Volume 1: The Immortals Chapter 11: Waiting
A wing room in the backyard of the Zhao family.
Zhao Wan'er was feeding her father spoonful by spoonful with a bowl of porridge in her hand, looking at Zhao Bowen who was pale on the bed, recalling everything three days ago, she couldn't help but be afraid for a while.
Seeing that her father was struggling to drink the last mouthful of porridge on the bed, Zhao Wan'er turned around and handed the celadon bowl in her hand to the maid behind her and commanded, and the maid took the bowl and gave a salute and slowly retreated.
Hearing her father's cough, Zhao Wan'er hurriedly took out an embroidered handkerchief and lowered herself to wipe the corners of her mouth with Zhao Bowen.
Zhao Bowen's injury this time was not light, Lang Zhong said that although there was no worry about his life, but he also hurt the inner house, at least he had to rest for half a month before he could go to the ground, and if he wanted to be completely healed, he would have to take half a year. On the contrary, Zhao Wan'er looked miserable, but she only suffered some skin injuries and was fine.
Zhao Bowen, who had escaped death, looked at Zhao Wan'er, who was much haggard, and said weakly: "Wan'er, you can also go and rest, just serve your father with a maid here!"
Zhao Wan'er shook her head, "It's okay father, Lang Zhong has already come to see it two days ago, but it's just some skin injuries." ”
Seeing that his daughter was stubborn, Zhao Bowen no longer insisted on it, but asked with some doubts: "Wan'er, what happened after that day? How can we be safe and sound?" This question has been haunting Zhao Bowen's heart, according to the situation that day, he and his daughter have no chance of surviving, Han Yulong has lost his mind and gone crazy, and there is no reason to let everyone present, let alone the Zhao family.
Although she didn't want to recall the terrifying scene that day, Zhao Wan'er still explained honestly: "Wan'er doesn't know very well, but when I woke up, I vaguely saw that many soldiers were gradually moving away, and Han Yulong was nowhere to be seen, I didn't think too much about it, I just came back after finding my father in a hurry." ”
Hearing that there were soldiers, Zhao Bowen seemed to understand something, "I think someone from the surrounding merchants secretly reported to the official, and it can be regarded as an unintentional good deed!"
At first, Zhao Wan'er also thought that was the case, but what happened after that made her a little confused, "My daughter also thinks so, but the next day there were rumors in the city that Han Yulong, the second master of the Han family, and his personal servants, a total of more than 20 people, had an affair with Nanzhaoguo, and were sent by the Zhennan General's Mansion to cut off their heads and hang them on the city gate." Zhao Wan'er couldn't help but shudder, and continued: "At first, Wan'er didn't believe it, but then this incident became known to everyone in the city, and the family came back after going to see it and said that it was indeed true, and the whole twenty-eight people were shocked!"
Hearing this, Zhao Bowen couldn't help coughing, and Zhao Wan'er, who was shocked, was at a loss and was about to go out and call Na Langzhong to come over for treatment.
Before she could get up, Zhao Wan'er was pulled by her father's sleeve and waved her hand to indicate that she was fine, took a few hard breaths, her red face gradually calmed down, and she murmured weakly: "Zhennan General's Mansion?" Zhao Bowen, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly remembered the young man who first shot angrily and then fell into a coma that day, and was a little shocked from the young man's dress and extraordinary skills, "Could it be that he is the little boy who has never shown up in the General's Mansion in the rumor?"
Zhao Wan'er, who didn't hear clearly, walked back to the bed with a cup of hot tea, handed it to her father and asked, "Father, what did you say, little boy?"
Zhao Bowen, who was half-lying, took the teacup and took a sip, the tea mist reflected his eyes in a trance, thinking of the mysterious young man in the wind of the jade tree, he looked at the confused Zhao Wan'er and replied: "Wan'er, do you remember the white-robed young man that day?"
Zhao Wan'er looked a little sad, how could she not remember, I am afraid that she will never forget the white in the darkness at that time.
"I remember, but when the daughter woke up, there was no one around except her father. After settling her father that day, Zhao Wan'er also searched the streets for a long time in the rain with injuries but found nothing.
