Chapter 49: Sour and Astringent (Added 2000)
As soon as Qi Wu left for about half an hour, Qin Shu woke up, and there was still a little confusion in his eyes.
She felt a little head, so she raised her hand and pinched her forehead, and smelled a faint smell of blood at the end of her nose.
Remembering what happened before she fell unconscious, she sat up from the bed suddenly, looked around vigilantly, and found that she was still in bed at home, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
There is also an oil lamp in the bedroom, which is a little dim, but you can see it clearly.
There were a lot of blood stains on her clothes, and they were all dry, and I am afraid that they would not be able to wash them off even if they were washed.
She wasn't hurt, the blood belonged to the man.
Qin Shu simply took off his bloody clothes and threw them into the space. I found a clean long jacket and put it on my body, and then walked out.
In the living room, it's still the same as before. The words she had written were still placed upright on the kang table on the Luohan couch, the pen and ink were not put away, and the candles were still burning on the candlesticks, and some candles were about to burn out.
Qin Shu stepped forward and blew out the other candles, leaving only a relatively thick candle to illuminate, and the room suddenly became much darker.
Qin Shu walked out of the living room and walked to the living room, only to find that Dongxue and Qiushuang were lying on the chairs on the side, still asleep, she didn't wake them up, but lifted the felt curtain and walked out.
The courtyard was silent, there was no sound, and the lanterns in the hallway gave off a faint glow, swaying back and forth with the night breeze.
The mother-in-law who kept watch at night was nowhere to be seen, and I am afraid that she would also be put down.
Qin Shu sighed. It seems that no one knows what is going on here, and no one has found Fang Chengan, no, Qi Wu and them, and even, no one in her yard has come, otherwise it would not be so quiet. She didn't know whether she was disappointed or relieved.
After all, it's night, everyone is asleep, and no one will come to the door.
She returned to the house and woke up Winter Snow and Autumn Frost.
The two didn't know when they fell asleep, they just thought that they were lazy and were caught, so they quickly knelt down in horror and pleaded guilty.
Qin Shu comforted them a few words, and then asked them to go back to rest, and the things would be packed up tomorrow.
Although the two were very uneasy, they heard that Mrs. did not mean to blame, and they were a little relieved, and they didn't dare to ask more, so they obediently obeyed the order and retreated.
Qin Shu closed the door and went back to the room, and saw blood stains on the floor of the living room, so he hurriedly cleaned it up. Then he blew out the candles, went back to the bedroom in the middle of the house, took off his shoes and went to bed, and entered the space again.
When she soaked in the bathtub of the space bathroom, her tense mind completely relaxed, took a light breath, and closed her eyes.
This time, it was indeed her defeat.
After a few years of easy days, she even lowered her vigilance a lot, and she didn't even notice that people came to her, and in the end, she was stunned. If that person wanted her own life, I'm afraid she would be dead by now.
Thinking of this, Qin Shu opened her eyes, and a strong sense of self-blame and unwillingness surged in her heart.
She can't be so comfortable and decadent anymore, she must strengthen her exercise and be vigilant.
This incident is a great shame for her.
She would never allow that to happen a second time.
And that Qi Wu.
She needs to look it up.
She didn't believe that people like Qi Wu had no name.
The premise is that Qi Wu did not deceive her.
You'an is coming back soon, so maybe you can ask him.
He must have known.
However, she can't always rely on You'an. From now on, it will be necessary for her to collect information and intelligence.
After You'an was able to take charge on her own, she rarely paid attention to the things outside.
Regarding Qi Wu's words that can be called "confession", Qin Shu didn't take it too seriously, although his attitude and tone were very serious.
They have known each other for too short a time, but they have only met a few times, and the time they have been together has been together for less than a day, and it is too hasty and frivolous to say that they like it, and she can't believe it anyway.
Even if he really likes himself, maybe he just likes his appearance, and he must come and go quickly, and he is not trustworthy at all. After a while, he will inevitably forget about this ridiculous liking.
She didn't have to worry about it at all, or even worry about it.
Qin Shu got up from the bathtub, rinsed off the foam on her body, and put on her bathrobe. When she saw herself in the mirror, she was suddenly stunned and looked carefully.
She is still young now, especially when she smiles lightly, two small pear vortices are revealed on her lips, and a sense of sweetness and freshness comes to her face, becoming more and more unlike a person of this age, plus, her complexion is white and red, she has always been excellent, even if she dresses up in the old, but where her appearance is, she will still look extraordinarily young.
Then Qi Wu should not be confused by her appearance, right?
