Chapter 189 Xu Suyuan's Request to See Jiang Yunzheng Was Rejected

Hou Yue tugged at Jiang Yunzheng's sleeve and frowned, "Don't do anything stupid. Who wrote this?"

Jiang Yunzheng placed the letter on the candle flame and burned it, then with trembling hands, put the Huangquan Pi Linggen back into the box.

Jiang Yunzheng's expression didn't change. She smiled at Hou Yue and said, "It's just a small matter. There's no need to panic."

Hou Yue: "Really?"

Jiang Yunzheng ignored her and wrote a letter to Hou Yue, "Please give it to Qingying for me and send it to Qi Yunshen later."

After delivering the letter, Hou Yue still felt something was wrong. She pestered Jiang Yunzheng for two quarters of an hour to get to the bottom of the matter. Jiang Yunzheng impatiently drove her out.

In the afternoon, Qingying came back to deliver the news.

Fengye City and Yuehua City have been captured. Including Shuitan City, Daliang has now occupied three cities.

In addition, Fengye City and Yuehua City sent a total of 20,000 troops to Yuan'an City.

Once Yuan'an City was captured, Changyi City would lose its last support and be surrounded by enemies from all sides.

Everyone in the Qi family was extremely happy. Steward Luo gave each servant in the house an extra 1 or 2 taels of silver. Steward Luo came out of the accounting office with a smile on his face and saw Jiang Wen waiting in the garden, wondering who he was waiting for.

Butler Luo approached with a fierce look on his face and took out a tael of silver and gave it to Jiang Wen.

"The government is distributing money today, and everyone has some. You can keep it."

When Xu Suyuan came to Xiazhou, he was short of money and had only two or three sets of clothes to wear. Fate was unpredictable, but God had eyes. The once handsome and elegant eldest son of the Xu family had to rely on others for money to survive.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't come to your house to ask for a reward from Butler Luo."

Butler Luo frowned: "Then what are you going to do?"

"May I see Doctor Jiang? I hope Steward Luo can pass the message on for me."

The front and back yards of the Qi Mansion were heavily guarded, so it was not easy for Jiang Wen to get in.

Butler Luo frowned. Miss Jiang's status was not ordinary, and she was not someone that a mere outsider like Jiang Wen could meet.

Butler Luo refused bluntly: "Doctor Jiang has other things to deal with and has no time to see you."

Jiang Wen's expression changed slightly. "I heard from Doctor Luo that Doctor Jiang's medical skills are like Hua Tuo's. I would like to ask Doctor Jiang to take a look at this leg."

Butler Luo secretly cursed Doctor Luo as an old bastard.

Jiang Wen said sincerely, "I would like to thank Butler Luo here."

Butler Luo frowned: "I can only ask whether Doctor Jiang will see you. I can't guarantee it."

Jiang Wen's expression relaxed: "Thank you, Butler Luo."

When Butler Luo arrived at Jiang Yunzheng's yard, Jiang Yunzheng was still in the pharmacy, and Hou Yue was squatting outside reading a picture book.

Butler Luo smiled and said, "Miss Hou, is Doctor Jiang here? Jiang Wen, the teacher at the private school, wants to see Doctor Jiang."

Hou Yue glanced at Housekeeper Luo and said, "She's busy now and doesn't have time to meet."

Butler Luo's words were heard in the pharmacy. Jiang Yunzheng didn't even raise her eyes when she heard it, and Hou Yue directly refused on her behalf.

Not long after Butler Luo left, Yu Zheng came again and said that he had found the house and wanted to see Jiang Yunzheng again before leaving the Qi Mansion.

Jiang Yunzheng was also missing.

It was not until dark that Jiang Yunzheng came out of the pharmacy.

She was holding a bloody piece of clothing in her hand, which she had taken off the last time she vomited blood and hid in the pharmacy.

Jiang Yunzheng sent Ji Fu and several maids away and asked them to go to the front yard to move some flowers back to the courtyard.

Jiang Yunzheng and Hou Yue were the only ones left in the yard, so she asked Hou Yue to set the clothes on fire.

The rising smoke blurred Jiang Yunzheng's figure through the flames.

Hou Yue subconsciously called her, "Doctor Jiang?"

Jiang Yunzheng smiled at her and said softly, "Let's go back to the house."

That night, Jiang Yunzheng's heart palpitations and pain were much more severe than the previous times.

The pain spread from the heart to the limbs and even the brain. The clear eyes were filled with bloodshot, and it seemed that even the eyeballs were about to burst.

Hou Yue kept pacing around the bed. She couldn't help Jiang Yunzheng in any way and was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

An hour later, Jiang Yunzheng seemed to be pulled out of the water, covered in sweat.

Her eyes were sunken, her face was pale, and she saw double.

