Liu Hui finally collapsed because his injuries did not heal and he was infected with wind and cold. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he was lying in Hua Lianyue's arms, and he could feel his scorching heat through his clothes. He still fought hard and comforted: "I'm fine, it's just a fever, and it will be better if I sweat, don't worry too much." ”

He turned his head to look at the birdcage hanging under the window lattice, and inside was a white parrot with a yellow crown of feathers on its head like a blooming sunflower. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect Feng Si to be quite capable, and he really got a little sunflower cockatoch, but I don't know if it's like the one you raised before." ”

Unexpectedly, he still remembered the conversation so long ago, looking at his dark and serious eyes, Hua Lianyue suddenly felt that her nose was sour, and she couldn't tell what it was like in her heart.

She also looked sideways at the parrot who was pecking, and said with a smile: "It's a little similar, did it give it to me? Thank you in advance!" Her voice was soft, with a hint of tenderness.

Liu Hui's eyes have been intertwined with her, he didn't speak, but the corners of his lips kept a gentle smile!

Suddenly, a low cough came from outside the door, Hua Lianyue hurriedly got up and said, "What's wrong?"

Outside the door, Sister-in-law Li said in a low voice: "Miss, Ji Shizi is here." ”

Hua Lianyue's originally soft eyes immediately became sharp, she lowered her eyes, gently pressed the corners of the quilt for Liu Hui, and said, "Please let him in." ”

When Ji Huang came in, his face was gloomy, his steps were hurried, and there was an air of anxiety around him.

When Hua Lianyue saw him, she would think of Xiao Rong, and she would inevitably feel uncomfortable. She simply stood up and said, "I'll go and see if the medicine is ready." Liu Hui hummed lightly, she turned around and drifted away, but ignored Ji Huang from beginning to end.

Seeing her out of the room, Liu Hui barely sat up straight, he looked at Ji Huang with a gloomy face, frowned, and said, "But what happened to Beiming?"

Ji Huang sat down at the table, reached out and poured himself a cup of hot tea, and drank it all in one go. Only then did he snort from his nose and said angrily: "You have been soaking in the gentle township all day long, and you have long been happy, do you remember the things in the Northern Underworld?"

Liu Hui smiled low and said, "Isn't it for you to watch, I'm very relieved." ”

Ji Huang rolled his eyes and said, "Farewell, I'm just a small son of the world, and I can't afford such a big responsibility." ”

After a pause, Ji Huang still said in a low voice: "Yes, something really happened to Beiming......

Walking into the courtyard, Hua Lianyue looked around. In addition to the guards who came with Ji Huang, there were twice as many soldiers patrolling around as usual. Although she didn't know where Feng Si was hiding, she knew that as long as Liu Hui called him, he would inevitably dodge out from some dark corner.

It seems that something really big is going to happen.

She tightened her jacket tightly, as if trying to ward off the cold wind. Sister-in-law Li came to her with her hands folded and asked curiously, "Miss, why did you come out?"

Hua Lianyue frowned slightly, and said, "Is the general in the mansion?"

Sister-in-law Li shook her head and said, "It seems that I went to the barracks, and I won't be able to come back for a while." ”

Hua Lianyue nodded, and asked again, "But what happened?"

Sister-in-law Li approached her and whispered, "I heard from my man last night that there are signs of large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses on the North Underworld. ”

"Large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses?" Hua Lianyue couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard this, and muttered, "Are we going to fight with Beiming again?"

"Not really!" Sister-in-law Li laughed and said, "Miss is here for the first time, so naturally she doesn't know much about the current situation. Since the death of the old Northern Hades King two months ago, the soldiers and horses there have often moved frequently. I heard that the sons of the Northern Hades King all wanted to inherit the throne, and no one wanted to admit defeat, so they often brought their own men and horses to demonstrate to each other. However, this time their movements were a little louder, and the soldiers and horses kept approaching our side of Dongqin. The general is probably afraid that if they really fight, it will affect the people of our ancient town of Erna, so he will mobilize troops and horses to guard them strictly. ”

"I see, it scared me!" Hua Lianyue breathed a sigh of relief, she stretched her brows, and praised casually: "Sister-in-law Li, you know so much." ”

Sister-in-law Li sighed and said: "My family's ancestors have been military households for generations, they eat military food, get military salaries, and plant military fields, and they have been guarding this ancient town. My sisters are also married to military households, and the sons born in the future will also become military households if nothing else. Naturally, we are more worried about the situation on the border than those old men in the court, because once a war breaks out, it will be our fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, and even relatives and neighbors who will rush to the front.

