Chapter 9: Ambition is Hard to Reward (6)
Jingyi wiped away her tears and said: "After the defeat of Wang Luan's army in the letter, the Shu army garrisoned by Maling and Baijian broke away when they heard the news, and the generals Li Tingqi and Gao Yanyu had no choice but to surrender to Qingniling......"
Hearing this, my heart was like frying oil, and I hurriedly said: "If General Li and they retire to Qingniling, then Qinzhou?" ”
The current chief general of Qinzhou is Han Jixun, who was named the envoy of the Xiongwu Festival by Bao Yuan, this person is Jingyi's cousin, although the two are cousins, but they have grown up together since childhood, and they have always had deep feelings, if Qinzhou is trapped this time, she will inevitably be anxious! Yes, she came to me in such a hurry today, I am afraid that she wants me to ask Baoyuan to send troops to relieve the siege of Qinzhou.
Jingyi looked at me, and stopped talking, but the tears in her eyes flowed more urgently, and she said in a hoarse voice: "My brother is him, he fled back to Luocheng." ”
"What?" I was so shocked that I knocked over the teacup with my wrong hand, and the tea spilled on my hand, drenching it as I was at the moment. It was a great sin for the town lord to leave his post without permission, not to mention that he abandoned the people of the city and fled back to the capital. If Bao Yuan knew about this, I don't know what kind of storm it would be for nine days!
"Then does the emperor know?" I asked Jingyi urgently.
Jing Yi wiped her tears and said, "I may not know it now, but I can't hide such a thing...... It is really unfortunate that there is such a brother who is greedy for life and afraid of death in the clan. This is a serious crime to destroy the Nine Clans, how can he, how can he ......" Jingyi cried so much that she choked up, and I could hear it all over the place.
Bao Yuan, Bao Yuan, if he knew that such a thing happened, how could he stand it. These days, he has been unable to sleep for the war ahead, and now there are such soldiers who have escaped from the battle......
Jingyi finally stabilized her emotions, got up and gathered her clothes to kneel me, I hurriedly reached out to support her, and said hurriedly: "Sister, you must not be like this, as long as my sister can help with anything, I will definitely not refuse." ”
"Sister, it's really shameful and ashamed that something like this happened in my sister's family, but as the daughter of the Han family, how can I watch my relatives die, so I came to beg my sister, ask my sister to intercede with the emperor, don't anger my people. When a brother makes a mistake, he is not guilty of his relatives, wife and children! ”
I understand Jingyi's feelings, but I am not sure that I can persuade Baoyuan to such a major event, after all, this matter involves the society of the country, not to mention that the Lord will abandon the city and flee, regardless of the life and death of the people, it is really hateful.
After persuading Jingyi to go back, I took Zhiqiu to prepare a freshly boiled lily lotus seed soup and went to Chongguang Hall to see Baoyuan.
When Fang arrived outside the hall, he saw Liang Shouzhen from a distance like an ant on a hot pot turning around outside the palace gate, and from time to time he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
He turned around and saw me, as if he was seeing a savior, and trotted to me, bowed down and said hello: "Niangniang, go and see the emperor." ”
I could only pretend that I didn't know what was going on, and forced myself to calm down: "What's wrong with the emperor?" ”
"Fang Cai Weichen sent in the urgent military report of eight hundred miles ahead, and the emperor's face immediately changed when he saw it, it was very scary, and then he slapped his palm on the desk, and as a result, he knocked over the teacup and burned his hand......"
"What? The emperor's hand was burned, so why didn't he send the imperial doctor to take a look. "I heard that Bao Yuan was injured, and he was in a mess all of a sudden.
"The emperor didn't let him see, and scolded all the people in the room, and the emperor said that whoever dared to be wordy would cut whom......" Liang Shouzhen wiped his sweat and said to me again: "Niangniang, only you can persuade the emperor right now, do you want to invite Mr. Ling over there?" ”
"The emperor is burned, you go and find Liluo." After I instructed Liang Shouzhen, I took the food box in Zhiqiu's hand and motioned for her to guard outside the door.
was about to push the door and enter the hall, but he heard a loud "bang", which shocked his heart and his head was a little dizzy.
Taking a deep breath, I held myself steady and pushed the door open and walked into the hall.
The light in the hall is dim and unclear, and a vague figure can be faintly seen behind the screen of the spring mountain and river map. It was Bao Yuan, he had his back to the temple door, half-bent on the bookcase, his head bowed, his shoulders slack, and his whole person seemed to be defeated.
He seemed to hear my footsteps, "Get out, I've said I'll cut anyone who's rambling!" Bao Yuan's voice sounded cold and stiff, with irrepressible anger, and that back also exuded a chill.
I've never heard him say that, and I can't help but shudder.
"Meng Lang......" called him in a low voice.
"Rui'er?!" Bao Yuan turned to look at me, I can't describe the expression on his face at this moment, I only feel that the stinging pain in my heart turned into sourness and dissipated into a hundred bones in my limbs, and my eyes were also sour.
"Why are you here?" Bao Yuan reached out and rubbed the corners of his forehead, paced to the chair next to him and sat down.
I barely showed a proper smile, raised the food box in my hand, and said, "I heard that Meng Lang has worked hard these days, and Rui'er specially stewed some moist sweet soup. ”
"Well, Rui'er has a heart." Bao Yuan pointed to the table next to him and motioned for me to put my things down.
I silently put the food box on the table, and when I looked down, I saw that the back of his right hand was crimson, and it was really hot. The sourness in my heart was even stronger, and I couldn't help it anymore, so I held his hand and said distressedly: "Why is it so hot?!" ”
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." Bao Yuan withdrew his hand casually, tugged at the corners of his mouth, and barely showed a comforting smile.
Seeing that he was still acting in front of me at this time, he didn't feel angry in his heart, and raised his voice and said: "Meng Lang is angry, beating and scolding people, why do you just belittle your own body." ”
He looked at me with complicated eyes, his lips pursed, his face was pale for a moment, and he whispered for a moment: "You know everything?" ”
"Hmm......" I carefully took his hand, squatted in front of him and gently blew on the red and swollen area, looking at the back of the hand that was faintly blistered, and the tears that I could not help but hold back could not help but welled up again.
"Who told you that?" Bao Yuan's voice sounded muffled over his head.
I could hear the hidden anger in his tone, so I had to avoid it and said lightly: "Xiao Liang was in a hurry to stay outside the door, saying that your hand was burned...... I have commanded to go and pass away. ”
After a moment of silence, everyone felt a little suffocated, I looked up at Bao Yuan uneasily, but saw his black eyes churning with emotions that I was not familiar with, he stared at my eyes and said word by word: "Rui'er, you know that what I said is not this." "I could see Mo Ming's pain in his eyes.
My heart tightened, and I blurted out: "Meng Lang, what are you suspecting?" ”