Chapter Twenty-Nine: Shock
Wu Shun got married, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang did not show up, and at this time they came out of Helan Yueshi's mansion with a gloomy face.
Wu Yuanshuang couldn't help but speak: "Big brother, how is this good, Lord Helan seems to be ...... to us"
Wu Yuanqing scolded in a low voice: "We didn't even show up for the marriage of the third sister, and we specially came to the door to ask for guilt, just hoping that Lord Helan could dissipate his anger, who knows what kind of nerves the old man Cheng had the day before yesterday, and he was so ruthless, Lord Helan broke his leg and lost face, but he didn't dare to settle accounts with Old Man Cheng, today our two brothers sent it to the door, of course, this anger will come out of our heads, it is really unlucky." ”
"That old Cheng...... General, how could he help the prince get a new head? Lord Helan is also a member of the Yue Palace. Wu Yuanshuang seemed to be a little afraid of Cheng Biting Jin, and didn't dare to call him Cheng Lao Pifu like Wu Yuanqing.
"Wang Zixin's father used to be the deputy general under Cheng Lao Pifu and also saved the life of the old Pifu, it is not surprising that he protected Wang Zixin, it is strange why the prince and the king of Jin are so close to Wang Zixin, even the little demon king of King Yue seems to have been running to Wang Zixin recently, I heard that the prince is new today and he also went quietly, don't you see how ugly Lord Helan's face is."
Wu Yuanshuang said worriedly: "Then what should we do?" ”
"Let's go back first." Wu Yuanqing's eyes were cloudy.
When the welcoming team arrived at Xihuamen Street, a lost figure suddenly crashed out of the diagonal, Wang Xiang was not scared and slammed the reins and almost knocked himself to the ground, and he was about to get angry but felt that the figure was somewhat familiar.
"Princess Qinghe?"
The figure was still stumbling forward, as if it didn't hear Wang Xiang's voice.
Wang Xiang felt that something was wrong, turned over and dismounted, and when he got closer, he was shocked, Qinghe Gong's face was full of tears, his face was sad and helpless, and the whole person was extremely haggard. Li Zhi, who was circling around the sedan chair, also noticed the strangeness of Princess Qinghe, and dismounted and called: "Imperial sister! ”
Princess Qinghe came back to her senses at this time, and when she looked up and saw Wang Xiang and Li Zhi, her body was weak and she fainted to the ground.
"Princess!"
"Sister Huang!"
The sedan chair stopped suddenly, and there was a noisy and chaotic outside.
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The banquet of the Marquis of Linchuan was opened, the novel way of eating hot pot, the fragrant beef bone soup, the fatty and delicious mutton slices, and the fresh vegetables that are rare to see in this season, the guests were in full swing, and the generals of Cheng Yanjin's class ate meat with a glass of wine.
"Bang!" The door of the Hou Mansion was slammed open, and Wang Xiang, who was dressed in a red robe, rushed in with a woman in his arms, followed by a panting Li Zhi.
The guests were stunned for a moment, and then laughed one after another: "Hahaha, the groom and the groom are too anxious, why did they run in directly with the bride." ”
How could Wang Xiang have the heart to laugh now, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up, Princess Qinghe has fainted!" ”
What the?
Everyone was stunned, the prince was not holding a bride? What's going on?
Wang Xiang ignored everyone's reaction and hugged Princess Qinghe towards the backyard, Cheng Yanjin was the first to react, and also followed Wang Xiang towards the inner courtyard, leaving a group of guests looking at each other, and waited until the fainting Princess Qinghe was placed on the bed Cheng Yanjin asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"I don't know, on the way back, I saw Princess Qinghe walking alone on the road, and she fainted as soon as she stepped forward to ask."
Li Zhi had short legs, so he just followed this time, and as soon as he entered the room, he asked eagerly: "How is my imperial sister, Doctor Sun will come over immediately." ”
As soon as the words fell, a spirited white-bearded old man walked into the house quickly, carrying a medicine box behind him, and Cheng Yanjin, who had always been unruly, said in a rare and respectful tone when he saw the old man: "Doctor Sun." ”
Doctor Sun? can make Cheng Yanjin so respectful...... Could it be Sun Simiao?
