Chapter 21: Finally Seeing the Third Sister
You ...... "I've seen arrogance, I've never seen such arrogance, Xiao Miyuan was almost crazy, pointing at Wu Zhi with his finger, speechless.
The faces of the Khitan nobles in the field were more and more ugly, and some of them were already clamoring, Xiao Fengxian said anxiously: "Your ...... king"
Wu Zhi waved his hand to block Xiao Fengxian's words, and said with a smile: "This king has resigned." Turning his head and glancing at Xiao Miyuan, who was pale, he walked first, and Shi Xiu and Mu Hong followed behind Wu Zhi with an iron cage.
Xiao Miyuan shouted angrily: "You stop me!" He strode over and stopped in front of Wu Zhi, and said coldly: "As the prince of the Southern Dynasty, your king is the most honorable state guest of our dynasty, wouldn't this act discredit the Southern Dynasty?" Doesn't it chill the hearts of friendly countries? ”
Xiao Feng glanced at Xiao Miyuan first, and sneered in his heart, this guy pretends to be rude on weekdays, and looks very straightforward, didn't he just missee him at the beginning, thinking that he was a rough man with a straight intestine, who knows that this guy is very shrewd, these words of squeezing the king are not something that a big old man can say.
Wu Zhi smiled: "This king just got his own things back, and he didn't herd horses in Shangjing, how can he make your country feel cold?" ”
The Khitan nobles were in an uproar, although everyone knew that the relationship between the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Kingdom was not as strong in the north and weak in the south as it was a few decades ago, but that the Southern Dynasty was thriving and the Northern was still breathing, but these Khitan nobles were unwilling to admit it in their hearts, they preferred the title of the state of the Song Liao brothers, but Wu Zhi contemptuously said words like "Shangjing herding horses", and the nobles sadly found that in the hearts of the people of the Southern Dynasty, perhaps the Northern Kingdom had become a vassal of the Southern Dynasty.
There were more sensible nobles who sighed silently, and their hearts were sad, but more nobles were furious and surrounded them violently.
Wu Zhi shook his head and smiled, stretched out his hand to push away Xiao Miyuan in front of him, Shi Shiran walked out, Xiao Miyuan looked at Wu Zhi hatefully. His fists were clenched, the green tendons on the backs of his hands were faintly visible, and his breathing became heavy. It looked like he might rush up and fight Wu Zhi at any time, Xiao Fengxian hurriedly pulled his arm. He whispered, "Don't be angry! ”
It's not the time to fight with Xiao Miyuan in front of him, if Xiao Miyuan really fights Wu Zhi, he will naturally be severely punished by the prince, but the ensuing revenge of the Southern Dynasty is difficult to say, although the Southern Dynasty has the difficulties of the Southern Dynasty. There is the intention of stopping the cultivation of soldiers, but if the prince makes something wrong in the northern country, the southern dynasty is bound to start a war with the northern country, and now the northern country is now. But he can no longer afford to toss, the economy is full of holes, the government is in chaos, and the people under his rule are constantly rebelling, but I am afraid that as soon as the Southern Dynasty army and horses arrive, the huge empire will immediately fall apart. Compared with the Southern Dynasties, the Northern Kingdom was ten times more reluctant to provoke war.
Although the Khitan nobles were clamoring, they didn't really dare to pounce on the ground, and Wu Zhi pushed away the crowd. Laughing and leaving, Xiao Miyuan stayed for a long time, and slammed his fist on the table next to him. With a "bang", the wine table was torn apart. The dishes on the table shattered to the ground, and oil, water, wine and food splashed everywhere. The nobleman next to him exclaimed in surprise and dodged, and Xiao Fengxian sighed and shook his head.
"The Southern Dynasty deceived people too much! I'm going to see the prince! Xiao Miyuan strode out with hatred, Xiao Fengxian sneered in his heart, the prince's priority now is how to firmly control the government in his own hands, so that he will not provoke the southern dynasty at this time.
