203. Send a letter (word count 4000+)
"I didn't expect that it was just over a month, and there would be such a big change in the army." Duanmu Jingyao couldn't help but sigh.
"The Lin family has fallen, and the barbarian is indeed his only place to go, but he can escape the emperor's sea capture, I underestimate him." Duanmu Jinghua flipped the letter over again.
Jing Yao watched her brother's movements, and was a little apprehensive in her heart, she naturally knew what this kid was looking for, but she couldn't give him the last page.
Now that the two armies are facing each other, our army has no food and grass, and if it weren't for the people in the border cities who took the initiative to take out the rations, they wouldn't have lasted long at all.
At this time, the coach must be calm, and Jinghua can no longer be stimulated by other external forces!
"Why doesn't there be any mention of Aman in half of the book?" Sure enough, Duanmu Jinghua read the letter several times and couldn't help asking.
"It's not that my mother didn't mention it. My father's letter was all about state affairs. Duanmu Jingyao struggled to find a reason to prevaricate.
"Is it really just a letter?" Duanmu Jinghua's dark blue eyes stared at Duanmu Jingyao, as if he wanted to see the cover in her eyes.
But one thing Duanmu Jingyao is best at, and that is lying. Another thing is to change the subject.
"Last time we raided, Nangong Magic's side wasn't much better, but we didn't have much advantage in the end, what are you going to do?"
"We are still unclear about the enemy's situation for the time being, Huangfu decided to take refuge in the barbarians, and now there are no soldiers and no generals in the DPRK, I am only afraid that Nanzhao also knows the news." At this, he frowned.
"Daddy said, the household department has collected a batch of grain and grass and is transporting it. As long as we get through this phase. ”
Duanmu Jingyao didn't like to see his younger brother frowning the most, so he stepped forward and patted his younger brother on the shoulder and comforted him.
"I'm going to take a look around the perimeter. In case Nangong magic comes to raid again, you can rest well. After speaking, Duanmu Jingyao lifted the thick curtain and went out.
"Whew!" Jing Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but sigh, this brother and daughter-in-law will really cause trouble at a critical time.
Think about it, she doesn't know any martial arts, and she is still pregnant with a child. Why run to this place filled with gunsmoke if you have nothing to do? It's so ignorant!
For today's plan, there is only a secret search, but I hope Yukimi will not be reckless. rushed to the border, if it was discovered by himself, it would be fine, but if it was discovered by Nangong magically, it would be really bad.
Duanmu Jingyao led a small team of people. Wandering around the border cities. The remnant sun hangs like blood in the sky. The openness of the side plug always seems that a person is so small.
In the evening, the coachman finally arrived at Bai's Buzhuang in Xiangcheng with Sheng Xuejian.
Sheng Xue saw that she got out of the carriage, took out the fine pieces of silver and handed it to the coachman, and then stepped into the cloth village.
As soon as she stood still in Buzhuang, she saw the shopkeeper come forward to salute with a surprised face: "The little one has seen the fifth lady!" Miss Five, are you really here? ”
"How do you recognize me?" Sheng Xue took a step back when she saw it, with vigilance in her eyes. The road is long and wide, and she came alone. There are also quite a few pitfalls.
If it weren't for the fact that she had enough poison traps and was good at illusion, I was afraid that this little life would really have to be explained halfway.
"The owner has sent the portrait of the young lady to the shops of the Bai family all over the country, and now all the guys of the Bai family recognize you."
The shopkeeper was afraid that Sheng Xue would not believe it, so he quickly took the portrait.
"How can it be so fast?" Sheng Xuejian's eyes widened. She went from Shengjing to the border, non-stop along the way, and never rested much.
But why did the portrait of my uncle arrive at the border so early?
"Miss, we have raised a lot of pigeons over the years, and they are much faster than yours." The shopkeeper's delicate and clear heart suddenly solved the doubts in Sheng Xuejian's heart.
But Sheng Xue became nervous when she saw it, didn't her uncle tell them to send them back when they saw her?
"Let me ask you, I heard that the Apocalypse Army was trapped and the boss was injured, is this true?"
"When is this news? I don't know, huh? However, it is true that the grain and grass were burned a few days ago. However, the people in our border areas raised a lot of rations, and several shopkeepers of the grain store also took out the remaining grain stocks. ”
Sheng Xue nodded, it turned out that because Sheng Jing's news was too late, the situation was not as bad as imagined.
