Half a month later.

The moment the West Gate of Chicheng appeared in front of Qi Xia and Han Xiu, a huge ecstasy surged in the hearts of the two.

Zhao Bao couldn't stand it after all, he was so seriously injured, he didn't have enough medicinal materials, and he had to travel over mountains and mountains, and he wanted to save his life, which was nonsense.

So when Zhao Bao died in front of their eyes, both of them were already mentally prepared. dug a pit in the snow, buried Zhao Bao, and then continued to hurry non-stop.

They ate what little dry food they had left in their baggage, and then, when they were hungry, they grabbed a handful of snow on the ground and stuffed it into their stomachs, and when they were thirsty, they stuffed a handful of snow.

After staying up like this for half a month, they finally let them return to Akagi.

At the same time, in Beidi's barracks, Gu Qingming's external injuries were gradually improving. Those wounds that are not serious have begun to heal and scab over, and those that are more serious in the vital areas have also begun to heal.

According to what the doctors said, in another ten days, Gu Qingming's external injuries should be almost healed, and he will be able to treat his internal injuries with injections.

This is the happiest thing in Yun Yao's heart.

In the past half a month, Ge Shuying has adhered to Ge Shuying's instructions and guarded against Yun Yao like a thief. No matter what Yun Yao does, she follows on the side, and what is surprising is that Yun Yao is absolutely honest and responsible, and when she doesn't treat Gu Qingming, she stays in her own account and grinds medicine powder with those doctors in the army.

Yun Yao has a sentence that is right, medical skills know no borders, so these doctors in the army, after seeing Yun Yao's medical skills, are all happy and convinced, and from time to time they go to Yun Yao's tent to discuss medical skills, and they are willing to help Yun Yao.

Among the doctors, there are those who are knowledgeable, and when they heard that Yun Yao's medical skills came from the Central Plains Divine Medicine Valley, they were even more impressed. Under Ge Shuying's repeated questioning, the doctor told everything he had learned about the Divine Medicine Valley.

The Divine Doctor Valley is the most desirable place for doctors in the world, and its disciples, regardless of men, women, young and old, can be independent after learning out of the valley, and those who have achieved great achievements can also be famous in the world, and people like Yun Yao who are young but have good medical skills can only be cultivated by the Divine Doctor Valley.

The old doctor also said that the Divine Doctor Valley is a Jianghu sect in the Central Plains, and it is not usually involved in court disputes, and few of the doctors in the Divine Doctor Valley have entered the imperial court to become imperial doctors, and most of them would rather be a wandering Langzhong than be bound.

And when this information reached the ears of Bor Bing and Ge Shu, the two extracted some new clues from it.

It should be true that Yun Yao is from the Divine Doctor Valley, after all, such a young healer, if it weren't for such a sect as his background, it would really be unreasonable. And the Divine Doctor Valley has little to do with the Central Plains Imperial Court, if this is also true, it means that the possibility that Yun Yao is a fine work of the Central Plains has become very small.

What's more, Gu Qingming did get better quickly under Yun Yao's treatment, which shows that Yun Yao did not do anything in the process of treatment, at least proving that she is credible for the time being.

In this way, after about ten days or so, Gu Qingming's external injuries were finally almost healed, and he was able to apply needles to drain blood and treat internal injuries.

And the Lunar New Year of Daning is also coming quietly at this time.

From the emperor and the queen mother to the common people of Limin, almost no one in the whole Daning has the heart to celebrate the New Year, because the war is still burning around them, although it seems to have stopped now, but no one can say when it will burn to their doorstep.

Whether it is the folk or the palace, the atmosphere is very depressing, even the lively palace banquet in previous years has been canceled, the Empress Dowager Qin is sick in Jianzhang Palace, although the emperor is under the pleading of hundreds of officials, returned from Yuncang Mountain, but every day is only nested in Changming Palace, and Mrs. Li ear sideburns.

And in this palace, in addition to the emperor and the queen mother, the only serious master is Xu Meiren. But this Xu beauty is also a strange thing, when the emperor was in the palace before, she was not very favored, and after the emperor went to Yuncang Mountain, she was also devoted to the Buddha and completely ignored the world.

The entire Ning Palace seemed to be shrouded in a black cloud, which seemed to foreshadow some bad ending.

Outside of Gyeonggi, the soldiers and horses of Yiguo, who besieged the imperial city of Daning, were also in the tent outside for the first time, and they had a not very lively year.

Shen Che knew that it was a bit inhumane to do so, but if he wanted to seize the imperial city at the lowest cost, he had to besiege it like this. After all, he is not short of food, so it is nothing to besiege for a longer period of time, but he doesn't want his soldiers to die in vain and die in the hands of the defenders of the imperial city, who are also Daning people.

He also wanted to save the lives of his soldiers, pacify the civil strife, and defend against foreign enemies in order to protect Daning.

The soldiers obviously knew Shen Che's thoughts, so they were willing to follow the king's orders, even if it was cold now, even if they couldn't go back to reunite with their families, they would follow Shen Che willingly.

At this time, Shen Che was sitting in the camp tent, holding a wine jug and a wine glass alone, pouring himself a drink, with no expression on his face, and he couldn't see any emotion.

