Chapter 132: I'm a Girl, I'm Weak
Gu Hengzhou was sober-minded, and suddenly pointed out the contradiction in Su Xiaoqiu's words.
Su Xiaoqiu's head was pressed against the ground, and his body couldn't help shaking, as if he had heard something terrible.
In the memory of Shen Bai's previous life, Su Xiaoqiu has always been a legendary woman who is gentle as water and calm.
She has followed Gu Hengzhou in the military camp for several years, and has seen countless bloody battles on the battlefield, and countless corpses and mountains of blood.
So although she is not a noble girl who was pampered and raised in Hanjing, she also has an atmosphere that the women of the family are not capable of.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would be hard for Shen Bai to imagine that Su Xiaoqiu would have such a timid and cowardly side, and subconsciously, she wanted to step forward to comfort Su Xiaoqiu and let her not be so afraid.
Sitting in front of her is the youngest and most promising family Langjun in the whole Hanjing, and he is also the most upright person in the entire Zhaoling, he is definitely not as good as hurting a weak woman, let alone wronging anyone casually.
If there are still grievances in this world that he can't preside. Then she can't find anyone to reason with wherever she goes.
Shen Bai took a step towards Su Xiaoqiu, and his wrist was grabbed by Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou glared at her coldly, his eyes were full of warnings.
Shen Bai didn't dare to disobey Gu Hengzhou's intentions, and obediently stood in place and looked at Su Xiaoqiu, who knelt on the ground for a long time before standing up straight and looking directly into Gu Hengzhou's eyes.
She had just fallen to her knees when she cried.
The cry was silent, but it was unusually turbulent.
There were two pools of tears on the ground, her eyes were watery and red, and there were still tear stains on her face, and she looked very pitiful and helpless.
Shen Bai felt a pain in his heart, and secretly lifted his eyes to look at Gu Hengzhou, but only saw a cold and indifferent face.
Shen Bai: "??"???
Brother Gu, you are so hard-hearted, how did you coax Miss Su to marry you in the first place?
Shen Bai was a little puzzled, and Su Xiaoqiu had calmed down. He said in a dumb voice: "Yuanfeng County guards Ye Mingshan is not good and evil, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, my father found that most of the people in the city have this symptom, and in the process of concentrating on developing the antidote, he suspected that this is not an ordinary disease, and secretly tested the well water of several wells in the city at night, and found that the well water was indeed poisonous, so he told Ye Mingshan about it.
Speaking of which. Su Xiaoqiu was sad, choked up and couldn't say a complete sentence, combined with her current situation, Shen Bai had guessed that Su Xiaoqiu's father should have suffered an accident, and he was more and more distressed, but Gu Hengzhou asked coldly: "Then what happened?" β
Brother Gu, isn't it obvious what happened then? Even if an ordinary girl's family is in trouble so far, you should symbolically comfort two sentences and ask questions again!
Shen Bai glared at Gu Hengzhou with a disapproving expression. Gu Hengzhou ignored it, and only looked at Su Xiaoqiu seriously.
Su Xiaoqiu pinched the handkerchief and wiped her tears, forcibly suppressed her sadness and continued: "My father took out ironclad evidence, but Ye Mingshan didn't believe that someone was poisoning, and put a hat on my father to bewitch the public, and then put my father in prison, and no one was allowed to visit, three days later. My father died violently in prison, my mother sensed the danger, and took me to escape from Yuanfeng County overnight, but was still caught up by the killer, my mother died under the killer's knife in order to protect me, and I didn't fall off the cliff very much, escaped the killer's interception, and begged all the way to Mozhou. β
A little girl of fourteen or fifteen years, in the case of losing her parents and being lonely, has to brave the wind and snow and go so far from Yuanfeng County to Mozhou despite hunger, if this thing falls on her, Shen Bai feels that she may not be able to do it, and she respects Su Xiaoqiu more and more in her heart.
Miss Su is really different from those delicate and weak ladies in Beijing.
Shen Bai was completely moved by Su Xiaoqiu's words, but Gu Hengzhou still looked cold, thinking of what Su Xiaoqiu said before, he questioned again: "Your father is Langzhong." It's normal to be able to detect that the well water is poisonous, but as soon as you enter the door, you say that the poison was cast by Yuexi, how did you know this? β
Brother Gu, it's not been a day or two since the people of Yuexi covet Yuanfeng County, who else can they poison if they don't poison?
Because Shen Bai knew what happened later, he didn't have the slightest doubt about Su Xiaoqiu's words, and he couldn't wait to open his mouth to speak to persuade Gu Hengzhou for Su Xiaoqiu.
