Chapter 990: A Chance to Atone
Jasmine, who had not long since left, finished discussing things with Xin Chong, and turned around and went to the kitchen to get a supper.
When I returned to the guest house, I approached and heard the sound of wood rubbing and shaking in the house.
Her pace slowed suddenly, and when she reached the door, the room was quiet again.
Wen Qingzhu's voice came out, "Come in." ”
Jasmine pushed the door and saw Wen Qingzhu sitting at the table, with a slight sweat on his forehead and a slight flurry of breathing.
When she walked to the table, she saw Fu Lie lying on a rocking chair with a blanket on his head.
"It's good for the adults to bring hot water in half an hour." Jasmine put down her supper and asked Wen Qingzhu at the same time.
I didn't want Fu Lie to suddenly lift the blanket and intercept Jasmine's words: "No! I'll take the princess away later, and I'll be back tomorrow morning." ”
Jasmine hurriedly said yes and retreated.
Wen Qingzhu got up very helplessly, walked to Fu Lie's side, and picked up the black hosta that fell on the side of the rocking chair.
walked around behind Fu Lie and carefully pulled his hair for him.
"Now that the situation on the Xiongnu side is clear, we have figured it out, and we have the bottom in our hearts, so it is easier to make plans, and things are much easier to do."
"But now is not the time."
Wen Qingzhu's hand paused, with a little anger: "Then when is the time!" ”
Fu Lie turned around, grabbed Wen Qingzhu's hand, looked into her eyes, and said deeply: "I know what you are thinking, I, Fu Lie, swear, will never leave you alone." ”
"Really?" Wen Qingzhu avoided his gaze and continued to curl his hair for him.
After a while, his hair was erected, and Wen Qingzhu walked around to him and tidied up his messy clothes.
After doing this, Wen Qingzhu went to the table to eat supper by himself.
Fu Lie stood up, his steps were a little unsteady, but he still went to sit down beside Wen Qingzhu.
"Qingqing, listen to me."
Wen Qingzhu ignored him, took out the antidote, stumbled in the soup, and retreated in front of Fu Lie: "Drink." ”
Seeing her like this, Fu Lie hesitated for a while, but the antidote still had to be eaten, so he drank it all in one gulp.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished drinking, his vision became more and more blurred.
Fu Lie hurriedly exercised, but the feeling of fainting became stronger and stronger.
He looked up at Wen Qingzhu, and before he could call out her name, his gaze disappeared.
The last feeling was to fall into a warm embrace.
Wen Qingzhu hugged Fu Lie, looked outside and shouted, "Come in." ”
Jasmine came in with Xin Zhong and helped carry Fu Lie to bed to sleep.
By the time they returned, Wen Qingzhu had already put on a black cloak.
She told the two: "If he wakes up halfway, don't say anything, he knows it, and he won't be angry with you." ”
Jasmine knew that the master had decided in his heart that since the prince couldn't persuade him, no one could persuade him.
So she didn't say anything, and stepped forward to open the door for Wen Qingzhu.
I don't want to do it this time, Xin Chong said unexpectedly: "Princess, I think you should discuss it with Fu Lie, last time you went to the Xiongnu by yourself, which disrupted his plan, and you also know the situation later." ”
Wen Qingzhu stopped, looked back at Xin Chong and said, "I know, but there are some things that will become more troublesome if I don't do them." ”
When leaving the Lu family, Wen Qingzhu met Lu Chuan at the door, and he was coming over with Xuan Wei.
"Hey, sister-in-law, where are you going?"
Wen Qingzhu looked back and saw that Xuan Wei was also here, so he could only stop.
When they came over, Wen Qingzhu gave Xuan Wei a Taoist salute: "I've seen the Taoist chief." ”
Xuan Wei looked at the sky and asked her with a smile, "It's so late?" Where are you going? What about Fu Lie? Didn't he go back with you? ”
"He has something, and I have something on my side, so I came out alone." Wen Qingzhu explained vaguely.
