Chapter Seventy-Seven: Farewell
Mu Mingshu was sleeping in a daze, and felt a warmth on her neck, the warmth caressed the wound on her neck, and made her feel at ease for no reason, turned over and muttered, but suddenly a spirit, before her eyes opened, she quickly took out a short dagger from under the pillow, turned over and stabbed at the warmth.
Zhao Yiheng seemed to know that she would be like this, snatched the dagger in her hand and threw it on the floor tiles, pulled her whole person into his arms, stroked her back, and said with a little distress and doting in his tone: "Don't be afraid, it's me." ”
His voice was very gentle and delicate, with lingering affection and ambiguity, very different from the informality in the past, Mu Mingshu was stunned for a moment, the thorn on his body couldn't help but converge, his head shrank in his shoulder socket, and he felt red and red for no reason, and his heart beat faster.
In the end, it was the girl's house, she was so ambiguous and embarrassed, she moved her body to sit down, and then heard Zhao Yiheng's voice with a little ridicule coming from above her head: "Lady, you asked someone to go to the house to find a husband, but I felt that I missed not seeing you for a day." ”
When the five-hundred-mile urgent battle report was just delivered to Emperor Jiawen, not only Mu Li followed him into the palace, but even Zhao Yiheng was also summoned into the palace. It wasn't until the ugly time that the star and the moon came out of the palace, and before he could sit down to take a sip of tea, he heard Chang Jiang say that Mu Mingshu had sent someone to look for him.
On weekdays, Mu Mingshu has never taken the initiative to look for him, but this is the first time, coupled with the news of the Northwest War, Zhao Yiheng knew in his heart that it must be Mu Mingshu who was worried about Mu Li, and he didn't have time to change his clothes and stepped through the window in the moonlight.
But he didn't expect that Mu Mingshu would have such obvious scars on his neck.
Mu Mingshu felt that Zhao Yiheng was not so annoying one moment, but when he heard what he said the next moment, he immediately turned cold, pushed him away, and glared angrily.
Zhao Yiheng didn't care about her angry eyes, stretched out his hand to wrap around her hair, and didn't ask how the wound on her neck came about, but said with a straight face: "The army set off in two days, and your uncle led the army to the northwest as the commander, and this battle will be four or five months fast, and a year at the slowest." ”
Mu Mingshu's expression was abrupt when he heard this, and he didn't lose his temper, and exclaimed: "Why is it so fast? ”
It takes ten days to send troops normally, and it takes two days to just point the troops, and it takes five days to prepare food, grass, weapons and armor, even if it is not given a banquet by the emperor.
The two-day preparation time is really rare, but I am afraid that the barracks will have to order troops overnight, and I will set off as soon as I finish the order. The situation is so urgent, I'm afraid that the battle in the northwest border city is very powerful, even more powerful than she thought.
Zhao Yiheng heard Mu Mingshu's voice, which was worse than the voice of a male duck, frowned unhappily, opened his mouth to speak, and then stopped talking, and then followed her as soon as the conversation turned: "The matter in the northwest is urgent, and it is urgent." ”
But it was not urgent, the general who defended the city suddenly disappeared at night, and the next day the head was hung on the city wall, and the Mongols not only wanted to start a war with Dadu, but also to humiliate Dadu.
Mu Mingshu became more and more frightened when he heard this, this time, the war in the northwest was only afraid that it was very difficult, and thinking that Mu Li had never been on the battlefield, he didn't know if it was auspicious, and his heart was panicked for a while, his hands tightly pinched the hem of his clothes, raised his misty eyes and said: "My uncle, I have no combat experience. ”
Although she relied on living one more life, but there was no war in the northwest in that life, and Mu Li had never been on the battlefield, this war was dangerous, and she didn't know the good luck, she was really scared, in case, if there was a case, what would the women and children of the Mu family do.
Zhao Yiheng patted her head and said comfortingly: "Don't underestimate General Mu, he was born in Jiangmen, if he doesn't even have the ability to lead troops to fight, his father will not let him be the commander." ”
However, his comfort did not reassure Mu Mingshu, Emperor Jiawen only appointed Mu Li as the commander, but I am afraid that because of the relationship between the Mu family's military power for generations, if you want to talk about Mu Li's true ability, she feels that she must be inferior to her mother Mu Zihan.
She pursed her lips and hesitated for a while, but finally spoke: "His Royal Highness King Rui, I, I want to ask you to borrow a few capable people......
It was the first time she begged someone, and she couldn't go on talking about it, but Zhao Yiheng understood what she meant when she heard it. Mu Mingshu has always regarded the people of the Mu family as extremely important, and even if he asks for help at this time, it is for the Mu family's Mu Li.
With a light smile, the hand covering the top of his head moved down the hair to her ears, gently pinched her fleshy earlobes, and then said seriously: "Don't worry, I promise you that with the presence of this king, General Mu will return safely and soundly." ”
Mu Mingshu met his bottomless eyes, and for no reason felt that he was very trustworthy at the moment, and he couldn't help but feel hot on his face, and the tips of his ears were also pink.
She lowered her head, hid her red face, and said in an urn, "Then, you promise." ”
Zhao Yiheng saw her look in his eyes, the corners of his mouth were almost to the root of his ears, and he pinched her pink earlobes, and said, "For, cough, this king promises you." ”
Zhao Yiheng sat on the edge of the bed, watching Mu Mingshu fall back asleep, and then stared gloomily at the scars left on her white neck, both distressed and angry, in the end he couldn't help but blame, and secretly took a sip on her cheeks, and then took advantage of the dawn to return to the Rui Wangfu.
