The General's Wife
In fact, Shen Jin's feeling was not wrong. She heard the quarrel inside before she entered the room. She did not hear what Manager Wang said, but only heard Chu Xiuyuan angrily say, "Impossible."
Anping knocked on the door, interrupting the conversation inside. Soon someone opened the door from the inside. This was the first time Shen Jin came to Chu Xiuyuan's room. Unlike Shen Jin's room, Chu Xiuyuan's room did not have any valuables, but there were many weapons and books. The cloth used was not brocade, but a kind of fine cotton.
Chu Xiuyuan was injured and sitting on the bed, his face pale. When he saw Shen Jin coming in, he said, "Who told you to come? Go back."
Butler Wang didn't say anything. Shen Jin looked at Chu Xiuyuan and didn't seem angry. She actually thought this young man was quite good. She asked softly, "I still have quite a few tonics. I asked someone to bring some over. Butler, please tell me if you need anything else."
"Thank you, Madam." Butler Wang said.
Chu Xiuyuan's eyes turned red and he suddenly said, "Go back and pack your things. I'll have someone send you away tonight."
Steward Wang showed some disapproval in his eyes, but he said nothing.
When Shen Jin heard this, her heart suddenly moved. She wanted to agree because she believed Chu Xiuyuan would keep his word, but where could she go if she agreed? If she returned to the Rui Palace in the capital, I'm afraid that Rui Wang, whether for the sake of reputation or not to offend Yongning Bo, would either send her back or die of illness...
King Rui doesn't care whether the border town is at war or something else.
All these thoughts only lasted for a moment, and outsiders did not notice anything. Shen Jin just said, "I will not leave. Let Butler Wang arrange for someone to send you away first."
Butler Wang's expression eased a lot after hearing this, and he looked at Shen Jin with a higher opinion. Chu Xiuyuan said directly, "No one in my Chu family escapes without a fight."
"You are still a child, and you are injured." Shen Jin's voice was soft and gentle. She had a lot of fun eating in the border town, and she had grown a little taller. She also lost weight some time ago, but now she is plump again. Because of her small frame, she doesn't look fat, but just the right feeling. Her face is rosy and her eyes are watery. She looks very cute. "Is there anything I can do?"
Shen Jin knew that they wouldn't ask her to come over for no reason. It would be better for her to take the initiative to speak up than to wait for others to speak up and passively agree.
Butler Wang and Chu Xiuyuan looked at each other and just repeated the situation in the border town. Just as Shen Jin expected, the current situation was very bad. Chu Xiuming should have brought his men back a long time ago, but he didn't know what happened and he hasn't returned yet. Some time ago, the barbarians attacked the city, and who knew that there was a spy in the city. The generals who stayed in the border town did not die on the battlefield but died at the hands of the spy.
When talking about spies, both Butler Wang and Chu Xiuyuan looked very unhappy. Shen Jin didn't understand war, but she knew a lot about people's hearts. For a moment, Shen Jin suspected that these spies were not arranged by the barbarians, but... Shen Jin broke out in a cold sweat because of this guess, and her face turned very ugly.
However, Butler Wang and Chu Xiuyuan just thought that Shen Jin was frightened by their words and didn't take it seriously.
"I have sent people to ask for help, but the reinforcements have not arrived yet." Butler Wang said in a deep voice.
Shen Jin had already guessed what Butler Wang wanted her to do, but she found it unbelievable. She looked at the injured Chu Xiuyuan and then at Butler Wang. Butler Wang was helpless, but seeing that Shen Jin had guessed what he meant, he felt a little guilty. However, in Butler Wang's mind, except the general and the second young master, nothing was irreparable, including himself. He had to guard the border town for the general.
The customs in the border town are different from those in the capital. Here everyone is a soldier, not only men but even women can take up arms and fight. In a border town without a general, someone is needed to stand up and lead the people here to fight against the barbarians.
And relying on the status of Earl Yongning in the hearts of the people in the border town, everyone is willing to listen to Chu Xiuyuan. But now Chu Xiuyuan is seriously injured. Even if Shen Jin did not see how critical the situation was at that time, he can now see that he is seriously injured. There is an undisguised smell of blood in the room, there is no color on his face, and even his speech is weak.
Now someone must stand up on Chu Xiuyuan's behalf. The situation in the border town is related to Earl Yongning, and the only person whose status can make everyone obey his orders is Earl Yongning's wife, who has just married into the family.
Princess Shen Jin's identity is not very useful, but the identity of the Lady of the Earl of Yongning is enough.
"I will send someone to protect the madam." said Butler Wang.
Shen Jin moved his lips. If protection was really useful, how could Chu Xiuyuan be injured so badly? Looking at Shen Jin's eyes, Butler Wang felt a little guilty. Thinking of their attitude towards Shen Jin, he softened his attitude and said, "Besides, Madam doesn't have to really go to the battlefield. It's just a symbol."