"Fifth Miss, the fifth master said, if I see you......" The shopkeeper slowly opened his mouth at this time, and Sheng Xue understood the meaning when he saw it.
Uncle Xiao is going to arrest her back.
When the shopkeeper saw Sheng Xue frowning, he knew that she was dissatisfied. Busy has changed the word again.
"To be honest, you are pregnant with a child, this chaos is chaotic, don't think about yourself, you should also think about the child in your belly, right?"
Sheng Xue saw that she was standing still, she originally thought that the affairs at the border pass were urgent, but she was afraid that if she didn't come this time, she would regret it.
Who knows, after coming, it will not be the case. What the shopkeeper said is indeed good, not only will she not be able to help when she comes, but she will also become a drag on Jinghua.
But after walking through thousands of mountains and rivers, she finally reached the border, if she couldn't see him, how could she be willing?
"I know what you want to say, my uncle's words are right, you think of a way, send me to see him, only see him, and I will go back immediately."
"Fifth Miss, now when the two armies are fighting, it is very dangerous for you to go at this time!"
When the shopkeeper heard Sheng Xuejian's request, his face turned white with fright. "You don't know how cruel the people of Nanzhao are, if they are just in time for the war, we won't have time to escape, and the little ones can't afford to bear this responsibility!"
Sheng Xue looked up at the shopkeeper and was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat, knowing that he was not lying. Then he turned and sighed.
Originally, she didn't have enough money on her body, and she remembered that there was a Bai family's cloth village in Xiangcheng, and she was going to take some silver, but she didn't expect to be recognized.
Originally, I wanted to go to see Jinghua by myself, but now that I am recognized, it is impossible to go alone.
"I ask you, where is the other person now?" Sheng Xue sighed and sat down on the stool.
"Our commander's camp is now stationed in Wancheng, which is closest to Nanzhao Kingdom. If they can beat Nanzhao to the ground this time, they won't dare to step into our borders! ”
This shopkeeper has been in Xiangcheng for more than ten years, and has heard a lot of Duanmu Jinghua's deeds these days. Therefore, there is a lot of admiration for the young manager.
"Is there a way for our Buzhuang to send a letter to Wancheng?" Sheng Xue thought about it, if there is no way to see him for the time being, it seems that it is okay to use the Bai family's war pigeon to send a letter, right?
"Our war pigeons can travel all over the mountains and rivers, let alone a small Wancheng." The shopkeeper clearly had a lot of confidence in his pigeons.
Sheng Xue thought for a while, and said, "In that case, I will write a letter." You send it to Wancheng with a war pigeon. I won't go back to Shengjing for the time being, just stay in Xiangcheng. ”
"Fifth Miss, Fifth Master said. I will send you back to ...... as soon as I see you."
Before the shopkeeper's words were finished, he was frozen by Sheng Xuejian's cold eyes, so he had to tell his men to clean up a house for Sheng Xuejian in Xiangcheng.
Although this house is by no means comparable to Sheng Jing, Sheng Xue has been tired all day. Finally a place to rest. And he fell into a deep sleep.
In his sleep, Duanmu Jinghua's face emerged, but he had lost a lot of weight, and Sheng Xue had a very unstable dream.
"Don't!"
In the middle of the night, the moon climbed the branches, but the sky was a little overcast. Sheng Xue saw that she was awakened by a nightmare, and sat up sweating profusely.
When the girl outside heard the sound, she lit the candle. Walked to the door and asked, "Miss Five, are you okay?" ”
"It's fine. You sleep. The girl listened, and obediently extinguished the candle.
Sheng Xue saw that she couldn't sleep anymore, so she wrapped up the quilt, wrapped her whole person, and remembered what was on her mind.
Although he is sure that he is safe for the time being, is Jinghua injured? She was always relieved that she hadn't seen him in person.
Thinking that she would live two lives again, in the end she couldn't help him at all, Sheng Xue saw deep self-blame.
"No way!"
Now that she has reached the border, how can she give up so easily?
Thinking about it, I thought of Nangong Magic, this person's reputation is not under Jinghua. But people always have weaknesses, what is his weakness?
At dawn, Sheng Xue got up early, wrote a letter, and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper quickly tied it to the pigeon's leg and let it go.
Sheng Xuejian sat on a pear blossom wooden chair and drank tea, and asked, "Has anything happened recently?" ”
She has been traveling all the way and has no time to collect information, so the first step now is to understand the situation at the border gate.