Xuan Wei looked at her with a pair of eyes that saw through everything, just smiled and shook his head, and left here with Lu Chuan.
Wen Qingzhu looked behind him hesitantly, turned his head and asked Beidou, "Am I too arbitrary to do this?" Didn't take his feelings into account at all? ”
Beidou didn't speak, just pointed to the front.
Looking at the past, the carriage of the Zhao family appeared in front of him.
Wen Qingzhu walked up head-on, the carriage stopped, the curtain was lifted, and Zhao Lin walked down.
He bowed his waist and raised his hand, and asked Wen Qingzhu to go up: "The eldest brother is already waiting for the princess." ”
Looking at Zhao Lin's appearance, Wen Qingzhu didn't need to look at his expression to know that Zhao Lin must be unwilling to hold back his stomach.
For the sake of Zhao Qing's big loss, Wen Qingzhu decided not to move Zhao Lin first.
When she got into the carriage, Zhao Lin personally drove her to Zhao's house.
All the way to Zhao Qing's room, Wen Qingzhu unsurprisingly saw an old man.
This man heard the movement at the door, turned around, and hurriedly bent down and saluted: "Wechen has seen the princess." ”
Wen Qingzhu passed through the partition curtain and came to the inner room.
He nodded to Fan Rong first, and then looked at Zhao Qing on the bed.
Half of his entire body was wrapped in bandages, and blood oozed from the gauze on his abdomen and head, which seemed to be a relatively serious injury.
Seeing Wen Qingzhu coming, Zhao Qing wanted to get up and salute.
Wen Qingzhu hurriedly raised his hand to stop: "You are a wounded, don't be polite now, tell me, how did you get attacked?" ”
There was silence in the room for a while, and even Fan Rong's expression was a little strange.
Wen Qingzhu glanced around them and said with a smile: "General Zhao doesn't even know how he was sneak attacked?" ”
The silent Zhao Qing raised his eyes to look at her, pursed his lips tightly and did not speak. Literature Great
Fan Rong next to him looked at Zhao Qing, and then at Zhao Lin, the old god was motionless.
In the end, Zhao Lin knelt down with a puff and said resentfully: "Princess, don't you know this?" The person who attacked the Zhao family's army was He Lai! ”
Listening to Zhao Lin's meaning, all this seems to be her fault.
However, Wen Qingzhu would not take on this responsibility for no reason, glanced at Zhao Lin behind him, and replied indifferently: "Of course I know, but I can't figure it out, the most powerful people in the Huns have been contained, and General Zhao is still guarding the rear, how can a small Hun army succeed in a sneak attack?" ”
Zhao Qing had already heard what Wen Qingzhu meant, and she came over now to ask the master for sin.
hurriedly scolded: "Don't retreat yet!" The princess is here, where is your turn to interject! ”
"Big brother! It's you who got into trouble! Why did it become yours, didn't it? Zhao Lin was unwilling and stood up from the ground.
Zhao Qing was so angry that his chest was blocked, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Now that he has opened his mouth, Zhao Lin has become more and more bold, and turned his head to pull Fan Rong: "Fan Shangshu, you are commenting!" The eldest brother has done his best for Daqi, does it make him chill now? ”
Fan Rong was quite unhappy when he was named, but he couldn't help but speak.
After thinking about why he was transferred, Fan Rong decided not to offend both sides, but just bowed his head and said: "Second general, don't worry, I'm also just here, let's listen to what General Zhao and the princess have to say first." ”
A few words that didn't hurt or itched, and Zhao Lin's heart became more and more annoyed.
His face turned from red to blue directly, his breathing became thicker and thicker, and when he saw that he was about to burst out, he was yelled at by Zhao Qing: "Get out!" You can't come in without my command! ”
"Big brother!" Zhao Lin didn't expect that his own brother would treat him like this.
Zhao Qing's face sank, and he scolded directly: "Don't get out of here!" ”
Zhao Lin gritted his teeth, turned his head and ran out.
The room finally quieted down, Zhao Qing struggled to get up from the bed, turned around and got off the ground, and then knelt in front of Wen Qingzhu.
