Chapter 277 Border.
After the county magistrate returned from Cuilin Village, he immediately wrote a memorial to the capital, reporting to the empress everything he had actually seen.
"Come here, take this memorial to the capital as fast as you can!"
"Yes, sir!"
And Shen Wuyou, who Xu Zhiyi was worried about, finally wrote to him!
The letter said that he had settled down in Liu County and had negotiated with several shops, planning to buy them. The county town there was relatively prosperous, and he planned to use one of the shops to open a branch of Yan Yi Pavilion, and the others to open a pastry shop and a milk tea shop.
Xu Zhiyi read the letter to the end. He was originally talking about business matters, but then the tone suddenly changed: Wife! Wuyou misses you so much! I miss you so much that I can't sleep. What should I do? Wife, I'm going back, you have to make up for my love!
"You're so smooth-talking! So dishonest!" Although Xu Zhiyi complained like this, she still felt sweet in her heart.
A month later, in the court of Kyoto.
"Report, 800 miles, urgent!"
The ministers secretly observed that the emperor looked very unhappy after reading the memorial. The ministers only dared to exchange glances with each other and no one dared to speak to interrupt.
Jiang Xihe: "The border guards have reported that General Lu is seriously injured and unconscious, and Lord Ji has fallen into an enemy trap and is missing. Now, only Deputy General Lu is left holding up the border!"
"So, I decided to go to the battle myself!!"
Upon hearing this, the ministers knelt down in fear and said, "Your Majesty! No! The country cannot be without a ruler for a day!"
Seeing this, Jiang Xihe looked at the kneeling ministers and said, "I cannot go. My dear ministers, are you willing to ask for permission to lead troops to support the border?"
When the ministers heard this, except for the civil officials who were relatively calm, the others all looked at each other, but no one dared to speak. Going to the battlefield was no joke. Although some of them were military officials, they were all old. Wouldn't that be courting death?
Duan Chenyou: "Your Majesty, I am willing!"
Jiang Xihe also knew that there was no better choice except Duan Chenyou: "Okay!!"
"Commander-in-chief Duan Chenyou, you will lead 30,000 soldiers to support Deputy General Lu and find Lord Ji..." He paused and said, "No matter if he lives or dies, I want to see him!"
Duan Chenyou: "I will obey your orders. I will not fail in my mission. I will do my best to protect our country and the border!"
When the ministers heard this, they all knelt down and said, "Protect our country and our borders!"
"Report, Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Nanzhou City!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xihe motioned to the chief steward beside him to present it.
Now, all the ministers were puzzled again, as if the emperor was visibly happy.
Jiang Xihe: "My dear ministers, let me tell you a piece of great news that is worthy of the cheers of the entire Fenglin Kingdom. It is a small village under Yuehua Town, Hanshan County, Nanzhou City..."
"This year, all their grains have been fully harvested. One acre of land can produce up to 600 kilograms of grain. Moreover, all of this was done by a 17-year-old girl who figured out a way to fully harvest grains!"
As soon as these words came out, the ministers exploded:
"What? Am I old and my hearing is not good? Did the emperor say one mu is six hundred catties, not two mu?"
"No, it's 600 kilograms per acre!"
"This... is this true? How did they do this? Since the founding of our country, the maximum grain yield per acre of land has been 300 kilograms, and this has remained unchanged for hundreds of years. This little girl really doubled the grain yield per acre of land?"
"Oh, God bless our Fenglin Kingdom!"
As he spoke, all the ministers knelt down hastily: "Long live the emperor! May the emperor live long and long! May the emperor be blessed by heaven!"
Jiang Xihe: "Everyone, please stand up. Ning Aiqing, you should leave for Nanzhou City immediately and go to investigate the truth yourself. If it is really not an exaggeration, you must bring the girl back to Jingdu. I want to see her in person!"
Ning Chu: "I obey your order!"
Someone leaked the news of the border war to the people, and after it spread from one person to another, it caused panic among the people. In less than a month, the news reached Yuehua Town.
After hearing the news, Shen Changan was extremely worried. One was his biological brother whom he had been living with for more than half a month, and the other was his biological uncle whom he had never met.