This night, Liu's side was also restless, and she didn't sleep well because she had something in her heart, and she woke up as soon as the courtyard door opened. Mu Li came back with a tired look, looked at Liu Shi who got out of bed in his clothes with a lot of guilt, and told him about the march and battle in two days.
Liu Shi was already uneasy in his heart, but when he heard him say this this time, he breathed a sigh of relief, personally twisted the towel and handed it to him to wipe his face, and said nothing else, only said: "I'll pack your bags for you tomorrow." ”
Mu Li sighed secretly: If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for.
Touching Liu's slightly pregnant belly, he became more and more guilty, and held her ears and temples at night.
As soon as the morning dawned, Mu Li got up and went to the barracks again, although Mu Mingshu had come to the main room an hour earlier than before, and he didn't meet Mu Li.
Liu's eyes were blue and black, and early in the morning, he asked the maid to turn out Mu Li's four seasons clothes. With this big move, Mu Mingshu guessed that it must have been the Liu family who knew the news that Mu Li was going to lead the troops to fight, and he didn't sleep all night.
Liu really didn't sleep all night, don't look at her calm and calm in front of Mu Li, but in the end she was still worried, she couldn't sleep at night, so she thought in her heart what clothes to bring him, what medicines to bring, and kept praying that Mu Li must come back safely.
The entire Mu Mansion was nervous because Mu Li was going to lead the troops to fight, Mu Mingshu was originally a little relaxed in his heart, but this atmosphere became even more tense, and after thinking about it, he simply called Mu Mingluo to go to Hongfa Temple again, ready to ask Mu Li for a peace charm.
Liu was busy packing her bags for Mu Li, but she didn't go, even if she wanted to, she couldn't go.
Mu Mingshu and Mu Mingluo set off in a hurry after lunch, and the carriage traveled very fast along the way.
Today, Hongfa Temple did not close the mountain gate, perhaps because the war is imminent, there are a lot of people who come to burn incense and worship Buddha today, people are crowded, and people are stepping on their feet.
The two sisters wore hats and asked a few mothers-in-law to go around the main hall, but inexplicably a familiar voice shouted overhead: "Sister Mingshu." ”
The voice was mixed with all kinds of voices, I couldn't hear it really, and I screamed a few times, and then Mu Mingluo pulled Mu Mingshu's sleeve and said, "Sister, it seems that someone called you." ”
Mu Mingshu raised his head and glanced through the crowd, only to see Yang Qinghe, who was dressed in red, waving to him, and there was a woman in a pink dress standing next to her.
"Meet the Lord of Qinghe." Mu Mingshu opened his mouth lightly, and several mothers-in-law escorted them to the direction of Yang Qinghe.
Yang Qinghe was wearing a red riding suit today, his hair was tied up high, if it weren't for that delicate face that couldn't deceive people, he would look like a handsome son. Seeing Mu Mingshu coming over, he stepped forward in three or two steps, squeezed through the crowd, and smiled at her: "Although I have a hat, I see that it is you." ”
Then he asked, "Is my sister also here to ask for peace?" ”
Mu Mingshu noticed that something was wrong with her words, so he asked, "Also?" Have you come to ask for peace? ”
When Yang Qinghe heard Mu Mingshu's hoarse voice, he remembered the shocking wound on her neck, his heart sank, and he stepped forward to hold her arm and said, "Yes, the incense of Hongfa Temple is strong today, and there are nine layers of people who are here to ask for peace." ”
Mu Mingshu asked curiously, "Who in your Yang family is going to the northwest?" ”
Yang Qinghe was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Mu Mingshu a little strangely: "No, the Yang family is a bunch of literati, and they can't avoid a knife if they are thrown into the battlefield." ”
"Then you ......"
"I've seen the county lord of Xianhui."
Before Mu Mingshu finished speaking, he heard a gentle and gentle voice coming, which looked particularly ethereal in the boiling voice.
Mu Mingshu raised his eyes and saw that the woman bowed to him, and through the hat, Mu Mingshu seemed to be able to feel the smile on her face.
She nodded, "White Girl." ”
She and Bai Youling have never met again since the last incident, and Mu Mingshu thought that they would never see each other again in this life, but they didn't expect to meet again so soon.
Bai Youling was stunned when she heard Mu Mingshu's voice, then turned her head and said to Yang Qinghe: "Sister, the county lord will just arrive, I'm afraid that I have to go to the main hall, and this time it's not too early, why don't we go to Master Zhikong's Dao Fu first, do you think it's feasible?" ”
This is unwilling to be with Mu Mingshu, Yang Qinghe looked at Bai Youling and Mu Mingshu with some embarrassment, and the two heroic brows were tangled together.
Mu Mingshu didn't care about Bai Youling, after all, she was many years older than Bai Youling, in her eyes, these were just small tricks, so she smiled: "It's okay, there are many people today, don't bump into you." He said to Yang Qinghe again: "You go with the white girl first, and I will look for you when I turn back." ”
Yang Qinghe looked at Mu Mingshu and then at Bai Youling, and nodded: "Okay, when you're done, I'll look for you again." ”
After separating from Yang Qinghe and Bai Youling, Mu Mingshu and Mu Mingluo went straight to the main hall, kowtowed, donated incense money, and asked for two peace charms from Master Zhikong, and then returned home.
The whole Mufu chickens and dogs jumped for two days, and on the day of the departure of the army, Mu Mingshu and Mu Mingluo sat in the carriage outside the city, and saw several people on horseback with soldiers from a distance, among them was a handsome person, with a gorgeous temperament, a cold face, and a military uniform, which looked very different from the past.
Mu Mingluo covered his lips and said in surprise: "King Rui? ”