She sensed it, and was about to put away the sword, but the blade of the sword was clenched tightly by Tuoba Baby's broken palm, regardless of the damage. The sword pierced her palm, splitting her flesh and mutilating her metacarpal bones. Tuoba Ying didn't notice anything, holding the blade of her sword with both hands, letting the sword that had been hanging in the Fengbei Palace for many years break through the gap in the armor and stab into the middle of the chest.

The sword pierced, pierced through her guts, and thrust out from her back.

For a moment, the blood was dripping, converging like a stream, condensing into a puddle of blood between the hooves of the two horses.

Tuoba Ying looked at her and looked at Xue Yuxiao. Xue Yuxiao even saw a relieved smile on her face. Tuoba Baby's mouth was spitting blood, her voice was hoarse and difficult to distinguish, she still held the sword body, her back was upright on the horse, and she said to Xue Yuxiao, "You miscalculated......"

Xue Yuxiao was silent.

"I'm dying...... No drop! ”

When these words fell, Tuoba Ying completely lost his strength, and his body rolled down. Under the effect of gravity, Xue Yuxiao clearly felt the sword body being pulled out of her body, and most of it was already stained with blood.

She looked down at the sword, not knowing if it was for a moment, or a quarter of an hour, or if it was a very long look...... Until the staggered voices suddenly sounded behind him, and the guards and attendants hurriedly came, calling His Majesty, with a look of panic on his face. Together with Li Qingchou, he also anxiously hugged him and asked head-on, "How is it?" It's okay, it's good that I have a military doctor with me, so I'll ...... right now."

When Xue Yuxiao heard this, he followed everyone's line of sight and looked at his left arm. The pain sensation that had just been blocked was instantly connected to the brain, and cold sweat oozed from her forehead, and she opened her mouth to say, "It hurts, first, stop the pain first." ”

Li Qingchou looked "I knew it was like this", she quickly grabbed Xue Yuxiao's shoulder, as a support to stabilize her figure, and at the same time pulled the reins of the black horse to drive the two horses back into the formation, and said in a low voice: "The soldiers are watching, you can't fall, bear with it......"

Xue Yuxiao said: "Will I die?" ”

Li Qingchou's forehead jumped suddenly: "No." ”

"I'm going to die." Xue Yuxiao's tone was a little determined.

Li Qing said worriedly: "Shut up first!" ”

Her eyes widened, and there was a clear accusation in her eyes: "Okay, General Li even dares to be fierce to the emperor, you can rebel." ”

Li Qingchou couldn't stand her, and escorted Xue Yuxiao all the way back to the formation, and the military doctor immediately relieved the pain and bandaged, treated the wound of the external injury, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the bleeding stopped.

In the time of such a bandage, all the 800 light cavalry on the opposite side had surrendered.

Xue Yuxiao was listless in pain, and he didn't react much when he heard the surrender. She sent someone to collect the bones of Tuoba Baby, handed over the command to Li Qingchou, and cultivated herself in the camp.

That night, the Qi army captured Yanjing, and after dozens of years, the phoenix banner of the Great Qi Emperor finally fluttered in the northern capital again.

Yandu's homeland......

This city, where the prime minister shouted his affection before his death, returned to the hands of Daqi.

In the midst of the Eastern Qi ballads wafting around the city, Xue Yuxiao failed to fall asleep for the third time. She got up with the black green at her head, and while listening to the sound of celebration outside, she took out the dry plum blossom from her bosom.

She sat close to her, and the blood stains from her injuries stained a corner.

Xue Yuxiao touched the dried blood stains with his fingertips, sighed a little annoyed, and muttered, "Soiled ......"

"Leave the dead thing alone." A familiar voice rang out.

Cui Jinzhang was wearing the winter clothes she sent out back then, covered in dust, like a white velvet dumpling stained with ashes. He put the medicine bowl on the imperial case of the Yanjing Forbidden City, sat beside the stove and rubbed his hands without seeing it at all, and said calmly while roasting the fire to dispel the cold: "I'll pinch my fingers, you will have a catastrophe after returning to Jingzhao." ”

Xue Yuxiao: "You ......"

