Volume 4: The Cold Bell (4)
Nine
"There is a situation! All troops on alert! ”
When the early sun was rising, on the city wall of Suzhou, the patrol soldiers saw a figure from a distance riding a horse from a distance, and after getting up, there seemed to be a sack on the horse's back. Billowing smoke and dust rose everywhere they passed.
"I am Zhang Yazhi, the daughter of the lord of Suzhou City, open the city gate quickly!"
Before arriving at the city gate, Zhang Yazhi raised his hand to show the general's order while riding his horse, and eagerly neighed and coquettishly followed.
"It's General Zhang's daughter! Fast! Open the gates of the city quickly! Rescue the young lady into the city! Someone, report this matter to the general as soon as possible! ”
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"Doctor, how is my benefactor's injuries?"
"Back to the general, fortunately, Miss stopped the bleeding for General Bai, and then was sent back for treatment in time. Now there is no major problem, and you can recover with more rest. ”
"So good, the benefactor did not hesitate to risk the Turkic barbarians to save me from danger, and then even ran overnight to rescue my beloved daughter Yazhi from the enemy camp, this son is a real iron-blooded man. When he wakes up, I will thank his benefactor in person! Hahaha! ”
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Bai Jingxuan woke up faintly, looked around, and saw him lying on the couch, where he was in a gorgeously decorated bedroom. Gently moving his hands and feet, although he is still weak and powerless, he has no worries about his life.
looked up, but saw Zhang Yazhi staring at a pair of dark circles, and was holding his head on the side of the bed with one hand and shaking, obviously extremely sleepy.
"The general's daughter is here, I think I should be in the general's mansion, it seems that she was taken back to Suzhou City by the young lady after she fell into a coma, and she picked up a life. I don't know how many days I fell asleep. Seeing that this girl is so tired, it is estimated that she has been waiting around the hospital bed for days. It's not in vain that I desperately tried to get her back. ”
Bai Jingxuan's mind turned slightly, and he thought about his current situation clearly, and then looked at Zhang Yazhi, who was on the side of the bed, and his heart couldn't help but feel a burst of love and warmth.
After sleeping for a long time, his body was wet and itchy, Bai Jingxuan moved lightly and was about to get up and walk around on the ground, but just a little movement, he woke up Zhang Yazhi, who was napping beside the bed.
"Benefactor, you're awake! Lie down quickly, the doctor confessed, the arrow wound on his back has not healed, and it is inconvenient to get up, so it is best to lie down and recuperate. If you need anything, just say it to Yazhi, and Yazhi will help you get it. Seeing Bai Jingxuan wake up, Zhang Yazhi suddenly sobered up, and his joy was written on his eyebrows, and he quickly got up and helped Bai Jingxuan back to the bed, leaning on the bed railing and sitting down.
"Miss, I'm thirsty, please help me bring some water."
"Okay, right away."
Zhang Yazhi hurriedly walked to the table, filled a bowl of hot tea, sat back on the couch, gently blew off the hot air in the cup, and handed it to Bai Jingxuan.
It was indeed thirsty, Bai Jingxuan poured the tea in the cup into his mouth, and was immediately choked and coughed violently.
"Benefactor, slow down." Zhang Yazhi reached out and gently patted Bai Jingxuan's back.
"It doesn't matter. Miss, how many days have I been in a coma? Have you been watching over me all the time?"
Hearing Bai Jingxuan's question, Zhang Yazhi slowly withdrew his hand, and a blush suddenly appeared on his white cheeks, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"I ...... I...... By the way, it's good news that the benefactor woke up, and I almost forgot to tell my daddy. Really embarrassed, Zhang Yazhi found an excuse, and hurriedly turned around and opened the door to leave.
"Huh! Why do I have to talk more! Isn't that obvious? Bai Jingxuan realized it later, and raised his hand and slapped it on his mouth.
