"No one can avoid this ritual, so I'm sorry, so I had to rub blood on your hands so as not to hurt you."

Qingwan raised her hand to look at the blood stains on her hands, and said with a smile: "Thank you, no need to apologize." ”

At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, and the sensitive Qingwan and Rong Chen turned their heads almost at the same time, only to see a trembling old woman walking towards the two of them.

The old woman was on crutches, but her eyes were not as cold and terrifying as the people they had just seen when they entered the village, but rather a little kind. It's like a normal old woman!

"Welcome home."

Rong Chen stood up, supported the old woman's body and said, "The village is the same, it hasn't changed for so many years. ”

It was getting dark, and until now there was no smoke rising from the house, as if there was not a single family in the whole village that needed to cook.

"Which kid are you?"

With Rong Chen's support, the old woman walked step by step towards the village road, but she did not give up on testing Rong Chen.

"Uncle Zhang in the west of the village, I followed my grandfather to beg for food ten years ago, but my grandfather left, and I have been living abroad until now, and now I have come back with my wife to take a look."

Rong Chen said goodbye to the old woman when he walked to the small bridge on the village road, and went west with Qingwan alone.

There were fewer houses on the west side than on the east side, only a few houses that looked desolate and abandoned for a long time, and the houses had no other purpose than to protect them from the wind and rain, and there was not even a kitchen in the house.

"This is your home?"

Qingwan followed Rong Chen into a dilapidated house, this place is still in addition to the structure of the house, it is really not even a blank.

Rong Chen couldn't help but smile when he looked at Qingwan with a disgusted look, "What, disgusted that this place is dilapidated?" ”

It's not that she dislikes it, when she was a special soldier, it was not uncommon to see broken walls and ruins on the battlefield, how could she dislike the dilapidated child, but she was a married woman, so she couldn't spend the night with Rong Chen in such a place, right?

If it is known, there are really ten mouths that can't be said clearly!

"Shall we sleep here?"

Rong Chen nodded, picked up some dead grass from outside the yard, and piled it on the ground, seemingly unaware of Qingwan's nervousness at all.

Qingwan didn't speak, just stayed still, staying still and not daring to wander around.

"Don't worry, there is a long-lasting miasma outside this village, which only dissipates at dusk when the north wind is strong, so it is absolutely impossible for these people who know nothing to rush in, let alone break into the adultery between the two of us."

Qingwan blushed suddenly, "What are you talking about!" Who has an adulterous affair with you! ”

I don't know what happened to Wu Wen's side, her husband must be worried, he must have received the holy decree and knew the news that he was going to die.

How sad the husband must have been, especially since she ran away without saying a word.

At night, Coco Wu woke up by touching his head that had been punched out of a big bag, and standing next to the bed was the herald of his henchmen.

"General, Madame has fled, please rest assured, it was General Rong Chen who escorted her."

Wu Wen breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Qingwan had already fled after knowing the news first, otherwise if it fell into the hands of the eunuch sent by the emperor, it would be really unlucky.

"And this, the general asked me to order the golden hairpin in the capital."

Wu Wen took the golden hairpin wrapped in silk, this is the gift he wanted to give to Qingwan on the way home from the victory, the golden hairpin was specially made of hooked silk flowers, inlaid with rare rubies, this is probably the most valuable gift he can give to Qingwan, but this gift does not know when it will be delivered to her.

"Thank you, fortunately with you, otherwise I'm afraid Qingwan won't even be able to save me."

The herald knelt on the ground, prostrated himself on the ground, and apologized, "I checked the direction in which the horses were fleeing, and found that Madame and General Rong Chen seemed to have strayed into the miasma woods. ”

"What!" Coco Wu took the case.

Wu Wen thought carefully for a while, if Rong Chen left with Qingxuan, there should be no danger.

Or that he is a lot more relieved now, if they can't even find Qingwan with their own people, then the emperor's people don't even want to move Qingwan.

"General, the messenger has already slept in the military tent next to him, and before going to bed, he scolded and cursed, saying that he would truthfully report to the Holy God and raid his house to punish the crime."

Wu Wen frowned, if all the land and military exploits rewarded by the emperor were copied from him, then forget it.

But those family businesses in her hometown are all earned by Qingwan's hard work in the morning, and if she is copied, I don't know how sad she will be.

After a sleepless night, Wu Wen also made a plan, if the saint insisted on giving his wife a room, then he didn't have to be loyal to the saint.

He took advantage of the night to pack his bags, took off his armor and put it in the box of the imperial gift, and all the military talismans and decrees were placed in the box.

The night faded, and the hazy daylight gradually spilled onto his face through the military tent, and he felt even more tired in addition to his tired face.

The time with Qingwan to plan the family business was so good, so many brothers died in the battlefield battle, and they had to be suspected and betrayed by their own king.

The herald seemed to have had a sleepless night, and as soon as it was dawn, he walked in, and his heart tightened at the sight of the general sitting upright, awaiting charges.

