This mountain is mine

Chapter 249

Tang Kuo threw several balls continuously and exploded in the air.

Zhao Man didn't dare to be careless, but he wanted to see such things clearly. When the violent thrust came, he quickly swept away to the distance with the drag of the branches.

"Boom—boom—" There were several consecutive explosions, and the birds scattered.

The air smelled of sulfur and saltpeter.

Zhao Man's ears were buzzing.

so close.

His subordinates surrounded him, he saw someone's lips moved, but he couldn't hear others' words.

He turned around with deep eyes and looked behind him. He rushed over from there just now. At this time, the hustle and bustle gradually fell, and there was a big hole in the ground.

There was an old tree by the pit, which was on the verge of falling. After shaking a few times, it suddenly fell down and rested on the branch of another tree. A branch was broken and fell down. , This is a trap left by Tang Kuo.

If it hadn't been for this branch to fall, if they had gotten close to it just now, it would have been like the branch that bounced and exploded to become sawdust.

But his ears were still buzzing, and he couldn't hear the sound of the branch falling to the ground or the explosion of the explosives.

The power of this explosive was indeed beyond his imagination, and he couldn't even worry about his hearing.

He also saw clearly just now that the things Tang Kuo threw were very small, just a few... Even if the city gate has been reinforced several times in a row, it is not impossible to blow it open.

Zhao Man pursed his lips, his eyes were calm and penetrating.

He knew that his chest was rising and falling violently, and his heartbeat was not slow, but he couldn't hear anything.

buzzing...

The shaking subsided and the dust fell.

His face remained unchanged, he raised his breath, and quickly went to the place just now. The injured Tang Kuo had disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.

"Catch them separately, he won't go far, and report back immediately if there is news." Zhao Man's voice was extremely heavy, except for the humming in his ears, there was silence.

The voice is unconsciously louder than usual.

No one noticed anything unusual.

More than a dozen figures moved forward quickly, Zhao Man personally led a group of people, and was about to go in another direction.

Passing by the big pit, he still stopped, not knowing what material the explosive was made of.

At this time, a hidden guard picked up a somewhat scorched piece of paper from the ground and handed it over.

Zhao Man took it over and took a look. The paper was covered with dust, and there was a circle of black marks from the fire, but it could still be seen from the whitish area that it was a map.

A "ji"-shaped line, from Yunzhou at the top of the "ji" character, along the road to Fenzhou, Pingyang, Weisheng, Longde, and Zezhou, these markings are extremely detailed, densely packed, with various marks Graphic marks, some are circles, some are triangular symbols, and then they are blown to pieces.

"This is... the Yellow River."

Tang Kuo drew a map from Yunzhou to Bianjing along the Yellow River.

What is he going to do?
Da Song has never been short of maps, but the one he picked up should have meaning in it that others can't understand.Did he come to find out about Da Song's defenses and details?
It is not too far from Yunzhou to Bianjing. If it is faster to walk along the Yellow River and the defense is not tight... Tang Kuo wants to go straight to Bianjing.

Zhao Man's expression became more and more serious.

Although Tang Kuo was seriously injured in the blow just now, he failed to kill him.

"Chase!"

Not long after Zhao Man and others left, someone from the Xiangzhou government office followed the sound and found the big hole that had been blown out on the ground, the smell of gunpowder that hadn't dissipated, and the blood stains, so they hurriedly played, and there was something in the court. Care about, let's not mention it for now.

But Zhao Man searched for two days without caring about his own ears, but still let the seriously injured Tang Kuo run away.

Tang Kuo dared to come swaggeringly, there must be a way out and someone to support him, if someone in the Song Dynasty was controlled by him as an internal support, it would be even more difficult for Zhao Man to find someone.

The longer the delay, the less likely it is that someone will be found.

It was already the ninth day of the winter month, and Miaomiao was due to give birth for a few days, so Zhao Man couldn't stay any longer.

He asked people to continue to follow Tang Kuo's convoy of grain seeds in front, and deal with the silverfish used by Da Song for Tang Kuo. When they arrived in Liao territory, his people fell into a passive position, and they didn't have to follow anymore, so as not to sacrifice in vain. On the battlefield, there must be a contest.

A candle burns at both ends.

Zhao Man was worried about Tang Kuo and the explosives in his heart, and worried about Miaomiao's delivery, so he hurried back. He had to drive day and night for the two-and-a-half-day journey, and arrived at home in the evening of the second day.

