A short arrow shot into Su Li's right arm, and the guards outside were immediately alarmed, Su Li didn't care about the pain, and said loudly: "Don't kill him!" ”

However, it was too late, and he committed suicide before the guards could catch the assassin.

Su Li walked over and took a look, it was a palace man she didn't know, and she had been helping to serve tea and water every day for the past few days.

Yue Yan was still a little frightened when he was held in Hu He's arms, and when he turned his eyes, he saw that the wound on Su Li's arm was abnormally black, and his eyes were piercing: "Ah Li, the arrow is poisonous, I'll help you pull out the arrow first!" ”

As soon as Yue Yan's words were finished, Su Li's eyes immediately turned black and fell to the ground, the poison attacked so quickly, it can be seen that the poison on the arrow must be highly poisonous.

Just now, the palace people were aiming at Yue Yan's heart, if Yue Yan was shot, I was afraid that he would die now.

Yue Yan's hands trembled violently, and she was still a little afraid, she had seen many lives and deaths in the border over the years, but every time she saw it, she was still uncontrollably afraid.

"Sister Yan, I'm fine, don't be nervous."

Su Li comforted softly, her consciousness was not very clear, Yue Yan untied her belt and tore off to help Su Li wrap her arm to prevent the poison from continuing to spread, tie the knot, she pulled out the arrow hard, grabbed Su Li's arm and leaned over to help Su Li take drugs, but was pulled by Hu He: "What are you doing?" ”

"Help Ah Li suck the poison out, the toxicity is too strong, her hands will be wasted!"

"Stupid!"

Hu He scolded, pulled Yue Yan behind him, pulled a silver hairpin from her head and squatted in front of Su Li.

Su Li hadn't completely lost consciousness, she lifted her eyes to look at Hu He, and only saw overlapping phantoms, like ghosts.

Hu He ignored Su Li's gaze, untied the knot that Yue Yan had just tied and wrapped it tighter, and directly used the silver hairpin to cut Su Li's wound twice, cutting the wound even wider, and the black blood kept gushing out.

It's a partridge!

Hu He judged what the poison in Su Li was, and Yue Yan was pulled behind him without being in a daze, and immediately rushed into the backyard to grab the medicine.

Partridge is a very toxic medicine, which is refined by the venom of the poisonous snake Partridge Snake raised by the Hu people, and can kill people within a quarter of an hour.

There are many doctors in Yuanzhao who have never seen such a tiger and wolf medicine, but fortunately, Yue Yan was not hit by an arrow.

Hu He took the hairpin into his arms, kept squeezing Su Li's arm with his hand, squeezing out some of the poisonous blood as much as possible, and at the same time ordered in a deep voice: "Don't sleep!" ”

Su Li's brain was dizzy, and she only felt that Hu He's voice was far away and very ethereal, but her subconscious knew very well that she really couldn't sleep now, and once she fell asleep, she would be in trouble.

Biting the tip of her tongue hard, Su Li forced herself to cheer up, she looked at Hu He, and suddenly smiled: "Gu Shao still likes Sister Yan." ”

She used a declarative sentence, and her tone was very firm, Hu He lowered her eyes and avoided her gaze and did not speak, Su Li was cold, but she was more and more sure that her guess was right: "Gu Shao is afraid that Sister Yan will be in danger of taking drugs for me, so he will stop her, and he will take action himself, right?" ”

"Shut up!"

Hu He said coldly, but Su Li was not obedient, stared at his chest and said: "Gu Shao can obviously cut my wound with an arrow, but he just took Sister Yan's hairpin, Gu Shao wants to use it to hide it for a thought?" ”

Hu He's hand paused, because Su Li guessed accurately.

"Since you're so smart, what are you doing by Lu Ji's side?" Hu He counterattacked, not because he didn't know Su Li's weakness.

However, Su Li was not slandered, she licked her lips and smiled: "No matter how smart a person is, he can't control who he likes or shouldn't like, isn't it the same for Gu Shao?" ”

“……”

Hu He inexplicably smelled a hint of revenge, because he deliberately provoked Lu Ji to say such a thing last night, so today this woman will also deliberately speak and stab him.