The general and his wife are both good people who are loyal to the country, why did they encounter such a catastrophe when they won the first battle.

Is it really the cunning rabbit that dies, the lackeys cook, and the birds hide their bows?

"General, the messenger is waiting for you, if you don't hand over your wife, he can only escort you back to Beijing."

Coco Wu smiled faintly, and the skin on his face showed slight cracks because of the harsh wartime climate.

The deep dark circles under his eyes and the scar on his forehead tell of his dedication and achievements.

But at this time, the people of the temple will not know what kind of hell they have experienced as the marchers who are charging at the front line.

In the palace, after a night, Lin Qingwan disappeared, and the news of Wu Wen's resistance also reached the ears of the emperor.

"What! Wu Wen resisted? Could it be that for the sake of a woman, he doesn't even want the military merit and fame on his body? ”

The emperor, who was wearing clothes in the concubine's room, threw out the jade hairpin of the concubine in his hand in a fit of anger.

The concubine made a look, and asked the maids around her to quickly clean up the broken jade, and she held the emperor's hair in a bun with gentle fingering.

"Who is he going to show this tone of treating fame and fortune like dung? Yo, he is a hero of the rebellion, an incorruptible gentleman, and a husband who protects his wife, so what has become of Your Majesty? ”

The concubine's words made the emperor let out a cold snort of disdain, "Then I am a faint monarch who is unkind and unkind, disrespectful and indiscriminately kills innocent ministers." ”

There was silence in the Hongluan Palace, and even the sound of falling snow outside the door could be heard.

"It's snowing?"

The emperor suddenly looked out the window, although the sound of the "crackling" of the carbon fire made the red Luan Hall like a spring day, the sound of falling snow reminded him that winter was coming.

"The squad is still heading, the food and grass are insufficient, and it snows heavily, and the soldiers can't afford it."

There seemed to be a flash of inspiration in the emperor's mind, no wonder Wu Wen sent a letter yesterday to negotiate peace, and the longer the war dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for them.

If this continues, they will lose not only soldiers, but also the morale of the army and the people.

"Order, let the Marquis of Dingyuan take over Wu Wen's army, don't delay the wartime, and return to the court as soon as possible."

Hearing this, the eunuchs on the side looked at each other, and sighed secretly in their hearts, only feeling that this time General Weiyuan had no chance to turn over.

Immediately afterwards, a eunuch went to pass the decree, and Li Zongze, the Marquis of Dingyuan, was about to go to the court, but just out of the mansion, before he could get on the horse, he was stopped by the eunuch who passed the decree.

At the door of his house, Li Zongze accepted the summons of the holy decree, and he was also confused in his heart.

Although he and Wu Wen are not familiar with each other, I heard that he is also a good man who is brave and good at fighting, and his good story with his wife is also famous, how did he end up with today's result.

After Li Zongze received the order, he didn't have to go to the court, he took the talisman and took his own soldiers and went out.

Unexpectedly, at the door, he saw his wife blocking the way, and his wife cried so much that it rained.

"Madame, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Li was originally the only daughter of the Squire family of the Ministry of War, and she was arrogant by nature, and after marrying General Li, the two were a pair of lovers in the capital.

Two months ago, Mrs. Li and General Li's only child died, and Mrs. Li was grief-stricken.

"What's the matter with you? Knowing that it is a tiger and wolf den, you have to drill it? Isn't General Wu an example of life! ”

The soldiers were all displayed in the courtyard, and it was really embarrassing to listen to the husband and wife arguing like this, and the adjutant general immediately dismissed the soldiers and let them go to the outer courtyard to standby.

Li Zongze didn't know that this was a bad luck, regardless of whether Mrs. Wu Lin was the daughter of the king of Zhennan, rumors spread everywhere, and if the two of them continued to lead troops to rebel, they were afraid that there would be endless troubles.

I'm afraid that this is the strategy of the king of Zhennan, he can disturb the pulse of General Wu, and it will also involve their big family, where can the lady withstand these twists and turns.

"The king's order is difficult to disobey, as a courtier, how can I disobey the holy decree?"

General Li stretched out his hand and wanted to hold his wife, if he continued to delay like this, he would be seen by the emperor's eyes, wouldn't it mean that he was delaying military affairs.

"You and my father sacrificed their lives for the country, and no one in the world dares to doubt our loyalty! If you and I are buried in this matter, will our two families be destroyed? ”

Mrs. Li suddenly took out a sword from her long sleeve, and as soon as the sword was unsheathed, she rested the blade around her neck.

"You take me to face the saint and see my queen's cousin, if the saint insists on you going on the expedition, let my blood splash on the spot!"

Li Zongze looked at his wife like this, and didn't dare to say a word, although his wife was gentle and virtuous, but her temper was famously stubborn, and Lao Shangshu couldn't help her back then.

"Okay, let's go to the palace to face the saint."

Li Zongze returned to the house and withdrew his military uniform, changed into an official uniform, and entered the palace in a carriage with his wife.