Volume II, Chapter 99
"Ahh For a while, on the surface of the river, there were only countless corpses floating and Xiao Jun struggling in the water.
The two women single-handedly defeated tens of thousands of sailors!
Mu Wanci had no time to wait and see, and jumped into the water with a plop to find Bai Yanxiao.
"Ah Yan!" Flying with him, and Gu Beiyu, who saw this scene from afar, also plunged into the water together.
In the water, there is chaos.
The two searched the water over and over again, again and again.
However, there was nothing but pitch black, nothing to be found.
After a long time, Mu Wanci poked out of the water and shouted hysterically, "Ah Yan-Ah Yanβwhere are you-"
Over and over again. But there was no response.
"Ah Yan......" Mu Wanci's face was as pale as paper, and she closed her eyes in despair.
Gu Beiyu's heart seemed to explode, Tie Qing made a face, gritted his teeth and poked into the water again.
However, this time, in the chaos, Gu Beiyu's chest bulged slightly, and the blue ice crystal pendant in his clothes that had been stored for a long time floated as if it was about to break through his clothes, Gu Beiyu took out the blue bead, and the bead actually flew deeper with some kind of power. Gu Beiyu saw an extremely faint red light.
"Ayu, my Ayu ......" seemed to have a voice calling underwater, and Gu Beiyu was in a trance for a while.
"Ayu....... She was there...... "The voice was extremely gentle, as if a kind mother was guiding him."
The blue beads gradually found the red light, and the two transformed into a dragon and a phoenix pattern around each other, and then disappeared into the water. For a moment, Gu Beiyu seemed to have some memories flashing in his mind.
Gu Beiyu swam over, and after that light, she saw a white smile half-floating under the water, her expression seemed to be asleep, and her body was shrouded in a layer of red light, like a crystal barrier to protect her intact. And the butterfly stone on Bai Yanxiao's waist is floating in the water, gradually becoming translucent.
Gu Beiyu raised his hand and slowly touched Bai Yanxiao's face, fortunately, it was warm. And at the moment when Gu Beiyu touched it, the barrier protecting Bai Yanxiao disappeared, and the butterfly stone also became an ordinary stone. Darkness returned to the water. Gu Beiyu hurriedly took Bai Yanxiao in his arms and brought him out of the water.
"Ah Yan!" surfaced, and Mu Wanci breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the two of them.
At this time, Bai Yanxiao seemed to be asleep and did not move.
"Give me Ah Yan." Mu Wanci took Bai Yanxiao, leaned over and put the purple jade flute in Bai Yanxiao's heart, closed her eyes and silently recited something, as if she was activating her skills.
Gu Beiyu looked at Bai Yanxiao worriedly, and then looked at Xiao Jun, who was surrounded and suppressed by Zhang Hu and others not far away, and finally his eyes fell on the river, and his brows were tightly locked.
"Ah Yan will be fine, you go and fight, the people of Liuyu City are waiting for you." Mu Wanci turned to look at Gu Beiyu.
Gu Beiyu hesitated for a moment, his eyes locked on Bai Yanxiao's face for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Ah Yan, if something happens to you, I will definitely accompany you to life and death." β
The brown horses walked away. He is a general of a country, and he can only let go of his personal love in the world of his family and country.
After a long time, when the blood stained the walls of Ryuyu and the yellow sand covered the thousands of corpses under the city, a war was finally settled.
The Xin army defeated the Xiao army with a sweeping momentum.
Three days later, the good news of the victory of the Xin army has spread all over the streets and alleys of the Xin country, the army is only waiting for the class to return to the court, Gu Beiyu is dressed in military uniform at the forefront, and the carriage behind him sits with a solemn face Mu Wanci and a sleepy white smile, and the mighty team goes straight to Yanwei City.
On the city wall of Yanwei, Xin Aohan stood in a dazzling golden dragon robe, quietly looking at the Xin army running all the way back in the distance.
The official on the side stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, General Gu did not go straight back to the city after the war after the purge team was rested according to the previous rules, I'm afraid it will not be good." β
But Xin Aohan didn't speak, he changed his incomprehensible smile in the past, his face was gloomy and terrible, and after a while, Xin Aohan turned around and looked at the imperial doctor behind him and said, "She's back, you guys go and prepare." β
The official saw that there were several imperial doctors kneeling on the ground, and he didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't dare to say anything more when he saw Xin Aohan's face.
However, Xin Aohan opened his mouth unexpectedly, and he said: "Someone is in danger, and he is naturally anxious. β
Hearing this, the officials behind him were even more puzzled.
As soon as the army entered the city, Gu Beiyu couldn't help but pick up Bai Yanxiao and wanted to take her to find a doctor, but after walking a few steps, she was stopped by the attendant sent by Xin Aohan: "General, Your Majesty has an order to ask you to return to the palace to report on your work first." β
Gu Beiyu's face was a little gloomy: "My father-in-law asked His Majesty for guilt on my behalf, I have something to do, and I will personally ask Your Majesty for guilt when I get done." β
After saying that, Gu Beiyu was about to leave, but was stopped by the chamberlain again: "The general should go back to the court first, although he won this time, but after all, it was because the general intercepted the princess regent that caused this battle, if the report for the white girl is delayed at this time, I am afraid it will cause a sensation in the government and the public." β
Gu Beiyu didn't hear it, and still walked forward, and the chamberlain had to speak again: "If the general is worried about the white girl's illness, then he will hand over the white girl to the slave." β
Hearing this, Gu Beiyu stopped and looked at the waiter: "What do you mean?" β
The chamberlain bowed and said, "Your Majesty has already arranged a medical officer who specializes in treating the white girl." β
Gu Beiyu suddenly had doubts when he heard the deliberately aggravated word "specialized": "Isn't it Ah Yan who has something in the morning?" β
"Everything is fine with the white girl, please rest assured that the general will hand it over, Your Majesty will definitely order someone to wake up the white girl." The attendant looked at the army standing on the side and urged again, "The general has entered the city, and according to the rules, it will be delayed." After saying that, he waved his hand, and someone immediately took Bai Yanxiao and put it into the prepared soft sedan chair.
