Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 244

Chapter 244

Xu Jingfu escaped from prison at night and fled to a farm in the wilderness outside the city. His student Chu Zilan led a man and horse to drove him to kill her relatives righteously. Chu Zilan was seriously injured in the fight with her husband. She is now lying in a hospital bed.

All night, the wind direction in Shuojing was completely different.

Xu Jingfu’s run was to settle the charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason, as well as framing the court’s important officials in the Mingshui case. The case of Dali Temple went to trial very quickly, and the entire Xu family was arrested. The only surprise was the fourth son of Chu in Bo’s Mansion. Someone scolded him as being unethical behind his back. Xu Jingfu was so good to him, but he helped others deal with his teacher. Some people also say that he carries the Qing Qing, after all, Jun En is better than Shi En.

But now, he is lying on the sickbed and he doesn’t know when to wake up, which is embarrassing. I heard that Xu Jingfu pierced his chest with a knife, and I wonder if he will survive.

In Xiao Mansion, in the ancestral hall, Xiao Jing and Xiao Jue stand side by side.

Xiao Jue seldom went to the incense with Xiao Jing. Most of the time, he came by himself.

Bai Rongwei had been unwell during the first two nights, so he asked the doctor to see that he was pregnant. When Bai Rongwei married the Xiao family for half a year, something happened to Xiao Zhongwu. Soon after, Mrs. Xiao followed. Xu Jingfu was very tight at that time. The entire Xiao family was in danger. Bai Rongwei, who had just become pregnant, was struggling and had a fetal gas. Miscarriage, the root of the disease also fell at that time, and I have been recuperating my body over the years.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xu Jingfu’s case was settled, Bai Rongwei would have good news, and he didn’t know if he was destined in the dark.

Xiao Jing looked at the memorial tablet in the ancestral hall, sighed, and said, “It’s been almost seven years, and I can finally let go of my worries.”

In recent years, no one has deliberately mentioned, but Mingshui Battle, neither Xiao Jue nor Xiao Jing have forgotten it.

“Thanks for your hard work these years,” Xiao Jing smiled and looked at Xiao Jue, a little apologetic in his smile, “The burden of the Xiao family is all on you alone.”

“All of Shuojing’s eldest brother takes care of everything,” Xiao Jue said calmly, “Why do I have to say it so hard?”

“You just have a hard mouth.” Xiao Jing shook his head and chuckled. “Although I am your elder brother, I never seem to have done anything for you. You have never lived for yourself,” his eyes fell on the curling smoke. Said, “Now, you can finally take a break for a while.”

Whether it was thrown into the mountain since childhood, or later entered the Xianchang Pavilion, or finally took over the Nanfu soldiers, they all lived for the Xiao family. Sometimes Xiao Jing felt that he didn’t understand what his brother wanted. It might be because no one had ever asked him what he wanted. When I remembered to ask, Xiao Jue had grown up and was used to keeping everything in his heart.

He is the eldest brother, no matter how hard he tries, it seems that he can’t enter Xiao Jue’s heart.

Fortunately… it would be nice if another person could walk in.

“After the Xu family’s case, it’s time to think about you.” Xiao Jing said.

“my business?”

“Don’t forget your relationship. Now this is a major event for the Xiao family. Your sister-in-law is pregnant. I asked her to put these things down for the time being and let me do it.”

Xiao Jue was slightly surprised: “No, I just do it myself.”

“Xu Jingfu’s remaining party is still arrogant, I’m afraid you don’t have time to do it yourself.” Xiao Jing smiled: “Don’t worry, I have experience in this matter and I can’t go wrong. When I got married with your sister-in-law, I was also personally personally. After taking care of it, it looked pretty good in the end.”

Mrs. Xiao was unwilling to marry a concubine who was not in the right place, and she was unable to hold her own son. She left her hands alone in anger. The marriage, from the new house betrothal gifts to the wedding invitations and cakes, was personally managed by Xiao Jing. .

That said, reminding Xiao Jue of the time when Xiao Jing stood nervously and cautiously in the silk shop, personally choosing the clothes for the clothes, and couldn’t help but smile.

