Who Xu Jiangshan

Chapter 35
In the 25th year of Dayu, in October, Xiling suddenly led an army to attack Dayu. The frontier pass was too late to fight, and three cities were captured one after another. General Zhenxi died in battle.

The situation in the court became more tense, and the emperor seemed to have aged a lot overnight.

This day, when the emperor was in court, the emperor was having a headache about the candidates for the general. A minister suggested: "...Ye Hou Ye once repelled the North Vietnam in one fell swoop. He is not only wise and brave, but also has actual combat experience. I think that Ye Hou Ye is the most suitable candidate. .”

The emperor pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Aiqing is right, Qing Yan, are you willing to fight the enemy for my Dayu and repel that Xiling madman?"

"It's Qing Yan's duty to protect the family and the country." Ye Qingyan knelt on his knees with a dignified expression.

"Then I will appoint you as the Great General of Zhengxi, and let you lead [-] soldiers and horses, and set off immediately to the border." The emperor gave the decree without saying a word.

"Father, General Ye alone may not be able to turn the tide," Xie Zicong said suddenly, "I think Master Ning is talented, courageous and resourceful. He was Ye Houye's right-hand man back then. Your Excellency will rush to the border with Lord Ye Hou, our army will have a higher chance of winning."

Chu Ning was taken aback, but she didn't expect Xie Zicong to recommend her. She looked at Xie Zicong, saw him winking at her, and immediately realized that Ye Qingyan was a member of King Rong's faction. If he won the battle, it would obviously be beneficial to Xie Ziyu, so Only people from the Ninth Prince's camp need her to stop him. If he loses, it is the responsibility of the coach. If he wins, she will have a share of the credit.

"Zicong is right. Ning Aiqing, I will designate you as a military adviser to assist Qing Yan in the expedition. We must defeat Xiling and boost the prestige of our army."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will never give up." Chu Ning knelt down on his knees and received the order in a loud voice.

That afternoon, Ye Qingyan and Chuning began to prepare for the expedition. Wei Linglong made a lot of medicine and asked Chuning to take it with him: "If I can go with you, I can rest assured."

"You go with me, I'm afraid I'm the one who's worried." Chuning smiled, "Just wait for me to come back victorious."

Wei Linglong nodded, hiding the worry in her eyes.

At night, [-] soldiers and horses had assembled outside the imperial capital, and Ye Qingyan and Chuning, dressed in military uniforms, straddled their horses and soon arrived at the gate of the city.

The emperor and a group of ministers stood on the gate tower. Chuning raised her head, her eyes passed over those people one by one, and finally fell on Xie Ziyu. Time was running out, and they had no chance to express their hearts to each other, but she could tell from his eyes. See the word "take care".

In this way, it is enough.

Chu Ning lowered his head, exchanged a glance with Ye Qingyan, and then rode off.

The people on the tower gradually dispersed, and finally Xie Ziyu was the only one left. He stared deeply at the dark distance, and did not return to his senses for a long time.

"Master, it's time to go back." Su Ye ran to Xie Ziyu, hesitated for a while, and then said.

Xie Ziyu nodded, and suddenly coughed violently, his normal face turned pale just now, he reached out his hand to cover his mouth, suppressing the coughing, Su Ye's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he could see the blood seeping from between his fingers. A little bit of blood came out.

"Master!" Su Ye exclaimed.

"Go back first." Xie Ziyu waved his hand and said in a deep voice.

As soon as he returned to Prince Rong's mansion, Xie Ziyu's body swayed, Su Ye hurriedly supported him, and led him to the room, "Master, I'll go find Miss Wei right away."

"Don't let anyone find out." Xie Ziyu rubbed his eyebrows and said.

"Master, don't worry!" After Su Ye replied, she quickly rushed to Ning Mansion.

Xie Ziyu watched Su Ye leave, looked down at the blood in his hands, and there was a trace of coldness in his eyes. He remembered that a few months ago, the emperor called him into the palace. He thought he was going to the emperor's palace, but he didn't expect that. The eunuch led him to the Lotus Embroidery Palace, which was the palace where his mother and concubine lived in the past. His mother and concubine, Ai Lian, were also named Concubine Lian.Unfortunately, when he was nine years old, his mother and concubine passed away.

