"Hmm." Chen Xiyuan nodded slightly, and then looked at him with a smile, "I hope she is still alive, as long as she can live, it doesn't matter if you can meet in the future, Gong Mushen, I have a thought in my heart, that is, let Erya not be with the prince and find her own happiness." ”

In the distance, an unknown valley

"Look at you, you don't even know the simplest hemostatic herbs, how can I let you inherit my mantle in the future?" A man looked at his son with hatred of iron and steel, and he held the bamboo used for cattle hunting in the countryside in his hand and hit the boy fiercely.

When Xie Wanjun saw it, she hurriedly helped her stomach out, and pulled the man distressedly.

"Brother Xiong, don't beat the child, he's so young, it's not a big deal that he can't distinguish the medicinal herbs." Xu is because she is about to become a mother, and she can't see her child hurt the most.

"Erya, we are all people who live in this valley, and we rarely can communicate with the outside, if we don't even know the herbs, what if we are accidentally injured in the future and have a headache and brain fever?" Looking at Xie Wanjun who was blocking in front of his own child, Xiong Bing was embarrassed to fight again, he took back the bamboo, turned around and turned his back basket to prepare to go up the mountain to collect medicine.

"Brother Xiong, let me go, you still have to take care of your sister-in-law at home." She fell off a cliff and fell into a hot spring, then floated down the water to the valley, where she was rescued by a family.

"How can that work?" Xiong Bing immediately shook his head and looked at her stomach worriedly, "Your injuries are not healed yet, and now you have a big belly, how can I ask you to collect medicine?" ”

"It's fine." She took off the basket from his back, held it tightly in her hands, and looked at him with a smile, "It's just some herbs, I can also know some herbs, doesn't Brother Xiong want to stop the bleeding?" These herbs are most common in the valleys. ”

After speaking, he left directly with the basket on his back, but what Xie Wanjun didn't expect was that he actually met a strange man in the process of collecting medicine, and he was a man with good medical skills.

"Hello sir." Since you meet someone here, you naturally have to say hello very politely.

The man didn't answer her, turned around and wanted to leave, but at this time, Xie Wanjun suddenly felt a pain in her lower abdomen, and she lost her strength for a moment and fell directly to the ground.

And when she woke up again, she came to a bamboo hut, and the strange man was sitting in front of her, grinding some medicinal powder.

"This gentleman is making saprophytic ointment?" When she followed Chen Xiyuan before, she had seen her make this ointment, but it didn't work, but because she had tried too many times, she also remembered what kind of medicinal herb it was?

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, and then there was a little joy in it, he turned his body slightly sideways, and said coldly: "Worship me as a teacher." ”

"What?" She felt a burst of surprise, and then looked at the man, "Sir is willing to accept me as an apprentice?" ”

Looking at this man's appearance, he thought that he was also a reclusive master, since he was a reclusive person, why did he look at himself? She's not anything special.

"You had a fetal gas and almost lost your child, I helped you save it, worship me as a teacher, and I will help you raise your child."

"Okay." Xie Wanjun agreed without hesitation, this temptation is more tempting than anything else for her now.

On the morning of the second day, all the ministers were silent, and they were struggling with each other one by one. Gong Mushen stood at the forefront, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see the various states of civil and military officials.

The emperor was just going through the motions, and when he saw that the people present didn't speak, he came up with the idea of retiring from the dynasty. At this time, a eunuch wearing a dark red inner service robe hurriedly walked in.

He silently bypassed the ministers, went straight to the emperor's side, and whispered something in his ear. I saw that the emperor, who was already complex, turned even darker after listening to the advice of the chamberlain.

The atmosphere above the court suddenly became inexplicably strange, and all the ministers were silent at this moment, contrary to the previous exchange of words and whispers. Gong Mu looked at the emperor's solemn expression, and knew in his heart that something terrible should have happened.

Before Gong Mushen could open his mouth to ask, the emperor on the throne took the lead in thinking and speaking: "According to the report from the front, something happened in the northwest frontier. He paused, glancing at the crowd standing below.

"I know that all Aiqing have affairs to do, but there is an urgent report from the northwest side, and someone who can lead the troops to fight is needed to assist." The emperor had a smile on the corner of his mouth, half flattering and half discussing, and his eyes never left the morning sink below.

After a moment of silence, an old man stepped forward and said calmly: "Back to the emperor, although the minister is willing to do the work of dogs and horses, but after all, he is too old to be competent. With that, he sighed heavily, as if he wished he could go to the northwest to lead troops to fight.

Just as he wanted to open his mouth to fulfill him, another slightly younger one stood up again, and politely rejected the possibility of going to the northwest on the grounds that he was a scholar. Led by the two of them, many people who were greedy for life and afraid of death stood up one after another, and euphemistically showed the emperor that they were not suitable to go to the northwest to fight for war for various reasons.

