Chapter 165: Mishearing the News
At the post house, people come and go on the street, and there is an endless stream of people from all over the city in front of the door. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Tang Guxi led the three horses to walk back slowly, she took the horses to graze early in the morning, the horses followed them all day long, really tired, fortunately the water and grass on the bank of the river are abundant, the river is full, the three horses are full of food and drink, a leisurely and peaceful appearance.
There were two small bags of baked cakes hanging on the horse, ready to go back to Aunt Sun and Uncle Sun to eat. The food here was simple, and the two elders were frail and sickly, so she was afraid that she would not be able to entangle them enough, and she did not dare to take them to eat any delicacies from the mountains and seas, so she had to go to the street and buy a few sesame oil baked cakes and bring them back for them to have a full meal.
"Hey, have you heard, news came from the frontier that our army had won a great victory and captured a general of the enemy army!"
"Is that really the case?"
"Yes, listening to a friend who just came from the east, how dare you talk nonsense about the news in the army?"
One or two pedestrians passed by, and you and I were talking one by one, as if they were discussing the border war......
Tang Guxi stopped, his face was a little stiff, he turned his head to look for the two people who were talking, and saw that the two had just walked not far away, so he hurriedly shouted: "Please stay, two of you!" ”
She chased after them in a panic, stood in front of the two, and asked, "Two eldest brothers, what you just said, but the news from the border?" ”
The two men looked at her with suspicious expressions: "Who are you, and what are you doing here?" ”
"I ...... I just heard it and was curious. The two eldest brothers seem to be extraordinary people, and now there are probably not many civilians who can care so much about national affairs and wars. Seeing that the two of them hesitated, Tang Guxi changed his tone and complimented the two of them.
When the two men heard this, they were indeed very happy, and when they were overjoyed, they also opened their mouths, and said in a low voice: "Since the girl has the heart to hear it, then I will tell you the truth." He turned his head and looked around, but in fact, no one around paid attention to them, and his voice lowered, "A few **** fellows came from Liangyu, passing through several villages close to the battlefield, and I heard the villagers there say that the two armies had a battle, and our army broke Qiao's soldiers!" One of the generals also captured the great general in the opposing army! ”
The more Tang Guxi listened, the more solemn his eyebrows became, "Is this true?" ”
The stunned look on the man's face was a little exaggerated, and his neck stretched back, "You don't believe in pulling down, in short, I have nothing to say!" ”
With that, he snorted lightly, glanced at Tang Guxi, turned around and walked away with his companion, still whispering on the way.
Tang Guxi was stunned, and the pedestrians around her kept passing by, and she didn't seem to feel it, and she was unconscious. After a long time, she pulled out of her thoughts, took her horse with a heavy heart, and continued to walk towards the inn.
Wu Ben's army was defeated? Someone was captured?
Who could it be?
General...... General Qi Zhao can't be, then it can only be another general. General Sima, Major General, Deputy General, Su Chen...... Who could it be?
She knew that she shouldn't believe the rumors in the market, most of them were not true, and it was still the situation of the battle. If Qiao Bing really won a big victory and Wu Ben's army was really defeated, she would have gotten some news anyway, and she wouldn't not hear the slightest rumor.
But her heart was still uneasy and worried, which made her pace slow down a lot.
"Miss Tang, what's wrong?"
Before I knew it, I walked to the door of the post house. At the threshold, Aunt Sun has been waiting here, and when she saw her coming back in a trance, she wanted to stretch out her hand to help her.
Tang Guxi raised his head and saw her, first stunned for a moment, then reluctantly smiled, took down the baked cake from the horse, and handed it to Aunt Sun.
"Auntie, this is the baked cake I bought, I don't know if your second elder has eaten lunch, the baked cake just bought back, go eat it while it's hot."
"We've been waiting for you to come back, and we haven't moved our chopsticks yet. The food is on the table, just waiting for the young lady. Hey, I really don't need to buy these things, it costs an extra silver tael. Aunt Sun took the heavy bag and said while walking towards the courtyard with her, "Our old couple are half of the people who have entered the ground, how can we be so particular, Miss is really as kind as Madame......"
Tang Guxi listened, with a faint smile on his face, tied the horse to the stable, turned to look at her, and said, "Auntie, you will still call me Miss Tang in the future, I am ...... now It's long since she is no longer the eldest lady of the Tang Mansion. I'm the same as Lin Luo, I'm an ordinary woman, you can call her whatever you want. ”
After hearing this, Aunt Sun smiled bitterly and said, "Miss, although you have left home, in the eyes of the old woman, you are still the young lady of the Tang Mansion and the Ehime of Mrs. Tang." For the old woman, no matter where you are, you are my Xuan'er's young lady! Therefore, the young lady still tolerates the old woman and continues to call it like this. ”
Tang Guxi's heart was moved by these words, she stared at Aunt Sun's weather-beaten cheeks, as if she saw her mother's face when she stared at her, and she couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart.
"Okay, how can the eldest lady call it if she likes." She smiled, turned around and walked into the house, and Aunt Sun followed with a smile.
"Hey," on the stairs, Aunt Sun sighed, "It's been three days, Miss Lin and Lin Gongzi haven't come back yet, Miss Tang, shouldn't something really happen to them?" ”
Tang Guxi swallowed dryly, but did not speak, and continued to walk with a lonely expression.
When Aunt Sun saw her like this, she didn't ask anymore. After the two entered the room, Uncle Sun had just put the dishes and chopsticks on the table, although the dishes were simple and the rice soup was light, they didn't care about these.
After the three of them sat down, they stopped talking. Tang Guxi lowered his head, buried his cheek in the bowl, didn't say a word, the chopsticks in his hand slowly stirred the rice soup, he didn't eat for a long time, he just kept meditating on something.
"Did Miss Tang encounter something?" Seeing that her heart was so serious, Uncle Sun asked worriedly.
Aunt Sun gave him a look and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid I'm worried about Miss Lin and the others...... They haven't come back yet, and they don't know what happened. According to Miss Lin, if we don't return for two days, we will have to leave this place. But now, how can we ignore the safety of those two children and walk away? ”
"yes, then again, there are two of us who are not ......"
Tang Guxi raised his head, his eyes were faintly red, he looked at them and smiled, and said, "What are you talking about, how can I blame you for this?" If you want to say no, it's also ours, the three of us have been dangerous all the way, pulling your two elders into the quagmire and delaying the time to go home. Now, Gu Xi only asks you not to blame...... If you blame, blame Xi'er alone. ”
She paused, smiled bitterly, and took a deep breath: "Lin Luo and Lin Xun, I don't know how safe they are at this moment...... And Liang Yu's Wu Ben army, I don't know how many people survived the battle, and whether they can still face the battle again. The generals among them...... Maybe some of them are dead......"
At this point, her voice choked up, and tears fell all over her skirt. (To be continued.) )