Chapter 199 Heart-breaking
General Zhao bowed his head and said, "I am ashamed."
Chunzhi glanced at Mu Kaiji and motioned him to help General Zhao up.
The latter understood and did as he was told. "If it weren't for General Zhao today, we would have suffered many casualties. Besides, this is no longer the capital. General Zhao arrived very quickly. It's cold in the snow, so get up quickly."
General Zhao then stood up with everyone else. "I heard that the prince died in battle in Xizhou. I can't believe it. I wanted to go to Xizhou with the princess, but I have an important mission and can't leave..."
Chunzhi said, "General Zhao has this intention, and the prince will surely know it."
General Zhao, upon hearing Princess Chang'an's words, stopped expressing his loyalty and asked, "Princess, you were assassinated right after leaving the capital. This shows that the journey to Western Province is fraught with danger. Do you think you should return to the capital with me and make plans?"
"I had already made plans before I set out," Chunzhi said. "General Zhao, please bring these surviving men in black back to the capital and hand them over to my father. I want to know who is trying to kill me."
General Zhao replied "yes" and wanted to persuade Princess Chang'an again.
Then Chunzhi said, "Please, General Zhao, take back those guards who died here and those who were injured. Give the dead a proper burial and provide for their families. For the injured, find the best doctors and treat them whole. Make sure they are healed."
General Zhao said, "The princess has ordered me to do this, and I will do my best to carry it out."
After Chunzhi arranged all this, she said to Mu Kaiji, "Brother, let's keep going."
"Chunzhi..." Mu Kaiji was worried about Chunzhi's injuries and pulled her aside. "You have injuries and you haven't even applied medicine. Why are you walking?"
Chunzhi said: "It's just a minor injury, it's nothing serious."
"What do you mean it's not a problem? What if we encounter another assassination attempt like this?" Mu Kaiji couldn't help but ask her, "Also, how did you know there would be an assassination attempt tonight and arrange for General Zhao to lead his men to follow behind?"
Haruji said, "I guessed."
"You...guessed?"
Mu Kaiji used to think that his sister was too obedient and docile, and he didn't know how much grievance she would suffer if she married the King of Chang'an.
It wasn't until tonight that he realized he didn't understand his sister at all.
Chunzhi whispered, "I'm just really afraid of death... I'm afraid that after I die, Xiaoxing will be left without a father or a mother, so I've made preparations in advance and asked General Zhao to send someone to secretly escort him."
Mu Kaiji couldn't describe his feelings at the moment, "You're afraid of death, but you still went to Xizhou? You..."
Chunzhi said, "I am afraid of death, but I am even more afraid that Huo Zheng got into trouble for other reasons and no one will seek justice for him."
Mu Kaiji was stunned.
Chunzhi raised her hand to wipe the snow water off her face, "Operas always say that the royal family is ruthless, and it's common for fathers and sons to kill each other, and brothers to kill each other.
Huo Zheng is a cautious person. He will cherish his life even more after Xiaoxing and I returned. This time, when something happened in Xizhou, the emergency report said it was caused by the rebels and Xiling, but who knows if his brothers were responsible?
Mu Kaiji didn't speak for a while.
Chunzhi continued, "I know my knowledge is limited, and I can't be as clever as someone who follows clues to find out what's going on, but I do have my own simple methods. Look, as soon as I left the capital tonight, the assassins followed me closely..."
She raised her eyes and looked at her brother. "With these few survivors, we can find out who wants to kill me. The person who wants to kill me must be related to the person who hurt Huo Zheng."
Mu Kaiji didn't expect Chunzhi to use herself as bait. He was shocked and didn't know what to say to her. "You're not afraid of death at all. You clearly... clearly don't take your life seriously at all!"
Chunzhi corrected him, "I take my life very seriously, brother. I still have to go back and take good care of Xiaoxing."
Mu Kaiji had no way to deal with Chunzhi in front of him. He wanted to knock his sister unconscious and take her home by force, but he also knew that Chunzhi would still go to Xizhou after waking up.
He couldn't stop her at all.
So after a long silence, Mu Kaiji simply asked Chunzhi, "Now that the carriage is gone, how are you going to get to Xizhou?"
Chunzhi said, "I'll go on horseback."
"Can you ride a horse?"
Mu Kaiji was quite surprised. He had been back in Beijing for some time and had never seen Chunzhi riding a horse.
"I can ride," Chunzhi said. "I used to raise horses for people."
When she was in Linshui Town, she did a lot of work to support Lu Jingyun's studies, raising horses was one of them.
While raising horses, she also learned to ride horses. However, after she bought a tofu workshop, she specialized in selling tofu and never touched a horse again.
I haven't ridden a horse for several years, so I'm a little rusty.
But just ride it.
Mu Kaiji thought of his sister who had been stranded in the countryside and had suffered so much, and he felt even more sorry for her.
Aren’t we just going to Xizhou?
He would accompany her through fire and water.
Mu Kaiji turned around and ordered the accompanying guards, "Prepare the horse for the princess."
Then he immediately added: "Pick a docile one."
"Yes." The servant responded and went to pick a horse.
While it would take a while to pick the horse, Mu Kaiji said to Chunzhi, "Treat the wound first."
Chunzhi replied "Okay" and followed Mu Kaiji to the firelight, and held out her injured left hand to Mu Kaiji.
The back of his hand was rubbed bloody and stained with sand and gravel.
Mu Kaiji frowned and used wine to wash Chunzhi, "It will be a little painful, just bear with it."
Chunzhi was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat, but she gritted her teeth and didn't cry out.
Mu Kaiji couldn't help but say, "If it really hurts, you'd better scream out."
"It's okay." Chunzhi's face was pale and she was sweating profusely. She said to her brother, "Giving birth is much more painful than this."
Mu Kaiji was speechless and bandaged his sister's wound in silence.
Soon, the servant came back with a white horse.
Mu Kaiji personally led the horse to Chunzhi and offered her support.
Chunzhi reached out and took the reins, jumped on the horse, stroked the horse's mane, and whispered to the horse, "Thank you for your hard work on this journey."
Seeing that she really knew how to ride a horse, Mu Kaiji felt relieved. He mounted the horse with his family guards, said goodbye to General Zhao and others, and continued to head towards Xizhou.
Without the escort of General Zhao and the patrol battalion, Chunzhi was worried that he would be unable to resist if he encountered another assassination attempt, so he divided the remaining fifty or so family guards into five teams and sent them to Xizhou by different routes.
She dressed up as a man and traveled along the official road with Mu Kaiji and several family members, traveling day and night without stopping to rush to Xizhou.
He avoided the assassination, but saw the people displaced and forced to leave their homes due to the war.
After leaving the prosperity of the capital, all I saw was the suffering of the people.
An urgent report from Xizhou said that in order to protect the country and the people, Huo Zheng led his troops in a bitter battle with the Xiling army for three days, and was buried in a mudslide on his way back.
Chunzhi braved the snow and crossed thousands of mountains and peaks to come to the land that Huo Zheng was desperately trying to protect.
Every inch she walked here, she wondered if Huo Zheng had been here before?
What has he done here?
Missing you is silent, but it breaks your heart.
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