After the death of his mother and concubine, he never stepped into the Lotus Embroidery Palace again, so when he stepped into the Lotus Embroidery Palace again, although his face was calm, his heart was turbulent, especially when he saw the pond of lotus flowers still blooming in the Lotus Embroidery Palace. In the moonlight.

The emperor sat on the edge of the lotus pond, just like the one he had seen when he was a child, he turned his head and said to him: "Ziyu, come, sit with the emperor."

At that moment, Xie Ziyu almost thought that he had returned to his childhood, but he knew that it was just a dream after all, so he walked over, sat down beside the emperor, and called out: "Father."

"I still remember that when your mother and concubine were here, you always liked to pester me, but after your mother and concubine left, you grew up overnight." The emperor looked at Xie Ziyu and sighed, "Ziyu, All these years, I have neglected you."

"Father has always loved his children dearly, and has never been negligent."

"I almost wronged you today, Ziyu, may you forgive my father?" The emperor looked at Xie Ziyu with a hint of apology in his eyes, the apology was so sincere that it almost made Xie Ziyu's cold heart boil.

"Father's words are serious. My son never blamed my father, and it's the same today. My father just loves my son so deeply, so I take responsibility."

Hearing this, the emperor felt a little relieved. He poured a glass of wine for himself and Xie Ziyu each, and said while drinking, "I suddenly miss Concubine Lian very much today. If she knew that our father and son are in harmony, she would surely smile at Jiuquan."

Xie Ziyu picked up the wine glass, and the appearance of his mother and concubine appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He raised his hand and drank the wine in the glass.

"Ziyu, I'm tired, go back to rest first, and you should go back earlier." The emperor patted Xie Ziyu's hand, and walked out slowly with the eunuch's support.

Xie Ziyu sat on the spot without moving for a long time, he touched his wet sleeves, his eyes were a little desolate, since when did he want to prevent the emperor from drinking even a glass of wine?

He sat for a long time before standing up.Walking round and round around the lotus pond, the scent of lotus flowers filled his breath, he remembered that many years ago, that beautiful woman sat on the rock by the pond and watched him running along the lotus pond He ran, and reminded him gently from time to time: "Ziyu, be careful, don't fall into the pool."

That night, when he returned to Prince Rong's mansion, he suddenly felt dizzy. At that time, he knew that he was still poisoned.

He had known for a long time that the purpose of the emperor's summoning him into the palace was not simply to appease him, so he had been on guard all along. What he didn't expect was that he was on all possible precautions, but in the end he still couldn't.

The doctor of Rong Wang's Mansion couldn't find out what kind of poison he was poisoned at all, and finally Wei Linglong found out that the poison was called Yishang, and it was produced by two kinds of objects, one of which was the powder of Yushang grass, which was soaked in The wine can volatilize the gas, and the other is the lotus fragrance. When the two fragrances are mixed, they can produce a highly poisonous poison. The longer you stay by the lotus pond, the more the poison will soak into your body.

So even if Xie Ziyu didn't drink that glass of wine, he still couldn't escape the step by step of the poisoner.

The emperor really understood him and what the Lotus Embroidery Palace meant to him, so he was counted on without any effort.

"Master, Miss Wei is here." Su Ye called softly, pulling Xie Ziyu out of her memories.

He raised his head, looked at Wei Linglong who was wearing a black cloak, and raised his lips: "Thank you."

Su Ye closed the door, and Wei Linglong took out a cloth bag from her bosom, took out a silver needle from it, walked up to Xie Ziyu, and said, "Although this acupuncture method can help you alleviate the toxicity temporarily, it can't be eradicated at all. The ability is limited, and the antidote cannot be developed for a while.”

"It's okay, as long as it can be relieved." Xie Ziyu closed his eyes and said a little tiredly.

"Your Highness is still not going to tell Aning?" Wei Linglong asked.

Xie Ziyu was silent for a while: "When the time comes, I will tell her."

Wei Linglong didn't speak, and sighed slightly. In vain of her self-proclaimed superb medical skills, she couldn't cure Chu Ning's poison, nor Xie Ziyu's poison.