…

Butler Luo returned to the front yard and Jiang Wen was still standing there.

After Jiang Wen heard what Butler Luo said, he shook his body and said, "I...I understand. Thank you, Butler Luo."

After Jiang Wen returned to the private school, as soon as he entered the room, he saw a man in black sitting at the table.

It’s Xie Qing’s man.

"Xu Suyuan, the master wants us to take Jiang Yunzheng away as soon as possible."

Xu Suyuan moved his lips and said, "The people in Qi Mansion are very strict. I can't get close to them."

"As soon as possible."

After Butler Luo watched Jiang Wen leave, someone from the doorman reported that Xiao Quan had arrived.

Butler Luo hurried to meet him.

Xiao Quan felt very sorry about what happened at Zhuluo Snow Mountain and came here today to apologize.

Steward Luo smiled faintly and said, "Young Master Jiang has been rescued and is now recuperating elsewhere. It's so thoughtful of you to come all the way here."

The worry on Xiao Quan's face finally faded a little. "That's good, that's good. As long as the person is found, it's good."

Butler Luo was very pleased. After buying some mountain products from Xiao Quan, he asked someone to send Xiao Quan away.

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Murong Che hurriedly fled back to Pingcheng on the second day after Shuitan City was captured.

The commander defending Pingcheng was a close confidant of the Xixia emperor and a loyal royalist. He suggested that Murong Che return directly to the royal capital, as the saying goes, "If you have the green mountains, you will never lack firewood."

Murong Che refused loudly and after staying in Pingcheng for only one day, he headed directly to Changyi City with 5,000 elite soldiers.

Qin Lu and the others were still in Fengye City. When they heard the news, they couldn't help but sneer: "Good job! We'll just wait for the prince to deal with them!"

As soon as Murong Che arrived in Changyi City, he was treated coldly by King Gaoyang and others.

Prince Gaoyang: "The battle is imminent. Your Highness, please return to Yatou Pass. I do not wish to see another general's head hung on the city gate."

Murong Che stared coldly at Prince Gaoyang: "If Your Highness had been in Shuitan City that day, he would have done the same thing as I did."

King Gaoyang sneered, "That may not be the case. I would never abandon the city and leave."

Murong Che simply turned away.

"Your Highness, this Murong Che is a coward. He lost Shuitan City and didn't dare to return to the capital, so he wanted to come to Changyi City to compete with Your Highness for military merit."

Prince Gaoyang sarcastically said, "Qi Yun is so cautious and intelligent that he is almost a demon. It is only natural that Murong Che and Wu Yue were defeated by him."

Now, the 40,000 soldiers of Changyi City are ready to go, and the 30,000 soldiers of Xinhao City are watching covetously.

Although Chang Yicheng has a slight advantage in terms of numbers.

However, the combat capability of these Western Xia soldiers is probably less than half of that of the Daliang people.

What's more, the weapons from Shuitan City have not arrived yet, and the swords and guns in stock in Changyi City are all rotten and dull, not worth mentioning.

There are more than 40,000 mouths waiting for food in Changyi City every day. Some food has been borrowed from the people of Changyi City in the past two days, and now there is less than one day's supply left.

King Gaoyang stood on the city wall, looking far away in the direction of Daliang capital.

His decision to flee to Western Xia was a helpless act of desperation.

Although he was far away from his homeland and living in a foreign country, King Gaoyang had no regrets.

"By the way, have you found Qin Yu's whereabouts?"

"Your Highness, not yet. Qi Yunshen came to the capital this time, and brought no one else except a female doctor."

King Gaoyang frowned: "Female doctor?"

"The female doctor's surname is Jiang. She has always lived in the Qi Mansion and rarely leaves."

Prince Gaoyang's face gradually darkened. He returned to camp, wrote a letter, and handed it to his confidant: "Send it to Xinhao City now and give it to Qi Yunshen."

"yes."

Murong Che returned to his tent with a heavy heart.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Changyi City has little chance of winning now. Even if it wins this time by chance, the three surrounding cities have been occupied by Daliang, and Changyi City will sooner or later become Daliang's meal.

Murong Che stared at the map on the table without saying a word. After a long while, he asked, "How is Tong Li?"

The subordinate shook his head and said, "Miss Tong was tortured to death by the jailers. Our men only found her body in a mass grave and buried her near her parents' graves."

Murong Che's face turned grim: "Where's Jiang Yunzheng?"

"Jiang Yunzheng still lives in the Qi Mansion."

The guards in Xiazhou City were extremely strict, and occasionally a Xixia spy would sneak in, but in the end he would either be reported by the people of Xiazhou or discovered by the soldiers guarding the city, so they would not be able to find out anything, let alone snatch people from Qi Mansion.