Chapter Seventy-Three: To Return or Not to Return

"Yes!"

At the sound of the order, everyone in the tent retreated.

Seeing that the people were gone, the female general lowered her voice and continued to ask, "What about the child?" What happened? ”

"The general rest assured, the child is fine, it's just ...... A few days ago, she shouted to find her mother, and ran away at night. ”

"That's been found!" The female general asked anxiously.

"Found it, just...... The subordinates didn't expect that this child would go to the Seventh Prince. ”

"She went to Zhaojia Village? Does the Seventh Lord know that she is ......"

The female general was already teary-eyed with excitement as she spoke, and all kinds of memories from the past kept emerging in front of her eyes. Then she shook her head to herself and said, "No, he can't know. ”

"That's right, the prince really doesn't know, but I heard the child call the seventh prince father, and the seventh prince also treated her very well, so the subordinates did not bring the child back."

Aunt Sun knows best all kinds of entanglements five years ago, and she also knows very well that such an erroneous situation can give the general some comfort.

"That kid calls Daddy?" The woman had tears in her eyes, but the corners of her lips overflowed with a smile, and she only said: "He has already said that he is willing to be my child's father, and now it's okay, the two people I can't let go of can accompany each other, and I won't have any worries about fighting on the battlefield in the future." ”

"But general, don't you really plan to tell the prince about the cause of Concubine Jing's death back then?"

"No, I'd rather he didn't know about it in this life, if he did, I'm afraid the world would be chaotic again. Although our current strength has been substantial, the Dog Emperor has not recruited many troops over the years, and I don't want him to fight any more uncertain battles. ”

The female general shook her head secretly, her phoenix eyes were full of mist again, after so many years, even if she was seriously injured on the battlefield, she had never shed a single tear.

Seeing this, Aunt Sun was still a little worried, and only said: "But the Seventh Prince himself has been investigating this matter all these years, but I am afraid that the general intends to hide it but can't hide it!" ”

"If you can hide a day, you will have a day's peace, I Bai Shao is hiding here in the territory of the army, not seeking revenge, just asking for the living to live well. But if war breaks out one day, I hope to help him. Now that the boy is following him, you don't have to worry about it anymore, stay and help me!" ”

The female general who claimed to be Bai Shao stepped forward to take Aunt Sun's hand and pleaded with her.

"Good! My life was given by the general, and I will stay here to fight side by side with the general in the future. ”

Aunt Sun nodded, and the expression on her face that belonged to a peasant woman dissipated, and she regained her spirit on the battlefield in the past.

......

On the other side, Bai Qianning took Xiaodouding to sit outside the hut for a long time, until the sky gradually darkened, then got up and said: "It's getting dark, we can't wait any longer, let's go back first, my mother will leave a letter for my aunt, if my aunt comes back and sees it, she will come to us, okay?" ”

"Hmm!"

Xiao Douding hesitated for a moment, but could only nod.

Seeing that the child agreed, Bai Qianning went back to the carriage and took a pen and paper, wrote a letter in a broken font, stuffed it through the crack in the door, and then took Xiaodouding and the little fox out of the small courtyard.

Sitting in the carriage, gusts of cool breeze have begun to hit from all directions, this agricultural carriage has no shelter at all, Bai Qianning can only wrap Xiaodouding tightly in her arms to prevent her from getting cold.

"White girl, which way are we going now?"

Old Uncle Qin asked as he tugged on the reins.

These words reminded Bai Qianning that what she should decide now is not which way to go back to the village, but whether to go back.

Today, Zhan Qianche had already said such ruthless words, telling them not to go back, what reason did she have to stay there and not leave?

Recalling Zhan Qianche's cold eyes and indifferent face, Bai Qianning only felt that it was a leopard that was injured and licking blood, and they all said that the beast was not humane, and she felt frustrated and powerless for the first time.

But just as she was about to open her mouth to ask Uncle Qin to send them to Luohe County to find a hotel, the blood dripping from Zhan Qianche's hands appeared in front of her eyes, and Bai Qianning only felt that the tight string in her heart was plucked by something.

At this moment, she decided to go back to the place where there was a thousand battles.