After two days and one night of traveling, Zhao Man's eyes were bloodshot, but he was still in good spirits, his ears had changed a bit, and the buzzing sound disappeared.Zhao Man was not a talkative person at home, but no one noticed.

As soon as he got home, he put Tang Kuo behind him and didn't say a word about what happened. Now nothing is more important than Miaomiao giving birth.

Mr. Lan has already returned to Liushutun, and Doctor Qiu is here. Knowing that everything is safe and that Miaomiao's delivery will only take a day or two, he is relieved.

Yu Miaomiao felt that he was a little strange, but in front of the two elders, he looked at her with scorching eyes, his eyes were like a wolf's, and he looked at her lips faintly, she didn't have the nerve to say anything.

When only the two of them were left alone, Zhao Man was so busy that he couldn't stop. He checked Miaomiao's things for production in a decent way, and they were all ready, and he prepared hot water to help her take a bath.

Although Yu Miaomiao's body is heavy, she is quite nimble, but if she wants to take a bath by herself, it may be troublesome to get into the bathtub.

During the confinement period, I can't take a bath or wash my hair. During the day, my grandfather said that he has already entered the basin, and Yu Miaomiao has already washed his hair. Now that Zhao Man is back, taking a bath is not a problem.

Yu Miaomiao didn't care about being ashamed anymore, her bulging belly made her look like an egg that had been peeled off its shell, Zhao Man hugged her into it and soaked it in warm water, he squatted in front of the tub, facing her, Yu Miaomiao was engulfed The steam made his face hot.

"Give me a back rub."

She wanted to turn her back to him, but when she was about to move, she was restrained by Zhao Man, "You can wash it like this, let me see you, after a few days the baby will be born, and you won't be able to see it."

As he spoke, he put one arm around her shoulders, encircled her with his long arms, took a cloth towel in his big hand, and scrubbed her back one by one.

The other hand was on her ball-like belly and scraped gently.

Yu Miaomiao glared at him, his whole big palm was stuck to his belly, stroking slowly from top to bottom, but his eyes were still fixed on her.

Yu Miaomiao didn't stop him, and asked, "Did things go well?"

"smoothly."

"Are you injured?"

Zhao Man shook his head, "No."

"After I finish washing, I'll wipe your back." Now she is round and chubby, but Zhao Man is much more emaciated.

Yu Miaomiao touched his face, and Zhao Man rubbed his cheek against her palm.

Her palms were a little itchy, she couldn't help laughing, her eyes fell on the big wheat-colored palm he was holding her on, she pressed it lightly, playing with his fingers.

"Have you lost your strength?" Zhao Man asked hoarsely.

Yu Miaomiao shook his head, "It's not heavy." He can control his strength very well now.

Zhao Man's hands were tender and soft, but he didn't dare to make trouble with her now. Her arm and hand were injured before, and he also served her. It took him a while to get used to it before he became proficient now.

Now that the weather is already very cold, Zhao Man didn't dare to let her soak too much, he quickly fished her out, just wrapped up Yu Miaomiao and put him on the bed, he was about to wash himself up, when he staggered, his heart started It hurts.

Zhao Man didn't care about himself, his voice trembled, "Miaomiao...do you feel uncomfortable? Are you about to give birth?"

If she wasn't bleeding, he wouldn't be in pain.

He is still very familiar with this long-lost pain.

Yu Miaomiao huddled under the quilt and saw some blood on the sheets, but her stomach didn't hurt and she didn't feel anything. She was inexperienced and a little anxious.

"No discomfort, I don't know... the stomach seems a little bloated." She said that she was not very sure.

"I'll go find Mrs. Wen." Zhao Man also panicked.

Wen Po lived at home, and Yu Miaomiao waited for him to go out, and quickly put on her middle coat, and took the menstrual belt to use it, and was about to take out a clean mattress from the closet to spread it on, when Zhao Man carried it The pale woman came.

Zhao Man kicked open the door earlier, and with a frozen face, he appeared in front of Wenpo like hell. The woman in her 40s turned pale with fright, and she didn't even bother to put on her coat, so she was caught by Zhao Man. Quite caught.

She is a stable woman, so it is not difficult to guess why Zhao Man came to her, and asked tremblingly: "Madam, is there something wrong?" She had seen it before dark, so it would not be so early.

