46 White Tiger Stream
◎It turns out that Captain Pei also has a crush◎
That night, Chu Yufu had another dream.
In the dream, it was midsummer. The sun was scorching outside and the cicadas were chirping. The little girl was sitting at the desk, and a beautiful woman with waist-length hair was teaching her to read.
She grasped the corner of the woman's clothes with one hand and repeated indistinctly, "Heaven and earth are born together, all things flourish, sleep at night and rise early, walk in the courtyard."
After an unknown amount of time, it was getting dark when a little maid came in from outside and said to the woman, "Auntie, the master said he's been busy lately and won't be coming."
After the maid left, the woman was silent for a long time. Then, like a madman, she overturned the books on the table and cried out at the top of her lungs, clutching her thin shoulders: "Why, why aren't you a boy? You've ruined my life, do you know that?"
The dream stopped here, and tears flowed down the woman's cheeks, dividing the picture into countless fragments.
Chu Yufu opened her eyes. It was just dawn outside. A thumb-long candle on the table was burning weakly on the candlestick. The flame swayed from side to side, flickering unsteadily, and the shadow cast on the wall was also distorted.
She turned over and stared at the candlelight in a daze.
She knew that there were many tricks in the mansion, and her stepmother was a very resourceful person, but all she had experienced was some withholding of expenses and some overt and covert verbal sparring. This was the first time she had truly understood how someone could take a life without bloodshed.
Yesterday afternoon, she asked Lan Zhu to inquire and learned that the second girl was born sixteen years ago, which coincided with the time when Master Chu returned to Beijing to report on his work after completing his term of exile. Because he failed to implement the new policy effectively, he was asked to continue serving in Qingzhou.
It was probably at this critical moment that Wu bribed the Taoist priest to kill Aunt Wan, and she figured out Mr. Chu's intentions. In the end, she spread the word that Aunt Wan fell out of favor because she gave birth to a daughter.
She was a good girl, but neither her father nor her mother loved her. She was born with original sin... She felt even more miserable than me. At least I had my grandparents who loved me until I was seven or eight years old.
After a while, the sky was getting light and there was a noise outside. She sat up and called Lan Zhu in, saying softly, "I don't want to go and greet her. Go to Yunxi Hall and tell her I'm sick."
She hadn't slept well last night, and after that dream, she'd experienced the original owner's experience, and she was feeling incredibly down. She really didn't want to see Wu's face today, she couldn't even pretend anymore.
Lan Zhu didn't move after hearing the order. She said with a gloomy face, "Miss, I don't want to go either."
Chu Yufu looked at the panda eyes on her face and sighed softly: "Then let Yinsuo go."
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At this moment, thousands of miles away, in the Almo Mountains, White Tiger Gorge.
The bleak light of dawn seeped into the cave like a tide. Soldiers in soft armor lay in a mess in the cave, and the smell of damp moss and blood mixed together, creating a heavy atmosphere.
Jiang Jingyan sat down at the entrance of the cave, gritted his teeth and fiercely pulled out the broken arrow stuck in his shoulder. After taking a few quick breaths, he turned his head and smiled bitterly at the man in black who was resting with his eyes closed beside him: "Mingzhang, I was wrong this time."
Pei Yue opened his eyes, tore off a piece of his clothes and pressed it to the wound, then lowered his eyes and said quietly: "I am also wrong. I failed to persuade Your Highness."
Jiang Jingyan waved his hand, signaling him not to say anything more: "We are all dying, why are you still talking about these empty words? Right is right, wrong is wrong."
The army's progress was very smooth after crossing the border. The vanguard quickly found several Turkic cavalry groups, successfully defeated them and seized a large amount of supplies. Three days ago, scouts captured a lone Turkic nobleman. After interrogation, he revealed an important piece of information -
There was a disagreement among the Turks, and several tribal leaders were gathering near Baihujian to rest and recuperate, their defenses very lax. Upon hearing the news, he decided to personally lead the cavalry in pursuit, quickly interpenetrating and intending to catch the enemy by surprise.
When looking at the map, Pei Yue raised an objection, thinking that the terrain of Baihujian was narrow, long and steep, easy to enter but difficult to exit, and it was too dangerous to chase after it this time. He was afraid that it was a trap, but he did not listen.
When the army reached the middle of White Tiger Gorge, they were ambushed, just as Pei Yue had predicted. The noble was clearly a decoy set by the Turks. They had fought and retreated all the way, finally taking refuge in this cave. Now it was only a matter of time before the Turks surrounded them. It was too late to regret now.