Is this a test given to them by God?
On the other side, Chu Ning and Ye Qingyan led [-] soldiers and horses to Qizhou day and night. During this journey, she and Ye Qingyan hardly talked except for analyzing the situation of the war.

In fact, since she became a member of the Ninth Prince's camp, Ye Qingyan has already drawn a clear line with her.Today, they finally arrived outside the city of Qizhou. Shan Bei, the magistrate of Qizhou, had already led his people to wait at the gate of the city. When he saw Ye Qingyan and Chuning, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He walked forward a few steps and said, "You two General, you've made it! If you don't come, Qizhou City won't be able to hold on anymore!"

"What's the situation now? Don't worry, tell us in detail." Ye Qingyan spoke first. After the battle with Beiyue, he has calmed down a lot now.

"The two generals will follow me to the city gate to take a look." Shan Bei said, leading Ye Qingyan and Chuning across the street to the west gate.

Chuning looked around, there were not many people on the street, but they were still in order, which shows that Shan Bei must have put a lot of thought into it.

The three of them quickly went up to the gate of the west city, only to see gunpowder smoke rising not far from the city, and the soldiers of Dayu and Xiling fought together, but it was obvious that the soldiers of Dayu had a hard time coping.

"The two generals have also seen that since General Zhenxi's accident, our army has lost its morale and retreated steadily. If the two do not come, the subordinate officials can only protect Qizhou for another three days."

"Shan Zhifu, as a civil servant, it is not easy for you to do this. When this battle is over, this general will report the truth to the emperor and claim the merits of Shan Zhifu." Ye Qingyan glanced at the battle situation and said.

"I don't dare to take the credit, I only hope that the people in Qizhou can be safe and healthy." Shan Bei said worriedly.

Chu Ning glanced at Shan Bei, who was over half a century old, his temples had already grown gray hairs, and most of them were worried because of this war.

"Don't worry, Shan Zhifu, we will definitely protect the people of Qizhou from the suffering of the war." Chuning said, her eyes fell on the war drum beside her, she walked over, took the drumstick and hit it hard a few times.

All the soldiers were shocked by the sound of the drum, and then they heard a loud voice: "Listen, soldiers of Dayu, the general and the reinforcements have arrived, and I, Dayu Erlang, will be able to work together to drive out the Xiling people. "

After finishing speaking, Chuning took the bow and arrow in the hands of a soldier and pointed it at the opposing general who was commanding. As soon as he let go of his hand, the arrow flew out and hit the general on the forehead.

The general immediately fell off his horse.

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned. Shan Bei also looked at Chu Ning in surprise. When he first saw these two generals, his heart was still a little beating. They were too young, and he was afraid that they were just dudes from the imperial capital. Not only will it not save Qizhou, but it will destroy Qizhou.

But seeing Chuning's hand, his hanging heart was relieved.

Looking at the fallen general, Chu Ning felt that there was a lot of pride in his heart. This battle had just begun. Ye Qingyan couldn't help showing a little appreciation in his eyes when he saw her energetic appearance.

When Dayu's soldiers saw this scene, their morale was immediately aroused, their fighting spirit was excited, and they waved their weapons and slashed at the enemy one after another.

"Retreat." Somebody yelled, and the soldiers in Xiling retreated one after another.

Seeing this, Shan Bei quickly ordered his subordinates to open the city gate and welcome the soldiers of Dayu in.

That night, Shan Bei held a banquet for Ye Qingyan and Chuning in his mansion. Chuning looked at the food on the table, which only had the simplest home-cooked dishes, and there was very little meat. Shan Bei asked them to sit down and said, "Only I ask the two generals not to be offended by the rough tea and light food, it’s an eventful season, and the extra food has been ordered by the lower officials to prepare for emergencies.”

"Prefect Shan, you did a great job. These dishes are enough." Ye Qingyan smiled slightly, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

During this journey day and night, he has hardly eaten a decent meal. Now he smelled the aroma of the rice and couldn't help it. Halfway through the meal, he suddenly raised his head and said: "Please let the magistrate Shan entertain the person who came with us." Soldiers, everyone has worked hard this journey, and they will soon go to the battlefield, so we must let them have a full meal."

"Don't worry, general, the officer has given orders to go down."

