80. No advance or retreat
"Su Tilt! Don't go! Mo Yu shouted, and actually grabbed a sleeve. Use the reader to read tens of millions of copies, completely ad-free! Then, a warm, strong hand touched her forehead.
"Little Ballad ......"
The illusion was shattered in an instant, and Su Tian would never call her that.
Mo Yu opened her eyes and saw Xiao Zhen kneeling in front of the bed, wiping the sweat from her face with her hands: "Xiao Yu, you have a nightmare." β
Mo Yu shook her head, it wasn't a nightmare, it was the best and best dream, just one step away, she could grab Su Tian's hand and ask him not to leave so quickly.
Xiao Zhen held a pottery bowl filled with water and brought it to Mo Yu's mouth, staring at her silently in the dark. When I got closer, I found that Xiao Zhen had a strong smell of alcohol between his mouth and nose.
Xiao ...... Xiao Zhen, you go back, I'll ......" Mo Yu touched his clothes and found that everything was in good condition, so he dared to speak to him.
"Little ballad," Xiao Zhen didn't plan to leave, and sat on the edge of the bed, "I originally hated you for leaving without permission, but now I'm a little lucky." If you hadn't gone, maybe you'd be like everyone else now, because I died unjustly. When I think of that outcome, I'm afraid ......"
"Xiao Yu," he leaned over and hugged Mo Yu's small body at once, "Su Tian is dead, you can't live like this forever, why don't you try to accept others, such as ...... I? β
Mo Yu ducked backwards in a panic, but he couldn't break free of his strong arms.
"I've lost a lot, and now I only want one of you, can't I?" Xiao Zhen rested his head on her shoulder. Through a little moonlight through the window, Mo Yu clearly saw that there were two water stains on Xiao Zhen's face, which flickered in the screen. When I reached out and touched it, it was cold tears.
Mo Yu stopped struggling, but he didn't continue to approach him. She never thought that someone like Xiao Zhen would shed tears, if it weren't for the darkness of the night, maybe he would never show this side.
"Little Ballad ......"
"You go to sleep," Mo Yu withdrew his hand, "Aren't you going to meet King Qin tomorrow?" β
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The next morning, when Mo Yu woke up, breakfast was already on the table. The mansion was soon filled with a new batch of maidservants, and it became lively again.
Mo Yu still felt cold and unbearable, nestled on the bed and ate a little, still lying on the quilt.
After noon, Xiao Zhen came back from the palace. A court robe has not yet been changed, and two hanging ribbons flutter with his steps. Even the court clothes of military attachΓ©s are much more elegant than the armor, with long sleeves hanging to the ground, which is quite a bit fluttering.
"Xiaoyao, you're so lazy, you have slept until this time." Xiao Zhen didn't mention last night's incident, just like the past between the two had never happened, and came up to pull her up.
Touching her fingers was still cold, Xiao Zhen frowned slightly. Mo Yu quietly withdrew his hand and casually asked him if there was anything special today.
Xiao Zhen suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and picked a few things to talk about in the palace in the morning. At least Mo Yu is willing to talk to him now, not blindly hating and fearing.
The king of Qin was extremely heavy on Xiao Zhen, and there was originally a part of the military power scattered in the hands of a few old ministers, but this time the king of Qin used Xiao Zhen's outstanding military achievements to hand over all the military power to him, and sent him to build a fortification in the north to resist the Hu people.
Mo Yu sat on the edge of the bed, his shoes were just halfway on, and he frowned and said, "This is not like a good thing, it gives you more power on the surface, but in fact it pushes you to the opposite side of those old ministers. Building fortifications is also a chore, you have to recruit people and raise money everywhere, and I think they will not only not cooperate with you, but will deliberately wait for you to make a mistake, so that you will never be able to turn back again. β
After all, he has been by Su Tian's side for several years, and he has been familiar with these officialdoms, and after thinking about it for a while, he saw the secret.
Xiao Zhen had already thought of this, but Mo Yu's attitude made him even more happy. Anyway, she was still worried about her safety, thinking of this, he didn't say a word, and quietly listened to the Mo rumor.
"You have to prepare in advance, and you can't let people catch the wrong place. However, King Qin will definitely desperately urge you to speed up the construction period, even if you do it well, the result will definitely not be able to meet their requirements. Mo Yu's face was wrinkled, and the more he thought about it, the more dangerous it became.
"Don't worry," Xiao Zhen squatted down and put on her shoes as she spoke, "even if I don't do anything, they can still find out what is wrong." Since you give me the military power, I will accept it unceremoniously. After all, this is not a place for me to live for long, and when I find a suitable opportunity, I will leave. β
Fingers slid over her soft, small instep, just as cold. It seems that she needs to find a doctor to show her, Xiao Zhen thought in his heart.
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It had been more than half a month since Xiao Zhen's army withdrew from the vicinity of Shouchun, and Han Chong carried his quiver on his back, took out his horse, and quietly left the barracks.