The Turks were lying in ambush on the tops of the mountains on both sides and shooting arrows down. Most people were injured. Now that they relaxed a little, they felt severe pain and kept groaning.
"Who has medicine on them? Dawei's bleeding won't stop!" someone asked anxiously.
"No, he got lost a long time ago."
"I don't have any here either."
"No."
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The soldier named Dawei was half-supported and sitting against the wall of the cave. A deep bloody hole on his leg was bleeding continuously, and a large area of the rock under his leg was soaked. His eyes were dazed. When he heard the answers from his companions, his chest heaved heavily and he took a deep breath. His lips, which had turned white from blood loss, twitched slightly, but he forced himself not to say a word.
Pei Yue, who was sitting in the shadows, moved. He reached into his breastplate with one hand and took out an apricot-yellow purse. He picked up a small porcelain bottle from it with two fingers. With a slight shake of his wrist, the porcelain bottle fell steadily into the arms of the person who had shouted earlier with a sound of breaking wind.
"Use this." The voice was low and hoarse.
The man picked up the porcelain bottle, pulled out the cork and put it to his nose to smell it. His eyes widened and he exclaimed in surprise, "Golden wound medicine, it's still top-notch! Thank you, Captain!"
Jiang Jingyan looked at the apricot-yellow purse embroidered with white hibiscus flowers in silver thread and laughed out loud. It turned out that the icy Pei Duwei was also a mortal. With a hint of mischief and inquiry, he teased, "So, Pei Duwei also has a crush."
"What kind of person is he?"
The purse was very small, less than half the size of Pei Yue's palm. He held the purse in front of his eyes, and his eyes, as calm as a lake, rippled for a moment.
"Beautiful, smart, kind, and capable."
"Capable?" Jiang Jingyan was a little surprised. He didn't expect this word to come out of Pei Yue's mouth, and he didn't expect it to be used to describe a woman. He thought the other party would say something like gentle, virtuous, etc.
"Yeah." Pei Yue said no more, grabbed his purse and stuffed it into his breastplate.
"Wait!" Jiang Jingyan raised his eyebrows and grabbed him, "Do you have any more medicine?"
The arrow that had just been pulled out was not inserted very deep, but it was painful enough. The flesh around the wound was throbbing with burning pain, and a layer of cold sweat had seeped into his back.
Pei Yue paused, then pulled out a white porcelain bottle and handed it to him: "Anesthetic."
Jiang Jingyan reached out to take it, opened the porcelain bottle, poured out a pinch of powder, pulled open his clothes and sprinkled it on the wound: "Ma Fei San?"
"I don't know, but it can relieve the pain anyway." Pei Yue shook his head.
Jiang Jingyan was stunned, his lips twitching. He was a prince after all, and his ailments were usually treated by the Imperial Hospital. How could it be so crude? He had brought two personal guards with him when he came, and they had medicine for his wounds, but they had just died on the road while trying to protect him.
But it doesn't matter. Even if I am poisoned to death here, it is better than being killed by the Turks or being kidnapped and taken hostage.
He didn't know if it was a psychological effect or if Pei Yue's medicine was really effective, but after a while he felt that his wound no longer hurt. Even if he slightly turned his shoulder and pulled the wound, the skin and flesh there only felt numb, and the pain was very slight!
Almost at the same time, the people around Dawei also said happily: "Great, the bleeding has stopped!"
The morning star disappeared and the sky became completely bright.
The scout sent out to survey the terrain rushed back, knelt on one knee, and shouted with suppressed excitement: "Report - Your Highness, Captain! A cave has been discovered a mile ahead, leading to the outside of the stream!"
Jiang Jingyan was overjoyed upon hearing this. His eyes suddenly lit up and he struggled to stand up: "God help me! So what are we waiting for? Let's assemble and set off immediately!"
"Wait." Pei Yue's voice was low, but everyone looked at him. He raised his eyes, his expression extremely calm, "Your Highness, allow me to go and check it out first."
The cave a mile away did exist, but it was hanging high on a nearly vertical cliff, nearly two meters above the ground. At the moment, most of the remaining soldiers in their group were injured and had difficulty moving, let alone climbing up the cliff. This group of people included the eldest prince.
"Go back and tell the Crown Prince to rest and regroup where they are, hold their ground and await reinforcements, and don't move rashly. Lieutenant General Tang hasn't received any news in a while, so he must have arrived with his troops. I'll notify them immediately after I get up to rescue him." He paused, his eyes sharp as he fixed the scouts. "They must stay close to His Highness and protect him!"