After a battle, the court cares about the victory or defeat, and we care about whether the men in the family can come back safely. My father lost an arm on the battlefield, but he still had his life. My eldest brother lost his life in the hands of the Northern Underworld, leaving only my sister-in-law to live with her nephew, who was not yet a year old at the time.

Now my nephew is fourteen years old, and though he is not as tall as the iron gun, he has been incorporated into the barracks according to the rules. Fortunately, I am with my man, so I can help a little. ”

Hua Lianyue asked puzzledly: "Didn't you say that our Eastern Qin and Northern Darkness have been at peace for decades, how could your eldest brother still die at the hands of the Northern Immortals?"

When she mentioned this, Sister-in-law Li was full of anger, and she said hatefully: "On the surface, the two countries are indeed at peace with each other, but there are many conflicts between the soldiers stationed on both sides. Especially every year, when the grain planted in our military fields is ready to be harvested, those Northern Hell defenders will take the opportunity to come and rob.

Even if they only take a fifth of our food, it means that one-fifth of our soldiers and their families will starve. We are all rough people, we don't know what the big truth is, the original ancestors chose to become a military household, but also to eat a full meal to survive.

Now that the rations have been taken away, how can the soldiers agree, they naturally have to rise up and resist. Oh, anyway, even if we didn't fight, we had to lose a lot of lives every year for these bad things.

It's a pity that in the eyes of those big masters in the court, these things are not worth mentioning at all, and no one will take them to heart. We are also pressured not to make a big deal out of it, so as not to hurt the harmony between the two countries. So the previous generals of the town guard all asked us to drive away those defenders of the Northern Underworld, and we were not allowed to chase and fight hard.

So they are becoming more and more presumptuous and more and more blatant. A few years when the grain was ripe, those defenders of the Northern Underworld actually gathered in groups with swords in one hand and sickles in the other, dragging bamboo baskets behind their horses, and ran directly to the fields to harvest the grain that we had worked hard for a year. My eldest brother was killed by an arrow from those men during a grain harvest. ”

It was the first time Hua Lianyue had heard of these things, and she couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "Speaking of which, aren't those Northern Hell defenders no different from robbers!"

Sister-in-law Li sneered and gritted her teeth: "Not only robbers, they are also a group of demons who kill people without blinking." Sometimes, when the grain is not fully ripe, we preemptively collect it and hide it in the granary. When they came, they saw that there was nothing to rob, and in their anger, they would set fire to our granary. Once, my man ran too slow and almost burned to death in the granary. ”

These things, Hua Lianyue is simply unheard of, she is already speechless in shock.

Sister-in-law Li continued: "But since General Liu came over, he has taken the sergeants to fight back against them several times, and also captured their second prince Yu Guang alive. I heard that their prince came over in person and said a lot of good things, so General Liu released that Yuguang, and since then, those Northern Defenders have stopped a lot. ”

"I didn't expect my eldest brother to be so powerful!" Hearing this, Hua Lianyue's eyes were shining, and she looked proud.

Sister-in-law Li said with a smile: "Over the years, the generals in charge of the town guard have changed one after another, and General Liu is the youngest, the most courageous, and good-looking. You don't know, all the little girls here want to marry him, even if they can't be the general's wife, they can be a concubine with the army.

He was troublesome, and he didn't keep a single young girl in the general's mansion. No, even if you want to find someone to serve you, you're looking for us old sisters-in-law who have been married. Speaking of this, Sister-in-law Li covered her mouth and laughed.

The words turned too fast, and Hua Lianyue, who had listened to it with relish, twitched out of the corners of her eyes.

Sister-in-law Zhu was boiling medicine for Liu Hui in the small kitchen next to her, and the firewood crackled in the stove. The pitch-black medicine jar on the stove rattled and white smoke came out, plunging the entire kitchen into a cloud of steam. Hua Liyue found a thick piece of cotton cloth and hugged the lid of the hot clay pot, lifted it, and a wave of heat mixed with the rich medicinal fragrance came to her face.

Hua Lianyue turned her face sideways to avoid the heat, and then cautiously glanced into the medicine jar. Sister-in-law Zhu said with a smile on the side: "Don't look at it, the three bowls of water have been boiled into one bowl, and you can serve it to drink." ”

Sister-in-law Li saw that she was talking casually, so she hurriedly and secretly pushed her. Sister-in-law Zhu then remembered that the person in front of her was the general's sister-in-law, and the only eldest lady in the house was not the family members of the military families she usually came and went.

