.

Eunuch Chen was quite happy to leave, and repeatedly said that when he returned to Beijing, he would definitely say a few good words for Lang Sheng in front of His Majesty.

Xu Liang was in a mood of joy for a while, and at a loss for a while, when Eunuch Chen's carriage left, he couldn't help but hold Lang Sheng's hand and asked what was going on with Wuzhou City. "

"Let's talk about it later."

Lang Sheng said so.

"This time, Huai County has suffered too much damage, and no one knows where those people from the Western Regions are hiding, and whether they will come to attack Huai County, because Huai County is plagued by plague, His Majesty means not to send troops to Huai County. Instead, all the people in Huai County will be relocated to Wuzhou City, and the officials there should have received the order, and it should be much better to go there than to stay here."

Lang Sheng helped Xu Qingluo cover her body with the quilt, and explained.

"Hey, this Huai County can no longer be inhabited. It's fine to move to Wuzhou City."

Xu Liang sighed, but his eyes were full of reluctance. Although he was not a native of Huai County, he had lived in Huai County with Liang Yun for more than [-] years and had already taken root here. He has become his own hometown, and there will be no chance to come back after leaving. Just thinking about it makes him feel uncomfortable.

Xu Qingluo took Xu Liang's hand, and then took Xu's mother's hand: "Father, mother, I know that you are not willing to part with Huai County and leave your hometown, but the three of us are all together safely. Is it all important? As long as a family of three is together, where can it not be home? What's more, I remember that my grandmother is also in Wuzhou City, and I will be able to reunite at that time. My father has not visited for many years because of the inconvenience of the road. I want to come I miss it too.”

Xu Qingluo's smile was still pale, but her eyes were very bright, full of vitality and expectations for the future.

Xu Qingluo joined his parents' hands with his own, and looked at the three hands on the soft couch. Even though Xu Liang and Xu's mother were both depressed in their hearts, they became more cheerful for a while.

Yes, as long as there are three members of the family, where is it not home?

As long as the family of three is there, anything can always pass.

Lang Sheng looked at the hands of the Xu family who put the three of them together, and smiled too. As long as Xu Qingluo was happy, he would be happier than anything else.

"My nephew."

Xu Liang called out suddenly, and Lang Sheng raised his head.

Xu Liang stroked the beard on his lips with one hand: "What are you doing standing there? Nephew, let your hand come over too."

For a moment, everyone in the hall was stunned.

"master"

"father"

Both Xu's mother and Xu Qingluo looked at Xu Liang in astonishment. One didn't understand why, and the other couldn't believe it if he had a clear understanding in his heart.

"Sooner or later, we are a family. Since we are a family, we always have to be together."

Xu Liang took Xu's mother to go out. He had just held Lang Sheng's hand and pressed Xu Qingluo's hand.

"Master, what are you talking about, Luo'er hasn't betrothed yet—"

"Isn't there a ready-made good candidate?"

Xu Liang said in a low voice, he couldn't find a better son-in-law than Lang Sheng thought. He admired Lang Sheng at first, but he didn't say much because he was afraid that people would think that he was superior. He took every mouthful of his face, and also knelt down to receive the imperial edict on behalf of Xu Qingluo, and was gentle and careful with Xu Qingluo, so he felt that he didn't need to think so much.

"Let's think about how we want to meet our mother."

Xu's mother suddenly forgot to get to the bottom of the question: "This, this is really something to think about, hey, my mother must have been to me all these years—"

"Lu'er and I are by your side, and mother will figure it out."

Looking at the backs of Xu Liang and Xu's mother, Lang Sheng was thoughtful, and looked at Xu Qingluo with extra gentle eyes: "Luo'er, I will not let you and Uncle Xu down, I will definitely treat you well—" —”

"I believe in actions more than sweet words, but—"

In Lang Sheng's eagerness to explain, Xu Qingluo intersected his five fingers with his backhand: "But I like to hear your sweet words."

At that moment, Xu Qingluo's smile was extraordinarily beautiful and satisfying.

Because she knew that Lang Sheng's sweet talk would never be just sweet talk, every word and every promise of this man was something he would definitely do.

