Chapter Eighty-Nine: Repaying the Favor

The crown prince asked the prime minister again: "So what kind of civil engineering can be built so that Lone can make a heavy mark in the pen of the historian, so that future generations can remember it?" ”

The prime minister said: "Build water conservancy, transportation, gardens, and mausoleums, and His Highness can choose the same among these." ”

The prince thought about it and made a decision, "Then repair the water conservancy, there are floods on both sides of the Yan River every year, it is better to repair it at one time, and save the disaster relief every year." ”

When the prime minister heard this, he regretted mentioning to the prince about building civil engineering, but he rolled his eyes and felt that this matter was still feasible, as long as this matter was in his hands, no one else could interfere, and he could make a lot of money.

"This is a good thing for the sake of the people, and it will definitely leave a good name for a thousand years, and Your Highness will be wise." The prime minister hurriedly patted the horse.

The prince waved his sleeves and said: "Then let the Ministry of Industry hurry up and do it, while it is not yet the time when the rain is abundant, Prime Minister, you should supervise this matter well, and don't cut corners and deal with it sloppily." ”

For him, it was a matter of a few words, but this required a large sum of silver, and the treasury was already empty because of the years of war, and the Ministry of Industry proposed that it needed silver, and the prince said that they should figure it out by themselves, and this thing must be done anyway.

The state treasury did not allocate funds, so they could only loot among the people, so that the people on both sides of the Yan River could come up with their own money, and they also needed their labor, which was called repairing the embankment for themselves, and when the embankment was repaired, they could live and work in peace and contentment.

As a result, the already poor people on both sides of the Yan River have made their lives even more difficult, not to mention that they cannot afford to eat enough food, and they cannot even afford to buy seeds for spring ploughing.

Even in such a situation, it is necessary to pull men to repair the river embankment, in order to ensure the progress of the project, the overseer is also extremely vicious, and the labor force who is already not full of food and strength is exhausted, and many people are tortured to death.

Under heavy persecution, the people soon spontaneously organized themselves into revolt and clashed with the overseers and officials who went to loot the money, so that there were often casualties.

Naturally, there are also enthusiastic and capable people with lofty ideals who come out to lead the people, and there is an uprising force in the Yanhe River Valley, they rob the rich and help the poor, and confront the local officials, and soon they are supported by the people, and the number is constantly increasing, and the power is gradually expanding.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the court hurriedly sent someone to suppress it, and the prince immediately thought of Duanmu Rui, this matter is dangerous and the responsibility is heavy, so it is most appropriate for Duanmu Rui to go.

Duanmu Rui also received the order, he was suppressing on the surface, but also testing the strength of the rebel army, but secretly he was secretly in contact with the leader of the rebel army, and he persuaded and lobbied several times, the rebel army with little strength was willing to follow him, and he turned them into a part of his own forces, and then cultivated and guided, and he could also secretly form a force in this Yanhe River valley in the future.

As for the construction of the river, under his secret arrangement, he collected a large amount of silver from the homes of the local gentry and officials, and compensated part of the silver to the local poor people, so that they could catch up with the spring sowing and have enough to eat, and when they were full, they would naturally have the strength to work, so that the repair of the river embankment could be barely completed.

Speaking of the border pass, Su Wanyan had been helping Su Sui in the army, and Yiqu Long knew that she had fled into Su Sui's barracks, so he gathered a large number of Xiongnu troops and began a more fierce attack.

Su Wanyan used her wits to defeat Yiqulong again and again, and she was highly respected by the soldiers in the army.

On this day, several soldiers in the army suddenly vomited and diarrhea, and within a quarter of an hour vomited blood and died, and many more developed symptoms in the process.

After Su Wanyan found out, she immediately went to the diagnosis and treatment and found that they were all poisoned, and the one was the same poison.

The situation is very critical, five or six soldiers have died in less than half an hour, Su Sui is in a hurry, Su Wanyan is also sweating profusely, not only because she has to take someone to prepare the antidote, which makes her busy non-stop, but the most important thing is that she found that she has no way to crack this poison, and can only temporarily suppress the poison, but how long it can play a role is not known.

Just as the fire was burning her eyebrows, a middle-aged woman suddenly appeared in front of the barracks, claiming that she could help detoxify.

At this time, she couldn't scruple too much, Su Wanyan immediately asked someone to invite the middle-aged woman in, the middle-aged woman was dressed as a Taoist aunt, and claimed to be a female sect master of alchemy, called Nangong Qiu Ni.

Su Wanyan doesn't care who she is now, what her identity is, as long as she can detoxify, she said politely to Nangong Qiu Ni: "The Sect Master is a very high cultivator at a glance, I believe you can definitely solve this urgent need for us, without further ado, I will take the Grandmaster to take a look." ”

Nangong Qiuni knew that she was in a hurry, so she followed without saying anything.

After checking it, seeing Nangong Qiuni's calm face, Su Wanyan asked her a little worriedly: "How is it, can this poison be cured?" ”

Nangong Qiuni said: "Don't worry, general, just add a few flavors to the potion you originally prepared." ”

After she said those few flavors, Su Wanyan suddenly realized, and said excitedly: "Sure enough, the grandmaster is still powerful, why didn't I expect it." ”

According to Nangong Qiuni's method, the medicine was made and given to the poisoned soldiers, and the soldiers really got better.