It's a pity that no matter how young she looks out, her heart is old, and she doesn't have the heart to fall in love at all.
Qin Shu shook her head slightly, turned around and walked out.
Lying on the big bed in the bedroom, Qin Shu slowly fell asleep.
At the same time, Minzhou City is more than ten miles away.
Qi Wu suddenly grabbed the reins and turned to look at Minzhou City.
"My lord?" Seeing this, Shi Fang also stopped, and looked at Qi Wu in surprise on his horse.
A hint of clarity flashed in Cao Mu's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Is the lord reluctant to let Mrs. Qin go?" Anyway, it's still too late, otherwise, let's go back again and bring out the lord's sweetheart. β
Qi Wu retracted his gaze, glanced at him with a smile, and said, "Young poor mouth, let's go!" β
Cao Mu smiled, he didn't understand a little, since the lord was so reluctant to let people go, why didn't he take her away?
Qi Wu narrowed his eyes, he thought he
Five narrowed his eyes, did he think he didn't want to? Unfortunately, he couldn't take her with him. She wouldn't have left with him.
"As far as I can go back to Qizhou, I can't wait to fight Qin Youan." After Qi Wu finished speaking, he led the pioneer horse away.
Cao Mu and Shi Fang glanced at each other, and also chased after them.
In any case, the lord is positive and self-motivated, which is a good thing!
After waking up early the next day, Qin Shu nearly doubled the amount of training, of course, within the tolerance of her body.
In this life, she cherishes her life very much and will never overdraw her body.
Because the exercise time is longer, the time to "get up" is naturally later than in the past, and the sky is bright.
Dongxue and the others were already waiting outside the door.
Hearing the sound of people shouting inside, he rushed in with things.
As soon as Qin Shu had breakfast, she heard Chen Xiuyuan ask to see her.
Qin Shu was not surprised by this, he must have found that "Fang Chengan" was gone, so he couldn't wait to see her.
After all, she was the one who reminded him in the first place.
He must have thought he knew something.
"Please Chen Dushi go to the living room." Qin Shu rinsed her mouth, pressed the corner of her lips with a handkerchief and said.
Chen Xiuyuan was led into the courtyard and into the living room, and the maids served tea, and he sat on the table below and waited.
Although his face was still calm and light, his heart was already anxious.
The lord trusted him so much that he handed over all the affairs after leaving to him, but he made such a big mistake that he let people with ulterior motives get involved.
At the beginning, when Mrs. Qin reminded him, he was indeed suspicious, but he didn't find out what was wrong with him in the past few days, and he had a lot less suspicion in his heart, but he thought it was a misunderstanding, or Mrs. Qin made a mistake, but he didn't expect that at this time, Fang Chengan actually fled overnight, and he didn't receive the news until the next day.
It simply slapped him in the face, making him feel ashamed and embarrassed, and his face was even more painful.
If that Fang Cheng'an stays for a longer period of time, maybe he will dispel his suspicions and suspicions about him, and he will be reused by the lord under his recommendation. At that time, the loss will only be greater, and maybe it will ruin the lord's great affairs.
Now he can only rejoice that Fang Cheng'an escaped, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.
He has already sent someone to hunt him down, and he also knows the other party's ability, and letting him go is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, and it can't be used by them, so it can only be killed.
He can only do this to make up for his mistakes.
It's a pity that he doesn't know the identity of the other party until now.
Otherwise, it won't spin around like a headless fly.
He could only come and ask Mrs. Qin now, maybe she would know more.
"Meet Madame in the evening." As soon as Qin Shu entered the living room, Chen Xiuyuan immediately got up and bowed to Qin Shu.
"Chen Du is not welcome, please take a seat!" Qin Shu sat down in the upper seat and said with a smile.
"Mrs. Xie." After Chen Xiuyuan thanked him, he sat down again.
"Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, Chen Dushi came to see me in such a hurry, but what is the important matter?" Qin Shu said.
Chen Xiuyuan smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said to Qin Shu: "As Mrs. expected, Wansheng came to apologize to Mrs. and ask for help this time. β
"Oh? What's going on? Qin Shu knew what was going on, but she still looked surprised.
"Being born late has the trust of my wife." Chen Xiuyuan got up again and solemnly bowed to Qin Shu.
After a pause, Fang said with some difficulty: "Fang Cheng'an...... Escaped overnight. β
Qin Shu's expression moved slightly.
"It's all my fault, I couldn't reveal his identity in time, and let him escape. Obviously, Madame has already reminded me, but I ......" Chen Xiuyuan's face showed a look of shame, and continued, "I really don't have the face to come to see Madame." β
"Have you found out who he is?" Qin Shu asked.
