In Shangjun, Jiang Yu and his men also captured Yanmen.
They will continue to advance into the Central Plains.
That day, he finally received another letter from Qi Nuan.
As he read the contents of the letter, his eyes grew increasingly dark, finally revealing a hint of joy. He looked at Zhang Liao and said, "Go to the prefectural government."
At this moment, Song Jingning was in his study.
When Jiang Yu and the others arrived, he was sitting at his desk processing official documents and was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Yu.
Didn't he go to the military camp? How come he's back so soon?
Jiang Yu saw that Song Jingning didn't say much and directly handed the letter to Song Jingning.
Song Jingning unfolded the letter, and as his gaze went downwards, the smile in his eyes grew even stronger.
After reading the letter, he stroked his beard and laughed, "Excellent! It seems our plan to attack Hedong can be brought forward."
After saying that, he added, "Is the content of the letter kept confidential?"
Jiang Yu said, "Naturally, apart from A Nuan and her master Yan Gong, no one else knows."
Song Jingning smiled. "Very good, very good...cough..."
Before he could finish speaking, he coughed up a mouthful of black blood due to his overwhelming emotions.
Jiang Yu's expression changed drastically, and he said to Zhang Liao, "Please have a doctor come over."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and gently patted Song Jingning's back to make him feel more comfortable. Song Jingning stopped Zhang Liao, who was about to go find a doctor, and said, "Please wait, sir."
He looked up at Jiang Yu, wiped the blood from his mouth with a handkerchief, and then smiled to comfort her.
"It's nothing, just an old ailment. Let's get down to business."
Jiang Yu remained silent, only frowning as she looked at him.
Noticing that Zhang Liao was still standing there, he said coldly, "Please trouble you to ask the doctor to come over."
After seeing Zhang Liao leave, Song Jingning gave a bitter smile and said to Jiang Yu, "I'm afraid my health is failing. I'm just dragging this out day by day. Calling a doctor won't do any good. I'm already grateful to have survived this long."
He looked at Jiang Yu's icy face. In fact, Jiang Yu didn't look much like his fourth sister. He resembled more of the Jiang family members, but he knew that he was as kind-hearted and proud as his fourth sister.
Thinking of this, he coughed twice more.
Jiang Yu didn't respond to him, but simply said, "Don't speak, wait for the doctor to arrive."
Soon Zhang Liao arrived with a doctor, followed by Wang Bo.
Uncle Wang looked sorrowful, but seemed to have expected this all along.
Song Jingning remained calm as he allowed the doctor to examine him.
The old doctor, whose hair was already half white, looked at the calm-faced Prefect, and then at the expressionless Jiang Yu.
He sighed inwardly and said after a long while, "It's nothing serious. It's just that my blood rushed to my head due to being too excited. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."
Zhang Liao looked at the group with a grave expression, knowing that what the doctor said was not true. Seeing the black blood that the Prefect had vomited, anyone could tell that the Prefect's health was not in serious condition.
Jiang Yu did the same; he only stared at the doctor, and his gaze made the old doctor feel ashamed. The old doctor looked at Song Jingning.
Seeing this, Song Jingning simply asked the old doctor to leave.
His vomiting of blood was not a recent occurrence; it had been starting intermittently for three years, and he had long been aware of his physical condition.
He kept it a secret from Jiang Yu for two reasons: first, he wanted to help Jiang Yu as much as he could while he was still able to move; second, he didn't want to be a useless person who did nothing.
He is doing well now, and everything is going in a good direction. He is very relieved to have Shangjun in Jiang Yu's care.
"You should rest well. From now on, I will handle all the affairs of the county."
After saying that, he looked at Uncle Wang and said, "I would like to trouble Uncle Wang to take good care of the Prefect."
Wang Bo's eyes were still glistening with tears. Seeing this, Song Jingning said nothing more and accepted Jiang Yu's kindness.
However, he stopped Jiang Yu from leaving.
He said, "Leave the matter in the letter to me. This matter is of great importance and must not be leaked."
Jiang Yu stopped in her tracks, her hand holding the letter tightening slightly.
“Shangjun has capable people, so you... don’t need to do everything yourself.”
Song Jingning said, "I tend to overthink things when there's nothing to do. It's just watching my subordinates do their work; it won't take much effort."
Seeing that Jiang Yu did not answer, Wang Bo assumed that he was unwilling.
He sighed and said to Jiang Yu, "Don't worry, young master, I will take good care of the prefect."
Jiang Yu nodded, and after a long while said, "I will make the arrangements. Lord Fu can just watch from the side."
Song Jingning smiled and agreed to Jiang Yu's request.
After leaving the study, Jiang Yu said to Zhang Liao, "Find a trustworthy and skilled craftsman, and also arrange for some guards to go to the Prefect."
Zhang Liao nodded. He naturally knew that the matter was of great importance and would carefully select the personnel.
He glanced at Jiang Yu, but couldn't discern any emotion on his face, before turning and leaving.
Having a boss who is extremely reserved and whose emotions are never apparent is neither a good thing nor a bad thing.
After arranging everything, Jiang Yu turned around and went back to her study.
He carefully put Qi Nuan's letter away.
He took out a sheet of Xuan paper and spread it on the desk. He took out a black Sichuan ink stick, held the ink-colored long sleeve with one hand, and quietly ground the ink stick in the inkstone with the other.
For a moment, time seemed to stand still, with only the ink in the inkstone slowly increasing in quantity and becoming finer.
After a while, Jiang Yu put down the inkstone, picked up the brush, dipped it in the ink, and slowly began to write on the white Xuan paper.
The pear blossoms outside the window are in full bloom.
A gentle breeze blew, and the white pear blossoms scattered everywhere.
Jiang Yu looked at the white petals falling between the ink and brush, paused in his hand, and then continued writing on the letter after a moment.
Only after writing on Qi Nuan's envelope did he pick up the letter Qi Nuan had sent.
The letter described Qi Nuan's recent situation, then extended greetings to them, about him, about Qingqing and the others, and also about the Prefect, and finally, the main purpose of her letter.
The letter contained the art of alchemy, including gold, iron, copper, alloys, and more. Qi Nuan wrote down all the alchemical methods she knew.
They are mainly made of iron and alloys, and weapons are indispensable in war.
Moreover, they discovered a mine in Hedong County. This mine is a metal mine, but she doesn't yet know what kind of ore it mainly contains.
They didn't dare linger on the mine, for fear of being discovered.
But she was determined to get the mine, which is why she wrote to Jiang Yu.
They must take over Hadong County as soon as possible and must not let anyone else discover the mine.
At this moment, Qi Nuan was discussing matters related to the mine with Yan Gong.
Qi Nuan and her companions discovered the mine by chance during an outing. A local child saw Qi Nuan and handed her a pretty stone, which is how she learned of the mine's existence. Fortunately, the villagers didn't know it was ore.
Otherwise, things will be much more difficult to handle.
Seeing that Qi Nuan hadn't told Bai Jiao about the mine, he knew her plan.
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