Cui Jinzhang said: "Brother Pei will drown the Jiaofang Hall with tears." ”

Xue Yuxiao: "Cui Qi......"

Cui Jinzhang tilted his head, looked at her and said, "I have a token for the accompanying military doctor, have you forgotten?" The third sister really made me wait for a long time. ”

But the king's affairs (2)

Chapter 105

"You ......" Xue Yuxiao was silent for a moment, and immediately reacted, "You followed the movements of the army all the way?" ”

The incense cage stove in the Yenching Forbidden City is still a popular decoration many years ago. Cui Jinzhang looked at the pattern on it, baked his hands warmly, and replied, "Not really." I didn't want to follow the military horse, but the third sister fought all the way, and this happened to be a place where war and exile often occurred, and I came to save the people. ”

Xue Yuxiao was a little ashamed when he heard this: "I've ...... it"

"I know. The great cause of recovering rivers and mountains and unifying Kyushu, how could it be possible to avoid deaths and injuries. The road to prosperity, after all, has gone through hardships and dangers, and you have made the best choice. I don't mean to blame you when I say that. ”

Cui Jinzhang cut off her words first, and then sat down beside Xue Yuxiao, looked at the plum blossom in her hand, and guessed the reason why she looked at each other in contemplation: "It seems that this is the red plum that grows in Brother Pei's palace, otherwise how can you get such love for the house and Wu." The wound on your arm should have been taken care of, show me. ”

Xue Yuxiao did not shirk it, showing his left arm, which was in pain and difficult to sleep. The old scars from the previous battles were shallow and healed well, but the traces of those swords and arrows had not completely erased from this body, and a new wound reappeared on her well-proportioned and slender arm.

Cui Jinzhang stared for a moment, he had dealt with so many injuries and illnesses, but his fingertips trembled slightly when he saw the flesh and blood damage on her body. Shichiro closed his eyes and calmed down, washed his hands, and used a pair of fine scissors to disinfect it with fire, and then cut the cloth that wrapped the wound.

Not long after the bleeding stopped, the scar penetrated into it very deeply. Cui Jinzhang took a deep breath, treated her wound with no different color, used soju to concoct the "External Anesthetic Prescription", and then took out a fine tool to disinfect them one by one, and treated her wound with a serious expression.

Although the level of the accompanying military doctor is acceptable, he is not as careful as Cui Jinzhang after all. His heart was concerned about this, several times lighter than usual, and while applying the medicine, he whispered to distract her.

"After I entered the city, I have heard that the three princesses of Northern Xia, that is, the rumored new khan, cut themselves outside the city of Yandu."

"Hmm......" Xue Yuxiao responded, "The news spreads so fast?" ”

"Since you are in a war-torn place, you naturally need to find out more information." Cui Jinzhang said, "What's more, the situation on the front line is a matter of national concern. Does this clear a major obstacle? ”

Xue Yuxiao nodded and said, "As soon as Tuoba Ying dies, there will be war north of Xilin." Her four sisters are not afraid, the northern ministries are wary of each other, and it is difficult to form an alliance, even if there are really lobbyists who combine various ministries with an incorruptible tongue, I can also break it with words. ”

Cui Jinzhang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then can you go back to Beijing before Brother Pei gives birth?" I've counted his birth, and spring is coming......"

Xue Yuxiao's expression was silent for a moment, and he said slowly: "I want to take the ice and snow that does not melt all year round in the extreme north, and this thing is the only thing missing in the prescription." The Far North is inaccessible and inaccessible, and the faces of the Qi people are very vulnerable to hostility. I have to make the whole Xia Kingdom, together with the rest of the northern tribes, bow down to me without dissent, and assist me in supplying and expanding the road, and opening a post station, so that I can send people to obtain it. ”

"It's so cold that it's almost impossible to grow grass. People have no food, horses have no grass, and the roads are difficult and dangerous. It makes sense for you to think so. Cui Jinzhang said, "But in this way, it will be impossible to teach in a short time." Maybe a few months...... Maybe half a year, maybe ......"