"Late Sheng is ashamed that he didn't find out his true identity." Chen Xiuyuan was even more ashamed.
"Since he didn't find out, why did he run away?" Qin Shu asked in surprise.
She also thought that Qi Wu wanted to escape in such a hurry because he exposed his flaws and was found out.
"This ...... The subordinates are also not clear. Chen Xiuyuan said in frustration.
He didn't understand why Fang Chengan was about to succeed and still left.
As long as he doesn't show his flaws, he will definitely stay.
But he left like this before the marshal came back, which is really incomprehensible.
"Madame, do you have any clues about Fang Cheng'an's identity?" Chen Xiuyuan asked sincerely.
Qin Shu paused for a moment and shook his head slightly.
Qi Wu's identity, she still waited for You'an to come back and ask him, there was no need to tell Chen Xiuyuan first. The man had been gone for so long, and their chances of catching up were slim.
Chen Xiuyuan was even more disappointed, but still asked, "In that case, why did Mrs. doubt him in the first place?" β
Qin Shu smiled slightly and said, "Intuition." β
Chen Xiuyuan was speechless, he never thought it would be this answer.
"Okay, you keep pursuing, I can't do anything about this matter." Qin Shu picked up the teacup and said.
"Yes, late retirement." Seeing this, Chen Xiu could only restrain his feelings and get up to say goodbye to Qin Shu.
When Chen Xiuyuan walked to the door, his footsteps paused, he always felt that his wife should know something, but she didn't tell him, and he was helpless. With a sigh, he walked away.
When Zhou Zhen'er came, she happened to see Chen Xiuyuan walking away, so she paused for a moment and walked in.
Qin Shu didn't let Zhou Zhen'er come over early to say goodbye, she let her come over after breakfast.
Zhou Zhen'er is dressed very brightly today, and her makeup is much more exquisite than before, her eyes are shining, and there is a smile at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, as if the whole person is alive
In general, it doesn't seem to be the same as before.
Qin Shu was not surprised, after all, if there was no accident, You'an should be able to get home today. Zhou Zhen'er's feelings for You'an, she has always seen it in her eyes.
After Zhou Zhen'er saluted Qin Shu, she accompanied Qin Shu and talked for a while.
Qin Shu was a little bored, so she wanted to go out for a walk, and Zhou Zhener volunteered to accompany her.
"Aunt Qin, the flowers in several gardens in the mansion have bloomed, and they are very beautiful. Especially in the garden in the east, the peach blossoms and pear blossoms bloom particularly beautifully, the day before yesterday, I also asked the maid to pick some peach blossom petals to boil porridge and drink, I heard that after the woman drinks, the appearance will be as beautiful as the peach blossoms! Zhou Zhen'er said shyly and excitedly.
Qin Shu smiled: "Then go and have a look!" He also instructed the girls to pick some too, and if they didn't pick any more, they would wither.
The group slowly walked to the east garden, and the peach blossoms were indeed not as good as they had been a few days ago, no longer so pink and tender, and had withered a lot. However, the other flowers are blooming just right, and they are very beautiful.
But everyone was a little disappointed and picked some of them.
Qin Shu looked around for a week and found that there were no traces of the fight that day.
Zhou Zhen'er didn't expect this, her face showed a little embarrassment, and she said in a sneering voice: "I'...... When I came the day before yesterday, it was still in good shape. β
Qin Shu smiled: "I don't blame you. The flowering period of this peach blossom is already short. β
She had seen the scenery here for a long time, so how could it be rare, she just wanted to come out for a walk.
"Aunt Qin, will the marshal come back today?" When they went back, Zhou Zhen'er helped her, with a little expectation, and asked cautiously.
Qin Shu smiled: "If there is no accident, I should come back." What, do you miss him? β
Zhou Zhen'er's face turned red all of a sudden, lowered her head, and stammered, "I...... I didn't...... No, no, no, I want to ......"
"Okay, I'm kidding you, don't be so real." Qin Shu saw that she was about to cry, so she quickly interrupted her and said.
Zhou Zhen'er breathed a sigh of relief, but she was too ashamed to raise her head.
Seeing this, Qin Shu could only let her go back first. She herself went to the Red Lotus Courtyard, looked at the female students, and saw that they were all serious about practicing martial arts, so she didn't bother, so she went back to her courtyard.
Just after lunch, a spy sent out to send back the news that the marshal was twenty miles away and would soon arrive.