Seeing that Hu He's calm face had no desire to speak again, Su Li no longer held on to this topic, and instead said: "Ah Zhan has known that he has a mother and uncle since he was a child, but they are all gone, everyone at the border knows that the general loves his wife very much, Ah Zhan is just a child, he has no way to feel the protection and love given to him by his mother from other people's mouths, he longs to be held in his mother's arms." ”

"So you're just taking advantage of it?"

Hu He asked, his tone was not very good, and he misunderstood that Su Li said that these were to persuade him and use him as a breakthrough.

Su Li shook his head: "I didn't mean to replace his mother's status, but this time when I returned to Beijing, the situation was tense, so I asked him to call my mother temporarily. ”

Su Li was trying to reason with Hu He, but Hu He was not the kind of person to be reasonable, he grabbed the key and asked, "You dare to say that you don't have any thoughts about Lu Ji?" ”

"Naturally, I thought about it." Su Li generously admitted, even when she knew that Hu He had such a strong hostility towards her.

"With a man like a general, I believe it is difficult for a woman not to be attracted to him, but I know very well that he can't tolerate others in his heart." Su Li was a little stunned when she said this, she shivered with cold, the blood on her face faded and became iron-blue, and her whole person was covered with a layer of death.

But she still insisted on finishing the latter words: "Between me and the general, it has always been just my unilateral liking, Gu Shao should know the general's personality better than me, in the future, please Gu Shaomo will poke the general's heart with those heart-wrenching words, the general loves his wife more than everything, from now on, I will no longer have any delusions about him, and I will correct my identity in front of Ah Zhan!" ”

The toxicity became more and more severe, and the words in the back Su Li said a little difficult, word by word, but it was a very serious and heavy promise, and he did not lose to any man.

She said that there would be no more delusions, that is, there would be no more delusions.

Hu He was a little stunned, and he thought of what Lu Ji said last night, she and Ah Li are two completely different people.

That's true, Ah Li has always been soft and cute, she grew up under the care of him and Lu Ji, she laughs very sweetly, and her crying is very pitiful, Ah Li is most afraid of pain, if she is injured like today, she will definitely sobble and cry.

But the woman named Su Li in front of her couldn't cry, she even took the opportunity to say good things for Lu Ji, asking him not to hurt Lu Ji in bad words, so calm, to be honest, Hu He felt that Su Li and Lu Ji's style was very similar.

"These words were taught by Lu Ji?"

Hu He asked, his tone was still cold, but his attitude was a little loose.

Su Li's mind was blurred, as if she had fallen into an endless abyss, she didn't answer, Hu He frowned, and made a cut on Su Li's arm, Su Li raised her head in pain, and muttered unconsciously: "Be kind to Ah Zhan, he actually admires his uncle's ......."

Even at this time, Su Li was still thinking about Su Zhan.

Hu He frowned slightly, vaguely understanding why Su Zhan and Lu Ji would defend Su Li.

Such a smart, well-measured, and genuinely good person to Su Zhan is indeed very suitable to be the general's wife.

It's just a pity that she and Lu Ji met too late!

Su Li finally fell into a coma without waiting for Yue Yan to boil the medicine, this time she was in a coma for eight days, when she opened her eyes, it was dark, the room was dim, and there was a black head lying on the head of the bed, which startled her, and it took her a long time before she recognized that this was Su Zhan.

The whole body was like being trampled by a horse's hooves, every inch of muscles and bones were aching, the left arm was even more numb and unconscious, and the throat was very dry, Su Li wanted to drink water, but she couldn't bear to wake Su Zhan.

After lying quietly for a while, a palace man pushed the door and walked in, the sound of pushing the door was not heavy, but Su Zhan woke up immediately.

He lost a lot of weight again, his eyes were sleepy, his little hands rubbed his eyes, and then he met Su Li's gaze, blinking his eyes, and after a while, Su Zhan jumped up happily: "Mother, you finally woke up!" ”

Su Li didn't know how long she had been unconscious, and she didn't know how long he had been guarding herself, but she was so infected by his excitement that she hooked her lips.