Cui Jinzhang stared at her wound, took out the medicine that had been ground into powder, gently covered her wound, and said, "I will return to Beijing before my brother gives birth." ”

Xue Yuxiao looked at him and said, "It's really hard for you, I don't know how to repay Qilang." ”

Cui Jinzhang snorted lightly: "I still care about your reward?" As long as Your Majesty is good to the people of the world, it is enough. I never try to repay my kindness. ”

Xue Yuxiao smiled when he heard this, and as soon as he raised the corners of his lips, the pain of the medicinal powder invading the flesh and blood overwhelmed the effect of the anesthetic. She gasped sharply, and returned to a subconsciously restrained expressionless face, beads of sweat oozing from the corners of her forehead: "Cui Qi......"

Cui Jinzhang had already expected her reaction, he had many rescuers, this medicine worked quickly, the effect was excellent, but it was extremely painful when used, even a woman like a female eagle with steel and iron bones could not help but wail and cry.

His face remained unchanged, and he continued to act, still talking: "It is a great achievement to return to the old capital, and the northerners will be grateful to your majesty if they can return to their homeland." ”

"Yes...... ......" Xue Yuxiao fell headlong in pain.

She buried her head on the bed, only stretched out her arm and let Cui Jinzhang apply the medicine, the green silk hung down along her shoulders, and buried her face between the futons, her shoulders trembled slightly.

Cui Jinzhang lowered his eyes and said, "If you want to call, just call it." ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "...... It's okay, it's okay. ”

Cui Jinzhang glanced at her, only to see a pitch-black back of his head, and muttered, "I used my backbone in a place where I didn't need it......"

After he finished all this, he reached out and covered the motionless Xue Yuxiao with a quilt, put the brocade quilt over the shoulders of His Majesty the Emperor, washed his hands again, and said: "It's great to be able to take down Yanjing, the post houses on the road are very short of water, not to mention the ability to boil hot water." Fortunately, the capital is prosperous and has not been completely ruined by foreigners...... By the light of His Majesty, I will go and bathe in hot water. ”

The Hulang servants in the Yandu Forbidden City were all dismissed, and what remained in the palace at the moment was actually the logistics of the army. After settling down in the city, they recruited some school-age teenagers in Beijing to sweep and clean up, and do some miscellaneous tasks such as boiling water, cooking, and guarding the door.

Xue Yuxiao didn't turn his head, and nodded silently.

Seeing that she agreed, Cui Jinzhang walked out of the palace in a good mood humming a song, and ran outside to order the boiling of water in the name of His Majesty. Soon after he left, Li Qingchou asked the servant Xiaolang outside the palace: "Is the military doctor inside?" ”

The young man replied timidly: "Your Majesty is the only one inside." ”

Li Qingchou entered immediately, she took off her cloak and threw it to the attendant, bypassed the screen, choked on the strong smell of bitter medicine, and did not dislike it, just sat where Cui Jinzhang was sitting, and teased: "It's so noisy outside, can you sleep?" I don't believe it. ”

Xue Yuxiao didn't move.

Li Qingchou was stunned and said, "Asleep?" Can you over-breathe when sleeping in this position? ”

Xue Yuxiao: "It's not that I'm sleeping, I'm just dead." ”

Li Qingchou was stunned for a moment, shocked, and hurriedly picked her up to check: "Why are you going to die, isn't this good?" The people who accompany the army are all superb healers, can they still harm you-"

This action unexpectedly pulled the wound for a while. Before the words fell, Xue Yuxiao's complexion changed suddenly, and physiological tears fell: "Don't move." ”

Li Qingchou stiffened in place.