Su Wanyan asked Nangong Qiuni to help see where the soldiers had come into contact with the poison, she took Nangong Qiuni to check the well water, grain, and the clothes worn by the soldiers, and after checking, Nangong Qiuni concluded that the poison was in this morning's meal.

Under the pursuit of the deputy general Han Hao, it was quickly found out that the person who poisoned him was coerced by the Huns to do it by a soldier, and it is very clear who is behind it, it must be Yiqu Longgan.

Afterwards, Su Wanyan saw that Nangong Qiu Ni was so proficient in medicine refining, and she was also a gentle woman, she admired it very much and wanted to thank Nangong Qiu Ni.

"I admire the fact of the Grandmaster, I don't know what reward the Grandmaster needs, as long as you bring it up, I will do my best."

Nangong Qiu Ni said: "I don't need your reward, I'm just repaying the favor and repaying you for saving my life." ”

Su Wanyan scratched her head, how could she not remember where she had seen this woman and when she had saved her life.

Seeing that she was confused, Nangong Qiu Ni said: "It's normal that you can't remember, this was many years ago, when you were still a child, about seven or eight years old, I was chased and killed, broke into the garden of the house and hid, after you found me, I begged you to help me, you hid me in a secret place, and finally escaped the pursuit, I saved my life, so yours and I have a great grace." ”

Su Wanyan thought about it vigorously, as if she was a little impressed, but that was before she crossed over, the original owner was originally a kind person, and she could do this kind of kindness at a young age, if it weren't for her, the soldiers might have suffered heavy losses right now, she silently thanked the original owner in her heart, and sighed that this might be the only thing that the original owner left her to be a surprise.

In order to repay her, Nangong Qiuni also wanted to make some contributions in the army, so she stayed and became a military doctor.

This is really an unexpected joy, the opponent Yiqu Long is too strong in drug production, with Nangong Qiu Ni in charge, he is not afraid of poisoning him again in the future.

After being recognized, Su Wanyan also changed into men's clothes and showed her true face, when Nangong Qiuni was treating the wounded soldiers, Su Wanyan was always on the side to assist, and she was also learning, Nangong Qiuni soon found that she had a deep foundation in medical skills, and she was very talented, so she proposed to take her as an apprentice.

Su Wanyan has seen Nangong Qiuni's true skills these days, how can she not agree, so she made a big gift on the spot and recognized the master. She also told Nangong Qiuni about the knowledge of modern medicine she knew, Nangong Qiuni felt that it was very wonderful, and she also felt that she had picked up a treasure, and the two of them could be more sophisticated in communicating with each other with or without medical skills.

After staying in the barracks for another two months, Su Sui persuaded her to hurry back to Beijing, "You have been away from Kyoto for almost half a year, although you are safe in the army now, don't worry about your safety, but you and the prince have been separated for too long may make you emotionally alienated, so my father advises you to go back as soon as possible." ”

Su Wanyan hadn't thought about it at all in her heart, and she wasn't afraid of being alienated from Duanmu Rui at all, but when Su Sui mentioned it, she missed Duanmu Rui a little, and under Su Sui's persuasion, she set off back to the capital.

Duanmu Rui received her letter and knew that she was coming back, so he ran a long way to pick her up, and the two met after a day's journey.

She saw a deep joy in Duanmu Rui's eyes, the two dismounted, the guards automatically retreated, Duanmu Rui stepped forward and took her hand, looked at it again, and said to her, "You have worked hard." ”

Su Wanyan had thin calluses on her hands during this time, and her original delicate skin had become a little rough. She withdrew her hand a little embarrassed and said angrily, "Don't look at it, it's ugly." ”

Duanmu Rui grabbed her hand and held it in his hand, "It's not ugly at all, it's good-looking, I just feel sorry for you for suffering like this." “

His thoughts about her at this moment filled his entire chest, and he wanted to hold her tightly in his arms, but the two had not yet reached this point, and he did not dare to act rashly.

"I, I miss you so much." He struggled in his heart, and all he could say was this.

Su Wanyan looked at his tender appearance, pursed her lips and smiled shyly, but she didn't respond loudly, she still couldn't say these words.

Duanmu Rui asked her a few more words about the situation in the army, and planned to get on the horse and hurry, and hurry back to the capital to be safe.

It was dark before they arrived in the capital, and the two had time to sit down and talk about what happened after parting, Duanmu Rui's main concern was Su Wanyan, Su Wanyan told him that after Yiqu Long gave her the antidote, she had amnesia, and she became invulnerable, and Yi Qu Long tricked her into being his personal maid.

Speaking of Yiqu Long forcing her to get married, Duanmu Rui was so angry that he almost crushed the teacup with both hands, but fortunately, she escaped, and united with Su Sui to attack the Xiongnu King City at night, inflicting heavy damage on them.

Duanmu Rui's face was gloomy, and he said with extreme resentment in his heart: "I don't know when this battle will end, I didn't expect Yiqulong to be so difficult to deal with, as long as he is eliminated, the Huns should stop." ”

He said to Su Wanyan: "I swear that I will never spare him, and I must make him pay the price." ”

After Su Wanyan came back, the prince summoned her into the palace to inquire, she didn't mention the forced marriage of Yiqulong, only said that Su Sui took advantage of the Xiongnu royal city to relax its vigilance and sneak attack her at night to escape, and fled to Su Sui's military camp, the prince said a few words of concern, mainly to see her, so he let her go.

Duanmu Rui also followed her into the palace and took her back to the palace together.