Not long after Zhang Yazhi left, he remembered the hearty laughter outside the door, Zhang Jingzhi pushed the door in, followed by the doctor, Zhang Yazhi, who still had slightly red cheeks, and walked into the room with a bowl of decoction in his hand.
"Hahahaha, benefactor, you're finally awake. When the benefactor was rescued back to the city, he was already dying, and I hurriedly invited the best doctor in Suzhou to treat the benefactor, so that I was fortunate to save the benefactor's life. It's Xiaoya, a girl, who waits for days, and refuses to leave her benefactor no matter how much she advises. I grew up watching this girl, and I've never seen her so attentive to outsiders. ”
"Boy Bai Jingxuan, thank you for your condescending care."
"Daddy!" When Zhang Yazhi heard this, her little face couldn't help but be hot again, and she pulled the corners of Zhang Jingzhi's clothes angrily.
"Hahahaha, you girl now knows how to be shy? The benefactor didn't know, that day I rode back to Suzhou City, so I hurriedly dispatched the army to return to the rescue, but when I arrived at the place, I saw corpses all over the field, I was afraid that the benefactor would encounter an accident. But she didn't want to, and the next day the little girl appeared in the city with her benefactor. It is the sky that has eyes, and the benefactor will be blessed by heaven. ”
"The general's words are serious, the kid is just a young man, and he is not worth thinking about the general." Bai Jingxuan finally waited for the main master, of course he would not miss the opportunity, and immediately reminded Zhang Jingzhi that he had made great achievements but still had no reputation.
"Huh! This is a bad statement, the benefactor is skilled and courageous, the young man really buried the benefactor's talent, not to mention that my father and daughter's lives were saved by you. Zhang Jingzhi naturally heard the meaning of Bai Jingxuan's words. Bai Jingxuan is brave and fierce, and he has the grace to save his life, so he naturally has to be encircled, and it is not a problem to add officials to the knighthood. Immediately turned his head and gave the order to the guards outside the door.
"Someone! Pass my order, from now on, let my benefactor Bai Xuanjing be the commander of the pro-soldiers, and protect me! The pro-guard army under the general's mansion is all under his jurisdiction and dispatch! ”
"General Xie is loved!" As soon as he came, he was directly promoted to the commander of the pro-soldiers, Bai Jingxuan was really overjoyed, and he immediately got up to thank him.
The commander of the pro-soldier is not an ordinary role, but the highest-paid official position under the general's banner, and it is often the confidants of the general's clan who can receive this honor, because of his excellent treatment and high status, the pro-soldier commander is often quite envied and respected.
"Huh! The benefactor is injured, so there is no need to be polite. Benefactor, you and I both have an honorific in our names, and this general was saved by you, which shows that we are extremely destined. If the benefactor does not dislike it, the general has the cheekiness to recognize you as my son, and since then you and I have been more affectionate than blood relatives. I don't know what the benefactor wants?! ”
"Thank you father-in-law for your love! The righteous son is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, and swear to follow his father-in-law to the death! "Getting a city guard lord to be a father-in-law is a good thing that can't be sought, Bai Jingxuan responded without hesitation, and shouted loudly from one by one, with great affection.
"Hahahaha! Good! The father-in-law is still entangled in important matters, so he will leave first, respect Xuan and rest for a good life, and when the injury and illness are healed, the father-in-law will put on a celebration banquet for you! Hahahaha, Yazhi, feed your righteous brother to take medicine, take care of it! ”
"Yes, Daddy."
"Congratulations to my father!"
Zhang Yazhi bowed his knees, and Bai Jingxuan also said goodbye to his newly recognized father-in-law loudly.
After everyone left, the bedroom fell silent again, and the two faced each other silently.
"Brother, it's time to drink the medicine, drink it while it's hot." After being silent for a long time, he finally couldn't stand the ambiguous atmosphere, Zhang Yazhi picked up the decoction and handed it to Bai Jingxuan, lowered his head to avoid the other party's gaze, and his brother called out to be extraordinarily sweet.
