Chapter 438 The Prostitute's Waiting (5)
"What are you mumbling about?" Fu Jian walked in and heard him talking to himself.
"Hey, just now Huo'er asked me when the war would end. How would a small deputy general like me know?" Deputy General Wei touched the back of his head and hurriedly approached to ask, "Does the emperor have any orders, such as severely punishing the prince?"
Fu Jian sat in the main seat and shook his head with a cold look. In this matter, he was indeed very disappointed with the emperor. The rise and fall of a city depended on the prince, but the prince obviously did not take it seriously. He even stopped him outside the city gate when he came to rescue and faced Chen Bing and his army. It was really chilling.
"The prince is the emperor's son born in his old age, and he has always been doting on him..." Although Deputy General Wei understood this, he still felt uncomfortable. Fu's army suffered more than half of their casualties in this battle. It would be difficult to regroup in the future. However, fortunately, the commander-in-chief is still alive. Everything will be fine in the future.
It's just that as for the prince... I don't know how the emperor will deal with it.
"The emperor has ordered me to escort the prince back to the East Capital in three days, and General Wei will guard the county city." Fu Jian looked at him and continued, "I don't know whether this trip will be good or bad."
"The emperor should be concerned about the safety of the prince..." Although Deputy General Wei said comforting words, the worry between his brows was heavier, "General, when do you think the world will be pacified, when will the people live a stable life, and when will we be able to marry and have children?"
Fu Jian did not answer him. Because he just received a tip-off that the Qi people in the north have also established their own country. The rebellious King Qin in the south is still eyeing it covetously. Darong is now in danger.
"Alas!" Deputy General Wei sighed heavily, "I can only pray for good luck in the future."
Fu Jian looked at the soldiers who were training in the distance and said nothing.
"I'm leaving first." Deputy General Wei waved his fist and poked his shoulder before saying goodbye, half reminding and half joking: "Don't forget to go see Miss Liu."
"You kid." Fu Jian pretended to hit him, and in a blink of an eye he had already gone downstairs and disappeared.
"General Fu, why are you here?" Huo'er, who came over with a basin of water, was a little surprised to see him standing at the stairs, but after a moment he figured out the key and said with a smile: "Are you here to visit my young lady? My young lady is resting in the room. There is no one else in the room. Go quickly."
After saying that, he went downstairs with his own basin of water.
Fu Jian stood there and looked at her back that disappeared as quickly as Deputy General Wei. He was stunned for a moment, supported his forehead, and whispered: "What do you mean there is no one in the room?"
Did he look so much like... He was full of black lines on his head, but he didn't stop, and went directly to Liu Shiyi's room.
He had been avoiding her for so long, and it was time to have a good talk with her.
No matter what she wanted, he would give it to her. After the two were cleared, there was no need to continue to be involved.
"Is Huo'er back?" Shi Yi put down the brush in his hand when he heard the knock on the door.
"It's me." The man's steady voice came in through the door and window.
Shi Yi's expression did not change at all. After waiting for a while, he said loudly: "Come in."
Fu Jian walked into the door, looking straight at her, and went straight to where she was.
"Is your hand better?" he asked.
"Thank you for your concern, General. It's much better." Shi Yi touched his injured arm unconsciously. Although the treatment was timely and there were no sequelae, the scar was left and would never fade in this life.
Fu Jian naturally knew that she had a scar, but the medical environment here was not as good as that of Dongdu, and he could not find any panacea to remove the scar on her hand. But a woman has to get married after all, and the scar on her hand will inevitably become a reason for her husband to dislike her in the future. She was injured because of him, and he felt infinite guilt in his heart.
"What does General Fu want to talk to me about?"
Facing the woman's clear but blameless eyes, he couldn't say the words he had prepared.
"Does General Fu owe me anything?" Shi Yi looked at his eyes that unconsciously lowered, and guessed a little bit of his thoughts.
"In fact, it is Liu Shiyi who should thank General Fu. He has taken me in until today, and sent people to take good care of me." She stood up, bowed and saluted.
"Don't..." He wanted to say "Don't be like this, I feel unworthy", but was attracted by her next words.
"If General Fu hadn't rescued me that day, Liu Shiyi would have died today. It is Liu Shiyi who should thank General Fu." She bowed again.
"What happened that day is not worth mentioning. Miss Liu doesn't need to worry so much." Fu Jian bent down and wanted to help her up, but Shi Yi took a step back on his own initiative, avoiding physical contact with him. Fu Jian's outstretched hand fell in vain, and he couldn't help feeling melancholy.
"General Fu must be having a hard time about how to repay my kindness," Shi Yi raised his head and smiled slightly, but what he said was hard to refuse, "In fact, everything I did was just to repay your kindness. Now, we are even."
"We are even?" Fu Jian kept thinking about what she said, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
He wanted to say that he rescued her that day just because of the situation, and he actually wanted to save Qin Yunxi, the princess of Qin State. He also wanted to say, doesn't she hate him, after all, he just casually placed her in an ordinary family.
He knew that family would not treat her well, but he still did it that day, just to get rid of her burden.
"General Fu, don't be embarrassed. My injury has healed. I will leave on a certain day." Shi Yi's face showed the original owner's iconic considerate smile. But this time, Fu Jian didn't feel hypocritical and artificial. He just felt a little distressed.
"General Fu, please leave first. Shi Yi needs to rest." She ordered him to leave.
Fu Jian, who had walked to the door in a daze, came back to his senses and looked at the weak figure sitting behind the door. He realized how self-righteous and mean all his previous thoughts were. His steps suddenly stumbled, and then he strode forward.
"General Fu, how is it, did you see the young lady?" Huo'er, who was carrying water upstairs, met him again and couldn't help being curious.
"Take good care of your young lady." He walked downstairs in a deep voice, but didn't look at Huo'er.
Huo'er looked at his iron-green and strange face, and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. Could it be that the young lady and General Fu had a conflict?
No, she had to go back and check. In her haste, she missed a step and the basin she was holding flew out, spilling the clean water all over the floor. She couldn't hold it back and burst into tears.
(End of this chapter)
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