When Su Rong finished talking with Song Xiangyu, it was already noon. Food had already been served in the military camp and shouts could be heard from outside.
It was clearly a very common scene, but Su Rong couldn't be happy at all.
These people were so terrifying that even when he thought about them now, he still felt a little overwhelmed and didn't know where to start.
He sighed, and when he saw Song Xiangyu stand up, he followed Song Xiangyu out of the tent to find Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng was in the tent. When he was going down the mountain, he encountered people from Li Jiang Village. The news had spread to the army. Tang Yuan was very worried: "Your Highness, they are all crazy! No one knows what they will do. You shouldn't offend the witch of Heihua Miao Village at this time. Otherwise, if they reveal your whereabouts, I'm afraid you may not be able to come back today!"
As the consort of Princess Yongning, Tang Yuan is also Xiao Heng's elder, so it is not excessive for him to say these words.
Xiao Heng did not object. He sighed, "I know this, but the chief witch of the Black Flower Miao Village knows what is going on. He will not betray us at this time. Otherwise, he would not have left Mr. Cui in the village to recuperate."
Although that’s what I said, how can we be sure about such things
For the imperial army, Xiao Heng is the top priority, and they will not allow Xiao Heng to suffer any loss.
After a moment of silence, Tang Yuan sighed softly, "Your Highness, those Miao people cannot be judged by common sense. If they could, they would not have done so many shocking things."
Speaking of the Miao people, even Tang Yuan, who usually keeps his composure, didn't speak in a very good tone.
Xiao Heng said he understood, and then asked about the progress of Tang Yuan Miao Medicine's treatment.
Speaking of this matter, Tang Yuan's tone became even worse, because the Miao doctors had no special methods for these poisoned soldiers. The injuries of these soldiers were very serious, and some even committed suicide because they could not bear the torture.
Tang Yuan spoke the truth, and his tone became even deeper: "Right now, the morale of our army is low, and many people are panicking when they hear that we are going to attack the Miao village. Your Highness, this is not a solution, we must think of a way."
Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked, "Has the person who went to invite Doctor Shen come back?"
Doctor Shen is a skilled doctor and is very knowledgeable about these strange poisons. If he comes, perhaps the situation will be much better.
"I've sent someone to invite him." Tang Yuan rubbed his brows tiredly, his eyes full of bloodshot, and he looked extremely haggard at this moment: "But I'm afraid it will still take a long time for him to come..."
He paused and asked Xiao Heng: "What do you think about the matter of Heihua Village? Otherwise, we should make an emergency decision and agree to let them give us some antidote. That would be good..."
Xiao Heng looked up at him and began to understand why Tang Yuan was so resentful. It turned out that it was because he did not agree to the conditions of the Heihua Miao Village, so Tang Yuan felt that he was too selfish.
But it is also easy to understand. After all, it is just to take one more woman. For many men, this condition is not even a negotiation condition, but the sincerity of the surrender of the Black Flower Village. He coldly threw the document in his hand on the table: "Why, is the prince consort teaching me what to do?"
In the past, Xiao Heng never put on airs in front of his own people, and never deliberately showed off his status as the crown prince. So after Tang Yuan had been with him for a long time, he almost forgot that he was the crown prince, and subconsciously complained to him.
It was not until this moment when Xiao Heng looked at him unhappily that Tang Yuan suddenly came to his senses. He was facing not only his wife's nephew, but also the crown prince of the imperial dynasty and the heir to the throne.
He bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "I have overstepped my authority."
"You are not overstepping your bounds. I know what you are thinking." Xiao Heng did not evade the question. He said directly, "But you should also know that I am not a puppet. I will not do whatever others say. You and I do not know what their saint means. If you do not know, how dare you accept the saint sent by others? Moreover, I never think that a transaction relying on women can be so stable. I have never seen an example where a war was really avoided because of a marriage. If so, why should I be led by them? Now it is not only us who are begging them to cooperate, they also want to cooperate with us. If they want to cooperate, they should show sincerity instead of us blindly compromising!"
Tang Yuan was stunned and subconsciously looked at Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng stopped talking and just softened his tone: "It's useless to compromise blindly. If they insist on me marrying a saint, they should at least give me a reason. If they can't even tell me the truth, how can I believe their sincerity?"
That’s enough to say. It can be seen that Xiao Heng didn’t even want to explain at first.
Tang Yuan also knew that he couldn't say anything more, so he collected his thoughts, responded softly, then turned around and left the tent.
As soon as he came out, he saw Song Xiangyu and Su Rong standing outside, and couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
After all, Su Yao and Xiao Heng knew each other's affairs, but he was trying to persuade Xiao Heng to accept the saint...
Tang Yuan greeted Su Rong hurriedly and left in a hurry.
Su Rong was in a complicated mood. He should have been angry, after all, nothing had happened yet and these people were already urging Xiao Heng to take in some saint girl. But after yesterday's experience, he couldn't get angry. After all, he had seen the miserable conditions of those soldiers and ordinary Han people, and Tang Yuan, who had experienced that before, was probably not as impatient as himself.
Seeing Song Xiangyu looking at him and trying to explain, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I know what he means. He is also thinking about the officers, soldiers and civilians."
Seeing that he understood everything, Song Xiangyu felt relieved. He nodded and led Su Rong into the tent.
Xiao Heng looked up and saw Su Rong. He smiled and asked him, "Is everything going well? Did anything go wrong on the way?"
Su Rong shook his head. He roughly explained the situation in Dali Prefecture and said, "Right now, Dali Prefecture is still rushing to make these muskets. If we need them, we should be able to get at least a thousand more."
More than a thousand, this is already a very remarkable number.
Song Xiangyu relaxed a little: "With these now, it is actually a very considerable number. It is better than using ordinary swords and guns. Ordinary swords and guns will be bitten by their bugs before they even get close to us."