The shopkeeper scratched his head: "Fifth Miss, I heard from the businessman who came back from the border that there seems to be another big battle between Tianqi and Nanzhao recently." ”
"After fighting for so long, Jinghua has regained lost territory, but there is a shortage of food and grass, and now is Nangong's magical opportunity, there is indeed a big war."
Speaking of this, Sheng Xuejian's eyebrows involuntarily began to hurt.
"What about the Imperial Court? What news has come from? Sheng Xue thought about it and asked again.
The shopkeeper shook his head: "I don't know this villain, Fifth Miss, you are from Shengjing, and you know more than the villain." ”
Sheng Xue was slightly embarrassed, the shopkeeper was right, but she was a little too anxious: "You go and collect a few maps of the border areas and show them to me." ”
"Miss, what do you want a map for? The shopkeeper looked at Sheng Xue a little uncertainly. ”
"It's just to relieve my boredom, you can find some local local chronicles for me." Sheng Xue looked at it, which made people look unreal.
The shopkeeper thought to himself, anyway, as long as the fifth lady didn't go to the border, he agreed immediately, and went out to find a map for Sheng Xuejian.
said that the war pigeon had never run through Wancheng before, and it flew to the border of Tianqi and Nanzhao along the way.
"Boss, will it be too dangerous for us to run out with such a few people at this time?" The left striker followed Nangong's miraculous back, and his eyebrows were worried.
"The more dangerous it is, the safer it is, not to mention that Duanmu Jinghua is more embarrassed than us." Nangong Magic handed the whip in his hand to the left striker, and the person took a few steps forward and stood on a hill.
As far as the eye could see, there was a vastness, the sky and the ground seemed to blend together, and the smoke and dust were a little gray.
"If only there wasn't a war." Seeing Nangong magically sit down, the left forward sat down with him, and let out an exclamation.
"What's wrong with you?" Nangong took the wine bag from the left striker's hand and poured it hard.
"In fact, the reconciliation between the Apocalypse and Nanzhao is the right way, but the emperor has to let you take the Ten Cities of the Apocalypse before you become the crown prince. You originally thought about Duanmu Jingyao, but you can ......"
The left striker was only halfway through his words, but because of Nangong's magical gloomy eyes, he forcibly held back.
Nangong looked at the sun in the sky expressionlessly, but no one knew the pain in his eyes.
Jiangshan beauty, he chose Jiangshan after all, in the final analysis, he still doesn't love Duanmu Jingyao so much.
When he saw Duanmu Jingyao on the battlefield for the first time, his heart softened.
But since he has made a choice, there is no second soft-heartedness, obviously Yao'er has long been dead to him, otherwise why would he be so ruthless that day.
The two of them sat quietly on the hill, and I don't know how long it took, a black spot suddenly appeared in the sky.
"What's that?" The left striker pointed to the black dot and muttered.
Both of them drank some wine, and at this time they were a little drunk, and Nangong Magic replied casually: "If you shoot down, you will know." ”
"Shizi is right, shoot down, and we'll know." The left striker smiled, and immediately drew his bow and arrow from his back, aiming at the black spot, which was an arrow.
The people who can follow Nangong Magic's side are not ordinary people, and the black dots fell in response.
The left striker glanced at the place where it fell: "I was an eagle, it turned out to be a pigeon, not far from the ground, boss, see me pick it up for you!" ”
The left striker smiled and went down to pick up the pigeon. Nangong Magic didn't speak, but just poured another sip of wine into his mouth.
After a while, the left striker came up with a black pigeon, but his face was full of excitement, as if he had picked up an eagle.
"Just hitting a pigeon, as for being so happy?" Nangong Magic smiled with some disdain.
Who knew that the left striker was happy: "This is no ordinary pigeon, this is a carrier pigeon. Boss, this carrier pigeon has a letter on his leg. ”
"Look!" The left striker took down the small note and handed it to Nangong Magic.
Nangong saw that the note was tied with red silk threads, and pushed it away. There is an unwritten rule in Tianqi and Nanzhao, in order to distinguish it from military newspapers, folk carrier pigeons will be tied with red silk threads.
As soon as he saw this silk thread, Nangong didn't want to look at it, he didn't mean to peep at other people's books.
But the left striker is a rough man, he doesn't think about it that much, and since the manager doesn't want to look at it, then he wants to see what's in it.
In front of Nangong Miracy, he unfolded the note, but when he saw it, his face immediately changed.
"Boss, this time, we really picked up the treasure." (To be continued.) )