Seeing Po Wen like this, Yu Miaomiao said apologetically, "Aunt Wang, I was bleeding just now, but my stomach doesn't hurt very much."

"Is there a lot of bleeding?"

"not much."

"Then it's okay, it's still early, I've seen redness, and I may start labor pains in the second half of the night, and it's normal to have labor pains later. The interval between pains is longer first, so it's early..."

Wen Po was talking to Yu Miaomiao, she suddenly trembled, her hairs stood on end, and on one side of her head, Zhao Man's face was pale, sweat poured down from his forehead, and he stared at her like a hawk, fearing that he might miss something. Character.

Yu Miaomiao also saw Mrs. Wen's gaze, and tugged at Zhao Man's hand, but he seized it forcefully.

Embarrassed, Yu Miaomiao diverted Wen Po's attention, "Maybe it's almost done when the number of labor pains becomes faster?"

"Ma'am, this is the first child, and it's red too..." Wen Po finished speaking, seeing that Zhao Man didn't stop her, she hurried away, the sound of footsteps, my mother, scared me to death, no wonder everyone said This prince is evil.

Yu Miaomiao looked at Zhao Man distressedly, "It's still early, don't be surprised anymore, there is still hot water in the kitchen, bring it here and I'll rub your back. I don't want to wash it anymore, I'll wipe it for you."

Zhao Man's tense body did not relax, "Lie down well, don't talk, close your eyes and sleep for a while, I will come after I wash up."

Yu Miaomiao couldn't get around him, so he let him go. After a while, she heard the sound of rushing water behind the screen, the lights were dim, and she saw the vague shadow of the man. This man...

Zhao Man came back soon, the water was already cold after taking a bath, his body felt cool, he waited for a while before crawling into the bed, Yu Miaomiao took the opportunity to check, there was no injury on his body.

Just as she was about to speak, Zhao Man stretched out his hand to caress her eyes, "Replenish your energy, your son is coming out tomorrow, so focus on giving birth."

Yu Miaomiao closed her eyes as she said, and after he flicked out the candle, he turned sideways, pecked her on the lips, stretched out his arm, put it on her belly, and remained silent.

Throughout the night, Zhao Man didn't dare to sleep soundly, and couldn't sleep soundly. He would feel pain from time to time, so he could only stay awake from time to time. A little noise could wake him up before, but now, he was afraid that he might miss something. .

Yu Miaomiao slept soundly, and it was not until dawn that her stomach began to swell and ache.

It wasn't until the evening that the pain seemed to be a little regular, but Wen Po said it was still early, and stayed up all night. She barely slept for a while in a daze, and whenever she opened her eyes, she would see Zhao Man opening her eyes and looking at her. , His eyes were bloodshot.

"You sleep for a while."

"I'll sleep after you give birth. I don't know how many days I will sleep."

Hearing what he said, Yu Miaomiao felt so soft in her heart that she didn't want him to be in pain at all.

It wasn't until noon that Yu Miaomiao's water broke, and this time she was really about to give birth.

The frequency of labor pains became more and more intensive, and Zhao Man's face became paler and paler. Yu Miaomiao didn't want to lie on the same bed with him to have a baby, and Wen Po probably couldn't accept it either.

Then I cleaned up the clean room and made it her delivery room. Zhao Man insisted on coming in, but Yu Miaomiao yelled at him and refused to leave, and he didn't listen to him when he talked to him in a friendly voice. Mr. Lan was afraid that he would fall to the ground because of Yu Miaomiao's bleeding. To add to the chaos, he was pulled out anyway, and several people stood guard outside the door.

Zhao Man couldn't hear the movement inside the room at all outside the door, he could only judge according to his own pain, when the pain came, he supported the wall and slowly relieved a few tone.

"Did you give birth?"

Mr. Lan walked up and down under the eaves, saying: "Not yet, the baby will cry when it is born."

Zhao Man didn't see it, and seeing old man Lan like this, he knew he wasn't born yet.

He asked every once in a while, and Dr. Qiu only thought it was his first time being a father, so he was unavoidably impatient.

"Her fetus is in the right position and well-raised. There will be no problem. Ah Man, let me give you a few needles. Don't move around."

Although it won't kill people, but looking at Zhao Man's appearance, it is really torture.

Zhao Man shook his head, "Wait a minute." He would not be relieved until he saw that the mother and child were safe.

Dr. Qiu didn't care about him either, they waited until it was dark and no one had the appetite to eat after Wen's cooking.