The old man did not speak, but stepped forward to check the pulse of Princess Qinghe.
"The princess was damaged by excessive sadness and fear, and she fainted because she was already a little weak, and the old man prescribed a side medicine, and she could wake up soon after taking it."
By the time Princess Qinghe took the medicine, there was already a circle of people in the house, all of whom were big people who were about to tremble when they stomped their feet in Chang'an City.
Cheng Biting Jin's face was gloomy and scary, Sun Simiao said that Princess Qinghe was overly sad and frightened to cause fainting, what could be done at this time to make Princess Qinghe sad and frightened to such an extent? A strong uneasiness swelled in Cheng Yanjin's heart.
The others apparently thought of this as well, and they were all silent.
The atmosphere in the room was so oppressive that people couldn't breathe, and then Laifu walked in in and whispered in fright: "A soldier came outside and said that he had an important military situation to report to General Cheng." ”
Hearing Laifu's words, Cheng Biting Jin's uneasiness became even stronger, there was no major war in Datang in the past two years, some time ago there was a small group of barbarians in the west, Li Shimin and others did not pay too much attention to it, but let an ordinary general lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to suppress the chaos, and Cheng Chuliang also went with the army to experience. It stands to reason that this expedition is not a big battle, and it is not Cheng Biting Jin's army, so naturally there is no need to report to Cheng Biting Jin, but this soldier wants to find Cheng Biting Jin, which is a bit unusual.
"Bring him in!" Cheng Yanjin said with a gloomy face.
As soon as the soldier entered the gatehouse, the veterans all frowned, the armor on the soldier's body was already tattered, dozens of wounds on his body had only been simply bandaged, and his whole body was covered with dirty blood. Cheng Yanjin's eyes shrank when he saw the soldier, it was the personal soldier he sent to follow Cheng Chuliang!
The soldier didn't care about the injuries on his body, so he turned his head and cried: "The villain is sorry for General Cheng!" ”
Cheng Yanjin felt a pain in his heart, clenched his fists and pretended to be calm, but his voice trembled a little, "What the hell is going on." ”
The soldier buried his head and choked up: "That small group of barbarians who are in rebellion is actually the vanguard of Gaochang's southward plunder, General Lei led us to defeat that vanguard force, but we didn't want to meet Gaochang's 20,000 elite cavalry." ”
Hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath, 20,000 Gaochang elite cavalry can take down a city, Gaochang is rich in good horses, soldiers mostly use scimitars and spears, and the cavalry has strong combat ability.
Cheng Yanjin was silent, and the soldier continued: "General Lei led us to fight and break through, but he didn't want Captain Ma's war horse to suddenly go crazy and take Captain Ma off his horse. ”
The battlefield fights, and the opponent is still Gaochang Jingcai, once he is taken off the horse......
Cheng Yanjin closed his eyes, his voice couldn't hear joy and sorrow, and asked, "How is Captain Ma now?" ”
When the soldier heard this, he cried bitterly: "The villain is not well guarded, and the captain of the horse is dying by a sharp spear through his chest!" Under grief and self-blame, the soldier's wound burst and suddenly the blood flowed more than once, and he fainted as soon as he planted it, Sun Simiao hurriedly stepped forward to help him treat the wound.
The black-faced lieutenant Chi Chi saw that Cheng Biting Jin's face was even darker than his own, and he was also worried about him in his heart, although the two usually quarreled and quarreled, but the friendship between them on the battlefield was not ordinarily deep.
"Lao Cheng, since he said that Chu Liang's life is in danger, it means that people are still alive, and there may be Doctor Sun ......"
Cheng Yanjin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he rekindled his hope, and said again and again: "Yes, yes, still alive, there will definitely be a way for Sun Shenyi to live countless people." After speaking, he looked at Sun Simiao eagerly.