Shen Bai was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and Gu Hengzhou glanced at her: "Get out or be quiet?" β
Shen Bai immediately showed a well-behaved smile and motioned for Gu Hengzhou to continue asking, and he would never talk nonsense again.
Gu Hengzhou looked at Su Xiaoqiu again, Su Xiaoqiu took a deep breath and gave a similar answer to Shen Bai: "The Yuexi people have repeatedly invaded Yuanfeng County over the years, and robbed the people and grain and grass in the county. β
Shen Bai really wanted to applaud Su Xiaoqiu, Miss Su, you must come on, fight hard to convince this man that he will marry you in the future, don't be afraid!
Forced by Gu Hengzhou's coercion, Shen Bai only dared to whisper in his heart.
Gu Hengzhou didn't fully believe Su Xiaoqiu's words, and said calmly: "This can only prove that the Yuexi people are very suspicious. But there is no conclusive evidence that they did it. β
Brother Gu, how can this be proven? Even if he is really caught in front of you, he will not admit that he was poisoned in order to survive.
Shen Bai felt that Gu Hengzhou was deliberately making things difficult for Su Xiaoqiu.
Su Xiaoqiu didn't feel angry, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "In fact, before the people in the city had these symptoms, there was another incident. Su Xiaoqiu paused, lowered his eyes and said softly, "This matter is related to Zhenguo Gong." β
The atmosphere in the room froze for a moment, Shen Bai looked at Su Xiaoqiu and then at Gu Hengzhou, and was faintly excited in his heart, is the truth about the death of the last Zhenguo Duke finally coming to the surface?
Gu Hengzhou's eyebrows did not move, his expression did not change in the slightest, and he asked lightly: "What's the matter?" β
Su Xiaoqiu twisted the handkerchief with both hands, looking very struggling, and a little panicked, as if hiding a huge fear.
Gu Hengzhou looked at it for a while, and then added: "This is Mozhou, not the Guogong Mansion, not Yuanfeng County, if you have anything to say, just tell the truth, no one will do anything to you." β
With Gu Hengzhou's assurance, Su Xiaoqiu breathed a sigh of relief, his shoulders relaxed, and then said, "At the beginning of winter this year, the Yuexi people launched another sneak attack. Wanting to intercept the grain and grass in the city and go back to spend the winter, Zhenguo Gong was like a god, and strengthened the martial law in the city in advance. β
Catch a turtle in an urn and win a big victory.
Words are good words, and things are also good.
Zhen Guogong has made too many large and small feats in his life, and Zhen Guogong didn't pay attention to this kind of small battle at all. Naturally, it was not reported to the imperial court, if Su Xiaoqiu hadn't said it today, no one would have known about the death of Zhenguo Gong.
Shen Bai was a little embarrassed, and Su Xiaoqiu then said: "The people of Yuexi are rough and wild, and they found themselves surrounded by many people, and they desperately wanted to fight their way out of the encirclement, and injured many soldiers. Zhenguo Gong issued a killing order, and all those small groups of enemy troops in the west of Vietnam were killed, but a teenager of seventeen or eighteen was allowed to survive. β
As soon as Su Xiaoqiu finished speaking, Gu Hengzhou opened his mouth and asked, "He surrendered?" β
used a questioning sentence, but the tone of speech was decisive and determined.
It is said that the son Mo Ruo's father, Gu Hengzhou, who is the son, is also the person who knows Zhenguo Gong best in the world.
Su Xiaoqiu nodded and said, "That young man broke a leg. I heard from the people in the city that the reason why Zhen Guogong accepted him as a prisoner was because he was very similar to a soldier brought by Zhen Guogong many years ago, and that soldier had a very good relationship with Zhen Guogong and also broke a leg on the battlefield. β
The soldier who had a very good relationship with Zhen Guogong many years ago and broke a leg, who else could there be besides Zhou Deshan?
Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai both figured out the reason for the first time, and then frowned at the same time. Su Xiaoqiu would never mention this teenager for no reason.
Sure enough, the next moment, Su Xiaoqiu said: "Your Majesty is going to celebrate his fiftieth birthday this year, Zhenguo Gong returned to Hanjing with his own soldiers more than a month ago, Yuanfeng County is temporarily represented by Ye Mingshan, not long after Zhen Guogong left, the people in the city began to have such symptoms, and more importantly, my father went to find Ye Mingshan before." He also went to the barracks in the name of helping a captain in the army to cure the old cold legs, but found that the young man was missing. β
The only boy who surrendered to Cheng disappeared mysteriously after the people in the city showed symptoms of poisoning, and he didn't seem to be able to find a more suitable person except him.