Wu Zhi and a few people returned to the post house, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong placed the iron cage in the living room, Wu Zhi cut the iron cage and iron chain one by one with a goldless sword, and told Shi Xiu to fetch the fine forage, Yu'er was restrained, and immediately walked out of the hall crookedly, Wu Zhi froze for a moment, walked up and hugged Yu'er's head and neck, "Where to go?" ”
Yu'er hissed a few times, stretched out her tongue and licked Wu Zhi's cheek, there was a little joy and a little anxiety in her big eyes, Wu Zhi's heart suddenly moved, and asked, "Don't you know where the third sister is?" ”
I don't know if Yu'er understood his words, just hissed, broke away from Wu Zhi's arms, and walked out of the hall, Wu Zhi didn't want to, followed behind Yu'er, Shi Xiu walked beside Yu'er with the essence, Yu'er was not polite, his tongue rolled, the grass in Shi Xiu's hand had been swept away, Shi Xiu hurriedly grabbed another stick from the sack that Mu Hong was carrying next to him, just like that, the two guards waited for Yu'er to eat, Wu Zhi took a few guards to follow behind, and the group walked out of the post house and walked along the avenue to the south city.
The Han people in Nancheng lived still as before, the houses were low and simple, the streets were narrow and dilapidated, and the roads were full of sewage and garbage, which was very dirty, but Wu Zhi didn't pay attention to these anymore, just followed Yu'er, and his heart beat more and more.
Turning into a street alley, Yu'er suddenly hissed and quickened her pace, Wu Zhi followed closely behind, when Yu'er stopped outside a dilapidated courtyard, Wu Zhi kicked open the wooden door and strode in, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong followed, and the guards immediately set up a guard outside the low grass wall.
The courtyard was in tatters, there were three or four thatched huts, Wu Zhi resisted the urge to break into the door, and shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”
shouted a few times, no one answered, Wu Zhi nodded to Shi Xiu and Mu Hong, the two walked over, pushed open the door of the thatched hut in the middle that seemed to be the main hall, and soon after entering, the two shook their heads and withdrew, turned into the rest of the thatched huts, searched carefully for a long time, sighed and exited, Shi Xiu walked to Wu Zhi's side and said, "Lord Wang, no one!" ”
Wu Zhi's heart sank slightly, in fact, when he looked outside, he knew that the furnishings in the thatched hut must be extremely simple, and at most some tables and chairs inside were good, and there was nothing worth searching for.
Wu Zhi looked at Yu'er, and Yu'er hissed, as if to say, this is it, that's right.
Wu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Wait for the master to come back!" Shi Xiu responded, went into the hut and picked it up, and proposed a tattered wooden chair that could barely sit on it, and placed it in the courtyard, Wu Zhi shook his head and paced in the courtyard.
I waited for two or three hours, seeing that the sun was gradually sinking in the west, the west was already red, the owner of the thatched hut was still nowhere to be seen, Wu Zhi was impatient to wait, out of the courtyard gate, ordered the guards to go to the neighbors to inquire about the master's news, the guards dispersed, Wu Zhi sighed in front of the courtyard gate, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong stood beside Wu Zhi, secretly anxious in their hearts, for a few days, the two also talked about the whereabouts of the third sister in private, when they heard that the Khitan soldiers had searched and hunted in the city and did not find the third sister, the two of them had a lot of concern, but they were afraid that the prince would not be able to find the third sister on this trip, At that time, I really don't know how to comfort the prince, and I don't know what the prince will do if he is really anxious.
Now that I see Yu'er, I finally have a glimmer of light. Who knows that this is the case, if you come with hope and return disappointed. What will happen when the prince is angry? Neither dared to think about it again.
"Master, please forgive me a few more days!" A woman's voice came from the mouth of the alley.
"Grace? How long has Lao Tzu given you grace? Not! If you can't come up with the money today. Don't pose like a woman from a good family, do you really think you're a martyr? A gruff man's voice rang out.
"Master, what are you doing......" The woman's voice was frightened.
"Lao Tzu wants to see what little white face you raise!" As the man spoke, footsteps sounded, and a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears walked over from the corner of the street not far away. Although he was wearing satin, he couldn't hide his vulgarity.
The man was followed by a woman in green cloth, and said with a panicked face: "Master, let's talk outside if you have something to say." I don't have anyone in my house......
"Isn't anyone just right?" The fat man laughed lewdly, but when he looked up, he suddenly found Wu Zhi standing in front of the courtyard gate.
"This is the little white face you raised? The attic belongings were sold just to support him? The fat man looked at Wu Zhi with disdain.
The woman in green was stunned when she saw Wu Zhi, but her face was full of surprise, she walked up quickly, and knelt on the ground: "Xia He has seen the old man......"