At this moment, in the barracks of Xiling, a handsome and handsome man was sitting in the tent, playing with an arrow in his hand, the corners of his lips raised slightly: "I lost a general when I came here, it really is my favor!" Aning."

Dayu's counterattack officially started, and Ye Qingyan and Chuning were extremely busy. As soon as they arrived, they rectified the army and stabilized the morale of the army. Fortunately, the effect was good, and they won the first round of counterattack.

The soldiers of Dayu were greatly encouraged, and their morale increased for a while.

When she was in North Vietnam, Chuning only advised Ye Qingyan and never went to the battlefield, but this time, she and Ye Qingyan both went to the battlefield, and the two fought side by side. Within ten days, they took back the first city - Qin state.

This victory was unprecedented, the news of the victory was quickly spread back to the imperial capital, and the haze that had been in the court for several days dissipated a lot.

"My officers and men of Dayu are defending the country at the border, and the courtiers should pray for them." The emperor looked at Xie Ziyu with great joy, and said, "Ziyu, on behalf of me, you will go to Fahua Temple to pray for Dayu, for Soldiers pray."

"Your servant leads the order." Xie Ziyu lowered his eyes and answered.

Two nights later, when Chu Ning was discussing the next strategy with Ye Qingyan, a general rushed in, "General, there is news from the imperial capital!"

Ye Qingyan frowned: "Present."

The general sent the letter paper to Ye Qingyan, Ye Qingyan opened it and looked at it, and his expression changed immediately.

"What's wrong?" Chuning instinctively felt that there was bad news.

With a pale face, Ye Qingyan glanced at Chuning, his eyes were cold and wary, Chuning was a little hesitant: "Since it's not convenient to say, then forget it."

Ye Qingyan was silent for a while, and said: "You will receive news about this sooner or later. His Royal Highness was assassinated on the way to Fahua Temple to pray for Dayu. He was seriously injured and has been in a coma for two days."

"What?!" Chuning's face suddenly changed.

Ye Qingyan looked at Chu Ning strangely, curled his lips, and said: "Your Highness was assassinated, I thought you would be happy. Once His Highness fails to wake up, the world will belong to the Nine Princes."

Chuning turned pale, pulled the corners of her lips, and said, "Of course I'm happy."

Ye Qingyan's face suddenly became ugly, and he stopped discussing countermeasures with Chuning, and walked out of the tent directly.

Chuning stayed in the tent for a while, left a note, and went directly to the stable.

These days, she had never heard from Xie Ziyu, and even if there was news, it was passed to her by Wei Linglong, and it was always a simple "everything is fine".

She knew that Xie Ziyu would definitely encounter many crises, but she had always believed that he had the ability to resolve them, and never thought that one day he would be seriously injured and unconscious.

As soon as Chu Ning left the stable, he saw Mu Jian quietly appearing at the door of the stable: "You want to go back to the imperial capital?"

Chuning didn't answer, but just looked at Mu Jian and asked, "You have received the news, right? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Your Highness won't want you to know." Mu Jian's face was expressionless.

There was a look of anger in Chuning's eyes, but she didn't say anything after all, she just whipped the horse and galloped out.

This run lasted eight days and eight nights. As soon as Chuning left Qinzhou, he changed into attire, and when he arrived at the imperial capital, he even changed into women's attire.

Along the way, the horses changed a few horses, and Chu Ning hardly rested. When he arrived at the imperial capital, it was already late at night. When Chuning got off the horse, he staggered and almost fainted. The sword held her up.

She was so tired that she could fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.She stood firm and said in a hoarse voice: "The horse is handed over to you, help me hide my whereabouts."

After finishing speaking, he quietly sneaked into Prince Rong's mansion.

She quickly walked to Xie Ziyu's room, the door was not closed, and there was a light inside.

"who?"

A familiar voice sounded, she looked at Su Ye who suddenly appeared at the door, and said wearily: "Su Ye, it's me."

Su Ye was taken aback, as if he didn't expect that Chu Ning would come back suddenly. Before he could speak, Chuning had passed him into the room and asked, "How is he?"

Su Ye quickly closed the door and followed in, with a rare anxiety in her voice: "I haven't woken up yet, Miss Wei said, whether I can wake up or not depends on these two days."

(End of this chapter)