Du Jiangheng walked in from outside, saluted Shen Che, and then said, "Your Highness, it hurts your body with too much wine, so it's better to drink less." ”

"You're here to talk this nonsense to this king?" Shen Che glanced at Du Jiangheng, said coldly, and then drank all the wine in the cup.

The battle of this small half a year has made Shen Che change slightly, from an elegant king, to a little indifferent. This makes people have to sigh that war is really something that can change people, and even people like Shen Che can't help but be immersed in it and can't get out.

The corners of his eyes and eyebrows already have traces of war erosion, and his originally handsome face has gradually become tough and angular.

"The last general will not dare. Du Jiangheng lowered his head and said, "His Highness has asked the last general to investigate, and there are already some eyebrows. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"The news from the Jade Kingdom said that General Gu and Miss Yun went to Chicheng, but they were missing. As for the Queen's mother...... Missing on the outskirts of Dusk City, there are currently clues that Niangniang fled to Ruiguo. Du Jiangheng said, "But our people still haven't been able to find the whereabouts of the three of them." ”

"Got it. Shen Che said these three words lightly, and then waved his hand to let Du Jiangheng leave.

Shen Che thought about it for a while, the last time he received Lu Yingquan's letter was a long time ago. At that time, Lu Yingquan had just settled down in Dusk City, so he wrote to him to tell him that they had decided to go their separate ways, Yun Yao and Gu Qingming continued to go north, while Lu Yingquan stayed in Dusk City to wait for news.

The accident happened at this time, so that before Shen Che could react, the news of Lu Yingquan's disappearance came.

Later, he received a letter from Yun Yao from Chicheng, which stated Qin Yuankai and Bol Bing's secret scheme, but there was still very little news about Lu Yingquan.

Ruiguo ......

Shen Che shook his head, trying to sort out the thoughts in his mind, if Lu Yingquan was really in Ruiguo, then her current safety should not be worried. After all, Switzerland is the only country in Daning that has not been implicated in the war.

It's just that I don't know, where Lu Yingquan is in Ruiguo, is he hiding alone, or is he ...... Rui Wang intervened in it?

No matter what the situation is, it is not the time for Shen Che to care. He has been planning for so many years and sacrificed so many people, even Shen Ze has made compromises for this great cause of helping the Shen family, how can he ignore the soldiers of the three armies because of a woman?

The best way is to wait for him to take the imperial city, and then go to Rui to pick up Lu Yingquan.

At this time, Lu Yingquan did not stay in an unknown place in Rui Country and hide alone, as Shen Che thought. She is now in the safest place in the country of Rui, that is, the palace of Shen Chi, the king of Rui.

"Seventh brother and sister, today is the Lunar New Year, according to the rules, there is a palace banquet in the palace, and this king specially invited his younger brothers and sisters to participate. ”

Shen Chi's sentence of "brother and sister" brought Lu Yingquan's soaring thoughts back, and she looked at the man standing in front of her who looked like Shen Che, and sighed slightly.

"His Royal Highness King Rui is polite, I am pregnant, I should not be tired, so I will not go to the palace banquet, thank you Your Highness for your kindness. Lu Yingquan refused without hesitation.

King Rui didn't persuade much, only raised his eyebrows, said a few words and turned to leave, the meaning of that words was nothing more than to ask Lu Yingquan not to be polite, to treat King Rui's palace as his own home, if there is anything you need, just ask.

From the moment she woke up, she knew that she couldn't escape, and entering King Rui's palace was Shen Chi's house arrest.

Lu Yingquan vaguely remembered the scene when she was assassinated, Sisi did not hesitate to fight for her life in order to save her, and she successfully escaped by misleading the enemy.

She was walking through the jungle with a big belly, her bulky body made it difficult for her to move, there was not much food and drink in her baggage, and she could not survive in the wild as a weak woman. When the dry food was finished, she could only go hungry.

Lu Yingquan didn't know how long she had walked, but she walked in one direction and finally walked out of the forest. But she didn't expect that after leaving that forest, she had already reached the border between Rui and Jingguo.

Hungry and cold, coupled with her weak body, and pregnant with Liujia, it didn't take long for her to live up to expectations and faint at the foot of the mountain outside the forest, and was found by the people of King Rui.

At that time, King Rui should have taken people out to hunt. Ruiguo is located in the south, and it is not too cold in late autumn, but it is the season when the forest animals are looking for a place to prepare for hibernation, and the hunting harvest should be great at that time.

But King Rui didn't expect that not long after he came to the border forest, he didn't meet the prey, but met a beautiful woman who was pregnant.

Shen Chi didn't have much kindness, and when he met Lu Yingquan, he didn't plan to pay attention to it, after all, he didn't have the consciousness to be helpful. Unexpectedly, the people around him checked Lu Yingquan's baggage and found the edict of King Yi in it.

When Lu Yingquan and the others were about to leave the Temple of Mercy and Grace, King Yi gave Lu Yingquan the position of queen with a phoenix seal and an edict. These two things, Lu Yingquan always took with him when he left.

It wasn't until later in Dusk City that she and Yun Yao acted separately, and in order to provide Yun Yao with the convenience of forming an alliance, she handed over the phoenix seal representing Queen Yi to Yun Yao, and left an edict to prove her identity.

And this edict was actually seen by Shen Chi's people.