Chapter 651, Topaz Sunflower Hairpin
Peach Blossom Temple.
Ever since Grandma Gu passed away, Gu Jian has gradually become depressed. He doesn't talk or eat much every day, which makes Daohua and Xiao Yeyang very anxious.
In order to get Gu Jian to eat more, Daohua cooked for him in different ways every day.
"Master is always immersed in the grief of Grandma's death. If he continues like this, his health will be damaged. We need to find him something to do to distract him."
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "Do you have any good ideas?"
Daohua pondered for a moment and said, "I do have an idea, but I'm sorry to trouble you."
Xiao Yeyang: "Tell me about it."
Daohua: "Go find your master and ask him to teach you martial arts."
Xiao Yeyang, who had been mentored several times before, looked at Daohua speechlessly: "Are you asking me to go get beaten?"
Daohua smiled awkwardly: "Master must vent the pain in his heart."
Xiao Yeyang snorted. Although he disagreed on his face, he still went to Gu Jian for guidance.
Next, Xiao Yeyang fell into dire straits.
On the first day, Xiao Yeyang was kicked several meters away by Gu Jian and fell heavily to the ground;
The next day, I was punched in the cheek, and my face was so swollen that I couldn't eat.
On the third day, he was hit twice on both legs and walked with a limp for several days;
Day 4.
In short, Xiao Yeyang was abused in various ways every day.
"Hiss, be gentle!"
Xiao Yeyang's eyes were swollen after being punched, and they were squinting. Daohua was carefully applying medicine to him.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang's injuries, Daohua couldn't help but feel pain for him. The master was really cruel. "Just bear with it, it will be fine soon."
Xiao Yeyang snorted: "Uncle's attacks are getting heavier and heavier."
Daohua smiled and made an excuse: "He's doing this for your own good. Look, after being coached for a while, aren't your reaction speed much faster than before?"
Xiao Yeyang did not deny this. His uncle's moves were quick and tricky, and many of his techniques were unexpected, which allowed him to learn a lot.
Daohua smiled and encouraged, "You must keep up the good work. Master Tian has recently become less silent than before, and his appetite has returned to normal. It's all thanks to you."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang raised his eyebrows happily, but he didn't expect that his smile would pull the wound, causing him to gasp in pain.
"I told you not to move."
Daohua quickly applied ice to him.
At this time, Defu walked in with a note in his hand.
Seeing this, Daohua couldn't help but ask, "How come you've been receiving more and more carrier pigeon messages since March?"
Xiao Yeyang took the note and started reading it, frowning.
Rice Flower: “What’s wrong?”
Xiao Yeyang said with a sullen face, "The Eighth Prince has a dedicated group of assassins who hunt down border generals. On March 12th, the head of a third-rank general was hung high on the city wall, causing panic among the border generals."
Daohua frowned, feeling a little worried about her two brothers. The opponents they faced at the border were just this kind of assassins.
Seeing her frown, Xiao Yeyang reached out and smoothed her brows: "Don't worry, Wentao and Wenkai will be fine."
Daohua knew that worrying was pointless, and she didn't want her emotions to affect others, so she forced a smile and said, "I'll prepare more pills so I can send them to them next time."
In the next two days, Xiao Yeyang received several more messages from the border.
Seeing that he looked heavy from time to time, Gu Jian couldn't help but ask, "Is the situation at the border very bad?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded. "The Eighth Prince does have some roots in Daxia after all. Before fleeing to the border, he sent a large amount of money and food there. They were able to capture three cities in succession because of the support they had placed in each city."
"Now they are planning to repeat their old tricks and extend their reach to other cities."
"Just a few days ago, a general received a letter for help and led his troops to provide support. However, the letter was sent by someone planted by the enemy, which directly led to the annihilation of the general's entire army."
"Because of suspicion, the generals in the important border cities no longer trust each other. The Tatars are approaching, which is extremely unfavorable for the battle."
Gu Jian frowned: "What should we do then?"
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes and said, "We must first dig out the Eight Kings' troops stationed in various cities. Otherwise, everyone will be wary of each other and the morale of the army will be unstable. Moreover, our combat intelligence may be leaked."
Seeing Gu Jian worried, Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Don't worry, uncle. The emperor's uncle has already sent the commander of the Jinling Guard over. I think the people planted by the Eighth Prince will be caught soon."
Gu Jian nodded silently.
Meanwhile, at the palace.
The emperor looked at the news from the border with an expressionless face.