Xiao Jing saw him smile, and then laughed, and said with some emotion: “When I married your sister-in-law, I was still thinking about when I could see you married, and I don’t know what the girl you are going to marry in the future is. Look, think about it now,” he paused, “That girl He is really good.”

After a moment of silence, Xiao Jue said quietly, “I also think she is very good.”

“Huaijin,” Xiao Jing stood shoulder to shoulder with him, “you have to cherish it.”

…

In Chu Mansion, Chu Zhao, who had been in a coma for seven days, finally woke up.

The first thing he woke up was to ignore the unhealed wounds on his body, drag the sick body into the palace, and meet the emperor. At first, everyone else thought that he was righteous to destroy his relatives, he was going to end the way of the Chu family, and this time he entered the palace to drop the last stone into the well. Unexpectedly, his purpose of entering the palace was to claim that he had a marriage contract with Xu Pingting. According to this time, Xu Pingting should have been married to the Chu Mansion. Since he is married, even if he is not in the Xu family, he implore Emperor Wen Xuan. It can be seen that Xu Jingfu once assisted in reasoning, forgiving Xu Pingting’s life.

They are sentimental and righteous, and they are distinguished between right and wrong. Such young people are very much loved by the upper class. What’s more, Chu Zhao’s own illness was not healed, his face was pale and stubborn, which made Emperor Wen Xuan think of Xiao Huaijin many years ago, and his heart softened and he agreed to Chu Zhao’s request. However, Xu Jingfu’s crime was extremely wicked. Although Xu Pingting was forgiven for his death and life, she became the daughter of a criminal official, and of course she could not be the young lady of the Boss House of Shi Jin.

Be a concubine at most.

When Xu Pingting was taken to Chu’s house, she kept crying. However, in just a few days, the Xu family collapsed, her parents were dead, and all the people who had made friends with Japan had been avoided, and right now, there was nothing more than Chu Zhao who could rely on.

“Brother Zilan!” As soon as Xu Pingting saw Chu Zhao, she grabbed his arm and cried: “Why are you here to save me now? What is going on? Why are they doing this to me?”

The aloof daughter fell from the cloud into the mud overnight, except for panic, she just refused to believe that everything in front of her was true.

“Ping Ting,” the man in front of her looked at her with gentle eyes, “you will live here in the future.”

“What’s this? Can’t I go back to my own house?” Xu Pingting said eagerly, “They all wronged my father, Brother Zilan, you must have a way, right?”

Chu Zilan just looked at her quietly.

Xu Pingting’s hand gradually released from Chu Zhao’s arm. She stepped back two steps, and the panic in her eyes slowly faded away, as if she was thinking of an old thing. She asked: “Brother Zilan, I am on the way here. I heard people say…They said you were righteous and killed your relatives. When my father took people away, you stopped them… This shouldn’t be true. Is it true that they lied?”

Chu Zhao sighed: “It’s true.”

Xu Pingting’s expression froze, and after a while, she cried out in tears, “Then, did you kill my father? Why did you do this? My father is so kind to you, he is your teacher. what!”

There are tears on the face of the delicate girl. She is always arrogant, laughing presumptuously, or domineeringly angry. There are very few times when she is so fragile and embarrassed, that is, at this time, she does not look like it. It is “Xu Sang’s daughter”, just like all ordinary girls.

Chu Zhao walked to her, took out the veil, and wiped away the teardrops on her face little by little. If he did this in the past, Xu Pingting would have been very happy, but now she looks at the person in front of her, she still has the same brows and eyes as before, and her expression is gentle and patient, but for some reason, she has a faint chill on her back. .

“I promised the teacher to take good care of you,” he slowly retracted his veil, his tone still the same as in the past, and it seemed completely different, “you will definitely do it. Pingting, don’t be willful.”

“There are some things, don’t mention them in the future.” He whispered softly: “Be good, everything will pass.”

…

When the night was in harmony, He Yan and He Yunsheng sat in the room and roasted sweet potatoes to eat.

Bury two sweet potatoes in the fine ashes under the stove. After a while, the ashes are peeled off. The sweet potatoes are well roasted, and you can smell the fragrance before peeling them. After you peel them off and taste them, they will feel sweet and warm. , Xiang’s can’t wait for people to swallow their tongues.

