Chapter XVIII
[Chapter 18 - Fei Burma] Don't hurry up to the private meeting
Although Duan Baiyue had been in retreat in the tomb to heal his injuries, with Duan Yao and Zhao Wu here, the Southwest Palace's mansion was also in order as usual - or rather, Duan Yao was in charge of scattering insects all over the sky, and Zhao Wu followed behind to clean up the mess for him. As for the rest of the southwestern affairs, they were handled by a few confidant officials, and they were not disturbed.
On this day, Nan Moye returned to the mansion to eat meat, and before he could wait for a stick of incense, he accidentally stepped on Duan Yao's red snake insect with one foot, and after being shocked and regretful, the master decisively patted his ass and returned to the back mountain, throwing the mess to the rest of the people.
Zhao Wu: "......"
Hua Tang asked, "Why don't I go to the forest to find another one?" It hasn't been frozen yet, and there should still be. ”
"I'll go." Zhao Wu had a headache, picked up the saber and said, "If that little ghost cries after coming back, only you and Aunt Jin can coax it." ”
Hua Tang advised: "If you can find a worm nest, remember to pick a more fat one, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to coax it." ”
The dense forest is quite far from the southwestern province, but the red snake insect has always preferred to forage at night, so the time is just right. Zhao Wu took an oil lamp and hung it on the tree, so he found a branch and planned to lie down and star. About half an hour later, the insect did not wait, but there was a faint cry for help and a tiger roar in the distance.
Zhao Wu turned over and got off the tree and chased after him.
In the middle of the woodland, a woman is covered in blood, holding a child in her arms, holding a sword in her right hand, and confronts a huge tiger in front of her. The little baby seemed to be frightened, and the cry of wow wow irritated the tiger even more, and it was about to pounce with a long howl.
The woman closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, and stabbed with a sword with all her strength, thinking that there was no way out, but she was pulled away and sat down in the grass next to her.
Zhao Wuhe put the knife into the sheath, knocked the tiger unconscious, and then stepped forward to help the mother and son up.
"Thank you, little brother." The woman's face was pale, and she couldn't even stand.
Seeing that she was seriously injured, Zhao Wu didn't have time to ask more, so he returned to the palace with someone on his back.
"It's back, it's back!" Aunt Jin was standing in front of the door looking forward to it, and after seeing it from afar, she hurriedly said happily, "The second young master is back!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a group of people rushed out of the house, Duan Yao, who was in tears, Hua Tang, who had been accompanying him, Nan Mo who was weak in heart so he still came back to coax his apprentice, Duan Baiyue, who had a splitting headache, and the maid who treated Duan Yao as a treasure.
"Where's the Red Snake Worm?" Aunt Jin asked.
The rest of the people were silent, shouldn't they first figure out who the woman who carried it back for no reason was.
"Who is she?" Duan Yao asked, burping by the way.
"Rescued from the forest, there was a tiger that somehow went down the mountain and almost ate the mother and son, and I have been knocked unconscious." Zhao Wudao, "Send someone to drag it back to the mountain, so as not to rush into the town and hurt people." ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm frightened and has some skin trauma." Hua Tang tried the woman's lower pulse, "Let's take it back to the guest room first, I'll treat her injuries." ”
Aunt Jin also held the little doll and coaxed, and the rest of the people went to help, and when this happened, Duan Yao didn't have the heart to ask for red snake insects anymore, so she squatted in the yard and dug a pit, ready to bury her beloved insects. Nanmo squatted beside him, his eyes wandered, arching him with his arm from time to time, his heart was in a hurry, he was really angry, and he didn't say a word to the master.
"I'll bring people back, are you okay?" Zhao Wu asked.
Duan Baiyue was puzzled: "This is your home, what is it to bring people back, you can tear down the house." ”
Zhao Wu also felt that he was a little funny when he was worried, so he scratched his head: "Then you can rest, I'll go back first." ”
"Xiao Yu." Duan Baiyue stopped him behind him, "Why don't you do your family affairs next month?" ”
Caught off guard, Zhao Wu made a big red face.
"To be honest like this, it's also a shame that other people's girls don't dislike it." Duan Baiyue smiled and shook her head, "If you have no opinion, this matter is settled." ”
In the guest room, Hua Tang treated the woman's injuries, and put the child who had eaten enough rice cereal beside her before gently exiting the door.
Zhao Wu was waiting for her in the hospital: "How is it?" ”
"It's all trauma, and you will faint if you bleed too much, and you will be fine after a month." Hua Tang said, "I asked her, and I only said that she came here from the island, and her husband unfortunately died, and she planned to go to Jindi to join her relatives." ”
"Hmm." Zhao Wu nodded, "After the injury is healed, see if there is a dart caravan going to Jindi, you can bring her over." ”
Hua Tang moved his muscles for a moment, and then looked at him suspiciously: "What are you blushing?" ”
Zhao Wu: "......"
Duan Yao and Nan Moxie sat on the roof, holding their cheeks and sighing deeply.