Sister-in-law Zhu hurriedly curtsied awkwardly, and said cautiously: "Miss, don't blame, I'm a rough person, although I speak casually, I'm not ignorant of humility." ”

Hua Lianyue laughed and said, "Sister-in-law Li, Sister-in-law Zhu, you really think I am a young lady from a big family! Actually, I am also a girl who grew up in the mountain col, and I am usually used to going south and north, so you really don't have to be so formal." ”

Sister-in-law Zhu was originally a little nervous, but when she heard Hua Lianyue say this, she laughed with relief.

Hua Lianyue re-closed the lid of the medicine jar, and asked, "I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable to drink the medicine on an empty stomach, do you have anything to eat?"

Sister-in-law Zhu hurriedly said: "There is mutton clear soup, wolfberry pork liver porridge, steamed pork balls, and some radish stewed beef." ”

Hua Lianyue frowned and said, "It's too greasy, King Xian is having a fever at the moment, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it." In this way, those pickles were good last time, and you can fish them out again. I'll get some white porridge and mix some side dishes. ”

Sister-in-law Li couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "It's still Miss who feels distressed and thoughtful." ”

Sister-in-law Zhu also quipped: "Our young lady is good, and she is good-looking, and she is also a good match for the virtuous king." I see, I will definitely become a virtuous princess in the future. ”

Hua Lianyue paused, and then said casually: "Sister-in-law Zhu, since the medicine has been boiled, please send it to King Xian first." These congee dishes are not troublesome, I just prepare them with Sister-in-law Li. ”

Half an hour later, Hua Liyue cautiously entered the house with a food box. Ji Huang didn't know when he left, and Liu Hui was the only one in the house. He leaned back on the soft pillow and drank slowly with the medicine bowl in his hand.

Although the flush on his face has not faded, he is still in good spirits.

"What about Ji Shizi?" Hua Lianyue put the food box on the table and began to serve the bowl outside. Although it was just some porridge and side dishes, she put some effort into making it colorful, and it made people have a great appetite when they looked at it.

"He has something important to do, and he's gone!" Liu Hui drank the last drop of the medicine, and grinned: "What kind of medicine is prescribed by the doctor, the tongue of a bitter person will be numb!"

Hua Lianyue took the empty bowl in his hand, handed him a glass of water for him to rinse, and said with a smile: "It is said that good medicine is bitter, you are a dignified prince, you are not afraid of such a long sword, are you still afraid of drinking some bitter medicine?"

She took another bowl of hot white porridge with her own hands, and said with a smile: "I've been hungry for most of the day, so let's use some of them! Although it is some porridge and side dishes, it is better than being hungry." ”

She helped Liu Hui get down from the bed, sat down at the table, and did not forget to move the burning brazier to his feet.

Liu Hui glanced at the table, and his appetite immediately rose. He picked up the bamboo chopsticks and drank the white porridge with those refreshing side dishes. Gradually, a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Give me another half bowl!" Liu Hui unceremoniously handed the empty bowl to her, and then chuckled: "I've been busy for so long, I guess you're hungry, let's sit down and eat some together!"

"Okay!" Hua Lianyue neatly helped him fill another half bowl of white porridge, and served a bowl for herself, and ate it with relish.

Liu Hui gently pulled the white porridge in the bowl with the bamboo chopsticks in his hand, and said slowly: "I want to leave for a while!"

Hua Lianyue happened to clip a salted egg yolk, and when she heard the words, she put the salted egg yolk into her mouth and chewed it slowly, and drank a large mouthful of white porridge before she said lightly: "When are you leaving?"

Liu Hui thought for a while and said, "I'll leave tomorrow!"

Hua Lianyue sighed casually, she no longer spoke, but continued to drink porridge quietly.

There was silence in the room, except for the occasional faint chewing sound.

Liu Hui was originally worried that she would be unhappy, but he didn't expect her to be calm and unconcerned, which made him feel uneasy in his heart.

After a pause, he finally couldn't help it, and said curtly, "Don't you want to know where I'm going?"

Hua Lianyue finally raised her eyes and glanced at him, she smiled, and said slowly: "I heard that the Northern Underworld is not peaceful now, if I guessed correctly, you are planning to sneak into the Northern Underworld secretly with Ji Huang!"