He Yan picked up a big sweet potato and threw it into He Yunsheng’s arms. The sweet potato was too hot, and He Yunsheng held it in his hand before daring to speak.

“He Yan, you eat less.” As he ate himself, he reminded the person opposite, “I heard that the wedding gown made by Governor Xiao was made according to your previous size. You eat like this. What should I do if I can’t wear the skirt and can’t find a new wedding dress temporarily?”

He Yan threw a sweet potato peel towards his head, and He Yunsheng lowered her head and hid her. She said: “Your sister, I have a slender waist and a full grip. Why can’t I not put on a skirt, so worry about it!”

“Anyway, I have never seen a girl who can eat like yours before getting married.” He Yunsheng muttered. He saw that their neighbor’s sisters got married on this street. Other brides started to be hungry a few months in advance, so as to teach them to look light and lovely on the day of marriage. Only his own family, for fear that they would miss a bite. Half-consciously want to marry.

What can we do if this continues, He Yunsheng thought anxiously, don’t go to Xiao’s family, others thought that their He family didn’t feed He Yan enough?

“You are so young, why are you thinking so hard?” He Yanyu taught him earnestly, “Father didn’t think much of you.” He Yunsheng was probably an early leader, and sometimes He Yan felt that he was more like a father than He Sui. . Old-fashioned, not as cute as when he was younger.

“The Xu family’s case is over, and Governor Xiao has nothing to do after this.” He Yunsheng said with a dull head: “The next big thing to do is to get married with you. He Yan, what do you think? Is it so big?” He Yunsheng thought more and more angry, “Are you not nervous at all?”

The sweet potato was too hot, and He Yan blew it before taking a bite, and replied vaguely: “Don’t be nervous.”

He Yunsheng had nothing to say. All right, he is the only one who is nervous about working together up and down in this house.

He Yan glanced at his preoccupied look, and smiled: “What do you want to do so much? Isn’t it still a few days away from marriage? Yun Sheng, you are still young. I don’t know what things in this world are changing rapidly. What will tomorrow be like? No one would have expected that, why bother to yourself in vain. For example, the Xu family, how glorious the past is, who would have expected such a day.”

Speaking of this, He Yunsheng also returned to his senses and sighed: “That’s what I said, at the celebration banquet that day, you and Miss Xu Jia were given the marriage by the emperor. Now your wedding date is approaching, the relationship of Miss Xu Jia, this It’s impossible to complete it in a lifetime.” He frowned, “At that time, everyone in Shuojing compared you to Miss Xu’s family, saying that our family is no better than Xu’s family. I am really angry. I am afraid that no one will do it anymore. Say this.”

After all, the Xu family had already fallen, and the charge was extremely shameful.

He Yan gnawed sweet potatoes for a while.

To tell the truth, Chu Zhao’s “righteous extermination of relatives” incident was beyond her expectation, and it was wrong to think about it. After thinking about it, He Yan felt that this might be a game made by Chu Zhao, but he closed the game cleanly, and there is no evidence. On the surface, he chose loyalty from Shien and Junen, but he thinks carefully. In this matter, he did not actually have any loss. On the contrary, he cleanly cut off his involvement with Xu Jingfu, and temporarily won the trust of the emperor. Except that he himself lay on the collapse for a long time.

But the injury can be big or small. How to say it depends on the doctor’s mouth. After all, no one would deliberately bring the doctor to the door to verify whether he was really that dangerous.

He Yan didn’t want to think people badly, so whenever he thought of this place, he quickly moved away, and he didn’t want to think about it. Forget it, what does Chu Zhao have to do with her? Why waste time on people who are not very important.

He Yunsheng spoke to her for a while before he got up and left.

After He Yunsheng left, He Yan cleaned up the sweet potato skins on the ground, and after freshening up, he collapsed. Speaking of it, since the day before the second wife He was buried, she hadn’t seen Xiao Jue again. The Xu Xiang case has finally come to an end, but it does not mean that it is all over. The people related to Xu Xiang and those involved in the battle of Mingshui could not be resolved in one or two days.