Honest and honest can kidnap a beautiful daughter-in-law like this, compared to it, the other one is simply embarrassing.
Getting married is naturally a big event, and for a while, the palace will be as lively as it is. After the woman healed from the trauma, she would also come to help, and the aunts and grandmothers in the house took pity on her and persuaded her to stay, but the woman insisted on leaving, and she was also stubborn.
On the day of the wedding, there were red lanterns everywhere in the Southwest Mansion, and Nan Moxie sat on the Taishi chair with a smile on his face and waited for tea - although he had never taught Zhao Wu Kung Fu, he was in good spirits, so it was natural to take advantage of it.
"Big brother." During the banquet, Zhao Wudao, "Thank you." ”
Duan Baiyue patted him with a smile: "If you become a parent, you will live a good life, and your father and aunt will be very relieved if you know about it." "After all, it was not easy to get such an honest and honest son who obediently married when he was old.
Not long after Zhao Wu became married, the tribes of Mobei led their troops south, and the battle in the northwest officially began. The Emperor of Chu drove the expedition in person, and many Jianghu sects also joined forces to resist the enemy. As for the war in the southwest, it quietly calmed down.
The people in the south were all very surprised, and they had been bluffing for several months, and they had already extinguished the war without even sending a minister. But at the same time, I am also very happy, after all, no one likes to fight at the doorstep, and it is more important to live in peace.
Since Qin Shaoyu is in the northwest, Zhao Wu naturally wants to go over to help. In the tomb, Nan Mo said evilly: "Obviously you are helping the Shadow Chasing Palace, but in fact, you are helping your sweetheart, send a younger brother over, you will not suffer a loss, and you will be able to take the opportunity to bargain in the future." ”
Duan Baiyue: "......"
However, in the afternoon of the same day, Aunt Jin was overjoyed and instructed the cooks in the house to make soup and make medicine.
Because Hua Tang is pregnant.
"Yes." After hearing the news, Nanmo sighed again, "At this speed, I'm afraid that even ten more Fire Cloud Lions won't be able to catch up." ”
Duan Baiyue sat in the ice room, feeling that she might go crazy again.
Why are other people's masters afraid that their apprentices will be disturbed during their exercises, but they themselves encounter such a chatter?
The battle situation in the northwest is turbulent, Chu Yuan is driving in person for the first time, and there are not many things to learn, but fortunately, most of the people around him can help and get a chance to breathe.
The weather was just right in the afternoon of this day, and in the camp of the Chu army, a woman in red was drying herbs, dressed in hot and enchanting clothes, obviously not from the Central Plains, but came with the tribesmen to treat the wounds of the vanguard soldiers.
"Cinnabar girl." Chu Yuan stepped forward.
"Your Majesty." The woman turned around.
"Do you have time?" Chu Yuan said, "I have some things that I want to ask the girl for. ”
"Nature." Cinnabar washed his hands and let him into his tent, "What does the emperor want to know?" ”
"The girl is a desert doctor and proficient in voodoo, I don't know if you have ever heard of the golden silkworm thread?" Chu Yuan asked.
"Hmm." Cinnabar nodded, "I've heard it, but I'm not familiar with it, and I haven't seen it." ”
"It doesn't matter." Chu Yuan said, "Just tell what you know." ”
"The golden silkworm thread is a poison of Miaojiang, extremely cunning, once it penetrates into the bloodline, it is difficult to remove it." Cinnabar said, "Once a year when you wake up, you will continue to sleep when you are full of blood, and once you wake up, the person in the Gu will be like ten thousand ants devouring the heart, and life is better than death." ”
Thinking of Duan Baiyue's pale face that day, Chu Yuan couldn't help but clench his right hand.
"The growth rate of the golden silkworm thread is extremely slow, and it may be nothing in the first ten years, but if you ignore it and let the Gu worms grow in your body, I'm afraid that no one will be able to survive twenty years." Cinnabar said, "Why did the emperor suddenly remember to ask this?" ”
"Is there a cure for it?" Chu Yuan's voice was a little hoarse.
"Supposedly, Cinnabar." Cinnabar said, "But I haven't even seen the golden silkworm thread, and Tianchen Sand is a legendary medicine, let alone where it is." If the emperor still wants to know more, Lord Ye Gu may be able to help, if he doesn't even know, he can only go to the southwest palace to ask, after all, it is something that only exists in the south. ”
"What if even the Southwest Palace's palace can't do anything?" Chu Yuan continued to ask.
"Then we have to look further south." Cinnabar said, "I have heard the old people in the clan say that there is a Fei Burma country south of the Chu State, also known as the Wu Kingdom, which is already good at this kind of poison, and it should be helpful." ”
Filipino-Burmese country. Chu Yuan nodded: "Thank you, girl." ”
After returning to the camp tent, Sixi happened to be tidying up his desk, so Chu Yuan asked him.