Zhao Wan'er, who didn't find something unusual in her expression, Zhao Bowen said slowly, "It was one day in June ten years ago, you were only three years old at that time, and my father remembered that the weather was unusually hot that day, staying in the house and eating the freshly fished watermelon, you were still screaming hot, but it didn't take long for the originally sunny weather to suddenly darken, followed by a cool breeze, in order to be greedy for coolness, I took you to the yard to cool off, but the weather seemed to be getting more and more weird, it was noon, it was dark and I was about to reach out and lose my fingers." ”
Zhao Bowen seemed to have palpitations, drank the tea in his hand and handed it back to Zhao Wan'er, and tightened the quilt tightly, seeing that his daughter looked expectant, so he continued: "At that time, there were also a lot of servants gathered in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness, and at first everyone was a little happy because the weather was getting colder, but then the weather became more and more weird and the wind was raging, as if it was the end of the world, and people gradually became a little scared. You were also so frightened in my arms that you cried so much that I had to hand you over to the nurse and let her take you back to the house, and I stayed in the courtyard and never left, and then in the direction of the general's mansion outside the city, a thunder and lightning that could be seen clearly in the city flashed, and at that moment the Nanlu City was illuminated as if it were daylight, and I guess the father was not the only one in the city who saw it."
It seemed that he had said too much, Zhao Bowen coughed lightly involuntarily, looked up and saw that his daughter was attentive and continued with a smile: "Sure enough, the people in the city were talking about this matter the next day, and there was no definite number for what to say, but there was a gossip that came out of nowhere and caused a lot of turmoil, saying that it was because a little boy was born in the General's Mansion yesterday, and everyone only felt ridiculous and no one believed it." Later, because no one had ever seen the little boy, and the general mansion did not dare to talk too much behind his back, the matter slowly faded. It's just that now that I think of that young man who had such a good cultivation at a young age that day, plus you saw the departure of the large group of soldiers and horses, and what the general's mansion did later, the identity of this young man is clearly revealed! No matter how arrogant Han Yulong was, he would never dare to fornicate with the enemy country. ”
Zhao Wan'er, who was shocked, muttered to herself: "General's Mansion?"
Half a month has passed, and the general's mansion is still a gloomy and bleak scene.
On the bamboo floor that was jokingly named Qinglou by the little boy, Zhao Feng sat on the bamboo bench and looked at his son who was lying unconscious on the exquisite bamboo bed in front of him, and he didn't know how many times he shed tears. Not to mention the place of residence for the time being, there is only Qingxue who serves the maid, and if you bring a few more servants with you this time, where will such a tragic thing happen.
On that day, Li Tiandu saw the miserable appearance of his son and Qingxue who escorted him back, and he was furious, and he was about to mobilize a thousand armor soldiers to flatten the extremely hateful Han family.
The Celestial Empire has a clear rule that no one is allowed to mobilize more than 1,000 soldiers in non-war times, and Li Tiandu, who was eager to save his son at that time, has already exceeded the rules, although the city lord's mansion does not dare to say anything, but the matter is not known to the capital What will happen in the palace.
However, as one of the four great generals of the Celestial Empire, although I heard that the Han family seems to have a close relationship with a noble person in the palace, presumably His Majesty will not punish this general's mansion in any way.
The Han family, who suffered retribution in the city, was like a turtle with a shrunken head after being brutally beaten and killed by the General's Mansion, and no one cried and shouted grievances, thinking about what the Han family did under the anger of the General's Mansion was in vain, but no one knew if they did something unsightly behind their backs.
Hearing this, Zhao Qingyi, a military advisor who was patrolling the border, hurried over, and after seeing the little boy Li Xuanji leave a pill, he only said one sentence, "It is a blessing and a curse, and it is only a matter of heaven" and left abruptly.
As the military advisor of the entire 200,000 Zhennan Jun, Zhao Qingyi, assisted Li Tiandu in the chaotic battle fifteen years ago, and led the Xuanjia Battalion, which was only 3,000 people at the time, to survive in the face of various wolf-like forces, and forcibly spelled out a road to heaven. In the later period, when other places in Dading in the south were still in dire straits, the Zhennan Army, which was like a rainbow in the sky, was almost about to pull out the camp to support, and it was also the military advisor Zhao Qingyi who stopped Li Tiandu, which created the Zhennan Army that is now the world-shattering Zhennan Army. Although the other three are also called generals, in addition to the Zhennan Army after the national establishment, no matter how many men and horses there are under the three of them, they have been reduced to 100,000, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor has great grace to the Zhennan Army.
