Chapter 292: Shocking Changes! Father and Brother in Accident
at night.
Wen Ziduan looked at the auspicious pattern of dragon and phoenix on the fan. It only lacked a few stitches at the phoenix's eye. He Zhaojun only needed to embroider the simplest cross, and it would be a perfect ending. Then he called He Zhaojun.
"Zhaojun, these are the last two stitches. Would you like to embroider it?" He brought the oil lamp closer, handed the needle and thread and embroidery frame to He Zhaojun, and turned his head to look at her profile. His expression was so gentle that it could draw water out of her.
He Zhaojun opened her eyes wide and concentrated on threading the needle, but she felt a sudden pain in her fingertips: "Hiss..." A round bead of blood seeped through the silk and stained her phoenix eyes with blood.
Wen Ziduan quickly pulled her hand over to take a closer look, but saw that the round blood beads were still coming out, so he knew that the wound was serious.
He Zhaojun was very upset. She watched Wen Ziduan embroider the fan for her stitch by stitch after finishing his government affairs, but in the end, the fan was stained with her blood.
"It's okay. You're doing this as a finishing touch. I think it's fine." He smiled dotingly, took He Zhaojun's finger into his mouth, and sucked it gently: "Does it still hurt?"
He Zhaojun shook her head for a long moment before she slowly spoke, "I don't know why, but I'm a little panicked. I don't know if I'm overly worried, or if something really happened to my father and brother."
Before Wen Ziduan could say anything, Gu Guan knocked urgently on the door. Unless the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing outside, Gu Guan would never disturb them. It must be something extremely urgent.
He Zhaojun's expression froze as she stood up. Gu Guan pushed the door open and entered the room, kneeling on the floor. "Young Master, Young Lady, Liehuo is back, bringing back the latest battle reports from the northwest."
The two took a look at it and were shocked. The battle report was written on the lapel of the robe, and it seemed to be written in blood, which seemed to indicate that the situation was very urgent.
"It's Zisheng's handwriting." Wen Ziduan recognized it immediately. It was written by Huo Buyi.
"General He and his five thousand personal soldiers were forced into the depths of the Tengger Desert by the Turkic general Hu Yanju. A fruitless search resulted in He Jiang being captured alive by Chanyu Zhizhi and surrendered. The local garrison commander sent a dispatched report to Your Majesty, urging the He family to be punished. I have captured Hu Yanju alive tonight and am bringing him back to the capital. The situation is unusual, so we must act accordingly and conduct a swift investigation."
When He Zhaojun read the military report, she felt dizzy. What had happened in just a few days? You know, the Tengger Desert means "sky-like desert." Once you go deep into it, there is almost no chance of survival.
Even if my father was desperate and wanted to fight Hu Yanju to the death, he should not go in. Hu Yanju was the uncle of Zhizhi Chanyu, arguably the most powerful general of the Xiongnu, and he knew the situation in the desert very well. The fact that he did not dare to go deep into the desert was enough to explain the problem.
The claim that my fifth brother, He Jiang, surrendered after being captured was completely absurd. How could he possibly surrender when his father was killed by the Xiongnu? Furthermore, the He family had been plagued by trouble recently; it was clear someone was targeting them.
Gu Guan stood up, his expression complicated. "Young Master, Young Lady, the Message Eagle Liehuo brought back the news in advance. The expedited military report will not be submitted to the Emperor until at least noon tomorrow. We must make a decision soon."
Wen Ziduan firmly grasped He Zhaojun's hand. "Zhaojun, you've taught all the soldiers how to protect themselves in water shortages. And while the Tengger Desert is the largest, it does have water sources. General He Yong won't necessarily be in danger. You must trust him; he's the most experienced veteran in our dynasty."
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