Chapter 156 My Wife
Qichang is located in the southwest, and the humidity is quite heavy at night. Chen Yu lay on a simple camp bed, unable to fall asleep with Xie Tingzhou's cloak as her pillow.
She felt that she was somewhat obsessed with the smell of Xie Tingzhou.
She had been sleeping like this for nearly a month since she left Beijing. She used the cloak as a pillow or in her arms, and it stayed with her every night. The scent of Xie Tingzhou had long since dissipated, but she could still smell it, not with her nose, but with her heart.
Chen Yu lay down for a while, then got up from the bed, lit the light again, and put paper and pen on the table.
When I picked up the pen, I didn't know what to write. Should I say I missed him? Or that I was not used to him not being around? That would be a bit corny.
Dissatisfied with the first one, Chen Yu tore off a piece and put new paper on it. This was the second letter she had written to him since leaving Beijing.
In April, the garden is filled with the fragrance of crabapple flowers.
Xie Tingzhou was reading her letter under the lamp.
"Stop the boat:"
Xie Tingzhou stared at the two words over and over again, as if he could see her calling him from the two words he was most familiar with.
She always either called him "Your Highness" or simply called him "Xie Tingzhou" when she was unhappy.
Xie Tingzhou took a sip of tea and continued reading the letter.
"We have been heading south, and today is March 25th. I have led my troops to Qingzhou. It has been a safe journey. I had some disagreements with the deputy general in the army, but they have now been resolved.
The people of Qingzhou have suffered a lot. Many people starved to death last winter. The scene in the fields was even more shocking, with starving people everywhere and abandoned children everywhere.
In the face of such a huge disaster, I realized that their resistance was so insignificant, and that there was so little I could do.
Don’t you think it’s strange? I often dream about my father, but I have never dreamed about my brother.
My father always told me in my dreams that I could save more people, but I didn’t know what else I could do or how I could save more people.
I dreamed of my father again tonight. I woke up feeling sad and unable to fall asleep, so I got dressed and started writing this book.
Also, I hope you will come into my dreams.
Xie Tingzhou held the tea in his mouth and savored every word she said several times in his longing.
The road is long and the letters are slow. The letters on the road in March are not sent until the azalea blooms in April.
It searched all over the wild before it finally fell into his hands.
By calculation, she should have arrived in Qichang by now.
Xie Tingzhou spread out the paper and picked up the pen to write.
"Auntie, my wife, seeing each other is like seeing her face to face."
He imagined her reaction when she saw the word "my wife". She would probably pace back and forth holding the letter, complaining in annoyance and coquettishness: "We haven't even got married yet, why do you call me my wife?"
But ever since he gave her the Phoenix-drawing Sword, he had already regarded her as his only wife in this life.
"Everything is fine in the capital. Da Huang missed you so much that he couldn't eat. I brought Da Huang to Qingpuju. His temperament is quite similar to yours. He was afraid of Cang at first, but now, in just over 20 days, he can already ride on Cang's head."
Xie Tingzhou paused, thinking of the bloody figure fighting in the distance when they first met, and then he remembered her pulling his sleeves and calling him dad, and then she kneeled in the tent and said that this life was his.
Now she was riding on his head.
He continued to write.
"Fuyao has been released from prison. I went to the Jiaofangsi twice during this period. Changliu threatened to tell you about it, just to get another pink tank for his turtle. So I sent him to the army to train with the soldiers.
Rather than letting others instigate me, I'd better confess myself. I went to the Jiaofangsi for official business, but I was not drunk and I didn't touch anyone. In fact, I didn't even look at anyone. My wife can rest assured.
The pomegranate flowers in the villa are about to bloom, and I miss you so much that I can't eat. I hope you will come back soon."
Every word and sentence is about trivial matters at home, but every word and sentence is about lovesickness.
Her letter was full of worry, but his reply was full of joy, hoping that she could get a moment of comfort and smell a little bit of home during the march.
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After staying at the foot of the Snipe Mountain for three days, the person Chen Yu was waiting for finally showed up.
The man who came was a man of about thirty-five or thirty-six, with a strong build and a sturdy waist. His lower body was extremely stable and his martial arts skills were not weak.
The rest of the people were cleared out of the tent, leaving only Chen Yu and the visitor.
"Uncle Shan." Chen Yu greeted him with a smile.
Qi Shan immediately knelt on one knee and wanted to call her "Miss", but he couldn't do it because he was in the army.
Chen Yu lifted his arm and stood up, "No need to be polite, in the army, I am called Shi Yu or Da Yu.
People are good. "
Qi Shan was a member of the Gui family who had become a bandit in the Hezi Mountain. He was dissatisfied with the decision made by his father, and the father and son became estranged. He wandered all the way and finally found a job as a security guard in the Lu family in Hezhou, under the pseudonym Qi Shan.
The Lu family treated him well. He settled down in Hezhou, got married, and now his child is three years old.
When Chen Yu was young, he taught her basic skills, so she called him "Shan Shu"
"Is my grandmother okay?" Shen Yu asked.
"Good, I'm still strong," Qi Shan said with a smile as he opened the bundle, "The old lady asked me to bring this letter along."
Chen Yu took the letter, opened it hurriedly, and after reading it carefully, a smile appeared on her face.
My grandmother said that she received the gifts sent by the King of Beilin, and she also sent a return gift, which is on the way.
Chen Yu put away the letter and said seriously: "I think you also know the purpose of this trip."
Qi Shan's expression suddenly became solemn. "I think I know. I have always heard in Hezhou that the capital was going to send troops to suppress the bandits. I didn't expect that it would be you who led the troops."
Chen Yu said: "The reasons behind this are very complicated, I won't explain it to you in detail. The court wants me to suppress the bandits, but I want to give them a chance."
Qi Shan thought for a moment and said, "Do you want me to persuade them to surrender?"
"You don't need to persuade me to surrender." Chen Yu looked at him and said, "I want you to go into the mountain tomorrow and ask your father to come down to see me."
Qi Shan said in embarrassment: "My father is stubborn by nature. When I left home, he told me to leave and never come back. Over the years, he never replied to my letters, and all the things he sent were returned."
He said with some disappointment, "My persuasion may not be effective, but I will try my best."
Shen Yu stuffed the letter into her sleeve, "He will come, because he has nowhere else to go. You just need to tell him that the people who went to Beijing are gone, and I am his last chance."
Qi Shan raised his head and wanted to ask, but then he felt that this was not something he should ask about, so he nodded and said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning."
Chen Yu said, "Tomorrow at noon, ten miles east of the Snipe Mountain, I will not bring any troops with me, so he will have to come alone. Otherwise, I will lead the troops into the mountain the day after tomorrow."
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