Li Tiandu walked through the layers of guards and walked into the bamboo building, saw his wife wiping her tears, sighed lightly and comforted: "Xuan'er has been protected in the General's Mansion since he was born, but we can't protect him for a lifetime, besides, although Xuan'er is still in a coma now, he has already taken the Qingcheng Jindan brought back by the military advisor Zhao Qing, so it will not be a big problem, as for when he will be able to wake up and see the will of heaven." When my son was born, there was a vision from the sky, and the real Wang Shouyang was accepted as a disciple early, and it is impossible for him to die early!"
"You said it nicely, I naturally know that my son is not an ordinary man, but now that it has been so long and he hasn't improved, who can not worry!" Zhao Feng stood up and looked at her husband and complained, "It's also your fault, the son of a dignified general is not as good as the battle of an ordinary big family, and no matter how many people are killed in an accident, I can't compensate my son for a single hair!"
Hearing this, Li Tiandu patted his wife on the shoulder and was also a little helpless, who would have thought that his son would suffer such a catastrophe when he went out for the first time, and now it is too late to say anything, so he has to continue to comfort his wife: "What Mrs. said is reasonable, next time Xuan'er goes out again, I will definitely bring a hundred and eighty horsemen to protect my son." ”
Zhao Feng was amused by her husband, and leaked her smile for the first time since her son was in distress, and said angrily: "This is what you said, every time my son goes out in the future, I will personally see if you have allocated him enough for a hundred rides! If it is not enough, I want you to look good!"
Seeing that his wife's mood seemed to be improving, Li Tiandu was also a little relieved.
The two walked out of the bamboo house and sat on the bamboo chair placed in the center of the platform, and immediately a clever maid brought good tea, Zhao Feng looked at the busy maid and remembered Qingxue.
The girl was as unconscious as Xuan'er when she was sent back, and now she is settled in a wing room in the backyard, although she is taken care of every day, but the situation is not optimistic. After all, there is only one Qingcheng Jindan, and such a valuable thing is not a cabbage in the vegetable market for anyone to take.
I heard my husband say that this golden pill was still begged by the military advisor Zhao Qingyi who rushed to Qingcheng Mountain with hundreds of men and horses! Although Qingxue's girl regarded it as her own, it was impossible for her to have another golden pill to save her life!
Zhao Feng picked up the glass teacup and took a sip and sighed lightly: "Qingxue's girl blocked a lot of Tianwei for Xuan'er when he was born, and this time it is needless to say, now life and death are uncertain, if there is another golden pill." That Qingcheng Mountain was also stingy, so he gave one!"
Li Tiandu, who was halfway through the tea, was caught off guard when he heard his wife's words, and a sip of tea squirted out, almost spraying his wife. Seeing this, several maids hurriedly came over and took out handkerchiefs to sort out for the general and his wife.
Zhao Feng couldn't help but glance at him when he saw her husband so gaffe, and said angrily: "What? Am I not right? Although I know that the Qingcheng Golden Pill is precious, if the military advisor can bring back ten or eight, not to mention Qingxue, maybe Xuan'er will be alive and well as before!"
Waving off the maid, Li Tiandu wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said with a wry smile: "Madam, you still don't know how precious this elixir that claims to be able to bring the dead back to life, the military advisor Zhao Qing has spent a lot of effort, so he almost took a large team of people to Qingcheng to get this one! You are still not satisfied, I heard that if you want to refine this Qingcheng Golden Pill, you need to prepare for at least three years, and then pick a good day and an auspicious day to open the furnace, and it is possible to become one after refining it by the great real person for nine hundred and eighty-one days, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a city!"
Zhao Feng doesn't care so much about him, his son's life is naturally the most important thing in the world! If the husband of a dignified general can't even do this thing, what kind of family business will he have worked hard for half his life.
Zhao Feng, who was about to open her mouth to sarcastically say a few more words to her husband, suddenly shook, and the valuable glass teacup in her hand fell to the ground without knowing it. Li Tiandu on the opposite side was also like a lightning strike, and the general who could talk and laugh calmly in the face of thousands of troops and horses now showed an unbelievable expression.
I only heard a man's voice faintly coming from the bamboo house: "Mother!"