This is the most intuitive feeling of Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou, Shen Bai looked at Gu Hengzhou, because this matter involves Zhen Guogong, if it is finally verified that the young man is a trick to surrender, Zhen Guogong will also be partially responsible.
Shen Bai thought that he would see the confusion on Gu Hengzhou's face, but he didn't expect him to still have that cold expression, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Su Xiaoqiu: "I know all the situation you said, don't tell the third person about these things, I want to verify some things first, you stay here first, don't have another incident." β
Su Xiaoqiu kowtowed and made a big salute, and responded softly: "The people girl obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince." β
Gu Hengzhou asked Su Xiaoqiu to step back, Shen Baima slipped over and locked the door, and then couldn't wait to take a pen and paper and ask Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, do you believe what Miss Xiaoqiu just said?" β
Gu Hengzhou didn't answer and asked: "Do you believe it?" β
Shen Bai nodded like pounding garlic, of course she believed it, this is Su Xiaoqiu, what can't be believed?
Gu Hengzhou asked, "You knew her before?" β
Shen Bai shook his head again and again, this is all a matter of the previous life, and he didn't know him at all before this life.
Shen Bai shook his head, and got Gu Hengzhou's eye knife full of ice slag: "Since you don't know her, why can't you see through the flaws in her words?" β
Shen Bai hurriedly wrote: What flaws did Brother Gu see?
Shen Bai's head was a little dizzy. Brother Gu's defensive heart is so heavy, how did Su Xiaoqiu get his trust and recognition step by step in the previous life?
Gu Hengzhou asked, "What do you think of her skills?" β
Shen Bai's eyes widened, his eyes were full of surprise, and he hurriedly took a pen and wrote down his question: Does Brother Gu doubt that Miss Xiaoqiu can do martial arts or do you notice that she can do martial arts?
In the previous life, Shen Bai didn't even say a few words to Su Xiaoqiu, but he didn't know if Su Xiaoqiu could do martial arts, anyway, judging from the relationship in the past few days, the current Su Xiaoqiu would not know martial arts.
Gu Hengzhou said: "She doesn't know martial arts. β
Shen Bai immediately wrote: Then why did Brother Gu ask this question?
Gu Hengzhou didn't answer again, and asked instead: "If you are left alone, without coiling and dry food, in such a cold winter, from Yuanfeng County to Mozhou, you may be guaranteed to arrive alive?" β
Shen Bai shook his head, hesitated for a moment and wrote: Xiaoqiu girl's father is a doctor, and her medical skills are not bad, although she cannot be inferior to a strong enemy, she knows how to survive in the extremely harsh outdoors better than ordinary people, and it is normal for me to be better than pampered.
"Pampered?" Gu Hengzhou repeated these four words. Then he asked Shen Bai rhetorically, "When you were in the paddock, the person who tried his best to climb out of the ten fingers bald, do you think you are worthy of the four words of pampering?" β
Shen Bai: "??"
Brother Gu, when you say this, I don't seem to be worthy of these four words.
But are you praising me or scolding me?
Shen Bai was a little confused, and Gu Hengzhou said: "Although I haven't been in contact with Ye Mingshan, I know him from my father's family letters, if he really wants to suppress this matter." There will definitely be no possibility of people escaping from Yuanfeng County. β
Shen Bai couldn't help but argue for Su Xiaoqiu: Miss Xiaoqiu and her mother are just weak women, maybe Ye Mingshan was negligent and didn't pay attention to it?
After Shen Bai finished writing, Gu Hengzhou didn't answer, only looked at her with dark eyes, Shen Bai was seen by him A layer of fine cold sweat broke out on his back, and he was a little weak-hearted, and wrote a sentence on the paper dryly: Brother Gu, what are you looking at me like this?
Gu Hengzhou pursed his lips and thought for a while. I asked the question again: "You really didn't know her before?" β
Shen Bai's expression was a little stiff, he didn't dare to look at Gu Hengzhou's eyes, and quickly wrote on the paper: I really don't know her, I just think she is so weak, she doesn't look like a person who can lie, if she really loses her parents, she finally escaped to Yuanfeng County and is still treated like this, it is really pitiful.
Gu Hengzhou questioned: "Since you don't know her, how can you be sure that she is really weak instead of pretending to be weak?" β
Shen Bai wrote stubbornly: She was seriously injured and cried so badly.
Gu Hengzhou immediately gave a powerful example to refute: "You are always injured, and you cry miserably in front of me, are you really weak?" β
Shen Bai: Brother Gu, I am different from Miss Xiaoqiu.