During this period, Fan Rong kept watching coldly and didn't say a word.
Zhao Qing kowtowed and went down to plead guilty: "Princess, this is all my fault, I am willing to accept any punishment." ”
There was no expected justification, but a clean confession, Wen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows in surprise: "This is indeed your fault, but I have the power to punish you, and I still have to order the emperor." ”
Zhao Qing couldn't say anything, so he could only respond: "Weichen is waiting to fall." ”
Wen Qingzhu turned her head and walked to the chair next to her and sat down, there were some things that she still had to explain clearly.
"I'm not afraid that you know, I do know Herai, how capable he is, I also know it, even I expected you to fail, but I didn't expect you to fail so completely!"
Zhao Qing lay on the ground, his dry throat rolled, and he still couldn't say anything after all.
Before, he was greedy for military salaries, and Wen Qingzhu had a handle in his hand.
Among the Zhao family, there are still people who collude with the Huns, which is even more certain, and it also affects the nephew of the Wei family.
Now he is secretly dealing with Jiang Yuancheng, and he is even more arrested.
The most important thing is that he never imagined that his army would be so vulnerable.
The 30,000-strong army was attacked by a thousand cavalry of the Huns, and it was crushed.
At this moment, Zhao Qing felt that this was the day that was going to kill him.
After thinking about these things clearly, Zhao Qing calmed down.
Counting him, he was also born from a poor and white background, and it was not so easy to get to today's position.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Qing made a decision.
He admits what he should admit, he will never admit it if he didn't do it, and as for what he must not admit, he doesn't say anything, anyway, his relationship with that person is just the beginning.
"Princess, the sinner will hand over the military salary of the past years, please give the sinner a chance to atone for his sin for the sake of the sinner's sincere repentance!"
Zhao Qing raised his head, and after speaking, he raised his hands horizontally, and made a big salute in front of him.
"Is this the only thing?" Wen Qingzhu reminded him meaningfully.
Zhao Qing straightened up and said with a resolute look in his eyes: "There is only this one thing!" ”
Facing his eyes, Wen Qingzhu stared, is this a plan to break the kettle?
After a moment of silence, Wen Qingzhu stood up, turned his head to Fan Rong and said: "Since General Zhao has lost his way and returned, for the sake of the first emperor, I still have to give him a chance after all, Lord Fan should be concerned about this matter, and Lord Zuo will come back to assist you tomorrow." ”
"Weichen takes the order, and the princess walks slowly." Fan Rong bowed to see him off.
When he arrived at the door, Wen Qingzhu raised his hand to stop him: "Master Fan doesn't have to send him off, since you are here with Zhao Jiajun, there must be a lot of things to discuss with Zhao Jiajun, so I won't bother you." ”
When Fan Rong heard this, his heart sank.
His current situation can't be explained, so he can only watch Wen Qingzhu go away.
Looking back at the house, Zhao Qing was already lying on the bed, looking very weak.
Leaving the Zhao family, Wen Qingzhu directly changed the carriage and went to the Border Inn.
When she came over this time, she didn't bother Su Xu, but asked for a private room in a low-key manner.
When Beidou sent the news out, she began to wait patiently.
The windows were hidden, and a few cold winds leaked in from time to time, reminding her that winter was coming.
About half an hour later, there was a knock on the door outside.
Wen Qingzhu replied: "Come in." ”
I thought it was Beidou and they came back, but it was Su Su who didn't want to come in.
She closed the door and walked to sit down opposite Wen Qingzhu.
I followed her line of sight again, and could see some pedestrians on it.
Su Shu retracted his gaze and asked with a smile, "Why do you have time to come here?" ”
Wen Qingzhu turned over in a blink of an eye: "Madame should have been very busy recently, why did she come to my side?" ”
Seeing that she didn't give face at all, Su Lu said helplessly: "The prince came to me." ”
"If he looks for you, why did Madame come to me?" Wen Qingzhu didn't want to answer, the problem between her and Fu Lie was not something that others could solve.