Chapter 144 We Leave
Mu Ze looked at General Zhang, who was walking with such swift steps, and felt extremely anxious. He wished he could give him a pair of hot wheels. "General Zhang, you are too slow! The carrier pigeons have already gotten ahead of you."
If there is any further hesitation, the general will probably have to go and propose marriage in person.
General Zhang laughed heartily. "It's just marrying a wife. She can't fly away." He patted his still-unchanged armor and said, "You have the leisure to criticize me. Look at the city you govern. I encountered two gangs of bandits along the way. They ran into me right under my nose. How could I just sit there and do nothing?"
He looked around and didn't see Xie Xuan, so he asked, "Where's that kid?"
Chu Zhao quickly took the spear from his hand and said, "The general is in the training ground."
Mu Ze offered a cup of tea and said, "I always ask you to be my matchmaker. But you are off to fight the bandits first!"
If I had come a few days earlier, perhaps none of this would have happened...
General Zhang didn't take it seriously. He drank the tea in his cup in one gulp and gently stroked his gray beard. "Don't ignore small mistakes, lest they develop into big problems. Besides, I haven't exercised in a long time."
Mu Ze instantly understood that General Zhang was craving for war again.
The emperor specially sent a eunuch to guard the military ground to keep an eye on General Zhang and prevent him from crossing the line and launching a surprise attack on Baishang Kingdom from time to time.
"Why didn't that guy come to greet me? Is he still mad at me?"
General Zhang looked around the palace as he walked, noticing wedding lanterns hung everywhere. "This kid is really attentive!"
So many years have passed, ever since he learned that his father, feared by the retired emperor, delayed sending troops to support him, and ultimately died in battle outside the Great Wall...
well……
Martial Arts Training Ground
The secret guards arranged by Xie Xuan were making their routine reports.
"The patrol team arranged by Miss Su has been checked. There are five teams in total, three open posts and two covert posts."
After finishing the report, seeing Xie Xuan remained silent, he added, "Miss Su seems dissatisfied with the secret guards... General, should we withdraw our troops?"
The frequent patrols made it difficult for them to get close.
"No need to withdraw people, just move back a distance." Xie Xuan gave a brief order.
At this time, General Zhang strode into the martial arts training ground. After two battles and a long journey, he was still in good spirits.
"I heard that you even drove the girl from the Jun family's shop out of the fiefdom?"
After the secret guard finished reporting, he saw that General Zhang had arrived and quickly retreated.
When Xie Xuan heard General Zhang call Jun Yao a girl, his face darkened.
"It's only been two years since we last met, and you don't recognize me?" General Zhang looked at Xie Xuan with dissatisfaction as he was choosing weapons with his back to him.
Mu Ze, who had just complained to General Zhang, was afraid that Xie Xuan would ask him to patrol in a deserted place, so he hurriedly made amends, "The fact that there is no abnormality is the biggest abnormality..."
These incidents seemed unrelated, but he also suspected that the group that suddenly appeared and rescued Fan Wenchang were Jun Yao's people.
Although there was no evidence, it was precisely because of this unusual silence that the general ordered all the Jun family shops in the fiefdom to be cleared out within three days.
Seeing Xie Xuan turn around and give him a cold glance, General Zhang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are you already protecting someone so early?"
After saying this, he moved his feet and picked up the spear from the weapon rack. "I want to see how quickly you can get married. If you can beat me, I will propose marriage immediately."
Chu Zhao and Mu Ze looked at General Zhang, who was disrespectful to his elders and was showing off his spear skills, and retreated helplessly.
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"Then don't make a decision yet." Su Shengsheng had never faced such a difficult choice. She looked at her devastated fourth sister and said, "Let's go outside the Great Wall."
Three days, and then another three days passed.
But the menstrual period that was supposed to come still didn't come.
It's the fifteenth day now...
Even if she asked Bai Shuo to check her pulse every day and examine her fourth sister, it was about to attract the attention of her family.
If there is a test paper, the result will be available within 15 days.
Traditional Chinese medicine requires four to six weeks to confirm the diagnosis.
But she couldn't just sit there and wait for the verdict to come out, causing her fourth sister to suffer physically and mentally again.
She has blocked off everything from the outside world, but if the news leaks out, Fourth Sister will not be able to bear the blow.
At this moment, the family knows nothing about this.
This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Even she couldn't accept it, let alone her fourth sister...
"I was so scared at that time. I was afraid that my family would find out... What should I do..." Su Yuanling's emotions were completely out of control.
Su Shengsheng hugged her tightly and said, "Let's get the medicine first and make a decision after we get on the boat."
In any case, she needs to leave here temporarily...
Su Yuanling broke down and cried, "But I don't know how to tell my mother. I'm scared."
"Then don't say anything." Su Shengsheng wasn't sure what to do, but the most important thing at the moment was to get Su Yuanling through this. "Grandfather agreed to let us do business, didn't he? Let's say we go to Tianzhu to look for places where colored glass is produced."
You can always find the right words.
"But, because of my identity, I can't leave here..." Su Yuanling was terrified.
Su Shengsheng pondered for a moment, "Fourth sister, are you willing to escape death?"
She looked at her fourth sister, who was suppressing her grief, her face pale and lifeless. "We told our family that we wanted to leave here and live somewhere else. We'd fake our own deaths and leave. Even if we wanted to come back in the future, we could use other identities..."
This is the fastest way to cut it all off...
Go to a place where no one knows me, maybe my wounds will heal one day...
Once Fourth Sister sees the vastness of the world and the various aspects of life, perhaps she will be able to walk out of this shadow one day.
When the fourth sister regains the courage to live and is willing to start a new life, she can also avoid...
"We've got all the medicine ready. No matter what decision you make, don't worry about anyone blaming you... We'll go to the endless sea, without asking when we'll return, without dwelling on the past..."
Su Shengsheng softly described the outside world, gradually alleviating the fourth sister's fear of the unknown world.
She knew very well that for her fourth sister who was still staying at home, going abroad was a huge challenge.
But if she continued to stay in this place that made her collapse from time to time, Su Shengsheng was really worried that her fourth sister would choose to give up everything at some point.
The fourth sister's mood is now fluctuating, sometimes she is in a trance and sometimes she collapses in an instant.
If this goes on, she won't be able to hold on...
"Can we really do it?" Su Yuanling's eyes were blank, as if she had lost her direction.
"Doctor Bai's family has a merchant ship going to India, and we can leave on their ship. There are many crew members on the ship to protect the cargo, and we can also bring a team of people to protect ourselves. Moreover, we can keep in touch with our family." Su Shengsheng arranged softly.
Seeing that the time for Bai Shuo to come for a medical consultation was approaching, the fourth sister had not left the house since returning from the court.
Bai Shuo knew that she didn't want to meet strangers, so he came to see her in person every time.
As time drew near, Su Shengsheng softly asked Su Yuanling, "Fourth sister, let me handle everything else. You just need to tell me, do you want to leave here?"
Su Yuanling's tears slid down her face again...
Su Shengsheng did not urge her. She knew that every decision now was extremely difficult for her fourth sister and could not be interfered with by any external forces.
All she could do was to prepare all the escape routes for her fourth sister and help her through this difficult time.
Su Yuanling's gaze slowly turned to the winter sun outside the window. Although it looked cold, she could still feel a hint of warmth when it hit her body.
"I...I want to leave here..." She finally uttered these words with difficulty.
She didn't want to see any more looks of sympathy or pity.
"Okay, let's leave..." Su Shengsheng said softly.
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