After jumping for a while, Su Zhan woke up and hurriedly said, "Mother, wait a minute, I'll call Aunt Yue to come and see my mother immediately!" ”

Su Zhan said and immediately ran on his short legs, and the palace people stepped forward to help Su Li up and put two pillows behind her.

"How many days have I been unconscious?"

Su Li asked softly, and the palace people sat on the edge of the bed and fed Su Li the medicine with the right temperature to drink, Su Li's hand couldn't be raised, so she obediently opened her mouth to drink the medicine.

"The county lord has been in a coma for eight days, and the county lord has been guarding the county lord for the past few days, and he didn't go back to sleep until early in the morning today." The palace man replied softly while feeding the medicine, Su Li nodded, and didn't ask anything else, and after a while, Yue Yan really carried the hem of her skirt and rushed over with Su Zhan.

She was in a hurry, she only got dressed in a panic, she didn't even have time to comb her hair, and when she entered the house, she didn't have time to rest, so she grabbed Su Li's hand and checked her pulse.

Feeling that the pulse under his fingertips was stable and no longer as dangerous as a few days ago, Yue Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to relax, looking at Su Li and asking, "How does Ah Li feel now?" But where else is the discomfort? ”

"My body is sore, and I don't feel any sensation in my left arm."

Su Li answered truthfully, Yue Yan's eyes dodged, grabbed Su Li's hand and said softly: "The meridians of your left arm are somewhat damaged, and you may be temporarily incapacitated, and you will need to recuperate for at least half a year to return to normal." ”

Yue Yan's words were not finished, but Su Li had seen a lot of this situation in the border barracks, and the 'return to normal' in Yue Yan's mouth was probably a slightly flexible movement of the arm, and he couldn't do anything else.

"It's okay, it's good to be able to get this life back."

Su Li was stunned, but comforted Yue Yan, Yue Yan's eyes were about to turn red again, Su Li hurriedly changed the topic: "What about Master Hou?" Has the antidote been developed? ”

"It's successful, Hou Ye is fine after drinking the medicine, but something happened in Xunzhou in the past few days, and Hou Ye was ordered to lead the troops to Xunzhou."

"What's going on in Xunzhou?"

"Some people are rumored to have an epidemic in Xunzhou, which has caused panic and some people are in chaos."

Epidemic situation? Didn't those people get poisoned like Chu Huai'an? Su Li pursed her lips, and was about to think about it again, her hand was suddenly pulled, and she turned her head, Su Zhan stood by the bed and looked at her with a concerned face: "Mother...... Aunt Su, your body is not well yet, don't think about it so much, it will be uncomfortable. ”

Now Lu Ji is not here, and there are no other people, but Su Zhan's name for Su Li has spontaneously changed to 'Aunt Su'.

He knew very well that Su Li was not his mother, his mother had sacrificed a lot for him and his father, and he couldn't call others his mother.

Because of this change, Su Zhan's eyes were a little evasive, and he didn't dare to look at Su Li.

Although he was still young, he also knew that the change in this title was a kind of alienation from Su Li.

Su Li moved her fingers with great effort and hooked Su Zhan's little hand: "Thank you Ah Zhan for your concern, Aunt Su won't think about those things." ”

The way she is now, she can't help others, she can only think about how she wants to live in the future.

After talking to Yue Yan for a while, Su Li was tired and wanted to sleep in a groggy state.

Since she woke up, she didn't ask a word related to Lu Ji, Yue Yan hesitated, but still spoke: "Ah Li, on the day you fell into a coma, Your Majesty asked the general officer to be reinstated and led the troops to the border pass." ”

"Hmm."

Su Li said, her voice was full of sleepiness, and she was a little indifferent.

Su Zhan subconsciously grabbed Yue Yan's hand, and he faintly felt that there was something different between Aunt Su and him and his father.

He will no longer call Aunt Su mother-in-law, and Aunt Su will no longer care about her father as much as before.

Feeling Su Zhan's uneasiness, Yue Yan tightened Su Zhan's hand: "Ah Li, Ah Zhan and I will leave first, you have a good rest, and we will come to see you later." ”

Then there was a light sound of the door closing, and Su Li didn't open her eyes, hiding the emotions surging under her eyes.

