Chapter 161: Misfortune (7)
It wasn't until after the early hours of the morning that Su Jian woke up leisurely, but at this time, Su Er was no longer alone in the room, and the old housekeeper of the Su Mansion was also a reliable person arranged by Chen Jingxuan by Su Jian's side.
Seeing Su Jian wake up, the housekeeper hurriedly took a cup of hot tea and walked to the side of the bed and handed it to Su Jian, and said in a tone with a hint of reproach: "Young master, when is it now, why are you still here tossing about these children's affections!" ”
"Uncle Chen, I..." Su Jian's face also showed a look of respect that was rarely seen on weekdays at this time.
In the entire Su Mansion, only this Steward Chen dared to speak to Su Jian like this, and Su Jian only did not have the arrogance he showed on weekdays in the face of this Steward Chen, and there was still a trace of humility.
This housekeeper Chen was originally the housekeeper of Chen Jingxuan's mansion in Jiannan Province, and has followed Chen Jingxuan for more than 20 years, since Chen Jingxuan became an official, this Chen steward has followed Chen Jingxuan wholeheartedly and faithfully, until Su Jian led the troops to go on the expedition, Chen Jingxuan reluctantly placed Chen Steward next to Su Jian, in order to be able to take care of some Su Jian, lest he do something out of the ordinary.
"I don't need to explain, I know it all!" Steward Chen shook his head helplessly and waved his hand at Su Jian on the bed.
"That." Su Jian spoke again with a anxious expression.
"Don't worry, Su Er has done it for you! Ay! Steward Chen immediately understood what Su Jian wanted to ask, so he interrupted him without waiting for him to ask, and then let out a long sigh, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Su Jian, and said softly: "The handwritten letter that the master gave me, you can take a look at it first!" ”
Su Jian came to his senses when he heard this, quickly sat up, took out the letter from the envelope and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, the more his hands trembled, and after reading it, Su Jian hurriedly got out of bed and walked to the candle lamp on the table, and after lifting the cover, he burned the letter.
After that, he kept shaking his body and returned to the bed to sit down, looked at Steward Chen blankly and asked, "Uncle Chen, what should we do now?" What should I do? ”
"That's it! Let's get up and go back to the house first, General Zhou is still waiting in the mansion now! Ay! Steward Chen shook his head slightly and sighed, then turned around and walked to the side.
After Su Jian listened, he nodded busily and began to get dressed. Soon after, he was already dressed, walked behind Steward Chen and said, "Uncle Chen, let's go!" ”
Steward Chen turned around slowly, nodded slightly, stretched out his hand towards Su Jianyi and said, "Young Master, please!" ”
Although Su Er on the side didn't know what was going on, he was originally going to get up and follow, but after Su Jian threw him a look, Su Er, who had already gotten up, sat down slowly, and he understood that Su Jian asked him to stay here to guard Xiaoqi and Suzaku.
After Su Jian and Steward Chen left Lan Kwai Fong, they rushed back to Su Mansion in a carriage all the way, and saw Zhou Liang who had been waiting for half a night in the living room.
At this time, Zhou Liang was almost impatient, and after seeing the two of them appear, he hurriedly got up from his seat and greeted him, sighing in his mouth: "Hey! Why did you come back, why did it take so long! ”
"The young master encountered something, so he delayed for a while, but it's okay, let's talk about business!" Steward Chen brought everything over with him with an understatement, but Zhou Liang was not very interested in what happened during the period, and nodded back to his seat after listening to it.
"General Zhou, what are you going to do?" After Su Jian sat down, he was busy asking Zhou Liang.
"Young master, in my opinion, if you return to Chengdu Mansion, you will inevitably have to pass through Shannan Road on the way, so I think you can select elite soldiers and make a long-distance attack to Chengdu Mansion!" Zhou Liang had been alone here for so long just now, and he had already thought of all kinds of methods, so at this time, he said what he thought was the best way without thinking about it.
After listening to this, Su Jian pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at Steward Chen and asked, "Uncle Chen, what do you see?" ”
"I don't know much about these things, but the method that General Zhou Liang said is also the fastest at present!" Steward Chen also said that he agreed with Zhou Liang's approach.
Zhou Liang nodded hurriedly, and also said his thoughts: "Yes, besides, it is impossible to bring the entire army back, after all, the current commander is Uncle Li Huang, and I can only take my own cronies away, and other generals are afraid that they will not be able to count on it!" ”
"Yes, General Zhou Liang is right!" Steward Chen nodded at this time, looked at Su Jian and said, "Since the master didn't name the other generals to go back in this matter, let's not advocate to solicit others without authorization!" ”
"Good! That's it! Su Jian synthesized the suggestions of the two and made the final decision, then raised his head to look at Steward Chen and asked, "Uncle Chen, when are you leaving?" ”
"The sooner the better!" Steward Chen responded simply, and then turned his head and asked Zhou Liang: "General Zhou Liang, if you prepare now, when can you leave?" ”
Zhou Liang looked at the hourglass on the side, then lowered his head and thought for a moment before raising his head and saying, "There are my 5,000 people in the city, and 10,000 people outside the city." Then he stretched out his finger and pointed at Su Jian and said, "The people in the young master's hands are all outside the city." If you start to take turns to notify now, even if you make a fire and cook food as quickly as possible, it will not be ready until after dawn, and besides, five thousand people will be mobilized from the city to go out of the city, and without Uncle Li's command, I am afraid that they will not be able to get out before dawn. ”
"Then hurry up and arrange it! The sooner the better! Steward Chen nodded at Zhou Liang and said, then raised his eyes to look at Su Jian, and after seeing that Su Jian's face was a little unsightly, he hurriedly urged: "Young master, there is Su Er over there, just go together then!" Now is not the time to think about those! You can't afford to be fooled at this time! ”
Seeing this, Su Jian was ruthless, nodded heavily, looked at Steward Chen and said, "Uncle Chen, don't worry, I know what to do!" ”
After finishing speaking, Su Jianmeng stood up, waved at Zhou Liangyi and said, "General Zhou, let's go, let's go to the battalions and give orders!" ”
On Lin Feng's side, a group of thirteen people and twenty-six horses took turns to transfer, and tonight's rainstorm not only did not decrease than usual, but was greater.
Yuan Biao and the others were fine, and they still had a sheepskin coat on their bodies to protect them from the rain, while Lin Feng only had the cloak behind him that could be waterproof, but now they were soaking wet, and even the shoes on their feet were sprinkled with rain from time to time with the bumps of their bodies.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the road was getting more and more difficult to walk, and suddenly the front hooves of the war horse under Lin Feng's crotch stepped on a deep depression in front of him that had been washed by the torrential rain, and suddenly let out a "chirping" neighing sound, but Lin Feng's body was like a live bullet thrown out by a catapult, drawing a beautiful arc in the rainy night, and falling heavily into the muddy water more than ten meters in front of him.
Yuan Biao and the others, who followed closely behind, hurriedly grabbed the reins, and dismounted and ran forward to watch. I saw Lin Feng swaying up, and then slowly stood up with his right hand and left arm, and still staggered two steps in place before he stood firm.
"Brother Feng! Brother Kaede! After Yuan Biao and the others got off the horse, they ran towards the place where Lin Feng fell, shouting non-stop.