Sun Simiao, who was helping the soldiers treat their wounds, said with a solemn face: "It must be extremely dangerous for a sharp spear to pierce the chest, and there must be no delay. ”
This soldier saw that he rushed back non-stop to report the news, so Cheng Chuliang must still be on the way back, Cheng Yanjin immediately summoned a soldier and ordered: "Quickly contact the team escorting the captain of the horse and let them send people here directly!" ”
At this time, the guests also realized that something big had happened, and after a little inquiry, they learned that it was the captain of the horse who had an accident, so the banquet naturally could not be held, and they all said goodbye and left.
When night fell, only Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde and other bigwigs in the army were left in the Linchuan Marquis Mansion, Li Chengqian and Li Zhi returned to the palace to inform Li Shimin of the matter, but they didn't expect Li Shimin to immediately pretend to leave the palace without saying a word and come to the Linchuan Marquis Mansion to comfort Cheng Yanjin, and he had to wait until Cheng Chuliang came back in person.
It wasn't until the middle of the night that the silence was broken by the sound of horses' hooves.
Although they had been prepared in their hearts, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill when they saw Cheng Chuliang.
If it weren't for seeing Wang Xiang in person, he couldn't believe that he was still alive after being so seriously injured, Cheng Chuliang's eyes were tight, there were countless wounds on his body, and the blood even penetrated the base of the carriage and dripped down, the most terrifying thing was the sharp spear that half pierced through the chest, and a large amount of blood bubbled out from the wound. If it weren't for the slightly trembling lips, I wouldn't have been able to tell that I was still a living person.
Sun Simiao said with a solemn face: "Carry people into the room, be careful, don't touch the wound." ”
Carefully carrying Cheng Chuliang into a room that had been prepared a long time ago, Sun Simiao looked at the half of the sharp spear and hesitated, Cheng Biting Jin and the others were staring at Sun Simiao so tightly that they didn't even dare to breathe.
"Ahem." Unexpectedly, at this time, Cheng Chuliang suddenly coughed and came to his senses, and blood foam flowed down the corners of his mouth.
When he opened his eyes and saw Cheng Yanjin, Li Shimin and others, he grinned: "I actually returned to Chang'an alive." ”
Li Shimin said with a straight face: "You not only have to return to Chang'an alive, but also live forever, this is the holy decree." After speaking, he looked at Sun Simiao with inquiring eyes.
Sun Simiao said solemnly: "If this spear is not pulled out, it can only last for two pillars of incense at most." ”
Li Shimin took a deep breath and asked, "What if you pull it out?" ”
"If you can survive the danger of drawing a spear and stop the bleeding in time, you may be able to save a life."
"Then pull it out!"
Sun Simiao shook his head and said, "With the current physical condition of the Commander of the Horse, if he suddenly pulls out the sharp spear, he will probably not be able to survive. ”
Li Shimin was silent and turned his head to look at Cheng Yanjin.
"Haha, what's the fear of death, it's just a pity that I couldn't drink a tasting of wine brewed in a wine tasting workshop...... Cheng Chuliang laughed, his eyes were scattered, and his breath became weaker and weaker, it seemed that it was really as Sun Simiao said, and he couldn't hold up the time for two pillars of incense.
"What if he can survive the danger of drawing a spear?" Wang Xiang, who had been silent, suddenly asked.
"The old man is eighty percent sure of saving him."
Eighty percent? Wang Xiang leaned in front of Cheng Chuliang and said softly: "Brother Chuliang, our first-tasting wine shop can already brew a tasting of wine, you couldn't let you drink it when you went on the expedition, so let you have a good drink today." ”
Cheng Chuliang, whose consciousness was already blurred, heard that the corners of his mouth pulled out a smile.
Li Shimin said angrily: "Nonsense, how can such an injury make him drink!" ”
Cheng Yanjin let go of his clenched fist and said in a low voice: "Before Chu Liang set out on the expedition, he also told me that he wanted to drink a sip of the wine brewed by the Yitasting Wine Workshop, so let him follow his wish today." "The loneliness and grief that I can't put into words.
Under Li Shimin's cannibalistic gaze, Wang Xiang turned around and went out, and when he came back, he was holding a bowl of wine in his hand.