"I just saw that you really wanted to go to Wuzhou City."

Lang Sheng asked casually, "Why?"

He thought that Xu Qingluo would be as reluctant as Xu Liang. Although Xu Qingluo said that there was a grandmother there and a family of three, Lang Sheng felt that his understanding of Xu Qingluo was more than that.

"The Xu family's ancestors actually lived in Wuzhou City. There are not only grandmothers, but also many other relatives. I don't have a single sister or brother to talk to in Huai County. To be honest, I feel lonely sometimes."

Xu Qingluo said with a smile.

She wasn't lying, because she was indeed there for relatives, for sisters who could talk.

Isn't she the talkative sister?In her previous life, she was confiding to Xu Weiwan, telling her everything, and never had any ill intentions, but in the end it turned out like that.

I still remember Xu Weiwan's viciousness that cut her face apart, and the sneer and insult that split her heart before she died.

Xu Weiwan, the enemy she hated second only to Yang Yunping, the only one who had been a sister, Xu Qingluo smiled, she was going to see her, how could she be unhappy?
Naturally, Lang Sheng didn't know about the past life. Hearing Xu Qingluo's explanation, he felt only pity in his heart. He reached out and gently stroked the girl's hair, feeling the girl's head shaking gently in his palm. Realized that no matter how mature and stable Xu Qingluo behaved, she was still just a 13-year-old girl, a girl who needed companions and sisters: "You will never be alone in the future."

Lang Sheng paused word by word.

"I know, there will be you in the future."

Xu Qingluo smiled brightly.

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The distance between Huai County and Wuzhou City is not too far, even the nearest city, otherwise the emperor would not order the people in Huai County to move to Wuzhou City.

It's just that there is a big mountain, Qingluan Mountain, between Wuzhou City and Huai County.

For many years, Qingluan Mountain has been stretching between the two places, making it difficult for people from the two cities to see each other. Speaking of which, Xu's grandmother didn't like Liang Yun and didn't agree with him marrying Liang Yun. Xu Liang was reluctant to leave home too far. In the end, he chose Huai County to settle down.

Qingluan Mountain lives up to its name. From a distance, it looks like Qingluan squatting. There is an elegant arc between the bends of the head. According to legend, a Qingluan once landed here and turned into a mountain. I once wrote a poem about it, saying that it is "the shape of a rock luan with a sharp appearance, dancing with emerald and dazzling patterns."Soaring to the sky for thousands of years, there is still a cloud at the top of the peak. '

The elegance of Qingluan can be seen, not only in the famous scenery among several nearby counties, but even among the state capitals.

However, there is also a private legend, because Qingluan is one of the five phoenixes, it is said that this Qingluan mountain is the place where the phoenix lives, and there may be a real phoenix mother among the people who live near here. Everyone sneered, the Queen's mother was either from the family of important ministers or belonged to the powerful. The cities near Qingluan Mountain are not as good as the capital, even the more prosperous state capitals. What about Phoenix?

Xu Qingluo is now telling Langcheng about the legend of Qingluan Mountain, especially when talking about the theory of the real phoenix, there is more inexplicable irony in her eyes. In the previous life, it was not because some people could not understand her, and even found out such a legend. Is a real phoenix's argument against her?

After all, Xu Qingluo came from the city near Qingluan Mountain.

For women with prominent or innocent backgrounds, the saying of the true phoenix is ​​a good wind, but for Xu Qingluo, who is notorious and notorious, it is not only a sarcasm but also a steel knife that urges death.

Lang Sheng tapped Xu Qingluo's cheek: "Why are you smiling so strangely?"

While talking, he re-bandaged the girl's wound: "I told you not to force yourself, just let me carry you on your back, you insisted on being like others, even if the wound was open, you wouldn't say it, if I didn't see you would When will I survive by myself?"

"Okay, okay, I know I'm wrong, let's go around me, you still remember to talk about me when you said such a novel legend, you are the one you are talking about with a hard heart."

Xu Qingluo was joking with Lang Sheng.

If the man didn't see the recurrence of the girl's injury, he would have to argue with her about what it means to be 'hard-hearted': "How are you like others—"

Xu Qingluo's heart is softened by the man's inadvertent words.