Xue Yuxiao closed his eyes and slowed down, and said angrily: "It's all said to be dead, don't carry the corpse without permission!" ”

Li Qingchou: "...... The matter of life and death should not be said lightly. ”

Xue Yuxiao took a deep breath and said silently: "Death is a mood, not a state. ”

Li Qingchou hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her clothes, handed it to her to wipe her tears, and said, "Your mood is quite unpredictable." ”

Xue Yuxiao took the handkerchief and wiped his eyes, and the pain gradually subsided. She sat up and was stunned for a while, and suddenly said: "The people in Beijing must re-register and make a record, record their names and surnames, the entire Yandu has thousands of hectares of fertile land, and it cannot be abandoned because of the war. ”

She entered the topic too quickly, Li Qingchou didn't react for a while, and was stunned for two seconds before saying, "What about the original northern nobles?" ”

"Aristocrats?" Xue Yuxiao laughed, "I am a nobleman, I don't lift up, but I am just the dust that has been annihilated in the old dynasty." I took back the land, and they want it with one mouth, how can there be such a good business in the world? ”

Li Qing said sorrowfully: "You ...... It's just that if you don't think about the scholars, it's not a day or two, they should get used to it. ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "The virtuous ministers and celebrities supported by the scholar clan, I treat each other with courtesy and entrust me with important responsibilities, how can I say that I don't think about the scholar clan?" In addition to giving them to the people to encourage farming, these fertile fields will also be given to the soldiers who have achieved military exploits in the war, and those who are truly born and died for me are treated kindly, which is my style. ”

Li Qingchou raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, and with his heels, he could think of what kind of uproar this idea would cause after it was transmitted back to the government and the opposition.

But so what, Xue Yuxiao is different from the abolished emperor, and different from many emperors of the previous dynasty, she is the emperor who holds the military power and personally fights the country, killing all the millions of soldiers, and the sword on her waist is still bloody, how can she be afraid of the pressure of the officials.

Xue Yuxiao said a few more words about the relevant decision, but before he could finish it completely, the sound of celebration in the palace that had been all night long sounded again.

"It is inevitable that the generals will rest in the palace temporarily." Li Qing said worriedly, "Do you want to order them to go out......

"No need." Xue Yuxiao said, "In addition to the joy of success, the sound of long songs in this also has the sorrow of being away from home for many years. Such emotions are rare in life, so let everyone vent happily. Speaking of which...... Although I have captured this city, I have not yet stood on the tower of the palace to see the old capital. ”

Li Qingchou knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and heard the implicit hint from her words. She glanced Xue Yuxiao up and down, and immediately stopped: "Don't, you should stay in bed." If I let you get out of bed and go out, and then the wind blows, I will go back and participate in my recitals a few more, Fengge Zhuqing are all elders, so I can only laugh and say good things with you......"

Xue Yuxiao looked at her with blank eyes: "General Li-"

Li Qingchou: "......"

She called it again, and the lethality was incomparably amazing: "The invincible and unparalleled General Li in the world." ”

Li Qingchou had a throbbing pain in the corner of his forehead: "Stop." ”

She glanced at Xue Yuxiao helplessly, turned her head and ordered the slaves and guards to go down, and then looked at the city tower, and saw that there was no one along the way, so she found an excuse and even Wei Qingyan broke away, so she quietly tied a cloak to Xue Yuxiao and accompanied her all the way to the city tower.

The moonlight is like practice, and the stars are cold on a cold night.

Xue Yuxiao stood on top of the city tower and looked into the distance, and the sporadic sparkling lights came into view.

Behind her, the sound of the generals' drinking and laughing, and the generous drumming of the courtiers. In front of him, this old capital is safely covered under the bright moon, and the light reflects thousands of miles, it is so quiet, lonely, and gentle.

Xue Yuxiao looked at it for a long time, looked up at the night sky, and stared at the moon.

At the same time, thousands of miles away is the Imperial Palace. Pei Yuxue couldn't sleep steadily, woke up in the middle of the night, got up and pushed open the window.

He was light-footed, and without alarming the servants, he opened a corner of the window and looked out through the narrow gap.