How shrewd the emperor is, how could he not see through what these people think, one by one is nothing more than that the northwest is too avoidable, and it is a wild place, and there is no oil and water to fish. But the reason for their refusal is very real, and the emperor naturally understands that it is powerful, after all, the northwest is a barrier of the Great Yuan, and it can only be lost.

When he was worried, Gong Mushen suddenly stepped forward, clasped his hands into fists, and did not kneel down, but only looked at the emperor fixedly, and said confidently: "Weichen is not talented, I am willing to ask for help." ”

Of course, it is the best thing that Gong Mu Shen can go in person, the emperor stood up happily and stood up directly, pointed at Gong Mu Shen and praised: "Good, good, good, Gong Aiqing is really good, what Dayuan needs is a brave and responsible person like you." ”

As he spoke, he walked down from the high platform again, eagerly walked to Gong Mushen's side, grabbed his hand, and said excitedly: "Gong Aiqing can tell me whatever he wants, and when he triumphs in the northwest, I will have a heavy reward." ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Gong Mu Shen still had a serious expression, and what was slightly different from before was that this time he bent down slightly to show respect: "Your Majesty is serious, sharing worries for the monarch and doing things for the country is within the scope of our courtiers." ”

After saying a few words, everyone else present was red-faced, and they awkwardly echoed Gong Mushen's remarks, and praised him for being young and promising, brave and resourceful, and he was the best candidate for the trip to the northwest.

Seeing that everyone else had no opinions, the emperor felt that his choice was correct, he patted Gong Mushen's shoulder, and then said earnestly: "Aiqing, this matter in the northwest, I have worked hard for you." ”

Gong Mushen did not reply, but instead changed the topic at hand, and sincerely proposed to the emperor: "The crown prince has grown up a lot now, it's time for him to have a good experience, after all, he is the rightful prince of Dayuan." ”

Knowing that Gong Mu Shen had something to say, the emperor could understand it at a glance, he nodded and signaled Gong Mu Shen to relax: "The issue that Aiqing cares about is exactly what I want to say, and after Aiqing goes on the expedition, I also intend to let Haoyue preside over the overall situation in the palace and give him a chance to have a good experience." ”

Hearing what the emperor said, and thinking about Puyang Haoyue again, Gong Mu Shen also put his mind at ease. Tiger poison does not eat children, and Haoyue is the prince he personally set up after all, although the situation in Beijing has been changeable recently, but in order to stabilize the overall situation and people's hearts, it is a good way to let Haoyue personally handle government affairs.

Aside from the Northwest War, there was no other major event. After the civil and military officials patted Gong Mushen and the emperor on the back, they had nothing to say. Seeing that they were all wilting, the emperor was also tired, so he announced his retirement from the dynasty.

After returning to the regent's palace, Gong Mu Shen heard that the emperor had issued an order to leave for the northwest in the near future, and the crown prince temporarily replaced the emperor and presided over the overall situation in the palace. When Chen Xiyuan heard the news, he ran to find Gong Mushen worriedly.

When I came to his room, I happened to run into him going out. Seeing that he had already packed up his clothes and had a determined look on his face, Chen Xiyuan also understood in his heart that he was going to say goodbye without saying goodbye.

"I'll go with you." Chen Xiyuan stopped going around in circles, and straightforwardly explained the purpose of her coming to him.

Gong Mushen didn't want to agree, but after seeing the strong firmness in her eyes, he changed his mind, reluctantly touched her head, and said dotingly: "I can't help you, but you have to listen to me all the way." ”

This is his only condition, he is not afraid of anything else, he is afraid of Chen Xiyuan's cleverness, even he can't control her little ghost. In fact, in the final analysis, he was just afraid that she would be hurt, otherwise he would not have said goodbye.

Chen Xiyuan was so smart, he naturally knew what he was worried about, and immediately showed a sly smile: "Of course I listened to you on the road." ”

With Chen Xiyuan's assurance, although Gong Mushen was still a little uneasy, seeing that she was so well-behaved, and he was reluctant to leave her half a step anyway, he turned a blind eye and acquiesced to her following.

After arriving in the northwest, Gong Mushen found that the war situation in the northwest was even worse than he imagined. Because he couldn't rest assured of Chen Xiyuan, he ordered Chen Xiyuan to stay in the barracks and not go anywhere, otherwise he would never see her again, so she obediently guarded the tent and did not come to the battlefield.

He had estimated the situation in the northwest in advance, but the soldiers he brought were really a little scarce. The urgent letter sent out in the morning doesn't know if it has arrived in the capital at this moment. Looking at the dense enemy troops under the city wall, Gong Mushen couldn't help frowning. What he didn't know was that his letter had been intercepted by Puyang Haokun.