Horse on the World

Chapter 963 Midnight Messenger
It has been a long time since the saltpeter mine in Shiwanda Mountain was discovered in Dingzhou. With the smooth progress of the battle, the technicians transferred from Dingzhou stayed in Ningzhou. Going straight to the saltpeter mine, Li Sizhi of Ningzhou dispatched a garrison force to join the special forces of the Overwatch Council. After ten days or so, it started to operate. How many.

Among the [-] mountains, there is no shortage of good materials for making charcoal. Even the kilns are ready-made. After the technicians who came from Dingzhou made some renovations to the kilns, they were immediately put to use.
Ningzhou does not have iron ore or iron smelting workshops, but in Yizhou, after years of technical guidance from Dingzhou, it can also smelt high-quality steel. Li Qing ordered a large number of people from the No. [-] Arsenal to smelt The technicians immediately took over the entire Yizhou Iron Works, and the saltpeter and charcoal brought from the [-] mountains were used to prepare gunpowder on the spot in Ningzhou, and in Yizhou, the first batch of Shenwei cannons were already being cast.
It was completely dark when I came back from the saltpeter mine. The previous freezing rain finally turned into snow seeds, which hit the leaves and the roof, rattling. After taking a hot bath, he sat by the fire again, slowly burning his feet, moaning comfortably.Stretched for a long time, watched Qingfeng sitting on one side smiling and watching himself, but a pair of feet placed by the fire was steaming, and Qingfeng's shoes should also be soaked at this time. "Come, come, let's get hot together!" Li Qing said.
Qingfeng shook his head and smiled, "Farewell, I'll ask them to get another basin!"

Li Qing bent down, caught Qingfeng's feet, laughed and said: "Forget it, don't bother others, come here, let's scald together in a basin to get rid of dampness and relieve fatigue."

Seeing the blush on the face of Qingfeng whose feet were being held by him, Li Qing couldn't help laughing, took off his shoes for Qingfeng, and yelled suddenly, "God, why is this happening, and I didn't see you say anything? "The snow-white socks were covered with little bloodstains, obviously the feet were worn out.
He hurriedly tore off the socks, looked at Qingfeng's delicate little feet, and couldn't help but gasp, there were seven or eight blisters, big and small, which were not considered worn out, and the feet were covered with blood.
"I walked all day today, I was careless!" Li Qing apologized, "I didn't expect you to be unable to walk at all, and it was such a difficult mountain road, and you too, why didn't you say anything?" Holding Qingfeng's little feet, Li Qing blamed road.

Li Qing twitched his legs, but was held tightly by Li Qing, Qingfeng gave up trying, "It's rare to walk with the general, since we left Chong County, such days are almost gone, let alone just worn out Even if the leg is broken, the breeze will not squeak."

"You are always so stubborn." Li Qing shook his head, "It will be a long time in the future. After the war is over, there will be plenty of time to be together. Come, give me the hairpin on your head."

"What are you doing?"

"Break out these blisters!" Li Qing said, "Otherwise you will not be able to land at all tomorrow. Come on, hurry up, and pass me the hairpin." Li Qing looked down at the blisters on his feet, but with one hand Stretched out.
Pulling out the silver hairpin from his head and putting it in Li Qing's hands, seeing Li Qing holding the silver hairpin, lowering his head and concentrating on picking up the blisters on his feet, Qingfeng's nose soured, and tears filled his eyes.
"Okay!" Li Qing tilted his head, looking at his masterpiece with satisfaction, and with a backhand, he inserted the hairpin on his head, and carefully held Qingfeng's feet with both hands, "There will be some pain next, but you Hold on." After speaking, he slowly dipped Qingfeng's feet into the hot water, and then raised his head.
"Does it hurt? Look, you're in tears!" Li Qing smiled and said, "It's good to be patient. Look, you look like the fearsome director of the Dingzhou Supervisory Academy, the famous white fox? "

Qingfeng looked at Qingfeng in a daze, but the tears in his eyes could not be restrained from rushing out.

"What's the matter with you?" Li Qing finally realized something was wrong, and asked in a low voice.
"General, I don't want to be a famous white fox. If I have a choice, I'd rather be a little woman who will always be at home waiting for your return!"
The smile on Li Qing's face slowly disappeared, he stood up slowly, stepped on the ground with bare feet, walked over, and hugged Qingfeng's head in his arms, "We don't have a choice, Yunxi, I think, if If time could be restarted, we would still make this choice, right?"

Hugging Li Qing with both hands, Qingfeng buried his face in Li Qing's chest, shrugged his shoulders, and tried his best to suppress his voice, yes, even if it happens again, there will be no other choice.

It was late at night, the non-stop snow seeds outside the window had stopped at some point, the firewood in the house was crackling, Li Qing half leaned on the bed, watching the sleeping breeze, Hearing her even breathing, my heart was full of guilt. I was destined to not be able to give her everything this woman hoped for in my life.