Gu Hengzhou asked, "What's the difference?" β
Xiaoqiu is a girl, I am??
Shen Bai wanted to say that he was a man, but when he was about to put down the pen, his hand trembled, and a large drop of ink smudged on the paper.
Shen Bai was a little distracted. In this life, Brother Gu already knows that she is a daughter, and she can no longer say that she is a man.
Gu Hengzhou stood by and looked at her and asked, "What are you?" β
Shen Bai drew a symbol, added another word, and changed his words: I am also a girl, and I am also weak.
After Shen Bai finished writing, he turned his head and smiled at Gu Hengzhou with a shy face.
Gu Hengzhou took the pen in her hand, burned the paper stained with ink, and instructed Shen Bai: "Grind." β
Shen Bai grinded obediently, Gu Hengzhou didn't avoid her, and wrote a letter to Zhen Guogong, the original letter originally said what Xiaoqiu just said, and then asked in detail what happened to the young man who lost a leg, at the end of the letter, Gu Hengzhou told Gu Tingge that he would stay in Mozhou for a while so as to find out what happened in Yuanfeng County.
This matter is very important, and a hasty decision cannot be made based on Su Xiaoqiu's words alone.
After Gu Hengzhou finished writing the letter, he put the letter aside and waited for the ink to dry, Shen Bai took a blank piece of paper and gave it to Gu Hengzhou and proposed: Brother Gu, do you want to ask Zhenguo Gong to ask His Majesty for a decree again, and give you the military talisman temporarily, in case there is any emergency, you can also mobilize the nearby soldiers and horses to deal with it.
Finish writing this letter. Gu Hengzhou's aura around him was very solemn, he glanced at Shen Bai, and asked, "Do you think there will be any emergencies?" β
The worst case is naturally that Hu Chi Lie led his troops to attack the city, Gu Tingge died at the hands of Hu Chi Lie in the previous life, Gu Hengzhou has not been on the battlefield in this life, if he is against Hu Chi Lie, Shen Bai is not sure if Gu Hengzhou will win.
However, this situation can't be said directly, Shen Bai can only analyze the best situation first, Su Xiaoqiu may be lying, the situation in Yuanfeng County is not so serious at all, it's just that Ye Mingshan deliberately suppressed some things that happened in Yuanfeng County in order to make Emperor Hengde's birthday feel at ease.
Shen Bai listed both situations, focused on analyzing the worst situation, and finally wrote: Brother Gu, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, there is still an envoy group in Beijing now. And there is an undercurrent surging under the court, for the safety of His Majesty, Lord Guogong will definitely not be able to leave Beijing for the time being, if the enemy army in Yuexi takes a fancy to this point and launches an attack at this time, there will be a big chaos without soldiers and horses to deal with it.
Zhaoling's national strength is still quite strong, Gu Tingge also fought a victory before returning to Beijing, extinguishing the arrogance of the Yuexi people, how could they choose to attack Yuanfeng County at this time? Isn't this hitting a stone with an egg?
Gu Hengzhou felt that Shen Bai was a little too worried, Shen Bai also knew how heavy the weight of the talisman was for those who were in the army, she thought about it and could only take a step back, and wrote on the paper: Brother Gu, I just provide an idea, and it is the Lord Guogong and His Majesty who make the final decision, if they also think it is not feasible, they will definitely not agree to this matter, right?
From the hunting to the trip to Donghengguo, to the reform of the Ministry of Industry, Shen Bai took every step unexpectedly, but he was indeed thinking about Zhaoling.
Gu Hengzhou thought for a moment, and finally decided to believe Shen Bai and added this sentence to the end of the letter.
Shen Bai watched the letter paper put into the envelope and sealed it with wax oil, Gu Hengzhou summoned the Praetorian Guards and told him to personally deliver the letter to the hands of the Duke of Zhenguo or His Majesty.
When the Praetorian Guards left, Gu Hengzhou returned to indifference, raised his eyes and said to Shen Bai: "The punishment station is not over yet, go out!" β
Shen Bai didn't rush out, picked up the pen and wrote another sentence, picked up the paper and showed it to Gu Hengzhou.
She asked: Brother Gu, didn't you get drunk last time?
Gu Hengzhou's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked rhetorically: "Which time was the last time?" β
It was in the palace that you kissed me on the ice lake.
It is?? I said that I was actually taught by you little by little.
Shen Bai grabbed the paper in his hand, and suddenly didn't have the courage to ask again.
If Gu Hengzhou admitted that he wasn't drunk, how would she explain what she said before?
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