Prime Minister Yang Chenghua and the Left General Wu Jingyi and Right General He Guangyao of the Five Military Commandery all stood silently below.
The emperor glanced at Yang Chenghua, who seemed to be hesitant to speak. "What do you want to say?"
Yang Chenghua bowed and said, "Your Majesty, many people know Commander Xue. If he goes to the border, it will definitely make the Eight Princes and their faction alert. It will not be easy to find the man who planted him there."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and drummed his fingers on the table. After a moment, he asked an irrelevant question: "What day is it today?"
Eunuch An immediately replied, "It's March 23rd."
The emperor's eyes flashed. In four days, it would be his mother's seventh day of mourning.
"I know about this, you can go down."
Seeing that the emperor said nothing, Yang Chenghua looked at Wu Jingyi and He Guangyao, then bent down and retreated.
After they left, the emperor was silent for a moment, then summoned Wei Qi. "Send a message to Ye Yang, telling him to go to Northern Xinjiang after March 29th. Xue Xiangchen will be in the open, and he will be in the dark. Have them cooperate and make sure to catch all of Lao Ba's followers in one fell swoop."
Wei Qi nodded and hurried to send the message.
On March 29th, Gu Jian took Daohua and Xiao Yeyang to burn paper on Grandma Gu's grave.
On the way back, Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang and asked, "Are you going to Northern Xinjiang?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua in silence for a while, then nodded: "Yeah."
Daohua hung her head in silence. After a long while, she spoke, "Then I'll go back and get you some more medicine and ginseng tonic pills."
Xiao Yeyang nodded.
After a while, Daohua asked again, "When the third and fourth brothers left, they both took a hunting dog with them. Do you want to take one with you too?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll take the dog Xiaoyi with me."
Daohua frowned and said, "Little One is too greedy. He runs wherever there's food. How about taking Little Two or Little Three? They run faster."
Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "I just like the dog Xiaoyi, he's chubby and cute."
Daohua rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're going on an errand, not an outing."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "It's because I have to go out on business that I brought Xiaoyi with me."
Daohua was too lazy to argue with him about this, so she just let Gou Xiaoyi be Gou Xiaoyi.
After a while, Daohua asked again, "When are we leaving?"
Xiao Yeyang: ".Tomorrow."
Daohua looked surprised: "So urgent?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded: "The situation at the border is becoming more and more complicated. We need to resolve it as soon as possible."
Daohua: "Have you told Master?"
Xiao Yeyang: "I told him when I received the news from my uncle the Emperor."
Daohua looked at Gu Jian who was walking in front and said with a sullen face, "If you leave, I will have to distract Master. I won't get beaten up like you, will I?"
Xiao Yeyang laughed and said, "Are you sure you want to ask your uncle to teach you martial arts?"
Daohua nodded affirmatively: "Of course, I think my whip skills still have a lot of room for improvement. Combined with the footwork that Master taught me, I may not be afraid of you in the future."
Xiao Yeyang was at a loss for words. How could he not know that this guy was afraid of him?
After the three of them returned to Taohua An, Daohua went into the pharmacy to pack up the pills and spices that had been prepared during this period. Gu Jian called Xiao Yeyang to the yard and focused on guiding him on his shortcomings in martial arts.
After dinner, Daohua handed the packed package to Xiao Yeyang and looked at him: "You should go to bed early, you still have to travel tomorrow." After saying that, she turned and left.
Xiao Yeyang grabbed Daohua and said, "Wait, I have something for you."
Daohua stopped and watched Xiao Yeyang return to his room with a carved wooden box. She asked curiously, "What is it?"
Xiao Yeyang opened the box and took out a topaz sunflower hairpin.
Looking at the lifelike carved hairpin, Daohua smiled and said, "Why did you think of giving me a hairpin?"
Xiao Yeyang said with some regret, "I had intended to give it to you when you came of age, and then watch you use it to tie your hair. But now I have to go to the Northern Frontier, and I don't know if I can make it back in time to attend your coming-of-age ceremony, so I'll give it to you first."
As he spoke, he inserted the topaz sunflower hairpin into Daohua's bun, examined it carefully, and said with a smile, "It looks good."
Daohua glanced at him sideways, reached out to take off the sunflower hairpin, and played with it in her hand.
Xiao Yeyang reached out and hugged Daohua in his arms: "Remember, when you reach the age of marriage, you must use the hairpin I gave you to tie your hair up."
(End of this chapter)
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