"Then do you believe the legend I just said?"

Xu Qingluo changed the subject, afraid that she would be too moved by what the man said and would listen to him everything.

Lang Sheng replied earnestly: "The theory of a true phoenix is ​​false, and it is true to fight for what you want."

He told Xu Qingluo that he firmly believed in this truth. Lang Sheng always believed in being down-to-earth, and never believed in those inexplicable legends.

Xu Qingluo raised her eyes, looked at the serious man, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Yes, I see."

That's right, it has nothing to do with her in this life, what a real phoenix or a fake phoenix, what she has to do in this life is to cherish what is in front of her eyes and that's enough.

"Come."

After the man confirmed that Xu Qingluo's wound had been bandaged, he turned around and bent down, obviously intending to carry Xu Qingluo on his back.

Looking at the man's broad back, looking at the mud under his feet, looking at the seemingly endless mountain, Xu Qingluo's eyes were curved, and he stretched out his hand.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind him, Xu Qingluo couldn't help but turn around, looking at the person who was very surprised, it was clearly Yang Qian who had disappeared after being rescued by her, and looked at him His mother, Lu'e, and all the servants of the Yang family, but Yang Yunping and Yang Taiwei are the only ones missing, which is strange.

Xu Qingluo was thinking about what the Yang family was going to do again. To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that there was no actual evidence to convict the Yang family, Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng would not let them go easily, especially Yang Yunping.

It's just that they thought that even if they couldn't find any evidence for a while, they still had to keep an eye on the Yang family. Who knew that the Yang family had a fire last night, and the entire Yang family was burnt down.

Apart from a few corpses, there was nothing else in the mansion. Both Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng thought that the Yang family had fled at home, but now they met again.

"Yang Qian came here today to plead guilty. Yang Qian knelt down and apologized to all the people."

After Yang Qian saw Xu Qingluo and Langsheng, he got off his horse and knelt down to kowtow.

Xu Qingluo looked at Yang Qian, at this mature man who had completely faded from his youthful innocence: "Why did you say that?"

"The plague in Huai County was caused by my third brother colluding with people from the Western Regions and the third prince. It was my third brother who thought of this idea at first, and even the family of Aunt Wang. For those who silenced him, Yang Qian, as Yang Yunping's blood brother, should apologize to all the common people and Miss Xu on his behalf."

Yang Qian's voice was no longer clear and clear as a young man, but only hoarse. He kowtowed his head deeply on the rock, clasped his fingers tightly, and his eyes were full of pain and self-loathing.

With a bang, the surrounding people who heard Yang Qian's words boiled instantly.

"Everyone in the Yang family deserves to die!"

"Kill this boy from the Yang family!"

"At that time, some people said that the Yang family was related to the plague. We still didn't believe it. We didn't expect that it was the Yang family who killed it!"

"hateful!"

"kill him!"

Everyone was angry, and the guy in his hand wanted to rush towards Yang Qian.

"do not want!"

Lu'e let out a mournful cry, and no longer cared about her son and her confession that she should not care about anything she saw or heard, and rushed towards this side, but was blocked by two servants of the Yang family.

Seeing that Yang Qian was about to be surrounded by the people.

"Stop it all!"

Lang Cheng shouted loudly, and those common people stopped involuntarily, and the tools they held in their hands could not be dropped, because the man stood in front of Yang Qian.

Before the siege of the Western Regions, the people of Huai County would have dared to besiege Lang Sheng, but after experiencing that life and death, everyone respected and feared Lang Sheng, and no one would cross the line when he said a word.

Seeing such a situation, Xu Qingluo felt at ease in his heart.

Maybe these people are indeed ignorant, but sometimes it is really possible to change hearts with a heart.

Lang Sheng always insisted on protecting these common people. Even when the Western Regions attacked the most dangerous time, he still remembered to evacuate the common people first. This kind of Lang Sheng is admirable.

"I have a few words for you."

Lang Sheng looked at Yang Qian and said.

"Excuse me, general, I will know everything and say everything."