"Stop!" Huang Qi hurriedly chased after him and grabbed the reins of his horse, "You want to be a deserter too?" β
"Old General Huang, you are mistaken," Han Chong replied in a strange manner, "I originally came back to help for the sake of Su Gongzi, but I am not the lackey of the King of Chu." Now that I'm done, I'm leaving. β
"Ah Chong," Huang Qi heard the sarcasm in his words, and a look of shame appeared on his wrinkled face, "Although the Qin army has retreated, it is difficult to guarantee that other countries will not invade again. You are a good son, why don't you be loyal to the country......"
"Ha, loyal to the country?" Han Chong turned over and got on his horse, his movements were smooth and chic, "When I was begging for food everywhere, where was the State of Chu?" When I was trapped in Tongcheng, where was the state of Chu? I wrote a five-time recital, saying that there were refugees outside Tongcheng, and asked the king of Chu to issue an order to let the nearby cities accept some. The result? What am I waiting for? Let me prepare the batik cloth for the tribute in advance, because the king of Chu wants to ordain a concubine. β
Huang Qi looked at the young and handsome face on the horse, and he could vaguely see his mother's appearance. It wasn't that he deliberately abandoned Han Niang's mother and son back then, he just wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and he couldn't bring his family with him. By the time he became famous and returned to his hometown, Han Niang had already become a lonely grave.
"I'm just a man without a king and a father, since I'm so old, let me continue to grow old like this." Han Chong shook the reins, and the horse under his crotch spread its four hooves, "Walking to the ends of the earth, I also want to find Xiaoyu." Otherwise, I'm not in the mood to bother with that. β
Hearing the phrase "no king and no father", the words that have come to my lips are unspeakable. Huang Qi looked at Han Chong in a daze, he should have been called Huang Chong, but unfortunately, he never had a chance. The word "Chong" was the first name he thought of when he heard that Han Niang gave birth to a son in the army. At that time, he thought that his son should be like him, galloping on the battlefield until the end of his life.
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"Xiaoyu, you should go out for a walk more, at least bask in the sun." Xiao Zhen saw that Mo Yu had been stuffed in the room for several days, and changed his way to let her do something.
"By the way, this is the doctor I invited, very famous, let him help you take a look." Xiao Zhen pointed to the middle-aged man behind him and said.
Mo Yu shook his head: "I'm not sick, see what I do?" As soon as I looked up, I found that the person was also an acquaintance, I had seen it in Yuntai before, named Guo Huai, and it was said that his medical skills were very superb.
Yuntai took in a lot of talented people, but when Su Tian lost power, most of these people went their separate ways, and no one was willing to stay and share the hardships with Su Tian.
When Su Tian returned to serve as Ling Yin, these people came back to join him. At that time, Mo Yu sneered, eager to drive them all out and let out a bad breath.
But Su Tian didn't care, and just said to Mo Yu: "If you go to the market to buy something, you will definitely choose the morning instead of the evening." Because in the morning, the market has everything you want, but in the evening it is empty. It's the same for these people, Ling Yin has the powerful position they are chasing, but Su Tian has nothing. β
Even if he learned most of his strategies, Mo Yu still couldn't learn his calmness and generosity. She glanced at Guo Huai, turned her face and said, "No wonder Mr. Guo wants to leave Yuntai, it must be that the food of the Qin State is better than that of the Chu State." β
Guo Huai also recognized it at this time, and Mo Yu was the little maid beside Su Tian in the past. Surprised, he could only laugh and say: "The girl misunderstood, people like me are born like duckweed without roots, where the water source is abundant, they will go." β
Although his character is a little worse, Guo Huai's medical skills still haven't been said, he cut his pulse and looked at his tongue again, he already knows the situation of Mo Yu. He invited Xiao Zhen to the outside room and said: "This girl is depressed, her qi and blood are not smooth, and she is unable to recuperate, so her hands and feet are cold, and every time she has menstruation, the pain is unbearable." β
Xiao Zhen nodded, it was true.
Guo Huai bowed and saluted: "If you recuperate slowly, it's not impossible." However, this girl should have been injured, and she was suppressed with a heavy dose, and ordinary tonic medicine may have no effect. β
"So what?" Xiao Zhen was impatient and asked urgently.
"In fact, the medicine is three parts poison, and the best way is to mix yin and yang, let her marry and have children, and these symptoms will naturally be cured." Guo Huai secretly glanced at Xiao Zhen's expression, and said boldly, "I just have a prescription here, which is very helpful for dredging qi and blood, if Master Hou is willing, you might as well try it." If you don't want to...... It's nothing, it's just that the girl who hurts for about ten days a month. β
"The prescription stays, you can go, don't confide half a word to others." Xiao Zhen gave Guo Huai a generous reward and took the small prescription from him.
Xiao Zhen didn't mention the prescription to Mo Yu, only said that Guo Huai asked her to rest more. Mo Yu pursed his lips and said with a little disdain: "I knew that he was a liar, and only people like you and Su Tian would fall for him." β
Hearing her compare herself to Su Tian, Xiao Zhen felt a strange feeling in his heart, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad. He quietly pinched the prescription tightly, and secretly sent someone to complete the medicinal materials according to it.