"I understand." Shen Jin swallowed and said, "I know what you mean."
"Send my sister-in-law away." Chu Xiuyuan said, "This is a man's job."
Shen Jin looked at Chu Xiuyuan. She was particularly sober at this moment. If Chu Xiuyuan could move, they would never let her come. If she fainted in front of everyone, that would be a fatal blow. It was not impossible. The sharpest weapon Shen Jin had ever held in her life might be scissors.
Steward Wang said, "Madam, just hold on until the general comes back."
Shen Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, but you have to agree to one request of mine."
"Sister-in-law..." Chu Xiuyuan's face was full of guilt. He led his troops out of the city and wanted to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, but was discovered. The guards around him fought desperately to rescue him, but he was not only shot by arrows in the shoulder and abdomen, but also had wounds on his legs. He couldn't move at all. He understood that someone from the Chu family must stand up, and he had been doing a good job... otherwise the border town would not have been able to hold on until now without being broken.
But now, Chu Xiuyuan had never cried even when he was seriously injured and dying, but now his eyes were red, "Sister-in-law, just say it."
"No matter whether I live or die after this incident, Earl Yongning must ask for a title for my biological mother." Shen Jin was afraid of death, very afraid, and even more afraid that her mother would have a hard time after she died. She was her mother's only daughter, and if she died, then her mother would have no hope at all. "And find a way to raise a bastard in my biological mother's name."
If such a request was made at any other time, Butler Wang would definitely suspect Shen Jin of having ulterior motives, but now he had no intention of speaking out to stop her. Chu Xiuyuan said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll agree to it on behalf of my brother."
Shen Jin nodded, "You should take good care of your injuries." Then he looked at Butler Wang, "Just tell me what you need me to do."
Manager Wang nodded and told Shen Jin about the specific situation in the border town. Shen Jin didn't know it at first, but now that she knew it, she became generous and took Manager Wang directly to the warehouse where her dowry was kept and moved out all the medicinal materials and various materials. However, most of Shen Jin's dowry fabrics were silk and satin, which were really useless in the current environment. However, Manager Wang took away the spices.
In fact, what Shen Jin had to do was not difficult. She just had to stand up and lead the troops to fight the enemy. It was not her turn to do these things. Naturally, there were counselors like Wang Zongguan to do it. However, Shen Jin still wrote a few letters and sent them out. Some were sent to the capital to King Rui, and some were submitted in the name of the princess to report the situation in the border town...
These were all requested by Manager Wang. All Shen Jin needed to do was copy them and stamp them with the princess' seal.
After all, the princess is also a royal relative, and is different from those who were later granted titles.
If there was a chance to choose, Shen Jin would never stand up. Because of the situation in Prince Rui's Mansion, Shen Jin developed a non-competitive and easily satisfied character since childhood. But today, she had to stand up.
Shen Jin truly realized the prestige of Yongning Earl at this moment. Just because of her status as the wife of Yongning Earl, the soldiers and civilians in the border town all respected her very much and carried out every decision of hers without any meaning, even if it meant sending her to her death...
Responsibility? Shen Jin didn't know. She woodenly said what Wang Zongguan asked her to recite. Orders were executed one by one. Now the people guarding the city were not all soldiers, but also many civilians. All the men took up weapons, and all the women spontaneously began to take care of the wounded. They took out the food stored in the house and supplied it to those who needed to fight.
The old man and the young children made a fire to cook, and the young woman carried the injured to the back. It seemed that there was no difference between men and women here. If An Ping hadn't supported her, Shen Jin would not have been able to stand at all. The bloody wounds, the corpses piled together, and the road under her feet were all stained red with blood.
Manager Wang did not make things difficult for Shen Jin, at least he did not ask Shen Jin to stand on the city wall. Shen Jin was wearing a riding suit and her face was pale. An Ping even suspected that she would faint the next moment.
But Shen Jin held on. The battle became more and more intense. The barbarians seemed to have received some news and they attacked more fiercely.
The barbarians carried earth bags on wooden donkeys to build the fish weir road, and used battering rams to ram the city walls...
In order to stop the barbarians, the remaining cavalry in the border town attacked again and again, until there was no cavalry left. Those men who could ride horses took the initiative to lead their horses and rushed out silently. They all knew that they would die, but they could not let the barbarians break through the city wall, and could not let the barbarians build the fish weir road. Behind this city wall were their parents, their wives, and their children...
When the bows and arrows in the border town were used up, they used battering rams to attack back and forth. The rolling logs had many long spikes on them, which crushed the enemy soldiers into meat patties. Even if they were just touched, the long spikes could pierce many bloody holes. After throwing them, they used a windlass to pull them back to the top of the city.
The rolling log is very powerful and useful, but it has been almost used up and there is very little usable left. Even if it is installed again, there will not be enough time to put so many long nails on it.
The cruelty of war can never be truly understood by those who have not experienced it.
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