After three days in the palace, Su Li could barely get out of bed and walk around, as she promised Su Zhan that day, she did not deliberately inquire about the current situation in the court, and fell asleep after drinking medicine every day, and drank medicine again when she woke up, only concentrating on raising her body.

However, there are some things that Su Li doesn't want to care, just because others don't want her to take care of them.

When Chu Lingzhao's summons came, Su Li was lying in the yard basking in the sun, it was the middle of winter, it was rare to have a sunny day, the warm afternoon sun was lazy, very comfortable, Su Li squinted comfortably, like a lazy cat.

The palace man who passed the message helped her up and patiently led her to the imperial study.

Chu Lingzhao was still reviewing the folds in the imperial study as usual, and when he saw her come in, he said in a deep voice: "You don't have to salute, sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!"

Su Li thanked him and walked to the chair on the side and sat down, the palace people served hot ginseng tea again, Su Li sat upright and didn't move, Chu Lingzhao said again: "I heard that you are very weak now, drink some to warm up." ”

He is now very concerned about Su Li's body, and Su Li obediently took a sip of ginseng tea.

Ginseng is a good old ginseng, the taste is not bad, and the stomach is warm and comfortable after drinking.

Now Su Li has symptoms of cold hands and feet, so he holds the teacup and absorbs the heat, Chu Lingzhao finished reading the copy of the fold in his hand, got up and walked to Su Li, and handed the fold to Su Li.

Su Li was puzzled: "Your Majesty, is this?" ”

Chu Lingzhao's face was calm: "According to Hu He's prompt, the list of details that have been found." ”

Such a confidential thing, it stands to reason that Su Li and a female stream can see, Su Li took it with both hands, but did not rush to open it: "Lord Zhao of Dali Temple should be able to deal with these things, and the courtiers look at this, it is inevitable that it is not in accordance with the rules." ”

"I'll let you see."

Chu Lingzhao accentuated his tone, saying that Su Li was allowed to see it, but it was clear that Su Li would not look at it.

Su Li lowered her head and opened the fold, there were many contents of the fold, and after opening it, it was an arm's length, and it was densely filled with people's names and occupations, including ministers in the court, palace maids and eunuchs in various palaces, and farmers and pharmacy owners outside the palace.

They infiltrated the corners and corners of the Yuanzhao Imperial City, like a huge spider's web, covering a wide area.

Su Li only glanced at it and then withdrew her gaze, there were too many of these people, she didn't quite understand the purpose of Chu Lingzhao asking her to see.

"There are dozens of these people who have been arrested, but there are still hundreds of people who are still working for the Hu people, what does Ah Li think I should do with them?"

There are too many people involved, if they are all slashed and killed, I am afraid that the entrance of the vegetable market will be full of blood and piles of corpses, but if you don't kill them, it will be difficult to establish the majesty of the royal family.

"The courtiers are stupid, please forgive your majesty."

Su Li generously admitted that she couldn't think of a way, in her opinion, Chu Lingzhao didn't really want to ask her this question, after all, Yuanzhao Country was not without people, and Su Li might not be able to draw any high opinions on everything.

Chu Lingzhao was not surprised by Su Li's answer, he took his hands behind him and paced around the house twice: "Now that the Hu people have laid such a big net in Beijing, I need to rely on the ministers of the DPRK to pull out these thorns one by one, Ah Li thinks that there is anyone else in the DPRK who can afford such a heavy responsibility?" ”

"Lord Zhao of Dali Temple, Lord Gu of Tai Academy, as well as the Rites Department and the Ministry of Industry can all bear it." Su Li's tone was calm.

Zhao Hanzhuo and Gu Yuanfeng needless to say, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are relatively regular departments, and they are basically people who have been picked up by Chu Lingzhao now, of course they are credible, and in those lists just now, the relatively small number of fine works infiltrated by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry also verifies this.

Chu Lingzhao nodded approvingly, suppressed the topic and did not continue for the time being, and asked: "Officer Lu Ji was reinstated and led the troops to the border pass, does Ah Li know?" ”

"The county lord mentioned it."

"Then Ah Li knows that two days later, the first warrior of the Hu people, General Ku Keduo, led an army of 100,000 to attack the city?"