Behind him, Mu Wanci stepped forward when he saw this: "Please allow me to go with me." β
The waiter glanced at Mu Wanci, bowed slightly, and did not refuse. I'm afraid that Xin Aohan learned about the battle situation early in the morning and wanted to see Mu Wanci. Seeing this, the doubts in Gu Beiyu's eyes deepened.
Half an hour later, Gu Beiyu handed over the army to Zhang Hu for rectification, and unloaded his armor and entered the palace by himself.
Above the main hall, Xin Aohan waited for a long time, and said with a faint smile: "The general has finally returned." β
Gu Beiyu bowed down on his knees and saluted: "The minister sees Your Majesty." β
Xin Aohan smiled and said, "The general is a hero, you don't need to be polite, please hurry up." β
Gu Beiyu got up and was about to enter the ranks of the hundred officials, but he heard Xin Aohan speak again: "Such a victory, what should I reward you?" β
Hearing this, Gu Beiyu frowned slightly, and said that if Xin Aohan returned victoriously, he would marry him and Bai Yanxiao, but at this time, it sounded like he didn't want to promise, but changed it to a side reward. Gu Beiyu took a step forward: "The minister is guilty of meritorious service, Your Majesty does not need to be rewarded, not to mention this victory, the greatest credit is not the minister, if Your Majesty is rewarded, it should also be rewarded with a smile." Moreover, before the minister set out on the expedition, His Majesty had already promised the minister, and if the minister returned with an order, it would be the marriage of the two of us. β
As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar. The status of the Gu family in the court is well known to the whole country, who doesn't want to marry their daughter to Gu Beiyu to be in-law, the name of the general's wife has long been coveted by major families, but who expected that a white smile with no background jumped out halfway, and everyone sweated in their palms.
Xin Aohan looked at Gu Beiyu faintly above the main hall, and was about to speak, but saw Gu Yannian stand up suddenly: "Your Majesty, Ayu is inevitably straightforward when he is young, this matter has not been discussed with the elders of the Gu family, please forgive the old man for not being strict in discipline, and when he goes back to discuss with the elders, he will ask His Majesty to make a holy decision." The meaning of Gu Yannian's words naturally means that Gu Beiyu insisted on going his own way and did not care about the interests of the Gu family, but he wanted to stop this matter through Xin Aohan's mouth.
Gu Beiyu's face sank: "Uncle, why should family affairs be compared with state affairs, not to mention, Your Majesty has already deserved, the gentleman is a promise to be a daughter, isn't my uncle embarrassed Your Majesty this time!" β
In the past, even if the Gu family's uncle and nephew disagreed, they would not turn their faces in the court, Gu Yannian had never been hit by Gu Beiyu, for a while, the two were deadlocked, and everyone behind them watched the excitement, calculating, and continued to worry about their daughter.
Xin Aohan smiled with satisfaction, and only after a while did he speak: "The matter of marriage should be done by men and women, it is better to wait for Bai Yan to wake up, and then make a decision after I ask in person?" β
At this point, who else dares to object, Gu Yannian bowed and said, "The old minister is rude." β
Gu Beiyu saluted and stood in the line on the side.
At this moment, the father-in-law on the side preached: "General Zhang has finished rectifying the military situation and came to meet the saint." β
"Xuan."
After a short time, Zhang Hu walked in and knelt on the ground: "The minister sees Your Majesty, the minister has finished collecting the army in accordance with the rules, stationed in the camp, and came to pay homage to Your Majesty." β
Xin Aohan restrained his expression and said, "Very good, there is General Lao Zhang." Hearing about this battle, Bai Yanxiao and her sister defeated tens of thousands of Xiao Jun with the strength of the two, but is there such a thing? β
When Zhang Hu heard this, he fell to the ground: "The minister is guilty, he almost failed to hold Liuyu City, thanks to the help of the two girls, he was able to wait for the general to come back and annihilate the Xiao army in one fell swoop." β
Xin Aohan's amber eyes froze, and he said, "It is indeed guilty." As the defender of Ryuwa City, he almost lost it, but let a woman defend the city! Zhang Hu listened to the order, and from now on, he will be stationed at the border stopper, and he will not be allowed to return to Yanwei City without an edict within a year! β
"Obey." Zhang Hu buried his head on the ground.
This remark is even more uproar in the government and the opposition. Xin Aohan did not punish the main general, but punished a deputy general! Besides, Xiao Jun came this time, and the combat methods were extremely cruel, and Liuyu City was not easy to defend, so it was not on Zhang Hu's head to blame...... The ministers above the court were surprised, but they only thought that Xin Aohan's unruly temperament came up again, such absurd behavior has not been a minority since Xin Aohan came to power, everyone shook their heads and no longer objected, but Gu Beiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Xin Aohan, as smart as him, it seems that this time, Xin Aohan was angry with Zhang Hu because Bai Yanxiao was injured, Bai Yanxiao actually made him care so much......
As if sensing Gu Beiyu's gaze, Xin Aohan came over, and smiled at him without hesitation and without any intention, with a look of "what can you do to me".
Gu Beiyu suddenly clenched his fists.