Seeing that the beautiful girl was so shy, Bai Jingxuan's heart couldn't help but move slightly, and he immediately had bad thoughts.
"Good sister, my brother's hand suddenly can't exert his strength for some reason, I'm afraid I can't hold this decoction, if I accidentally spill it, wouldn't it be a disappointment to my sister's intentions."
"How so? I'm going to call the doctor to see my brother. ”
"It's not in the way, I'm afraid I'm going to bother my sister to feed my brother with medicine."
"Okay."
Zhang Yazhi was a little girl after all, and her face was extremely thin, but she still held back her shame, picked up the soup spoon and scooped up the decoction, put it under her lips and blew a few sips, then looked at Bai Jingxuan's mouth and sent it, and her delicate little face became more and more hot and crimson.
The plan succeeded, the corners of Bai Jingxuan's mouth set off a smug arc of successful tricks, opened his mouth happily, and drank the decoction handed by Zhang Yazhi spoonful after spoonful.
Bai Jingxuan didn't know that his teasing of Zhang Yazhi on a whim had planted unshakable feelings in the other party's heart, and it had also become an indelible guilt and self-blame in Bai Jingxuan's heart in the future.
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Ten
In the next few years, Bai Jingxuan did live up to expectations, relying on his extraordinary courage and means, as well as his well-liked style of doing things, he became prosperous in the military and political circles, and his reputation also rose, gradually overshadowing Zhang Jingzhi's limelight.
After that, he personally led the elite guards trained by himself, and several times he repelled the Turkic attack, and at that time, the Turks were all frightened when they heard the name of Bai Xuanjing, and they did not dare to attack easily. As a result, the people in Suzhou were spared the scourge of war and lived a stable life of living and working in peace and contentment for several years.
Bai Jingxuan's prestige in the army reached its peak, and he was loved by the soldiers and people of Suzhou City, and was called "the god general of leveling", and he was in the limelight for a while.
After that, it was logical to marry Zhang Yazhi, the daughter of Zhang Jingzhi, the lord of the city, and after Zhang Jingzhi resigned from his post as the main general, it was expected to take over the important position of the main general.
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If it had not been for the defeat of the night attack five years ago, all the 3,000 elite soldiers of the guards had fallen, resulting in a great loss of vitality of the Suzhou army, and the current Suzhou City would not have been repeatedly provoked by the Turks, and could only be held high and swallowed without war. And he, Bai Jingxuan, will not fall into a bleak situation that is ridiculed by others.
Once he became a god, he became mud in one step, and the tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, which is nothing more than that.
In the general's mansion, Bai Jingxuan recalled the scenery of the past, and then looked back at the dilapidated situation that was gaining momentum, and couldn't help but sigh with pain, working hard day and night for years to polish, and his once handsome face was also dyed with some traces of vicissitudes.
"Today is the time to meet her again. I should be happy. ”
Bai Jingxuan shook his head, waved away the noisy thoughts in his head, got up and turned into the bead curtain, his eyes lit up with a little expectation.
After a stick of incense, Bai Jingxuan walked out from behind the bead curtain again, and the heroic armor on his body also turned into a luxurious brocade robe with gold silk tassels. Standing in the hall, carefully checked the neat clothes again for wrinkles, and then tidied them up, straightened his back and held his head high, and strode towards the gate of the general's mansion, his steps were slightly relaxed and eager.
I don't see you in January, and I don't know if the snow is good.
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"Madam, the general has left the general's mansion again, and he must be going to the main building of the city wall again."
"Got it, let's go down."
"Yes, ma'am."
In the agarwood-filled bedroom, Zhang Yazhi, who is now the general's wife, heard the report of the maid outside the door, stopped the embroidery in his hand, closed his eyes, and tears poured out.
"Husband, you and I have been married for many years, why are you waiting for me to be so ......"
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