Chu Lingzhao asked calmly, Su Li's eyes widened in disbelief, 100,000 troops, are these Hu people crazy?

There are only 30,000 troops stationed at the border pass, how can they resist an army of 100,000?

Moreover, according to Yue Yan's statement, Lu Ji only led his troops to the border pass eight days ago, even if everyone lost their burdens and traveled quickly, how could it take half a month to reach the border pass, if Hu Keduo really wanted to attack the city two days later, wouldn't it be only the old prince who led 30,000 soldiers to resist the enemy?

The envoys of the Hu people are still in Beijing, and it is impossible for Lu Ji to lead tens of thousands of troops to open up, and at most he only brings a few hundred elite soldiers, isn't it in vain to send them to death?

"Your Majesty, there are only 30,000 soldiers at the border pass!"

Su Li reminded, her voice was tense, and she seemed to have seen the bloody scene of corpses all over the field in front of her.

Those are all comrades-in-arms who she has lived and died together in the past five years!

"I know!" Chu Lingzhao's tone was also stained with a hint of grief: "I know that the shield built by these 30,000 flesh and blood bodies will not last for a few days, so I need someone to help me!" ”

The word help is very unfamiliar to an emperor, and it is extremely rare to hear this word from the mouth of an emperor.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers are powerless now, except for this worthless life, the courtiers don't know what they can do to help Your Majesty."

Su Li still doesn't understand, she is like this, she may already be a waste in the eyes of others, she doesn't understand how Chu Lingzhao can have such high hopes for herself.

"I need someone I can trust to collect and escort grain and grass to the border for me!"

It is common sense that the two armies face each other, and the grain and grass go first, but this time the time is too rushed, and even Lu Ji can only lead the troops to march quickly, let alone bring grain and grass. And because of the previous corruption, there is no grain at the border gates.

Thinking of the consequences that would arise if there was really a war, Su Li's expression became more and more awe-inspiring.

Chu Lingzhao had completely tacitly acquiesced that Su Li would take over this errand, and took a scroll from the wall of the imperial study and spread it on the ground.

The scroll, which was seven or eight feet long, was spread out on the ground, and it was a topographical map of the territory occupied by the Showa Hu clan.

Chu Lingzhao circled Xunzhou on the topographic map with a cinnabar pen.

"Xunzhou is rich in products, it is known as the granary of Yuanzhao, if there is a war in the past dynasties, it will be collected from Xunzhou to the front, but now there are fine works in Xunzhou City to spread rumors that there is a plague, making the people of Xunzhou City panic, and the people of Xunzhou City will inevitably be resentful at this time."

Chu Lingzhao said and drew a cross on it, and then drew an arrow with a red line to point directly at the border pass: "From Xunzhou to the border pass, it takes about half a month to travel quickly, and it is too slow to travel with grain and grass, and it is easy to be robbed by mountain bandits, and the only way is to go all the way to collect grain." ”

"There are a lot of people in the military department, and the courtiers may not be able to ......"

"Since Lu Guogong unloaded his armor and returned to the field, there has been no major war for many years, and the people in the military department have long become wine bags and rice bags, I originally planned to eradicate the hidden danger of Anjia and then rectify the military department to eliminate the Qing Dynasty program, but I didn't expect the Hu people to have long been eyeing Yuanzhao, I don't believe that they can safely transport grain and grass all the way to the border pass!"

Chu Ling Zhao looked at Su Li fixedly and said that the capital was now in danger, and he could no longer transfer Zhao Hanzhuo or Gu Yuanfeng away, so he could only start with Su Li.

Although Su Li can't fight now, the skills she learned from Lu Ji in the border pass for five years have not been lost at all.

If she is robbed by mountain bandits, she will be calmer than many people, and then deal with it tactfully, and if there are other changes, she can also adapt to them.

Besides, if the border pass is broken, those officials in the military department who are greedy for life and afraid of death may run away halfway, but Su Li will not, she will desperately send the grain and grass to Lu Ji's side!

Besides, only when she is gone, he can continue to take the next step.

"Your Majesty, even if the courtiers are lucky enough to deliver grain and grass, only 30,000 soldiers are not enough to resist 100,000 troops."