"Uncle Qin, I'm sorry for you, continue to walk along the path in front of you, you should be able to return to the village soon."

Bai Qian's fixed gaze looked into the distance, and she told herself that even if she fell in love with a leopard, as long as the leopard was injured, she would go back to guard him.

The carriage walked very fast, and in less than a quarter of an hour, it passed through the forest, and at this time the sporadic lights of Zhaojia Village could already be seen.

After bothering Uncle Qin for a whole day, Bai Qianning gave him an extra ten coins of silver as usual, and let him drive the carriage home directly. And he held the little fox in one hand and led the little bean in the other hand to walk on the village road.

The moonlight in winter always looks extraordinarily bright, this is the first time Bai Qianning has walked on the road so leisurely since she crossed over, but her mood is more complicated than ever.

Finally, he walked outside Zhan Qianche's small courtyard, looking at the room without any light, but Bai Qianning stopped.

Zhan Qianche's words always echoed in her mind, and she didn't even know if she would be kicked out directly if she went in.

"Mother, aren't we going in?"

The soft and glutinous voice of the little bean diced sounded in my ears.

"We ...... Let's go to Aunt Xu's house tonight to borrow it, you see, the lights at Daddy's house have been turned off, let's not disturb him to sleep, okay? ”

Bai Qianning tried hard to squeeze out a smile and discussed with Xiaodouding.

Although Xiao Douding was young, he could feel that his mother was in a bad mood, so he nodded along with his mother's meaning and said, "Okay, let's come to Daddy tomorrow." ”

"Hmm!"

Bai Qianning responded, and then walked in the direction of the Xu family with Xiaodouding.

At this time, Zhan Qianche was standing in the room, looking at the two figures outside the window and moving away.

Even though he had fantasized about a harmonious and peaceful family of three yesterday, he no longer dared to hope for it at this moment.

In the past three years, he has lived like a wither, and living is equivalent to dying. But at this moment, he knew very well that his soul was destined to awaken for hatred, and those peaceful years that he once longed for would no longer be peaceful.

Then this woman, and this child, should no longer have anything to do with him.

......

The windows of Xu's house were still lit by candlelight, Bai Qianning and Xiaodouding shouted twice outside the courtyard, and Aunt Xu's family hurriedly came out to greet them.

"Come in, come in, it's freezing at night, right?"

Aunt Xu greeted Bai Qianning while taking Xiao Douding's hand and walking into the house.

Because of her low mood, Bai Qianning didn't say anything, and entered the house surrounded by a family.

"Xiumei, go and bring the hot dishes that are warm on the fire, Xiuzhu, go and pour them two cups of hot water."

Aunt Xu seemed to know that they were going to live here, and beckoned her two daughters to serve water and food, as if she was afraid that Bai Qianning would be restrained.

"Auntie, we came back a little late today, and when we saw that the lights in Brother Wang's house had gone out, I thought about coming to your house to borrow a night, I don't know ......"

Bai Qianning said with some embarrassment, and was interrupted by Aunt Xu in the middle of her words.

"Cheng, you can live here with peace of mind, don't talk about today, you just live all the time. Don't be inhibited, just treat this as your own home. ”

After Aunt Xu finished speaking, she hurriedly instructed the stone standing next to her with a cramped face and said: "You go and boil two pots of hot water and pour them into the sheepskin bag, and take them to the quilt to warm the bed for the white girl, this winter sleep is the easiest to freeze." ”

Bai Qianning almost jumped up when she heard this, this means that she wants to sleep in the same room with the stone?

But just as she wanted to ask something, Aunt Xu seemed to react to the ambiguity in her words, and quickly explained: "At noon today, Ah Qi came over with a bed, and said that if you are interested, you will come over to spend the night, no, at noon, I will make a bed for you in the side room with Xiuzhu Xiumei, there is nothing in my aunt's house, there is still an empty house, you can live in peace, don't be polite to your aunt, if it weren't for you, the stone would not be today." ”

Aunt Xu said to herself, but Bai Qianning was already stunned.

Did he already guess that we would be back? It turned out that he was not really ruthless, Bai Qianning only felt that the originally cold heart had rekindled the fire, and it made people warm.