Monk Wu Zhi was puzzled, looking at Mu Hong and Shi Xiu, both of them also shook their heads, neither of them knew this woman.
"Ah, it turns out that the creditor is also coming to the door! Feed. Are you kid here to eat fishy land too? That's going to be behind Lao Tzu! The fat man was a little polite when he saw that it was not a little white face raised by a woman in green.
"Get out of here!" Shi Xiu frowned when he saw Wu Zhi looking at the fat man, and strode over to shout.
The fat man was immediately furious. He opened his mouth and scolded, "What the are you...... Ah...... "I'm not done scolding." has been slapped by Shi Xiu, screamed, staggered back a few steps, glanced at Shi Xiu a few times, turned his head and ran, it turned out to be a hero who didn't eat the loss in front of him.
"Get up and speak, are you?" Wu Zhi looked at the woman in green and asked.
The woman in green knelt on the ground and didn't get up, bowed her head and said, "The little woman Xia He has seen your king Chitose!" Saying that, he kowtowed a few times on the ground, and there was no one else, so he called Wu Zhi the prince.
Wu Zhi was surprised, but he couldn't remember which Xia He was, let alone why she knew her identity, and when she turned around, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong were also at a loss.
Xia Shi secretly raised his head, saw the expressions of Wu Zhi and several people, and said with a smile: "The prince has done many good deeds, naturally he can't remember the people's daughter, the people's daughter was trapped in Feiyan Tower, and she was rescued by the prince to get out of the fire pit ......", although it was a joke, but the smile couldn't hide the bleakness.
Wu Zhi then remembered that the last time he made Liao, he ransomed a group of Han women from Feiyan Tower, and Xia He thought that he was one of them, but he had already forgotten it.
"Ah, get up! You...... Are you the master of this room? Wu Zhi motioned for Xia He to get up.
Xia He Yingying stood up and said, "Lord Wang, please come into the courtyard to talk in detail!" ”
Wu Zhi nodded, and entered the courtyard with Xia He, Xia He closed the courtyard door, turned around and said in a low voice: "How did the prince find here?" ”
Wu Zhishun pointed at Yu'er, but he was apprehensive in his heart, wanting to ask Xia He's third sister about it, but he was afraid that Xia He's answer would disappoint him, so he didn't know how to speak for a while, and then he realized that he was far from being as decisive as he imagined, and there were times when he was indecisive.
"The prince is here to find the third sister general?" Although Xia He's voice was soft, it was like a thunderbolt in Wu Zhi's ears, Wu Zhi looked at Xia He fiercely, nodded slowly, but there was an eager look in his eyes.
"Do you know where the third sister is?" Wu Zhi's voice trembled a little.
Xia He nodded, silently walked to the dry well in the courtyard, laboriously removed the big stone by the well, turned the handle, slowly, a big wooden barrel exposed the surface of the well, Wu Zhi hurriedly walked over, but saw that in the wooden barrel, a woman was dressed in white like snow, sitting quietly cross-legged, her beautiful face was the same as before, but her eyes were tightly closed, who was not the third sister?
Yu'er hissed happily and ran over to stick out her tongue and lick the third sister's cheek.
"Third sister!" Wu Zhi called loudly, but Hu Sanmei did not respond at all.
"What's going on? Why put her in the well! Seeing Hu Sanmei curled up in the barrel, Wu Zhi's anger surged.
Xia Shi's eyes turned red, and he pursed his lips and turned his head.
After Wu Zhi scolded him, he already knew that he was wrong to blame people, if not, how could he escape the Liao army's arrest? However, Wu Zhi didn't care about Xia Shi's feelings, and carefully took the third sister out of the bucket and asked, "What's wrong with her?" ”
Xia He lowered his head and said, "She has been unconscious since I found the third sister general that day...... Folk Girl ...... The folk girl didn't know what was wrong with the general, and she didn't dare to ask the doctor to see ......"
Wu Zhi nodded. Over there, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong were already splitting the wooden chairs and wooden tables and starting to make simple stretchers, "When did you find the third sister?" Wu Zhi suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Xia He said: "That's it...... It was the day when the third sister general made trouble in the palace...... The third sister general fainted in the people's courtyard......"