The production process was long and difficult, Yu Miaomiao saved her energy, and only hummed when she couldn't take it anymore.

The outside of the house was also very quiet, and there was no man roaring excitedly, or rushing in to hold her hand, and wanted to accompany her to give birth.However, she knew that Zhao Man must be outside the house, and when he was about to leave, he said that he would accompany her outside the house.

The two steady wives and the helper Mrs. Sun did their best to cheer up Yu Miaomiao, and she didn't scold Zhao Man either. She used all her strength with her breathing.

Hearing that Mrs. Wen said that she was about to come out, she grabbed the bed sheet, her legs trembled slightly, suddenly it seemed that something flew out, and her body suddenly lightened.

"Ma'am, it's born."

Hearing this, Yu Miaomiao felt weak all over, as if all her strength had been drained.

"Wow -" a loud cry came.

"He's a little gentleman, very strong." Sun said in a brisk tone, cleaned up the child, wrapped it in swaddling clothes and carried it to Yu Miaomiao.

The newborn baby's body was red, like a monkey, and he couldn't open his eyes, but he could only tell that he was not too small, and his fetal hair was wet and stuck to his head, and the color was very black.

Yu Miaomiao looked at the child, and suddenly felt that all the previous pain had dissipated at this moment, and an indescribable feeling surged in her heart, her and Qilang's child is so good, she has her own blood involved here , take root.

Mrs. Wen is still cleaning up for her, she can't move around, she just said to Sun: "Take it out and show it to his father." To reassure him, she didn't know how many pots of blood had been cleaned up under her body, I don't know How is Zhao Man?

Thinking of this man, her heart softened again.

Outside the house, Zhao Man leaned on a chair, looked at the door, motionless, his face was as pale as paper, and only his eyes were black and bright.

Behind him did not know when the snow fell, silently, and soon covered the ground with a layer, showing light.Fangling's first snow this winter has fallen.

A few flakes of snow fell on the top of his head and shoulders, and soon melted again, without the owner noticing it.

Just when his consciousness was about to blur, he was shocked when he saw old man Lan's footsteps stop.

"Did you give birth?"

Old man Lan turned his back to him and said, "It's the second quarter of the clock, and I'm crying so loudly, this kid has energy." He also breathed a sigh of relief.

Anxiety flashed across Zhao Man's eyes, Doctor Qiu came to help him, "You should rest assured."

Only then did Zhao Man's expression soften.

At this time, the door opened from the inside.

Mrs. Sun came out with the baby in her arms.

Zhao Man glanced at the baby in the swaddle. The little guy had his eyes closed. He had exhausted his strength from crying just now, and now fell asleep again.He murmured, "Son, I am your father." Unfortunately, he didn't hear his son's cry just now.

He added in his heart that if he had a wife and son, he knew that the stinky Taoist was talking nonsense.

Naturally, the child would not respond to him.

Sun said again that the mother and child were safe.Seeing that he had withdrawn his gaze, he carried the child to show the two old men.

Zhao Man walked slowly into the room, but within seven or eight steps, he was already on the verge of falling.

Sun's eyes flickered, and she thought, why does the prince look worse than the wife who just gave birth, his face is paper-like.

When Zhao Man came in, his eyes met. The husband and wife were sweating profusely. He clasped the edge of the bed, and his lips curled up in a satisfied arc: "Miaomiao..."

Seeing him like this, Yu Miaomiao said in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine, and the child is fine, but you're the only one who's not good. Go and lie down obediently. Don't make me worry."

He smiled and said, "Okay. I'll sleep for a while, and then accompany you."

After finishing speaking, her body fell forward and fell on her bed without making any sound.

Seeing the two steady women looking at each other in blank dismay, they panicked again, "Ma'am, this..."

Yu Miaomiao stroked his sweaty hair with wet palms, "Help him out, cousin is outside, hand him over."

He was exhausted and in pain.

"Hey, this is really..."

The two women are old, but there is no taboo between men and women. This is the delivery room, and men are not allowed to come in. Although this steady woman is afraid of Zhao Man, she has no choice but to grit her teeth and help Zhao Man who has lost consciousness. When he got up, Li Miaomiao whispered in his ear, "Qilang, sleep well."

When they reached the door, Doctor Qiu and Mr. Lan hurried up to meet him.

Yu Miaomiao lay on her back on the bed, hearing the rustling noises outside, her heart ached.

(End of this chapter)