"The Kingdom of Filipino?" Sixi's father-in-law shook his head, "It is said that it is very mysterious, the whole country lives in the forest swamp, and no one has seen it." ”
"Where would there be such a country." Chu Yuan smiled, "If you really let the people live in the swamp, I'm afraid that the country will be destroyed in three days." ”
Sixi said fairly: "Why did the emperor suddenly ask about this?" ”
"Nothing." Chu Yuan asked, "Is there still wine?" ”
Sixi's father-in-law hurriedly went down to get it.
As an emperor, Chu Yuan's life was really frugal, and he didn't bring a single superfluous thing for the march and battle, if he had to say that it was special, he only brought three altars of scarlet xia.
The wine is very sweet, and you can sleep peacefully after drinking it.
In the southwest mansion, Duan Baiyue also leaned in front of the window, raising her head and drinking the snow in the cup.
In the months that followed, war reports continued to arrive at the palace.
The Chu army was like a bamboo, first attacking the Kamo River and then breaking through Yunhan Prefecture, the rebel camp was bizarre and fired, the gunpowder explosion almost broke the sky that night, the Chu Emperor took advantage of the victory to pursue, the other party scattered and fled, and knelt on the ground to surrender.
Since the first emperor of Chu, the ten years of chaos in the northwest have finally won a great victory, and the northern Mobei tribe has been completely expelled. On the winding border of the country, there are tens of millions of great Chu men who are like iron border defenses cast with flesh and blood.
The Chu army returned with a great victory, and the southwest army also secretly returned in batches. The people are saying that the emperor is really amazing, and the first battle was fought so beautifully.
Hua Tang gave birth to a pair of twins, chubby, Duan Yao smiled every day and followed behind. Aunt Jin was frightened, for fear that he would have a whim to send a worm to her nephew.
Duan Baiyue's internal injuries also gradually healed, although the golden silkworm thread still could not be eradicated, but it was also temporarily dormant, at least it would not be affected for the rest of the year.
On this day, there was a secret report from the palace, saying that the Emperor of Chu had sent envoys to the country of Fei Burma.
……
"The Kingdom of Filipino?" Duan Baiyue was puzzled, "What are you going to do there?" ”
"Needless to say?" Nanmo evil squint.
"Master knows?" Duan Baiyue was still puzzled.
Nan Mo Xie reminded: "I heard that the lord of the country of Nafi Burma was born very tall and handsome. ”
Duan Baiyue: "......"
Nan Mo Xie sighed: "It looks like Pan An." ”
Duan Baiyue said: "Master has been reading a lot of books these days. "I can still know Pan An.
"Can't you do something?" Nan Mo Xie asked again.
Duan Baiyue put down the letter in his hand: "For example? ”
"At the very least, you have to change into new clothes, find another painter, and send your portrait to the royal city." Nanmo said evilly, "The painting is better, it's not like you, it's not like you, after all, I haven't seen each other for so long, and Emperor Chu should have forgotten what you look like." ”
Duan Baiyue called Duan Nian with an expressionless face and dragged him out directly.
Nanmo Xie sighed again and again, this point is out, and I don't know if I will drink the next cup of happy tea before I die next time.
When the two little babies had long and hard bones, Zhao Wu came to Duan Baiyue to say goodbye.
Duan Baiyue sighed: "It seems that I still can't keep you." ”
"My heart is not here, and I am not happy to stay." Zhao Wudao, "But the Shadow Chasing Palace is not far from the Southwest Mansion, if there is time in the future, Hua Tang and I will often bring our son back." ”
"During my days of retreat, you and your younger siblings have worked hard to take care of Yao'er." Duan Baiyue patted him, "Okay, take care all the way." ”
"And Celestial Sand." Zhao Wudao, "I'll also help you find it." ”
Duan Baiyue smiled: "Thank you." ”
Hearing that Zhao Wu was leaving, Duan Yao was naturally reluctant, so he personally went to the back mountain to dig up a jar of worms and gave them to Huatang.
……
Aunt Jin began to complain about Nan Mo evil again, Master Nan taught it indiscriminately when he was a child, and it was all a bad habit to see what kind of habit this was.
A month later, the secret line of the Southwest Mansion replied, saying that the Emperor of Chu had gone to Dayan City to patrol.
"Why don't you hurry up?" Nan Moye leaned against the door and urged, "I'll watch Yao'er for you, so that he won't make trouble." ”
The Fire Cloud Lion had good foot strength, and it took only five days for an ordinary horse to reach the city gate after a ten-day journey.
This time, Chu Yuan did not go south, and there were not a few people accompanying him, so he naturally did not stay in a guest house, but in a post house.
It was a rainy night, and Chu Yuan was leaning on the table and flipping through the book, when there was a slight sound from the window lattice.
The Imperial Forest Army rushed to hear the movement, but before they could enter the door, they were sent back by Sixi's father-in-law with his hands, and said not to disturb him again.
……
Chu Yuan was still looking at the folding, and he didn't raise his head: "Does the King of the Southwest really like to flip through the window so much?" ”
Duan Baiyue leaned against the window, looking at his figure and smiling.