Wu Zhi was taken aback. Turning his head to look at the third sister, her breathing was weak. But he didn't stop, and couldn't help but look at Xia He suspiciously, Xia He seemed to know Wu Zhi's doubts, and said in a low voice: "The people's daughter doesn't know how to save the life of the third sister general, I heard that people who are in a coma can use ginseng soup to hang their lives." The folk girl fed the general ginseng soup every evening when she wiped her body for the general...... It's just that...... It's just that the folk girls can't afford to buy good mountain ginseng...... Wang Ye...... Don't blame the prince......"
Wu Zhi looked at the dilapidated courtyard, and then remembered the conversation between the fat man and Xia He, and suddenly realized in his heart that he had also given some silver money when he saved them. Although there are not many, they will not live in this kind of yard, and in order to buy ginseng for the third sister, Xia He sold his yard, and he was even more in debt.
Yu'er is psychic, presumably after sending the third sister to a safe place, she didn't dare to stay nearby, but she would secretly go to see the third sister every day, so she knew that Xia He had moved. As for how Yu'er was discovered by the Liao people and caught by the Liao people later, unless Yu'er can speak, she can ask Chu.
"How do you know I'm coming to her?" Wu Zhi still has a question.
Xia He took out a red handkerchief from his bosom. Carefully unfolded, there was a white brocade inside. Xia He handed the white brocade to Wu Zhi and said in a low voice: "When I helped the Third Sister General wipe her body, I found it in the Third Sister General's land bag. ”
At this time, the simple stretcher had been set up, Wu Zhi gently put the third sister on the stretcher, and two guards had already carried them one after the other, and walked out, and some guards ran out quickly to invite Langzhong, but I was afraid that the stretcher would not reach the post house, and Langzhong had already arrived.
"Follow me back to the inn!" After Wu Zhi finished speaking, he walked out, Xia He looked at the small courtyard, sighed, and walked out after him.
Wu Zhi unfolded the white Jinpa as he walked, and there was a row of red cinnabar characters on it, please Yajuanxiu, it was the handwriting of the third sister, and the top line was written to the people who found the Jinpadi, "If it is a sister, it will be handed over to the noble king of the Southern Dynasty." If it is a man, the third sister and Jiuquan have no face to see the king, and the ghost will also take his life! ”
Wu Zhi never thought that the proud and indifferent third sister would write such a vicious and vicious statement, thinking about it carefully, but sighing in her heart, no matter how arrogant the third sister is, but she is a woman of this era, the most innocent, looking at the third sister's tone is written as a suicide note, I can't imagine that when she writes the suicide note, what she is most worried about is whether the body will be touched by a man, looking at the pale face of the third sister on the stretcher, Wu Zhi shook his head helplessly, what a stupid girl, thinking about it, a sour feeling welled up in his heart.
Looking down again, there is only one small poem, "I have not been married to you in life, I wish to die with the dust, and the concubine has water in the well, and I hate to know you early." In the end, the three small words "Hu Sanmei". Wu Zhi looked at Juanxiu Xiaoyu stupidly, and after a long time, he sighed, silently put away the handkerchief, and hid it in his arms.
At this time, the group had already walked to the end of the alley, and suddenly seven or eight men came over at the corner of the alley, all of them with hideous faces, and the first one was the fat man who was pulled away by Shi Xiu's mouth.
The fat man saw Wu Zhi and his party, gritted his teeth and pointed at Shi Xiu: "It's them!" Call me! ”
The man behind the fat man didn't say anything, so he pounced, Shi Xiu and Mu Hongfang wanted to catch up, Wu Zhi said slowly: "No one is left!" ”
Shi Xiu sighed in his heart, can this be deceitful? I can only blame you for your bad luck, but you come to entangle when the prince is in a bad mood, isn't this sending you to death?
sighed in their hearts, but they showed no mercy in their hands, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong took out their waist knives, divided them by two in three times, "click", seven or eight heads rolled to the ground, how could a fat man ever see such a special shape? I screamed just now, but before I fainted in fright, I had already been stabbed in the heart by Mu Hong, and I didn't snort yet, and I collapsed softly.
After a scream, Xia He fainted in the arms of one of the guards, Wu Zhi waved his hand, and the group walked towards the post house.