And the prince’s side… He Yan’s mood was very heavy. The prince was by no means a good prince, but as a courtier, she was still a courtier without real power, and could not influence the emperor’s decision.

She looked out of the window of the bed, in the city of Shuojing, the storm was about to come.

As she was thinking about it, suddenly, a ray of cold light flew towards her quickly, He Yan’s expression was frightened, and he subconsciously reached out to catch it. The thing rubbed the palm of her hand and slightly scratched the skin of her palm. Yan looked down, and she grabbed a long dart.

There was something tied to the dart, and He Yan was startled, and when he untied it, his expression suddenly changed. What was solved was half a hairpin, which looked like a magnolia flower. He Yan was no stranger. This was the hairpin she gave to He Xinying.

Since the last time I saw He Xinying, He Yan always worried that this girl was frustrated and found short-sightedness, and asked Chiwu to send something to Wei’s house every other time. There were not many things, and it was not very expensive, but It’s all He Yan’s heart, sometimes it’s a piece of jewelry, sometimes it’s a piece of cloth. She is not very good at picking these things for girls, so she is very careful every time she picks. This magnolia flower hairpin was sent by Chiwu not long ago, and He Xinying liked it very much, so she wore it on her head at the time.

Why are you here?

There was also a note wrapped around the hairpin. He Yan opened it and looked at it. There was a place written on it, which looked like a restaurant and teahouse.

Someone caught He Xinying and threatened her?

But this restaurant and teahouse is in a downtown area, and there has been no curfew recently. How can you pick such an eye-catching place if you have to do it?

He Yan thought about it for a long time, but he was worried that He Xinying’s thoughts had the upper hand. She picked a piece of men’s clothing from the box and put it on. Chiwu is not there today-since the case of Xu Xiang came out, Chiwu has also started to get busy at night.

After taking care of herself, she sneaked out of the door in the dark, guessing and asking all the way, finally found the place written on the note.

It really is a tea room.

This tea room was renovated to look like a small garden. From the outside, it looked more like a private house. Not far away is the Fangshi, where soldiers and horses guarded by the city are patrolling from time to time. He Yan thought for a moment and walked in with his foot raised.

Outside Xiaoyuan, there were two plain-clothed children who saw He Yan. They didn’t ask anything but said, “Girl, please.” As if waiting for her here long ago.

He Yan paused. She came in men’s clothing. Her men’s clothing was not foolproof, but it was enough to defeat most people. But these two children said “girl” directly. They would never see through their true body because they were both unique insights. I’m afraid that the person waiting for her in it would already know her behavior. Quite deep.

In He Yan’s heart, there was a faint guess about a person, but she was not sure yet, and she didn’t quite understand why the other party wanted to do this.

The boy took He Yan into the small garden, bypassed a garden, and entered the tea room. There was no one in the hall outside the tea room. He walked all the way to the corridor. On both sides of the corridor were smaller tea rooms. He Yan followed the boy to the last one.

The little boy said: “Girl, please come in.” After saying these words, the two of them ignored He Yan and left on their own.

He Yan pushed the door and walked in.

In the tea room, the light and shadow are shaking, and the room is full of tea. Behind the long table, sitting behind a long table, sits a handsome man with a wide-sleeved robe with a gentle smile, and whispered: “Ahe.”

“Fourth Master Chu,” He Yan heard his own voice, “what do you mean?”

“It just feels like I haven’t seen Ahe for a long time, and want to talk to Ahe.” He replied softly, not at all displeased by He Yan’s indifference.

He Yan raised his hand and showed him the hairpin in his hand: “Where is Miss He?”

“Wei Mansion.”

He Yan was startled, then looked at Chu Zhao, thought for a while, threw the hairpin in her hand on the table, and sat down opposite Chu Zhao. She looked at Chu Zhao and calmly said, “You lied to me?”

“If not,” Chu Zhao said, “Why is Ahe willing to come to see me?”

He didn’t think it before, but now He Yan felt uncomfortable when he listened to him with a mouthful of “Ahe”. After a pause, she asked: “Then, the fourth son of Chu is so anxious to see me, why is it?”