Hearing the news, Qin Shu was overjoyed and immediately wanted to go to the city gate to greet her.
was persuaded by Mama Shi.
"Madam, don't worry, you better take a nap first, the marshal won't be there for a while. You are in good health, why go there to blow the cold wind, if you get cold, won't the marshal feel distressed? β
Qin Shu can be stable here, after all, she is the marshal's mother, and others can't be calm. Almost the entire process of military and civilian action was launched.
Not to mention the soldiers who stayed behind, even those ordinary people wanted to greet the marshal and see the marshal's demeanor.
The city gate was opened, Chen Xiuyuan, Cheng Yingcai and other generals led a group of soldiers to greet the colonel outside the city gate early, and the people in the city occupied the road, full of excitement.
After the marshal led the troops to the battle, the good news kept coming back. Knowing that the marshal has occupied many places again, maybe he will be able to claim the throne in the future!
However, not everyone is happy about Qin Youan's return. For example, the Huang family and the Xu family.
When the marshal returns, it means that the Huang family is about to be unlucky.
It's not that the Huang family didn't want to escape, but where can they flee now? What's more, the eldest young master of the Huang family is still under Marshal Qin!
Mrs. Huang was too frightened and fell ill a long time ago.
Compared with the Huang family, the Xu family is not much better.
Vice Marshal Xu is still lying on the bed, and Mrs. Xu washes her face with tears all day long.
The three sons were not angry, and the father fell ill, and they were all like frosted eggplants.
Xu Huizhu is naΓ―ve and ignorant, she has a huge family, relying only on Shen Jingfang's support alone, and keeps the Xu Mansion in good order, and after a few days, she is so thin that she is almost out of shape.
Qin Shu didn't know the situation of the Xu and Huang families, and she didn't care.
It has nothing to do with her, and now, even Shen Jingfang, she doesn't pay attention to it.
How about love!
Qin Shu took a nap, but she still couldn't sit still.
After letting people dress up, they took a carriage to the outside of the city gate, and Zhou Zhen'er also went with him.
As soon as Qin Shu's carriage arrived outside the city gate, he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, as if the earth was shaking.
Qin Shu hurriedly lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked into the distance. I saw a dark cloud in the distance with the vibration, flying forward, the iron armor forest, the iron hooves flying, the flag waving, a big "Qin" word, I saw it from afar, and the momentum was amazing.
"It's the marshal who has returned." Zhou Zhen'er shouted in surprise and excitement.
Not only her, but almost everyone had a smile on their faces.
The marshal has finally returned.
Qin Shu was also looking forward to it in her heart, her eyes were slightly sour, and she looked at the distant gaze, but she didn't know when it was blurred.
The neighing of horses sounded, and the cavalry led by Qin Youan finally arrived in front of them.
The crowd, led by Chen Xiuyuan and Cheng Yingcai, all saluted him and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the marshal!" β
All the soldiers also shouted in unison: "Welcome Marshal!" β
The momentum is earth-shattering.
Qin Youan sat on the horse and looked around for a week, with a somewhat satisfied smile on his face.
"All soldiers are exempt!"
After Chen Xiuyuan and Cheng Yingcai straightened up, they stepped forward, and Chen Xiuyuan even said: "The marshal has worked hard all the way, and his subordinates have ordered someone to prepare a banquet to catch the wind for the marshal."
Wash the dust for the marshal. β
Qin Youan nodded and said, "During the time that Ben Shuai left, thanks to you guarding the rear, you have also worked hard. β
"The marshal has won the award, compared to the marshal, what is our hard work? What's more, that's what we should do. Chen Xiuyuan and the others were a little flattered and said excitedly.
Qin You'an calmed the generals, saw the carriage not far away, his eyes were stunned, he hurriedly got off the horse and walked over quickly. He had already seen his mother.
Walking to the carriage, Qin Youan's footsteps suddenly slowed down.
He looked at the familiar face of his mother in the carriage, his nose was slightly sour, because he was wearing armor, it was not suitable to salute, so he could only kneel on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "My son meets his mother." β
Qin Shu's tears couldn't help but roll down, but with a smile on her face, she nodded and said, "Hurry up!" β
With that, he got out of the carriage directly, walked over, and helped him up.
Qin Youan stood up according to her strength, looked at Qin Shu, his eyes couldn't help but redden, and said movingly: "Mother, my son is back." β
"It's good to be back." Qin Shu looked at his face, as if he couldn't get enough of it.
She reached out and touched his cheek, and said with some distress: "Thin, also dark." "Even the stubble is popping up. It looks a lot more mature.