Yang Qian raised his head, his forehead was covered in blood and flesh, and he had exerted all his strength against the rock just now.

"First, how did you know about Yang Yunping? Second, where did Yang Yunping and Yang Taiwei go? Third, you could have taken the Yang family and left on your own, why did you catch up?"

Everyone in the Yang family had smoke and dust on their faces, they still looked pampered and pampered in Yang Taiwei's mansion, compared to these Huai County people who followed Lang Cheng, they looked like they had suffered a disaster, and the only few horses on their bodies It is also speckled with mud, and it looks like it is coming in a hurry.

"Last night, someone wanted to kill Zi Xia, his mother and the servants around him. Fortunately, Xia Xia was injured. He fell into a light sleep at night and hid in advance. I was thinking about reporting this matter to my father. Unexpectedly, I personally Hearing the third brother admitting what he did, and seeing the third brother kill his father with his own eyes."

Yang Qian's voice was a little choked up. No matter how bad Yang Taiwei was to him, no matter how little he valued him, he was also his biological father. As long as he thought of watching his father being killed, he felt that he was a son of man.

"Yang Yunping killed not only his father, but also his wife to show his loyalty to the third prince. Afterwards, they left together. After leaving, they even set fire to the Yang residence."

"As for the reason why I caught up"

Yang Qian's smile became more and more bitter, but there was a trace of determination in his eyes: "I only hope that General Lang can take my mother and the loyal servants of the Yang family away. As for me, I will return to Huai County and guard Huai County." The county will atone for the sins of my Yang family."

"Are you crazy? Huai County is now a dead city, you can only go back—"

Xu Qingluo stopped subconsciously, she had always had a good impression of Yang Qian, otherwise she would not have saved him at the gate of the city.

"Huai County will become a dead city. Yang Yunping has committed a lot of crimes. I should stay there to atone for his sins."

Yang Qian's eyes were full of firmness and a hint of death.

His ideological awareness is far from the point of worrying about the country and the people, but the massacres outside the city gate, the dead silence that can be seen everywhere in the city, and the ruins of the Yang Mansion make him want to atone for his sins and do things. Something to confess to those who died.

"You said you wanted to atone for your sins. It was Yang Yunping who did all of this, not you Yang Qian. What kind of crime did you atone for? What qualifications do you have for atonement?"

Lang Sheng finally spoke, his voice was very cold: "Yang Qian, you are not Yang Yunping!"

Yang Qian was silent, bowed his head and was about to kowtow again.

"Miss Xu, Miss Xu, please don't blame my son. I am willing to go back and guard Huai County instead of my son. I beg you to take my son away. I beg you. Yang Yunping will definitely not let Qian go. Son, he even dared to kill the master and wife, if he knew that Qianer was alive, he would kill him, Miss Xu, I know your kindness, please help me."

Lu'e finally broke free from the obstruction of those servants, and as soon as she came over, she rushed to Xu Qingluo's legs and hugged her legs, crying so much.

Her body and face were covered in dust and smoke, and there were even some scratches and blood marks. Lu'e looked very embarrassed, begging bitterly.

"General Lang, Miss Xu, we are all willing to stay in Huai County, I just ask you to take the Fourth Young Master with you, please show mercy."

"The fourth young master has never done anything bad. He is different from the third young master."

Some of the servants of the Yang family on the side knelt down and begged for help.

"There are no good people in the Yang family. General Lang, you must not be fooled."

"Yes, Miss Xu, if you really want people from the Yang family to stay, you don't have to bring us any plague this time. The Yang family deserves to die!"

The faces of the people are sad and angry, the plague, the battle of the city gate, but in these two incidents, more than half of the people in Huai County died. People took revenge, and the hatred was rushed to the head of the Yang family who was said to have colluded with the third prince from the Western Regions, and the scene was a little chaotic for a while.

"Yang Yunping is not Yang Qian!"

Lang Sheng's voice overwhelmed all the noisy voices. He stretched out his hand and pulled up Yang Qian who was kneeling on the ground: "One person does the work and the other person is responsible. Yang Yunping deserves death for the crime he committed, but Yang Qian is innocent. I don't even sit here. !"

(End of this chapter)