CHAPTER XXXI

The convoy walked for another ten days, and finally arrived at Youzhou City, because there was a rebellion here not long ago, although General Zhuo had led the troops to quell the rebellion, but now there are still heavy guards, led by a veteran general named Zhang Shouqian, and the 50,000 horses he commanded were the soldiers and horses that were withdrawn from Liang not long ago. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Entering the city, we lived directly in the Taishou Mansion, the previous Taishou had already died in the rebellion, and the new Taishou had not yet been appointed, so the Taishou Mansion had been empty, and the maids and servants in the house were all available, Chen Xie picked a courtyard for me, and picked two close-service maids for me, and went busy with his own affairs.

The first thing I did when I rested was to take a hearty shower, then I went to sleep with my head covered, and I didn't wake up until I woke up when I turned on the lamp. Chen Xie has not come back, I had dinner alone, so I took the book out to read, this is a book I brought out from the study of the East Palace, the book records the geography of the mountains and rivers of the Three Kingdoms and folk customs, this is a book I like a lot, I was looking at it with relish, suddenly a hand took the book out of my hand, I raised my head, it was Chen Xie, he turned to the cover and looked at the title of the book, and asked thoughtfully: "Do you like to read geography?" I calmly replied, "I was watching it interesting in the study the other day, so I just used it to pass the time." After speaking, he took the book back from his hand, put it on the table, and asked, "Have you eaten?" "I just had dinner with a few generals, how are you doing for dinner?" He sat there with a hint of tiredness, I replied that he had eaten well, he waved his hand and asked the maid to prepare the bath water, he looked at me for a while, I didn't bring women's clothes, I was still wearing men's clothes at this time, "Tomorrow I will send someone to make you two sets of clothes, we will probably live here for a while, what do you have to add tomorrow and let them prepare it for you." I nodded.

When he had washed up, we rested early, and I slept all afternoon, and I was still asleep there, but I lay still in bed. Chen Xie seemed to be extremely tired, and fell asleep not long after lying in bed. I closed my eyes and thought about my thoughts, in a trance, I heard the sound of someone talking outside, and after a while, someone knocked softly on the door, I held my breath, Chen Xie next to me was awakened by the knock on the door, he turned over and sat up and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" A maid trembled outside and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Wei asks to see you." Chen Xie got up and got out of bed, turned around and tucked my quilt, and walked out lightly.

This Mr. Wei is the first strategist by Chen Xie's side, there must be something important to come to Chen Xie at this time, I secretly thought to myself, Chen Xie did not come back this night, I fell asleep again until it was dark.

In the next few days, there were more guards in the mansion, and all people were not allowed to enter and leave at will, and the atmosphere above the Taishou Mansion was solemn. It wasn't until the evening of the fourth day that Chen Xie returned to the small courtyard, his face looked very pale, and he walked in tremblingly with the help of the attendant, and after entering the door, he lay directly on the bed, and after a while, a doctor came in to treat him, I was surprised, and hurriedly walked over to stand by the bed to watch, only to see the doctor untie his placket, revealing his chest, the chest was bandaged with gauze, faintly blood stains were revealed, it looked very serious, the doctor helped him up, untied the gauze layer by layer, revealing a three-inch long wound, The flesh on both sides of the wound turned outward, and the blood was drenched and looked hideous, and I gasped. Who is so bold? Dare to hurt him, or has the battle for the throne of Yan Kingdom reached the point where he could see the poor dagger?

Seeing Chen Xie lying weakly on the bed, my heart softened, took the medicine bowl brought by the maid, sat on the edge of the bed, and fed him to drink, he opened his eyes and looked at me, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he quickly closed his eyes. Putting down the medicine bowl, I took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of his mouth, and soon he fell asleep.

In the following days, Chen Xie was recuperating in the courtyard, and his advisers came here every day to discuss matters with him, and he leaned on the couch in the outer room to talk to the advisers, and I read books in the inner room, and they never avoided me in their deliberations, and gradually I learned many things that I did not know before.

Chen Xie this time in the name of coming to the disaster relief, in fact, in the secret to receive the army that had just returned from the Liang State, this group of people and horses when they went to the Liang State was secretly installed by Chen Xie his own cronies, in the name of the war "killed" a few dissidents, originally according to this method slowly and quietly into his own pocket, but before the matter was dealt with, Chen Pu used the name of the Youzhou riots to pull people back to Yan State, Chen Xie had no choice but to find an excuse to come and deal with it in person, and Chen Pu also understood his motives, So he sent an assassin to ambush in the middle of the road, but the assassination was not successful, and then arranged an assassin in Youzhou City, Chen Xie took advantage of his strength to fight and was stabbed, so as to kill the rest of the opponents according to a rebellious charge, and then told King Yan that now everything has settled, and all the troops in this army have been submissive to Chen Xie.

I thought about the wound on Chen Xie's chest that was only more than an inch, he could be said to have gambled his life this time, it was really not easy for him, the prince to do it, on the surface, he looked at the scenery but there were risks everywhere behind his back.

After more than ten days, Chen Xie's injuries were very good, and he was busier every day, he had already applied for recuperation in Youzhou, King Yan was greatly annoyed when he knew the news of his assassination, and sent someone to send good doctors and medicines, allowing him to stay in Youzhou temporarily, Chen Xie looked extremely weak in front of the people sent by King Yan, and as soon as they left, they immediately cheered up, convened the strategists and generals to discuss political affairs, and also sent people to win over the garrison generals of nearby states and counties.

I flipped through the "Geography of the Three Kingdoms" in my hand, Youzhou has been rich in horses and horses since ancient times, and it is an important production area for the military horses of the Yan Kingdom, as long as Chen Xie firmly grasps Youzhou in his hands, it is equivalent to choking the throat of the Yan cavalry. In this round of competition, Chen Xie had the upper hand.