Seeing that Shen Changan had not taken a few bites of food and returned to his room, Su said worriedly: “Zhiyi, Changan… Hey, tell the kitchen to make some porridge for him later.”
Thinking of Ji Silan who had lived here for half a month, he couldn't help but worry: "That young master's wife looks like a blessed person, she will definitely be able to turn danger into safety. You comfort Chang'an later and tell him not to think too much, maybe his brother has been rescued!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Mom, I know!"
After dinner, Xu Zhiyi went to the kitchen to have someone cook some shredded chicken porridge. She brought the porridge to the room and saw Shen Changan sitting in a daze on the chair. She brought the porridge to him and said,
"Changan, I know you are worried about your eldest uncle and uncle, but if you don't eat, and something goes wrong with your body due to hunger, do you want to make everyone worry about you?"
Shen Changan: "My wife, I didn't mean it. I just remembered that my brother wrote to me last time and said that after the victory this time, he and my uncle would come to see me and stay with me for a while and have a good time together."
"But now, they..."
Xu Zhiyi looked at Shen Changan's sad expression, and finally realized that after Ji Silan and him had been together for more than half a month, he had really taken Ji Silan, his brother, to heart.
"Changan, no matter what, you have to take care of yourself and wait for your brother and uncle to come back!"
Shen Changan thought of something and suddenly stared at Xu Zhiyi, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Finally, he made up his mind and said, "My wife, I don't want to have any regrets. It would be fine if I didn't know that I still have relatives in this world, but now that I know, I can't get over it in my heart..."
"I want to go to the border. I want to see my uncle for the last time. I also want to find my brother. At least... at least let him..."
Xu Zhiyi knew what he hadn't finished saying, so she lowered her head and thought for a moment, then went over to hug him and warned him, "Chen Changan, if you don't come back to me safely, I will remove your name from the household registration, and I will no longer recognize you as my husband! Do you remember?"
Hearing this, Shen Changan hugged her back tightly: "My lady, I will, I will protect myself and will stand in front of you intact!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Wait a few days, I'll ask Grandpa Li to make some pills for you, I'll get some water for him to boil... You take these pills and give them to your uncle to see if they work..."
When Shen Changan heard this hint, he understood what Xu Zhiyi meant: “My lady, thank you!”
Later, when Su knew that Shen Changan was going to the border, she was so anxious that she was about to cry. For so long, she had treated Shen Changan Shen Wuyou as her own children. Now he was going to such a far border, and it was so dangerous there. She was very worried just thinking about it.
But I also knew that since the couple had already discussed it, I couldn't change anything! I could only help with the preparations.
Xu Zhiyi came to Doctor Li's house and explained the situation to him. After he prepared the medicine and needed water, Xu Zhiyi volunteered to help fetch water. In fact, the water fetched with the wooden ladle was spiritual spring water.
Three days later, Shen Changan rode away on horseback after being repeatedly told by Xu Zhiyi, Su, and the Xue family...
And on the fourth day after Shen Changan left, Shen Wuyou finally stabilized all the shops in Liu County and returned after making all the arrangements.
"Wife, brother, and mother, I'm back!"
When he walked into the hall, he saw that only Xu Zhiyi and Su were having dinner. He was immediately curious: "Huh? Where's my brother? Didn't he come out to eat?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi put down his chopsticks and told Shen Wuyou everything.
After listening to this, Shen Wuyou was silent for a long time before muffledly saying: "Why didn't brother wait for me? I clearly told him the return date in advance. The border is so dangerous, why did he..."
"Why don't you wait for me..."
Xu Zhiyi: "Don't be sad, he doesn't want to wait for you, he just fears that you will feel sad when he says goodbye... We have to believe in him, believe that he will come back safely. In this situation, we can't stop him... Otherwise... He will always have a knot in his heart for the rest of his life... a regret, understand?"
Shen Wuyou: "But...at least let me come back to see him first..."
Su: "Wuyou, don't think too much. Chang'an is not completely unable to protect himself. He will be fine!"
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