Dongdong, two soft knocking sounds suddenly sounded outside the window, "My lord, are you asleep?"
Li Qing glanced out of the window in surprise, gently took off Qingfeng's arm that was holding her, and tucked it into her back. Being together can completely relax Qingfeng's tense nerves. Qingfeng turned over and fell asleep again.
Walking to the window, Li Qing asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"
"My lord, Master Dingzhou Road has sent a hundred thousand people to send an urgent message."
"What happened in Dingzhou?" Li Qing's expression changed, and he opened the window.Watching the guards outside the window.
"I don't know. The courier is still waiting ahead. He said that Lord Lu's letter must be handed over to the lord."
Li Qing hurriedly put on a piece of clothing and walked out the door, "Lead the way ahead."
Seeing the messenger sitting in the side hall, Li Qing was startled, "Wu Gui, why is it you?"
Wu Gui stood up, bowed to Li Qing, and said: "My lord, Mr. Lu is worried that someone else will send this secret letter, so he let me come, and told me that this letter should not be seen by anyone except the lord. "
Upon hearing this, Li Qing immediately sensed the seriousness of the matter, "What's the matter?" Sitting down, he asked Wu Gui.

Wu Gui's eyes turned red, and his voice was choked up, "Master, my sister, my sister almost died this time."
Li Qingteng stood up, "What's the matter with Bao'er? What happened? She is in the palace, what can happen?"
Wu Gui took out a sealed letter from the parcel, handed it to Li Qing, and said, "Lord Lu has written all the events in the letter."
Li Qing glanced at Wu Gui suspiciously, and tore off the sealant with a splash, and Lu Yiming's familiar characters immediately came into view.
With a bang, Li Qing overturned the table beside him, with anger in his eyes, "Desperate. Lu Yiming did the right thing, and Tang Hu did a good job too. Where is Bao'er now?"

"General Tang sent my sister to my parents' home, and arranged for Dingzhou to be guarded day and night. No one is allowed to step into the hospital. At the same time, he also took Doctor Huan there." Wu Gui whispered.
Li Qing took a few deep breaths, "So Bao'er is not in danger for the time being? How is the fetus in the womb?"

"Mr. Huan said that this time is also a coincidence. If there are two more nights, even if there is no problem with the fall, the Ning Shenxiang in my sister's room will harm the fetus in the womb."
Footsteps sounded outside the door, and Li Sizhi and the others hurried over, "My lord, I heard that a messenger has come to Dingzhou. I don't know what happened to Dingzhou. Does it matter?"

Li Sizhi's clothes were disheveled, it seemed that he had just received the news and hurried over.

Li Qing put the letter into his arms calmly, shook his head and said: "It's nothing serious, uncle don't need to worry, how about it, anyway, it's almost dawn, so I'll leave first, and the guards will come with me, we Go back to Dingzhou."
Li Sizhi looked at Li Qing with doubts on his face, since it was not important, why did he rush back to Dingzhou? "Then, let's go together!"

Li Qing smiled, "No need, uncle, you have been tired all day, it's not too late to rest here and wait for dawn before leaving. Rest here for two days before leaving."
Li Sizhi wanted to say something else, but just as he opened his mouth, Li Qing interrupted him, "Uncle, the resettlement of the Qiang people in the [-] mountains, as well as saltpeter mines and charcoal workshops, these things are crucial to our battle next year." It's important. Tomorrow, you and Qingfeng will add up again. How can we improve the efficiency and produce more gunpowder to supply to the front line? Once the cannon is fired, the gunpowder will be used up like running water, and there must be no shortage of supply. Situation. That's it, Wu Gui, let's go."

Watching Li Qing stride away, Li Sizhi showed a worried look on his face.
It was bright day, Qingfeng stretched lazily, turned over, but felt an empty space in his hand, opened his eyes, there was no one around him, "It's been a long time since I have such a solid sleep!" Qingfeng said to herself mockingly. Talking to himself, he got up and put on his clothes, leaned on the pillow and fell asleep for a while, then got up and started to wash.
There was a light knock on the door, and Xia Xue called out softly: "Miss, are you awake?"
"Come in!" Qingfeng said, "Wake up early."

Xia Xue pushed the door open, and Qingfeng asked, "The general has gone out so early?"
Xia Xue had a strange expression on her face, "Miss, my lord went down the mountain yesterday morning and went back to Dingzhou."
"What did you say?" Qingfeng hurriedly turned around. "Why didn't you notify me?"

Xia Xue lowered her head, "Miss, you were too tired yesterday, don't let us worry you, and let you have a good rest."

"What happened last night?"

"I don't know!" Xia Xue shook her head and said, "It's just that Captain Wu Gui Wu suddenly came from Dingzhou yesterday, and the general decided to return to Dingzhou immediately."

"Something must have happened!" Qingfeng murmured.

"Miss, let's go back to Dingzhou immediately!" Xia Xue said.
Qingfeng shook his head, "Wait a minute, no matter what happened, there should be news from the Overwatch Council within a few days, and we will go back when we understand the situation."
(End of this chapter)