In the post house, the doctor has been waiting for a long time, this doctor is the best Lang Zhong in Beijing except for the imperial doctor, if it is not a noble family, never go to the clinic, but today he was found by someone, caught like a chicken, originally worried, thought that he met the robber mountain king and the like, who knew that it was to practice medicine for the king of the Southern Dynasty, and immediately felt that he had a great light on his face, and the frustration of Fang Cai had already been swept away.
But after he took the pulse of the third sister, he immediately made a bitter face, and Wu Zhi was anxious when he saw this, and asked, "How is it?" ”
Lang Zhong thought hard for a long time, shook his head again and again, and sighed: "Forgive Xiaoxiao's medical skills are shallow, the general's illness is very strange, the villain is really powerless, and now the only way to do it is to use good ginseng to hang his life, and leave it to fate......", sighed, secretly glanced at Wu Zhi a few times, saw that Wu Zhi's face was pale, and even chanted Amitabha Buddha, don't be angry with yourself.
Fortunately, Wu Zhi was silent for a long time, and then arched his hand: "Thank you, husband!" He called Shi Xiu again and ordered him to pay for the consultation, the doctor resigned again and again, Wu Zhi waved his hand impatiently, and the doctor was interested and hurriedly walked out with Shi Xiu.
Wu Zhi sat on the soft couch next to the bed, looking at the third sister lying on the bed, the third sister's face was still the same, except for the pale death, she was not haggard, but she couldn't wake up, and said to herself crisply: "I'm leaving!" ”
Wu Zhi felt a pain in his heart, and he didn't want to think about it anymore, at this time, there was a noise outside, Wu Zhi got up, walked out of the bedroom, heard the noise in the front yard, and strode over.
In the front yard, it turned out to be the Khitan top armor forbidden army soldiers, there were always more than 100 people, noisy and noisy, led by Xiao Miyuan, at this time Xiao Miyuan, wearing heavy armor, holding a long sword, his face was pale, and when he saw Wu Zhi coming out, he immediately shouted: "Your king!" You are deceiving people too much! ”
Shi Xiu and the other guards saw Wu Zhi come out, took a few steps back, and protected Wu Zhi in front of him, Shi Xiu said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, it seems that the fat man who killed the ground just now seems to be close to him. ”
Over there, Xiao Miyuan shouted loudly: "Your king, as a close envoy, killed the Khitan people, I don't know why your king taught me?" ”
Wu Zhi looked at Xiao Miyuan and was silent.
Xiao Mi saw that Wu Zhi didn't speak, thinking that Wu Zhi knew that he was wrong, and said loudly: "Your king Chitose, as the prince of the Southern Dynasty and a messenger, this official does not dare to ask for guilt, I just hope that Chitose will take care of his subordinates these days, and don't cause anything else!" Otherwise, even if the official can't provoke your king, isn't your king afraid of the world's leisurely mouth? ”
Wu Zhi sighed and said impatiently: "Long-winded for a long time, how are you doing?" ”
Xiao Miyuan snorted coldly and said loudly: "Today's matter, please ask your king to hand over the initiator Xia He!" I heard that the dispute between your king and my Khitan people started because of her? ”
Wu Zhi shook his head, waved his hand, and said, "Have you finished speaking?" Get out of here! As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the inner hall.
Xiao Miyuan's face turned pale, and he said loudly: "Your king is not too frivolous! provoked the official to be angry! ”
Wu Zhi stopped and turned around, looked at Xiao Miyuan coldly, and suddenly smiled: "What if you are on fire?" ”
Xiao Miyuan snorted coldly: "Your king will know when the time comes!" ”
Wu Zhi looked at him silently and said slowly: "General Xiao, you still don't want to provoke me to get angry!" Stretching out his finger to the inner hall, he said word by word: "The champion general who has been arrested by you for several days is unconscious in the house!" I advise you to go back and pray to Heaven quickly, and ask the gods to have mercy and bless the champion general safe and sound......"
Speaking of this, Wu Zhi paused and said in a low voice: "If she has three long and two short!" Lao Tzu wants you to close the Beijing people to accompany her to the funeral! ”
Although the voice was low, the people in the courtyard could hear it, please Chu Chu, when Xiao Miyuan was stunned, Wu Zhi had already turned around and entered the inner hall, Xiao Miyuan was stunned for a long time, turned around and strode out, the champion general of the Southern Dynasty was actually found by him? But it doesn't matter anymore, after listening to Wu Zhi's almost oath-like whispers, Xiao Miyuan knows that things seem to be in trouble.