The scout clasped his fists and said, "As you command!"
Pei Yue finished his explanation and said nothing more. He pulled out the dagger from his waist and bit it in his mouth. He grabbed the rock with both arms and stepped forward to climb up.
There was a slight crackling sound, and the wound on his left leg that had just stopped bleeding burst instantly. Dark red blood quickly spread on the gray-black trouser leg, soaking it all.
"Captain!" the scout growled.
Pei Yue's figure froze in mid-air, his brows unmoved. He only bit the hilt of the knife tightly, making a slight creaking sound, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged, but only for a moment.
After a few quick moves, he climbed up the cliff, put the knife back into his waist, turned around and disappeared into the cave.
Pei Yue had been gone for quite some time, and the group waited anxiously inside the cave. The anesthetic gradually lost its effectiveness after two hours, and Jiang Jingyan's wound began to throb with pain again.
The mixture of anxiety and pain eroded his sanity. Just when he was about to lose his patience and wanted to leave—
"kill--"
A cry of killing coming from not far away was like thunder out of the blue, instantly boiling the stagnant water in the cave.
"There's someone!" The wounded soldier closest to the cave entrance suddenly looked up, his eyes lighting up.
"There's a sound! There's a sound! Did Captain Pei send someone to rescue us?" Another wounded soldier with a broken bone struggled to crawl towards the cave entrance, his voice trembling.
Jiang Jingyan clenched his fists and stared at the direction where the sound came from. About half a minute later, when a large flag with the word "swallow" fluttered in the distance, there was a burst of crying and laughing in the cave. He breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the cave entrance.
Several figures galloped down from the top of the mountain. He squinted his eyes, but couldn't find Pei Yue. He stepped forward and grabbed Deputy General Tang, who had dismounted and was about to kneel, and asked with a frown, "Where's Mingzhang?"
Lieutenant General Tang swallowed his saliva and said, "We robbed a Turkic messenger when we came here. Three Turkic tribes are gathering near Yemachuan. When Commandant Pei found out, he led 800 light cavalry to encircle them from behind, saying he wanted to burn all the Turkic food supplies!"
"What!" Jiang Jingyan was furious, "Why didn't anyone stop him?"
On the surface, Pei Yue is only a captain, but everyone knows that he is Minister Pei's man, specially arranged by Minister Pei to be by the side of the eldest prince. He is determined to go, who can stop him!
Besides...
Deputy General Tang wiped his face and said, "Among those three tribes, there is the Nuci tribe."
The Nuci tribe is the tribe that killed Pei Yue's father.
Jiang Jingyan was silent for a moment before giving the order: "The entire team should evacuate and return to the main camp. Be ready to provide support upon receiving the signal."
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Daily Life at a Tea Stall in the Suburbs [Fan Fan] Daily warm farming story, a kindergarten teacher's sweet wife x a volatile gangster. The sweet wife coaxes him, and the gangster transforms into a 24-hour filial husband!
Wearing the clothes of Dayan Dynasty, Fang Li has no golden finger.
At the beginning, he rolled down the hillside and broke his leg. When he was dying, he was picked up by Aunt Wang who was digging wild vegetables and taken home.
When a bowl of white porridge was placed in front of her, she almost cried.
Aunt Wang's family was not rich. They had to support five people with two acres of land, and they had to eat porridge made of mixed grains and wild vegetables every meal. After her leg got better, Fang Li set up a tea stall on the outskirts of the city. She had to support herself and pay back Aunt Wang for her medicine.
In the summer, he sells iced drinks, and in the autumn, he sells ginger soup. Occasionally, he goes to the mountains to pick wild mushrooms and catch small fish, and then makes some game to sell.
Relying on her good skills, she saved money bit by bit, turned the tea stall into a small restaurant, and settled down in Dayan Dynasty.
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Everyone in the village said that the two brothers in Aunt Wang's family were very different from each other.
The eldest son, Bai Li, is calm, sensible and good at studying, while the second son, Bai Yi, has a bad temper and is unruly. He will definitely not be as successful as his older brother in the future.
Fang Li thought so at first, until she saw the brat who always kept me in the loop secretly picking fruits for the orphans in the village and quietly building a nest for stray dogs before the rain.
She thought Bai Yi was not a bad person, just a little rebellious and childish, and Fang Li happened to be very good at coaxing children.
Fang Li: That's awesome! I've never seen anyone sweep the floor faster or cleaner than you!
Bai Yi said nothing, but his handsome face turned slightly red, and he swung the broom in his hand until it flew up.
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