Qin Youan smiled, held Qin Shu's hand on his face, and said, "You can come over in two days." Mother, my son has always missed you, you are not by your son's side, your son seems to be missing the backbone, and my son is here to pick you up this time. β
This month, he did have a very tired time, but it was also very fulfilling.
Moreover, he is still young and physically strong, and he does not feel that much work.
"You're going to make me happy." Seeing his son smirk, Qin Shu also laughed, although what he said was numb, his heart was extremely ironed, "Okay, let's go back and talk about it if we have something to say." Accept you as a fool, lest your subordinates see that they will laugh at you and degrade your majesty. β
"Who of them dares!" Qin Youan raised his eyebrows and said with a cold snort.
Zhou Zhen'er saw the interaction between the mother and son, and a trace of envy flashed in her eyes.
The marshal was so good to Aunt Qin, at least in front of her, the marshal never showed such a side. It has always been majestic, cold, and unambiguous.
She has love, reverence, awe, and fear for him. Therefore, in front of him, she never dared to speak loudly, eager to offer her own qiΔ, regard him more than herself, regard him as her own sky, and her own one.
However, the marshal has always been indifferent to himself.
She couldn't get to his heart.
Although he knew that he shouldn't be jealous of Aunt Qin, after all, Aunt Qin was the marshal's mother, and she was the marshal's concubine, so there was no comparison at all. However, she still couldn't help but feel pantothenic acid in her heart, and even felt very sad. She secretly hoped in her heart that if the marshal was as good to her as he was to Aunt Qin, it would be fine.
She knows it's hard to achieve.
But this does not prevent her from having such ambitions and expectations.
If she has always been good to the marshal, maybe one day, she will be able to touch the marshal's heart!
After all, Aunt Qin was not the marshal's biological mother.
In the marshal's hometown, this matter is not a secret matter, so she has known about it for a long time.
The marshal was able to treat her like this, just because Aunt Qin adopted him when he was a child and gave him maternal love. The marshal is a loving and righteous person, so he is naturally good to Aunt Qin.
But she is the marshal's concubine, even his first woman, and her father still has a life-saving grace for the marshal, she has a heart on the marshal, and she is always worried about the marshal.
Aunt Qin is good to the marshal, she will only be better to the marshal, and in some ways, the marshal has a closer relationship with her, so the marshal may not be able to treat himself like this in the future.
Thinking like this, Zhou Zhen'er also felt a little more confident and eager. She looked at Marshal Qin with more eager eyes than just now.
It's a pity that Qin Youan didn't notice her at all, and he didn't even look at her.
"Mother, it's windy outside, so you'd better get in the car and go home first! My son is going to see you when he gets back. Qin Youan said while holding Qin Shu's arm.
"It's fine." Seeing her son, Qin Shu was very satisfied and happy, although she had a lot to say to him, she also knew that this was not the place to talk, and You'an still had a lot to do, so she responded very happily.
Qin Youan carefully helped Qin Shu into the carriage, and told the coachman to be careful with a few more words, and asked the coachman to drive carefully, and then he gave up, and was about to put down the curtain, but he heard a trembling voice shouting: "Marshal......"
Qin Youan followed the prestige, and saw Zhou Zhen'er holding the carriage, choking back tears, looking at him excitedly and aggrieved.
Qin Youan couldn't see a woman like this, he didn't like it in his heart, his brows furrowed, and he said coldly: "What's the matter?" β
Zhou Zhen'er frowned when she saw him, and she was in a panic, and she couldn't say anything.
"Marshal, I'...... I ......"
She just wanted him to look at herself and be nice to herself. But how can this be said?
"Okay, take good care of my mother." Qin Youan was not interested in listening to her nonsense, and said coldly with a wave of his hand.
After speaking, he smiled at Qin Shu again: "Mother, be careful on the road." β
Qin Shu smiled and nodded.
The curtain was lowered, and the carriage began to move.
Zhou Zhen'er was still wiping away tears.
Qin Shu glanced at her and sighed secretly in her heart, but she didn't have the heart to persuade her, and began to close her eyes and recuperate.
She made up her mind not to care about You'an's wife and concubine, who he favors and likes, it is his freedom, and she can't care about it.
She also saw it clearly, I'm afraid that You'an's women will be indispensable in the future, if she takes care of it, can she manage it? She shouldn't be in charge.
And she lived her own pure life.
Besides, You'an didn't do anything to her, she looked aggrieved, crying and crying, what was she doing?
It's hard to understand.
Zhou Zhen'er is usually very good, why did she change her whole person when she encountered You'an's incident!
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