"You bring the grain and grass first, and when the cholera in Xunzhou City is resolved, I will order 80,000 hussars and 50,000 elites to come to reinforcements!"

Why Hou Ye?

Su Li wanted to ask, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them back.

Chu Lingzhao knew that Ku Keduo would lead an army of 100,000 to attack the border pass, but he did not directly give the 80,000 hussar army to Lu Ji, perhaps because he had doubts about the attack of this 100,000 army in his heart.

If there is no 100,000 troops to attack the city, once 80,000 hussars are transferred, the defense line in the northwest will become blank, and the Yuanzhao Kingdom will also be in danger.

Only when this matter is verified, he will let Chu Huai'an bring reinforcements to ensure that it is thorough, but this verification, I don't know how many souls of border soldiers need to be sacrificed.

It is not that there are no generals in the DPRK, but Chu Lingzhao sent Chu Huai'an, who did not have any actual combat experience.

The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and the Hu people can't recognize Chu Huai'an as the Marquis of Yuanzhao Kingdom, and they won't be merciful because of this, if Chu Huai'an dies on the battlefield, it will be a model for the royal family to sacrifice their lives for the country.

His death can calm the souls of thousands of border soldiers.

And when he died, the will that had been spread before became an empty talk.

Su Li didn't want to use such malice to speculate on the holy will, but the coldness of the royal family made her have to think so.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hou doesn't have any actual combat experience, let alone studied the book of soldiers, is it inappropriate for him to lead troops to reinforce?" Su Li euphemistically expressed Chu Huai'an's opinion that he might not be suitable for this position, and Chu Lingzhao hooked his lips and smiled with great confidence: "I believe that he is more intelligent and wise than any of us have seen, and he is also more responsible!" ”

“……”

At this time, any praise is actually pushing him to the battlefield full of gunsmoke.

Su Li pursed her lips and didn't speak again, she knew that the man standing in front of her was the Ninety-Five Supreme, and the decision he made was just a decision, and he didn't have any intention of discussing it with her.

Regardless of whether she supports it or not, in the end, he will let Chu Huaian lead troops to reinforce him.

Chu Lingzhao was sure that Su Li would desperately transport grain and grass to the border pass, and he was also sure that Chu Huai'an would lead troops to reinforce Su Li as quickly as possible.

It was a gamble that took countless lives.

Chu Lingzhao must bet on the right chips in every game, and in this process, there can be no delay or retreat.

The resistance was ineffective, and Su Li quickly accepted the reality.

"The courtiers are just a burden now, how many people does Your Majesty plan to give to the courtiers?"

"One hundred dark guards, two hundred thousand taels of silver tickets!"

Chu Lingzhao raised his hands, one palm spread out, and the other palm only supported his index finger and middle finger.

This hundred dark guards are the elite he selected from the secret guards, and they are the most powerful hole card in his hand, even if there are thousands of troops and horses besieged, this hundred dark guards can protect him and escape safely.

Now, he gave this hole card to Su Li.

"When to go?"

"Immediately!"

Chu Lingzhao said without hesitation, Su Li nodded, stood up, thought about it and couldn't help asking, "If I am poisoned, who does Your Majesty plan to let escort the grain and grass?" ”

"Dali Temple Zhao Hanzhuo."

"Then who will bring the reinforcements?"

"I will kill the envoys first, and then I will personally conquer!"

Chu Lingzhao replied imposingly, at this moment, the wisdom and bravery of a generation of Ming Jun was vividly reflected in him.

If it really came to such a critical moment, he would never sit in the imperial city and do nothing, but use his own flesh and blood to live and die with Yuan Zhao!

Su Li was shocked by this answer, and after a while, she came back to her senses, knelt on the ground, and bowed her head to Chu Lingzhao.

"The courtier, Su Li, is willing to live and die with Yuanzhao, as long as the courtiers still have a breath, they will definitely send the grain and grass to General Lu and Lord Guogong!"

Chu Lingzhao took his hand and promised with a resolute and resolute attitude: "If you go here, I will personally pour wine for Zhuqing to celebrate; If you die, I will personally ink to make Zhuqing immortal! ”